Jeremih and Nicki Minaj team up for "Angel."
Nicki Minaj had quite a successful evening last night at the BET Awards. She took the stage with her boyfriend, and she also took home the award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist as well as the Viewer's Choice Award for her collaboration with Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Drake for "Only."
This morning we get a new record from her and Jeremih, released by DJ Prostyle as a single from his forthcoming album. It's an EDM-heavy record that could (or could not) do well in the club scene. Nicki adopts an English accents of sorts for her verse, although the song is predominantly Jeremih.
What do you think of it? Too much EDM? Not enough?


(SEATTLE, April 9, 2019)—Discovering your family roots has become a booming business with the rapid expansion of consumer DNA testing and popular TV shows in which celebrities learn the secrets of their families' past. "Visiting Your Ancestral Town" (Footsteps Media), will help you dive in to discover your own family history, even if you're not sure where to start.
Written by Carolyn Schott, veteran genealogist and lifelong traveler, the third edition adds new information on getting started with DNA genealogy (adding to the toolkit of practical research advice in the previous edition) and how to explore the social fabric of your ancestors' lives through food, culture, and local history in your ancestral homeland. Demonstrating her own passion for travel, Schott's practical tips and travel stories urge you to go beyond musty files and online images of old records. The book creates an easy approach for finding and visiting the places your ancestors once called home.
By Tracy Kasaboski and Kristen Den Hartog.
Published by Douglas & McIntyre (Madeira Park, BC). 2018. 447 pages.
The opening pages show the Charles Booth Poverty maps of the London boroughs of St. Saviour, Southwark, and Whitechapel. The legend denotes the streets and residences of: "Lowest class. Vicious, semi-criminal."; "Very poor, casual. Chronic want."; "Poor."; "Mixed. Some comfortable, others poor."; "Upper middle and Upper Classes. Wealthy." Seeing a poverty map on the first pages of a story clues us in that this may not be a joyful tale.
The authors tell the story of their ancestors' taking leave of rural poverty in Wales seeking a better life in urban London. Benjamin Jones gathers a few of his cows, the only manner of livelihood he knows, and along with his soon-to-be wife Margaret Davies, walks the distance from their impoverished rural homes to what becomes their impoverished urban home in the borough of London. The story follows the lives of their children and grandchildren who gradually pull out of their own difficult situations to achieve a measure of comfortable living in England and later, in London, Ontario, where a great-granddaughter Doris, who serves as a focal character of the saga, emigrates out of England to begin and live out her own life in London, Ontario, Canada.
by Ozzie Sollien. Self-published. 2017.
In 1861, Olaus Hansen immigrated to Iowa, like thousands of his European contemporaries, seeking a better life. He was born in rural Norway, idyllic in imagination and appearance, but tough in climate and opportunity. Brothers Ole and Hans Hansen emigrated also, but their lives had far different outcomes than the life of their middle brother Olaus.
Mr. Sollien spent decades researching the life and times of Olaus Hansen. It's not a story of a successful man, but rather, it's a study of a man's life spent enduring battles of the Civil War, and serving through the West's dusty summers and brutal winters riding with Gen. George A. Armstrong's 7th Cavalry unit as they pursued and fought the Sioux Wars.
By Nathan Dylan Goodwin. Self-published. 2019. 56 pages.
Mr. Goodwin is a familiar name among readers of genealogy fiction of the mystery-detective type. He has written several books recounting the trials and tribulations of the intrepid genealogy sleuth Morton Farrier.
A note for those attending RootsTech this week: Mr. Goodwin will be at his booth in the Exhibit Hall talking to his readers and signing books.
Mr. Goodwin won't be signing this book. It's a downloadable e-book, and it's free if you download it from his website. It feels like both a reward for being a faithful Farrier fan, and an introductory gift for a new audience of readers.
The Asylum is a prequel to The Hiding Place.
Breaking News – Brockton, MA: The Friends of Irish Research is pleased to announce its partnership with the Alliance of Massachusetts Genealogists in the opening of their enhanced research library located at 899 North Main Street, Brockton, MA. Often times the naming of something is a difficult choice and for someone who is no longer with us. This is not the case for us. We are thrilled to be able to introduce you to the David Allen Lambert Library. David is a good friend of the organizations here in Brockton and a name that is synonymous with genealogical and historical research here in New England.
We invite those interested in a research center south of Boston to come join us at 1:00 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2019 for the dedication of the David Allen Lambert Library. The library hosts a growing collection of books, thousands of digital books, periodicals, maps, newspapers, microfilm collections, and researchers to help others in tracing their family trees.
There are some new state research titles available in the "Genealogy at a Glance" periodical series. These are 4-page, laminated 8 ½ x 11 fact sheets that offer abridged research information on various topics of genealogical interest. Sturdy, folded, and coffee-and-crumb resistant, these little research aids pack well in a bag as you head out to the library.
Genealogists tend to collect lots of books. Of course, the trend in recent years is to obtain ebooks, not books printed on paper. Ebooks are much easier to store and carry, especially if you have hundreds of books. Ebooks are usually cheaper to purchase, although not always. They are also much, much easier to search for specific words or phrases than are printed books. However, ebooks are not perfect.
Here is a common scenario amongst people who use ebooks: One ebook that the ebook's owner references often might be stored on the reader's tablet computer in Kindle's AZW format. Now the reader would like to have the same ebook on another computer and in another format, such as in EPUB format. How can anyone translate and copy from one format to another?
They are expensive at $400 to $40,000 US, depending upon the features included and the speed of the scanning.
Many book scanners require cutting the bindings off the books and then inserting the stacks of unbound pages into a sheet feeder that looks similar to what is found on high-speed office photocopiers.
Cutting the binding off a book is often traumatic for genealogists! Yes, I have cut bindings from modern reprints of old books without hesitation but I doubt if many genealogists will cut the binding from a book printed 100 years ago or even earlier.
A new scanner that is going into production now will solve most of these issues. Even better, it scans books, loose pages, photographs, and even small objects (coins, toys, jewelry, silverware, and more) without damaging any of the objects being digitized.
Family History Connections (a business name of the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies) presents these two prestigious Awards annually. The Alexander Henderson Award is for 'the best Australian Family History' and the Don Grant Award is for 'the best Australian historical biography with a family history focus' submitted for the awards in that year.
If you have published a family history book and would like more information about the criteria for the judging of the Awards and an entry form, visit the FHC web site http://www.familyhistoryconnections.org.au. Entries close for the 2018 Awards on 30 November.
Flyleaf Press has published two new guides: to tracing ancestors in Counties Tipperary and Leitrim. Both are filled with information on the records of these counties, and how and where they can be accessed. This includes guidance on Irish archives and on many on-line sources. Both titles are well illustrated with maps and examples of the types of records to be found; and with other background material. They also provide an understanding of the social history of the respective counties and how this history has affected the keeping and survival of records. There is also a comprehensive index.
160 pages; 227 x 145 mm; paperback; indexed; b/w illustrations.
The Kelowna and District Genealogical Society Cemetery Recording Committee has been busy! Members of the committee have written and published 15 books about Kelowna local history and genealogy and then published a 16th book that is an index to the other 15. The index book lists more than 9,000 names.
The printed books have sold out. However, all of them are also available online at no charge.
Below are some resources that may be useful to genealogists.
By Peter E. Carr. Genealogical Publ. Co. 1991, reprinted 2001. 103 pages.
This small volume is several years old, but the content offers historical perspective on Cuba and its inhabitants that could be useful to the researcher looking into Cuban records and sources. A few examples of chapter content are information about land records, census records, newspaper records, consular records, along with a list of genealogical societies and social clubs. There is a list of references for further reading, and an index.


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Chiapas: MOVIAC meeting in Acteal on climate change
Worktable on sustainable rural cities @SIPAZ
From 9 to 11 August, in the Acteal community, the Mexican Movement for Alternatives to Environmental Effects and Climate Change (MOVIAC-Chiapas) carried out the "Meeting of Alternatives to Environmental Destruction and Climate Change." Close to 300 members of the Las Abejas Civil Society, the Campesino Regional Independent Movement (MOCRI), the Digna Ochoa Center for Human Rights, MOVIAC El Salvador, and MOVIAC Guatemala, among many others, participated for three days in the event that included 5 worktables. The questions that were examined in these tables were sustainable rural cities, defense of land and territory, megaprojects, food sovereignty, and environmental degradation.
MOVIAC-Chiapas is a social movement comprised at the base of indigenous and campesino individuals, peoples and communities, collectives, civil orgainzations, academics, artists, communicators, activists, and human rights defenders who find the climate crisis to be a result of the depradatory models of extraction of natural resources such as water, land, minerals, forests, and jungles. During the meeting, the groups exchanged informed regarding different environmental impacts and human-rights violations associated with mining projects, such as in Chicomuselo, the rural sustainable cities like Nuevo Juan de Grijalva, and planned dams such as that of San Juan Cancúc. The meeting also served as a preparatory space for a subsequent MOVIAC forum that will be held in November in El Salvador.
Those who signed the final declaration of the event demand among other things the immediate cancellation of all megaprojects and projects (dams, mining, wind parks, extraction of gas and petroleum, rural cities, etc.) that negatively impact Mother Earth and her peoples, in addition to calling for the cancellation of all permits and cultivation of transgenic seeds.
DECLARACION DE ACTEAL MOVIAC
Nace en Chiapas nuevo Movimiento en Defensa de la Madre Tierra.(Proyecto Ambulante, 8 de agosto de 2012)
http://moviacchiapas.blogspot.mx/
http://otrosmundoschiapas.org
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Chiapas: Forum "Exclusion…. Neoliberal Inclusion" examines the Sustainable Rural Cities
On 18 and 19 May, the Forum titled "Exclusion… Neoliberal inclusion: Looks at the Sustainable Rural Cities" was held at the CIDECI-Unitierra in San Cristóbal de las Casas. The Forum was organized by different universities and organizations, including UNAM, CIESAS, and the Chiapas Peace Network. The methodology of the forum included several rounds dealing with questions such as "Life in the Rural Cities," "Territorial reorganization and counterinsurgency," "State-firm, UN-State, public policy," "The media reality: simulation and censorship," as well as "Alternatives. Lekil kuxlejal, autonomy, utopia." Beyond presentations given by 15 investigators of the CRS Program, testimonies were presented by residents of two CRS currently in operation: Nuevo San Juan Grijalva and Santiago El Pinar.
All those who participated concurred in their critiques of this project, which was either poorly consulted with those it would affect, or not at all. Dolores Camacho, UNAM researcher, spoke of the CRS in Santiago el Pinar en the Highlands by noting that "There is an attempt to increase living standards with standards and houses of 6×6 meters made up of preconstructed materials […]. Families 'are taking these furniture to their communities or larger cities.' What sense does it make to raise these levels if they are not real?" She also mentioned that this could imply a regression regarding food sovereignty: "We are speaking of campesinos who could sustain themselves in precarious but dignified conditions. The development model represented by the CRS Program demands that people have no autonomous means of subsistence, but rather be buying everything, thus making them completely dependent on the market: without money, they cannot eat."
Regarding the counterinsurgent purposes that the CRS Program could be said to serve, Dr. Marcos Arana compared the project with the "strategic hamlets" implemented in Vietnam in 1962 to dismantle communities and their links with the land and collectivity.
Critican el despojo que implican las ciudades rurales sustentables, La Jornada, 20 de mayo de 2012
La mercantilización de los bosques, motivo para retirar a comunidades en Chiapas, La Jornada, 21 de mayo de 2012
Programa rural viola derechos de indígenas, La Jornada, 18 de mayo de 2012
Programa del foro: Excluxión…. Inclusión neoliberal, Miradas sobre las ciudades rurales sustentables
Chiapas: Peace Network presents report regarding Sustainable Rural Cities Program (18 May 2012)
Chiapas: CAIK presents documentary "To there you will move"" (7 March 2012)
Chiapas: Nuevo Juan de Grijalva denounces repression and harassment (8 June 2011)
Chiapas: opening of new Sustainable Rural City in Los Altos (14 April 2011)
Chiapas: Las Abejas' communiqué denounces construction of rural cities in the Chiapas Highlands (22 May 2010)
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Chiapas: The Peace Network presents report regarding Sustainable Rural Cities
Presentation of report in press-conference @ SIPAZ
On 10 May, the Peace Network, a space for action and reflection made up of 10 organizations that have since 2001 sought to support processes of peace and reconciliation in Chiapas together with the Collective for Kollective Analysis and information (CAIK) presented the document "From Earth to Asphalt, Report of the Civil Mission for Observation of the Peace Network and CAIK on the Sustainable Rural Cities Program."
In October 2011, these organizations carried out a Civil Mission of Observation in two Sustainable Rural Cities already populated by persons as well as 4 others that are in the construction or planning stages, with the goal of documenting the present situation in terms of the human-rights situation in which the population finds itself directly affected by the Sustainable Rural Cities Program (CRS) that the Chiapas state-government has been developing. Another key reason for the report is that the CRS Program leads to the forced displacement of people from their communities, given that behind the official objectives to combat poverty are found hidden interests seeking economic and political profit.
The testimonies of the affected persons, presented in this report, illustrate the different means by which the CRS Program violates several internationally recognized human rights, including the right to self-determination of peoples. During the event also was presented the "Until there you go" documentary that examines the same subject, the product of CAIK.
Denuncian plan de desintegración social mediante las ciudades rurales sustentables (La Jornada, 14 de mayo)
Subyace desintegración cultural en reordenamiento territorial en Chiapas: Ong, La Jornada, 13 de mayo de 2012
Página Web de la Red por la Paz
Audios de la presentación (Radio zapatista, 10 de mayo de 2012)
Trailer del video: Hasta ahí te mueves (CAIK, 2012)
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Chiapas: Press-conference on present situation of the affected by the blocking of the Grijalva River
On 20 July in the cultural center Tierradentro in San Cristóbal de Las Casas was held a press-conference regarding the present situation of those affected by the blockage of the Grijalva River in November 2007. The victims denounce that the government has not attended to their case fairly and that it has used their situation of vulnerability to implement its own agenda. Furthermore they denounce the repression of the social movement, referring to the arbitrary detention of several comrades during a protest on 4 July last.
The press-conference mentions that "there have passed more than three years of disaster that caused the the community of Juan de Grijalva to disappear entirely, and until now, beyond giving the state-government the perfect opportunity to launch the ambitious Rural Cities project, confrontations have been generated among the affected communities in place of resolving problems. Residents have been dispersed and the repression of social movements continues, as does the situation of prisoners […]. On 4 July 2010 in light of the social mobilizations carried out in the municipalities of Tecpatán and Frontera Comalapa, the authorities responded brutally, utilizing the repressive apparatus they have available. In these arbitrary preventions prevailed the excessive use of force, abuse of authority, and torture. The most representative cases of both operations is that of Messrs. Juan JIMÉNEZ LÓPEZ and Santos SALAS VÁZQUEZ. Vázquez was burned on both elbows with a lighter by his captors; no advance has been had in the investigation currently carried out by the Prosecutor on Crimes Related to Public Servants."
Invitación a rueda de prensa (LIMEDDH)
Audios de la rueda de prensa (Radio Zapatista)
Desplazados del tapón de Grijalva, víctimas de inseguridad alimentaria (La Jornada del Campo, 16 de julio)
Comunicado de prensa (19 de junio)
Para más información de SIPAZ:
Chiapas: Campesinos from Nuevo Juan de Grijalva are released (25 de junio)
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Chiapas: Campesinos from Nuevo Juan de Grijalva are released
Nuevo Juan de Grijalva (@pozol.org)
Following 3 months of detention, the eight campesinos from the so-called first Sustainable Rural City in the world (ejido Nuevo Juan de Grijalva, municipality of Ostuacán) were released together with their defense attorney. They had been detained in the Pichucalco jail after having participated in a protest organized to demand that the government pay reparations and other promises to which it had committed following the disaster which occurred in 2007 due to problems with the Grijalva river.
In previous days several critical notes had been released in various media on the situation of these prisoners and the rest affected by the river.
Liberan a 8 campesinos y su abogado defensor en Pichucalco (Milenio, 23 June 2011)
La situación actual de los damnificados por el taponamiento del río Grijalva (Boletín de prensa de la Limeddh, 20 June 2011)
Perseguidos de la Ciudad Rural Juan del Grijalva (Punto de Partida, vídeo)
Las casas inhabitables por las que investigan al ex gobernador de Chiapas (CNN México, 23 June 2011)
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Chiapas: Visit by Oliver De Shutter, UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Food
Oliver De Shutter @ Oaxaca Libre
During the week of official visit to Mexico by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Oliver De Shutter met in Chiapas with campesino groups and NGOs that denounced that in the state there operate economic policies that favor the free market with regard to rural development, as stipulated by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). They affirmed that this has contributed to the fact that the state is no longer the principal producer of maize in the country, instead becoming a state of transit for producing and importing firms, which amounts to a loss of food sovereignty that affects hundreds of thousands of indigenous and campesino families.
The Rapporteur, who also visited the El Pinar Sustainable Rural City, encountered in vivo the denunciations and proposals of the organizations (among them those of maize producers) that accused the State of facilitating the experimental cultivation of transgenic maize in the north of Mexico and the welcoming of the Monsanto corporation via an agreement recently signed between the state government and the foundation Fundar, related to the multinational in Chiapas. Coffee-workers also declared that the firm AMSA, associated with Nestlé, is promoting a variety of transgenic coffee.
Juan Velasco, from the cooperative Chol Xumulhá, indicated that "the production of maize is basic for self-development and alimentation, but in any case the tendency among the people is commercial agricultural production–coffee, for example–which can constitute an important source of income for campesinos, but does not resolve problems of sustenance."
Dr. Marcos Arana, from the National Institute on Nutrition and the Center for Training for Campesinos (CCESC), noted that "it would be necessary to undertake an evaluation of the impact of Rural Cities that be external and independent which would investigate the consequences for the people affected. Chiapas has become a state that expels populations. It is estimated that in recent years, between 8 and 10% of the population of Chiapas has migrated to the United States, Cancún, and Ciudad Juárez. This is a symptom of the abandonment in which rural populations find themselves." He also announced that more than 80% of the children of Chiapas suffer from nutritional problems such as obesity and malnutrition.
The organizations agreed that food culture is in a process of erosion. They indicated that in indigenous communities soda and assorted items are cheapter than water and milk, resulting in massive increases in the consumption of such among the indigenous, particularly those who have limited access to the waters of rivers.
Among the proposals that the civil-society organizations presented to the Rapporteur was the importance of prohibiting the cultivation of transgenic maize and instead promoting indigenous, familial, small-scale agriculture, based in traditional knowledge of the management of agrosystems and the incorporation of natural and organic materials.
The efficacy of subsidy programs such as Oportunidades and Procampo was also questioned, given that they do not reach the most remote communities: "It is clear that these programs and others should be designed with human rights as a base, and this is not only an argument: these programs cannot be based in charity but are rather the rights of persons," concluded the UN functionary. De Shutter observed that it is clear that the Rural Cities program attends to the consequences of populational dispersal, but not to the causes, such as distribution of land and lack of employment, as indicated by the organizations. The Special Rapporteur warned that, if present public policies be continued, Mexico will need to import 80% of its food, with campesinos continuing to abandon their lands.
Chiapas: Organizaciones se reúnen con relator de la ONU para el derecho a la alimentación, Oaxaca Libre, 16 June 2011
En 30 años, México importará 80% de los alimentos: ONU, Otros Mundos Chiapas, 15 June 2011
Avala relator de la ONU disminución de desnutrición en Chiapas, SDP Noticias, 16 June 2011
Relator de ONU sobre alimentación visita México, El Universal, 12 June 2011
Visitará relator sobre el derecho a alimentación, Cuarto Poder, 13 June 2011
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Chiapas: Nuevo Juan de Grijalva denounces repression and harassment
Photo @ Chiapas Denuncia Pública
A group of families residing in the first so-called Sustainable Rural City of the world, ejido Nuevo Juan de Grijalva, municipality of Ostuacán, denounced persecution and harassment on the part of police in response to peaceful protests demanding that the government observe its promises and the payment of debts incurred following the disaster which occurred in the community in 2007. Eight members of the community and their lawyer have been detained since 13 April in the prison of Pichucalco, Chiapas. The affected demand their liberty, that their rights be respected, and that the harassment and repression directed by authorities against residents of Nuevo Juan de Grijalva stop.
According to testimony by the affected, the repressive actions began on 17 March past when the ejidatari@s affected by the November 2007 landslides in the community Juan de Grijalva carried out a protest with the end of calling attention to the authorities regarding their situation. "Once part of the community was reunited," they say, "some 200 or 300 police invaded." The agents "in an arbitrary manner tricked protesters, arguing that payment for lands would be negotiated." In exchange, they were taken to the State Attorney General's Office.
In a public denunciation they announce that "the Sustainable Rural City is merely part of a political euphemism. It is a term allied with force, because semantically it is an error to make such claims. It is a lie that the people of Juan del Grijalva now lives better. In fact we are worse off now. Now we are persecuted and imprisoned. Now we are alone, carrying the government on our backs." They added that "there there is no work, and for this reason there is nothing sustainable anywhere. There is not even a tree that would allow us shade fromt he rays of the sun. We don't even have a dignified home in which to live. The houses we were given as homes are nothing more than bricks put together with mud that cause skin conditions, as from these walls are born many species of insects."
Doctor Gerardo González Figueroa, from t he College of the Southern Border in san Cristóbal de Las Casas, affirmed in an interview held during his participation in the Eight National Congress of the Mexican Association of Rural Studies (AMER) that the worst thing about the Sustainable Rural Cities was not the loss of home or social environment but rather that the forced relocation of campesinos is part of a much larger strategy of counterinsurgency and pacification. He explained that to abruptly change the setting of rural-dwelling campesinos converts them into factory-workers. He similarly noted that it would seem that there exist an interest among governments in promoting urbanization, regardless of the risks involved. Apparently, he added, these projects cover basic services but also converts campesin@s into docile actors, accepting the new governmental "policies."
Denuncia Pública, Chiapas Denuncia Pública, 31 May 2011
Denuncian acoso habitantes de Juan de Grijalva, en Chiapas, La Jornada, 2 June 2011
Campesinos denuncian éxodo de la Ciudad Rural de Nuevo Juan de Grijalva, La Jornada de Oriente, 2 June 2011
Ciudades Rurales, un despojo contra el campesinado, señaló Gerardo González, La Jornada de Oriente, 31 May 2011
Damnificados de Nuevo Juan del Grijalva denuncian represión, Informe Chiapas, 31 May 2011
Chiapas: opening of new Sustainable Rural City in Los Altos, 14 April 2011
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Should I Set an Asking Price for My Company?
No. Perhaps the shortest and certainly the clearest answer in the English language.
We always tell clients that nothing is gained by putting a sticker price on their business. Of course at the start of any project we put a value on the business using our experience of the prices really achieved for private companies. Not least to make sure that the client will sell within the most likely range of selling prices. We just don't make that price expectation available to the buyers.
Why do we prefer to work this way?
Setting a sticker price puts a ceiling on the price. Higher prices are sometimes achieved when a company has dramatic growth potential or offers high levels of synergy to a buyer. If several buyers want a company a bidding war can drive the selling price outside the normal range. Sometimes an inexperienced buyer just offers too much. This will not happen if a sticker price is set.
Sellers are aware that buyers will offer below the sticker price. To allow for this they set a high sticker price. This creates another set of problems. Buyers just will not get involved with a sale process if the sticker price is too high. It takes a lot of effort to buy a company and if buyers believe the sellers have unrealistic value expectations they will not want to waste time by getting involved. This is bad news for you as the seller. You will miss out on offers that should be made, and have fewer engaged buyers in the process. As a result there will be less prospect of raising the price through competition. Worse still you also miss out on one of the single most important piece of information in any company sale process – how other companies in your industry, and private buyers, really see the value of your business.
Setting a high sticker at the start, with a view to later lowering it, creates a longer lasting problem. Once a market perception that your price expectations are too high is set it is very difficult to restart the sale process. Buyers are reluctant to re-engage after passing the first time. We recently marketed a business that had been for sale two years with another broker at a totally unrealistic price. Even though we were a new broker many potential buyers in the industry just would not get involved. Some that did come back clearly felt they had the sellers over a barrel.


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Asian Pacific Americans Denounces Civil Rights Abuses in Ferguson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kenneth Lee | Acting Chief Executive Officer
202 223 5500 | klee@ocanational.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates, a national membership-driven organization of community advocates dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs), sends its deepest condolences to the family of Michael Brown and denounces the outrageous abuse of civil rights against demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri.
"OCA extends our deepest condolences to the Brown family and stands in solidarity with the African American community in this most troubling time. Excessive use of police force, continued racial and religious profiling, and the lack of accountability for officers involved in these cases have led not only to the death of Michael Brown, but a long list of deaths from the African American community and other communities of color," said Sharon M. Wong, OCA National President. "The reports and investigations from the Ferguson police department have been inadequate in addressing the role of their officer in the shooting and have instead focused on demonizing the character of Michael Brown. That is unacceptable. We call on a full and transparent investigation into this case by the local authorities and by the Department of Justice."
"The incidents in Ferguson are an outrageous abuse of civil rights against the African American community. The reactions by local police to peacful protesters, from their use of police dogs to tear gases thrown at demonstrators, are clear violations of the Ferguson community's constitutional right to peacefully assemble," said Ken Lee, OCA Acting Chief Executive Officer. "Likewise, the curfew imposed by the Governor on civilians limits that same right. We must provide protections for the African American community to grieve the death of this youth and protest the injustice that they have continually faced instead of limiting them."
"Our nation must address the root causes that continue to allow the excessive use of police force and profiling of African, Latino, Southeast Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Islander American communities. We call for legislation that will prevent such tragedies from occurring again and that will hold officers accountable for their actions," said Miriam Yeung, OCA National Vice President of Public Affairs. "Asian Pacific American communities have not been exempt from these issues. The deaths of Fong Lee in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Matangi Tai in Mesa, Arizona at the hands of those who have sworn to protect our communities are clear examples that these issues cut across all racial, ethnic, and religious lines. OCA stands in solidarity with the residents of Ferguson in calling for justice and change."
The OCA St. Louis Chapter also released a statement regarding the effects of the Ferguson incidents on locally owned Asian Pacific American businesses.
Founded in 1973, OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates is a national non-profit civil rights organization promoting and protecting the political, economic, and cultural rights of Asian Pacific Americans in America. We are interested in working with anyone who shares our mission of creating a stronger America by advocating for the values of equal liberty and justice for all.
OCA-NY is a 501(c)(3) organization. Our financial statements are submitted annually to the IRS. All of our board members are volunteers.


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L4Linux 9 February 2014 at 7:27 pm UTC
I would really like the "Arena games" to have an option for a slower, more realistic (as realistic an arena shooter could get anyway...) gameplay. I never liked this bunny-hoping at all.
Liam Dawe 9 February 2014 at 7:32 pm UTC
killx_den 9 February 2014 at 9:26 pm UTC
That is exactly how I like FPS games. Can't stand that slow CS/CoD stuff :/
Orkultus 9 February 2014 at 9:27 pm UTC
I didn't mind this game to much, although i played Nexuiz alot more.
Guest 10 February 2014 at 1:21 am UTC
Anonymous 10 February 2014 at 3:41 am UTC
Warsow is one of the pioneers of Linux gaming.
It was around when Linux only sported a handful of games that were on par with big $$$ MS titles.
It looks like they are getting ready for Steam Greenlight, which should be a formality, given the quality of the game and the the overwhelming support on Steam.
It's definitely my favorite Arena shooter. Fast-paced, Competitive, Great movement, Great maps and good balance. If you like fast-paced fps games, You'll love warsow.
It is not a joke, it is just that not everyone likes this super-fast paced style. So the best would be an OPTION to reduce the player speed and most importantly the jump from twice the jump of Michael Jordan to the jump height of the average person (who also happens to wear armor and carry a big gun weighting many kilos... Except for the low gravity levels).
Xpander 10 February 2014 at 8:58 am UTC
i like super fast paced FPS games, but warsow is little too much , because of the wall jumping stuff.
i prefer Xonotic or Alien Arena mostly.
Guest 10 February 2014 at 3:47 pm UTC
Liam Dawe 10 February 2014 at 4:25 pm UTC
I simply don't like fast bunny hopping games like this which is why I do stick to slower games.


Great for the whole family, and easy to make, this recipe is one for everyone including the picky eaters! Seasoned chicken breasts coated with breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese is a perfect combination that can be super addictive.
They're having an EAT BETTER GSS Sale ongoing now, so do expect some deep discounts going on. What this means its that it's the perfect time to get some groceries to cook up a storm for your loved ones for CHEAP.
Simple. Yummy. So get going!
Pound to flatten 2 boneless skinless chicken chicken breast.
Season it with ⅛ tsp black pepper and ¼ tsp salt.
Prepare breading station with 3 plates.
Place 50g all purpose flour into one plate. Season with salt and pepper to taste..
Beat 2 eggs into the second plate.
Place 70g panko breadcrumbs seasoned with 30g parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to taste.
Coat each piece of chicken breast with flour, shake off the excess.
Dip into the beaten egg.
And last, coat it with the breadcrumb mixture. Set aside.
Heat up 100g butter with 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil in a pan on medium heat.
Fry the breaded chicken on medium heat until golden brown, flip over and fry until it is cooked. Each side takes approximately 3 to 4 minutes.
Remove and set on a roasting tray.
Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese on top.
Broil in the oven until the cheese is melted and beginning to brown.
Cook 200g of spaghetti as per instructions on the packet.
Drain the spaghetti and place it in a mixing bowl.
Heat up 350g pasta sauce to simmering point in a pan.
Remove 6 tbsp of the pasta sauce and set aside.
Sprinkle over 20g grated parmesan and chopped fresh parsley. Toss until well mixed. Season with salt and pepper.
Spoon the reserved pasta sauce over each chicken breast.
Serve the parmesan chicken with the spaghetti.


Every morning I get an email from my favorite blogger, Gretchen Rubin with The Happiness Project. These emails are composed of daily happiness quotes that make you think. The email this morning certainly made me do just that.
Hmmmm... what exactly does this mean? I think it can mean different things to each of us, but for me, the meaning behind this is to "live in the now". Carpe Diem. Seize the Day. The time is now. Don't put off for tomorrow what could get done today. Yada Yada Yada. But in all seriousness, it really is important to live in the moment. Understand where you are at whatever point you are in your life and accept it. Maybe you're not where you wanna be, so you convince yourself that..."I'll be happen when ____ fill in the blank____" The truth of the matter is that happiness is a choice and an attitude- a choice to have a certain attitude and live a certain way. Choose happiness. Now.... because Forever is composed of nows.


The Municipal Art Gallery strives to both promote and encourage contemporary artists and to create a place where everyone can enjoy American and Mississippi art for what it is: a true reflection of our people and our lifestyles.
The goal at the Gallery is to provide a place where artists can exhibit their work and to be a stepping stone for emerging artists. The Gallery, originally built in the 1860's as the stately home of John and Sarah Ligon, stands today as one of the oldest surviving historical structures in Jackson. As the Municipal Art Gallery, it has become a cultural focal point for local artists and attracts 20,000 visitors to the downtown area every year.
The permanent art collection includes art works by Karl and Mildred Wolfe, Andrew Bucci, William Hollingsworth, and Marie Hull, to name a few. Different visiting art exhibits are displayed each month. Contact the Art Gallery for the exhibit on display during any given month.


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Is Odell Beckham Jr. the most honest guy on Giants?
Odell Beckham Jr. is labeled a lot of things, but one thing that goes under the radar is his brutal honesty.
The Giants wide receiver was unfiltered yet again on Sunday, criticizing his head coach for not doing enough to exploit a depleted Eagles secondary in a 25-22 loss.
It is not the first time Beckham voiced his true feelings and certainly will not be the last.
The star receiver has a history of speaking his mind and he is often right -- or at least has good reason to say what he says.
Beckham has a legitimate gripe in his most recent comments. The Giants offense disappeared in the second half of a 25-22 loss to the Eagles, scoring just three points and gaining 51 yards of total offense. Beckham had just two catches in the half and the Giants were unable to win a game they led 19-3 at one point.
"Uh, I don't know. We know Eli's not running (the ball). Like I said, I feel like he's not going to get out the pocket. We know Eli's not running it. But is it a matter of time issue? Can he still throw it, yeah, but it's been pretty safe and it's been, you know ... cool catching shallow [routes] and trying to take it to the house. But I'm. ... I want to go over the top of somebody."
Here is an instance of Beckham being honest to a fault. He was asked in an Oct. 7 interview on ESPN about if there was an "issue" with Eli Manning and Beckham could not say no. He was immediately labeled as a distraction and a bad teammate, but it was true. The Giants have not been able to win recently with Manning. He is not a mobile quarterback, he does not have the arm he once did and Beckham is often left trying to make something out off short passes and slants. He was not exactly off-base with what he said.
Again, Beckham is being honest to a fault here. He was asked in the same ESPN interview if he was truly happy in New York and could not answer the question. Obviously, this one came back to haunt him, too, but you have to kind of respect the fact he was not going lie.
"I don't feel like it's necessary for me to apologize for how I feel....If I'm not allowed to put my foot down and say I'm tired of losing, that's tough for me to deal with, bro. Like, I'm having a hard time dealing with that."
Beckham made these comments in his UNINTERRUPTED Facebook series following his ESPN interview. There was plenty of outcry over his comments but Giants wide receiver was not going to give some fake apology to appease everybody. He has had one winning season since joining the Giants and it has certainly taken a toll on him.
"I missed four games my rookie year and still came back and did what I did. The end zone, it'll come."
Through four weeks this season, Beckham was asked if he had any concerns over not scoring a touchdown. Beckham knew the touchdowns would eventually come based on what he's done in the past and he was right. Since then, Beckham has five touchdowns in his last seven games.


The zombie apocalypse has happened and you must escape the center of the city!
Grab a bear and bring it to the top of skyscrapers!
Get the beach ball out the door and to the finishing flag. Don't let it touch the water or the game will reset!


Summers76 , from Northumberland and Durham England, has been a Family Tree Circles member since Aug 2006. is researching the following names: SCANLON, LYDON, SCANLONFAMILYPHOTOGRAPHS and 2 other(s).
It was during that holiday that I found details regarding the rich History and Heritage of Cobh, Co-Cork(Last Port of call for the Titanic). We have since been back to Ireland, a number of times...and each time it feels like home.
'LYDON' family, and if by chance you have any information or details that you think may help my research.


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China Must Free Activist Zhen Jianghua & End Suppression of Human Rights Monitoring Groups
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—April 2, 2018) – The Chinese government should immediately release activist Zhen Jianghua (甄江华), who had previously been a technical consultant helping to maintain the online platform Human Rights Campaign in China (HRCC). Zhuhai police have formally arrested him on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power," according to his lawyer, who received a phone call from police on March 30. Zhen's arrest is another sign of the relentless suppression of civil society groups and free expression under President Xi Jinping. Now that term limits for the Chinese president have been eliminated through constitutional changes, Xi Jinping could stay in power indefinitely, making the suppression of human rights under his regime a matter of even greater concern. Individuals like Zhen, who have led or been closely tied to human rights groups, have been accused of "endangering national security," and increasingly deprived of their rights to free expression, assembly, and association.
Zhuhai police initially criminally detained Zhen on September 1, 2017, before moving him into "residential surveillance at a (police) designated location" (RSDL) on an unknown date. Police only informed his lawyer, Ren Quanniu (任全牛), of the change in criminal coercive measures in December. Under RSDL, police can hold suspects in a secret location for up to six months if they are suspected of "endangering national security" (Criminal Procedure Law, Article 73). Since 2015, police across China have increasingly used this measure to target human rights defenders (HRDs). Zhuhai police have denied Zhen all meetings with his lawyers and threatened his family to not speak publicly about his case. Zhen Jianghua's exact location remains unknown following his arrest, though he is believed to have been moved to a detention center in Zhuhai. Police told lawyer Ren that he must apply to meet Zhen, but there is no guarantee a visit will be approved. Zhen is at significant risk of being tortured or mistreated while in incommunicado detention. In recent years, such torture and mistreatment has been reported in the cases of many other detained human rights defenders.
Zhen's arrest follows a pattern of suppression of HRDs affiliated with advocacy groups that monitor and report on human rights issues in China or try to assist activists and petitioners. Liu Feiyue (刘飞跃), the founder of "Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch," faces imminent trial in Hubei following his indictment for "inciting subversion" in December 2017. In another case, authorities postponed the December 2017 trial of longtime activist Qin Yongmin (秦永敏), who was the head of "Human Rights Watch in China" (also known as the "Rose Team") and is facing charges of "inciting subversion." Jiangsu authorities criminally detained Qin's colleague from the Rose Team, Xu Qin (徐秦), in February 2018, before disappearing her into RSDL the next month on suspicion of "inciting subversion." Sichuan police detained Huang Qi (黄琦) of "64 Tianwang Human Rights Center" in November 2016. Authorities continue to investigate Huang on "leaking state secrets" charges and have not provided him proper treatment for serious health conditions. Two women who reported for "64 Tianwang," Wang Jing (王晶) and Wang Shurong (王淑蓉), are serving lengthy prison sentences in relation for their rights advocacy work.
Born on November 1, 1985, Zhen Jianghua began his rights advocacy in the mid-2000s, working with charity organizations in Guangdong and Macao. Zhen has been an advisor with Chinese Wikipedia and a project officer for a HIV/AIDS prevention education project in Zhuhai. In the past few years, Zhen had been detained for short periods due to his activism, particularly after getting involved with Human Rights Campaign in China. Zhen had vocally spoken out since 2015 for the release of incarcerated rights defenders held in the "709 Crackdown."
Watch "More than one way to the Square," a video about Zhen Jianghua (with English subtitles)
Renee Xia, International Director (Mandarin, English), +1 863 866 1012, reneexia[at]nchrd.org, Follow on Twitter: @ReneeXiaCHRD
Victor Clemens, Researcher (English), +1 209 643 0539, victorclemens[at]nchrd.org, Follow on Twitter: @VictorClemens
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Collectible is a pioneering fair exclusively dedicated to contemporary collectible design, gathering unique pieces and limited editions of the 21st Century.
The Phantasmagoria exhibition at Collectible is a curated selection of unique pieces and limited editions. Tapestries by the Finnish designer Kustaa Saksi, sculptural vases by the Portuguese artist and ceramicist Bela Silva, a light installation of Silvered Caviar Sconces (ed; 20) by the New York-based duo designers Chen & Williams combined with designer wallpaper of Alexia de Ville, the limited edition of the Crystallized SL58 Chair by Léon Stynen designed by Isaac Monté and reedited in 2018 by BULO (60th year anniversary, diamond jubileum) and a selection of the one-off wooden furniture and sculptures by the Belgian designer Kaspar Hamacher. These unique designer pieces dialogue with photographic work by Frederik Vercruysse & Laetitia Bica, the full Atlantic collection by him and 'Gold' by her.
Please download the catalogue here – prices are on request.
Spazio Nobile is pleased to invite you to join the VIP program which can be downloaded here. Bookings to any of the events have to be done by email to vip@collectible.design. As part of the VIP program Spazio Nobile will be hosting a Lunch & Prosecco at the 'bel étage' of Spazio Nobile Gallery within Season VII- Die Werkstatt, Sculptural Furniture Design & Photography on Saturday March 11, from 11.30 am – 13.30 pm. Due to limited space, reservations for the lunch are mandatory. Inscription is required via vip@collectible.design.
More info about the fair in this article.


Portal Dual Lasers. Photo from Valve.
Valve, the video game company who brought you the wildly famous brainiac puzzle games Portal and Portal 2, announced last week that it will now be offering Portal 2 and Puzzle Maker free for educators as part of their new Teach with Portals project using Steam for Schools service.
There's a lot of new concept in here, so let me walk you through them. If you're reading this article, then I'm guessing you're already familiar with Portal and Portal 2. If you've been living in the dark cave of parenthood like me, Puzzle Maker is a platform to create your own Portal puzzles and it comes with Portal 2 (as an update). Teach with Portals is Valve's new community for educators. Steam for Schools is a stripped down version of Valve's online content service, Steam, designed with the teacher-and-students environment in mind.
What Valve has announced this year still isn't the end of the line. They are dedicated to responding to the feedback of the community and adding new features that show a lot of interest and potential. I communicated with Leslie Redd about how Valve can afford to keep adding on to a product that is free to the user (the educators).
"Valve is always interested in exploring new ways of thinking and doing. What we are doing with the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker education program is responding to a demand from our current community and perhaps expanding that community further by sharing the creativity and innovation we see emerging. It's the teachers who are creating the content and driving the direction."
You may think that with such great educational potential, Portal might have been designed with education in mind. Not exactly. "Portal and Portal 2 were created as fun and engaging entertainment games," said Redd. "There is always 'teaching' that goes on in game design – educating the player to be familiar with the game mechanics and assets – but there was nothing intentional for the educational space." However, the gears changed when later creating Puzzle Maker. Considering the popularity of Portal and Portal 2 with educators, a lot more educators and students were brought in to direct and test Puzzle Maker in its development phase. "Consequently it's designed as a modular system that can be updated to better suit a teachers' needs," said Redd.
There is concern from certain teachers about being able to introduce a new educational tool when they are already facing very limited resources and strict objectives. To that, Redd replied "a teacher can use an aspect of the game for demonstration purposes, or have students use it more interactively. The lesson plans on the website are created by educators and are aligned to Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards. Teachers in the initial beta test have told us that they use the Puzzle Maker to introduce, support and supplement their students' learning." In fact, there's a wealth of knowledge shared by educators online about using Portal in the classroom, for example the impressive Physics with Portals blog by Physics and Chemistry high school teacher Cameron Pittman. Homeschoolers need not fear, Steam for Schools is available to them as well.
Just how dedicated is Valve in trying to redesign the educational system to reflect the needs of our current world? Redd replied, "Valve is interested in hiring people who are highly developed critical thinkers, collaborative, creative and problem solvers – all the 21st Century skills so crucial for students to acquire and exercise. We hope that the worldwide educational systems can reflect that."
Currently, Steam for Schools offers only Portal 2 and Puzzle Maker. In the Games for Change presentation, Redd had this to say about introducing more games to the service, "I hope that we will be able to provide a place for there to be a lot of great conversation, creativity, and innovation. Where that will lead us, we will see."
As per the request of GeekMom Helene's 3-year-old son, I asked Redd if Valve would ever consider partnering with Lego to create a Lego Portal game. "We love Lego and how creative the community has been with the it and Portal 2! We'll pass that on our friends in Denmark." Seed planted. In the mean time if you want to see Lego and Portal together, consider voting for the Lego Portal Cuusoo project and help make it a reality!


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'Atmospheric river' storms to soak…
Rare 'atmospheric river' storms to soak California this week
Rare late-season storms could double or triple historic May rainfall totals in a few days
A pedestrian holds an umbrella as he walks along Grand Avenue on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
A pedestrian holds an umbrella as she walks around Lake Merritt on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
Traffic on rain-drenched I-80 Westbound at Powell Street as shown from a Caltrans traffic camera on May 15, 2019. (Courtesy: Caltrans)
By Paul Rogers | progers@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 14, 2019 at 1:46 p.m. | UPDATED: May 15, 2019 at 10:51 a.m.
Dig out that umbrella, and even the tire chains. It's mid-May, but a series of rare, winter-like storms will soak the Bay Area and much of California through next week and bring up to 2 feet of new snow to the Sierra Nevada.
Two atmospheric rivers are moving in from the Pacific, forecasters say. And although they are weak — expected to be a 1 on a scale of 1 to 5 — they will generate steady rainfall starting Wednesday and continuing through next Tuesday.
A graphic from the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes forecasts the amount of moisture that will be brought over the West Coast by the atmospheric river this week. (Courtesy photo)
"We've got an active storm track moving in," said Marty Ralph, director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego. "By May standards, the rain will be substantial.
Related: 'Atmospheric river' storm arrives in Bay Area. San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco could double average May rain totals over a few days.
Commonly known as "Pineapple express" storms when they come from the tropics, atmospheric rivers are giant conveyor belts of water in the sky, moisture-rich storm systems that roll in from the Pacific Ocean a few times a year and account for up to 50 percent of the state's annual precipitation.
Ralph, one of the nation's experts on atmospheric river storms, said the first one, arriving late Tuesday night and early Wednesday, seems to be focused on Sonoma County. The second, coming in next Monday and Tuesday, seems to be headed for the San Diego area.
Rain from each storm will be widespread across the state, but neither appears strong enough to cause major flooding or mudslides, he said.
"There will be some small stream urban high water, but for the most part they will be beneficial, from a water supply standpoint," Ralph said.
Atmospheric rivers normally occur in the winter months. But every other year or so, they extend into May, Ralph said, adding that he isn't aware of any unusual conditions in the Pacific that are generating the latest wave. Since October, Washington, Oregon and California have received 47 atmospheric river storms, with 12 of them being strong or extreme, he added.
Over the next week, Bay Area residents should expect three separate waves of rain. The first, on Wednesday and Thursday, will be the wettest, delivering up to 1 inch in San Francisco, Oakland and the Monterey Bay Area, about half an inch in San Jose, and up to 2 inches in the coastal mountains and the North Bay.
"The storm door is open through early next week," said Steve Anderson, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Monterey.
"People should expect a slow, slippery, accident-laden commute home on Wednesday evening," he said. "Dirt, debris, oil that has accumulated on the road will mix with the water and create a slick layer at first."
As the rains come through, winds should gust at up to 30 m.p.h., leading the National Weather Service to declare a small craft advisory off Central and Northern California, with seas up to 7 feet, through Thursday night.
"There may be some areas of power outages as tree branches come down," Anderson said. "But those shouldn't be too widespread."
After a dry spell Friday, the next wave of rain is forecast to come in Saturday afternoon and continue through Sunday, again bringing up another 1 inch of rain in many Bay Area locations, and slightly more in the mountains.
A final wave will hit Monday night into Tuesday morning in the Bay Area, Anderson said, with half an inch in most Bay Area cities and 1 inch at higher elevations.
Altogether, some parts of the Bay Area could see 3 inches or more for the week. That's highly unusual. The historic average rainfall total for San Francisco is .7 of an inch, going back to 1849.
The all-time monthly record, set in 1925, is 4.02 inches for the month of May in San Francisco, which is often used as a measure of Bay Area weather because it has the oldest set of accurate records of any city.
Temperatures during the storms will dip 5 to 10 degrees, Anderson said. That means 60s along the coast and 70s inland during the day, with cooler temperatures at night.
"Get that extra blanket on the bed," he said. "If you are heading to the Sierras, put some chains in your car."
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the Sierra Nevada at elevations above 5,000 feet, with 1 to 2 feet of new snow expected at higher elevations through Thursday night.
The rain will cause headaches and cancel outdoor activities. But it also will delay the start of California's wildfire season by soaking grasses, shrubs and trees.
And it adds to an already spectacular winter rain season. Rainfall totals since Oct. 1 are about 105 percent of normal in most Bay Area cities, and 125 percent in Los Angeles.
On Tuesday, the Sierra Nevada snowpack, the source of one-third of California's water supply, was at 136 percent if its historic average for that date.
And most of the major state and federal reservoirs around California are full or nearly full, with Shasta Lake, the state's largest, at 94 percent full; Oroville, the state's second-largest reservoir, at 95 percent full; and Trinity Lake, the third largest, at 94 percent full.
"It's not unheard of to get some rain in May," said Anderson. "We do get these late season storms rolling through. But it's a little unusual to have three of them back-to-back."
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Schiff also points out how the Fed's policies are directly tied into politics. He explains that if the Fed were not buying the bulk of Treasury debt, interest rates would rise, increasing the cost of debt and forcing Congress to decrease government spending. There will come a point where the Fed will have to cease this practice, meaning the government is going to have to address its over-spending addiction and abruptly restructure its programs. This will necessitate real cuts, unlike the phony, so-called "devastating" $85 billion sequester that so many lawmakers scared the public over a few weeks back.
While the Keynesians are rooting for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to call the shots in an eventual exit strategy, in reality, this prospect is doomed to fail. Schiff likens the task to pulling "the monetary tablecloth off the table without disturbing the dishes… In truth, the trick Bernanke must actually perform is to pull the table out from beneath the cloth, leaving both the cloth and the dishes suspended in air." It is simply impossible to remove the Fed from the economy when the system is dependent on its reallocation practices.
"ny talk of an exit strategy is just that, talk. Not only can the Fed not exit, but it will have to delve further into the stimulus abyss. While doing so, the Fed will continuously insist that the exit lies just behind an ever moving horizon. It will repeat this mantra until a currency crisis finally forces a painful exit.


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Metro area was once home to Apaches
By Dennis Herrick / Rio Rancho Author
Most Albuquerque-area residents know about Pueblo Indians. But what about the Faraon Apaches, whose base for many years was the Sandia and Manzano mountains?
Since the late 1590s, Spaniards called the Apaches of the Middle Rio Grande by the Spanish word "faraón" for pharaoh, a reference to Biblical Egyptians. Spaniards reported that the Faraon Apaches were allied with several pueblos against Spanish rule in 1692.
The new Spanish presence had disrupted much of the area's traditional trading network, resulting in Faraones intensifying raid-and-trade at pueblos to obtain what they wanted or needed.
For Apaches too poor to buy horses – which were forbidden to them, anyway – the alternative was to steal them from Spanish herds at ranches and pueblos.
Spaniards and their Pueblo allies would deploy numerous campaigns against Faraon Apaches to punish them for thefts of horses and other livestock. One of the campaigns came after Faraon Apaches raided settlers around Bernalillo and Alameda.
Historian John L. Kessell wrote about how a campaign launched in 1704 would end with the death of Diego de Vargas, who had reconquered pueblo country after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Vargas led the punitive expedition, marching south from Santa Fe to Alameda with Spaniards and Puebloan allies. The force found Faraones with stolen livestock at the "watering place of Carnué," which was how Tijeras Pass was known then, but the Faraones escaped. Vargas and several expedition members became ill, and Vargas was taken to a Bernalillo home, where he died at the age of 60.
In June 1706, the year of Albuquerque's founding, the new villa's first alcalde mayor, Martin Hurtado, wrote about a visit by "the pagan Indians of the Faraon Apache nation." Hurtado reported that Faraones "have constantly come to trade and barter with the Spanish inhabitants of the said Villa of Alburquerque (sic) and the Christian Indians of the mountain passes and towns of this district."
Spanish Gov. Francisco Cuerbo y Valdés had predicted troubles with these same Apaches when he founded the villa, writing: "For (colonists') security, I decided that a group of 10 soldiers of this presidio should go in a squad, taking their families to escort and guard them, because (the place) is in the main frontier of the barbarous … Faraones."
Pecos Pueblo residents told Gov. Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollón in 1714 that Faraones "make their base in the Sierra de Sandia from which they sally forth to rob horses and cattle" from pueblos and colonial ranches. Two days later, Faraones took the horse herd at Picuris Pueblo.
Gov. Mogollón reacted by ordering a campaign against Faraones near Bernalillo and Albuquerque, where Vargas had gone 11 years earlier. The force set out in 1715 and searched for weeks without finding any Faraones. It was suspected that someone had warned the Apaches.
As late as 1754, Gov. Tomás Vélez Cachupín noted that raids by one or another Apache band posed a threat to ranches and pueblos around Bernalillo and Albuquerque. By then, the area was also suffering from deadly attacks by Comanches on horseback from the Great Plains.
Author and former Journal reporter Sherry Robinson said some mid-1800s maps still labeled the area from Sandia Mountain to the Pecos River as Faraon territory, although the Faraon Apaches seem to have merged with the Mescaleros by then.
Although on every colonist's mind in the 1600s and 1700s, today's memories of the Faraon Apaches of the Sandia and Manzano mountains have faded to obscurity.
Dennis Herrick is author of "Winter of the Metal People" and "Faded Pueblos of the Tiguex War."


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News The housekeeper celebrating 20 years at Trinity Hall
The housekeeper celebrating 20 years at Trinity Hall
Elaine Fox-Teece celebrates 20 years working at Trinity Hall today (2 December).
During her time here she's seen many changes: from staircases and doors painted so colourfully it made the College look like a children's TV programme, to bedders taking their coffee breaks "under the stairs" like a scene from Harry Potter.
Born and bred in Cambridge Elaine knows the city and the College better than most. She came to the College in 2002 after spending 15 years at her previous job as a care home assistant manager.
"That was a tough job and I wanted something that I could turn up for, work hard at and then go home and relax."
"I feel so lucky: Trinity Hall is friendly and it makes you feel really welcome."
Elaine started off as a bed-maker, spending six months in the College's old properties in Mill Road and Emery Street.
She then became a housekeeper on Central Site in Trinity Lane. "It was difficult at first, but I came to love it. I like being around the younger people. It makes me feel young and the years have just flown past.
"You get to really like the students you are around every day. Some of them have left still looking very young and then, returning as alumni, they've brought their children and it's absolutely lovely to see who they have become."
Now the head of Central Site Housekeeping she line-manages the bedmakers and house porters and is also responsible for the boathouse a mile or so away opposite Midsummer Common.
She enjoys checking that standards are being upheld and admits to running her fingers over the top of shelves to check for dust. "We try and be the best we can," she says with pride but adds that, "because no-one is perfect and we all make mistakes I sometimes say 'this looks lovely, but…'. I love the to work alongside the team, so if we are short-staffed, I'll very happily jump in."
Brought up in the Mill Road area, then Arbury, Elaine now lives in Chesterton after spending 15 years living on a narrowboat. She loves to clean and remodel the house on days off. "Sometimes I'll move the whole room around and my son will wonder why everything is in a different place from the last time he visited."
During her time the city and College have changed a lot she said: "When I was a little girl Rag Week was really big and my grandmother would take me into town and give me lots of pennies to give to the students who would do all sorts of funny things to get the money from you."
Trinity Hall has also changed: "Bedders were allowed to choose the colour they would like to have their staircases painted and we had every colour you could think of: yellow, blue, green, and even pink. The student bedroom doors were painted to the colour chosen by the bedder, walls in corridors were painted halfway up with the same colour; if we could open all the doors to the staircases at once it would look like the children's TV series Balamory where all the houses were painted different colours."
It's not all been easy said Elaine: the Pandemic threw up a host of challenges.
"It was hard: we couldn't see what we were fighting and it was the most difficult time I've had in my 20 years here."
But the team adapted their work to help reduce risk for everyone across the College: cleaning door handles and other areas where people came into contact with surfaces multiple times a day. And wearing face shields all the time.
Elaine has no problem identifying the best thing about her past 20 year: "I've met some really nice people and had a lot of fun and real laughs: the housekeeping team are a great team.
Elaine's place in College history was celebrated in the THWomen40 project in 2016 which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first female undergraduates and Fellows being welcomed to the College.
"It was a lot of fun having my picture taken for that and it is good to feel part of the College's history like that."
Other notable changes Elaine has seen:
"Avery Court contained a building that housed the Boat Club with one room inside for the Club Captain's use."
"Where the JCR and Aula Bar are used to be an underground bike store and where we kept our cleaning products and equipment."
"Bedders as they were called, now Housekeeping Assistants, were allowed to have their coffee breaks on their staircases, so you would find them sitting in their cleaning cupboards under the stairs like Harry Potter. That's if you were lucky enough to have a cleaning cupboard under the stairs, if not they would be sitting in the corridor perched on a stool with the coffee mug nestled in their laps or on the floor beside them."
"Smoking was allowed outside anywhere in college."
"The Market Square used to have an old gentleman who'd sit on the fountain and sing and of course there was Snowy Farr with his mice and other animals!"
"The old department stores like Eden Lilley which was where TK Maxx is now, and buses used to travel through the town centre past where Next is now on Sidney Street."


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