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If OP gets a very brief if not incomplete answer, and then adds their own answer which is a more complete version, who should be marked as Answering the Question. On one hand, the original answer definitely deserves recognition, it is more useful for others who later browse the question to see OP's answer. Should OP instead recommend the complete version as an edit of the original answer or maybe even the question itself? Should a shout-out to the original person who answered in OP's answer be enough?
If OP gets a very brief if not incomplete answer, and then adds their own answer which is a more complete version, who should be marked as Answering the Question.
Whichever answer the OP finds most useful. Most design and functionality aspects of this site serve a purpose. Many serve to make the process of asking and answering as easy and painless as possible. The action of Accepting an Answer serves as a signal. It indicates that the OP considers the problem resolved. And it indicates which answer a later visitor might find most helpful if they were interested in the same question. Further, if the accepted answer is from someone else, there is a small reputation reward (which creates a small incentive to write good, complete, comprehensive answers).
On one hand, the original answer definitely deserves recognition.
An upvote is a good amount of recognition. A few upvotes signals later users that this was a good answer as well.
...it is more useful for others who later browse the question to see OP's answer.
One should never feel bad about providing an excellent answer to a question that doesn't currently have an excellent answer. There is great value in knowing that users can later encounter a problem, find a corresponding question on the site, read an excellent set of answers, and then understand how to resolve their problem.
This includes other members of the community. If an incomplete answer is given, and another user (perhaps not even the OP) wants to give a better, complete, comprehensive answer --- great! More quality content!
In comparison to the other StackExchange sites, Math.SE is a bit exceptional in that there are many who view the act of asking and answering as valuable pedagogical experiences. For an OP (or other community member) to read and combine aspects of an incomplete answer or set of answers into a single comprehensive account is an excellent exercise in understanding, and fits well into a pedagogical point of view as well.
Should OP instead recommend the complete version as an edit of the original answer or maybe even the question itself?
One could edit another's answer if they wanted to. But typically, edits serve to clarify exposition, correct small mistakes, and perhaps fix a grammatical or spelling error. There is nothing wrong with writing a new answer if there is new content.
However, do not edit the answer into the question.
Questions are for questions. Answers are for answers. Mixing the two introduces unnecessary semantic confusion into an otherwise extremely clean and clear pattern.
Should a shout-out to the original person who answered in OP's answer be enough?
Of course one should acknowledge sources used, including other answers. This is already a fairly standard practice on this site, even when answers are only slightly inspired by others.
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged discussion etiquette accepted-answer self-answer .


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class GL_Resource_Lifetimes(rdtest.TestCase):
    demos_test_name = 'GL_Resource_Lifetimes'

    def check_capture(self):
        self.check_final_backbuffer()

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This month, our little group is continuing the journey of exploring each others cuisines. Last month Alessio got us cooking Sicilian Eggplant Caponata, and this time, Pamela introduces us to Laksa which is traditional to Singapore which is where she comes from. When Pamela first suggested "Laksa" for this month's challenge, I didn't even know what it was! She told us that it was a dish popular in South East Asian countries, especially the Peranakan culture of Malaysia and Singapore.
Originally brought into Malaysia by the Chinese traders, Laksa has taken on so many variations in the multi-ethnic population of Malaysia and Singapore and also the rest of South East Asia.
Apparently, there are many different types of laksa, but what is common to all varieties of laksa is a broth, spice paste and noodles of some sort. The most well known varieties of laksa are the slightly sour tamarind based Assam Laksa and the Curry Laksa which has coconut milk. Being a South East Asian preparation, it is not surprising that this soup would be non-vegetarian all its versions with the addition of some form of fish or seafood.
Laksa, essentially a spicy noodle soup, is a very popular street food in Singapore and eaten either as a midday snack or for dinner. It turns out that the Laksa could have an Indian connection because that name supposedly comes from the Indian word "laksha" which means "a hundred thousand (as in 100, 000)", signifying that no two are the same since so many different ingredients are used in it!
Another explanation is that it is a corruption of the Cantonese "La sha (pronounced latsa), meaning "spicy sand" referring to the sandy texture the sauce gets from the presence of ground dried prawns. One more story attributes the name to a similar sounding word in Hokkien which means "dirty" referring to the appearance of this noodle soup!
One of my favourite food and recipe reads is Yotam Ottolenghi's weekly column, The New Vegetarian. I find it interesting when people, who are not vegetarian as a norm, interpret vegetarian cooking, especially in the Western world. Most of his recipes are unusual, inventive and also very "doable". So when I found his vegetarian version of Laksa, I knew that that was what I was going to work with for this challenge.
I made some changes to his recipe, of course, as I didn't have some of the ingredients. I used onion instead of shallots because they're hard to come by in Goa. If you can find shallots, please use them as they have better flavour than onions.
No galangal here, so ginger it is for this Laksa. No lemongrass either, though I had a stash of some the dry stuff. While that's good for tea, I think you need fresh lemongrass and I'm going to see if I can find some to grow in a pot. I added some Thai basil to the spice paste which I felt added to the Laksa.
I have seen Curry Laksa recipes using mint along with fresh coriander and basil. I decided to leave the mint out, because I have a feeling that Indian mint is stronger than Vietnamese mint (which is what seems to be used) and didn't think it would do well here.
I added carrots to give the laksa some body, and kept my moong sprouts raw as I felt it added texture/ crunch to the soup. Curry powder, which is considered an Indian spice, is so foreign to us it is available only outside India! So I went with my own mix of spices here.
We do use thin rice noodles in my traditional cuisine, but I wasn't sure we would like it in this soup so I chose to use thick wheat noodles. My daughter isn't very fond of eggs though she loves meringues and egg noodles, so the choice of noodles was obvious for this Laksa. It seems tofu puffs are an integral part of Curry Laksa, but since I have no idea what those are, I went along with Yotam Ottolenghi's suggestion to use deep fried flour coated tofu cubes.
While Laksa is a bit spicy for a soup, but not perhaps for Asian palates used to spice and fire, I kept my version a bit low on the spice. Instead, I chose to serve my Laksa with a spicy chilli sambal so that anyone who wanted more spice could choose to have it.
First make the spice paste. Grind the first eight ingredients in a small food processor bowl, adding a couple of tbsps water, into a reasonably smooth paste.
Heat the oil in a largish pan and fry the spice paste on medium heat, stirring all the time u2013 ensuring it doesnu2019t burn, till the raw small of the onion and garlic is no more. Add the vegetablestock, curry leaves, curry powder, the salt and sugar and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer the broth for about 20 minutes.
While the broth is simmering, cook the noodles in salted water till just done. Drain and keep aside. Put the moong sprouts in salted boiling water for about 30 seconds, drain and refresh in cold water. Drain and keep aside. You can also use the moong sprouts raw like I did, if you prefer.
In the same boiling water, blanch the beans for about 3 minutes and then the carrots for about 30 seconds. Refresh both in cold water, drain and keep aside.
Now fry the tofu cubes. Heat the oil in a wok. Mix the all purpose flour and the cornstarch and toss the tofu cubes in the flour till theyu2019re well coated.
Drop the cubes in the hot oil and fry them till theyu2019re golden brown. Remove and drain on paper towels.
Once the broth is done, turn off the heat and remove the curry leaves and discard. Now add the thick coconut milk and mix well. Do not heat the broth once the coconut milk has been added or it might curdle. If youu2019re planning to serve the soup a little later, do not add the coconut milk. Add it just before you assemble the soup.
For the Chilli Sambhal, heat the oil in a small pan and add the chilli flakes, ginger and garlic pastes. Over medium heat, fry this until the oil surfaces, taking care to see it doesnu2019t burn.
Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. This sambhal is quite spicy and will stay for a couple of weeks, if stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
To serve the laksa, place the noodles in the serving bowls. Put half the sprouts over this and ladle the broth into the bowls. Now add the beans, carrots, remaining sprouts and fried tofu cubes. Garnish with chopped coriander.
Serve with lime wedges for squeezing into the laksa, and chilli sambal on the side.
We loved it, and my daughter came asking for seconds so that should say a lot in itself! Of course, there are a lot of very "Indian" elements in the Curry Laksa whether it is the spice, the herbs or the coconut milk, so a lot of the flavours were very familiar.
A very warming and filling soup with the creamy richness of coconut milk, and as usual the perfect balance of salty, mildly sweet and sour, and spicy that always makes for the perfect dish.
The four of us (Alessio, Asha, Pamela and I) with anyone else who would like to join us, go exploring a new dish/ style of cooking/ cuisine every month. Each of us will share our recipes and experiences on our blogs.
I'm so happy you love my laksa. 🙂 Love your version and I'm surprised to read that curry powder is so foreign in India. Normally curry powder is own concoction by each Indian family.
I love thefresh look of that laksa! Delicious!
New to me, sounds quiet filling and spicy!
This is such an interesting recipe and soo different from the one I chose, Laksa Lemak. Hmm.. i wonder what tofu puffs are.. prehaps regular puffs with tofu filling? Pam has to clarify that..LOL.. agree about the curry powder being apparently Indian spice but isn't Indian really :D.. btw, more and more I think it's very close to arachivitta sambar mix!
Your laksa looks beautiful. I'd love for you to post it on my new vegetarian food photo gallery website Vegolicious.
Laksa looks absolutely comforting,filling and yummy..
A spicy, bursting with veggies and noodles broth is such a welcome meal anytime! Perfect one pot meal to be tried in winter.
Aparna , laksa looks so yummy!!!!!!
That looks fantastic – I can't wait to check out the other 3 versions.
Love curry laksa! So creamy, spicy and tasty!
Hi Aparna, thanks for this recipes sounds delicious, I love trying out thai spices more, I think I have everything I would love to give this a try. hey lovely clicks too..


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Theatre Review (London's West End): 'Ian McKellen on Stage'
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Celebrated actor Sir Ian McKellen turned 80 earlier this year. To mark the occasion, he launched a one-man show, Ian McKellen On Stage, and took it on tour in the UK. Fortunately, a limited West End run is currently underway at the Harold Pinter Theatre through January 5.
McKellen's set is very simple and welcoming: a red carpet and a box to start out. The box is covered with theatre stickers to indicate where his tour has been. It's reminiscent of the old wicker boxes in which traveling actors would carry their props. As the performance continues, McKellen periodically pops back to the box for furniture, books, and other items.
The production, directed by Sean Mathias, consists of stories from McKellen's life and recitations from selected plays and literature. McKellen devotes a lot of time to Shakespeare, but there's also D.H. Lawrence, Tolkien, Gerard Manley Hopkins. In essence, it's a brilliant lesson on acting from this great actor.
Speaking of Tolkien, the Gandalf versus Balrog scene is how McKellen opens the evening. He even calls up a young person from the back of the audience to come up and hold Glamdring, Gandalf's sword. The Lord of the Rings segment continues with delightful moments, as he shares stories about the late Christopher Lee. "I always thought I should play Gandalf!" he exclaims in the deep voice of Lee.
Then McKellen delves into his early life. He recounts and reenacts how he was introduced to theatre in Wigan and Bolton, capturing the amazement and wonder of the first experiences remarkably. He reveals that he considered careers in hotel management, culinary arts, and even journalism before he decided to become a professional actor. I shudder to think what the theatre world would have missed had McKellen picked another profession. His narrative moves on to Cambridge and his early career, which included a nine-month stint in Sir Laurence Olivier's company. Cue his Olivier voice.
McKellen dedicates substantial time to his gay rights activism and how he finally came out at age 47. "The closet is not a glamorous place," he reflected solemnly at one point.
There's ample opportunity for audience participation. McKellen reprises his old role of Widow Twankey from an Aladdin pantomime, throwing candies and fruit up into the audience.
In the second half of the show, he asks people to call out the names of Shakespeare plays. He stacks the books accordingly and offers his opinions on them. For example he quips, "I always thought Othello should really be called Iago."
McKellen's Shakespeare recitations included snippets from Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Cymbeline, and much more. All of the performances were extraordinary because he commits himself entirely to the parts: voice, eyes, and the movements of his body. For each character, he assumes a different walk, posture, and gestures. In addition, McKellen takes great care in the pace of his monologues and particularly in how he enunciates the words. He rolls his Rs and is very crisp with other consonants so that one gets every word.
If I had to identify my favorite part of the show, it's the reflections Ian McKellen offers about his own work. The backstory of various plays is insightful not only in that he outlines his approach to each role, but also because he identifies the lessons he learned. He goes so far as to criticize himself, demonstrating how a younger Ian McKellen delivered lines and portrayed men in their 80s. The insights are invaluable to both aspiring actors and arts enthusiasts alike.
If you are going to be in London soon, I highly encourage you to see Ian McKellen On Stage at the Harold Pinter Theatre on Panton Street. Visit the ATG site for more information on booking tickets.
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About Pat Cuadros
Pat Cuadros earned a B.A. in Art History at the University of Virginia on a full scholarship. Pat is a frequent reviewer of all things Washington, D.C., but she's also covered events in Canada and London. Highlights in her work include articles on Simon Callow, Ian McKellen, Mark Rylance, Derek Jacobi, and Ndaba Mandela.
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This inventive online production of the company's first contemporary American play takes place in 1896 on a ship bound for Liberia on a mysterious mission.

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African stars win at AFRIMA 2015
Nov 19, 2015 Tanzanian Bongo Flava star Diamond Platnumz shone at the recently concluded All Africa Music Awards 2015, which went down at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Sunday.
The "Nana" singer was the star of the event, scooping three awards – Artiste of the Year, Song of the year as well as Best Male Artist in Eastern Africa.
Winners representing Nigeria include "Johnny" singer Yemi Alade who won Best Female Artiste in West Africa, Darey Art Alade who won Best Male Artist: Inspirational Category, Flavour – Best Artiste in African Electro, Adekule Gold – Revelation of the Year in Africa, Kiss Daniel – Most Promising Artiste in Africa, Praiz Adejo – Best Artiste in Africa (RnB & Soul), Kunle Ayo – Best Artiste in African Jazz, while Olamide won Best Male Artiste in West Africa.
Other big winners include ace South African rapper Cassper Nyovest who won Best Male Artist in Southern Africa as well as Best Artist in African Hip Hop, while his number one rival AKA won Best African Collaboration alongside Burna Boy.
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4 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.) , Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 179.
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Normally when I play with a new browser (like a few weeks ago when I tried out Flock 1.0) I usually post at least something. In the past week I played with no less than three new browsers.
I started out by installing opera mini 4.0 on my N95. Earlier versions of this program were already quite nice and I used it a lot on my E70 before I switched to the N95. This new version adds some impressive features again. Overall quite nice but I'll probably use the S60 browser on my N95 most of the time regardless.
The second browser I played with was Apple's Safari 3.0.4 beta. Unlike earlier betas, this one is actually quite usable and stable. I think the UI stinks and feels really awkward on windows but aside from that it is a fine browser. My main issue with it after a few hours of browsing was that I started missing my firefox extensions and some of its behavior. Additionally the fonts it uses are different from what I'm used to and I'm not sure I like the way it renders them. It uses its own antialiasing which gives a weird smudgy look to the fonts. But to be honest, I think I could get used to using Safari full time. A nice bonus feature is that it integrates Bonjour support. This is really useful because as you may have deduced from some recent publications on my publications site, I'm working with mdns based service discovery mechanisms at work. So I installed this at work and my aptly named foobar.local N800 portal website showed up in the windows Safari browser. Cool!
Speaking of Firefox, I just switched over to 3.0 Beta1 released last night. I've been using it all evening and it seems a quite nice upgrade. Most of the feature work is not that important to me but the performance work is really noticeable. I've caught myself several times already thinking "hey this used to be slow/laggy". It's mostly subtle differences of course and not having most of my extensions (due to lack of 3.0 port) is great for performance probably. But still, works great and seems really stable so far.
To compensate for the loss of extensions I was able to enable the most essential ones using the nightly tester tools. This allows you to override the version check. Since in many cases, a version bumb was all that was needed, many extensions work fine. So far I have just enabled del.icio.us support. What would be really nice is a new version of that that integrates with the new places system in Firefox. Until that happens, I'm posting to del.icio.us using the old extension.
A bit of a disappointment is that none of the exciting stuff regarding ms cardspace, openid and microformats that was more or less promised a few months ago, has made it into this release. There's no openid support, microformat features are not integrated and I have not found any UI for MS Cardspace either. It could be that this is due in later betas. There is probably still a few months until the final release.
Feature wise, most of the changes are minor tweaks and most of those were not in Alpa 7 that I tried when it was released in October?. The biggest change is the new places functionality which is nice except (as mentioned) that I use del.icio.us instead of bookmarks so this not something I will use a lot. The rest of the changes are quite nice but not that essential changes to stuff like the downloads windows, various settings screens and the url bar. For the rest it is good old Firefox, and what's wrong with that? Next betas will introduce an updated theme. I was less than enthusiastic last time they changed it and still am rather indifferent to the 2.0 theme, so lets see what comes out.
Anyhow, unless something major crops up, I'm keeping this as my main browser.
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Keep any areas of skin exposed to the sap away from sunlight.
Remove any embedded fragments in skin e.g. nettle hairs or thorns (common nettle or Blackthorn).
Wash skin with soapy water.
Irrigate eyes ( if sap has come into contact with eyes) with eyewash solution.
In rare cases individuals may go into anaphylactic shock in such cases medical attention should be sought immediately.
Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum, also giant cow parsley) is a plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Caucasus region and Central Asia. It is now widespread throughout the British Isles especially along riverbanks. Except for size, it closely resembles Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), Heracleum sosnowskyi or Garden Angelica (Angelica archangelica). It may reach 2-5 metres (rarely to 7m) tall.
It is distinguished by a stout, dark reddish-purple stem and spotted leaf stalks that are hallow and produce sturdy bristles. Stems vary from 3-8 cms in diameter, occasionally up to 10cm. The stem shows a purplish red pigmentation with raised nodules. Each purple spot on the stem surrounds a hair, and there are large, coarse white hairs at the base of the leaf stalk. The plant has deeply incised compound leaves which grow up to 1-1.7m in width. It's flowers are held in umbels of white flowers, facing upwards.
Giant Hogweed is a phototoxic plant. Chemicals within the sap can cause blistering and burning. Causing photodermatitis (severe skin inflammations) when the skin is exposed to sunlight or to UV rays. Initially the skin colours red and starts itching. Then blisters form as in burns within 48 hours. They form black or purplish scars that can last several years. Small amounts of sap in the eyes can lead to temporary or even permanent blindness.
Aconitum known as aconite, monk's-hood, wolf's-bane, leopard's bane, women's bane, devil's helmet or blue rocket, is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). There are over 250 species of Aconitum. The name Monk's-hood comes from the cylindrical helmet shape.
These herbaceous perennial plants are natives of the mountainous parts of the northern hemisphere, growing in moisture retentive but well draining soils on mountain meadows. Their dark green leaves lack stipules. They are palmate or deeply palmately lobed with 5-7 segments. Each segment again is 3-lobed with course sharp teeth. Each flower as numerous stamens. The leaves have a spiral or alternate arrangement. The lower leaves have long petioles. Blue, purple, white, yellow or pink zygomorphic flowers.
Poisoning may also occur following picking the leaves without wearing gloves; the toxin is absorbed easily through the skin. The sap oozing from picked leaves will cause cardiac symptoms for a couple of hours. Tingling will start at the point of absorption and extend up the arm to the shoulder, after which the heart will start to be affected. The tingling will be followed by unpleasant numbness. Very toxic if ingested. Symptoms usually arrear very quickly within the hour and with large doses can be fatal. Severe toxicity is not expected from skin contact alone. Symptoms can be nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
Stinging nettle or common nettle, Urtica dioica, is an herbaceous perennial flowering plant, native to Europe, Asia, Northern Africa, and North America, and now found worldwide. It is the best-known member of the nettle genus Urtica.
Stinging nettle is a dioecious herbaceous perennial, 1 to 2m tall in the summer and dying down to the ground in winter. It has widely spreading rhizomes and stolons, which are bright yellow as are the roots. The soft green leaves are 3 to 15cm long and are borne oppositely on an erect wiry green stem. The leaves have a strongly serrated margin, a cordate base and an acuminate tip with a terminal leaf tooth longer than adjacent laterals. It bears small greenish or brownish numerous flowers in dense auxiliary inflorescences.
The leaves and stems bare many stinging hairs, whose tips come off when touched, transforming the hair into a needle that will inject several chemicals. This mixture of chemical compounds causes a sting or paresthesia. Contact with the stinging hairs can result in local reddening and itching, swelling and an intense burning sensation. These symptoms are usually of short duration but may last up to 36 hours in sensitive individuals.
Daphne mezereum is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and Western Asia, north to northern Scandinavia and Russia. In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea level in northern Europe. It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone. The common name is Mezereon.
It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.5m tall. The leaves are soft, 3-8cm long and 1-2cm broad, arranged spirally on the stems. The flowers are produced in early spring on the bare stems before the leaves appear. They have a four-lobed pink or light purple (rarely white) perianth 10-15mm diameter, and are very fragranced. The fruit is a bright red berry 7-12mm diameter.
Daphne mezereum is very toxic because of the dahnetoxin present especially in the berries and twigs. If poisoned, victims experience a choking sensation. Handling the fresh twigs can cause rashes and eczema in sensitive individuals.
Hebera (English name Ivy, plural Ivies) is a genus of 15 species of climbing or ground- creeping evergreen woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe.
Although far less toxic than poison ivy, which is unrelated to this genus, ivy contains triterpernoid saponins and falcarinol, a polyyne. Falcarinol is capable of inducing an allergic reaction (contact dermatitis).
Rhododendron (ponticum), called common rhododendron or pontic rhododendron, is a species of Rhododendron native to southern Europe and southwest Asia. It was first introduced in the UK in the late 18th century. It often grows in sensitive habitats, such as heath, peat lands, broad-leaved woodland, roadside verges and dunes.
Rhododendron forms large dense rounded clumps that grow up to 3m. The leaves are 6-12cm in length, oblong in shape, leathery in texture, dark green at the top of the plant and paler below. The flowers are conspicuous and numerous in May/June; flowers form rounded heads, clusters of terminal racemes with 5 parts and the corolla are bell or funnel shaped. Most species have brightly coloured flowers which bloom from late Winter through to early Summer.
All parts of the plant contain toxins variously called andromedotoxin, grayanotoxin, rhodotoxin and acetylandromedol and arbutin glucoside. These toxic agents cause internal poisoning via ingestion e.g. consumption of honey produced from Rhododendron flowers.
Wild Parsnip (ssp. Sylvestris) is a member of the Apiaceae family, it can form dense stands in rough dry grassland and favours chalky/limestone areas. It spreads quickly in undisturbed areas such as abandoned yards, waste dumps, meadows, open fields, roadsides and railway embankments. Its seeds are easily dispersed by wind and water.
Stems can grow to up to 2m in height. Stems are hollow (except at the nodes) and are slightly hairy. The leaves form a rosette at ground level but the stem elongates in the second year. The flowers are yellow with many umbels resembling a carrot top. With stalks of nearly equal length spring from a common point forming a flat or curved surface.
The roots and leaves of the Wild Parsnip release sap containing photo-sensitive chemicals that can cause human skin to react to sunlight, resulting in intense burns, rashes or blisters.
Blackthorn, sloe (Prunus spinosa) belongs to the Rosaceae family. It is native to the UK and most of Europe and western Asia. It can also be found in New Zealand and eastern North America. It grows best in moist, well drained soil and thrives in full sunlight. It grows naturally in scrub, copses and woodlands, but is commonly used as a hedging plant. The fruit from the Blackthorn is called the Sloe which is harvested in the UK.
Spiny and densely branched, mature trees can grow to a height of around 6-7m. The bark is dark brown and smooth, and twigs form straight side shoots, which develop thorns. In winter, twigs are black and spiny with leaf buds along the spines. The leaves are slightly wrinkled, oval, toothed, pointed at the tip and tapered at the base. White flowers appear on short stalks before the leaves in March and April, either singularly or in pairs.
The thorns from the blackthorn are sharp and can be painful if they penetrate or simply scratch the skin. The tips of the thorns are brittle and can easily break, leaving fragments buried in the skin. Scratches can and do often become easily infected with swelling and pain experienced in the area of the strike very quickly after the initial impact. In more serious cases a condition called plant thorn arthritis or synovitis can be experienced. Thorns may also carry bacteriololgical infections such as Tetanus, and Leptospirosis.
Hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) is a member of the Apiaceae family and is the most poisonous indigenous plant in Britain. It can be found in ditches, damp meadows, in streams, by riverbanks and in marshes.
It is a large, stout plant between 1-2m high that flowers in July. The lower stem is usually thick and joins to clusters of fleshy tubers that give rise to the popular name "dead man's fingers". It resembles celery with its roots like a bunch of white carrots.
The entire plant is poisonous. The tubers, stems, and leaves contain oenanthotoxin, a highly unsaturated higher alcohol, which is known to be poisonous and a powerful convulsant. Poisoning by hemlock water droplet is an infrequent event. A number of human fatalities have occurred over the years, although animals are usually victims.
Note: The majority of the Apiaceae family are harmless. These include species of celery, parsley, parsnip, and carrots. The poisonous members are hemlock (Conium maculatum), cowbane (Cicuta virosa), hemlock water dropwort, giant hogweed and wild parsnip.
Hemlock (Conium maculatum) is a member of the Apiaceae family. It is found throughout England and also in Wales except for the high ground. It is common in Ireland too but records decrease as you go into northern Scotland. Hemlock appears between March to September. It can be found in damp habitats, roadsides, waste ground, field edges, path edges, meadows, and poorly drained soil near streams or ditches.
The leaves are a bit fern like with two to four pinnate divisions, the whole looking triangular in shape. A white collection of tiny flowers grow in an umbrella shape in spring. The stem is smooth, grooved, green and usually covered in purple/red spots and streaks and can reach up to 2-3m tall. The plant also has an unpleasant smell.


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Home Counter Terror & Homeland Security FAA Clears Six Sites in the USA for UAS Testing
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FAA Clears Six Sites in the USA for UAS Testing
Tamir Eshel
Capability for mature sense and avoid technology, also known as SAA, is key to successfully meeting Phase 1 UAS Airspace Operations Challenge objectives. Competitors will also demonstrate basic airmanship and air vehicle capabilities through a series of ground and flight events intended to measure key performance capabilities, requiring a high level of robustness.
<img style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" alt="uas_infographic720″ src="https://defense-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/uas_infographic720-300×248.jpg" width="300″ height="248″ />The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced yesterday the selection of the six public entities that will develop unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test sites around the country. The locations include the University of Alaska, the State of Nevada, New York Griffiss international airport, the Department of Commerce of North Dakota, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi and Virginia Tech Polytechnic Institute.
These congressionally-mandated test sites will conduct critical research into the certification and operational requirements necessary to safely integrate UAS into the national airspace over the next several years.
"Across the six applicants, the FAA is confident that the agency's research goals of System Safety & Data Gathering, Aircraft Certification, Command & Control Link Issues, Control Station Layout & Certification, Ground & Airborne Sense & Avoid, and Environmental Impacts will be met." The agency said in a statement.
The FAA's role in the UAS program is to help the test site operators set up a safe testing environment and to provide oversight that ensures the sites operate under strict safety standards.
"Safety continues to be our first priority as we move forward with integrating unmanned aircraft systems into U.S. airspace," said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. "We have successfully brought new technology into the nation's aviation system for more than 50 years, and I have no doubt we will do the same with unmanned aircraft."
Today, UAS perform border and port surveillance, help with scientific research and environmental monitoring, support public safety by law enforcement agencies, help state universities conduct research, and support various other missions for government entities.
Huerta said the first site is to be operational within 180 days, with the rest to be online "as quickly as possible". The current authorization will last until 13 Feb., 2017, at which time the FAA would need to be reauthorized. Huerta noted that parralel to the current acticity the agency continues working on a proposal for the rules guiding the integration of small umanned aircraft operating in the national airspace.
In selecting the six test site operators, the FAA considered geography, climate, location of ground infrastructure, research needs, airspace use, safety, aviation experience and risk. In totality, these six test applications achieve cross-country geographic and climatic diversity and help the FAA meet its UAS research needs.
University of Alaska
The Alaskan test plan contained a diverse set of test site range locations in seven climatic zones as well as geographic diversity with test site range locations in Hawaii and Oregon. The research plan includes the development of a set of standards for unmanned aircraft categories, state monitoring and navigation. Alaska also plans to work on safety standards for UAS operations.
Nevada's project objectives concentrate on UAS standards and operations as well as operator standards and certification requirements. The applicant's research will also include a concentrated look at how air traffic control procedures will evolve with the introduction of UAS into the civil environment and how these aircraft will be integrated with NextGen. Nevada's selection contributes to geographic and climatic diversity.
New York's Griffiss International Airport
Griffiss International plans to work on developing test and evaluation as well as verification and validation processes under FAA safety oversight. The applicant also plans to focus its research on sense and avoid capabilities for UAS and its sites will aid in researching the complexities of integrating UAS into the congested, northeast airspace.
North Dakota Department of Commerce
North Dakota plans to develop UAS airworthiness essential data and validate high reliability link technology. This applicant will also conduct human factors research. According to the FAA, North Dakota's application was the only one to offer a test range in the Temperate (continental) climate zone and included a variety of different airspace which will benefit multiple users.
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Texas A&M plans to develop system safety requirements for UAS vehicles and operations with a goal of protocols and procedures for airworthiness testing. The FAA said the selection of Texas A&M contributes to geographic and climactic diversity.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Virginia Tech plans to conduct UAS failure mode testing and identify and evaluate operational and technical risks areas. This proposal includes test site range locations in both Virginia and New Jersey.
As required in the 2012 FAA Reauthorization, the Joint Planning and Development Office has developed a comprehensive plan to maintain privacy and safely accelerate the integration of civil UAS into the national airspace system. That plan details a multi-agency approach to safe and timely UAS integration and coordination with the NextGen shift to satellite-based technologies and new procedures.
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Hacking Ke$ha off
Der Spiegel has the story of Deniz A and Christian M, two young hackers from Germany who have been vexing Sony and others by - allegedly - taking materials off the hard-drives of record company staff and pop stars and selling it on.
It's quite a sad story, because it seems like the motivation isn't malicious or greedy. There are demands for money, and blackmail, but it's all so poorly thought-out as to be heartbreaking:
In April, Deniz hacked into the computer of Jason Clarkson, the brother of American singer Kelly Clarkson. Using his computer, he managed to infiltrate the pop star's laptop and downloaded 19 new songs from the hard drive. He would have preferred Lady Gaga, he later told the police, but he couldn't get into her computer. Nevertheless, Kelly Clarkson wasn't half bad, he added. Soon afterwards, he sent an e-mail to a woman from the German Kelly Clarkson fan club, asking if she was interested in buying the next album -- the whole thing. The woman notified the star's management, negotiated a price with DJ Stolen and eventually got all the songs from him for €250. She also kept a copy of the entire chat.
I suppose it's something of a surprise to see that anyone has found a way to make serious money out of selling music online.
More seriously, if you're ripping off Kelly Clarkson, who would think the best place to start would be her biggest fan?
The use of apparently "embarrassing" photos of Ke$ha taken from her laptop to get her to record "drops" is less amusing, but reads like the actions of someone who doesn't realise the gravity of what he's doing. It doesn't make it right, but given the material is meant to be of a career-destroying degree, the demands Deniz made seem pretty small.
The real question the story raises is while the police concentrate on hobbyists who leave their digital fingerprints over their unseasoned attempts at extortion, what are the more experienced hackers getting away with?
[Thanks to Michael M for the link]
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The UNLV Alumni Association is governed by a volunteer board of directors. Members of the board are selected to serve two-year terms and participate in board meetings as well as various meetings and activities of their assigned committees. Nominations are accepted every year.
Unless a vacancy on the board arises, the term will run from January 1, 2020-December 31, 2021. Directors are eligible for re-election up to three consecutive terms.
New directors must attend orientation on Monday, December 9th at 2:30 p.m. and a full board retreat (January 2020).
Directors on the UNLV Alumni Association (Association) Board of Directors exist to secure and promote the fiduciary, legal, and ethical well-being of the Association and to ensure that the organization fulfills its missions.
Act in the best interests of the organization, and excuse yourself from discussions and votes where a conflict of interest exists.
Assume leadership positions on the board.
Identify alumni nominees for a position on the board.
Stay informed about what's going on in the organization. Read information provided, think strategically, request additional information, come prepared, and ask questions. Participate in and take responsibility for making decisions on goals, issues, policies, and other board matters.
Uphold discretion on sensitive or privileged information.
Be informed about the association's mission, goals, policies, programs, and services.
Gain sufficient knowledge of the university to be an effective ambassador of UNLV in your community.
Represent the views and interests of alumni in board, association, and university affairs.
Whenever possible, attend and represent the association at events hosted by other campus departments and student organizations.
Cultivate relationships with campus leaders and partners.
Attend 75% of board meetings, retreats and any committee meetings for which you are a member.
Pay your own expenses incurred in attending meetings.
Collaborate in good faith with other board members and staff as partners towards the achievement of organization goals.
Serve on at least one committee and volunteer to assist with events.
Provide timely responses to requests and notices.
Serve as hosts at association events.
Actively support and participate in association and university programs.
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If I do not fulfill these commitments to the Association, I will expect the Board President to discuss my responsibilities with me to determine if dismissal as a Director is necessary.
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The staff and board of directors will respond in a straightforward manner to questions I feel are necessary to carry out my responsibilities to the Association.
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If I feel the Alumni Association does not fulfill its commitment to me, I can call on the Board President and Executive Director to discuss the organization's responsibilities.


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In Virginia legislature, transit measures not in express lane
'Proposals have a long way to go'
Bob Mcdonnell
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times - Sunday, February 12, 2012
RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's pledge for big solutions this year to Virginia's perpetual transportation problems has stalled in the House and Senate, with both chambers advancing significantly watered-down versions of his agenda despite Republicans' stronghold on the General Assembly.
The House Appropriations Committee signed off on its version of the omnibus bill Friday. Unlike the state Senate measure, however, the bill from Delegate L. Scott Lingamfelter, Prince William Republican, retained one of Mr. McDonnell's signature proposals — to increase the amount of the state sales tax that goes to transportation.
"These transportation proposals have a long way to go," said Mr. McDonnell, a Republican. "I'll wait to see what [they] pass. But I am advocating one major thing, and that is having a greater percentage of the sales tax going to transportation maintenance. …. Right now, I'm just observing."
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Unlike the Senate's version, the House bill includes Mr. McDonnell's novel proposal to sell naming rights for roads and bridges for an annual fee, which Matt Strader, Virginia's assistant secretary of transportation, estimated could generate roughly $5 million to $20 million.
"The last thing I want to do is have us in the advertising business and discover we're paying for it," quipped Delegate Joe T. May, Loudoun Republican and chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
The bills in both chamber do not include the highly criticized Toll Road Authority. The entity would have the power to construct, operate and maintain toll-road facilities statewide. But the generated revenue would not necessarily be tied to the region in which the toll facilities were placed.
Though proposals to directly increase the state's 17.5-cents-a-gallon gasoline tax have been dead on arrival, a provision that would index an increase to inflation was added to the Senate bill from Sen. Frank W. Wagner, Virginia Beach Republican.
Mr. McDonnell has declined to take a position on the indexing concept, which many Republicans liken to a tax increase.
The governor said he was "confident" the House would pass most of his transportation initiative, but was less assured about what will happen in the upper chamber.
"The Senate, obviously, has come up with a few different ideas," Mr. McDonnell said. "We'll see what happens at the end."
Republicans have a 68-32 advantage in the House, including Lacey E. Putney, a Bedford independent who caucuses with the GOP. They are also governing as the majority party in the Senate, with Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling's tie-breaking vote looming over most 20-20 splits.
Still, Democrats have seized on the sales tax proposal and any talk of using more general fund money for roads as a foothold for leverage.
Mr. Bolling has ruled that his tie-breaking authority does not extend to voting on the two-year budget. So any proposal would have to win the vote of at least one Democrat.
The revised sales-tax proposal in the House bill would reallocate an estimated $94 million over the next two years. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Walter A. Stosch, Henrico Republican, suggested the provision was removed from Mr. Wagner's bill to avoid a later fight over the budget.
Both parties accused each other last week of focusing too much on divisive social issues during the session.
Senate Democratic leader Richard L. Saslaw, of Fairfax, said recently there are not yet the 21 votes necessary in the Senate to approve a budget. And Sen. L. Louise Lucas, Portsmouth Democrat, was so incensed during a debate over a bill on teachers' contracts in a committee meeting that she threw her proxy votes at the committee's chairman, Sen. Stephen H. Martin, Chesterfield Republican, and stormed out of the room.
Mr. McDonnell is downplaying the differences between the parties, pointing out that last year's budget won a unanimous vote.
"I've talked to many, many Democrats and many, many Republicans in groups [and] one-on-one," he said. "People will ultimately do the right thing."
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This summer the Martha's Vineyard Sharks, the Island's new collegiate baseball league team, will team up with Murdick's Fudge, the noted fudge and brittle maker located in Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven, and Edgartown.
The Sharks announced a ticket giveaway for the annual "Murdick's Run the Chop Challenge" — a July Fourth road race to benefit the Big Brother Big Sister program. All big brothers and big sisters, and their little brothers and little sisters, and all runners that participate in the event, will have free admission into the Sharks baseball game scheduled that day and will receive a Sharks tee-shirt. For more information go to mvsharks.com.


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Inside One Of Italy's Most Seductive And Glamorous Beach Resorts
Along the Lerici Coast on the southern Italian Riviera, you'll find one of the most splendid seaside settings in Italy, Eco del Mare. An idyllic cove with intense blue-green seas nestled among photogenic cliffs and a hillside blanketed with pine trees, the property, which includes a boutique hotel, restaurant and beach club, is one of the country's most exclusive coastal getaways, favored by big names and entertainers, who come for the privacy and knowing hospitality, then linger for the incomparable beauty of the setting. You half expect Raffaella and Gennarino, the fighting lovers in Lina Wertmuller's classic Swept Away, to wash up on its shores, so gloriously seductive is the spot. Billionaires have coveted this piece of Riviera heaven, trying to purchase it but without any luck.
The lounge area opens to the beach.
Aurelio Amendola, Courtesy of Eco del Mare
Eco del Mare Night and Day Beach Club is the full name of this luxury haven run by Francesca Mozer, who reimagined the property after inheriting it from her father, Francois, a Swiss businessman. In the 1950s Francois, who loved the sea, was looking to buy a house in the area, but what he found instead was an irresistibly beautiful seaside cove.
While the logistics made it difficult to construct a house on the cove's steep slopes, the land was too special to give up. After creating steps (he had initially accessed the beach lowering himself by rope), Mozer had an elevator installed, then built cabins and a kitchen. He invited friends; it soon became an insider favorite attracting artists and creatives who were as entranced by the spot facing onto the Golfo dei Poeti as generations of literary figures and artists (Byron, Shelley, Virginia Woolf) had been before. In 2008 Francesca decided to turn Eco del Mare into a boutique hotel with six rooms overlooking the sea. Her father was skeptical about its potential, but she regarded the undertaking as both "a passion and challenge."
Eco del Mare is about a mile from Lerici.
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To get to Eco del Mare, about a mile from Lerici, you drive a coastal road through wooded hillsides to arrive at a leafy parking spot, the sea barely visible through the sprawling umbrella pines. The elevator whisks you to a restaurant and lounge area embedded into the rocks and opening on to the beach. The stylish Francesca Mozer greets you with a gentle warning, "The only rule here is that you must relax." It's easy to comply after one glance at the sparkling sea settled between cliffs blocking out the rest of the world.
There are only six rooms, each inspired by and themed to a song by Zucchero.
The secluded property gives off a desert-island vibe along a coast where beaches are beautiful, but can become crowded in summer. The remoteness of the spot is one of the reasons celebrities come to Eco del Mare. And they know Mozer and her team will respect their privacy. Who better to understand the celebrity desire for anonymity on holiday than Mozer? Her husband is the star singer Zucchero, sometimes described as the "father of Italian blues," who has collaborated with everyone from Pavarotti to Bono and Sting. When asked who has stayed at the hotel Mozer is resolutely mum, answering broadly, "A lot of music stars, musicians, and producers," she says. "They don't want to be disturbed, or have pictures taken." The only name she will mention is David Beckham, who came by to shoot an advertising campaign. The fact there are only six rooms (with decor inspired by and themed to Zucchero's songs) is another reason anyone seeking to get away from it all can feel comfortable here (or even book the entire property for the ultimate escape).
Each year Francesca Mozer modifies the decor of the guest rooms which face the sea.
Nicola Giannotti, courtesy of Eco del Mare
Each year Mozer makes adjustments to the haute boho chic decor, with elements including sculpted wood art furniture, sea-related decorative items and for the lounge areas, large canvas cushions and coverings; she often picks up items on her off-season travels around the world. And while Mozer will readily adjust the decor, she says she has no plans to add rooms, despite demand. Rather she hopes to reduce the number of beach cabanas to further protect the ecology of the tiny bay, which routinely earns the coveted Bandiera Blu rating (given for meeting environmental and cleanliness standards). Erosion is always a challenge for beachfront owners, ever more so in an era of unpredictable climate change-driven weather. Mozer says the Eco beach is smaller than in her father's day, a situation that could eventually require importing more sand and building sea barriers to preserve the shoreline. Other ongoing sustainable practices include the use of solar panels and maintaining a zero-plastics environment. Whatever plastic has been retrieved along the beach or in the water will be used to create artwork, she says.
Eco del Mare welcomes non-overnight guests who want to come for lunch or dinner or book a spot on the beach (depending on availability). At the restaurant the cooking is high-end Ligurian with international twists, with such specialties as "carbonara di mare," made with a squid ink sauce, cuttlefish, prawns, quail eggs and katsuobushi; and second courses including just-caught fish served with vegetable caponata. or tuna tataki. The menu changes according to the seasonality of local produce.
Mozer is a particularly dedicated hotelier. You can imagine someone in her position enjoying her own island getaway somewhere during peak summer months, but she's onsite at Eco del Mare from May to September. "It's like a drug to be here," she admits, obviously as mesmerized by the beauty of the setting as her father was.
While Eco del Mare has long drawn celebrities, it's also an international destination for sophisticated travelers looking for a private corner of the Riviera. Many bookings still come from word-of-mouth recommendations. "We have guests from Finland, Holland, Switzerland, France, Spain, Japan and Korea,"says Mozer. "About 20-30% are Americans. A lot of Italians who live in the UK come too."
Steps leading to the Eco del Mare cove.
In addition to establishing Eco's renown, beating the odds and making a very small boutique hotel work in a secluded location, Mozer says what has given her the greatest satisfaction is watching the property transform from the time her father owned it until the present, and "seeing it be appreciated by people from all over the world."
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Glenbrook Valley in Houston Texas gets Groundbreaking Historic Designation
In 1956 Glenbrook Valley was just hitting its stride. The Parade of Homes had singled out the residential area, exclusively featuring Glenbrook Valley for all 30 homes on their annual tour. The development had previously been included in a citywide Parade of Homes in 1954, but not for the entire event.
Nestled along Sims Bayou between I45 and Telephone Rd., Glenbrook Valley originally opened in 1953 with a lot of fanfare. It was designed by the renowned Kansas City landscape architecture firm Hare and Hare, which was known for many Houston layouts, including River Oaks. The subdivision also received a lot of interest when Better Homes and Gardens featured 7923 Glenview on the September 1954 cover for an article titled "The Home for All America" and was the prize home for the 1954 Parade of Homes.
By 1956, Glenbrook Valley was steadily becoming the go-to neighborhood for up-and-coming Houstonians. The 1956 Parade of Homes brochure described the houses and gave each one a name to express their individuality. "The Suburban Styline," "Lowe's Electric All Electric Home," "House of Ideas" and "Casa Manana" alluded to their modern amenities. "Holiday House," "Tex-O-Rama," "Modern Junior Executive" and "Greener Pastures" appealed to the variety of personalities who may choose to move there.
Fast forward to today. Glenbrook Valley can now add another accolade to its rich history. It has just received what no other atomic era development in Texas ever has — designation as the first post-World War II historic district in Texas. The Houston City Council voted June 29 and the historic district was approved by a 10 to 4 vote. It is also Houston's first district outside the 610 loop and, with over 1250 homes, the largest of the 18 other historic districts.
Many 1950s era homes are gone forever from inner-loop neighborhoods. However, over 90 percent of the original homes built in Glenbrook Valley still exist today. These mid-century modern and American ranch style homes now have the City of Houston behind them. None of the houses can be torn down without approval from the city and must maintain their architectural integrity, although the interiors can be redesigned without restrictions.
Ranch style houses built in the 1950s are single story homes with low rooflines, usually built with an attached garage or carport. Ranch style houses have fewer doors and hallways than earlier homes, with kitchens that were designed to accommodate the modern appliances of the day. These homes have large windows and sliding glass doors that lead to the back yard where families would spend much of their leisure time. "Mid-century modern" is a term coined decades later for houses that build upon ranch style architecture. Many have floor-to-ceiling windows, open floor plans and flat roofs.
The complete article was original featured on 2m Realty.
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 сельские гмины: Гмина Гералтовице, Гмина Пильховице, Гмина Рудзинец, Гмина Велёвесь

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Население повята дано на 30 июня 2015 года.

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Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Debra may use the alias last name Powers. Her nickname is Debbie.
Debra was last seen in southern California on January 24, 1979. She and her husband, Dennis Vowell, and a companion, Gary Newton, disappeared off the coast of San Diego on their 41-foot fishing boat, the Armistice. A photograph of the boat is posted below this case summary. An extensive air and sea search by the United State Coast Guard covered the ocean between San Luis Obisbo, California and Ensenada, Mexico, but no sign of the Vowells, Newton, or the boat was ever found.
Two years after the Vowells vanished, Debra's grandfather, a sergeant with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, received a collect telephone call in the middle of the night. When he asked the operator who it was he heard someone shout, "It's Debbie. I am trying to go to California." Then the call disconnected. Debra's grandfather, who is now deceased, believed the voice he heard was Debra's. No one in her family has heard from her since and the caller has never been definitively identified.
Authorities believe the disappeared of the Armistice and its occupants is linked to a large-scale marijuana smuggling organization which has been connected to other missing boats and crew members. The Armistice was owned by Dennis and a San Clemente, California surgeon, Morris Frederick Skinner. Skinner had a business partner, Luis Alvarez, who is suspected in cases of fraud, theft, organized crime, car bombings, narcotic sales, smuggling, kidnapping and murder.
Debra's case was investigated only by the Coast Guard in 1979. In 2003, one of her family members filed a missing persons report with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's cold case unit opened an investigation. Her disappearance, her husband's, and Newton's remain unsolved.
Photographs of Dennis and Newton are unavailable. Dennis's date of birth is June 11, 1956 and Newton's is March 12, 1956; the men were 22 years old in January 1979.


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Our business began in 1985 when we had our own box office. At that time the fanciest computer was the new IBM XT. We needed a way to keep track of all the different prices, different discount codes, and different organizations. So we taught the computer to do the work. Some local theatres saw what the software could do and offered to purchase it. We left the central box office business and started the software business. Center Stage Software has been in business since 1988. At this time, we are one of the oldest and most experienced companies in the field.
Sure, we make software, but we've never forgotten what it takes to run a successful box office.
Arts Management & Technology Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University, conducts periodic surveys of ticketing software companies and reported Wintix and Webtix are among the top preferred software among respondents, both in 2015 and 2011.
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Dorothy Allison
Understand me.
What I am here for is to tell you stories that you may not want to hear.
What I am here for is to rescue my dead.
And to scare hell out of you now and then.
I was raised Baptist, I know how to do that.
Best Selling Author, Including the Award-Winning Book
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure
Cavedweller
the women who hate me
"A hell of a writer - tough and loose, clear and compassionate."
- THE VILLAGE VOICE
As close to flawless as any reader could ask for and any writes could hope for and aspire to...
The living language Allison has created is as exact and innovative as the language of To Kill a Mockingbird and the Catcher in the Rye...Simply stunning.
"Tough, plainspoken, and thoroughly unsentimental."
- LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
- THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Dorothy Allison grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, the first child of a fifteen-year-old unwed mother who worked as a waitress.
The first member of her family to graduate from high school, Allison attended Florida Presbyterian college on a National Merit Scholarship and studied anthropology at the New School for Social Research.
Now living in Northern California with her partner Alix and her son, Wolf Michael, she describes herself as a feminist, a working class story teller, a Southern expatriate, a sometime poet and a happily born-again Californian.
An award winning editor for Quest, Conditions, and Outlook—early feminist and Lesbian & Gay journals, Allison's chapbook of poetry,The Women Who Hate Me, was published with Long Haul Press in 1983.
Her short story collection, Trash (1988) was published by Firebrand Books. Trash won two Lambda Literary Awards and the American Library Association Prize for Lesbian and Gay Writing.
Allison says that the early Feminist movement changed her life. "It was like opening your eyes under water. It hurt, but suddenly everything that had been dark and mysterious became visible and open to change." However, she admits, she would never have begun to publish her stories if she hadn't gotten over her prejudices, and started talking to her mother and sisters again.
Allison received mainstream recognition with her novel Bastard Out of Carolina, (1992) a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award. The novel won the Ferro Grumley prize, an ALA Award for Lesbian and Gay Writing, became a best seller, and an award-winning movie. It has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Cavedweller (1998) became a national bestseller, NY Times Notable book of the year, finalist for the Lillian Smith prize, and an ALA prize winner.
Adapted for the stage by Kate Moira Ryan, the play was directed by Michael Greif, and featured music by Hedwig composer, Stephen Trask.
In 2003, Lisa Cholendenko directed a movie version featuring Krya Sedwick.
The expanded edition of Trash (2002) included the prize winning short story, "Compassion" selected for both Best American Short Stories 2003 and Best New Stories from the South 2003.
Fall 2009, Allison was The McGee Professor and writer in residence at Davidson College, in North Carolina.
Spring, 2007, Allison was Emory University Center for Humanistic Inquiry's Distinguished Visiting Professor.
Summer, 2007, she was Famosa in residence at Macondo in San Antonio, Texas.
2006, she was writer in residence at Columbia College in Chicago.
Awarded the 2007 Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction, Allison is a member of the board of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
Sat 01 May
Writing the novel
Sonoma County, Sonoma County, CA, USA
Dorothy Allison will not be available this summer (2021) while completing a new novel...
Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC)
Lesbian Writers Continuing on from the 70s
Apr 26, 2021, 1:00 PM PDT
Monday April 26th: 1pm
Glitterary - Dorothy Allison at University of Mississppi
univ of Mississippi
Apr 17, 2021, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ms Allison was interviewed online by Sarah Heying, followed by a reading from her work.
Wed 23 Sep
Glitterary at University of Mississippi
Sep 23, 2020, 3:00 PM – 5:05 PM CDT
3pm /5pm: Interview with Sarah Heying (her thesis is on Ms. Allison). Followed by Ms. Allison's reading from her work.
Glitterary Festival, Oxford Mississippi
University, Butler Auditorium, University, Oxford, MS, USA
April 3rd: 1:15pm, conversation with Sarah Heying followed that evening by a reading (6:30pm) at Violet Valley Bookstore with Nick White.
2020 Susan D. Gubar Lecture
Neal-Marshall Grand Hall, IU Bloomington
Mar 25, 2020, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
Neal-Marshall Grand Hall, IU Bloomington, 1020 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Named for pioneering feminist literary critic, Susan D. Gubar, this event is an annual opportunity to bring an esteemed American creative writer to Indiana to give a public lecture . Past Gubar Lecturers include Claudia Rankine, George Saunders, and Patricia Lockwood.
Emory Honors Jim Grimsley
Emory University, 201 Dowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Jim Grimsley is retiring from the teaching life to concentrate on writing. His friends, including Dorothy Allison, will join the faculty to honor this legendary writer.
Boulder Generative Workshop November 11-13, 2020
Boulder WritingXWriters - Generative work
Mar 16, 2020, 10:20 AM MDT – Mar 18, 2020, 6:20 PM MDT
Featuring Dorothy Allison, Jericho Brown & Pam Houston, this is to be a short intensive full immersion in the creative process. information is at https://www.writingxwriters.org/boulder
Eckerd College honors Dorothy Allison
Eckerd College, 4200 54th Avenue South St. Petersburg, Florida 33711
"Our Lives in Story - the Real in Fiction" How we make over the stories we are told and the lives we lead.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 700 S High St, West Chester, PA 19383, USA
Dorothy Allison will be on campus February the 24th and 25th with a public reading/lecture Tuesday evening the 25th. Contact Luanne Smith at Main Hall 548, or at LSmith@wcupa.edu
National Books Awards 2019
70th National Book Awards Ceremony
Nov 20, 2019, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
70th National Book Awards Ceremony, Lower Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
Dorothy is a judge this year!
Thomas Wolfe Prize
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Sep 30, 2019, 6:00 PM – Oct 01, 2019, 9:00 PM
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Genome Sciences Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
2019 Thomas Wolfe Prize awarded to Dorothy Allison
Fri 06 Sep
Festivaletteratura, Italy
Sep 06, 2019, 6:15 PM GMT+3
Mantua, 46100 Mantua, Province of Mantua, Italy
Festivaletteratura, Italy will take place from the 4th to the 8th of September.
For publishing inquiries, please contact Dorothy's literary agent,
Ellen Geiger / Francis Goldin Literary Agency
| eg@goldinlit.com |
For inquiries about engagements, please contact David Marsh
| rydab@aol.com |
Dorothy is published by Penguin Random House
Dorothy has somehow never gotten much into social media, but does occasionally enjoy sharing pictures of her dog on Instagram.
You can see those here:
© 2018 by Dorothy Allison. Proudly created with WIX.COM


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New startup hub Stone and Chalk wants to make Sydney Asia's FinTech leader
News » Other » New startup hub Stone and Chalk wants to make Sydney Asia's FinTech leader
Gina Baldassarre - March 4, 2015 2 MIN READ
Less than a month out from the state election, NSW Premier Mike Baird this week unveiled a new FinTech startup space, which is set to open in the heart of Sydney's CBD in May.
The coworking space, named Stone and Chalk, is a key project of the Committee for Sydney think tank's Financial Services Knowledge Hub. It is an independent, not-for profit organisation that will aim to provide startups with low cost services, mentoring, and access to capital.
The creation of a FinTech hub was just one of the recommendations set out in a report from KPMG, commissioned by The Committee for Sydney, on how to unlock Sydney's potential to become a leading FinTech space in the Asia-Pacific region.
Stone and Chalk's foundation partners, which include Amazon, American Express, HSBC, Woolworths, Suncorp Bank, and Intel, have contributed $2 million to make its establishment possible, with the NSW Government also providing support for the space. DEXUS Property Group has been appointed property partner.
Tim Williams, CEO of The Committee for Sydney, believes the city has solid foundations to become a thriving FinTech hub.
"Sydney's financial services sector contributes $57 billion to New South Wales' economy and produces 5 percent of Australia's GDP, with a significant extra multiplier effect in innovation and job creation for the rest of the economy. At the same time, Sydney is also the centre of Australia's ICT industry and leads the nation in tech startups," Williams said.
Craig Dunn, the newly appointed chair of Stone and Chalk, believes the space will become the heart of FinTech in Australia and even Asia.
"Digital disruption is transforming the financial services industry and there is much to be gained through greater collaboration between stakeholders in the FinTech ecosystem. We are focused on bringing to life our vision for Sydney's fintech hub to support start-ups compete, thrive and lead on a world stage," said Dunn.
Dunn, previously CEO of AMP, will be bringing more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry to his new role.
The name Stone and Chalk defines the principles the hub will aim to live by: 'everything is set in stone' speaks to the unchangeable foundations of the fintech community, including upholding the integrity of the financial industry, regulatory compliance, and earning the trust of customers and putting them first, while 'everything else is writing in chalk' highlights the innovative nature of the startup community.
Applications are now open for startups interested in moving to Stone and Chalk.
Image: The Australian. Original Source: The Courier Mail
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