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Is anybody else still buzzing from the College Football Championship game earlier this week? I sure am. I still feel like I just left a rock concert and my ears are still ringing. At least with Monday's game, I don't have to worry about permanent hearing damage down the line.
In case you've been in a coma for the past several days, Alabama and Clemson played one of the most epic college football games in history. It was a hell of a game from start to finish, full of big plays, big turning points, and players that really rose to the occasion. It highlighted everything I love about football, a sport I've loved since I was a kid.
As much as I love football though, there is one component about college football that still bothers me. It's not necessarily the football part though. That's the fun part that most sports fans can get behind. It's the college component.
This doesn't just apply to football either. I watch other college sports from time-to-time, mainly basketball. When I was in college, I even knew some college athletes. It's a big part of college life. Between class and keggers, college sports are a big part of the culture. However, as I've gotten older, I've come to see it in a different context, one that is probably a byproduct of being an erotica/romance writer.
Unlike the professional ranks, college athletes don't get paid. Sure, they get a scholarship to a school (although it can be revoked and rescinded at any time), but they don't make any money directly. It doesn't matter if your Deshaun Watson, the quarterback from Clemson who just became an icon at his school, or some backup point guard on the basketball team. They don't make a penny directly.
This is kind of odd because the NCAA, the governing body for college sports, made over $1 billion in 2014 alone. They made this money despite not having to pay a dime to the actual people who play these sports that entertain us so much, namely the athletes.
Understandably, there are some folks who have a problem with this. The issue of paying college athletes is a sensitive issue, so much so that South Park dedicated an entire episode to mocking it with crack babies. It's as entertaining and offensive as it sounds. Since the basic rule of thumb is that if South Park mocks it, then it must be a serious issue, it's safe to assume there's some major controversy/injustice going on.
Now I'm not going to dedicate this entire post to arguing for or against paying college athletes. That is a complex issue with more wrinkles than a porn star's bed sheets. I'm not entirely qualified to discuss the particulars of this issue, but someone like John Oliver is. Last year, he dedicated a show to reviewing this issue and, as he often does, he breaks it down in a pretty astonishing way.
In watching this, it's hard to feel much sympathy for the NCAA. That would be like feeling sympathy for the New York Yankees for not winning the World Series this past year. It's an organization full of bureaucrat businessmen whose sole purpose is to make more money for the organization. I don't mind people making money, but when it involves exploiting people to such a degree, I have a problem.
Then again, there might be other forces at work here beyond the greed of the NCAA and those who share in their profits. It's a force that John Oliver never touched on and rightly so. It's one of those forces that's clearly there, but the implications are hard to see.
Watch that clip again and focus on the parts about the coaches and administrators making all that money from these college athletes. Do you notice something about them? Well, don't look too hard. It's fairly bland on the surface. A lot of these people are older individuals. They're either at middle-age or beyond. They wear suits, they sit at desks, and they have as much sex appeal as a shaved cat.
Why do I bring this up? It's not just to mock the ages of those involved. That's just wrong. I mention their ages because it highlights an unspoken facet of our sexual attitudes. Listen to older folk talk about the sexual behaviors of the younger generation for more than five minutes and you'll probably hear the same story, assuming you have a strong enough stomach.
Most will complain that these kids are out of control. They're all a big ball of hormones, ticking time bombs that will go off at the sight of anything that looks like a tit. Put them in a room with anything that's even somewhat alive and they'll find a way to fuck it. They're just that horny. They're just that decadent.
Never mind that this generation, the Millennials, is having less sex than previous generations. This is the perception of the older crowd. It's a perception that every older crowd seems to have about younger crowds in some form or another. Whether it's baby boomers, hippies, yuppies, or whatever crazy generations emerged in Ancient Egypt, old people whined about them.
Why do they whine? Why does younger people having sex make them so upset? Well, if you're older, you're more likely to have kids. That means you're also likely to have a daughter. Talk to any proud father about their daughter and chances are, they'll vomit uncontrollably if they think about their daughter having any kind of sex that doesn't involve making a grand-baby that will care for them in a nursing home.
It hearkens back to the Bronze Age idea that men must protect their daughter's virginity, as though it's some sort of precious commodity that they can later sell for a juicy dowry. Never mind that this isn't the goddamn Bronze Age and it's illegal to sell your children. Older men still recoil at the idea of their precious girls being defiled by hormonal men.
So how does this apply to college athletes? Well, anyone who saw the movie Varsity Blues has a vague idea. College athletes are big, strong, handsome, and a good chunk of them are minorities. They don't just attract women. They can physically overpower them, sometimes in horribly violent ways.
The idea of paying these young men money, which they could then use to more effectively have sex with more women, probably doesn't sit well with the older men who coach and govern college sports. Some of them may even worry that their own daughters, sisters, girlfriends, or mistresses will fall prey to a handsome, athletic stud's charms.
It's fairly undeniable that young athletes are quite horny and quite eager to fuck. The stories that come out of Olympic Village every four years during the Olympics are proof of that. For the NCAA and the old folk who run it, they just can't stomach the idea of giving these young men too many resources. They'll just use them to do more humping.
Now this is just the wild interpretation of an erotica/romance writer. I'm not saying that this thought crosses the minds of those in the NCAA when they're arguing against paying college athletes. However, I do think there's an unspoken concern that older generations have about the young, one that makes them look for excuses to not give them too many resources.
In some respects, I understand that. I like to think I was fairly mature when I was young, but there's no way I could've made real, adult decisions about the future of my life at 18, which is when most college athletes start their careers. Give me a lot of money and athletic prowess and I might find a way to fuck it up.
Then again, is the problem really that college athletes are too horny and immature? Or is it that we just treat them with the expectation that this is how they're going to be and they can't possibly be any different? It's just something to think about the next time you hear someone make excuses on why we shouldn't give too much money to young, handsome, athletic men.
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Avengers: Endgame (2019) Film Review
By Katie Smith-Wong	 Last updated Apr 25, 2019
Practically one year ago, Avengers: Infinity War set an almost unattainable level of expectation. Featuring one of the largest ensemble casts ever, the Russo Brothers' ambitious project became the first ever superhero film to gross more than $2 billion worldwide. More importantly, it paved the way for the most anticipated showdown (so far) in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
After the Big Snap, Avengers: Endgame sees the surviving heroes and their allies, including Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), team up to defeat Thanos (Josh Brolin) and reverse his actions.
The MCU has a number of sequels, all of which with mixed results. But when it comes to one for Infinity War, it is a big challenge. Since 2012, the threat of Thanos has been continuously teased as the Big Bad of the MCU and it was only a matter of time until Earth's Mightiest Heroes would face him. As the events of Infinity War can drastically alter future phases of the MCU, Endgame needs to deliver a consistent conclusion that will meet the intense anticipation from fans. With multiple story arcs creating so many loose ends to tie up, the Russos and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen Feeley have to pull off their most epic film yet.
If Endgame represents anything, it is a celebration of the MCU. During the last ten or so years, it has highlighted more than 30 key Marvel characters across 21 films – most of whom sharing interconnecting adventures. Despite everything they have faced solo or with allies, their camaraderie among the Avengers is one of the franchise's most endearing traits and in Endgame, it is highlighted through their common goal – stopping Thanos.
Through the heroes' challenging quest, Markus and Feeley combine entertainment with plenty of twists and turns to keep audiences on their toes. The plot also allows certain characters to emotionally reflect on their pasts. Although this mainly focuses on Stark, Thor and Rogers contemplating on their own respective pasts, it not only reminds audiences of what they have lost but also what they are fighting for.
Everyone delivers consistent performances with Downey Jr., Hemsworth and Evans standing out among the huge ensemble. Like their characters, the three actors have matured on-screen and the idea of them driving Endgame provides a sense of poignancy. The MCU's female characters are also wonderful, with Nebula (Gillan) gets some quality albeit overdue screentime and Black Widow (Johannson) is a beacon of optimism when everyone is breaking down.
Behind the camera, the Russos have created a colossal action-packed film. Their bold and smart direction ensures everything flows coherently, delivering audience-pleasing surprises and set pieces. There is a lot to juggle but when Endgame reaches its dizzying climax, no-one will care about the lengthy runtime.
The stakes to deliver a fitting finale to the Infinity Saga are immense. But Avengers: Endgame is so darn satisfying, it will be hard to find a blockbuster that will match its emotionality or excitement.
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Lex John MILLER - 11/02/2016
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Under section 21(1) of the Parole Act 2002
Lex John MILLER
Hearing: 11 February 2016 at (withheld) Prison
Members of the Board:
Mr N Trendle – Panel Convenor
Dr S Davis
Dr P Taylor
Support Person: (withheld)
DECISION OF THE BOARD
1. Lex John Miller is making a further appearance before the Board on an effective sentence of eight years four months' imprisonment for attempted murder, kidnapping, burglary, unlawful taking and escaping from custody. His initial sentence of seven years eight months' imprisonment was added to cumulatively after an escape from prison. He is in the last 5 months of his sentence.
2. When Mr Miller last appeared before the Board he was assessed as remaining an undue risk to the safety of the community as the Board was not satisfied he had addressed offending issues and had the internal coping strategies to manage risk. A psychological assessment was sought.
3. The Board has that assessment dated 14 December 2015. It records that Mr Miller declined to meet with the psychologist as he saw no benefit in doing so. The psychologist noted issues with anxiety. When it came to an assessment of the risk, the psychologist assessed him as being at low risk of re-offending, based on the information available.
4. Mr Miller initially indicated he did not wish to attend today's hearing. It appears he changed his mind after a discussion with his Case Manager. He was supported, as he has been before, by (withheld)
5. Mr Miller was on Release to Work but that activity was determined late last year. He has since been transferred to the (withheld). The circumstances behind these decisions are not clear to the Board, but we note he has retained his minimum security status.
6. As it has been before, the Board has paid particular regard to victim-related issues. We discussed obvious safety concerns with Mr Miller in the course of the hearing. He held a strong sense of grievance and vengeance at the time of his offending and, later, when he escaped from prison. This issue was discussed with Mr Miller and (withheld). Mr Miller conceded that his offending and thinking, when he came to prison, could be appropriately described as revengeful. The work he has done to date and the time spent in prison has to some extent ameliorated that thinking. In response to direct questions from panel members Mr Miller was quite clear: he has no intention of contacting (withheld), the victim of his offending, or (withheld). Insofar as (withheld) are concerned (withheld) we understand, no longer subject to a protection order. He told us he does not propose contacting them but if they wish to contact him he is comfortable with that.
7. Mr Miller was adamant that he will comply with any release conditions relating to contact with his victim and that he not enter the Bay of Plenty region without the approval of his Probation Officer. He accepted that he would be the subject of electronic monitoring. He says he is used to that as it was a condition of Release to Work, though the bracelet was uncomfortable.
8. The Board remains of the view that there is doubt that Mr Miller has effectively addressed the issues behind his offending. We could not be satisfied that if left solely to his own coping strategies that he would meet the statutory test for release on parole, notwithstanding his commitment not to contact his victim. We have, however, taken account of four additional factors. First, the influence of his supporter with whom, it appears, there is an open and positive relationship; secondly Mr Miller's progress in reflecting on and coming to terms with the background to his offending; thirdly the availability of electronic monitoring and release conditions to meet the Board's concern with respect to contact with his victim; and finally, that no further treatment (particularly with respect to a family violence programme) or reintegration gains to assist in preparing him for his return to the community are likely in the custodial setting over the next few months.
9. We also add that we have taken into account the relatively short time remaining on his sentence, an approved address and employment, and the benefit to be gained by the supervision available through his Probation Officer in the context of parole (as opposed to release) conditions.
10. We have, on balance, reached the view that for the time remaining on his sentence, Mr Miller reaches the statutory threshold for release and that his residual risk can be managed by way of tailored parole conditions.
11. Accordingly we direct Mr Miller's release from prison on 2 March 2016. Thereafter he will be subject to standard conditions and the special conditions set out below for a period expiring six months after his statutory release date.
12. The special conditions are in place to assist with the ongoing management of Mr Miller's rehabilitation and reintegration needs. We note the availability of psychological counselling and commended that to Mr Miller to assist with issues that may arise on his return to the community. As indicated, the Board is satisfied that victim concerns can be met by an enlarged geographic exclusion area which will be monitored by way of GPS, electronic monitoring.
13. Finally, the Board has imposed a condition requiring Mr Miller to attend for a monitoring hearing in July 2016. We impose that condition having regard to the seriousness of Mr Miller's offending, the limited rehabilitation activity that he has completed whilst he is subject to this sentence and the need for him to complete a family violence programme in the community, and to ensure that parole conditions with respect to the safety of his victim are adequate and strictly observed.
14. Mr Miller will be required to attend the monitoring hearing at the time and place to be advised in June. Prior to that hearing the Board requests a report from his supervising Probation Officer with respect to his compliance and generally with respect to his progress on parole.
15. Release accordingly; special conditions as follows:
(1) Undertake and complete a domestic violence programme and abide by the rules of the programme to the satisfaction of your Probation Officer and the programme provider.
(2) Undertake and complete appropriate treatment or counselling to the satisfaction of the Probation Officer. The details of the counselling or treatment to be determined by your Probation Officer.
(3) If directed, attend for a psychological assessment then attend and complete any treatment or counselling as recommended by the assessment to the satisfaction of your Probation Officer.
(4) To reside at (withheld), or at an address approved by your Probation Officer, and not move from that address without the prior approval of your Probation Officer.
(5) To notify your Probation Officer prior to starting, terminating or changing your position or place of employment.
(6) Not to have contact or otherwise associate with the victim of your offending, directly or indirectly, unless you have the prior consent of your Probation Officer.
(7) Not to enter the Bay of Plenty area, as defined by the regional local authority boundary, without the prior approval of your Probation Officer.
(8) To comply with the requirements of electronic monitoring, and provide access to the approved residence to the Probation Officer and representatives of the monitoring company, for the purpose of maintaining the electronic monitoring equipment as directed by the Probation Officer.
(9) To submit to electronic monitoring in the form of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology as directed by a Probation Officer in order to monitor your compliance with the condition relating to your whereabouts and, when issued a mobile cell phone device by the Department, to carry and keep it charged and turned on at all times and to answer it for the purpose of communications with the Probation Officer.
(10) To attend a hearing in June 2016, at a time and place to be advised, for the purpose of the Parole Board monitoring your compliance with your release conditions.
Mr N Trendle
Panel Convenor


You be so fake in your comments.
Or something like that. I can't give a direct quote because after we conversed, I deleted the message. His unsolicited opinion bothered me that night. It stuck with me because of how I'd replied. Initially, I defended myself. I wanted to show him that I wasn't being "fake." It continued to irk me because I've worked so hard to be my authentic self no matter where I am, social media, in person, wherever. I've made conscious decisions to shine my personal light. Then, it bothered me because it bothered me. Have you ever felt like that?
It lingered in my thoughts for about 48 hours. By that time, I knew I had to remove him and his words from my consciousness. They were both taking up too much space in my mind. That Sunday night, I flipped through don Miguel Ruiz's The Four Agreements, until I found the one that fit: Don't take anything personally.
After reading a few more pages, I meditated, sipped my lavender tea, and let go of the incident.
About a week later, one of the ladies from the book club I'm hoping to join reached out to me and said, "I like your spirit." This comment elicited the opposite emotion. I was elated. Who doesn't want to hear nice things said about her personality? And like I'd mentioned above, I've worked on portraying my true self. So, I was overjoyed that someone I'd just met noticed a positive trait.
But I had to remember agreement #2. It still applied. You see, Ruiz continues to explain that even if someone says something that you agree with, then there's still no reason to take it personally. A person's opinion, whether positive or negative, is based on how that person feels in that moment. Tomorrow, the same person might have something horrible to say.
The first time I read this it didn't quite click. After receiving two different opinions within a week of one another, it now makes perfect sense. Not only is taking other people's opinions personally exhausting, it can also be an indication that you're not secure with who you are. If I know that I'm an authentic person, with a great spirit, then others' opinions should be neither denigrating, nor uplifting. They should just…be.
Let me know what you think. How do you deal with other people's opinions of who you are? Do people offer opinions of your personality?
As my Dad Edward Palmer used to say, An opinion is like an a $$hole. Every body has one. I would add that many people are a $$holes.
I try to take what others say with a grain of salt.
As the kids say, haters gonna hate.
As for compliments we all love them but often folks spread honeyed sugar right before they knife you in the back.
An old school back in the day song admonishes us that smiling faces tell lies.
My Father had a saying or Proverb for every life situation. Mom also had several expressions. Now that I'm older I find myself turning into my parents Edward and Mable Palmer!
This,is.so.on.point. Maybe, I should print it out and hand it to people when they're puzzled that I don't overly "enthuse" over their compliments, and brush off insults rather quickly.
lol people do get offended sometimes by indifference.
Thanks Annika! To be fair to the "friend" we actually are closer now than ever and I've made clear I don't need anymore unsolicited opinions about my life and activities.
Please try lavender! I drink it about an hour before bed to calm my nerves and signal my body it's time to sleep.
Sadly, I do tend to take the opinions of others personally, at least at first. I am hurt and/or angry when someone says something mean, and feel vindicated and happy when someone says something nice. But then I think about it a little bit more (or a whole lot more, considering) and realize that their opinions don't dictate who I am… good or bad. I do think this is a hard lesson to learn, and also one that we need to learn again from time to time. Thanks for this post…as you can tell, it really spoke to me!
I'm glad you could relate to this one Ann. I think it's common to ebb and flow with people's opinions of us (unless we've learned at an early age not to).
Thanks Joan! That's saying a lot (based on how much I write and how much you interact). Age does bring perspective. What you describe happened to me around 40. It's like all the who gives a —- just eeked out of my body lol Every now and then, I still care a little, but for the most part it's so liberating showing up feeling super secure. I do wish we'd show and teach our young people this type of security because like you say, imagine how different the first 20-30 years would be if you didn't have the burden of caring about what other people think?
I understand that too. I'm almost there. Sometimes, depending on who it is, I still find myself wanting to defend myself and explain who I am, but I'm slowly moving away from that. And I totally agree about not letting it ruin your day.


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London's international dance festival brings spectacular open-air show to Croydon
June 15, 2017 July 13, 2017 By Croydon Urban Edge
London's international dance festival Dance Umbrella has named Croydon among the venues for a spectacular open-air, gravity-defying performance this autumn.
Released this week, the 2017 Dance Umbrella programme describes Origami as 'the unlikely pairing of a monumental shipping container and a gravity-defying dancer'. Inspired by the Japanese art of paper folding, the performance is a breath-taking spectacle where the container unfurls, as dancer and choreographer Satchie Noro dangles from its sharp corners and glides on its edges. The container continues to move throughout the performance.
Croydon is one of just five locations across the capital selected to host the free 40-minute show, supported by Croydon Council. Suitable for everyone, the performance will take place in The Queen's Gardens on Saturday 14 October at 1.30pm and 6.30pm. Community dance workshops and performances will also be held in the Braithwaite Hall, with details to be publicised nearer the time.
Councillor Timothy Godfrey, Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Sport, said, "Dance Umbrella is London's ultimate celebration of contemporary dance so I'm delighted that Croydon is hosting such an exciting performance. Croydon is fast gaining a reputation as a borough that invests in arts and culture and a place that embraces creativity. Our cultural programme continues to go from strength to strength and this year has seen us welcome some fabulous new artists and organisations to the borough, while helping to grow our own local talent. It's great to see our cultural scene evolving."
Dance Umbrella is London's annual international festival of contemporary dance. The 2017 programme runs from October 11-28. For more information on the show visit www.danceumbrella.co.uk.
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In this paper, we investigate the determinants of food inflation in Indonesia by applying General Method of Moments (GMM). The period of quarterly data is 2008:Q1 to 2017:Q4. The empirical finding of this study shows that backward-looking and forward-looking expectations have a strong impact on food inflation. Also, this study provided evidences that the determinants general food price inflation, such as food production, agriculture sector output, infrastructure, food import, agriculture sector credit, demand level (M1/consumption), and seasonal event (Eid Mubarak) are highly significant. Backward-looking and forward-looking expectations, domestic oil price, and level of demand have been a contributor toward high food price while the factors of general food price inflation reduce food price.
In particular, we also identify the determinants of rice price inflation since it has the largest share in food price inflation. We found that backward-looking and forward-looking expectations, climate change, and demand have a strong impact on high rice price while production, productivity, harvested area, infrastructure, import, and credit reduce rice price.
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After 72 years, memories remain painful for two D-Day survivors who live in Anderson.
D-Day survivors living in Anderson struggle with shocking scenes After 72 years, memories remain painful for two D-Day survivors who live in Anderson. Check out this story on independentmail.com: https://www.independentmail.com/story/life/memories/2016/06/03/dday-survivors-living-in-anderson-struggle-with-shocking-scenes/88665088/
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ABE HARDESTY/INDEPENDENT MAIL Normandy invasion survivor Louie Senn poses alongside medals he earned while serving in the Army in World War II and the Korean War.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Louie Senn, who later worked at Clemson University, spent part of his military career in Alaska.
KATIE MCLEAN/INDEPENDENT MAIL World War II veteran Bert Waring, a D-Day survivor, holds a display of medals he earned while serving in combat in France and Germany. Now a resident at the Richard M. Campbell Veterans Home in Anderson, he was nicknamed 'Hardtack' in his Army days. 'They said I was hard as a rock and sharp as a tack,' Waring said. (Photo: Katie McLean)
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Pfc. Bert Waring was part of the invasion of Normandy at age 17.
COURTESY U.S. ARMY American troops march through English seaport town on way to D-Day invasion, in June 1944.
COURTESY U.S. ARMY American troops bound for Utah Beach for the June 6 invasion of France's Normandy peninsula.
Readers of the Anderson Independent, and every other newspaper in the United States, were informed in June 1944 of convincing victories as Allied troops invaded mainland Europe.
The banner headline in the Independent's July 7 issue proclaimed 'Beachhead Secured; Losses Small.' A smaller headline noted that 'Fight Less than Expected as Forces Advance Inland,' and a front-page story described a 'buoyant' President Franklin Roosevelt as he celebrated reports of 'an unexpected success.'
From vantage points about 25 miles away from one another, on the British side of the English Channel, Louie Senn and Bert Waring knew even less about the first day of the historic invasion. As they waited to make the trip across the channel and join the battle on northern beaches of France, they heard the roar of battleship guns and wondered what awaited.
Five divisions landed at Normandy's five beaches on June 6, but inclement weather and nautical problems stalled the invasion over the next several days. One division reached the battle on June 7 and another on June 9. Two divisions — Senn's 9th Infantry Division and Waring's 30th Infantry Division — arrived on June 10.
For 72 years, the two Anderson area residents have tried to forget what they saw at Normandy that day.
Both arrived, hours apart, at Utah Beach, the westernmost of the five Allied target landings. The sight of the bodies of the 197 men who died there stunned the 19-year-old Senn and the 17-year-old Waring.
That image continues to haunt the two men today.
'The worst experience I ever had was getting off the landing craft and seeing GIs floating around,' said Senn, now a 91-year-old resident of Clemson Downs retirement home near Pendleton. 'It was D-Day plus 4, and there were people, horses and cows dead in the water, and paratroopers dead in trees.
'A few years ago, when I went to the D-Day Museum in New Orleans, I sat down and cried like a baby,' Senn said. 'I'm about to cry about it now.'
Waring's recollections evoke similar pain. The Sumter native misrepresented his age to get into the Army at age 16 in 1943, the year his father and mother died, and soon found himself on a ship bound for Scotland. There he prepared as a mortar man in a heavy-weapons unit.
A bout with food poisoning forced him to the infirmary in early June, and he recovered in time to board a crowded LST on its way to France's Normandy peninsula.
'It was so foggy you could hear men talking in your boat, but you couldn't see them. There were 40 of us packed in there pretty tight,' Waring recalled.
He jumped from the LST into a rough, punishing tide that seemed to match the chaos around him.
'There were bodies floating on the water. It seemed like nobody was in control at the landing,' he said. 'We were on our own, more or less.'
The landing at Normandy was the beginning of a rather brief combat journey for Senn, but the start of an 11-month journey for Waring.
As Allied forces (made up of American, Canadian and British troops) began their march across France, Senn was hit by a bullet in the leg on June 21. After just 11 days on French soil, he was taken to English hospitals with multiple medical problems.
'I didn't last long. The only thing I heard for the next several months were the sounds of a hospital,' said Senn, a Pomaria, S.C., native who received two Battle Stars.
Waring survived the landing with psychological, but not physical injury. It was his job for the next several months to load and fire mortar rounds, which might explain why he has serious hearing problems today.
'I fired mortars for four, maybe five months,' said Waring, whose father also served in the 30th Division in World War I. Tom Waring, an Anderson resident, is a Vietnam veteran.
'We were never more than a half-mile from the Germans,' Waring said, referring to the daily, intense fighting that came in the months after the invasion.
Typically, he could not see the target, he said. He relied instead on radio communication to adjust his weaponry, and that made the task more tolerable.
'I didn't want to think about killing anyone,' Waring said. 'The fighting was terrible.'
Waring's unit pushed the enemy to the Elba River, 'then we waited on the Russians, which enabled them to take Berlin.'
It was years later before Senn and Waring knew the precise human toll — 10,000 Allied casualties in that horrendous first day at Normandy.
By design, that information was hidden from troops abroad and their families at stateside.
'It was a morale issue,' said retired Clemson University history professor and World War II expert Don McKale. 'They were fighting a war on multiple fronts, and it was important to keep morale up.'
To do that, McKale said, the government 'kept very close control over the kind of information that was passed along to the public.
'Today, we're accustomed to having a good bit more information available to the public. But that didn't happen until the Vietnam War (in the 1960s),' McKale said.
The reality, said McKale, was an 'extremely high' casualty rate.
'From June through August in 1944, the Allied casualties amounted to 170,000 men. The human costs were high,' McKale said. 'Our government had a major job in controlling the public opinion, and keeping morale high on the home front.'
With U.S. troops already engaged in intense fighting in Italy, the Mediterranean and the Pacific, the invasion of Normandy threw another 150,000 Allied troops into warfare. The first wave arrived shortly after midnight on June 6, when planes left southern England and dropped 13,000 paratroopers behind the enemy's first wall of defense, and continued almost daily for several weeks.
In the Upstate, wartime newspaper staffs still reeling from the Great Depression were so small that very little local activity was reported. The Independent's pages were dominated by war news from abroad, and on June 6 the newspaper printed a rare extra edition, which Anderson native Haskell Scott remembers well.
'I was standing between K Street and L Street on Appleton Mill,' he posted on the Independent Mail's Our Town Memories Facebook page. 'A newspaper boy was coming down K Street, yelling, 'Extra, Extra.''
The Independent reported citywide prayer meetings in Belton and Walhalla in the early days of the invasion.
In Belton, hundreds gathered at First Baptist Church the afternoon of June 6. In Walhalla, Mayor E.H. Ninestein's proclamation established a day of prayer on June 8, when all churches in the city were open and many of the stores were closed.
In Anderson, Junior Chamber of Commerce President Andy Hutchinson led a scrap paper drive on June 11 that collected more than 50,000 pounds of paper that would be used for recycling, a component of the war effort. Local businesses purchased full-page ads each day that week asking citizens to increase participation in War Bonds.
Radio station WAIM changed its prime-time schedule to add 'Invasion News,' by Edward R. Murrow at 7:30 p.m. each evening.
For most families, the casualty levels of the invasion of Normandy and the subsequent battles were not known until after the war.
Senn and Waring were part of an attacking force that grew to 326,547 by the end of the day on June 11. And by July 4, a million troops had reached the Normandy soil, the starting line for a march eastward to Berlin.
The German military surrendered in May 1945, 11 months after the invasion at Normandy.
Senn finished his tour of duty in late 1945 and returned to what was then called Clemson College, where he earned a degree in entomology two years later. After working five years for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he was recalled to the Army for the Korean War. He served in Alaska and stateside for that war, then came home to enjoy a long career at Clemson.
After the victory in Europe, Waring was headed for the war in the Pacific, but orders changed when Japan surrendered before he reached that front. Waring went home to Sumter and enjoyed a 44-year career with Carolina Power & Light. He retired in 1992.
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I don't know about you, but I use soap about a million times a day. Hands, face, body—they all get lathered up a lot. But when was the last time you thought about the soap you're using? I admit that until a few weeks ago, I hadn't given it much thought.
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So you get it, right? This soap is seriously awesome. It works great, it smells great, and it feels great. And that's not even the best part. This soap actually helps lift some of the world's poorest people out of poverty. Let that sink in a minute: soap = hope.
Zekhara Naturals is made by girls and women as part of the Pardada Pardadi Educational Society (PPES), a school for girls in a remote area of northern India. The organization was founded in 2000 by Virendra (Sam) Singh, a retired head of DuPont South Asia. A native of the area who had found financial success in the corporate world, Singh returned home in order to help find solutions for the unbelievable poverty there.
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It turns out that rural girls are the most vulnerable members of Indian society. Because they're typically not provided with an education, they're at the mercy of fathers, husbands, and other family members their entire lives. The result, often, is oppression and abuse.
With PPES, Sam Singh intends to change that. Even though many families live in destitution, they were hesitant to allow their daughters to attend the new school. It helped that PPES offered three meals a day, uniforms, and a safe haven—plus a job upon graduation. "Now when (the families have) seen the results, seen how far our girls have come, we have a long list of girls waiting to get in," says Renu Singh.
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PPES recently completed a new building where women in the village create handcrafted goods. Then, in partnership with companies like Sitara, those artisan products (such as Zekhara Naturals), are made available to consumers. And while there's nothing wrong with being an artisan crafter, Renu Singh hopes her father's school is also educating India's future doctors and teachers.
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This is part of Pride in Central Wisconsin -- a Gannett Central Wisconsin Media project profiling some of the businesses and organizations that make the region a special place.Look for the first of three print installments in the Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 paper.
NEKOOSA – Since ERCO Worldwide purchased a chemical plant from Vulcan Chemical in 2005, the company has made more than $200 million in capital improvements to its processes.
The most significant improvement has been going away from mercury-based processes, said Geoff Bertin, plant manager. The membrane-based technology the company used to replace the mercury process is one of the best in its class, Bertin said.
"At the time, it was hailed as a significant advancement, having a significantly positive environmental impact," Bertin said.
Bertin said he is proud of the changes the company has made to become more environmentally friendly and of the work his employees are doing in central Wisconsin.
How does your business benefit from being in central Wisconsin?
This plant is in a niche market for chlorolalcohol products for Wisconsin. For instance, we sell more than 50 percent of caustic soda in the state of Wisconsin. It was originally here because of the pulp industry and paper, but some of our primary markets are agricultural, gas and paper. Being located in the Midwest gives us that niche market.
What makes you proud of the people you work with?
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How do you and your employees give back to the community?
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For the next version of WinAPE I have a number of things on the list, but I'd like to know which are the most important for most people.
1. Networking - (there is currently no actual working hardware that I can emulate). I was planning on emulating the W5100 or something similar and putting it on an arbitrary port, but it doesn't appear anyone can get an actual interface working with that chip. These are other possibilities, but I may resort to creating my own custom socket implementation using a particular set of I/O ports.
2. Project files - A way to group WinAPE assembler files (and maybe other resources) together and have some form of build script which would allow such things as calling external programs during the build.
3. Inter-Process communications channels - A way to allow other programs control over WinAPE with a scripting engine to allow running of scripts. This could be achieved under Windows using either of Memory-Mapped Files or WM_COPYDATA messages both ways.
4. Speech emulation (SSA-1). Actual emulation of the phoneme ROM and synthesis module rather than simply playing a set of WAV files.
5. Improvements to Plus emulation, including emulating soft-scroll in officially unsupported modes (eg. MODE 0 with horizontal SS of 15), more accurate raster interrupt and DMA emulation, and more accurate ASIC RAM read/write masks and values. I think most of it is fairly accurate, but people keep posting how wonderful another emulator is that hardly anybody can actually use.
6. Anything else that people would really like to see.
I can't make work Bonny Dos / Hard drive on winape, ¿is the IDE protocol 100% supported on winape?
And for me Winape is the best emulator for coding!
@Executioner: All that sounds very good.
Another suggestion I can make is to implement access to CPC disk/tape online databases.
Please take into account that a lot people currently use WinAPE in non windows systems (eg, Linux with WINE, WinAPE is probably the best emulator in that platform). It would be nice if you could run winape.exe (or a client.exe) that could send commands to and existing instance of WinAPE.
I think (3) could do the trick, but what I really want is to be able to provide a DSK file from command line and automatically run specific input (eg, run"whatever.bin"; without having to use the UI). That would be really handy in the development cycle when I'm testing things.
I'd like to have the dsk editor as a separate executable please.
- fix problem with minimizing windows - minimizing all windows except the main will not minimize them to the taskbar - on win8 such window is lost for ever and cannot be bring back to screen until quitting the emulator.
- add support for 'dump' Maxam option. eg dump "filename" should dump labels to file filename.
Instead of emulating a chip no one have used before on cpc, I'd suggest to create a tcp/ip stack emulation/bridge by extending firmware vectors.
These functions can be almost directly mapped to winsock calls via a specially marked cpc ROM. The ROM would be detected by WinAPE and treated as a bridge between cpc and windows.
A program on cpc would call these vectors, the ROM would call winsock through WinAPE etc. With such set of functions porting of network enabled applications would be pretty easy.
This approach would also set a comon api standard for networking and in the future (if someone will ever build an ethernet interface for cpc) will give some sort of basis for compatibility.
I would add scripting support first, for example using lua. Lua is pretty easy to integrate and there are bindings for delphi already available. Scripting could be also used for projects - the build script could be Lua script..
I wouldnt bother with memory mapped files - just use WM_COPYDATA with dw_data as a some sort of message identifier to expose selected WinAPE functionality (eg. load dsk, load snapshot, run, assemble etc).
Same functionality could be exposed to the scripting engine so WinAPE could be controlled both by a script or another application.
- no more crashes with "breakpoint on read", e. g.
For 3: The most Windows friendly way would be to expose a COM interface. It would then be drivable from pretty much any scripting language going as well as easy to interface with from "real" applications.
5) would definitely be top of my list though. Accurate Plus emulation in odd situations is always useful.
Beyond that, extending the assembler to support things like macros, namespaces and other useful gubbins would be nice, even if it was at the expense of direct Maxam compatability.
I think (3) could do the trick, but what I really want is to be able to provide a DSK file from command line and automatically run specific input (eg, run"whatever.bin"; without having to use the UI).
WinAPE already does almost that. You can load DSKs and NOI symbol files from the command line and tell WinAPE to autorun the main file. cpct_winape script automatizes all for you under Linux or MacOS X. You can use it if you like or have a look at the code and adapt it to your needs if you prefer.
Anyways, I also think that running a custom command from the command line is a good idea. Under some circumstances, it would be much comfortable.
Ha! well, that settles it. Never checked WinAPE help: "/A:filename file.dsk" is all I need!
EDIT: seriously, I feel really stupid now. Thanks for the tip!
Drag and Drop Autorun like CPCE95.
Very useful to quickly start emulation.
As a strategy it tends not to play well with multiple instances running though (which is a handy thing to have during development) and also tends towards having to do a lot of parsing of output, which is decidedly less than ideal for more complex interactions with structured data.
I can't replicate this, works perfectly for me. Did you have a condition on the breakpoint?
I'll try and replicate this. The DirectX code does try to recreate the surface, but oviously fails in some cases.
Is this because your graphics card doesn't support the required screen mode? I'm looking at adding a combo box to select full screen resolution and enable scaling (with or without maintaining aspect ratio).
I've never used Windows 8. I think it's Microsofts worst OS ever. This doesn't happen in Windows 7 on my PC. Does the same happen on Windows 10?
- I could make strict Maxam compatibility an option when I have project files.
- Adding parenthesis shouldn't be too hard even without that, however, parenthesis are used to change the meaning of mnemonics (eg. ld a,(#40) is not the same as ld a,#40), so how do you suggest the assembler recognise the difference iy you wanted to do something like ld a,(x + w) * 4? I suppose the rule could be that the expression starts with '(' and ends with ')'. Could be a difficult change to make.
- Are there other assemblers that accept C style hex numbers? I suppose it can be done easily enough. I've only seen the 'h' format used when prefixed with a digit (eg. 0ffh) as that format would restrict symbol names somewhat, eg. You couldn't have a label named "each".
The idea is to have all included files listed in the project file so I can create a Tree view, and have settings specific to the project.
Here is where I may need more input from people who just send messages saying "WinAPE isn't accurate", usually with no other information as to why, and having done no research themselves to find out what is wrong.
I sort of like this idea, but it has one major drawback: Most software that's going to be using networking probably won't use any firmware vectors, or firmware at all for that matter. It'd probably be better to create an I/O device which has these functions, then create a ROM image which gives a firmware vector access to the I/O routines. I'd probably go for a single vector (eg. BDF7) with either a stack based command ID or use a register for the ID. eg.
making them available to the likes of FuturOS and SymbOS (which is actually the main reason I'm providing it).
Thanks for the hint, I've never heard of LUA before but I'll look into it.
WM_COPYDATA has a fundamental flaw in that you can't return Strings. Although, there are very few cases where this is required, I'd like to support it. Perhaps WinAPE can post a WM_COPYDATA message back to the source handle.
On both Windows 8 and 10 for me, at least, they minimize to tiny little strips (just large enough to contain the icon, min, max and close buttons) and sit just above the Task Bar.
It does introduce ambiguities. Could just get around it by using [ ] for expressions instead, maybe? ld a, [x + w] * 4 would be entirely obvious, easier to parse and still flexible enough to accommodate making expression order clearer.
I wish better Linux/Wine compatibility.
I would add scripting support first, for example using lua.
Yes, this is probably it - when WinAPE is minimized, it crashes much less frequently.
I don't know what is the required resolution, I use Lenovo W520 laptop with NVidia Quadro 1000M chipset and windows 8.1 Enterprise. I run it in 1920x1080 32bit but the chipset also supports other, lower resolutions, however it may not support the WinAPE fullscreen resolution.
An option to select the resolution for fullscreen would be great.
This is rather WinAPE issue than windows issue - I changed the desktop size to be smaller than 1920x1080 (1600x700) and minimized windows started to appear just over the taskbar.
Pasmo assembler supports all these formats.
- no need to use A for function id - you save one reg and these functions have up to 6 params, so it is essential to have as much free regs as possible.
- code is simpler, no need for checking the id or jump table.
ROM could have a jump table at the beginning and will setup firmware vectors during normal init. The jumptable in ROM can be used by nonsystem software like symbos while system friendly programs will go through firmware vectors. Basic could be also extended with new commands.
A simple smtp client could be implemented in a few lines of code - the example below would connect to the server and start conversation with the smtp server.
At the moment I use several versions of WinAPE to sort of handle different projects, but even then, I'll still end up with several dozen files open in the assembler at times and it can be a bit painful getting to the right file sometimes, so if this helps streamline that then I'll like this.
Will this also include the DK'Tronics voice synth? I've got one of those, and hope one day to support both in a game.
Any chance you'll add support for TotO's PlayCity expansion?
Would be great to see X-DDOS 2.10 running without crash on start up, maybe this includes to emulate the Dobbertin HD-20 hard drive.
The enormous downside of baking in Lua support is that then you can only automate things via Lua. Whereas exposing a COM interface (which Delphi has native support for) means you can support Lua, C++, Delphi, VB, PowerShell, VBScript.... basically anything scripting or programming language on Windows ever (since Win32 itself is about 90% COM). And then you can just pass strings as strings, without any mucking around with things like window message processing.
Well I always wanted to see a Pascal like language or PLZ/SYS (the Z80 equivalent of PLM), but I would be a minority group and I'm not looking to upgrade my PC (from XP) which is 10 years old. I also retired it from the Internet a few years ago, so haven't updated to the latest Winape!
But the Winape I'm using, is fine when coding Hisoft Pascal programs, so I can write stuff in Notepad and use the Paste in Winape to Paste code in which works fine and if I need to Dump a program back into ASCII, just use the Printer to dump it to File, which I can edit in Notepad. The only advantage an integrated compiler would have is compile and use the necessarily library fragments to use for the program, though at the moment I haven't run into problems with the 6k Library HP attaches to final Binaries.
It's possible to have the same functionality with other development-compiler?
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To kick off my posts about Kickstarters (both good and bad) that I've been involved in, I decided to start on a positive note with Triple Ace Games Kickstarter for their Ubiquity powered Leagues of Cthulhu game; this is a sort of spin-off of their Leagues of Adventure and Leagues of Gothic Horror books that posit a sort of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen style game using the Ubiquity rules system. I backed both of these and was very happy with the products received. Although I haven't received my print copy of Leagues of Cthulhu yet (as of time of writing), the way that the Kickstarter has been managed has been very professional at all times, unforeseen delays are occasionally unavoidable but there is always a monthly update (sometimes more than one if needed) to let the backers know what is going on and keep them up to date.
Following an update on 15th January 2018 saying that the shipping phase was beginning, the creators responded promptly to queries in the comments section by backers, explaining that they were currently awaiting postage labels before the books could be sent out. IMO this is a model of how Kickstarters should be run, anyone thinking of running one themselves could profit by following Triple Ace Game's example, people will generally be understanding if unexpected problems or delays arrive as long as you let them know.
Kickstarter is a great thing, there can be no doubt about that. Many games and RPG products that might never have make the leap to published, finished article if it weren't for the funding provided by backers via the site. However there is a darker side to backing products on the site, for every person who talks about the great product they got, there's someone else who has a story about how it's been three years since a campaign was funded and they're still waiting for any sign of the finished article. I've been fairly lucky and have only backed a few projects where the creator has spectacularly failed to deliver and/or has skipped town with backers money and a long list of excuses, most of my experiences with the site have been pretty positive (mostly because I only tend to back stuff where I have experience with the creator or that has been recommended to me by someone I trust).
I've decided to highlight some of the Kickstarters (both good and bad) that I've experienced in a series of future posts.
I have two great RPG loves in my life, one of these is the Fate RPG by Evil Hat Productions and the other is OSR gaming, something about the basic nature of OSR rules supplements really speaks to my style of gaming, I have numerous systems such as Basic Fantasy, Swords & Wizardry (core, White Box and complete), Lamentations of the Flame Princess and a few others. If you keep up with my social media then you'll know that recently I back Midderlands, an OSR sandbox and mini-bestiary book set in a twisted version of the Midlands in the UK in the late middle-ages, as someone who actually lives in the real-world Midlands–and as a lover of OSR stuff–needless to say I was intrigued.
The book is designed principally for Swords & Wizardry, but should work with any OSR style game, personally I was thinking of breaking out my Lamentations of the Flame Princess book and running it using that; from the small amount of preview material I've seen the setting has elements that reminded me both of some of Lovecraft's iconic odd settings (Innsmouth anyone?) and also cult game Fallen London, which has it's own skewed take on urban Britain.
As of the time of writing the project needs another two and a half thousand pound (GBP) to reach it's funding goal, with only three days remaining, personally I'm hoping to spread the love a bit and get some other people on board since I think this looks like an excellent book and deserves a chance to be published. So if you're looking to scratch that weird OSR itch or you wants to take a journey through the odd places of a middle-England that never was, get yourself over to the kickstarter page and sign up now.


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Cordyla pusilla är en tvåvingeart som beskrevs av Edwards 1925. Cordyla pusilla ingår i släktet Cordyla och familjen svampmyggor. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Shopping: UNIQLO Toronto Eaton Centre Opens Its Doors
3 October, 2016 Nelia
It's been an exciting September in Toronto. First, Nordstrom finally opened its doors at the Toronto Eaton Centre, and last week UNIQLO did the same, with throngs of fans lining up around the block. Luckily, I was invited to check out the store the night before, but even during the pre-opening, the store was packed to the brim. As a fan of the Japanese retailer, I was ecstatic to finally be able to shop the packable ultra light down jackets, warm and comfy HEATTECH layers, and of course, the chic Ines de la Fressange x UNIQLO collection. I was also pleasantly surprised to find the "UNIQLO Meets Toronto" corner, chock full of Canadian-inspired goodies from shops like Drake General and SOUVENIR.
The store itself is huge, bright, and well-stocked, with two floors of men's, women's, and children's clothing neatly displayed. Though I am very curious to see how quickly product will be re-stocked after the first weekend in business. Another UNIQLO store will be opening at Yorkdale Shopping Centre this month, which will hopefully help with crowds and line-ups.
So tell me, are you excited about UNIQLO finally opening in Toronto? Share in the comments.
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UNIQLO to Open First Toronto Store at Yorkdale in 2016!
26 March, 2014 Nelia
UPDATE: It's been officially confirmed that UNIQLO will indeed be opening their first Canadian store at Yorkdale in Fall 2016.
"Entering the Canadian market is a milestone for the company and a significant step in our growth strategy," said Larry Meyer, CEO of UNIQLO USA and Canada. "Our first two stores in the great City of Toronto will mark the launch of the UNIQLO brand in Canada, which we aim to build upon thereafter with a presence in the lovely city of Vancouver."
If you are a fan of the Japanese Gap, otherwise known as Uniqlo, then you're in luck! Well, kind of. It's been reported that the Japanese fashion retailer is currently in talks to open their first Canadian store in 2016.
"Uniqlo is negotiating a deal to lease a 35,000 square foot space in north Toronto's high-traffic Yorkdale mall, industry sources said. "The negotiations are pretty advanced," said one source familiar with the talks, who added Uniqlo aims to open both mall-based and street-front stores in this market."
As Yorkdale's Style Council member, I am both delighted and not very surprised that Uniqlo would choose Yorkdale as their springboard into the Canadian market, as many other retailers have done recently. The shopping centre is undeniably the best in Toronto, with an amazing mix of high-end and affordable retailers, and yet another expansion in the works. And while nothing has been solidly confirmed just yet, I am feeling quite optimistic about this one.
Are you excited about Uniqlo in Toronto and in Canada? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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Encourage faith to blossom on the side of your purse, backpack, or anywhere you can clip this charming Faith Gear® Women's "Flowers" Keychain. Abloom with detail, this Aged Silver keychain has a handcrafted feel and features the words "Faith, Hope, Love, Pray" stamped onto the petals of an open blossom with a shimmering rhinestone at its center. Swinging alongside is a turquoise bead charm, offering movement and a pop of color to this accessory. The lobster claw closure makes it easy to switch from your purse to your gym bag, briefcase, or other tote.
James 5:13 says, "Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise." Faith is like a sweet breeze that brings the scent of flowers to your day; pray to God for all your needs, and rejoice in His holy name for the many blessings He offers.
This blossoming keychain will remind you how blessed you are every time you see it. It's a thoughtful gift for a friend or teacher, sister or colleague, and it will add a little something extra to your favorite handbag, too.


This family-owned bakery is now under new ownership but upholding an old promise to delivery high-quality baked goods for all occasions, special or otherwise. Sugar and Spice is the perfect establishment to entrust your orders for weddings, bridal parties, baby showers, birthdays, office gatherings, elaborate apology scenarios and more.
Once you sink your molars into their confetti with buttercream cupcake or red velvet or caramel cappuccino or, well, any of the other gourmet flavors, you'll know you made the right call. Sugar and Spice is open Tuesdays through Saturdays.
Please allow 24 hours' notice for large orders.


Building on ICG's successful relationship with Central Training, we were tasked with developing all branding and marketing collateral for the new commercial division, Central Fitness. This included design of all signage and interior / exterior graphics for their first national training centre, 'St Helens Central Fitness'. From the website and flyers to press adverts and 40ft posters, the ICG design team created a consistent sporting image which reflected the Central Fitness core brand values.


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Aldrich, William
William Aldrich
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
William Aldrich (Congressional Biographical Directory)
ALDRICH, William, (father of James Franklin Aldrich and cousin of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich), a Representative from Illinois; born in Greenfield Center, Saratoga County, N.Y., January 19, 1820; attended the common schools and the local academy; taught school until twenty-six years of age; moved to Jackson, Mich., in 1846 and engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to Wisconsin and settled in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, in 1851; continued mercantile pursuits and also engaged in the manufacture of lumber, woodenware, and furniture; superintendent of schools 1855 and 1856; chairman of the county board of supervisors 1857 and 1858; member of the State house of representatives in 1859; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1861 and engaged in the wholesale grocery business; member of the Chicago City Council in 1876, serving as chairman; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1882; resumed his former business pursuits in Chicago and was also interested in the milling business at Fond du Lac, Wis., where he died, while on a business trip, December 3, 1885; interment in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
"Aldrich, William," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000086.
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How to Cite This Page: "Aldrich, William," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/4966.


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Q: I have a Java Spring project where Autosys runs on a Unix server. How do I make it work in a Windows environment locally My project is hosted on a Websphere server and my Autosys is implemented in a Unix server where my NAS is located. The autosys jobs invokes Korn Shell scripts in the NAS. I am looking to debug the application locally and would like to have these Autosys jobs running locally on windows. What is the best way to do this?
What I am thinking of is using a CRON scheduler for Eclipse and convert all Korn Shell scripts to Bash scripts. However, this is tedious and I was wondering if there were any easier solutions.

A: Korn Shell can be run in Cygwin and (I believe) there is autosys support on windows
Korn-Shell for Windows 7?
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Tucked back behind Hyannis Harbor and Lewis Bay, Hyannis is famous not only for its recreational boating facilities and convenient location on Cape Cod, but also as a past home to America's royalty, the Kennedy's. Hyannis is located on the south shore of Cape Cod due north of Nantucket, and is conveniently placed about halfway out the eastward length of Cap Cod.
The image above is a view from the southeast looking northwest across inner Hyannis Harbor. The small section of land to the left (west) is Harbor Bluff, while farther into the harbor, the Nantucket Ferry Dock can be seen. Off to the right is the Hyannis Marina, which is the largest marina in the town of Hyannis. They have transient slips, gas and diesel fuel, and a lift for haul-outs and related repairs. Moorings are available behind Harbor Bluff or some boaters anchor just outside of the entrance beyond the mooring field that can be seen in the lower right-hand portion of the image.
In 1602 Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold was the first of the Old World explorers to view the area now known as Hyannis. Settlers from England incorporated the Town of Barnstable in 1639.
In 1925 Joseph P. Kennedy of Boston and his wife, Rose, rented the Malcolm Cottage in Hyannisport, which had been built in 1902 as a rambling clapboard home with green shutters and a private beach. Three years later, the Kennedys purchased the house and hired the original architect, Frank Paine of Boston, to remodel it. An addition doubled the size to 14 rooms and nine baths and included a motion picture theater in the basement, the first private theater built in New England. By 1932 the Kennedy family had grown to nine children, and the summer home saw the comings and goings of Joe Jr., John, Rosemary, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, Kathleen, Jean and Edward. Their days were filled with swimming, sailing, tennis, touch football and picnics. President Kennedy later spoke of Hyannisport as a special place "where no two summers were quite the same."
Hyannis Harbor and Lewis Bay, which must be transited to reach the town of Hyannis, are approached from the southwest via Nantucket Sound. Although red and white Morse (A) buoy "HH" marks the official offshore entrance into Hyannis Harbor and Lewis Bay, most boaters navigate to waypoint N41 37.18 W70 17.47 and line up for the entry at flashing green buoy "5" and flashing red buoy "6." Once you have cleared flashing green buoy "5" and flashing red buoy "6," continue to the northeast to intercept green can buoy "7" and red nun buoy "8," and then farther on to flashing green buoy "9" and flashing red buoy "10" .
After you have cleared that set of buoys from Hyannis Harbor, set a course to pick up flashing green buoy "11" and red nun buoy "12" near Dunbar Point, and then run north to green can buoy "13" and flashing red buoy "14," just to the north in Lewis Bay. The next section is a straight shot to the north where you will pick up quick flashing red buoy "18" and green nun buoy "19" just southeast of Harbor Bluff. Once you have reached these buoys, red nun buoy "20" and green can "21" usher you into Hyannis. Keep an eye out for moored and anchored boats on your approach.
Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines at the Barnstable Municipal Airport services direct flights to and from Boston, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. There are other airlines with direct flights to and from Newark and New York.
Plymouth & Brockton Bus Company provides hourly, scheduled motorcoach service between Logan Airport, downtown Boston, Plymouth and throughout Cape Cod. Charter services available. There are other bus companies providing service from New York, Providence and other locations.
Full-service marine facilities are offered for pleasure craft. There is daily ferry transportation to and from Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket from Hyannis, on Steamship Authority or on Hy-Line (Martha's Vineyard service is available May through October).
Sightseeing trips on Cape Cod Central Railroad are available Spring through Fall. Please call 888-797-RAIL.
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