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Today's team review is from Olga, she blogs here https://www.authortranslatorolga.com
Olga has been reading The Lost Letters by Sarah Mitchell
The novel tells two stories centred in two different times, one set in the 1940s, mostly in WWII Norfolk, although with some visits to London, and another taking place now, also set in Norfolk in its majority. The chapters set in the past are written in the past tense from the point of view of Sylvia, a married woman, mother of two children, still pining for her teenage love. When her aunt dies she leaves her a beach hut and through it she meets Connie, a girl from London, and her brother Charlie. Despite the distance and the difficulty in maintaining communication during the war, they become friends, and their lives intertwine in unexpected ways.
The chapters set in the present are written in the present tense (something I must confess took me some time to get used to, although it means it is very difficult to get confused as to where you are or who is talking), and told from the point of view of Martha, a Canadian teacher whose father was evacuated during the war from England to Canada. Following the death of her father and gaps in the information about his childhood (as he was working on an autobiography when he died), she decides to use the opportunity offered by her father's plane ticket and the hotel and beach hut he had booked to do some research into his past.
Both women, whose stories most readers will guess must be connected in some way, have their own problems. Sylvia's marriage is not exactly happy, the war takes her husband away, and apart from the everyday danger and destruction, she has to face the evacuation of her son. The author manages to create a good sense of the historical period and, in particular, of women's lives during the war, without being heavy-handed in the use of descriptions or over-the-top in the nostalgic front. We experience the character's turmoil, her doubts, and although we might not always agree with her decisions, it is easy to empathise and understand why she does what he does.
Martha is at a bit of a loss. She is divorced and although her ex-husband has moved on (he has remarried and has twins), it is not that clear if she has, as she still sends him birthday cards and seems jealous of her daughter's relationship with her father's new wife. She knows her relationship with her daughter Janey, who is studying at Cambridge, is strained but seems to have forgotten how to communicate with her. Her research into her father's childhood and past gives her a focus, and the mystery behind Catkins (a file her sister finds in her father's computer) and his/her identity help give her a purpose.
We have some male characters (and Martha's father and his past are at the centre of the novel), but this is a novel about women: about mothers and daughters, about friends, about women pulling together to survive and to get stronger (I particularly enjoyed the chapters set during the war recalling the tasks women were doing in the home front, and how they supported each other becoming all members of an extended family), about the difficult decisions women were (and are) faced with for the good of their families and their children. The author is very good at conveying the thought processes of her characters and although it also has a great sense of place (and I am sure people familiar with Norfolk will enjoy the book enormously, and those of us who don't know it as well will be tempted to put it on our list to visit in the future), in my opinion, its strongest point is its great psychological depth.
The book is well researched and it has a lightness of touch, avoiding the risk of slowing down the story with unnecessary detail or too much telling. As the different timelines are kept clearly separate I do not think readers will have any difficulty moving from one to the other.
The book flows well and the intrigue drives the reader through the pages, with red herrings and twists and turns included, although its pace is contemplative, as it pertains to the theme. It takes its time, and it allows its readers to get to know the characters and to make their own conjectures. I worked out what was likely to be the connection slightly before it was revealed, but it is very well done, and I don't think readers will be disappointed by the ending.
A great first book, that pulls at the heartstrings, recommended to lovers of historical fiction and women's fiction, especially those interested in WWII and the home front in the UK. I will be following the author's career with interest in the future.
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Norfolk, 1940: Sylvia's husband Howard has gone off to war, and she is struggling to raise her two children alone. Her only solace is her beach hut in Wells-Next-The-Sea, and her friendship with Connie, a woman she meets on the beach. The two women form a bond that will last a lifetime, and Sylvia tells Connie something that no-one else knows: about a secret lover… and a child.
Canada, present day: When Martha's beloved father dies, he leaves her two things: a mysterious stash of letters to an English woman called 'Catkins' and directions to a beach hut in the English seaside town of Wells. Martha is at a painful crossroads in her own life, and seizes this chance for a trip to England – to discover more about her family's past, and the identity of her father's secret correspondent.
The tragedy of war brought heartbreaking choices for Sylvia. And a promise made between her and Connie has echoed down the years. For Martha, if she uncovers the truth, it could change everything…
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Thanks, Rosie. A fabulous book!
This is one I'll have to read. I love historical fiction and women's novels and novels set during WW!!, so I hear this one calling to me. A wonderful review, Olga.
A wonderful review, Olga. Sounds nostalgic, and the cover is lovely. 🙂
You write such wonderful reviews, Olga! I do love WW II historical bits, and I think I will download this book!
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Gooseneck vs Fifth Wheel: Which is better?
If you need to tow something, then you need an excellent hitch in your corner. Forget the traditional receiver hitch. That won't do you any good with heavy towing. Think of Gooseneck and 5th wheel which are some of the best hitches in the market when it comes to towing heavy things that regular class 3 or 4 hitches couldn't handle.
Gooseneck and 5th wheel hitches are often used with pickup truck beds. They are however not only limited to only SUVs, and large trucks. Most vehicles can support a hitch, and if it doesn't have an allowance for one, you can get an aftermarket gooseneck hitch.
But if we put the two against each other, which one will win this battle?
We will help you scout for the best option via a product specific review.
This is a product by B&W Trailer Hitches which produces American made towing products.
The company prides itself in being the first to pioneer how the industry viewed and reinvented the Turnoverball Gooseneck Hitch.
Instead of a hitch that was permanently molded on the bed of a truck, they created a hitch that came with mounting hardware underneath the truck bed and a ball that can turn over.
The idea came from Roger Bake, a classic car restorer, and Joe Works, a farmer who later transferred ownership to B&W to carry on with the legacy after they retired.
Now the company has expanded its market by manufacturing a wide range of towing products in its nearly 500,000 square-foot facilities.
As a rule of thumb, Gooseneck hitches are often used in working trailers.
Reason being that it can tow a trailer of up to 25, 000 pounds.
It is the best tool to convert a level bed into a hitch and back when you don't need it. A metal plate characterizes a Gooseneck hitch fitted directly under/on a vehicle box.
The trailer and the towing truck is connected with couplers and a ball. The ball is mounted in the middle of the truck bed as opposed to the bumper as with other hitches.
A safety chain is often provided with the hitch to ensure that the trailer doesn't fly off from the pickup in case of hitch failure.
The connection point is on the bed of a 1-ton or 3/3 ton pickup truck and right at the front of the truck's rear axle. On the first look, you will notice that the B&W Gooseneck hitch has a sturdy design and a shiny finish.
The finish makes it both corrosion and rust resistant thereby making it very durable.
The B&W Gooseneck hitch is installed on the frame lines on trucks with electrical wires, fuel lines or brake lines.
Ensure to check the location of the fuel/brake/electrical line in your truck before you start installing the hitch.
Be careful not to damage them when fastening the hitch or drilling holes into the bed.
The turnover ball design makes this hitch a universal fit for most trailers, and you only need to drill a 4" hole for the turnover ball to pass through.
The B&W Gooseneck hitch will suit your needs whether you are an avid camper, fisherman or a farmer who hauls livestock around.
The B&W Gooseneck hitch is easy to install for every professional DIYer who is mechanically inclined.
You will also save a lot of money in mechanical expenses. It doesn't require bed removal so you can easily install the hitch without assistance.
It provides first-rate hauling of a heavy trailer, recreational vehicle or even a boat. Everything about this product screams high quality and durability.
The fact that it is American made is enough reason to buy it and support the American economy and its workers.
Pro Series has raised the bar in the production of trailer hitches and towing accessories since its inception in 2002.
It operates under the corporate banner of Cequent where it has built its incredible catalog of well-engineered parts.
Pro-Series hitches are marked by high-quality weight distribution which will allow you to tow at your vehicle's maximum towing rate and at the same time maintain an adequate amount of tongue weight.
The same expertise is used by the company to build high-performance components like hand-cranked winches and ball mounts.
The Pro Series 20k fifth wheel hitch has a legion of following from towing professionals.
This is because it shows superior towing and safety has a dual jaw system that envelopes the kingpin to reduce wear.
You will notice that the jaws surrounding the kingpin in fifth wheel hitches are always pointed downwards, that is facing away from the plate. Its side joints are lubricated and clamped to tighten it and also to enhance efficient operation.
Lubrication is necessary as the plates of the trailer and the hitch are constantly rubbing up against each other when driving.
They can even heat up from friction and wear out if you regularly drive over gravel/rugged surfaces.
The kingpin now does the final job of making the connection secure by getting locked inside the hitch. The hitch can, however, make rotations during turns.
The truck bed space is significantly reduced when you install the hitch, and you may not have enough room to put your cargo in there.
The 20K Fifth wheel hitch has an overall towing capacity of 20,000 pounds.
In many states, passengers can only ride in trailers that have a fifth wheel set up as it is considered to be a safer option.
The fifth wheel is also a go-to hitch for pulling camping trailers and RV's.
Many states recommend using a fifth wheel hitch if you are going to reside in the trailer being towed by the hitch.
It is therefore popular with campers. It also pulls a significant amount of weight and is the best choice for simplicity and safety.
When installed correctly, the hitch shifts the weight of the towed trailer from the back to the front axle. This, in turn, improves weight distribution and braking control of your towing vehicle.
It also minimizes sway and offers a smoother, level ride.
The Fifth wheel 20K hitch is your number one traveling companion for a long tow ride.
The winner here depends on your towing needs and regulations governing towing trailers in your state.
You should also consider your ride's pulling ability. You can get that in your owner's manual. You need to own at least a ¾ ton / 1 ton or more massive truck to use either hitch.
If you would like to use the hitch on a vehicle that's ferrying people, then the best buy would be a fifth wheel hitch especially if you have an RV or a camping trailer.
A fifth wheel hitch is also recommended for large full-size trucks for safety, easy maneuverability and stability.
On the other hand, if you need to use the space on your truck bed, then go for a smaller profile hitch like the Gooseneck.
Though a Gooseneck doesn't carry passengers, it allows you to tow a larger weight capacity in comparison to the Fifth Wheel Hitch.
A Gooseneck hitch also comes at a friendlier price than the fifth wheel.
Bottom line is go for the fifth wheel if you want to carry passengers and the gooseneck for carrying bulky and heavy cargo.
We wouldn't wrap up our review without giving you something else to consider.
Information is after all power. So take a look at our bonus pick.
Anderson Hitches is a US-based manufacturing brand that has had over 50 years' experience in the industry.
It has its headquarters in Idaho Falls and boasts of running a staggering 102,000 square foot manufacturing plant.
They currently serve the towing industry with first class towing products for 5th wheels and trailers.
The Anderson hitch 3220 is a lightweight but strong hitch that makes towing life quite easy and convenient.
It's suitable for a standard bed, long bed trucks and short bed.
It comes with a ball-funnel that makes hook-up and removal a one-person job.
It is made of sturdy, corrosion and rust resistant aluminum material, and you will, therefore, get a long life from this work of art.
You will be happy to know that it also features a greaseless coupler.
Meaning that you don't have to deal with having dirty hands every time you are hooking it up to the bed.
What's more is that the coupler rolls on a ball and thus has more swivel in every direction.
This feature will enable you to couple or uncouple your trailer even in the most rugged terrain.
The ball has a 3" adjustable height and reduces friction from the pressure exerted by the coupler.
This baby will, therefore, give you a consistently smooth ride with easy maneuverability and can handle sharp cornering.
The Anderson Hitch 3220 is light, durable and a high-quality product.
The installation is straightforward and can be handled by one person.
It pulls with ease and cornering is no longer a difficult job when towing.
The best part is that you no longer have to deal with loud noises that make you wonder if your hitch has broken down or if it's about to slip off.
What is the difference between a fifth wheel and gooseneck?
Is Fifth Wheel better than gooseneck?
Can you pull a 5th wheel with a gooseneck?
Is a gooseneck better than a bumper pull?
Can you haul a 5th wheel with a short bed truck?
Can you tow a fifth wheel with a ball hitch?
A gooseneck hitch uses a ball and a coupler to establish a connection with the trailer. A fifth wheel uses a kingpin funnel to establish the same link.
Gooseneck hitches are used primarily by trailers transporting goods while fifth wheel hitches are more suitable for haulers ferrying passengers.
A gooseneck is also less expensive than a fifth wheel.
Seeing that they have different applications, there is technically no hitch that is better than the other.
However, you can argue that the fifth wheel is better in that it can be used for transporting humans.
If you already have a Gooseneck hitch ball mounted on your truck bed and need to tow a 5th wheeler, you can be creative with how you do it.
Just buy a 5th wheel hitch and set it on top of the ball hole of the gooseneck hitch.
Alternatively, you could get an adapter that lets you connect the fifth wheel trailer's kingpin to the gooseneck ball.
Yes, a gooseneck has a larger weight towing capacity of 25,000 to up to 30,000 pounds.
A bumper pull is a more traditional hitch and is more suitable for small RVs or trailers.
If you need to tow a larger weight, then you should go for the gooseneck which is more suitable for larger trucks.
Yes, you can, but the problem will be that the fifth wheel hitch will take up most of the space in the bed.
You have to be willing to sacrifice using the bed as a storage space.
Yes, you can. Just get the right fifth wheel towing hitch like the Pro Series 20K or the Anderson 3220.
From the review, we get the impression that both the Gooseneck and Fifth Wheel hitches are great choices for large trailers.
We also understand that at the end of the day you will pick a hitch depending on the application.
Nonetheless, you should always be an informed buyer and go for the most reliable and durable hitch in the market.
Our review highlighted some of the best so you won't go wrong if you give them a shot.
I have been looking at getting a gooseneck hitch for my trailer. Before reading this, I did not know that gooseneck hitches were better for hauling weight but worse for people. This is good to know in case I ever get an RV.


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The event seemed to attract approximately twenty guests. About half of them accepted an anti-Proposition 14 flyer before entering the restaurant. Two of the guests added that they have no idea what Proposition 14 does. One guest acknowledged that the measure is unfair to minor party members.
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YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region Team of the Month: Notre Dame High School's Boys Basketball Team
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Notre Dame High School's boys basketball team won a silver medal at the OFSAA A championships.
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About: Notre Dame High School's boys basketball team won a silver medal at the OFSAA A championships. The team from the city's west side entered as the 11 seed and upset 9th ranked Aldershot High School, 8th ranked Villanova High School, No. 1 O'Gorman High School in overtime, and 7th ranked Nicholson Catholic College to make it to the gold medal game. Notre Dame held the lead through three quarters, but ended up losing to Almonte District High School 68-65 in the championship game.
Roster: Nathan Courie, Gerrome Choeung-Boateng, Hassan Badreddine, Gordon Pierre Jerome, Basota Mattews, Hussein Badreddine, Weslley De Carvalho, Dominique Carnegie, Farouk Meguader, Adem Morrison, Luis Micourt, Omar Morrison.
E-mail editor@sportsottawa.com to nominate your Stars! Please include Athlete or Team's Name, Player Roster, and why they should be recognized. Courtesy of the YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region, the selected Stars of the Month will receive free passes to the Y.
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The People's Choice Award, selected through in-person and online voting, went to Wildman Chalmers Design, which oversaw the creation of BNY Mellon's Innovation Center on the 12th floor of BNY Mellon Center in Pittsburgh. The 32,000-square-foot space, which opened in April, has an open floor plan and can accommodate as many as 350 employees. To read the full article from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, click here.


The Numbers Brewing Co. announced it has recently obtained a license to begin distributing its line of craft beers in West Virginia. The microbrewery is partnering with Weirton-based Wine & Beverage Merchants of West Virginia to distribute its product throughout the Mountain State starting this week. Numbers Brewing is currently available at 50 locations in Ohio and West Virginia,. The news comes just a month after Numbers Brewing broke ground on a new 2,000-square-foot brewing facility at its North Beaver Street location. It will house a 15-barrel Deutsche Brewing System capable of producing 30 kegs of beer at a time and replaces the 2-1/2 barrel system in use.
The Columbiana-Mahoning County U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is announcing that Bryan Snyder, New Springfield, and James Beardsley, Salem, have been elected to represent their local administrative areas (LAA) during the recent county committee election. Every FSA office is served by a county committee made up of local farmers, ranchers and foresters who are elected by local producers. Committee members impact the administration of FSA within a community by applying their knowledge and judgment to help FSA make important decisions on its commodity support programs, conservation programs, indemnity and disaster programs, emergency programs and eligibility. In addition, members impact producers through their decision making, help shape the culture of a local FSA office, ensure the fair and equitable administration of FSA farm programs as well as conduct hearing and reviews as requested by the state committee and are accountable to the Secretary of Agriculture. For more information, visit www.fsa.usda.gov/elections or contact the local FSA office at 424-5525 or 330-533-5428.


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AFGRI is a leading agricultural services company that focuses on grain commodities and agricultural services and equipment, while incorporating a long-term vision of food security across Africa. As part of their sponsorship program, AFGRI gives support to the Vodacom Bulls, which are a professional rugby union team based in Pretoria, South Africa.
As part of a promotion, AFGRI wanted to create a miniature RC truck body to be used to carry on the kicking tee at Currie Cup Rugby games. They approached Rapid 3D to find a solution utilizing a large format 3D printer from 3D Platform. Now completed, the RC truck is branded with the AFGRI logo, and often featured during televised rugby games.
Most of the time, a car accident victim with trauma to the face will undergo hours of surgery in the operating room, as doctors work to rebuild the damaged area based on their best analysis of how the face might have looked before (usually using a CT scan).
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Rove: McCain's 'steep uphill climb' and dissension in the GOP ranks
October 27, 2008 in Barack Obama, John McCain, McCain, Obama, Palin, Republican, Sarah Palin | Tags: dissension, Fox News Sunday, GOP, GOP nominee John McCain, McCain campaign, Rove, Sarah Palin, Sen. Obama, steep hill, uphill climb, vice presidential nominee | Leave a comment
Former White House adviser Karl Rove, credited with winning two elections for President Bush, on Sunday said GOP nominee John McCain has a "very steep hill to climb" in his quest for the presidency.
Rove, who often puts a positive spin on things for the GOP, on "Fox News Sunday" offered a bleaker assessment of the state of the race from a Republican point of view. In his own electoral map, Rove has Democratic nominee Barack Obama ahead with 317 electoral votes after moving Ohio, Indiana, Colorado and Virginia to the Illinois senator's column.
The GOP analyst noted that McCain would have to turn things around in all four states and sweep the remaining toss-up states in order to win the necessary electoral votes to prevail.
"It's a steep uphill climb," he said.
Rove added that McCain could turn the race if he is only down up to six points in national points. However, with the RealClearPolitics average of national polls putting Obama ahead by eight points, Rove said it would be "difficult" to make up that ground.
"What he's got to do is pound home on two big messages. One message is, 'I'm right on the issues and he's wrong when it comes to taxes and the war on terror, and I'm experienced and ready to be president, and whatever his strengths and skills are, he, Sen. Obama, is not ready to be president'," Rove said. "And you've got to make that message in a handful of states and repeat it constantly and hope that your ground game on Election Day is able to give you a point or two more beyond what the polls show you having."
The GOP strategist also commented on signs that there is dissension within the ranks of the McCain campaign, including stress between vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her handlers.
"It is a sign of undisciplined people who do not have the loyalty that they ought to have to the candidate whom they're serving," he said. "And it's a sad sight to see. Nobody makes themselves look good by this process."
Rove also acknowledged that this kind of infighting generally happens "in campaigns that are behind, and people want to make certain they escape with the best reputation they can."
Petraeus Talk Bolsters Obama: "You have to talk to enemies."
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While McCain Backs Petraeus, General Sounds Notes That Harmonize With Democratic Nominee.
Gen. David Petraeus (WDCpix)
Throughout Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, the Republican nominee has wrapped himself in the mantle of U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, proclaiming himself the leading advocate of the former commanding general in Iraq who devised last year's controversial troop surge. Yet during a talk Wednesday about Iraq at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington policy organization, Petraeus repeatedly made statements that bolstered the foreign-policy proposals of Sen. Barack Obama, McCain's Democratic rival, or cut against McCain's own lines.
Petraeus relinquished command in Iraq last month. He assumes responsibility for U.S. Central Command later this month, putting him in charge of U.S. forces in the Middle East and South Asia.
As a serving military officer, Petraeus attempted to avoid any explicit political discussion. "I'm not walking into minefields now," Petraeus said, to laughter, when asked a question that referred to Tuesday night's presidential debate. In fact, the general averred that he didn't watch the debate.
Yet Petraeus, whether intentionally or not, often waded into areas of dispute between Obama and McCain involving Afghanistan, negotiating with adversaries and other recent campaign controversies. Each time, the general either lent tacit support to Obama or denied tacit support to McCain.
Unbidden, Petraeus discussed whether his strategy in Iraq — protecting the population while cleaving apart the insurgency through reconciliation efforts to crush the remaining hard-core enemies — could also work in Afghanistan. The question has particular salience as Petraeus takes over U.S. Central Command, which will put him at the helm of all U.S. troops in the Middle East and South Asia, thereby giving him a large role in the Afghanistan war.
"Some of the concepts used in Iraq are transplantable [to Afghanistan] while others perhaps are not," he said. "Every situation is unique."
Petraeus pointed to efforts by Hamid Karzai's government to negotiate a deal with the Taliban that would potentially bring some Taliban members back to power, saying that if they are "willing to reconcile," it would be "a positive step."
In saying that, Petraeus implicitly allied with U.S. Army Gen. David McKiernan, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Last week, McKiernan rejected the idea of replicating the blend of counterinsurgency strategy employed in Iraq. "The word that I don't use in Afghanistan is the word 'surge,'" McKiernan said, opting against recruiting Pashtun tribal fighters to supplement Afghan security forces against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. "There are countless other differences between Iraq and Afghanistan," he added.
McCain, however, has argued that the Afghanistan war is ripe for a direct replication of Petraeus' Iraq strategy of population-centric counterinsurgency. "Sen. Obama calls for more troops," McCain said in the Sept. 26 debate, "but what he doesn't understand, it's got to be a new strategy, the same strategy that he condemned in Iraq. It's going to have to be employed in Afghanistan."
McCain qualified that statement in Tuesday's debate, but clung to it while discussing Afghanistan and Pakistan. "Gen. Petraeus had a strategy," McCain said, "the same strategy — very, very different, because of the conditions and the situation — but the same fundamental strategy that succeeded in Iraq. And that is to get the support of the people."
Petraeus also came out unambiguously in his talk at Heritage for opening communications with America's adversaries, a position McCain is attacking Obama for endorsing. Citing his Iraq experience, Petraeus said, "You have to talk to enemies." He added that it was necessary to have a particular goal for discussion and to perform advance work to understand the motivations of his interlocutors.
All that was the subject of one of the most contentious tussles between McCain and Obama in the first presidential debate, with Obama contending that his intent to negotiate with foreign adversaries without "precondition" did not mean that he would neglect diplomatic "preparation."
McCain, apparently perceiving an opportunity for attack, Tuesday again used Obama's comments to attack his judgment. "Sen. Obama, without precondition, wants to sit down and negotiate with them, without preconditions," McCain said, referring to Iran.
Yet Petraeus emphasized throughout his lecture that reaching out to insurgent groups — some "with our blood on their hands," he said — was necessary to the ultimate goal of turning them against irreconcilable enemies like Al Qaeda in Iraq.
Petraeus favorably cited the example of one of his British deputies, who in a previous assignment had to negotiate with Martin McGuiness of the Irish Republican Army, responsible for killing some of the British commander's troops. The British officer, Petraeus said, occasionally wanted to "reach across the table" and choke his former adversary but understood that such negotiations were key to ending a war.
Petraeus reflected at length on the need to "take away and hold the strongholds and safe havens" possessed by Al Qaeda in Iraq during 2007 and 2008, saying that without doing so, the rest of the counterinsurgency strategy "won't work." While he did not initially make reference to Al Qaeda's much greater presence in the Federal Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, it was hard not to hear the overtones of the current argument over Pakistan policy between Obama and McCain.
McCain has attacked Obama for explicitly stating conditions under which he would order U.S. military action against the senior leadership of Al Qaeda in Pakistan, deriding that by saying Obama is "going to attack Pakistan," while advocating that the Pakistanis perform the task instead of U.S. troops.
Source: Washington Independent


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Theology is simply the study of God.
The word 'theology' actually comes from two greek words, theos and logos, the former meaning "God" and the latter meaning "word," and when put together they essentially form "Word about God," or, perhaps more accurately, "the study, or learning, of God." Take it down to a less literal level, however, and it can become more like "one's belief about God," which may or may not expand itself into study. Everyone has a basis for their own theology, as it forms your most basic worldview; an atheist, for example, subscribes to an atheistic theology, and a Hindi to a polytheistic theology. Your theological view defines how you experience God, and how you further your relationship with Him.
Studying theology does not need to take place at seminary, or through specific classes with strict instruction, no, when you do something even as simple as opening a Bible to read what is written within you are working on theological studies – what you read there will change the way you think about things – it may solidify what you already believe, or present a new way of thinking. Spending time with other believers, or talking on a Christian forum (r/christianity is a good start) can help too – theology is one of the greatest foundations of what you believe, what dictates your decisions, and how you interact with others. Theology is the lifetime study of God, and seeking His knowledge and wisdom.


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Анджело Марія Бандінеллі (; ? — після 1673) — генеральний поштмістр Речі Посполитої.

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Син Мікеланджело, внук Бандінеллі Бартоломея — відомого різьбяра з Флоренції, званого Баччіо.

В 1654 році був королівським секретарем Яна ІІ. В цей час писав король до великого князя Тоскани листи-ручання. В 1662 році за привілеєм Яна ІІ став генеральним поштмістром Речі Посполитої замість померлого Карло Монтелупі. Через труднощі на роботі подав у відставку в 1669 році. В 1673 році перебував на батьківщині, де перебував на службі великого князя Тоскани в Портоферайо на острові Ельби. За Адамом Бонєцким, мав він бути королівським ротмістром, бути шляхтичем Речі Посполитої, мав дружину Катажину Стружбічівну. В Речі Пополитій залишився його син Франціско (Францішек) — духівник, який інформував секретаріат великого князя Тоскани про політично-військове становище, провадив незакінчені справи батька в РП.

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 Kaczmarczyk K. Bandinelli Anioł Marja z Florencji // Polski Słownik Biograficzny. — Warszawa — Kraków — Łódź — Poznań — Wilno — Zakopane: Nakładem Polskiej Akademji Umiejętności, Skład Główny w Księgarniach Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1935. — Т. 1, zeszyt 1. — Reprint: Kraków: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1989. — S. 255—256. — ISBN 8304034840.

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In May, the AGRICURB team returned to the north of Morocco to continue weed survey and isotope sampling of modern crop fields. We were based at Bellota, an agroecology centre 30km from Chefchaouen in the Rif region of Morocco. The centre promotes a sustainable and holistic approach to agriculture, offering training courses to local farmers to help them improve the fertility of their soil, without the use of chemical fertilisers.
The trip proved to be particularly interesting because of the prevalence of extensively managed pulse fields – broad bean, bitter vetch, lentil and chickpea. This is the first time that we have carried out weed surveys and isotope sampling on such extensively managed pulse fields (up to 1 hectare in area), which will provide a contrast to the results of previous studies on intensively cultivated garden plots in Evvia, Greece and Asturias, Spain.
For more information about the work at Bellota, here is a video of Salaheddin El Azzouzi describing the project (in French).
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Accomplished Woman Hillary Clinton Gets Nice Haircut, All Hell Breaks Loose
Breaking news: Woman consistently in public eye attends to her looks.
By Emma Gray
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This is Hillary Clinton, a wildly successful woman and potential future world leader who sometimes spends money on her hair.
When it comes to self-presentation, Hillary Clinton can't win.
On Wednesday morning, Page Six reported that Clinton spent 600 whole dollars -- the horror! -- on a haircut at a high-end salon in New York City. Clinton, who is running for President of the United States and is a former First Lady, also committed the cardinal sins of (1) having "a huge entourage in tow," and (2) "being ushered through a side entrance." (Security detail? Entourage? Basically the same thing!)
Hillary Clinton is a woman who is constantly in the public eye and on television. She is a person who is constantly photographed. She is also a person who has money, not unlike many other high-profile political figures, and sometimes she spends that money on her personal grooming.
Clinton's hair has become a news item before, like when she wore a scrunchie...
Or when Matt Drudge started the rumor that she wore a wig...
Or when she wore a headband...
The above headlines are all from the last five years. Let's not forget the many snide comments written about her hair before the Internet archived every such piece. As Michelle Goldberg outlined in a piece for Slate in November, Clinton's hair has been a topic of conversation for actual decades, her changing hairstyles used as proof of her "conniving inauthenticity":
"Not only has Clinton's hair changed since the campaign season, it seems to change just about every day," said a 1994 piece in the San Jose Mercury News. "Just this week alone, her 'do went from softly feathered bangs on Tuesday to sleekly coiffed pageboy sans bangs on Wednesday. It's most discomforting for the national sense of identity, Clinton watchers mutter. After all, you wouldn't want the Statue of Liberty changing her hemline every other week."
Clinton is not the first politician to face criticism over her or his hairstyles and their upkeep -- John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders all come to mind. But the tenor and consistency of such critiques feel unique to her. Both Trump and Sanders have faced dumb jokes and rude comments about their hair, but neither's character or "authenticity" has been called into question over it.
Being a woman in this country means having your worth and respectability tied inextricably to your looks. Women are, of course, not obligated to keep up with beauty norms, but they are always expected to. As a woman who has been in the public eye for years, Clinton knows that all too well. She has not only had her hair picked to death, but also her glasses, her makeup (or lack thereof), her smile and her voice.
So is it really that crazy to think that she might invest her own money in a nice haircut?
Plus, as writer and editor Anna Holmes pointed out on Twitter, paying hundreds of dollars for haircuts and coloring isn't a habit unique to the Democratic frontrunner:
I think it's really telling that so many men have no idea how much women have to spend on personal grooming. https://t.co/cfO4TURQR9
— Anna Holmes (@AnnaHolmes) March 31, 2016
Seriously, folks. *I've* spent $600 on my hair. (See accompanying avatar for shot of the process in action.) It doesn't make me a diva.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton enjoys a relax moment at Cafe Havana in Cartagena, Colombia on April 15, 2012. Clinton is in Cartagena to attend the VI Summit of the Americas which closes on Sunday. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/GettyImages)


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Nick first joined Brasted's as a part time waiter at the tender age of 21, whilst studying a BSc in Business Management at UEA and a BA in Hospitality at Norwich City College. After working in some of London's finest Hotels & Restaurants including the Royal Court Hotel, Sloane Square, The Capital Hotel & La Gavroche. In 1994 Nick was made General Manager, and in 2000 Managing Director. Nick has always had a huge passion for food, wine and all things 'industry' this coupled with his position within Brasted's has enabled Nick to push the company forward in its approach to business, as well as establishing Brasted's as one of the finest and most sought after Caterers and Restaurants in the County.
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Chris 'Buzz' Busby was first employed by Brasteds in 1996 as Sous Chef. Buzz's passion for orderly neatness coupled with his inbuilt flavour senses and food artistry quickly saw him promoted to Head Chef at the age of 29. In 1998 Chris left Brasted's to pursue a career as a freelance Chef, but returned to Brasted's as Head Chef in September 2002. In October 2008 he became a Director alongside Nick.


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Published on August 14, 2016 February 8, 2017 by Caroline Angus
The Battle of Badajoz was one of the first leading battles, and victories, for the right-wing Nationalist rebels in the Spanish Civil War. Won on 14 August 1936, the massacre at Badajoz has long been used as propaganda against the cruel Franco forces.
The war was almost one month old. Areas controlled by Nationalist armies were fractured between north and south, and needed to connect their territories. Badajoz, a town of around 41,000, on the border with Portugal, became a prime target. Nationalist forces set out north from Seville on their way towards central Madrid. By August 10, Colonel Juan Yague (a notorious killer, especially of innocents) and his 2250 troops had taken the town of Mérida, just 60 km east from Badajoz. Yague had orders to take Badajoz to help link their north and south frontiers and have the area next to the Portuguese border under their control.
Badajoz was already flooded by refugees from all directions from killings happening in both towns and in the country. Some rich right-wing landowners were even holding days when they and their friends would go killing peasants while on horseback. Killings and reprisals killings were uncontrolled and widespread. For three days, Badajoz suffered aerial bombing from planes donated to the Nationalist troops from Italy and Germany. The town's mood was one of impending doom.
Badajoz from the air 1936
After dawn on 14 August, the Nationalists stormed the north gate of the city, Puerta de Los Carros, and the south gate, Puerta de la Trinidad. While the Republicans managed to hold back the soldiers at the south gate, the brutal Moorish troops won at the north gate, breaching the city and overcoming the barracks inside. An ugly battle ensued, with the Nationalists killing with bayonets and knives as they overtook the whole town. Many Republican militia defected to join the Nationalist troops, and many surrendered. Everyone in sight was killed throughout the day, even when surrendering. All the leaders of the town and Republican militia, including the mayor, had left the town early in the day and made it to Portugal, abandoning the people to their deaths.
The Nationalist troops took much delight in slaughtering as many people as possible, including unarmed women and children. Their leaders had been promoting the use of rape against women as a weapon from the outbreak of war as well. Anyone who wasn't immediately killed on sight was rounded up. While many were marched to the local bullring and executed by firing squads, many were simple killed on the street. Estimates of between 1000 and 1800 people were executed on the first day of fighting. In one main street, Calle San Juan, around 300 bodies were left there after execution. Through the night and into the next day, anyone even suspected of being a left-wing sympathiser was taken from their homes and sent to the bullring for execution. Journalists ran censored stories about the massacre, including a Portuguese journalist, who fled home with the story, refusing to ever set foot in Badajoz ever again after witnessing torture and execution.
The true death toll of the Badajoz massacre remains unknown, but estimated somewhere between 1300 and 4000 people. No official death toll was taken. Most were killed by firing squad or machine gun fire in the bullring, to the point where prisoners stood ankle-deep in blood with other bodies as they were murdered. Reports of mutilation were made, though exact behaviour is unknown. It was suggested that some were killed bullfight style, chased around and stabbed in the back and then mutilated. The Moorish troops were well-known for their vicious and sadistic nature. Up to 10% of the town died in this one battle.
An early photo of inside the bullring
The battle of Badajoz gave one of the war's most famous quotes, when Colonel Yague, who by then had earned his 'Butcher of Badajoz' nickname, told an American journalist (with much pride) – "Of course we shot them. What do you expect? Was I supposed to take 4,000 reds with me as my column advanced, racing against time? Was I expected to turn them loose in my rear and let them make Badajoz red again?" While the battle is labelled as fighting during a war, much has been said about reclassifying it genocide or a crime against humanity, which it most certainly was.
Around the Badajoz region, another 2000 people were killed by the marching soldiers, mostly farmers. While the Republicans were labelled 'reds', the Nationalists were now known as the 'white terror'. Sadly this was only the start of a long civil war.
Firing squad against the wall outside the bullring
The leaders of the defense committee and the mayor were found in Portugal and returned home to face execution a short time later. This battle would be far from Badajoz's only major battle during the war. But this initial massacre linked the north and south elements of the Nationalists, strengthening their advance on the country.
This is not a detailed analysis, instead a simplified report of events in Badajoz. Feel free to suggest an addition/clarification/correction below. All photos are linked to source for credit. Against usual preference, I chose to add the firing squad photos as it is a painfully accurate reflection of the event.
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When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a position under the English Government and had always been busy and ill himself, and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay people. She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an Ayah, who was made to understand that if she wished to please the Mem Sahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible. So when she was a sickly, fretful, ugly little baby she was kept out of the way, and when she became a sickly, fretful, toddling thing she was kept out of the way also. She never remembered seeing familiarly anything but the dark faces of her Ayah and the other native servants, and as they always obeyed her and gave her her own way in everything, because the Mem Sahib would be angry if she was disturbed by her crying, by the time she was six years old she was as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived. The young English governess who came to teach her to read and write disliked her so much that she gave up her place in three months, and when other governesses came to try to fill it they always went away in a shorter time than the first one. So if Mary had not chosen to really want to know how to read books she would never have learned her letters at all.
One frightfully hot morning, when she was about nine years old, she awakened feeling very cross, and she became crosser still when she saw that the servant who stood by her bedside was not her Ayah.
"Why did you come?" she said to the strange woman. "I will not let you stay. Send my Ayah to me."
The woman looked frightened, but she only stammered that the Ayah could not come and when Mary threw herself into a passion and beat and kicked her, she looked only more frightened and repeated that it was not possible for the Ayah to come to Missie Sahib.
There was something mysterious in the air that morning. Nothing was done in its regular order and several of the native servants seemed missing, while those whom Mary saw slunk or hurried about with ashy and scared faces. But no one would tell her anything and her Ayah did not come. She was actually left alone as the morning went on, and at last she wandered out into the garden and began to play by herself under a tree near the veranda. She pretended that she was making a flower-bed, and she stuck big scarlet hibiscus blossoms into little heaps of earth, all the time growing more and more angry and muttering to herself the things she would say and the names she would call Saidie when she returned.
"Pig! Pig! Daughter of Pigs!" she said, because to call a native a pig is the worst insult of all.
She was grinding her teeth and saying this over and over again when she heard her mother come out on the veranda with some one. She was with a fair young man and they stood talking together in low strange voices. Mary knew the fair young man who looked like a boy. She had heard that he was a very young officer who had just come from England. The child stared at him, but she stared most at her mother. She always did this when she had a chance to see her, because the Mem Sahib—Mary used to call her that oftener than anything else—was such a tall, slim, pretty person and wore such lovely clothes. Her hair was like curly silk and she had a delicate little nose which seemed to be disdaining things, and she had large laughing eyes. All her clothes were thin and floating, and Mary said they were "full of lace." They looked fuller of lace than ever this morning, but her eyes were not laughing at all. They were large and scared and lifted imploringly to the fair boy officer's face.
"Is it so very bad? Oh, is it?" Mary heard her say.
"Awfully," the young man answered in a trembling voice. "Awfully, Mrs. Lennox. You ought to have gone to the hills two weeks ago."
The Mem Sahib wrung her hands.
"Oh, I know I ought!" she cried. "I only stayed to go to that silly dinner party. What a fool I was!"
At that very moment such a loud sound of wailing broke out from the servants' quarters that she clutched the young man's arm, and Mary stood shivering from head to foot. The wailing grew wilder and wilder. "What is it? What is it?" Mrs. Lennox gasped.
"Some one has died," answered the boy officer. "You did not say it had broken out among your servants."
"I did not know!" the Mem Sahib cried. "Come with me! Come with me!" and she turned and ran into the house.
After that, appalling things happened, and the mysteriousness of the morning was explained to Mary. The cholera had broken out in its most fatal form and people were dying like flies. The Ayah had been taken ill in the night, and it was because she had just died that the servants had wailed in the huts. Before the next day three other servants were dead and others had run away in terror. There was panic on every side, and dying people in all the bungalows.
During the confusion and bewilderment of the second day Mary hid herself in the nursery and was forgotten by everyone. Nobody thought of her, nobody wanted her, and strange things happened of which she knew nothing. Mary alternately cried and slept through the hours. She only knew that people were ill and that she heard mysterious and frightening sounds. Once she crept into the dining-room and found it empty, though a partly finished meal was on the table and chairs and plates looked as if they had been hastily pushed back when the diners rose suddenly for some reason. The child ate some fruit and biscuits, and being thirsty she drank a glass of wine which stood nearly filled. It was sweet, and she did not know how strong it was. Very soon it made her intensely drowsy, and she went back to her nursery and shut herself in again, frightened by cries she heard in the huts and by the hurrying sound of feet. The wine made her so sleepy that she could scarcely keep her eyes open and she lay down on her bed and knew nothing more for a long time.
Many things happened during the hours in which she slept so heavily, but she was not disturbed by the wails and the sound of things being carried in and out of the bungalow.
When she awakened she lay and stared at the wall. The house was perfectly still. She had never known it to be so silent before. She heard neither voices nor footsteps, and wondered if everybody had got well of the cholera and all the trouble was over. She wondered also who would take care of her now her Ayah was dead. There would be a new Ayah, and perhaps she would know some new stories. Mary had been rather tired of the old ones. She did not cry because her nurse had died. She was not an affectionate child and had never cared much for any one. The noise and hurrying about and wailing over the cholera had frightened her, and she had been angry because no one seemed to remember that she was alive. Everyone was too panic-stricken to think of a little girl no one was fond of. When people had the cholera it seemed that they remembered nothing but themselves. But if everyone had got well again, surely some one would remember and come to look for her.
But no one came, and as she lay waiting the house seemed to grow more and more silent. She heard something rustling on the matting and when she looked down she saw a little snake gliding along and watching her with eyes like jewels. She was not frightened, because he was a harmless little thing who would not hurt her and he seemed in a hurry to get out of the room. He slipped under the door as she watched him.
"How queer and quiet it is," she said. "It sounds as if there were no one in the bungalow but me and the snake."
Almost the next minute she heard footsteps in the compound, and then on the veranda. They were men's footsteps, and the men entered the bungalow and talked in low voices. No one went to meet or speak to them and they seemed to open doors and look into rooms. "What desolation!" she heard one voice say. "That pretty, pretty woman! I suppose the child, too. I heard there was a child, though no one ever saw her."
Mary was standing in the middle of the nursery when they opened the door a few minutes later. She looked an ugly, cross little thing and was frowning because she was beginning to be hungry and feel disgracefully neglected. The first man who came in was a large officer she had once seen talking to her father. He looked tired and troubled, but when he saw her he was so startled that he almost jumped back.
"Barney!" he cried out. "There is a child here! A child alone! In a place like this! Mercy on us, who is she!"
"I am Mary Lennox," the little girl said, drawing herself up stiffly. She thought the man was very rude to call her father's bungalow "A place like this!" "I fell asleep when everyone had the cholera and I have only just wakened up. Why does nobody come?"
"It is the child no one ever saw!" exclaimed the man, turning to his companions. "She has actually been forgotten!"
"Why was I forgotten?" Mary said, stamping her foot. "Why does nobody come?"
The young man whose name was Barney looked at her very sadly. Mary even thought she saw him wink his eyes as if to wink tears away.
"Poor little kid!" he said. "There is nobody left to come."
It was in that strange and sudden way that Mary found out that she had neither father nor mother left; that they had died and been carried away in the night, and that the few native servants who had not died also had left the house as quickly as they could get out of it, none of them even remembering that there was a Missie Sahib. That was why the place was so quiet. It was true that there was no one in the bungalow but herself and the little rustling snake.
1. There is no one left
1 There is no one left
2 Mistress mary quite contrary
3 Across the moor
5 The cry in the corridor
6 "there was some one crying--there was!"
7 The key to the garden
8 The robin who showed the way
9 The strangest house any one ever lived in
10 Dickon
11 The nest of the missel thrush
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20 "i shall live forever--and ever--and ever!"
21 Ben weatherstaff
22 When the sun went down
24 "let them laugh"
25 The curtain
26 "it's mother!"
27 In the garden
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I noticed the whiteness of my father's lips by the time Mom arrived home. There was a slight crack in his bottom lip, as though someone had made an incision. Mom unscrewed the top of a bottle of water and handed it to him without looking his way.
"No," he said. "I had mine." Just over the last week, the city had begun rationing water. We were all allowed two a day, and no one was allowed to buy in bulk. I'd caught my father pouring his water into my bottle more than a few times.
"They're restricting water in the trauma unit," Mom said sadly when talk of the drought inevitably arrived. Noticing the way our faces fell, she sat down with asparagus and sweet potatoes, a delicate blade yielding to her touch, and changed the subject. "This might be the last of our produce for some time." She had already changed shirts but still wore her green scrubs, which were clean. Mr. Henry mumbled something about hope, and Dad smiled.
"Any good news?" he asked.
"Out of control," my father said, clapping his hands weakly as he began working the steaks. Mr. Henry set out paper plates and napkins. There a spice mixture next to the sink. No salt.
"We'll do anything if we're scared enough," Jessica, who lived three houses down, said.
"Bet we're the only people in the entire city invited to a barbeque in the middle of the Dust Bowl," Mr. Henry chimed with an appreciative smile, then pointed to my parents.
My father gave a half smile, then reached for the butcher, and he slowly began slicing the meat along the grain. Confused, I reached out to cover his hand with my own. The angled tip of my index finger could still feel, and as it pressed down against the roughness of his knuckles, I angled his hand to reposition the knife. "Cross the muscle fibers. You taught me that," I said.
"The lighting in here is no good," Dad said.
"I know, Dad." The lighting was perfect.
"I know, Dad," I said, thinking about how quickly the term hydrated had changed meaning.
Dad hadn't gone to culinary school. He'd been taught by a surly chef he did grunt work for while he was in high school. He worried that the economy would keep me from ever making a living wage, but I knew that Toledo, once an apex of glass working techniques, was on the verge of breakthrough. I had faith in our city.
I cut a few strips up for skewers as my father watched me, and said, "I'm getting good, eh?" I pushed the water bottle his way.
Dad smiled, and as he did the crack in his lip broke, revealing the tender pink beneath it. He looked out at my mother, who was recounting her day as though a soldier coming home from war. She was massaging her hand.
Her days, even slow days, were never mundane. She'd recount the patients and their families, so many personalities converging and either stoic or panicked beyond belief when they entered her unit. She often spoke about her job as though selling it, and I saw only a fleeting hint of disappointment when I told her I was going to culinary school.
She looked back, as though sensing my father's gaze. She looked at him the only way she could now, with gratitude and apology, then her gaze turned to me. I held up the plate of food and watched my father's triumph.
"Let's do what we do, kiddo. Let's feed the masses," he said.
The sun had no mercy as the heat wave bloomed the first few weeks of summer. We all hoarded water and squirreled away our resources. We figured out how much we needed to survive. The barbeques stopped, and we began to peek out windows before venturing anywhere, weighing the necessity of what we needed to do. There was a constant light-headedness.
My father never robbed a Sam's Club, but he was damn near mummified by the time the rain returned. Mom was able to sneak him into a room and hook him up to an IV, but damage had been done. The hospitals had become triage centers, mal-equipped for weeks that felt like years.
The way I remember the drought clearest is by reimagining the end. Children and adults alike rushed into the street during that first rainfall, beaming up at the darkened sky and looking for open areas to outstretch arms. No driver dared upset the harmony of the rain by venturing out onto the roads, and the Maumee rose the feet it had dropped. Those who had been driving pulled over and stood outside, absorbing each drop.
The sun bounced off the wet ground and soaked the moisture quickly, but the water had already begun to heal, and forecasters expected more. As extremes blanketed the states, Toledo, once the booming Glass City, later a forgotten piece of the Midwest, became a haven. It received the first rain for hundreds of miles. The economy that had been carved open and cut to bits, would be a foundation for renewal.
"The good part is coming," Dad said, as though he could see the future.
I saw it, too. As it continued to rain, I saw Dad tracing the spine of a fish with a paring knife in the kitchen of SeaGate. I saw my mother being called to the operating room for work only her still-nimble and practiced hands could execute. I saw our knives lined up and waiting for the day I returned from culinary school, waiting for our next meal together.
The entire neighborhood would be invited to that cookout. We'd stare out at the Maumee, our bustling reborn city, and we'd discuss something new.
This story originally appeared in Sequestrum.


In January, the Mets acquired fleet-footed outfielder Keon Broxton for reliever Bobby Wahl and two prospects. The deal was received well, but was nevertheless confusing given the presence of Juan Lagares.
In the wake of passing on signing A.J. Pollock, it appeared Broxton and Lagares would end up platooning in center field, with both playing sensational defense and switching at bat based on match ups.
So far this season, though, Broxton has been the better of the two in the field, plus has a .357 OBP. Meanwhile, Lagares has looked slow in the field and on the bases, he's batting .230 and is striking out close to 40 percent of his at bats.
In the only five games played at Citi Field this season, the Mets and their opponents have hit a combined 22 home runs, which is second only to Coors Field among National League ballparks.
The 11 hit by the Mets is their most through five home games since Citi Field opened in 2009.
Last season, Citi Field ranked as the most difficult place to hit a home run in the NL, according to ESPN.com's Park Factor. This season, with its 22 home runs and 73 runs scored, it's third in the NL -- ranking behind Colorado and Milwaukee's Miller Park.
"The ball is carrying more," Mets manager Mickey Callaway said. "I can't explain it."
The way I see it, two things are at play: 1) it was humid and not windy when the Mets were home, as opposed to the normal cold, wet and wind blowing from left to right field, all of which historically shut down offense through April and May. And, most important, 2) Pete Alonso. He's got four home runs at Citi Field, where I'm not sure a giant brick wall would contain him.
Triple-A starting pitcher Chris Flexen is not the guy you remember pitching in 14 games (nine starts) for the Mets in 2018. Instead, following a drastic change in his diet and workout routine, the 24-year-old dropped 30 pounds, added muscle and close to five miles per hour on his fastball.
As a result, he has struck out 18 batters in 12 innings this season in Syracuse. He averaged fewer than one strikeout per inning last season in Triple-A.
There is a loud cry among most Mets fans demanding the team go over the Competitive Balance Tax, sign free-agent Dallas Keuchel and boot Jason Vargas from the rotation.
Instead, at least so far, Callaway and GM Brodie Van Wagenen have suggested that -- in the event they need another starting pitcher -- they are more likely to a variety of internal candidates.
Turning to Seth Lugo or Robert Gsellman weakens the bullpen. Triple-A starters Hector Santiago and Corey Oswalt are unexciting. However, at this point, it may be that Flexen's offseason changes may have turned him in to the best available option to replace Vargas.
The Mets play 16 of their first 21 games this season on the road, which is a staggering amount of travel to begin the year. More bizarre, 13 of those 16 games include battles with their NL East rivals.
This, to me, makes their 9-6 start all the more impressive and important. Because, as unfair as it may seem to be on the road so much in April, know that the Mets play 17 of their final 23 games of the season at Citi Field, which will be a huge advantage if they're in a pennant race.


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