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Birds of a Feather: The So-Called Internet "Privacy Activists," the Intelligence Services and Big Tech
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COMMENT: Yasha Levine's recent book Surveillance Valley is a MUST READ! Relatively short and very much to the point, this volume–subtitled "The Secret Military History of the Internet"–chronicles the fact that the Internet is a weapon, developed as part of the same group of overlapping DARPA/Pentagon projects as Agent Orange.
In posts and programs to come, we will more fully develop the basic themes set forth in the excerpt below:
The Internet is a weapon, developed for counter-insurgency purposes.
Big Tech firms network with the very intelligence services they publicly decry.
Big Tech firms that data mine their customers on a nearly unimaginable scale do so as a direct, operational extension of the very surveillance function upon which the Internet is predicated.
The technologies touted by the so-called "Privacy Activists" such as Edward Snowden and Jacob Applebaum were developed by the very intelligence services they are supposed to deflect.
The technologies touted by the so-called "Privacy Activists" such as Edward Snowden and Jacob Applebaum–such as the Tor Internet function and the Signal mobile phone app– are readily accessible to the very intelligence services they are supposed to deflect.
The organizations that promote the alleged virtues of Snowden, Applebaum, Tor, Signal et al are linked to the very intelligence services they would have us believe they oppose.
Big Tech firms embrace "Internet Freedom" as a distraction from their own willful and all-embracing data mining and their ongoing conscious collaboration with the very intelligence services they publicly decry.
We will develop this more completely and in much greater detail in the future. NB: Mr. Levine does not go into the fascistic character of Snowden, Assange, Greenwald et al. Some of those shows: Greenwald–FTR #888, Snowden–FTR #'s 756, 831, Assange and WikiLeaks–FTR #'s 732, 745, 755, 917.
Surveillance Valley by Yasha Levine; Public Affairs Books [HC]; Copyright 2018 by Yasha Levine; ISBN 978-1-61039-802-2; pp. 267-269.
. . . . Convoluted as the story may be, US government support for Internet Freedom and its underwriting of crypto culture makes perfect sense. The Internet came out of a 1960s military project to develop an information weapon. It was born out of a need to quickly communicate, process data, and control a chaotic world. Today, the network is more than a weapon; it is also a field of battle, a place where vital military and intelligence operations take place. Geopolitical struggle has moved online, and Internet Freedom is a weapon in that fight.
If you take a big-picture view, Silicon Valley's support for Internet Freedom makes sense as well. Companies like Google and Facebook first supported it as a part of a geopolitical business strategy, a way of subtly pressuring countries that closed their networks and markets to Western technology companies. But after Edward Snowden's revelations exposed the industry's rampant private surveillance practices to the public, Internet Freedom offered another powerful benefit.
For years, public opinion has been stacked firmly against Silicon Valley's underlying business model. In poll, after poll, a majority of Americans have voiced their opposition to corporate surveillance and have signaled support for increased regulation of the industry. This has always been a deal breaker for Silicon Valley. For many Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, surveillance is the business model. It is the base on which their corporate and economic power rests. Disentangle surveillance and profit, and these companies would collapse. Limit data collection, an the companies would see investors flee and their stock prices plummet. [Italics are mine–D.E.]
Silicon Valley fears a political solution to privacy. Internet Freedom and crypto offer an acceptable alternative. Tools like Signal and Tor provide a false solution to the privacy problem, focussing people's attention on government surveillance and distracting them from the private spying carried out by the Internet companies they use every day. All the while, crypto tools give people a [false] sense that they're doing something to protect themselves, a feeling of personal empowerment and control. And all those crypto radicals? Well, they just enhance the illusion, heightening the impression of risk and danger. With Signal or Tor installed, using an iPhone or Android suddenly becomes edgy and radical. So instead of pushing for political and democratic solutions to surveillance, we outsource our privacy politics to crypto apps–software made by the very same powerful entities that these apps are supposed to protect us from.
In that sense, Edward Snowden is like the branded face of an Internet consumerism-as-rebellion lifestyle campaign, like the old Apple ad about shattering Big Brother or the Nike spot set to the Beatles' "Revolution." While Internet billionaires like Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Mark Zuckerberg slam government surveillance, talk up freedom, and embrace Snowden and crypto privacy culture, their companies still cut deals with the Pentagon, work with the NSA and CIA, [and companies like Cambridge Analytica–D.E.] and continue to track and profile people for profit. It is the same old split-screen marketing trick: the public branding and the behind-the-scenes reality.
Internet Freedom is a win-win for everyone involved–everyone except regular users, who trust their privacy to double-dealing military contractors, while powerful Surveillance Valley corporations continue to build out the old military cybernetic dream of a world where everyone is watched, predicted, and controlled. . . .
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This article talks about how the Koch Brothers heavily invested in Computer systems and analytics and AI to use available political and consumer information on 89% of the population. They use predictive modeling from the 1800 unique pieces of information on each individual. The information is categorized in a strength score (1-10) that is used to create an individual personality profile. This profile is then categorized in a specific group for either consumer marketing or political message targeting depending on the objective. In political targeting they will send messages through that users most popular medium – internet purchasing, e-mails, or Cable TV and send adds with the political messages that will be most likely to influence that person and/or their spouse. The computer software/analytics company, i360 has had extensive long term funding by the Koch Brothers who more than reap the political benefits of their messaging to support their candidates. The Koch Brothers supported politicians get the benefits of this research and databases for below-market pricing so they can target voters with specific adds accordingly. The Republicans have benefitted from this. As have the Koch Brothers and their allies energy interests who, although not explicitly stated in this article support deregulation as they attack the EPA so that their profits are increased.
https://www.salon.com/2018/11/05/koch-brothers-are-watching-you-and-new-documents-expose-how-much-they-know/
Koch brothers are watching you: And new documents reveal just how much they know
CALVIN SLOAN
NOVEMBER 5, 2018 12:00PM (UTC)
New documents uncovered by the Center for Media and Democracy show that the billionaire Koch brothers have developed detailed personality profiles on 89 percent of the U.S. population, and are using those profiles to launch an unprecedented private propaganda offensive to advance Republican candidates in the 2018 midterms.
The documents also show that the Kochs have developed persuasion models — like their "Heroin Model" and "Heroin Treatment Model" — that target voters with tailored messaging on select issues, and partner with cable and satellite TV providers to play those tailored messages during "regular" television broadcasts.
Over the last decade, big data and microtargeting have revolutionized political communications. And the Kochs, who are collectively worth $120 billion, now stand at the forefront of that revolution — investing billions in data aggregation, machine learning, software engineering, and Artificial Intelligence optimization.
In modern elections, incorporating AI into voter file maintenance has become a prerequisite to producing reliable data. The Kochs' political data firm, i360 states that it has "been practicing AI for years. Our team of data scientists uses components of Machine learning, Deep Learning and Predictive Analytics, every day as they build and refine our predictive models." [1]
Thanks to that investment (and the Supreme Court's campaign finance rulings that opened the floodgates for super PACs), the Koch network is better-positioned than either the Democratic Party or the GOP to reach voters with their individually tailored communications.
That is a dangerous development, with potentially dramatic consequences for our democracy.
The Kochs and i360
The Kochs formally entered the data space nine years ago, developing the "Themis Trust" program for the 2010 midterms — an uncommonly impactful election cycle where Republican operatives executed their REDMAP program and algorithmically gerrymandered congressional maps across the country in their favor.
In 2011, the Kochs folded Themis into a data competitor it acquired, i360 LLC, which was founded by Michael Palmer, the former chief technology officer of Senator McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. Palmer still leads
the organization.
Back then, as journalists Kenneth Vogel and Mike Allen documented, the Kochs' long-term funding commitments to i360 allowed the organization to think bigger than their political competitors.
"Right now, we're talking about and building things that you won't see in 2016, because it's not going to be ready until 2018," Michael Palmer said in the wake of the 2014 midterm cycle.
Those programs are now operational. And according to a successful GOP campaign manager, i360 is the "best in the business" at providing Republicans with voter data.
i360's client list reflects that data superiority. The country's most notorious and effective political spenders, like the National Rifle Association, use the platform to identify and influence voters, as do Republican party committees, and U.S. House and Senate campaigns.
i360 sweetens the deal to its clients by offering its services at below-market rates. And once clients are locked into the i360 platform, they have access to the company's voter file — the beating heart of modern political campaigns.
Conservatives agree that the Kochs are subsidizing i360. The losses they sustain by undercharging clients, however, are a pittance compared to the down-stream public policy returns and political power the Kochs receive from operating what amounts to a shadow political party in the United States — one that vigilantly guards the fossil fuel subsidies, deregulatory schemes, and regressive tax structures that enable Koch Industries to bring in $115 billion annually in private revenue.
Inside the i360 Voter File
i360's voter file identifies "more than 199 million active voters and 290 million U.S. consumers," and provides its users with up to 1,800 unique data points on each identified individual.
As a result, i360 and the Kochs know your vitals, ethnicity, religion, occupation, hobbies, shopping habits, political leanings, financial assets, marital status, and much more.
They know if you enjoy fishing — and if you do, whether you prefer salt or fresh water. They know if you have bladder control difficulty, get migraines, or have osteoporosis. They know which advertising mediums (radio, TV, internet, email) are the most effective. For you.
i360 has the following attribute tags, among hundreds of others, ranked 1-10, or subdivided otherwise in their voter file.
But i360 attribute codes are not limited to that 1-10 scale. Their knowledge of your financial standing is granular, from how much equity you have in your home to your net wealth and expendable income.
They know where you live, what your mortgage status is, and even how many bathrooms are in your house.
i360 has also created a set of 70 "clustercodes" to humanize its data for campaign operatives. These categories range from "Faded Blue Collars" to "Meandering Millennials," and have flamboyant descriptions that correspond with their attribute headings.
Here are some examples: INCLUDED IN ARTICLE LINK
Koch Persuasion Models
Additionally, i360 has developed a series of persuasion models for its voter file. These models are often regionally sensitive — since voters have regional concerns — and are being used in federal elections and down-ballot races to assist Republicans across the country.
In 2016, i360 created a set of regional models while working with Senator Rob Portman's 2016 re-election campaign. Portman started out the race polling 9 points behind his Democratic opponent, Governor Ted Strickland but ultimately won with 58 percent of the vote.
The company developed a model that could predict whether a voter supported Portman or Strickland with 89 percent accuracy, and others that predicted voter policy preferences. Well aware of the 2016 landscape, i360 also made a Trump/Clinton model, an Anti-Hillary model, and a Ticket Splitter model.
Much of i360's success in the race, however, was linked to understanding (after conducting extensive polling) that a "key local issue facing Ohio was the opioid epidemic." In response, the company created a "heroin model" and a "heroin treatment model" that were particularly effective at convincing voters to support Portman.
When describing how they employed their "heroin model," i360 was clear that Rob Portman's "position" on the crisis depended on the voter, emphasizing healthcare solution communications for some, and criminal justice solution communications for others.
Here is i360 on the subject: FORMATTED IN ORIGINAL ARTICLE
T]he issue of opioid abuse was particularly complex in that it was relatively unknown whether it was considered a healthcare issue or a criminal justice issue. The answer to this would dictate the most effective messaging. In addition, this was a particularly personal issue affecting some voters and not others.
By leveraging two predictive models — the Heroin model identifying those constituents most likely to have been affected by the issue of opioid abuse and the Heroin Treatment model determining whether those individuals were more likely to view the issue as one of healthcare or of criminal justice — the campaign was able to effectively craft their messaging about Senator Portman's extensive work in the Senate to be tailored to each individual according to their disposition on the topic.
This manipulation of the opioid crisis for political gain has a perverse irony given the Kochs' long-running work to provide corporate interests, including healthcare and pharmaceutical interests, with undue political power and influence over public policy decisions. The Kochs have gifted over a million dollars to ALEC, for example, an organization that counts Purdue Pharma — the unconscionable manufacturer of OxyContin — as a member.
The company also stated it joined Portman's campaign 21 months before the election, and that, "Together, i360 and the campaign strategized a plan to execute one of the most custom-targeted, integrated campaigns to date with a focus on getting the right message to the right voter wherever that might be."
This is notable because during the 2016 election, i360 also ran $11.7 million worth of "independent" expenditures for the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund, Freedom Partners Action Fund, and Americans For Prosperity in Portman's race.
These outside spenders, two of which are Koch-funded groups, and Rob Portman's campaign all used i360 to coordinate their digital marketing, phone banks, and television ad buys, in the same market, in the same election.
Additionally, i360 supplied Portman's campaign with other issue-based models on gun control, gay marriage, and abortion that the company continues to supply to its clients in 2018.
Here are some examples of i360's issue-based models: FORMATTED IN ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The list goes on, but the structure stays the same. The Kochs are tailoring their advertising to you, because they know nearly everything about you.
[1] Less than two years ago, Koch Industries also acquired and invested $2 billion into Infor, a cloud computing company focused on business applications. And as the owners of a diversified conglomerate, the Kochs have worked for decades to maximize their supply chains by investing substantial capital into systems engineering and analysis.
The methods used by the Koch Brothers and other right wing organizations to influence political behavior is documented in Jane Mayer's book "Dark Money, The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right" it is described in the NY Times Book Review
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/books/review/dark-money-by-jane-mayer.html
Posted by Mary Benton | February 3, 2019, 11:07 am
The pre-planned, "self-made" billionaire Jeff Bezos – world's richest man.
BEZOS' GRANDFATHER: ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, DARPA/ARPA
https://americandigitalnews.com/index.php/2019/01/11/bezos-grandfather-atomic-energy-commission-darpa-arpa/
Posted by John G | February 11, 2019, 11:39 pm
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Review | Dinner by Moira Buffini | With Mercedes Ruehl | Directed by David Esbjornson | Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, Long Island
In Off-Broadway Theater
… Truth(s) …
Bay Street bills this world premier of Dinner as a satyric comedy, but for the most part it draws its laughs from the bizarre rather than the witty. Paige, in a formal white dress, making final touches to the table for a dinner party to celebrate her husband's new book, kisses the hired waiter — well, perhaps that's not so bizarre. But the Menu, that includes Primordial Soup, Apocalypse of Lobster and, for dessert, Frozen Waste, is.
Some people, I'm told, took it for "just a simple play." With that menu?
A constant delight of Dinner is Mercedes Ruehl's wonderful way with tossed off ironies. At tense moments, she circles her hand vaguely toward the Waiter, "We need drinks." Does that sound funny? It is, when she says it, as are her more wildly imaginative riffs on the course of events, and her guests.
The guests gather, Wynne, an artist, Paige's husband Hal, a Scientist, Sian, a newscaster, Hal's wife. Wynne's husband couldn't make it, having left his wife just before the party — oh oh, Hostess Paige, a perfectionist, now has an empty place at the table. Whoever will take that place??? Whoever indeed. We are given a premonitory hint: "In my family, we always said an empty place at the table was for Christ." It's Mike, though, who comes in, a young lower class man needing to use the phone — and the bathroom — because his van broke down.
Thrown in among the fancy folks Mike passes himself off, for fun, sort of, as a thief who has just robbed the house next door. Thrills and chills, contact with those lower classes, he's soon invited to fill the empty seat at the table. But is it true he's a thief? Or false? Paige, who's bitterly at odds with everyone, most of all with her husband, develops a rapport with Mike: she protects him when her husbands wants to throw him out, and lets him "steal" an oversized gilded antique Cupid from her bathroom — Christ, after all, is Love.
From Primordial Soup to Frozen Waste, this is a play about truth and falsehood, life and death, and the invitees are emblematic societal interpreters: scientist, artist, newscaster, and Mike — who turns out to be quite a pragmatist. But what about Paige who sees everything through the prism of irony? She defines herself as the one who "does nothing." A social parasite. But when you're dealing with ultimates, is anything truer than irony?
oh, and the Waiter … he waits — there's an ultimate truth there, too.
The play would be more compelling if, in addition to being teased by "what's this all about," the audience could grasp a conflict. Still, DINNER holds up well as an intricate parable: I can't prove that here, though, without revealing the recipes for the dessert — and main course — and that wouldn't be fair, they're too full of bizarre surprises.
Bay Street Theatre comes through, as always, with a production that brings out fully the values of its plays. Dinner is at Bay Street, in Sag Harbor, through August 2.
Bay Street TheatreDavid EsbjornsonDinnerMercedes RuehlMoira Buffini
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Yvonne Korshak
A P.S. comment to Judy: If you count the lobsters,there were 13 at dinner!
Thanks, Judy, for your comment — I think it's really interesting to think about this play in terms of other theatrical dinner's — there was a terrific play in NYC a few years ago, called The Dinner Party (not the one by Neil Simon) — talk about "apocalypse" — it played for a long time, still, I didn't think it got the credit it deserved. I wish I were writing theater blogs then!
Judy C
It was a good evening watching this genre of West End Theater. One thought of other theatrical dinner parties and two came to mind – the last scene of Don Giovanni and the second act of Tosca – all relate to this dinner party. Some of the humor / sarcasm were excellent and one does not want to give it away but just the dinner scenes are worth the price of admission. The play's philosophy and message were obscure due to the probable obtuseness of the symbolism which was aggravated by the acoustics. Sitting on the side, one missed a… Read more »

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TF 8
Tue Feb. 12
ML: +242
PHI -7, O/U 226.5
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Hayward scores 26, Celtics beat 76ers again 112-109
STATS AP
PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Boston Celtics still own the Philadelphia 76ers no matter who is on the court.
Gordon Hayward scored 26 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:50 remaining, and Boston beat Philadelphia 112-109 on Tuesday night. Al Horford had 23 and Jayson Tatum scored 20 and grabbed 10 rebounds to help the Celtics continued their dominance over the Sixers.
Playing without All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, who sprained his right knee Saturday night, the Celtics beat the Sixers for the third straight meeting this season after defeating them in five games in the Eastern Conference semifinals last season.
''Against a very quality opponent was big, especially on the road without Kyrie, it was huge,'' Hayward said.
Joel Embiid had 23 points and 14 rebounds and Jimmy Butler scored 22 for Philadelphia.
Hayward's 3 from the corner put Boston up 105-103 and Marcus Smart added a free throw. The Sixers had a chance to tie when Jimmy Butler went to the line for three free throws but he missed two. After a turnover, Embiid lost the ball with under a minute left. Smart then blew past Ben Simmons for a dunk to extend the lead to 108-104 with 24 seconds left. Butler made a driving layup and a free throw to cut it to 108-107.
After Horford sank two free throws, Tobias Harris missed a 3 and Embiid put it back in with only 2.4 seconds left. Butler couldn't get a desperation 3 off in time before the buzzer sounded as the Sixers dropped their first game in three since acquiring Harris in a flurry of moves last week.
''This is a new team,'' Simmons said. ''There are things we're going to work on, things we need to get better at, but it's a good test for us to see where we're at with this new team. But I'm excited with everyone we have and to see how far we can go.''
The Celtics answered the call in their first game since Marcus Morris questioned the team's toughness after they surrendered leads of 28 points to the Clippers and 18 points to the Lakers on their home court.
''Good teams have clunkers, but good teams respond to those with the right effort and approach,'' Celtics coach Brad Stevens said.
Both teams are tied for the fourth spot in the East with a 36-21 record.
''We understood Philly's been playing at a high level,'' Horford said. ''We had disappointing losses at home. I felt like our backs were against the wall, so we all needed to come out and set the tone and we did that.''
After trailing for nearly the entire first half, the Sixers opened the third quarter on a 9-0 run to take a 55-52 lead. JJ Redick's 3-pointer capped the run. Minutes later, Simmons thrilled the crowd by driving around Tatum and throwing down a thunderous right-handed jam. But Tatum answered at the opposite end with a spin move around Embiid and dunk over Simmons.
NO TAMPERING
The NBA said Los Angeles Lakers president Magic Johnson did not break any league tampering rules when he spoke about possibly working with Simmons in the offseason. The investigation was initiated after it was revealed Sunday that Simmons wanted to meet with Johnson to talk about the art of being an elite point guard. Johnson complimented Simmons publicly on Sunday. Sixers GM Elton Brand said Monday he already told Simmons he wouldn't allow it.
TIP-INS
Celtics: Improved to 14-13 on the road. ... Horford was 6 for 23 from beyond the arc over his last 10 games before making 3 of 5. ... Morris had 17 points.
76ers: Fell to 23-7 at home. ... Embiid was 9 of 22, including 2 of 8 from 3-point range. ... Harris was 0 for 6 beyond the arc.
Celtics: Host the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
76ers: Visit the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.
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J. Tatum
J. Embiid
33.7 Min. Per Game 33.7
27.4 Pts. Per Game 27.4
3.5 Ast. Per Game 3.5
13.5 Reb. Per Game 13.5
45.3 Field Goal % 48.1
45.4 Three Point % 48.1
86.0 Free Throw % 81.0
+ 1 Jayson Tatum made 2nd of 2 free throws 0:01
+ 1 Jayson Tatum made 1st of 2 free throws 0:01
Personal foul on Mike Scott 0:01
Offensive rebound by Joel Embiid 0:03
Tobias Harris missed 3-pt. jump shot 0:06
+ 1 Al Horford made 2nd of 2 free throws 0:13
+ 1 Al Horford made 1st of 2 free throws 0:13
Personal foul on Tobias Harris 0:13
+ 1 Jimmy Butler made free throw 0:16
Shooting foul on Jayson Tatum 0:16
+ 2 Jimmy Butler made finger-roll layup, assist by JJ Redick 0:16
Points 112 109
Field Goals 41-87 (47.1%) 39-80 (48.8%)
3-Pointers 13-29 (44.8%) 9-27 (33.3%)
Free Throws 17-21 (81.0%) 22-31 (71.0%)
Offensive 8 10
Defensive 33 37
Team 6 6
Turnovers 6 14
Fouls 23 20
Technicals 2 1
A. Horford C 42
23 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST
J. Embiid C 21
23 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST
1 2 3 4 T
Celtics 36-21 28 24 25 35 112
76ers 36-21 23 23 28 35 109
Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA
Celtics 36-21 102.1 PPG 47.8 RPG 21.4 APG
76ers 36-21 108.7 PPG 48.5 RPG 24.4 APG
G. Hayward SF 11.5 PPG 4.5 RPG 3.4 APG 46.6 FG%
J. Embiid C 27.5 PPG 13.6 RPG 3.7 APG 48.4 FG%
G. Hayward SF 26 PTS 4 REB 3 AST
J. Embiid C 23 PTS 14 REB 3 AST
47.1 FG% 48.8
44.8 3PT FG% 33.3
81.0 FT% 71.0
A. Horford
M. Morris
M. Smart
T. Rozier
Starters PTS REB AST FG 3PT FT PF MIN STL BLK TO OREB DREB +/- FPTS
A. Horford 23 8 5 9/16 3/5 2/2 5 35 4 0 1 4 4 +2 44
J. Tatum 20 10 1 7/15 1/1 5/5 5 34 2 2 1 0 10 0 35
M. Morris 17 8 2 7/13 1/2 2/2 0 33 0 0 0 1 7 +8 29
M. Smart 8 4 3 3/14 0/8 2/4 3 33 1 0 1 1 3 -3 18
T. Rozier 5 4 5 2/8 1/3 0/0 1 31 1 1 1 1 3 -1 20
G. Hayward
J. Brown
D. Theis
B. Wanamaker
K. Irving
R. Hunter
A. Baynes
S. Ojeleye
P. Dozier
G. Yabusele
R. Williams
Bench PTS REB AST FG 3PT FT PF MIN STL BLK TO OREB DREB +/- FPTS
G. Hayward 26 4 3 8/11 6/7 4/4 3 28 1 0 2 1 3 +11 35
J. Brown 7 1 2 3/8 0/2 1/2 3 23 0 0 0 0 1 +3 12
D. Theis 6 1 2 2/2 1/1 1/2 2 12 0 0 0 0 1 +1 11
B. Wanamaker 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 -6 3
K. Irving - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
R. Hunter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A. Baynes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
S. Ojeleye - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
P. Dozier - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G. Yabusele - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
R. Williams - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total 112 41 24 41/87 13/29 17/21 23 235 9 3 6 8 33 +15 207
J. Butler
J. Redick
B. Simmons
J. Embiid 23 14 3 9/22 2/8 3/4 5 37 0 2 2 3 11 +3 43
J. Butler 22 9 1 7/12 1/2 7/10 1 36 0 0 1 3 6 -4 32
J. Redick 16 3 2 4/11 4/8 4/4 3 34 0 0 3 1 2 +8 20
B. Simmons 16 5 5 7/9 0/0 2/7 1 34 2 0 3 1 4 +1 30
T. Harris 10 8 2 4/14 0/6 2/2 4 34 0 0 1 1 7 -12 21
T. McConnell
J. Simmons
B. Marjanovic
F. Korkmaz
M. Scott
J. Ennis III
J. Bolden
S. Milton
J. Patton
Z. Smith
H. Highsmith
A. Johnson
T. McConnell 9 0 3 4/6 1/1 0/0 0 13 1 0 1 0 0 -4 15
J. Simmons 7 1 1 2/2 1/1 2/2 2 14 1 0 1 0 1 -2 10
B. Marjanovic 4 6 1 1/1 0/0 2/2 3 10 0 0 2 1 5 -2 10
F. Korkmaz 2 0 2 1/3 0/1 0/0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 -8 6
M. Scott 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 13 0 0 0 0 1 +5 3
J. Ennis III - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
J. Bolden - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
S. Milton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
J. Patton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Z. Smith - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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KMTS Baseball: DEMONS DROP LEAGUE OPENER TO HUSKIES
Posted on March 14, 2015 by Jack Jabbour
WEST GLENWOOD (3/14/15) – The Battle Mountain Huskies, who dropped a doubleheader to Glenwood Springs last season by a combined score of 25-1, got the jump on the Demons 5-4 in their season and Western Slope League opener Saturday.
The Huskies (2-2) had already played three games and the advantage showed as Glenwood pitchers walked seven and the Demons committed four errors in a four-run fifth inning.
Returning ace lefthander Chase Nieslanik was on a 75-pitch count limit in the Demons' first game of the season, but exceeded it when he walked three, made an error on an attempted sacrifice bunt, and was victimized by three other miscues as the Huskies snapped a scoreless tie with base hits from Franklin Reilly and Daniel Caballero.
The Demons, who were held hitless through four innings by the slow breaking pitches of Shawn Weller, and left the bases loaded in the fourth, finally found their hitting shoes in the home half of the fifth.
Luke Ray dropped a pop-fly single to right, and Quinn Kimminau, given a reprieve when catcher Wyatt Harwood dropped his foul pop up, drew a walk. A couple of wild pitches moved Ray to third and Ian Scruton's single through the left side of the infield plated the first Glenwood run. With two outs and runners on second and third, sophomore Stephen Romero hit a ball up the middle that the shortstop got to, but threw away, bringing the Demons within one run, 4-3/
Scruton threw a scoreless sixth in relief of Nieslanik, who moved to first base after 88 pitches. Nieslanik, 6-3 with a 2.58 ERA last season, and also led the 2014 squad with 5 home runs, led off the sixth with a solo shot over the right field fence on a hanging curve ball to tie the score.
But Scruton's control deserted him in the top of the seventh as he walked the first two hitters. Romero came on to strike out Weller, but walked the next hitter to load the bases with one out. Hunter Meier shot a ball towards left field but Scruton made a rolling stop. He was unable to make a throw and Caballero scored, but the sensational play saved a second run. On the next pitch, Scruton scooped up a grounder, stepped on second and fired to first for an inning-ending doubleplay.
Kiefer Brocker got a possible Glenwood rally started by singling to center on the first pitch of the bottom of the seventh, but was trapped off the bag by Harwood's snap throw, and the next two hitters fanned to end the game.
"We're a little rough," coach Eric Nieslanik said before the game, as his team prepared to open the league season without benefit of any pre-season warmk-up games.
Luke Ray (0-2 last season) was scheduled to pitch the second game of the doubleheader, and Glenwood continues league play hosting Eagle Valley on Tuesday at 3 p.m. The Demons finally get to play some pre-season games with a tournament in Manitou Springs next weekend.
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From 'torana', a Sanskrit word meaning sacred gateway, torans and bandanwaars are used to decorate the entrance to homes throughout India, offering guests an auspicious welcome. Traditionally decorated with marigolds, the tasselled portions are thought to symbolise mango leaves.
Cotton decorated with acrylic-thread embroidery, shisha mirror work and tassels; each will vary slightly. c.95cm, hangs 32cm long (plus tassels). Made in India. Loops to secure at each end. Handwash only.
I love India - and anything Indian.


This year we will be holding six Antique and Modern Woodworking Tool Auctions.
Printed catalogues are available either individualy or for the full year.
Our catalogues are noted for full and genuine descriptions and the tools are graded for quality and wear and tear. Each lot is given an estimated value allowing absent buyers to bid with every confidence of satisfaction. Missing or replacement parts are noted and any purchase can be returned if the description is found not to be accurate.
We charge a buyer's premium of 15% + VAT on all purchases.
We accept absentee bids and alternative absentee bids.
Please send either payment or your credit cards details with your request. Price includes postage and packing.
If you cannot attend the sale the auctioneers can bid on your behalf. Please forwared your instructions by email, phone or fax in good time and we will endeaver to acquire the items as cheaply as possible.
We can ship the items to you £3.50 per lot packaging and postage at cost.
Using Internet access you can view items,listen,watch and bid live as the sale progresses. Registering for this service is a straight forward process.
A £4.95% charge + vat will be added to your invoice for using this service.


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Hi Trailblazers. I'm Mitch, I'm 38 and I live in Solihull with my wife and two children; Rufus & Scarlett. When I'm not commuting to London I try to get in some form of cricket or cycling based activity, but not normally at the same time.
Why did you decide to participate in Strictly?
Fancy footwork or two left feet?
Have you heard the expression "Twinkle-toes?" Well, I'm his older, heavier brother… Treacle-Toes!
What are your hopes for the night?
I hope I'm as good as I can be, for my own sake as well as for my partner Jess. I hope the charity do well out of the night, I hope my fellow dancers all do well, but with slightly inferior performance values to myself & Jess. And I hope we put on a great show for the people spending their own money, giving up their own time to come & support us.
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This recipe introduces type coercions, which are defined with the coerce sugar function. Coercions are attached to existing type constraints, and define a (one-way) transformation from one type to another.
This is very powerful, but it can also have unexpected consequences, so you have to explicitly ask for an attribute to be coerced. To do this, you must set the coerce attribute option to a true value.
We are creating a subtype rather than using HTTP::Headers as a type directly. The reason we do this is that coercions are global, and a coercion defined for HTTP::Headers in our Request class would then be defined for all Moose-using classes in the current Perl interpreter. It's a best practice to avoid this sort of namespace pollution.
Internally, Moose creates a type constraint for each Moose-using class, but for non-Moose classes, the type must be declared explicitly.
This creates a simple attribute which defaults to an empty instance of HTTP::Headers.
The first argument to coerce is the type to which we are coercing. Then we give it a set of from/via clauses. The from function takes some other type name and via takes a subroutine reference which actually does the coercion.
Our next coercion shows how we can leverage existing CPAN modules to help implement coercions. In this case we use Params::Coerce.
The first coercion takes any object and makes it a URI object. The coercion system isn't that smart, and does not check if the object is already a URI, so we check for that ourselves. If it's not a URI already, we let Params::Coerce do its magic, and we just use its return value.
If Params::Coerce didn't return a URI object (for whatever reason), Moose would throw a type constraint error.
The other coercion takes a string and converts it to a URI. In this case, we are using the coercion to apply a default behavior, where a string is assumed to be an http URI.
Finally, we need to make sure our attributes enable coercion.
Re-using the coercion lets us enforce a consistent API across multiple attributes.
This recipe showed the use of coercions to create a more flexible and DWIM-y API. Like any powerful feature, we recommend some caution. Sometimes it's better to reject a value than just guess at how to DWIM.
We also showed the use of the class_type sugar function as a shortcut for defining a new subtype of Object.


Separation anxiety in dogs can result in barking, destruction, housetraining issues and can even result in a dog hurting himself after prolonged attempts at escape. I have worked with two separate cases involving dogs that were so panicked they pushed through window screens and jumped out of second story windows severely injuring themselves.
Dog Boredom or Separation Anxiety?
Separation anxiety often gets misdiagnosed, when in fact the behaviors are symptoms of boredom or demand behaviors such as, "Get me out of the crate!" Actual separation anxiety has an element of panic that manifests in extreme, immediate reactions. Dogs with separation anxiety will often exhibit their destruction or barking seconds after their person leaves the house or room.
Did you know that if a dog can be alone for 30-45 minutes without incident, most likely he has either a minor case of separation anxiety or doesn't have separation anxiety at all?
I can help you diagnose and treat separation anxiety, barking, destruction or boredom. I can also help you increase the chances that your young puppy doesn't have separation anxiety when he gets older. There are a lot of preventative strategies that you can use to help prevent this frustrating and potentially harmful affliction.
Did you know that most people don't use the crate enough when their puppy is young and this mistake increases the chance of separation anxiety?
Separation anxiety is often considered the most challenging form of dog behavior problems. To properly treat this, you need to keep your dog under-threshold or slowly get him used to being alone. If you leave for a period of time that he cannot handle, there is a chance that he will regress back to the starting point of treatment. These constant regressions (you have to leave the house at some point, right?) can make it seem like you are taking one step forward and two steps backwards in progress. This is absolutely what is happening.
One important point to remember about separation anxiety is that dogs don't simply outgrow this and get used to be alone. If dogs are not slowly acclimated to being alone then each time they are pushed past their limit they can end up at step one. Frustrating but true.
"Jeff is a great trainer!! I first bought one of his ebooks on separation anxiety that was a great help in dealing with our new rescue puppy Nala. We were just at my parents house for Christmas Eve and there were 6 other dogs there too. We were complemented on how well behaved she is, and we have Jeff to thank for that. His training sessions all started with about a million questions from us which he patiently listened to and answered with lessons on how to work on the behavior in question. I can not say enough good things about Jeff. He has one of the best training programs in Chicago and I highly recommend his services to all dog owners. Thanks Jeff!"
If you are in my travel area I can provide private in-home training. You also might want to purchase my Kindle EBook that I wrote as well: Stop Barking and Separation Anxiety.
The exercises that I show you are not difficult, but they do require a lot of time. There aren't a lot of options to speed up the process, although anti-anxiety medication can sometimes help. I can provide my perspective if I think you should speak with your veterinarian about anti-anxiety medication options. The key is to lower anxiety so leaving does not initiate the panic response.
Please let me know if I can assist you and your family with this challenging problem. Fill out my Dog Training Form and I will get back to you as soon as possible. I really appreciate your interest in my services.


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California Supreme Court To Weigh Whether Replacing Jurors Mid-Trial Amounts to Double Jeopardy
Staff — February 1, 2003
The jury in People v. Hernandez convicted Manuel Hernandez of 22 felony counts of sexual abuse against his own daughter, starting when she was only nine. But the trial judge had replaced a juror with an alternate mid-trial after the juror complained that she was "bothered by the prosecutor's tone and believed the judge was biased against the defense." When Hernandez appealed his conviction, the reviewing court found that the trial judge lacked "good cause" for replacing the juror, and that doing so had subjected Hernandez to double jeopardy. They set him free. Now the state Supreme Court is reviewing the case, and may issue an opinion outlining the circumstances in which jury members may be excused and replaced, and whether it constitutes double jeopardy. Read an article about it here.
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int getCharImpactPower(Game*, Character*);
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Piolo Pascual says 'Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis' can probably survive even without a commercial release.
Piolo Pascual reveals 'Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis' received more international invites
Piolo Pascual is resting easy despite the mixed remarks for his independent film with John Lloyd Cruz titled Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis.
Although it has yet to hit local theaters, most of the premature reaction on the Lav Diaz film, stems from the fact that it runs for eight hours.
Though he admitted to having a short attention span himself during his recently concluded blogger's conference for the film, Piolo, like the film's producer, Paul Soriano, believes that it had to run that long and with "no compromise."
"Upon watching it in Berlin, maiisip mo talaga na eight hours is nothing. At the end of the day, it's about conditioning yourself as to how far or how long you're going to be sitting in a theater. It's a treat more than it being a sacrifice," he explained.
"You learn so much about history, about film making. It brings you there. In all honesty, I'm not trying to patronize the film pero bitin pa siya. Ang dami pang puwedeng puntahan ang story but of course, mahirap naman na buong araw tayo nasa sinehan," Piolo added.
Did they consider making the film into a series?
"I actually thought of that…[But] it deserves to be sat down and just be experienced one time. For you to understand the whole film, you have to watch it from beginning to end ng one sitting," the Ultimate Heartthrob stressed.
With only a few announced theaters to run their film starting March 26, questions about the film's marketability and eventually profitability also came into the fore.
"You know what, if I may share, I don't know if it's true pero after our Berlin premiere, Paul told us that we have 80 invites from different festivals. Even if we don't have a commercial run, those invites alone will cover for more and make the film earn," he proudly shared.
While many are expressing apprehensions about the bold film, Piolo is confident that they have one good product that is worth supporting.
WATCH: Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis Full Trailer, showing on March 26, 2016!
"Kasi hindi naman kailangan pero para sa atin, it's a privilege to watch something as great as this. Kung sa international market, pinapalakpakan, dapat dito may support tayo because that is the only way we can come up with films like this," said Piolo.
Another issue that is being brought up is the way Star Cinema did its promotional strategy of packaging Hele as a "challenge" that can and should be conquered.
To this Piolo said, "It's really a challenge. It's up to you if you are willing to take on the challenge instead of just checking your social media accounts and becoming consumed by what the world is saying. We should also enrich ourselves. It's election time so it's a privilege more than it being a challenge."


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The Playgroup (Gemma Open Door) (Paperback)
By Elizabeth Mosier
Sarah Holloway is a frustrated painter, sketching on the backs of shopping lists and sharing her studio with a washer and dryer. Abandoned by her mother, she has tried to hide her childhood wounds by healing others through art therapy. During her daughter's first two years, she has faked her way through motherhood with the help of women in her neighborhood playgroup. She hopes she has gotten the hang of it when she learns she is expecting another child. Then, a routine test reveals a mysterious mass in her unborn baby's abdomen. The sonogram awakens an old fear that her children have inherited her damage--and uncovers a secret that could end her marriage.
Elizabeth Mosier is the author of the novel, My Life As a Girl, as well as numerous short stories, articles, essays, and reviews, which have appeared in Child, Seventeen, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Poets and Writers. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College and the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, she has twice been named a Discipline Winner by the Pew Fellowships in the Arts and has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and two children, and teaches creative writing at Bryn Mawr College.
Publisher: Gemma Open Door
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My bridesmaids and I are still talking about how much fun we had getting ready for our wedding. How often do you get to have all your favourite girls in the one room getting pampered? It was just a treat!
We started the day with homemade granola, fruit and egg and bacon muffins which naturally transcended in to a champagne breakfast. The morning consisted of the cuddling of babies, rotating through hair and make up, practising walking down the aisle with Dad and many, many laughs.
I had a pregnant bridesmaid, one with a six week old, one with a three month old and one who lives in Switzerland. It was really important to me that the girls felt super special but comfortable.
We got ready at a beautiful AirBnB in Camberwell. There was plenty of room for swanning around in our gorgeous Pomme shirts, sipping champagne and saying, "Can you believe today is The Day?!".
We had so many laughs and I will always treasure that morning which set the joy filled tone for our entire day.
Honeymoon location: We've been a bit cheeky and booked two… Mini Moon in Noosa after the wedding and Major Moon in US/Greece/Italy in 2019.


Russian figure skater Alina Sagitova remembered how at the age of six years went from figure skating to gymnastics. She told about it on air of the program "Evening Urgant" on the First channel.
According to Zagitova, classes in artistic gymnastics took her mother, saying that it is necessary to improve the stretch. "In the end I in gymnastics even started to put the program," — said athlete. She asked her mother, why would she need a full program, on what the woman said, "We quit skating".
Sagitova, knowing this, began to cry. In the end, the mother again took her to training in figure skating.
In late March, the skater won the world Cup. In an interview with "Evening Urgant" she told me that she could refuse to participate in the tournament, because the preparation for it was hard. "I just didn't want to disgrace Russia", — said Sagitov.
In addition to the victory at the world championship, 16-year-old Sagitova the gold medals of the championship of Europe and Olympic games.


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Poisoned Planet: Pollution Causes 9 Million Deaths Worldwide Each Year
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New research carried out by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health showed that pollution's harmful impact on people's health, the environment and our planet was responsible for one in six deaths worldwide in 2015.
The report, published Thursday in The Lancet, says that the deaths of approximately 9 million people worldwide in 2015 were linked to some form of pollution — air, water, soil, chemical or occupational pollution.
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Delhi Implements Beijing-Style Graded System to Control Air Pollution
Aiming to raise awareness of the daunting consequences of environmental contamination caused by human activity and to push global authorities to take action, the researchers analyzed mortality rates in different parts of the world and found that deaths from pollution substantially exceeded many other causes, such as alcohol or malnutrition, which were responsible for 2 million and 1 million deaths, respectively.
Various kinds of airborne pollution — smog from power plants, factories or vehicles — proved to be the most fatal form, accounting for 6.5 million deaths in 2015. Contaminated water caused 1.8 million people that year to die, and according to the report is the second largest contributor to premature deaths.
"I was shocked, when we started running the numbers, to see what a substantial impact it had on health," said Richard Fuller, co-chairman of the commission, according to Bloomberg.
An overwhelming majority of pollution-related deaths — 92 percent — occur in less-developed countries. One of every four such deaths occur in countries experiencing rapid industrialization such as India, Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Madagascar and Kenya.
"Pollution disproportionately impacts the poor and the vulnerable," said Olusoji Adeyi, director of the health, nutrition and population global practice at the World Bank Group, adding that children face the highest risks. "It is important to translate awareness into action at the local, national and global levels."
US State of California Passes Bill Limiting Rules on Pollution
Japan to Relocate US Warplanes After Decades of Noise Pollution Complaints
Air Pollution Cuts Solar Power Generation By 25% in India, China
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Home / Game Update / (NEWS) Super Mario Run increase to £9.99 on UK App Store.
(NEWS) Super Mario Run increase to £9.99 on UK App Store.
Bad news for UK Nintendo store fans have waken up to realize that there favorite super Mario game now costs £9.99 to unlock on the App store in the UK. Apps are becoming ware too expensive, this is because of the currency fluctuation in the mobile market – and the same is now starting to take effect in the UK on a larger scale.
Following the UK's decision to leave the European Union, the Pound has dropped dramatically in value, and as a result, Apple has decided to raise the raise prices on the App Store across the board, by about 25%. Though nothing has been heard about the Super Mario Nintendo switch but we are still optimistic that the price raise will not affect that section.


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Friday 1st February 2019
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A Lancashire tribute to Our Lady
Ladyewell has withstood persecutions, sackings, pillage and violence, and
stands today as an enduring example of a county's loyalty to the faith
If you are planning to stay for a few days at the Christian Heritage Centre's Theodore House at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, you should aim to make a visit to the ancient shrine at Fernyhalgh, better known as Ladyewell.
Before your visit you might want to delve into two books which tell something of the story of Ladyewell – the Walsingham of the north.
In 1875, the Reverend T.E.Bridget compiled his classic book Our Lady's Dowry; or how England gained and lost that Title, and in 1957 H. M. Gillett published Shrines of Our Lady in England and Wales. Both drew down on a tradition which is woven through centuries of Christian devotion in these islands.
Drawing on these sources we can construct some of the paths taken by the pilgrims of old and connect with a tradition that has always been part of the Christian life in Britain. People who have little understanding of why Catholics honour Mary often try to discount this tradition as something foreign or alien. Not only do they misrepresent Marian devotion but they misunderstand their own history.
In the 14th century Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, explained the devotion well. He wrote that 'the contemplation of the great mystery of the Incarnation has drawn all Christian nations to venerate her from whom came the first beginnings of our redemption. But we English being the servants of her special inheritance and her own dowry, as we are commonly called, ought to surpass others in the fervour of our praises and devotions.'
The Shrine at Ladyewell
All over Britain there were guilds and fraternities dedicated to Mary. These institutions reached back to
the earliest Saxon times, and were organised for the performance of works of charity and piety. On the great Marian feast days pilgrims
would gather, walk in procession, hear Mass and lay flowers. The most common devotion to Our Lady in Old England was to Mary's joys but pilgrims would also meditate on her words, on her sadness and on her glory. Here are the origins of the 'mysteries' on which Catholics set their hearts, as they say the Rosary.
In the 13th century St Edmund said that she might apply to herself the words of the prophet: 'Call me not beautiful, but rather call me bitter; for the Lord Almighty has filled me with bitterness and with great grief.' (Ruth: 1.20) By the 15th century hymns and carols were regularly dedicated to Mary: 'Mother and maiden was never none but she; Well might such a lady God's mother be'. Another, the Alma Redemptoris Mater, draws on St Luke's Gospel narrative of the angel Gabriel's dramatic intervention in Mary's life.
In the 16th century, sacred drama, intended to be represented on the afternoons of Good Friday and Holy Saturday, again recalled Simeon's prophecy and places Mary standing at the foot of her Son's cross. Typical of these are the Chester Plays, which include The Lamentation of Mary: 'I pick out thorns by one and one, For now lieth dead my dear Son dear'.
While Bishop of Rochester, St John Fisher gave the funeral address following the death of Lady Margaret, Countess of Richmond (mother of Henry VII). In it he describes how this devout woman began her devotions at five in the morning, starting with the Matins of Our Lady, and continued thoughout the day to use the Office of Our Lady. After Fisher's execution and the Reformation, secret devotion to Our Lady continued but the shrines and chapels were desecrated and despoiled. In Lancashire, the county which clung most tenaciously to the Catholic Faith, the devotion to Mary, and through her to her son Jesus, never failed.
St Mary's Church at Fernyhalgh
Fr Christopher Tuttell was a missionary priest at Fernyhalgh – pronounced 'ferny-huff' – between 1699 and 1727 and wrote a personal account of its origins. The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon for ancient shrine and has been in use as a baptismal well since at least the seventh century.
Fr Tuttell wrote that in 1471 a wealthy merchant found himself in great distress during a passage on the Irish Sea. He 'made a vow, in case he escaped danger, to acknowledge the favour of his preservation by some remarkable work of piety. 'After this the storm began to cease and a favourable gale wafted the ship into the coast of Lancashire … a voice somewhat miraculous, yet providential, admonished him to seek a spot called Fernyhalgh and there to erect a chapel…'
Having found the spot he discovered a statue of the Virgin and erected a chapel. The spring became known as Lady Well, usually abbreviated to Ladyewell. An earlier chapel existed on this spot and the merchant may have discovered its remains. The chapel was pulled down during the suppression but Lancashire Catholics continued to throng there, shrine or no shrine. By 1685 a house of prayer was constructed next to the Holy Well, and made to look like an ordinary house. Cuthbert Hesketh of the Whitehill in Goosnargh bought the house at Fernyhalgh and paid the rent for the following 16 years. A Madam Westy was another benefactor, as was Bishop James Smith, first Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District, who died in 1711.
In 1687 Bishop Leyburn confirmed more than a thousand people at Fernyhalgh but the authorities did not always turn a blind eye. As late as the 18th century soldiers were sent to plunder the chapel, although they stopped short of destroying it. On one occasion, in 1718, a renegade priest, a Mr Hitchmough, led 20 soldiers to Fernyhalgh to plunder and strip it. By 1723 prayers began to be offered at the shrine.
Fernyhalgh's sufferings were still not over. In 1745, as Prince Charles and his Highlanders pushed south to Manchester, during the second Jacobite Rising, a hostile mob attacked the Lady Well chapel, sacked and burned it. Another priest, also by the name of Tuttell, rebuilt the chapel and as numbers increased they began work on a new church, which was opened in 1794. Built to escape notice from the outside, the cruciform shape and interior design leave today's pilgrim in no doubt that this church, built 35 years be- fore Emancipation and 14 years after the Gordon Riots, represented a statement of enduring faith. It has continued since then to draw pilgrims who continue to give thanks from being spared the shipwrecks which threaten every life.
Even in our own times, on the feast of the birthday of the Virgin Mary, on September 8th 2000, the shrine was desecrated. An effigy of Blessed Padre Pio, brought from Rome by a Liverpudlian family, was ripped from its base and a chapel was daubed with blue paint. A priest at the shrine, Fr Benedict Rucsilo, described the attack as "sickening." The attack came after five churches in the same part of Lancashire had been torched by an arsonist.
Endurance is summed up by one other aspect of Fernyhalgh. Here, too, is the tombstone of the last of the English Carthusians of the old traditions. It reads: 'Sacred to the memory of the Reverend James Finch, the last of the English Carthusian Monks. He died March 3rd, 1621, aged 72. Good Christian, on this Stone, shed not a tear for virtue lies entombed, enshrouded here. Religion, resignation both combine over these remains to raise a heavenly Shrine. R.I.P.'
A Marian procession at Fernyhalgh
Mary is venerated at Fernyhalgh as Our Lady Queen of Martyrs. The statue depicting the Virgin holding her son was brought to Fernyhalgh from Bolzano by the sisters of the Holy Child of Jesus after the restoration of the English and Welsh Hierarchy. Beside the shrine is a prayer room called Stella Maris, built in 1996 in the shape of a ship. Nearby is the Martyrs Chapel, a modern building, beautifully simple, housing statues of Saints Thomas More and John Fisher. Around the walls are the names of more than 300 Catholics from these islands who gave their lives for their faith.
Approaching Fernyhalgh, along Fernyhalgh Lane, today's pilgrim passes St Mary's Church and school, which is where Adam Butler, who wrote the famous Lives of the Saints, was educated. There is a quiet Lancashire lane, wooded embankments, and a reminder, in the distance, of the M6 and the cares of this world as well as the next. In May you will see the timeless processions of pilgrims from the Lancaster Diocese.
It is possible to leave a car by St Mary's or further along the Lane at a small car park. Next to the shrine is Ladeywell House. Upstairs there is a reliquary which is home to the Burgess Altar, and which folds away as a sideboard. This was the secret altar on which many of the martyrs, including St Edmund Campion, St Edmund Arrowsmith and Blessed John Woodcock, celebrated Mass There is also a display of the vestments which were used by many of the priests before their arrest and execution. Here too is part of the skull of St.Thomas a Becket, murdered in 1170 in Canterbury Cathedral, and taken to Castelfiorentino in Tuscany during the desecration of the shrines by Henry VIII.
Ladyewell House has been developed as a pilgrimage centre, with seats, an outside altar and Rosary Way. In a modern chapel each of the names of the Catholic martyrs is inscribed on a roll call, the names themselves a reminder that the same faith was once held by all the people of these islands. Like the ancient pilgrims who recited the Jesus Psalter and had a great love of the Virgin, today's pilgrims will find peace here.
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Орбасен ()  —  район (фрегезия) в Португалии,  входит в округ Виана-ду-Каштелу. Является составной частью муниципалитета  Каминья. По старому административному делению входил в провинцию Минью. Входит в экономико-статистический  субрегион Минью-Лима, который входит в Северный регион. Население составляет 264 человека на 2001 год. Занимает площадь 5,14 км².

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Susannah (Originaltitel: The Dark Tower VI – Song of Susannah) ist der Titel eines im Jahr 2004 veröffentlichten Romans des Schriftstellers Stephen King und bildet den sechsten Band der achtbändigen, düsteren Fantasysaga, die unter dem Titel Der Dunkle Turm bekannt ist. Die Hintergründe dieses Romanzyklus sind im dortigen Artikel ausführlich dargestellt.

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Mit Hilfe alter Magie der Manni (einer Gruppierung innerhalb der Bewohner von Calla Bryn Sturgis), gelingt es dem Ka-Tet, die Tür zu öffnen. Entgegen dem ursprünglichen Plan landen Jake und Pere Callahan im New York des Jahres 1999 (dem Jahr und Ort, in und an dem Susanna-Mia gelandet ist), Eddie und Roland dagegen landen im Jahr 1977 (dem Jahr und Ort, in und an den Calvin Tower vor Balazar geflüchtet ist). Folgende drei Ereignisse laufen mehr oder weniger gleichzeitig ab:

1.) Susannah-Mia ist im New York des Jahres 1999, irgendwann am Nachmittag. In der roten Bowlingtasche findet sie eingenäht eine kleine Schildkröte, die hypnotisierende Wirkung auf alle Menschen zu haben scheint. Mit Hilfe der Schildkröte lässt sie sich von einem Fremden ein Hotelzimmer buchen und etwas Bargeld geben. Susannah erhält telepathisch eine Nachricht von Eddie, dass sie Mia hinhalten soll, weil Eddie gesehen hat, dass Jake und Callahan erst "eintreffen" werden, wenn es dunkel ist. Susannah verspricht Mia, die Angst vor den vielen Menschen in dieser unbekannten modernen Welt hat, ihr zu helfen, wenn Mia ihr im Gegenzug die Wahrheit verrät: Die Wahrheit darüber, wessen Baby sie austrägt und wie es überhaupt dazu gekommen ist, dass Mia Besitz von ihr ergriffen hat. Einer der sechs Elementardämonen verkehrte mit Roland Deschain in weiblicher Form, speicherte sein Sperma und gab es in (wie der Leser später erfährt) veränderter Form in männlicher Gestalt an Susannah weiter, als diese im Steinring vergewaltigt wurde. Diesen Umstand nutzte Mia, um sich Susannah zu nähern. Folglich ist das Baby in Wahrheit Rolands Kind. Mias Wunsch nach einem eigenen Kind war so stark, dass sie von Sayre, einem Diener des Scharlachroten Königs, benutzt und mit dem Versprechen betrogen wurde, dass sie das Kind aufziehen dürfe. Rolands Kind soll Roland töten und der größte Brecher werden, der die letzten bestehenden Balken zum Einstürzen bringen kann. Obwohl Susannah immer wieder auf Mia einredet, dass sie von Sayre betrogen werde, glaubt ihr diese nicht und begibt sich am frühen Abend auf den Weg ins Dixie Pig, den Ort, an dem sie ihr Kind auf die Welt bringen soll. Als sie dort eintrifft, ist das Lokal voll von niederen Männern (siehe Stephen Kings "Atlantis") und Vampiren. Mia verlässt Susannahs Körper und beide Frauen werden auf Betten gelegt und mit Metallkappen geistig miteinander verbunden. Am Ende werden die Wehen stärker und das Baby kommt auf die Welt.

2.) Gleichzeitig landen Jake und Callahan in New York und begegnen dem Priester, dem zuvor auch Susannah schon begegnet ist. Er teilt ihnen mit, dass sie in das Hotel gehen sollen, in dem Susannah-Mia ein Zimmer gemietet hat. Dort angekommen, öffnen sie den Zimmersafe und finden die Tasche mit Der Schwarzen Dreizehn. Nur Callahans Glaube kann die beiden davor bewahren, der Macht Der Schwarzen Dreizehn zu erliegen. Sie nehmen die Taschen mit der Kugel und den Orizas (den Wurftellern, die Susannah vor dem Kampf gegen die Wölfe erhalten hat) mit. Um zu verhindern, dass jemand die Kugel findet, sperren sie die Tasche in ein Schließfach im Erdgeschoss des World Trade Centers (obwohl King im Nachwort einräumt, dass es dort nie Schließfächer gab) und fahren anschließend ins Dixie Pig. Im Rinnstein vor dem Lokal finden sie die kleine Schildkröte, die Susannah ihnen in einem Moment von Mias Unachtsamkeit hinterlassen hat. Pere Callahan mit Jakes Ruger und Jake, mit den Tellern bewaffnet, beschließen, das Dixie Pig zu stürmen und Susannah zu befreien.

3.) Eddie und Roland werden im Jahr 1977 bereits von Balazars Männern erwartet, verraten von Mia, die durch das Lesen von Susannahs Gedanken genau wusste, in welches Wann und Wo die beiden wollten. Nach einer Schießerei gegen Balazars Männer, die sie mit Hilfe eines Einheimischen gewinnen, werden sie von diesem in sein Haus mitgenommen. Er ist eine Art Hausmeister für all die Ferienhäuser und kann den Revolvermännern sagen, wo sie Calvin Tower finden. Außerdem bestätigt er deren Verdacht, dass es den damals noch nicht sonderlich berühmten Schriftsteller namens Stephen King wirklich gibt und dass er ganz in der Nähe wohnt. Eddie und Roland machen sich auf den Weg zu Calvin Tower, wo sie nach langem Hin und Her einen Kaufvertrag aufsetzen, der die "Tet Corporation" zum Besitzer des unbebauten Grundstücks in New York macht. Danach begeben sich die Revolvermänner zu Stephen King. Als dieser die beiden erblickt, flackert ein Wiedererkennen in seinen Augen auf, bevor er in Ohnmacht fällt. Nachdem er seine Fassung langsam wiedergewonnen hat, fragen ihn Eddie und Roland nach seinen Büchern. King erzählt ihnen, dass er angefangen habe, eine Geschichte zu schreiben, allerdings endet diese Geschichte an dem Punkt, an dem Roland Jake fallen lässt. King gesteht den Revolvermännern, dass er sich die Geschichte nicht ausgedacht habe, sondern nur geschrieben habe, was "durch ihn hindurch geflossen ist", und aufgehört habe, an der Geschichte zu schreiben, weil er davor Angst bekommen habe. Roland hypnotisiert King und weist ihn an, weiter an der Geschichte zu arbeiten und den Besuch von Roland und Eddie zu vergessen.

Im Anhang sind Auszüge aus Stephen Kings Tagebuch zu finden, die teilweise erklären, wie King zu seinen Storys kam, woher er seine Inspirationen bekommen hat und wie sie mit "Der Dunkle Turm" zusammenhängen. Das Buch endet mit einem fiktiven Zeitungsartikel, der über Kings Unfall berichtet, bei dem der Schriftsteller ums Leben kam.

Literatur
 Stephen King: Susannah. (Originaltitel: The Dark Tower VI – Song of Susannah). Aus dem Englischen von Joachim Körber. Heyne, München 2004, ISBN 3-453-87928-7.

Weblinks
 Susannah bei StephenKing.com (englisch)
 Susannah in der Internet Speculative Fiction Database (englisch)
 Susannah im KingWiki

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On arrival, you'll be met and escorted to the luxurious Imperial Hotel in the heart of the city. A+R guests enjoy Deluxe Imperial Floor Rooms high above the city with complimentary WiFi and views of the Okawa River.
Osaka Castle + Noh Traditions
Enjoy a tour of Osakajo; surrounded by stone walls, moats and landscaped grounds graced with a profusion of Cherry Blossom trees, this is one of Japan's most impressive Shogun castles! Tracing its history to 1583, it's a marvelous place to begin your foray into Japan's rich and dramatic history. Then at the nearly century-old Yamamoto Theater, our exclusive workshop reveals the rich traditions of Japan's Noh Theater, an ancient art from of music and drama that has been performed since the 14th century.
With some free time this afternoon, you can take advantage of our luxury hotel's city-center location to experience more of Osaka at your own pace. This evening, take in the superb views of the city at night from atop the Umeda Sky Building. Then head to one of our favorite Osaka restaurants for a Welcome Dinner.
Meals D
A Taste of Osaka + On to Hiroshima
Granvia Hotel - Hiroshima, Japan
In the heart of this modern metropolis, you'll feel like you've gone back centuries when you enter Hozenji Temple, built in 1637. Splash some water on the small Buddha statue that you'll find inside; locals believe that this simple act will bring a bit of good luck. Indeed, visitors have been doing this for centuries and the result is that the statue is now covered entirely in bright green moss!
Then visit the Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum to see a marvelous collection of woodblock prints from the Edo era. There are some 50 rare and priceless works on display, many of them depicting the great Kabuki actors of the era. For lunch, savor authentic Osaka cuisine as you explore with our in-the-know guide along Dotonbori Street, famed for its many eateries. Then head to the station where you'll board the world-famous Bullet Train for Hiroshima. On arrival, you'll be escorted to the 5-star Granvia Hiroshima Hotel. Meals B+L
Hiroshima + Miyajima Island
Founded in 1589, Hiroshima is one of Japan's most historic cities. In the 20th century, of course, it entered the annals of history as the first city to be hit with an atomic bomb, a cataclysmic event that shaped our generation. Nearly 70% of the city was completely destroyed, but one of the few surviving structures was a domed building close to the detonation site. Today, this architectural shell stands in Peace Memorial Park c close to the Peace Memorial Museum and the Memorial Cenotaph for Atomic Bomb Victims. Visiting these sites with our compassionate Japanese guide is a sobering yet inspiring experience – a reminder of the devastation of war and the enduring spirit of humankind.
Then cross the lovely, island-dotted Inland Sea to Miyajima Island to visit the incomparable Itsukushima Shrine c; established in the 6th century, much of its present-day architecture dates to the 12th century, and it remains a spectacular sight. Built on piers over the bay, the shrine and its magnificent red Torii gate appear to float over the tranquil waters during high tide. In the afternoon, our hands-on cultural experience is a fun way to learn about Japanese calligraphy, the ancient rituals of the Tea Ceremony, and even the proper way to don a kimono! Meals B
Hiroshima Traditions + Embark our Luxury Ship, guntû
guntû - Cruising the Seto Inland Sea
Hiroshima's Saijo district is well-known among sake connoisseurs worldwide, and is the reason why the city is known as Sake Town. There are no fewer than eight historic breweries here and the neighborhood is also home to the well-respected National Research Institute of Sake Brewing. It's a lively and colorful district and this morning's guided stroll is a delightful way to experience and learn about Japan's favorite brew. Finish your morning exploring the charming port of Takehara, famed for its remarkable ensemble of finely preserved Edo-era buildings.
Then continue to the Bella Vista Marina where our elegant vessel awaits. Board guntû and settle in to your refined terrace site as we begin our voyage into the springtime landscapes of the Seto Inland Sea. Meals B+L+D
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Cruising the Seto Inland Sea
A wondrous day unfolds as we step ashore on a few of the 3,000 islands that dot the beautiful Inland Sea – at the peak of their Cherry Blossom glory. You might, for example, explore Inujima; diminutive and easily explored on foot, this island was a feudal-era industrial powerhouse, producing granite blocks that were used to construct some of Japan's most famous Shogun castles. In the early 1900's, it was home to a copper refinery. These industrial relics can still be seen, and the ruins of their old brick walls and crumbling smokestacks give Inujima a uniquely resonant ambiance. Today the island is home to a small rural village, several renowned art galleries and the innovative Inujima Seirensho Art Museum. Today you might also sip green tea as you watch a master craft wagashi - colorful, delicate confections made of rice flour and sweet bean paste. Back on board our luxury ship, sit down to delightful meals, prepared-to-order with locally sourced ingredients including the day's catch. Traditional Japanese cuisine, the finest sushi, and Western-style dishes are attentive served in tranquil and elegant spaces with views of the passing scenery.
Kurashiki + On to Okayama
Granvia Hotel - Okayama, Japan
Delight in a leisurely morning of cruising! Take in the views from your private terrace or relax in your suite as you gaze at the scenery through floor-to-ceiling windows. Or retreat to the Top Deck where you can experience the sublime views from the Engawa, a uniquely Japanese-style veranda found in temples and traditional homes.
Upon reaching our private marina in the late morning, you'll step off guntû and continue to the historic city of Kurashiki. With picturesque tree-lined canals dating back to the Edo era, it's easy to imagine Kurashiki centuries ago when it was an important rice distribution center. With their distinctive black-glazed ceramic tile roofs and white-washed walls, many of the town's centuries-old rice storehouses are now home to museums, galleries and cafes. A guided canal cruise is the perfect way to experience Kurashiki's unique heritage and present-day charm. After sightseeing, continue to Okayama and check in to the Granvia Okayama Hotel. Meals B+L
Art of Naoshima Island
Spend the day with your engaging guided on this lovely forested island. Its rugged coasts, hidden beaches and forested hills are masterpieces of nature, but here they are merely the backdrop for remarkable human-made works, from the striking architecture of Pritzker Prize Laureate Tadao Ando to paintings and sculptures by Japanese and international artists. See five paintings from Monet's tranquil Water Lilies series, amazingly displayed in a subterranean gallery, yet gloriously bathed in abundant natural light.
Sit down to lunch amidst the contemporary art works on display at Benesse House, with views of the Inland Sea. Then experience one of Naoshima's most unusual works; Still in-progress, the Art House Project is a unique undertaking that will convert seven former island homes into organic works that weave together the artists' visions with the history and memories of these buildings and their former inhabitants. Late in the day, you'll board the ferry back to Honshu Island and return to the Granvia Okayama Hotel where you'll have time to refresh before dinner at one of our favorite restaurants in Okayama. Meals B+L+D
From Okayama to Kyoto
The Thousand - Kyoto, Japan
After breakfast and check-out, start your day with a guided tour of Okayama Castle, also known as "crow castle" because of its distinctive black-stone exterior and black-glazed tile roofs – soaring six stories above the tree tops. Much of the original 16th-century castle was destroyed during World War II, but carefully reconstructed in the 1960's. Just across the Asahi River, you'll tour Korakuen Garden. Created by a feudal lord in 1687 for his private use, it was opened to the public in 1884 and is now revered as one of Japan's three finest landscaped gardens. Along with the nearby grounds of Okayama Castle, there are approximately 500 cherry trees which, at this time of year, should be sheathed in delicate pink Sakura blossoms!
At midday, we'll take you to the rail station to board the Bullet Train for Kyoto. On arrival, you'll be escorted to The Thousand, our brand new luxury hotel in the heart of this revered city. Enjoy lunch and settle in to your room. The balance of this day is yours to relax, enjoy and explore as you wish. Meals B+L
Exploring Kyoto
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast and then join your guide to explore this classic city, starting with Sanjusangendo Temple. Founded in the 12th century, this elegant structure – the longest wooden building in Japan – is famous for its 1,001 delicately carved images of Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy. After lunch, your sightseeing continues at Nijo Castle c where you can try to walk in stealth across the Nightingale Floor – ingeniously designed ago to chirp in warming if would-be assassins penetrated the Shogun's inner chambers. Then visit Kinkaku-ji Temple c, the oft-photographed golden pavilion that shimmers in its tranquil setting surrounded by pine forests on the edge of a quiet pond. End your tour with a guided stroll in Kyoto's Gion district where Geisha and Kabuki traditions began long ago. With stories and insight from your guide, it's a delightful way to learn about some of Japan's most famous cultural traditions. Meals B+L
With its forested hills and groves of blossoming cherry trees, Arashiyama is a riverside district that has been a popular destination since the Heian Period when nobles would come to enjoy its natural beauty. Exploring this morning in traditional rickshaws is a perfectly pleasant way to see the sites – from the picturesque Togetsukyo Bridge and ethereal Sagano Bamboo Forest to several important shrines and temples. Built by the chief disciple of the great haiku master Matsuo Basho, Rakushisha is a rustic yet elegant thatch-roof hut set in the edge of a forest. On the grounds are stone tablets inscribed with famous haiku poems while lovely ink-brushed poems grace the interior walls.
You'll also visit Tenryuji Temple c, founded in the 14th century and renowned for its beautiful garden; created by the famed garden designer Muso Soseki, it has survived the centuries in its original form. Refresh and recharge with traditional matcha green tea here at Tenryuji before a guided stroll to experience more of Arashiyama's charms. You'll have free time this afternoon to relax and explore as you wish. This evening's farewell dinner includes an enchanting dance and music performance by Maiko – young women learning to become Geisha. Meals B+D
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After breakfast, you'll be chauffeured to Kansai Airport for your onward flight. Or continue on with us to spend 4 days in Tokyo. Meals B
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At Council Cabinet next week, we are due to consider our next steps as we seek to deliver on our Pledge to build a new swimming pool at Moorways.
In September, we unveiled our ambitious proposals for a new pool complex on the site, including a ten lane, 50 metre pool, leisure water and learner tank, as well as a gym, exercise studios, cafe and multi-use rooms. We then asked residents in Derby to tell us what they thought.
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Now that the indicative costs are known, we will be seeking Cabinet and then Council approval to amend our capital programme and move forward with the project. The additional £13 million has been identified through forecast capital receipts from the disposal of surplus properties.
During the development of the business case, we have looked at three different operating models – a Council-run pool, an outsourced facility or a new leisure trust. Work is continuing to identify the best long-term option for the city.
Analysis by experts has shown that both the outsourced and trust models would require no further subsidy after five years. If the new pool remained Council-run, we would revisit its financing as part of a future budget process.
We've also allocated an additional £400,000 to our revenue budget, which our analysis suggests could initially support either an outsourced or trust-based operating model.
From the outset, we have been clear that our swimming facilities were no longer fit for purpose. The Leisure Facilities Strategy, published in 2009, stated that our ageing pools at Moorways and Queen's Street should be replaced.
The recent work carried out to repair the roof of the family pool at Queen's is intended to prolong the life of the centre by five years. When the new pool at Moorways opens, it is expected that Queen's Leisure Centre will close.
Although the public engagement exercise has now ended, we're still eager to hear the public's views about our plans for Moorways and to discuss how the new facility can meet the needs of residents.
Our pledge to build a new swimming pool complex that will be open by 2020 has reached an exciting stage. As I've said many times before, we will only have one opportunity to get this right and I believe we have achieved this so far with our proposals.
We want to ensure that when construction starts, residents can be confident that we are building a facility that meets the expectations and needs of residents for generations to come.


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text: Langton Public School was named after Anne Langton, an artist, writer, and teacher who came to this area in May 1837 from England. She voyaged across the Atlantic, up the St. Lawrence River, and overland and by row boat to the shores of Sturgeon Lake. Anne Langton settled on her brother's farm known as the Blythe Farm, and there she taught the settlers' children. She also wrote journals and made sketches, some of which hang in our school today. One of her journals, "A Gentlewoman in Upper Canada" was written in Fenelon Falls. Anne Langton lived from 1804 to 1893.


Kenneth Tolbert, 56, of Aurora passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017 in Cox Medical Center South in Springfield.
He was born to Kenneth and Jeannie Embery Tolbert on February 18, 1961 in Orange County, CA. He was a retired truck driver.
Survivors include one son, Chris Fleetwood of Joplin, MO.; daughter, Beth Spencer of Aurora; and 3 grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Friday, October 27 from 6-8 p.m. in the Faith Full Gospel Church. Arrangements are under the care of Peterson Funeral Chapel.