KMF (Precision Sheet Metals) commits to continuous development of its systems and processes.
The results will see greater control and the ability to predict when conditions that could adversely affect quality occur and therefore be able to react to those conditions.
At the heart of this new data capture procedure is the Principle Suite software from Applied Principles, which works in tandem with the hand-held data capture units allowing a variety of information to be collected, from images, process data such as oven temperature and critically signatures from process owners. The data collected creates a 'health check' for a particular process which is then automatically organised and distributed by e-mail to team leaders and other relevant members of staff. The outcome is that this data encourages rigorous pro-active checks that drive consistent process adherence.


BWB are delivering a range of multi-disciplinary services for the £100 million Brough South mixed-use development in Yorkshire. The 175-acre site in the town of Brough includes the former airfield of BAE Systems and will accommodate hundreds of new homes, a new primary school, retail space and leisure facilities plus commercial and industrial premises.
BWB were appointed by the Horncastle Group to carry out an initial project assessment with recommendations on further site investigation, Drainage Strategy, an Earthworks Strategy to lift the site out of a flood zone, Archaeology, Ecology, Utilities and detailed design of the first phase of the development comprising a residential area for over 200 houses and the primary school.
It is anticipated that the site will progress over the next few years to include up to 750 houses and a supermarket plus light industrial and commercial development areas.
Our work included the detailed design of an adoptable access road and daylighting of a culvert that runs through the site which carries a substantial surface water flow from the town of Brough into the Humber Estuary. We successfully tendered for all of our recommended proposals and were appointed to carry out every one.


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A microstructured arrayed microfluidic waveguide structure for infrared radiation focussing and transfer is proposed and demonstrated. The arrayed waveguide structure comprises Masterbond UV-curable epoxy UV15 optimised using ZEMAX optical design software to achieve high efficiency of heat capture through far-infrared light focussing and subsequent absorption of the radiation on a centralised fluid medium. A high degree of alignment of the precision-positioned fluidic microchannels with the symmetry axes and the focal plane locations of the cylindrical microlens array is demonstrated, which maximises the efficiency of absorption of the incident IR light energy within the moving fluid. Observation of ink flows through the initial device prototype confirms the suitability of our microfluidic channel fabrication technology for the transfer of far-infrared light (heat) transfer. This microstructured arrayed waveguide structure has application for development of a textile fabric that enhances surface heat removal.


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Air travel cheaper than using auto-rickshaws: Jayant Sinhahttps://indianexpress.com/article/india/air-travel-cheaper-than-using-auto-rickshaws-jayant-sinha/
Air travel cheaper than using auto-rickshaws: Jayant Sinha
The minister claimed that more people were opting for air travel because the country had the cheapest fares in the world and added that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had remarked that a man wearing slippers is also now flying.
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Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha explained the mathematics behind his claim saying that passengers spend only Rs five per kilometre on air travel while in autoriksahw it takes Rs eight to ten per kilometr (Source: PTI/File)
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha Saturday claimed that air travel in the country was now cheaper than travel by auto-rickshaws on per kilometre basis. He was speaking at the 27th International Management Conference of the Indore Management Association (IMA).
"In today's India, the fares of airplanes are lower than that of autorickshaws. Some people will say that I'm talking nonsense, but this is true," Sinha said.
Explaining the mathematics behind his claim, Sinha said, "These days, passengers spend only Rs five per kilometre on air travel from Indore to Delhi. But if you take an autorickshaw in this city, then you need to spend a relatively higher price of Rs eight to ten per kilometre."
The minister claimed that more people were opting for air travel because the country had the cheapest fares in the world and added that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had remarked that a man wearing slippers is also now flying. Sinha said that four years ago the number of people travelling by air was 11 crore and was likely to reach 20 crore by the end of the current fiscal. Sinha said the government wanted to increase the number
of people using air travel by five times to 100 crore in the coming years. He said the country needed to promote innovation in entrepreneurship to provide affordable services to the common man and also to help it overtake large economies such as the United States and China.
He also took a dig at those who criticised the recent statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who in a television interview claimed that people earning Rs 200 a day selling pakodas can be considered employed.
"Media has been talking about 'pakoda economics' these days. But what's wrong in this if we extend help in the entrepreneurship of some 'pakodawala' at Hazaribagh so that, one day, he could start a fast food chain like McDonald's," he asked.
Calling for the use of electric vehicles in the country, Sinha said if entrepreneurs took the lead, then the country would have passenger drones, helicopter taxis and air-rickshaws powered by electricity, leading to freedom from traffic jams.
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NewsNational/International News
California shooting suspect in 'grave condition': police
By: CNN Wire
After sheriff's deputies responded to a shooting at Saugus High School in Southern California on Thursday, six students were rushed to local hospitals with gunshot wounds.
"Among those that were transported turned out to be the suspect, who is currently in the hospital in grave condition," said Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
In the hours after the student opened fire just after 7:30 a.m. at the Santa Clarita high school — killing a 16-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy and wounding three other classmates — details began to trickle out about the suspect.
The shooting occurred on his 16th birthday, said Capt. Kent Wegener of the sheriff's department homicide bureau.
"The suspect was later identified as one of the victims who was found in the quad," Wegener told reporters. The captain later told reporters the shooting took just 16 seconds.
The gunman used a .45-caliber pistol, which was recovered at the scene, authorities said. The weapon was out of bullets.
The suspect's name is Nathaniel Berhow, two law enforcement sources told CNN.
Detectives reviewed surveillance video from the scene that showed the suspect in the quad, Wegener said. He took out a handgun from backpack and shot five other students before shooting himself in the head, the captain said.
The suspect is a resident of the city of Santa Clarita — about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles, authorities said.
His mother and his girlfriend were talking with detectives, according to Wegener.
Investigators did a cursory check of the suspect's home and were obtaining a warrant to search the residence, Wegener said.
Paul Delacourt, FBI assistant director in charge in Los Angeles, said there are no known additional threats and the motive for the shooting not known.
After announcing the death of the second student, Villanueva said, "With a heavy heart, we're going to move on with the investigation and figure out what went wrong.
"I hate to have Saugus be added to the names of Columbine, Parkland, Sandy Hook, but it's a reality that affects us all throughout the nation — something that we're going to have to figure out."


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Tokyo Split Animator for Final Cut Pro X Review
Tokyo Productions is a UK-based creative shop specializing in promotional videos, and its Creative Director, Simon Ubsdell, has been hard at work creating useful and versatile templates and plug-ins for Final Cut Pro.
The first of these plug-ins is Split Animator, a robust and infinitely useful tool for Final Cut Pro X (FCP X) that expands on the traditional split screen in sixteen different ways.
Essentially, it enables you to create a seemingly endless series of split screens which allow you to play a series of different media files (including still images) simultaneously. It's an excellent tool for sports videographers and videos with montage/action sequences.
Tokyo Split Animator is a series of 16 different video effects that automatically resizes an image or video to fit a pre-assigned space. You can customize where and how the template is displayed, though the predesignated defaults are actually quite good, as-is.
You can adjust how a specific tile arrives and departs from a scene, including a wide array of direction commands that can be changed in seconds.
Borders, which can enhance how the splits look, can also be customized using the properties menu for each clip. Splits can be situated as if to float above the other videos, or to have a bold, stylish division.
Some of the splits change the aspect ratio of the clip, though it won't distort the image at all. You can move the clip within the tile so that the subject is aligned perfectly.
Tokyo Split Animator allows you to work outside of the traditional rectangular layouts and create a video that has a number of different images appearing in any number of locations around the video. If anything, it frees you to spend more time deciding how you want a scene to look and less time dealing with the hassles of making it happen using built-in tools in Final Cut Pro X.
You can get Tokyo Split Animator as part of Noise Industries' FxFactory. This visual effects tool allows you to demo and purchase a wide range of different effects produced by many different studios. When I was offered a review copy of Tokyo Split Animator, I was already using FxFactory for another tool, so adding the new plug-in was as simple as adding the registration code you receive after purchase.
Tokyo Split Animator costs $49 and you can use it for a variety of purposes from home to commercial. A free demo is available through FxFactory, though it will leave a watermark on your videos until you register your copy.
When it comes to creating dynamic videos that take editing a step beyond what you might find in included transitions and effects, there's no better way to do it than through the use of plug-ins designed by people who make their living doing video.
Tokyo Split Animator is one of the easiest tools I've used on Final Cut Pro, and it enabled me to create a unique video with multiple sources streaming simultaneously in a matter of seconds. It really is a great plug-in to have in any professional editor's toolkit.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger attacked in South Africa
An unknown man with a run-up kicked him in the back.
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger suffered during his visit to South Africa. The star gave autographs during the bodybuilding championship, when he was suddenly attacked from behind. An unknown man with a running start hit a celebrity with his feet in the back. The video with the incident instantly appeared on the network - it clearly shows that what happened to Schwarzenegger was an unpleasant surprise.
Later, the authorities reported that the perpetrator of the incident was detained by the police. It is assumed that he carefully planned his trick, as in the past he was involved in similar cases. By the way, the actor himself learned about the attack only by viewing the video. At first he thought that he was simply pushed by a crowd in the line for an autograph.
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Revival and rehabilitation of sick companies:
Determination of sickness:
Where on a demand by the secured creditors of a company representing fifty percent or more of its outstanding amount of debt, the company has failed to pay the debt within a period of thirty days of the services of the notice of demand or to secure or compound it to the reasonable satisfaction of the creditors, any secured creditor may file the application to the tribunal in a manner along with the relevant evidence for such non-repayment, default or failure to offer the security or compound it, for the determination of the company be declared as a sock company.
Revival and rehabilitation:
The applicant under sub-section (1) may, along with an application under that sub-section or at any stage of the proceedings thereafter, make an application for the stay of any proceedings for the winding up of the company or distress or for execution against any property and assets of the company for the appointments of a receiver with respect thereof and that doesn't suit for the recovery of any money or for the enforcement of any security against the company that may be proceeded with.
The tribunal may pass an order in respect of an application under sub-section (2) which shall be operative for a period of one hundred and twenty days.
The company referred to in sub-section(1) may also file an application to the tribunal on one or more of the grounds specified in sub-section(1) and (2) above.
Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1) to (4), the central government or the reserve bank of India or state government or a public financial institution or a state level institution or a scheduled bank may, if it has sufficient reasons to believe that any company has become, for the purposes of this act, a sick company, make a reference in respect of such company to the tribunal for determination of the measures which may be adopted with respect to such company.
Provided that a reference shall not be made under this sub-section in respect of any company by-
The government of any state unless all or any of the undertakings belonging to such company are situated in such state.
A public financial institution or a state level institution or a scheduled bank unless it has, by reason of any financial assistance or obligation rendered by it, or undertaken by it, with respect to such company, an interest in such company.
Where an application under sub-section (1) or sub-section(4) has been filed-
The company shall not dispose of or otherwise enter into any obligation with regard to, its properties or assets except as required in the normal course of business;
The board of directors shall not take any steps likely to prejudice the interest of the creditors.
The tribunal shall, within a period of sixty days of the receipt of an application under sub-section(1) or sub-section(4), determine whether the company is a sick company or not;
Provided that no such determination shall be made in respect of an application under sub-section(1) unless the company has been given notice of the application and a reasonable opportunity to reply to the notice within thirty days of the receipt thereof.
If the tribunal got satisfied that the company has become a sick company, the tribunal may consider all the important facts and circumstances of the case, decide as soon as may be, by an order in writing.
If it is practicable for the company to make the repayment of the debts that are referred in sub-section (1) within a reasonable time period.
If the tribunal deems fit under the sub-section (8) which is practicable for a sick company to pay its debts which is referred to that in sub-section within a reasonable time period, the tribunal may by order in writing and subject to such restrictions or conditions which may be specified in the order, give such time to the company as it may deem fit to make the repayment of the debt.
Application for revival and rehabilitation:
An application for revival and rehabilitation have been discussed here.
On the determination of a company as a sick company by the tribunal under section 253, any secured creditor of that company or the company may make an application to the tribunal to determine the measures which may be adopted with respect to the revival and rehabilitation of such company.
In case any reference been made before the tribunal and a scheme for the revival and the rehabilitation submitted such reference may abate if the secured creditors represents three fourths in value of the amount outstanding against financial assistance disbursed to the borrower have taken measures to recover their secured debt under sub-section (4) of section 13 of the reconstruction and the securitisation of financial assets and enforcement of the security interest act.
Provided further that no reference shall be made under this section if the secured creditors representing three fourths in value of the amount outstanding against financial assistance disbursed to the borrower have taken measures to recover their secured debt under sub-section (4) of section 13th of the securitisation and reconstruction of enforcement and financial assets of the enforcement of securities interest act.
Provided also that where the financial assets of the sick company had been acquired by any securitisation or reconstruction company under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the reconstruction and securitisation of financial assets and enforcement of the security interest act, no such applications can be made without the consent of securitisation or reconstruction of a company which has acquired such assets.
An application under sub-section (1) shall be accompanied by –
Audited financial statements of the company relating to the immediately preceding financial year;
Such particulars and documents, duly authenticated in such manner, along with such fees as may be prescribed; and
Revival and rehabilitation in a draft scheme of the company in such a manner has to be prescribed;
It has been provided that sick company has no draft scheme of rehabilitation and revival to offer, it may file a declaration to that effect along with the application.
An application which is under sub-section (1) can be made to the tribunal within a period of sixty days from the date of determination of the company as a sick company by the tribunal under section 253.
Exclusion of certain time in computing period of limitation:
Notwithstanding anything contained in the limitation act, 1963 or in any other law for the time being in force, computing the period of limitation which has been specified for any suit or application in the name and on behalf of the company for which an application has been made to the tribunal under sub-section (1) of section 253, a determination to be declared as a sick company or at any stage thereafter, the period during the stay order which is provided in sub-section (3) of section 253, was application may be excluded.
Appointment of interim administrator:
On the receipt of an application under section 254, the tribunal shall not later than seven days from such receipt.
Fix a date for hearing not later than ninety days from the date of its receipt;
Interim administrator have to be appointed to convene a meeting of creditors of the company accordance with the provisions of section 257 which is to be held not later than forty five days from the receipt of the order of the tribunal appointing him in order to consider whether on the basis of particulars and documents which are furnished with the application made under section 254, the draft scheme, if any, need to be filed along with the application or otherwise and any other material available, it is possible to rehabilitate and revive the sick company and such other matters, which the interim administrator may consider necessary for the purpose and to submit his report to the tribunal within a period of sixty days from the date of the order;
No draft scheme is filed by the company and the declaration have to be made in effect by the board of directors, the tribunal can direct the interim administrator in order to take over the management of the company; and
Issue such other directions to the interim administrator as the tribunal may consider necessary to protect and preserve the assets of the sick company and for its proper management.
The interim administrator has been directed to take over the management of the company, the directors and the management of the company can extend all the possible assistance and cooperation to the interim administrator in order to manage the affairs of the company.
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We recently hosted a BLOGGER/ INFLUENCER event at Caravan Stylist Studio with the help of some friends @FONYFW, @Videofyme @fashiolista – we loved to have our friend KARA LUSARDI from bobi at the event meeting everyone and taking them through her collection, we had our friends from JUNK FOOD involved with amazing t-shirts that said MADE IN THE USA ( LOVE IT !!) and Babyliss Pro, DDF SKINCARE, and CABOODLES. We had our very first art exhibition and it was so great of JENNIFER GRAYLOCK and her chairs – that have very notable peoples faces on them – you can customize them ! so cute !
I am so in love with MAMMA CHIA – it is insane and they had it there – it is so delicious and has so many health benefits. We had our favorite candies – RING POPS on had.
Of course yummy PIRATES BOOTY AND POP CHIPS were in the house. We had a wonderful dj !
No event would have been complete without CHRISTO FIFTH AVENUE – they helped with creating beautiful hair and makeup looks – getting a lot of the guests ready for fashion shows they were attending.
Thank you everyone who joined us and thank you for everyone that helped make the event possible.


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Q: Why can't I embed a Xephyr instance into a Qt window? I am trying to get a Xephyr window opened within a Qt window of mine, but can't get it to work properly.
I am running a blank Qt application, for testing purpose, like this:
#include <QApplication>
#include <QWidget>

#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    QWidget window;
    std::cout << window.winId() << std::endl;
    window.resize(100, 100);

    window.show();
    return a.exec();
}

and compiling with g++ $(pkg-config --cflags --libs Qt5Widgets) test.cc
Then I get some window id after running the program. This time I got 104857606
Next, I use the Xephyr command Xephyr -parent 104857606 -screen 100x100 :1.
Here is the error I get when using it:
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86EmojiPicker
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) X11 error
Error code: 8
Sequence number: 5
Major code: 1   Minor code: 0
Error value: 104857606
(EE)

I know this is an example of a BadMatch error, but I can't find out how to fix this. Even without the -screen 100x100, I can't get this program to work.
How can I get a Xephyr window into Qt if the -parent option doesn't work-- or how can I get this option to work?
I am using Arch Linux if that changes anything.

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from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, generators, nested_scopes, print_function,
                        unicode_literals, with_statement)

import warnings
from contextlib import contextmanager

import pytest

from pants.base.deprecated import (BadDecoratorNestingError, BadRemovalVersionError,
                                   MissingRemovalVersionError, PastRemovalVersionError,
                                   check_deprecated_semver, deprecated)
from pants.version import VERSION

FUTURE_VERSION = '9999.9.9'

@contextmanager
def _test_deprecation():
  with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as seen_warnings:
    def assert_deprecation_warning():
      assert len(seen_warnings) == 1
      warning = seen_warnings[0]
      assert isinstance(warning.message, DeprecationWarning)
      return warning.message

    warnings.simplefilter("always")
    assert len(seen_warnings) == 0
    yield assert_deprecation_warning
    assert_deprecation_warning()

def test_deprecated_function():
  expected_return = 'deprecated_function'

  @deprecated(FUTURE_VERSION)
  def deprecated_function():
    return expected_return

  with _test_deprecation():
    assert expected_return == deprecated_function()

def test_deprecated_method():
  expected_return = 'deprecated_method'

  class Test(object):
    @deprecated(FUTURE_VERSION)
    def deprecated_method(self):
      return expected_return

  with _test_deprecation():
    assert expected_return == Test().deprecated_method()

def test_deprecated_property():
  expected_return = 'deprecated_property'

  class Test(object):
    @property
    @deprecated(FUTURE_VERSION)
    def deprecated_property(self):
      return expected_return

  with _test_deprecation():
    assert expected_return == Test().deprecated_property

def test_deprecation_hint():
  hint_message = 'Find the foos, fast!'
  expected_return = 'deprecated_function'

  @deprecated(FUTURE_VERSION, hint_message=hint_message)
  def deprecated_function():
    return expected_return

  with _test_deprecation() as extract_deprecation_warning:
    assert expected_return == deprecated_function()
    assert hint_message in str(extract_deprecation_warning())

def test_removal_version_required():
  with pytest.raises(MissingRemovalVersionError):
    @deprecated(None)
    def test_func():
      pass

def test_removal_version_bad():
  with pytest.raises(BadRemovalVersionError):
    check_deprecated_semver(1.0)

  with pytest.raises(BadRemovalVersionError):
    @deprecated(1.0)
    def test_func():
      pass

  with pytest.raises(BadRemovalVersionError):
    check_deprecated_semver('1.a.0')

  with pytest.raises(BadRemovalVersionError):
    @deprecated('1.a.0')
    def test_func():
      pass

def test_removal_version_same():
  with pytest.raises(PastRemovalVersionError):
    check_deprecated_semver(VERSION)

  with pytest.raises(PastRemovalVersionError):
    @deprecated(VERSION)
    def test_func():
      pass

def test_removal_version_too_small():
  with pytest.raises(PastRemovalVersionError):
    check_deprecated_semver('0.0.27')

  with pytest.raises(PastRemovalVersionError):
    @deprecated('0.0.27')
    def test_func():
      pass

def test_bad_decorator_nesting():
  with pytest.raises(BadDecoratorNestingError):
    class Test(object):
      @deprecated(FUTURE_VERSION)
      @property
      def test_prop(self):
        pass

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allows diners a more egalitarian way to dine in Sydney's most beautiful dining room. The surety of a Fixed Price Menu ($130/ 3 courses and sides) combined with the architectural grandeur of the location, have made it a shoo-in for all sorts of celebrations. Watch as the gun door crew cleverly ask each arrival: "And are we celebrating anything this evening?" The accuracy of their cold-reading skills produces more smiles than your average television psychic.
Table after table of birthdays, anniversaries, and "our friends just got back from five years in America" pour in, each grinning widely from having a complete stranger mark their occasion. It's a clever way to start a restaurant visit off on the right foot.
They're joined by a steady stream of pre- and post-theatre diners, meaning some tables here are turning over four times a night. Observing this smooths over any mild disapproval about the militancy of the online booking process – this restaurant runs like a well-oiled machine.
At the tables you should expect a produce-orientated menu, starting a Victorian bread where all the ingredients are sourced from the same place paired with a super-creamy, unsalted Tasmanian butter. It's no more than what I would expect from a restaurant in Australia's best-known building, but I am pleased to see the strong focus on the provenance of Australian ingredients none the less.
Executive Chef Peter Gilmore – in the kitchen on the night I dined – has put together a menu that doesn't feel overly worked or fussy. If there's a guiding thread, it's umami; that rounded, rich savoury flavour identified by the Japanese. And adding umami to what is essentially comfort food is genius. In some dishes – like the roasted John Dory, served on the bone (to keep it moist) with orach, turnips, native coastal greens and umami butter – it's blatant. The house's umami butter is made using fermented shiitake mushroom powder, fish sauce and kombu (Japanese seaweed). While in other dishes, like the side of potatoes that comes with your mains, it's secreted in the subtle use of anchovies. When we remark on this to the personable wait staff, we're told: "Well that's Peter Gilmore."
Barely translucent line-caught Tasmanian squid is kept central to a beautiful dish involving a tumble of roasted hispi cabbage, mountain shiitake mushrooms, almonds and black pig pancetta that together provide that same, compelling savoury middle.
All that umami will work up a powerful thirst, and to my mind at least; requires a wine that will fight back. A savvy sommelier enticed me into trying the 2013 Lightfoot & Sons Single Block Chardonnay ($95/bottle) and I was mighty impressed with this Gippsland drop. It offered enough complexity and texture to cope with everything Gilmore threw at it, and what with slow cooked pig belly with scallops roasted in (yet more) umami butter, crisp seaweed and Jerusalem artichoke, that's quite a lot!
With Aussie icons like the pavlova and the lamington popping up in the dessert menu, it's probably the most gimmicky course you'll eat. The updated cherry jam lamington is actually a scoop of cherry jam ice cream surrounded by crumbled cake, cream and cherries. It's fashioned into a square and smothered with a dark chocolate glaze. Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer the simple cake, though I was partial to the surrounding white curls of coconut ice cream made using liquid nitrogen.
Top or tail your night with a cocktail in the equally picturesque bar, dominated by windows framing the perfect view of Sydney Harbour Bridge. While showier drinks might see a waterfall of dry ice plummet from your table, I was happy with a refreshing, easy-drinking Apple of My Eye ($23) based on Laird's Applejack and Calvados, lengthened with ginger beer. Blending whisky, mescal and Punt e Mes (an Italian vermouth), A Scottish Siesta ($22) might not have quite put me to sleep, but it certainly was a serious reminder to wind down and enjoy that illustrious view.
Bennelong Restaurant
Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney
Review - Bennelong Restaurant
The reconfigured Bennelong Restaurant allows diners a more egalitarian way to dine in Sydney's most beautiful dining room. The surety of a Fixed Price Menu ($130/ 3 courses and sides) combined with the architectural grandeur of the location, have made it a shoo-in for all sorts of celebrations. Watch as the gun door crew cleverly ask each arrival: "And are we celebrating anything this evening?" The accuracy of their cold-reading skills produces more smiles than your average television psychic.


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The Empire State Building and a reflection from David Macdonald
The photo of Cecil, projected onto the Empire State Building is deeply evocative. Of course, for Andy Loveridge and me, and our dedicated team at Hwange it leaves us reeling with emotion, and deep gratitude to the more than 11,000 people who have donated to our project. But more personally, I think back to the late 1970s when the concept of WildCRU grew to more than a twinkle in my eye – a seemingly impossible dream to found a conservation research unit that would become an Oxford First – the first University-based dedicated conservation research unit in Europe, and I think perhaps the world. I had to raise every penny from donors, just as today we depend heavily on philanthropy, and it took years. That dream turned into a reality because then, as now, I had amazing friends – the late Professor Sir Richard Southwood and the late James Teacher were at the forefront, and the support of huge figures such as Sir David Attenborough – many of whom put their money where my mouth was. When, in 1986, we formally created the WildCRU, with a base at the famous Oxford college, Lady Margaret Hall, I surely had big plans – big though those plans were, I never guessed that the journey would include the projection of one of our study animals on the Empire State Building. I am in awe, and I thank everybody. More importantly, with opportunity comes responsibility, and we must translate this into more and better wildlife conservation.
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Washington took a break from clearing debris to come together in fellowship after being devastated by an EF-4 tornado. Gov. Quinn announced that the community qualifies for federal disaster funds. The Chicago Blackhawks donated $200,000 toward relief efforts. More importantly, a community took a deep breath and gave thanks for what they still had left: each other.
Lisa Hunter, center in orange, holds hands with neighbor Jessica Lutschg as the emotions become raw as Washington residents watch a video about the tornado that hit their community. Both of their houses were completely leveled by the tornado. The community gathered to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday. Gov. Pat Quinn said that the area would receive federal disaster relief funds and the Chicago Blackhawks donated $200,000 to the relief fund.
Pekin Community High School Orchestra members Shea Perry on cello and Nicholas Timke on guitar and vocal entertain as Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday.
Congressman Aaron Schock, who organized the event that fed more than 1,000 people, embraces Carol Dornon as she works with other volunteers serving the meals.
Gov. Pat Quinn speaks of the being strong and rebuilding devastated communities during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the area last Sunday.
Beth Hendricks of Washington, left, offers to support to Betty Ingles, whose family lost Steve Neubauer, the only fatality of the tornado that hit Washington last week. Ingles said that the outpouring of love has helped lessen the pain of the loss. Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday.
Breckan Colgan, 7, who lost everything after a tornado destroyed Georgetown Apartments, shares a more enjoyable moment with dogs from Therapy Dogs International. Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday. Gov. Pat Quinn said that the area would receive federal disaster relief funds and the Chicago Blackhawks donated $200,000 to the relief fund.
Jake Colgan hugs his nephew, Breckan, 7, during a community lunch after the Washington tornado. Bobbie Colgan, right, lost everything after a tornado destroyed Georgetown Apartments, shares a more enjoyable moment with her son, Brennan, 1, lower right. Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday. Gov. Pat Quinn said that the area would receive federal disaster relief funds and the Chicago Blackhawks donated $200,000 to the relief fund.
Pekin Community High School Orchestra cello player Shea Perry plays as Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday.
Jesse Hunter holds his son, Brevin, 6, as they join Gov. Pat Quinn and others watching a video about the tornado that destroyed a large part of Washington. Jesse said that he was in his truck when the tornado hit, spinning him around several times. His family huddled in the basement of their house, which was destroyed by the storm. Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday. Gov. Pat Quinn said that the area would receive federal disaster relief funds and the Chicago Blackhawks donated $200,000 to the relief fund.
Gov. Pat Quinn, left, is joined by president of the Chicago Blackhawks, Jon McDonough, who gave a $200,000 donation from the hockey team to the cityÕs relief fund.
Bobbie Colgan, left, who lost everything after a tornado destroyed Georgetown Apartments, enjoys a more enjoyable moment with her son, Brennan, 1, as gets bites from his uncle. Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday. Gov. Pat Quinn said that the area would receive federal disaster relief funds and the Chicago Blackhawks donated $200,000 to the relief fund.
Jennifer Mendoza, whose house is gone from the tornado, bows her head in prayer as Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday.
Trey Ingles, 4, goes through the food line with his family. Trey's uncle was Steve Neubauer, the only fatality from the tornado that hit Washington last week. Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday.
Pekin Community High School Orchestra cello player Mikaela Hawkins plays as Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday.
Congressman Aaron Schock, who organized the event that fed more than 1,000 people, laughs with Marsha Markas and Penny Araujo, right, as they work with other volunteers serving the meals.
Beth Hendricks of Washington, right, offers support to Betty Ingles, whose family lost Steve Neubauer, the only fatality of the tornado that hit Washington last week. Ingles said that the outpouring of love has helped lessen the pain of the loss. Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday.
Bobbie Colgan, who lost everything after a tornado destroyed Georgetown Apartments, shares a more enjoyable moment with her son, Brennan, 1, as they visit with dogs from Therapy Dogs International. Washington residents, first responders and political leaders gather to celebrate their resilience during a community pre-Thanksgiving fellowship event after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday. Gov. Pat Quinn said that the area would receive federal disaster relief funds and the Chicago Blackhawks donated $200,000 to the relief fund.
Washington continues to dig out after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday.
Bill Heisel helps salvage items from a friends house in Washington before the house is bulldozed as Washington continues to dig out after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday.
Helping a friend on his house, Bill Heisel, left, talks to a man looking for a contractor, as people dig out as Washington continues to dig out after a F4 tornado ripped through the community last Sunday.
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Risberg Pipeline Brings Natural Gas to Region
Source: Star Beacon
Originally Posted on July 25th, 2020 by BRIAN HAYTCHER
NORTH KINGSVILLE — In December of 2019, a group of elected officials, business leaders and construction workers gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a natural gas pipeline that runs from Meadville, Pa., to North Kingsville.
Construction on the Risberg Pipeline started in spring of 2019 and cost an estimated $86 million, according to the pipeline's website. The pipeline was built by RH energytrans.
"We have known for a long time that this part of Ohio was in need of natural gas supply to support not only existing businesses, but also new business opportunities," Oivind Risberg, owner and CEO of RH energytrans, said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
"I'm very happy that we spent the last few years 100-percent dedicated to get gas in here, because I got tired of listening to the need for natural gas supply when we have so much of it underneath us."
Officials also opened a valve at the event, letting natural gas flow through the pipeline to Dominion, which is contracted to take a significant amount of the gas from the pipeline.
The pipeline has been in the works for several years, said Dennis Holbrook, a spokesperson for RH energytrans.
"We've had a long-standing relationship with Dominion," Holbrook said. "And we've talked at different times about the proximity of our system to theirs, the east Ohio area."
RH energytrans hoped to start construction in the fall of 2018, but regulatory issues delayed construction until early 2019, Holbrook said.
"The pace may have been a bit slower, but we did well in terms of passing muster with the regular inspections that were taking place," Holbrook said. "[The testing] took place throughout the construction to assure environmental compliance, in particular. So, I think, given the breadth of the project, I think that was very encouraging."
The majority of the line is 12-inch diameter pipe, Holbrook said. It can transport 55 million BTUs of natural gas per day, Holbrook said. There were 28 miles of new pipeline laid during the construction that connect to an existing 32 miles of pipe, according to the company's website.
The project was delayed by wet wether in the spring of 2019, slowing down construction.
If demand increases, the amount of natural gas through the pipeline can also be increased, Holbrook said. The expansion could be done by increasing the compression of the gas, he said.
RH energytrans can also construct a pipeline running parallel to a six-mile stretch of pipe that is only eight inches in diameter, or replace that smaller pipe with a larger one, a process called looping, Holbrook said. That narrower section of pipeline would act as a bottleneck for the flow of natural gas.
"If the need is there, there is an ability to expand," Holbrook said. "The bigger part was getting the pipeline in place to begin with."
During the early phases of the project, a number of people asked Holbrook why not build it bigger initially, he said.
"Of course, I explained that pipe is extremely expensive," Holbrook said. "Every time you upgrade to a different-sized pipe, it adds basically tens of millions of dollars to the overall project. So what we put in was what we thought was a fair size for piping, with the ability to use compression and some looping later on, as opposed to putting a larger-diameter pipe in now."
There will be minimal environmental impact to increasing the capacity of the line, Holbrook said.
Work still needed to be done after the ribbon-cutting, restoring land over where the pipeline was buried. At this point, some work needs to be finished on one access road, then work on the pipeline will be finished in Ohio, Holbrook said. There is still some remediation work that needs to be done in Pennsylvania, he said.
Everything is in place for Dominion to utilize the natural gas from the pipeline, Holbrook said.
Dominion spokesperson Neil Durbin said that the Risberg Pipeline is operational at both ends.
"For Dominion Energy Ohio, the Risberg Pipeline provides additional natural gas capacity to help us serve an area that has been supply-constrained for years," Durbin said. "This new pipeline also enables Dominion Energy Ohio to provide more supply reliability to the Ashtabula area, as well as drive economic growth there in the months and years to come."
The Risberg Pipeline was one of the first projects Growth Partnership Director Greg Myers worked on when he joined the organization.
"[Natural gas] was one of the missing pieces of the development puzzle we didn't have for years," Myers said.
He said the Risberg Pipeline was what made the Petmin pig iron plant — planned for the Ashtabula Harbor — possible.
"Without [the pipeline], we wouldn't be talking about any additional development projects that required sizable volumes of natural gas," Myers said.
The pipeline project would not have happened without Dominion, because Dominion agreed to take the natural gas, Myers said.
There are 10 to 15 new projects or expansions of existing companies that are being actively worked on in the area, Myers said.
"Many of those, we wouldn't be talking about if not for the Risberg Pipeline," he said.
Natural gas is useful as a way to operate industrial furnaces, Myers said.
"Our bigger facilities, whether it's a company like Ashta Chemicals, or Ineos Pigments, or the Petmin project, the need for natural gas is critical in terms of their operational capacity," he said.
The county has been out of the running on a number of projects due to a lack of reliable natural gas, said Casey Kozlowski, president of the Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners.
"This is a big deal for Ashtabula County, and it's going to help fill a void that has existed for many years," Kozlowski said. "And from an economic development prospective, it's going to enable us to be now in the running for larger-scale projects, such as the Petmin project, that is in the works already."
Access to natural gas is a prerequisite for for many projects, Kozlowski said.
"Many projects, they just looked right by us, because we haven't been able to necessarily check that item off the list in years past," he said.
The pipeline will put Ashtabula County in a good position for other large-scale economic development projects in the future, Kozlowski said.
Natural gas is one of the key components of infrastructure needed for economic development, State Rep. John Patterson said. Ashtabula County has had access to many kinds of infrastructure, but lacked natural gas, he said
"The main line that came into Ashtabula County traversed eastern Cuyahoga [County[ and Lake County," Patterson said. "And by the time it got to Ashtabula, there wasn't enough left for heavy commercial use."
Patterson said the pipeline has opened a new wave of economic development.
The COVID-19 outbreak has hindered economic development in the county, Patterson said. But he said the infrastructure in Ashtabula County isn't going away.
"When COVID passes, we're going to be ready," he said.
In addition to the end of the pipeline in North Kingsville, the city of Conneaut has placed two taps on the pipeline. One is located near the city's industrial park and the other is near Route 7.
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was in North Kingsville for the ribbon-cutting in December.
"Gov. [Mike] DeWine and I really appreciate the investment that's being made here today," Husted said at the event. "We're excited about what's happening here. We appreciate RH's investment. We appreciate Dominion stepping up and leading. We want to be great partners for the long run with you."
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Medco B Fire 90% contained
Local News Regional Top Stories May 4, 2019 Devin Gooden Butte Falls, Butte Falls Fire, fire season, Medco Pond, ODF, Oregon Department of Forestry
Fire Season 2019: For the latest updates on fires buring in our region, go here: Fire Season 2019.
BUTTE FALLS, Ore. – **UPDATE 5/6/19 9:00 AM** – A wildfire that sparked Saturday afternoon in Jackson County is now 90% contained.
The Medco B Fire is burning about 10 miles north-northeast of Butte Falls. As of Monday morning, it is just under 350 acres.
More than 100 firefighters are working to put the fire out. There are no structures threatened and no road closures.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Click HERE for more information.
A fire that started from an unknown origin is reaching full containment as investigators begin to piece together what happened in the hills just north of Butte Falls.
The Medco B Fire was at 90 percent lined as of 5 p.m. Sunday afternoon. According to the Oregon Department of Forestry, the fire has burned about 350 acres of land right near Medco Pond off of the Butte Falls-Prospect Road.
Over 100 personnel from various local, state and federal organizations have been working to contain the fire that officials believe started around 1:30 Saturday afternoon.
Brian Ballou, public information officer for ODF, says that on Saturday steady winds in the afternoon were one the main factors in the quick spread of the fire. One other factor was the land the fire burned through had very little tree coverage due to being clear-cut and harvested several years ago. According to Ballou, a fire in this area at this time of year is highly unusual.
"Probably get one of these every decade or so," he said. "But when we started getting a continuous stretch of unusually warm, dry weather from April on, then you start to get a sense that something could start to break out."
While no structures or properties were threatened by this fire, firefighters say that there could still be the risk of a jump and ask that residents in the nearby area be vigilant and watch for any signs of new smoke or fire.
The U.S. Forest Service would also like to warn landowners to be extra cautious as things are beginning to dry out quickly in the lower elevations. As we move closer to May, organizations suggest putting off any more debris burns unless more rain comes through.
Ballou says it would be great for everyone if some more bouts of rain were to come leading up to June to help dampen things a little before the hotter months this summer.
"I think everyone would like to see a fire season unlike the one we had last year."
The Oregon Department of Forestry is reporting a fire burning about ten miles northeast of Butte Falls. Right now it's about 150 acres and it's burning near Medco Pond.
Brian Ballou with the Oregon Department of Forestry says it started just after 1:30 Saturday afternoon and started to spread around 5:30 P.M. due to some winds in the area.
ODF has about 30 firefighters battling the flames along with a helicopter, one bulldozer, and seven fire engines.
Ballou says the fire hasn't gotten any worse since the jump around 5:30 Saturday evening. He says ODF is hopeful to get a fire line around it, and there's still no cause as of tonight.
Stay with NBC5 News for updates on this developing story.
Devin Gooden
Devin Gooden graduated from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication with a Master's degree in Sports Journalism.
She has spent most of her life in Atlanta, Georgia and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia in Business Management.
When she's not reporting, Devin practices yoga, reads thriller novels and loudly cheers for her beloved Georgia Bulldawgs.


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Backlog forces women to wait 20 weeks for smear test results
Jennifer Bray, Ireland Deputy Political Editor
Friday November 09 2018, 12.01am, The Times
More women are having smear tests, in part because extra tests have been offered to those worried by the Cervical Check scandal
Women are being forced to wait up to 20 weeks to receive the results of smear tests, it has been revealed.
Damien McCallion, HSE national director, told the Dáil's public accounts committee yesterday that there was a backlog of about 80,000 smear tests that are still to be processed. Simon Coveney, the tánaiste, apologised last month after it emerged that women were waiting up to 18 weeks to get their results.
Last night the HSE said that more women were using the service, in part because of the offer of an extra test to any women concerned by the Cervical Check controversy. Mr McCallion said that every county was struggling to source professionals to test the slides.
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Welcome to the official Virtual Dedication of the 1832 Gold Rush Era Cabin! Here, you can find various information and media from the Georgia Appalachian Studies Center's service learning project. The cabin is now located at UNG's Vickery House, the final destination of the cabin's long journey. Within the site, visitors can see biographical summaries of all community partners and volunteers involved, great articles covering the cabin relocation and overall project, and plenty of exciting additional video footage. The 1830s Gold Rush Era Cabin is a fantastic edition to the university and community as a whole and has so much history and culture to offer to all who wish to learn. Please come in, explore and ENJOY!
We live in an amazing place. Our Appalachian community and its mountains hold many stories and songs of struggle, triumph, tragedy, comedy, and affection. Traditions of art, music, gardening, and craft are still known and taught. But for how much longer will this knowledge shared? And with whom? How do we put it within reach of our community and beyond? How can our current generation learn about the past in ways that engage in the present and inspire for the future?
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A rare and valuable artifact, this tool for teaching and learning is now located on the University of North Georgia's Dahlonega campus. Envision this 16 x 20 cabin, simply furnished and nestled on a green lawn. It's flanked by beautiful pecan trees and fronted by a stage ample enough for campus or community events like historical dramas, weaving demonstrations, bluegrass music concerts, or old-time dance performances.
After its restoration, this simple structure and its stage will serve as a classroom for the university and community, a venue for sharing Appalachian culture as it was in the past and as it is lived now, engaging and inspiring all participants, whether they are the teachers or the learners.
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To learn more about and how you might be involved, contact Dr. Alice Sampson.
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The Picking Porch is a group of local musicians of all ages who come together every Tuesday and Thursday from 12.45 to 2 pm at the Vickery House to perform old time and bluegrass music. Anyone is welcome to join and play or listen.
The Arthur Morgan Middle School is progressive boarding school in Burnesville NC which focuses not only on academics but service learning and allowing every student to grow and learn by allowing them to have a consensus on their activities and be active within their surrounding communities. Every year they do field trips where they go out into the Appalachian Region, and this year we were lucky enough to have them visit. Led by Bogy Patton (a Dahlonega local and NGCSU graduate) the students worked closely with the Lumpkin County Historical Society to interview and record people's stories from Lumpkin County's past. They hoped to hammer nails and help build the cabin, but they instead helped us document the cabin's colorful past and build on our knowledge of historical information. They also made documentary videos of their travels through Southern Appalachia, which can be found here.
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Q: Why android build system is working in a strange way? So I have this xml file which has the following structure:
<RelativeLayout>

<ScrollView above="@id/bottom">...</ScrollView>
<LinearLayout id="@+id/bottom">...</LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

I referenced the linear layout in the scroll view above. At first the project compiles successfully with no errors and gave the desired results. But when I clean the project it gave errors for the linear layout reference.
Error:(16, 31) No resource found that matches the given name (at 'layout_above' with value '@id/bottom').
I know, I should put Linear Layout above the scroll view but why the errors didnt show up at first,
Why is this happening ?

A: Change it like
<RelativeLayout>

<LinearLayout id="@+id/bottom">...</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView above="@id/bottom">...</ScrollView>

</RelativeLayout>

or
<RelativeLayout>

<ScrollView above="@+id/bottom">...</ScrollView> <!-- notice the + -->
<LinearLayout id="@+id/bottom">...</LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

in RelativeLayout, order doesn't matter as views are in relation with each other. so in your actual xml, your LinearLayout is defined below ScrollView & hence it is not able to find it when you say above="@id/bottom". so either swap the position or add "+" before above="@id/bottom" like: above="@+id/bottom"


I'm just mad about dogs…all dogs, every breed, and size, I often spend my time daydreaming of all the dogs I would like to have in my life, one way or the other. It is not a practical bucket list but an idealistic one. So, there are no exceptions.
I would love it if you played along and told me about your ideal doggy bucket list!
I've always had dogs in my life but always small, purely down to space. I would find it fascinating to share my home with a large dog and experience what it's like when you can't just pick him up and tuck him under your arm. I'd like to take the big dog on a long walk and see what it is like and the reactions of people towards him. I want to have the experience of having a dog who can easily access worktops or the kitchen table and can easily take up the whole of the sofa.
In my 'Doggy Daydream Bucket List' I would walk into a dog pound and ask them to find me the dog who has been there longest, the one who is overlooked but a total sweetheart, the one who is coming to the end of his life and just wants a loving home or the one who is just, well….ugly. I would take them home (after being home checked of course) and just love them to bits.
I've never had the pleasure of knowing one of these dogs, I just adore squishy faces and they seem like great fun.
Just a beautifully natured and stunning looking dog for cuddles by the fire and to throw pebbles into the sea for him to fetch.
Now I don't know anything about Pomeranians but I just adore how they always seem to be smiling, it would just make me happy.
7 A litter of Puppies.
It would be a dream to look after a litter of pups from birth to when they are ready to leave their mum. It would just be heaven to observe the dynamics, watch them grow and develop their own personalities. However, letting them go would be a different matter!
So that's my list, but I could go on and on. Maybe when I return to fostering I will get to meet some of them, here's hoping!
2 A big active dog eg German Shepherd.
Please tell me that I am not the only one with a doggy bucket list and enough time on my hands to daydream. I really want to know if you have one, and remember its a fantasy list. But sometimes we can only dream…….
I have been blessed in the past with two rough collies. I would love a golden retriever when I have released my wanderlust.
Goldens are popular! My mom raised collies for show and breeding my whole childhood. Too hairy! I might have found my bucket list dog, that I didn't even know existed. They are Boykin Spaniels. They were bred for duck hunting and are the South Carolina state dog. I wrote a great blog post about it,how I discovered the breed through another blogger, etc. We love our mixed Boykin, Aero, who inspired us to discover the breed and get Brodie. We're not hunters but we love stand up paddling and windsurfing. Brodie loves the water at just 5 months old!
I just spent a happy half hour looking up Boykin Spaniels, what stunning dogs! Thank you for commenting and introducing me to a new breed!
That's a great list! I pet sit for a Pom, and she is an absolute delight. I call her Little Fox, even though that isn't her name. I tend to make up names for every dog I come across. My own dogs have several names as well!
Definitely a doggie bucket list – down the road when kids are grown and more time and energy I would love to have a very well trained German Shepherd from working lines or Belgian Malinois or both.
I have a plan to develop a non-profit for homeless LGBTQ teens and would like that to be on a farm of rescue animals, including several dogs.
I'd love to rescue a pittie. I miss their smiles and hugs.
Oh man, the list goes on!
Thanks for the follow! I'm the proud owner of two rescues!
I think my first goal is to adopt an old dog from a shelter <3 they are always the sweetest!! Wonderful post!
My doggie bucket lists consists of a way to meet all the outside dogs in my community. I want to build insulated dog houses with straw and comfy bed. Also, a way for water to be readily available near it, perhaps a spigot ran so it's accessible. Alot of chained dogs in my community and it hurts my feelings because that is no life for a dog. I would even like to provide a fenced in area for a chained dog to run around in.
I know, its so upsetting. I wish I could give them all a home. It makes me realise how pampered my dogs are. I can't bear to think what it must be like to have no where to sleep and no water.


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Dijan (, also Romanized as Dījān; also known as Bīchān and Dīchān) is a village in Alan Baraghush Rural District, Mehraban District, Sarab County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 412, in 97 families.

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Populated places in Sarab County

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De grote wolfsklauw (Lycopodium clavatum) is een vaste plant die behoort tot de wolfsklauwfamilie (Lycopodiaceae). De plant komt van nature voor in Eurazië, Amerika en de bergen van Afrika. In Nederland staat de soort op de Rode lijst van planten als zeldzaam en zeer sterk in aantal afgenomen. In Vlaanderen staat hij te boek als bedreigd en in Wallonië als kwetsbaar. Zowel in België als in Nederland is grote wolfsklauw wettelijk beschermd. De soort is giftig, maar wordt in sommige landen verzameld voor medicamenteuze doeleinden.

Biologie

Beschrijving
De plant wordt 5–15 cm hoog en heeft een 0,5–4 m lange, kruipende hoofdstengel. De in spiralen staande, onvruchtbare, 3–5 mm lange en 0,7–1 mm brede bladeren zijn schuin afstaand en naar binnen gekromd. Na tien tot vijftien jaar kunnen de planten zich voortplanten. Aan de top zit een lange, glasachtige haar.

De geelgroene, 2–3 cm lange en 5 mm brede aren verschijnen in juli en augustus en staan met een tot drie bij elkaar aan de einden van de opstijgende zijtakken. De aren bestaan uit vruchtbare bladeren, waarop aan de bovenzijde van de bladvoet grote, dikwandige, niervormige sporangiën zitten. De soortaanduiding clavatum ('geknotst') dankt de soort aan de knotsvormige sporenaren. De wortels zijn gaffelvormig vertakt.

Reproductie
De sporen blijven drie tot acht jaar in rustfase. Gedurende deze tijd zakken ze drie tot tien centimeter de grond in. De ondergrondse gametofyt is omgekeerd-kegelvormig en ontwikkelt zich traag. Hij bereikt de seksuele fase pas na 6 tot 15 jaar en kan wel 20 jaar in leven blijven. Er zijn verschillende weefseltypes te onderscheiden. De gametofyt leeft in nauwe symbiose met een schimmel - mogelijk een Pythium-soort. Zonder de schimmel sterft de gametofyt wanneer hij nog maar een paar cellen groot is.

De sporofyt kan zich ook zeer goed vegetatief verspreiden met behulp van de lange, kruipende stengels. De soort kan zich nog enige jaren handhaven nadat de boomlaag de kroon sluit, maar uiteindelijk kwijnt hij weg. Als de concurrentiedruk laag blijft kunnen de planten lang leven en uitgestrekte kolonies vormen.

Verspreiding
De grote wolfsklauw heeft een zeer groot verspreidingsgebied en komt voor op alle continenten uitgezonderd Australië. Het meest wordt hij gevonden in boreale gebieden, in het bijzonder in Siberië. In tropische streken blijft hij beperkt tot de hogere delen van gebergtes. Ten gevolge van dit grote areaal bestaan er vele verschillende vormen. Er bestaat een nagenoeg continue reeks vormen van zeer compacte planten met parallelle takken, aangedrukte bladeren en nauwelijks vertakte aarstelen tot planten die zich veel en alle kanten op vertakken met vertakte aarstelen en afstaand blad. De eerste is typisch voor koudere streken. Op grond hiervan zijn tal van variëteiten, ondersoorten en zelfs enige soorten beschreven, maar er is nog discussie of dit onderscheid enige taxonomische waarde heeft.

Groeiplaatsen
Grote wolfsklauw is in de Lage Landen te vinden op zonnige, soms licht beschaduwde, vrij droge en beschutte, voedsel- en stikstofarme, zure en kalkarme, vaak enigszins verstoorde zandgrond en op stenige plaatsen. De plant groeit vooral op noordhellingen in heiden, borstelgraslanden en naaldbossen, met name lichte dennenbossen en in loofbossen, voornamelijk eiken-berkenbossen, in karrensporen, op open grazige heiden met verspreid groeiende grove dennen, op zandwallen en soms in schrale bermen, in grindgroeven en terreininsnijdingen. Ze is bestand tegen stagnerend water en uitdroging, maar verdraagt afbranden slecht.

Eigenschappen

De grote wolfsklauw is giftig, hij bevat alkaloiden zoals lycopodine, chinoline, clavatine, clavatoxine en annotinine die allen de bloeddruk verhogen. Lycopodine stimuleert daarnaast de peristaltiek van de darm. Bij ratten veroorzaakt het baarmoedercontracties en is dodelijk in hogere doses. Verder bevat de plant fenolische kaneelzuurderivaten en flavonoids (apigenine). Het extract inhibeert prolyl-endopeptidase en wordt onderzocht als geheugenverbeteraar. De sporen bestaan voor circa 50% uit een groen-gele olie (80-86% C60H30O2 (decyl-isopropyl acrylzuur) en zijn daardoor licht-ontvlambaar. Verder bevatten de sporen onder andere glycerine, eiwit en vetzuren, maar geen alkaloïden. Ze zijn sterk water-afstotend (met sporen gepoederde handen blijven droog in water) maar kunnen na langdurig contact allergische en astmatische klachten veroorzaken. In diepe wonden kan het poeder na maanden tot jaren nog laesies veroorzaken die doen denken aan tuberculose of neoplasie.

Gebruik
Grote wolfsklauw staat al eeuwenlang bekend als medicijn. In Europa was het in gebruik als diureticum bij oedeem en als middel tegen diarree, dysenterie en anurie; verder als zenuwstiller bij spasmes en watervrees, als laxatief, als versterkend middel bij reuma en als wondpoeder. Ook werd het toegepast als urineretentiemiddel bij tal van problemen met de urinewegen en een veelheid van andere aandoeningen, waaronder dyspepsie, indigestie, hartkloppingen, constipatie, borborygmen, oesofageale reflux, bloed ophoesten, duizeligheid en flauwvallen.

De sporen, worden om hun helende eigenschappen in de homeopathie gebruikt, maar niet meer in de allopathie. Ze stonden bekend onder de namen 'lycopodiumpoeder', 'lycopodium zaad', 'heksenmeel', 'plantaardig zwavel' en sporae lycopodii. Gedurende eeuwen zijn de sporen gebruikt als bloedstelpend middel en als poeder bij verschillende huidaandoenigen zoals eczeem, erysipelas en ontvellingen. Verder als babypoeder, om te voorkomen dat pillen aan elkaar plakken en om gegoten metaal los te krijgen van de mal. De hoge ontvlambaarheid maakte ze gewild voor flitslicht in theaters.
In laboratoria worden de sporen gebruikt bij het monitoren van pollen bij het vaststellen van de hooikoortsverwachting om een bekende base-line te hebben voor de pollen-traps. Sporopollenine van deze soort wordt wel gebruikt als basis bij de synthese van peptiden. Het blijft stabiel bij de chloromethylatie en andere standaardprocedures, en door de gelijkmatige grootte, goede commerciële beschikbaarheid en constante moleculaire structuur is het concurrerend met synthetische harsen.

Grote wolfsklauw wordt verhandeld, maar het is niet bekend in welke hoeveelheden. Ten minste China, Nepal, Oost-Europa, Rusland en de voormalige Sovjetrepublieken exporteren het product. In West-Europa komt de soort te weinig voor om nog te verzamelen. Rond 1990 bedroeg de export uit Nepal 40 ton per jaar.

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Sandro Bondi (né le  à Fivizzano) est une personnalité politique italienne.

Biographie

Sandro Bondi était depuis 2002 le porte-parole de Forza Italia. Ayant été militant du Parti communiste italien, puis du Parti démocrate de gauche, il a été journaliste. Après 1994, il rencontre Silvio Berlusconi et entre dans son parti.

Le , il déclare que Forza Italia (2013) a failli à représenter la droite modérée et qu'il faut soutenir le gouvernement Renzi.

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Naissance à Fivizzano
Journaliste italien
Personnalité politique italienne du XXe siècle
Personnalité politique italienne du XXIe siècle
Ministre italien de la Culture
Communiste italien
Personnalité de Forza Italia (1994)
Personnalité du Peuple de la liberté
Personnalité de Forza Italia (2013)
Naissance en mai 1959
Sénateur de la seizième législature de la République italienne
Étudiant de l'université de Pise


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Sauté the onions in a little olive oil until golden, take out and place in the slow cooker. Season the rabbit pieces with salt and pepper. In the same pan, brown the rabbit pieces in a little more olive oil and add the red wine. Cook for a few minutes and then put the rabbit pieces together with the wine in the crockpot as well.
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Put the slower cooker on low and leave to cook for about 6 hours.
Before serving, remove the rabbit pieces and keep warm. Remove the garlic cloves and squeeze out the garlic out of their skins into the sauce. Pour the sauce in a pan and thicken it with a little cornflour mixed with a little water.
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Cormac McCarthy's The Road: Death, Love, and a Dying Earth
The Road, written by Cormac McCarthy, is a powerful and poetically convincing exploration of a dying earth riven by an unidentified apocalyptic event. Within this setting McCarthy's protagonists lead the life of hunted and exhausted nomads, of rodents moving from one scene of fleeting safety to another. The father and son duo – the unnamed 'man' and 'boy' – travel the road of the novel's title to the ill-defined destination of 'the coast' and towards the flickers of hope that may bring them warmth and ensure their survival .Their life is one of constant dangers, be it from freezing weather, starvation, wild fires, or the evil intentions of their fellow survivors. Thematically, this is a novel about life, death, and love. McCarthy presents a black, heartless world – of that there is no doubt – but, amongst the rubble and decay love exists. This is presented primarily through the man and his son. McCarthy agreed, in an interview in 2007, that the novel can be considered a 'love song to his son', John Francis McCarthy, who was eight at the time of writing. Throughout the narrative, in sublime prose, we see McCarthy examine and contrast these themes masterfully.
The man and the boy as played by Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee in John Hillcoat's 2009 film version of The Road.
McCarthy's novel is infused with death. His setting is one in which all animal and plant life are dying or dead. His planet is a cold 'glaucoma', slowly getting darker with the 'days more gray each one than what had gone before'. Vanished is the beauty of warmth and life – in its place is extreme cold, ashes, disaster and decay. The colour palette is predominantly that of monochrome blacks, whites and grays. At times we see brush strokes of red, the colour of blood and fire – symbols of destruction – if only to be reminded of the tools in which the grey world was created in the first place.
While the character of the man does not narrate the story directly, his reflections on the dying earth hold strong emotional resonance with the readers as he acts as our guide and analogue for ourselves. He reports seeing migratory birds fly for the last time; he takes note of how there are no longer fish to be caught – 'the ribs of fishes in their millions stretching along the shore as far as the eye could see like an isocline of death'. We also see his joy when he finds tiny mushrooms and, later, shrivelled apples to eat, although we feel his defeat in knowing that such pathetic scraps are the last of the once luscious cornucopia of the past; to see this environment give life can only exist in dreams. At the end of the novel, McCarthy poetically describes 'brook trout' – they move 'softly' and 'smell of moss'. While this beauty appears like a non-sequitur, it is a tender epitaph for 'a thing that could not be put back, not be made right again' – a thing that is dead. In this writing there is a love for what was, for the 'mystery' that 'hums' in the Earth and will now never be.
While the ecosystem has been destroyed, so too has morality, justice and love – leaving us to question whether they are all but artifice of an organised society. McCarthy's apocalyptic America is a world where 'murder was everywhere upon the land'. This is a place where life is a struggle against not only the cold, barren landscape but the predatory and desperate cannibals, the most fearful symbol of societal degeneration. Indeed, the man and the boy are a rarity amongst survivors in that they still possess a moral compass, still possess humanity, still 'carry the fire' – a motif in the novel. Other men, such as a 'roadrat' they have a terrifying confrontation with early in the novel, are closer to animals, getting by in a Tennyson-like definition of survival: 'red in tooth and claw'. The cannibal is described as possessing 'Eyes collared in cups of grime and deeply sunk. Like an animal inside a skull looking out the eyeholes'. Malicious intentions clear, and with animal quickness, the stranger grabs the boy. The father unflinchingly kills the assailant with a bullet through the brain. It is in these encounters that the boy's father becomes life keeper and death dealer.
Undeniably, he sees himself as the protector of the boy, his 'warrant'. He tells his son that it is 'My job is to take care of you' and because of this devotion he 'will kill anyone who touches you'. And he does. Throughout the novel he brings death to those who would hurt his son with all the justification of a zealous holy warrior – 'I was appointed to do that by god'. Later, a thief, again characterised as an animal: 'Scrawny, sullen, filthy', brandishing a butcher's knife, is vengefully left to die, striped naked by the vengeful father after a failed attempt to rob the protagonists. What we experience as readers is the shocking result of the man's love for the boy, the extent to which he will go to maintain his son's existence and his reactions to those who would imperil it. We are left to reflect on how he becomes this avenger because of his love, and question: how would we react if such a world were thrust upon us?
The man, in Hillcoat's film version of the novel.
If the father proves his love through his willingness to, albeit reluctantly, engage with the death and violence of the world he and his son exist in, the presentation of the boy's mother shows an alternative. Painted for the audience through the man's dreams and memories, his wife is someone who sees the world for what it is: a hopeless one in which the only things that can be guaranteed for her and her family are both terrifying and inescapable. The mother decides to kill herself, despite the man's frantic pleading. Her justifications are clear:
'I'm speaking the truth. Sooner or later they will catch us and they will kill us. They will rape me. They'll rape him. They are going to rape us and kill us and eat us and you won't face it. You'd rather wait for it to happen. But I can't. I can't.'
She wants to end the boy's life too, alongside her own, but the man will not allow it. 'I'd take him with me if it weren't for you…it's the right thing to do,' she exclaims. Previous to this section, we have been positioned to see the man's point of view as noble. His mission to keep his son alive and keep 'carrying the fire' despite the hopelessness of the future seems to be the 'right' and 'good' thing to do. When we encounter the mother's contrasting attitudes it initially reads like a betrayal. In fact she sardonically frames it as such by metaphorically comparing her impending death to a 'new lover' who can give her what her husband cannot. We feel that she is letting her family down by opting for suicide. But is this the case? Does she love her son? The answer is not immediately clear, but it can be said that in not desiring to allow her son to exist in a world so torturous is a reflection of parental love. In her mind, killing her son is 'the right thing to do' because keeping him alive is but to delay a more gruesome end. The man's lack of a convincing rebuttal, 'You have no argument because there is none', throws into doubt his actions too, making us examine his motivations for keeping his son alive in such a bleak and traumatic world.
In one gruesome scene this fact is starkly bought to life. Desperate for food, the father leads the boy into the cellar of a seemingly empty, grand Southern house where they discover the following scene:
'An ungodly stench. The boy clutched at his coat. He could see parts of a stone wall. Clay floor. An old mattress darkly stained. He crouched and steeped down again and held out the light. Huddled against the back wall were naked people, male and female, all trying to hide, shielding their faces with their hands. On the mattress lay a man with his legs gone to the hip and the stumps of them blackened and burnt. The smell was hideous.'
These are victims being kept alive for slaughter by cannibals. After discovering this pen of human husks, the man and boy panic and just barely escape the returning man-eaters. Here, having come so close to such a horrible end, the idea of killing the boy seems to be perhaps the kindest and most loving thing that can be done in such a world.
A scene of desolation. Hillcoat's film version captures the sense of death and decay that permeates McCarthy's Novel.
The Guardian's Alan Warne commented that 'Cormac McCarthy's vision of a post-apocalyptic America in The Road is terrifying, but also beautiful and tender'. After reading this novel one comes away with such a conclusion. The man and the boy exist in a setting devoid of hope and life. A hostile environment and a collapsed society with 'the frailty of everything revealed at last.' is all they have. McCarthy uses the setting of his novel, a cold and terrifying world, to explore the themes of death and love, as well as reveal a tragic gieving for a vanishing natural world. McCarthy's characters' divergent expressions of love for their son -both the father's and the mother's – are self-justified reactions to their environment: brutal and violent.
McCarthy, C. (2006) The Road. London, Picador.
Oprah's Exclusive Interview with Cormac McCarthy (2007) Retireved from: http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Oprahs-Exclusive-Interview-with-Cormac-McCarthy-Video
Warne, A. (2006, November 4) Book of the Week – Road to hell. Retrieved from: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/nov/04/featuresreviews.guardianreview4
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Wow. This may be one of the saddest books that I have ever read, yet I couldn't stop reading.
Essentially, I've been hearing rumblings on the Internet now and again that McCarthy is the Faulkner of our age, so I grabbed this book haphazardly off the shelf from the library to give him a look.
I'd like to know what 'age' that is because Faulkner and McCarthy are both 20th Century writers.
Sadly, I found this to be totally believable for a post apocalyptic type novel. One only needs to look back at footage from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to realize that when the chips are down, human beings can get really ugly really fast. Although I loved this book, I wouldn't recommend reading it for anyone who is uncomfortable about getting all freaked out and then rushing to the grocery store to stock up on non-perishable food items.
For a novel in which nothing major occurs or is accomplished, The Road has a stunning way of keeping the reader engaged.
sherie
I have read a lot of post-apocalyptic fiction and "The Road" is probably in a tie with "On the Beach" by Nevil Shute for the most depressing example of the genre ever written. It was so relentless that I was very surprised by the ending.
It was all right. Choppy. Short. Easy to read. I didn't find myself particularly caring about the characters.
Easily the worst of McCarthy's works. I'm a little heartbroken that this is the one the modern reader is most likely to pick up of his immense and stunning body of work. Where his other books are richly layered and nuanced, this book gave me very little to hang on to. It's like an egg with the yolk blown out of it; when you glance at it it seems intact but once you really start to look at it, you notice that there is no substance to it. Also, I've always loved McCarthy for being the rare christian writer who is able to look at faith and god and goodness with an objective eye. He's never been afraid to stare into the utter chaos of existence and give it its due. In The Road, he just doesn't seem to have the heart for it. Instead of doing what would be real and true and meaningful (killing the boy, leaving him on his own) he gives us this whole bit about the family that just happen to be good, god-fearing people who take him in. Sure, the boy has come to the point where his god is his dead father (I don't have the direct quote in front of me, but it was something about his "new mother" asking him to pray and he chooses to talk to his dad instead) and so there is just a tiny tiny bit of that good ole McCarthian doubt, but c'mon. I guess I'm just not that into narratives about faith making good for its adherents; it's boring, sentimental, and false. I guess even the greatest writers of the era can get soft in old age.
Firstly, thanks for the thoughtful comment. I don't agree with 'easily the worst', but that's an obvious from me, I guess. But the reason is I don't think The Road is like his other work in terms of form as it is very accessible and relatable to a general audience. It's a novella with a simple narrative and a unfulfilling and cliche ending, sure, but the language, the construction of setting/ sense of place, creation of tension at times, the allegorical elements, the measured brutality, the ending… Oh wait, thatt stinks.
I really love what you said about McCarthy's ability to stare into he chaos. That's superb.
I always suggest 'All the Pretty Horses' to people who have read 'The Road' because it is an amazing novel but very different to The Road.
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PratfallDeGaulle
Rubio, it is interesting that you bring up McCarthy's Christianity. I have read all of his work aside from Suttree, and he I am in love with almost all of it. However, I never got a distinctly christian vibe from it. I haven't read anything about his religion, or how it is deployed in his work. If you have any articles you would share, I'd love to give them a look.
Lorrine Orta
The realism that Mr. McCarthy presents in his apocolyptic landscape is stunning and added hugely to the sympathy I felt for the survivors (even the bad ones :o))
Neill
It is ultimately a hopeful book, but McCarthy's vision of the future is too dark for me to want to keep revisiting.
I hope this book remains a sobering work of fiction.
This book really would have been better served being of novella length.
shelbie
Even when they reached the coast to find nothing, I was pleased that the father delivered the child. He did his job and when he died he left a boy who had to find the "good guys" on his own. Which is exactly what all fathers hope to do, let there sons find their own way.
Kriez
The ending, while bleak, gives us a ray of hope and thank God. Cormac must have taken some pity on us..
Roon Tyree
I liked how much McCarthy changed his writing style for The Road. He has demonstrated an ability to be dense and detailed (Blood Meridian), beautifully American with a Steinbeck voice (All the Pretty Horses) and in this book, something very different. It is like this guy has the ability paint like Rembrant but decided, for what he had to say here, that we would instead paint like Rothko.
Ryan Errington
Fantastic article. The Road sounds like an extremely poignant story.
Greg Beamish
Nice article John. McCarthy always gives us a lot to think about.
Something you wrote in your article made me question your interpretation of the man's motivation to keep the boy alive. You describe "the extent to which he will go to maintain his son's existence…" I'm of the opinion that it's not merely a matter of keeping the boy alive, but a matter of keeping the boy's innocence intact. This is where the discrepancy between the mother and father's choices comes in. While the mother gives up hope immediately, the father maintains hope that he can lead his son to a better life. From the beginning we understand that the boy has been trained to kill himself if they're ever captured. The father did not agree with the mother that they should end it before they begin. His hope led him to stay alive while still keeping suicide open as an option. Both parents agree that a "peaceful" suicide is better than the alternative of rape, murder, and cannibalism. To an extent the father is protecting the boy from having to experience these evils, but on the other hand he also fears the boy's broken innocence through exposure to these evils. The story is certainly thematically centered on life and survival, but more in the sense of what the moral nature is of that life. There is no reason to survive if staying alive breaks the spirit or the "fire" they carry.
Also, Blood Meridian is one of my favorite books of all time.
marianacolin
Great article. I think the decision to leave the actual cause of the apocalypse ambiguous does a lot for the book. With no one and nothing to blame you have no choice but to focus only on how humanity reacts, and that lack of knowledge outside the man and the boy made me feel vulnerable and small. Which is, I'm sure, what McCarthy intended.
cmuravez
The Road (novel) is a great work that shows how McCarthy refined his prose and his use of depravity, horror, and the dissolving of American values in the face of a horrific reality. This is a great analysis of the movie/book. I, however, was a little disappointed with the movie. There are certain scenes which I felt would have portrayed a more faithful adaptation to the novel, like eating of a fetus.
mbaughjones
The Road was the first (and only) Cormac McCarthy book I've read so I can't comment on this versus his other writings. However, he does paint a vivid picture of just how bleak the post-apocalyptic world is that the man and boy inhabit. One can't help but be transported there and question how they themselves would react in the same situation. The rules we live by in today's world don't exactly apply to the character's situation – which is that things will definitely take a turn for the better.
Steffanie
Great article! McCarthy's book really demonstrates how beauty, tenderness, love and hope are still possible amidst total destruction and complete desolation. Powerful bond between father and son, and their will to survive and look after each other.
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