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Officially Rocks
The Music Blog That Officially Rocks
Walt Cronin
Walt reached out to our sister site www.30ASongwriterRadio.com to feature some of his music, but he had a story to tell. Listen up.
Walt Cronin is a singer/songwriter of Americana, Folk and Country music. He has lived in Los Angeles, CA, with Viola, his wife, for the last 28 years. Walt moved to Los Angeles in 1980 from Chicago where he was raised. Some of the songs he has written are centered on life in America following the Vietnam war during which Walt was a navy medic attached to the marines. Through these experiences he became a veteran advocate and is a member of Veterans for Peace.
Walt's music has charted on Roots Music Report a number of times in the Americana and Folk categories. His first CD The Gousters (2005) spent more than 60 weeks in the Top 50 of the Roots Music Report Folk Chart. His lyrical style has been described by Brenda Barbee, Staff Reviewer of Roots Music Report. "But there is a great deal more to their music than just great sound. Listen closely to the lyrics, for they reveal extraordinary songwriting talent. Within those lyrics is a rich experiential content that could only be produced by one who has strong emotional ties to the theme."
Excerpt from review by Lee Zimmerman on Sense the World released in 2019: "Walt Cronin is an exceptional songwriter with a keen sense of history and a pertinent perspective.
It's a skill set that's paid off well, making it little wonder that his four previous albums have secured placement on the Americana, folk, and crossover country charts. A singer who possesses a rich baritone — think Johnny Cash sitting at the poker table with Nick Cave — he gives his songs a gravitas that resonates with depth and meaning. Indeed, he now has a cause to which he can dedicate his energies and intents, that being Veterans for Peace, an organization that connects to his previous experience as a navy medic attached to a contingent of marines in Vietnam."
Walt's Website
What makes you Officially Rock? I'm a "boomer" so I'm still very invested in the music of my generation. My tastes in music are all over the place but I will say that The Byrds and their breakthrough country rock sound ( Graham Parsons ) heavily influenced me growing up as a teenager of the 60's.
What drives you as a musician/band? I'm basically just a songwriter. I've only performed "live" a handful of times. The reason being is that I have PTSD as a result of my service as a medic during the Vietnam war. I can't perform live easily as a result.
It's obviously affected me and the music I've produced. It has also given me a depth of feeling to tap into a deeper part of myself that can channel some very deeply repressed feelings as a result of therapy.
Part of my inspiration was what I observed in having gone into the same therapy ( Primal Therapy ) that John Lennon was doing in 1970 when he wrote the Plastic Ono Band that uncovered that deeper part of ourselves that lies beneath our subconscious. My life was also very uprooted during my young adulthood when I came home from the war. It's much more stable now with my wife of 30 years. I've had some great and unusual experiences to draw from in my songwriting as a result.
Who is your main influence? As I wrote above, my tastes in music are all over the place but I will say that The Byrds and their breakthrough country rock sound ( Graham Parsons ) heavily influenced me growing up as a teenager of the 60's. Country rock and the music of Bob Dylan & The Beatles.
What is your songwriting process? I use different approaches. Sometimes a melody comes to me and then I write the lyrics. Or I observe something like the song "Dancin' Girl" that ends up being a story from a night I was in a bar watching a live band. I've also woke up with a melody in my head that turns into a song.
What are your thought on the current music business in general? I don't really give that much thought
Where do you see your music career in 10 years?If I'm still alive, I'd like to still be writing songs 🙂
In one word, why are you in a music career? Love
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Margaret Barker
Margaret Barker, a former President of the Society for Old Testament Study, is a prolific author specializing in reconstructing the background of NT thought in the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism.
On Earth as it is in Heaven: Temple Symbolism in the New Testament
By Margaret Barker
Published: Jun 2009
As more and more is being discovered about the beginnings of Christianity, a whole new understanding of the context of Christian origins is emerging. Any serious student now needs a knowledge of the traditions of the temple. This book, a supplement to Margaret Barker's The Gate of Heaven: The History and Symbolism of the Temple in Jerusalem, breaks further new ground, showing how the symbols and rituals of the temple shaped the lives of the early Christians, and illustrates the striking relevance of temple theology to the New Testament. The influence of the temple cult has to be reconstructed by drawing on the increasing number of non-biblical texts now available. These include those written in the early churches; fragments from among the Dead Sea Scrolls; and Jewish texts written in the early Christian period. Piece by piece the world of the temple is emerging from this material. Through this close study of the Pseudepigrapha and other non-canonical writings, Margaret Barker examines four symbols of temple theology: Light, Life, Blood, and the Robes of Glory. She shows how details missing from the Old Testament descriptions can be recovered from other ancient texts to throw new light upon many significant passages of the Bible. This is a reprint of the volume published by T. & T. Clark in 1995.
The Gate of Heaven: The History and Symbolism of the Temple in Jerusalem
In this book, first published in 1991, the prolific and innovative British biblical scholar Margaret Barker sets out to explore the origins and the afterlife of traditions about the Temple in Judaism. Using evidence from the deutero-canonical and pseudepigraphic texts, Qumran and rabbinic material, as well as early Christian texts and liturgies, she advances a host of radical and suggestive theories, including the following: 1. Apocalyptic writing was the temple tradition. 2. Temple buildings were aligned to establish a solar calendar, thus explaining the astronomical texts incorporated in 1 Enoch 3. The temple symbolism of priest and sanctuary antedated the Eden stories of Genesis. 4. The temple buildings depicted heaven and earth separated by a veil of created matter. 5. The throne visions, the basis of the later Merkavah mysticism, originated as high priestly sanctuary experiences, first attested in Isaiah but originating in the royal cult when king figures passed beyond the temple veil from earth into heaven, from immortality to the resurrected state, and then returned. 6. The Day of the Lord or the Day of Judgment was the myth of the Day of Atonement and atonement was the rite of healing and recreation rather than propitiation 7. A characteristic concept of time and eternity was crucial to understanding this material as the area beyond the temple veil was beyond time. 8. Much temple symbolism survived in Gnostic texts, suggesting that the bitterness apparent in many of them derived from the upheavals and exclusions which followed the establishment of the second temple.
The Older Testament: The Survival of Themes from the Ancient Royal Cult in Sectarian Judaism and Early Christianity
The Older Testament is a radically new approach to many problems of both Old and New Testaments. It takes as a basis the theology of the book of Enoch, lost to western Christendom for many centuries, but here recognized as providing the most consistent set of clues to the nature of Israel's pre-exilic religion. Reformers and editors of the Second Temple period sought to remove from the biblical texts all traces of the older ways, which now survive only in the apparently bizarre themes and imagery of certain Pseudepigrapha. Margaret Barker traces some of the ways in which the Deuteronomic standpoint came to dominate future readings of the Hebrew Bible as well as scholarly conceptions of Israel's religious development. Her reconstruction of the pre-Deuteronomic religion throws a startling light on much of the imagery of the New Testament and shows how closely the earlier Christian expectations were based upon the ancient royal cult in Jerusalem. This book represents an important and original contribution to our understanding of Judaism and early Christianity.
The Lost Prophet: The Book of Enoch and Its Influence on Christianity
Reading the Book of Enoch unleashes a new understanding of early Christianity and one that is uncannily relevant to the late twentieth century. Though neglected and almost forgotten by the Church for fifteen hundred years, the Book of Enoch was one of the most important writings of the pre-Christian period and was kept and used by the early Church. It represents supremely the mystical element in the Judaeo-Christian tradition, with strange and powerful symbolism, and heavenly visions of the Last Judgement. Its treatment of the problem of evil, of humankind's relationship with the creation, of the role of the expected Messiah and of other key themes in Judaism and Christianity challenges many traditional assumptions and throws dramatic new light on our understanding of Jesus and his message. The Lost Prophet is an exciting and thought provoking book which should be read by everyone interested in the foundations of Christianity.


At this special evening of Amateur Night, winning contestants from this spring square-off at the Top Dog competition. Winners will advance one step closer to the winning title of Super Top Dog and a cash prize ($5,000 in the Child Star category and $20,000 in the Adult category) on November 21st!
This week's featured guest is WHCR-FM, Harlem Community Radio, whose programming is a multilingual mixture of music and talk and is produced by members of the community. WHCR-FM's DJ Justice will perform beneath the famous marquee, and other featured guests include Selena Hill of WHCR-FM's "Let Your Voice Be Heard" and Tina Dixon, host of WHCR-FM's Sunday Night Praise Break.


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Q: Properties in Spring Environment I'm trying to create a custom property placeholder.
At my Spring Configuration Class I have this:
@Configuration
@Import(ConfigurationClass2.class)
public class ConfigurationClass1 {
    @Bean
    @Lazy(false)
    public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer settings() throws IOException {
         // custom load of my properties file
         // legacy configuration, comes from a SVN repository
         // I need to download it and then do some logic and finally
         // load it.
    }
}

At another configuration class I want to access some properties using the Environment, like this:
@Configuration
@EnableScheduling
public class ConfigurationClass2 {

    @Autowired
    private Environment env;

    @Bean
    public DataSource dataSource() {
        String jdbcUrl = env.getProperty('jdbc.url');
        .... // jdbcUrl is null!!!!
    }

    @Scheduled(cron = "${cronExpression}")
    public void worker() {
    }

}

I don't want to use @Value or @PropertySource.
I need to load this properties manually and access this values programmatically!
How can I solve this?

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require File.expand_path("test_helper", File.dirname(__FILE__))
require 'fileutils'

class ServiceBlockTest < Minitest::Test
  SRC_DIR = "#{APP_DIR}/src"

  def setup
    generate_app
  end

  def teardown
    cleanup_app
  end

  def test_service_startup
    # FIXME(uwe):  Remove when Android L is released or service start is fixed
    return if ANDROID_OS == 21
    # EMXIF

    Dir.chdir APP_DIR do
      activity_filename = "#{SRC_DIR}/ruboto_test_app_activity.rb"
      assert File.exists? activity_filename
      File.open(activity_filename, 'w') { |f| f << <<EOF }
require 'ruboto/activity'
require 'ruboto/widget'
require 'ruboto/service'

ruboto_import_widgets :Button, :LinearLayout, :TextView

class RubotoTestAppActivity
  def onCreate(bundle)
    super
    $ruboto_test_app_activity = self
    set_title 'Domo arigato, Mr Ruboto!'

    self.content_view =
        linear_layout :orientation => :vertical do
          @text_view = text_view :text    => 'What hath Matz wrought?', :id => 42,
                                 :layout => {:width => :fill_parent},
                                 :gravity => android.view.Gravity::CENTER, :text_size => 48.0
          button :text => 'M-x butterfly', :layout => {:width => :fill_parent},
                 :id => 43, :on_click_listener => proc { butterfly }
        end
  rescue
    puts "Exception creating activity: \#{$!}"
    puts $!.backtrace.join("\\n")
  end

  def set_text(text)
    @text_view.text = text
  end

  private

  def butterfly
    puts 'butterfly'
    Thread.start do
      begin
        start_ruboto_service do
          def onStartCommand(intent, flags, start_id)
            puts "service on_start_command(\#{intent}, \#{flags}, \#{start_id})"
            $ruboto_test_app_activity.set_title 'on_start_command'
            $ruboto_test_app_activity.set_text 'What hath Matz wrought!'

            android.app.Service::START_STICKY
          end
        end
      rescue Exception
        puts "Exception starting the service: \#{$!}"
        puts $!.backtrace.join("\\n")
      end
    end
    puts 'butterfly OK'
  end

end
EOF

      service_test_filename = "#{APP_DIR}/test/src/ruboto_test_app_activity_test.rb"
      assert File.exists? service_test_filename
      File.open(service_test_filename, 'w') { |f| f << <<EOF }
activity Java::org.ruboto.test_app.RubotoTestAppActivity

setup do |activity|
  start = Time.now
  loop do
    @text_view = activity.findViewById(42)
    break if @text_view || (Time.now - start > 60)
    sleep 1
  end
  assert @text_view
end

test 'button changes text', :ui => false do |activity|
  button = activity.findViewById(43)
  puts 'Clicking...'
  activity.run_on_ui_thread{button.performClick}
  puts 'Clicked!'
  start = Time.now
  loop do
    break if @text_view.text == 'What hath Matz wrought!' || (Time.now - start > 60)
    sleep 1
  end
  assert_equal 'What hath Matz wrought!', @text_view.text
end
EOF

    end
    run_app_tests
  end

end

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The 1912 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Tigers finishing sixth in the American League. It was the team's first season in Tiger Stadium.

Regular season
On April 20, 1912, Navin Field opened the same day as Fenway Park. It was supposed to be opened on April 18 (like Fenway Park) but it rained in both cities on that day. Ty Cobb scored the first run in Tiger Stadium by stealing home.

On May 18, 1912, the Tigers players went on strike to protest the suspension of star center fielder Ty Cobb, who had gone into the stands on May 15 to attack a disabled fan who had been abusing him. Rather than forfeit the next game, the Tigers sent out a team of replacement players, mostly local college and sandlot players but also including Tigers coaches Joe Sugden and 48-year-old Deacon McGuire. Manager Hughie Jennings also entered the game as a pinch hitter. Starting pitcher Allan Travers gave up 24 runs on 26 hits in a complete game loss, both American League records.

On July 4, 1912, George Mullin threw the first no-hitter in Detroit Tigers history. The Tigers beat the St. Louis Browns by a score of 7–0. It was also Mullin's 32nd birthday.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions
 August 26, 1912: Willie Jensen was purchased by the Tigers from the New Haven Murlins.

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

References

External links

1912 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Detroit Tigers seasons
Detroit Tigers season
Detroit Tigers
1912 in Detroit

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Q: VBA Sort Based On String Piece As am new to VBA, I will be thankful if anyo can help me with this.
I want to sort rows based on the presence or absence of a specific text in the whole string.
Range B Contains:
Audi Car, Suzuki Bike, Honda Car, Volvo Bus, Benz Car, Yamaha Bike

So I want VBA code which sorts based on if its a CAR, BIKE or BUS.
After Executing, Range B should be sorted this way:
Audi Car, Benz Car, Honda Car, Suzuki Bike, Yamaha Bike, Volvo Bus

Please help.

A: If I where to handle a problem like this I would first make an array with all the different entities.
The next thing you can do is to use the InStr(startsearchingposition, String, searchforvalue). The InStr method returns the startposition of searchvalue in String, else it returns 0 or NUll.
So if it has a record the value of Instr returns is greater than 1.
Dim myArray(1 to 3) As Variant, i, number_of_element As Integer, y as String
Dim ws As Worksheet: Set ws = ActiveSheet
myArray(1) = "Car"
myArraY(2) = "Bus"
myArraY(3) = "Bike"

'Lets assume that all you data is in column A
For i = 1 To ws.Cells(rows.count, 1).end(xlup).row
y = ws.Cells(i,1).value
number_of_element = 1
For Each element in myArray

If InStr(1, y, element) > 1 Then
ws.cells(i, number_of_element +1).value = y
Exit For
Else
number_of_element = number_of_element + 1
End if

Next
Next i

Maybe this doens't completely satisfied you criteria but at least all the different entities are now parted.
The Next thing you could do is sort all the elements in every entity en put them back together.
VBA has some useful methods that can be used to parse a certain string.
Mid() and InStr() are the two I use the most.

A: use Macro to record the following steps:
1.paste data vertically in column A (paste special - transpose)

2.insert function Split by Space to column B (return value eg: bike, car)

3.sort column A and B in the order you like

4.copy column A and paste special - transpose

5.stop Macro recording, change all cells (eg: .range(row,col))


I've started toning down on the junk food eating. I pretty much have the cravings out of my system now. And I'm getting back on a sound eating plan.
I've put on about 15 lbs. since the contest. Now that may seem like a lot, but compared to the rebound that some people go through it is really not that much. I know guys who have literally gained upwards of 30 lbs. in the matter of 2-3 days after a contest. This is caused from the extreme rebound of being so depleted and dehydrated and then cutting loose and eating and drinking everything in sight.
I started back working out on Wednesday. For the next month or two I'm not really going to push myself too hard, I'm going to go through an "active recovery" training phase to give my body a break from the rigors of contest prep. And then gradually build up to a heavy off-season training routine.
A big mistake that a lot of novice weight trainers make, especially younger guys who are really full of motivation to make gains as fast as possible is that they never give their body any down time or active recovery training. They just want to go hard-core "balls to the wall" all the time. But the body just doesn't work that way and eventually you'll burn out, overtrain, and probably get injured.
You'll make much better (and faster) gains over the long term if you purposely have cycles in your training where you push yourself hard for about 8-12 weeks and then back off for a few weeks and before building back up to a new peak in training intensity. That's one of the benefits of competition training because it purposely forces you to cycle your training.
No body can operate at 100% intensity all the time, regardless of how motivated you are, the body does need some down time to rejuvenate, recover, and prepare for the next growing phase. It works similar to the seasons in nature… The spring and summer months are the peak growing time, then things slow down in fall and winter months.
I vary my protein powders all the time. When it comes to real world results one brand is no better then another brand. Protein is protein, despite what the fancy magazine advertisements say.
I pick my protein powders based on how they taste, how well they mix, and price.
Optimum Nutrition, Kaizen, Perfect Nutrition, CytoSport, and Syntrax.


Ken and Linda Bienert are parents of four biological daughters, all grown and away from home, and three adopted children. Andrew who is 13, Bailey 9, and Zachary 8, are victims of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), which is known to be an invisible disability.
The Bienerts first discussed adoption when their daughters were younger and being taught at home. Due to financial reasons, the option of global adoption was dismissed. Years passed and, after taking into consideration the idea of going overseas to serve in children's homes in India, the couple decided on local adoption right at home in Alberta.
Since they had all the provisions for a daughter, the couple requested information about adopting a single girl. Realizing that they were soon to be empty nesters and to take on a lone girl would make her an only child, Ken and Linda offered to adopt a group of siblings.
In December, they were matched with three siblings. Challenges arose over the fact that Ken and Linda wanted to homeschool. These parents agreed that if they were not allowed to homeschool all three children, they would not adopt them. This condition was finally accepted and the children were welcomed into their new home February 2008. Within the next few weeks, Ken and Linda discovered that mental challenges were evident in all three, and tests were undergone in order to determine a diagnosis.
Not knowing where to begin with their new adoptees, Ken and Linda started the children off with cardboard books and began filling in the gaps left behind from the children's neglectful upbringing. Linda discovered that she would have to treat the children as toddlers and teach them the basics, such as how to play, what a toaster was, and how to bake a cake.
One thing Ken and Linda have always encouraged is the memorization of Bible verses, but when it came to reading, the children took each word or expression literally without actually putting all the words together. For example, when Bailey read about David from the Bible, and how he had the heart of a servant, she could not understand how David could actually have someone else's heart!
The couple discovered that ordinary life skills, such as crossing a street, have to be reinforced repetitively. Cause and effect has to be explained almost daily. They are very concrete thinkers, and there are no exceptions to rules in their reasoning. When new family members and friends come to visit, the Bienerts have to explain that limits have been put in place and that, if certain situations arise, the adults around the children must act as their external brains, reminding them of rules and behavioral issues.
Early on, Linda understood that because of the children's prenatal damage, there was a continual need for supervision and structure, or more challenges would arise. That is when Ken and Linda contacted HSLDA.
As Linda faces the challenge that the children are not even aware of their own lack of comprehension for what they read or hear, she has learned to filter out what is useless to them to focus in on life skills. This requires repetition, explanation, and concentration for those vital life skills. She knows she can only push the children, especially Andrew who has chromosomal as well as other developmental challenges besides FASD, as far as their mental abilities will allow. By continuing to homeschool, Ken and Linda know that they are providing their adopted children with more than any school system possibly could.


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from october 1st the vehicle tax disc became a thing of the past. however, that doesn't mean that there's no need to buy one. you still have to tax your vehicle but you won't be receiving the actual paper disc anymore, so there will no longer be a need to separate the disc from its perforated edge which often led to the tearing the disc itself!
There's still considerable confusion amongst motorists with many trying to gain clarification of the changes often through social media outlets. So let us clarify the new rules surrounding the annual road tax.
Thirdly, you can continue to use the same methods of payment online and at the Post Office over the counter. There is, however, a new option. You are able to pay by continuous direct debit which means that there should no longer be a risk of driving an untaxed vehicle because you've forgotten to buy your license. That direct debit will continue for as long as there is a valid MOT for the vehicle. In addition, there's also the opportunity to make monthly payments but that does cost you more in the long run.
Just as before the change, you can apply online to tax your vehicle using the 16 digit reference code found on your vehicle tax renewal reminder (V11), or alternatively you can use the 11 digit reference number found on your log book (V5C).
The major change in the new tax rules is that vehicle tax can no longer be transferred with your vehicle when you sell it. From now on since October 1st, once you have notified the DVLA that you have sold the vehicle, you will automatically receive a refund for those full months left on the vehicle tax. This means that whether you purchase a new or used vehicle, you will always have to buy vehicle tax.
You can check the status of your tax by visiting gov.uk/check-vehicle-tax and entering the registration of your vehicle.
Don't think that you can get away without paying your car tax as police cars have been fitted with ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) cameras for many years, and they've been used by the police to check that vehicles are licensed, insured and MOT-tested for a least a decade.
From 1st October, you no longer will be obliged to display a paper tax on your vehicle's windscreen. You can remove it and destroy it if you so wish. On the other hand, you may feel inclined to keep it as your current tax disc will be the last you'll ever receive.
Its disappearance after so many years is likely to make some motorists feel sentimental. After all, it has been a part of motoring life in this country since 1922! The abolishment of the tax disc and the move to a paperless system is expected to save the DVLA over £10 million a year.


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Summer TV preview: 12 new shows you need to see
Here are the summer shows we are stoked about
By Chuck Barney | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 25, 2021 at 11:10 a.m. | UPDATED: June 9, 2021 at 12:07 p.m.
At this time last year, it was all about pandemic lockdowns and sheltering in place. Not surprisingly, we were drawn to our TVs like magnets to steel.
Things are thankfully different now. With restrictions being lifted and temperatures on the rise, many of us are super-antsy to embrace some outdoorsy fun. But that doesn't mean we still can't find room for a little veg-out screen time between backyard barbecues and trips to the beach.
In addition to the standard fare like "America's Got Talent" and "The Bachelorette," and fresh seasons of returning shows ("Ted Lasso," "Bosch," etc.), this summer brings an impressive parade of new series, including Marvel's "Loki," a reboot of "Gossip Girl," a series inspired by the film "Blindspotting" and much more.
To help you prioritize and maximize your TV hours to the fullest, here's a rundown of a dozen new series that have us most excited (arranged chronologically by premiere date):
'Panic'
Danger ahead. Based on Lauren Oliver's best-selling 2014 young-adult novel, this suspense thriller takes us to a dinky, dead-end Texas town called Carp, where every summer graduating high school teens risk their lives in an illegal, high-stakes game to earn gobs of money and a chance to escape.
Anonymous judges force the players through a series of challenges that compel them to confront their deepest fears — and upend their ideas of who they are, who to trust, and who they might become. This year, the pot — and the risks — are bigger than ever.
Details: Premieres May 28; Amazon Prime Video.
'Lisey's Story'
You might want to keep the lights on for this creepy thriller adapted by Stephen King from his own 2006 novel.
Oscar-winner Julianne Moore plays the title character — the widow of an ultra-famous novelist (Clive Owen). Two years after her husband's death, she decides it's time to go through his office and sort out his papers. That leads to a series of disturbing events causing Lisey to confront memories of her marriage that she has deliberately tried to suppress. Brace yourself for a mystery drenched in psychological horror.
Details: Premieres June 4; Apple TV+.
'Sweet Tooth'
In the mood for something offbeat and fantastical? This offering, based on a DC Comics series of the same name, might satisfy that need.
It's set in a post-apocalyptic world where a deadly virus wreaked calamitous havoc. (Sound familiar?) Now, some human babies are born part animal, and these "hybrids" are hunted by humans who fear them.
Against this backdrop, a sheltered deer-boy named Gus (Christian Convery) befriends a wandering loner named Jepperd (Nonso Anozie). Together they embark on a hopeful adventure across what's left of America in search of answers — about Gus' origins, Jepperd's past, and the true meaning of home.
Details: Premieres June 4; Netflix.
'Loki'
The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand with this six-episode series that spotlights one of its most popular characters.
Taking place after the events of "Avengers: Endgame," the story finds the so-called God of Mischief (Tom Hiddleston) stepping out of his brother Thor's shadow and dealing with the Time Variance Authority — an organization tasked with keeping the timeline in order. Apparently, they want Loki's help to fix all the timeline chaos he created while on the run with the Tesseract.
As usual with Marvel, details are scarce. Head writer Michael Waldron, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, simply teases the show as "a big, crazy, fun time adventure."
Details: Premieres June 11; Disney+.
'Blindspotting'
Like the acclaimed Rafael Casal-Daveed Diggs film that inspired it, this series is set in Oakland. But the focus is dramatically different.
Picking up six months after the movie, the show centers on Ashley ("Hamilton" alum Jasmine Cephas Jones), whose life is thrown into disarray when Miles (Casal), her longtime partner and father of their 6-year-old son, is jailed. The situation forces her to move in with Miles's mother (Helen Hunt) and half-sister (Jaylen Barron). Plenty of friction and comical dysfunction ensue.
While Casal makes limited appearances, Diggs is not part of the cast. But the East Bay natives and longtime friends both were heavily involved behind the camera as executive producers and writers. (Casal also serves as showrunner). And as with the film, they made sure the series is heavily steeped in the sights and sounds of their beloved Oakland.
Details: Premieres June 13; Starz.
'Kevin Can F**k Himself'
Annie Murphy apparently is drawn to shows with irreverent titles. After six seasons on "Schitt's Creek," the Emmy-winning actress shifts to this high-concept dramedy that both spoofs and skewers TV's generic sitcom wife archetypes.
Murphy plays Allison Roberts, a Boston-based woman married to an overweight, self-centered man-child (Kevin McRoberts) who lives for video games, the Red Sox and the company of his bros. As for Allison, well, she's little more than a sandwich-serving prop.
The show alternates in tone between a multi-camera sitcom (with annoying laugh track) and more cinematic scenes in which we see life through the eyes of Allison — a woman who is nearing her breaking point.
Details: Premieres June 13; AMC+ and June 20, AMC.
'Physical'
Rose Byrne shines in this dark comedy series about a quietly tortured 1980s San Diego housewife who craves a dramatic life change.
Prone to self-castigation (as conveyed via a viciously harsh inner voice), Sheila Rubin (Byrne) grapples with a variety of personal challenges, including an eating disorder and an unfulfilling marriage to a wannabe politician.
Sheila eventually finds empowerment when she discovers a way to merge a newfound passion for aerobics with the burgeoning technology of videotape. Break out the leg warmers and colorful leotards.
Details: Premieres June 18, Apple TV+.
'The White Lotus'
Every summer becomes better with a few days in Hawaii. So we're already feeling the aloha spirit for this six-episode satire that was filmed in Maui and comes from the mind of creator Mike White ("Enlightened").
Set at an exclusive tropical resort, the series follows various guests and employees as their lives intersect over a single week. But apparently there's trouble in paradise because darker undertones emerge among the travelers and within the hotel itself. Murray Bartlett, Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge and Steve Zahn head up the cast.
Details: Premieres July 11; HBO.
'Gossip Girl'
We, quite frankly, are fed up with TV's ongoing reliance on reboots and remakes. Still, we're curious to see how this new take on the soapy CW teen drama plays out.
Set eight years after the original series, it introduces us to a fresh crop of privileged New York City prep-schoolers, now dealing with the horrors of social media and other potential pitfalls. And there is one welcome change: The new cast is more diverse and inclusive.
But some things remain the same: Kristen Bell is reprising her role as the narrator/voice of the Gossip Girl blog.
Details: Premieres July (exact date TBA); HBO Max.
'Heels'
Even people who don't closely follow pro wrestling know names like "The Rock" and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. But megawatt superstars are the rare exception in a brutal business that finds many of its warrior hulks toiling far from the TV spotlight — for paltry pay — in the hardscrabble indie circuit.
That world is the setting for this a saga about two fame-seeking brothers (Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig) in Georgia who spar over the leadership of their family's small-town wrestling league after the death of their father.
So which one is the "good guy," and which one is the "heel" — the name given to ring villains?
Details: Premieres Aug. 15; Starz.
'Nine Perfect Strangers'
The first time screenwriter David E. Kelley teamed up with Aussie author Liane Moriarty and Nicole Kidman, it resulted in the blockbuster miniseries "Big Little Lies." Could they have another huge hit on their hands?
Kelley adapts Moriarty's novel about nine very different people who attend a secluded wellness resort seeking to reinvigorate their lives. They soon realize that this place — and the mysterious woman who runs it (Kidman) — are nothing like they expected.
The impressive cast includes, among others, Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Regina Hall and Bobby Cannavale.
Details: Premieres Aug. 18; Hulu.
'The Chair'
After watching Sandra Oh deftly navigate dramatic roles ("Grey's Anatomy," "Killing Eve"), we're looking forward to seeing how she handles being the headliner in a satirical comedy.
For this six-episode series, Oh plays Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, the newly appointed chair of the English department at a university suffering from declining enrollment. Kim confronts a unique set of challenges as the first woman to head the department, and as one of the few staff members of color on campus. The series is written by Amanda Peet and includes former "Game of Thrones" show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss among its executive producers.
Details: Premieres Aug. 20; Netflix.
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Bill Bowman, St. Paul School Principal 1948-1970…Glory Days
© Jerry F. Couch 2021
In the 1960's, the late Ann Gregory began writing biographical sketches of area residents for the Clinch Valley Times. The CVT was still owned by the Stewart family in those days, but in 1974 it was purchased by the Young-Gregory Partnership and Ann became the CVT's editor. Ann's 1960's CVT article about Bill Bowman, long-term principal of the St. Paul School, serves as the foundation of the following story:
Since "back to school" is once again a fact, it's only fitting that one of our area's outstanding educators be featured here this week. Mr. W. H. Bowman, now beginning his twentieth year as principal of St. Paul School, has long been active in education circles in Virginia.
Below: A 1949 photo of Principal Bill Bowman. Mr. Bowman was well-suited to maximize the opportunities of post-war America for the St. Paul School, its staff, and its students.
Born in Johnson City, Tenn., Mr. Bowman attended elementary and junior high school there, and graduated from high school in Erwin, Tenn. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Milligan College.
After receiving his Master's Degree from the University of Tennessee, Mr. Bowman became a teacher and coach. His first post was at Mountain City High School for 2 years. From there he went to Elizabethton High School for four years, and then to Coeburn for 3 years. While at Coeburn the team he coached distinguished itself by winning the Western District Championship and then the championship of half the state, which was then divided into just 4 districts. After 2 years of teaching and coaching at Saltville, he went into the Navy. Three years later, he was discharged and accepted a job on the coaching staff of Milligan College. Soon after that, he came to St. Paul to take over the principalship, and has been here ever since. Several years ago, the Wise County School Board named St. Paul Athletic field "Bowman Field" in recognition of Mr. Bowman's outstanding service to his school and his profession.
PICTURED BELOW: Dedication of Bowman Field…from the 1948-49 Estonoa yearbook.
Married for 32 years, he and Mrs. Bowman, nee Kathleen Adams, are members of the St. Paul United Methodist Church. Mr. Bowman is past chairman and current member of the official board; was chairman of the building committee when the new church was erected; is currently chairman of the committee in charge of renovating the parsonage. Mrs. Bowman, St. Paul School librarian and teacher, is active in the Woman's Society of Christian Service.
Pictured Below: Mrs. Kathleen Adams Bowman
An active member and past president of the St. Paul-Dante Lions Club, Mr. Bowman was selected Lion of the Year for 1947-1948, the first such award to be given by the St. Paul-Dante group. He has also served the Lions in his area as District Governor. His professional affiliations include the Wise County Education Association, of which he is past president; the Virginia Education Association, past vice-president; the National Education Association; the Virginia Principals Association; and the National Principals Association.
Below: An article from the August 13, 1948 edition of the Johnson City Press-Chronicle
The Bowmans enjoy spending time at their cottage on South Holston Lake, where Mr. Bowman gets in some fishing when he has a chance. Flip and Cocoa, the Bowman's two chocolate and tan chihuahuas, enjoy going to the lake, too, but prefer to stay at home where they live the Life of Riley, sleeping in their master's lap when he's home.
Below: From the May 29, 1955 edition of the Bristol Herald-Courier
Below: The "Principal's House" on the corner of Tazewell St. and Fourth Avenue was Mr. and Mrs. Bowman's St. Paul home during his principalship. It had been purchased by the Wise County School Board in 1941 as a site for a future gymnasium (which was not built). The house was demolished years ago to make way for the St. Paul Municipal Pool.
Football is one of Mr. Bowman's avocations, too. He always enjoys watching a good game. Mr. Bowman told me a story from his coaching days. During one particularly exciting football game, he called to one of the substitutes on the bench to get into the game. Getting no response, he called again thinking the boy hadn't heard him over the roar of the fans. The substitute still didn't seem to hear, which puzzled Coach Bowman, as the game had reached a crucial point. Everyone, especially the players, were quite excited. The boy sitting next to the substitute who'd been summoned finally looked toward Mr. Bowman and shrugged his shoulders, then said the substitute was sitting on the bench sound asleep. Mr. Bowman said he has never understood that boy, yet!
Below: The St. Paul Deacons, from the August 30, 1959 edition of the Bristol Herald-Courier.
This past summer, Mr. Bowman was Director of the Wise County Head Start program, a federally sponsored plan designed for children who would be ready for first grade in the fall. The kindergarten was primarily intended for the underprivileged child, but no one was turned away. The children were given complete medical examinations and glasses were provided for some of the children.
Below: From the June 3, 1965 edition of The Big Stone Gap Post
A consultant from Washington who visited the Wise County program last month assured Mr. Bowman that steps would be taken to correct medical and dental problems in the children whose examinations showed the need for care.
The Head Start children were introduced to group experience and were taught about basic ideas and materials with which many had never been in contact. Some had never seen scissors and crayons, and some had never heard a story being read aloud. Mr. Bowman told me about one little boy who had never heard "Little Red Riding Hood." As the teacher read on, the child became more and more engrossed in the unfolding events. Upon hearing that the grandmother had been eaten up by the wolf, the boy jumped from his chair and shouted, "Why, that dirty so-and-so!"
There were 747 children in the Head Start program in the county and Mr. Bowman says they've already seen some of the results in St. Paul first grade classes. On the first day of school, when there was usually an epidemic of crying, only one child, who hadn't been in Head Start, cried for her mother. All the children were able to go through the lunch line by themselves and there has been no confusion about getting on school buses. The children behave well and are already getting settled down to lessons.
During his years at St. Paul School, Mr. Bowman has had lots of funny experiences. One which undoubtedly didn't seem to funny at the time, occurred at 3:30 one morning when the phone rang, and an anxious mother reported to the sleepy principal that her daughter was ill and wouldn't be at school that day. Mr. Bowman wryly informed her not to be alarmed, the girl might recover by the time the school day began. Then there was the time a teacher reported to Mr. Bowman that she had been trying to convince one of her very young pupils to go to lunch at the cafeteria or at least bring his lunch to school instead of going home every day at noon as he persisted in doing. The child had reported to the teacher "Good night! Don't you know you can't carry gravy in a poke?"
One of the St. Paul School's most significant improvements during the Bowman era was the new Activities Building which was completed in 1955. This building contained a large combination gymnasium-auditorium as well as the school's first lunchroom and band room. The old and cramped auditorium-gymnasium within the school building had already been appropriated for use as much-needed classroom space. The Activities Building later incorporated into the St. Paul Elementary School building and is still in use.
The picture above and transcription below are from the December 18, 1955 edition of the Bristol Herald-Courier…
Unit Cost $250,000
St. Paul Sets Open House In New Activities Building
Special To The Herald Courier
ST. PAUL, Va., Dec. 17 — St. Paul will hold open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in a new $250,000 activities building at St. Paul High School.
The building, recently completed, will house the school's combination gymnasium and auditorium, cafeteria, band room, and lockers.
Roll-away bleachers will seat 400 in the gymnasium with space for more than 800 folding chairs for capacity crowds. St. Paul has not had a home gym for more than three years; neither has the town had an auditorium with the seating capacity of the new building.
The modern, stainless-steel cafeteria, electrically equipped, will seat about 300 persons, Mrs. Louisa Morris, cafeteria dietician said.
Sunday's program will include an invocation by the Rev. L. M. Kanipe, followed by the following musical selections:
Musical Program
St. Paul High School band: organ melody, Ave Maria, and Yuletide; Lionaires Orchestra: Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, White Christmas, and a Christmas novelty with Shirley Stanton and Walter Jesssee as vocalists; and the St. Paul-Dante Community Chorus will present O Holy Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem, and Silent Night.
State Senator M. M. Long will be master of ceremonies during the afternoon and will introduce guests who appear on the program.
The St. Paul PTA, with Mrs. Paul Robinson, president, will serve as hosts for the occasion.
Vote of Appreciation
Members of the PTA, teachers, and citizens have expressed a great vote of appreciation to the Wise County School Board and to the State Board of Education for making this "dream" come true.
Prior to 1940, plans had been visualized for the present building. The Wise County Board of Supervisors set up a special levy of ten cents on each $100 in the Lipps District for the purpose of constructing the building.
At the end of 14 years, the fund had grown to $35,000. With this fund, officials petitioned the Literary Fund for a loan and it was approved early in 1955. The modern, two-story 116-by-139-foot brick and block building is the result.
W. H. Bowman, school principal for the past 10 years, along with his staff of 20 teachers, is anxious for the second semester to begin when the new building will be put to use. There are 525 students enrolled at the school from the first grade through the 12th.
Senator Long, M. C.
Senator M. M. Long and members of the St. Paul-Dante Lions Club have been active in pushing the school project along for the past 10 years or more. Superintendent J. J. Kelly, Wise County School Board, and members of the board of supervisors also were praised highly for the work they had done.
Principal Bowman, his staff, and members of the PTA extend to their many friends an invitation to participate in the open house program.
— EPILOGUE —
Below: Obituary of Mr. Bill Bowman from the January 7, 1970 edition of the Johnson City Press-Chronicle
Below: A memorial tribute to Mr. Bill Bowman from the 1970 Estonoa yearbook of St. Paul High School.
Editor's Note: From my cousins, I learned that Principal Bowman had obviously read and taken to heart the instruction of Proverbs 13:24 🙂
If you have a special memory of Mr. Bill Bowman, please share it in the "comments" section of this article.
February 27, 2021 cvtimesjerrycouchFeaturesPrincipal W. H. Bowman St. Paul High School - Wise County VA
8 thoughts on "Bill Bowman, St. Paul School Principal 1948-1970…Glory Days"
Katie Jessee
Thank you for a walk in the past. I remember bits and pieces of this story but so good never the less.
cvtimesjerrycouch
Thanks for taking the time to respond, Katie. I wish more people would do so. After all, this is THEIR story, too.
Angie Lewis Buchanan
I remember being sent to the Principal's Office
( Bill Bowman) while in the 4th grade to receive a
" paddling for talking too much"! I was scared to death! Mr.Bowman inquired about my parents and knew my Dad was a Big Fisher on South Holston.
He talked for 20 minutes about our Fishing Skills! Many great educators and influential leaders passed within the St. Paul School System.
There was not a speaker system when JFK was shot, so Bill Bowman made a personal trek to each classroom to inform students of this historic tragedy.
Many classes were the guests of Kathleen and Bill's Lake Home! When field trips were rare, they did not hesitate to haul a school bus full of students to South Holston Lake. The world is a better place because of this compassionate couple!
That's a great story, Angie! Thank you for taking the time to write it. Doing so added a very human touch to the article. I'm sure others will enjoy what you wrote.
Michael Salyer
The Bowman were special a couple to our family. I recall one time in the 70s MS. Bowman asked my mom. Marie Salyer at that time.To take here to the lake house and help her clean. I got to tag along. She had me raking lave and picking up stick around the yard and down the steps to the lake. This lady could fry a hamburger and it was good.
Thank you for sharing that memory. Taking the time to do that improves the stories I write and gives them added dimension.
Monty L. Salyer
Once again CVT has out done itself !!!! Of course, I am an old Coburn Blue Knight, but having married a Deacon, raised two and have many Deacon friends, I have heard about Mr. Bowman many times. All has been good.
Is it true that he would sometimes stop you in the hallway and say…………………" Sing/recite the St. Paul High School alma mater"….?
I like that story!!
Monty Salyer
Thank you, Monty 🙂
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Arthur Is Ending Its Run on PBS After 25 Years
Long-running kids show 'Arthur' is no more.
Maureen Lenker
By Maureen Lee Lenker July 29, 2021
Credit: Everett Collection
Hey! It's no longer a wonderful kind of day over at PBS.
Long-running kids show Arthur is no more. The beloved cartoon, based on a series of children's books by Marc Brown, has run for 25 seasons on PBS, but after its final episodes air this year, it will no longer continue.
What's more — production on the show wrapped two years ago. Arthur writer Kathy Waugh revealed the sad news on the podcast Finding D.W., a show dedicated to tracking down the seven actors who voiced the role of Arthur's little sister D.W.
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"Arthur is no longer in a production," she said. "We had our wrap party two years ago. I think they've made a mistake, PBS, and I think Arthur should come back. And I know I'm not alone in thinking they made a mistake."
"I don't pay attention that much to things like ratings, so I don't know if it was a ratings issue or if it just felt like it needed to be retired," she continued. "To me, it felt like evergreen, like it was never going to end, but it did end."
Waugh noted that they finished the last episode of their 25th season two years ago, but since then, she's written and helped with some PSAs about handwashing, etc. that aired. "They used the Arthur characters so they're still around," she noted. "As far as I understand, not all of the shows have aired. There's still a few yet to be aired, but they've all been produced."
In a statement to EW, Carol Greenwald, executive producer of Arthur, confirmed the news and celebrated the show's legacy.
"Arthur is the longest-running kids animated series in history and is known for teaching kindness, empathy, and inclusion through many groundbreaking moments to generations of viewers," the statement reads. "In the winter of 2022, the 25th and final season of Arthur will debut. Arthur will continue to be available on PBS KIDS for years to come. Producer GBH and PBS KIDS are continuing to work together on additional Arthur content, sharing the lessons of Arthur and his friends in new ways."
This story originally appeared on ew.com


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But this ties the implementation detail of the template to the component. For example, what if a NativeScript template requires the date to be in the format MM/dd/yyyy? The formGroup is no longer valid.

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How the House Finally Got to 'Yes' on Health Care
Frenzied final negotiations helped win over enough holdouts
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, center, and Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry lead a group of Republican members to the House floor Thursday to vote on the GOP health care bill after meeting with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Lindsey McPherson and Erin Mershon
Posted May 5, 2017 at 5:05am
BY ERIN MERSHON AND LINDSEY MCPHERSON, CQ ROLL CALL
The final push on the health care bill started in earnest Monday night.
At 6 p.m., a cadre of Republican lawmakers from the Energy and Commerce Committee met in an unmarked Capitol office to make changes they hoped would bring moderate holdouts on board with the party's overhaul of the health care system.
Michigan Rep. Fred Upton, the former Energy and Commerce chairman, was discussing what would get him to "yes" while preparing to email House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to alert him he would be a "no." His opposition, which he announced the next morning, would reverberate through the conference because Upton, an ally of leadership, was known as a leader on health care policy.
But another change was already in the works Monday night. Upton huddled with his colleagues, including current Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden of Oregon and Rep. Michael C. Burgess of Texas, the health subcommittee chairman, along with Reps. Joe L. Barton of Texas and Morgan Griffith of Virginia, two committee members who are part of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus. They spitballed broad policy changes that could appease Upton and other moderates, including a potential cap on premium increases for people with pre-existing conditions.
The idea was clarified Tuesday. Walden presented Upton a plan, at leadership's urging: an extra $5 billion to reduce premiums and out-of-pocket health care costs for people with pre-existing conditions, who might see their premiums rise under the legislation. Upton pressed for more, and the group settled on an $8 billion fund over five years that would ultimately become the final amendment to the legislation.
With that deal in hand, leadership checked with the Freedom Caucus to ensure those members wouldn't pull their support.
Leaders credit that amendment — which sought to tamp down widespread criticism from moderate members that the package didn't do enough to protect people with medical conditions — with launching the momentum the GOP conference needed to secure the final votes.
The House on Thursday squeaked out a win by a 217-213 vote with the support of all but 20 Republicans, 15 of whom are members of the moderate Tuesday Group. No Democrats supported the bill.
The path to 217 was fraught. House Republicans missed every deadline they set out for themselves to deliver the repeal of the 2010 health care law, a campaign promise they had repeated for more than seven years. Leaders had to pull their first version of the legislation from floor consideration in March, when it became clear it lacked the support to pass.
Since then, various groups of Republicans have been huddling in meetings like the one convened Monday, to work out policy changes that have bought anywhere from one to 30 votes. In late March and early April, it was members of the Freedom Caucus who met in Rayburn hearing rooms into the wee hours, trying to find an acceptable change. After the April recess, New Jersey Rep. Tom MacArthur, co-chairman of the Tuesday Group, was leading the charge on his own proposal.
At the end, however, it came down to the small group of Energy and Commerce committee members, many of them frustrated by members without policy expertise proposing massive alterations to the measure.
"There was concern when people started changing things," Burgess said, recalling panel members' thoughts as: "Wait a minute, we spent 28 hours in markup. We worked on this thing pretty hard. In fact, we worked on it in 2015."
Upton's plan
Even after Upton huddled with Walden and his colleagues on his own policy change, he was unsatisfied. The details hadn't been finalized and he was not sure a deal was forthcoming.
So Upton orchestrated a public declaration of his concerns. He told a local radio reporter early Tuesday morning he would vote "no" unless the bill changed substantially — a statement that set off a flurry of headlines, given Upton's long record as an opponent of the health care law.
His opposition was "important," Walden said after Upton announced it. "He's a very thoughtful leader on health care and I think he represents a group of members of the conference that still have concerns about the opening of the language on pre-existing conditions."
The attention gave Upton leverage and spurred a phone call with President Donald Trump at 4 p.m. Tuesday, which Upton said lasted for about 20 minutes. The president said then that he wasn't open to any changes.
"We had a good give and take, truly," Upton said. "I told him I couldn't vote for it. He got a little angry, but I've got a thick skin."
The president followed his call with Upton with one to Missouri Rep. Billy Long, a longtime ally who was an early supporter of Trump's campaign. Long had come out Monday against the legislation because it didn't do enough for people with pre-existing conditions.
Long, who had been briefed on Upton's plan, suggested it to the president during their call, saying, "Why don't you let me and Fred come over there to the White House?"
Trump declined, repeating his position that he did not want changes, Long recalled. He told the president, "All right, I'm still a 'no.'"
Upton and Long's declarations of opposition weren't a surprise to House Majority Whip Steve Scalise.
"I knew last week that they were trending away from it," the Louisiana Republican said Thursday. "So we had already built that in. But I also approached both of them and said we want to get you back."
With the help of Scalise and House leadership, Upton and Long got a meeting with the president. Upton even offered to skip a dinner with National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins on Tuesday night.
On Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., Upton and Long, along with Walden and Burgess, visited the Oval Office to brief the president. It took about 90 minutes, but they got Trump on board.
"Those four sold it — hard," one person familiar with the negotiations said.
Final frenzy
Upton and Long then announced they would support the legislation, kicking off a day of frenzied Capitol Hill meetings aimed at holdouts.
Walden abruptly called a meeting of the Energy and Commerce Committee around 3 p.m. Wednesday to give the pair time to explain their change of heart to their colleagues. It took place just steps from a meeting room where Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and other federal officials spent the afternoon lobbying other House Republicans.
Upton and Long, along with Griffith, Barton and others, cajoled colleagues on the House floor on Wednesday.
The last-minute whip effort, aided by Upton's amendment, worked. Special promises from GOP leaders to lawmakers helped. Florida Rep. Daniel Webster, for example, secured a pledge that GOP leaders would eventually address Medicaid funding for his state's nursing homes, after he met with Pence at the Capitol.
House leaders gathered in Ryan's office just before 7 p.m. Wednesday night to confirm they were ready to call the vote. McCarthy and Scalise walked out less than half an hour later and told reporters confidently they had secured the "yes" votes needed.
On Thursday morning at 9 a.m., not a single member raised concerns at a GOP conference meeting, which had the tone of a pep rally, a GOP aide said.
Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole said they blasted "inspirational music," including songs such as "Eye of the Tiger" and "Takin' Care of Business." Ryan got a standing ovation when he stood to speak, said New York Rep. Chris Collins.
Despite the upbeat nature of the morning, GOP leaders held behind-the-scenes conversations to ensure the votes remained intact. Scalise said Pence called twice to check on individual members he had helped whip.
White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus trekked to the Hill for meetings in Scalise's office, where moderates were spotted heading in and out before the vote. When it came time to head to the floor, Scalise left his office with 20 to 30 members in tow. The group was heard cheering from inside before they left.
When the number of "yes" votes hit 216, Republicans clapped and cheered in celebration of the narrow victory.
Members rushed after the vote to board buses that transported them to the White House for their final celebration of the day. The members gathered around the presidential podium in the Rose Garden, where Trump, Pence and GOP leaders delivered remarks.
The line that seemed to draw the most cheers was this one from Pence: "Welcome to the beginning of the end of Obamacare!"


Menorah Medical Center—part of HCA Midwest Health System, Kansas City's largest healthcare network—has been reaccredited by the Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC), an international organization dedicated to eliminating heart disease as the number one cause of death worldwide.
Hospitals that receive SCPC accreditation have achieved a higher level of expertise in dealing with patients who arrive with symptoms of a heart attack. They emphasize the importance of standardized diagnostic and treatment programs that provide more efficient and effective evaluation as well as more appropriate and rapid treatment of patients with chest pain and other heart attack symptoms. They also serve as a point of entry into the healthcare system to evaluate and treat other medical problems, and they help to promote a healthier lifestyle in an attempt to reduce the risk factors for heart attack.
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Meloe rugosus Marsham, 1802
Rugged Oil Beetle
TENEBRIONOIDEA Latreille, 1802
MELOIDAE Gyllenhal, 1810
MELOINAE Gyllenhal, 1810
MELOINI Gyllenhal, 1810
Meloe Linnaeus, 1758
As with many members of the genus this species has undergone a general decline over much of its range during recent decades but it remains locally common across warmer parts of the Palaearctic region from Europe to the far east of Russia and e.g. in parts of the Middle East, it is occasionally common enough to be regarded as a pest of a range of crops including onion, beans, peas and wheat. In Europe it is widespread, occurring from Spain to Italy and Greece in the south and north to Germany, Poland and the UK, it is generally common in warmer southern and central regions but otherwise very local and sporadic. Here it is locally common in the west, from West London to the Severn catchment, and there are scattered records from Sussex to South Devon and from South Wales. There has been a general decline through the late 19th and 20th centuries but, maybe due to increased recording effort during the 21st Century, it now seems to be increasing, at least according to sightings. Adults have been recorded throughout the year; they are active from September to March, peaking in abundance during October and November, and are only rarely seen after May. In Northern Europe, including the UK, they are mostly nocturnal while in warmer southern regions they are diurnal, especially when they form breeding swarms, as well as nocturnal. They also tend to occur in numbers in the UK and this may lead to increased survival as they produce the poisonous chemical cantharidin which may be secreted onto vegetation etc. and will deter predators. Adults gorge themselves on a very wide range of herbaceous and woody foliage and it may be that they are able to detect which species will provide a source of cantharidin precursors (e.g. ranunculin from many species of Ranunculaceae), this behaviour soon produces the distended appearance in most specimens and is probably an essential prelude to mating which occurs through the autumn and winter. Males search out females for mating in the evening or early morning and may pass over several before a suitable partner is found, and mating may be brief or pronged, pairs sometimes remaining in cop for an hour or more. Females
Meloe rugosus
Special thanks to Jennifer Gilbert for providing this specimen.
are enormously fecund and soon become even further distended with each producing between 20,000 and 30,000 eggs during its brief lifetime. Gravid females may spend hours searching for a suitable oviposition site, and once satisfied they use their mandibles and front and hind legs to excavate a shallow chamber in the soil into which they deposit a longitudinal egg mass which they then cover with soil. First stage larvae, or triungulins (so named for the extra claw on each tarsus) emerge in the spring, they leave the soil en masse and climb to nearby flower heads where they wait for visiting bees. At this time larval mortality is very high as they will cling on to any visiting insect and most of these will be unsuitable as hosts. Those few that find the correct host, which are various species of mining bee (Andrena Fabricius, 1775), may then make it back to the nest where they will consume the pollen store and maybe attack the bee larva before moulting into the second stage and completing their development by consuming bee larvae, detritus and pollen. Pupation occurs within the nest during late summer and autumn, and adults emerge within a few weeks. Fresh adults are small and inconspicuous but soon expand as they feed.
Mining bees tend to dig their burrows on open soils where the vegetation is short and patchy, they prefer light and well-drained soils which are exposed to the sun and so the best places to find the beetles are meadows and south facing hillsides exposed to the sun. In suitable habitats mining bees tend to form colonies, often with many burrows close together, and so parasitism by the beetles can be high, this explains why the beetles are sometimes common but it might also partly explain why they have declined as such habitats are prone to human interference. Adult beetles do not fly and they tend to disperse only short distances by walking, probably because they need to be close to suitable plants that will maintain their Cantharidin metabolism. Searching by night is the best way to find them but they are difficult to spot in the dark and they are slow and awkward in their movements and so their presence is seldom obvious. When handled they produce oily yellow exudates from the joints which smells foul and may cause blistering or rashes in some people and so care should be taken when handling them.
6.0-18.0 mm. Body and appendages dull black or very dark grey, forebody finely pubescent. Head transverse and convex with small, weakly convex eyes and broadly rounded temples which curve to a wide and often bulging neck, surface shiny between uneven and quite dense punctures and with a variable median longitudinal impression which extends forward to the frontoclypeal suture. Without a longitudinal impression behind each eye. Antennae simply filiform in both sexes. Pronotum convex, transverse and broadest in front of the middle; strongly narrowed to rounded or widely obtuse anterior angles and slightly sinuate before obtusely-rounded posterior angles, surface strongly and densely punctured and with a deep median longitudinal impression. Elytra with variable but usually strong wrinkles and impressions throughout, these often forming distinct longitudinal series, especially laterally. Abdomen variable but usually with more strongly chitinized and wrinkled median areas, and membranous, more shiny or silky lateral parts which have small patches of pubescence in the dimples. Legs long and robust; all femora simple and all tibiae with strong apical spines. Tarsi 5-5-4 in both sexes.


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Love from A to Z
June 12, 2019 booknutgirls	Leave a comment
by S. K. Ali
First sentence: "On the morning of Saturday, March 14, fourteen-year-old Adam Chen went to the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha."
Content: There's some mild swearing, including a couple of f-bombs. It's in the YA section (grades 6-8) of the bookstore.
Zayneb is a senior in high school in Indiana, and she's dealing with an Islamophobic teacher. He's constantly bringing up ways in which Muslims are backward and how the religion is repressive, even though he's white and doesn't know nearly as much as Zayneb, who is actually a practicing, hijab-wearing, Muslim. Which makes her a target. So, one day, right before spring break, she's had enough: and starts passing notes with a friend about the teacher and needing to take him down. He intercepts the note and reports her to the principal, and gets her suspended.
Which leads her to spending time with her aunt, who is a teacher at an international school in Doha. And that's where Adam comes in. His father is the director of that school, and Adam's home from spring break at college in London. Except he's dropped out: he just got a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, which his mother had and died from complications connected to, and he's determined to make as much art as he can, while he still can. He's also Muslim: his father, who is a Chinese-Canadian, converted to Islam after the death of his wife, and Adam and his younger sister Hanna soon followed.
Adam and Zayneb have an instant connection, and while this book is dealing with heavier stuff like racism, people's perceptions of Islam, and dealing with a diagnosis of MS, it is, at its heart, a rom-com. There's a meet-cute in the airport, there are several meetings, a setback or two, and eventually, they fall in love and are super happy together. It's a good Muslim story: they don't actually hold hands or stay out all night, or even have sex in the back of a car. They enjoy talking and connecting and do everything properly and by the book. And the physical stuff doesn't happen until the Epilogue, after Zayneb graduates from college and they get married. It's really quite sweet.
I loved seeing a really religious rom-com, because there isn't many of those out there. And because I'm an outsider to Islam, I appreciated the glimpse into that religion. There's this one scene where Zayneb is face-timing with a friend, who has another friend (who is a white girl) with her. Zayneb says something to the effect how white feminists want to free Muslim women from wearing the hijab, because it will free them from oppression, and that's not what it means. I have to admit that I was one of those white feminists for a very long time, but I'm coming to realize that it's just an expression of their religion, and just because it's different from me, doesn't mean it's oppressive or wrong. I appreciated that reminder.
In short: it was a unique YA romance, and I really enjoyed reading it.
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by Samira Ahmed
First sentence: "I strain to listen for boots on the pavement."
Content: There are instances of mild swearing, plus a handful of f-bombs. It's in the Teen section (grades 9+) of the bookstore, but just because of language. The themes are good for anyone, really.
It's in the near future, and the U. S. government has decided that Muslims are a threat to the country. It started with a registry, with everyone declaring their religion. And then Muslims began to be discriminated against (well, they probably were already), and now they're being rounded up and taken to internment camps. To keep the rest of America safe from them.
Layla and her parents are among those rounded up and sent to camp Mobius in the California desert. It's a harrowing experience: being arrested at home and then shipped on a train to an isolated "camp" (read: prison; there aren't cells, but they're kept in with an electric fence) where they were expected to comply to rules and are constantly watched over by drones and guards.
Layla, however, is not okay with all this. (Fair.) In spite of her parents' pleas to just get along, Layla decides that she needs to Do Something. So, she smuggles out articles she's written about conditions in the camp — the Director using intimidation and force and the disappearances of other internees — to be put on blogs. She organizes protests. She makes friends with sympathetic guards on the inside who help her along with her boyfriend on the outside. They stand up for what they believe in, and resist.
I think that was the thing that was most striking to me: that resistance to authority comes from the teenagers. It probably always has. Adults get complacent, and are conditioned to not make waves. But teenagers? They're often idealistic and want a better world. And have the courage to make it happen. And Ahmed captured that perfectly.
Yes, this book is heavy-handed: Ahmed hammers the idea that This. Is. Wrong. home in so many ways, but I think this book is meant for White People. Seriously. I am sure that so many of the themes of racism and exclusion and mistrust of the Other are already known to Muslim (and Black and Asian and Native) people. The people who need to see this are White. And probably middle class. And comfortable in their lives. (Like me.) We need to remember that inaction is the same as action. And that just because we don't see or experience the problems doesn't mean they're not there.
In the end, the question I thought this book was asking was: What kind of White Person will you be? (Granted, I'm coming at it with this perspective. I'm sure others will get something different out of it.) And that's a good question to be asking right now.
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Love, Hate, & Other Filters
March 29, 2019 booknutgirls	Leave a comment
First sentence: "Destiny sucks."
Content: There's some talk of sex, but none actual. There is also swearing, including some f-bombs. It's in the Teen section (grades 9+) of the bookstore.
Senior Maya Aziz has one goal in life: to go to NYU (she's been accepted!) and get a degree in filmmaking. However, her parents — even though they're on the liberal end of the Indian Muslim scale — would rather she go close to home — University of Chicago or Northwestern — and get a degree in something practical. It also doesn't help that they're trying to set her up with a nice Indian Muslim boy… even if they don't want her to get married just yet.
Maya just wants to live her life the way she wants to, and she was starting to make headway (even with the super popular white football player who's interested in her!) when there's a hate crime in a nearby city, and suddenly her small town isn't safe — for her — anymore. And things just escalate when her parents' dental practice building is vandalized Now her parents are refusing to let her go anywhere, let alone to New York to go to school.
Oh this was SUCH a good debut! Ahmed tackles conflict in a religious family, not with just culture but with belief, and she tackles the differences between parents and children — Maya's parents aren't bad or controlling; they just feel they know what's best — and tackles the differences between immigrants and their first-generation American children. But she also addresses racism and prejudice all while wrapped up in a very sweet love story.
She's definitely a writer to watch.
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It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
by Firoozeh Dumas
First sentence: "Today's Sunday and we're moving, again."
Content: There's no swearing (well, maybe a mild one) but the subject matter — middle school and the Iran Revolution in 1978 — might be a little mature for the younger set. It will be in the middle grade (grades 3-5) section (or the YA — grades 6-8 — section, I haven't decided) of the bookstore.
I was in third grade in 1981 when the American hostages in Iran were released and I have a vague memory of it. Nothing substantive, just some hazy images of me seeing the news on TV. I don't know much else about that, and even though I've read a bit about the Iranian revolution, that's one aspect that I didn't know much about.
Zomorod Yousefzadeh is in America because her father has a job with an oil company in California. They've been here before, when Zomorod was younger, but now she's going into 6th grade, and she wants to turn over a new leaf. Be more American. So, she changes her name to Cindy and sets out to make new friends. It's not easy being Iranian in California in the late 1970s (most people either think she's Mexican, or ask her if she owns a camel. The answer is no to both), but eventually, Cindy figures things out. And then the Iranian revolution happens, and suddenly the home she and her parents thought they could go back to is no longer there. Add to that, Americans were taken hostage, and suddenly Cindy and her parents find themselves subjected to anti-Iranian sentiment. Her father loses his job. Garbage is left on their doorstep. Kids at school tell her to "go home". It's not easy.
Loosely based on Dumas' life, this novel not only captures a slice of history (fairly accurately, but without being kitschy) but also manages to be timely as well. I found myself thinking about how Americans reacted to Muslims after 9/11 (or now, really). Or how immigrants are treated in general. It's a good thing to see American life from the perspective of an immigrant, and to find out that we're equal parts good and bad. (Which really isn't a surprise.) Dumas also manages to capture the awkwardness of middle school with grace and humor. There were some actual laugh-out-loud parts. She definitely understands middle school, with all its ups and downs. And it was delightful to read a book where the parents weren't bad or sick or dead.
It's definitely an excellent read.
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Welcome to Live London Love!
Firstly thank you for reading Live London Love!
Let me introduce myself and explain how I started Live London Love.
I'm Emma and I'm 26 years old & work full time in London for an IT company (yawn!).
I moved to London just under 2 years ago & vowed to make the most of my time living in this amazing city. I moved to London after falling in love with London whilst visiting friends! Since living in London I've been lucky enough to make amazing friends, find a great job & meet the love of my life Oliver – who helps me by accompanying me to many of places I review for Live London Love!
At the beginning of 2013 my housemates and I decided to make a new years resolution to see more of London as we had been failing up until this point of making the most of living here. I then also decided that I wanted to write more & learn more about web design.
I work from home a lot so I really enjoy getting out & about in London & visiting new places. London really is a City for everyone as there is so much diversity & something for everyone – from shopping on the Kings Road or Afternoon Tea at Harrods to raves in Brixton or events in Camden – you just can't get bored in London!
I hope that Live London Love can offer you some ideas & inspire you to visit more places in London – this is really what it is all about!


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Government clamping down on absenteeism and language policies at schools.
The Department of Basic Education has tabled the draft Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) bill in parliament.
The bill, which was first announced in 2017, seeks to provide updated amendments to sections of the South African Schools Act. This includes stricter rules around student attendance, admissions and language policies.
Some of the key proposals in the bill are outlined in more detail below.
The bill aims to make school attendance compulsory from grade R. It also proposes stricter punishments for parents who fail to ensure their children attend school, including jail time and/or a fine of up to 12 months.
The bill will further make it an offence where any person unlawfully and intentionally interrupts, disturbs or hinders any school activity, or hinders or obstructs any school in the performance of the school's activities.
"The latter amendment is necessitated by incidents, in several provinces, in which communities, or portions of communities, prevented learners from attending school in an attempt at making political or other points," the department said.
The bill states that teachers, principals and school governing bodies must take responsibility and accountability for learners that are within their school community by ascertaining the whereabouts of a learner who is absent from school for a period of more than three days without a valid reason.
"The principal, upon receiving a report from the educator that the learner is absent without valid reason, must within 24 hours investigate the matter by making a reasonable effort to contact the parents to ascertain the reason as to why the learner is not present at school," the department said.
"Furthermore, the principal has a responsibility to report the matter to the school governing body for further intervention."
Under the bill, a public school must admit and provide education to learners and must serve their educational requirements for the duration of their school attendance without unfairly discriminating in any way.
To ensure that no learner is discriminated against in any way, the bill provides for the establishment of the National Intergovernmental Committee and the Provincial Intergovernmental Committee, the main purpose of which will be to provide assistance to schools in obtaining the required documentation for those learners who are admitted without such documentation.
Language changes
The bill state that a school governing body must submit the language policy of a public school, and any amendments, to the head of the department for approval.
As is the case with the admission policy, the school governing body must review the language policy at certain intervals, or under certain conditions. Schools can also be instructed to adopt more than one language of instruction by the head of the department.
The bill also aims to include the South African Sign Language as an official language for purposes of learning at a public school.
The bill makes it clear that a school has the right to search an individual learner and not only a group of learners.
"This amendment is necessitated by the fact that learners have increasingly been found in possession of, or abusing, liquor and a variety of drugs, dependence-producing substances, performance-enhancing substances and the like and that there are many cases of learners being expelled because of such abuses,"the department said.
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