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Craig S. Altemose, Executive Director, (201) 841 7105, craig@betterfutureproject.org
Craig co-founded Better Future Project in 2011 and has served as its Executive Director since that time. Before starting BFP, he co-founded and led Students for a Just and Stable Future, a statewide student network that engaged students at over fifteen Massachusetts universities on climate policy. Craig holds a B.A. in International Relations from Eckerd College, an M.P.P. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. A native of Morris Plains, New Jersey, he now lives with his wife, Rouwenna, in Somerville, MA and enjoys playing strategy board games, running, and reading when not working for a just and livable future for all.
Alan Palm, Director of 350 Mass Organizing, (508)728 5992, alan@betterfutureproject.org
Born and raised in Massachusetts with roots in Nova Scotia, Alan has been working for the past decade to educate and activate the public, especially young people, to fight for climate justice. In 2007, Alan co-founded a sustainability education organization that traveled to 46 states aboard vegetable oil and solar powered school buses, presenting at schools and supporting the youth climate movement. In 2009, Alan joined ACE: Alliance for Climate Education where he led a team that presented to nearly half a million high school students throughout New England, and trained dozens of youth to lead campaigns for issues like Fossil Fuel Divestment and 100% Renewable Energy. After completing Marshall Ganz's semester long course, "Organizing: People, Power, Change," Alan joined the BFP team in 2017 as the Director of Organizing for 350 Mass.
Erica Rotman, Director of Development, erica@betterfutureproject.org
Erica comes to Better Future Project with 10 years of fundraising experience, previously at Bikes Not Bombs (in JP), the Center Against Domestic Violence (in NYC) and Head and Hands (in Montreal). At BFP, Erica manages individual giving and grants programs. Originally from Montreal, Erica holds a B.SC in Neuroscience from McGill and an MPH from NYU. Outside of the office, you can find Erica mountain biking in nearby parks and running an Iraqi cooking pop up with her cousins.
Kriss Mincey, Divest Ed Director, kriss@betterfutureproject.org
As part of the Great Migration, my family moved to Jersey and Baltimore City in the 1940s from the American South, courtesy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, seventeenth century. The ones I know were and are: farmers, beauticians, butchers, sailors, sign language interpreters, caregivers--which brings us to me, Kriss Mincey, another being having a human experience. Only right now, mine is expressing itself in ways that are arguably more "airy," such as gathering and creating language, co-learning, stewarding relationships, and asking more truthful questions about the invisible things that shape our physical world--like I said, very "pie-in-the-sky" stuff. Now, for that weird occurrence where I reference myself in third person: Kriss Mincey is a Black, Afro-Southern American lyricist, writer and asker of questions. She likes her coffee hot, even in summer. She asks under what conditions can an emerging commercial artist access spirit in their work long term. She lives and grows in Baltimore and Boston.
Jon Wishnie, 350 Mass Climate Justice Partnerships Organizer, jwishnie@betterfutureproject.org
A lifelong Massachusetts dweller, Jon grew up in Newton before attending college Smith College where they studied government, while spending much of their time learning community organizing and radical education at UMass Amherst with the UMass Alliance for Community Transformation (UACT). After graduating, Jon returned to the Boston area to work in outdoor experiential education at Hale Reservation. They've organized across several different issues and campaigns, most recently coordinating the climate justice work of the incredible youth of the Boston Student Advisory Council/Youth on Board while completing the JOIN for Justice Jewish Organizing Fellowship. Jon believes that it is impossible to fight climate change without fighting injustice and systemic oppression in all its forms. For Jon, that means following the leadership of communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
Gracie Brett, Divest Ed Campus Organizer
Gracie recently graduated from American University in Washington, DC with a B.A. in Political Science. She became interested in climate justice when she joined her University's divestment campaign, Fossil Free AU. There, Gracie learned the importance of community and camaraderie in organizing. She views the climate crisis as an opportunity to reshape the global political economy to serve people over profits—seeking prosperity for the people, not the polluters. Her work at Better Future Project seeks not only to fight environmental injustice, but to build a more democratic and equitable society along the way. Outside of organizing, Gracie enjoys contemporary art, free jazz, fitness, and reading.
Rachel Schlueter (she/her), Divest Ed Senior Organizer, rachel@betterfutureproject.org
Rachel Schlueter was born and raised in the Western suburbs of Chicago, and arrived at Better Future Project in 2018 to co-create and launch Divest Ed. Rachel supports Divest Ed's fellowship programming, leads trainings, coaches campaigns in the Midwest and South, and holds space for the joyful practice of developing reinvestment strategies with campaigns. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations at Boston University (BU), where she studied global politics, power, and public health. Outside of the classroom, she was an active member in Divest BU - a student climate justice campaign that built power to win coal and tar sands divestment of the endowment. Through travel, listening to stories, and a whole lot of tea, she fostered her passion for self-determination as resistance to white supremacy and extraction. Rachel has found many homes and greenhouses for growth, and has returned to live in the Midwest where she is relearning watersheds, writing, and building up her vinyl collection.
Kerrina Williams (she/they), Digital Disruption Organizer, kerrina@betterfutureproject.org
Kerrina (she/they) grew up on Tongva land in Southern California. Kerrina is a Black, African American and Mexican decolonial womanist who works towards a just future where power lies in the community. They are a graduate from Northeastern University. In undergrad they worked with their school's United Students Against Sweatshops chapter, the Progressive Student Alliance, in solidarity with workers and unions. They earned a history degree with a focus on colonialism, imperialism, and alternative medical systems in Black enslaved communities in the North America. They also minored in Environmental Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies. Outside of their profession work, Kerrina practices yoga, meditation, and loves rewatching early 2000s reality tv.
Vernon K. Walker, CREW Program Manager, vernon@betterfutureproject.org
Rev. Vernon K. Walker is originally born and raised in Philadelphia. Rev. Walker attended Penn State University for college where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Organizational Leadership and a minor in Psychology in 2012.
After graduating from Penn State University, Rev. Walker attended Boston University's School of Theology and earned a Master Degree in Theological Studies (M.T.S) in 2016. During this time, Rev. Walker also crossed registered to take courses at Harvard University' Divinity School on non-profit leadership. Rev. Walker also took classes at the School of Social Work at Boston University that focused on social justice and macro social work practice.
Canyon Woodward, Divest Ed Harvard Alumni Organizer, canyon@betterfutureproject.org
Canyon graduated from Harvard College in 2015. As an undergraduate he co-coordinated Divest Harvard, studied the craft of organizing under Professors Marshall Ganz and Timothy P. McCarthy, and wrote about the roots and growth of the U.S. climate movement in his honors thesis, "We Must, Therefore We Can: The Rise of Radical Grassroots Climate rganizing in the U.S." Canyon hails from the Appalachian Mountain region of North Carolina. He has worked as Regional Field Director for Bernie Sanders 2016, Vice-Chair of the NC District 11 Democratic Party, Campaign Manager for Representative Chloe Maxmin, and Producer of Collapse The Distance. Canyon is also an outdoor educator, avid trail runner, potter, and writer.
Venson Shih, Operations Manager, venson@betterfutureproject.org
Venson spent two decades as the IT Director for non-profit organizations including the American Heart Association and the Appalachian Mountain Club. In recent years, he worked as an independent technology consultant and operations manager for non-profits, businesses and individuals. He spends as much time as possible outdoors, hiking, kayaking or playing in his garden. He is a strong advocate of sustainability, for protecting nature and the environment. Venson is very excited to join BFP and the fight against the climate crisis.
Chloe Maxmin, Divest Ed Harvard Alumni Organizer, chloe@betterfutureproject.org
Chloe Maxmin is a graduate of Harvard College Class of 2015. Chloe was raised on her family's farm in Maine and has been a community organizer for fifteen years. She started the Climate Action Club at her high school and worked with students, teachers, community members, and businesses on local issues. She co-founded Divest Harvard in 2012, building a student movement for climate justice on campus with 70,000 supporters. The day after she graduated from college, Chloe moved back to Maine. She currently serves in the Maine House of Representatives after winning her 2018 race in her hometown District 88, making her the first Democrat to win the District 88 seat.
Cabell Eames, Legislative Manager, cabell@betterfutureproject.org
Cabell originally hails from Richmond, Virginia and is a lifelong advocate for racial, social, and economic justice. Having grown up amidst Big Tobacco and the chemical industry, she knows first-hand the importance of corporate accountability and environmental justice and recently filed a bill for ingredient transparency. She also supports Medicare for All, a program that would have eased her childhood spent battling for her mother's care for Multiple Sclerosis and prevented her untimely death. After settling in Massachusetts in 2005, she was inspired by her husband's cousin's mayoral run in Haverhill and soon joined the political arena full time as the Campaign Manager for Bob Massie for Governor in 2017. Subsequently, she served as the Advocacy Director for Goss Associates, an immigration law firm. After participating in the Massachusetts Citizens' Legislative Seminar, Cabell was elected Co-Chair of her hometown's Democratic Committee and appointed to the Energy Committee. Cabell knows climate justice is our number one priority, as it relates to all issues and is the crisis of our time, and she also chairs the Green Alliance, an organization that works in her local public school sector that successfully banned styrofoam and is starting a composting pilot program at the local middle school this year. Cabell believes the moment for justice and equality is always NOW and is ever ready to take to the streets, the State House, or any forum to inspire legislators to do better for the world and its people.
Sam Payne, Digital Organizer & Communications Specialist, sam@betterfutureproject.org
Sam is a life long Massachusetts resident. Born and raised in Brookline, Sam became familiar with greater Massachusetts when he attended college at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in the Berkshires and when he worked on Bob Massie's 2018 run for Governor. Since graduating with a double major in Political Science and Psychology, Sam has worked on multiple progressive campaigns and as a digital communications contractor for several local businesses. If we lived in a just, sustainable world, Sam would likely be focusing on art— he is an avid reader and writer, and has recently thrown himself into music production. Sam feels a tremendous responsibility to translate his privilege into a better future for all.


Boats- all people fishing must either be a member or have a ticket or the boat will be disqualified.
Shore- All shore fishers must be a member or have a ticket.
Grand Bend and north to the trailer park north of Lexington, Michigan.
Weigh-in is at the hatchery between 2-3pm. Single entry per category per person.
Categories…….Trout (Rainbow and Browns) paying for the three heaviest fish.
Salmon(Coho and Chinook) paying for the 3 heaviest fish.
• Note, the $100 member big fish prize will apply to this derby.
All prize winners may be asked to prove they are legally allowed to fish to claim prize.
A minimum of 5 draw prizes will be made from entrants that are present at weigh in.
Tickets available at The Outdoorsman, Eric's Pro Tackle and Buck's Baits until 5:30pm Friday April 19, 2013, and at the general meeting on April 9th, 2013.
This Association will not be liable to or for the loss of property or for injury to any person (contestant or spectator). Contestants compete in this event at their own risk and agree to hold this Association and members harmless from any liability, claims and/or cost of any nature whatsoever.


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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) --- The Bowling Green Hot Rods fell to the Lake County Captains 4-2 win on Tuesday night at Bowling Green Ballpark. The Hot Rods are 6-7 ahead of Wednesday's rubber game of the series, which will have a 10:35 a.m. first pitch.
For the second straight night, Lake County jumped out to a first-inning lead. Tyler Freeman began the game with a double to left off Hot Rods starter Alan Strong, then scored on Ruben Cardenas' two-out single to go up 1-0.
Bowling Green immediately got the run back in the bottom of the first against Lake County left-hander Raymond Burgos. Michael Smith led off with a walk and advanced to second on a balk. After moving to third on Wander Franco's single, Smith motored home on a wild pitch to even the score at 1-1.
Freeman and Cardenas both struck again in the third. Freeman once again let off with a double, this time to right. After a sacrifice bunt and a strikeout, Cardenas hit a towering drive to deep center that Smith couldn't come down with. Cardenas circled the bases with a two-run, inside-the-park home run that put Lake County up 3-1. Smith would leave the game following the play.
Bowling Green had an opportunity to chip into the deficit in the fourth as Kaleo Johnson and Grant Witherspoon led off with singles, but Burgos wiggled out of the jam to preserve the two-run cushion.
In the fifth, Bowling Green drew closer, as Bryce Brown turned on a 1-2 pitch from Burgos and pulled just inside the left field foul pole for a 391-foot solo homer that made it 3-2, Lake County.
Lake County added an insurance run in the seventh, then held the Hot Rods to just one hit over the final four innings, winning 4-2 to force a rubber game on Wednesday.
Strong (0-1) worked 6.0 innings, allowing three runs on six hits, walking none and fanning a career-best eight batters in the loss. Chris Muller came out of the pen and allowed a run on two hits while striking out three. Cristofer Ogando walked two batters and hit one, but worked a scoreless ninth inning.


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Kyle Ferrin Uplifts Underappreciated Medium
November 11, 2019 by The Echo
Ashley Kronebusch, Staff Writer
"Vast: The Crystal Caverns" was launched on Kickstarter in August of 2015 and became an immediate success, getting funded in just one day. Although this board game presented a fairly familiar fantasy world to players, anyone looking for the smooth, realistic art that usually accompanies this genre would be in for a shock. Instead, it featured an art style full of rough edges and abstracted creatures, balancing the dark atmosphere achieved with dynamic shading with vibrant colors and emotions. Four years later, this art has been put on display, along with the other works of artist Kyle Ferrin.
"The Worlds of Kyle Ferrin" is hosted at the Light Grey Art Lab, a small studio space near the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Exhibiting work from Vast: The Crystal Caverns, as well as the board game Root, both published by Leder Games, the show is a celebration of how art can elevate and impact board game experiences. Ferrin's art is not only hung on the walls, but also displayed on tables through the form of the board games themselves. These two games have found significant success, in no small part from the charm and character that Ferrin gives with his work. "Vast: The Crystal Caverns" puts players into competition through various fantasy roles, from a knight to a dragon, while Root has players take the role of anthropomorphic animals fighting for control over the forest.
Because these games are both asymmetrical board games, meaning the rules and objectives of each player are different, there is a heightened focus on the characters that the players embody. This is where Ferrin's art comes into its own, immediately establishing vibrant personalities for all the player characters that are not only endearing, but also give players a sense of place in the board game's world. The cards and boards of these games are a joy to look at in of themselves, so it's hard to not feel absorbed into the world.
The highlight of the show is a wall that displays art for different cards in Root. These illustrations range from the adventurous, swords drawn sort of fair that one might expect from a fantasy game, to the cozy and cute. In one, a fuming mouse gathers a mob with a pitchfork outstretched, and in another, a fox sits at a campfire sipping tea. The kind of wonder contained in Ferrin's artwork is truly infectious, and I challenge anyone to look at his anthropomorphic critters without a smile on their face.
Ferrin is at the forefront of a new wave of independent artists that value expression and aesthetic over realism and tradition. This art pushes at the boundaries of what we have traditionally considered to be artistic mediums, as now even board games can get recognition as works of art. In his short time working with Leder, Ferrin has already impacted our understanding of what art can do for a board game. As Ferrin (whose concepts for a new game, Oath, have been put online) continues to create, he also continues to inspire new artists, excited to share their emotions with abstract art styles. I can only look forward to what Ferrin creates, as well as inspires, in the future.
This article was originally published in the November 8, 2019 issue.
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Church Displays Nativity Scene with Holy Family Separated in Cages at the Border
By Jessica Stewart on December 9, 2019
Photo: CUMC
Nativity scenes are a long-held tradition to celebrate the holiday season, but one church is using theirs to send another message about compassion. In California, the Claremont United Methodist Church has set up a non-traditional scene that speaks to a timely topic—the treatment of refugees. Instead of uniting together under one roof, Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus are held separately in cage-like cells as a commentary on how refugee families are often treated by the United States government.
The image was shared on Facebook by Senior Minister Karen Clark Ristine along with the theological statement that accompanies the nativity. It reads, in part, "In a time in our country when refugee families seek asylum at our borders and are unwillingly separated from one another, we consider the most well-known refugee family in the world. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Holy Family. Shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary were forced to flee with their young son from Nazareth to Egypt to escape King Herod, a tyrant. They feared persecution and death. What if this family sought refuge in our country today?"
What follows is a reminder of Jesus' teachings as written in the gospel of Matthew, where he opens his arms to all walks of life: "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me." The nativity scene is just one further extension of the work the church is already doing, as it regularly holds free immigration assistance and citizenship workshops. They've also raised over $100,000 to assist with the legal representation of separated families.
The powerful scene is a reminder by the church that over the past three years, over 5,500 children under the age of 2 have been separated from their parents at the U.S. border. This controversial action, when transposed on the Holy Family, makes for a particularly powerful statement and is a call for compassion to Christians around the world. Luckily, in the church's world, there is a happy ending. Once inside the church, the Holy Family has been reunited. One can only hope that many of the separated refugee families also have this same opportunity.
h/t: [Mashable]
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Jessica Stewart is a Contributing Writer and Digital Media Specialist for My Modern Met, as well as a curator and art historian. Since 2020, she is also one of the co-hosts of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. She earned her MA in Renaissance Studies from University College London and now lives in Rome, Italy. She cultivated expertise in street art which led to the purchase of her photographic archive by the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia in 2014. When she's not spending time with her three dogs, she also manages the studio of a successful street artist. In 2013, she authored the book 'Street Art Stories Roma' and most recently contributed to 'Crossroads: A Glimpse Into the Life of Alice Pasquini'. You can follow her adventures online at @romephotoblog.
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Attorneys for Animals submits official response opposing the de-listing of wolves on the Endangered Species List
Date: July 23, 2019Author: statelinesportsnetwork 0 Comments
Canton, Michigan – (Monday, July 22, 2019 – 9:00 a.m.) – Attorneys for Animals has submitted a response to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposal to de-list gray wolves from the Endangered Species List in all the lower 48 states.
It was December 2014, when a U. S. District Court ruled to overturn an earlier USFWS decision to strip federal protection for Great Lakes wolves. In 2011 wolves had been left unprotected after being removed from the federal Endangered Species Act. Once again, wolves are in danger.
Strongly opposed to the removal of federal protection for the majestic species, Attorneys for Animals cites the considered opinion that Michigan, one of a handful of states most impacted by the proposed legislation will ignore input from the scientific, natural resource, conservation and animal welfare communities, and disrespect the deafening public outcry from citizens to protect the wolves within its boundaries.
Kate Brindle, JD, and board secretary of AFA, who researched and assisted in drafting the AFA response.
"Of the estimated 1.8 million comments submitted in response to the USFWS proposal, we believe that AFA has an important perspective to offer in opposition to the plan to de-list gray wolves."
Brindle said-
"As a Michigan non-profit of legal professionals and animal advocates, AFA has actively followed legislation for many years. We have carefully observed the divisive issue of wolf de-listing in Michigan and have taken positions in support of continued federal protection. We therefore are in a unique position to provide a critical assessment of how the de-listing of wolves, followed by a likely opening of this species to a hunt, would affect both Michigan and its gray wolves."
In support of its position, AFA also submitted a Timeline of Efforts to Protect Wolves in Michigan, from late 2011 through late 2016. A summary of the Timeline indicates:
The legislature passed four different bills, all with the purpose of authorizing a wolf hunt. Of the four:
Two were overturned by a clear majority of Michigan voters in November, after successful referendum campaigns against the wolf hunt
One was held unconstitutional by Michigan courts
One, still on the books awaiting de-listing decision, was made referendum-proof by adding appropriation language
A wolf hunt was held in 2013, killing 22 wolves; further hunts have been halted by the 2014 federal court decision overturning the 2011 agency action to de-list the wolves
·Investigative reports expose deceptive methods used to promote and justify a wolf hunt in Michigan:
False, exaggerated "scare stories" about wolves
Irresponsible, criminally negligent ranching methods behind a claim that wolves were destroying livestock
Destruction of public comments by government officials
AFA's comment is available on the federal regulations.gov website: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FWS-HQ-ES-2018-0097-105861
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Parents are bombarded with nutrition information every day. Many are confused about different and conflicting messages that they have received from various sources.
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Facebook will change its paid advertising platform in a bid to prevent discriminatory practices.
Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and "harmful" practices, the company and US civil rights groups say.
Under the agreement, Facebook will create a new advertising portal for ads linked to housing, employment and credit ads that will limit targeting options for those ads across all of its services, including Instagram and Messenger, the rights groups said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
Advertisers on the portal, which will be separate from the system used to advertise other sets of services, will not be able to target ads by age, gender, cultural affinity or post code, the statement said.
In addition, the company pledged to build a tool allowing users to search all current housing ads listed in the US, regardless of whether the ads were directed at them.
"There is a long history of discrimination in the areas of housing, employment and credit, and this harmful behaviour should not happen through Facebook ads," Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in a separate statement.
Facebook, the world's largest social network with 2.7 billion users and nearly $US56 billion ($A79 billion) in annual revenue, has been on the defensive over its advertising practices, while also fending off privacy scandals and disclosures that Russia used its platform to meddle in the 2016 US presidential election.
Complaints over ads-based discrimination have dogged the company since 2016, when news organisation ProPublica reported that advertisers could target ads on Facebook based on people's self-reported jobs, even if the job was "Jew hater".


Jim (c) and two friends early in the war.
On first reading the title of this letter from Jim my thoughts went to cussing sailors. Then I thought, "Wait a minute! Jim wasn't much of a cusser." What's the deal with this letter?
Jim tells the story of what he learned in Navy boot camp in 1941, a couple of months before World War II erupted into the American consciousness. In his own indomitable (one of his favorite words) way he relates boot camp not to the normal deprivations and indignities, but to the new words he had to learn. Naval Language.
Within the first paragraph I was ready to learn new words for all sorts of things. Not this time. He learned his lesson well. On the surface, this letter is a lengthy list of definitions and new terms he learned in boot camp. He missed one term that I clearly remember him using after my first month at NDSU. I had moved in and had lived in the dorm for a couple of weeks before he had Air Guard drill in Fargo. He told me that he was eager to see my "quarters." I couldn't figure that out. I didn't have a coin collection that amounted to anything. The few coins I had were mostly pennies. Why would he want to see my quarters? Oh. Naval Language for the place you slept.
All of the other terms Jim describes were quite familiar to me. Over the years he used every one of them many times. He was only one of thousands of WWII veterans that brought new language back to the states. Until reading this letter I didn't know how much he really learned in boot camp.
Boot camp or recruit training is a profound shock to most recruits because the navy begins its job of building men by destroying the identity they brought with them. Their heads are shaved. They are assigned numbers. The drill instructor is their Mother, Father, their God!
He treats them with utter contempt. Not brutally, nor harshly but very sternly and demanding. On Sept 23, 1941, I, along with many hapless others, reported to the Naval Recruit Training Center at Newport, Rhode Island, for one purpose; to mold us into men.
It was a baffleing sometimes frightening experience. The Navy had its own language and boots or recruits were required to learn it just as the inhabitants of an occupied country must learn the conquerors tongue! A bar was a slopchute, a latrine was a head; swamps were boondocks, and field boots were boondockers. A rumor was scuttlebutt, because that was the name for water fountains, where rumors were spread; a deception was a snow job, gossiping was shooting the breeze, information was dope, news was the scoop, confirmed information was the word. You said "Aye, aye, sir," not "Yes, sir." An officer promoted from the ranks was a Mustang. Your company commander or captain was the skipper.
You were granted liberty, usually in the form of a forty-eight or a seventy-two, depending on the number of hours you could be absent. Leave was usually thirty days or less granted annually. If you didn't return by the time and date of expiration of liberty or leave you were over the hill or AWOL (absent without leave). Coffee was Joe; a coffeepot, joepot. Battle dress was dungarees. A cleanup of living spaces or barracks, no matter how long it lasted, was a field day. Duffle bags, though indistinguishable from those used by GIs, were seabags. For officers to be under arrest was underhack. To straighten up meant to square away; underwear was skivvies; lad was a generic term of address for any subordinate, regardless of age.
Some of these terms have crept into the language since World War II, but no one outside the service knew them then. Recruits had to pick them up fast and accurately! They courted trouble if they were applied incorrectly.
It was equally unwise to call a deck a floor, a bulkhead a wall, an overhead a ceiling, a hatch a door, or a ladder stairs. Every sailor was a swabbie, every US soldier was a dogface or doggie, and every Marine was known as Mac to every other Marine.
Secure signified anchoring something in place or ending an activity … thus when the battle of Kwanjalein Atoll was won, the island was secure.
Survey was even more flexible. It could mean, not only a medical discharge from the Navy, but also retirement, disposing of worn out clothing or equipment. There was even a word for anything that defied description. It was Gizmo!
At Newport these and all other customs of the recruits new way of life were flouted at great risk! You were told that there were three ways of doing things; the right way, the wrong way, and the Navy way! The Navy way was uncompromising. Failure to salute your superiors brought swift retribution. Even today, despite the horrors which inevitably followed, I am sometimes haunted by memories of my weeks as a recruit. It was an experience which one can never completely forget or want to.
That intense, seemingly harsh training would serve me well during the four years on that battleship in the Pacific.
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1345 (MCCCXLV) je bilo navadno leto, ki se je po julijanskem koledarju začelo na soboto.

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Bizantinska državljanska vojna in smirnska križarska vojna
 začetek leta - Nadaljuje se državljanska vojna med regentskim triumviratom v imenu mladoletnega cesarja Ivana IV. Paleologa, ki ga tvorijo cesarica-mati Ana Savojska, patriarh Ivan XIV. Kalek in oligarh Aleksej Apokavk, proti rivalskemu cesarju Ivanu Kantakuzenu.
 17. januar - Smirna: križarji praznujejo uspeh smirnske križarske vojne. Latinski patriarh Enrico d'Asti zbere križarje k obeležitvi Svete maše v prostorni zapuščeni stavbi. Križarje z neosvojene akropole opazujejo ajdinski Turki pod vodstvom bega Umur Ghazija, ki sredi križarske maše ukaže vsesplošen izpad. V boju Turki pokoljejo vse križarske voditelje, vključno s patriarhom, vendar jim ne uspe pregnati križarjev iz mesta.
 pomlad - Aydinski bej Umur Ghazi se kljub prisotnosti križarjev v mestu vrne z vojsko na pomoč bizantinskemu (so)cesarju Ivanu Kantakunzenu, ki se je oklical za cesarja leta 1341. Kantakunzenova vojska, ki je bila do tedaj na udaru bizantinskega regentstva, Srbov, Bolgarov in solunskih zelotov, s pomočjo Turkov ponovno preide v ofenzivo, najprej proti Bolgarom.
 maj - Začetek druge odprave smirnske križarske vojne, tokrat pod vodstvom viennoiškega dofena Humberta II. 1346 ↔
 11. junij - Bizarna smrt regenta Alekseja Apokavka, ki se nenajavljen odpravi na inšpekcijo novega zapora. Zaporniki, ki jih je večinoma tja spravil omenjeni skupaj z ostalima regentoma, izkoristijo priložnost in ga do smrti linčajo. Privrženci umorjenega se krvavo maščujejo in pomorijo čez 200 zapornikov. Apokavkova smrt bistveno oslabi vojaško moč regentstva.

 Solun: sin linčanega Ivan Apokavk sledi očetovemu zgledu. Ko izve za smrt očeta, prestopi v Kantakuzenov tabor in poskusi izgnati iz Soluna ti. zelote, anti-aristokratske in ljudske politične stranke, ki jo druži predvsem sovraštvo do bizantinskih politikov. Zeloti zaroto odkrijejo in ga skupaj s privrženci usmrtijo. V ljudski vstaji potem pokoljejo politično aristokracijo, ki je še ostala v mestu.
 Izpraznjeno mesto v regentski trojki poskusi zasesti Kantakuzenov oficir Ivan Vatac, ki na lastno pest poskusi Turke iz Aydina pridobiti za regentstvo. Ko Turkom postane jasno, da jih izigrava, ga ubijejo in zasužnjijo njegovo spremstvo, vključno s sinom.
 7. julij - Bitka pri Periteorionu: Kantakunzenova vojska uniči vojsko bolgarskega kneza Momčila, ki je izkoristil politično prezaposlenost vladarjev in se utrdil na tromeji med Bolgarijo, Srbijo in cesarstvom. Po tej zmagi se začne umikati pred srbsko vojsko Dušana Silnega, ki je sklenil zavezništvo z bizantinskim regentskim triumviratom.
 september - Po daljšem obleganju osvoji srbski kralj Duša Silni zahodno makedonsko mesto Serres. Po osvojitvi Makedonije se usmeri še v Albanijo, ki ji vladajo neapeljski Anžujci, in jo zavzame z izjemo Drača.
 november - Ivan Kantakuzen izgubi vojaško podporo aydinskega beja Umurja Ghazija, ki se je prisiljen pod pritiskom druge križarske odprave vrniti nazaj v matično Smirno, kjer so še vedno prisotni križarji. Namesto Umur Ghazija mu je pripravljen vojaško pomagati sosednji bej Orhan iz Osmanskega bejlika, ki je Bizantince povsem izrinil iz Male Azije.
 Orhan ob napredovanju vojske proti Dardanelam spotoma zavzame in priključi sosednji bejlik Karasidov, v katerem so se pojavile razprtije po smrti vladajočega beja.
 Genovčani izkoristijo politično anarhijo v Egejskem morju in preženejo Bizantince z egejskega otoka Ios.

Stoletna vojna
 začetek leta - Angleški kralj Edvard III. načrtuje odprtje treh front proti Francozom: iz Flandrije, Bretanije in Gaskonje.
 junij:
 Gaskonjska fronta: angleški general grof Derby odpre fronto v južni Franciji v Gaskoniji. Na razpolago ima zgolj okoli 1.500 vojakov.
 Bretonska fronta: drugi angleški general grof Northampton že teden dni po pristanki premaga vojsko profrancoskega bretanskega pretendenta Karla Bloiškega, ki pa si hitro opomore in potisne Anglo-Bretonce v defenzivo, kar ostane do naslednjega leta.
 24. julij - Flandrijski neformalni voditelj protifrancoskega odpora Jacob van Artevelde izgubi zaupanje flamskih sonarodnjakov, ko se poskuša politično utrditi s pomočjo Angležev. Do smrti ga linčajo meščani Genta.
 avgust - Bitka pri Bergeracu, Gaskonja: Anglo-Gaskonjci pod vodstvom grofa Derbyja premagajo Francoze pri obmejnem mestu Bergerac. Mesto, ki ima zastarelo obzidje, pade nekaj dni kasneje, Angleži pa s tem dobijo bazo za nove podvige in se poplačajo z izterjanimi odkupninami.
 16. september - Umre angleški kandidat za bretonskega vojvodo Ivan Montforški. Do bretonskega vojvodskega prestola postane z vidika Angležev upravičen 5 letni sin umrlega Ivan V., ki se nahaja v rejništvu pri angleškemu kralju.
 avgust - Anglo-Gaskonjci zavzamejo obmejno utrdbo Auberoche. Glavnina angleške vojske se potem umakne nazaj v prestolnico Bordeaux, kjer se regrupira. Francoska vojska to izkoristi in prične oblegati utrdbo Auberoche.
 21. oktober - Bitka pri Auberocheju, Gaskonja: anglo-gaskonjska vojska preseneti petkrat številčnejšo francosko med večerjo in jo popolnoma razbije. Bežeči Francozi za sabo pustijo pratež in poveljnike, kar izboljša oskrbo in finance angleške vojske. Dolgoročno gledano zavarujejo Angleži svoj interes v Gaskonji za naslednjih 100 let.
 Portsmouth: priprave za odprtje tretje fronte v Flandriji se zavlečejo na naslednje leto → 1346.
 Princesa Ivana Angleška je zaročena s kastiljskim princem Petrom, ki je kasneje kot kralj dobil nadimek Kruti. 1348 ↔

Države naslednice Mongolskega cesarstva

 V štirih glavnih entitetah, ki so sestavljale nekoč mogočen Mongolski imperij, so očitni znaki notranjega razkroja. Najbolj je očiten v perzijskem Ilkanatu, kjer vladajo številne rivalske dinastične hiše, ki so vsaka zase prešibke, da bi obnovile politično enotnost Ilkanata. V Čagatajskem kanatu se lokalno plemstvo upira vsaki politični centralizaciji. V najpomembnejši Dinastiji Yuan vrhovni kan Togon Temur izgublja oblast nad provincami, ki so zaradi naravnih nesreč razočarane nad neučinkovitostjo uradništva. Zlata horda ima svoje težave, a kaže še največ politične stabilnosti:
 Zlata horda: kan Džanibek začne ponovno oblegati genovsko trgovsko kolonijo Kaffo na Krimskem polotoku. Do prestolnice Saraj se iz centralne Azije razširi epidemija kuge znana kot Črna smrt.  1347 ↔
 Propadajoči Ilkanat: v družinski vojni Čobanidov, ki obvladujejo SZ del bivšega Ilkanata, zmaga Malek Ašraf, ki na prestol pretendenta za ilkanatskega Kana postavi svojega pretendenta (Anuširvan-kan).
 Čagatajski kanat: upor afganistanskih Mongolov/Mogulov pod vodstvom Amirja Kazgana proti centralni oblasti Čagatajskega kanata, ki jo predstavlja kan Kazan ibn Jasur. Za večjo avtonomijo je tudi plemstvo, ki se postavi na stran Mogulov. Prvo leto ima Čagatajski kanat pobudo na bojišču. 1346 ↔
 Dinastija Yuan: cesarju Togon Temurju in uradništvu ne uspe obnoviti nasipov ob Rumeni reki, ki ponovno poplavi in odplavi pridelke. Podeželje so poleg slabega upravljanja mandarinske birokracije opustošila lakota in kuga, zato se vrstijo kmečki upori. Vladna vojska to leto opustoši nek budistični samostan, ki ga je prisiljen zapustiti sin kmečkih otrok, bodoči voditelj upora in grobar dinastije Yuan Zhu Yuanzhang. 1352 ↔

Ostalo
 Po Italiji pustoši lakota.
 1. januar - Nemčija: izobčeni rimsko-nemški cesar Ludvik IV. Wittelsbaški se poroči z litvansko pogansko princeso Kunigundo. Zaradi izobčenja ima namreč težave z iskanjem neveste med krščanskimi sosedi.
 zima - Saaremaa: Livonski red dokončno zatre poganski upor na noč Svetega Jurija, ki se je v to leto nadaljeval edino še na omenjenem otoku. Poganski Oselijci se sicer predajo, vendar ne postanejo nič kaj bolj naklonjeni krščanstvu kot prej. Danci, ki imajo svojih težav že doma dovolj, prodajo pravico do severne Estonije livonskemu redu. Tja se začno množično priseljevati švedski kolonizatorji.
 12. marec - Evharistični čudež, Amsterdam: na smrt bolni prejme med Sveto evharistijo hostijo, ki pa jo célo izbljuva. Duhovnik jo potem skuša uničiti na ognju, kar pa mu ne uspe, niti ogenj pa ne pusti na hostji kakšne sledi. Sveti sedež prizna čudež. Meščani na mestu stavbe, kjer se je zgodil, zgradijo romarsko kapelo.
 24. marec - Francija: poravnava planetov Mars, Jupiter in Saturn v ozvezdju Vodnarja je za nekatere slabo znamenje prihajajočih časov.
 22. april - Bitka pri Gamenariju, gvelfsko-gibelinske vojne: lombardski gibelini premagajo neapeljske Anžujce (gvelfe), ki jih potem preženejo iz Piemonta, kjer so vzpostavili nekaj močnih fevdov. ↓
 18. september → Neapeljsko kraljestvo: zahrbten umor madžarskega princa Andreja Kalabrijskega, ki mu soproga Ivana I. odreka pravico do prestola. Umor soproga, ki ga Ivana - če ga ni že načrtovala - ni vsaj preprečila, močno zaznamuje preostanek njene vladavine. Njegov starejši brat in ogrski kralj Ludvik I. začne načrtovati invazijo na neapeljski Mezzogiorno.
 26. september - Bitka pri Warnsu: holandski grof Vilijem IV. pade v boju z bojevitimi Frizijci, ki so že od razpada Frizijskega kraljestva leta 734 ljubosumno varovali svojo konfederalno neodvisnost. Slabše oboroženi Frizijci sicer izgubijo vse bitke, a smrt voditelja nasprotne strani odloči vojno. Fevde umrlega iure uxoris nasledi svak umrlega, rimsko-nemški cesar Ludvik IV. Wittelsbaški, ki je poročen s sestro umrlega Margareto II. Hainauško. Pridobitev tolikšnih ozemelj nakoplje Ludviku novih sovražnih sosedov, posebno med volilnimi knezi, ki se začno pripravljati na izvolitev novega nemškega kralja (Rex Romanum). 1346 ↔
 13. november - Na portugalskem dvoru umre Konstanca Kastiljska, soproga kronskega princa Petra. Sveti zakon med obema je bil precej hladen, saj se je Peter intimno navezal na eno od njenih dvornih dam Inês de Castro. Konstanca je umrla nekaj tednov po rojstvu sina in bodočega prestolonaslednika Ferdinanda ter s tem izpolnila svojo sveto dolžnost. 1355 ↔
 Litva: litovskega velikega kneza Jaunutisa odstavita sposobnejša brata Algiridas in Kęstutis. Janutis pobegne v Moskovsko kneževino, k svaku Simeonu, kjer se v zameno za pomoč da krstiti. 1346 ↔
 Danski kralj Valdemar IV. dovoli estonskemu mestu Narva, da prevzame zakone mesta Lübeck in s tem posredno pridruži Hanzeatski zvezi. 1346 ↔
 Rekonkvista: neuspešen poskus kastiljskega kralja Alfonza XI., da bi zavzel mavrski Gibraltar. 1349 ↔
 Trapezuntsko cesarstvo: cesar Mihael Veliki Komnen izigra voditelja upora Niketasa, ki ga je s številnimi omejitvami spravil na prestol. Hkrati odpravi bivšega cesarja in svojega sina Ivana III. v Konstantinopel. 1346 ↔
 Delhijski sultanat, Indija: sultanu Muhamadu bin Tuglaku se upre vojska v Daulatabadu. Imperij, ki se razteza širom Indije, je preprosto prevelik za učinkovito vladanje, zato se obrobna območja osamosvojijo pod lokalnimi muslimanskimi sultani ali pa nasledniki premaganih hindujskih vladarjev.
 SRC: Potsdam in Oldenburg dobita mestne pravice.
 Kultura po Italiji:
 Firence: mestne oblasti zatrejo prvo delavsko stavko česalcev volne, ti. ciompov.
 Siena: slikar Ambrogio Lorenzetti nariše zemljevid sveta, ki pa se žal ni ohranil. Ohranilo pa se je njegovo orodje, ki ga je uporabljal pri risanju zemljevidov.
 Verona: Mastino II della Scala prične z gradnjo gotske grobnice za svojo družino (Scaligerji). Gre za delo na prostem v višini dvonadstropne stavbe, ki se je do danes precej dobro ohranilo v vseh detajlih.
 Še enkrat Verona: začetnik renesančnega humanizma Francesco Petrarca odkrije v enem od samostanov Ciceronova pisma, kar da spodbudo še ostalim entuziastom, da začno brskati po samostanskih knjižnicah, kleteh in podstrešjih za izgubljeno antično literaturo.
 Pariz: po skoraj dveh stoletjih gradnje je zaključena gradnja katedrale Notre-Dame, ena najbolj znanih gotskih francoskih katedral, zgrajena na rečnem otoku Île de la Cité reke Sene v Parizu.
 Rusija: ustanovljen je Trojiški samostan sv. Sergija.
 Potovanja maroškega popotnika Ibn Batute: iz Bangladeša nadaljuje pomorsko pot proti Kitajski. Spotoma se za krajši čas ustavi v sultanatu Samudera Pasai, današnji Aceh na Sumatri. Pot nadaljuje skozi Melaški preliv do prestolnice vietnamske kraljevine Čam Kailukari in od tam do pristanišča Quanzhou, provinca Fujian. V Quanzhouju ga sprejme lokalna islamska skupnost, ki biva v svoji četrti. Iz Quanzhouja naredi dvomesečni ekskurz v Guangzhou (Kanton) in šele po vrnitvi v izhodiščni Quanzhou začne dolgo pot po kopnem proti severu na mongolski dvor v Pekingu. V Fuzhouju se sreča z rojakom Al-Buštijem iz Maroka, ki je na Kitajskem trgoval. Iz Hangzhouja, ki ga opiše za največje mesto, kar ga je kdaj videl, ga po Velikem kanalu vodi pot naravnost do Kanbalika/Pekinga, kjer se pri vrhovnem kanu/cesarju Togon Temurju izkaže kot že dolgo obljubljeni odposlanik Delhijskega sultanata. Celotno potovanje iz Quanzhouja do Pekinga traja 60 dni. Velikega zidu verjetno ni videl, ga pa omenja. V Peking prispe ob neprimernem času, ko cesarstvo pretresa niz uporov, zato se začne po tem po isti poti vračati v Quanzhou. 1346 ↔

Rojstva
 25. marec - Blanka Lancasterska, angleška plemkinja, vojvodinja Lancaster († 1368)
 31. oktober - Ferdinand I. , portugalski kralj († 1383)

 Neznan datum
 Elizabeta Pomeranska, poljska princesa, češka kraljica, rimsko-nemška cesarica († 1393)
 Karel III., neapeljski kralj, ogrsko-hrvaški kralj, ahajski vojvoda († 1386)
 Magnus I., mecklenburški vojvoda († 1384)
 Paolo di Giovanni Fei, italijanski (sienski) slikar († 1411)

Smrti
 17. januar:
 Enrico d'Asti, titularni latinski patriarh Konstantinopla, križar
 Martino Zaccaria, vladar Iosa, ahajski baron, križar
 14. april - Richard de Bury, angleški knjižničar (* 1287)
 1. maj - Peregrine Laziosi, italijanski redovnik, svetnik (* 1265)
 7. julij - Momčil, bolgarski razbojnik, vojvoda (* 1305)
 24. julij - Jacob van Artevelde, flamski državnik (* 1290)
 28. julij - Sanča Majorška, neapeljska kraljica (* 1285)
 16. september - Ivan IV., bretonski vojvoda, grof Monforta, 6. grof Richmond (* 1295)
 18. september - Andrej Kalabrijski, madžarski princ, neapeljski kralj, vojvoda Kalabrije (* 1327)
 22. september - Henrik Plantagenet, angleški plemič, 3. grof Lancaster, 3. grof Leicester (* 1281)
 26. september - Vilijem II., grof Hainauta, Holandije (IV.) in Zeelandije (III.)  (* 1307)
 13. november - Konstanca Kastiljska, kastiljska kraljica, portugalska princesa (* 1316)

 Neznan datum
 Al-Ašraf Ala ad-Din Kudžuk, mameluški egiptovski sultan (* 1334)
 Aleksej Apokavk, bizantinski državnik, regent
 Ivan Apokavk, bizantinski državnik, guverner Soluna
 Ivan Vatac, bizantinski vojskovodja
 Sati Beg, dedinja Ilkanata (* 1300)
 Simonida Nemanjić, bizantinska princesa, srbska kraljica (* 1294)

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This article gives a more detailed view on the Exasol Cluster Architecture. A high level view is provided here.
An Exasol Cluster is built with commodity Intel servers without any particular expensive components. SAS hard drives and Ethernet Cards are sufficient. Especially there is no need for an additional storage layer like a SAN.
See here for a list of Exasol Certified Servers.
The first three areas can be stored on dedicated disks in which case these disks are also configured in RAID 1 pairs, usually with a smaller size than those that contain the volumes. More common than having dedicated disks is having servers with only one type of disk. These are configured as hardware RAID 1 pairs. On top of that software RAID 0 partitions are being striped across all disks to contain OS, Swap and Data partition.
This popular multi-node cluster serves as example to illustrate the concepts explained. It is called 4+1 cluster because it has 4 Active nodes and 1 Reserve node. Active and Reserve nodes have the same layers of software available. The purpose of the Reserve node is explained here. Upon cluster installation, the License Server copies these layers as tar-balls across the private network to the other nodes. The License Server is the only node in the cluster that boots from disk. Upon cluster startup, it provides the required SW layers to the other cluster nodes.
Database RAM License: This most commonly used model specifies the total amount of RAM that can be assigned to databases in the cluster.
Raw Data License: Specifies the maximum size of the raw data you can store across databases in the cluster.
Memory Data License: Specifies the maximum size of the compressed data you can store across all databases.
For licenses based on RAM, Exasol checks the RAM assignment at the start of the database. If the RAM in use exceeds the maximum RAM specified by the license, the database will not start.
For licenses based on data size (raw data license and memory data license), a periodic check is done by Exasol on the size of the data. If the size limit exceeds the value specified in the license, the database does not permit any further data insertion until the usage drops below the specified value.
Customers receive their license as a separate file. To activate the license, these license files are uploaded to the License Server using EXAoperation.
Storage Volumes are created with EXAoperation on specified nodes.
Each database needs one volume for persistent data and one temporary volume for temporary data.
While the temporary volume is automatically created by a database process, the persistent data volume has to be created by an Exasol Administrator upon database creation.
Archive volumes are used to store backup files of an Exasol database.
Data Volumes and Archive Volumes are hosted on the hard drives of the active nodes of a cluster.
They consume the major capacity of these drives. The license server usually hosts EXAoperation.
EXAoperation is the major management GUI for Exasol Clusters, consisting of an Application Server and a small Configuration Database, both located on the License Server under normal circumstances. EXAoperation can be accessed from all Cluster Nodes via HTTPS. Should the License Server go down, EXAoperation will failover to another node while the availability of the Exasol database is not affected at all.
Exasol was developed as a parallel system and is constructed according to the shared-nothing principle. Data is distributed across all nodes in a cluster. When responding to queries, all nodes co-operate and special parallel algorithms ensure that most data is processed locally in each individual node's main memory.
When a query is sent to the system, it is first accepted by the node the client is connected to. The query is then distributed to all nodes. Intelligent algorithms optimize the query, determine the best plan of action and generate needed indexes on the fly. The system then processes the partial results based the local datasets. This processing paradigm is also known as SPMD (single program multiple data). All cluster nodes operate on an equal basis, there is no Master Node. The global query result is delivered back to the user through the original connection.
Above picture shows a Cluster with 4 data nodes and one reserve node. The license server is the only server that boots from disk. It provides the OS used by the other nodes over the network.
Exasol uses a shared nothing architecture. The data stored in this database is symbolized with A,B,C,D to indicate that each node contains a different part of the database data. The active nodes n11-n14 each host database instances that operate on their part of the database locally in an MPP way. These instances communicate and coordinate over the private network.
Each Cluster node needs at least two network connections: One for the Public Network and one for the Private Network. The Public Network is used for client connections. 1 Gb Ethernet is sufficient usually. The Private Network is used for the Cluster Interconnect of the nodes. 10 GB Ethernet or higher is recommended for the Private Network. Optionally, the Private Network can be separated into one Database Network (Database Instances communicate over it) and one Storage Network (Mirrored Segments are synchronized over this network).
Redundancy is an attribute that can be set upon EXAStorage Volume creation. It specifies the number of copies of the data that is hosted on Active Cluster nodes. In practice this is either Redundancy 1 or Redundancy 2. Redundancy 1 means there is no redundancy, so if one node fails, the volume with that redundancy is no longer available. Typically that is only seen with one-node Clusters. Redundancy 2 means that each node holds a copy of data that is operated on by a neighbor node, so the volume remains available if one node fails.
If volumes are configured with redundancy 2 – which is a best practice – then each node holds a mirror of data that is operated on by a neighbor node. If e.g. n11 modifies A the mirror A' on n12 is synchronized over the private network. Should an active node fail, the reserve node will step in starting an instance.


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Do you really know what you're putting on your face? Vegan and cruelty-free makeup is becoming the most talked about makeup trend, here's why, how and what it's all about. Whether you have allergies or are anti-animal products, vegan cosmetics may be for you.
It's almost time to go out and you're applying the finishing touches to your makeup. Great! But did you know that the lipstick or blush you've just applied could contain extracts of crushed insects such as cochineal, to give it that red or pink color?
When people think of veganism, thoughts usually turn to food, meat products and leather. What about makeup? Most women wear it in some form or another, even if it's only a coat of mascara or a tinted lip balm. Vegan makeup is quickly becoming a hot topic of conversation.
Do you really know what you're putting on your face? Vegan makeup is becoming more and more popular because it's completely free from animal by-products. Not only is that great for the protection of animals, it also takes away the 'yuck' factor.
Mineral makeup, such as loose powders, can contain uric acid from cows and other mammals. Collagen used in face creams and other beauty products can be made from animal placenta.
Another reason that vegan brands are becoming more popular is that truly vegan companies stay cruelty-free by not testing their products on animals.
The controversy made over animal testing in cosmetics makes this an increasingly difficult issue to avoid, with activist groups and individuals alike organizing boycotts of offending companies.
Given that some vegans will avoid eating fairly innocuous products like honey, it's not surprising that vegan companies give animal testing for cosmetics a wide berth. After all, it's a practice which even non-vegans find unsettling!
Women are realizing that they can get the same gorgeous makeup looks by using animal-free products. Brands like Manic Panic are vegan friendly, and you can achieve that rock & roll look, go for bright lips or create vibrant eye shadows with their extensive range of vegan makeup.
So next time you bat those lashes, maybe you'll consider buying mascara that is free from cow extracts (elastin)? It's definitely something to consider. With the vast and growing ranges of vegan make up from popular brands like Urban Decay, Barry M, and Manic Panic, your new shade of lipstick won't be hard to find.
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The Battenburgs in Ryde
Isle of Wight Observer August 1, 1885
On Saturday morning Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry Battenburg drove into Ryde. Proceeding down Union Street, they drove round the Canoe Lake. Quite a large crowd had assembled at the top of Union Street on their return, and the Theatre band were stationed by the Manager (Mr H B Nelson) in St Thomas' Square, and as their Royal Highnesses turned the corner the band struck up "God save the Queen", and the assembled spectators gave a cheer, which Prince Henry politely and smilingly acknowledged by repeatedly raising his hat, while the Princess, who looked extremely well, bowed and smiled. On Monday evening the Prince and Princess again drove into Ryde from Quarr. Possibly in order to avoid being recognised the Prince drove the carriage himself with his consort sitting by his side. They were, however, soon recognised and heartily cheered.
Beatrice and Henry had married at Whippingham Church, on July 23, 1885. They honeymooned briefly at Quarr Abbey House.
THE ALOE – There was formerly an impression that the aloe did not blossom more than once in 50 years, and no doubt in our chilly climate it rarely does so. The warm weather of the last few weeks seems to have favourably affected the growth of the plant, and at the present time there are several of these plants in Ryde in full bloom. There are two in Miss Brigstocke's garden, and a magnificent specimen in Winton Street. The flowers of the latter must be at least six or seven feet high.
ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHS – The handsome window of Messrs Hughes and Mullins' establishment has been the centre of attraction during the past week, owing to a number of portraits of members of the Royal Family which are exhibited there. Mr Mullins has been successful in obtaining some excellent photographs of those present at the wedding, and the success which has attended his efforts, and the clearness of the photos, are more remarkable as he photographed in one group no less than 38 Royal personages. He also exhibits photos of the magnificent wedding cakes presented to Their Royal Highnesses Prince Henry and the Princess Beatrice, and of the interior of the luncheon tents on the wedding day.
Royal Wedding Whippingham, 1885
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Missouri's Black Bear Population Is Rising And Wandering To More Parts Of The State
By Eli Chen • Jul 23, 2019
Black bear sightings are increasing in Missouri beyond the Ozarks region. The pictured male black bear was captured near Warrenton in 2016.
Originally published on July 23, 2019 9:29 am
The number of black bears in Missouri has more than doubled in seven years, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.
There are now as many as 840 black bears in the state, primarily in the Ozarks south of Highway 60. In recent years, there have been more sightings of black bears in other parts of Missouri, conservation officials say.
The presence of black bears has particularly increased near Lake of the Ozarks and in southwest St. Louis County, said Laura Conlee, a furbearer biologist at the Department of Conservation.
"We've definitely had bears that have basically followed forested corridors, river corridors, things like that up to St. Louis," Conlee said. "The bears are filling in a lot of habitat they used to occur in but haven't for a really long time."
Hunting in the 1800s nearly wiped out Missouri's black bear population. Genetic research has shown that a very small number of black bears remained in the Ozarks for many decades.
The recent rise in the black bear's numbers is largely due to successful reintroduction efforts in neighboring states. Some of Arkansas' population, which is more than 3,000, has moved north to Missouri.
To help control the black bear population, the Department of Conservation is considering a limited bear-hunting season, but has not announced when that would occur. The department has received more reports about the species being a nuisance in public spaces. For example, in May, a black bear entered a school in Eureka.
An increasing black bear population is a sign of healthy forests, Conlee said.
"They eat a lot of plant material, and they serve as seed dispersers," she said.
Conlee is studying black bear survival rates. State conservation biologists also have put collars on female bears to help track where the species are going and predict what areas might see more black bears.
The Conservation Department has held multiple meetings this summer to share its black bear management plan with the public. The next one is taking place July 30 at the Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center in Kirkwood.
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Horde is groupware, available for free via web browsers. Its components rest on Horde's PHP-based framework, which delivers elements crucial to the fast development of web applications.
The range of applications available through Horde includes: the Horde IMP email client; time software for tracking tasks; a wiki; and a package comprising notes, calendar, tasks and a file manager.
The framework started as the Internet Messaging Project (IMP) webmail published on Freshmeat by Chuck Hagenbuch, way back in 1998. However, constant feature requests (many of which were unsuitable for a webmail application) necessitated the development of a web app backbone that was more generic.
Version 1.3.3. of the Horde framework was announced on Freshmeat at the start of 2001, which was followed by Horde 2.0 and IMP 3.0 (the first with two completely separate components).
As a generic web app framework, Horde mainly provided support for webmail, but with Horde 3.0's release in 2004, it also became a groupware application set. Its flexible, modular structure enabled numerous service providers and packagers to add this software into their own portfolios with ease.
Horde is utilized for webmail provided by SAPO, serving millions of users, and the software has been packaged for every main Linux distribution. Also, it can be found as a component in such hosting tools as cPanel or Plesk.
Horde 4.0's 2011 release introduced substantial architectural changes, support for mobile devices, and a breakdown into almost 100 PEAR packages.
However, one of the most notable events in Horde's history occurred in early 2012, as the final Horde 3.0 maintenance release was undergoing preparation. Developers realized that hackers had managed to break through the FTP server's security and implemented a backdoor into multiple distributed packages.
It was believed this previously-undetected attack had occurred a few months earlier. Eventually, one of the packages tained was picked up by Debian and Ubuntu's Unstable branches, before being fixed quickly once the attack had been disclosed. The hackers made no modifications to the Horde 4 sources, though.


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2014 May 10 American Art Including Western, California, & Golden Age Illustration Signature Auction - DallasAuction #5174
RICHARD ANDREW (American, 1869-1956). Portrait of a Man in a Purple Tie. Oil on board. 5-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches (14.0 x 9.5 ...
RICHARD ANDREW (American, 1869-1956)
Portrait of a Man in a Purple Tie
5-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches (14.0 x 9.5 cm)
Signed lower right: R. Andrew
THE JEAN AND GRAHAM DEVOE WILLIFORD CHARITABLE TRUST
Richard Andrew - painter, teacher, and lecturer - was born in Belfast, Ireland and died in Gloucester, Mass. Andrew specialized in murals, landscapes, and portraits and was a department head at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston. With his wife, Lucy Pew Andrew, he worked and lived mainly in Boston and Gloucester.
Andrew studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School in Boston, the Académie Julian in Paris, and the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. He was a pupil of Jean Leon Jerome (1824-1904) and Jean Paul Laurens (1838-1921) in Paris and was a member of the Guild of Boston Artists and the Gloucester Society of Artists. Andrew had an impressive exhibition history, having exhibited work at the Albright Art Gallery in Buffalo, Lowell Art Association, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., St. Louis Art Museum in St. Louis, Worcester Museum of Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Five of Andrew's murals are in the Hall of Valor of the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston.
Condition Report*: Paint film in fully stable condition. Framed under glass. Not examined out of frame. UV examination reveals no evidence of restoration. Framed Dimensions 9.5 X 7.75 Inches
Consign to the 2019 November 22 Ethnographic Art American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Signature Auction - Dallas.
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Blake Lively Biography
Name: Blake Lively
Birth Date: August 25, 1987
Height: 5' 8"
Born into a showbiz family in Tarzana, Calif., Blake Lively made her acting debut at age 10 as the Tooth Fairy in the indie film, "Sandman" (1998). Her debut was directed by her father, Ernie Lively, a well-known character actor with over 100 screen credits.
Lively's mother is a talent agent, while her older siblings Lori, Jason, Eric, and Robyn are all established actors themselves. However, Lively decided to concentrate on school first, becoming class president and a cheerleader before returning to acting.
Just before beginning her senior year at Burbank High School, Lively landed a starring role opposite Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn, and America Ferrera in the major motion picture "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," with her real-life dad playing her on-screen father. The role earned Lively a Breakthrough Performance nomination at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards.
Lively quickly became one of the most sought-after young actresses in Hollywood, and in 2007, she shot to stardom when she was cast in the de facto lead role of Serena van der Woodsen in the teen drama series "Gossip Girl," co-starring alongside Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford, Taylor Momsen and Penn Badgley. The role established Lively as one of Hollywood's top young stars.
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