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Araújo, S., Reis, A., Faísca, L., & Petersson, K. M. (in press). Brain sensitivity to words and the "word recognition potential". In D. Marques, & J. H. Toscano (Eds.), De las neurociencias a la neuropsicologia: el estúdio del cerebro humano. Barranquilla, Colombia: Corporación Universitaria Reformada.
Bauer, B. (in press). Counting systems. In A. Ledgeway, & M. Maiden (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Romance Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Brown, P., & Casillas, M. (in press). Childrearing through social interaction on Rossel Island, PNG. In A. J. Fentiman, & M. Goody (Eds.), Esther Goody revisited: Exploring the legacy of an original inter-disciplinarian. New York, NY: Berghahn.
This paper describes childrearing practices, beliefs, and attitudes in a Papua New Guinea society - that of the Rossel Islanders - and shows, through analysis of interactions with infants and small children, how these are instantiated in everyday life. Drawing on data collected during research on Rossel Island spanning 14 years, including parental interviews, videotaped naturally-occurring interactions with babies and children, structured elicitations, and time sampling of activities involving children, we investigate the daily lives of Rossel children and consider how these influence their development of prosociality and their socialization into culturally shaped roles and characters. We relate the findings to other work on child socialization in small-scale societies, with special attention to the Tzeltal Maya of southern Mexico, and argue that detailed attention to the local socio-cultural contexts of childrearing is an important antidote to the tendency to emphasize universals of child development.
Burenhult, N. (in press). Foraging and the history of languages in the Malay Peninsula. In T. Güldemann, P. McConvell, & R. Rhodes (Eds.), The language of Hunter-Gatherers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Burenkova, O. V., & Fisher, S. E. (in press). Genetic insights into the neurobiology of speech and language. In E. Grigorenko, Y. Shtyrov, & P. McCardle (Eds.), All About Language: Science, Theory, and Practice. Baltimore, MD: Paul Brookes Publishing, Inc.
Casillas, M., & Hilbrink, E. (in press). Communicative act development. In K. P. Schneider, & E. Ifantidou (Eds.), Developmental and Clinical Pragmatics. DE GRUYTER MOUTON.
How do children learn to map linguistic forms onto their intended meanings? This chapter begins with an introduction to some theoretical and analytical tools used to study communicative acts. It then turns to communicative act development in spoken and signed language acquisition, including both the early scaffolding and production of communicative acts (both non-verbal and verbal) as well as their later links to linguistic development and Theory of Mind. The chapter wraps up by linking research on communicative act development to the acquisition of conversational skills, cross-linguistic and individual differences in communicative experience during development, and human evolution. Along the way, it also poses a few open questions for future research in this domain.
Dingemanse, M. (in press). Recruiting assistance in interaction: a West-African corpus study. In Getting others to do things: A pragmatic typology of recruitments. Berlin: Language Science Press.
Doing things for and with others is one of the foundations of human social life. This chapter studies a systematic collection of 207 requests for assistance and collaboration from a video corpus of everyday conversations in Siwu, a Kwa language of Ghana. A range of social action formats and semiotic resources reveals how language is adapted to the interactional challenges posed by recruiting assistance. While many of the formats bear a language-specific signature, their sequential and interactional properties show important commonalities across languages. Two tentative findings are put forward for further cross-linguistic examination: a "rule of three" that may play a role in the organisation of successive response pursuits, and a striking commonality in animal-oriented recruitments across languages that may be explained by convergent cultural evolution. The Siwu recruitment system emerges as one instance of a sophisticated machinery for organising collaborative action that transcends language and culture.
Dingemanse, M. (in press). The language of perception in Siwu. In A. Majid, & S. C. Levinson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Language of Perception.
The language of perception in Siwu, a Kwa language of eastern Ghana, is described based on linguistic elicitation, ethnographic field research, and a standardised set of stimuli targeting the perceptual domains of Colour, Shape, Sound, Touch, Taste, and Smell. Verbs of perception pattern into active-explorative and passive-inchoative construals of sensing. Percepts are sometimes encoded by stative verbs or nominal concepts but most often by ideophones. Colour is not a culturally salient category and Siwu may represent an intermediate type of 'non-partition' system, in which the available terms do not cover the colour space exhaustively. High codability in the domains of Touch and Taste appears to be associated with the availability of ideophones with highly precise meanings, while lower codability in the domain of Smell is associated with a lack of conventionalised vocabulary.
Fisher, S. E. (in press). Genes and language: Key issues and ways forward. In P. Hagoort (Ed.), Human language: From genes and brain to behavior. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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Hagoort, P. (in press). It is the facts, stupid. In J. Brockmann (Ed.), What do you consider the most interesting recent [scientific] news? What makes it important?. Palmyra, VA: Maven Press.
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Hammarström, H. (in press). An inventory of Bantu languages. In M. Van de Velde, & K. Bostoen (Eds.), The Bantu languages (2nd). London: Routledge.
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This is a curved-bolt (AKA curved-rod) variation of a barn-door mount (tracker) that I made in 2002 and used with my 35mm film cameras. It uses a 10-32 threaded rod bent into a curve to increase the separation between the two boards at a constant rate (a straight rod wouldn't keep a constant rate). A gear driven by a 1 rpm 12VDC electric motor through an identical gear turns on the bolt threads, increasing the separation at the required sidereal rate. It performed decently with lenses up to 135mm, allowing well-tracked 10 minute exposures. But I had no such luck when I tried 200mm. Either the job I had done bending the threaded rod to the required radius was not sufficiently accurate or the extra weight of the 200mm lens was too much for the somewhat undersized ball head. In any case, today I do completely successful tracked shots with lenses up to 200mm without a tracker at all. I use Astrotracer, which is built in to my Pentax K-3II DSLR. Ain't technology wonderful?


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Insurers 'can't cross the Popi line' when investigating claims
Jay Page
The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the FIA. The article below was supplied by Bowmans.
In this article below Jay Page, Senior Associate at Bowmans, a leading Pan-African law firm gives insight on the POPI legislation in regards to insurance claim investigations.
If it is not already high on their agenda, becoming familiar with the requirements of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act) should be a priority for insurers and loss adjusters.
This is the view of Jay Page, senior associate at law firm Bowmans, who says that in the UK last year, a firm of loss adjusters was found guilty of unlawfully disclosing personal data illegally obtained by its staff and by private investigators. "Sentencing took place earlier this year and fines of more than EUR 150 000 were imposed in terms of the UK Data Protection Act," she says. "The perpetrators were found to have illegally obtained the private bank records of an individual whom they were investigating."
Page says the POPI Act is largely based on its UK counterpart.
She says that, In the course of investigating a claim, loss adjusters routinely, if it is merited, conduct a thorough investigation not only into the circumstances of the claim, but also into the policyholder. The investigation can be "particularly intensive" when there is a suspicion of fraud or a suspicion that the claim has been exaggerated.
While it is justified in certain cases to investigate further, Page says, insurers, loss adjusters and their employees must be wary of falling foul of data protection laws and of their duties to treat customers fairly.
One practice that is not sanctioned is "blagging", Page says. This involves calling up an organisation that holds private information and posing as an employee or as the actual individual under investigation in order to obtain private data. "This would be crossing the line, as would phone 'tapping' and intrusive surveillance."
Searching online social media sites, as well as surveillance such as video recordings, on the other hand, may be justified as long as there is no invasion of the individual's private space, Page says.
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Munshi Premchand was the pen name of Hindi and Urdu writer Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava (1880-1936), who was born in Lamhi, a village near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Initially, he wrote in Urdu under the pen name Nawab Rai. However, the British government found his work 'seditious' and burnt several hundred copies of his short story collection Soz-e-Watan. So he switched over to the name Premchand in 1909.
Premchand's written work includes 14 novels, 250 to 300 short stories, several translations of English classics, and innumerable essays and editorial pieces. Many of his short stories were collected posthumously in an eight-volume series titled Mansarovar. Volume II of the series has 26 stories. Chamatkar, Riyasat ka diwan, Damul ka kaidi and Neur speak of issues like poverty, unemployment, the caste system, patriarchy, dowry and corruption in pre-independent India.
Other stories like Kusum, Vaishya and Shudra have strong female characters who challenge the patriarchy in their own lives. For instance, Kusum (a young woman in the story with the same name) decides to leave her husband after she realises that his coldness towards her is only a ploy to make her blame herself and eventually pressurise her family to cover the costs of his education in London.
Chamatkar is the story of Chandraprakash, who tutors Thakur Sahab's son and steals from him too. However, Thakur Sahab's unconditional love and respect for Chandraparakash nudges the tutor to change, and he returns everything he had stolen. In this story, Premchand looks at the transformation of a human being – from immoral to ethical.
In Do bailon ki katha, Premchand personifies two oxen – Hira and Moti. They're sent off to plough the fields of their master's brother-in-law, but they return to their caring master Jhuri. Through the telling of the story, Premchand emphasises the deep and lasting friendship that the oxen share.
Doodh ka daam depicts the tragic reality of India's caste system. Bhungi is a Dalit who breastfeeds the village zamindar's son instead of her own, Mangal. After a few years, when Bhungi and her husband die, Mangal is orphaned and he lives on leftover food from the zamindar's home.
Premchand's stories don't offer solutions, their impact is subtle and powerful – they make the reader sit back and reflect.
Focus by Kanika Gupta.


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Woman attacked on Blue Line
Suffering from head trauma and eye injury
by Stacey Sheridan December 4, 2020 Updated February 11, 2021
CTA Blue Line service was closed temporarily Friday, Dec. 4, after a woman was attacked by a man on an inbound train that had stopped at the Blue Line station at 720 S. Austin Blvd at 1:30 p.m.
The woman appeared to suffer from head trauma, as well as an eye injury, but was conscious and breathing.
"Oak Park detectives are conducting a preliminary investigation," said Oak Park Deputy Police Chief Shatonya Johnson. "At this time, the only information that I can share is the female victim was stabbed multiple times by an unknown male subject."
Witnesses told Oak Park police that the woman had either been stabbed with a knife or struck by a hammer, according to Oak Park spokesman David Powers. The victim was transferred to Loyola Medical Center in Maywood.
Police are searching for the offender, who is described as an African American man, approximately 30 years old, of medium build and height and wearing a "lock" hair style. He was last seen wearing a dark hooded jacket, blue jeans, white tennis shoes and a blue surgical mask.
Anyone with information is directed to call the Oak Park Police Department at 708-386-3800. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Oak Park police at 708-434-1636. Anonymous tips can also be submitted online by visiting the police department page of the village of Oak Park website.


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6 Prime Day deals you won't find on Amazon
Guess what? There are other stores besides Amazon! And some of them are offering deals of their own. For example: a 40-inch HDTV for $139.99.
Rick Broida
July 12, 2016 7:58 a.m. PT
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Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show Travelers). He lives in Michigan, where he previously owned two escape rooms (chronicled in the ebook "I Was a Middle-Aged Zombie").
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CNET's Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page.
In case you haven't heard, it's Prime Day. But if you've come here looking for the best Prime Day deals from Amazon proper, you've come to the wrong place.
Instead, let's take a look at what's happening elsewhere. Because, turns out, Amazon is not the only company selling products online today. (Who knew, right?)
The Microsoft Store is running a one-day sale on a variety of items, including a free Surface Dock (valued at $199) with the purchase of a Surface Pro 4 and a JBL Flip 2 portable Bluetooth speaker for $49.99. There's also an Alienware 15 gaming laptop that's $1,000 (!) off -- but although it has an Nvidia GTX 970 graphics subsystem, I don't believe it's VR-ready. (I think laptops need at least a GTX 980.)
Today only, daily-deals site TechRabbit is offering 25 percent off sitewide when you apply coupon code blackfridayjuly at checkout. Your best bet: the Nest 2nd-generation learning thermostat for $164.99 shipped.
This is actually just Best Buy's garden-variety deal, but it's a doozy: the Westinghouse WD40FX1170 40-inch HDTV for $139.99 shipped, plus tax. It's a no-frills model, obviously, and I'm guessing it must be new because there are zero user reviews. But it has three HDMI inputs, which is great, and a seemingly similar 40-inch Westinghouse scored a 4.3-star average from 500-plus buyers. That's an amazing price for a 40-inch TV.
I'm a huge fan of cashback services like Ebates. Speaking of which, check out Flash Cash Back Day, which will score you double the rebate (or more) from over 100 stores. At Walmart, for example, get 5 percent cash back instead of the usual 1 percent. Get 11 percent from JCPenney, 4 percent from Samsung and up to 10 percent from Expedia. New to Ebates? Sign up here.
In the market for some mobile memory? Adorama is holding a one-day sale on SanDisk storage. One solid bet: the SanDisk UltraFit 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive for $12.99. It's one of those drives designed for semi-permanent residence in your laptop, Chromebook and so on, because it barely protrudes from the USB port.
You can usually find a Pebble smartwatch for under $100, but Android Wear models don't often dip into that price range. They do today: Groupon has the refurbished Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch for $89.99 shipped. It's the first-gen model, but still one of the most attractive watches in its class. It's a great option for Android users. (But a so-so one for the iPhone crowd.) Take note, though, that the warranty is good for just 30 days.
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After my excursion to Rancho Los Labradores I went back into the historic centre of San Miguel de Allende to explore another well-known landmark. "La Biblioteca" ("the library") is one of the most important non-profit community organizations in San Miguel de Allende. This organization was founded 60 years ago by Helen Wale, a Canadian, who started sharing her English-language magazines with the local Mexican school children. Today, La Biblioteca is the second largest English-Spanish bilingual library in all of Latin America outside of Mexico City, and it raises money to provide educational scholarships to countless Mexican children and teenagers from low-income families. At the library, I met Dale Eby, a Canadian expatriate, who relocated to San Miguel 7 years ago after hanging up his corporate career in Calgary. Dale retired at age 42 and dedicated himself completely to volunteering for the local community. He explained that La Biblioteca runs seven different social enterprises, including a book store, a café, a thrift store, local guided tours, home and garden tours and touristic excursions, all of which provide funds for scholarships for local Mexican children. Many hundreds of expatriates and locals volunteer for La Biblioteca which truly has truly become a cultural centre and cross-cultural meeting point in San Miguel de Allende. Dale explained to me that there are over 100 non-profit or charitable organizations in San Miguel. The spirit of volunteering and community service in this city is truly impressive.
In the late afternoon I then walked back to the main square of San Miguel de Allende where the festivities of the "Fiesta del Señor de la Conquista" were still in full swing. The deep colours, the rhythmic drumming and the continuous dancing of hundreds of people in traditional dress left a deep impression on the onlookers. The intricately carved pink stone façade of the Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel (the Parish Church of Archangel Michael) was starting to glow as the sun started to sink on the horizon.
To witness one of the famous stunning sunsets of San Miguel de Allende, I headed over Hotel Nena, a boutique hotel that has a fabulous rooftop terrace with a swimming pool. As the sun started to near the horizon around 7 pm, the orange, yellow and reddish houses of San Miguel took on an even deeper shade and the pink hues of the magnificent parish church became even more intense. After the sun disappeared below the horizon I went downstairs into the romantically lit courtyard of this boutique hotel and had an enjoyable dinner featuring a scrumptious mushroom risotto at the Calenda Restaurant, accompanied by the live music of three musicians. It's hard to explain but the incredible charm of San Miguel de Allende just reels you in, the more time you spend there.


Up your holiday marketing plan, give thanks to your customers and increase your sales at the same time with these fun tips and tricks.
The holiday season is here, and our customers are relaxed and spending more than they usually do. So, how do you get a piece of that money pie and get them to spend some of their holiday cash with you? No matter how big or small your establishment is, there are a few simple yet effective marketing gems you can implement that will have your customers coming back for more.
Recent statistics show that almost 90% of South African consumers have mobile phones. Mobile marketing is extremely important and efficient, and all you need is some personal contact details – which shouldn't be that hard to get. With this information, you are able to reach your customers via a simple SMS, where you can keep them updated on any special offers or promotions.
Working with competitors to bring awareness to shopping in your town with people who live there can be lucrative for everyone.
Millions of South Africans use loyalty programmes, and large retailers have the country's biggest rewards programmes. But what exactly is a loyalty programme? While the specifics of each programme may differ, the premise remains the same: a loyalty programme is a marketing system instituted by a business that rewards purchasing behaviour, thus increasing the customer's urge to stay loyal to the business. It is up to you, as the business owner, on how you want to reward loyalty. It can be something as simple as a bar voucher, an airtime voucher, a shopping voucher or a specific product.
Punch cards are affordable and you can personalise them. Loyalty programmes will help you to gauge who your customer is, how often they shop and what they purchase.
Create specially decorated seasonal and holiday displays to promote services and products throughout the year. Mix it up and change these displays regularly. Move your displays and products around as you clean and dust. Make sure you have last-minute product displays that change regularly at your checkout counter.
Most retailers don't realise that some of the best promotions happen when they tie in with other retailers in their area. Working with competitors to bring awareness to shopping in your town with people who live there can be lucrative for everyone. Get all the township traders together in support of local events and traditions.
Cross-merchandising is the retail practice of marketing or displaying products from different categories together, to generate additional revenue for the store. The main objective is to link different products that complement each other or can logically be used in association. This strategy also aims to improve overall customer experience, by enabling them to pick up related goods in the same place, instead of having to spend time searching for them.


When my pedal & iPhone 5s are properly paired and working fine, I get dropouts of song playback. It only seems to happen when I'm changing patches or engaging wah on the FX100. I suspect that the transmission of the patch and status changes from the FX100 to the iPhone interferes with the audio bluetooth signal momentarily. If this is the case, is there a way to keep the bluetooth audio running and keep the FX 100 from passing patch info back to the iPhone at the same time. This makes gigging with the backing tracks pretty difficult.
Me too. It's a minor PITA when practicing, but one could not rely on the setup for actual gigging. I wouldn't trust anything short of a hard wired connection for that.


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'Estate builders have misled us!'
COMMUNITY leaders say they have been misled by a huge new housing development – because the properties being sold there are leasehold rather than freehold.
Brochures for Parc Rhuthun – Bryant Homes' name for its new 178-property development at Glasdir – reveal the properties will be leasehold but do not specify the length of lease.
Town councillors have now set up a sub-committee to discuss issues relating to the development which they had opposed before it was granted planning permission.
At a meeting on Monday deputy mayor Hafina Coppack said: "We have been misled. Nobody has brought this to our attention previously."
Town mayor Pat Astbury added: "Ruthin is not a leasehold area – it doesn't make sense."
The development has already fallen foul of town councillors who have objected to its name on the grounds numerous "parcs" already exist in the town, claiming another could lead to confusion.
Cllr Morfudd Jones said: "Residents in Y Parc are already complaining because lorries are turning down there."
Cllr Gavin Harris added: "An alternative approach might be for them to name it Parc Rhuthun, at Glasdir, so it becomes known as their development."
Three elected representatives, Cllr Gavin Harris, Cllr David Smith, and Cllr Brian Hubble, will now form a sub-committee to discuss various issues relating to the scheme, and also attempt to arrange a meeting with developers to voice their concerns.
Cllr David Smith said: "If Glasdir is going to grow as we think it is going to grow then what kind of impact is that going to have on the town? What we have to ensure is that we have enough capacity to cater for any growth in Ruthin."
Cllr Gavin Harris added: "At the end of the day houses are being built and we have got to look at these people positively. The more negative comments there are, the more isolated it will become as an estate."
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Kendrick Lamar Unveils 'Count Me Out' Video, With Helen Mirren Playing His Therapist
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In the "Count Me Out" music video from rapper Kendrick Lamar's Grammy-nominated "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" album, the 35-year-old artist gets deep with his therapist — played by Dame Helen Mirren.
Co-directed by Lamar and pgLang co-founder Dave Free, the black-and-white video begins with Lamar seated in front of a closed piano, with Mirren's voice calling to his attention. He turns around as the camera focuses in on Mirren. Before the music begins, they discuss an incident in which Lamar denied taking a parking spot from somebody before admitting that he did, and the two share a laugh.
As the song begins, the two split onto opposite sides of the screen, with the middle section — in full color — chronicling Lamar's lyrics in abstract fashion. Shots include Lamar receiving a COVID test, putting on a fake smile for a toast with former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and venture capitalist Vivi Nevo along with cameos from Free, pgLang signee Tanna Leone and wife Whitney Alford. The song, structured as a therapy session with a voiceover intro from Alford, is represented in full visual form in the video — Lamar's psyche examined, warts and all.
Mirren, who stars in the upcoming "1923" series opposite Harrison Ford and narrated the recent trailer for Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" movie, has already worked with Lamar in a different capacity for the new album. During the rapper's "Big Steppers Tour," which is currently running through Australia and new Zealand, Mirren narrates the live show, serving as a guide between a setlist that chronicles much of Lamar's expansive discography.
"Mr. Morale" scored eight nods when nominations were revealed for the 65th Grammy Awards, including spots under best rap album and album of the year — which is Lamar's fourth nomination in the latter category. Including "Count Me Out," Lamar has released four music videos for the album with "N95," "Rich Spirit" and a short film for "We Cry Together" in which he starred opposite actress Taylour Paige.
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It was a hot, humid day in early August with temperatures nearing 90 degrees Fahrenheit. However, this did not dampen the morale of the non-intensive ESL students who turned out in great numbers at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
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Yep, we had some days with both morning and late afternoon fog. And even a couple of them where the fog continued to stay for the entire day. Spooky! Guess the differences between the temperature of the water and the air close to it explains that. But we'll skip that for now. It wasn't the entire month like that, but for sure way more than we had seen from previous years! The other weather conditions were quite good. Some windy days came up early September, still with some good weather though.
Let's dive right into it! Surfing happened mostly between the Espinho and Esmoriz area, with more sessions happening in Espinho especially when conditions were less clean.
There's an old saying that goes something like "After the storm comes the quietness". Couldn't agree more. Yes, we already had some fair surfing up until mid-September, with some fog and wind in the mix. But then, suddenly, it turned up a notch! The conditions changed over night, and the ocean gifted us some really pumping non stop surfing conditions. And, the best thing about it, it was not only for one or two days, but it simply kept going and going! Half meter to two meters waves, friendly to challenging, fun to stiff, we had it all!
The sandbars were so good and with such a good design all the way from Espinho to Esmoriz, that you could, dare to say it, conclude that you were surfing Kelly Slater's type of waves. Yes, it was that good! Besides this, the water was warmer than usual, reaching to 19 degrees on the warmer days, which was really nice to our Portuguese standards.
We and our friends/guests spent hours in row in the water and, by the time we hang out to dinner, for a drink or just to chill out a bit, the topic was mainly surf related. After surfing events were modest and disciplined, because we just run out of juice from surfing all day and because we wanted to be fit and ready the were not that long as we run out of power fast and, most important, we knew that on the next day there will be more.
One of the wonderful magical unique things that we love more about this time of the year is nature's light and sunsets. And September 2017 was pretty generous with that as we had experienced so many cool ones, especially because we were able to enjoy them while surfing or while having a beer in Porto.
This concludes our story about "Porto surfing in September" for 2017. About what it's to come. -October, expectations are evenly high, but let's leave that for the next occasion. Say… in a couple of days! Can't wait for it!
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\section{Space-time freeze-out picture}
\label{sec1}

The main goal of the experiments with ultrarelativistic heavy-ion
collisions at Brookhaven and CERN is to study properties of hot and
dense hadronic matter. Using the measured final-state distributions
one tries to reconstruct the dynamical picture of the nuclear
reaction and compare it with the predictions of different models.
The reaction dynamics and experimental constraints are so complicated
at high energies that any single model cannot fully reproduce the
whole set of data. But the discrepancies between the standard models
and the data may help to reveal new phenomena associated with highly
anticipated quark-hadron phase transition.

In the present paper we continue to study the freeze-out conditions
in relativistic heavy ion collisions which were initiated earlier
\cite{fr_ags,fr_sps}.
The calculations are carried out within the quark-gluon string model
(QGSM) \cite{qgsm} for gold-gold collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 130$ AGeV.
The phase-space distribution for the particles on the mass shell is a
function of seven independent variables: components of radius
${\vec r}$ and momentum ${\vec p}$, and time $t$. For the sake of
simplicity we integrate it over some variables and study separately
different space-time and phase-space three-dimensional distributions.
Note, that production and freeze-out of strange hadrons at RHIC
energies have been studied also in \cite{bleicher} within the UrQMD
model.

Figure~\ref{fig1} shows the distributions $d^2N/p_Tdp_Tdt$ and
$d^2N/r_Tdr_Tdt$ of the emitted kaons and lambdas over time $t$ and
transverse radius and momentum, $r_T=\sqrt{(x^2+y^2)}$ and
$p_T=\sqrt{(p_x^2+p_y^2)}$, respectively.
\begin{figure}[htb]
\hspace{2.0cm}
\ewxy{bra_fig1.eps}{80mm}
\vspace{-1.5cm}
\caption{
$d^2N/p_Tdp_Tdt/A$ and $d^2N/r_Tdr_Tdt/A$ distributions of the
final-state $K$ and $\Lambda$ over their last elastic and inelastic
collision points in the $(p_T,t)$ and $(r_T,t)$ planes.
Particles are produced in Au+Au collisions with $b = 8$~fm at
$\sqrt{s} = 130$~AGeV. Contour plots
correspond to different particle densities.
}
\label{fig1}
\end{figure}
It is different for $\Lambda$ and $K$.
One can see in Fig.~\ref{fig1} (right panels) that, in contrast to SPS
\cite{fr_sps}, not only pions but also many kaons
and lambdas are emitted from the surface region $r_T \approx R_A$
within first few fm/$c$. A strong collective transverse expansion of
hadronic matter is observed. Kaons with large transverse momenta are
emitted predominantly at the initial stages of the reaction
(Fig.~\ref{fig1}, left panels). They are produced in inelastic primary
$NN$ collisions, whereas soft hadrons are emitted during the whole
evolution time. At later times the transverse momenta are generated
to a large extent by multiple rescattering. Both due to formation
time effect and longer mean free path of kaons, similar distribution
for lambdas is rather flat. This plateau corresponds to the
``thermal" component of the $\Lambda$ distribution due to many elastic
and inelastic collisions. Still, the lambdas with maximum
$p_T$ are produced at the beginning of the collision. With growing
time the transverse momentum spectra become gradually softer, which
can be interpreted as the cooling of the expanding hadronic matter.

\section{Sequential freeze-out}
\label{sec2}

Let us consider in detail the time distributions for the
different hadron species shown in Fig.~\ref{fig2}.
\begin{figure}[htb]
\vspace{-2.0cm}
\hspace{1.0cm}
\ewxy{bra_fig2.eps}{85mm}
\caption{
$dN/dt$ distribution of $N, \pi, K, \Lambda$ and $\phi$ over
their last collision time $t^{freeze}$.
}
\label{fig2}
\end{figure}
First of all,
there is a noticeable difference between the meson and baryon groups
of particles. The QGSM predicts that kaons and pions decouple earlier
than nucleons and lambdas and approximately at the same times
$\langle t^{\rm mes} \rangle \approx 6$ fm/$c$ and $\langle
t^{\rm bar} \rangle \approx 13$ fm/$c$.
The width of $dN/dt$ distributions for mesons are narrower
than that for baryons: $\Delta t^{\rm mes}\approx 8$ fm/$c$
and $\Delta t^{\rm bar}\approx 14$ fm/$c$.
For the $K$'s and $\Lambda$'s the width is slightly smaller than the
width for pions and nucleons, respectively.
At the last stages of the reaction the $dN/dt$ distributions
for nucleons and pions are determined mainly by the resonance decays
$\Delta \rightarrow \pi + N$, while the width of the distributions
of kaons and lambdas is determined by the elastic collisions.
At this stage $K$ and $\Lambda$ (as well as $\pi$ and $N$) have
the same decoupling times and the slopes of $dN/dt$ distributions.

Therefore, the microscopic model calculations show that there is no
sharp freeze-out of particles at RHIC. In fact, the particles are
emitted continuously. In contrast to assumptions of ideal hydrodynamic
model \cite{Lan53}, the expanding fireball in microscopic models can
be rather treated as a core consisting of still interacting hadrons,
and a halo, which contains particles already decoupled from the
system. The order of the freeze-out of different species seems to be
the same for energies ranging from AGS to RHIC: 1 - pions, 2 - kaons,
3 - lambdas, 4 - nucleons. This conclusion is valid also for the
particles emitted in a certain rapidity interval, particularly at
central rapidities, $|y| \leq 1$.
On the other hand, the bulk production of mesons takes place within
8-10 fm/$c$, and the scenario of at least sequential freeze-out of
hadrons is not ruled out.

Results of our microscopic calculations justify the implementation
of the continuous freeze-out of particles in a more realistic 3+1
dimensional hydrodynamic model in \cite{SGHK04}.
It appears, for instance, that this approach can be accounted for
better description of experimental data on the two-particle
interferometry at RHIC.

\section{Freeze-out and elliptic flow}
\label{sec3}

The continuous freeze-out of particles modifies distributions
connected to asymmetry of the system. One of this signals which
is intensively studied now is elliptic flow, $v_2$ \cite{Olli92}.
\begin{figure}[htb]
\begin{minipage}[t]{65mm}
\vspace{-1.0cm}
\hspace{-0.cm}
\ewxy{bra_fig3.eps}{75mm}
\vspace{-1.0cm}
\caption{
$d^2N/dx dy$ distributions for $\Lambda$ and $K$ in Au+Au
collisions with $b = 8$ fm at $\sqrt{s} = 130$ AGeV.
}
\label{fig3}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{\fill}
\begin{minipage}[t]{65mm}
\vspace{-1.0cm}
\hspace{0.5cm}
\ewxy{bra_fig4.eps}{75mm}
\vspace{-1.0cm}
\caption{
$d^2N/dp_x dp_y$ distributions for $\Lambda$ and $K$ in Au+Au
collisions with $b = 8$ fm at $\sqrt{s} = 130$ AGeV.
}
\label{fig4}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}
Figures~\ref{fig3} and \ref{fig4} depict anisotropy of distributions
for kaons and lambdas in the transverse coordinate $(x,y)$ and
momentum $(p_x,p_y)$ planes at the beginning and at the end of the
collision, respectively. At the initial stage of the reaction the
distributions of particles possess strong anisotropy in the coordinate
space, but quite weak anisotropy in the momentum one. Then the
momentum-space anisotropy starts to develop for low-momentum
particles, and at the final stage both kaons and lambdas show quite
noticeable momentum anisotropy, i.e. elliptic flow.
It is worth mentioning that the final distribution $d^2N/dx dy$ for
$\Lambda$ has wide plateau located between the centers of colliding
nuclei. For kaons this distribution is much narrower; like pions,
kaons are mostly concentrated within the overlapping region.
Our analysis shows \cite{elfl_04} that the baryonic and mesonic
components of the elliptic flow are
completely different: pions and kaons emitted from the surface of
the expanding fireball within the first few fm/$c$ carry the strongest
flow, while later on their flow is significantly reduced. In contrast
to this, the baryon fraction acquires stronger elliptic flow during
the subsequent rescatterings, thus developing the hydro-like flow.
The saturation of the flow at the late stages can be explained
by the lack of rescattering, since the expanding system becomes
more dilute. Further details
of the evolution of $v_2$ are considered in Ref.~\cite{za_04}.

\section{Conclusions}
\label{concl}

Our main conclusion is that the quark gluon string model predicts a
continuous emission of particles, starting almost from the beginning
of the reaction. This can be attributed to the lack of attractive
forces which keep the particles together. To get a sharp freeze-out it
is necessary to have some glue mechanism, like attractive mean fields,
enhanced cross sections or rapidly hadronizing quark-gluon plasma.
Different species decouple at different times.
The order of the freeze-out of hadronic species is as
follows: 1 - pions; 2 - kaons; 3 - lambdas; 4 - nucleons.
At RHIC energies significant fractions of mesons and baryons
are emitted within the first two fm/$c$.
The mesons with large  transverse
momenta $p_t$ are predominantly produced at the early stages of the
reaction. The low $p_t$ component is populated by mesons coming mainly
from the decay of resonances. This explains naturally the decreasing
source sizes with increasing $p_t$, observed in Hanbury-Brown$-$Twiss
interferometry.

\section*{References}

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Translation:Are you starting to wash the dishes?
The current English translation is very awkward. Something like "Are you starting to wash up?" or "Are you starting to wash the dishes?" would be more natural, and a more consistent use of mosogatni based on previous examples' uses.
Looks like they've fixed those now. Way to go Hungarian team!
To do the washing up is a British English phrase equivalent (as far as I'm aware) to the American English phrase to do the dishes.
Is there anything wrong with "Have you started washing the dishes?"


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consent of the Visiting Committee. Payment must be made, or security given, for two weeks in advance. Unmarried persons, by regular monthly payments of twenty-five cents, can acquire the right of free admission to the Hospital in case of sickness. The right is lost by three consecutive failures to pay the contributions.
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Resident Physician: Dr. C. Unger.
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Is located on Olney Road near York Pike, 22d ward. It is accessible by the North Penna. R. R. to Tabor Station, is about two squares west of station- -or in driving out take Broad Street to its terminus, and then into York Pike. This Hospital is free for the alleviation of
the sick and wounded of every creed, color, sex, or nationality; in connection with it is the Asylum for aged and infirm Israelites. The number of beds in wards and single rooms for hospital use is forty, but when necessary can easily accommodate fifty. The Home or Asylum will accommodate about the same number.
Cases of accident are admitted at any time without permit; but all cases of sickness (excepting those of a contagious or infectious nature, which are never admitted) require a permit from the Committee of Admission, to be signed by two of their members (seven in number, residing or having offices in central locations); this committee require a certificate from the attending physician as to the nature of the disease, etc., before granting a permit; the resident physician in cases of emergency requiring immediate treatment can admit without it. The Hospital is free to all, but persons who desire to pay are charged a moderate sum. All receive the same treatment, rich and poor alike.
The building is surrounded by fourteen and a half acres of beautiful rolling ground, and is in one of the finest parts of the city. The present site has been occupied about one and a half years, the Hospital having formerly been located at 56th and Haverford Road; the building is complete in all its appointments for hospital purposes. Its cost completed and furnished. was about $100,000, paid for by the Israelites of Philadelphia, excepting a small mortgage. It is supported by yearly subscribers and voluntary donations.
Medical Staff.
Attending Surgeons: Drs. R. J. Levis and T. G. Morton.
Attending Physicians: Drs. Wilson B. Smith, David Davidson, Joshua R. Evans, and Jno. C. Hall.
P. O. Address, Branchtown, 22d Ward; R. R. Station, Tabor, N. P. R. R.
Board of Officers.
President: Abraham S. Wolf.
Vice-President: Abraham Goldsmith.
Treasurer: Wm. B. Hackenburg.
Secretary: Joseph L. Berg.
Corresponding Secretary: Simon Pfaelzer.
Directors: Lucien Moss, Mayer Sulzberger, Jules A. Ephraim, Abraham Wolf, Simon W. Arnold, Solomon Gans, Morris Rosenbach, Judah Isaacs, Alfred T. Jones, Abraham Sulzberger, Marx B. Loeb, Jacob Kaufmann.
Resident Physician and Superintendent: A. Feldstein, M.D.
Assistant Physician: J. Simsohn, M.D.
Steward and Matron: Mr. and Mrs. Moses Cohen.
The Board meets the first Sunday of every month.
The Charity Hospital of Philadelphia,
1832 HAMILTON STREET.
Chartered 1858.
Supported by private subscriptions; owns the pro
perty.
Daily clinics are held at the Hospital, from 12 M. to I P. M., when advice and medicine are given gratuitously to the worthy poor.
St. Mary's Hospital,
FRANKFORD ROAD AND PALMER STREETS,
Conducted by the Sisters of St. Francis,
Was established in 1866. Number of beds seventy, divided between the Surgical and Medical wards. No contagious or mental diseases received. Board of patients is five dollars per week. Accident cases received without charge when brought within twenty-four hours. Patients of all creeds received without question. Application for admission must be made at the Hospital. There being no endowment fund, the support is entirely of voluntary contributions, lectures, concerts, board of patients, etc.
Medical Staff: Drs. Cummiskey and R. A. Cleeman.
Surgical Staff: Drs. W. W. Keen, J. H. Grove, H. S. Schell, and J. E. Mears.
Ophthalmic Surgeon: Dr. A. D. Hall.
Resident Surgeons: Drs. Early, Diehl, Eaton, and Birckes.
Solicitor: Chas. Hart, Esq.
Physician-in-charge: J. Cummiskey, M.D.
In connection with the Hospital there has been organized a Dispensary which gives daily relief to many out-door sick. Medicines are not furnished gratuitously.
Dispensary Staff: Drs. Cummiskey, Schell, and Porter.


MARJAH, Afghanistan - Like tomb raiders, the Marines unearth the deadly treasures of those who no longer rule Helmand province. Scouring dry creek beds and abandoned compounds, they collect caches of AK-47s, Soviet era grenades and homemade explosives buried by the Taliban.
First Lt. Shane Harden, the Fox Company executive officer, noted a significant decrease in Taliban small arms attacks since the beginning of the deployment. Harden said firefights used to be a daily occurrence. Now, he said, more than two weeks have passed since their last engagement with the enemy. Harden, from Dublin, Ga., believes the decrease in violence is directly related to the increase in cache finds.
Koury, whose company supports 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, said the turnaround in Northern Marjah is the byproduct of a change in command philosophy. The former battalions focused more on destroying the enemy, whereas 3/9 and Fox Company have concentrated more on building relationships with the locals, Koury said.
Harden noted that Fox Company and 3/9 face a weaker enemy than past Marine battalions in Marjah – units that adopted a more aggressive approach by necessity, he said. He conceded that Fox Company's approach wouldn't have been possible in the spring of 2010, when local Taliban forces were a more formidable threat, and he credited previous battalions for aggressively pushing lingering Taliban out of Marrjah and setting the conditions for more sophisticated counterinsurgency operations. Nevertheless, he said, Fox Company saw no progress until a point early in the deployment when they shifted their focus from killing the enemy to embracing the community.
In Northern Marjah, the people will, asserted Koury, because the Fox Company Marines have avoided endangering the civilian population in pursuit of insurgents.
Sgt. Gerry Cariaga, a squad leader with Fox Company, said he's surprised at how much of the deployment he's spent talking to people and searching for buried weapons. He said departing Marines from the last unit warned that violence would resume with the changing of seasons.
Cariaga, from Solsona, Ilocos Norte, Phillippines, said he's sometimes disappointed by the unfulfilled prophecy. He sometimes misses the excitement of the firefights, he admitted, but overall, he's glad that his company has found a safer, more effective way to operate.
"If you treat people with respect, they will respect you," Cariaga observed.
Koury attributes the company's success – the uncovered caches, burgeoning public support and reduced hostility – to Marine discipline. Marines prefer the gallantry of combat to playing the role of neighborhood watch, but they will always restrain their natural aggression for the sake of mission accomplishment, he said.
Leonard Burke is used to wearing green. After all, his parents were Irish. And, he just celebrated his 93rd St. Patrick's Day. Although Leonard may look green on the outside - he wore the olive drab uniform of his country for six years too- on the inside, Leonard Burke bleeds red, white, and blue. So, at this Saturday's St. Patrick's Parade, look for this passionately patriotic veteran, one of the many grand marshals we salute for their service to our nation.
Leonard Burke was born to Joseph Patrick Burke and Sarah Jane Eckert Burke in Pennsylvania on the tenth day of the tenth month of 1918. Six weeks after his birth, Joe Burke began making preparations to come home from World War I. Leonard Burke grew up in the Great Depression on the back streets of a West Philadelphia neighborhood, where most of the residents were Irish or Italian. Leonard never finished high school, opting to start working instead. He worked at Dewey's Restaurant on 13th and Market streets for $18.00 a week, keeping $5.00 for himself, and giving the rest to his mother as long as he was living at home.
When the war with Japan broke out, Leonard left his managerial job at Dewey's and took a job as a ball bearing grinder at SFK Ball and Bearing Plant, where he made bearings for ships, tanks, and trucks. When called into the service in 1943, Leonard, at the age of twenty-five with a wife and infant daughter at home, enlisted in the Army. Naturally he was assigned to an engineering unit. After training for many months in the states, Burke and his unit arrived in Liverpool, England in mid-May of 1944, just weeks before D-day.
Leonard was assigned to the 300th Combat Engineers. For eighteen months, Leonard built roads, mine fields, bridges, fortifications, and anything else the Army needed to build or blow up as it slowly moved across France and Belgum into Germany. During the bitterly cold winter of 1944-45, Burke's unit saw service just north of the Battle of the Bulge. One of the highlights of his service was the day Leonard literally bumped into Gen. George S. Patton. When Burke saw whom he had bumped into, he apologized. The immortal general excused the momentary brush. Leonard never can get out his mind the sight of piles of bones in the killing ovens of the concentration camps he saw near the end of the war. During his tour in Europe, Burke was awarded five bronze stars, a meritorious unit award, and various other awards. Seeing it as a jinx, Burke turned down a Purple Heart instead telling his general to give it to the guy in the bed because he was in worse shape.
After the war was over, Burke was one the lucky ones when he got old job back. But, after six months, Leonard decided to join the Army Air Corps to ensure a steady income for his family. Among Leonard's highly prized memorabilia of his years in the service is a certificate issued to him by Col. John R. Kilgore. Burke participated in Operation Sandstone at the Eniwetok Atomic Energy Proving Grounds on the Marshall Islands. The project was a three-detonation series of atomic bombs in 1948 to test the effects of nuclear fall out on the atmosphere and naval ships and aircraft.
After the war, Burke married the love of his life, his wife Thelma, and moved to Florida. Eventually, Leonard and Thelma moved to Moultrie, Georgia, where he lived and worked until he recently retired. Yes, Leonard worked up until the age of ninety. Burke began working at Lear-Signer in Moultrie in 1951 and kept on working full time in the aviation industry. At the age of seventy-three, when most people his age have already retired, Leonard took a new job at Maule Air, Inc. He would work there for almost 17 years. At the age of 89, Leonard was honored for his work as a quality control inspector as the Older Worker of the Year in Southwest Georgia.
Today, Burke lives with his step daughter Elaine Goolsby on Walke Dairy Road. His memories of his life in World War II are still vivid in his mind. He treasures the friendships he made and the good he was able to do on behalf of his country. I imagine, if the U.S. Army called and needed his help, Leonard Burke would put his green uniform back on, stand at attention, and salute the flag of the country he so dearly loves.
The Dublin Civitan Club invites all veterans of military service to serve as grand marshals of this year's parade. If you are a veteran and would like to walk or ride in the parade report to the head of the parade column at S. Jefferson Street and Martin Luther King Dr., this Saturday morning between 08:30 to 09:30 hours. If you can't make it, the Civitan Club thanks you for your service to our country. To those who come to watch the parade, bring your flag to wave as we honor those who risked their lives to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. For further information, please call me at 478-279-2514.
Leonard Burke riding aboard the VA float, St. Patrick's Parade, March 19, 2011.


Julie Santers, author of Mimi's Tea Party, has been invited to attend the 2013 Family Reading Festival in Pottsville, PA on November 2. The event, which features local authors and illustrators, will be held at the Fairlane Village Mall from 10am to 2pm. Stop by, meet Julie, and pick up an autographed copy of her book!
For more information, visit http://republicanheraldnie.weebly.com/authors.html.


There once lived an old couple in the mountains. The old lady most of the time refused to cook for the old man, complaining her knees hurt and finding it hard to walk. One day the old man got really frustrated having to labour in the jungle as well work in the kitchen and in a fit of rage hit the old lady's knees with a pestle. Plop! popped out a frog from the old lady's knee. As the frog hopped around, he asked the old man to arrange a bride for him. With his wrinkled face and toothless mouth, old man looked carefully at the frog and said, " I am too old and I can't help you much in this matter. Why don't you approach the chieftain of this hamlet. He has a beautiful daughter. Try your luck and see if he is willing to give his daughter to you in marriage".
So went the frog hopping door to door asking for chieftain's home. When he found the house he sat on the fence and with his hoarse voice croaked loudly, "Father -in- law, come out , please come out". Chieftain came out but saw no one and went back inside. Again the frog croaked, "Father -in- law, Father-in -law, please come out." chieftain would come out and and find no one . This went on for a while till chieftain found out it was a frog, sitting on the fence calling out to him. When chieftain asked him why he is calling him 'father in law', frog said, "Sir, I would like to marry your daughter". Hearing this chieftain laughed out loudly and humiliated the frog for making such a ludicrous proposition. "Go away you stupid ugly frog, you are an insignificant creature. Don't ever dream of having my daughter's hand in marriage".
The frog became sad and his eyes welled up. As soon as his tears rolled out, dark clouds gathered in the sky and strong winds started to blow, then came thunder and lightening. Rain poured down hard as the crying of the frog became louder and louder. The more the frog cried, the harder it rained. This went on for days. People in the village could not go out to fetch fuel or food. There was flood water everywhere. They realized if a solution is not quickly found it might turn into deluge and destroy the village. Finally, people in the village requested the chieftain to give into frog's demand. Chieftain relented and married his beautiful daughter to the frog. As the frog danced in joy rain stopped immediately and Sun came out from behind the cloud cover. Fruits and grains grew in plenty and the people were overjoyed.


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Category Archives: New Mexico
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http://www.dailystandard.com/archive/2015-04-04/stories/26445/painting-the-town-for-easter
Another article with Brenda Robinson, painter of the Quilted Rock. This time she helped restore Big Bob, claimed to be the world's largest handmade bass.
When the Griswolds were done painting, Robinson applied a final clear coat to protect Big Bob from the elements.
"I bet he's good for another 50 years," Griswold said.
The fish was built to advertise Celina and Grand Lake, with many Lake Festival queens riding on the float in the past. More recently members of the Celina Dolphin swim team have enjoyed a ride on the float during the Lake Festival parade.
History of Big Bob:
According to a 1976 Celina Lake Festival brochure, the current Big Bob is not Celina's first whopper of a fish float.
Apparently, in the 1930s, a 30-foot-long fish float was built by Celina businessmen to advertise Grand Lake. The float appeared in numerous parades and events throughout Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.
The float was to be a part of the famous Parade of Roses in Pasadena, Calif., but was destroyed when it was loaded for the parade and never reached its destination.
The disheveled fish then was put on a small island in Grand Lake off West Bank Road where it sat for many years as a tourist attraction, the brochure says.
– Betty Lawrence
"Isn't it clear? You must make a ["quilted"] fish sculpture. To match Waxy the Bird in nearby Greenhead. B[y]rd-Fish."
"One Pink" (Greenup collage #11).
I just took apart the sculpture of the red/green/blue birds seen in the above collage (Opus 19) to make room in my study for the new keyboards (Baby Chro). One replaces another in effect.
Opus 19 in 1990 art exhibit
Fish+Bass in Quay County, NM.
Filed under Frank Park, Georgia, MAPS, New Mexico, Ohio, Whitehead Crossing
Hucka D.:
You must find out the Whitehead X-ing equivalent to Yreka, which is akin to the Vikings' Greenland and Iceland in that it is the opposite of the name. We know Greenland and Iceland are equivalent to Greene Knob, which will be renamed Gene's Knob in honor of Gene Fade and his super-opus "Fade to Moss". Is the story of the Strange or Strang Monster a part of "Fade"?
bb:
I wonder if this Yreka is actually pre-*Leaf*? That would be odd. It looks like from a Siskiyou County map that Yreka would be positioned near the head of No Title Spring, or what was perhaps Norum Spring in the far past.
This county is perhaps a snapshot of what Leaf encountered when he entered The Crossing those oh so many years ago. All of California is like this — I think of Eric near Monolith. The Monolith was already present? Or did Leaf build it? And then what of Strange being born in Weed (NM)? Strange is a bartender/monster. Noonan. Frank-einstein.
I think Mossbrae Falls figures into this somewhere as well.
Filed under ., California, Frank Park, MAPS, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Whitehead Crossing
Strange 01
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noonan,_North_Dakota
Noonan was founded in 1907 and named after a family that had business, farm, and coal interests in the area. It was once known as "The White City" because of an ordinance requiring all buildings to be painted white.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Strange
Glenn Strange (August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973) was an American actor who mostly appeared in Western films. He is best remembered for playing Frankenstein's monster in three Universal films during the 1940s and for his role as Sam Noonan, the popular bartender on CBS's Gunsmoke television series. Strange was of Irish and Cherokee descent and was a cousin of the Western film star and narrator Rex Allen.
Strange was born near Alamogordo in tiny Weed in Otero County, northeast of El Paso, Texas, some thirteen years prior to New Mexico gaining statehood. He was born as George Glenn Strange, the fourth child of William Russell Strange and the former Sarah Eliza Byrd. He was an eighth generation grandson of Pocahontas and John Rolfe of Jamestown, Virginia.
Strange grew up in tiny Cross Cut (formerly known as Cross Out) in Brown County (county seat: Brownwood), some fifty miles east of Abilene in West Texas.
Strange played the Monster a third time in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), with Chaney, Jr. and Bela Lugosi.
Noonan near Devine in Medina County, Texas. The only other US Devine, in Colorado, is just below Vineland, and Devine itself is listed with a lone variant name of Vineland. My thinking in respect to WH X-ing: Devine is a central place in The Crossing's Vineland. Below Vineland is Weed — that was already predetermined. Now I know that our Strang or Strange is from Weed as well through Glenn Strange from Weed, NM, famous for his portrayals of Frankenstein's monster and also the bartender Noonan from Gunsmoke.
Only other *Noonan* beside the one in Texas is in Divide Co., ND near a *Strange* Siding. How odd; how strange if I may be allowed.
Filed under Colorado, MAPS, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Torrance
In the sequel novel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep reveals Jack is also the biological father of a woman named Lucy, whose daughter Abra also has the shining meets with Danny years later. Danny realizes Jack concieved a baby at a party (shortly before he was fired from his teaching position) unbeknownst to Wendy.
The miniseries ends with a scene not in the book: Danny graduates from high school, while his spectral father looks on. It is revealed that Danny's imaginary friend "Tony" is, in fact, Danny from the future communicating with his past self, a point briefly touched upon in the book but omitted from the Kubrick film.
Mountain air.
"Our people in Denver recommended Jack very highly, and, for once, I agree with them."
Preliminary notes:
I'm going to leave the Hidalgo County/Charles Nelson Blinkerton material alone for now. Torrance County is interesting. I believe Mountainair refers to Wendy's yawn in The Shining, at the beginning of the Closing Day section. She is adjusting to the mountain air. A sickly brown rose or perhaps carnation is penned to her lapel. The influence of the previous Kubrick flick Barry Lyndon and its commoner Redmond Barry may still linger. "Torrance" is obvious. Lucy is a child, according to King mythos, conceived by a mistress before Jack left Vermont and his schoolteacher position and moved to Boulder (I love Lucy may factor in). Lucy's daughter Abra has the shining like Danny. Tony (just e. in Guadalupe County) is a future Danny communicating with present Danny, according to recently published Dr. Sleep once more. We've just been introduced to Tony in Boulder in the movie. Broncho refers to Denver via NFL team Denver Broncos. Jack has been recommended for the winter caretaker position by the hotel's "people in Denver" (who Ullman openly states are quite unreliable in their suggestions!). Chilili reinforces Denver (Indiana). This will be used.
Filed under ., MAPS, New Mexico