This morning the feeling in the early morning cold was almost suburban. I was late to work and ran through the snow for the train from Roslindale Village to South Station and just caught it. In my sprint, I only got a quick glimpse of the sun coming up over the churches and Mattapan - a far cry from the view that I've had for the past 15 years for the morning of the Winter Solstice -- a panoramic view of the sun coming up over Boston three miles away. Things have changed in this past year. But some things remain -- the golden red sun coming up on the shortest day of the year is still a constant reminder that every day is a new chance to get things right and that things always cycle back no matter where you are.
D. and I talked about moving in together in the spring (I believe that the word "inevitable" was used somewhere in the conversation) and started to look for apartments at the beginning of the summer, mainly in Somerville. This process yielded lots of bad. barely livable apartments in Somerville. By the time we had come up with a good apartment in Somerville, D. had contacted an old colleague that had a place in a small house in Roslindale.
It was too good to let go -- rooms on two floors where both of us could have our own room to do whatever we might want to do (mine has become a book depository since we moved in). The rent was reasonable and the landlord, who lived downstairs, was pretty much willing to do anything within reason to get us to move in.
It was a big move for me. I was going back across the river for the first time in 30 years. But it was going to be a big move anyway and I had probably become too encrusted in the Somerville loft for my own good. It was time for a change, so we made the leap.
When you've got a "Life Threatening Disease" - even the "Cancer Lite" that I have - your health has to be a major concern even if you really want to forget all about it like I do. But you can't. At least you can't if you don't want to die an early and painful death and I could really do without that. So, I was a good boy and did all the doctor's visits and blood tests all though the year. The results were, for the most part, satisfactory - though at the end of the year there was a slight rise in PSA which may prove to have evil portents. I will know more about the results of a biopsy later in this week which will provide more information. Hopefully, this will be information that will allow me to continue to stall treatment. If there any of those scientist-types working to cure cancer reading this message, please get on it, would you?
Actually, the more relevant health problem (though hopefully less serious in the long run) that I had this year concerned my back. For most of the second part of the year, I had low back pain that was so bad at times it was a struggle to get the pants on in the morning. It is surprising how much you drop things when it is painful to reach down to pick them up. The pain kept me from exercising (at last, a really good excuse) and definitely got in the way of cleaning out my former apartment of all those books. The day after the big move I couldn't get out of the rocking chair in the new apartment to take things out of boxes. This was a little scary. Luckily, the pain has abated though the last fall (though much of the stiffness has not) and now I have no excuse for not doing the yoga that will really loosen things up, leading to me being able to aerobically exercise, so I guess that I will have to find some other excuse if this doesn't happen.
Smudgy has not been good for most of the year, but this is understandable since he is of advanced age now (somewhere in his 80's). Dr. Leavy managed to pull him back from the brink of death from an infection a little more than a year ago, but it seems to have come at a high price. We're now playing a balancing game with his medications trying to clear up one problem while not making others worse. It would be easier if he could tell me exactly why he's waking me up at 3:30 am.
Things are not quite as shiny at MIT this year as they were last. I'm not sure if this is just my getting more used to the usual work-related horse hockey that comes with any job over time, or if it's because of the economic environment, or if it's because my boss, who I liked very much, up and suddenly retired in the fall, but there's been lots and lots of work of the not particularly enthralling variety for me at the Toot and though the amount of work has let up in the last couple of weeks, this is the first time that this has happened since about the middle of August. Add to this the fact that I took on a significant chunk of my former bosses' job until they hired a replacement at exactly the same time that I was beginning to move and we have a recipe for burnout. Am I burned out? Well, the weekends are mainly about sleep these days. Is this the result of my job? Well, the pace of the job has not helped all that much of late.
That being said, MIT is still a good place to work if you like that work sort of thing. This is particularly the case if you do technical work. I could do a lot worse (come to think of it, I have done a lot worse), but I am beginning to understand this 'urge to retire" thing that I've watched people go through.
There may be more layoffs in the offing, but they probably won't show up until mid-summer when the new fiscal year kicks in. All of the easy cuts were made in the last round, so if they chop again (and they're saying that they probably will) then the cuts will really hurt. Will they cut me? By the summer I will have a two years seniority, but that may not mean much. Hard to predict.
Not much has happened this year in the wonderful world of arts. My body has not allowed me to do any martial arts and I've been been too distracted to write much that would be coherent outside of some journal entries and the occasional blog post.
I've been drawing only a little bit. It's good that, though I don't do it all the time, I don't seem to lose my eye or my style when I lay off. So, I'm not progressing, but not falling back to stick figures either.
A highpoint of the year was a short trip to Nashville to visit a good friend of Denise's. This was my first trip to the home of country music and I was impressed by the ubiquidous pie and the fact that every street corner seemed to have a Baptist church on it.
I seemed to be a year where we were always going to weddings. Cate & John got married as did Larry & Laurel. At the L&L wedding, I got called from the bench at the last minute to be the surprise Best Man, something that I had never done before. I am proud of the fact that I didn't drop the rings during the ceremony.
In September, I attended my 40th high school reunion. It was held about 600 yards from the cemetery in Rehoboth in which my parents and all the other previous generation of Spriggs are buried. I found this odd. But then I also found odd the fact that there were so many old people at the reunion.
One person who didn't make it was Lorna Maynard. We were all saddened to hear that she passed from this plane earlier in the year. She was a wonderful person who I lost touch with over the years. I finally found her on the Internet about a month after she had passed. Too little, too late. The stuff of regret.
Well, Barak and the Forces of Rationality won slightly over a year ago and over this past year we've been able to start to see what he's made of. Looks like he's all about negotiation and rational process and dialog. Of course, rational discourse doesn't serve you very well in a bar fight and Barak doesn't seem to understand this.
The Clowns on Wall Street will take the money and run because they can and that's what they're about. The medical insurance lobby will kill thousands of people if it will fatten their bottom lines because that's what they're about. The Limbaughs and Becks and Coulters will mislead and lie and drive people with fear because they're about the rush of power that being a demagogue gives them. None of these people have anything to do with morals, the common good, or rational discourse nor do they want to. The question is whether Barak will ever wake up to this fact and act like the advocate for the people and not our negotiator.
One year in and the jury is still out.
At times this fall Terra Incognita seemed to be the place that I've moved to rather than Roslindale. Lots of transition going on here. The big 60 shows up this coming year and I will become officially old. Smudge will continue to hang on until he can't. Work will be alternatingly frustrating and satisfying. I will continue to enjoy living with Denise and we'll continue to explore what this means. I will not enjoy turning myself inside out in order to deal with cancer. These are the only things that I can project as likely. It could be that I've lost my imagination or maybe the next phase has to do with what's in front of my face. Don't know.
What I do know is that I couldn't have gotten this far without the help of people such as yourself. Here on the 45th anniversary of my mother's death, I pause for a moment and turn back to you in the spirit of gratitude for helping me get this far. Don't think that I've ever forgotten. The Winter Solstice is all about the light returning whether it be over the whole city or Boston or one neighborhood as seen from the train platform. Thanks for all the illumination that you provide along the path. It is much appreciated.


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Q: Solve the equation: $2^{2x+1}=\left(\frac{1}{32}\right)^x$ Having trouble with this problem:
$$2^{2x+1}=\frac{1}{32^x}$$
Do I need to set the exponents equal to each other?

A: You you can equate exponents only if you have the same base.
$$2^{2x+1} = 2^{x\log_2{\frac{1}{32}}}$$
so then we have
$$2x+1 = x\log_2{\frac{1}{32}}=x\log_2{2^{-5}}=-5x$$
and
$$2x + 1 = -5x$$
so
$$x = \frac{-1}{7}$$
You could have also taken the $\log_2$ of both sides and it would have given you the same answer.

A: Notice, here is easier method without using logarithms $$2^{2x+1}=\left(\frac{1}{32}\right)^{x}$$
$$ 2^{2x+1}=\left(\frac{1}{2^5}\right)^{x}=\frac{1}{2^{5x}}$$
$$2^{2x+1}\cdot 2^{5x}=1$$
$$2^{7x+1}=2^0$$
comparing the powers of base $2$ on both the sides, one should get
$$7x+1=0$$
$$\color{red}{x=-\frac{1}{7}}$$

A: $2^{2x+1}=\dfrac{1}{32^x}\iff$
$32^x\cdot2^{2x+1}=1\iff$
$(2^5)^x\cdot2^{2x+1}=1\iff$
$2^{5x}\cdot2^{2x+1}=1\iff$
$2^{5x+2x+1}=1\iff$
$2^{7x+1}=1\iff$
$7x+1=\log_21\iff$
$7x+1=0\iff$
$7x=-1\iff$
$x=-\dfrac17$

A: Just logarithm both sides to get
$$
(2x+1) \log(2) = x \log(1/32) \Rightarrow \\
(2 \log(2) - \log(1/32)) x + \log(2)  = 0 \Rightarrow \\
x = -\log(2) / \log(128)
$$
where $\log(x^y) = y \log(x)$ and $\log(x) + \log(y) = \log(x\,y)$ was used. At this point it is clear that using base $2$ for the logarithm simplifies the calculation:
$$
x = -1/7
$$

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Most people call the actor perfectionist but what Aamir Khan is a true genius. He understands the business and people around so well and uses all of his knowledge to help himself and the society. The actor isn't restricted but he uses his talent in the best way possible. He has directed a film, 'Taare Zameen Par' and inspite of being an out of the box film, the movie made a box office collection which was unheard of at the time. Having produced more than 10 films so far, the actor is a multi-faceted beast.
Recently, one of the most awaited movies' teaser, 'Thugs of Hindostan' has been dropped. Though there wasn't much to bite our toot on but it the teaser gave us some of the information about the film. Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, the movie will star Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh.
The logo of the movie was released and it looks super dope. It is set to release during Diwali, 8th November 2018.
Currently the looks of each character is being presented each day which started from the look release of Amitabh Bachchan and then Fatima Sana Shaikh.
Considering, it is a Diwali release, why is it getting released one day after Diwali on 8th November? Previously the producers announced that movie will be releasing on 7th November but Aamir convinced then why that would be a wrong step.


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Women's basketball returns to Basque Country
After the dispute in February the Queen 's Cup in San Sebastian returns to the Basque Country women 's basketball with Endesa Spain Championship Junior Women. The organization will lead the Basque Federation Guipuzcoana Federation and the Provincial Council of Guipuzcoa
32 teams from all over Spain will fight in seven days (8 to 14 May) to become the champion of Spain Junior 2016 Gran Canaria will try to defend his title from last season. The Canary in the past six years have won seven. A tournament that will have a high level because many of the players who played during the year have played in Liga Femenina 2, which has given them a great experience.
The league championship will be played on up to five locations: five venues: Donostia, Hondarribia, Tolosa, Azpeitia and Azkoitia. This first phase will be eight groups of four teams and will be played from Sunday to Tuesday. The decisive days arrive from Wednesday, with the second round. Thursday will be played the quarterfinals, the semifinals on Friday and Saturday will be the grand finale. The qualifiers will be played in three locations. Donostia, Azkoitia and Azpeitia Although the semifinals and final will be in San Sebastian. As the Basque Country will have the opportunity to play netball.
The competition system will be the same as in the men's Junior Guadalajara. Groups A, B, C and D (set as seedings) three teams to the second round with the champions of Groups E, F, G and H. This change has been made this year will qualify for avoiding games unequal.
This championship is essential for the formation of the players, as for those who are junior sophomore is his last tests before being professionals. Some of these play then go with the Spanish Selection or other selections FIBA U17 World Championship to be held in Zaragoza from 23 June to 3 July.
The first semifinal match started with a frantic pace: 6-6 in just two minutes with only one missed shot (a triple by Mark Suka who started the match). Burjanadze only repeated in scoring in this spectacular start that had continuity with the passing of the meeting: tie at 11 just as the fourth minute of play was fulfilled. In this 'storm' point neither contenders managed to open gap beyond the three points, which gave clear proof of the equality of shock. In the final minutes of the initial act, Edu Hernandez-Sonseca began to hurt as personal to their opponents with two free throws Melilla Basketball pívot he left the interval ahead (23-21). Little changed the development of shock at the start of the second period. Local they managed to +4 quickly neutralized by visitors 0-5 (25-26). The Alexander Alcoba beat his first sprint: 8-2 partial downtime caused visitor after triple Hector Manzano (33-28). The break did not have the desired effect and melillenses redoubled his attack with a partial 9-0 which placed them with a more than interesting +13 two minutes before the break (44-31). It was the first critic of the party and the series for the visitors, pulling Olmos and Monaghan to get with 'life' break (50-40). Time The Alexander Alcoba out as motorcycles costume and gave start to the second half with a 5-0 that seemed to break the game (55-40). Peña and Monaghan were right from the perimeter to the whole city, which reduced his handicap to single digits.
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Home / Health News / AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik says Ayurveda is India's gift to world
AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik says Ayurveda is India's gift to world
Ayurveda is India's gift to the world and it should be promoted across the globe, AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik said here on Saturday while inaugurating the Arogya Fair.
By: Agencies | | Updated: March 29, 2016 10:25 am
Tags: AYUSH Homeopathy
Ayurveda is India's gift to the world and it should be promoted across the globe, Union minister Shripad Naik said here on Saturday while inaugurating the Arogya Fair. The four-day event is being organised by the Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) in association with the Goa government and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at Goa University Campus at Bambolim near Panaji. 'Ayurveda is India s gift to the globe. We have entered into an agreement with World Health Organization to popularise this traditional system of medicine across the world,' Naik said in his inaugural address. (Read: Benefits of living the Ayurveda way) Also Read - Cabinet approves new commissions for Indian System of Medicine and homoeopathy
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'We have also signed an MoU with US for a joint research under AYUSH in the field of cancer,' he added. The minister said that the central government is contemplating to open one AYUSH hospital in every district of the country. On the occasion, Naik also released the yoga protocol for the second International Yoga Day falling on June 21 this year. The fair aims to create awareness among the members of the public about the efficiency of the AYUSH systems, their cost-effectiveness and the availability of herbs and plants used for prevention and treatment of common ailments, according to officials. (Read: Shripad Naik s ministry to tie hands with WHO to propagate AYUSH) Also Read - Monsoon special: Ayurvedic treatments and diet during the monsoon
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It's Time to Tame the College Admissions Monster
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No group of people in America is checking their inboxes more often than high school seniors, desperate to learn if they've been admitted to the college of their choice.
Among America's most elite families, getting into the Ivy Leagues is what parents — and their kids — care about most. But the frenzy applies across the board as students stress about their fate in the years to come.
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If there's a key lesson to be learned from today's college application process in which some kids apply to 10, 15, even 20 schools at $75 a pop (partly because the Common App has made it easier to do so), it's this: Calm down.
If America's young high achievers don't get into the elite school of their choice, they'll go somewhere else. That "somewhere else" may prove to be the place where they succeed beyond their wildest dreams. That's the message of Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania, a new book by New York Times columnist Frank Bruni.
"The nature of a student's college experience — the work he or she puts into it, the skills that he or she picks up, the self-examination that's undertaken, the resourcefulness that's honed — matters more than the name of the institution attended," Bruni writes. "In fact students at institutions with less hallowed names sometimes demand more of those places and of themselves. Freed from a focus on the packaging of their education, they get to the meat of it."
Related: 10 Public Colleges with the Most Luxurious Dorms
Many decisions, of course, hinge on college affordability. As if sticker prices hadn't gone high enough, 57 U.S. colleges and universities are right now charging over $60,000 a year for tuition, room and board, though most of those schools also hand out financial aid. The average annual sticker price of attending a private four-year college right now is $42,000. For an in-state public college, it's $23,000.
Placed in the context of America's current student debt total of some $1.2 trillion (with the average balance at $27,000), this is a recipe for crushing debt loads over a long period of time that can interrupt one's ability to buy a home, have a car, and otherwise progress economically.
In addition to the advice to calm down amid all the admissions craziness, here are five other important points, as cited by Bruni in his new book:
The college admissions game today is too flawed and rigged to be given overwhelming credit for defining a person's well-being or self-worth.
Education happens across a broad spectrum of settings and in infinite ways. "It starts well before college. It continues long after college. College has no monopoly on the ingredients for professional success or for a life well lived."
Related: The Biggest Money Scam on College Campuses
"College is supposed to set you on your way, and if you expect it to be a guarantee forevermore of smooth sailing – then you've got trouble infinitely greater than any rejection notice."
What matters is what you do in the classroom and in the lab, not the school banner that flutters over you or the school colors you choose to wear. A prestigious college doesn't necessarily make you successful in life. You do that for yourself.
"What really drives your earnings is your field of study," Bruni quotes Anthony Carnevale, director of Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce, as saying. "If you go to Harvard and become a schoolteacher, you're not going to make more than another schoolteacher who didn't go to Harvard."
Frank Bruni, by the way, did his undergraduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a public university, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in English. He went on to attend Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
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The kids are back at school and we're settling into our school day routines nicely but I won't lie, I could definitely do with more hours in the day! (Am I right Mamas?!) Between Mia's gymnastics and Rubi's acro classes, we're dashing in and out of the house a lot so I'm always on the hunt for wholesome snacks that are super easy for me to whip up. Nik's delicious Puff Pastry Pizzas are definitely a winner when it comes to quick, easy and super delicious snacks that the kids go nuts for. You can fill 'em up with anything you like and you can even whip up a big batch and freeze for cooking in the arvos.


Credibility-of-process is essential to successful strategic planning. Participants who feel manipulated or coerced to support your preordained conclusions will fight the process and ensure failure of the end result. However, if your intentions are principled, and the future of the club is your overriding concern, then these secrets, gleaned from over three decades of experience, will help guide you to a successful outcome.
A poor plan may be better than none, unless the old plan is so counterproductive that even discussing it will send everyone screaming from the room. Remember though, that old plan is the result of someone's prior effort and dismissing it out-of-hand is both short-sighted and insulting. Surely, there is something relevant therein as you initiate a new strategic planning session. Evaluate the best components of the old plan and attempt to integrate those ideas into the new plan, thereby crediting those who contributed to the old while acknowledging what has since transpired.
The best plan is worthless if lacking the integrity which results from broad-based input and support. The plan must emerge from thoughtful, intense deliberation. When constructing your invitation list be wary of those who represent a single issue or personal agenda. Invite various ages and affinity group representatives. Clearly define the role of the committee, its mission and its limitations. Clarify each individual's member-centric task and require everyone to set aside parochial issues. Engage an independent facilitator for the opening, direction-setting sessions and seek expert input at critical choice points throughout. An in-house facilitator will have difficulty remaining impartial particularly when personal financial implications and the future direction of his/her club may be at stake. (Full disclosure: Yes, we do facilitate board and strategic planning retreats. But, so do many others, including local university professors. Find someone who can be counted on for objectivity and with whom you are most comfortable). Invite staff to contribute their perspective too. Avoid the perception that the plan, which ultimately emerges, reflects the thoughts of an elite faction within the club. Broad input contributes to broad support.
Inspire trust and openness such that participants feel comfortable expressing opinions free of the fear of embarrassing criticism. Build an environment where everyone actively listens to and respects others. It's okay to challenge ideas but not each other. Avoid attaching the name of a participant to a particular idea to avoid criticism based on that individual's persona. Welcome new ideas and ways of thinking. Willingly shift paradigms. Though an idea in itself may be without merit it might trigger thinking in a more productive direction. Help newcomers to overcome feelings of intimidation by encouraging engagement in discussion. The only "bad" idea is the one unexpressed. Report progress to the membership but avoid reporting details or premature conclusions. Half-baked ideas can frighten or arouse strong passions among the membership, particularly when costs or traditions are involved.
You must be clear about whether the intent of a meeting is to open the floor for ideas or this is decision-making time. Participants should understand what is expected of them and how their input will be treated. If seeking decisions you must be clear about whether consensus, unanimity or just a non-binding sense of the group is what you're after.
4. Clearly communicate conclusions to the committee throughout the process and to the membership when completed.
Maintain minutes and meeting notes and keep them available for review. Participants should be able to read the thinking behind the decisions. This will minimize Monday morning quarterbacking and reinterpretation of the group's findings.
When it comes to defining the club, its brand, vision, mission, marketing position and core values, be accurate. Avoid the temptation to create a strategic plan that's really nothing other than marketing materials. If the strategic plan states it, then the club's leadership must be expected to live it. The effective final document will define a club about which its members and staff will say, without equivocation, "Yes, that's us."
Keep the plan handy, available and refer to it often. This is now the club's "Bible" (at least until the next strategic plan takes its place years from now. The credibility of the process and resulting plan requires the acceptance and support at all levels of the club's organization. By referring often to the plan the organization will continually move in the right direction, setting priorities and developing best practices consistent with the plan. Consider it a members' touchstone, consulted frequently, just as the country's constitution defines the rights, obligations and limitations of citizenship. The effective strategic plan is the guide which informs the direction for this and future generations of club leaders and members.
Little is static in a dynamic private club. Yet, the significance of faithfulness to tradition, core culture, values and a sense of continuity from generation to generation can not be overstated. Strict adherence to a plan, in its aging entirety, when some component may have outlived its usefulness, could call into question the validity of the entire document. So, as circumstances dictate, deal realistically with revisions to the club's strategic plan, while respecting the heart of the document. When conditions warrant, consider minor surgery, revising just those relevant parts. Don't abandon the entire plan when only an element calls for modification. Keep the strategic plan current and relevant. Keep it alive; remain faithful to it, until you change it.


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Film Review: "The Ghost Writer"
(Summit Entertainment. 2 hours, 8 minutes. Rated PG-13 for language, brief nudity/sexuality, some violence and a drug reference. Directed by Roman Polanski.) Ewan MacGregor (The Ghost), Kim Cattrall (Amelia Bly), Olivia Williams (Ruth Lang), Pierce Brosnan (Adam Lang), Timothy Hutton (Sidney Kroll), Tom Wilkinson (Paul Emmett), James Belushi (John Maddox), Eli Wallach (Old Man). Music by Alexandre Desplat.
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Well-done political thriller which many critics are likening to Polanski's great Chinatown. I wouldn't go that far, but I'd compare it to his lesser-known movie with Harrison Ford, Frantic, as well as some Chinatown-era movies of the 1970s such as Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor and Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View. MacGregor (whose character never has a name) is a successful British ghostwriter who's persuaded by his pushy agent to travel to the U.S. to complete the potentially-explosive memoirs of a former Prime Minister, Adam Lang (Brosnan). What seems like a great opportunity is tainted by the fact that the previous "ghost" really became one: he died under mysterious circumstances. Complicating matters, Lang is then accused of collusion with the CIA while he was in office in enabling the U.S. government to torture suspected terrorists.
Aaaaand, there's a possible love triangle with Lang, his prickly-yet-attractive wife (Williams), and his personal assistant Amelia (Cattrall, with a slightly-wavering British accent, a bit strange since she was born in Liverpool). The Ghost senses more trouble when, ensconced in Lang's fortress-like house on Cape Cod to work on the memoirs, finds that Lang's called away a lot, leaving him alone with Ruth. Robert Harris, who wrote the novel on which the story is based, was a political aide with ties to real-life former PM Tony Blair, whom Adam Lang is supposed to evoke. The movie has a Hitchcockian sensibility (i.e., an ordinary man finds himself in extraordinary circumstances; his instinct tells him to get out, but he wants to solve the mystery). It's aided by the performances, the atmospheric production design, a crackling script, and Desplat's Herrmann-like score. It's nice to see the gifted and handsome MacGregor in a movie which matches his talents. A shout-out to Eli Wallach, who seems to be having a career resurgence at age 94. The Ghost Writer is a very good little movie, made for adults, and Polanski's best effort in years. It won't stay with you, like Chinatown does, but you'll enjoy it while it lasts.
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In re Jerrehian, 155 A.3d 674 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016)
Zoning boards are not permitted to add requirements that are not specifically mentioned in the zoning ordinance. The Court also stated the party asserting merger of one lot to another that is noncompliant with certain zoning requirements must prove the land owner's intent to merge those lots by "overt, unequivocal, physical manifestation" of such intent.
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Applicant intended to build a single-family house on a lot called the Pool Lot which totals 3.8 acres and has 110 feet of frontage on a right-of-way. However, no physical street existed within the right-of-way. Under the Township's Zoning Code (Code), a "residential lot" is one that is at least 45,000 square feet in area and at least 90 feet in width at the "street line." Applicant sought a preliminary opinion that the Pool Lot and proposed plan complied with the Code. The preliminary opinion was favorable and published in a local newspaper to allow for objectors to challenge the decision. Neighbors objected to the opinion (Objectors) on the grounds that, among other things, (1) the Pool Lot did not meet the requirements of the Code because it was not on a "street" and (2) the Pool Lot had merged with a lot that was nonconforming in size when it was purchased by a previous owner.
In response to the first argument, the Zoning Board (Board) agreed with the Objectors. The Board determined that since the Pool Lot's frontage was on a right-of-way the Pool Lot did not satisfy the relevant requirements. However, the Board disagreed with the Objectors' contention that the Pool Lot had merged with another lot. The Board found the Objectors failed to prove the previous owners intended to merge the lots they bought; therefore, the Pool Lot had not been merged into the adjoining lot. Both parties appealed to the trial court which affirmed the Board's decision. Both parties appealed to the Commonwealth Court.
On appeal, Applicant argued the right-of-way is a "street" as defined by the Code, so the Pool Lot met the Code's dimensional requirements. The Court agreed with Applicant after analyzing the definitions of "street" and "right-of-way" because the Code defined each term to include the other. Further, the Code made no mention of the Board's interpretation that required a roadway to contain sewers and public utilities in order to be a street. Section 603.1 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC) states:
In interpreting the language of zoning ordinances to determine the extent of the restriction upon the use of the property, the language shall be interpreted, where doubt exists as to the intended meaning of the language written and enacted by the governing body, in favor of the property owner and against any implied extension of the restriction.
Therefore, zoning boards are not permitted to add requirements that are not specifically mentioned in the zoning ordinance. Accordingly, the Court affirmed the trial court's decision with respect to this issue.
In addition to the right-of-way argument discussed above, Objectors argued (1) the Pool Lot was not created in a valid subdivision as defined by the MPC because it occurred when the Orphans Court subdivided the property from a larger parcel following the death of the owner and (2) the Pool Lot had merged with the adjoining lot. The Commonwealth Court rejected the first argument because the subdivision was valid under In re Tettermer's Estate. Since the Orphan's Court's subdivision occurred prior to the enactment of the MPC, any definition of "subdivision" at odds with the Orphan Court's action was irrelevant. Further, even if the definition was relevant in this instance, the MPC's definition of "subdivision" does not preclude the Orphan's Court from subdividing land in an estate settlement. The Orphan Court's subdivision of the land at issue was valid.
With respect to Objectors' second argument, the Court held that "mere common ownership of adjoining lots does not automatically establish physical merger of the lots . . . [t]he burden is placed on the party who asserts physical merger to establish intent to integrate the adjoining lots into one large parcel." The previous owners had taken title to the lots in a single deed, but the deed separately described each lot. Each lot had a separate tax parcel number and had been sold separately. The only act of common use was a circular driveway that crossed over part of the Pool Lot. The burden of proof requires an "overt, unequivocal, physical manifestation of [intent to merge lots]." Use of a driveway in an easement area did not meet the burden of proof, and occasional use of a driveway could not nullify the other evidence showing intention to treat the lots as separate. Thus, Objectors' appeal was rejected.
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La maison presbytérale de l'église Notre-Dame du Finistère (ou sacristie de l'église Notre-Dame du Finistère) est un édifice de style néo-baroque construit en 1872-1874 à Bruxelles en Belgique par l'architecte Constant Almain de Hase, à la suite des travaux de voûtement de la Senne et de la création des « boulevards du Centre ».

Cet immeuble à la remarquable décoration sculptée a remporté le huitième prix du concours d'architecture organisé par la Ville de Bruxelles en 1872-1876.

Localisation
L'immeuble se dresse au  du boulevard Adolphe Max, à l'arrière de l'église Notre-Dame du Finistère dont l'entrée donne sur la rue Neuve.

Il se situe dans un quartier très riche en immeubles éclectiques, comme la Maison des chats de l'architecte Henri Beyaert (premier prix au même concours), l'Immeuble « Le Printemps » (quatrième prix, architecte Adolphe Vanderheggen), la Maison Thonet (Bruxelles) (septième prix, architecte Félix Laureys), le Café Métropole (treizième prix, architecte Gédéon Bordiau) ainsi que le Passage du Nord (architecte Henri Rieck).

Historique

Voûtement de la Senne et création des boulevards du Centre

Décrite, au  encore, comme une rivière au « cours utile et agréable », la Senne n'est plus, au siècle suivant, qu'un .

En 1865, le roi Léopold II, s'adressant au jeune bourgmestre de Bruxelles Jules Anspach, formule le vœu que Bruxelles « réussira à se débarrasser de ce cloaque qu'on appelle la Senne » avant la fin de son règne.

En , le conseil communal de la ville de Bruxelles adopte un projet établi par l'architecte Léon Suys qui vise à supprimer les bras secondaires de la rivière, à rectifier le cours sinueux de son bras principal et à le voûter entre la gare du Midi et le nord de la ville.

C'est ainsi qu'apparaissent les « boulevards du Centre »  (nommés initialement boulevard du Hainaut, Central, du Nord et de la Senne et renommés ultérieurement boulevard Lemonnier, Anspach, Max et Jacqmain).

Concours d'architecture 1872-1876 et 1876-1878
Afin de stimuler la reconstruction aux abords de ces boulevards, la Ville de Bruxelles organise deux concours d'architecture pour les périodes 1872-1876 et 1876-1878, en laissant la plus grande liberté aux architectes : au contraire de Paris, aucune unité de style n'est recherchée ni imposée et la composition monumentale sera de facto éclectique tout au long de cette immense perspective.

C'est dans le cadre du concours de façades 1872-1876 que l'architecte Constant Almain de Hase construit la maison presbytérale de l'église Notre-Dame du Finistère vers 1872-1874.

Cet immeuble néo-baroque obtient le huitième prix du concours organisé par la Ville en 1872-1876.

Transformations
L'immeuble est transformé en 1931-1932 sur base de plan établis par l'architecte J. De Ligne en 1930 :
 le rez-de-chaussée est éventré à mi-hauteur pour le commerce ;
 les étages de l'immeuble sont altérés par le percement de hautes baies vitrées ;

Quant au couronnement, il est démoli en 1944 : l'ancienne toiture à la Mansart ornée d'une grande lucarne à volutes de style baroque et de petites lucarnes en œil-de-bœuf est remplacée par un niveau d'attique sous toiture.

Architecture
La maison présente le long du boulevard une façade de trois niveaux et quatre travées richement décorée par le sculpteur D. Renodeyn, édifiée en pierre de taille assemblée en grand appareil et inspirée du style baroque flamand.

Rez-de-chaussée et portail
Le rez-de-chaussée, rythmé par des colonnes cannelées et percé de baies à piédroits harpés et à arc surbaissé, présente un magnifique portail néo-baroque sculpté par D. Renodeyn dont les piédroits richement ornés supportent un arc cintré mouluré, décoré d'une clé d'arc à feuilles d'acanthe et de deux claveaux à pointe-de-diamant.

Le portail est encadré de cariatides à tête de roi et de reine, dont les pieds reposent sur les volutes disposés à côté des piédroits. L'arc cintré supporte un fronton à volutes orné de feuillages, percé en son centre d'un oculus mouluré et surmonté d'un petit cartouche rectangulaire affichant l'année de construction de l'édifice en chiffres romains (MDCCCLXXIV). Ce fronton est surmonté d'un petit larmier brisé à frise de denticules, qui enserre un minuscule pot à feu.

Étages
La maison présentait initialement deux étages séparés par un puissant cordon de pierre, comme le montrent les photographies anciennes.

La transformation effectuée en 1931-1932 par l'architecte J. De Ligne a supprimé ce cordon de pierre et a réuni les fenêtres verticalement par un vitrage et un encadrement continu,  selon Pierre Loze.

Chaque travée présente maintenant une très haute baie vitrée formée de trois (et non deux) fenêtres superposées réunies par de hauts piédroits moulurés comptant chacun sept harpes, et sommée d'un arc cintré décoré d'une clé d'arc à pointe-de-diamant et de deux claveaux en forte saillie.

Les espaces entre ces hautes baies sont ornés de colonnes superposées : au « premier étage » des colonnes hybrides , mi-torses et mi-cannelées, supportent un entablement duquel s'élancent les colonnes torses ornées de feuillage du « deuxième étage ».

La façade se termine par une puissante corniche ornée d'une frise de denticules.

La façade latérale nord est percée de trois hautes baies similaires, dont deux aveugles, surmontées d'une fine frise de denticules.

À l'angle de la façade ouest et de la façade nord se dresse une statue de la Vierge à l'Enfant.

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Las Vegas shooting survivor Kymberley Scuhomel died suddenly from multiple seizures on Monday following her post to Facebook of her account of multiple shooters.
She had just posted her own account of what she witnessed at the Route 91 venue in Las Vegas when shots rang out that killed nearly 60 people and wounded at least 500.
Days after the shooting, Suchomel explained to the Victorville Daily Press how she and her friends escaped with their lives as a gunman, perched from a hotel suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, opened fire on some 20,000 concertgoers on Oct. 1.
Suchomel, who was taking medication for a pituitary tumor, shared her fear of trying to fall sleep at night as the "sounds of gunfire" become louder in her head and the images of "broken and bloody bodies" flashed through her mind.
She claimed she and those with her were "chased" by more than one active shooter.
Kymberley Suchomel's Facebook has been made private. The post including her lengthy account of what she says happened in the Las Vegas shooting has been archived, however, and is available here.
Here's her post in full from October 5, 2017, just four days before her death. I'll let it speak for itself.
I have been receiving phone calls, messages & texts galore since Sunday night, and I have been providing the same copy & pasted message to each of those who have contacted me. A really quick, vague, account of what happened at the Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas. It has been nearly 72 hours since the nightmare took place, and I am finally able to sit here & put into words my own personal account. I have attached some photos of the fun we did have.
I would first like to give a huge giant thank you to both Casie Barnard & Ricky Ardito, without them I can guarantee you I wouldn't have gotten out like I did- I would have dropped to the floor, stunned, and I would not have been able to get up. I owe them both my life.
Sunday morning we woke up sore & hungover from the nights before. Friday & Saturday nights were a blast- we drank too much, and fought the crowd to get as close to the stage as possible. We acted like we were in our early 20s and hitting Vegas for the first time; however, when we woke up Sunday we all were in complete agreeance that we would not be doing that again. We decided, instead, to bring in a king sized sheet & sit on the astro-turf in the way, way back & just peacefully watch the concert from our spacious sheet. We also decided to drink the morning and afternoon of, but not the evening, as Ricky, Cassie & Mendy had an early day ahead of them, having to leave at 4am to get Ricky to work Monday morning. When we had full bellies & got our retail fix in-shopping the vendors, we headed to the main stage where we immediately sought out that back sitting area.
Unfortunately, we procrastinated getting to our seats for too long, and every spot was taken. We ultimately ended up on the next fake-grass area much closer to the stage- but we still had a decent amount of space & great viewing area, so we spread out our sheet and claimed it our territory. We remember exactly where we were, because most of us (excluding myself) left to go to the bathroom & get water during the concert, so we used landmarks to be able to find each other again. I remember distinctly that one of the bars was to my left and I had to look behind me to see it- thinking maybe I should get one more beer, but I already had a full bladder & I have an irrational fear of porta-potties, so I decided against it.
I know I am forgetting a bunch of what happened, and I will edit this post to include it as I remember.
I praise our Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ, for surviving a horrific incident. People were dropping like flies all around me, and there is absolutely ZERO reason why I wasn't at least struck with a bullet. I left the Route 91 Festival completely unharmed physically, besides some scrapes and super sore bones & muscles. Mentally, however, is a different story. I do okay during the day, but as soon as nightfall hits, I get super scared & anxious. I am even typing this up with butterflies in my stomach and a racing heart. I don't want to be alone. I don't want to go anywhere, ever. I can no longer be in any place with large crowds- concerts, festivals, theme parks, zoos, etc. I can no longer trust anyone around me. I can no longer close my eyes without seeing those bodies & hearing the sound of gunfire. I am ruined, as are thousands upon thousands of people.
We were given wristbands to wear for the 3-day event. I can't seem to take mine off.
We went to Las Vegas for a super fun, down to Earth country concert featuring our favorite artists. We left scared, scarred, traumatized and broken. And for that, we demand answers.
Apparently, Kymberley died just after her husband Mike left for work at 4:30am. She leaves behind her husband and 3-year-old daughter, Scarlett.
Interestingly enough, she was the co-founder of the High Desert Phoenix Foundation, which helps people who have suffered a tragedy with financial help and services.
It's ironic that the family will now receive support from that organization she helped found.
Phoenix Foundation supporter and community leader Thurston "Smitty" Smith said he was shocked by the news of Suchomel's passing.
Smith said he's asking the public to support and to pray for Suchomel's family, and for backers of the nonprofit to make a "large contribution" to the Phoenix Foundation.
Donations can be made to the HD Phoenix Foundation in Scarlett's name at hdphoenixfoundation.com.
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Check out the companies making headlines midday:
Procter & Gamble — Shares of Procter & Gamble jumped 4.4% to a record high on better-than-expected quarterly numbers and upbeat forecast for the year. P&G reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.10 on revenue of $17.09 billion, topping Refinitiv estimates of $1.05 earnings per share and revenue of $16.86 billion. The results do not include an $8 billion write-down from Procter's Gillette brand. Procter also sees adjusted earnings per share increasing between 4% and 9% in the fiscal 2020.
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The building that actually covers the Space São José Liberto, in Belém-PA, has a rich history. In 1749 was built by the Capuchin Friars of Nossa Senhora da Piedade, to be a convent. But with the withdrawal of the Jesuits in Brazil, the building has suffered several changes including functional: powder magazine, hospital, pottery, barracks and the prison for many years, after many revolts was deactivated in 1998, undergoing a major renovation and reopened with the current role of Polo jeweler.
In the seventeenth century, the Jesuits were the Franciscans Amazon with intent to promote the missions in Brazil, however, the process of evangelization called a spatial and institutional organization to cover the missionaries, the immediate construction of convents was the solution adopted. In 1749, the friars tore down the old chapel and began construction of the Convent of São José holding their strictly religious function to the expulsion of the Jesuits by Pombal. A Jesuit education is not suited to commercial interests Pombal issued by the government, translating, if the schools of the Society of Jesus were intended to serve the interests of faith, the government Pombal wanted to organize a school to serve the interests of the state.
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"Due to the expulsion of the friars of Mercy, her convent in Belém ofPará was occupied by the Government, which gave the most varied service roads. In 1750, the first use was given as powder magazine, then as barracks (when it covers in its premises a battalion of hiking), after a Cavalry Squadron, and the time of Governor D. Marcos de Noronha, in 1804, the artillery corps, created by the Charter on April 26, 1803. In 1835, the building served like a hospital, serving for the reception and recovery of the wounded in the battles of Cabanagem. With many wounded were under the auspices of justice or in the custody of loyalist militia, the building in 1843 became a public prison. " by Ana Paula Maroja
In the nineteenth century, the chain has not had the institutional rules to follow, and there was no shame to imprison women with men. In addition, the planters asked that their slaves were punished in jail. During this period the death sentence in Brazil was in full rigor, these convicts were not separated from the others.
Inside the Oratory by João Luccas
"The São José's also witnessed the last hours of prisoners sentenced to death, spent his last moments in the" oratory "before being escorted to the gallows that stood in the square of São José in front of the Public Prison." (200, p. 15) COELHO, Allan Watrin.
After going through oratory, they were carried to São José, which was located in front of public prison, where they were hanged in the open. Each hanging was an important event, and had whole interest the local citizens.
In 1943, the prison had some changes, such as, new rules and buildings. Thus, it became really in a maximum security prison. But in government of MagalhãesBarata, the prison was undergoing administrative difficulties, then the governor appointed Anastácio das Neves as director of the prison. During his administration, many reforms was accomplished. The main reform was a new building attached to the first construction. Moreover, some rules was implemented. But this administration has undergone several criticisms to implement a kind of internal police, which was formed by the detainees themselves.
The Prision of São José's by João Luccas
On February 28, 1998, during the morning mass. Some prisoners armed with guns, that they had stolen of prison guards, and others homemade weapons. They took the control of the prison. The rebelds required a escape apparatus, ammunition, body armor, guns and fast cars. This prison had capacity to 150 prisoners, while it had 300. The riot ended with a toll of four dead and three hurt, and none of the hostages was killed. Amoung the dead a leader of the riot, José Augusto Viana David, the Ninja. After that, the prison has been disabled by the government state, and the prisoners were transferred to the Metropolitan State Prison, in Marituba city.
The riot ended
In march 2001 began a restoration work of the old prison, after all those years serving as a place of deprivation of liberty. The building that already had several other roles, it becomes one of the most valuable tourist attractions of Pará. The inauguration of this new building happened in October 2002. Its restoration was a beaultiful work performed by a architect and landscape designer Filomena Mata Longo. The building is reborn as Espaço São José Liberto, hosting the Gems Museum of Pará the jewelers and craftsman house polo.
The New Beginnings by João Luccas
The grids are still the same places, but are open to the free movement of persons. Within a few saddles, are present: plates, pictures, some objects that were used by prisoners.
Picture by João Luccas
Currently the Espaço São José Liberto is administered by the institute of Gemas e Jóias da Amazônia (Igama), Social Organization (SO) classified by the government of the State of Pará in May 2007. This OS keeps a link with the Secretary of State for Devwelopment, Science and Tecnology (Sedect) and is also responsible for managing the Sector Development Program of Gems and Precious Metals from Pará state. Maintained by the state government, promoting actions to qualify designers, goldsmiths, gem cutters, artisans. Enabling professionals linked to the Polo Jewelers in areas such as marketing and discovering of new markets for jewel of Pará.
collection of handicraft
MAROJA, Ana Paula. O ESPAÇO SÃO JOSÉ (BELÉM-PA): Liberto dos grilhões da lei e preso às imagens do tempo. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso apresentado ao Curso de Educação Artística. UNAMA. 2002.
COELHO, Allan Watrin. São José Liberto: Pesquisa histórica acerca do PresídioSão José. Belém: SECULT. 2000.
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June 7, 2017 Madeleine Helme
Networking events are a great business opportunity. You can use them to make new connections, strengthen existing relationships, share ideas, and more. Now, imagine you can do all that without even having to leave your bed. You can with Twitter chats!
Taking part in Twitter chats in your pajamas is optional, but the point is that you can join in from pretty much anywhere. All you need is a device to connect you to Twitter and an internet connection. If you've never taken part in a Twitter chat before, we'll start you off by familiarizing you with the premise.
What are Twitter chats?
Twitter chats are conversations that take place at a specific time and focus on a specific topic. Messages from participants of the chat are organized using hashtags, so everyone can follow the conversation easily. Twitter chats can focus on a specific industry, topic, or location, for example.
Typically, the Twitter user that hosts the chat will pose questions to everyone involved. These questions are usually ones that will spark discussion amongst the participants, rather than ones that require closed answers or that have a single correct answer. Participants answer the questions and include the chat-specific hashtag in their tweet so that everyone else involved will see it. People can then interact with each other's' tweets to get the conversation going.
Chats typically last for one hour, but discussion amongst members can continue beyond this.
Should you join in?
But, if you need more persuading to give up an hour of your week to chat on social media, here's why you should get involved in Twitter chats:
They boost engagement
Getting involved in conversations is a better way of boosting your engagement stats on Twitter than just posting into the void. By joining in Twitter chats, all the other participants will see your posts and are likely to like, retweet or reply.
You gain more followers
If people like what you have to say in the Twitter chat, they might even follow you to see more of your content. Try to be insightful and helpful in the chat to encourage more people to follow you.
Find new people to follow
Likewise, you might see other participants who have a lot of interesting things to say. You can follow people in the Twitter chat to keep seeing their content on Twitter.
You might learn something new
With everyone sharing their own thoughts and ideas, you're bound to learn something you didn't know or get a point of view you hadn't thought about before. Learn new facts and get new ideas to help your own business strategy.
If you follow and continue to engage with people from the Twitter chat, you will be able to build stronger, longer lasting relationships. This is the kind of thing that can lead to new business in the future.
They're fun
On top of all the benefits to your business and social media performance, joining in with Twitter chats can also be a lot of fun!
There are plenty of Twitter chats about marketing and other related topics. A few I've taken part in are #hootchat, #bufferchat, and #marketochat. For a more comprehensive list and to find out when these chats take place, check out this handy guide.
If you've already mastered the basics of using Twitter for business, then Twitter chats are a great place to go next. Have you taken part in Twitter chats before? What's been your favorite?
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White-eyed demons are among the oldest of the old demons, predating the Princes and Knights of Hell. There are a total of two known white-eyed demons, Lilith and Alastair. Lilith was the first demon to be created, her soul having been stripped of its humanity and twisted by the fallen archangel Lucifer as an act of spite against God when he was expelled from Heaven. Due to her status as the first demon, she is the last of the 66 Seals, with her death breaking the last seal and releasing Lucifer from the Cage, where he was imprisoned for the creation of demons.
Alastair may be the second demon ever created. He has a mysterious past, but it is implied to be almost as long as Lilith's. He considers the centuries-old black-eyed demon Ruby to be "young" when compared to himself. He was considered the "Grand Inquisitor" in Hell. Alastair also claimed to be an "old friend" of Death's, who had been imprisoned since Biblical times.
White-eyed demons are among the oldest and most powerful demons to ever exist. They have been shown to be exceptionally cruel and evil even among average demons, Alastair preferring Hell to Earth and Lilith having a sweet tooth for human infants. Alastair and Lilith have a penchant for inflicting cruel and unusual torture to their enemies, but, according to Ruby, Lilith "gets creative" when they make her angry. Castiel and Ruby both agree that Lilith has "a certain sense of humor".
White-eyed demons have the standard powers of demons and more.
Super Strength - They have great strength, allowing them to overpower regular angels and reapers, but they cannot kill them with a touch.
Immortality - They will not die unless killed.
Alastair has been shown to be highly immune to Ruby's knife.
Demonic Blast - White-eyed demons such as Lilith can emanate a demonic blast of white light at their targets. Sam calls this a "demon ray gun."
Possession - Like most demons, the require a meatsuit to interact on Earth.
Teleportation - Inside a meatsuit, they can teleport anywhere on Earth.
Archangels - They are superior to white-eyed demons, Lilith having fled in terror during the arrival of Raphael.
Holy Water - Alastair has shown pain from holy water, but has a higher resilience and recovery to it than regular demons.
Salt - Alastair has shown pain from salt, but has a higher resilience and recovery to it than regular demons.
Special Children - White-eyed demons like Lilith and Alastair can be pinned, tortured, and killed by Sam's psychic powers when they peak as a result of his regular consumption of demon blood. Sam is also shown to be immune to their powers.
In Supernatural: Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting, he mentions the existence of other white-eyed demons.
Samhain may be classified as a third white-eyed demon, but unlike Lilith and Alastair, his eyes have pale gray irises and black pupils.
The white-eyed demons share similarities with archdemons, the leaders of demonic hosts and evil counterparts of archangels.
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Willow Park Police Chief Brad Johnson announced his resignation as Willow Park Police Chief effective Feb. 3.
"My folks married and met in Kerrville, Texas in 1953 and moved away," Johnson told The Community News. "In 1972 or so they bought a home overlooking the Guadalupe River in Kerrville. It was going to be a retirement residence."
Before his parents had an opportunity to move and enjoy their retirement in Kerrville, his father was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. While his mother was in good health, both parents moved into an assisted living facility in Dallas so his father could be cared for and the couple could remain together.
On Sept. 17 Johnson's father passed away.
"Our goal has been to get mom out of Dallas and give her an opportunity to live what's left of the dream," Johnson said. But his mom didn't really want to move into the somewhat isolated house on the river.
Instead, Johnson and his siblings found an assisted living facility in Kerrville where his mother will live. He said he and his wife, Kierin, prayed about it, and decided to purchase the house on the river.
"Mother will be about three miles away from us," he said.
"I've been here a long time," Johnson said about his home in Willow Park. He built a house in 1990.
Spending 25 years with the Fort Worth Police Dept., Johnson served on the Willow Park Planning & Zoning Commission, Willow Park City Council, and served one term as mayor. He became police chief nine years ago.
Johnson's wife, Kierin, is court coordinator in Parker County Court at Law 2, and has also submitted her resignation.
"It's not something we planned on," Brad Johnson said. "We're going to ride off in the sunset together."
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