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Vikram Malhotra quits Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Vikram Malhotra, Chief Operating Officer at Viacom18 Motion Pictures, has resigned. Having spent a little over two years at Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Mr Malhotra is leaving to pursue his entrepreneurial aspirations. He will continue in his current capacity till July 2013, to ensure a smooth and seamless transition. He also headed the strategic distribution alliance with Paramount Pictures International.
Sudhanshu Vats
Announcing Mr Malhotra's departure, Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO, Viacom18 Media Networks, said, "Vikram has admirably led the reboot of this business to put Viacom18 Motion Pictures amongst the top players in the industry. Over the last two years, we have had tremendous success, stretched the envelope and redefined the rules of Hindi Cinema, making critically acclaimed films that were commercial successful as well. We have an impressive lineup ahead with movies like Chashmebadoor, Bhag Milka Bhag, Madras Cafe and Boss" He further added, "As he now ventures out to pursue his entrepreneurial dream, I wish him all success in his new venture."
Commenting on the development, Mr Malhotra said, "I have had a personally fulfilling and proud time at Viacom18 Motion Pictures and am privileged to have lead a talented team that redefined many a things in both production and distribution of Hindi as well as Hollywood films (marketing and distribution of Paramount movies)." He added further, "I am excited to now pursue my own dream and aspiration in the same space."
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TL;DR: Sculpt an alien using your favourite sculpting tool, upload it to Sketchfab and tag it with #AlienChallenge2017.
Sculpt an alien using your favourite sculpting tool.
Once you've created your scene, upload it to Sketchfab, tag it #AlienChallenge2017.
We figure any sculpting artist could use a nice tablet to work with, so we're giving away a Wacom Intuos Draw Tablet (or similarly priced product from Amazon). The winner will of course also receive 3 months of Sketchfab PRO as well as a staff pick!
Contestants models must be uploaded to Sketchfab and tagged #AlienChallenge2017 to be considered.
The winners will be contacted by Friday, July 21.
Please no Jar Jar characters.
Cool! Looking forward to your entry Rico!
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Dying mom gets early release of drug thanks to YouTube
By Stephanie Grimes | Posted - May 2, 2012 at 7:02 p.m.
YouTube Cancer Plea
SALT LAKE CITY — A mom dying of cancer took to YouTube and inspired a pharmaceutical company to release to her a potentially life-saving drug before it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
A compassionate use clause allows for people with no other treatment options to receive experimental treatments prior to FDA approval, which is what Darlene Gant was hoping for on April 16 when she uploaded a 20-minute video to YouTube, pleading with the FDA approve her use of the drug Pertuzumab before its expected June approval date.
Gant, 46, had been told earlier in 2012 that her breast cancer had returned — stage four — and that she may not live to see the drug approved.
The video, unplanned according to Gant, shows the mom reading cards she had written for her son to read between the ages of 12 and 25 at birthdays, graduation and at his wedding.
"Did you always know I loved you?" she wrote in a card for his 12th birthday. "Of all the things in my life I could have or should have done differently, there's one thing I'd never change, having you as my son."
She said she just wants him to know she cared.
"I am trying to leave him pieces of me to comfort him and let him know how much I love him - he is my world," she wrote. "I can handle dying but not leaving my son. You see I want to finish my mission here and raise my baby to manhood."
The Tampa Bay, Fla., woman was first diagnosed with breast cancer when her son was 5 years old. She said her son will never remember what it is like to have a mom without cancer.
It is tearing us up and so many other families are going through this too … I am not expected to make it to June, my liver is engulfed with tumors and I am wasting away.
–Darlene Gant
"It's pretty sad that cancer has taken my life to this point, and I have to plan what I'm going to do so he remembers me," she wept.
Gant's video garnered tens of thousands of page views within its first two weeks online and inspired many people to call the drug's maker — Genentech — to plead for the release of the drug.
Gant originally thought the FDA had been prohibiting the drug's release, but according to FDA officials they had approved the compassionate use — it was up to Genentech to decide what to do with it.
Gant's unorthodox method worked: The company eventually decided to release the drug to her, and she received her first treatment on April 27.
The FDA has given Pertuzumab priority review status due to the drug's success at treating HER2-positive breast cancer, which contains a protein that promotes the growth of cancer cells. The mutation happens in about one in five breast cancers.
HER2-positive breast cancers tend to be more aggressive and less responsive to hormone treatment than other breast cancers.
The confirmed date for the FDA-review of Pertuzumab is June 8.
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Conrad-Todd-Garrison-Carman genealogy
MyHeritage photo colorizer
Posted on April 21, 2020 by alexander
MyHeritage has a photo colorizer. It is free through 4/22 (tomorrow- hurry!), according to the FAQ. You do have to create an account on their site to use it. Normally non-subscribers can colorize up to 10 photos for free.
I decided to try it out and below are the results. A lot of the photos I tried were too small. I think they have to be at least 200×200, although it doesn't say in the FAQ.
Anna Funston (pre-1928), original (left), colorized (right)
John Garrison (1899), original (left), colorized (right)
Carol Garrison Conrad & Charles Conrad "Yoked Together" (1959), original (top), colorized (bottom)
Charles & Carol Conrad (r-l) honeymoon night out (1959), original (top), colorized (bottom)
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Database Updates February 2020
Posted on March 14, 2020 by alexander
Here are the people who were added to or updated in the Conrad-Todd-Garrison-Carman genealogy database during February.
Dorothy C. Baker (last updated 02/16/2020)
Willis Edward Bilderback (last updated 02/16/2020)
Mildred Patricia Bishop (last updated 02/01/2020)
Clyde Broadbelt (last updated 02/16/2020)
Leon Abbott Buffin (last updated 02/16/2020)
Charles A. Carman (last updated 02/16/2020)
Frank Carman (last updated 02/16/2020)
Kate Carman (last updated 02/16/2020)
George William Conrad (last updated 02/16/2020)
Harriet M. Cruser (last updated 02/16/2020)
Irwin S Dietrich (last updated 02/01/2020)
Mary Dix (last updated 02/01/2020)
Otto William Forst (last updated 02/01/2020)
Carrie Trenchard Garrison (last updated 02/05/2020)
James Harold Garrison (last updated 02/01/2020)
John Richard Garrison (last updated 02/01/2020)
Leonora Garrison (last updated 02/01/2020)
Milford Russell Garrison (last updated 02/23/2020)
William Franklin Garrison (last updated 02/01/2020)
William Robert Garrison (last updated 02/01/2020)
Edith Ada Gregory (last updated 02/16/2020)
Margaret Theresa Hefty (last updated 02/16/2020)
Lena Kleinhaus (last updated 02/29/2020)
Margaret Effie Knabb (last updated 02/01/2020)
William Richard Knabb (last updated 02/01/2020)
Mary Kober (last updated 02/16/2020)
Helen Linn (last updated 02/01/2020)
James D. McCauley (last updated 02/16/2020)
Robert Edwin McGraw (last updated 02/16/2020)
Lucy S Moore (last updated 02/01/2020)
Margaret K Newkirk (last updated 02/05/2020)
Kate Osler (last updated 02/29/2020)
George Edward Pike (last updated 02/16/2020)
Ernest Samuel Poyser (last updated 02/16/2020)
Ernest Poyser (last updated 02/16/2020)
William J. Read (last updated 02/29/2020)
Anna Roberts (last updated 02/29/2020)
Edith M. Roberts (last updated 02/29/2020)
Edward C. Roberts (last updated 02/29/2020)
Florence N. Roberts (last updated 02/29/2020)
Jessie H. Roberts (last updated 02/29/2020)
Martha Roe (last updated 02/01/2020)
Howard E. Shaw (last updated 02/01/2020)
Leroy G. Shaw (last updated 02/01/2020)
Milton S. Shaw (last updated 02/01/2020)
Samuel T. Shaw (last updated 02/01/2020)
Harry Fiedler Shuster (last updated 02/16/2020)
Milton C. Shuster (last updated 02/16/2020)
Theodore R. Smith (last updated 02/16/2020)
Stanley Robert Somershoe (last updated 02/01/2020)
Diane Swagert (last updated 02/23/2020)
Lucy Honour Tazel (last updated 02/01/2020)
Walter Tazel (last updated 02/01/2020)
Lillian Florence Van Dorn (last updated 02/01/2020)
Harry B. Vanleer (last updated 02/16/2020)
Albert Joseph Ware (last updated 02/29/2020)
Albert T. Ware (last updated 02/29/2020)
Florence H. Ware (last updated 02/29/2020)
Frank B. Ware (last updated 02/29/2020)
Frank Bartine Ware (last updated 02/29/2020)
Franklin Ware (last updated 02/29/2020)
Sybilla Ware (last updated 02/29/2020)
Theodore H. Ware (last updated 02/29/2020)
Eva F. Westcott (last updated 02/16/2020)
Albert Goodwin Will (last updated 02/16/2020)
Marie Will (last updated 02/16/2020)
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Database Updates January 2020
Posted on February 16, 2020 by alexander
Updates for both Conrad-Todd-Garrison-Carman and Flenards in New Jersey databases. Ancestry.com had a half-price sale on subscriptions, so I've been busy.
98 people added or updated in the Conrad-Todd-Garrison-Carman database:
Anna M. (last updated 01/15/2020)
May Harris Bennett (last updated 01/24/2020)
Lewis Bishop (last updated 01/13/2020)
Harry Henry Bowers (last updated 01/29/2020)
Howard Bowers (last updated 01/29/2020)
Margaret Mae Bowers (last updated 01/29/2020)
Raymond Bowers (last updated 01/29/2020)
Marie Evelyn Briggs (last updated 01/15/2020)
Patricia A. Briggs (last updated 01/15/2020)
Thomas S. Briggs (last updated 01/15/2020)
Florence M. Brown (last updated 01/24/2020)
Walter Bush (last updated 01/24/2020)
Wilhelmina Carman (last updated 01/24/2020)
William L. Carmen (last updated 01/04/2020)
Julia Castor (last updated 01/13/2020)
Davis G. Cheesman (last updated 01/17/2020)
Hazel Cheesman (last updated 01/17/2020)
Russell Cheesman (last updated 01/17/2020)
Warren Cheesman (last updated 01/15/2020)
Hettie G Corson (last updated 01/25/2020)
Carl Craner (last updated 01/25/2020)
Colonel Charles Craner (last updated 01/07/2020)
Leslie Craner (last updated 01/25/2020)
James Horne Davidson (last updated 01/25/2020)
Daniel I. Emerson (last updated 01/17/2020)
Ella Emery (last updated 01/25/2020)
Caroline A. Fairburn (last updated 01/08/2020)
Irene Mary Fairburn (last updated 01/07/2020)
James Francis Fairburn (last updated 01/26/2020)
Jane "Jennie" Fairburn (last updated 01/07/2020)
Richard Fairburn (last updated 01/25/2020)
William Price Fairburn (last updated 01/25/2020)
Winifred Fairburn (last updated 01/07/2020)
David Edward Foster (last updated 01/27/2020)
Edward King Foster (last updated 01/27/2020)
Leonard Kepner Gottshalk (last updated 01/07/2020)
George Washington Gray (last updated 01/07/2020)
Mildred C. Hamilton (last updated 01/25/2020)
Amy Jane Huling (last updated 01/04/2020)
Jacob A. Huling (last updated 01/04/2020)
Cathrine Jardot (last updated 01/29/2020)
Norman Smith Kline (last updated 01/26/2020)
Dolores Kolodi (last updated 01/29/2020)
Emma Gertrude Levens (last updated 01/24/2020)
James Levens (last updated 01/01/2020)
Margaret Emma Levens (last updated 01/24/2020)
Minnie Marie Levens (last updated 01/24/2020)
John A. Littel (last updated 01/29/2020)
Earl Belmont Lynch (last updated 01/07/2020)
John Callahan Macbeth (last updated 01/25/2020)
John Mahla (last updated 01/29/2020)
Katherine Amelia Mahla (last updated 01/27/2020)
Thomas J. Masgai (last updated 01/07/2020)
Thomas McAndrews (last updated 01/08/2020)
Vincent Joseph McAndrews (last updated 01/08/2020)
Albertus W. McRoberts (last updated 01/14/2020)
Alvena E. Medlar (last updated 01/15/2020)
Claudia Moore (last updated 01/25/2020)
Jack Mullen (last updated 01/26/2020)
Robert Lee Mullen (last updated 01/25/2020)
Robert Stevenson Mullen (last updated 01/25/2020)
Stella Novak (last updated 01/25/2020)
Mary Owens (last updated 01/14/2020)
Maurice Aaron Poole (last updated 01/07/2020)
Emeline Powell (last updated 01/04/2020)
Harriet Remington (last updated 01/05/2020)
Sadie Bennett Roberts (last updated 01/31/2020)
Joan O. Schneider (last updated 01/29/2020)
Lillie Shivers (last updated 01/13/2020)
Agnes Smith (last updated 01/15/2020)
Benjamin Smith (last updated 01/15/2020)
Clarence Smith (last updated 01/14/2020)
Grant Sparks Smith (last updated 01/15/2020)
James Henry Smith (last updated 01/14/2020)
Theodore Smith (last updated 01/14/2020)
James E. Snuffin (last updated 01/07/2020)
Robert Snuffin (last updated 01/13/2020)
Joseph E. Snyder (last updated 01/08/2020)
Anna W. Sweeney (last updated 01/07/2020)
Amy Ware (last updated 01/04/2020)
James A. Ware (last updated 01/04/2020)
Felisha Helen Wielgosinska (last updated 01/07/2020)
Heywood M. Wiley (last updated 01/17/2020)
Heywood Robert Wiley (last updated 01/17/2020)
Howard Vreeland Wiley (last updated 01/18/2020)
Joan Louise Wiley (last updated 01/18/2020)
Lenola C Wiley (last updated 01/17/2020)
William Ogle Wiley (last updated 01/18/2020)
Gertrude Williamson (last updated 01/14/2020)
Grover Cleveland Williamson (last updated 01/07/2020)
James Williamson (last updated 01/14/2020)
Jennie Williamson (last updated 01/05/2020)
Walter R. Williamson (last updated 01/05/2020)
Walter Williamson (last updated 01/05/2020)
Edna Virginia Wilson (last updated 01/18/2020)
Frederick Zugg (last updated 01/04/2020)
22 people added or updated in the Flenards in New Jersey database:
Charlotte A. Brown (last updated 01/11/2020)
Elizabeth (last updated 01/11/2020)
Mary (last updated 01/11/2020)
William Henry Agnew (last updated 01/11/2020)
Amy Ann Blair (last updated 01/11/2020)
Alma Flenard (last updated 01/11/2020)
Amy Flenard (last updated 01/11/2020)
Anna M. Flenard (last updated 01/10/2020)
Charles W. Flenard (last updated 01/11/2020)
Charles Wright Flenard (last updated 01/11/2020)
Charlotte A. Flenard (last updated 01/11/2020)
Clifford N. Flenard (last updated 01/11/2020)
Ervin Flenard (last updated 01/11/2020)
George W. Flenard (last updated 01/10/2020)
Harry C. Flenard (last updated 01/10/2020)
Joseph R. Flenard (last updated 01/11/2020)
Laura Flenard (last updated 01/11/2020)
Loretta Flenard (last updated 01/10/2020)
Mary J. Flenard (last updated 01/10/2020)
Susan L. Flenard (last updated 01/10/2020)
Thomas T. Moore (last updated 01/10/2020)
George B. Plummer (last updated 01/10/2020)
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James Levens death & burial information discovered
Database Updates – Oct Nov Dec 2019
August Database Updates
On this day: Orville Garrison & Naomi Carman wed
On this day: Howard Ogle appointed Justice of the Peace
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Hate Crimes in New Jersey
New Jersey has some of the nation's strongest laws to disarm hate.
Access to Guns for People Convicted of Hate Crimes in New Jersey
Federal Law Very limited or no access Very limited or no access Very limited or no access Very limited or no access
Very limited or no access
State Law Very limited or no access Very limited or no access Very limited or no access Very limited or no access
New Jersey makes it a crime (called "bias intimidation") to commit specified offenses, including most violent crimes,1 with the purpose of intimidating a group or individual because of their race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or ethnicity.2Under this law, bias intimidation crimes are treated, at a minimum, as "crimes of the fourth degree," punishable by up to 18 months in prison.3 (New Jersey generally does not classify offenses as "felonies" or "misdemeanors," but crimes that are punishable by more than one year under New Jersey law are generally considered the equivalent of felonies).4
New Jersey is one of the few states that expressly prohibits people from accessing firearms based on a hate crime conviction: those convicted of bias intimidation or similar crimes in other jurisdictions are generally prohibited from accessing guns.5 Nearly all violent hate crime conduct may be charged under New Jersey's bias intimidation statute, including assault, reckless endangering, criminal ("terroristic") threats, stalking, and violent harassment.6
Because New Jersey makes bias intimidation punishable by more than one year in prison in all cases, people convicted of bias intimidation are also subject to federal law's firearm restrictions as well.7
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:16-1. The underlying crimes include (among others) homicide, murder, manslaughter, assault, reckless endangering, terroristic threats, stalking, kidnapping, arson, causing or risking widespread injury or damage, criminal mischief, and criminal trespass.[↩]
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:16-1(a)(1)-(2). Bias intimidation may also occur if the perpetrator knows that their underlying criminal conduct would cause an individual or group of individuals to be intimidated because of protected characteristics. A third prong of this statute, however, was ruled unconstitutionally vague by state courts in 2015. State v. Pomianek, 110 A.3d 841 (N.J. 2015).[↩]
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:16-1(c); N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:43-6.[↩]
See, e.g., In re Rettschlag, No. A-5557-06T3, 2008 WL 1787466, at *1 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Apr. 22, 2008) ("Offenses that are punishable by imprisonment for more than one year are considered common law felonies."); Zaborowski v. New Jersey Div. of State Police, No. A-4760-05T1, 2007 WL 935603, at *2 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar. 30, 2007) ("It is well established that our fourth-degree crimes, which are punishable in State prison for a term of up to eighteen months, are equivalent to common law felonies."); Kaplowitz by Kaplowitz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 201 N.J. Super. 593, 598 (Law. Div. 1985) (explaining that the New Jersey Supreme Court "concluded in State v. Doyle, 42 N.J. 334, 349 (1964), that only offenses that are punishable by more than one year in state prison should be treated as common law felonies. Hence, the term 'felony' may embrace fourth degree crimes, which are punishable by imprisonment of as much as 18 months . . . but it would not include disorderly persons offenses, for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 6 months.").[↩]
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:39-7.[↩]
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:16-1(a).[↩]
Federal law generally prohibits people from accessing firearms if they have been convicted of a felony punishable by over one year in prison, or a state law misdemeanor punishable by more than two years. 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1); 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(20)(B).[↩]


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Orhan Veli Kanık, (born 1914, Bekoz, Constantinople—died Nov. 14, 1950, Istanbul), poet who was one of the most innovative poets in 20th-century Turkish literature.
Kanık, Orhan Veli
Orhan Veli Kanık, statue in Istanbul.
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Educated at the Faculty of Literature of Istanbul University, he worked briefly as a teaching assistant before joining the Turkish postal administration in Ankara (1936–42). From 1942 to 1945 he served as a reserve officer in the Turkish Army. Because he had a good command of French, he worked for the Ministry of Education in the translation office for two years and later translated the works of several major French poets and playwrights. In 1950 he was editor of the literary review Yaprak ("Folio").
Kanık first wrote under the pen name Mehmed Ali Sel and published his early poems in the avant-garde literary review Varlǐk ("Existence"). He gradually turned away from traditional poetic forms. In 1941 he published a volume of poetry, Garip ("Strange"), in collaboration with two other well-known poets, Oktay Rifat and Melih Cevdet Anday. The work revolutionized Turkish literature, creating a break with everything associated with Turkish poetry to that time; conventional metre, rhyme, language style, and themes were discarded. The art of poetry was to be directed at the people. Introducing everyday spoken Turkish and making use of folk poems and popular song motifs, he encountered violent opposition, but by the time of his death his work and reputation were firmly established. Other works included Vazgecemediğim (1945; "I Cannot Give Up"); Destan Gibi (1946; "Like an Epic"); Yenisi (1947; "The New One"); and Karşǐ (1949; "Across"). English translations of poems selected from all his works appear in I Am Listening to Istanbul, translated by Talât Sait Halman (1971).
This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen, Corrections Manager.
Article Title: Orhan Veli Kanık
Date Published: 01 January 2021
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Teare, Ralph Clinton
September 1929 – October 9, 2022
A Celebration of Ralph's life will be held on Oct. 29, 11am, at Fischer's Funeral Home, 4060 1 Ave. SW, Salmon Arm, BC.
It is with sadness the family of Ralph Teare announces his peaceful passing at Salmon Arm, BC. One of six children born to John and Evelyn Teare of Vegreville, AB. Ralph moved to Powell River at a young age to find work. There he met Lenore Turnbull, married and moved to Notch Hill to become a rancher/logger and raise seven children. Retirement brought Ralph & Lenore to Piccadilly Terrace where he resided for 12 years, making many new friends. Lenore passed in 2019. From Ralph's ideal location, he was often seen scooting off to the Legion, over to the mall for tickets, to Shopper's Drugs to chat with the girls and Sunday, was Casino Day. Always hopeful to see grandkids to join him. Dad will be lovingly remembered by his children Susan Kalke (Mark), Debra Presley (Howard), Judy Teare, Cindy Teare (Dale), Calvin Teare, Karen Pukas (Sheldon), brother Kenneth (Bev) of Kelowna, 15 grandchildren, along with many great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, family and friends. Ralph was predeceased by his loving wife Lenore of 67 years, son Lyle (Nicole) and grandson Terry Kalke.
The family would like to express special gratitude to Dr. Skubiak and the staff at Piccadilly Terrace, as well as staff and members of the Salmon Arm Legion.
A Celebration of Ralph's life will be held on Oct. 29, 11am, at Fischer's Funeral Home, 4060 1 Ave. SW, Salmon Arm, BC. A private interment will be held later.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Salmon Arm Legion in his memory.
Louise Mowers on October 28, 2022 at 4:25 pm
To the Teare family! We are sending you our condolences with sadness your dear parents will always be remembered dearly by us, your dad had a good since of humor he made Orville laugh a lot. With love from Notch Hill, may your family members that are gone before you Rest In Peace. Love Louise Mowers (Bonnie , Wendy, and Lee Mowers
Len and Sue Bagley on October 22, 2022 at 7:03 pm
We are very sad to hear of Ralph's passing. We enjoyed his company and friendship over the years, especially when he would come up and visit us here on Foothill Road with his scooter. Sincere condolences to all his family.
Marvel and Ingolf on October 20, 2022 at 9:00 pm
We met Ralph and Lenore when we moved across the street from them. I was initially attracted to their border collie puppy (Buddy) who I would walk with our dog. We were new to Salmon Arm and Ralph and Lenore made us feel very welcome. Buddy went to live with a friend of mine and I still walk with him today. Ralph loved Buddy and he was able to say goodbye. Condolences to his family.
Victoria Anne Marie Barron (Vickie Barron) on October 20, 2022 at 1:42 pm
My sincere condolences to the family of Ralph Teare. Friends with them back in the late 60's early 70's and renewed friendship when they were living at Piccadilly.
Vickie Barron
Ted and Donna Honkala on October 20, 2022 at 11:19 am
Ralph and Lenore were great next-door neighbours who made us so welcome when we moved into the neighbourhood. We were able to visit with them occasionally when Donna was entertaining at Piccadilly Terrace. Ralph talked about his cancer the last time we saw him and he said, "I don't mind, I've had a good run". Our condolences to Ralph's family.
Karen Sikora on October 17, 2022 at 11:27 am
Thinking of all the Teare family with fond memories of Ralph. He never failed to flag me down to chat and ask after my family when ever I was in sight. Ralph and Lenore did their best to convince my mom she could love moving into Piccadilly Terrace as much as they did. Our hearts go out to you all with both of your recent losses.
Candy StPierre on October 11, 2022 at 8:35 pm
Sending our condolences. I always enjoyed visiting with your both parents. Your Dad was a interesting man and had lots of stories and options to share with me. He will be missed. Our talks were never boring……
Sending hugs to you all.
Candy and Dan


When Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands in October 1835, he and his ship-mates on board HMS Beagle collected specimens of birds, including finches and mockingbirds, from various islands of the archipelago.
At the time, Darwin took little interest in the quaint finches, making only a one-word mention of them in his diary. As painstakingly shown by Frank Sulloway and more recently by John Van Whye, it wasn't until two years later that the finches sparked Darwin's interest.
By then he had received feedback from the leading taxonomist of the time, John Gould, that the samples comprised 14 distinct species, none of which had been previously described! Gould also noted that their "principal peculiarity consisted in the bill [i.e. beak] presenting several distinct modifications of form".
Seeing this gradation and diversity of structure in one small, intimately related group of birds, one might really fancy that from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified for different ends.
The famously varied beak shapes of the Galapagos finches, as illustrated in the second edition of Darwin's Journal of Researches.
Unfortunately for Darwin, the closer he examined the available evidence on Galapagos finches, the more confusing the picture became. This was partly because the specimens available to him were not sufficiently labelled as to their island of collection.
Presumably, it was his doubt about the available evidence that resulted in Darwin making no mention of Galapagos finches in any edition of Origin of Species.
Why, then, do people now label them as "Darwin's finches", and why are these finches now regarded as a classical textbook example of his theory of evolution by natural selection?
Despite not mentioning Galapagos finches, Darwin did make much use of evidence from other Galapagos species (especially mockingbirds) in Origin of Species.
As the influence of Origin of Species spread, so too did the evolutionary fame of the Galapagos Islands. Increasingly, other biologists were drawn into resolving the questions about finches that Darwin had left unanswered.
By the end of the 19th century, Galapagos finches were among the most studied of all birds. By the mid-20th century, there was abundant evidence that Galapagos finches had evolved to fill the range of ecological niches available in the archipelago – a classic example of evolution by adaptive radiation.
Beak size and shape were key attributes in determining adaptation to the different types of food available. In the second half of the 20th century, classic research by Princeton University's Peter and Rosemary Grant provided evidence of quite strong natural selection on beak size and shape.
New light has also been shed on the evolution of Darwin's finches in a paper recently published in Nature. In this latest research, the entire genomes of 120 individual birds from all Galapagos species plus two closely related species from other genera were sequenced.
The work was done by a team led by Swedish geneticist Leif Andersson, with major input from Peter and Rosemary Grant, who are still leading experts on the finches.
Comparison of sequence data enabled them to construct a comprehensive evolutionary tree based on variation across the entire finch genome. This has resulted in a revised taxonomy, increasing the number of species to 18.
The most striking feature of the genome-based tree is the evidence for matings between different populations, resulting in the occasional joining of two branches of the tree. This evidence of "horizontal" gene flow is consistent with field data on matings of finches gathered by the Grants.
A comparison of whole-genome sequence between two closely related groups of finches with contrasting beak shape (blunt versus pointed) identified at least 15 regions of chromosomes where the groups differ substantially in sequence.
The most striking difference between the two groups was observed in a chromosomal region containing a regulatory gene called ALX1. This gene encodes a peptide that switches other genes on and off by binding to their regulatory sequences.
Like other such genes, ALX1 is crucially involved in embryonic development. Indeed, mutations in ALX1 in humans and mice give rise to abnormal development of the head and face.
It is an extraordinary illustration of the underlying unity of all life on Earth that Leif Andersson and his colleagues have shown that the ALX1 gene also has a major effect on beak shape in finches, and that this gene has been subject to natural selection during the evolution of the Galapagos finches.
If Darwin were alive today, he would be astounded at the power of genomics tools such as those used in generating the results described in this paper. He would also be delighted to see such strong evidence not only in support of evolution but also in support of one of its major forces, natural selection.


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"Running the Edge" will be read by teachers and students at Metea Valley High School In Illinois.
Metea Valley High School, in Aurora, Illinois, has selected Running the Edge for its all-school reading program. The book, written by Olympian Adam Goucher and Tim Catalano, is a how-to running book that also has advice on overcoming adversity.
Goucher and Catalano will kick off the program on April 4 with a discussion of the book, and then make presentations in the school's English classes the next day. The school will put on a 5-K on June 1 in connection with the reading program. About 2,500 students in grades 9-12 attend Metea Valley.
Running the Edge will be the school's fourth school-wide reading initiative. First, staff read the book, and then hand off their copies to students who want to take part. Each student is then asked to pass along their book to a friend or family member. This process continues throughout the spring and summer. In the fall, participating students will receive extra credit in English, and the book is discussed in class.
Metea Valley English teacher Eric Anerino, a track and cross country coach at the school, suggested Running the Edge for the program. Anerino says the book has wide audience appeal and real-life relevance, and its themes align with the school's core values.
Goucher won two indoor and one outdoor track NCAA titles while at the University of Colorado, and won the 1998 NCAA cross country championship. He won the 5000-meter race at the 2000 Olympic trials. After failing to make the 2004 Olympic team, he and his wife, Kara, moved to Oregon to be coached by Alberto Salazar. Goucher retired from competitive running in 2011, the same year that Kara Goucher switched to being coached by Jerry Schumacher.
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Q: Using Active Directory to restrict access to data in webforms app (mainly through populating dropdowns) Please review the scenario and solution I came up with. If it sucks please tell me so.
Scenario
Need to create an application for submitting & viewing accidents reports that will be used by 50 schools. When submitting a form, an employee will select their school from a dropdown. Likewise when viewing accident reports, the employee will select their school from a dropdown. Some employee's are to be assigned multiple schools. Thus the dropdown needs to be populated with each school they are assigned to. The IT department wants to control the population of the dropdowns using Active Directory.
Possible Solution

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*Within Active Directory, create an organizational unit called AccidentReportingSchools

*Within the organizational unit, create a security group for each school.

*Add an attribute called SchoolName to the security group

*Add an attribute called SchoolID to the security group

*Write an active directory query to return all of the security groups that are within the AccidentReportingSchools organizational unit (created from step 1) that the logged in employee is a member of.

*When an employee logs into the application, create a session variable or cookie for storing the employee's schools. Populate it based on the results of the active directory query.

*Use the cookie/session variable to populate the dropdowns.

Alternate Solution
Tell the IT department that Active Directory is not well suited in this particular situation and that a database table should be used for assigning employees to their schools.

A: It doesn't sound like a bad idea.  Though I don't think you need to setup an attribute for SchoolName.  You can just go by the name of the AD Group.  I have something similar (though not nearly as large in scope.)  I created a basic Intranet page for IT Trouble Tickets.
And for what it's worth, if you plan on doing this through ASP.net look at MVC rather than WebForms.

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B.C. new car dealers seek taxation relief
Provincial, pending federal taxes called double-tax for consumers
Barry Gerding
Jul. 11, 2022 12:00 p.m.
New car dealers are facing numerous challenges today – a shortfall of new car products in a post-COVID shutdown economic world, shortage of microchips needed for those new cars, shortfall of car parts, and pressure on used vehicles market availability.
So when provincial and federal taxation imposes further burdens on the industry, it becomes that much more frustrating, says Blair Qualey, president of the New Car Dealers Association of BC (NCDA).
"We are making our case but nobody is listening, paying attention," said Qualey.
The NCDA contends the B.C. luxury tax on vehicles still kicks in at $55,000, which Qualey says has not been adjusted for inflation and the overall cost of new vehicles with all the new technology 'bells and whistles.'
With B.C. and Quebec the only provinces to impose such a tax, it leaves open the options for consumers to shop elsewhere for a new vehicle to save money, which not only reduces sales revenue for car dealers but a loss in tax revenue.
"That tax has been in place since the '90s and never been adjusted. That tax threshold needs to be looked at…the average new vehicle now starts at about $55,000 with all the modern bells and whistles," he said.
And now the federal government plans to live up to an election campaign promise to impose a 10 per cent federal luxury car tax in September on vehicles over $100,000 in price.
Qualey said the NCDA has made presentations on the potential negative impact of the tax on consumers and his industry – placing B.C. car dealerships and the jobs it creates at risk.
"It will provide an even greater incentive for consumers to take their business elsewhere, greatly impacting the more than 400 new car dealerships in 55 communities across this province, generating $15.6 billion in economic activity, and 27,000 family-supporting jobs," Qualey said.
"We have made our case to Ottawa. We know it was an election campaign promise but now we are waiting to hear back from the federal folks on what happens come September."
The imposition of luxury taxes on new vehicles, he says, is placing an unfair burden on new car dealers, citing for example how boats and recreation vehicles don't face the same taxation.
"We just want a level playing field," he said.
The NCDA cites a May 26 report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer, suggesting the new tax on luxury vehicles would add $572 million to government coffers through the 2026-27 budget year but reduce sales by $566 million, or 19 per cent, over the same period.
He said the vehicle retail industry is still struggling to recover from the manufacturing slowdowns imposed by COVID-19.
"Everyone on the vehicle manufacturing side put the breaks on production not knowing how things would unfold and it takes a while for that to kick back in," he said.
"Car manufacturers are trying to catch up to market demand but there are issues with availability of microchips you need for these new vehicles. And manufacturers have to pillage their own parts supply to get more product off the factory floors, and that in turn creates a parts shortage.
"And with interest rates going up, it continues to pile on as that can present car loan challenges for consumers. And we don't seem to get any relief from the government on some of these challenges."
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By Ronan Doyle on	 July 30, 2014 Reviews
Calvary (2014)
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly
Country: Ireland | UK
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Official Trailer: Here
Editor's Note: Calvary is out in limited release this Friday, August 1st.
Genre has never lent itself terribly well to Irish cinema: the folklore is too fairy-filled for horror; the war never hit hard enough for noir; the absence of guns makes almost absurd the idea of action. To have made of Calvary a full-fledged western, then, is quite the accomplishment for the sophomore filmmaker John Michael McDonagh, who broke box office records with The Guard in 2011. He has made a far finer film this time, a caustic comedy that dredges the depths of the Irish social and spiritual consciousness and finds surprising truths in the process. In the shadow of Sligo's Dartry Mountains, a range he renders an Irish answer to Monument Valley, he has found the new Fenian frontier.
McDonagh's Ireland—for all the sublime sheen Larry Smith's lensing lends it—is an ugly and angry place, its communities crumbling as its core's corruption's revealed and old Catholic order gives way to embittered agnostic abandon.
There's nary a crisis in the country he doesn't tip his hat toward, from the financial frailties that plague the land still to the incessant onslaught of sex abuse scandals seeping out of the church. McDonagh's Ireland—for all the sublime sheen Larry Smith's lensing lends it—is an ugly and angry place, its communities crumbling as its core's corruption's revealed and old Catholic order gives way to embittered agnostic abandon. Amidst it all is Brendan Glesson's Father James, a spiritual successor to High Noon's solo sheriff, if one abandoned less for cowardice than contempt. The semantic distinction between signifier and signified may offer McDonagh his most satisfying running gag, but it's an embittered laughter it breeds; "it's our church" the padre prompts his flock, "not my church".
It's our mess, is the implication, and the Sunday-to-Sunday stretch across which the action unfolds as the priest awaits the assassination he's warned of by his killer in the opening scene doesn't so much offer a mystery to be solved as a moral mess to be untangled. Dour beneath his bushy beard, Gleeson's is a face apt of a film that's comedy only to a cynical sort; if the same strained un-PC provocation of The Guard is about at the start, it's an affectation soon abandoned as the story shapes up. This is by no means the movie its trailers tout it, and the minute McDonagh stops trying to make it so and gives in to his darkly dramatic urges is that in which it hits its stride, and strikes the nerves of those both on and under the screen.
…from the figure of this Father and the physicality that makes Gleeson's so striking a performance, Calvary is a complicated dialogue on the direction of displeasure.
It's a drastically dark work at heart, just as moodily measured as its leading man and every bit as enigmatic too. He's fascinating foremost for the things we don't learn; in a film so empathetic toward anti-ecclesiastical anger, it's interesting to see his faith taken for granted. An Irish alternative to Winter Light the movie most certainly ain't, and from the figure of this Father and the physicality that makes Gleeson's so striking a performance, Calvary is a complicated dialogue on the direction of displeasure. The black and white binary of the priest's cassock makes for an aptly ironic answer to the ten-gallon hats of yore; and if man's been made in God's image, well He can't be much good at all.
So suggest the men that populate this tale, well-played by a host of talent from Dylan Moran and Chris O'Dowd to Aiden Gillen and even M. Emmett Walsh. His pistol-pulling plot contributions aren't alone in invoking old Americana. Even the west of Ireland has met the wider world; in this film, a drama as sombre as it is spiritual, Catholic guilt lingers long in the wake of Catholic guile, and the scorn's as much a recognition of the role of religion in Irish identity as a resentment. The distinctive mountain that looms over the landscape might make for a fine name for the film, as it did for one of Yeats' last poems: "Under Ben Bulben". He's buried beneath it, as sworn in his verse, which—like Calvary—takes stock of the Ireland it leaves in its wake, and finds a good deal to say in the process.
Many times man lives and dies
Between his two eternities,
That of race and that of soul,
And ancient Ireland knew it all.
Calvary dredges the depths of the Irish social and spiritual consciousness and finds surprising truths in the process.
Ronan Doyle
Ronan Doyle is an Irish freelance film critic, whose work has appeared on Indiewire, FilmLinc, Film Ireland, FRED Film Radio, and otherwhere. He recently contributed a chapter on Arab cinema to the book Celluloid Ceiling, and is currently entangled in an all-encompassing volume on the work of Woody Allen. When not watching movies, reading about movies, writing about movies, or thinking about movies, he can be found talking about movies on Twitter. He is fuelled by tea and has heard of sleep, but finds the idea frightfully silly.
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Poets and teachers and such are the most visible and obvious targets for a despot. This does not necessarily equate to their being dangerous (though they may flatter themselves that they are) to his rule but he does not care — he dislikes criticism.
Moreover, the populace who put him into power will applaud the destruction of these 'others,' these men and women who do not think as they do. There is nothing to be lost — in the despot's eyes — in making as example of them.
(This is the sort of note I frequently make to myself, to be plugged into a novel down the line. There is a lot of politics in my books!)
Arriving, a poem
Crumbling asphalt gave way
to lime-rock further from town
and every fencepost stood
sentinel. I could not
tell you what sort of cattle
watched disinterestedly;
Santa Gertrudis I can recognize,
and Brahma, but not those
square dun grazers.
The house is up ahead,
you told me. I could see
the sun on the tin roof,
or was that a barn?
Surely there was a barn.
Tired giants sprawled
into the yard, resting
fern-clad arms before
the porches. You waited there,
as sere fields all around
awaited rain. And I? I am
always arriving, always
leaving, already gone.
I see you waving, on the porch.
There will be lemonade.
One Down
I am writing the new novel, GOD OF RAIN, to the same formula as the three Malvern novels, as it is a semi-sequel to those books. That is, it follows one of the secondary characters of the trilogy, the Mora warrior Hito.
Before I wrote most of the narrative I knew that I would be aiming for around 60,000 words spread over four sections and sixty or so chapters. I knew each section would have its own arc. This was the plan for each of the Malvern tales and I came very close to my goal on each of them. Yes, one had sixty-one chapters, the length varied from 57,000 to 64,000 words, but they fell into line with no great difficulty.
This method borrows some from Michael Moorcock (google his advice on how to write a novel in three days). He in turn borrowed from any number of pulp writers, Edgar Rice Burroughs included. The thing is that there was a plan before I wrote, a loose outline, a direction I wished to go.
And characters. The characters come first for me. Or perhaps I should say the physical part of the stories comes first, not only the people but the setting, the culture, the landscape, even the economy. I need my foundation before the story can be built. This is just the way I work, the way I think.
Then the characters can find their adventures. As, again, in the Malvern novels, there is a first person narrative. But whereas Michael Malvern, castaway on a 'coast of spears,' told the first three stories, this one is narrated by a native of that coast. That, of course, changes the tone. Hito is going to see things differently due to cultural differences.
But also differences of personality. That is perhaps even more important. Malvern was an artist and a man who wandered restlessly. Hito is more grounded, more practical, more ambitious. His story comes when those ambitions lose their importance for him and he can find none to replace them.
The first section, the first quarter of GOD OF RAIN is pretty much in finished form and came out to around 14,000 words. That's about right for it, but I know the word count may grow slightly as I continue to edit. There will be passages where I feel the need to add a few words for better understanding. I will almost certainly plug in bits of description here and there to accompany the action. But for the most part, it is complete and will need no radical changes. On to the next part now.
I should mention that I now have a dedicated author page at FaceBook. I don't know if I needed it but it's there anyway: https://www.facebook.com/stephenbrookeauthor/
Haircut, a poem
My hair is growing out
to the 'head-banger' lengths
I would shake back casually
(making sure you were watching)
when I was younger. Maybe
it doesn't look that good on me,
really, but at sixty-six
I still have it all and as they say,
if you've got it, flaunt it.
I wonder if some ninety year old guy
will look at me and say,
'Get a haircut, hippie."
Stephen Brooke © 2016
Silly, I know, and only a few minutes work. I'm in full novel-writing mode at the moment and not turning out much of anything else.
Opening With Dialogue
One of those 'rules' of writing that some love to repeat is 'never open with dialogue.' Of course, plenty of quite excellent novels do start with dialogue. It can pull the readers straight into the story, which is good, but it can also confuse those readers.
This latter is why it is discouraged. However, if done properly, it can be an effective way to immediately tell one what is going on. I give you the opening lines of my own YA novel, 'The Middle of Nowhere.'
"It's not much of a hill," I whispered to Dad.
Mr. Akin heard me. "That's about as big as they get around here," he said, "but it gives a great view of the river." Leave it to a real estate agent to turn the conversation into a sales pitch.
He pulled his car into the bumpy driveway and asked if we were ready for a look.
And that is how I ended up living in the middle of nowhere.
So, we establish right away who the speakers are (more or less) and what they are up to. A kid and his father are being shown property by a real estate salesman. We also have an inkling as to the geography of the area. We have a name, we have some physical description (the bumpy drive) of the property at which they are looking. Nothing very confusing there.
I make no claim that 'Middle' is a great book. It was my first published novel and I see various things about it that might have been done better (such as more concrete details). But I like the beginning. I could have dropped it, I suppose, and started with the next passage but it is not nearly as interesting! I feel that this snatch of dialogue pulls one in better.
A snatch of dialogue — that's the thing (my sample barely qualifies as dialogue at all). Don't make it a long-winded conversation that will baffle the readers. And don't let it be a gimmick, just to catch the readers' interest — it needs to serve a purpose in the narrative.
I'll admit that I have employed this approach quite a bit, maybe in about half my novels. It's just another way of doing things, not good nor bad in and of itself. Like any other technique, it can be misused.
As can dropping the readers into the middle of any sort of action. The same rules apply — you have to make sure they know what is going on. A fight scene may be exciting but one should have some idea of why it is happening and who is involved. Dialogue is, essentially, a form of action, characters doing things.
So ignore the 'rule,' if you wish, but recognize why it and all rules were invented in the first place. They are warnings, reminders to be cautious of the pitfalls found on certain pathways. So keep your eyes open and recognize those hazards when you spy them!
The Wind on the Prairie, the Wind on the Sea
The wind on the prairie, the wind on the sea,
the wind swept away all that's left of me,
away across the ocean wide,
away across the great divide.
The wind will never let me be —
the wind on the prairie, the wind on the sea.
The wind of morning called one day,
whispering of a distant shore,
and the wind carried me away,
away from a home I'll see no more.
Oh, that wind, it knew my name
and promised to make me whole;
Yes, it called me and I came,
called out to my restless soul.
Across the restless waters it blew,
wrote a fortune in sea foam;
my heart told me it was true —
with the wind I'd ever roam.
Weary, I have sought to rest,
sheltered in some headland's lee;
the crying gull above the wave's crest
calls me to my destiny.
Once I was a cowboy, riding,
Silver spurs hung at my heels;
painted stallion beneath me striding,
going to find what dawn reveals.
Yes, I rode a fine tall horse
across a wide and empty land,
followed a river to its source,
where the snow-gripped mountains stand.
Wagons rolled across the plains,
storms rolled above the broad expanse,
and I faced the droughts and rains,
watched a distant devil dance.
Their canvas gleamed like snowy sails
on a sea of grass, wind-swept,
and all of my forgotten tales
night sang to me as I slept.
Every ship needs sails and anchor,
every bird both earth and sky,
and this heart at times must hanker
to see my home before I die.
What compass points to all I've lost,
on what tides should I now sail?
What divides must yet be crossed,
how long must the winds yet wail?
Far across the mountain heights,
prairies where the lost winds weep,
across the vast and starry nights
I've watched rise from the oceans deep,
could I find familiar sands,
where I once dreamed on the shore,
might I find the distant lands
where I hear the wind no more?
I pray for that wind to set me free —
It's a poem, it's a song lyric, it's kind of long --- it's something I've been working on (or off and on) for quite some time. The title was originally going to be a used for an album combining the sea songs and cowboy songs I had recorded over the years, but I decided they weren't good enough and scrapped the idea. But not the title! I kept thinking I should do something with it.
So this is where it ended up. Yes, there is music, though that is still in flux. Yes, it is sort of bloated but I knew it would be and embraced the fact. The chorus --- the opening there --- repeats every couple verses, by the way. Anyway, it is a finished product. On to something else.
Scalloping, a poem
The sea-grass seems almost black
at this depth. A cold hand gently
presses. I look up at blue distortions.
To my business. They are easy
to see if one knows how. There,
the sand settles, barely perceptible,
marking a passage. My gloved fingers
slip another scallop into the net
bag trailing at my waist.
Up for breath, all the way up,
not just through the snorkel.
Where is the boat? Momentary
disorientation. Used to that.
I prefer the shallows, I think,
wading the flats that seem
to extend forever into the warm
Gulf waters, green-straw, the gulls
wheeling and wheeling.
Down again, to depths of filtered
summer sun, to dark grass beds barely
acknowledging the sluggish current.
Nothing marks my passage, here,
a parting of water, a parting
of life, all flowing in behind.
Ha, if one were to remove the line breaks this could be a passage from one of my Cully Beach novels.
Turn for the Better, a lyric
Turn for the Better
Take a right in Birmingham,
you'll reach Nashville by dawn;
maybe you don't give a damn
and you'll just travel on.
You're who you are, I'm who I am,
what we had may be gone;
but if you call from Birmingham,
I'll watch for you at dawn.
If you drive on,it's understood,
the choice is up to you;
take a left, you've left for good,
I'll know that we are through.
And I'll know that each falsehood
is now a debt come due;
If I had done the things I should,
I'd be riding with you.
If my life takes a turn for the better,
you'll be driving home to me;
there are those who said 'forget her'
But how could that ever be?
I hope and pray you're homeward bound
and what we lost can still be found,
if my life takes a turn for the better.
As you sit waiting for the green
at some traffic light,
think on what we used to mean
when choosing left or right.
What's to be remains unseen,
but I'll watch through the night,
and pray to hold you by the sheen
of the sun's first light.
If my life... (repeat chorus)
A straightforward Country music song of a rather old-fashioned variety. I've been dabbling at this off and on for, well, years --- the original concept seemed interesting but not much of anything I ever did with it. It is still somewhat a WIP, including the music. And I have driven through Birmingham on my way to Nashville on a few occasions.
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Victims, a poem
I had convinced myself I cared
but she knew better. We are always
the first victims of our seductions.
How else could we carry on?
For her, I counted the stars. Did she
believe my tally? I did; every
time, I did, even though
it never came out quite the same.
In the dark, her breathing told
me lies. If only I could sleep
they might come true. The ceiling
mocked me as I turned again.
Victims of the moon and stars,
and of each other, we shall make
believe as long as necessary.
Yeah, it's a poem and maybe on the edge of overblown. Or maybe it went over the edge. I don't know.
Steinhatchee
My song Steinhatchee can be heard at Reverbnation or maybe embedding it below worked. Demo-quality piece I wrote and recorded about the little town in Florida's 'Big Bend' where I used to live.
Maybe I'll enter this one in the Will McLean Festival 'Best New Florida Song' contest. I'll probably be going to the festival in March anyway.
Writing and Recording
As both an author and a sometime recording engineer, I can note the similarities between the two processes:
Writing a book is like recording the tracks for a song — getting it all down but not yet integrated into a whole.
Editing/rewriting that book is like mixing the tracks, getting each to the correct volume, properly panned left and right, adding a touch of reverb or other effects to pull it all together.
And, finally, line edits and proofreading are the 'mastering' phase of the project, catching any small mistakes, anything that is out of balance, in a finished work.
Blabbing On
I find the dialogue in many novels to be quite unconvincing. People — at least for the most part — do not speak in these long-winded paragraphs of which some writers seem overly fond (Dostoevsky!) but are rather inclined to short fragments of speech, with plenty of pauses. Realistic dialogue should reflect this fact.
Now, realistic dialogue may not always be the aim. My fantasies tend to go with more formal speech, at least for the upper class individuals. Even so, I would rarely make a statement more than a couple sentences long. There is very little speech-giving in the course of conversations.
Television writers seem to recognize all this. They strive to write short and tight dialogues for their characters. No, it does not always come off as believable (especially when an info-dump is spliced in) but it is certainly more realistic than what is found in many novels.
Humans do tend to be incoherent. Accept that fact. They rarely have 'talking points' planned out before they open their mouths. They misunderstand each other. Yes, one of the goals of the fiction writer should be to make it all more comprehensible, but not at the expense of making it artificial.
So don't let your characters blab on without taking a breath. It is unrealistic and it is boring. Let them pause and consider. Let facial expressions and body language be noted. A conversation is more than just words, after all. It is two (or more) people interacting in a variety of ways.
Aerialist, a poem
Aerialist
The aerialist, arms reaching out again
for the trapeze, leaps ever wider gaps.
Discipline must carry him across,
the trust in his own training, in his own hands,
knowing everyone falls. To challenge chaos,
to fly when God denied man wings, ignore
the roaring crowd, and be is all that matters.
For a moment, destiny is held.
Only a moment — then the illusion ends,
the hubris of control. Release it,
aerialist, and bow; the act is finished.
Let it slip into the net below.
As this first came to me, and was partly written in my head, I was comparing a poet to an aerialist. But that was unnecessary to what the poem had to say.
In the South, a lyric
a song lyric
verse (introduction)
When the tea is sweet
but not the corn bread,
you'll know you're in the South.
When the summer heat
makes you toss in bed,
A smile when we meet,
the kind word said,
that's my home in the South.
So plant your feet
where you're born and bred;
that's right here in the South.
Hear the bullfrogs boom,
smell the jasmine bloom.
Just kiss her cheek
as the crickets creak
'neath a big old moon;
want to be there soon.
You can't be wrong,
you're where you belong —
yes, you're in the South!
When the moon shines bright
on a sultry night,
with distant singing
to the banjo's ringing,
if you spy a 'possum
where magnolias blossom,
and the Spanish moss
hangs across,
why, yes, you're in the South!
Do you feel that evening breeze
whispering through the live oak trees?
Do you hear that hound dog bay?
Old Blue knows I'm on my way!
No more I'll roam,
yes, I'm headed home,
and if all goes well
gonna hold a belle
by the S'wanee River —
I've a kiss to give 'er!
I'd rather be there
than anywhere,
right there in the South!
Intentionally full of cliches, of course. I was after the feel of Twenties and Thirties pop songs, including the structure — verse, chorus, and bridge had somewhat different meanings then than they do in current use. Still somewhat a WIP --- I wonder if I should work up the tune on the banjo.
Depart, my book
My latest book, the novel SHAPER, is officially out on Monday, Dec 5. Here is a rather tongue-in-cheek poem by James Branch Cabell (from 'Chivalry') about turning a book over to its readers.
Depart, depart, my book! and live and die
Dependent on the idle fantasy
Of men who cannot view you, quite, as I.
For I am fond, and willingly mistake
My book to be the book I meant to make,
And cannot judge you, for that phantom's sake.
Yet pardon me if I have wrought too ill
In making you, that never spared the will
To shape you perfectly, and lacked the skill.
Ah, had I but the power, my book, then I
Had wrought in you some wizardry so high
That no man but had listened...!
. They pass by,
And shrug—as we, who know that unto us
It has been granted never to fare thus,
And never to be strong and glorious.
Is it denied me to perpetuate
What so much loving labor did create?—
I hear Oblivion tap upon the gate,
And acquiesce, not all disconsolate.
For I have got such recompense
Of that high-hearted excellence
Which the contented craftsman knows,
Alone, that to loved labor goes,
And daily doth the work he chose,
And counts all else impertinence!
James Branch Cabel
Philistia
Was Samson nothing more than another terrorist, murdering Philistines, destroying their crops? Perhaps Delilah is the true heroine of that tale, the undercover agent who finally brought him down.
Generations have been taught to revere the long-haired freedom fighter, God's guerrilla, and think not of the darkness in him, that savagery. Would not most of us, in truth, have sided with those civilized Philistines, living a life not so unlike our own in their cities by the sea?
We would tend our olive trees, seeking only peace and profit, and scorn those barbarous Hebrews up there in the hills. But the Philistine cities died out, and the Hebrews and their ideas flourished. Do you feel the pillars of the temple shake? Our world, too, may fall about us.
And we might ask the same of Judas Maccabeus, mightn't we? This is a thought that is possibly going to show up in a novel one of these days.


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Anna Fedorova is one of the world's premier young pianists. From an early age, she demonstrated an innate musical maturity and outstanding technical abilities. Her international concert career took off while she was only a child, and audiences around the world were stunned by the depth and power of her musical expression. Critics have praised Anna's signature "sweet modesty and wild expression," which rendered listeners "completely taken by surprise, compelled and astonished."
In September 2013 Anna performed Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concerto at the opening of the season of Sunday Morning Concerts series at the Great hall of the Royal Concertgebouw. Within two and a half a years, the recording of this concert received over 9 million views on YouTube and was highly praised among renown musicians. In November 2015 she returned to perform in the big hall of Concertgebouw in Sunday Morning Concerts series Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3, this performance was again steamed live on TV, internet and radio.
She has performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls of Europe, North and South America, and Asia, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, the Zurich Tonhalle, The Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico), the Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires), Cadogan Hall (London), the Warsaw Filharmonia, the Gdansk Philharmonic, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Belem Cultural Centre in Lisbon and many others. She has also appeared at numerous Music Festivals such as the Verbier Festival (Switzerland), Annecy Classic Festival (France), Menuhin Festival Gstaad (Switzerland), Ravinia Festival (USA), the IKIF (New York, USA), Violon sur le sable (France), the Rubinstein Piano Festival (Lodz, Poland), the International Piano Festival in Trieste (Italy), the Orpheum Music Festival (Zurich, Switzerland), Musikdorf Ernen (Switzerland), The Corfu Festival of Arts (Greece), the Chopin Festival in Antonin (Poland), International Chamber Music Festival Koblenz (Germany) and others.
Having mastered a formidable concerto repertoire, she played with orchestras around the world, among which are The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony orchestra (Japan), the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orquestra Filarmonica de Buenos Aires (Argentina), the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (Switzerland), the Residentie Orkest and the Camerata Amsterdam (Netherlands), the Tokyo New City Orchestra (Japan), the Philarmonia of the Nations and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (Germany), the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico, the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra and the OFUNAM (Mexico), the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Polish Camerata and many others. Conductors with whom Anna has had the pleasure of performing with include Jaap Van Zweden, Jun Markl, Alun Francis, Andrew Grams, Howard Griffiths, Gerard Oskamp, Justus Franz, Kevin Griffiths, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Jerome Pillement, Shinik Hahm, Alejo Perez, Martin Panteleev, David Lockington and many others.
Anna has claimed top prizes at numerous international piano competitions, including the International Rubinstein 'In Memoriam' piano competition, the Moscow International Frederick Chopin Competition for young pianists, the Lyon Piano Competition, and recently became recipient of the Verbier Festival Academy Award. She is also two-time laureate of the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Scholarship Award at the International Keyboards Institute & Festival (New York, USA). A graduate of the Lysenko School of Music in Kyiv (studio of Borys Fedorov), Anna is currently a student of Norma Fisher at the Royal College of Music in London, she is David Young Piano Prize Holder supported by a Soiree d'Or Award and Keyboard Trust. Additionally, Anna studies at the prestigious Accademia Pianistica in Imola, Italy under professor Leonid Margarius. She has also received artistic guidance from world renowned pianists such as Alfred Brendel and Menahem Pressler, and is regularly mentored by Steven Isserlis and Andras Schiff.
In autumn 2014 Anna's first two albums were released - Solo CD with works by Brahms, Liszt and Chopin under DiscAnnecy Label and the Rachmaninoff CD with Piano Classics. Summer 2016is marked for Anna with release of 3 more albums - with Rachmaninoff 3rd piano Concerto and Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition", and two duo CDs are - with german Cellist Benedict Kloeckner and works of Chopin and Frank, and with turkish cellist Jamal Aliyev and works by Russian composers.
Highlights of Anna's future engagements include performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Cadogan hall in London, Orchestre Lamoureux in the Theatre des Champs Elysees, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (UK), Orchestra Simfonica Siciliana, the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and many others. She will perform in such prestigious concert halls as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vancouver Playhouse, The Norwegian Opera and ballet in Oslo, Theatre des Champs Elysees, Louis Vuitton Series in Paris and many others. In the 2015-2016 Anna was the artist in residence in Edeshe Concert hall in Ede, Netherlnds. In May 2017 there is going to be the first edition of International Chamber Music Festival Ede, where she is going to be artistic director.


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Federal judge pushes back start of Edwards' trial to 2012
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(CNN) - The criminal trial of former presidential candidate and U.S. senator John Edwards has been delayed until January, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
The trial had been scheduled to start next month. The order authorizing the delay was signed by James Beatty, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of North Carolina.
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Peggy - Tx
This belongs under Justice as Edwards was once a Senator and ran for the Democratic presidential nomination. He is no longer a politician and he is not running for Office. News on Palin and Trump belong in the entertainment section for similar reasons.
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Ahead of Laneway Tommy sat down with a velvet-clad Masego, multi-instrumentalist charm-machine and progenitor of the genre hybrid Trap House Jazz.
Listen in up top as Masego gets into his mentor DJ Jazzy Jeff's peerless chicken and waffles, the influential women behind his Lady Lady record and then programs a few love songs to process your new Masego feelings by.
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Being serious for a moment...
There's no doubt that RoS was a sub-par ending to the trilogy. But the first two films did very well and were very well received. There's always been a very vocal Star Wars minority that don't like anything post RotJ, they've just gotten easier to hear/harder to avoid with the rise of the internet and Youtube.
But Star Wars isn't just its movies. Disney has also had three very well received original TV shows (not including all the Lego spin offs), made the extremely popular decision to bring back Clone Wars, and is planning two further live action TV shows. Thats before we get in to their successful and well-written series of books etc.
Certainly I hope that after a couple of years off they deliver a more consistent experience with some mainline films, but generally speaking Disney has done a good job with Star Wars.
Had a good laugh @bolded. If your film is so well received and performs the way you wanted it to, you don't retcon it in the very next film in a vain attempt to bring back those fans you lost. Disney's actions and the performance of ROS, and SW merch in general, proves that it was no small minority, like many of you wish to believe it was.
Epic box office returns and great scores on all aggregators. But sure, you got me there buddy.
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Istanbul's mayor going on a begging tour
In Berlin, he was in Copenhagen. In Paris, he has embraced the mayor, in London pensive looked on the Thames. Many in Istanbul have wondered, what is it that dr
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In Berlin, he was in Copenhagen. In Paris, he has embraced the mayor, in London pensive looked on the Thames. Many in Istanbul have wondered, what is it that drives your mayor is so far away from home. Some have blasphemed, that Ekrem imamoğlu travels through half the world, instead of sitting in his town hall. Now we all know: the mayor imamoğlu was on a begging tour.
The mega-metropolis on the Bosporus in urgent need of money. The Turkish state-owned banks, but want to give her any more credit, since in June, the opposition politicians, the office of the mayor has conquered – after a quarter of a century of domination of the Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party friends. "Unfortunately, the doors of the state banks are completely closed," said imamoğlu now. Not even for "daily routine needs," the administration give it credit. "Sad" is imamoğlu the. Therefore, he sought sources of money abroad. With Success. A loan of 110 million euros, the Deutsche Bank also gave to the French Institute were in the cafeteria.
What has not tried Goliath everything to stop this, David: Twice was elected in Istanbul, twice imamoğlu has won.
Thus, two U-Bahn to be built-lines, on the Asian side of Istanbul. The projects had already been before the local election stopped, because of the Turkish financial crisis. With a ceremony the restart was celebrated. This is now again some not legal. "There are in Turkey because no banks?", tweeted one of the critics of the Ob, another snapped the mayor: "What you have given to them, in order to grant you credit?"
That was the wrong question, because imamoğlu has only told his story, which is kind of a fairy tale. From the unknown province of politicians, the mess with the most powerful man in the country, and at the end of the largest of trophy wins, in Turkey – to the President. And what Goliath didn't try anything to stop this, David: Twice was elected in Istanbul, twice imamoğlu has won. When Erdogan invited to the municipal election, the new mayor in his Palace, broke all the chair, who had been assigned to imamoğlu,. Coincidence?
government money
The mayor needs was also excluded from a Commission to seek solutions for local problems. The Head of his secular party, the CHP in Istanbul was made due to a couple of old Tweets before the court and sentenced to almost ten years in prison; she is still free, because they went in the appeal. "Psycho motivated logically called" imamoğlu the government's refusal to cooperate with him. "A natural Reflex after a change of power", but in Ankara you would get used to the new conditions. The sound, as think imamoğlu will continue to be, campaigning on the slogan: "All good."
Because of the financial crisis, touting the government's self anywhere, to foreign capital. That imamoğlu credit received, is likely to annoy you especially. And the Metro is popular. Previously, they drove until midnight, now she drives on weekends around the clock. A gift to the party-loving Istanbul's youth. Imamoğlu has decided it so.
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Author name: Aert de Gelder.
(1645-1727). Dutch painter, active mainly in his native Dordrecht. After studying there with Hoogstraten, he became one of Rembrandt's last pupils in Amsterdam. His religious paintings, in particular, with their imaginative boldness and preference for oriental types, are very much in the master's spirit, although de Gelder often used colors. One of his best-known works, Jacob's Dream (Dulwich College Picture Gallery, London), was long attributed to Rembrandt.


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Robots of Brixton: A Fictional Future Inspired By The Past — Shocklee Entertainment Universe ● The Future Frequency
Robots of Brixton: A Fictional Future Inspired By The Past
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Check out this brilliant short animated film by director Kibwe Tavares and the Factory Fifteen creative studio. This one's got hints of films like I, Robot and Dark City meets Avatar but in Brixton, South London's district famous for its inner city culture and the infamous 1981 riot that took place there, photos of which were artistically woven into the film.
Brixton has degenerated into a disregarded area inhabited by London's new robot workforce – robots built and designed to carry out all of the tasks which humans are no longer inclined to do. The mechanical population of Brixton has rocketed, resulting in unplanned, cheap and quick additions to the skyline.
The film follows the trials and tribulations of young robots surviving at the sharp end of inner city life, living the predictable existence of a populous hemmed in by poverty, disillusionment and mass unemployment. When the Police invade the one space which the robots can call their own, the fierce and strained relationship between the two sides explodes into an outbreak of violence echoing that of 1981.
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Although Tim is betting on whether or not Al will get married or not, the sleazy producer shows up in the kitchen to drop off a gift basket and runs into Jill. If you turn your Television set on to watch your favored home improvement channel, probabilities are you'll hear some mention of this common style of flooring at least as soon as throughout the evening. I have not heard about the Habitat for Humanity Restore – sounds like one thing I ought to appear into next time we're considering a home improvement project!