text: What's for Sale in Santa Ynez Wine Country 10:00 AM PST 1/24/2013 by Michael Cervin FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Santa Ynez For Sale - H 2013 Batman trilogy producer Charles Roven has listed a $25 million estate and "Charlie's Angels" star Cheryl Ladd is selling her Tuscan villa for $4 million in the land of "Sideways," just two hours north of L.A. This story first appeared in the Feb. 1 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Santa Barbara is known as the American Riviera, a playground for the financial elite to while away the hours on a shelf of land sandwiched between the mountains and the Pacific. Santa Barbara wine country, just over the Los Padres mountains in the Santa Ynez Valley, offers what Santa Barbara cannot: languid country roads, equine properties and near-limitless space. The 2004 Oscar-nominated film Sideways was a picture-perfect postcard of the low-key, still largely rural area. Through the years, the likes of Noah Wyle, Bo Derek, Matt LeBlanc, singer and lyricist Bernie Taupin, veteran producer Jon Peters and former tennis star Jimmy Connors have migrated there seeking two things the Valley -- as it's known locally -- offers aplenty: peace and anonymity. In 2005, 20th Century Fox Television chairman Gary Newman and his entertainment attorney wife, Jeanne, opened Jorian Hill Vineyards, nestled on 20 acres in the hills of Ballard Canyon, and screenwriter Brian Helgeland's wife, Nan, is the proprietor of Martian Ranch & Vineyard a bit to the north. PHOTOS: What's for Sale in Wine Country Two years ago, Walt Disney Studios president of marketing Ricky Strauss and his partner, architect Tom Newman, purchased and restored a 1920s cottage in the no-stoplight town of Los Alamos. "We fell in love with the community," says Strauss. "You have what's available to you in the Napa and Sonoma wine regions but within driving distance of L.A. I spend my week at the studio, and on the weekends I'm harvesting olives." The Valley comprises a loose aggregation of the small towns of Solvang, Buellton, Santa Ynez, Los Olivos, Ballard and Los Alamos, with a total population of about 18,000. Even so, a surprising number of Bel-Air-style houses lurk beyond the dusty roads. The properties are hidden within canyons or atop ridgelines or are set back on large parcels. Only 135 miles from Los Angeles, the area is reachable by car in a little more than two hours; some residents zip in and out of Santa Ynez Airport on private planes. Actress Cheryl Ladd (best known for TV's Charlie's Angels) moved to the Valley in 1999 and recently listed for $4 million her 22.5-acre estate in Santa Ynez, an Italian-style villa with 6,557 square feet of living space, four bedrooms and five baths. Ladd, like others before her, has found respite from Hollywood there. "We wanted a different lifestyle for our children," says Ladd. "Our girls were teenagers at the time, and we wanted something quieter. This has served our family well. It's absolute paradise." One of the region's key draws has been an upswing in the food and wine scene. "It was a little grim at first," admits Ladd. "But the area has grown." Must-visit wineries include Beckmen Vineyards, which has cracked Wine & Spirits magazine's Top 100, and Wine Spectator favorite Brewer-Clifton. The pinot noirs of Sea Smoke now border on cult status. Favorite local restaurants include the new Sides Hardware and Shoes (2375 Alamo Pintado Ave.) in Los Olivos, Bell Street Farm (406 Bell St.) and Full of Life Flatbread (225 Bell St.) in Los Alamos and Trattoria Grappolo (3687 Sagunto St.) in Santa Ynez. STORY: Have a Glass of 'Fergalicious': Black Eyed Peas Singer Uncorks Wine Label Although the residential real estate market bottomed out two years ago, prices are rebounding. The average sales price of a single-family house in the region was $687,000 in 2012, up 15 percent from the previous year, while the number of sales increased from 211 to 249. Agents in the area say no one tends to bother celebrities. Says Ladd's broker, Suzanne Perkins of Sotheby's International Realty: "The stars that come here are not here to be seen. They do their own shopping. They're not the kind of people who have someone follow them with an umbrella." That's a clear reference to former resident Michael Jackson, whose Neverland Valley Ranch, now owned by investor Thomas Barrack's Colony Capital, is in the northern part of the Valley. But the allure is not mere anonymity; it's value. "In relative terms, you can get a lot compared to Montecito or Beverly Hills. You'll get 20 acres, not merely a lot," says local real estate agent William Etling, who has been covering the Valley for three decades. "It used to be a lot of beautiful green fields. Now it's a lot of beautiful green fields with a house here and there." The housing stock can surprise outsiders who assume a majority of properties are horse ranches. There is, in fact, significant diversity, with residences both on the flatlands and tucked on mountain ridges. The latter include Deer Lodge, once owned by Whoopi Goldberg. Now for sale at $10.9 million, it originally was a hunting lodge owned by the John Deere family. The current owners bought the property after seeing it in Architectural Digest and upgraded its 14 structures, adding an infinity pool, a wine cellar, a bocce court, a treehouse, a zip line and syrah and grenache vines throughout 180 acres. At $7.6 million, also sitting atop a spectacular ridge with endless views of the Santa Ynez Valley, is a contemporary house on 20 acres, clad in corrugated Cor-Ten steel and designed by renowned architect Frederick Fisher. PHOTOS: 22 Celebrity-Owned Restaurants: The Hits and Misses Charles Roven, who produced Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, has listed for $25 million a 250-acre Los Olivos estate with a 10,000-square-foot plantation-style house that includes a massive chef's kitchen, eight bedrooms, large swimming pool and guest cottage with its own gym and spa. Still, some people seek the gentleman farmer route, wanting what the area originally was known for: horses. The 1960s saw an influx of equine ranches spring up, and that, coupled with the planting of commercial vineyards during the 1970s, has created enviably large tracts of land. (The 108-acre Vogelzang Vineyard, which has had wines highly rated by Wine Spectator, is on the market for $7.25 million.) "If you have your cutting horse, your vineyard and your house on a hill, it's quite a package," says Etling, who is offering just such a turnkey property, sitting on 20 acres, for $5.1 million. And it's not only Hollywood that's interested. "In January, I had clients from Beijing and Hong Kong who were blown away," says Perkins. "It's very unusual for them to see this kind of expanse and old-style living." One measure of how low-key the area remains? Ladd says with a laugh, "You see billionaires driving old beat-up trucks." FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Michael Cervin email@example.com @thr


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Serious Apache crash issueHey Guyz Recently i have installed Uniserverz 11.0.2 in windows server 2012 R2. Apache crashes then and now and sometimes the Apache services does not start at all. Kindly find the logs below: Windows Event log: Faulting application name: httpd_z.exe, version: 188.8.131.52, time stamp: 0x577631b1 Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.3.9600.18233, time stamp: 0x56bb4e1d Exception code: 0xc0000409 Fault offset: 0x000257f9 Faulting process id: 0x199c Faulting application start time: 0x01d2a9fbaf4a7ab2 Faulting application path: D:\UniServerZ\core\apache2\bin\httpd_z.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll Report Id: 9d86b2d4-15ef-11e7-8105-005056b63d92 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Apache error logs at the time of service restart: [Fri Mar 31 09:54:10.620873 2017] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6556:tid 504] AH00428: Parent: child process 6632 exited with status 255 -- Restarting. [Fri Mar 31 09:54:10.699006 2017] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6556:tid 504] AH00455: Apache/2.4.23 (Win32) configured -- resuming normal operations [Fri Mar 31 09:54:10.699006 2017] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6556:tid 504] AH00456: Apache Lounge VC14 Server built: Jul 1 2016 11:09:37 [Fri Mar 31 09:54:10.699006 2017] [core:notice] [pid 6556:tid 504] AH00094: Command line: 'D:\\UniServerZ\\core\\apache2\\bin\\httpd_z.exe -d D:/UniServerZ/core/apache2' [Fri Mar 31 09:54:10.714633 2017] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6556:tid 504] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 5528 [Fri Mar 31 09:54:11.480333 2017] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 5528:tid 424] AH00354: Child: Starting 150 worker threads. [Fri Mar 31 09:54:13.355518 2017] [mpm_winnt:error] [pid 5528:tid 4500] AH00326: Server ran out of threads to serve requests. Consider raising the ThreadsPerChild setting Cannot initialize zend_mm storage [win32] kindly reply back as soon as possible the issue has really become serious.


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Scenes From the 'Food Porn Party' at the 2013 Chicago Food Film Festival
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Freddie Mac wants mortgage servicers to use funds from an underutilized federal program to help homeowners through short sales and other foreclosure alternatives.
The mortgage giant, in a letter to its servicers Monday, said they now must participate in Hardest Hit Fund transition assistance programs from 18 states and the District of Columbia.
The directive, issued Monday, is effective immediately.
The requirement applies to borrowers for short sales, deed-in-lieu deals or relocation assistance, but only if they don't interfere with Freddie rules.
The letter to mortgage servicers comes as Freddie and Fannie Mae put a heavier emphasis on short sales. The two government-sponsored enterprises issued guidance a week earlier to speed up responses to these deals.
It also comes less than two weeks after a report, from the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, said just 3% of HHF's $7.6 billion fund had been used as of Dec. 31. The Treasury Department meant for the program to provide modifications, short sales, unemployment assistance and principal reduction.
Freddie also told servicers it would release a new interest rate for standard modifications on June 1 to be used starting July 1. A senior official said last week that Freddie will lower the rate to 4.625% from 5%.
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text: Part of President Obama's budget proposal that was announced this week includes a decrease in the funding of Pell Grants. Currently, full time students who qualify can receive up to $5,550 in federal aid. Terri Crumley, Director of Admissions at Central College says that number would decrease by $845 to a total of $4,705 in the President's budget. She says 33% of Central College students receive the grants, and the number of people who qualify is rising given current economic conditions. Crumley says when money is pulled away from things like Pell grants, a student's opportunity at the American dream is also pulled away.


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Suspects sought in chases, attempted robberies
Shorewood police are asking residents to take caution while sitting in their cars, on the phone or walking outside. They're also asking surrounding areas to keep an eye out for two attempted robbers who have been seen in a particular vehicle.
"The plates have been reported as stolen. The car… we're not sure if the car was stolen at this point," said Sgt. Nick Gardner of Shorewood police.
Police said the two men in the car pulled up to a pizza delivery driver while he was parking and texting on Maryland Avenue Friday evening, demanding the man's cell phone. The victim refused and the suspects took off heading south. Ten minutes later, the suspects did the same thing to a woman who was sitting in a car on Kensington Boulevard. She refused to give up her phone, and the suspects fled again.
"There were no weapons shown or implied during these attempts, but we are not sure if they were armed at the time," Gardner said.
Glendale police reported spotting the vehicle Friday night. Menomonee Falls officers said they saw it Saturday afternoon. They persued, but backed off when the speed got too high.
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The Phra Si Ratthana Chedi is a golden stupa or chedi, which is part of the Emerald Buddha temple, inside the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. This stupa, which looks like a giant Kisses, is one of the most symbolic icons of Thailand often used for their tourism materials. These photos were taken during my trip to Bangkok last November 2019 and unfortunately we were there close to lunch time so the lights were a little harsh and the photos not as dramatic had these been taken earlier in the morning or later in the afternoon when the richer colors of the sun would reflect on the golden surface of the temple. Anyway, all these photos were taken with my GoPro Hero 7 Black using a wide lens technique.
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These photos were taken in Siem Reap, Cambodia from inside a moving van on my way to one of the many temples outside the city. I was playing with super fast shutter speed and was amazed to have captured clear photos despite the speed of the van. I thought they looked cute marching down the street like they exactly know where they were headed. These animals are commonly used for farming around Asia and in the Philippines, we call them "carabao" and make white cheese out of their milk.
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A trip to Hong Kong isn't complete without visiting Victoria Peak, an elevation on the island side of the city with breathtaking views of the metropolis and the harbor. The Peak, as locals call it, is accessible by a funicular tram from Central Hong Kong as well as by vehicle or by hiking up the hill. I took the tram as the station was just a short walk from my hotel. The Peak also happens to be the most visited place in Hong Kong and is probably every photographer's dream spot for a bird's eye view and panoramic shot of the city. Here are some of the photos I took using my Canon Rebel T6s during my trip to this fabulous city last month.
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I just returned from my three-week trip to Asia and happily I could say I had one of the best trips of my life. Asia is such a mystical and enchanting region and each country has so much to offer with one place amazingly much different from the other. First stop of my vacation was in Hong Kong, which had to be booked last minute due to the ongoing protests. Thankfully I have a friend who lives there so I got pointers on what days the protests are least likely to happen…weekdays. I booked a suite at the InterContinental Hong Kong and my room offered panoramic views of the city the kind we see on postcards and travel magazines. I took hundreds of photographs from my hotel room window capturing Hong Kong's iconic views and here are some taken at sunset.
Posted on October 23, 2019
The Crystal Caves in the island of Bermuda is a natural attraction formed during the Ice Age located about a hundred feet underground. During my cruise to this lovely island last June of this year, I made sure to pay this awe-inspiring natural wonder a visit. The cave is about 250 feet long and 40 feet wide with a clear water lake at the bottom and a roof covered with thousands of shining stalactites. The cave was discovered in the 1900's when two kids playing cricket accidentally discovered the entrance while trying to recover their ball. Today, the Crystal Caves is one of Bermuda's major attractions. And here's a little trivia for everyone…the very first tourist to descend into the cave was the legendary author Mark Twain who visited it in 1908. Next time you find yourself heading to Bermuda, make sure to put Crystal Cave on top of your must visit list. Below are additinal photos I took during my visit.
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It was rather confusing to see leaves of gold along the coastal areas of Maine right in the heart of summer. Coming from a state where fall is just as green as spring, I reckoned this was regular occurence in this part of the country. Maybe those of you who live up north can clarify me on this. I took these photos during my New England cruise last June while the ship was sailing out of Bar Harbor, Maine. I thought the leaves were gorgeous while the rocky shorelines looked fierce. I would love to visit this part of the country again during the peak of autumn…and will most likely do it by land, not by sea.
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Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on a rocky island in The Beagle Channel, in the Tierra del Fuego Region of Patagonia, Argentina. The lighthouse is more famously known as The Lighthouse at the End of the World. I visited it on an excursion during my South American cruise last December of 2018. I was initially worried when I saw the small boat for our excursion knowing the seas were a little rough that day. With my personal history of motion sickness, I was readying myself for some projectile moments. I don't know if it was the excitement of being in a faraway land or the thrill of taking photos on a boat that was swaying like crazy that I survived the whole experience taking hundreds of photographs. My only worry at that time was that the photos would turn out blurry due to the extreme motions. I'm glad they all turned out great. Resting on and flying around the tiny island is a colony of Antarctic Shags also known as Antarctic Cormorants, which are very common in that part of the world. Below are other photos I took of the lighthouse.
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I've been to New York City numerous times but have never made it to the Statue of Liberty. Twice I booked a ferry ride around Manhattan and both times they were cancelled due to bad weather. Somehow fate seemed to be telling me I needed to stay away from Lady Liberty.
Last year I finally became a naturalized citizen and during my trip to New York early this summer I thought it was the rightful time to pay the lady in green a visit. I was filled with excitement waking up to a bright and sunny morning then catching the metro to downtown and waiting for the ferry to take me to Liberty Island. As the ferry sailed closer, a strong sense of exhilaration took over me when I came face to face with the Statue of Liberty. As an immigrant to this country, I can now relate how those early Europeans felt when they were greeted by this colossal statue as they sailed into the New York harbor more than a hundred years ago. My journey may have been much easier compared to those early immigrants but all the years of waiting for my employer to inform me that I can finally move to America was quite a stressful experience indeed.
As I walked around the complex I recalled the lines from "The New Colossus" a sonnet written by Emma Lazarus, which were inscribed on a bronze plaque and placed on the pedestal of the statue. The famous last stanza of the sonnet goes: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
My visit to the Statue of Liberty was both gratifying and liberating. It was the culmination of my long journey to this land of milk and honey as well as a validation to my American Dream.
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The Hudson Yards in New York City has a new architectural landmark called The Vessel (TKA). TKA is acronym for "Temporarily Known As" since the new construction does not have an official name at this time. The architect is actually encouraging the public to come up with a name and submit it at their website at https://www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com/whats-next. Here are some photos I took of the Vessel with my GoPro Hero 7 Black using the wide-angle lens mode. Access is free but you will need to get your tickets in advance as entry is on a schedule basis. I lined up around 11AM and got a ticket in 5 minutes for a 12 noon entry…Unfortunately, I got hungry and decided to eat and missed my schedule…so no photos from the inside. LOL!
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The Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine and is famously known as the most photographed lighthouse in the United States. I am currently on a cruise around the New England area and one of the stops was Portland, Maine. I booked an excursion that included a visit to this famous landmark in order to join the very many who were mesmerized by its breathtaking views. Cape Elizabeth was the last stop of a whole day excursion and upon my first glimpse of the lighthouse my breath was immediately taken away. Here are some of the photos I took and am very delighted with the outcome, although my only regret was not having enough time to photograph it from the other side of the cliff due to the limited 30-minute stop. I also tried the cotton effect for the waves but my attempts didn't turn out well as it was too bright. Perhaps another visit in the near future to try that effect (with the right lighting) as well as have all the time in the world to capture this beauty from all available angles.
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Venice is a place like no other…walking around this ancient city is like being in a dream. The narrow alleys, the endless canals and the magnificent architecture evokes a magical atmosphere one will never experience anywhere else in the world. During my visit to this water world, I felt like I crossed to another dimension and found myself in photography heaven. Every nook and corner of this city is just worth photographing with the one above being one of my favorites. This was taken from the Ponte dell'Accademia at around 10 in the morning on my way to the Peggy Guggenheim Museum. I love how the Grand Canal looked deserted despite it being taken in the middle of the morning. The photo also looks a bit eeriee with the ominous clouds and the absence of any signs of life like an abandoned city in some post apocalyptic film. However, one can't deny the beauty that this ancient Italian city exudes thereby making it one of the most visited cities in the world. Photo was taken using an iPhone 7Plus.
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Two years ago I joined a hiking tour outside of Juneau, Alaska and found myself trekking inside a rainforest crossing rivers filled with bright red spawning salmons. The tour was guided by a photographer who took us to places for photography opportunities and one of the stops was a white water cascade running from far deep in the forest. I wanted to try a long exposure shot to create the cotton-water effect to achieve a flowy and velvety look but was initially hesitant as I didn't bring a tripod. I decided to be resourceful and mounted my camera on a pile of rocks then used my remote control so as not to shake the camera while taking shots. Some shots, however, were taken handheld with me holding my breath for a few seconds to stay still. Here are some of the photos that turned out well and worthy for a feature on this page.
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I have never seen a penguin in person, not even in a zoo…so imagine my excitement when my cruise to South America took me to Puerto Madryn, Argentina where a colony of Magellanic penguins live. These cute and adorable animals have been the subject of many Hollywood movies and my personal favorite is Happy Feet. During my excursion I was hoping the penguins would perform a dance routine but all I got was a waddle. LOL! Anyway, I went wild taking photos of these lovely creatures imagining myself as some National Geographic photographer. Some playfully posed while the others were a bit shy and hid inside their burrows. My favorite photo is the one above of a parent and child sharing a tender moment of connection when their beaks touched. Penguins are supposedly great parents…they even starve for weeks just to protect their chicks while the other parent go hunting for food. It was such an exhilarating experience standing close to these beautiful creatures. By the way, I kept my distance and zoomed my lens in order to capture these photos. I visited two penguin colonies and will feature the other colony in another post.
Posted on April 21, 2019
In the northeast region of the Chubut Province in Argentina is a peninsula extending out to the Atlantic Ocean hosting diverse ecosystems unique to that part of the world. The Peninsula Valdes is home to the guanacos, rheas and maras while it's shorelines are littered with sea lions, seals and the adorable Magellanic penguins. The land meanwhile varies from rocky cliffs and beaches to mudflats, sand dunes and expansive grasslands. This dynamic ecosystem was declared a UNESCO Heritage Site in 1999 and was one of the places to explore when my cruise docked at the nearby town of Puerto Madryn. I took hundreds of photographs of the interesting flora and fauna and will feature them in groups on succeeding posts. The photographs in this post were taken at one of the lookout points for elephant seals and whales and I thought the flat and arid terrain was really interesting especially for someone who lived around palm trees all his life. I love the colors of the grasses and shrubs, a beautiful combination of brown, yellow and green, carpeting the flat terrain as far as my eyes can see. Argentina is such a beautiful country that I wish I had more time to explore and photograph it. Maybe someday fate will allow me for another visit.
Posted on April 10, 2019
The city of Ushuaia in Argentina, famously known as the southernmost city in the world, is also referred to as the End of the World. Last December of 2018, I embarked on a cruise that took me to the very tip of South America with a stop at this remote yet thriving city. Ushuaia is a major tourist destination and also serves as the key access point to the Antartic islands. The photographs in this post were taken from the topmost deck of the ship capturing the port, the city as well as the snow capped Martial Mountains in the distance. The bluish tinge in the photos is primarily due to them being taken around the blue hour of twilight. I was also able to explore the Tierra del Fuego National Park right outside of the city but will feature my photos on that trip in another post.
Posted on April 6, 2019
A trip to Las Vegas isn't complete without a side trip to the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon, although, the dam is oftentimes just a brief stop on the way to the Grand Canyon. When I visited Las Vegas last February, I decided to book a tour of just the dam in order to explore the entire complex including the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, an arch bridge that spans the Colorado River and connects the states of Nevada and Arizona. Before the bridge was built, all traffic goes right on top of the dam with everyone slowing down to observe and take photos resulting to major traffic jams. The bridge now allows continuous driving for regular commuters while avoiding the tourists on the dam below. The bridge just like the dam is considered as a major fear of engineering being the highest concrete arch bridge in the world. The tour included a walk on the bridge providing us a bird's eye view of the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the Colorado River. Here are some photos I took of the bridge during my visit to this architectural masterpiece.
Posted on March 19, 2019
I finally got to visit Salt Lake City, Utah…if a brief layover at their airport counts. I was flying back home to Florida following a weekend of rest and recreation in Las Vegas when I decided to hop on an earlier flight with a stop at the city also known as the "Crossroads of the West". Imagine my excitement seeing the blanket of snow spread out as far as my eyes can see. Everything was white like a giant bag of flour exploded and settled all over the place. As the plane circled the city before landing into the airport I took multiple photos of the splendor in white below me. I love how the sun subtly hid behind a curtain of clouds illuminating the entire terrain in a pale golden haze like it was a set from Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings. The photo above is my favorite with a few more of those I like below. All photos were taken using my iPhone 7Plus.
Posted on February 17, 2019
Last weekend I flew to Vegas just because…the original plan was to drive to Orlando and hit the parks but unfortunately the weather forecast wasn't ideal for outdoor activities so I decided to head somewhere else. My last trip to Vegas was in 2017 so I thought another visit was just right on time plus the fact that the weather forecast was ideal. In an hour I booked my flight and a room at the Bellagio Hotel with a view of their fabulous fountains. I specifically booked the fountain view room so I can take night shots of the strip and the dancing waterworks. To my dismay, the hotel windows were covered with dust that my DSLR captured every molecule of the desert sand that was stuck on the window. I tried adjusting the focus on my lens to no avail. I decided to try my iPhone 7Plus by pressing it flat on the glass window and lo and behold the dust was nowhere to be seen in my photos. Of course the quality would have been much better had I used my DSLR but somehow my iPhone did an awesome job as well.
Posted on February 7, 2019
La Mano or The Hand is a sculpture by Chilean artist Mario Irarrázabal located at Brava Beach in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. Punta del Este was one of the stops of my South American cruise and to my luck an Argentinian friend was in town for the summer and offered to show me the city. We made this our first stop in an attempt to avoid the bus loads of cruise ship passengers who will swarm around this sculpture in an instant like a colony of bees. I intentionally left my DSLR on the ship for this stop so I used my iphone to take these photos. I wished the sky was clear that day but somehow the clouds provide a unique perspective to the photographs.
Posted on January 21, 2019
The Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires is recognized as one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world. It is where most of Argentina's who's who are laid to rest, probably so they won't have to travel far to attend those high society parties in the afterlife. The cemetery is situated in the high end district of Recoleta and is open to the public seven days a week. The mausoleums are arranged like city blocks designed in Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Baroque and Neo Gothic architectural styles and decorated with elaborate statues. This cemetery is one of the must see places when visiting Buenos Aires. Below are a few of the many photos I took during my tour of the place.


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Lawyers for Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis, pressing his claim that he did not commit a murder more than 21 years ago, have suggested four different ways that the Supreme Court might review his case. The filings, submitted last Friday, are now available, in cases docketed as 10-949 and 10-950, both titled Davis v. Humphrey. (The blog posted earlier on the filings, here.).
Davis's counsel filed a cert. petition in 10-949 (here, with appendix here), and a combined jurisdictional statement, original petition for habeas corpus, and petition for common law writ of certiorari in 10-950 (one document, found here). The documents seek review of a federal District Court ruling rejecting the claim of innocence, and an Eleventh Circuit Court decision refusing to hear an appeal from that rejection. The case is back at the Court after the Justices ordered it reviewed by the District Court (in In re Davis, 08-1443).
The papers make it clear that Davis's legal team first is seeking a review of his innocence argument and evidence by the Eleventh Circuit. If the Court accepted that option, his lawyers suggested, it should order the Circuit Court to allow Davis to appeal there to challenge the ruling against him by District Court Judge William T. Moore of 'Savannah.
Thus, the cert. petition in 10-949 raises the question whether the Circuit Court had jurisdiction to review Judge Moore's ruling in a case that was transferred to him by the Supreme Court. While the Circuit Court concluded that the Supreme Court in this case had used its original jurisdiction under Article III of the Constitution, Davis's petition argued that the Constitution puts strict limits on the Court's original jurisdiction, and this case does not fit within those limits. Mr. Davis, the petition noted, "is not an ambassador, foreign official, or U.S. state," so the Court has no original jurisdiction in his case.
While Davis got action from the Supreme Court after filing what is called an "original" habeas writ, that term is misleading, the petition said. Such pleas for the Court to issue a habeas writ are filed directly in the Supreme Court, but they come under its authority to hear appeals, not "original" cases within the Constitution's meaning, according to Davis's petition. "This Court," it added, "has recognized the appellate nature of its habeas jurisdiction for over 200 years," citing Chief Justice John Marshall in the 1807 case of Ex parte Bollman.
The Circuit Court's refusal to allow an appeal, the petition argued, was "an anomalous outcome" involving procedural limits that do not apply at all to Davis's case. "If the decision stands," it asserted, "the most exceptional habeas cases will be entitled to the least amount of judicial oversight."
"To ensure that Mr. Davis receives the judicial review that this remarkable case of actual innocence demands and that Congress provided, the Court should grant the petition, reverse the decision below, and direct the court of appeals to issue a certificate of appealability," the petition said.
The Court must act, the petition insisted, "to ensure that appellate review continues to be a viable safeguard against the execution of innocent men and women."
On the merits of his claim of innocence, Davis's petition says that that claim was "sufficiently exceptional to warrant invocation of the Court's original habeas jurisdiction for the first time in nearly 50 years….Necessarily implicit in this Court's transfer is that proceedings in the district court would be subject to further appellate review."
The papers argue that Judge Moore, in finding that Davis is not innocent, not only "committed serious errors of law but also issued a decision that is manifestly against the weight of the evidence." A federal appeals court, the petition added, is "best equipped, at least in the first instance, to undertake the meticulous review required of such claims."
If, however, the Justices deny review of the case in 10-949, Davis's lawyers then urged it to take on the case and directly review Judge Moore's decision. Three of the questions raised in 10-950 are directly tied to the District Court ruling. (The fourth raised the same issue as the other document, on the Circuit Court's authority to review Judge Moore's decision.)
The first question in 10-950 asked the Court to clarify the standard of court review for claims of innocence. That question seeks to test whether the burden of proof on an innocence claim is the same as the Court laid down in the 1992 case of Sawyer v. Whitley for judging errors in the imposition of a capital sentence. The Court, the document said, has not yet articulated a standard of proof for a free-standing claim that an individual did not commit a crime — that is, the claim is made separate from any assertion of a constitutional violation in the trial. Even at a trial where constitutional protections are provided, they "often fail," resulting in conviction of the innocent, the petition asserted.
The second question challenged Judge Moore's exclusion of evidence that would indicate that another man had repeatedly confessed to the murder. Davis has contended that another man at the scene of the shooting of an off-duty police officer in Savannah in 1989 was the killer. That individual is a man named Sylvester "Redd" Coles. Judge Moore, the petition said, should have considered that evidence in order to see the cumulative effect of everything that might show Davis was innocent.
The third question asked the Court itself to decide whether all of the evidence Davis's lawyers had presented sufficiently established his innocence, so that carrying out his death sentence would be cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
The bulk of that separate document deals with the evidence in the case, directly challenging Judge Moore's conclusions.
In the concluding part of that filing, Davis's lawyers made their argument for direct review of the innocence claim, if the Justices do not order the Circuit Court to conduct that review first. "The jurisdictional path for Mr. Davis's appeal is unsettled," the paper conceded.
It went on to outline three alternative paths for direct Supreme Court review.
The first is direct review by noting jurisdiction over the case, on the theory that existing federal law permits that route, or on the separate theory that Judge Moore was acting as a kind of legal adviser to the Court — like a Special Master or Magistrate Judge — so the Court may now review what he did with the case.
The second and third possible paths involve what are called "extraordinary writs" — that is, an original writ of habeas corpus, like the one Davis's lawyers filed in 08-1443, leading to the transfer to Judge Moore for review, and the common law writ of certiorari.
The path that the Court will choose among these approaches is unclear. It has the option of denying review altogether, perhaps by denying the petition to review the Circuit Court's denial of appeal rights, or by finding it has no jurisdiction, or by refusing to issue an extraordinary writ. It also has the often of pursing any one of the three approaches suggested to it.
While the two new filings are expected to be considered together, the earlier case that led to the transfer to Judge Moore — that is, the case docketed as 08-1443 — is expected to simply remain on the Court's docket, without further action on it.
Under the normal schedule, the state of Georgia will have until Feb. 24 to respond to both the new cert petition and the jurisdictional document — unless it obtains an extension of time to make those filings. It seems most unlikely that the Court, if it takes on the case in any form, would resolve it during the current Term.
Recommended Citation: Lyle Denniston, The Troy Davis papers, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 26, 2011, 1:22 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/01/the-troy-davis-papers/


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Isis Pharmaceuticals is halting development of a new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis that targets the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP) for lack of clinical benefits, the company announced Monday.
In a phase II randomized study that included 51 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis of at least 6 months' duration, there were rapid, dose-dependent decreases in CRP levels of up to 67%.
These decreases were accompanied by improvements in rheumatoid arthritis signs and symptoms as measured on the American College of Rheumatology criteria, but the differences weren't statistically different from placebo.
Patients randomized to receive placebo showed "a higher than expected response in both symptom score and CRP reduction," the company said in a press release.
"We are pleased with the consistency of CRP lowering across all of our clinical studies, but we are disappointed that we did not see a greater impact on [rheumatoid arthritis] symptoms in these patients," said Isis senior vice president Richard Geary, PhD, in the statement to the press.
The study, conducted in Canada and Russia, tested ISIS-CRP at doses of 100, 200, or 400 mg per day for 3 months.
Participants also were taking methotrexate in dosages of at least 10 mg per week, and could be on corticosteroids with average daily doses of 10 mg.
The drug was developed using antisense technology that targets RNA.
It is also being evaluated in a phase II study for patients with atrial fibrillation.


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'Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get'…
There are lots of movie quotes in Jodi Picoult's new novel 'House Rules', but this one would not describe her novels. With Picoult novels you do know what you will get, to a certain degree. There is often a medical condition or a moral issue, a court case, and a family drama. The book is often written from the perspective of several different characters in the story, and explores relationships and emotions in real depth and intricacy. There are usually a few twists and turns in the story, sometimes ones that make you gasp. One thing is absolutely sure, Picoult always keeps you guessing till the very end.
I've read more than a dozen of Picoult's novels and if I'm honest, some I've enjoyed more than others. My favourite so far has always been My Sister's Keeper, but I would have to now say that House Rules may have challenged that. I found Picoult's writing clean and less cluttered in this book and the ending made good sense.
In House Rules, Asperger's Syndrome is featured and in the process of reading you learn alot about it. One review I read written by someone with Asperger's herself, commented that Picoult's research may have been too good and she wanted to include too much. The reviewer felt that the poor character of Jacob displayed ALL the possible characteristics of the condition, which is not realistic. There are two other books written about this topic which are probably better written – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, and Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork.
Having said all that, there is nothing quite like settling in with a Jodi Picoult novel. You know you are in for the duration and it will be enjoyable!


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Saudi Crown Prince Salman upbeat on king's condition following surgery on his back
Saudi Crown Prince Salman "reassured" Saudis during a cabinet meeting on Monday about King Abdullah's health, more than a week after the monarch had surgery to tighten a ligament in his back, state news agency SPA reported.
The king, believed to be in his late 80s, was admitted for surgery on November 16 and an announcement from the Royal Court said he had undergone a successful back operation that took 11 hours.
Saudi stability is of global concern. The key US ally holds more than a fifth of world petroleum reserves and is the birthplace of Islam, where millions of Muslims flock to perform the annual haj pilgrimage.
"His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz reassured everybody about the health of King Abdullah," SPA said without giving any details or saying when the king might be released from hospital.
The Saudi stock market, which was on a downward trend throughout the day, reversed course and the index closed up 0.4 percent.
Top royals have repeatedly visited King Abdullah at the Riyadh hospital since the operation, SPA said on Saturday, but no photographs of the monarch have been released.
The crown has passed down a line of sons of the kingdom's founder King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, who died in 1953.
Abdullah - who took power in 2005 - named his brother Prince Salman, 13 years his junior, heir apparent in June after the death of Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz. Salman deputises for the king while he is away and has chaired both this week and last week's cabinet meetings.


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Grey's Anatomy will hit its 10th season this fall — as well as its milestone 200th episode — so it's time to start looking at where these doctors are going to end up. We've watched the Fab
Five Three grow from young, and sometimes cocky, interns to confident attendings running (and in some cases, owning) the hospital. But what's next for these docs as they transition into full-blown leaders? We've put together a wish list of what we hope is next for the docs of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital:
Grey's Anatomy's Shonda Rhimes: Cristina and Owen "absolutely" still love each other
Meredith and Derek (Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey):
Since we've only seen Meredith as a mother a few times, it would seem logical for her to finally make a definitive choice to become the mom her own mother was never capable of being. She should take a step back from the hospital to spend more time with Baby Bailey and Zola. As for Derek, he should start a new trial — one Mer doesn't tamper with — so he can get published, which could help GSM regain its standing.
Cristina and Owen (Sandra Oh and Kevin McKidd):
After years of back and forth, it's high time that Cristina and Owen finally decide to move on. (Let the hate mail commence.) Owen should find another woman who he connects with and who actually wants to have a family, while Cristina should throw herself into her true love of medicine. At some point, Cristina will get published and stumble upon someone who is as dedicated to the job as she is who will come to work at GSM so that they can be together.
Grey's Anatomy: Do Cristina and Owen belong together?
Callie and Arizona (Sara Ramirez and Jessica Capshaw):
Sure, we expect the duo to work past Arizona's infidelity eventually, but we'd actually be curious to see Lauren (Hilarie Burton) stick around for a while and try to fight for Arizona. Should Calzona test the waters of being apart, Arizona will eventually come to realize that Callie is, and always has been, her true love. But will she be too late? Since Callie has now been cheated on twice, we'd love to see the normally strong doc falter and go to therapy — just not couples' therapy since that didn't work out for Cristina and Owen.
Alex and Jo (Justin Chambers and Camilla Luddington):
It would be nice to actually see Alex in a healthy relationship — one that makes him so happy, it would freak the other doctors out. Meanwhile, Jo understandably needs to go through some anger management or therapy, which will open her up to the possibility of being loved by Alex. Thanks to his support, she'll finally start to lose that chip on her shoulder. However, it would be fun to throw a wrench in this budding relationship with an appearance from one of his exes. Not that we'd want to see Katherine Heigl return as Izzie, but maybe Lucy Fields (Rachael Taylor) could come back from Africa on one of Alex's pro bono trips?
Grey's Anatomy's Jessica Capshaw on Callie and Arizona's future: "It's so heartbreaking"
Bailey and Ben (Chandra Wilson and Jason George):
Since Bailey is facing the possibility of losing her mentor in Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.), she needs to use this moment to grow both as a doctor and as a person. It's been foreshadowed since the first season that she would eventually become Chief of the hospital, so it's time for her to step up into a leadership position. Also, Ben fit so seamlessly into the final episodes in the OR that executive producer Shonda Rhimes should just finally give George a regular role on the series. He could be there to support Bailey in the aftermath of the Richard debacle. And who doesn't love them an appearance by Booty Call Bailey?
April and Jackson (Sarah Drew and Jesse Williams):
After April told Jackson to give her a reason not to marry Matt (Justin Bruening), we'd love to see these two kids finally get together next season. However, it's Matt who should dump April — he did see how upset she was when Jackson risked his life in the bus explosion, after all. Once April loses Matt, she should put all her focus back on medicine so she can pass her boards, after which she can finally reunite with Jackson. Oh, and Jackson needs to really end it with Stephanie (Jerrika Hinton).
Grey's Anatomy's Kevin McKidd: I don't think it's the end for Cristina and Owen
Richard (James Pickens, Jr.):
As much as we all love Richard Webber — and Pickens Jr. has been a staple on this series — it seems like it's time for the former Chief to put down his scalpel. Whether that means he has to die or not remains to be seen, but, like with all good stories, the other doctors can't achieve their full potential if they always have the safety net of their mentor around. His best bet could be to move to Boston and work alongside Catherine Avery (Debbie Allen).
What do you want to see on Grey's Anatomy next season? Hit the comments!


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Parshas Bo 5758 - '98
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Parshas Bo introduces us to the Avodas Hakorbonos -- the services. The Pesach Lamb was the sacrifice, the home was the altar, the blood on the door was the blood of circumcision, mingled with the lamb's blood. (Medrash Rabah Rus, 6:1; see Pirke D' Rebbe Eliezer at length.)
The mitzvos involving sacrifice are really mitzvos of giving. The Jew doesn't merely give with his pocketbook -- he gives with his heart and soul, with his whole life. The sacrifice is the self, and the offering is the self.
Rav Yerucham Halevi (Da'as Chochmah Umussar, vol. 1, #3) said that self-sacrifice is found in every aspect of the mitzvos. It is nothing other than the totality of effort.
Remember how Yaakov prepared for battle with his brother in three ways: He prepared to fight, he arranged to give a gift of appeasement, and he prayed. Don't think that Yaakov tried different things, lest each on its own not be sufficient. Not so, said Rav Yerucham. Yaakov did everything with deliberation and certainty. Since we are not allowed to simply rely on miracles, Yaakov did EVERYTHING in his power; he left no stone unturned -- for to do so would show a lack of diligent effort.
A generation earlier, the Alter of Kelm expressed this idea (Chochmah Umussar, part one, "Hein Yatzil, Hein Lo Yatzil"). "One who relies on a miracle lacks the merit of self-sacrifice. Surely he is holding back from complete giving." That is, one who dedicates himself -- but inwardly relies on miraculous salvation -- has not given sufficiently, has not exerted himself to his utmost.
The proof of this, writes the Alter, is the famous story of Rebbi Chaninah Ben Dosa. After receiving a golden chair-leg miraculously, he saw in a dream that his reward in Olam Habah (the next world) would be lacking. He then asked that the leg be returned, and, miraculously, it was taken back.
The meaning of this incident, is that one's merit may be reduced by having received heavenly assistance, when one could manage without such assistance. In such a case, the acceptance of assistance shows a lack of perseverance.
This does not mean that we will always be successful in our endeavors. "Hein yatzil, hein lo yatzil" -- Whether we succeed or not, is not in our hands; only the exertion, the unstinting effort -- this is our job.
It is clear to us that this was the intention of Rav Yerucham Halevi in the words, " 'Don't think that Yaakov tried different things, lest each on its own not be sufficient. No so,' said Rav Yerucham Halevi. 'Yaakov did everything with deliberation and certainty.' " Not that Yaakov was certain that he would succeed; he was certain that he was obligated to try with everything in his power. Only then -- whether he was successful or not -- would he feel that he had done his duty.
Chodshei Hashanah Vol. 2 # 7: Technical Corrections
The last issue included an error. There are 1080 divisions of the hour, not 1040.
Reb Mordchai Greenes pointed out that last week's issue did not clarify that certain of the dechiyos (postponements of Rosh Chodesh) only affect Tishre (Rosh Hashanah time). He asked whether all of the dechiyos are so.
The point, and question, are well taken; only Rosh Hashanah is directly affected by the dechiyos. 1. That the first, fourth and sixth days cannot be the first day of the month was certainly only said for Rosh Hashanah. 2. The other rule mentioned last week -- if the Molad appears after noon, it is put off a day -- is an issue. From the Talmud it is not clear if this was only said in regard to Rosh Hashanah; Rambam, however, derived that each of the dechiyos only affect Rosh Hashanah. See Magid Harakiyah, pp. 338 - 340.
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Twitter, which has a history of complying with court requests for users' data, appears to be drawing a line in the sand.
The company filed a motion in a New York State court on Monday to quash a court order that would force it to hand over data pertaining to a user involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement, according to a blog post from the American Civil Liberties Union.
Malcom Harris, the user in question, is being prosecuted by the District Attorney's office in Manhattan for disorderly conduct during the Occupy movement's march across the Brooklyn Bridge last year. The prosecution is asking Twitter for Harris's email address and all his tweets over a three-month period.
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@AlexJamesFitz You'd have to ask @Safety, I'm not gonna speculate on their motives. Though I'm grateful no matter why.
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Looking for mystery "Europen Princess" 1st wife of Denis Fitzsimmons DUNBAR
Known already to positively have had 4 wives I now have verbal info from living relative that Denis Fitzsimmons DUNBAR (1903-1966) had a 1st wife described as a "European Princess". I suspect that the marriage occurred in India between abt 1922-1927 & that the bride was of "White Russian" descent. Denis went to South Australia in 1928 & remarried the same year. Can anyone help?
Looking for Percy Fitzwilliam Owen of London, ?India, NSW c.1850s
Family stories have Percy Fitzwilliam OWEN b. Kennington, Surrey, Eng. in 1826 being involved in the tradic death of his "Eurasian Princess wife" - ? India. Thought to have then married Jane Magee in 1850 in Eden, Twofold Bay, NSW then residing Braidwood area NSW. All info sort.
Percy's parents were William OWEN and Elizabeth Ann BREWER & he had 7 brothers - two of whom resided in the Indigo/Chiltern area of Victoria, Australia from abt.1854. Another 3 lived longtime in India.
Dunbar/Fitzsimmons/Mackay/Madden connections in India
Do these liasons in India circa mid 1800s-1950 ring a bell?
1. Robert DUNBAR
2. William Denis or Denis William DUNBAR and Sarah Ann FITZSIMMONS (1847-1912) m. abt 1870s
3. Mary Josephine DUNBAR (1873-1946) m. Patrick MACKAY (b. 1858 - father James Patrick) m. in 1890
4. Robert Ellesmere DUNBAR (1876-1932)
m. (i) Lena Helen Mabel ROBERTSON in 1903
(ii) Hester Caroline MADDEN in abt 1910
wives were 1st cousins - ROBERTSON Grandparents
Particularly interested in info re Nos.1,2 & 3.
Owen Family - is anyone connected to the following brothers who were the sons of William Owen and Elizabeth Ann Brewer who married Lambeth, middlesex in 1816?
Sons were William George Owen b. 1817, Henry Norris Owen, Frederick Charles Owen, Arthur Walshman Owen, Stanley Fairfax Owen, Herbert Parker Owen, Percy Fitxwilliam Owen. Some had carrers in India, 2-3 went to Australia.
I am researching a Dunbar ancestor who went to India sometime before 1870. Could have been quite early and have no idea of his occupation. The first of my Dunbar ancestors was William Dennis and/or Dennis William Dunbar who married SarahAnne Fitzsimmons
abt. 1872 possibly in Lucknow, Bengal India. His father was Robert Dunbar but don't know from where or where he was when Dennis William was born.
Dennis married Sarah about 1872.
Dennis and Sarah had 2 known children: Mary Josephine b. 28 Feb 1873 in Lahore Punjab India (Pakistan) and Robert Ellesmere Dunbar b. 16 July 1876 in Murree, India ( my grandfather).
Mary Josephine went on to marry Patrick Mackay (father James patrick) in 1890 and Robert Ellesmere Dunbar 1st married Lena Helen Mabel Robertson in 20 August 1902 in Lucknow, India [ having son Denis Fitzsimmons Dunbar, my father, in 1903] and then started a new family with Hesther Caroline Madden in 1911.
Lena Helen Mabel married Lewis Edward Lancaster (a widower in 1913).
What is strange is that Robert Ellesmere and his 2nd family were close and stayed in India until about the 1950s and although he, a longtime journalist and sub-editor in Calcutta, I caanot get a line on the family.
Also strange is that I cannot get information on Denis Fitzsimmons Dunbar, the 1st son , even though he played hockey for the Calcutta Rangers in the 1920s and later wrote a Hockey traning manuel published in Australia in abt 1940 & 1952 with a special edition published in India in 1945. Denis was apparently educated in England from abt. 1911-1920, returned to Calcutta, then was in Australia from 1927 to 1944, in India again 1944-1947, Australia 1947-until he died in Melbourne, Victoria 1966. Whilst in Australia Denis coached the Western Australian University Hockey team 1937-1940 and then later, from 1952, coached Tasmanian Hockey teams. He also reproduced his book (copy held in National library). The latest info suggests that he was Anglo Indian but don't know where that may have occurred.
Can any one help? All the Anglo Indian sites appear too be social only and the newspapers ("Englishman" archives and "the Statesman" in India do not answer queries.
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