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Local church looks toward Africa
By their appearances, no one would think that Anne Baraza and Carol Berg are sisters, yet they have lovingly referred to each other as "sis" for years. The two women first came into contact almost six years ago in 2009 when Berg, the website editor for the First United Methodist Church, received an email from Baraza asking for help. They met for the first time in person little over a week ago, and on Nov. 23, Baraza gave a presentation at the church.
Baraza is the CEO of the Riruta United Women Empowerment Programme (RUWEPO) as well as the founder and director of the Children of Africa Hope Mission School. The school is a complementary school for disadvantaged and orphaned children in Ng'ando, a slum area of Nairobi, Kenya. She said that when she emailed Berg, they were very desperate to keep the school running and sent messages to several United Methodist churches in the US. They were asking each church if they could send aid, and one of them happened to be the First United Methodist Church in Wabash.
Posted on 2014 Nov 26
Mayor Vanlandingham proclaims Nov. 28 �Tommy and Trystin Music Day�
by Eric Stearley
eric@thepaperofwabash.com
On Monday, Nov. 24, Mayor Robert Vanlandingham issued a proclamation during the city council meeting establishing this Friday, Nov. 28, as Tommy and Trystin Music Day in Wabash. The announcement was met with applause and giant smiles on the faces of the honorees.
The father/son duo represented the United States in the 2014 TAFISA World Martial Arts Games in Vancouver, Canada in September. Tommy, 38, brought home a medal of each color, while Trystin, 10, won a gold medal, as well as a bronze.
"It was pretty nerve-racking," Trystin said about the competition.
What�s the deal with these gasoline prices?
The rapid change of gasoline prices can be frustrating. The inconsistency in the value of such a vital commodity can make a trip to the pump feel like a trip to the slot machine – "Should I wait to fill my tank until the price drops? What if it goes up just as I run out? Then I've overpaid. But I can't run out of gas! Maybe the it's cheaper down the road…" Eventually, you stop the car at a pump, swipe your card, and grab the handle. You watch as the numbers roll by, but unlike a slot machine, you won't know until the next day, or later in the week, if you've won this round.
In late October, gas prices in Wabash approached $3.50 per gallon. While certainly not the highest it's ever been, it seemed to be more expensive than usual. When locals compared prices in Wabash to those in surrounding towns, they began to wonder why prices at stations in Marion, Huntington, Peru, and North Manchester were falling to $3.00 as prices in Wabash held.
Now, in mid-November, the market has adjusted. On Monday, Nov. 17, the average price in Wabash was $2.93, much closer to prices in the surrounding area: prices for a gallon in Peru range from $2.89-2.97; North Manchester stations are selling a gallon for $2.89; Huntington stations were more expensive than those in Wabash, ranging from $2.95-2.96 per gallon. While it appears that prices have stabilized temporarily, the question remains: what causes the variance in gasoline prices from day to day and location to location?
To answer this question of economics, The Paper reached out to Dr. Michael Kaganovich, chairman of the Indiana University Department of Economics. Kaganovich pointed to two industry-specific factors that could result in price variation between two similar cities.
"First of all, they vary because of county taxes. County taxes may differ," said Kaganovich. "In Bloomington, our prices are about 20 cents higher than a 20-mile radius, and that's because Monroe County collects taxes."
Taxes play an important role in the retail side of the gasoline industry. Federal and state excise taxes each make up roughly 18 cents of the sale price. Sales-use tax is calculated each month based on the average pricing from the six-week period prior to the start of that month, and is roughly 7 percent. In addition, all taxes associated with gasoline must be paid for upfront.
"When I buy gasoline, I pay every tax up front, so then I've got a tremendous amount of carrying cost that I have to pay up front instead of paying the government down the road," said Jim Reynolds, owner of J.M. Reynolds Oil Company, a local petroleum retailer. "So when I pay my sales tax, you're looking at somewhere between 56-59 cents of excise and sales tax on a gallon of gasoline right now. If anybody's making a lot of money off gasoline it's the government."
Given that the national average profit for a gallon of gasoline in a cash sale is 15 cents, it's easy to see how taxes play a large role in the gasoline market, however, neither the city nor county levy an additional tax on gasoline, so a difference in tax rate isn't responsible for the price variation.
"It could be that your town requires a specific gasoline formula," Kaganovich continued, "and this means that the regional refiner has to manufacture gasoline with a specific formula, and this means there may be less supply of your specific type as opposed to some other [type,] so that will affect prices, but I doubt that's the case. That may be the case in Chicago or in California; they notoriously demand some specific formula."
Local Author Publishes First Children�s Book
by Sandy Johnson
Following her childhood dream, Wabash native Sarah Dawes Graham recently published her first children's book, Baxter's Big Adventures, an exciting tale of a pup's early life and the lessons he learns about the true meaning of friendship.
Growing up, Graham received much encouragement from her parents, who assured her that "all things are possible when you have a dream and you always have someone supportive," she told The Paper.
A couple of years ago, Graham began writing her manuscript. With inspiration from her own dog, Baxter, the book's canine character and his adventure soon evolved. Having the summer off, and with the support and encouragement of her husband, she completed the manuscript in a couple of months. Soon after, she started to look into the publishing process, but that came to a halt due to other responsibilities and events in her life. The manuscript sat until recently, when Graham decided to take time to revisit the topic of publishing the book.
With the writing task completed, Graham began the search for someone to illustrate her book. "I wanted the story to come through a child's eyes," she explained. After seeing a drawing of a dog that 12-year-old Bella-Saige David of Wabash had drawn, Graham decided to ask her to illustrate the book.
A homeschooled student who had been drawing for some time, David had won local art competitions and honed her creative talents with the help of an art tutor. To Graham, she was the perfect artist for the job. To David, the opportunity to use her creative abilities as an illustrator was one she couldn't pass up.
Wabash Little League to offer Challenger Division
The Challenger Division offers boys and girls with physical and developmental challenges, ages 4 to 18, the opportunity to participate in an organized game of baseball
by Emily Armentrout
emily@thepaperofwabash.com
In the 2015 Little League season, Wabash Little League will be bringing the Challenger Division to Wabash County.
According to a press release from Little League International, "The Challenger Division of Little League is a program for developmentally and physically challenged youth, helping them to enjoy the full benefits of Little League participation in an athletic environment structured to their abilities."
Though the Challenger Division has been a part of Little League International for 25 years, this will be the first year for the program in Wabash County, and Challenger Division Commissioner, Joy Ruse, sat down with The Paper to discuss why this program is important to the community.
"I feel like there is a need for the Challenger Division. A lot of kids in the community need something like this; something they are able to participate in that they might have seen older siblings doing, that they were unable to do. With the Challenger Division, they're able to play," Ruse told The Paper.
The Challenger Division will differ from typical Little League games in that they play two innings, or a maximum of one and a half hour games. They play through the entire roster and then switch field positions. The Challenger Division also does not keep score or keep track of outs. "They get the chance to run around the bases and get a chance to play on a Little League team," Ruse continued.
Ulrey resigns as MJSHS assistant principal
By Shaun Tilghman
There was a late addition to the agenda for last Tuesday's monthly Manchester Community Schools (MCS) Board meeting, and it turned out to be an important personnel item, as the board eventually approved the resignation of Manchester Jr.-Sr. High School (MJSHS) Assistant Principal Lisa Ulrey.
Ulrey, who was not in attendance, officially accepted the role on April 1,after having served as the interim assistant principal since Oct. 1, 2013, when Brandon Penrod resigned to take the business manager position at Fremont Community Schools.
A 1990 graduate of Manchester High School, Ulrey was a three-sport athlete competing in swimming, basketball, and track. Following graduation, she attended Valparaiso University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with a minor in Secondary Education. She also competed on the swim team at Valparaiso University.
Upon graduating from college, Ulrey began a 13-year tenure with Warsaw High School. During her time at Warsaw she held several positions, including 8-10 years as a math teacher, which was broken up for maternity leaves for her two daughters: Madyson and Emma. She eventually earned her master's in Administration, as well as receiving her Administrative License from Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne.
After serving as the Dean of Girls at Warsaw, Ulrey transitioned to the position of attendance coordinator before becoming assistant principal for the freshman grade level. She then decided to return home for work, and for three years she worked as the School to Work coordinator at MJSHS, but her wealth of experience made her an excellent choice for the vacant assistant principal position.
The Thankful Heart crafts & gifts by Suzanne Teulker to re-open Nov. 21
After relocating, The Thankful Heart by Suzanne Teulker will hold its grand re-opening beginning Friday, Nov. 21, extending through the weekend. If you are looking for unique, hand-painted gifts for the holidays, The Thankful Heart is a great place to do your holiday shopping. Teulker specializes in hand-painted Christmas ornaments, along with custom painted lighted glass boxes and crocks, among other one-of-a-kind items.
Loving crafts since her childhood, Teulker got into craft shows 23 years ago, when her son was born.
"I did my first craft show after Josh was born. After Kayla was born, I decided I didn't want to work. I was working full-time up to that point, and I decided I wanted to stay at home and take care of my kids, but we needed a second income. I just got into it more and more," explained Teulker.
The Teulker's began their first business, Teulker's Treasures, before moving to Wabash 10 years ago, as a family, along with Teulker's father-in-law, who did woodworking, with her husband, for Suzanne to paint on. After Teulker's father-in-law developed Alzheimer's, she began purchasing furniture from yard sales, auctions and flea markets.
"Anything I can find to paint on, I will get it," added Teulker.
With all of the items The Thankful Heart has to offer, Teulker's favorite things to work on are Christmas ornaments.
O.J. Neighbours Elementary staff honored by Wal-Mart
The Wabash Wal-Mart recently chose the O.J. Neighbours Elementary staff as their Teacher Appreciation award recipients. The honor comes with a $1,000 Wal-Mart gift card to be used by the staff to purchase school supplies for their classrooms.
"What I tried to do was talk to some of my employees and customers about the schools in the area," Justin Ramsey, Wabash Wal-Mart manger, told The Paper.
Along with the $1,000 from the Wal-Mart Foundation, the local Wal-Mart donated a cake and other supplies from the store to hold a surprise presentation for the O.J. Neighbours staff.
"It was a complete surprise to me," O.J. Neighbours Elementary principal, Danielle Miller, told The Paper. "I received a phone call from one of the managers at Wal-Mart, telling me their staff had selected us."
"It's really an honor because we have such a heart for what we do. Teachers are not people who go out looking for praise. We do it because we love students and we want to make our community better. So for them to call me up and say that we've been selected is really nice to see that people in the community can see the work that we are doing," added Principal Miller.
"Obviously it's an honor to be recognized by the community but I appreciate that they recognize that our kids can benefit from supplies we can get from Wal-Mart," Mrs. Wilson, a kindergarten teacher at O.J. Neighbours told The Paper.
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The Organ of Evening Calm is a quest item in Link's Awakening.
The Organ of Evening Calm is one of the eight Instruments of the Sirens needed to awaken the Wind Fish. It can be found at the end of Eagle's Tower after defeating its boss, Evil Eagle.
In Hyrule Warriors Legends, the Organ of Evening Calm appears as an Item Card in the Koholint Island Map of Adventure Mode, which is included in the Link's Awakening DLC Pack. It increases Material drops.
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With the steadily rising number of comfort, drive and driver-assistant systems in modern cars, the need for more computing power in vehicles is increasing. Systems to reduce exhaust emission and to increase occupant protection in crashes are always becoming more and more complex. This leads to a rising number of electronic control units (ECUs) and associated data transfer in modern vehicles. At the same time, ECUs not only have to be more cost-effective and optimized in energy efficiency, they also have to be more powerful.
Yet, in the field of single-core systems, for example, the boundaries for computing power and also for instruction level parallelism (ILP) are reached, which means more and more multi-core systems on control units are used. On the one hand, this enables a small number of ECUs in a vehicle, on the other hands this means an adaption or even redevelopment of the affected, already existing, applications is needed, which were run on single-core systems up to now. For this, appropriate tool support is needed, which not only offers multi-core support but also allows for the AUTOSAR standard. Another aspect is the multitude of varieties of a type of vehicle, which are offered by the vehicle manufacturers. This diversity should preferably already be regarded in the product line development and is already regarded in the development process of a vehicle.
In doing so, OpenSource as well as commercial and corporate-owned tools should be allowed to be included into the continuous tool chain.
In this project, C-LAB is involved in the development of concepts and methods for scheduling and timing analysis for multi core control units. Most importantly, time modeling is supposed to be integrated in the development process, so that early statements on the interaction of the developed software and the chosen target platform can be made. Also, if required, this allows making necessary corrections on the system draft already in the early development phases.


Rumors That Basketball Wives is Cancelled Is Just That…A Rumor!
Ok…I know that a lot of you have been hearing all the rumors that after all the drama of the past weeks that VH1 has cancelled its hit reality series Basketball Wives. Well the rumors are just that…rumors.
According to sources, VH1 execs have confirmed that there is NO truth to the rumors that the show is being axed. The season 4 finale of the show will air next week and 2-part reunion show will follow.
Another interesting tidbit that I have come to know is that VH1 is struggling to find new sponsors for the show since the show's major sponsors have pulled out after the show came under fire after one of the cast members was slapped. Celebrities such as Star Jones and Rev. Jesse Jackson are calling for the show to end.
Unfortunately this saga continues. With a total of three episodes left, I honestly believe that the show will not be returning for another season, but no one wants to say.


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Kal Wagenheim
"Kalman, I've been meaning to tell you this for a long time…you have a sister."
I was 24 in 1959, when my grandmother gave me the stunning news. From early childhood on, I was told that my Mom--her name was Rozlon-- had died of an illness, when she was 22, and I was just two years old. My Dad, Harold, who suffered from severe depression, had separated from my Mom and lived with his parents; I was raised by my grandmother (I called her Nanny) and great-grandmother (I called her Grandma).
When I asked Nanny where my sister was, all she could tell me was that a childless Jewish couple in Newark had adopted her. A year later, both Grandma (age 92) and Nanny (age 67) were dead. I was alone, with no memory of a mother or father.
Not long after their deaths, I moved to Puerto Rico and spent 10 years there, often wondering about her. During that time I met and married my wife Olga and we began a family; David was born in 1962, Maria in 1963 (my eldest son Jeff, born in 1958, is from a previous marriage). In July 1969, at age 34, I—the little onceuponatime orphan boy—was sent on a business trip to the United States. During that time, I flew to out to California, and finally met my father, who was then 65; he was in poor health, deeply depressed, and living in an old rooming house in downtown Hollywood. When I was a small child, he had sent me occasional small gifts, and when I was in my 20s and early 30s we had exchanged many good letters. When we met, he cried and expressed remorse for his inability to cope with life. I felt no resentment, only deep sorrow over his unhappy life. But, at last, we had connected!
When Olga and our children moved to New Jersey in 1971, I still thought about my missing sister, but didn't know where to start, and believed it would be an impossible task.
Finally in August 1973, after delivering a book to my publisher, I had some spare time. I asked Aunt Lucille, my late Mom's only sibling, where her older sister Rozlon had died. "In the city hospital in Newark," she said. I went to the Martland Hospital Unit on Tuesday, August 21, 1973, explained that my mother had died there many years earlier, but gave birth to a little girl who was adopted. They said they had no records, but to try the Adoption Bureau of the Essex County Hall of Records, a few blocks away.
I entered the building, was directed to Room 213, and told the lady I was trying to find a sister, born in 1937. She said that normally a court order was required to obtain this information, but since so many years had passed, she pulled out a large ledger, written in ink, turned the pages, pointed, and said that a "Dolores Wagenheim" had been adopted, and her name changed to June Lydia Goldman. Her adopted father, Louis Goldman, age 37 at the time, was a schoolteacher at Central High in Newark, and the mother, Frances, age 28 ,was a housewife. They resided at 261 Clinton Place in Newark's Weequahic section, perhaps two minutes away from Beth Israel Hospital, where I was born, and a 15-minute bus ride from 510 Belmont Avenue, where I was raised.
The written record made note of an "Essex County Orphans Court", and a "Benjamin L. Winfield, Executive Director of the Jewish Children's Home of Newark." My sister was born on May 30, 1937, and our mother died of a hemorrhage the following day. It is not clear whether the newborn girl remained in the hospital, or at the Children's Home in Newark during the two weeks between her birth and when the Goldman's took her home on June 13, 1937. The formal adoption papers were signed April 13, 1938, when June was nearly a year old.
I was so excited to obtain this information that from a payphone in the lobby I called nearby Central High (733-6897). It was summer vacation, but a Mrs. Celiano answered. I asked about Louis Goldman. Miraculously, she told me she remembered "Lou" fondly, that he had retired some years ago, and had a cute little adopted daughter. "I think she lives up in Massachusetts or Connecticut," she said. I rushed home and called the New Jersey Department of Education in Trenton to see if they had a record of Louis Goldman, who might be receiving a retirement pension. They told me to write a letter. I did, to a Mrs. Severino, Division of Pensions, PO Box 2058, Trenton NJ 08625, expecting it would take forever.
In just one week, I was surprised to get a reply saying "Please be advised that Mr. Goldman died in February 1961, and our files are closed for him. G. Severino."
The next day I went to the Newark Public Library, and searched for February 1961 obituaries in old editions of the Newark Evening News. One brief death notice said:
"Goldman, Louis, of 366 Leslie St. Newark, on Feb. 2, 1961. Husband of Frances, father of Mrs. June Stern, brother of Mrs. Sadie Davis, Mrs. Anna Suskind, Mrs. Louis Krasner, and Charles Goldman. Services at Bernheim Funeral Home, 357 Chancellor Ave. Burial at McLellan St. Cemetery, Newark."
A longer obituary said he had been an English teacher at Central High School, died of a heart attack at home, age 59. Born in Austria, he came to the U.S. in 1906, graduated from Central High, and CCNY, and did graduate work at NYU. He taught Hebrew at Temple Bnai Jeshrun for many years, was a member of the Tri-Lumina Lodge, F&AM Israel Verein of Newark, and the Newark Education Association. Surviving him were his wife, Mrs. Frances Sandler Goldman, a daughter June Stern of Cambridge, Mass., a brother, Charles of Melbourne, Fla., sisters Sadie Davis of South Orange NJ, Mrs. Anna Suskind of Hillside, NJ and Mrs. Louis Krasner of Newark NJ. He had been active in community affairs, as well as teaching. It said he had a daughter, June Stern (her married name) living in Mass. He also had 2 sisters living in nearby New Jersey towns.
Although it was 12 years after Mr. Goldman's death, I decided to try my luck, contacting one of his relatives in New Jersey. In the phone directory I found a Milton Suskind, residing at 611 Buchanan St. in Hillside NJ. Tel: 688-8962. I dialed and the call was answered by Mrs. Anna Suskind, Mr. Goldman's sister.
When I explained the reason for my call, she surprised me when she said she knew who I was. I told her I was anxious to contact my sister, who, according to the obituary of 1961, was residing up in Massachusetts. "You don't have to go that far," she said, explaining that a few years ago June had moved to Metuchen NJ, just 30 minutes from my home in Maplewood, and gave me the number (201-548-3732).
On Monday, Sept. 10, 1973, after some hesitation, I picked up the phone and called her. Twenty-three years later, while vacationing together with my sister and her family in Cape May NJ, I tape recorded the following recollection of that momentous day.
Kal: "You said 'hello.'"
June: "I had just come from school. You said 'hi, this is Kal Wagenheim.' You sounded very nice. You asked 'does the name Wagenheim mean anything to you?' And it did! I had heard the name like in whispered conversations over the years, not to my face. So I said 'go on.' I thought you were going to tell me you were a long-lost relative."
Kal: "Then what did I say?"
June: "You started very gradually, to tell me, well…the whole story. I remember I started out in the kitchen and ended up, with the phone, in the dining room. When you said 'I'm your brother,' I was really shocked. Complete shock."
Kal: "I had the advantage over you. I had known for years that…"
June: "Then you asked 'when can I see you?' It was a Monday, and I said Thursday. I had to digest it. I had to call my mother. I went through the next few days in a daze. I went to work. I called and said 'Mom, I got this phone call from a Kal Wagenheim.' 'Oh yes,' she said. 'We always knew, and we meant to…'"
Kal: "Did they say when they were planning to someday tell you?"
June: "Before they died. (Laughter) When you first called, I felt a little distance. I thought, 'he lives in Maplewood.' I thought you were like another Jewish relative from the suburbs. You know what I mean…"
Kal: "I was a little worried, too…"
June: "A Jewish princess from the Weequahic section…"
Kal: "I said to Olga, 'Some brothers and sisters don't get along…"
June: "But the minute I saw…it all dissolved."
Four days later, on the afternoon of Thurs., Sept. 13, I drove to June's apartment at 265 Newman St. in Metuchen, and met her and her son Lowell (then nine), and daughter Rebecca (then five).
Kal: "The night I came over, I brought a family photo album, which included a photo of our maternal grandmother, Lillian (Nanny), as a young woman. I recall how your eyes widened with astonishment as you stared at that photo."
June: "There was an amazing resemblance between us... We sat for a long, long time. And when I said to Becky and Lowell 'this is Uncle Kal' they acted like nothing had happened!"
Kal: (laughs). "The same with my kids!"
I had grown up on Belmont Avenue in Newark, and attended South Side High. June grew up about a 10-minute auto ride south-westward, and attended Weequahic High, our arch-rival in sports. I later spent two years studying at Newark-Rutgers; she attended Douglas College, a branch of Rutgers in New Brunswick. During college years, I had worked part-time at the Newark Star-Ledger morning daily, and she had worked a few blocks away at the Newark Evening News afternoon daily.
It seems I arrived at an opportune time. June's husband Larry, a college philosophy professor, six months earlier had separated from the family. June was now on her own, beginning a teaching career, and raising two young children.
"Why was my sister's birth name Dolores?" I asked my Aunt Lucille. She explained that in the late 1930s, when my Mom gave birth to June, the movie actress Dolores Del Rio was at the height of her stardom. Lucille also recalled that my Mom had won a tango dancing contest. As a tiny child, I must have heard her playing, and dancing to, tango music, which perhaps explains why, in later years, I developed such a love for tango.
For months after we first met, June and I talked constantly on the phone, and almost every Sunday we visited at each other's home, connecting with relatives and friends.
June: "My God, the first time I walked in to your home, people said 'she looks just like Lillian.' It was so amazing that a granddaughter could resemble the grandmother."
Another memorable moment was a Sunday when June came to our house in Maplewood with her children, and a few minutes later her step-mother, Frances, arrived. From my taped reminiscence:
Kal: "She walks into the living room, pulls out a photo from her purse, and shows me a picture of this handsome young man with dark hair, and asks me 'do you know who this is?' I didn't have a clue. 'It's your father, Harold. I used to go out with your father.'"
June: "I heard that she was very much in love with Harold. But his mother paid a visit to Frances' mother and said 'my son has a lot of problems; he cannot see your daughter any more.' So they broke it off."
Kal: "So a few years later Frances winds up adopting her former boyfriend's little daughter!"
And then, there was the memorable trip to the Spiritualist church in Hoboken NJ, in May 1974, a few months after June and I first met. My wife Olga, through one of her students, had learned of a fascinating Spiritualist church run by a Puerto Rican man, Reverend Sepulveda. We had attended a few sessions, and enjoyed the wholesome, loving environment. We wanted to include June in all aspects of our life, and invited her to come with us one evening. From our tape recorded reminiscence:
Kal: "Do you remember the time we went to see the Spiritualists on Willow Street, in Hoboken? It was shortly before Mother's Day."
June: "Yes. We went up the stairs of a brownstone building and sat in the living room. With all the chairs around. Everyone was Hispanic. There was the older man, the Reverend. And the younger one, he came right over to me and said 'I see two mothers around you, in your aura.' Can you believe that?"
Kal: "Then I recall they invited you to return, because they were going to bring in an English-speaking medium…a guy from the Caribbean. From what you told us later, this guy sat with you in a darkened room upstairs, with other people there. And he asked you, 'do you ever smell flowers in your bedroom when you're going to sleep, and you feel very sad?' And you said 'yes'…"
June: "I remember now…."
Kal: "And he said not to worry, or feel frightened, 'it's just your mother's spirit; she feels regret that she was never able to hold you in her arms.' I recall we were in the car driving away from Hoboken and you remarked, 'I feel like a big burden has been lifted from my shoulders.'"
June: "Yes…they were wonderful, caring people. It was a very searching time in a person's life…that age…35!"
In the ensuing years June and I were amazed at the power of genes. For example, during one of our first visits to a seaside restaurant in Cape May NJ, we both scanned the menu, looked up at each other, and decided on: "crab cakes"! June is an accomplished poet; we learned that my Mom also wrote poetry. June worked for years as a Special Education Teacher in Metuchen. Our Dad was also a teacher. I, too, taught for more than three decades at Columbia University. Following in my Dad's footsteps, I also wrote plays and screenplays.
Six years after we reconnected, on Dec. 22, 1979, June married a wonderful guy, Ed Logue, a music teacher in Metuchen NJ. The joyous wedding reception was held at our house in Maplewood, and they have been together ever since. Ed's three children from a previous marriage (sons Eddie and Jesse, and daughter Effin) have also become part of our family. .Since 1973, June and I and our families have had a close, loving relationship. For years after we met, each August, we would spend time together in Cape May NJ, where the children bonded and became good friends. The family now includes several grandchildren.
Thinking back to my early childhood, I recall how at least once a year --it could have been some anniversary—Nanny and Grandma would take me on the bus to visit my mother's grave in the Jewish cemetery off South Orange Ave., in Newark. As a man recited prayers in Hebrew, I would stare at the modest gravestone which had Hebrew lettering and then, in English, read: "Wife and Dear Mother, Rozlon Wagenheim. Died May 31, 1937. Age 22 Years." I was so young when she died, I didn't remember her. Nanny and Grandma would stand there and cry, and cry, and cry. Now, in retrospect, I believe they were weeping not only over the loss of my mother, but over their remorse, having been unable to raise the little girl born at the time. If there is a Heaven (and I suspect there is), those two wonderful ladies--and our parents--must now be looking down, smiling, over this happy ending to a tragic beginning.
Shortly after we met, June wrote this poem, which she gave to me, hand-written:
Upon Discovery of a Brother
The game is up,
where I am from
and my real name.
I liked not knowing who I was,
I could be from anyplace.
I could be anyone.Who needs the "Identity Crisis"
now, full-blown
long past the time of leaving home.
The story, of course
was pure tragedy;
orphaned you, foundling me;
death, betrayal; an agony
I, the foundling, found a father,
and a husband; had a son,
even an analyst.
Learned to name, one by one,
my own dark sides.
Now comes a brother,
sprung, full-grown,
tall, heroic,
You were there all along.
My Platonic missing half,
At last, a mirrored self?
I never was a sister
I do not know myself
in this role.
If I could throw
away like a ball,
the childhood I spent alone,
I would; and begin again,
whole, not rent;
innocent.
And I, without knowing that June was writing a poem, also wrote one…
Sister, (a thrilling sound
for unpracticed lips to savor):
would it be so sweet now,
would you be sister-mother-child
to me had not our sun been quenched
so long ago, leaving us in darkness?
No. But nevertheless,
I miss
the time of
rough-and-tumble frolic
that veils young sibling love.
Sharing the sun
as we skip and run beneath
Rozlon's radiant eyes.
The milestones, yours and
mine: flickering birthday lights,
beribboned parchments,
wedding bands, solemn vows
to write or call.
not having missed you then.
not being when Lowell
and Rebecca came to be.
Three wars, famines, storms,
a billion people dead and born.
One-third a century's laughter,
tears, murmurs, tranquil
shared silences.
Thirty-six voyages around
this earth, solitary voyagers we,
two specks on a vast uncaring globe,
shared blood coursing on
separate uncrossed paths. Now
I look,
throat aching,
into those gentle
eyes—so familiar—and
glance away for fear
I'll cry aloud just how much
I miss. I miss.
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You already have a thread requesting this. If it turns out nobody wants to make a hilt for you, it's kind of your problem. You could learn to model/skin it yourself if you really wanted to, we have tutorials for that.


We love to tell people how fantastic our staff is, but don't just take our word for it. These are real letters from real customers who really like the people who work here. Enjoy!
Hi Patrick – I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you for your help recently in getting us all set in our new car! We had our old cars for 10 years, and this was our first experience buying completely new. Going into it I was apprehensive about the process and was not looking forward to dealing with the whole sales process. I want to thank you for being open, helpful and friendly during an experience that was new for us. You made us feel at ease and important, and we will most definitely be back to you in the future if we decide to stay with the Hyundai brand.
Thanks again – have a great weekend.
My apologies that I missed your phone call. I was out having lunch with a co-worker.
I would just like to say thank you for everything! I truly appreciate all the effort that went into helping me find the right car and making sure that the experience was good. I can honestly say after my experience at Kitchener Hyundai, I was feeling a little discouraged about finding the right car at the right price. However, when you started explaining the car in detail and took the time to go through all the pricing options with me I was very happy. At the end of my first appointment with you, I was already very excited and eager to get the car. After talking with my dad we both agreed that I definitely made the right decision choosing to go with you and Schlueter Hyundai!
My parents were both extremely impressed with you and the way you included my dad in all the decisions but still kept it all about me. My dad was pleased that you explained everything and were willing to take the time to go over the features of the car with me. I was also very grateful that you took the time to go over everything before sending me on my way with my brand new car. I am overall, extremely happy and impressed with you and with the car! I will also note, Shestin was great! She was really understanding and helpful in explaining the leasing process and how to deal with the financial aspect of the car. I really appreciate everyone taking the time to make sure I felt comfortable before asking me to sign anything.
I will fill the survey out as soon as I receive it as I would recommend you, and Schlueter Hyundai to anyone I know looking for a car. It truly was a great experience and I am more than happy with the outcome. You did a fantastic job, and I hope that in 5 years when this lease is up, I get to go through it all again with another car (or buying out this one!). I will also keep my eyes open for the road side assistance card, and will definitely let you know if I need anything.
Once again, thank you so much for everything!
The car is amazing and I am absolutely loving it!
The test drive was one of the best test drive experiences my husband and I ever had! We were and continue to extremely thankful for coming across such great, approachable, and knowledgeable sales consultant (Shane Green) and finance manager (David Barnes).
We are a young couple who has never owned a car. When we first walked in into the dealership, we just knew we needed a car. Although we knew we wanted to purchase a small(er) car, we had not decided on the exact model, year, etc. In fact, at that point in time, we weren't even settled on the exact make; we were still shopping around. Right from the very beginning, Shane did an awesome job in answering all our questions, showing and discussing with us the different options, and asking the right questions for him to find out more about what we truly needed in a car, and for us to better understand our needs, desires, and realistic possibilities. We were sure we wanted to get a Hyundai from that specific dealership with that specific sales consultant (Shane) right after our first visit. Although we still shopped around a bit to make sure we exhausted all the possibilities out there, we came back within a week or so with new questions, even more excitement, and ready to complete and sign all the paperwork required to get our new car. Throughout the entire process, Shane has been amazing at walking us through all the details of purchasing a new car, and what owning such a vehicle really involves. We received our vehicle about eight weeks later, which was exactly within the time frame given to us from the beginning. The sacrifice of waiting for our new car was definitely worth it! Similarly, Dave did a great job at explaining all the financial terms and options, including extended warranty and even answering questions related to general car insurance. He made the complicated world of finance terms and the scary thought of financing such a big purchase very manageable and stress-free. His explanations were always very complete, and easy to follow and understand. We definitely feel like we learned a lot by talking to Dave!
We just couldn't be happier with the overall experience and our final purchase. We absolutely love our new car, and enjoy the peace of mind that the extended warranty we purchased with our new vehicle provides us.
We would definitely come back for a second vehicle when the time comes.
I wanted to take a moment to let you know that I had a great experience buying a new Genesis Coupe from your dealership.
The process started with Shane green. My career is in corporate sales, and Shane immediately made me feel comfortable because of his enthusiasm and his honesty. I didn't feel like a number, and Shane took the time to truly review the car with me both in the show room and on the road. Your local competitor did not do that. He truly loves his job and you are fortunate to have him on your team.
I am sending you this letter regarding Shane Green, Sales Consultant from your dealership in Waterloo ~ 625 Davenport Road.
Unexpectedly we needed to buy a new vehicle and your dealership was our very first visit. We were welcomed instantly by Shane and we had the opportunity to test drive the Santa Fe and absolutely loved it!! His calming personality was greatly appreciated and over a few visits he went above and beyond to accommodate our family needs.
We did visit other dealerships and were offered some amazing packages, however, it was because of Shane that we decided to buy our new vehicle from Schlueter Hyundai.
Shane has remarkable human relation skills and never once did he make us feel pressured or obligated to make any unnecessary decisions. He confidently stood behind the quality and standard of the vehicle we wanted to buy.
He should be recognized for his Customer Service and we have already had friends expressing interest in the Santa Fe. We will certainly refer ANYONE to Shane Green!
Thank you for your time and we look forward to picking up our Santa Fe Tomorrow.
We just wanted to thank you for all your fabulous help in purchasing our new vehicle. Your trustworthiness, knowledge and overall kindness was truly appreciated!
I hope things are going well for you. I'd like to say Thank You for all your effort. Thanks for introducing me to the Genesis, it's a beautiful car for the money.
Thank you for making our new car shopping experience easy and for the first time ever pleasurable! We love our new Elantra and thanks for taking such good care of us!
In mid-July I came to your dealership to do some research on buying a new vehicle. I was met in your parking lot by one of your sales consultants, Shane Green. Since it's quite common to run into an obnoxious car salesman who only wants to get your signature and commission as fast as possible, I wasn''t looking forward to being pushed around. Shane proved to be a wonderful exception to that cliché. I left that day with a lot of information on the vehicle that would best suit me, the Hyundai Elantra. He understood that this was not an easy purchase for me and he wanted to make sure I was making the right choice.
A few weeks later Mark, my boyfriend, joined me for the test drive. Shane was there to show us the ropes. We both appreciated the no-nonsense approach he had to selling cars. He was very informative & answered all the questions we had. He wasn't pushy and let us make up our own minds.
Needless to say, we really enjoyed the test-drive & the whole car-purchasing experience we had with Shane. We had made our mind up on purchasing the 2009 Hyundai Elantra. The last week of July we drove out of the Hyundai dealership with very big smiles on our faces, and Shane has ensure that we will be coming back to your dealership for years to come. Thank you very much!
I would like to offer my thanks to you for the very positive experience I had while purchasing a new vehicle in March 2011. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Shane Green when I came to Schlueter Hyundai on my vehicle search. I have never had such a pleasant experience viewing a vehicle. Mr. Green took the time to thoroughly show the vehicle I was interested in before embarking on what was the most comprehensive and enjoyable test drive ever. No salesperson I've met during many years of vehicle shopping has put the time and energy into creating a test drive that showcased a vehicle as this test drive was able to do.
I ultimately did not purchase a vehicle from Schlueter Hyundai as another vehicle was more suited to my needs. Although I am very happy with the vehicle I purchase from another car company, my encounter with Mr. Green at Schlueter Hyundai remains my most positive experience in vehicle purchasing. It would have been perfect if Mr. Green has been able to sell me the vehicle I eventually purchased.
I have spoken to many people about Schlueter Hyundai and the exceptional salesperson you have in Mr. Green, and encouraged anyone interested in a Hyundai to visit your dealership and speak to Mr. Green.


Arthur Boyd, Australian painter (born July 24, 1920, Murrumbeena, Vic., Australia—died April 24, 1999, Melbourne, Australia), contemplated natural settings as well as the depths of humanity in his highly acclaimed art. He was born into a family of artists and left school at the age of 14 to devote himself to painting. Although one of his antiwar paintings was confiscated in 1942, he continued to serve in World War II with the Australian Army Service Corps' cartographic unit. In 1955 he completed a sculpture for the Olympic swimming pool in Melbourne, and from 1957 to 1959, influenced by scenes of poverty in the Australian outback, he produced his celebrated Bride series. The book Nebuchadnezzar, with text by T.S.R. Boase (1972), reproduced the series that Boyd had crafted as a protest against the Vietnam War. He illustrated the poetry collections Jonah (1973) and The Lady and the Unicorn (1975) by Peter Porter, and in the works Narcissus, Mars, and The Magic Flute he extended the themes of hedonism, violence, and betrayal. His style was compared to that of Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso. Despite his dark subject matter, he considered himself an optimist who had "ghastly struggles with the black god." In 1993 he and his wife, Yvonne Lennie, donated their 1,000-ha (2,500-ac) estate in Bundanon to the Australian government for use by visiting artists and scientists. Boyd received many honours, including O.B.E. (1970), Officer of the Order of Australia (1979), and Companion of the Order of Australia (1992), and in 1995 the Australia Day Council named him Australian of the Year.


Everyone loves the convenience of being able to watch movies on their iPad. You can just lie on your couch instead of sitting at a desk watching your movies on your computer. The only problem is, how to sync your movies to iPad from computer? There are a few different ways to do this, some with more advantages than others.
The problem with using iTunes to sync your movies is that it could cause movies that are already on your iPad to be deleted. This is especially true if you didn't purchase the movies from the official store. Or if you have already synced your iPad to another iTunes library. Apple purposefully uses these anti-features to try to control the files on your devices.
You don't have to worry about data loss.
You can transfer videos/movies from your device to your PC or Mac.
You can transfer media files from your computer to your device.
You can share videos/movies among many devices.
You can transfer movies one at a time or all at once.
You can manage both videos that you purchased from the Apple store and ones that you didn't.
You can transfer movies with any kind of format.
Step 1: Download and install TunesMate, then plug in your iPad.
Step 3: Make sure that "Movies" is selected and click "Transfer", then click "OK" once it is complete.
Step 1: Of cpurse, launch TunesMate and connect your iPad with a cable.
Step 2: Go to "Video" tab and you will be in the "Movies" interface.
Step 3: Open the movie folder on your computer. Select movies and drag and drop them from the movie folder to the "Movies" window of TunesMate.
Not only does TunesMate support the ability to sync movies, but you can also transfer just about any other kind of media file. This includes music, TV shows, music videos, audio books, podcasts, and entire playlists. You can transfer these all at once using the method mentioned above, or you can transfer files one at a time. You can even preview many of the files before you transfer them.
Step 1: Open iTunes on your computer and plug in your iPad.
Step 3: On the left, click on the type of media that you want to sync. In this case, it's "Movies".
Step 4: Tick the box next to the word "Sync Movies". This will turn on syncing.
Step 5: Click on any options that you want.
Step 6: Click "Apply" and the syncing should start automatically.
If the movies are already in your iTunes library, you can directly follow the above steps. But if the movies are in your local computer, you need to add movies from computer to iTunes first by the steps below.
Launch iTunes. Make sure you log in your account.
Go to your movie library by clicking "Music" at the top left corner and change it to "Movies".
Go to "File > Add File to Library" from the top left corner.
Go to where you locate the movies and make them transferred.
The fact that iTunes is slower to load than TunesMate.
The fact that you can't transfer one file at a time.
The fact that you can't preview files before they transfer.
You may lose media during the syncing process.


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home cuba > cuban beaches > beaches of pinar del rio
Pinar del Rio Beaches
Maria La Gorda Beach
This beach was named for a woman (Fat Maria) who was supposedly sed on shore here by pirates, who returned here now and again to visit her between forays. Located on the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, which has been declared a world preserve of the biosphere, Maria la Gorda Beach has left its rather raucous past behind and is now famed for its serenity and sense of privacy.
The beautiful beach, with fine sand, is five miles (eight km) long.The seabed here is one of the richest in Cuba in terms of biodiversity and has the largest colony of black coral (Antipathes spp.) in the archipelago.
At its 39 scuba-diving sites, you can see gardens of gorgonians, sponges, a long wall with grottoes, abundant marine fauna and artefacts showing that both pirate and merchant ships used to anchor here in the past.
Location & how to get there
Maria La Gorda Beach is on Corrientes Bay, on the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, 93 miles (150 km) west of the city of Pinar del Rio and 188 miles (304 km) from Havana. You can reach it by road or by sea, for it has a marina (at 21 49'N. latitude, 84 29.8'W. longitude. For radio communication, turn to VHF 16).
What to do Maria La Gorda
Scuba diving (for both professionals and beginners) is the main activity at Maria La Gorda, together with underwater photography, with modern equipment and assistance from divers whose skill is attested to by the World Underwater Federtion (CMAS). However, the area's tranquility, fine white sandy beaches, many coconut palm treesand setting (with great natural and archeological attractions) offer many other options as well: sunbathing, swimming, other water sports, seafaris, lazig around, reading, hiking, ecotourism, bird-watching, nature walks and excursions to other points of interest on the Guanahacabibes Peninsula.
Located in the Guanacahabibes Biosphere Reserve, in eastern Cuba, is María la Gorda (Mary the Fat), where divers can enjoy crystal-clear and warm waters in 39 diving spots.
Cayo Jutias
This peaceful islet place is so close to the mainland that a stone causeway has been build to link the two. Even so, it exudes an aura of isolation and is an ideal place for the idea of having the beach to yourself, there are over four miles (7 km) of white-sand beaches and a few people, so you can always find a spot with nobody in sight. It's a lovely destination for a day's excursion.
Cayo Jutias is 56 miles (90 km) from the city of Pinar del Rio and about 60 km from Vinales. Take the road that goes to the town called Minas de Matahambre and then the stone causeway.
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| CASAS PINAR DEL RIO | RESTAURANTS |
| VINALES | CASAS VINALES |
| EXCURSIONS | TO DO | RESTAURANTS | NIGHTLIFE |
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| CASAS SANTA LUCIA | CASAS SANDINO |
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Besides the beach, there is nothing more synonymous of the tropics than bananas. In Trinidad, where there are many varieties of this fruit, you can find a plethora of dishes featuring bananas. Cooked at the three main stages of ripeness: unripe, just ripened, and very mature; in stews, soups, au gratin, even for breakfast. When we were both toddlers, my sister and I graciously devoured my grandmother's "banana pot" for breakfast. Made with a variety of small bananas called chiquitos, salted cod fish, fresh tomatoes, onions and local herbs; this was regular weekend breakfast fare in our town.
Interestingly, as Trinidadians we never tire of bananas in our diet, so ingrained is it within the culture. Although oil and natural gas are now our two main exports, bananas were at one point a major source of revenue. As in American homes, there might be a bowl of apples sitting on the kitchen counter, in Trinidad there would be a bunch (or as it is called in the country side, a "hand") of bananas.
Recipes for banana breads and cakes also abound. Within my own extended family, there might be enough for a recipe book! My own recipe is extraordinarily moist (if I may say so myself.) So delicious, with just the right amount of sweetness, and just the right amount of crunch; I dare you to have just one slice. I took a different route with the topping. Traditionally, crumb cakes are topped with a mixture of approximately equal parts flour, sugar and butter. Here, less than two tablespoons of unsalted butter is combined with pecans for an irresistible crunch. Throw in a pinch of freshly ground nutmeg and you would be singing too!
1. Set oven to 300 degrees F. Spray a 9 inch spring form cake pan with cooking spray and flour lightly. Set aside.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
3. Whisk eggs whites until stiff peaks form.
3. In another large mixing bowl, cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar. Add evaporated milk, vanilla extract, and mashed bananas . Whisk together until smooth.
4. Slowly whisk in flour mixture in two installments, thoroughly incorporating each installment into the batter but being careful not to over-mix.
5. Fold in egg whites, also doing this in two installments.
6. Pour into a 9 inch cake pan. Sprinkle pecan topping over top (see recipe below.) Bake at 300 degrees F for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Set cake in pan on wire rack and cool for 15 to 20 minutes before removing sides of pan.
Coarsely chop or grind pecans in a food processor. Combine with the remaining ingredients to to a crumb-like texture.
daylight come, and we... wanna make this cake! :) looks delicious, any leftovers?
Yay ttfn300, you got the musical connection! haha! This cake lasted three days which is a record our house. By the way, I'm digging your cherry quniao muffins.
Thanks Usha! I noticed you also have a recipe starring bananas, your sugar free banana cookies. Banana desserts are among my favorites!
This recipe sounds fabulous! I love the idea of the crumb topping! THANKS!!
The pecans are delicious on this cake.
remember being scared but loved that part of the movie.
oh this looks amazing! i'm for sure using this as one of my baking goals!! so tasty! i wish i had made it already! thanks for the great post!


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Q: Downloading multiple images using Android Work Manager and Updating UI I am stuck at a problem where I want to download multiple images from the web  (I have a list of URLs) using Work Manager. As I am downloading those files, I need to update a progressbar on the UI and also maintain a notification in status bar.
I have managed to update the notification but cannot get my head around communicating with the UI.
I have tried using EventBus and LocalBroadcasts, but they are old methods. I believe Work Manager would also have a solution for this.
If anyone has any clue, please let me know how to go about it.

A: I think this is useful, check this download manager in github Download manager

A: When using WorkManager you should use LiveData to update the UI. I highly recommend you take a look on the accepted answer here I think it will significantly help you.

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Clinical course and outcome of 107 patients infected with the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, discharged from two hospitals in Wuhan, China.
Dawei Wang, Yimei Yin, Chang Hu, Xing Liu, Xingguo Zhang, Shuliang Zhou, and 6 more
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-16485/v2
published 30 Apr, 2020
Read the published version in Critical Care →
posted 13 Apr, 2020
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Background In December 2019, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was reported from Wuhan, China. Information on the clinical course and prognosis of COVID-19 was not thoroughly described. We described the clinical courses and prognosis in COVID-19 patients.
Methods Retrospective case series of COVID-19 patients from Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, and Xi-shui Hospital, Hubei Province, China, up to February 10, 2020. Epidemiological, demographic and clinical data were collected. Clinical course of survivors and non-survivors were compared. Risk factors for death were analyzed.
Results A total of 107 discharged patients with COVID-19 were enrolled. The clinical course of COVID-19 presented as a tri-phasic pattern. Week 1 after illness onset was characterized by fever, cough, dyspnea, lymphopenia and radiological multilobar pulmonary infiltrates. In severe cases, thrombocytopenia, acute kidney injury, acute myocardial injury or adult respiratory distress syndrome were observed. During week 2, in mild cases, fever, cough and systemic symptoms began to resolve and platelet count rose to normal range, but lymphopenia persisted. In severe cases, leukocytosis, neutrophilia and deteriorating multi-organ dysfunction were dominant. By week 3, mild cases had clinically resolved except for lymphopenia. However, severe cases showed persistent lymphopenia, severe acute respiratory dyspnea syndrome , refractory shock, anuric acute kidney injury, coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia and death. Older age and male sex were independent risk factors for poor outcome of the illness.
Conclusions A period of 7–13 days after illness onset is the critical stage in COVID-19 course. Age and male gender were independent risk factors for death of COVID-19.
Critical Care & Emergency Medicine
In late 2019 a novel coronavirus, designated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the cause of COVID-19 in Wuhan, a city in the Hubei province of China.1,2 Full-genome sequencing and phylogenic analysis indicated that SARS-CoV-2 is a betacoronavirus in the same subgenus as the SARS virus, but in a different clade.2 SARS-CoV-2 is 96% identical at the whole-genome level to a bat coronavirus, and suggesting that bats are the primary source.4, 5 Epidemiologic investigations of initial cases showed COVID-19 was linked with exposure to Wuhan seafood market which also sold live rabbits, snakes, and other animals.6 Subsequently, human-to-human transmission among close contacts has been the primary mechanism of transmission.7 The disease has spread rapidly around the world and more than 410,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. COVID-19 outbreak has been reported in other countries, mainly among travelers from Wuhan and their contacts.8, 9 WHO has declared this disease a pandemic.
The incubation period of COVID-19 is thought to be up to14 days following exposure.6,7,10 The principal presenting features of COVID-19 are fever, cough, dyspnea and bilateral infiltrates on chest imaging.11, 12 Approximately 20 percent of patients progress to multi-organ dysfunction (including respiratory failure, septic shock, acute cardiac injury or acute renal failure. 11-13 However, a complete picture of the clinical course of COVID-19 has not been described throughly.14 Except for infection control and supportive therapy, there is no specific therapy of COVID-19. Multiple organ support therapy is the corner stone in the treatment of critically ill patients with COVID-19.13,14 Early recognition of risk factors for death would be useful to identify those potentially needing critical care at an early stage. Accordingly, a study was conducted to track clinical course along the entire disease course. Risk factor analysis was performed to reveal important clinical features associated with the poor outcome.
Study design and participants
This case series was approved by the institutional ethics board of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University and Xishui People's Hospital (No. 2020020). All the discharged (alive at home and dead) patients with confirmed COVID-19 from Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University and Xishui People's Hospital up to February 10, 2020, were enrolled. Oral consent was obtained from patients or patients' relatives. Zhongnan Hospital, located in Wuhan, Hubei Province, the endemic areas of COVID-19, is one of the major tertiary teaching hospitals and responsible for the treatments for COVID-19 assigned by the government. Xishui People's Hospital located in Huanggang city, another early endemic centre of COVID-19 in Hubei province. Totally, about 340 heath care workers provided care to COVID-19 patients in the two medical center from January to February, 2020. All patients with COVID-19 enrolled in this study were diagnosed according to World Health Organization interim guidance.15 The methodology of RT-PCR used has been previously reported.13 The time frame was overlaped with JAMA cohort, and 88 patients in the current report have been included in JAMA cohort13.
The medical records of patients were analyzed by the research team of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University. Epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics and treatment and outcomes data were obtained with data collection forms from electronic medical records and reviewed by a trained team of physicians. Information recorded included demographic data, medical history, exposure history, underlying comorbidities, symptoms, signs, laboratory findings, chest computed tomographic (CT) scans, treatment measures (ie, antiviral therapy, corticosteroid therapy, respiratory support, kidney replacement therapy) and outcome. The date of disease onset was defined as the day when the first symptom was noticed. acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was defined according to the Berlin definition. 16 Acute kidney injury (AKI) was identified according to the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes definition.17 Cardiac injury was defined if the serum levels of cardiac biomarkers (eg, troponin I) were above the 99th percentile of upper reference limit or if new abnormalities were shown in echocardiography. Times from onset of disease to hospital admission, dyspnea, ARDS, ICU admission and hospital discharge were recorded.
Categorical variables were described using frequencies and percentage, while continuous variables were described using mean, median, and interquartile range (IQR) values. Means for continuous variables were compared using independent group Student's t tests when the data were normally distributed and the Mann-Whitney test when they were not. Proportions for categorical variables were compared using the χ2 test, although Fisher's exact test was used when the data were sparse. Univariate analyses were performed to evaluate the risk factors associated with death. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent predictors of mortality. All the tests were two-tailed and p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. All analyses were processed by SPSS for Windows version 17.0 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA).
Basic Characteristics
As of February 10, 2020, 544 patients admitted to Zhongnan Hospital and Xishui hospital and107 patients discharged. Basic characteristics of the 107 patients (95 from Zhongnan and 12 from Xi-Shui) are shown in Table 1. There were 88 survivors and 19 non-survivors. Median age was 51 years (IQR, 36-65; range, 19-92 years), 57 (53.3%) were male. Median times from first symptoms to hospital admission, dyspnea, and ARDS were 7 days (IQR, 3.5-9), 5.5 days (IQR, 2-9.3), and 7.5 days (IQR, 4.3-11), respectively. Median length of hospital stay was 11 days (IQR, 7-15). In this cohort of 107 patients, hypertension (26 [24.3%]), cardiovascular disease (13 [12.1%]) and diabetes (11 [10.3%]) were the most common coexisting conditions. The most common symptoms at onset of illness were fever (104 [97.2%]), dry cough (67 [62.6%]), fatigue (69 [64.5%]), dyspnea (35 [32.7%]), anorexia (33[30.8%]) and myalgia (33[30.8%]). Less common symptoms were sore throat, headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. At hospital admission median respiratory rate was 20/minute [IQR, 19-21] and mean arterial pressure was 89 mmHg [IQR, 83-98].
In comparison to the 88 hospital survivors, the 19 non-survivors were significantly older (median age, 73 years [IQR, 64-81] vs 44.5 years [IQR, 35-58.8]; p < .001) and were predominantly male (16 [84.2%] vs 41 [46.6%]; p=.003). Non-survivors were more likely to have underlying comorbidities, including hypertension (10 [52.6%] vs 16 [18.2%]; P=.001) and other cardiovascular disease (7 [36.8%] vs 6 [6.8%]; P=.002). Compared with the survivors, non-survivors were more likely to report dyspnea (15[78.9%] vs 20 [22.7%]; P < .001) and diarrhea (4[21.1%] vs 3[3.4%]; P=.018) at presentation. At hospital admission respiratory rate was higher in survivors than in non-survivors (22 [IQR 20-24] vs 20 [19-21]; p=.003). Similarly, mean arterial pressure was higher in non-survivors than in survivors (95mmHg [IQR 89-101] vs 88mmHg [83-96]; P=.019).
Laboratory values and radiographic findings
Laboratory values and radiographic findings at hospital admission are shown in Table 2. Lymphopenia (0.9×10⁹/L [0.7-1.2]) and prolonged prothrombin time (12.8[11.9-13.5]) at admission were prominent features. 90 (84.1%) patients showed multi-lobar involvement on initial radiographs. 105 (98.1%) patients showed bilateral involvement on chest CT scan during hospitalization. Compared with survivors, on admission non-survivors had higher neutrophil counts (5.4×10⁹/L[3.2-8.5] vs 2.8×10⁹/L [2-3.9], P<0.001, lower platelet count (122×10⁹/L [83-178] vs 178 [139-207], P=0.006) and higher D-dimer level (439 mg/L [202-1991] vs 191mg/L [108-327], P=0.003). Admission values of blood urea, creatinine, highly sensitive troponin I, serum creatine kinase, creatine kinase-MB, lactate dehydrogenase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase were also significantly higher in the non-survivors.
Clinical Profile and Laboratory Findings in COVID-19 Patients
Temporal clinical profiles in 107 patients with COVID-19 are shown in Figure 2. Trends of temperature and onset of positive nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) were consistent. Fever typically lasts for about 10 days. Most patients (about 75%) demonstrated positive NAAT results (measured every 2-3 days) within 9 days after symptoms onset. The median time from illness onset to first positive result of NAAT was 7 days (3.0-10.0) and the duration of active viral shedding was 13 days (IQR, 10-22.3) in survivors. In the majority of cases development of ARDS and need for endotracheal intubation occurred within 9 days after symptoms onset.
Dynamic body temperature and laboratory findings in 107 COVID-19 patients are shown in supplementary Figure 1. During the first week after symptoms onset, fever was prominent and more severe in the non-survivors. Body temperature gradually normalized in the second week. In general, white blood cell counts and neutrophils counts were in normal range during week 1, with leukocytosis and neutrophilia as later findings. Lymphopenia was common throughout the disease's course and the lymphocytes count dropped more in non-survivors. Platelets counts decreased slightly in the first week, then rose back to normal range rapidly in survivors, but remained low in non-survivors. Mild prolongation of prothrombin time (PT) during the illness course was observed, with no difference between survivors and non-survivors. D-dimer level was Elevated in the non-survivors during the late stage of illness. In the early stage of the illness, higher levels of creatine kinase, creatine kinase-MB, lactate dehydrogenase, alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase were observed in the non-survivors than those in the survivors. In non-survivors, blood urea and creatinine levels progressively increased until death.
Complications, treatments and outcome
Common complications included ARDS (28[26.2%]), shock (22 [20.6%]), AKI (14[13.1%]) and acute cardiac injury (12[11.2%]) (Table 3). Non-survivors were more likely to have one of these complications than survivors. Secondary infection included 1 case of bacteremia caused by Staphylococcus caprae and 4 cases of bacteria pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. Co-infection with virus included 1 patient tested positive for influenza A, two for influenza B, three for respiratory syncytial virus, three for parainfluenza and 3 for adenovirus. Almost all patients received antiviral therapy (105 [98.1%]). Among of them, 95(88.8%) patients received oseltamivir and 33 (30.8%) patients received arbidol. Glucocorticoids were administered in 62 [57.9%] patients. Oxygen therapy was applied in (80 [74.8%] patients. In total, 20 patients required invasive mechanical ventilation. On day 1 of invasive mechanical ventilation, the median PaO2/FiO2 ratio was 103 (IQR 58-172) and the median APACHE II score was 25 (IQR 17-32). Three patients received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy, Two of them survived and were discharged at day 26 and day 32, and one died due to sudden cardiac arrest after connection to the ECMO circuit. The causes of death included refractory ARDS (15 [78.9%]), septic shock (1 [5.3%]), sudden cardiac arrest (1 [5.3%]), hemorrhagic shock (1 [5.3%]) and acute myocardial infarction (1 [5.3%]).
Risk factors associated with death for COVID-19
On univariate analysis, risk factors associated with death at hospital admission were older age, male gender, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, raised white blood cell counts, elevated level of neutrophil counts, thrombocytopenia, creatine kinase-MB, lactate dehydrogenase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and creatinine (Table 4). On multivariable analysis, older age and male gender remained significant independent risk factors for death (Table 5).
Studies on COVID-19 have generally been limited to the description of the initial clinical, haematological, radiological and microbiological findings. Herein, we firstly described the clinical course of virologically confirmed COVID-19. This study enrolled 107 discharged patients with COVID-19 which included 88 survivors and 19 non-survivors. We also analyzed the prognosis factors and found that age and male gender were the independent risk factor for mortality.
This study showed the clinical course of COVID-19 presented as a tri-phasic pattern. Week 1 was characterized by fever, cough, dyspnea and other systemic symptoms. Most positive NAAT results could be obtained in week 1, which suggested that the symptoms were largely related to the effect of viral replication. In surviving patients, laboratory abnormalities included lymphopenia and prolonged prothrombin time. In non-survivors, emergence of systemic inflammation was evidenced by higher fever, respiratory rate, WBC counts and neutrophils count. Subsequently, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) occurred with thrombocytopenia, renal failure, acute myocardial injury and ARDS. Notably, there was an obvious drop in body temperature around day 7, probably in relation to the widespread use of methylprednisolone as a rescue therapy.
During weeks 2 of illness, NAAT test became negative in surviving patients at a median of 13 days after illness onset. At the same time fever, cough and systemic symptoms began to resolve. However, lymphocyte counts still remained low, even as symptomatic illness resolved. This suggests that the lymphocytes are the main target of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the lymphocyte counts needs some time to recover. In the non-survivors, clinical status deteriorated and MODS developed during the second week.
In week 3, the organ functions improved in survivors, but continued to deteriorate the non-survivors. The lymphocyte counts dropped further and immune dysfunction became obvious in the non-survivors. These patients developed severe ARDS necessitating ventilation and even ECMO support, septic shock supported by vasopressors, and an- end stage renal failure requiring continuous renal replacement therapy. Coagulation dysfunction and thrombocytopenia also developed. Death was inevitable due to multiorgan failure.
Notably, most non-survivors in our study were old male. Multivariate analysis showed older age and male gender were independent risk factors for death. A recent study examining single-cell RNA expression profiling of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the cellular receptor of SARS-CoV-2, showed that Asian males had an extremely large number of ACE2-expressing cells in the lung.18,19 A finding that might underlie the higher risk of death in this population.
After the incubation period, the frequent manifestations of COVID-19 were fever, cough, dyspnea, and bilateral infiltrates on chest imaging.11-13 Evidence has shown that SARS-CoV-2 was found in the loose stool of a patient and potential transmission through the faecal–oral route should be considered.20,21 Consistent with the finding, some patients showed digestive symptoms (e.g. abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting) at the illness onset. Multi-lobar involvement on initial chest CT was shown in most of our patients, consistent with a primary pulmonary method of acquisition. Notably, the mean arterial pressure was higher in non-survivors than survivors because the comorbidity of hypertension was more common in non-survivors.
Until now, no fully proven and specific antiviral treatment for the SARS-CoV-2 infection exists. Organ support therapy is the corner stone in the treatment of critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Remdesivir, a novel nucleotide analog antiviral drug has been used in the first case with COVID-19 in the US and a clinical trial of remdesivir in SARS-CoV-2 infection is in progress.22 Remdesivir and chloroquine have been shown to effectively inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 in Vero E6 cells.23 In hospitalized adult patients with severe COVID-19, no benefit was observed with lopinavir–ritonavir treatment beyond standard care.24 Moreover, the effects of abidol, oseltamivir or methylprednisolone in SARS-CoV-2 infection have not been fully evaluated.
This study has several limitations. First, the virus loads were not detected. We can't determine if the MODS or severity of illness were correlated with the sustained viral load. Secondly, due to the retrospective study, data about the values of creatine kinase, creatine kinase-MB and lactate dehydrogenase from day 11 to day 17 were missing. The enzyme activity couldn't be analyzed in week 3 after illness onset. Further study should be conducted to clarify the dynamic change of the three lab index. Third, only 107 patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were enrolled in this study. Future study should be needed to enroll larger sample sizes to evaluate the clinical course and analyze the risk factor for death in COVID-19.
Our experience in Wuhan revealed a period of 7–13 days after the onset of illness as the critical stage in COVID-19 course. Age and male gender were independent risk factors for death of COVID-19.
COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome; AKI, acute kidney injury; ARDS, acute respiratory dyspnea syndrome; IQR, interquartile range; NAAT, nucleic acid amplification test; PT, prothrombin time; APACHE II score, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; MODS, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; ACE2, angiotensin converting enzyme 2
This case series was approved by the institutional ethics board of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University and Xishui People's Hospital (No. 2020020).
No individual participant data is reported that would require consent to publish from the participant (or legal parent or guardian for children).
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (grant 81701941 to Dr D Wang; grants 81772046 and 81971816 to Dr Peng) and the Special Project for Significant New Drug Research and Development in the Major National Science and Technology Projects of China (2020ZX09201007 to Dr Peng).
Both Drs Wang and Peng designed this project. Drs. Yin, Liu, Zhang, Zhou and B.Hu collected the data. Dr C Hu and M Jian were responsible for the statistical analysis. Dr Wang wrote the draft and Drs Xu, Li, Prowly, and Peng revised this draft. Dr Peng finalized this manuscript and all the authors approved the final version of this manuscript.
Acknowledgments: We would like to thank the staff of the department of Critical Care Medicine of Xi-Shui Hospital, Huanggang, Hubei Province, who contributed to this study by collecting the required data in the hospital data system.
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Table 1: Baseline characteristics of COVID-19 Patients.
Total (n=107)
Survivors (n=88)
Non-survivors (n=19)
Age, years
51.0(36.0-65.0)
<0.001*
<0.001
0.003*
Any comorbidity*
13(68.4%)
Myalgia
Pharyngalgia
Heart rate (bpm)
86(75-96)
90(78-100)
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)
Onset of symptom to admission (d)
7.0(3.5-9.0)
Onset of symptom to dyspnea (d)
7.0(3.3-10.8)
Onset of symptom to ARDS (d)
10.0(6.0-13.0)
Length of hospital stay (d)
Data expressed as median (IQR ) or N (%)
Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; bpm, beats per minute.
Data are median (IQR), n (%). p values indicate differences between survivors and non-survivors. P < 0.05 was considered as significant. Vital signs including heart rate, respiratory rate and mean arterial pressure were collected at admission. *one patient had the comorbidity of lung cancer and died of ARDS.
Table 2: Laboratory Values and Radiographic Findings at admission of COVID-19 Patients.
White blood cell count, × 10⁹/L
Neutrophil count, × 10⁹/L
Lymphocyte count, × 10⁹/L
Platelet count, × 10⁹/L
175(129-200)
122(83-178)
Prothrombin time, s
Activated partial thromboplastin time, s
D-dimer, mg/L
439(202-1991)
Creatine kinase, U/L
Creatine kinase-MB, U/L
Lactate dehydrogenase, U/L
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L
Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L
Total bilirubin, mmol/L
Blood urea nitrogen, mmol/l
Creatinine, μmol/L
Hypersensitive troponin I, > 26.2pg/mL, No. (%)
<26.2
Multilobar involvement on initial radiographs, No. (%)
Bilateral involvement on radiographs during hospitalization, No. (%)
Abbreviations: MB, muscle and brain type; NA, not available.
Data are median (IQR), or n (%). P values indicate differences between survivors and non-survivors. P < 0.05 was considered as significant. Laboratory values and radiographic findings were collected at admission except that the bilateral involvement on radiographs was collected during hospitalization.
Table 3: Complications and Treatment Measure of COVID-19 Patients.
Acute cardiac injury
Evidence of co–infection
Bacterial a
Viral b
Antiviral therapy
Oseltamivir
Arbidol
Antibiotic therapy
Glucocorticoid therapy
CRRT
Oxygen inhalation
Non-invasive ventilation
IMV alone
IMV plus ECMO
Abbreviations: ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; CRRT, Continuous renal replacement therapy; IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Data are n (%). P values indicate differences between survivors and non-survivors. P < 0.05 was considered as significant.
Table 4: Univariate Analysis of Variable Associated With Death For COVID-19 Patients.
Univariable
OR (95% CI)
1.102(1.054-1.152)
6.114(1.662-22.485)
Neutrophil count
Lymphocyte count
Platelet count
Creatine kinase-MB
Lactate dehydrogenase
Alanine aminotransferase
Aspartate aminotransferase
Blood urea nitrogen
Abbreviations: MB, muscle and brain type.
P < 0.05 was considered as significant and labeled with an asterisk (*) at the top corner of the P value.
Table 5: Univariate and Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors Associated With Death for COVID-19 patients.
Multivariable
Creatinine concentration
Supplementary Figure Legend
Supplementary Figure 1. Dynamic Body Temperature and Laboratory Findings in 107 COVID-19 Patients. Timeline charts illustrate the temperature and laboratory parameters in 107 patients with COVID-19 (88 survivors and 19 non-survivors) every other day based on the days after the onset of illness. The dashed lines in red show the upper normal limit of each parameter, and the dashed line in blue shows the lower normal limit of lymphocyte count. * P <0 .05 for survivors vs non-survivors.
SupplementaryFigure1.docx
Editorial decision: Accept


This past week the adblock branch was finally merged into Arora's master branch. A way to block content was one of the first issues opened (issue #24) and was the issue with the most stars/votes. After a lot of work and research the end results speaks for itself.
A big thanks goes out to Zsombor Gegesy who did a lot of initial development and through his efforts we learned a fair amount about what was needed and what solutions users would not accept. While various browsers have had systems for blocking content the Adblock Plus FireFox plugin has really set the standard for what users expect. A primary feature of Adblock Plus has been the idea of a subscription. Arora's AdBlock attempts to be compatible to the current Adblock Plus system and system supports subscribing to Adblock Plus subscriptions (even supporting abp:// links) and the Adblock Plus rule set.
The list of items blocked on the current page wasn't ready to be merged in before the string freeze so it will be in the next release.
A few AdblockPlus Rule options are not yet supported.
When you right click to block something on a webpage it does not show a nice wizard, but just ads the url to the custom rule list.
If you are interested in helping out on these or other AdBlock feature in Arora stop by #arora on irc.freenode.net. All of the AdBlock code in Arora is released under the BSD license and we welcome contributions from other projects that would like to share this feature in their QtWebKit project.
AdBlock will be part of the next Arora release 0.10.0 which will be released Wednesday night / Thursday morning. If you want to help and contribute a translation make sure to submit it before Wednesday.
An early feature request has been for the ability to save passwords so you don't have to re-type in your user name and password all the time when you login to websites. This evening I merged in the autofill branch which add this functionality to Arora. When you log into a website it will ask you if you want to save the form. Then when you go back to that website it will automatically fill in the form for you.
1) Users that frequently have to restart their browser (such as when I am hacking on QtWebKit) have to re-login over and over even though they logged in just five or ten minutes before. Even with a wallet this is very annoying.
2) Users who have browsers open for a very long time (weeks!) have session cookies that pile up and are never deleted.
For those users I have added the ability to specify what a cookie session is.
Source, Windows and OS X and binary packages are available on arora-browser.org.
While 0.8.0 had many new features the majority of changes in 0.9.0 are bug fixes. There were several more features that were near completion, but the Arora policy is to only merge a branch when it is ready. Given that we the project has near monthly releases this isn't as harsh as other project such as KDE that have a six month release cycle. With a longer release cycles developers are likely to try to push in incomplete features near freeze deadlines just to have them in while with a short release cycle they are more willing to wait another month knowing that their branch will be more stable when the users get it. The hopeful result is a better application that is more stable and feature complete.
- The QtWebKit version in 4.4 is significantly slower then the one today and does not include many features such as plugin (aka flash) support and many WebKit bug fixes.
- Supporting 4.4 was requiring more and more ifdef's as Arora has incorporated new features in Qt and QtWebKit.
- With KDE 4.3 requiring Qt 4.5 it is very likely that distributions will already have 4.5 (or will shortly).
A missing feature of the QtWebKit API has been the ability to determine what version of WebKit you currently had. While you could parse it out of the user agent that was clumsy and in fact the version number in the user agent was hard coded into QtWebKit (and out of date!). Recently Robert Hogan wrote a patch for QtWebKit that not only properly determines the WebKit version, but also adds new API to QtWebKit to determine the values. This API will be part of Qt 4.6 and when building with WebKit trunk (and 4.6 once Qt master's copy of webkit is synced) Arora will show the current WebKit version in the about dialog.
Recently on the Qt Labs blog Harald posted about a new port of Qt to QNX. On the blog there is a video where you can see QtWebKit rendering and today I got a email with a photo of Arora running on QNX. Because of Qt just like Arora builds on OS X, Windows, Linux and Embedded Linux Harald didn't have to make any changes to the code to build the binary. Although from the photo you can see that if for such a small device you would want to tweak the interface a bit or at least hide the toolbars and status bar from the view menu (which can also be hidden with ctrl-m).
Shortly before 0.8.0 we had our 1000'th commit to Arora. A big thanks to everyone who helped make that possible.
Fixed a leak of file descriptors in QTemporaryFile::rename, introduced in 4.5.1. This was the bug that forced Arora to always turn off the disk cache when using Qt 4.5.1. With disk cache as you would expect Arora can perform much faster.
QNetworkCookie, Fixed parsing of multiple cookies separated by a newline (also introduced in 4.5.1). This is what broke many site logins such as facebook.
As you can see it is highly advisable to upgrade to Qt 4.5.2 on Linux if your distribution hasn't already. Both the Windows and OS X binary packages include Qt 4.5.2.
In the current version of the Inspector you can now see the headers for a page. Because of this the Network monitor which was added just a little bit ago has been removed.
For those who still want to use the network monitor you can easily do it with git and revert 12ebaf4f60f804c0200a61e8fdbc62c935588184.
- When the ctrl key is pressed show keyboard accelerators on the screen. [Qt 4.6 only].
- Location bar: implement full text search and more accurate sorting.
- Add a simple start page with a search box pointing at the active search engine.
- Allow to create new open search engines from any input forms displayed in websites [Qt 4.6 only].
- Add a menu to set the default text encoding for all rendering [Qt 4.6 only].
- Implement directory listing when accessing file:/// URLs that point to directories.
- When a POST request is about to be resent, warn user about that fact to make sure that the operation is intended.
- Add a checkable push button to the search bar that allows to highlight a specific string in a website [Qt 4.6 only].
- Add a setting that specifies if the url supplied by the user should be forwarded to the default search engine if it isn't valid.
- Show a more verbose message when the htmlToXBel tool is not installed.
- Show the complete tab title as tool tip to improve GUI usability for long website titles.
- Download manager: Create the download directory as needed.
- Location bar: If escape is pressed on location bar revert to the original URL, this emulates the firefox behaviour.
- Add Google "I'm Feeling Lucky" search engine to the default set.
- Drag & Drop: Add the ability to drop an url on the tab bar which will open it in a new tab.
- Drag & Drop: Allow dropping URLs on the location bar.
- When creating new windows, use the startup setting to decide if the homepage should be loaded.
- Remove the network monitor tool as the current Inspector now lets you see request headers and response headers.
- Fix several memory leaks: set the Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose flag on dialogs that are executed asynchronously.
- Download manager: Fix displaying file size when downloading huge files.
- Download manager: Give correct name to downloaded files with no suffix.
- Location bar: Fix background color when using Oxygen style.
- Bookmarks manager: Don't allow to edit the url in any nodes but normal bookmarks.
- Private browsing now disables the disk cache.
- Added custom network scheme handlers, i.e. a single one for listing local directories.
- Add a setting so the user can swap the location of the new and close tab buttons.
- Add the ability for a user to specify the userAgent through QSettings.
- Split up the bookmarks classes into separate files.
- Remake the bookmarks toolbar.
- Clean up the AddBookmarkDialog class.
- OpenSearch: Implement the Referrer extension.
- Implement the WebPage::linkedResources() method using the DOM API.
- Tweak the certToFormattedString() function.
- Include an additional XML file in the installation, which will make Arora appear in Gnome Control Center on the list of available web browsers that can be set as default.
- Add man pages for the tools.
- webkit.pri now supports building QtWebKit as a framework on mac.