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Heroes 'Til Curfew
Author : Susan Bischoff
Publisher : CreateSpace
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"In the world of the Talents, kids with supernatural powers are condemned to government research facilities from which they do not return. For a Talent, the most important thing is keeping the secret"--P. [4] of cover.
Steel Heroes
Author : N.a
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Pages : N.a
Genre : Books
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Author : martha attema
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
In the last cold winter of WWII, Izaak is sent from iding in Amsterdam to live on a farm in the north of Holland.
Dead Reckoning
Author : Charlaine Harris
Reader Reviews : 285
After witnessing the firebombing of the bar where she works, clairvoyant Sookie Stackhouse has her attention diverted when she realizes her vampire lover, Eric Northman, and his "child," Pam, are plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master.
A Hero of France
Author : Alan Furst
Publisher : Random House
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling master espionage writer, hailed by Vince Flynn as "the best in the business," comes a riveting novel about the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied Paris. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST 1941. The City of Light is dark and silent at night. But in Paris and in the farmhouses, barns, and churches of the French countryside, small groups of ordinary men and women are determined to take down the occupying forces of Adolf Hitler. Mathieu, a leader of the French Resistance, leads one such cell, helping downed British airmen escape back to England. Alan Furst's suspenseful, fast-paced thriller captures this dangerous time as no one ever has before. He brings Paris and occupied France to life, along with courageous citizens who outmaneuver collaborators, informers, blackmailers, and spies, risking everything to fulfill perilous clandestine missions. Aiding Mathieu as part of his covert network are Lisette, a seventeen-year-old student and courier; Max de Lyon, an arms dealer turned nightclub owner; Chantal, a woman of class and confidence; Daniel, a Jewish teacher fueled by revenge; Joëlle, who falls in love with Mathieu; and Annemarie, a willful aristocrat with deep roots in France, and a desire to act. As the German military police heighten surveillance, Mathieu and his team face a new threat, dispatched by the Reich to destroy them all. Shot through with the author's trademark fine writing, breathtaking suspense, and intense scenes of seduction and passion, Alan Furst's A Hero of France is at once one of the finest novels written about the French Resistance and the most gripping novel yet by the living master of the spy thriller.
25 Events that Shaped Asian American History: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic
Author : Lan Dong
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Reader Reviews : 1
Genre : Social Science
This book provides detailed and engaging narratives about 25 pivotal events in Asian American history, celebrates Asian Americans' contributions to U.S. history, and examines the ways their experiences have shaped American culture. • Provides readers with an understanding of the key events in Asian American history • Includes broad and detailed coverage through biographies of notable figures, excerpts from primary sources, a chronology, and sidebars • Highlights Asian Americans' achievements and contributions to American history and culture • Demonstrates the important roles of Asian Americans in the US • Recommends additional resources for further study
Author : Jana Ellis
Publisher : Troll Communications Llc
Genre : Heroes
Rich snob Danielle is ashamed to be seen at the mall with attractive but poor Don, until he saves a child's life and becomes the town hero; then she is tempted to abandon him when he is connected with burglaries at the mall.
Sgt. Reckless
Author : Robin Hutton
Genre : Pets
A New York Times Bestseller! From the racetrack to the battlefield—dauntless, fearless, and exemplar of Semper Fi—she was Reckless, "pride of the Marines." A Mongolian mare who was bred to be a racehorse, Ah-Chim-Hai, or Flame-of-the-Morning, belonged to a young boy named Kim-Huk-Moon. In order to pay for a prosthetic leg for his sister, Kim made the difficult decision to sell his beloved companion. Lieutenant Eric Pedersen purchased the bodacious mare and renamed her Reckless, for the Recoilless Rifles Platoon, Anti-Tank Division, of the 5th Marines she'd be joining. The four-legged equine braved minefields and hailing shrapnel to deliver ammunition to her division on the frontlines. In one day alone, performing fifty-one trips up and down treacherous terrain, covering a distance of over thirty-five miles, and rescuing wounded comrades-in-arms, Reckless demonstrated her steadfast devotion to the Marines who had become her herd. Despite only measuring about thirteen hands high, this pint-sized equine became an American hero. Reckless was awarded two Purple Hearts for her valor and was officially promoted to staff sergeant twice, a distinction never bestowed upon an animal before or since. Author Robin Hutton has reignited excitement about this nearly forgotten legend, realizing the Sgt. Reckless Memorial Monument at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, completed in July 2013, and now spurring the creation of a second memorial at Camp Pendleton, California, where Reckless lived out the rest of her days. The paperback edition includes a new foreword by General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. It will appeal to fans of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit, Elizabeth Letts' The Eighty Dollar Champion, and the feature film War Horse.
Author : Leigh Montville
Publisher : Anchor
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
The Kid. The Splendid Splinter. Teddy Ballgame. One of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend – and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death? Still a gangly teenager when he stepped into a Boston Red Sox uniform in 1939, Williams's boisterous personality and penchant for towering home runs earned him adoring admirers and venomous critics. In 1941, the entire country followed Williams's stunning .406 season, a record that has not been touched in over six decades. Then at the pinnacle of his prime, Williams left Boston to train and serve as a fighter pilot in World War II, missing three full years of baseball, making his achievements all the more remarkable. Ted Willams's personal life was equally colorful. His attraction to women (and their attraction to him) was a constant. He was married and divorced three times and he fathered two daughters and a son. He was one of corporate America's first modern spokesmen, and he remained, nearly into his eighties, a fiercely devoted fisherman. With his son, John Henry Williams, he devoted his final years to the sports memorabilia business, even as illness overtook him. And in death, controversy and public outcry followed Williams and the disagreements between his children over the decision to have his body preserved for future resuscitation in a cryonics facility--a fate, many argue, Williams never wanted. With unmatched verve and passion, and drawing upon hundreds of interviews, acclaimed best-selling author Leigh Montville brings to life Ted Williams's superb triumphs, lonely tragedies, and intensely colorful personality, in a biography that is fitting of an American hero and legend.
The Senator
Author : Henry Christopher McCook
Publisher : N.a
ISBN : HARVARD:HNQJWY
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SEALed with a Promise
Author : Mary Margret Daughtridge
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
He'll do anything to move the mission forward, no matter the cost… Navy SEAL Caleb Delaude is deadly charming. When he discovers that professor Emmie Caddington's personal connections can help him get the dirty work done, he sets out to win her over. But her quick intelligence and quirky personality sure do start to get under his skin… She may just be the key to his salvation… Emmie's smart and independent and isn't looking for a brawny guy to take over her life. But this rugged Navy SEAL, who seems so determined to get close to her, hides a fi erce intelligence and deep sensitivity. When plans go wrong and a child's life is on the line, Emmie learns what it means to be a SEAL in action, and Caleb discovers that even a hero can get hurt sometimes… PRAISE FOR MARY MARGRET DAUGHTRIDGE: "A wonderful story that will have readers experiencing a whirlwind of emotions and that culminates with an awesome scene that will have your pulse pounding." Romance Junkies " ... [D]elivers in a huge way... A heart-touching story that will keep you smiling and cheering for the characters clear through to the happy ending." The Romantic Times, 4.5/5 Stars "Sealed with a Kiss astounded me with it's sensitivity." Romance Reviews Today "A beautifully written and often poignant contemporary romance. Mary Margret Daughtridge is a compelling new voice whose gift for storytelling makes her an author to watch." Book Loons "Greatly touching and heartwarming, a cozy read for a rainy day. I can't wait to read the next SEALs romance!" Revisiting the Moon's Library "What an incredibly powerful book! I laughed and sniffled, was turned on and turned inside out." Queue My Review
Chaucer and His England
Author : George Gordon Coulton
ISBN : UVA:X000105588
Genre : England
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Author : Coulton
Reflections Behind the Retina
Author : John Guzman
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Genre : History
Reflections Behind the Retina is an account of actual events during the civil war in El Salvador. A series of short stories records the political restrictions and rules of engagement placed on the U.S. military, as well as the dangers faced from the Salvadoran left and right political camps. The official denial by the United States government of the combat role and deaths of U.S. military personnel is exposed throughout the text. A brief Salvadoran military history prepares the reader for what follows. Except for national leaders, the names of the characters in the text have been changed.
The Almond Tree
Author : Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Publisher : Garnet Publishing Ltd
Gifted with a mind that continues to impress the elders in his village, Ichmad Hamid struggles with knowing that he can do nothing to save his friends and family. Living on occupied land, his entire village operates in fear of losing their homes, jobs, and belongings. But more importantly, they fear losing each other. On Ichmad's twelfth birthday, that fear becomes reality. With his father imprisoned, his family's home and possessions confiscated, and his siblings quickly succumbing to hatred in the face of conflict, Ichmad begins an inspiring journey using his intellect to save his poor and dying family. In doing so he reclaims a love for others that was lost through a childhood rife with violence and loss, and discovers a new hope for the future. Reminiscent of The Kite Runner and One Thousand Splendid Suns, this is an uplifting read, which conveys a message of optimism and hope.
A Flicker in the Dark
Author : Stacy Willingham
Reader Reviews : 17
A New York Times Bestseller "A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you'll never see coming. Stacy Willingham's debut will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime." —Karin Slaughter When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she's worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer? From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.
Author : Paul Charbonneau
Genre : Foster children
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For the Glory
Author : Duncan Hamilton
Genre : Sports & Recreation
The untold and inspiring story of Eric Liddell, hero of Chariots of Fire, from his Olympic medal to his missionary work in China to his last, brave years in a Japanese work camp during WWII Many people will remember Eric Liddell as the Olympic gold medalist from the Academy Award winning film Chariots of Fire. Famously, Liddell would not run on Sunday because of his strict observance of the Christian sabbath, and so he did not compete in his signature event, the 100 meters, at the 1924 Paris Olympics. He was the greatest sprinter in the world at the time, and his choice not to run was ridiculed by the British Olympic committee, his fellow athletes, and most of the world press. Yet Liddell triumphed in a new event, winning the 400 meters in Paris. Liddell ran--and lived--for the glory of his God. After winning gold, he dedicated himself to missionary work. He travelled to China to work in a local school and as a missionary. He married and had children there. By the time he could see war on the horizon, Liddell put Florence, his pregnant wife, and children on a boat to Canada, while he stayed behind, his conscience compelling him to stay among the Chinese. He and thousands of other westerners were eventually interned at a Japanese work camp. Once imprisoned, Liddell did what he was born to do, practice his faith and his sport. He became the moral center of an unbearable world. He was the hardest worker in the camp, he counseled many of the other prisoners, he gave up his own meager portion of meals many days, and he organized games for the children there. He even raced again. For his ailing, malnourished body, it was all too much. Liddell died of a brain tumor just before the end of the war. His passing was mourned around the world, and his story still inspires. In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat and Unbroken, For the Glory is both a compelling narrative of athletic heroism and a gripping story of faith in the darkest circumstances.
My Forbidden Face
Author : Latifa
Publisher : Virago
Latifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day of becoming a journalist, she was interested in fashion, movies and friends. Her father was in the import/export business and her mother was a doctor. Then in September 1996, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. From that moment, Latifa, just 16 years old became a prisoner in her own home. Her school was closed. Her mother was banned from working. The simplest and most basic freedoms - walking down the street, looking out a window - were no longer hers. She was now forced to wear a chadri. My Forbidden Face provides a poignant and highly personal account of life under the Taliban regime. With painful honesty and clarity Latifa describes the way she watched her world falling apart, in the name of a fanatical interpretation of a faith that she could not comprehend. Her voice captures a lost innocence, but also echoes her determination to live in freedom and hope. Earlier this year, Latifa and her parents escaped Afghanistan with the help of a French-based Afghan resistance group.
Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-3: 1920-1947)
Author : G.S.Chhabra
Publisher : Lotus Press
Genre : India
Read and download full book Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-3: 1920-1947)
Author : Thomas Settimi
Publisher : Thomas Settimi
The feathery white ribbons in the sky above Adams County, Pennsylvania, were nothing unusual—just the common vapor trail evidence of high-flying jet aircraft. But for the men on the ground below they were a puzzlement. And no wonder: the year was 1863 and the men were Confederate soldiers marching toward the most significant battle of the American Civil War.Thousands of miles away and 105 years later, Navy pilot Nathaniel Booth and his navigator complete their air mission over Laos and are headed back to the deck of the USS Enterprise when their aircraft mysteriously vanishes. Our hero Booth is declared Missing In Action. Years later when Rose Booth, the family matriarch, learns that her son may not have been a casualty of the war as previously believed, she enlists a prominent history professor and his protégé to uncover the truth. They trace the path of our hero as he faces the unfamiliar challenges of life and times from an era in American history long past.In this carefully researched historical novel with a cosmic twist, the author recounts the compassionate struggle to weave together the threads of a lost airman's life and bring solace to a grief-stricken mother. 88,000 Words, 73 Chapters, 346 Pages
Military Police Protection in Southeast Asia
Author : Ray E. Jackson
Publisher : iUniverse
Jackson takes the reader through the day-to-day drama of life as a U.S. Army MP in the Vietnam War.
The Last Abbot of Glastonbury
Author : Augustine David Crake
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Reproduction of the original: The Last Abbot of Glastonbury by Augustine David Crake
Midsummer Rose
Author : Kate Sedley
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
Roger the Chapman is not a superstitious man. He hears stories of murders and haunted houses around the market town of Bristol, and chooses to believe the more prosaic explanation every time. But when Roger is attacked in the very house where a woman murdered her violent husband thirty years previously, he is forced to admit that something strange is going on . . .
Louise Thompson Patterson
Author : Keith Gilyard
Publisher : Duke University Press
Born in 1901, Louise Thompson Patterson was a leading and transformative figure in radical African American politics. Throughout most of the twentieth century she embodied a dedicated resistance to racial, economic, and gender exploitation. In this, the first biography of Patterson, Keith Gilyard tells her compelling story, from her childhood on the West Coast, where she suffered isolation and persecution, to her participation in the Harlem Renaissance and beyond. In the 1930s and 1940s she became central, along with Paul Robeson, to the labor movement, and later, in the 1950s, she steered proto-black-feminist activities. Patterson was also crucial to the efforts in the 1970s to free political prisoners, most notably Angela Davis. In the 1980s and 1990s she continued to work as a progressive activist and public intellectual. To read her story is to witness the courage, sacrifice, vision, and discipline of someone who spent decades working to achieve justice and liberation for all.
Villains Rising
Author : Jeramey Kraatz
Publisher : Harper Collins
Alex Knight struggles to find a place between superheroes and supervillains in this explosive sequel to The Cloak Society, which School Library Journal says has "the same wide appeal as Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books." The Cloak Society has just pulled off the greatest takedown in Sterling City's history—but twelve-year-old Alex Knight has turned his back on the supervillains who raised him, and is fighting for the other side. Working with the superheroes is easier said than done, though . . . especially when your new teammates aren't sure your days as a villain are over. Praised by Publishers Weekly for its "rapid-fire, comic book–style action," the Cloak Society trilogy delivers high-stakes battles, extraordinary superpowers, and an original twist on the superhero stories readers know and love. Fans of the 39 Clues and the Alex Rider Adventures will be hooked!
Fast Food Nation
Author : Eric Schlosser
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Genre : Business & Economics
Explores the homogenization of American culture and the impact of the fast food industry on modern-day health, economy, politics, popular culture, entertainment, and food production.
Born of Night
Command Assassin Nykyrian Quiakides tries to protect Kiara Zamir, whose father's political alliances have made her a target, while he is hunted by the League, a group of expert assassins who are the backbone of the government.
Forget You, Ethan
Author : Whitney G.
Publisher : WhitGBooks
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The Center Cannot Hold
Author : Elyn R. Saks
Publisher : Hachette Books
A much-praised memoir of living and surviving mental illness as well as "a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy" (Time). Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatrist and is the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, Psychiatry, and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California Law School, yet she has suffered from schizophrenia for most of her life, and still has ongoing major episodes of the illness. The Center Cannot Hold is the eloquent, moving story of Elyn's life, from the first time that she heard voices speaking to her as a young teenager, to attempted suicides in college, through learning to live on her own as an adult in an often terrifying world. Saks discusses frankly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real ones, the voices in her head telling her to kill herself (and to harm others), as well as the incredibly difficult obstacles she overcame to become a highly respected professional. This beautifully written memoir is destined to become a classic in its genre.
The North-western Monthly
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006542422
Genre : Education
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Author : Jeff Young
Genre : Liverpool (England)
Read and download full book Ghost Town
Out of Poland
Author : Jenny Harrison
Genre : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
A story that covers the impact of the holocaust on a present-day family and the writer who told their story. For many years the brown leather suitcase had lain hidden under the house. Someone had placed it there, away from prying eyes, behind the aching twist of floor joists and gurgling pipes. When it was finally opened it would prove to be a Pandora's Box. The present-day Siegel family knew nothing of their relatives only that they had lived and died in Poland during the Second World War. It was only when the suitcase was opened they finally learnt their father's dreadful secret. He had fled to New Zealand. But did he really escape? Or was he forever haunted by what he had left behind? This is a story of love, loyalty and heroism; of those who died, the ones who tried to save them and the one man who could have made a difference.
The Olio; Or, Museum of Entertainment
ISBN : OXFORD:555082457
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A Little Piece of Ground
Author : Elizabeth Laird
Publisher : Haymarket Books
A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today. Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain's best-known young adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the human cost of the occupation of Palestinian lands through the eyes of a young boy. Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. In response to a Palestinian suicide bombing, the Israeli military subjects the West Bank town to a virtual siege. Meanwhile, Karim, trapped at home with his teenage brother and fearful parents, longs to play football with his friends. When the curfew ends, he and his friend discover an unused patch of ground that's the perfect site for a football pitch. Nearby, an old car hidden intact under bulldozed building makes a brilliant den. But in this city there's constant danger, even for schoolboys. And when Israeli soldiers find Karim outside during the next curfew, it seems impossible that he will survive. This powerful book fills a substantial gap in existing young adult literature on the Middle East. With 23,000 copies already sold in the United Kingdom and Canada, this book is sure to find a wide audience among young adult readers in the United States.
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Publisher : princeton alumni weekly
ISBN : PRNC:32101081976944
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Dead in the Family
In the tenth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series—the inspiration for the HBO® original series True Blood—Sookie Stackhouse learns that not even her psychic abilities can help her solve all the problems in Bon Temps, Louisiana... After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Fae War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she's mad. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he's under scrutiny by the new vampire king because of their relationship. And as the political implications of the shifters' coming-out are beginning to be felt, Sookie's connection to one particular Were draws her into the dangerous debate. Also, unknown to her, though the doors to Faery have been closed, there are still some fae on the human side—and one of them is angry at Sookie. Very, very angry.
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'We had people in tears on the phone' - Galway Races to run with 2% crowd capacity
Organisers of the Galway Races have been fielding phone calls from racing fans in tears at the th...
Michael Staines
16.03 15 Jul 2021
Organisers of the Galway Races have been fielding phone calls from racing fans in tears at the thought of missing out on this year's festival.
It comes after it was confirmed this year's festival will be limited to 1,000 spectators per day.
Organisers had submitted a plan that would have seen 5,000 fans in the 44,000-person venue at Ballybrit.
On Lunchtime Live this afternoon, Galway Races CEO Michael Maloney said he is "disappointed for all our supporters and fans."
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"The phones have been hopping here over the last couple of weeks in terms of people looking for tickets," he said.
"We had people in tears on the phone yesterday unfortunately with tickets thinking they might miss out on Ballybrit this year.
"We have a large membership, I think we have about 1,200 members, so the tickets are going to be on sale to our members as a priority over the next couple of days and if there are any remaining tickets then, we will put them on sale to members of the public next week."
He said there was extra demand this year after last year's festival was held behind closed doors.
"Unfortunately, the majority of those fans won't get to attend this year and it is disappointing for them because we know there are people out there that have supported us for 20 and 30 and 40 years and never missed a year – so it is just disappointing for those people really."
Organisers got news of the decision on Tuesday night and Mr Maloney said they now have just seven working days to prepare.
"It is a lot smaller than we had thought or hoped for," he said. "We had expected that we might not get the whole 5,000 people but we had hoped for 3,000 or 4,000."
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This weekend, 18,000 fans will attend GAA games at Croke Park and Mr Maloney said he was now seeking clarity on how the decision was made.
"We have a capacity of 44,000 people so the 1,000 people is 2% of our capacity," he said. "It does seem quite small and other venues around the country are in the mid-20s in terms of capacity.
"But unfortunately, that is where we are that is what we have to work with and we have to get on and make the best of what we can."
He said race week is all about Galway putting its best foot forward and said he looks forward to the festival coming back bigger and better than ever next year.
"It is not just ourselves, Galway is a real festival city and the majority of those are not taking place again this year," he said.
"So, we are looking forward in hope to 2022 when we can hopefully have unrestricted attendances at Ballybrit and the number of people that are here will be dependant on how many people we can get through the gate."
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Rowing provides recreation, fitness, social interaction, and skills like teamwork, persistence, and initiative that are necessary in everyday life. Let's Row!
FEE: $175 for the clinic and a reduced membership fee of $75 if you join RowBOC as a member for the rest of the summer.
LOCATION: RowBOC is located on Spring Tree Lane, north of the Marina Restaurant, in the silver Quonset hut.
The clinics are designed for people who have never rowed or sculled, or for those who rowed in the past and would like a refresher course. Single and double sculling and 4-person sweep rowing will be taught in 2 or 2.5-hour sessions. Basic skills, boat handling, and safety instruction are taught in a supportive and graduated approach by qualified instructors. Assistants will be on hand to help with the coached clinics.
The first Learn to Row clinic session is on June 15 beginning at 9:30. This session will include an orientation to rowing and the clinics. You will get to know each other and the coaches and helpers, learn how to bring a boat down to the water, and if conditions are right you will get out on the water to experience the sensation of rowing.
We offer 9 clinic sessions designed to build your proficiency as a novice rower. After the clinics end, you will be paired with an experienced rower for mentoring and mastery of basic skills should you decide to join as a member for the rest of the summer season. Coaches are Graeme King, Tim Whitney, and David Gessner, assisted by RowBOC members.
2019 Learn to Row Clinic Application Available here.
Print and mail completed application and your clinic fee of $175 to Janice Stockman, 59 Cherry St., Brattleboro VT 05301. After successfully completing the clinic, you may join RowBOC for the rest of the 2019 season for the reduced price of $75. Regular season membership is $250.
Sessions may be subject to change or cancellation. You will be notified in advance if this occurs.
Clinic sessions are limited to twelve people and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis by pre-registration.
New this season—With a renewed emphasis on safety we will be requiring a swim test of all members and updating our Handbook with enhanced safety policies. Wondering what you would do if your boat capsized on the Connecticut River? We will be holding recovery clinics to learn and practice getting back into the boat. Don't worry, we'll pick a day when the water is warm and inviting!
Private lessons and rowing camps are alternative ways to learn to row. Craftsbury Sculling, Black Bear Sculling and Lake Sunapee Rowing Club are just a few of northern New England's rowing programs. RowBOC coaches may be available for private lessons.
Watch the website for more information or e-mail us at rowboc@gmail.com to let us know of your interest. We're happy to answer any questions about our rowing program.


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Encounters: an unprecedented blend of fabrics, materials and colours
Our installation this year is dedicated to the concept of encounter. We have developed it in its most textured form: as an interwoven scenario of fabrics, materials and colours. We are accustomed to taking our furniture out into nature; here, we have done the opposite: we have taken nature into our furnished environment, expressing one of its most profound dynamics. (Marco Levrangi, CEO).
Fast is attending the 2019 edition of the Salone del Mobile with a larger booth than in previous editions of the show, where the brand can replicate that feeling of well-being one normally experiences out in the open, surrounded by nature: shades of blue, green, grey and terracotta constitute the fil rouge within the exhibition space and create a welcoming, comfortable island for the presentation of the brand's many new products.
Four collections of seats and tables designed by Studio Lievore Altherr and a collection of tables and poufs by Robby Cantarutti & Partners make up the product highlights. Moreover, Fast presents restyled versions of successful collections such as Joint, the extension of the Aikana line of padded products and, above all, new materials, colours and finishes applied across the entire Fast collection.
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Q: Session clears ends when debugging ASP.NET but works fine on the dev and test server I'm having a strange issue where the session ends after a postback when I debug it in visual studio 2010.
I store a variable in a session on the first page. It keeps its value in the next page but after that it gets lost. It returns a null value. The strange thing is when i copy the exact code to the dev or test servers, it works fine...
Any ideas what could be happening? Thanks.
UPDATE
The code is fairly simple. I have a default.aspx page where I'm setting a session variable:
 HttpContext.Current.Session["PurchaseOID"] = purchaseOID;

When I click 'Next' the Default.aspx page redirects it to a Information.aspx page. Additional user information is gathered on this page (using DevExpress controls). When I click 'Next' on this page the session variable "PurhcaseOID" returns null on page load.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
      if(HttpContext.Current.Session["PurchaseOID"] == null){
        throw new Exception("error!");
      }
}

Whats strange is, the Session is kept when the page is first loaded. But on postback, it loses its variables. Also, this is something that JUST started happening. I've been working on this code for a month or so and it's been working fine. When I deploy this exact code to our dev or test server, it works fine.
I'm debugging this in Cassini. Help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Shahzad Chaudhary

A: When you are testing do you have cookies disabled?  I ask because the session id is stored in a cookie unless you are using cookieless sessions (rare).  So if in your test environment you have cookies turned off in your browser then it will not be able to get the session values.  I don't believe it throws any error when storing them though.

A: I figured it out, it was a stupid mistake. The change was happening in the Global.asax Application_Error method. For some reason when I put a breakpoint there it wouldn't hit.

A: When local debug, just set in web.config
<sessionState cookieless="true" />

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The coronavirus risk Australia is not talking about: testing our unlawful migrant workers
Posted on May 11, 2020 by particularkev
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Marie Segrave, Monash University
As Australia starts to emerge from its coronavirus lockdown, authorities are on high alert for any fresh breakouts of the disease.
One of the risks we need to keep an eye on is hard to see: the tens of thousands of unlawful migrants who work here every day without a valid visa.
My research shows Australia's unlawful migrant workers already face routine exploitation and in some cases, terrible work conditions. But the arrival of COVID-19 presents new and worrying health challenges, for them and the broader Australian population.
This is why Singapore's coronavirus cases are growing: a look inside the dismal living conditions of migrant workers
In recent weeks, Singapore has gone from global poster child for tackling coronavirus, to the home of more than 19,000 cases, after infections took off among its migrant workers.
Singapore's migrant workers live in purpose-built accommodation and are officially known to the government. In Australia, our unlawful migrant workers live under the radar, so are even harder to identify and support.
Unlawful migrant workers in Australia
There is little data about the precise numbers of people working in Australia illegally. The best estimate is still a 2011 report to the Gillard government suggesting there are between 50,000 and 100,000 non-citizens working here without permission.
This group is different from temporary visa holders, who are also facing their own financial struggles during the lockdown.
Unlawful migrants workers come to Australia on valid visas and then breach their visas conditions. This includes those who overstay their visas and those who come on a visa without work rights.
In my 2017 research across NSW and Victoria, I spoke to such people who worked in industries including domestic labour, agriculture, hospitality and commercial cleaning.
It is estimated that tens of thousands of people work in Australia without a valid visa in industries such as fruit picking.
They described physical and verbal abuse, no or low pay, poor accommodation, withholding of passports and threats of being reported to immigration authorities.
The COVID-19 challenge
The arrival of COVID-19 presents new risks for unlawful workers in Australia.
They face destitution if work disappears and new opportunities fail to arrive. A key concern is that unlawful migrants will accept exploitative working conditions, with little or no pay, and no incentive to come forward for help.
In April, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told visitors to "return to their home countries" if they cannot support themselves in Australia.
However, this is not a solution for unlawful workers: it is not clear how people would leave or how they would pay for their travel. It is also likely many will be compelled to stay.
6 countries, 6 curves: how nations that moved fast against COVID-19 avoided disaster
In my research, I spoke with people who had been in the country for a matter of days and people who had been in the country for close to 20 years – undocumented and working. Often they were sending money home to their family in their country of origin, with some setting up new homes and families in Australia.
Leaving is not a straightforward option.
The public health risks
Unlawful workers also present a public health risk for Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Not only do they tend to live in overcrowded accommodation, they also tend to move around frequently, seeking work and better living conditions.
Critically, unlawful migrant workers are also reluctant to access community support – for any reason – due to fears they may be reported to immigration authorities and then detained and deported. My research found this group will actively avoid any contact with formal service providers from police to health care workers.
Unlawful migrant workers are unlikely to access healthcare services, such as COVID-19 testing, for fear of being reported to immigration authorities.
Loren Elliott/ AAP
This reluctance presents a risk to their health and that of the broader community: if an unlawful migrant has COVID-19 symptoms, they are unlikely to access testing or health care.
As Australia starts to ease some lockdown restrictions and boosts testing for any signs of COVID-19, it is critical all relevant people in the community come forward if they have symptoms.
We need to build a 'firewall'
Before the global pandemic, there has been growing recognition, at national and international levels, of the need for a firewall between protections for migrant workers and immigration processes.
Is slowing Australia's population growth really the best way out of this crisis?
A firewall offers dedicated protection for undocumented workers to come forward – to seek health care, or police or other assistance in the context of workplace exploitation – with the clear understanding that their visa status will not be referred on to immigration authorities.
While my research did not find health services reporting unlawful migrants to the Australian Border Force, the role of a firewall is to ensure there is a formal commitment that this will not happen across any community service.
What we need to do now
In the short term, a formal firewall is unlikely because it would require a shift away from the Morrison government's strong emphasis on border control.
But national and state leaders could send clear reassurances that we want all people to come forward to seek testing and health care workers will not be asking immigration-related questions.
Singapore has seen an increase in coronavirus cases after outbreaks among its migrant workers.
How Hwee Young/ AAP
This then needs to filter down to localised programs. Proactive efforts to reach undocumented individuals and groups is detailed but necessary work and requires trust between parties.
If this message does not get through, we risk a quiet spread of COVID-19 among untested, unlawful residents, who live in close quarters and are often very mobile – and who are unlikely to come forward until they are very unwell.
Singapore's situation shows what can happen when groups of migrant workers are not prioritised.
Marie Segrave, Associate Professor, Criminology, Monash University
Posted in Australia, Health and Fitness, immigration, news	| Tagged article, coronavirus, health, illegal, immigration, migrant, news, testing, unlawful, workers | Leave a comment
Two Indian Christians Languish in Saudi Prison
Posted on March 31, 2011 by particularkev
'Religious police' raid apartment; no official charges.
LOS ANGELES, March 28 (CDN) — Friends and family of two Indian Christians arrested after a prayer meeting in Saudi Arabia in January have tried in vain to secure their release.
The two Christians were incarcerated for attending the prayer meeting with other Indian nationals and accused of converting Muslims to Christianity, though the government has not produced formal charges, sources said.
Yohan Nese, 31 and Vasantha Sekhar Vara, 28, were arrested on Jan. 21 when mutaween (religious police) raided an apartment where the two had lingered after attending the prayer meeting. Religious police interrogated and beat them to the point that they suffered injuries, according to sources. During this time, religious police who were cursing at them allegedly tore up and trampled on Bibles and Christian material they had confiscated, said a source who spoke to the men.
Authorities asked them how many Christian groups and pastors there are in Saudi Arabia and Riyadh and asked their nationalities. The religious police also put pressure on the two to convert to Islam, according to sources.
The next morning, Jan. 22, authorities took the two Christians to the Religious Court in Riyadh. The court sentenced them to 45 days in prison. At 2 p.m., police filed a case at the local civil police station, according to a source who requested anonymity.
To date the Christian Indians have been in prison for 67 days. Their family and friends say they still have not been able to obtain a document with official charges but know from the prisoners that the charges are religious in nature, according to the source. At the time of their detention, the Christians were not engaging in religious activities.
On Jan. 22, 15 mutaween in civilian clothes came back to the apartment they had raided the previous day, destroyed valuable items and wrote Islamic slogans on the walls with spray paint, the source said.
Nese and Vara's situation in prison is "horrible," said the source. The two men are cramped in a prison cell with only enough room to stand.
"There is no place to even sit," said the source. "Only two hours a day they are sleeping in shifts. When brother Yohan is sleeping, brother Sekhar needs to stand, and when brother Sekhar wants to sleep, brother Yohan needs to stand. They have been doing this for more than a month. I don't know how many more days they have to continue this."
Since the arrest, other Christians have been too frightened to meet for prayer.
One week after his arrest, Vara was able to use a phone to call his family and pastor in India. His wife, Sandhya Vara, who is expecting their first child in three months, said she has not heard from him since.
"There were no Muslims in their prayer meeting, but they are accusing them of converting Muslims into Christians," she told Compass by phone. "We got married eight months ago, but he's very far from me now and he's in very much trouble, and I'm six months pregnant."
She and his pastor in India have communicated numerous times with the Indian embassy but have received no response.
"I have been complaining to the Indian embassy," she said. "They cannot call me or give me any information. There is no help. So many times I informed them and they cannot give any reply and cannot take any action."
Vara had worked in Saudi Arabia for more than seven years. Last summer he came to India and got married, returning on Jan. 9 to his post in Riyadh, where he worked as a supervisor for a catering company.
"Vasantha is from my church," said his pastor in India, Ajay Kumar Jeldi. "He is very God-fearing, good, prayerful, supporting the pastor and working for the youth."
The morning of his arrest, Vara called Pastor Jeldi and told him he planned to go to the evening prayer meeting in Riyadh. After the meeting, Vara, Nese and four other unidentified Christians lingered at the flat where the gathering had taken place. At around 7:30 p.m. two mutaween in plainclothes and one policeman in uniform raided the apartment.
On the phone with his pastor back in India, Vara said he was in prison for religious reasons and that he had been pressured to convert to Islam, but that he had refused.
"If I have to die for my God, I will die for him here," he told Pastor Jeldi. "God will help me."
The pastor said that in his sole conversation with him a week after his detention, Vara requested prayers for his release.
Typically in Saudi Arabia, a foreign worker's documents remain with the employers who sponsor them in order for them to work in the country. Saudi employers are typically the only ones who can secure their employees' release on bail.
"Only their sponsors can bring them out," Pastor Jeldi said. "He has the right to bring him out, and no one else has the right to go and pay the bail or anything. Only the sponsor can have that responsibility."
Since his arrest, Vara's employer has handed his passport to local authorities and told them he is no longer responsible for him, according to the anonymous source.
"He doesn't want him to work in his company anymore," said the source.
The Saudi "religious police" or Commission to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice (CPVPV) is a government entity that includes 5,000 field officers and 10,000 employees, along with hundreds of "unofficial" volunteers who take it upon themselves to carry out the CPVPV's mandate, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
"Despite the fact that the CPVPV is not allowed to engage in surveillance, detain individuals for more than 24 hours, arrest individuals without police accompaniment, or carry out any kind of punishment, its members have been accused in recent years of killing, beating, whipping, detaining, and otherwise harassing individuals," the commission stated.
In the raid, authorities confiscated anything of value in the apartment, including two musical keyboards, a guitar, two sound boxes, a sound mixer, four microphones, music stands, power extension boxes, a laptop, mobile phone chargers and a whiteboard. They also confiscated 25 Bibles and other Christian materials, the source said.
The other Indian Christians at the apartment escaped.
The anonymous source said he has informed the Embassy of India in Riyadh of their arrest numerous times.
"I have lost hope in them," he said, "because the only thing they are always saying is that this is a religious case, so we can't do anything."
Pastor Jeldi said he thought someone must have complained about the group of Christian Indians who were meeting regularly, causing authorities to act.
Nearly 7 million foreigners live and work in Saudi Arabia, of which an estimated 1.5 million are Indian nationals.
Human Rights Watch has reported that Saudi Arabia systematically discriminates against migrant workers and has called for the government to "abolish the sponsorship system for migrant workers, in particular the requirement for employer consent to transfer employment and to obtain an exit visa."
According to the U.S. Department of State's 2010 Report on International Religious Freedom, with rare exception, expatriate workers fear government interference with their private worship. The reasons for this interference can range from the worship service being too loud, having too many people in attendance or that it occurs too often in the same place, according to the report.
Riyadh was the stage for another raid and mass arrest of Christians in early October 2010. Arab News and other press reported the arrest of 12 Filipino Christians and a French Catholic priest celebrating mass in a private apartment. There were 150 Filipinos in attendance. The employers of the 12 Christian foreign workers secured their release, and the Philippine embassy negotiated their repatriation. The Catholic priest was also released within days.
"Saudi officials do not accept that for members of some religious groups, the practice of religion requires more than an individual or a small group worshipping in private, but includes the need for religious leaders to conduct services in community with others," stated the State Department's religious freedom report. "Foreign religious leaders continue to be prohibited from seeking and obtaining visas to enter Saudi Arabia and minister to local religious communities."
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Maldives: Almost no religious freedom for migrant workers
Just as Maldivian citizens do not have the right to religious freedom – Sunni Islam in the state-approved form is the only permitted faith – migrant workers too are denied this right, reports Odd Larsen, Forum 18 News Service.
The Maldives prevents the import of non-Muslim books and other religious items, for example by searching foreigners' luggage for "un-Islamic" materials. Migrant workers are banned from practising non-Muslim faiths even privately, while the lack of privacy in which many live makes it almost impossible to worship "unnoticed by locals", as one migrant worker put it to Forum 18 News Service.
Some 80,000 migrant workers – mostly Muslims, Buddhists, Christians and Hindus from South Asia – make up about a quarter of the country's population, but are mostly in low-status jobs and find it difficult to challenge human rights violations.
The government has not acted on United Nations recommendations to grant migrant workers religious freedom. The International Labour Organisation – which the Maldives has just joined – told Forum 18 that "although freedom of religion may not exist in Maldives, migrant workers can count on ILO protection when it comes to rights at work and working conditions."
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CHINA: CHRISTIANS WARY AS RECESSION, UNREST HIT
Posted on February 28, 2009 by particularkev
Beleaguered government officials could view church as threat – or a force for stability.
BEIJING, February 25 (Compass Direct News) – With China's central government last December issuing a number of secret documents calling on provincial officials to strive to prevent massive unrest in a rapidly collapsing economy, observers are watching for signs of whether authorities will view Christian groups as a threat or a stabilizing influence.
While the Sichuan earthquake last May proved that Christians were willing and able to assist in times of national crisis, raids on house church groups have continued in recent weeks.
The secret reports have come in quick succession. A central government body, the Committee for Social Stability (CSS), issued an internal report on Jan. 2 listing a total of 127,467 serious protests or other incidents across China in 2008, many involving attacks on government buildings or clashes with police and militia.
"Recently every kind of contradiction in society has reached the level of white heat," the CSS warned in an earlier document issued on Dec. 16.
The document said some officials had "ignored the welfare of the masses … piling up pressure until the situation exploded," and concluded that, "The relevant Party and State organs must … give daily priority to the task of getting rid of all the maladies which produce social instability and the present crisis."
On Dec. 10, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the National People's Congress issued an internal document calling on senior provincial officials to make every effort to alleviate social and political problems exacerbated by the current recession.
On Dec. 12, the Ministry of Public Security authorized provincial officials to tighten control of all communications in the sensitive period prior to Chinese New Year, which this year fell on Jan. 25. Fearing turmoil as millions of newly-unemployed factory workers headed home for New Year celebrations, the government cancelled all leave for Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers, placed them on high alert and mobilized an additional 150,000 police and armed militia for the holiday period.
On Dec. 15, the public security ministry issued a further document calling for tightened security at government ministries, military bases, armament stores, state borders, airports and railway stations.
In its Dec. 16 report, the CSS warned that provincial authorities must try to resolve grievances by non-violent means before protestors begin attacking factories and government offices or stealing, looting and burning property.
The scale of demonstrations and riots has already reached frightening proportions. In the Jan. 2 internal assessment leaked in Hong Kong, the CSS said the 127,467 serious incidents across China last year involved participation of around 1 percent of the population. Of these cases, 476 consisted of attacks on government and Party buildings, while 615 involved violent clashes with police and militia, leaving 1,120 police and Party officials and 724 civilians killed or injured.
Church as Subversive
Concerned by the growth of unregistered house church groups in an uncertain political and social climate, the Chinese government has ramped up efforts both to identify Christians and to portray Christianity as a subversive foreign force.
Local governments in China last year reported on continued measures to prevent "illegal" religious gatherings and curb other criminalized religious activities, according to reports from the U.S. Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) on Dec. 20 and Feb. 2. (See "Tortured Christian Lawyer Arrested as Officials Deny Abuses," Feb. 11.)
In recent months authorities have quietly gathered data on church growth using surveys at universities and workplaces, and called meetings at various institutions in the capital to discuss the supposed dangers of foreign religious influence. (See "Officials Grapple with Spread of Christianity," Feb. 4.)
Raids on unregistered church groups have continued in recent weeks, with police perhaps prompted to ensure tighter controls on church activity. On Feb. 11, police arrested two South Korean pastors and more than 60 Chinese house church leaders from four provinces who had gathered for a seminar in Wolong district, Nanyang city, the China Aid Association (CAA) reported. The police also confiscated personal money, cell phones and books, and forced each person to register and pay a fine before releasing some of the elderly leaders.
Authorities held six of the detained leaders for several days but by Sunday (Feb. 22) had released all of them, Compass sources confirmed.
In Shanghai, police and members of the State Administration of Religious Affairs on Feb. 10 ordered Pastor Cui Quan to cancel an annual meeting for house church leaders, and then ordered the owner of the hall used by Cui's 1,200-member congregation to cease renting it to Cui within 30 days, according to CAA.
Senior staff at Beijing's Dianli Hospital on Feb. 6 ordered elderly house church pastor Hua Zaichen to leave the premises despite being severely ill, CAA reported. Government officials had refused to allow Hua's wife, Shuang Shuying, an early release from prison to visit her dying husband unless she agreed to inform on other Christians, according to Hua's son. After refusing their offer, Shuang was finally able to visit Hua on her release date, Feb. 8; Hua died the following day.
Both Shuang and her husband have suffered years of persecution for their involvement in the house church movement.
On Feb. 4, police seized Christian lawyer and human rights defender Gao Zhisheng from his home in Shaanxi province, CAA reported. At press time his whereabouts were unknown.
While other incidents have gone unreported, house church leaders in northern China told Compass in January that despite tighter restrictions in the current economic and political climate, they were optimistic about the ability of the church to survive and flourish.
Disenchantment, Dissent Spread Across China
In December, China celebrated the 30th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's "open door" economic reform policy, which had led to a high annual growth rate of some 10 percent. While Party leaders publicly congratulated themselves, an internal party document warned that 75 percent of the financial benefits had gone to only 10 percent of the population, mainly high and middle-ranking Party members and some entrepreneurs.
With the growth rate now seriously dented, relations between Party members and the general public were "about to explode," the document warned.
The document also referred to an "ideological vacuum in Party and state," a "moral vacuum in upholding regulations," and a "vacuum in spiritual civilization," in stark contrast to the moral and spiritual values held by religious groups.
According to the Research Institute of the State Council, urban unemployment among young people had already risen to 10.5 percent by last June. If foreign investors continued to withdraw funds, the institute warned, this figure could rise to 16 percent or higher, sparking more outrage against the government.
Tens of thousands of factories closed down in the first six months of 2008, well before the full impact of the global recession hit China. By November, 10 million migrant workers were unemployed; most recent estimates put the figure at 20 million, and officials admit this figure will reach at least 35 million by the end of 2009.
Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu, responsible for agricultural affairs, warned in a recent report that 30 percent of all villagers have set up peasant organizations to challenge local government officials and crime bosses. Some groups also have plans to launch armed insurgencies and their own peasant governments.
Several million university graduates will also face unemployment this year, potentially lending their voices and leadership skills to mass protest movements.
An increasing number of intellectuals have already signed Charter 08, a petition issued in December calling for multi-party elections, human rights, press freedom and the rule of law.
On Jan. 7, a prominent Chinese lawyer, Yan Yiming, filed an application with the Finance Ministry demanding that it open its 2008 and 2009 budget books to the public. On Jan. 13, more than 20 Chinese intellectuals signed an open letter calling for a boycott of state television news programs because of "systematic bias and brainwashing," while a Beijing newspaper ran an article arguing that freedom of speech was written into the constitution, The Washington Post reported in late January.
In response, Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu warned China's leaders via state media that, "The present situation of maintaining national security and social stability is grave."
Many analysts agree that the Chinese Communist Party may be facing its greatest challenge to date.
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If you're running a one-person delivery business, you'll spend a lot of your time taking things in and out of the back of your vehicle. If the items you're delivering are cumbersome or heavy, this can spell trouble – and thus it's worth thinking about best loading and lifting practice.
To use your space as efficiently as possible, get large items like fridges loaded first. It's a lot easier to find space for a small item than it is to cram large ones in at the end. Add to this the fact that your larger items are likely to be heavier than your small ones, and therefore capable of inflicting crushing damage, and the sense of starting with the big stuff becomes obvious.
Obviously, you don't want your van to be unbalanced. As such, avoid stacking everything on one side of the van. Push everything right to the rear, and secure small items beneath seats to prevent them from flying around when you go over a speed bump. To be sure that you're not overloading your van, learn its maximum loading capacity, and figure out a rough idea of when you're approaching it.
The interior of your van should provide anchoring points, to which you'll be able to attach straps. Use these to keep your goods fixed into position. This step is especially worthwhile if you're transporting fragile goods. Replacement straps are inexpensive, so invest in them before your old ones snap.
Ideally, you'll want to unload your cargo onto a flat surface that's out of the way of traffic. Unfortunately, this isn't always possible. Since we don't get to pick our cargo's destination, it's worth taking a few measures to limit the risk. If you're unloading onto an incline, put brake chocks beneath the wheels. If items look as though they've moved during transit, treat them with special caution, as they're the most likely to move again when you start to unload them.
There comes a point when a cargo is so heavy that you'll need a second pair of hands to safely transport it from the back of the vehicle to the front door. In such cases, don't be tempted to do the work by yourself: either bring a friend along for the ride, or invest in some mechanical assistance. If your van isn't capable of unloading this sort of cargo, then don't take on the job!
The NHS provides a pretty comprehensive guide to avoiding back injuries when handling heavy objects. Plan the lift before making it. Keep your back straight, and avoid twisting. Keep your head up so that you can see where you're going, and keep the load positioned close to your chest. If you're frequently carrying heavy loads, then bring along a trolley for the ride. If you're recovering from a back injury, then don't attempt any heavy lifts until you're entirely free from pain.


The high from pot is in part due to the effect of cannabinoids binding to receptors throughout the brain and body.
There's a foundational error in how recreational stores categorize and cannabis consumers discern their bud. The misnomer is found in the faulty fork in the road made by novices and marijuana maestros alike: "Indica, sativa or hybrid?"
It's supposed to offer a shortcut to desired effects, with sativa supposedly offering an energetic high, while indica offers a sedation that will put you "in-da-couch." The main problem with these assumptions is that subscribers to the theory are using the external morphology — the shape of the cannabis plant — to predict its effects, rather than the chemical composition of the plant itself.
Instead, consumers should look at the array of different cannabinoids and terpenes found in prospective bud. Cannabinoids, like THC and CBD, affect the body in a wholly different way. The high from pot is in part due to the effect of cannabinoids binding to receptors throughout the brain and body.
THC will bind to brain receptors, while CBD targets receptors throughout the body. These distinctions have helped the medicinal cannabis movement blossom and better address the needs of those who need aid with pain, versus those who have neurological ailments.
Cannabis terpenes are aromatic oil compounds that are secreted from the flower's resin glands. Terpenes have a major impact on the psychoactive aspect of cannabis. Humulene, also found in hops and coriander, offers a woody aroma, suppresses the user's appetite and is beneficial in dealing with pain and inflammation. Limonene is a terpene that offers a profile of citrus and lemon, with the benefits of mood enhancement and stress relief.


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Der Kanton Karlshafen war eine Verwaltungseinheit im Distrikt Kassel des Departements der Fulda im napoleonischen Königreich Westphalen. Hauptort des Kantons und Sitz des Friedensgerichts war die Stadt Karlshafen im heutigen Landkreis Kassel. Der Kanton umfasste acht Dörfer und Weiler und eine Stadt, hatte 3.013 Einwohner und eine Fläche von 1,66 Quadratmeilen.

Zum Kanton gehörten die Orte:
 Karlshafen
 Friedrichsfeld, mit Wülmersen und Abgunst
 Gieselwerder, mit Gewissenruh und Gottstreu
 Gottsbüren
 Stammen

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Christian Daniel Voß (Hrsg.): Die Zeiten, oder Archiv für die neueste Staatengeschichte und Politik, Band 13. Halle, 1808 (S. 367)

Karlshafen
Bad Karlshafen

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They're cute! They're curvy! They're Grimmies, a shapely reinvention of the highly-popular building block figure style, brought to you by the CS Moore Studio and Zenescope Entertainment! The line's first release includes Grimmies of Zenescope's memorable Grimm Fairy Tales characters from the publisher's best-selling flagship comic book series. Sculpted by Clayburn Moore, Grimmies are designed so that some accessories and parts can be removed and shared between other figures in the line. Grimmies Grimm Fairy Tales Series One 3-Pack includes Alice, Snow White and Red Riding Hood. Each comes with the character's trademark accessories: Alice with rabbit and potion bottle, Snow White sports her book and sword and Red Riding Hood wouldn't be the same without basket and axe. And you won't want to miss The Grimmies Grimm Fairy Tales Alice & Mad Hatter 2-Pack featuring Alice and her rabbit with the knife wielding Madman himself. Each figure stands a curvaceous 3" tall and ships in revealing window box packaging. Zenescope fans everywhere won't want to miss the debut series of these curvy, pint-sized beauties!


The idea for "The System of Elements" arose during a study of joining methods within industrial constructions. Within these methods it is extremely important to fully optimize the mechanical characteristics of the used materials, so that the constructions are as light and as strong as possible.
There is chosen to design a modular system, based on the connections within industrial constructions and whereby the mechanical characteristics of the wood were optimally utilised. The stiles and rails are therefore made from solid birch wood to give it its strength, particularly in its length (with the direction of the grain). In contrast to this, the joining elements are made from birch plywood to allow for strength in two directions thanks to plywood's cross-banded layers.
Birch wood was chosen so that the furniture would radiate a sense of tranquillity and light from its texture and colour. Other materials can be agreed upon in collaboration with the designers. Due to the fact that the system is modular, a suitable piece of furniture can be designed for any location or functionality. "The System of Elements" is derived from the Dutch name for the periodic table of elements used in chemistry, where bonds are formed from multiple elements.


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St. Francis has Adoration on Thursdays in the Saint Dominic Savio Adoration Chapel. Can you spend an hour a week growing closer to Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament?
Hours for Adoration are 8:30 am - 4 pm.
To sign up for a slot, call Dennis in the parish office at (218) 233-4780 or email him at dennis@stfrancismhd.org.
Please pray for our Adoration team.
Who Is Saint Dominic Savio?
Dominic Savio is the patron of our Adoration chapel. We chose him to intercede for us for blessings upon the youth of our parish, as Dominic died when he was only 14. He remains the youngest canonized, non-martyr in Church History. Here is some background:
Dominic Savio was born on April 2, 1842 in the village of Riva in northern Italy. His father was a blacksmith and his mother a seamstress. He had nine brothers and sisters. His family was poor but hardworking. They were devout and pious Catholics.
When he was just two years old, Dominic's family returned to their native village of Castlenuovo d'Asti, (Today, Castlenuovo Don Bosco) near the birthplace of John Bosco. Bosco would himself later be canonized as a Saint by the Church and became a major influence on the life of Dominic.
As a small child, Dominic loved the Lord and His Church. He was very devout in practicing his Catholic faith. For example, he said grace before every meal and refused to eat with those who did not. He was always quick to encourage others to pray.
Dominic attended Church regularly with his mother and was often seen kneeling before the Tabernacle in prayer. He even prayed outside the Church building. It did not matter to Dominic if the ground was covered with mud or snow, he knelt and prayed anyway.
Dominic was quickly recognized as an exceptional student who studied hard and performed well in school. He became an altar server. He also attended daily Mass and went to confession regularly. He asked to receive his first communion at the age of seven. This was not the practice in the Church of Italy at the time. Normally, children received their first holy communion at the age of twelve. Dominic's priest was so impressed with his intelligence concerning the faith, his love for the Lord and his piety that he made an exception. Dominic said that the day of his First Communion was the happiest day of his life.
On the Day he received his First Communion, Dominic wrote four promises in a little book. Those promises were:
I will go to Confession often, and as frequently to Holy Communion as my confessor allows.
I wish to sanctify the Sundays and festivals in a special manner.
My friends shall be Jesus and Mary.
Death rather than sin.
The young Dominic graduated to secondary school and walked three miles to school each day. He undertook this chore gladly. While walking to school on a hot day a farmer asked why he wasn't yet tired. Dominic cheerfully replied, "Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a master who pays well."
Although he was young, Dominic was clearly different from his peers. When two boys stuffed a school heating stove with snow and rubbish, the boys were known troublemakers and were likely to face expulsion if caught, so they blamed Dominic for the misdeed. Dominic did not deny the accusation and he was scolded before the class. However, a day later the teacher learned the truth. He asked Dominic why he did not defend himself while being scolded for something he did not do. Dominic mentioned he was imitating Jesus who remained silent when unjustly accused.
Dominic's teacher spoke well of him and brought him to the attention of Fr. John Bosco, who was renowned for looking after hundreds of boys, many of them orphaned and poor. In October 1854, Dominic was personally introduced to Fr. Bosco—along with his father.
At the meeting, Bosco wanted to test Dominic's intelligence and understanding of the Catholic faith. He gave Dominic a copy of The Catholic Readings, which was a pamphlet that dealt with apologetics. He expected Dominic to provide a report the next day, but just ten minutes later Dominic recited the text and provided a full explanation of its significance. This solidified Bosco's high opinion of Dominic.
Dominic expressed an interest in becoming a priest and asked to go to Turin to attend the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales. Fr. Bosco agreed to take him.
At the Oratory, Dominic studied directly under Fr. Bosco. He worked diligently and always asked questions when he did not understand something. He renewed his First Communion promises that he wrote in his little book at the age of seven. After six months at the Oratory, Dominic delivered a speech on the path to sainthood. In his speech, he made three outstanding points; it is God's will that we ALL become saints, it is easy to become a saint, and there are great rewards in heaven for saints.
Dominic's desire to become a saint troubled him however. He wondered to himself how someone as young as he was could become a saint? In his zeal, he tried voluntary mortification and other voluntary penances, hoping that they would help him to grow closer to Jesus and help him to be less concerned with his own needs. He even made his bed uncomfortable and wore thin clothes in winter. When Fr. Bosco observed these practices, he corrected Dominic. He explained that as a child, what he should do instead was to devote himself to his studies and to be cheerful. He discouraged Dominic from any more physical penances. Dominic's happy demeanor quickly returned.
At the same time Dominic was developing his reputation as a fantastic student, his health began to fail. He started to lose his appetite and Fr. Bosco became concerned. Dominic was taken to the doctor who recommended that he be sent home to his family to recover. Dominic wanted to stay at the oratory, but Fr. Bosco insisted he go home. Everybody expected Dominic to recover, except for Dominic himself who insisted he was dying.
Before he departed, Dominic made the Exercise of a Happy Death and predicted this would be his final devotion.
After four days at home, Dominic's health worsened. The doctor ordered him to bed to rest. He then performed bloodletting, which was still performed at that time. Over the next four days, Dominic was bled ten times before the doctor was satisfied he would recover.
But Dominic was sure of his impending death. He implored his parents to bring the parish priest so he could make a last confession. They obliged him and Dominic made a confession and was given the Anointing of the Sick. He asked his father to read him the prayers for the Exercise of a Happy Death. Then he fell asleep. Hours later he awoke and said to his father: "Goodbye, Dad, goodbye ... Oh what wonderful things I see!" Dominic fell asleep and died within minutes. It was March 9, 1857 and Dominic was merely 14 years of age.
His father wrote to Fr. Bosco to report the sad news.
Fr. Bosco was powerfully touched by Dominic and he wrote a biography, "The Life of Dominic Savio." The biography quickly became popular and would eventually be read in schools across Italy. As people learned about Dominic, they called for his canonization.
Detractors argued that Dominic was too young to be canonized and pointed out that he was not a martyr. However, Pope Pius X disagreed and opened his cause for canonization.
Dominic Savio was declared venerable in 1933 by Pope Pius XI, beatified in 1950, then canonized in 1954 by Pope Pius XII.
Saint Dominic is the patron saint of choirboys, the falsely accused, and juvenile delinquents. His feast day is May 6, moved from March 9. Many schools and institutions dedicated to boys are dedicated to him.


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Romancing Utopia
by P. Andrew SandlinPosted on 25 Jun 2012 25 Jun 2012
I detest the notion of a new dawn in which Homo sapiens would live in harmony. The hope this utopia engenders justified the bloodiest exterminations in history.
François Bizot[1]
In his brief but weighty tract Communism: A History,[2] Harvard historian Richard Pipes observes what others before him[3] have noted — the driving force behind Marxist regimes of the 20th century was nothing less than to "creat[e] an entirely new type of human being" (8-9). The underlying goal was not economic, but ontological. Acquisitiveness is a trait cultivated by capitalist societies, according to Marxists, but it can be stripped from man's consciousness by careful reconditioning. Man can be broken, remade and purged of all self-interest and recalibrated to submit joyfully to "the collective" in the form of the state. The goal of the most consistent Marxists, therefore, was a political order resting on a pliant, virtuous populace. This goal was more poignant in China than the Soviet Union. Mao was the force behind Communist "brainwashing" and "reeducation." The goal was not merely to change Chinese behavior (by offering sufficient incentives — anybody could do that) but to change citizens' very consciousness. The most dramatic and harrowing example of this program, however, was Pol Pot's Cambodia. The leaders of the Khmer Rouge got their training in Paris (Pol Pot himself flunked out), where they imbibed the writings of the Romantic Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who depicted man as born free, virtuous and happy in the "state of nature" but subsequently corrupted by human society and its institutions. Pol Pot was convinced that if he could restore the "state of nature" in Cambodia — annihilating all vestiges of the previous civilization — he could create the New Man and the New Order. To that end the Khmer Rouge forcibly abandoned all cities for the countryside, created a totally agricultural society, jettisoned the calendar and started at "Year 0," forced children to betray parents, obliterated all non-statist institutions like the family and church, and tortured and murdered most Cambodians linked to the old regime ("The killing fields"). The philosophy was: If humans are not with the program, we must annihilate them and create humans who are with the program.
Mao, Pol Pot's ideological mentor, thought he could create a utopia, the New Order obliterating the dark, exploitative capitalist past. No task was too hard: "We shall teach the sun and moon to change places. We shall create a new heaven and earth for man" (130), Mao declared. This astounding, harrowing utopianism can be accomplished only at the expense of multitudes of human lives. [4] All statist utopias end in dystopias. Every attempt to create heaven on earth in the end creates a living hell. Why? Man made in the image of is not plastic; he is deeply resistant to fundamental change apart from the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit. Man cannot change man; only God can change man. Of course, if like the Marxists, one loses hope in the power of a sovereign God to change humanity, he must vest that sovereignty in the power of man — and generally in the secular state. No more pernicious formula for inhumanity could be devised.
"Christian" Utopias
Though less destructive, ecclesial and familial utopianism also dehumanize. The mad attempts to create the "model church" occupied by model Christians — the Green Berets for Jesus — is a perversion of the Biblical conception of the church (1 Cor. 12:22-24). Ecclesial utopias, ruled by tyrannical ideologues that are quite certain that they (and few others) understand The Truth (just as the Marxists believed they understood it) decimate lives, shipwreck families, and damn souls. All in the name of godly faith.
Familial utopians (usually fathers) covet the "perfect family," and are willing to wreak havoc on wives and children — and themselves — to produce that idyllic family. The wife is not permitted her own opinions but must march in lockstep to her dictator-husband; the children are treated and expected to act as miniature adults (an Enlightenment trait); the church must bow to the wishes of the dictator-husband.
Then there are the ultra-conservative political utopians, mirror images of the ultra-Left: "America is an evil nation, and we should shout 'Glory!' when any tragedy befalls her"; "George W. Bush is an idolater who may have known about 9-11 beforehand"; "The Christians in Congress are imposters since they voted for bills that didn't dismantle the state as quickly as we want"; and other such stupidities. These folks (thankfully, they are few) would find something to criticize in Heaven — utopia is always the impossible dream, always just beyond the grasp.
Utopians in politics, family or church are a menace.
Beware the utopians.
[1] François Bizot, The Gate (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003), 6-7.
[2] Richard Pipes, Communism: A History (New York: Modern Library, 2003).
[3] For example, Mikhail Heller, Cogs in the Wheel: The Formation of Soviet Man (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988).
[4] Stephane Courtois, The Black Book of Communism (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990)
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