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share toward the development of the promising Southland. He is the father of a son,
Paul Raymond Gustlin.
JOHN LANDELL. — A former trusted and efficient public officer, who is making
good as a rancher and expert walnut grower, is John Landell, the pioneer, who also is
proprietor of the oil and auto-service station near Serra, two and a half miles south
of San Juan Capistrano, on the State Highway. This station is just seventy-one
miles north of San Diego and sixty-four miles south of Los Angeles, and is so situated
that it cannot fail to be more and more in requisition.
He was born at Philadelphia. Pa., the son of James Landell, also of that Quaker
city, a manufacturer of engines and boilers. His grandfather was John Landell, a
Philadelphian, who was a dealer in lumber there; while his great-grandfather was
Captain Landell, sailing master, a seafaring man who was born in England and finally
settled in Philadelphia. The maternal ancestors are to be traced back to sturdy emi-
grants who ventured into wild America with William Penn. M-rs. Landell's maiden
name was Sally Moore, and she was born in Philadelphia. Originally, the Landells
were French Huguenots, and their name was spelled Landelle.
The oldest in a family of six children, four of whom are living, John Landell
was born at Philadelphia on April 2, 1866, and the year before the opening of the
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia came west to California with his parents in
the fall of 1875. After a very short stay in Los Angeles they located in Anaheim the
same fall, while it was still a part of Los Angeles County. John's Grandmother Moore
had married a second time, becoming Mrs. Hughes, and resided in Los Angeles, so
for some time he lived with her and went to school at Second and Spring streets.
After his school days were over he returned to the home ranch and took up farming.
His father, after a time, sold his ranch in Anaheim and purchased one in Buena Park,
where he resided until his death, after which his widow made her home with her
mother, Mrs. Hughes, in Los Angeles until her death. Mrs. Hughes was a very
prominent woman in Philadelphia, as well as in Los Angeles. In the former city
she was a member of a committee in connection with the Centennial Exposition, and
our subject now has a certificate for one share of its stock which she gave him. He had
an uncle, John Landell, who was a first sergeant in Company A, One Hundred
Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, in the First Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army
Corps, and was a dispatch rider under General Chamberlain. He came to Los Angeles,
where he served many years in the fire department, and was also deputy county assessor
under Smythe.
For a while he was city marshal of Anaheim, and then, for years he was deputy
sheriff of Los Angeles County under Martin Aguirre. When he had been .Anaheim's
marshal for five years, he went into the sheriff's office at Santa Ana under Sherifif
J. C. Nichols, and he was there for four years.
In San Juan-by-the-Sea. now Serra, .\pril 6, 1898. Mr. Landell was married to
Miss Soledad Pryor, a daughter of Pablo Pryor, a large landowner at San Juan Capis-
trano, and three children blessed their happy union. Charles T. is a graduate of the
Santa Ana high school, and now helps his father in business; and there are Gladys J.
and John P. Landell.
Mrs. Landell is a daughter of Pablo and Rosa (Avila) Pryor. and wa^ born in
Los Angeles. Her grandfather, Nathaniel Pryor, was an eastern gentleman who came
out to California in 1828 and became one of the prominent men in the pioneer days
of Los Angeles, where he was known as Don Miguel, and owned a ranch inside the
limits of the Pueblo. Pablo, or Paul, Pryor owned the Rancho Boca de La Playa
(Mouth of the Beach or San Juan-by-the-Sea), an area of 7,000 acres; most of it was sold
after his death, but a very small portion of this ranch is still the proud possession of
some of his children, and on it are a few pear trees still bearing that are over 100 years
old, having been set out by the natives in very early days. Pablo Pryor was also
interested in the Palo Verdes Rancho at San Pedro, as well as the old Don Miguel place
in Los Angeles. Mrs. Landell is a sister of Albert Pryor, who is also represented in
this work. A year after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Landell came to their forty-acre
ranch at San Juan-by-the-Sea, where they are engaged in raising walnuts. Mr. Landell
is a popular member of the Elks of Santa Ana.
At the auto service station Mr. Landell sells canned goods suitable for lunches,
soda water, tobacco and cigars, while he carries a full line of Eastern and Western
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oils, and the Union Oil Company's gasoline. He also has a large assortment of tires
and automobilists' sundries.
Jack Landell, as he is familiarly known by his friends all over Orange County,
was justice of the peace in San Juan Capistrano for twelve years, and is a trustee of
the school district, and also of the San Juan Capistrano Union high school, in
which they have succeeded in voting $65,000 for a new high school building, to be
started immediately. He is greatly interested in the cause of education, and as a
director he is giving it much of his time and efforts. Mr. and Mrs. Landell thoroughly
enjoy their beautiful ranch at San Juan-by-the-Sea.
CHARLES F. MITCHELL.— There is something always very interesting in the
success of both father and son in practically the same field, and that, perhaps, is what
makes Charles F. Mitchell, the dealer in wall paper and paint, a subject of more than
passing moment, for his father, John Wesley Mitchell, was long a well-known Santa
Ana contractor in wall paper and painting. He was born in Waverly, Ohio, on Novem-
ber 25, 1857, the son of John Morrison and Sarah (Howard) Mitchell, the father passing
away in Kansas and the mother in Illinois. To the latter state the family came from
Ohio in 1863, and there John Wesley attended school until he was eighteen years of
age, when he decided to go in for farming on his own account. Later, for two years
he worked a claim he had bought in Kansas, and for four years he was engaged as a
clerk in a store. In 1888 he opened at Santa Ana a painting and paper hanging
business, and soon afterward began as a contractor; and still later he opened a store
of his own. being the pioneer in that line in Santa Ana. In 1885 he married Miss Sarah
Ella Holly, who was born in 1866, the ceremony taking place at Red Cloud, Nebr.,
and three children were granted the worthy couple, of whom Charles F. was the
eldest. John Wesley Mitchell was a firm believer in Orange County, and in many
ways demonstrated his faith in its future.
Charles Franklin was born 'at Salem, in Jewell County, Kans., on November 16,
1886, and came to Santa Ana in January, 1888, the year following the advent here of
his father. When his schooling was finished, he engaged in the paint business with
his father, and from a modest start he has developed the -largest business of its kind
in the county. He does contracting and employs from fifteen to thirty men. Full of
public spirit, and deeply interested in Orange County, he is a member of the board of
health and thus seeks to serve his fellow-men. In national politics he is a Republican.
For three years he served in Company L of the Seventh Regiment, National Guard of
California, the first two years as bugler and the last year as corporal.
At Santa Ana on December 24. 1906. Mr. Mitchell was married to Miss Irene
Robinson, by whom he has had two children — \"eda Irene and Geneva Eleanor. He is a
Knights Templar Mason and Shriner. belongs to both branches of the Odd Fellows,
and is an Elk. Santa Ana is to be congratulated on such a finely stocked establish-
ment, under such experienced and liberal-minded management.
HERMAN J. MACHANDER.— .\mong the many successful ranchers who have
found it necessary to abandon one field of industry in order to enter upon the one most
profitable and for which they seem destined, is Herman J. Machander, a resident of
Santa Clara Avenue, where his flourishing ranch of twelve acres is devoted to citrus
fruit. He purchased the land in 1886, when it was set out to vines, but after the
discovery that the soil of the vicinity was not well adapted for vineyard purposes,
Mr. Machander and all the neighboring ranchers rooted out their vines and set out
citrus orchards of Navels and Mediterranean Sweets and apricots instead. After they
were bearing he found that more money could be made in Valencias, so reset the
whole acreage and now it is a full-bearing \'alencia grove. Mr. Machander has found
by experience and investigation that Orange County's climatic and soil conditions are
the most suitable for Valencias of any citrus section of California. The Machander
acreage now presents one of the finest orange groves in California, its yield, in quality
and quantity, coming up to his expectations.
It was in 1889, just after the great Southern California "boom" that he took up
his residence on the ranch. A believer in cooperation he was one of the organizers
of the Santiago Orange Growers .Association at Orange. Mr. Machander was born in
Frankfort-on-the-Oder. Prussia, on November 15, 1862, the son of Ludwig Machander,
a native of Prussia of Scotch parents, .-^t the time of the War of the Revolution Mr.
Machander's grandfather, a native of Dundee, Scotland, whose name was Mackander,
was serving in the English Navy, but did not believe in war on the Colonies, so left the
English Navy at Danzig and located in Prussia, where he became a citizen and spelled
his name with an h instead of a k. Mr. Machander's grandfather, as well as his father,
was a farmer. He was also a trusted government employee for several years, and a
prominent and influential business man. Mr. Machander's father was united in mar-
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riage to Emily Simon, who survives her husband and is now eighty-eight years of age.
They are the parents of eight children, five of whom have come to live in the United
.States, the other three remaining in Germany and are still in the Government service.
Herman J. Machander was reared and educated in his native country and enjoyed
many advantages not vouchsafed his neighbors. He emigrated to the United States
in 1882 and first located in Morris, Stevens County, Minn., where he resided on a
farm for two and a half years. In 1884 he abandoned farming, came to San Francisco,
was employed as ship contractor, worked on the Cruiser Charleston, and then took up
mining in Amador County, Cal.. later cinnabar mining in Lake County and then went
to Arizona, where he mined for several years until his health failed. In 1886 he had
purchased raw land on Santa Clara Avenue, Santa Ana, and in 1889 located there.
In Santa Ana in 1890 Mr. Machander was married to Miss Edna R. Moyer, who
was born in New York and came to California with her parents in 1887. Two children
have blessed the union, Ernest R. and Nelda R. Mr. Machander is a loyal citizen to
his adopted country, but is not afraid to tell what he believes to be the truth, and as a
deep thinker, fluent speaker and one well versed in ancient European and American
history, he is at all times entertaining and instructive. In 1914 he fulfilled a long-felt
desire to visit his home, so he left New York in April for Europe, where he found his
mother alive and spent about two months there visiting relatives, returning to New
York only two days before the assassination of the Austrian Crown Prince. He
descended from a long line of Protestants, and he favors the Baptist Church, and
under its banners seeks to supplement good civic work and to make this old world
the better for having lived in it.
THOMAS M. ROBERTSON.— One of the early ranchers of California who
owns a fine grove of interset walnut and apricot trees is Thomas M. Robertson, who
was born near Pella, Marion County, Iowa, on November 1, 1853, the son of T. W.
and Clarenda Robertson. The latter passed away i'n Iowa, after which the father,
with his three children, in 1856, came west to California.
For a while he farmed in Tulare County, and then in 1869 he came to Gallatin,
near the present location -of Downey, and there engaged in farming. In 1871 he
removed to Delhi and pitched his tent where there is now the beet sugar factory.
He bought thirty-five acres there, and raised corn. In 1888, he, too, died.
Thomas had lived with his father at Delhi, aiding him in the farm enterprise,
and in 1897 he removed to Texas, where at Midland, in the Panhandle, he engaged
for a couple of years in the cattle business. He returned to California, however, as
thousands of other folks have done, in 1899, and purchased forty acres near Winters-
burg, and there he raised potatoes and celery. For four years he lived at Wintersburg,
and when he sold his property there he resided for three years at Santa Ana, where he
engaged in the harness business. This, also, was disposed of in time, and then he
purchased the ten-acre estate of the late Paul B. Matthews, on North Flower Street.
Mr. Robertson was twice married, his present wife having been Miss Blanche
M. Matthews before her marriage, which took place on September 19, 1900. Her
parents were Paul B. and Annie M. (Thompson) Matthews, and they were early
settlers of Salina, Saline County, Kans. Mrs. Matthews died in 1892, and in 1894 the
family moved to Santa Ana, and Mrs. Robertson's father came to acquire the choice
property on which they are now living. One daughter and three sons have blessed
this union of Mr. and Mrs. Robertson. Goldie Florence, James S. and Gordon
Marion are students at the Santa Ana High School, and Boyd Lawrence is a pupil
in the grammar school. The family attend the United Presbyterian Church of Santa
Ana, and Mr. Robertson prosecutes his national political work under the banners of
the Republicans. He is also a member of the Santa Ana Odd Fellows.
BERTRAM C. ROBERTS.— A modest, energetic business man who seeks both
to create and to hold liis patronage by according to all customers the "squarest" of
treatment, is Bertram C. Roberts, whose first-class millinery establishment at 417 North
Main Street, Santa Ana, is the Mecca of a large clientele. He was born in Eureka,
Humboldt County, on December 1, 1870, the son of Melvin P. and Chastina Roberts,
and grew up in an environment of the cattle business, in which field, in Humboldt
County, his father was engaged. He was married in Los Angeles on October 28.
1911, to Tena, the daughter of William and Louisa Homan. a popular belle born at
Mitchell, Iowa, in March, 1871. Her parents were well-to-do Iowa farm people, who
moved to Denver in 1885, where they are now living retired. Miss Homan received
her early education in Denver, and there she attended both the graded and the arts
Bertram Roberts left home when he was fourteen to "dig" for himself, equipped
with only a district school training, and for several years clerked for the Wells Fargo
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Express Company. With his wife he came to Santa Ana in August, 1914. and they
then and there established a millinery business that has since developed into the finest
concern of the kind in Orange County. The store is up to date in every respect. Not
only is it not possible in this or other neighboring cities to find a more complete line
of fine, approved creations, but the latest word of Paris or New York promptly finds
expression here. Much of their success is due to the fact that Mrs. Roberts was an
expert milliner with twenty-six years of experience before coming to Santa Ana.
She first acquired reputation in Denver, and since then she has had various stores
throughout the Middle West and California.
Mr. Roberts is a Republican in national political affairs, but a good community
man, devoid of partisanship, when something worth while needs to be done. In such
work, as in the various activities of the recent war campaigns at home, Mrs. Roberts
gives invaluable assistance.
WILLIAM F. MENTON.— In his twelve years of residence at Santa Ana,
William F. Menton has taken a distinctive place in the legal circles of this vicinity,
and now occupies the position of deputy district attorney, a position he is ably qualified
to rill. Mr. Menton is a native of Iowa, a state that has sent so many of her sons to
take part in the upbuilding of California. He was born at Boone on September 13,
1874, being the son of John and Johanna (O'Leary) Menton, both of whom are now
deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Menton were the parents of nine children and William was
next to the youngest of the family.
William Menton's early education was gained in the public schools of Boone, and
after he had completed his courses there, he engaged in newspaper work for several
years, working on the Boone County Democrat until he became one of the proprietors
as well as its editor.
In 1907 Mr. Menton decided to take up his residence in California and on Septem-
ber 8 of that year he arrived in Santa Ana, finding employment on the Santa Ana
Register. Although he had a natural aptitude for journalistic work, his leanings were
always toward the legal profession, so he began the study of law, gaining a wide, com-
prehensive understanding of the subject by reading and studying in private offices. On
July 22, 1915, he was admitted to the California Bar. and began the practice of his pro-
fession in Santa Ana, and through the steady integrity of his work and his wisdom as a
counselor, he has won for himself an honored standing, as is evidenced by his appoint-
ment to the oftice of deputy district attorney on April 1, 1917, a position whose duties
he has fulfilled to the satisfaction of everyone.
On October 15, 1918, Mr. Menton was united in marriage with Miss Helena F.
Browning, a native of Tonawanda, N. Y. Mr. Menton is a member of the County Bar
Association and also of the Santa Ana Lodge of Elks, and in politics he adheres to the
platform of the Republican party. Fond of outdoor life, he takes a good part of his
recreation in playing golf. While the greater portion of his time and energy is occupied
by his legal work, he is always deeply interested in all public-spirited movements that
make for the betterment of the community.
BENJAMIN R. FORD. — An enterprising, likeable business man of Santa Ana
who has readily demonstrated his capacity for success in commercial circles of another
city, is Benjamin R. Ford, the cement contractor and road builder of 417 West Seven-
teenth Street, Santa Ana. He has one of the best equipments for cement road con-
struction obtainable, and takes orders for, or gives estimates upon all kinds of work.
He was born at Asheville, N. C, on April 21, 1856, and spent his boyhood there
amid the privations of the Civil War period. His father was James M. Ford, captain
of Company D. Sixtieth North Carolina Regiment, an old-line Whig who was im-
pressed into the Confederate Army as a lieutenant and was promoted to be a captain:
but he forced his way through to the Federal lines (taking his men with him — no small
compliment to both them and him) and joining the Northern forces, fought through
to the close of the war for the cause of the Union. When the war was over, his
father entered the Government revenue service, and after twenty-five years, under
the Federal Governnint. died at his home in North Carolina. Mrs. Ford was Sarah
Ward before her marriage, a granddaughter of General Ballew of North Carolina
and Revolutionary fame; and she died in North Carolina, the mother of eight children,
among whom our subject was the eldest.
With his wife and children, Benjamin R. Ford migrated west to Washington
Territory in 1885, buying and selling wool; and coming to Pasadena in 1906, he re-
mained there and engaged in the hardware business on North Lake Avenue. In 1875
he had been married at Greenville to Miss Ella Norton of South Carolina, and they
became parents of five children. Etta is married and resides in Oregon; \'ernon
died in infancy; and E. H., M. M. and C. M. Ford are in Oregon. Mrs. Ford died at
Redondo in 1916. Mr. Ford married a second lime, choosing for his wife Mrs.
Matilda C. Boebinger, nee Stewart, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
It is only recently that Mr. Ford has taken up cement-work contracting and the
building of roads, but he is doing very well in the new field. He has just completed
the Magnolia Avenue Road at Buena Park, in Orange County, and also one and three-
quarters miles of road for the county at Los Alamitos, both stretches being concrete;
and he has recently built one and seven-tenths miles of road at Garden Grove Avenue,
Bixby Hill and Ross Street in Santa Ana, county contracts. Besides these he has
completed four other contracts for county and city roads. One is on Seventeenth
Street, Santa Ana; another on Collins Avenue, Orange; a third, the highway or county
road at Olinda; and the fourth at Orangethorpe, from the highway on, west to
Placentia Avenue, on the east. These 2.7 miles cost $65,000, and the county furnishes
the materials; from which the reader may see what Orange County is at present
doing to contribute her share of that unsurpassed chain of public highways whicli long
ago made California a world-paradise for the tourist.
What makes Mr. Ford as a successful man of business and industrial enterprise
of especial interest is his academic preparation and professional career. He was
educated in North Carolina at the Peabody School and the State School at Chapel
Hill, from which he was graduated with the class of 76, and later pursued both law
and medical courses, and was duly graduated. He also practiced medicine successfully
in both Kansas and Colorado. It is not surprising, therefore, that he should have
been intimately associated with many persons of note, including his particular friend,
Z. B. Vance, once governor of and senator from North Carolina.
JOHN H. HARMS. — A young apothecary who has succeeded so well that he
has one of the finest-equipped drug stores in Orange County, is John H. Harms, who
was born near Lynn, Kans., on January 18, 1889. His parents are John P. and Rosina
Harms, and they are now honored residents of Orange.
He commenced to receive his education in the grammar schools of Orange, after
which he was graduated from the Orange County Business College; and having decided
to study pharmacy, he took a night-school course and also served as an apprentice
under K. E. Watson of Orange. He also remained in that well-known pharmacy until
November, 1917, when he purchased the business and good will of the Orange Drug
Company, now known as the Harms Drug Company, at present doing one of the
largest volumes of trade of any similar house in the county. He uses only the most
scientific, up-to-date methods and apparatus, and carries only the purest and freshest
stock in all departments.
On March 7, 1918, Mr. Harms was married to Miss Nettie E. Pogue, a daughter of
the late Mrs. Viola Pogue of Glendale, a charming and gifted young lady who came
to Los Angeles in 1908 with her widowed mother. She received her early education
in the usual graded schools, and took up the study of music under the instruction of
Professor Andres of Santa Ana, becoming an artist on the piano. On account of her
natural gifts and her willingness to use her talent for the benefit of worthy causes,
she became widely known, and as a musician is today one of the local favorites. Mr.
Harms belongs to the German Lutheran Church, while Mrs. Harms is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a standpat Republican, an ardent .A.merican,
and took an active part in all of the Liberty Loan drives.
MARTIN H. SHIELDS.— A resident of Santa Ana who had attained prosperity,
both as a farmer and as a business man, and who has, besides, the satisfaction of
having reared a large family, is Martin H. Shields, who was born near Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., on January 3, 1864, the son of Edward and Sarah Shields. The father,
a native Ohian, was brought up a farmer and moved to Missouri in 1860. Five years
later he moved back to Ohio and there, in Susquehanna County, he again farmed.
He stayed a couple of years and then moved on to Benton County, Mo. He died
when Martin was two and a half years old, whereupon his mother married John
Wesley Dick, and our subject was reared by his stepfather.
He attended a grade school in Benton County, and afterward went to the State
Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo., where he studied for a couple of years. For


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As Stars flirt with tying their longest win streak, the common cold has emerged as an opponent
The bug is not COVID-related and the Stars have not placed any players into COVID-19 protocol.
FRISCO — As the Stars flirt with tying the franchise's longest win streak, their most consistent opponent has been the cold going around the dressing room.
Forwards Radek Faksa and Michael Raffl are the latest Stars impacted by the illness, as both missed Sunday's practice in Frisco. Stars coach Rick Bowness said he wouldn't know their availability for Monday's game against Arizona until Monday, and said "we're hoping they can play, there's no guarantee they can play."
Having a player miss practice while "under the weather" has been a common refrain for the Stars recently. John Klingberg rejoined practice Sunday morning after not skating with the team since Tuesday's win over Carolina, as he was absent for two practices and Thursday's win over Columbus.
Denis Gurianov also returned to practice Sunday after he did not practice Friday and played sick, according to Bowness, against the Blue Jackets.
Andrej Sekera missed the game against the Blues on Nov. 20 while he was sick. The Stars did not expect Tyler Seguin to play against the Wild on Nov. 18 because he was sick. Reporters around the team and staffers have also been sick.
"There's been a bug in the room for the last couple of weeks that we coaches have, trainers, we all have it," Bowness said after Friday's practice. "We're trying to shake it. … My wife has it right now, too. She couldn't even come to the game [Thursday] night. She never misses a game. But it's going around."
The bug is not COVID-related and the Stars have not placed any players into COVID-19 protocol. This season, the only player that entered COVID-19 protocol was Jani Hakanpää in late October for a false positive. Roope Hintz nearly missed the game in Minnesota because of a false positive.
On the ice, the Stars have turned it around after a slow start to the season left them at 4-6-2 just 3 1/2 weeks ago. But thanks to a dominant top line, strong goaltending and resurgent special teams, Dallas has ripped off six consecutive wins and has won eight of its last nine.
With a win over the league-worst Coyotes, the Stars would tie the franchise record with a seven-game win streak. The team has won seven in a row five times, and last did it in Nov. 2019 as part of a 14-1-1 stretch.
Should Raffl and Faksa be unable to play Monday's game against Arizona, the Stars may be forced to play 11 forwards and seven defensemen since they do not have a 14th forward on the roster.
"If we have to, we will," Bowness said. "Everything's in pencil."
Dallas has enough cap space ($821,666) to recall a forward from AHL affiliate Texas, but does not have an open roster spot since it is carrying three goaltenders. The only waivers-exempt players on the roster are forwards Jacob Peterson and Jason Robertson, and goaltender Jake Oettinger.
In order to get a forward up for Monday's game, the Stars might have to send Oettinger down for a game, then recall him in time to go on the upcoming three-game road trip through Vegas, Los Angeles and San Jose.
Adjusting to the calls: The NHL has placed a greater emphasis on calling cross checks this season, and the Stars are still getting used to the new application of the rules.
This season, the Stars have been called for cross checking nine times after they were called for it three times all of last season. The only penalty called more often against Dallas this season is tripping (14).
"That's been the biggest thing for me this year," defenseman Ryan Suter said. "You've got a guy where you not necessarily cross check him, but you work him a little bit and you can't do it now. You've just kind of got to let him off the hook a little bit."
Suter, who is playing in his 17th NHL season right now, has been whistled for cross checking twice this season.
"When I first started, you couldn't stand in front of the net, everyone had padding all over them," Suter said. "Now, these young guys come in and they've got their sleeves rolled up and their jerseys tucked in, no padding at all because it's really not part of the game anymore."
Jason Robertson hasn't just made an immediate impact for the Stars, he's been one of the NHL's best
Stars accept gifts from shaky Red Wings goaltender to earn first road win streak of the season
Four-star recruit Justin McBride joins hometown Plano (25-0) after transferring back from Oak Hill
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In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.
A dramatized recreation of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.
Not just a masterpiece.. A miracle, a wonder!
This is definitely more than an antique soap opera. It's without a doubt the most beautiful interpretation of the novel. May be that the story is geared to the 80's generation, but the pictures it shows are unforgettable!
A magnificent set-decoration and the most authentic art-direction I've ever seen (look at the temple of Isis: even the number of stairs tallies with the original!), tasteful, opulent costumes and finally a few amazing visual-effects, phenomenal for a TV-mini.
Trevor Jones' music is another wonder. As a great fan of soundtracks I always listen more to the scores than to the dialogues, when I watch a film. Mr. Jones is a man of genius; able to give the worst movies ("G.I. Jane", "The mighty"..) grace and poesy through his music.
I never heard a more haunting, majestic music than his score for "The last days of Pompeii" and I get a goose-flesh whenever I hear the main-theme - still after twelve years.
The cast is marvelous, as well. Sir Laurence Olivier, Franco Nero, Olivia Hussey and two outstanding No-names: Lesley-Anne Down and Linda Purl. Both of them are beautiful AND talented, although they rarely were able to show what they are made of.
I traveled to Pompeii a few times, considering the magic of this forgotten masterpiece. What can I say... the most beautiful town of the earth! And this motion picture is its impressive monument. Thanks.


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Four year ago, Jacquelyn Patterson walked the across Thurgood Marshall Academy's stage to receive her high school diploma. In May 2013, she became an alumna of Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in Pre-Law.
Jacquelyn believes Thurgood Marshall Academy's five legal skills—Advocacy, Argumentation, Critical Thinking, Negotiation, and Research—continue to play an important role in her professional development. "I worked with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People during a domestic exchange semester at American University. During this internship, I used the research skill while compiling an executive summary and binder on President Obama's proposed 2011 American Jobs Act." Working with the NAACP has also given Jacquelyn many opportunities to work as an advocate. She facilitated constituent phone calls to congressional representatives in support of the Voting Rights Act and was politically active during the 2012 election season. "I accompanied NAACP Washington Bureau Director Hilary O. Shelton to advocacy hearings before various committees on Capitol Hill to help dismantle some of the legislation that was being passed in many states to disenfranchise many American citizens," she recalls.
As a result of her collective academic and professional experiences, Jacquelyn decided to pursue a degree in law. "My goal is to ultimately become a lawyer and work for a non-profit or advocacy program and then ultimately work for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division," she explains. Jacquelyn is currently preparing to apply for law school by gaining hands-on experience in the field, working as a paralegal for the National Criminal Enforcement section of the U.S. Department of Justice – Antitrust division. She continues to study for the LSAT, and is taking the law-school entrance examination in December 2014.


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is a railway station in the city of Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Toyama Chihō Railway.

Lines
Dentetsu-Ishida Station is served by the  Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line, and is 34.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout
The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms serving two tracks connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History
Dentetsu-Ishida Station was opened on 1 June 1940.

Adjacent stations

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by 262 passengers daily.

Surrounding area
Ishida Post Office
Ishida Elementary School

See also
 List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Railway stations in Toyama Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1940
Stations of Toyama Chihō Railway
Kurobe, Toyama


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Антенен () — имя собственное; распространено в виде фамилий.
 Антенен, Жорж (20 декабря 1903 года в Ла-Шо-де-Фон, Швейцария — 25 марта 1979 года в Ла-Шо-де-Фон, Швейцария) — швейцарский шоссейный велогонщик, выступавший с 1923 по 1935 год.
 Антенен, Шарль (3 ноября 1929, Ла-Шо-де-Фон — 20 мая 2000) — швейцарский футболист, нападающий, и тренер.


The development of a country is anchored on its resources, both natural and human resources. The human resource factor is however critical, especially in determining the use and benefits of a country's natural resources. The power of the human resource factor is influenced by the educational system. In West Africa and in many other parts of Africa, educational systems have been severally criticized for creating a knowledge gap between skills on the one hand and industry on the other.
Our educational systems are failing to develop the core skills necessary to benefit from the emerging global knowledge-based economy. This is because the system has not significantly evolved for far too long. A pragmatic reform of basic education (primary and secondary) will be much more necessary for the development of Africa.
First, the definition of the concept of basic education should be expanded to include secondary education. Secondly and most importantly, the number of subjects taught should be reduced to four (4) with content that injects 21st century skills into students.
Globalization, increasing interconnectedness of populations and rapid technological change are posing new threats and challenges to both individuals and societies at large. Educational systems should be rethought to provide the necessary skills for people to succeed. The world has moved, has continued to move and will forever move. Methods of doing things will keep changing. Current educational systems need to inject 21st century skills into our school pupils.
There is no death of current definitions of 21st century skills and knowledge. I will share at least two (2) common definitions and pull out the major issues for consideration.
In a knowledge base economy as we now have today, students' ability to know the exact information required in solving a problem and how to access the information is of paramount importance.
Thinking: creativity and innovation, critical thinking, problem solving, decision-making and learning to learn (metacognition).
Ways of working: communication, collaboration, leadership and teamwork.
Tools for working: general knowledge of information communication technologies (ICTs).
Living in the world: citizenship, life and career, personal and social responsibility, cultural awareness, competence and the ability to recognize perspectives, others and one's own.
These two definitions have much more in common than not. One can therefore imagine a design of what a 21st century skills education should be. Also, these definitions point to subject contents that are cross-disciplinary and relevant to many aspects of life in a complex world.
There is the need to completely shift away from remote learning and memorization to active learning that invokes high-order thinking. Cramming and regurgitating content leads to low-order thinking developed through low-order exercises. In a knowledge base economy as we now have today, students' ability to know the exact information required in solving a problem and how to access the information is of paramount importance. For instance, with Google, online encyclopedias and other softwares, a student should be able to produce a definition for a concept like "diffusion" without necessarily having to memorize it. The ability of a student to apply or transfer his understanding of the definition to a new, uncharted context (high order thinking) is of utmost importance.
More so, there are compelling economic and civic reasons for educational systems to inject 21st century skills into students. The economic rationale is that ICTs (machines, computers, softwares, phones, etc.) can cost-effectively do the sort of jobs that people with routine and memorized knowledge can do. This means, current workplaces need fewer basic-skilled people and more high-order-skilled people.
On this backdrop, I wish to propose that subject curricula in our basic schools (i.e. Kindergarten, primary and secondary schools) be limited to the following subjects only: Language and culture, Mathematics, Integrated science, and Computer programming.
Also, supply and demand for labour has become global. There is an increasing international competition for workers who can add value through applying non-routine complex thinking and communication skills to solving complex problems in sophisticated and diverse environments. Therefore, it will be suicidal for a nation to continue to train its people for local or national needs only. So we are seeing companies located in say 'Ghana' hiring labour from China or abroad even though Ghana has a large number of unemployed graduates of various disciplines. Simply put, labour is not solely for the government any longer but for the international economy and markets.
In teaching these subjects, there should be a heavy reliance on information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as computers, smart phones, radios, televisions, digital assistants, satellite systems, as teaching/learning materials.
There is the need to discontinue the teaching of traditional subjects such as social studies and religious and moral education including the many other subjects such as basic design and technology, citizenship education, creative arts etc. This is because most of the skills and values inherent to those subjects can still be acquired most effectively in the above four (4) stated subjects.
Each district capital (local government administrative centers) can build a single well-equipped modern science and computer laboratories staff with highly skilled people who may not necessarily be teachers. Such centers can schedule a timetable to support every school within the district in the delivery of science and programming lessons. Existing Technical universities and Polytechnics can be the ones to lead the way by providing highly skilled laboratory and computer scientists to manage these learning centers.
The most elaborate and probably encyclopedic itemization of the 21st century skills can all be linked to language & Culture, Integrated Science, Mathematics and programming.
Each of these subject areas enhances each other. The 21st century skills the subjects provide also feed into each other for knowledge enhancements.
Current work and market demands for labour poses a compelling need for an upheaval of most educational systems in Africa. The increasing internationalization of skills is also in itself a compelling factor for educational reforms. This paper proposes a four (4) thronged subjects area that can be the foundation upon which Africa can build a strong basic education. The subjects are Language & Culture, Mathematics, Integrated Science and Computer programming. These subject areas have the greater possibility of helping young people to succeed and to acquire 21st century skills.
Kassim Alabani is a teacher with the Ghana Education Service and the General Secretary of the Centre for Development and Policy Advocacy.


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Q: Object with constructors in javascript Alright I have a question and I don't know the answer. I am creating an object and the properties of the object are constructor functions. Now within these constructor functions I am referencing this. Would the variable this be referring to the parent object, so if I am creating this.submit in each of the constructors would it be overwriting the previous definition?
The reason I am doing this is because I am looping through each property in my object and if it is a function then I am extending its prototype with Node's Event Emitter so I can dispatch events after successful ajax calls.
Here's an example:
var AccountMethods = function(apiVersion){

    return {
        /** Used to login users
         *
         * @param username - {string} Username
         * @param password - {string} Password
         * @function
         *
         * @example
         * var Login = new Easy.Login('fakeusername', 'fakepassword')
         * Login
         *     .on('done', function(data){
         *         if(data.success){
         *              // user is logged in
         *         } else{
         *             throw new Error(data.error);
         *         }
         *     })
         *     .on('error', function(err){
         *         // do something with err
         *     });
         */
        Login: function (username, password) {
            this.submit = function () {
                $.post(apiVersion + 'account/login', {
                    username: username,
                    password: password
                })
                    .done(function (data) {
                        if(data.success){
                            this.emit('done', data);
                        } else{
                            this.emit('error', data)
                        }
                    }.bind(this))
                    .fail(function (err) {
                        this.emit('error', {
                            error: err.status + ' ' + err.statusText + ' : ' + err.responseText
                        });
                    }.bind(this));
            }
        },
        /** Used to logout users
         *
         * @function
         *
         * @example
         * var Logout = new Easy.Logout();
         *
         * Logout.on('done', function(){
         *     // user is logged out
         * });
         *
         * Logout.submit();
         */
        Logout: function () {
            this.submit = function () {
                $.post(apiVersion + 'account/logout')
                    .done(function (data) {
                        this.emit('done');
                    }.bind(this))
                    .fail(function (err) {
                        this.emit('error', err);
                    }.bind(this));
            }
        },
    }
}

You can see within the comments example usage. This definitely works the way I want it to, however is it right?
I can do this and it works as expected:
var Login = new Easy.Login('fakeusername', 'fakepassword');
Login.submit();

var Logout = new Easy.Logout();
Logout.submit();

Both submit functions are set within the same parent object using this.submit = ... but it works as expected. Can someone explain this to me?

A: When you're calling a constructor function with new, a new, empty object is bound to it as this, so inside the function this will refer to the new object that is being created (ie. what will be returned from the new Link() call.) That means in your example the variables Login and Logout are different objects, with different submit methods.
If somebody tried calling Login without new, then the value of this would depend on the calling context: if called as Easy.Login, then this would refer to Easy, but if called as a function reference directly, then the value of this will depend on whether you have strict mode enabled or not. (See Matt Browne's comment below)
All in all: as long as you're using them only as constructor functions, this approach is correct. But as you see, not calling constructor functions as they were designed to be called can be problematic, hence the convention that constructor functions' names start with capital letters (which you are following correctly), so people don't make the mistake of calling them without new (most static code analyzers will warn you by default for not following this convention).

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Home » Blogs » ScottishPower's Andrew Ward Says SMEs Play Big Role in Achieving Net Zero
ScottishPower's Andrew Ward Says SMEs Play Big Role in Achieving Net Zero
If we want to achieve the UK's climate goal for 2050, Andrew Ward, the CEO of UK Retail at ScottishPower, said that all businesses have a critical contribution to make. Because the UK's small businesses make up 99 per cent of all the nation's enterprises, they can have a significant impact in reaching the target of net zero emissions by 2050. As a by-product, many of the changes that contribute towards reducing a business's carbon footprint can also play a part in reducing the small business electricity prices paid. And the more a company can save on its business electricity, the more money it has to invest in its future success.
In the meantime, according to Andrew Ward, everyone has a role to play in contributing to the government's ambitious net zero goals. From individuals to small and large businesses, everyone in the UK can pitch in. Every contribution they make can create change within their sphere of influence if environmentally-friendly behaviours are introduced. And as small businesses make up such a critical part of the UK's economy, they are encouraged to lead the way.
The UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a campaign, Together for our Planet "Business Climate Leaders". Supported by ScottishPower, this campaign will encourage businesses across the UK to take the pledge to cut emissions while offering them the tools to grow, develop and adapt to new opportunities.
ScottishPower, one of the most prominent gas and power providers in the UK, is focused on delivering an all-electric future. The company is planning to install more vehicle chargers on the streets and looking to increase the visibility of smart meters and heat pumps in homes and businesses. It is also utilising wind and solar energy whenever it can to provide power and reduce carbon emissions.
The company's goals also include greater use of renewable energy and the replacement of gas heating systems in homes with the latest heat pump technology. All these initiatives are geared towards reducing both domestic and small business energy prices across the country.
Ward said the contributions they're encouraging small businesses to make do not have to be massive. Simply making the switch to energy-saving light bulbs and opting for an electric vehicle to replace a petrol or diesel model can contribute significantly to the overall goal.
These changes also offer benefits to businesses, helping them grow and create new jobs, for example. Investors are likely to show greater interest in companies ahead of the game in environmental terms. Those businesses will also reduce their running costs, saving them money over the long term.
Ward adds that customers are also attracted to businesses with environmentally friendly appeal, which gives them a competitive advantage over their rivals.
The Business Climate Hub has been developed as a part of the campaign to inspire business owners to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly. It offers practical tools, advice, and resources that will teach companies to better understand their emissions and create a plan to reduce them altogether.
Small businesses that have taken the pledge will become climate leaders and contribute a great deal towards inspiring their fellow companies to take a step towards positive action for the environment. Ward believes that communities overall will thrive in the long run as a result of these small steps.
He also said that, in the efforts to transition to a greener and cleaner future, small businesses would become the backbone of all the country's efforts in fighting climate change.
In six months' time, the Climate Change Conference (COP26) will be held in Glasgow, and there is no better time than now to demonstrate how everyone is teaming up to make the world a better planet for future generations.
Reaching Net Zero
The UK Government and its devolved administrations committed in 2019 to the target of net zero goals as recommended by the Climate Change Committee. Meeting this bid to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will require massive reformation across the economy.
Some of the changes needing to be made include reducing the demand for energy across the economy, encouraging society to choose alternatives to carbon-intensive activities, the electrification of transport and heating, developing a hydrogen economy to service the demands of industrial processes, and creating a carbon capture and storage industry.
It's intended that every level of the UK Government will team up to achieve all these changes to ensure a well-managed transition, which will improve lives across the country. Implemented plans will result in a better environment, fewer climate risks, and better physical and mental health for the community.
By 2020, UK emissions were 48% below 1990 levels, which was reflective of the Covid-19 lockdowns' effects. But this drop is not expected to be permanent.
The UK met the targets laid down in the first and second carbon budgets, which covered the years 2008 to 2017. The third carbon budget, covering 2018 to 2022, is also set to be met. However, it is projected that it will fail to meet the targets set in the fourth carbon budget (2023 to 2027), as well as its fifth (2028 to 2032).
This is in part because these budgets were set against a previous target of an 80% reduction, which has since been updated to a 100% reduction by 2050. In this respect, progress needs to be accelerated.
The Government's 2021 Progress Report includes:
Implementing a Net Zero Test that would ensure all Government policies are compatible with UK climate targets
Developing an effective Heat and Building Strategy for consumers
Quick delivery of the current plans on hydrogen, aviation, surface transport, food, and biomass, which were delayed by the pandemic
Strengthening of the plans for the power sector, the North Sea, peat, energy from waste, and industrial decarbonisation
The tackling of large-scale cross-cutting in public engagement, local delivery, and fair funding
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The sisters, Qubilah Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz, Attallah Shabazz, Malikah Shabazz, Malaak Shabazz, and Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz have partnered with technology company Hingeto, to bring the apparel line to life.
"Honoring Malcolm X's legacy via a clothing store is a dream and the most meaningful application of Hingeto's system to date. We first met one of Malcolm's daughters alongside Colin Kaepernick in a full-day meeting in New York," said Leandrew Robinson, co-founder and CEO of Hingeto.
"It was clear Malcolm's principles are as relevant today as ever. We all thought it was imperative to represent his message and today's human rights movement as a brand that people can outfit themselves in daily," said Robinson.
And as Robinson mentioned, Kaepernick is in full support, tweeting the line and helping to get the message out.
The collection will honor Malcolm X's 12 principles.
The world is dependent upon the ability to unite ideas, skills, organizations, and institutions for a better future.
The new line can be found at Malcolm X Legacy.


So. It's been a week, and we were only grounded one day. It was hard to gauge my progress – Sandra seemed satisfied with it, but I couldn't tell if I was progressing faster than average, or slower, or what. She only has be do a maneuver once or twice before moving on to another one, which is fine, honestly – it keeps me from getting frustrated if I don't get it perfect. In fact, her teaching style suits me really well. Some people like to practice one thing until they get it perfect, but I prefer the moving on to the next thing and then reviewing what I've learned next flight, because generally even the next time I've improved just from practicing in general. But I'm, well, it's not that I'm competitive, but I tend to not be happy with myself unless I'm doing better than average, like if I'm not earning praise by standing out then I'm not good enough. *sigh* I know I'm too hard on myself, and it's a good thing I'm good at so many things and catch onto most things quickly.
Well, at least part of that – possibly all of it is because I'm going every day, so I don't have too much time to forget what I've learned, but we did still get grounded on Thursday. But I've given away all my shifts at work to do this, so I'm going balls to the wall with the flight training already.
I have learned so much in the last week. I feel like Sandra's pushing me hard, but she seems to have a good sense of what I can handle. Friday we got to spin and spiral recovery, and she says I'm getting the hang of that pretty quick. This isn't me, but here's a video of someone doing a spim and spin recovery in the same plane, first from outside the plane, then from the cockpit. (Just watched it again – still can't believe I did that.) The annoying wailing noise is the stall horn – it goes off when you're getting close to a stall, which you do when you're entering a spin on purpose. But the ground spinning in front of you, that's no exaggeration, it's actually like that. And it is totally less scary when you're doing it yourself.
And the feeling of having done that – to have gained the skill to be able to put the aeroplane into that state, and be able to bring it out again, without help – it's really awesome. I can't think of anything I would rather be doing right now than flying, and I can't think of anything that would be more fun. I can't help but think it's strange when I talk to people who are afraid of flying, because in my mind, who could possibly not think it's the coolest thing in the world?
Anyway, going into my second week – I need to get studying the stuff for the PSTAR exam, and the radio exam, so I can qualify for my student license. Here's hoping for more good weather.
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Watched the spiral and spiral recovery vid! Wow! You are doing great. And, I agree flying is the coolest thing in the world.
Possible blizzard Monday. The potential for severe winter weather exists over these regions.
A low pressure system currently located in Central Montana is tracking eastward into the Dakotas today. This system will bring a swath of snow to Southern Manitoba today and tonight with highest accumulations north of the Trans Canada highway. Accumulations of 15 to 25 cm are expected by Monday morning in the warning regions with lesser amounts to the south. Over Southeastern Manitoba, 10 to 15 cm of snow is expected with this system. In addition to the snow, gusty northwesterly winds in the wake of the low will create some reduced visibilities in blowing snow on Monday. A winter storm watch has been issued for the Red River Valley and east for possible blizzard conditions developing in the wake of this system in the Red River Valley.
yeah, not looking all that great. Sounds like it should be less terrible in the morning, so maybe it'll blow itself out by the time my flight's scheduled at 12:30. If not, I'll see if I can get my radio exam written.
Definitely worth hanging on to the end of the video for the horn-squeaking ground-spiralling bit! I'm not afraid of flying, but rather you than me.
From one of the comments above it looks like you might get grounded again at some point this week, but you'll be back up there soon enough.
I may very well get grounded tomorrow – but such is the world of aviation – not much we can do but make the most of some extra time to study. And possibly critique….
Lol. Phear my brutal honesty….
Reading "The Apprentice" now. I have comments.
Catching the 'Phear' vibe right now!
But enough of that, have you been in that plane this week much?
5 days a week 🙂 Lost monday to a blizzard, so I scheduled a couple extra flights today to make up for it.


Most people think of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as a distinctly British product. Begun in England 150 years ago, it took more than 60 years to complete and, when it was finally finished in 1928, the British prime minister heralded it as a 'national treasure.' It maintained this image throughout the twentieth century, and in 2006 the English public voted it an 'Icon of England', alongside Marmite, Buckingham Palace, and the bowler hat. But this book shows that the dictionary is not as 'British' as we all thought. The linguist and lexicographer, Sarah Ogilvie, combines her insider knowledge and experience with impeccable research to show that the OED is in fact an international product in both its content and its making. She examines the policies and practices of the various editors, applies qualitative and quantitative analysis, and finds new OED archival materials in the form of letters, reports, and proofs. She demonstrates that the OED, in its use of readers from all over the world and its coverage of World English, is in fact a global text.
Sarah Ogilvie is Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre, Reader in Linguistics at the Australian National University and Chief Editor of Oxford Dictionaries, Australia. Prior to that she was Alice Tong Sze Research Fellow at Cambridge University. She has a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Oxford and worked for many years as an editor on the Oxford English Dictionary in England and the Macquarie and Oxford dictionaries in Australia.
1. Entering the OED; 2. A global dictionary from the beginning; 3. James Murray and words of the world; 4. James Murray and the Stanford Dictionary controversy; 5. William Craigie, Charles Onions, and the mysterious case of the vanishing tramlines; 6. Robert Burchfield and words of the world in the OED Supplements; 7. Conclusion.
"A penetrating and brilliantly conceived work that decisively refutes the assumption that Victorian prejudice disposed the original editors of the OED to neglect foreign loanwords and non-British English. Ogilvie writes with a refreshingly brisk intelligence."
"Sarah Ogilvie, by forensically examining the OED text, demonstrates convincingly that, as envisaged by James Murray, it was a truly international enterprise, in both its contributors and the World Englishes represented."
"Sarah Ogilvie brings a unique conjunction of abilities to this book: deep practical knowledge of OED and its archives, powerful analytical skills, and personal warmth and flair as a storyteller."
"Ogilvie challenges the commonly held assumption that the OED originally reflected Anglocentric and Victorian views of race and empire, and only progressively recognised in its supplements loanwords and words from the world's Englishes ... Ogilvie makes her case while also giving a fascinating account of work in the OED's offices. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."
Words of the World: A Global History of the Oxford English Dictionary 4.5 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 2 reviews.
A brilliant history of the OED written by an actually editor. Fascinating insights into the men and women who created the dictionary and the ways they treated foreign words and words from varieties of English spoken around the world. Very scholarly, and challenging in parts, but beautifully written. Perfect for anyone interested in the history of English and the making of dictionaries.
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From New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander comes the latest installment in the Lady Emily series. Death in St. Petersburg is a gripping new tale that will mesmerize fans of historical fiction and classic mysteries alike.
After the final curtain of Swan Lake, an animated crowd exits the Mariinsky theatre brimming with excitement from the night's performance. But outside the scene is somber. A ballerina's body lies face down in the snow, blood splattered like rose petals over the costume of the Swan Queen. The crowd is silenced by a single cry— "Nemetseva is dead!"
Amongst the theatergoers is Lady Emily, accompanying her dashing husband Colin in Russia on assignment from the Crown. But it soon becomes clear that Colin isn't the only one with work to do. When the dead ballerina's aristocratic lover comes begging for justice, Emily must apply her own set of skills to discover the rising star's murderer. Her investigation takes her on a dance across the stage of Tsarist Russia, from the opulence of the Winter Palace, to the modest flats of ex-ballerinas and the locked attics of political radicals. A mysterious dancer in white follows closely behind, making waves through St. Petersburg with her surprise performances and trail of red scarves. Is it the sweet Katenka, Nemetseva's childhood friend and favorite rival? The ghost of the murdered étoile herself? Or, something even more sinister?
Tasha Alexander is the author of the New York Times bestselling Lady Emily mystery series (Tears of Pearl, Dangerous to Know, and A Crimson Warning). The daughter of two philosophy professors, she studied English Literature and Medieval History at the University of Notre Dame. She and her husband, novelist Andrew Grant, live on a ranch in southeastern Wyoming.
"Consistently witty, smart, and entertaining." —Booklist
"Alexander is at the top of her game...(her) impeccable research and smart storytelling keep
readers on the edge of their seats...A gripping tale by a grand mistress of the genre."—RT
Book Reviews (Top Pick)
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"In addition to a satisfying puzzle and the always appealing protagonist, Alexander delivers a memorable portrait of a fairy-tale city dancing on the brink of revolution." —Publishers Weekly
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"[Tears of Pearl] will please readers of Anne Perry, Laurie R. King, and Deanna Raybourn seeking a new fan-favorite author." —Library Journal on Tears of Pearl
"A thoroughly enjoyable adventure with both historical texture and emotional depth." —Anne Perry, New York Times bestselling author on A Fatal Waltz
"Alexander's sweetly choreographed plot dances between her wonderfully drawn sleuth, Lady Ashton, and Victorian high society." —Julie Spencer-Fleming, Edgar Award finalist and author of All Mortal Flesh on A Poisoned Season
"Alexander excels in depicting the social mores of a society uncomfortable with the independence of women, and deftly allows the plot to develop in tandem with Emily's growth." —The Baltimore Sun on And Only to Deceive
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Series: Lady Emily Mysteries
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This is a short video on a very simple Microsoft Flow that sends a quick email to the project owner when a new project is created in Project Online. I would like to hear your feedback and whether this is something that you would like to see more of / find useful.
Look out for more videos coming soon!
Just a quick post to say that I have uploaded a new Visio stencil for Office 365 products that I created to aid my own solution designs and I hope you find them useful too.
Below is an example of the images used in the stencil. I have updated them to be inline with the new Office 365 Icon Re-Design that rolled out recently.
All images are available either in PNG format as part of the download and in some cases, the original SVG files.


First off, it's important to know that everyone struggles with motivation and finding the right time to practice. While it may look on the outside like people have their stuff together and have their schedule down, it may not be that way. At times I would beat myself up because I hadn't worked on orchestra excepts early enough but would talk to peers and they would tell me, "Oh yeah, that? I haven't even started, haha." Everybody has different things going on in their lives with different classes and extracurriculars that you just cannot compare your practice habits to others. Everybody struggles with procrastinating in their concert, competition, or audition preparation including me. In middle school and high school, I pretty much had the same practice times everyday so it was not difficult to keep up with my schedule. But while entering conservatory, it was an entirely different animal and you must figure out your own structure. Through college and all the independence that comes with it, I've been able to learn about what times work best for me and improving my practice habits. Here are some tips if you are struggling with this common obstacle.
1. Do you practice many hours in a row or split your practice up into sessions throughout the day?
You can figure out based upon your focus and what works best for you. There are some students who would rather get their practice done with no distractions at a specific time for hours on end. This way may be more efficient for them because they do not constantly take breaks and are able to hold their focus. However, there are few students who cannot do this. In 10 years between 1998 and 2008, the Associated Press claimed that a study found the average human attention span decreased from 12 minutes to 5 minutes. Some students claim they get more out of their practice time by splitting it up into sessions throughout the day whenever they get the time. This way they learn to be more efficient with their practice time and value quality over quantity. One can practice for hours on end, but in the end it's the quality of your practice and what you were able to accomplish that really counts.
2. Where are your priorities? How much do you value academics, extracurriculars, or other activities over practicing violin?
Another thing students must start thinking about early on is what path they plan to take; do they want to take the academic or fine arts route? This can greatly affect their career path and can be really useful in figuring out how much of their time they need to dedicate toward practicing. They can begin to decide whether they need to use ____ more time toward academics and school work than practicing violin. But decrease ____ time in order to set aside some hours for orchestra. Once they have decided on how much they value practice time and over what areas they prioritize violin, students can gain a better understanding of how much they should practice. Instead of following in the stead of others and the amount of hours they practice, students can form a schedule that's molded to their own particular career path.
3. What hours of the day are you most motivated to practice? Morning? Afternoon?
Everyone has a specific time of the day they are most awake; some people are not morning people and therefore prefer practicing in the afternoon or evening while others prefer getting their practice out of the way at 8 am. Whatever the preference, it will be easier scheduling out your practice time once you have an idea of when you are most awake and motivated. It is important to discipline yourself and start practicing when you planned to before you miss your time frame and are no longer motivated. This cycle that many people struggle with leads to procrastination and then that awkward silence in your private lesson when the teacher asks, "What did you work on this week?" So figure out what time of the day you will most likely be motivated and plan your practice time hours based on that.
4. Do you prefer scheduling out your hours for practicing and/or check off what you're going to practice?
Some students like scheduling out the hours for their practice time each day of the week based on classes, chamber rehearsals, private lessons, etc. and this helps them prevent procrastination. Others like to create a practice sheet where they organize all the exercises, orchestra pieces, chamber pieces, and solo repertoire that they are planning to practice for the next month or few weeks. And there are students who like to do both. Whatever you decide to do, the important thing is what keeps you motivated, getting repertoire learned, and sticking with your schedule. Another tip to keep in mind is turning your practice schedule into a habit. Stick with the practice schedule you have created down to the hour for at least two weeks so that it becomes a habit and no longer seems like a drag. Your schedule also may depend on what you're working on at the minute. If you are working on the quality of just a few pieces, you may have to split your practice time into sessions so that you stay focused and it does not become a drag. If you have a ton of repertoire to learn and events to prepare for, plan for longer practice sessions so that you can get things done and have a quality practice session.
Your schedule plays an essential role in the quality of your practice because it impacts your motivation. Setting aside how other people practice or how much they practice and focusing on just your needs will help you improve your focus and reduce your procrastination. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in other people's level of playing that while it can be inspiring and motivating, it can also be daunting and distract us from making improvement in our own practice. I hope these tips can be helpful and if you have any methods that are working for you, please comment and make suggestions!


Martin: Ah, that's again a great question. I think one thing that I wanted to really encourage people to do is to take a learning approach. So, in other words, you want to create feedback mechanisms with your customers so you can get quick ideas about what's working and what's not working. I do a lot of work with media companies and I've been… because of sort of my background work with lot of communication companies back in the mid-90s and I was the one sort of tasked with, sort of predicting the future based on broadband and wireless and broadband wireless and all this stuff. And a lot of things became quite obvious early on about the impact of this to newspapers and magazines, and I used to talk to these groups and, you know, they would applaud and then ignore me. But the thing that became apparent to me then was that once I got used to reading online, the idea of a magazine became difficult for me because of, you know, what I will call at that point, you know, saliency. You know, things might have change. I mean, I was a magazine journalist originally wrote for magazines, so it was kind of a huge epiphany for me that the immediacy of the online world is so compelling, because as things change, then it changes what's important. And so, when you talk about this idea of brainstorming, I think it's really important that you, instead of, you know, separating yourself from your customers and thinking about your, you know, whatever you think is important is to do the exact opposite which is to go where your customers are and watch them and live with them if you can, and really it's about understanding how they're solving their problems. Because that's where you're going to get a much better idea about what their habits are, because if you introduce a product that works against habits, it's a very, very hard sell, because you're going against all that built-up inertia. And I think that in the future, what are we going to be doing to be more effective is really, you know, watching first, spending a lot of time with our customers, solving that problem as best we can, and then reintroducing that to the customer, that natural environment and then see how well we've done.


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Slobodan Topalović (* 8. November 1952 in Čačak, Sozialistische Republik Serbien; † 16. Mai 1994 in Belgrad) war ein jugoslawischer Fußballspieler.

Topalović spielte in den 70er Jahren in der deutschen Bundesliga für den 1. FC Köln. Als zweiter Torwart hinter Toni Schumacher kam er 17-mal zum Einsatz, bis er sich beim Bundesligaspiel gegen Eintracht Frankfurt eine schwere Kopfverletzung zuzog. 1977 wechselte er zum Lokalrivalen SC Viktoria Köln, mit dem er in der Saison 1978/1979 in der 2. Bundesliga spielte. Auch dort konnte er sich nicht auf Dauer als Nummer eins durchsetzen. 1979 ging er für zwei Jahre in seine jugoslawische Heimat, bevor er 1981 zu Olympique Lyon nach Frankreich wechselte. Für diesen Verein absolvierte er bis 1987 225 Spiele in der 2. Division.

Slobodan Topalović prallte bei einem Altherren-Spiel in Frankreich mit einem Gegner zusammen und erlag 1994 seinen Schädelverletzungen nach langer Krankheit.

Vereine
 1974–1977: 1. FC Köln
 1977–1979: SC Viktoria Köln
 1979–1981: OFK Belgrad
 1981–1987: Olympique Lyon

Statistik
 Bundesliga: 17 Spiele für 1. FC Köln
 Ligue 2 (Frankreich): 225 Spiele für Olympique Lyon
 2. Bundesliga: 11 Spiele für Viktoria Köln
 DFB-Pokal: 5 Spiele für 1. FC Köln
 UEFA-Pokal: 6 Spiele für 1. FC Köln

Erfolge
 1975 UC-Halbfinale
 1976 BL-Vierter
 1977 DFB-Pokal-Sieger

Weblinks

Fußballtorhüter (Jugoslawien)
Fußballtorhüter (1. FC Köln)
Fußballtorhüter (SC Viktoria Köln)
Fußballtorhüter (OFK Belgrad)
Fußballtorhüter (Olympique Lyon)
Jugoslawe
Geboren 1952
Gestorben 1994
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Home Security Turkish Hacktivists Targets Social Media Account Of Journalists
Turkish Hacktivists Targets Social Media Account Of Journalists
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Recently, the Twitter account of NBC national correspondent Peter Alexander appears to have been hijacked by hackers claiming to represent Turkey's "cyber army."
For at least a half-hour Sunday morning, Alexander's Twitter account was filled with such tweets: "Mr. Trump, we will tear down blood vessels of those who are hostiles to TURKIYE. Be wise and learn about Turkish people in history", reports the Washington Post.
Similarly, another Tweet says: "Turkey was born again on July 15, 2016, while we are planning to destroy with FETO and coup attempt. Now we are trying to do with the economic crisis. You remember how did we destroy Iraq with lies? TARGET TURKIYE, LAST CASTLE STANDING."
Alexander's account was littered with images and videos in support of Turkey and showing Erdogan.
The Twitter account of Alexander lost its verified blue check mark after the hackers added a "v" to his Twitter handle, changing it to @PeterAlexanderv.
In a bid to praise Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the hackers had taken over the social media handles of several United States journalists. Journalists from the publication like Bloomberg, The New York Times, and Fox News are targeted by the hacktivists. The incident was notified to CNBC by cybersecurity intelligence firm, Crowdstrike.
Form a few time back some high-profile social media accounts, predominantly of journalists, have been hacked by Turkish-speaking attackers.
Attacking on the social media account of a journalist provides political benefits. By hacking the social media account of media personality attackers can propagate their political stance and agenda before a larger crowd of the audience, states ciswoman.
The accounts of reporter Elizabeth MacDonald from Fox, Tom Keene from Bloomberg and Vanessa Friedman from the New York Times has also been taken over.
Lately, Tom and Elizabeth had made a report about Turkey's economic condition, but Vanessa Friedman hasn't written anything about turkey, she majorly covers the story on fashion and trends.
Alexander appears to be the latest media personality to have been hacked by Ayyildiz Tim. In January, the group took over the Twitter accounts of two former Fox News personalities, Greta Van Susteren and Eric Bolling, and filled their feeds with similar propaganda, according to New York magazine.
Snopes claimed that the same group also briefly hijacked the Twitter accounts of India's top envoy to the United Nations and Borge Brenda, president of the World Economic Forum, the attackers have used a similar method and with similar messaging.
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I became unemployed on December 31, 2007. (Due to a health issue, I cannot work outside of my home.) God honored our stewardship and we paid off our credit cards and auto loan in April 2009. We are now living on 63% of our 2007 income.
We have three grown children: Luke, Laura, & Derek, and one granddaughter, Olivia. When Luke married Bethany in November 2009, we paid our share without going into debt.
All three of our children bought vehicles without us co-signing the loan. Or loaning them money for a downpayment.
My husband did not make six figures. When we both were working we got about halfway there.
I play keyboard a couple of times a week for church. I enjoy singing, reading, movies, Soduko, crosswords, puzzles, sewing, embroidery, painting figurines, and quilting. I'm a comedienne…especially when I am under stress!
My husband, David, got laid off January 2nd. The company went out of business at the end of that month.
He was unemployed for 3 months. He got a job with the company that purchased his former employer's building. During that time we spent only $100 of our emergency fund. We still saved and invested in our retirement fund.
January – health insurance premium increased 65%.
February – furnace cracked releasing carbon monoxide.
March – emergency gallbladder surgery.
April – replaced the central air.
May – our washer broke.
June – computer struck by a power surge.
We adjusted our budget for the health insurance premium. Then again to make payments to the hospital. We were saving for a new furnace/air conditioner and God helped us. The washer put our "new appliances" budget in the hole for a few months.
We used our income tax refund to pay the hospital bill off three months early! Our youngest son got engaged. Now we are saving for a wedding!
We painted our house, repaired and painted our shed. Then installed a new garage door and garage door opener – without borrowing.
Our daughter bought a house, without us co-signing the loan. Or loaning her money for a downpayment.
Our youngest son, Derek, married Rachel. We did not go into debt for the wedding. They bought a house a week before the wedding! We did not co-sign or loan them any money for the downpayment.
We are enjoying an empty nest. I am rearranging rooms and getting rid of stuff.
This is inspiring. How'd you do it?
We give to God first, save 10% and live on the rest. Mary Hunt, at debtproofliving.com, calls it "Live the Plan," http://www.dplassociates.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=205. You really should check out her website.
I love your blog and really think that you deserve it!
I'm flattered! I don't show the award, but I was nominated a few years ago, see http://wp.me/pKNzn-s4.
Great story. You have taken many negative events in your life and have turned them into a positive venture. Others might have felt beaten down by "life" but you seem to have a great attitude about all those unfortunate occurrences. There is a lot of financial wisdom in the Bible. A lot of it common sense which many of us lack when it comes to finances.
Everyone has negative things happen in their lives. You either let them make you better or bitter. I prefer the first!
I'm so glad you commented on my "frugalfish story." I read through it again and realized I hadn't updated it for 2 years. 2016 was not an easy year!


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Boarding the plane is absolute chaos as they choose to use the same gate for two different flights, then decide to board the flights at the same time too! It's quite busy, so I guess I was lucky to get a seat, which is next to a Kenyan girl, Milania. When the drinks trolley comes along, I ask for a St George's Beer, as advertised in the flight magazine I have in front of me as being "available on flights", only to be told it's just for First class! The cheek of the matter. However, the rather naughty-looking stewardess brings me a bottle anyway, and it's not bad!
I spend the first several minutes of the flight tearing out lots of useful information from the magazine, such a domestic route map for Ethiopian Air, and some tourist guides to places I want to visit. LP is quite light on info for everywhere outside of Addis Ababa. Whilst I do this, Milania makes an incredible mess with her dinner and drinks, and I start to guard my beer in case she tries to tip that over too. She offers me a lift to the hotel she's staying at, and we've got on well during the flight, so I accept gladly.
I also manage some matchmaking – there's a Japanese chap sitting next to me on the plane who is transiting in Addis and going on to Sanaa, somewhere in UAE or Yemen. A Japanese girl I'd seen a few times in Moshi is at the other end of the plane, and has also told me she's going to Sanaa. I introduce them, and it turns out they even bought the same Kilimanjaro hat! Made in heaven, hehe!
At Addis Ababa airport I head to the visa on arrival place, which is a separate office before immigration. Inside there is a small queue and plenty of people looking busy sitting at desks. I am called to the next available one, where a girl takes my passport and arrival card, and fills out a visa sticker, which she places in my passport on the page where I had ripped out the second Mozambique visa, thank you!! Anyway, I get the sticker, and wait to be asked for the 20US$ that I believe it's supposed to cost. She doesn't ask me for money, and waves me on. Coming out, I compare visas with a Canadian pair. They paid, and received a small authorisation signature squiggle. I'm missing that. Should I go back and ask to pay? Nah, I'll chance it. At the window, the immigration girl stamps my visa and doesn't say anything! I've got away with it, 20 US$! Hurrah!
After bag collection, we go through a pointless inbound security scan, then we're met by Johnny, a colleague of Milania's. Outside it's a very pleasant temperature, cool but not cold. The airport is quite modern and looks pretty, lit up in the Ethiopian colours of red, green and yellow. There's are large crowd waiting in arrivals though, I wonder whether there are several flights due in. Johnny has trouble finding his car outside in the large car park. I later learn the airport is colourfully decked out for the African Union (AU) conference which is starting in a day or two. They even have a podium with red carpets waiting on the airport tarmac!
Johnny drives us into town, and tells us that apparently all the hotels are full because of the AU. We go to a bar, his local, which is not too busy, but seems to have lots of his family there, cousin, brother, sister etc, and start on the St. George's again. It would seem Kenyans can drink like fish as Milania sets the pace. Bottle after bottle of St. George's appears, and Johnny's brother, Hawi, pays for everything, including the sambucca shots we move on to.
Money is proving to be a real issue here which I didn't expect, and certainly find difficult to believe after my brief glimpses on the way in from the airport of the modern metropolis that Addis (as Addis Ababa, or "New Flower" in Amharic, is usually referred to) seems to be – and speicifcally, there are no ATMs! How do I get money? If I can't resolve this, I may have to cut short my stay in Ethiopia – I have a few hundred dollars but that will not last me over two weeks (presumably).
The music playing in the bar is a mix of modern Ethiopian and some rock. There are some good local tunes playing, and Milania struts her stuff shamelessly! We move on to another bar, then to a dodgy pickup joint, just Johnny and me (the bachelor boys) first. There's a very pretty girl in a dress that I like, but nothing but more beers comes of it. We end up give a lift to a prostitute on the way out! She invites us to pop into her bar, or a "Dirty Corner" as Johnny explains they're called. As I step out of the car I tread in some horrible-looking mud, and of course the damn Crocs soak it up! After yet more beers, it's home time. Apparently I found my secret Éclair stash when I was dropped by Johnny at the guesthouse at about 4am. I know this from the pile of wrappers on the table I found the next morning!
So waking up about four hours later, I am not feeling fantastic. I've missed the early flight that I still somehow had designs on back at 4am. I'm still worrying about money – last night was entirely on Johnny and his family's generosity, but this is not going to get me round Ethiopia. He takes me to Wegagen bank, where I try to change some of my dollars into Ethiopian Birr. First I query their rate, which they don't seem to know. Eventually they tell me it's just below 10 to the US$. They look through the pile of notes I'd handed over, reject one of my twenties because of a tiny tear in the corner, then pass the remaining 50s, 20s and 10s through their anti-forgery machine, but it doesn't seem to work, as it rejects every single note! They can't all be fake, they almost all came from Barclays in Zanzibar and Moshi! Is this a proper bank, asks Milania?
We go for breakfast in a pizzeria on top of an office building.
We have pizza for breakfast. I get to try Ethiopian coffee for the first time, receiving a small cup of dark earthy delicious stuff, taken black of course. It's good.
It's beautiful up here at this time of morning, with a wide clear blue sky, sunshine, and a gentle breeze.
Apparently it gets hot in the afternoon. We finish off the pizza, then Milania heads to the office, whilst Johnny takes me to Dashan bank, the best hope I have of money now – there are rumours they are introducing ATMS, albeit with huge commission fees. And it's true - they actually have an ATM! My book says it does visa cash advances, which is an expensive way of getting money (i.e. from your credit card, as opposed to bank), but in fact it takes my debit card. It rejects my request for 4,000, and 3,000, but when I ask for 2,000 birr, I hear the magic shuffling of notes inside!
A pile of really old looking notes that would definitely all be rejected if you tried to exchange them the other way is then spat out, and I pop my card in again and to my pleasure manage another 2,000. Great, that's 4,000, or something like 200 pounds. I'm guessing. Plenty for my stay here, I hope, and if I'm left with any near the end, the domestic flights will soon burn it up. We go to a travel agent where I pay with Amex card (it's been a long time since it's worked anywhere!) 110US$ for a single to Bahir Dar for this afternoon. It seems to have gone up a fair bit from my book's quoted rates. Next, a book shop, where there's nothing much that tickles my fancy, so I pick up Henry James' An American Scene. What a bad choice, I was to realise later.
Interesting factoid: when the rebel forces marched into Addis Ababa in 1991, they apparently navigated with a photocopy of the map in the Lonely Planet Africa on a Shoestring book! Amazing they achieved anything, relying on LP maps!!
Johnny then insists on dropping me at airport – he's been so good to me – this is someone who I only met yesterday evening, and so far he's paid for my whole evening of drinking, found me a place to stay, and run me all over town to help me. Ethiopia is an incredibly hospitable country, more of which I was to experience soon. At the airport, it would seem the domestic terminal is closed, all flights go from the international terminal. I check in, pass through security (again worrying they'll notice my dodgy visa sticker!). It's a bit minimalist inside, with a couple of shops, one gate being used for all flights, domestic and international (!), a single café, etc. In the gate, I bump into the Japanese pair heading to Sanaa, they're waiting for their flight too. Next to them, I meet Atsedeweyn, an elderly lady who is also going to Bahir Dar. We chat before boarding.
Of course it's a bus out to the plane, and we're made to wait a while on the bus. Apparently some people (English girls it later turned out) didn't get a little yellow sticker put on their boarding pass, tut tut! We are on an unmarked Fokker 50 plane, no branding or anything on the outside, plain (arf arf) white, making it look like either a bit dodgy or one of the UN planes you see all over the place in Africa, shuttling NGO lackeys between their brand-new white Landrovers and five-star hotels. On board, it would seem I have a seat that doesn't exist, 16K! Turns out it's free seating, not that anyone bothered to tell us this as we board. I have a rather smelly chap next to me, but it's too late to move by the time I realise.


Piano/Vocal songbook (Piano/Vocal/Chords. Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). 436 pages. An absolute must for all Broadway Musical lovers. This collection contains historical sheet music photos and biographical information from 40 Broadway Musicals!