Those observing the Trump juggernaut with slack-jawed wonder from the sidelines might be interested in an insightful article today in the Washington Post, in which David Ignatius examines why Trump's supporters appear impervious to criticisms of bizarre claims, U-turns, hypocrisy and complete absence of any credible policy. For those of us engaged in communicating science, this phenomenon holds some fascinating lessons.
This flags some important lessons for influencers. People don't like their preconceived ideas being challenged. We form a view of the world which feels intuitively right and when that is under threat, we close down.
And there's the issue of what Jude Capper called 'bad news bias' when she was researching how best to communicate scientific facts to the public. It's the assumption that a negative assertion is more important than a positive one. Indeed, one negative piece of information is sufficient to neutralise five pieces of positive information. Hence Trump painting a 'dark picture of a violent, frightening America' becomes irresistibly attractive to his followers.
So how do we counter these untruths which nevertheless 'feel' intuitively right to people we want to influence?
– we will resist abandoning a false belief unless we are given a compelling alternative explanation – remember, nature abhors a vacuum!
Furthermore, basic media training already tells us not to reinforce negatives with repetition. And like Aesop's fable of the North Wind and the Sun, gentle persuasion often works better than forceful arguments.
Lastly, when all else fails, Ignatius identifies one last tactic – leave well alone. He highlights what seems to be most hurting Trump in the polls at the moment: 'self-destructive comments that trouble even his most passionate supporters'. He adds that 'attempts to aggressively "correct" his remaining fans may only deepen their attachment'.
Sometimes, the best response is no response.
3 lessons pr can learn from 'team trump'?
An interesting article has popped up in PR Week about the things PR professionals could learn from 'Team Trump'. Despite the lack of previous experience in politics, his PR manager Hope Hicks (previously worked for Ralph Lauren on fashion PR and modelling) is doing a remarkable job with what must be quite tough material!
New guidelines published yesterday by Public Health England have almost halved the recommendation for our daily intake of dairy, cutting it from 15% of the diet to just 8%. This has baffled the dairy industry – and not just because PHE seems convinced we will gain the calcium we need from plant-based alternatives. The more confusing aspect is there seems to have been both little warning about this bombshell and scant information about the methodology used.
A quick glance at the British Dietetic Association's calcium factsheet tells us that not only are dairy products a fabulous source of calcium, but if you want to get calcium from elsewhere, you pretty much have to eat oily fish including the bones, mounds of leafy green vegetables, or calcium-fortified products such as soya, cereal or nut drinks; not foods I can imagine high-risk groups such as teenage girls going a bundle on.
And do we really want to be consuming fortified products that need to be artificially sweetened – especially in light of a new clamp down on sugar in soft drinks?
But overall, the most baffling aspect of this whole announcement is the lack of engagement with the industry as these recommendations were being developed. I can understand the need to remain impartial and credible, but engaging with the industry, being transparent about methodology and addressing challenges respectfully are all part of building a robust position. PHE appears to have done none of these.
Does GBK cross a line with meat ads?
Gourmet Burger Kitchen's new, provocative advertising campaign is certainly getting people talking – but in the right way?
The ads, which have appeared in the London underground over the weekend, appear to be aimed at celebrating meat-eating (or specifically, Gourmet Burger Kitchen burger-eating).
The predictable response from a number of vegan and vegetarians on social media has been shock and disgust, with accusations that GBK is 'shaming' them.
There's plenty of advertising out there either promoting meat, or advocating a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle, that is totally focused on taste and enjoyment without having a pop at anyone else.
But where advertising media does take a swipe at others' views, it does tend to be the non-meat eaters having a go at those who enjoy their steaks or bacon baps. In turn, those who eat no meat because of their ethical beliefs claim they are subjected daily to images promoting products they abhor.
At the last count (Mintel, 2014), 12% of adults are now following a vegetarian or vegan diet in the UK and this rises to 20% among 16-24 year olds. The research also reveals that almost half (48%) of Brits see meat-free products as environmentally friendly and 52% as healthy. 18% of us also claim to eat more non-meat sources of protein and 13% say they would be interested in buying products from the supermarket with, eg 50% red meat and 50% vegetable protein.
So back to the GBK adverts, on one hand I applaud the gutsy attempt to embrace our meat-eating inner selves and the lack of apology for where meat comes from, but on the other, given these demographic changes in diet, what is GBK hoping to achieve?
If it's to lure committed meat eaters away from other burger joints by making them feel good about their preferences, then possibly…but even some in this group might find the advert showing a beef animal in poor taste. If it's to lure marginal vegetarians and vegans to a life of meat eating, then it's undoubtedly an own goal. If GBK simple want to be talked about, then they are already achieving this.
But on balance, for the meat industry as a whole, I don't think it's a win. Two wrongs don't make a right, and being seen as poking fun at those who choose not to eat meat won't improve the debate. Neither will a humorous take on the cow's own diet, which some will insist is disrespectful.
In these times, farming must be judged as respectful to animals, and eating meat as a supportable choice. GBK's ads might end up generating lots of brand awareness (positive or negative), but I don't believe they'll help the long term health of the UK beef industry.
This year, both Oxford Farming Conferences – the 'real' (Oxford Farming Conference) and the Real (Oxford Real Farming Conference) – claim to be sell-outs. Good news, but will they (or should they) find common ground and work more closely together?
At the moment, they cover largely different topics. The OFC tends to focus on politics, European policy, interest rates, business and innovation, the ORFC on technical ways in which farmers can tackle growing challenges like degradation of soils, environmental impact and food waste.
OFC sessions are characterised by professionalism, big business, big hitters, seriously big concepts, and the trapping of a world-scale production with mainstream media, suits, lights, whistles and bells. Conversely, the ORFC denotes accessibility, informality, technical wisdom and social enterprise.
While the OFC – possibly justifiably – can attract criticism of being dominated by white male professionals largely in corporate agriculture or the industries allied to farming rather than farming itself, the ORFC can be focused on an anti-capitalist agenda, with – ironically – some quite closed minds (judging by the booing when some subjects or organisations are raised) and the notable absence of economics in its sustainability arguments.
Either way, they both deliver something of value. Both cover important areas. And personally, I would like to see them move closer together. The question is, will they?
Bizarrely, I can see the 'status quo' – the OFC – being more willing to move closer to ORFC than vice versa. OFC realises times are changing, but the whole brand of the ORFC thrives on being anti-establishment and being 'on the outside'. So the question will be whether the ORFC wants to remain an outspoken critic ploughing its own furrow, or whether it wants to try and create real change by working with the OFC.


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VC firm makes compelling argument why XRP is not security
By Selena 11/13/22 12:31 PM
In the ongoing legal battle, Ripple continues to win up new supporters. One of the most recent is Paradigm, a VC firm that supports Web3 and bitcoin businesses. After creating a record-breaking $2.5 billion fund in November of last year, Paradigm, one of the most significant investment companies in the cryptocurrency sector, saw its record broken in May by a $4.5 billion fund from Andreessen Horowitz. So, why would it be interested in the Ripple lawsuit? is raised by this.
Ripple Lawsuit: VC Firm Makes Strong Case Why XRP Should Not Be Considered Security
It's robust argumentation noting;
-especially true for 2ndary markets
-no Fed Court has found investment contracts to exist w/o a legal relationship to issuer (!)
-brings up Hinman, Kik, Library.
I don't know if their perspective is novel enough for the judge, but again, robust.
— WrathofKahneman (@WKahneman) November 12, 2022
According to Paradigm, the outcome of the Ripple litigation might have a significant impact on the development and management of crypto and Web3 businesses, which is why it has asked to submit an amicus brief.
The company claims that it wants to take part in the case because it is worried that a decision that casually adopts the terminology favored by the SEC could have significant and unanticipated consequences on Paradigm and other companies that aim to use new technology in a way that could benefit users.
On the surface, the dispute may concern whether certain XRP token offers and sales qualify as securities offerings. However, the SEC's assertions that XRP tokens and, by extension, many other crypto assets are securities go beyond what it claims to require or what the law supports.
Paradigm contended that the SEC's attempt to seek new authority through the court constituted a regulatory overreach in a document addressed to the court. The Howey test was misapplied as Paradigm's significant point of contention. According to a thorough investigation, neither the SEC nor any federal appellate court has ruled that an asset that is the subject of an investment contract transaction is a security in and of itself or that a transfer of that asset would constitute a securities transaction.
According to a recent update by James K. Filan, two lawyers representing Paradigm Operations in the lawsuit—Kayvan B. Sadeghi and Shailee Diwanji Sharma—have filed appearances.
A Close To Billion XRP Has Been Moved By Ripple And Anonymous Whales To Exchanges
Despite Ripple's Ongoing Lawsuit, They Continued To Show Improvements On Its Performance In Terms Of NFTs
Here's How Evacuation Of $5.24 Million In XRP Failed
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A year ago I wrote up a list of financial goals for 2008. Today, I thought I'd take a look back at them and see how we did.
As expected, this one was a no-brainer. We maxed out our retirement savings across the board, though we were unable to make Roth IRA contributions as we were beyond the contribution limits. If you're looking forward to the coming year, here's a rundown of the IRA contributions limits for 2009.
Market Turmoil, Portfolio Drift, and Asset Allocation: Time to Rebalance?
This one mostly successful, in that we dropped down to two main credit cards Amex Blue Cash and Chase Freedom while still keeping an old Citi MasterCard around for use at Sam's Club. I ended up leaving our other Citi MasterCard since it reduces our apparent credit utilization, and thus has a positive impact on our credit scores.
As far as account consolidation goes, we still have a number online savings accounts that we don't really use. These are partly a byproduct of my habit of opening accounts so I can write a review "from the inside." Unfortunately, I've been lax when it comes to closing these accounts, so they've proliferated.
Finally, I've largely completed the task of automating our bill paying and investments. We're automatically paying pretty much everything that we can, and I've set up e-mail and/or text reminders for the rare things that can't be automated.
This one is a big, fat FAIL. Once again, while we've gone to great lengths to protect our assets, we still haven't closed the deal on a long term disability (LTD) policy for me. I have coverage through work, but we're in the market for a private policy to provide supplemental coverage. It looks like this item will (once again) roll over to next year's goals.
Once again, FAIL. I've given quite a bit of thought to how this one will be implemented, and what to include, I haven't taken the time to actually put it together. As I said before, "I'm envisioning a three-ring binder containing everything that she [my wife] needs — account numbers, insurance policy numbers, contact information, usernames, passwords, etc." In truth, the usernames and passwords will likely reside in an encrypted computer file for added safety.
This is one is a partial FAIL. In truth, I made a conscious decision to delay this one until the market settled down a bit. While we've stayed the course (and actually injected a bit more during dips) when it comes to our personal portfolio, I didn't want to introduce the kids to investing during an uncharacteristically volatile market. That being said, I'm still not 100% sure how to implement this one once I decide it's time, as we have four kids and I don't really relish the idea of keeping track of four more investment accounts.
This one was mostly successful, in that I've aggregated most tax-related documents in a couple of places around the house (plus a few tax-related receipts in the car). Not quite as organized as I had hoped, but better than usual.
How did you fare relative to your goals/resolutions for 2008?
Roth IRA as an Emergency Fund?
Kids and Money – Isn't now a great time to introduce them to money matters? Let them see what reactions you are making in the family finances?
Creating a user manual for your financial life – I intend to just use a password protected computer spreadsheet and put it on a flash drive in our "emergency bag". That way in the event of a house fire, flood or other emergency (when you yourself might need to reference the information) you don't have to remember to grab this big notebook?
I now have an emergency fund of about 2 months expenses (and now that I am unemployed I might even need to tap it in 2009).
Our debt was reduced by $13K.
Minimum payments on our credit cards are < 1/2 what they were in Jan 2008. All credit card balances are on a 0% offer till the end of 2009 and while my job loss has reduced what we can put towards it, we still pay much more than the minimums.
Good luck to everyone on formulating 2009 goals and don't forget to check in on them every quarter!
By the grace of God and the wise counsel of Dave Ramsey, 2008 was our best year yet.
taxrascal: Yeah, I was really thinking of a user manual for my own, very personal, financial life. Keychain is a good analogy (esp for a Mac user!), or perhaps roadmap (to let my wife know where everything is located).
When I saw that you wanted to write a User Manual for your Financial Life, I thought your blog would count as a huge success there. I guess the description clarifies things a little — maybe your blog can be a 'manual', and that other project can be the 'keychain' (some computer programs use the 'keychain' metaphor for the list of usernames and passwords a single person uses — I know you're going a little beyond that).
j: Long Term DISABILITY, not Long Term CARE. I agree that it's very early for LTC, but now is exactly when I should be thinking about LTD.
Maybe you set too many goals last year! Be very proud of your success – that way outweighs the failures.
As for the long term care policy, I think you are too young to get the best deal for you – my research shows that purchasing it in your early 60s is the best for price vs. benefit. I will be anxious to read your take on this as you research it.
Now, why not let those kids pick a product that is new and trendy and let them buy just a few shares of stock in that company. Don't manage it for them, let them learn this like they have learned everything else – you walk before you run. Have a great 2009.
Met my goal – started a blog which is doing very well.
I understand wanting to protect your children and there money. However, During there life time they will encounter a dip in the market. Now would probably be the best time to get them in. Stocks on great companies are cheap some at 10 year lows. You could also teach them how and what to do IMO when the market does go bear.
Use Google Finance portfolios as a "game" there no money is involved but they can learn from their mistakes. They can allot an initial deposit and choose a commission price to play with safely.
I definitely surpised myself this year with how much I was actually able to save while still managing to enjoy my life. I still travelled, went out, took time off, all while reaching all of my financial goals. To be honest I coudn't have done it without entering the world of pf blogs. I started researching pf at the start of the year and ever since have been hooked.
I have managed to pretty much attain all my goals. Maxed Roth, Paid about half of my total debt, and healthy. As long as you have good health to continue working and doing the things you love each and every day, that is all it really matters on the end.
I was able to max my IRA, come close to 401k, and bought a house. Pretty big financial moves in 2008 for me. I'm hoping to do the same with the IRA and 401k, and find ways to increase my home value.
Best of luck to all in 2009.
Yup. Always stick to one rule. Keep my finances healthy for the present and the future.


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El fill d'Astèrix (francès: Le fils d'Astérix) és el vint-i-setè àlbum de la sèrie Astèrix el gal. Va ser el tercer àlbum en solitari d'Albert Uderzo, publicat en francès el 1983. El tiratge original va ser 1.700.000 exemplars.

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Davant de la cabana d'Astèrix deixen abandonat de manera misteriosa un nadó. El poblet també haurà de fer front al problema (entre altres coses, perquè Obèlix accidentalment li dona per beure poció màgica). Però els gals hauran de fer front a un problema més greu: un romà està buscant desesperadament el nadó, mentre que Astèrix i Obèlix són responsables de trobar els pares d'aquest nen.

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 Com passa a Astèrix a Helvècia, aquesta història presenta un to fosc en existir la possibilitat que un innocent sigui assassinat. Amb la destrucció del poblet, el fracàs de Bonakara en protegir el nen i l'aparent victòria dels romans fa que l'aventura s'allunyi lleugerament de la comèdia i prengui un toc de suspens.
 Brutus i el prefecte de les Galies podrien ser caricatures de Tony Curtis i Jack Lemmon (el prefecte es transvesteix, en el que podria ser una picada d'ull a la pel·lícula Some Like it Hot)
 Astèrix i Obèlix no enfonsen el vaixell dels Pirates, sinó que aquests l'abandonen saltant per la borda (tot i que hauran de nedar dos dies fins a Brivates Portus) quan veuen que Astèrix i Obèlix s'aproven nedant.
 Abans que Cèsar envií a Brutus a Germània, li diu Et tu, Brute?, que són les paraules que li va dir abans de morir.
 Aquesta és l'única vegada en què els romans ataquen i destrueixen el poblet gal amb èxit, però per recompensar als gals que han mantingut segur al seu fill, Cèsar promet reconstruir-lo.
 El banquet final no té lloc al poblet, car aquest ha estat cremat pels romans; sinó que té lloc a la galera de la reina Cleòpatra. El bard Assegurançatòrix està lligat al pal major.

Referències
 El hijo de Astérix - A. Uderzo. Ediciones Júnior (1983)

Fill
Còmic a la dècada de 1980
Obres del 1983

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Israel Seeks To End Back-of-Bus Segregation for Women
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Back-of-the-bus seating for women on public transport in Israel will be outlawed soon, its justice minister said on Thursday, pledging sweeping legislation to stop Jewish religious zealots trying to enforce gender segregation in many spheres of life.
The issue is at the heart of a long and emotional struggle between Israel's secular majority and an ultra-Orthodox Jewish minority over lifestyle in the Jewish state.
"Today, I instructed the Justice Ministry to draft legislation … that will make any segregation of women and their humiliation in a public space a criminal offence," Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said on her Facebook page.
"Discrimination against women in public places, in public services, cannot be allowed," Livni told Army Radio.
She made the announcement a day after Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein recommended outlawing any behaviour that stops women from receiving "public services with equal conditions".
The separation of women and men on bus lines through religious neighbourhoods, and incidents in which Jewish zealots have spat at schoolgirls they deemed to be dressed immodestly, have raised public pressure on the government to act.
Now, with the power of ultra-Orthodox politicians diminished by their exclusion from Israel's governing coalition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration could find it easier to win support for an anti-segregation law.
"Women in Israel won't sit at the back of the bus. Women in Israel will participate in state ceremonies and their voices will be heard on radio stations and in the army," Livni said.
She was referring to events at which religious politicians and soldiers, adhering to a traditional edict to avoid temptation, have walked out rather than watch women singing or dancing, and to an ultra-Orthodox radio station's refusal to employ female announcers.
"The new law will be formulated in the coming weeks and help the struggle against the shameful and violent phenomena of cursing and spitting at women," Livni wrote. "It will be another step toward equality between men and women in Israel in 2013."
But the legislation could also heighten militancy in an ultra-Orthodox community whose state welfare benefits and military service exemptions are under threat by the new government Netanyahu formed in March.
Fears of vandalism by religious modesty squads have led advertisers in Jerusalem, a holy city with a large Jewish religious community, to avoid posting images of women on buses and billboards, or at least toning down their clothing.
Women who insist on sitting in the front of buses in Jerusalem have been subjected at times to verbal and sometimes physical assault.
Jerusalem's Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites, and a bastion of ultra-Orthodox ritual practice, has also been at the forefront of a challenge championed by women.
"Women of the Wall" - Jewish activists seeking equal rights at the holy place where men and women pray in separate sections - have gathered there monthly for worship sessions, donning prayer shawls in defiance of Orthodox tradition.
Israeli police have detained the women in the past for wearing the "talit". But police say they will not intervene at the next gathering, on Friday, after a judge ruled the women were breaking no law.
This story "Israel Seeks To End Back-of-Bus Segregation for Women" was written by Reuters.
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Whatever it was, it had happened thirteen years ago! Whatever it was, only a dead man was supposed to know anything about it! Yet now Sid Waldring was being blackmailed for it. Completely in the dark, Dan offers to help if he can.
I DISLIKE unpunctual punks. That's why I was sore at Sidney Waldring. He'd made a date with me and he was late for it.
Waldring was a runty, lard-faced bozo who owned and operated a minor independent neighborhood movie theater over near LaBrea. He'd phoned me to come see him that evening; said he was in some sort of jam. But when I ankled into his private office above the theater at seven- thirty, he wasn't on deck.
Instead, a luscious young blonde cookie gave me the jittery focus. "Are you Dan Turner, the private d-detective?"
"So my friends seem to think, babe," I said. I glued the admiring glimpse on her. She had a shape you dream about.
She said: "I—I'm Connie Bowen."
"Hi, Toots. Glad to know you."
"I'm Sid's secretary. He had to go downtown, but he's expecting you; wants you to wait." She took a gliding step toward me. "You w-will help him out of this b- blackmail mess, won't you? You wouldn't let anything . . . happen to him?"
For a mere employee she seemed mighty interested in Waldring's personal affairs; seemed to know a lot about them. But then she'd called him by his first name, which indicated a pretty thick association. That's not out of the ordinary, in Hollywood.
I said: "Sure I'll help the guy, if there's a big enough fee in it." I didn't show any surprise at the blackmail angle she mentioned; I'd suspected something like that when Waldring phoned me at my apartment stash. But I wondered what the blonde cutie had in mind when she said she was scared something might happen to him. If he was being blackmailed, then his life couldn't be in danger from that viewpoint. A shakedown artist never bumps the victim he's milking. That would be the same as punching your own mealticket full of counterfeit holes.
I DECIDED to kill time by going downstairs to the theater proper and watching a ghost fling woo. The ghost was Fernando del Cavallero, who's been deceased about twelve years. In his day he had been the biggest pulse-throb in silent pix—a handsome mugg with dreamy glims, flaring nostrils and a smile that made dames go off the deep end. He'd specialized in sheik, gaucho, and matador roles; and he'd been the pet peeve of every commonplace male in America.
This answer to a spinster's prayer had kicked the bucket while on a personal appearance tour of the east a dozen summers ago. He died suddenly and somewhat mysteriously in a jerkwater Alabama hamlet, and they'd shipped his beautiful remainders back to California in a bronze casket that cost ten grand—which was just about all the geetus left in his estate, although he'd coined millions during his career. Thirty-seven silly shemales got trampled in the crush at his funeral; and even now, veiled wrens put posies on his grave almost daily.
Sidney Waldring had recently gambled his slim wad on the negatives of del Cavallero's old pictures for revival showings. The best of the batch, "Desert Destiny," was now flickering across Waldring's silverscreen; so I went down to take a gander, for old times' sake.
It gave you an eerie sensation to watch a defunct guy going through his paces without benefit of sound track. Knowing that he was now a worm-eaten skeleton under six feet of Hollywood soil, there was something spooky about seeing him toss kisses at his leading lady, Myrla Montaine.
Evidently the public felt the same way, because there wasn't much of an audience. Of course, Waldring couldn't afford to buy a lot of newspaper publicity; so that might have accounted for the poor turn-out. Not many people knew the opus was being revived, and apparently nobody cared much. Such is fame. A star today, a maggot tomorrow.
I sat through four spools of the old fashioned junk and then barged out to the lobby for a gasper. When I got there, I had a surprise waiting for me.
Myrla Montaine herself was standing in the foyer, surrounded by five or six autograph fiends. She'd retired from the galloping tintypes shortly after Fernando del Cavallero's death, and she must have been nudging forty now; but she still had a lot on the ball. When I lamped her, it brought back my misspent youth.
Her hair was a tasteful shade of henna, her figure wasn't lumpy, and she still knew how to wear her threads. Evidently she'd come to cop a swivel at herself as of twelve years back; and there was a satisfied, reminiscent smirk on her kisser as the autograph hounds thrust their pads and pens at her. Maybe she was remembering the days when her fans could have been counted in millions instead of half dozens.
A bald, pudgy character was getting her signature as I ankled out. I also piped Sidney Waldring and his gorgeous blonde secretary coming down the carpeted stairs toward me. Sid gave me the high sign to tell me he was ready to talk business and I turned away hunting a place to douse my coffin nail. I found a crockery urn full of sand; thrust the butt into it. And then—
Ka-chow!
THE short, sharp splat of a roscoe whammed across the foyer, vicious, nasty. A shrill scream sounded. I said: "What the—?" and pivoted, made a lunge at Myrla Montaine. She was slowly folding like a wet dishcloth.
I caught her, steadied her. She went limp in my arms, and an ominous premonition seized me. I lowered the former star to the floor, hunted for heart-beats.
There weren't any. The Montaine doll was deader than freedom in Germany. A small caliber pill had coursed upward through her neck; lodged in her think-tank.
I YANKED my .32 automatic from the shoulder holster where I always carry it; covered the autograph hunters, the ticket taker, Sid Waldring, and the yellow-haired Connie Bowen quail. "Freeze, everybody," I snapped.
Somebody asked: "Wh-wh-what happened?"
"This is a bump-off. And I'm a private snoop with a badge. Anybody care to question my authority?"
Nobody did.
I barked an order over my shoulder to the scared jessie in the ticket-selling booth. "Phone police headquarters, hon. Fast. Ask for Dave Donaldson of the homicide squad and tell him to flag himself out here in a hurry."
"Y-yes, sir," she started dialing.
While the call was being put through, I got busy. I herded everybody to one side; barred the doors so that none of the audience inside the theater auditorium could come out and gum things up. Then I started frisking my suspects for the murder gun.
I chose the blonde Bowen cupcake first, even though Sid Waldring didn't seem to like it much when I searched her. Apparently he thought he had exclusive privileges over this secretary chick.
I didn't locate any rod on her. Then I had a go at Waldring himself; and again I threw snake-eyes. He had no more cannon than the blonde had. In fact, the only thing I found on him was a severe case of the jitters.
Next I searched the autograph fiends, the ticket taker, and the jessie in the booth. No dice. They were all clean, unarmed and upset.
I picked up Myrla Montaine's fountain pen, stuck it in my pocket for a souvenir. The bald, pudgy customer breathed garlic in my kisser; said he wanted to go home to his wife and bambinos. A dame with a hatchet face asked me if she could use the powder room and I said no. A jerk in a zoot suit looked as if he might be going to break down and weep in his pimples.
Then Dave Donaldson arrived with his minions. "What simmers, Sherlock?" he yodeled at me.
"Croakery." And I stepped aside so he could glom a hinge at the Montaine dame's remnants.
He choked: "Who bumped her?"
"That's for you to say, chum. It happened while my back was turned. But these are all the people who were on hand at the time the shot was triggered. No gat on any of them."
"So the gat was ditched," he growled. "So we'll make paraffin tests of everybody's mitts. I've got a portable outfit in my chariot."
Oddly enough, though, the tests all showed negative. And when he started demanding names, addresses, and personal histories, he didn't even get to first base. Nobody in the group had any apparent motive for liquidating Myrla Montaine; and the paraffin experiment indicated that nobody in the foyer could have fired the shot. It was screwy as hell, especially when you considered that the murder gun itself couldn't be found. How could it have vanished in thin air? And where had the slug come from?
Presently the former star's corpse was loaded into a meat basket, taken to the morgue. Donaldson gave all the witnesses his grudging permission to haul bunions— with a warning to stay where he could find them at any odd hour. The newspaper reporters lammed to make their deadlines and the party was just about over except for three or four dumb dicks still searching the lobby for the missing roscoe.
Which, incidentally, they didn't find.
I CLIMBED up to Sidney Waldring's private office for a slug of Vat 69 from his desk drawer. I needed that snort; the killing had been too weird to suit me.
Over my drink I remarked: "Tough on the Montaine skirt, pal. But a sweet break for you."
He winced as if I'd prodded him with a portable buzz-saw. "Wh-what the devil do you mean, a sweet break for me? I don't get it." And Connie Bowen, across from him, looked equally startled.
I said: "Every newspaper in the country will have this in big red headlines. Think of the publicity you'll get for free on 'Desert Destiny' and all the other Fernando del Cavallero stinkers that Myrla Montaine played in."
"Oh. Publicity."
"Sure. You can book your revivals from hell to Havana. Ticket buyers will stumble all over their own brogans to take a dose of vicarious morbidity from those ancient flickers."
He mopped his lardy puss with a dime store handkerchief. "I—I guess I hadn't thought of it in that light, Hawkshaw. But you're right, of course."
I helped myself to another dollop of Scotch. "By the way, what did you want to see me about?"
"Nothing," he answered a bit too quickly. "I m-mean, it's all straightened up now. I was in a little trouble but I got it ironed out when I went downtown a while ago. Sorry if it disappoints you, Dan. I'd be glad to pay you for the time you've wasted coming here and waiting."
I shrugged. "No charge, chum. I base my fees on services rendered. There weren't any services so you don't owe me anything. Be seeing you." And I cast a pleasant leer at his golden-haired stenographer; screamed.
I didn't go home, though. I had a sneaking hunch that Waldring's blackmail jam had been connected in some way with Myrla Montaine; that her murder was what had eased his mind. By croaking her, somebody had cheated me out of a prospective retainer—which irked my adenoids. After all, I'm in this racket for the dough; and when some sharp apple snatches a potential stack of lettuce out from under my smeller, I resent it. Right now I craved revenge in copious quantities.
MY JALOPY was on a parking lot around the corner. I redeemed it, jockeyed it into a spot at the curb across the street from the theater and sat there waiting, watching. Presently the blonde Bowen doll came out, boarded a Yellow.
I tailed the cab.
The quail's ride ended at a second rate apartment wikiup on Rampart Street. She paid her fare, flipped into the igloo. I followed her without being noticed, tabbed the flat she entered; waited until she'd had time to take off her coat and hat. Then I dusted the portal with my knuckles.
She opened up, put the squint on me. "Why, Mr. T-Turner!" she whispered; and all the color drained from her piquant pan.
I barged over the threshold. "Were you expecting somebody else, sweet stuff?" I grinned at her.
"N-no. Not at all." She narrowed her blue peepers. "Who would I be expecting?"
"Waldring, maybe. I figured he might be coming to give you some dictation."
"He doesn't dictate after business hours."
"What does he do after business hours?" I said.
"He minds his own affairs, which is more than I can say for some people."
I chuckled. "Don't mind me, babe. I'm a snoop by profession, so you mustn't hold it against me. Anyhow, I'm glad you aren't having any other callers tonight. It gives us a chance to fling some chin music without interruption."
"What kind of chin music?"
"I'll draw you a diagram," I said. "I want to know what was on your boss's mind when he phoned me to come see him."
"Afraid I c-can't tell you that, gumshoe."
"The nuts you gargle. You're Sid's sweetie, aren't you?"
Her kisser got sullen. "That's personal."
"Sure. That's what I'm driving at. It's so personal you're bound to be hep to the guy's private angles. You knew he was being blackmailed; you admitted that much when I first talked to you in his office."
"You must have been dreaming," she said.
"Yeah. The dream wouldn't be so pleasant, though, if I slapped Waldring in the bastille on a murder rap. Would you like that?"
"But—but you c-can't do a thing like th- that. He didn't kill that Montaine w- woman."
"What makes you so sure?"
"Because I was right alongside him, coming down the staircase to the theater lobby, when she was sh-shot. I'd have seen him fire, wouldn't I?"
"Unless you were blind," I agreed blandly.
"All right. He didn't do it."
"Do you really love Sid, hon?"
"Y-yes."
"Then you'd lie your pretty noggin off for him," I said. "Look. Here's how I figure it. Myrla Montaine had something on him. She was putting the bite on him for plenty of clams. He wanted to hire me to help him out of the jam. Then, when he saw Myrla in his foyer tonight, he got a better idea. He scalded her."
"It isn't t-true! Besides, she wasn't the one who was b-bleeding him. . . . Oh-h-h," she added, realizing what she'd spilled.
I grinned. "Okay. So Myrla wasn't the shakedown artist. Then who was?"
"I wouldn't know. If I did, I wouldn't tell you."
I FASTENED my dukes on her shoulders; started shaking her. "Come on, hon. Speak up before I forget my chivalry and smack you."
She seemed to realize I was in earnest. "Let me g-go! I tell you I don't know who the blackmailer is. You've g-got to believe me, Mr. Turner. . . . D-Dan. . . ." She came close to me, her peepers pleading.
Somehow I got the impression she was leveling. "Okay. You don't know the blackmailer's name. Does Sid?"
"N-no. The letters weren't s-signed."
"Then how can you be so sure it wasn't Myrla Montaine?" I demanded.
"Because Sid took steps to find out. He did some investigating on his own account."
"What was the shakedown based on?"
"Something he won't tell me about," she said ruefully. "Something that happened when he was an Altamount cameraman thirteen years ago—while he was on location with the 'Desert Destiny' unit. Wh-whatever it was, only a d-dead man was supposed to have known about it."
I stared at her. "A dead man?"
"Yes. Fernando del Cavallero."
This was news to me. It was the first time I'd known Sid Waldring had ground the crank on del Cavallero's cameras; and evidently Sid had done something on location—something bad—which the former hambo had learned about.
I put my think-tank into high gear; clicked a series of montage memory pictures on my mental movie screen. Suddenly I snapped my fingers. "I've got it!"
"Got wh-what?" Connie Bowen asked me.
"There was an extra cutie who went to her reward while that troupe was on location down in the Imperial Valley," I said. "She had been one of del Cavallero's special playmates. The coroner diagnosed her as a hop-head; reported it as an accidental suicide from an overdose of nose candy."
"Well?"
"It's plain enough, baby. Maybe del Cavallero was fed up with this chick and wanted to get rid of her. So suppose he hired Sid Waldring to do the actual dirty work?"
The blonde doll started trembling. "No! I don't believe it. I know Sid too well to think he'd commit m-murder."
I SAID: "But the story meshes, hon. Assume I'm right. Then del Cavallero croaked in Alabama on a personal appearance tour; and the secret was supposed to have died with him. But suppose Myrla Montaine got wise to the setup. Suppose she kept her yap zippered about it until recently, when she found herself with the financial shorts. Then she put the chew on Sid—and he rubbed her out tonight to keep her from blowing the whistle on him."
Connie wrapped her arms around me. "I tell you Sid's innocent. Miss Montaine wasn't b-blackmailing him, so he had no reason to k-kill her. It was somebody else. You can't arrest him. I won't let you. You've got t-to clear him . . . for m-my sake!" She leaned forward and kissed me.
AFTER a while the golden-haired honey whispered: "You must protect Sid for me!"
"I'll try to make sure you don't get sucked into a bump-off mess," I grunted. "If the guy's innocent, I'll try to keep him out of trouble. If he's guilty, I'll help fasten his frame in the smoke chamber. Goom-bye now." And I powdered before she could give me an argument.
Then, as I ankled into the corridor, somebody bashed me on the scalp with a blunt instrument. I was unconscious before I knew what conked me; didn't even feel the floor sailing up to smite me in the smeller.
I didn't stay senseless very long, though. It wasn't more than a couple of minutes later when I opened my foggy peepers and piped Sid Waldring leaning over me. He panted: "Turner—for God's sake, what happened?"
I shook the clouds out of my grey matter, staggered upright, dragged out my roscoe and covered him. "You murderous louse!" I rasped. "Slug me, will you?"
He froze. "But—but I didn't! I was coming up to see Connie, and I f-found you lying here."
"You lie in your bridgework, bub."
"It's true. A man ran past me on the stairs as I came up. A bald guy, swarthy, smelled of garlic. The one who was in my foyer when Myrla was murdered. You remember—?"
"Don't feed me that stuff. You didn't see any bald bozo. You were here in the hallway, eavesdropping at the Bowen quail's door. You heard me making out a case against you, and you tried to chill me to keep me quiet. Now hold out your fins for the nippers."
He looked past me toward Connie's stash. "No, sweetheart, don't do it!" he yeeped.
I said: "The gag's too elderly. I'm not buying any."
I was wrong, though. Connie Bowen had really opened her portal; and now she maced me with a brass book-end; bunted me on the same spot where I'd been slugged a moment ago. I went down again for another trip to dreamland, making twice in five minutes I'd been rendered useless. It was getting pretty monotonous but I felt too sleepy to care.
WHEN I got up, I had a lump on my scalp the size of the Union Station. It throbbed like a pump sucking water out of a deep well. Moreover, Sid Waldring and his yellow-haired secretary had lammed. The hall was dark and so was the apartment; they'd switched off the lights so their getaway wouldn't be tabbed by any of the nosey neighbors.
I fumbled for my pencil flashlight; couldn't find it. My pen and pencil were gone, too. I struck a match, lamped my roscoe on the floor where I'd dropped it when I got bludgeoned while covering the Waldring weasel. I scooped it up, catapulted to the phone in Connie's living room, dialed police headquarters and made contact with Dave Donaldson.
"Yeah?" he growled.
"Turner orating. Meet me at Myrla Montaine's wigwam this side of Beverly in a hurry," I said. Then I rang off; packed my poundage downstairs and out of the building. I piled into my bucket, aimed it away from the curb, gunned it.
Presently I was thumbing the front doorbell of the defunct Montaine skirt's costly shanty. A tearful red-haired doll let me in but didn't seem happy about it. She said: "I've told you newspaper reporters all I know. Why m-must you keep bothering me?"
"Who are you?" I snarled.
"Miss Montaine's secretary."
"That's nice. I'm Dan Turner and I'm a private eye, not a reporter. I want to see Myrla's bank books. Do you show them to me now, or after I feed you a slap in the mush?"
"But—but—"
I put my hooks on her. ''Let's not argue. Sometimes I forget my own strength."
She caved in, took me to a desk that had a framed photograph of Fernando del Cavallero on it. I took a long hinge at the picture while the redhead rummaged for a mess of deposit books. Then I studied the bank entries; and they told me plenty.
Myrla had close to a hundred grand to her credit at the time of her departure for the pearly gates! Which seemed to eliminate her from any suspicion of blackmailing Sid Waldring. A wren with that much geetus wouldn't be bothered putting the shakedown chisel on a guy as poverty-stricken as Sid. Then why the hell had she been killed tonight in his theater lobby?
I blew a kiss to the carrot-thatched social secretary; barged outside. Dave Donaldson was just pulling up to the curb in his official chariot as I pelted off the porch. He tabbed me and yeeped: "What goes on, Philo?"
I slid in beside him. "Nudge this heap, cousin. Make knots to Sid Waldring's home grounds. I've got a hunch."
"Yeah? Let me in on the secret."
"Later. Pay attention to your driving."
He mumbled something about my ancestors, but he did what I told him. And presently we reached the unpretentious igloo where Waldring hung forth: a bungalow on Yucca. I had Dave drift the last half block with his engine dead; whispered him quiet as we sneaked toward the cottage. There was a light at the window of a rear room, but the front part loomed as dark as the interior of a brunette crow.
THE door was locked but one of my master keys took care of the situation. I tiptoed over the threshold with Donaldson breathing down my neck. Then, suddenly, I stumbled over something soft and yielding. "What the—!" I gasped.
Dave chanced a squirt of his flashlight for an instant. I saw Sid Waldring's blonde stenographer, Connie Bowen, sprawled on the carpet with a nasty bruise on her jaw. She was breathing weakly.
"Kayoed!" I whispered. "Somebody laid a haymaker on her."
"Yeah, but who?" Donaldson wanted to know.
Before I could give issue to a guess, voices sounded through the closed portal of that back room where the light showed. Two guys were jabbering. One of them was Waldring. "You—you wouldn't dare!"
"I'd dare plenty, my friend. One word from me and the police will start sniffing, back-tracking you. They'll find out you bought that morphine in El Centro on a fake prescription. The druggist is still in business down there—and you've got a face he'd remember. You haven't changed much in thirteen years, and murder's a crime that isn't outlawed by the statute of limitations."
"But my God, you were in on the deal!"
"Try and pin something on a dead man. Now get this. You're going to kick through with every dime you make off those revived pix. Or else—"
I'd heard enough. I said: "Come on, Dave!" and made a thundering lunge at the door; bopped it with the full force of my hundred and ninety pounds. It smacked open as I unlimbered my rod.
I drew a bead on the pudgy, swarthy bald bozo who had been getting Myrla Montaine's autograph tonight when she was browned. "Put up your fins, Fernando del Cavallero!" I snarled. "Consider yourself pinched for killery!"
His surprised gasp was rank with garlic. "Wh-what—"
I said: "You didn't die in Alabama twelve years ago, you louse. It was all faked. You were probably fed up with the movie grind; you'd made your pile of scratch and you didn't like being hated by every man you met. You were tired of dames tossing themselves at you."
He went grey around the fringes.
"Before you went on that last personal appearance tour, you must have turned all your securities and savings into cash," I said. "Which is why your estate was barely able to pay the cost of your gaudy funeral. The way I figure it, you bribed a small-town doc to report your demise; sugared an undertaker into putting an unknown cadaver in your coffin. The casket was sealed before it got shipped to Hollywood; nobody ever saw the body."
"Listen. Wait a minute. You—"
"Quiet!" I rumbled. "You bought some facial surgery; then you were free to start a new life, with plenty of dough to see you through. You could get fat, bald, and it wouldn't matter a bit. Plenty other guys have done the same thing: got fed up and dropped out of sight, started all over again under a new name."
"So what?" he narrowed his dark optics.
"So your cash didn't last as long as you expected. You spent it too fast; went broke. Then you decided to replenish your bankroll by blackmailing Sid Waldring, here. Sid had helped you bump an extra wren one time; you had the goods on him. He was hard up, though, and your threatening letters didn't get results. All his coin was invested in the prints of your old silent pix—which weren't drawing flies at the box-office."
"Then how could I shake him down?"
I said: "By pulling something that would splash headlines all over the nation. You chilled your former leading lady, Myrla Montaine! The publicity would make 'Desert Destiny' a gold mine; and all the rest of the old del Cavallero-Montaine flickers would also be worth fortunes. With Sid reaping a cash harvest out of them, you could bleed him for copious blue chips."
"I didn't shoot Myrla. I didn't have a gun. They gave my hands the paraffin test. It was negative. Let's see you answer that one, mister."
"Okay," I said. "I'll answer it. Your scheme was practically foolproof—or anyhow it would have been except that you made just one wrong move. You conked me as I ankled out of Connie Bowen's apartment stash. And you swiped back the fountain pen Myrla Montaine had been using when she gave you her autograph; the pen I'd put in my own pocket as a souvenir."
"What's a fountain pen got to do with it?"
I SHOVED my map close to his. "Everything, pal. It was a honey of a bold stunt. You were brazen enough to brace Myrla for her signature, running the risk she might recognize you. She didn't, however— because she died too quickly to catch wise. She kicked the bucket with a slug through her throat. Your slug. Fired by your fountain pen."
Then I reached forth, lifted the deadly little gadget out of his breast pocket. It wasn't a pen at all. It was a single shot roscoe, camouflaged. Pressure on the pen point would discharge it from the upper end, sending a pill through anybody trying to write with it.
The guy looked sick. "How—how did you—?"
"I got my tip-off when I discovered the pen absent from my own pocket after I recovered from the bash you dealt me. I realized I'd had the actual murder weapon on me the whole time; there was no reason why anybody would bop me just to glom an ordinary fountain pen—but a gun was something else entirely. Then, later, I discovered Myrla Montaine had been too wealthy to do any blackmailing. Okay; who else had the goods on Sid Waldring? Just one guy—Fernando del Cavallero. A star who was supposed to be dead, but wasn't. And now we've got you where we want you."
He said: "That's what you think!" and grabbed the camouflaged gat out of my grasp. I struggled to hang onto it, and somehow it discharged. The louse must have re-loaded it after taking it from my pocket a while ago.
Anyhow, it sneezed a pill across the room; and the bullet took Sid Waldring full in the heart before he knew what hit him. Then Donaldson pulled his .38 and triggered it. That was the end of Fernando del Cavallero. There was nothing phony about his death this time.
"Nice shooting, Dave," I said. "Aren't you glad I brought you here?"
"Yeah, but how did you know we'd find the rat with Waldring?"
"Sid saw him in Connie Bowen's apartment corridor, just after I got bashed. The guy had to come here and threaten Sid into keeping quiet. Connie was here, too, so she got poked on the jaw to prevent her overhearing the dialogue."
From the doorway, the blonde cupcake quavered: "But I heard enough, Dan. I've b- been conscious quite a while. Will you forgive me for hitting you with that book- end at my place?"
"Sure, babe. Forget it."
"And w-will you take me home? I—I want to forget I—ever knew Waldring. He was mixed up in a murder and he g-got what was c-coming to him just now."
So I took her home and helped her lose her memory.


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Edward James Tabb
M, b. 23 February 1859, d. 15 September 1917
Father William Tabb b. 1817
Mother Sarah (---?---) b. c 1819
He married Millie Way. Edward was born on 23 February 1859.1 Edward died on 15 September 1917 at age 58.1 His body was interred after 15 September 1917 at Stellaville, Jefferson County, Georgia, at Way's Baptist Church Cemetery.1
Millie Way b. 4 Oct 1858, d. 12 Aug 1943
William R. Tabb b. 4 Nov 1885, d. 27 Mar 1952
Gussie Tabb b. 31 Aug 1893, d. 20 Jan 1954
Charles Edward Tabb b. 31 May 1896, d. 23 Jan 1976
Kathryn Tabb b. 10 Sep 1899, d. 10 Sep 1967
[S1006] Source: Email from Marvin Thorpe (e-mail address) dated 24 November 03.
Millie Way
F, b. 4 October 1858, d. 12 August 1943
She married Edward James Tabb. Millie was born on 4 October 1858.1 Millie died on 12 August 1943 at age 84.1 Her body was interred after 12 August 1943 at Stellaville, Jefferson County, Georgia, at Way's Baptist Church Cemetery.1
Edward James Tabb b. 23 Feb 1859, d. 15 Sep 1917
Charles Edward Tabb
M, b. 31 May 1896, d. 23 January 1976
Father Edward James Tabb b. 23 Feb 1859, d. 15 Sep 1917
Mother Millie Way b. 4 Oct 1858, d. 12 Aug 1943
He married Georgie Mae Minus.1 He married Susie Brown.1 Charles was born at Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, on 31 May 1896.1 Charles died on 23 January 1976 at Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, at age 79.1 His body was interred after 23 January 1976 at Jefferson County, Georgia, at Way's Baptist Church Cemetery.1
Susie Brown b. 2 May 1902, d. 19 Apr 1989
Georgie Mae Minus
Aggie Clementine Brown
F, b. 19 March 1894, d. 6 May 1976
Father James Polk Brown b. 12 Mar 1854, d. 13 Nov 1900
Mother Serena Virginia (Jinnie) Tabb b. 28 Sep 1860, d. 16 Jul 1957
Aggie, Sam, Martha, Editha and Beckton Brown
She married Looney Benjamin Pearson.1 Aggie was born on 19 March 1894.1 Aggie died on 6 May 1976 at age 82.1
Looney Benjamin Pearson b. 18 Aug 1887, d. 24 Aug 1948
Robert Benjamin Pearson b. 3 Aug 1915, d. 28 Jan 1978
Vela Pearson b. 12 Jan 1919, d. 11 Jul 1919
Miles Alvin Pearson b. 21 Dec 1921, d. 11 Sep 1975
Charles Richard Pearson b. 8 Aug 1926, d. 4 Jul 1987
Cecil Looney Pearson b. 2 Jun 1929, d. 18 Jul 1986
[S924] Source: Posting by Karen Lovelady on http://genforum.genealogy.com/tabb/messages/284.html, dated 03 May 2002.
Looney Benjamin Pearson
M, b. 18 August 1887, d. 24 August 1948
He married Aggie Clementine Brown.1 Looney was born on 18 August 1887.1 Looney died on 24 August 1948 at age 61.1
Aggie Clementine Brown b. 19 Mar 1894, d. 6 May 1976
Robert Benjamin Pearson
M, b. 3 August 1915, d. 28 January 1978
Father Looney Benjamin Pearson b. 18 Aug 1887, d. 24 Aug 1948
Mother Aggie Clementine Brown b. 19 Mar 1894, d. 6 May 1976
Robert was born at Daingerfield, Morris County, Texas, on 3 August 1915. Robert died on 28 January 1978 at age 62.
Vela Pearson
F, b. 12 January 1919, d. 11 July 1919
Vela was born at Daingerfield, Morris County, Texas, on 12 January 1919. Vela died on 11 July 1919.
Charles Richard Pearson
M, b. 8 August 1926, d. 4 July 1987
Charles was born at Daingerfield, Morris County, Texas, on 8 August 1926. Charles died on 4 July 1987 at age 60.
Cecil Looney Pearson
M, b. 2 June 1929, d. 18 July 1986
Cecil was born at Daingerfield, Morris County, Texas, on 2 June 1929. Cecil died on 18 July 1986 at age 57.
Jenifer Mae Schwarzer
F, b. 18 August 1992, d. 18 August 1992
Jenifer died on 18 August 1992 at Lithia Springs, Douglas County, Georgia.1 Jenifer was born at Lithia Springs, Douglas County, Georgia, on 18 August 1992.1 Her body was interred on 23 August 1992 at Douglas County, Georgia, at Sunrise Memorial Gardens.1
[S925] Source: E-mail from Elizabeth Johnson (e-mail address) dated 11 June 02.
Jessica Lynn Schwarzer
Jessica died on 18 August 1992 at Lithia Springs, Douglas County, Georgia.1 Jessica was born at Lithia Springs, Douglas County, Georgia, on 18 August 1992.1 Her body was interred on 23 August 1992 at Douglas County, Georgia, at Sunrise Memorial Gardens.1
Katherine Inez Lawrence
F, b. 18 January 1906, d. 15 May 1983
She married Clarence Eugene Tabb.1 Katherine was born at Mississippi on 18 January 1906.1 Katherine died on 15 May 1983 at Mississippi at age 77.1
Clarence Eugene Tabb b. 28 May 1895, d. 15 Oct 1961
Clarence Eugene Tabb , Jr.+ b. 19 Sep 1922, d. 5 Jul 1995
[S927] Source: E-mail from Jeanette Probst Tabb (e-mail address) dated 12 June 02.
Clarence Eugene Tabb , Jr.
M, b. 19 September 1922, d. 5 July 1995
Father Clarence Eugene Tabb b. 28 May 1895, d. 15 Oct 1961
Mother Katherine Inez Lawrence b. 18 Jan 1906, d. 15 May 1983
Clarence was born at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on 19 September 1922. He married Martha Anne Mohead at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on 31 March 1942.1 Clarence died on 5 July 1995 at Jacisonville, Nassau County, Florida, at age 72.1 His body was interred after 5 July 1995 at Pisagah, Rankin County, Mississippi, at New Pisgah Cemetery.2
Martha Anne Mohead b. 27 Jul 1923, d. 29 Jul 2005
Sherry Ann Tabb+ b. 12 Feb 1943, d. 4 Dec 2010
Robert Richard Tabb+ b. 15 Apr 1952, d. 3 May 2010
Martha Anne Mohead
F, b. 27 July 1923, d. 29 July 2005
Martha was born at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on 27 July 1923.1 She married Clarence Eugene Tabb , Jr. at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on 31 March 1942.1 She resided at Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106, on 8 November 2003, 1660-F Woods Road.2 Martha Anne Mohead was buried in 2005 at Canton Cemetery, Canton, Madison County, Mississippi. She died on 29 July 2005 at age 82.
Clarence Eugene Tabb , Jr. b. 19 Sep 1922, d. 5 Jul 1995
[S1004] Source: Email from Sherry Tabb (e-mail address) dated 8 November 2003.
Sherry Ann Tabb
F, b. 12 February 1943, d. 4 December 2010
Father Clarence Eugene Tabb , Jr. b. 19 Sep 1922, d. 5 Jul 1995
Mother Martha Anne Mohead b. 27 Jul 1923, d. 29 Jul 2005
Sherry was born at Canton, Madison County, Mississippi, on 12 February 1943.1 She died on 4 December 2010 at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at age 67.2
Robert Richard Tabb
M, b. 15 April 1952, d. 3 May 2010
He married Darlu Janette Brown.1 Robert was born at Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico, on 15 April 1952.2 He died on 3 May 2010 at Sarasota Springs, Florida, at age 58.3
Darlu Janette Brown b. 18 Aug 1952, d. 28 Nov 2012
Martha Elaine Tabb
Mother Henietta "Etta" Gober b. 2 Jul 1902, d. 28 Jun 1917
She married Bencil Lee Wills. Martha was born at Jackson, Mississippi, on 30 June 1919.1 She died on 30 December 2013 at age 94.
Bencil Lee Wills b. 1917, d. 1998
Dudley T. Wills b. 1946, d. 2008
[S929] Source: Ben Wills, 9813 Split Log Road, Brentwood, TN 37027, phone: 815-776-3522.
Bencil Lee Wills
He married Martha Elaine Tabb. Bencil was born in 1917. He died in 1998.
Martha Elaine Tabb b. 30 Jun 1919, d. 30 Dec 2013
Dudley T. Wills
Father Bencil Lee Wills b. 1917, d. 1998
Mother Martha Elaine Tabb b. 30 Jun 1919, d. 30 Dec 2013
Dudley was born in 1946. He died in 2008.
Mollie Elizabeth "Mattie" Tabb
F, b. 4 July 1909, d. 2 November 1985
Father William Limuel Tabb b. 1874, d. 1945
Mother Minnie Walton b. 1874, d. 1934
Mollie Elizabeth Tabb
She married Thomas Drew "Tella" Rickitts. Mollie was born at Jackson, Rankin County, Mississippi, on 4 July 1909. She died on 2 November 1985 at Peachtree City, Fayette County, Georgia, at age 76. She was buried after 2 November 1985 at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.
Thomas Drew "Tella" Rickitts b. 8 Aug 1905, d. 25 Nov 1975
Glenn Thomas Rickitts b. 27 Jan 1932, d. 26 May 1983
Thomas Drew "Tella" Rickitts1
M, b. 8 August 1905, d. 25 November 1975
Thomas Drew Rickitts
He married Mollie Elizabeth "Mattie" Tabb. Thomas was born at Jackson, Rankin County, Mississippi, on 8 August 1905. He died on 25 November 1975 at Jackson, Rankin County, Mississippi, at age 70. He was buried after 25 November 1975 at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.
Mollie Elizabeth "Mattie" Tabb b. 4 Jul 1909, d. 2 Nov 1985
Glenn Thomas Rickitts
M, b. 27 January 1932, d. 26 May 1983
Father Thomas Drew "Tella" Rickitts b. 8 Aug 1905, d. 25 Nov 1975
Mother Mollie Elizabeth "Mattie" Tabb b. 4 Jul 1909, d. 2 Nov 1985
Glenn was born on 27 January 1932.1 He died on 26 May 1983 at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, at age 51.1,2 He was buried after 26 May 1983 at Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.2
Henietta "Etta" Gober
F, b. 2 July 1902, d. 28 June 1917
Last Edited 5 Sep 2021
Henietta was born on 2 July 1902.1 She married Clarence Eugene Tabb on 28 June 1917.2 Henietta died on 28 June 1917 at age 14.1,3 She was buried after 28 June 1917 at Pearl River Cemetery, Madison, Madison County, Mississippi.3
Martha Elaine Tabb+ b. 30 Jun 1919, d. 30 Dec 2013
[S931] Source: John Lang Tabb 143 34th Avenue S., Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250. E-mail dated 08 July 2002.
Phone 904-246-9004 (e-mail e-mail address).
[S930] Source: Ben Wills, 9813 Split Log Road, Brentwood, TN 37027, phone: 815-776-3522. (e-mail address).
M, d. 1791
John was born. He married Frances Booker at Amelia County, Virginia, on 2 December 1745.1 John died in 1791.1
Frances Booker
Jean Clements+ b. c 1745, d. a 1807
[S933] Source: E-mail from Lou Ann Brondak (e-mail address) dated 29 June 02.
Frances Booker1
Frances was born. She married John Clements at Amelia County, Virginia, on 2 December 1745.1
John Clements d. 1791
Lillian Claude Deans
Father Benjamin I. Deans b. 1872, d. 1930
Mother Elleuia (Lena) Belcher b. 1873, d. 1938
Lillian was born in 1903.1 Lillian died in 1960.1
George Webb Smith+ b. 10 Sep 1923, d. 23 Nov 1982
[S936] Source: E-mail from Barbara Smith Hodsden (e-mail address) dated 21 October 02.
George Webb Smith
M, b. 10 September 1923, d. 23 November 1982
Mother Lillian Claude Deans b. 1903, d. 1960
George was born at Birmingham, Alabama, on 10 September 1923.1 George died on 23 November 1982 at Chesapeake, Virginia, at age 59.2
George Webb Smith , Jr. b. 17 Dec 1953, d. 19 Aug 2001
[S956] Source: Letter from Oyer C. Morgan (Box 795, East Helena, MT 59635) dated 3 October 2002.
(---?---) Tabb
Father John Leland Tabb b. 1779, d. 10 Jul 1839
Last Edited 16 Aug 2002
(---?---) died.1 (---?---) was born.
[S939] Source: Letter written by Elizabeth Tabb Mitchell to Robert Mayo, Esq. Copied by S. Callie Wolfe, in 1886. Recopied by Barbara J. Wolfe Foran in 2001-2002. The letter is dated October 11th 185? from Springfield, Illinois.
James Kearney
Father James Kearney b. 1750, d. 16 Apr 1821
Mother Elizabeth Elliott b. 1740, d. 23 Sep 1799
His body was interred at Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia, at Episcopal Churchyard.1 James died. James was born.
William Kearney
William was born.


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Singapore a talent hub for Japanese companies
By Lee Hyun-joo
Published : May 9, 2017 - 18:30 Updated : May 9, 2017 - 18:30
Firms such as Panasonic and NEC are focusing on grooming local workers in deep skills.
Brand-name Japanese companies which have operations in Singapore are rolling out programmes to groom Singaporean employees, in a nod to the Republic's reputation as a talent hub.
The likes of Panasonic, NEC and enterprise resource planning firm Works Applications from Japan are focusing on grooming Singapore talent in deep skills, be it through student internships or management trainee programmes.
Workers at Panasonic's refrigerator compressor factory in Bedok The Straits Times
Last month, Panasonic moved its refrigeration compression business unit to Singapore, home to its biggest compressor-manufacturing site, so as to streamline processes and groom the local talent pool.
Works Applications, which runs a 400-man research and development outfit in Singapore, will launch formal internships in collaboration with five local universities, with a program for mid-career professionals also in the works.
Amid reports of an acute skills shortage in the information and communications technology sector in Singapore, especially for programmers and coders, a Works spokesman said it will provide on-the-job training to groom local talent.
Lim Swee Nian, assistant managing director of the Economic Development Board (EDB), told The Straits Times: "As one of Singapore's top three investors since our independence, Japan continues to leverage Singapore's position as Asia's leading talent hub, transferring valuable industrial knowledge and management skillsets through the creation of good jobs."
Panasonic said moving its refrigeration unit to Singapore will allow it to more effectively meet growing demand in Asia and streamline decision-making. Its Singapore unit will also move towards becoming a "smart factory" using technologies like big data, through which Singaporeans, too, will stand to benefit.
"Singapore is a conducive country for research and development (R&D), having many public research institutions and world-renowned universities to tap from, and there is definitely no shortage of talent," a spokesman said.
Technology firm NEC, whose Asia-Pacific division is headquartered in Singapore, launched a two-year talent-development program last year. It has hired nine trainees and looks to recruit up to 26 trainees by next year.
It has also partnered EDB on a year-long cyber-security training program. Ten cyber-security engineers have been hired after being trained in areas such as digital forensics and malware analysis.
An NEC spokesman said Singapore's support for innovation and its Smart Nation drive were factors that led NEC to set up an R&D laboratory in the Republic, which also houses its first Global Safety Division outside Japan.
Mitsui Chemicals, whose Asia-Pacific division is also headquartered in Singapore, has been awarding scholarships and internships since 2012 to polytechnic students, who can join the company as technicians upon graduation.
The companies join the Singapore arm of games-developer Koei Tecmo, which has trained more than 200 people since it opened in 2002, senior vice-president Raymond Wong said.
"Even those who have left the studio have gone on to become leaders or managers in other companies, while some have become teachers in games development, completing the circle of talent development," he told The Straits Times. "The program aims to create a workforce that is equivalent to, if not better than, the Japan team and equally capable of making successful products for a worldwide audience."
EDB's Lim said: "In today's digital age, opportunities lie in areas such as process automation, robotics design and IoT (Internet of Things) fields that Japan is a global leader in. This will, in turn, inspire young Singaporeans and support our drive to build an innovation-led economy."
(The Straits Times)


Well, the dust has settled from the 2017 World Series of Poker preliminary events, and now all eyes are focused on the Main Event. There were a lot of questions coming into this year. Many were concerned if $10,000 was still a buy-in that enough people could afford. Others wondered if the World Series of Poker had lost any of its significance as a premier event with all the new events around the globe. Everyone waited with baited breath for the 3 start days for the event to begin filling up.
The end result was astonishing: the 2017 WSOP Main Event numbers are in, and the total number of entrants is 7,221! To give you a point of reference, that number is the 3rd highest total in the history of the event. The only two events to have more players are the 2006 Main Event with 8,773 (when almost 4,000 players qualified online) and 2010 when 7,319 players were playing for the coveted bracelet.
Incredibly, as part of this year's 7,221 entrants, over 4,000 of them played the third day. That is the single largest number of entrants in one day of the event. Congratulations to the Rio, the WSOP staff and the Tournament Directors for managing their way through that.
A field of 7,221 players creates one hell of a prize pool as well. The total amount of money that will be won in this year's Main Event is a whopping $67,877,400, with $8,150,000 set aside for the winner of the event. In all, 1084 players will make the money this year, with the lowest payout being $15,000.
With all the excitement about the number of players and who is seated at the tables in the Rio, there is one name that is conspicuously absent from the event. Phil Ivey, arguably one of the best handful of poker players in the world, is unable to be in Las Vegas this year as he has a hearing scheduled with the British Supreme Court scheduled for Thursday, July 13th. For those of you who don't know, Ivey is embroiled in a battle with Crockfords Casino over alleged cheating by Ivey. He won over $9,000,000 from the casino one-night playing Baccarat with some assistance by Edge Sorting, which the casino considers to be against the rules. Given that Ivey could receive more money from winning this case than he could by playing the Main Event of the WSOP, it isn't too difficult to understand why he had to make that decision.
One of the favorites from a gambling perspective this year would have been Vanessa Selbst. One of the fan favorites on tour, Vanessa has had a string of significant victories, however on the feature table during her Day 1 she ran into a buzz saw of a cooler. Her Aces were up against pocket 7s and after both players flopped a set, her opponent Gaelle Baumann picked up the case seven on the river. With that card, Selbst was out of the main event within the first two hours.
One significant change from previous years is that this year there is no November Nine. The concept of the 3-month break was actually designed by ESPN to give them time to edit and show multiple episodes leading up to the "live" Final Table. This year, streaming poker has become more popular than ever, and the WSOP did a dual broadcasting deal with ESPN and new streaming app Poker Go for the coverage. As a result, we are now able to watch live (on a 30-minute tape delay) tables from Day 2 onward, and the Final Table will happen more traditionally without a break in the action.
So, any questions about the state of poker and the WSOP have been answered for now. With the 3rd highest number of entrants, it is safe to say that the World Series of Poker Main Event is still the granddaddy of all the poker events in the world. We will soon know who will get to join the Champions Club!
How does one qualify online for the WSOP?
It all depends on where in the world you live. Most online sites with a big poker program will begin running satellites to the Main Event around March each year with the frequency and size of the satellites growing as it gets closer to the date.
Options will include sit and go satellites, multi-table satellites, and step tournaments (which are sit and gos that you work your way through to the top to get a seat). Some sites will also offer freerolls to get seats that will give you the chance to win a seat for $0.
If you live far from Vegas, most of the time the packages you win won't just be for the $10k main event but will be $12k or $13k in value and include money for hotel and travel. Occasionally, you can also find sites that run satellites for the smaller preliminary events that also include travel money.


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Deutsche Telekom, Nokia achieve 10G speeds over copper in XG-Fast lab trial
Feb 1, 2016 11:41am
Deutsche Telekom and Nokia's (NYSE:NOK) subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent claimed they delivered 10 Gbps over existing copper wiring during a lab trial using XG-Fast technology at the end of 2015.
Conducted at Deutsche Telekom's cable laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany, XG-Fast is the next stage of technology innovation in the copper plant.
During the trial, Deutsche Telekom demonstrated an aggregated bandwidth exceeding 11 Gbps on two bonded pairs of Category 6 copper cable over 50 meters. Previous tests using standard drop cable illustrated the feasibility of XG-Fast for what's become known as fiber-to-the-front-door applications, achieving aggregate rates exceeding 8 Gbps over 50 meters. All of the trials were performed using prototype equipment from Bell Labs in controlled lab conditions.
XG-Fast can also theoretically deliver 1 Gbps symmetrical services at distances of 70 meters, enabling operators to deliver fiber-like speeds inside buildings using existing telephone lines, eliminating the need to install new Cat-5 or fiber cabling. This allows for faster installation times and less hassle for the end-user in that technicians don't have to drill holes to run cable to connect to a home router or modem.
XG-Fast fits in well with Deutsche Telekom's current network configuration, which consists of a mix of VDSL2 and vectoring as well as FTTH, allowing it to offer speeds of up to 100 Mbps.
Similar to other Tier 1 telcos, Deutsche Telekom is looking to new technologies like XG-Fast to broaden its higher speed broadband footprint to address areas where it can't immediately make a business case for FTTH. It could use this technology to fulfill the commitment to meeting Germany's national broadband targets.
DT is just one of many service providers looking at XG-Fast technology.
Fellow European telco BT (NYSE: BT) completed a demonstration of G.fast technology during which the service provider was able to deliver more than 5 Gbps over its existing copper pairs in October 2015. At the time of that demonstration, BT said it delivered aggregate speeds of 5.6 Gbps over 35 meters of copper cable.
BT tests Adtran's G.fast platform at over 2,000 premises
BT, Alcatel-Lucent demo 5 Gbps on existing copper pairs using XG.fast
Broadband Forum readies release of G.fast management model


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Juvenile delinquents should receive sufficient placement and intervention programs, which would help them to desist from criminal acts. There is a perception that the placement and intervention programs are usually influenced by race. Therefore, the methodology in this study will focus on determining whether race influences the placement and intervention programs offered to juvenile delinquents.
In this study race will be the independent variable, while the dependent variable will be the intervention program. Race refers to the physical appearance of an individual, while intervention program, in this case, describes actions taken to prevent the juvenile delinquents from returning to criminal acts. According to human behavior theory, human behavior is usually acquired by conditioning. These variables fit within the human behavior theory because juvenile delinquents are likely to acquire the desired behavior through the intervention programs regardless of the race of the juvenile delinquents.
In determining the race, the juvenile delinquents will be categorized into different races, and the size of a given race will be measured through counting the number of the juvenile delinquents. On the other hand, the measurement of the intervention program will focus on the adequacy. The adequacy of the program will depend on whether it is capable of transforming the behavior of the juvenile delinquents and making them turn away from the criminal behaviour. When an intervention plan can sufficiently change the juvenile delinquent in leaving criminal acts, it is considered adequate; hence, it is regarded asinadequate if it cannot sufficiently change the juvenile delinquent behaviour. Using counting as a measure is beneficial as it will be easy to count and record the numbers due to the small sample size. However, the adequacy method will have a limitation, as by observing the sample it will not be easy to tell which intervention program is more sufficient. The demographic data that will be collected will comprise the intervention program, the age, and the race of the juvenile delinquents.
In establishing whether race influences the intervention program, cohort research design will be used. This research design will be capable of going back in time to include cohorts and follow them to the present. Since the study will focus on the human behavior over a period time, in order to establish the adequacy of the intervention program the retrospective cohort study will be used. Other research designs, such as the true experiment,cannot be used in the study, since they entail the use of control groups and this study will not involve control groups. One group pre-test is not suitable for this study either because it requires more structure. In addition, the cohort study will be used because it allows the observation of the outcomes of different intervention programs, which is crucial in this study.
The desired demographic characteristics of the participants will include juvenile delinquents between 14 and 16 years old. Juvenile delinquents of about 14-16 will be suitable because they will have attained an age that is considered good for changing their criminal actions. Juvenile delinquents who are 8-10 years oldmay not respond accordingly to different intervention programs due to their age, hence, they will not be used in this study Another desired demographic characteristic of the participants is different races. Since the study desires to determine whether race has an influence on the intervention programs to the juvenile delinquents, it will be necessary to consider juvenile delinquents from different races.
In every research study it is important to decide on the number of participants to be used in order to complete the research within a planned time frame. A large sample size prolongs the time of a research conduct and analysis; however, a small number of participants ensures that a research study takes a short time to collect and analyze data. The number of participants to be included in the research study will be 21. It is a justifiable number because it will enable swift collection and analysis of data that will not go beyond the determined timeframes.
The participants of this study will be comprised of those juvenile delinquents, who have received a placement in intervention programs at least once. This will help in collecting the required information. Each participantwill present the detailed information about himself and will be required to answer some questions, which will determine whether the participant should be considered for the study, or not. For instance, the participating delinquents that have not attained the preferred age will not be interrogated to obtain the required information. Besides, juvenile delinquents that have not been enrolled in any intervention program yet will not be considered for participation. Since the age matters in this research, there will be a need in obtaining participants that are between the age of 14-16. Therefore,the staff collecting information will clearly state in their recruitment that only those who are within the specified age should participate.
Because a random sample is preferred for this research study, the participants will be collected from three reform schools, which will also be randomly selected. This will ensure that the research is not skewed towards a certain conclusion. In order to obtain a sampling frame, the research study will focus on participants from three vast recognized reform schools. The reform schools will be informed regarding the issue of collecting data in order to help research staff in identifying the target group. This will be easy since in most reform schools juvenile delinquents are categorized according to age. The procedure of selecting the participants from the sampling frame will be such that every reform school out of the three selected will provide seven participants. This means that the total number of participants from all the three reform schools will amount to 21. In this selection procedure all the three reform schools will provide the participants through random selection. Besides, the procedure will help in producing unbiased results, as the participants will be randomly selected.
It is crucial to protect participants from harm whenever they engage in a research study. Failure to have protection creates fear among the participants about giving out information, while their information is crucial in facilitating a research. Therefore, it is always fundamental to provide participants with adequate security. The level of security that this study presents for participants is medium, since the data revealed by the participants will constitute critical information that can put reform schools at risk depending on the outcome of the research. For instance, in case the outcome of the research shows that race influences the intervention programs, the reform schools may blame the participants for giving out information that led to such an outcome. Therefore, the provision of security to the participants is a key concern. Maintenance of participants' privacy is vital to the success of this study. To ensure that the privacy of participants is guaranteed, the information provided by the participants will be accessed only by the staff members concerned with the collection and the analysis of data.
In order to ensure privacy of the information, real names of the participants will not be mentioned. The use of actual names of the participants is risky because the information provided by a particular participant can be easily accessed and leaked out. This poses a security threat to the participants. However, with the substitution of the real names of the participants it will not be easy to identify or associate certain information with a certain participant. Besides, the security of the participants can also be enhanced during data collection by ensuring that the information does not leak out to any individuals, such as the administrators and fellow juvenile delinquents in the reform schools. The security can be enhanced during the collection of data by providing physical security , where the participants provide information in confidential rooms. In addition, there will be the use of the consent forms, which are critical in guaranteeing security for any information provided by the juvenile delinquents. This implies that the juvenile delinquents involved in the research study will have ample security.
In order to ensure privacy of the information provided by the participants, the consent forms will be stored in a locked file cabinet. This is crucial because only the approved individuals will have access to the information provided by the participants; thus, ensuring confidentiality of the data provided by the participants. Furthermore, it will be important to use sealed envelopes while storing consent forms which will enable to discoverthe possible attempts to tamper the consent forms by unauthorized individuals. In order to ensure that the information provided is not associated with particular participants, it will be vital to use code names. This will ensure that unauthorized persons do not associate certain individuals with particular information.
The procedure involved in ensuring informed consent entails giving subjects sufficient information regarding the study and responding to all their questions. This will enable them to share information willingly. It is only after their agreement to volunteer information that the consent forms will be signed.


If you missed their engagement session, catch up here.
I love these pre-ceremony family portraits. Emotions are high and in 30 years... WOW. These images will mean even more.
These guys were a blast. Can you tell?!
These girls were total rockstars and had an "anything for the bride" attitude. LOVE.
If you don't believe in love, spend 5 minutes with Tyler and Abby and I'm sure they'll prove otherwise.
I think Tyler is secretly a GQ model.
Tyler & Abby, thank you for trusting me. It means more than you know.
You are a wonderful couple with lovely people surrounding and supporting you.
Cheers to your newlywed life!
Don't sweat the small stuff.. chances are you'll be the only one to notice if something isn't perfect.
Remember the big picture - you're marrying your best friend with your closest friends and family there to support you. Nothing else really matters.
When Tyler's ring didn't fit... As soon as we got to the back of the church Tyler ran to the bathroom to get it off because his finger was turning purple!
Going up to Ohio a few days early really helped with the last minute details and gave us extra time to relax and enjoy all our friends and family that traveled in.
GOOOOORgeous wedding!! That shot of the bride + groom in front of the brick house has me swooning!!! Beautiful job capturing a lovely day!
In love with this wedding!! These are so beautiful. Dad's face as he's walking his beautiful daughter down the aisle is perfection! What a gorgeous couple. These are awesome!
holy gorgeousness!! i adore that one of them sitting on the bench. and the group shots...and all of them! great job!
The locations… the posing… WHOA! LOVE THESE!!!! SUCH a good looking couple! Their reception looked like a blast :D Gorgeous images as always friend!
those shots on the beach are AMAZING! Love her dress and all those smiles you captured! Nice work!
these are so beautiful girl! love all the shots, especially the bride and groom and bridal party shots, but my favorite is abby and her dad walking down the aisle - LOVE the way he's grabbing her hand!


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identify and share information, good practice and advice with a wide range of audiences, such as social partners - employers' federations and trade unions.
OSHA's main awareness-raising activity is the Healthy Workplaces campaign, which focuses on a different theme every two years.
EU-OSHA is a key player in the Community Strategy for Health and Safety at Work, 2007-2012, which aims to cut work-related accidents by a quarter across the EU and to reduce occupational illnesses.