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PLUM, RICHARD J, born ABT 1958, and his bride SUZANNE B, born ABT 1959, married 9 DEC 1977, and they had no children under 18 when they got divorced in HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. on 5 AUG 2005. 121095448
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PLUM, RICHARD J. was born 17 August 1922, received Social Security number 153-16-2520 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died 17 August 1991 121095449
PLUM, RICHARD J. was born 24 July 1927, received Social Security number 138-22-3062 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died 17 August 1998 121095450
PLUM, RICHARD L. was born 01 December 1917, received Social Security number 516-10-6626 (indicating Montana) and, Death Master File says, died 26 March 2005 121095451
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Plum, Richard Lee, Rank: HM3, Branch: US NAVY, War: KOREA, was born 17 June 1931, died 18 February 2014, and was buried in Section CQ, Row A, Site 26 in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California, United States of America. 121095452
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PLUM, RICHARD M. was born 01 November 1946, received Social Security number 480-60-6627 (indicating Iowa) and, Death Master File says, died 24 September 2010 121095453
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PLUM, RICHARD R. was born 15 December 1947, received Social Security number 153-40-2868 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died 28 June 2012 121095454
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PLUM, RICHARD R. was born 18 December 1925, received Social Security number 186-12-8509 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died 24 December 2005 121095455
Plum, Richard R., Rank: SGT, Branch: US ARMY, War: WORLD WAR II, died, and was buried in Section J, Site 15752 in Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York, United States of America. 121095456
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PLUM, RISDON was born 08 September 1901, received Social Security number 139-03-0158 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died January 1974 121095457
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PLUM, RITA M. was born 01 February 1943, received Social Security number 087-24-5395 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died 02 November 1994 121095458
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PLUM, RITA M. was born 25 June 1920, received Social Security number 220-01-0376 (indicating Maryland) and, Death Master File says, died 13 November 2006 121095459
PLUM, ROBBIE L. was born 21 December 1912, received Social Security number 421-16-0172 (indicating Alabama) and, Death Master File says, died 08 July 1989 121095460
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PLUM, ROBERT was born 02 June 1886, received Social Security number 325-01-3670 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died July 1965 121095461
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PLUM, ROBERT was born 02 June 1927, received Social Security number 206-14-0063 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died April 1986 121095462
PLUM, ROBERT was born 03 September 1910, received Social Security number 086-16-4699 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died August 1985 121095463
PLUM, ROBERT was born 07 April 1905, received Social Security number 078-01-1143 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died January 1980 121095464
PLUM, ROBERT was born 10 September 1888, received Social Security number 144-05-5415 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died April 1969 121095465
PLUM, ROBERT was born 12 February 1942, received Social Security number 501-44-5048 (indicating North Dakota) and, Death Master File says, died February 1985 121095466
PLUM, ROBERT was born 23 February 1936, received Social Security number 343-30-0692 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died May 1987 121095467
PLUM, ROBERT was born 30 July 1890, received Social Security number 071-09-7071 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died June 1971 121095468
PLUM, ROBERT A. was born 13 October 1917, received Social Security number 330-01-6827 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 23 August 2004 121095469
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PLUM, ROBERTA J. was born 15 May 1928, received Social Security number 365-26-5895 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died 22 July 2003 121095471
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PLUM, ROBERT B who was 39 (born ABT 1950) married 2 DEC 1989 in COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a bride named SHAWN DOWNING who was 36 (born ABT 1953). 121095472
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PLUM, ROBERT C. was born 09 December 1922, received Social Security number 442-12-6354 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died 13 August 1989 121095473
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PLUM, ROBERT D. was born 12 June 1933, received Social Security number 234-52-8172 (indicating West Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died 10 January 2008 121095474
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PLUM, ROBERT D. was born 31 December 1947, received Social Security number 524-64-5522 (indicating Colorado) and, Death Master File says, died 09 May 2006 121095475
PLUM, Robert Dale married in 1968 in Marion, West Virginia, United States a bride named Katherine Sue Watkins. 121095476
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PLUM, ROBERT E. was born 06 July 1921, received Social Security number 327-12-0411 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 22 December 1990 121095477
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PLUM, ROBERT E. was born 13 August 1927, received Social Security number 479-26-1332 (indicating Iowa) and, Death Master File says, died 04 March 2003 121095478
PLUM, ROBERT E. was born 24 April 1951, received Social Security number 033-36-9800 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died 16 March 1989 121095479
PLUM, ROBERT E. was born 29 September 1918, received Social Security number 223-14-5524 (indicating Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died 31 January 1994 121095480
PLUM, ROBERT E. was born 31 December 1939, and died in New Jersey, United States of America 24 May 2017, according to New Jersey death index entry number 20170030108
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Plum, Robert E., Rank: RDM3, Branch: US NAVY, War: WORLD WAR II, was born 6 July 1921, died 22 December 1990, and was buried in Section Q, Site 67 in Rock Island National Cemetery in Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America. 121095482
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PLUM, ROBERT F. was born 01 March 1933, received Social Security number 236-62-0947 (indicating West Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died 04 December 2010 121095483
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PLUM, ROBERT H. was born 28 May 1947, received Social Security number 483-56-9883 (indicating Iowa) and, Death Master File says, died 25 October 2008 121095484
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PLUM, ROBERT J. was born 01 November 1937, received Social Security number 170-30-9285 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died 03 December 2002 121095485
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PLUM, ROBERT J. was born 15 January 1921, and died in New Jersey, United States of America 3 March 2010, according to New Jersey death index entry number 20100012365
PLUM, ROBERT L. was born 01 August 1928, received Social Security number 524-28-3607 (indicating Colorado) and, Death Master File says, died 09 June 1990 121095487
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PLUM, ROBERT L. was born 02 August 1925, received Social Security number 356-12-7875 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 11 October 1993 121095488
PLUM, ROBERT L. was born 05 May 1912, received Social Security number 330-18-5520 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 12 January 1999 121095489
PLUM, ROBERT L. was born 06 March 1927, received Social Security number 226-30-8338 (indicating Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died 22 May 2003 121095490
PLUM, ROBERT N. was born 19 November 1953, received Social Security number 521-74-7825 (indicating Colorado) and, Death Master File says, died 03 November 2005 121095491
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PLUM, Robert Nelson (child of Virginia Dare Redden (mother) and Gale E. Plum) ; died 10 Feb 1951 in Raleigh, West Virginia. 121095492
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PLUM, Robert Nelson was born ABT 1951;; died 10 Feb 1951 in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia. 121095493
PLUM, ROBERT R. was born 20 August 1951, and died in New Jersey, United States of America 13 August 2014, according to New Jersey death index entry number 20140043542
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Plum, Robert R., Rank: SGT, Branch: US ARMY, War: WORLD WAR II, was born 3 September 1910, died 11 August 1985, and was buried in Section 20, Site 1721 in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California, United States of America. 121095495
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PLUM, ROBERT W who was 42 (born ABT 1944) married 17 MAY 1986 in DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a bride named LYNN B EILDERS who was 36 (born ABT 1950). 121095496
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PLUM, ROBERT W. was born 10 February 1940, received Social Security number 075-32-4210 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died 06 August 1996 121095497
Plum, Robert W., Rank: TEC 5, Branch: US ARMY, War: WORLD WAR II, was born 11 May 1922, died 23 November 2005, and was buried in Section 25, Site 1000 in Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America. 121095498
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PLUM, RODNEY C. (child of JANET SCOGGINS (mother) who was born in NM and CARL C. PLUM who was born in PA) was born 12 May 1954 in AZ;; died 6 Jan 1956 in MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, U.S.A.. 121095499
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Plum, Roger Nelson, Rank: PFC, Branch: US ARMY, War: WORLD WAR II, died 30 August 1951, and was buried in Section O, Site 36440 in Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York, United States of America. 121095500
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PLUM, ROGER W. was born 17 August 1926, received Social Security number 323-20-8981 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 02 June 2001 121095501
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PLUM, ROLAND was born 22 April 1889, received Social Security number 349-07-0870 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died March 1974 121095502
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PLUM, ROLAND was born 31 March 1904, received Social Security number 159-03-6988 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died October 1983 121095503
PLUM, ROLAND G. was born 16 August 1937, received Social Security number 145-28-4525 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died 12 March 1994 121095504
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PLUM, ROLAND H. was born 07 January 1917, received Social Security number 151-01-5086 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died December 1994 121095505
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PLUM, ROMIE was born 12 May 1927, received Social Security number 240-32-9741 (indicating North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died 25 September 1993 121095506
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Plum, Ronald Alfred, Rank: SP4, Branch: US ARMY, was born 2 May 1937, died 11 December 2017, and was buried in Section Q, Site 1612 in Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Texas, United States of America. 121095507
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PLUM, RON G who was 21 (born ABT 1964) married 11 JUL 1985 in COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a bride named LINDA M KIRKWOOD who was 25 (born ABT 1960). 121095508
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PLUM, ROSA was born 30 April 1887, received Social Security number 235-80-4712 (indicating West Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died 15 January 1970 121095509
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PLUM, Rosa (mother) , and Earl Wiles, had a baby, Dorsey WILES. 121095510
PLUM, ROSA A. was born 15 November 1924, and died in New Jersey, United States of America 27 March 2006, according to New Jersey death index entry number 20060020367
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PLUM, Rosa F. (daughter of George Batton) was born 31 Aug 1895 in Taylor County, West Virginia, U.S.A.. 121095512
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PLUM, ROSALEE was born 15 May 1923, received Social Security number 232-42-3924 (indicating West Virginia or North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died April 1987 121095513
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PLUM, ROSE (mother) , and JOHN ADAMS, had a baby girl, ELSIE MAY ADAMS born in Wevaco. 121095514
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PLUM, ROSE A. was born 07 July 1914, received Social Security number 489-32-7234 (indicating Missouri) and, Death Master File says, died 16 June 2003 121095515
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PLUM, ROSE A. was born 15 November 1924, received Social Security number 120-14-7591 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died 27 March 2006 121095516
PLUM, ROSE A. was born 24 June 1884, received Social Security number 484-64-6303 (indicating Iowa) and, Death Master File says, died 15 March 1968 121095517
PLUM, ROSE E. was born 9 Nov 1866; died 25 Jul 1938 in BOISE, IDAHO. 121095518
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PLUM, ROSE E. was born 13 July 1925, received Social Security number 232-32-9298 (indicating West Virginia or North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died 09 March 2005 121095519
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PLUM, Rose Francis married in 1917 in Taylor, West Virginia, United States a groom named John Stemple. 121095520
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PLUM, ROSELLA was born 17 April 1916, received Social Security number 483-60-7514 (indicating Iowa) and, Death Master File says, died 28 April 1995 121095521
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PLUM, Rosella married in 1903 in Preston, West Virginia, United States a groom named R E Wiles. 121095522
PLUM, Rosella (mother) , and Joseph Irl Wiles who was born in Pa., had a baby boy, Russell Paul WILES born in 1936 in W. Va.. 121095523
PLUM, Rosella (mother) , and Joseph Irl Wiles, had a baby, Russel Paul WILES. 121095524
PLUM, Rosella (mother) , and Richard Earl Wiles, had a baby boy, Joseph Earl WILES born 29 Oct 1911. 121095525
PLUM, ROSE M. was born 18 January 1936, received Social Security number 189-28-6019 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died 19 October 1996 121095526
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PLUM, ROSINA married 20 Feb 1890 in LOGAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. a groom named STEPHEN KRANZBERGER. 121095527
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PLUM, ROSS was born 26 April 1891, received Social Security number 295-40-9029 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died July 1970 121095528
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PLUM, ROWENA J. was born 18 May 1915, received Social Security number 016-09-4799 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died 07 October 2000 121095529
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PLUM, ROY married a bride named ALIX RYAN in the year 1963 on license number 9772 issued in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A. 121095530
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PLUM, ROY was born 15 March 1902, received Social Security number 431-10-4389 (indicating Arkansas) and, Death Master File says, died April 1976 121095531
PLUM, ROY was born 29 June 1904, received Social Security number 565-03-4867 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died December 1976 121095532
PLUM, ROY E. was born 29 November 1921, received Social Security number 549-28-5613 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died 26 November 1992 121095533
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PLUM, ROY R. married a bride named KATHARINE F. HORN in the year 1983 on license number 11660 issued in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A. 121095534
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PLUM, RUBY N. was born 26 February 1932, received Social Security number 430-68-2639 (indicating Arkansas) and, Death Master File says, died 23 February 1995 121095535
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PLUM, Rufus (child of Elizabeth James (mother) and Abraham Plum) ; died 7 Apr 1942 in Wood, West Virginia. 121095536
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PLUM, Rufus married in 1880 in Wirt, West Virginia, United States a bride named Martha Markely. 121095537
PLUM, RUSSELL was born 05 June 1902, received Social Security number 110-16-1442 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died September 1983 121095538
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PLUM, RUSSELL was born 07 February 1908, received Social Security number 236-12-8568 (indicating West Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died January 1969 121095539
PLUM, RUSSELL was born 20 August 1901, received Social Security number 144-05-4849 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died December 1981 121095540
PLUM, RUSSELL C. was born 15 February 1903, received Social Security number 155-24-9228 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died 16 March 1998 121095541
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PLUM, RUSSELL D. was born 12 July 1921, received Social Security number 235-86-0322 (indicating West Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died 08 November 1998 121095542
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PLUM, Russell E. (son of Louisa Sheets (mother) and Jacob Edward Plum) was born ABT 1910;; died 19 Jan 1969 in Monongalia County, West Virginia. 121095543
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PLUM, Russell Edward married in 1932 in Preston, West Virginia, United States a bride named Eulalah Mae Carter. 121095544
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PLUM, RUSSELL V. was born 06 October 1926, received Social Security number 158-14-7151 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died 28 June 2013 121095545
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PLUM, RUTH was born 23 Aug 1892 in MINNESOTA (child of (UNKNOWN) (mother)) died 27 Apr 1964 in RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA, U.S.A. 121095546
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PLUM, RUTH was born 03 February 1906, received Social Security number 484-32-4173 (indicating Iowa) and, Death Master File says, died November 1976 121095547


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LAPD Captures Sexual Assault Suspect
Los Angeles: On Monday, August 20, 2001, at approximately 11:30 a.m., two female school teachers, age 21 and 22, were at 99th Street School preparing their classroom for the upcoming school year. A male Black suspect, approximately 20 years, 5'10", thin build, with a goatee, entered through an open door on his bicycle. The suspect pointed a handgun at the victims and demanded money. The suspect then sexually assaulted both victims and took their money and cell phones.
The suspect walked the victims out of the school toward a nearby ATM. As they passed a school employee, the victims were able to escape and the suspect fled the location.
On August 21, 2001, an extensive investigation by Robbery-Homicide Division detectives and Southwest Area personnel resulted in the arrest of 19 year old Antoine Marshal, a resident of Southeast Area of Los Angeles.
Marshal was booked at Southeast Jail for Felony Sex Offense and his bail has been set at one million dollars.
This information was received from Detectives Gregg Stone and Pamela Stirling of Robbery-Homicide Division, 213-763-5061.
This press release was prepared by Public Information Officer Jason Lee, Media Relations Section, 213-485-3586.

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Band performing in Fairfield called one you 'need to know'
The Fairfield Community Arts Center will present Farewell Angelina in concert on Sat., Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. CONTRIBUTED
By Ginny McCabe, Contributing Writer
As part of the One Stage Series, Farewell Angelina will be in concert at the Fairfield Community Arts Center on Sat., Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $34 for adults and $31 for senior adults and students.
"We are excited to have them come to Fairfield, bringing their style of country to our stage," said David Sheldrick, marketing specialist for Fairfield Parks & Recreation.
Named after a Bob Dylan song of the same name, the band's stellar blend of heart-stopping harmonies over violin and guitars has earned them praise across the board. The act has been named among Rolling Stone's "New Artists You Need to Know," and Roughstock's "Ones to Watch."
"They are high-energy. They're up-and-coming-artists, and if you don't know them right now, you will very soon, because they are rising that fast," Sheldrick said, "We are thrilled they are going to be here for everybody in Fairfield, Hamilton, and the surrounding communities. I know there are a lot of country fans here, and we're excited to see everybody."
Farewell Angelina is comprised of Ashley Gearing (lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Andrea Young (lead vocals and fiddle), Mandy Shucher (bass), Ford Thurston (electric guitar). and Ben Cordonero (drums).
Prior to forming Farewell Angelina, each of the band members had solo careers, touring and recording with top artists like Kenny Chesney, Trace Adkins, and other big names. The band released the highly anticipated "Women and Wine" EP in January 2019.
In addition to Chesney and Adkins, the group has opened for acts like Old Dominion, Frankie Ballard, Jake Owen, Billy Currington, Maroon 5, among others. This is the first time Farewell Angelina has performed at the Fairfield Community Arts Center.
"This is just going to be fun. They are going to rock the stage. It's a country music group, and each one of them is a wonderful musician, and in working together, they take the stage over with an energy you can't believe. The worldwide premiere of their video, 'Ghosts' was No. 1 on CMT for five weeks, and it was in the top three for eight weeks, and they've had videos premiere on Billboard, so these are amazing musicians that are coming here to Fairfield," Sheldrick said.
To purchase tickets, call (513) 867-5348, visit www.fairfieldoh.gov/tickets or stop the Fairfield Community Arts Center at 411 Wessel Drive in Fairfield. Ticket pricing includes applicable fees. The 2021-2022 Season is sponsored in part by the Journal-News, Courtyard by Marriott - Hamilton, and is funded in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.
The One Stage Series is an eclectic series, featuring a variety of performers and musical genres. The performances are geared to audiences of all ages. Other One Stage Series performances will include The HillBenders present Who Grass on Sat., Jan. 8; Robin Spielberg on Sat., Feb. 12 and Tommy Ryman on Sat., Apr. 2.
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Yeah, not going to happen. Keeping people alive (never mind healthy) in space (never mind an alien environment) is so ridiculously impractical and difficult that the "colonization" of other planets by anything resembling a human being will almost certainly never happen. The Elon Musks of this world is simply indulging the colonialist and expansionist fantasies of their forebears. That which is human is limited to this world, unfortunately.


Concerns about the fact that currently, no vocational qualifications are required to work as a cleaner in the NHS and many hospital cleaners start work with little knowledge or understanding of the complex processes involved, have promted the Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals' (AHCP) national chair, Denise Foster to today call for the introduction of nationally recognised qualifications and training standards for all NHS cleaning staff.
Hospital cleaners are responsible for cleaning and disinfecting high technology equipment in the NHS worth millions of pounds in operating theatres and other healthcare settings, often with critically ill patients close by. The protocols and equipment used bear little relation to cleaning processes used domestically and in offices and industry.
The absence of professional qualifications to reflect the specialist nature of healthcare cleaning is, say the AHCP, a 'reflection of a culture that fails to fully recognise and reward professional healthcare cleaning for the critically important role it plays in keeping hospitals clean and free from infection'. The industry body believes professional training should be available at colleges and universities and no one should be able to work in a hospital without first gaining appropriate vocational training and qualifications. And without investment in training and the setting up of a national qualification, AHCP believes that NHS and government efforts to clean up hospitals will continue to fall short of expectations.
These comments come as AHCP seeks to revamp its own continuing education, training and development programmes to drive up skill levels in the sector and encourage more young people to choose healthcare cleaning as a career. One of AHCP's key objectives is to see the introduction of a nationally recognised qualification in professional healthcare cleaning.
This will be Denise Foster's final speech as AHCP National Chair as her term of office comes to an end. Her successor will be named during the association's conference this week.


I have decided to challenge myself a bit in 2015. I'm going to take on a Project 365 photography challenge. Basically this means I'm challenging myself to take at least one photo every day for a year. I'm not sure who first came up with this idea. I heard about it years ago from some scrapbooking friends. It reminds me of Project Life by Becky Higgins, which is a process of documenting your life every day or every week in a scrapbook. Then recently I read about the challenge again on a photography blog and thought it sounded like an interesting idea and a fun way to challenge myself in 2015.
I already take a lot of photos, but I don't always take one every day. I think this challenge will encourage me to take more photos and hopefully in the end to be taking better photos. I would also like to learn something along the way . . . such as the best way to take photos in low light settings or capture actions shots.
That's right. I'm not going to stress myself out by making a bunch of rules for this challenge. Some days I'm sure I will grab my DSLR and try to take an amazing photo. Other days I expect I'll snap a picture with my phone and call it a day.
Not just a list of "things" to take pictures of, but ideas like "reflections" or "candlelight" or "patterns". I think just having a list will spark some creative moments.
So far I have downloaded 2 apps to try out that are meant to organize a photo every day. The first one is called "Collect". I haven't taken much time to explore this app but it has one feature I really like. . . it sends me a text message every day asking if I taken my picture for the day. I think that is a great idea! I love having "someone" to remind me that I want to take a picture every day.
The second app I downloaded is called "My365". Like "Collect", this app also has a calendar where you post and organize your pictures every day. It also has filters so you can add some fun edits to your photos. And from this app you can share the photo on Facebook or Twitter. I'm not sure I'll do either of those, but the option is there if I want it.
I am already pretty good at this. While I don't really like the extra weight my camera adds to my bag, I hate even more not having my camera when I need/want it.
I love to upload photos to have books printed so I'm thinking about a photo book at the end of the year. I've been using Blurb for a few years and I've been pleased with how user-friendly their site is and the quality of the finished books.
I'm also going to share the photos on Instagram. I've seldom used it in the past, but I thought this would give me a little push to start using it more.
In the end, this challenge is really just another way to document my life. And I'm hoping to learn a little more about photography along the way. I think a year from now I will have accomplished something toward both goals. That's my plan. Check back and see how I'm doing. And if you've ever tried a challenge like this let me know if you have any tips for me!
I did the 100 days of Happiness and I did it with all photos. It is a challenge to do 100 days in a row and there were some days I missed. It was fun and I do like your challenge of doing photos for a whole year. I just might challenge myself to this.
Heather . . . I missed your comment in the craziness of the holidays and traveling. Good luck if you decide to challenge yourself! I think it can be a hard habit to get into. I'm doing OK so far but I do find myself struggling some days to find something "interesting" to take a photo of. I think I'm going to work on a list of things that I want to photography in the coming year to give me some direction. Let me know how it goes for you!


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Roger's review of "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed."
Why did I pick this review?
The first "Scooby-Doo" inspired Roger to audaciously declare "I am not the person to review this movie" (as quoted from "Your Movie Sucks" collection) and end with the even ballsier, impossible-to-say-in-2015 line, "the Internet was invented so that you can find someone else's review of 'Scooby Doo.' Start surfing." It's the film's sequel, "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed" that brings a fascinating atonement to his previous, delicious vitriol, while honoring his non-BS standard. He openly concedes to a bad day the first time around, which could turn a writer into a comment section's fresh meat, but not for someone of Ebert's stalwart presence. And then while he recognizes more of this sequel's audience-pleasing spectacle, ("a silly machine to whirl goofy antics before the eyes of easily distracted audiences"), he readily accepts that he is not the right person for this report. A moment of weakness to nearly any other writer became a display of Ebert's strengths, whose honest voice as a movie reporter was richer than just determining how good, or bad, a film was.
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Climate Change and the Last Great Awakening
tags: climate change, 1960s, religious history, Great Awakening
by Douglas S. Harvey
Douglas S. Harvey is a history professor in the Kansas City area. He is the author of The Theatre of Empire: Frontier Performances in North America, 1760-1860 (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2010). Currently, he is working on his second book, a biography of eighteenth-century frontier revolutionary Herman Husband.
Historians from Joseph Tracy in 1842 up to the present day have seen the religious revival movement of the mid-eighteenth century as the first mass movement in American history. With its roots in the works of Congregationalist minister Jonathan Edwards and the John Wesley-influenced Anglican George Whitefield, it renewed and expanded the Puritan notion of the "second birth" in achieving salvation in a Christian-dominated milieu. Tracy dubbed this movement the "Great Awakening" and it began what I like to think of as "conscience in American history." This movement, as it ebbed and flowed over time, influenced the American Revolution, abolitionism, women's rights, the labor movement, social welfare, and environmental concerns right up to the present day.
Another American mass movement was the social revolution of the 1950s into the 1970s that resulted in more equitable civil rights, the end of the Vietnam War, the rejuvenation of the women's rights movement, and the environmental movement. Today, this mass movement for change is in need of resurgence. We need another Great Awakening to convince the public and political leaders to accept the devastating reality of man-made climate change and embrace efforts to combat it. Even if movements like Extinction Rebellion take off and become massive, with millions of people in the streets, the attempt to curb the catastrophic effects of Climate Disruption may well be the Last Great Awakening.
Fifty years ago, historian Richard Bushman wrote that twentieth-century inhabitants, if they had ever even heard of it, misunderstood the nature of the eighteenth-century Great Awakening. This was a period of religious "revival" that ran through the middle third or so of the eighteenth century. The fervor of the original sixteenth and seventeenth century Puritans – the ones who had made their way to Massachusetts aboard the Mayflower– believed themselves to be creating a "City on the Hill" to welcome the imminent return of Christ the Messiah, ushering in a thousand-year reign known as the Millennium. These colonists were Calvinists, meaning that they embraced not only millennialism, but a doctrine known as "pre-destination" – it had already been determined who was going to Heaven and who was going to Hell in the eternal realm of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But how could one know if one was pre-destined for Heaven or not? Calvinists responded that one could know by having a "second birth" of the spirit – a profound psychological experience that would leave a lasting mark on one's psyche making it quite clear that one versed in the doctrine had been "Chosen." The relief from the experience or dread from not having it could, and usually was, profound. Today, we hear of people being "Born Again" in charismatic Christian churches (and elsewhere), but many consider this to be either fake or the ramblings of the mildly insane. So, when one mentions this business of a "second birth" now, many people simply ignore it and carry on with their lives. They don't understand the implications for those having the experience, especially during the eighteenth century's Great Awakening. This is what Bushman was saying.
Great Awakener Jonathan Edwards's famous "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is often put forward as an example of the kind of jeremiad that would induce the desired "second birth" of the reprobate (one who had not had the "second birth"). Subtitled "Sermon on the Danger of the Unconverted" and delivered at Enfield, CT in July of 1741, it needs to be remembered as a spoken sermon delivered "enthusiastically." (Think "hellfire and brimstone".) The function of the sermon was to induce a sublime terror that would propel the listener into a cataclysmic psychological transformation.
This is not an unusual psychological journey for humans on Planet Earth. Visionary experiences are common in the mystical aspects of all religions. The context and agency can vary. Bushman implies this in his essay when he compares the eighteenth-century Great Awakening to the '60s Civil Rights and anti-war movements. The Civil Rights movement – delayed justice for African Americans – and opposition to the atrocious crime known as the Vietnam War, were "awakenings" that had both a political and cultural side. The politics were that of the New Left – Students for a Democratic Society, the Black Panthers, the American Indian Movement, and others. The cultural side was a bohemian spirit inherited from the "Beats" of the 1950s that became truly massive with the "hippie movement" and featured, among other things, the shared experiences of rock music and psychotropic substances like LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, peyote cactus buttons, etc. While this directly impacted a fairly small percentage of the population overall, historians and other students of this period including psychologists and other care-givers, are beginning to understand this impact. And, like the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century, there was a ripple effect that spread throughout the culture at large.
Like the first Great Awakening, the fragmented twentieth-century movements mentioned above made an impact that is strongly felt today, although many people born since then don't realize it. The idea of self-realization – becoming the person you were meant to be (or, in Christian terms, the person God intended you to be), getting society back on a track of justice and equity and freedom, having a sense of mission for bringing positive change to the world – these are the results of such profound psychological experiences not unlike the Great Awakening. An entire generation awoke to both what we were doing to the planet and that we were essentially poisoning ourselves by not paying attention to what we were putting in our mouths. In the eighteenth-century Awakening, Bushman estimated up to twenty or thirty percent of a town could be converted to the "New Lights" (those who had experienced the "second birth") in one pass by the iconic Anglican preacher George Whitefield. The counterculture and its politics, while suppressed, has maintained significant numbers of adherents. It is possible to see both of these "Awakenings" as "seasons of revival, outpourings of the Holy Spirit, and converted sinners experiencing God's love personally." In the eighteenth century, those who experienced the "second birth" often "saw the light" of both religious and political freedom, compassion for their fellow humans, and a strong sense of staying attuned to their inner life. In the twentieth century, many in the Boomer Generation experienced similar feelings of love and compassion for not only their fellow humans, but for all life.
Now, in the twenty-first century, as the Boomer Generation has begun passing through the Sun Door, we have the reality of Climate Disruption and cataclysmic change staring us in the face. It was the counterculture of the Sixties and Seventies – readers of Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson (et al.) – who first awoke to this danger on a mass scale. If one takes the language of the first Great Awakening metaphorically, Bushman's admonition hits close to home. The "slippery slope" that Edwards, Whitefield, and a small army of itinerant revivalists used to induce the transformative "second birth" describes the reality we now face. We are sliding. Edwards's "God" is our "Climate" and its reality cannot be denied. We're too late to prevent many of the cataclysmic disruptions to come in the name of profit and convenience. But we can still mitigate some of it. We still have some agency, but it is slipping away daily. This is the Last Great Awakening. It's not just humanity that is sliding, it's the entire planetary ecological system as well as future generations. This is the REAL DEAL, the Sixth Extinction is underway and everyone is responsible now.
Richard Bushman's observation that modern observers do not understand those eighteenth-century individuals who underwent a "second birth" has gained profound significance. Ignoring what we have been doing to our home planet has created consequences that we are only beginning to grasp and that are no longer abstract. The itinerant preachers of the Great Awakening bent on inducing a "second birth" were, in their way, absolutely right about the need for profound personal change and diligent attention to one's inner life. The Last Great Awakening, if it is to be massive and successful, must involve profoundly altering our personal behaviors and inner lives while seriously committing to living in a sustainable way. Indeed, the sublime terror needed to propel massive action does not need the abstract references to HELL of the First Great Awakening. The consequences of the "reprobate's" failure to change is not abstract at all; it's happening now.
©Douglas Harvey 2019


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Campus Follies Lesson Five
In lesson four, we discussed the decline in teaching history at the high school level. As a consequence, students arrive at universities with such a weak grasp of the facts of the past that it is quite easy to convince them of just about anything.
This week's lesson provides you with examples of the most eggregious politically motivated rewriting of history at the College level - "Afrocentrism". The dividing line between propaganda and serious inquiry has blurred.
At the conclusion of lesson 4 we asked whether it was wise for liberals to weaken and propagandize the history curriculum. After all, there are alternative sources that would be happy to interpret the meaning of Western Civilization to curious European-Americans without the intervention of liberal integrationist professors.
As you review the readings below, you should ask whether integration and assimilation are realistically possible when a group becomes so alienated from the majority that it manufactures a vision of the past regarded by the majority as fanciful.
Can this be an optimistic sign for the future?
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April 7, 1993 Wall Street Journal p A14
Afrocentrists Wage War on Ancient Greeks
BY MARY LEFKOWITZ
Recently I heard a lecture at Wellesley College that, not so long ago, would have seemed strangely out of place in an academic setting.
As if there were no question about the accuracy of his information, the speaker, Yosef A. A. ben-Jochannan, assured his young audience that Greek civilization dates from only 1000 B.C. (In fact, Greek speaking peoples occupied the Greek mainland for at least half a millennium before that.) He went on to suggest that Socrates was a figment of Plato's imagination. (In fact, the great philosopher is mentioned by several other contemporary writers, such as the comic poet Aristophanes and the historian Xenophon.) As for Plato himself, Mr. ben-Jochannan claimed that the philosopher had studied for 11 years in Egypt. (It is very unlikely that he even went there.) He said that Plato learned from Egyptian sages in Masonic Grand Lodges an Egyptian "mystery" system. (In reality, there was no such system, and a literature about Greco-Egyptian philosophy did not come into existence until 500 years after Plato's death.)
Then, as if to drive home the message of the treachery and inferiority of the ancient Greeks, he asserted that Aristotle sacked the Library of Alexandria and stole his philosophy from the Egyptians. In fact. the library was not built until after Aristotle's death and there is no evidence that Aristotle ever went to Egypt, much less stole his philosophy from there.
When a colleague and I asked Mr. ben-Jochannan to identify the ancient sources on which he based his assertions, he declined to answer. When we pointed out one or two errors of fact, he accused us of arrogance and insolence. One student apologized to the speaker for our rudeness, and walked out. After the lecture other students surrounded us, saying: "You think you know the truth, but HE is telling the truth. What you learned is wrong."
Despite appearances, this was no political rally, or at least it wasn't billed as such. It was the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture in the Wellesley College Chapel, located on a campus that has until now prided itself on reasoned discourse and behavior. The speaker had been introduced by our college president as an "eminent Egyptologist and historian."
One could just laugh and forget about it, if occasions like this were exceptional. But similar "facts" about the ancient world are routinely taught to some Wellesley students, and to other students throughout the country-at Temple, City University of New York and Cornell, to name only a few other schools--by professors eager to present an "Afrocentrist" perspective on the ancient world.
These "historians" are determined to show that Africa is the true mother of Western civilization, and that Greek philosophy and religion were not invented by the Greeks but rather stolen by them from the ancient Egyptians. They depict the Egyptians, and other ancient peoples of Africa, as victims of a conspiracy: In their view, European historians have banded together to suppress the truth about the derivative and fraudulent nature of European civilization.
This conspiracy theory gives the promoters of the Afrocentrist view of history license to ignore many established facts of history and to report (or invent) only data that support their paranoid account of ancient history. If someone can teach that the Greeks stole their philosophy from Egypt, he might as well claim that Jews (rather than Christian Europeans, Arabs and Africans) were primarily responsible for the 19th century slave trade. At Wellesley, the same instructor who assigns books like the Rev. G.G.M. James's "Stolen Legacy" in a course on ancient Africa employs the anonymously authored, notoriously anti-Semitic treatise "The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews" in a course on modern U.S. history.
Those who believe in this conspiracy have a surprisingly easy time imposing their views in American universities today. They are protected, of course, by the doctrine of freedom of speech. But for many academics honoring this doctrine means never questioning the validity of what their colleagues are teaching, partly out of fear that some modern-day Joseph McCarthy will rise and begin to examine what they teach in their own classrooms.
It is clearly time for academics to come out of the closets of their specializations and complain, not only about biased interpretation but about deliberate misrepresentation and manipulation of facts, whether in their own subject areas or in someone else's. Unless they do, generations of students will come to believe that Aristotle put his own name and titles to nonexistent Egyptian treatises that he stole from a library that had not yet been built in a country that he never visited! Subjects like history and philosophy will be replaced by indoctrination, and each of us will believe the brand of "truth" that best serves his or her own selfish purposes.
Ms. Lefkowitz, a professor of classics at Wellesley College, is the author "Women in Greek Myth" (Johns Hopkins, 1986).
Sep. 29, 1992 Wall Street Journal A14
They Call It 'Diversity'
The bill is now coming due for the commitment among colleges and universities to "diversity" and "multiculturalism." It could have been foreseen early on, and was indeed argued by dissenters from these theories, that their logic would lead to separatism and division. Now the reality has arrived in a bitter, and bitterly ironic, dispute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A group there, led by the Black Student Movement, has demanded a freestanding cultural center for black students, has issued non-negotiable demands to university administrators, and has threatened black faculty members who questioned the strident tone of the demands.
Directing attention to one such faculty member (and longtime civil rights activist), the head of the black student organization announced at a rally that this was a revolution and that there were black folk standing in the way of progress. Further, speaker Michelle Thomas warned those blacks, "You better be ready because you're next."
Film maker Spike Lee also arrived on campus September 18 to vent his opinion to a rally of some 5,000 students. The director, who recently proposed that people skip school and work to attend the opening of his new film, suggested a playing boycott by black athletes. If black athletes got together, he said, "There wouldn't be no Final Four, no Rose Bowl . . ." etc.
There were also exhortations by Muslim Minister Louis Farrakhan's representative, Khalib Muhammed. Socrates, Mr. Muhammed announced, was a "faggot" - a comment received with laughter and applause by many in the crowd. David Molpus, the National Public Radio correspondent who reported on the event, says it wasn't clear whether the crowd was applauding the attack on homosexuals (of which this was not the only example) or the one on Socrates.
Mr. Muhammed followed this cultural insight with streams of invective directed at "blue - eyed devils" and "crackers." "We are," he announced, "tired of a blond-haired, pale-skinned blue- eyed buttermilk complexioned cracker Christ or peckerwood Jesus." The NPR reporter on the scene tells us that he approached speakers and organizers after the rally to ask them what they thought of all this and could find no one who had any disagreements with the comments.
Some do, of course, but in the current campus climate they may not speak up. One UNC student told the News and Observer newspaper: "I understand their frustration. But now a lot of people will be afraid to speak up and be called racist. But we're afraid of our community being split up."
The school administration's early position was that the idea of creating a student center distinctly separate from the rest of the campus would contradict the original ideals of the civil rights movement. It doesn't surprise us, though, that the current generation of university students, including those rallying at UNC for a separate center, would by now be quite confused about the civil rights movement's unifying ideals.
All those students who have been targeted by faculty for inculcation in the diversity movement - blacks, Hispanics, homosexuals, women - are taught to recognize and value their "distinctness." Can anyone seriously be surprised when they take the logic of this terribly unbalanced argument into separateness?
President Chace noted the existence of a "sad honor roll" of institutions that have allowed and encouraged students to declare certain books and ideas illegitimate - and to consider as appropriate "only that which reinforces or exalts a group:" (In the columns nearby, Heather MacDonald describes the lengths some famous schools are now going to on behalf of group exaltation.)
With a bicentennial fund-raising campaign near, North Carolina's Chancellor, Paul Hardin, has now taken the position that he might conceivably back such a center - if it agrees not to be separatist. We suspect Chancellor Hardin is acutely sensitive to the possibility that, in a catastrophic irony, this student center would resurrect on his campus the awful and false "separate but equal" standard of Plessy v. Ferguson. Unless a whole lot more people start to speak up, this is where the proponents of multicultural diversity will take us.
July 31, 1991 Wall Street Journal
The Tragedy of Multiculturalism
BY IRVING KRISTOL
It is difficult, and even dangerous, to talk candidly about "multiculturalism" these days- Such candor is bound to provoke accusations of "insensitivity" at least, "racism" at worst. Even some of the sharpest criticisms of multiculturalism are content to limit themselves to demonstrating how "illiberal" it is, how it violates traditional ideas about the substance of liberal education, and how it represents a deplorable deviation in the way our young-Americans, so heterogeneous in their origins, are to be educated to live together. This criticism is certainly valid and welcome. But it also implicitly concedes too much by going along with the assumption that there really is such a thing as multiculturalism-i.e., a sincere if overzealous effort by well-meaning educators to broaden the horizons of the conventional curriculum. Such educators doubtless exist, but their efforts end up being the victims of a far more aggressive mode of multiculturalism.
Though the educational establishment would rather die than admit it, multiculturalism is a desperate--and surely self defeating--strategy for coping with the educational deficiencies, and associated social pathologies, of young blacks. Did these black students and their problems not exist, we would hear little of multiculturalism. There is no evidence that a substantial number of Hispanic parents would like their children to know more about Simon Bolivar and less about George Washington or that Oriental parents feel that their children are being educationally deprived because their textbooks teach them more about ancient Greece than about ancient China.
After-School Instruction
To the degree that there is any such sentiment in these minority groups, it can be coped with in the traditional way-by a few hours a week of after-school instruction for their children, privately arranged. (At the college level, of course, instruction in the relevant languages, literature, and history has always been available.) But most adult Hispanics and Orientals do not have any such concern. They are fully preoccupied with the process of "Americanization." The "roots" these groups seek are right here in the U.S., not among the Aztecs or in the Ming dynasty.
Most Hispanics are behaving very much like the Italians of yesteryear; most Orientals, like the Jews of yesteryear. Because of differences in cultural background, their integration into American society proceeds at different rates-but it does proceed. The process is not without pain and turmoil, but it works. Ironically, and sadly, it has not worked so well for American blacks, among the earliest arrivals. Hence, out of desperation, the turn to multiculturalism.
Multiculturalism comes in varying kinds and varying degrees of intensity. A child may come home from elementary school knowing more about Harriet Tubman than about Abraham Lincoln. This can be disconcerting to white parents and baffling to Hispanics or Oriental, but presumably they can shrug it off as a transient phenomenon. The question is: Do such trivial pursuits of worthy but relatively obscure racial ancestors really help black students? There is no evidence that it does. In theory. it is supposed to elevate their sense of self esteem as individuals and as blacks. But genuine self-esteem comes from real-life experiences, not from the flattering attention of textbooks.
In fact, as is well known by now, the problems of young blacks do not arise in our schools, nor are they remediable there. They are the product of their homes and environments-a terrible social problem, not an educational problem.
Role models are largely a sociological fantasy. We all, when young, have known (or have known of) adults whom we respected and admired-until, with time, their images fade as our interests shift. Very few of us have gone through life gazing at role models we have known. And, unfortunately, there is as yet little evidence that black teachers have a significant, differential effect on the academic achievements of black students.
It is in its most intense and extreme form, however, that multiculturalism is on its way to being a major educational, social and eventually political problem. This version is propagated on our college campuses by a coalition of nationalist- racist blacks, radical feminists, "gays" and lesbians, and a handful of aspiring demagogues who claim to represent various ethnic minorities. In this coalition, it is the blacks who provide the hard core of energy, because it is they who can intimidate the faculty and the administration, fearful of being branded "racist." This coalition's multiculturalism is an ideology whose educational program is subordinated to a political program that is, above all, anti-American and anti-Western. It is no exaggeration to say that these campus radicals (professors as well as students ), having given up on the "class struggle"--the American workers all being conscientious objectors-have now moved to an agenda of ethnic-racial conflict. The agenda, in its educational dimension, has as its explicit purpose to induce in the minds and sensibilities of minority students a "Third World consciousness"-that is the very phrase they use. In practice, this means an effort to persuade minority students to be contemptuous of and hostile to America and Western civilization as a whole, interpreted as an age-old system of oppression, colonialism and exploitation. What these radicals blandly call multiculturalism is as much a "war against the West" as Nazism and Stalinism ever were.
Concession After Concession
It is now becoming ever more common within the American educational system for increasing numbers of young blacks to learn that what we call "Western civilization" was invented by black Egyptians and feloniously appropriated by the Greeks, or that black Africa was a peaceful, technologically advanced continent before the white Europeans devastated it. Such instruction can only inflame an already common belief among blacks that "white America" and its government are deliberately fostering drug addiction and diabolically tolerating the AIDS virus in the black community. Multiculturalism, as its most ardent proponents well understand, is a technique for "consciousness raising" by deliberately stroking this kind of paranoia.
One does not wish to be apocalyptic though thoughtful and honest teachers may be forgiven for thinking their world is coming to an end. Most of those who tolerate or even advocate multiculturalism in our schools and colleges have educational, not ideological, intentions. But the force is with the extremists, who ride roughshod over the opposition by intimidating it with accusations of "racism." So the opposition timidly makes concession after concession while seeking shelter in anonymity.
Recently, a journalist telephoned five leading professors of Egyptology, asking them what they thought about the claim of a black Egyptian provenance for Western civilization. They all said it is nonsense. At the same time, they all withheld permission for their names to be attached to this risky, "politically incorrect" position.
There is no doubt that today, multiculturalism is beclouding and disorienting the minds of tens of thousands of our students-- mainly black students. It is not an educational reform. It is an educational and an American--tragedy.
Mr. Kristol, an American Enterprise Institute fellow, co-edits The Public Interest and publishes The National Interest.
May 17, 1994 Wall Street Journal p A18
Segregation Resurrected
BY STANLEY CROUCH
On this 40th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education it is important to recognize that such attempts to extend American democracy were based upon setting aside superficial differences in the interests of individual possibility. Since then, however, another agenda has seized the wheel of the cultural bus. I'm referring to Afrocentrism.
In fact, the emergence of Afrocentrism makes explicit a continuing crisis in the intellectual assessment of race, history and Culture in our nation. It serves as another example of how quickly we will submit to visions that are at odds with the heroic imperatives of shaping a cohesive society out of its fragmentary parts. When it comes to skin tone, we remain ever gullible, willing to sponsor almost any idea claiming to make fresh judgments of our society. Just as virtually anything can sell as art, no matter its lack of facility, most ideas can make their way onto our campuses and into our discussions of policy. As a movement, Afrocentrism is another clever but simple-minded hustle that has descended from what was once called "the professional Negro," a person whose "identity" and whose "struggle" constituted a public commodity. James Baldwin became a master of that form, as a writer, speaker and television guest, but he arrived before his brand of engagement by harangue was departmentalized. Now like most areas of specious American ideas claiming to "get the story straight," this commodity sells as academic pancakes, buttered by the naive indignation of students and sweetened by gushes of pitying syrup.
At its core, though, Afrocentrism has little to offer of any intellectual substance. It benefits in spades from the decline of faith so basic to how intellectuals have fumbled the heroic demands of our time. The discontinuity of ideals and actions, the blood spore that is history, and the long list of atrocities committed in the name of God and country have convinced many Western intellectuals that the only sensible postures are those of the defeatist and the cynic.
As with the tenured Marxist, Afrocentrists will use the contradiction to define the whole, asserting that Western civilization is no more than the work of imperialists and racists who quest for an order of geopolitical domination that is inextricably connected to profit and exploitation, white over black. Where the Marxist looks forward to a sentimental paradise of workers uber alles, the Afrocentrist speaks of a paradise lost and the possibility of a paradise regained--if only black people will rediscover the essentials of their African identity.
For all its pretensions to expanding our vision, the Afrocentric movement is not propelled by a desire to bring about any significant enrichment of our American culture. What Afrocentrists almost always want is power--the power to define. no matter how flimsy their cases might be.
As with most movements built on conspiracy theories, only the sources of argument and the "proof" provided by Afrocentrists are acceptable; all else is either defined as willfully flawed or brought to debate solely in the interest of maintaining a vision of European domination throughout history and within the province of ideas. Thus, the worst insult is that critics are "Eurocentric." When charged with shoddy scholarship, the Afrocentrist's retort is that his or her purportedly revolutionary work arrives through means of research and assessment outside "European methodology."
Afrocentrism, then, presents itself as ethnic liberation, a circling of the wagons within the academy, an attempt to impale Eurocentric authority on the dilemma of black intellectual rebellion. At the same time, Afrocentrism is like all of the protest versions of study that are actually extensions of soap operas in which the stars are paid to emote the effects of injustice. It's about achieving the respect held for traditional disciplines while not measuring up to the standards of traditional research. Though ever scoffing at the academy, the Afrocentrists want all of the prestige and the benefits that come with being there. No one should be surprised, since we live in a time in which it is not considered hypocritical to seek employment within a structure you claim is contemptuous. A central component of the Afrocentric argument is that Egypt was black and that Greco-Roman civilization resulted from its influence. This means that the foundation Of Western civilization is African - It's a relatively sophisticated version of Elijah Muhammad's Yacub myth, in which the white man is invented by a mad black scientist determined to destroy the world through an innately evil creature.
Why this obsession with race and ancient Egypt? First, monuments. There is no significant African architecture capable of rivaling the grand wonders of the world, European or not. Second, there is no written language or body of thought comparable to that upon which Western civilization has built and developed its morality, politics, technology, economy and arts. More than a few of us yearn for pedigrees, wishing for access to aristocracy through the accumulated majesty of a long family line. If family won't do, then we might snatch the unwieldy crown of race for a coronation that defines the group as innately aristocratic.
College students swallow Afrocentrism whole and conclude that all of their problems result from lacking an "African centered" worldview that would provide them with an education suitable to their history and to their needs in a racist society.
These are all responses to humiliation-expressions of having taken the insults of the opposition too seriously, retreats from engagement, dismissals of complexity, racial isolationism. Essential to the justification for the myopic vision that emerges is a list of real and imagined atrocities. The great tragedies of the white South were the loss of the Civil War and the humiliation of Reconstruction; for the black nationalist, they were slavery, the colonial exploitation of Africa, and the European denial of the moral superiority of African culture and civilization, beginning with Egypt.
Tribal Views
In essence, Afrocentrists want to live on a high-grade reservation so they can ignore the national vision of human rights when it conflicts with their own tribal views. By attempting to win the souls of black college students and influence what is taught to black children in Public schools, Afrocentrists seek a large enough constituency to maintain what power now exists and extend it to what segregation once promised- "separate but equal".
We can never forget that our fate as Americans is, finally, collective. We fail our mission as a democratic nation whenever we submit to any sort of segregation that would remake the rules and distort the truth in the interest of creating or satisfying a constituency unwilling to assert the tragic optimism so intrinsic to our national heritage.
Mr. Crouch wrote other versions of this for the Manhattan Institute's booklet "Alternatives to Afrocentrism " and the summer issue of the Institute's City Journal.
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One of the most exciting categories, not least because it is the only award voted for by the public, is the EE BAFTA Rising Star Award, which champions the most exciting upcoming talent working in the industry today.
Previous winners have gone on to forge highly-successful careers, and the illustrious list includes Daniel Kaluuya (2018), Tom Holland (2017), John Boyega (2016), Tom Hardy (2011), Eva Green (2007) and James McAvoy (the inaugural winner in 2006).
Here are the nominees for the 2019 Rising Star Award - make sure you vote for your pick.
The Irish singer/actress first appeared on the BBC's Oliver Twist-based talent show I'd Do Anything, where she finished runner-up and went on to appear on stage as well as on screen for BBC dramas War and Peace, Taboo, The Last Post and The Woman in White.
Buckley made her feature-length debut in 2017's Beast, in which she played the lead, a woman living in an isolated community who is drawn to a mysterious and dangerous outsider.
This year, Buckley will play an aspiring Nashville star from Glasgow in Wild Rose, and team up with Benedict Cumberbatch in Cuban Missile Crisis drama Ironbark, before she pops up in the Robert Downey Jr-fronted The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle in 2020.
Already a Tony and Grammy winner for her performance for her role in the Broadway production of The Color Purple, South London-born Cynthia Erivo has already forged a very impressive and celebrated career onstage.
In 2018, Erivo broke onto the big screen with her role in the ensemble Bad Times at the El Royale, a film which unfortunately went under the radar of many cinemagoers, as well as teaming up with Viola Davis in Steve McQueen's Widows.
With the future roles coming thick and fast, including playing Harriet Tubman in the biopic of the slave who in turned saved hundreds of black slaves in the 1840s, joining up with Tom Holland in the YA adaptation Chaos Walking and more, the future is looking bright for the girl from Stockwell.
Dublin-born Barry Keoghan has been acting since 2011, when he appeared in Irish film Between the Canals, and has worked continuously since then in many Irish films before he landed his breakout performance in 2017 with Yorgos Lanthimos' The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
Since then, he has appeared in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk and underrated heist drama American Animals, and returned to his Irish acting roots, appearing in the famine drama Black 47.
Earning an Irish Film & Television Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Keoghan can expect many more awards heading his way soon.
The only non-Brit on the list, Lakeith Stanfield has more than earned his place among his fellow rising stars on the illustrious list.
Appearing in films Short Term 12, Selma, Dope and as Snoop Dogg in N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton, it was his role as Darius in Donald Glover's offbeat TV comedy Atlanta the really brought him to the attention of the mainstream public.
After the success of Atlanta's first season, Stanfield landed roles in Get Out, The Girl in the Spider's Web and played the lead in Boots Riley's surreal dark comedy Sorry to Bother You, and with many dubbing him the coolest actor of the moment, things are only going to get bigger and better for Stanfield.
Originally born in Guyana, Letitia Wright moved to Tottenham, North London when she was seven, she started her acting career in 2011 with appearances in TV dramas Holby City, Top Boy and on the big screen in London crime drama Victim.
Steadily working over the next few years, Wright appeared in TV series Humans, and also starred in the Black Museum episode of Black Mirror which saw her nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
Since then, her career has skyrocketed thanks to her role as Shuri, T'Challa's technologically-gifted younger sister in Marvel's Black Panther, and she reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War - appearing in two of the biggest and highest-grossing films of 2018 isn't bad for a 25-year-old Tottenham girl.


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Chris Brown is back with another track off his forthcoming fifth studio album, Fortune. Breezy lays it on thick on the new R&B slow jam "Sweet Love," which can only be described as baby making music!
"Oh baby let's get naked/ just so we can make sweet love," Chris croons, adding, "I want to know your body/ Tonight is the night that I change your life."
The song is the follow-up to Brown's lead single "Turn Up the Music," an electro-pop jam. It looks like the singer is trying to cover all genres on his latest studio effort. Breezy is set to release another single off his upcoming album, as he announced on Twitter. Compared to the R&B-leaning "Sweet Love," the Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa-assisted "Till I Die" will have more of a hip-hop vibe.
Listen to Chris Brown's "Sweet Love"


Day 1: Delhi to Manali by Volvo: - On arrival at ISBT Delhi board to Volvo and proceed towards Manali a distance of 570 km. Overnight journey.
Day 2: Manali: Arrive Manali transfer to hotel and check in after freshup visit half day local sightseeing of Manali Hidimba Temple, Tibetan monastery, Van Vihar, Club House, and evening at explore the local market. O/N Hotel.
Day 3: Manali: After breakfast excursion to Solang Valley and back to Hotel O/N Hotel.
Day 5: Manali to Delhi by Volvo:	After breakfast check out from the hotel and drop at Manali bus stand to catch the Volvo towards Delhi. This will be an overnight journey.
04 Volvo Tickets from Delhi to Manali & Manali to Delhi.
Transportation by A/C Dzire/ Etios for the sightseeing.
Child of the age of below 5 Years of complimentary without extra bed.
02 Rooms on dbl sharing.
Personal expenses of any nature.
Any up gradation in Airline class or hotel room category.
Any extra expense such as route change, Date change, Accommodation facilities, etc incurred due to the unforeseen, unavoidable forced majeure circumstances during the tour.
Prices valid from 1st Oct 2018 to 20th Dec 2018.
70% advance to be deposited at the time of booking confirmation.
Balance 30% before 15 days from the Tour Starts.
Rooms holding shall be for a period of 72 hours only.
Kindly note that names of hotels mentioned in the proposed hotels only indicate that our rates have been based on usage of these hotels and it is not to be construed that accommodation is confirmed at these hotels until and unless we convey such confirmation to you. In case the accommodation is not available at any of the above mentioned hotels we shall book alternate accommodation at a similar or next best available hotel and shall pass on the difference of rates (supplement/reduction whatever applicable) to you.
Please note the Ready made packages are designed strictly on the detailed itinerary being attached any extra sightseeing and excursion is subject to a supplement cost as per the actual.
The timings mentioned in Day schedule in the itinerary may vary depending upon the road conditions, particular destination visits, En route meals, climatic conditions, particular health conditions of the guests and timings of sightseeing places and monuments.
It is mandatory to carry the Photo identity Proof during travel and have to be presented at the time of Check Inn in all hotels for security reason.


You are going to want to make a double batch of this creamy Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Fudge!
This is the no-bake, easy fudge recipe you dreamed of. Creamy chocolate fudge loaded full of chunks of the best gluten cookie dough! It is the perfect homemade candy to make!
Gift this fudge to your Valentine, or give it as a holiday gift. You will love that this fudge recipe is freezable, so you can make it ahead then defrost it as needed!!
I have finally created the perfect fudge recipe. I combined it with my most popular Edible Gluten Free Cookie Dough recipe!
Creamy chocolate and cookie dough in a bite-sized square. Can it get any better than this? My kids don't think so :-). This easy Chocolate Cookie Dough Fudge recipe is quick and easy to make.
Do you know the best part? It is no-bake so it is even easier to make than you may think. We made this Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge last holiday season that you may also like!
My kids are very excited to make this recipe for their teachers this year. This chocolate cookie dough fudge makes a wonderful holiday gift for Christmas or Valentine's Day.
You can easily make this fudge recipe ahead, it freezes perfectly. Just thaw it out when you are ready to eat it :-).
Is cookie dough gluten free?
Most fudge is gluten free. I used gluten free flour for my cookie dough, and it has no eggs so this fudge recipe is gluten free and safe to eat.
Use this Chocolate Edible Gluten Free Cookie Dough.
Add your favorite nuts like walnut, pecans.
Swirl in some white chocolate!
Add in some gluten free candy like Butterfingers or M&Ms!
Can I Refrigerate Gluten Free Fudge?
Yes, you can store gluten free fudge in the refrigerator. Make sure to save the fudge in an airtight container, and it will last up to 1-2 weeks. Air will dry out the fudge, and it will lose it's texture and won't taste as good. You can also store the cookie dough fudge in your pantry or freezer. This is a terrific recipe if you are looking for something that you can make ahead of time and serve later.
How Can I Tell If The Fudge Has Gone Bad?
You can tell fudge has gone bad if it appears dry or cracked. If you notice an oily film on the top, then the fudge has begun spoiling. The cookie dough fudge should never be mushy or slimy, and if it appears to be then, it isn't edible at this point. Typically, if the fudge has gone bad, you won't notice a smell like other foods. Don't risk eating it if it has gone bad, just toss it and make a new batch.
Why Did My Fudge Get Hard?
Fudge can get hard if it is stirred too much during the melting process. With this recipe, you just want to heat it long enough for the chocolate to melt with the condensed milk and then remove it.
Where Did Fudge Come From?
Fudge was accidentally invented when someone was making a batch of caramels and messed them up. Hence, they started calling it fudge. It was created and sold in the year 1886 and has become a massive hit over the years. It makes a fantastic snack, gift idea, and party food.
Do You Have To Bake This Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Fudge?
No, you don't have to bake it. It is so easy, you just heat up some of the ingredients on the stove top and put it in a pan. The hardest part is waiting until it sets up so you can devour it!
An 8×8 dish for the fudge.
**Make this Edible Gluten Free Cookie Dough Recipe and add to the fudge!
An easy edible cookie dough chocolate fudge.
In a pan, melt the chocolate in the condensed milk on low heat. Add the dash of salt.
Line an 8x8 pan with wax paper.
Pour half of the melted chocolate mixture into the pan.
Add chunks of the cookie dough by scattering it around the melted chocolate.
Pour the rest of the melted chocolate on top.
Put the pan into the refrigerator for 3 hours to chill.
Oh my this is such a decadent treat! This is perfect for Valentines Day for my sweetie!
OMG saving this one! Two of my favorites in one!
I like how you think Lisa…I am all about chocolate fudge lately!
Thank you so much Marie, glad you are a cookie dough fanatic too!
These are some tasty looking fudge treats. YUM!
This looks absolutely delicious! I am such a sucker for anything cookie dough and fudge is such a weakness of mine. Perfect combination!


Can I track a certified mailer?
Can I find a tracking number for a certified mailing on line?
How can I get a process server appointed?
I want to check service on a Judgment Debtor by bailiff service.
How much does certified mail and process server cost with multiple defendants?
Do I have good service on my case?
No, we do not have Post Office tracking numbers.
The tracking numbers are for Court purposes only.
A motion to appoint a server must be filed in the Clerks office.
All appropriate fees must be paid.
Go to the 10th floor and have the Duty Judge sign the form.
If you need service, you will need to bring the form back to the Issuing Desk in the Civil Division so service can be issued.
It can be picked up 24 hours later.
You may contact the Service Bailiff's Office at (614) 645-7780. Bailiff service will be held until the hearing.
The cost of the filing fee, which includes up to three defendants. For more than 3 defendants, it is $6.00 per defendant.
Please research your case on our website. The information can be found in the docket field. If you have your case number, please call our file room at (614) 645-7220.


I am participating in the Seattle Brain Cancer Walk benefiting brain cancer research in the Pacific Northwest.
I hope that you can join me this year by donating or walking with me. Every person who walks, donates or volunteers is helping make a positive impact on brain cancer research.
You can join me at this year's Walk by JOINING MY TEAM, Team Hope 2019!


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Sharp Aims for Loan Extension, More Time for Foxconn Deal
While the wrangling has raised the risk of the deal falling apart, extra time from Sharp's lenders will reduce the likelihood that Sharp will miss loan payments and face a dire situation, such as liquidation.
Bloomberg | Mar 25, 2016
Sharp Corp.'s banks are ready to push back the deadline for most of the company's 510 billion yen ($4.51 billion) in loans and credit lines beyond March 31, people with knowledge of the matter said, giving the electronics maker more time to reach a renegotiated deal to be acquired by Foxconn Technology Group.
The extension might be as long as one month, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the decision hasn't been publicly announced. Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou agreed a month ago to buy Sharp for more than 600 billion yen ($5.30 billion), but has held off on signing a final agreement while his advisers scrutinize the company's finances.
While the wrangling has raised the risk of the deal falling apart, extra time from Sharp's lenders will reduce the likelihood that Sharp will miss loan payments and face a dire situation, such as liquidation. Foxconn is seeking to cut the amount it will pay for equity in Sharp to about 389 billion yen, one person said. Foxconn will probably still pay about 100 billion yen ($884.02 million) for preferred shares that the banks own, though the payment may be delayed, the person said.
Toyodo Uemura, a spokesman for Tokyo-based Sharp, declined to comment. Masako Shiono, a spokeswoman for Mizuho Financial Group, and Taiki Kitaura, a spokesman for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, declined to comment. Foxconn didn't respond to an e-mailed request for comment.
Foxconn, which includes Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., and Sharp have said they are working toward a final agreement. It has been a month since Sharp's board backed Foxconn's bailout over a competing offer from Innovation Network Corp. of Japan. Since then, Gou has put the brakes on the deal while he seeks more clarity on Sharp's performance in the current quarter, people familiar with the matter have said.
The Yomiuri Shimbun and Jiji Press first reported that Foxconn is seeking to pay a lower price for equity in Sharp.
A reduction in the value of Foxconn's offer would put it closer to the bid from INCJ. The Japanese government-backed investment fund had offered about 300 billion yen for Sharp, all of which would have been put into the company through the purchase of additional shares. Sharp hasn't gone back to INCJ to seek another bid, the people said.
Toshimitsu Irie, a spokesman for INCJ, declined to comment.
Sharp, along with the banks, are aiming for Sharp directors to endorse a final proposal by March 31, one person said, although the board could meet for a vote earlier if a deal is presented. At the same time, an extension by the banks would give Sharp and its board more time to negotiate a final agreement in April.
Sharp said Friday its annual earnings probably missed forecasts on a deterioration of demand in China. The company had said it would have operating profit of 10 billion yen ($88.41 million) in the financial year ending this month, while the average of analyst estimates is for a loss of 23.9 billion yen ($211.28 million).
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Стрі́тенський собо́р у Прилу́ках — пам'ятка української церковної архітектури XIX століття. Знаходиться в місті Прилуки Чернігівської області. Збудований для увічнення пам'яті вбитого 1 березня 1881 року імператора Олександра II.

Історія

Про те, що спорудження храму було пов'язане з убивством царя, свідчать написи на поштових листівках початку ХХ століття: «Городская площадь и часовня в память Императора Александра II» та «Городская Управа и часовня в память Императора Александра II».

Фінансувалося будівництво переважно за рахунок міського голови Івана Дедіна. Відомо, що Іван Дедін пожертвував на будівництво собору 60 тисяч карбованців золотом, що на той час було величезною сумою. В одному з документів тих років писали про будівництво храму: «своєю красою, благоліпністю і зручностями буде прекрасним пам'ятником старанності жителів міста Прилук, у якому міський голова Дедін має почесну частку участі і як жертводавець, і як заступник і представник суспільства».

Будівництво було завершене в 1889 році.

У кінці 1929 року більшовики закрили Стрітенську церкву, а наступного року в ній розмістився Окружний краєзнавчий музей.

Під час окупації Прилук німцями церква знову була відкрита для віруючих.

У 1940-і роки після закриття радянською владою Густинського монастиря в собор перевезли частину ікон.

У 1960 році знову передана під музей. Будівлю повністю реконструювали. Тепер це стала зовсім інша за стилем архітектурна споруда. Проте навіть після реставрації на фасаді під товстим шаром штукатурки й фарби проступали два хрести, які завісили величезними портретами Леніна та Фрідріха Енгельса.

Лише 2007 року Стрітенську церкву вкотре повернули церковній громаді. Міською громадою його було передано Густинському Свято-Троїцькому монастирю.

На даний час у храмі ще ведуться ремонтні роботи, однак він уже відкритий для прихожан.

Архітектура

Це мурована, за типом — тринефна базиліка (прямокутна споруда, розділена по довжині на три частини — нефи).
Стрітенський собор будувався у нехарактерному для православної культової архітектури стилі. Це велика тринавна цегляна базиліка з трьома банями над входом. Храм вкриває двоскатний дах. Головна баня відсутня. Загалом Стрітенський собор має деяку подібність до Пархомівської церкви, що на Київщині.
Зовнішнє оздоблення виконано з використанням декоративних можливостей цегли. По центру над входом угорі було зображено біблійний сюжет «Стрітення Господнє»: зустріч у храмі Ісуса Христа на 40-й день після його народження зі старцем Симеоном. Адже церква отримала назву саме від цього свята.

Галерея

Див. також
 Прилуки
 Михайлівський Золотоверхий монастир
 Густинський монастир

Посилання
 7 історико-архітектурних чудес Прилук. Срітенський собор

 Україна Інкогніта Прилуки

Церкви Прилук
Пам'ятки архітектури Чернігівської області
Храми Української православної церкви (Московського патріархату)

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From 1849 Tees Cottage Pumping Station revolutionised water supply in Darlington and Teesside by offering cleaner, piped water to inhabitants who had previously relied on wells and rainwater tubs. Tees Cottage has Lancashire Boilers from 1902, a 1904 steam powered Beam Engine and a 1914 Gas engine. The engines pumped water from the River Tees, which was then filtered and supplied to the water company�s customers. Boilers and Beam engine are all still in operation and still pumping water from the River Tees although no longer supplying the town�s water but to the fountain, which represents the original supply. The electric pump house represents a further move forward in technology. The first two sets of motors and pumps were installed for river water and treated water pumping in 1926. The river units are vertical spindle, the motors and all electric systems are well above any flood levels and the pumps are housed below river level.


I am THE WORST when it comes to drinking a suitable amount of water. When I'm exercising...no problem. I chug the stuff like it's my job. But take me out of my workout and I can't seem to remember to drink the stuff. This is bad, I know. I just get so...bored of it. And so I inevitably forget to consume whatever glass of the stuff I've just poured. In fact, I typically forget about the glass, too. The hubs is always yelling at me for dirtying yet another glass when I've got five scattered about the house.
Or, be like me and drink your water with chopped up strawberries and basil.
Don't knock it 'till you try it.
Strawberry and basil ice water is delicious and I can't stop drinking it. It's crisp, cool and refreshing...with just a hint of natural flavor. And when I say "natural," I really mean it. Straight up strawberries and basil, all crammed into an herb infuser from The Pampered Chef.
If you don't have one, I imagine you can get the same effect by using a loose-leaf tea infuser and a glass, or by putting the strawberries and basil right into your pitcher of water. Although, you might get some chunky chunks in your glass once the water is poured. (Perhaps that's not necessarily a bad thing, though.) With this thing, you get crisp, cool water with a hint...just a hint of flavor.
Trust me, such a combo keeps me drinking water morning, noon and night.
Question: What do you like to add to your water?
Pretty cool! I love mint and lemon in my water!!
Thanks for this! Since I'll be going sans alcohol for the next 4 months or so it's great to have some ideas on how to jazz up my water. I'm the same way in that I have to remind myself to drink water unless I'm exercising.
I LOVE cucumbers in my water...it's very refreshing!


Episode 61: Is it okay to handle non-vegan money?
The Bearded Vegans return from their winter break with a wealth of vegan food adventures as well as some news regarding Big Milk's battle to destroy plant based alternatives. The episode concludes with an in depth discussion asking the question, is it okay to handle non-vegan money? Non-vegan money, what on earth is that?! It turns out that the new £5 note in the UK contains trace amounts of tallow. We talk about what this means for vegans and vegan businesses.
New 5 Pound Note, Not Suitable For Vegetarians.
Is Cash Better For the Enivronment Than A Credit Card?


Michelle and I entered Recreation.gov's Coyote Buttes North lottery for months before Michelle finally won us a permit to experience the magic of The Wave. Tucked back in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, lies an area of intersecting u-shaped troughs that have been eroded into the Navajo sandstone. It's one of the most beautiful, picturesque landscapes I've ever seen in person.
The moment Michelle text me that she had won, we immedtaiily dove into planning an entire trip around the 1 day we would get to experience this wonderland. From Portland we drove to Southern Utah in my Airstream, hitting Brice Canyon Nat'l Park on our way to Lake Powell where we posted up for the week at Wahweap RV Campground. From there we took day trips to Lower Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, and of course, the Wave. Before heading home we ventured further East and stayed the night in Monument Valley, hitting Zion Nat'l Park for a hike up to Angels Rest to top off the most phenomenal road trips yet.


5 reels of action packed cinematic clips and animated 3D graphics captures the movie hit's theme and introduces it onto an action packed slot, which offers some amazingly laudable gameplay that has made this slot the hit it is in recent months.
One of the best features on the slot is the scatter multiplier because it is firstly one of the easiest symbols to land in the game, and pays up to $1,500 on a single spin if you see 5 of them on the reels. Scatter can land anywhere on the reels without having to abide by the 243 Ways to Win no fixed pay-lines combination rules.
On the 243 Ways to Win slot machines, symbols do not have line up in exact row to form a winning combination. However, the combinations do have to start from reel 1 and move across adjacent reels to count as a combination win.
On the other hand, scatters do not have to abide by this rule. On Terminator 2 you can land just 3 or 4 scatter symbols on the reels and you will be paid as much as $50 or $300. The combinations do not have to start on reel 1, and pay for being anywhere in view on the reels.
3 or more of the scatter symbols will additionally launch a free spins bonus round that will open up reels with 1024 Ways to Win. It can so this by adding an extra row to the reels. Usually, in the 243 Ways to Win game, there are 3 rows across 5 reels, but in the free spins round, there are 4 rows across 5 reels.
During an awesome free spins round the reels will expand one column down. This means every reel will have 4 spots for symbols rather than 3. With 4 reels, you are now playing the awesome 1024 Ways to Win no fixed pay line feature with a 97% to 98% chance of winning.
The T-1000 will also turn from foe to friend as it turns into any symbol in the game acting as a wild symbol helping you complete wins.
There is no doubt Terminator II was designed to be a high paying slot machine via symbol combinations; especially with its 243 ways to win and 1024 ways to win features. And we haven't even mentioned the random bonus that just drops in at any time of the game to give you reels that only spin with the highest value symbols on the game!