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Security surveillance video from cameras in homes, government buildings, roadways, intersections, retail shops, and corporate offices — as well as body-worn police officer cameras and car-mounted dash cam video recordings –- are showing up as digital evidence in courts, hearings, and insurance investigations. An incredible number of cases have some connection to audio, images, video, and GPS related evidence found on smartphones. And most recently, drone evidence has also come onto the scene.
Across the country, audio and video evidence is playing a huge role in civil and criminal investigations, mediations, and trials.
Video is everywhere.
Recorded audio and video devices capture activity that ends up being used as digital media evidence in courts and requires a reliable forensic video and audio expert to analyze the files, provide a reliable chain of evidence, and explain this evidence in court to a judge or jury.
In addition, automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) are capturing cars as they travel within a city, over bridges, in malls, through national parks, and across the country. See our report on license plate readers back in 2012. ALPRs are even installed on street sweepers. You're being watched… Here is an article we wrote in 2013 about lawsuits being brought in California claiming invasion of privacy.
One of the first public surveillance security camera networks was installed in New York's Time Square in the early 1970's. By May 2000 there were, by one count, 131 cameras. Today, the area directly around Time Square is saturated with surveillance cameras, with estimates ranging from 750 to 1000 cameras!
The first major citywide surveillance camera installations were in England, where CCTV video security camera evidence helped most notably in the 2005 London subway and bus bombings to quickly find suspects and prevent future terrorist attacks. That success helped the use of security surveillance cameras to become more acceptable, both in England and around the world. Today in England there is estimated to be more than 1.85 million cameras; that's one camera for every 32 Britons. The average person in England on a typical day is estimated to be recorded 70 times. When authorities in any of the big cities in England find a spot of earth that is not being recorded, they install a new camera.
The capture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was also successful due to the proliferation of surveillance cameras. The FBI coordinated resources across the country to review and enhance video evidence, publicize the attackers, and find leads. This encouraged other U.S. cities to expand their security camera coverage.
Large cities across the U.S. have spent millions on high-definition surveillance security camera systems in the interest of deterring both general crime and to detect, stop, and solve terrorist attacks. Cities such as New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and Chicago have installed enormous citywide security surveillance camera systems. For example, Chicago has a network of 15,000 CCTV surveillance cameras (and growing), San Francisco's bus system and the system in Boston (and may other cities too) record audio and video of its passengers with live streaming of all the captured data to Homeland Security, and the Los Angeles Police Department is now having all their officers wear body worn video cameras while they are on patrol.
In Las Vegas, taxi cabs are equipped with video security cameras. These recordings are stored for at least a month and often longer. What happens in Vegas really does stay in Vegas!
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There's something I need to discuss with you, something that's been tearing me apart for a while. It's hard to talk about, especially given how many [weeks/months/years] we've spent cuddling up together. Still, I believe in us. There may be some heated discussion about the details, but in the end I am positive that we're emotionally mature enough to come to some sort of mutually beneficial arrangement.
Darling, I think it's time we started seeing other TV shows. Separately. Alone.
Please, don't think of this as some kind of judgment on our couch-based relationship. There's nothing I love on a cold winter's evening more than snuggling up with you and our [puppy/kitten/stuffed animal/small human], building a little fort out of pillows and blankies, [making popcorn/nuking the last of that great takeout], retrieving the remote from its traditional burial place somewhere deep in the cushions, and blasting through a season of our show — you know, the one we started watching when we first got together.
That doesn't have to change. I promise that I will never, ever, watch a new episode of [The Good Place/Doctor Who/Better Call Saul/Great British Baking Show/etc.] without you at my side. That's our show, and it's sacred.
But beyond that, well, we need to talk about how many shows are really ours. Remember that time I started watching [Parks and Rec/Atlanta/Girls/Sons of Anarchy/Outlander/The Crown/Jane the Virgin] out of curiosity, or because people at work keep mentioning it? And you came into the den halfway through episode 2 or 3 and decided you liked it, too?
That's not really our show, not by default. It's my show, I was watching it for watercooler cred purposes, then you piggybacked on it, slowing my progress through those long seasons way the heck down. I'm happy you're enjoying it as well, but we never had the discussion about officially watching it together.
So really, you had no right to pout and give me the sad eyes just because I snuck in a quick episode while you were at [the gym/the dog park/band practice]. No fair making me feel like I cheated on you! I mean, almost nothing happened in that episode!
Here's the thing: We both know there's more good stuff to watch today than in all of TV history. They talk about the Golden Age of television; perhaps we should call it the Golden Glut. There's way too much to get through just to feel like you're a functioning member of society, conversant in modern culture, able to hold your own at a dinner party.
I mean, I'm in my [20s/30s/40s] already, and I find myself wondering things like "am I going to die without ever having made it all the way to the end of [Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Breaking Bad/The Wire]?"
Not that you intended this, of course. But my Netflix queue has become a stagnant pool of shows that I don't feel comfortable watching alone because it might piss you off, or shows that I'm wary to even start watching because you might want to piggyback on them. The more my friends recommend shows I absolutely must watch, the larger and more stagnant this pool grows.
Now, on those evenings when you're [working late/out with friends] and it's just me and the remote, I find myself watching some inoffensive and relatively mindless network show like [CSI/Real Housewives/Grey's Anatomy/Gotham/Good News], just because there's less of an expectation that we watch that sort of thing together. If it happens to be broadcast live, I can get away with watching it alone, it seems.
Which is fine, but sometimes I get to the end of the [45 minutes/1 hour with ads] and wonder what the hell I just watched. That's the way our parents' generation lived: TV as wallpaper. I believe we can and should do better. Life is short, and I'd like us to practice more intentional, mindful viewing.
1. Classic shows are fair game. If a given show has ended, or was cancelled, there's no way we can catch up and get to the best part of being a fan — watching it together [weekly/when a new season drops]. If one of us starts watching [The West Wing/The Sopranos/The Office], the default position is that we get to watch it without the other.
2. More remote or time-shifted viewing. If you or I go away on a business trip, that doesn't have to stop the flow of our favorite shows. We can watch at the same time, maybe with each other on FaceTime, maybe just texting our reactions back and forth. I'd love that!
Or, given increasingly hectic schedules, we can watch at our own pace — screening the same episode at different times in the evening, maybe even on different days. The caveat here, of course, is that we pledge not to discuss spoilers until we're caught up. A deep, mature long-term relationship should be able to handle this sort of thing.
3. If one of us spends most of our time second-screening, it's no longer our show. Admit it — there was that time we were watching [Battlestar Galactica/Westworld/Seinfeld], and you were looking more at your smartphone than you were at the TV screen.
Not that there's anything wrong with that! It seems most of us actually enjoy second-screening, as it is usually called. (We enjoy it so much, according to a new study by marketing firm a.ki, that 59 percent of people are actually more receptive to mobile ads when the TV is on in the background).
But to the extent that second-screening is an expression of mild disinterest in the show on offer, I suggest we also count it as a vote that we watch it alone going forward.
4. We only watch the best episode together. One boon of the Golden Age of TV: Even though there's more to see, there are more guides to shows available online. If we start watching some monster of a show that lasts six seasons or more, chances are there's a website that will tell us which ones we can happily skip.
If we agree on this list beforehand, that gives us much more room to maneuver! I can be a completist, watching every single episode and catching you up on details you missed, and you can have the confidence that I won't blast past an important, plot-rich masterpiece without you. Or vice-versa. Everyone wins.
If we get this right, a degree of independence in our viewing will actually benefit us as a couple. Suddenly we have twice the amount of labor to plough through the endless fields of golden TV. If we're at a dinner party and someone asks me what I thought of [Deep Space Nine/Deadwood/Downton Abbey], and I haven't seen it, there will be more of a chance that you have. I'll squeeze your hand, you'll take over the conversation, and my cultural ignorance will go undiscovered. My hero!


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I believe that it is a school's top priority is to provide an opportunity for all students to acquire a quality education that is second to none in a safe, nurturing, and productive environment. It is also imperative that school administrators provide the necessary tools and resources for teachers so they can excel in the classroom to foster increased levels of mastery for improved student learning.
I believe that students require an educational paradigm that is based on extensive research and sound learning theories. Thinking about our future in education has led me to draw general conclusions about school, and particular conclusions about teaching and learning; that are very much in consonance with these new learning standards. As an administrator, I will work collaboratively with all stakeholders of the community to create schools that effectively meet the needs of students in the twenty-first century.
All schools should be child centered, providing opportunities for student inquiry within the framework of a clearly articulated, developmentally appropriate, K-12 curriculum. Classrooms and schools should be models of democracy where children are given the foundation for life in a democratic society. Students need to learn that each of us has a responsibility to contribute to the common good. Students should be connected to us, to each other, and to the world around them. They should be given the skills and knowledge that will assist them to compete successfully in the world of work.
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"Everything can be hacked. And everyone."
The retrowave-inspired city of Arcadia suffers from a turf war fueled by mysterious motivations.
A collection of Souls bound together by the city's sordid history are about to have their lives flipped upside-down when the truth is revealed.
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You should be smiling, too.
You're going to be free.
Hedwyn and the Reader speak of home, and one of them returns to it.
The world goes on; love endures even in the last slumber.
The Reader has a few choice words about Volfred's manner of addressing him. Volfred is finding that returning to the blackwagon is not like coming home. Tariq will take what he can get.
Volfred mourns and Tariq waits.
Jodariel finds herself wrapped up in a new training regime.
There's one Janitor brave enough to work in the Sahrian Library.
There is a melody beyond his hearing but felt in his veins. It's a distant thing, meaningless in this place between deepest darkness and star's light.
A small F/O February piece written last year.
When Hedwyn reunited with Jodariel in the Downside, he found her much changed by the trials of her exile, and set out to restore her good spirits before it was too late.
While Tariq wanders, Celeste guards the Gate, alone with nobody to share her song with.
Home awaits, but what is time to the Scribes' Heralds? They have journeyed long but the end of the road can wait as long as necessary.
The stars showed no path that Bertrude had not already chosen for herself.
Sometimes mercy and forgiveness are forged in the bonds you make with those you love.
A few glimpses of the relationship between Sandra and her lovely Reader over the years.
The Reader is lying down in the Sandfolds after an unpleasant trip down the Sclorian river when a group that refers themselves as the Chastity stops and rescues her. Now, as their designated Reader, she is supposed to carry them through the Rites for a chance at liberation from the Downside. Will she be able to do that in a triumvirate composed by former members of the Commonwealth upper class, who think that the only way of winning is by bending the rules and bribing their opponents?
Some Reader/Archjustice fluff because I hardly see anything with this paring apart from spare friendship in other fics.
Reader isn't gendered since i know you can choose either pronouns and I like to make sure all groups can enjoy my works, hope you guys enjoy.
Volfred Sandalwood's first day as a Reader sure happened.
The Liberation Rites are over, and all that remain are Barker's imitation, which draws in the crowds every match.
Lendel, a man who knew Banishment Sickness too well, complains about his lack of nimbleness.
Manley, a Sap who was quick on his (root)feet, offers to teach him.
Inside the Blackwagon is a White Lute, owned by the Minstrel.
He has a song for everyone.


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We have also observed that inside the theme, they have overrided the swatch-renderer.js file and renderer.phtml file. We also try to debug them. But our doubt is if the problem is in these file, then the swatches must not come on page load also. There must be something to do with ajax call.
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Cambridge American History Seminar 2019-20
Seminars will be held on Mondays at 5:00pm in either the Knox Shaw Room, or The Old Library, Sidney Sussex College, unless otherwise stated. Several of the seminars will be based on pre-circulated papers that will be made available two weeks prior to the seminar date.
All inquiries should be directed to Jonathan Goodwin, jmg216@cam.ac.uk, 01223 335317.
2019-2020 programme - print version
Lent Term
20 January (Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College):
Peter C. Mancall, 2019-2020 Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History, University of Oxford; Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities and Linda and Harlan Martens Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute, University of Southern California
The Origins of the American Economy
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27 January (Cripps Court Auditorium, Magdalene College):
Heather Thompson, 2019-2020 Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions, University of Cambridge, and Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
Pitt Professor Inaugural Lecture:
American Prison Uprisings and Why They Matter Today
3 February (Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College):
Emma Teitelman, Mellon Research Fellow in American History, University of Cambridge
Class and State in America's Greater Reconstruction
This paper will be pre-circulated
Commentator: Robert Lee, University of Cambridge
10 February (Old Library, Sidney Sussex College):
Axel Schäfer, Professor of American Studies, Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, University of Mainz, Germany
Social Movements, Immigration, and Welfare Policies in the U.S. between the World Wars
17 February (Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College):
Mario Del Pero, Professor of International History, Institut d'études politiques, Sciences Po, Paris
Ten Texan Evangelicals in Rome: Religion, Micro-History and the Early Cold War
Elisabeth Leake, Lecturer in International History, University of Leeds
US Responses to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1978-89
2 March (Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College):
Jonathan Daniel Wells, Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
The New York Kidnapping Club: Wall Street and Slavery before the Civil War
Rachel Herrmann, Lecturer in United States History, University of Cardiff
Settler Colonialism and the Problem with Water
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Julilly Kohler-Hausmann, Associate Professor of History, Cornell University
Voter Apathy, Suppression, and Fraud: Struggles Over U.S. Democracy in the Post-Voting Rights Era
4 May (Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College):
Margot Canaday, Associate Professor of History, Princeton University
"Trouble [Came] with Revolutionary Action": Gay Liberation and Work
11 May (Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College):
Jane Kamensky, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History and
Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below
Tiya Miles, Professor of History, Harvard University
Reconstructing Enslaved Women's Lives Through Objects
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State of the Field: French Atlantic Louisiana
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Q: Realtek 2800 wireless card DISABLED while not shown as blocked I recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop, but when I start up the computer the wireless doesn't work. I know this is a popular question, I did a search and people seems to have trouble with software/hardware block, or driver issue... But none of them seems applicable to me.
If I click on the network icon at the top right corner, it shows wireless as "disconnected" but it doesn't list available networks. If I uncheck/check the "Enable Wireless" option to reset, the option will stay as "disabled". If I uncheck/check the "Enable Networking" to reset the network interface, then the wireless shows as "device not ready".
If I run sudo rfkill list all, wireless shows as soft blocked: no and hard blocked: no.
If I run lshw -C network, wireless shows as DISABLED, and driver shows as rt2800pci.
If I run nm-tool, there are no wireless access points listed.
Thus I know my wireless card has a proper driver, it is not soft/hard blocked, and my desktop shouldn't have any hardware switch...
So what other steps I can go to trouble shoot this issue??

A: I too had similar problem and sorted it of my own ubuntu is a great operating system  to play with. ok coming to business. Follow these steps:

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Now it will display all the hardware components including networking ports attached to the system mostly it should be a broadcom device which is used for wlan.
And the funniest part is to check whether you have switched on the wi-fi, because the messages about wireless connection displays only if the drivers for the wi-fi is installed so check for the user manual for your laptop and go through how to switch on the wi-fi in your laptop?


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The NEXUS Chest Decision Instrument can rapidly identify "very low-risk" patients with blunt thoracic trauma who would not benefit from chest imaging.
It was developed due to the concern of radiation from Chest CT that is now common in the evaluation of trauma patients, and was developed at 3 Level 1 trauma centers in over 2600 patients.
It uses 7 criteria to identify this low-risk cohort who have a <2% chance of having any thoracic injury (and 1% chance of having clinically significant thoracic injuries).
It was designed to not miss any injuries, but is not very specific -- just because a patient may not meet low-risk criteria does not mean the patient must be imaged.
Any other injury producing acute functional impairment.
Physicians may also classify any injury as distracting if it is thought to have the potential to impair the patient's ability to appreciate other injuries.
Patient has physical evidence suggesting intoxication (odor of alcohol, slurred speech, ataxia, dysmetria, or other cerebellar findings), or behavior consistent with intoxication and unexplained by medical or psychiatric illness.
This decision instrument can help reduce unnecessary imaging by identifying patients at low risk of thoracic injury, which reduces radiation exposure and provides faster evaluation for emergency providers and their patients, allowing them to focus on treatment, evaluation of other injuries or problems, or education and reassurance.
In patients who get chest x-ray and CT is being considered, the NEXUS creators recommend using the NEXUS Chest CT Decision Instrument.
Adequate pain control is always important in patients with trauma.
Consider initial evaluation with chest x-ray in stable patients with isolated chest trauma.
CT will obviously find many more injuries than x-ray, regardless of their true clinical significance.
CT may be more useful in patients with multiple injuries or those who are sicker.
Addition of the selected points, see below.
NEXUS Score is 99% sensitive for clinically significant thoracic injury.
In well-appearing patient with no evidence of multi-organ injury, consider CXR only without CT.
In ill-appearing patients and/or those who will receive workup for other serious injury, consider chest CT as well.
The NEXUS Chest Decision Instrument was developed by the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) study group, looking to reduce unnecessary chest imaging in blunt trauma patients.
They first developed the rule prospectively in 3 trauma centers in 2,628 patients, asking about 12 clinical criteria.
They defined a "significant intrathoracic injury" as: pneumothorax, hemothorax, aortic or other great vessel injury, two or more rib fractures, ruptured diaphragm, sternal fracture, and pulmonary contusion.
The study was then validated in 9,905 patients and re-classified "significant intrathoracic injury" more specifically, having an expert panel weigh diagnoses to group them as "Major Clinical Significance," "Minor Clinical Significance," and "No Clinical Significance" (see below).
To address imaging bias, they attempted to contact all patients who did not receive imaging or had negative imaging. 433 patients were contacted, none had been diagnosed with thoracic injury on follow-up.
The rule was 99.7% sensitive for major thoracic injury, 99% sensitive for major and minor thoracic injury, and 98.8% sensitive for any thoracic injury.
Rodriguez RM, Hendey GW, Mower W, Kea B, Fortman J, Merchant G, Hoffman JR. Derivation of a decision instrument for selective chest radiography in blunt trauma. J Trauma. 2011 Sep;7(3):549-53. PMID: 21045745.
Rodriguez RM, Anglin D, Langdorf MI, Baumann BM, Hendey GW, Bradley RN, Medak AJ, Raja AS, Juhn P, Fortman J, Mulkerin W, Mower WR. NEXUS chest: validation of a decision instrument for selective chest imaging in blunt trauma. JAMA Surg. 2013 Oct;148(10):940-6. PMID:23925583. Rodriguez RM, Hendey GW, Marek G, Dery RA, Bjoring A. A pilot study to derive clinical variables for selective chest radiography in blunt trauma patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2006 May;47(5):415-8. PMID 16631976.
Why did you develop the NEXUS Chest Decision Instrument for Blunt Chest Trauma? Was there a clinical experience that inspired you to create this tool for clinicians?
I began this line of research over a decade ago, when (during a shift) I noticed that we were getting so many negative chest X-rays (CXRs) in blunt trauma patients. The CXR appeared to be a completely reflexive thing and the vast majority of our studies were non-diagnostic. With an EM resident (Anna Bjoring), I started a pilot study and recruited NEXUS colleagues from UCLA (Bill Mower) and UCSF-Fresno (Greg Hendey). We have followed the path and methods put forth by our mentor Jerry Hoffman in his landmark NEXUS C-Spine work.
What pearls, pitfalls and/or tips do you have for users of the NEXUS Chest Decision Instrument for Blunt Chest Trauma? Are there cases in which it has been applied, interpreted, or used inappropriately?
This is a great question. Misapplication of decision rules can paradoxically lead to greater imaging. As with essentially all imaging decision rules, NEXUS Chest was derived and validated only for the purpose of ruling out injury, not ruling it in. In other words, finding one or more NEXUS Chest criteria does not mean you must image that patient. We suggest using NEXUS Chest only in patients whom you were planning to image. Then apply NEXUS Chest to find out whether you can safely forego imaging.
What recommendations do you have for health care providers once they have applied the NEXUS Chest Decision Instrument for Blunt Chest Trauma? Are there any adjustments or updates you would make to the instrument given recent changes in medicine?
NEXUS Chest is easy to implement in conjunction with NEXUS C-Spine. Three criteria (altered alertness, intoxication and distracting injury) are the same and a fourth (chest wall tenderness) is analogous to the midline cervical spine tenderness criterion. We suggest that you use them in tandem for rapid evaluation of blunt trauma patients.
Other comments? Any new research or papers on this topic in the pipeline?
We have recently completed multicenter derivation and validation of our next rules in this line of research--the NEXUS Chest CT Decision Instruments. Using simple clinical criteria, these rules will allow trauma providers to forego chest CT in approximately 25-37% of blunt trauma patients who would otherwise get it. We hope to publish the manuscript describing this important study within the next 3 months.
Robert Rodriguez, MD, is a professor of clinical emergency medicine and the residency research director at UCSF School of Medicine. He is also an attending emergency room physician. Dr. Rodriguez's research interests include deriving decision instruments for imaging in blunt trauma, critical care in the ED, infectious disease presentations to the ED, homeless and immigrant population access and care in the ED, and defensive medicine.


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Bristol's Mud Dock offers reward after £4,000 stolen bike seen in Stokes Croft
Thieves walked out the door with the electric bike in broad daylight
An iconic Bristol shop is offering a reward after thieves walked out the door with a £4,000 bike in broad daylight.
Thieves distracted staff and took the electric Trek bike from Mud Dock bike shop and café in The Grove near the Arnolfini on Thursday, November 9.
The electric Trek bike, which costs £3,800, has been seen in Stokes Croft a number of times since the theft and the shop staff hope it will be recovered.
The £3,800 bike was stolen from the shop earlier this month (Image: Mud Dock)
Mud Dock's manager, who asked not to be named, said: "It's incredibly brazen. Anything going out of the shop is not good. It's not happened to me while I've been manager."
Mountain bikes worth £3,500 stolen from Bedminster garage during late-night break-in
The manager said two men entered the shop separately at around lunchtime on November 9 and one distracted a member of staff while the other took the bike through the front door.
The bike was stolen from Mud Dock in broad daylight (Image: Jon Kent/Trinity Mirror)
Now Mud Dock staff have turned to social media in an attempt to recover the bike, offering a £500 reward for any information that leads to its recovery.
Two women may have been targeting shoppers' bags for months on Keynsham High Street
The bike is believed to have been seen in Stokes Croft on the morning of Thursday, November 16.
Anyone with information or who sees the bike is being asked to contact police or the shop by emailing mail@mud-dock.co.uk
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "Two men entered the store in The Grove, Bristol at about 2.15pm on November 9.
"One of them picked up an electric pushbike while the assistant was distracted and walked out of the store without paying.
"It is a red Trek electric bike
"Police enquiries are continuing.
"Anyone with information is asked to contact us quoting reference 5217256700."


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Top 10 Hard Rock Albums
Top 10 Progressive Albums
Floppy666 October 1, 2019
10. Kiss – Destroyer (Casablanca Records, 1976)
Released in March 1976 Destroyer is the fourth studio album by American rock band Kiss, the first one to achieve platinum. It was a turning point in the band's career as it was a departure from the raw sound of the band's first three albums. It was the one that made Kiss a household name.
9. Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic (Columbia Records, 1975)
Released in April 1975 Toys In The Attic is the third studio album by American rock band Aerosmith and it is their most commercially successful studio LP in the US. According to RIAA the album sold over eight million copies. Toys In The Attic includes some of the band's best known songs, the title track, "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion". Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album's style a mix of Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones riffs, and said it was filled with songs about sex with a different style than there ever was before.
8. Rainbow – Rising (Polydor Records, 1976)
Released in May 1976 Rising is the second studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow, peaking at No. 6 in the UK rock charts. According to All Music Guide the album captured "Blackmore and Dio at the peak of their creative powers". Rising includes "Stargazer", one of Rainbow's best known tracks, an epic song notable for its musical qualities.
7. Guns N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction (Geffen Records, 1987)
Released in July 1987 Appetite For Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. With almost 30 million copies sold worldwide the album was a massive success, becoming the best selling debut album as well as the 11th best selling album in the US. Billboard magazine considered that Appetite For Destruction appealed to rock music's various listeners because the band incorporated metal's forceful playing, punk rock's rebellious themes, glam metal's aesthetic, and bluesy guitar riffs that appelead to purists. The LP contains some of the band's best known tracks, "Welcome To The Jungle", "Sweet Child o' Mine", "Paradise City" and "Rocket Queen"
6. AC/DC – Highway To Hell (Atlantic Records, 1979)
Released in July 1979 Highway To Hell is AC/DC's fifth internationally released studio album and the band's sixth studio album released in Australia. It was the last album featuring lead singer Bon Scott, who died on February 19, 1980. Highway To Hell became AC/DC's first LP to break The US Top 100, and it made the band one of the top acts on the hard rock scene. Highway To Hell is the second best selling AC/DC album, and it is considered one of the greatest hard rock albums ever made. It is certiefied 7 x Platinum by the RIAA. The title track is AC/DC's best known song, while "Night Prowler" is the album's most infamous song mainly due to its association with serial killer Richard Ramirez, who apparently was a fan of the band and particularly that song.


I received a shipment of insulation last Friday. It is a bit early than I really need most of it but I am at the stage where I need to start insulating a few areas. While I don't need it all now I decided to accept all the order in one lump.
I am using four sizes and two types of insulation . Each is targeted for a specific use or location in the Cottage.
R22 - 2"x6" insulation for 16" centers.
This insulation will be used everywhere we have framed 2"x6" exterior walls. This will be in all walls on the main floor and in the lakeside wall in the Basement - you will remembers from a past post that the basement is a walk-out, hence the lakeside was not concrete but framed using 2"x6" pressure-treated lumber.
R14 - 2"x4" insulation for 16" centers.
This insulation will be used everywhere we have framed 2"x4" exterior walls. Specifically this will be the walls we framed on the inside of the concrete walls of the basement in order to house the electrical and insulation.
R14 - 2"x4" insulation for 24" centers.
R22 - 2"x6" insulation for 24" centers.
This insulation will be used in the ceiling as the roof trusses as framed at 24" centers. This layer of insulation is placed perpendicular across the previous R14 insulation to bring the total R-value in the ceiling to R36.
NEXT: In the next post I will discuss my choice of brand of insulation.


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Covenant of Mayors ' From Paris to Katowice: Speeding up the transition towards decarbonised and resilient cities ' photo de famille à la fin
New Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy: EU Institutions strengthen alliance with cities
Energy efficiency & BuildingsHeating & CoolingRenewables
Hundreds of city representatives flocked to the European Parliament yesterday 15 October for the 2015 Covenant Ceremony launching the New Integrated Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, less than two months ahead of the COP21 international summit in Paris.
Since 2009 onwards, some 6,500 local authorities have already committed to the 2020 CO2 reduction objective. As part of the "New Integrated Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy", signatory cities will pledge action to support implementation of the new 2030 EU targets, a joint approach to tackling mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and the extension of the initiative to a more global scope.
Three new pillars: 2030 horizon, integration of mitigation & adaptation and the international dimension
Last summer, the European Commission launched a consultation process with the support of the European Committee of the Regions to collect cities' views on the possible orientations of a new Covenant of Mayors. The response was unanimous: 97% called for a new target beyond 2020. The majority also endorsed the 2030 objectives for a minimum 40% CO2 reduction, 27% increase in energy efficiency and renewables, and supported the integration of mitigation and adaptation to climate change under a common umbrella.**
Mayors endorse the New Covenant of Mayors commitments at the 2015 Ceremony – © photo Nathalie Nizette.
"The response to climate urgency can also become an opportunity for local development, job creation and the emergence of a new societal model", said Mayor of Nantes* Johanna Rolland, whose city plans to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030.
The COP21 host city was represented by Deputy Mayor of Paris* Patrick Klugman, who also shared inspiring experience with his peers, as the city just adopted its climate adaptation roadmap and plans to create 100 ha of green roofs by the end of the Mayor's political mandate. On the energy front, Paris is on course to power all municipal buildings with green electricity by 2016.
Mayor of Nantes Johanna Rolland & Commissioner for Energy & Climate Action Miguel Arias Canete
An EU Success Story: The "world's biggest urban climate and energy initiative"
The Covenant of Mayors has introduced an institutional novelty in the European policy landscape by encouraging local leaders to voluntary support the implementation of EU-adopted targets. Commissioner Arias Cañete welcomed this "bottom-up approach which has worked so well in Europe". He emphasized the Covenant of Mayors was already the "world's biggest urban climate and energy initiative" and a European success story to be exported on the road to Paris.
Echoing the Commissioner's remarks, Mayor of Heidelberg Eckart Würzner – who is the President of Energy Cities – later pointed out that with over 200 million citizens represented through local council commitments, the Covenant of Mayors voice could not be ignored ahead and beyond the COP21.
"Opening up the model worldwide offers an opportunity to allow cities and regions across the globe to collaborate, share ambition and set the future agenda on climate change",added Committee of the Regions President Markku Markkula.
COP21: Thousands of city commitments to be showcased on UNFCCC platform
In the context of this new global dimension, the Covenant of Mayors just became an official data provider of "NAZCA", the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) platform which showcases the commitments of non-state actors on the way to the COP21. "The Covenant of Mayors is by far the largest data set to be integrated into NAZCA", said UNFCCC Chief of Staff Daniele Violetti, who encouraged the cities to continue their important work beyond Paris as a "solid way of supporting the international response to climate change."
*Nantes and Paris are Energy Cities' members.
** Until now, the Covenant of Mayors was only about mitigation actions.
Source: www.eumayors.eu
Floriane Cappelletti
Financing local climate & energy actions: Get inspired by Covenant cities and regions!
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Secret Santa brings joy to a Huntsville family rocked by recent crime
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A happy update on a story we first shared Monday night. Viola White was at work Monday morning, when she found a missed call on her phone. It turns out, her house was broken into while her young children were home.
White knew something was wrong, when she saw a missed call from her kids. That call essentially shattered White's sense of safety.
"I was at work from the girls and somebody was really actually in the house while they was here," White says.
When her children realized the crook had made it into the house, the 13, 12 and 6 year old hid in the closet while staying on the phone with 911.
"They basically had to hold my 6-year-old down so she won't say nothing because she normally be talking," she says.
The crook made off with the family's TV, jewelry and did some damage to the window he broke into.
So it's only fitting, one day later, another phone call WHNT News 19 made to Viola, helped right some of the wrong.
We'll get to that in a moment.
First, why the call happened.
Our Mrs. Claus saw the story, and wanted to make sure Viola's three brave girls had a Merry Christmas. Along with a Best Buy Sales Associate, fittingly named Clarence, our Mrs. Claus picked out a replacement TV for Viola's children.
She didn't want to be named, didn't want the credit - just wanted to spread a little holiday cheer.
"I sure do thank her," White said when we surprised her with the new TV. "God bless them, I couldn't be more happier."
Our Mrs. Claus got a lot more than cheer - disbelief, joy, love - all wrapped up in one TV box.
"I never thought that somebody would donate a TV," exclaimed White.
Though a stranger brought insecurity and pain into White's house, another stranger brought more joy than she could have possibly imagined.
"It's a blessing. You know. Somebody blessed me so I'm going to be able to bless someone else someday," said White.
Viola's three girls were too afraid to sleep Monday night in their mother's house and stayed with a relative.
Viola hopes, maybe with a new TV and some extra security measures, their house will feel like a home again.
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Pāpaʽikou on April 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, 2019, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting (no heavy rain).
The crews will be doing a "Smoke Test" survey to assist inspectors in identifying connections where rain water (inflow) and groundwater (infiltration) may enter the sanitary sewer system.
Note that the smoke used in testing, which will be seen coming from the vent stacks on houses, sewer manholes, or holes in the ground, is non-toxic, non-staining, has no odor, is white to gray in color, and poses no fire hazard.
The smoke should not enter homes or businesses unless there are defects in the plumbing system.
The county advises homeowners to pour a gallon of water into each floor drain prior to the testing.
Traffic delays within the Moirton area may occur.


Self-catering camping is still available at the Show Grounds which can be booked on arrival on race weekend. The Showground management do not take bookings prior to the event and they have never turned a camper away as there is plenty of space. The Camping at show grounds is R50 per tent + R50 pp.
Bookings open 1 March 2018 for the hostel and school.
ALL the bookings will be done over the phone from 08:00 to 15:00 daily.
There is also an option for mattresses in the school classrooms – enquiries at the same address.
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Shakeup – APS removing principals
Dan Whisenhunt Feb 26, 2014
Atlanta Public Schools has announced a shakeup in leadership within the school system.
APS announced via its Talk Up APS blog that there would be an unspecified number of principals removed from schools within the district. The APS statement is short on details about what schools will be affected.
"The decision to seek new school leadership is never an easy one," the school system said. "Recently, some of our school leaders were informed that they would not serve in the role of principal next school year. Our personnel changes have been contemplated over long periods of time – some a year or more, and we believe these decisions are in the best interest of all of the schools that will be impacted. Notifying principals of changes prior to the end of the school year provides time for them to make career decisions."
APS might not be giving out details, but 11 Alive Atlanta has some. According to the news network, the changes primarily affect principals at high schools within the system, including Mays and Grady. Jackson High, which serves Kirkwood, is not named in the 11 Alive report.
To see the full 11 Alive report, click here.


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2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for…
2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool
This Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 file combo image shows Emmanuelle Charpentier, left, and Jennifer Doudna, both speaking at the National Academy of Sciences international summit on the safety and ethics of human gene editing, in Washington. The 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing." A panel at the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm made the announcement Wednesday Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
PUBLISHED: October 7, 2020 at 6:52 a.m. | UPDATED: October 7, 2020 at 6:52 a.m.
By DAVID KEYTON, CHRISTINA LARSON and FRANK JORDANS | Associated Press
STOCKHOLM — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a way of editing genes likened to "molecular scissors" that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases.
Working on opposite sides of the Atlantic, Frenchwoman Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna came up with a method known as CRISPR-cas9 that can be used to change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms. It was the first time two women have won the chemistry Nobel together — adding to the small number of female laureates in the sciences, where women have long received less recognition for their work than men.
The scientists' work allows for laser-sharp snips in the long strings of DNA that make up the "code of life," allowing researchers to precisely edit specific genes to remove errors that lead to disease.
Professor Pernilla Wittung Stafshede, left, and Goran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Academy of Sciences, after announcing the winners of the 2020 Nobel prize in Chemistry during a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2020. The 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier, left on screen, and Jennifer Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing." (Henrik Montgomery/TT via AP)
FILE — In this May 19, 2015 file photo French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier poses for a photo in Brunswick, Germany. French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize 2020 in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing likened to 'molecular scissors' that offer the promise of one day curing genetic diseases. (Peter Steffen/dpa via AP)
FILE — In this March 14, 2016 file photo American biochemist Jennifer A. Doudna poses for a photo in Frankfurt, Germany. French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize 2020 in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing likened to 'molecular scissors' that offer the promise of one day curing genetic diseases. (Alexander Heinl/dpa via AP)
FILE – In this Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 file photo, Emmanuelle Charpentier of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, Germany, speaks on a panel at the National Academy of Sciences international summit on the safety and ethics of human gene editing in Washington. The 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing." A panel at the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm made the announcement Wednesday Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
FILE – In this Dec. 1, 2015, file photo, Jennifer Doudna, a University of California, Berkeley, co-inventor of the CRISPR gene-editing tool that He Jiankui used, speaks at the National Academy of Sciences international summit on the safety and ethics of human gene editing, in Washington. The 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing." A panel at the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm made the announcement Wednesday Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
"There is enormous power in this genetic tool, which affects us all," said Claes Gustafsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. "It has not only revolutionized basic science, but also resulted in innovative crops and will lead to groundbreaking new medical treatments."
Gustafsson said that, as a result, any genome can now be edited "to fix genetic damage."
Dr. Francis Collins, who led the drive to map the human genome, said the technology "has changed everything" about how to approach diseases with a genetic cause, such as sickle cell disease.
"You can draw a direct line from the success of the human genome project to the power of CRISPR-cas to make changes in the instruction book," said Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health that helped fund Doudna's work.
But many also cautioned that the technology must be used carefully and that it raises serious ethical questions. Much of the world became more aware of CRISPR in 2018, when Chinese scientist He Jiankui revealed he had helped make the world's first gene-edited babies, to try to engineer resistance to future infection with the AIDS virus. His work was denounced as unsafe human experimentation because of the risk of causing unintended changes that could pass to future generations, and he's currently imprisoned in China.
In September, an international panel of experts issued a report saying it's still too soon to try to make genetically edited babies because the science isn't advanced enough to ensure safety, but they mapped a pathway for countries that want to consider it.
"Being able to selectively edit genes means that you are playing God in a way," said American Chemistry Society President Luis Echegoyen, a chemistry professor at the University of Texas El Paso.
Charpentier, 51, spoke of the shock of winning.
"Strangely enough I was told a number of times (that I'd win), but when it happens you're very surprised and you feel that it's not real," she told reporters by phone from Berlin after the award was announced in Stockholm by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. "But obviously it's real, so I have to get used to it now."
When asked about the significance of two women winning, Charpentier said that while she considers herself first and foremost a scientist, she hoped it would encourage others.
"I wish that this will provide a positive message to young girls who would like to follow the path of science," said Charpentier, who is currently the director of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin.
Doudna told The Associated Press of her own surprise — including that she learned she'd won from a reporter.
"I literally just found out, I'm in shock," she said. "I was sound asleep."
"My greatest hope is that it's used for good, to uncover new mysteries in biology and to benefit humankind," said Doudna, who is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley and is paid by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which also supports AP's Health and Science Department.
The breakthrough research done by Charpentier and Doudna was published in 2012, making the discovery very recent compared to many Nobel wins that are often only honored after decades have passed.
Speaking to reporters later at her lab, Charpentier said: "This discovery is only eight years ago. And it has boomed extremely. Everyone is using now the CRISPR-cas9."
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, a member of the Nobel Committee, noted that the method had "already benefited humankind greatly."
The Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT have been in a long court fight over patents on CRISPR technology, and many other scientists did important work on it, but Doudna and Charpentier have been most consistently honored with prizes for turning it into an easily usable tool.
The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and prize money of 10 million kronor (more than $1.1 million), courtesy of a bequest left more than a century ago by the prize's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The amount was increased recently to adjust for inflation.
On Monday, the Nobel Committee awarded the prize for physiology and medicine to Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton for discovering the liver-ravaging hepatitis C virus. Tuesday's prize for physics went to Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany, and Andrea Ghez of the United States for their breakthroughs in understanding the mysteries of cosmic black holes.
The other prizes are for outstanding work in the fields of literature, peace and economics.
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Loyal Order of Jonathan and David
First Degree Ritual
Working Degree
At the appointed hour of meeting the Commander will give the signal, when the Captain will advance with the salutation.
COMMANDER: Before the Loyal Order of Jonathan and David enters into executive session, it devolves upon you, Captain, to see that the Sentry is at his post of duty lest any pass to and fro who are not qualified to enter here, and mark the approach of any enemy and to sound alarm of his coming; and it is likewise incumbent upon you to have this immediate presence protected by a Guard, upon whom chiefly depends the preservation of the secrets of our Order from the inquisitive, the vulgar and the malicious. Retire, Captain, and make investigation as to whether this environment is properly protected, and report.
Captain salutes and retires.
COMMANDER: My trusted Armor-Bearer, ascertain whether there be any present not fully qualified to remain, and if so, forthwith report.
CAPTAIN: The Sentry is at his post and the Guard is on duty, loyal Commander.
COMMANDER: The Scribe will call the roll of officers, that the places of absentees may be filled.
If any be absent their places must be filled by the Commander, and this fact must be noted in the minutes.
COMMANDER: The chief purpose of the Loyal Order of Jonathan and David is to cultivate in the hearts of its membership the noble qualities of Courage, Fidelity and Mercy, that so characterized the lives of the founders of our great institution; to plant the seeds of brotherly love, to elevate the morals of its members, to strengthen the weak, protect the frail, and by mutual friendship promote the interests and general welfare of each other. Especially is it the purpose of this great Order to relieve the distressed brother; and, finally, at all hazards, to minister to and befriend the widows and the orphans of deceased Loyal Brothers
SCRIBE: Courage, the first of the cardinal principles of our ancient and honorable Order, is the virtue that so marked the lives of Jonathan and David as to give them a distinction among their fellow men without compare, and which even unto the present time has not been equalled
TREASURER: Fidelity, the second of our cardinal principles, is emblematic of the endearing link that binds men of Courage and Honor together, as it bound Jonathan and David in bands stouter than ribs of steel, and more enduring.
SEER: Mercy is the last of the cardinal principles of our Order. It is the gem that radiates the constellation: Courage, Fidelity, Mercy—for "A merciful Heart maketh a cheerful countenance." It is God's smile upon human benefaction. Mercy is born of Love, and God is Love. Amen.
First Degree
COMMANDER: Most loyal Scribe, do the proceedings as kept of record in your office discover the name of any applicant for initiation into the mysteries of our ancient, beneficent and noble Order, who has been duly approved by this Lodge?
SCRIBE: Most noble Commander, the records show the name of … as having been elected to membership in the Loyal Order of Jonathan and David.
COMMANDER: Trusted Treasurer, have the entrance fees and other charges required by our laws been paid into your hands by this applicant?
TREASURER: The entrance fees and other charges required by our laws have been paid into my hands.
COMMANDER: You will retire to the ante-room, my most trusted Armor-Bearer, and make diligent inquiry concerning the present status, morally, of the applicant, and straightway make faithful report hither.
ARMOR-BEARER: I retire to do thy bidding, loyal Commander.
The Armor-Bearer will address the applicant as follows: Your application for initiation into the mysteries of the Loyal Order of Jonathan and David has been duly considered and you have been elected to membership in this Order. It now remains for me to inquire of you whether, since the date of your application, any cause has intervened that would tend toward making you unworthy the love and fellowship of those with whom you are now about to plight your faith. If any impediment exists say so now, ere it be too late.
I will now make report of your answer to our Commander.
Armor-Bearer will give signal at the door, and advancing to front of altar will say: Since the entry of the candidate into the ante-room I have made diligent inquiry of him concerning the matters you gave me in charge, loyal Commander, and I am grateful to be able to report that he is now as worthy of our confidence and brotherly love as when, by our solemn vote, we decided to admit him here into full fellowship.
If report is adverse it will be submitted to Committee on Membership.
COMMANDER: Loyal Brothers, ye have hearkened unto the report of my Armor-Bearer. The candidate is worthy and awaits the revelation of our mysteries.
Captain, retire and discharge with fidelity your responsible duties.
Captain retires to ante-room and without comment blindfolds initiate, and by his left arm leads him to the door, which will be only partially opened on proper signal.
GUARD: Who comes there?
CAPTAIN: One whose merit has been tested and who has been pronounced worthy of our recognition.
GUARD: Let him enter, but woe be unto him and his posterity forever if he prove faithless to the solemn obligations he is about to assume.
Captain conducts the candidate around the hall, during the song, "Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands,"
SEER: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth and the seas and all that in them is. The earth was without form and void and utter darkness hung over the face of the deep. And the Lord God divided the waters from the land. He set the several constellations in their respective spheres in the firmament, lighting the universe, and with the hand of Omnipotence He touched the earth as it swung upon its axis: it sprung into motion and there was life instant and eternal. And the great Jehovah, with a single glance of His Omnicient eye, compassed the universe with its myriad worlds and limitless proportions, and pronounced His handiwork good, when the morning stars sang together and all creation shouted for joy.
And the Lord God planted beautiful garden eastward in Eden, and He placed therein the Man He had made to dress and keep it. In that garden there was every fruit and herb baring tree, and the Tree of Eternal Life, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Such a garden was there as only the hand of God would plant. Therein was every growth that could contribute to the sustenance of man or minister to his pleasure. The senses were delighted with the presence of every flower. The air was filled with the melody of birds of every feather. The brooks therein that watered the vegetable and animal kingdoms laughed and sparkled in the virgin sunshine. Peace reigned supreme there. There God and Man communed together. But the Man and the Woman that God had given him fell from their high estate and were driven thence, the Man in sorrow and by the sweat of his brow forced to wring his living from the bosom of old Mother Earth for all coming generations.
When Man begun to multiply on the face of the Earth, the first subject demanding his attention was that of Architecture. The clefts in the rocks, the spreading branches of the trees and the circumscribed quarters of the cave, proved inadequate to cope with the elements of Nature. The scorching rays of the sun and the chilling blasts of winter, and the storms that swept the earth at all seasons, made it necessary that Man should provide shelter for himself. Accordingly, the rude hut was evolved, and finally the science of Architecture advanced to such a degree of perfection that even now the ruins of the Old World are the school houses of the modern architect.
Hand in hand with Architecture, the science of Government necessarily provoked the attention of Man. The safety of society demanded that his evil impulses be restrained. The law that Might makes Right bred discord and anarchy. Crime was unchecked and the weak receded before the strong. Hence, out the community of interests, Clans and Tribes were formed. The motives moving men to such combinations were varied. Under divers forms and for divers purposes they still exist. They will ever exist so long as Man feels the necessity for comradship with his fellows.
COMMANDER: You are now within the sacred precincts of an Order that antedates the founding of any other secret organization. While Solomon, during the building of the Temple, planted the seeds of brotherly hove among the toilers engaged on that structure, out of which a great secret order grew, King David, the father of Solomon, had already in his covenant with Jonathan, the son of King Saul, formed the nucleus from which was evolved the Loyal Order of Jonathan and David, the same being the most ancient brotherhood known to man.
The Prophet Samuel, one of the Judges of Israel, became sorely distressed when the people of Israel besought him to give them a King to rule over them as other nations had. Samuel warned them of evil likely to overtake them under such form of government, but they were so importunate in their demand that Samuel, who had now become a Seer, invoked the direction of God. And it came to pass that the Lord bade him annoint Saul, the son of Kish, to be King over his people. Now, Saul was a young man of most pleasing appearance, but withal most powerful and large of stature, standing shoulders and head over any man of his race; and when Samuel annointed him, the people cried, "God save the King."
Saul had three sons, the eldest named Jonathan, and two daughters. When he had reigned two years he organized his military forces, for himself reserving immediate command over two thousand men and placing Jonathan as Captain over one thousand men.
Shortly thereafter he became involved in war with the Philistines; and while the hosts of the contending armies were lying in their tents. Jonathan, accompanied only by his armor-bearer, stole away and by a difficult and dangerous path, entered the garrison of the Philistines. They made a terrific assault upon him as soon as they discovered his identity. There was a great tumult, and Jonathan with his own hands slew twenty of the enemy. The noise of the fight attracted the attention of Saul's army, and it forthwith became engaged, with the result that there was a great slaughter there that day, the same being the first victory that Israel had won over the Philistines. The courage displayed by Jonathan was magnificent, and won for him great glory as a soldier. When Saul undertook to enforce his judgment of death against him for alleged breach of military discipline, in that he recklessly exposed himself as against great numbers, and without authority, the people protested, saying "Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation for Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, not a hair of his head shall fall to that ground." So the people rescued him, arid Saul suffered him to retain the position of Captain over a thousand.
SCRIBE: For a time Saul made a wise and just ruler, but finally, failing to obey the commandments of the Lord, Samuel was directed by the Divine Spirit to annoint another to be ruler over His people; and under Heavenly inspiration he besought Jesse, the Ephrathite, who had eight sons. Now, Jesse's house was the humblest of the humble tribe of Bethlemite; and when he found him, Jesse caused seven of his sons then present to pass before Samuel, but the Prophet said he did not recognize in any of them the Lord's annointed. So, the youngest of the sons of Jesse— David—who was then absent tending his father's sheep, was sent for, and when he passed before Samuel, the Prophet was greatly impressed, and the spirit of the Lord directed that he annoint the had to be King over Judah, and Samuel did so annoint David. Straightway he returned to the care of his father's sheep. Neither Samuel, Jesse, David or his brothers thereafter made mention of what had transpired.
Shortly after this occurrence Saul made another invasion against the Philistines, and the brothers of David joined the hosts of Saul. The legion of the Philistines were drawn up in battle array, led by the mighty giant. Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span, and who wore a helmet of brass upon his head and who was armed with a coat of mail, the weight of which was 5,000 sheckels of brass, the staff of his spear being hike a weaver's beam and the head of his spear weighing 600 shekels of iron, and having one bearing a shield to go before him. this giant stood forth and cried unto the armies of Israel: "Why are you come out to set your battles in array? Choose you a man and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me and to kill me, then will we be your servants, but if I prevail against him and kill him, then shall ye be our servants and serve us." Saul's armies were greatly alarmed, for there was none who dared to do him battle.
Finally, it came to pass that David's father sent him to the trenches where Saul's forces hay to carry food to his brothers and to learn how they were faring. When David had reached the trenches, behold, Goliath, the giant, again appeared before the hosts of Israel arid repeated his threats against and challenge to Saul's armies; and again there were none to do him battle. David then cried out: "What have I done? Is there not a cause?"
TREASURER: When Saul, who was then present in chief command of Israel's forces, heard of David's words he sent for him, and David said "Thy servant will go out and fight with this Philistine." "But," said Saul "thou art not able to go and fight against him, for thou are but a youth and he a man of war." "Thy servant,"' answered David, "kept his father's sheep and there came a lion and a bear that took a lamb out of the flock. I went out after them and smote them and delivered the lamb out the mouth of the lion. When he arose against me I caught him by his beard and smote him and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear. Moreover," continued David, "the Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion and the paw of the hear, will deliver me out of the hands of the Philistine.
Whereupon, Saul armed David with his own armor, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head, and armed him with a coat of mail, and David girded the King's sword about himself. Thus equipped he essayed to go as Saul had bidden, but he finally told Saul he could not go thus armored, as he had not proved them. He therefore put them aside, and, taking his staff in his hand and choosing five smooth stones from the brook, he put them in the shepherd's hag which he wore, and with his sling in his hand he stepped forth to meet the mighty Goliath of Gath. The giant disdained the youth, scoffed at him, and at first refused to do battle, but David advanced upon him, and, taking from his bag a stone, slung it and smote the Philistine in the forehead, when he fell upon his face to the earth. Thereupon, David ran and stood upon the Philistine, and, with the giant's own sword, which he drew from its sheath, he cut off his head and bore it back to Jerusalem.
COMMANDER: Saul took David that day auth would not let him return to his father's house. As they journeyed homeward from the field of battle, Saul and David, the multi-tuck shouted and the women sang: "Saul has killed his thousands, David his ten thousands".
This grand demonstration by the people in honor of David excited the fear and jealousy of Saul, although he was not yet aware that David was of God's annointed, to supersede him in his kingdom. But as to Jonathan, the son of Saul, there was naught in his heart but love for David. Immediately that they saw each other, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David; and they made a covenant, because they loved each other as their souls. Jonathan stripped himself of his robe and put it on David, giving unto him even the sword that he wore. That day they wore a mighty oath of fidelity to each other, mo their kindred, and even unto their posterity, forever And thus was the most ancient Loyal Order of Jonathan and David established, which has been perpetuated even unto the present day.
The Captain will now retire with the initiate.
SCRIBE: You are now about to take upon yourself the solemn pledge that will make you one of us. If you feel that your courage is equal to the ordeal, so indicate, for if you are weak and timid you now have the opportunity to withdraw from this presence, first giving your word of honor that under no circumstances will you ever reveal what has transpired here. This opportunity is offered because no coward is admitted here.
Repeat alter me the pledge that will place you in fellowship with the dear friends that now surround you.
"By the Holy Word of God, that I pray henceforth may be my guide through life, I do solemnly promise to keep sacred and inviolate, the pass-words, signs, grips, signals and all secrets of this Order, so help me, God."
SEER: Courage. This is one of the cardinal principles of the Loyal Order of Jonathan and David. As this virtue is typified in the lives of the founders of this Order, so we hope to emulate it, and may he who withholds effort in that behalf have his right hand forget its cunning and his tongue cleave unto the roof of his mouth. By a faithful adherence the grand and lasting principles of our Order, we hope to better our several conditions, elevate mankind, and glorify our Heavenly Commander.
My Brother, for such we now call you, would admonish you that those who have lived long in the land which God hath given us, have found that Man is the best study of Mankind. I have applied myself to hum, to his deeds and the motives that control his conduct rather than to the sophistry of books or the cunning of logicians, and scanning the horizon of the centuries for that Quality that more greatly ennobles Man in the esteem of his fellows, I find that it is his Courage. Without this virtue there can be no greatness. Divest the human soul of Courage and you have void. Fill the craven breast with Courage and it is no longer daunted. God has endowed Man with certain attributes, but if he lack Courage to maintain those qualities he becomes a thing of shame to his Creator and a nameless moral excresence.
One of the chief objects of this Order is therefore the stimulation of the God-given attribute of Courage. While physical prowess has at all time; and among all peoples received the roost magnificent plaudit, it is not, by any means, confounded with harsh or cruel barbarity. But true Courage is that virtue that will maintain the right at all hazards, as did David, when he rescued the lamb, the personification of gentleness and timidity, from the monarchs of the forest , and, again, when he saved his people from destruction by a mighty host. Likewise, the entry of Jonathan, into the garrison of the enemy was reckless, but none the less a display of well nigh unequaled Courage. Those are instances of perfect physical Courage.
There is a spirit of Moral Courage, however, that transcends in grandeur all the deeds of physical valor that may be crowded in the compass of the ages, which this Order would especially infuse into its membership Moral Courage is that quality that nerves the mind and heart of Man to see, to know, to do the right. Moral Courage is to the true Man what the rudder is to the ship. Moral Courage enables him to discern the true path of life and to pursue it though the way be strewn with dragons' teeth and heated plowshares, and though the air he breathes on his journey he freighted with the noxious and withering scorn of his fellows. Moral Courage brings strength to the weak, comfort to the afflicted and fills the soul with a manly self-respect that riches and position can never give.
Admonishing you, my Brother, to cultivate in your heart the great virtues of Courage and revere it wherever you find it, I would assure you of the abiding faith I have that the lessons you have learned here will prove of incalculable benefit to you in your intercourse with the world.
TREASURER: You have received with much profit, no doubt, our teachings, as have the countless thousands who have preceded you in these mysteries. David admonished his people to be strong and of good Courage and to dread not nor be dismayed; for the Lord had mole of him a witness to the people, a header and a Commander thereof His leadership consisted riot alone in a display of Courage in warfare, but in the exercise of Courage in the manifold affairs of life. He had that Courage which makes for progress and on which achievement is founded. It is the Courage that saves talent from drowning in the great sea of timidity. It is the Courage of determination that fosters faith in one's own plans and his ability to press them forward to a glorious fruition. It was Moral Courage that inspired the industry of genius out which has sprung the magnificent in architecture, in the arts, in science and in mechanics, until Man has subdued the forces of Nature to his own use, verifying the acclaim of David when he said that God made Man little lower than the Angels, and hath crowned him with glory and honor, giving him dominion over the works of His hands and put all things under his feet.
COMMANDER: It now becomes the duty of the Commander to instruct you in the secret work of the Loyal Order of Jonathan and David, after which you will take your place in the membership; and while you are now a Brother of the Order, you will have become a Loyal Brother when you shall have received the two remaining Degrees in this Initiation.


Former captain Sourav Ganguly Monday said batting master Sachin Tendulkar's comment that selectors need to look beyond statistics while picking fresh talents has been blown out of context.
"I was there when he made the comments and also read his interview. It has been completely blown out of context. it was a completely harmless statement made by Sachin. He said it in a completely different context," Ganguly said on the sidelines of a programme in Kolkata.
Two days back, Tendulkar had courted a controversy when he said selectors needed to give importance to a player's skills and ability to absorb pressure, rather than going by the scorebook.
"It's about vision. When it comes to selection, one has to analyse a player. Even if he fails in a few matches, one needs to see if he has the ability to withstand pressure and execute at the international level. I have seen players who are exceptionally good at the domestic level not being able to perform as well in international cricket," Tendulkar had said at the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Karnataka State Cricket Association in Bangalore Saturday.
Ganguly, and other captains like Mohammed Azharuddin, Radhul Dravid and Anil Kumble were also present at the Bangalore function.
On Tendulkar's likely 200th Test appearance in the coming South Africa trip, Ganguly said the record would be unbreakable.
"It would be an unbelievable achievement. I dont think it will be possible to break that record," he said after inaugurating "Sahanubhuti", a benefit exhibition of paintings and sculptures for rehabilitation of Uttarakhand flash flood victims at Emami Chisel Art gallery.
Ganguly also hoped India would do well in South Africa.
"India have done well in last 4-5 months, So there is a lot to hope, for South Africa provides the best bowling conditions and I hope India have a good season there".
The talismanic cricketer said he has not shown any disrespect to stylish former batsman VVS Laxman by naming him the 12th man of a dream Test team he chose during an interaction with a television channel.
"Selecting such a team doesn't mean showing disrespect to any player. It doesn't make any player bigger or smaller."
Ganguly denied reports that he may participate in a dance reality show.
"It's completely news for me. I can't dance, only my wife can, I am not a part of any such programme," he added.


For CAPCA, it was a great year. We worked with a coalition of stakeholders on our "Bee Where" project. As part of this project County Ag Commissioners ran bill AB 2468 to add teeth into current registration requirements. This language update will require that any beekeepers must register them with the County Ag. Commissioner, and if they relocate hives provide notification within 72 hours of changing location or county. Starting in 2020, if beekeepers do not register, the County Ag. Commissioner has the authority to impose administrative civil penalties on those out of compliance.
The bill was chaptered by the Secretary of State on September 10, 2018.
We hope this the just the beginning of CAPCA's presence and efforts in the Capitol for the benefit of our membership and for the good of Agriculture throughout the State.