In a few weeks, the entire campus was filled with excited students. The returning students were excited seeing the freshers while the latter were excited that they had been given admission into the university. Some of the "staylites" could be seen chatting up some of the freshers. It was a new session and the tradition was beginning to come into play.
It was going to be a busy session for Chinedu as it was his finals. He and Fadeke agreed that their lunch together wouldn't be so often. However, Fadeke was free to visit him in his hostel anytime she wished. He gave her a spare key to his room so she could come in unhindered. This gladdened Fadeke's heart as she saw it as his way of proving to everyone that their love was growing stronger and had come to stay.
Kunle walked into the corridor leading to Chinedu's room and saw the door to his room close. Chinedu had mentioned he would come back late as he had to see his project supervisor. He decided to check on him wondering why he changed his mind. He did not bother to knock on the door as he never did when going into his friend's room. He opened the door and saw Fadeke who was half naked and frightened as she struggled to cover up herself.
For a minute, he stood staring at her body before he realized all of a sudden that it was his best friend's girlfriend he was gawking at with his mouth open. Fadeke was embarrassed by the look on Kunle's face and tried to speak but before she could utter a word, Kunle walked out and slammed the door leaving her astonished.
Kunle walked as fast as his legs could carry him without looking back. As he entered into his room, he stood behind the door panting. What just happened in there? He had seen Fadeke stripped down to her underwear and he had stood there rooted to the spot staring at her body. She was a beautiful lady but he never thought seeing her body would trigger emotions in him. He had dated so many girls on campus and had had his way with a lot of them but this was a different feeling. He put his hand on his temples trying to ease the pain that was beginning to build up in his head. Whatever feelings or emotions he had while staring at her had to be discarded. She was dating his best friend and there was an unspoken agreement between his circle of friends that they never snitched each other's babes.
Kunle lay on his bed lost in thought. He knew Fadeke had been embarrassed and he had not even bothered to apologize. All he wanted to do was run as fast as his legs could carry him. He wondered what she would have been thinking as he stared at her. She was shocked as she obviously wasn't expecting anyone to walk in. He silently said his thanks to God that Chinedu hadn't walked in while he was gawking at her body. Even though, Chinedu trusted him, he knew it would have been difficult convincing him that it wasn't a deliberate action. He was not aware that Chinedu had given Fadeke the key to his room. He smiled and spoke to himself "That guy is sure in love with her". How nice it would have been to touch and feel her. Her luscious lips on his shooting beams of passion in him. Her moans in response to his gentle caresses. His gentleness and care while trying to have his way with her and….. "Kunle, are you okay?" Chinedu slapped his friend on the wrist.
"Aww….that hurt". Kunle said rubbing his eyes and sitting up.
"Oh, was I?" Kunle asked looking perplexed.
"You had this smile on your face and you were even licking your lips". Chinedu laughed. "Hmm…..I hope it's not one of those new chicks you have been hanging around with of recent that you were fantasizing about".
"If only he knew that it wasn't any new chick but his beloved Fadeke he was trying to have his way with in his sleep". He must have fallen asleep while thinking about what happened earlier.
"Anyway, what's going on?" Kunle asked discarding every thought.
"Good. I am just coming in from school and decided to stop by your room".
"That meant he hadn't been to his room or seen Fadeke". Kunle thought.
"You sure you okay, man?" Chinedu asked with concern.
"I am cool. Just a little distracted".
"I can imagine". Chinedu laughed. "I need your Risk management note. I want to clarify some stuff I'm not sure about".
"No issues. They are right there on the table". Kunle said pointing towards his reading table.
"Thanks. You are the man". Chinedu said as he picked up the note.
As Chinedu was about walking out of the room, he looked at his friend once more and said, "If you need a listening ear, you know where to find me".
Fadeke avoided going to Chinedu's hostel for the next three weeks. Chinedu noticed and asked why she stopped visiting. She however, lied that she was getting busier with school work. She was unable to get over the incident during her last visit. Her period had started unexpectedly and she needed to do a quick change. Since her hostel was a distance from campus, Chinedu's room had been a better option. She knew he would stay back late in school as his project had been keeping him of recent. In her rush to quickly clean herself up and change, she had forgotten to lock the door behind her.
She was stunned when Kunle walked in and the look on his face gave him away. He was attracted to her body. She was so humiliated that immediately he walked out of the room, she got dressed quickly and left for her hostel. She was jumpy all through the evening, expecting the worst from Chinedu. She wasn't sure of what to think. Would Kunle tell Chinedu what happened? If he did, would Chinedu believe that it wasn't a deliberate action? Tochukwu noticed her nervousness and asked if she was okay. She was too embarrassed to talk about it and decided it was best no other person knew about the incident. She only hoped Kunle would be quiet about it as well.
"Hey baby, how are you doing?" Chinedu asked as Fadeke picked up on the first ring.
"Good". She replied as she walked down her faculty building clutching the phone between her head and right shoulder.
"Yeah. I'll be waiting". Chinedu said.
"No problem, darling. See you at 2".
She was glad the spark in their relationship hadn't abated. She was trying to put her phone in her bag when she bumped into someone who seemed to be in a hurry.
"Hey, watch where you….." She said as she stopped mid-sentence.
"I'm sorry I bumped into you". Kunle said picking up her bag which had fallen to the ground by reason of the impact.
"I'm sorry. I was also distracted".
"I hope you are not hurt". He asked giving her the bag.
As she collected her bag from him, his hand brushed hers. She froze for a few seconds and looked away. "No, I am not hurt. Thank you". She said as she started walking away.
"Fadeke, I…I…I'm sorry about…." He stammered as she turned back to look at him.
"You don't have to be". She said avoiding his gaze.
"I did not realize you had a key to Chinedu's room. He had told me earlier that he would like to see his supervisor and would leave school later than usual. I assumed he was the one that walked in".
"It's okay. I hope you would not mention it". She asked still unable to look at him.
"No way. I wouldn't do that. Trust me". He said trying to touch her. She drew back spontaneously and Kunle immediately dropped his hand.
"You have a great body, I must confess". He said and immediately regretted that he had as she looked at him with disgust and walked away.
"Oh God". He said wondering why he had voiced out his thoughts.
He looked on as Fadeke walked down the corridor without looking back.
Fadeke could feel her temperature rising as she walked away. He even had the guts to talk about her body. She assumed he was remorseful over the incident. Could he have done it intentionally? But what would have been his motive? Kunle was Chinedu's best friend and they talked about almost everything. Was he capable of betraying his friend? She wasn't sure of what to think any longer. She wished she could talk to someone about it but she was scared that she could be misunderstood. Tochukwu hadn't proved to be good at keeping sealed lips. She couldn't also talk to Chinedu as she wasn't sure of what his response would be. Besides, she wasn't ready to jeopardize her relationship or be the root of a friction between two friends. As she prepared for her lunch date with Chinedu, just one thing filled her mind; how to keep her relationship secure.


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FACT OR FICTION by Brian Milligan
Over the years, many articles have been written about the early orchid collectors, the nurserymen who employed them, and the orchid species that these nurserymen introduced to cultivation. They were exciting times, particularly the second half of the nineteenth century, when orchid growing was largely confined to the wealthy British upper classes. New orchids were being discovered every month, the more spectacular examples being reported in the major newspapers of the day. The occasional death of an orchid's collector due to misadventure or some exotic tropical disease just added spice to the story!
Gradually I have come to realise that some of the colourful accounts that appeared in those times should be taken with the proverbial 'grain of salt'. Yes, the orchid's features – its colour, shape and size – could be taken at face value but details as to how and where it was found were, for various reasons, not always true. It was not in the best interests of a collector or his employer to reveal the source of any spectacular discovery. To do so would enable rival collectors to procure what was otherwise an exclusive valuable resource. It was not easy to conceal such information, as many collectors resorted to industrial espionage, by bribing their rival's bearers to reveal the route followed or by following their rival's footsteps.
Back in Britain, some nurserymen deliberately provided misinformation as to where their more spectacular orchids were found. For example, Frederick Sander let it be known that his collectors had found the magnificent Paphiopedilum rothschildianum in New Guinea, a myth that was perpetuated for many years thereafter. Its true source was eventually revealed as the island of Borneo, in particular Mount Kinabalu and its surroundings.
Unfortunately, few orchid collectors of those times wrote about their travels – some because they were not sufficiently literate, others because they died before they had a chance to do so! Most were urged to write frequent letters to their employers but, in Frederick Sander's opinion, few provided sufficient detail. The nurserymen then used such information to publicise their new orchids. Not surprisingly, it was sometimes embellished in the hope of inciting greater interest and therefore higher prices! Journalists and other writers also used this information, often with further embellishment, for their Journalists and other writers also used this information, often with further embellishment, for their articles in magazines such as the Gardener's Chronicle or the regular daily newspapers.
One of the most prolific British orchid journalists of the day was Frederick Boyle. His articles were published in the popular press, and later released in book form, the most well known being About Orchids: A Chat (1893). Unfortunately Boyle was prone to exaggeration, if not fabrication, and it is now known that some of the material in his stories was pure invention. For example, in an article (The Lost Orchid) about Cattleya labiata, discovered by William Swainson in 1817 or 1818, he wrote "The orchids fell in his way – possibly collected in distant parts by some poor fellow who died at Rio. Swainson picked them up, and used them to pack his lichens". Thus the myth arose that Cattleya labiata reached William Cattley (after whom the genus was named) as packing material for a box of ferns. In fact, William Cattley was an accomplished orchid grower known to Swainson, who had deliberately sent the orchid to Cattley (via the Glasgow Botanic Gardens).
The source of Cattleya labiata was a mystery for many years. Although Swainson discovered it during his journey through Brazil in 1817-1818, its source was not revealed at the time. George Gardner thought that he had rediscovered it growing near Rio de Janeiro in 1836, but that species was eventually identified as C. lobata. It was not until 1900, when Swainson's account of his journey (written in 1846) was rediscovered, that the true source of C. labiata was revealed as the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, over 1500 km from Rio de Janeiro!
Another myth, which I was once guilty of helping to propagate, concerns the origins of Vanda Miss Joaquim. In his book A Joy Forever (1982), which celebrates the adoption of Vanda Miss Joaquim as the national flower of Singapore, Teoh Eng Soon concluded that the orchid was a natural hybrid found by Miss Joaquim in a clump of bamboo in her father's garden. In reality, the respected botanist Henry Ridley, one time Director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, had written in the Gardener's Chronicle for 1892: "A few years ago, Miss Joaquim, a lady residing in Singapore, well-known for her success as a horticulturalist, succeeded in crossing Vanda Hookeriana Rchb.f. and V. teres." It seems clear from this statement that Vanda Miss Joaquim was intentionally made and that it was not a natural hybrid.
I conclude with a warning: remember that not all you read is true, perhaps not even in Orchids in Victoria Revisited!
Chadwick, A.A., Orchids (Journal of the American Orchid Society), 2003, 38-47.
Swinson, Frederick Sander: The Orchid King, Hodder & Staughton, 1970.
F. Boyle, About Orchids: A Chat, 1893.
Teoh Eng Soon, A Joy Forever – Vanda Miss Joaquim, Times Books Int., 1982.
Nadia Wright, www.amassia.com.au

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U.S. Marine Corps Gen. David Berger, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, departs from Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Feb. 19, 2022. Sailors and Marines of Essex Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th MEU are visiting to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam while operating in U.S. 3rd Fleet. - U.S. Marine Corps Gen. David Berger, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, departs from Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Feb. 19, 2022. Sailors and Marines of Essex Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th MEU are visiting to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam while operating in U.S. 3rd Fleet.
CMC and SMMC visit 11th MEU while deployed
Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, visited the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a scheduled port visit in Pearl Harbor, HI, February 19. While aboard Essex, Gen. Berger met with 11th MEU commanding officer, Col. James W. Lively and spoke at an all-hands call on the flight deck to speak to the Marines...
U.S. Marine veteran John Campbell, a World War II pilot and Pearl Harbor survivor awaits his lunch during a Veterans Day Luncheon at La Vida Del Mar in Solana Beach, California, Dec. 6, 2019.Campbell was present during the Pearl Harbor bombing and was recognized during the luncheon as being the oldest Pearl Harbor survivor in San Diego county. - U.S. Marine veteran John Campbell, a World War II pilot and Pearl Harbor survivor awaits his lunch during a Veterans Day Luncheon at La Vida Del Mar in Solana Beach, California, Dec. 6, 2019.Campbell was present during the Pearl Harbor bombing and was recognized during the luncheon as being the oldest Pearl Harbor survivor in San Diego county.
Pearl Harbor through the eyes of John Campbell
John E. Campbell was born in 1920 in Porterville, California, joining the Marine Corps at the age of 19. He attended boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, and from there he was "discharged" from active duty Marine Corps to attend the Naval Academy as a cadet in the flight school. After graduation from flight school, Campbell was
Remembering the Day of Infamy: Diego Garcia Takes Pause on the Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Attack
U.S. and British service members, civilians and contractors on board U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia gathered in front of the headquarters building, Dec. 6, to honor those fallen during the Pearl Harbor attack.This year marks the 78th anniversary of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that took an estimated lives of 2,403 United
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up of Japanese-American soldiers, stands in formation at Iolani Palace, Hawaii, prior to a departure for training, March 1943. The month of May is designated as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the U.S. This monthlong observance celebrates the achievements and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. and recognizes the hardships and challenges they endured. - The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up of Japanese-American soldiers, stands in formation at Iolani Palace, Hawaii, prior to a departure for training, March 1943. The month of May is designated as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the U.S. This monthlong observance celebrates the achievements and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. and recognizes the hardships and challenges they endured.
Reflecting on our ancestors: Asian American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month
The month of May is designated as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the U.S. This monthlong observance celebrates the achievements and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. and recognizes the hardships and challenges they endured. This heritage month also honors their history, traditions and cultures in the U.S.
Veterans render a salute after laying wreaths during a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony at the National World War II Memorial on Dec. 7, 2015, in Washington, D.C.Veterans attended a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony at the National World War II Memorial. - Veterans render a salute after laying wreaths during a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony at the National World War II Memorial on Dec. 7, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Veterans attended a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony at the National World War II Memorial.
Remembering Pearl Harbor: A 'body blow' to America
When the first bombs exploded on a nearby airfield, marking the start of the Japanese sneak attack on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Edward Davis and others scrambled from a chow hall. The 94-year-old Army veteran said he and other Soldiers were having breakfast at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, when Japanese aircraft dive-bombed the adjacent Wheeler Army Airfield.


Catherine Seda Bugue describes her love-hate relationship in this entry in our competition to establish the best account of an independent wine retailer and the best independent wine retailer in the world (the latter may have nothing to do with the former).
'I'm looking for a Ribolla Gialla,' I said, inwardly pleading that the Napa retailer's face would lighten up, expressing pleasure at the request.
With the following five word reply: 'We have one from Collio,' I knew that everything would be okay with my move from New York City to Napa.
I was in Napa Valley, with some of the world's best wines at my fingertips, but I needed to know that I could taste the world.
The wine shop from which I carried my coveted bottle of Collio some 12 years ago is Napa's Back Room Wines, now located on First Street, just off the corner of Main. Go any further east and you are crossing the short bridge to the Oxbow Market, another Napa treasure, filled with fine dining for serious foodies and boutique vendors offering anything from exotic spices to vintage wine accoutrements.
What I would soon learn was that Back Room Wines is a favorite of Napa's winemakers and other serious enthusiasts. Every week owner Dan Dawson hosts a tasting - some blind - and locals come not just from within the city limits but from St Helena, a good 25-30 minutes north. For the small fee of $15 participants taste a series of themed wines among a packed room of wine lovers, all talking, sharing comments, laughing, and perhaps buying the special selections being featured. Dan Dawson's choices were, and always are, thoughtful and admired.
The shop has a chic appearance, with a layout that is easy to understand. Some of Napa's ultra premium wines are there, as they should be, but it is the lesser-known or harder-to-find selections that make this shop a drug of sorts for people like me, wine people who need a place to go for a good bottle; a place that you can run into before a dinner party and know you will come out with just the perfect thing.
Want a sparkler? A grower champagne and local bubbles will be amongst the selections, but you may find a Domaine Philippe Collin Crémant de Limoux for $13, and a Graham Beck brut rosé from South Africa for $17, among other choices.
In the mood for Italian whites? Back Room Wines could have a Soave, Trebbiano di Romagna, and a Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Going French may provide buying choices between a white Corbières, Entre-Deux-Mers, and basic, yet deliciously chosen, Bourgogne Blanc in addition to more celebrated AOCs and their producers.
That is not to say the shop is large, with an extensive selection. What makes Back Room Wines so special is that you know Dan has tasted each and every wine, and has given it his approval. Dan's palate is impeccable, finding interesting and delicious wines of balance from Napa Valley and around the world. I always buy more than planned when I go in there.
I guess what comes around goes around. I have a friend who tells me she hates me now. I had her explore wines beyond jug Gallo, introducing her to Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, Smith-Madrone and Corison. She and her wallet have never forgiven me.


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Kate Spade's father, a lifelong KC resident, dies night before daughter's funeral
by: Makenzie Koch
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Just hours before his daughter's funeral in Kansas City, the father of designer Kate Spade has died.
Earl (Frank) Brosnahan Jr. died at the age of 89. An announcement was made Thursday at Spade's funeral. A priest at the service said Brosnahan was recently put into hospice and passed away Wednesday night.
"He had been in failing health of late and was heartbroken over the recent death of his beloved daughter," a family statement says. Read the full statement from family below.
Brosnahan was born in Kansas City and lived most of his life there, according to his family. He was surrounded by family in his home when he died Wednesday.
Spade, whose real name was Katherine Noel Brosnahan, took her own life earlier this month. She was found dead in her New York City apartment on June 5. Her husband said she suffered from depression for years.
Spade's funeral is taking place this afternoon at Redemptorist Church in KCMO.
Here is the full statement from the Brosnahan family:
"We are deeply saddened to announce that Katy's father, Earl F. Brosnahan Jr., passed away last night at age 89. He had been in failing health of late and was heartbroken over the recent death of his beloved daughter. He was at home and surrounded by family at the time of his passing.
"Frank was born in Kansas City, Mo. and was a lifelong resident. He served in the U.S. Navy before graduating from the University of Miami in 1949, after which he returned to Kansas City to work in the family construction business. He was president of the Midwest Heavy Construction Association in the mid 1960s after taking over the family business from his father Earl F. Brosnahan Sr. and his mother Helen Rose Brosnahan (nee Mottin).
"Frank married June Therese Mullen in 1953 and had six children, Missy, Earl III, Ann, Reta, Katy (decesed) and Eve. He was an avid tennis player and a charter member of the Carriage Club in Kansas City for more than 50 years. Frank married Sandy Palmer in 1992 and she was bedside when he passed.
"Later in life Frank took up golf and was a great lover of his two Yorkshire Terriers. He was especially proud of his wife, children and grandchildren. Frank is survived by his wife Sandy, three brothers and a sister, five children, eight grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, sisters Katherine and Helen De Salme and his daughter Katherine Noel."
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Airing on the gay-oriented Here! network, in 2005, this little-watched show is set in the same universe as network companion "The Lair." The show was created by Michael Costanza. The show is set in a small coastal town in Southern California and focuses on a group of attractive characters in their twenties most of them skaters, surfers, and college students -- who live in an apartment complex on the beach called the Hotel Dante. The good-looking young residents are gay, lesbian, bi and straight, at a point in their lives when they are full of hopes and dreams, but also coming up against the harsh realities of daily survival. The group of friends investigates mysterious happenings that took place long ago in their apartment complex. The central relationship is between gay couple Toby (Charlie David) and Kevin (Gregory Michael). The show was filmed in the Caribbean and Hawaii and, as a result, is laced with beautiful scenery. Although the show only ran for 12 episodes (over 3 seasons), the show developed a relatively elaborate mythology with an in-universe form of witchcraft called Truesm.
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Diana and Grace manage to exorcise the demons out of Michelle, only to have Diana betray her by allowing the demons from the House of Shadows to enter her to give her all the dark power she wants.
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Several friends meet in my home every week. We eat. We laugh. We open our Bibles and study together. One night as we were reading from the book of Acts, a friend stopped me midsentence.
The "stuff" she was talking about was believers praying for the sick. Preaching an impromptu message and people rushing to receive the good news. It was walking boldly with love and determination into a culture that didn't believe in or understand Jesus.
Most of us desire to make a difference with our faith — which is what led my friend to ask her question. She wasn't seeking to preach to a crowd of thousands. She asked because she longed for her faith to show up where she lived. In her home. In her workplace. In every part of her life.
Jesus rose just as He said He would. He showed up in that room where they were hiding, and for the next 40 days, He appeared to them, reaffirming everything He had ever taught them.
Later, we find these disciples radically changed.
"With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all" (Acts 4:33).
They had transitioned from afraid to courageous. They were launched into their calling with confidence.
It was the startling promise Jesus had made of a Helper. (John 14:16) Jesus told them that the Helper, the Holy Spirit, would pour out boldness, direction, discernment, power, comfort and counsel over them. He instructed them to pray and wait for the Helper. As a result, they were empowered and received what they needed, day by day.
What if we received Jesus' promise of a Helper just as the disciples did? We've eagerly received His promises of salvation, grace, mercy, new life and direction. We need His promise of a Helper as well.
We live in a culture where faith is questioned. We need help in our closest relationships. We need boldness to pray for those struggling: to share the message of hope with direction and discernment but also without fear.
We need wisdom and courage to walk boldly with love into a world that doesn't always understand or believe in Jesus.
Thank goodness, the promise of a Spirit-led heart still changes us today. The Holy Spirit lives in each of us. (1 Corinthians 3:16) As we embrace Jesus' promise of a Helper, it's with the assurance that God will work through us, even though we are ordinary.
We may battle uncertainty or fear from time to time, but with a Spirit-led heart, we gain confidence that Jesus' promises are Yes and Amen and that they are for us, too.
Dear Jesus, You know me. You know that I love You, but I also battle with uncertainty. I want to live in tender boldness. I need comfort and counsel and direction. I long to make a difference with my faith, but not in my own power. Every promise You have made is to equip Your church, and today, I pray and hold up my hands to receive Your promise of a Helper. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Suzie Eller's brand-new book, The Spirit-Led Heart: Living a Life of Love and Faith Without Borders, releases TODAY! It's a powerful tool to help you as you embrace the promise of a Spirit-led heart. Get your copy here.
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Invite the Holy Spirit into your day when your feet hit the floor in the morning.
Thank God for this promise that equips you in your faith.
Allow this promise to unfold in your faith, trusting that His promises are true — and for you.
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What Are Ya Playin' This Weekend?
June 10, 2016 / Jeff Jones	/ Leave a comment
It's finally here again gamers! It's the weekend and I hope you are able to get plenty of game time in.
I will be playing quite a bit of Overwatch. That game has my undivided attention for the most part. I will also be playing Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel. I took a bit of a break from it back in February shortly after Street Fighter V came out. I dove back into it within this past week and I hate that I stopped playing. It is a very good RPG.
That's enough about me, what about you? What are you playing this weekend? Sound off in the comment section.
World of Final Fantasy Drops October 25th
World of Final Fantasy was originally shown off at E3 last year. The game will be available for PS4 and PS Vita on October 25th. Check out the new trailer below.
No Delay Here. Mighty No. 9 Has a "Set in Stone" Release date.
After a numerous delays, Mighty No. 9 will be released on June 21st, 2016 in North America and Asia. Worldwide on June 24th.
Mighty No. 9 has gone gold and Keiji Inafune says the game is in its final stages of development. He is also "sincerely sorry" for the wait. The release date is "set in stone and there will be no further delays for the game."
Portable versions for the PS Vita and 3DS will arrive at a later date so if you were waiting for those ports, this news may still be a bit disappointing.
Read the entire update article from Keiji Inafune at the Mighty No. 9 website.
Project Setsuna is Coming to the West This Summer
March 14, 2016 / Jeff Jones	/ Leave a comment
The first game from Square Enix's Tokyo RPG Factory, I Am Setsuna, will be hitting PS4 and Steam this Summer. Hopefully a PS Vita port will be announced as well for the English version.
The game has been out since February for Japan and it is inspired by older RPGs such as Chrono Trigger. I Am Setsuna actually uses the same active time battle system as found in early Final Fantasy games and Chrono Trigger so it's bound to be a great game.
When Project Setsuna was announced at last year, Tokyo RPG Factory stated they wanted to create games that are heavely influenced by classic RPGs. Check out the trailer below.
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Coming This Summer
February 3, 2016 / Jeff Jones	/ Leave a comment
Star Wars fans will finally get a SW7 based game without having to spend a lot of money. *cough* Disney Infinity *cough cough.*
Lego has you covered as they revealed the next game in the ever growing Lego video game franchise is based on The Force Awakens. If you are a fan of the Lego games, then this should be a blast. Check out the trailer below.
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens drops June 28th, 2016 and will be available on every system imaginable: PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3, PS Vita, WiiU, and 3DS.
The Remake of Final Fantasy Adventure is Getting an English Version
Also known as the first game in the Mana series, Final Fantasy Adventure will be localized according to the Japanese Twitter account for the game.
Final Fantasy Adventure is a spin-off of the Final Fantasy series and originally came out in the U.S. in 1991. The remake will be named Adventures of Mana and is coming to iOS, and Android in the West. The Japanese version of the website also has the PS Vita listed as a platform, but there is no word on a Vita version for the west.
There is no release date since Square Enix has not officially announced Adventures of Mana for the West just yet. Check out the trailer below.
I'm definitely looking forward to this one as I do have fond memories of enjoying this on my Gameboy, as a kid. I will also be keeping my fingers crossed for a localized Vita version.
Source: Adventures of Mana, Polygon
Mighty No. 9 Gets a Release Date and a New Trailer
Keiji Inafune's long awaited, spiritual successor to the Mega Man series will be released September 15th. If you pre-order, you get the "Retro Hero" DLC that basically looks like a Minecraft version of Beck.
If you want to be a bit fancier, North Americans can pre-order the limited Mighty No.9 Signature Edition. This edition features a 6.5″ numbered figurine of Beck complete with three interchangeable faceplates and 14 points of articulation all for $59.99.
Mighty No.9 is being brought to us by Deep Silver and will appear on just about every console under the sun.


Below you will find all of the information you will need for this years 4th of July fireworks show. Call time is 7:45AM on Wednesday July 4th on the East Bridge of Tempe Town Lake. You will have to enter the bridge form the north side near Washington/Curry ST. Be sure to review ALL of the information below and bring the proper clothing, and your completed paperwork with you.
Show Clothes - Organic materials only NO synthetics! Long pants - jeans are good, Long sleeve cotton shirt, head protection (cotton hat or nomex hood), Eye protection, leather gloves are a good idea, ear protection.
I can order a nomex hood for you if you like, they cost $20 and it will be taken directly out of your pay. If this is something you want, let me know ASAP so I can order it now. I would highly recommend it!!
Please fill out and bring the following paperwork with you!!!
I do need these forms from everybody that did not shoot last year. It will be much easier to fill them out ahead of time rather than on the show site.
We ALL must fill out this form and bring it to the show site this year. This form happens once every 3 years and it is that time again. You will get a cool certificate in the mail from this one.
"PLEASE only sign the first signature line at the bottom of the page.
DO NOT SIGN AND DATE THE SECOND SIGNATURE LINE!
1. This form is electronic and fillable form – if possible forward this form with these directions to you crew members and have them complete form, print, sign and return to you. It will be legible if they are able to complete electronically. If they are not able to complete electronically, then print form and have them complete form – make sure their handwriting is legible! You will turn in to FPA with all your required paperwork. We only need the first page back, not the direction page.
2. Complete ALL questions 1 -13, 17a and if applicable 17b, 18 – 25. Don't forget to answer question 17!
3. Sign ONLY the first signature line. We have already dated the form – do not change the date!
1.	This PDF form is electronic and fillable form – if possible forward this form with these directions to you crew members and have them complete form, date, sign and email back to you. You can email completed form back to us. It will be legible if they are able to complete electronically.
2.	If they are not able to complete electronically, then print form and have them complete form, date and sign – make sure their handwriting is legible! You will turn in to FPA with all your required paperwork.
We are required to have this form on file for each crew member. If you did not shoot last year, I will need this form filled out.
Click the tabs above if you need more info about these forms and why they must be filled out.
Background Information – FPA, Ltd. DBA Fireworks Productions of Arizona was audited by the Department of Economic Security – Unemployment Insurance Division in October 2015 regarding our Contract Labor. Your crew members. As a result of the audit yet another form of paperwork is required. In a nut shell, by signing this agreement your crew members are agreeing to be classified as contract labor.
This PDF form is electronic and fillable form – if possible forward this form with these directions to you crew members and have them complete form, date, sign and email back to you. You can email completed form back to us. It will be legible if they are able to complete electronically.
If they are not able to complete electronically, then print form and have them complete form, date and sign – make sure their handwriting is legible! You will turn in to FPA with all your required paperwork.
Every three years we are required to renew our BATFE licenses. The Safe Explosives Act, which was enacted on November 25, 2002 requires that we submit with our application completed Employee Possessor Questionnaire (EPQ's) for any employee that has actual or constructive possession of explosive materials during the course of his employment. The new law also requires ATF to conduct background checks on all employee possessors to determine whether such persons are, or are not, prohibited from possessing explosive materials. ATF will notify employers in writing or electronically of the result of each background check and will supply employees with "letters of clearance" where appropriate. If ATF determines that an employee is subject to an explosives prohibition, ATF must provide information about the determination and appeal procedures.
Attached is the EPQ form for your crew members to complete and return back to me with your show paperwork.
This form is electronic and fillable form – if possible forward this form with these directions to you crew members and have them complete form, print, sign and return to you. It will be legible if they are able to complete electronically. If they are not able to complete electronically, then print form and have them complete form – make sure their handwriting is legible! You will turn in to FPA with all your required paperwork. We only need the first page back, not the direction page.
Complete ALL questions 1 -13, 17a and if applicable 17b, 18 – 25.
Sign ONLY the first signature line. We have already dated the form – do not change the date!
Head Pyros – you may scan and email the completed and signed forms back to us if that is more convenient for you. If you choose to do this, please save scan in a PDF format. BATFE will not accept a JPG format.


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I suspect that all of us, at some level, fear growing into maturity. It's not so much that we don't want to give up the habits of our youth or that we fear that the joys of maturity are second-best to the pleasures of youth. There is, I believe, a deeper reason: We fear, as Laurence puts it, that our maturity will strip us of the poetry of our youth and make us old before time. What's meant by that?
We sometimes speak of an old soul inside a young person, and this is meant both as a compliment and a criticism, perhaps more the latter. We sometimes look at a young person whose body is full of life and overfull with energy and see a precociousness of soul that belies that youth and energy and we can't help wondering whether that premature maturity isn't inhibiting the life-principle. And so we have a mixed reaction: What a mature young person! But is his or her life too-grey and sterile before its time?
Jane Urquhart, the Canadian novelist, echoes this sentiment. Rereading one of her own books which she had written twenty years before, she comments: "It is tremendously satisfying to be able to reacquaint myself with the young woman who wrote these tales, and to know that what was going on in her mind intrigues me still." What's unspoken in her comment is her present admiration (and dare I say, envy) for the poetry that once infused her younger self.
I had a similar feeling some years ago when, for a new release of my book, The Restless Heart, I was asked to update it. I'd written the book when I was still in my twenties, a lonely and restless young man then, partly looking for my place in life. Now, nearly 25 years later and somewhat more mature, I was sometimes embarrassed by some of the things I'd written all those years back; but, like Raymond Brown, I marvelled at my nerve back then, and, like Jane Urquhart, it was refreshing to reacquaint myself with the young man who had written that book, sensing that he had a livelier poetry and more verve in him than the older person who was rereading that text.
Some of us never grow-up. The body ages, but the soul remains immature, clinging to adolescence, fearful of responsibility, fearful of commitment, fearful of opportunity slipping away, fearful of aging, fearful of own maturity, and, not least, fearful of death. This is not a formula for happiness, but one for an ever-increasing fear, disappointment, and bitterness in life. Not growing-up eventually catches up with everyone, and what judged as cute at twenty, colorful at 30, and eccentric at 40, becomes intolerable at 50. At a certain age, even poetry and verve don't compensate for immaturity. The soul too must grow-up.
But, for some of us, the danger is the opposite, we grow old before our time, becoming old souls in still young bodies, mature, responsible, committed, able to look age, diminishment, and mortality square in the eye, but devoid of the poetry, verve, color, and humor which are meant to make a mature person mellow and alive, like a finely-aged old wine.


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M. C. Rose
M. C. Rose is a writer from Montreal. She believes that literature should be a transcendent experience. That true poetry comes from artistic and emotional vulnerability and at the heart of it, should reflect the distinct voices and nuances of the human experience.
M. C. Rose hopes to reflect this philosophy through her work, by producing art that is unbound by the confines of race, gender or political affiliation but will continue to challenge and inspire others to live with complete authenticity.
BOOKS BY M. C. Rose
The Last Blackbird
Her works include The Rasar Chronicles, Ephemorphosis, For Nights Asunder and other notable works.


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Saints (Boxers & Saints #2) (Paperback)
By Gene Luen Yang, Gene Luen Yang (Illustrator), Lark Pien (Inked or colored by)
This is book number 2 in the Boxers & Saints series.
#1: Boxers (Boxers & Saints #1) (Paperback): $18.99
Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. As the Library of Congress's fifth National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, he advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. His graphic novel American Born Chinese, a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner, has been adapted into a streaming series on Disney+. His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the LA Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award finalist. His nonfiction graphic novel Dragon Hoops received an Eisner Award and a Printz honor. His other comics works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), as well as Superman Smashes the Klan and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series (both with Gurihiru). In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow.
A New York Times bestseller
China, 1898. An unwanted fourth daughter, Four-Girl isn't even given a proper name by her family. She finds friendship-and a name, Vibiana-in the most unlikely of places: Christianity. But China is a dangerous place for Christians. The Boxer Rebellion is murdering Westerners and Chinese Christians alike. Torn between her nation and her Christian friends, Vibiana will have to decide where her true loyalties lie . . . and whether she is willing to die for her faith.
Boxers & Saints is a groundbreaking graphic novel in two volumes. This innovative format presents two parallel tales about young people caught up on opposite sides of a violent rift. Saints tells Vibiana's story, and the companion volume, Boxers, tells the story of Little Bao, a young man who joins the Boxer Rebellion. American Born Chinese author Gene Luen Yang brings his trademark magical realism to the complexities of the Boxer Rebellion, and lays bare the universal foundations of extremism, rebellion, and faith.
Young Adult Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Historical
Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Asia
Young Adult Fiction / Religious
Publisher: First Second
Series: Boxers & Saints
"A masterful work of historical fiction that happens to be in the form of a graphic novel, and a very accessible view into a complicated moment in Chinese history." —Dave Eggers
"In Boxers and Saints, Gene Luen Yang once again masterfully draws us into the most difficult issues of self-identity and communal understanding, with characters who struggle to act out of their deepest cultural and spiritual selves. But when they find that their commitments lead them in terrible, frightening directions--one toward massacres, another toward martyrdom--they must ask questions for which there are no easy answers. The brilliance of this novel--and I mean, aside from the brilliance in the telling of a major historical episode about which most North Americans know very little and which provides some critical lessons in political relationships--the brilliance lies in the merger of fast action and humor and very real characters and startling graphics with a shattering sense of the brokenness of the world and our terrible need for compassion. Read this, and come away shaking." —National Book Award Finalist and Newbery Honor winner Gary Schmidt, author of Okay for Now and The Wednesday Wars


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La batalla de Arroyo Grande (provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina, 6 de diciembre de 1842) fue uno de los combates más grandes e importantes en las guerras civiles argentinas y uruguayas. Fue una victoria del ejército federal porteño-entrerriano, dirigido por el expresidente uruguayo, brigadier Manuel Oribe, sobre una alianza de colorados uruguayos y unitarios argentinos (porteños emigrados, correntinos y santafesinos), dirigidos por el presidente de ese país, brigadier Fructuoso Rivera. Esta batalla terminó una de las más violentas guerras civiles en la Argentina, y comenzó la llamada Guerra Grande en el Uruguay.

Antecedentes
Después del derrocamiento de Oribe en 1838, con apoyo de Francia, cuya flota bloqueaba el Río de la Plata, comenzaron una serie de guerras civiles locales en la Argentina, que culminaron en la que llevaron adelante la provincia de Corrientes y las provincias reunidas en la llamada Coalición del Norte. Las provincias rebeldes intentaban derrocar al gobernador de la provincia de Buenos Aires, brigadier Juan Manuel de Rosas, que ejercía un verdadero gobierno general sobre el país, sin una constitución que le diera validez.

Después del fracaso del general Juan Lavalle en llevar la revolución hasta la misma ciudad de Buenos Aires, el jefe unitario tuvo que llevar su ejército hacia el norte del país. Hasta allí fue perseguido por el general Oribe, nombrado por Rosas como comandante del ejército federal. Cuando Lavalle fue derrotado, a fines de 1841, el ejército federal quedó libre para aplastar la resistencia correntina y volver a Uruguay a recuperar el gobierno. En su camino de regreso no se suponía que pudiera encontrar más resistencia que la de Rivera, pero dos enemigos nuevos le salieron al cruce.

El general José María Paz se puso al frente del ejército correntino y venció al gobernador entrerriano, brigadier Pascual Echagüe en la batalla de Caaguazú. A continuación invadió Entre Ríos y, mientras su nuevo gobernador, brigadier Justo José de Urquiza, se refugiaba en Buenos Aires, se hizo nombrar gobernador. Pero el gobernador correntino, brigadier Pedro Ferré se negó a apoyarlo y se marchó a Corrientes. El presidente Rivera invadió Entre Ríos, pero se quedó junto al río Uruguay.

Mientras tanto, el gobernador de la provincia de Santa Fe, brigadier Juan Pablo López, se pronunció contra Rosas y enfrentó —sin ayuda exterior alguna— la invasión de Oribe. Fue derrotado y huyó hacia Entre Ríos.

Falto de apoyo, Paz se retiró hacia el este y puso su pequeño ejército a disposición de Rivera, yendo después a Montevideo. Rivera se puso al mando de una alianza entre el gobierno uruguayo, el de Corrientes, el expulsado de Santa Fe, y el de Paz en Entre Ríos. La participación de Paz y de López era simplemente nominal, fuera de unos pocos oficiales emigrados.

Se ha especulado con que la intención de Rivera era formar la Federación del Uruguay, el Estado Oriental del Paraná, o simplemente el Uruguay Mayor; es decir, formar un estado que incluyera el Uruguay, las provincias argentinas de Entre Ríos y Corrientes y la brasileña de São Pedro do Sul. Quizá también estuviera en sus planes incorporar el Paraguay y dominar el Río de la Plata con apoyo anglo-francés.

De todos modos, Rivera dominaba el este de la provincia de Entre Ríos, y hacia allí se dirigió Oribe. Poco antes de que Oribe comenzara a moverse, las vanguardias de ambos ejércitos chocaron sobre un paso del río Gualeguay, quedando los entrerrianos de Urquiza vencidos por los santafesinos emigrados de Juan Pablo López.

Los ejércitos
Para unir sus tropas a las correntinas, Rivera las trasladó hacia el noreste de la provincia. Allí recibió un fuerte apoyo del ejército correntino, al mando del general Manuel Ramírez, en el que figuraban el general José Domingo Ábalos y los coroneles Joaquín y Juan Madariaga, Benjamín Virasoro y Manuel Hornos.

Como dato curioso, el general Lavalle había comenzado su campaña de 1839 a corta distancia —menos de ocho leguas— de donde tendría lugar esta batalla, que daría fin a la guerra civil argentina iniciada por aquel, en la batalla de Yeruá. En el período de tres años que separó estas batallas, prácticamente toda la Argentina había sido asolada por la guerra civil.

El ejército aliado colorado-unitario estaba formado por más de 7500 hombres (2000 infantes y 5.500 jinetes), orientales en su mayoría y 16 piezas de artillería (14 cañones y 2 obuses). Sus soldados provenían en su mayoría de las provincias argentinas de Corrientes (2500-3100 hombres), Santa Fe (1.000) y Entre Ríos (1.500). A los que se sumaban cerca de 2000 orientales. Su jefe de estado mayor era el coronel Elías Galván.

Por su parte, el ejército de Oribe estaba compuesto por 9000 hombres (2500 infantes, porteños en su mayoría, 6500 jinetes porteños y entrerrianos) y 18 piezas de artillería. De estos unos mil eran orientales. La artillería de Rivera era ligeramente superior en número, pero caería rápidamente en manos enemigas. La caballería de Oribe era bastante más numerosa, mientras su infantería era casi el doble de la enemiga. El jefe de estado mayor de Oribe era su sobrino, coronel Francisco Lasala, quien reemplazaba al coronel mayor Eugenio Garzón, que se había separado del ejército por desavenencias con el general en jefe.

Una anécdota, mencionada por Adolfo Saldías, relata que Rosas engañó al ministro inglés Mandeville, convenciéndolo de que su ejército estaba inmovilizado por falta de caballos. El ministro se lo avisó en secreto a Rivera, cosa que Rosas esperaba, y por eso el presidente oriental estaba desprevenido cuando le avisaron que el ejército de Oribe estaba a una hora de marcha de su campamento. Otros autores niegan el episodio, posiblemente contado a Saldías por un testigo presencial, tal vez alguno de los edecanes de Rosas.

Desarrollo de la batalla
Tal vez por la falsa información de Mendeville, Rivera eligió mal el campo de batalla. En las condiciones en que iba a luchar, debería haber anulado la diferencia numérica eligiendo un campo estrecho. Pero eligió un área bien abierta, donde la caballería pudiera maniobrar. Por otro lado, tuvo que luchar prácticamente con el río Uruguay a su espalda, ya que el gobernador Ferré había prohibido a sus fuerzas cruzarlo hacia el Uruguay, donde Rivera hubiera tenido amplias ventajas.

Otro de sus errores fue dejar como reserva a la caballería correntina, la única que mantenía alta la moral, ensoberbecida después de Caaguazú.

En la mañana del 6 de septiembre, la caballería de Rivera se lanzó al ataque, siendo inmediatamente contenida por la artillería e infantería federales. El extremo derecho de la caballería federal, al mando del coronel Ignacio Oribe (hermano del general en jefe), rodeó a los unitarios que tenía enfrente, al mando del general Juan Pablo López, y apoyó el ataque del ala derecha federal, compuesta por las fuerzas entrerrianas del general Urquiza, gobernador de la provincia. Tras algunas indecisiones, el gobernador entrerriano logró llevar de nuevo sus hombres al ataque. En sus filas figuraban los futuros generales Miguel Galarza, José Miguel Galán y Ricardo López Jordán.

Al mismo tiempo, la extrema izquierda federal, mandada por el coronel Servando Gómez, apoyó el avance del ala izquierda, mandada por el coronel José María Flores, contra las fuerzas orientales del coronel Pedro Mendoza. Si bien la caballería unitaria de este lado logró hacer retroceder a los federales, la herida y posterior muerte de Mendoza desorientó a sus hombres, que abandonaron el campo de batalla. En las filas de Flores estaban los coroneles porteños Cayetano Laprida, Vicente González, Nicolás Granada y el futuro caudillo federal Juan de Dios Videla.

Si bien la caballería federal logró ventajas evidentes, fue el centro el que decidió la batalla. La infantería del general Ángel Pacheco atacó a la artillería oriental, mandado por el coronel Santiago Lavandera (sobrino de Rivera) y dividida en dos fracciones, al mando de los coroneles unitarios Martiniano Chilavert y José María Pirán. Las divisiones federales de los coroneles Mariano Maza, Pedro Ramos, Jerónimo Costa, Cesáreo Domínguez y Marcos Rincón avanzaron hasta los cañones a paso rápido y desplazaron a los artilleros. Este ataque estuvo apoyado por la artillería del coronel Juan Bautista Thorne y del teniente coronel José María Francia.

La reserva unitaria, formada por los correntinos del general Ramírez "chico", tuvo que lanzarse a la lucha muy temprano para defender las posiciones de las alas de caballería, por lo que no pudo ser utilizada más tarde. La reserva federal, en cambio, al mando del coronel Manuel Urdinarrain, tuvo la oportunidad de apoyar alternativamente a Urquiza y a Gómez.

La infantería y artillería de Rivera, separadas de las alas de caballería, se retiraron lentamente, perdiendo en su marcha varios oficiales, como los coroneles Francisco Sayós, Joaquín de Vedia, Bernardo Henestrosa y Nicolás Tedeschi, quien se suicidó para no rendirse. Los vencidos tuvieron 2000 muertos y 1.400 prisioneros, perdiendo, además, la artillería, la munición y 24.000 caballos. Toda la artillería y la infantería cayeron en poder del enemigo; los oficiales, y se dice que incluso los cabos y sargentos, fueron ejecutados, mientras los soldados se incorporaron al ejército de Oribe. En particular, los blancos uruguayos se ensañaron con los colorados, ya que los consideraban traidores por haber derrocado al gobierno legal con ayuda extranjera. Las bajas de los federales sumaron 300 entre muertos y heridos.

La caballería vencida, en cambio, logró retirarse sin demasiadas pérdidas. Por supuesto, se dividió entre los orientales (y los santafesinos de López), que cruzaron el río hacia Montevideo, y los correntinos que regresaron a su provincia. En el mando de los primeros se destacaron los coroneles Anacleto Medina y Manuel Olazábal, que reorganizaron relativamente las fuerzas.

La Guerra Grande
Esta batalla marcó el final de la guerra iniciada en la Argentina en 1839, y significó el comienzo de la llamada Guerra Grande en Uruguay. En realidad, en la visión de Oribe y sus partidarios, esta fue la continuación de la que había desatado a partir de 1836 Rivera contra Oribe. Sólo que, entre medio, habían pasado cuatro años.

Rivera se retiró rápidamente hacia el sur, pensando que sería perseguido de cerca por Oribe. Algunos jefes colorados mantuvieron la defensa durante algunas semanas en el norte del país, pero fueron barridos hacia el sur.

Oribe comenzó la persecución con notable atraso, y perdió semanas solucionando problemas menores lo que dio al gobierno colorado la oportunidad de reunir un ejército de 5.000 hombres. Para cruzar el río con toda su infantería y artillería tuvo que ser trasladado por las naves de la flota de Rosas. Sólo después de completado este traslado, comenzó la lenta marcha hacia Montevideo, al paso de los bueyes que trasladaban los cañones. Llegó el 16 de febrero de 1843 frente a la capital, donde la defensa había sido preparada por el general Paz.

En lugar de tomar la ciudad por asalto, cosa que hubiera causado grandes daños a la población, decidió sitiarla. Tras varios choques en los alrededores, las posiciones quedaron prácticamente fijas por los siguientes ocho años. La razón de tan larga resistencia estuvo en el apoyo prestado a la ciudad sitiada por las flotas francesa e inglesa (y después la brasileña) a los sitiados; una gran cantidad de los defensores, incluso, eran franceses. Además, desde 1845 en adelante, las flotas europeas bloquearon el puerto de Buenos Aires y atacaron el río Paraná. El sitio, con sus combates, y las operaciones que hicieron los jefes colorados por el interior del país fueron lo que se suele llamar la Guerra Grande.

El gobernador Urquiza apoyó el cruce del río por Oribe y luego se lanzó, al frente de 1.200 hombres, sobre Corrientes. La caballería correntina no atinó a ofrecer una resistencia eficaz, y muchos de sus jefes huyeron al Brasil o se pasaron a las fuerzas de Urquiza. Ferré abandonó el país hacia Paraguay, y como acababa de terminar su período de gobierno, fue elegido en su lugar Pedro Cabral, jefe del partido federal.

La guerra civil argentina seguiría en los años siguientes en forma de breves y poco importantes revueltas contra los federales en el interior. La única provincia que volvería a representar un peligro para el régimen de Rosas sería la de Corrientes, que bajo el mando de Joaquín Madariaga volvería a rebelarse hacia fines de 1843. Caería finalmente en manos federales en 1847, sólo para unirse cuatro años más tarde al mismo Urquiza en la campaña que derrocaría a Rosas en la batalla de Caseros, no sin antes derrotar a Oribe, aún a las puertas de Montevideo.

Bibliografía
 Beverina, Juan, Las campañas de los ejércitos libertadores 1838-1852, Bs. As., 1923.
 Bosch, Beatriz, Historia de Entre Ríos, Ed. Plus Ultra, Bs. As., 1991.
 Castello, Antonio Emilio, Historia de Corrientes, Ed. Plus Ultra, Bs. As., 1991.
 Castello, Antonio Emilio, Hombres y mujeres de Corrientes, Ed. Moglia, Corrientes, 2004.
 Díaz, César, Memorias. Biblioteca Artigas, Montevideo, 1968.
 Ferré, Pedro, Memorias. Ed. Coni Hnos., Bs. As., 1921.
 Marley, David (1998). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. Santa Bárbara: ABC-CLIO, ISBN 0-87436-837-5.
 Paz, José María, Memorias póstumas. Ed. Emecé, Bs. As., 2000.
 Ruiz Moreno, Isidoro J., Campañas militares argentinas, Tomo II, Ed. Emecé, Bs. As., 2006.
 Saldías, Adolfo, Historia de la Confederación Argentina, Ed. Hyspamérica, Bs. As., 1987.

Referencias

Arroyo Grande
Batallas y combates en la provincia de Entre Ríos
Departamento San Salvador (Entre Ríos)
Guerra Grande (Uruguay)

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Savage Storm men's basketball wins home opener
Southeastern Men's Basketball team. Photo courtesy of gosoutheastern.com
Cameron Schuessler, Contributing Writer
The Savage Storm Men's basketball team treated Southeastern fans to a complete domination of Dallas Christian University in the Storm's first home game with a final score of 113-45.
The Storm started fast, winning the tip which led to Anton Cook quickly scoring a three-pointer. The team full court pressed Dallas Christian for much of the game, creating turnovers which led to easy buckets. Tyler Lonzie was also able to use his size and post skills to take advantage of the smaller opponent, seemingly scoring at will. A 22-0 run by Southeastern was ended by a Dallas Christian three-pointer that put the score at 31-9. The Savage Storm would go on another 9-0 run later in the half and went into the midgame break with a 38-point lead.
Southeastern used most of their bench in the second half to increase their already large lead. They went on an early 8-0 run which brought the lead to 66-20. The Savage Storm continued to use the press to create turnovers and they took advantage of their size to build the lead even more. They hit the one hundred mark with over five minutes left in the game. The final score was fashioned as a 113-45 convincing victory.
Southeastern had 62 points in the paint and 35 points off turnovers, which was where the team dominated. Southeastern had five players score in the double digits, led by Nathan Jackson's 20 points. Marti Fonolla led the bench scoring with 10 of his own. Southeastern had four different players with six rebounds as the team won the rebounding battle 59-30. Jett Jobe led the team with eight assists and Kevin Buckingham led the defense with four steals.


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Q: Placing a blue dot (user location) Only using CLLocationManager I've read through countless posts here on stack and apple's docs and can't find anything to solve this problem.
The issue is if you set mapView.showsUserLocation = YES, then MapKit will start making it's own GPS queries to your phone.
From apple docs:

Setting this property to YES causes
  the map view to use the Core Location
  framework to find the current
  location. As long as this property is
  YES, the map view continues to track
  the user's location and update it
  periodically.

If you also want to use CLLocationManager, then when you make a call to [mylocationmanager startUpdatingLocation], then you are making a second GPS query on your phone.
Now you have 2 separate processes asking for GPS location.
Not a problem on the simulator, but if you try it on a real phone it will take a very very long time to get the GPS location. It is also inconsistent 10seconds - 1 minute, whereas if you turn off mapView.showsUserLocation it takes 2-3 seconds very consistently.
In general it seems like a very bad practice to use both.
For flexibility and control, I'd rather use CLLocationManager, but if you don't set mapView.showsUserLocation = YES, then you don't get the blue dot!
I tried the usual overwrite annotation methods: eg:
- (MKAnnotationView *) mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>) annotation
{
    if ([annotation isKindOfClass:MKUserLocation.class]) {
        //it's the built-in user location annotation, return nil to get default blue dot...
        return nil;
    }

    //handle your custom annotations...
}

But it doesn't work, most probably because there is never a call to actually place a user annotation on the map.
So does anyone have a solution to only use CLLocationManager to place the user's location on the map?

A: Just overriding the viewForAnnotation method isn't enough, you first have to add you annotations to the map by calling
[mapView addAnnotation:annotationObject];

Your annotationObject can be an instance of any class that implements the MKAnnotation protocol. You can find the details in the MapKit Guide in the Annotating apps section.

A: If you need to show just blue dot around your location (accuracy), you can do it like this:
MKCircle *accuracyCircle;

-(void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation
{
// when you want update your position and accuracy
[self.mapView removeOverlay:accuracyCircle];
accuracyCircle = [MKCircle circleWithCenterCoordinate:newLocation.coordinate
                                                    radius:newLocation.horizontalAccuracy];
[self.mapView addOverlay:accuracyCircle];
}

- (MKOverlayRenderer *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView rendererForOverlay:(id<MKOverlay>)overlay
{
if([overlay isKindOfClass:[MKCircle class]])
    {
        MKCircleRenderer * circleRenderer = [[MKCircleRenderer alloc] initWithOverlay:overlay];
        circleRenderer.fillColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0 green:1 blue:0 alpha:0.2];
        return circleRenderer;
    }
    return nil;
}

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All international students must have Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the entire duration of their student visa. You must arrange for your OSHC before you apply for a visa. ACECelent Education & Migration can help you to apply for OSHC before we assist you to apply for your student visa. Alternatively, you can obtain OSHC from the provider of your choice.
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News from September, 2014 on Louisiana Record.
GRETNA – A home elevation company is suing a customer for alleged non-payment of services.
NEW ORLEANS – A woman is suing a bone cement manufacturer claiming the product was defective and has caused her to need additional surgery.
GRETNA – The owner of a pay day loan company is being sued by his brother who allegedly provided a guaranty on a loan used to found the business.
GRETNA – A hospice provider is being sued by a woman who claims her mother was improperly treated before and after her death.
NEW ORLEANS – A man has filed a wrongful death suit against the City of New Orleans and numerous companies after his father contracted and died from mesothelioma.
NEW ORLEANS – A woman has filed suit against an elevator operator for negligence in the maintenance, inspection, and repair of an elevator she claims she was injured in when a light fixture fell on her.
NEW ORLEANS – A man is suing a St. Claude pharmacy, its owner, and its insurers for allegedly allowing a hazardous puddle to persist within its premises, which allegedly caused him to slip and fall.
COVINGTON – A local woman is suing a Slidell grocery store after allegedly slipping and falling in a clear substance.
NEW ORLEANS – The motion BP PLC filed Tuesday to have settlement administrator Patrick Juneau removed from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill case alleged a number of mistakes and deficiencies the Lafayette lawyer has allegedly made during his two and a half years on the job.
NEW ORLEANS – A lumber wholesaler is suing a local man it claims owes thousands of dollars worth of lumber.
BEAUMONT – Houston-based Halliburton Energy Services – a subcontractor on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig – has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle claims from coastal businesses that were damaged from the 2010 rig explosion and oil spill.
NEW ORLEANS – A circus attendee has filed suit after a clown, employed by the circus, bumped into her causing her to fall and suffer serious injuries.


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Rory Harry John Jenkins (born 29 June 1970) is a former English cricketer.  Jenkins was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.  He was born in Leicester and educated at Oundle and Downing College, Cambridge.

Jenkins made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Northamptonshire at Fenner's.  In the year of his Cambridge University debut he also played for Devon in 4 Minor Counties Championship matches.  From 1990 to 1993, he represented the University in 18 first-class matches, the last of which came against Sussex at the County Ground, Hove.  In his 18 first-class matches he scored 123 runs at a batting average of 8.20, with a high score of 20.  With the ball he took 24 wickets at a bowling average of 70.29, with a single five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/100.

In 1991, he played 4 List A matches for Combined Universities in the 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup, making his List A debut against Gloucestershire and playing his List A match against Northamptonshire.  A bowler, Jenkins owing to back injury disappointed with the ball in the one-day format, claiming just a single wicket at an average of 141.00, with best figures of 1/58.
Jenkins played for the combined Oxbridge team against the West Indies in 1991 at The Parks taking three wickets.

References

 Oxford and Cambridge Universities v West Indians CricketArchive

External links
Rory Jenkins at Cricinfo
Rory Jenkins at CricketArchive

1970 births
Living people
Cricketers from Leicester
English cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
Devon cricketers
British Universities cricketers


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The creator of Muscle & Fitness Magazine, Muscle & Fitness Hers Magazine, Flex Magazine, Natural Health Magazine, Shape Magazine, President of Weider Publication, Joe Weider, passed Saturday morning March 23, 2013. Joe Weider lived 93 Very Healthy & Fit Years, Motivating the masses.
Muscle & Fitness Magazine has been favorite magazine of mine since I was little I grew up reading Muscle & Fitness Magazine & Weider Publications with my Dad. My Dad has kept all of his Muscle & Fitness Magazines that we would read together. Joe Weider has inspired my entire family for years even before i was born!:-) My Dad grew up reading Muscle & Fitness Magazine & started lifting weights when he was 12 when he got his first weight training set that he wanted for Christmas. My Dad competed in the Competitive Bodybuilding Organization that was founded by Joe Weider, in the 1980's the National Physique Committee. In the 80's My Dad Won Mr NPC Delaware, Mr NPC Tri-State, Mr NPC Eastern Shore & Fitness TV Best Body on The Beach.
My Dad in the 1980's Winning Title & Trophy!
Above Photo in 80's My Dad Dan Zimmerman won Bodybuliding Titles of Mr Delaware, Fitness TV Best Body on The Beach in Ocean City Maryland, Mr Tri-State, Mr Eastern Shore.
Joe Weider has inspired my Family, My Dad, who has inspired me, creating a circle of Life Health & Fitness!
Below Photo Family Fitness! My Brother Isaac Working out with My Dad today at age 58!
Joe Weider has inspired my younger brother Isaac as well!
Family Photo 2013 Me, My Dad, Mom & Brother Isaac, we all thank Joe Weider for what he has done in Health & Fitness Love from the Zimmerman Family!
Muscle & Fitness Magazine not only was my favorite magazine since i was little & also is the very first magazine I did a photo shoot for! July 2002 I competed in & Won NPC Teen Fitness Nationals, overall. I had trained so hard for Nationals & on top of winning I was asked to do photo shot with my favorite magazine Muscle & Fitness Magazine. That day I will always hold close to my heart as I dreamed of being in Muscle & Fitness Magazine since I was little . I was shot In a feature called "College Grade A Physique." I was entering my first year of college, at age 18, for my BA Degree in Exercise Science.
After winning I was also featured in another Joe Weider publication, Flex Magazine. I have also shot for another Weider Publication favorite magazine of mine, Muscle & Fitness Hers Magazine for Workout Feature.
Above Photo Age 18 just signed contract with Weider Publications Muscle & Fitness Magazine for the Photo Shoot!
Joe Weider's Passion for Health & Fitness & Legacy will forver LIVE! Joe has touched many lives & his passion for health & fitness will continue on as he has touched & inspired my life. I want to inspire & motivate, educate others in Health & Fitness as him & his wife have done for me. I want to help continue Joes Vision for Health & Fitness, bringing Health into others lives! Helping motivate, educate & inspire outhers in Health & Fitness.
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Q: How to convert a result set in DB into merge statements in Java? I have 2 schemas.
I want to first execute the select query in my source schema then convert the resultset into merge statements and merge it into destination schema.
Is it possible?
The reason not going for insert is due to a possibility of record already existing in the destination schema which would throw unique constraint while inserting.
Adding one more point: Source and destination databases reside on different servers.

A:
Is it possible?

Not sure why you think that it won't be possible. Any specific reasons ?
I am answering since you have tagged it with jdbc which means that you are looking for a DB agnostic solution and purely in Java.
Merge means - update row if row already exists at target database otherwise insert new row at target database ( search criteria being primary key ) .
So run your select on source database , iterate over it and in iteration loop ,

*

*run a select on target database for primary key columns in WHERE clause

*If a result is found in target db - create an UPDATE PreparedStatement  , set values in update prepared statement from source data and add to batch ( i.e. don't execute it )

*if no row is found in step # 2 , create an INSERT PreparedStatement , set values in prepared statement from source data and add to batch

*If batch threshold is reached, execute batches prepared at steps 2 & 3 .

*Go to step # 1 .

Alternatively, you can try inserting individual rows & if constraint violation is thrown , try updating that row in catch block. With this approach, insert & batch statements can't be executed in batches as mentioned above.
Third approach would be to directly using MERGE statement ( if target DB supports it ) as illustrated here , look at method - public static void MergeTables(Connection conn). MERGE can be executed with jdbc statements , executeUpdate method.
Note that only concern for above steps is a performance concern for running step # 1 in a loop - there might be too many DB calls for large volume of data. So this kind of work is usually done in specialized ETL tools ( Informatica etc ) or PL/SQL.

A: If using a third party product is an option to you, then jOOQ could handle this problem pretty easily via its export and import capabilities. You can use any intermediary data format for this, including CSV, JSON, XML, in-memory data structures. For example, with CSV:
String csv = ctx.selectFrom(SOURCE_TABLE).fetch().formatCSV();

ctx.loadInto(TARGET_TABLE)
   .onDuplicateKeyUpdate() // This produces MERGE statements
   .loadCSV(csv)
   .fields(TARGET_TABLE.fields())
   .execute();

Disclaimer: I work for the company behind jOOQ


The rhapsody is a very special musical genre: its main principle being its lack of principles – unbound by any formal requirements, a composer can indulge himself, dream away, and be as poetic as he pleases. In 2007, 20,000 Berliner Philharmoniker fans were there to see Sir Simon Rattle conduct some of the best examples of the genre at the Berlin Waldbühne.
With rhapsodies seeming particularly suited to portrayals of countries and landscapes, this concert resembled a musical journey through Europe: the Slav Antonín Dvořák, the Romanian George Enescu and the Englishman Frederick Delius all sang the praises of their home countries, and in Claude Debussy's Première Rapsody, the solo clarinet gives the piece an unmistakably French flavour. Emmanuel Chabrier and Sergei Rachmaninov, on the other hand, looked to foreign climes for their inspiration: Chabrier to Spain, while Rachmaninov combined the Italian fire of Paganini with his own native Russian melancholy.
Other artists appeared along with chief conductor Sir Simon Rattle on the podium: pianist Stephen Hough made his Philharmoniker debut in the Rachmaninov, and Wenzel Fuchs, the orchestra's principal clarinettist, played Debussy's Rapsody "with a wonderfully soft tone and telling precision," said Berlin's Kulturradio. And then there was a surprising change of conductor at the very end, during the inescapable encore Berliner Luft, when Sir Simon swapped places with the flautist Michael Hasel, who then brought the evening to an end from the conductor's stand.


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PPS-1350 is a Hall-effect thruster, a kind of ion propulsion system for spacecraft. It was used in the SMART-1 mission to the moon and one geostationary satellites: Inmarsat-4A F4.

It creates a stream of electrically charged xenon ions accelerated by an electric field and confined by a magnetic field. The PPS-1350 is built by Snecma, a French aerospace firm, in cooperation with Fakel, who designed the SPT-100, on which the PPS 1350 is based.

Specifications

See also
 Comparison of orbital rocket engines

References

Ion engines


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Q: Using Case Statement in Where Clause (with column) I want to use a case statement in a where clause. But the where clause change depends on my equation.
For example:
Table
ID Column1  Column2
1    2         3
2    4         1
3    5         4
4    4         7

Query

select * from table
where (case when column1>=column2 then column2>3 else column1>3 end)

Expected output
ID Column1  Column2
3    5         4
4    4         7

A: It sounds like you want your CASE expression to be:
SELECT *
FROM dbo.YourTable
WHERE   CASE
            WHEN column1 >= column2 AND column1 > 4 THEN 1
            WHEN column1 < column2 AND column2 > 4 THEN 1
            ELSE 0
        END = 1

A: You don't need CASE, you can use OR:
select * from table
where (column1 >= column2 and column1 > 3)
   or (column1 <  column2 and column2 > 3)

A: Try this:
SELECT *
FROM tableA A
WHERE (CASE WHEN A.column1 >= A.column2 THEN A.column2
            ELSE A.column1
       END) > 3

A: How about something like
select  *
from    table
where   (
            case
                when column1>=column2
                    then column1
                else column2
            end > 4
        )

A: If else can be simulated using Or & And operator in where clause.Try this.
SELECT *
FROM   tablename
WHERE  ( column1 >= column2
         AND column1 > 4 )
        OR ( column1 < column2
             AND column2 > 4 )


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The Surprising Past of 'The Nanny From Hell'
News 7:11 AM PDT, June 30, 2014 - Inside Edition
7:11 AM PDT, June 30, 2014 - Inside Edition
She's done it before—That's the shocking claim about the fired nanny who refused to move out.
Marlene Dodge says she was shocked to see nanny Diane Stretton all over the news. That's because she knows her from the time her neighbors allegedly offered the nanny a temporary roof over her head when she needed a place to stay. They came to regret it, Dodge said.
Watch the Segment
"She got really embedded in there and didn't want to leave at all. They made it very plain that she had to leave, and she had to leave right then," she said.
Local police were called and they had no issues kicking the nanny out.
Dodge said, "Local PD escorted her off the property."
That no-nonsense approach is a stark contrast to what homeowners Marcella and Ralph Bracamonte say they are experiencing.
Marcella told INSIDE EDITION, "My hands are tied. I can't do anything to get her out."
All the attention the case is getting seems to be working. The nanny has sent the family an email offering to pack up and go.
"I am requesting at least three more days to move out," the nanny now says. "If the media stays away, I will be out by the 4th of July."
Marcella thinks it's a trap. She says the nanny knows the family is going on vacation on July 2.
"I feel like she knows that I'm going to be gone and that she wants to lock me out of my home," Marcella is quoted as saying.
The nanny has not been to the Bracamonte's home since last Friday. She was spotted hunkered down in her car at a local police station. As she was covered by a blanket, she declined to say anything to a KCAL reporter.
So, what can you do to make sure the help you hire is trustworthy? INSIDE EDITION asked security expert Steve Kardian. He says background checks are vital.
Kardian said, "No. 1, if you can, hire an agency to do that work for you. If you can't afford an agency, hire a private investigator, it will cost you only $200-500 to get that done. No. 3, go with your gut. Whoever you hire, make sure you use a variety of nanny cams around the house."


A new report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) shows that new energy efficiency standards imposed by the U.S. government are translating into significant savings for citizens. These standards are governing how new electronics and products that use electricity are designed. The standards ensure they these products are built with efficiency in mind, using less electricity than they had in previous years. The report notes that energy efficiency standards will save consumers more than $1 trillion by 2035.
Current energy efficiency standards have been in place since the mid 1980's. There are now 11 new standards being considered by the federal government. ACEEE believes that these standards will help further reduce the annual cost of electricity by 14%. If this is the case, by 2040, Americans will be saving 180 megawatt hours of electricity and approximately 200,000 gallons of water. This translates into more than $30,000 a year.
The ACEEE report concludes that the energy efficiency standards are working as intended. The organization believes that the country's adoption of alternative energy will be a major factor in savings in the future. The current efficiency standards are a good fit with several of the alternative energy projects the government is focused on. ACEEE suggests that standard will continue to favor alternative energy until the country reaches the point where the use of fossil-fuel is no longer viable.


Hanyu Pinyin = China's revenge - The Invincible M.A.E.
I have a couple of coupons for $1.50 off of any order from Sheet Music Plus that I'm not going to use, so if you're interested, leave a comment. They're valid until the end of September.
Oh my god, I'm Chinese (well, Canto) and even I don't know how to pronounce "Xue"
Haha, well it's like saying ice/snow in Cantonese, but ending it with "yeah" instead of the T sound.
The CBC announcers have struggled with a few of the names this Olympiad but the worst ones for them seem to be the Eastern European names. It's almost like they focused so hard on learning the Chinese names so they wouldn't embarrass themselves that they forgot about the countries with a million consonants!
You'd think after all the Slavic players in the NHL they'd be a bit more familiar with those names.
Hee not so much that they stumble over the vast numbers of consonants, more that the letters Q, X, and Z rarely show up all in the same name in North America! ;) They're doing pretty good so far, though.
Then it probably helps that Q, X and Z in Chinese are pronounced nothing like what they are in English, muahaha!
About the Chinese women's volleyball team... is it just me or is their outside hitter ("Wang") kinda... large? She looks twice the size of Logan Tom, lol.
She's pretty massive! She's 6'3" but I concur that she is two Logan Toms. She was crazy good in the game against Cuba, her kills were totally unstoppable.