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Thoughts of an Aspiring Music Snob:
Summer Road Trip Edition
Posted by Chris at 7:00 AM
For all of you die-hard Soundgarden fans who showed up this week hoping for a detailed exposition on the band's strengths and weaknesses, I have to apologize. Trips and Plans and Events meant that I didn't have a lot of time this week, and I idiotically forgot to stock up on Soundgarden before I left for a road trip last Wednesday. So I completely failed on my Soundgarden homework, and I'm pushing that back to next week. I hope you'll forgive me.
However, the road trip did give me (and my exceedingly patient Travel Buddy) a lot of time to listen to music. In lieu of a standard Music Snob write-up, I present to you four condensed reviews of albums that I listened to during the drive. And, as all seasoned drivers know, some music works better on the road than at home (and vice-versa), and I've certainly taken that into effect. Hopefully this will help with planning the soundtrack to your own summer vacations. Enjoy!
ALBUM #1
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011)
Context: My Travel Buddy and I had both enjoyed the first Fleet Foxes release that I had checked out and promptly uploaded from the public library. So when I heard that the band's next album was being released a day before our trip, I picked it up (for a remarkably low price).
Thoughts: The Fleet Foxes seem to be pretty popular right now, but they don't really make music that's very "cool" (admittedly, I'm not a good judge of this). Instead, their work seems to exist in some sort of dimension outside of time - their spacious songs and immaculate harmonies occupy a weird intersection of folk rock, mountain ballads, psychedelia, and modern indie rock.
The first Fleet Foxes record was nothing if not chill; listening to the vocal harmonies and beautiful melodies was practically guaranteed to lighten your mood, but it also meant the record just sort of slid off of you, without really leaving a lasting effect. Some of those issues are still there on Helplessness Blues (the band is still in love with the idea of a loud chorus with several members doing backing harmonies), but there's also a little more of a bite. The best songs on the album eschew the pitch-perfect harmonies for the helplessness aesthetic of the title and the crazy breakdown toward the end of the lengthy "The Shrine/An Argument" is especially good.
Road-Trip Appropriate?: This album feels like it was meant to be listened to in one go. The band evidently struggled with its production, but whatever they did, it worked, as every harmony, every instrumental choice, sounds like an informedmusical decision, and not just some backing musicians filling in a chord. Listen to this one early in the morning on your trip, before the band's shiny aah-ing and ooh-ing grows grating.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Context: My Travel Buddy and I were both familiar with this album, and both of us have copies in our cars. I've written before how Wish You Were Here is my favorite Pink Floyd album.
Review: The album is a bona fide classic, and also seems to have a growing reputation as the overlooked sibling that falls between the band-defining Dark Side of the Moon and the bombastic pretensions of The Wall (no one talks about Animals, it seems). While not as iconic of either of those Pink Floyd milestones, Wish You Were Here sums up a lot what's great about the band, and does it with far more restraint than the group usually exercised.
The fact that nearly half of the album is an instrumental track might drive some people nuts, but "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is one of the best instrumental tracks that prog rock ever produced; instead of directionless noodling, the entire suite is structured down to the last detail; every theme molds into another in a way that makes sense, and when the sequence plays out in reverse at the end of the album, you know you're listening to a band who actually has a reason to make a twenty-six minute long track, rather than just vamping for a while and calling it a wrap. And in between those instrumental behemoths are some of Pink Floyd's better ballads ("Wish You Were Here"), blues-rock ("Have a Cigar") and pessimistic moping ("Welcome to the Machine").
Road-Trip Appropriate?: Yes and no. Like Helplessness Blues, Wish You Were Here is clearly an album you want to listen to in one go, and having hours on the open road is the perfect excuse to devote your full attention to the disc. But the production was not meant for the road, and some tracks are so quiet that you'll struggle to hear the softer bits, and drown it out completely with the windows down. Listen to this one in the mid-afternoon, at that point where you've been driving for hours but it still feels like you'll never get there. And turn up your stereo.
Bill Callahan - Apocalypse (2011)
Context: I really know nothing about Bill Callahan, apart from what I just read on Wikipedia. But I read a review of this album, it sounded interesting, I listened to a few tracks on Grooveshark, and purchased it for cheap before the trip.
Review: I imagine that Bill Callahan is a love-him-or-hate-him kind of artist. Everything about this album, at least - his throaty voice that often half-sings, the repetitive song structures (without choruses or hooks), the unintrusive, sparse instrumentation - would be divisive. But all these elements worked out in my favor; I enjoyed Apocalypse quite a lot. Mostly it was due to Callahan's excellent voice, dusty but warm.
Some of the songs do meander a little bit too much, never really going anywhere, but Callahan's band on this album does enough interesting things to keep you interested. The weakest tracks repeat the same idea ad infinitum, but the stronger ones (like "Drover" or "Riding for the Feeling") spiral around an idea, providing variations on a theme you never quite here. The mid-album "America!" is annoying after a single listen, but aside from that, I found Apocalypse to be a strong album.
Road-Trip Appropriate?: Again, the album is quiet and subtle, and perhaps not suited for the noises of the open road (there's also a section where a guitar imitates a siren, which freaked me out everytime I heard it while driving). But this is excellent early evening/twilight music; put it on as the sun goes down and you're reaching your destination, after all the cursory road-trip conversations have drifted off into silence.
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Context: This was in the car, which belonged to my Travel Buddy. Neither of us had ever listened to it; apparently it had been floating around in the vehicle for years. We figured: why not?
Review: The correct answer to the question "Why not?" is that the members of Cypress Hill have voices that are annoying as hell. I had never heard of the band, and so I don't know what I was expecting, but Black Sunday ended up being a strange cross between the nasally rhymes of the Beastie Boys and the weak lyrics of Insane Clown Posse. Nearly every line was predictable, and every chorus was repeated by another member of the group immediately after the previous delivery. ("Insane in the brain!" "Insane in the brain!") This happens on nearly every song.
I don't know a whole lot of hip-hop, but the beats on Black Sunday are pretty much the cliched version of what every white person thought hip-hop was circa 1993 - tired drum beats, and incessant klaxons that almost overpower the vocals. The only interesting track was "Hits from the Bong," where I recognized the sample of "Son of a Preacher Man." (The chorus? "Hits from the bong!" (pause) "Hits from the bong, y'all!"). But for the most part, Cypress Hill was repetitive, predictable, annoying, and incredibly dated. We didn't finish the CD.
Road-Trip Appropriate?: This might be a suitable soundtrack for a Thelma and Louise style cliff jump. Otherwise, no.
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In contrast to many other psalms we have studied thus far, this psalm gives us information in the heading that helps us understand the situation surrounding the penning of these words.
First, let us notice that there are twenty-two verses in this psalm. Many times when a psalm has been given this many verses, it is a clue to us that we are looking at an acrostic psalm, since there are twenty-two letters in the Hebrew alphabet. Such is the case for psalm 34. An acrostic psalm is one where the first line of each stanza begins with the successive letter of the alphabet. Of course, the acrostic is lost in translation into English and is why we do not see the acrostic in our scriptures.
Second, we are told the occasion for the writing of this psalm. The heading declares this was when David "pretended to be insane in the presence of Abimelech, who drove him out, and he departed." This instance leads us to 1 Samuel 21:10-15. 1 Samuel 21 falls in the middle of the time when Saul is trying to kill David. Jonathan, Saul's son, was instructed by Saul to go find David and bring him back to the city to be killed. Jonathan warns David of this and David flees to the land of the Philistines. The Philistines recognize David as the king of Israel who the people sang about him killing tens of thousands. But David was afraid of king Achish and began to act insane so as to not pose a threat to the king. David walked around scratching on the door and letting saliva run out of his mouth. Because of his actions, the king did not see David as a threat and did not arrest him or kill him. This time of near death is when David writes this psalm.
The first three verses begin with David declaring he will praise the Lord. There are two main points to the praise David is giving. The first point David makes is that he will praise the Lord at all times. Praising God will always be on his lips.
Now this would be a great of David to say that he is always praising the Lord if he were standing in good circumstances. But let us not forget that David is running for his life. So bad are his circumstances that he must pretend he is insane just to preserve his life. David is the rightful king of Israel and he is forced to act like a madman in Philistia just to keep his own life. These were some of the darkest times in David's life. Yet, in the midst of these dark times, David is able to say that he will praise the Lord at all times.
In these first three verses, David is basically saying to us, "Look what I went through and I continued to praise the Lord. Should you not be able to always praise God?" Verse 3 brings this concept in when David calls for everyone to glorify the Lord with him and exalt the Lord's name together.
We really have no excuse as to why our lips should not always be full of praise to God. In the next few verses, David is going to give his testimony of God's deliverance.
David tells us that he was seeking after the Lord and the Lord answered him. Further, the Lord delivered David from all his fears. David had quite a few good reasons to fear, but with the Lord was able to entrust his life to God's hands. It is important that we always look to God when in our darkest hour.
David describes this importance in verse 5, "Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame." God can brighten our lives and our days even in the midst of great turmoil. David reminds us that those who look to the Lord are never let down or disappointed by God. Instead, we are enlightened and radiant for the working of God in our lives.
There are many great lines in this psalm, but verse 6 is one of the best. "This poor man called, and the Lord heard him." David was in a pitiful state. But even in our most pitiful states, God is there to hear us when we call to Him. God saved David from his troubles and delivered him through his trials. This deliverance is described as an angel of the Lord surrounding and delivering those who fear the Lord. This image brings the mind the power of the Lord coming to our aid. The Lord is ready to defend us, protect us, and fight for us. The angel of the Lord is used to describe God working in this world on our behalf.
David encourages us to give God a try. Taste and see that the Lord is good. This is our 100% money back guarantee that you and I will be totally satisfied when we try the Lord. We will see that He is good to those who seek and fear Him. Here are some of the things we will find when we taste the Lord.
Lacks nothing (8-10). Those who fear the Lord will lack nothing. "And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus" (Phil 4:19). We must try the Lord and see that God will take care of us. We typically do not believe in this statement. We think we have to supply all our needs. But God says He will take care of those who fear Him.
Longevity of life (11-14). "Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies." David tells us that we must be servants of God if we want to have a prosperous life. God's laws should not be considered a book of rules. God has given us these laws so that we can see long days and enjoy the time God has given us on the earth. God's laws will help us maximize our physical lives to the fullest.
An attentive God (15-16). God's eyes are upon the righteous, watching over us. God's ears are attentive to our cries. God's face is toward us granting us with blessings, while His face is against those who do evil. Evildoers are cut off from God.
The Lord saves and delivers (17-22). Look at the listing of all God does for the righteous: (1) the Lord hears them, (2) the Lord delivers them from all their troubles, (3) the Lord is close to the brokenhearted, (4) The Lord saves those who are crushed in spirit, and (5) The Lord delivers us from all troubles (this is repeated). These are words to encourage us in our times of suffering.
Turn to 1 Peter 3:10-12 to see that Peter quotes this section of the psalm. Peter quotes this psalm to encourage us to continue to do good in times of suffering. Thus, Peter encourages, "Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing" (1 Peter 3:9). Taste the Lord and see that serve God is worthy of our efforts for God will do many things for us.
I would like to spend the rest of our time on what I think is the most important verse in this psalm, verse 20. "He protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken." Carefully read the context again and we will see that the psalmist is talking about the righteous. Verse 19 begins the thought concerning a righteous man who has many troubles but the Lord delivers him from them all. Further, God protects the bones of the righteous, not one of them will be broken. So what does this mean for us as righteous people that none of our bones will be broken?
When we turn to John 19:36 we see that the apostle John quotes this verse and applies it to Jesus. In the context of John 19 we are reading about the death of Jesus. Specifically, we read that when the soldiers came to break the legs of those crucified, they did not break the legs of Jesus because he was already dead. Their pierced Jesus' side and blood and water flowed from him. By a simple reading of the passage, it seems that the scripture was fulfilled because Jesus did not suffer from any broken bones.
So what does this mean for us? Is David saying that those who are truly righteous will not have their bones broken? Is the passage and its fulfillment speaking about the physical state of our bodies? I believe we are missing something if we do not see that more is implied concerning the bones of the righteous never being broken.
The scriptures talk about the evil have their bones broken and scattered. "God brings him out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox; He shall consume the nations, his enemies; He shall break their bones and pierce them with his arrows" (Numbers 24:8). "There they are in great fear where no fear was, for God has scattered the bonesof him who encamps against you; You have put them to shame, because God has despised them" (Psalm 53:5). Therefore, when we read about bones, those who have broken bones are lacking the blessings, favor, and deliverance from God. Those whose bones are not broken are in favor with God.
This is the great message for our lives today. It does not matter how badly we may suffer in life, our bones are not broken, meaning we are still in favor with God and know that God can deliver us from what we are enduring. Is this not exactly what was meant concerning Jesus? Yes, none of his physical bones were broken. But more importantly, none of Jesus' bones being broken meant He died in God's favor and love. Though man considered Jesus smitten by God and afflicted by God, Jesus died in the favor of God. Further, none of his bones being broken meant he held to the promise of God's deliverance. We know deliverance came three days later as Jesus conquered death, rose from the grave, and ascended to the Father where all glory and honor was bestowed upon him.
Next: Psalm 35, Lord, Who Is Like You?


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Those qualities are key to the risk-taking approach of DICE, which uses the written material as the leaping-off point for powerfully infectious music created entirely in the moment. It's composition as a roll of the dice.
Rogers' formative years were spent on the streets of New York City at a time when a staggering range of music poured out of every house you passed by. He was surrounded by music in his own home, where both his parents were Broadway performers who raised him against a steady backdrop of show tunes, jazz standards, popular song and opera. He came of age captivated by everything from The Beatles to James Brown, The Temptations to Led Zeppelin, Parliament Funkadelic to Jimi Hendrix. He discovered jazz through fusion pioneers like Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters and Weather Report before tracing the music back to its source, finding inspiration in the music of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
"Chronics" begins with a deceptively simple blues-rock twang before taking a psychedelic twist at the end with the Beatles-inspired post-production addition of Mellotron and Clarinet overdubs — an attempt, Rogers explains, to "put a little Schubert into the funk." Rogers embellishes many of the tunes on the album with lush layers of sound: samples, synths, clarinets, organ, Fender Rhodes, percussion and other elements that nod to the more sophisticated elements that sit side-by-side with the live vitality and expert musicianship of many of his influences.
The percussive guitar strumming at the heart of the funky "Sea Miner" and "Elephant" has a direct antecedent in the revered fretwork of Jimi Hendrix, while the deep-rooted Delta blues style of "The Mystic" is a direct tribute to the legendary Mississippi Fred McDowell. The dreamlike collage of "The Interlude" is just that, an entr'acte built on the foundation of a freely improvised groove. It's followed by the searing, syncopated thrash of "Flava," which is suddenly interrupted by a stunning, abstract piece of musique concrete borrowed from music for a theater piece Rogers scored.
Taken at a blissful lope, DICE's version of the Patsy Cline classic "Crazy" — written by Willie Nelson — luxuriates in the lyrical, warm sound of the Fender Telecaster. Rogers was inspired to interpret the song by Tele masters like Jimmy Bryant, James Burton and Roy Buchanan, putting his own unique, warped accent on the tradition over Smith's whispering brushwork and Ephron's swaggering bass. The brashly playful "L the Bruce" pays homage to iconic comedian Lenny Bruce in its irreverence and dark, edgy sense of humor.
On DICE, Rogers, Ephron and Smith tap the vein of a cityscape to find a vital source of visceral musical invention. It's rock, it's funk, it's blues, it's country, it's throat-throttling jazz as only these three innovative artists can create it.
DICE marks an exhilarating new direction for Rogers, best known as a versatile and innovative jazz guitarist who has toured and recorded with a diverse array of artists including Michael Brecker, Cassandra Wilson, Norah Jones, Joe Jackson, Walter Becker, Paul Simon, Regina Carter, John Zorn, Randy Brecker, Ivan Lins, Marcus Miller, The Mingus Orchestra, Chris Potter, The Gil Evans Orchestra, John Pattitucci and Ravi Coltrane, among others. He has previously released five albums as a leader in trio, quartet and quintet formats and appeared on over 200 albums.


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Class SpaceWorld

java.lang.Object
  World
      SpaceWorld

public class SpaceWorld
extends World

Constructor Summary

SpaceWorld(int width,
           int height,
           ResourceManager m)

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class

addEnemy, addPeople, addTextBubble, addTower, changeXY, enemiesInRange, gainMetal, getAllTowers, getClosestEnemy, getClosestTower, getHeight, getMagnification, getRandomTower, getWidth, newClone, paintComponent, placeTower, removeEnemy, removeTower, resourceManager, scoreIncrease, setMagnification, setObjective, setOffset, setSize, setTower, setXY, towersInRange, updateBackground, updateComponents, x, y

Methods inherited from class

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SpaceWorld

public SpaceWorld(int width,
                  int height,
                  ResourceManager m)

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Q: ConTeXt: Pixel-perfect figure span across a two-page spread Background
Looking to split external figures across two pages, evenly, for a seamless layflat photobook.
Problem
The seam between two pages is misaligned for illustrations that span two pages. This appears to be due to a thin (~1px) white border that isn't being filled. Here's a zoom showing where the fill does not extend to the edge of the right-hand page:

This white line would likely show up in the final print, which  I'd like to avoid. The thin line appears at the edge of the left-hand page, as well.
Code
The code has a ConTeXt part and an SVG part.
ConTeXt
Code to reproduce the issue:
\definepapersize[BookExportSize][
  width=8.5in,
  height=11in,
]

\setuppapersize[BookExportSize]

\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]

\setupclipping[nx=2, ny=1]

\setuplayout[
  grid=halfline,
  rightmargin=\zeropoint,
  leftmargin=\zeropoint,
  header=\zeropoint,
  footer=\zeropoint,
  width=\paperwidth,
  height=\paperheight,
  topspace=\zeropoint,
  backspace=\zeropoint,
]

\definelayer[BookIllustrationLayer][
  width=\paperwidth,
  height=\paperheight,
  position=no,
  repeat=no,
]

% A calculation must be run inside a setup (not shown).
\startsetups[BookSetupIllustration]%
\setlayerframed[BookIllustrationLayer][
  frame=off,
  offset=\zeropoint,
  overlay=\zeropoint,
  voffset=.5\paperheight,
]{%
  \ifodd\pagenumber\def\BookClipX{1}\else\def\BookClipX{2}\fi%
  \clip[x=\BookClipX, y=1]{%
    \externalfigure[illustration][
      width=2\paperwidth,
      height=.5\paperheight,
    ]%
  }%
}%
\stopsetups

\setupbackgrounds[page][
  setups=BookSetupIllustration,
  background=BookIllustrationLayer,
]

\starttext
Hello \page Hello
\stoptext

Illustration
Save as illustration.svg and include it in the same directory as the .tex file:
<svg height="4in" viewBox="0 0 431.8 101.6" width="17in" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g stroke="#000" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2.645833" transform="matrix(.85006833 0 0 .95846476 50.621626 -187.95705)"><path d="m-58.208334 300.77976 503.008004-71.60129"/><path d="m-33.261905 197.42847 480.329435 94.27987"/></g></svg>

Question
How can the clipped background figure be forced to fill the entire page?
If a white border appears on the outside edges (into the bleed area) that's fine because it will be cropped. The issue appears in both Evince and XPDF; I have not tried Acrobat Reader.
Restrictions
If it is okay to place restrictions on a solution, then, ideally:

*

*only changes to the setups, layout, or layers;

*without complex low-level TeX primitives;

*without TeX pages;

*without structural changes to the document; and

*without complex \unprotect macros (~15 lines or so?).

Version
$ context --version
mtx-context     | ConTeXt Process Management 1.03
mtx-context     | current version: 2019.12.06 19:45

Related

*

*ConTeXt: How to span the content across two pages?

*ConTeXt: Expand background image to fill page

*ConTeXt: Span background graphics across verso and recto pages?

A: There is no need to use \setlayerframed when you use only a graphic as argument for the layer.
When you need different content for the layer on odd and even (or left and right) pages you can use the optional second argument to specify on which page the layer should be placed.
\definepapersize
  [BookExportSize]
  [width=8.5in,
   height=11in]

\setuppapersize[BookExportSize]

\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]

\setuplayout
  [page]
  [grid=halfline]

\setuplayout[page]

\definelayer
  [BookIllustrationLayer]
  [width=\paperwidth,
   height=\paperheight,
   doublesided=yes]

\startsetups[BookSetupIllustration]

    \setlayer
      [BookIllustrationLayer]
      [odd]
      [y=.5\paperheight]
      {\clip[nx=2,x=1]
         {\externalfigure
            [illustration.svg]
            [conversion=mp,
             width=2\paperwidth,
             height=.5\paperheight]}}

    \setlayer
      [BookIllustrationLayer]
      [even]
      [y=.5\paperheight]
      {\clip[nx=2,x=2]
         {\externalfigure
            [illustration.svg]
            [conversion=mp,
             width=2\paperwidth,
             height=.5\paperheight]}}

\stopsetups

\setupbackgrounds
  [page]
  [setups=BookSetupIllustration,
   background=BookIllustrationLayer]

\starttext
Hello \page Hello
\stoptext

Simplified layer setting
Instead of two layers for even and odd pages you can use a single layer and use the \doifelseoddpage command to select the correct \clip setting for the current page.
\startsetups[BookSetupIllustration]

    \setlayer
      [BookIllustrationLayer]
      [y=.5\paperheight]
      {\doifelseoddpage
         {\clip[nx=2,x=1]}
         {\clip[nx=2,x=2]}%
         {\externalfigure
            [illustration.svg]
            [conversion=mp,
             width=2\paperwidth,
             height=.5\paperheight]}}

\stopsetups

In this case when can improve the the page choice even more and move the page selection into the argument of the \clip command. The reason why this works is that \doifelseoddpage is expandable but this isn't the case for all \doif commands, e.g. \doifelserightpage isn't expandable and won't work here.
\startsetups[BookSetupIllustration]

    \setlayer
      [BookIllustrationLayer]
      [y=.5\paperheight]
      {\clip[nx=2,x=\doifelseoddpage{1}{2}]
         {\externalfigure
            [illustration.svg]
            [conversion=mp,
             width=2\paperwidth,
             height=.5\paperheight]}}

\stopsetups

A: The issue is caused by space being allocated for the frame border. Use frame=none instead of frame=off to solve the problem, as follows:
\setlayerframed[BookIllustrationLayer][
  frame=none,
  offset=\zeropoint,
  overlay=\zeropoint,
  voffset=.5\paperheight,
]

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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Kohl's. I was paid for this post and received the included fitness equipment as compensation.
I am not a gym person. Don't get me wrong, belonging to a gym has it's advantages, but mostly I just never use one enough to justify the cost. I have always had some sort of fitness equipment in my home-weights, elliptical, treadmill, bike, etc. Since moving to Florida and into a new house this past April, I just haven't a chance to set up an at home gym space, until now.
I have a two garage which houses everything but cars, so I had a pretty decent space to set up my home gym. The disadvantage of the garage is that it is not air conditioned, which is okay right now, but when the hot Florida summer hits, it will get pretty hot in there. I may have to invest in a fan when that happens.
My must have equipment for my home gym would be some sort of cardio equipment other than a treadmill. As a runner I prefer to run outside and when I can't I would much rather cross train indoors on a piece of lower impact cardio equipment like a bike, elliptical or rower would all be perfect. Thanks to Kohl's I was able to add all three of these pieces to my home gym. The elliptical (pictured below) offers a smooth workout with a good amount of added resistance. I also offers a Jillian Michaels training plan that is already programmed into the elliptical, all you have to do is pick the day and week out of your workout and the elliptical does the rest!
Designate a space: Find a space where you will be able to fit your equipment and where you will have enough space to work out.
Set a budget: The best part about a home gym is that it can accommodate any budget. You can get a jump rope and resistance bands for less than $25 or you can outfit your gym with the latest and greatest for over $2000. I think a $500 budget will get you just about everything you want, without breaking the bank.
Decide on equipment: Once you have set a budget then you can decide on your must have equipment for your home gym. Weights can be expensive, but resistance bands can do the same job for cheaper. Not enough money for a treadmill or elliptical? Then maybe get a bike and jump rope. The possibilities are endless and Kohl's Fitness Page offers everything you could possibly need or want at great price! My home gym included a rower, elliptical, bike, weights, exercise bands, exercise balls, jump rope, yoga mat and an awesome back massager (also from Kohl's).
Design your space (and set up any equipment): The rower, elliptical and bike I received from Kohl's were all super easy to set up and let me tell, easy set up is a definite plus. I personally have set up many pieces of exercise equipment over the years and these three pieces were by far the easiest. Check out Kohl's fitness equipment page to see all that they offer.
Once all your equipment is set up you are ready to design your space. I have my cardio equipment set up so they face outside, that way if I want I can open my garage and have a view. I have three shelves where I store my weights and other equipment for easy access. However you decide to set it up just make sure it is conducive to exercise. If you have to move too many things around every time you workout, you may decide to just skip it.
Once you complete the fourth step all that is left is to start working out!!! I personally love all the equipment that Kohl's sent me. My favorite is the rower!! I was actually researching purchasing a rower and was overwhelmed with all the different types and the high prices. This rower works great and is reasonably prices ($191.99 on sale now). It offers a smooth row with plenty of resistance for a great workout!!!! The bike is awesome too, because I can get work done on the desk while burning calories!!!!
Once I add a kettlebell, pull-up bar and some medicine balls I think my gym will be complete. Creating this home gym has been an awesome experience and it all came together in time for the New Year! Thanks Kohl's!!!!
What would be your must have item for a home gym?
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I love all your tips, especially the one about designing a space.
I love that I have the home gym basics here and I definitely work out with them more than I would if I had to go the gym all the time. That back massager looks nice!
Wow! I like… Aside from running, i also often go to the crossfit, but i is pretty far. Thank for your sharing!
I had no idea that Kohls had fitness equipment! I have my treadmill and a bike–I wouldn't mind a rower. And some more kettlebells.
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I have the opposite problem of yours – it's so cold right now in my glass porch that I have to turn on the heat for a bit before I work out LOL. It's so nice to have a home gym though.
The only membership I've ever found to be worth it was my barre membership. I just don't love gyms. I'd rather run outside or take a class. But I love the home gym tips.
I love my hand weights. I only have 5#, 8#, and 12#…but they get the job done! I have a treadmill, but it doesn't see much action (with the exception of this past week).
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We have an extra room and I was thinking about possibly bringing fitness equipment in. After I change the flooring in there LOL!
This is a great setup!
That looks great! I did not know Kohl's sold all that stuff! I love the idea of a rower- that would be awesome!
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Great idea! Having a home gym can be great for convenience and saving money in the long run. But maybe it isn't for everyone, some people are not suited to training alone. My sister has a home gym that she's never used ?.
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Love your basics for a home gym, and I am also a long time lover of running to stay fit. My target audience is the mums and dads of your readers, and even the grandparents, who need to stay fit, not fat for their life enjoyment.
Some of these now have the space and means for a good workout machine to make improving their overall fitness a little more convenient.
Thank you for your sharing, I hope you keep it up.


The hospitality continued into Day 21 when we woke up to the blissful smell of sausage and pancakes. What a way to greet the day!
Day 20 unfolded slowly at home until we left about 1:00 to meet Kanjii.
Shortly after the kids returned from their Pokémon-hunting excursion, Maurice and Wambui arrived at our apartment for our next adventure: a trip to CuCu's house for tea.
I am actually composing this entry as the clock ticks over to Day 20.


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News, Views and Music Issue 86 (Top Ten): AAA Predictions For 2011
So, what does 2011 hold in store for us? Bearing in mind that, as the Rolling Stones put it, 'you can't always get what you want' and that most of our list seems exceedingly unlikely, here's what we'd like to see happen in our first top five of the year...
5) Alan's Album Archives becomes the in-site with the insights this year (© Spareroom Studios 2011), picking up more awards than a Radiohead album, with more hits than a malfunctioning computer and more visitors than the anti-coalition student protests. Well, we live in hope. A few extra hundred visitors a month and an 'I read so much of your site I fell asleep' award will do us, honest.
4) Talking of which, our next wish for 2011 is that David Cameron finally wakes up, says 'what am I doing here, I have no policies and I'm out of my depth' and hands the prime minister-ship to Nick Clegg. Who surprises us all by reverting to the talented and popular politician he used to be a year ago. In tandem, the financial credit crunch crisis will then be over, without Cameron around to spread gloom and false statistics to the Daily Mail and friends and the economy will then be far more stable, with the music industry in particular reporting a huge boom in sales (courtesy of this website, naturally).
3) A treasure trove of lost finds from the BBC archives, including a complete set of Top Of The Pops, Ready Steady Go!s and Jukebox Juries (as well as the missing monochrome Dr Who episodes). All of the above are found in the White House archives where various presidents have 'borrowed' them and forgotten to put them back – well, if four episodes of 'The Tomb Of The Cybermen' can turn up 25 years after transmission in the vaults of a Mormon Church then anything's possible!
2) Fantastic new records by every single AAA band – including some wonderful posthumous releases from those who sadly aren't around anymore – with a permanent AAA top 10 the whole year. Hmm, unlikely I know, but it's still the most likely outcome of any of this list – after all, CSN sound like they've got a good covers album coming out this year with producer Rick Rubin, who produced the last and best Johnny Cash records and the Stones are preparing to record their new one too...
1) The Spice Girls retire! Yes folks, we've been waiting for it for years – the day when posh and tremendously rich spice, really really scary spice, used to be sporty now middle aged and overweight spice, not-so-baby spice and old spice finally decide en masse to retire and admit that their 15 minutes in the spotlight is over. It's 15 years overdue and counting so it must happen soon...
Oh and here's a more likely scenario:
5) Your website scribe is finally committed to the rest home for Monkeynuts authors after being surrounded by furious Spice Girls fans demanding reviews of 'Spiceworld – The Movie'.
4) David Cameron starts revealing his plans for world domination to the press and starts stroking cats during his public broadcasts. Nick Clegg, the true heir to the political throne, is found in mysterious circumstances with a pickaxe in his head after daring to speak out against Coalition policies. The Daily Mail becomes the coalition's official paper and after 20 years of promises house prices finally tumble.
3) The BBC accidentally wipe all their existing Top Of The Pops and Ready Steady Go!s (they've already wiped all but one Jukebox Jury!) And all of their modern Dr Who's. Because in a move to make programmes for people with lower IQs George Bush Junior is appointed head of BBC One and accidentally wipes them all with a big red button.
2) All AAA bands are dropped by their respective record companies because from now on all records will have to have some connection to High Street Musical, X-Factor or Strictly Come Dancing to secure a release. This means that decades of AAA brilliance will be reduced to Lulu singing in a school uniform and Paul McCartney singing a duet with Ann Widdicombe.
1) The Spice Girls are back with their new single 'crrrredit crrrrunch girrrrl powerrrr' and a new 3D version of their film 'Spiceworld' with a guesting computer animated version of Michael Jackson. Both projects make #1 in 58 countries and people's heads everywhere explode.
So, which reality is more likely? Keep reading 'News, Views and Music' throughout the year to find out...
Labels: 2011, coalition, David Cameron, monkeynuts, predictions, Spice Girls
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80) AAA Home Towns http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/news-views-and-music-issue-88-home.html
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84) AAA Albums Still Unreleased on CD
85) Random Recent Purchases (#2)
86) Top AAA Music Videos
87) 30 Day Facebook Music Challenge
88) AAA Documentaries
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89) Unfinished and 'Lost' AAA Albums
90) Strangest AAA Album Covers http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/newsa-views-and-music-issue-98-top-ten.html
91) AAA Performers Live From Mars (!) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/news-views-and-music-issue-99-top-ten.html
92) Songs Including The Number '100' for our 100th Issue
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93) Most Songs Recorded In A Single Day
94) Most Revealing AAA Interviews
95) Top 10 Pre-Fame Recordings http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/news-views-and-music-issue-103-top-ten.html
96) The Shortest And Longest AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-104-top-ten.html
97) The AAA Allstars Ultimate Band Line-Up
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98) Top Songs About Sports http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-106-top-ten.html
99) AAA Conversations With God http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-107-top-ten.html
100) AAA Managers: The Good, The Bad and the Financially Ugly http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/news-views-and-music-issue-108-top-ten.html
101) Unexpected AAA Cameos http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/news-views-and-music-issue-109-top-ten.html
102) AAA Words You can Type Into A Caluclator
103) AAA Court Cases http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/news-views-and-music-issue-111-top-five.html
104) Postmodern Songs About Songwriting
105) Biggest Stylistic Leaps Between Albums
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106) 20 Reasons Why Cameron Should Go!
107) The AAA Pun-Filled Cookbook
108) Classic Debut Releases http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/news-views-and-music-issue-116-top-five.html
109) Five Uses Of Bird Sound Effects http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/news-views-and-music-issue-118-top-five.html
110) AAA Classic Youtube Clips Part #1
111) Part #2 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/news-views-and-music-issue-120-top.html
113) AAA Facts You Might Not Know http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/news-views-and-music-issue-122-top-ten.html
114) The 20 Rarest AAA Records
115) AAA Instrumental Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_12_04_archive.html
116) Musical Tarot http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/news-views-and-music-issue-125-top-23-i.html
117) Christmas Carols http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_12_18_archive.html
118) Top AAA Releases Of 2011 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_12_25_archive.html
119) AAA Bands In The Beano/The Dandy http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/news-views-and-music-issue-128-top-five.html
120) Top 20 Guitarists #1 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/news-views-and-music-issue-129-top-ten.html
121) #2 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_15_archive.html
122) 'Shorty' Nomination Award Questionairre http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_22_archive.html
123) Top Best-Selling AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_29_archive.html
124) AAA Songs Featuring Bagpipes
125) A (Hopefully) Complete List Of AAA Musicians On Twitter http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_02_19_archive.html
126) Beatles Albums That Might Have Been 1970-74 and 1980 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_02_26_archive.html
127) DVD/Computer Games We've Just Invented http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_11_archive.html
128) The AAA Albums With The Most Weeks At #1 in the UK http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_18_archive.html
129) The AAA Singles With The Most Weeks At #1 in the UK http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_25_archive.html
130) Lyric Competition (Questions) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_04_15_archive.html
131) Top Crooning Classics http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_04_22_archive.html
132) Funeral Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/news-views-and-music-issue-142-top-five.html
133) AAA Songs For When Your Phone Is On Hold http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/news-views-and-music-issue-143-top-five.html
134) Random Recent Purchases (#3) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/news-views-and-music-issue-144-top-five.html
135) Lyric Competition (Answers) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/news-views-and-music-issue-146-top.html
136) Bee Gees Songs/AAA Goes Disco! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/news-views-and-music-issue-147-top-five.html
137) The Best AAA Sleevenotes (And Worst) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/news-views-and-music-issue-148-top-ten.html
138) A Short Precise Of The Years 1962-70 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/news-views-and-music-149-top-eight.html
139) More Wacky AAA-Related Films And Their Soundtracks
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140) AAA Appearances On Desert Island Discs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/top-eight-aaa-desert-island-discs.html
141) Songs Exclusive To Live Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/news-views-and-music-issue-153-top-10.html
142) More AAA Songs About Armageddon http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/aaa-armageddon-songsalbums-top-5-for.html
143) How Every AAA Band Got Their Name (News, Views and Music 155...
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144) AAA Top 10: The Motor Car (News, Views and Music 156)
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146) AAA Albums With The Most Weeks On The USA Billboard Charts (...
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161) AAA Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame Acceptance Speeches http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/aaa-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame.html%20%0d162
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167) Tributes To The 10 AAA Stars Who Died The Youngest http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/tributes-to-10-aaa-stars-who-died.html
168) The First 10 AAA Songs Listed Alphabetically http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-first-10-aaa-songs-if-listed.html
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172) The 20 Most Common Girl's Names In AAA Song Titles (With Definitions) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/girls-names-in-aaa-song-titles-from.html
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174) Top Ten AAA Bootlegs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/top-10-aaa-bootlegs-news-views-and.html
175) Days Of The Week AAA Style http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/days-of-week-aaa-style-news-views-and.html
176) AAA Musicals http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/aaa-musicals-news-views-and-music-issue.html
177) Interesting AAA Line-Ups That Were Or Nearly Were http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/ten-interesting-aaa-line-ups-that-were.html
178) The 101 Greatest AAA Songs Of All Time (Maybe?!) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-greatest-101-aaa-songs-well-ish-see.html
179) Mrs Thatcher Meets The Devil http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/mrs-thatcher-meets-devil-plus-intro-for.html
180) First Recordings By Future AAA Stars http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/first-songsrecordings-by-aaa-stars-news.html
181) The Ten Oldest AAA Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-ten-oldest-aaa-songs-news-views-and.html
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183) AAA Appearances on TV Show 'Colour Me Pop' http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/aaa-appearances-on-colour-me-pop-tv.html
184) AAA Years In Song http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/aaa-years-in-song-news-views-and-music.html
185) A Tribute To Storm Thorgerson Via The Five AAA Bands He Worked With http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/a-tribute-to-hipgnosis-via-five-aaa.html
186) Five Top AAA Apps http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/top-five-aaa-apps-news-views-and-music.html
187) The Ultimate Grateful Dead Concert Setlist http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-ultimate-grateful-dead-concert-top.html
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189) Top Ten Dave Davies Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/top-ten-dave-davies-songs-news-views.html
190) Comparatively Obscure First Compositions By AAA Stars http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/comparatively-obscure-debut.html
191) Famous AAA Fathers: http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/famous-aaa-fathers-news-views-and-music.html
192) The Best Five AAA Re-Issue CD Series http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-best-five-aaa-re-issues-series-news.html
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194) Ten Of The Best AAA Riffs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/ten-of-best-aaa-riffs-news-views-and.html
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196) Twenty AAA Milestone Moments Part Two 1967-80 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/twenty-aaa-milestone-events-part-two.html
197) Eleven Random Recent Purchases http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/eleven-random-recent-purchases.html
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205) Abandoned AAA Album Covers http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/abandoned-aaa-album-covers-top-ten-news.html
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Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif takes unconventional journey to Super Bowl
Dan Ralph
Published January 24, 2020 Updated January 24, 2020
This article was published more than 6 months ago. Some information in it may no longer be current.
Kansas City Chiefs' Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is introduced before the AFC Championship game on Jan. 19, 2020, in Kansas City.
Jeff Roberson/The Associated Press
Former McGill University football coach Sonny Wolfe realized immediately he had something special in Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.
At six foot five and 275 pounds, Duvernay-Tardif was an impressive physical specimen when he enrolled at the Montreal university in 2010. What's more, the defensive lineman had been accepted into the McGill's medical school.
"Any time you get someone six foot five and around 275 pounds who's able to get into McGill, you have a couple of adult beverages because it's unusual for that to happen," said Wolfe, knowing it's common for Quebec's top recruits to opt for more successful football programs at the University of Montreal or Laval.
"He's a rare bird in that he's someone who had big talent and big potential at that time as well as the academics to not just get into McGill but be accepted into medicine.
"When he was ultimately accepted we were real happy, but we had no idea how talented he was going to become."
Ten years later, the hulking Duvernay-Tardif has reached the top of his profession – landing a spot in the Super Bowl to cap his sixth season in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs.
The 28-year-old native of Mont-Sainte-Hilaire, Que., who now weighs 321 pounds, will start at right guard for the Chiefs when they face the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 2 in Miami.
However, Duvernay-Tardif's budding career nearly ended before he played a down of university football. Many at McGill advised him against trying to combine football with medical school.
"He didn't want to leave football completely," Wolfe said. "So he asked if he could come out once a week and see how it would go and perhaps down the road, a couple of years later, he might have a chance to play a significant role.
"Two weeks after classes had started he came into my office and said, 'Coach, I can handle both so if you're willing I'm ready to be a full-time football player.' "
The then-Redmen (McGill's men's teams ditched the name last year) switched Durvernay-Tardif to offence, something he did with ease. He secured All-Canadian honours (2012-13) and the J.P. Metras Trophy (2013) as Canadian university football's top lineman.
He also earned a nickname from his teammates.
"They called him Dr. Death because he was a medical student who'd finish every play," said Wolfe, who spent 24 seasons as a Canadian university head coach at Acadia (1983-2002) and McGill (2007-11) and is now a high-school coach in his native Montreal.
"You can't be as good as he is without having a real toughness and desire to move people. Not to hurt them but dominate them so he became Dr. Death."
Off the field, Duvernay-Tardif could be a terror around campus.
"As big as he was, he'd skateboard around campus and you'd want to get out of the way," Wolfe said with a chuckle. "Not that he was looking to block anybody from med school [or] the gym but that was a big, big body on a skateboard."
The NFL took notice of Duvernay-Tardif in March, 2014, with nine teams attending his pro day. Two months later, the Chiefs drafted him in the sixth round, No. 200 over all.
After cracking Kansas City's starting lineup in 2015, Duvernay-Tardif signed a five-year, US$42.36-million contract extension with the Chiefs on Feb. 28, 2017. The deal included US$20.20-million guaranteed and a US$10-million signing bonus.
Despite the windfall, Duvernay-Tardif remained in school. In May 2018, he graduated from McGill's Faculty of Medicine as a doctor in medicine and master in surgery, becoming just the fourth NFL player – and only active one – to become a medical graduate.
Duvernay-Tardif's life experiences involve much more than just football and medicine, however. In 1999 and again in '06, Duvernay-Tardif's parents took him and his two younger sisters on year-long sailing trips along the American east coast and through the Caribbean.
The children were home-schooled along the way and the family often ate fish they'd caught themselves. Duvernay-Tardif clearly was comfortable on the water. In his younger days, he competed in sailing and served as an instructor.
"I've never asked him this but my guess is football was a way to balance his life," Wolfe said. "He had so many things going on but football was important, being part of a team, I think, was very important to him."
Duvernay-Tardif often arrived at McGill's morning meetings with food for his offensive teammates. Offensive linemen received items from Duvernay-Tardif's family bakery and fruit while the remainder of the offensive unit got just fruit.
Often, what most people see of Duvernay-Tardif is his gregarious, fun-loving side. But Wolfe said that persona transforms once Duvernay-Tardif gets on the field.
"Between plays in practice, he can be joking with a guy," Wolfe said. "But snap to whistle, nobody is more intense, no one is tougher.
"He's got a special ability to be a real, real nice human being but you don't want to be lining up in front of him on game day."
Dr. J. Scott Delaney, who practises emergency and sport medicine at the McGill University Health Centre, said beneath Duvernay-Tardif's happy-go-lucky demeanour is a doctor more than capable of making tough decisions.
"He certainly can be charming, but he's also very serious-minded," said Delaney, who's also the head physician of Major League Soccer's Montreal Impact and a doctor for the CFL's Montreal Alouettes. "Often you're delivering bad news to patients and he can do that and do it in a very sympathetic and compassionate way.
"Patients will sense insincerity immediately when you're dealing with difficult and sometimes tragic situations. He cares about people and it comes through when he's dealing with them every day in the hospital. But he also puts in the work and it shows because no amount of charm or charisma is going to teach you what to do, what medication to give or what procedure must be done."
Delaney said Duvernay-Tardif's NFL experience should prove beneficial once he becomes a full-time doctor.
"He's certainly a bit battle hardened already, which is a good thing," he said. "I'm sure playing before 75,000 people, doing interviews and being put in the spotlight has helped him either become desensitized or used to it.
"But he doesn't become shell-shocked. He's able to think through the clouds of stress that sometimes distort people's judgments and make as good a decision as possible in the moment."
Delaney admits an NFL offensive lineman cuts an imposing figure as a doctor, even among other pro athletes. "I took him to the Montreal Canadiens to do some preseason physicals," Delaney said. "These are pro athletes, millionaires, and they're big guys too.
"But I remember two guys after saying, 'Did you shake that guy's hand? It was like shaking a baked ham. All I felt was a slab of muscle. Who was that guy?' So even these professional NHL players were just impressed with his size."
Wolfe, for one, had planned to watch the Super Bowl long before the Chiefs punched their ticket to the game. But now, he's looking forward to it even more.
"There aren't many NFL games I don't get to see unless I'm coaching at that time," he said. "But this one will be special, for sure."
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· Check in from 3pm.
· Short 4 mile trail run before dinner.
· Late afternoon - Time to explore Aberfeldy or relax at the Guest House.
· Approx. 12 mile trail run exploring the wonders of Drummond Hill.
· Late lunch and celebratory drink in a local hostelry.
· Au Revoir. Transport to departure points.
All runs are guided by Coach Neil.
We will run at a pace that allows the group to stay together and walk the hills if we have to. We will stop at points for photo opportunities and to allow the group to re-combine as required. This is not a race!
If you are a faster runner, then you will run slower than you would normally – just enjoy it. Previous trail running experience is not necessary. The terrain will be both flat along the beautiful banks of the River Tay, and hilly up and over the low hills round Aberfeldy The views will be incredible (weather permitting!). You should be able to cover the distances at a pace of at around 11 min/miles to enjoy this event (equivalent of a 4:30 – 5:00 marathon).
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WOULD-BE burglars fled from a property after being confronted by their victim.
Three men pulled up at the property in Priory Avenue, Hungerford, in a silver saloon-type vehicle. Two of the men stayed in the car while the third forced his way into the house via the front door.
But when the burglar was confronted by a man in his twenties inside the house he ran back to the car.
The driver then stalled the vehicle as they tried to flee, before driving in the direction of John O'Guant School.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which occurred at approximately 6.30pm on Friday, May 19.
All three men are described as white and aged in their twenties.
One of them was of a large build with a dark beard and wore dark clothing.
Another was said to have a large build and also wore dark clothing. He had light brown scruffy hair, a very pale complexion and a light ginger beard.
The third man is described as of medium build with a chubby face, and between 5ft 10ins and 6ft tall with short black hair. He had an unshaven face with stubble and was wearing black jeans and a hoody.
Officers would like to hear from anyone in the area who may have seen the vehicle or the three men, or who experienced any unexpected visits from people who may have knocked on the door but then left when the door was answered.
Contact 101 quoting reference 43170145314 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800555111 if you have any information.


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Thrashers' Enstrom latest to make Olympic team
Chris Vivlamore, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Thrashers defenseman Tobias Enstrom found out he made Sweden's 2010 Olympic team Sunday morning ... in a text message. Without a formal announcement, the news was released over the Internet and then relayed to Enstrom by teammate and countryman Johan Hedberg.
"The Olympics is something you grow up watching and dreaming about playing in," Enstrom said of what will be his first Games. "It's always an honor to play for your country. I'm really looking forward to it."
Enstrom became the third Thrashers player to make an Olympic roster. He joined Ilya Kovalchuk and Max Afinogenov, who were named to Russia's roster on Friday.
Both Kovalchuk and Afinogenov called the chance to represent their country a "big honor." However, Kovalchuk is focused on the Thrashers' schedule prior to the Olympic break.
"All the best players are going to be there," Kovalchuk said. "Now, we are focusing on our [Thrashers] team. We have [23] games left before the Olympics. It's good to make the team, but we are professionals and we play here and want to win here."
Russia has captured the last two World Championship titles but neither Kovalchuk nor Afinogenov were willing to predict an Olympic gold medal.
"Every team is comparable," Afinogenov said.
The Thrashers have several other players who could make Olympic rosters including Ron Hainsey and Zach Bogosian (United States), Pavel Kubina, Ondrej Pavelec and Boris Valabik (Czech Republic), Christoph Schubert (Germany) and Anssi Salmela (Finland).
The Olympic hockey competition begins on Feb. 16 in Vancouver.
Kane misses practice
Thrashers rookie Evander Kane missed Sunday's practice after injuring his shoulder in Saturday's loss to Tampa Bay. Thrashers coach John Anderson said Kane is "day-to-day" after being examined by doctors. Kane was scheduled to make the next leg of the team's road trip, which continues Monday in New Jersey.
Lack of effort
The Thrashers have lost four straight (0-3-1) headed into Monday's game in New Jersey. They are coming off Saturday's 4-3 loss in Tampa Bay as the Lightning took the lead with two third-period goals.
"I thought we played a good game up until that third goal," Anderson said. "We thought [Alex Tanguay's goal] was offsides, but it wasn't and, lo and behold, it ends up in our net. We relaxed and you don't relax until you hear the whistle. That's pee-wee hockey. That bothers me, something as simple as not playing it out to the whistle ends up in our net."
Junior goal scorers
Thrashers prospects Carl Klingberg and Jeremy Morin, both second-round picks this year, each scored goals in the opening round of the World Junior Hockey Championships on Saturday in Saskatchewan.
Klingberg, playing for Sweden, scored in a 10-1 win over the Czech Republic. Morin scored for the United States in a 7-3 win over Slovakia. Morin started a four-goal second period for the U.S. en route to the win.
The tournament continued Sunday.
Chelios re-ups
Chris Chelios, the 25-year NHL veteran, signed a second Professional Tryout Contract with AHL Chicago. Chelios, 47, is not property of the Thrashers. He has appeared in 22 games and is second on the team with a plus-nine rating for the Thrashers affiliate.


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Our family loves history. All forms of history. But the best history that we have found comes from Heirloom Audio Productions. We have loved their audio dramas in the past, so I was excited to see In the Reign of Terror available to review!
Heirloom Audio has given us many great history adventures from all over, and In the Reign of Terror comes while Moe Man has been learning about the French Revolution in his history class right now. When he was having a hard time bringing the history to life, we could listen to this audio drama and be pulled right into the history of this event!
This story starts off with a young man named Harry who is stuck in Arlington Cemetery with his family. He is lost and just doesn't understand. He meets up with Mr. George and his eyes are opened when he is taken back to the French Revolution and the struggles of man and faith that happened during this time.
Harry is taken right into the battle of the French Revolution. He sees the start, the battle and the end. He finds his faith and the strength needed to get through such an event. The whole time we were listening, we were there, we were with Harry during the battles and the end with Jeanne and Virginie. We felt what he felt, saw what he saw and heard what he heard.
Heirloom Audio had once again given us another movie without the screen! There are all the sounds that are happening, the sounds that bring the story to life. Each character has an actor just for the part. While this is based on a G.A. Henty book, this is anything but a book! We follow the same path of the book, but with oh so much more excitement!
In the past, we have had access to some great extras to go with our Audio Drama. This time is no different! We have access to the original e-book, the official soundtrack, a printable cast poster, desktop wallpaper, inspirational verse poster and the tried and true study guide.
While we love to find a place for the inspirational quote, we really enjoy using the study guide to help us reap the full benefits of using the Audio Drama! This guide includes different areas of learning. You have the first section that checks to see how well everyone was listening in the Listening Well section. Here we find 10 or more questions about the track we just listened to.
The next section is Thinking Further. This is a great way to get the minds thinking. Taking what we have heard and looking further into what this could mean. This was a fun way to take Moe Man further into his lessons. He was able to connect the story to his lesson and take the research father.
We also love checking out the Defining Words. Some of them we know, but others we need to check out. I am able to pull Ray Ray in on this one and have him practice his dictionary skills. This is a fun break in our day to listen to the audio drama and learn new words. The kids don't think they are learning when they just want to know what is being said in the adventure.
Now this year, Heirloom Audio has started something new. They have started Live the Adventure Club. This is a great site that brings a lot of information to your homeschool. Not only are you able to listen to the Audio Drama online, but you have access to other, fun things!
While you are listening to the story online, you are able to follow along with the script. This is a great thing when you want your child to learn about plays and acting. Not only that, but at the of each chapter, you are able to take a quiz. This is a fun online quiz like many that you see on Facebook. You are given questions and you pick the right answer, don't get it right, they show you the correct answer in green with your wrong answer in red. This is a fun review that we have loved to do together as we are listening to the story.
Live the Adventure Club has so much more in it as well. My favorite was the Resource section. This section talks about current events, movies and issues. I loved coming here to see what was said about the lastest movies that were coming out, or currently out. This lets me think more about what I will need to know when the kids want to watch it!
Not only that, but the community page is a great way to learn more, ask questions and find new ways of using the dramas that are available. I love getting to know more about the other families who are using the Heirloom Audio Dramas in their house, and I love being able to ask questions and get answers. If you love Heirloom Audio and want to connect with others who love it as much as you do, this is where you need to be!
While I love the new additions that Heirloom Audio has added, I will still fall back on the quality of their productions. I love being able to have history come alive for my children. And when it comes to life, it is without a screen. Heirloom Audio has given us all we need to make our imaginations go wild with the adventure we are on. We watch T.V. without the T.V. and enjoy every moment of it. Or we fight, holler and scream when we are told we need to stop at a certain chapter, yet we want to keep going!
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LONDON — In Britain, France, Spain and different nations throughout Europe, politicians and a few public well being specialists are pushing a brand new method to the coronavirus pandemic borne of each boldness and resignation: that the sickness is changing into a fixture of each day life.
Governments are seizing a second during which their populations have skilled much less extreme sickness, and, in some situations, a drop in new each day instances after weeks of report progress. And they're shifting their mitigation insurance policies off emergency footing.
In Spain, as an example, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared final week that residents would "should study to dwell with it, as we do with many different viruses," and mentioned that the nation ought to regulate the nationwide method to extra intently align with the way it handles influenza outbreaks. Olivier Véran, the French well being minister, mentioned just lately that France's excessive degree of an infection and robust vaccination charge might "perhaps" imply this may be the ultimate wave.
The shift comes even because the World Well being Group cautioned this week towards treating the virus just like the seasonal flu, saying it was too quickly to make that decision. A lot in regards to the illness stays unknown, the W.H.O. mentioned. And a surge in instances pushed by the Omicron variant continues to be battering the continent, whereas the inhabitants of a lot of the world stays weak due to a scarcity of widespread vaccination, and extra variants are nonetheless prone to come up.
Nonetheless, advocates of the "study to dwell with it" method level out that the newest surge in instances is completely different from the early days of the virus in a number of essential methods, together with a largely vaccinated inhabitants in components of Europe, particularly within the West, and a far decrease charge of hospitalization.
The sentiment is clear within the evolving insurance policies that the British authorities has adopted because the begin of this yr, a stark departure from the "conflict footing" that the nation's well being service preached in December.
The modifications embody shorter isolation intervals and the elimination of pre-departure checks for individuals touring to England — largely as a result of Omicron was already so prevalent that the checks had a restricted impact on its unfold.
There have been some concrete indicators that Britain could also be turning a nook. There have been 99,652 new instances reported on Friday, a notable drop from the 178,250 instances reported on the identical day final week.
"It may possibly't be an emergency eternally," Graham Medley, a professor of infectious illness modeling on the London College of Hygiene and Tropical Drugs, informed BBC Radio four this week. He added that the top of the pandemic was prone to happen in phases fairly than seem as "an lively time limit" when it may be declared to be over.
Amid this shift, the messaging to the general public has different, typically in complicated methods. The steering could be everywhere in the map, with some politicians declaring the newest wave over and others advocating a gradual return to normalcy — all whereas many specialists categorical warning about all the unknowns and the potential for brand new variants.
Peter English, a retired marketing consultant in communicable illness management, mentioned that for a lot of public well being specialists and scientists in Britain, the talk had shifted away from lockdowns to widespread sense mitigation measures. Most at the moment are encouraging measures like necessary masking in public settings and laws for air flow requirements.
"There had been an argument about zero Covid and attempting to get rid of the virus by way of restrictions," he mentioned. "I believe that we've misplaced that argument. I believe that by permitting it to unfold to the extent it has, will probably be very, very troublesome to place the genie again into the bottle."
From that perspective, he mentioned, "we're going to should dwell with it being endemic." However, he added, "Endemic doesn't imply not critical," and he urged warning towards the concept of merely "studying to dwell with it" with out mitigation measures in place.
One of many largest considerations in England has been the extraordinary stress that the virus places on the Nationwide Well being Service, or N.H.S. However a few of the quick considerations that Britain's hospitals might grow to be overwhelmed with sufferers throughout this newest wave have begun to ease.
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Matthew Taylor, the pinnacle of the N.H.S. Confederation, a membership group for the heads of hospitals, mentioned on Wednesday that "except issues change unexpectedly, we're near the nationwide peak of Covid sufferers in hospital."
In Spain, a brand new monitoring system is being created to return into impact as soon as the present surge in instances ebbs, and the nation additionally just lately relaxed its isolation guidelines. However Madrid's push for Omicron to be handled extra just like the flu has been criticized by some docs {and professional} associations, in addition to by the European Medicines Company, who say the virus continues to be behaving as a pandemic.
In France, infections are nonetheless trending upward, with almost 300,000 newly reported coronavirus instances a day this week, virtually six instances as many as a month in the past. However President Emmanuel Macron, who's dealing with a presidential election in April, has opted to maintain minimal restrictions in place and centered as a substitute on urging the French to get vaccinated.
Mr. Macron's authorities has rejected accusations that it has given up on decreasing the variety of instances, together with in colleges, which confronted widespread strikes on Thursday by lecturers involved with classroom security.
Mr. Véran, the French well being minister, who examined constructive for the coronavirus on Thursday, mentioned the authorities had been retaining an in depth eye on knowledge from Britain to determine whether or not France was nearing its personal peak.
Germany is a number of weeks behind a few of its European neighbors in confronting an uptick in infections. It reported 80,430 new instances on Tuesday, breaking a report set in November. However impartial scientific specialists have held off advising the federal government to impose new restrictions regardless of widespread settlement that an infection numbers would proceed to rise.
Christian Drosten, the nation's most well-known virologist, famous that Germany would almost definitely finally have to maneuver to treating the virus as endemic.
"Let's put it this fashion: We shouldn't open the gate utterly," he mentioned final week in a podcast interview. "However in some areas, we have now to open the door to the virus a bit."
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Key Issues to Know
Vaccine mandates. The Supreme Court docket blocked the Biden administration from imposing a vaccine-or-testing mandate for big employers, however the justices allowed a extra modest mandate requiring well being care employees at amenities receiving federal cash to be vaccinated.
All over the world. The way forward for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is unsure after he admitted attending a celebration that violated lockdown guidelines. In France, lecturers staged a one-day walkout towards relaxed Covid testing guidelines that they worry will result in extra infections.
Italy, too, is grappling with a few of the highest each day an infection charges since early within the pandemic. However in current weeks, it has tightened restrictions, making vaccines necessary for these 50 and over, together with requiring a well being move to make use of public transportation.
A spokesman for the Italian Well being Ministry mentioned that the nation was "nonetheless in a fragile section," and that the current each day surges in instances continued to place stress on intensive care models. Italian scientists have tended to agree that it's too early to declare the scenario endemic, even when the time had come "to begin occupied with the brand new regular" of coexisting with the virus, mentioned Fabrizio Pregliasco, a virologist on the College of Milan.
That type of warning is clear amongst a wide selection of well being professionals and researchers throughout Europe, a few of whom issued a plea this week in The British Medical Journal for higher coordination in approaching the pandemic. They argued that there was nonetheless an pressing have to "scale back infections to keep away from overwhelming well being programs and shield public life and the financial system."
"Even beneath essentially the most optimistic assumptions," they wrote, "letting Omicron run unfettered dangers probably devastating penalties."
In England, hospitalizations are nonetheless very excessive in some areas, notably within the northeast, and sickness amongst well being care employees continues to be straining the system.
England must take a "considerate, managed method" to the pandemic, "whereas occupied with what our new regular will appear to be," mentioned Saffron Cordery, the deputy chief government for N.H.S. Suppliers, the membership group for England's well being employees.
However, she added, it was clear that the nation had began to develop a sample of residing by way of a number of waves of the virus. With a lot uncertainty nonetheless forward, she mentioned it will be misguided to think about this second as an inflection level.
"Reasonably than being a 100-meter straight-line dash all the way down to the end line of Covid," she defined, "it's extra of a longer-term cross-country run by way of all kinds of various terrains earlier than we get to that vacation spot."
Elisabetta Povoledo contributed reporting from Rome, Christopher F. Schuetze from Berlin and Aurelien Breeden from Paris. Raphael Minder additionally contributed reporting.
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Once the paperwork had been processed, the money wired and the rail tickets purchased, Mariasia Naginsky and her five daughters would leave the relative comforts of their Seattle shelter home for the next-to-last leg of their journey — crossing the vast expanse of the American West. As in Russia, they would travel on relatively new transcontinental routes that passed through territory few people had seen.
The U.S. rail industry had expanded significantly in the early 20th century, attempting to capitalize on new opportunities in the West. There would never be more track mileage (approximately 254,000 miles in 1916) or passengers (1.2 million passengers in 1920) than during this time period, according to a railroad history timeline compiled by PBS.
It was against this backdrop that Mariasia and her daughters would board a train bound for Chicago, probably in late February or March 1918. Because it was such a time of transition, it's difficult to determine whether nationalization efforts already were under way or the private companies still were operating their normal routes. If both Seattle rail stations still were offering passenger service, the family would have left from either the King Street Station or the Oregon-Washington Station.
By 1918, the King Street Station already had become an iconic building on the Seattle skyline, with its tall clock tower facing the city. Built between 1904 and 1906, the station was designed by the architects of New York's Grand Central Station, as described by HistoryLink.org, which also noted that the building's style was sometimes referred to as "Railroad Italianate." Departing from this station, the Naginskys would have been dropped off by a representative of the Seattle branch of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, likely in a motor car, at the grand entrance drive on King Street, which was covered by an extended projecting awning. Inside, they would have found ornate details such as coffered ceilings and even a ladies' waiting area.
Those departing from the King Street Station would have been taking either the Great Northern Railroad or the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Traveling The Great Northern, the family would have witnessed "magnificent mountains, placid lakes and breathtaking glaciers," as described in "The Great Northern Railway – A History" by Ralph W. Hidy et al. The railroad's Oriental Limited train, which had the northernmost route of all carriers, would have taken them through central Washington, then swing toward the northernmost tip of Idaho and remain close to the Canadian border through Montana and North Dakota. Entering Minnesota, it would begin heading south, following the Mississippi River through LaCrosse, Wis., and Dubuque, Iowa, before crossing northern Illinois.
… the track of the Great Northern is noted for its solidarity, long tangents, and easy curves; the rails are of the heaviest steel, the ballasting of rock; the train swings as smoothly over the Montana mountains as it does over the prairies of North Dakota; the jumps, jerks and bumps have all been worked out of the roadway — a spoonful of coffee always reaches the passenger's mouth intact from his cup despite the fact that a 160-ton engine is whirling the train along at 40 miles an hour.
By 1911, a second station was offering transcontinental rail service from Seattle to Chicago. Located right next to its rival King Street Station, the Oregon-Washington Station served as the terminus for both the Union Pacific, which built the station, and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. The station was a grand architectural structure built in the Beaux Arts style with classical details, according to HistoryLink.org. If the family left from here, they may have sat on tall oak benches in a central barrel-vaulted waiting space or in a separate ladies' waiting area, surrounded by tiled floors and classical columns. A large, semi-circular window facing the tracks lit up the massive space. Designed to meet all passenger needs, the station had a small hospital on the concourse level as well as a restaurant and other amenities. It also had features that made operations more mechanized and efficient, reflecting the growing modernization of the railroad.
Union Pacific's route was the southernmost of all the carriers, taking passengers through different areas of the country than its competitors. From Seattle, the train would head south on the Oregon and Washington line through Tacoma into Portland, Ore. From there, the line would head east, following the Columbia River along the Oregon-Washington border past Mt. Hood before angling southeast through Pendleton, Ore., and Boise, Idaho. Near Pocatello, Idaho, the train either continued on this path toward Granger, Wyo., or it headed due south past the Great Salt Lake to Ogden, Utah — both stops on the Union Pacific's main line. The main line would cross southern Wyoming, passing Cheyenne; move directly through the nation's bread basket, with stops in Omaha, Neb., and Council Bluffs, Iowa; then head across Iowa and Illinois.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, more commonly known as The Milwaukee Road, would begin offering service to Chicago soon after the Oregon-Washington Station opened in 1911. Over 2,300 miles of track, The Milwaukee Road's Columbian and Olympian lines would cross five major mountain ranges — the Saddles, Belts, Rockies, Cascades and Bitter Roots — and move through mostly sparsely populated areas in central Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa before crossing into Northern Illinois.
Regardless of the carrier, the duration of the trip seemed to be roughly the same. Multiple sources report the journey from Seattle to Chicago took between 70 and 72 hours. According to a schedule published in 1921 — a few years after the Naginskys' trip — a North Coast Limited train would leave Seattle's King Street Station at 9:15 a.m. Sunday and arrive at Chicago's Northwestern Station by 11:15 a.m. Wednesday.
Government price controls and stiff competition, initially within the rail industry and later from other modes of transportation, kept rail ticket prices relatively low and falling as early as the last decade of the 19th century. As described in Hidy's historical account, Great Northern touched off a price war in the 1890s that brought first-class fares from Seattle to St. Paul down from $60 to $35 and second-class fares from $35 to $25; shortly afterward, prices dropped again to $25 and $18, respectively. Second-class travel accounted for more than 80 percent of the railroads' business, "which differed little … from first-class service," reasoned Great Northern's Hill, who saw opportunity in greater overall volume. By 1921, published fares for adults traveling from Seattle to Chicago were starting at $9.90 for a "Tourist Upper Berth," not including an 8 percent war tax. Tickets for children under age 12 were half-price, while those for children under 4 were free. The actual fare paid by Mariasia in 1918 could have been even lower, as the railroads, led by Great Northern, offered special fares for immigrants and settlers.
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This is one amazing personal and United States historical piece! I loved it.
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