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The Lawless (1950)
In something a little different today, I've gone beyond my Los Angeles borders to track down film locations in two Northern California towns seen in the 1950 Joseph Losey movie, The Lawless. Many of Losey's films analyzed different social issues and in The Lawless, the director shines a light on racism in a small California community. What shocked me when I first saw this film is how contemporary it feels sixty-one years later.
The friction is between the middle class whites that live in the fictional town of Santa Marta and the Mexican fruit pickers that live in the poorer neighboring community, Sleepy Hollow. Not all, but many of the residents in the white community look down at the Mexican immigrants, considering them lazy and troublesome. During one evening, some white teenagers decide to go to Sleepy Hollow for a night of dancing. At the dance, the white teenagers pick a fight and an all out brawl ensues, spiraling out of control. When one of the Latino boys accidentally hits a cop many people in the white community, without knowing all the facts, go on a hunt for the Mexican juvenile, much like the mob in the Fritz Lang film, Fury.
Macdonald Carey, a regular in many 'B' movies, plays Larry Wilder, a newspaper publisher who has left the city life to go live and work in a quieter small town similar to the one he fondly remembers growing up in. Being new in town, Carey initially doesn't want to make any more waves in the community than there already are. When Carey realizes just how bad the anti-Mexican hatred is he decides to take action, using his newspaper to get out the facts and to be a voice of reason in the community.
Macdonald Carey outside The Union Square Building
Union Square Building, 151 Mill St, Grass Valley, Ca
Above and directly below are screenshots from the film showing Carey's newspaper office building compared with contemporary images of the location. In the film, this building was to be in the fictional town of Santa Marta, but this building is located at 151 Mill Street, in Grass Valley, California. What I think is interesting is that this building, built in 1864, really was a newspaper building according to the Nevada County Association of Realtors website.
Another view of Union Square Building from The Lawless
151 Mill Street, Grass Valley, Ca - Union Square Building
The next few screen comparisons show more locations moving down Mill Street in Grass Valley, going in the direction of the historic Del Oro Theatre. You will see the residents beginning to form a mob and then turning into a chase scene.
Mexicans driving down Mill Street through the white crowd.
Cars driving down Mill Street near the Del Oro Theatre.
The Del Oro Theatre in the background as seen in The Lawless.
Del Oro Theatre, 165 Mill Street, Grass Valley, Ca
According to Cinema Treasures, the Del Oro Theatre was built in 1942, making the theatre only about seven years old during the time The Lawless was being filmed.
The mob races past Casey's Restaurant in Grass Valley.
Casey's Restaurant is now a parking lot.
In the above scene, the crowd formed into a mob and began racing down Mill Street, chasing one of the Mexicans past Casey's restaurant at the intersection of Mill and Neal Streets. As you can see, Casey's Restaurant is now a parking lot.
In the next screenshot comparisons, what is supposed to still be Santa Marta was actually filmed in Marysville, California, about 30 miles away from Grass Valley where the other scenes were filmed.
5th Street at D Street, Marysville, Ca as seen in The Lawless
Looking down D Street at 5th Street, Marysville, Ca
In the screenshot above, if you look in the upper right corner, you can see the pointed circular peak of what was the Western Hotel. I was able to identify this building thanks to some historic images on the Historic Downtown Marysville website. You can check out this informative and interesting site by clicking here. The Historic Downtown Marysville site says this about the hotel:
"Opened on November 1, 1853, the five-star Western Hotel was built for $30,000 by R.J. Murray. It burned in May 1854, June 1933, and August 1956 [just seven years after The Lawless was filmed]. The hotel had installed the first elevator, steam heaters, and electricity between Sacramento and Portland in 1911; thus, it kept the hotel ranked with its five-star rating. The hotel stood for 95 years and was demolished in 1956."
As you can see, the hotel is not the only building missing since the time of filming. Clearly some of the other buildings that once stood on D Street are now gone.
The next couple comparisons show the old Yuba County Court House in Marysville, which was located at the corner of 6th and D Streets. Like the hotel, the old Court House is no longer standing.
Yuba County Court House as seen in The Lawless.
6th & D Streets, Marysville, Ca - Former site of Court House.
In front of the Court House, looking down D Street.
Looking down D Street where the Court House once stood.
In the next scene comparison we see a park in the center of town that the mob passes through during the chase scene. This park was Cortez Square, located near where the Court House used to stand. The park was situated between B and C Street and 5th and 6th Street. Like the Court House, Cortez Square is also gone.
Cortez Square, Marysville, Ca as seen in The Lawless.
Cortez Sqaure now covered by buildings.
This last comparison shows Ellis Lake, located in Marysville, Ca. The lake can be seen later in the film when a cop drives by the sign reading "Santa Marta - The Friendly City."
A view of Ellis Lake, in Marysville, Ca.
A present day view of Ellis Lake in Marysville, Ca.
The Lawless is an entertaining 'B' movie that has held up well over time. In addition to seeing real life film locations, another great thing about this movie is that Joseph Losey cast actual Latinos, rather than throwing on some dark make-up on white actors to play Latinos. I always grimace a bit when I see that done.
The Lawless is currently available for streaming on Netflix. I don't believe there has been any official studio release of The Lawless on DVD, but it can be found for sale online.
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Jun 10, 2010, 05:25 pm
Terrico White
turned the ball over on an extremely low 9% of his possessionshinting at his frustrating lack of aggressiveness, and didnt stand out in too many other areas. His biggest weakness was his ability to hit shots with a hand in his face off a catch (0.65 PPP on 2.5/G), which manifested itself when he was playing shooting guard and working off of screens. For a player with such excellent physical tools, you would have liked to see him get to the rim or draw more fouls than he was able to at Ole Miss.
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May 22, 2010, 08:11 pm
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doesn't always play like the point guard many project him as, but that doesn't seem to be an issue considering he's 6-3 ¾, with a 6-9 wingspan--more than adequate size for an NBA shooting guard.
White had a very good weekend here at the combine, looking smooth and polished in the drills and showing off a terrific shooting stroke. He's a chiseled specimen as well. He has an absurdly low body fat percentage of 3.7%.
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After an uninspiring end to the season for
Terrico White
and his Ole Miss team, the athletic combo guard will have a chance to show once again why hes an intriguing NBA prospect with his teams invitation to the N.I.T. White has a lot of things going for him, including his terrific physical tools and stellar mid-range game, but questions still linger regarding his lack of a defined position, poor production this season and nonchalant nature.
Whether hes playing point guard or as a wing playing off the ball, as long as White is on the court he is thinking shot. He has great natural scoring instincts and as mentioned in our previous write up, his mid range game is one of his strongest assets showing the ability to stop on a dime off the bounce or curling off a screen. The difference however from our last evaluation is that his field goal percentage has dipped to 43.3% (White was shooting close to 45% in the 1st half of the season) leveling out to about the same percentage as a year ago. Part of the season for this drop is his shot selection as hes continued to take contested shots all season long and settle for tough floaters in the lane, part of the season his team struggled as badly as they did to close off the year.
Another skill that he is yet to fully incorporate into his game is that of getting to the foul line. He currently shoots 4.2 free throws per 40 pace adjusted, and with someone with his superb athletic ability and strong frame, he should be getting there more often.
After watching the 67 shots at the basket in the 23 games that we have at our disposal, its obvious that White has the ability to get in the paint, but he noticeably shies away from contact most of the time. His shots at the rim come in transition, two foot tear drops, fade-aways in the lane or using his athleticism to avoid defenders - getting cute and creative to finish.
Once, or more likely if he begins showing the propensity to use his outstanding body to go through players and embrace that contact, his production will surely increase.
Another contributing factor to his lack of free throw attempts is Whites below average ball handling skills. He rarely alters his pace, isnt fully capable of changing direction, and hes not strong enough with the ball to handle it consistently against pressure right now. At times he appears tentative to go out and make plays, which has caused him to disappear in quite a few important games this season, one of the reasons his exceptionally talented team missed the NCAA tournament. On the positive side though is Whites improved free throw percentage, going from 62.8% last season to 70.1% this year.
His point guard skills as a whole however are less than impressive. Hes still only averaging 1.5 assists a game which ranks him as one of the worst passers in our database amongst starting guards. He simply was not looking to create shots for others this year, appearing far more concerned with going out and getting his own offense. He is only averaging 1.3 turnovers a game, which is impeccable for any guard, but a lot of that has to do with him shooting on most possessions and not even trying to attempt to create for others.
White's fundamentals, feel for the game and understanding of how to maximize his physical tools in a half-court offense all need quite a bit of work.
On the defensive end, White has all the physical tools to be a very good defender, but has been inconsistent at this end. He goes through spurts of playing hard or using the defensive possession to relax. Closing out on shooters is an area hes struggled with, but hes certainly improved in containing the ball handler and stopping dribble penetration.
White has the makings of a Flip Murray-type rotation player with his terrific ability to put the ball in the basket. With that said, he had a very poor sophomore season and could likely use another year of college basketball to further develop the areas in his game that need improving. After a rather disinterested finish to the regular season however, it appears as though White will be testing the waters, as he does not seem to have faith in his situation being different next year.
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Few players in college basketball draw such varying opinions over his pro potential than Ole Miss
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. A relatively unheralded high school recruit who was thrust into the role of Ole Miss starting point guard very early on in his freshman season, White was named freshman of the year in the SEC and has seen his draft stock fluctuate dramatically ever since.
The physical tools that White brings to the table are simply undeniable. With ample size at 6-5 to play either backcourt position, White sports a ridiculously long wingspan to go along with an outstanding frame and superior athleticism.
The place that White has clearly improved the most between his freshman and sophomore seasons is with his shooting stroke. His mid-range game looks like a potentially superb weapon for the NBA, sporting great elevation on his jump-shot, incredibly smooth mechanics, and an ultra quick release.
Despite the fact that he rarely gets to the basket (only 26% of his shooting attempts come around the rim), his field goal percentages have improved this season, largely due to the fact that hes shooting 37% from beyond the arc. He shoots the ball the same pretty much every timealways looking extremely smooth and natural in the processand would probably be converting at a much better rate if he were able to improve his shot-selection.
As a shot-creator, White has plenty of room for improvement, something that was probably masked to a certain extent last year when he played the point full time and had the ball in his hands all the time. His ball-handling skillsparticularly with his left handare average, and he rarely gets to the free throw line despite showing a terrific first step and outstanding body control in the lane.
Too often White is content taking a pick and just settling for a pull-up jumper, rarely looking to get all the way to the basket. When he does get into the paint, its usually to try a floater from 5-8 feet away, a shot that is nice to see in his arsenal but he relies on far too heavily upon considering the degree of difficulty. He has a great deal to learn about the nuances of initiating contact and finishing strong around the basket, as hes far too physically gifted to be content making a living in the mid-range.
As a point guard, White has clearly taken a step back from last year. He averages a miniscule amount of assists1.7 per-40 minutes pace adjusted, ranking him
dead last
in assist ratio amongst all point guards or combo guards in college basketball. While there are plenty of counterarguments that can be made to justify this stathe plays next to a very wild and often selfish point guard (
Chris Warren
) who thoroughly dominates the ballthere is no way around the fact that in the minutes that he does man the point he dribbles the ball with his head down and rarely shows much in the way of playmaking instincts.
To Whites credit, he does a terrific job of not turning the ball overranking
1st in that category
as well. Hes been criticized at times for not being assertive enough, something that this stat seems to hint at, but clearly his role on this Ole Miss team is to act as a finisher and not a creator.
Defensively, White has taken a big step forward this year. Thats not a surprise when you consider his outstanding potential in this area, with his terrific size, length, strength and athleticism. On the ball he uses his tools exceptionally well to stay in front of his man and force contested looks, but off the ball his occasional lack of intensity and fundamentals will result in some easy baskets for the opposition.
White is the type of player who can come into an NBA private workout and absolutely blow a team away with his physical tools, shooting stroke and tremendous upside. At the same time, his lack of assertiveness as a slasher is concerning, and there is no doubt that he could use another season in college to stabilize his draft stock, become more confident on and off the court, and continue to add polish to his very improvable weaknesses. Hell be facing a tough decision regarding whether or not to declare for the draft this spring. On one hand his talent is undeniable, but on the other weve seen plenty of players in his mold get shoved to the sidelines early on in their NBA careers playing for bad organizations and eventually get lost somewhere along the way.
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Jun 20, 2009, 10:04 pm
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s name doesnt roll off the tongues of NBA scouts or college basketball enthusiasts that easily, that appears likely to change sometime in the near future. The SEC freshman of the year showed possibly the best upside of any prospect in attendance on the U-19 team, and looks like a pretty likely candidate to play in the NBA at some point in time.
White stands out immediately for his terrific physical profile, as he is an outstanding athlete with a great frame and good size for either guard position. With starting point guard
Chris Warren
out with a torn ACL from very early on in the season, the freshman was forced to play primarily at the point guard spot for Ole Miss, which likely helped speed his development considerably and really allowed him to shine.
Regardless of the fact that he is not a terribly polished player offensively, White has some very nice tools which can be harnessed and developed in the next few years. Unlike almost any other prospect here, White is capable of going out and getting his shot almost whenever he pleases, thanks to his terrific first step and nice scoring instincts. On top of that, hes also an effective shooter, showing very nice mechanics and great elevation getting up off the floor to get his shot off, both from beyond the arc and pulling up off the dribble from mid-range.
With that said, White has quite a few holes to his game that hell need to round out before he can even come close to reaching his full potential. For one, his fundamentals and decision making skills are fairly poor, as he has a tendency to over-dribble in the half-court and show bad shot-selection. He relies far too heavily on his 3-point stroke considering how talented an athlete he is, as nearly 50% of his attempts this season came from beyond the arc. He doesnt get to the free throw line very often and still needs to learn how to use his quickness and leaping ability to create better shots around the basket, as he often prefers to settle for contested fade-away jumpers.
Defensively, White again has tools, with his great size, frame, length and lateral quickness, but he doesnt quite know how to use them just yet. His fundamentals are average, quickly getting out of his stance and swiping at the ball excessively, and gambling in the passing lanes. He shows pretty good intensity on this side of the floor though, so it wouldnt be a surprise to see him develop significantly in this area as his college career moves along.
White is a guy to keep under the radar for now, but if he puts the work in and is able to become a smarter and more complete all-around player, he could really emerge as an interesting prospect down the road. In the meantime he should be patient and not try to rush things too quickly.
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Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
Lecture | 10 x 2 Hour Lectures |
Workshop | 10 x 2 Hour Workshops |
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
Semester Assessment | Camera Test - Theory and Practice. 1 hour (in total) | 10% |
Semester Assessment | Group Video Project (4-5 minutes) | 50% |
Semester Assessment | Reflective Essay (1,500 words) (critical reflection on production work). 1,500 words. | 40% |
Supplementary Assessment | Camera Test - Theory and Practice. 1 hour (in total) | 10% |
Supplementary Assessment | Video Production: an essay of 2,500 words | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Reflective Essay (1,500 words) | 40% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of how directorial choices affect the visual expressivity and clarity of storytelling in images in fiction film production.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the process of editing, the relationship between shooting and editing, and the techniques that can create transparent or disjunctive editing.
3. Demonstrate dexterity and technical understanding in the use of video cameras and editing software.
4. Demonstrate ability to precisely articulate their own creative intentions, and to make the creative decisions that are most appropriate to realising them.
5. Demonstrate the ability to assess, with subtlety and sophistication, how far they have achieved their creative intentions.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of professional practice and the logistical pressures of film production, in terms of time management, organisation, resources and so on.
This course is intended to introduce key concepts and skills in media production, and to establish a sense of the thought process that lies behind practical work.
Brief description
The lectures clarify concepts and provide examples from scenes, while the workshops allow students to put concepts into action.
10 x 2 hour Lectures
10 x 2 hour Workshops
Course content focuses on the following:
- The stages of a media production. Who does what and when.
- Screenwriting: the stages of writing a script; shaping a structure; and techniques for creating a narrative point-of-view.
- Procedures for filming: shooting methodologies and their artistic implications.
- The creation of different portrayals of 'space' onscreen and their expressive potential.
- Camera angles and shot sizes.
- Focus in the image.
- Lens Language.
- Further aspects of digital cinematography.
- Key camera concepts in directing for continuity filmmaking: principles, rules and when you can break them.
- Introduction to editing; shooting for editing.
- The elements of post-production from digital editing to the digital intermediate.
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
Application of Number | Use of editing package and camera involves application of number skills. |
Communication | Short production exercises involve communication between director, cinematographer and actors. The video project involves communication between director, cinematographer, tutor and actors. |
Improving own Learning and Performance | During weekly camera exercises, the tutor asks students to evaluate their creative decisions. In the critical essay, students evaluate how far they have realised their creative aims for the video production. |
Information Technology | Professional software is used to edit the work. |
Personal Development and Career planning | The module emphasises production work in professionally defined roles such as director, cinematographer and writer. It also establishes on a basic level the professional procedures in production. The video projects may be added to students' production portfolio as proof of ability. |
Problem solving | The weekly exercises consist of an aesthetic problem to be solved through decision making. Production of short video assessment requires problem solving in creative, intellectual, logistical and technical areas. |
Research skills | Pre-production for video project and written assignment both involve research into film sequences that will inform the creative work. |
Subject Specific Skills | |
Team work | Camera exercises take place in small groups. The video productions are realised in small groups. |
This module is at CQFW Level 4


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Interior design trends are constantly evolving, so it's practically impossible to decorate your home in a way that is guaranteed to stand the test of time. If you want your home to continue looking modern, you should expect to update your decor at least once every few years. Many homeowners find success by choosing simple, timeless furniture pieces and swapping out hardware, paint colors, and other accessories as trends change.
If your home feels dated, you may not have to overhaul your design entirely to make the space feel new. Sometimes, fixing just one design mistake can completely revitalize your home. Here are 10 mistakes that may be dating your home:
Sticking to Only One Style
Sticking to one specific style or trend throughout your home can backfire. Although the house may feel perfectly in style at the time you decorate, everything will simultaneously feel old and tired as that trend fades away. If you love the style and are fine with your home not evolving to match current trends, you should feel free to decorate it to your liking. However, if you're concerned about your home seeming outdated, try incorporating a mix of different styles to bring life into the space.
Combining multiple trends will create a visually interesting design. When there are multiple layers to your decor, everything feels richer and more vibrant. Additionally, it becomes easier to switch a few pieces out as one of the styles ages. Instead of overhauling an entire room, you can start by adding or removing just a few elements of the design.
Too Minimalist or Maximalist
The popular style has shifted from minimalist to maximalist in recent years. Open spaces, sparse white walls, and simple designs have faded in popularity, and homeowners are now opting for walls full of artwork and objects on every end table. Either extreme can be a mistake, though. Minimalist designs may feel too cold and empty, and maximalist designs can feel cluttered or chaotic.
The most timeless designs fall somewhere in the middle. A few intriguing items or pieces of art can add a lot to the atmosphere, but some empty space or simple designs can also feel calming.
It's important to consider function when decorating your home. Too much or too little of anything can make your home less practical.
Furniture Along the Walls
Placing your furniture along the walls may be your only option in small rooms. However, in certain spaces, it looks outdated or unnatural. To make your home feel more modern, try bringing the pieces closer to each other. This will help the room feel like a more natural gathering place. Then, you could place a cabinet or narrow table along the wall to increase your storage space.
Gold or Oversized Light Fixtures
Lighting is a frequently overlooked element to home decor, but it can have a dramatic difference on a room's atmosphere. A large lighting fixture could be an interesting statement piece, but if it's too bold, it could get outdated quickly. This is especially common with bathroom lighting fixtures. Large chandeliers or pendant lights may still look good in kitchens, but they can make your bathroom look dated. Gold and brass lighting fixtures are a trend of the past, too. Instead, opt for cooler shades or for classic black fixtures.
Tuscan Kitchens
Tuscan-style kitchens with warm browns and golds were once an incredibly popular design. Today, brown and bronze hues can still be incorporated into your design scheme, but too many of these colors can make your kitchen look outdated. To modernize the room, you could install a cool-toned backsplash or refinish the cabinets to lighten the shade. Painting the walls with a brighter color can also freshen up the space.
Gray Interiors
Soft gray walls, gray floors, and gray furniture have all been trendy in recent years, but that trend is starting to fade. A gray interior can feel very soothing, and it creates a great neutral backdrop for some accent pieces. However, if you've leaned too far into the gray palette, your home may start to feel drab. Designers today are opting for bolder colors and quirkier designs.
Fortunately, updating a gray color scheme is fairly easy. You could paint an accent wall or incorporate colorful throw pillows, area rugs, or artwork. If your kitchen has gray cabinets, consider repainting them white.
White Appliances
Black and stainless steel appliances overtook white ones many years ago. If you feel like your kitchen is stuck in the past, white appliances may be the culprit. This doesn't mean that you should replace perfectly good white appliances with stainless steel ones prematurely. When the time comes to replace them, though, you should opt for black or stainless steel appliances to help bring your kitchen up to date.
Wall-to-wall Carpeting
Wall-to-wall carpeting is still somewhat popular for living rooms and bedrooms, so it's definitely possible to incorporate carpet into a modern home decor plan. In many cases, though, wall-to-wall carpeting contributes to a dingy or outdated look. While the carpet may not be out of style, it does show its age much faster than hardwood, laminate, or tile floors. Carpet gets stained and worn out extremely easily, so unless you take excellent care of it, it can make a room look tired. Hardwood floors, on the other hand, are usually easier to maintain.
Heavy Curtains
Oversized and ornate curtains could be making your bedroom or living room feel out of style. While curtains can be a great option for expressing your color and pattern preferences, current trends favor lighter and simpler designs over loud or heavy ones. Heavy fabrics could block natural light from entering the room and obstruct your view of the outdoors. To refresh the room, try installing lightweight or sheer curtains that accentuate the window instead of blocking it.
Wear and Tear
Although wear and tear isn't a design choice, it's often a factor when homes feel old or outdated. Paint can fade over time, hardware can break, and furniture can wear down. Sometimes, all you need to modernize your home is a few upgrades. Repainting the walls or reupholstering a couch could completely revitalize the room. Not everything in your home needs to be brand new, but choosing a few worn-out items to replace or repair could make a massive difference.
Design trends will always change, but one or two simple mistakes could be responsible for making your home look dated. You can upgrade your living space by rearranging furniture, switching out some decor, or replacing a few items. What's most important, though, is that your home feels comfortable and matches your own design preferences.


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Skin prick testing or SPT demonstrates an allergic response to a specific allergen. In conjunction with an allergy focused history, SPT can help to confirm the presence of an allergy to either a food or inhaled substance (allergen).
SPT is the most common allergy test performed in an allergy clinic by specially trained staff. SPT is a simple, safe and quick test, providing results within 15-20 minutes. This will enable you to receive a diagnosis and management plan at your appointment.
The skin prick test introduces a tiny amount of allergen into the skin, eliciting a small, localised allergic response, in the form of a wheal (bump) and flare (redness) at the site of testing. These tests can be carried out on all age groups, including babies.
- SPT is usually carried out on the inner forearm, but in some circumstances may be carried out on another part of the body, such as back or thigh. For example, there is a larger area on the back or thigh to perform testing on a baby, similarly, for those with troublesome eczema the test can be performed on any clear patch of skin
- The test allergens are selected following a discussion with your clinician and based on your history
- As few as 3 or 4 or up to about 25 allergens can be tested
- The skin is coded with a marker pen to identify the allergens to be tested
- A drop of the allergen (extract) solution is placed on the skin
- The skin is then pricked through the drop using the tip of a lancet – this can feel a little sharp but should not be painful and should not bleed.
The patient needs to avoid taking anti-histamines and certain other medications before the test. Long acting antihistamines (those that do not cause drowsiness) should be stopped for five days, short acting antihistamines can be stopped 48 hours beforehand. Many cough mixtures contain an antihistamine, therefore please tell the healthcare professional who is performing the test any medication you have taken. The results will not be reliable if anti-histamines are still in the body when the test is performed as antihistamines can prevent the body from reacting to the SPT. If the patient has not stopped taking anti-histamines before their appointment they may not be able to have the skin prick test.
Two control samples are included to make sure that the test has worked; one of the controls will cause a reaction in all people, and the other should not cause a reaction in anyone. This helps the nurses and doctors ensure the test has been conducted properly.
The skin may become itchy within a few minutes and become red and swollen with a wheal in the centre (very much like the reaction to a nettle sting). The wheal has a raised edge which slowly expands to reach its maximum size in about 15 minutes, clearing for most people within an hour. Depending upon what you have discussed with your doctor, this may be a positive response and your doctor will discuss the results and what they mean for you.
No reaction to the SPT (a negative response) may indicate that the patient is not sensitive to that allergen. Negative reactions may occur for other reasons, for example; if the patient is taking anti-histamines or medications that block the effect of histamine. Which is why it is important the results are interpreted by a healthcare professional experienced in allergy. In some cases, the doctor may request a blood test to help clarify the results.


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The number of fatalities from Wednesday's mass shooting at a San Jose light rail maintenance yard has risen to nine after a victim who was hospitalized died overnight, the Santa Clara County Coroner's office said.
According to KPIX-TV in San Francisco and CNN, 49-year-old Alex Ward Fritch died at the Santa Clara County Medical Center after he was brought there in critical condition on Wednesday morning.
In addition to Fritch, eight others were killed in Wednesday's shooting: Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; Adrian Balleza, 29; Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63; and Lars Kepler Lane, 63.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office identified the suspect in Wednesday's shooting as 57-year-old Samuel Cassidy. Police believe that he died at the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
"I can confirm with you that deputies did not exchange gunfire and right now we're going to preliminarily go with the assumption that it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound from the suspect," Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Russell Davis said during a briefing Wednesday.
Davis also said Wednesday that the suspect was an employee at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) maintenance rail yard, where he opened fire.
"This is a very dark moment for our city and our community," San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said at a press conference. "These are and were essential workers. They helped us get through a horrific pandemic."
Later in the day, Liccardo told CNNthat "it's clear the victims and all the colleagues knew the shooter well."
However, details of what that relationship was like have not been released.
"We are still awaiting many of the details of this latest mass shooting, but there are some things we know for sure," President Joe Biden said in a statement on Wednesday. "There are at least eight families who will never be whole again. There are children, parents, and spouses who are waiting to hear whether someone they love is ever going to come home. There are union brothers and sisters – good, honest, hardworking people – who are mourning their own."
Later on Wednesday, Biden ordered flags around the country to fly at half-staff.


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Evan Williams
Sober at 19, married at 21, Carolina-born comedian Evan Williams moved to New York City with his wife and Dumbbells at 23 to pursue the dream. Bringing his life experiences to the stage and putting a light spin on dark events became a passion. He been featured on Comedy Central's Roast Battle II and was a 2016 'New Face' at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. He's also been listed as a 'Top Comedian Under 30' by Complex Magazine, one of Addiction.com's '5 Sober Comics You Should Know', and has been featured in TimeOut NY, Interrobang, and The New York Times. He can also be seen on MTV's Bugging Out and as a finalist on the Seeso original series 'New York's Funniest'.


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I teach trendspotting in my LIS701 and LIS768 courses. This post is very helpful for understanding the process:
How do I become a better trendwatcher?
- First of all, make sure you acquire a point of view about the world around you. The more trends you spot and track, and the more skilled you are at putting these trends in a context, the more guidance you'll have.
- Crucial to broadening your point of view: be curious and be open minded. Not an easy thing to do. We're all set in our ways, we all have our strict beliefs about what is right and what is wrong. Ask yourself 'why' whenever you notice something new, instead of immediately looking for shortcomings.
- Also realize that you are not necessarily your customer: your professional interests should be broader than your personal interests. You may not be excited by something new, but others are. Ask yourself why they are excited and which existing need has apparently been unlocked.
- Stop being 'just' a specialist and aim to become a generalist. Yes, we all need to be a specialist in something. However, we also need to be generalists, to understand the big picture and how we and our companies and products fit in.
These are some things that helped me gather my Ten Trends & Technologies for 2009.


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The Emotionally Healthy Woman: Eight Things You Have to Quit to Change Your Life
Part of the bestselling Emotionally Healthy Spirituality book collection, The Emotionally Healthy Woman provides women a way out of surface-level spirituality to genuine freedom in Christ.
Geri Scazzero knew there was something desperately wrong with her life. She felt like a single parent raising her four young daughters alone. She finally told her husband, "I quit," and left the thriving church he pastored, beginning a journey that transformed her and her marriage for the better.
This book is for every woman who thinks, "I can't keep pretending everything is fine!" Geri speaks like a friend as she uses personal stories and biblical principles to help you find your way out of superficial spirituality and move to a deep, meaningful, life-changing relationship with God.
And the journey begins by quitting. Geri quit being afraid of what others think. She quit lying. She quit denying her anger and sadness. She quit living someone else's life. When you quit those things that are damaging to your soul or the souls of others, you are freed up to choose other ways of being and relating that are rooted in love and lead to life.
When you quit for the right reasons, at the right time, and in the right way, you're on the path not only to emotional health, but also to the true purpose of your life.
Check out the full line of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality books dedicated to many different key areas of life. Workbooks, study guides, curriculum, and Spanish editions are also available.


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With the holidays around the corner, appetizers are a much needed item at any get together, so why not spend a little extra time and make some delicious homemade ones? Better yet, get some friends together, make a large batch, have some drinks and have yourself an appie making party! As part of our holiday inspired cooking segment on CTV Morning Live – Saskatoon, tomorrow morning (December 18th – 8:30AM), I tossed around a few different ideas, but ultimately decided on creating these Roasted Garlic, Spinach & Bacon Rangoon appetizers, and boy am I glad I did! They are DEELISH!
Watch us prepare this holiday treat on CTV Morning Live – Saskatoon here!
Roasted Garlic, Spinach & Bacon Rangoon
- 50 Wonton wrappers
- 1 Cup Diced Mushrooms
- 1/4 Cup Diced Bacon
- 250g Cream Cheese
- 2 Cups (Packed) Spinach
- 2 Small Heads of Roasted Garlic
- 1/4 Cup of Diced Green Onions
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- 1 Cup of Water for forming wontons
Refer to my previous post to make your roasted garlic. You will want to roast the garlic while you are preparing everything else.
Start off by pan frying your bacon on medium heat, until desired crispness. Then in the same pan, saute your mushrooms until tender, then with a little olive oil, saute your spinach until wilted. Once you have cooked everything, in a large bowl, mix together your cream cheese, mushrooms, bacon, spinach, garlic, and green onions, adding salt & pepper and tasting until you reach the desired flavour.
Watch this video to see how the dumplings are formed.
Next, you will begin forming your wonton dumplings. I like to set out about 10 wrappers at a time on my counter, then place a heaping teaspoon of the filling in the center of each wonton. Once the filling is placed, have your cup of water nearby, dip your finger in, spreading water on each edge of the wonton. Next, fold one side of the wonton, a little more than half way over the filling, rub the new exposed side of the wonton with some water, folder the other side over, it should overlap a bit. Then, rub a little more water on top and fold the last two sides so they meet in the middle. Repeat this until you have used up all your filling! There should be enough for about 40-50 dumplings.
Once you have made all your dumplings, layer them on paper towel, and place them in the fridge for about 30 minutes, allowing them to dry before frying. You can definitely make them immediately after, if you want to test some out, but they will stay together better when frying, if you allow them to dry first.
When frying, cook them in your preferred oil (I used canola oil) on medium heat until crisp and browned on each side! If you don't plan on using them all right away, you can definitely freeze them as well!


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In Neoclassical theory, money is really added as an after thought to a model that is based on a barter paradigm. In the long run, at least, money is neutral, playing no role except to determine unimportant nominal prices. Money is taken to be an exogenous variable-whose quantity is determined either by the supply of a scarce commodity (for example, gold), or by the government in the case of a "fiat" money. In the money and banking textbooks, the central bank controls the money supply through its provision of required reserves, to which a deposit multiplier is applied to determine the quantity of privately-supplied bank deposits.
The evolving Post Keynesian endogenous approach to money offers a clear alternative to the orthodox, neoclassical approach. With regard to monetary theory, early Post Keynesian work emphasized the role played by uncertainty and was generally most concerned with money hoards held to reduce "disquietude", rather than with money "on the wing" (the relation between money and spending). However, Post Keynesians always recognized the important role played by money in the "monetary theory of production" that Keynes adopted from Marx. Circuit theory, mostly developed in France, provided a nice counterpoint to early Post Keynesian preoccupation with money hoards, focusing on the role money plays in financing spending. The next major development came in the 1970s, with Basil Moore's horizontalism (somewhat anticipated by Kaldor), which emphasized that central banks cannot control bank reserves in a discretionary manner. Reserves must be "horizontal", supplied on demand at the overnight bank rate (or fed funds rate) administered by the central bank. This also turns the textbook deposit multiplier on its head as causation must run from loans to deposits and then to reserves.
This led directly to development of the "endogenous money" approach that was already apparent in the Circuit literature. When the demand for loans increases, banks normally make more loans and create more banking deposits, without worrying about the quantity of reserves on hand. Privately created credit money can thus be thought of as a horizontal "leveraging" of reserves (or, better, High Powered Money), although there is no fixed leverage ratio. In recent years, some Post Keynesians have returned to Keynes's Treatise and the State Theory of Money advanced by Knapp and adopted by Keynes therein. Rather than imagining a barter economy that discovers a lubricating medium of exchange, this neo-Chartalist approach emphasizes the role played by the state in designating the unit of account, and in naming exactly what thing answers to that description. Taxes (or any other monetary obligations imposed by authorities) then generate a demand for that money thing. In this way, Post Keynesians need not fall into the "free market" approach of orthodoxy, which imagines some pre-existing monetized utopia free from the evil hands of government. The neo-Chartalist approach also leads quite nicely to Abba Lerner's functional finance approach, which refuses to make a fine separation of fiscal from monetary policy. Money, government spending, and taxes are thus intricately interrelated. This approach rejects Mundell's "optimal currency area" as well as the monetary approach to the balance of payments. It is not possible to separate fiscal policy from currency sovereignty-which explains why the "one nation, one currency" rule is so rarely violated, and when it is violated it typically leads to disaster (as in the current case of Argentina, and-perhaps-in the future case of the European Union!).
Like Keynes, Post Keynesians have long emphasized that unemployment in capitalist economies has to do with the fact that these are monetary economies. Keynes had argued that the "fetish" for liquidity (the desire to hoard) causes unemployment because it keeps the relevant interest rates at too high a level to permit sufficient investment to raise aggregate demand to the full employment level. While it would appear that monetary policy could eliminate unemployment either by reducing overnight interest rates, or by expanding the quantity of reserves, neither avenue will actually work. When liquidity preference is high, there may be no rate of interest that will induce investment in illiquid capital-and even if the overnight interest rate falls, this does not mean that the long term rate will. Further, as the horizontalists make clear, the central bank cannot simply increase reserves in a discretionary manner as this would only result in excess reserve holdings and push the overnight interest rate to zero without actually increasing the money supply. Indeed, when liquidity preference is high, the demand for, as well as the supply of, loans collapses. Hence, there is no way for the central bank to simply "increase the supply of money" to raise aggregate demand. This is why those who adopt the endogenous money approach reject ISLM-type analysis in which the authorities can eliminate recession simply by expanding the money supply and shifting the LM curve out.
Furthermore, unlike orthodox economists, Post Keynesians reject a simple NAIRU or Phillips Curve trade-off according to which some unemployment must be accepted as "natural" or as the cost of fighting inflation. Earlier, some Post Keynesians had argued for "incomes policy" as an alternative way of fighting inflation, however, that rarely proved to be politically feasible. Lately, at least some Post Keynesians have argued that not only is the inflation-unemployment "trade-off" unnecessary, but that full employment can be a complement to enhanced price stability. This is accomplished through creation of a "buffer stock" of labor, according to which the government offers to hire anyone ready, willing, and able to work at some pre-announced and fixed wage. The size of the buffer stock moves counter-cyclically, such that government spending on the program will act as an "automatic stabilizer". At the same time, the fixed wage and benefit package helps to moderate fluctuation of "market" wages. Finally, it is emphasized that the "functional finance" approach to money and fiscal policy advanced by Lerner explains why any nation that operates with a sovereign currency will be able to "afford" full employment. In this way, it is recognized that while unemployment exists only in monetary economies, unemployment does not have to be tolerated even in monetary economies. When aggregate demand is low, fiscal policy-not monetary policy-can raise demand and provide the needed jobs. The problem is not that money is "neutral", but that when demand is low, the private sector will not create money endogenously, hence, the government must expand the supply of HPM through fiscal policy. If a deficit results, this will increase reserves held by the banking system, which must be drained through sale of government bonds in order to prevent a situation of excess reserve holdings from pushing overnight interest rates to zero. Therefore, bond sales by the treasury are seen as an "interest rate maintenance operation" and not as a "borrowing" operation. Indeed, no sovereign issuer of the currency needs to borrow its own currency from its population in order to spend.
Brunner, Karl. 1968. "The Role of Money and Monetary Policy", Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, vol 50, no. 7, July, p. 9.
Cook, R.M. 1958. "Speculation on the Origins of Coinage", Historia, 7, pp. 257-62.
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A clinical trial is any research study that assigns people to health-related interventions to evaluate the outcomes. "Interventions" include drugs, surgical procedures, devices, behavioral treatments, preventive care, etc.
With more medical experts gaining awareness that many traditional healthcare systems are narrowly focused on "disease management," and less on helping people "stay healthy" – more clinical trials on wellness approaches are happening today than ever before.
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"Natalie Eilbert's powerful first book is a twenty-first century hymn to the Venus of Wilendorf, a 30,000-year-old figurine whose ample body is a protest against all that seeks to diminish us. Like Plath of "Lady Lazarus," Eilbert speaks with unbridled but precise rage; in lines of propulsive music she takes female self-loathing head on and reveals it for what it is, pervasive, invasive, and invented, like a city that threatens to divest us of our human/animal body. Deeply resistant, these poems get the body back, feeding it, adoring it, finally marrying it, with flamboyance, flare and love. This is the voice of contemporary feminism, brazen, smart, unafraid, and desirous of nothing less than life." —JULIE CARR
"Natalie Eilbert uses an immense attention-in sentences filigreed and permissive-to show how the sexuality of the real and imagined Venus de Willendorf lives in our pulses, is our pulse, our Texas, our asses on the hood of a car in a trailer park. Every scrap that's flashed into this poet's mind transmutes into an icon for the flesh and the chaotic negotiation of one's desires. Few people can represent such vital, teeming complexity with such bridled rage. Plath stands in the recent past of this voice; Venus de Willendorf becomes a force within it you cannot imagine. Eilbert, standing so near to us, flinches at nothing." —CYNTHIA ARRIEU-KING
"'There is no document of civilization that isn't also its ruins.' Swan Feast is the banquet of a fallen goddess, told through the trance of an autobiographical duckling girl. The transforming voice is visionary. She connects the discovery of the Venus of Willendorf to the discovery of oil in the Middle East, implicating imperial industrialism to the passing away of Venus into faded memory and historical anorexia. Empire is the tomb of the goddess. To excavate is a 'hilarious privilege,' and its anachronism borrows illumination from darkness. The duckling is resurrecting ancient powers whose excavation ride on rage, grief, a woman's paradoxically empowered desperation which finds solidity in disappearance. In the wake of suffering, we may remember ourselves. Out of ruin, an alien star rises." —FENG SUN CHEN
"Time, and the world, want the body, and are coming for it. Natalie Eilbert tears the body down, and makes time and the world go looking for something else to want. Politically charged, performing a gnosticism of our human physiology, and impressionistic like a train, Swan Feast is both a book of poems and a pre-emptive strike." —JOSH BELL
Natalie Eilbert is the author of two chapbooks, Conversation with the Stone Wife (Bloof Books, 2014) and And I Shall Again Be Virtuous (Big Lucks Books, 2014). Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Tin House, the Kenyon Review, Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets, Guernica, and many other journals. She is the founding editor of the Atlas Review. Swan Feast is her first poetry collection.


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On March, five Air Force bombers—three B-2s and two B-1Bs—attacked targets in Libya as part of NATO's mission to protect civilians from government attack in that country's uprising and civil war.
On the first night of the operation, March 19, three B-2s of the 509th Bomb Wing struck 45 targets at an airfield in Ghardabiya, Libya. Photos of the airfield released by the Pentagon the next day showed hardened aircraft shelters at that base struck with great precision. All were collapsed or showed blackened trails emanating from their entrances, confirming that whatever was inside exploded and burned.
The B-2s flew directly from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and recovered there as well, as they had done previously in Iraq and Serbia. The longer flights in 2001 into Afghanistan required a brief stop at a forward base to change the crews.
At Whiteman AFB, Mo., a ground crew prepares B-2s for combat sorties to Libya. (USAF photo by Kenny Holston) |
Just days later, B-1Bs destroyed ammunition depots, combat aircraft and vehicle maintenance facilities, command and control buildings, and Libyan air defense sites. The B-1s, too, attacked Libya directly from their base in the continental US, but recovered in Europe before striking at more targets en route to home base.
Collectively, the bombers destroyed nearly 150 targets. All the aircraft returned home unscathed. The missions marked a number of organizational and operational firsts for the Air Force, especially with regard to how USAF coordinates the planning and execution of long-range strikes.
The operation marked the first global strike mission under the direction of US Strategic Command and its relatively new air component, Air Force Global Strike Command. It was the first combat operation for US Africa Command, another relatively young organization. It was also the first combat operation run for STRATCOM out of its own global strike air operations center, the 608th Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) at Barksdale AFB, La.
Reaching Out
Both types of bombers have seen extensive combat over the last 20 years, and in that regard, the missions were unremarkable. The bombers, the crews, and the weapon of choice—the satellite guidance-assisted Joint Direct Attack Munition—performed flawlessly. Although B-2 stealth bombers have often carried out combat missions originating and ending at their home base of Whiteman, the Libya strikes marked the first time B-1Bs have mounted attacks directly from the continental US.
Moreover, the missions highlighted how the Air Force, now involved in combat air operations in three different theaters, had to choose its platforms very carefully. It was necessary to select aircraft not already involved in other missions, which could carry the required amount of firepower, and, most importantly, carry the required load without overtaxing the supply of aerial tankers. The availability of tankers—in the right place and at the right time—was critical in enabling the bomber missions.
The missions verified that a Byzantine series of hand-offs among various regional and combat commands could actually work seamlessly under real-world conditions, as promised.
The operation "validates the structure that we've built with Global Strike Command and Strategic Command," said 8th Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Carpenter. The Mighty Eighth "has been doing long-range aviation since the beginning of time," but the 608th AOC "has never gotten to do this in reality," Carpenter said in an interview. "So we spend a lot of time planning, and now we've proved that we can execute the plan as well."
There had been some dry runs of bomber missions supporting AFRICOM, he noted. "Luckily, we had actually been working with AFRICOM quite a bit before all this happened."
Airmen from the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron brave bad weather to ready a B-1 at Ellsworth AFB, S.D, for a mission over Libya. |
Over the last year or so, "we had been doing exercises with B-2s and B-52s flying out to the Atlantic" until they came into radio contact with—and under the control of—AFRICOM, he explained.
"We reached out to them," because AFRICOM had no assets of its own, and STRATCOM wanted to be sure the new command knew it could call on bombers when needed, Carpenter noted. After several of these training missions "to let them understand how it works and get used to talking [with the] fliers," communications procedures were ironed out.
"So the communications piece was pretty well established" before Operation Odyssey Dawn was launched, he said.
Unlike Afghanistan, however, there were no bombers routinely in the air over Libya. The AOC planning cell at AFRICOM had not originally anticipated the long transit times bombers would need to make the journey from the continental US to attack targets a hemisphere away.
"Long-range aviation … timelines are much different than they are … in-theater," Carpenter said. "We had to get AFRICOM thinking … further ahead," he said. "That was a lesson learned."
Tapping the B-1Bs through US Joint Forces Command, however, was a seamless effort. The process through which a combatant command asks JFCOM for forces "has been well oiled for a long time," he reported.
Col. Michael A. Tichenor, commander of the 608th, said his AOC had been tipped by counterparts in Europe—where EUCOM and AFRICOM have co-located AOCs—to watch the news and be prepared if called upon to supply combat power.
"Those guys e-mailed me" in late February with the message, " 'Just to let you know, we're churning on these types of options,' " he said. The 608th got to work immediately, mainly answering AFRICOM's and EUCOM's questions and shaping the scope of potential bomber missions. At first, it was unclear whether EUCOM or AFRICOM would be the lead command, but once it was decided that AFRICOM would be in charge, potential missions began to take solid shape.
It was a highly "iterative" process, with many plans built, rearranged, dropped, and resurrected as political events unfolded and the nature of the mission evolved, Carpenter said.
Tichenor said AFRICOM began developing a plan to establish the no-fly zone, which demanded that Libyan fighters and air defenses be struck quickly and comprehensively. The 617th AOC at AFRICOM concluded there were limited assets available in Europe, "and there are just a lot more targets on the ground than they can service," Tichenor said. This cinched the need for CONUS bomber support.
"Tanker planning … ends up being the real story," he added. "How can I get the tanker support so I can get the bombers over there? … They take a lot of gas."
Airman Michael Doto readies a JDAM for loading onto a B-1B at Ellsworth prior to a mission to Libya. B-1s were chosen for the mission because of their ability to carry a larger weapon load than the venerable B-52. (USAF photo by SSgt. Marc I. Lane) |
Evolving Situation
Maj. Jason Smith, crisis action planner for the 608th, said three B-2s required four aerial refuelings each. The number of refueling aircraft "depends on whether they used KC-135Rs or KC-10s, … so it's in the neighborhood of 15 to 20 tankers" needed for the B-2 mission.
The B-2s were chosen for the first night because just three of them could carry enough bombs to hit all the required targets, which fit in with the tanker assets available.
"The B-2 can carry 16 2,000-pound weapons," Tichenor said. The B-2 is also relatively fuel efficient, reducing the number of tankers needed.
Barksdale put Whiteman on alert to get pilots into crew rest, to prepare their aircraft, and build the required bombs, Tichenor said. Stealth was a secondary consideration in picking the B-2s for the first mission.
"The air defenses in Libya just weren't that worrisome," he explained. However, it is now standard operating procedure that if stealth aircraft are going to attack a target, they will be supported by Navy EA-6B Prowler or EA-18G Growler electronic warfare and defense suppression aircraft, "whether they need it or not." The electronic attack aircraft flew from undisclosed ground bases in the region.
The 617th AOC was responsible for building the air tasking order and deconflicted the bombers from other aircraft and Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles launched at Libya from US and British naval vessels. Some TLAMs were directed at targets adjacent to ones selected for the B-2s.
Post-attack imagery was available to all the AOCs almost immediately, Tichenor said, showing the bombs all to have been good hits, making for textbook mission results.
The B-2s were kept on alert for a second strike, but the political situation evolved again. At first, NATO wanted to establish a no-fly zone to prevent Qaddafi from using his aircraft to attack civilians. However, as an open Libyan rebellion emerged and began to seize territory, NATO shifted gears and also targeted Qaddafi's ground forces, which were attacking civilians and rebels alike.
That led to a requirement for additional bomber strikes. The B-2s, however, were by this time participating in exercises and coping with an operational readiness inspection.
"The B-2s were very busy," Carpenter said, so focus shifted to having either the B-52 or the B-1 hit the new target set. The choice was easy to make: The B-1s could carry double the number of bombs that the B-52s could carry, and tankers were still in short supply.
An Illinois Air National Guard KC-135 taxis on the ramp at Scott AFB, Ill., preparing to launch for operations over Libya. |
AFRICOM, he said, was asking for more B-2 strikes, but it's the AOC's job "to educate them: You really don't want to ask for a platform; you want to ask for … an effect on the ground." The AOC did the math and presented various "COAs," or courses of action, to the combatant command.
Into High Relief
These COAs also spelled out "which one is most effective, the cheapest, the least risk, all those kinds of things," Carpenter noted. The B-1 was the platform of choice for the second—and, as it turned out, third—big bomber run.
With the approval of JFCOM—and with only two days' notice—two B-1Bs of the 28th Bomb Wing from Ellsworth AFB, S.D., were readied for an extra long mission: They would fly directly from home base to Libya, attack targets, then recover at a base in theater (which USAF officials declined to name). After the crew rested and the B-1Bs were rearmed and refueled, they took off again two days later, attacked targets in Libya, then flew home to Ellsworth. Total combat flight time: 24 hours.
Although the specific targets are classified, Air Force officials allowed that ammunition depots, aircraft and vehicle maintenance facilities, and buildings related to command and control and air defense systems were struck by the B-1Bs. At no point were either the B-2s or B-1Bs tasked to attack individuals or combat ground vehicles.
Using B-1Bs already deployed to US Central Command was ruled out early, Tichenor said.
"Those B-1s that are over there" are fully subscribed by CENTCOM taskings, he said. "I'm sure, had the urgency been high enough, you could have used them," but it wasn't, at that point.
Although the B-1s carried Sniper pods, they, too, used JDAMs to attack "just under a hundred targets," Smith said.
Carpenter said the two bomber missions bring into high relief that STRATCOM's primary mission is deterrence.
SSgt. Tyson Thibeault (l) and SrA. Hursel Johnson prep a KC-135 for fuel at Ramstein AB, Germany. Some 15 to 20 tankers were used for the initial B-2 bomber missions to Libya. |
"We talk strategic deterrence, and everybody [makes] a nuclear connotation to that, and I don't necessarily think that's 100 percent correct." The missions demonstrate that no target is too far away, and "that, to me, is just a way of showing presence [and] of offering some deterrent capability," Carpenter said. It also underscored the value of building ties between the commands long before combat so that they'll be in place "when we have to do operations like this."
A Lengthy Chain of Command, Executed Perfectly Requests for the bombers needed to attack targets in Libya originated with US Africa Command, in whose theater Operation Odyssey Dawn—the name of the mission to prevent Muammar Qaddafi from attacking his own people with heavy military equipment—would be carried out. n AFRICOM, lacking any combat assets of its own, requested forces from US European Command (fighters, tankers, and support aircraft) and US Strategic Command, which has responsibility for both long-range conventional and nuclear strike, among other missions. n STRATCOM then turned to Air Force Global Strike Command, which "owns" the dual-role (conventional and nuclear) B-2 and B-52 bombers. AFGSC in turn handed off the job to 8th Air Force at Barksdale AFB, La., and it in turn relied on the 608th Air and Space Operations Center, the hub of mission planning for 8th Air Force and STRATCOM. n While STRATCOM could command the B-2s and B-52s, the 608th had to request permission to use the conventional-only B-1Bs from US Joint Forces Command. JFCOM then directed Air Combat Command to "chop" the B-1Bs to STRATCOM. n Once in the region of Libya, the bombers all temporarily belonged to AFRICOM, which had tactical control of the aircraft during their time in the combat zone. In the midst of the communications traffic up and down this elaborate chain of command, there were directives and messages from the Joint Staff, peppered with nonstop communications between AFRICOM and EUCOM's air operations centers, the one at Barksdale, and the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center at Scott AFB, Ill., which manages the air refueling assets. Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve Command units flew many of the participating tanker missions. Neither the B-2s nor B-1Bs overflew any other country on their way to Libya. All the flying was done over water. For the B-2s, there were two refuelings per bomber en route to Libya, and two each on the way home. |


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It's central Pennsylvania in the 1950s. The average car sells for $1,750 and gasoline is 20 cents a gallon.The average house costs $14,500 and a loaf of bread is 14 cents. Milk is 82 cents a gallon and a first class postage stamp is 3 cents. The stock market is at 235. The average annual salary is $3,800 and minimum wage is 75 cents per hour.
Fats Domino, Hank Williams, and Nat "King" Cole are topping the charts. The top movie is Cinderella from Disney, joined by All About Eve and John Ford's Rio Grande featuring John Wayne.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has re-equipped its passenger trains and Walter S. Franklin is its president. The railroad has three regions and 19 divisions. Steam is still in use but dieselization is well under way.
Join us at the Lewistown, on the main line between Harrisburg and Altoona. It's fall and the extra traffic on the highways is a tip off that Penn State has a home football game. Have a seat trackside and enjoy the sights and sounds of The Standard Railroad of the World!


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Tuesday, 1 September 2020
Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Be more concerned about doing what you know God wants YOU to do than you are about making sure other people do what you think they should do!
This doesn't mean that you never talk to someone about a destructive habit you see in his or her life, but it does mean that you are always open to being corrected about things in your life.
It also means that when something is obviously wrong and needs attention in your life, you don't just pretend it isn't there and keep on going, hoping it will all turn out okay in the end.
No, if you know something needs to be dealt with, the Lord wants you to stop ignoring it and begin dealing with it.
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OIP 62. Megiddo 2. Seasons of 1935–39: Text and Plates Gordon Loud
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This publication, in two parts, Text and Plates, is a catalog of the architecture and artifacts recovered from Megiddo (modern Tell el-Mutesellim), primarily in the seasons from 1935 to 1939. Pottery is grouped according to strata; other objects are grouped whenever possible according to functional classification and chronological order within each class in order to facilitate tracing the development of any single class of object.
- Oriental Institute Publications 62
- Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948
- Part 1, Text: Pp. xxi + 199; 416 figures
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Engineering the Perfect Gingerbread House
Building gingerbread houses can be a frustrating process. An idyllic three-story building with crystal sugar snow, marshmallow snowmen, and gumdrop twinkle lights can quickly end in a collapsed mess, sending icing windows and candy cane gates into disarray. But don't resort to those trusty milk cartons and graham crackers just yet – with a few changes in technique, your dream house can easily be obtained.
During our recent "Engineering the Perfect Gingerbread House" event, graduate student Kendra Nyberg taught UCLA students about the best practices for gingerbread construction. Her lecture delved into the molecular makeup of the materials and the physics behind the structure.
Base Construction Materials: Gingerbread and Icing
Gingerbread should be sturdy and demonstrate elasticity, which is the measure of its ability to resist deformation [1]. Because the gingerbread walls will be under stress from the roof, there needs to be sufficient resistance to avoid cracking or total collapse. Dough with a tough, springy consistency and decreased moisture content is ideal, and can be achieved by using flour with high protein content, such as bread flour. Higher-protein flours contain more glutenin and gliadin proteins, which create the springy gluten network that gives dough its elastic properties.
Icing serves as the glue that holds the entire structure together. The mixture should be just pliable enough to hold the gingerbread pieces together before drying into a hard, unmovable substance. Here egg whites are key. When beaten, the egg's proteins denature and then coagulate, stabilizing air bubbles in the icing and creating white, foamy "peaks" that vary in their stiffness and resistance to gravity. Stiffer peaks are better for gingerbread icing, and more coagulated proteins can contribute to a stronger paste.
Why use icing instead of frosting? Both confections contain copious amounts of sugar, but where icing contains egg whites, frosting typically incorporates butter. The additional fat globules from butter provide some thickness and stability to the frosting. However, since standard buttercream frosting does not contain egg whites, the only proteins present are those from the milk in the form of butter. Although these proteins are perfect for dense and creamy cupcake topping, they do not assemble into the stiff, strong networks needed for gingerbread house construction.
Stability and Height: Architectural design
Once the bricks and mortar of your gingerbread house have been created, you can move onto the creative part of the process – construction. There are many forces acting on a gingerbread house. Consider the roof: forces on the sloping gingerbread roof includes friction from the frosting, a normal force perpendicular to the gingerbread surface, and gravity pulling the roof toward the floor. These forces also show up to varying degrees in all of the upright walls of the gingerbread house. To avoid collapse, it is best to spread out the forces over many surfaces. For example, a wider structure with a flatter rooftop will be sturdier than a narrow house with a sloping roof.
If the height of the house is very high, the gingerbread is also more sensitive to buckling under the added weight of the extra gingerbread. To prevent buckling, you can calculate the critical height at which buckling occurs, which depends on such factors as gingerbread density and the force of gravity [2].
You don't have to be an engineer or an architect to construct the perfect gingerbread house. With the proper dough, frosting, and design considerations, the house of your dreams can be achieved – perfect to last as a display through the holidays. Now get building!
References cited
- Iona (2011) "Elasticity (TV set art) (3)." blog.ionacolor.com
- Tim Jones (2013) "Musings on Structural Gingerbread."
About the author: Catherine Hu is pursuing her B.S. in Psychobiology at UCLA. When she is not writing about food science, she enjoys exploring the city and can often be found enduring long wait times to try new mouthwatering dishes.


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