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The Holy Shroud Thurston, H. (1912). The Holy Shroud (of Turin)
The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13762a.htm
HERBERT THURSTON, S. J. (1856-1939) contributed 180 articles to the Catholic Encyclopedia and 760 articles to magazines, many to The Month, where he was on the staff for 45 years. He is best known for his revision of Butler's Lives of the Saints. Fellow Jesuit Philip Caraman noted that Thurston "had great influence in checking the growth of spiritualism after World War I, and through his exact scientific method, skeptical turn of mind, wide learning, and manifest desire for truth, he attained a position of eminence and authority among scholars of his day both in England and on the Continent." In our "Classic Apologetics" department we print part of a short study by Thurston on spiritualism, a precursor to the New Age movement. Note how he approaches his subject with logic, clarity, and precision.
Shroud, THE HOLY.—This name is primarily given to a relic now preserved at Turin, for which the claim is made that it is the actual "clean linen cloth" in which Joseph of Arimathea wrapped the body of Jesus Christ (Matt., xxvii, 59). This relic though blackened by age bears the faint but distinct impress of a human form both back and front. The cloth is about 13.5 feet long and 4.5 feet wide. If the marks we perceive were caused by a human body, it is clear that the body (supine) was laid lengthwise along one half of the shroud while the other half was doubled back over the head to cover the whole front of the body from the face to the feet. The arrangement is well illustrated in the miniature of Giulio Clovio, which also gives a good representation of what was seen upon the shroud about the year 1540. The cloth now at Turin can be clearly traced back to Lirey in the Diocese of Troyes, where we first hear of it about the year 1360. In 1453 it was at Chambery in Savoy, and there in 1532 it narrowly escaped being consumed by a fire which, by charring the corners of the folds, has left a uniform series of marks on either side of the image. Since 1578 it has remained at Turin, where it is now only exposed for veneration at long intervals.
That the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin is taken for granted in various pronouncements of the Holy See cannot be disputed. An Office and Mass "de Sancta Sindone" was formally approved by Julius II in the Bull "Romanus Pontifex" of April 25, 1506, in the course of which the pope speaks of "that most famous shroud (praeclarissima sindon) in which our Savior was wrapped when He lay in the tomb and which is now honorably and devoutly preserved in a silver casket". Moreover, the same pontiff speaks of the treatise upon the Precious Blood. composed by his predecessor Sixtus IV, in which Sixtus states that in this shroud "men may look upon the true blood and the portrait of Jesus Christ Himself". A certain difficulty was caused by the existence elsewhere of other shrouds similarly impressed with the figure of Jesus Christ and some of these cloths, notably those of Besancon, Cadouin, Champiegne, Xabregas, etc., also claimed to be the authentic linen sindon provided by Joseph of Arimathea, but until the close of the last century no great attack was made upon the genuineness of the Turin relic. In 1898 when the shroud was solemnly exposed, permission was given to photograph it and a sensation was caused by the discovery that the image upon the linen was apparently a negative—in other words that the photographic negative taken from this offered a more recognizable picture of a human face than the cloth itself or any positive print. In the photographic negative the lights and shadows were natural, in the linen or the print they were inverted. Three years afterwards Dr. Paul Vignon read a remarkable paper before the Academie des Sciences in which he maintained that the impression upon the shroud was a "vaporigraph" caused by the ammoniacal emanations radiating from the surface of Christ's body after so violent a death. Such vapours, as he professed to have proved experimentally, were capable of producing a deep reddish brown stain, varying in intensity with the distance, upon a cloth impregnated with oil and aloes. The image upon the shroud was therefore a natural negative and as such completely beyond the comprehension or the skill of any medieval forger.
Plausible as this contention appeared, a most serious historical difficulty had meanwhile been brought to light. Owing mainly to the researches of Canon Ulysse Chevalier a series of documents was discovered which clearly proved that in 1389 the Bishop of Troyes appealed to Clement VII, the Avignon pope then recognized in France, to put a stop to the scandals connected with the shroud preserved at Lirey. It was, the bishop declared, the work of an artist who some years before had confessed to having painted it, but it was then being exhibited by the canons of Lirey in such a way that the populace believed that it was the authentic shroud of Jesus Christ. The pope, without absolutely prohibiting the exhibition of the shroud, decided after full examination that in future when it was shown to the people the priest should declare in a loud voice that it was not the real shroud of Christ, but only a picture made to represent it. The authenticity of the documents connected with this appeal is not disputed. Moreover, the grave suspicion thus thrown upon the relic is immensely strengthened by the fact that no intelligible account, beyond wild conjecture, can be given of the previous history of the shroud or of its coming to Lirey.
An animated controversy followed and it must be admitted that though the immense preponderance of opinion among learned Catholics (see the statement by P. M. Baumgarten in the "Historisches Jahrbuch", 1903, pp. 319-43) was adverse to the authenticity of the relic, still the violence of many of its assailants prejudiced their own cause. In particular the suggestions made of blundering or bad faith on the part of those who photographed the shroud were quite without excuse. From the scientific point of view, however, the difficulty of the "negative" impression on the cloth is not so serious as it seems. This shroud like the others was probably painted without fraudulent intent to aid the dramatic setting of the Easter Sequence:
Dic nobis Maria, quid vidisti in via Angelicos testes, sudarium et vestes.
As the word sudarium suggested, it was painted to represent the impression made by the sweat of Christ, i.e. probably in a yellowish tint upon unbleached linen, the marks of wounds being added in brilliant red. This yellow stain would turn brown in the course of centuries, the darkening process being aided by the effects of fire and sun. Thus, the lights of the original picture would become the shadow of the image as we now see it, but even in 1598 Paleotto's reproduction of the images on the shroud is printed in two colors, pale yellow and red. As for the good proportions and esthetic effect, two things may be noted. First, that it is highly probable that the artist used a model to determine the length and position of the limbs, etc.; the representation no doubt was made exactly life size. Secondly, the impressions are only known to us in photographs so reduced, as compared with the original, that the crudenesses, aided by the softening effects of time, entirely disappear.
Lastly, the difficulty must be noticed that while the witnesses of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries speak of the image as being then so vivid that the blood seemed freshly shed, it is now darkened and hardly recognizable without minute attention. On the supposition that this is an authentic relic dating from the year A.D. 30, why should it have retained its brilliance through countless journeys and changes of climate for fifteen centuries, and then in four centuries more have become almost invisible? On the other hand if it be a fabrication of the fifteenth century this is exactly what we should expect.
HERBERT THURSTON


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Fox News Shifting Left, Looking To Be Acquired?
I think that Facebook (FB) is the bees knees for getting stock investment ideas. I like to eavesdrop a lot there and try to get a sense of what everyone wants to talk about. Now, I have a lot of liberal friends on my list, and a lot of conservative friends too, and for what seems like ages I have had to wade through link after link from news and opinion sites in a more or less constant mud-slinging contest.
It goes something like this:
Somebody at Fox News (FOX), (FOXA) says "x" statement, and then CNN, owned by Time Warner (TWX), or some other network makes a fierce criticism of "x" statement, issues their own, and then from that point, innumerable other sites repost, retweet, and reform bits of the arguments from both sides to fit whatever agenda they are each pushing that day.
Republicans do it, Democrats do it. Libertarians do it, every party does it. We don't seek common ground, none of us are "fair and balanced". All I ever see is trash talk and mudslinging from every side. "Hillary did this, Trump said that, Obama wrecked our country, no wait it was really Bush that wrecked it and Clinton and the other Bush, and Reagan was good/bad depending on what the subject is".
I hate that.
I avoid watching the news just because of it, with the exception of CNBC, which is a part of Comcast (CMCSA), and even then, I only watch to get ideas to talk about from hearing what is mostlyextraordinarily bad advice.
What I have found on that channel is a sort of less political leaning, and more of a discussion about what people are worried about right now. That said, it's the subjects that conservatives have made that seem to get people to be the most afraid of things: Taxes, commodities like gold (GLD) and silver (SLV), and electronics makers seem to be very hot topics there. Like their comrades on other networks, it is an appeal to fear of loss.
So it sort of broke my mind when I saw this link today:
Fox's Shepard Smith: Benghazi Committee Took 2 Years And Spent $7 Million But Found "No New Evidence"
There is a video there hosted by Mediamatters, in it a clip of Shepard Smith, a Fox News reporter. He is reading a report from the state department that found no truth behind the assertions that Hillary Clinton had anything to do with Benghazi.
Moreover, he goes on to say that even if the Obama administration had sent resources there, the death of four Americans could not have been prevented in the attack. The video does stop short of issuing any apologies, and actually saying that the Hillary/Benghazi rumors were bogus.
However, Shepard is effectively dismissing what has been apolarizing talking point against the Clinton campaign.
This is a major shift in the way Fox handles their business.
They have, at least historically, rationalized their viewpoints, not apologized for them or issued corrections. I didn't believe what I was watching. I thought there had to be some kind of video editing or cherry picking going on here, something along those lines because it's such a common thing to see.
But check this out: I went over to the Fox News official Youtube channel, hosted by Alphabet (GOOG),(GOOGL). and what I found were videos like this one:
As in the past, Fox is using examples of talking points given by other networks, but what is incredible about this one is that they aren't rationalizing anyone's behavior. Instead, Howard Kurtz and Megyn Kelly are asking legitimate, logical questions examining the reasons for the media's opinion.
It is, for lack of better words, an actually fair and balanced discussion, and at the end they are concluding that yes, Trump has contradicted himself. They said that other political figures in the past have as well, but that was called evolving. No appeal to fear, no blaming anyone. Just an actual introspection of journalistic opinions on the matter.
I found it right on their front page, and it isn't the only one like this. Now, it could be that they are trying to watch their step after the settlement between the network and Gretchen Carlson, who claimed wrongful termination and sexual harassment.
Or perhaps one of these possibilities:
Fox is switching up their style in an effort to be more competitive with the "liberal" media, and are addressing their potential viewers criticisms, or
They are actually trying to appeal to the liberal viewers to be their base, and not conservatives, or
They are looking to be bought out by one of their competitors.
I have thought in the past that it was strange that the news part of Fox was so obviously tilted to the right because they ran shows like "Family Guy", and "Glee", both extremely progressive. One makes constant nods to atheism and the other stars homosexuals. Not precisely the kinds of things you hear talked about by Christian conservatives.
In most other businesses, when you see a dramatic shift in the operating style, it usually means that they are trying to appeal to a corporate buyer. Could Fox News be trying to find such a suitor? I have to admit today that I don't have a suggestion about who that might be.
The bottom line.
I'm going to be following this piece up with some possibilities of who could/would buy Fox. In the meantime, I guess I need to watch some TV. While you wait, I think it might make sense to pick up some Fox shares. At the very least, I can say that something is definitely changing there.
If nothing else, a trailing P/E under 18, and a dividend that has doubled over the last three years makes me want to pursue ownership, if not on strictly moral grounds. So yeah, I rate Fox a buy.
Thanks for reading. See you again soon.
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My father came out to visit me over the last few days so that we could go and see the Cleveland Indians lose to the Chicago White Sox. It was just like old times. Except food and gas are 4 times as expensive as the last time we did this. It was fun, I'm not sure when I'll go to another ball game, though. I think I'd rather just go play catch in the back yard with my dad.
When we got home from the game, we stayed up late telling each other stories and then reminiscing about when we worked together doing roofing and siding. I remember, when I was 15ish, I couldn't have a conversation with my dad. We just couldn't see eye to eye on anything. It was always combative and I felt isolated and distant from him. When I worked for him, though, it was an entirely different story. He was concise, communicative, and remarkably patient. It was clear that he loved his work and prized the quality more highly than he valued his reputation.
For a while, along with playing catch with him in the back yard and going fishing, these were some of the best periods of my life with my dad. I guess this is partly why I like to socialize within the framework of a social activity with straightforward objectives (board games, sports, etc...). With my dad and I, it was good time. He didn't get angry and I knew, I knew, that he loved me. I knew that he loved me so much that he would let me screw up his work, just so that he could be with me and teach me how to not screw it up quite so badly.
When my mother died in January, there was a switch that got flipped. I used to call my mother for everything and, if you knew her, you know exactly why. She was the coolest person I have ever known. I was privileged to have however brief of an adult relationship with her and blessed to have her as my mother. And, even amidst being diagnosed with cancer, surviving two intense surgeries, and generally just being ill, she still was conscious of her surroundings and her lover for my father.
My mother loved my father. I don't need to tell you this, but I want to. I want to tell you this because my father is like his hands. He is calloused and weather worn, rough, with soil beneath the fingernails from working the garden, the type of dirt that has stained the skin and won't come out with rubbing. His knuckles are stretched because his hands are strong and his grip stretches his skin. Yet, there are points, not unlike the webbing that are soft and vulnerable. So, when I say, my mother loved my father, I do not mean that she was laodicean about it. She loved him with every fiber of her being and every bit of her soul. She loved him with a devotion, and tenacity, and sanctity that I one day hope to encounter and witness again. And she didn't just show it, she radiated it.
My mother lay on her death bed. No, she was still walking around and moving and laughing and feeling good and you know what she said to me, what she said to my siblings? She said, "I'm worried about your father. I worry that after I die, you will drift away from him. I worry that other people will do that, too." She didn't say this to me once. She made it abundantly clear to all of her children that she did not want this to happen. She did not want to see her family drift apart because the glue that kept it together had been washed away.
And, now, my mother is dead. May God bless her and keep her always near. And, not a day goes by when I do not think about my mother. I think about how much she loved me and how easy it was to lover her back. I think about how much I just want to call her on the phone and hear her talk to me one more time. I want a last good hug from her. I want to have a mommy. I want to have mymommy.
Equally, a day doesn't pass where I don't think of my father. He lives alone, in Cleveland, in the house that he and my mother worked so hard to buy. Now, he owns it and cannot share it with my mother. She died before they made the last payment on the house. What bitter prizes with which fate rewards us! I am realizing how much my mother cared about my father, now. I am also learning why.
It seems that my relationship with my father is undergoing a third transition. He is my only parent, now. He is my only father. And, my time with him is limited. Not because he is dying, but because we are all limited by the natural consequences of time and entropy. I am learning how to have a conversation with my angry, sad, beautiful father.
I am learning to shut the hell up and listen. I am learning to see the poignancy of his suffering and the desert that is his isolation. I am learning that I need to connect with this man who is my father, who is my friend, who is the one that when I die, will, again, take my childlike hand in his and guide me, again, to the path of the Blessed Beauty. Who will, carry me, sleeping and aloof , regardless of the cost to himself, for love of me, wherever I need to go. Who will neither complain nor boast, but simply plod quietly along, smiling.
Tonight, I took my father's rough and and strong and work worn hands in my own. They still seemed just as big and powerful to me as they did when I was little. Only, now, they were different, or I was different, and I knew that they loved their hurt for their sacrifice. I knew that that sacrifice was for me, was for my brother and sisters, was for my mother, was for the whole world. And I know that my father is weary of this world for my mother.
I looked my father in the eyes and I said to him, "Papa, I am so sorry that you lost your sweetheart. Thank you for being so strong for us when mommy died. I know... no, I don't know. I know what it's like to lose my mother. And I know how much I want her back and how much it hurts. When I finished he serenely responded, agreeing, "No, you don't know."
I wanted to tell him that it was acceptable for him to stop being strong but I didn't have it. I wanted to tell him that I needed him, that he wasn't allowed to give up. I wanted him to know that he could be vulnerable but that he had to keep living and working and dedicating himself to his life the with the same zeal that he has always had. I wanted him to promise me that he would always be there, sitting across the table from me, exhausted, hurt, worn out, lonely, isolated, but there, loving me all the same, proud of me, proud of my siblings, satisfied in the knowledge that he has served his heart's desire and highest aspiration his whole life and safe in the knowledge that he will continue to serve. It wasn't in me, either. Instead, I did the best I could not to cry and smiled at him.
I cry, sometimes, when I'm driving in to work in the mornings and I listen to NPR. I cry when I hear about tens of thousands of people dying in China. I cry when I hear about the opposing softball team assisting an injured opponent who just hit a home run successfully round the bases because her own team cannot touch her without invalidating the hit. I cry when I think of something clever to say to my mother, but I do not cry enough. I do not cry when I am at work. And, often, I do not cry when I am at home. And, even when I cry in the car, I cry only a little so that it does not impair my vision. And, I do not cry enough. I do not cry enough.


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IssuesState HouseState SenateStatewide NewsGovernor Abbott Issues Report Following Mass Shootings in El Paso and Odessa
Following the horrific mass murders in El Paso and Odessa, Governor Abbott's task force released its report intended to prevent future mass shootings.
Sarah McConnellSeptember 12, 2019
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Austin, TX, September 12, 2019 — Governor Greg Abbott released the Texas Safety Action Report earlier today in the wake of the mass murders in El Paso and Odessa. The report is aimed at enhancing security in Texas and intended to help prevent future mass shootings while also "upholding the constitutional rights of all Texans."
Following the horrific events last month, Abbott created the Texas Safety Commission and the Domestic Terrorism Task Force to work in conjunction with Texas Senate and House Select Committees on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety, each respectively instituted by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen.
Additionally, at the end of August, Abbott issued eight executive orders in response to the shootings.
Today's report includes a series of so-called "immediate actions" followed by additional guidance on a series of executive orders and then policy recommendations for the Texas Legislature.
The Executive Orders are as follows:
Order No. 1 mandates that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) develop standardized questions for law enforcement agencies to determine if individuals calling the agency have information worth reporting to the Texas Suspicious Activity Reporting Network (SAR).
Order No. 2 requires DPS to develop a standardized policy dictating how agencies submit SARs.
Order No. 3 states that the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement will provide standardized training to law enforcement on what constitutes suspicious activity and how to collect such information.
Order No. 4 mandates that DPS will raise public awareness and understanding of SARS, so that the public is more readily able to identify potential mass shooters and terrorist threats.
Order No. 5 requires DPS to work with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to increase awareness about SARs and enhance safety at schools.
Order No. 6 requires DPS to coordinate with local law enforcement and mental health professionals to create threat assessment teams.
Order No. 7 increases staffing at Texas fusion centers in order to better collect and respond to SARs through the monitoring of internet sites and social media.
Order No. 8 requires Texas counties to report at least 90 percent of all convictions within one week to DPS in order to more quickly ensure all convictions are recorded and prevent ineligible people from purchasing firearms. By January 1, 2021, all Texas counties will have five days to report all convictions as opposed to seven days.
Along with these executive orders, the report also includes other so-called "concrete steps" that may be undertaken by state agencies.
Strengthening Domestic Violence High-Risk Teams to additional locations across the state as nearly one-third of mass shooters have a history of domestic violence.
Expanding the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University.
Refreshing training for peace officers about the procedures and criteria for "emergency detention," which gives peace officers the authority to place individuals under "emergency detention" in certain situations.
Educating physicians and other health professionals about laws concerning the disclosure of personal information to law enforcement.
Enhancing coordination between DPS and fusion centers in order to improve accountability.
Accelerating the development and implementation of the DPS safe firearm storage campaign.
Other recommendations from the Texas Senate and House Select Committees on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety concern firearm safety among additional strategies. These recommendations to the Legislature include:
Expediting reporting of criminal convictions to DPS.
Prohibiting straw purchases of firearms.
Instituting laws that further penalize criminals who try to illegally purchase or possess guns.
Requiring courts to inform convicted criminals that the possession of firearms will not be allowed.
Increasing consequences for criminals convicted of violent offenses.
Requiring all stolen firearms be reported to county sheriffs within 10 days of the owner becoming aware of the theft.
Creating easier ways for private firearm sellers to use voluntary background checks.
Prohibiting juvenile offenders convicted of specified violent crimes from legally purchasing firearms.
Enhancing cooperation between social media companies and law enforcement to report suspicious activity.
Implementing a Texas program for policing and prosecution, agency integration, and identification of violent crime hot spots focused on criminals with guns.
Instituting a state law that works in conjunction with proposed federal laws to prevent criminals from obtaining guns while also protecting second amendment rights afforded to citizens.
Working with TEA to create strategies for improving parental engagement in schools.
Updating the Health Texas Essential Knowledge (TEK) by emphasizing mental health issues.
Amending Texas law so that schools are notified when former students are arrested.
In an official statement, Lt. Gov. Patrick said of the report, "Gov. Abbott and I both understand that a background check is needed for stranger-to-stranger gun sales and I am glad he included that issue in his list of recommendations for the legislature to consider. I am confident the senators will move forward on these issues and will take a number of steps to make every Texas community safer — which is our shared goal."
Importantly, however, while the report does increase the standards for background checks, it does not include information pertaining to red flag laws, mandate background checks for so-called "stranger to stranger" sales, or implement state laws limiting the configuration of weapons.
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Sarah McConnell is a reporter for The Texan. Previously, she worked as a Cyber Security Consultant after serving as a Pathways Intern at the Department of Homeland Security – Citizenship and Immigration Services. She received her Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Texas A&M as well as her Master of Public Service and Administration degree from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M. In her free time, Sarah is an avid runner, jazz enthusiast, and lover of all things culinary.
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by Michael Ondaatje
May 2018, 304 pages
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A mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of unexpected characters and two teenagers whose lives are indelibly shaped by their unwitting involvement.
In a narrative as beguiling and mysterious as memory itself - shadowed and luminous at once - we read the story of fourteen-year-old Nathaniel, and his older sister, Rachel. In 1945, just after World War II, they stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women joined by a shared history of unspecified service during the war, all of whom seem, in some way, determined now to protect, and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? And what does it mean when the siblings' mother returns after months of silence without their father, explaining nothing, excusing nothing?
A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all that he didn't know and understand in that time, and it is this journey - through facts, recollection, and imagination - that he narrates in this masterwork from one of the great writers of our time.
Excerpted from Chapter 1
In 1945 our parents went away and left us in the care of two men who may have been criminals. We were living on a street in London called Ruvigny Gardens, and one morning either our mother or our father suggested that after breakfast the family have a talk, and they told us that they would be leaving us and going to Singapore for a year. Not too long, they said, but it would not be a brief trip either. We would of course be well cared for in their absence. I remember our father was sitting on one of those uncomfortable iron garden chairs as he broke the news, while our mother, in a summer dress just behind his shoulder, watched how we responded. After a while she took my sister Rachel's hand and held it against her waist, as if she could give it warmth.
Neither Rachel nor I said a word. We stared at our father, who was expanding on the details of their flight on the new Avro Tudor I, a descendant of the Lancaster bomber, which could cruise at more than ...
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Warlight will likely not appeal to all readers, particularly those who have limited patience for a story that doesn't seem to be going anywhere. The story may require some effort now and then, but most readers will find it well worth their time. Warlight is now on my list of best books and I heartily recommend it to those who enjoy exceptionally well-written fiction. It's one of the most satisfying novels I've read in a long time. (Reviewed by Kim Kovacs).
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Ondaatje's prose encapsulates readers in the dreariness of London and the claustrophobic confines of Nathaniel's experience, explicating the verbosity of silence that lingers in the haunting aftermath of global war.
Starred Review. Mesmerizing from the first sentence, rife with poignant insights and satisfying subplots, this novel about secrets and loss may be Ondaatje's best work yet.
Starred Review. With vivid evocations of place, quiet suspense, exquisite psychological portraiture, and spotlighted historical events - a legendary chess game; horrific, hidden postwar vengeance; and the mass destruction of government archives - Ondaatje's drolly charming, stealthily sorrowful tale casts subtle light on secret skirmishes and wounds sustained as war is slowly forged into peace.
Starred Review. Ondaatje's shrewd character study plays out in a smart, sophisticated drama, one worth the long wait for fans of wartime intrigue.
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Nightfood Adds Distribution in Lowes Foods Chain with 78 Locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia
Tarrytown, NY, April 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — Nightfood, Inc. (OTCQB: NGTF), the innovative company solving America's $50 billion-dollar nighttime snacking problem, announced today that Lowes Foods, a supermarket chain with significant presence in the Carolinas, has begun stocking Nightfood ice cream into all 78 Lowes locations.
Founded in 1954, Lowes Foods is a top-50 revenue supermarket chain employing approximately 9,000 people which operates full-service supermarkets in North Carolina, South Carolina, and one location in Virginia. Locally owned and operated, Lowes Foods is truly a homegrown company that prides itself on providing its customers with the most innovative new products.
"It's always hard having to wait to make these big announcements when we want consumers and investors to know about our progress," remarked Nightfood CEO Sean Folkson. "This is a perfect time to remind everybody that we often find ourselves forced to sit on important material developments for weeks, and sometimes months. We're making great progress towards our stated goals."
Folkson continued, "Lowes has an amazing reputation and instantly gives us a powerful presence through the Carolinas. We're looking forward to working closely with them as one of our cornerstone accounts for 2019 as we build Nightfood into a national favorite."
Lowes stores began introducing Nightfood ice cream in freezers earlier this month. All stores are scheduled to have product in stock and on-shelf by April 26, at which time the locations will be added to the store locator on the Nightfood website.
Demand from the billion-dollar Lowes chain is what created the opportunity for Nightfood to be distributed through Merchants Distributors, LLC (MDI). In addition to Lowes, MDI services over 500 additional retail food stores in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida.
"As we gear up for the busy supermarket category review season, which begins in a few months, Lowes was one of the key accounts we focused on for the early part of the year," added Jim Christensen, Nightfood VP of Ice Cream Sales. "Consumers can expect additional distribution announcements in coming weeks as we work to make Nightfood available locally to a much larger portion of the American population."
About Nightfood Holdings:
Nightfood Holdings, Inc. (OTC: NGTF), owns Nightfood, Inc. and MJ Munchies, Inc.
On Feb 8, 2019, it was announced that Nightfood ice cream won the 2019 Product of the Year award in the ice cream category in a Kantar survey of over 40,000 consumers.
With the overwhelming majority of at-home ice cream consumption occurring in the hours before bed, Nightfood's sleep-friendly nighttime ice cream, formulated by sleep and nutrition experts, delivers benefits found in no other product on the market.
Market research giant Mintel identified nighttime specific food and beverages as one of their most "compelling and category changing" trends for the coming years
Nightfood ice cream is rolling out nationally, and has recently announced distribution in the popular Meijer supermarket chain throughout the Midwest, with concentration in the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Columbus, and Milwaukee.
To enter the Nightfood® Ice Cream Giveaway, where the Company is giving away a one-year supply of Nightfood ice cream, plus a brand-new freezer to store it in, visit http://nightfoodicecream.com – each entrant gets a coupon for a free pint of ice cream (some purchase required).
MJ Munchies, Inc. was formed in 2018 as a new, wholly owned subsidiary of Nightfood Holdings, Inc. to capitalize on legally compliant opportunities in the CBD and marijuana edibles and related spaces. The Company intends to market some of these new products under the brand name "Half-Baked", for which they've successfully secured trademark rights.
For more information, visit http://ir.Nightfood.com and http://Nightfood.com
Questions can be directed to [email protected]
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This current press release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Statements in this press release which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements and include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future, including but not limited to, any products sold or cash flow from operations.
Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the inherent uncertainties associated with distribution and difficulties associated with obtaining financing on acceptable terms. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and we assume no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the beliefs, plans, expectations and intentions contained in this press release are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions will prove to be accurate. Investors should consult all of the information set forth herein and should also refer to the risk factors disclosure outlined in our most recent annual report for our last fiscal year, our quarterly reports, and other periodic reports filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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There are several reasons you might want to visit Detroit. The gambling casinos, that wonderful museum of Americana, The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village, not to forget the Rouge Plant tour to see the history of auto-making in this city. But one of my favorite destinations in Detroit is the chance to walk amongst some polar bears while they are swimming.
The Detroit Zoo, actually in the suburb of Royal Oak, has a world-class polar exhibit that allows you to walk into a see-through tube in the bottom of the polar bear's swimming pool. It brings you face-to-face with these giants of the north and it is quite a sight to see a several-hundred pound bear swimming right over your head. The youngsters will love it.
The exhibit is called "The Artic Ring of Life" and covers over four acres, making it the largest polar bear exhibit in North America. A bit of polar bear trivia: There are only 79 polar bears in 33 zoos across the U.S. and Canada.
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Revised data show protective measures and the efforts of Albertans are making a critical difference in our fight against COVID-19.
The Government of Alberta has introduced a new "low" modelling scenario estimating 298 Albertans will require hospitalization and 95 will require critical care when the virus reaches its peak. If current trends continue, this scenario will become the most likely scenario for Alberta.
Updated modelling scenarios continue to estimate that Alberta's outbreak will reach its peak in late May. However, the number of Albertans hospitalized at the peak of the virus is predicted to be lower than originally estimated. This reflects Alberta's experience over the past few weeks and the proportion of cases actually entering hospital and intensive care units.
"The data show us that our efforts to lower the peak of the virus are working, but we must remain vigilant. We continue to refine our modelling in order to ensure our health-care system is prepared. While we are still a ways off from returning to our normal way of life, our government is working around the clock on a phased approach to relaunch our economy safely. It is essential Albertans continue to exercise common sense and follow public health guidance so we can get the economy moving again as quickly as possible."
Jason Kenney, Premier
As a result of aggressive public health measures put in place, the probable scenario now estimates 596 people in Alberta will require hospitalization, with 190 requiring critical care on the days when the virus reaches its peak. With Alberta's younger-than-average population and our aggressive testing measures, which are able to catch cases with less severe symptoms, Alberta Health's new "low" scenario is fortunately becoming our most realistic.
Alberta Health has scaled up the capacity of the province's health-care system in order to ensure it is prepared to support patients at the peak of the pandemic in any scenario.
Existing public health measures remain in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The model uses several key assumptions, including:
not all cases are detected
transmission is more common within an age group, rather than between age groups
there is no asymptomatic transmission
people are infectious for five to 10 days
all ICU patients require ventilation
overall, nine per cent of cases are hospitalized and two per cent require ICU, but this varies significantly by age. The low scenario assumes 4.5 per cent of cases are hospitalized and one per cent require ICU, which aligns with actual results.
The most important measure Albertans can take to prevent respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, is to practise good hygiene.
This includes cleaning your hands regularly for at least 20 seconds, avoiding touching your face, coughing or sneezing into your elbow or sleeve, and disposing of tissues appropriately.
Any individual exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, including cough, fever, runny nose, sore throat or shortness of breath, is eligible for testing. People can access testing by completing the COVID-19 self-assessment online. A separate self-assessment tool is available for health-care and shelter workers, enforcement and first responders. After completing the form, there is no need to call 811.
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CALGARY — What Marie-Philip Poulin looks forward to the most at the Canadian women's hockey team camp is simply lining up for drills and seeing her teammates' faces.
It's been 10 months since the national women's hockey team was on the ice together.
Hockey Canada obtained the necessary exemptions from Alberta Health to hold a 14-day camp in Calgary amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poulin, Canada's captain, has missed the competition and camaraderie desperately.
"It means a lot. It's been a long time coming," said the 29-year-old forward from Beauceville Que.
"Just being back here as a group in Calgary, it's going to be awesome just to get back on the ice and really connect."
All players and staff were told to quarantine for seven days and get tested for the virus before heading to Calgary.
Of the 47 players invited, 35 arrived Sunday to quarantine in their hotel rooms and be tested four times over five days.
Barring positive tests, the players were scheduled to start skating in groups of three Tuesday before larger groups hit the ice Thursday. Three intrasquad games are planned.
"These women want the opportunity to just compete a little bit against each other," head coach Troy Ryan said. "That's one of the biggest things we're going to be able to provide them at this camp.
"It brings a little bit of normal life back to them. Although it looks totally different, I think it kind of gives them a little bit of hope."
The dozen invitees not in Calgary were classified as "unable to attend", which ranges from injury, college commitments and COVID exposure, but they'll participate in virtual meetings and activities, said Hockey Canada director of women's national teams Gina Kingsbury.
"We're seeing everyone on the screen. We just won't see everyone on the ice," Kingsbury said.
Canada's last international game was Feb. 8, 2020, to cap a five-game Rivalry Series against the United States.
At a short camp in Toronto later that month, Hockey Canada finalized the roster for the women's world championship, but the tournament in Nova Scotia was cancelled and rescheduled to April 7-17, 2021.
Canada's international games in the 23 months since finishing third in the 2019 world championship in Finland has been limited to seven games against the U.S.
The 2019 Four Nations Cup in Sweden was cancelled because of a dispute between the host women's team and its own federation.
Women's professional hockey was in transition when the pandemic hit.
The majority of the Canadian women's team belongs to the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association (PWHPA) which has yet to announce any showcase tournaments this winter.
So a perfect storm of circumstances has Canada's top female hockey players sorely lacking in meaningful games.
Women in the national team pool train in Toronto, Montreal and Calgary hubs under varying restrictions and have skills coaches employed by Hockey Canada.
Poulin's on-ice environment in Montreal has ranged from a limit of three players on the ice to larger groups with everyone wearing masks while they skate.
"It's been a little difficult," Poulin acknowledged. "It's been challenging, but any time we had a chance to jump on the ice as a group, we took advantage and really pushed each other.
Beyond camp is continued uncertainty over if and when the women's world championship will happen.
Hockey Canada's operation of the national junior men's team and world under-20 tournament that concluded Jan. 5 in Edmonton paved a path for this women's camp and potentially the world championship to go ahead in a pandemic.
"I hear from Hockey Canada the commitment is there," Kingsbury said. "If one country can do it's definitely us and we've shown that with world juniors.
"It's just a matter of when in the year that looks like. I'm confident it will happen in the spring. It might be a few weeks later or a month later."
The Calgary' camp, which concludes Jan. 30, is normally held in September. Ryan wants the players to focus on what they have and not what they're missing.
"There's no way we would have been able to do this camp a few months ago, so it's a step in the right direction for sure," he said.
"All the things that had to be done to make this camp possible, if you're not someone that steps back from that and actually appreciates it, I'm not sure that's the type of person we're going to have success with."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 19, 2021.
Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press
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She says the decision revoked a policy, not a law or a regulation, and was entirely within the responsibility of Energy Minister Sonya Savage.
She says when the policy was first adopted in 1976 it anticipated a thorough regulatory process, which now exists in the province.
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Savage revoked the policy last May without any public consultation, which area ranchers and First Nations say violated laws that have incorporated its guidelines.
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As a homeowner, whether you're spending time with your family at home or away on a holiday, the security of your residence remains a top concern.
If you're the type of person who likes to take all precautions to fully protect their home, then you should consider buying an alarm system.
Here are the top reasons why it's worth the investment.
The best thing about getting a home alarm security system is the fact your home will be protected 24/7, which will make you more relaxed, especially when going on longer trips.
You won't be counting only on your neighbours to watch your house while you're gone.
At the same time, most of today's alarm systems are connected to smartphones through their dedicated applications.
For example, the EasyFit SmartPhone Alarm from Yale will send you an email and a push notification (iOS only) if the system detects motion in your home.
Moreover, when the PIR (passive infrared) sensors will detect movement in the rooms they are installed in, the PIR camera will take a photo of the room from that moment and send it to your phone.
A PIR sensor is an electronic sensor which measures the infrared radiation emitted by someone.
All of this means you'll know right away if someone breached the security of your home so you can take immediate action.
An extensive study showed the majority of intruders are first trying to determine if a house has an alarm system before they decide to break in.
Simply put, if your home doesn't have a security system, it's up to three times more likely to be broken into then a home which does have such a system.
It's important you use a yard sign or a window sticker to alert potential intruders about the fact you have an alarm system. The signs should be visible from the street preferably, not just from the front door.
The cost of your home insurance will vary based on the coverage you choose, location, insurance company, the age of the home, insurance score and other factors.
Every policy is designed to cover losses or damages which may occur due to several types of events.
By installing an alarm system, you maximize the security of your home, which makes it less likely for someone to break into. As a result, there are smaller chances the insurance company will have to cover any losses which occur due to a burglary.
This means you will represent less of a risk to your insurer. Many insurance companies are willing to give discounts to homeowners who installed security systems, so we recommend contacting your insurer to find out how much you can save.
You can't put a price on your home and family's safety, which is why investing in a high-quality alarm system is the best decision you can make to upgrade your home's security.
If you need help figuring out which system would be fitted for your home, you can give us a call at 0800 0612 677 to ask more details and receive a free, no-obligation quote.
A home represents more than just a roof over our heads. It's where you sleep, make memories, laugh, love, and where you keep your valuables.
Because of this, you need to think about the safety and security of your home, whether you're renting or owning a place.
Besides locking the doors and windows, it's also worth investing in a home alarm system.
Here are the top reasons why you should do it.
The most important reason why you should install a security system is to keep your family safe from intruders.
The visual sign of an alarm system is going to ward off intruders and they will think twice before breaking into your home. Most burglaries happen in broad daylight and so, if someone tries to rob your home, then the security system going off might scare them.
You can't stay at home 24/7 to keep an eye on the house. That's why you need a trusted system – so you can leave whenever you want and still make sure that your home will be watched the entire time.
This gives you that piece of mind you need so you can focus on what's important.
Today's alarm systems are pretty advanced and so you can keep an eye on your home, even if you are away. The great thing is that you only need a laptop or your smartphone and internet connection to check on your home.
Moreover, some security systems allow you to switch the lights on or off. This is a great feature to use, especially if you're going to be gone for a few weeks. That way, you will be able to give the illusion that someone is home.
The cost of homeowner insurance will vary on the type of house, insurance company, coverage, location and other factors.
You may be eligible to get a discount if your home has an alarm system installed. You can find out how much money you could save by simply calling your insurance company and asking them about this.
In some cases, the more advanced the system, the higher the discount you could receive for the insurance.
Carbon monoxide is odourless and colourless, and it can be released by your heating system or the stove.
People can't detect this gas in the air, but a security system can identify if there's a high amount of carbon monoxide in your home and alert you right away.
Statistics show that more than 60% of burglars will feel discouraged if they see a home with an alarm system.
Luckily, today's security systems provide more than protection for your family and belongings. We've partnered with Yale to bring you one of the most reliable systems on the market.
If you'd like to request a quote or simply want more information about our smart security range, give us a call at 0800 0612 677.
People have always been concerned with their personal and home safety – starting with the cavemen who set their shelters in caves predators could not access.
Throughout time, this preoccupation has manifested in different forms, according to the available means, and it's fascinating to find out how people found new ways of protecting their households and how they perfected them.
In what follows, we'll try to draw a timeline consisting of main events in recent history which influenced the development of household security systems.
When you hear a different sound than the ones you're used to, your instinct tells you to pay attention immediately.
So, it's the most natural move to design an alarm system based on some sound-triggered mechanism.
The first such system was built mid-18th century by Tildesley, an English inventor. He was said to have put together an assembly of bells/chimes which were connected to a door lock. Once someone used the door, the mechanical setting would produce an alerting sound.
1853 is the year home security got more intricate and reliable, with the invention of the patented, electricity-powered alarm by Augustus Russell Pope in Boston, MA.
Four years later, Edwin Holmes took Pope's concept and founded what it is considered to be the first home security company. The new concept integrated electromagnetic and mechanical applications.
The year 1871 saw the foundation of the American District Telegraph, which enabled a central monitoring system that would also use alarms. This way, police and fire services could be alerted of burglaries or emergencies using the telephone wires.
Edwin Holmes's pioneering home security company was bought by The American Telephone and Telegraph company, thus paving the way for the mass distribution of security technologies.
Once information was more and more accessible to the large public, home safety devices commerce was accompanied by campaigns of awareness raising.
Video surveillance started to be a matter of interest, especially with the issues the post-war era was carrying. 1966 marked the breakthrough of Marie van Brittan Brown's first home security video system. This system also made it possible for doors to be opened using a remote only.
After a Canadian study revealed the life-saving potential of fire and smoke detectors in 1963, alarm systems providers added fire alert devices to their services.
In 1970, cameras which moved down a track were employed to ensure the view of a home exterior. They were connected to a panel incorporating intercoms, door lock switches or alarm buttons.
As the millennial milestone was approaching, home security encompassed more and more technologies (like fibre optics, for instance). Even more so, the 90's came with a significant drop in prices, which led to more homeowners having access to surveillance systems.
We're currently at that point where a few taps on our smartphones' displays activate, deactivate and customize our home surveillance experiences.
At Lockrite, we value all the work which has been put into the development of this industry and seek to offer smart home security services by partnering with the Yale Smart Security locks.
Make sure to also follow our blog section for more tips, tricks and news in the industry.


+ You've been there. You're sitting there, taking in the news, your favorite show, your indulgent viewing of something you'd never admit to watching...and then, there among the OK ads and the ones you just block out...it hits you. You want to throw something through your slender flatscreen HD TV. But darn it if there's nothing within reach to throw. And then, you think about it...having to fork over more cash for a new TV wouldn't be so bright either.
All this for a crappy ad that some how effects you in a super negative way.
Right now, that ad for me is a spot for State Farm. You can watch it below.
We open on a setting that claims to be a brasserie, a bakery, a boulangerie, bistoit (bistro), cafe...I mean really? Granted, I can't make too much fun of it in relation to this ad because it's a real place in Los Angeles. But it seems excessive.
Anyway, the main character starts the ad off, talking to no one--looking off camera. The camera then zooms in on a guy sitting doing a crossword or something and looks at the main character like he's crazy. He really looks concerned for this guy, and scared for himself. Although, finding a guy talking to himself shouldn't be anything new in Hollyweird.
Then our main character walks into the cafe, getting in the way of the staff. The camera then pans around the cafe--FOR NO REASON--following different workers, while the guy blathers on. What is with the sweep view of the place? It's completely disconnected to anything else going on in the ad. Thankfully this isn't a 60 second spot that makes us endure any more of the weird camera angles and following random staff around as they "do their job" seems even more awkward. It's like they are saying, "We really don't have anything of value to tell you so we're going to distract you with visual randomness." Makes...me...want...to...poke...out...eyes...with...spoon!


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Thousands Still Without Power After Storms In Northern Minn.Lake County Power said more than 6,000 homes and businesses lost power after the storms Tuesday night.
Bear Killed After Attacking 3 People In Northern Minn.Deputies say a 68-year-old man was attacked by the bear when he tried saving his dog. That bear also went after two construction workers later that day.
Dayton Authorizes $3.3M In Disaster Aid For Areas Hit By July FloodingMinnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is authorizing millions in state aid to areas devastated by flooding this summer.
Missing Boater Found Dead In Lake CountyA 75-year-old man was found dead Tuesday evening, a day after he went fishing in Lake County and never returned.
Sheriff: 85-Year-Old Hiker Found Dead In Northern MinnesotaOfficials in northern Minnesota say a missing 85-year-old hiker was found dead near a river. The Lake County Sheriff's Office says it got a call Friday morning about a missing woman, Sarah Obrien of White Bear Lake.
Patrol: Wrong-Way Driver Killed In Head-On CrashThe State Patrol says a wrong-way driver died Saturday night after crashing head-on into another car.
Sheriff: Teen Rescued After Canoeing Over Waterfall In BWCAA teenage boy was rescued after being trapped under a log for hours after going over a waterfall in a canoe Wednesday afternoon. The Lake County Sheriff's Office says they received report of the emergency just after 1 p.m. on Basswood Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Remains Of Missing Mpls. Woman Found In State Park State officials say they are planning to make an announcement Wednesday about the body of a long-time missing Minneapolis woman found in Gooseberry Falls State Park.
DNR To Auction Northern Minnesota Land Oct. 9The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is holding a land auction on Oct. 9. The DNR says plans to offer 30 parcels, all located in northern Minnesota. The parcels range in size from a half acre to 102 acres and offer opportunities for hunting and recreation, as well as cabin and residential development along prime lakeshore.
DNR Lists Northern Minn. Lake As Infested With Zebra Mussels A lake in Minnesota's arrowhead region is now listed as infested with zebra mussels after a can encrusted with the invasive species was discovered during a fisheries assessment.
31 Mining Leases In Northern Minn. Get The Green LightThe possibility of more precious metal mining proposals in northern Minnesota took another step forward on Friday after the state's executive council approved 31 leases of state and private lands to three mining companies seeking exploration.
Plymouth Woman Killed In Motorcycle AccidentA Plymouth woman is dead after her husband lost control of his motorcycle while driving in Indiana Thursday morning, according to authorities. Lori K. Rutten, 55, and her husband Roger, 59, where driving northbound on I-65 in Lake County on a 2012 Harley Davidson motorcycle when Roger switched lanes and struck an uneven portion of the road. The motorcycle flipped, and both passengers were ejected over barrier cables, eventually landing on a grassy portion of the median.
Body Found After Cabin Fire Near ElyAuthorities say a body was found after a cabin fire east of Ely on Greenstone Lake. The Duluth News Tribune reports the fire happened early Monday. The Lake County Sheriff's Office says a man called 911 to say his 49-year-old friend was inside a burning cabin and couldn't make it out. The cabin was on the south shore of Greenstone Lake and could only be accessed by water.
Old Man Winter Rolls Over Minnesota Yet AgainAnother wintry blast has buried northeastern Minnesota under more than a foot and a-half of new snow, disrupted travel and closed schools.
3 Companies Bid In Minn. Mineral Rights AuctionThree companies have submitted bids for the right to explore and mine for copper, nickel and other metals in Minnesota's latest mineral rights auction.
U.S. cautions Russia against invading Ukraine as potential military conflict loomsWhite House national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned Russia will face "severe economic consequences" if the country invades Ukraine. U.S. officials maintain Russia is preparing a pretext for invasion that could take place as soon as this month. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis joined CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss.
Representative Matt Gaetz's ex-girlfriend testifies before grand jury in OrlandoGaetz is under investigation for sex trafficking and obstruction of justice.


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The prevalence of mobile devices at the turn of the millennium brought connectivity never before thought possible-but it also caused an increase in auto accidents. Drivers everywhere began using the devices behind the wheel of a car instead of focusing on driving.
As a result, states began passing laws limiting cellphone use while driving. Limits on the types of devices and activities, including texting and utilizing navigation systems, were put in place. So how do the states stack up against each other today?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation referred to as the NHTSA, put together comparisons that can now be found in the first ever Digest of Distracted Driving Laws.
The digest provides a summary of all types of distracted driving laws that have been implemented in all 50 states plus D.C., Guam, and Puerto Rico.
The digest reveals that to date a total of 41 states plus D.C., Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands have banned text messaging behind the wheel of a car.
And, Massachusetts is among the list. The state has even deemed texting while driving a primary law. This means that the driver can be cited just for texting without committing any other traffic violations. States that have passed texting laws as secondary only, such as Iowa, allow officers to ticket for text messaging only after drivers are cited for another traffic violation, such as speeding.
The report also reveals that 12 states plus D.C, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have implemented laws prohibiting all drivers from using hand-held devices while operating a vehicle.
In the State of Massachusetts, hands-free cellphones are also banned for bus drivers and novice, or beginner drivers. This law is also primary.
Additionally, all 50 states have implemented police reports that include sections for distracted driving information in the event of an auto accident. The reports are modeled after the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, or MMUCC, which outlines various elements for authorities to collect at the time of an accident. Vehicles involved in the crash, injured parties, and environmental factors are few examples. Although modeled after the MMUCC, each state varies on what data is collected.
It's likely the next MMUCC digest will be different. As technology advances and new distracted driving behaviors come about, states will no doubt pass new or stricter laws to combat the rise in auto accidents from distracted driving.


We mentioned India earlier this year due to a hellish heatwave. It's only fair that we talk about one of the other cradles of civilization (human history) and another horrible weather-related h-word.
If you've watched Raiders of the Lost Ark, you are no-doubt familiar with the ancient city of Tanis, and the story about it that was the basis of the whole plot of the movie. If you haven't seen the movie: 1) shame on you; and, 2) watch this clip.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but, that part of the story is false. No year-long sandstorm hit Tanis. And, despite rumors that the actual Ark is buried in Tanis, it has never been found. (Because it's stored in a giant government warehouse! Duh!) Plus, Indiana Jones is a fictional character in a movie. But, the movie is not entirely false. According to this article, a major archaeological find did take place at Tanis right before World War II (led by a French archaeologist, no less), and very few people know about it because of the war. Plus, there really was an Egyptian Pharaoh named Shoshenq/Shishak.
Even if Tanis was not buried by a year-long sandstorm, that doesn't mean nasty sandstorms don't exist. In fact, most of the Middle East is still dealing with a massive sandstorm that lasted a whole week last week. This storm put Beijing's air pollution to shame. In fact, the dust reached the highest concentrations ever recorded in Jerusalem since Israel became it's own country in 1948. It was responsible for several fatalities. Here are some pictures. Here's a video from Saudi Arabia. Here's what it looked like in Jordan and Lebanon. And, of course, what follows is what the storm looked like in VIIRS imagery.
Can you see it? (Click on the image to see the full resolution version.) A trained eye can spot it from this image alone. An untrained eye might have difficulty distinguishing it from the rest of the desert and sand. Look for the tan blob over Syria that is obscuring the view of the Euphrates river.
This animation was reduced to 33% of it's original size to limit the bandwidth needed to display it. It contains the afternoon overpasses (1 image per day) because you need sunlight to see things in true color. And, while it suffers from the fact that animated GIFs only allow 256 colors (instead of the 16,777,216 colors possible in the original images), you should be able to see the dust "explode" over Israel, Lebanon and Jordan over the next two days. It eventually advects over northwestern Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Cyprus during the rest of the week.
The last time we looked at a major dust storm, the dust was easy to see. It was blown out over the ocean, which is a nice, dark background to provide the contrast needed to see the dust. Here, the dust is nearly the same color as the background – because it is made out of what's in the background. Is there a better way to detect dust in situations like this?
Since this RGB composite uses only infrared (IR) channels, it works at night (although not as well) so you can get twice as many images over this time period. It also makes dust appear hot pink. The background appears more blue in the daytime images, so the dust does stand out. But, the background becomes more pink/purple at night, so the signal is harder to see at those times. Still, you can see the dust spread from Syria to Egypt over the course of the week.
DEBRA displays dust as yellow over a grayscale background. The intensity of the yellow is related to the confidence that a given pixel contains dust. It could display dust as any color of the rainbow, but yellow was chosen specifically because there are fewer people that are colorblind toward yellow than any other type of colorblindness. That makes the dust very easy to see for nearly everyone. (Sorry, tritanopes and achromats.) One of the biggest complaints about RGB composites is that the 7-12% of the population that has some form of colorblindness have difficulty trying to see what the images are designed to show. (Since I'm so fond of RGB composites, I better check my white male trichromat privilege. Especially since, according to that last link, white males are disproportionately colorblind.) The point is: we now have a dust detection algorithm that works well with (most) colorblind people, and it makes dust easier to see even for people that aren't colorblind. DEBRA also works at night, but I've only shown daytime images here to save on filesize.
These sandstorms have certainly made their impact: they've broken poor air quality records, killed people, made life worse for refugees, closed ports and airports, and even affected the Syrian civil war. Plus, the storms coincided with a heatwave. Having +100 °F (~40 °C) temperatures, high humidity and not being able to breathe because of the dust sounds awful. Correction: it is awful. And, life goes on in the Middle East.
Look at that cute little swirl. Well, it would be cute if it weren't so hazardous.


Turfwerks is a wholly-owned division of Davis Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Johnston, Iowa. Davis Equipment Corporation celebrated its 50th year of business in 2014.
Davis Equipment Corporation has been built upon the customer expectations of providing quality equipment, parts and service, and backed by the integrity, experience and outstanding tenure of its employees.
The company was founded by Roger L. Davis, and since 1983, has been under the leadership of Roger's son, Paul Z. Davis. Zach Davis, Paul's son, is the third-generation of the Davis family to be working for the company, and is the Sales Manager for Turfwerks, one of Davis' affiliate companies started in 2004. Paul's two other sons are Alex and Colton. Alex is an Accounting Graduate from Iowa State University and currently works for a business valuation company in West Des Moines. Colton is a current Iowa State University student working to obtain a degree in business.
During Paul's tenure, the company has expanded geographically and in the industries that the management group and organization have had core competencies in. Davis Equipment Companies operate and do business as FEI East, Turfwerks and Davis Equipment Corporation. FEI East was purchased in 2000, and Turfwerks was formed after an acquisition in 2004.
Davis Equipment is a distributor/dealer of crop nutrient application equipment, crop protection equipment, and equipment techonology that enable the manufacturing and blending of fertilizer, and application of NH3, and liquid and dry fertilizer.
Davis represents industry leading brands, while providing quality parts and service support: AGCO-Willmar, B&B, Case IH Application Equipment, Doyle Manufacturing,Precision Tank & Equipment, Raven Electronics, Simonsen Manufacturing, InterSystems Blending and Handling Equipment, Wacker Articulated Loaders and NMC Articulated Loaders.
Turfwerks, which distributes turf equipment to the golf, sports turf, municipal and commercial industry, represents quality manufactures such as Jacobsen, Rain Bird, Smithco, Turfco, Progressive Turf Equipment, Ventrac, Redexim, Par Aide and Standard Golf Company.
The key to Davis Equipment Companies' success for the past 50 years has been the quality of our management group, sales group and all of our employees. Davis Equipment President, Joe Funkhouser, has led Davis Equipment since 2005, beginning with the company as a clerk in 1979. Todd Gray, President of Turfwerks, has been in the industry for over 20 years and joined the Turfwerks team in January 2013.
Davis Equipment's average territory sales manager's tenure is 18 years. Turfwerks' territory sales managers are also averaging nine years of tenure with the company.
The companies operate out of sales, parts and service locations in Johnston, Iowa; Eagan, Minnesota; Omaha, Nebraska; and St. Louis, Missouri.
To learn more about Davis Equipment Corporation, visit our website at www.DavisEquip.com.


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Q: Made the USB Drive as Swap Partition, Installed it, How to undo it{Ubuntu 10.10} Well,it was a very stupid thing to do on my part, But I made a 500 GB USB connected Hard Disk as my swap partition (thinking it will be only used during installation) and installed Ubuntu10.10.
I intend to create a different partition, on the same USB drive if needed(lets stick to this at the moment, if not I am open to creating a different swap space on the internal hard disk) and use the USB drive for my work on Ubuntu.
Can you suggest how to do it?

A: Remove it from /etc/fstab and restart.
Alternatively you can disable it immediately (temporarly) with swapoff.

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Names and distribution: Bird's eye Maple is a special form of Canadian maple and sugar maple resp. (Acer saccharum). The formation of eyes occurs naturally and is not genetic, similar to the formation of curly structures. So you cannot grow bird's eye maple like a normal forest tree species. The eyes are already visible on logs, when the bark is separated from the wood. Eligible veneer logs are selected in this way. Otherwise well eyed boards are separated in sawmills from the standard boards and sold separately. The distribution is limited to the northeastern region of the United States and southeastern Canada. In Eastern Europe, few similar features are found in other species of maple. However, these differ in color, quality and density from the real bird's eye maple of North America.
Appearance: Both sapwood as well as parts of the core are conspicuously white. Older heartwood tends to a color core, which may differ in its scope and reduces the wood's value - similar to the European Ash. The late wood zones are demarcated reddish, distinguishing it from European Sycamore.
Properties: The specific weight at 12% moisture content is specified as about 0.75 t/m3. The drying is not a problem, but should be done slowly. Bad to plane, sanding produces smooth surfaces. Like the simple version of the Canadian maple ('hard maple') bird's eye maple is one of the hardest woods in the boreal zone.


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