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Welcome back to Member Monday. Today we feature the work of Writers Forum member and Program Chair Sharon St. George. Enjoy an excerpt from Sharon's first book, Due for Discard.
Saturday morning I checked my disguise in the mirror. In my shortest skirt, highest heels, blue contact lenses and a blond wig left over from a grad school Halloween party, I was ready to visit the Natural History Museum where Bonnie Beardsley had flirted with her alleged stalker. Odds of running into him, if he existed, were astronomical, but I liked the museum and had nothing better to do.
After an elderly gentleman docent gave me an absurdly detailed lecture on the skeletal structure of turtles, I wandered over to the aquarium's viewing wall to wait for a highly-touted visitor favorite: fish feeding time. The gathering crowd squeezed together for a better view of the fishy antics. Feeling slightly claustrophobic, I tried to step back, but whoever was behind me didn't budge. Meanwhile the space in front of me had closed, and I couldn't step forward. The body behind me wasn't quite making contact with my backside, but I definitely felt my personal space being invaded. The mini-skirt that barely covered my behind wasn't helping.
I responded with a barely perceptible nod of my head. This was creepier than I'd expected. What would I do if this was the stalker?
After a few minutes of watching various forms of marine life snatching and gobbling their breakfast, the crowd dispersed. I wondered if the man behind me would make a move. I didn't have to wonder long.
He stepped alongside me, still watching the fish-viewing wall. I was surprised to see how harmless he looked. Probably in his late thirties, only a couple of inches taller than my five foot four, he was slender, clean-shaven, and handsome verging on pretty. His clothes were Eddie Bauer. His light brown hair was thick and well-cut. The term metrosexual came to mind. A straight guy, apparently, but with a flair for grooming and style. And not creepy in the least.
"Once in a while," I said.
The museum cafe was a short walk within plain sight of staff and visitors. I figured that was safe enough, so we headed for the coffee shop where we found a free table.
Holy crap. Of all the fish exhibits in all the natural history museums in the world, Arnie Palmer had walked into mine. He had to be the Arnie Palmer from Manton who popped up in my online search. And he was a guy, so he sure wasn't Arnetta, but was he Bonnie's stalker?
"And you are . . . ?" he said.
My mind raced in warp speed as I tried to invent a name for myself. What came out was really stupid.
Damn, I needed a last name. A lock of hair from my wig tickled my cheek.
"Wiggins," I said, feeling a little faint. "Ingrid Wiggins." A waitress came by to take our orders. I asked for coffee and apple pie. Arnie ordered green tea and pecan pie.
"Lots of apples where I live," Arnie said.
I took a tiny bite of pie and washed it down with coffee. I was torn between the need to know more about this guy and a yearning to get the hell out of there, but there was one question I had to ask.
True. I'd discovered that during all those people searches.
"So soon?" His obvious disappointment was flattering, and just short of pathetic.
I walked out of the coffee shop, pinched toes screaming in pain, stomach growling protest at the apple pie I'd left behind.
What a fiasco. Ingrid Wiggins with a paranoid, gun-totin' boyfriend. Not the alter ego I'd have imagined for myself. Worse, I had no hard evidence that Arnie Palmer was the museum stalker. And yet, there was the bizarre coincidence of his name. I sensed there was something connecting Arnie to Bonnie Beardsley, but short of seeing him again, I had no idea how to figure out what it was.
Writers Forum member Sharon St. George recently signed a three-book contract with Camel Press, the fiction imprint of Coffeetown Press in Seattle, Washington. St. George's hospital-based mystery series is titled The Machado Mysteries, and features Aimee Machado, a forensic librarian who works in an acute care hospital in rural northern California. Her brother, Harry, plays a part in helping Aimee solve these amateur sleuth mysteries.
The debut book in the series, Due for Discard is already in the publisher's hands. The deadline for her second book, Checked Out, is May 1, and the third, Breach of Ethics, is a work in progress due August 1. They will be published as print on demand (POD) paperbacks and as e-books. At this early stage, the date has not been set for when the books will be available to purchase.
St. George is proud and happy to be published by the same company that publishes Steve Callan, another Writers Forum member. Callan's nonfiction book, Badges, Bears and Eagles, published by Coffeetown Press, is enjoying great success.
For those who do not recognize the author's name, Sharon St. George is the pen name of Sharon Owen, Program Director of Writers Forum.
Maudie was five years old when Papa put her in charge of the chickens. The first thing he taught her was how to feed them.
Next he taught her to change the straw in the nests where the hens laid their eggs. She quickly learned to arrange each nest with just enough straw to cushion the rough boards.
Her favorite chore was checking on the baby chicks. She peeked at them every day, opening the roof of the brood box just enough to reach in and touch the downy yellow babies. Sometimes she took one out and cradled it for a moment, marveling at the soft, weightless life she held in her hands.
Papa's chicken house was divided into two sections. One side for the layers and the other for the fryers. When Maudie's chicks were grown, Papa put some in each section. She fed and watered all the chickens, and she gathered the eggs from the layers' side every day. Maudie wanted her chickens to be happy, because Papa said when they were happy they laid eggs with double yolks.
Maudie went inside. "Here chickee, chickee," she crooned. One of her brood came toward her, jerking its neck, turning to fix a curious yellow eye on her. Was it time for grain, or had she come as she often did with special table scraps? Maudie picked up the young hen and took her outside to where Papa was waiting.
Maudie stepped backward and watched while Papa took the hen's clawed yellow feet into one of his giant brown hands. He flopped the chicken down so that her head lay across a block of wood, and with one swift, sure stroke he brought a hatchet down across the bird's neck. The head dropped to the ground, and Papa let go of the feet. The bird's wings flapped, and it ran headless across the yard, showering the vegetable garden with dark red drops of blood, careening wildly until it finally crashed against the trunk of a plum tree, where it lay still at last.
Maudie's eyes streamed with tears and she felt a choking lump in her throat, but she obeyed Papa. She had never disobeyed him. She had never even considered it. Mama had a large vat of boiling hot water in one of the deep cement sinks in the laundry porch. She took the bird from Maudie, held it by the feet and dipped it into the water. "We'll just scald this fryer for a minute, Maudie, then the feathers will come right out." She pulled the bird up, dripping and steaming, it's severed neck exposed. "See this?" She grabbed a handful of its feathers. "See how easy it is? The feathers practically fall right out of a scalded bird." She reached out and took Maudie's arm. "Come here, Honey, take a handful." Maudie gripped some of the wet feathers and pulled. They came out easily, leaving a ragged circle of exposed white flesh.
That night Maudie picked at her mashed potatoes while Mama and Papa talked over their day, laughing and passing the fried chicken back and forth across the table.
Maudie didn't eat the next day. For a week she didn't eat or talk or go near the chicken house. Finally Papa said he guessed they couldn't keep chickens if Maudie wouldn't take care of them.
After her parents went to sleep that night Maudie sneaked out of the house and went to the tool shed. The hatchet lay on Papa's work bench, still stained with blood. Barefoot, she walked the moonlit path that led past the chicken house to the pasture gate. She held the hatchet in one hand, and dragged Papa's shovel in the other. Stepping cautiously to avoid goat-head vines and fat summer toads, she made her way to the farthest corner of the pasture where she bent to her work. The field had been irrigated that day, leaving the ground muddy and soft, but the shovel was so big she had trouble getting leverage. Finally she gave up and fell to her knees, digging at the damp earth with her hands. If she made the hole deep enough Papa would never find the hatchet. Thistles tore at her fingers, but she kept digging deeper and deeper.
Maudie jumped at the sound of Papa's voice, twisting her body around, trying to hide the hatchet from his view, but it was too late.
"Yes Papa." She bent her head in shame.
Papa hunkered down next to Maudie and took her bleeding fingers into his hands. He turned them over and touched the raw, dirt-filled blisters on her palms. Then he picked up the shovel and stood above her .
"You dug a pretty good hole here, girl, but it's not quite deep enough." He anchored the tip of the shovel in the shallow cup she had made and brought his boot down hard on its heel.
He lifted the spadeful of dirt and set it aside. "There, that's about the right size for a hatchet." Maudie looked up at her father, but a cloud had covered the moon and in that moment he was a faceless giant towering over her in the darkness.
She picked up the hatchet and dropped it into the hole they had dug.
Papa knelt down beside Maudie, and together in the moonlight they packed the little grave with soft, damp clods of earth.
Welcome back to Member Monday! It's a pleasure to share a piece from Writers Forum Program Chair Sharon Owen.


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Grandparents maintain communication during pandemic
Kim Doleatto
Kim.Doleatto@HeraldTribune.com
Grandparents played a huge yet invisible role in the economy before social distancing. They cared for their grandchildren so their adult children could work, saving them thousands of dollars.
Based on a national survey, grandparents cared for one out of four children younger than 5 years old — about the same number as are enrolled in licensed child care.
Not surprisingly, 98% said they enjoyed the caretaker role because "it's a relationship of unconditional love and acceptance without the layer of limit-setting parents have to take,'' said Rebecca Parlakian, senior director of programs at Zero to Three.
Beyond financial benefits, engaged grandparents lower their grandchildren's household stress, provide a link to a cultural past that helps children develop healthy self-identification and, simply put, grow the circle of people who love them.
Amid social distancing, are they staying in touch?
Read more about early childhood development
The sudden distance had been tough on families, but one positive effect revealed in another recent survey showed that half of grandparent participants reported communicating with their adult children or grandchildren more often than before the COVID-19 outbreak, and are using new technologies to do it.
More than four in 10 said they hear from their adult children or grandchildren more often since the outbreak, and 64% of older adults reported using a new technology to stay connected.
Among the most popular first-time platforms respondents used included FaceTime and text messaging. Social media channels were least popular.
"Tech is playing an important role in maintaining those grandparent and grandchild relationships. Even infants can form a relationship with someone they see on video chat. There are things parents can do to facilitate that like encourage toddlers to show their grandparent a toy, pretend to feed their grandparent on the screen, or sing together," Parlakian said.
In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn't count live chat as screen time.
And while roughly two-thirds of those ages 65 and older go online and a record share now own smartphones, barriers to tech persist.
Those barriers include lack of familiarity with tech terminology and physical challenges.
By the 2030s, people over 65 are projected to outnumber children for the first time, and "the cost of living in assisted living is incredibly expensive. The more we can support them to live independently, the better," said Camille Nebeker, associate professor of Family Medicine & Public Health at the School of Medicine at the University of California in San Diego. She's also the director at the Research Center for Optimal Digital Ethics – Health.
"There are too many buttons on a remote control, and they often have bigger fingers and might have arthritis, and when they read instructions, they're faced with a 7-point font and using words they've never seen before like 'Bluetooth,'" she said.
"When you think about apps, they look at downloads to measure their success, and you never get to hear if they're using those apps over time. There aren't incentivities for that. I think developers don't have to pay attention to the end users," Nebeker said.
Although grandchildren often take on the role of tech teachers to their grandparents, to mend digital barriers, she suggested co-designing products with people over 65 because "they know what they need and are rarely included in the conversations with the tech designers," she said.
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Science has published a book review that doubles as an editorial about embargoed information and science journalism. Its appearance is timely, as the topic touches on issues similar to those raised by a recent controversy regarding tech journalism: what compromises have to be made in return for access to information? It also comes as the writers at Ars' science section, Nobel Intent, have begun the process of getting press access to many of the major scientific journals.
The journals have asked for some minimal indications that the Ars science staff is engaged in reporting on science. Once accepted, we typically receive access to press releases and research papers several days in advance of their general release, provided we make no mention of their contents prior to specific dates provided by the journals. This allows us to do what we've always done—read the primary literature and describe the logic and experimental approaches used—with the added benefit of getting the stories out at the same time as the popular press does. This hopefully makes Nobel Intent a better primary news source.
The embargo process seems to work well enough from our perspective, but both the book and its reviewer don't seem to agree. The reviewer (Richard Horton) in particular has a distinct perspective on the matter, having overseen an especially notable case where several major newspapers failed their end of the bargain. Horton is the editor of The Lancet, which ran an article in which the authors estimated the total civilian casualties in Iraq. It was an article with clear political implications, and the standards of political reporting won out: the embargo was widely ignored, reporters rushed for the scoop, and The Lancet was forced to pull embargoed access from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.
The piece makes a number of arguments regarding why the existing system is bad. As the Iraq casualties story illustrates, it imposes an unusual constraint on the standard practice of journalism, in which competition for coverage of stories plays a key role. More disturbingly, it turns the editors of scientific journals into gatekeepers, who not only choose who gets to be considered a journalist, but then point those who are approved to a subset of the work their journals publish. The author of the book in question, Vincent Kiernan, suggests that these cutting-edge results won't necessarily be the best science and may not hold up in light of future work. It is argued that the combined weight of these factors removes the impetus for reporters to perform their primary mission: critically analyzing the information published in scientific journals.
It doesn't appear, however, that either Horton or Kiernan suggest an alternative system. This is unfortunate because, for all its flaws, the embargo system does provide some obvious benefits. It goes a long way towards ensuring that scientific work isn't reported to the public until after it has gone through the peer-review process, and that science reporters at least have the option of reading the actual literature (as opposed to press releases) when preparing their reports. In the absence of the embargo system, reporters would presumably still rely on the press releases from these same editors but, in their rush for timely coverage, would have little incentive to spend the time reading the actual scientific publication, much less subjecting it to a critical analysis. In other words, it seems that ending the current system could leave the editors in place as gatekeepers (via their role in formulating the press releases) while dumbing down the coverage by eliminating its reliance on the actual science.
Other potential issues of an embargo-free system include having journalists pester researchers for access to data that hasn't been peer-reviewed and the chaotic release of information that may have major financial and policy implications. The alternative, of course, is to have major media outlets cut back on their coverage of science, an alternative that Kiernan appears to consider a positive development. I personally view that as a poor solution and suspect that there is enough public interest to keep it from being a viable option.
To an extent, the embargo system seems to be a bit like the cliché about democracy: it's the worst system, except for all the alternatives. The scientific journals seem to be pretty reasonable about whom they consider journalists, and providing access to the actual publications goes a long way towards allowing competent science reporters to make sure that what they're covering is solid science. Providing science writers with embargoed information also does nothing to discourage us from covering stories beyond the ones that have been highlighted by the editors or waiting until after a journal issue is generally available to find science that the editors have chosen not to emphasize. It remains possible, however, that my positive views of the embargo system are influenced by having been accepted into it.
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Pierre Jacotin
Pierre Jacotin (1765–1827) was named director of all the surveyors and geographers working in the Nile Valley in 1799 during the campaign in Egypt of Napoleon. Later on, he also prepared maps of Palestine during Napoleon's campaign there.
After his return from Egypt, Jacotin worked on preparing the plates for publication, but in 1808 Napoleon formally made them state secrets and forbade publication. This was apparently connected with Napoleon's efforts at the time to establish an alliance with the Ottomans.
It was not until 1817 that the engraved plates could be published.[1]
Khatib, 2003, p. 211
Khatib, Hisham (2003). Palestine and Egypt Under the Ottomans: Paintings, Books, Photographs, Maps and Manuscripts. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1-860-64888-6.
Further reference
Kallner, D. H. (1944). "Jacotin's Map of Palestine". Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 76: 157–163. doi:10.1179/peq.1944.76.1.157.
Karmon, Y. (1960). "An Analysis of Jacotin's Map of Palestine" (PDF). Israel Exploration Journal. 10 (3, 4): 155–173, 244–253.
Panckoucke, Charles Louis Fleury (1824). Description de l'Égypte: ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en ... 17. Paris: Imprimerie de C.L.F . Panckoucke. (Pierre Jacotin: pp. 437-652, "Syria": pp. 594-609 )
Jacotin maps at the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection .
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WorldCat Identities (via VIAF): 17526483


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Search - List of Books by Margaret Gibson
Margaret Gibson (June 4, 1948 - February 25, 2006) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer who lived in Toronto, Ontario.
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Born and raised in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Gibson began writing in the early 1970s to document her struggle with mental illness. Biographical references are, however, in conflict as to whether Gibson suffered from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
Gibson was married in the early 1970s to Stuart Gilboord, with whom she had one son, Aaron. Following her divorce from Gilboord, Gibson moved in with her longtime friend Craig Russell.
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Gibson published her debut short story collection, The Butterfly Ward, in 1976. The book included the story "Making It", based on her experiences living with Russell, which was later made into the feature film Outrageous! by director Richard Benner. Hollis McLaren played "Liza Conners", the fictionalized version of Gibson, in that film. Benner also produced a sequel, Too Outrageous!, ten years later.
"Ada", another story in the collection, was the basis of a CBC Television movie directed by Claude Jutra. It was Jutra's first English-language film production.
The Butterfly Ward was a winner of the City of Toronto Book Award in 1977, shared with Margaret Atwood's novel Lady Oracle.
Gibson published three further collections of short stories before releasing her first novel, Opium Dreams, in 1997. Opium Dreams was a winner of the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and Gibson subsequently published one more book.
Later Gibson lived with and shared a house with Juris Rasa, her second husband, and her cat Garbo. Gibson died in 2006 of breast cancer, aged 57.
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Her friend Stephen Jon Postal and his wife Guia Dino Postal chronicled Gibson's teenage life in the novel, Of Margaret and Madness: A Novel Inspired By True Events (ISBN 9781434332752).
A made-for-TV-film, For the Love of Aaron, was produced in 1994 about her custody battle for her son, Aaron with her ex-husband, Stuart Gilboord; Margaret Gibson was portrayed by actress Meredith Baxter.
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The Butterfly Ward - 1976
Considering Her Condition - 1978
Sweet Poison - 1993
The Fear Room and Other Stories - 1996
Opium Dreams - 1997 (winner of the 1997 Books in Canada First Novel Award)
Desert Thirst - 1998
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Total Books: 50
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2014 - Broken Cup (Paperback)
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Medical Books
2012 - Cultural Sociology an Introduction (Paperback)
Genres: Science & Math, Politics & Social Sciences
2009 - Objects of the Dead Mourning and Memory in Everyday Life (Paperback)
2008 - The Palestinan Syriac Lectionary of the Gospels (Hardcover)
2008 - The Prodigal Daughter Reclaiming an Unfinished Childhood (Paperback)
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
2003 - Autumn Grasses Poems (Hardcover) → Paperback
Genre: Literature & Fiction
2001 - Icon and Evidence Poems (Hardcover) → Paperback
1997 - Opium Dreams (Other) → Paperback
1997 - Earth Elegy New and Selected Poems (Hardcover) → Paperback
1997 - Desert Thirst (Other)
1996 - The Liverpool IVories Late Antiques and Medieval IVory and Bone Carving in the Liverpool Museum and the Walker Art Gallery (Hardcover)
Genres: Arts & Photography, Crafts, Hobbies & Home
1996 - The Fear Room and Other Stories (Other)
1995 - Sweet Poison (Paperback) → Hardcover
1995 - Me and My Great Monster Mystery (Paperback)
1993 - The VIgil a Poem in Four Voices (Hardcover) → Paperback
1992 - The Eadwine Psalter Text Image and Monastic Culture in Twelfthcentury Canterbury [Publications of the Modern Humanities Research Association, Vo] (Hardcover)
Genres: Arts & Photography, History
1992 - My Dinosaur Adventure [My Adventure Books] (Paperback)
Genre: Children's Books
1989 - Out in the Open Poems (Hardcover)
1988 - Out in the Open (Paperback)
1988 - Considering Her Condition (Hardcover) → Hardcover
1986 - Memories of the Future the Daybooks of Tina Modotti (Hardcover) → Paperback
Genres: Arts & Photography, Literature & Fiction
1986 - Becoming a Mother (Paperback)
1982 - Long Walks in the Afternoon Poems (Hardcover) → Paperback
1980 - The Butterfly Ward (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover
1980 - Reincarnation and the Soul in the Parables of Jesus (Paperback)
1978 - Lanfranc of Bec (Hardcover)
1975 - Landscape and Distance Contemporary Poets From VIrginia (Other)
Action Words 1 (Paperback)
Action Words No 3 (Paperback)
One Body Poems (Hardcover) → Paperback
Second Nature Poems [LSU Press Paperback Original] (Paperback)
Charles the Bald Court and Kingdom [BAR international series] (Paperback)
On the Cutting Edge (Paperback)
My Topsyturvy Adventure (Paperback)
My Birthday Land Adventure (Paperback)


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Gas Canisters Hurled at 3 Orthodox Jews in London
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Three men driving in a white pickup truck threw nitrous oxide canisters and yelled anti-Semitic slurs at three Orthodox Jews in London.
The incident occurred in a north London shopping center Wednesday evening, according to The Standard. No injuries were reported.
The men allegedly shouted "Hitler is on the way to you, Heil Hitler, Heil Hitler, Heil Hitler" before hurling the canisters of the nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, at the two men and a woman attired in "traditional religious" clothes, The Standard reported.
Michael Blayer, a volunteer with the Jewish neighborhood watch group Shomrim, described the incident as "appalling" and said the targets were visibly Jewish.
"The verbal abuse was disgusting, and small objects were thrown towards the victims, making them fear for their immediate safety," he said.
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Are you saying one thing, while your face says otherwise?
Admit it, you've used flattery to pump up your staff. But do you really mean what you're saying? Your employees can tell--just as business allies can tell if your negotiations are honest, and competitors can sense if you're fearful.
Dan Hill, facial-coding expert and author of Emotionomics: Winning Hearts and Minds, says facial expressions are universal across cultures, and muscles on a person's face are triggered by true emotions. "People give away more than they realize," says Hill, who studies the topic as president of research-based consultancy Sensory Logic. "The face is the dominant vehicle we look to for what's actually going on." Signs of a disconnect between your words and facial expressions can lead to distrust from your audience.
But what if knowing the truth would be detrimental to your audience? Rather than trying to be dishonest, Hill suggests choosing to be opaque instead. "Camouflaging with a social smile or a poker face will mix the signals," he explains. "Hopefully, that will offset a momentary flash of fear or anger."


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Q: Why can't I drop a table in Excel via ODBC? I am using ODBC to connect to Excel via my DSN which has a default worksheet configured.
I can create pages in the worksheet via the create table command like this:
CREATE TABLE testtable( c VARCHAR(8) )

However when I use the drop table command like this:
DROP TABLE testtable

The Execute function returns a success value but the sheet is not deleted.  The column name has been removed but that is all.
Anyone know what might be wrong?

A: This is a limitation of the Excel ODBC driver - the DROP statement will clear the worksheet, but not delete it.

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This is becoming a habit for Maddie Holub and Thomas More Prep.
For the second straight year, the Monarchs are state champions and Holub is The Hutchinson News' area softball player of the year.
Holub, a junior, is joined by her coach, Alan Billinger, and summer softball teammate Karley Schmelzer of Andale-Garden Plain as the individual award winners for the 2008 season.
Billinger, who led TMP to a 24-1 record, is the area coach of the year, while Schmelzer, who was on the mound for nearly every inning of Andale-Garden Plain's run to the 4A state title, is the area pitcher of the year.
Holub was part of the Monarchs' 1-2 punch on the pitching mound. She played the shortstop position when teammate Kaylee Hoffman was on the mound.
"It's pretty darn fortunate to have pitchers with the ability that Maddie Holub and Kaylee Hoffman have," Billinger said. "They have to be as good a pitching duo as there is in the state."
Holub was nearly untouchable this season, finishing with a 12-0 record and earned run average of 0.47. In 75 innings, she struck out 159 hitters and walked 14.
Holub credits Billinger, her pitching coach since the sixth grade, for making her the player she is today. She was at her best in the Class 3A state tournament in Manhattan last month. In the opener against Silver Lake, Holub struck out 21 batters (one reached first base) in a 4-1 victory and then threw a no-hitter in a 5-0 victory over previously unbeaten McLouth in the semifinals.
"Usually I know from the beginning if I'm throwing well," Holub said. "The better I throw in the beginning, the more confident I get. It's just all about how I start off the game. If I start off good, then I keep going."
Holub also was an outstanding shortstop and hitter for the Monarchs as well. She batted .436 and led the team in doubles (8), home runs (6) and runs batted in (29).
"Offensively, we really try to gear the RBIs around her because she has such a good bat," Billinger said. "She has led us in RBIs the last two years. Maddie probably has as quick a bat as I've ever coached. She's extremely effective at the bat and has a very good eye. She just knows how to hit."
TMP wrapped up the state title with a 2-0 victory over previously unbeaten Wichita Independent in the championship game. The victory capped a season-long quest for the Monarchs.
"A lot of people just expected us to do it because we only lost one (player) from last year," Holub said. "And so we had high expectations for our team. Everybody thought we were going to win state and we had to win state, especially since we switched from 4A to 3A.
"For us, the competition was going to be much harder in 3A than 4A, but most people thought it would be a lot easier because of smaller schools. So we had a lot of pressure on us."
l Pitcher of the Year - Schmelzer, a junior at Garden Plain, stepped up as well for the Andale-Garden Plain team as it captured the 4A state title.
Schmelzer, who was a member of the all-area first team a year ago, finished the season with a remarkable 22-1 record and 214 strikeouts. She averaged 10.6 strikeouts per game, had 13 shutouts and 20 complete games.
"I really don't know what to say about Karley. She was huge for us on the mound," Andale coach Doris Hein said. "She made our defense more confident and she was more confident out there on the mound this year because of our defense. It was kind of a win-win situation."
Schmelzer pitched every inning of the state tournament in Salina - 36 strikeouts and just two walks in 21 innings - as the Indians won one-run games over Paola (3-2), Andover-Central (1-0) and previously undefeated Girard (5-4).
"I was just a lot stronger this year; I wanted it a lot more for our team," Schmelzer said. "Last year, it was kind of like just being out there and having fun. This year, it was more about winning and trying to win a state title."
Schmelzer, who also batted over .400, will play for the Kansas Renegades softball team this summer. One of her teammates will be Holub.
Hein said Schmelzer's biggest improvement this season was her mental toughness.
"I think early in the year, she wasn't quite there," Hein said. "When kids would start to hit her, she would get a little frustrated and kind of get out of sync. I just think she has developed mentally for us. I give (senior catcher) Chelsee (Eck) a lot of credit back there setting up batters. Chelsee did such a great job in knowing what was working for Karley. They worked together for 21/2 years and worked very well together."
Schmelzer also credits her pitching coach, Shane Steinbeck, for her improvement and the fact she pitched against her teammates every day in practice.
"I figure if I can throw well against them, I can do that against anyone," she said. "We had a lot of great players and great hitters on our team."
l Coach of the Year - Billinger completed his seventh season as the TMP's coach, but he's been in the game much longer than that.
The 63-year-old Billinger, who also coaches the TMP girls basketball team, started playing softball in 1963 and was one of the best pitchers in Kansas for many years.
"I played softball for so long and the reason I coach is because I took so much from the game and I want to bring it back to these kids and let them enjoy it," Billinger said. "When you've had that experience - been there, done that - and transfer that experience to these kids, I think it helps a lot."
It wasn't always this good at TMP. The Monarchs were 12-30 in Billinger's first two seasons - 2002 and '03 - but the last five have been something special. He has coached TMP to five straight state tournament appearances, which include state titles in 2008 (3A) and 2007 (4A), second-place finishes in 2004 (3A) and 2006 (4A) and a fourth-place finish in 2005 (3A).
The Monarchs are 110-16 in their last five seasons and haven't lost a league game in the MSAA since 2003. Billinger said conquering the big expectations this year was gratifying.
"For me, there was more pressure. We talked about trying to repeat as state champions," Billinger said. "The girls never really felt the pressure that I did and we had talked about it, especially after the state tournament this year. And, I felt that way because I still feel, as most people do, that 3A is tougher than 4A.
"But this team has so much chemistry. They get along so well together, on and off the field. I've had some very good teams in the past where we've taken second in the state and we just didn't quite have that same chemistry."
Billinger was elected to the Kansas softball hall of fame in 1996 and had coached summer travel teams to eight state titles before giving up that job seven years ago.


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By Kathryn Bradley
Suffolk County Council has divested Oulton Broad Water Sports Centre Ashley School Academy Trust.(left to right) Keith Shuttleworth,Lorraine Dupen (Ashley school head teacher),Richard Thomas and Lawrence Chapman.
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A POPULAR water sports centre that has given thousands of young people the chance to learn sailing and canoeing skills has been saved from closure, thanks to a nearby school.
The Oulton Broad Water Sports Centre, alongside Nicholas Everitt Park, will be transferred to the Ashley School Academy Trust tomorrow as part of Suffolk County Council's divestment programme.
Under the new set-up, the centre will be operated by a newly-formed subsidiary of the trust to ensure that no money needed by school is used to run it. The centre's full-time staff will also transfer to the trust.
Richard Coker, the council's outdoor and residential education manager, said: "We definitely would have had to close it if we hadn't worked with the Ashley School. We were warned that the county council, as part of its divestment process, was looking at making cuts to its outdoor education provision.
"We started speaking with various people and the Ashley School was interested from the start."
The county council made the decision to divest many of its services, including libraries and youth clubs, in 2010 to save money. The transfer of Oulton Broad Water Sports Centre will help it trim £54,000 a year from its outdoor education budget as well as further costs related to the maintenance of the site.
Lorraine Dupen, headteacher at the Ashley School, said "We are delighted that the academy has been able to step up to the plate and take the centre forward for its next stage of development."
The centre will continue to work with the community, local schools and youth groups to provide outdoor learning on Oulton Broad, including coaching and courses in canoeing, kayaking, orienteering and sailing.
Ashley School's deputy head Lawrence Chapman said the academy was also planning new activities, including windsurfing and power boating and developing the outdoor education opportunities for local schools.
"We're trying to pull in new partners and attract more of the local community," he said. "We've been working very closely with the Royal Yachting Association to develop windsurfing for next summer. It is something that used to be offered on the broads going back a long way and it is an Olympic activity.
"We've also been doing a lot more work on how using the outside can be related to the curriculum. We've been looking at orienteering and numbers and how that related to maths and learning about science through sailing."
The centre opened 25 years ago and since then an estimated 30,000 young people have had the chance to try sailing and canoeing. It has been run by volunteers of Suffolk Watersports Association (SWSA) with support from Suffolk County Council. SWSA will help oversee the transition of the centre.
Richard Thomas, centre manager, said: "We are grateful to staff and governors of the Ashley School for coming forward to support the work of the centre.
"We believe that by working with the whole community we can secure the future of the centre as a fantastic resource on the Broad."
●To find out more about the centre, visit www.oultonbroadwatersportscentre.org.uk.


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Hackers steal $1.8m from 2 private banks
Mehedi Hasan
Published at 10:23 pm June 22nd, 2019
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The sum was stolen from Cyprus, Russia, and Ukraine
In a spate of cyber attacks carried out by international hackers last month, two of the private banks of Bangladesh – Dutch Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL), and Prime Bank Limited – have lost around $1.8 million, according to the sources at Bangladesh Bank.
Dutch Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) lost as much as $1.4 million (around Tk11crore), while Prime Bank lost $0.40 million (around Tk3.36crore) to the cyber criminals.
However, NCC Bank Limited managed to avert financial losses, sources at the central bank confirmed.
These were the biggest cyber attacks after hackers made off with $81 million from Bangladesh Bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank in New York around three and a half years ago.
"DBBL and Prime Bank authorities informed us (Bangladesh Bank), on May 5, about the heist reportedly taking place from Cyprus, Russia, and Ukraine," a top central bank official, preferring anonymity, told Dhaka Tribune.
In the case of DBBL, criminals stole around $1.4 million in the beginning of May from teller machines in those countries using cloned credit cards, and personal Identification Numbers (PINs) of the DBBL.
The DBBL came to know about the fraud when Visa, a global payment solution provider, asked it to settle payments for transactions made by the bank's "clients" in Cyprus.
Despite repeated attempts, this corresponded could not contact DBBL Managing Director Abul Kashem Md Shirin to have his comment in this regard.
In the same process, hackers stole around $0.40 million from an ATM machine in Cyprus using Prime Bank's cloned card. But, Prime Bank's Managing Director Rahel Ahmed denied the matter, saying: "We did not face any hacking attempts."
An official of the NCC Bank confirmed to Dhaka Tribune that they have also faced cyber attacks, but avoided any financial loss.
Following the reports filed by DBBL and Prime Bank, the state bank held a meeting with the heads of the IT divisions, retail banking, and card divisions of the concerned banks on May 5 to discuss the issue.
Around two weeks later, on June 1, nine ATM booths of DBBL in Dhaka suffered cyber attacks by an international hacking group, which stole around Tk 16 lakh. Law enforcers later arrested six Ukrainians in connection with the theft.
All the private banks, especially those who deal with international credit and debit cards, have been issued notices to keep vigilant regarding foreign nationals, and people with suspicious behavior while stepping into ATM booths.
The recent incidents have created worries over the country's banking sector as these types of hacking attempts were much different from the previous incidents of hacking, said Md Mahbubur Rahman Alam, associate professor of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM).
He said: "This type of fraudulent activities are very new in our country, but not in other countries. So, all the local banks here must update their systems, as well as anti-virus, and anti-spam software. The authorities of the banks should have increased their allocations to the IT sector."
As the hackers have the ability to hack international credit cards, they can heist money from any ATM machines in any country, he added.
According to a recent BIBM research paper, the IT departments of around 50% banks of the country are faced with security threats, as they are still lacking managed switch, next generation firewalls, and Email gateways, which are vital for ensuring network security in banks.
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This is not about just trying to be competitive. For the Miami Dolphins, it's about identifying the most important positions and signing and drafting players in a more strategic way.
It's about making decisions on how to allocate resources and spend money in a way that is less desperate, and more thoughtful.
Which brings us to free agency. Spend, spend, spend? Think more about the parent who tells their child, 'You can have one toy from this store and maybe one toy at the next store."
"But Mommy!"
On Monday, NFL agents can begin to legally engage general manager Chris Grier about the parameters of a possible contract for their pending free agent. And Grier, in many instances, will hang up the phone and realize his Target budget in no way aligns with some Saks Fifth Avenue players.
If Miami is going to open their wallets at all in free agency — contracts can be announced starting next Wednesday at 4 p.m. — it is very likely it would be for players the organization identifies as franchise building blocks on the offense and defensive lines.
It's why re-signing right tackle Ja'Wuan James is a priority. Grier drafted James and likes James and obviously the incoming coaching staff is on board.
It's possible James may be the highest or second-highest paid right tackle in the NFL by next week. And if it happens, it will show you how the organization feels about the importance of both offensive tackle positions. Also, let's consider Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who may enter the 2020 NFL Draft, is left-handed. Just saying.
The biggest-name free agent Miami figures to at least have a conversation about it edge rusher Trey Flowers of the Patriots. First-year coach Brian Flores worked with him. Flowers obviously fits into the scheme he prefers. And the best part? Flowers is 25 years old. James is 26 years old. You see a theme here?
Miami will want to spend, if they spend at all, on players who they perceive as pillars for when the team is really good again. This may take two years at a minimum, perhaps even three.
Miami does not need to rush into free agency, other than addressing James and exploring Flowers. They do not even need to enter the NFL Draft with a projected veteran starter at every position.
The Dolphins' free agency focus may be on players aged 24-28 who didn't live up to their draft statuses by the teams that selected them, but who Grier and his scouting staff did like in college. Miami should be looking for players with upside talent, perhaps also players in the second and third waves of free agency who are under-the-radar, or who would flourish with an increased role.
In general, remember that Miami owner Stephen Ross wants Grier's version of team leadership to turn on its head everything you've known about how the team does things. This includes free agency.
"To keep operating under that philosophy would be like the definition of insanity: doing the same thing and really expecting a different result," Ross said.
Grier wants to invest in Miami's offensive and defensive lines. He's told us that. He's also told us he's not eager to overspend. If anything, look for Miami to pass and pass again on "hot" free agents.
"The way I grew up there in New England, I've never been (wanting to) spend money — huge money — on a guy to come it, because to me, I'd rather have three really good players than one maybe great player who may or may not impact what you're doing," Grier said. "I'd rather have three good players at positions that are going to help the team win. That's a little bit of it. But to me... Yeah, you build up your offensive line and defensive line. You start there and then you work."
This Dolphins roster has plenty of holes. And there will be tons more once some veterans are cut loose before next Wednesday. So let's take a look at the most important positions Grier, with the help of Flores, Marvin Allen, Adam Engroff, Anthony Hunt, Matt Winston, Ron Brockington, Reggie McKenzie and others, have been examining ahead of free agency:
1. Edge Rusher. Flowers would be a dream. A five-year deal coming in at around $15- or $15.5 million a season would be very appealing. But if Flowers commands $17 million or more on the open market, it may be more than Miami can swallow. Flowers is versatile, creates pressure and is a responsible player. One could argue this is exactly the type of player Miami will hope to land in the fourth round of future drafts (as New England did, in 2015).
If the Dolphins move on from Andre Branch, Robert Quinn and Cameron Wake, this will be a critical position of need. Miami must strongly consider drafting Clelin Ferrell of Clemson or Montez Sweat of Mississippi State if available in the first round of the NFL Draft. But they'll need more bodies for Sunday.
Anthony Barr of Minnesota, 26, would be an intriguing edge addition, but may cost too much. While Miami may be priced out on rising rushers like Preston Smith, 26, and Za'Darius Smith, 26, perhaps Shaq Barrett, 26, of Denver, or a flier on Dante Fowler, 24, or Markus Golden, 27, is worth exploring.
2. Cornerback. The Dolphins can't just bank on Cordrea Tankersley to regain his rookie form off a knee injury, and they need someone to play opposite Xavien Howard, who they plan to extend before the season.
The Dolphins will likely consider their best option at cornerback in the second or third round of the NFL Draft in April, but they'll need to add at least one veteran.
Ronald Darby, 25, of Philadelphia, may be out of Miami's price range. But the Dolphins should take a good look at Pierre Desir, 28, Steven Nelson, 25 and Darqueze Dennard, 27. Former Patriot Eric Rowe, 26, has of course been coached by Flores.
3. Interior Defensive Line. The Dolphins need to add defensive tackles with size and strength. This player could be a natural nose tackle like Dexter Lawrence of Clemson, who will be in the NFL Draft. Or this player could be a more athletic player like Christian Wilkins of Clemson or Ed Oliver of Houston.
But prior to the draft, Miami will probably add at least one more solid rotational inside player. Among the interior defensive linemen Miami will examine: Henry Anderson of the Jets, 27, Christian Covington, 25, Brent Urban, 27, Rodney Gunter, 27, Darius Philon, 25, and Malcom Brown, 25, of the Patriots, who has an obvious connection to the current Dolphins' staff.
4. Veteran Quarterback. The Dolphins could roll with Jake Rudock, Luke Falk and a quarterback selected in Rounds 2-5, for example.
Or, they could add a veteran stop-gap like Tyrod Taylor, 29, of the Browns. Taylor is the type of player who will create some exciting plays, and be a good teammate and mentor for whatever one or two rookie quarterbacks come into the room over the next two years. We advocate for Taylor.
Teddy Bridgewater, 27, would be a terrific story, but he does bring injury concern and is so talented he could actually end up a progress-stopper for the franchise quarterback Miami envisions drafting in 2019 or, more likely, 2020. And yes, good luck to Ryan Tannehill, wherever he lands next.
5. Interior offensive line. If the Dolphins are unable to re-sign Ja'Wuan James, they could also move right guard Jesse Davis to right tackle and see how it goes. Or they could pursue a free agent tackle like Trent Brown, 25, of New England, or Daryl Williams, 26, of Carolina.
But if they sign James, and let veteran Josh Sitton go, they'll want to add a veteran who can capably enter the mix at guard and/or center. At center, Mitch Morse, 26, of Kansas City, may be too pricey. The same could be said of veteran center Matt Paradis and veteran guard Rodger Saffold of the Rams.
Perhaps Miami would look to guard Quinton Spain, 27, of the Titans. Or perhaps they'll sign a player you've never heard of. That's the point, actually. Miami will probably sign a player or two you've heard of, and a bunch that make you glad Google exists.
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But it's not too late!
Celebrate Knowledge
Vive la chimie!
Dear Dr. This:
Thanks for sending along the list of active organizations participating in Molecular Gastronomy. You may be interested to know that I have been asked to give a plenary lecture at the Biennial Conference in Chemical Education in the United States this summer, on August 5. I am including an abstract below. The location (Denton, in North Texas), may be of some interest for fans of armadillo racing and Texas-style Barbecue.
I know we share a great enthusiasm for getting students excited about science through a presentation of topics related to food and cooking.
Thanks once again for your support.
"Taste Science! Engaged Learning at the Interface of Chemistry and Cuisine"
Prof. Kent Kirshenbaum
New York University, Department of Chemistry
Everyone eats. This simple fact makes food a relevant topic of scientific inquiry for the entire population. Opportunities abound to engage students and the public in scientific investigations through an exploration of food and cooking. Cooking instruction is gaining popularity as entertainment and as a central focus for improving public health. A study of cooking thus provides a palatable route to foster an appreciation for the scientific method and the chemical composition of matter. The Experimental Cuisine Collective was initiated at New York University to provide a venue for science outreach. The Collective gathers students, chefs, scientists, nutritionists, writers, and artists for dynamic interdisciplinary discussions of the overlapping influences of science and cooking. Scientific topics presented to general audiences include polymer chemistry, hydrophobic interactions, pH dependence of reaction rates, and molecular neuroscience. Demonstrations are inherently multise
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Jim Irish
Cedar Creek striker Gio Olivieri scored a hat trick in a 3-0 District 19-5A soccer victory over crosstown rival Bastrop on Tuesday at Memorial Stadium.
The Eagles remain unbeaten at 6-0 (2-0 in district).
Olivieri, a junior who has committed to Incarnate Word University in San Antonio, has scored seven goals this season. Natalie Anderson, also a junior and a University of Houston pledge, had two assists. She has five goals and three assists this season.
Cedar Creek goalkeeper Paige Giesalhart recorded her second shutout of the season.
The victory was Cedar Creek's second in a row over Bastrop. Last season, the Eagles beat the Bears 2-0 in the second round of District 26-5A and won the district title.
Cedar Creek coach Rob Watson said his defense, in particular Cassidy Emens and Amber Mendel, prevented Bastrop's primary goal scorer, junior Alyssa Greene, from capitalizing on her speed.
"We denied her the ball," Watson said. "We did a good job of not allowing them to play the long ball over the top. We pressed in the midfield."
It was the Eagles' second straight win over the Bears after going more than five years without a victory over their rivals.
Cedar Creek played host to Georgetown East View on Friday. Bastrop (0-6 overall) played at Georgetown on Friday.
Cedar Creek boys blast Bastrop
Cedar Creek striker Ricky Sesmas was close to full throttle, scoring a hat trick in a 4-0 shutout of Bastrop on Tuesday at the Cedar Creek field.
Cedar Creek coach Chris Fisher said Sesmas, a junior, has been on "minute restrictions" because of an unspecified injury before the start of the season. Sesmas didn't play at all in a 2-0 loss to Lehman in the Hays tournament.
In the Eagles' 1-0 win over Elgin in the District 19-5A opener, Sesmas scored the winning goal in the second half after sitting the first half.
After a close first half with Cedar Creek up 1-0, Sesmas demonstrated how lethal he can be, scoring twice in less than a minute. In the fifth minute, a Bastrop defender failed to clear a ball. Sesmas pounced on it and rolled it under Bastrop goalkeeper Juan Cervantes, who had rushed out prematurely. Thirty-five seconds later, he hammered it past Cervantes to the right side of the net with an assist from midfielder Juan Manzano.
Not long after that, Sesmas came out, but Fisher reinserted him with about 10 minutes remaining. In the 32nd minute, he took a pass from Eddie Barrientos and was in the clear, easily beating Cervantes for his third goal of the half and sixth of the season.
"We wanted to give him a chance to score one more," Fisher said. "To be honest, he hasn't gotten to play much this year. He's better than he has been at any other point."
Bastrop first-year coach Dennis Teuber said his players had a mental lapse for three minutes at the start of the second half.
"I told them good teams that are ranked in the state, that's what they do," he said about the Eagles' quick-strike offense.
Cedar Creek (2-0 in district, 4-2 overall) controlled the tempo in the first half, but Bastrop (0-2, 0-5) played aggressively enough on defense to stymie the Eagles. Nevertheless, Cedar Creek had five corner kicks in the half. On one of them, right center back Luke Perry slammed it home after the ball rolled around in front of the goal in the 21st minute. It was Perry's first varsity goal.
"We just like to bring him up because he's a big kid," Fisher said of Perry. "He's one of the few guys who can jump up and get his head on the ball."
Teuber starts three freshmen and plays three more freshmen. Cervantes, a sophomore, moved from defender to replace sophomore Jackson Workman, who had a broken hand after it was stepped on during the Temple tournament. He will miss the first round of district. Teuber said two freshman transfers from Del Valle and Austin Reagan will play in the near future.
"Overall, the score didn't reflect the way they played," he said about the loss to Cedar Creek. "They're playing hard, never giving up. We got to learn how to put a complete game together."
Cedar Creek, ranked fourth in a preseason poll in Region 3 of Class 5A by TASCO, played Friday at Georgetown East View, ranked eighth. Bastrop played host to Georgetown on Friday.


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This paper tackles the problem of showing that evolutionary algorithms for fuzzy clustering can be more efficient than systematic (i.e. repetitive) approaches when the number of clusters in a data set is unknown. To do so, a fuzzy version of an Evolutionary Algorithm for Clustering (EAC) is introduced. A fuzzy cluster validity criterion and a fuzzy local search algorithm are used instead of their hard counterparts employed by EAC. Theoretical complexity analyses for both the systematic and evolutionary algorithms under interest are provided. Examples with computational experiments and statistical analyses are also presented.


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Q: Pass parameter while emitting using Vuejs event hub I have checked similar question, but there is still one thing that is unclear to me:
Can I pass a parameter in emit on event hub, but I need parameter to be VALUE and not the VARIABLE which stores value. So for example: eventHub.$emit('test_emit', true) and the method which is called on test_emit should have it's parameter set on true.

A: From the similar question that you provided, you would just replace name with true when you are emitting event
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    this.bus.$on('showModal', (show) => console.log(show);
}

A: Sure you can, what you cannot do is to pass more then one variable (like eventHub.$emit('test_emit', true, false) as $emit accepts only one additional parameter (that can be the value or an object containing the key: value associations, also know as payload.


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FLYING INTO THE FINALS!
It's a buoyant, entrepreneurial £6.9 billion-a-year industry that provides the heartbeat of UK high streets, and now Sally Montague Hair Group, Ashbourne, is poised to make history in the world of professional hairdressing after beating off nationwide competition to reach the finals of the prestigious Most Wanted awards, presented by leading industry magazine, Creative HEAD.
Established in 2001, Most Wanted celebrates the most accomplished individuals, teams and businesses in British and Irish hairdressing – the talents that lead the industry from the front, whether impressing with their creative skills, building business through teamwork or keeping communities alive and boosting local economies.
Sally Montague Hair Group, Ashbourne is one of five finalists in the Best Salon Experience category, earning a place at the Most Wanted Grand Final on Monday 2 September at Printworks – the atmospheric space that once delivered the Metro and Evening Standard newspapers to London. Here, with actor and comedian Aisling Bea at the helm, the hairdressing stars of 2019 will be unveiled.
Sally Montague Hair Group have seven salons across Derbyshire and the purpose-built Ashbourne site is the largest in the group. The site opened last June after eight years of design and construction and features a large salon, five treatment rooms, relaxation area and a studio for fitness classes.
"We are over the moon to be finalists, the Ashbourne salon continues to be a great success and now the focus is on building our team. There is really tough competition in both categories and we are delighted to be the only salon outside of London shortlisted in the 'Best Salon Experience' category – we built the salon around the needs of our clients and it's great to be recognised in such a prestigious award.'
The Most Wanted awards comprise 14 categories recognising creativity and success across a multitude of disciplines, from customer service to business innovation. This year's entries were judged by panels of experts including Gemma Bellman, director of Europe for Glossier; Navaz Batliwalla of Disney Roller Girl fame; Sonia Haria beauty director of the Telegraph Group; Floral Street founder, Michelle Feeney; session stylists Ken O'Rourke, Tracie Cant, Johnnie Sapong and Syd Hayes; and industry influencers like Johanna Cree Brown, Jayson Gray and John Vial.
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Ben Farver of Argonaut Cycles has logged a lot of miles in "The Gorge." He knows it's a place of incredible diversity. Above the riverbanks are steep climbs followed by ripping descents, and both smooth pavement and punishing gravel. You can go from the still hush of a rainforest to a wind-blasted ridge in minutes. As part of the 7 Bikes for 7 Wonders scavenger hunt, Travel Oregon asked Farver to build a bike inspired by this diverse region.
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Title: Among the Books: A Literary Page or Two (vol 13, issue 5)
Author: Shibli Bagarag
In: The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 5 (August 1, 1938)
Publication details: New Zealand Government Railways Department, Wellington
Digital publication kindly authorised by:
Toll NZ
Part of: The Railways Magazine
Keywords: New Zealand History
The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 5 (August 1, 1938)
Among the Books — A Literary Page or Two
Among the Books
A Literary Page or Two
(By "Shibli Bagarag.")
After eighteen years "The Story of a New Zealand River" (Jane Mander) has been reprinted. It is certainly one of the strongest, if not the strongest New Zealand novel yet penned. As an intensive study of emotions it completely overshadows many modern day novels. As a faithful picture of the New Zealand countryside and of the men, women and manners of the period, it is undoubtedly the finest work of fiction we have.
Briefly the story concerns a full-blooded pioneer who carves a home and fortune out of the wild bush up north. He takes with him there a beautiful wife, but the pair are woefully ill-suited in temperament. The foreman, an ex-doctor, makes the other corner of the eternal triangle. In the background runs the oftentimes sombre waters of the New Zealand river. At times it flows quietly and then at full flood—just like the passions of the two men and woman.
The plot develops boldly, but obviously the book is not one for young people. It is a wonderful story. Whitcombe & Tombs are the publishers.
"Art in New Zealand's" seventh annual poem competition was won by Miss Helen Brookfield. The entries of J. R. Hervey, Douglas Stewart and Miss Paula Hanger were highly commended. In discussing the competition in the latest issue of the quarterly the editor states that although it unearthed no new talent of real significance there were one or two entries, from writers hitherto not known to him, which showed interesting originality. The winning poem which, as the editor states, is "delicately and poetically handled," is printed in the issue under notice. On the artistic side in the same number prominence is given in colour and black and white plates to the work of R. N. Field, A.R.C.A., and there is also an appreciation of his work by W. H. Allen.
Reviews.
"Marsden of Maoriland," by A. H. Reed (A. H. & A. W. Reed, Dunedin) is to my mind one of the most interesting, if not the most interesting of the several books written on the famous missioner. Most of the earlier Marsden books are too much of the dry historical documentary style. In Mr. Reed's book we have an easy running narrative—interesting as a novel. And what a hero to work on, a hero whom the author names "Greatheart."
There are some fine descriptive passages in the book. The first two chapters, giving a picture of New Zealand before the arrival of Marsden, make an admirable essay complete in itself. Then we come to that historical Christmas of 1814 when Samuel Marsden first set foot in New Zealand to spend the night on the beach with savages who had but a few years earlier killed and eaten the crew and passengers of the "Boyd." Marsden displayed the same courage when in the years that followed he faced many more dangers. Subsequently he crossed the Tasman seven times, and here are introduced into the story interesting pictures of
A bookplate designed by J. M. Thomasson of Christchurch.
early Australia. Marsden's last visit to New Zealand at the age of seventy-two is graphically described and finally his return to Australia and his death there just a century ago. This book will have a big appeal to the general reader. It is illustrated and there is a foreword by the late Bishop of Waiapu.
"Robert Maunsell, LL.D., a New Zealand Pioneer," by Henry E. R. L. Wily and Herbert Maunsell (A. H. & A. W. Reed) is another important addition to the historical library of this country. Archdeacon Maunsell was evidently a man of character and because of his modesty and reticence little has been known of his work. This hardy pioneer missionary was the seventh son of a prominent Irish family and after a brilliant period at Dublin University became a minister, and was later sent to New Zealand, where he arrived in 1834. The compilers of the work are well qualified to present the life story of this outstanding missioner. Henry Wily lived in the Maunsell country, near the Waikato, all his life, and Herbert Maunsell is the Archdeacon's sole surviving son. From records and letters a most interesting story is told of the hardships and dangers encountered by the missionary and his wife and family. For five years they lived in native huts and when the family did move into a comfortable wooden home the place was burned to the ground and precious manuscripts destroyed. Of particular interest are the letters of the missionary's first wife. They are full of intimate details of the life of the period. The book is almost free from controversial matter, a gratifying feature where early missionary work is concerned. It is illustrated and contains an appreciative foreword from Bishop Sprott. The first edition is limited to 500 signed and numbered copies.
"Harpoons Ahoy," by Will Lawson (Angus & Robertson, Sydney) reveals the New Zealand poet novelist right in his element, for if anybody ever loved the sea Will Lawson does. This book is written in the style of a novel and yet is largely built on fact.
Most of the stirring happenings related therein were told to the author by the late Captain McKillop, the last of the old-time whalers. Through the art of the author we tread once more the decks of those staunch old whaling vessels and get a full measure of the thrill of the chase. Often we meet danger, sometimes disaster—even to boats being smashed to matchwood by angry whales or men swallowed by the monsters. Strange tales are also told by the hard old sea dogs as they gather round after the chase is over to spin yarns over a tot of rum. No more interesting book has ever been written by the popular Will. "Harpoons Ahoy" should have a big sale in this country.
Dale Carnegie, who has such a vogue in America these days has written two books of potted biographies, "Little Known Facts About Well-known People," and "Five Minute Biographies." Messrs. Angus & Robertson (Sydney) have secured the Australian and New Zealand rights for both volumes. "Little Known Facts" deals with people as far apart as Einstein and Cleopatra on the one hand and Garbo and Ghandi on the other. This cute Yankee writer is always interesting and always picturesque. I am afraid though that some of the more famous subjects from history would be turning over in their graves for all eternity if they saw themselves decked out in the verbal catherine wheels of this Mr. Carnegie. Dumas was "a fat, flashily-dressed giant who went in for girls in a big way," Einstein "has become as famous as Jack Dempsey"; Cleopatra, when she danced in front of Caesar ("fifty-four and bald-headed") might have caused him to say "Oo, la, la, how long has this been going on?" This just gives you a faint idea of the author's style but he is certainly very entertaining. The "Five Minute Biographies" consist of another series of purple patches about such people as Ziegfeld, Caruso, Mussolini, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Basil Zaharoff, and Billy Sunday. Dale gives us a new slant on Byron—"in order to remain slender and lovable he endured a diet so fantastic that it has never even hit Hollywood." These two books will go down with the average reader.
"Death In The Morning," by Harry Hodge (Angus & Robertson, Sydney) is an Australian thriller with an unusual plot. A strange disease causes the sheep of the Commonwealth to die in their tens of thousands. A professor who has developed a serum to fight the scourage is murdered. A parasitic growth menaces the New South Wales wheat belt and a plant disease expert who sets out to fight the disease, is also murdered. Briefly, these are the ingredients of the plot. Add a dash of romance and humour and there is enough in the novel to pass away a couple of winter evenings.
"Savages In Serge," by J. G. Hides (Angus & Robertson, Sydney) is an intensely interesting story of Papua and the punitive expeditions and hunting raids of the Papuan Constabulary. The book has a good literary touch, giving us vivid pictures of the wilds of Papua, the character of the native police ("the savages in serge") and exciting accounts of the hunting and capture of murderous cannibals. We are left with an appreciation of the loyalty, discipline and thoroughness of the coloured constabulary. Jack Hides knows his New Guinea and its natives better possibly than any man living. This, coupled with his love for his job and a fine descriptive pen, has made the book an outstanding one. He is in charge of the patrols in some of the wildest parts of Papua, their duty being to hunt down those natives responsible for bloodthirsty and cannibalistic raids which are described without any beg pardons. The book contains most interesting photographic reproductions.
Note: Since writing the above, word has come through of the death in Australia of Mr. Hides.—"S.B."
Pinned to Bed by Lumbago: Scarcely Moved for Weeks: Thanks Kruschen for Return to Fitness
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Why is it that lumbago, backache, rheumatism and indigestion all yield so swiftly to Kruschen Salts? What is the secret of Kruschen's effectiveness against the whole army of common complaints?
The secret is an open one. It is revealed in the analysis on the bottle—for physicians and everyone else to see. Six vital mineral salts. That is the secret. The identical six salts that Nature ordains for your bodily well-being. Each of these six salts has an action of its own. Where one cannot penetrate another can—and does. Stomach, liver, kidneys and digestive tract are all benefited and toned up to a top-notch condition of efficiency.
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Shibli Listens In.
Beau Shiel's "Caesar of the Skies," a thrilling story of the life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, has sold so well that New Zealand booksellers have been out of supplies for several weeks. A further edition has now arrived from England.
After ten years, "All About Books," a monthly literary journal published by D. W. Thorpe, Melbourne, has ceased publication.