Moving on has several connotations. Literally, I am in the process of moving on from one house to another. We bought a new home in Sun City West, another active adult community, and escrow there should close around the end of the month. I'm looking forward to more pickleball play after we get to their courts!
But as most of you know, I'm also in process of moving on from children's literature to writing a series for young adults, called The Rift. I'm enjoying this project very much, although the time doing research is currently greater than the time writing. (If you didn't see my last post entitled "A little Orcish, if you please," take a look HERE.) I'm sure I'll come back to write more children's books in time, but I want to stretch and try some new things that I haven't done before. Writing for (young) adults poses different challenges. It's hard. That's good.
In The Rift, a young boy named Tom moves on from the technological world he's known (our Earth today) to its magic-only equivalent called Thera. A series of wars rages there, with mages fighting mages and other creatures vying for power as well. Tom's original goal was to find his sister, who had crossed to Thera earlier. To find her, he agrees to help end the wars by learning to control the magic that is his alone.
Properly crafting the background and rules of a magical world is a time-taking process but one that brings rewards when you figure out or stumble upon something that makes sense, or fits so perfectly, that you know it is right. I've drawn from the worlds established by other writers before me and yet have created something all my own -- or more truly, something that belongs only to Tom and the other characters in this novel.
I've also written a couple of new short stories that will be published in an anthology due out in October. TheThe stories were to have a "global" theme, which didn't give me much to work with. For the first story, I settled on an idea I'd thought about for a long time: the tale of my father's German ancestors' journey from Hamburg to Buffalo, NY. Written as a series of letters from my great-grandmother to her sister, who remained behind, it is something entirely different from anything I've done before. The other story chronicles, through recipes and cooking, what it was like being the fourth-generation female living in a French-Canadian household where everyone else spoke French. I'll share these stories after they're published.
My web site has also moved on to a new provider, and it's been revised to be simpler and easier to manage. Take a look: www.galeleach.com, now hosted by Weebly.com (Morgan's new work abode).
Am I a gypsy, moving around so much? Perhaps. Each time I've moved, I said, "This is the last time. This house is it." Yet I'm looking forward to the new start -- to moving on -- and to find some new friends in a new community. I've already found a whole new world in my writing, and I have a feeling the "moving on" process will continue, one way or the other. For those of you who have scratched out my address too many times already, add this one in pencil. I don't think I'll be moving on again, but then . . .
Shannon -- That's a great song. Thanks for sharing it -- and yes, similar in feeling. The latter half of the 19th century here in America was a difficult time for all immigrants. I learned much by researching more about the time and place in order to flesh out the letters. I'm glad to be living now, that's for sure. Thanks for your interest in my story.
Gale, you never cease to amaze me--you have such a marvelous life journey and keep challenging yourself every day! What a marvelous example you are to other women! Where are you moving to now? I said when we moved to SCG that it was the last move for me!
My boys will be so excited about your new books!


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Counting Down to Kindergarten
Countdown to Kindergarten engages families, educators and the community in a citywide effort to enhance early learning opportunities and to support the transition into kindergarten.
MEFA and the Boston Public Schools work together in partnership to bring awareness to families on the importance of saving for college early and often. Countdown to Kindergarten is an incredible program within the BPS system that helps families with young children transitioning from day care centers, home life and even pre-school to kindergarten.
BPS takes great pride in nurturing the relationship and placement of young students across the city while also instilling a feeling of confidence and excitement around the transition to kindergarten. As we all near the final days of summer and the early days of back to school, sentiments around the newness of opportunity, learning, and growth while making new friendships surround us all. It's an exciting time.
As partners in the community, MEFA and Countdown to Kindergarten enjoy this special time every year and work closely with families to ensure that college savings information is available and within reach as families embark on setting their children off to school. MEFA is proud that as partners with BPS, our college savings message is available to families who speak eight languages including Vietnamese, Chinese, Portuguese, Haitian Kreyole, Cape Verdean, Somali, English and Spanish. Our reach is far and our missions are aligned in order to establish that solid foundation of learning and a love for education.
Learn more about this program at CountdownToKindergarten.org, and visit MEFA and Countdown to Kindergarten at the Boston Children's Museum on August 26th from 4:30-7:30pm.

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Two great teams have once again come together at Lubbock's newest workout facility - Zach's Club and UMC TeamRehab.
UMC and Zach's Club teamed up in 2009 when Zach Thomas, the former Red Raider and NFL linebacker, opened his first Lubbock gym. The facility offered the latest exercise equipment and Zach's Club training staff, plus medical consultations and onsite rehab from UMC sports medicine therapists.
The new Zach's Club at 7105 Kewanee Ave. wouldn't be the same without this team.
"Our partnership with Zach's Club has been great for our patients and Zach's customers," said John Lowe, director of UMC Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. "Our staff utilizes the gym's facilities for portions of our rehab training and we're available for consultations should one of the gym's members have concerns."
TeamRehab is a comprehensive sports medicine program with expertise in all areas of caring for injured athletes or casual weekend warriors. A physician's referral is required for treatment. However, walk-ins for consultation are free - a tremendous benefit for Zach's Club members.
Equipment at TeamRehab includes cutting edge technology, like the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill. With the treadmill, patients can run or walk without bearing their entire body weight. Differential Air Pressure technology lifts a patient, freeing them from as much body weight as necessary (up to 80 percent) for a pain free workout. It helps patients recover from osteoarthritis, fractures, surgeries, low back pain, amputees and Parkinson's Disease.
TeamRehab also uses The Curve treadmills by Woodway, featured on the hit reality show The Biggest Loser. Its manual operation burns up to 30 percent more calories than its motorized counterparts.
In 2012, TeamRehab and Zach's teamed up to offer a series of free public health screenings for children and adults on weekends. The screenings included tests for general fitness, hearing and balance, functional movement and pediatric development.


"Business Motivational" is a song for motivation and business success that leads to the fantasy images of victory, freedom, productivity, sales and growth.
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Phillips Preparatory School
3255 Old Shell Road, Mobile, AL 36607
PPS in the News
PPS on Social Media
International Baccalaureate MYP
High School Previews
Pirate Camp
Shadow a 6th Grader
Pirate Parent Compass
New Parent Info
PTSA on Facebook
Burns Middle
Calloway-Smith Middle
Phillips Preparatory (Magnet)
Austin Elementary
Council Traditional School (Magnet)
Dickson Elementary
Dodge Elementary
Spencer-Westlawn Elementary
Murphy High School
Phillips Preparatory School Library Media Center
During the time students will be using the "Online Learning" platform, reading is still available! Please see our resources directly below for online databases, eBooks, and online sites and sources for students! If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out! I would love to hear from you!
Daily Challenge: Visit Braingle daily to solve fun puzzles, riddles, and more!
eBooks & Databases
Mobile County Public Library
Big Universe
Alabama Virtual Library
The Internet Public Library
ALEX (Alabama Learning Exchange)
The YA Shelf
Urban Picks
TeenInk Book Reviews
Fun, Educational Sites
KQED Learn
Fun Brain Grade 6
Free Rice Game
Washington Post for Kids
PBS News Hour
ChannelOne News Daily
Writing & ELA Fun
Pen Pal Writing Project
Adapted Mind Reading
Write for IB World
Word Game Time
"Comprehend This" Practice
Math Fun
Cool Math
Adapted Mind Math
Math Play
Science News for Students
Smithsonian for Teens
How Stuff Works
Stop Natural Disasters Game
Social Studies Fun
History.net
The History Channel
BCC History for Kids
Mr. Nussbaum Online Games
iCivics Online Learning
Foreign Language Fun
Digital Dialects Spanish
Digital Dialects French
Language Gain
Visual & Perf. Art Fun
Teen Ink
ArtsEDGE
Physical Education Fun
Log It
Game On Activities
Healthy Kids Healthy Future
Nitro Type
Kidz Type
Monica Aplin
The mission of the PPS Library Media program is to enable individuals to become information literate, effective lifelong readers and to enhance and support the mission and curriculum of Phillips Preparatory School. The program will provide educational and technological opportunities to students and staff in keeping with their needs and abilities. The program will enable individuals to access, analyze, assimilate, and use information effectively.
www.phillipsprepschool.wixsite.com/library
Rotation Schedules and Lab/Pirate
Phillips Library Catalog & DESTINY
PPS Library Media Handbook
Renaissance & AR
Mobile Public Library
PenPal Schools: A Global Project Based Learning Community
HOLOCAUST & WWII RESCOURCES
https://www.facinghistory.org/
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
https://www.ushmm.org
https://www.history.com
https://www.historynet.com
https://www.natgeokids.com
https://www.britannica.com
MLA Formatting Guide
ONLINE PERIODICALS
IBWorld
Peta Kids
Sports Illustrated Kids
Research & Reference Tools
http://www.avl.lib.al.us
http://www.mplonline.org
Alabama Mosaic
http://www.alabamamosaic.org/index.php
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
Encyclopedia Britannica
http://school.eb.com/comptons
EasyBib (Citing Resources)
http://www.easybib.com/reference/
Citation Machine (Citing Resources)
http://citationmachine.net/
http://www.ipl.org/
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
ALEX (Alabama Learning Exchange) Kids Web Links
https://alex.state.al.us/
DESTINY Phillips
http://mcpss.follettdestiny.com/common/servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home&l2m=Home
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
Merriam Webster Learners Dictionary
http://learnersdictionary.com/
The Science Dictionary
https://www.thesciencedictionary.com/
https://ahdictionary.com/
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2017/09/fishing-family-thailand/
https://mcpss.discoveryeducation.com/public:session/login?next=http%3A%2F%2Fmcpss%2Ediscoveryeducation%2Ecom
Destiny Discover
Destiny Discover is also available as an app.
Use your computer username and password to log in.
https://www.destinydiscover.com/aasp/ui/pick/pick
http://www.nhd.org/
White House Historical Society Digital Library
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/digital-library
Science Buddies
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas.shtml
Super Science Fair Project Ideas, Topics, & Experiments
http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/
Science Fair Projects World
http://www.sciencefair-projects.org/
Cool Science Fair Projects
http://www.cool-science-projects.com/index.html
Mad Science Network
http://www.madsci.org/
How Products are Made
http://www.madehow.com/
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Science Fair Central
https://www.sciencefaircentral.com/
All Science Fair Projects
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
Science Fair Project Ideas
https://www.education.com/science-fair/
Discovery Education for MCPSS
Students and teachers can login to Discovery Education at https://mcpss.discoveryeducation.com/ and use their computer username and password.
https://mcpss.discoveryeducation.com/
MCPSS Student Email
Student Email & Microsoft 365
https://login.microsoftonline.com/
Renaissance Home Connect/AR
https://hosted240.renlearn.com/79853/HomeConnect/Login.aspx
NHD National History Day
National History Day Website
https://www.archives.gov/
AlabamaMosaic
AlabamaMosaic is a repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people.
http://www.alabamamosaic.org/
Encyclopedia of Alabama
The Encyclopedia of Alabama is a free, online reference resource on Alabama's history, culture, geography, and natural environment.
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Home.jsp
America - 1930s
EyeWitness to History - America in the 1930s
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief.htm
Library of Congress - America from the Great Depression to World War II
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
America (Roaring 20s/Jazz Age)
The Ohio Gang
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2086
Teapot Dome Scandal
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Investigates_the_Teapot_Dome_Scandal.htm
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/flappers.htm
Film History of the 1920s
http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html
Baseball Almanac (Babe Ruth)
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=ruthba01
19th Amendment (Women's Right to Vote 1920)
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=63
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/amendment_19/
World's Biomes (University of California Museum of Paleontology)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html
WorldBiomes.com
http://www.worldbiomes.com/
Biomes of the World (Missouri Botanical Gardens)
http://www.mbgnet.net/
http://school.eb.com/
Burch (8th Grade Social Studies Research)
Britannica Online Encyclopedia (High School)
http://school.eb.com/eb
Britannica Online Encyclopedia (Middle School)
A "Civil Rights" Unit by the National Visionary Leadership Project
http://www.visionaryproject.org/student/index.html
The Civil Rights Movement (Encyclopedia Britannica)
http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9082763?query=civil%20rights%20movement&ct=
The Civil Rights Era (Parts 1 & 2) (African American Odyssey & The Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
eBooks (Eyewitness Books: History)
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet//eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2595099999&q=philms
Early Humans
North American Indian
Titantic
Electromagnetic Spectrum
NASA's Imagine the Universe! Electromagnetic Spectrum
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html
http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/ALSTool/EMSpec/EMSpec2.html
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/index.html
Catch the Wave!
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light/ems-frames.html
Eyewitness Animal Books
Gale Reference Library
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/philms
National Human Genome Research
http://www.genome.gov/
Medline Plus Encyclopedia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
The Basics on Genes and Genetic Disorders (TeensHealth)
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/health_basics/genes_genetic_disorders.html
Gale Virtual Reference Library (AVL)
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=avlr&authCount=1
Encyclopedia Britannica's Reflections on the Holocaust
http://www.school.eb.com/holocaust
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143
International Gourmet Recipes for Kids
http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/international-gourmet-recipes.html
World of Tastes
Recipes from select countries around the world.
http://www.topics-mag.com/foods/world-of-food.htm
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Inventors & Inventions
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Middle School Edition
Inventors That Changed the World - presented by marcaria.com
http://www.marcaria.com/inventors-that-changed-the-world.asp
MIT Invention Dimension
http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html
Israelites and Ancient Israel
Canaan and Ancient Israel
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
http://www.penn.museum/sites/Canaan/index.html
The Birth and Evolution of Judaism: Introduction
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/birthintro.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/
The Jewish Encyclopedia
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/history/moses_1.shtml
http://school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-9275946?query=Moses&ct=null
Britannica Encyclopedia
From Hebrew Bible to Christian Bible: Jews, Christians and the Word of God
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/first/scriptures.html
Ancient History Source Book: The Book of Exodus
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/exodus-rsv.asp
Just for Teens!
U.S. CIVIL WAR BOOKS AND MORE Learn More Flamingnet is a nonprofit website where students review preteen, teen, and young adult books for you. Who better to tell you if a book is worth reading, than those for whom the book is written.
http://www.flamingnet.com/
New York Public Library Teen Link
http://teenlink.nypl.org/index.html
Internet Public Library TeenSpace
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/
Digital Book Talks
http://www.digitalbooktalk.com/
Guys Read!
http://www.guysread.com/
http://teenink.com/
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/
Favorite Poem Project (Americans Saying Poems They Love
http://www.favoritepoem.org/
A poem a day for American high schools
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
Poem Hunter
http://www.poemhunter.com
Presidents (United States)
Library of Congress: Presidents of the United States: Resource Guides
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/index.html
Encyclopedia Britannica Profiles the American Presidents
http://school.eb.com/presidents
C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits
http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Internet Public Library: POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
Presidents of the United States
http://www.presidentsusa.net/
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
http://www.9-11commission.gov/
September 11 Digital Archive
http://911digitalarchive.org/
World Trade Center (Britannica)
http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9077497?query=World%20Trade%20Center&ct=null
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html
Exploring the Planets (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htm
Astronomy "Picture of the Day" Archive
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
http://www.space.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/?gclid=CKvJ-u-d-5ACFTaEOAodYw022A
Women Come to the Front (Journalists, Photographers & Broadcasters During WWII
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html
Eyewitness to World War II
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w2frm.htm
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Enterprise claims systems play a significant role to support specialist fraud detection tools in the fight against fraudulent claims, writes Michael Kelly CEO at FINEOS.
Specialist fraud detection tools are at the forefront of the fight against insurance crime, but without an effective enterprise claims system to underpin them, insurers will struggle to realise their potential.
Insurance fraud represents one of the biggest risks faced by both the Irish and wider international insurance markets and its threat is being fuelled by the economic turmoil that we are currently enduring.
Whether it is soft fraud where a claimant exaggerates their claim or hard fraud from the likes of staged accidents, fraud is dramatically affecting all segments of the insurance market.
In practice, the current economic environment has created what Dr. Cressey describes as a "perfect storm" for fraudulent activity.
So just how are insurers mitigating against this risk that is costing the industry millions of Euros every year?
We know an excellent enterprise claims solution underpins high standards of quality customer service, prevents unnecessary claims leakage and is essential for Risk Management, particularly in the context of Solvency II. Furthermore, a well managed, efficient and a tightly controlled claims department will help stamp out high levels of fraudulent activity.
At the moment, many fraudsters believe insurance companies will not prosecute them, as it is too expensive to investigate the claim. This is driven by the fact that the recovery value is often lower than the investigation cost.
Criminals also understand how insurers work and further protect themselves by making sure the value of many fraudulent claims falls just below the amount mandated for further analysis.
At the same time, insurance carriers are concerned about accidentally investigating genuine claims with the subsequent cost incurred and the resulting poor customer experience for these genuine claimants.
Indeed some insurers simply accept the high levels of fraud as a cost of doing business and ultimately pass it on to the policyholder. However, with fraudulent activity proven to be on the increase, this cost is becoming less acceptable and steps must be taken to eradicate it.
There is a significant role for technology to play and it cam provide protection for insurers from fraud. However, rather than seeking to solve the problem with a single silver bullet, insurers should be reviewing all aspects of the claims process.
Rather than investing solely in specialist tools to fight against fraud, it is important for insurers to evaluate the effectiveness of the most important piece of their infrastructure: the enterprise claims system.
Immediately look up external databases/systems e.g. Insurance Link, ISO, QAS, Risk Intelligence Ireland.
Being on the front line, the major success of these features in an enterprise claims system is that they will prevent payments being made to fraudsters and avoid insurers having to try and recover monies at a later date.
Rather than complicating the claims process, early fraud detection by enterprise claims systems can be integrated seamlessly with the primary business of settling claims efficiently and fairly for genuine policyholders.
This improves the level of service these customers get, deters fraudsters going forward and saves insurers millions of Euros. Surely these benefits are too great to ignore?


A poor selection of flowers at my local Trader Joes this week inspired me to whip up a sparkly centerpiece for our annual New Year's Eve party. I hit the Christmas sale section at the craft store and gathered up some tinsel garland and metallic tissue papers. With a hot glue gun in hand I wrapped some tinsel garlands around foam cones to create two tree-like pieces. With the silver and gold mylar tissue paper I layered strips of hand-cut fringe around the third cone. I topped all three with sparkly drink stirrers that I also found in the Christmas clearance bin at Target to finish them off!
And of course I couldn't pass up all of that discounted tinsel, so I used the extra pieces to outline some cardboard cut-outs of 2013 and strung them up on the wall — it'll be a perfect backdrop for some festive photo-ops!
A lovely little holiday. A New Year's Eve Signature Cocktail.
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U.S. to Settle With Hatfill Over 2001 Anthrax Case
By Gary Fields
June 28, 2008 11:59 pm ET
WASHINGTON -- The Maryland scientist identified as a "person of interest" in the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings reached a $5.8 million settlement with the federal government.
The Justice Department said the government has agreed to pay Steven Hatfill and his lawyers $2.85 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging that his privacy was violated by federal investigators' disclosures to reporters that effectively identified Mr. Hatfill as the suspect. The government also agreed to buy a $3 million annuity that will pay Mr. Hatfill $150,000 a year for the next 20 years.
In 2002, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft publicly called Mr. Hatfill a "person of interest" in the anthrax mailings that occurred shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The mailings killed five people, forced hundreds to get preventative treatment and disrupted mail service across the U.S.
At the time, Mr. Hatfill, a microbiologist trained in terrorism response, was working at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., the home of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Despite the public attention and an intensive investigation that included draining a pond near Mr. Hatfield's apartment, no evidence was developed that linked him to the crime, and he was never charged.


This page shows how to quickly make a simple wire snare loop. It can be used for a variety of trapping situations in wilderness survival.
The simple wire snare loop is the easiest to make of all the traps featured on this website. It requires metal wire, though, which you may not always have available in the wilderness (unless you bring it with you). While you could make a similar snare loop from rope or natural cordage, its usefulness would be much more limited, since almost any animal caught would easily be able to chew through the rope or cord. The use of metal wire makes the loop much more difficult for an animal to chew or claw its way out of your trap.
Construction is quick and easy, just follow the steps as shown in the pictures below.
Get some cheap galvanised wire from the hardware store. This is 22 gauge but the exact size is not critical.
Wrap the end of the wire a couple of times around a stick..
Twist the ends of the wire together and over each other a few times..
Then remove the stick, you should have a nice loop at the end..
The wire can then be threaded through the loop to make a simple snare. Anything caught in the snare loop that pulls on the loop will cause it to tighten on itself and trap the animal..
Primitive Technology II: Ancestral Skills - From the Society of Primitive Technology, David Wescott (editor).


Korea is famous for its hearty spicy stews, bright pickled vegetables, and addictive barbecue. Anthony Bourdain thinks it's having a major moment on the U.S. food scene.
But for novices, a Korean restaurant and its menu can be intimidating. Most dishes don't have names that translate into English. If you're not familiar with the names, you might make your order based on your analysis of the English ingredients and hope for the best.
Here are a few popular and savory dishes so that you don't have to go into your next Korean restaurant unprepared.
This story was originally written by Sam Ro.
Yukgaejang is a spicy shredded beef stew with scallions, onions, and Korean radish.
Like most Korean stews, yukgaejang is simmered for hours, which leaves the vegetables soft and the beef fall-apart like a brisket. It's typically served with a bowl of rice that can be mixed into the soup.
Its hearty, hot, and spicy, making it the quintessential Korean food.
Bibim naengmyeon is a cold buckwheat noodle dish mixed with sliced beef, pickled cucumber, and spicy chili sauce.
"Bibim" is Korean for "mixed." This popular North Korean dish can also be served with in a chilled beef consommé instead of the spicy sauce; just ask for mul naengmyun.
It's an extremely popular hot weather dish, and it'll sometimes even be served with ice cubes. Your waitress or waiter will offer to cut your noodles with her or his kitchen shears.
Galbi is short ribs marinated in soy sauce.
No one ever forgets about the time they got Korean barbecue and had galbi. The earthy marinade of soy sauce and garlic is balanced by the sweetness of sugar or honey. On a hot enough grill, the sear will turn into a light char that's basically candy.
Most Korean restaurants offering barbecue will have grills built into the table. However, grilling at the table is usually reserved for larger groups.
Ggaennip are green perilla leaves used for wrapping.
Korean barbecue often comes with a basket of lettuce and perilla leaves, which are also known as shiso leaves. These leafy greens serve as a fresh wraps for the meat. Feel free to throw in some rice and spicy soybean paste.
Ggaennip is also served as a side dish pickled in soy sauce. This is called ggaennip jangajji.
Bulgogi is thinly sliced sirloin marinated in soy sauce.
Bulgogi tastes a lot like galbi. It's just a different cut of meat. Like galbi, you can grilled it at your table.
Bulgogi is usually cheaper than galbi. In Western foods like pizza or burgers, you might find bulgogi flavored-meat.
Galbijjim is braised short ribs.
Galbijjim is like galbi gui, or grilled galbi. But it's stewed on the bone in its marinade for hours. If done right, the meat should be barely clinging onto the bone.
Galbijjim is by far the most expensive preparation of beef. If done right, it's heaven.
Doenjang is fermented soybean paste stew with tofu.
It's similar to miso soup, but doenjang is far more pungent than miso. Beginners be wary: It took this author around 20 years to finally appreciate the earthy flavors of the soybean paste, which can be an intense assault on the senses.
For most Koreans, this is chicken soup for the soul. It's cheap and you can get it anywhere.
Daegu tang is a mild cod stew.
The flavor is far more subtle than the many other spicy and pungent stews on the menu. But if you focus, the clear cod consommé offers deep flavors of the ocean like a fresh oyster. If you want some heat, ask for daegu mae-un (spicy) tang.
Watch out for bones. If you're lucky, you'll get the cod head. Definitely eat the cheek. And if you're feeling adventurous, eat the eyeballs.
Jajangmyeon noodles are topped with Chinese black soybean sauce, diced pork, and vegetables.
The chunjang sauce is much more mild than doenjang. This is a non-spicy, hearty dish deep in umami that goes great with kimchee.
Jajangmyeon is as much a Chinese dish as it is a Korean dish. Indeed, you're unlikely to find it in most Korean restaurants. But you'll find it in every Chinese restaurant in Korea or even Koreatown.
Ganjang gejang is raw blue or horse crab marinated in soy sauce.
This stuff is basically crack for Koreans. Japanese and even some Chinese are also addicted to this. Live or freshly frozen raw crab are quickly cleaned and marinated in a soy sauce that's been enriched with ginger, garlic, scallions, sesame oil and sugar.
Ganjang gejang roe and tomalley is marinated crab egg, liver, pancreas, and everything else.
A really nice piece of gejang will also have bright orange (roe) and mustard yellow (tomalley) parts. While difficult to look at, the roe and tomalley are far more desired than the white flesh.
Koreans love to mix it with rice.
Bibimbap is rice mixed with fresh vegetables and chili pepper paste.
Bibimbap is the classic light and healthy lunch. You can get at pretty much any Korean restaurant.
Some place will offer dolsot (or stone bowl) bibimbap. Before the rice is served, it's cooked in the stone bowl on stove top so it can become brown and crunchy. Anyone who's had paella knows this crunchy rice as soccarat.
Potbingsu is sweet red bean on shaved ice.
This is Korea's ice cream sundae. It's usually topped with fruit and condensed milk. Typically, you have to go to a Korean bakery or coffee shop to get it.
Don't try to order it as a dessert at the restaurant where you had your Korean meal. Once they clean your table, they'll likely bring you something clean and simple to clean you pallet. A slice of orange or watermelon is most typical.
Kimchee is brined cabbage with red pepper flakes. This pickled, red pepper flaked pile of cabbage may be the most ubiquitous food item in Korea.
But don't worry about ordering it. It'll come with a variety of complementary side dishes called banchan. Enjoy!


16:00 Michael Funk / Technical University Dresden, Institute for Philosophy - Synaesthesia and philosophy – What is the meaning of the word "creativity"?
A dinner on your own expense is planned for Friday evening in a local Restaurant in the old city of Ulm. You can eat a la carte.
11:30 Prof. Dr. Tina Seufert / University of Ulm, Institute of Psychology and Education, Department Learning & Instruction - Synaesthesia in multimedia learning?
16:15 Publc discussion with the speakers - conducted by Prof. Dr. Anke Huckauf / University of Ulm, Department Psychology at the institute for Psychology and Education - To which conclusions does the conference lead?


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Posted on June 10, 2019 by CassandraJune 10, 2019
By Cassandra
'The Hive' by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston is the second novel in the Second Formic War Trilogy, a prequel series to 'Ender's Game'.
Following the hard-fought first invasion, the nations of Earth struggle to regroup and band together under effective leadership to stop a formic mothership on the edge of Earth's solar system.
Mazer Rackham, Victor Delgado, Imala Bootstamp, Bingwen, and Ukko and Lem Jukes return to play a crucial role in the war.
The chapters which follow Lem Juke are easily my favorites. Each prequel novel brings him farther from his self-obsessed rich boy persona and into a young man driven to do right by others and prove himself worthy of his fame and fortune. No longer the playboy son of the Hegemon, Lem becomes the antihero of the second invasion. I never expected to delight in his character as much as I did, but I find it refreshing in a series that hypes geniuses like Ender, Bean and Bingwen.
At nearly 400 pages, 'The Hive' is approximately 70 pages shorter than its direct sequel, 'The Swarm', but what it lacks in length in makes up in descriptive writing. I know readers are doing to enjoy the many scenes Mazer and Bingwen share together, the nods to the battle school's development and the technology used in later novels. (I suspect there might also be a small nod to Card's long-awaited novel, 'Shadow's Alive', but that's remains to be proven!)
"Your children are the monsters of our nightmares now." (Ender to the Hive Queen in 'Ender's Game', page 320)
At times 'The Hive' becomes more horror fiction than science fiction. At its best, 'The Hive' gives readers their first real, detailed description of the formics in all their terrifying and gruesome glory. It's gross in a really fabulous way; fans won't be disappointed. In previous Enderverse novels, readers are largely left to imagine the formics' repulsion. Take Xenocide as an example.
"Instead she seemed majestic, royal, magnificent. The rainbows from her wing-covers no longer seemed like an oily scum on water; the light reflecting from her eyes was like a halo" ('Xenocide', page 189).
I find it very clever that these different descriptions of the formics create harmony in the Enderverse, rather than contradiction. The nightmare description of the formics helps to justify the third invasion in 'Ender's Game' while also underlining Ender's loving character.
My only complaint against 'The Hive' is that it's a slower read than any of the other prequel novels. Thank goodness this book doesn't waste pages trying to double as a standalone novel. Other novels in the prequel trilogies do that much better. Therefore, I recommend first-time readers start at 'Earth Unaware' or 'The Swarm'.
With that said, even though I found it to be slower-paced than the other prequel novels, 'The Hive' is far from the slowest novel in the Enderverse. It's simply that 'The Hive' spends a lot of pages setting up what will be the conclusion of this epic prequel trilogy.
Overall, 'The Hive' left me really excited for the final forthcoming prequel novel. I'm a little nervous with how the last novel will tie in 'Mazer in Prison', but I trust that Aaron Johnston has it all figured out. He hasn't disappointed me yet.
'The Hive' will be published on June 11. Purchase it from your local bookstore or pre-order it on Amazon. If you're anxious to start reading right away, you can read the first chapter for free online.
Disclaimer: A special thanks to Tor Books for providing 'The Hive' for review. All opinions are my own.


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Afrika

 Ägypten (1914–1936 britisches Protektorat)
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Fu'ād I. (1917–1936) (bis 1922 Sultan)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident Ahmed Ziwar Pascha (1924–1926)
 Britischer Hochkommissar:
 Edmund Allenby, 1. Viscount Allenby (1919–25. Juni 1925)
 George Lloyd, 1. Baron Lloyd (20. Oktober 1925–1929)

 Äthiopien
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Kaiserin Zauditu (1916–1930)
 Regent: Ras Tafari Makonnen (1916–1930) (1930–1974 Kaiser)

 Liberia
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Charles D. B. King (1920–1930)

 Südafrika
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Georg V. (1910–1936)
 Generalgouverneur: Alexander Cambridge, 1. Earl of Athlone (1924–1931)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident J.B.M. Hertzog (1924–1939)

Amerika

Nordamerika

 Kanada
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Georg V. (1910–1936)
 Generalgouverneur: Julian, Lord Byng (1921–1926)
 Regierungschef: Premierminister William Lyon Mackenzie King (1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948)

 Mexiko
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Plutarco Elías Calles (1924–1928)

 Neufundland
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Georg V. (1910–1936)
 Gouverneur: William Allardyce (1922–1928)
 Regierungschef: Premierminister Walter Stanley Monroe (1924–1928)

 Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929)

Mittelamerika

 Costa Rica
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno (1910–1914, 1924–1928, 1932–1936)

 Dominikanische Republik
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Horacio Vásquez (1899, 1902–1903, 1924–1930)

 El Salvador
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (1914–1915, 1918–1919, 1923–1927)

 Guatemala
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident José María Orellana Pinto (1921–1926)

 Haiti (1915–1934 von den USA besetzt)
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Louis Bornó (1922–1930)

 Honduras
 Staats- und Regierungschef:
  Präsident Vicente Tosta Carrasco (1924–1. Februar 1925) (kommissarisch)
 Präsident Miguel Paz Barahona (1. Februar 1925–1929)

 Kuba
 Staats- und Regierungschef:
 Präsident Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1921–20. Mai 1925)
 Präsident Gerardo Machado (20. Mai 1925–1933)

 Nicaragua
 Staats- und Regierungschef:
 Präsident Bartolomé Martínez González (1923–1. Januar 1925) (kommissarisch)
 Präsident José Carlos Solórzano Gutiérrez (1. Januar 1925–1926)

 Panama
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Rodolfo Chiari (1924–1928)

Südamerika

 Argentinien
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (1922–1928)

 Bolivien
 Staats- und Regierungschef:
 Präsident Bautista Saavedra Mallea (1920–3. September 1925)
 Präsident Felipe Segundo (3. September 1925–1926)

 Brasilien
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Artur da Silva Bernardes (1922–1926)

 Chile
 Staats- und Regierungschef:
 Vorsitzender der Junta Luis Altamirano (1924–23. Januar 1925) (kommissarisch)
 Vorsitzender der Junta Pedro Pablo Dartnell Encina  (23. Januar 1925–27. Januar 1925)
 Präsident Arturo Alessandri (1920–1924, 27. Januar 1925–1. Oktober 1925, 1932–1938)
 Präsident Luis Barros Borgoño (1. Oktober 1925–23. Dezember 1925) (kommissarisch)
 Präsident Emiliano Figueroa Larraín (1910, 23. Dezember 1925–1927)

 Ecuador
 Staats- und Regierungschef:
 Präsident Gonzalo Córdova (1924–9. Juli 1925)
 Vorsitzender der Obersten Militärjunta Luis Telmo Paz y Miño (9. Juli 1925–10. Juli 1925)
 Provisorische Regierungsjunta (10. Juli 1925–1926)

 Kolumbien
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Pedro Nel Ospina (1922–1926)

 Paraguay
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Eligio Ayala (1923–1924, 1924–1928)

 Peru
 Staatsoberhaupt: Präsident Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo (1908–1912, 1919–1930) (1904–1907 Ministerpräsident)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident Alejandrino Maguiña (1924–1926)

 Uruguay
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident José Serrato (1923–1927)

 Venezuela
 Staats- und Regierungschef: Präsident Juan Vicente Gómez (1909–1910, 1910–1914, 1922–1929, 1931–1935)

Asien

Ost-, Süd- und Südostasien

 Bhutan
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Ugyen Wangchuk (1907–1926)

 China
 Staatsoberhaupt: Provisorischer Präsident Duan Qirui (1924–1926)
 Regierungschef:
 Provisorischer Präsident Duan Qirui (1924–26. Dezember 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Xu Shiying (26. Dezember 1925–1926)

  Britisch-Indien
 Kaiser: Georg V. (1910–1936)
 Vizekönig:
 Rufus Isaacs (1921–1925)
 Victor Bulwer-Lytton (1925–1926) (vorübergehend)

 Japan
 Staatsoberhaupt: Kaiser Yoshihito (1912–1926)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident Katō Takaaki (1924–1926)

 Nepal
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Tribhuvan (1911–1950, 1952/53)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1901–1929)

 Siam (heute: Thailand)
 Herrscher:
 König Vajiravudh (1910–26. November 1925)
 König Prajadhipok (26. November 1925–1935)

Vorderasien

 Irak
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Faisal I. (1921–1933)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Yasin al-Hashimi (1924–19. Juni 1925, 1935/36)
 Ministerpräsident Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (1922–1923, 19. Juni 1925–1926, 1928–1929)

 Nordjemen
 Herrscher: König Yahya bin Muhammad (1904–1948)

 Kuwait
 Herrscher: Emir Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1921–1950)

 Persien (heute: Iran)
 Staatsoberhaupt:
 Schah Ahmad Schah Kadschar (1909–31. Oktober 1925)
 Schah Reza Schah Pahlavi (12. Dezember 1925–1941)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Reza Chan (1920/21, 1923–31. Oktober 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Mohammad Ali Foroughi (1. November 1925–1926, 1933–1935, 1941/42)

 Transjordanien (heute: Jordanien)
 Herrscher: Emir Abdallah ibn Husain I. (1921–1951)

Zentralasien

 Afghanistan
 Herrscher: König Amanullah Khan (1919–1929)

 Mongolei
 Staatsoberhaupt: Vorsitzender des Präsidiums des Kleinen Staats-Churals Peldschidiin Genden (1924–1927)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident Balingiin Tserendordsch Beyse (1923–1928)

 Tibet
 Herrscher: Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso (1878–1933)

Australien und Ozeanien

 Australien
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Georg V. (1910–1936)
 Gouverneur:
 Generalgouverneur Henry Forster, 1. Baron Forster (1920–8. Oktober 1925)
 Generalgouverneur John Lawrence Baird, 1. Baron Stonehaven (8. Oktober 1925–1930)
 Regierungschef: Premierminister Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1923–1929)

 Neuseeland
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Georg V. (1910–1936) Charles Fergusson (1924–1929)
 Generalgouverneur Charles Fergusson (1924–1929)
 Regierungschef:
 Premierminister William Massey (1912–10. Mai 1925)
 Premierminister Francis Bell (10. Mai 1925–30. Mai 1925)
 Premierminister Joseph Gordon Coates (1925–1928)

Europa

 Albanien
 Staatsoberhaupt: Präsident Ahmet Zogu (1. Februar 1925–1939) (1922–1924 und 1925 Ministerpräsident, 1928–1939 König)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Iliaz Vrioni (1920–1921, 1924, 1924–6. Januar 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Ahmet Zogu (1922–1924, 6. Januar 1925–30. Januar 1925) (1925–1928 Präsident, 1928–1939 König)

 Andorra
 Co-Fürsten:
 Staatspräsident von Frankreich: Gaston Doumergue (1924–1931)
 Bischof von Urgell: Justí Guitart i Vilardebò (1920–1940)

 Belgien
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Albert I. (1909–1934)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Georges Theunis (1921–23. Mai 1925, 1934–1935)
 Ministerpräsident Aloys van de Vijvere (23. Mai 1925–17. Juni 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Prosper Poullet (17. Juni 1925–1926)

 Bulgarien
 Staatsoberhaupt: Zar Boris III. (1918–1943)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident Aleksandar Zankow (1923–1926)

 Dänemark
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Christian X. (1912–1947) (1918–1944 König von Island)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident Thorvald Stauning (1924–1926, 1929–1942)

 Deutsches Reich
 Staatsoberhaupt:
 Reichspräsident Friedrich Ebert (1919–28. Februar 1925)
 (amtierend) Reichskanzler Hans Luther (28. Februar–12. März 1925)
 (amtierend) Präsident des Reichsgerichts Dr. Walter Simons (12. März–12. Mai 1925)
 Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg (12. Mai 1925–1934)
 Regierungschef:
 Reichskanzler Wilhelm Marx (1923–15. Januar 1925, 1926–1928)
 Reichskanzler Hans Luther (15. Januar–5. Dezember 1925)

 Estland
 Staats- und Regierungschef:
 Staatsältester Jüri Jaakson (1924–15. Dezember 1925)
 Staatsältester Jaan Teemant (15. Dezember 1925–1927, 1932)

 Finnland
 Staatsoberhaupt:
 Präsident Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1919–1. März 1925)
 Präsident Lauri Kristian Relander (1. März 1925–1931)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Lauri Ingman (1918–1919, 1924–31. März 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Antti Tulenheimo (31. März 1925–31. Dezember 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Kyösti Kallio (1922–1924, 31. Dezember 1925–1926, 1929–1930, 1936–1937) (1937–1940 Präsident)

 Frankreich
 Staatsoberhaupt: Präsident Gaston Doumergue (1924–1931) (1913–1914, 1934–1944 Präsident des Ministerrats)
 Regierungschef:
 Präsident des Ministerrats Édouard Herriot (1924–17. April 1925, 1926, 1932)
 Präsident des Ministerrats Paul Painlevé (1917, 17. April 1925–28. November 1925)
 Präsident des Ministerrats Aristide Briand (1909–1911, 1913, 1915–1917, 1921–1922, 28. November 1925–1926, 1929)

 Griechenland
 Staatsoberhaupt: Präsident Pavlos Kountouriotis (1924–1926, 1926–1929) (1920 Regent)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Andreas Michalakopoulos (1924–26. Juni 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Theodoros Pangalos (26. Juni 1925–1926) (1926 Präsident)

 Irland
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Georg V. (1922–1936)
 Generalgouverneur Timothy Michael Healy (1922–1928)
 Regierungschef: Taoiseach William Thomas Cosgrave (1922–1932)

 Italien
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Viktor Emanuel III. (1900–1946)
 Regierungschef: Duce Benito Mussolini (1922–1943)

 Königreich der Serben, Kroaten und Slowenen (später Jugoslawien)
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Alexander I. (1921–1934)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident Nikola Pašić (1918, 1921–1924, 1924–1926)

 Lettland
 Staatsoberhaupt:
 Präsident Jānis Čakste (1918–3. November 1925, 1925–1927)
 Parlamentspräsident Pauls Kalnins (3. November 1925–10. November 1925, 1927, 1930) (kommissarisch)
 1Präsident Jānis Čakste (1918–1925, 10. November 1925–1927)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Hugo Celmiņš (1924–23. Dezember 1925, 1928–1931)
 Ministerpräsident Kārlis Ulmanis (1918–1919, 1919–1921, 23. Dezember 1925–1926, 1931, 1934–1940) (1936–1940 Präsident)

 Liechtenstein
 Staatsoberhaupt: Fürst Johann II. (1858–1929)
 Regierungschef Gustav Schädler (1922–1928)

 Litauen
 Staatsoberhaupt: Präsident Aleksandras Stulginskis (1920–1926, 1926)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Antanas Tumėnas (1924–4. Februar 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Vytautas Petrulis (4. Februar 1925–19. September 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Leonas Bistras (25. September 1925–1926)

 Luxemburg
 Staatsoberhaupt: Großherzogin Charlotte (1919–1964) (1940–1945 im Exil)
 Regierungschef:
 Staatsminister Émile Reuter (1918–20. März 1925)
 Staatsminister Pierre Prüm (20. März 1925–1926)

 Monaco
 Staatsoberhaupt: Fürst Louis II. (1922–1949)
 Regierungschef: Staatsminister Maurice Piette (1923–1932)

 Niederlande
 Staatsoberhaupt: Königin Wilhelmina (1890–1948) (1940–1945 im Exil)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1918–3. August 1925, 1929–1933)
 Ministerpräsident Hendrikus Colijn (4. August 1925–1926, 1933–1939)

 Norwegen
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Haakon VII. (1906–1957) (1940–1945 im Exil)
 Ministerpräsident Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1924–1926, 1928–1931, 1933–1935)

 Österreich
 Staatsoberhaupt: Bundespräsident Michael Hainisch (1920–1928)
 Regierungschef: Bundeskanzler Rudolf Ramek (1924–1926)

 Polen
 Staatsoberhaupt: Präsident Stanisław Wojciechowski (1922–1926)
 Regierungschef:
 Präsident des Ministerrats Władysław Grabski (1920, 1923–13. November 1925)
 Präsident des Ministerrats Aleksander Skrzyński (20. November 1925–1926)

 Portugal
 Staatsoberhaupt:
 Präsident Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1923–11. Dezember 1925)
 Präsident Bernardino Machado (11. Dezember 1925–1926)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident José Domingues dos Santos (1924–15. Februar 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Vitorino de Carvalho Guimarães (15. Februar–1. Juli 1925)
 Ministerpräsident António Maria da Silva (1. Juli–1. August 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Domingos Leite Pereira (1. August–18. Dezember 1925)
 Ministerpräsident António Maria da Silva (18. Dezember 1925–1926)

 Rumänien
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Ferdinand I. (1914–1927)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident Ion I. C. Brătianu (1909/10/11, 1914–1918, 1918/19, 1922–1926)

 San Marino
 Capitani Reggenti:
 Francesco Morri (1918–1919, 1924–1. April 1925, 1928–1929, 1933, 1936–1937) und Girolamo Gozi (1924–1. April 1925, 1929)
 Marino Fattori (1. April 1925–1. Oktober 1925) und Augusto Mularoni (1. April 1925–1. Oktober 1925)
 Valerio Pasquali (1. Oktober 1925–1926, 1930–1931) und Marco Marcucci (1. Oktober 1925–1926)
 Regierungschef: Außenminister Giuliano Gozi (1918–1943)

 Schweden
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Gustav V. (1907–1950)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Hjalmar Branting (1920, 1921–1923, 1924–24. Januar 1925)
 Ministerpräsident Rickard Sandler (24. Januar 1925–1926)

 Schweiz
 Bundespräsident: Jean-Marie Musy (1925, 1930)
 Bundesrat:
 Giuseppe Motta (1911–1940)
 Edmund Schulthess (1912–1935)
 Robert Haab (1918–1929)
 Ernest Chuard (1920–1928)
 Jean-Marie Musy (1920–1934)
 Karl Scheurer (1920–1929)
 Heinrich Häberlin (1920–1934)

 Sowjetunion
 Parteichef: Generalsekretär der KPdSU Josef Stalin (1922–1953)
 Staatsoberhaupt: Vorsitzender des Präsidiums des obersten Sowjets Michail Iwanowitsch Kalinin (1922–1946)
 Regierungschef: Vorsitzender des Ministerrats Alexei Rykow (1924–1930)

 Spanien
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Alfons XIII. (1886–1931)
 Regierungschef: Regierungspräsident Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja (1923–1930)

 Tschechoslowakei
 Staatsoberhaupt: Präsident Tomáš Masaryk (1918–1935)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident Antonín Švehla (1922–1926, 1926–1929)

 Türkei
 Staatsoberhaupt: Präsident Mustafa Kemal (1923–1938)
 Regierungschef:
 Ministerpräsident Ali Fethi Okyar (1924–3. März 1925)
 Ministerpräsident İsmet İnönü (1923–1924, 1925–1937, 1961–1965)

 Ungarn
 Staatsoberhaupt: Reichsverweser Miklós Horthy (1920–1944)
 Regierungschef: Ministerpräsident István Bethlen (1921–1931)

 Vereinigtes Königreich
 Staatsoberhaupt: König Georg V. (1910–1936)
 Regierungschef: Premierminister Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924, 1924–1929)

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SPIEGEL speaks with Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for three decades, about the West's role in fostering African Islamist terror, his opposition to the International Criminal Court and whether he is himself abusing his power.
SPIEGEL: Mr. President, as a young politician you castigated autocratic African leaders who ruled for their entire lives. When you came to power, you changed the constitution so you could stay in office longer. It has been 30 years now. When will you leave?
Museveni: My critics always forget to mention that I was democratically elected, the others were not. Everyone in Uganda can challenge me, everyone can vote, the elections are free. Not many countries have achieved what we did. One third of the seats in parliament are reserved for women, five seats for youth, five for workers, five for the disabled and 10 for the army. How many democracies with such a record do you know?
SPIEGEL: So far, the political party system has yet to succeed in Uganda. Your only serious challenger, Kizza Besigye, has been arrested repeatedly. International observers certified the recent election as unfair, and on one day during the election campaign, you were on television for 12 hours while your opponent was only on for four minutes. Is this democracy?
Museveni: Our laws and institutions are excellent, but the population is not yet ready. They must develop their views and need to be provided with the right information. We now also have private broadcasters and many are very critical of me, hostile even, yet they operate freely.
SPIEGEL: Aren't you afraid of an African rebellion similar to the Arab Spring? Uganda's rapidly growing population is young, globally connected and its biggest problem is the lack of jobs and the feeling of not being able to breach the old leadership structures.
Museveni: Our population is growing rapidly because of our good health policy. When I came into office, there were 14 million Ugandans, today there are 38 million, despite the catastrophe of AIDS, which we have also tackled. The Ugandans know and appreciate this, especially the elderly. This makes it very unlikely that Uganda will face a chaotic scenario similar to that in Syria or other places. Incidentally, doctors, scientists, engineers and nurses are highly sought after and find jobs immediately.
SPIEGEL: Last year, 1.3 million refugees came to Germany, mainly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, but also from Africa. Many believe this is only the beginning of an exodus to Europe. What do you suggest to stop this wave of migrants?
Museveni: Mistakes were made. But I would prefer to talk about these issues in detail with your political leaders.
SPIEGEL: Is this in reference to the wars in the Middle East or the uprisings in Libya and Tunisia?
Museveni: When the problems in Libya started, the African Union set up a committee to address the situation. We urgently advised the Europeans not to intervene. You have done so anyway. Now we are seeing absolute chaos there.
SPIEGEL: What should the Europeans do to stop the refugee crisis?
Museveni: Refugee problems can only be solved in the region (of origin) -- maybe with a little help from the UN. Governments must provide something for their countries. They need to deliver. Thirty years ago, Uganda was among the four countries that had the largest number of refugees abroad, along with Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Sudan. We have dealt with it. Today people stay because they find a better life here.
SPIEGEL: These days, it is Islamist fanatics that many people are fleeing from and not poverty. Your country already sent thousands of troops to Somalia to fight against the extremist Al-Shabab militia. Is Africa the battlefield of the future for the jihadists?
Museveni: We are helping our Somali brothers get rid of these narrow-minded attackers. The Somali people do not support the extremists, they are on the side of our soldiers.
SPIEGEL: How close to Kampala are the Islamist fighters?
Museveni: In 2010, they managed to plant a bomb at a club as people watched the World Cup finals. Since then we have taken tough measures. There has been no further attack and the culprits have just been brought to justice.
SPIEGEL: Some are already talking about a new "axis of Terror" that reaches from Mauritania in the west via Mali, Nigeria, Niger and Sudan to Somalia in the far east of the continent. How realistic is this threat?
Museveni: The chaotic situation in Libya is definitely creating a threat. Libya now connects the jihadists in Africa with those in the Middle East and in Afghanistan. This could have been avoided.
SPIEGEL: The European Union just cut back its funding of African Union troops in Somalia by 20 percent. Does Europe understand the emerging risks in Africa and does it take them seriously enough?
Museveni: We certainly would be happy for more help, but not at the price of condescension and arrogance. If the Europeans believe they can afford to be less committed in Somalia, please -- we can deal with it ourselves. The Islamists had control over territory that was about half the size of the Federal Republic of Germany. For years, we have been putting the lives of our troops on the line, we have taken huge losses and the Europeans cut the budget? If money is more important than the lives of our children, what else is this than the usual arrogance and superficiality? And where is all this terror coming from? It is a result of mistakes the West committed in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1980s, when they armed the Islamic rebels against the Soviet troops. Extremism in Somalia is causally associated with these events.
SPIEGEL: Today the Gulf countries and the United States again arm the so-called good rebels against the oppressive regime in Damascus and its supporters in Tehran and Moscow. Are we repeating the mistakes of the past?
Museveni: I cannot speak to this publicly, but with Mrs. Merkel and Mr. Obama I would love to discuss this.
SPIEGEL: The International Criminal Court in The Hague aims to end impunity for the criminals in these wars. In 2008 you supported the arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity. A few days ago, he was in Kampala at your inauguration ceremony, where you warmly received him. You didn't show any interest in arresting him. How come the change of heart?
Museveni: I was one of the first to sign the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court (ICC). I was against impunity when it comes to human rights violations. But many of us African leaders now want to leave the Rome Statute as soon as possible because of this Western arrogance.
SPIEGEL: African opposition to the ICC has been building up since Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was to have been indicted. You seem to feel closer to Kenyatta than to your Sudanese counterpart. But a crime is a crime and the law is the law. Doesn't this apply to both friends and foes?
Museveni: When we asked the United Nations to suspend the trial for a year, which the statutes allow, so that Kenyan elections could be carried out, it was simply rejected. The preparation for the indictment proceeded. Now I've changed my mind, even against Omar al-Bashir. Whether he has to be charged or not, the Sudanese shall decide or the Africans. The ICC has lost all credibility. This is our continent, not yours. Who are you to ignore the voice of the Africans?
SPIEGEL: President Uhuru Kenyatta is accused of purposely inflaming tribal conflicts during the 2008 election campaign, which led to more than 1,100 deaths. Should this go unpunished?
Museveni: The problems of tribal conflicts in Kenya are much older, caused by the former colonial power. A former American ambassador there once wrote about how the CIA has contributed to the divisions between Kenyans. You reap what you sow.
SPIEGEL: But if the 34 African countries withdraw from the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court will have failed.
Museveni: So what? Judge yourselves, not us.
SPIEGEL: In other cases, international justice was helpful to you, as in the prosecution of notorious Liberian President Charles Taylor or the international arrest warrant against Joseph Kony, the Christian fanatic militia leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, which for years terrorized Uganda.
Museveni: Kony is hiding somewhere in the Central African Republic. He is no longer a threat. We have already punished him. We provide our own safety. We do not depend on you.
SPIEGEL: Militarily, Uganda operates closely with the US and France. How does this cooperation fit in with security issues and your desire to be autonomous?
Museveni: Of course there are collaborations. But in official meetings with Western diplomats from the US and the European Union, the major issues of our relationships are simply not discussed. The topics are on climate change or any other issues they want us to agree with them on. But they never discuss how we could develop an equal relationship. They should stop using pompous orchestrated summits and begin a serious dialogue with small meetings.
SPIEGEL: Three decades ago, Uganda was the country where the most people died of AIDS. Your education and research program had a major impact in reducing the disease's spread, but now the number of new infections is rising again. Many say one reason is the rise of evangelical Christian movements, who praise faith as the most important measure in the fight against AIDS, rather than enlightenment and recommendations to use condoms.
Museveni: Today, hundreds of thousands of AIDS patients are under medical treatment, which is a great advancement. But it makes some people reckless.
SPIEGEL: Gays claim not to be harassed by the state, but by mob forces. Homosexuality is prohibited by law and this creates a criminalizing climate that promotes attacks.
Museveni: This is just another example of European arrogance. For us, heterosexuality is normal. Homosexuality is a deviation. Then Western diplomats come up to me and say: As long as you do not take our way of thinking, you are the evil. My answer is: Go to hell. Leave us with our option.
SPIEGEL: Why you don't just lift the law?
Museveni: We do not accept the Western way of thinking that there are two ways of life. At the same time, the police (here) are not chasing gays. In Africa, sexuality is something very private, even for heterosexuals. Heterosexuals are not parading! But gays want to behave like exhibitionists. If I kissed my wife in public, I'd lose the next election.
SPIEGEL: If you want to run for election again, the constitution will need to be changed to extend the age limit for presidents to 75 years. Will that happen?
Museveni: The Ugandans shall decide.
Of course Africa belongs to Africans. Imagine the outrage if Africans or Asians decided to intervene in Bosnia or Crimea, certainly Europe wasn't doing much until the Americans intervened and Europe has do next to nothing about Crimea. Why does everyone feels a need to get into Africa's business...let the Africans solve their own problems. Of course, it could be a form of racism, people thinking Africans are incapable of taking care of themselves.


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but it returned this error. I have no idea what does it means. I will be glad if you try to help me. comment in this post if you need any extra details to solve the error

Running Gradle task 'assembleRelease'...
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BUILD FAILED in 7m 32s
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A: I'm answering this question because it was one of the first results I got when I searched for the error message.
I had the same error. R8 turns out to be a "shrinker" of binary java files and it was masking the issue behind the error. In gradle.properties, I change android.enableR8 from true to false then rebuilt the apk. I got a different error:
...
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:checkReleaseDuplicateClasses'.
> 1 exception was raised by workers:
  java.lang.RuntimeException: Duplicate class androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelLazy found in modules lifecycle-viewmodel-2.4.0-runtime.jar (androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.4.0) and lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx-2.2.0-runtime.jar (androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.2.0)
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  Go to the documentation to learn how to Fix dependency resolution errors.
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The error was because I had two versions of lifecycle-viewmodel runtime: 2.2.0 and 2.4.0. I searched the project and plugins and turns out that only one of them uses V2.4.0 and the rest are using V2.2.0:
    def lifecycle_version = "2.4.0"
    def arch_version = "2.1.0"

    // ViewModel
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:$lifecycle_version"
    // LiveData
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata:$lifecycle_version"
    // Lifecycles only (without ViewModel or LiveData)
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:$lifecycle_version"

I just changed lifecycle_version to 2.2.0 and I was able to build the apk with no errors.
Don't forget to turn android.enableR8 back to true.

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From providing vital diagnostic screenings for a wide range of conditions, to playing a pivotal role in precision medicine, clinical laboratories are a crucial component of America's health system that drive disease prevention and diagnosis and help guide treatment decisions for patient care.
Congress enacted the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014 to protect essential lab services by mandating a reform of the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) and establishing a market-based system that encourages innovation and protects patient access to vital clinical lab tests. Since the passage of PAMA, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) has worked closely with CMS and other stakeholders to implement the statute consistent with Congress's clear intent.
Throughout the multi-year consideration of changes to the CLFS, ACLA and its members agreed with Congress that predictability and rationality in Medicare payments for lab services was necessary. As long as CMS had the proper data and applied the appropriate methodology, the agency would be in a position to establish fair payment based on market rates that would protect ongoing industry innovation and ensure uninterrupted access to the important testing services on which patients rely.
Instead, CMS chose to ignore the clear intent of Congress and the specific commands of the PAMA statute. Rather than collecting private payor data from the broad laboratory market, including independent, hospital and physician labs, as Congress directed, CMS established data-collection parameters that resulted in the agency collecting data from less than 1 percent of U.S. laboratories. CMS then relied on this tiny, non-representative sample of data to establish payment rates for all laboratories providing care to Medicare beneficiaries.
When it became clear that CMS was not appropriately implementing PAMA's requirement that the agency collect data from the broad laboratory market, organizations representing labs, hospitals, physicians and others called on CMS to suspend implementation until fundamental flaws could be addressed. Inexplicably, these stakeholder requests were ignored.
As a result, years of discussion on meaningful payment reform for lab testing that would protect diagnostic innovation and patient access have brought us to this reality: Medicare reimbursement rates to labs providing essential testing services are estimated to drop by $670 million this year, and additional reductions scheduled for 2019 and 2020 will cut payments by nearly 30 percent for many tests critical to caring for Medicare beneficiaries. For some labs, such as rural hospitals and labs serving patients in skilled nursing facilities – which already have significantly higher operating costs – this could be a death knell that would precede a devastating loss of patient access to necessary testing services. It would also be a devastating loss for local economies. According to a September 2017 analysis, the clinical lab sector contributed over $100 billion to the U.S. economy while sustaining 622,000 jobs nationwide.
Unfortunately, the threat to patient care doesn't end there. The problem with CMS's rate cuts stretches beyond Medicare. Since many state Medicaid agencies base reimbursement for labs services on the Medicare schedule, labs are facing further drastic reductions in Medicaid payments. Some state Medicaid programs have moved ahead with additional Medicaid cuts to clinical laboratory tests, resulting in "cuts on top of cuts." This double hit of rate cuts at both the state and federal level stands to reduce reimbursement to such an extent that access to laboratory testing for some of the most vulnerable in our society is at risk of being seriously compromised.
In response to CMS' flawed implementation of the data reporting requirements of PAMA, ACLA filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in December to challenge the unlawful exemption of the vast majority of laboratories required to report private payor data. Additionally, we urge state Medicaid agencies – particularly those that base their reimbursement on Medicare rates – to refrain from making further Medicaid payment reductions to lab services.
An ill-conceived data-collection process, dramatic reductions in Medicare, and a one-two punch rate cut for Medicaid lab services is not the outcome that Congress intended.
We need to reduce barriers to laboratory services and ensure diagnostic innovation continues unabated. To achieve these goals, we need Congress to pass legislation to fix the problems CMS created. If not, those who sought well-intentioned reforms of lab payment rates could instead find themselves delivering a knock-out blow to the promise of innovative diagnostics and long sought personalized care for patients now and in the future.
Julie Khani is the President of the American Clinical Laboratory Association.


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A positive combination of Sun and combust Saturn in the seventh house of a horoscope in the sign of Gemini can bless the native with good results related to marriage, profession, fame, authority and many other types of good results depending on the overall tone of his horoscope. Such beneficial combination of Sun and combust Saturn can prove good for the marriages of some natives due to which these natives may witness benefits through their marriages in many possible ways. A positive combination of Sun and combust Saturn in the seventh house in the sign of Gemini can bless some natives with husbands or wives who may have well established professions and they may enjoy good social status by virtue of their professions. For example, if a positive combination of Sun and combust Saturn is placed in the seventh house of a horoscope in the sign of Gemini, positive Mercury is also placed in the seventh house of this horoscope and positive Venus is placed in the eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Cancer, the native witness this result. The native benefitting from positive combust Saturn in the seventh house in the sign of Gemini and other positive planets may get married to a woman who may have a well established profession, she may earn very well from it and she may enjoy good social status by virtue of her professional success.
The beneficial influence of a combination of Sun and combust Saturn in the seventh house in the sign of Gemini can bless the natives with success through many fields of profession, when accompanied by profession approving planets in the horoscopes of these natives. Such positive combust Saturn can bless some natives with success through the field of media due to which these natives may engage in professions related to this field and they may achieve success as news reporters, news paper owners, news channel owners, editors, cameramen and other such professionals. For example, if a positive combination of Sun and combust Saturn is placed in the seventh house of a horoscope in the sign of Gemini, positive Venus is placed in the ninth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo, positive Mars is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in the sign of Virgo, positive Rahu is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Scorpio and positive Ketu is placed in the sixth house of this horoscope in the sign of Taurus, the native may come across this result. The native under the collective impact of this positive combination of Sun and combust Saturn in the seventh house in the sign of Gemini and other positive planets may take a course in journalism and he may become a professional journalist after finishing such course.
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On the other hand, a negative combination of Sun and combust Saturn in the seventh house of a horoscope in the sign of Gemini can trouble the native with problems related to marriage, profession, health and many other types of problems depending on the overall tone of his horoscope. Some natives may suffer from the heat of such negative combination of Sun and combust Saturn in the sphere of their marriage due to which they may face problems in this field. A negative combination of Sun and combust Saturn in the seventh house in the sign of Gemini can delay the marriages of some natives under its impact and such delay may prolong with the addition of other malefic planets to the horoscopes of these natives. In an extreme case of this type when supported by other negative planets, a negative combination of Sun and combust Saturn in the seventh house of a horoscope in the sign of Gemini can delay the marriage of the native till his age of 41, unless there is a strong marriage promoting planet in his horoscope.


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Home›Community›Forgotten Places of Cortland County: Port Watson
Forgotten Places of Cortland County: Port Watson
This building eventually came to be used as the King's Daughter's Children's Home and it sat where the present day BOCES and Seven Valleys Tech School is located today. (Cortland County Historical Society)
By Tabitha Scoville
Cortland County Historical Society Assistant Director
Have you ever wondered where the name "Port Watson" came from? We have both a street and a bridge that are called Port Watson, but there is certainly no port to be found. Would you believe that there actually was a bustling port on the Tioughnioga River and the surrounding community was called Port Watson? It is an interesting story that begins around 1800, before Cortland County was even established as a county in its own right. We were a part of Onondaga County at that time.
Elkanah Watson was an enterprising man who, with partners Thomas Tillotson and David Dickson, purchased three 600 acre Military Tract* lots from Andrew Stockholm. The plan was to develop a town and that is exactly what they did. The area of the Port Watson village ran about ¼ mile in a north-south direction and about 1/6 mile in an east-west direction. The area that includes Kennedy Parkway to Port Watson Street gives you a better idea of where the village was. The area was divided into lots of similar size, except for areas where the terrain was irregular. Streets were laid out and named. As of 1806, 30 lots had been sold, 66 were assigned to surveyor Henry I. Stewart and 89 were reserved for future sale. According to Spafford's New York State Gazeteer of 1810, 25 houses and stores were in Port Watson while only 10-12 houses were in the village of Cortland. Homer was really growing and had 70 houses and stores.
Positioned at the confluence of the east and west branches of the Tioughnioga River, Port Watson was full of promise. Its population was outpacing that of Cortland Village, and river navigation was the best way to transport goods over long distances. Arks of up to 90 feet long were loaded with all manner of goods, including potash, whiskey, gypsum, and grain. The arks were navigated to far-away places like Baltimore and Washington, D. C., where the goods were sold and the arks were dismantled and sold for lumber. Many of the arks had fun names like Gold Hunter, Lazy Tom, and Sour Crout. We have a tale from the Crazy Jane which set sail on April 6, 1818. Manned by Luman Rice and headed for Harrisburg, Crazy Jane was laden with gypsum. A few days into the journey, Rice had a serious accident. Rice had coiled a length of rope around his left arm that was also secured to the vessel. He put the other end of the rope around a tree that leaned over the river, and you can well imagine that with the momentum of the large moving boat, Rice's arm was instantly severed. He fell into the river and swam a distance before he was retrieved and his wounded arm amputated.
View from the Port Watson Street bridge, 1899 (Cortland County Historical Society)
Elkanah Watson carefully planned the layout of Port Watson as well as its purpose. First and foremost, it would be a source of cheap and speedy shipping to points south. Docks and warehouses were important to the success of Port Watson. Goods were brought in the winter via sleds and stored in warehouses until spring and better navigation weather. Secondly, the river would provide a ready source of power for the all-important mills that Watson envisioned.
The first mill established in the village was a saw mill built by Luther Rice in 1808, and a paper mill which was built by Nelson Spencer in 1820. A tannery was started in 1824 by William Elder. A store was a must and a grand hotel was erected which housed the post office.** This building eventually came to be used as the King's Daughter's Children's Home and it sat where the present day BOCES and Seven Valleys Tech school is located today.
A map of Port Watson Village, 1806 (Cortland County Historical Society)
The village flourished briefly, but the demise of Port Watson was slow and sure. As more dams were built further up the river, the flow was more and more restricted, and as such, river transportation was not as reliable as it had been. In spite of the great success of river transportation for trade, there were many drawbacks, including the seasonal nature of it. There was a glut of product placed on the market in the spring which likely depressed the value of goods. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 certainly contributed to the collapse of Port Watson. Goods could be made available more consistently between the Erie Canal, better roads, and finally, the arrival of the railroad. Eventually the village was absorbed into Cortland Village which became the City of Cortland in 1900.
The next time you drive over the Port Watson Bridge, imagine for a moment what it must have looked like over 200 years ago: the busy boat yard and wharves, the bustling activity of loading the arks, and the crowds of people who would gather on the river banks to watch the boats launch on their maiden (and only!) voyage. Was your ancestor on an ark as a crew member? Or was he or she a small child on the river bank watching the big event? Stop by Cortland County Historical Society and see what you can find out about your family and if they were a part of this early community of Cortland County.
CCHS is open Tuesday - Saturday, 1-5 p.m. for research. Members and students receive free research, and assisted research for non-members is $8 for the first hour and $5 for each additional hour. Call 607-756-6071 for more information or visit their website.
*A large part of Central New York was part of the Military Tract, land that was given to Revolutionary War soldiers for their service.
**The list of Cortland County post offices list April 8, 1808 as the date of establishment for the Port Watson post office, but the post office was likely there prior to that date. Before that date, one would have to consult Onondaga County records.
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I fished this little stretch in the bfl last week. There are grassy weed patches along the bank that are holding some big bedded bass. Ended up with 4 big keepers ...more out of it.
Caught it snagging below the dam while they weren't letting any water out. I am 5'11" so u can see how big the fish is.
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Howard E. Loge, 93, of Evansville passed away 30 October 2018 at 11:30 AM. He was born 3 October 1925, to the late Henry and Elfredia (Kunze) Loge.
Howard was of the Lutheran Church, a member of Messiah Lutheran Church since 1960. He graduated from F. J. Reitz High School, having studied at Mechanical Arts Vocational School for two years. Howard served in the U. S. Army from 1943 to 1945 in the European Theater of Operations, wounded in the Battle of the Bulge and earned a medical discharge 2 August 1945.
Howard worked at Swanson Nunn Electric Co. until 1969 when he started Mount Vernon Electric Motors with two partners. He sold his share of the business and retired in 1985.
Howard was a member of the Checkmates camping club, the Vagabond Square dancing and camping club, and the Hamilton Golf Club League.
He and his wife Doris were married 7 February 1948 at Saint Paul's Lutheran Church in Evansville. He and Doris were snowbirds, having spent 25 years wintering in South Texas, playing golf and square dancing.
He was preceded in death by his wife Doris in November 2015, brothers Fredrich (Fred) Loge, Robert (Bob) Loge and Sister Juanita Beal. He is survived by sons Gary W. Loge of State College, PA and Curtis A. Loge (wife Margaret) of Columbus, OH, grandchildren Andrew S. Loge of Cleveland, OH, Heather T. Schriver of London, OH, Sarah J. Franciscus of Charleston, SC and Amelia M. McKinney of Fort Drum, NY, great-grandchildren Reiley Loge, Colten McKinney, Maxwell McKinney, Henry Schriver, and Oliver Loge.
A graveside service will be held 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at Lutheran Cemetery.
The family would like to thank Pastor Esterline and Dr. Hardesty for their compassion and caring.


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Q: Laravel - Customize :attribute value? I have a page with 2 forms. Since the id attribute of HTML elements must be unique, I prefixed my ids with login_ and register_. I'm using Request objects to handle those requests : I made a LoginRequest and a RegisterRequest, and set the rules in the rules() method.
However, when printing the errors, I know have a message like :

The login email field is required.

Is there any way I can tell Laravel that even if the id of my input is login_email, I would like him to print email (i.e. without the prefix) ? I know I can return custom messages by implementing the messages() method, however I would like to avoid doing that, since the default messages are good for me, just the value of the :attribute object that makes the error message a bit hard to understand.


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Richard Johnston may refer to:

Politics
 Richard Johnston (died 1706), MP for Clogher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
 Sir Richard Johnston, 1st Baronet (1743–1795), MP for Kilbeggan and Blessington
 Archibald D. Johnston (1940–2003), popularly known as Dick Johnston, provincial politician, Alberta, Canada
 Richard Johnston (Ontario politician) (born 1946), provincial politician, Ontario, Canada
 Ricky Johnston (born 1943), Australian politician

Other
 Richard C. Johnston, U.S. Air Force general
 Richard F. Johnston (1925–2014), American ornithologist, academic and author
 Richard Johnston (composer) (1917–1997), Canadian composer, arts administrator, music critic, and music educator
 Richard Johnston (musician), American blues musician
 Rich Johnston, comic book columnist
 Richard Malcolm Johnston (1822–1898), American writer and educator
 Dick Johnston (1863–1934), baseball player
Dick Johnston (journalist) (1919–2008), Canadian sports journalist
 Ritchie Johnston (1931–2001), New Zealand Olympic cyclist

See also
 Richard Johnstone (disambiguation)
 Richard Johnson (disambiguation)


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Forums World Football World Cup
WC Final
Forum about the biggest sporting event in the world
klc123
No it was a different freekick that hit the wall and went out for an obvious corner, goal kick given.
David Villa didn't gain an advantage, he didn't have a shot on goal, if I remember correctly. Robben however did have a shot on goal therefore it is deemed as a fair advantage, because if Robbens finishing was better, he would have scored, whereas Villa couldn't have gained any advantage because any chance was gone, so play was brought back.
It is difficult to referee under pressure, particularly a world cup final, I thought he done a fantastic job, and and Dutch fans that blame him for their lose are just clutching at straws.
ScottyBoy
Blaming the ref is just silly. The only people responsible for the quality of the match are the players. They are the ones who make it good or bad. They made it boring for the most part.
If a player commits a needless, reckless or cynical he deserves a yellow card. The players commited such fouls, it was only Howards Webbs duty to issue the cards they deserved.
How can it be claimed that that Webb was both card happy and too lenient at the same time?
I think cant think of any card he dished out could be argued to be "unfair".
At the same time De Jong probably should have been sent of and I can think of two or three players who were fortunate not to get two yellows within a couple of minutes.
Robben perhaps should have been gien a foul but it would mean pulling the play back after he was given a good chance, usually players arnt given "both".
Elia wasnt fouled that was very clear to me I understand why that is a big talking point (excuse/blame/whatever)
Spain were worthy winners in the end and perhaps thoughout the tournament although I would have prefered a more attractive side like Germany or Argentina to have won.
If anything a little disappointed that Spain didnt play more open football because if they did they were more than capable of wiping the floor with the rest of the world.
People who say something cannot be done are often surprised by others doing it.
Both for red. That being said how can his job be fantastic if he missed two clearones? He did well mostly. But he missed some things. Good points scotty.
panchester07 wrote: haha exellent comment...
I disagree though, I think Xavi wasn't quite at his peak level for some reason this tournament. Iniesta played better for longer periods of the match, and though they both tried to find holes through the dutch lines, I believe Iniestaa had better results. He harmed more the defense. He was more vertical, and justtt he tried greater things and got better results than Xavi in my opinion. Xavi was great too, but Iniesta and Cesc (for the period he played) where better imo. Xavi sometimes(this tournament) has a clear pass and doesn't sned it and sometimes seems to forget that the goal is north, and goes east and west a bit more than I think is necessary at small times. Besides that, he played great and was key.
Kinda disagree about Cesc and agree about xavi. He seemed lost whenever he played but to give credit where its due, he did have some significant moments of contribution.
As for xavi, I was told he carried his hamstring injury at the end of the regular season on to the WC, which maybe a possible reason. I am not sure but i definitely remember him playing with his injury in the final three game to ensure Barca wins the league. However Xavi was definitely average for Barca duplicate in comparison to his stellar performances for Barca original. He didnt rack up assists or score goals which is why he was rightfully overlooked for the WC awards. However, like a small yet crucially important cog in the machine, he definitely was a key player for Spain and fullfilled his role to perfection.
This is evident by him topping all the passing statistics in the World Cup except assists, which to be fair really is an average Xavi.
soccermatt
My bad, you are right, it was only one hand and he wasnt directly behind him........however i dont think you have the trick down either considering you say Heitinga "barely tapped" his shoulder.......he is clearly holding on to the shoulder while iniesta takes two or three steps.....he only seems to raise his hand when he senses iniesta was falling.....thats no where close to being "barely tapped".
silly. you said you aren't biased, and pointing out evidence. Do you honestly believe a little hand on the shoulder, which was whittled down to a hand on the shoulder from your double handed death attack you first saw (sorry i ruined your credibility), would be more debilitating than what puyol did? Dont worry that Robben kept playing and the ref played advantage, you were set on puyol being innocent and Heitinga being a demon. So if you were in a foot race for example, you would rather someone do something like...
He was simply beside him trying to put an arm across to stop him and that didnt work because Robben was too fast. Then he tried to grab robben but just lost his footing, ended up swiveling around him and almost taking his legs out.
than someone put a hand on your shoulder?
P.S. Not a Netherlands or Spain fan
Look at Iniesta's legs in this video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5b3uOsOZqI
got that from diving eh?
lmao you foolish kid, did you not read me owning up to my mistake of being shortsighted and admitting you were correct?
Dont be sorry about ruining my credibility, just be sorry for not getting the point....hahaha
but let me explain it clearly and you read it slowly, ok
Heitinga actually got a hold on Iniesta's shoulder before he could start running onto a goal scoring pass and held on to it for 2-3 steps (although it was ONE hand and NOT from behind)..........not barely tapped little hand on the shoulder like you suggest.
Robben was already on the run towards goal....Puyol put an arm across and tried to hold him back with that instead of grabbing a body part with his hand....which is legit....but it failed cause robben was too quick....as a result he slipped, spun around robben and almost wiped his legs out.....(mind you, his actions didnt look purposeful like heitinga's offence....just ridiculously clumsy).........regardless, Robben was unfazed by all, which is why he was given advantage but he failed to score.....play over........I had already said this was a guaranteed foul earlier and I reiterate it really would have been had Robben lost control of the ball.
Point being I am not saying Puyol is an innocent angel and Heitinga is a demon but very genius of you to that conclusion...
I am just making sense of why Webb felt the need to not do anything to Puyol and card Heitinga.
EDIT: Seriously I cant be any clearer than that...
Edit II: It seemed as Puyol tried to hold on to Robben's torso as the dutchman sped away, which may have given brown the opinion that it was a bearhug, which started this argument. imo it wasnt really deliberate because there was no shirt tugging
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Wanderer wrote: Look at Iniesta's legs in this video..
Yes, he dove and landed on the turf hard and scratched himself. Poor kid.
klc123 wrote:
Yeah damn those studs on the turf..Knew the South African pitches were inadequate..
damn, apparently guardiola sent a message to his players before the final to pump them up.
Whats shocking is that he used Iniesta's face at the end........its like that man knew what was going to happen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioAzQNAV ... r_embedded
klc david villa himself didn't get the advantage but his team got the ball and in most cases would constatute (sp) an advantage to be played. Panchester i'm not sure in a world cup final if i would give that foul on iniesta a straight red obvious yellow but maybe not a red that karate kick was obviously a purple though.
shahensha, i am done with this argument because you are not listening to what i am saying and you are calling the kettle black saying im not listening.
nick117 wrote: klc david villa himself didn't get the advantage but his team got the ball and in most cases would constatute (sp) an advantage to be played. Panchester i'm not sure in a world cup final if i would give that foul on iniesta a straight red obvious yellow but maybe not a red that karate kick was obviously a purple though.
It was a foul from behind, when he was beaten, on his support foot, and away from the ball .. Its not as clear as the other one, but I think its nasty as fu** and 9/10 ref's would have sent him off.
To be fair, the ref all over the world, important people have admitted he done pretty sh*tty, and said it in their words, Cruyff, Blatter among others.
If it wasn't a world cup final, and it wasn't the first bad challenge Van Bommel had done, I would say he would have been a gonner.
The Dutch we very lucky it was a premier league referee, who are generally more lenient with the whole "proper men playing proper hard football in England" bulls**t.
Wanderer wrote:
KLC, I think we both know you don't get those cuts from diving. Maybe he was shaving his legs with a bad quality razor.. jk.. The dutch where pigs, and since they where so dirty, the few times he dove, the ref believed him since the dutch have applied all types of karate kicks on Spain. If they'd been clean all match probably the ref would have seen the pair of dives and said get up. Plus I don't know if I consider the red a dive since there was contact, it was exagerrated, but he did hold him.
Maybe thats why they where so dirty and aggresive? They knew Webb was more "lenient". Its really a crime what they did to him. Bitching every play, fouling all the time, horrible fouls, whinning in packs of 3-4 around him, foul or no foul they bitched at him like if he would have done the foul...and they know he tries to keep the game in order and not pull out any reds. I'd like to see anyother ref manage the situation. You really as a ref have to learn not to give a flaming fu**. His self-esteem must have suffered... No wonder he described it as the "2 hardest hours of his life", with all the float of wankers in the orange uniform.
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