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Please write a brief reflection about the novelette, "A Murder, A Mystery, A Marriage" by Mark Twain. What did you enjoy? What did you "unjoy"? (Unjoy is not a real word.)
Matt Rose
10/3/2014 11:33:44 am
Something I really enjoyed about this book was the way Hugh stood up to David Gray and even though it ended up putting more suspicion on Hugh for the death of David, it was still sweet to read it. Something I disliked about this book was the ending, I was not surprised at all to see Jean Mercier be the murderer, it was too easy to predict it from the fact that his timing of meeting up with Mary to tell her that he can't get over her was unreal and had to be planned, also I could smell the BS of Mercier's speech about him being more happy to see Mary with Hugh.
Emily Dingman
10/4/2014 04:15:59 am
Something I like about the book was the fact that the Count loved Mary and did want to marry her, but when he saw that she loved Hugh and not only confessed his love to her but told her he would not longer chase her it was nice to see a man understanding a woman's emotions. Instead of getting mad and demanding she loved him he left her alone, in the end they did marry but he gave her time and wanted her to love him before they married. I did not like how greedy her father and mother where and how when Mary got the money from her deceased uncle they refused to let her take it. It was cold and selfish and it always astounds me that people still do this to their daughters around the world.
Jenna Welsh
10/4/2014 04:52:11 am
I enjoyed the twist at the end! I'm not very imaginative, so I didn't see the Count as the murderer. I also could never have predicted how he got to Deer Lick! Where did the balloon end up? How did he not die? I still have so many questions about the aspect of the story. I'm just going to say it: I hated Mary. Not unjoyed, but hated. It sucks that her father forced her to break things off with Hugh, but why didn't she still try and make it work with him? Why didn't she run away from Deer Lick? If I was Mary, I would stolen all of my uncle's money and gone to another part of the country and gotten married on my own!
Nicole Matteson
10/4/2014 05:22:18 am
I enjoyed overall reading some mark twain! I predicted that the French guy wasn't who he was saying he was because it seemed too shady and too good to be true. I thought it was interesting how obsessed most of the men were in this novelette. What i didn't enjoy was the role of women in this book. They really had no opinion for themselves and only lived for the men, which i don't agree with. I was really glad that Mary and Hugh got together in the end, because they wanted to mary eachother for love and, in my opinion, thats the only reason a pair should mary. This novelette really showed the true power of love in my opinion, and also showed how the truth will always come out in the end.
Chloe Rice
10/5/2014 02:37:24 am
Good point!
Morgan King
10/4/2014 05:58:50 am
This was a very interesting book, and I overall enjoyed reading some of Mark Twain's work. Even though it was short, I never saw the "count" as a liar and a murderer, at least up until the evidence was stated. The components in the book were very well played, the small town out in nowhere, a family feud, money, and marriage. What I really enjoyed was how the book mirrored what society was like back then. Marriage was only done based on status and money. I also found the whole story with the hot air balloon very hard to believe, but it was fascinating to see that someone was twisted to commit murder, because his stories were being told very extravagantly. What I did not enjoy, was the shortness of the book, it almost felt rushed. I would have liked to have seen it play out a little slower, as to really emphasize all of the great components present in the novel.
Shea Saulino
10/4/2014 06:23:02 am
This book, as everyone is saying, was quite interesting. Although short it really captured my attention and kept me interested, a very hard thing to do in short books. The end, as Jenna said, was my favorite part too. The COUNT was the murderer?! Truly shocking and riveting and cleverly written. Now there was one thing I didn't absolutely love, which was that the women in this book unfortunately were written to compliment the men. The men were in love with the women, the men were pining for their love. What about the women? I would've liked to have seen the author go into depth about that (I'm of course not trying to tell Mark Twain how to write. But I am).
Mikayla Kricfalusi
10/4/2014 09:55:05 am
This was a very different story than any I had read before. I was relatively engaged throughout the whole novelette, but not exceptionally interested. I was very surprised by the count's supposed love of Mary, and was not expecting that. He barely knew her! That's something that frustrates me about some stories, especially in older books. So many feelings and descriptions of feelings, but no rational to explain those feelings. In The Scarlet Letter, half of the writing was descriptions of feelings. However, the author neglected to plainly explain to the reader why everything was so important and emotion evoking. In A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage, the characters don't have much time to develop rational feelings, however this is most likely due to the short nature of the novelette. I did enjoy the plot twist, especially as the count describes how his actions towards Mary were inspired by her possible wealth.
Kaeli Leoni
10/4/2014 11:52:37 am
I really enjoyed this book. It was a very interesting story and kept me interested. However, most of the plot was very predictable. I don't know if that was because many stories and movies are modeled after this book or most of it was already a common theme, but I could guess what was going to happen next for the majority of the book. The romantic aspect of this book was specifically the most predictable for me, when the new man ended up being bad and she ended up with her true love. Even with this in mind, however, it was still a very captivating story. I also liked how it all ended on such a good note and ended all loose ties. All in all, I think it was a very easy and interesting read.
Sarah Lockhart
10/4/2014 12:06:18 pm
I really enjoyed this little book! It was short and sweet. He writes so beautifully I got sucked in, even though I usually prefer books that have more details than strong plot line and this book was the opposite. I was able to predict that David Gray would be the one murdered, but I totally believed that Hugh Gregory was the one who murdered him! I was pleasantly surprised that the Count was the murderer and Hugh and Mary were able to get married. I kind of wish that the story was longer, especially since the ending was a little rushed, but at the same time a novelette oddly suits this plot line, just a fun little story to bust out and read quickly, nothing super moving a deep, just a little entertainment. I did read Tom Sawyer a while back but I don't remember it too well, so I definitely will re-read it after reading this, I fell in love with his writing style!
Allison Hopkins
10/4/2014 12:31:33 pm
I really enjoyed reading this book. It was an easy read but it sucked you in. It was short but an interesting plot. One thing that I wish had been different about this story is the reveal at the end. I wish that they had gone into more detail about the Count. The reveal felt a bit abrupt and although it told us quite a bit about the Count it wasn't very detailed. I also wish that he had gone into a bit more detail about the characters and their relationships with each other. I really enjoyed this story, there were so many areas the author could have expanded upon and captured the audiences attention even more.
Tristan Elghoroury
10/4/2014 02:19:31 pm
I really liked this novel because it had some wierd twists in it. For example, John Gray is walking and is mad about how he doesn't have enough money and all of a sudden there is a French count laying in the snow in front of him. Another thing that I enjoyed was looking at the really cool iluustrations. I really liked their style. Something I didn't like as much was how short it was and I wish it would go on. One part that was really crazy was when ..." It made even John Gray shudder to think of conferring an unsuspecting girl in marriage upon a man she did not love while the man she did love was walking to a shameful death". This qoute pretty much speaks for itself. It must have been really hard for poor Mary. The end also was a little wierd but at least the whole story was summed up by the count which was really good because I was a little confused about what was going on a little earlier in the story. overall I liked it and I would describe it as funny, unpredictable, interesting and intriguing.
10/4/2014 03:37:19 pm
Well wow. This was a great book. I did not expect it to be that good, most older authors are kinda boring if we're being honest. I like the fact that it was able to keep my attention and at the same time be entertaining. It has a lot of unexpected events and it was great. Something that I didn't like too much was that it had a lot of detail about some things but not too much in others. For example, the last chapter was all about "Count Fountainblow" and his confession which was one of the longest chapters while one was only about 2 pages. Maybe I'll read more books by Mark Twain, or even one of the books talked about in the last chapter like 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
Abby Elliott
10/4/2014 04:42:11 pm
In this novelette, "A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage" by Mark Twain I enjoyed a beautiful love story full of twists and turns thanks to some green stuff called money. I have read Mark Twain in the past and did not find him easy to read; yet, this novelette was quite the contrary. I sailed through it. Mary is my favorite character. Even though Mary was set to marry the Count, I found her to be true to herself throughout the whole story. She kept her undying love for Hugh Gregory. How wonderful that in the end, Mary and Hugh are together! In this story, I did not enjoy the use of time references; in fact, I found them unnecessary. Despite this little glitch, I would highly recommend "A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage" by Mark Twain to anyone!
Christian Klosterman
10/5/2014 02:53:44 am
I never really got into short novels, but it was different for this one. I really liked the way it was written, as I was expecting old English, but instead it was easy to understand. I loved/hated how the plot was really generic and so predictable, but still kept the anticipation and had you wondering what was going to happen next. This was an easy read, but a very enjoyable one and I would love to read some more like this in the future!
Emily Hayashida
10/5/2014 04:12:03 am
The novelette " A Murder, A Mystery, A Marriage" was an unusual but engaging story. I usually feel that novelettes don't go into enough depth to keep the reader engaged, but this one did. Twain wrote in an intriguing, unclear, and unpredictable way that made it so appealing and usual. One of the things I did not enjoy as how the women were only in the book to support the male roles. I also didn't enjoy the use of time and there references, I found it unnecessary and to the text. Besides those two issue it was an overall intriguing story that I have never heard of before. I think reading short stories is enjoyable, and I hope we read some that are quite similar.
Ryan Cormack
10/5/2014 04:46:07 am
This story was quite short, but kept my attention and had a lot going on in such a simple plot of a forbidden love. I think its interesting how fast Hugh and the Count fell in love with Mary, as that isn't something that happens anymore, because marriage is a bigger deal than it was. It isn't (hopefully) about money, its about finding a partner that you want to spend the rest of your life with. Throwing the murder in the story kept the plot going and interesting as well, and it was a pleasant surprise that Mary was able to marry the person she was in love with the whole time instead of the person with more money.
10/5/2014 07:33:04 am
I liked how this short story really captured the reader by adding only what was necessary and not being too detailed about every little thing. Twain really developed the situation in which Mary was in, having to chose between the "Count" and Hugh. Even though I knew, that just from the how the characters acted that either the Count or Hugh had to be the killer since the beginning. For a short read I enjoyed it and would like to read more stories like this one with around the same length.
George Downey
10/5/2014 08:12:50 am
I very much loved the aspect of it which resembled a Shakespearian drama. The changing of heart and reputation so rapidly as to have an unpredictable ending makes it a very thrilling read, though it is small. But at the end of the book, the book reveals its loving characters interactions to be more akin to a murder mystery involving as is custom, an inheritance and vengeance on the mind of the criminal. Thanks to the love story aspects, there is no pointless reasoning prior to the final reveal about who did the murder and this is supported by the books extremely small cast, and thus the ending is good (though personally I was rooting for the Count, even after reading his confession.).
Camila Antonorsi
10/5/2014 09:58:46 am
this short book was quit strange, interesting but strange. I thought that it was cool that they had forbidden love, and murder in a short book. I really don't read short books like this but this one went in depth with the story. more often then not they just have a plot outline and don't go in-depth with the story. i tough that the pictures were adorable. overall i really liked it.
Lucas LeVieux
10/5/2014 10:46:49 am
I'm not quite sure what I think about this book. It started really interestingly, but to me it descended into ridiculousness. The epilogue was especially confusing and dumb in the context of the book. The epilogue itself was an interesting premise, and would make a great short story if it were to be emancipated from the rest of the story.
Chenoa Levy
10/5/2014 11:32:45 am
I think what was good about the story was that it was so short an just cut to the point. Sometimes short and sweet is better than a 300 paged book that repeats the same thing over and over again. It made the plot less confusing and easy to follow. For me personally the only bad aspect of the book was that the characters were hard to love. Mary was a little bratty, the count too snooty, and everyone else had a personal vendetta against each other. honestly there was not a single character that I liked while reading this novelette. Overall though the plot of the story was pretty interesting and it was fun to read.
Noah Parr
10/5/2014 12:09:07 pm
I did enjoy this book. I was confused for a while, and not much made sense to me. But after we found out who the murderer was,a I went back and read it all, an it made sense. I was shocked. I thought that an entire set of people would be the marriage and murder. But I did enjoy the way It ended. I especially enjoyed the small backstory that it gave after the main story, so we would know his life. I think it was a good touch. Overall I liked the book, but the language was a little confusing at time, and I did not expect what had happened.
Dylan L
10/5/2014 12:32:54 pm
In "A Murder, A Mystery, and a Marriage, I really enjoyed how Mark Twain wrote a fun, engaging story in fewer than one hundred pages. It didn't feel short or rushed, or even like it was missing details. It just worked, and I enjoyed that. I "unjoyed" that we didn't talk about this story in class. I was looking forward to some interesting conversations with the whole class, but I only got a few tidbits of thought from a few people.
Mrs. Clark
10/6/2014 02:28:17 pm
It's impossible to have time for everything, but you can always definitely talk to people about it without it being assigned in a class. :)
10/5/2014 12:48:26 pm
It was different seeing two men fight over the girl. During the fight I thought that the count would fight for her but he understand that she wanted to marry Hugh and so he let her go. I didn't really like her parents they were really greedy and they tried to run her life by not letting her have her dead uncles money that he left her and only her.
Chloe R
10/5/2014 12:53:32 pm
Reading Mark Twain, "A Murder, A mystery and a Marriage," was a little bit of a trudge for me. I didn't understand many of the characters intentions fully. I was especially confused by the counts love for marry, whom he apparently had just gotten to know. I did like the plot twist at the end, and the idea of alternative motivations for the Counts supposed love. The mystery kept it somewhat interesting, although I feel like the characters could have been more developed.
Chandler Gaines
10/5/2014 12:55:37 pm
I thought it was amazing the way Hugh acted throughout the story, he was very intriguing and interesting in the way that he did things. I really liked the layout of this Novelette and it had a great story line. I also enjoyed how it was a small story but it told so much of a tale. It was very aspect oriented. There was not much I did not like, it was a great reading overall, in my opinion.
10/5/2014 12:58:04 pm
"A murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage" is an amazing book and I really enjoyed it. It was really interesting to see old patriarchal family with their customs and life. Plot was a little bit predictable because many stories and movies are similar to this book. I really enjoy the Mark Twain's style of writing because he is telling a story with catch-able language and clear sentences like he did in Tom Soyer, Huckleberry Finn. I wish that book was a little bit longer, but however it was pleasure to read it.
Justin Reyes
10/5/2014 01:17:13 pm
I really enjoyed this short little story from Mark Twain. The way this was written really kept me engaged in the whole story itself. However, I liked how this story was really easy to predict. It was in the sense which made it fun for the reader since they're constantly thinking about what's going to happen next! Overall I loved this generic plot line and at the same time it was able to add some surprising twists as well
Jackson Sjogren
10/5/2014 01:22:58 pm
While reading this I was reminded of many movies that had the same overall plot which kinda of surprised me. My favorite part was the plot twist at the end which I was kinda of expecting but it was still good. Over all mark twains style of writing is very clear and understandable which made it enjoyable for me. For our next book we should read "Huckle berry fin".
Hunter Birk
10/5/2014 01:48:28 pm
Jack Campbell
10/5/2014 02:12:36 pm
I thought that this book was really interesting. At first I did not think that I would like it because elf the wording and structure, but once John finds the Count in the snow I really enjoyed it. I felt that the story was really interesting because there was the constant sense of mystery between the real murderer and how the Count got into the snow. I really enjoyed the explanation of how the count ended up in the snow and how he committed the murder. I also found the Jules Verne use amusing. The only parts that I did not like were the first and third chapters, I found the boring. Overall, I enjoyed the story and the length, as well as the images.
Dillon Prescott
10/5/2014 02:20:37 pm
I enjoyed the fact that revenge came around to and old man that was going to deprive his niece of his fortune just because he did not approve of who she was going to marry. I Did not enjoy the section about John gray keeping all of the information about what was happening with houg from mary just because of the matter of the fortune. she had a right to know what was happening she was getting the fortune either way by that point.
10/5/2014 02:47:26 pm
While this book was a real pain to follow (good LORD did it jump around!) my favorite 2 parts have to be the part where he leaves Mary because he wants her to be happy and then leaves her to stay in love with Hugh. My other favorite part has to be the ending seeing as how his arrival there really did mystify me. I couldn't think of a single logical explanation as to how he got there without making tracks. I also liked his personal explanation, his cover up, and his how he came up with his fake name. When he orchestrated the murder he really was a lion among sheep.. The rest of the book was nice but I felt like none of the "scenes" lasted long enough to really develop. The book started as soon as it ended.
Alexis Miranda
10/5/2014 02:48:10 pm
This book was really fun to read. It became really interesting for me when John Gray found Count on the ground, leaving no footprints. This part incouraged me to read more because I wanted to know what was going to happen next. Towards the end of the book, I found it funny how Count explained everything about how he ended up on the ground in the snow and how he created a fake name. This was very unexpected, which I thought was pretty amusing.
Seamus McGarvey
10/5/2014 02:55:06 pm
One of the things I particularly enjoyed is the atmosphere the words that Mark Twain used set. The descriptiveness and (I cant think of the word but it is like to immerse the reader in) creates a read that puts me into the book. One of the other things that I like was the general setting and mood of the book! I enjoyed most of it
Isaac Fernandez
10/5/2014 03:01:03 pm
I really thought this was an interesting little story to read (novelette). When I started to read it, I figured it would be the new guy, because when he comes into town that is when stuff goes down. I figured it wouldn't be him though, because there are normally crazy plot twists in stories like these. But no, it was super predictable. It was definitely something that I had fun reading and I could actually understand it. It was nice that we got to find out the bad guy and that there was a couple who lived happily ever after.
Edwin Herrera
10/5/2014 03:47:23 pm
This reminded of a soap opera, it was dramatic because Hugh loved Mary and Mary loved him so it was just instant click between the two. But (dun dun dunnnn my sound effect) everything goes downhill for the couple. Mary's bro, David, who is wealthy man, declares that he will give all his fortunes to Mary, if, he dumps Hugh. Cray cray world, am I right? Well, it get more cray because David dies...a moment of silence. So it becomes a fight between love and money and finding who murder David. It seems that this book shows what happens when greed comes into play. The book was interesting because it was very dramatic but still captured and sent a message.
Kendall Tally
10/5/2014 03:59:36 pm
I very much liked the story. I have always been a fan of mysteries, even if I don't get to read a whole lot of them. The language used required a bit of a slower read for me, but I was able to understand it perfectly fine. This is also the first story I've read from Twain, so that in itself was very interesting.
Michele Moua
10/5/2014 04:14:16 pm
I really enjoyed the stories simplicity, and the deep sense of selfishness and greed. The twist at the end was quiet interesting and confusing at first...i had to go through it a couple times. Even though the story and writing style was simple it was still a pain to follow for some reason. I often found myself lost and somewhat confused. But when i finished it and looked at it as a whole it was easier to make connections. If i could describe it in a couple words it'd be fun, short, cute, dramatic and simple. :)
10/5/2014 05:35:51 pm
This reading was very interesting to me because I have never read anything from mark twain before ,but I heard his name mentioned many times before reading this. After reading this novel I thought he did a really good job of keeping the reader interested in the story by making the reader wonder what was going to happen next. An example of this would be Count on the ground with no foot prints. This kept me engaged in the reading because I wanted to know what was going to happen next. I didn't really dislike this novel and I have nothing bad to say about it.
Eamonn McGuiness
10/6/2014 12:12:44 am
What I really enjoyed about this story was the mystery in it because I really enjoy suspense. It kept me guessing what was going to happen next, or what they plot twist would be. Also how the book was written for the time period kept me engaged into the story.
Alex de Villiers
10/6/2014 01:22:47 am
Well first off I had no idea what to expect because I've never read a Mark twain book before, I've heard that they are really great books, but I've never actually read one so i was a bit worried as to what I was going to be reading. Turns out Mark Twain makes some pretty incredible books, I never expected to like such a short story as much as I did, this book went really into detail with just a short amount of time. Also I love the twist ending at the end, I imagine this was the precedent for all twist endings to come. I mean I expected the ending, but for people that read this story when it first was published must have been very surprised because there wasn't much like this.
Kayla Feather
10/6/2014 01:23:13 am
The book, "a marriage, a mystery, and a murder", was really short which was nice and easy to read. The writing style was a bit to easy and I didn't find grabbing my attention. I did like how the story was full of twist I did not see coming.
mikey saunders
10/6/2014 02:05:07 am
I really enjoyed this novelette. In some parts I was kind of confused about which characters were who but overall I really liked the concept. I enjoyed the conflict and the suspicion really making me interested in finishing this book. When I found out that the french knight was the one who killed Mary's uncle. I think that this novelette fell under the best category of a Murder/Romance.
Jordan Farrah
10/6/2014 02:05:54 am
I really enjoyed this book. I think the fact that it was kept me more engaged because I was more focused on the content rather than how much more i have to read. I also liked trying to figure out who the murderer was before it was revealed to be the count. Another cool thing was that it was really easy to read despite the fact that it was written so long ago.
Jordan Farrah
10/6/2014 02:15:10 am
it was short*
10/6/2014 02:11:57 am
This was a cool read and I have never read a Mark Twain. It was a short and easy read which I enjoyed.The mystery in this book kept me reading and I didn't want to stop. Its really cool to see how family back then were and how they lived. The story was really dramatic which I like.
Alexis Habib
10/6/2014 02:15:35 am
One thing I liked about this book was haw honest some people were to one another. Like how honest the father of Mary was with himself about his wants for money. I did not like how predictable the plot was, for it was generic and I have seen and read many other books with a plot or sub plot like this. I found the pages hard to get though for there was nothing engaging, for me, in this novelette. One thing I would change about this novelette is to add more sub-plots and characters involved in the main plot.
Morgan McNevin
10/6/2014 02:21:34 am
I really enjoyed the book just because I have also never read a Mark twain book so it was very interesting to finally read one. I really enjoyed how it was mostly suspenseful through the whole book. I really like when authors hook you in and this book definitely did. It was also short enough to as where you didn't feel like it dragged out but it definitely was a great read with a crazy ending. Really enjoyed this book and hope to see more like it.
Kevin Stiemke
10/6/2014 04:39:44 am
I enjoyed reading this book. Even though it was hard to read. It was a great story to read. My favorite part was the end when they lived happily ever after. I had a hard time figuring out what was going on, but it was a good book.
Jonathan R
10/6/2014 05:40:22 am
I enjoyd reading a new book by a "new" author and not knowing what to expect. I enjoyed how Hugh and Mary got married. I also how he added in certain things into the story to keep the reader interested, like having the count in the snow with no footprints. I "unjoyed" how the novelette was confusing at the beginning, personally making it hard for me to get started and causing me great confusion while reading the first few chapters.
Piper Tompkins
10/6/2014 05:42:39 am
I think this story was almost the first of its kind, when reading it in todays times it feels like an episode of Law and Order or any other crime TV show. The book must have been revolutionary for its time, the story seemed so modern, like a classic Whodunit mystery. I really enjoyed reading it and following the ever changing story line throughout this somewhat short novel.
Kevin Stiemke
10/6/2014 10:38:45 am
I enjoyed reading this book. Even though it was hard to read. It was a great story to read. My favorite part was the end when they lived happily ever after. I had a hard time figuring out what was going on, but it was a good book. It was very descriptive. There was a lot of twist, and turns. Overall this was a fun book to read.
Melissa Ferrer
10/6/2014 12:59:24 pm
The book "A murder, A mystery and A marriage" by Mark Twain was a delightful reading. It was my first time reading any of Mark Twain's books and I really enjoyed the story.The story was fulfilled with perfect measure of love and suspense. Mary and Hugh role completed the romantic love story, deeply in love with one another willing to stay together through any situation. Not only it's love content made it a delightful reading but, it's mystery throughout the pages of the book. It was very interesting how the suspense such as the man found laying in the middle of the snow was taken place in the story. The significance of the text reveals a powerful plot in the story giving the reader an interest to keep on reading on what will happen to the lives of the Grays'.I personally enjoyed reading this book ,and will be looking forward to read more of Mark Twain's books.
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Lawyer: NY flight attendant wants to return to air
NEW YORK (AP) -- The fed-up flight attendant who set a new standard for quitting when he abandoned his job via an emergency chute apparently isn't as much of a quitter as everyone thought.
Steven Slater, 38, said through his lawyer Thursday that he loves flying and wants to go back to work.
"His hope is to return to the aviation business," his attorney, Howard Turman, told reporters as Slater stood by his side outside his home in Queens. Flying, he added, "is in his blood."
Slater's career appeared to end Monday when he went onto the public address system after a JetBlue flight from Pittsburgh, cursed out a passenger he said had treated him rudely, and then made an I'm-outta-here exit down an emergency chute at Kennedy Airport. He was arrested.
Asked about Slater's desire to return to work, JetBlue spokesman Mateo Lleras said: "As of right now, he has been released of duty pending the investigation. There's nothing more I can say."
Slater's actions have prompted an outpouring of support from people who have fantasized about making a similar exit from an unpleasant job, although passengers have come forward in the past couple of days to criticize him as brusque and cranky throughout the 90-minute trip. One passenger portrayed Slater as the instigator, saying he cursed without provocation at a woman who had asked about her bag.
Slater would not talk about his actions Thursday. He smiled silently for most of the 10-minute news conference, then offered a brief thanks to the public, saying, "It's been amazing, the support and love ... everything that's been brought to me."
Turman denied Slater was belligerent and said the entire affair can be blamed on a "lack of civility on the part of one passenger."
Some passengers said he might have been disturbed by an injury. They said he had a large cut or welt on his head -- sustained, his lawyer said, when he tried to help a passenger with a bag too big for the overhead bins.
Lauren Dominijanni, 25, of Pittsburgh, said that during the trip, when she asked Slater for a wipe to clean up coffee that had been spilled on her seat, he rolled his eyes, blurted an exasperated "What?" and gestured to the gash on his head. He then told her he needed to take care of himself first, she said.
Other passengers said that throughout the flight, he slammed galley doors and overhead bins unnecessarily and put an apparent early end to snack service.
Others said that until Slater's intercom rant, his interactions with passengers appeared curt, but not unusually so in a time when flight attendants are often asked to play hall monitor.
Howard Deneroff, a radio executive for Westwood One, overheard Slater telling a passenger at the start of the flight that her bag wouldn't fit in the overhead bin and would need to be checked, but nothing about the conversation struck him as out of the ordinary.
"I didn't hear any cursing," he said. He said he also didn't hear Slater get injured.
Later, after the plane landed, he and other travelers heard Slater and other crew members repeatedly instruct a passenger to remain seated until the jet reached the gate. The traveler apparently didn't listen. Slater ultimately had to leave his seat to get the person to sit down.
"I happened to notice he had a big Cheshire cat grin when he gestured," said passenger Stuart Marland, but he said the interaction seemed routine.
"He did look a little like Corky St. Clair, just a little more animated than normal. But he didn't look 'crazed' at all," said Marland, referring to the quirky, flamboyant character played by Christopher Guest in the 1996 movie comedy "Waiting for Guffman."
By some accounts, it wasn't until the very end of the flight that things went haywire.
Marjorie Briskin, 53, told The Wall Street Journal that Slater launched an expletive at a female passenger without provocation after she inquired about the whereabouts of her bag, which had been checked at the gate when it couldn't fit in a storage bin.
"It really blew my mind. It was so inappropriate," Briskin said. She described Slater as "disturbed."
Deneroff said Slater announced over the intercom that a passenger had just cursed at him, then he cursed back at the passenger, thanked the rest of those aboard for being civil, and said he was through with the job.
"The people next to us were like, 'Welcome to New York,'" Deneroff said.
Some authorities said that Slater had grabbed at least one beer from the jet's galley before jumping out. Turman denied that his client had been drinking during the flight.
Slater faces charges of criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing.
His boyfriend, Kenneth Rochelle, told reporters outside his home Thursday that Slater is a "lovely, classy, beautiful person," who was ordinarily very patient with passengers, and loved his job.
And his lawyer said: "Everybody who knows him knows that he's a likable man" and "for the most part, somebody that likes people."
He said his client had performed his job "efficiently, effectively and properly" over a 20-year career. Turman also said Slater liked JetBlue and regarded it as "a fair and understanding airline."


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"Your presence on social media is crucial as a real estate agent. " (RISMedia)
Social media has become an increasingly important tool for real estate professionals, but most realtors are still learning to use it effectively.
According to the National Association of Realtors:
- 44 percent of home buyers now find their homes online
- 91 percent of realtors use social media to some degree
Despite these figures, the real estate industry has the lowest social media engagement rate of any major industry, generating an average of less than one reaction per post even though realtors post more social content than any other industry, HubSpot research shows.
Unless your social media activity is translating into conversions at some point, it's a waste of time that's not doing your business any good.
Here are some steps you can take to boost your social media engagement and generate conversions from your posting activity.
Track Your Engagement
In order to improve your social media engagement, you should first establish a baseline so that you know how your posts are performing.
Failing to track social performance is one of the most common mistakes realtors make, whereas realtors who are successful at social media marketing track their analytics, says Matthew Bushery, marketer for real estate digital marketing provider Placester.
The first step to track your engagement is to identify which key performance indicators you need to track.
This will vary by platform, with likes and comments being significant for Facebook, while retweets are specific to Twitter, for instance.
You can use tools such as:
- Keyhole to track your brand's performance on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
- Google Analytics lets you see how your social posts are contributing to traffic on your company's website.
- Oktopost specifically enables you to track conversions generated by your social media activity and the financial impact of what you post.
Provide Value Between Home Sales
One key to boosting social media engagement is posting content that provides value to your clients during the time when they're not actively shopping for a home.
Most people only need to buy a home rarely, and most of the time they're not in the market for buying, so if you rely exclusively on the times when they're shopping for a home to build a relationship with them, you have a very small window.
Moreover, after they buy a home, 70 percent of people forget their real estate agent's name within a year, according to ReminderMedia.
This makes it crucial to reach out to people during the periods when they're not actively shopping for a home. Moreover, even when people aren't actively shopping for a home, they will know other people who are, so getting people to share your social content can significantly increase the effectiveness of your outreach.
To attract followers who aren't active home buyers but may be in the future or may be a good referral source to your social feed, you can post content relevant to how they live in their current home.
85 percent of the most viral social content is accounted for by:
- Food Content
- Home Content
- Lifestyle Content
Think of your blog as an online magazine for sharing general interest information of value to homeowners, including but not limited to information on home buying itself.
Follow Up
Following up with your clients and social followers between sales cycles and after posts is also key to turning your posts into conversions.
When people comment on your posts, you can take this as an opportunity to respond and build your relationship with them. Some successful realtors take this a step further by finding ways to assist clients after they've purchased their homes.
For instance, some realtors, such as Ina Torton, specialize in selling to older home buyers, serve as trusted advisors to their clients and assist them with issues related to buying a home at an older age, such as helping address concerns about reverse mortgages, estate sales and even housekeeping.
One way to assist clients of all ages with issues related to home buying is by pointing them towards experts who can assist them with these issues, such as:
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Besides the google-croscore-fonts in snapshots 20170424, users can get a fix for the CD/DVD burning software Brasero, which provided a patch for Grub2 that fixes builds with the GNU Composite Compilers, and kdebase4-workspace offers a diff to fix an error reported by GCC7, which should be helpful as Tumbleweed works closer to adapt the newest GCC. The snapshot also delivered a patch for VirtualBox that will provide an eventual Application Programming Interface change for the release of Leap 42.3. (more…)


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Sydney, Sydney, Sydney, Melbourne, Melbourne, Sydney, Melbourne, Melbourne, Melbourne, Melbourne. That's the destination pattern for renovation TV show, The Block, dating back to 2003.
One begins to feel like it's a little eastern seaboard-centric, a little dismissive of the six other jurisdictions across the country. The 2015 season is locked in, but has a destination been selected for 2016?
If the answer is no, we need to shine a light on Adelaide, highlight our great potential and appeal, and make the case for this successful TV show to shift its geographic and financial focus.
South Australia boasts an incredibly appealing lifestyle — we have world-class wine regions based only 30 minutes from the CBD, some of the country's best eateries and without doubt Australia's greatest sporting venue.
We have beautiful warehouses in the historic city of Port Adelaide, magnificent heritage buildings punctuating a CBD growing in confidence and vibrancy and nearby cosmopolitan suburbs of Norwood, Parkside, Unley, Mile End, Brompton and Prospect.
We also have beaches only a dozen kilometres out of the city, a growing international airport located 6km from our centre and a state-of-the-art medical research institute on the River Torrens.
Wildlife parks abound only 10km from town, we are uniquely spoiled with three golf courses surrounding the iconic Adelaide Oval, and our city laneways now rival Melbourne's.
Millions of Australians tune in to The Block and watch the ups and downs of tightly scheduled renovations at a time when the trend in this state is much the same. This TV show in many ways reflects what is taking place across the residential arm of this industry.
But stamp duty will do that — it encourages people to renovate rather than buy and sell.
You never know, this renovation TV show and its broad consumer appeal and audience reach might just help with the reforms that our state's property sector needs.
Sure, we might not boast the country's strongest house price variations. Over the past 12 months Adelaide's increase was 3.9 per cent, compared to Sydney's 14.3 per cent, Perth's 8.9 per cent and Melbourne's 8.6 per cent.
But I'd like to think that the TV show's producers aren't focused solely on highest possible house prices and the bottom line — in fact, this season's profit margin for two teams was only $10,000, and $40,000 for another. There's hope yet.
And let's not forget that South Australians have enjoyed much success on The Block over the years: Alisa and Lysandra, Phil and Amity — these days they're household names.
It's time the show's producers looked beyond the borders of Sydney and Melbourne — there's a place called Adelaide and we want you here.
As an industry, the property and construction sector wants to say goodbye to business as usual — and we'd encourage The Block to do the same.
The Property Council of Australia (SA Division) has a community petition, which you can find here.
Daniel Gannon is the SA Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia
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The reality is that what we are doing is entirely different to what an able-bodied athlete is doing. So we set out to find a way to get a better comparison of our data!
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Barrie Triathlon – Race Report
The morning of the big race dawned beautifully - although we were up far before dawn! The advantage of doing a local race, however, is that it was only 5:49 when I got out of bed, instead of the 4 am or earlier we would have done if we had needed to drive to a… Continue reading Barrie Triathlon – Race Report
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One of the things we've found challenging about doing this triathlon is how little information there is out there in terms of the how-to's. ... So our plan is to try to change that!
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If you've been following along this week, you may be wondering why we would go to so much effort to do something so few people even attempt?
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So what exactly does it mean for us to compete in a race like this?
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There are actually very few athletes out there competing in tandem triathlon of this nature. ... There isn't even a category for this type of triathlon racing because there are so few of us.
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CassiopeiaApril 11, 2014
strong (as strut or wing, as polytope, as things are
constellated) how
—Charles Olson
Each night, Cassiopeia came so near,
Andromeda was able to study her cat-like poise
With such a friendly gaze it seemed just noise
From earth. But what she sensed was fear.
Her mother had grown monstrous with age, feline
In the worst sense, cat-quick and sensual—
As if each act could be consensual,
But wasn't—for not even sex, as sublime
And quick as cats are, sufficed to calm her.
When morning came, the music in her head—
Crescendos, decrescendos—stopped her dead:
Her eyes out there, her eyes forever closed.
She's trapped, like you and I will never be,
A constellation—and its atrophy.
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Jennifer Moss want her children, either boy or girl, to know that there's no prescribed mold they need to fit.
"Time to clean up your toys and come downstairs to say our goodbyes." I yell upstairs as two sweet boys come sliding down the stairs, giggling—still covered in markers and delight.
"Give your friend a great big hug and a kiss and tell him we'll see him soon,"
"Mom, I can't kiss him."
"Why not?" I ask with a smile, imagining some funny, as-only-kids-will-say statement. Sadly, my smile withdrew as I heard the following response come out of my child's mouth.
"Because Sam's mom said that boys aren't allowed to kiss each other."
Fear. It creeps in like a villain who, even after dying one thousand times over by the hands of the comic book hero, manages to live on.
This incident left me befuddled. It felt similar to a time when my son showed a love of dance that was so intense it only made sense to enroll him in lessons. At three years old, he was the only boy in a class of all girls. Comments from other parents were surprising. My husband was particularly frustrated when one mother said, "Wow—that's great of you. I just don't think I can enroll her brother in dance. My husband would kill me."
As a mother of a boy in a post-feminist society, I stopped a sole focus on career aspirations and cracking that ever-present glass ceiling and instead, altered my sightline. Raising a boy is one feat, and requires presence of mind and reaction timing surpassing that of an NFL quarterback. To raise a man, however, requires forethought and an open mind. It made perfect sense that Tom Matlack started Good Men Project—what struck me in my desire to better parent a boy, is how little support and information there is out there to do just that.
In the UK, clinical psychologist Martin Seager has strongly vocalized the need to promote the study of male gender issues. Seager states, on Psychminded, that male and female genders have clearly evolved together in inter-relationships. He also comments to the following statistics, stating that these figures alone should put stress on the scientific community to invest more effort in understanding the new male gender dynamic.
- Suicide rates for men are higher than that for women
- National statistics show that men die significantly younger than women
- Men are four times more likely to become dependent on alcohol than women
- Men make up the vast majority of single homeless persons
- Nearly all prisoners in the UK are male and the majority of these prisoners have mental health issues
- Girls are vastly outperforming boys in school
Seager believes a focused British Psychology Society (BPS) section on "The Psychology of the Male Gender" would not only help to raise awareness of the gender-specific pressures affecting the overall well-being of men and boys in our society, but it will help us to understand the impact of fathering (and my hope: mothering) on our society and to address factors that may influence and develop better parents.
I couldn't agree more with Seager and yet feel that we need to take it one step further and focus on parenting boys AND girls, not as individual genders but rather, integrated relationships. We need to think about gender as a plural, not a singular focus and respond as parents more systematically and more conscientiously when we address and think about gender issues.
I was hit with the realization that we do little to hold society accountable for closing the gender gap while watching (funnily enough) a preview for Madagascar 3 with my son. Less than a minute in, the Penguins are yelling at each other, "You pillow fight like a bunch of little girls." Normally, I try not to take these comments too seriously, but lately I've come to think not only about how this impacts my little girl, to have her gender tossed out as an insult, but I also wonder how much this affects my son. How does it impact his view of sister, of his mother, of his one-day wife?
I know there are equal parts derogation and slander of men in pop culture and with a new understanding that our children's frontal cortex won't fully develop until much later in life, I wonder why we hammer these ideas so deep into their tiny psyche that it may become almost impossible to extract? Why do we let fear creep in under the guise of funny cartoon penguins to emphasize that boys should feel badly about acting like girls?
So, back to my conundrum: should I encourage my son to be publicly affectionate? According to Eric Anderson, an American sociologist, who co-authored 'It's Just Not Acceptable Any More': The Erosion of Homophobia and the Softening of Masculinity, I wouldn't be alone. Anderson claims that hugging and kissing are part of a larger trend among male teens and young adults. The results of this survey counter a pre-existing belief that men (particularly boys) are discouraged from showing their affection. Although studies like these demonstrate the small steps we've made to end homophobia and gender stereotyping, it still feels like we're a long way off from ending the conversation for good. Case in point: my son's lesson in farewell etiquette gone awry.
After all this pondering, I continue to ask myself, what can I do to guide my kids in the right direction? How do I teach my son and daughter that grey isn't an easy place to exist in an oftentimes black-and-white world? I came to many conclusions, but here are a few principles I hope my children adopt:
- There is no prescribed mold
- Fitting in does not equal feeling good
- Calling someone a girl is one of the nicest compliments you can give
- Embrace your core gifts regardless of pink or blue status
- Real strength is showing how you feel, and not to fear your feelings
I make no claim that these ideologies are parental law. For me, parenting feels like a series of preparations to improve one's ability to react. Tiny humans are variables so if I can teach my son to own his decisions, regardless of whether I'm in his ear or not, then I'll be satisfied. Maybe next time he'll be able to turn to his friend, arms open wide and say, "How about a hug 'cause boys kiss boys in my house."
—Photo Tammra McCauley/Flickr


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Not a nice subject to start the year with but an essential one for all HCA employees to be aware of.
Below is an excerpt from our Recognising and Reporting abuse and neglect policy. As we move toward quality accreditation, it is essential that all staff understand and adhere to the policy.
Physical indicators:
- unexplained cuts, abrasions, bruising or swelling
- unexplained burns or scalds, cigarette burns
- rope burns or marks on arms, legs, neck, torso
- unexplained fractures, strains or sprains; dislocation of limbs
- bite marks
- dental injuries
- ear or eye injuries.
- avoidance of particular staff, fear of a particular person
- sleep disturbances
- changes in behaviour (e.g. unusual mood swings, uncharacteristic aggression)
- changes in daily routine, changes in appetite
- unusual passivity, withdrawal
- self-harm, suicide attempts
- inappropriate explanations of how injuries occurred
- excessive compliance to staff.
Physical indicators:
- direct or indirect disclosure of abuse or assault
- trauma to the breasts, buttocks, lower abdomen or thighs
- difficulty walking or sitting
- pain or itching in genital and/or anal area; bruising, bleeding or discharge
- self-harm, abuse, suicide attempts
- torn, stained or blood-stained underwear or bedclothes
- sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy
- unexplained money or gifts.
- sleep disturbances
- changes in eating patterns
- inappropriate or unusual sexual behaviour or knowledge
- changes in social patterns
- sudden or marked changes in behaviour or temperament
- anxiety attacks, panic attacks, clinical depression
- refusal to attend usual places (e.g. work, school, respite)
- going to bed fully clothed
- excessive compliance to staff.
Physical indicators:
- speech disorders
- in the case of a child, lags in physical development, failure to thrive
- injuries sustained from self-harm or abuse
- suicide attempts
- anxiety attacks.
- self-harm or self-abusive behaviours
- challenging/extreme behaviours
- excessive compliance to staff
- very low self-esteem, feelings of worthlessness
- clinical depression
- marked decrease in interpersonal skills
- extreme attention-seeking behaviour.
Physical indicators:
- no access to, or unwarranted restrictions on, personal funds or bank accounts
- no records, or incomplete records kept of expenditure and purchases
- no inventory kept of significant purchases
- person controlling the finances does not have legal authority
- misappropriation of money, valuables or property
- forced changes to a person's will
- persistent failure to produce receipts
- receipts indicating unusual or inappropriate purchases.
- person has insufficient money to meet normal expenses
- person is persistently denied outings and activities due to a lack of funds.
Physical indicators:
- no program or inadequate/inappropriate program developed for client
- not endeavouring to use staff of the same gender to perform personal duties for clients
- providing staff with insufficient training on duty of care and policies and practices related to preventing abuse.
- person is persistently provided support that does not meet the requirements of their service package
- person refuses part of their service support due to feeling uncomfortable with particular staff members.
- physical wasting, unhealthy weight levels
- poor dental health
- food from meals left on face and/or clothes throughout the day
- dirty, unwashed body and/or face, body odour
- person always wearing the same clothes
- ill-fitting and/or unwashed clothes
- person is always over- or underdressed for the weather conditions
- food is consistently poor quality, insufficient, inedible and/or unappetising.
- constant tiredness
- persistent hunger
- unexpectedly poor social/interpersonal skills
- signs of loss of communication and other skills
- staff member, service provider, carer or support person consistently fails to bring the person to appointments, events, activities
- person is persistently denied opportunities to socialise with others in the community.
Anyone who witnesses or is notified about an incident or allegation of abuse, neglect and exploitation in relation to vulnerable person must ACT.
1.Protect the person
Make the person who has experienced abuse safe, provide medical assistance as required, and/or remove the source of harm or potential harm from the person (e.g. other people, harmful objects).
Explain to the person what is happening and that it is not their fault.
2: Preserve and record the evidence.
Where relevant, and especially for criminal acts, maintain the scene of the incident, take photos and protect any personal articles involved. Write down or record on your phone what you know. Include what you know about the situation, the people and services involved, and any witnesses.
3. Contact your Manager and Head Office
Contact your Manager and someone in authority at head office immediately - a manager or the Managing Director. You will be required to complete an incident report.
Immediately report criminal acts or deaths to the police. In line with your service's policies, record the complaint, write an incident report and follow processes for dealing with incidents, complaints and allegations.


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I am really excited to be starting a new challenge on my blog: Cover to cover! This will be when I compare two or more covers of either the same book, books in a series, books by the same author, or just two random books! So I have decided to do my first one for a book I recently read, Blood Red Road by Moira Young. Please note this is entirely my opinion. Everyone has their own, so if you don't agree, you don't agree.
The first cover is the US version, which is one of the copies I read (don't ask why I had two....). Anyway, this cover really stands out to me. When I saw it on the shelf for the first time, it caught my eye. The large, red words drew my attention without looking too overwhelming. This caused me to pick up the book and read the back, which then caused me to put it on my giant to-read list, which then caused me to pick it up during a time where my stack of books was a tad smaller. Anyway, after reading the book (which was really, really good by the way), I liked this cover even more. The dull, grey background brought out the way the landscape looks, or at least how I pictured it. The clouds of dust with Saba walking forward explained the beginning of the plot extremely subtly while setting the perfect tone for this novel. Overall, this cover was really great and if I were Moira Young, I would be happy with the portrayal of the book through the cover.
This is the paperback edition of blood red road. I like this cover also, but somehow the blood red sky and landscape doesn't really click with me. Sure, there is one part where red rain falls, but aside from that, the book specifically describes that the landscape is barren, a bowl of dust. I like the effect of the shadow because it looks really eye-catching without showing the model's face (showing the model's face makes you not able to picture the main character in your head anymore). I do like this cover, but I also don't like how tiny the actual novel name is. That makes you think the novel name is Dust Lands, when it's actually Blood Red Road. But still an interesting cover.
I'm sorry, but I cannot STAND this UK cover of Blood Red Road. Believe it or not, there is not a lot of blood in this novel (I KNOW!), so the big red splatter on the front means nothing. I do like the illustration of the crow (that is prettttyyyy cool), but everything else (to me) is a bit of a mess. There is a lot of craziness going on, and too many colours and everything. This cover doesn't suit the novel in the slightest. The tone is craziness, not sadness, grief, and loss like the real book. Take a look back at the first cover I showed you. Look at the bowed head of the main character, Saba, and how she's fighting her way along with no hope. Now look at this cover. Do they even compare? If I saw this cover, I would possibly pick it up, look at it, and put it back on the shelf. Sorry!
So what cover wins Overall Best? Drumroll please...
The US edition!
Honourable mention to the Paperback cover.
Last place? Easily the UK cover.
Hoped you enjoyed this! Let me know what your first impressions of each cover are in the comments bar!
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Fall & Winter Boot Shopping: 5 Unique Tips to Consider
Posted by Jenn F. on Friday, September 12th, 2014
As the New York weather chills, many of us have begun contemplating buying new boots for the fall and winter seasons. This time of year, we tend to treat a lot of twisted ankles due to poor footwear choice — like wearing high-heeled boots on ice! We also see a lot of aggravated bunions that have been crushed in pointy-toed boots, as well as foot fungus cases from feet trapped in wet footwear. The NYC podiatrists at The Center for Podiatric Care & Sports Medicine have a few helpful tips for boot shopping you may not have considered, which will lead to happier and healthier feet.
1. Get a carrying case.
Every time you read an article about footwear choice, podiatrists scold patients to only wear certain types of "orthopedic" style boots. We understand that the APMA approved boots are good for shoveling snow in the driveway or going to a relative's house, but may not be suitable for looking your best at that work Christmas party. The compromise, then, is to accept that while there is a time and place for every boot, you need to limit the amount of time spent wearing your hot high-heeled ones. You may, for instance, wear your frumpier, yet comfy, boots to work and switch into something more fashionable. The key to making this work is to have a boot and shoe carrying case such as this one.
2. Search boots that accommodate orthotic inserts.
Not every boot is blessed with a supportive sole. Ugg-style boots are particularly notorious for lacking any kind of structure. We also see a lot of "rocker-bottom" style boots that parade as a better alternative to heeled boots, but in reality, are just as bad for the feet. Since every foot is unique — with its own degree of pronation, supination, and arch height — we often recommend custom orthotic inserts for our patients. Many people are surprised at how much this can help for various types of foot pain! With so many people wearing orthotics these days, online shoe retailers like Planet Shoes are starting to catch on and offer shoppers a way to search only the boots that have "removable foot beds" to accommodate orthotic inserts.
3. Go over & beyond to keep your feet dry.
The autumns are wet, and the winters are snowy in New York. Many boots promise to be "waterproof," yet "breathable" nowadays. Don't just trust manufacturer claims, though. It's best to add an extra layer of protection with Beeswax for leather or boot protector spray for fabric. Even with all the protection in the world, your boots are going to get wet — if not from the elements, then from perspiration — so a boot dryer is a sound investment. We like this highly-rated one from Peet because it can dry up to four boots in less than three hours, with an automatic timer so you don't have to worry about shutting it off. MaxxDry is a good brand to consider if you need your boots to dry quicker — in one hour.
4. Know where your boots hurt the most.
Lack of padding causes bunion aggravation, corns, calluses, and cuts. If the laces hurt the tops of your feet, consider felt tongue pads. If boots tend to rub the backs of your feet, try these heel snugs. There are all kinds of bunion protectors on the market, including these gel pads. Probably the best type of padding can be found in your sock choice. Good brands to consider include: Wigwam, Darn Tough, Fox River, and Carhartt.
5. Ask a podiatrist for boot shopping help.
Do your boots fit properly? It can be hard to tell sometimes. If you live in the Manhattan or Westchester areas of New York, we invite you to bring your new pair of boots in for a professional opinion. Or you may come in to have your feet measured, and questions answered before you buy. Did you know that a third of women who've had children have also had a change in shoe size? Aging and swelling can also change a person's shoe size. You don't need to visit a podiatrist for pain or serious foot issues only. We are very much in the business of pain prevention and are more than happy to help consumers with their boot shopping. Book your appointment with us online!
If you have any foot problems or pain, contact The Center for Podiatric Care and Sports Medicine. Dr. Josef J. Geldwert, Dr. Katherine Lai, Dr. Ryan Minara and Dr. Mariola Rivera have helped thousands of people get back on their feet. Unfortunately, we cannot give diagnoses or treatment advice online. Please make an appointment to see us if you live in the NY metropolitan area or seek out a podiatrist in your area.


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Continuing the discussion from CODE-RADE in CVMFS global repositories:
I wanted to use this topic to discuss issues related to the mounting of the CODE-RADE repository. As discussed in the previous post, we have included it in the EGI Stratum1, so technically one could use the configuration repository to access it - however, this doesn't seem to be working.
Alternatively, one could apply the configuration to connect directly to the CVMFS repo at UFS (apprepo.sagrid.ac.za) and use the Stratum0 there. This used to be working for me until a few days ago, but wasn't working for other (ie @SeanMurray_59b6)
I want to get to the bottom of this, and have another look at the code we use in DevOps to configure containers, VMs and worker nodes to mount our repo at code-rade.africa-grid.org
@SeanMurray_59b6 could you maybe start off giving a summary of what the situation is on any of your worker nodes ?
I see the @ScottHazelhurst has also mounted an old repo (fastrepo.sagrid.ac.za - now decommissioned) on his SE. @ScottHazelhurst could you perhaps let us know your configuration ?
It's clear now that there is some form of configuration problem with the client. Let's take another look at the server :
On apprepo.sagrid.ac.za we have
cvmfs_server list
code-rade.africa-grid.org (stratum0 / local) (created by CernVM-FS 2.3.3-1)
cvmfs_server info code-rade.africa-grid.org
Repository name: code-rade.africa-grid.org
Created by CernVM-FS 2.3.3-1
Stratum1 Replication Allowed: yes
Whitelist is valid for another 28 days
Client configuration:
Add code-rade.africa-grid.org to CVMFS_REPOSITORIES in /etc/cvmfs/default.local
Create /etc/cvmfs/config.d/code-rade.africa-grid.org.conf and set
Copy /etc/cvmfs/keys/code-rade.africa-grid.org.pub to the client
It looks like the keys and CVMFS_REPOSITORIES were incorrectly set.
I've checked that this works on the CentOS (against the local openstack) and Debian (Travis) enviroments. Just need to check the docker cotainers


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Reviewed.com Rock-Off
Yes, this is where I work. There was a rock-off this week where my coworkers split into bands (drums, guitar, and bass). I missed the competition, which is probably just fine seeing as I haven't played a video game since playing Sega in elementary school. But I did catch a little jam session on lunch hour.