In the latest twist in an ongoing bicoastal legal battle, the Trump administration is threatening to petition the U.S. Supreme Court in a dispute over the production of documents related to its decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Fights over the decision to end the DACA program, which was announced Sept. 5, are playing out in the Ninth and Second Circuits. In California, the Justice Department signaled its plans to appeal the Ninth Circuit's decision last week that upheld a lower court's order requiring the administration to provide "emails, letters, memoranda, notes, media items, opinions and other materials directly or indirectly considered" by the acting DHS secretary, Elaine Duke, in the DACA decision. Meanwhile, in New York, two parallel suits making similar claims as those in California are moving slightly behind the California proceedings. The Second Circuit is presently reviewing a writ of mandamus petition from the government, leaving open the door to a potential split between circuits. If the Justice Department does ask the high court for review, it would mark a significant escalation in the DOJ's efforts to protect documents it considers privileged that informed its policy conclusions. "The assertion here is really quite sweeping and bold, so maybe this is the first salvo in the administration's effort to hobble the ability of courts to figure out what it is the agency is doing and why. Because this claim, as best as I know, is a really novel claim," said Georgetown Law professor David Vladeck, an expert in administrative law, of the government's arguments. In the California action, which is farther along in its development, the government faces five lawsuits over the DACA rescission in the Ninth Circuit, each with claims under the Administrative Procedure Act as well as allegations of constitutional violations. The lawsuits, whose plaintiffs include both the state of California and the University of California system, have all been related and are proceeding in the federal district court in San Francisco, under U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California. Alsup set the briefing schedule for the cases on Sept. 22, asking the government to file its administrative record by Oct. 6. The government complied, but three days later, the plaintiffs filed a motion asking Alsup to order the government to complete the administrative record. They argued that the government's 256-page filing did not include every document considered, directly or indirectly, by Duke in making her decision. Alsup agreed on Oct. 17 and ordered the government to provide more documents. The government filed its mandamus petition to the Ninth Circuit three days later. At the same time, legal action was brewing over similar issues in New York. The charge in New York's federal courts has been led by the state's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, and a host of other states' attorneys general that sued the administration shortly after the announcement was made in September. The states joined a private action initiated by Martin Jonathan Batalla Vidal in 2016 over DACA proceedings under the Obama administration. That suit has been joined by numerous other individuals potentially impacted by the current administration's actions, as well as immigration advocates. The parallel suits, while alleging injuries specific to the parties, followed the same legal path as the California suit, drawing most of their claims from the APA, while raising other due process an equitable estoppel claims. Like their California counterparts, the New York plaintiffs demanded the government produce the administrative record around the decision to end DACA. The government complied, but, again, plaintiffs' argued the record was not complete. The judge handling the early procedural action in the New York case, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein for the Eastern District of New York, cited Alsup's decision compelling the government to produce a full administrative record and privilege log. "The plaintiffs, like their counterparts in Regents (where the defendants produced the same materials as the purported administrative record), have adequately established that the administrative record produced to date is manifestly incomplete," Orenstein wrote in his order dated Oct. 19. As before, the government filed a writ of mandamus with the Second Circuit. There, it applied for a stay pending its petition, and argued that the district court was out-of-bounds in demanding a fuller record be produced. The government made the same argument to the Ninth Circuit. However, unlike their California counterparts, a Second Circuit panel composed of Judges Dennis Jacobs, Robert Sack and Barrington Parker granted the government's stay on proceedings in the district court until that court could determine "expeditiously issues of jurisdiction and justiciability." In short order, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, to whom both New York cases are ultimately assigned, largely denied the government's motion to dismiss, while answering the appellate panel's question definitively in favor of review. The Ninth Circuit, meanwhile, declared no need for the district court to justify its review of the Trump administration's actions. In the 2-1 ruling, the Ninth Circuit panel considered only the issue of whether Alsup was correct in holding that the government failed to complete the administrative record. "Assuring that DHS complies with this requirement—imposed by the APA on all agencies and embodied in decades of precedent—is undoubtedly a proper judicial function," the majority wrote. The majority agreed with Alsup that the plaintiffs could show the government failed to complete the administrative record, which they said should include all documents DHS relied on in coming to the conclusion, as they did, that DACA could not be defended in court. The opinion said the record provided by DHS included only one document from the Justice Department, a letter from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, though it was clear the DOJ was involved in the decision. The court added that the record contained mostly legal opinions from other courts about the DACA program, and included no documents from the DHS secretary's subordinates. "Put bluntly, the notion that the head of a United States agency would decide to terminate a program giving legal protections to roughly 800,000 people based solely on 256 pages of publicly available documents is not credible, as the district court concluded," the majority wrote. In New York, the mandamus petition remains before the appellate court. Briefings have been ordered, and a date for a hearing on the petition is scheduled for the week of Dec. 11. While the government indicated it would appeal the Ninth Circuit's decision as early as Monday, a filing by the plaintiffs in that case could hold off a Supreme Court showdown, for now. Plaintiffs asked Alsup Sunday to stay his order for documents until after he rules on their Nov. 1 motion for a preliminary injunction against the DACA rescission. They wrote that a delay would "remove the distraction of further interlocutory appellate proceedings and to permit the court and the parties to focus on the paramount issue of whether the DACA rescission should be enjoined." If the government does file its petition, Vladeck doubted the Supreme Court would want to get involved at this stage, or before the Second Circuit makes a decision. "I don't know how anxious the Supreme Court would be to decide this sort of preliminary interlocutory issue," Vladeck said. " ... I don't know why they would want to saddle the Supreme Court with this decision. I don't know what's so problematic about their legal opinion that [the Justice Department is] going to fall on their sword about this." A Justice Department spokesman did not return a request for comment on the cases.


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Leaping forward and setting a new standard for hybrid cloud, the next generation of enterprise computing, Windows Server 2012 is. While cloud computing is emerging as a service delivery platform, newly introduced capabilities and features make Windows Server 2012 not only a technology transformation vehicle of enterprise IT, but a skill upgrade and a career accelerator for IT professionals. Here, seven noticeable capabilities and features highlight the significance and a terse learning roadmap of this release. An evaluation copy of Windows Server 2012 in both ISO and VHD format is available at https://aka.ms/8.
Installation Options & Features on Demand
Storage Space and Thin Provisioning
Hyper-V over SMB
Continuously Available File Share
Hyper-V Replica
Shared Nothing Live Migration
Hyper-V Network Virtualization
1. Installation Options and Feature On Demand
There are now three installation options of Windows Server 2012 and changeable on demand. Server Core, Minimal Server Interface, and Server with GUI are the three types of installation while a system administrator can as needed change the installation type from one to another by installing or uninstalling associated windows features, as shown below, such that Server Manager, MMC, or full graphical interface can be available to facilitate administration or disabled for better security. The post, Windows Server 2012 Installation Options, has additional details. Additionally with Features On Demand, a new capability of Windows Server 2012, a user can remove or add back a server feature based on business needs with PowerShell commands.
With the installation options and Features On Demand, a system administrator can now as needed enable or disable the UI level of a server installation and operate with maximize productivity without permanently altering the installed payloads.
2. Storage Space and Thin Provisioning
With just a bunch of disks (or simply JBOD), Windows Server 2012 Storage Space offers an abstraction to manage selected disks from JBOD as one entity, a so-called Storage Pool. In File and Storage Services of Server Manager, a user can first define a storage pool, create a virtual disk which defines the storage layout of a Storage Pool, then format and create a volume out of the virtual disk file. Windows Server 2012 can operate as a software RAID controller and offers three storage layouts, Simple/Mirror/Parity comparable to RAID 0/1/5. The storage capacity of a Storage Pool includes Thin and Fixed provisioning methods, while the former can over-subscribe and allocate storage capacity just in time, and the latter allocates the specified storage capacity at the creation time of a Storage Pool. The post, Windows Server 2012 Storage Virtualization Explained, further examines the concept.
3. Hyper-V over SMB
Server Message Block (SMB) is a network file sharing protocol allowing applications to read and write to files and requesting services from server programs in a computer network. Windows Server 2012 introduces the new 3.0 version of SMB protocol. A Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V host can employ SMB 3.0 file shares as shared storage for storing virtual machine (VM) configuration files, VHDs, and snapshots. Further, SMB file shares can also store user database files of a stand-alone SQL Server 2008 R2. This capability is significant since VMs or databases can now be dynamically migrated into a SMB 3.0 share which is natively supported by Windows Server 2012.
4. Continuously Available Fire Share
Scale-out file servers, one of the available cluster roles, are built on top of the Failover Clustering feature of Windows Server 2012 and the SMB 3.0 protocol enhancements. Scale-out file servers can scale the capacity upward or downward dynamically as needed. On other words, one can start with a low-cost solution such as a two-node file server, and then later add additional (up to 4) nodes without affecting the operation of the file server. The following depicts the logical steps of constructing a Continuously Available File Share infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 environment.
SMB 3.0 is capable of simultaneous access to data files with direct I/O through all the nodes in a file server cluster. This improves the usage of network bandwidth and load balancing of the file server clients, and also optimization of performance for server applications. SMB scaling out requires Custer Share Volumes version 2 which is included in Windows Server 2012.
5. Hyper-V Replica
With Hyper-V Replica, administrators can replicate their Hyper-V virtual machines from one Hyper-V host at a primary site to another Hyper-V host at the Replica site. This feature lowers the total cost-of-ownership for an organization by providing a storage-agnostic and workload-agnostic solution that replicates efficiently, periodically, and asynchronously over IP-based networks across different storage subsystems and across sites. This scenario does not rely on shared storage, storage arrays, or other software replication technologies.
For small and medium business, Hyper-V replica is a technically easy to implement and financially very affordable disaster recovery (DR) solution.
Information of Hyper-V Replica in a cluster setting is also available at https://aka.ms/ReplicaBroker.
6. Shared Nothing Live Migration
Live Migration is the ability to move a virtual machine from one host to another while powered on without losing any data or incurring downtime. With Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012, Live Migration can be performed on VMs using shared storage (SMB share) or on VMs that have been clustered.
Windows Server 2012 also introduces a new shared nothing live migration where it needs no shared storage, no shared cluster membership. All it requires is a Gigabit Ethernet connection between Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hosts. With shared nothing live migration, a user can relocate a VM between Hyper-V hosts, including moving the VM's virtual hard disks (VHDs), memory content, processor, and device state with no downtime to the VM. In the most extreme scenario, a VM running on a laptop with VHDs on the local hard disk can be moved to another laptop that's connected by a single Gigabit Ethernet network cable.
One should not assume that shared-nothing live migration suggests that failover clustering is no longer necessary. Failover clustering provides a high availability solution, whereas shared-nothing live migration is a mobility solution that gives new flexibility in a planned movement of VMs between Hyper-V hosts. Live migration supplements failover clustering. Think of being able to move VMs into, out of, and between clusters and between standalone hosts without downtime. Any storage dependencies are removed with shared-nothing live migration.
7. Hyper-V Network Virtualization
Network virtualization is conceptually very similar to server virtualization which is to run multiple server instances on the same hardware while each server instance as if runs on dedicated hardware. The following depict the concept.
The implementations of network virtualization include two methods:
Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) based on RFCs 2784 and 2890
Address Rewrite
GRE employs one host IP address with minimal burden on the switches and full MAC headers and explicit Tenant Network ID marking for traffic analysis, metering and control. Address Rewrite works on existing NICs, switches, and network appliances and is immediately and incrementally deployable today. Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V leverages both methods.
The following is a sample of Hyper-V network virtualization in action while the two domains, contoso.yc and fabrikam.yc, are running on the same Hyper-V host on the same NIC and separate VLANs. The shown DNS configuration on the DC of each domain is with the same IP configurations while the two domains are isolated from each other and as if either runs on a dedicate network fabric.

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There is a fine line between love and hate. ?
It gets tossed around quite a bit. And once you are familiar with it and ever in the position to understand why anyone would even say it – it makes sense.
To me it always made sense on a basic level even before I felt it. But I see the world in color and the color of love and the color of hate are only separated by a few shades of gray. Everything is to me. Between black and white is a whole spectrum of color and they are all varied by the amount of gray.
So on a visual level I understand the fine line, but on an emotional level it took a little longer to really get it.
is about the fine line, shades of gray (no not the book) and love and hate.
Some might say the opposite of love is hate. The opposite of love is indifference. When you could care less and don't even think about the person that you loved for eternity just a few days ago, when you can honestly say that it makes no difference to what they do or how they do it or if they win the lottery or end up ….how they end up, that is when you say you no longer love.
The line that divides love and hate is what we think.
Both are emotions of extremes. Deep, passionate, consuming. The physical reaction is equally similar and what labels it as love, or hate is what you think about whatever or whoever it is causing this reaction in you. Negative thoughts are hate, positive love .
How many of you have ever been in an argument with the person you consider the love of your life and were so mad at them and so frustrated or hurt that you blurted out I hate you ?
It's not because you aren't capable of hating that person, because if you can love them with all you heart and being, in the right, ok wrong circumstances, you can hate them too.
Think about all the characters in literature that started out antagonists.
In reading or watching a play or a movie , it is sometimes clear as day to the audience that these two people who quibble and harp and sometimes even hurt each other or go to great lengths to make each others lives difficult are really attracted to each other. And then of course there is the opposite where there are in unending love and end up hating – War of the Roses Comes to Mind.
You watch these two people and how they try to destroy each other and you just want to say but …but ….. you love each other.
I mean with feeling, vehemently with foot stamping, possible tears from the overwhelm of emotion going on I HATE YOU!
Well it means we are still passionate about each other. It means it still matters.
If it still matters is it worth trying to come to the middle?
I can fathom a love/hate relationship. Same side of the color spectrum, a few shades of gray in between the passion, depth, limitlessness, expansiveness the feeling it – the commitment to it. The words are just to make it easy yet they make it hard.
A disorder of the emotions, being ruled but how you feel and having that change unexpectedly at any moment, being on a roller coaster and the ups and downs of it, and loving someone who has their own issues that make love and hate normal, can really give you a new understanding of a love hate relationship. There is nothing weird about it.
I try to not act on the bad feeling when I feel it, as in not blurt out the I hate you, because it will pass.
I probably, because of that, don't say I love you enough.
It doesn't do the feeling justice. Sometimes I love you just isn't enough.
I feel you…would be weird but a more likely explanation.
My mom once told me when I was little girl that it isn't love that determines the success of a marriage, it is commitment.
Commitment is what allows you to, when you wake up one morning and look at the person next to you and say "what the hell am I doing with the this person?" to not act on those bad feelings, the gray areas.
Commitment is what keeps you there, and motivates you to find the middle.
How many people, acting on the gray area, the crossing of the fine line have tossed in the towel only to be devastated when the thoughts swing back to love.
It's when the feeling stops that there is no more care.
Love me or hate me, if they come from feeling me, I am ok with it because it means I matter.
I love you, I loooooooove you longtime!
I love you to my shiny Ginger Snaaaaap! forever and ever!
You've hit the nail on the head again Lizzie – Commitment – oh yes!
Ya know tho – that is one of the single most important things my mom told me and its something that you see examples of lack of daily so many people don't undersatnd that you can have not so great feelings about your partner and its ok… commitment is what keeps people together until it swings back to where it should be… seems so easy doesn;t it?
Agreed – it takes practice and a fairly rounded view of life to even attempt the commitment to one another for years and years. Enjoy your Sunday.
Dearest Lizzie, I have bipolar too, and was in two relationships with FIRE in them……I was always in a state of extreme, so much so that I couldn't even recognize when the other person was in gray……..and their gray lasted for a long time. Now I am in a relationship with commitment, and the Fire doesn't consume me or destroy me or blind me the way it used to. I get comfort from the mutual commitment, and my mate is level, I mean so level I could set a marble on them and it wouldn't budge. This frees me to be extreme, and he doesn't pull away, or react extreme, or get burned by my fire. He loves me, and unlike the others, doesn't try to change me or kill my fire. I am also old enough now to know that tomorrow will bring a new day and new state for me. I love him the way he is, and I love me the way I am.
Perfectly stated. I have often tried to explain to people why I do not hate those that have hurt me so horribly. You have done so beautifully.
Hate is an active emotion, it requires we pay attention and feed the emotion. Indifference on the other hand requires nothing at all.
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Daniel Thigpen, spokesman for the district, said that the district has a policy that allows the distribution of some fliers by email from organizations that want to publicize activities for students and families. But he said the district "tried to make clear to our staff and our families is that this is not a district- or school-sponsored event in any fashion." He said no students were required to participate.
Thigpen said when the request came in last week to advertise on behalf of the Focus on Family event, the district sought guidance from its legal counsel on the appropriateness of distributing the flier.
"At the recommendation of our attorneys, we distributed the flier because our legal counsel advised us that not doing so, given our practice of allowing outside groups to promote activities, could be potentially discriminatory," Thigpen said.
But Slovak, who is Jewish, said she believes the event threatened to marginalize her daughter, who would not have brought a Bible to school, since the family is putting the emphasis at home on Judaism.
She said her husband, who is Christian, planned to complain directly to trustees at the Thursday night school board meeting.
Thigpen said he fielded more than a dozen calls about the flier from parents.
Thigpen emphasized there were no activities planned around "bring your Bible to school day" and that teachers have not altered their instruction.
He said the district is walking a fine line between freedom of speech and separation of church and state.
Novella Coleman, an attorney with the ACLU of Northern California who specializes in issues of religious freedom and separation of church and state, said the district likely crossed that line.
Bill Lindelof: 916-321-1079, @Lindelofnews. Bee staff writer Hudson Sangree contributed to this report.


Injuries derailed what started out as a promising season last year for the Coupeville High School football team.
The Wolves won their first two games and three of the first five. From that point, the injuries — and losses — began to mount. Coupeville finished the season on a five-game losing streak.
The Wolves ended the year with five two-way starters sidelined, all skill players. Missing were the leading receiver and the top four running backs.
New coach Marcus Carr, who was named Northwest League Coach of the Year last season while leading Concrete to the conference title, is working to get the Wolves back to their winning ways.
"Our goal is to win league and make the playoffs," he said.
That league title would come in the freshly formed North Sound Conference where the Wolves join South Whidbey, Granite Falls, Sultan, King's and Cedar Park Christian-Bothell in the first year of the new alignment.
Carr added that it will be a successful season if Coupeville builds a winning record and qualifies for the postseason.
The Wolves' success will be centered upon a sturdy running game, which Carr labeled as the team's strength. The team's four leading rushers all return this season.
A lack of depth with just over 20 players is the team's greatest weakness, he added. Therefore, injuries could be even more devastating this fall if the Wolves can't stay healthy.
Carr will lean on eight returning lettermen to pace the Coupeville attack.
Back are seniors Chris Battaglia, Ryan Labrador, Shane Losey, Dane Lucero and Jake Pease; and juniors Gavin Knoblich, Andrew Martin and Sean Toomey-Stout.
Also back is senior Alex Turner, who returns to Coupeville after going to school at South Whidbey for several years, where he earned all-conference honors.
Toomey-Stout was leading the team in rushing (224 yards) and tackles (27) last year before missing the final five games with an injury.
"The team has been working hard and I am looking forward to having a great season," Carr said.
Coupeville (3-7 in 2017) starts the season with a non-league game at former Olympic League foe Port Townsend (3-7) at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31.
The first home game, another non-leaguer, is 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, when Vashon Island (2-8) visits.
Conference play begins when King's (3-7) comes to Mickey Clark Field at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28.


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namespace ospray {
namespace cpp {

struct PickResult
{
  bool hasHit{false};
  float worldPosition[3];
  Instance instance{(OSPInstance) nullptr};
  GeometricModel model{(OSPGeometricModel) nullptr};
  uint32_t primID{0};
};

class FrameBuffer : public ManagedObject<OSPFrameBuffer, OSP_FRAMEBUFFER>
{
 public:
  // NOTE(jda) - this does *not* create the underlying OSP object
  FrameBuffer() = default;

  FrameBuffer(int size_x,
      int size_y,
      OSPFrameBufferFormat format = OSP_FB_SRGBA,
      int channels = OSP_FB_COLOR);

  FrameBuffer(OSPFrameBuffer existing);

  void resetAccumulation() const;

  Future renderFrame(
      const Renderer &renderer, const Camera &camera, const World &world) const;

  PickResult pick(const Renderer &renderer,
      const Camera &camera,
      const World &world,
      float screenPos_x,
      float screenPos_y) const;

  void *map(OSPFrameBufferChannel channel) const;
  void unmap(void *ptr) const;
  void clear() const;
  float variance() const;
};

static_assert(sizeof(FrameBuffer) == sizeof(OSPFrameBuffer),
    "cpp::FrameBuffer can't have data members!");

// Inlined function definitions ///////////////////////////////////////////

inline FrameBuffer::FrameBuffer(
    int size_x, int size_y, OSPFrameBufferFormat format, int channels)
{
  ospObject = ospNewFrameBuffer(size_x, size_y, format, channels);
}

inline FrameBuffer::FrameBuffer(OSPFrameBuffer existing)
    : ManagedObject<OSPFrameBuffer, OSP_FRAMEBUFFER>(existing)
{}

inline void FrameBuffer::resetAccumulation() const
{
  ospResetAccumulation(handle());
}

inline Future FrameBuffer::renderFrame(
    const Renderer &renderer, const Camera &camera, const World &world) const
{
  return ospRenderFrame(
      handle(), renderer.handle(), camera.handle(), world.handle());
}

inline PickResult FrameBuffer::pick(const Renderer &renderer,
    const Camera &camera,
    const World &world,
    float screenPos_x,
    float screenPos_y) const
{
  PickResult res;

  OSPPickResult pick;
  ospPick((OSPPickResult *)&pick,
      handle(),
      renderer.handle(),
      camera.handle(),
      world.handle(),
      screenPos_x,
      screenPos_y);

  if (pick.hasHit) {
    res.hasHit = true;
    res.instance = Instance(pick.instance);
    res.model = GeometricModel(pick.model);
    res.primID = pick.primID;
    res.worldPosition[0] = pick.worldPosition[0];
    res.worldPosition[1] = pick.worldPosition[1];
    res.worldPosition[2] = pick.worldPosition[2];
  }

  return res;
}

inline void *FrameBuffer::map(OSPFrameBufferChannel channel) const
{
  return const_cast<void *>(ospMapFrameBuffer(handle(), channel));
}

inline void FrameBuffer::unmap(void *ptr) const
{
  ospUnmapFrameBuffer(ptr, handle());
}

inline void FrameBuffer::clear() const
{
  ospResetAccumulation(handle());
}

inline float FrameBuffer::variance() const
{
  return ospGetVariance(handle());
}

} // namespace cpp

OSPTYPEFOR_SPECIALIZATION(cpp::FrameBuffer, OSP_FRAMEBUFFER);

} // namespace ospray

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Baileys has launched a new vegan-friendly, dairy- and gluten-free alternative to their famous coffee-flavored liqueur, and the new drink is sure to be a hit for people with dietary restrictions.
According to the company's website, Baileys Almande Almondmilk Liqueur is "made from sweet almond oil and almond essence, cane sugar and purified water with a touch of real vanilla."
The liqueur is described as a "naturally light tasting spirit." Baileys suggests mixing the drink with coconut water and ice for a refreshing cocktail.
The number of calories in one serving is the same as a five-ounce glass of wine, and at 13% abv, the new vegan-friendly version has a 4% lower alcohol content than the original Baileys.
"We are excited to welcome spring with Baileys Almande, which offers the same quality and delicious flavor that people love about Baileys, but now in a dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegan option that we know many are thrilled to enjoy," said Alex Tomlin, senior vice president of Scotch Whisky and Reserve Brands at Diageo North America, in a statement.
Baileys Almande Almondmilk Liqueur is available nationwide and has also just been released to the Irish market this week!


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Classic albums featuring Carmine Appice
By Chris Burke
Fudge, Cactus and sexiness… it's the older Appice bro'
Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, Beck, Bogert & Appice
(Image credit: AKM-GSI/ /Splash News/Corbis)
Carmine Appice
One of the most influential rock drummers of all time (he's said to have even been an influence on John Bonham), Carmine Appice made his name with '60s psychedelic rockers Vanilla Fudge. With Fudge bassist Tim Bogert, he formed blues rockers Cactus, then the pair joined Jeff Beck in power trio Beck, Bogert and Appice.
In the '70s, his career took a seemingly unlikely turn when – having joined Rod Stewart's band, proceeded to pen one of Rod's biggest hits, the disco-infused 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?', and played on Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley's eponymous 1978 solo album. He's also recorded with everyone from Ted Nugent to Stanley Clarke and Pink Floyd, and toured with Ozzy on his Bark At The Moon tour. He is also an influential drum educator, having published his best-selling drum book The Realistic Rock Drum Method back in 1972.
Vanilla Fudge
Vanilla Fudge (1967)
Vanilla Fudge's debut album consists entirely of cover versions, in a psychedelic rock style that somehow works with the eclectic material on offer. Carmine's drums bring a blustering heaviness to lazily trippy versions of The Beatles' 'Ticket To Ride', Curtis Mayfield's 'People Get Ready' has massive cymbal washes and thunderous fills giving the Fudge's gospel rock treatment of the soul classic real pomposity. Other highlights include a drum-heavy version of Argent's 'She's Not There'. It's all Hammond organ jams and vocal harmonising, but Carmine's drums –particularly on the Holland/Dozier/Holland classic 'You Keep Me Hanging On' are right up in the mix, encouraging a generation of rockers to hit harder.
Key track: 'You Keep Me Hanging On'
Rock And Roll (1969)
This was the last album by the Fudge, and it's a more solid collection of tunes than some of their more concepty previous albums; the Fudge-penned 'Need Love' rocks like a maniac, cementing Carmine's reputation as a rock and roll drumming animal over the dancing bass, wailing guitar and wild Hammond.
A cover of the Carole King/Gerry Goffin penned 'I Can't Make It Alone' is surprisingly restrained, but still has Carmine's unique thunder behind it. 'Windmills Of Your Mind', famous for being used as the theme tune for the previous year's Steve McQueen flick 'The Thomas Crown Affair' is given a rather gloomy psychedelic workover by the Fudge, with an uncharacteristically stripped back drum part from Carmine.
Key track: 'Need Love'
Cactus (1970)
Vanilla Fudge bandmates Bogert and Appice were all set to team up with Jeff Beck, but plans were scuppered when Beck fractured his skull in a car accident, and was out of music for a year. Instead, Cactus was conceived.
Joined by former Detroit Wheels guitarist Jimmy McCarty the band took a real bluesy direction, and would go on to influence countless stoner and desert rock groups. Original material such as 'Let Me Swim', with a drum groove so heavy you'd think it would sink, sat alongside a cover of Mose Allison's 'Parchman Farm', where Carmine kicks things off with the mother of all lead-ins and his syncopated driving rhythms set the standard for all blues rock to come.
Key track: 'Parchman Farm'
Beck, Bogert & Appice
Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973)
Beck was already a household name, thanks to his work with the Jeff Beck Group and the Yardbirds, by the time he formed this hard rock supergroup with the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section.
Carmine gets hold of Stevie Wonder's super-funk track 'Superstition' and forces it to bow to the god of rock, uncompromisingly thundering with an uncompromisingly hard rock – though extremely groovy –drum part. 'Black Cat Moon' is a pounding blues groove; on 'Lady', Bogert's busy grooving bass spars with Beck's guitar genius while Appice backs it with an almost latin ride-bell part over some fast kick drum magic, punctuating the jazz-like interplay with rhythmic stabs right on cue.
Key track: 'Superstition'
Blondes Have More Fun (1978)
Rod the Mod's ninth album took him to the top of the charts as he played up his own, big-haired glam rock playboy image to the max. Most surprising was the disco groove of 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?', co-penned by Appice, on which Carmine lays down an archetypal four-to-the-floor Bee Gees groove while an Abba-esque keyboard part playfully camps everything up.
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India to double steel production in eight years to 240 MT: Scindia
The middle and small scale industries also play a major role in the steel sector, accounting for nearly 50-52 per cent production through their nearly 3,000 units, he said.
Jyotiraditya Scindia takes over additional charge of Ministry of Steel.
Stating that steel plays a major role in the country's economy, newly-appointed Union Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said India's steel production will double from the current 120 million tonnes to 240 million tonnes in the next eight years.
"In any country's economic development, steel makes an important contribution. Today India is the second largest producer of steel in the world with 120 MT production. I am confident that the target that we have set to double it to 240 MT in next eight years will be done," Scindia told reporters here, 24 hours after taking additional charge as the steel minister.
"I have taken charge of the steel ministry yesterday only and I am not the one who starts lecturing without understanding the sector. I will take some time to understand the ministry and the sector," Scindia added, while expressing gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders for reposing faith in him.
"I will ensure that the production of steel in the country will enhance by taking medium and small industries along with the large units," he said.
Scindia said steel plays a major role in industries like construction and automobiles.
When asked about his plans for the sector, Scindia said he will not comment until he discusses the matter with subject experts to understand the industry.
"I don't believe in making comments but on solid work. So far, only 24 hours are over of my taking over the charge and I am not aware of everything. Give me some time, as you have given me when I became the civil aviation minister," he said.
Scindia, who completed one year as civil aviation minister on Friday, highlighted his work in providing flight connectivity and investment in new airports.
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Glasgow mum sheds almost 10 stone and seven dress sizes to take trip of a lifetime
Bonnie Kilroy, 54, struggled to walk from Sauchiehall Street to Argyle Street but she has just returned from a trip to New York - walking miles everyday
A Glasgow mum-of-two has dropped an incredible seven dress sizes after changing her diet and lifestyle.
Bonnie Kilroy, 54, lost almost 10 stone and enjoyed a trip of a lifetime to New York, just two years after not being able to walk from Sauchiehall Street to Argyle Street.
The Bishopbriggs mum has spoken about her weight loss journey with Glasgow Live to inspire others.
After joining WW (formerly Weight Watchers) in January 2016 weighing 20st 8lbs, Bonnie worked hard with added motivation from her son and daughter to drop to a healthy 11 stone.
Woman slims down in time for dream wedding after Christmas tree picture 'saved her life'
Bonnie before
She said: "I decided it was time to lose weight for my health, as I was having real trouble walking any distance, being out of breath and uncomfortable. I would always park my car as close to my destination as possible, as I just couldn't walk very far.
"I had been a few times to WW over the years and always been successful, but as soon as I stopped attending meetings, the weight went back on plus more, this time I had to be in a different frame of mind - for my health.
Bonnie with her daughter before her weight loss
"Another reason for joining is that I was planning a visit to New York, and in my current state of health I would not have been able to walk far and enjoy the holiday."
Walking into the hall in Bishopbriggs, Bonnie felt nervous and after stepping on the scales was shocked to see just how much she weighed.
The 54-year-old's health had started to deteriorate, she has painful joints, was lethargic and suffered from Plantar Fasciitis - bad heel pain.
She added: "My son and daughter were very concerned about my state of health, but would never have said anything to me, but I knew what they were thinking, and I had to do it for them also. I was in the right frame of mind this time, and I definitely think is essential to being successful in losing weight.
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Bonnie with her daughter in New York
"I started to plan my meals and made much better choices. I used to eat all the wrong things, snack constantly on junk, and always chose high fat creamy versions of food.
I was now finding that I could eat a 3-course meal for less smartpoints than a Creme Egg."
After losing an initial eight-and-a-half-stone Bonnie was able to walk round New York city with her daughter pain free - something she didn't think she would be able to achieve.
And the biggest change? Dropping from a dress size 28 to a fabulous size 14.
What a transformation - Bonnie after
Bonnie added: "I know wear half the clothes size I use to wear. I have definitely made my son and daughter proud, as they do every day with their own achievements, and this feels amazing to say."
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After Ending Obama-era Commission, Justice Department Announces New Forensic Science Review
Some criminal justice groups worry the group will not be independent.
C.J. Ciaramella | 8.14.2017 9:15 AM
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The Justice Department is forming a new working group to create uniform standards for forensic science evidence used in trials, but criminal defense organizations worry the new in-house group will lack independence.
"The Department of Justice believes that when the adversarial American legal system functions as intended—including through the support of trained forensic examiners and legal practitioners educated on best forensics practices—justice is advanced," Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said in a statement last Monday. "The Department is fully committed to examining and strengthening forensic science despite efforts in the courtroom and elsewhere to reject reliable and admissible forensic evidence."
In April, the Justice Department chose not to renew the charter of the National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS), an independent review group formed by the Obama administration. The commission grew out of the challenge nationally to the validity of common forensic methods such as bite-mark and hair analysis used to convict defendants. The FBI revealed in 2015 that two dozen investigators in its hair analysis unit had given flawed testimony in hundreds of cases.
The NCFS—made up of career prosecutors, forensics experts, and criminal defense groups—made recommendations on discovery practices and professional conduct codes that were later adopted by local, state, and federal crime labs. After the NCFS ended, the Justice Department solicited public comment on how to continue advancing forensic science. The department received more than 250 comments from academics, scientists, and forensic groups, many of them urging the department to continue the NCFS' work.
Rosenstein has tapped Ted Hunt, a former state prosecutor and member of the NCFS, to head the new working group. Hunt is expected to consult outside experts for the group's work.
Some criminal justice organizations are concerned the new working group will be totally under the umbrella of the Justice Department. Glinda Cooper, director of science and research at the Innocence Project, an organization that works to exonerate the wrongly convicted, says "it's disappointing that it's going to be such an insular effort as opposed to the broader and more diverse number of stakeholders.
"It's good that they are moving ahead on something that's truly important, but it's worrisome that the effort might not be as fruitful as it could be."
Vanessa Antoun, senior resource counsel at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, says the NACDL is encouraged to see the review continuing, but hopes that the working group will involve independent scientists.
"The point is lawyers on both sides are not the appropriate individuals to determine what is valid scientific evidence," Antoun says. "Thus the importance of an independent group with open scientific debate."
Last September under the Obama administration, the President's Council of Advisors on Science report found that reviews of several commonly used forensic methods such as analysis of hair, bitemarks, and shoe-prints "have revealed a dismaying frequency of instances of use of forensic evidence that do not pass an objective test of scientific validity."
In the case of bite mark evidence, the report stated that "available scientific evidence strongly suggests that examiners not only cannot identify the source of bite mark with reasonable accuracy, they cannot even consistently agree on whether an injury is a human bite mark."
The Justice Department, however, has been resistant to calls for much stricter evidence standards and independent crime labs. Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch's department rejected recommendations by the White House science council to require expert witnesses to disclose error rates in their testimony and, where methods haven't been scientifically verified, disqualify them.
Bite mark evidence has yet to barred from any court in the U.S. and continues to be used to convict criminal defendants. At least 25 people convicted based on bite-mark evidence were later exonerated, according to The Innocence Project.
One of those exonerees, John Harward, testified at the NCFS's last meeting in April.
"It's not right. Why's it still around?" Harward said of bite mark evidence. "Just this year there's been two people, like me, who've gotten out. Explain to me, what does it take to admit that this stuff's all crap?"
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Charles Easterly
August.14.2017 at 9:20 am
Let's trust government employees rather than independent professionals…. surely nothing could go wrong.
colorblindkid
"Let's spend money on an independent committee and then ignore their findings" is peak government.
Jerryskids
"The Department is fully committed to examining and strengthening forensic science despite efforts in the courtroom and elsewhere to reject reliable and admissible forensic evidence."
Don't worry, you'll still get a fair trial before we hang you.
Rat on a train
August.14.2017 at 10:24 am
Sentence first, then trial.
If it's already reliable and admissible, why the commitment to examining and strengthening it? Maybe because of the overwhelming dogshit forensics that's been going on for decades?
Yes, curse those dastardly defense lawyers who try to keep such forensic evidence out of a trial.
$park? leftist poser
If it doesn't involve spinning some test tubes in a centrifuge for a couple hours, it's not real forensics.
Look, grandpa, they don't use centrifuges these days, they've got an "enhance" button that does it all.
Don't look at me.
It's next to the easy button.
Cynical Asshole
they've got an "enhance" button that does it all.
Just print the damn thing!
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August.14.2017 at 12:12 pm
That's too high-falutin. I still believe that forensics should mostly rely on detectives' hunches.
loveconstitution1789
The "Lie Detector" is still used by police and government. Science is not the government's forte.
Their goal isn't truth, it's to have a solid conviction rate. Once you admit that, many of the flawed techniques begin to make sense. You'll notice the issue is always with too many false positives, not too many false negatives.
Hugh Akston
I'm confident that we can trust Jeff Sessions and his panel of prosecutors and professional expert witnesses to reach reasonable, science-supported conclusions about the validity of forensic medicine.
I completely and unreservedly agree with you, Hugh.
A man who wanted to pass legislation that would assign the Death Penalty to second-time users of marijuana clearly has the insight that could only possessed be a mind honed by objectivity and a life-long devotion to systematic empirical evidence.
You mean laws regarding penalties that were created before Trump assumed office?
If we only had a means of issuing professional licenses…………….
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How to tell if this review is serious:
If Eric S. Lander is part of the team, then it is serious.
If he is not, then it is –I was gonna say a joke, but it's not a joke, it's a deadly-serious danger to the liberty of all Americans.
(Look up Eric S. Lander if you do not know who he is; you will understand why this single criterion is enough to determine whether or not the review-team is serious.)
Yeah, I saw Eric posting in the Charlottesville thread this weekend.
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Designed to take fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings deeper into the myths and legends of Middle-earth The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkiens world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. This pivotal work features the revised, corrected text and includes, by way of an introduction, a fascinating letter written by Tolkien in 1951 in which he gives a full explanation of how he conceived the early Ages of Middle-earth.
Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Unfinished Tales
The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth centurys most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalfs lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan. Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkiens son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his fathers writings.
Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Lays of Beleriand (History Middle-Earth)
The third volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkiens epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. This, the third volume of The History of Middle-earth, gives us a priviledged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkiens world - those of Turien and Luthien. The first of the poems is the unpublished Lay of The Children of Hurin, narrating on a grand scale the tragedy of Turin Turambar. The second is the moving Lay of Leithian, the chief source of the tale of Beren and Luthien in The Silmarillion, telling of the Quest of the Silmaril and the encounter with Morgoth in his subterranean fortress. Accompanying the poems are commentaries on the evolution of the history of the Elder Days. Also included is the notable criticism of The Lay of The Leithian by CS Lewis, who read the poem in 1929.
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A reflection of the customs, ideas, and aspirations of the time via still lifes. The still life, the most primordial of painting subjects, had its peak between the late Middle Ages and the 17th century. In this book, Norbert Schneider explores the still lifes insights into changes of mentality and philosophy as well as its role in the history of scientific discoveries and the gradual replacement of the medieval concept of the world. About the author: Norbert Schneider (b. 1945) is Professor of Art History at the University of Karlsruhe. His research focuses on art history of the Middle Ages and early modern times (and the history of genres of painting) the methodology of art studies, and the history of philosophy. His numerous books include TASCHENs The Art of the Portrait: Masterpieces of European Portrait Painting, 1420-1670 and Jan Vermeer: The Complete Paintings.
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William Pulsford the younger
1813 - 1st Sep 1879
Claimant or beneficiary
Son of William Pulsford (1772-17 December 1833) and grandson of Robert Pulsford the elder (both of whom q.v.). At 11 Hyde Park Terrace in 1844 [OBS]. It is unclear whether he had any mercantile activity, but he left £350,000 in 1879. A number of the claims and awards shown in his name might have been from his late father's firm.
The father, William Pulsford is in Rubinstein (reference 1834/17, died 17 December 1833, leaving £250,000 PROB 11/1828 01/02/1834); Robert Pulsford = 1836/33 (probated 20/01/1836, PROB 11/1856 leaving £450,000). Rubinstein has very little about them, describing them as wine merchants of Great St Helens, apparently brothers and positing William's father as probably Robert Pulsford. William Pulsford of St Helens married Martha Hobson by license 02/11/1805 at Tottenham All Hallows.
Baptism of William Pulsford, son of William and Martha Pulsford of Stamford Hill, at St John Hackney 20/08/1813 (born 04/12/1812). Will of William Pulsford late of 11 Hyde Park Terrace who died 01/09/1879 at Southill Park Brackness, proven by Alfred Latham of 23 Norfolk Street the surviving executor 06/02/1880, personal estate under £350,000.
A Robert Pulsford (probably the brother of William) who died 03/06/1888 of 6 Upper Belgrave Street and of Pitt in the parish of Hennock Devon proved by Charles Seale Hayne of 3 Eaton Sq., and Frederick William Allfrey of Stanbury near Reading surviving executors, personal estate £192,468 3s 5d, resworn August 1888 £194,068 3s 5d. A Robert Pulsford was also an MP for Hereford in 1841, [giving his address as 11 Hyde Park Terrace]. Robert Pulsford, son of William and Martha Pulsford, was baptised 21/04/1815 at St John Hackney.
In 1851, William Pulsford aged 38 born Clapton was staying at Wakefield House Berks with the Allfreys.
As far as William Pulsford's award with John Bainbridge for the Aleppo estate in Jamaica is concerned, documents in the Durham Record Office (for property in England) associate Robert and William Pulsford of Great St Helens as trustees of Mark Milbank in transfers c. 1830 involving Elizabeth Bainbridge, widow of George Bainbridge merchant of London. The catalogue identifies John Bainbridge of Park Crescent, Portland Place as son and heir of George Bainbridge.
William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume One 1809-1839 (London, Social Affairs Unit, 2009); http://www.mickbruff.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/highroad/allhallows/marriages/marriages_1101.html.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1880.
National Probate Calendar 1888; Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database online].
1851 census online.
Durham County Record Office, Miscellaneous Documents, Refs. D/X 1312/24, D/X 1312/25-58, D/X 1312/25.
Absentee?
British/Irish
Wealth at death
Associated Claims (7)
Antigua 24 (Mount Pleasant)
£1,842 17s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Administrator)
Antigua 365 (Blizard's)
£1,246 18s 11d
Jamaica St Mary 25 (Aleppo Estate)
£3,952 3s 4d
Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 192 (Sunning Hill Estate)
Awardee (Assignee)
Montserrat 42 (Webbs)
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Assignee)
Montserrat 178
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual)
Tobago 27 (Orange Valley)
£952 1s 6d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
1833 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Aleppo Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
Railway Investment
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth [1845203]
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin [1846524]
Alfred Latham
William Pulsford the elder
Robert Pulsford the elder
Robert Pulsford the younger
11 Hyde Park Terrace, London, Middlesex, London, England
'William Pulsford the younger', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/20796 [accessed 29th January 2023].


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North Canton, OH – January 30, 2013 – Ameridial, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare call center services, announced today the successful completion of its SSAE 16 Type II audit. The audit was conducted by an independent accounting firm who performed an extensive review and testing of Ameridial's business processes and controls.
Also known as the second-generation data center audit standard, SSAE 16 Type II audits have replaced SAS 70 type II audits as the benchmark compliance report for organizations that have to abide by privacy and security regulations.
"Maintaining excellent customer service and operational controls have always been hallmarks of Ameridial and meeting the benchmarks required by the new SSAE 16 standard are a big validation of this," said Richard Smalley, CIO at Ameridial. "Having SSAE 16 certification is essential for doing business with our Health Plan and Provider partners. It clearly demonstrates Ameridial's commitment to protecting personal health information on behalf of our clients."
For the SSAE 16 Type II certification, Ameridial was audited extensively in the following areas:
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Mother thinks teen is missing out by dating over the phone by Abigail Van Buren | November 30, 2018 at 3:00 a.m.
DEAR ABBY: I am a 17-year-old girl who has been in a long-distance relationship for two years. We're still in high school and actively involved in sports and extracurricular activities. During the fall months I cheer, and in the winter months he plays basketball. Our schedules only really allow for texting and FaceTiming rather than going out.
Although our time is spent communicating on the phone, I feel we have a strong connection, and I am devoted to him. However, my mom is concerned "because I'm not dating and taking advantage of opportunities that could come with dating someone closer." She criticizes him nonstop and thinks he's making excuses and avoiding a commitment. She'd like to see me going out and having fun with someone like most girls my age do.
I don't think he's making excuses, and I don't feel as though I'm missing out on any opportunities. This disagreement is causing an issue between my mom and me. I feel that he's The One, but Mom is finding it challenging to accept this. I would love to hear your advice. -- FAR, BUT CLOSE, IN MICHIGAN
DEAR F. BUT C.: You may feel that this young man is "The One", but your mother has a point. Please listen to her. Rather than sit home every night because you are devoted only to him, you should socialize and develop nonromantic relationships. It wouldn't be betraying him. Most young people go out in groups, and that's what you should be doing. This may be what your mother is trying to convey rather than saying he isn't The One.
Also, you and this young man have years of education to complete before you'll be in a position to formalize your relationship. While you are doing that, both of you will meet new people and be offered opportunities that may broaden your horizons. Think about it.
DEAR ABBY: For the past two years, my husband, "Dennis," has worked Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. He's in a business where he doesn't have to be the only one to work these holidays. He volunteers to do it because of the tips and holiday pay. When I walked into the office today, I saw a note he had written to his boss asking to work both holidays again.
Years ago when my father was alive, he hosted Christmas Eve for our family. Then the tradition was handed down to me, and I proudly hosted them. Now that Dennis and I are together, our place is too small, so I asked my son to do it and he gladly agreed.
My problem is, I will have to go to my son's alone again for Christmas Eve, and my son and daughter-in-law feel insulted because Dennis won't come for the holidays. How do I deal with this? -- HUSBANDLESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AGAIN
DEAR HUSBANDLESS: It appears you and Dennis have been married only a short time. Was he like this when you were dating? If the answer is no, it's time to ask him if he intends to continue working holidays indefinitely. And when you do, let him know that his refusal to spend family time with your son and daughter-in-law hurts their feelings as well as yours.
If that doesn't convince him to compromise, you will have to explain to your son and his wife that Dennis prefers to work rather than attend holiday celebrations and to please not take it personally because it's not personal.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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Where You Can Donate Funds to Support Ukraine
World Central Kitchen, Synetic Theater, Bayou Bakery's David Guas and others are bolstering humanitarian relief efforts amid the ongoing Russian assault.
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Among the many local businesses and organizations supporting humanitarian relief in Ukraine is Synetic Theater, hosting a benefit show April 29. "As artists, we're doing what we can to help," says co-founder Paata Tsikurishvili. (Image courtesy of Synetic Theater)
Updated 3:56 p.m., April 28, 2022
If you've been looking for ways to support the people of Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion but aren't sure how to make an impact, here are some good places to start.
On Feb. 28, the Arlington County Board announced a resolution in support of Arlington's sister city in Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk—which has enjoyed a decade-long relationship with Arlington and was struck by missiles in a recent assault on its airport. In early March, the Arlington Sister City Association (ASCA) released a list of recommended organizations accepting donations for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. Here are those nonprofits, as well as several local businesses getting involved in fundraising efforts.
Razom
Meaning "together" in Ukrainian, Razom is providing humanitarian aid that includes medical supplies for the nation's hospitals.
Nova Ukraine
The nonprofit provides medical supplies for soldiers, as well as food and other necessities for civilians.
Ukrainian National Women's League of America
Based in New York, UNWLA supports Ukraine through humanitarian aid, social-welfare projects, cultural programs and education initiatives.
International Rescue Committee
The IRC is one of the primary organizations helping resettle Ukrainian refugees in the United States.
The humanitarian organization founded by D.C. chef José Andrés is feeding refugees at Ukraine's border with Poland, serving more than 37,000 meals to date.
Irina (left) and Paata Tsikurishvili, co-founders of Synetic Theater, fled Georgia during the fall of the Soviet Union. (Photo courtesy of Synetic Theater)
A growing number of local businesses and organizations are also supporting Ukraine with fundraising:
United Help Ukraine Show at Synetic Theater
On April 29, attend a benefit performance of The Servant of Two Masters and selections from Lyrica Classic's Prayer for Peace. All proceeds will support United Help Ukraine, a nonprofit providing medical supplies to the nation's armed forces and humanitarian aid to Ukrainians who have been displaced by the Russian invasion.
Synetic's co-founders, Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, left their native Georgia amid the fall of the Soviet Union.
"As artists, we're doing what we can to help," says Paata Tsikurishvili. "Synetic, after all, is a company not just of immigrants, but refugees, with members from all over the world. We understand what's going on and can relate. So this is our war too, our fight, and we're joining it in the best way we know how. There's no other choice."
Shop Made in VA
Purchase items from the #makeforukraine collection at Shop Made in Virginia or D.C., and a percentage of proceeds will support World Central Kitchen.
The Community Spoon-Ukraine
Bayou Bakery chef and RAMMY Good Neighbor Award winner David Guas forged The Community Spoon in 2021 to provide food to Afghan refugees; now he is extending a hand to Ukrainian refugees, raising funds to support food assistance (alongside Andres and chef Marc Murphy) along the country's border with Poland.
Chef David Guas' The Community Spoon is raising funds to support food assistance for Ukrainian refugees. (Image courtesy of Bayou Bakery)
Past campaigns and events:
Northern Virginia Clothing Drive
Starting March 23, the Northern Virginia Regional Commission will launch a clothing drive for Ukrainian refugees, with drop-off locations in Arlington, Falls Church, McLean, Alexandria and other local jurisdictions. New and gently used coats, as well as new socks, gloves and blankets, are requested. Donations should be made by April 15.
Northside Social Fundraiser
From 3-6 p.m. on March 27, ASCA joined forces with Northside Social to host an afternoon of beer, food and live Ukrainian folk music at the cafe's Arlington location. The venue donated a portion of proceeds to World Central Kitchen and the International Red Cross. ASCA is also promoting donations to Let Ukraine Win, a volunteer organization based in Ivano-Frankivsk that sprang up just days after the Russian invasion.
#ChefsForUkraine Fundraising Dinner
Chefs Stopping AAPI Hate (co-founded by Lucky Danger's Tim Ma and Hot Lola's Kevin Tien) worked with a dozen D.C.-area chefs to host a ten-course dinner at Moon Rabbit in D.C. on March 21. All revenue from the meal, which cost $500 a seat, with an optional $200 wine pairing, supported World Central Kitchen's relief efforts in Ukraine.
Taco Bamba
On March 16, this taco emporium (with a Ballston storefront among its several locations) donated a portion of proceeds to the World Central Kitchen relief efforts in Ukraine.
One More Page Books
The Arlington independent book shop donated 10% of its sales during the first week of March to World Central Kitchen relief efforts, raising more than $1300.
Sparrow Room
The weekend of March 5-6, the new speakeasy-style dim sum restaurant in Westpost participated in an emergency bake sale from Bakers Against Racism, a fundraising operation founded by three D.C. pastry chefs that's billed as "unofficially the world's largest bake sale raising over $2.5 million for social justice causes worldwide." Sparrow Room donated a portion of proceeds from its char siu bao to Red Cross Ukraine.
This list will continually be updated. Got a local business or organization we should add? Tell us at editorial@arlingtonmagazine.com.


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July 24, 2015 | Lynchburg, Va.
Liberty senior forward Kyle Garcia chases after the puck during a sweep of then-No. 3-ranked Minot State, Feb. 20 in the regular-season series finale in the LaHaye Ice Center.
Season tickets for Liberty University's ACHA Division I men's hockey team's home games in the LaHaye Ice Center, currently undergoing a major expansion that will double the number of seats and include 10 private suites, are now on sale online through the Liberty Ticket Office.
Single game tickets will not be made available until Oct. 19 at 9 a.m., prior to the Oct. 23 home opener against Davenport, the first game of the annual best-of-three Blue & Gray Cup. The Flames will host 19 of their 33 games in the arena throughout the 2015-16 season. Liberty's first homestand, from Oct. 23 through Nov. 14, will feature eight games against ACHA DI powers Davenport, Ohio (Oct. 30-31), Stony Brook (Nov. 6-7), and 2012 national champion Delaware (Nov. 13-14). The Flames will conclude their regular season Feb. 19-20 at home against 2013 national champion Minot State, a team they swept at home in the final two games last season.
The expanded arena will include a standing area directly behind one of the goals reserved for students to gather to generate noise from a close vantage point on top of the ice.
"This will be fantastic place to watch a college hockey game," Flames Head Coach Kirk Handy said. "The atmosphere will be unbelievable."
Liberty will open its season Sept. 18 at the Potomac Panthers in Woodbridge, Va., and will play its first five games on the road, starting its ACHA DI slate Oct. 2-3 at Minot State.
Contact the Liberty Ticket Office at (434) 582-SEAT (7328) or order tickets online.
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Inform your relatives in Switzerland as soon as you can. You also need moral support in this situation, not just medical assistance. Your relatives at home can also take care of urgent matters for you which can be dealt with from Switzerland.
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