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Al Franken Brilliantly Outlines Case Against Trump During Russia Hearing
"That's a lot"
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Al Franken doesn't mince words. The outspoken senator has become one of the most reliable voices in the young Trump Administration but he took it to another level during the testimony of former Justice Department official Sally Yates.
At the top of the hearing, Franken went through the list of Trump officials who have already been revealed to have formal ties to Russia:
Disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn , former Trump campaign manager Paul Manifort, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, former adviser Carter Page and current senior adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner.
"That's a lot," Franken said dryly.
If you'll remember, Yates was unceremoniously fired by President Trump after she refused to support his attempted ban on travelers from several majority Muslim countries.
During the testimony, Franken asked aloud why Trump didn't fire former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn once it was revealed he had lied to Vice President Mike Pence about his ties to Russia.
It was revealed on Monday that both Yates and President Obama had warned Trump not to hire Flynn, stressing the likelihood that he had been "compromised" by his ties to Russia and Vladimir Putin.
Reading from the department's own description of the requirements for national security clearance, Franken said:
"Security clearance holders must demonstrate trustworthiness, honesty, reliability, discretion and sound judgment, as well as freedom from allegiances and potential for coercion."
He then asked former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper if he has appeared on Russia Today, the state-run propaganda TV network, like Flynn has.
"No, not willingly," Clapper said to laughter.
He then asked Yates if she had warned Trump directly about Flynn. "Certainly We went through all of our concerns in the first meeting."
When Yates refused to speculate as to why Trump didn't heed the advice both she and Obama had freely offered him, Franken laid out the case in brutal fashion:
"Maybe, just maybe, he didn't get rid of a guy who lied to the vice president, who got paid by the Russians, who went on Russia Today, because there are other people in his administration who met secretly with the Russians and didn't reveal it until later, until they were caught."


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TIP! When considering a prospective property for investment purposes, try to chose something that will increase in value. Land near water or parks will earn you more money in the future.
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Do some research prior to investing in real estate there. There should an official website created for that city. You can discover city planning details and other info that might impact real estate values in the future. A city that's growing is usually a great thing to invest in.
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package org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.errors;

import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.Admin;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.NewTopic;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.TopicExistsException;
import org.apache.kafka.common.header.Headers;
import org.apache.kafka.common.record.RecordBatch;
import org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException;
import org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.SinkConnectorConfig;
import org.apache.kafka.connect.util.ConnectorTaskId;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

import static java.util.Collections.singleton;

/**
 * Write the original consumed record into a dead letter queue. The dead letter queue is a Kafka topic located
 * on the same cluster used by the worker to maintain internal topics. Each connector is typically configured
 * with its own Kafka topic dead letter queue. By default, the topic name is not set, and if the
 * connector config doesn't specify one, this feature is disabled.
 */
public class DeadLetterQueueReporter implements ErrorReporter {

    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DeadLetterQueueReporter.class);

    private static final int DLQ_NUM_DESIRED_PARTITIONS = 1;

    public static final String HEADER_PREFIX = "__connect.errors.";
    public static final String ERROR_HEADER_ORIG_TOPIC = HEADER_PREFIX + "topic";
    public static final String ERROR_HEADER_ORIG_PARTITION = HEADER_PREFIX + "partition";
    public static final String ERROR_HEADER_ORIG_OFFSET = HEADER_PREFIX + "offset";
    public static final String ERROR_HEADER_CONNECTOR_NAME = HEADER_PREFIX + "connector.name";
    public static final String ERROR_HEADER_TASK_ID = HEADER_PREFIX + "task.id";
    public static final String ERROR_HEADER_STAGE = HEADER_PREFIX + "stage";
    public static final String ERROR_HEADER_EXECUTING_CLASS = HEADER_PREFIX + "class.name";
    public static final String ERROR_HEADER_EXCEPTION = HEADER_PREFIX + "exception.class.name";
    public static final String ERROR_HEADER_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE = HEADER_PREFIX + "exception.message";
    public static final String ERROR_HEADER_EXCEPTION_STACK_TRACE = HEADER_PREFIX + "exception.stacktrace";

    private final SinkConnectorConfig connConfig;
    private final ConnectorTaskId connectorTaskId;
    private final ErrorHandlingMetrics errorHandlingMetrics;

    private KafkaProducer<byte[], byte[]> kafkaProducer;

    public static DeadLetterQueueReporter createAndSetup(Map<String, Object> adminProps,
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                                                         SinkConnectorConfig sinkConfig, Map<String, Object> producerProps,
                                                         ErrorHandlingMetrics errorHandlingMetrics) {
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                log.error("Topic {} doesn't exist. Will attempt to create topic.", topic);
                NewTopic schemaTopicRequest = new NewTopic(topic, DLQ_NUM_DESIRED_PARTITIONS, sinkConfig.dlqTopicReplicationFactor());
                admin.createTopics(singleton(schemaTopicRequest)).all().get();
            }
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            throw new ConnectException("Could not initialize dead letter queue with topic=" + topic, e);
        } catch (ExecutionException e) {
            if (!(e.getCause() instanceof TopicExistsException)) {
                throw new ConnectException("Could not initialize dead letter queue with topic=" + topic, e);
            }
        }

        KafkaProducer<byte[], byte[]> dlqProducer = new KafkaProducer<>(producerProps);
        return new DeadLetterQueueReporter(dlqProducer, sinkConfig, id, errorHandlingMetrics);
    }

    /**
     * Initialize the dead letter queue reporter with a {@link KafkaProducer}.
     *
     * @param kafkaProducer a Kafka Producer to produce the original consumed records.
     */
    // Visible for testing
    DeadLetterQueueReporter(KafkaProducer<byte[], byte[]> kafkaProducer, SinkConnectorConfig connConfig,
                            ConnectorTaskId id, ErrorHandlingMetrics errorHandlingMetrics) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(kafkaProducer);
        Objects.requireNonNull(connConfig);
        Objects.requireNonNull(id);
        Objects.requireNonNull(errorHandlingMetrics);

        this.kafkaProducer = kafkaProducer;
        this.connConfig = connConfig;
        this.connectorTaskId = id;
        this.errorHandlingMetrics = errorHandlingMetrics;
    }

    /**
     * Write the raw records into a Kafka topic.
     *
     * @param context processing context containing the raw record at {@link ProcessingContext#consumerRecord()}.
     */
    public void report(ProcessingContext context) {
        final String dlqTopicName = connConfig.dlqTopicName();
        if (dlqTopicName.isEmpty()) {
            return;
        }

        errorHandlingMetrics.recordDeadLetterQueueProduceRequest();

        ConsumerRecord<byte[], byte[]> originalMessage = context.consumerRecord();
        if (originalMessage == null) {
            errorHandlingMetrics.recordDeadLetterQueueProduceFailed();
            return;
        }

        ProducerRecord<byte[], byte[]> producerRecord;
        if (originalMessage.timestamp() == RecordBatch.NO_TIMESTAMP) {
            producerRecord = new ProducerRecord<>(dlqTopicName, null,
                    originalMessage.key(), originalMessage.value(), originalMessage.headers());
        } else {
            producerRecord = new ProducerRecord<>(dlqTopicName, null, originalMessage.timestamp(),
                    originalMessage.key(), originalMessage.value(), originalMessage.headers());
        }

        if (connConfig.isDlqContextHeadersEnabled()) {
            populateContextHeaders(producerRecord, context);
        }

        this.kafkaProducer.send(producerRecord, (metadata, exception) -> {
            if (exception != null) {
                log.error("Could not produce message to dead letter queue. topic=" + dlqTopicName, exception);
                errorHandlingMetrics.recordDeadLetterQueueProduceFailed();
            }
        });
    }

    // Visible for testing
    void populateContextHeaders(ProducerRecord<byte[], byte[]> producerRecord, ProcessingContext context) {
        Headers headers = producerRecord.headers();
        if (context.consumerRecord() != null) {
            headers.add(ERROR_HEADER_ORIG_TOPIC, toBytes(context.consumerRecord().topic()));
            headers.add(ERROR_HEADER_ORIG_PARTITION, toBytes(context.consumerRecord().partition()));
            headers.add(ERROR_HEADER_ORIG_OFFSET, toBytes(context.consumerRecord().offset()));
        }

        headers.add(ERROR_HEADER_CONNECTOR_NAME, toBytes(connectorTaskId.connector()));
        headers.add(ERROR_HEADER_TASK_ID, toBytes(String.valueOf(connectorTaskId.task())));
        headers.add(ERROR_HEADER_STAGE, toBytes(context.stage().name()));
        headers.add(ERROR_HEADER_EXECUTING_CLASS, toBytes(context.executingClass().getName()));
        if (context.error() != null) {
            headers.add(ERROR_HEADER_EXCEPTION, toBytes(context.error().getClass().getName()));
            headers.add(ERROR_HEADER_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE, toBytes(context.error().getMessage()));
            byte[] trace;
            if ((trace = stacktrace(context.error())) != null) {
                headers.add(ERROR_HEADER_EXCEPTION_STACK_TRACE, trace);
            }
        }
    }

    private byte[] stacktrace(Throwable error) {
        ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        try {
            PrintStream stream = new PrintStream(bos, true, "UTF-8");
            error.printStackTrace(stream);
            bos.close();
            return bos.toByteArray();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            log.error("Could not serialize stacktrace.", e);
        }
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    }

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        return toBytes(String.valueOf(value));
    }

    private byte[] toBytes(long value) {
        return toBytes(String.valueOf(value));
    }

    private byte[] toBytes(String value) {
        if (value != null) {
            return value.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }
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Home » In memory of Lee, the struggle against the WTO continues
In memory of Lee, the struggle against the WTO continues
10 September 2015 World Trade Organisation
LVC Call to Action: WTO Ministerial 2015
(Harare, 10 September 2015) Today, as la Via Campesina, we celebrate International Day of Peasant Struggle Against the WTO, and remember the life and legacy of our brother and leader Mr. Lee Kyun Hae. A Korean farmer leader whose right to life with dignity was destroyed by the WTO, Mr. Lee sacrificed himself in 2003 to radically denounce those responsible for the disappearance of peasant economies around the globe. Now, in 2015, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is at it again. Promising to force through "all aspects of the Bali Package", the multilateral killer of farmers will convene its 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 18 December, 2015. Further liberalization of trade is not only on the agenda, it is the agenda, with corporate agribusiness looking to destroy the few public policies that still protect some national food systems.
Referred to simply as the "Bali Package", the outcomes of the last WTO Ministerial (2013) were hailed as a victory by the WTO for unlocking a series of deadlocked negotiations on trade, agriculture, and development. La Via Campesina warns, however, that this so-called "victory" for the WTO and the Transnational Corporations (TNCs) that back it came at the expense of the world's poor majorities. As peasants, men and women, around the world organize to achieve Food Sovereignty – in which national governments must support and defend rural communities, cultures, and livelihoods – powerful voices inside the WTO are looking to end the so-called "peace clause" which "allows" national governments to protect their food and agricultural systems.
La Via Campesina continues to firmly believe that the WTO is an organization for the "developed" countries and the TNCs, pushing free trade rules that only benefit the rich and concentrate even more wealth in the hands of a few. La Via Campesina reiterates its position that the WTO is a failed and delegitimized institution that is desperately trying to revive itself with its "Bali Package" at the high cost of food sovereignty, livelihoods, jobs, and the future of the people and the planet. In short, La Via Campesina reiterates our call for an End to the WTO and the tyranny of the free trade regime. We redouble our efforts in fighting the corporate-led system and pushing for peoples' alternatives.
In December, La Via Campesina will be mobilized in decentralized global aimed at pressuring national governments away from the free trade agenda. We will also be on the streets of Kenya supporting our brothers and sisters from across Africa, and around the globe, who will be demonstrating against the WTO in Nairobi. We invite all those in struggle against the WTO to email your plans for action to [nomorewto.kenya.lvc@gmail.com] and help make the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference its last.
NO MORE WTO!
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY NOW!
GLOBALIZE STRUGGLE! GLOBALIZE HOPE!
See: WTO Kills Farmers: Nyeleni Newsletter Number 16, December 2013.
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ADD and ADHD challenge those seeking driver's license
By JOHN O'NEILNew York Times News Service
The first time Jillian Serpa tried to learn to drive, the family car wound up straddling a creek next to her home in Ringwood, N.J.
Serpa, then 16, had gotten flustered trying to sort out a rapid string of directions from her father while preparing to back out of their driveway. "There was a lack of communication," she said. "I stepped on the gas instead of the brake."
On her second attempt to learn, Serpa recalled, she "totally freaked out" at a busy intersection. It was four years before she tried driving again. She has made great progress, but so far has still fallen short of her goal: Two weeks ago she knocked over a cone while parallel parking and failed the road test for the fourth time.
Learning to drive is hard and scary for many teenagers, and driving is far and away the most dangerous thing teenagers do. But the challenges are significantly greater for adolescents who, like Serpa, have attention deficit disorder.
A number of cognitive conditions can affect driving, and instructors report a recent increase in the number of teenagers with Asperger syndrome seeking licenses. But the largest group of challenged teenage drivers — and the mostly closely studied — appears to be those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. A 2007 study, by Russell A. Barkley of the Medical University of South Carolina and Daniel J. Cox of the University of Virginia Health System, concluded that young drivers with ADHD are two to four times as likely as those without the condition to have an accident — meaning that they are at a higher risk of wrecking the car than an adult who is legally drunk.
Researchers say that many teenagers with attention or other learning problems can become good drivers, but not easily or quickly, and that some will be better off not driving till they are older — or not at all.
The most obvious difficulty they face is inattention, the single leading cause of crashes among all drivers, said Bruce Simons-Morton, senior investigator at the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Md.
"When a driver takes his eyes off the road for two seconds or more, he's doubled the risk of a crash," he said.
Inexperienced drivers usually are distractible drivers. Simons-Morton cited a study on a closed course in which teenagers proved much more adept than adults at using cellphones while driving — and missed more stop signs.
The situation isn't helped by how "noisy" cars have become, with cellphones, iPods and Bluetooth devices, said Lissa Robins Kapust, a social worker and coordinator of a driving program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. "Driving is so busy on the inside and the outside of the car — it's the most complex thing we do."
But ADHD involves more than distractibility. Its other major trait is impulsiveness, which is often linked to high levels of risk-taking, said Barkley.
"It's a bad combination" for young drivers, he said. "They're more prone to crashes because of inattention, but the reason their crashes are so much worse is because they're so often speeding." Many drivers with ADHD overestimate their skills behind the wheel, Barkley noted.
Far better, researchers say, to have the attitude that Serpa does — not minimizing the difficulties or being daunted by them. "I am persistent," said Serpa, now 21. "I don't quit. And if there are people who think I am struggling with driving, I will tell them the truth."
Serpa heads back to the road test Thursday, with "a whole new level of confidence" after more intensive practice — plus a new string of kabbalah beads and a lucky pendant.
Fortunately, researchers and special instructors are discovering more tangible ways to help teenagers like her. The first step: deciding whether a 16-year-old is ready to learn, or really needs to drive at all.
Simons-Morton thinks that almost any reason to put off starting lessons is a good one. "If I were the parent of an ADHD or other special-needs kid, my goal would be to delay licensing," he said. "They mature, they accommodate to their deficits and they're more likely to take medication."
Some instructors believe there's no way to judge readiness until the child gets behind the wheel. "You can't tell from a diagnosis or first impression — you have to drive with them a while," said Thomas Kalina, a driving rehabilitation instructor at Bryn Mawr Rehab in Malvern, Pa.
Maturity also has to be considered. If a teenager with ADHD is showing consistent poor judgment or has earned only limited independence, he may not be ready. Behavioral problems can be a red flag, regardless of whether they have to do with driving.
"If your kid is that oppositional and defiant, she shouldn't be driving," said Dr. Patty Huang, a pediatrician at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Even before the child reaches driving age, instructors recommend preparing by making sure the child can ride a bike, or by "narrating" a parent's driving, both of which help raise the teenager's awareness of what's involved in maneuvering through space and traffic.
When a child with ADHD is ready for lessons, experts say the first stop is not the driving school — it's the doctor's office.
Most young drivers with ADHD should be taking medication, they say; many studies have found that stimulants that help focus attention, like Ritalin and Adderall, can reduce the risk of accidents. "Medication should not really be optional," Barkley said. He recommends considering extended-release formulations that remain effective at night, when accidents are most common.
A doctor's exam might also uncover hidden issues. When Serpa decided to try again at age 20, for instance, an eye exam turned up a visual processing problem that may have contributed to her earlier driving difficulties.
More than most other teenagers, those with ADHD benefit from professional instruction — in some cases, with a driving rehabilitation specialist. The field developed to meet the needs of stroke patients and the elderly, but instructors now see a growing number of special-needs teenagers.
All involved should be prepared for training to take as long as is necessary for the young driver to develop competence — which may be a long time. The instructor should coach parents as well, since they oversee the bulk of practicing.
As any parent knows, it's easy for sessions to turn acrimonious. But learning happens more quickly in a positive atmosphere. "It's important to remind parents to work on catching your teen doing the right thing," said Gregory A. Fabiano, a professor of psychology at the University at Buffalo.
Most states require only 40 or 50 hours of road practice before a driver is eligible for a licensing exam. Researchers generally agree that all teenagers should have more practice, and for children with learning disabilities the amount should be much greater, even if it means keeping them in the learner permit stage longer than strictly necessary.
For parents anxious about safety during practice, installing a temporary passenger-side brake can cost less than repairing a significant dent. And experts say parents may find that a child learns better in a car with a manual transmission, which gives the attention less time to wander.
Special measures may be helpful even after a teenager with ADHD earns a license. Many experts recommend that parents adopt a ramped-up version of the graduated licensing common in most states. Barkley encourages parents to carry out a strict program of monitoring that is relaxed bit by bit. Sign a contract on safe driving practices. Set up a logbook that teenagers can use to record medication, sign cars in and out and list where they're going and who with. Cellphones should be strictly forbidden. The household contract can be tougher than the law, he said: "Tell them that even if the state doesn't take their license away, we're going to."
It isn't easy, but with these techniques children with ADHD are learning to drive, and safely. Indeed, sometimes they are their own best instructors. When he was learning, Josh Nabours, 21, a student with ADHD in Phoenix, found that his mind wandered whenever he waited at a red light.
"If I'm not doing anything, my mind starts going five times as fast," he said. His solution? Turning on the radio, which provides just enough engagement to keep him rooted in the present.
These days, Nabours drives himself to classes at a community college, and he has never been in an accident or received a ticket.


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Jackson Hole WY is nestled between the magnificent Grand Teton Range on the west and sublime Gros Ventre Mountains to the east, the Wyoming Range on the south eastern flank, the Snake River Range on the southwestern flank and the Absaroka Mountains touching base on the north eastern corner. The Grand Tetons on the west side of the valley isn't the only breath taking geologic feature, upheavals and erosion in the Gros Ventre range on the east side of the valley have produced an interesting formation. These works of nature have created what appears to be a "Sleeping Indian," complete with mouth, nose, flowing headdress, and folded arms across the chest. With a sharp eye and a little imagination you can see the Indian on the horizon. This Valley is also home of Grand Teton National Park and is the southern gateway to Yellowstone National Park. Jackson Hole is known world-wide as the best of the old west.
The secret is out that Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is a skiers nirvana, especially those who lust for double-black diamond steeps blanketed in deep powder. Equally deserving of a visit or stay, just 12 miles from that mountain masterpiece, is the century-old, authentic Western cowboy town of Jackson.
The town of Jackson (pop. 10,000), with its western ambience and wooden sidewalks, also offers AAA four-diamond lodgings such as the Rusty Parrot Lodge and Wort Hotel. Other town attractions are upscale boutiques, exceptional restaurants, 30 art galleries and the Center for the Arts completed in 2004. Total lodging count is 80+ properties with 5,000 rooms.
Prime entertainment centers are the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, which features live music and saddles as bar stools, and the Silver Dollar Bar. Part of the latter's appeal is the 2,000 silver dollars inlaid in the counter. Jackson also has movie theaters and indoor ice skating.
Most high-end lodging and attractions are within walking distance of the Town Square, defined by its gateway arches made of elk antlers. Those attractions include the Snow King Resort, Wyoming's oldest ski area. It has four lifts, 400 skiable acres, 1,570 vertical feet, a terrain park, halfpipe and tubing hill.
Many who visit Jackson wonder why the town of Jackson isn't named Jackson Hole, as Jackson Hole is where they set out for. This conundrum deserves an explanation. The mountain men of yore called valleys; "holes," Davy Jackson was the mountain man that trapped beaver in the valley of the east side of the Grand Tetons; therefore, it became known as Davy Jackson's Hole or Davy Jackson's Valley. It has in the ensuing one hundred ninety years been shortened to Jackson Hole; therefore, the town of Jackson is in the valley called Jackson Hole. The community, the valley, and the lake were all named after mountain man, trapper, and trader, Davy Jackson.
The hole or valley is 48 miles long and six to eight miles wide, embracing an area of approximately 400 square miles. The Snake River Flows through the Valley and the Grand Tetons tower 7,500 feet above the valley floor with the Grand Tetons rising to 13,770 feet above sea level.
Grizzly Bears like this one roam the mountains surrounding Jackson Hole. There are about 600 grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Eco-system.
Jackson Hole lays a few miles west of the continental divide and lies near the Snake River's headwaters in Yellowstone. Hundreds of mountain streams converge from the surrounding highlands, adding to the Snake River's flow.
With so many mountain ranges within a stone's throw, Jackson is a hub of outdoor recreation opportunity. Skiing is the major winter pastime, and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Snow King and Grand Targhee all offer an excellent skiing experience and accommodations but many locals prefer the Teton Backcountry for their ski mountaineering adventure, skinning up the mountain gives you a greater appreciation for the descent. There is a saying around Jackson; "I came here for the skiing but stayed because of the summer. There is about five fun things you can do in the winter but in the summer there are hundreds, horseback riding, fly-fishing, whitewater sports, canoeing, hiking, and photography just to name a very few.
Jackson is the prefect North American Wildlife Safari destination; elk, deer, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, pronghorn antelope, moose, grizzly bears, black bears, and many other small mammals can be found throughout the valley. A plethora of bird species hangs also can be found in the valley throughout the year including various ducks, eagles, geese, and trumpeter swans. Jackson Hole is also home to the National Elk Refuge where thousands of elk winter right outside the town of Jackson. The National Elk Refuge, northeast of Jackson, provides a home for thousands of elk each winter. Visitors can take sleigh rides among the elk from mid-December through April.
Until shortly after 1800, Jackson Hole was a favorite spring, summer, and fall hunting ground of the Indians, but the Indians, unlike us, always had the common sense to move to warmer places for the winter. There is a mountain in the Grand Tetons named Mt. Teewinot The name of the mountain is derived from the Shoshone Indian Tribe word meaning "many pinnacles" and Teewinot is thought to be the name the Shoshone Indians called the whole Grand Teton Range.
John Colter was the first American to see Jackson Hole In 1807, originally a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, a fur trader named Manual Lisa, who had recently set up a trading post on the Yellowstone River recruited Colter to do some PR work with the Indians and let them know where his trading post was and that he was open for business. He traveled south down the Bighorn River, west up the Wind River, over Togwotee Pass, down through Jackson, over Teton Pass and down through eastern Idaho telling the Indians he encountered along the way of the trading post on the Yellowstone River. He then backtracked through Jackson Hole, then veered northwest into Yellowstone but that is another story.
Chief Washakie's Shoshone tribe was one of the tribes that spent summers in Jackson Hole.
The decades that followed are frequently called the "Fur Trade Era," for the Teton region became the scene of intensive exploration and trapping activities. The mountain men of Jackson Hole were hardy characters who, over a period of about two decades contributed to the opening of the western frontier. Among these frontiersmen were Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger and Davy Jackson. William Sublette (a partner of Davy Jackson's) who, named Jackson Lake and Jackson Hole after Jackson in 1829. Jackson Hole was a crossroad of trapper trails of the fur trade era, because six trapper's trails converged as the spokes of a wheel upon their hub.
By 1845, because of the declining supply of beaver pelts, the corresponding increasing price and the new popularity of silk top hats spelled the demise of the beaver trapping business. During the next four decades, the valleys near the Tetons were largely deserted, except for Indians who still-hunted here.
As the American frontier expanded and one government expedition after another surveyed the west, the most important of these for Jackson Hole was the Hayden Surveys of 1871, 1872, 1877, and 1878. These survey parties named many of Jackson Hole's natural features, including Leigh, Jenny, Taggart, Bradley and Phelps lakes and Mount St. John. William H. Jackson, a member of the 1872 Hayden Expedition, took the first known photographs of the Tetons. In 1879, and Expedition artist Thomas Moran put them on canvas.
In the mid 1880s, the first settlers came. They entered by the Gros Ventre River Valley from the east and Teton Pass from the west, most were Mormon, the villages of Kelly, Jackson, Wilson and Moran were established by these pioneer homesteaders. Among these early settlers was Nick Wilson who became failure with Jackson Hole when he ran away from home to live with the Chief Washakie's Shoshone tribe in the 1950's.
Jackson Hole, once over shadowed by Yellowstone, due to it's embarrassment of riches has become a destination resort in it's own right. Many visitors passed through Jackson Hole on their way to Yellowstone then return to Jackson Hole year after year because of the plethora of recreational opportunities it offers the visitor.
On June 23, 1925, one of the largest fast-moving landslides in generations occurred near the village of Kelly, Wyoming. In just three minutes, huge amounts of rock and debris cascaded down the north slope of Sheep Mountain, changing the area forever. Hurling down the slope at 50 m.p.h., the mile-wide slide carried 50,000,000 cubic yards of debris. The mass rode 300 feet up the opposite slope, blocked the Gros Ventre River, and formed a five-mile long body of water known today as Lower Slide Lake. The piles of debris seen today contain large chunks of Tensleep Sandstone, along with remnants of the original forest.
The delisting of the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear is imminent and this we should celebrate (''''dancing''''). Now that our happy dance is complete, we must ensure the grizzlies' recovery is permanent. To ensure "continuity of achievement," the grizzlies need a firewall to protect the success of this achievement from human foible.
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee was formed in 1983 to help ensure recovery of viable grizzly bear populations and their habitat in the lower 48 states through interagency coordination of policy, planning, management, and research. Many people have been working on this recovery for decades, for some; it has been most of their career. I can understand why the delisting of the grizzly before their retirement is their goal. A metaphorical gold watch if you will.
Blondie the Grizzly Sow and her three cubs, where these four bears roam in the Teton Wilderness is likely to open to hunting someday soon, this must not happen.
Yellowstone roadside grizzlies worth rangers' hassle???
The Grand Teton Photo and Field Guide is an encapsulation of the flora, fauna, and photography of Jackson Hole Wyoming and Grand Teton National Park. Also included are thumbnails of the history and geology of the valley. This book is for all visitors with a desire to seek out wildlife, photograph the landscape, or merely learn about the history, geology, and lay of the land of Grand Teton National Park. The author provides general overviews including hot links with more in-depth descriptions of subjects of individual interest.
In the "Lay of the Land" section, includes the obvious highlights along the loop through Grand Teton Park. Hot links to side roads will give you more in-depth description of side roads and feeder roads and their highlights. Also included are descriptions of all two-rut roads that are legal to travel on in Grand Teton Park. GPS links to Google Maps are provided throughout.
As a field guide, profiles of most of animals and birds in the area are described. Jackson Hole is full of wildlife but there are places where animals are, and there are places where they are not. It is a waste of time to scrutinize a landscape devoid of what you are looking for, so this guide narrows options down to the hot spots. I provide maps of the likeliest places to find the popular critters of Grand Teton National Park. I also touch on trees, shrubs, and wildflowers with minimal explanations.
The grandeur of Grand Teton Park has made it one of the most photographed places in the world. The opportunity to harness multiple juxtapositional elements has drawn photographers for over a century since William Henry Jackson took the first photos here in 1878. Grand Teton Park's plethora of famous vistas are profiled as well as many which are less clichéd that can bring new perspectives of a well-documented landscape. Grand Tetons' iconic landscape photo opportunities are described in detail; however, they barely scratch the surface of opportunities as it takes a photographer with an artist's eye to unveil as they follow their own intuition and vision. The author who shies away from clichéd landscapes provides a chapter of his favorite places that aren't landscape clichés.
In the photography section the author includes chapters on composition, exposure basics, when to shoot and why. Daryl has summarized what he teaches in his, half day, Grand Teton workshops in a simple concise way.


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A conference at the crossroad of Youth Work, Culture and Education
Between the 2nd and 4th November 2022, in Bonn Germany, a conference took place titled, "Youth Work, Culture and Education: European Trilogue-Conference on Cultural Youth Education". Rolf Witte, one of the organisers of the event, shares some insights on this event. The conference took place in the framework of the Bonn Process for the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda, and as a contribution to the European Year of Youth.
The conference was organised by BKJ and ACEnet. ACEnet is a partner of BKJ, and is a network of European policy makers and civil servants working in the fields of arts and cultural education. ACEnet was developed to communicate cross-sectorally between different policy areas. The two organisations invited European policy makers and civil servants of ministries responsible for youth, education, arts and culture, to discuss the strategic connections between the policy sectors and to identify possibilities of closer cross-sectoral cooperation on national and European levels.
Boosting international exchanges
One of BKJs main areas of focus is on the building of cooperation between the cultural sector and the formal education sector. As an organisation they deal with three policy areas everyday though they are positioned and financed in the youth sector. For example; they work to motivate schools and their partners in the cultural sector, to cooperate on local level and on the development of education policy in many countries.
Aim of the conference was to show the possibilities that exist with exchange programmes.
Aim of the conference was to open the eyes of those who are linked to the education and cultural fields, to the youth field and to show the possibilities that exist with exchange programmes. The conference encouraged the representatives from the arts, education and cultural sectors to have a closer look at the Erasmus+ Youth programme. It provides good opportunities to organize cultural education projects for and with young people.
Having in mind that the EU programmes in the fields of culture and formal education are not so easy to access for cultural education projects. This is a very practical example of why such an overview of three policy areas can be of benefit.
BKJ itself has a rich history of organising international exchanges with young people, and its member organisations develop a large number of them each year. Due to the broad scope of the organisation, its members and partners, the exchanges have many different forms. They vary from long-term partnerships to short-term youth exchange programmes.
The international partners for the exchange programmes come from the youth sector, the educational sector and from the cultural sector. International exchanges are important experiences, whether they are connecting youth circus groups from two different countries, or a music exchange of youth orchestras from several countries, or a number of youth theatre groups meeting together. BKJ was able to share their substantial experience at the conference, especially with delegates from the other sectors.
The conference was also developed as a contribution to the Bonn Process. Rolf Witte stated:
"We don't know yet if there will be a follow-up of this first conference, we just wanted to throw a stone in the water, to bring people together from these three sectors, to create motivation for a better understanding of each other, and to integrate the different perspectives of each policy sector into the thinking of joint strategies for the national and European level."
Rolf Witte
Rolf Witte works for the 'German Federation for Arts Education and Cultural Learning' (BKJ). BKJ is an umbrella organisation of 55 national and regional organisations which represent different art forms working with and for young people. Rolf Witte is the head of the International Department and so promotes international and global exchanges in arts education and cultural learning
Using the momentum of the European Youth Work Agenda
When the European Youth Work Agenda was being developed, BKJ saw a European level political document which recognised the cultural activities of young people as a part of youth work. Most discussions about youth work do not focus on the areas of work that BKJ and its members are developing and conducting because it is so cross-sectoral.
BKJs work is not solely focussed on youth policy or education policy or cultural policy, it links all of them together. The European Youth Work Agenda is currently the only European level political document that sees the link between the cultural, non-formal education and youth sectors.
The Agenda provides the perfect framework to start discussions at European level between these three policy sectors.
A cross-sectoral approach to Youth Work and Cultural Education
Although BKJ is rooted in the youth sector, their focus is mostly on non-formal but also formal cultural education. For them it does not matter which sector you belong to, the important thing is to work with the young people in cultural activities and in the arts.
The approach of BKJ and its members to all these activities is not to create good or better artists as would be normal in the artistic sector and it is not to ensure students have good results in schools as the education sector would require.
The approach of BKJ in all its work is to create the conditions for the young people to work out how they can be happy and successful in their life and active in their society in the future. It is the personal development of the young people that is the basic aim of each activity and they use the arts and educational pedagogical approaches to reach this aim. The approach motivates young people to develop themselves to find out what is inside of them through the arts.
Artistic and other forms of cultural expression provide perfect possibilities to reach young people. It can motivate them to have an interest in the organisations that provide such opportunities and in the projects these organisations make available to them.
Artistic and other forms of cultural expression provide perfect possibilities to reach young people.
All of this works on the young person's personal and social development, for example; inviting a group of young people to an international seminar on 'Europe' may not inspire many young people to take part. However, if you invite two youth circus groups together on an international exchange activity, they are meeting other young people in another country who share a common interest in the circus.
Now the concept of 'Europe' becomes more interesting because they discover that these other young people are no longer strangers and that they have similar problems and issues. Even if it is a country that is not well-known, with a language they don't know, they will communicate with one another. This experience is something that they would never have if there was not a mutual interest starting point - which could be circus or dance or theatre or photography or video clip making.
BKJ also motivates their member organisations to use the European Solidarity Corps to do international voluntary service in the cultural and in the artistic sector. Germany has a long-standing tradition of national voluntary service, and over the last twenty years BKJ has been implementing one year voluntary service opportunities with young people placing them in arts and cultural institutions and organisations. At time of writing in late 2022, BKJ has approximately 3500 young people doing voluntary service in these sectors.
The Bonn Process, Youth Work and Cultural Education
A specificity of such an organisation as BKJ working across several sectors is that it is not clearly defined in terms of who is a part of it. The member organisations are very different and varied, some of them are: the national organisation of theatre pedagogues, which is made up of people who are professionals in theatre and pedagogy; there is the national organisation of libraries; national organisations of music schools and youth art schools; and the national organisation for play with children and young people, which is using play buses for working with very young children on playgrounds.
The 'political' background of BKJs members are all very different, some of them are rooted in the cultural or artistic sector, while others see themselves more in the pedagogical sector or the youth work sector.
The work of BKJ and the "Youth Work, Culture and Education" conference clearly shows that cross-sectoral approaches work and are useful and supportive for the youth sector. Inspired by the European Youth Work Agenda, the conference provided a great opportunity for the creation of new partnerships and ongoing discussions. The Bonn Process can continue to support the initiated exchanges and mutual understanding, for strengthening the non-formal cultural education strand of youth work.
Read also: The European Youth Work Agenda as guidance for policy development


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GM fungus 'kills 99% of malaria mosquitoes'
Worldwide, there are about 219 million cases of malaria each year.
A fungus - genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin - can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a study suggests.
Trials, which took place in Burkina Faso, showed mosquito populations collapsed by 99% within 45 days.
The researchers say their aim is not to make the insects extinct but to help stop the spread of malaria.
The disease, which is spread when female mosquitoes drink blood, kills more than 400,000 people per year.
Conducting the study, researchers at the University of Maryland in the US - and the IRSS research institute in Burkina Faso - first identified a fungus called Metarhizium pingshaense,which naturally infects the Anopheles mosquitoes that spread malaria.
The next stage was to enhance the fungus. "They're very malleable, you can genetically engineer them very easily," Prof Raymond St Leger, from the University of Maryland, told BBC News.
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NCAA.com | October 20, 2013
Top 10 Roundup
No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul 3, No. 6 Southwest Minnesota State 0
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Concordia-St. Paul (19-1, 11-0 NSIC) is the lone unbeaten team in NSIC conference play after a 3-0 win against Southwest Minnesota State (15-4, 10-1 NSIC). Concordia has now won 25 consecutive NSIC regular season matches dating back to September 28, 2012.
The Golden Bears and Mustangs battled early on in what looked like another hard fought match between these two conference stalwarts, but a five-point run midway through the first set turned the momentum in the Golden Bears favor as they grabbed a 16-11 lead. SMSU got it back to 18-15 but CU used a solid serve from Erienne Lauersdorf to score the last seven of the game to close it out 25-15.
Southwest Minnesota State played from behind for much of the second game and got it back even at 10 apiece, but Concordia would not relinquish the lead. The Mustangs committed seven attack errors in the game which stifled any comeback attempt in the 25-18 set win for the Golden Bears.
It seemed to be a repeat performance in the third set with the score tied 12-12 before Concordia turned it on and closed it out. The Golden Bears scored nine of the last 11 points to win the set 25-16 and the match 3-0.
Northern State 3, No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth 1
DULUTH, Minn. -- Northern State won its fifth in a row, knocking off the No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth at Romano Gym on Saturday afternoon in four sets.
It was the second time in the five-game stretch that the surging Wolves (15-3, 8-3 NSIC) beat a ranked opponent in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, previously defeating Wayne State (Neb.) earlier this month. After falling behind 2-0 in a pair of defensive sets , the Bulldogs (19-2, 9-2 NSIC) took the third game before finally succumbing to Northern in the fourth. The loss is the first at home for UMD since the 2011 season.
The Wolves scored nine blocks and continuously stymied the Bulldogs' attack, holding UMD to a .165 kill percentage. Still, senior outside hitter Kate Lange collected 20 kills on 51 swings and now sits 41 behind Vicky Braegelman for most in a Bulldog career. Junior right-side hitter Maddy Siroin barely missed double digts as she collected nine kills in the match. Four players for Northern State had at least 10 kills.
No. 3 Tampa 3, North Alabama 0
No. 3 Tampa 3, Valdosta State 0
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Closing out the South Regional Crossover in perfect form, No. 3 Tampa (18-1) emerged victorious with a pair of wins against the North Alabama (5-15) and Valdosta State (14-8), both coming in three sets.
In the first match, Tampa spun a 3-0 victory with Jackie Neff and Allee Stelogeannis stepping into Spartan form. Each notched a team-high six kills as Neff swung at a .625 clip with Stelogeannis posting a .600 mark along with five digs.
Tampa won its first set 25-17 with Berkley Whaley swatting three kills for the offense while recording four digs. The second frame was won by a 25-14 margin where Kim Amerell, Neff, and Stelogeannis recorded three kills each. The final stanza saw Megan Heffron kill three and libero Jen Scholz dig out three, as the Spartans won 25-19.
The nightcap of the twin bill saw the Spartans stampede the Blazers behind a dominating performance from Whaley. Valdosta State had no answer to the swift swinging middle hitter as she paced the offensive attack with 11 kills in 16 swings for a staggering .688 attack percentage.
In the first frame, Whaley grounded five for the Spartan tempo with libero Scholz notching seven digs as UT won 25-11. Round two followed suit as Holly Reschke hit a blistering six kills to silence the VSU defense, winning by a 25-13 tally. Tampa won the final set 25-18 as Marissa Lisenbee, Burke, and Reschke each grounded six while Frances Cardenas dug out six to stifle the opposition.
No. 4 Central Missouri 3, No. 12 Washburn 0
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Central Missouri (22-0, 8-0) beat No. 12 Washburn in consecutive sets Saturday to stay undefeated this season. Washburn (19-4, 6-1 MIAA) was the only other team in the MIAA that had not lost a conference match.
The Ichabods took a small lead early in the first set, and were the first team to reach double digit points, at 10-8. The Jennies earned the last point of the set with a kill from Carly Sojka.
Central Missouri won the first and second point of match two, and went on to win the first seven of ten points in the match. The Jennies won four points in a row to reach match point, with a kill Haley Thompson and Harding. Sojka again finished the set with a kill.
In the final set of the match, Central Missouri won four points in a to start the match, with a kill by Harding and Goodness and a block from Harding and Lauren Dudgeon. The Ichabods were never able to break 20 points, with the Jennies ending the match at 25-16 with a kill from Harding.
No. 5 BYU-Hawaii 3, California Baptist 0
LAIE, Hawaii -- Shih Ting (Stella) Chen recorded 22 kills and helped lead No. 5 BYU-Hawaii to victory in three sets against California Baptist (25-20, 25-18, 25-21).
With the win against Cal Baptist (14-7, 11-2) the Seasiders (15-1, 10-1) knocked off the Pacific West Conference's No. 2 team on the heels of Friday night's 3-1 victory against the first-place team, No. 25 Point Loma.
Chen's 22 kills were a match high to go along with 13 digs. Teammate Erica Willes added 11 kills on a night when BYU-Hawaii seemed in control in each set.
The match started out in the Seasiders' favor as they closed out the first set 25-20 after taking the lead at 6-5 and never looking back. Chen had seven kills and Willies recorded six of her own.
At one point in the second set the Seasiders led things 16-7, but Cal Baptist didn't shy away from the heavy attack of BYU-Hawaii. The Lancers kept things fairly even after that until the Seasiders closed things out 25-18 to take a 2-0 lead.
Set three proved to be the most exciting of the night with both teams working hard for every point.
Cal Baptist came from behind tying things up 17-17 late in the set. Grueling efforts to keep the ball in play helped the home team come away with the win as the Seasiders finished off the third set 25-21.
Alaska-Anchorage 3, No. 7 Western Washington 2
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Despite getting 19 kills and eight blocks from middle blocker Kayla Erickson, Western Washington saw its seven-match winning streak snapped Saturday as the Vikings fell to Alaska Anchorage 23-2526-24, 25-23, 19-25, 15-12 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference match before a crowd of 920 at Sam Carver Gymnasium on the WWU campus.
The Vikings, ranked No. 7 in the latest coaches' poll, fell to 14-2 overall and 7-1 in the GNAC. WWU had not lost a set in its first seven GNAC matches.
UAA improved to 15-6 overall and stayed alone atop the GNAC at 9-0. Outside hitter Katelynn Zanders had a match-high 22 kills for the Seawolves, matching the best by a GNAC player this season.
Lindenwood 3, No. 8 Nebraska-Kearney 1
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Lindenwood upset No. 8 Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday evening at Hyland arena 3-1 by scores of 19-25, 25-21, 25-23, and 25-19.
The Lady Lions got off to a rough start in the matches' first set against Nebraska-Kearney. Lindenwood played well early in the set and were tied with Nebraska-Kearney 19-19 at one point. Nebraska-Kearney caught fire though, scoring six straight against Lindenwood to win set one 25-19.
The Lady Lions jumped out to an early 12-8 lead in set two. However, Nebraska-Kearney immediately came storming back by scoring four straight and tying the game at 12 each. The Lady Lions regrouped though after a timeout by Coach Young, taking a 20-15 lead. Nebraska-Kearney nearly closed the gap on Lindenwood's lead by making the score 22-21. The Lady Lions kept Nebraska-Kearney at bay though as they closed out the set with a 25-21 win.
Nebraska-Kearney led almost all of set three before Lindenwood tied the score 21-21. After this, both squads were neck and neck, trading scores constantly. Leading Nebraska-Kearney 24-23, Kayla Guyot closed out the set with a kill to win 25-23.
Lindenwood built on its momentum and dominated Nebraska-Kearney throughout set number four. The Lady Lions led by as many as seven in the set. Lindenwood continued to put on the gas as it went on to defeat Nebraska-Kearney 25-19.
Freshmen Shannon Doyle and Sarah Makowski both came up big for Lindenwood in kills. Doyle had 14 kills while Makowski contributed 10 of her own. Megan Dillon, Kailene Young and Kayla Guyot also had eight kills each.
No. 9 West Texas A&M 3, Cameron 0
CANYON, Texas -- West Texas A&M won its 20th consecutive match at the WTAMU Fieldhouse on Saturday as it rolled through the visiting Aggies of Cameron (25-22, 25-20, 25-21). The Lady Buffs move to 19-3 (9-0 LSC) on the season while the Aggies fall to 5-15 (0-9 LSC).
"Cameron is an athletic team that can really put pressure on you," WT head coach Jason Skoch said. "We need to work on closing out an opponent when we get a chance, we allowed a lot of late points during each set that weren't necessary."
Halie Harton opened up the first set with a service ace on the matches first serve as WT hit .235 in the opening frame while the Aggies hit just .200. The second set saw much of the same as the teams traded blows but a WT run with Lauren Britten at the service line gave the Lady Buffs the 25-20 victory as WT hit .323 with 15 kills.
The third set saw the Lady Buffs take an early lead and never let go as they hit .250 in the match with 13 kills to go along with just four attack errors as they took the third and deciding set 25-21 for the sweep.
Cal State Los Angeles 3, No. 10 UC San Diego 2
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- UC San Diego saw its seven-match win streak come to an end Saturday night as it was upset in five sets by Cal State Los Angeles at RIMAC Arena.
Scores were 25-21, 17-25, 25-22, 13-25 and 22-20 in favor of CSULA. UCSD fell to 16-3 overall and 8-3 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), while the Golden Eagles improved to 12-7 and 7-4.
Down 20-19 in the marathon fifth set, Cal State L.A. won it with three consecutive points on a kill by Kymberly Silveyra and back-to-back kills from Iona Lofrano.
UCSD was led by sophomore outside hitters Sophie Rowe and Danielle Dahle with 21.5 and 21.0 points, respectively. Rowe had a team-high 20 kills with 15 digs and a pair of blocks. Dahle finished with 19 kills, 14 digs and three blocks. She hit .400 with three errors in 40 attacks.
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Copyright Application Lawyer
Matthew Walsh
Matthew P. Walsh concentrates his practice in complex litigation with particular emphasis in the areas of construction, commercial, employment, municipal, medical malpractice and religious institutions liability. He is an accomplished and experienced trial lawyer, having tried more than 25 jury trials to verdict.
Mr. Walsh's practice includes the representation of construction companies and national retailers in complex property damage, personal injury and employment litigation.
Mr. Walsh has also represented state and local officials in tort and civil rights litigation in his capacity as a special Cook County State's Attorney.
Mr. Walsh represents numerous Illinois hospitals, doctors and religious organizations in complex litigation, and leads a team of attorneys who conduct internal investigations at hospitals, municipalities, religious organizations and companies to identify potential criminal and civil exposure.
In addition, Mr. Walsh has handled numerous high-profile and high-exposure alleged sexual abuse matters on behalf of school districts, religious orders, medical and mental health facilities.
Mr. Walsh also is general counsel for several multimillion-dollar companies, where he manages, coordinates and directs all legal activities, including the drafting of contracts and the handling of commercial litigation, trademark and copyright issues and employment disputes.
Mr. Walsh joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as an associate in December 1999 and was quickly promoted to noncapital partner in July 2002. In July 2006, he was promoted to capital partner, making him one of the youngest capital partners in the firm.
Mr. Walsh is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He is also co-leader of Hinshaw's Business Litigation Department, which includes approximately 100 lawyers.
Before joining Hinshaw, Mr. Walsh served as a prosecutor for more than seven years in the Cook County State's Attorney's office. While there, he tried hundreds of felony and misdemeanor cases, including more than 20 murder trials.
Additionally, Mr. Walsh was a Supervisor in the Felony Review Unit of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, where he was responsible for a team of Assistant State's Attorneys who investigated, analyzed and approved felony cases throughout the city of Chicago.
Professional Affiliations :
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), Board of Directors (2017)
Chicago Bar Association
Illinois Bar Association
Chicago Inn of Court
Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, Member, Supreme Court's Committee on Character and Fitness (2007–2017)
J.D., Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1992
B.S., Business, Bradley University, 1989
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Peter Cashwell, Along Those Lines: The Boundaries That Create Our World. Philadelphia, PA: Paul Dry Books, 237 pages, $16.95 (paperback edition), ISBN 978-1-58988-092-4
Along Those Lines is a pleasant investigation about the diverse boundaries that people draw, more or less consciously. Some seem very real, others, imaginaries, yet both have concrete effects in our everyday life. Peter Cashwell, the author, can be credited for revealing the very reason of all these lines, as the subtitle sums it up: "the boundaries that create our world." Not only people have deeply integrated them (as detailed in the section "What God Has Put Asunder" for instance, which explores moral boundaries), but they also crucially need them to actually apprehend the world. Therefore, "lines are just convenient tools for human activity" (13), be it the taxonomy that serves to classify species ("Names Will Never Hurt Me"), the borderline between existence and extinction ("The Undiscovered Country"), the lines we use to distinguish among genres ("Rock And a Hard Place") or to basically divide genders ("Parts is Parts"). As suggested, the author considers a very wide array of lines. His holistic and vivid inquiry concerns the ways we operate all kinds of distinctions, as well as their common purpose, namely, to rationalize our environment, be it physical, temporal, sexual, natural, social, moral, etc.
The chapters combine to create an impressive and composite set. To put things in order, the various lines considered are distributed in two parts of approximately the same length (comprising eight chapters of about fifteen pages each). The first section, "Time and Space," deals with historical and geographical examples. Peter Caswhell, first considers the states' lines, from a cultural, an economical, and more especially, a historical perspective in regards to the geographical drawing of the states and the dividing line opposing slavery to freedom ("State of The Union"). The second section, "Arts and Sciences," looks at different attempts to make sense of our surroundings, and at the drawbacks as well of such rationalization. Particularly useful are the introductory chapters of each part. They provide an interesting insight into the dual nature of the line. "Maps and Legends" starts with the geometrical definition of the line, as infinite and unidimensional –hence triggering a comparison with God. But the author rather insists on the dividing purpose of it: "All lines are imaginary, established only because human beings need them for purposes of division" (18). Introducing the second part, "Just Lines on Paper" focuses on comics. Curiously putting aside the cultural distinction between Art and not-Art, Peter Cashwell addresses here the uniting function of the line while considering comics' meaning-making process.
The idea to lead such an investigation about human-made boundaries first came to the author as he was crossing many state borders along his birding quest. Almost every chapter, if not all in fact, ends up making a connection with birding, which is probably less intentional than it is the result of a consuming hobby. Nevertheless, the author does not only rely on personal experiences (and the many trips he did with his father across the country), he also conveys the inputs of specialists he has met along the writing. First, his colleagues from Woodberry Forest School where he teaches English Literature: the Math teacher for the geometry of the line, the History teacher regarding the construction of the Union, and the Physics teacher who specialized in sports umpiring (see "The Starting Lineup"). Second, a diverse group ranging from audio engineer Mike Bread, sex and cognition psychologist, Abigail James, to artists such as Ursula Vernon or Shawn Smith, the latter being known for his voxels ("volumetric pixels" as detailed "Bricks and Morter" that addresses the border between digital and natural worlds). Third, ornithologists from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and more especially, Tim Gallagher, who welcomed him as an intern for Living Bird Magazine (it is during this stay in Ithaca that the book was actually written).
Between these many references, Peter Cashwell manages subtle and habile transition, and his book is not devoid of humor, as shown by the "santorum" story for instance (in a chapter about eponyms: "History's Greatest Monster"), or through the self-deceptive delineation of musical artists by a Pandora listener. This last example reveals the main issue revolving around the line: consensus. Whether it is the lines that we consistently debate about (genres) or lines that are so deeply anchored in our minds that we have trouble conceiving their social founding (genders), we nevertheless have to agree on divisions –or lack thereof– to build a cultural understanding of the natural world. As the author puts it: "the world we perceive is always perceived indirectly" (44). Therefore, those lines that we draw, some being very useful, and others, blindly discriminating, are always a cultural product that seemingly overlaps with nature.
As a matter of fact, we are doomed to draw lines that in the end happens to be eminently ambivalent. Despite its oneness feature, a line systematically generates a problematic dualism Although Peter Cashwell points at this ambivalence to reveal the arbitrary feature of some lines, he does not really name it, nor does he explore it. Lines are highly paradoxical: visible and invisible, imaginary and real, abstract and concrete, cultural and natural. More essentially, they serve as both a uniting and a dividing artifact. For instance, the author acknowledges that some lines are made to be crossed ("Rite of Passage"), while others we do not quite govern, can only be crossed once, such as death. Yet, in both cases, the crossing in itself is the act that gives the line its very meaning; a statement that would need to be stressed explicitly. There is a very appropriate location in the book where this idea could have been emphasized: the introductory chapter of the second part that draws on comics. Following McCloud's reflection about the way comics operate, Peter Cashwell introduces the "gutter" –the particular space separating two images– and the "closure" –the relation a reader creates between the distinct elements of a sequence. This is where the very essence of the line lies and how it works: by creating a difference that is at the very source of meaning (whether one considers Saussure's linguistics or Bourdieu's sociology, meaning only emerges from the act of bridging distinct entities).
A line, in order to acquire significance, should be envisioned as a borderline and a guideline at once. Now, coming to this abstract comment, can one really compare geographic, economic, political, biological, cultural, artistic or literary borders? It might well be so, provided that this structural dimension of the line has been conceived, acknowledged, and reflected upon, which is not done in the book. This is clearly not its aim, yet the reader is left with a mixed impression of richness and overabundance regarding the many examples in the books. Less is more: a rigorous selection of concrete illustrations would have allowed a deeper understanding of the line. The drawback of Peter Cashwell's work resides in the fact that he points out a whole set of lines without underlining their different natures, thus, he relies only superficially on their common aspect. This being said, one can congrat the author for his deconstructive attempt and for not imposing on the reader any particular thread.
Benoît Mauchamp


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France train attack
France train attack heroes: 'It feels unreal – like a dream'
One of three men who disabled suspected terrorist aboard Amsterdam-Paris train says decisive action is essential in high-jeopardy situations
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
@achrisafis
Sun 23 Aug 2015 15.47 EDT First published on Sun 23 Aug 2015 12.49 EDT
US ambassador to France Jane Hartley with Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images
With a bloodshot eye, a cut on his head and his arm in a sling after surgery to reattach his thumb, Spencer Stone, a 6ft 2in off-duty airman and martial arts fan, looked fatigued but relieved to be alive as he slowly came to terms with his new surprise status of American hero.
"It feels very unreal, it feels like a dream," said the quietly spoken 23-year-old as he sat amid the gold leaf and sparkling chandeliers of the US ambassador's residence in Paris. He was speaking for the first time about how he and his two best friends from childhood had tackled a heavily armed gunman on a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris. Grabbing the gunman in a chokehold and battering him unconscious, they averted what could have been carnage in the packed carriages.
The three friends, who grew up together in California, had been snoozing in their first-class seats on Friday evening when they heard a noise that sounded like shattered glass behind them and saw a shirtless man coming into the carriage with a Kalashnikov. Stone took the biggest risk as he ran forward 10 metres to tackle him.
France train attack: investigators focus on extremist motive
"I just woke up from a deep sleep and Alek was sitting next to me," Stone said. "I turned around and I saw [the gunman] had an AK47 and it looked like it was jammed – he was trying to charge the weapon. Alek just hit me on the shoulder and said 'Let's go!' And I ran down, tackled him, Alek ran up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while I put him in a chokehold. [The gunman] just kept pulling out more weapons. He pulled out a handgun, Alek took that. He took out a box cutter and started stabbing at me with that. We started punching him while he was in the middle of us, just grabbed him and hit him unconscious while Alek was hitting him in the head with a pistol or a rifle – I can't really remember."
In the struggle, as the man wielded a box-cutter, Stone, who is stationed at Lajes airbase in the Azores, almost had his thumb sliced off. Medics stitched it back on to his hand after the confrontation.
Asked to describe the 25-year-old Moroccan, Ayoud El-Khazzani, who is still being questioned by security officials, Stone said: "He seemed like he was ready to fight to the end. So were we." Stone and his friends tied up El-Khazzani with the help of Chris Norman, 62, a British IT consultant who took the gunman's right arm and used his tie as a rope, and an off-duty French train driver, who held down the other arm.
US soldier Spencer Stone on stopping French train gunman: 'I put him in a chokehold
Meanwhile, a 51-year-old man with dual French-US nationality who had earlier tried to intercept the gunman had been badly shot and was bleeding profusely. "I just went over and saw that he was pouring blood from his neck," Stone said. "I was going to use my shirt first but I realised that wasn't going to work, so I just stuck two of my fingers into the hole, found what I thought to be the artery, pushed down and the bleeding stopped. So I just said, 'Thank God' and held that position til the parademics came." The train came to an emergency stop at Arras station in northern France, where police arrested El-Khazzani.
Stone's friend Alek Skarlatos, a 22-year-old member of the National Guard in Oregon who was on the holiday to celebrate his recent return from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, said it wasn't just military training that made them act. "I feel our training mostly kicked in after the assailant was already subdued. Frankly, when it came to medical care and security, making sure there wasn't another shooter. But at the beginning it was just gut instinct, survival … It wasn't really a conscious decision. We just acted. There wasn't much thinking going on."
He said of the gunman, who was carrying a Kalashnikov assault rifle, nine magazines, a pistol and the box-cutter knife: "He clearly had no firearms training whatsoever … but if he knew what he was doing, or if he just got lucky and did the right thing, he would have been able to operate through all eight of those [rifle] magazines and we would all been in a lot of trouble and probably not be here today along with a lot of other people."
The soldiers' friend, Anthony Sadler, 23, a student at Sacramento State University, described El-Khazzani as "pretty skinny" and around 5ft 10in. "He never said a word. He just basically came into the carriage. We saw him cocking the AK47, so it was either do something or die."
Asked what he thought of El-Khazzani's assertion to police that he only wanted to rob the train, Sadler said: "It doesn't take eight magazines to rob a train."
He described how the friends at first weren't even sitting in that carriage. "We had first-class tickets to the carriage of the incident, but we were sitting in a different carriage because we couldn't find it at first. We decided to get up because the Wi-fi wasn't that good in that car and, feeling like we had first class, we might as well sit in first class. So we decided to go to that car about half an hour into the train ride".
All three expressed thanks to the other passengers who helped subdue the gunman, particularly the 28-year-old French banker who had been standing outside the toilet waiting to use it, when El-Khazzani first burst out armed. The Frenchman tackled him before being thrown to the floor.
As the three American friends prepared to meet the French president, François Hollande, at the Elysee palace on Monday morning, they were asked what lesson they had learned from the attack. Sandler sighed and said: "In times of crisis like that, the lesson would be to do something. Hiding or sitting back is not going to accomplish anything and the gunmen would have been successful if Alek and Spencer had not gotten up. The lesson to be learnt is in times of terror, to please do something – don't just stand by and watch."
Police continue to question gunman after French interior minister says intelligence services had flagged up suspect's links to radical Islam
France train attack: Americans overpower gunman on Paris express
Police investigate incident near Arras, France, in which three US citizens – two of them soldiers – prevented attack by suspect reportedly armed with AK-47
US student tells of his attack on French train gunman
'I just looked over at Spence and said, let's go,' Alek Skarlatos told reporters after massacre was averted
France train shooting: Europe on high alert after attack by armed gunman
Train gunman named as 25-year-old Moroccan who was known to intelligence services as a radical Islamist who fought in Syria last year
French train attack: 'click-click-click' then 15 seconds of terror on Paris express
French train gunman 'had been to Syria and was known to intelligence services'
Train attack near Arras in France – in pictures


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Sporting-goods in-laws fighting over spending from trust
Many families collapse into disarray after the death of a loved one. While much of this is due to family members trying to come to grips on the loss of a husband, brother or father, for example, after some time it often comes down to financial matters. It can be a source of conflict, for example, if a trustee is having a personal conflict with a trust beneficiary .
This is the situation playing out for a family with a famous name in our city: Modell. Modell's is a sporting-goods institution in the city, and now the company CEO is battling with his sister-in-law over the trust set up by his late brother.
Michael Modell died in 2001 of cancer, and he set up a trust to provide for his wife Abby and their three children. He made his brother Mitchell, now the CEO of Modell's, the trustee of his estate — an act Mitchell says was an attempt to curb Abby's spending.
Abby, however, is suing Mitchell, saying that he is using company money to pay for unnecessary luxuries for himself, such as a $100,000 steak dinner. Mitchell, however, says that Abby has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in charges on company credit cards — even though she hasn't ever been a company employee.
While this dispute is over large amounts of money, even estates involving much smaller assets can be the subject of family squabbles. It may be important to have an experienced attorney on board, maybe to act as a trustee himself or herself, to help ward off some of these issues.
Source: New York Post, " Modell's president hits back at sister-in-law over spending ," Julia Marsh, May 3, 2014
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Eluveitie have released the first track-by-track video for their upcoming record Ategnatos, which arrives on April 5th via Nuclear Blast. The video features the group discussing the songs "Ategnatos", "Deathwalker", "Black Water Down" and "A Cry In The Wilderness". You can check out the latest singles off Ategnatos here and pre-order it here.


This is a luxury beach resort hotel offering superior, deluxe and suite accommodation in a total of 42 rooms. Facilities on offer to guests at this air-conditioned establishment include a lobby area with a 24-hour reception and check-out service, a hotel safe, a cloakroom, a café and a bar. It also offers a restaurant, conference facilities and Internet access. Guests may take advantage of the room and laundry services for an additional fee and a private car park is available for those arriving by car. The younger guests will enjoy the children's playground.
All the rooms have been tastefully decorated and come with a private bathroom with a shower/bathtub and a hairdryer, as well as a direct dial telephone, satellite TV, a radio, a stereo system and an Internet connection. They are also equipped with a minibar/fridge, a double bed, individually adjustable air conditioning and heating and a safe. All rooms also feature either a balcony or a terrace.


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Proposed draft of the National Standard of Canada for Design
The Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) has released the proposed draft of the National Standard of Canada for Design, manufacture and use of intermediate bulk containers for the transportation of dangerous goods - CAN/CGSB-43.146 Design, manufacture and use of intermediate bulk containers for the transportation of dangerous goods. Once the proposed standard is finalized and published, we will propose an amendment to the TDG Regulations to incorporate by reference this latest version.
The Standards Council of Canada requires all proposed draft standards be made available for a period of 60 days for public review during the development process, to allow input from interested parties. The period of public review will be open for comments until September 1, 2015.
To request a copy of the proposed draft standard, please contact CGSB.
For any comments on the proposed revision, please contact:
France Bernier
Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate,
Department of Transport,
Place de Ville, Tower C, 9th Floor
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa ON K1A 0N5
E-mail: TDGRegulatoryProposal-TMDPropositionReglementaire@tc.gc.ca


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Gentle Prose Eyes
I'm been writing prose stories of my autobiography for the last three days. This is one of the products. Maybe more to come.
This physical details of this story are true, though the interpretation is entirely my own. The names have been changed to protect the guilty. The very, very guitly. Enjoy.
Rupert always liked shocking 'mundanes,' members of that vast majority of people who sit home at night, every night, laughing it up over the scripted behavior of sitcoms. There was a time, we're told through textbooks of mosaics and vases of naked athletes, when actors were on par with beggars and con men, thought no higher than the urban campers that migrate through downtown Tempe by night and curl up on benches at the park just outside my flat, ogling the young Spanish mothers. But the ancient class of pretenders have become celebrities, usurping the role once held in our grandmother cultures by orators, warriors, politicians, and the beleaguered breed of poets. Rupert would not have considered himself any of these things. He once referred to himself as a "shockster," tagged with a chuckle, once when we split a bottle of wine on the roof of the Matthews Center. He chucked the bottle into orbit after we downed it, bursting like a star of broken glass on Cady Mall.
If he had more forethought, I would have called him a performance artist. Without his conversation, I would have debated his sanity. If he ever wrote his brain into a page, I would have described him as a writer of prophecies.
Unfortunately, Rupert was impulsive and hated writing. His life was built on spoken words and he could bullshit his way out of anything and often did. He once scored a one-night stand with a business sophomore after telling her she had nice teeth. He blasted epithets in the theater, not at the screen, but at other moviegoers, shouted across Mill Avenue to friends and foes alike, and was politely asked to leave various establishments under threat of calling the police. To know Rupert was to know an anarchist who hated anarchists, but wanted to throw a bit of chaos in the comfortable life of soccer marms and white-collar suburban middle-managers whose life goal was owning an SUV with 1.2% APR.
I can't remember how I met Rupert. Most of the players in my life slide up from the sides while I'm watching protagonist and heroine bicker center-stage. Pause. Sideline character becomes supporting actor, epigrammatic lines emerge into the venue, soaking into the brains of watchers, and the audience asks, "where did he come from?"
Rupert always stole his scenes.
Too much coffee in our systems while he paid the check. He always had money it seemed. Just enough cash to survive, I thought, but he always had a bill in the beat-up wallet I'm sure he lifted from some thrift store, more than likely with slight of hand than with a receipt. On our treks, we never stopped at a bank, and he job was fuzzy something or other, so I knew he was a dealer; coupled with the number of strangers that would stop him in bars or on the street to say hello.
Start parenthesis. Here I insert the fable of the stork among crows for those of you with a lofty moral compass and no dangerlove. I never dealt in any organized sense, but materials illegal fell my way from time to time, the floorscore of my acquaintances as it were, and I passed on the substances I wasn't into with a marginal profit.
Rupert though, always had a story about getting roughed up for one reason or another, and he could read tags, gang signs, and knew what areas of town to not head into looking for trouble. I was far more naive so he kept an eye out for me. End parenthesis
Too much coffee and he had finished more than a pack of Marlboroughs. I'm not one for cigarettes and can barely tell the difference between a filter and the other end; being the heir to a registered nurse can do that to a boy. The waitress had a smooth butt and a nice smile in a dull midwestern sense. One of those flat states that ends in a vowel that no one remembers driving through, despite gas station receipts proving otherwise. Rupert always overtipped for good service or a pretty face; he knew a serious waitress, like a poet, could make a ten dollars stretch a week.
The water glasses were just chunks of ice now, and Rupert and I sucked the sweat off the cubes like ants milking aphids.
"Wanna pick a fight?"
The room is half-packed. In a booth to the left are three kids, younger or older than us by a few months, suburban black kids in sweaters and baggy jeans cleaned and pressed by mothers or girlfriends or young wives, and they're not up for a friendly tussle with strangers. To the right is a family of four, Homer in a maroon polo, digital watch ticking down the seconds to his inevitable heart attack, Marge in her Friday "we're going out honey" blouse. Bart and Lisa pick off the remnants of the children's menu burgers with cute names aimed at the youngest youth market. College couples abound elsewhere in pairs or quads, but I'm not up for dropping soft-skinned science majors desperately trying to score subtlety with their newest virgin targets, or roughing up goofball boyfriends in front of girlfriends far too good and fine for them, but doomed to imitate the cartoon breeders to our right.
"Sure," I quietly say, thinking we'll head outside and spill drinks on thick-necked frat boys sauced on overpriced Long Islands.
Keep in mind, dear reader, that I am by no means a warrior, nor is Rupert, and I only fight back in self-defense. Rupert, conversely, saw confrontation as means to an end, if only that end is to pass the time with some shared excitement. There was no humor in a knockdown, drag-out fight where one party incurs a debt with their health insurance behemoth. It was always about the subtlety of the confrontation, the maneuvering, the drama. It was a chess game, Rupert said, to agitate a normal person into throwing the first punch, then getting the fuck out before the law arrived to ruin the experiment.
Rupert is instantly standing, his chair tumbling backward behind him toward the empty table behind us. Legs spring and he is suddenly airborne and our table is the deck of an aircraft carrier. He skids across it at full speed, wheels missing the non-existent tow cable and the ice cubes become frozen projectiles tumbling across the floor. His hands plant on my shoulders, taking me over in the chair to the floor. My torso topples back, my head does not, but locks halfway to floor, so my skull does not dribble across the court.
I distinctly remember hearing the one black kid facing us shout, "shit!" as I tumbled.
Rupert's knee is planted on my chest, fists wailing. He has a ten-year-olds smile, not at the thrill of assault, but the reaction of the crowd. Homer is dumbstruck; he's only seen shit like this on every single one of his 500 channels except PBS. Now in reality, he's unsure whether this is scripted or sports. Marge repeats the same two-word prayer over and over to her deity, while Bart and Lisa get to see R-rated violence for free.
Rupert's dive broke a glass he never did pay for.
Fists flying, his into me, mine into him, but he's pulling punches. (No permanent damage kiddo, not that pretty face). I'm returning body blows but have no momentum due to the floor. I block whatever else I can. The black kids have half-stood, unsure of the proper moment to intervene in what does not seem to be their affair. College couples have all turned their attention away from banal small talk and sexual pursuits to watch Rupert (apparently) beat the living daylights out of a me, pinned to the floor.
Later, Marge would be heard to remark: they seemed like two nice, quiet young gentlemen, before the recent unpleasantness.
Rupert lands an excellent shot across my jaw, jerking my face to the right into wet carpet. I start laughing uncontrollably, more out of shock than design; perhaps some long repressed survival tactic to distract opponents in a tense situation.
Rupert begins laughing too and his punches fall softer until they halt altogether.
By now, management and the cook staff have been alerted by the commotion and emerge into the dining room , appraising the scene. One of the black kids has emerged from the booth. Two college kids have split from their dates in moral outrage and to demonstrate their virility. Hormones flow. Adrenaline. Testosterone. Estrogen.
Rupert backs off me, grabbing me up by the arm in a single fluid motion. I stabilize. I glance at Bart, letting him see that the wounded hero is still alive after the commercial break, despite the cliffhanger postulated minutes before.
Rupert faces the stunned crowd, even more stunned that the scene ended so abruptly. He bows slightly, and shouts, "thank you, you've been great."
Afterwards, I informed him that when I told the story years later, I would remember him saying something humorous and dramatic. In reality, though, after he pulled me up, he shouted something far more lowbrow, like "fuck", or "run", or "now" and he bolted, halfhazardly dragging me with him, toward the waiting area.
Inbound customers hover like Vietnamese Hueys for the next hostess in the foyer as Rupert, then I, dash past. Rupert halts just long enough to grab a handful of peppermints from a basket on the hostess stand. Some fell out on the way, skidding across tile like carnival hockey pucks.
He slams shoulder-first through two doors and I followed, laughing hysterically the entire way.
We hauled toward Rupert's pickup. He took the helm, I leapt into the bed and we disappeared into the night, while bruises formed like medals in our skin.
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