This essay originally appeared in The Quarterly Conversation.
I never really understood why Donald Barthelme chose to re-publish his stories in collected, compendium editions, first in Sixty Stories and then in Forty Stories. The very titles of these books obscured the playful and distinctive signposts provided by the original volumes in which these stories appeared, bearing as they did such colorful, and ultimately revealing, titles as Come Back, Dr. Caligari and Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts. (Some of the later titles—City Life, Sadness—were more elegantly succinct, but they also signified a thematic association among the included stories that is lost, and to some degree impoverishes the reader's response, when the stories are reprinted in an omnibus form.) More importantly, what encountering Barthelme's fiction in these collected volumes, the latest of which, Flying to America, includes all of the stories not found in the first two, really threatens to de-emphasize—or even eliminate—is the more carefully calibrated iconoclasm, the redoubled assault on convention, that one experiences when reading Barthelme's stories in their original book-bound form.
Presumably, Barthelme reprinted in Sixty Stories the stories he most wanted to highlight. To this extent, these must have been what Barthelme (or Barthelme and his editor) considered the "best" of what is now apparently his 145 short stories (forty-five are included in Flying to America). Likewise, it must be presumed that the 40 stories of the second volume were second-tier stories of a sort, while the remainder as collected in this new volume unfortunately must be counted as Barthelme's least essential efforts. If this is not the impression that Barthelme, and now the editor of Flying to America, Kim Herzinger, wanted to convey, it nevertheless does seem an unavoidable consequence of these publishing decisions. As I read the stories in Flying to America, some of them are indeed failed experiments, others simply not fully realized (always a potential hazard with short fiction as inveterately risk-taking as Barthelme's). But others are Barthelme stories I would not want to be without—"Edward and Pia," "The Big Broadcast of 1938″—and it seems to me a very unhappy fate for these stories that they in effect remain buried in a volume that is likely to be regarded, should these omnibus collections become the only point of access to his work, as containing Barthelme's least substantial pieces.
Certainly not all of the stories to be found in either Sixty Stories or Forty Stories are gems either, although this is more a function of Barthelme's relentlessly experimental approach than it is a judgment on his skills as a writer. Though there is something identifiably Barthelmean in all of his stories—a voice, a familiarity with many different cultural domains, a comedian's sense of timing and effect—what characterizes his body of work as a whole is an always adventurous determination to reconceive the form and the discursive assumptions of the short story as inherited by mid 20th-century writers. Rarely does Barthelme stick to a previously employed method or device (with the possible exception of the "dialog" stories—stories written entirely in dialog—that Barthelme wrote throughout his career but especially in the mid-to-late '70s). One of the pleasures of reading Barthelmes' stories as they appeared, both in The New Yorker and in the subsequent books, was anticipating what new challenge to our assumptions about the nature of the short story Barthelme would offer. Many of these stories were indeed among the most innovative works of fiction in a period marked by a renewal of innovation by American fiction writers, but inevitably Barthelme's insistent experimentalism would provide hits and misses, failed experiments as well as transformative triumphs.
The opportunity to witness this process of experimentation with the conventions of fiction, however, may be lost to future Barthelme readers (except for those intrepid few who resolve to recreate the process as adequately as possible by tracing it through the collected volumes, reading each story in order of publication). These readers will encounter stories from every period in Barthelme's writing career indiscriminately mixed together, many of them no doubt still provoking the surprise and wonder that their original readers experienced, but others inevitably more disappointing, their strangeness less well-tempered absent the context provided both by the original volumes and by the ongoing course of his development as a writer. For some, no doubt, focusing attention on an author's most successful work would seem only the most sensible way to sample that author, but in Barthelme's case I would argue it is at least as important to gain a broader perspective on the direction in which his fiction sought out its own possibilities.
Regrettably, a book like Flying to America allows neither for the presentation of Barthelme's lasting work nor for a survey of his experimental evolution. The 45 stories are, as far as I can tell, arranged according to no particular view of the trajectory of his career; nor is any particular sense of thematic or formal progression evident. (Herzinger's preface provides a few brief and very general remarks about the "aesthetic and cultural issues that engaged Barthelme throughout his writing career," but otherwise does not explain why we are reading the stories in the order in which they're re-presented.) Indeed, the very first story in Barthelme's very first book, "Florence Green Is 81," appears as the next-to-last selection in Flying to America, immediately prior to "Tickets," the last of his stories to be published in The New Yorker (in 1989), a choice that does not seem to me to reflect much concern for an informed consideration of Barthelme's work. "Florence Green" is not one of Barthelme's very best stories, but anyone who really wants to understand where Barthelme started as a published writer should in fact begin with this story. Given "Florence Green's" place as the first story of Barthelme's first collection, readers ought to be able to evaluate its influences and preoccupations as the keynote among Barthelme's stories it actually is, not as a disassociated story hidden at the end of a third-string collected volume.
And "Florence Green is 81″ does provide significant insight into Barthelme's clearly unconventional brand of fiction. In a book (Come Back, Dr. Caligari) that conspicuously heralds an approach to fiction radically different from that which had dominated American fiction in the 1950s, "Florence Green Is 81″ offers us a writer uninterested in the usual methods of short story composition—methods emphasizing narrative continuity, consistency of character, thematic coherence, etc.—and much interested in alternatives to those methods. In its refusal to "develop," to create characters whose actions make "sense" according to ordinary protocols of logic, it might be said that the story simply subverts inherited story conventions, settling for a kind of reflexive surrealism. But the story has its own logic, its own set of compositional principles that make it something other than a mashup of existing storytelling strategies: repetition of phrases, names, and images in constantly revised contexts, the juxtaposition of such images and phrases in startling ways, often producing wildly funny effects. "Florence Green Is 81″ introduces us to a writer who wants to challenge our complacent reading habits, but whose work will also continue to be "entertaining" in its own way, even if as readers we must always allow for an aesthetics of surprise and reinvention.
Above all, perhaps, "Florence Green" introduces us to a narrative voice that will remain identifiable across Barthelme's stories, even as it is employed to fragment narrative and convey a world often held together only by the narrator's conviction that its various elements actually do belong together.
Dinner with Florence Green. The old babe is on a kick tonight: I want to go to some other country, she announces. Everyone wonders what this can mean. But Florence says nothing more: no explanation, no elaboration, after a satisfied look around the table bang! she is asleep again. The girl at Florence's right is new here and does not understand. I give her an ingratiating look (a look that says, "There is nothing to worry about, I will explain everything in the privacy of my quarters Kathleen"). Lentils vegetate in the depths of the fourth principal river of the world, the Ob, in Siberia, 3200 miles. We are talking about Quemoy and Matsu. "It's a matter of leading from strength. What is the strongest possible move on our part? To deny them the islands even though the islands are worthless in themselves." Baskerville, a sophomore at the Famous Writers School in Westport, Connecticut, which he attends with the object of becoming a famous writer, is making his excited notes. The new girl's boobies are like my secretary's knees, very prominent and irritating. Florence began the evening by saying, grandly, "the upstairs bathroom leaks you know." What does Herman Kahn think about Quemoy and Matsu? I can't remember, I can't remember . . .
Not only does Flying to America contribute to a distortion of Barthelme's body of work by obscuring the significance of a story like "Florence Green Is 81″; it further works to erase Barthelme's achievement as it was embodied in his original books by gathering so many of the stories published in the earliest of those books (by my count, nine from Caligari alone). Of course, this was not per se an editorial decision on Herzinger's part, bequeathed as she was with all of the leftovers not already included in the first two omnibus volumes. Nevertheless, the effect is the same as if such a decision had been made. Readers curious enough about the provenance of the stories in this book to scan the "Notes" section can't help but wonder whether Caligari or Unspeakable Practices might just have been apprentice work, interesting in an archival sense but finally dispensable, when in fact each still provides a bracing reading experience over 40 years after it first appeared and contains such classic Barthelme stories as "Me and Miss Mandible," "The Joker's Greatest Triumph," "A Shower of Gold," "The Indian Uprising," "The Balloon," and "Robert Kennedy Saved From Drowning." The man who wrote these stories was already in full possession of his literary powers, but future readers of Barthelme will have a much diminished appreciation of this fact if Caligari, Unspeakable Practices, and City Life are not available, or at least if some future collected edition of Barthelme's fiction does not maintain these books' complete contents as its organizing principle.
Flying to America does, on the other hand, collect a few of Barthelme's stories that have never before appeared in book form (in some cases, never before published), and to that extent does currently perform a useful service to Barthelme's readers. It allows us to read both what the editor identifies as Barthelme's first published story, "Pages from the Annual Report," and what may be his final story, "Pandemonium." (Although, again the reasons for their placement in the book, as nos. 24 and 33, respectively, are not in any way clear.) If anything, "Pages" demonstrates that Barthelme's peculiarly angled vision was fully focused when he began publishing short fiction, as it is a recognizably Barthelmean portrayal of the essential absurdity of post-World War II American life that could easily have been included in Come Back, Dr. Caligari. "Pandemonium" shares the earlier story's setting in a white collar workplace, but unfortunately this story doesn't really seem much of an advance beyond the kind of skewed satire at which "Pages" already shows Barthelme to be especially adept. Perhaps if "Pandemonium," as the editor suggests, was left incomplete, Barthelme might still have made something more distinctive of it; as it is, the story testifies to a continuity in Barthelme's career that needs to be acknowledged, although ultimately Flying to America provides little or no context or critical framework within which to profitably consider the interplay of continuity and innovation in Barthelme's work.
The packaging of the fiction of a writer like Donald Barthelme in such an assortment as Flying to America raises important questions, not just about perceptions of Barthelme's career as a short story writer but also perceptions of the status of short stories in general. Because Barthelme's achievement as a writer of fiction is primarily as an author of short stories, his example is particularly resonant, but the problem of wrenching the work out of meaningful context, of isolating individual stories without reference to other work, or to the enabling assumptions the author brings to the work, is almost always present in the way our literary culture regards the short story. Stories are published in an essentially haphazard fashion, depending entirely on what a particular publication (generally disconnected from all other such publications) find "suitable" to its own editorial tastes. By and large, the publication of short stories is considered a preliminary step some writers must take to become a credentialed author, usually prior to going on to write a novel (when real recognition will occur) or as something established writers do as a kind of respite from or supplement to writing novels. Thus writers whose most representative work is in short fiction have an inherently more difficult time getting their work judged appropriately. It would seem that even as important a postwar American writer as Donald Barthelme ultimately might not be read in the way—with the right kind of attention—his fiction deserves.
In his introduction to Not-Knowing, a previous collection of Barthelme's nonfiction (also edited by Kim Herzinger), John Barth refers to that book, as well as the "story-volume" that will become Flying to America, as a "booksworth of encores," suggesting these volumes are simply intermediary repackagings that will in turn lead readers "back and back again to the feast whereof these are end-courses: back to Come Back, Dr Caligari, to Unspeakable Practices, to Snow White and City Life, and the rest." If the collected versions of Barthelme's stories do indeed act merely as "end-courses" that for now keep his work in the literary public's awareness in the years following his death, yielding eventually back to the books both Barth and I think are the core of Barthelme's accomplishment, then the publication of Flying to America will have done little harm and arguably some good. But I fear, given the economics of American publishing, that the original books will not be readily available and that Barthelme will be known to future readers mostly through the assembled miscellanies—perhaps only by Sixty Stories. This will be a sad (and avoidable) injustice to a great writer.


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Balaji Group is a self-motivated real estate business entity engaged in construction of residential and commercial projects. The company has established itself as a trusted name in the competitive real estate markets and thrives on its core values. Balaji Group has carved a niche for itself with its quality of construction accompanied by continuous innovation and improvement. With an untarnished track record of astounding growth the group has been able to master concepts of architecture with flair and has to its credit various landmark buildings in the skylines of the NCR, specifically in Ghaziabad.
Building homes to fulfill every man's dream of owning grand life-spaces, Balaji Group has made it its aim to systemize construction practices that lead to splendid yet feasible projects. Venturing from one spectacle to another with sheer perfection, Balaji Group believes in maintaining its quality through a stringent quality check and adhering to the core values of ethical business practices. The company was established by the visionary industry expert Mr. Sachin Datta, under whose guidance the group has been able to scale the heights of success.
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The next Bala product is in the making. The film Titled 'Avan Ivan' sees Arya and Vishal playing the lead roles. The female leads will be essayed by Janani Iyer and Madhu Shalini. Director Bala had earlier promised that this film would be different from his usual films and will have more comic elements. Arya and Vishal play siblings in the film and they have undergone complete makeover for this movie.
'Avan Ivan' is touted to catapult the lead stars' career to newer heights.
The music for 'Avan Ivan' has been handled by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The director who usually signs music maestro Ilayaraja for his films has signed son Yuvan this time. Bala feels Yuvan will be able to bring the right feel to this youth-centric film. Reports suggest that the music album of 'Avan Ivan' will have four songs.
The composer has completed two songs already. Sources suggest that Yuvan has mostly used raw Indian tunes in most of the recordings for this album. People close to the music composer have also promised that the music album for 'Avan Ivan' will be out soon.
Director Bala who usually takes his own sweet time to perfect his film has completed this film sooner, compared to his previous films. Actor Suriya too appears in a cameo in 'Avan Ivan'. It was director Bala who actually brought out the actor in Suriya with 'Nandha' which became Suriya's launch pad to stardom in Tamil.


In 1903 The Workers' Educational Association (WEA) was founded and continues to this day, albeit in a slimmer form, catering mainly for people who have ended their working lives.
In 1919, just after the Great War ended that local authorities took on a duty to provide any form of adult education and The British Institute of Adult Education was eventually set up. This organisation essentially continues today in the form of The National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE).
Just after the Second World War, a number of local authorities set up Adult Residential colleges in former large houses, some with Trade Union support.
The Open University pioneered accessibility to accredited study when it began in the 1970s.
The University of the Third Age (U3A) movement has been developing non-accredited, non-institutional, mostly self-directed informal learning since the late 80s.
In 1998 green paper The Learning Age kick-started a wide range of activity through colleges and community organisations. Introducing phrases such as 'Individual Learning Accounts', 'Widening Participation' and a number of funding streams.
In 1999 the Skills for Life strategy focused on basic skills for adults in response to a serious identified deficit.
These stages could well correspond to my considerations of Lifelong Learning 3.0, which has not yet been born, but which infers that Lifelong Learning 1.0 and Lifelong Learning 2.0 preceded it. If there is a point when version 2.0 came into being, it will have been when the initial intentions and values of version 1.0 became distorted and, ironically, morphed into more capitalist-serving entities in the last decade of the 20th Century.
Once might feel that there is hope in the fact that the most recent policy milestones have been closer together and have fancy names. However, there is one very stark difference between the milestones on towards the end of this chronology and those earlier on. The later milestones are all based upon initiatives and strategies, not movements or physical changes. The cynics might even argue that the more recent attempts to address the need for adult education actually serve other purposes – giving lost-cost lip service to an issue whilst other more global and enterprising initiatives rule the economy.
Furthermore, the obsession with 'lifelong learning' only being of worth to working or potentially working people is ludicrous. In the light of the radical rethinking of retirement that is needed and of the well-documented and researched reasons for it, it needs to be seen less as a way into something and more as a way of life, in all its diverse forms.
Indeed, we talk about everything these days in relation to the economy. Even Society itself is merely a tool to serve the economy, whether it is providing consumers or producers. This is part of the problem we face. Whereas early in the 20th Century, providing adults with learning was seen as valuable, inspirational and philanthropic, these days it is seen as either of benefit to business and the economy or not. Other facets of enhancing social capital, well-being and empowerment of individuals are just as important, if not more so. These are being mentioned, although not in the same way as the headline catching economic benefits. The reasons for this is that social capital, well-being and empowerment of individuals are long term goals, and unlikely to have their impact assessed for a long time. Their measurables are less distinct than financial figures, and, besides, they are not likely to affect the next election.
Long term vision was what political movements thrived upon a century or more ago. Acute problems and rapid industrialisation went hand in hand and provided meaty fodder for policy makers and dreams to be founded upon. Today, however, we hop from strategy to strategy, burying the ones that fail (Individual Learning Accounts anyone?) and re-inventing ones devised by others, rather than trying to build upon something which is simple, common sense and, ultimately, will be understandable by the general public.
Personally, I shudder to think of what the next initiative or strategy will be called, because it will most likely simply reflect the zeitgeist of the corridors of power, rather than that of the people. The move towards informal learning is not unwelcome, but it needs to be done for the right reasons. I strongly suspect that 'deschooling' is alive and well, as it's cheaper. With perhaps Twenty million adults who could be engaging in some kind of learning activity (Informal, non-formal and formal) – the other adults are engaged in bringing up families, work and other responsibilities – at less than a million, we aren't even denting the surface.
My next milestone in UK Lifelong Learning will be when it is finally recognised and integrated into every level of life at individual, community and society level by being just as valued a segment of public spending as policing and health. This will be when it exists officially and supported by public institutions in every community in our country. This will be when Lifelong Learning is accepted for what it is and what it says it is.


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Thank you for this posting. I grew up in Sinking Valley and hiked that ridge my entire life. The videos were great…….one surprise – I never knew there were Fishers up there. Now that is pretty cool.
Thanks. The fishers only showed up about six years ago, the result either of the PGCs reintroduction or one that West Virginia did a couple decades ago. They are making a huge comeback in the state.
Hello. My name is Sharon S. Miller, and I live in Thomastown. First of all I love your site. It is so interesting. I have a question about our bats. Did they die off from diseases, and if they did, will they come back to this area. We had mosquitoes, stink bugs and ticks in great amounts in 2011. We are now starting to see a lot of ticks on our cats, which we have since applied preventative medicine for the ticks. Do you think the large amount of mosquitoes and stink bugs could be due to the absence of bats? We are thinking about building a bat house. Do you have any suggestions as far as placement of the house? Thank you again for the videos. I have already thanked Paula and Troy for some of these amazing videos. I have sent this website to my family who live in several states. They love the site also. Keep up the wonderful information, photos and videos.
Thank you for your interest in this site. Regarding bats, they are great consumers of mosquitoes, but ticks and stink bugs are a different story. Ticks are probably due to too many deer and this year, because of the lack of mast in the forest, is predicted to be a bad year for ticks because the ticks also use white footed mice to prey on and the mice are probably dying in great numbers due to a lack of food. Therefore, the ticks will be looking for other warm-blooded animals to obtain blood to raise their young and that means humans. Little brown bats are most affected by the foreign fungus that came to the U.S. via cavers in a conference in N.Y. state a few years ago. The fungus and the death of bats has been catastrophic. In most caves where they spend their winters there has been at least a 95% death rate and often closer to 99-100 %. So far, no cures, although biologists are working furiously to find one. Most cave dwelling bats are deeply affected and since bats only have one bat per year you can do the math and figure that even if they do find a cure it will be hundreds of years, if ever, that bats will rebound to pre-fungus levels. This is the largest loss of mammal species ever recorded in our country since Europeans settled it. Truly a great tragedy, not only for bats, but for humans, most of whom don't realize what a insect-killing machine they have been. For instance, the farmers around Canoe Creek State Park didn't need to use as many pesticides as most farmers use because of the presence of the huge little brown bat colony in the old church. Regarding bat houses, you should check the Pennsylvania Game Commission website. I believe they have information on that. One ray of hope–big brown bats don't seem to be as affected so they are doing alright.


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Nuclear Shock Therapy: New Report Refutes White House Case for War with Iran
Article Dec 4, 2007
White House war fever is checked just in time by its own intelligence agencies, write Joseph Cirincione and Andrew Grotto.
Joseph Cirincione
Andrew J. Grotto
Six weeks after President George Bush threatened Iran with "World War III," and nearly six years after he declared Iran part of an "axis of evil," a new National Intelligence Estimate says Iran ended its nuclear weapons work four years ago. In an abrupt turnabout from previous estimates, the intelligence agencies of the executive branch conclude in the NIE that "Tehran's decision to halt its nuclear weapons program suggest it is less determined to develop nuclear weapons than we have been judging since 2005," adding, "We do not know whether [Iran] currently intends to develop nuclear weapons."
It may be just the jolt needed to correct a policy that has mishandled the Iranian challenge from day one of the administration. After years of neoconservative demands for war with Iran, the intelligence community has now made the case for diplomatic engagement. The NIE presents a far more nuanced picture of both the nuclear program and the Iranian government's intentions than previous estimates, directly contradicting the one-dimensional portrait painted by arch conservatives, including many in the White House.
With former Defense Department officials Donald Rumsfeld, Steven Cambone, and Douglas Feith and their alternative intelligence operations now banished, the report may also signal that professionalism and integrity have been restored to the intelligence process, insulating the analysts from the political pressures responsible for the distorted estimates used to justify the Iraq war. The new report will also allow U.S. policymakers and the American public to engage in realistic debate over Iran's uranium enrichment program, which without a doubt poses a significant challenge to U.S. interests in the Middle East and beyond.
Americans deserve a serious debate on both the nature of this challenge and the policies best capable of meeting it. The NIE is a welcome contribution to this debate.
A Return to Realism
The Iran NIE has a clear message to policymakers: Iran is not the caricature created by right-wing pundits of crazed, Hitler-esque mullahs bent on hastening Armageddon. "Tehran's decisions," according to the NIE, "are guided by a cost-benefit approach rather than a rush to a weapon irrespective of the political, economic, and military costs." This, perhaps, is the most significant finding and squares with what independent experts have been saying for years.
Indeed, we argued in our March 2007 report on Iran, "Contain and Engage," that current U.S. policies "fall short of fundamentally changing Iran's cost/benefit calculus." We concluded:
"The international community must constantly remind Iran of the potential benefits as well as the continued and escalating costs of its failure to comply with its nonproliferation obligations. Rather than pursue the faint hope that the organization of coercive measures will force Iran's capitulation, our contain and engage strategy couples the pressures created by sanctions, diplomatic isolation and investment freezes with practical compromises and realizable security assurances to encourage Iran onto a verifiable, non-nuclear weapons path."
The NIE finding helps clarify the nature of the threat posed by Iran. The biggest threat is not that Iran would launch suicidal nuclear wars against its neighbors, or give nuclear weapons or fissile materials to terrorists groups. Rather, the greatest danger posed by Iran's nuclear program is that it will inspire other countries in the region to follow suit, with dire consequences for regional and global security.
Time to Both Contain and Engage
National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley tried mightily on Monday to spin the findings as an endorsement of White House policy. But the NIE is a stinging rebuke of both the administration's inflated rhetoric and its failure to negotiate deals that could have ended the uranium enrichment program in favor of the illusion of regime overthrow.
The NIE finding points the way for a new U.S. policy towards Iran. Specifically, "some combination of threats of intensified international scrutiny and pressures, along with opportunities for Iran to achieve its security, prestige, and goals for regional influence in other ways, might—if perceived by Iran's leaders as credible—prompt Tehran to extend the current halt to its nuclear weapons program." Put differently, if Iran is backed into a corner and then offered a constructive, mutually beneficial way out, we might be able to get Iran to halt its nuclear program.
The NIE is right to note that "It is difficult to specify what such a combination might be," but this is no excuse for not trying. The task of U.S. diplomacy now must be to determine the right combination of policies to contain and engage Iran.
See our report: Contain and Engage: A New Strategy for Resolving the Nuclear Crisis with Iran.
It's time to close Guantanamo
Elisa Massimino
Opportunities and Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean: Examining U.S. Interests and Regional Cooperation
Alan Makovsky

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On the third weekend in October, youth through retirees gathered to carry out the work necessary to feed, clothe and comfort our brothers and sisters in need. This 36-year-old tradition was an opportunity for people around Missouri to share hope through their talents, knowledge, time and passion.
An aura of excitement filled the arena on Friday as time was spent checking Church World Service hygiene and school kits, setting up for the annual quilt auction, organizing the distribution zone and welcoming 400 youth and chaperones for Youthfest 2017. Volunteers included first timers as well as life-long supporters who have attended since Festival's beginning, each one bringing unique talents and experiences to the table. Many people have made a tradition of coming with their significant others and later their whole families.
Around 7 p.m. on Friday hundreds of eager youth began filing through the arena doors. Their pent-up energy from the ride there was quickly released with the enjoyment of three ginormous inflatables and a gaga pit. Once everyone arrived, the group gathered for a performance by an ecumenical praise band from the Sedalia and Cole Camp areas. The youth were highly impressed.
No work began on Saturday morning until everyone came together for a worship service, which included the parade of banners. The band once again graced the volunteers with beautiful, soulful music before Rashid Sesay explained the impact Festival has on Heifer International. At the end, Tina Harris, Director of Mission, Service, and Justice for the Missouri Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, blessed the day with a benediction and all were sent out for work.
Youth were eager to pack beans and rice, unload potatoes, and grow deeper in their faith. In a few short hours, 44,000 pounds of potatoes had been unloaded and distributed, 24,000 pounds of beans and 30,000 pounds of rice had been packed into boxes and taken outside for agencies to collect, and 25,000 meals had been packed for Rise Against Hunger. The day was not all work and no play. The youth had a couple of breaks in which they could play a round of gaga ball, visit the informational booths and engage in a reflection about their service.
At 12:30 p.m. many gathered to watch and bid on 107 exquisitely crafted quilts. The $27,000 raised will go towards purchasing blankets for those facing disasters. Around 3 p.m. activities were wrapping up. Youth groups began their journeys home while some volunteers gave even more of their time toward clean-up efforts.
In 2018 the Missouri Conference will be trying a new model for the Festival. Rather than asking donors and agencies to drive across the state to give and receive things being shared, the Festival will be occurring as a regional event at several locations across Missouri. This event is still in the planning stages. To learn how you can help the Festival spread out and multiply its blessings, email sowens@moumethodist.org.


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Liverpool FC striker Luis Suarez will become the regular goalscorer we need - Jose Enrique
JOSE ENRIQUE believes Luis Suarez's "amazing" hat-trick against Norwich City proves he will become the prolific goalscorer Liverpool FC crave.
Updated 01:18, 8 MAY 2013
Luis Suarez celebrates at Norwich
JOSE ENRIQUE believes Luis Suarez 's "amazing" hat-trick against Norwich City proves he will become the prolific goalscorer Liverpool FC crave.
The Spanish full-back was blown away by the Uruguayan's display in Saturday's emphatic 3-0 win at Carrow Road.
The first treble of Suarez's Anfield career was completed with a stunning 45-yard chip which took his tally for the season to 17 in all competitions.
Kenny Dalglish's side have struggled to score goals all season and prior to the weekend Suarez was the Reds' top scorer in the Premier League with just eight.
However, Enrique is convinced Suarez will shatter that mark next term and he's delighted to see him hitting top form ahead of next Saturday's FA Cup final with Chelsea.
"It was an amazing performance from Luis," Enrique said.
"I don't think I've ever seen a better hat-trick than that.
"They were all amazing goals – the first with his left foot, the second with his right and then the third was unbelievable from so far out.
"We all know Luis is a very special player for us. He's been really unlucky this season. He's played like that many times and had many chances and deserved a lot more goals.
"I told him after the game that he just needed a little bit of luck. I know he will score many more goals here in the Premier League.
"Wherever he has been, whether in Uruguay or Holland, if you look at his record he's scored a lot. I'm sure he will do the same here because he's a top striker.
"He always plays well, always at 200%. He showed against Norwich exactly what he can do and caused their centre-backs so many problems all the way through the game.
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"Luis is so important for us. It's great to see him doing well and I hope he can score a few more before the end of the season."
Enrique hailed Saturday's triumph as the perfect way to head into Cup final week as the Reds bounced back from the home defeat to West Brom.
Eighth placed Liverpool remain just two points adrift of Everton and the left-back is now targeting another victory over Fulham at Anfield tomorrow to ensure they head for Wembley on a high.
"It's a good start to a big week for us," Enrique added.
"We produced a good performance against Norwich like we have done many times this season but the difference was we took our chances.
"We have to beat Fulham first before we think about the Cup final. I know we aren't playing for anything in the league but it's important for us to get three points to get some confidence ahead of the final.
"It's a home game and we want to do well. Then we have an amazing final to prepare for."
Andy Carroll was left out of the squad to face Norwich due to a minor groin injury. The big frontman will be assessed today but he is expected to be fit for the FA Cup final .
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A new hat called Dove stone.
Well, not so new. It took me a year to write the pattern, haha.
**Dove stone** is a hat worked bottom up and seamlessly in the round. It starts with a clever and neat way to make a tubular cast on in a contrasting color. It has a cable stitch pattern that gradually decreases to shape the crown. It can be made as a 'light' slouchy hat or blocked on a plate for a beret shape.
small leftovers in a contrasting color for the cast on and the pompom.


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Q: how to pass variable in error Heyo,
I have a following function
async function fnIsOnScreenOnce(img, desc,iCounter,client,repeatDelay=0) {
  await timeout(repeatDelay);
  let screenshot= await client.screenshot()

  let buf = new Buffer(screenshot.value, 'base64');
  let img1 = cv.imdecode(buf)
  let result = img1.matchTemplate(img, 5).minMaxLoc();
  result.screenshot=img1;
  if (result.maxVal <= 0.65) {
      // Fail
      const msg = "Can't see object yet";
      throw new Error(result);
  }
        // All good
        console.log("result:"+result)
        logger.info("Found image on screen: "+desc);
        return result;
}

Call of the function
function fnIsOnScreen(img,client, repeats = 5, desc, wait = 2000,repeatDelay) {
    logger.info("Looking for image on screen:" +desc +" with " + repeats + " repeats ");
    let iCounter = 0;
    let init = ()=> timeout(wait).then((asd)=>{
      const attempt = () => fnIsOnScreenOnce(img, desc, iCounter,client,repeatDelay).then((data=>{
        let imagepath=fnMarkOnImage(data.screenshot,img,data,outputDir)
        let description={};
        description.action="Is image on screen ?";
        description.desc=desc;
        description.repeats=repeats;
        description.wait=wait;
        description.img=imagepath;
        description.message="is this correct element ? if is then it was found correctly";
        fnPushToOutputArray(description)
      return data;
      })).catch(err => {
              console.log(JSON.stringify(err));
              console.log(err);
              console.log(err.result);
              iCounter++;
              if (iCounter === repeats) {
                  // Failed, out of retries
                  logger.info("Object not found : " + desc);
                  return Promise.reject("Object not found : " + desc);
              }
              // Retry after waiting
              return attempt();
          });
          return attempt();
    })
    return init();

}

result object contains some date.
On error result contains {} object with no values in it. I would need to get all the values. So how can i pass result object through throw new error to retrieve it in catch ?

A: One way to return extra data with error is to extend Error class and add them your self
class MyError extends Error {

    constructor(message, errorExtraParams) {
        super(message);
        this._errorExtraParams = errorExtraParams;
    }

    get errorExtraParams() {

        return this._errorExtraParams;

    }

}

throw new MyError("Error!!!", {})
//or
let mError =  new MyError("Error!!!", {})
console.log(mError.errorExtraParams)

But I suggest you don't use throw Error, because I don't like to throw Errors for insignificant reasons. What I mean is that in your case there is no reason to throw error cause there is no error and no reason to create an error just to tell you code "Hey I didnt find the image" instead just return false.
async function fnIsOnScreenOnce(img, desc, iCounter, client, repeatDelay = 0) {
    await timeout(repeatDelay);
    let screenshot = await client.screenshot()

    let buf = new Buffer(screenshot.value, 'base64');
    let img1 = cv.imdecode(buf)
    let result = img1.matchTemplate(img, 5).minMaxLoc();
    result.screenshot = img1;
    if (result.maxVal <= 0.65) {
        const msg = "Can't see object yet";
        return false;
    }
    // All good
    console.log("result:" + result)
    logger.info("Found image on screen: " + desc);
    return result;
}

function fnIsOnScreen(img, client, repeats = 5, desc, wait = 2000, repeatDelay) {
    logger.info("Looking for image on screen:" + desc + " with " + repeats + " repeats ");
    let iCounter = 0;
    let init = () => timeout(wait).then((asd) => {

        let found = false;
        do {
            let found = await fnIsOnScreenOnce(img, desc, iCounter, client, repeatDelay)
        } while (found !== false && iCounter++ < 10)

        let imagepath = fnMarkOnImage(found.screenshot, img, found, outputDir)

        let description = {};
        description.action = "Is image on screen ?";
        description.desc = desc;
        description.repeats = repeats;
        description.wait = wait;
        description.img = imagepath;
        description.message = "is this correct element ? if is then it was found correctly";
        fnPushToOutputArray(description)

        return found;

    })
    return init();
}

A: You should pass a String to the Error Object, so if you want to exchange an object you could use JSON.stringify() like this:

try {
  throw new Error(JSON.stringify({result:"Hello, World"}));
}
catch(error) {
  console.log(JSON.parse(error.message))
}

As you can see, this is how you would send data from a try to a catch through throwing errors. You can ofc make the second part in the catch way shorter:
error = JSON.parse(error.message);

A: You can try an approach like this
try {
   const err = new Error("My Error Occurred");
   err.extra ='Extra details';
   throw err;
}
catch (error) {
    console.log(error.extra)
}

As Error itself is an Object ,We can make use of this to pass extra variables  of our choice

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Beretta Mod 74 given to me as trade for the backhoe work done for neighbor . Pretty pitted and 9 days of sanding draw filing came to pretty good end. SOOO I am continuing on the process as I think I have learned it. Please wish me luck.
Thats the way the best comes out in you.I have confidence in you.
Thanks Mr. S, it's all about getting started, can only practice so much then it's time jump in and get wet!!!
Good job. Sometimes a lot of work getting the parts ready to engrave.
ah........it's alot of work, but it is worth it. Thank you all for the encouraging words......I will try keep everyone abreast of the situation.
Hi all......the first attempt started and was screaming right along....then, I realized I covered the forward end of the template with continuous scroll work, tried and trimmed and finally got a nice fit up. THEN REALIZED I COVERED THE LETTERING ON THE SLIDE!!!!! Dang it!


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Scientists Might've Found the Most Dangerous Place in Earth's History
Mega fauna would create mega problems for any unlucky time traveler.
By Daisy Hernandez
Davide Bonadonna
In a new paper, researchers pinpoint what may have been the "most dangerous place in the history of planet Earth."
Researchers analyzed fossils from the Kem Kem beds in southeastern Morocco and found that the area used to be home to some ferocious creatures.
100 million years ago, Earth was a terrifying place. That's according to a new paper in ZooKeys, which analyzed fossils from an area in southeastern Morocco also known as the Kem Kem beds. It was here that prehistoric animals such as "cartilaginous and bony fishes, turtles, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs, and dinosaurs" used to freely roam and hunt.
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These creatures might not sound like anything out of the ordinary, but the local fauna also tended to be quite massive and ferocious. A news release reveals that among some of the fossils analyzed were "three of the largest predatory dinosaurs ever known." They included the sabre-toothed Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, Deltadromeus agilis (a quick-moving raptor), and "crocodile-like hunters."
Deltadromeus was a carnivorous theropod.
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According to Nizar Ibrahim, lead author and researcher, "this was arguably the most dangerous place in the history of planet Earth."
These fearsome beasts dined frequently on other massive—but lower—members of the food chain. David Martill, a professor of paleobiology at the University of Portsmouth and paper co-author, says that the nearby river system contained enough "absolutely enormous fish, including giant coelacanths and lungfish" to sustain piscivorous predators.
Today, coelacanths—which are quite rare—can grow up to 200 pounds. For comparison, Martill says that prehistoric coelacanths were "probably" between four and five times larger than their descendants.
A coelacanth that was caught by a fisherman in Malindi, Kenya in April 2001. This specimen measured nearly six feet in length and weighed 170 pounds.
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Many of the Kem Kem fossils date back to the Cretaceous period, but there is disparity among researchers about when certain species would have been around so long ago. According to the paper, some believe that the fossils "as a whole represent a 'compound assemblage' derived from two formations or from disparate paleoenvironments."
Still, one thing researchers do agree on is that the Kem Kem collection is one of the most comprehensive groups of fossils to come out Africa.
The paper point out that "the Kem Kem vertebrate assemblage...captures the taxonomic diversity of a widespread northern African fauna better than any other contemporary assemblage from elsewhere [on the continent]."
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Men's health: Normalising regular check-ups
Written by: Jonathan Potenza
Proactively seeking help is still a challenge for many Australian men.
"If anything doesn't feel right with your health, please go get yourself checked. It could save your life," said AFL footballer Sam Docherty in an online statement following his second diagnosis of testicular cancer.
Experiences like Docherty's can serve as a reminder for men to prioritise their health and wellbeing. Yet, despite the warnings, not all men feel empowered or comfortable to seek help when they need it the most.
General Practitioner (GP) and author of the series Blokes' Health, Dr Bernie Crimmins, believes this is partly because men's health hasn't always been at the forefront of health education and public policy.
"I've been in general practice for 39 years now and if I go back perhaps 30 years ago, men's health probably didn't exist," he tells upstart.
In recent years, there has been an emergence of gender-specific approaches to health. The World Health Organisation's 2002 Madrid Statement identified that it's necessary to acknowledge the different needs, obstacles and opportunities facing men and women regarding their health. The concept of "men's health" has evolved to recognise conditions particular to men such as prostate cancer and addressing statistics in Australia, with men being more likely to die from preventable causes than women.
While improvements have been made in the level of educational and health promotional material aimed at Australian men, there is still an opportunity for development in this space.
Vaughan Cleary, Deputy Principal of Assumption College and qualified Health & PE teacher, tells upstart that men aren't really exposed to the full picture of significant health concerns as mainstream media often prioritise cosmetic issues such as male baldness.
"It's intriguing that things like bowel cancer, prostate cancer, heart disease and some of the bigger issues are not really on air and talked about that much," he says.
Younger adolescents are susceptible to a false sense of security that they will only be impacted later in life. But according to Cancer Council, testicular cancer is the second most common cancer in young men aged 20 to 39 years old. Common symptoms of the disease include painless swelling, a lump or a change in the shape of a testicle. Testicular cancer is one of the most treatable cancers if detected early.
Dr Crimmins explains that prior to the tragic passing of his brother, Hawthorn AFL legend Peter Crimmins at the age of 28, testicular cancer awareness was almost non-existent. In light of the tragedy, the Peter Crimmins Memorial Cancer Fund was established to help increase public awareness and raise funds for testicular cancer research.
"Out of bad, some good comes out. And with respect to Peter's death, that was one of the things that shocked a lot of blokes; that someone at that age could actually get cancer, particularly male cancer and die of it," he says.
Early detection and intervention are strongly encouraged, given that males tend to only access a health professional when a condition has reached an advanced stage.
Cleary says his background as a Health & PE educator has contributed to his proactive mindset when it comes to prioritising his health.
"I've always tried to ensure that I'm attending to my needs, going to the doctor, seeking help if needed. Over time, I've been fairly consistent in that area," he says.
However, not all men share the same mindset and discipline when it comes to maintaining regular health check-ups. The ABS Patient Experience Survey shows that almost one in five males waited longer than they felt acceptable to book an appointment with a GP.
Dr Crimmins says the fear of an unfavourable diagnosis can be one of the factors that deter men from visiting a GP.
"I think there's certainly an element of being scared of actually finding something and I've certainly seen that with some of my patients," he says.
The secondary education system serves as a vital starting point for young men to receive specific health and wellbeing education.
Caleb Ostwald, a 20-year-old former student at Marcellin College, tells upstart that his time at school had a positive impact on his attitude towards his health and wellbeing.
"I learnt the most about how to deal with everything from sharing experiences and talking with peers and role models," he says.
Vaughan Cleary, a father of two boys attending Marcellin College, has also been able to participate in student-led Men's Health Nights organised by the school. As part of the evening, students facilitate and undertake interactive men's health educational activities alongside the significant males in their life, ranging from skin checks, BMI tests and more. Dr Bernie Crimmins also leads a presentation giving expert health advice during the event.
Cleary says the nights have been a rewarding experience for everyone involved.
"It's been an outstanding success because it's rare that 300 to 400 dads, uncles, grandparents come together in a community setting and have the opportunity to hear information about pertinent health needs in males," he says.
But initiating open dialogue around men's health can still be a difficult and awkward task, prompting some to put off having these conversations due to fear of judgement or embarrassment. Ostwald says there's no "one-size-fits-all" approach to engaging in conversations with male family and friends.
"You've got to be able to go about it the right way. It's just about how you frame the questions," he says.
For Dr Crimmins, normalising conversations with his patients is a bit of an art form, something which he has been continually developing over his 39 years of practice.
"It's really a matter of having good communication with the person, in a sense that they consider you a friend, not someone who's just doing their job," he says.
Improving men's health is on the agenda in Australia, with the National Men's Health Strategy 2020-2030 intending to reduce the negative stigma associated with the health system. It also aims to increase levels of health literacy among Australian males through investments in health promotion which will help improve understanding and navigation of the health system.
Normalising regular check-ups for men, a stigma deeply ingrained in society for years, is a learning curve that will take time and process. As a starting point, Dr Crimmins encourages men who are reluctant to book an appointment with a GP to utilise their support networks.
"Go speak to your mates. Find out if they've got a good doctor. Even that part of actually speaking to your mates first, before you go to a doctor, is a good thing because it breaks the ice."
Photo: A Healthcare Worker Measuring a Patient's Blood Pressure using a Sphygmomanometer by Pavel Danilyuk available HERE and used under a Creative Commons Attribution. The image has not been modified.
Article: Jonathan Potenza is a second-year Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Media and Communications (Journalism) student at La Trobe University. You can follow him on twitter @j_potenza15.
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Please note: A temporary court injunction dated July 24, 2018 reversed certain provisions of the new voting law discussed in the documents below. The injunction was appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court, which rendered a decision on August 10, 2018.
Auditors shall not reject absentee ballots or ballot requests based on signature matching.
Auditors shall not refuse absentee ballot requests that lack the voter's identification number.
Voters need not produce identification at the polls, even if asked, until that law fully takes effect on January 1, 2019. Voters choosing not to produce identification at the polls will be required to sign an oath of identification.
The Court REVERSED the injunction regarding the absentee ballot timeframe. The first day to mail absentee ballots or to vote absentee ballots in person will remain at 29 days before the election.
The order takes effect on August 15, 2018. The Iowa Supreme Court remanded the case to the district court. The changes are reflected in the documents listed below.
Iowa has passed new voting laws that require specific identification forms at the polls, shorten the period for casting an absentee ballot, do away with straight party voting, and more.


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Lefty nest Aspen increasingly infiltrated by GOP operatives
Troy Hooper
ASPEN — Aspen isn't just a haven for liberals. Conservatives network, plot and stuff their war chests here too.
Private jets parked at the Aspen airport for the Forstmann Little & Co. conference last month. (Photo by Troy Hooper)
A few recent A-list functions, at least two of them deeply shrouded in secrecy, underscore Aspen's importance to the Grand Old Party and the conservative ideologues who pull its purse strings.
Donors paid $7,200 in September to listen to Republican architect Karl Rove in Aspen and receive an autographed copy of his new book. Ex-President George H. W. Bush's second cousin, Walker Stapleton, a GOP candidate for state treasurer, co-hosted the event. Proceeds went to Colorado 3rd Congressional District candidate Scott Tipton, Colorado 4th Congressional District candidate Cory Gardner and Colorado 7th Congressional District candidate Ryan Frazier. Cheaper tickets sold for as little as $75.
Days later, rows of slick private jets crammed onto the tarmac of the Aspen airport for the Forstmann Little & Company's annual confab, where world leaders and titans of industry rub elbows with a few hand-picked celebrities in the Rockies. This year Lance Armstrong and Monica Seles were on hand. High-powered buyout artist Ted Forstmann, who has bankrolled the Republican Party for decades and once served as co-chair of George H. W. Bush's unsuccessful 1992 re-election campaign, plays host.
In front of an elite crowd with the likes of Martha Stewart, David Stern and Alan Greenspan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal delivered a frank assessment of the U.S. military and his recent exit from it. It was the first time he discussed his resignation and conversations with President Barack Obama with an audience.
Another clandestine confab came to town in June when billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch rolled out the red carpet for roughly 200 of their closest conservative friends at the St. Regis Aspen. An invitation to the event was leaked to The New York Times, which this week wrote that it consisted of "a confab of hedge fund executives, Republican donors, free-market evangelists and prominent members of the New York social circuit. The participants in Aspen dined under the stars at the top of the gondola run on Aspen Mountain, and listened to Glenn Beck of Fox News in a session titled, 'Is America on the Road to Serfdom?'" Some of America's wealthiest families and biggest names in finance attended.
The Times continued: They "listened to presentations on 'microtargeting' to identify like-minded voters, as well as a discussion about voter mobilization featuring Tim Phillips of Americans for Prosperity, the political action group founded by the Kochs in 2004, which campaigned against the health care legislation passed in March and is helping Tea Party groups set up get-out-the-vote operations. Other sessions discussed the opportunities in the presidential election of 2012 to address threats to free enterprise and 'how supporters of economic freedom might start planning today.'"
Frieda Wallison, who took over as chair of the Republican Party for Pitkin County in 2008, was there.
In an interview Wednesday night, she kept the GOP's fundraising efforts in Aspen close to her vest.
"Obviously there are many individuals in Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley who support Republican causes and who always have and that hasn't changed," Wallison said.
This year does seem to resemble a few summers ago when a parade of Republican presidential hopefuls came to Aspen with their hands out and walked away with their pockets full. Before the last presidential election, U.S. Sen. John McCain even hobnobbed with the Dalai Lama in the West End.
The lead-up to the last presidential election is when the Republicans' secret soirees landed on the radar of Aspen resident, Camilla Auger, the longtime chairwoman of the Pitkin County Democratic Party.
"The Republicans since 2008 have been more active in the valley than they ever were before," she said. "They have a very energetic and organized chair of the Aspen Republicans and it looks to me that there is an increasing amount of Republican interaction in both Pitkin County and the valley."
So is a political turf war breaking out in Aspen?
"Pitkin County has for a long time been a center for Democratic activity. We are a very politically active place. Republicans have taken an interest in neutralizing the activity in Aspen on behalf of Democrats for a longtime," Auger said. "If you go back a few years, you'll see there were instructions from the Republicans at the national level to redistrict our district to put our county with Boulder."
The money and influential people in Aspen make it rife with fundraising opportunities too, she added.
GOP activity isn't limited to politicians flying into Aspen and taking off with gobs of money.
Many of them live here too.
Republican Bob Rankin of Aspen is challenging Democratic incumbent Gail Schwartz of Snowmass Village for the state's Senate District 5 seat, and pro-business Rustique restaurant owner Rob Ittner is competing with left-leaning Jack Johnson for an open spot on Pitkin County's board of commissioners.
Aspen is heaving with small-town Republican rabble-rousing too.
Elizabeth Milias, a former public relations agent for the Pentagon under Bush-Cheney, and Marilyn Marks, a former trucking company CEO, are suing the city over the accuracy of the May 2009 election. Milias also launched a website attacking Johnson, the Democrat-endorsed commissioner candidate.
Hittheroadjackj.com — an unflattering compilation of Johnson's video outtakes when he was an Aspen city councilman — isn't the only website. Another, TheRedAnt.com, regularly bashes Aspen City Hall.
"We now have in Aspen and Pitkin County four active political parties: the Democrats, the Republicans, the Libertarians and The Red Ant," Auger joked.
None of this is to suggest Democrats are losing their footing in Aspen. Not at all. Most elected officials here lean left and the few Republicans that do make noise are routinely tarred and feathered in letters to the editor. And when Bill and Hillary Clinton drop into town, they are treated like supreme royalty.
"This year we have the best slate of candidates I've ever seen," Auger said. "We have John Hickenlooper running for governor, Gail Schwartz running again for legislature, Roger Wilson for state house (and viable candidates in local races), so at every level the Democrats are looking very strong."
But don't look now, Aspen, the conservatives are here.
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Criminals, Colombia And Cash Heists On Netflix
by Isqandar April 29, 2020 April 29, 2020 25
There is no question that these are uncertain times. With most of us trying to get on the path towards TikTok stardom or attempting new trends from the Internet (yup, we're referring to the gazillion cups of perfectly whipped Dalgona coffee on our feeds), it's clear that we're all looking for an escape from our mundane existence.
This is where our favourite crime stories and law offenders swoop in and save the day! If unsolvable mysteries, miraculously well-thought out heists and a flair for the dramatic excite you, these crime films and series will keep you glued to the edge of your seat. Here are some of the most thrilling stories from the sharpest criminals to keep you entertained:- (click link on title)
Time To Hunt
Set in the near future, Time To Hunt tells the story of a time when the glittering era of consumerism has been defeated by a global financial crisis. The Korean Won is now worthless, and the streets of Seoul are filled with gunshots and drug violence.
Amidst the chaos, a group of naïve young friends pull off the heist of their lives when they raid an underworld casino. Their dreams of starting a new life on the exotic island of Kenting in Taiwan are quickly crushed when they become the targets of a ruthlessly relentless killer. A chase through this dystopian world ensues and the friends find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse that will leave you wanting more.
What initially started out as a series detailing the story of the infamous drug lord, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviriar, better known as 'Pablo Escobar' has now turned into so much more. This raw, gritty series chronicles the gripping real-life stories of the drug kingpins of the late 1980s and the corroborative efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict.
With thrilling dramatized scenes and actual news footage from the 80's, the series shows the many, often-conflicting forces – legal, political, police, military and civilian – that clash in the effort to control cocaine – one of the world's most valuable commodities.
Based on true stories of some of the most horrific serial killers and serial rapists of the past several decades, Mindhunter weaves the stories together to explore how the F.B.I.'s special investigative unit handled such cases. The special investigative unit was specifically tasked with hunting down these kinds of violent serial offenders
Mindhunter is not your typical criminal show about good vs evil, rather it's a show that eliminates the conceptions that one is wholly good or bad. In the show, FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench probe further into the psyches of those who have done the unthinkable. With help from psychologist Wendy Carr, they apply their groundbreaking behavioral analysis to hunting notorious serial killers.
While movies and tv series surrounding heists have often been given a bad rep for their cliché storylines, Money Heist, otherwise known as La Casa De Papel follows a group of nine mysterious robbers headed by their nameless boss also known as 'The Professor'. Part of what makes the series so intriguing, is the fact that The Professor is not interested in planning the 'perfect crime', as he realises his plan is imperfect because he's dealing with imperfect people.
He obsesses over details and takes many years to research every aspect of the heist from police procedures in negotiating with criminals and rescuing hostages to a hostage's psychology and behavior in dangerous situations. Now in its fourth season, Money Heist gives viewers the thrill of now knowing what will happen next as the group works on their next target.
As we practice social distancing these next couple of weeks, you can stay safe and still go on an adventure of a lifetime right from the comfort of your home as you explore the various worlds of crime. Check out these shows and more, now streaming on Netflix.
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28 Barrack St, cnr St Georges Terrace
Federation Free Classical Style
Victorian Georgian
Victorian Second Empire
George Temple Poole
Over their 140-year history, the State Buildings (also known as the Central Government Offices and Old Treasury Buildings) have been used as Public Offices, a Police Court and cellblock, Treasury, Survey Department, GPO, Immigration Offices, office of the Premier and Cabinet, Lands Department and Titles Building. However, towards the end of the 20th century, the buildings were vacated and stood empty for nearly two decades.
Starting with just three small buildings to run all of State Government business, various additions were made to the site on the corner of Barrack Street and St Georges Terrace, firstly in 1874, designed by Richard Roach Jewell. It was not until 1890 that the complex started to take on its more familiar look, when architect George Temple Poole drew up plans for a new General Post Office in the French Second Empire Style.
More buildings, and sometimes additional storeys to existing buildings, were added, and in 1904 the facades of the older buildings were remodelled to match Poole's GPO, giving State Buildings its much-admired elevations which remain today.
During the last half of the 20th century, various government departments left the building for new accommodation, with the last being the Department of Land Administration which moved to new premises in Midland in 1993. After this, the site was empty for nearly two decades and a variety of proposals for its redevelopment never saw the light of day. However, it now has a new lease of life with a variety of upmarket bars, cafes and retail spaces, including the luxury COMO The Treasury Hotel.
Over their 140 year history, the State Buildings (also known as the Central Government Offices and Old Treasury Building) have been used as Public Offices, a Police Court and cellblock, Treasury, Survey Department, GPO, Immigration Offices, Office of the Premier and Cabinet, Lands Department and Titles Building. However, towards the end of the 20th century, the buildings were vacated and stood empty for nearly two decades. Today they have been sensitively redeveloped into a hospitality and retail complex, including the luxury COMO The Treasury Hotel.
The three interconnected heritage buildings now known as the State Buildings sit on the corner of St Georges Terrace and Barrack Street in the centre of Perth. However, this complex was not intended by the town planners of 1835 to be developed on this site. The original plan–which is endorsed 'Apprvd. Jm. Stirling'–for the area, including the Cathedral, is marked for barracks. By 1840 a small barracks building had been erected, although by 1845 plans started to show a 'Cathedral Green' on the site. During the 1860s, the barracks relocated to the Pensioner Guard Barracks on St Georges Terrace, and the old Barracks were adapted for use as the colony's General Post Office
As early as the 1840s, more office space was needed to accommodate the growing public service. A government administration building had been erected in 1836 on the southern side of St. Georges Terrace, between Government House and Stirling Gardens, and although some additions were made to the building, further expansion could not be carried out due to lack of funds in the struggling colony. In fact, all government business was conducted within three small buildings on the Terrace. One contained offices for the Colonial Secretary, the Colonial Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Survey, and other departments. On the other side of the street was the Comptroller General's office, which technically belonged to the Imperial Government, and the old building used as a Post Office.
It was not until Western Australia was granted representative government in 1870 that the colony had the ability to raise loans. The passing of the Loans Acts permitted an increased public works programme, and the Public Works Department was established. The Government commenced construction of new offices in a very modest way. Around 1873 a very simple building designed by Richard Roach Jewell in the 'workhouse style', with no decorative embellishments was built. It was later occupied by Public Works, the Police, and the Attorney General's Departments. The West Australian described these types of buildings as a "rectangular brick box with a few holes in it for doors and windows" and demanded more attractive facades for St Georges Terrace.
More additions were made in the next few years, including a Colonial Secretary's office, the Treasury and the Audit office, followed in 1882 by Jewell's design for a two-storey building on the corner of St Georges Terrace and Cathedral Avenue for the Lands and Surveys Department. After his retirement in 1884, the new Colonial Architect, George Temple Poole, was commissioned to link the various wings with a new building. Complications arose when it was discovered that the foundation of an earlier Jewell wing were faulty, but finally, in 1890, the two wings of government offices along St Georges Terrace were united by replacing the old Barracks with a two-storey building to be occupied by the General Post Office. The new additions were very different from Jewell's simpler facades, instead being in the French Second Empire Style.
In 1893 a further wing for the Department of Lands and Surveys was added to the State Buildings, with Poole once again being influenced by French architectural trends. The Lands and Survey Building was the first government building to contain a lift. Interior finishes including the walls of the public hall were painted in three shades of green.
The last of the major buildings was the Land Titles Office building, constructed in 1897. A five-storey building, again designed by Poole, the building was constructed on the corner of Cathedral Avenue and Hay Street, with the main entrance in Cathedral Avenue. The building accommodated the Land Titles Office, Audit, Treasury, Colonial Secretary's Department, and additional office space for the Public Works Department. In 1898, a third storey was added to the Post and Telegraph building. The main hall of the General Post Office was renovated and electric lights were installed.
In 1902 a third storey was also added to the 1883 Jewell wing, for additional office space and in 1904 an additional storey, with eight large offices, was added to the 1874-78 wings. At the same time Jewell's simple facades were remodelled to resemble the style Poole had used for the General Post Office. When the General Post Office was moved to a new building in Forrest Place in 1923, the old GPO was renovated to become additional government offices.
During the last half of the 20th century, various government departments left the building for new accommodation, with the last being the Department of Land Administration which moved to new premises in Midland in 1993. After this, the site was empty for nearly two decades and a variety of proposals for its redevelopment never saw the light of day. However, it now has a new lease of life with a variety of upmarket bars, cafes and retail spaces, COMO The Treasury Hotel, one of Perth's top hotels. State Buildings is likely to remain a key tourist attraction in Perth for many years to come.
'News of the Week.' West Australian 18 July 1885
'The New Public Offices.' Daily News 28 August 1890
'The Public Offices.' Western Mail 11 February 1898
'News and Notes.' West Australian 6 January 1904


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However, once inside, the property greatly exceeded our expectations, absolutely excellent in every way. Large spacious, tastefully furnished rooms, with all one could need. We had to ring the owners three times initially for help with using the heating, the TV and the pool code. All these were through our own lack of technical knowledge and were dealt with quickly and patiently. Storm Gareth blew whilst we were there but we felt safe and warm as we watched the sea from the comfort of the lounge and would certainly recommend this accomodation.
The number of bedrooms allowed us all to have our own space and it really felt like a home from home. The owners have clearly put a lot of thought into making the place welcoming with lots of nice touches to enjoy. The swimming pool is a great added bonus and well worth a visit. The bay is only a short walk away and has a great beach and good pubs and restaurants. All in all we had a great time here and would certainly return!
With the Irish Sea as a backdrop, a salty taste in the air and a colourful marina right on the doorstep, this quality ground floor apartment rests in the heart of Trearddur Bay.
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Argentina: Search for missing sub accelerates despite blast
26 November, 2017, 02:04 | Author: Katrina Soto
Saturday marked the 10th day since the ARA San Juan submarine reported its last position off Argentina's southern coast.
The search for a missing Argentine submarine continues even though there is nearly no hope that the 44 crew members are alive.
'It's a hard moment for all, but obviously, especially for the families of the 44 crew members. Although the agency was more guarded on the cause.saying it detected a quote "unusual signal" underwater last week.
"Despite all the effort that has been carried out, we haven't been able to find the San Juan submarine", Balbi told reporters. "We will not speculate beyond the facts as we know them".
Time running out for missing submarine
The vessel could also "snorkel" - raise a tube to the surface - to "charge batteries and draw fresh air for the crew". More than 100 personnel were participating in the rescue operation, including U.S. and Argentinian navy operatives.
An worldwide search effort has so far failed to trace the ARA San Juan which disappeared in the South Atlantic Ocean on November 15.
Argentina's navy has been fiercely criticized for its handling of the operation since first reporting the submarine overdue at its Mar del Plata base on November 16. Many have been critical of the official response, claiming the Navy was too slow in accepting global offers of assistance and that the vessel had not been properly maintained. "They are gone, but are not 'dead'". Navy officials and outside experts worry that even if the ARA San Juan is intact but submerged, its crew may be running out of oxygen. A Russian plane arrived in Argentina on Friday carrying search equipment capable of reaching 6000m below the sea surface, Balbi said. The armed forces have had to face dwindling resources and lack of training since the end of a military dictatorship in the early 1980s.
"The loss of the San Juan is a effect of the fact that the abandonment and degradation of our defense forces has been an official policy", Argentine Senator Pino Solanas of the independent Project South party told local radio on Saturday.
'I'm here to guarantee you that we will carry on with the search, especially now that we have the support of all the global community'.
Wizards holding John Wall out two weeks due to knee discomfort, inflammation
According to the team, Wall suffered a "knee-to-knee contact" injury vs. the Mavericks way back on November 7th. Early Saturday, the Washington Wizards announced that John Wall underwent an MRI exam on his injured left knee.
Filipino church leaders warn of violence as peace talks fail
Luis Jalandoni, the former NDF chief negotiator accused Duterte of being a "saboteur" because of his decision to abruptly cancel the peace talks.
Jude Law Joins The Increasingly Awesome-Sounding CAPTAIN MARVEL
It's actually Jude Law , who is set to star as a young Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald . Jackson is also expected to appear in the film to reprise his role as Nick Fury along with Larson and (possibly) Law.
Saudi Coalition Agrees To Reopen Yemeni Ports To Humanitarian Aid
He says that "at a time of starvation and a time of cholera, it's very important" to keep all aid channels open. He also said the world body has "made clear the tremendous amount of needs on the ground".
Manny Pacquiao Hints At 'Real Boxing Match' With Conor McGregor In 2018
Irishman McGregor put up a fearless fight, but he couldn't prevent Mayweather from securing a record-breaking 50th career win. Australian promoter Dean Lonergan recently teased the idea of drawing Conor McGregor to Australia.
Facebook to Inform Users If They Liked a Russian Propaganda Account
Facebook was very light on details in announcing the portal, and it did not say just how many users might be able to use it. On Twitter, Russian trolls maintained thousands of since-shuttered accounts, often amplified by bots .
Dundee's European Capital of Culture bid rejected over Brexit
The DCMS wants to continue working with colleagues in Europe, which could include participating in cultural programmes. Plans for the United Kingdom to host a Capital of Culture in 2023 were announced back in 2014, before the referendum.
Oscar Pistorius' jail term increased to 13 years
Pistorius was jailed in July 2016 after being found guilty on appeal of murdering Ms Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013. Friday's decision also has possible consequences for where he is held for the remainder of his sentence.
Alabama's Largest Mall Closes Early After Thanksgiving Brawl
Officials found at least one fight after 11 p.m. on the mall's second floor, AL.com reports . The gunshot left an unidentified 19-year-old with serious, life-threatening injuries.
Govt to finalise winter session schedule tomorrow
The winter session this will be spanning around 14 days is set to witness stormy scenes between the Treasury and Opposition benches.
Westbrook's 34 points lead Thunder past Warriors, 108-91
Durant is nursing a sprained left ankle, and is listed as questionable for tonight's battle against the Thunder. Anthony will have more problems in a clash with Green, so Westbrook's performance could be vital on this one.
Hafiz Saeed's Release Reaffirms One's Belief in "Dog's Tail" Proverb
Sources revealed that the home department in the would press more charges on Hafiz Saeed to keep him in detention. Despite U.S. sanctions on Saeed, the cleric has been living freely in Pakistan and delivering anti-U.S. speeches.
I Rejected "Person of the Year." Time: No, You Didn't.
President Donald Trump and Time magazine are in disagreement over the mag's upcoming " Person of the Year " cover. He says he told the magazine that "probably" isn't good enough, and he would pass on the opportunity. "Amazing.
Ohio State QB JT Barrett leaves MI game with leg injury
MI began the drive at the OSU 5 after a 42-yard punt return from Donovan Peoples-Jones and a holding penalty on the Buckeyes. Haskins was off the mark with his pass on third-and-five, but a defensive hold gave the Buckeyes an automatic first down.
Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed walks free
Saeed was quoted in the media as saying, "I fight the case of Kashmiris". He has been designated a terrorist by the U.S.
Chelsea's Victor Moses to return to squad at Liverpool after injury - Conte
Conte had plenty of praise for Liverpool too, after Klopp's team came under criticism this week for throwing away a three-goal lead against Sevilla in a 3-3 draw in the Champions League .
Christmas trees to see price hike due to shortage
For many in the US, Black Friday isn't just a day to score shopping deals; it's also the official start to the Christmas season. Activity includes "spraying for bugs in March, mowing in June, trimming with a machete in July when it's 110 degrees", he said.
Donald Trump tells troops 'we're really winning' in Thanksgiving message
Trump's Thanksgiving activities could include family time, along with golf, at either his Jupiter or West Palm Beach clubs. He says everyone has been talking about the progress that has been made in Afghanistan in recent months.
Different types of alcohol trigger different emotional responses
However, the reasons why people associate different types of alcohol with different emotions are likely to be complicated. Dancing or socialising may make people feel energised and confident, compared to sitting on the sofa watching television.
Barca agree Ozil deal
It is hard to admit but the Catalan club are a much more appealing outfit than us and I reckon Ozil would snap their hands off. The star is set to move to the Spanish side for £17million and is demanding a £330,000-a-week salary, according to reports.
United States charges alleged HBO hacker
Beware of heart Attack!" The alleged hacker broke in to United States broadcaster HBO's computer system and demanded a ransom in Bitcoin.
Chaiwala redux: Youth Congress jibe against PM Modi ahead of Gujarat polls
Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the party "strongly disapproves & rejects such humour". In the picture, May could be seen advising Modi to sell tea after he wrongly punctuates the word "meme'.
16 days of action to end violence against women
Sisi calls emergency meeting after more than 80 killed at Sinai mosque
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US Lawmakers Move to Declare Climate Change Official Emergency
Jeffrey Epstein Prosecutor Alex Acosta Ducks Blame on Twitter for Sweetheart Deal
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OPEC extends oil production cuts amid weaker demand outlook
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Here you'll find my other (non-academic) writings and also a few radio and video interviews I've done. Then, you'll find two libraries that relate to my work – both academic and non-academic (which I continue to call 'activist').
Once again, the distinction here between academic and activist is sometimes rather artificial or blurred. Some entries could be placed in either or both categories. But I still find it a useful distinction most of the time so my hope is that it's helpful for you too.
These libraries do not attempt to be exhaustive. Rather, I try to play a curator role as a guide to the most interesting, important or otherwise relevant references and sources for the key themes of my work (as outlined in the Activism section). Mostly, these are from fellow dissenting voices or other psychiatric survivors. But I do include some references to sources of the status quo thinking, especially in regard to Suicidology. We must, after all, be familiar with the ideas that we criticise.
Each library has two sub-sections – first comes authors, followed by websites, which has links to organisations, journals and other online resources. Entries are listed alphabetically, but I will try to indicate those I recommend most highly (somehow).
Expect these libraries to grow and change over time, which will be announced in the blog as this occurs.