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Walter Bowie; Rebel, Ranger, Spy
By: Earl Eisenhart
In a tidy family plot in the cemetery of Bowie Maryland 's Holy Trinity Episcopal Church stands the gravestone of a notorious Confederate war hero. A nearby gap in the cemetery fence serves as a neighborhood shortcut. It is likely that few of the passersby, walking only steps from the stone marker, are aware of the extraordinary tale of Walter Bowie.
Scion of Prince Georges County
Walter Bowie was born in 1838, the son of respected local plantation owner and lawyer Walter William Weems Bowie. His mother was Adeline Snowden Bowie, of another prominent local clan. Wat, as his family called him, grew up at Eglington, the family estate. The property lies just east of what is now the Bowie Baysox baseball stadium.
A lawyer himself, with a practice in Upper Marlboro, Wat Bowie was tall, handsome and an accomplished horseman. He wore a heavy, drooping mustache. He was 23 years old when the Civil War broke out in 1861.
A vigorous young man of strong convictions, Walter was quick to embrace the Southern cause. Sympathy for the South was strong in the Prince Georges County of 1861. PG County in those days was part and parcel of the South. Large plantations dominated the landscape and more than half the residents were slaves. Walter's father was among the county's largest slave owners. Young Wat is known to have owned at least one slave in his own right, a "Negro woman Betty", probably a nurse maid, who was willed to him by his great-grandmother, Mary Weems, when he was three years old.
There is no question of where the white aristocrats of the county stood on the consuming issue of the day. In the presidential election of 1860, a grand total of one vote was counted for Abraham Lincoln. When it became clear that the Maryland legislature would not move to join the new Confederacy, a number of young men decided to "go south". Walter was among them.
What set Walter apart was his connection to the county's most prominent family. For the most part, the Bowies and their neighbors, while very much sympathetic to the South, did not want Maryland to secede. They knew that the state's economic future depended on the North and had no desire to see their plantations become bloody battlefields. Most chose to follow the lead of the family's great statesman, Oden Bowie, who would later serve as governor. Oden, a 2 nd cousin of Walter, took the position that states should be allowed to secede if they wished, but Maryland should stay with the union.
Walter was impatient with his elders' prevarications. As soon as war erupted, he headed for Richmond .
There he was granted a commission as a captain in the Confederate Provisional Army, but was not assigned to any command. The commission, it turns out, was cover for a different role – a spy in the Confederate Secret Service.
Walter would soon prove a daring, some would say reckless, and highly valued operative. His knowledge of the areas around Washington and connections to southern sympathizers so close to the capitol made him especially useful. During the first two years of the war he undertook numerous missions carrying dispatches and other information through Southern Maryland to and from Confederate operatives. He also recruited new soldiers to the cause.
Eluding the Yankees
Several of Wat's missions nearly ended in disaster. On October 14, 1862 , Bowie was arrested by Union detectives while recruiting in the Woodville area of lower Prince Georges. He was charged with espionage and hauled off to the Old Capitol Prison in Washington .
He wasn't there for long. Although the details are a bit sketchy, it appears that friends of the Bowie family managed to bribe the prison guards, and Walter and a friend, C.F. Ford, "escaped" together on November 17.
Less than a year later, on May 20, 1863 , Walter and a colleague, Charles Hume, were captured again. This time while surreptitiously crossing the lower Potomac from Charles County to Virginia . Unbeknownst to their captors, the spies were carrying stolen fortification plans for Washington DC . The two were taken under guard toward the Union fort at Point Lookout. Unwilling to spend the rest of the war behind bars, or be hanged for treason, Walter grabbed a gun from one of the guards and shot and killed him. Hume was killed in the ensuing hail of gunfire, while Walter somehow managed to escape unharmed.
By this time Walter was quite notorious, and the Union army, aided by detectives from Washington , was determined to hunt him down. Agents swarmed the Southern Maryland countryside.
A Visit to the Warings
Exhausted and hungry, Walter turned up on May 23rd at "Bald Eagle", the plantation home of a distant relative, John Henry Waring, near Upper Marlboro. John Waring was away on business and his wife, Julia Worthington Waring, was not pleased to see Walter. She pleaded with him to leave immediately, saying it was too dangerous and "you are tracked everywhere". She had reason to be alarmed. As it turned out, her 17-year old son Billy was secretly home on leave from a Confederate cavalry unit. She knew if the Yankees found Walter at Bald Eagle, Billy would be arrested too. Walter, who could be quite charming when he wanted to, told Mrs. Waring not to worry; he was certain he had eluded the union troops.
Late that night however, the household was awakened by a pounding on the door. Union soldiers had surrounded the house. Mrs. Waring tried to delay the captain and his men at the front door, to give Walter and Billy time to escape. Billy would have none of it, proudly donned his uniform, and presented himself for arrest.
Meanwhile, Walter hid in the kitchen. As the Federals searched the bedrooms, Billy's older sister, Elizabeth Margaret Waring Duckett, took some soot from a tub, grabbed a dress and kerchief and helped Walter disguise himself as a female slave. Walter gave Elizabeth the papers he was carrying and walked out the kitchen door right under the noses of the Union troops. He hopped on a horse and fled into the woods.
The Warings were not so fortunate. Realizing that Walter had escaped, the soldiers locked up Mrs. Waring and her four daughters in one of the bedrooms. While the soldiers were otherwise occupied, the women burned Walter's fortification plans in the fireplace.
The soldiers left the next day taking with them John Waring who had returned during the night to find his home in chaos. He was arrested along with Billy, and three of his daughters, and carried off to prison in Washington . (Mrs. Waring and her youngest daughter Julia were permitted to stay at the house, although they were later exiled to Virginia .)
No sooner had the soldiers left Bald Eagle with their prisoners, than Bowie appeared back at the house from his evening spent hiding in the woods. According to the eyewitness account of Julia Waring, "Walter jumped up on the terrace by the greenhouse and began dancing. He was still black and dressed in Peggy's red calico dress and her bandanna on his head. We were all too full of sorrow to join in his merriment, although we were very glad he had escaped. He came in and washed and [left the house] and I really never saw him again."
While Walter Bowie left the Warings' lives in shambles, his wartime saga was far from over. He once again managed to sneak past the Union troops who were hunting for him and made his way back to Virginia .
Serving Under Mosby
Wat Bowie had a price on his head. He was by now far too notorious to work undercover as a spy. What to do? He decided to put his horsemanship skills to good use. Undoubtedly using family connections, he approached the now infamous Confederate cavalryman John S. Mosby, commander of the forty-third Battalion of Virginia cavalry, better known as "Mosby's Rangers".
Mosby signed him up as a lieutenant and before long he distinguished himself as Mosby's eyes and ears on forays into the Maryland countryside.
Ever resourceful and energetic, Walter was soon organizing southern sympathizers in Montgomery County to harass Union soldiers, steal horses and supplies, and find new recruits. He relied upon the help of friendly locals for places to rest and hide from Union soldiers.
Among the safe houses he used was the "Rose Hill" home of William Canaby, near Cloverly. In June 1864, two of Wat's recruits were captured by Union troops. Succumbing to interrogation, they revealed that Canaby had harbored Wat and his men. Troops were sent to arrest Canaby and he was promptly dispatched to prison at Ft. Delaware .
Kidnapping the Governor: A Plan Gone Awry
Walter was desperate to find a way to get Canaby, John Waring (who was also now interred at Ft. Delaware ) and others released from Yankee captivity. He came up with a truly audacious scheme.
Walter decided he would kidnap the governor of Maryland , Augustus Bradford, and hold him as ransom for his friends. He managed to persuade Colonel Mosby to loan him several battle-hardened rangers for the mission. Bowie and his contingent rode from Upperville Va. to a crossing near Mathias Point in King George County .
There they encountered a problem. There were no boats there to ferry his men and their horses across the river. Bowie slipped across the river under darkness to case things out. There he discovered that a contingent of the 8th Illinois Calvary was stationed at the courthouse in nearby Port Tobacco. The next night he and seven of his most reliable rangers snuck across the river and spent an evening drinking with blockade-runners and assorted riffraff at Brawner's Hotel. Sometime after midnight , Bowie and his men slipped over to the courthouse, quickly subdued the snoozing soldiers, snatched their horses and disappeared into the night.
The rangers rode fast until daybreak and then sought refuge from prowling Yankee troops. According to one account, they hid out at the home of Dr. Samual A. Mudd, a known sympathizer who would later see infamy as the man who set John Wilkes Booth's broken leg.
By early morning the next day, Bowie and his men arrived at Eglington unscathed. They stocked up on provisions and rested briefly. Wat's brother Brune, who had been wounded in the Confederate army, and was apparently home on "French leave", was added to the raiders' party. Not wishing to shine unwanted attention on the family estate, the group did not stay overnight, but bivouacked near Hardesty's store near the intersection of Annapolis Road and Church Road .
From there, Bowie traveled by back roads to Annapolis and somehow managed to get close enough to Bradford to discover, not surprisingly, that he was too heavily guarded to be kidnapped. Forced to abandon their mission, Walter and his men headed back to Virginia . Deciding the way they had come was too risky, they headed west with the intent of crossing the Potomac near Rockville .
A Swarm of Angry Quakers
Wat and his men decided to "requisition" what they could as they made their way through the Maryland countryside. Their route toward White's Ford and back to Virginia took them near the small town of Sandy Spring . On the evening of October 6 th they determined to pay a late-night visit to the Bently and Gilpin General Store. Quakers owned the store and the Rangers expected little resistance or trouble. This turned out to be a miscalculation.
The good people of Sandy Spring were fed up with the constant raids and scavenging conducted by troops and partisans on both sides. (Just two months earlier, remnants of Confederate General Jubal Early's cavalry had stormed through the area in an abortive march on Washington .) At this point, even Quakers had taken up arms to protect their property.
So it was that while the raiders easily overwhelmed the shop owners who lived next door to the store, they soon found themselves pursued by a group of local citizens, Quakers included. The townsfolk also sent word to Rockville to alert the Union garrison.
The posse of about 15 citizens caught up with Bowie and his men on the morning of October 7 about three miles north of Rockville , where they had stopped to rest and graze their horses.
Fighting to the Last
Bowie saw his pursuers advancing through the trees. Ever brazen, he straddled his horse, took reins in hand and attacked them head-on. Riding at a gallop, he was slammed off his horse by a shotgun blast to the face; the blow delivered by a local carriage maker named William Ent who had taken refuge behind a tree. Bowie was the only casualty of what became known locally as the "Battle of Ricketts Run."
(The site of the skirmish may be found off Somerville Road near the Metro tracks, next to the McDonalds.)
The remaining rangers drove off the citizen-posse and removed their injured leader to a nearby farmhouse. Brune stayed with his brother while the other raiders hightailed it back to Virginia . Walter Bowie died shortly thereafter.
Brune was captured by union troops and a detachment was sent in pursuit of the other raiders, but they escaped over the Potomac near the mouth of the Monocacy.
(The Quakers involved in the incident were brought before a church counsel and charged with "impudence" for their un-Quaker like actions, but were allowed to remain in the church.)
Wat's body was returned to Eglington on October 8. He was laid to rest at Willow Grove , a family property directly across Annapolis Road from Holy Trinity Church . Bowie 's mother Adeline was so distraught she never uttered another word. She died three months later.
In recent years, Bowie 's remains, and those of his immediate family were removed from their resting place at Willow Grove to make way for a housing development. They were re-interred at a plot in the shade near the rear of the Holy Trinity cemetery. There to remain undisturbed and unnoticed 140 years after Walter Bowie's fateful last adventure.
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Se distribuye por Ruanda, Uganda, República Democrática del Congo y Tanzania. Mide 14-21 milímetros de longitud. El período de vuelo de esta especie ocurre en los meses de marzo, noviembre y diciembre.

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Enlaces externos
 Ceroplesis signata Enciclopedia de la vida.
 Ceroplesis signata Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).

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Lord, Alice (1877-1940)
By Mildred Andrews
HistoryLink.org Essay 865
Alice Lord sparked organization of the Seattle Waitresses Union, Local 240 (now Dining Employees Local #2) in March 1900, and orchestrated the union's successful campaigns to promote landmark minimum wage and hour laws for working women. While helping organize other groups of women workers, she was active in the Seattle Central Labor Council and the Washington State Federation of Labor.
Lord was 23 years old when she came to Seattle shortly before the turn of the century. As a waitress in the gold rush boom town, she experienced appalling working conditions. She and other women in the trade realized that as individuals they were powerless to bring about change. They decided to organize. They quickly won support from leaders of the Western Central Labor Council and the Washington State Federation of Labor. With 65 founding members, the Waitresses Union was one of the earliest women's unions to be chartered by the American Federation of Labor.
"The Red-Hottest Unionists"
Organized labor's official organ, the Seattle Union Record introduced the new union on March 27, 1900, proclaiming that the waitresses "will have behind them the united support of organized labor in any just request or demand they make of their employer." In May, the editors praised the waitresses for being "the red-hottest unionists in Seattle" and dubbed them "pioneers of their sex."
On February 16, 1901, the Union Record reminded readers that "When the Waitresses' Union was organized in this city, there were small-minded people who looked upon it as something of a joke. …[The waitresses] have shown that women can maintain a union as successfully as men." The "small-minded people," in fact, echoed the prevailing stance of national labor policy, namely that women were incapable of organizing or of pursuing the cause of unionism.
Thanks to Organization ...
In their own column in the October 25, 1902 Union Record, the waitresses reported that their membership had doubled during its first year. They summarized their impressive progress:
"Before organizing the girls were compelled to work all the way from ten to fifteen hours per day for from $3 to $6 per week, but now thanks to organization, we are never called upon to work more than ten hours and receive in compensation thereof $8.50 to $10 per week."
Waitresses Local 240 had a triple agenda: to improve the status of working women, to promote the rights of the working class as a whole, and to win suffrage for women. With help from AFL strategists, the waitresses studied union issues and learned tactics of strikes, negotiations, and lobbying. At first, when their union's budget was slim, Lord walked from Seattle to the state capital in Olympia to promote their causes.
"We Do Not Want Sweatshops"
In 1901, legislators responded by enacting the 10-hour day for working women. Pressing onward for a six-day week, Lord told them, "You give even your horses one day's rest in seven" (Gottfried). The six-day week did not become state law until 1920, but the waitresses won it years earlier through their union contract. From 1903 to 1911, the union lobbied for the eight-hour day and persuaded club women to support their campaign. On March 4, 1911, legislators passed the "Waitresses' Bill," making Washington state one of the first with an eight hour day for working women.
Lord played an important part in the ensuing campaign for a minimum wage law, arguing against opponents, who maintained that working conditions in Washington were already superior to those back East. She wrote in the March 1, 1913 Union Record: "… We do not want sweatshops nor tenement districts. Now is the time to make laws to prevent such conditions, not wait until said conditions exist and then bring about reform." During the 1913 session, lawmakers enacted a landmark $10 per week minimum wage for women (excluding domestic and agricultural workers).
Building Coalitions
From the start, the waitresses understood the importance of building coalitions. In 1902, their union moved into its own hall in downtown Seattle. It had a large meeting room, an office, and a comfortable lounge. Since the new Labor Temple was under construction, the Waitresses Union invited the Western Central Labor Council and some of the men's unions to hold meetings in their hall. The Council in turn elected Lord and her sisters to office.
The Waitresses Union also found support from Seattle's middle-class club women, many of whom were members of the National Consumer League and supporters of the National Women's Trade Union League. Club women advocated protective labor legislation, so that working women would have the means and time for educational and cultural enrichment. Echoing their sentiment, Lord described activities in the Waitresses' Hall in the January 6, 1906 Union Record:
" ... a very pleasant sight it is to see some practicing music, others sewing and a few studious ones with their books endeavoring to obtain knowledge and train their mental talents so they may prove themselves worthy to be called American women."
An Indomitable Spirit
Among her union sisters, Lord was known for her indomitable spirit and love of life. She looked forward to Saturday get-togethers for beer and crab feeds at the Waitresses' Hall. One of her sisters said, her "determination, enterprise, executive ability and strong sense of fairness have been the backbone of the Union" (Abbott).
At a time when women's trade unions were new and controversial, other groups of working women were slow to organize. In 1902, Lord helped Everett waitresses and Seattle women garment workers form their own unions. On January 6, 1906, she wrote in the Union Record, "If teachers, clerks, and cashiers would organize, we would not hear so many complaints of poorly paid, tired out, physically disabled women."
In the mid-1910s, Lord helped organize hotel and domestic maids, and the Seattle Union Card and Label League. Members of the Card and Label League were wives and female relatives of union men, whose objectives were to support the unions. In 1916, the Waitresses Union founded the Union Women's Federation, which organize candy and cracker makers, phone operators, "lady barbers," and elevator operators.
Life Achievements
Lord served as the Waitresses Union's business agent and held various offices until 1931, when she resigned to marry. Within two years, she rejoined, and members again elected her president. She held the office until her death from a stroke on March 8, 1940. The Central Labor Council summed up her achievements on behalf of union waitresses, noting that "Working hours have been reduced more than 50 percent while wages have increased more than 300 percent" (Union Record).
Alice Lord (1877-1940), Seattle Waitresses Union organizer, Seattle, ca. 1935
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Alice Lord (1877-1940)
Courtesy Union Record
Mildred Tanner Andrews, Washington Women as Path Breakers (Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 1989), 22-24; Andrews, Woman's Place: A Guide to Seattle and King County History (Seattle: Gemil Press, 1994), 178-180; Dana Frank, Purchasing Power: Consumer Organizing, Gender, and the Seattle Labor Movement, 1919-1929 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994); Erika Gottfried, "Thank Lord for 8-hour Work Day," Seattle Post-Intelligencer July 18, 1976; Seattle Union Record, March 27, 1900, p. 5; Ibid., May 25, 1900, p. 1; Ibid., May 4, 1900, p. 4; Ibid., February 16, 1901, p. 4; Ibid., October 25, 1902, p. 8; Ibid., January 6, 1906, p. 1; Ibid., April 3, 1940, p. 1.
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The TGV just introduced a new route that will whizz you from the centre of Paris to the charming city of Bordeaux in just two hours. My trip however, was planned before I ever caught wind of this high-speed possibility. On a Thursday afternoon in March, a group of women boarded a plane for a three night stay in Bordeaux. I was one of them. There were ten of us in total: ten hard-working women with different nationalities and personalities but one common goal—a weekend of fun in the South of France.
Why would ten women choose Bordeaux as their destination for a girl's getaway? Well, it's a beautiful city. What is more, it is a beautiful French city and are those not the most beautiful cities of all? Bordeaux has everything the visitor to France is looking for: charming bistros, tree-lined boulevards, a temperate climate, a gothic cathedral, Hausmanian architecture, a bustling city centre full of shops; there is the cuisine—snails in garlic anyone (they're really quite delicious)? And then there is the wine. Ah, of course, the wine.
We selected two vineyards for a day out, stopping for lunch in-between. Our driver picked us up at 9.30 (a bit early considering the music had only been turned off 6 hours earlier) to take us to our first stop— Chateau de Sales. This picturesque chateau in the Pomerol region has been in the same family for over five centuries. Our guide enchanted us with her story telling. She told of parties hosted by the family and the wines they drank. She explained how all four generations descend on the house for their summer holidays when the estate is filled with the sounds of children playing and wine corks popping. She spoke expertly about the wines and the wine-making process and gave us a glimpse into life as a wine-maker. We left with bags clinking and heads full of romantic notions about what it would be like to give it all up to live on a vineyard in a 17th century chateau.
After an okay lunch in a crêperie in the medieval town of Saint-Émilion, we boarded the bus to our next destination— the glamorous Chateau Figeac. The largest and most prestigious of the estates in Saint-Émilion, Chateau Figeac carries the rank of Premier Grand Cru Classe in the official classification of Saint-Émilion wine. The production here is much larger and more automated. The tour didn't have the same personal touch as the one at de Sales, but was excellent nonetheless. Our guide, Gwen, was full of energy and charm and successfully sold us on the esteemed brand. Excitingly, the wines we got to taste were high-end, with a retail price of over €100. While we were assured that price is not always an indicator of quality, it definitely influences how you view the wine. We certainly felt we got value for the €15 per person we paid for the tour. There is no shop where you can buy the wines at Chateau Figeac (probably just as well as it would be easy to get caught up in the moment and spend too much money) but there are plenty of stockists in the towns nearby.
With two winery tours under our belts we headed back into Saint-Émilion for a wander around and, you guessed it, more wine. There are no chateaux within the city walls but there are many cafés, shops and bars that offer tastings. We tasted a trio of Bordeaux whites, which while less famous than their red cousins, were enjoyable all the same.
After all that wine, we needed something to soak it up. A quick shower and a change of clothes and we were on our way into the centre of Bordeaux to eat at Le Bouchon Bordelais. This was one of the highlights of the weekend—a cosy little restaurant dishing up modern bistro fare. At my end of the table we ordered either the baked foie gras or creamy langoustines, followed by fillet steak with ox tail. The food was beautifully plated and delicious. The girls at the other end of the table felt that the scallops could have been more flavoursome but all in all an excellent choice of restaurant with a warm and lively atmosphere.
The two days that followed were less organized with smaller groups choosing to either hang out in the house (check out our amazing house here by the way) or go out strolling. Being part of a large group meant that I probably did things differently than I normally would when out traveling. We didn't see an awful lot but spent the time just hanging out, chatting and drinking wine. If you read my blog or follow my Instagram you probably suspect, quite rightly, that my visits to Paris involve a lot of the same. But while I do spend a lot of time on café terraces, I pass an equal number of hours out sightseeing and doing things. It does however seem that the entire city of Bordeaux is built up around the wine industry and so it is probably perfectly fitting if wine-drinking fills most of one's hours there. We didn't make it to the famous Cité du Vin, tempted instead to stop on a terrace for lunch when the sun came out.
I would love to see more of the region; the sandy beaches, towering dunes and unspoilt scenery that I have heard about. Now, with the convenient TGV link to take me there from my Little Piece of Paris just in two hours, I'm pretty sure I will.


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BC Kalev/Cramo Tallinn (Estonia-Alexela KML) will be getting a boost to their backcourt depth this season with the signing of Scott Machado (188 cm, Iona'12). The 24-year-old Machado is a Brazilian-American player who was a member of the Brazilian national team in 2013. In 2013-14 Machado was initially on the roster of the Utah Jazz, but did not get to register a game. In January 2014 he signed with the Santa Cruz Warriors (D-League) and averaged 8.6 ppg and 3.2 apg in 13 games. In March he moved to the Idaho Stampede and there he fared better with averages of 10.2 ppg and 6.0 apg. Finally, in April 2014 he opted to head to Europe, signing with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket (France-ProA). Machado logged six games for them and averaged 4.3 ppg and 4.0 apg.
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Old Bridge names field house in honor of Rich Gebauer
Andy Mendlowitz
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OLD BRIDGE — The football stadium is named for Vince Lombardi. The elementary schools are named for 1960s astronauts such as Gus Grissom and Scott Carpenter. The middle schools honor Jonas Salk and Carl Sandburg.
Old Bridge doesn't stamp just anyone's name on its facilities.
Add Rich Gebauer to that list. Friday, the high school's field house was renamed for the retired cross country coach. His achievements in 33 seasons include winning 24 Greater Middlesex Conference championships and seven state group titles.
At a ceremony in the parking lot, the Superintendent of Schools Dave Cittadino noted that he missed the recent Derek Jeter number retirement ceremony at Yankee Stadium because he was visiting his mother.
"So this is the closest thing I'm going to get to it."
That drew laughs from the approximately 150 people in attendance. But it's true. To this crowd, at this moment, Gebauer's bigger than Derek Jeter. He's bigger than Laurie Hernandez, the hometown Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast, who was honored on the adjacent football field in July.
Gebauer's their running rock star. Maybe he didn't cure a disease or shoot into space, but he's the guy who handed out hundreds of inspirational quotes on index cards before races. He's the guy who molded and willed his athletes on bitter November mornings and sizzling September Saturdays. He introduced the concept of 'No Fear' long before it became a trendy clothing slogan.
"He could motivate a turtle," said Tom Seig, a Gebauer-coached runner from the late 1980s. "Like he would sit there and talk to you and he'd make you believe that you could do these things."
That's why alums from his first team in 1985 to his last squad in 2015 to everything in between paid homage to their mentor. They posed for pictures and he received compliments for his running-themed tie with stopwatches, spikes and hurdles. A parent gave it to Gebauer at a banquet, and he only wears it for special events.
Friday, the different generations chatted and coach was their common theme. David Wong, Cedar Ridge class of 1987, and Mike Stetson, Old Bridge class of 2011, recalled how Gebauer ran with their teams nearly 25 years apart.
Stetson remembered how in his freshman year he was struggling during a run, "and out of nowhere, he comes up behind me and goes, 'Hey Mike, how are you doing? How are you feeling?' And I was like, 'Terribly. I can't do this.' And he's like 'You're good. Don't worry about it. Just focus. … All right, I'll see you later,' and he sprints ahead and catches the varsity guys. I'm like, 'He's how old? What is he doing?' And you literally see just a small figure pass behind the trees and I'm back myself. So you earn a lot of respect for a man who's out there with you every day."
Wong noted how Gebauer taught his runners to plan ahead. Oh, and he has a good sense of humor. One time, the coach caught some of Wong's teammates taking apples from an apple orchard. During the next practice, Gebauer scooted around, pretending to look for apples.
"To make his point," Wong said. "It was great, though. That was his way of doing it. … Plus, he's strong enough. He could just pick a person up and throw him if he had to."
Fortunately, it never came to that.
After milling around, it was time for the speakers — master of ceremonies Ron Mazzola; Old Bridge athletic director Dan DiMino; the President of Old Bridge's Board of Education Sal DiPrima; recently retired AD Bob Eriksen; the superintendent Cittadino and Seig, the former runner from Gebauer's first team.
It was Eriksen's idea to rename the field house that hosts locker and weight rooms. Cittadino gave his support and the board of education approved it unanimously.
"If you know the board of ed, nothing's unanimous," Eriksen told the laughing crowd. "So this shows just how much they think of you, Rich."
Eriksen noted that Gebauer's father coached and was an umpire in the town's little league. Gebauer wrestled and played football at Madison Township High School, before coaching at Cedar Ridge. One season, he skippered the freshman football team — they went undefeated. Another season he coached varsity wrestling — they won the district championship.
"Somebody said, you know Gebauer, everything he touches turns to gold."
When Cedar Ridge merged with Madison Central in 1994 to form Old Bridge High School, Gebauer began his own partnership with counterpart and friend Jack Campbell — Gebauer would be the head cross country coach and assist Campbell in the indoor and outdoor track seasons.
Eriksen recognized Gebauer's family in attendance, which included his wife Donna (they were celebrating their 38th wedding anniversary on Friday), his son Richie and his wife Katie and his two sisters and a brother-in-law.
The 65-year-old Gebauer and his family were called up to tear down a light purple covering on the wall that unveiled the sign, "R. Gebauer Field House."
It was then the man of the hour's turn to talk. He spoke for 21 minutes and noted, "One of the greatest honors that could be given to someone is to have a building named in his honor. And I'm especially grateful that it doesn't say Rich Gebauer Memorial."
After laughs, he continued.
"It would be really easy to stand here and speak about my list of achievements, honors and championships. But on this day of celebration, I would like to shine the spotlight back on Old Bridge. I want you to know that whatever I have given Old Bridge, Old Bridge has given to me tenfold."
He explained that his family moved into Old Bridge in 1956 and he returned to substitute teach after attending Slippery Rock University (Pa.). Two years later, he was hired as a middle school physical education teacher.
"Why have we been so successful? I say we, because I could never have done it alone."
And with that, Gebauer revealed his coaching philosophies. Really, his outlook on life. There were no mentions about his successes or top runners or thanks to colleagues. (For one, he didn't want to forget anyone.) It was like Tony Robbins with bite. It was parts college commencement speech, a blueprint for self-improvement, fortune cookie advice, a Hallmark card and tidbits from Dr. Seuss and Yoda.
"What are the moments that change us? That awaken the slumbering powers within and manage to connect us to the possibilities that flame our enthusiasm, embolden our spirits and give our souls the gift of flight," Gebauer said. "In one moment, you can inspire others. You can change your life in one moment of commitment. Commitment is the turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny. The cowards never start and the weak quit along the way. Pursue your passion with faith, tenacity and enthusiasm. And you will bring destiny into the reality. Dream big. You don't need anyone to approve your dream. It was given to you. Don't give your power away. If they can't see it, it's because it wasn't given to them. It was given to you. Grasp it. Feed it. Nourish it. Work on it. It's yours. Give it life."
He addressed overcoming fear, facing problems, taking risks, bouncing back and growing after setbacks, being a good teammate, leadership, staying humble and perseverance.
"A man can only be broken in two ways: if he quits or if he dies," Gebauer said. "That quote is so intense. It's spot on. But under extreme stress and fatigue that is a pretty long quote to remember. We shortened it to, 'Not dead. Can't quit.' This means that as long as we're alive and we're in the race, then we still have a chance."
And that's advice applicable to any endeavor.
Seig, the former runner in Gebauer's first seasons at Cedar Ridge, now trains recruits at the Middlesex County Dept. of Corrections.
"I kind of instill the same fundamentals he gave me," Seig said. "He made you believe in yourself. And he knew how to pull talent out of people."
Just about everyone wanted to shake Gebauer's hand. Another former runner Breandan Lyman, drove in with Gebauer's son Richie from Philadelphia. Their conversation included Lyman remembering a race in which he didn't do well. Gebauer talked to him about overcoming fear and doubt.
Matt Ciambriello, who graduated in 2007, was one of the best runners that Gebauer coached. As he chatted with Gebauer after the ceremony, his father Bob looked on and said, "The big thing about him was that everybody on that team was equal. You could be the 50th kid, he treated everybody the same. The kid with maybe the less talent was still like a superstar. He made him feel that way."
Wilfredo Rivera, a star in the mid-1990s who is now a successful coach for South Brunswick, recalled how his teammates marveled at Gebauer's "selflessness. His sacrifice in the sense of his time away from his family. When I was on the team, we always kind of wanted to honor that … it was about doing well for coach, sometimes more than even doing well for ourselves."
Gebauer took everything in and said, "It's great. It's just kind of overwhelming, just everything that's gone on. It's just a blessing."
He couldn't leave. People and more people waited for him so they could catch up. One younger former runner said, "You want to do a quick mile?"
Someone else said, "He'll beat you."
The alum laughed and responded, "I know."


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By KS95 | September 20, 2022
GAYLE cancels Avoiding College fall tour, is "still learning how to be an adult"
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GAYLE is Avoiding Touring.
The teen singer has canceled her Avoiding College fall tour, which was to have kicked off October 8. On her Instagram Story, she wrote, "Hey everyone, I am cancelling my tour that starts next month. Thank you to everyone that bought tickets. It really does mean the world to me. You'll get a refund and I hope to see you at these shows next year."
As for why she's calling off the tour, the "abcdefu" singer wrote, "I'm learning how to be an adult and how best to do this new life. I love it so much and I'm trying to do it the best way I can."
GAYLE notes that she'll still play the festivals for which she's already booked, which include Austin City Limits on October 7 and the Breakaway Festival in North Carolina on October 1. She also and teases that she's "working on new music."
She ends her message by saying, "I'm still definitely not going to college :)."
The singer's new EP, A Study of the Human Experience Volume Two, is due out October 7.


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Q: onclick Javascript failing to pass If Condition What could be wrong with this code? I'm fairly new to javascript and I've been trying to debug on my own to no avail.
The  alert('confirmed: ' + records[i].ENQ_Confirmed_with_Enbridge__c); shows false but it won't pass the if condition so my counter isn't incrementing.
Same goes with if(records[i].ENQ_QSC_Notified__c === false even if the value of the field is false, it doesn't pass the condition as well.
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Any help would be appreciated.

A: You should be using getBoolean if you want to do a direct comparison:
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I'd probably recommend this approach for most normal situations.

A: I figured it now with the help of reading this related question(Is there a bug in the way custom buttons handle checkboxes on related objects?).
So the boolean has to be enclosed in quotes, where I'm not used to. That was difficult to debug, though.

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Shortest path computation is a fundamental problem in road networks. However, in many real-world scenarios, determining solely the shortest path is not enough. In this paper, we study the problem of finding k-Dissimilar Paths with Minimum Collective Length (kDPwML), which aims at computing a set of paths from a source s to a target t such that all paths are pairwise dissimilar by at least θ and the sum of the path lengths is minimal. We introduce an exact algorithm for the kDPwML problem, which iterates over all possible s-t paths while employing two pruning techniques to reduce the prohibitively expensive computational cost. To achieve scalability, we also define the much smaller set of the simple single-via paths, and we adapt two algorithms for kDPwML queries to iterate over this set. Our experimental analysis on real road networks shows that iterating over all paths is impractical, while iterating over the set of simple single-via paths can lead to scalable solutions with only a small trade-off in the quality of the results.


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Microsoft, HP Forge Separate Japanese Partnerships
By Los Angeles Newsroom
Further fueling the Asia-Pacific region's high-tech boom, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) announced separate partnerships with major Japanese companies Thursday.
The Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft is teaming up with Hitachi to focus on the development of a core set of replicable Microsoft 2000-based enterprise solutions. The software giant and the Tokyo-based electronics company also plan to start a joint venture later this year to provide Windows 2000-based solutions and consulting services.
Meanwhile, computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard is teaming with Softbank E-Commerce Corporation, a division of major Internet investor Softbank Corporation, to create a new e-commerce company to sell HP computers and printers to Japanese consumers.
Microsoft and Hitachi
The Microsoft-Hitachi union brings together two of the world's biggest players in the Information Technology (IT) market. Microsoft officials confirmed that Asia is its fastest-growing sector, with sales expected to increase by 30 percent this year, to more than $2 billion (US$).
"There isn't a weak spot in our business now, which is fantastic," Microsoft Asia president Pieter Knook told Reuters.
As part of the deal, Hitachi will train approximately 10,000 engineers for certification on the Microsoft enterprise platform. Hitachi is also planning to open 10 customer solution centers throughout Japan that will promote Microsoft to Japanese businesses and support middleware and industry applications on Windows 2000.
For its part, Microsoft says it will cooperate with Hitachi in the development of set models utilizing Microsoft software and Hitachi's hardware, such as high-end PC servers and large capacity storage systems for storage area networks.
The companies expect to launch a yet-to-be-named joint venture in October that will develop solutions and provide consulting and support services.
Executives from both firms will fill executive positions in the joint venture.
HP and Softbank
The HP deal calls for the Palo Alto, California-based powerhouse to be the new firm's main supplier of products and services, while Softbank E-Commerce Corp. will handle the development and management of the Web site.
HP and Softbank expect the new venture to be up and running by the fall, in time for the peak selling season. Softbank is an investor in online brokerage E*Trade Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRP), and has reportedly agreed to buy a failed Japanese bank.
With investments in such companies as Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Toysrus.com, Softbank has been successful in its global ventures. The company also has joint ventures with Microsoft, Cisco Systems and News Corp., and is building Internet ventures in Latin America.
The companies also said that they are looking to form other ventures together, which could include forays into online financial services.
Potential in Asia
Analysts around the world seem to agree that Thursday's deals are another sign that the market potential in Asia is virtually unlimited. The international wholesale circuit market in the region, for example, is expected to grow from $1.15 billion in 1999 to about $5.78 billion in 2003, according to U.S. market research firm the Yankee Group.
Asia has the highest percentage of new online users in the world, and another market research firm, GartnerGroup, has projected that the region's business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce revenue will leap from $9.2 billion in 1999 to $992 billion by 2004.
Those numbers are expected to grow larger with China's impending entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The good news for Microsoft is that most Asian businesses tend to use personal computers instead of investing in more costly mainframes. Microsoft, which is in the midst of a bruising antitrust battle with the U.S. government, is responsible for about 80 percent of the software in the world's personal computers.
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Q: JMeter installation: Can't connect to X11 window server using ':0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable I am trying to install JMeter on a remote VM.
I created VM with debian 8.3 OS and install Java and JMeter but when I'm trying to run JMeter I get the following error:
An error occurred: Can't connect to X11 window server using ':0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.

I tried to set the DISPLAY variable also to :1 and :0.0.
I also tried to create a new VM instance with Centos 7.2 OS but I get the same error.
Any ideas?

A: If you are fine with headless run, then follow user guide:

For non-interactive testing, you may choose to run JMeter without the
  GUI. To do so, use the following command options:
-n This specifies JMeter is to run in non-gui mode

Otherwise, you can run JMeter in GUI mode using X11 forwarding.


The World Health Organization (WHO) will elect a new Director-General at meetings held in Geneva from 6-9 November 2006.
There are currently 13 candidates. One of the leading candidates is Julio Frenk, the Mexican Health Minister.
In 2004, Frenk's health ministry signed an agreement with the Philip Morris and BAT. In exchange for a voluntary peso-a-pack contribution from the tobacco industry to a health insurance fund, Mexico will adopt some very modest tobacco control measures that fall far short of the mandates of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC, which Mexico has ratified). The agreement also ties the government's interests to the tobacco industry well-being, and terminates if the government imposes significant tobacco taxes.
There will be a minor limitation on billboard ads for tobacco. The FCTC calls for a complete advertising ban.
The companies agree to place warnings on cigarette packs. These warnings are ambiguously worded, smaller than mandated by the FCTC, and do not include graphic images as called for by the FCTC. Additional package inserts are confusing .
The companies agree to donate one peso to the health ministry for every pack of cigarettes sold. This is a donation and voluntary, not a tax payment. As a result, it is tax deductible.
The donations are to be paid only if sales remain "stable," and BAT and Philip Morris maintain control of at least 97 percent of the national market.
The donations also terminate if tobacco taxes are raised. In other words, the donations are contingent on Mexico not taking the single most effective step to reduce tobacco use -- raising tobacco taxes.
Health Minister Frenk justified the deal on the grounds that it was the only way to ensure tobacco funds would be directed toward health, since there is no earmarking of taxes in the Mexican system . But this claim ignores the fact that the government could simply have appropriated the additional funds raised from a tax to health purposes . Questions have also been raised about whether the deal has in fact significantly boosted collected revenues from the industry .
Health Minister Frenk's deal makes the health ministry an effective partner with the industry, gives the tobacco industry a PR boost and political cover to deter future regulation, and directly undermines the government's ability to enact effective tobacco control measures.
Passing tobacco laws in Mexico is already politically difficult. This agreement will substantially raise the political hurdle to passing new tobacco legislation because the tobacco lobby will be strengthened by interests associated with the public health programme. The fund will become dependent on industry sales since the more cigarettes that are sold, the more money the fund will receive. The donation also provides the industry with an opportunity to improve its public image. The goal of tobacco control should be to limit industry activities and sales and to change society's view of smoking and of the industry.


When you are expecting a baby it is more than likely you'll be planning the design and redecoration of your nursery to welcome this new addition to your family. However, many parents are unaware of a number of decorating factors that can facilitate significant health hazards. Seemingly safe furnishings such as carpet and laminate flooring, as well as the products used to clean and fit them, can contain chemicals that are harmful for expectant mothers and young children. At Eden Private Staff we have created the following guide to inform you about how to protect your new addition from these potential dangers.
Synthetic carpet fibres, laminate flooring, carpet glues and flooring adhesives contain high concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). These organic compounds are emitted as gases and can cause health problems such as eye and nose discomfort, throat irritation, allergic skin reactions, headaches, fatigue, dizziness and nausea. In fact, what many parents recognise as a 'new carpet smell' is actually evidence of these organic compounds. A clean, safe nursery should not smell at all.
"We therefore do not recommend that laminate, carpet or floor coverings be laid in the homes of pregnant women. Although the concentrations of these volatile chemicals are lower if no adhesive is used when installing the flooring, even then the concentrations are still high enough to significantly increase the risk of infants suffering from respiratory complaints in their first few months".
"The result is worrying for infants especially when you realise that young children spend about 90 percent of the time indoors…pollutants such as formaldehyde and VOCs are often not recognizable and results show more and more that volatile organic compounds emitted during renovation and decoration of the nursery are responsible for allergies and eczema becoming more frequent".
"Health hazards caused by toxins are estimated in proportion to the body weight of the recipient…This means a newborn weighing four kilograms will be affected by a dose of contaminant chemical 20 times more than an adult weighing 80 kilograms".
Decorate your nursery before your child is born: Decorate as early as possible to allow maximum time to ventilate the room before your baby is born. If your baby is already here, keep them in another room until that 'new' smell has dissipated. Furthermore, pregnant mothers should not enter the room before it is properly ventilated to avoid inhaling harmful toxins which will be automatically passed onto the baby through the placenta.
Extensively ventilate your nursery after decorating: As soon as you have laid new carpets or flooring, ventilate your nursery by opening windows and installing fans to circulate fresh air and remove any airborne contaminants or VOCs. You should only bring your baby into the room when you can no longer smell any artificial odours.
Research alternative flooring options: It is advised that you should avoid synthetic materials and investigate natural flooring such as wood, cork, tiles, bamboo or natural linoleum. Washable area rugs made from organic cotton, wool fibres, flexible vegetable fibres such as jute or grass fibres – sisal, coir or sea-grass are also healthy alternatives. All of these natural flooring options contain drastically fewer VOCs than synthetic fibre carpets or vinyl flooring and also retain less dirt, mould and dust mites.
Purchase a low VOC sealant: Having meticulously selected natural carpets or flooring for your nursery, you will still need to scrutinise the chemical components of the carpet adhesives and flooring sealants to ensure they do not contain polyurethane PVC or other harmful organic compounds. Endeavour to purchase an adhesive or sealant that is certified as reduced VOC or even non-VOC. Alternatively, you could use non-slip mats or tacks to eliminate the need for any glues or chemical finishes entirely. This attention to detail will ensure that your nursery floor remains VOC-free.
Choose non-toxic cleaning solutions: Using non-toxic cleaning solutions prevents dormant harmful particles from being released into your nursery's atmosphere. You should ensure a low emitting oil, wax or water based emulsion is used to clean hard flooring and that a mild cleaning solution is used to clean carpets or rugs instead of a solvent based detergent.
Fundamentally, by exercising these safety precautions you can give your baby the best possible start in life. These safety measures will enable you to create a stylish yet safe nursery that supports your child's mental and physiological development.


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Final Moderna Vaccine Results: 30 Out of 30 for Severe COVID Cases. But Will Blacks Trust the White(/Asian) Man's Vaccine?
From Moderna's new press release:
Moderna Announces Primary Efficacy Analysis in Phase 3 COVE Study for Its COVID-19
Vaccine Candidate and Filing Today with U.S. FDA for Emergency Use Authorization
November 30, 2020 at 6:59 AM EST
Primary efficacy analysis of the Phase 3 COVE study of mRNA-1273 involving 30,000 participants included 196 cases of COVID-19, of which 30 cases were severe
Vaccine efficacy against COVID-19 was 94.1%; vaccine efficacy against severe COVID-19 was 100% …
Moderna plans today to request EUA from the U.S. FDA, to apply for a conditional marketing authorization with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and to progress with the rolling reviews, which have already been initiated with international regulatory agencies
FDA has told Company to expect VRBPAC meeting for mRNA-1273 likely on December 17, 2020 …
The primary endpoint of the Phase 3 COVE study is based on the analysis of COVID-19 cases confirmed and adjudicated starting two weeks following the second dose of vaccine. Vaccine efficacy has been demonstrated at the first interim analysis with a total of 95 cases based on the pre-specified success criterion on efficacy. Today's primary analysis was based on 196 cases, of which 185 cases of COVID-19 were observed in the placebo group versus 11 cases observed in the mRNA-1273 group, resulting in a point estimate of vaccine efficacy of 94.1%. A secondary endpoint analyzed severe cases of COVID-19 and included 30 severe cases (as defined in the study protocol) in this analysis. All 30 cases occurred in the placebo group and none in the mRNA-1273 vaccinated group. There was one COVID-19-related death in the study to date, which occurred in the placebo group
So, out of about 15,000 people in the placebo group, 185 were infected and symptomatic (I believe Moderna and Pfizer haven't been looking for asymptomatic cases while Astra-Zeneca has) over a few months, with 30 getting severe cases of COVID and one dying. It looks like case counts were slow to accumulate during the late summer/early fall lull between the second wave that hit the US sunbelt in July and the current third wave that started in the north central states with the coming of cold weather. But then the number of cases apparently doubled over the last few weeks as this third wave is now hitting hard.
In contrast, 11 in the vaccine arm came down with non-severe cases of symptomatic COVID.
A big unanswered question is whether these vaccines protect not only the recipients from severe symptoms, which they apparently do, quite well, but also protect the unvaccinated from being infected by vaccine recipients with no or only mild symptoms. If only the former, COVID would become Just The Flu, Bro for only the vaccinated, while it would continue to spread from the vaccinated to the unvaccinated. But, hopefully, if the vaccine also reduces infectiousness as well as severity, it can take a bite out of the pandemic's spread fairly quickly.
Efficacy was consistent across age, race and ethnicity, and gender demographics. The 196 COVID-19 cases included 33 older adults (ages 65+) and 42 participants identifying as being from diverse communities (including 29 Hispanic or LatinX, 6 Black or African Americans, 4 Asian Americans and 3 multiracial participants).
I wish they would report how many of the 33 cases in 65+ volunteers were in the two arms. But, still, the worst case scenario of 11 in vaccine arm, 22 in the placebo arm is still pretty good.
My assumption is that they didn't recruit volunteers who were both elderly and severely debilitated, the kind most likely to die in nursing homes. But it's good news that it works at all in 65+.
The safety profile of the Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273 was previously described on November 16. A continuous review of safety data is ongoing and no new serious safety concerns have been identified by the Company. Based on prior analysis, the most common solicited adverse reactions included injection site pain, fatigue, myalgia, arthralgia, headache, and erythema/redness at the injection site. Solicited adverse reactions increased in frequency and severity in the mRNA-1273 group after the second dose.
Once again, some percentages would be useful.
The Company will submit data from the Phase 3 COVE study to a peer-reviewed publication.
… Additionally, Moderna announced that the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) meeting to review the safety and efficacy data package for mRNA-1273 will likely be scheduled for Thursday, December 17. The Company expects that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will make a recommendation on immunization priorities. The Company anticipates that the shipping of mRNA-1273 to designated distribution points throughout the U.S. will occur shortly after an Emergency Use Authorization is granted.
Moderna is working with the U.S. CDC, Operation Warp Speed and McKesson (NYSE: MCK), a COVID-19 vaccine distributor contracted by the U.S. government, as well as global stakeholders to be prepared for distribution of mRNA-1273, in the event that it receives an EUA and similar global authorizations and approvals. By the end of 2020, the Company expects to have approximately 20 million doses of mRNA-1273 available in the U.S.
So, 20 million doses at 2 doses each equals 10 million innoculees. Pfizer could supply an equivalent amount or more. Pfizer, which is a week ahead, is beginning to practice flying dry ice containers around the country to work the bugs out of distribution.
Keep in mind that this is a 2-shot regimen, so it is assumed it takes about a month for the vaccine to have full effect.
A big question is whether, following the Democrats' and Prestige Media's months of declaring that white people are out to get blacks, and the Democratic candidates' anti-vaxx dogwhistling against Trump's emphasis on rapid vaccine development, whether enough blacks will allow themselves to be vaccinated. From a late summer Kaiser survey:


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Bleptina aemula är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Druce. Bleptina aemula ingår i släktet Bleptina och familjen nattflyn. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Nattflyn
aemula


Polka Maestre Band uses a full midi button accordion and plays many styles and genres with a emphasis on Polka- Waltz Oberkriner style. Anthony has been playing for 26 years and performs as various configurations from Solo, Duo Trio, or 6 piece band. They are a Kitchener based band and have performed in the USA & Canada from opening the Polka hall of fame show 2016 in Cleveland Ohio at the USA's largest polka event & at numerous events from Oktoberfest's to weddings, & corporate parties as well as military bases. You've probably enjoyed their music at Oktoberfest, which is one of the busiest times of the year for the band.This past Oktoberfest they performed at the Western fair district London 2 days as well as various venues around Ontario.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenian-style_polka see the notable musicians section, !!!!


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Eva Aurora Charlotta Karamzin, först gift Demidoff, född Stjernvall den 1 augusti 1808 i Ulvsby, död 13 maj 1902 i Helsingfors, storfurstendömet Finland, var en föregångare i social- och diakoniarbetet i Finland, liksom kejserlig hovdam. Hon var sin tids mest ryktbara skönhet, en välkänd filantrop samt en ansedd gestalt i societeten i såväl Helsingfors som S:t Petersburg.

Hon var morfars mor till Jugoslaviens ställföreträdande regent Paul av Jugoslavien

Biografi

Tidiga år
Hennes föräldrar var överstelöjtnanten Carl Johan Stjernvall och Eva Gustava von Willebrand, dotter till landshövdingen Ernst Gustaf von Willebrand; de bodde på Saaris herrgård och fick tolv barn, av vilka fyra levde till vuxen ålder. Morfadern Ernst Gustaf von Willebrand var landshövding i Åbo och Björneborgs län och1812 utnämndes hennes far till Viborgs läns första landshövding och hela familjen flyttade till Viborg. Fadern avled 1815 i en febersjukdom och modern gifte sig följande år med den nya landshövdingen Carl Johan Walleen.

Aurora talade förutom svenska också flytande tyska, franska och ryska, samtidigt som hon knappt kunde några ord på finska.

Hovfröken

År 1830 blev Aurora Stjernvall hovfröken för Nikolaj I:s gemål kejsarinnan Alexandra Fjodorovna. Uppdraget medförde att hon stod till kejsarparets förfogande då de besökte storfurstendömet. Fem år senare utnämndes hon till hovfröken i det kejserliga följet och bosatte sig i Vinterpalatset i S:t Petersburg. Tjänsten som hovfröken avslutades 1836, då hon gifte sig med hovjägmästaren och statsrådet Paul Nikolajevitj Demidoff (1798–1840) omnämnd som Rysslands rikaste man. Makarna fick 1839 sonen Paul. Maken var sjuklig och avled endast ett halvår efter sonens födelse. Som änka köpte hon av sin styvfar Träskända gård, där hon bodde sommartid fram till 1895. Vintrarna tillbringade hon antingen i S.t Petersburg eller på resande fot.

Familj
År 1846 gifte hon om sig. Den nya maken var den ryska översten Andrei Karamzin, son till den ryske rikshistorikern Nikolaj Karamzin. Paret reste till Paris samt besökte släkten Demidoffs gruvimperium öster om Uralbergen. Under dessa resor stärktes Aurora Karamzins sociala samvete och på hennes initiativ grundades i Nizjnij Tagil såväl ett barnhem med tillhörande skola som ett sjukhus.

Andrei Karamzin avled till fält i Krimkriget 1854. Efter att hon blivit änka för andra gången koncentrerade sig Aurora Karamzin på välgörenhet. Hon verkade i Fruntimmersföreningen i Helsingfors och finansierade bl.a. daghem, skolor, soppkök samt barn- och ålderdomshem. Efter förebild från Ryssland och Tyskland grundade Karamzin 1867 Helsingfors Diakonissanstalt.

Aurora Karamzins enda son Paul Pavlovitj Demidoffs dotter Aurora gifte in sig i den jugoslaviska kungafamiljen och blev mor till Paul av Jugoslavien. Hans dotter prinsessan Elisabets dotter är Hollywoodstjärnan Catherine Oxenberg, som påstås ha ärvt sin vackra anmoders drag.

Död
Aurora Karamzin avled den 13 maj 1902 och ligger begravd på Sandudds begravningsplats, gamla delen.

Eftermäle och minnen
Aurora Karamzins inflytande kan fortfarande skönjas i huvudstadsregionen. I Helsingfors med omnejd finns ett antal gator och institutioner, som namngivits efter henne:

 Auroragatan (Helsingfors)
 Karamzingatan (Helsingfors)
 Aurorahemmet (ålderdomshem, Esbo)
 Aurorasalen (Helsingfors Diakonissanstalt)
 Aurorasjukhuset (Helsingfors)
 Auroran koulu (skola, Esbo)
 Auroran päiväkoti (daghem, Esbo)
 Karamzinin koulu (skola, Esbo)

Anmärkningar

Referenser

Noter

Litteratur
 Aurora Karamzin. Ett aristokratiskt liv. Esbo stadsmuseum. Schildts 2006.
 Aurora Karamzin och maktens estrader -utställningskatalog. Esbo stadsmuseum 2006.
 Qvarnström, Ingrid: Ett legendomspunnet liv : Aurore Karamsin och hennes samtid. Helsingfors 1937.

Externa länkar
 Aurora Karamzin - Ett aristokratiskt liv
Aurora Karamzin och maktens estrader
 Villa Hagasund

Finländska filantroper
Ryska hovdamer
Födda 1808
Avlidna 1902
Kvinnor
Gravsatta på Sandudds begravningsplats
Bureätten
Personer från Ulvsby
Filantroper under 1800-talet


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** COURT SEALS UNCLASSIFIED DOCS IN DRAKE "LEAK" CASE
** COMMENTS INVITED ON "TRANSFORMING CLASSIFICATION"
** IS THE SECRECY SYSTEM AN AUTONOMOUS ENTITY?
COURT SEALS UNCLASSIFIED DOCS IN DRAKE "LEAK" CASE
Prosecutors in the case of the former National Security Agency official Thomas A. Drake, who is suspected of leaking classified information to a reporter, last week asked the court to block public access to two letters that were introduced as exhibits by the defense earlier this month. Late Friday, the court agreed to seal the two exhibits in the court docket. But they remain publicly accessible anyway.
The exhibits (pdf) describe the classification status of several NSA records that were found in the home of Mr. Drake, explaining why the prosecution considers each of the records classified. The defense disputes their classification and denies that Mr. Drake ever retained any classified records at his home.
Mr. Drake's defense said (pdf) that it intends to introduce testimony at trial "which will include a discussion of the appropriate assignment of classification controls under the Executive Order and the consequences and pervasiveness of inappropriately assigning classification controls." To document the classification judgments that it disputes, the defense also filed two letters from the Justice Department as exhibits on March 11.
On March 16, prosecutors asked the court (pdf) to seal those two records. "As grounds [for sealing the records], the information contained within the exhibits derives from NSA. As the holder of the privilege for this information, NSA has classified the documents as 'FOUO', which means 'For Official Use Only.' This means that the information is not for public dissemination. Until such time as NSA downgrades the information to 'Unclassified,' the exhibits should not be publicly filed," prosecutors wrote.
Ironically, this prosecution argument illustrates the confusion about classification policy that prevails at NSA, in the Justice Department and in much of the government.
The NSA could not have "classified" the records as FOUO and cannot "downgrade" them to "unclassified" because they are already unclassified. "Information cannot be classified and FOUO at the same time," according to the governing DoD regulation 5200.1-R. "By definition, information must be unclassified in order to be designated FOUO."
Without waiting for a response from the defense or from other interested parties, Judge Richard D. Bennett of the Maryland District Court granted the prosecution motion and sealed the records. His March 18 decision on the matter, which was first reported by Josh Gerstein of Politico, was also sealed. The newly-sealed records remain available, however, on the Federation of American Scientists web site here.
COMMENTS INVITED ON "TRANSFORMING CLASSIFICATION"
The Public Interest Declassification Board, an advisory committee appointed by the President and Congressional leaders, is developing recommendations on how to transform the national security classification system. It has invited interested members of the public to comment on its emerging recommendations over the next several weeks on a new blog here.
The Board itself has no power to effect any transformation; it is purely advisory. However, it has also been fairly influential. Its advocacy of a National Declassification Center (first proposed by the Moynihan Commission in 1997) probably helped bring that concept to fruition. In any case, even if the Board has little direct leverage of its own, "we do have access" to senior policy makers, said Board Chair Martin Faga, a former National Reconnaissance Office director, last week.
The initial recommendations of the Board stop well short of anything that we would call transformation. Most fundamentally, the Board does not propose any reductions in the scope of what is classified. It also does not inquire whether today's hierarchical classification system is appropriate to a networked world, much less what could be devised to replace it.
But the very fact of a public conversation on the purpose and character of national security secrecy may have transformative implications. So interested persons are encouraged to participate.
Board member Sanford J. Ungar wrote about "Unnecessary Secrets" in the March/April 2011 issue of Columbia Journalism Review.
IS THE SECRECY SYSTEM AN AUTONOMOUS ENTITY?
Does the secrecy system function according to its own autonomous principles? Is it beyond the rule of law and outside of presidential control?
Not exactly. If that were true, then there would never be involuntary changes to classification policy and there would be no compulsory declassification of classified information. Fortunately, that is not consistently the case.
And yet there is a disturbing pattern of evidence to show that the secrecy system resists external control, and that it will not reliably fulfill even the most explicit presidential commands or the clearest requirements of law. For example:
* On December 29, 2009 President Obama ordered all agencies that classify information to issue final implementing regulations for his new executive order on classification policy by the end of December 2010. The Department of Defense, the largest classifying agency, did not comply. It did not request a waiver or an extension, it simply did not comply. As a result, the most important classification reforms advanced by the President have not taken hold at the Department of Defense. ("Secrecy Reform Stymied by the Pentagon," Secrecy News, February 24, 2011).
* Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama each ordered that all 25 year old classified records, unless they were specifically exempted, "shall be automatically declassified whether or not the records have been reviewed." But agencies have refused to implement this provision or to permit automatic declassification without review, thereby crippling the presidential initiative for streamlining the declassification process. (Under the 1999 Kyl-Lott Amendment, Congress also complicated this provision by prohibiting public release of declassified records without a separate review for nuclear weapons-related information.)
* The Secretary of State is in standing violation of the Foreign Relations Act of 1991, which requires her to ensure the publication of a "thorough, accurate, and reliable" documentary record of U.S. foreign policy "not more than 30 years after the events recorded." But that is not happening. And things are getting worse, not better. As a result of the non-compliance by several agencies with timely declassification requirements, there "appears to be a growing distance between the statutory obligation to reach a 30-year line... and the actual length of time it has been taking to compile, review, revise, declassify, and publish those volumes," according to the most recent report to the Secretary (pdf) from the State Department Historical Advisory Committee.
The failure of law and policy to gain purchase on classification practice is alarming on several levels. Among other things, it means that would-be reformers cannot be satisfied with the "mere" passage of a new law or the adoption of a new executive order, since the practical effect of these steps may turn out to be illusory. And it casts a different, more positive light on the role of unauthorized disclosures, which in some cases can compensate for the inability or refusal of government agencies to implement binding declassification and disclosure requirements.
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Toy giant Hasbro has launched a pilot recycling scheme in America.
Through a partnership with TerraCycle, a pioneering recycling firm which has featured a few times on these pages, Hasbro toys and games will be transformed into materials used to make products for play spaces, including park benches and flower pots. The public can send them to TerraCycle using a free shipping label.
"Hasbro's toy recycling program is the first brand-sponsored national recycling program in the industry, and we are proud to partner with the passionate team at Hasbro to offer consumers a simple, sustainable solution for recycling their well-loved toys and games. Our expertise in product recycling is a great fit for a company like Hasbro that is committed to reducing the environmental impact of their products throughout its lifecycle, including end of life," said Tom Szaky, CEO, TerraCycle.
The move is in line with Hasbro's ongoing commitment to lock sustainability into every aspect of its business. It has pledged, for example, to 'begin using plant-based bio-polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for blister packs and plastic windows in its product packaging starting in 2019'.