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The Pillars of the Earth (original 1989; edition 2007)
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Historical fiction you can cut your detail and connection loving teeth on. This was the first Follett I've read and it made me come back for more, and more, and more. I love interlocking character perspectives so it was a bit like literary crack.
I gotta say, this book was one that I will probably pursue reading at another time. The size was overwhelming and I just could not totally finish it. I also found myself, because of the wordiness of the prose and the myriad details in many places, skipping over or skimming sentences to get to the action. The architectural details are amazing and the lives of the people, real people one almost thinks, during that time are well-crafted. But too wordy for right now.
Terrific historical fiction.
I wasn't sure about this book at first, how can you make an enjoyable and interesting read about the building of a cathedral - but give Ken Follett his due he managed it.
I cared about the characters and I wanted to know if Tom and Prior Philip would be able to build their cathedral, would Jack and Aliena ever be together, would William get his comeuppance and why was the bishop afraid of Ellen?
Although I have my doubts about some of the language used and about whether people actually played football in the 12th century or if it was something similar, overall I thought this was a really enjoyable read.
Review: The Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett.
This is a brilliant creative book with many pages but worth the read. It was the type of book that kept me reading until the small font gave me a headache but because of the great writing I was able to read other books in between this one and couldn't wait to get back to Follett's master-creative story. There is so much to gather and savor about this book that I won't try to relate the extreme fulfillment I felt because I couldn't give it the justification it deserves. It takes a truly magnificent imagination to create something of this magnitude and Ken Follett pulled it all together in a thousand pages and gave us a profound energized story.
The research was excellent, moving, informative and highly organized throughout the book. All the character's traits were inspiring and well suited to make the story intriguing. I enjoyed the historic descriptive of the scenes, the comprehensible of political interplay between Kings, Earls, Queens, Bishop, Monks, Outlaws and the Law of the Lands in all the powerful twists and turns and fates of many people.
The scope of the book is immense and covers a wide geographical area and spans fifty years during a tumultuous time in England's history. Early twelfth century England was a country in a state of instability. King Henry had died without a male heir and his daughter Maude was to be Queen. The English Barons would not settle for this and Maude's cousin, Stephen of Blois, then assumed her rights and proclaimed himself King. This is where the story takes a plunge into a Civil War that lasted for years, turning England virtually lawless until Maude's son became King Henry II of England.
There were many battles (told within the story) over the years that kept England in turmoil. The people's lives would intersect with a number of other individuals, some good, some evil who would have a great impact on their lives and their goals. Spanning over fifty intense years, this historic story of love, hate, faith, betrayal, revenge, and triumph brings the scales down for the reader to grasp without hesitation every compound situations and issues that fogged England's people, places, and centuries of rules.
The characters were amazing and well developed and I felt they were the strength of the book. The main character Tom Builder, a Master Mason whose dream was to build a Cathedral and Tom pursues his dream at the cost of losing his wife and almost killing his new born son. He soon got his chance through Prior Phillip in the small village of Kingsbridge, England. However, over the years it took to build the Cathedral there were a few co-conspirators who undermined his work. There were so many difficulties and bad aura that surrounded this small village throughout the book. The set-backs were unimaginable. However, the village always seemed, with hardship to pick up and concord their fears and justified their conquest to become a town of their own and have a magnificent Cathedral….
I believe this book took tremendous time and research to create so many events, action, characters, twelfth century data, and organization, to bring the story to the heights of giving me the feeling that I was there in the midst of it all. I felt every crevasse of carved stone that went into the building of this Cathedral, I felt every emotion these character portrayed, and I felt fully satisfied with the story….
Great literature? Of course not. To begin with, the plot relies far too heavily on coincidence, and the characters tend to be chiseled into predictability. The writing depends heavily on dialogue - and although it's well-done dialogue, it's the stuff of escapism, not of the ages. But so what? It's a long, rich and rewarding story, full of glory and violence told in the tradition of medieval troubadors. Few among us could turn away from a tale that begins: ''The small boys came early to the hanging.''
A novel of majesty and power.
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Skip to comments.Deadly Capitol Mayhem: Why Did Miriam Carey Travel From Connecticut to D.C.?
Posted on 10/03/2013 9:33:30 PM PDT by IChing
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Why did this happen? Why did she drive all the way to D.C. to act up, if her head injury is the cause of her bizarre behavior? Is it the impasse over Obamacare and government operations? Or baby-daddy drama...?
Baby-daddy drama...? You think 0bama is the father?
IMHO this one is really bizarre. Quick question, where is the kids father? Who is the kids father?!!! She may had an affair with a high gov official and snapped from the break up??!!! You are right, nice car on a dental hygienists pay. Someone is funding her and her kid. Good gumshoe reporter should be pouncing on this story. If I go nuts in CT I would act in CT. Rarely someone would drive several states to act out.
In the article, I indicate the possibility of a secret service guy being speculated as such by others.
The problem with this is there is nothing obvious to ban.
Reports I've seen say she did own it, and that she was licensed as a dental hygienist in NY and CT making over $100k/yr.
I think paternity is the key to this caper
Head injuries can lead to seizure disorders from the brain damage.... and... the medications one has to take to prevent any seizures can make you wiggy as hell. All speculation.
Does not explain the trip from CT (car was plated in CT) to DC to the WH entry road/barriers. The footage shows her speeding off toward Capitol— she either is a hot foot driver in fear or she knew her way.
One thing not being spoken of— the threat of a car-bomb is quite real and difficult to defend against. The use of a car as a weapon brought her to the conflict level police justify their response. We don't know if the car was wired up and she on a mission for... someone. Just weird.
Holy smokes! That is good money. I doubt that any DH in CO makes near that much.
If I were to make something up, I would say it's one of Obama's girlfriend and the child is his. She was mad because she hasn't been paid her hush money because the Obama slush fund was uncovered and the IRS slush fund was tapped out.
Looks like the father is someone who works in the WhiteHouse, possibly a high ranking official. He must have stiffed her on the Child support
Think Danzinger bridge!
- I`ll bet no one will ever find it.
If they do, it`ll be a pdf`d version overlay.
Did she have a gun? No
Did she have a weapon? No
Most likely, they spooked her, and she fled for her and her child's life.
In this video http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/03/20805397-woman-shot-and-killed-by-capitol-police-after-chaotic-chase-from-white-house?lite>1=43001
at the very beginning- the very beginning- it appears she is rammed by one of the cop cars that block her in.
I go with the terrified, confused woman explanation at this point.
If I were to make something up, I would say its one of Obamas girlfriend and the child is his.
Obama likes boys. Sorry.
Well, yes, "A car can itself be considered a deadly weapon, and when an officers or anyone elses life is threatened by someone behind the wheel, stopping the driver with gunfire, if realistically possible, is warranted. "
But there are plenty of means to stop a car besides shooting the driver.
You don't try to run over a secret service guy and get away with it (evidently). Her sister says it couldn't have been her because she was working, but now we find out she lost her job a year ago. What has she been doing in the mean time?
Baby-daddy drama...? You think 0bama is the father?
Yep, I do
Dental hygienist making 100k/yr?
Something's wrong with THAT right there.
I don't think she fits Obama's recreational profile.
Maybe she just reacted to protect her child from what appeared to her to be an out of control police officer shouting and acting irrationally.
Standard police tactics of shouting demands and using explitives actually cause an escalation to any confrontation with citizens.
The people in the offices do not all do the same work. The highest skilled make the most money.
So many cops surrounding her with guns drawn screaming at her to stop, surrender, yet she guns it and plows through them. Doesn't make sense, the terrified confused woman theory, at that point.
I haven't seen any pics yet. She could be 6'4" and hairy as a yak. Ya never know.
So which DHs that you know make $100k per year?
Theory: Like others, maybe Obama is the baby daddy. Wasn't/isn't Obama's social security number issued in Conneticut? Hmmmm.....
Just tuned in before heading for bed.
Will be paying very close attention in the morning, so bookmarking my place.
Thanks for paying attention to this story.
Glad you saw it, almost pinged you
No doubt. Psychotic behavior makes me edgy and the badges and uniforms don't do much to counteract that.
Pics are in ample supply, you could open the link. Very pretty and pleasant-looking, imo.
Thanks. I'll try to get more informed before cracking anymore jokes. /s
Poor lady went rabbit when a simple U-turn caused guns to be drawn. I can't say I much blame her for going rabbit.
Does the public really think the federal government spends $100 billion a day for nonsense and doesn't get a little trigger happy when the public begins to ask what for?
I wish her name was Trayvonica. The narrative would be far more interesting.
Still, something saddens me about this.
They do. About $91K annually, on average, per reports on other threads. At least that's been reported for the North East part of the country. I can't speak for other areas.
She probably could afford that nice car she was driving.
Uh.....I don't think Barry actually swings that way...
Sorry. Bammy ain't never built that.
I am amazed. But I suppose I'm behind the times on wages and the current value of a dollar.
No one seems to be buying that. LOL
I am sad, too. Dead mother, orphaned little one, now in foster care. And, we will never know why.
The world I once knew no longer exists. Look up Matthew Arnold's poem, Dover Beach. Just an excerpt below.
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.
This is where we are.
You learn something new at FR every day. I was amazed at how much dental hygienists make too.
Maybe someone in the secret service is the daddy? Remember when a bunch of them got in trouble with some hookers down in Brazil, or wherever? I think they hired a bunch of new ones after that.
He then pulled out his badge shieldy thing and told me he was "watching a house down the block over a drug issue". I asked him if would like a cup of coffee while he waited? He said "Sure". So I went inside and got him a travel mug of coffee. He then told me that there were some people down the street in a rented house who had no business being in a place where nice people live, like us who want to know what's going on in their neighborhood and treat people nicely.
Now in today's nutty world, just think about how badly that encounter could have gone down? Think about the version of the story that would make it on the news if he was some jack-booted power crazy dumass?
It's a matter of supply and demand. I used to be a dental hygienist and was making $40/hr back in the seventies in Phila, while hygienists in VT were making $40/day. They make $60/hr where I live now. Most don't work a $40 hour week, though.
I think it more likely tat Michelle id the father.
Grover Al Norquist is a wolf in sheeps clothing.
You don't get babies out of a mans butt!
Sorry I don't know how that happened.
I think twice about initiating confrontations like that myself. I would more likely keep an eye on someone like that and gather info like lic. #, model make, personal description. Note his actions and note times. Check round chambering in my arms. Maybe call the Sheriff and give a head's up if the situation really seemed queer. But I live in a rural area and don't see things like that very often. A stakeout in a big SUV would stick out like a polar bear in the desert.
Seems to be a common speculation today. Why else would this woman drive 250 miles to the Capitol with her baby in the back seat?
Had to be some sort of powerful inducement. Until we get more data, it's hard not to come to the conclusion that this had something to do with the child's father, who may be a gov't employee in that area.
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Cast: Myra Moss, Gecko, Leonard Stevenson, Clarissa Doll, Cassie Kaylan, Jerry Agony, Wolf (I), Wells, Joe Birdsong, Carlos (I), Goddess Rosemary, Star (I), Kali, Angel Baby, Erika Kole, Joe Gallant, Andy (I), Dax, Mighty Mike, Lola Barclay, Lucy Lucy, Raven (I)
Critical Rating: AAAA 1/2
Genre: Pro-Am
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brings that time to the present, and he does so with an
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The last words on the screen in the credits for The Luv Generation simply say "SEEK TRUTH." This sounds like simple advice, but it's not in the realm of today's pornography; yet Gallant achieves that here with the deviants he has cast. Shot at Collective Unconscious Theatre on the Lower East Side by five different cameramen, there is something for everyone, and if you can't find something that turns you on in this cavalcade of flesh, there is really no hope for you in this world of ours.
There's a beat poetry group performance intro, boy/girl, girl/girl, threeways, b.j.'s, a threeway all-male scene with oral and ass fucking, anal in many variations, urination (no one is shown getting peed on), S/M, bondage and paint enemas displayed in the three hours this piece rolls on.
The sex on display here is pure hedonism at its finest, with the people here really just having fun and having the kind of sex they want without judgments. It's the kind of video where cumshots don't dictate a scene's success. The quality of the footage depends on who's shooting at the time, but it's all worth seeing for the type of porn freedom it represents.
There are 13 individual sex scenes, some abbreviated with various bits of goodness interspersed throughout. So here are some highlights along with this reviewer's nominations.
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Haiku Getting a FreeBSD Network Driver Compatibility Layer
Thanks to the work of one of the most active code contributors lately, Hugo Santos, Haiku is getting a generic FreeBSD network driver compatibility layer that will allow FreeBSD network drivers to be compiled and used in Haiku with few, if any changes. At the time of this writing, not only has Hugo committed the compatibility layer to the Haiku tree, but he has also succeeded in building two FreeBSD drivers (if_em/Intel Pro 1000 and if_le/PCNet) which are now capable of running in Haiku.
Here is a quote from Hugo himself: "My original goal was to enable the use of FreeBSD drivers by just having them compiled 'as is' by the build system. This is possible with some drivers, but not all; but even for those that may require some changes in the code, the modification requirements will be minimal (most likely related to interrupt handling). The idea was to make it easy to upgrade the drivers with fixes from FreeBSD and/or upgrade to newer versions. Developing drivers can be a hard job, and developing bug free drivers even more so. The ability to use FreeBSD drivers with little to no changes in the code expands Haiku's hardware support with little burden to our pool of developers, which is a good thing. By the way, this idea was inspired by Marcus Overhagen's ipro1000 driver, which is Intel's FreeBSD driver ported to Haiku using a very specific compatibility layer."
To achieve his goal, Hugo started by copying the functions necessary for drivers from FreeBSD and creating a compatibility library. As he tried more drivers, he added more functions to the library. The Intel Pro Express 100 driver (fxp) was used as a base for requirements; Hugo then wrote Haiku-specific versions of some of these functions and changed others as required. Some original FreeBSD code is also used, as well as some of Marcus' code.
This is still work in progress and, by Hugo's own words, there is a lot more to be done and tested. Nevertheless, this is a great addition to Haiku and we are all grateful for Hugo's significant contributions.
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Wow neat stuff, what will the performance penalties be? Will it work for wireless cards too?
Is it this mainly possible because the stack sort of comes from freebsd?
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I am also intrested in wireless support. Does Haiku have any kind of wireless stack yet?
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Is it this mainly possible because the stack sort of comes from freebsd?
Haiku's network stack was written from scratch AFAIK, not ported. There was a lot of discussion about this decision. It's all in the mailinglist archives.
It's possible because there are similarities in a lot of places. Kernels written in the same language running on the same hardware have to implement similar services to take of hardware interrupts, manage memory, interface with peripheral devices, etc. BeOS (and thus Haiku) was very much inspired by a lot of other systems. A rehash one might say, but a very nice one! ;)
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Hi all. There is little to no performance penalties. And it might work in the future for wireless cards, but one step at a time.
Our network stack is written from scratch, this driver porting effort through a compatibility layer was possible because FreeBSD's drivers are neatly contained and our current network driver API permits it.
Re: Haiku Getting a FreeBSD Network Driver Compatibility Layer
Congratulations, Hugo! Fantastic work indeed.
Re: Haiku Getting a FreeBSD Network Driver Compatibility Layer
Nice to hear that about performance and that FreeBSD drivers are neatly contained! I've heard Linux drivers are not written that way...
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I filed for divorce end of 2008 along with a pauper's oath to have the fees for the divorce dismissed as I cannot pay them.
My pauper's oath was denied as I couldn't give enough proof and I still couldn't pay the fee on 04/30, the last date that the court told me I could pay the fees for the divorce. My case now shows online on 04/30 'dismissed for want of prosecution'. I thought I will have to start all over filing for divorce. But now it also shows a court date for family trial docket for June 13,2009 with the following: setting reason: trial on merits. Result description:Case disposed-no mediation occurred. Does this mean my case is not dismissed yet and I can still get the divorce if I can come up with the fee the court charges or what is this court date for? Do I have to appear?
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First, if your case was "DWOP'd" or Dismissed for Want of Prosecution, then that usually means that the case is closed and that you MUST start all over again.
Second, if your pauper's oath was denied, then you always can pay the fees and file a divorce.
Finally, the confusing part of your case disposition is that there is allegedly a trial on the merits scheduled. This may just be a mistake according to the computer at the courthouse or with the clerk. I recommend that you call the court coordinator and ask whether your case is still active. Either way, I would say that you definitely should appear at trial and speak with the court's personnel simply to clear things up.
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|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
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In 10-inch skillet over medium heat, in hot oil, cook onions and garlic until onions are tender.
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Stir in juice.
Heat to boiling.
Reduce heat to low; simmer 2 minutes.
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ORGANISERS of an auction of Adolf Hitler's reading glasses and other personal effects were on the verge of abandoning the sale last night after an outcry over profiting from Germany's Nazi past.
The Fuhrer's glasses were due to be put up for auction for a reserve price of €4800 ($A6700) at a Munich auction house this month, while bidding for a silver cigarette case monogrammed with the initials of the non-smoking dictator was set to begin at €10,000.
Stung by accusations that the sale was a "stain" on modern Germany, Hermann Historica, the auction house, issued a statement last night insisting that it never intended to cause offence and had not sought publicity for the items on sale.
But it refused to confirm who would receive the money, although some items, such as a fob watch starting at €10,000, were believed to originate from the estate of Rudolf Hess, Hitler's former deputy....
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Sam Allardyce has finally landed the England job. The manager, who oversaw a late run for survival by Sunderland last season, takes over from Roy Hodgson at a time where confidence is at an all-time low. The Three Lions suffered a shocking Euro 16 exit at the hands of Iceland in the round of 16 of the tournament, prompting Hodgson to resign with immediate effect. Big Sam now has a big task on his hands. Here are six things he needs to do now that he's in charge of England. More »19 hours ago
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Fence Fight: Lake Hamilton is Roiled by Debate Over Property Lines
Published: Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 11:49 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 11:49 p.m.
LAKE HAMILTON | A fence along a rough swath of gravel at the end of Sixth Street South has dragged neighbors, town staff, lawyers and the Town Council into a debate over property lines.
Randy Martin, a former Lake Hamilton mayor who owns three parcels along the road, began erecting a fence along his property last year. Three houses sit at the end of the road, which is not shown as a platted road on official documents but has been used as a road for decades and has been maintained by the town for years.
In December, Martin added a stretch of fence made of wire and thick posts that squeezed the already-tight road to the point where large vehicles such as garbage trucks, firetrucks and RVs would have trouble traveling.
Since then, there has been a barrage of meetings, letters and emails among town officials, Martin and Martin's attorney, John Marc Tamayo.
Town workers took down the fence but it has since been re-erected, following a 3-2 vote by the council on March 4 to allow Martin to put the fence back up if he moved the line back 2 feet. Martin, through his attorney, had offered the 2-foot move in an effort to avoid litigation.
With the fence up again, there are still questions about whether there's enough space for large vehicles to safely pass through.
A Lake Hamilton police officer first notified town staff about the fence, prompting Mayor Marlene Wagner to write a letter to Martin asking him to remove the new stretch of fence by a specific date. The fence remained and a second date was set. After the second date passed, town employees removed the fence and stored the materials in Martin's yard.
During the heated discussion at the March 4 council meeting, neighbors complained that the fence Martin originally erected had been obstructing garbage trucks from accessing the three other houses along the end of the road.
"We don't want to be involved with this," council chairman Ralph Harris said at the meeting. "As a good neighbor, would it hurt you to move that fence back?"
Martin was quiet during the council meeting. However, Tamayo said Martin used the town's right-of-way map to make sure the fence was on his property.
The Polk County Property Appraiser's data don't show Sixth Street South as an actual road.
Instead, it shows it all as private property. Recent deeds do not show any easements given to allow others to use it as a road.
Still, the town could have a legal claim to it because it has been used as a public road for decades and staff members have maintained it for more than four years. A Florida statute allows a municipality to claim a road if it has been maintaining it for at least four years.
Technically, if the road were found to belong to Martin, he would be able to cut off all access if he wanted, Town Planner Doug Leonard said. But Leonard said he thinks it would legally be found to belong to the town.
"I really think there is a clear right of travel," he said.
Town Attorney Heather Christman said she agrees, as long as the town has been maintaining it.
Roy Carlson, who lives on Sixth Street South, said the town has taken care of the road by mowing along it and occasionally trying to smooth it out with clay and rock fillings. He said the road has been used since 1926.
Minutes from a council meeting in December 1978 show that the town planner at the time was asked to draw up a plat extending Sixth Street to include much of what is now considered Sixth Street South.
"Mayor Gotsch explained that a request for a building permit had been filed by Laura Bellamy, but could not be granted because the property did not abut a public street, even though it was on Sixth Street extension which had been in use for years by the property owners," the minutes say.
But it appears the plat was never officially recorded, Town Clerk Sara Irvine said.
Still, it shows how long the road has been in use and intended for public access.
"The town wanted to extend (the road) so our services could get down there," Irvine said.
Garbage trucks can pass through now, but the fence also causes safety concerns for town officials.
"Imagine a fire truck or ambulance going down there at 3 a.m. in a rainstorm — that bothers me," Leonard said.
Such large vehicles would have trouble navigating the road without running into things during poor weather conditions, he said.
A typical fire truck is about 8.5 feet wide.
The road is about 13 feet wide with the fence's current placement. Removing the fence would make it about 15.5 feet wide.
Leonard said he doesn't think the town has heard the end of the battle.
"From the staff standpoint, the council acted and the town will continue to maintain the road," he said Thursday. "I think there's more than one person who left here saying that it's not over."
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Those spoken to yesterday could not remember exactly when
they started doing the runs but somewhere between four and
six years seemed to be the consensus.
Octogenarian and active motorcyclist Ron Gilbert said there
were no rules in the club because ''pensioners don't like
rules'', with one exception.
''It is on the first Tuesday [of the month on] pension day,
so we can all afford to buy lunch.''
Some people ride motorcycles, others arrive in cars. Most
were past or present members of the Otago Motorcycle Club,
Bill Veitch, of McIver and Veitch Motorcycles, said.
He said some of the riders had been competitive motorcyclists
at some stage; others were widows of motorcyclists and still
enjoyed the social contacts.
Another octogenarian, Alison Tofield, loves nothing better
than a motorcycle ride every now and then, as well as the
social contact it affords.
Her husband, George Tofield, a well-known member of the
motorcycle and vintage vehicle scene in Dunedin, died 10
years ago.
''I don't go out very often on a bike now. I don't ride
Her friend Jenny Longstaff - too young to be a member of the
PMT Club herself - took Mrs Tofield as a pillion passenger to
Waihola this week.
That pales in comparison to their last adventure together
when the pair toured Turkey, with Mrs Tofield as the pillion
George Bartlett (74) also enjoys the runs and would be one of
the more experienced riders in Dunedin with more than 60
years' experience under his belt.
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Filling up his car at a local gas station, Gerard Butler was spotted in a pair of Joe's Jeans. This is the second time that Gerard has been spotted out in Joe's recently, last time he was seen wearing them as he exited a club in London.
Gerard's newest film, Coriolanus, just received a rave review from the LA Times, "With a talent-packed cast that includes Vanessa Redgrave, Gerard Butler and Jessica Chastain and a truly exceptional Brian Cox, it's a sprawling story filled with big ideas and bigger action, and definitely worth the big screen." Sounds like it has an amazing cast!
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I honestly can't say that I am a fan of this outfit though, I feel like this is one of those instances where all black doesn't work. The shoes make the jeans look like they fit a bit sloppy unfortunately. I think a pair of high heels would have been much more flattering. I like the shirt and arm cuff though and the jeans are classic if they were worn differently. What do you think? Buy these jeans online at Joe's Jeans for $179.
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Kate Bosworth was spotted out and about in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival. She wore a pair of Joe's Skinny Provocateur Jeans in Ophelia with an Isabel Marant sweater, a parka and some buckle boots. I think this is a great look and the jeans suit her really well. I wonder if Kate is doing some research for her own denim line? I hope the rumors are true, I would like to see her wear a variety of brands. I think she would look great in the Textile Crosby jeans. You can click here to purchase these jeans at Shopbop for $167.
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HEMORRHAGIC manifestations of infectious mononucleosis are not uncommon. Virtually every organ system has been involved.1 Gross hematuria is quite rare, and renal biopsies have not been done in the few cases reported.
Granuloma formation in the bone marrow in infectious mononucleosis is a phenomenon which was first reported less than 20 years ago.2 This finding, although reported to be quite common, does not yet seem to be within the realm of common medical knowledge.
It will be the purpose of this paper to present and discuss the significance of a case of infectious mononucleosis associated with granulomatous changes in the bone marrow, unique renal lesions, and gross hematuria.
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The patient is a 19-year-old white boy, who had been experiencing confusion, visual hallucinations, chills, fever, sore throat, and grossly bloody urine during the week preceding his hospital admission. The patient was seen by a local
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Photo looking across the valley from the lower switchbacks on the Bear Creek trail south of Ouray
Looking south from the bear creek trail. The road to red mountain pass is in the center.
The bear creek trail. I would say this is a no fall zone.
over exposed view down the canyon on the bear creek trail
the trail really is runnable...
can you believe that miners used to haul all of their gear along these trails?
I am pretty sure this used to be a bridge...long way down.
raging river at the bottom of the canyon
random hikers on the bear creek trail.
a little waterfall
some of the snow from the epic winter
a little higher along the bear creek trail getting close to the Yellow Jacket mine site.
lots of water coming down from the mountains.
The Yellow Jacket Mine site. Lots of old machinary.
this would have been an awesome ski run.
the view west from the yellow jacket mine site.
my little home at the amphitheater state camp ground above Ouray Colorado.
a deer having dinner 5 feet from my van
after the van was repaired it made it up to red mountain pass.
which as you can see is over 11000 feet, not bad for a 20 year old van!
Beth and Steve relaxing at the historic Avon hotel in Silverton CO
Greg totally absorbed in hardrock talk.
Gibbs trying to knock over Deb.
Deb! hardrock veteran.
Marley checking things out from the second floor at the Avon.
The nightly get together at the Avon.
Tommy holding court...i think most of the empties are his ;-)
One of the "floats" for the 4th of July parade in Silverton CO.
The Silverton Brewery has some great beer, stop by if you find yourself in town.
The hardrockers getting ready for their part in the parade
Mike holding up his end of the bargain.
Greg, Jenny and Gerry lead the group in the parade
Stan looks very happy to be there.
Jerry and Jenny Roach.
like herding cats we are on the move
the Silverton water fight, glad i was not in the way of those hoses as it really looked painful.
Howie on the Colorado trail above the little molase lake camp ground south of Silverton. This was taken at ~11450 on a morning hike.
Awesome trail for running
looking south towards Durango from the colorado trail
how awesome is this trail? too bad running up hill for any length of time at 11500 is just brutal. However, running downhill was a lot of fun.
Deb and Steve the morning of the race. WTF?!
three of the funniest ladies in Silverton!
Stan and Chrissy.
Daniel Levy from France. One of the nicest guys at the race, he came in fourth and still looked fresh.
The mass start just before 6AM
and they are off with Daniel Levy in the lead
I like this shot, the young guy in red is Dakota Jones who at the age of 22(?) running his first hardrock came in second!!
Steve, Deb and Jeff coming up the rear.
Steve feeling confident
All of these shots are taken at the mile 44 aid station called grouse gulch. as you can tell i was playing with the motor drive on the camera. I was just too lazy to edit them all, but if you look at them as a slide show with a 2 second interval it is pretty cool.
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|Dead Island - Achievements
XboxAchievements.com - Every Point Counts
There are 58 achievements with a total of 1250 points.
|Rootin' Tootin' Lootin' (30 points)
|Loot 5 Exceptional Weapons.
|Tis but a flesh wound! (10 points)
|Sever 100 limbs.
|There and back again (30 points)
|Explore the entire island.
|Catch! (10 points)
|Kill an Infected with a grenade blast.
|Road Trip (10 points)
|Drive a total distance of 10 kilometers.
|Cardio (10 points)
|Travel a distance of 20 kilometers on foot.
|Swing them sticks (25 points)
|Kill 150 enemies using Analog Fighting controls.
|Gesundheit! (10 points)
|Heal yourself with a medkit 100 times.
|Light my fire (20 points)
|Set 10 zombies on fire simultaneously.
|10 heads are better than 1 (15 points)
|Kill 10 zombies in a row with headshots.
|A taste of everything (25 points)
|Kill a zombie with 10 different melee weapons.
|One is all I need (20 points)
|Kill 5 Infected in a row with a single blow.
|Can't touch this (20 points)
|Use a hammer to kill a series of 15 zombies without taking damage.
|Humanitarian (15 points)
|Kill 50 human enemies.
|Tae Kwon Leap (25 points)
|Kill 25 zombies with your bare fists.
|I want one of those (30 points)
|Customize 25 weapons.
|Karma-geddon (15 points)
|Kill 50 zombies using a vehicle.
|To put it bluntly (25 points)
|Kill 250 zombies using blunt melee weapons.
|Hack & slash (25 points)
|Kill 250 zombies using edged melee weapons.
|Guns don't kill but they help (25 points)
|Kill 250 zombies using firearms.
|Need a hand? (10 points)
|Join another player's game.
|Warranty Void if Used (10 points)
|Create a customized weapon.
|Gotta find'em all (20 points)
|Find 60 collectibles.
|Nearly there (25 points)
|Find 120 collectibles.
|Steam Punk (30 points)
|Create weapons to rival the gods of fire or thunder.
|Originality (10 points)
|Play in a co-op team of 4 different playable characters.
|Together in the light (10 points)
|Complete 5 quests in a single co-op game with the same partners.
|Going steady (25 points)
|Complete 25 quests while playing with at least one co-op partner.
|Rageman (25 points)
|Kill 100 enemies with Fury attacks.
|People Person (10 points)
|Play with 10 different co-op partners for at least 15 minutes each.
|Ménage à trois (25 points)
|Complete 5 quests with 3 co-op partners.
|Right 4 Life (30 points)
|Complete act I with 4 different characters.
|A very special day (30 points)
|Kill 250 zombies with modified weapons.
|School of hard knocks (30 points)
|Reach level 50.
|Knock, knock (15 points)
|Breach a locked door with the first blow.
|Busy, busy, busy (60 points)
|Finish 75 quests cumulatively.
|Learning the ropes (10 points)
|Reach level 10.
|Dedicated student (25 points)
|Reach level 25.
| Out of honey? Chew bees! (25 points)
|Survive 5 waves using only your fists and legs.
| Wave and Smile (10 points)
|Play any Arena in co-op.
| Death Incarnate (50 points)
|Survive wave 30.
| Morituri te salutant (30 points)
|Survive 30 consecutive waves with at least one co-op player.
|Fancy (25 points)
|Survive 10 consecutive waves using only custom weapons.
| Looking for trouble (15 points)
|Survive 5 waves in each of the 4 Arenas.
| Extreme Firefighting (25 points)
|Set 5 enemies on fire and then kill them with explosives.
| Stick it to the enemy (30 points)
|Survive 15 consecutive waves using the analog combat controls.
| Complete a set (15 points)
|Kill enemies of 6 different types during a single round.
| Gladiator school (25 points)
|Survive 15 consecutive waves with each of the 4 characters.
Secret Achievements
|Everybody lies (20 points)
|Use a large medkit to heal an injury of 5% or less.
|Hell in paradise (30 points)
|Complete act I.
|Ah! Spoiled meat! (10 points)
|Kill a Butcher using an axe.
|Oh, no you don't (10 points)
|Kill a Ram using tackle skill.
|Savior (20 points)
|Save 5 people besieged by zombies.
|How many days exactly? (10 points)
|Play Dead Island at least 28 days after starting it for the first time.
|No raccoons in here (30 points)
|Complete act II.
|King of the jungle (30 points)
|Complete act III.
|Banoi Redemption (30 points)
|Complete act IV.
|First! (15 points)
|Kill a Suicider with a grenade.
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La Trinite-Des-Laitiers is situated in the Orne (Normandy region) in the north of France at 46 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: La Trinite-Des-Laitiers is 145 km from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Argentan at 30 km and Mortagne-au-Perche at 33 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Local markets
- Montreuil-l'Argille: market Tuesday (17km)
- Orbec: market Wednesday (25km)
- Trun: market Thursday (26km)
- Vitrai-sous-Laigle: market Tuesday (26km)
- Sees: market Saturday (26km)
- La Barre-en-Ouche: market Wednesday (27km)
- Argentan: market Tuesday & Friday (30km)
- Tourouvre: market Friday (31km)
- Le Mele-sur-Sarthe: market Wednesday (32km)
- Mortagne-Au-Perche: market Saturday all day (33km)
Tourist attractions to visit near La Trinite-Des-Laitiers, France
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting La Trinite-Des-Laitiers and wondering what to do next!
Most beautiful villages in France (see also beautiful French villages) Beuvron (53km)
National Monuments Carrouges Chateau (47km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour) Argentan (30km)
Regional Natural Parcs Perche (54km); Normandie-Maine (56km)
Remarkable gardens Sassy (31km); Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (39km); Boutemont (44km); Jardin de la petite Rochelle (50km); Arboretum d'Harcourt (51km); Jardins du château du Champ de Bataille (54km)
Sites of natural beauty Forêt d'Écouves (36km); Signal d'Écouves (37km); Forêt de Perseigne (45km)
Towns of Art and history Orbec (25km)
Listed as villages d'etape - (recommended place to break a long journey) Tourouvre (31km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park Parc zoologique de Lisieux (43km)
Geography and distances
Distance to La Trinite-Des-Laitiers
from Alencon (prefecture): 46 km
from Paris: 145 km
from Calais: 262 km
from Nice: 775 km
from Bordeaux: 446 km
from Strasbourg: 541 km
Getting here
La Trinite-Des-Laitiers is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-challen ferry ports with Caen being especially close, typically within an hours drive. For driving distances to La Trinite-Des-Laitiers from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Trinite-Des-Laitiers): Chaumont, Cisai-Saint-Aubin, Coulmer, Gace, Le Menil-Vicomte, Le Sap-Andre, Orgeres, Saint-Evroult-de-Montfort, Saint-Nicolas-Des-Laitiers and Touquettes.
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First I have to apologize. I originally clicked "fulfill" on your photo request & uploaded the William Smith from Raccoon Cemetery. But then when I went to the memorial page I realized it was the wrong Smith. I deleted the photo but because I originally clicked on "fulfill", it removed your photo request. I am so sorry. You can request it again.
However in Raccoon Cemetery the only William Smith died in 1867 and his wife was Christena. The other Smiths are Brunton W, David, Hugh, Jane, Joseph Jr & Joseph Sr.
If you want this William Smith's photo let me know and I'll send it to you.
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on May 12, 2015 1:56 PM
Bob McCain
Daniel & Matilda McCain
Thank you so much for the transfers! Merry Christmas!
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Bob McCain
on Dec 18, 2014 6:11 PM
Bob McCain
Transfering Daniel & Matilda McCain
Hi Barbara,
If you click on the Memorials Added on your profile page then go to Daniel McCain. You will see Transfer Management on the right side of the page. Click on Transfer Management and enter my number which is 48494072 then click on Transfer This Memorial. Thank you so much for your kind consideration.
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Bob McCain
on Sep 12, 2014 11:56 AM
Bob McCain
RE: Daniel & Matilda McCain
Thanks for the transfer!!
This is what I found on how it is done:
How do I transfer a memorial that I manage to another contributor or to Find A Grave to manage and update?
You must be logged in, and you must manage the memorial you are going to transfer. You will also need the other contributor's Contributor ID #. They should have provided that number when they asked for the transfer (it is next to their name on their contributor page). If you are transferring the memorial to Find A Grave to manage, the contributor ID # is 8. (If you would like to transfer all of the memorials you have added to a particular cemetery to Find A Grave to manage, please send us an email with your contributor ID # and a link to the cemetery involved, and we can transfer your memorials to Find A Grave for you all at once.)
After you log in, go to the memorial page you are going to transfer. There will be a link on the right side of the memorial page, under the person's name, that says Transfer Management. Click on the link. Add the other contributor's ID # in the box on the Transfer Management of Memorial page that comes up, and click on the transfer this memorial button. NOTE: Once you have transferred the memorial, you will no longer be able to edit or update it.
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on Sep 09, 2014 7:46 PM
Bob McCain
Daniel & Matilda McCain
May I request the transfer of Daniel and Matilda McCain's memorials? Daniel is my second great-grandfather. I would be most appreciative to you for honoring my request.
Robert Ralph McCain
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Bob McCain
on Sep 03, 2014 9:00 PM
Mr Bennis d. 1960
May I respectfully suggest that Mr. Bennis is unlikely to be buried in Golden Gate Cemetery in SF if he died 1960, as that cemetery has been defunct since about 1909. More likely he is buried in Golden Gate NATIONAL Cemetery which is near SF (in San Bruno). GG National cemetery was begun in the 1940s for veterans and their families. I suggest you check your records, and transfer your memorial if you find he is in Golden Gate NATIONAL.
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Bill Bodkin
I am photographing Pittsburgh cemeteries. I have over 300 thousand pix and the weather is breaking and will be adding pic to my collection. I am always seeking volunteers to help. If you have some time, send me an email
firstname.lastname@example.com. I am just finishing St. Annes in Castle Shannon and see that you have some requests there. Bill
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New Attacks Threaten Nigeria's Future
KANO, Nigeria—An accountant of the Alren Construction Co. stood nervously on a bloodstained street days after Islamic militants killed at least 186 people here in a wave of car-bombings and armed attacks.
The company recently bought a house next to a police barracks, presuming it safe for expatriate staffers. But on Jan. 20, the day of the citywide attack, teenage militants rammed an explosives-laden car through the barrack gates. Gunmen commandeered the company's guard post, killing three people. At the nearby Farm Centre Police Division, insurgents lobbed bombs made from satchels and soda cans. Police fled and 60 rebel prisoners went free.
"This used to be a 'Center of Commerce,' " said Alren's General Manager Hassan Massry, quoting the motto stamped on license plates here in the country's second-largest city. "Now, nothing."
Nigeria, a strategically important oil producer and Africa's most populous country, is unraveling in violence from a growing insurgency known as Boko Haram that is bent on revenge for the killing of its leader by police. The group is demanding job-creation programs and the imposition of Islamic law in the country's impoverished north, where it emerged with ferocity nine years ago.
Late Wednesday, about 20 gunmen presumed by officials to belong to the rebel group stormed a prison south of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and freed at least 119 inmates, a government spokesman said.
Boko Haram, which only recently had been dismissed as forest-dwelling fanatics armed with bows and poisoned-tipped arrows, has grown to 10,000 members, the government estimates, fed by a cocktail of economic and political grievances.
Intelligence reports say al Qaeda taught the group to make car bombs, grenades from condensed milk tins and other improvised explosive devices. Militants have killed at least 935 people throughout Nigeria, according to Human Rights Watch. In November, a U.S. congressional subcommittee on Homeland Security said, "Boko Haram has quickly evolved and poses an emerging threat to U.S. interests and the U.S. homeland."
Boko Haram, which translates to "Western learning is sin," may also frustrate Nigeria's efforts to be regarded as a first-tier emerging economy, similar to Brazil or India. Nigeria is projected to be the world's fourth most populous nation by 2050, and investors see in its youthful population—half the country is under age 19—the potential to blossom into a lucrative middle-class market.
It had been forecast to grow 6.6% this year by the International Monetary Fund. Earlier this month, Renaissance Capital predicted the country could surpass South Africa as the continent's biggest economy as soon as 2014.
Oil exports have grown 7% since 2009 to 2.5 million barrels a day, making Nigeria the top crude producer in Africa and the fourth-largest supplier of oil to U.S. markets. The growth in oil production has been accompanied by retail and construction booms.
But the insurgency highlights a sharp split between the prospering, majority Christian coastal south, and the poor, mostly Muslim population in the north. Southern Nigerians enjoy a per capita gross domestic product twice that of northerners, according to a report by Nigeria's Lagos Business School.
Boko Haram has upended commercial life in Kono, and this northern city remains all but shut down after last month's attacks on six government buildings, including the police barracks. Banks open for just three hours a day. ATMs sit empty. Bustling markets are at a hush.
Alren Construction employees have moved to one of the city's near-empty hotels. Police dress in traditional robes and collared shirts instead of uniforms. "They're afraid," said Amin Hojeij, Alren's accountant from Lebanon. "It's frustrating to be this close to a security center and you're still not safe."
As police authority in northern Nigeria recedes, Boko Haram appears to be gaining weaponry and combat skills. The result is an Islamic insurgency that terror experts now rank among the world's most violent.
Last July, a Boko Haram bomber struck an army barracks' beer garden, killing 25. A month later, a suicide car bomber detonated hundreds of pounds of plastic explosives at a United Nations office in Abuja, killing 26. On Christmas Day, a car bomb detonated near a Christian church killed 50.
Boko Haram is seen as a potential catalyst for a broader conflict along religious lines. Last April, more than 800 people died in protests after the election of President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian. In the past decade, more than 1,000 people have been killed in Jos, the central Nigerian city that marks a fault line between the country's dominant religions, Islam and Christianity.
Nigeria's troubles come as other Islamic insurgencies emerge in West Africa.
In Mali, an army of ethnic Tuareg insurgents, trained and employed as mercenaries for late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has returned home, where they are now chasing away government officials in a campaign for Tuareg autonomy.
And along Mali's western border with Mauritania, al Qaeda's Saharan franchise—long preoccupied with toppling Algeria's government—has refocused efforts to expel foreigners from a drought-racked territory it calls the Islamic Maghreb.
Officials worry the insurgency groups could link up or already have. Some elements of Boko Haram appear to combine antigovernment and anti-Christian ideology with training from the al Qaeda terror network, according to Nigerian government documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Group members began traveling abroad for weapons training as early as 2002, the report said, and members went to Afghanistan for training in bomb-making and suicide-bombing techniques in 2007.
Last month, the United Nations in Nigeria warned that Boko Haram "had established links with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and that some of its members from Nigeria and Chad had received training" in Mali last summer.
Security officials inside and outside Nigeria are concerned Boko Haram may take root in neighboring Chad and Niger, or plot a strike abroad.
While Boko Haram attacks haven't damaged the heart of the economy—oil production, banking and retail—Nigeria has devoted a fifth of its budget to security agencies. Those costs limit government funding for such badly needed infrastructure as power plants, oil refineries and roads.
"People will still get excited about Nigeria. But to really bring in that investor that's sitting on the margins, security is an issue that demands some level of resolution," said Razia Khan, Standard Chartered's head of Africa research. "It's not lost on anyone that close to 20% of the budget is being devoted to security issues."
Nigeria spent more than a decade fighting oil militants who kidnapped oil workers and attacked production facilities in a campaign to profit from oil revenues. That violence largely tapered off after a 2009 amnesty agreement.
To combat the Boko Haram threat, Mr. Jonathan has initiated a campaign of mass arrests alongside efforts at negotiations.
On Jan. 1, he declared a state of emergency in the four states of northeastern Nigeria that make up Boko Haram's stronghold. On highways between major cities in that region, soldiers are stationed at check points where they sometimes level assault rifles at passing motorists.
Nigeria's Joint Task Force—the military unit formerly used against oil militants—searches houses and makes arrests without warrants under emergency powers in patrols of the northeastern city of Maiduguri. The task force has boasted of killing hundreds of alleged Boko Haram gunmen. Amnesty International has accused the unit of rape, theft and "unlawful killings."
"We have a police service that needs to improve, yesterday," said Nigeria's National Security Advisor Gen. Andrew Azazi, who reports to the president, in response to allegations of abuse.
Alleged brutality by government forces is regularly recited in Boko Haram's statements. It accused police of the 2009 shooting of its founder, Mohammed Yusuf, while in custody—a grievance at the heart of its anti-police violence.
Last April, a Nigerian high court found police guilty of the killing and ordered the government to pay damages to Mr. Yusuf's heirs. Mr. Jonathan's cabinet is split on whether to honor the judgment, said Gen. Azazi, because the money could be spent on weapons.
Boko Haram is fragmented, said authorities, making it difficult to identify its top leaders.
On Feb. 1, police said they had arrested the group's purported spokesman, Abul Qaqa. Days later, a person identifying himself as Mr. Qaqa told local media: "The person that was arrested was Abu Dardaa, and not Abul Qaqa." The highest-profile arrestee—a physicist accused of engineering the Christmas Day bomb—escaped last month during a prisoner transfer. He was recaptured last Friday.
Mr. Jonathan's cabinet is quietly holding talks with more receptive envoys of Boko Haram, according to two officials with knowledge of the matter. The group gave the government nine demands, including the release of prisoners.
Government leaders suspect Boko Haram may be running low on money after the death last year of Gadhafi, a suspected benefactor. Security officials say they have evidence that Gadhafi—who bankrolled insurrections across West Africa, including Nigerian oil militants—funneled money to Boko Haram's most hostile leaders.
Nigerian officials, meanwhile, are trying to restore police as the first line of defense. On Jan. 25, Mr. Jonathan appointed a new inspector general "as a first step toward the comprehensive reorganization" of the 151-year-old service. Citizens must be encouraged to trust police, he said. That is a tall order.
A 2008 government audit described Nigeria's 371,000 police officers as "a very large number of unqualified, undertrained and ill-equipped officers—in sum an undesirable work force." To supplement salaries, about a quarter of police moonlight as escorts to wealthy Nigerians, according to Human Rights Watch.
Security infrastructure, too, is underfunded. Four in five jails were built before 1950, according to the government review. Police complain they lack handcuffs, chairs, pens and gas money.
Gen. Azazi appealed for patience while the government overhauls the police force. "Sometimes in an entire system, everyone expects change immediately," he said. "Even if government makes progress, there are setbacks."
Police stations bear the brunt of Boko Haram attacks, such as the one on the Farm Centre Police Division in Kano.
Officers returned to work five days after Boko Haram rebels stormed their station. One officer in a white robe said why he shed his uniform: Civilian clothing will afford an easier getaway if rebels return.
The squadron, meanwhile, spent a recent workday across the street from the bomb-charred station, chatting on wooden benches they moved from tree to tree through the day, chasing shade from the Saharan sun. One played with stray puppies. Another weeded. At dusk, a night crew relieved them.
Inside, in a cell where 60 alleged militants had spent five months awaiting trial, prisoners had scrawled on concrete walls, "Nasra," or victory, in the Nigerian language Hausa.
Beyond the station, many in this city of nine million people remain on edge. Police officers are missing. One ex-legislator said he hadn't seen his cousin, a police superintendent, in six months. "He tells me he's fine, but he will not disclose his location," said Junaid Mohammed.
A 12-hour curfew has quashed travel in and out of town. During the day, rows of shops stay closed as thousands of shopkeepers, many of them Christians who had moved north, cram themselves, their families and their belongings onto overloaded buses to flee south.
"Most men are sending their wives and their wares home," said Leonard Nwosu, president of a Kano community association that claims to represent three million Igbo people, largely Christian store owners in the city. "A mass exodus has started."
Across town, employees at Alren Construction have stopped showing up for work. The one exception, said executives, is payday.
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Marching Band
This year's marching band consists of around 240 outstanding members which consists of 175 brass and woodwind players, 34 percussionists, 27 color guard, and 3 field commanders. This year's band is under the direction of field commanders Hannah Congrove, Jacob Stuckert and Eric Sun.
The show opens with a "mash-up" of two musical works, Noisy Wheels of Joy and 'Children's Dance' from Howard Hanson's Merry Mount Suite, which depicts the youthful energy and excitement of childhood. The second number is based on Amazing Grace and focuses on the idea of community and the power of togetherness. The third movement captures the feelings of pure joy and the excitement of life; the band will be playing Russlan and Ludmilla Overture by Mikhail Glinka which will showcase the technical abilities of our students. The show comes to a close with the powerful restatement from where it all began using music composed by James Barnes entitled, Symphonic Overture. This part of the show reflects on the joy and anticipation of what will come next in life…a journey that is constantly changing for each one of us throughout the years.
The Grove City High School Marching Band has won over 90 grand champion awards during the last twenty-five years in OMEA competitions as well as regional and national events. Accomplishments this past season include five OMEA Contest Grand Champions, a State OMEA Marching Band Superior, and many best percussion, field commander, and auxiliary awards.
In the last several years, our distinguished band program has been seen across the nation at many national and international events: 2015 Wishes Spectacular Nighttime Parade at the Magic Kingdom, Fiesta Bowl National Band Champions in 2012, Grand Champions of the 2009 Fiesta Bowl Parade, Honor Band at the West Virginia Strawberry Parade, the 2005 London, England New Year's Day Parade, the 2000 and 1990 Tournament of Roses Parades, the 2002 and 1996 Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinics in Chicago, and the 2002 and 1997 MGM Music Fest Orlando Band Competitions.
Symphonic & Concert Bands
The Symphonic Band has consistently received superior ratings at OMEA State Concert Band Contest in Class AA for the past 41 years and Concert Band I has received superior ratings in Class A and B for the past 33 years.
Highlights for the Symphonic Band:
- Performed at the 50th Anniversary of the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois on December 19, 1996.
- Invited to perform at the Midwest Clinic again in 2002.
- Performed at the1993 and 2001 OMEA State Convention and was the clinician band for the composer Francis McBeth at the 1995 OMEA State Convention, as well as for Mark Kelly in 1989.
- Guest band for the Directors' Clinic at Miami University with Donald Hunsburger of the Eastman School of Music and H. Robert Reynolds
from the University of Michigan.
Jazz Band
The Jazz Band was the Grand Champion Jazz Band of the Fiesta-Val International Band Contest held in Toronto, Canada in May 1995 and again in May 1996 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The band received Outstanding Jazz Band Awards in 1993, 1994 and 1997 at Music In the Parks competitions.


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Exercises that feature single-leg work are beneficial, particularly because they mimic how we move in day-to-day life and while playing sports. These six exercises featuring the TRX Suspension Trainer enable you to work unilaterally and create enough instability to...
With the government's recommendation to get in 10,000 steps per day, can we all realistically accomplish this daily step goal? Yes, we can. It will take a more conscious effort to do this if you live in a more rural or suburban area but it can be done.
Maintaining a healthy weight can be challenging and, for some people, even more difficult than losing weight. The good news is that achieving lasting weight maintenance is possible. Use these 13 tips to help you succeed at maintaining your weight-loss goals.