A recent ruling in the bankruptcy case of RMH Franchise Holdings, Inc. (RMH), the second largest franchisee of Applebee's restaurants with over 160 franchises, highlights the importance of using clear and unequivocal language and action to effectively terminate an agreement before the filing of a bankruptcy. Dine Brands Global Inc. et al. v. RMH Franchise Holdings Inc., et al. (In re RMH Franchise Holdings, Inc., et al.). RMH stopped making royalty and marketing payments to Applebee's in June 2017, and by the time RMH filed for bankruptcy in May, 2018, it owed over $12 million to Applebee's. Under the Bankruptcy Code, a debtor has the option, subject to certain conditions including cure of monetary defaults, of assuming executory contracts (i.e. contracts where there are remaining obligations due from both parties) and assigning those contracts to third parties. The automatic stay that takes effect upon the filing of a bankruptcy case precludes non-debtor contract counterparties from taking action to terminate those contracts, and protects the debtor's right to make its determination as to assumption and/or assignment. If the Applebee's contracts were deemed to not be part of RMH's estate due to Applebee's pre-petition termination of those agreements, then RMH would lose its right to cure and then retain or assign those contracts to a third party.
The franchise agreements (each restaurant was governed by a separate agreement) granted Applebee's the right to terminate immediately upon a breach resulting from the failure to pay royalties and/or advertising fees, by providing written notice to the franchisee. Applebee's sent a letter to RMH in September, 2017, giving notice that the franchise agreements would automatically terminate on the 91st day if the default remained uncured. Through a series of letters, Applebee's extended the cure deadline several times without re-asserting its termination rights. Ultimately the cure period was extended until April 27, 2018; Applebee's then sent a letter whereby it agreed to forbear enforcement of its rights until May 8, 2018. On the day the forbearance was set to expire, RMH filed for bankruptcy protection.
Applebee's filed a lawsuit within the bankruptcy case asking the Court to declare that the franchise agreements had been terminated before the bankruptcy was filed. If so, the franchise agreements were not property of the debtor's estate and Applebee's would be entitled to immediately exercise its remedies, including the right to take over the restaurants. If not, the automatic stay would prohibit Applebee's from exercising its remedies and RMH might be able to retain its rights under the agreements and continue to operate thereunder in a reorganization, and/or pursue a sale.
The state law governing the franchise agreements provided that termination of a contract must be clear and unambiguous and convey an unmistakable purpose to terminate. Applebee's claimed that the automatic termination provision in the September, 2017, letter carried over through each subsequent letter and effected a termination at the end of the last cure period on April 27, 2018--two weeks before the bankruptcy was filed. It also argued that the subsequent forbearance letter did not modify the prior termination, but simply delayed the exercise of its post-termination rights. RMH, on the other hand, argued that Applebee's did not provide adequate notice of intent to terminate because the letters did not make it clear that the franchise agreements would terminate or had terminated, and, instead, conveyed Applebee's willingness to delay exercise of its termination rights until the May 8 petition date.
This case is a reminder to all contract parties that in order to effectively terminate an executory contract so as to preclude that contract from becoming property of a debtor's bankruptcy estate, and preclude the debtor from assuming and/or assigning such contract, termination must be clear and unambiguous from the documents and the parties' actions.


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CCC grad selected for prestigious Goldwater scholarship
CCC alum Daniel Rivera, now an engineering student and researcher at Northern Arizona University, received one of the 211 Goldwater scholarships awarded for the 2018-19 academic year.
Flagstaff, Ariz. - He went from being a high school dropout to being selected for one of the country's most prestigious scholarships.
"I, more or less, got my GED because it seemed like a good idea," said Coconino Community College graduate Daniel Rivera. "I'm pretty grateful that I tried to experience the real world without an education before I made the decision to come back and get one. That made my experience here at CCC immensely more valuable."
Now an engineering student at Northern Arizona University, Rivera was selected to receive a scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The scholarship will help him achieve his goal of attaining a Ph.D.
The scholarship was one of 211 awarded for the 2018-19 academic year to undergraduate sophomores and juniors attending universities in the United States. According to information from the Goldwater Foundation, the foundation "was established by Congress in 1986 to serve as a living memorial to honor the lifetime work of Sen. Barry Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years in the U.S. Senate."
The scholarships are awarded to students in the fields of natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. Students are nominated by campus representatives from more than 2,000 institutions across the nation. To date, the foundation has awarded more than 8,100 scholarships worth approximately $65 million. Each of the current awardees receive up to $7,500 a year.
Rivera said that his decision to go to CCC was based on the fact that his mother had attended CCC, and she enjoyed her experience. So, he decided to give it a try, and, to his surprise, he thrived in the educational environment. He first received a certification to be an Emergency Medical Technician, and he worked for Guardian Medical Transport.
"I'm glad I did that," Rivera said, because the job experience gave him the motivation to return to school and focus in the biosciences and medicine.
As a CCC2NAU student, Rivera began a process of exploration he said wouldn't have been possible at a pricier four-year university. He received several scholarships at CCC in the process, which bolstered his confidence, and he was emphatic to thank the dedication and passion of the College's instructors – particularly his math and physics instructor Philip Martinez.
"I made the mistake of taking calculus," Rivera said and laughed. "That class changed the way I saw the world and thought about things."
His emphasis in his studies evolved to include engineering with the biological, and now he does research at NAU designing controllers for prosthetic devices for people with amputations. Basically, he is turning biology into math by telling robotic elements what to do.
For his graduate work, he plans to work on a Ph.D. at either Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) or the University of Washington.
He added that his story offers inspiration to people who might be unsure as to whether going back to school is right for them.
"It's OK to try," Rivera said, adding that they don't have to overcommit. Just take a class and give it the best shot possible. "Don't sell yourself short. The trade-off isn't worth it. Most people make a decision to get a B or a C to have time for other things, not realizing what opportunities that may cut off."
He thought for a second and added: "If you make the decision to do well and nobody's going to stop you, then people will respect that and notice it."
For more information about CCC, visit www.coconino.edu. For more information about the Goldwater scholarship, visit the Barry Goldwater Scholarship Website.

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Mosquito gut may hold the key to preventing Dengue and Zika
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The midgut of a mosquito may hold the key to preventing mosquito-borne diseases like Zika and Dengue, according to research published in PLOS Pathogens.
A mosquito's ability to replicate and transmit a virus depends on the metabolic environment of tissues in its midgut: the primary site of infection. By targeting the sphingolipid pathway, which links together several pathways important for cell signaling and subcellular structure that are altered by virus infection, researchers could devise strategies that stall viral replication in the mosquito and prevent its transmission to humans.
"The strategies that are being pursued right now often involve sterilizing mosquitos or eradicating them, and those might work, but a subtler way would be simply changing the ability of the virus to exploit a pathway and let the mosquito continue on like nothing happened," said Richard Kuhn, a researcher in Purdue University's Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease. "It's fairly common these days to alter the expression of genes, so we might be able to create a different form of the enzyme that is not susceptible to virus manipulation."
Arboviruses move between mosquitos (or ticks) and hosts. After an infected mosquito bites a host, the host comes down with the disease, and eventually another mosquito bites the host, picks up the disease in its blood meal and the cycle continues.
When a mosquito is infected, its metabolism changes to accommodate the virus. In the case of Aedes aegypti, the "yellow fever mosquito," there are big fluctuations in molecules that function as membrane building blocks, energy storage molecules and intermediates in lipid production.
These changes could be a result of cellular resources being redistributed for viral replication, the cellular response to infection, or both. The consequences for mosquitos aren't totally clear.
"There is a lot we don't know about the 'cost' to the vector, but there is no argument there is one," said Catherine Hill, also a researcher in Purdue's Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease. "The same phenomenon occurs when we get an infection. There are signatures that indicate it experiences stress, and host resources are 'redistributed' to processes that affect pathogen infection, replication and transmission, and presumably away from other life cycle processes."
The study describes the first comprehensive analysis of the Aedes aegypti midgut. Usually, this type of experiment is done in cells, and researchers make assumptions about how the results would translate to a human or mosquito.
"Here, we're looking directly at the mosquito," Kuhn said. "I can't tell you how much work it was to isolate a sufficient number of mosquito midgut cells that were infected with Dengue virus."
Arboviruses are endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, but rising temperatures are expanding the areas in which mosquitos can thrive. Cases of Dengue have increased 30-fold over the past 50 years, and climate is known to be one of the important drivers.
"Control of mosquitoes that transmit diseases to humans is at a crisis point," said Hill. "We currently rely on only four classes of insecticides; resistance to these products is widespread among mosquito populations and we face a very real risk of losing control or being unable to contain disease outbreaks."
Researchers from Colorado State University, led by Rushika Perera, collaborated with the Purdue team on this work. The Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease is housed in Purdue's Discovery Park.
This work was funded by the Boettcher Foundation – Webb Waring Biomedical Research Early Career Investigator award to Rushika Perera, by the Virus Pathogen Resource, (NIAID) award to Richard J. Kuhn, Catherine Hill and Rushika Perera, and by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University.
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Bibi Netanyahu Goes Godwin: 'Hitler Didn't Want To Exterminate The Jews'
He blames a Palestinian for Hitler's reversal.
At some point, heated rhetoric can go too far, and become incitement. Bibi Netanyahu was teetering on the edge, but now he's gone straight over it into the abyss.
In a speech to delegates at the 37th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem on Tuesday, the premier claimed that Hitler's original intentions were solely to expel the Jews.
According to Netanyahu, the Fuhrer changed his mind at the insistence of the Palestinian Arab leader at the time, Haj Amin al-Husseini, who argued that the expulsion of the Jews would result in their arrival en masse to Palestine, which at the time was under British Mandatory rule.
Netanyahu made the claim as part of an effort to illustrate the Palestinian propensity to use the holy places in Jerusalem as pretexts for committing acts of violence against Jews.
"My grandfather came to this land in 1920 and he landed in Jaffa, and very shortly after he landed he went to the immigration office in Jaffa," Netanyahu told delegates on Tuesday. "And a few months later it was burned down by marauders. These attackers, Arab attackers, murdered several Jews, including our celebrated writer [Yosef Haim] Brenner."
"And this attack and other attacks on the Jewish community in 1920, 1921, 1929, were instigated by a call of the mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, who was later sought for war crimes in the Nuremberg trials because he had a central role in fomenting the final solution," the premier said. "He flew to Berlin. Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews. And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said, 'If you expel them, they'll all come here.' 'So what should I do with them?' he asked. He said, 'Burn them'."
This officially places Bibi in the category of conspiracy theorist with regard to the Holocaust. This particular theory has been debunked by historians, as Zaid Jilani notes:
This statement is almost too absurd to debunk, but for the record, Haj Amin al-Husseini met Hitler in November 1941. Although the origins of the Final Solution itself have been hotly debated among historians, we do know that by March of that year Hitler was openly talking about a need to make sure the "Jewish-Bolshevik elite" would be killed, as well as "all Jews and card-carrying Communists" in the lands that Germany was taking from the Soviet Union; this order was carried out by Heinrich Himmler, who delivered these instructions to the Einsatzgruppen on March 13th, 1941. The phrase "complete solution of the Jewish question" was first uttered by Nazi leader Hermann Goering who gave the task to SS General Reinhardt Heydrich on July 31st, 1941. The killing centers in Poland were organized under so-called Operation Reinhard, and work on these units began in October 1941, a month before the Mufti visited Jerusalem.
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It is quite difficult to be a reasonable person about Israel when the Prime Minister makes remarks like this. I have always believed in a two-state solution, and thought it should be attainable were it not for stiff-necked people behaving like jackasses. Today's candidate for Jackass of the Day is Bibi, for using truly detestable language to justify Israel's continued apartheid toward Palestinians rather than working toward a peaceful outcome.
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FAMS-Family Science
FAMS 101G
Contemporary Families
Analyzes variations within families due to form, gender, socioeconomic status, culture, race, and other factors. Focuses on the diversity of family organization, interaction patterns, parenting practices, values, and prejudice in a multicultural society. Fulfills the Global/Intercultural requirement. Canvas Course Mats $54/Sage applies.
FAMS 1100
Life Span Development in the Family
Studies issues surrounding physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of the individual within the context of family across the lifespan. Emphasizes how the context of family influences development of the individual.
FAMS 1150 SS
Marriage and Relationship Skills
Guides students in building a lasting intimate relationship of their own and in understanding and teaching relationship maintenance and improvement strategies based on large-scale scientifically derived marriage and relationship principles. Utilizes cutting edge research on factors and issues related to relationship success and outcome including whom and when to marry and how to build stable and happy relationships over time. Stresses increased understanding of desirable relationship outcomes and how to achieve them.
Ethics for Family Interventions
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1010, ENGL 101H, or ENGH 1005 with a C+ or higher
Explores the ethical and legal responsibilities of the helping professional in various types of family intervention, including counseling, education, and case management. Examines the broad scope of these ethical and legal concerns and how they are applied in a variety of settings.
Teaching Human Sexuality
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1010, ENGL 101H, or ENGH 1005 with a C+ or higher)
Introduces basic concepts of human sexuality and effective methods to teach these topics to adults, adolescents, and children. Discusses gender roles, sexual orientation, sexual dysfunction, and sexually transmitted disease. Examines sexuality from the perspective of ethics, religion, the law, and education. Requires students to assess their own sexual attitudes and acquire information that should enable them to make responsible sexuality decisions. Educates students in how to teach human sexuality effectively regardless of any biases or individual beliefs. Note: Due to Utah State Laws regarding sexuality education, students registering for FAMS 2800 must be 18 years of age or a high school graduate.
FAMS 3000 (Cross-listed with: SW 3000)
Social Work Practice I
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BSW program or declared major in Family Science and University Advanced Standing
Introduces the basic knowledge, values, and skills needed for generalist social work practice. Focuses on working with individuals using the planned change process within the strengths perspective. Assists students in understanding the social and environmental conditions that negatively affect clients and empowering clients to take steps to enhance their own well-being. Provides content on the evaluation of social work practice.
Research Methods for Family Science WE
Surveys the most common research designs in the social sciences. Highlights experiments, quasi-experiments, correlational designs, survey research, single case, and the philosophy of qualitative methods. Includes the design of a study, original data collection, data analysis, presentation of results.
Career and Graduate School Preparation
Emphasizes the development of skills necessary to apply for employment and/or graduate school in the field of family studies. Includes resume writing, cover letters, basic interview skills, preparation of application packages, and networking skills used with school and community resources to find employment and/or graduate school opportunities.
Applied Parenting
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 2010 with a C+ grade or higher) and University Advanced Standing
Exposes students to classical and contemporary parenting theory, research, and practice. Focuses on the application of the guidance of children. Includes the study of parenting concepts, challenges, risks, and alternatives while considering the social, physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual environments of the child.
FAMS 3410 (Cross-listed with: COMM 3410)
Fundamentals of Mediation and Negotiation
Teaches students to understand and participate knowledgeably on a basic level in the processes of mediation and negotiation. Emphasizes conceptual knowledge of both processes and improves practical skills and effectiveness as a mediator and negotiator. Uses an interactive-workshop format that blends theory with simulated class role-play.
Early Development in Families
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher) and University Advanced Standing
Studies physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development from conception through adolescence. Emphasizes normal child development within family, social, and cultural contexts.
Adult Development and Aging
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 2010 with C+ or higher) and University Advanced Standing
Explores the dynamic process of adult development from emerging adulthood to death. Focuses on current adult developmental research and theory and the development of adults within and without the family system. Includes the examination of physical, familial, emotional, and social development.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 3110; BESC 3020; (ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher); and University Advanced Standing
Focuses on research in the academic discipline of Family Studies. Teaches how to use the tools of research as a problem solving resource in real-life and applied settings. Includes how to form a research question or hypothesis, develop a proposal, create measurement, and apply for IRB approval. Requires completion of a research project.
Advanced Mediation and Negotiation
Prepares students to manage the mediation and negotiation process. Provides the knowledge of both processes, and sharpens practical skills and effectiveness as a mediator or negotiator. Uses an interactive-workshop format that blends theory with simulated class role-play. A certification with the Utah State Court Administrator's office may be offered to those who pass the course and complete 10 hours of mediation and negotiation at the conclusion of the semester.
Prerequisite(s): FAMS 3410 or COMM 3410 or instructor approval; and University Advanced Standing
Builds on fundamentals learned in the basic mediation course. Reviews research and theories on family dynamics and conflicts. Examines the most effective mediation approaches, techniques, and skills for resolving family disputes. Presents information on specialized family mediation situations such as family mediation divorce, parent/teen, adoption, elder care. Prepares students to effectively participate in family mediations by utilizing an interactive workshop format with role-play, observation, and actual mediations.
Family Policy
Prerequisite(s): (FAMS 101G or PSY 1010 or SOC 1010) and (ENGL 2010 with a C+ grade or higher) and University Advanced Standing
Creates an understanding of the role of family professionals as advocates for the institution of the family. Covers family theories and research methods which aid in critically analyzing current policy development and implementation patterns in Utah and the United States. Utilizes the developmental theory in support of advocacy for family members in all their diverse structures, ages, and life stages.
Family Life Education Methodology WE
Prerequisite(s): (FAMS 101G) and (ENGL 2010 with a C+ grade or higher) and University Advanced Standing
Explores the field of family life education. Includes the history, development, and theory of family life education, as well as discussing the types of family-life education programs. Develops the knowledge and practical skills that are required to identify needs, design programs, teach family-life education, facilitate groups, and evaluate participants and programs in a wide variety of settings with a broad range of populations. Develops an appreciation for the impact of diversity in family-life education, which includes an awareness of multicultural factors, family structure, culture, economics, gender, race, religion, disability, ageism, and sexual orientation.
Relationship Education Certification
Prerequisite(s): FAMS 101G and (ENGL 2010 or 2020 with a C+ or higher) and University Advanced Standing. FAMS 4500 is strongly encouraged but not required.
Certifies students in the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program and other relationship curricula.
Family Financial and Resource Management
Prerequisite(s): FAMS 101G strongly recommended; University Advanced Standing
Introduces students to the fundamentals of family financial management. Focuses on norms, roles, values, and traditions of financial management in family systems. Evaluates emotional, subjective, and unstructured patterns, which contribute to financial mismanagement. Considers personal and social influences, including, marketing, holidays, spending pressure, goal definition, and debt accumulation.
Family Dynamics and Systems
Introduces the fundamentals of family dynamics and systems as they relate to family structure and function. Focuses on historical development, theoretical underpinnings, and applied utility of dynamics and systems. Includes boundary management, infraction, and renewal in contemporary family systems.
Family Theory
Prerequisite(s): FAMS 101G and (ENGL 2010 or 2020 with a C+ or higher)
Explores the development and application of the major family theories and their tenets. Discusses the effectiveness of these theoretical approaches to family.
Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy
Prerequisite(s): FAMS 101G, and University Advanced Standing
Introduces the field of marriage and family therapy. Addresses history, theory, prominent clinicians and modalities, and therapeutic topics and techniques. Develops the knowledge of such topics as the systemic nature of therapy. Focuses on knowledge of theory and specific topics in therapy rather than skill development. Includes research, training, professional issues, and ethics in the field.
FAMS 475R
Current Topics in Family Studies
Prerequisite(s): FAMS 101G and (ENGL 2010 with a C+ grade or higher) and University Advanced Standing
Presents a selected topic in Family Studies and will vary each semester. Requires a project demonstrating competency in the specific topic. May be repeated with different topics for nine credits toward graduation.
Community Practicum
Prerequisite(s): Department approval and University Advanced Standing
Provides practical experience in a governmental, corporate, or private agency to prepare for regular employment. Practicum placements require program approval by the faculty coordinator. May be repeated for up to 8 credits toward graduation. Course fee of $35 applies.
Stronger Families Practicum
Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing in the Family Science program, FAMS 4500, permission of the instructor, and University Advanced Standing
Provides practical and research experience interning in the Strengthening Families Program. Supervised by faculty, staff, and agency representatives. Requires faculty approval. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits toward graduation. Course fee of $35 applies.
Research Internship
Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing in the Family Science program or Family Studies emphasis, PSY 3110 and BESC 3020 and (ENGL 2010 or 2020 with a C+ or higher) and University Advanced Standing or department approval.
Provides research experience. Includes idea formation, survey creation, data collection, marketing, data cleaning, qualitative coding, codebook creation, data analysis, gathering or summarizing literature, or preparing presentations/manuscripts. May be graded credit/no credit. May be repeated for up to eight credits toward graduation.
Internship Seminar
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing in the Family Studies emphasis, FAMS 4500, permission of instructor, and University Advanced Standing
Provides integration of classroom learning with learning that takes place in an on-site internship. Intended to be taken concurrently with FAMS 481R or FAMS 482R. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits toward graduation.
Prerequisite(s): BESC Department major; instructor approval and University Advanced Standing
Requires students to complete a well-defined project or directed study related to an area of special interest. Requires individual initiative and responsibility. Includes limited formal instruction and faculty supervision. May include writing a publishable paper, passing a competency exam, producing an annotated bibliography, oral presentation, or other options as approved by instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits toward graduation.
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Jendi Reiter is vice president of Winning Writers, editor of The Best Free Literary Contests, and oversees the Winning Writers literary contests. Jendi is the author of the short story collection An Incomplete List of My Wishes (Sunshot Press, 2018), the novel Two Natures (Saddle Road Press, 2016), the poetry collections Made Man (Little Red Tree Publishing, 2022), Bullies in Love (Little Red Tree Publishing, 2015), and A Talent for Sadness (Turning Point Books, 2003), and the award-winning poetry chapbooks Swallow (Amsterdam Press, 2009) and Barbie at 50 (Cervena Barva Press, 2010). Awards include a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists' Grant for Poetry, the 2016 New Letters Prize for Fiction, the 2016 Rainbow Award for Best Gay Contemporary Fiction, the 2015 Wag's Revue Poetry Prize, the 2013 Little Red Tree International Poetry Prize, the 2012 Betsy Colquitt Award for Poetry from Descant magazine, the 2011 James Knudsen Editor's Prize in Fiction from Bayou Magazine, the 2011 OSA Enizagam Award for Fiction, the 2010 Anderbo Poetry Prize, and second prize in the 2010 Iowa Review Awards for Fiction. Jendi's work has appeared in Poetry, The New Criterion, Mudfish, Passages North, Cutthroat, Best American Poetry 1990, and many other publications. See their interview in RoundPier.
Ellen LaFleche
Ellen LaFleche is a judge of our North Street Book Prize. She has worked as a journalist and women's health educator in Western Massachusetts. Her manuscript, Workers' Rites, won the Philbrick Poetry Award from the Providence Athenaeum and was published as a chapbook in 2011. Another chapbook, Ovarian, was published in 2011 by the Dallas Poets Community Press, and a third chapbook, Beatrice, about a semi-cloistered nun, was published in 2012 by Tiger's Eye Press. Her poems have been published in Spoon River Poetry Review, Hunger Mountain, New Millennium Writings, The Ledge, Alligator Juniper, Many Mountains Moving, Harpur Palate, Southeast Review, and Naugatuck River Review, among many others. Prose credits include her 2014 Daily Hampshire Gazette article "Taken too soon, at 65: My husband John Clobridge's final days with ALS".
C. Vargas McPherson
Inheriting Our Names
Nicole Kohr
My Pants
Ryan Poirier
Jan Regan
#porchportraits
Delores Lowe Friedman
Ian Strasfogel
Operaland
Tim Stickel
Special District: Harbin
Thomas Sheehan
The Saugus Book
Leslie Sussan
Choosing Life: My Father's Journey in Film from Hollywood to Hiroshima
See more past winners and remarks from our judges in our contest archives.
Please submit during
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Submit self-published or hybrid-published books in one of these categories:
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Art Book Category Guidelines
Also known as a coffee-table book, for the purpose of our contest an art book is primarily reproductions of the entrant's own visual art or photography. It may include captions and short essays for context, but the visual element should be dominant.
Not eligible: anthologies, artists' biographies, art criticism, scholarly monographs, encyclopedias, or other nonfiction where text predominates over images. Please also don't submit books of someone else's art because we don't have the capacity to verify that you have the right to reprint their images.
Examples of eligible books:
JR, JR: The Chronicles of San Francisco
Pat Hahn, Classic Motorcycles: The Art of Speed
Peter Guttman, By the Sea: A Photographic Voyage Around the Blue Planet
Lisa Purcell, Lighthouses of the World
Sean Cassidy, Paintings: A Retrospective (Vol. 1)
This contest accepts both print books and ebooks. If you submit an ebook, we may request a print copy if your book advances past our initial screening. If this is burdensome or expensive, we'll work with you to minimize your expense and effort. We won't let cost stand between you and an award.
Your Own Work
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It is acceptable—and a good idea—to engage a developmental editor to advise you on matters such as pacing, story structure, plot, and character development, as well as a copyeditor and/or proofreader to catch typos and grammatical errors. Jane Friedman provides a list of professionals who can help you. (These assistants should always be credited in your afterword.) However, we expect that the actual writing, and any revision in response to these editorial suggestions, is entirely done by the author whose name is on the cover. Please email info@winningwriters.com if you're not sure if your entry is eligible.
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Feedback on Entries
We will publish critiques of the books that win cash prizes. Book reviews and feedback are not otherwise provided. In their remarks each year, the judges note common issues that hold books back.
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Most Countries Eligible; English Language
Due to US government restrictions, we regret we are unable to accept entries from Syria, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Russia, and Belarus. All other countries are eligible. The works you submit should be in English.
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1970 Moto Guzzi 750 cc Ambassador. Classic V-Twin Italian motorcycle. White with 33,000 miles. This is a real motorcycle with steel and chrome, not one of those plastic covered scooterized bikes they make today. In very cool original type condition, original paint that is somewhat cracked but gives the bike a very nice patina, recovered seat, fresh rear shocks, fresh pipes. Carbs just gone thru, inside of gas tank is clean. Bike runs well. As with any old machine there are always things you can tinker with, but the basics are sound.


text:
package com.example.android.sunshine.app;

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.support.v4.widget.CursorAdapter;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

/**
 * {@link ForecastAdapter} exposes a list of weather forecasts
 * from a {@link android.database.Cursor} to a {@link android.widget.ListView}.
 */
public class ForecastAdapter extends CursorAdapter {

    private static final int VIEW_TYPE_TODAY = 0;
    private static final int VIEW_TYPE_FUTURE_DAY = 1;
    private boolean mUseTodayLayout;

    public ForecastAdapter(Context context, Cursor c, int flags) {
        super(context, c, flags);
    }

    /**
     * Prepare the weather high/lows for presentation.
     */
    private String formatHighLows(double high, double low) {
        boolean isMetric = Utility.isMetric(mContext);
        String highLowStr = Utility.formatTemperature(mContext, high, isMetric) + "/"
                + Utility.formatTemperature(mContext, low, isMetric);
        return highLowStr;
    }

    /*
        This is ported from FetchWeatherTask --- but now we go straight from the cursor to the
        string.
     */
    private String convertCursorRowToUXFormat(Cursor cursor) {
        // get row indices for our cursor
/*
        int idx_max_temp = cursor.getColumnIndex(WeatherContract.WeatherEntry.COLUMN_MAX_TEMP);
        int idx_min_temp = cursor.getColumnIndex(WeatherContract.WeatherEntry.COLUMN_MIN_TEMP);
        int idx_date = cursor.getColumnIndex(WeatherContract.WeatherEntry.COLUMN_DATE);
        int idx_short_desc = cursor.getColumnIndex(WeatherContract.WeatherEntry.COLUMN_SHORT_DESC);

        String highAndLow = formatHighLows(
                cursor.getDouble(idx_max_temp),
                cursor.getDouble(idx_min_temp));

        return Utility.formatDate(cursor.getLong(idx_date)) +
                " - " + cursor.getString(idx_short_desc) +
                " - " + highAndLow;
*/
        String highAndLow = formatHighLows(
                cursor.getDouble(ForecastFragment.COL_WEATHER_MAX_TEMP),
                cursor.getDouble(ForecastFragment.COL_WEATHER_MIN_TEMP));

        return Utility.formatDate(cursor.getLong(ForecastFragment.COL_WEATHER_DATE)) +
                " - " + cursor.getString(ForecastFragment.COL_WEATHER_DESC) +
                " - " + highAndLow;

    }

    /*
        Remember that these views are reused as needed.
     */
    @Override
    public View newView(Context context, Cursor cursor, ViewGroup parent) {

        int viewType = getItemViewType(cursor.getPosition());
        int layoutId = -1;

        if (viewType == VIEW_TYPE_TODAY) {
            layoutId = R.layout.list_item_forecast_today;
        } else if (viewType == VIEW_TYPE_FUTURE_DAY) {
            layoutId = R.layout.list_item_forecast;
        }

        View view = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(layoutId, parent, false);
        ViewHolder viewHolder = new ViewHolder(view);
        view.setTag(viewHolder);

        return view;
    }

    /*
        This is where we fill-in the views with the contents of the cursor.
     */
    @Override
    public void bindView(View view, Context context, Cursor cursor) {
        // our view is pretty simple here --- just a text view
        // we'll keep the UI functional with a simple (and slow!) binding.

        //Read view holder with layout components mapped
        ViewHolder viewHolder = (ViewHolder) view.getTag();

        // Read weather icon ID from cursor
        int weatherId = cursor.getInt(ForecastFragment.COL_WEATHER_CONDITION_ID);

        Log.v("Bear", "weather=" + weatherId);

        int viewType = getItemViewType(cursor.getPosition());

        switch (viewType) {
            case VIEW_TYPE_TODAY:
                viewHolder.iconView.setImageResource(Utility.getArtResourceForWeatherCondition(weatherId));
                break;
            case VIEW_TYPE_FUTURE_DAY:
                viewHolder.iconView.setImageResource(Utility.getIconResourceForWeatherCondition(weatherId));
                break;
        }
        long date = cursor.getLong(ForecastFragment.COL_WEATHER_DATE);
        viewHolder.dateView.setText(Utility.getFriendlyDayString(context,date));
        viewHolder.dateView.setContentDescription(context.getString(R.string.talkback_item_date));

        String forecast = cursor.getString(ForecastFragment.COL_WEATHER_DESC);
        viewHolder.descriptionView.setText(forecast);

        // Read user preference for metric or imperial temperature units
        boolean isMetric = Utility.isMetric(context);

        // Read high temperature from cursor
        double high = cursor.getDouble(ForecastFragment.COL_WEATHER_MAX_TEMP);
        viewHolder.highView.setText(Utility.formatTemperature(context, high, isMetric));

        double low = cursor.getDouble(ForecastFragment.COL_WEATHER_MIN_TEMP);
        viewHolder.lowView.setText(Utility.formatTemperature(context, low, isMetric));
    }

    @Override
    public int getViewTypeCount() {
        //Return the number of list item types
        return 2;
    }

    public void setUseTodayLayout (boolean useTodayLayout) {
        mUseTodayLayout = useTodayLayout;
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        return (position == 0 && mUseTodayLayout) ? VIEW_TYPE_TODAY : VIEW_TYPE_FUTURE_DAY;
    }

    /**
     * Defines a class that hold resource IDs of each item layout
     * row to prevent having to look them up each time data is
     * bound to a row.
     */
    private static class ViewHolder {
        public final ImageView iconView;
        public final TextView dateView;
        public final TextView descriptionView;
        public final TextView highView;
        public final TextView lowView;

        public ViewHolder (View view) {
            iconView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.list_item_icon);
            dateView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.list_item_date_textview);
            descriptionView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.list_item_forecast_textview);
            highView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.list_item_high_textview);
            lowView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.list_item_low_textview);
        }
    }
}

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Hrithik Roshan is in the hot seat in more ways than one now.
The recently married actor's films have been banned in Nepal following an ugly incident in which two people were killed in a demonstration to burn Hrithik's posters due to his alleged utterances against Nepal.
"The question of my saying anything derogatory towards Nepal or its people just doesn't arise. After all, one of our oldest family friends, Prem Singh Negi, hails from Nepal and he has been with us for 30 years. I have literally grown up in front of him.
"Our family chef, Hari, who has been with us for 15 years, is from Pokhra in Nepal. My personal assistant for six years, Bhoopraj, is also Nepalese.
"Although I've never visited Nepal, I have always thought of it as a picturesque place and have always wanted to visit Kathmandu for a holiday.
"I am shocked to hear of the deaths of two students in the shootout in Nepal. I wish there was some way I could contact their family members and express my sympathy to them. It distresses me also to think that I am being blamed for this terrible thing that has happened to them.
"Try as I might, I fail to figure out how this false news about my maligning Nepal has spread. Leave alone television interviews, I have never uttered a word against Nepal in even my rehearsals of any shots!
"So far, I have only given a handful of interviews to television channels -- when my father was shot at; at the time of the launch of Yaadein; during the making of Fiza and Mission Kashmir; and the Simi Garewal show.
"I have also done an interview with Karan Thapar on Face To Face, which will be aired in January 2001 on the BBC. Never have I uttered a single word about Nepal, leave alone talking against it, on any of those interviews.
"I now recall a mediaperson telling me just three, four days ago back that I have been getting such a great deal of publicity that no good thing written about me interests people any more. Only negative things written about me, he said, would cause a sensation. He had also warned me then that I was going to experience this soon.
"I had treated the whole thing as a joke then. But I'm not so sure whether it was a joke. At that time, I couldn't have even dreamed that somebody could commit such a heinous act, using my name, in which innocent people lost their lives.
"Why don't people ask those who claim that I have bad-mouthed Nepal, to name the interview in which I am supposed to have said these things?
"I would like to appeal to all media to desist from spreading wrong information in the interest of innocent people.
"At the moment, I am awaiting my parents' return from Tirupati, after which I will decide whether to hold a press conference or not to clear my stand.
"I am totally innocent. I have not having uttered a single word against Nepal."
Meanwhile, Rakesh Roshan, who is away at Tirupati with his wife, Pinky, is expected to cut short his trip and arrive in Bombay tomorrow, December 28.


PECOS, Mon., October 8, 2001 -- Better participation by the community and civic organizations were just two things that helped make this year's Reeves/Loving County Fall Fair a success.
Pecos Area Chamber of Commerce Director Tom Rivera said that this weekend's fair was more successful than the 2000 Fall Fair, which was hindered by cold weather.
"I thought it was super, it was great," he said. "It was better than last year for sure."
Rivera said that he believes the nice weather and the open football day on Friday contributed to the success of the fair, as well as the fact that the Chamber sold out of vendor space early on.
"A lot of folks came out to see what was out there," he said.
Rivera said that the Fall Fair Committee, headed up by Linda Gholsen, did a "super job."
He also commended the Reeves County Sheriff's Posse for their work in taking over the annual Barbeque Cookoff, which was not held last year due to a lack of entries.
Rivera said that he did not get a chance to walk through the cookoff but he could tell that it was a success by the number of people and number of camps that could be seen.
The only problem that the fair seemed to have was the small carnival, according to Rivera.
"It wasn't what I expected," he said.
The carnival owners got their dates confused and opened two days late.
Rivera said that he received some complaints from the community on how few rides there were at this carnival and assures the community that more research would be done before lining up a carnival next year.
"We need to find bigger carnivals with more rides," he said.
Rivera said that there would be a number of things that the Chamber would look at before they make a decision.
"We want to make sure it's a good one," he said.
The carnival is not going to be the only change that the Chamber makes for next year's fair.
Rivera said that they are already planning to revive the Fall Fair Concert, which also was canceled prior to the start of the 2000 fair.
Rivera said that in the early 90s the concerts were an annual event but it seemed that people just lost interest. A lack of ticket sales and higher costs to book the bands caused fair officials to opt against having the concert at the Buck Jackson Rodeo Arena last year.
Now the Chamber is planning on booking more than one band to perform at the fair next year.
"In fact we've already started the process," he said.
Many people participated in this year's Arts and Crafts shows with many of those participants walking away with awards.
Many entries were made in the quilting division that was divided into five categories.
For large, machine pieced and hand quilted quilts Nyla Dominguez took first place while Louise Forrister placed second, Lynn Fowler placed third and honorable mentions went to Rosie Portillo and Laura Teal.
Dominguez also placed first and second in both the small machine pieced-machine quilted and the small machine pieced-hand quilted categories and first place in the large machine pieced-machine quilted division.
Sharon Gooding placed third in the small machine pieced-machine quilted category with Janet Cranfill receiving honorable mention.
Kathy Pascal placed third in the small machine pieced-hand quilted division.
In the large machine pieced-machine quilted category, Forrister placed second while Gooding placed third and Virginia Pena received honorable mention.
Teal placed first and second in the large machine pieced-hand tacked category while Forrister placed third and Fowler received an honorable mention.
Dominguez received Best of Show for the quilting division.
Helen Fobbs took home Best of Show and first place in the crochet afghans division while Barbara Creager placed second and received an honorable mention and Pena placed third.
Creager also placed both first and second for knitting and Pena placed first and second in crochet.
For needlework, Espie Parsons placed first and Janet Prewit placed second and third.
Cornelius Brantley placed first and second in the clothing division.
For hand painted accessories, Creager placed first and second while Cranfill placed third and Karen Chowing received honorable mention.
Teal took home first and second in the Christmas crafts division while Kathy Contreras placed third and Melissa Contreras received honorable mention.
Christie Blake took first, second and third for photo albums.
Jerry Neely placed first in the woodworking while Gigi Stoup placed second and Ella Sue Johnson placed third.
In the counted cross stitch-aida cloth division Vera Sellars placed first and second and received honorable mention while Naomi A. Marquez placed third.
Teal received Best of Show and placed first in the counted cross-stitch for linen cloth.
The photography division received many entries as well.
Elvia Reynolds placed first in the digital photography category.
Kelly Davis took first, second and third in the human interest-color category while R.L. Tellez received honorable mention.
In the human interest-black and white category, Leia Holland placed first while Jan Pattilo placed second.
Holland also placed first and third in the old structures category while Calvin Howard placed second.
Freye McGuyer took home first, second and third in the vanishing past category as well as first in the scenic division.
Tellez placed second and third in the scenic division while Margie Williamson received an honorable mention.
Davis, Teal and Tellez placed first, second and third in the color portrait category while Holland received honorable mention who also received first in the black and white portrait.
McGuyer placed first in the grouping category as well as second and third in the natural history category.
In the latter category, Williamson placed first while Howard received an honorable mention.
Jessica Perea placed first in the student scenic category.
For dried arrangements, Jan Chandler placed first and second while Doris Tillery received honorable mention.
Tillery also placed first in the dried wreaths category while Catherine Thomas placed second and third.
Thomas received numerous first places in the herb show for the oregano, dill, parsley and kitchen herbs categories.
Katherine Crenshaw received a first place for her large pot of basil and second for the large parsley.
In the farm and garden division, Berta Begay placed first for the large squash and third for a small squash while Martina Chavez placed second for a pumpkin.
Ramon Marquez placed first, second, and third for long green onions, jalapenos and red pepper.
David Teal placed first for his pomegranates.
In student's crafts, Roger Lee Quintana placed first for latch hook, Lauren Wein placed first for pots, Sam Prewit placed first for nature baskets and Katie Fossum placed first for crochet slippers.
In men's crafts, Danny Reyes placed first and third while Ebo Teal placed second.
Creager received Best of Show for the art show as well as first and second place in the watercolor category while Joyce Morton placed third.
Terry Holder placed first in the charcoal category.
Tillery placed first in the oil on paper category while Brantley placed first in the acrylic.
Duane Poinenint, Jr., placed first in the pen and ink category while Janette Perea and B.K. Perea placed first and second in the Tempra category.
Sarah Kratzmeyer placed first in the colored pencil category.
For novice oils, Elaine Moody placed first and second while Chandler placed first and third in the oils category and Nancy McAnally placed second.
PECOS, Mon., October 8, 2001 -- A local group took top honors at this year's Barbecue Beef Cookoff, held at the Reeves County Sheriff's Posse Barn this past weekend in conjunction with the Reeves County Fall Fair.
After a lack of contestants forced cancellation of last year's event after 26 consecutive years, the cookoff was taken over this year by the Reeves County Sheriff's Posse and included around 40 entries.
The Machuca Ranch won Grand Champion and placed first and second in the rib category.
In the brisket category, Classic Burrito, with Melvin Orona as chief cook took first place; second place went to the Herrera Camp with Ricky and Arturo Herrera; third place was the Martinez Bunch and fourth place was Club Suavecito, with chief cook Adolfo Muniz.
In the rib category, the Machucas' took first and second; third place went to the group consisting of Xavier Martinez, Victor Fierro and Gabriel Gonzales and fourth place was awarded to Da' Boys, which included cooks Freddy Contreras, Ricky Barreno, Gus Ybarra and Ricky Evaro.
Prizes awarded were for Grand Champion, a silver plate; first place barbecue brisket was $500; 2nd place, $250; 3rd place, $150 and 4th place, $50.
First place in barbecue pork ribs was $500; 2nd place, $250; 3rd place, $150 and 4th place $50.
Reeves County Sheriff's Posse Sweetheart Cassie Foster was on hand to present the awards to the winners.
PECOS, Mon., October 8, 2001 -- Former Pecos-Barstow-Toyah school principal and coach Beau Jack Hendrick, who retired from his job in May of 2000 after 33 years with the school district, died Saturday at Reeves County Hospital.
An Odessa native, Hendrick began his teacher career in 1967 at Pecos High School, and spent his last seven years as principal at Austin Elementary.
In a February 2000 interview, Hendrick said he spent time in the Pecos area even before moving here after college. His mother, Hazel Eisenwine, was born and raised in Pecos, which gave him the opportunity to spend the summers here.
"I would ride the train back and forth, so Pecos has always been my second home," said Hendrick. .
"I've really enjoyed all the grades," said Hendrick. "But middle school is really fun because you can follow them through high school."
The disadvantage of teaching lower grades is that they mature, so that you don't recognize the student, according to Hendrick. "In middle school you can watch them. "I just wanted to help kids that didn't have a male figure in their lives."
While principal at Austin Elementary School, Hendrick helped implement many programs aimed towards making the student's life easier and helping them learn in a more efficient manner, including the Accelerated Reader Program, Classroom Phonics, Excel Math, Mock TAAS Testing and the Achievement Test.
"By the time I finish here, every classroom will have two computers," Hendrick said last year. He also helped put in the second grade, CI, Computer Assisted Lab.
During the school year, Hendrick played Cowboy Santa Claus during the Christmas Season and was the Cat In the Hat during Dr. Seuss celebration. During Public School Week, he dresses up in western wear and reads the story about Pecos Bill to all the children.
During the 1970s he served as a seventh and eighth grade Crockett Middle School, and was also golf coach at Pecos High School in the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1974-75 and 1975-76, his boy's golf team went to the Class 3A State Competition at the high school level. "I also took one girls golf team to regionals," he said last year.
Survivors include his wife, Tina, a Physical Education Teacher at Zavala Middle School and the Pecos High School girls' golf coach, one son, Beau Tate Hendrick, and his wife, Laura.
PECOS, Mon., October 8, 2001 -- Commissioners worked through a long agenda before lunch today during their regularly scheduled meeting at the Reeves County Court House.
County Clerk Diane Flores asked the commissioners to renew her office's hardware and software maintenance contract with Election Systems and Software (ESS) company. Flores said that the services provided by ESS were essential to maintaining an accurate voting system and the court approved the contract.
The court also approved Flores' request for the County Clerk's office to be designated the Central Counting Station for the upcoming November general election and approved the election officials to man the station: Diane Flores _ manager, Estella Anaya _ alternate manager, Cookie Cannon _ programmer, Jodi Exum _ alternate programmer, Belinda Chabarria _ tabulating supervisor, Zulema Dominguez _ alternate tabulating supervisor, Iris Rives _ presiding judge, Nadine Smith _ alternate presiding judge.
Election day will be November 6 and the polls will be open from 7 a.m. till 7 p.m.
Polling places outside of Pecos will be: Toyah City Hall, Balmorhea Fire Hall, Saragosa Multi-Purpose Center and the Red Bluff Office in Orla. All other election boxes will be at the Reeves County Civic Center.
The court also approved the final Tax Roll for 2002. County Auditor Lynn Owens said that the final values on the roll totaled $478, 355,730.
Convicted juvenile offenders will still find themselves at the juvenile detention center in Fort Stockton. Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Louise Moore told the court that her department had placed two juveniles at the facility over the past year.
Moore said that it costs $100 per day to keep a juvenile at the facility but that so far, the county has recouped almost all the money it has spent through grants.
Commissioners also approved a progress payment to Banes General Contractors concerning the new racquetball courts being build next to the old Pecos High School gym as part of the county's Sports and Recreation Department.
County Judge Jimmy Galindo said that the new courts should be finished by the end of the week, or by early next week.
The court also decided to allocate funds for the repair of the water pump at the Greenwood Cemetery. Reeves County Road and Bridge Supervisor Russ Salcido advised the court that the pump was burned out and that replacing it was about the same cost as fixing it.
Salcido told the court that parts to replace the 50 horsepower pump and the four pump bowls would be about $4,500. The bowls are the mechanical apparatus that the pump motor turns to actually pump the water out of the ground, Salcido explained.
PECOS, Mon., October 8, 2001 -- Area farmers will have a chance to meet with the new economist for the Texas Cooperative Extension Service and view several projects Tuesday afternoon, when the Texas Agriculture Extension Service holds its annual Field Day.
Than on Wednesday morning, range management specialists from across Texas will tour the Pecos River Salt Cedar Alleviation project, as part of their annual state meeting, being held this week in Odessa.
Dr. Bill Thompson, the new area economist for the Texas Cooperative Extension Service from Fort Stockton will be on hand, along with several other officials to provide information on new and ongoing projects.
The Pecos River Salt Cedar Alleviation project will be viewed by members of the Texas Section Society for Range Management, who will travel to the Mentone bridge at 10 a.m. on Wednesday to view the results of the spraying of the trees in September 1999 and September 2000.
Along with local officials, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs and State Rep. Bob Turner, who represents Ward County in the Texas House of Representatives, are scheduled to be in attendance.
PECOS, Mon., October 8, 2001 -- High Sunday 86. Low this morning 53. Forecast for tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Thursday: Partly cloudy. Lows near 50. Highs 75 to 80.


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Rival presidential canditates embroiled in row over sexist remark claims.
Speaking on Europe 1 radio, Strauss-Kahn, a former finance minister, denounced as a "lie" the claim made by Royal before a rally of supporters that he made a sexist remark about her after a televised debate.
"I never said anything of the kind. And I find it disgraceful that people can use this kind of argument. Feminism is a noble cause, but you don't grow up by making remarks like that," he said.
After a speech on Monday, Royal, 53, quoted Strauss-Kahn as saying after a debate on international affairs that "she would have done better to stay at home instead of reading from her recipe-cards".
Royal also used a quote attributed the former prime minister and third candidate in the race, Laurent Fabius, who allegedly said on hearing of her presidential ambitions: "Who's going to look after the children?"
"Those who know me know that I am not a chauvinist"
Royal has four children with her partner, the socialist leader, Francois Hollande.
Fabius repeated his denial of the quotation on Tuesday. "Those who know me know that I am not a chauvinist," he said.
With tensions running high on the last day of campaigning, Strauss-Kahn launched an outspoken offensive against Royal, accusing her of incoherent policies.
"She has spent the campaign correcting and modifying. In five weeks of campaign there have been five major corrections ... I note that there are 25 weeks till the presidential election," he said.
Royal has been accused of producing a series of crowd-pleasing measures which go against PS orthodoxy, such as boot-camps for young delinquents and "popular juries" to monitor elected politicians.
Results of the socialist ballot will be known early Friday.
Meanwhile the wife of current president, Jacques Chirac, said her 73-year-old husband had not completely ruled out running for a third term.
Bernadette Chirac told Nouvel Observateur magazine that her husband was in fact in "great shape" and would decide early next year whether to run or not.
The presidential election takes place on April 22. A run-off vote is scheduled for May 6 if, as expected, none of the candidates wins at least 50 per cent of the votes in the first round.


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Q: Docker Desktop for Windows: Where should I place SSH private key in a windows container for git? I am using the image microsoft/windowsservercore to create a windows container running on Docker for windows on Windows 10 Desktop. I have installed git in this container using chocolatey like this:
FROM microsoft/windowsservercore

# some other steps go here

RUN @powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

RUN choco install git -params '"/GitAndUnixToolsOnPath"' -y

EXPOSE 8080

# some other steps go here

Git is installed fine in the container and if I open the CMD prompt of the container like this:
docker exec -it mycontainer cmd

I can access the git command. However, I need to run git clone and for that I either need to place my SSH keys in some directory to be picked by git or I will have to use https. When I use https, it gets stuck at cloning repository step forever. Not sure why that happens. I can ping bitbucket.org from the container and git clone works fine on the host machine using https. Other thing I need to understand is where does git look for SSH key so that I can create one and copy to that directory ?

A: This may help
Essentially:
1. Identify git home directory ("pwd" command in CLI)
2. Create a .ssh directory there (mkdir .ssh)
3. Open your key file, and export it to that .ssh directory

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Steely Dan announces new tour dates for 2019
The classic rock band Steely Dan announced more tour dates for 2019. The band's line-up has only one original member, that is the keyboardist and vocalist Donald Fagen.
See the tour dates below:
Aug. 27 – Youngstown, OH Foundation Amphitheater
Aug. 30 – Rochester Hills, MI Meadow Brook
Sept. 1 – Highland Park, IL Ravinia Festival
Sept. 4 – Moline, IL Taxslayer Center
Sept. 8 – Lincoln, NE Pinewood Bowl
Sept. 13 – Lincoln, CA Thunder Valley Casino
Sept. 14 – Santa Rosa, CA Luther Burbank Center
Sept. 17 – Saratoga, CA The Mountain Winery
Oct. 11 – Rochester, NY Auditorium Theatre
Oct. 12 – Syracuse, NY Landmark Theatre
Oct. 15 – New York, NY Beacon Theater (Aja)
Oct. 16 – New York, NY Beacon Theater (The Royal Scam)
Oct. 18 – New York, NY Beacon Theater (Popular Demand)
Oct. 19 – New York, NY Beacon Theater (The Nightfly)
Oct. 21 – New York, NY Beacon Theater (Gaucho)
Oct. 22 – New York, NY Beacon Theater (Greatest Hits)
Oct. 25 – Boston, MA Orpheum Theater (Aja)
Oct. 26 – Boston, MA Orpheum Theater (The Nightfly)
Oct. 29 – Boston, MA Orpheum Theater (Gaucho)
Oct. 30 – Boston, MA Orpheum Theater (The Royal Scam)
Nov. 1 – Boston, MA Orpheum Theater
Nov. 2 – Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
Nov. 5 – Bethlehem, PA Sands Casino
Nov. 6 – Philadelphia, PA The Met (Aja)
Nov. 8 – Philadelphia, PA The Met (Gaucho)
Nov. 9 – Philadelphia, PA The Met (Greatest Hits)
Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1972 by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Blending rock, jazz, traditional pop, R&B, and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981.
Throughout their career, the duo recorded with a revolving cast of session musicians, and in 1974 retired from live performances to become a studio-only band. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies".
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The North Korea crisis: 10 questions, 10 answers
The provocations continue, and the number of missile tests is climbing. Around the world, concern over tension with North Korea is mounting, though the situation is not always clear. DW provides an overview.
What does the Korean War have to do with today's conflict?
The Korean War from 1950 to 1953 is still present in the collective conscience of North Koreans, not least because the state spares no effort to keep memories of the war alive. North Korea's anti-US propaganda is so effective because allied forces waged war with little regard for civilians. In just three years of fighting, the US kept up a continuous bombing campaign on North Korea, killing a fifth of its population. And the war still isn't technically over. No peace treaty was ever signed; a frozen ceasefire has been in effect for 64 years. The presence of 30,000 US soldiers in South Korea and their regular military exercises with South Korean troops leave North Koreans with a permanent sense of threat.
North Korea's population has long struggled with famine and lacking medical care
What is life like for people in North Korea?
Years of isolation have seriously damaged North Korea's economy, something the population continues to suffer from. In the mid-1990s, an estimated 300,000 people died in one of the country's worst famines. The United Nations reports that over a third of the population is malnourished; the country is lacking in medical care.
How irrational is Kim Jong Un's regime?
There's no doubt that Kim Jong Un, 33, is a despot intent on maintaining power in the world's only communist family dictatorship at any price. But Kim should not be seen as the madman of Pyongyang. Over the past six years, he may have acted ruthlessly, but also strategically. His nuclear program is rational, if its main goal is system preservation. Kim doesn't need the missiles as attack weapons; he wants the ultimate deterrent, and talks at eye level with the US, from one nuclear power to another.
Kim has worked to expand North Korea's missile program
What does South Korea make of the situation?
After a period of domestic turbulence, South Korea elected a new president - Moon Jai-in - in May 2017. He is working toward reconciliation with North Korea and intends to take a more distanced approach to the US. The Trump administration's volatile Korea policy is making the president's job even tougher. Moon appears to be concerned with ensuring that his country does not end up as a political hostage of an international conflict.
What course would a military conflict take?
Behind both highly armed Koreas are the former allies in the Korean War, who are rivals themselves. China supports the North, while the US supports the South. A conflict would likely involve Japan, Russia and with NATO, Germany. If war between North and South Korea broke out, millions of lives would be in immediate danger, and that's without the use of nuclear weapons. South Korea's capital, Seoul, with a population of around 10 million, is just 60 kilometers (35 miles) from the North Korean border.
North and South Korea remain separated by a four kilometer-wide demilitarized zone, or DMZ
How has Donald Trump changed US policy on North Korea?
The case of the US student Otto Warmbier created a furor right at the start of Donald Trump's presidency. And Trump is also showing no restraint when it comes to North Korea's latest provocations, promising "fire and fury" if Pyongyang continues with its missile tests. Following international calls for restraint, both sides toned down the rhetoric. But days later, the US embarked on its annual military drills with South Korea, despite protests from the North.
Why is China hesitating to put more pressure on North Korea?
The West expects China to toughen its sanctions on North Korea, especially when it comes to oil exports. But the Chinese government has rejected this and continues to export oil and food to North Korea, as "humanitarian aid." But it is sticking to the previously agreed UN sanctions, which forbid it from importing coal and other goods. China fears regime change in North Korea, especially if that were to bring reunification with the South. That would put the Korean Peninsula completely under US influence, and mean that US soldiers would be stationed directly on China's border, something the leadership in Beijing wants to avoid.
Is Russia more than a silent observer?
Moscow maintains that the ballistic missile test launches are a "serious threat to shipping and air traffic in the region" as well as a danger to civilians. Russia also has a 17-kilometer long border with North Korea. On the other hand, Russia is also warning the US against military action, and wants to contribute to a diplomatic solution to the problems on the Korean Peninsula. The Kremlin is cautious on the subject of North Korean sanctions, but in cooperation with the UN resolutions, it has suspended all of its important economic projects with Pyongyang.
Where does the United Nations stand?
Last year, the UN presented a comprehensive strategy for its future cooperation with North Korea over the next five years. Working with the Kim government, it would like to bring the country in line with its development goals and support its social and economic progress. At the beginning of August, the UN Security Council agreed a resolution passing the toughest sanctions on North Korea to date. It has imposed an export ban on coal, iron, lead and seafood, costing the country around $1 billion (840 million euros) per annum.
Could diplomacy still work?
During the six-party talks, North Korea proved masterful at pitting its negotiating partners against each other, to its own advantage. Over the course of six years, Pyongyang held talks with China, Russia, the US, South Korea and Japan on its nuclear program. Given the current situation, experts are talking about a so-called double freeze. But Pyongyang wants a high price for halting its nuclear program: bilateral talks with the US and a peace treaty to replace the 1953 ceasefire agreement. The problem: South Korea would have to recognize a second Korean state in its constitution. And Washington would have no more legitimate reason for stationing US troops in South Korea, weakening its position in the Asia Pacific region.
No escape from North Korea
No best friends forever
Although China and North Korea have maintained close diplomatic relations in the past, the relationship has declined in recent years. Unprecedented border controls on the south of the Jilin Province in China reflect the atmosphere: Apart from passports, travelers must hand in all their devices and luggage for an exhaustive, lengthy inspection.
Despite all the restrictions, a viable connection to China is vital for North Korea. A new bridge over the Yalu river, which divides the two countries, is supposed to replace the derelict Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that covers 70 percent of all bilateral trade. Construction on the North Korean side has stopped due to lack of finance in spite of Chinese private investments.
North Hamgyong Province, which borders with Russia and China, was hit by massive flooding last year that damaged or washed away barbed wire fences that prevent North Koreans from defecting or smuggling goods. It did not take long for the local administration to start building new fences and deploying guards to the border areas who are under orders to shoot any possible defectors on site.
The number of North Korean defectors has been decreasing for several years in a row, but it is still a sensitive subject for the regime. The photo above shows a South Korean television celebrity Lim Ji Hyun (Jeon Hye Song by her real name) who returned to North Korea under suspicious circumstances and made a public statement in July on the local propaganda TV channel about the "hell in the South."
Many North Korean defectors return to their country after their families are detained or blackmailed. Following a recent report, the regime has dispatched agents to border regions in China to locate and kidnap defectors. The abduction teams stay in the Jiangbin International Hotel and Life's Business Hotel in Dandong, the release stated.
An amusement park gone wrong
Even though it is impossible for its inhabitants to leave North Korea, the country invites foreign tourists to discover the many attractions of the country. The official North Korean travel agency even launched its international website in August, offering trips to various parts of North Korea and even theme tours focused on architecture, biking, sports or - as cynically as it sounds - labor.
Author: Jan Tomes
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Picturing Democracy: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact on Voter Turnout of Photographic Identification Requirements in Georgia
Following the 2000 presidential election, there was a public outcry over the manner in which elections were conducted in the United States. This outcry led to the creation of the Commission on Comprehensive Reform which published its recommendations in a report entitled Building Confidence in U.S. Elections. Among the recommendations presented was a requirement for electors to present a photographic identification when casting a ballot in person. The State of Georgia implemented this requirement in 2005 with House Bill 244, which was struck down in court, and again in 2006 with Senate Bill 84. The requirements in Georgia, as well as in Indiana which also adopted photographic identification requirements, were challenged as being an unconstitutional imposition on the right to vote, a challenge which rose all the way to the United States Supreme Court in Crawford v. Marion County Elections Board.
This paper empirically examines the 2008 elections in contrast to the 2004 elections, which was the last presidential election year under the previous requirements. While controlling for various socioeconomic factors, the turnout rates from these two years will be analyzed at the county level.
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Jan Mabie, PhD (chair)
Professor of Political Science and Public Administration
Chair, Department of Government and Sociology
Faculty member since 1973
A.B., University of Rochester
M.A., Washington University
Ph.D., Washington University
Veronica Womack, PhD
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration
B.A., University of Alabama
M.P.A., University of Alabama
Ph.D. University of Alabama
Sara Buck Doude, PhD
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University
M.S., University of Southern Mississippi
Ph.D. University of Southern Mississippi
Jerry Herbel, PhD (ex-officio)
Master of Public Administration Coordinator
B.S., Emporia State University
M.P.A, University of Oklahoma
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma