Why should you have an estate plan? More than just avoiding probate or reducing taxes, there's the very human reasons listed in this article to benefit those you love.
In fact, one could argue that to create a plan that's equipped to fulfill its purpose, you've got to "start with 'why' instead of immediately marching into 'how.' " With that in mind, here are eight good reasons to get your estate planning started.
You want your kids to experience the world.
You want them to study abroad, go on a mission trip or backpack in another country. You want to know they'll be able to share in some of the experiences that made you who you are, or that you yourself dreamed of doing.
You don't want them to live with Aunt Zelda.
She's a charming woman and you love her, but that doesn't mean you want her to raise your kids.
You want your family to inherit everything you leave them - not just a fraction of it.
If you pass away without writing a will, the courts decide who gets what. Maybe your wishes are an exact copy of the default procedure in your state - but are you willing to bet on that?
You don't want that fantastic painting to leave the family.
If it's a valuable asset, they might want to sell it. If it's not, they might want to toss it. If it's important to you, make sure they know.
You want to give your kids a better life than you had.
Most parents want that for their family. Every day, you make calculated decisions on your kids' behalf, from how many portions of greens they get in their diet to where their college funds will come from. What they'll have after you're gone deserves no less thought.
You don't want them to get spoiled.
If you expect to leave your kids a large chunk of change, you'd probably like to know they're not just going to blow it all on hats.
"Americans think that death is optional," wrote author Jane Walmsley. Of course we know it's not; still it can be a hard idea to wrap one's mind around. Good news: estate planning has been shown to reduce death anxiety.
You don't want your family to end up fighting.
The best way to avoid hurt feelings and the animosity they create is to lay out a clear game plan for them in your absence. You want your end of life to bring your family closer together - not to create division.
As you can see, estate planning isn't just about "maximizing the tax-free transfer of wealth," as one article said. It's about protecting your family, the things you'll leave behind, and the future you hope to help them build.
Estate planning is more than just writing a will. While estate planning can be complex, you're protecting your family and giving them peace of mind for the future. This article provides eight reasons that may help you make estate planning a priority for your loved ones. Protective Life outlines an estate planning checklist to make sure your family is well protected. Learn the estate planning basics to protect your future..


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DougCo sheriff candidate previously investigated for official misconduct
Holly Kluth, candidate for Douglas County sheriff and the former undersheriff, is denying allegations that she ordered another employee to alter her personnel file.
Author: Steve Staeger
Published: 9:39 PM MST December 28, 2021
Updated: 5:31 AM MST December 29, 2021
CASTLE ROCK, Colorado — A Republican candidate for Douglas County sheriff and the county's former undersheriff is denying allegations that she ordered another employee to alter her personnel file years ago, after documents detailing an internal affairs investigation were obtained by 9NEWS.
It's the second internal affairs investigation in as many years for Holly Kluth, who was demoted and fired from the department earlier this year following a separate internal affairs investigation. This most recent investigation ended with investigators recommending official misconduct charges to the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office. But the DA opted not to prosecute the case.
This most recent investigation was launched when Kluth's attorney requested her personnel file from the sheriff's department while preparing a federal lawsuit against Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock contesting Kluth's firing.
According to the investigation, when sheriff's office staff began to prepare the file, they found a discrepancy, a file had been deleted from the department's human relations computer system.
The Douglas County Sheriff requested an outside authority, the Jefferson County Sheriff, to investigate this case against Kluth.
According to a report from Jefferson County sheriff investigators, an internal audit discovered Kluth had accessed her personnel file six days before a subordinate deleted the file. Investigators interviewed the sheriff's office employee who deleted the file who claimed he had been ordered to delete the file by Kluth. Through her attorney, Kluth declined to be interviewed by Jefferson County investigators, the report said.
The file in question involved a 1988 Park County sheriff police report detailing a felony menacing call. A Park County deputy interviewed Kluth's now ex-husband who claimed he and Kluth were arguing. According to the report, her ex-husband told the deputy Kluth had been drinking and pointed a pistol at him, threatening both him and herself, before discharging a round into the floor.
Jefferson County investigators recommended charges of first- and second-degree official misconduct against Kluth, according to the report. But the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office opted not to prosecute.
"Our determination not to file charges was made for two reasons," Assistant District Attorney Tom Byrnes wrote in a letter dated Oct. 25. "First, the statute of limitations has run on any potential charges. Second, even if the statute of limitations had not expired, the evidence is insufficient for a reasonable likelihood of success at trial beyond a reasonable doubt."
In the letter, the prosecutor said the statute of limitations is 18 months. The alleged conduct happened in April 2019 and wasn't investigated until the summer of 2021. The prosecutor also said since high ranking officials knew about the alleged conduct and didn't report it, the likelihood of success at trial would suffer.
When contacted by 9NEWS Monday, Kluth said she was unaware of the 1988 case and didn't know about the internal affairs investigation. She denied the allegation that she ordered another employee to alter her personnel file. Her attorney told 9NEWS Kluth has no criminal record.
"The baseless allegations put forward by Tony Spurlock are simply the latest example of political retaliation against Ms. Kluth for staying true to her conservative principles," Kluth's attorney Siddhartha Rathod said in a statement to 9NEWS. "Ms. Kluth is committed to fighting for her First Amendment rights to free speech and political association, as well as those of all Douglas County citizens, and to ensuring that decisions at the Sheriff's Office are made based on public safety, not politics."
Rathod's firm is suing Spurlock on behalf of Kluth. In a case filed last week, Kluth alleges she was demoted and fired from her position as undersheriff and chief deputy at the sheriff's office because she disagreed with the sheriff on political candidates. The lawsuit claims this was a violation of Kluth's right to free speech.
An internal affairs investigation in 2020 revealed Kluth violated department policy by engaging in politics on the job. According to that investigation, after Spurlock, a Republican, publicly supported a Democrat in the race for Douglas County Commissioner, Kluth was contacted by a member of the Douglas County Republican Party trying to rally support of other law enforcement leaders in Douglas County behind the Republican candidate. Kluth made a statement on her personal Facebook page supporting conservative candidates.
That investigation led to Kluth's demotion from undersheriff. Spurlock fired her months later. Her lawsuit alleges Spurlock said Kluth wasn't "living up to his mission, vision or values," according to the lawsuit.
The suit claims Spurlock's actions were retaliation.
Spurlock wouldn't comment to 9NEWS on the pending litigation and said the documents involved in each allegation "tell the whole story."
Spurlock is set to retire when his term ends in early 2023. Kluth is among a growing field of candidates interested in the job, including current Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas.
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Post 83 advances in district tournament play
Sandusky blasted Oak Harbor and will face Wayne County on Friday with hopes of advancing to the American Legion 5th District championship game.
Looking back on 1948 Tribe
Former Norwalk resident contributed to Lou Boudreau-managed team that won the World Series.
Area players reflect on All-Star experience
Norwalk's Trevon Raymore scored two touchdowns — including one set up by a long kick return by St. Paul's Noah Good — while teammate Tche Leroux was the defensive lineman of the game on Friday at the NCOFCA All-Star Classic in Lexington.
Area players contribute in NCOFCA All-Star Classic
Norwalk's Trevon Raymore and Tche Leroux were among the key contributors in Friday's North Central Ohio Football Coaches Association All-Star game in Lexington.
Updated Jun 14, 2019 at 10:46 PM
Healthy Landis saw big results at Ohio State
After several injury-prone seasons, 2015 Norwalk graduate Luke Landis qualified for the NCAA championships in the 5,000-meter run this season. He will return to Columbus for a fifth redshirt season in 2019-20.
Area well-represented at NCOFCA All-Star Game
Seventeen area football players and recent graduates are scheduled to compete in Friday's North Central Ohio Football Coaches Association All-Star Game in Lexington.
Another strong week for Sandusky Post 83
Area grads Gavin Starcher, Leighton Battles and Bryson Harvey helped Post 83 go 5-1 for the week — including a 4-1 record over the weekend to win the Ottawa American Legion tournament
Updated Jun 9, 2019 at 7:05 PM
Hernandez commits to Ivy League's Pennsylvania
Norwalk High School wrestler Ethan Hernandez verbally committed to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on May 22. Hernandez was state runners-up and national runners-up in a one-month span in March during his junior season.
Updated Jun 7, 2019 at 12:55 AM
Area standouts help Post 83 to 3-1 start
St. Paul's Gavin Starcher; Norwalk's Bryson Harvey and Leighton Battles had solid weekends as Sandusky American Legion Post 83 won three of its first four games of the summer.
Norwalk's Leroux closes track career as All-Ohioan
Junior finished in seventh place on Saturday in the Division I state shot put competition in Columbus
Updated Jun 1, 2019 at 10:00 PM
DeLuca's personality led to a 47-year coaching career
After a nearly half-century stay at Norwalk that has spanned 99 total seasons of coaching, Ron DeLuca coaches his final event on Saturday. Sports Editor Mark Hazelwood reflects on DeLuca as old school coach with an infectious personality to poke fun at himself — and everyone around him.
One last shot put throw for Norwalk's Trey Leroux
Junior will compete in the Division I state shot put competition on Saturday in Columbus. An Ohio State football recruit, Leroux will early enroll at the university in Jan. 2020, making this weekend his final high school track and field meet.
Updated May 29, 2019 at 9:41 PM
Area schools sending 31 athletes to state championships
A total of 31 different area athletes in relays, sprints, distance and field events will participate in the OHSAA state track and field championships this weekend in Columbus.
Updated May 26, 2019 at 11:25 AM
Monroeville's Helmstetter is All-Ohio first team
Standout pitcher for the Eagles is among several area players who also earned All-Northwest District honors, which was released on Friday.
Norwalk runs out of chances in district semifinal loss
Truckers (19-9) season ended after several base runners were stranded in a 3-2 loss to Shelby on Thursday at Sports Force Parks


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GRACosway Weekly Policy Wrap Up
Tax reform continued to dominate the public debate this week, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull vowing to put fairness at the centre of the conversation. Speaking at the Economic and Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne on Thursday, the Prime Minister did not rule out any options for tax reform but emphasised the Government's goals of increasing productivity, innovation and competition. See the full speech here: Rebuilding foundations for reform
Treasurer Scott Morrison also weighed in on the tax reform debate, reiterating that all measures – including raising the GST to 15 per cent – are on the table. Mr Morrison said the current tax system is "punishing" workers and stifling economic growth but explained he was not under pressure to present a reform package immediately. Meanwhile, Liberal backbencher Senator Ian Macdonald has vowed to vote against any increase to the GST, saying the Howard Government promised the tax wouldn't exceed 10 per cent.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has said Labor is "resolutely" opposed to raising or broadening the GST. Instead, the Opposition will continue to pursue its previously announced revenue-raising measures of combating multinational tax concessions and high-income superannuation tax concessions. Read coverage in The Australian here (subscription service).
In a taste of the reform proposals under consideration, Victorian backbencher Michael Sukkar, a member of the Government's tax reform team, has publicly supported the dumping of the anti-detriment payment associated with self-managed superannuation funds. Closing the "death bonus" loophole would save the Government about $100 million annually. See the coverage in the Australian Financial Review (subscription service).
Outside of the tax debate, Prime Minister Turnbull has overturned the former Prime Minister's controversial reintroduction of imperial honours, describing the titles of Knight and Dame as "anachronistic, out-of-date, and not appropriate" in 2015 Australia. In a statement on Monday, PM Turnbull said the Queen had agreed with Cabinet's recommendation to remove Knights and Dames from the Order of Australia. See statement here: Changes to the Order of Australia
Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb welcomed the release of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) text on Thursday, saying the public will now have an opportunity to examine the agreement. Minister Robb responded to criticisms that climate change is not mentioned in the TPP by emphasising that it is a trade agreement, not a climate change policy. See media release here: Text released for historic trade pact (TPP)
The Government is poised to pursue amendments to media regulation before Christmas, with the reach rule set to be abolished and the two-out-of-three rule under consideration. While it is understood there is support among regional MPs and the crossbench, it has been reported that Labor remains divided on media reform. See coverage from the AFR here (subscription service).
Newspaper columnist and doctoral student Nicolle Flint has been preselected as the Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Boothby in South Australia after it was announced veteran Liberal MP Dr Andrew Southcott would not contest the next election. Ms Flint has previously called for increased female participation and leadership in the Liberal Party.
The Federal Parliament sits next week, along with the NSW, QLD, WA and Victorian Parliaments.


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Who is Michael Chia Thien Foh, named in 16 of the 35 charges against Musa Aman?
Even in this Musa Aman Corruption expose, credit goes to Clare of @sarawak_report for breaking the story first and adding public pressure.. https://t.co/GnxRLBeCaN Her contribution to Malaysia is immense..
"That could have been the end of this story. If the documents, bank statements and cash flow diagrams that had been secured by the anti-corruption authorities in Malaysia and Hong Kong hadn't made their way to a dauntless journalist in London." Clare again the shining star..
Another man in the same news, AL also shared the same passion for luxury cars ! FL is the biggest business partner of current UMNO President ZH, for a long long time .
Sabah's Chief Minister Musa Aman has quietly reached a judicial settlement with the father of the scandal torn businessman Michael Chia, by granting him major logging concessions and a barging monopoly, together worth a staggering RM67,300,407.
Chia, who has been exposed for running a series of secret bank accounts which benefitted Musa's family, was sentenced to jail a few days after the deal went through on February 6th, over separate fraud charges.
The grants are all at the expense of the public purse and represent the settlement of a claim by the father, Chia Nyet Min, against Musa Aman in his capacity as Chairman and former Chief Executive of Yayasan Sabah.
Aman had granted him highly criticised barging monopolies, which the state company Sabah Berjaya Sdn Bhd then attempted to break in favour of a fairer and more efficient system for transporting the logs.
It would appear that the settlement, which was officiated by a judge before the case came to trial, represents a disastrous cave-in by the Yayasan's subsidiary, thanks to the questionable monopoly deal, which had been negotiated by Musa with this business crony of many years standing.
Back in 2012 Musa had publicly denied any association at all with Michael Chia, who had once represented himself as the key gatekeeper to the Chief Minister for logging concessions and called himself Musa's 'adopted son' in deference to the close relationship between Musa and his own father Chia Nyet Min.
However, Sarawak Report exposed Chia as the nominee behind a network of bank accounts, which processed millions of dollars of timber kickbacks, which then found their way to Musa's own Swiss bank accounts and into payments for own his sons in Australia.
When the issue could no longer be denied, given the weight of the evidence, Musa's BN bosses attempted to then justify the graft by claiming that the payments were for party purposes and not personal gain!
How this legitimised illegal bribes and kickbacks for logging concessions has yet to be explained by the ruling coalition, since it is every bit as illegal to accept bribes for the benefit of a political party as it is to accept bribes as an individual.
Published 4 years ago on 26 February 2014.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 ― Sabah timber tycoon Michael Chia Thien Foh was sentenced to a one-year jail term and one stroke of the rotan today after a Sandakan Sessions Court found him guilty in a decade-old cheating scandal involving some RM2.5 million.
Chia ― who has previously been alleged to have close ties to the Sabah administration led by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman ― was charged with tricking Datuk Agus Hassan of RM2.5 million in a logging-related matter in 2004 by claiming that it was meant for Umno's political funds.
The court, however, allowed an application by Chia's lawyer Rowiena Rashid to defer the sentence while he files for an appeal at the High Court, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said in a statement today.
Chia was charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 511 of the same law.
The businessman was said to have cheated Syarikat Peluamas Sdn Bhd's Agus into believing that he needed to pay RM3 million in political funds for Sabah Umno as one of the three conditions to obtain a letter for a timber-logging operation in the state's Kalabakan Forest Reserve.
The two other conditions were the surrendering of rights to purchase 100,000 cubic meters of timber to Rakyat Berjaya Sdn Bhd/Innoprise Corporation Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of state-owned Yayasan Sabah, as well as a RM25 commission per cubic meter for every meter of timber logged by Peluamas in the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve, MACC said.
In her judgment today, Sessions Court judge Elsie Primus said the defence team had failed to raise reasonable doubt in the prosecution's case against Chia.
In her grounds for judgment, Primus noted that the prosecution's witness had testified that Chia had asked him for money purportedly to fund Umno in order to get the logging document.
According to MACC, the judge noted that the the claim affected Umno's image as the witness also testified that the party did not seek such political funds.
Chia's name previously made the headlines in April 2012, when whistleblower website Sarawak Report claimed he was caught trying to smuggle RM40 million worth of Singaporean currency from the Hong Kong International Airport to Malaysia in 2008.
Chia had purportedly told the authorities that the money was meant for Musa, resulting in a probe on international fund transfers that was then believed to be tied to possible money-laundering activities connected to illegal timber-felling in Sabah.
But in October 2012, minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz told Parliament that the MACC had cleared Musa of corruption after it found that the RM40 million was not for his personal use, but was a "political donation" to Sabah Umno.
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers later disputed Putrajaya's declaration of Musa's innocence, saying that it did not show evidence that the Hong Kong's anti-graft agency ICAC had cleared him on its own.
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Gavin W. Markey, Esq. is an experienced attorney in zoning, land development, subdivision and municipal matters, having practiced law in York and surrounding counties since 1988. In zoning, land development and subdivision matters Mr. Markey represents a wide variety of private entities. He also represents zoning hearing boards and various municipal entities. Mr. Markey has served as a lecturer on zoning and subdivision/land development matters for the York County Bar Association.
Mr. Markey has served as special counsel for different municipalities on various zoning matters. He has represented the City of York in the defense of its zoning and zoning map designations against developer challenge on quarry expansion. Mr. Markey has also served as special counsel for Yoe Borough on specific zoning enforcement actions.
On the private level in representing clients on zoning and municipal related matters Mr. Markey has handled a wide variety of cases including complex matters dealing with hotels, churches, large scale residential real estate and commercial developments, convenience stores and adult entertainment facilities. Mr. Markey has handled appeals before the Commonwealth County of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania related to zoning and municipal appeals.
Mr. Markey is a graduate of Juniata College in Huntington, Pennsylvania (B.A. the Honor Society of Juniata College, 1982) and the Whittier College School of Law in Los Angeles, California (J.D., 1985). Mr. Markey is a member of the York County Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.


From time to time when trying to climb a ladder my character's fruit bat companion gets in its face and then the character can't seem to climb the ladder. So you're stuck. However, a work-around is to back up until the bat isn't visible then re-approach the ladder and your character can now climb the ladder.
So while there is a work-around this shouldn't happen.
Even better put the thing away. The only bug I see is the user needing to have these things out in Quests.
You should have titled this thread "Fruits and Ladders."


Hello hello on your Exchange journey – the magical time you will be talking about years after you have left this lovely town. To give you a good start, here the experienced-one will share with you a few pieces of wisdom that life in Groningen has taught us.
The things we didn't know ourselves during the Introduction Week.
1. TRAVELING. Time away from your city, friends, family and out of the comfort zone is dangerous. So dangerous that you will quickly grow as a person in ways that will make you prouder, braver and more independent. It will open the drawer of a curiosity that forces you to spend all your savings and future salary (that you're not earning yet) on traveling. But "the traveling"will disappear from your vocabulary, you will call it "visiting a friend".
3. KINGSDAY. Now, to your disappointment I have to tell you Dutchies aren't big about the national holidays. While mates back in your home country will be enjoying the spring or fall holidays, you will be trying to figure out how to prepare for exams and still attend at least some of the classes. However, the famous Kings day a.k.a. the Kings' Bday definitely IS an exception. In late April streets and stores turn orange. The more orange stuff you wear, the better. And do not forget to bring a little (orange) flag to guide your group, otherwise everyone will spend the night stuck on their phone, trying to text to the poor lost ones.
4. SMALL CITY. Groningen really is a small city. Therefore if you come to this wonderland from Hong Kong, LA or Beijing as an exchange student, actually being able to see the stars on a night sky might result strange to you. So, If you see your friend from the Big Apple all fascinated taking pictures of the stars up here, do not give him a weird stare.
5. BIKE. Your bike is the best alcohol tester. A few beers will make you brave enough to ride without hands. More beers: less fun the next morning. There have been dentist's visits and being bruised like a peach. So tell me how did you bike home (or IF you biked home?) and I'll tell you how much you drank last night.
6. UB. During exams University Library will feel like your new home. It truly will. You'll be having breakfast, lunch and dinner there and also get to see all your friends on one spot, in the UB cafeteria. You might find it hard to acknowledge that the coffee breaks are the only social activity you'll have in days. You will also learn that, to get your favorite spot or computer, you need to stand in a line at 8.30 am at the entrance and compete with the faster runners for that great spot in the UB. And finally, no matter how motivated you are, the 10 min coffee break will never be only 10 min. (P.S: all the effort will pay off by finishing exams a day earlier than your buddy).
Enjoy every second of your exchange, because it is – I dare to say – the time of your life. Cheers!
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Jamie Foxx Returning as Electro in Next Spider-Man Movie
By: Author Mirko Parlevliet
Posted on Published: October 1, 2020
Shocker! Jamie Foxx, who played the villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which featured Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, is in final talks to reprise the role for the upcoming third Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland.
The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which says filming is still scheduled to begin on the Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures sequel in Atlanta this fall.
In 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Foxx played Oscorp laboratory electrical engineer Max Dillon, who shocks himself by accident and falls into a tank of genetically-engineered eels. He then mutates into a living electrical generator.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 grossed $708.9 million worldwide, with $202.8 million coming from North American theaters and $506.1 million from overseas markets.
Sony and Marvel Studios have worked together on two Spidey films, including Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home. The first film grossed $880.2 million worldwide, while last year's release earned an impressive $1.13 billion globally.
Scheduled for a December 17, 2021 release, the third movie will again be directed by Jon Watts. In addition to Holland, cast members expected to return include Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Jacob Batalon and Tony Revolori.
The return of a character from a previous Spider-Man series is not unprecedented, as we've already seen J.K. Simmons return as J. Jonah Jameson at the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home. He previously played that character in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy starring Tobey Maguire.
Raimi, meanwhile, will be directing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for Marvel Studios.
Released in July of 2019, Spider-Man: Far From Home was directed by Spider-Man: Homecoming helmer Jon Watts. In the film, our friendly neighborhood wall-crawler decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation.
However, Peter's plans to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks. Spider-Man and Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) join forces to fight the havoc unleashed across the continent, but all is not as it seems.
The well-received Far From Home also starred Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan.
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Apr 3 , 2018
End of March Bluzelle DB Development Update
Welcome to our end of March monthly development update. We have exciting news as we push hard on the Lovelace release, slated for the end of June, 2018.
By Neeraj Murarka
In anticipation of Bluzelle's 2nd ever hackathon, being held in Vancouver at the end of April 2018, the Lovelace beta is the current short-term goal, and is on track. Still under development and not included in this beta are the Ethereum and NEO integrations as well as a Lovelace single swarm public testnet, both of which will come at the end of June.
The JS library is complete and undergoing testing against the emulator environment. The library provides developers who want to use Bluzelle's DB with a JS-based interface with which to connect and perform CRUD operations. Work is already in progress to have the exact same library also communicate with the daemon, enabling full-service CRUD accessibility between producers and consumers on the Bluzelle network. The goal is for the library to be able to talk to either the daemon or an emulator, interchangeably.
As mentioned in the previous blog, the emulator tool, currently available for internal testing and with selected Bluzelle partners, is the baseline against which the client-side is tested. The JS library is tested against the emulator regularly, and the emulator is also the reference that the daemon team uses to assess and determine correct behaviour.
In parallel with the client side, the daemon team is hard at work building out Lovelace beta's daemon. The daemon's critical RAFT consensus engine is already under construction. Bluzelle's RAFT design is modified to support the Bluzelle database design and these changes are a big part of the work our daemon team is undertaking.
Once the Lovelace beta is completed (by the end of April 2018), members of the public will have the exciting opportunity to download and run the daemon and experiment with their own private swarms. In fact, the Bluzelle April hackathon itself will be powered by a single globally-spanned swarm of many nodes that hackathon developers can build and test against. We encourage developers to try the code out and provide feedback and contributions.
As part of Bluzelle's commitment to the product and also to the free and open source software communities, we will be bringing out a bounty program and associated licensing details in coming months. These will encourage members of the public to contribute their own projects and code to the Bluzelle project. Bluzelle hackathons serve as a means to kickstart such projects. Please look for details about our public free and open source software initiatives in coming updates, as well as details on other hackathons being planned after the April Vancouver one. Also look for further tech updates from myself, as well as webinar sessions.
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End of February Product & Roadmap Update
Announcing an upcoming production-ready release with competitive features
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Review: Dede Crane's Every Happy Family & Saleema Nawaz's Bone and Bread
November 30, 2015 at 11:00 am • Posted in Home Page, Reviews, Welcome by Shashi Bhat
This fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/1
Dede Crane, Every Happy Family, Coteau Books, 2013
Saleema Nawaz, Bone and Bread, House of Anansi, 2013
Dede Crane and Saleema Nawaz both portray families struggling with the flaws and consequent challenges that make them human. This is not new territory for novelists, but one guaranteed to find sympathetic readers, since a happy family is more often ideal than real. The 'Anna Karenina principle' suggests that any fault in a family will ensure its unhappiness. In their novels, Crane and Nawaz counter that by both accepting responsibility and letting it go, we can create something approaching the ideal.
The characters in Crane's Every Happy Family face an alphabet soup of serious problems: abandonment, alcoholism, cancer, dementia, depression, incest and spousal abuse. The first half of this novel is more like a cross-stitched sampler of stand-alone designs than the 'weave' referred to in its prologue. The third-person narration shifts chapter by chapter to the perspectives of the six main characters, all related by blood or adoption. Crane showcases each character's problem like a specimen of her handiwork. We empathize as each flaw is revealed, marvelling at the sickness beneath the surface of this apparently thriving family. The narration is more complicated than it needs to be, however. Within each chapter is a generically titled subsection, often from the point of view of one or more family members who exemplify that relationship. For example, 'Quinn' includes the subsection 'Siblings,' in which we see events through the eyes of Quinn, his brother Beau and his father's sister Annie. These shifts in perspective can pull us away just as we are beginning to understand and like a particular character.
The perspective we most firmly share is that of the mother, Jill. She is squeezed between her parents (her father in bitter memory) and her three adolescent children, both generations giving her grief. Many women will recognize Jill's wish to balance everyone else's needs while maintaining her career. She is constrained by the roles she has inherited and chosen. Being her family's primary breadwinner reinforces her feelings of responsibility and control. The closer she comes to the perfection she believes is achievable, the more poignant her failures. While Jill seems in charge of her family, each member struggles to conceal from Jill and from each other the extent to which they are neither perfect nor united.
Motherhood is central to Every Happy Family, in which birth mothers and adoptive mothers are equally judged and found wanting. Hurt by her father's abuse and her mother's passivity, Jill is nevertheless a dutiful daughter, but she does not see her mother's dementia until it is full-blown. She is also a serious, dedicated mother: 'By its very profundity, having children changes you, sobers you. You're dropped into this chasm of dire love, willing to sacrifice anything for their safety and comfort.' She treats her adopted daughter, Pema, with such kid gloves that Pema is afraid of her. Trying to do everything right for her daughter, Jill unwittingly neglects her sons. She doesn't notice Quinn's alcoholism, a disease she could have anticipated, given that her father was an alcoholic. Even more disturbing, she doesn't see that Beau has developed an unhealthy obsession with his sister.
This dysfunction ricochets between the generations. Jill's husband, Les, and his sister, Annie, were adopted. When they finally meet their birth mother, they find a cold woman who had children with a married lover and gave them both up. Thereafter Les supports Jill's wish to keep Pema from her birth mother until she is older. He feels that '[a] damaged mother…will pass on that damage to her children,' but Crane shows that harm can be transmitted by birth mothers and adoptive mothers alike.
In the last chapter, 'Chasing the Circle Closed,' Crane advances three years and steps further back from her characters. The narration of this single day, in which everyone comes home for the 'Life Celebration' Jill has organized, shifts from one character to another—upwards of 35 times—like cinematic reaction shots. This abrupt change in structure might frustrate readers who crave more intimacy with individual characters. On the other hand, it is like the frame around a sampler, uniting the separate beings, changed by time and distance and still flawed, but returning to make something beautiful, however askew.
A middle-aged mother of four, Crane conveys Jill's pain authentically. Jill suffers because she can no longer choose the paths her children take, and Quinn, introducing his new girlfriend to her, is the first to literally bring that truth home. Reluctant to see Quinn with a woman she does not think worthy, Jill reacts to his new partner with conscious, petty disdain. Quinn knows his mother well enough to anticipate the reception his girlfriend will get: 'Each crisp, defined word, thinks Quinn, is a brick being placed in a wall…. Uneducated, he can hear his mom say to herself as she takes Holly's jacket which will smell of the cigarette she smoked in the car.' Quinn's choice makes Jill question how well she knows him, and she resents Holly for taking over her role. As the novel concludes, this reserved, over-earnest mother, almost without volition, becomes more passionate, more accepting and happier as she relinquishes control.
Saleema Nawaz does not have Crane's long experience of motherhood; nor does her life parallel that of Beena, the narrator of Bone and Bread. In this story of two orphaned sisters, Nawaz moves between present and past, but gives us a single point of view. Beena, an overweight, passive and surly child, is pregnant by 16. She quits school and raises her son, also Quinn, without support. She does not feel Jill's need to micromanage him; by the time Quinn is born, Beena is already responsible for keeping her anorexic younger sister, Sadhana, alive. After Sadhana's death, a distance develops between mother and son that is presented as both unfortunate and appropriate. Unlike Jill, Beena is ready to let go of her son with comparative ease:
My son is my idea of my son, who is made up of my past and his and all my memories and dreams for him and who he might become. But he is also himself and his body. The space he takes up in a room, the way he sleeps and eats. The things he wants to keep from me. The way parents and children slide from a physical relationship into something else, from contiguity to separation—it's continental drift, and it feels just as slow and significant. It feels stable, and then there's an ocean between you. It doesn't feel wrong. There will be an opening up to the world for both of us. But there is a desire for fixity, too. A bit of grieving.
Although these lines beautifully describe the painful but necessary change in a parent-child relationship, they only hint at the selfishness that can override a parent's instinctive generosity. Beena, 34 like her creator, understands her son's needs. How she achieves closeness while fostering his independence is the focus of this complicated novel.
This is a murder mystery in which secrets and spying dominate every relationship, but suspense is diluted by many subplots. One is the 1995 Quebec referendum on separation. Another is the story of the Essaids, refugees seeking immigrant status in a province unwilling to embrace them. These subplots reflect the theme of belonging—the essence of family—that Nawaz spoke of at the Vancouver Writers Fest in 2013. Relevant as they are, however, they decrease the intensity of our connection to the characters rather than deepen it.
Rich imagery, too, both enhances and detracts from the central focus. Fire and bones dominate. Fire destroys, but it also bakes the bagels that keep the family alive, physically as well as financially. Bones invariably intimate death, most dramatically for Sadhana. Nawaz brings the images together to foreshadow the sisters' fates:
There's a theory…that the universe is getting bigger. It will keep expanding, like a huge loaf of bread rising, like a great fat belly, until there's nothing left to make it out of, no more heat….
There's also a theory…that the universe is getting smaller. Millions of years from now it's going to start shrinking and heating, like fat and flesh melting into bone, because it is the destiny of things to come together.
Such prolific imagery is a delight, but it can be a distraction when those images refuse to 'come together.'
Beena concludes that loving strangers might be easier than loving 'the people you ought to be nearest to in the world… Tending to principles instead of to people with all of their flaws.' Nevertheless, she and Quinn are ready to share 'the work of getting closer, of loving harder,' unlike Crane's characters, who find private solutions to their problems. Though they accomplish it in different ways, each family achieves a qualified happy ending in these equally compelling novels.
—Judy Truelove
Tags: Dede Crane, event magazine, reviews, Saleema Nawaz


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Rostspricklav (Acarospora sinopica) är en lavart som först beskrevs av Göran Wahlenberg, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av Körb. Rostspricklav ingår i släktet Acarospora och familjen Acarosporaceae.  Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#import <XCTest/XCTest.h>

#import "Apps/Common/SVGUtil.h"
#include "MetroSVG/MetroSVG.h"

static const CGSize kCanvasSize = {640, 640};

NSString *FullFilePath(NSString *rootDir, NSString *baseName, NSString *extension) {
  NSString *dir = [rootDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:baseName];
  NSString *file = [dir stringByAppendingPathExtension:extension];
  return file;
}

@interface AcceptanceTest : XCTestCase
@end

@implementation AcceptanceTest {
  NSFileManager *_fileManager;
  NSString *_inputSVGDir;
  NSString *_actualPNGDir;
  NSString *_goldenPNGDir;
}

- (void)setUp {
  [super setUp];
  _fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
  NSString *resourceDir = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]].resourcePath;
  _inputSVGDir = [resourceDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"TestData"];
  _actualPNGDir = [resourceDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Actual"];
  _goldenPNGDir = [resourceDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Golden"];

  // Reset the test environment.
  [_fileManager removeItemAtPath:_actualPNGDir error:nil];
  [_fileManager createDirectoryAtPath:_actualPNGDir
          withIntermediateDirectories:YES
                           attributes:nil
                                error:nil];
}

- (void)test {
  NSDirectoryEnumerator *enumerator = [_fileManager enumeratorAtPath:_goldenPNGDir];
  NSString *relPath;
  NSInteger numberOfVerifiedFiles = 0;
  while (relPath = [enumerator nextObject]) {
    NSString *goldenPNGFile = [_goldenPNGDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:relPath];
    BOOL isDirectory;
    [_fileManager fileExistsAtPath:goldenPNGFile isDirectory:&isDirectory];
    if (isDirectory) {
      [_fileManager createDirectoryAtPath:[_actualPNGDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:relPath]
              withIntermediateDirectories:YES
                               attributes:nil
                                    error:nil];
    } else {
      [self verifyDataWithBaseName:[relPath stringByDeletingPathExtension]];
      numberOfVerifiedFiles += 1;
    }
  }
  XCTAssertNotEqual(numberOfVerifiedFiles, 0,
                    @"No file was verified. There should be a bug in the project configurations or "
                    @"the runtime environment.");
}

- (void)verifyDataWithBaseName:(NSString *)baseName {
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  NSString *inputSVGFile = FullFilePath(_inputSVGDir, baseName, @"svg");
  if (![_fileManager fileExistsAtPath:inputSVGFile]) {
    XCTFail(@"%@: nput SVG file doesn't exist.", baseName);
    return;
  }
  CGImageRef actualImage = [SVGUtil imageWithSVGFile:inputSVGFile size:kCanvasSize];
  NSString *actualPNGFile = FullFilePath(_actualPNGDir, baseName, @"png");
  [SVGUtil writeImage:actualImage toPNGFile:actualPNGFile];
  CGImageRelease(actualImage);

  // Then, compare the actual result with the golden.
  NSData *actualPNGData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:actualPNGFile];
  NSString *goldenPNGFile = FullFilePath(_goldenPNGDir, baseName, @"png");
  NSData *goldenPNGData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:goldenPNGFile];
  XCTAssert([actualPNGData isEqualToData:goldenPNGData],
            @"Detected diff between %@ and %@",
            actualPNGFile,
            goldenPNGFile);
}

@end

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B.Riley FBR analyst Mayank Mamtani reiterated a Buy rating on Arrowhead Research (ARWR – Research Report) today and set a price target of $19. The company's shares closed on Friday at $15.66.
The word on The Street in general, suggests a Strong Buy analyst consensus rating for Arrowhead Research with a $23.13 average price target.
Based on Arrowhead Research's latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly net profit of $12.04 million. In comparison, last year the company had a GAAP net loss of $13.2 million.
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops medicines that treat intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them. The company was founded by R. Bruce Stewart in 1989 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.


« Second To Last Dr's Appointment?
After experiencing the problems that I have with my Maternity Leave… I think finally everything is going to be okay.
The manager at my work suggested that I contact James Moore, the local Member of Parliment in our area regarding the run around I was getting from Employment Insurance. I sent him an email a week ago, and finally got a response on Friday morning. I called his office and spoke to a woman named Eva, and she told me that she would look into everything for me and that she would get back to me.
Friday afternoon, I received a phone call from Eva saying that everything is now fixed… that my claim will be finalized on Monday, and I should receive my first Maternity payment by the end of next week. She also told me that if I do not receive anything from them in 1 1/2 weeks, to give her a call back, and she will give them a call back. Hmmmm…. so I guess I was getting the run around. That really pisses me off… imagine how many other people they have done this to. Atleast in our situation, we have family that would have helped us out if needed…. but imagine being someone who had no one to help them out. What would you do for a whole 9 weeks without any money? I am certainly glad that I brought this issue to their attention, and suggest to anyone out there having a similar problem to do the same.
I can relate to your concerns about not getting that 9 weeks of pay! As a U.S. citizen, I had no guarantee that I would be paid while I was on maternity leave last year. I had to get short-term disability insurance (for which I paid the premiums) and that only covered 60% of my pay for five weeks. I was "lucky" that my employer paid another 20% of my salary for my 12 weeks of leave. But even with that, I still was having to scrimp during that time. I'm hoping the U.S. will eventually catch up to the rest of the world when it comes to working moms, but so far, not so good.


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Harmbro Angus (CA) [H] [F] [S] h, 1994 1.12,1a USD 81,334
Armbro Kissed (CA)
(85 0,97) 1989
At 3, Winner of Canadian Trotting Classic.
Sold at Kentucky Standardbred Sale 1990 for 56,000 USD.
Speedy Crown (US)
At 3, Winner of American-National, Hambletonian, Old Oaken Bucket. At 4, Winner of International Trot, Maple Leaf Trotting Classic.
Speedy Scot (US)
[H] [F] [S] Speedster (US)
[H] [F] [S] Rodney (US)
Mimi Hanover (US)
Scotch Love (US)
[H] [F] [S] Victory Song (US)
Selka Scot (US)
[H] [F] [S] Florican (US)
[H] [F] [S] Spud Hanover (US)
Florimel (US)
Worth a Plenty (US)
[H] [F] [S] Darnley (US)
Sparkle Plenty (US)
Sunkissed (US)
Florida Pro (US)
[H] [F] [S] Arnie Almahurst (US)
Ambitious Blaze (US)
Promissory (US)
[H] [F] [S] Dartmouth (US)
Proud Emily (US)
Sugar Hanover (US)
[H] [F] [S] Star's Pride (US)
Pillow Talk (US)
Surrey Hanover (US)
[H] [F] [S] Hoot Mon (US)
Sidra Hanover (US)
Kenwood Scamper (US)
At 3, Winner of Kentucky Futurity, second in Hambletonian, third in Stanley Dancer Trot.
Super Bowl (US)
[H] [F] [S] Worthy Boy (US)
Stardrift (US)
Bewitch (US)
Elma (US)
[H] [F] [S] Hickory Smoke (US)
[H] [F] [S] Titan Hanover (US)
Misty Hanover (US)
Cassin Hanover (US)
Goddess Hanover (US)
Lindy's Speedy Lady (US)
1.16,6a USD 54,079
Speedy Count (US)
Countess Song (US)
The Viscountess (US)
Brendina Hanover (US)
[H] [F] [S] Scotland (US)
Missey (US)
Brenda Hanover (US)
[H] [F] [S] Mr McElwyn (US)
Miss Bertha Hanov. (US)
Maternal line [display] Medio (US) [H] [F] [S]
Sire Armbro Kissed
Broodmare Sire Texas
Rodney 5 0 y 26,083
Star's Pride 3 0 24,898
Scotland 14 0 y 22,620
Peter the Great 96 10 y 20,527
Volomite 12 0 19,513
Axworthy 99 0 14,773
Inbreeding Coefficient (The Blood Bank ) 11,407 %
Peter the Great 2048 paths, 96 crosses (closest: 7)
Super Bowl 4 + 3
Scotland 40 paths, 14 crosses (closest: 5)
Volomite 27 paths, 12 crosses (closest: 6)
Guy Axworthy 1012 paths, 68 crosses (closest: 6)
Speedster (4y+6) + 4
Peter Volo 152 paths, 27 crosses (closest: 6)
Hoot Mon (5+7) + (4x+5x)
Rodney (5y+6+7) + (5+5)
Axworthy 2144 paths, 99 crosses (closest: 7)
Hambletonian 225096 paths, 1010 crosses (closest: 10)
Star's Pride (5+7) + 4
George Wilkes 78008 paths, 594 crosses (closest: 9)
Mr McElwyn (7+7+8+9+9) + (5x+6x+6+7x+7x)
Peter Scott 50 paths, 15 crosses (closest: 6)
Roya Mckinney (Mare) 50 paths, 15 crosses (closest: 6)
Victory Song (5+6+7) + 5x
Dean Hanover (6+6+8) + (6+6x+6x)
McKinney 684 paths, 55 crosses (closest: 7)
Dillon Axworthy 66 paths, 17 crosses (closest: 7)
Spencer Scott (6y+7+7+8) + (6+6)
Worthy Boy (6+6+8) + 5
Nervolo Belle (Mare) 198 paths, 31 crosses (closest: 7)
Axtell 2208 paths, 101 crosses (closest: 8)
Spencer 36 paths, 13 crosses (closest: 6)
San Francisco 52 paths, 17 crosses (closest: 7)
Princess Royal (Mare) 128 paths, 24 crosses (closest: 7)
Guy Wilkes 1953 paths, 94 crosses (closest: 8)
Happy Medium 2592 paths, 108 crosses (closest: 9)
Evensong (Mare) (6+7+8+8) + 6x
Electioneer 7134 paths, 181 crosses (closest: 9)
Lady Bunker (Mare) 8316 paths, 195 crosses (closest: 9)
May Spencer (Mare) (7+8+8+8+9) + (7+7)
Zombro 102 paths, 23 crosses (closest: 8)
Lee Axworthy 105 paths, 22 crosses (closest: 8)
Protector (7+8+8+9) + (7+7)
Chimes 180 paths, 28 crosses (closest: 8)
Bingen 861 paths, 62 crosses (closest: 9)
Guy McKinney (6+7+8+9) + 7
Esther (Mare) 105 paths, 22 crosses (closest: 9)
Dillcisco (Mare) (7+9+9) + 6
Emily Ellen (Mare) 84 paths, 20 crosses (closest: 8)
Peter the Brewer (8+8+9+10) + (7+7)
Atlantic Express (8+8+9+10) + (8+8x+8x+8)
Beautiful Bells (Mare) 851 paths, 60 crosses (closest: 9)
Baron Wilkes 348 paths, 41 crosses (closest: 9)
Todd 136 paths, 25 crosses (closest: 9)
May King 968 paths, 66 crosses (closest: 10)
Young Miss (Mare) 968 paths, 66 crosses (closest: 10)
Belwin (9+10+11) + (7x+8x+8+9x+9)
Onward 528 paths, 49 crosses (closest: 8)
Expressive (Mare) (9+9+9+10+11+11) + (9+9x+9x+9)
Bellini (9+9+9+10+11+11) + (9+9+9+9)
Alcantara 209 paths, 30 crosses (closest: 9)
The Widow (Mare) 30 paths, 11 crosses (closest: 8)
Minnehaha (Mare) 1188 paths, 71 crosses (closest: 10)
Fanella (Mare) 153 paths, 26 crosses (closest: 10)
Maggie H. (Mare) 273 paths, 34 crosses (closest: 9)
Miss Bertha Dillon (Mare) 9 + 6xm
Arion 377 paths, 42 crosses (closest: 11)
Margaret Parrish (Mare) (9+9+10+10+10+11) + (9+9)
Fruity Worthy (Mare) (8+10) + (8+9)
Wilton 104 paths, 21 crosses (closest: 9)
Baronmore (9+11+11+11+11+13) + (8x+10+10+12)
Moko 20 paths, 12 crosses (closest: 9)
The Gaiety Girl (Mare) 112 paths, 23 crosses (closest: 10)
Adbell 35 paths, 12 crosses (closest: 9)
Red Wilkes 1827 paths, 92 crosses (closest: 11)
Morning Gale (Mare) (8+10+10) + 9
Miss Bertha C. (Mare) (10+12) + (7xm+11)
Honeymoon H. (Mare) 10 + (7x+9)
Almont 65 paths, 18 crosses (closest: 10)
Justice Brooke 9 + 8
Expectation (Mare) (10+10+12) + (9+10+11)
Eva (Mare) (10+11+11+12+12+13) + (10x+10x+11x)
Harold 45 paths, 14 crosses (closest: 10)


What's for dinner tonight? You're sure to find the answer among these many delicious, Disney-inspired meals and treats.
We Can't Believe This 'Beauty and the Beast' Craft Is Made of Pasta!
ChEARs to Throwing the Ultimate Mickey Baby Shower!
Living in an undersea world, a mermaid like Ariel is apt to encounter a variety of colorful characters. These sweet clownfish are a case in point. Created from apricots and sporting candy stripes, they make a snack that's sure to reel in young fans.
Of all the treasure in the Cave of Wonders, Jafar had eyes only for the magic genie lamp. Even those piles of glistening gold didn't entice him. This stash of coins is more than shiny. It's also a sweet treat that even Jafar would find hard to pass up.
Professor Z has his eye on Lightning McQueen. This monocle-wearing German car has a mission, and it's to keep Number 95 from winning the World Grand Prix. While no Cars fans would ever see eye-to-eye with the mad scientist, they're sure to get a kick out of nibbling away at Lightning's nemesis.


Newcomers packed the Hideaway Beach Club Banquet Hall for their monthly luncheon. The ladies welcomed several prospective and six new members.
Newcomers packed the Hideaway Beach Club Banquet Hall for their monthly luncheon. The ladies welcomed several prospective and six new members to the club. President Donna Dubey thanked the Newcomers for their continued involvement in participating in the Christmas Island Style Street Parade. She delightfully announced that Newcomers had once again received an award for their participation. For 2018, Newcomers were awarded most original. She presented the award to Laura Geberth in thanks and recognition for her volunteer efforts.
Following a delicious lunch, the ladies were taken on a trip to faraway lands as Ken and Lil Bardon gave an in-depth presentation of their experiences sailing around the world on the Moonbeam. The ladies peppered the Bardons with questions following the presentation.
For more information about attending a Newcomers Luncheon, held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Hideaway Beach Club, contact Susan Wolfe at 812-499-7301.


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Henry Johnson Eyring (born September 19, 1963) is an American academic administrator who has been the 17th president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) since April 10, 2017. Since April 2019, he has also served as an area seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He previously served as both the Academic and Advancement vice president at BYU-Idaho, as well as director of the Marriott School of Business (MSB) MBA program at Brigham Young University (BYU).

Early life and education
Eyring was born in Palo Alto, California, a son of Henry B. Eyring and Kathleen (née Johnson). Eyring's family lived in the San Francisco Bay Area while his father taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business until 1971, after which they moved to Rexburg, Idaho, where his father was appointed president of Ricks College (present-day BYU–Idaho). From 1982 to 1984, Eyring served as a full-time missionary for the LDS Church in the Japan Nagoya Mission. Eyring is a graduate of BYU, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology, an M.B.A., and Juris Doctor.

Career

Business
From 1989 to 1998, Eyring was with a Cambridge, Massachusetts management-consulting firm, Monitor Group, which was founded in 1983 by six entrepreneurs with Harvard Business School (HBS) ties. He has also served as a director of SkyWest Airlines since 1995. From 2002 to 2003, he was a special partner with Peterson Capital.

Academia
From 1998 to 2002, Eyring served in the MSB as director of BYU's MBA program.

Eyring began employment at BYU-Idaho in 2006. Eyring initially served as an Associate Academic Vice President, with responsibility for online learning and instructional technology. From 2008 to 2015, Eyring served as BYU–Idaho's Advancement Vice President. He then served from 2015 to 2017 as BYU–Idaho's Academic Vice President. On February 7, 2017, Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles announced that Eyring would succeed Clark Gilbert as president of BYU–Idaho, effective April 10, 2017. His official inauguration occurred on September 19, 2017.

In 2011, while serving as BYU–Idaho's Advancement Vice President, Eyring co-authored The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education with HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen, discussing the future of higher education and making college economically viable while conducting an in depth look at the histories of Harvard University and BYU-Idaho. Eyring has also served as a trustee of Southern Utah University and is an adjunct fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation.

Personal life
Eyring and his wife, Kelly, have five children and reside in Rexburg, Idaho. Eyring's oldest son, Henry, is a BYU-Idaho and HBS graduate and, since August 2022, an assistant accounting professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

Eyring is a grandson of American theoretical chemist Henry Eyring and wrote a biography of his grandfather entitled Mormon Scientist: The Life and Faith of Henry Eyring. He also co-wrote a biography about his father, Henry B. Eyring, an educational administrator and LDS Church leader, entitled I Will Lead You Along: The Life of Henry B. Eyring.

Eyring's great-great-grandmother was a member of the Romney family.

In addition to his work in academia, Eyring has served in various leadership positions within the LDS Church, including as president of the Japan Tokyo North Mission, bishop, and stake president. Eyring was sustained an area seventy during the church's general conference on April 6, 2019.

Bibliography
Books authored or coauthored by Eyring

See also
List of presidents of Brigham Young University–Idaho
List of J. Reuben Clark Law School alumni
Brigham Young University-Idaho

References

External links

1963 births
21st-century Mormon missionaries
American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
American Mormon missionaries in Japan
Brigham Young University alumni
Brigham Young University faculty
Living people
Marriott School of Management alumni
Mission presidents (LDS Church)
People from Rexburg, Idaho
Southern Utah University people
Writers from Palo Alto, California
J. Reuben Clark Law School alumni
Latter Day Saints from California
Latter Day Saints from Idaho
Latter Day Saints from Massachusetts
Latter Day Saints from Utah


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BY-LAWS OF THE
KELOWNA CURLING CLUB
Part 1. Interpretation
1. (1) In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires";
(a) "directors" means the directors of the Society for the time being;
(b) "Societies Act" means the Societies Act of the Province of British Columbia from time to
time in force and all amendments to it;
(c) "registered address" of a member means his address as recorded in the register of
(2) The definition of the Societies Act on the date these by-laws become effective apply to
these by-laws.
2. Word importing the singular include the plural and vice versa; and words importing a male
person include a female person and a corporation.
Part 2. Membership
3. The members of the Society are the applicants for incorporation of the Society, and those
persons who subsequently have become members, in accordance with these by-laws and, in
either case, have not ceased to be members.
4. Upon winding up or dissolution of the Society, the assets which remain after payment of all
costs, charges, and expenses which are properly incurred in the winding up shall be
distributed to such charitable organizations or organizations having a similar charitable
purpose. This provision shall be unalterable.
5. A person may apply to the directors for membership in the Society and on acceptance by the
directors shall be a member.
6. Every member shall uphold the constitution and comply with these by-laws.
7. A person shall cease to be a member of the Society
(a) by delivering his resignation in writing to the secretary of the Society or by mailing or delivering it to the address of the Society, or
(b) on his death or in the case of a corporation on dissolution, or
(c) on being expelled, or
(d) on having been a member not in good standing for 12 consecutive months.
8. (1) A member may be expelled by a special resolution of the members passed at a general
(2) The notice of a special resolution for expulsion shall be accompanied by a brief statement
of the reason or reasons for the proposed expulsion.
(3) The person who is the subject of the proposed resolution for expulsion shall be given an
opportunity to be heard at the general meeting before the special resolution is put to a vote.
9. All members are in good standing except a member who has failed to pay his current annual
membership fee or any other subscription or debt due and owing him to the Society and he is
not in good standing so long as the debt remains unpaid.
Part 3. Meetings of Members
10. General meetings of the Society shall be held at such time and place, in accordance with the
Societies Act, as the directors decide.
11. Every general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, is an extraordinary general
12. The directors may, whenever they think fit, convene an extraordinary general meeting.
13. (1) Notice of a general meeting shall specify the place, the day and the hour of meeting, and,
in case of special business, the general nature of the business.
(2) The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to , or the non-receipt of a notice by,
any of the members entitled to receive notice does not invalidate proceedings at that
14. The first annual general meeting of the Society shall be held not more than 15 months after
the date of incorporation and thereafter an annual general meeting shall be held at least once
in every calendar year and not more than 15 months after the holding of the last preceding
annual general meeting.
Part 4. Proceedings at General Meetings
15. Special business is
(a) all business at an extraordinary general meeting except the adoption of rules of order,
(b) all business that is transacted at an annual general meeting, except,
(i) the adoption of rules of order,
(ii) the consideration of financial statements
(iii) the report of directors
(iv) the report of the auditor, if any,
(v) the election of directors,
(vi) the appointment of the auditor, if required, and
(vii) such other business as, under these by-laws, ought to be transacted at an annual general meeting, or business which is brought under consideration by the report of the directors issued with the notice convening the meeting.
16. (1) No business, other than the election of a chairman and the adjournment of the meeting,
shall be conducted at a general meeting at a time when a quorum is not present.
(2) If at any time during a general meeting there ceases to be a quorum present, business
then in progress shall be suspended until there is a quorum present or until the meeting is
adjourned or terminated.
(3) A quorum is 3 members present or such greater number as the members may determine
at a general meeting.
17. If within 30 minutes from the time appointed for a general meeting a quorum is not present,
the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members, shall be terminated; but in any other
case, it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place,
and if, at the adjourned meeting, a quorum is not present within 30 minutes from the time
appointed for the meeting, the members present constitute a quorum.
18. Subject to By-law 18, the president of the Society, the vice-president, or in the absence of
both, one of the other directors present shall preside as chairman of a general meeting.
19. If at a general meeting
(a) there is no president, vice-president, or other director present within 15 minutes after the
time appointed for holding the meeting, or
(b) the president and all the other directors present are unwilling to act as chairman, the
members present shall chose one of their number to be chairman.
20. (1) A general meeting may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place, but no
business shall be transacted at an adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished
at the meeting from which adjournment took place.
(2) Where a meeting is adjourned for 10 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall
be given as in the case of the original meeting.
(3) Except as provided in this by-law, it is not necessary to give notice of an adjournment or
of the business to be transacted at an adjourned general meeting.
21. (1) No resolution proposed at a meeting need be seconded and the chairman of a meeting
may move or propose a resolution.
(2) In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall not have a casting or second vote in
addition to the vote which he may be entitled as a member and the proposed resolution shall
22. (1) A member in good standing present at a meeting of the members is entitled to one vote.
(2) Voting is by a show of hands.
(3) Voting by proxy is not permitted.
23. A corporate member may vote by its authorized representative, who is entitled to speak and
vote, and in all other respect exercise the rights of a member and that representative shall be
reckoned as a member for all purposes with respect to a meeting of the Society.
Part 5. Directors and Officers
24. (1) The directors may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as the Society
may exercise and do, and which are not by these by-laws or by statute or otherwise lawfully
directed or required to be exercised or done by the Society in general meeting, but subject,
nevertheless, to the provisions of
(a) all laws affecting the Society,
(b) these by-laws, and
(c) rules, not being inconsistent with these by-laws, which are made from time to time by the Society in general meeting.
(2) No rule, made by the Society in general meeting, invalidates a prior act of the directors
that would have been valid if that rule had not been made.
(3) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the directors shall determine the annual
membership dues.
25. (1) The president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and one or more other persons shall be
directors of the Society.
(2) The number of directors shall be 14 or such greater number as may be determined from
time to time at a general meeting.
26. (1) All directors shall be elected for two-year terms with 7 directors to be elected each year.
(2) Separate election shall be held for each office to be filled.
(3) An election may be by acclamation, otherwise it shall be by ballot.
(4) If no successor is elected the person previously elected or appointed continues to hold
27. (1) The directors may at any time and from time to time appoint a member as a director to
fill a vacancy in the directors.
(2) A director so appointed holds office only until the conclusion of the next following
annual general meeting of the Society, but is eligible for re-election at the meeting.
28. (1) If a director resigns his office or otherwise ceases to hold office, the remaining directors
shall appoint a member to take the place of the former director.
(2) No act or proceeding of the directors is invalid only by reason of there being less than
the prescribed number of directors in office.
29. The members may by special resolution remove a director before the expiration of his term
of office, and may elect a successor to complete the term of office.
30. No director shall be remunerated for being or acting as a director but a director shall be
reimbursed for all expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred by him while engaged in the
affairs of the Society.
Part 6. Proceedings of Directors
31. (1) the directors may meet together at such places as they think fit for the dispatch of
business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings, as they see fit.
(2) The directors may from time to time fix the quorum necessary for the transaction of
business and unless so fixed the quorum shall be a majority of the directors then in office.
(3) The president shall be chairman of all meetings of the directors; but if at any meeting the
president is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting,
the vice-president shall act as chairman, but if neither is present the directors present may
choose one of their number to be chairman at that meeting.
(4) A director may at any time, and the secretary, on the request of a director, shall, convene
a meeting of the directors.
32. (1) The directors may delegate any, but not all, of their powers to committees consisting of
such directors or directors and they think fit.
(2) A committee so formed in the exercise of the powers so delegated shall conform to any
rules that may from time to time be imposed on it by the directors, and shall report every act
or thing done in exercise of those powers to the earliest meeting of the directors to be held
after it has been done.
33. A committee shall elect a chairman of its meeting; but if no chairman is elected, or if at any
meeting the chairman is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for holding
the meeting, the directors present who are members of the committee shall choose one of
their number to be chairman of the meeting.
34. The members of a committee may meet and adjourn as they think proper.
35. For a first meeting of directors held immediately following the appointment or election of a
director or directors at an annual or other general meeting of members, or for a meeting of
the directors at which a director is appointed to fill a vacancy in the directors, it is not
necessary to give notice of the meeting to the newly-elected or appointed director or directors
for the meeting to be duly constituted, if a quorum of the directors is present.
36. A director who may be absent temporarily from British Columbia may send or deliver to the
address of the Society a waiver of notice, which may be by letter, telegram, telex, or cable,
of any meeting of the directors and may, at any time, withdraw the waiver, and until the
waiver is withdrawn,
(a) no notice of the meeting of directors shall be sent to that director or, and
(b) any and all meetings of the directors of the Society, notice of which has not been given to that director shall, if a quorum of the directors is present, be valid and effective.
37. (1) Questions arising at any meeting of the directors or committee of directors need be
seconded and the chairman of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.
(2) In case of an equality of votes the chairman does not have a second or casting vote.
38. No resolution proposed at a meeting of directors or committee of directors need be seconded
and the chairman of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.
39. A resolution in writing, signed by all the directors and placed with the minutes of the
directors is as valid and effective as if regularly passed at a meeting of directors.
Part 7. Duties of Officers
40. (1) The president shall preside at all meetings of the Society and of the directors.
(2) The president is the chief executive officer of the Society and shall supervise the other
officers in the execution of their duties.
41. The vice-president shall carry out the duties of the president during his absence.
42. The secretary shall
(a) conduct the correspondence of the Society,
(b) issue notices of meetings of the Society and directors,
(c) keep minutes of all meetings of the Society and directors,
(d) have custody of all records and documents of the Society except those required to be kept by the treasurer,
(e) have custody of the common seal of the Society, and
(f) maintain the register of members.
43. The treasurer shall
(a) Keep such financial record, including books of account, as are necessary to comply with the Societies Act and,
(b) render financial statements to the directors, members, and others when required.
44. (1) The officers of the secretary and treasurer may be held by one person who shall be
known as the secretary-treasurer.
(2) Where a secretary-treasurer holds office the total number of directors shall not be less
then 14 or such greater number as may have been determined pursuant to By-law 24(2).
45. In the absence of the secretary from a meeting, the directors shall appoint another person to
act as secretary at the meeting.
Part 8. Seal
46. The directors may provide a common seal for the Society and they shall have power from
time to time to destroy it and substitute a new seal in place of the seal destroyed.
47. The common seal shall be affixed only when authorized by resolution of the directors and
them only in the presence of the persons prescribed in the resolution or if no persons are
prescribed, in the presence of the president and secretary or president and secretary-
treasurer.
Part 9. Borrowing
48. In order to carry out the purposes of the Society the directors may, on behalf of and in the
name of the Society, raise or secure the payment or repayment of money in such manner as
they decide and in particular but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by the
issue of debentures.
49. No debenture shall be issued without the sanction of a special resolution.
50. The members may by special resolution restrict the borrowing powers of the directors but a
restriction so imposed expires at the next annual general meeting.
Part 10. Auditor
51. This Part applies only where the Society is required or has resolved to have an auditor.
52. The first auditor shall be appointed by the directors who shall also fill all vacancies
occurring in the office of auditor.
53. At each annual general meeting the Society shall appoint an auditor to hold office until he is
re-elected or his successor is elected at the next annual general meeting.
54. An auditor may be removed by ordinary resolution.
55. An auditor shall be informed forthwith in writing of appointment or removal.
56. No director and not employee of the Society shall be auditor.
57. The auditor may attend general meetings.
Part 11. Notices to Members
58. A notice may be given to a member, either personally or by mail to him at his registered
59. A notice sent by mail shall be deemed to have been given on the second day following that
on which the notice is posted, and in proving that notice has been given it is sufficient to
prove that the notice was properly addressed and put in a Canadian Post Office receptacle.
60. (1) Notice of a general meeting shall be given to
(a) every member shown on the register of members on the day the notice is given, and
(b) the auditor, if Part 10 applies.
(2) No other person is entitled to receive a notice of general meeting.
Part 12. By-Laws
61. On being admitted to membership, a member is entitled to and the Society shall give him,
without charge, a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the Society.
62. These by-laws shall not be altered or added to except by special resolution.


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This Often-Ignored Spot on Your Astrological Chart Can Maybe Reveal Your Destiny, NBD
Like so many things, I was first introduced to the midheaven point through a meme. I follow my personal astrology fairly closely, so when I had no clue what my midheaven sign was and it supposedly represented "what I wanna be," it sent me into a minor existential crisis. What insights have I been missing out on? What is life and have I been doing it all wrong?
To begin, the midheaven, or Medium Coeli (MC), is one of the four major angles in your birth chart and like your rising or ascendant (AC) sign, it's determined by the time and location of your birth. Your midheaven is the highest point in the sky from the earth between the horizon line at the moment of your birth and to some it represents the North Star that helps guide our efforts.
As I did more research on what the midheaven means, I saw that some astrologers think that it can also provide insight into our relationships with our parents. My MC happens to be the same sign as my mother's sun sign — Virgo — so I was especially intrigued.
Aside from the asteroid Ceres, my MC is the only place where Virgo appears in my chart. This is especially interesting as the placement of Ceres is also thought to reflect on the mother-child relationship, as well as our nurturing tendencies and how we grieve. Pretty eerie that the two places in my chart where my mother's sun sign appears also happen to correspond to maternal relationships, right?
I was beginning to wade into uncharted astrological waters, so I reached out to professional astrologer Evelyn von Zuel of Astrom Council to figure out what the MC reveals about my potential mommy issues.
Evelyn explained that many of our current astrological interpretations have been passed down through patriarchal systems over the past 3,000 to 5,000 years and before people had the freedom to move between careers, family lineage represented an individual's highest potential. Over time, as our families became less intertwined with our social reputation, the meaning of the midheaven shifted to reflect more on our career paths.
Present-day astrologers are split on how the MC relates back to our parents. According to Evelyn, "Some people say that it [represents] the mom and some people say that it's the dad and others say that it depends on who the dominant parental figure in the household was and who molded you to be a certain person in the public eye."
Evelyn has even had difficulty nailing it down in her personal business and admitted that she often gets it wrong. "I've tried sticking with a system when I read people's charts and then I'll be wrong. It's really dependent on the person."
I wondered, if the midheaven point is a reflection of our "highest potential," could it help guide those of us who feel unfulfilled in our careers and are seeking new direction?
"The MC line sits at the entrance to the 10th house, and is associated with the planet Saturn and the house of Capricorn. It reflects career, aspirations, public reputation, and life goals. So you could say okay, this person has Virgo on their MC, they're going to be very detail-oriented, they're going to be focused in a field that has to do with servitude for others and wanting to help and take care of people. They're going to be skilled at finishing up things rather than starting things. So they could start from there to figure out what they should be doing."
Having Virgo on my MC, I felt like Evelyn was talking about me. My eye for detail was what drew me to copy editing and although I'm full of ideas, I often have trouble executing them. I also moonlight as a tarot reader, so perhaps that's where servitude factors in. The more I considered it, the more I became convinced that my MC was not necessarily a reflection of my relationship with my mother, but of what she had modeled to me in her career.
My mother accepted her first elementary school teaching job when I was eight. She was also a single mother, so my late afternoons and sick days were often spent in her classroom observing. I learned firsthand how hard teachers work, and knew that even when she arrived home around dinner time, lesson plans would still need to be constructed, quizzes graded. Outside of her diligence, I think what stood out to me the most was how much she loved her job. She truly believed that every child had potential and more than 20 years later, I'm still stopped by former students who never hesitate to tell me that "Mrs. Dorsey was my favorite teacher!"
I wasn't completely naive. I knew that a lot of people weren't privileged to have a career they truly enjoyed, but seeing my mother find fulfillment in that way convinced me that I could make it happen for myself. As she moved up the ladder to eventually become principal, she showed me how we are rewarded when we follow our destined path. It's that perseverance that motivates me as a struggling writer and pushes me to continue pursuing my dreams.
Now that I had dissected my own relationship to the MC, I asked Evelyn how it might manifest in the rest of signs. Rather than go through them one by one, it was easiest for her to break it down based on the sign's modality — that is, whether they're cardinal, fixed, or mutable. Cardinal signs, which include Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn, are the initiators of the zodiac. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius are fixed signs and have a stabilizing quality. Mutable signs are the most flexible, and include Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces.
Evelyn explained that, "For cardinal signs, their expression is forward-moving, so within their career they're going to want to be leaders, they're going to be the ones who start things in their career sector. Capricorn is going to be the slow and steady leader of whatever they're building and they're going to know that it takes time, but they're going to want to have control over how their own career plays out. In terms of Aries on the MC, they're a cardinal sign that's going to want to be very independent and future-oriented and not really dwell on the past."
"Fixed signs are the ones who solidify and hunker down. They're the ones that are going to be in it for the long haul — maybe not so much Aquarius because they change a lot — but they're going to be more stubborn in their careers. They'll have a goal in mind that they eventually get to, especially Taurus."
"As far as mutable signs, they're the ones who prefer to be a little more flexibility and have a little more movement in their careers. They might not have a linear path. They're the ones that dissolve or dissipate or finish things."
So what about people like me, who were ignorant to the MC's significance until five minutes ago? Is it too late to change course?
Evelyn reassured me, saying, "For a lot of people, the MC doesn't really come into focus until later on in their life. So if you have a career goal that doesn't feel very realistic or manageable or seems difficult to attain, don't get discouraged. It's going to take time to get to that place, especially depending on the sign and where your sun is, it's going to take some time to get there."
Don't feel bad if you find this information overwhelming; so many of us are just beginning to dive into the depths of our ascendant and moon signs. You'll have to look up your entire chart to find your MC, but once you get familiar with it, let that point be your guiding star.
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Danielle is an LA-based writer/editor and moonlights as a tarot reader. Her work has appeared in Rogue Magazine, Scripps College Magazine, LA CANVAS, The Africa Channel, Matador Network, Wear Your Voice Mag, and FORM Magazine. She is the founder/organizer of Free the Nipple Yoga, a monthly women's workshop that promotes body positivity and empowerment. You can visit her personal blog at DanielleDorky.com and follow her on Twitter.
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Well THIS was exceptionally interesting and helpful.. thank you Danielle!
Oof, my MC is the *only* place in my chart where my Mom's sign shows up (Taurus)… and that "They'll have a goal in mind that they eventually get to, especially Taurus."? That's real.
Makes sense that my ceres is in aquarius in the 12th house. -_- Thanks for sharing this!
Creatrix Tiara
My midheaven is in Virgo and the only thing about me that fits the description in the article is that I do like to help people and that I do like flexibility. Otherwise? Wrong!
Rookbrains
So, Aries Sun, Venus in Aries, Scorpio Midheaven and year of the metal goat…. GUYS, IM FEELING SO METAL RIGHT NOW.
But seriously, wow. Yeah. Cricky.
Finding that I have a Scorpio midheaven … explains a fair bit, to say the least. Least of all my music taste :P Great article, thank you!
snowvsasphalt
This is so interesting, and definitely something I want to look into further! Thank you!
I am at a huge moment of career/life uncertainty so this is a GIFT. Excuse me while I go start to question all my life's choices…
My MC is ALSO Virgo! <3 <3 My AC is Sagittarius, which I haven't looked into. I love these kinds of articles– please keep it up! I always love to learn more about astrology!
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In a Dream is a documentary film by Jeremiah Zagar that premiered on March 9, 2008, at the South by Southwest film festival. Its broadcast premiere was August 19, 2009 on HBO.

Synopsis
In a Dream is a documentary about Philadelphia-based artist Isaiah Zagar that was filmed and directed by his son, Jeremiah. Isaiah is famous for his complex, highly detailed mosaics, which cover  of South Philly with elaborate designs made from tiles and mirror pieces. These mosaics chronicle his relationship with his wife, Julia, and make him a dominant figure in the city's arts scene. Zagar reveals many personal details of his life during the film, including revelations about his childhood and the existence of an adulterous relationship that threatens to tear his family apart.

Technical notes

The film was shot between 2001 and 2008 and utilizes a variety of film and video formats – 8 mm, 16 mm and 35 mm as well as high definition and digital video.

Soundtrack
In A Dream features music by The Books, Explosions In The Sky, Efterklang, Colleen, Bibio and an original score by Kelli Scarr.

Reception

In A Dream emerged on the film festival circuit in 2008 and quickly won a variety of awards:

SXSW Film Festival: Emerging Visions Audience Award
Woodstock Film Festival: Best Documentary, Best Editing
Biografilm Festival: Grand Prize
Philadelphia Film Festival: Best First Film
San Francisco International Documentary Festival: Audience Award – Best Film
Full Frame Film Festival: Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award
Big Sky Film Festival: Artistic Vision Award
Salem Film Festival: Jury Award for Best Documentary

Reviews

"Bursting with vivid home movies and loving appreciations of Isaiah's artwork - frenzied drawings and monumental mosaics in tile and mirror, many of which now beautify his Philadelphia neighborhood - 'In a Dream' abounds in visual pleasure."
- Nathan Lee, The New York Times

"Where most documentarians would rest on the laurels of a great subject and riveting present-tense drama, director Jeremiah Zagar has observed too much of his father's creative logic to cheat us with artless hagiography. In dreamily paced tracking shots, macro close-ups, time-lapse glimpses of Isaiah's processes, archival footage, and animation, In a Dream exhibits as much beauty and sensuality as Isaiah's work, while the unabashedly personal nature of the filmmaker-subject dynamic is as candid about familial madness as Tarnation, and captures more insight than those Friedmans did."
- Aaron Hillis, The Village Voice

"What began as a look at a father's art becomes an unintended record of an American family's dissolution in director Jeremiah Zagars lovingly made, clear-eyed documentary. Though Isaiah Zagar is a devoted dad and talented artist, his inner life is as splintered as his mosaic tile creations. After raising two sons - we see one, the director's brother, in the midst of drug rehab - Isaiah begins a relationship with his assistant as his astounded wife tries to figure out her increasingly idiosyncratic husband. The power of Zagar's camera also prompts his dad to drudge up painful childhood memories and wonder where his life is headed. Even in an era of 24-hour confessional TV, this look into complex emotions is gripping."
- Joe Neumaier, NY Daily News

"The result is a documentary that is rare in the way that it leads us deep into the emotions and turmoil of a family over the course of several years. Their journey stands as an example of how it is possible for a family to exist and grow together, across many years and problems. Isn't it strange that this offbeat freaky hippie family turns out in the end to fully embody the conservative family-value ideal?"
- Mike S. Ryan, Hammer To Nail

References

Further reading

 New York Times, Franz Lidz
 Philadelphia Inquirer Feature, Steven Rea
 Philadelphia Inquirer Review, Steven Rea
 Village Voice, Aaron Hillis
 Cinematical, Scott Weinberg

External links

2008 films
American documentary films
Documentary films about Philadelphia
Documentary films about visual artists
2000s English-language films
Films directed by Jeremiah Zagar
2000s American films