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Wildside Festival: Johnny Legdick is a "must see;" Rachel Mars' Canadian debut
For my very first time, I took a walk on the "Wildside" January 9 – The Centaur Theatre's (453 St. François-Xavier) 18th annual Wildside Festival to be more precise, taking in two productions: Rachel Mars' The Way You Tell Them and the rock opera Johnny Legdick.
Dubbed "the 10 hottest days of winter," the Wildside Festival delivers boundary breaking theatre. With a keen eye for the new and unusual, local playwright and actress Johanna Nutter has curated a program from mime and movement to Legdick's rock opera and comedy.
Hannah and Johnny.
The Centaur's Roy Surette sums it up best this way: "Wildside is Centaur's no-holds-barred blast off into the new year, an open invitation to the audacious and curious."
To say I found Johnny Legdick entertaining is an absolute understatement. Having been pitched stories on the subject a few times I decided to go see it myself, with no particular expectations. Well, it was amazing: edgy, risqué, musical and most of all truly hilarious. I do not recall laughing this hard at a stage production in a long time and that says a lot given the fact I just saw the Tony Award winning Book of Mormon at the Place des Arts more than a months ago,
This marks Playwright Hero & the Jem's third run of Johnny Legdick, originally presented at MainLine Theatre last February and remounted at the Montreal Fringe Festival.
As the bizarre storyline goes, Johnny Legdick is a young man (played by Colin Macdonald) fighting against oppression, prejudice, and a hoard of vicious basset hounds, all while struggling with the mechanics of having three legs – that third one being in the place of his most intimate private part. His love interest Hannah (Arielle Palik) has a hand where her private part is. They team up with a half man, half horse named Steve the Steed (Travis Martin) to best the evil circus ringleader Suckadecocka (Tadzeo Horner-Chbib) and escape to the all-accepting isle of Diversus Homo.
Hannah, Johnny and Steed.
Martin, in my opinion, absolutely steals the show with his zinger of one liners and the ongoing gag of him having no pants.
Jonah Carson, lead singer of The Jem, says he thought of the idea while singing one of his many ditties at Dawson College's Professional Theatre department with Jimmy Karamanis, co-founder of Playwright Hero. "When I first saw Vindictive Vice-President," Carson says of Playwright Hero's first production, "I knew: these are the people who can bring the Legdick to life!"
The entire rock opera was subsequently written based on just a single line: 'He has a leg where his dick is supposed to be.' "We're appealing to anyone who has been called a freak or otherwise outcast," Carson continues, "wear it proudly!"
Beneath the seemingly juvenile exterior there is a serious message about oppression, power struggles and the definition of what is normal. "The relevancy in the work evolved over time," says director Karamanis. "It started out simply as a story about a guy who, you know, has a leg where his naughty bits are supposed to be. But once the characters were developed, the theme of being comfortable with who you are came out. To quote Johnny Legdick, 'We can be heroes, the whole world will see, that even as freaks, we can be free!'"
I really enjoyed the music in this show. Macdonald in particular displayed a very impressive singing voice. A shout out as well to Côte Saint-Luc native Zachary Guttman, whom I saw perform a number of years ago when he was in high school. Zack is now studying acting in New York City and at the show I attended he made a pretty funny cameo appearance on stage.
Martin notes that most of the crew reside in the West End. He was nice enough to provide me with short snippets of some cast and band members, all of which will be fodder for follow up stories as I really want to see what comes up next for these folks. Martin, for instance, went to Willingdon Elementary School, Royal Vale High School and the Dawson College Professional Theatre Program.
"I am in the indie game developer community here sort of, especially the organization Mount Royal Game Society," he explains. "My parents are notable classical musicians in the city. My mom's in the Montreal Symphony Orchestra on Trombone and my dad has been a freelance sub/ jazzer/ arranger for Gregory Charles, among others and is currently Professor of Brass at the Université de Montréal. I was also in the Westmount Youth Orchestra for a few years."
Tickets are $15, general admission and $12.50 for students/subscribers/under 30. To purchase: (514) 288-3161 or online at www.centaurtheatre.com/wildsidefestival.php, Remaining shows are Sunday, Jan. 11 (4 p.m.); Thursday, Jan. 15 ( 7 p.m.) and Saturday, Jan. 17 (9 p.m.).
The Way You Tell Them
As for The Way You Tell Them, presented by Montreal's Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre, I was curious to see Rachel Mars bring her United Kingdom act to Canada for the first time. As she told the audience at the very beginning of the solo performance, "this is not a comedy; it is a show about comedy."
Mars, 33, brings her Jewish background into the routine. She even found a way to solicit laughs when she recounted a funeral in which the hole in the ground was not large enough to accommodate the coffin. It came to the point where the rabbi actually jumped up and down in the coffin until it went down, after which he had to hauled up himself. She wondered how Christian friends in attendance at their first Jewish funeral now thought.
Mars told me in an interview a few weeks back how she is still very involved in Jewish culture and community back home and has just finished producing the UK's first Jewish Comedy Festival. She always throws in some classic Jewish jokes, a few extracts from the Yom Kippur service and discussion about repentance, and stories about her very own Jewish family who - when she phones – does not ask how she is, but whether she's heard the one about the little old Jewish woman who got flashed.
"This is a performance piece, not a comedy show," Mars explains. "It's absolutely got funny bits in it, and it borrows from the rhythms and fluidity of a stand-up show, but it is about comedy/humour and why we use it as humans and as families I made it when I realized that I could never be serious -in life and in performance- without undercutting myself; so I went in search of why that might be, and the joys and pathologies of joking as a way of connecting with people. The sole purpose of a stand-up routine is to get laughs. The purpose of this show is to interrogate the role of the joke-teller; to explore laughter in an accessible and entertaining way, but without needing to make gags every few seconds."
Rachel Mars
Joseph Shragge, the co-artistic director of Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre, believes audiences will very much appreciate the one hour presentation. "The show is comedy, but it's also self-reflexive, innovative and very moving," he promises. "It resonates with me personally, having grown up in the Jewish community here. I know our usual audience will love it, but I think other people who've grown up in the Jewish community will really appreciate Rachel's work as well."
Remaining performances are Saturday January 10 (2 p.m.), Tuesday, January 13 (9 p.m.), Wednesday, January 14 (7 p.m.) and Friday, January 16 (7 p.m.). For more information call 514-288-3161 or log on to www.scapegoatcarnivaletheatre.com.
Labels: Johnny Legdick, Rachel Mars, Wildside Festival Centaur Theatre
Jersey Boys is a blast at the Place des Arts; what musicals are on tap next?
I recently returned from New York City, the home of the world's most outstanding Broadway musicals where I saw Idina Menzel in If/Then. Last summer I was in London, England, home of the famous West End live theatre scene and got tickets for the spectacular Miss Saigon. A year ago it was Toronto, thanks to Mirvish Entertainment's thriving scene and Les Miserables.
Montreal gets Broadway musicals in bits and pieces. Last summer The Lion King returned here for an extended run at the Place des Arts. In December we had the fabulous Book of Mormon. This week the Tony and Grammy Award winning musical Jersey Boys is on tap for with eight shows through January 11. What a treat! I attended Tuesday's Montreal premiere and it was a blast!
A scene from Jersey Boys The Musical.
Jersey Boys won a Tony for Best Musical and a Grammy for Best Musical Show Album in 2006. It is the true story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were 30. The show features all their hits including Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry, Oh What A Night, Walk Like A Man, Can't Take My Eyes Off You and Working My Way Back To You. I am 52 years old, so I was very young when their rise to fame occurred. Nonetheless, I grew up with each of these songs in my head. It didn't hurt watching the hit show Happy Days in the 70s. Basically, what Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons produced were timeless and the appreciative Place des Arts audience ate every number up.
The lead cast members are Hayden Milanes (Frankie Valli), Nicolas Dromard (Tommy DeVito) and Keith Hines (Nick Massi) and Toronto native Drew Seeley (Bob Gaudio) as The Four Seasons, with Barry Anderson (Bob Crewe) and Thomas Fiscella (Gyp DeCarlo). Ensemble members include Tommaso Antico, Jaycie Dotin, Marlana Dunn, De'Lon Grant, Wes Hart, Bryan Hindle, Austin Owen, John Rochette, Leslie Rochette, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Kara Tremel, Jonny Wexler and Keith White. I thought Milanes was excellent as the lead and the loud ovation he got from the audience seemed to confirm that thought. The story of the Four Seasons is not all sugar and spice and the musical pulls no punches.
Gaudio was a performing member between 1962 and 1972, after which he largely retired from stage work while continuing to write and arrange their songs and to produce and perform on their records. He wrote the music for Jersey Boys
The national tour of Jersey Boys opened in San Francisco on December 1, 2006. Eight years later it is still going strong in cities across North America and the United Kingdom. The show is presently playing on a regular basis in New York, Las Vegas and London.
"I grew up with these songs playing around the house," Seeley shared with me a few weeks ago. "My parents exposed me to all kinds of music early on. I never realized they we all Four Seasons songs though. It's incredible how many hits these guys had! There are 30-something in the show, and there is a slew more that they couldn't even make time for. They need a 'Jersey Boys 2 - The Musical."
Seeley, who only joined the cast last fall, is pleased that the audience can count on lots of action on the stage. "It's the kind of show where the audience is in it with us from the start," he explains. "People dance and sing in their seats, it's a real concert. But that's not to say there's no story. I think what's kept Jersey Boys going strong for 10 years now is the fact that the book is as strong as the music. It's a well-rounded, awe-inspiring piece of theatre."
Shows continue through Friday, January 9 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, January 10 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, January 11 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. For more information on Jersey Boys, go to www.JerseyBoysTour.com, www.placedesarts.com, www.evenko.ca or call 1-866-842-2112. The show is two hours and 35 minutes. Tickets are priced from $25 to $134 (taxes included).
According to Nick Farkas at evenko,which brings us the big Broadway shows, we might not have another musical here in 2015, "but we have a lot in the pipeline foe 2016."
Forever Plaid hits the Segal Centre February 1 to 22. The hallmark doo-wop musical will be showcased in a delightfully nostalgic and visually entertaining new production from the producers of Belles Soeurs: The Musical and Ain't Misbehavin' !
Ezio Carosielli has more fun planned for his Rialto Theatre in 2015. "We just finished restoring the façade and have installed a breathtaking lighting system," he tells me. "For upcoming events we have Gino Vannelli returning April 17 amnd 18; The Edwards Twins on June 6, and a wonderful tribute to Frank Sinatra on June 20. We also have our regular monthly dinner/show of PastaNapoli and PastaOpera. The chef is an opera singer so you eat between opera sets. It's a must see."
Idina Menzel will be at Place des Arts on September 1 as part of her North American concert tour. I caught her solo show in Boston a few years ago and she really blows the audience away with her energy, charisma and of course that unique singing voice. She is hot on the heels of a remarkable year that included performing the smash hit "Let It Go" from Disney's Frozen at the 86th annual Academy Awards and her triumphant return to Broadway in the musical If/Then, Menzel was the voice of Elsa in Frozen, the highest-grossing animated movie of all time. Ruben Fogel is the local promoter. For ticket info click here.
There is also plenty of community musical theatre to experience. I am hoping the evenko team surprises us with a few more musicals this year.
Labels: Evenko, Idina Menzel, Jersey Boys Montreal, Jersey Boys the Musical Review, Rialto Theatre
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Armenia, a small and a very picturesque country linking Europe and Asia together, is situated on the Southern part of Transcaucasia. As far back as 2000 years ago this country was one of the most powerful states in the the Near East. Nowadays it presents itself as a modern state with kind and talented people, ancient history, rich biblical legends, a great many historical monuments, traditional hospitality, delicious and healthy food, picturesque nature and safe environment.
Armenia is situated between Black Sea and The Caspian Sea, and once had access to those seas. In Northern part the country has a border with Georgia, in Eastern part – with Azerbaijan, in Southern part – with Iran and in Western part – with Turkey.
The total area of Armenia is 29800 km2. The overall length of the territory of the country is 360 km and the width – 200 km. The most part of the territory of Armenia is situated on the altitude of 1000-2500 meters above-sea level; it is bodered by the Small Caucasus mountain ridge in North and East. The highest mountain pinnacle is Aragats (4090m) and the second highest one - Kaputdzhukh (3904m). Note that the famous Mountain Ararat is now in Turkish territory, but it is just here, in Armenia, wherefrom one can enjoy the majestic beauty of the highest mountain of the world. The altitude (from bottom to top) of Ararat is more than 5 km, whereas the altitude of Everest is about 3 km (8 km is its altitude above-sea level).
Capital of Armenia – Yerevan.
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The Central European mixed forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0412) is a temperate hardwood forest covering much of northeastern Europe, from Germany to Russia. The area is only about one-third forested, with pressure from human agriculture leaving the rest in a patchwork of traditional pasture, meadows, wetlands.  The ecoregion is in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forest biome, and the Palearctic realm, with a Humid Continental climate.  It covers .

Location and description
The ecoregion covers the formerly-glaciated central plains of Central Europe, from eastern Germany and the shores of the Baltic Sea, through large parts of the Czech Republic, Poland, Southern Lithuania, Belarus, Western and Central Ukraine, and a part of Russia (in Bryansk and Kaliningrad Oblasts).  The terrain is mostly flat lowlands in the center, hilly moraine-dominated in the north, and uplands to the south along the Carpathian mountains.  To the north is the Sarmatic mixed forests ecoregion, the forests of which feature more spruce and pine.  To the east is the East European forest steppe, in which the forest stands thin out into grasslands.  To the south is the Carpathian montane forests ecoregion, featuring mountain pastures and forests of beech, spruce, elm, and dwarf pine.  Also to the north are the Baltic mixed forests of oaks, hornbeam, and linden trees on flat, acidic soils.  To the west is the Western European broadleaf forests ecoregion, which is now mostly cultivated agricultural land.

Climate
The portions of the ecoregion in Germany and western Poland have a climate that is classified as Marine west coast (Cfb). The eastern part has a climate of Humid continental climate, warm summer (Köppen climate classification (Dfb)). This climate is characterized by large seasonal temperature differentials and a warm summer (at least four months averaging over , but no month averaging over .  The summers become hotter and the winters colder as you move east across the ecoregion, due to the movement towards the center of the continent ("continentality").  The mean January temperature is  in Germany to  in Belarus.  Precipitation average between 500 mm and 700 mm, mostly falling during the summer growing season.

Flora and fauna
Oak forests are characteristic throughout the region, with some pine forests in the north.  Forest cover ranges from 15% in Ukraine to 33% in the Czech Republic.   The most common tree in the ecoregion, covering half of the forested area, is the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), which has been planted extensively over the past 200 years.  The truly mixed deciduous forests have been replaced mostly by agriculture.  The non-forested areas are largely meadows and pastures dedicated to human agricultural uses.  There are also extensive wetlands in the lowlands.
The wetlands support diverse bird communities, but mammals are heavily pressured by human land use.  Because of the uniformity of the terrain and openness to other regions, there are no endemic species in the ecoregion.  In some countries, 20-30 of the mammal species are threatened.

European bison

The Białowieża Forest on the Belarus-Poland border is home to one of the last herds of European bison, also known as wisent, the heaviest surviving wild land animal in Europe Historically, the wisent's range encompassed all of the European lowlands, extending from the Massif Central to the Caucasus. Its range decreased as growing human populations cut down trees. The European bison became extinct in southern Sweden in the 11th century, and southern England in the 12th century. The species survived in the Ardennes and the Vosges until the 15th century before being hunted to extinction. In mid-16th century King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland pronounced a death penalty for poaching a European bison in Białowieża. Despite these measures, its population continued to decline. During World War I, occupying German troops killed 600 wisent for food, hides, and horns. The last wild European bison in Poland was killed in 1919. They were reintroduced from captivity.

Protected areas
The Central European mixed forests has been affected heavily by human activity.

19.86% of the ecoregion is in protected areas. Most protected areas are small and fragmented. Some of the large, or more representative, protected areas in the ecoregion include:
 Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park / Białowieża National Park, are the Belarus and Polish sides, respectively of the side of the Białowieża (Area: 1,500 km2 / 150 km2)
 Białowieża Forest (Belarus, Poland), the last large fragment of Old-growth forest that used to stretch across the European Plain. (Area: 3,086 km2)
 Biebrza National Park, the largest national park in Poland, is 25% forested, the remainder is field, meadow, and marsh. (Area: 592 km2)
 Bryansky Les Nature Reserve, is an area of old-growth forest on the eastern tip of the ecoregion in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. (Area: 122 km2)
 Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine (2,269 km2)
 Cozia National Park, Romania (167.25 km2)
 Drawieński National Park, Poland (113.65 km2)
 Hainich National Park, Germany (75.13 km2)
 Kampinoski National Park, Poland (384.59 km2)
 Lower Polissia National Nature Park, in northwestern Ukraine, is representative of the Polesia area of Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. (Area: 88 km2)
 Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, stretches along the Elbe River in Saxon-Anhalt, Germany, covering the largest river-meadow complex in Middle Europe. (Area: 430 km2)
 Narew National Park (Poland), covers wetlands along the moraines of the Narew river, exemplifying a Braided river. (Area: 78 km2)
 Ojcowski National Park, Poland (21.56 km2)
 Orlovskoye Polesye National Park, Poland (842.05 km2)
 Podolskie Tovtry National Park, Ukraine (2613.16 km2)
 Podyjí National Park, Czech Republic (62.79 km2)
 Poleski National Park, Poland (97.7 km2)
 Prypyatskiy National Park, Belarus (634.58 km2)
 Roztoczański National Park, Poland (84.76 km2)
 Shatskiy National Park, Ukraine (325.15 km2)
 Świętokrzyski National Park, Poland (76.35 km2)
 Thayatal National Park, Austria (13.26 km2)
 Ujście Warty National Park, Poland (80.78 km2)
 Lower Oder Valley National Park, Germany
 Wielkopolski National Park, Poland (75.93 km2)
 Wigierski National Park, Poland (150.94 km2)
 Yavorivskyi National Park, Ukraine (70.78 km2)
 Žuvinto Biosphere Reserve, Lithuania (185.81 km2)

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Ecoregions of Austria
Ecoregions of Belarus
Ecoregions of the Czech Republic
Ecoregions of Europe
Ecoregions of Germany
Ecoregions of Lithuania
Ecoregions of Moldova
Ecoregions of Poland
Ecoregions of Romania
Ecoregions of Russia
Ecoregions of Ukraine
Forests of Belarus
Forests of Poland
Palearctic ecoregions
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

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Pension Provisions
Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 September 2019
Ceisteanna (151, 152)
151. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37471/19]
Barry Cowen
152. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if increases in basic pay between 2018 and 2020 have been passed on to the pensions of persons who retired on or after 1 March 2012 as specified in paragraph 2 of circular 02/2018; if there are exceptions to this; if so, the retired public servants that will not avail of this pension restoration; if retired members of An Garda Síochána are exempt from this paragraph as suggested (details supplied); if so, the reason for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37650/19]
Freagraí scríofa (Ceist ar Public)
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
I propose to take Questions Nos. 151 and 152 together.
I would advise both Deputies that pensions for An Garda Síochána are a matter for the Minister for Justice and Equality. However, as the matter raised relates to pension policy for the public service generally, I will address the questions raised.
Firstly, I should clarify that retirement lump sum payments made under public service pension schemes were not directly reduced by the Financial Emergency Measure in the Public Interest (FEMPI) legislation. The FEMPI legislation implemented measures that directly reduced the pay of serving staff and introduced a Public Service Pension Reduction for pensions in payment, subject to certain rates, thresholds and exemptions. As both the annual pensions and lump sum payments of members of pre-existing public service pension schemes (i.e. excluding the Single Public Service Pension Scheme) are directly linked to salary at retirement, the reductions to the pay of public servants would have had a knock on impact on the lump sum payment they received at retirement.
However, because of what is known as the first 'grace period', those who retired between 1 January 2010 and 29 February 2012 did not have the first FEMPI pay reduction (imposed 1 January 2010) reflected in the salary rate used to calculate their annual pension or their lump sum. A second round of FEMPI reductions was imposed in 2013 (imposed on 1 July on public servants with an annual remuneration above €65,000). The second 'grace period' meant that those who retired from that point onwards (assuming their pay was affected by those reductions while still serving) did not have those reductions reflected in the salary rate used to calculate their annual pension or lump sum.
In the cases referred to by the Deputies, retirement occurred after 1 March 2012 and so the retirement lump sum was calculated by reference to the salary rates in payment on 1 January 2010 (i.e. following the first FEMPI pay reduction). If the salary at retirement was subject to the second FEMPI reduction on 1 July 2013, the operation of the second grace period would mean that the lump sum would still have been calculated by reference to the 1 January 2010 rate.
The two grace periods were the only protections given in relation to the calculation and payment of retirement lump sums in the context of the FEMPI legislation, and I have no proposals to make any change in this regard.
As regards pension increases, the current pension increase policy for pre-existing pension schemes was agreed by the Government as part of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA). This policy is essentially a time-limited (expires end-2020) resumption of the non-statutory pension increase arrangements, sometimes known as pay parity, which formerly prevailed, but which lapsed in 2010. Under that policy, pay increases applied to serving staff over the course of the PSSA are passed on to those annual pensions where the salary on which the annual pension is based, in any case, does not exceed the salary of a serving staff member with the same grade and scale point, after the pay increase has been applied. If it qualifies, the annual pension is eligible for an increase to the extent that this will ensure alignment with the pay of serving staff.
The guidance on operation of the pension increase policy is set out in my Department's Circular 02/2018, while further instructions have recently been issued in Circular 19/2019. This guidance is directed to all public service employers including the Department of Justice and Equality as administrators of the pension schemes of retired members of An Garda Síochána.

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We hope that the city funeral guide we have provided for Kingston and the surrounding region (including Napanee) helps visitors to InMemory.ca gain a better understand the choice they have amongst different providers in the region - as well as the range of costs of different service options.
Our research indicates that there are 14 funeral homes in the Kingston / Napanee region - with InMemory maintaining pricing information for 12 of these companies.
4. Alternatively, you can view dedicated search results for funeral homes in Kingston. The search in the link incorporates a 50 km radius. Lowering the range to 25 kms, will decrease the number of funeral provider listings to 7 - 6 in Kingston and 1 in Odessa.
Our high level analysis of funeral pricing (average, minimum and maximum) in Kitchener, Napanee and a few surrounding towns is provided below. As usual, this analysis provides details on just the four types of services covered by InMemory.ca. Please also note that the fees that are analyzed are the professional fees levied by the funeral provider only, i.e. this pricing summary does not include costs such as cremation fees, flowers, caskets, cemetery plots or opening/closing costs.
Interestingly, of the 10 city guides completed thus far for Ontario, the Kingston region has pricing which on average is lower than any other region in Ontario. (Bear in mind that we do not have pricing for two Arbor homes - see "Other issues below" - which could impact this analysis).
As usual, if there is other information you would like to see, or if you would like the information presented in a different format, please do not hesitate to let us know at contact@inmemory.ca.
Of the 12 providers in Kingston and surrounding communities, Arbor owns 4. (SCI does not have any representation in the area). See the summary list below. It's interesting that both companies have elected to keep their funeral homes operating under independent names than their corporate brand.


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Real Presence, Real Faith: 9 Eucharistic Martyrs
By Tom Hoopes, August 27, 2019
A recent poll suggests that too few Catholics believe in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. That leaves it to those of us who do believe to know and spread the faith.
But there are some Christians who knew with such certainty that Jesus Christ is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament that they faced danger to be with him, and there are those who died rather than let the Blessed Sacrament fall into the wrong hands. Here are some of their stories.
1. Siblings killed at Easter Mass, 2019
In much of the world, going to Mass is never taken for granted. Sharon Stephen Santhakumar and Sarah Epzhibah Santhakumar were just two victims of the Easter bombings of Sri Lankan Christian communities on April 29. Islamist terrorists have targeted Eucharist-believing Christians (Catholics, Chaldeans, Copts and Orthodox) for years, such as Ragheed Ganni. Last Easter brought a painful sadness, as bombers attached churches and hotels on Easter Sunday. Aleteia reported: "The toll was highest at St. Sebastian's Church in the seaside fishing town of Negombo, where about a third of victims died while attending Mass."
2. Father Hamel, martyred at the altar, 2018
Are you happiest at Mass? Father Hamel was. And that is where he died. On July 26, 2018, two men armed with knives burst into Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray parish in Rouen, France. There, Father Jacques Hamel, 86, who had been a priest for 58 years, was celebrating Mass, which he called "the essential element" of his every day. His sister said her brother "was transformed at the moment of consecration … the more he aged, the more it was the passion of Christ that he lived." Terrorists burst into Mass one Thursday morning promising to "do away with" all Christians. They drove the old priest to his knees and slit his throat at the altar, shouting "Allahu Akbar!"
3. Paul Comtois ran into a fire, 1966
Is your faith in the Eucharist strong enough that you would rush into burning room to save it? Paul Comtois was a lieutenant governor of Quebec. A devout Catholic, he said the Rosary daily with his wife and five children. The family lived in an official residence, where they got the very rare permission to have the Blessed Sacrament reserved in a tabernacle for the family's private worship. Said his daughter, "When he finally was given this permission, it was on condition that he be personally responsible for its safe and proper keeping. And my father was a man who lived up to his obligations at all costs." On midnight of February 21, 1966, a fire swept through his house. The father got his family safely out, then went back in for the Blessed Sacrament. His body was found badly burnt, but still safely guarding the pyx containing the hosts.
4. Father Brenner died saving the Host, 1957
Father János Brenner saved the Eucharist while being stabbed dozens of times. On December 14, 1957, Father János Brenner, a Cistercian Hungarian priest, was called to give Last Rites and final Eucharist to a dying man. The call was a lie. The priest was being set up by Communists. Revolutionaries in Hungary had been suppressing Catholics for years. Father Brenner was ordained during the worst of the persecutions. Now, as he went out on the fake sick call, he carried the anointing oils and the Blessed Sacrament in a pyx. Attackers leapt out of the trees and stabbed him 32 times. His body was found the next day, still clutching the Eucharist in his hands, refusing to give it up. The ambush backfired: The priest is revered as a martyr, and a chapel was built on the spot where he died. His bloody surplice hangs inside as a relic.
5. St. Pedro Maldonado's Last Communion, 1937
Be thankful for the privilege of receiving communion. St. Pedro de Jesús Maldonado was a priest during the anti-Catholic rule of Mexican President Plutarco Calles. Father Pedro Maldonado was a great priest in Chihuahua during the anti-Catholic persecution, helping prepare children for their First Communion and serving the poor. On February 10, 1937 — Ash Wednesday —drunken men with guns came into his church, threatening to arrest him. The priest quickly grabbed the church's pyx of consecrated hosts before the thugs pushed him out into the street. He was dragged by the hair to the region's political leader, Andrés Rivera, who hit the priest so hard on the head with his pistol that he damaged his skull and eye. The gang began beating Father Pedro, but the priest held his pyx tightly — until a direct blow knocked it loose. The hosts spilled on the ground, and one of the thugs shoved them into the priest's mouth, sneering, "Eat this! Your last Communion." The priest did just that; and he stayed alive until the following day, when he died in a hospital.
6. Chinese girl inspires world, 1900
Many of us in America do Holy Hours because of an anonymous Chinese girl. The Boxer Rebellion in China sought to expel all Western influence from the country, including Catholicism. A parish priest told the tale of what happened when his church was attacked. A girl hid in the back when he was arrested, and she watched soldiers pull out the church's tabernacle, dropping 32 consecrated hosts onto the ground. That night, she sneaked back into the church, spent time in silent adoration, and then bowed down to the ground and took one of the hosts onto her tongue. She did the same thing 32 nights in a row, until the hosts were all consumed. After she received the last one, she was caught by a soldier and beaten to death. Archbishop Fulton Sheen said that hearing the story convinced him to do a daily Holy Hour. Many people were inspired by Fulton Sheen's talk to do the same — including Bishop James Conley in Lincoln, Nebraska, and (among many, many others) me.
7. St. Nicholas Pick, Eucharistic preacher, 1572
Would you defend the doctrine of the Real Presence if doing so would get you killed? In 1572, as Calvinist Protestantism rose in his native Holland, the Franciscan priest Father Nicholas Pick preached against the Protestant rejection of important ancient Christian doctrines. In particular, he defended the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, which he called an extension of the Incarnation into time. When his religious house was taken by Calvinists, attackers targeted Father Nicholas. They hanged him with the cord from his habit. When the cord broke, they put a burning torch to his head and mouth until he was dead.
8. St. Hermengild refused to worship bread, 585
Catholics only recognize properly consecrated Hosts as the body and blood of Christ. This means not receiving communion at a non-Catholic church. And for one saint, that meant death. Visigoth King Leovigild had two sons, Hermengild and Recared. They were all Arians, who didn't believe in the Divinity of Jesus Christ. Hermengild married a Catholic, the daughter of France's King Sigebert, and her faith converted him. The prince's father was so enraged, he imprisoned his son to try to force his conversion. He sent an Arian bishop to administer communion to the prince, but the prince refused what St. Gregory later called "the Communion of a sacrilegious consecration." While any priest, even a priest who is in a state of sin, can consecrate the Eucharist, he is only successful if he intends to do what the Church does. His father had his son killed in his cell in punishment.
9. St. Tarcisius, brave altar boy, 575
Last comes the patron saint of altar servers who defended the host with his life. Pope Benedict XVI told his story in the Vatican: Under the persecutions of the Emperor Valerian, Christians had to meet in secret to celebrate Mass, and it became dangerous to take Communion to Christian prisoners, who were plentiful. One day, the boy Tarcisius, an altar server, stood up and said: "Send me! My youth will be the best shield for the Eucharist." The priest allowed it, saying, "Tarcisius, remember that a heavenly treasure has been entrusted to your weak hands. Avoid crowded streets and do not forget that holy things must never be thrown to dogs." "I would die rather than let go of them," said Tarcisius.
Along his way, pagan kids from his neighborhood saw him and invited him to play. When he refused, they grew suspicious. When they realized he was trying to keep something away from them, they tried to get it from him. The fierceness with which he guarded the Eucharist enraged them. They began kicking him and pummeling him with stones, but he didn't surrender. He died still clutching the sacrament to his breast.
Click here for Aleteia's slide show of these martyrs.
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RNA: Structure and Functions of RNA – Explained!
Read this article to learn about the Structure and Function of RNA, the molecular basis of inheritance!
RNA or ribonucleic acid is a single chain polyribonucleotide which functions as carrier of coded genetic or hereditary information from DNA to cytoplasm for taking part in protein and enzyme synthesis. At places RNA may appear partially double stranded due to folding or coiling of the single strand (Fig 6.20). It contains 70-12000 ribo-nucleotides joined end to end.
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The axis or back bone is formed of alternate residues of phosphate and ribose sugar. Phosphate combines with carbon 5′ of its sugar and carbon 3' of next sugar similar to the arrangement found in DNA strand. Nitrogen bases are attached to sugars at carbon 1′ of the latter. There are four types of nitrogen bases—adenine (A), guanine (G, both purines), cytosine (C) and uracil (U, both pyrimidines).
Nitrogen bases can be arranged in any sequence but the same is complementary to their sequence on DNA template. For example, a sequence of ATACTG of DNA template shall appear as UAUGAC over RNA. There are six types of RNAs—ribosomal, transfer, messenger, genomic (genetic), small nuclear and small cytoplasmic.
Out of these the first three (rRNA, mRNA and tRNA) are major classes Of RNAs that are involved in gene expression. RNA is genomic (genetic) in some viruses like TMV, HIV influenza virus etc. It is double stranded in reoviruses, wound tumor virus, Rice Dwarf virus and Mycophages.
1. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA):
It is the most abundant RNA (70-80% of total) which has 3-4 types. Some of its types (23S, 28S) are the longest of all RNAs. As the name indicates, rRNA is a constituent of ribosomes. Here it lies coiled in between and over the protein molecules.
Depending upon their sedimentation coefficient, rRNAs of eucaryotes are of four types — 28S, 18S, 5.8S and 5S. Procaryotic ribosomes have three types of rRNAs — 23S, 16S and 5S. 28S, 5.8S and 5S (23S and 5S in procaryotes) occur in larger subunit of ribosome while 18S (16 S in procaryotes) is found in smaller subunit of ribosome. rRNA is transcribed in the form of a longer chain of 45S in eucaryotes and 30S in procaryotes.
In eucaryotic transcript the arrangement in 5′ —> 3′ direction is 18S — 5.8S — 28S. Several methylations occur prior to removal of spacer RNA. Removal of spacer RNA breaks the transcript into 2-3 parts. 5S is often transcribed separately.
RNA classes in Escherichia coli:
Type Nucleotide
Number Molecular
Mass Sedimentation
Coefficient Percentage
1. 5S rRNA 100 35,000 5S
2. 16S rRNA 1500 550.000 16S 82%
3. 23S rRNA 3100 1,100,000 23S
The average molecular mass of eucaryotic rRNAs are 5S— 36000, 5.8S- 50,000, 18S—700,000 and 28S— 1,700,000.
(i) rRNAs bind protein molecules and give rise to ribosomes, (ii) 3′ end of 18S rRNA (16S in procaryotes) has nucleotides complementary to those of cap region of mRNA. (iii) 5S rRNA and surrounding protein complex provide binding site for tRNA. (iv) rRNAs get associated with specific proteins to form ribosome subunits. 50S subunit of prokaryotic ribosome contains 23S rRNA, 5S rRNA and some 32 protein molecules.
30S subunit of prokaryotic ribosome has 16S rRNA and about 21 protein molecules. 60S subunit of eukaryotic ribosome contains 28S rRNA, 5S rRNA, 5.8S rRNA and about 50 protein molecules. 40S subunit of eukaryotic ribosome consists of 18S rRNA and some 33 protein molecules (Fig. 6.21).
2. Transfer RNA (tRNA):
It is also called soluble or sRNA in which form it was known before the discovery of genetic code. There are over 100 types of tRNAs. Transfer RNA constitutes about 15% of the total RNA. tRNA is the smallest RNA with 73-93 nucleotides and sedimentation coefficient of 4S. The nitrogen bases of several of its nucleotides get modified, e.g., pseudouridine (y), dihydrouridine (DHU), inosine (I) ribo-thymidine (rT).
This causes coiling of the otherwise single-stranded tRNA into L-shaped form (three dimensional, Klug, 1974) or clover-like form (two dimensional, Holley, 1965). About half of the nucleotides are base paired to produce paired stems. Five regions are unpaired or single stranded — AA-binding site, T Ψ С loop, DHU loop, extra arm and anticodon loop.
(i) Anticodon Loop. It has 7 bases out of which three bases form anticodon (nodoc) for recognising and attaching to the codon of mRNA. (ii) AA- Binding Site. It is amino acid binding site. The site lies at the У end opposite the anticodon and has CCA—OH group. The 5′ end bears G. Amino acid or AA-binding site and anticodon are the two recognition sites of tRNA. (iii) T Ψ С Loop. It has 7-bases_out of which (pseudouridine) and rT (ribothymidine) are unusual bases. The loop is the site for attaching to ribosome, (iv) DHU Loop. The loop contains 8-12 bases. It is largest loop and has dihydrouridine. It is binding site for aminoacyl synthetase enzyme, (v) Extra Arm. It is a variable side arm or loop which lies between T Ψ С loop and anticodon. It is not present in all tRNAs. The exact role of extra arm is not known.
Functions, (i) As first postulated by Crick, tRNA is adapter molecule which is meant for transferring amino acids to ribosomes for synthesis of polypeptides. There are different tRNAs for different amino acids. Some amino acids can be picked up by 2—6 tRNAs. tRNAs place specific amino acids at particular points during polypeptide synthesis as per codons of mRNA.
Codons are recognised by anticodons of tRNAs. Specific amino acids are recognised
by particular activating or aminoacyl synthetase enzymes, (ii) They hold peptidyl chains over the mRNAs. (iii) The initiator tRNA has the dual function of initiation of protein synthesis as well as bringing in of the first amino acid. There is, however, no tRNA for stop signals.
3. Messenger RNA (mRNA):
It is a long RNA which constitutes 2—5% of the total RNA content of the cell. It brings instructions from the DNA for the formation of particular type of polypeptide. mRNA is, therefore, also called informational or genetic RNA. The instructions are present in the base sequence of its nucleotides. It is called genetic code.
Three adjacent nitrogen bases specify a particular amino acid. Formation of polypeptide occurs over the ribosome. mRNA gets attached to ribosome. tRNAs are induced to bring amino acids in a particular sequence according to the sequence of codons present over mRNA. mRNA has methylated region at the 5′ terminus. It functions as a cap for attachment with ribosome. Cap is followed by an initiation codon (AUG) either immediately or after a small noncoding leader region.
Then there is coding region followed by termination codon (UAA, UAG, or UGA). After termination codon there is a small noncoding trailer region and poly A area or tail at the 3′ terminus. The leader and trailer regions are called UTR (Untranslated regions). An mRNA may specify only a single polypeptide or a number of them.
The former is called monocistronic while the latter is known as polycistronic. Polycistronic mRNA is more common in prokaryotes. Eukaryotic mRNA is usually monocistronic. The life time of mRNA is also variable.
In some lower forms it is from a few minutes to a few hours. On the other hand the mRNAs of higher forms seem to have a long life. It is several days in case of young red blood corpuscles which continue to form haemoglobin even when nucleus has degenerated.
(i) mRNA carries coded information for translation into polypeptide formation.
(ii) Through reverse transcription it can form compact genes which are used in genetic engineering. The phenomenon also occurs in nature and has added certain genes in the genomes,
(iii) It has a cap region for attachment to ribosome,
(iv) Cap protects the mRNA from degradation from enzymes,
(v) mRNA has a tail region for protection from cellular enzymes and detachment from ribosome.
4. Genomic RNA (Genetic RNA):
It is found in some viruses called riboviruses. Genomic RNA may be single stranded (e.g., Tobacco Mosaic Virus or TMV) or double stranded (e.g., Reovirus). It is fragmented in influenza virus. Genomic RNA acts as a hereditary material. It may replicate directly, or form DNA in the host cell to produce RNA of its own type.
5. Catalytic RNAs:
Cech et al (1981) found catalytic activity (cleavage and covalent bond formation) in RNA precursor of ciliated protozoan called Tetrahymena thermophila. It was called ribozyme. In 1983, Altman et al discovered that ribonuclease – P that takes part in processing tRNA from its precursor is a biocatalyst made of RNA and protein. Noller et al (1992) found peptidyl transferase to be RNA enzyme.
6. Small Nuclear RNA (snRNA):
It is a small sized RNA present in the nucleus. Each RNA is combined with 7—8 molecules of proteins to form small nuclear ribonucleoprotein or snRNP. SnRNA takes part in splicing (U1 and U2), rRNA processing (U3) and mRNA processing (U7).
7. Small Cytoplasmic RNA (scRNA):
It is small sized RNA occurring free in the cytoplasm. One such small cytoplasmic RNA is 7S and combines with 6 protein molecules to produce signal recognition particle or SRP. The latter helps in taking and binding a ribosome to endoplasmic reticulum for producing secretory proteins.
Difference between "Transcription" and "Translation" – Explained!
5 Major Stages of Protein Synthesis (explained with diagram) | Biology
Genetic Code: Characteristics and Exceptions of Genetic Code
Mutation Theory: Mutation Theory of Evolution by Hugo De vries'


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Q: Font Typeface doesn't work TextView tv=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "font.ttf");
tv.setTypeface(face);

I am unable to see the textview typeface changed. I have "font.ttf" file in assets folder.
Basically, I am intended to show "Urdu" word in that textview (requirement) and therefore added urdu font in assets. Yet it is showing me "WORD" in English.
Thanks for help.

A: Android doesn't support the full range of ttf fonts. Here is a font that I have used personally in my app. Try using this instead. If this one works, and your urdu one doesn't then your code it correct, and Android does not support your font. If neither work, then something is wrong with your code.

A: Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
            "fonts/burnstown_dam.otf");
    TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.CustomFontText);
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    Typeface tf1 = Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(), "fonts/Jameel Noori Nastaleeq Kasheeda.ttf");
    TextView textView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.CustomFontText);
    textView.setTypeface(tf1);
    textView.setText("Your Font Language Here");

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I was driving home last night. Everything was fine. About 30 minutes into my trip I heard a slight rattle. A minute later Im broken down. When I try to start it, it wont turn over, and it sounds loud from the cold air intake. Any ideas?
worse case scenario is that you just blew your motor but it's usually a lot louder than a slight rattle. check to make sure there is oil in there and if there is any funny discoloration.
do the lights come on in the dash when you turn your key? if so, when you turn the key to start the car do they dim out really badly or stay about the same?
I had the samething happen to me the other day. I pulled up to a light and my lude just cut off when i cranked it over it would back fire threw the intake. I thought I had blown my engine it turns out it was timing belt tensioner that gave up and it skipped timing by one tooth I replaced the tensioner, belt, balance shaft belt, water pump, timed it then did a compression test it read 220 acrossed the board nd after that it hasnt given me anyprobs..


The Syrian Armed Forces continued their advance in the northern Aleppo countryside on Friday, capturing more territory from the jihadist rebels near the strategic Al-Castillo Highway.
According to an Al-Masdar field journalist that is embedded in northern Aleppo, the Syrian Armed Forces managed to capture most of the territory between the southern farms of Al-Mallaah and the Al-Castillo Highway.
As a result of these gains on Friday, the Syrian Armed Forces are now 250 meters away from the Al-Castillo Highway; however, the latter has halted their advance after they captured an important hilltop overlooking the road.
The primary objective for the Syrian Armed Forces was to cutoff the Al-Castillo Highway; now that this plan has come to fruition, they will fortify their positions around this roadway in order to prevent the enemy from resupplying their units inside the eastern districts of Aleppo.
In the meantime, the Syrian Armed Forces are taking advantage of the terrain by firing a multitude of missiles and artillery shells towards the jihadist defenses, forcing the latter to retreat from the area.
Leading the charge to cutoff the Al-Castillo Highway was the Syrian Arab Army's "Tiger Forces"; they were assisted by Liwaa Al-Quds (Palestinian paramilitary) and the National Defense Forces (NDF).


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Dr. Sousa was born and raised in California and has a deep emotional and intellectual attachment to its histories and peoples. Her previous research explores the Native communities and economic networks that made possible the Spanish, Mexican, and American exploration and colonization of California's Central Valley and Delta. She is most interested in the ways Native people and newcomers have coexisted and cooperated and the persistence of Native economic, political, and cultural structures a...
Dr. Sousa was born and raised in California and has a deep emotional and intellectual attachment to its histories and peoples. Her previous research explores the Native communities and economic networks that made possible the Spanish, Mexican, and American exploration and colonization of California's Central Valley and Delta. She is most interested in the ways Native people and newcomers have coexisted and cooperated and the persistence of Native economic, political, and cultural structures and traditions in colonial settings. Her current research explores the enduring fascination with and cultural impact of the Black Dahlia murder. When she is not in the classroom or at her computer, she enjoys CrossFit, British crime dramas, and Diet Coke.
"'An Influential Squaw': Intermarriage and Community in Central California, 1839-1851. Ethnohistory 62, no. 4 (2015): 707-727.
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Been writing a few reports lately, nothing fancy as the results were more or less =0, e.g. no finds worth mentioning. While doing so I've needed to stop by the archives a few times and as soon you'll open one of those dusty bins you'll find something fun –that has nothing to do with your current affairs. This time I stumbled on a reference of a runic carving in wood.
According to the note it should be found at Eriksörestugan aka Kalgrenstugan – a wooden house in Eriksöra at Öland. Four runes are mentioned: i t a f, where the last one is facing the wrong direction. The house is a Ryggåsstuga, a one storey wooden house without inner ceilings. This type of house was common amongst the peasants up until at least the end of the 18th century.
Didn't find much or rather nothing regarding this on the web or in my books. What I did find out is that house was restored in the 1930's, the note regarding the inscription wasn't dated but might have been older than that, so it's possible the inscription is no more. Except from this I've found two other inscriptions on Ryggåsstugor, both in Älvdalen, Dalarna County, D Rv314 and D Rv305 dated to 1828 and 1830-1855. Though I don't know what those inscriptions says.
Well if you can't find it on-line you'll have to go on tour – Eriksöre here I come 🙂 – I'll update when I get home!
I found the house and according to the note the inscription should be on the short side wall next to the window.
…but I'm sorry to say I couldn't find any runes 😦 Then again I couldn't come home runeless so I took a little drive to Karlevi stenen – a nearby runestone. A quite aspecial one at that, the inscription is written in a verse called Drottkvätt and there are also a few latin letters on the side. I'll get back to you regarding the text in a few days.


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Camas mulls hiring PR firm ahead of Camas-Washougal Fire Department bond, levy renewals
Interim city administrator: Camas is 'behind the eight ball' when it comes to replacing critical fire facilities, vehicles
By Kelly Moyer | January 12, 2023 2:10 pm | comments
Washougal City Manager David Scott (right screen) tells Camas Mayor Steve Hogan (center, left screen), Camas City Council members and Camas' interim city administrator, Jeff Swanson (right, left screen) during a Jan. 3, 2023, Camas City Council workshop that city of Washougal officials are in favor of signing a contract with a public relations firm to help the Camas-Washougal Fire Department before sending a fire facilities bond and emergency medical services levy renewals to voters later this year. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)
The Camas City Council is considering hiring a public relations firm to help the Camas-Washougal Fire Department work on messaging and public education ahead of a fire facilities bond and emergency medical services (EMS) levy renewals that could come before Camas-Washougal voters later this year.
If the Camas City Council, the financial decision-making body for the joint Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD), approves the $11,666-per-month contract with the Snohomish, Washington-based Liz Loomis Public Affairs firm, it would kickstart the process of asking Camas-Washougal voters to approve a capital bond to replace failing fire stations and worn-out fire engines in the August 2023 primary election and placing both cities' EMS levy renewals on the November 2023 general election.
Loomis' public relations (PR) firm specializes in providing strategic communications to taxpayer-funded entities working on bond and levy projects and has helped several Vancouver-area fire departments refine their bond and levy messaging.
"This is specifically for public affairs support — for messaging, strategy, production of materials, and so forth," Jeff Swanson, Camas' interim city administrator, told Camas City Council members during their workshop on Jan. 3, adding that, although Loomis may have opinions about what should go into the bond and levy renewal ballot measures based on public sentiment and "what has a higher likelihood of passing," it will ultimately be up to officials on the Camas and Washougal city councils to determine exactly what they are asking of voters in both cities.
"Her role is helping us with messaging for this," Swanson said of Loomis.
"As you're aware, from multiple conversations we've had … we have two fire stations that need to be replaced and a capital facilities plan that indicates they should be replaced in the next year or two," Swanson told Camas officials on Jan. 3. "We are a little behind the eight ball. We should already be proceeding with construction."
Not only does the joint fire department have two stations in critical need of replacement within the next two years — including the department's headquarters in downtown Camas — but studies have also shown the CWFD has some critical apparatus needs.
"All five (of the CWFD's fire engines) have been identified as needing to be replaced or placed in back-up status," Swanson told officials during the Jan. 3, workshop.
The CWFD has one fire engine on order, which is expected to be delivered in 2024, Swanson said, adding that the time between ordering and receiving a new fire engine is currently about 36 months.
"Which means, we could order (a new fire engine) today, and three years from now, we'll see that piece of rolling stock arrive in our city," Swanson said.
To pay for the fire station and fire engine replacements, city and fire officials have determined they likely will need to ask voters to approve a capital bond for the Camas-Washougal Fire Department.
Loomis, who has worked on several fire department-related issues in Clark County over the past few years, has advised Swanson and Washougal City Manager David Scott that city officials in both Camas and Washougal — who are considering asking voters to approve forming a regional fire authority — run the capital facilities bond in both cities at the same time and also ask voters to approve EMS levy renewals at the same time to reinforce that CWFD provides fire and EMS services to residents in both cities, across one service district.
"The terms of the agreement with Liz Loomis are not dependent on whether the bond is passed or not," Swanson added. "This agreement is specific to professional services provided to the (fire) department for messaging related to the bond and the EMS levies."
Under the terms of the fire department's nearly decade-old interlocal agreement (ILA), professional services contracts like the one proposed with Liz Loomis Public Affairs must be approved by the fire department's funding body, the city of Camas, with the city of Washougal agreeing, per the terms of the ILA, to reimburse Camas for 40% of the costs.
Washougal 'prepared to move forward'
After City Councilwoman Leslie Lewallen said she had qualms with a contract that listed the city of Camas as "the client," Swanson and City Councilman John Nohr — who served as a Portland Fire & Rescue firefighter for 20 years and is the current fire chief for Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue, which serves the cities of La Center, Ridgefield and Woodland in Clark and Cowlitz counties — explained to Lewallen this is how professional services contract for the CWFD are written, per the terms of the interlocal agreement that formed the joint fire department in 2013.
"I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but this says the agreement is … between (Liz Loomis Public Affairs) and the city of Camas," Lewallen said. "Nowhere in this contract do I read 'fire department.' … When we're dealing with contracts for services we have to be very, very clear about who is the client. (This agreement) says 'city of Camas' over and over and over again. There is no mention of the fire department. No mention of Washougal … Who is the client? Who's paying? How do we parse this out? …. I'm not comfortable with this contract, as is, at all."
Swanson pointed out that the contract does, in fact, state: "(the client, which is the city of Camas per the terms of the CWFDs interlocal agreement) jointly operates a fire department with the city of Washougal, known as the Camas-Washougal Fire Department, through an interlocal agreement, as amended, which encompasses as service area the incorporated limits of the city of Camas and city of Washougal … and the client and city of Washougal both desire and agree to retain the consultant's services consistent with the terms and purpose of the interlocal agreement associated with available revenue and funding resources for the Camas-Washougal Fire Department and further which shall be governed, as between Camas and Washougal, through the cost allocation provisions therein."
Swanson added that the Liz Loomis contract has the same language — with the city of Camas as the client — as other fire department-related professional services' agreements Camas officials have OK'd in the past.
"This is how they're written," Nohr said of the contract for fire department professional services. "The city of Washougal would not have a stand-alone contract with this person (Loomis) because it's routed through the fire department … and because of the way the ILA is written, everything comes through the city of Camas for (the fire department's expenses)."
Washougal's city manager, David Scott, was on hand during the Camas Council's Jan. 3 workshop to provide some context about Washougal officials' position on the agreement to pay Liz Loomis Public Affairs $11,666 a month beginning this month and running throughout the course of the year, with expenses to not exceed $140,000.
"We know voted debt will be necessary to replace the department's fire stations and apparatus … and we adopted same fire impact fees as (the city of Camas)," Scott told Camas officials on Jan. 3. "It is our understanding that we're looking for some expert assistance in clarifying messaging … and we are prepared to move forward."
If city officials were only discussing EMS levy renewals, Scott said, they would likely not need to discuss hiring a consultant to help with public affairs and messaging, but Washougal officials support extra help when it comes to passing a capital facilities and apparatus bond.
"We haven't passed something like this in Washougal for 20 years, since we passed a bond for the police station. We're really looking for assistance," Scott said, adding that Washougal officials are "fully prepared to work together" with Camas to fund the replacement of the two fire stations and the four fire engines, "and get (the) EMS levies passed so we can continue to have a solid partnership."
"Our commitment to the partnership remains, and we look forward to the (regional fire authority) conversations moving forward on a parallel track," Scott said, adding that he hoped Camas officials would authorize the contract.
"We're prepared, like we were with all other (CWFD) professional services, to pay our share," Scott said, adding that the city of Washougal has not carved out its own agreements for professional services related to the joint fire department over the past nine years — something Lewallen had suggested should happen with the Loomis contract — as "historically, these agreements … run through Camas. That is how the ILA is set up."
'We have run out of room to run'
Camas Councilwoman Bonnie Carter encouraged her peers on the Council to accept the agreement.
"We have been talking about fire, well, some of us have been talking about this for many, many years, and we are recognizing that we are hitting kind of a wall here," Carter said. "We have run out of room to run. … I don't want one of our (fire) stations to close because we can't staff it. I don't want to extend our call time to somebody having a heart attack because our nearest station is in Vancouver."
"And I appreciate everybody's concerns and questions, but we've had this information. The bond amount is projected to be 22 cents. It says it right there in Attachment A. We have a levy we already pay. We already have one in place, so this is not a new one. It's one in place," Carter said. "For me, I've been around too long. I see what is happening, and I have read the documents. Some of the documents are long … and (Loomis) could really help with that public consumption because it would be concise. She could help us pick out the high points so people would digest (the information) and not gloss over it after seeing so many numbers and so many words."
Councilman Don Chaney asked why Camas officials couldn't have a few more weeks to better digest the information regarding the contract with Loomis' firm.
"How much harm are we going to do waiting for a meeting or two?" he asked.
Swanson said time was of the essence, considering the fact that city leaders wanted to put the bond and the EMS levies to voters later this year.
"(Loomis) would have liked to have started on this months ago, preferably a year in advance of putting something on the ballot to set yourselves up for the maximum probability of success," Swanson said. "Waiting another month is a loss of critical time to get out to the community."
Swanson, who was leading his last Camas City Council meeting as the city's interim city administrator on Jan. 3, added that city officials in Camas and Washougal will still face the same critical infrastructure needs for their joint fire department regardless of whether voters eventually approve a regional fire authority or if the cities decide to stick with an interlocal agreement for the CWFD.
"You still have these assets you need to fund," Swanson said. "And, yes, we should have been on this years ago. We're going fast because we're trying to stop a bleed. We are where we are, and we have to kind of meet ourselves where we are. We have to do the best we can so that we don't have apparatus that fail when we need them to perform. So that we don't have (fire) stations that fail to be useful when we need them to be useful. That is the push. … This is where we've landed. We worked hard to get a capital facilities plan done and the fire impact fees adopted so that, legally, we could go out for a bond for these facilities and use public dollars to improve them."
After Camas officials, including Lewallen, Chaney and Councilman Tim Hein, asked Swanson to provide more information, the interim city administrator said he would if council members could tell him exactly what information they were looking for.
"I need you to help me understand what you need to get to 'yes' on this," Swanson told Chaney, Hein and Lewallen.
"In the interest of time, would it be prudent to send an email?" Lewallen asked Swanson. "Three of us have concerns. Perhaps it is most expedient to email you at a later date saying, 'This is the information we need to make our decision.'?"
"If we're going to delay this, I need some feedback, some questions (to answer)," Swanson said.
Camas Mayor Steve Hogan suggested the council take the issue up again at the Council's Jan. 17 workshop and/or meeting.


The documentary Free China won the Special Jury Award at the 45th Houston International Film Festival recently.
Kean Wong, the producer of the documentary, on April 21 accepted the award for the film—the equal highest award given in its category this year. The 45th WorldFest-Houston Film Festival is the oldest independent film festival in the world and received 4,500 entries in 2012.
The documentary Free China was directed by Michael Perlman, a filmmaker and activist. It tells the story of two Falun Gong practitioners who left their homeland after being persecuted for their faith.
Human rights violations in China are the backbone of this documentary, as told through the interviewees. The two main individuals in the film were Jennifer Zeng, a mother and former member of the Chinese Community Party; and Dr. Charles Lee, a businessman. Both were imprisoned and persecuted in China.
Houston International Film Festival director Hunter Todd was supportive of the Free China film, despite multiple attempts by the Chinese consulate to contact him, and discourage him from giving the award. This mirrors a previous attempt by the same consulate to dissuade a festival from screening the film in Florida.


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A guide to helping boomers sign up for their COVID vaccine
By Morgan Sung January 18, 2021
Seniors over 65 can now receive the COVID vaccine in many states, but navigating sites to actually sign up for a vaccination appointment can be challenging for the less tech savvy.
At least 10.6 million people in the United States have received one dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Both require a second dose three to four weeks after the initial dose. Per CDC guidelines, healthcare workers and nursing home residents are among the first recipients.
From there, vaccine distribution varies state to state, but CDC guidelines recommend vaccinating frontline essential workers like first responders, teachers, grocery store workers, and prison guards, as well as adults over the age of 75. The CDC then recommends vaccinating adults between 65 and 74 and anyone with preexisting conditions next, before finally distributing the vaccine to the general population.
Because vaccine distribution varies from state to state, staying updated on who can get vaccinated, let alone how, can be confusing. It can be especially difficult for those who aren't as online or digitally adept, as nearly every state's vaccine registration process is online.
If there's someone in your life who may qualify for the vaccine soon but isn't sure how to get it, here's a guide to giving them a hand.
If you know older or high-risk friends or family members who are eligible for the COVID vaccine but aren't as digitally savvy as you are, please don't hesitate to work with them to help get them signed up.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 15, 2021
Stay updated on your state's vaccine rollout
If you're helping someone sign up for a vaccine appointment, knowing when and if they're eligible is a start.
Each state is distributing the vaccine differently, but they're generally aligned with the CDC's rollout guidelines. You can check where your state is in the distribution process through the CDC's site. Select your state on the drop down menu, and the CDC site will redirect you to your local health department's vaccine distribution plan.
WebMD has a list of states' vaccine information sites as well.
Preemptively sign up for text or phone alerts
Some local health departments are implementing text-based alerts to inform residents whether they're eligible to receive the vaccine. Residents of San Francisco, for example, can sign up for notifications beginning Jan. 19, 2021. The state of Tennessee has a similar system for its residents. These tools can be immensely helpful for those who have cellphones but aren't as enmeshed in social media.
Check if your local health department implemented, or has plans to implement, a similar tool. You'll likely need to enter your date of birth, field of work, and any underlying health conditions that may qualify you for an earlier vaccine. You can also sign up on the behalf of someone else and receive notifications when they're eligible to receive the vaccine.
Avoid vaccine scams
With mounting demand for the vaccine and limited distribution, scammers are already trying to take advantage of peoples' desperation.
Soon after the United Kingdom began distributing vaccines earlier in January, residents began receiving texts claiming to be the National Health Service. The fraudulent text informed the recipient that they were "eligible to apple for the vaccine," and included a link to a site with the NHS logo, which prompted them to enter their bank information to "prove ownership of address."
Similar scam attempts have taken place in the United States as well. In Florida, a widely circulated Eventbrite link advertised vaccine appointments that were not sanctioned by the state's health department. The link has since been taken down, but the event "sold out" appointments between Jan. 14 and Jan. 25 before officials intervened.
Seminole County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fraudulent vaccine appointment event listed at https://t.co/WeKiwOcA8z.
@SeminoleSO
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— Seminole County, FL (@seminolecounty) January 14, 2021
Don't fall for scams like these, and don't let the boomers in your life fall for it, either. Unless you've intentionally already signed up for texts alerts regarding the vaccine, you likely won't receive unsolicited invitations to apply for it. Legitimate COVID vaccine centers will also never ask you for personal information like your address or bank account information. The personal information you may have to share will be whatever pertains to vaccine eligibility, like age, field of work, and possible underlying health conditions.
It's worth reminding your loved ones that they cannot pay to be vaccinated early, nor to "pre-register" for the vaccine.
The Federal Trade Commission published a helpful infographic to spread awareness about vaccine scams.
Image: federal trade commission
Sign up for second dose reminders
Remember, both the Pfizer and Modern vaccines require two doses, about three to four weeks apart. Luckily, the CDC developed an alert system to remind people to get their second dose.
Through VaxText, those who have already received their first dose can text ENROLL to 1-833-VaxText (1-833-829-8398), where they can opt to receive weekly reminders for their second dose in either English or Spanish. They'll be prompted to respond with the date they received the first dose and whether they received the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. Depending on the vaccine they received, they'll be reminded to receive the second after 21 or 28 days.
The VaxText system will not ask for personally identifiable information like address, social security number, or age. If you or a loved one receives unsolicited texts that do ask for that information, it's likely a scam.
With the vaccine rollout finally starting to pick up, we can hope to return to normal life in the near future. It might just take a crash course in digital literacy, first.
Topics: Culture, Culture, Web Culture, Covid 19, Vaccine


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Q: Spring Boot AOP not working for AfterThrow package test.aop;

import org.aspectj.lang.JoinPoint;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.AfterThrowing;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceAutoConfiguration;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.velocity.VelocityAutoConfiguration;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

@Component
@Aspect
class LoggingMonitor {

    @AfterThrowing(
            pointcut = "execution(* test.aop..foo(..))",
            throwing = "error")
    public void logAfterThrowing(JoinPoint joinPoint, Throwable error) {
        System.out.println(joinPoint);
    }
}

@Service
class MyBean {
    void foo() {
        throw new RuntimeException("run error");
    }
}

@SpringBootApplication
public class App {
    @Autowired
    MyBean myBean;

    @Bean
    CommandLineRunner runner() {
        return r -> {
            System.out.println("Run");
            myBean.foo();
        };
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(App.class);
    }
}

I don't understand why the code above not working, but when I changed my pointcut to "* org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner.run(..)", it works.

A: Spring AOP works on public methods only. Make your method public, or revert to AspectJ.

Due to the proxy-based nature of Spring's AOP framework, protected
  methods are by definition not intercepted, neither for JDK proxies
  (where this isn't applicable) nor for CGLIB proxies (where this is
  technically possible but not recommendable for AOP purposes). As a
  consequence, any given pointcut will be matched against public methods
  only! If your interception needs include protected/private methods or
  even constructors, consider the use of Spring-driven native AspectJ
  weaving instead of Spring's proxy-based AOP framework. This
  constitutes a different mode of AOP usage with different
  characteristics, so be sure to make yourself familiar with weaving
  first before making a decision.

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Cambridge Surplus This store is next to the river in an interesting way. Yes, I should have taken a picture to show you. It has exactly the same goods as KW Surplus. Food, Army, cookware, books, electronics, clothes, tools - everything except refrigeraated and frozen products. These goods are all a bit old. They were sold in job lots, and found their way here. It is a good store to shop.
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Dollar Mart I have probably got the name wrong. This store was next to a fish-n-chips place, and had a sign on the window 'we appreciate your business.' In some way, that sign beckoned to us. This store had a very good mix of value and junk, and the lady at the counter seemed to also own it. She was just so kind.
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i forget There is another big, big place just west of the Giant Tiger. It was also run by a kind couple. Same kind of goods. J thought it was just a party store because of the way they wrote things onto the glass.
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next day I'm writing this during our lunch break the following day. I rather like visiting here! And I found that Galt was just an amazing town full of old buildings, good shopping and very friendly people.