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Bleon v. Emery, 3849
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Court Supreme Court of Utah
Writing for the Court FRICK, J.
Citation 60 Utah 582,209 P. 627
Parties BLEON v. EMERY, Sheriff
Docket Number 3849
Decision Date 18 September 1922
209 P. 627
60 Utah 582
BLEON
EMERY, Sheriff
Supreme Court of Utah
Rehearing denied October 4, 1922.
Original application by Sylvan Bleon for a writ of habeas corpus against C. Frank Emery, as Sheriff of Salt Lake County.
DENIED, and petitioner remanded to custody.
H. L. Mulliner, of Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.
Harvey H. Cluff, Atty. Gen., and Wm. A. Hilton and J. Robert Robinson, Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendant.
FRICK, J. CORFMAN, C. J., and WEBER, GIDEON, and THURMAN, JJ., concur.
[60 Utah 583] FRICK, J.
The plaintiff was charged in the city court of Salt Lake City with having violated the provisions of title 69, Comp. Laws Utah 1917, constituting sections 3970 to 3990, and with violating that title as amended by chapter 78, Laws Utah 1919, and by chapters 81, 82, and 83, Laws Utah 1921. Reference will hereinafter be made to the particular provisions of the foregoing chapters which are in question here. A warrant was duly issued upon the complaint filed as aforesaid, and plaintiff was arrested and taken into custody, and was thus restrained of his liberty by the defendant as sheriff of Salt Lake county. After having been arrested and being in custody as aforesaid plaintiff filed his petition in this court for a writ of habeas corpus, which was duly issued, and to which the defendant has made return in which the reasons why plaintiff was taken into custody and is being restrained of his liberty are duly set forth. The matter [209 P. 628] was submitted to this court upon the allegations of plaintiff's petition and the return of the defendant, and upon the printed briefs filed by the respective parties.
The theory upon which plaintiff bases his right to a discharge in this proceeding is tersely stated by his counsel in his printed brief in the following words:
"Plaintiff has brought his petition for a writ of habeas corpus based upon the ground that he cannot be compelled and is not required under the Constitution of the state of Utah to pay another license fee for the privilege of operating a touring car of the same horse power as that for which he has already paid the annual tax,"
[60 Utah 584] Plaintiff also urges that by being compelled to pay further registration fees each time he disposes of one car and obtains another, or if he exchanges or trades one car for another, he is discriminated against and is deprived of the equal protection of the law.
Our motor vehicle law, as stated above, is found in the several chapters to which we have referred, and covers the whole subject of regulating and registering automobiles or motor vehicles and the payment of registration fees, etc. The sections of the motor vehicle law are very numerous, and the provisions thereof are so intermingled that, in the interest of brevity, we will merely state the effect of the provisions that are involved here, rather than to copy the sections in which they are contained.
The motor vehicle act provides that every owner of an automobile shall, before the 1st day of March in each year or before he shall operate his motor vehicle, register the same in the office of the Secretary of State, and "obtain a license to operate the same" for the ensuing year. The statute then specifically provides the manner in which application for registration of motor vehicles shall be made, and that upon such registration a license or certificate shall issue to the applicant, and numbered plates shall be delivered to him, which shall be attached to the motor vehicle thus registered. By the Motor Vehicle Act all motor vehicles are classified, and the fees for registration, etc., are determined and fixed in accordance with the horse power of the engine used for propelling the motor vehicle, ranging from $ 10 for a motor vehicle which is used "only for pleasure" to $ 25 for motor vehicles that are used for general purposes. Motor trucks are classified according to the tonnage capacity, and the registration fees range from $ 20 upwards. Under the law as it stood prior to 1921, in case the owner of a motor vehicle sold or transferred the same to another, the fact had to be reported to the Secretary of State, and that official, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of the sale or transfer, was required by the act to collect a transfer fee of $ 1 and the purchaser could then, without further payment, use the car obtained by him [60 Utah 585] by purchase or in exchange for the unexpired part of the year. The law, however, was amended in many particulars in 1921, which amendments are found in chapters 81, 82 and 83, Laws Utah 1921. In the law as amended the provision with respect to the transfer fee was omitted, and the law as amended by chapter 81 aforesaid provides that--
"Upon the transfer of ownership of a vehicle its registration shall expire, and it shall be the duty of the original owner to notify the Secretary of State immediately the name and address of the new owner or dealer, and return the registration card and license plates to the Secretary of State."
It is further provided that the Secretary of State "shall not register any vehicle or issue any certificate or registration thereof or numbered plates therefor, unless and until the owner thereof shall have complied with the provisions of this act." In another section (section 3973, as amended by chapter 82) it is provided that--
"On and after the first day of September of any year the fee for such registration shall be one half of the amount of the annual registration fee."
There are numerous other provisions of the motor vehicle law, which, if construed together, as they must be, make it very clear that the law was intended as a regulatory measure to protect the owners of motor vehicles, so far as that can be done by the identification of each owner, as well as of each vehicle, from fraudulent transfers and from thefts, etc.; that it was also intended as a revenue measure, to raise funds for the construction and maintenance of paved, macadamized, and other roads. The fact that the statute is both a regulatory measure and a revenue measure in no way affects its validity. In Berry, Automobiles (3d Ed.) § 110, the author says:
"A regulatory measure may also be a revenue measure without being objectionable on that account."
In order that proper roads might be constructed and maintained, the Legislature authorized the issuance of so-called road bonds and $ 7,000,000 worth of such bonds have been issued and the fees derived from the registration fees aforesaid, after defraying the expenses incident to the registration [60 Utah 586] of motor vehicles, etc., are set apart in a fund called the "Motor Vehicle Fund," which is exclusively devoted to the payment of interest as it accrues upon the road bonds aforesaid and to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof as the bonds mature.
From what has been said it is clear that plaintiff's objection to the motor vehicle [209 P. 629] law is that, after he had duly registered his motor vehicle and had paid the annual registration fee, and he then exchanges or trades his registered motor vehicle for another of the same horse power, he must again pay the registration fee for the motor vehicle he has acquired as aforesaid, notwithstanding that he has paid the full annual fee for the car originally owned by him. This, no doubt, is precisely what the law requires of him. Counsel for petitioner in his reply brief, however, vigorously insist that, although a person who sells his motor vehicle and buys another must pay the additional fee required by the statute, yet that in case of an exchange of...
7 practice notes
Solberg v. Davenport, 40262
...P. 1177); Saviers v. Smith, 101 Ohio St. 132 (128 N.E. 269); State v. Preston, 103 Ore. 631 (206 P. 304); [211 Iowa 620] Bleon v. Emery, 60 Utah 582 (209 P. 627); State v. Caplan, 100 Vt. 140 (135 A. 705); Jasnowski v. Board of Assessors, 191 Mich. 287 (157 N.W. 891); Kane v. State of New J......
House of Tobacco, Inc. v. Calvert, No. A-10706
...purposes. Payne v. Massey, 145 Tex. 237, 196 S.W.2d 493; Rapp & Son v. Kiel, 159 Cal. 702, 115 P. 651 (1911, Dictum); Bleon v. Emery, 60 Utah 582, 583, 209 P. 627 (1922); Mahany on Texas Taxes (1946), § 21.05, p. 642; Cf. Carter v. State Tax Commission, 98 Utah 96, 96 P.2d 727, 126 A.L.R. 1......
Thompson v. Harris, 6655
...this court is generally limited to the question of whether the committing court had jurisdiction to try and commit. See Bleon v. Emery, 60 Utah 582, 209 P. 627. It is clear that the failure of the informations to state a public offense cannot generally be reached by habeas corpus. See Areso......
...v. Maryland, 235 U.S. 610, 35 S.Ct. 140, 59 L.Ed. 385; In re Hoffert, 34 S.D. 271, 148 N.W. 20, 52 L. R. A., N. S., 949; Bleon v. Emery, 60 Utah 582, 209 P. 627; Kane v. State, 81 N.J.L. 594, Ann. Cas. 1912D, 273, 80 A. 453, L. R. A. 1917B, 553.) Where the legislature imposes a property qua......


Newcastle's Newgate street has flourished over the years. It was once the place to go for all your department store needs with it being the home of Co-op store for many a year until it's closure in 2007 and then it's food hall in 2011. The Art Deco building built in 1902 now hosts a Gym, a variety of restaurants and a Premier Inn. This newly revamped area is situated in the heart of Newcastle and is a perfect location for a night out whether it being just for cocktails or a tasty meal with friends and family. One of the newest additions is Zaap Thai Restaurant which opened it's doors on 17th August 2016.
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Serving cocktails (£6.95), mocktails (£4.95) and a range non-alcoholic drinks it was hard to chose what to pick. In the end we opted for *Gra Jeab - roselle juice and *An Chan Soda - butterfly, pea, juice with soda water and lemon juice (£3.50). Both of which were so refreshing and satisfying!
With authentic dishes hand picked from the North, East, West and the deep South of Thailand the menu offers the very best of Thai Street food. You can also specify your preferred spice level so that your dish will meet your own personal spicy needs. I was glad to see a good number of veggie options available on the menu. For my starter I went for *Vegetable Gyoze - Japanese stye fried dumpling with vegetable filling (£4.50), I love Gyoze so this was a must for me. For the main deal I devoured the flavoursome *Vegetable Gang Kiew Wan - Thai green curry served with Jasmine Rice (£8.50) which was fresh and full of spice and left me wanting more. The desert was recommended for me a *Pancake filled with a green custard served with vanilla ice cream (£3.95). I have never had anything like this before it was truly delicious!
I have to say I really enjoyed my first visit to Zaap the staff were friendly, polite and welcoming, the atmosphere was warm and the food was spectacular. Thank you for having me Zaap I can't wait for my next visit!


Growing up with ten siblings on a farm in rural Grove City, PA, Beth Voltz came in contact with many animals, as one would expect when you live on a farm. But the Voltz family farm would usually have a few additions each week—the townspeople would often drop off their unwanted, or worse, dying animals for the Voltz family to take care of. Grave Tales: Stories from Wolf Creek is a heartfelt collection of short stories about the ducks, cats, dogs, and birds that Beth would befriend, all the while knowing that they wouldn't be around for very long.
Elisabeth Voltz was born on a farm in Grove City PA, the tenth child to a horticulturalist and a mathematician/exorcist. There she collected unlucky and even suicidal animals, accumulating tragic death stories until she moved to Pittsburgh twelve years ago to become a video editor at Animal Inc.
I did not think I was going to like this book. I went into it with very low expectations and thankfully, those expectations were greatly surpassed.
This is a book about death, as the title would imply. Actually, the copy I read has a different title. It seems this book has various titles. The one I read was Shoebox Funeral: Stories from Wolf Creek. The one that appears on Goodreads is Grave Tales: Stories from Wolf Creek. But it's also just called The Little Book of Death. It doesn't matter. They are all the same book, a thing I wish I had known from the very start.
Anyway, back to the book. It's about death. It is a collection of true stories about a young girl who is one of ten siblings living on a farm in Pennsylvania, as she loves and cares for dying animals. When reading the synopsis, this book did not stand out to me. I have never been on a farm and the idea of death frightens me more than anything else in the world. Now, I am glad I gave this book a chance.
The book is beautifully written, as well as beautifully illustrated. There is something about the simplicity of the writing that I found charming. The way that Voltz speaks of each creature she cared for as if each was it's own person, important and loved.
Th book is sad, it deals with the tragedies of life and the knowledge that death is inescapable. It also has a lot of hope, the desire to against all odds try to do something good, to try and save the unsavable.
I only wish there were more of the story, as the book is only 140 pages.
Shoebox Funeral: Stories from Wolf Creek is a memoir full of authentic short stories, each accompanied by a tiny beautiful illustration, taken out of author's childhood spent on a farm. It presents the cruelty of nature in the most genuine way possible - through the death of much-loved animals.
I don't really know why I pick this book. It doesn't seem like something I would enjoy as a deep-rooted vegetarian who has spent her whole life living in a city, barely seeing farms even on pictures and until now deliberately avoided anything that could involve an animal dying. Well, it seems like I have grown out of this oversensitivity to animals and I have to say that I did truly enjoy and appreciate every aspect of Shoebox Funeral.
There's a certain beauty in the way Elizabeth Voltz tells her stories. The writhing is simple but the love she felt for every animal under her care is more than obvious through her words. She talks about every kitten and duckling as if they mattered, which, to her, they did.
Shoebox Funeral shows the reader a life on a farm in its truest form, how it feels to be one of 10 children, what it is like to be surrounded by so many animals and to know that they are not going to last very long and how heartbreaking it is to learn that some of them are going to die under your care no matter how hard you try or how gentle and loving you are because that's the way of nature.
This is a book of short stories. Written and lived by Elizabeth Voltz. Beth grew up on a farm as 1 of 10 kids in Grove City Pennsylvania. People in town would bring animals to the farm a lot not just unwanted ones but also dying one. The family tended these animals until they either made the sick ones better or they died.
This was a very hard book for me to get through, thankfully I had a new box of tissue. While and after reading this book I cuddled with my 2 ten year old dogs a lot and also had a few dreams. I probably should of put the book down and moved on. My heart was a little to tender for this book. But I am glad I read it.
What an absolutely sweet and grounding book this is.  I expected something like one of the Herriot's books, but no, this is down to earth and very humbling - it took me by surprise and I just couldn't stop reading it (till 3.00am).
The little illustrations where just beautiful and just right; and the stories are told in a very matter of fact way, but you can't miss the love and care with which Elizabeth tries to make life so much  better  for the animals that find their way to her farm.
This is a story of a remarkable family doing remarkable things, and a stories told by remarkable young girl, who even with her own problems, was able to look after, love and lose so many creatures that would never have experience any without her and her family.
Yes there where tears, but not so much for the story, but for all the missed opportunities that we humans have passed up in our lives.
There are so many things to say about this book but I just don't know how to put it into words that will justify how amazing this book is! For some reason I didn't think I was going to like this book, but I was so wrong. I loved it!
Shoebox Funeral isn't the most fast-paced book I've ever read. However I don't believe it needed to be fast paced. I liked the fact that when I read it I appreciated everything that was being said throughout the book and I wasn't reading so fast that I couldn't take some parts in properly. I was fascinated every time I picked up this book.
I really connected with the characters throughout this book. I felt for the animals, for Voltz and for her family. Growing up in a small-town with many farms nearby made me appreciate what she had to say, and how she felt throughout situations.
I'm so glad that I took the time to appreciate everything Voltz had to say in Shoebox Funeral - I highly recommend this.
Full of bittersweet and endearing tales, 'Shoebox Funeral' delivers touching eulogies to the small farm animals that have enriched the lives of the Voltz family. Elisabeth Voltz's heart-warming and tear-jerking memoirs of the slew of pets that her and her family have raised, rescued, repaired and rejuvenated, are sure to tug at your hearts strings, as she also details the nature and life of her parents and siblings. My favorite account dealt with a blind-cat, Monet, wanting very much to be a mother and the struggles she went through. Voltz writing brings you awfully close to the essence and identity of her pets and family, lamenting and celebrating life in all shapes and sizes.
Now you've gone and made me homesick for my childhood!  I grew up in a small town in the hills of Tennessee with all kinds of critters and this book took me back there. Especially the box of baby possums someone gave me that my parents quickly made disappear.  Thanks for the pleasant memories.
Elizabeth Voltz grew up on a farm in Wolf Creek. She is one of ten kids. She is the second youngest. She often made her own fun by playing with the animals on the farm, particularly the cats. However, this also meant she had to bury her beloved friends starting from a young age. This memoir tells of her experiences with these animals.
I could relate to a lot of what she talked about in regards to the cats. She distinguished between the house cats and the barn cats. At my house, we feed a lot of stray cats. I like to play with some of the kittens and they all have names. I understood the emotional attachment she had with them, even when they weren't really her pets. Often this attachment leads to heartbreak when they get sick or injured beyond recovery.
This is a well written book. I enjoyed a lot of it, but the heartbreaking stories of having to bury pets was too much for me. I've had to do that before and it dredged up too many unhappy memories. This is a good book, but too emotional for me.
This review will be posted on my blog on May 21, 2017.
For most of the book I was torn between giving it 3 or 4 stars, but the last couple of chapters were so heartfelt that I had to give it 4. Shoebox Funeral is less of a plot-driven story and more of a chronological series of memories about growing up on a farm and befriending animals. Voltz discusses these memories in candid detail, hearkening back to the moments with the full emotional weight of a child's love of animals. Having only grown up with conventional pets I can't relate to the whole of Voltz's book, but I can sympathize with her retelling of the innocence of youth and the lengths a child will go to "protect" their animal loves.
Beth's love for animals captured my heart. I read this story in one sitting and it had be feeling warm and fuzzy,to my heart aching for the loss of her friends. Beautiful.
Elizabeth Sholtz grew up on a farm with nine other siblings. Shoebox funeral is a unique collection of short memoirs that revolve around the deaths of much beloved pets on her family farm.
I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I thought it was a unique way to present memoirs, as I feel pets and the animals we grow up with can often say a lot about the people they belong to. The illustrations that are scattered throughout are beautiful too. The memoirs themselves are also very well written. However, after a while I did start to get bogged down in all these animals deaths. It wasn't a light read, and some of the tales were interesting enough to keep me entertained.
What a sweet, heartfelt book. I loved the stories about Elisabeth's life on her families farm and the different animals that appeared there. She would fall in love with them and even as a child, feel responsible for taking care of them and tried making their lives better. The drawings that appear in each chapter are adorable. By the end of the book I felt like I knew Elisabeth personally because of her relatable writing style.
Told in a slow-rolling first person, this book reflects on the joy and pain brought about by the circle of life. Yet, this isn't a story told through rose-tinted glasses. For every kitten born and duckling hatched, there's a tale of horrific accidents and devastating disease. But the tragedies and heartache never stopped Elisabeth and her family from taking in and caring for the maimed and unwanted creatures neighbors dropped at their door.
Before diving into the review, I would like to applaud the author for how clever the title is. I really think that it is clever and I somehow felt that I'm very stupid because it took me half of this book to realize why it is called "Shoebox Funeral".
It is always fun to read short stories focusing on a certain topic - which in this case is animals - so you can see how different perspective on a specific topic. It is fun and light but it would also gives you the difference between today's generation and the past generations. Not only that, you'll get to understand how people value the animals in their lives and how it became not just a part of it but as a very special part of it.
Being an animal lover and a pet owner, I can relate to the voices in the stories compiled in this book. Their love for their pets and the way they cared for them even though their life span is shorter than ours touched me.
What I really like most, and probably my favorite out of all the stories in this book, is the one about those people living in a farm and how they only have enough to feed the animals that are useful to them and they are not allowed to have pets and yet, they hid it from their parents and when their parents saw how responsible they are with regards to taking good care of their pets, they finally let them keep it. It's something that I would always remember.
Touching stories for the animal lover.  I appreciated the personal way these stories were told, as well as the photos contained at the end of the volume, lending image to text.
I bring you all a book review today and this is an excellent book here I'm reviewing. IF I HAD TO SOME IT UP WITH TAYLOR SWIFT MUSIC: Never Grow Up, Innocent, If This Was a Movie, and The Best Day (aka sweet young country taylor).
What is this book, you ask??
Now I didn't like any of the descriptions/synopses out there so I wrote my own.
Beth Voltz lived in the middle of nowhere as the daughter of a horticulturalist and an inventor/mathematician. She had ten siblings, and they all grew up on a farm, collecting a lot of very unlucky animals. She chronicles some of the more humorous and some of the more depressing tales in this beautifully-illustrated book about shoebox funerals.
BUT TRUST ME. It has beautiful watercolor illustrations.
AND THE STORIES are all so sweet and funny yet sad because obviously all the animals die. It's a very heartfelt book and it hurts my SOUL let me tell you. I could relate because my siblings and I have a history with unlucky animals.... and the stories were told so well! The author must've kept a diary; either that or she has a remarkable memory. I can't remember what I ate for breakfast this morning, man, or even how the tear harvest is going.
I'M KIDDING I DON'T ACTUALLY HARVEST TEARS. Probably not. It's not likely. ANYWAYS.
At one point she describes a goofy cat that they had who would jump into chairs, and the description is so simple and vivid and hilarious. It isn't often that a book makes me laugh out loud, or cry for that matter. This one did. This one did.
BUY IT, MORTALS. I COMMAND YOU.
This was my first experience with netgalley and quite frankly I am extremely pleased. 10/10 would recommend.
I am reviewing this book for Tom Jackson, Quarto Publishing and NetGalley who gave me a copy of their book for an honest review.
This is a book of short stories all about the Voltz family and how they care for dying animals. It is all about death but dealt with in a wonderful, compassionate way. I felt I was there with her at times, helping her to care for the animals and enjoying their 'antics'.
This book is beautifully written. It is full of short stories about a girl in a large family on big ol farm in Pennsylvania. It is also about her love of cats and kittens, and the many animals that came and went on the farm. Most of the stories are sad, but have beautiful illustrations. But overall I really enjoyed reading this book.
I received an ARC copy of this book from #NetGalley and I am leaving a voluntary, honest review.
This book was very good! I really enjoyed reading this book! The writing was very good, I like how the characters were written.
This is a beautifully written book which will be much appreciated by anyone who loves animals.  I didn't grow up on a farm, but I feel now like I've been there because of the tender descriptive writing of the author.  Before I read this, I didn't know anything about farm life, although I have a far-reaching love animals of all kinds.  I had no idea that people would just drive by a farm and drop off unwanted or dying animals, and my heart ached through the stories of that kind. It is well worth the read, however. I feel more connected to my passion for animals now, and have received a wider world view as well.
I read most of this and enjoyed it! Keep up the good work!
Why did it take me so long to finish this... default of this being on my kindle... I forgot it was there. I picked it back up today and remembered why I loved it so much.
This book is about Beth and growing up on a farm as one of the youngest of 12 kids... her love of animals and her loss at losing them. It was the most unique memoir I've ever read. Her story is told through her animals. It was beautiful and funny and sad all at the same time. I would love to see a finished copy of this book. Because my kindle just can't do the pictures justice.
Break out the tissues! I'm a big animal lover and this book really hit me hard. It's not often that I get the book feels in public but when an animal was hurt or died I just started to bawl! Some of these stories are sweet, some bittersweet, and some of these will rip your heart out and stomp all over it. There were gorgeous illustrations at the beginning of each chapter which I absolutely adored and it was a sweet homage to the animals in the book. From what I've seen on youtube the book is clothbound and a really beautiful green and it looks like it'd be nice on a coffee table.
If you want to cry and laugh and have your heart ripped out then you need this book!
I very much enjoyed this book. I'm always drawn to books about animals and this one doesn't disappoint.  Some of the stories were humorous and some were sad but they all felt authentic.  My only critique might be there was a sense of repetition after a while. Still, it was a pleasure to read.
It says Teen & YA so I was hoping for more life in this memoir. I know we can't always spice up real life but it didn't feel as if had much movement. The illustrations and everything about it is adorable but it isn't meant for me.
Dark and nostalgic. The stories are so well written and illustrated. Voltz really draws readers into the events, allowing them to sense the grief and emotions felt. This book portrays the sorrow of tragedy, and how death is inevitable.
this really is a great read for any animal lovers.
This book encourages such a range of emotions from sadness to compassion to lighterted and sometimes humorous... but more importantly each emotion felt 100% genuine.
The way the author writes genuinely makes you feel every emotion and takes you aon journey along with them, which is a key factor i look for in the books i read or review.
Voltz takes a great approach toward death and pinpoints exactly how different people react differently to grief and how they deal with losing someone or something they love.
with all that said, i do feel there was an element of repetitiveness to the storyline in part as there were quite a few stories that focused around the same animals.
Overall, a really good book to read, but still some elements that could use a little work, despite this being a memoir i feel the repetitiveness around the same focus of animals could have been avoided.
I thought this was really good.  I don't normally read non fiction or autobiography but I really enjoyed the mini stories, and how each animal, and each story, affected us, just as much as the family.
Shoebox Funeral: Stories from Wolf Creek is a memoir full of authentic short stories,  with a beautiful illustration for each, based on the author's experiences growing up on a farm in Western PA.  It tells the tale of love and death of beloved animals.
Not your thing? Don't want to read about death of animals?  It's a story of love, ultimately.  I don't really know why I picked this book, except for my own roots to western Pa.  I too, grew up on a farm and know the cycle of life as a farm kid. What an absolutely beautifully written book this is. I wasn't sure what to expect when I opened the book, but I am glad I read it. The stories are told in a very matter of fact way, as a person living on a farm would view animals, but you can't help but feel the love and care with which the author has for the animals. I have to say that I did truly enjoy and appreciate Shoebox Funeral.
The writhing is simple but the love felt for each animal shines through in her words. Each duck, kitten and all the others mattered.   You will grow from this book.
Thank you to #NetGalley and the publisher for a pre-publication ebook in exchange for an honest review.
Sweet, touching and heartbreaking.  As an animal lover, I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this book. Happily, even though my heart was breaking and I cried my way through the book, I found myself loving each story and feeling a kinship to the author. While I never lived on a farm, I have had to bury my share of pets over the years. It was a very sweet book that I thoroughly enjoyed.
I have never read a book like this and I'm so glad I did, although I kept a Kleenex box close by and my eyes are red-rimmed as I write. SHOEBOX FUNERAL is the eloquent retelling with simply beautiful illustrations of the life and death of ducks, cats, dogs, and birds that the author cared for on Wolf Creek farm, where she grew up with ten siblings. The stories recount the often too-short lives of beloved creatures, buried in shoeboxes lined with wildflowers in graves marked by hand-made crosses. These stories now reside in my heart and remind me that the price of love is loss ... well worth the cost of being blessed by an adored animal companion.
The only flaw of this otherwise compelling memoir is the cover. The script is too hard to read and the artwork does not convey the absolute beauty within.
Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the review copy.
Poignant, heartbreaking and very beautiful!
Grateful to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC, in exchange for my true opinions.
This book was really quite sweet. The illustrations sprinkled throughout are really nicely drawn and really adorable.
I really liked the writing style. It was descriptive enough that it felt immersive, but it wasn't overly detailed and boring. I like the big family feel (I relate), and I like the chance to see a different view of things. The writing allows the reader to really connect with the story of Elizabeth's life and her family, and shows the passion and love really upfront.
I will admit, I'm not big on non-fiction. However, I enjoyed Voltz stories of kittens and farm life, and it is truly endearing. Also the idea of a shoebox funeral is just really really sweet to me, and I liked seeing the family's compassionate view of animals most people wouln't think twice about.
Look at it. It is beautiful. I love it.
Overall, I liked the story, and the atmosphere, and the animals because who doesn't love animals being loved. The photos at the end were a really unique and welcome addition, and I think overall the book was really captivating and interesting, while still being fun.
Absolutely loved the cover and it's what got me hooked at first.
Liked the writing style and familiar feeling to it.
I was drawn to this book by it's cover and then it's blurb. I an always intrigued by stories that allow characters to walk in and out of paintings and interact with each other. I have read a few books with this premise. This story didn't disappoint. It's a good read for kids and teaches forgiveness without being preachy. I think kids and teens will find it a satisfying tale.
Although this book isn't something I'd typically read I found it enjoyable. I love animals and I thought the stories in this book were heartwarming, The cover is what drew me to this book in the first place but the writing is what kept me reading. The prose was stunning and the author allowed me to really feel what was going on in the stories.
Sad, and yet somehow hopeful, but always charming. Although the author is now an adult, her narrative never loses a sort of childlike innocence. Children so often are forced to grow up too soon in a farmer's lifestyle where they must often bid goodbyes to beloved ducks, chickens, pigs, etc.. and also accept that death is an ever present Spector in their lives. They are encouraged to think of dogs and cats as tools rather that family members, and yet, a child's heart, no matter how often it's broken, can still love these tiny lives unconditionally.  I was transported back to my own childhood, the loss of so many well loved dogs and cats, by this sweet and sorrowful narrative, a journey both of grief and great fondness. Any animal lover may feel pain from the accounts of mixed wild, farm, and pet animals meeting their end, and the after effects, but also find solace and comfort in commiserations with the author.
This memoir focuses on the author's tales of her various pets whilst growing up on a farm.
It's perhaps a bit too depressing for young children, but children from a similar background would relate better - living closer to life and death on a farm.
I enjoyed her relation of tales from her youth interspersed with the insights and wisdom of the adult self.
Many of these tales are just so heartwarming and bring up a tear or too.
What I like about this book is that it is a collection of tales - not all of them follow on each other and don't rely on you having previous knowledge, although it obviously is advised to read the book in the order it is written in.
But its more than a memoir of departed pets. It's also a glimpse into her family as throughout she reveals bits about them - her dad's beliefs and allergies, the death of Peter and the effect it had on especially her mom; her mom' gentle soul; the challenges she faced health-wise; the financial situations of her family while growing up and the close bond the family has.
A lovely addition at the end of the photographs of the farm; the author as a child; her family and of course various pets. The inclusion of photographs always makes a memoir feel more "human".
The book leaves you with a good feeling. The good and kindness they showed to the animals - taking in and caring for dumped animals - was rewarded by others being good and kindhearted to them - financing her surgery.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me the chance to read this book.
Shoebox Funeral: Stories from Wolf Creek is a book of reminiscences about growing up in a large family on a small farm, surrounded by animals. Not just your run of the mill farm animals but also sick or unwanted animals dumped by their owners, and lovingly taken in and cared for by the Voltz family despite their limited means. There were many cats, dogs, rabbits, ducks, a goose, a blue jay, a pony, and more.
The stories are lovely, told with feeling: sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartwarming or moving, though they often have sad endings when an animals inevitably dies. The title refers to the way the animals were usually buried in a shoe box, in a special field referred to by the family as the graveyard.
Each story starts with a rich illustration done by Idil Gözde. These illustrations fit the subjects of the stories perfectly and add warmth to the book. In fact the whole internal layout is amazing, obviously designed with much care and love.
I loved reading about this kind of farm life. When I was a kid I always wanted a pet, and living on a farm surrounded by animals would have been a dream come true, so this book was right up my alley.
Really amazing book. A very special reading experience.
A beautiful heartfelt collection of short stories on the author's beloved past pets. This is a book that I plan to buy and give as gifts to animal lovers.
Thank you thank you thank to NetGalley and for providing me with a free digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest read and review!  I love receiving so many different genres of books to read and review, so when I saw a collection of stories based on real-life occurrences up for request, I jumped on it!  Not to mention, the title of this book is kinda morbid but really interesting, so that definitely had a draw on me.
The little map at the beginning of this book is so darling.  I love the whimsy and almost personal feel of it.  This continues throughout as the art at the beginning of each chapter is so darn cute!  I loved that each one is specifically about the chapter or story it precedes; my favorite was the opossum.  The story was not that happy, but the little illustration cracked me up!
The language is so vivid and colorful.  At times, it reads like a children's book because the settings and environments are described in such a way that everything is vivid and crisp without being too flowery.  Of course, this isn't a children's book as you figure out as you keep going, but I really appreciated the feel of this book and the sort of "release" it gave me as I read it.  It feels like Voltz truly understands writing with adjectives and using all the senses to invoke feelings within the readers; this reflects so well all throughout this book.
As for the stories, holy mackerel!  I grew up in the country and saw some crazy stuff when it comes to nature and making do, but nothing can be compared with some of Voltz' stories in this collection.  The story about the raccoons and the hollow rabbit still haunts me; I can't imagine what that would have been like!  I loved that each of the stories used in this book is vivid and sometimes almost unbelievable.  But, tucked into each one is a kernel of wisdom that can only come from life experience.
Overall, this book really got to me.  I think that I could recognize a bit of the young girl who loved animals and had way too many cats and kittens and inventive ways to play.  I loved reading this book because it made me think about my childhood and invoked so many good and bad memories about my own years growing up and the pets I had and cherished.  I love how Voltz writes about some ugly things and some beautiful things all in a poetic way.  At the end of the book, there is a section of photographs from her childhood and you get to see some of the cats, Precious the blue jay, and some of the animals discussed in the book including her beloved dog Buddelia.  This, combined with the touching last chapter about peace and accepting all that had happened in her life, make for a perfect end to this book.  I loved it so much and how much heart Voltz put into not just her stories, but in the final presentation for the readers.  I loved this little end to the book and the stories in between.
Overall, I would give this one so many stars more than five.  The subjects are not always happy and bright, but the messages behind each little story are so special.  I think that I came away from this book with some crazy imagery, appreciation for my own childhood, and a fond group of memories of the animals that I loved and continue to love today.  Along with the contents of the book, the actual style and look of the book is perfect and I appreciated that it included a little "journal" section at the end.  I could see myself writing my own memories that come back to me, as I read this.
Received via NetGalley for review.
A collection of surprisingly sweet and beautiful short stories/personal essays about the beauty and the love of animals in all stages in life. Death is a fundamental part of life, and most people experience it through the death of a pet. That doesn't make it any less devastating.
The illustrations accompanying the stories were perfect and well suited to the book.
Perfect for middle schoolers who might be going through this for the first time, or who have experienced it many times.


Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), Oleksandr Turchynov visited the flagships of the armored industry of Ukraine – the state-run Malyshev Plant and the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau – where he saw the operation of new process lines producing advanced tanks and armored personnel carriers.
As instructed by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, a ceremonial handover of armament and military hardware to the Armed Forces of Ukraine also took place at the plant.
The Ukrainian army received upgraded T-80 and T-64BV tanks, BTR-4 armored personnel carriers of the new generation as well as military trucks.
Moreover, Turchynov stressed that the level of protection and engineering changes introduced in BTR-4 given its use in real combat "made it one of the most effective military vehicles in the Armed Forces of Ukraine".
According to Turchynov, the production, upgrading, and renovation of combat equipment and armament for the Ukrainian army takes place on the regular basis. "Since the beginning of the year about 2,000 weapons and pieces of military equipment have been manufactured and upgraded by Ukrainian enterprises as part of the state defense order," he said.
"It is critical that the development of the defense industry strengthens the country's defense capability and economy as well as creates new jobs," the NSDC secretary stressed.
According to the official, "four powerful Kharkiv-based enterprises – the Malyshev Plant SE, Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau, Balakliia Repair Plant, and Kharkiv Special Machine Plant are involved" in manufacture of military hardware handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine today.


Some resources that are good to have on hand. This list will grow as the course ages throughout the semester.
Teoria- Great resource to practice ear training. Spend time here every day.
Staff paper- I'll try and have a pile but never come to class without it.
Here's a list of familiar songs to pair with the various intervals. Pairing to a common song can help identify your intervals quickly.
Here's where the Baron's book will be posted for reference.
Some General Vocab is listed here.
Some folks say they like this school's YouTube channel.
4 April: Listening exercise sheet.
3 April: Every free response section since '99 is HERE.
25 March: This guide walks you through how to grade the free response section of our practice AP exam.
6 March: Here's the harmonizing a melody worksheet we did today. We'll keep working on it tomorrow.
Complete packet from March 1, due tomorrow.
1 March: Read chapter 8/9 in barron's book.
Do the first three pages of this packet (not counting the second page listening).
26 Feb: Figured bass number 3 on this sheet.
25 Feb: Do #2, figured bass.
Transcription Project 2 due Friday.
20 minutes per day on Teoria.
11 Feb: Do this triad worksheet.
Spend more time on teoria.
8 Feb: If you weren't here, take this quiz.
Check your listening quiz from Feb. 6, answers here.
Sign up for Teoria. Spend at least 30 minutes on it this weekend.
I can track. Work on the stuff you were lousy at.
Harmonic Analysis of this hymn.
4 Feb: Transcription Project 1: notate. There are 8 bars.
30/31 January: Preparing for the test on Friday.
It will be modeled after the practice test we took earlier this week. Study that test. You'll also be speed tested on your major triads/key signatures. You'll also sight sing 1 of the 8 melodies from packet 1.
Continue studying major triads/key signatures and sightsinging.
24 Jan: Copy this exactly on staff paper as neatly as possible to work on your notation.


 Proverbs 16:29 Interlinear: A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.
A violent man lures his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good.
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.
A violent man entices his companion and leads him on a path that is not good.


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The Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
By the beginning of the 20th century, Pittsburgh and its surrounding communities had recast Western Pennsylvania into one of the country's most economically vibrant regions. Countless steel mills and factories dotted the landscape, attracting scores of individuals eager to forge a living for themselves. The industrialists who owned those businesses became incredibly successful. Interested in fleeing from the chaos of city life, they began raising magnificent summer homes throughout the neighboring countryside. The nearby Laurel Highlands in particular became a hotspot for these bucolic manors, as its inherent natural beauty made it a desirable destination among the locals.
Willard F. Rockwell was one such person who sought refuge in the Laurel Highlands. One of Pittsburgh's manufacturing titans, Rockwell began developing a 60-acre retreat in the area during the late 1940s. He continued to add more land onto the location over the next twenty years, eventually turning his estate into a massive game reserve called the Nemacolin Trail Hunting Game Reserve. Rockwell eventually hired his friend and architect, C.W. Balling, to construct a striking hunting lodge that would act as the grand focal point for the reserve. Finished in 1968, the quaint, four-story Tudor-style structure was a beautiful sight to behold.
Rockwell would entertain friends and family at the lodge, often going out on grand trips to hunt the region's fantastic wild game. The lodge's popularity among his loved ones inspired Rockwell to convert it into an exciting retreat open to the public. Without disturbing the scenery, Rockwell and his family began installing additional facilities around the lodge, such as swimming pools, gourmet restaurants, and even an airstrip. By the end of the 1970s, the entire location—now known as the Nemacolin Inn—was among Pennsylvania's most esteemed vacation getaways. Hundreds of people soon began arriving each year, including several Hollywood celebrities like Phillis Diller, Milton Berle, and Eva Gabor.
In 1987, Joseph A. Hardy III purchased the Nemacolin Inn and much of its accompanying land. The founder of 84 Lumber, Hardy originally bought the location so his daughter, Maggie, could have a quiet place to fish. But the Hardys ultimately decided to keep the business active, investing millions into its future. Over the course of the next decade, the new owners spectacularly transformed the Nemacolin Inn into an internationally-renowned resort. Reborn as the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, the venue offered a wealth of new and exciting attractions, such as a professional 18-hole golf course, a world-class spa, and several outdoor adventure centers. The Hardys also significantly enlarged the original hunting lodge, renaming it "The Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort" in the process.
Since then, the resort as a whole has won many illustrious accolades for its service, including numerous AAA Five-Diamond and Forbes Five-Star awards. People from across the globe now travel to The Lodge and its fellow facilities in great numbers. As such, both The Lodge and the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort are among the best holiday destinations in the entire United States.
The Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, a member of Historic Hotels of America since 2018, dates back to 1968.

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Lądek-Zdrój est une ville de Pologne, située dans le sud-ouest du pays, dans la voïvodie de Basse-Silésie. Plus ancienne ville d'eau de Basse-Silésie, elle est le chef-lieu de la gmina de Lądek-Zdrój, dans le powiat de Kłodzko.

Notes et références

Lien externe
  Site de la ville

Ville dans la voïvodie de Basse-Silésie
Powiat de Kłodzko
Station thermale en Pologne

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Let's give her a warm welcome and show her what REAL Avzar spirit is like!
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In my introduction post "Choosing the Right Health Care Plan", I presented the health plan options my employer is offering this year, some of my own life issues and assumptions, and some definitions of terms I'll be using in this series.
The plan for this series is to allow you, the reader, the chance to see into the calculations and decision process I've taken to decide the best health plan from my employer based on my own parameters. You can use this series as a basis for your own calculations and decision, but keep in mind our lives and life issues are uniquely different. This article will focus on the second plan: Low Deductible.
With this plan, I would pay no monthly premium for myself, $102 to cover my wife and $51 to cover our child. This works out to a premium cost of $1,530 for the year.
The deductible for this plan is $721 per individual and $2,146 per family, while the out-of-pocket maximums are $4,811 per individual and $8,660 per family. These are considerably lower deductibles than the high deductible plan.
Co-pays on this plan are 20% of the negotiated rate for most services (in-patient hospital stays, ER visits, etc) and 25% for maternity care. Since the percentage covered is different, the actual costs will vary by a few dollars depending on the timing of the processing of each claim.
Working with the assumptions from the Introduction article, the negotiated cost of the OB services is around $2,500. We'd have to pay the deductible of $721 before insurance will pay. This leaves around $1,779 of which we'll be responsible for $444.75 (25%). That brings the total copay for the OB to $1,166.
For a normal delivery, the negotiated costs for mom would be around $2,973. Since she's already met the deductible for the year due to the OB costs, we'd be responsible for 20% of the delivery costs, or $594.50. For the baby, the total negotiated cost is around $1,080. We'd have to pay the deductible of $721 which leaves $359. We'd be responsible for 20% of that — $71.80. This brings the total co-pay to $793.
For a C-Section delivery, the co-pays go up a bit. For the OB, the co-pay would be around $1,241. For mom's hospital stay, the co-pay would be around $1,081, and for the baby, $901.
For my assumed ER visit, the negotiated cost is around $4,000. Of this, I would have to pay my $721 deductible and 20% of the remainder ($3,279) which works out to $656.
Making the total cost of this plan $5,460 – $6130 out of the maximum of $10,190 possible for the plan. That maximum total accounts for the premiums plus the out-of-pocket maximum for the family.
Ok, that was a couple thousand less than the High Deductible Plan, but still pretty expensive depending on your income level. Let's keep this in mind when we check out the next plan: the No Deductible Plan.


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Cowboy Chalk Talk: Spring Game Observations
Following the Cowboys' Spring game on Saturday, we will preview some of the new things that we should expect in anticipation for September.
By thomasflem97 Apr 20, 2015, 8:15am CDT
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With the Spring game all wrapped up, there's plenty of waiting time from here to the start of the season. Us here at CRFF thought that it would be fun to start 2015 Chalk Talk a little early, giving a quick preview of some notable things that we saw in the Spring game. Here's some changes that you might notice when the start of the season rolls around:
Quarterback Run Game
One observation from the spring game was the use of the quarterback run. The QB run could be a heightened part of the offense for this upcoming season, and with J.W. Walsh in the specialty role and QB/HB athlete Todd Mays coming in, there is always the possibility of unique packages. Even freshman John Kolar contributed on the ground in the read game. Last season, we talked about how the Pokes used a variation of the traditional triple option for the first time since the Robinson era. While Mason Rudolph isn't a run-first quarterback per se, he has shown his ability on the ground. Additionally, thanks to Coach Glass and Co., he's now upwards of 230 lbs. If you thought he looked hard to bring down last season, wait 'till this one.
The real question that's on everyone's mind is how J.W. will be used this season, and to what extent. Will he have his own short yardage package? Will they use him in unique formations (e.g. wildcat, heavy, etc)? Will they go UL Monroe on us? His future usage is yet to be seen, but if they can get creative with a 300-pounder, they can do something with Walsh.
New Cadence?
One thing that perceptive OSU fans will notice when watching the Spring game highlights is a slight cadence change. It appears that the Cowboy offense has changed to a clap count, a form of cadence that they have not used in the past. Instead of the traditional vocal cadence, the center receives the go by the sound of the quarterback clapping his hands together.
Rennie Childs with a big run! #OKState #SpringGame pic.twitter.com/fuhGNvTfLu
— D (@Den_low) April 18, 2015
This type of cadence has become popular throughout college football thanks in part to Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, who has on-again-off-again used it with the Buckeyes. Heck, he even includes it in his pre-game rituals.
Now, the skeptic would question the effectiveness of the cadence, since snapping the ball after one clap every play could get predictable. The beauty of the philosophy is, just like any other cadence, there are ways to keep the defense honest. The quarterback can mix up the timing by going on two or faking the clap motion, as to try and get watchful defenses to jump. There are many benefits to the cadence as well; for example, the noise cuts through the sound, which helps in noisy environments. It also keeps the center's head forward as opposed to looking between his legs for the signal, which can help the Cowboys considering that they are fairly young at the center position this year. While an offense's cadence doesn't exactly decide their success, it's still a tweak worth notice.
The Cowboy Backs
Coach Gundy has stated that the tight end/fullback position is here to stay for Oklahoma State, and he solidified that statement with the hiring of coach Jason McEndoo. This tight end/fullback hybrid, coined the Cowboy Back by the coaches, will play all over the field; they can be used as a "buck", a fullback, a tight end, an "H" back, you name it. The position should give the offense more flexibility both personnel and formation-wise, and with the emergence of players like Jeremy Seaton and Zac Veatch, the position can create match-up issues as well. Look for consistent production from this position group next season, whether it be blocking or hauling in catches.
Well, that's our preview - keep an eye out for this segment to start once again when football season starts. If you have any observations that you want to share, be sure to leave a comment. September 3rd can't come any sooner.
-TGF