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Richard Neitzel Holzapfel Lecture
Posted on October 5, 2014 by gator
"My Dear Sister": Joseph F. Smith's Letters to His Sister, Martha Ann Smith Harris, 1854–1916
by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel
As a 15-year-old missionary on an island in the Pacific, thousands of miles away from his home in Utah, Joseph F. Smith began writing letters to his sister, Martha Ann Smith Harris. During the next six decades, he wrote to her often, sharing insights into his life, dreams, struggles, and work as a missionary, father, and Church leader.
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Mary Fielding Smith's life highlighted in lecture
Posted on April 19, 2014 by gator
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865601257/Mary-Fielding-Smiths-life-highlighted-in-lecture.html?pg=all
By R. Scott Lloyd
LDS Church News
Mary Fielding Smith, widow of the Prophet Joseph Smith's brother, Hyrum, lived a full and difficult life, but one of faith, emulated by an illustrious posterity that has included two Church presidents.
Her life was highlighted April 10 in the latest offering of the monthly Men and Women of Faith Lecture Series sponsored by the Church History Library and held at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
Audrey M. Godfrey, a historian and author on Utah history subjects, delivered the lecture.
Born in England, the sixth child in a family of 10, Mary immigrated to Canada in 1834, joining her siblings Mercy and Joseph.
There, they heard the restored gospel preached by Parley P. Pratt and were baptized, later gathering with the Latter-day Saints to Kirtland, Ohio.
"Mary found friendship and board with Vilate Kimball, wife of Heber C. Kimball, who was … serving in England, and they became lifelong friends," Sister Godfrey recounted.
"During the summer and fall of 1837, Mary experienced many trials and hardships as well as anxiety and loneliness. She missed her sister [who was sent back to Canada with her husband on a mission]. There was apostasy in Kirtland, and she became nostalgic for her life in England."
She found solace in the scriptures and was faithful in the Church.
"Her letters are filled with the proceedings of Church meetings," Sister Godfrey said. "She in essence took minutes at the proceedings and declared over and over her religious fervor." Others wanting to know what was preached came to Mary, who would check her notes.
This was an era of letter writing, which was something of an art form, one that Mary practiced with a flair. Her letters "were lengthy, full of news and expressions of her faith," the speaker said.
At age 36, having declined earlier offers for marriage in England, Mary now faced no prospects. But when Hyrum Smith's wife Jerusha died in 1837, Joseph suggested he marry his friend, Mary Fielding.
"With some reluctance, she told Hyrum, 'I will set a proxy for your wife … and I will be sealed to you for eternity myself, for I never had any other husband. I love you, and I do not want to be separated from you nor be forever alone in the world to come,' " Sister Godfrey related.
They were married on Dec. 24, 1837.
"He needed a wife who was religious, a faithful Church member and one who would teach his children as she had taught others," Sister Godfrey said of Hyrum. "And here was Mary who had lived the single life for many years agreeing to instant motherhood."
In 1838, when Mary was pregnant with their first child, Hyrum and Mary moved with other Church members to Far West, Mo. Hyrum spent much time visiting Saints in the various settlements in Missouri while Mary cared for the family and her home. But difficulties with mobs arose.
"By Oct. 30, with Mary due to deliver soon and members of the family ill, Missouri militia men came for Hyrum," Sister Godfrey said. "He pleaded with them to allow him to stay and care for his loved ones. Without caring about anything but arresting Hyrum, they did so."
Hyrum spent five and a half months in jail at Liberty, Mo., with Joseph Smith and others.
"Hyrum's father sent word to his son that the baby was born and asked what name should be given," Sister Godfrey said. "Hyrum responded that at 8 days old, the child should be blessed and given the name of Joseph after his brother and Fielding after Mary's brother Joseph."
When the baby was 11 weeks old, he and his mother were placed in a wagon with quilts to warm him, and they traveled to Liberty Jail. Their few hours together in the jail solidified the love of Hyrum and Mary for each other "as they looked upon their firstborn child together," she said.
While Mary was in Liberty, the evacuation of the Saints from Missouri under threat of extermination ordered by the governor began. By 1839, the Church members had settled and founded Nauvoo, Ill.
There, a construction of a temple was begun.
"Mary and Mercy wished to start a drive to raise money for the construction. So in December 1843, they composed a letter inviting the British sisters to participate, and the two continents began a sort of competition."
A sum of $2,000 was eventually contributed for the temple fund.
But threats from mobs beset the Saints generally and Joseph and Hyrum in particular. Events leading eventually to their martyrdom at the jail in Carthage, Ill., were set in motion.
"During the early morning hours, [Mary's daughter] Martha Ann sick with measles watched her mother walk the floor. Finally a knock came on the window and a Brother Grant told Mary that Hyrum had been killed. In disbelief, she calmly responded, 'It cannot be.' But as she let him into the house, she fell back against the bureau and was placed in a chair."
Later, when she saw him, she clasped his head and turned his face to her. "Finally her sorrow burst out as she wailed, 'Oh Hyrum! Hyrum! Have they shot you. Are you dead?' "
With her children and stepchildren, Mary journeyed with the Saints to the Salt Lake Valley. On the last leg of the journey the company leader did not think she could make the journey, but she told him she would not ask for help. As it turned out, 16-year-old John, her son, drove their five wagons hitched together into the valley before the wagon master himself arrived.
In the valley, Mary and her children built a home in Salt Lake City on what today is known as Mill Creek.
"The last two years of her life were a time of joy," Sister Godfrey said. "The beauty of the world that had eluded her during the trek west surrounded her and provided peace. She joyfully moved into a home she and the children had built themselves. She demonstrated her faith in the gospel and commitment to its teachings joyfully."
In addition to Joseph F. Smith and his son, Joseph Fielding Smith, both of whom became Church presidents, Mary's posterity includes Florence Smith Jacobsen, YWMIA president from 1961 to 1972 and Church curator for many historic building restorations; and step-son, John Smith, Patriarch to the Church from 1855 to 1911, Sister Godfrey noted.
rscott@deseretnews.com
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Mary Fielding Smith: The Influence of a Mother
Posted on July 7, 2009 by gator
http://devotional.byuh.edu/node/70
Devotional Talk Given at
Brigham Young University–Hawaii
Susan Easton Black
Professor of Religion
You can probably tell I married great. After all of these decades, I have discovered that I married somebody who still adores me. I hope and pray that it can be the same for you.
Today I am going to describe the life of Mary Fielding Smith and the impact it had on her son Joseph F. Smith. But to do so, I begin with the phone call I received from Marcus Martins. Marcus called me and said, "Would you consider coming to BYU–Hawaii?" I did not even have to ask my husband. I said, "We'll be there."
I grew up in Long Beach, California, and I like Utah okay. It's just that Utah doesn't have a beach.
My favorite tree is the palm tree. There are such varieties of palm trees. They are majestic. They are graceful. There is not a look-a-like palm tree among them. It has been incredible to see the trees each day. Nearly every day I go to the beach. From the time I first arrived, I concluded that it would not be a perfect day on campus unless I've made it to the beach. I prefer Temple Beach. One day as I was walking toward the beach I decided to turn around and head the other way. Suddenly I was at the Visitors' Center and there was the beautiful statue of Christ. As I continued my walk, I found some amazing statues. I really like the statue of Father Lehi blessing Joseph. As I continued the walk, I hope that all of you have taken this walk multiple times, I found myself heading towards the temple.
The word temple in Hebrew means palace. I actually think there is no other temple that looks more like a palace than the Laie Temple. The reason is the walkway leading towards the temple. If you start at the beach, the ocean is the gateway. From there, you move yourself forward. As I got closer to the temple, I found something that captured my attention that day. I suppose that you have seen it many times, too. It says Maternity. I'm not really sure what the artist thought it meant, but it stood out to me. It depicts a mother and her children. The children are by her side and at her feet. She is holding a huge seashell. To me, Maternity represents a mother who has prayed for the blessings of heaven, and the blessings from heaven for her is the rain that now falls. She captures these blessings in her seashell. She has captured so many blessings that it now spills over to the next generation. As it spills over to the next generation, Marcus Martins told me that it represents the blessings that flow from generation to generation.
If you stand just right, it appears that the blessings flow from the mother's shell to not only her current generation, but to the next and cascades down to the next pool, and to the next, and the next until, finally, it goes out into the ocean and then literally fills the whole earth.
As I thought about this, I asked myself, "Is there any mother I know that has succeeded in doing just that?" I decided to look more into the life of Mary Fielding Smith.
Mary Fielding Smith married well, just like me. But in her case, she waited until she was 36 years old to marry. She was from England. She joined the Church after she emigrated to Canada. She eventually made her way to Kirtland. Who does she marry? A man named Hyrum Smith, whose wife had died.
Hyrum had been told by the Lord through the Prophet Joseph Smith that his name would be had in remembrance for generation after generation and forever and ever. How do you do that and have your influence go forward? The answer is that he married well.
It was said of Hyrum by his son Joseph F. Smith in a revelation that he was one of the great founders saved to come forth and perform this great latter-day work. Hyrum was martyred along with his brother Joseph Smith on June 27, 1844. Mary Fielding Smith was now a widow. It would be her responsibility to raise their son Joseph F. Smith to bring honor to the name of his father.
What did he need to learn from his mother so that he could live to be a prophet of God? For Joseph F. Smith, his earliest memories revolved around his mother. He recalled at age six, his father returned from Iowa and made the decision that they would go to Carthage. He remembered his father stopping by the home. There was great emotion between his father and mother. Hyrum must have known that he would not see Mary Fielding Smith again. Joseph F. Smith remembered that he went outside and was playing in the dirt when his father came outside of the house and got on his horse. His father lifted him up and put him in front of him on the horse. As they looked each other, Hyrum said, "Never forget me. I will die for the truth."
Joseph's next memory was receiving word that his father was dead. Joseph F. Smith described that he spent the night trying to do childish things to make his mother smile, laugh, anything to help her stop crying, but to no avail.
He then described the next day. He went to the Mansion House where the family gathered to see the martyrs. As Mary Fielding Smith entered the room where the bodies of Joseph and Hyrum lay, she was wearing her finest dress. She had also dressed young Joseph F. in his finest outfit. Joseph recalled that his mother took him over to see his father. He saw his father and heard his mother remind him that he was never to forget his father and that as Hyrum had lived for the truth, Joseph was to live his life accordingly.
His next childhood memory was that he was now living with his widowed mother in Nauvoo. Mary Fielding Smith was very involved in Relief Society. She and her sister collected money from other members of the Society—typically two pennies. The pennies were used to purchase glass for the Nauvoo Temple.
Joseph F. described that one day while his mother was sleeping, he passed by a desk in the home and a drawer was open. Inside the drawer, he saw a lot of pennies. He had never seen so much money in his life, and his conclusion was that he wanted to put those pennies in his pocket, at least some of them. He liked to hear the sound of money jingling in his pocket, and perhaps you like that, too. He played with the money for awhile, then forgot about it. However, he did keep the pennies in his pocket.
He went outside to play. One of the members of the Church passed by and saw this young boy and heard the sound of money. He went over to Joseph F. Smith and demanded to see the contents of his pockets. Joseph F., a six-year-old, brought out the contents of his pockets. He had fistfuls of money. At this point, the man wanted to know his name. He also wanted to know who his parents were. Without warning, the man grabbed him by the collar and took him through the streets of Nauvoo shouting, "Come see a thief!"
The man received much notice for his actions before going to the home of Mary Fielding Smith. When she answered the door, he explained to her that he had caught a thief. Mary was puzzled. Her son was a good boy. She wanted to know how this man had the right to accuse him of being a thief. When Joseph emptied the contents of his pockets, he was crying. His mother wanted to know if he had taken the money intending to steal it. When Joseph indicated that he had not taken the pennies to steal them, Mary told the accuser to leave her home. She embraced her son, but not the man who was the accuser.
What can you pick up about Mary? She trusted her son.
The next memory that Joseph F. had was leaving Nauvoo. Apparently there were several who stayed in town that had been part of the mob that had killed his father and uncle Joseph. One such man was a doctor named Robert Foster. Robert Foster owned much property on Mulholland Street. One such property was the building where the Nauvoo Expositor was printed. Robert Foster had been told by several men in Nauvoo that he was no longer welcomed in town. Yet he refused to leave town. That was until Mary Fielding Smith and Leonora Cannon, wife of John Taylor, paid him a visit. Mary informed Doctor Foster that she had heard that the men in town had told him to leave and that he refused. She then told him that she would give him until midnight before she rallied the women in town to escort him from the community. Doctor Foster left town due to her comments.
Is Mary Fielding Smith like the woman holding that seashell? She appears strong to me. As a mother, she wants blessings for her son. She did not want anybody around her son that was going to cause conflict.
When some of the other Smiths chose to stay in Nauvoo, Mary Fielding Smith chose to go west. Her son was now getting older. He was now eight years old. She expected him to act the part of a man, so much so that when he was asked, "What is it like being a child?" he replied, "I really don't know. I think I was born an adult."
Mary and her son left Nauvoo and worked their way across the territory of Iowa. They were hoping to go west, but before leaving they needed to find a Captain of Ten. As you read Section 136 in the Doctrine and Covenants, you read about captains of tens, fifties, hundreds, and five hundreds. It was important for Mary to find a captain of ten who would take her family to Zion, which meant the Salt Lake Valley. Mary found a captain of ten who took them only part of the way. He did not want to be responsible for getting them all the way to Zion because he thought they were slowing down the rest of the company. Mary refused to turn around and go back to Iowa or Nebraska. She determined to go on to the valley. She actually arrived in the Salt Lake Valley before that particular captain of ten. She greeted him as he arrived.
She then needed a home and determined that Joseph would help build the home for her. He was ten-years-old at the time. For some of you who were playing video games, watching TV, and waiting for your mom to put that food on the table, please know that ten-year-old Joseph F. was doing a job expected of someone much older than he. He helped build a simple house. It was not a big mansion. It did not have a three-car garage.
His mother only lived four more years. Had she taught him enough about life and the gospel of Jesus Christ. There was still so much for him to learn. One lesson still to learn was the importance of protecting his young sister, Martha.
There was one incident that Joseph F. loved to tell. It was the time that both he and his sister were attending school in a one-room school house. One day the teacher indicated that he would hit Martha so that she could do better in school. If we thought we could get smarter by somebody hitting us, we would all say "beat us—finals are coming." Obviously, hitting doesn't make anyone smarter. The teacher wanted Martha to put out her hand and he would then hit her hand with a stick. Joseph reacted. He did not allow the teacher to hit his sister. When the teacher suggested that he would hit Joseph, it appears Joseph hit him first. This led to Joseph and his sister leaving the schoolhouse.
One last remembered experience had to do with the payment of tithing. At the time, many pioneers paid their tithing in kind, which meant paying tithing in some type of produce. Joseph F. Smith enjoyed telling about the time his mother attempted to pay tithing by giving potatoes. He described himself driving a wagon filled with potatoes to give to the bishop at the tithing barn. The bishop refused to accept the potatoes, claiming that Mary Fielding Smith was forgiven of her indebtedness to the Lord due to her poverty conditions. Although initially, Joseph F. Smith thought this a great decision, his mother did not. In fact, she became upset and insisted on going to see the bishop at the tithing barn. She did pay her tithing on that occasion in potatoes. Joseph F. recalled that the bishop who had refused her tithing left the church. He said that he knew his father and mother were in the Celestial Kingdom.
Did she teach him enough? Does he really have the confidence to stand up for himself? Does he know his Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ? Does he know that his father's name is to continue for generations? Has he figured out that he will be the one that will honor that name? Does he know that to honor his father means to become a man of God?
At age 14, his mother died. Was he ready to go forward and not backward?
Here was the most amazing thing. Joseph F. Smith received a mission call when he was 15 years old. That was pretty amazing. The Lord needed him early in his life. The question was, where do you send a 15-year-old son to learn further lessons of life? Where do you send him to give him the confidence needed so that he won't be like the waves of the sea that James talked about, tossed to and fro? He needed to become strong in stature and in strength before the Lord. He needed to honor his parents by fulfilling the will of the Lord in his life. Where do you send a 15-year-old young man to give service and to continue learning? The answer was Hawaii of course! Where else would you send him? Send him to Hawaii where people know how to love and how to serve.
No sooner did he arrive here than he became ill. He was ill for three months. During those months, an incredible Hawaiian woman took him in and cared for him. If you haven't seen the statue of the woman that cared for him located above the temple, go see it. Notice as you begin to read the plaque that it tells about this woman and the care she gave to Joseph F. Smith. The plaque will tell you that when Joseph F. Smith came back to Hawaii he was a prophet of God. At that time, she was an old woman and blind. When he saw her, he called her mama. Did Joseph F. have two great mothers? It appears so. The decisive Mary Fielding Smith passed the baton across the ocean to another woman who continued to care for him. She helped him learn the language and to love the Hawaiian people. She taught him about service and so much more.
The young boy grew up being nurtured by the wonderful Hawaiian people. He went back to Salt Lake City. Other missions would follow, as would marriage and employment. Joseph was employed in the Church Historical Department in a type of secretarial position. While working in that position, he learned much about his uncle Joseph Smith and his father Hyrum. He learned to love both men and the gospel they shared. While still in his twenties, Joseph F. Smith was ordained by Brigham Young to be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a member of the First Presidency.
What can we learn about mothers? I think the answer is if you are going to be a mother in this life, do your very best because you never know who is growing up in your home. Perhaps you will be raising someone who will make a great difference in this world like Joseph F. Smith. If you are going to be a father and want your name to be remembered for generations and generations and be forever honored, choose a great woman to be the mother in your home. If you are going to be a father, you want to live such a life that a son of yours will want to honor your name and do the great things that you have done on this earth.
How do I feel about my experience in Hawaii? I actually can't believe I bought a ticket to go home. It has been wonderful. What is the best part? Has it been the beach? Oh sure. Has it been the trees? Absolutely! What about the temple? I wish it was opened. For now, I am going to settle for that wonderful woman holding the seashell.
What do I hope you have learned? I hope you have learned that being a mom means that you have got to be confident and resolute. You need to know who you are and that the Lord loves you and that he loves your family and that you need pray and to hold out so that those blessings of heaven fall in your seashell. They not only fall on your children but the next generations, too. I hope that you have learned the importance of living a worthy life and that you are motivated to listen to your parents and honor them.
I would like to close with my testimony: I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that our Father in Heaven lives. I know that Joseph Smith was a great prophet of God and that his brother Hyrum was a patriarch. I also know that President Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God. I am so grateful that I married a man that had a mother that was resolute. He had a mother that taught him the gospel. As a result he teaches me and loves me. He loves our children. What an incredible example he is to so many. May you find somebody as wonderful as Harvey Black in your life.
What can you expect in this life? Great joy in this life and in the eternal life yet to come. I bear you this testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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Hyrum Smith 200th Birthday Celebration – Program and Video
Posted on February 13, 2000 by gator
The 200th Birthday Celebration for Hyrum Smith was held February 13, 2000, at the Assembly Hall at Temple Square. The program was video taped, and copies were made available to family members.
CONDUCTING: Craig R. Frogley …………………………………4th great grandson
PRAYER: Michael Nebeker ……………………………………..5th great grandson
MUSICAL PORTRAYAL………………………………………..Love is the Master Key
by Lorena Normandeau……………………………Granddaughter of Joseph Smith Jr.
Father Smith: Hulbert Keddington………………………………2nd great grandson
Hyrum Smith: Scott Frogley …………………………………..4th great grandson
Joseph Smith Jr.: Jason Woodland………………………………4th great grandson
William Smith: ……………………………………………..5th great grandson
Accompanied by: Jenny Frogley………………………4th great granddaughter-in-law
HYRUM REMEMBERS
Portrayal by: Matthew D. Maddox…………………………4th great grandson-in-law
HYRUM'S CHARGE TO HIS POSTERITY:
Eldred G. Smith, President, Hyrum Smith Family Association……….2nd great grandson
POSTERITY'S RESPONSE
LOVINA: Rhonda Frogley…………………………………. 4th great granddaughter
JOHN : E. Gary Smith………………………………………… 3rd great grandson
JERUSHA: Pamela Alligood…………………………………3rd great granddaughter
SARAH: Cherise Clayton…………………………………. 4th great granddaughter
JOSEPH F: Russel Smith Walker…………………………………2nd great grandson
MARTHA ANN: Carol King…………………………………..3rd great granddaughter
I LOVE HIM original music and words
By Noni Sorensen………………………………………. 2nd great granddaughter
Sung by: Kent Sorensen……………………………………… 3rd great grandson
Accompanied by: Lindsay Sorensen………………………….3rd great granddaughter
SPEAKER: M. Russell Ballard…………………………………..2nd great grandson
Co-President of the Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Foundation
REMARKS: Gordon B. Hinckley
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
THE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OUT original music and words
By Noni Sorensen………………………………………..2nd great granddaughter
Sung by: Dan Sorensen ……………………………………… 3rd great grandson
Accompanied by: Lindsay Sorensen …………………………3rd great granddaughter
PRAYER: LaRene Gaunt…………………………………… 2nd great granddaughter
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There Is Nothing New Under the Sun, Martin Shkreli Edition
His big-talking, livestreaming persona underlines not how much American fraudsters have changed in the last century, but how little.
By Joe Pinsker
Martin Shkreli arrives for a hearing at a federal court in Brooklyn, in October 2016 (Lucas Jackson / Reuters)
Martin Shkreli could not be more of this moment. He livestreams freewheeling monologues on YouTube to anyone who will watch. He's been suspended from Twitter. His hiking, overnight, of the price of a lifesaving drug in 2015 from $13.50 to $750 so perfectly embodied Americans' current complaints about health care that he was denounced by both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Last Friday, Shkreli was found guilty on three counts of fraud (and acquitted on five) in a federal court in New York. The trial was not related to that infamous price hike, but rather to hedge funds he ran before his price gouging made news. One wrinkle is that even though the jury determined that Shkreli deceived his hedge-fund investors, he did ultimately pay them back, albeit with money from a separate endeavor. (In a livestream shortly after the trial concluded, as he drank an IPA, he said he guessed his sentence would be "close to nil," adding, "I think we're going to end up appealing this.")
As quintessentially modern as Shkreli is, last week's verdict added his name to a long list of convicted fraudsters that reaches back more than a century. Edward Balleisen, a professor of history at Duke University, is quite familiar with that list. Earlier this year, he published Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff, which attributed Americans' trust of con men to a deeply held belief in innovation and world-changing ideas. "From the American Revolution onward," he writes, "the country's lionization of entrepreneurial freedom has given aid and comfort to the perpetrators of duplicitous business schemes."
Though Shkreli seems uniquely modern, Balleisen told me, there are many parallels between him and other American fraudsters before him. I talked with Balleisen about some of those parallels and about how financial crime has changed in the past century. The conversation that follows has been edited for length and clarity.
Joe Pinsker: When I heard about the verdict last week, you were one of the first people whose thoughts I was most curious to hear—Shkreli seems to be such a product of modernity, but I figured you'd be able to place him on more of a historical timeline.
Edward Balleisen: One of the elements of the case that stands out for me is the awareness, on the part of both the prosecution and the defense, of how much of the issue is dependent on defining the public image of Shkreli. So how do we make sense of him: Is he a ruthless predator, a congenital liar, a backpedalling conniver? Or alternatively, is he a well-meaning iconoclast who's focusing on this big social need around orphan drugs and niche diseases that doesn't get enough attention?
There's this battle for how to make sense of him that's actually quite resonant with many, many different public controversies around allegations of fraud, going back decades. There's some resonance, perhaps, with a person like Preston Tucker, the car magnate who confronted allegations of fraud in the late 1940s—in that case, allegations that were unable to convince the jury to convict. There were clear elements of aggressive puffery, in the kinds of promises that Tucker and his company made to would-be dealers in his network, as well as to potential customers. And so one of the issues that emerged there was, was this just optimism that turned out to be misplaced, or did it involve intentional deceit? That's always a really difficult issue, especially in a case where there are complex facts and where things may look different at one point in time than they do once misfortune strikes. That's one comparison that comes to mind.
Pinsker: What are some others?
Balleisen: Another one would be with E.G. Lewis, who was a very aggressive entrepreneur in the early 20th century, operating out of St. Louis and pushing all kinds of aggressive new business models, including a mode of banking by mail. He developed a publication empire focused on very low-priced periodicals aimed at rural women. It wasn't at all difficult to find specific actions of his that look deceptive. But the question around Lewis, in the end, really focused on how to make sense of the totality of the business.
One of the real parallels between Lewis and Shkreli is a focus on using innovative modes of communication to shape the public debate about their own business practices. So where Shkreli is livestreaming and tweeting, in Lewis's case, he was using the platform of his own magazine and press to churn out very aggressive narratives about the nature of his business efforts, and about the antagonists who he depicted as trying to pull him down.
Another person who fits this pattern to some extent is George Graham Rice, a prolific and flamboyant stock promoter in the early 20th century who similarly had a grasp of the power of new communications mechanisms. In his case the centerpiece of this efforts were financial newsletters that he would just send out all over the country, bypassing the establishment newspapers and financial press.
Pinsker: Something that seems unusual in this case is that Shkreli had already paid back the people who the court says were defrauded. Are there any historical examples of apparent fraudsters actually delivering on their big promises?
Balleisen: With fraud cases, especially, say, investment-fraud cases, one really significant issue is what victims really care about most. And often what they care about most is getting their money back. There are just dozens of promoters who've engaged in deceptive practices going back more than century who respond to insistent complaints from disgruntled investors by essentially buying them off, whether that's through the provision of settlement money or, in Shkreli's case, the provision of stock in a different company as a mode of assuaging the concerns of the disgruntled investors.
In the early 20th century, in some public commentary, this is referred to as the "squawk fund"—those who squawk get a payment out of the squawk fund. One often doesn't see those cases emerge at criminal trial because the victim just goes away.
Pinsker: Finance these days seems almost purposely opaque, and it seems markets have gotten more complex and harder to follow for a typical person—which seems more conducive to defrauding people than it was, say, 100 years ago. How does what Shkreli did compare to financial mischief from that era?
Balleisen: I think it always depends on what the baseline is. In the late 19th and early 20th century, compared to what had been the basic structure of finance in the preceding generations, there was a similarly significant explosion of financial complexity. Asymmetry of information has been a dominant thread in understanding the dynamics of the financial crisis of 2008, and I think there are definitely parallels in the late 19th century and certainly in the run-up to the Great Depression. So what we've seen in the way of complex financial instruments and modes of organizing investment in the last couple of decades certainly had their precursors in what, at the time, were called "investment trusts," but what we would now call mutual funds—a set of new modes of investing that were not that well understood by many investors, and that involved new potential for manipulation and insider dealing.
At the same time, I would also note where it was that Shkreli I think seems to have run afoul of the jury that convicted him of three of the eight counts—it was on falsehoods that would be palpable to just about anybody who might've heard them. Where they achieved conviction was with regard to the original misrepresentations to investors in the hedge funds, the claims that he had massively more money under management than he in fact did, that he had a record of profitability when in fact he had a record of enormous losses. I think those claims were not really about complex financial arrangements—they were really quite basic simple claims that were unquestionably false.

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"The Internet is just CB radio for the '90s," a now-retired CBC Radio executive is said to have told his colleagues a decade ago.
Fact or fiction, all three men can and should be forgiven for not being able to see into the future. Those who claim they can are either fabulously rich, or liars, or both.
In the heady early days of the Wild Wild Web, nobody knew where the "Information Superhighway" would lead. In 1996, just like 2006, it was the job of web pioneers to explore all side roads, to find out which ones were dead ends and which ones led somewhere interesting.
Some of the things we tried were unmitigated successes. Others… not so much.
The following is a completely subjective collection of experiments in web design and content that, for whatever reason, didn't take during the formative years of CBC.ca. (The author can be blamed for at least two of them.) Some were good ideas that weren't right for the time, the medium or the corporation. Others were just plain bad, and have thankfully gone the way of the CB radio, the Betamax, and the blink tag.
There really was a time when the internet was considered "new media." It was an unfamiliar vehicle for information and ideas usually found in print, or on the radio or television. And nobody was sure who the audience was, or what it wanted.
Early CBC.ca designers feared that visiting a website would prove to be an unfamiliar experience. So they decided to make the journey as comfortable as possible by creating an onscreen metaphor to ease the way.
One example was an early version of the site for the CBC Radio program Ideas. Producer Max Allen asked for something that would reflect the site's intelligent, deep and varied content on a single web page. During a brainstorming meeting in front of a computer, he suggested a stack of books. The first sketch, done in Microsoft Paint, became the final product.
As if that weren't obvious enough, upcoming shows and pages were promoted using an equally old-fashioned metaphor: a push-pinned note, scanned and placed on the splash page.
Television websites also grasped for a metaphor. The 1998 Newsworld website's navigation featured a black remote control to the left of each page. Presumably those used to clicking from their sofas would feel more comfortable clicking with their computer mouse.
CBC4Kids in April 2000, and Kids' CBC Preschool in 2006. Shaking your monitor won't actually refresh the page.
Recreating familiar three-dimensional objects was a bit of a running theme, sometimes with better results. The CBC4Kids site, seeking a remote control for the junior set, designed that site's navigation in 1997 to resemble an Etch-a-Sketch. The concept worked well for children, and a similar version is in use today. Some concepts really were good ideas at the time!
There's no simpler way to dress up a functional-yet-boring website than adding… a bunch of lines.
From Newsworld's "Spaghetti background" phase, December 1996.
The first Newsworld Online site took "online" literally, placing its text on top of a background of squiggly lines. Visitors were divided over whether it looked more like a well-used skating rink or a plate of pasta.
Wiggly lines were also added to the CBC Radio website masthead in 1997, when designers added a green audio waveform to the familiar logo. High tech!
Of course, those who actually understood high tech quickly pointed out that this looked nothing like a real waveform (a mathematical representation of a wave's characteristics over time.) The end of this one tilted to the right – meaning that the sound would have to travel forward and backward in time.
Green and grey lines on white backgrounds "paled" in comparison to CBC.ca's darkest period: the all-black website.
One of several Turn the Web Black" explanatory graphics that graced darkened sites in 1996.
Around 1995, an advertising agency offered to sell ads on the CBC website. They needed to redesign the site to accommodate the ads, and CBC paid them to do so. The result, according to CBC.ca business director Bob Kerr, was horrific. The site was full of frames (difficult to navigate, print or bookmark) and featured a flat black background with silver text (difficult to read, let alone print.) And it didn't look like a broadcasting website.
When the agency asked for more money to fix the hated design, they were unceremoniously dumped and the site was redesigned. "They never did sell an ad for us," Kerr recalls.
CBC began experimenting with online multimedia as early as December 1993, introducing audio on demand in 1995. The following year saw video reports from Newsworld made available on demand, and live audio streaming of CBC Radio One and Two.
Not content to simply offer existing audio and video from CBC Radio and Television, CBC.ca staff looked for ways to create and deliver their own multimedia programming – whether or not the audience actually wanted it.
When CBC acquired the ability to stream audio from CBC Radio, it also became possible to deliver live audio and video from just about anywhere. With a laptop and a phone connection, staff could "webcast" an event from a Toronto lecture hall to a listener on the other side of the world.
The technology allowed CBC.ca expose a limitless audience to speakers including Massey Lecturers Jean Vanier (1998) and Michael Ignatieff (2000), and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier (1998). CBC arts site Infoculture produced live events from the red carpet of the Genie Awards and from the much-anticipated 1999 premiere of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
CBC Infoculture's first webcast was musician and scientist Jaron Lanier.
As it turned out, the technology worked but the demand for lo-fi appointment computer listening wasn't particularly large.
Webcasting only solved half of the equation that would make podcasting so popular a decade later. Users want have access to audio wherever they are, but also whenever they want it.
With the exception of a few high-profile events (e.g. the 2003 "Toronto Rocks" SARS benefit featuring the Rolling Stones, the 2005 Canada For Asia concert) and simulcasts of televised news events, CBC webcasting has mostly fallen to the wayside.
Offerings at the CBC website got more and more complicated every day: News stories, backgrounders, columns, audio, video, discussion… how was a poor CBC.ca surfer supposed to keep track?
One option that became feasible in the era of broadband was to provide a sort of cyberspace tour guide, a friendly face to introduce the newest and most interesting features on the site.
The job was given to Bob Sudeyko, a former Newsworld host who came to CBC.ca in 1999. Each morning, Sudeyko would survey the latest site content, write a script, and find a television studio where he would shoot a 30-second roundup video of CBC.ca's latest and greatest. The feature was called "Cyber Central."
Performing for the web was new ground for Sudeyko. "Should I be wearing a tie and suit, or something more casual?" he recalls pondering. "This was the web, after all." (He went casual).
Sudeyko's roundups were automatically inserted at the start of the hourly online Newsworld newscasts, a move he suspects annoyed a few people.
Sudeyko says he never did find out whether many people watched his clips, or how they felt about them. As CBC Radio, Television and CBC.ca got better at promoting each other, the need for CBC.ca's own video promos vanished.
Advertised as a "full screen multimedia magazine", Home Delivery began delivering in February 2003. Episodes loaded in the background when a user's computer was online and had unused bandwidth.
"I have never seen the kind of positive reaction the home delivery project is getting," Ouimet proclaimed, comparing it to the excitement of the mid-1990s, when online audio first became available.
Online, reaction to the new technology varied. "Unlike good old Pointcast (remember that?), this freaking rocks," proclaimed one blogger. But others saw it as overly-complex window dressing on content that was better off on its own.
In 2006, the internet continues to change and evolve faster than radio or television ever did. To stay on the leading edge, CBC.ca staff – like everyone else – continue to try new things, and see which ones stick.
The learning process continues. Ten years from now, who knows what people looking back at us today will consider good ideas at the time?
Until then… that's a big 10-4, good buddy!
Paul Gorbould is one of CBC.ca's first full-time employees. He came to CBC in 1995 after receiving a master's degree in journalism from the University of Western Ontario. In 1997 he produced the CBC4Kids website and created sites for CBC Radio programs. Since 2002 he has worked on the award-winning CBC Digital Archives website.


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Congress plenary session to be held in Raipur in second half of Feb 2023
PTI, Dec 4, 2022, 5:06 PM IST
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New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday announced that it will hold a three-day plenary session in Chhattisgarh's Raipur in the second half of February next year.
The party also announced that as a follow-up to the Bharat Jodo Yatra, it will run a massive campaign 'Haath se haath jodo abhiyaan' from January 26 for two months as part of which padyatras will be taken out and a letter from Rahul Gandhi talking about the core message of the yatra will be distributed among the people along with a 'charge sheet' against the Modi government.
The decisions were taken at the first meeting of the Congress steering committee constituted by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge.
The Committee unanimously resolved that the 85th Plenary Session of the Congress will be held at Raipur in the second half of February 2023, Congress general secretary K C Venugopal said at a press conference reading out a party statement.
"We will have a discussion on various subjects at this three-day plenary session. There will also be a big public meeting," Venugopal said.
The Congress party will conduct a 3-day plenary session in Raipur, Chattisgarh in the second half of February next year. Key subjects will be discussed followed by a grand public meeting.
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— Congress (@INCIndia) December 4, 2022
He said the steering committee meeting also held a review of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and a future course of action was decided upon.
"It has been decided that a massive campaign 'Haath se haath jodo abhiyaan' will be carried out from January 26 for two months. As per this campaign, block level padyatra covering all gram panchayats and booths, will be carried out," he said.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the party is aiming to finish the Kanyakumari to Srinagar yatra by January 26.
It will enter Delhi on December 24 and the containers will be serviced for a few days here, he said.
#BharatJodoYatra के बाद 'हाथ से हाथ जोड़ो अभियान' शुरू होगा।
यह त्रिस्तरीय अभियान होगा, जिसमें ब्लॉक-बूथ, जिला व राज्य स्तर पर पदयात्राएं होंगी: श्री @Jairam_Ramesh pic.twitter.com/yXGb79OorW
In a statement, the party said the committee noted the "overwhelming success" of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and the wide participation of lakhs of people.
"The Yatra listens to and speaks with people from all sections of society every day, especially youth, women, farmers and the working class, directly communicating its message of equality, fraternity and harmony. It is the same message which India's spiritual leaders and social reformers preached, the leaders of our freedom struggle under Mahatma Gandhi fought for, and our Constitution upholds," the party said.
"The Committee particularly appreciated the leadership of former president Rahul Gandhi, whose 'tapasya', unfailing determination, and love for India and her people have been critical to the success of the Yatra," the party said.
The party said that while India faces challenges, the prime minister continues to "deny, distract and divide".
"His inflammatory rhetoric during the recent election campaigns in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh has further polarised the polity and society at a time when serious discussion and debate are needed," he said.
Congress president Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel, general secretary in-charge organisation Venugopal, senior leaders P Chidambaram, Anand Sharma, Meira Kumar and Ambika Soni were among those who attended the meeting.
Rahul Gandhi did not attend the meeting due to the Bharat Jodo Yatra which is set to enter Rajasthan on Sunday evening.
The steering committee was formed in place of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision-making body of the party after Kharge took charge in October.
All members of the CWC were made part of the steering committee soon after Kharge assumed charge as the Congress president.
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Q: Conditional statement with empty string Why does '' and not '123' evaluate to '' instead of False, but not '123' and '' evaluates to False in Python 3.4.3?

A: The logical and/or operators stop evaluating terms (short-circuit) as soon as the answer is decided.
Examples with and
>>> '' and not '123'
''

The first one is false, so the and is short-circuited and the first one is returned.
>>> not '123' and ''
False

not '123' returns False.  Since that is false, the and is short-circuited and the result of not '123' one is returned.
For exactly the same reason, the following returns zero:
>>> 0 and '123'
0

And the following returns []:
>>> [] and '123'
[]

Examples with or
>>> '' or '123'
'123'
>>> not '123' or 'Hi'
'Hi'
>>> '123' or 'Hi'
'123'

Documentation
This behavior is specified in the documentation where:

*

*x or y is defined as if x is false, then y, else x

*x and y is defined as if x is false, then x, else y

*not x is defined as if x is false, then True, else False

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Bessay () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Geography
The river Smagne forms all of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Lay, which flows southwestward through the north-western part of the commune.

See also
Communes of the Vendée department

References

Communes of Vendée

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Tag: Corinne Fisher
Is Poetry Therapy?
It was recently World Mental Health Day, and I wanted to start writing this blog again. I made a note in my calendar to try to do it weekly, but even then I've ended up pushing it back to three days later. It's been over a year since I actually wrote a proper freelance reflection, so I guess things are going well in that respect, but for my next post, I hope to catch up with that.
So, the topic of this post was the question as to whether poetry is therapy. My short answer is no, but that's not to say poetry and other forms of art can't be used for therapeutic goals. Over a year ago now, I made a new friend through other friends and he challenged me to write something everyday, and he would do the same. He wasn't a writer, but wanted to be more creative, and he told me in this time that it was something that really helped him. After a year, I had a lot more material that I would have had otherwise, and I think the process was therapeutic for both of us.
Poetry is cathartic for me, and it is naturally how I process things. I aim to write my diary each morning, but it is writing poetry that gets to grips with certain issues, delving into them in a way my simple prose writing often doesn't. Fellow writers may also have the same experiences, whereby the same themes will reemerge time and time again, haunting you, as if each time you return to it, you are attempting to exorcise it from you. There is something about getting it down on paper in a poetic form that allows you to distance yourself from it somehow, as you then try to craft it into art, and shape it into something that can then also connect with others and help them too.
Helping others is what motivated the artist Rich Simmons to create the project 'Art Is The Cure'. He explains in the short film how art has helped him with autism and mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. He talks about how visual art can help as a means of self-expression, and how it can be a positive release, even going as far as saving his life. Throughout the last few months, experiencing lockdown, I have also recounted how poetry has saved my life, in response to the way the arts are suffering and how they continue to be devalued. He talks about how other kinds of art can help us, and that it is really creativity as self-expression that is at the core of what is therapeutic in this sense.
This concept was also summed up in one of my favourite podcasts (before they moved from Spotify to Luminary, which isn't available in the UK), 'Guys We Fucked' by 'Sorry About Last Night', made up of comedians Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson. They would repeat the phrase 'comedy is therapy'. After Tweeting about a show I'd listened to that made me both laugh, cry, and heal, on a train, they repeated this phrase again when retweeting me. Likewise, Apples and Snakes shared poet Inua Ellams' 'Art as Therapy', where he discusses the topics, stating:
"Any seasoned poet will concur that more time is spent editing than writing. Involved in that process is the going-over of memories and instances, of emotions and images, the combing-through and the filing-down-to-their-smoothest-most-ergonomic-shapes our creations. It involves meditation, introspection and inspection. This for me is where poetry becomes therapeutic, when the created serves the creator, when the feather serves the bird."
All of these points are true, but it was this Tweet from Burning Eye, which put the state of mental health in UK today into perspective: when it comes to talking about mental health, things are getting better, but when it comes to funding and enabling people to have access to therapy, we are a long way off.
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay – just a quick one to say hello, your feelings are valid. Poetry can be a powerful tool for healing, but it is not therapy. Your audiences are not therapists and you do not have to give everything you have every time. Find joy in your writing. x
— Burning Eye Books (@BurningEyeBooks) October 10, 2020
Poetry, art and any kind of creative self-expression is certainly therapeutic, but it is not in itself the same as therapy. CBT and mindfulness are also great tools to tackle mind anxiety and depression, but even with CBT, I would argue that it is pushed because it is often cheap. It is often delivered in groups, and can even be DIY, but it is not a miracle cure. Really, what is needed is a holistic approach, that gives value to both therapy and medication, which can often work best in tandem, rather than it being a case of one or the other (though I'd argue sometimes therapy alone could work, I'm skeptical about medication alone working, but that's more to do with my view that everyone would benefit from therapy).
At the start of this year, I saw a psychologist who said I had traits of BPD; she phrased it 'Emotional Intensity Disorder', but this is just one of the many alternative names for Borderline Personality Disorder. I tend to use the term 'BPD' because it is more well-known, though I do feel that EID does capture a large part of the characteristics of my own experience. What others may deem to be "too sensitive" simply refers to my lived experience, and whilst there are negative points to feeling so intensely, I am thankful that at least these experiences of emotions has given me greater empathy and compassion for others.
Although I see it as a kind of neurodivergence, because of the fact, I often feel I really need the support of therapy, whether one-to-one, or a support group. Unfortunately, the support I was given previously was inadequate, essentially due to lack of funding and not being suicidal enough to get proper therapy (though ironically, that changed over the last few months, when it has been impossible to get anywhere). After moving, I found a support group that would have been free to attend, but I was in the wrong borough, and I haven't had much luck finding anything beyond the £75-100 BPD therapy sessions. If there was a way to pay a fraction of the cost, and for the majority to be covered, it may be doable, but I'm not aware that this framework exists. Previously, I had paid for one-to-one counselling at a cheaper rate, but it didn't meet my needs.
I know I need to do more self-help work as well, and part of me is using other (sometimes unhealthy) coping mechanisms rather than delve into the DBT book I have, for example, which is meant to be good for those with BPD. Aside from that, poetry, amongst other things, has saved my life, where the system has failed me, and so many others. The less fortunate are no longer with us.
Suicide rates are continuing to rise, and our mental health is bound to be the collateral damage of the current pandemic. Writing, drawing, walking, skateboarding, rollerblading, dancing, singing, cooking, playing games, and having a good support system have all helped me and continue to do so. But when things are okay, I still don't feel I have the right tools to cope when triggered, where I might turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms, whether manifesting as an "episode" of crying inconsolably, screaming in a rage, or self-harming (in its many forms). When these moments happen, I'm reminded that I do need help, but at other times when I reflect on my instability in relationships, it can dawn on me how much I need support in unlearning certain patterns (one of the biggest I think being related to elements of emotional abuse, whereby I have grown attached to receiving comfort after either being ignored or treated poorly emotionally in some way, meaning I am finding myself becoming attached to those who use such manipulation tactics or simply behave in an avoidant way due to their own attachment issues, for example).
Where the system does fail us, we have art to reflect our experiences when we consume it, and we have this fantastic ability to create, where talent and skill doesn't have to matter, as it is something that everybody can do to feel good, whether it's as a means of self-expression, an attempt to heal from pain, or simply to get a buzz from creating something from nothing.
If you want to know more about BPD disorder, I stumbled upon this video, which I've found accurately describes most of my experience. The fears of abandonment, interpersonal issues, and difficulties with regulating emotions are described here as the main characteristics. The only thing I would say, is that I have a strong sense of identity, though I can relate to the idea of having different personas within myself, but in a way that I feel is somewhat "normal". I also feel like to say a reaction is "too much" is difficult to fully get to grips with, as it is in response to real emotions, and whilst I fully acknowledge I need to take responsibility for the ways I cope with these emotions, more often than not, a little empathy and compassion goes a long way too.
In the video, Dr Ramani also emphasises that diagnosis is a tool to drive treatment, rather than labelling someone, which is also a great point to remember.
If you are struggling to cope, please call Samaritans for free on 116 123 (UK and ROI), email jo@samaritans.org or visit the Samaritans website to find details of the nearest branch. I have also personally found CALM's chat function helpful, because phone calls with strangers can also provoke anxiety.
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Do something completely different and enjoy genuine Swartland hospitality while making wine hands on in the old traditional way. Combine and hour or so harvesting grapes with working in the cellar, eating a delicious country lunch, tasting wine and having lots of fun.
Ideal for teambuilding or for groups of friends and family.
Overnight R1,500 per person (comfy accommodation, dinner breakfast lunch, hands on winemaking, wine tasting, notes on winemaking and discussion with the winemakers as you make wine.
Visit Fynbos by appointment to taste wine and stay overnight to make a getaway of it.
Wine tasting can also be combined with delicious food. Wine and food pairing events are available for groups of 10 or more.
In November last year, the Swartland Independent Producers took over the West Coast town of Paternoster for an incredible celebration of Swartland wine and food.
"During the two-day exploration and ponderation of our Swartland heritage and history, Paternoster will be home to these crazy winemakers. Informative tastings with themes, Speakeasies (of the gin-and- talking kind!) as well as an international guest speaker from Georgia will be some of the things people can experience over the two day festival," said Craig Hawkins, baby boss of TESTALONGA and proud chairperson of the SIP.
The Swartland's best chefs and farmers joined a group of approximately 20 wine producers to share their fascinating stories.
In between the serious wine tastings and talks, guests tasted Swartland inspired food and wine, enjoyed the company of fellow bokkom enthusiasts, and kicked back and relaxed with live music.


If you are experiencing problems with rubbish in a neighbours garden, the council may be able to take action to alleviate the problem.
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Breathing is the first experience that all human beings experience at birth. It is the first physiological process that we perform independently, once separated from the maternal umbilical cord. From that moment on it becomes an essential activity for life, which consists of absorbing the air through the lungs, to take part of the nutrient substances that compose it, and to expel that modified air. Our body is programmed automatically for this action, guaranteeing a continuous supply of oxygen, which is essential for obtaining the energy required by the body in our day to day. Likewise, respiration intervenes in the development of all physiological processes: it ensures brain activity, as well as the functioning of the nervous system, glands, muscles and organs.


Well, Fossil has one more time brought bling at the CES 2018 together with an innovative Kate-Spade Android smart watch. Its name has been given from the wearables producer that in no way sleeps, the particular Kate-Spade NY Scallop is usually the brand's very first touch-screen smart watch and also provides an additional Android watch solution for the females.
Fossil continues to be on the goal to incorporate wearables and smart watches, along with the organization focusing on three hundred different smart watches in addition to hybrid products simply by the close of 2017.
We have dropped count on regardless of whether that had been attained, yet with estimations that the organization had been on track for shifting 4.5 million smart-watches this past year, the strategy is working.
Fossil currently released lots of mixed analogue watches intended for the Kate-Spade back in the Baselworld 2017, as well as right now it is updating the selection to include Android Wear choice. Yet really does it help make a great first impression? Generally, we had an earlier overview in CES 2018 for finding out.
When the particular "Skagen Android smart watch" happens to be a bit light on the industrial layout identification, the exact same cannot be stated for Kate Spade. Essentially, the particular company's iconic scallop layout (which was obviously a crucial part of the fitness tracker) happens to be front and also centre all around bezel, providing identity and texture that is so frequently lacking on full-screen Android smart-watches.
Whenever it involves the technology, the particular Kate Spade NY includes a circular 1.19″ AMOLED screen, without flat tyre-even though it nevertheless handles to just pack in a normal light sensor that manages brightness for saving battery-life. Still, the screen provides a resolution of 390 x 390 that is quite standard for current Fossil Group smart-watch.
As always there is the "Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear" 2100 processor running the entire thing, and also it runs along with Android and iOS gadgets.
Certainly, the experience happens to be standard Android-Wear one-however not surprisingly for an organization with several brands that is very defensive of their customers and values, it is eager to alter the experience just as a lot as feasible. And also Google provides brands the opportunity to accomplish that through micro-apps.
Usually, Fossil has already been a large exponent of the micro apps, much more compared to every other producer, and also Kate Spade would get a unique expertise. Fire up "Choose Your Look" application as well as you may personalize watch faces towards your costume. Firstly, choose whether it is night or even day, the color of your dress, handbag, and jewelry – and also the watch could recommend 6 watch faces, color-coded to your own look.
The Fossil has additionally gone large on customized dials as well-and also there are a few fun designs distinctive to the particular Kate-Spade. Usually, one is usually a set of the cartoon eyes which wink whenever you get the notification, and also our favorite had been obviously a daisy that drops the petals just as you work to your everyday step goal.
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The particular Kate Spade NY is a proper planned as well as superbly developed smart watch that would certainly very easily attract fans of Fossil brand.
It is small, smooth and also off of the back of previous season's "Michael Kors Accessibility Sofie", the Fossil is usually right now capable to create fully-highlighted smart watches small ample to simpler the layout credentials.
The particular Kate Spade NY Android smart watches will be accessible for pre-order from January 9 before going for sale simply in February.


Julie Nutting Designs: Does Your Art SpEaK to You?
Does Your Art SpEaK to You?
Do you notice the exact moment your art speaks to you? This is the first glamour girl of a collection for some upcoming art shows this fall. I am doing Chateau de Fleuers in Sept. and Glitterfest in Oct. Both shows have a vintage glam feel to them and called for a different feel to some new pieces. Last weekend I was given some paper from a student in a class I was teaching in Claremont. One of the great things about teaching classes is people are always giving me amazing paper scraps. You can read more about this class at http://www.coutureovercoffee.blogspot.com/ This is Beth Livesays blog who is an editor at Stampington Magazines. She was in the class and as exciting as that was, I was nervous! She was a lot of fun and I had a great time with her. She is filled with so much talent! Anyway, I was given this paper that was pink and a sort of mustard paisley on a gray background. Not colors I would normally choose but I found something striking about it. I found other paper to compliment it and set out designing my glam girl. I painted the background gray (I have never done that!) I tore lots of different papers into thin strips and adhered them to my canvas with Modpodge. I felt the background was too bold so I paainted a very light wash of white across the entire piece. Wanting more white in the background, I turned to one of my favorite techniques...printing with bubble wrap. Once satisfied with the background, I set out to make the girl. I wanted her old Hollywood glamorous. She's wearing a draped, I'm sure it's the finest silk top, bearing a lot of back! Her skirt is flowing to her ankles just ready to move into a waltz with the most handsome man in the room. It was about this time that this piece started speaking to me. She was not old Hollywood at all. She wasn't even American! She was decidedly French. It was like she whispered it in my ear! So French she was. It was then I thought she needed a chandelier in the background and jet black hair with a touch of gold highlights. I'm thinking I like doing glamour girls...at least this week!
love glamor girls! and it's so exciting to know more about your process!
Julie! She is so cute. I love chandeliers and the bare back of her dress. The gray is totally different, but it makes her really stand out, I like it. Pink and gray are really cute together. It's nice when something unexpected makes for something lovely, something perfect, something that was meant to be. Im going to try and go to Chateau and I will be at Glitterfest. Excited to see you at both!
your creations speak to my heart & joy!
She's beautiful and I know exactly what you mean about the art speaking to you. It's a definite conversation for me. He said, she said sort of give and take.
she turned out gorgeous! I love the polka dots with the paisley....I am the student that gave you the paper scrap and whenever I look at my girl I think of the class and I am still inspired these few weeks past. I have finally found a set of legs that will match up to my short skirted girl...hope to take another class with you again soon.
Again this is fabulous...you have such talent.
Isn't it amazing lisa how a piece of paper could be so inspiring? Thank you!


The idea of starting Sphoorti was developed in early 2005. Things started moving only after a year. We had a tough time looking for people who would believe and support us, and at the same time, there was plenty of ridicule and opposition from many quarters. Few people were willing to lease out their premises to Sphoorti; we could finally rent the existing premises after a lot of search and persuasion. We finally started our activities in August 2006 with three children.
At the end of the first year, we had 32 children and, 53 children at the end of the second year. In August 2008, we moved the boys into new premises in the neighborhood. In 2009, we constructed a separate Home for Girls. We have a three-acre plot allotted by the Government where we finished Compound Wall and other preliminary construction. We currently have 200 children in our premises in Cherlapally. We also support education of 200 children with the help of our project partners.
We are constructing Dormitories and hope to move in at least 100 children in 2016-17. We are also planning to construct a school in the next two years.


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Usain Bolt set for six-week trial with Central Coast Mariners
Usain Bolt controls the ball during an exhibition football match. Picture: Getty Images
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Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt has entered into discussions to sign for Australian A-League side Central Coast Mariners on a trial, the club have confirmed.
The Mariners, who announced the appointment of Mike Phelan as sporting director on Monday, said the initial proposals were for a six-week period.
No contract is guaranteed for Bolt, who retired from the track after the 2017 World Championships and has previously expressed a desire to play professional football.
"The Central Coast Mariners remain committed to discussions with the world's fastest man and his management team, regarding what role the club may play in Bolt's burning ambition to become a professional footballer", a statement from the club said.
The 31-year-old eight-time Olympic champion has recently trained with Norwegian side Stromsgodset and Bundesliga's Borussia Dortmund.
The Mariners are based in Gosford - about 50 miles north of Sydney - and finished bottom in the A-League last season, recording the longest winless run of 11 games.
Former Central Coast players include John Sutton, who had spells at Wycombe and Motherwell, former Swindon, Cardiff and Plymouth midfielder Wayne O'Sullivan and former Nottingham Forest and Northampton defender Chris Doig.
Bolt's previous football experience
Here we look at where the 31-year-old Jamaican has played and how he has performed.
A Manchester United fan, Bolt has said he dreams of playing for the Red Devils one day. He was able to get a taste of what that might be like at the charity match Soccer Aid this summer, where he captained the World XI side at Old Trafford. Playing up front, Bolt came close to scoring on several occasions, hitting the bar and having one shot which appeared to cross the line not given by the officials. The match went to penalties where Bolt finally found the back of the net from 12 yards. He was named man of the match by broadcaster ITV.
Stromsgodset
Wearing the number 9.58 shirt - in honour of his 100-metre world record in 2009 - Bolt made a brief appearance in a Norwegian friendly in June. The former Olympic champion had been training with Stromsgodset that week, culminating with a match against Norway Under-19s. The 31-year-old's impact was limited, however, only coming on for the last 20 minutes in a 1-0 defeat. He did have one good chance to score during his time on the pitch, but could not convert a close-range header.
Celtic 'beating Manchester City' in race for exciting South American youngster Jose Cifuentes
Bolt was invited to train with Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund for two days during an international break in March. The presence of the world's fastest man attracted 1,400 fans, who were rewarded by seeing Bolt score a header and nutmeg U19 defender Dario Scuderi. Bolt said he would have given his performance a seven out of 10. However, the then Dortmund boss Peter Stoger was not quite so impressed, saying Bolt has "a lot of work to do" to become a top-level footballer.
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Bolt's skill and athleticism stood out in this charity game in May. So much so, his manager for the day Jose Mourinho remarked "Maybe football lost a talent to athletics". The five-a-side game featured the likes of Diego Maradona, Roberto Carlos, Marcel Desailly and Hernan Crespo. Bolt was on the scoresheet as the match finished 11-11.
Bolt spent a day in January training with Mamelodi Sundowns, who are the most successful side in South Africa's Premier Soccer League. He was visiting the country as part of an athletics development scheme. Nothing came of the brief run-out, although Bolt did receive some praise from manager Pitso Mosimane, who said "Good thing is he's a free agent! And he can play in a few positions."


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Burgess was the owner of a legal brothel, the Old Bridge Ranch, located in Storey County, Nevada, which was licensed by Storey County. Burgess wanted to become a Hells Angel and had applied to establish a Hells Angels chapter in Northern Nevada. The Storey County Licensing Commission revoked Burgess' license to operate a lawful brothel because he was associated with, and wanted to become, a Hells Angel. The Supreme Court reversed the license revocation and held that (1) failure to provide Burgess notice that his alleged association with motorcycle gang was the basis upon which the board sought to revoke his license violated Burgess' constitutional due process rights, and (2) revocation of Burgess' license based solely upon his alleged association with a motorcycle gang violated Burgess' First Amendment right of free association.
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Please be aware, the March 2019 phone book has several incorrect listings for Habersham County Government.


Berdiansk (Ukrainian: Бердянськ, Berdians'k; Russian: Бердянск, Berdyansk) is a port city in southeastern Ukraine within the Zaporizhia Oblast. It sits on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov and is also a health resort with mud-baths and climatic treatments.
The city was founded in 1827 under the name Kutur-Ogly which in 1830 was changed to Novo-Nogaisk. Its present name was given to the city in 1842. Between 1939 and 1958 it was known as Osipenko, the name now used by the nearby town Osypenko.


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GOLF: For Woods, still some work to do this year
ERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — This might be the best way to measure Tiger Woods' season. Sam Snead is getting more attention than Jack Nicklaus.
Woods said again Wednesday at The Barclays this already has been a great season, and it's difficult to argue. His five wins — including two World Golf Championships and The Players Championship — are three more than anyone else on the PGA Tour. He is leading all the right indicators, such as the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average, the money list ($2.6 million more than anyone else) and the No. 1 seed going into the FedEx Cup playoffs that start Thursday.
The standard for Woods, however, always has been the majors, and he was shut out for the fifth straight year.
"His lack of winning a major is the only thing talked about, which I think is sad," Bill Haas said. "I think it's ignorant. But that's what we are basing his year on. He may even say, 'Oh, I'm disappointed because I didn't win a major. But he's not winning the smaller events. He's winning the WGCs and Bay Hill. And yes, it makes what he's doing that much more impressive, absolutely."
Woods is stuck on 14 majors, leaving him four short of the Nicklaus standard. The five wins this year, after three wins in 2012, has put him at 79 career wins, moving him closer to Snead's record 82 wins on the PGA Tour.
"I tell you what, I never thought I would ever get there this quick," Woods said. "It's been an amazing run to get here. One of the things I'm most proud of is winning five or more tournaments 10 years in there. That's one of the stats that I look at as one of the ones I'm really proud of. This is one of those years."
The next chance to add to his wins starts Thursday at The Barclays, the first of four FedEx Cup playoff events against some of the strongest fields of the year.
Yes, the majors are over.
There is still plenty up for grabs — for Woods, British Open champion Phil Mickelson and even someone like Rory McIlroy.
Even though he has twice as many wins as anyone else, Mickelson could make a case for PGA Tour player of the year if he were to win a playoff or event (or two), particularly the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize. Despite two decades of greatness and a spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame, Mickelson has never won player of the year, a money title or the Vardon Trophy.
Haas didn't hesitate when asked who had the best year — Woods.
Neither did Masters champion Adam Scott.
"It's hard to pass up looking at five wins," Scott said. "I think the next best guy might have two, is that right? That's a great year to win that many times. It's all personal opinion. If you think winning a major is what you base success on, then if you haven't (won), you haven't had a great year. But winning … I've always based it around winning events, and I don't think one major makes up for five tournaments."
That led to another question posed to Scott: Would he trade seasons with Woods?
"I'd rather have mine, that's for sure," said Scott, who collected his first major at Augusta National. "He may want mine. I mean, No. 15 is proving to be difficult for him, so that would have given him that. But they've all got to get tougher the more you get."
Woods only played nine holes of his pro-am Wednesday at Liberty National, the course along the Hudson River across from the Statue of Liberty. He experienced stiffness in his neck and back from what he attributed to a soft bed in his hotel, and Woods decided only to chip and putt on the back nine as a precaution.
It was the latest nagging injury this year — a tweaked back during the final round of the PGA Championship, an elbow injury in the summer that caused him to miss two tournaments — though Woods was not concerned and said he was fine during his week off at home in Florida.
He is facing one of the toughest fields in the year featuring the top 125 players on the PGA Tour, all of whom are in form, some of whom are desperate to go as far as they can in these lucrative FedEx Cup playoffs. Only the top 100 advance next week to the Deutsche Bank Championship.
McIlroy has an easier time defining his season to date. It hasn't been very good. He jokes with caddie J.P. Fitzgerald that he effectively has taken six months off, and now it's time to get to work.
The good news for the 24-year-old from Northern Ireland is that golf is starting to feel more like play than work again.
He was swinging free during his pro-am, finally comfortable with his driver and launching them high and relatively straight. McIlroy feels like he turned the corner at Firestone a few weeks ago, and he rallied at Oak Hill to at least flirt with contention for the first


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Canada's last championship was 1993's Blue Jays. Sports fans have changed since then
After more than a quarter century since one of the country's major pro sports teams took home a championship, Canadian sports fans will finally be able to celebrate on Monday with a parade and rally for the Toronto Raptors.
The Raptors' historic NBA championship win last week marked the first time a Canadian team has won one of the big four professional sports championships since the Toronto Blue Jays won the 1993 World Series.
The parade will see the team travel the downtown route in open-air, double-decker buses, with the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy beside them. It will culminate with a rally at Nathan Phillips Square outside Toronto City Hall.
A map showing the Toronto Raptors Parade route on Monday morning.
The last time the city held such a momentous sports celebration was for the Jays in '93. That parade saw fans climbing trees and statues on Toronto's streets to get a look at their sports idols. Police took baseballs from fans to get them signed by team members as they passed. Thousands then packed the SkyDome, now known as the Rogers Centre, for a rally.
Fireworks explode prior to World Series game six between the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays on October 23, 1993 at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays defeated the Phillies 8-6.
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The Jays' celebrations were also attended by then-Ontario premier Bob Rae, who wore a Blue Jays T-shirt and flashed a sign to the SkyDome crowd that read: "No speech today — Hooray for the Jays."
The Raptors celebrations will see current Premier Doug Ford watching from the sidelines. He will not march because "the parade is about the players and, more importantly, the fans," according to Ford's press secretary.
Bruce Kidd, a kinesiology and physical education professor at the University of Toronto who also specializes in Canadian sports history, said Raptors fandom has many similarities and differences to the Jays fandom of the early 90s.
Kidd said the Jays and Raptors are Toronto teams, but the entire country rallies behind them in a "religious-like" way where people from all over come together. He also recalls walking up Toronto's Yonge Street with fans after the team won the World Series, in much the same way fans celebrated the Raptors' victory on Thursday.
But Kidd said what has changed years later is that Canadian sports fans have become much more diverse, and the Raptors are much more representative of that population.
"The Raptors are representative of what Canada is and what's it's becoming," said Kidd.
Kidd said the Jays also didn't have a unifying and inclusive slogan like "We the North."
Kidd also believes the "pan-Canadian" fandom has intensified because of social media, since fans have more ways to interact and share the historic moment together.
WATCH: Fans across Canada celebrate the Raptors' win
Cheri Bradish, a Ryerson University professor specializing in sports marketing, said social media has significantly changed the ways fans connect with sports teams. She said this made the Raptors' win even more special, even though they won the game in Oakland, Calif. She said by the Raptors not winning in Toronto, it "democratized" the moment because Canadians all got to experience the win in the same way — by watching online and following the players' social media.
"Instead of the exclusivity of people paying thousands of dollars for tickets to be in the stadium in Toronto and the diehard fans outside, Canadians got to experience the win in the same way," she said. "We got to see the champagne."
WATCH: Highlights from Global News' special coverage after Raptors win NBA championship
Monday's parade will give Raptors fans another chance to come together for their team, and some have already taken the day off work to ensure their spot.
Diana Macecevic of Toronto said she asked her boss for the day off well in advance so she could attend the celebrations, and she said her boss was glad to let her go.
The 31-year-old, who works at TD Canada Trust, said the celebrations will be extra special for her as an all-around sports fan, because she remembers celebrating the Jays' victory when she was a kid.
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"This is a really exciting moment for Canada and the Raptors. They worked really hard for this," she said. "I've been a Raptors fan since I was a kid, and to see this accomplishment and to be a part of the celebrations is really special."


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package containerengine

import (
	"k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/oci-go-sdk/v43/common"
)

// UpdateClusterDetails The properties that define a request to update a cluster.
type UpdateClusterDetails struct {

	// The new name for the cluster. Avoid entering confidential information.
	Name *string `mandatory:"false" json:"name"`

	// The version of Kubernetes to which the cluster masters should be upgraded.
	KubernetesVersion *string `mandatory:"false" json:"kubernetesVersion"`

	Options *UpdateClusterOptionsDetails `mandatory:"false" json:"options"`

	// The image verification policy for signature validation. Once a policy is created and enabled with
	// one or more kms keys, the policy will ensure all images deployed has been signed with the key(s)
	// attached to the policy.
	ImagePolicyConfig *UpdateImagePolicyConfigDetails `mandatory:"false" json:"imagePolicyConfig"`
}

func (m UpdateClusterDetails) String() string {
	return common.PointerString(m)
}

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