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Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope
By Samuel Johnson
the names, and in the notes the characters, of those whom he had satirised, was made intelligible and diverting, The critics had now declared their approbation of the plan, and the common reader began to like it without fear. Those who were strangers to petty literature, and therefore unable to decipher initials and blanks, had now names and persons brought within their view, and delighted in the visible effects of those shafts of malice which they had hitherto contemplated as shot into the air.
Dennis, upon the fresh provocation now given him. renewed the enmity which had for a time been appeased by mutual civilities, and published remarks, which he had till then suppressed, upon the "Rape of the Lock." Many more grumbled in secret, or vented their resentment in the newspapers by epigrams or invectives. Ducket, indeed, being mentioned as loving Burnet with "pious passion," pretended that his moral character was injured, and for some time declared his resolution to take vengeance with a cudgel. But Pope appeased him, by changing "pious passion" to "cordial friendship," and by a note, in which he vehemently disclaims the malignity of the meaning imputed to the first expression. Aaron Hill, who was represented as diving for the prize, expostulated with Pope in a manner so much superior to all mean solicitation, that Pope was reduced to sneak and shuffle, sometimes to deny, and sometimes to apologise; he first endeavours to wound, and is then afraid to own that he meant a blow.
The "Dunciad," in the complete edition, is addressed to Dr. Swift. Of the notes, part were written by Dr. Arbuthnot, and an apologetical letter was prefixed, signed by Cleland, but supposed to have been written by Pope.
After this general war upon dulness, he seems to have indulged himself a while in tranquillity, but his
subsequent productions prove that he was not idle. published (1731) a poem on "Taste," in which he very particularly and severely criticises the house, the furniture, the gardens, and the entertainments of Timon, a man of great wealth and little taste. By Timon he was universally supposed, and by the Earl of Burlington, to whom the poem is addressed, was privately said, to mean the Duke of Chandos, a man perhaps too much delighted with pomp and show, but of a temper kind and beneficent, and who had consequently the voice of the public in his favour. A violent outcry was, therefore, raised against the ingratitude and treachery of Pope, who was said to have been indebted to the patronage of Chandos for a present of a thousand pounds, and who gained the opportunity of insulting him by the kindness of his invitation. The receipt of the thousand pounds Pope publicly denied ; but from the reproach which the attack on a character so amiable brought upon him, he tried all means of escaping. The name of Cleland was again employed in an apology, by which no man was satisfied, and he was at last reduced to shelter his temerity behind dissimulation, and endeavour to make that disbelieved which he never had confidence openly to deny. He wrote an exculpatory letter to the duke, which was answered with great magnanimity, as by a man who accepted his excuse without believing his professions. He said that to have ridiculed his taste, or his buildings, had been an indifferent action in another man, but that in Pope, after the reciprocal kindness that had been exchanged between them, it had been less easily excused.
Pope, in one of his letters, complaining of the treatment which his poem had found, "owns that such critics can intimidate him, nay almost persuade him, to write no more, which is a compliment this age deserves." The man who threatens the world is always ridiculous, for the world can easily go on without him, and in a short
time will cease to miss him. I have heard of an idiot, who used to revenge his vexations by lying all night upon the bridge. "There is nothing," says Juvenal, "that a man will not believe in his own favour." Pope had been flattered till he thought himself one of the moving powers in the system of life. When he talked of laying down his pen, those who sat round him entreated and implored; and self-love did not suffer him to suspect that they went away and laughed.
The following year deprived him of Gay, a man whom he had known early, and whom he seemed to love with more tenderness than any other of his literary friends. Pope was now forty-four years old, an age at which the mind begins less easily to admit new confidence, and the will to grow less flexible, and when, therefore, the departure of an old friend is very acutely felt. In the next year (1733) he lost his mother, not by an unexpected death, for she had lasted to the age of ninety-three. But she did not die unlamented. The filial piety of Pope was in the highest degree amiable and exemplary. His parents had the happiness of living till he was at the summit of poetical reputation, till he was at ease in his fortune, and without a rival in his fame, and found no diminution of his respect or tenderness. Whatever was his pride, to them he was obedient; and whatever was his irritability, to them he was gentle. Life has, among its soothing and quiet comforts, few things better to give than such a son.
One of the passages of Pope's life, which seems to deserve some inquiry, was a publication of "Letters" between him. and many of his friends, which, falling into the hands of Curll, a rapacious bookseller, of no good fame, were by him printed and sold. This volume containing some letters from noblemen, Pope incited a prosecution against him in the House of Lords for breach of privilege, and attended himself to stimulate the resentment of his
friends. Curll appeared at the bar, and, knowing himself in no great danger, spoke of Pope with very little reverence. "He has," said Curll, "a knack at versifying, but in prose I think myself a match for him." When the orders of the House were examined, none of them appeared to have been infringed. Curll went away triumphant, and Pope was left to seek some other remedy.
Curll's account was, that one evening a man in a clergyman's gown, but with a lawyer's band, brought and offered for sale a number of printed volumes, which he found to be Pope's epistolary correspondence; that he asked no name, and was told none, but gave the price demanded, and thought himself authorised to use his purchase to his own advantage. That Curll gave a true account of the transaction it is reasonable to believe, because no falsehood was ever detected; and when, some years afterwards, I mentioned it to Lintot, the son of Bernard, he declared his opinion to be, that Pope knew better than anybody else how Curll obtained the copies, because another parcel was at the same time sent to himself, for which no price had ever been demanded, as he made known his resolution not to pay a porter, and consequently not to deal with a nameless agent. Such care had been taken to make them public, that they were sent at once to two booksellers; to Curll, who was likely to seize them as a prey, and to Lintot, who might be expected to give Pope information of the seeming injury. Lintot, I believe, did nothing, and Curll did what was expected. That to make them public was the only purpose may be reasonably supposed, because the numbers offered to sale by the private messengers showed that the hope of gain could not have been the motive of the impression. It seems that Pope, being desirous of printing his "Letters," and not knowing how to do, without imputation of vanity, what has in this country been done very rarely, contrived an appearance of compulsion, that,
when he could complain that his "Letters" were surreptitiously published, he might decently and defensively publish them himself.
Pope's private correspondence, thus promulgated, filled the nation with the praises of his candour, tenderness, and benevolence, the purity of his purposes, and the fidelity of his friendship. There were some letters which a very good or a wise man would wish suppressed; but, as they had been already exposed, it was impracticable now to retract them. From the perusal of those letters, Mr. Allen first conceived the desire of knowing him; and with so much zeal did he cultivate the friendship which he had newly formed, that, when Pope told his purpose of vindicating his own property by a genuine edition, he offered to pay the cost. This, however, Pope did not accept; but in time solicited a subscription for a quarto volume, which appeared (1737), I believe, with sufficient profit. In the preface he tells that his letters were reposited in a friend's library, said to be the Earl of Oxford's, and that the copy thence stolen was sent to the press. The story was doubtless received with different degrees of credit. It may be suspected that the preface to the "Miscellanies" was written to prepare the public for such an incident; and, to strengthen this opinion, James Worsdale, a painter, who was employed in clandestine negotiations, but whose veracity was very doubtful, declared that he was the messenger who carried, by Pope's direction, the books to Curll. When they were thus published and avowed, as they had relation to recent facts, and persons either then living or not yet forgotten, they may be supposed to have found readers; but, as the facts were minute, and the characters being either private or literary, were little known, or little regarded, they awaked no popular kindness or resentment. The book never became much the subject of conversation. Some read it as a contemporary history, and some perhaps as a model


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Justia › US Law › US Case Law › US Supreme Court › Volume 144 › Kendall v. San Juan Silver Mining Co.
Kendall v. San Juan Silver Mining Co., 144 U.S. 658 (1892)
Kendall v. San Juan Silver Mining Company
Submitted April 13, 1892
Decided April 25, 1892
Intrusion upon and location of a mining claim within the territory set apart by the treaty proclaimed November 4, 1868, for the exclusive use and occupancy of the confederated bands of Ute Indians was forbidden thereby, and was inoperative to confer any rights upon the plaintiffs. Location of the same premises by others after extinguishment of the Indian title and prior to relocation of the former prohibited claim gave the right of possession.
The failure of the plaintiffs to record their location after extinguishment of such Indian title within the period prescribed by the laws of Colorado,
and until long after the premises had been properly located by others, forbids their claim of priority based upon a wrongful entry during the existence of the Indian Reservation.
Noonan v. Caledonia Mining Co., 121 U. S. 393, cited and distinguished.
This action was brought in a district court of Colorado to recover possession of a tract of mineral land, a part of what was known as the "Bear Lode." The plaintiffs claimed under a location made September 3, 1872. The land so located was at that time within the territory reserved for the use and occupancy of the Ute Indians. The Indian title was extinguished in March, 1874, and the defendant claimed under a location made August 29, 1874. The case was submitted on the pleadings and the following stipulation.
"The following stipulation is agreed upon by and between the parties, and testimony relating to the matters herein referred to is waived and may be dispensed with upon the hearing and trial."
"I. It is admitted that the 'Bear' lode was located Sept. 3rd, 1872, and was duly recorded as stated in the complaint. It is admitted by the defendant that all the averments in paragraph II of the complaint are true, excepting the averment that the Bear Lodge mining claim was at the date of its location 'a part of the public domain of the United States and unoccupied and unclaimed by any person and was open to entry as mineral lands,' and excepting further that if the locators of the Bear lode were entitled to make any such location whatever of said premises or any part thereof they were not entitled on Sept. 3rd, 1872, or any time prior to June 15th, 1874, to locate a claim exceeding fifty (50) feet in width, and defendant therefore denies that plaintiffs are entitled to more than 50 feet in width, if they are entitled to anything."
"It is further admitted that an additional certificate of location was filed, as stated in paragraph 5 of the complaint."
"It is also admitted that the plaintiffs are the proper persons to maintain this suit, and proof of chain of title and production of conveyances and records is dispensed with."
"It is further admitted that the allegations contained in paragraph 9 of plaintiffs' complaint are true. "
"II. It is further admitted that on the 29th day of August, A.D. 1874, A. H. Kallenberg, W. H. Wallace, and J. G. Jackson located the 'Titusville' lode, and plaintiffs admit that all the matters and things stated in paragraph 1 of second defense and answer are true, excepting the statement that said 'premises was then (Aug. 29th, 1874) a part and parcel of the unoccupied and unappropriated public domain of the United States,' which last averment plaintiffs do not admit."
"It is further admitted that since the respective locations of said 'Bear' and 'Titusville' lodes, each of the claimants and their grantors have duly done and performed the annual assessment work, and neither party shall be required to introduce testimony relating to the annual expenditures required by law."
"It is further agreed that the defendant named is the proper party defendant in this action, and that no proof of its chain of title to the 'Titusville' lode or the production of conveyances or records showing such title shall be required."
Judgment for the defendant, which was affirmed by the supreme court of the state. To the latter judgment this writ of error was sued out.
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Colorado, in October, 1880, applied to the proper land office in that state for a mineral patent for a lode claim
known as the "Titusville Lode," in San Juan County, which was fifteen hundred feet in length by three hundred feet in width. Within the time prescribed by statute, and during the month, the appellants here, Kendall and others, filed in the same land office an adverse claim for a portion of the premises of which the defendant desired to obtain a patent, asserting a prior and superior right to the same, as part of a lode known as "Bear Lode," which they had discovered on the 3d of September, 1872, and upon which they had sunk a discovery shaft, and performed the several acts required to perfect a mineral location under the laws of the United States and the local rules and customs of miners. Within thirty days thereafter they brought the present action under section 2326 of the Revised Statutes, to determine, as between the parties, the right of possession to the disputed premises, the issue of a patent for the same being dependent upon such determination. In their complaint, they allege the performance of the labor required, and all other acts necessary to preserve the lode from forfeiture. That lode, as originally located, extended fifteen hundred feet in length and one hundred feet on each side of the center of the vein. In October, 1878, the locators filed an additional certificate of location in the local land office, claiming one hundred fifty feet on each side of the center. And they aver that the Titusville lode, claimed by the defendant corporation, is a junior location, and includes in length twelve hundred feet of the surface ground of the Bear lode, and in width covers more than the south half of the surface ground for the twelve hundred feet.
The defendant, in its answer, denies that the ground in controversy comprised part of the unappropriated public domain of the United States, and that it was open to location on the 3d day of September, 1872, as set forth by the plaintiffs, and alleges that at that date the ground embraced a portion of a certain tract of land which, by treaty between the United States and certain confederated bands of the Ute Indians in Colorado, concluded March 2, 1868, and proclaimed on the 6th of November of the same year, had been reserved for the use and occupancy of the Indians, and that the Indian title to the
tract was not extinguished until March, 1874. 15 Stat. 619. The answer also alleges that the Titusville lode claim was located on the 29th day of August, 1874; that all acts were done necessary to constitute a valid location of the premises, and that the legal title to the lode, and the right to its possession, had, by various conveyances from the original locators, become vested in the defendant, and it prays judgment therefor.
By the terms of the treaty mentioned, a tract of country, which included the mining property in question, was set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians therein named, and for such other friendly tribes or individual Indians as from time to time they might be willing, with the consent of the United States, to admit among them, and the United States agreed that no persons except those designated, and such officers, agents, and employees of the government as might be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, should ever be permitted to "pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described," except as therein otherwise provided. 15 Stat. 619, 620. The effect of the treaty was to exclude all intrusion for mining or other private pursuits upon the territory thus reserved for the Indians. It prohibited any entry of the kind upon the premises, and no interest could be claimed or enforced in disregard of this provision. Not until the withdrawal of the land from this reservation of the treaty by a new convention with the Indians, and one which would throw the lands open, could a mining location thereon be initiated by the plaintiffs. The location of the Bear lode, having been made while the treaty was in force, was inoperative to confer any rights upon the plaintiffs. Whatever rights to mining land they subsequently possessed upon the original Indian tract were founded upon a new location, made more than two years after the withdrawal of the reservation, and after the Titusville lode had been located by the defendant. Had the plaintiffs, immediately after the withdrawal of the reservation, relocated their Bear lode, their position would have been that of original locators. They would then have been within the rule in Noonan
v. Mining Co., 121 U. S. 393. That rule was this: that where a party was in possession of a mining claim on the withdrawal of a reservation caused by a treaty with the Indians, with the requisite discovery, with surface boundaries sufficiently marked, with a notice of location posted, and with a disclosed vein of ore, he could, by adopting what had been done, and causing a proper record to be made, and performing the amount of labor or making the improvements necessary to hold the claim, date his rights from that day. But such was not the case here. The reservation by the treaty was withdrawn in March, 1874; the Titusville lode was located on the 29th day of August, 1874, and the Bear lode of the plaintiffs was not relocated until two years afterwards.
Whatever rights, therefore, the plaintiffs had subsequently to the withdrawal of the reservation in the premises claimed by the defendant arose from its disclaimer. By that disclaimer the company relinquished to the plaintiffs such portion of their Bear lode, with surface width of fifty feet, as came in conflict with the premises claimed by it under the Titusville location; and, upon its motion in the trial court, judgment was entered pursuant to such disclaimer for the plaintiffs for the amount disclaimed and for the defendant for the residue.
The plaintiffs now seek, by their writ of error, to recover the residue of the Titusville lode, insisting that under the decision in Noonan v. Caledonia Mining Co., they have a right to all the premises which were covered by their illegal location during the pendency of the Indian treaty. But such is not the proper construction of that decision. There was in that case no new location by different parties, after the removal of the reservation, to interfere with the old location, then renewed, and with a proper record.
There is another view of this case, which leads to the same conclusion. Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes makes the manner of locating mining claims and recording them subject to the laws of the state or territory, and the regulations of each mining district, when they are not in conflict with the laws of the United States. The act of Colorado of February 13, 1874, requires the discoverer of a lode, within three months
from the date of discovery, to record his claim in the office of the recorder of the county in which the lode is situated by a location certificate.
It also provides that a location certificate of a lode claim which shall not contain the name of the lode, the name of the locator, the date of the location, the number of linear feet claimed on each side of the discovery shaft, the general course of the lode, and such description as shall identify the claim with reasonable certainty, shall be void.
The reservation of the premises in controversy by force of the Indian treaty was extinguished April 29, 1874. On that date the premises in controversy were open to location, and within three months afterwards the duty rested upon the plaintiffs to record the certificate of the location of their lode, if they desired to preserve any right in it. No such record of their location was made within that time. No record was made or desired by them until an additional certificate of location was filed by them, claiming 150 feet on each side of the center of their vein, which was not done until October, 1878. As they failed to comply with the law in making a record of the location certificate of their lode, it does not lie with them to insist that their wrongful entry upon the premises during the existence of the Indian reservation operated in their favor against parties who went upon the premises after they had become a part of the public domain, and made a proper location certificate and record thereof, and complied in other particulars with the requirements of the law.

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Kingston University legacy campaign asking how graduates would like to be remembered strikes a chord with alumni
Posted Wednesday 13 May 2015
The University is forging new relationships with people aged 60 and over who studied at Kingston. Picture: John Birdsall/REX_Shutterstock.Legacy marketing - when a university gets in touch with its alumni with the aim of encouraging them to remember their alma mater in their wills - is an increasingly important aspect of higher education fundraising. Following in the footsteps of charities, for which legacies have long been a major income stream, universities have begun to step up their communication with potential will donors.
The biggest challenge of legacy marketing is to design activity that will prompt alumni to include their former universities in their wills and then to identify ways to measure the impact of this activity. Kingston University has this year taken an original approach to addressing this. The resulting campaign has been a huge success, more than doubling the number of known legacies to the University. The initiative has also been shortlisted for an Institute of Fundraising 2015 National Fundraising Award in the category of best legacy campaign.
Head of development, alumni relations and events at Kingston, Dr Helen Trott, said the main problem facing fundraisers was that most people who included a charity or institution within their will, didn't inform the organisation in question beforehand. "I suppose this isn't really surprising given that most of us don't tell even our closest friends and family what is in our wills and, in turn, we are often unaware of who, or what, our nearest and dearest have left their money to," she said. "Unfortunately, this does make it difficult to know who to target with legacy messages and when in their lives they would be most receptive to these."
The University had been inspired by recent Government research indicating that the number of people who left a charitable gift in their will tripled if solicitors asked their clients what causes they cared about, Dr Trott said. "At Kingston University we want to raise aspirations so that's the conversation we set out to have with our age 60-plus alumni whose careers were kick-started at Kingston," she explained. "We wanted to understand their hopes for what they would leave behind."
The new legacy initiative aims to inspire graduates to remember the University in their wills. Picture: Joe Partridge/REX_Shutterstock.The Development team worked closely with Ilana Jackman, senior consultant at Mira Kelly Fundraising, to develop and execute the campaign. The activity was influenced by the observation that reading about people who have assigned money to causes in their wills seems to inspire other supporters to leave legacies of their own. "I think if you see someone else's story, it paints a picture of how you yourself might be memorialised," Dr Trott suggested. "It is nice to imagine that in the future others might read about you so you would continue to be remembered and be a source of pride to your family."
With this in mind, and taking into account the research findings, the University designed a postcard that showed alumni the difference that one graduate had been making since her death. It then asked them to complete the thought 'when I'm gone, I hope my legacy will be...'. The postcard was followed up by four tailored emails and evaluation was made on the basis of returned postcards, website activity and conversations with alumni about legacies.
There were 325 entries for the Institute of Fundraising Awards and Kingston's campaign has been picked as one of the top four in its category.Kingston University legacy manager, Jason Barlow, said the team had been overwhelmed by how much the project had captured the interest of former Kingston students. "There was a huge increase in the number of postcards returned compared with previous legacy mailings and we also had 23 times more people visiting our legacy page on the website," he said. "The real proof of success, though, is in the number of Kingston legacies we are aware of and I'm delighted to say that we now have two and half times as many confirmed than at the same time last year before we launched the campaign."
In tandem with this activity, Kingston fundraisers undertook face-to-face legacy training to keep up the impetus generated by the programme and help the new relationships with graduates to flourish. Legacy conversations had also increased the number of regular donors and helped alumni understand the difference between leaving a set sum in their will, as opposed to a percentage or 'residuary' amount, Mr Barlow said. "One of our graduates decided to make a £29,000 personal gift because she wanted to enjoy making a difference in her lifetime while another changed her £50,000 gift to a 50 per cent residuary bequest of her London house," he added. "Asking our alumni about their hopes and dreams has opened up dozens of new relationships with people who were looking for a way to make a difference and to keep supporting the things that are important to them."
What will your legacy be? Learn more about Kingston's legacy campaign and how you can get involved.
The winners of National Fundraising Awards 2015 will be revealed at a ceremony at the Hilton London Metropole on Monday July 6, 2015.
Kingston University has been asking its alumni how they want to be remembered as part of a new legacy campaign.
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Q: Select-Object For AD Groups Only I'm trying to setup a script to find all permission information of file shares on our network.
At the moment I have a Powershell script that does this, but it includes groups, users, SID account, everything.
I have manually filtered for SID accounts, but I was wondering if there is a Select-Object for making it that only Active Directory groups information can be shown? Here is a snippet of the code I have at the moment:
$ACLs = get-acl $Folder.FullName |
ForEach-Object {$_.Access} |
Where {$_.IdentityReference -notlike "*S-1-5*"}

Perhaps something along the lines of objectClass -like "group"??

A: You can't get the info your looking for directly from the IdentityReference, but if you throw some logic at it (not unlike the direction you were already heading to filter out the SID accounts), you can narrow it down to just AD objects.
(Get-Acl -Path $Folder.FullName | ForEach-Object {
  [string]$Identity = $_.IdentityReference
  if ($Identity -like '*\*' -and $Identity -notlike 'BUILTIN*' -and $Identity -notlike 'NT AUTHORITY*') {
    $SamAccountName = $Indentity.Split('\')[1]
    $ADObject = Get-ADObject -Filter ('SamAccountName -eq "{0}"' -f $SamAccountName)
    if ($ADObject.ObjectClass -eq 'group') {
      $Identity
    }
  }
}

The bulk of the work here is done by that "if" statement. Testing for a backslash ensures that the object is part of a domain of some sort (local or AD or otherwise). It then throws out the local domains I was seeing in my testing.
In my case this was enough to ensure I was always getting AD objects, whether they be users or groups, and after that it's pretty simple to get the ADObject and test its object class.
If you're going to be doing this in an environment with only one domain, you could change the if statement to look for that alone, which would cut down the number of test cases, e.g.:
if ($Identity -like 'test.domain.com\*)
You could also take this further and get the actual ADGroup object, etc.

A: I asked this question on TechNet as well, so for anyone that is interested in my solution that I'm using - here it is:
$ACLs = get-acl $Folder.FullName |
ForEach-Object {$_.Access} |
Where {$_.IdentityReference -notlike "*S-1-5*" -and (dsquery group -samid $_.IdentityReference.Value.Split("\")[1])}

That worked to only return the 'group' AD items.

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Annapolis is a pretty fabulous place for an engagement photo session. Love that this couple did an outfit change—it's always a good idea to get some casual shots, and some dressy.
A blue-and-yellow wedding at Oxon Hill Manor with lots of charming details. Such a unique guestbook idea, too!
Winter nuptials can be so cozy and romantic. Case in point: this stunning event at the Carnegie Institution for Science.
A quirky, travel-themed celebration at Strong Mansion. I'm starting to think every wedding should have a vintage sno-cone machine.


"If the Internet is Lucky Charms, then Instagram is just the marshmellows." (Neistat 2012) This has to be one of the best quotes I've heard in a long while. I also completely understand the metaphor, as I am a fan of Lucky Charms. There are many cereal options out there, but none as good as Lucky Charms, they stay true to what they are. Cheerios seems to be like Facebook, our presenter says Facebook has lost its way, so have Cheerios. Don't try the Dark Chocolate ones.. just don't do it. Twitter is like the cereal Kix, yes its fine, but it is limited, far outshined by coco puffs. Cereal metaphors are the best, and they serve to further our presenters position.
I've never used Instagram, I have an account for my class, and understand the basics of taking and uploading a picture, but I don't, as of yet, understand the purpose. I am hoping to explore using this in a purposeful manner that can be adapted to my classroom practice.
"The documentation of life is important. Use Instagram to tell a story." (Neistat 2012) Before watching this video I had never considered Instagram as a tool (I know that I am still channeling my 'visitor' identity [see previous blog posting if you are confused]) for digital storytelling. As Daniel Pink tells us, "Most of our experience, our knowledge, and our thinking is organized as stories" (Pink 2006, 101). If our students see the content as a story to experience, they will understand it more deeply.
I find it fascinating that we are working on our graduate degrees communicating via a blog, or on twitter, Google +, and other social communication mediums. Our blogs, especially the 20Time projects are the authentic stories of our learning. If we are able to learn this way, then our students should be able to learn this way also. Instagram can be a way for our students to chronicle their learning, like we will in the 20Time project.
At the end of the school year, I have my students create a project that reviews everything we have learned. The only instruction is that it has to be creative. I've had students do projects based on Harry Potter, Star Wars, Sesame Street, and other pop culture entities. Being that I have never used Instagram, it didn't occur to me that I could have my students use an Instagram account to tell the story of their learning experience in my class.
The tutorial on Instagram etiquette was appriciated as well. I promise to go easy on the hashtags, and not to bleed the feed, I'll post one picture at a time, and then chill.
(2012). Instagram i love you - YouTube. Retrieved June 15, 2015, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GacoqdKjVyE.
I loved the way you embedded your pictures to emphasize Daniel's metaphor on the social media. I would love to chat about your end of year projects being a nerd myself I would love to see how students brought in Harry Potter and Star Wars.
Jana, I'll do a blog post about the projects, they really are cool!
I am a regular Instagram user and agree that storytelling helps students to create content. However, I use it for a telling a slightly different type of story; I use Instagram to document and share a story about the learning and culture of my classroom. I model capturing, describing, and posting noteworthy moments in our lessons, or just our school day. My process is transparent with my students. They are so used to it that they no longer even roll their eyes when I say, "Wait! Hang on! Don't move! I need to get this for Instagram!" Instagram has become a form of positive recognition of the work they (okay, we) are doing. When I post, I use the hashtag for our school (#sanpasqualacademy) and occasionally our district (#sdjccs). I also tweet the Instagram posts. I recently began encouraging the students to capture and share the "cool stuff" we are doing on their personal Instagram accounts and nudge them to use our school's hashtag. Hopefully, our one-photo-at-a-time story can help to inspire others by sharing ideas while building a positive online reputation for our school.
Challenge: Capture and post something from your classroom on Instagram.
Natalie, I am going to accept your challenge, but alter it slightly. School has been out for a couple of weeks for me, so I am going to post some pictures of my commencing my 20Time project. Thanks for the challenge, I am a competative person so a challenge is a good way to motivate me.
I agree with you that technology is a great tool for recording and cataloging. I think instagram is a way for them to record their process of whatever they are working on because it allows them to catalogue something in an efficient manner (hashtags) which are easily retrievable. It also allows students to go back to a step if they mess up or need to change something for their outcomes. There are many ways to do this but I thinks insta is something they can use already so they an easily implement it. And by the way the Chocolate Cheerios are amazing!
The more I am learning about the process of learning for the 20Time project the more I am liking the blogging and Instagram, twitter, etc for the timeline effect. It helps for the reteaching and or review process.
I am glad to know that I am not the only one with a more cursory understanding of Instagram. I see it as a place to take and upload pictures, too. As more of a "visitor" to the internet, I have been skeptical of many types of the technology we are learning about in this class, but now I am inspired. When people in the cohort share their lack of experience and then their enthusiasm at trying out a new tool, I feel right at home. I think I will start with the tutorial on etiquette that you mentioned. Thanks again!
I uploaded my first picture to instagram when I was at the SF Giants game on Tuesday. There is a hashtag to put on it and they scroll through the pictures on the big jumbo television screen.


I hope everyone has a safe holiday season and a prosperous and productive 2012.
If you don't have a Kindle there's always the free Kindle reader app for PC, Mac, smartphones and iThings.
Just so I can be sure, "pressie" means present in Aussie rather than "press release" in American?
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! Hope you have a fabulous 2012. Sorry I missed this great deal- I hope to check out your book soon!


text: Q: recaptcha plugin for .net shows error on postback I am trying to set up a captcha in MVC; I am following the steps in this article to the letter. While testing I found that the application gets an "Unable to connect to remote server" error. Clicking submit on a form with the captcha field empty works fine, it goes through the controller method with no problems. It's only when there's stuff typed on the captcha field that an error comes up regardless of if the verification is not correct. Also, VS 2013 says that a class from the Recaptcha library - RecaptchaControlMvc.cs -is not found.


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Q: How to fit a Beta-Binomial Distribution to a dataset I have a data set which is defined over positive integers and I have reasons to believe it follows a beta-binomial distribution.
I am aware there is the betabinomial function that fits such a theoretical distribution to numerical data under the VGAM package, but I am not sure how to use this. I have taken a look at the examples provided by THE documentation but I cannot understand how to adjust them to my case. I have the following questions:
1) Could you please provide a simple example on how to use this function, given a data set?
2) In order to justify such a parsimonious approximation for a data set, I have seen people using bootstrapping among other arguments. Could this be the case here as well? If yes, could you please provide an example on how this would look like?
P.S. My data set is just 1-column.
Thank you.


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El Aeropuerto Internacional Manuel Márquez de León  o Aeropuerto Internacional de La Paz (Código IATA: LAP - Código OACI: MMLP - Código DGAC: LAP),  es un aeropuerto localizado en La Paz, Baja California Sur, México en el Golfo de California. Se ocupa del tráfico aéreo nacional e internacional de la ciudad de La Paz.

Información
EL Aeropuerto Internacional de La Paz, se encuentra ubicado en el kilómetro 13 de la Carretera Transpeninsular.

Para el 2020, La Paz recibió a 563,691 pasajeros, mientras que para 2021 recibió a 920,000 pasajeros, según datos publicados por Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico.

Cuenta con una terminal de aviación comercial de pasajeros de 5,180 metros cuadrados distribuidos en dos plantas.

Para atención en la documentación de pasajeros existen en la planta baja, 17 mostradores de documentación y una banda de recepción de equipajes.

El área de salas de última espera cuenta con tres puertas de salida. La sala de reclamo de equipajes cuenta con una banda transportadora de equipajes.

El aeropuerto fue nombrado por Manuel Márquez de León, un político, militar y pensador mexicano originario de este Estado.

Aerolíneas y destinos

Pasajeros

Estadísticas

Pasajeros

Rutas más transitadas

Instalaciones militares

Base Aérea #9
La Base Aérea Militar No. 9 "General Gustavo A. Salinas Camiña" es la sede Escuadrón Aéreo 203 que opera aeronaves Beechcraft T-6 C+ Texan II , se ubica al oeste del extremo de la cabecera 18, cuenta con una plataforma de aviación de 140x65 metros, además de 2 hangares e instalaciones para el alojamiento de efectivos de la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana. Su comandante es el General de Grupo Piloto Aviador Diplomado de Estado Mayor Aéreo Raúl Martínez Montiel.

Base Aeronaval de La Paz
Se ubica al norte de la BAM-9, cuenta con hangares y una plataforma de 200x110 metros, junto a esta plataforma se ubica otra de 90x80 metros y 6 aparcamientos individuales para aeronaves, además de las instalaciones necesarias para el alojamiento de marinos.

Accidentes e incidentes
  El 20 de diciembre de 1966 una aeronave Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar con matrícula N2222B operada por Executive Aviation desapareció mientras operaba un vuelo de demostración entre el Aeropuerto de San Diego y el Aeropuerto de La Paz, ya que empresarios planeaban comprar el avión. En el accidente murieron los 2 pilotos y los 8 pasajeros.

 El 12 de junio de 1967 una aeronave Douglas DC-3A-197D con matrícula XA-FUW operada por Aeronaves de México que cubría un vuelo entre el Aeropuerto de La Paz y el Aeropuerto de Mazatlán se estrelló en una zona poblada mientras trataba de retornar al Aeropuerto de La Paz al sufrir un fallo de motor durante su ascenso inicial, matando a 3 miembros de la tripulación y a 2 personas en tierra y sobreviviendo un miembro de la tripulación y los 24 pasajeros.

 El 30 de diciembre de 2006 una aeronave North American CT-39A-1-NA Sabreliner con matrícula XA-TNP operada por Facts Air que cubría un vuelo entre el Aeropuerto de La Paz y el Aeropuerto de Culiacán se estrelló contra postes y edificios abandonados durante su aproximación final al Aeropuerto de Culiacán, matando a los 2 pilotos.

 El 5 de julio de 2007 una aeronave North American CT-39A Sabreliner con matrícula XA-TFL operada por Jett Paqueteria que cubría un vuelo entre el Aeropuerto de Culiacán y el Aeropuerto de La Paz sufrió una ponchadura de llanta en el tren de aterrizaje principal derecho durante su carrera de despegue, lo que provocó que la aeronave no pudiera elevarse adecuadamente, saliéndose de la pista y estrellándose contra vehículos en la carretera Culiacán-Navolato, matando a los 3 tripulantes y a 7 personas en tierra.

 El 17 de octubre de 2008 una aeronave Cessna 402C con matrícula XC-HAQ propiedad del Gobierno de Baja California Sur que operaba un vuelo entre el Aeropuerto Internacional del Norte y el Aeropuerto de La Paz se estrelló en el Cerro del Fraile en Monterrey poco tiempo después de despegar, matando al piloto Jaime Emilio Real Cosío, al copiloto Armando Ávila Ochoa y al secretario de Finanzas de Baja California Sur, Nabor García Aguirre.

 El 5 de diciembre de 2012 una aeronave Zlín Z-242 con matrícula AME-400 perteneciente a la Escuela de Aviación Naval de la Armada de México se desplomó en las cercanías del poblado Ejido Conquista Agraria a unos 34 kilómetros al Suroeste de La Paz mientras realizaba un vuelo local de entrenamiento en la Base Aeronaval de La Paz, haciendo que perdieran la vida  el capitán de Corbeta Adrián Ignacio González Vargas, de la Armada de México, así como el mayor Jesús Alfonso Barajas Verduzco, de la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana.

 El 12 de agosto de 2018 una aeronave Embraer ERJ-145-EP con matrícula XA-UVX que se disponía a operar el vuelo 711 de Calafia Airlines entre el Aeropuerto Internacional de Loreto y el Aeropuerto Internacional de La Paz sufrió un sobrecalentamiento de motor durante la fase de encendido, generando humo en los motores por lo que se tuvo que evacuar a todos los ocupantes. El cuerpo de bomberos del aeropuerto controló la situación. no hubo lesionados.

 El 16 de octubre de 2018 una aeronave Cessna 150 con matrícula XB-ODX de Escuela de Aviación y Adiestramiento Calafia (EAAC) impactó contra terreno durante su despegue en el Aeropuerto de La Paz durante un vuelo local de entrenamiento, matando al estudiante en el impacto, el instructor fue trasladado al hospital en donde murió.

 El 9 de abril de 2020 una aeronave Learjet 35A con matrícula XA-VDU que realizaba un vuelo entre el Aeropuerto de Monterrey y el Aeropuerto de La Paz sufrió una excursión de pista tras aterrizar en su destino, quedando la aeronave a 500 metros de la cabecera de la pista de aterrizaje. Los cuatro ocupantes resultaron ilesos.

Aeropuertos cercanos
Los aeropuertos más cercanos son:
 Aeropuerto Internacional de Los Cabos (122km)
 Aeropuerto Internacional Federal del Valle del Fuerte (212km)
 Aeropuerto Internacional de Loreto (232km)
 Aeropuerto Internacional Federal de Culiacán (294km)
 Aeropuerto Internacional de Ciudad Obregón (366km)

Véase también
 Aeropuertos de México
 Estadísticas de aeropuertos de México
 Aeropuertos en Baja California Sur
 Aeropuertos de América

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
 Aeropuerto de La Paz
 Sitio en Facebook de GAP

Manuel Márquez de León
La Paz (Baja California Sur)
Bases de la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana
Armada de México
Bases navales de México

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free Auto CADD training programme for first year B.E. Mechanical, B.E. EEE and B.E. Civil students. The training programme was conducted from 13th March 2019 to 16th March 2019.
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These single drawers can be stacked up meet your storage needs. Perfect size foe shoe storage. Made in New Zealand.
The perfect single basket for the top of your wardrobe, the linen cupboard or even the laundry shelf.
With the ability to be stacked they offer the best use of smaller spaces.
Keeping their contents ventilated and easy to view makes these the perfect storage solution.
These white powder coated wire baskets are ideal for placing at the top of your wardrobe or on shelving in a linen cupboard. They are also able to stack, which makes them ideal for utilising space. Because they are an open weaved basket, it is easy to access and view their contents.


The History of Typography – Animated Short from Ben Barrett-Forrest on Vimeo.
This short provides a great intro to how certain forms of type came into being and demonstrates that form follows function, as the saying goes. This is true of all design and something haunts all designers who constantly seek out refinement. When considering type, it can be good to have a historical perspective. For instance, if you are looking for something with that old flare, you will probably lean toward a Serif font; for a newer edge, San Serif.


I assume that you've already set up your EC2 instances with an application load balancer and enabled SSL/TLS using AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). Notice that you're terminating SSL on load balancer. Thus, EC2 instances get decrypted traffic and we'll route and manage traffic on load balancer, unaware of actual application servers. For elastic beanstalk scenarios, the same is valid since you've configured these load balancer options while creating the elastic beanstalk app.
Go to Load Balancers section at the AWS EC2 console. Find and select the load balancer you'll configure. (If you created it with Elastic Beanstalk, it should have a prefix as awseb-) On Listeners pane, you should see HTTP:80 and HTTPS:443 listeners. If you only have an HTTPS listener, requests to your HTTP urls will fail, so you need to create HTTP:80 one just for redirecting purposes. After, find the View/edit rules link.
Click the edit button on the top bar in the rule editor and press the edit icon on the left side of the default rule. We're editing the default rule since we want to redirect traffic to HTTPS url instead of balancer.
On the THEN section, select Redirect to... and select Custom host, path, query and fill the form like mine below.
To achieve this, find the View/edit rules link for HTTPS:443 listener. On this listener, we want to move traffic to target group except traffic from https://site.com. Default rule will remain same, we'll add a new rule by using (+) button on the top bar. Just like the HTTP:80's rule, we'll add a rule for root domain.
As final, you should see overview of the configuration we've just made at the load balancers page.
NOTE: You need to point ELB public DNS alias for your root domain and www domain using Route53 to use both domains. You can get public DNS from Description > Basic Configuration > DNS Name section.
To accelerate the manual operation on AWS Console, you can add and edit them via AWS CLI. This command adds a new rule to given listener-arn.
To modify the actions for the default rule, use ModifyListener .
Configuration works perfect for me, you can check yours by viewing rules using AWS CLI and comparing with mine.
Since we did these configuration changes by using AWS Console or CLI, they won't be applied when you re-deploy your app or environment. So, we need to prepare this configuration as a code an place it to the .ebextensions/ folder of your EB app. This approach gives a lot of opportunities to set your AWS resources and configurations for your Elastic Beanstalk app.
According to the AWS EB documentation, configuration of an application load balacer is possible with creating a file as .ebextensions/application-load-balancer.config in the eb app folder.
To use a rule, add it to a listener with the Rules option in the aws:elbv2:listener:listener_port namespace.
Well, things are going a little complex here. This means, we need to add aws:elbv2:listenerrule:rule_name rule first, then we call them with aws:elbv2:listener:listener_port namespace. But, what about editing the default rule? I think we can modify listener's itself to modify the rule but how to assign newly created aws:elbv2:listenerrule:rule_name rule to the listener? I feel that advanced configuration isn't "elastic" enough since Elastic Beanstalk has own configuration schema and also CloudFormation has another. Every single feature in API's is not supported for both of them.
When I find a workaround for this stuff, I'll update the post. For now, use the console or CLI version, sadly. Preparing commands for AWS CLI and running them just after creating the EB environment solves the problem quickly. This gives more freedom if compared to EB config.
Please comment here when you find something about auto configuration of non-www and https redirects with AWS Elastic Beanstalk.


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Chandra (Sanskriet 'schijnend, helder of maan', Soma) is de hindoeïstische god van de maan en wordt geassocieerd met de nacht, planten en vegetatie. Hij is een van de Navagraha (negen planeten van het hindoeïsme) en Dikpala (wachters van de windstreken).

Soma komt als maangod ook voor in het boeddhisme en jaïnisme.

Synoniemen zijn onder meer: Indu (heldere druppel), Atrisuta (zoon van Atri), Shashin of Shachin (gemerkt door een haas), Taradhipa (heer der sterren), Nishakara (nachtmaker), Oshadhipati (heer der kruiden), Uduraj of Udupati (waterheer), Kumudanatha (heer der lotussen) en Udupa (schip).

Er zijn ook andere figuren in de hindoeïstische mythologie met de naam Chandra, waaronder een asura en een Suryavanshi (zonnedynastie) koning. Het is ook een veelvoorkomende (achter)naam.

Iconografie
Soma heeft verschillende kenmerken in hindoeïstische teksten. Meestal is hij wit van kleur, draagt hij een strijdknots in de hand en rijdt hij in een strijdwagen met drie wielen, getrokken door drie of meer witte paarden.

Maandag
Soma is de wortel van het woord Somavara (maandag) in de hindoeïstische kalender en is, net zoals in de Grieks-Romeinse en andere Indo-Europese kalenders, aan de maan gewijd.

Zie ook
 Soma (drank)

Hindoeïstische mythologie


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Easing Tensions
by Oren the Otter
Non-Canon Stories
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Oren didn't notice it at first. When the first rays of dawn lit his bedchamber, Oren saw only the beautiful face of the woman lying next to him. He watched the rainbow sparkles play about on the tips of her black and white fur, listened to her gentle breath as it passed over her soft, green lips. And when her eyes opened, it was as though the floodgates of Heaven had opened and poured love into his heart.
"Oren?" said Vitra as she gazed at her brand new husband. "What happened?"
The otter smiled. "We were married, remember?"
"Of course I remember, silly." said the weasel. She smiled a smile that seemed to coax forward the very sunrise. "How can I possibly forget a night like that? But Oren..."
"Stop staring at me and look at you self."
Oren did as she asked. He held up a paw and studied it. The mere fact that he had a paw said it all. "I'm no longer a man." he said, a little sadly. "The effects of the potion were temporary."
"Does it make you sad to be otter I fell in love to?" asked Vitra.
"Well, no... but of course... there's..." Oren looked down in the direction of his legs.
Vitra smiled broadly. "I fell in love to you for more than you body, Oren." She said in soft, loving tones. "Come. You and me, we go get food to eat."
"Where are we going?"
"Someplace new. We go for nice, rom... romen..."
"Romantic?"
"Romantic walk in sunrise. Come!"
Oren rose and stretched. "It seems a shame to have to put on clothes again." he said.
"Who say we put on clothes?"
"Uh..."
"I not mean that. I mean this." Vitra crouched down on the floor and began to shrink, transforming herself from a generally humanoid shape to one that was purely mustelid. Following his wife's example, Oren began changing as well. He was quite surprised. Normally, the change to full lutrine form was very difficult, and followed the invariable steps of female, cub, full morph. This time, however, the alterations were so easy, they seemed to flow on their own, and at the end, Oren was a fully grown male otter. He looked to Vitra for some hope of an explanation, but even if she understood what had happened, she was currently unable to speak anyway. She did, however, seem quite pleased at the development.
Rarely did Oren get outside the Keep anymore, since he'd been sentenced to extra training sessions and guard duty. Vitra, of course, never got out. It had been too dangerous until now. Today, however, the outside world just seemed to beckon to them. With a full seven days' leave to enjoy their honeymoon, there was no reason not to go see the world.
Together, the two mustelids scurried all over the Keep and eventually out the main gate. They would not have stopped there except that Oren heard the sound of arguing.
"And I told you to keep them OUT of my GARDEN!"
"And I told you not to plant your garden here. What else did you expect?"
"And where else did you expect me to plant it? Flemwort has to be planted on the west side of the Keep to catch the evening sun!"
Signaling to Vitra to wait for him, Oren trundled off to investigate. Naturally, Vitra followed. When he reached the location of the confrontation, Oren saw a huge woman squaring off against an aged Hipocci, who had turned part-way into a kangaroo. She was holding a small boy in her arms, trying to keep him from sobbing. Changing just enough to allow himself to speak, the otter inquired what was going on.
"This little wretch ruined my flemwort!" bellowed the big woman.
"It was an accident." explained the other. "You see, we've been mixing up mud..."
"Mud?"
"For chinking." She pointed to where some logs were being laid to form the beginnings of a small cabin. "We can't live in the lighthouse, forever, after all."
"I see. Go on."
"Matthew wanted to do like the grown-ups and help mix mud. Only he did it a little too close to the flemwort patch."
"And that little brat ruined the whole crop!"
Oren and Vitra looked at the patch of herbs. They seemed to be just fine. "How so?" he asked.
"These were supposed to go into a magical cold remedy. Now, they've got no magic at all in them. That boy sucked the magic right out of them!"
"I'm very sorry." said the kangaroo-woman. "I'll pay for the crop if you'll just..."
"I'm not worried about money. I'm worried about this year's flemwort crop."
"I know what to do." said a little striped weasel. Vitra, of course, who had changed just enough to speak. "Hipocci build you fence. Put new soil down."
"That's right." said Oren. "Any adult Hipocci knows how to use magic containment spells. They'll work every bit as well on antimagic as magic. They can renew the soil without neutralizing it."
"And what about the plants themselves?"
"I doubt they've lost ALL their magic, or they'd probably be dead. They should regenerate at least partway of their own. If they don't, Light has some related herbs you can borrow to supplement them."
The compromise seemed acceptable to everyone, which of course meant that somewhere down the line, it was doomed to failure. For now, however, it eased the flare of tensions between a local and a refugee. Such flareups, unfortunately, were becoming all too common. Just last week, Wessex had been attacked by a thirdak. Understandable, if one takes into consideration that such a magic-laden morsel was just too tempting a treat for a magic-muncher to pass on. Wessex wasn't so understanding, especially when all of his defenses served only as appetizers, and the only way he was able to stay alive was by climbing up a tree and waiting several hours to be rescued.
Oren forcefully put the incident out of his mind. This was not a time to dwell on his troubles. This was a happy day. It was his first day as a married man, and he was going to spend it with his bride. Shifting back to fully animal shapes, Oren and Vitra ran together away from the keep and what was looking to develop into "New Hipocc".
For hours upon hours, the weasel and the otter chased one another, played, gamboled, and did a few other things more normal for a couple on their honeymoon. They never did eat breakfast.
By the time the sun was going down, both of the newlyweds were incredibly tired, and their hunger had finally caught up with them. In the distance, there was a small town. They decided to venture there in search of something to eat.
The first thing that told either of them that there might be anything amiss in this town was when someone spotted them approaching and ran away yelling "SKUNK!"
"Wait!" cried Vitra as she zipped into her humanoid form. "I not skunk! I zorilla!"
Now she had done it. All activity on the streets had ceased as everyone stopped to stare at the strange weasel-woman with the green lips. Somewhat fearfully, Oren rose up to stand beside Vitra. The two of them now stood in the center of a vast empty space, surrounded by nervous-looking people.
"Haven't they ever seen a keeper before?" asked Oren. "This place is less than a day from the Keep."
"Look around." replied Vitra. "Only humans. No children like grown-ups. I no think there any other keepers here."
"Um.. Wut wut hello everybody!" said Oren, wagging his bulky tail. "How are you all? I'm Oren, and this is my wife, Vitra."
"Hello." said Vitra, smiling warmly but being careful not to show her teeth.
"I can see you're all a little bit nervous, but you don't have to be. We're friendly types, really."
"Friendly." Vitra verified. The crowd seemed unconvinced.
"We're just a couple of cute, fluffy animals." said Oren, starting to feel a little desperate. "And we even do tricks."
"We do?"
Bending down, Oren scooped up three small stones from the ground. A few people in the crowd seemed to flinch, but Oren quickly allayed their fears of being stoned when he began to juggle the rocks. He didn't juggle well. What little coordination Oren had came primarily from having the reflexes of a mustelid. His performance was passable, though, and he managed to elicit a few smiles from the younger members of his audience.
Vitra was quick to join in the act. Placing her hands on the ground, she upended herself and began walking about upside-down. An unusual application of her lutin strength to be sure. However, it seemed to be just the thing. Even the adults were now giggling aloud.
Throwing dignity (and his three rocks) to the winds, Oren tumbled and cavorted like a clown, with Vitra beside him all the way, to the delight and laughter of the crowd. Then, just as the hilarity was building to it's greatest crescendo, Oren held up his paws for silence.
"My friends," he said. "It is a privilege to bring to you the gift of laughter, but ere we go, we would have you see us for who we are, and so I would share with you a poem." As the people braced for the unexpected, Oren turned to Vitra and taking her hands, looking deeply into her eyes, began to recite. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Nay, a summer's day is much more fair." He forgot the rest of the poem. Thinking quickly, he began to improvise. "The rays of yon life-giving sun are brighter than thy stripe-d hair."
Vitra began to get a quizzical look.
"The green that thrives within the grass, the pink that lives within the rose, are greener than thy verdant lips, and pinker than thy weasel nose."
"The clouds which wander slowly by and follow what wind doth prevail are fluffier and how by far than is thy great and fluffy tail."
"Oren?"
"And though in these it fairer is, in one true way, it cannot be. I do not love a summer's day. My dearest weasel, I love thee."
Vitra's apprehensive look melted into a smile of joy as she embraced her husband, to the cheering and applause of an audience which seemed truly moved.
Then, suddenly, out into the open shot a little boy, no more than five, who running up to Vitra exclaimed "I like you Missus skunk can I pet your head."
A woman began slowly advancing after the child, the mother, obviously. She seemed concerned, but slowed to a halt as Vitra knelt down and allowed the child to stroke the fur of her head. One by one, other children came forward to play with and pet the friendly animal people. Bit by bit, the empty circle began to pull itself closed as the townsfolk bade the strangers welcome.
"It's like these people have never seen a keeper before." said Oren.
"Sir," said a local woman. "We have not."
"But the Keep is less than a day away, how can you..." Oren didn't get to finish his question. The crowd dispersed rather suddenly as a dozen large, uniformed men bullied their way through to the otter and the weasel and placed them under arrest. Being completely unarmed, Oren thought it best to go quietly, at least for now, and Vitra was in complete agreement.
Baron Fressfuss was an abnormally calm man. When Oren and Vitra had been brought into his chambers, they received the distinct impression of confronting an inanimate object. The man seemed to have a distinct dislike of ostentatious display. He was dressed in tasteful but plain garments and sat at a rather boxy desk instead of in any variety of throne as most nobles seemed to enjoy. "Thank you." said Fressfuss to the guards. "You may go."
"Thank you, Sir." said Oren, rising.
"Not you." said the Baron with obvious irritation.
"I wasn't serious." said Oren, taking his seat again. On the surface, it was pure tomfoolery. In reality, Oren had just scored several points in what he knew was going to turn out to be a rather serious game.
"Oren and Vitra of Nerr." said Fressfuss in a drawn out manner. "Recently married, both fairly new to the area. One a soldier from a secluded villiage in the south, the other formerly a lutin."
"How you know all this?" asked Vitra.
Fressfuss leaned back in his chair. "The municipality you are currently in is known as 'halfway'. We are exactly halfway between Menth and Midtown. Generally speaking, we are a rather high-traffic area. We are not, however, open to Keepers."
"I don't understand."
"Nor do I expect you to. The fact that you are here at all says that you know very little about this area. The fact that you are both completely naked tells me that you have very little regard for social propriety. Not that the fact itself bothers me. I personally think that it is ridiculous for animals to parade around in vests and trousers. However I am familiar with customs that our neighbors to the north practice and it is obvious that you do not view these customs as important or pertinent to you in the slightest. You are nothing but disruptive.
"I'm still completely confused."
"Let me spell it out for you. Halfway has enjoyed a time of unparalleled peace for many years. Partially because I have a very efficient means of enforcing the law, and partially because it is widely understood that individuals affiliated with Metamor Keep are not welcome here. That place brings only strife and bloodshed and I will not allow that to touch my barony. Do I make myself clear?"
"Oh! I get it!" cried Oren in a dramatic voice. "You're a coward!"
Before the last "d" had passed his lips, Oren found himself pinned against the wall with Fressfuss' hand around his throat. "You dare?"
"Would you have attacked me so quickly if I were armed and armored?"
"I should kill you for your disrespect."
"If you do, I should warn you, there's a zorilla holding a letter opener an inch from your throat and she will be very, VERY upset if you do.
Baron Fressfuss cast a glance sideways and smiled at the brave weasel. "You are courageous. Both of you." He released his grip on Oren's throat. "I will not kill either of you. I will, however, make public examples of you. Not enough to rouse the ire of anyone who might be your allies. Only enough to make the public say that you were treated harshly but justly and to demonstrate to others that the presence of Keepers will not be tolerated. GUARDS!"
The room filled with soldiers, and Oren and Vitra were hauled away.
Vitra was not to be punished herself. Being a woman, even if not a human one, she would not be made to suffer physical harm. Instead, she would be forced to watch as her husband was whipped. Oren grimaced as he stood, his hands tied to a hitching post, awaiting the first crack of the whip. The hulking man beneath the black hood gauged his distance, lifted his hand, and snapped his wrist. The whip he was holding cracked. Oren stiffened, but he did not cry out. Five times the lash came down, but Oren never made a sound. At the end of five lashes, Oren and his wife were brought to the edge of the town and instructed to leave. Once they were out of eyesight, Vitra insisted on having a look at her husband's back.
"I'm fine." Oren insisted.
"You ARE fine." Vitra echoed with confusion. "Why you don't got lash stripes?"
Oren smiled slyly. "Baron Fressfuss prides himself on his military strength, and so he should. After all, his army is supplied with a stunning array of enchanted weapons."
"And you antimagic! But it still a whip. So how...?"
"A common misconception about antimagic is that all it does is passively neutralize magic. Not entirely true. There are many varieties of antimagic, and in this case, I simply used a magic-repel spell, or anti-spell, I should say. That whip, loaded with magic, never had a chance of touching me."
Vitra looked at her husband with wonder. "You so strange and fascinating."
"The feeling is mutual."
"So what we do now?"
"Well, we could go back home and never return to that dreadful place."
"You want to do that?"
"Me neither."
"In that case, we recruit some performers and go put on a show for several days, just OUTSIDE of Halfway. If you can't reach the Baron, reach the people until they bend their leader to their way of thinking. And if..."
"I no think I should tumble around upside-down no more, Oren."
"Oh? Why is that?"
"I is with childs."
Oren froze for a moment and then shook his head in disbelief. "How can you know that? We only just..."
"I is know." said the weasel, her eyes sparkling. "I is feel spirits of little ones inside of me. They is two of them, Oren."
"Twins?"
Oren touched his wife's stomach and imagined he could feel what she felt. What astonished him the most was that for a moment, he thought he did feel something. Two tiny little minds, not yet even capable of thought or sensation, but simply being. In that instant, Oren's heart leaped for joy, and the delicate link which the parents shared with those two unformed minds was bathed in rich, wonderful love.
"I'm a father." said Oren. Not "I'm GOING to be a father." No. He had, for an instant, touched his children, and they was as real as if he held them in his arms.
Oren and Vitra had experienced many things that day. Anger, fear, aggravation, humiliation, resentment, and hostility, but as they bedded down in the grass beside the river to await the dawn, they both knew that they would remember this day as a day of pure joy.


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Top SWAC RBs 2019: Alcorn State's De'Shawn Waller
This time last year few people knew who De'Shawn Waller was. Now he's looking to stay on as the SWAC's top back.
By BJ Jones
The SWAC often gets titled as the conference of the quarterback and wide receivers. The offenses in the conference are known to be high flying and capable of generating a lot of points. The running back position in the conference sometimes gets forgotten about but to forget about the ball carriers who have cut their teeth in the SWAC would be a mistake.
Rest of the Top Five:
No. 1: De'Shawn Waller, Alcorn State
De'Shawn Waller was worried that his college football career may have been over when 2018 started.
Waller played two seasons at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas but after his eligibility was up he wasn't fielding many college offers. Many schools told Waller that he was small to be a big time back at the college level. As days went by, Waller held on to one scholarship offer which was from Hampton University until his JUCO film ran across the eyes of former Alcorn State offensive coordinator Ryan Stanchek and cornerbacks coach LeRoy Frederick. But this wasn't happily ever after for De'Shawn Waller just yet. Waller lost a close friend of his and then when once he arrived at Alcorn State he was third on the depth chart and a rib injury kept him out of the first three games of the season. Waller was an unknown for many Braves fans. After all, starting running back PJ Simmons was the preseason SWAC Offensive Player of the Year so Waller was only expected to give him a breather from time to time.
Thet SWAC got an introduction to De'Shawn Waller as he rushed for 214 yards on 28 carries against Alabama State. From that point Waller would rush for 120 yards or more in seven of Alcorn's final eight games giving him a total of 1,215 rushing yards on the season. Waller also added 12 rushing touchdowns which led the conference, he finished eighth in the nation in rushing yards per game (121.5 ypg), 15th in total rushing yards, 19th in all-purpose yards per game (133.0), 19th in rushing yards per carry (6.5), 20th in rushing TD's, 23rd in scoring (7.8 pg) and 25th in total touchdowns (13). Not bad for a guy who didn't become the starter until the seventh game of the season.
Waller played his biggest games on the biggest stages last season. In the SWAC Championship he rushed for a game-high 177 yards and three touchdowns. He broke loose for an 83-yard touchdown run which was the second-longest in the history of the SWAC Championship game. He followed it up by running for a game-high 167 yards during his return home to Atlanta in the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl.
After starting 2018 in Etheridge Courts in Atlanta wondering if his football career was over, he ended the year as an HBCU All-American, a STATS FCS All-American, the SWAC Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-Conference, a Conference Champion, and considered to be one of the best running backs in the country.
The question now is what does he have left for an encore?
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Q: Odoo. Import data with relations I need import employees(hr.employee object) from xml and to tie them with users(res.users object) and contacts(res.partner object). Relation with user working is good(screen below after import).

But I have problem with contacts. When system import user she authomatically create new contact which applies to user. How I can to tie this contact with employee if I don't know ID?

I tried add contact record to xml file and set relations. But in this case system creates 2 contacts. And one of them is not related to user.
Here my xml for import from my module.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openerp>
    <data noupdate="1">
        <record id="user_test" model="res.users">
            <field name="name">My Name</field>
            <field name="login">my_name</field>
            <field name="password">1111</field>
        </record>
        <!-- I tried create contact like this...
             but then will be created 2 contacts
             instead 1 + one of them is not related with user -->

        <!--<record id="contact_test" model="res.partner">-->
            <!--<field name="name">My Name</field>-->
            <!--<field name="user_id" ref="user_test"/>-->
        <!--</record>-->
        <record id="employee_test" model="hr.employee">
            <field name="name">My Name</field>
            <field name="work_email">my_name@gmail.com</field>
            <field name="user_id" ref="user_test"/>
        </record>
    </data>
</openerp>

So, my question is: How I can to set contact(which was created authomatically from user) to employee?

A: Try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openerp>
    <data noupdate="1">

        <record id="contact_test" model="res.partner">
            <field name="name">My Name</field>
        </record>

        <record id="user_test" model="res.users">
            <field name="name">My Name</field>
            <field name="login">my_name</field>
            <field name="password">1111</field>
            <field name="partner_id ref="contact_test"/>
        </record>

        <record id="employee_test" model="hr.employee">
            <field name="name">My Name</field>
            <field name="work_email">my_name@gmail.com</field>
            <field name="user_id" ref="user_test"/>
            <field name="partner_id" ref="contact_test"/>
        </record>
    </data>
</openerp>

A: Here solution:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openerp>
    <data noupdate="1">
        <!-- at first create contact -->
        <record id="contact_test" model="res.partner">
            <field name="name">My Name</field>
        </record>
        <record id="user_test" model="res.users">
            <field name="name">My Name</field>
            <field name="login">my_name</field>
            <field name="password">1111</field>
            <!-- relation between user and contact -->
            <field name="partner_id" ref="contact_test"/>
        </record>
        <record id="employee_test" model="hr.employee">
            <field name="name">My Name</field>
            <field name="work_email">my_name@gmail.com</field>
            <field name="user_id" ref="user_test"/>
            <!-- relation employee and contact -->
            <field name="address_home_id" ref="contact_test"/>
        </record>
    </data>
</openerp>

In this case will be created 1 contact, 1 user and 1 employee. Employee will have relation with contact.


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Sandra Coscio Antelo (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 6 de enero de 1967) es una periodista y productora boliviana. Presenta el programa Contame de la cadena ATB.

Biografía

Inicios
Sandra Coscio nació en la ciudad de Santa Cruz de la Sierra el 6 de enero de 1967. Hija de Carlos Coscio Gómez y Melvy Antelo Laughling. Vivió su infancia en Brasil, y regresó con 7 años a Bolivia, donde realizó sus estudios de educación primaria y secundaria.

Cursó estudios de Periodismo en Radio y Televisión en el College de San Francisco (California), completando su formación profesional en Comunicación Social en la Universidad NUR. Habla tres idiomas: portugués, español e inglés.

Trayectoria profesional
Fue presentadora de noticias en la Red Teleoriente (hoy Unitel) por más de cuatro años. Paralelamente en Radio Centenario conducía el programa Hablemos claro. En 1993 se hace cargo de la conducción y producción del programa femenino Usted y nosotras de la Red Uno. Desde 2003 es parte de la Red ATB, bajo la conducción y producción del programa Contame. de turismo y entretenimiento. En el exterior, informó sobre diversas ferias turísticas y eventos de entretenimiento internacionales, en Latinoamérica, Estados Unidos y Europa.

Periodismo televisivo
Ha realizado despachos para: Telemundo, TVE,  Frecuencia Latina de Perú entre otros. Fue presentadora de la alfombra roja de Estrellas Music Award en Miami por dos años consecutivos.

Entrevistas a personalidades del ámbito internacional
En su carrera periodística ha entrevistado a distintas personalidades políticas, como al expresidente de Colombira Álvaro Uribe en Bogotá, el expresidente del El Salvador, Antonio Saca, periodistas como María Celeste Arrarás, Andrés Oppenheimer, Don Francisco, Fernando del Rincón, Ismael Cala, entre otras.

También ha realizado entrevistas a diferentes celebridades del mundo del espectáculo como:  Shakira, Juanes, Andy García, Alejandro Fernández, Thalía, Luis Miguel, Marc Anthony, JLO, Gloria y Emilio Stefan, Paulina Rubio, Paloma San Basilio, J Balvin,Alejandro Sanz, Plácido Domingo, Maluma.

Cobertura de eventos internacionales
En su rol de periodista de espectáculos, ha asistido a  los Premios Oscar,Festival de Cannes, Premios Goya,  MTV Latinos, Premios Grammy Latinos, premios Juventud, Premios Billboard, Premios Lo Nuestro, Estrella Music Award,  Festival de Viña del Mar. También a cubierto concursos como  Miss Universo, Miss Mundo, Miss Hawaiian Tropic y por varios años ha sido parte del jurado del Mr. Universo Model en República Dominicana.

Ha cubierto eventos de moda como el Fashion Week de Aruba, Nueva York, Los Ángeles, Miami, Punta del Este, Ecuador, Colombiamoda y otros.

Reconocimientos y premios
Ha sido entrevistada por varios canales internacionales como ser: CNN, Univisión, Hola TV, Telemundo, TV Caracol, TVN de Chile y otros.

Durante su carrera periodística ha sido merecedora de los siguientes reconocimientos:

Premio Maya Bolivia al mejor programa de entretenimiento "Contame". (2015)
Latin Maya Awards en Washington, reconocimiento a su trayectoria televisiva (2019)
The Orion Star Awards en Londres, como periodista destacada de América Latina  (2020)
 Reconocimiento a la trayectoria televisiva y coberturas internacionales por la Cámara Boliviana Americana (2014)
Embajadora y representante de la Marca Santa Cruz (2013)
 Reconocimiento a la trayectoria televisiva y coberturas internacionales por la alcaldía y comisionado de Miami (2014)
 Nombrada huésped ilustre de la ciudad de Sucre (2013)
 Embajadora de la Moda y Turismo por la Asociación de Textiles y Moda de Sucre (2013)
Vocera turística internacional de Potosí (2013)
 Reconocimiento a su carrera televisiva y coberturas internacionales en Ecuador (2016)
 Embajadora Internacional de la Moda Latinoamericana en Ecuador (2017)

Véase también

 Sandra Alcázar
 Anabel Angus
 Jimena Antelo

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Página oficial de Sandra Coscio

Cruceños
Periodistas de Bolivia
Presentadores de televisión de Bolivia


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Bee's Circus: Catch the Moment 365. Weeks Twenty Three & Twenty Four.
Catch the Moment 365. Weeks Twenty Three & Twenty Four.
155. Kid hates ants, but loves snails.
157. Tucked under a blanket, reading books. This kiddo is like a mini me.
158. Super proud of his shot.
160. Stripes and bubbles, love.
161. Our first watermelon of the summer, I think he enjoyed it.
162. BFF's walking home from an afternoon at the park.
163. Kiddo rocked the egg and spoon race at sports day.
165. Smart boys, practicing on the flat at Nana's 50th Party.
166. Summer means BBQs. Mmm.
167. Celebrating a day early with his Grandparents, look at that face!
168. Cheesing with his favourite Godmother.
Two weeks worth of pictures. My blog is such a photo dump at the moment, catching up with various projects. Usually I post my Catch The Moment pictures on a Wednesday, but I'm struggling with that since I started softball, so I'm going to start aiming for Tuesday.
I'm feeling more inspired this week, with my camera. The sun, and the bright colours that it brings out, make for some beautiful pictures. Capturing our Summer Bucket List will be fun too!
LOL... I got so caught up in your pictures I didn't even notice it was a longer post... until you said that I scrolled back up to see just how many photos there were.
These are lovely!! I especially like the watermelon, kissing, and holding hands pics! Sooo adorable!


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Q: Derivation of gradient bandit in RL book 2020 (Sutton) In the 'Gradient Bandit Algorithms' section, there is a derivation on how the following equations hold: (see here:
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It says: "... substituted $Rt$ for $q(At)$, which is permitted because $E[Rt] = q(At)$ and because all the other factors are non random ...".
I'm quite confused by this description. Aren't the partial derivatives and $\pi_t(A_t)$ also random here? The expectation, to my understanding, is computed over random variable $A_t$. How is it possible to do that substitution here?


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The Bible readings for today are Isaiah 7.10–16; Psalm 80.1-8, 18-20; Romans 1.1-7; Matthew 1.18-25.
Some of my Jewish friends object to the way that Christian interpretation seems to play fast-and-loose with the promises of the Hebrew Bible. The New Testament seems willing to take any verse as a prophecy fulfilled in Jesus. Matthew's use of Isaiah 7 is a case in point. Isaiah was certainly not anticipating a virgin birth (the Hebrew can mean simply 'young woman', as the NRSV makes plain) nor was he thinking of events that would occur many years into the future. I take him to mean that by the time a pregnant woman gives birth and begins to teach her child, the national powers that threatened Israel would themselves be facing defeat. Whatever it is he anticipates, Isaiah thinks it will happen soon, within a few years at most. Still, Matthew feels free to adopt these verses and apply them to the birth of Jesus. In so doing, he demonstrates a kind of playfulness in his use of Scripture.
Matthew is not alone in taking up fragments of Scripture and using them for his own ends. In fact, much of Scripture, both Jewish and Christian, does the same thing. It constantly interprets and reinterprets what was written earlier, incorporating its understanding of the old into its own unfolding vision. What is objectionable though is when Christians refuse to accept that a passage like Isaiah 7 can refer to something other than the birth of Jesus. For me, it is not a case of either/or but of both/and.
If there is playfulness in Scripture's interpretation of Scripture, there seems to be some too in relation to its presentation of obedience to prophetic commands. According to Matthew, an angel of the Lord told Joseph that Mary will 'bear a son and they will call him Emmanuel' (God with us), so Joseph 'named him Jesus'! Whether or not we like the way Scripture interprets and reinterprets Scripture, the fact is that Jesus, in his life, death and resurrection, fulfilled the dreams and expectations of generations. Ultimately, it is the resurrection that proclaims Jesus as Messiah and Lord (Rom 1.4).


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3 Things to Watch For in Kraft Foods Group Inc (KRFT)'s Earnings
Kraft Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ:KRFT) is set to report earnings before Friday's opening bell. Here's what you need to watch for in the company's results.
Kraft Foods Group was formed in the October 2012 breakup of Kraft Foods, when it was spun off from the parent company, which then changed its name to Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ). Mondelez retained the global snack-food business, while Kraft Foods kept the North American grocery portfolio.
Kraft Foods' organic net revenues increased 3.2% in third-quarter 2012 from the same period last year, driven by favorable pricing gains of 0.6 percentage points and gains of 2.6 percentage points from higher volume, reflecting significant gains from new products. Kraft posted strong organic growth in fourth-quarter 2011, but expects flat to down net revenue for its most recent quarter results. This is due to the company working down third-quarter 2012 customer inventory builds — largely related to the spinoff — and ongoing product pruning.
In November, the company confirmed its 2013 organic net revenue growth outlook to be in line with growth of the North American food and beverage market and EPS estimate of $2.60. I'll be looking to see if and what type of growth took place in the fourth quarter, whether the company met its yearly target, and if it's on track to meet its 2013 EPS estimate.
Profitability metrics
Kraft is placing renewed focus on increasing advertising spend on core brands, reformulating existing products, and launching new product categories. Concurrently, Kraft intends to operate a much leaner, cost-efficient organization. Instead of focusing solely on growth, the company plans to enhance measures like free cash flow and return on invested capital.
I consider this a crucially important move for a giant player in a mature, slow-moving market. As CFO Tim McLevish summed up in a press release last September, "Cash will be king at Kraft." In the future, I'll be looking to see whether profitability metrics are improving.
Big-brand and private-label competitors constantly threaten Kraft's categories. In order to compete with North American market leader PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) and other branded competitors, Kraft must relentlessly invest in its core brands and launch new products.
Last month ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) completed its buyout of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:RAH), raising a huge private-label threat to the commoditized categories in which Kraft competes, namely cheese and grocery. Now that the deal has gone through, ConAgra is the leading private-label food company in North America.
I'll be watching to see Kraft's response in its product innovation in light of the increased big-brand and private-label threats.
The article 3 Things to Watch For in Kraft's Earnings originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Nicole Seghetti.
Fool contributor Nicole Seghetti owns shares of PepsiCo and Mondelez International. You can follow her on Twitter @NicoleSeghetti. The Motley Fool recommends PepsiCo. The Motley Fool owns shares of PepsiCo.
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A monument for Lincoln Highway "father and founder" Carl Fisher will be dedicated this Saturday, October 3, 2009, at Fisher Pass in central Utah. Family member Jerry Fisher, who wrote The Pacesetter biography of Carl, will sign books afterwards. The site of the monument is at a crest on UT route 199 between Clover and Terra, Utah.
Its been a long haul and we have lost a few of our committee members that gave their time and first $1000.00 for this project. They are the late Thomas A See and the late Norma Berns. But with the help,support and donations we are ready. A great big thank you goes to Stephen Ehninger of EFT Architects, Jerry Timmins, Jack Mason, Kenn Gillette with UDOT-Region 2, American Road Magazine, National Lincoln Highway Assoc. and State Chapters.
Fisher Pass was part of a plan by the Lincoln Highway Association to shorten the route across the Great Salt Desert. Using what was then calledJohnson Pass and building a road across the great Salt Flat (Goodyear Cutoff) would shorten the distance between Salt Lake City, Ut and Ely, NV by some 50 miles. Though the Cutoff was never compleed, Fisher Pass was finished. The State of Utah received Fisher money with interest, but the agreement was never completed as it was to include a monument to Fisher. The RG Southwell Foundation has led the charge in recent years to finally complete the task. Learn more at fisherpass.com/.
The Chambersburg Public Opinion reports that Pennnsylvania's Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor appears to be one of the casualties of Pennsylvania's budget battle.
Funding for the historical organization currently isn't on any recent version of the Commonwealth's budget, according to Kristin Poerschke, office manager for the Heritage Corridor in Ligioner. Should the organization not be funded with state dollars it would leave them looking at fundraising as its primary source of income potentially.
The Heritage Corridor was started in April 1995 and is one of 12 special "Heritage Areas" in the state devoted to promoting Pennsylvania's Heritage. The corridor is composed of about 200 miles of U.S. 30, starting in Adams County and traveling west to Westmoreland County….
In previous years, Heritage Areas were funded through the state, with $1.95 million being divided among the dozen organizations. Should the budget pass without funding for the Heritage Areas, the Heritage Corridor will find itself in unfamiliar territory….
The organization will look to raise funding by holding events rather than soliciting donations, she said. The corridor will host an "An Affair with Lincoln" in Ligonier in December that will include arts, crafts, music and an Abraham Lincoln impersonator.
Visit the heritage corridor HQ at 215 East Main St, Ligonier, PA, or go to www.lhhc.org/.
Tomorrow, September 26, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, will hold its 4th annual Lincoln Highway Festival from 9-4. The Mt. Vernon-Lisbon Sun reports that more than 30 artists will display their works on First Street. Note on the screen shot below that the newspaper also has an opinion poll about a U.S. Route 30 bypass.
What sets this festival apart is the quality of the work, said Katrina Garner, a member of the Mount Vernon Area Arts Council, which sponsors the event….
A special part of the event this year is a silent auction organized by the Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge and the arts council to benefit Galen Lacey, who has been involved with the event in the past and faced a heart transplant this past year (see story on this page)….
While most of the festival action is in the booths on First Street, art by Hugh Lifson, Benesh and Garner will also be displayed at Tatyana's Kitchen at 224 First St. W. The three artists, along with artist Sue Coleman, get together every so often to do plein air painting, Garner noted.
Cornell College students will also be involved in the event and will be selling a calendar that features their works.
Tony Plaut, a Cornell art professor, will exhibit his interactive sculpture, "The Typer Piper." It uses organ flutes, an old manual typewriter, a bike pump and a car tire so users may create their own musical scores.
Festival favorite Paul Imholte, known as the Stringman, will be returning. He'll stroll the festival playing everything from guitar to banjo to dulcimer.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of October, perfect time to take a cruise through Illinois. For more information, visit www.drivelincolnhighway.com/.
The September newsletter arrived from the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition (ILHC) with a report on the completion of the first of 16 Interpretive Gazebos to be constructed along the Illinois Lincoln Highway corridor. There's also a report on the National Scenic Byways Conference that was held in Denver, and lots else too. Ask to have them emailed to you too at www.drivelincolnhighway.com/.
The Carroll, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce blog reports on three upcoming events that, while not directly Lincoln Highway related, nonetheless have the coast-to-coast road as a focus.
A lecture on Sept. 24 is for business leaders who want to hear how byways can have a positive impact on a community from an identity perspective as well as economically. The free lecture at Santa Maria starts at 7:00 pm, meal at 6:00 pm (reservations required).
Mike Hocker, Executive Director of the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway, has announced the winners of the 2009 BUY-WAY Yard Sale Scavenger Hunt.
First place winner was the team of Chuck and Sue Peck and Sandy Smith of Helena, Ohio, near Fremont. They will receive "Fun Things to Do for a Year" along the Lincoln Highway, including an overnight stay at the exclusive Spread Eagle Tavern in Hanoverton, and the Rodeway Inn of Wooster. Marathon gas cards, tickets to the Canton Classic Car Museum, Ohio State Reformatory, a signed Lincoln Highway book by notable author Brian Butko, a DVD of the history of the road, free dinners at the Oak Park Tavern (an original Lincoln Highway one-stop of the 1930s) and the Das Dutch Kitchen, gift certificates for Lehman's Hardware, J&M Trading Post, a subscription to AMERICAN ROAD Magazine, along with other items to round out the winning cache.
Second and third place winners receiving similar prize packets were Denise Laughery of Galion earning second place, and Sonia Childs of Mansfield; third place.
The idea was to find a dozen common place items on the official scavenger hunt list at yard sales across Ohio, document where they were bought, photograph them and email or mail the photo as an entry. Three winners were drawn from the qualified entries.
The 2009 BUY-WAY had over 1,000 sales in Ohio alone. Photos of this year's event can be seen online at www.historicbyway.com/. Next year's yard sale dates are August 5, 6 and 7.
ABOVE: Sue Peck, friend Sandy Smith, and Chuck Peck were excited to tell fun stories about their Lincoln Highway BUY-WAY yard sale adventures, while collecting the scavenger hunt items, which earned them first place winners.
Colo, Iowa, city clerk Scott Berka wrote to say the Colo Development Group has decided to close the much-loved Niland's Cafe. Friday was its last day open.
Their trip is the same, from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco International Airport, and it will end this morning shortly after 11 a.m. – when Flight 93 was to have landed. The only difference: Joey traveled by plane and his family will arrive astride rumbling Harley-Davidsons….
After they get to the airport, the riders will go to the Dudley Perkins Harley-Davidson dealership in South San Francisco. This afternoon, they will ride to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, where a concrete pillar marks the end of the Lincoln Highway, the transcontinental road that passes near the site in Shanksville….
The end of a long road, the end of a long trip.
Above image from http://www.sfgate.com/. Read more aof the article HERE.
Walking Across America is "supporting education with a virtual walk from San Francisco to New York City" by following the Lincoln Highway. Check out the blog at lincolnhighway.wordpress.com starting with today's "departure" from the Western Terminus marker.
For a few months, I've been watching several of my friends and co-workers go out into the world, making a difference and having adventures at the same time. I'd love to join them, but at the moment I can't afford any adventures. So I decided to make my own!
I've always wanted to walk across the United States, and with the Lincoln Highway going from San Francisco through my hometown, Galt, all the way to New York City, that seemed like the perfect route to start with. I'm not really going to be able to walk it, but I thought a "virtual" road trip would be almost as fun and just as educational!
1. Walk at least seven miles a week (that's a mile a day) and hopefully more (and maybe get a little fitter in the process).
2. Write a little about each "stop" on the highway as I reach it, and, if I can find people to help me out with this step, post photos.
3. Raise money to help kids in low-income schools learn about American history, geography and literature.
If you live along the route and want to send one or two photos of your town or the highway itself, I'd love to post them here (with credit, of course!). Just send them to kyla(dot)cathey(at)gmail.com.
And if you can find it in your heart to donate a few dollars to help buy books and supplies for low-income schools, I've started a challenge on DonorsChoose.org/.


And maybe check on a few of his investments?
C'mon, with China's economy in a tail spin, what else might we expect?
LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder will lead an eight-day investment mission to China, focusing on promoting continued job-creating business growth and investment for Michigan, and the state as a tourism destination.
Snyder is meeting with government officials, industry executives and key media in in China, departing Michigan on Friday, Aug. 21, and returning Saturday, Aug. 29.
Snyder will visit Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Shanghai, where he will promote Michigan business opportunities, make a series of company visits and connect with senior government leaders. As part of the trip, he will also meet with several automotive organizations including Chinese Association of Automotive Manufacturers (CAAM) and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Auto Committee (CCPIT-Auto).
Nothing says tourism promotion like checking out the local manufacturing facilities.
Who knows, maybe he'll pick up a Buick while he's there?


The new issue is online now, comprised mostly of pieces we've published since the Summer 2012 issue. We're featuring Robert Pawlowski, Bob Hicok, George Saunders, Bobbie Ann Mason, Peggy Price, Christine Sneed, Marcy Dermansky and others. Access the issue from the link above or just find the pieces below in the sequence of their original publication on BLIP.