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Pecans and a smile
Ron Davis deals the Southern delight
The many motorists hurrying along the highway between Madison and Eatonton each day probably don't even notice it. After all, the old cinder-block dairy barn seems long forgotten with its faded gray-primer walls, crumbled bare fascia boards and curious assortment of weathered items stacked all over the yard.
But two small, bright yellow signs at the roadside beckon some of them to stop, and inside they find a treasure that keeps them coming back again and again. Whether individual persons or large commercial customers, they hail from just down the road or 70, 80, or even more miles away.
What's the secret of the barn with signs proclaiming, "Ron's Pecans"? All the customers seemed to agree – the pecans are delicious and fairly priced, and the various services are not found anywhere for hundreds of miles. But that's not all -- each person was quick to include how much they liked visiting with the owner himself, Ron Davis.
"You spoil people; we taste your pecans and we come back," bantered David Swain as he opened the barn door and saw Ron. The Madison resident said he purchased pecans from Ron and took them to family in Florida for the holidays. "Then I came back home and kept thinking about them. So, I said 'I'm going to go get myself some,'" he laughed. David said this was his first year to visit Ron's. "Pecans were scarce this year, so I saw Ron's sign and I dropped by and we got started talking. He told me how he got started and showed me everything. When you treat the customer right, you always get a return."
Ron Davis greets customer David Swain.
Many people buy the shelled pecans, which are sold in zippered freezer bags, ready to be eaten or stored in their home freezer. "Because of their high water content, pecans will last for several years in the freezer," Ron said.
Other customers bring their own pecans to have the shells either cracked or removed. Last season, one woman told how she brings hers all the way from Cochran because Ron is the only one who removes the shells. A glance at Ron for confirmation revealed, "They crack pecans (shells) in Monticello and in Milledgeville, but all they do is crack them; they don't shell them. The sheller takes off about 90% of the hull. You've still got some hulls to pick out, but it's a lot easier."
It's quite obvious that Ron never meets a stranger. Picking up on any broached subject, he readily strikes up a conversation with everyone who walks in the door, their friendly chat uninhibited by the loud, steady banging of the machines processing the pecans.
"We talk about everything, he's a good fella'. I've been coming to Ron for four or five years to get pecans. I call and tell him I'm coming, and he has them ready," said John Anderson, who drives to Putnam County from his home in College Park just beyond Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. John said he gives the pecans to fellow church folk in Atlanta, and he also boxes and mails them to family in Ohio. "I'm from Ohio, but my wife is from Columbus, Georgia. They say whenever you come to the South and get that red clay on your feet, you'll never leave. Well, I came in 1972 and I'm still here and I like it."
To all newcomers, Ron proudly shows off the three "crackers" -- machines that crack the shells -- and explains how each is set for different-sized nuts and how they work. Each morning, he oils the machines. "They've got about 15 oil spouts on them and they don't retain the oil," he explained. He turns the machine on, pours the precious Southern commodity into a hopper at the top, and the machine does the rest.
A bucket of pecans ready to go from the cracking machine to the shelling machine.
Pecans from the shelling machine have only a few shells to be picked away.
Customers can take the cracked pecans home and finish the job themselves, or for a slightly higher price, Ron takes them into an adjoining room, climbs up on a stepladder or stool and feeds the cracked-shell nuts into a large machine he calls "the sheller." With three electric motors, the sheller is not at all quiet, but very effective at its job. The pecans exit with the shells removed, yet the nutmeats remain unbroken.
The unassuming businessman became acquainted with the machines years ago when
Ron pushes the nuts with cracked shells down the chute of the cracking machine.
they were owned by Raymond Gilbert in Madison. "I had taken so many pecans to him that it got to where he wouldn't even wait on me when I came. He'd just say 'you know more about it than I do – have at it,'" Ron recalled with amusement. As Raymond reached his late 80s, he began to call on Ron to come over and run the machines for him. Eventually, Ron moved the machines to the old barn on his property in north Putnam County.
Although they aren't small, the four machines don't take up much of the large building. The old dairy barn was roofless when Ron purchased it in 1989. He added more rows of cement blocks to the walls to elevate the new roof, and the facility became a warehouse for his fishing tackle distribution business. Numerous cricket buckets and bait buckets still hang from the ceiling over the pecan machines.
For 40 years, Ron sold fishing tackle around lakes Oconee, Sinclair, Jackson, and Lanier. "I bought from the manufacturers and distributed it out to Mom and Pop stores around the lakes. The last store I would work on Lake Oconee was Granite Shoals Marina, and I'd pull my boat with me, and me and Claud Robertson would fish the rest of the day. People said it was a dream job, and I'd say 'when the fishing is good, then everybody is out fishing so I'm going around selling tackle, but when the fishing is bad, that's when I'm out fishing,'" he reminisced.
Ron Davis in the orchard at C & C Pecan Farm in Rutledge.
He retired in 2016 and began helping a friend, Thomas Clements, drive tractor trailer loads of pecans from C and C Pecan Farm in Rutledge to a cleaning plant in Davisboro. The cleaning plant separates the pecans from the sticks, leaves, and other debris picked up when harvesting, and separates healthy nuts from unhealthy ones.
Thus began Ron's interest in pecans which grew into his business on the Madison Road/U.S. Highway 441. How busy he is depends on the size of the year's crop. Last year was a bumper crop.
"This year, we didn't have the crop like we had last year," he noted. "Last year, I went through 45,000 pounds of pecans and was still cracking them in May and June. This year, it's already over. I went through about 3,500 pounds this year and was glad to have them. People would pull up in their cars or trucks, and I didn't know if they were bringing me two 5-gallon buckets full or if they had 700 pounds. If I got a bunch and got backed up, I'd just take their phone number and call them when they were ready for pickup. Nobody had to wait overnight except one guy from Farmington. He backed up in here when I was busy and he dropped 600 pounds on me and I said 'whew, give me your phone number.' But I had his done the next day and he came and got them."
Ron's Pecans is located at 1476 Madison Road, Eatonton. In the summer, he sells homegrown vegetables there. Call him at 706-473-1007.
Story and photos by Lynn Hobbs, published in the Lakelife January-February 2022 issue.


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The top three robotic process automation use cases for SMEs
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By Harry Menear . Aug 14, 2019, 5:03AM
Alongside machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP), robotic process automation (RPA) has moved over the last year "from fledgling siloed capabilities to tenets of strategy" with "profound potential for business and society," according to Deloitte Insights' breakdown of technology trends for 2019. Gartner predicted in June that the global RPA market, after growing 63.1% last year, will continue its meteoric expansion, reaching $1.3bn in 2019. By 2025, McKinsey & Co believes that automation technologies (of which RPA is expected to be a leading element) could have a global financial impact of around $6.7trn. The experts are united: RPA is going to leave behind a dramatically different world to the one that preceded it.
RPA is often mentioned in the same breath as artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, ML and NLP. Here's our breakdown of the difference, and three potentially game-changing use cases for RPA in the world of small businesses.
First coined by AI pioneer Arthur Samuel, RPA is a child of ML endeavors taking place at the end of the 1950s, thought to be stepping stones along the way to creating more and more sophisticated AI. While Samuel, his colleagues at IBM at the time, and the world's IT community as a whole were decades away from anything approaching the success they sought, the first stepping stone had been crossed.
As it was then, so it is now; AI, ML and RPA have always been closely entwined. An ML pioneer coined the term and computer scientists today still put a lot of stock in the interplay between the apparently similar, yet distinctly different technologies.
In 2017, when it was starting to become apparent that RPA was stepping out of its theoretical and experimental stages and would be a fundamentally vital business tool in a short while, a report by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) furnished us with a working definition of RPA and, more importantly, a distinction between it and AI.
AI: "the combination of cognitive automation, machine learning (ML), reasoning, hypothesis generation and analysis, natural language processing and intentional algorithm mutation producing insights and analytics at or above human capability."
RPA: "the use of a preconfigured software instance that uses business rules and predefined activity choreography to complete the autonomous execution of a combination of processes, activities, transactions, and tasks in one or more unrelated software systems to deliver a result or service with human exception management."
In simple terms, AI mimics the way humans think and RPA mimics the way humans act. In both cases, the results are often significantly faster and more accurate, but limited in scope compared to human efforts.
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While the first references to intelligent objects can be found as far back as Homer's Iliad, and science fiction writers like Isaac Asimov have long entertained the possibility for AI to simulate and even exceed human capabilities, RPA has - perhaps fittingly - let a humber existence. That isn't to say that it's less likely to change the world.
While the major adopters of RPA so far have been large tech companies and other early adopters with economies of scale that can justify cutting edge tech investment, RPA has the ability to change the game for SMEs as well. Here are three use cases for RPA that could solve help staffing issues and support time management at smaller firms:
Speaking at the Gartner Data and Analytics Conference in London this year, Michael Corcoran, CMO at Information Builders acknowledged that: "One of the biggest challenges in our field is that people don't trust their data." Turning to a room full of around 60 thought leaders in the space he asked: "Who here's got perfect data? Anyone? Thank you for being honest. None of us do."
The act of cross referencing databases against publically available data is becoming more and more essential to companies that work with Big Data. RPA can not only perform these tasks significantly faster than a human (freeing up personnel for higher cognition activities), but the knock on positive effects of companies being able to trust their data speak for themselves.
A salesperson's work is, at its heart, about relationship building. Yet, the majority of salespeople find that their time is mostly spent writing reports and inputting data. RPA can quite easily remove that pain point by automating administrative tasks.
Sales and marketing automation company, Thoughtonomy, believes that RPA will "give you more time to spend on building your pipeline and engaging with your customers. Using our Virtual Workforce, you'll be able to focus on nurturing your leads as we automate repetitive processes."
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The number of people working daily with electronic devices is only going to increase over the next decade. According to AIMultiple,"without increasing automation capabilities, IT support teams can find themselves overwhelmed with simple yet time consuming queries. This not only results in slow service but also demotivates most support personnel who do not enjoy repetitive tasks that do not challenge them intellectually."
By using RPA powered bots as front line support staff, companies not only automate simple processes and return time for more involved problems to their human workers, but also shield those workers from the personal abuse and resulting stress as a result of dealing with irate customers on a minute-by-minute basis.
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Today, a joint venture between German automaker Mercedes-Benz and electronics and appliance manufacturer Bosch began trials of a new automated ride-hailing service.
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Libby Zemaitis: The Climate Scientist Turned Sustainable Entrepreneur
Warning! This is not a traditional Career 2.0 story. This woman did not plunge into a new profession after years pursuing another career. This is a story about doing what you love, finding your passion and going after it, no matter how big or overwhelming it may seem. It's also a great business idea that we just can't resist sharing.
For someone who is intent on revolutionizing the manufactured housing industry, it's pretty ironic that Libby Zemaitis lives in the same house where her grandfather was born in New Paltz, not far from the Catskill Mountains in Upstate New York.
But really it isn't all that surprising that a woman who aims to bring affordable, modern and eco-friendly homes to the masses cherishes her old home and the sense of belonging.
"Our housing market is so broken, environmentally, socially, and economically. I want to build homes that are light on the earth and on your wallet. We are not aiming for niche. Everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy a beautifully designed and sustainable home, not just higher income people. This is our chance to change all that."
Growing up, Zemaitis always gravitated toward science. So it was no surprise when she headed to Vassar to study geology followed by two master's at Bard, one in climate science and policy and the other in sustainable business. Throughout her studies, Zemaitis has worked in the field. She spent over two years with a Tidal Power start-up and then worked with a Hudson Valley initiative to turn farm waste products into fuel. For the past seven years, Zemaitis has been a sustainable business consultant on a freelance basis and since 2012 has been a climate specialist with the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation.
"I've never wanted to be one of those people stuck in an office working on a project without seeing the bigger picture of how it impacts society and tackles the problems we face today. I've always wanted to take science a step further and fuse it with business and economics."
The MBA was a revelation for Zemaitis. "We were studying different types of companies with sustainable products and how they grew. And it always struck me how people would get distrustful, almost offended, when they realized some of these businesses had to form partnerships with bigger firms – companies like Walmart for example – in order to bring their products to the market. It really frustrated me because it's elitist. I have the privilege to be able to shop where I want but most people need to go where the prices are the lowest. To be unwilling to work with these bigger firms is keeping sustainable products out of the hands of customers who deserve them just as much as you and I."
The fact that many of the 'green' companies she was studying were so dedicated to minimizing their environmental impact that they priced themselves out of the market was not lost on Zemaitis either. "The intent is great, but the effect is minimized because it reaches so many fewer people due to the cost."
Although she has been working in governmental organizations on and off for years, Zemaitis knew the start-up environment was more her thing and took the opportunity of her final MBA project to do a market analysis and business model of a concept she had bouncing around in her head.
"I got obsessed with this idea of bringing more balance and moderation into products; making sure that the price point is just as important as sustainability. You might have to give up a little bit in terms of efficiency to get that balance but in the longer run when costs come down you can gain back those efficiencies. My hope was that the analysis would show the potential for the business and I could run with it after graduation."
Boy, did those numbers look good. And the business?
"We design and manufacture modern 'manufactured' homes. I like to avoid the term 'mobile home' because historically it has such a negative connotation, but UpHomes plans to change those perceptions through innovation. We are starting from scratch and redefining the prefab market by marrying design and affordability with sustainability."
Zemaitis didn't have to look far for a partner. Her classmate's husband, Blake Goble, is an architect and immediately took to UpHomes when Zemaitis presented the concept of balancing the impact of materials, energy efficiency, the design and economics.
The approach could be loosely described as being the "IKEA kitchen of houses". Customers can combine the 250 square-foot modules as they wish and design the home online with the help of a consultant. UpHomes meet the federal HUD standard and can be rapidly manufactured and easily transported. Prices start at $100K.
It's been overwhelming at times starting something so big, but Zemaitis is in this for the long run. "I'm looking to create something that lasts. I don't want to get in and cash out, and I'm not interested in working with people like that. I want to develop partnerships with developers and small businesses and, longer term, look at the disaster recovery and public housing market.
"To get over the day-to-day self-doubt about tackling something so huge has been hard, but you just have to push through it. I think I've got what it takes, but I've got to admit it's been a lot harder than I thought it would be. I'm just taking it day by day for now."
Libby Zemaitis' tips
It's very helpful to have start-up experience. You can recognize and avoid pitfalls in advance.
Be able to learn – be teachable and open – and surround yourself with like-minded people.
When you start your own company, that's when you start asking for favors.
Be ok with a lot of risk and uncertainty, not to mention stress. Reassure yourself and keep moving forward.
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OKC Reboot – Yay or Nay?
I was excited. Hopeful. Confident. Spirited.
Was it all wishful thinking? Was it all for nothing? I mean, they did just lose to the Brooklyn Nets. No shade, but can you name five players on the Brooklyn Nets?
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Alright, it's time to check in on one of the things I said I was most excited for this season in this piece: the Oklahoma City Thunder revamp.
Steven Adams wondering why tf this team is sub .500
The Thunder are currently sitting at 13-14 – under .500. It's obviously still very early in the season, but are the team's current issues ones that can be worked through, or are they here to stay?
Personally, I think the issues are temporary, but there are definite changes that need to take place.
WHERE'S THE CHEMISTRY?
Sorry, Melo, didn't see you there.
When rosters change, teams usually take time for the chemistry to develop. Therefore, it's no surprise to me that Carmelo Anthony and Paul George joining the reigning MVP, Russell Westbrook, in OKC isn't working 100%. This was my main concern going into the season, and I'm interested in seeing how it (hopefully) changes as the season continues.
As I mentioned in my previous piece, watching Westbrook last season was truly magical. He dominated the game with an energy that was absolutely mesmerizing. He's still playing with his usual explosiveness, but he's not making the smartest plays. What I mean by that, is that he seems to be forgetting that he has two fellow superstars who can (usually) shoot on his team now. He has a greater offensive support system now, but is continuing to play like he still needs to carry the entire team on his shoulders. We all know Westbrook likes to shoot the basketball, but watching him bring the ball into the paint through 4 defenders and take a wild, flailing shot when Carmelo Anthony is straight chillin' wide open at the 3-point line is so upsetting.
DEFENSE NEEDS TO DOMINATE DOWN THE STRETCH
The team's defense is currently second in the league – averaging 31.8 defensive rebounds, 10.3 steals, 4.8 blocks, and allowing their opponents just 39.7 points in the paint. The problem is that their defense vanishes down the stretch during close games. They're the worst team in the NBA as far as crunch-time defense goes, allowing their opponents 162 points per 100 possessions. Now, second worst is Cleveland, so this isn't to say this is a bad team by any means, but it certainly is a factor in their sub .500 record.
LINEUP CHANGE
I literally couldn't find a photo of Patrick Patterson actually playing in an Okc jersey. put him in the damn game.
Billy Donovan has been doing some wacky things with his lineups lately. Injuries certainly play into that, and I understand looking for specific lineups that work against specific opponents. One thing I think the Thunder should begin to consider more seriously is bringing Carmelo Anthony in off the bench. I know, I know. But this season, Anthony is shooting just 40.4% from the field, 33.8% from 3, and 76.9% from the FT line (his career stats are 45.1%, 34.6% and 81.2% respectively). It doesn't necessarily need to be Anthony who comes off the bench, but I think changing the starting lineup and swapping out either George or Anthony for another player would be beneficial. Patrick Patterson is hardly playing this season, and I think the Thunder are missing great opportunities by keeping him on the bench. He's playing a measly 13.8 minutes per game when he was playing 24.6 minutes last season in Toronto. He won't shoot as much as Anthony, but he'll provide great defense, particularly in the paint, and he'll complement any combination of Westbrook, George and Anthony. He's a great role-player and I don't think the Thunder are utilizing him as much as they should.
How Melo feels about coming off the bench.
As I mentioned earlier, having three players who are all superstars in their own right and who are used to carrying an entire team themselves on the court at the same time is going to cause some hiccups in chemistry, at least at first. I really think if Donovan played around some more with lineups, especially having just two of the big three on the floor at a time, the Thunder would thrive. Look at how much better Cleveland is playing now that Dwyane Wade is coming off the bench. Just saying.
In addition to being an NBA maniac, Jamie also blogs about beauty and makeup on her personal blog, Glow On. You can follow her on Instagram, @glowonblog, if you'd like or if you have any questions about makeup/skincare/who to add to your fantasy roster.
Jamie is an actress, bar manager (and frequenter), beauty blogger, INFP, and of course, NBA fanatic living in Los Angeles. She spends most of her free time curating her Spotify playlists, eating Korean BBQ with her boyfriend, and deciding what color lipstick to wear.
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What to do if your child is questioning their gender
If your child is questioning their gender and you haven't had the same experience, it can be difficult to know how to help.
Online research and support group can help, but you should also ask your child what they need to feel supported since everyone is different, therapists told Insider.
Don't crack jokes or set limits on how your child outwardly expresses themself. Don't assume what your child needs or how they feel.
If your child is questioning their gender, you might feel confused or worried, especially if you haven't had the same experience.
But offering a judgment-free environment to your child as they discover who they are will help them feel supported and more confident, according to Kristie Overstreet, a psychotherapist and creator of The Dignity Model.
"I think for parents, a lot of times they feel like they've got to have the answer," Overstreet told Insider.
But when it comes to a child questioning their gender, it's best to put the problem solving aside and focus on listening.
"I want parents to know you don't have to figure it out. You just got to listen and see what they need. And if they say they don't know what they need, then you can say, 'All right, let's talk about it more. What's coming up for you? What does it mean to you?'" said Overstreet.
Don't make assumptions
It might be your instinct to make assumptions when your son wants to wear dresses or your daughter prefers to forgo them altogether.
But putting your child in a category will impede any productive and helpful conversations, according to Overstreet.
That's because gender expression and gender identity are different, and a person's outward appearance might not "match" the gender with which they identify.
A person questioning their gender might decide to change how they dress so their appearance is more aligned with societal expectations of gender, but that isn't always the case.
"It doesn't mean that this kid is transgender or non-binary because they're questioning. It's an exploration for them to kind of figure out their sense of self as it relates to their own gender," Overstreet said.
Trust your child, and ask them what they need to feel supported
If you're unsure how to help, simply ask your child what they need from you to feel supported and safe.
Maybe they want help finding a therapist that affirms their gender, or they need some encouraging words, or some help navigating online resources.
Ask open-ended questions like, "Which pronouns should I use when I refer to you?" or "How can I help you explore this side of yourself?" to keep the conversation non-judgmental, Overstreet said.
Above all, trust your child's feelings and instincts as they continue to explore their gender, sex therapist and psychotherapist Veronica Chin Hing told Insider.
"We trust a child when they say what foods they like or don't like, and we trust them when they say they're attracted to a person in their kindergarten class or wherever. Parents employ a lot of trust, and it falls short when it comes to gender variance and sexuality and sex," but that shouldn't be the case, Chin Hing said.
Conduct your own research
Take time to reflect on your own biases on gender norms to make the process easier for you and your child, Chin Hing said.
"If you think it's gender related, I would encourage you to take a minute and sit down and sort of flush that out. Why is it gender related? Why has that been the conclusion that you're drawing?" Chin Hing told Insider.
Overstreet recommended GLAAD, a queer anti-discrimination advocacy organization, which has FAQs and other resources on its website.
For a more visual learning experience for both parents and children, Chin Hing suggested the "Gender Unicorn."
It's a model created by the national organization Trans Student Educational Resources to show the many ways a person can view their gender.
It helps to communicate that we don't all fit into two genders. It also illustrates that a person's gender, sex, gender expression, and attractions don't have to match up to be valid.
Join a support group
It's important to get help yourself, Overstreet said.
"If parents don't take care of themselves, don't find someone to talk to, don't have the resources to figure out how they feel about it and not be judged for how they feel about, it's going to make it harder for them to support [their children]," she said, adding that Facebook and PFLAG are two places to find other parents in similar situations.
Avoid using humor
In uncomfortable situations, you might try to lighten the mood with a joke. But when it comes to conversations about your child's gender, leave humor at the door.
"I have not heard it received well in any case I've worked with, or with any client I've worked with," Chin Hing said.
Joking can make an important and serious conversation about gender feel trivial when it's not.
Speak in an honest, straightforward manner
Do your best to listen to your child's experience and ask questions without judgment.
Chin Hing encourages parents to view the experience as a team effort with their child.
"Off the bat I would encourage you to look for very transparent, very honest intentional words to convey what you need and how you feel, and collaborate on this conversation around gender identity," she said.
Don't limit your child's self-expression
It's natural as a parent to want to shield your child from negative experiences, bullying, and abuse.
But limiting how your child expresses themself can do more harm than good, according to Overstreet.
"It's important that parents give the right to a kid to be able to express themselves without judgment," she said.
"Pose" actor Indya Moore previously told Insider's Canela Lopez they felt most supported in their childhood gender exploration when adults in their life trusted them to make decisions for themselves.
"When you trust us, you affirm that we are capable of love. When you are vulnerable with us, you teach us how to be vulnerable," Moore said.
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Recovery from Poland 4 yrs on….
In 2014 we rescued little Crystal from notorious kidnapping haven Poland. Another desperate father who's child was illegally kidnapped by its Polish mother. The father battled the family courts in Poland for over 2 yrs and was the first ever foreign father to be awarded custody in a polish court. (Picture taken just hours after…
Finally Safe…little Crystal
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Crystal Recovery Truth revealed
There has been a lot of media attention on the Crystal Michael's recovery, but until now due to criminal charges, the father has not been allowed to tell the truth on why it took 3 high court Polish judges only 30 minutes, to make a decision in the best interest of Crystal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgBg60vWEJU The overwhelming,…
Taken!
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Leading the way to abundant geothermal energy
University of Utah team one step closer to building geothermal research laboratory
A patch of land north of Milford, Utah, is one step closer to becoming the country's hotbed of research for geothermal energy, clean and renewable electricity generated from hot rocks deep underground.
PHOTO CREDIT: University of Utah College of Engineering
Joseph Moore from the University of Utah's Energy & Geoscience Institute leads a team that was one of two research groups selected by he U.S. Department of Energy to establish a multi-million-dollar geothermal field laboratory. Their proposed site is near Milford, Utah, and would be used to conduct research into geothermal technologies.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced that the University of Utah's Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) is one of two research groups selected as finalists to establish a multi-million-dollar geothermal field laboratory to develop techniques for improved recovery of geothermal energy. The other group is the Sandia National Laboratory team, which is promoting a site on the U.S. Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nevada.
The award is for the Department of Energy's Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) initiative.
The DOE-funded laboratory involves drilling two 8,000-ft long wells in an area north of Milford, Beaver County, Utah. The project will use an innovative well configuration to create the fractures required to extract heat from the subsurface, heat that can ultimately be converted to electricity. Cold water will be heated by the rocks as it is circulated between the two wells. After the heat is extracted at the surface, the cooled, circulated water will be cycled back into the first well. The laboratory will use non-potable groundwater that cannot be used for agriculture or human consumption.
EGI has been a leader in developing geothermal technologies for more than four decades. The institute is collaborating with faculty members from the University of Utah's College of Engineering and College of Mines and Earth Sciences, as well as researchers from the Utah Geological Survey, as well as other universities and experts in the geothermal, oil and gas industries. The Utah research team is collaborating with SITLA (State and Institutional Trust Lands Administration) and private landowners to establish the facility within the Milford, Utah, renewable energy corridor, which is already home to two geothermal plants, a wind farm, a solar field and a biogas facility.
"This laboratory will provide a unique opportunity for researchers around the world to develop and test new technologies for accessing geothermal resources in settings where they are not currently recoverable," said Joseph Moore, an EGI research professor in the College of Engineering's civil and environmental engineering department who is leading the team. "With technology development, geothermal resources beneath our feet offer the potential to help meet the nation's energy needs."
As a finalist, Moore and his team will receive a $14.5 million grant to conduct environmental studies, an analysis of the facilities that will be required, geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys, and the drilling of a well to measure subsurface temperatures. That work will begin Oct. 1.
The journey to determining the final laboratory site is being conducted in three phases. Currently in the second phase, the finalists have been narrowed from five to two.
This exploratory second phase is slated to last 18 months, and Moore expects the DOE to announce the final site in 2018. The final research group is expected to receive more than $130 million for drilling and research.
Vincent Horiuchipublic relations associate, College of Engineering
Office: (801) 585-7499	Mobile: (801) 556-5187	vincent.horiuchi@utah.edu
Joseph Mooreresearch professor, Energy & Geoscience Institute
Office: 801-585-6931	jmoore@egi.utah.edu
Paul Gabrielsenscience writer, University Marketing & Communications
Mobile: 801-505-8253	paul.gabrielsen@utah.edu


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Q: Regarding adding Start day of week in Sql table Here is my code though
   Insert into Promotion
   (PromoNo, StartTime, EndTime, PromoPrice, StartDayOfWk, EndDayOfWk)
   values
   (11729, 12:00:00, 18:00:00, 31.90, SET DATEFIRST 1, SET DATEFIRST 5 )

my problem is that i have no idea how to key in the start day of week and end day of week without hard coding it

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#define GRPC_IMPL_CODEGEN_ATM_H

/* This interface provides atomic operations and barriers.
   It is internal to gpr support code and should not be used outside it.

   If an operation with acquire semantics precedes another memory access by the
   same thread, the operation will precede that other access as seen by other
   threads.

   If an operation with release semantics follows another memory access by the
   same thread, the operation will follow that other access as seen by other
   threads.

   Routines with "acq" or "full" in the name have acquire semantics.  Routines
   with "rel" or "full" in the name have release semantics.  Routines with
   "no_barrier" in the name have neither acquire not release semantics.

   The routines may be implemented as macros.

   // Atomic operations act on an intergral_type gpr_atm that is guaranteed to
   // be the same size as a pointer.
   typedef intptr_t gpr_atm;

   // A memory barrier, providing both acquire and release semantics, but not
   // otherwise acting on memory.
   void gpr_atm_full_barrier(void);

   // Atomically return *p, with acquire semantics.
   gpr_atm gpr_atm_acq_load(gpr_atm *p);

   // Atomically set *p = value, with release semantics.
   void gpr_atm_rel_store(gpr_atm *p, gpr_atm value);

   // Atomically add delta to *p, and return the old value of *p, with
   // the barriers specified.
   gpr_atm gpr_atm_no_barrier_fetch_add(gpr_atm *p, gpr_atm delta);
   gpr_atm gpr_atm_full_fetch_add(gpr_atm *p, gpr_atm delta);

   // Atomically, if *p==o, set *p=n and return non-zero otherwise return 0,
   // with the barriers specified if the operation succeeds.
   int gpr_atm_no_barrier_cas(gpr_atm *p, gpr_atm o, gpr_atm n);
   int gpr_atm_acq_cas(gpr_atm *p, gpr_atm o, gpr_atm n);
   int gpr_atm_rel_cas(gpr_atm *p, gpr_atm o, gpr_atm n);

   // Atomically, set *p=n and return the old value of *p
   gpr_atm gpr_atm_full_xchg(gpr_atm *p, gpr_atm n);
*/

#include <grpc/impl/codegen/port_platform.h>

#if defined(GPR_GCC_ATOMIC)
#include <grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_atomic.h>
#elif defined(GPR_GCC_SYNC)
#include <grpc/impl/codegen/atm_gcc_sync.h>
#elif defined(GPR_WINDOWS_ATOMIC)
#include <grpc/impl/codegen/atm_windows.h>
#else
#error could not determine platform for atm
#endif

#endif /* GRPC_IMPL_CODEGEN_ATM_H */

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'Fierce' Dogs All Pumped Up For a Brutal Fight Hilariously Stopped When The Gate Opens
Four aggressive dogs ready to tear each other apart. Turns out they are just all bark and no bite.
Wendy Rimes
In the world of social media, it's common for some people to act tough that it's easy for them to just throw hateful comments to others without feeling guilty. But behind the screens, these trolls are considered cowards who hide behind their keyboards who are not likely to retaliate once the situation changes. It turns out that the same thing can happen in the animal world.
Just like the dogs in the video below, which are seen ready to tear each other apart if it weren't only for the gate getting in the way. The dogs are observed crazily barking and even snapping at each other despite the gate separating them.
These dogs look like they are ready to tear each other apart.
Source: NTD TV
First, it was one versus two…
Then it became one versus three.
You'd think that if that the gate was not there in the first place, a brawl would inevitably ensue – but you just might be disappointed by what happens next.
Just as the gate slides to open, you would expect to see a savage brawl. You might start to assume that the dog on the left side, one that has no companion, would easily lose the brawl since there are three of them waiting on the other side of the gate. But it turns out nothing of that sort happened.
Watch the video below for the hilarious reaction from dogs once the gate opens.
Not one of them even dared to make the first move to attack. Well, at least none of them got hurt.
What are your thoughts on the video? Let us know in the comment box below.
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A China Zoo's Chubby Tigers Cause Giggles But Also Alarm Over the Big Cats' Health
These fat tigers are far from cute. They are very "ill", according to an animal expert.
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Tigers are majestic animals. They are fierce, strong, muscular creatures that blend with the tall grass and trees in the forest when they hunt their prey. And they are relentless when they stalk.
All this perceived ferocious predatory imagery, however, suddenly melts away when visitors at the Siberian Tiger Park in northeastern China's Harbin City behold the plump jungle cats lying around their enclosure.
Two Siberian tigers in the wild.
Game Warden Shoots at Two Deer with Tangled Antlers, Frees Them with One "Lucky Shot"
With one bullet shot, two beautiful animals get another chance to survive.
Deer, despite their seemingly gentle nature, can be vicious animals when provoked. This is especially true during mating season when randy bucks fight for dominance over who gets to mate with available females.
Sometimes it is a fight to the death.
Source: YouTube screen grab image
In these cases, the bucks get trapped and are unable to free themselves. They struggle against one another to free themselves. ...
Ruthless Rangers of Kaziranga Effectively Protects Rhinos By Shooting Poachers on Sight
Giving them a dose of their own medicine – but at what cost?
According to a report by the BBC, the Kaziranga National Park is home to two-thirds of the world's population of Indian one-horned rhinocheros. Located in Assam, India, the park was established a century ago and is now administered and managed by the Forest Department of the Government of Assam.
Back in the days, only a few rhinos were in the park. The number has now grown to 2,400 because of their conservation effort – and controversial approach towards the problem of poaching.
At Kaziranga, park rangers are authorized to shoot and kill poachers.
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Forum Post: Why the events of September 11, 2001 matter greatly, and why do many people not believe what we've been told about the events of that day?
The literature of 9/11 can be divided into US government documents, which support the official account of 9/11, and the body of literature that has emerged from the professional research community through dissatisfaction with the official account.
A 9/11 investigation was resisted by the White House and was only granted under pressure from the surviving families nearly two years after the event. The 9/11 Commission was a low-budget affair (costing a fraction of the Monica Lewinsky investigation) and tightly controlled by a White House insider, Philip Zelikow.
The 9/11 Commission Report ignored dozens of facts, including the sudden, straight-down collapse at 5:21 PM of World Trade Center 7, a 47-story steel-framed building that was two blocks from the Twin Towers and was not hit by an airplane.
The Report, which is incomplete and lacks peer review, can hardly be viewed as an evidence-based study.
The other central documents in the official account were prepared over a seven-year period by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in an attempt to explain the strange vertical, nearly free-fall collapses of the Twin Towers and Building 7. There was no consideration given to a controlled demolition hypothesis, although the attending firefighters and TV anchors (including CBS anchor Dan Rather and ABC anchor Peter Jennings suggested the uncanny similarity at the time.
Like The 9/11 Commission Report, the NIST reports were not peer-reviewed. Sixty days were given for public comment on the first draft, but the comments, and many serious concerns that were raised, were almost entirely ignored in writing the final report.
As the NIST reports were not peer-reviewed, they cannot be judged as evidence-based.
Most of the best evidence challenging the official story has been reported in ten highly documented books by Dr. David Ray Griffin, who had taught philosophy of religion, with a heavy focus on the relation between religion and science, for 35 years. His books, videotaped lectures, and online essays are available on a website.
a paper reporting the presence of nanothermite in the dust from the destruction of the World Trade Center; six papers in the February 2010 American Behavioral Scientist, indexed by 67 databases, and published as a whole issue on State Crimes Against Democracy, with 9/11 used as a primary example; an article in The Environmentalist, "Environmental Anomalies at the World Trade Center: Evidence for Energetic Materials;" a paper, "Extremely High Temperatures during the World Trade Center Destruction;" a science article countering popular myths about the WTC collapses; 59 peer-reviewed papers on the physics of 9/11 events, published since 2006 in the Journal of 9/11 Studies, and 67 letters between members of the academic community; 9 scholarly papers published as a compendium in 2006 by Elsevier Science Press, suggesting US complicity in a false flag operation. The Hidden History of 9-11-2001 was never reviewed in the mainstream press. Other resources include Morgan and Henshall's 9/11 Revealed  and Flight 93 Revealed; two books by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, America's War on Terrorism, and War and Globalisation: The Truth Behind September 11; and the Complete 9/11 Timeline investigative project.
Although the foregoing evidence against the official story has not been distilled into the systematic reviews and practice guidelines that are the products of evidence-based medicine, each claim has been either multiply peer-reviewed or substantially documented. All claims are based on continually updated and ongoing research.
This qualifies the independent research cited above as the best available evidence concerning the events of September 11.
Note: This summary has been excerpted and slightly revised from a paper published in the journal, Information for Social Change, August, 2010.
1 Pete Brush, "Bush Opposes 9/11 Query Panel," CBS News, May 23, 2002.
2 Philip Shenon, The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation, Twelve, 2008.
3 George Washington's Blog, "Whitewash," January 17, 2008.
4 David Ray Griffin, The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions, Olive Branch Press, 2004.
5 These reports are available at http://wtc.nist.gov/.
7 NIST. WTC 7 Public Comments Received (2008).
9 Niels H. Harrit, et al., "Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe." The Open Chemical Physics Journal, Vol. 2 (April 3, 2009), 7-31.
10 See February 2010 issue. The print issue is available for $24 from Sage Journals at journals@sagepub.com, telephone 1-800-818-7243.
11 Kevin R. Ryan, James R. Gourley, and Steven E. Jones, "Environmental Anomalies at the World Trade Center: Evidence for Energetic Materials," The Environmentalist, 29 (2009): 56-63.
12 Steven E. Jones et al., "Extremely High Temperatures during the World Trade Center Destruction," Journal of 9/11 Studies, January 2008.
13 Steven E. Jones, et al., "Fourteen Points of Agreement with Official Government Reports on the World Trade Center Destruction," The Open Civil Engineering Journal, Vol. 2, 2008, 35-40.
15 Zarembka, Paul, ed., The Hidden History of 9-11-2001, Elsevier, 2006. A second edition (paperback) from Seven Stories Press appeared in 2008.
16 Rowland Morgan and Ian Henshall, 9/11 Revealed: The Unanswered Questions, Carrol & Graf, 2005.
17 Rowland Morgan and Ian Henshall, Flight 93 Revealed: What Really Happened on the 9/11 Let's Roll Flight? Carroll & Graf, 2006.
18 Michel Chossudovsky, America's War on Terrorism, Hushion House, 2005.
19 Michel Chossudovsky, War and Globalisation: The Truth Behind September 11, Global Outlook, 2002.
20 History Commons, Complete 9/11 Timeline.
21 Elizabeth Woodworth, "Ethical Reflections on the 9/11 Controversy: Do Information Science and Media Professionals Have a Duty to Provide Evidence-Based Information to a Questioning Public?" Information for Social Change, No. 30, Summer 2010.
Mr Chavez and Ms Fernandez are close political allies Continue reading the main story Related Stories Argentine president has cancer Chavez says he is free of cancer 'Good progress' for Brazil's Lula Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has questioned whether the US has developed a secret technology to give cancer to left-wing leaders in Latin America.
Who next? Mr Chavez noted that US government scientists had infected Guatemalan prisoners with syphilis and other diseases in the 1940s, but that this had only come to light last year.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has beaten cancer, and Lula is fighting the disease The Venezuelan leader, who is 57, has often accused the US of plotting to overthrow or even kill him.
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Q: Cookies not loading in discord selenium python I have such a situation, I log into the discord and then save the cookies with this code
pickle.dump (driver.get_cookies (), open (r "cookies_discord.pkl", "wb"))
after which I switch to a new browser and try to load cookies on the https://discord.com/ discord page on it and save cookies
but after the cookies are loaded, the page is still not logged in to me
with twitter all the same works fine
here is the code for loading cookies
for cookie_discord in pickle.load (open (r "cookies_discord.pkl", "rb")):
driver.add_cookie (cookie_discord)

A: The browser version of Discord doesn't just use cookies for login.
However, you can get access to your account using your user token, which is a pretty long string that looks something like this:
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Ukraine: Neo-Nazi Insurgency (1945-1947)
29/01/2017 Adrian Chan-Wyles (PhD) - Political Commissar Leftwing Political Analysis, Lugansk Communist Party Leave a comment
'True, for a short time after the invasion of 1941, the Germans behaved like "liberators" of of the Ukraine, and were far less brutal there than in Russia proper. But this did not last long. By the beginning of 1942 Eastern Ukraine became the chief German reservoir for slave labour in the East. At least 2 or 3 million people – men and women – were deported to Germany. Alfred Rosenberg's "theory" that the Ukrainians were real Aryans, while the Russians were "Untermenschen", and that the former should, therefore, be given preferential treatment was dismissed by other top Nazis and Hitler himself as unrealistic; to Erich Koch, the Nazi Reichskonnissar of the Ukraine, the Ukrainians had, indeed, been Untermenschen from the start.'
(Alexander Werth: Russia – the Post-War Years Page 27-28)
Alexander Werth (1901-1969) was a Russian-born, British citizen who worked for the BBC as a journalist, and who was fluent in reading, writing and speaking both the English and Russian languages. This made him the ideal choice for the post of BBC Correspondent to the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). As a consequence of his Russian ethnicity (his bourgeois parents had left Russia to avoid the Bolshevik Revolution), he gained access to front-line Soviet Red Army activity as it was unfolding, and was often the first correspondent of any nationality, on the scene of major achievements, defeats or unsettling discoveries (such as Nazi German Concentration Camps situated in Eastern Europe). In fact, so popular was Alexander Werth in Soviet Russia, that he was permitted to interview Joseph Stalin in 1946. Both during and in the years following the end of WWII, Werth wrote many books about the USSR premised upon his own experience in that country, and presenting hard facts that often contradicted or exposed the general line of the US-led Cold War as being false and misinformed. What is interesting, is that following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the subsequent development of the internet, much of what Werth wrote has been confirmed through declassified Soviet language documents.
Alexander Werth was writing about the neo-Nazi insurgency in the Ukraine in his books during the height of the Cold War, explaining that although the Soviet Red Army expelled the main Nazi German military forces from the Ukraine after bitter and brutal fighting from early January 1943 until October 1944, what is less known in Western narratives is that an equally brutal Nazi insurgency began in Western Ukraine that lasted in its strongest phase between 1945 – 1947, but which is reported to have flared-up occasionally in the area until as late as 1955. Nazi German officers (who had not surrendered), led former Nazi German soldiers and volunteer Western Ukrainians in a guerilla formation termed the 'Ukrainian Insurgent Army' (UPA), which was a bizarre mixture of defeated and disorganised former Abwehr military formations, together with Western Ukrainians motivated by racist attitudes and anti-Semitism, and Cossack cavalry antagonistic to the Soviet Union. As it operated within the immense forested areas of Western Ukraine (making extensive use of tunnels, hidden bunkers and hollowed-out trees and hills, etc), the estimate of its strength varies between 25 to 100 thousand men under arms. The UPA operated with an intense brutality reminiscent of the Nazi German occupation forces. Any Ukrainian citizen that was loyal to the USSR, and who opposed Ukrainian nationalism and neo-Nazism, were rounded-up and murdered – with the women and young girls being gang-raped prior to execution. UPA murdering methods were often very similar to the those seen in modern insurgency wars such as seen in parts of Mexico or the Middle East today. This is because the UPA pursued 'terrorism' as a means to frighten and control the Ukrainian populace, and to instil a racist nationalism in place of Scientific Socialism. As Western Ukraine had been considered part of Poland from 1918 onward, the UPA received material and moral support from the Polish neo-Nazi group known as the 'Armija Krajowa', which operated either side of the Polish-Ukrainian border.
This neo-Nazi insurgency was limited to Western Ukraine primarily because these people had been part of the USSR for only a relatively short time, whereas Eastern Ukraine had been part of Russia for centuries. The Soviet Socialist education system had not yet been effective in Western Ukraine, as it had not been fully established, and been unable to re-educate the people there against racism, fascist nationalism and anti-Semitism. The Nazi German presence there had encouraged the most vicious expressions of the bourgeois class, which had congealed into the most vicious expression of murderous fascism amongst the people. As consequence, the Soviet Red Army that had entered the area in 1944, came under attack from the UPA after the Nazi German military forces had formally withdrawn from the area (retreating back to Germany). However, evidence was discovered that US and UK Intelligence Agencies were in communication with the UPA, encouraging resistance to the Soviet Authorities, and providing arms, ammunition, medicines, money, radios, transport, and even evacuation facilities. As the Soviet Red Army was still, at that time, an ally of both the UK and US, the Red Army Authorities were reluctant to directly clash with Western-backed insurgency forces before Hitler had finally been defeated in Berlin. This decision was influenced in part, by the death of Soviet Red Army General Nikolai Vatutin (of the 1st Ukrainian Front), who was killed during an attack launched by the UPA. As a consequence, as the Soviet Red Army moved further westward toward Germany, the specially trained infantry of the NKVD (or armed paramilitary police), were moved into the Western Ukrainian area, charged with putting an end to the neo-Nazi insurgency. The NKVD met UPA viciousness with viciousness, and in a two year bloody war of attrition, the UPA and its neo Nazi movement was eventually destroyed.
It is stated that in 1944 alone – when the Soviet Red Army and NKVD were jointly operating in the area, as many as 57,405 neo-Nazis were killed, with 50,387 detained. From 1945 to 1947 – the UPA started to fall apart as the NKVD targeted its leadership, and the Western powers abandoned the UPA to its own devices. Although the neo-Nazism in Western Ukraine was officially stamped-out in the military sense, the ideology of neo-Nazism has lived on, hidden deeply amongst certain aspects of the Western Ukrainian people. In recent years, particularly under President Obama of the US, this neo-Nazism has been re-activated in Western Ukraine, and a neo-Nazi government (that extols Adolf Hitler) has been installed in Kiev.
Russian Language Reference:
http://geo-politica.info/kak-sovetskie-spetssluzhby-razgromili-oun-upa.html (Accessed 29.1.2017)
English Language References:
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1946/09/24.htm (Accessed 29.1.2016)
Werth, Alexander, Russia – the Post-War Year, Taplinger, (1971)
Werth, Alexander, Russia at War 1941-1945, Barrie and Rockliff, (1964)
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The dime novels spawned a number of characters who found their way into popular culture. Although most are now forgotten, many were influential in the evolution of mainstream entertainment.
Boy wonders
Long before the Harry Potter phenomenon, readers enjoyed reading about the school-day adventures of young prodigies. Perhaps the first major "boy wonder" character was Jack Harkaway, an orphan who eventually graduates from Oxford, having globe-trotting adventures before and after. Harkaway's adventures became a bit hard to follow toward the end: his original author, Bracebridge Hemyng, split with his British publisher to work in America. At this point, the original publisher hired new writers to continue the series in England while Hemyng wrote new adventures in America. Needless to say, continuity suffers when readers try to reconcile these two incompatible continuations of the story.[1]
The American answer to Jack Harkaway, Frank Merriwell made his way to Yale rather than Oxford, and his adventures had a heavier emphasis on sports than Harkaway's, but the target audience was the same. The Merriwell stories were so successful that Frank was eventually provided with a younger brother named Dick so that some of Frank's old haunts could be revisited.[2] Other imitators attempting to profit from the Harkaway/Merriwell formula included Fred Fearnot, Phil Rushington, Jack Lightfoot, Dick Daresome and Jack Standfast.[3]
Although most dime novels were designed to be read in any order, and their heroes rarely changed significantly from book to book, these school adventures offer an exception to the rule, allowing readers to follow their heroes through many major life events.
Before Sherlock Holmes became the world's most famous detective, a variety of sleuths solved crimes in the pages of dime novels. However, the traditional dime novel detective tended to favor action and excitement over logical deduction.
Old Sleuth, first seen in 1872, was initially portrayed as a young man disguised as an old man, but in later books he was simply an aged detective.[4] Old Cap. Collier, who appeared on the scene in 1883, foreshadowed later superhero tales with his mysterious background and superhuman strength.[5] Nick Carter was easily the longest-running dime novel detective; his first adventure took place in 1891, but the character was repeatedly reinvented over the years, and new books were still being written about him as recently as 1990.[6] Although he couldn't rival Nick Carter for longevity, Old King Brady, a Roman Catholic detective, still managed to feature in a large number of adventures between 1885 and 1912, sometimes in combination with another popular character named Young Sleuth. The Old King Brady stories are also noteworthy for providing a slightly more realistic portrayal of detective work than the average dime novel.[7]
Some of the early science fiction that appeared in dime novels dealt with fantastic inventions, and by far the most famous dime novel inventors were Frank Reade and his son Frank Reade, Jr. Over the course of nearly 200 stories published between 1876 and 1899, these heroes explored the world and overcame dangers with the help of steam-powered inventions.[8] Another popular inventor character was Jack Wright, who was active in the 1890's in more than 100 adventures, all written by Luis P. Senarens, the author of many Frank Reade Jr. tales.[9] While many of Wright's adventures involved undersea exploration, they were certainly not limited to that domain -- in an unusual example of crossover fiction, Wright once encountered Jesse and Frank James. In another intersection of real-life personas and dime novel adventure, a fictionalized version of Tom Edison, Jr. had nearly a dozen published adventures in 1891 and 1892.[10]
The exploits of outlaws were a popular subject of many early dime novels. Some of these stories were inherited from the British penny dreadful tradition, such as the adventures of highwayman Dick Turpin[11], but others had a distinctly American flavor. The (substantially fictionalized) adventures of Jesse James and his brother Frank were an early and popular example.[12] Concerns from postal authorities about distributing works glorifying banditry eventually led to the decline of this subgenre.[13]
Western heroes
Given the broad popularity of Western stories, it is not surprising that dime novels introduced a number of long-running characters in the genre. Deadwood Dick, one of the earliest recurring dime novel characters, arrived on the scene in 1877.[14] Something of an anti-hero, he wore black and openly defied the law.[15] Many of his adventures involved attempts to move on from his outlaw past. He eventually had a son, Deadwood Dick, Jr., who had his own series of adventures.[16] The similarly-named Diamond Dick was a more unambiguously heroic cowboy in jewel-encrusted clothes, featured in stories between 1878 and 1911; his son, Diamond Dick, Jr., also took the spotlight for a number of adventures.[17] In the later years of the dime novel era, Young Wild West arrived on the scene; as his name suggests, he is a youthful hero, orphaned as a baby but blessed with tremendous luck and skill for the remainder of his days. He featured in more than 600 stories between 1902 and 1915.[18]
Working-girls
While there were few recurring characters in the dime novel romances – the formula did not lend itself to sequels – there were important archetypes to be found. One of the most prominent was the "working-girl," the young woman forced to work for a living. Books like Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl; or, Death at the Wheel and Leonie Locke; or The Romance of a Beautiful New York Working-Girl told variations of the Cinderella story using the then-contemporary issue of growing female employment.[19]
1. J. Randolph Cox, The Dime Novel Companion: A Source Book (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2000), 128-30.
2. Ibid., 170-3.
3. Edward T. LeBlanc, "A Brief History of Dime Novels: Formats and Contents, 1860-1933" in Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes: Dime Novels, Series Books, and Paperbacks, ed. Larry E. Sullivan and Lydia Cushman Schurman (New York: Haworth Press, 1996), 18.
4. Cox, Companion, 201-2.
5. Edmund Pearson, Dime Novels; or, Following an Old Trail in Popular Literature (1929; repr., Port Washington: Kennikat Press, 1968), 138-90.
6. Cox, Companion, 51-2.
7. Ibid., 199-201.
10. Ibid., 94-5.
11. Ibid., 269.
12. John Springhall, Youth, Popular Culture and Moral Panics: Penny Gaffs to Gangsta Rap, 1830-1996 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998), 171.
13. Cox, Companion, 17.
14. LeBlanc, "Brief," 16.
15. Michael Denning, Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working Culture in America, (London: Verso, 1987), 157.
16. Cox, Companion, 73-4.
18. Ibid., 297-8.
19. Denning, Mechanic, 185-200.
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