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I have what I believe to be a tetraploid in the garden.
likelihood of being fertile?
What happens with seeds from selfed? Will there be at least some
tetraploid seedlings? or a lot? or none? How about crosses with non
Would someone with experience please share some insight.
At 12:07 PM 06/27/2001 -0400, JIm Anderson wrote:
>Tetraploids have a doubling of chromosomes (4X) which changes the plant
>characteristics but generally does not affect fertility. Diploid Hosta have
>two sets of chromosomes (2X). If you cross two tetraploids ((4X -> 2x) +
>(4x -> 2x)) you get all tetraploid progeny (4x). A selfed tetraploid is the
>same as crossing two tetraploids.
>If you cross tetraploid (4x) to diploid (2x) you get all triploids((4x ->
>2x) + (2x -> 1x) = (3x). Triploids tend to be sterile as 3x -> aneuploid (a
>mixture of 1x and 2x for each chromosome which does not work) or very rarely
>to 1x or 2x.
>Jim Anderson
*** SOME Questions:
1) to Charles Tuttle: A) on what basis do you suggest/SUSPECT, that your
hosta in question is a polyploid plant, opposed to diploid? ///and...
B) only lab proven diagnostics per chromosome
count in a hosta, really means anything! -- wouldn't you think? I don't
see anyone providing this kind of proof, as to so'called "TETRAPLOIDS"? ;)
2) to Jim Anderson: on the premise, that the meristem has three cell
layers therefore, are you suggesting, that all three layers make up the
double chromosomed plant; or when, any one of these layers becomes
polyploid, then this means the hosta can be said to be a Tetraploid?
I thought, tetraploid hostas, only pollinate with Tets! TRUE or false?
<<simply wondering!!!>>
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The Whistlerby John Grisham
We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity is the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong,/b>/b>
From America's #1 bestselling author comes a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State.
We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity is the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the flow of justice. But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe?
Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. It is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption.
But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout United States history. And now he wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. When the case is assigned to Lacy, she immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous. Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else.
Praise for The Whistler
"[A] main character [who's] a seriously appealing woman . . . a whistle-blower who secretly calls attention to corruption . . . a strong and frightening sense of place . . . [John Grisham's] on his game."—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"[John Grisham is] our guide to the byways and backwaters of our legal system, superb in particular at ferreting out its vulnerabilities and dramatizing their abuse in gripping style."—USA Today
"Riveting . . . an elaborate conspiracy."—The New York Times Book Review
Editorial Reviews
Lawyer Lacy Stolz, the heroine of this tense legal thriller from bestseller Grisham (Rogue Lawyer), investigates complaints against judges for the Florida Board on Judicial Misconduct. In her nine years on the job, there has never been any danger in her assignments; the justices are often more incompetent than corrupt. Everything changes when Stolz and a colleague, Hugo Hatch, meet with a disbarred lawyer, who—eager to collect a whistleblower's reward—has evidence of corruption unlike anything they have ever handled. A judge in the pocket of the Coast Mafia has spent years skimming millions from a Native American–owned casino. At least three people have been murdered to cover up the graft, and an innocent man sits on death row, but few are willing to help Stolz and Hatch expose the corruption. The casino keeps the money flowing, and stepping forward could be deadly. A lead brings Stolz and Hatch onto tribal land, where they find themselves caught in a trap. A high-stakes game of gambling, greed, and murder plays out in another page-turner from a master storyteller. (Oct.)
I can't tell you the plot of this latest from Grisham, who consistently plays his cards close to his vest on such issues. Just expect what Grisham has always delivered.
"I started dreaming of getting rich, which, in Florida anyway, can lead to serious trouble": another blockbuster in the making from Grisham (Rogue Lawyer, 2015, etc.), the ascended master of the legal procedural.If justice is blind, it is also served, in theory, by incorruptible servants. Emphasize "in theory," for as Grisham's latest opens, judicial investigator Lacy Stoltz is confronted with the unpleasant possibility that a highly regarded judge may be on the take. The charge comes, discreetly, from a former lawyer-turned-jailbird-turned-lawyer again, who spins out a seemingly improbable tale of racketeering that weds the best elements of Gulf Coast society with the worst, from the brilliant legal minds of Tallahassee to some very unpleasant lads once styled as the Catfish Mafia, now reborn in an alt-version, the Coast Mafia. Lacy's brief is to find out just how rotten the rotten judge is—and the answer is plenty. Naturally, this knowledge is not acquired without cost; the body count rises, bad things happen to good people, and for a time, at least, the villains get away with murder and more. Grisham has never been strong on characterization: Lacy, we learn, is content to be single, "to live alone, to sleep in the center of the bed, to clean up only after herself," and so forth, but beyond that the reader doesn't get much sense of what drives her to put herself in the way of flying bullets and sneering counsel: "His associate was Ian Archer, an unsmiling sort who refused to shake hands with anyone and reeked of surliness." In laid-back Florida? Indeed, and in Grisham's busy hands, a lot of players come and go, some fated to sleep with the manatees. Yes, it's formula. Yes, it's not as gritty an exercise in swamp mayhem as Hiaasen, Buchanan, or Crews might turn in. But, like eating a junk burger, even though you probably shouldn't, it's plenty satisfying.
"A main character who's a seriously appealing woman . . . a whistle-blower who secretly calls attention to corruption . . . a strong and frightening sense of place . . . Grisham's on his game."—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"A fascinating look at judicial corruption . . . an entirely convincing story and one of Grisham's best. I can't think of another major American novelist since Sinclair Lewis who has so effectively targeted social and political ills in our society. In Grisham's case, it is time at least to recognize that at his best he is not simply the author of entertaining legal thrillers but an important novelistic critic of our society. In more than 30 novels, he has often used his exceptional storytelling skills to take a hard look at injustice and corruption in the legal world and in our society as a whole."—Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post
"Grisham's latest involves the rich and powerful and an abuse of the justice system. Grisham novels are crowd-pleasers because he knows how to satisfy readers who want to see injustice crushed, and justice truly prevails for those who cannot buy influence."—Associated Press
"Grisham has become an institution. For more than 25 years now he's been our guide to the byways and backwaters of our legal system, superb in particular at ferreting out its vulnerabilities and dramatizing their abuse in gripping style. He excels at describing injustice and corruption. Grisham's legal knowledge is impressive, and his ability to convey it unparalleled in popular fiction."—USA Today
Product Details
- 9780385541190
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication date:
- 10/25/2016
- Pages:
- 384
- Sales rank:
- 81
- Product dimensions:
- 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)
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The satellite radio was playing soft jazz, a compromise. Lacy, the owner of the Prius and thus the radio, loathed rap almost as much as Hugo, her passenger, loathed contemporary country. They had failed to agree on sports talk, public radio, golden oldies, adult comedy, and the BBC, without getting near bluegrass, CNN, opera, or a hundred other stations. Out of frustration on her part and fatigue on his, they both threw in the towel early and settled on soft jazz. Soft, so Hugo's deep and lengthy nap would not be disturbed. Soft, because Lacy didn't care much for jazz either. It was another give-and-take of sorts, one of many that had sustained their teamwork over the years. He slept and she drove and both were content.
Before the Great Recession, the Board on Judicial Conduct had access to a small pool of state-owned Hondas, all with four doors and white paint and low mileage. With budget cuts, though, those disappeared. Lacy, Hugo, and countless other public employees in Florida were now expected to use their own vehicles for the state's work, reimbursed at fifty cents a mile. Hugo, with four kids and a hefty mortgage, drove an ancient Bronco that could barely make it to the office, let alone a road trip. And so he slept.
Lacy enjoyed the quiet. She handled most of her cases alone, as did her colleagues. Deeper cuts had decimated the office, and the BJC was down to its last six investigators. Seven, in a state of twenty million people, with a thousand judges sitting in six hundred courtrooms and processing a half a million cases a year. Lacy was forever grateful that almost all judges were honest, hardworking people committed to justice and equality. Otherwise, she would have left long ago. The small number of bad apples kept her busy fifty hours a week.
She gently touched the signal switch and slowed on the exit ramp. When the car rolled to a stop, Hugo lurched forward as if wide awake and ready for the day. "Where are we?" he asked.
"Almost there. Twenty minutes. Time for you to roll to your right and snore at the window."
"Sorry. Was I snoring?"
"You always snore, at least according to your wife."
"Well, in my defense, I was walking the floor at three this morning with her latest child. I think it's a girl. What's her name?"
"Wife or daughter?"
The lovely and ever-pregnant Verna kept few secrets when it came to her husband. It was her calling to keep his ego in check and it was no small task. In another life, Hugo had been a football star in high school, then the top-rated signee in his class at Florida State, and the first freshman to crack the starting lineup. He'd been a tailback, both bruising and dazzling, for three and a half games anyway, until they carried him off on a stretcher with a jammed vertebra in his upper spine. He vowed to make a comeback. His mother said no. He graduated with honors and went to law school. His glory days were fading fast, but he would always carry some of the swagger possessed by all-Americans. He couldn't help it.
"Twenty minutes, huh?" he grunted.
"Sure, or not. If you like, I'll just leave you in the car with the motor running and you can sleep all day."
He rolled to his right, closed his eyes, and said, "I want a new partner."
"That's an idea, but the problem is nobody else will have you."
"And one with a bigger car."
"It gets fifty miles a gallon."
He grunted again, grew still, then twitched, jerked, mumbled, and sat straight up. He rubbed his eyes and said, "What are we listening to?"
"We had this conversation a long time ago, when we left Tallahassee, just as you were beginning to hibernate."
"I offered to drive, as I recall."
"Yes, with one eye open. It meant so much. How's Pippin?"
"She cries a lot. Usually, and I say this from vast experience, when a newborn cries it's for a reason. Food, water, diaper, momma--whatever. Not this one. She squawks for the hell of it. You don't know what you're missing."
"If you'll recall, I've actually walked the floors with Pippin on two occasions."
"Yes, and God bless you. Can you come over tonight?"
"Anytime. She's number four. You guys thought about birth control?"
"We are beginning to have that conversation. And now that we're on the subject, how's your sex life?"
"Sorry. My mistake." At thirty-six Lacy was single and attractive, and her sex life was a rich source of whispered curiosity around the office.
They were going east toward the Atlantic Ocean. St. Augustine was eight miles ahead. Lacy finally turned off the radio when Hugo asked, "And you've been here before?"
"Yes, a few years back. Then boyfriend and I spent a week on the beach in a friend's condo."
"A lot of sex?"
"Here we go again. Is your mind always in the gutter?"
"Well, come to think of it, the answer has to be yes. Plus, you need to understand that Pippin is now a month old, which means that Verna and I have not had normal relations in at least three months. I still maintain, at least to myself, that she cut me off three weeks too early, but it's sort of a moot point. Can't really go back and catch up, you know? So things are fairly ramped up in my corner; not sure she feels the same way. Three rug rats and a newborn do serious damage to that intimacy thing."
"I'll never know."
He tried to focus on the highway for a mile or two, then his eyelids grew heavy and he began to nod. She glanced at him and smiled. In her nine years with the Board, she and Hugo had worked a dozen cases together. They made a nice team and trusted each other, and both knew that any bad behavior by him, and there had been none to date, would immediately be reported to Verna. Lacy worked with Hugo, but she gossiped and shopped with Verna.
St. Augustine was billed as the oldest city in America, the very spot where Ponce de León landed and began exploring. Long on history and heavy on tourism, it was a lovely town with historic buildings and thick Spanish moss dripping from ancient oaks. As they entered its outskirts, the traffic slowed and tour buses stopped. To the right and in the distance, an old cathedral towered above the town. Lacy remembered it all very well. The week with the old boyfriend had been a disaster, but she had fond memories of St. Augustine.
One of many disasters.
"And who is this mysterious deep throat we are supposed to meet?" Hugo asked, rubbing his eyes once again, now determined to stay awake.
"Don't know yet, but his code name is Randy."
"Okay, and please remind me why we are tag teaming a secret meeting with a man using an alias who has yet to file a formal complaint against one of our esteemed judges."
"I can't explain. But I've talked to him three times on the phone and he sounds, uh, rather earnest."
"Great. When was the last time you talked to a complaining party who didn't sound, uh, rather earnest?"
"Stick with me, okay? Michael said go, and we're here." Michael was the director, their boss.
"Of course. No clue as to the alleged unethical conduct?"
"Oh yes. Randy said it was big."
"Gee, never heard that before."
They turned onto King Street and poked along with the downtown traffic. It was mid-July, still the high season in north Florida, and tourists in shorts and sandals drifted along the sidewalks, apparently going nowhere. Lacy parked on a side street and they joined the tourists. They found a coffee shop and killed half an hour flipping through glossy real estate brochures. At noon, as instructed, they walked into Luca's Grill and got a table for three. They ordered iced tea and waited. Thirty minutes passed with no sign of Randy, so they ordered sandwiches. Fries on the side for Hugo, fruit for Lacy. Eating as slowly as possible, they kept an eye on the door and waited.
As lawyers, they valued their time. As investigators, they had learned patience. The two roles were often in conflict.
At 2:00 p.m., they gave up and returned to the car, as smothering as a sauna. As Lacy turned the key, her cell phone rattled. Caller unknown. She grabbed it and said, "Yes."
A male voice said, "I asked you to come alone." It was Randy.
"I suppose you have the right to ask. We were supposed to meet at noon, for lunch."
A pause, then, "I'm at the Municipal Marina, at the end of King Street, three blocks away. Tell your buddy to get lost and we'll talk."
"Look, Randy, I'm not a cop and I don't do cloak-and-dagger very well. I'll meet you, say hello and all that, but if I don't have your real name within sixty seconds then I'm leaving."
"Fair enough."
She canceled the call and mumbled, "Fair enough."
The marina was busy with pleasure craft and a few fishing boats coming and going. A long pontoon was unloading a gaggle of noisy tourists. A restaurant with a patio at the water's edge was still doing a brisk business. Crews on charter boats were spraying decks and sprucing things up for tomorrow's charters.
Lacy walked along the central pier, looking for the face of a man she'd never met. Ahead, standing next to a fuel pump, an aging beach bum gave a slight, awkward wave and nodded. She returned the nod and kept walking. He was about sixty, with too much gray hair flowing from under a Panama hat. Shorts, sandals, a gaudy floral-print shirt, the typical bronze, leathery skin of someone who spent far too much time in the sun. His eyes were covered by aviator shades. With a smile he stepped forward and said, "You must be Lacy Stoltz."
She took his hand and said, "Yes, and you are?"
"Name's Ramsey Mix. A pleasure to meet you."
"A pleasure. We were supposed to meet at noon."
"My apologies. Had a bit of boat trouble." He nodded down the pier to a large powerboat moored at the end of the dock. It wasn't the longest boat in the harbor at that moment, but it was close. "Can we talk there?" he asked.
"On the boat?"
"Sure. It's much more private."
Crawling onto a boat with a complete stranger struck her as a bad idea and she hesitated. Before she could answer, Mix asked, "Who's the black guy?" He was looking in the direction of King Street. Lacy turned and saw Hugo casually following a pack of tourists nearing the marina.
"He's my colleague," she said.
"Sort of a bodyguard?"
"I don't need a bodyguard, Mr. Mix. We're not armed, but my friend there could pitch you into the water in about two seconds."
"Let's hope that won't be necessary. I come in peace."
"That's good to hear. I'll get on the boat only if it stays where it is. If the engines start, then our meeting is over."
"Fair enough."
She followed him along the pier, past a row of sailboats that looked as though they had not seen the open sea in months, and to his boat, cleverly named Conspirator. He stepped on board and offered a hand to help her. On the deck, under a canvas awning, there was a small wooden table with four folding chairs. He waved at it and said, "Welcome aboard. Have a seat."
Lacy took quick stock of her surroundings. Without sitting, she said, "Are we alone?"
"Well, not entirely. I have a friend who enjoys boating with me. Name is Carlita. Would you like to meet her?"
"Only if she's important to your story."
"She is not." Mix was looking at the marina, where Hugo was leaning on a rail. Hugo waved, as if to say, "I'm watching everything." Mix waved back and said, "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure," Lacy said.
"Is it safe to assume that whatever I'm about to tell you will be rehashed with Mr. Hatch in short order?"
"He's my colleague. We work together on some cases, maybe this one. How do you know his name?"
"I happen to own a computer. Checked out the website. BJC really should update it."
"I know. Budget cuts."
"His name vaguely rings a bell."
"He had a brief career as a football player at Florida State."
"Maybe that's it. I'm a Gator fan myself."
Lacy refused to respond to this. It was so typical of the South, where folks attached themselves to college football teams with a fanaticism she'd always found irksome.
Mix said, "So he'll know everything?"
"Call him over. I'll get us something to drink."
Carlita served drinks from a wooden tray--diet sodas for Lacy and Hugo, a bottle of beer for Mix. She was a pretty Hispanic lady, at least twenty years his junior, and she seemed pleased to have guests, especially another woman.
Lacy made a note on her legal pad and said, "A quick question. The phone you used fifteen minutes ago had a different number than the phone you used last week."
"Is that a question?" Mix replied.
"It's close enough."
"Okay. I use a lot of prepaid phones. And I move around all the time. I'm assuming the number I have for you is a cell phone issued by your employer, correct?"
"That's right. We don't use personal phones for state business, so my number is not likely to change."
"That'll make it simpler, I guess. My phones change by the month, sometimes by the week."
So far, in their first five minutes together, everything Mix said had only opened the door for more questions. Lacy was still miffed at being stood up for lunch, and she didn't like the first impression he made. She said, "Okay, Mr. Mix, at this point Hugo and I go silent. You start talking. Tell us your story, and if it has huge gaps that require us to fish around and stumble in the dark, then we'll get bored and go home. You were coy enough on the phone to lure me here. Start talking."
Mix looked at Hugo with a smile and asked, "She always this blunt?"
Hugo, unsmiling, nodded yes. He folded his hands on the table and waited. Lacy put down her pen.
Mix swallowed a mouthful of beer and began: "I practiced law for thirty years in Pensacola. Small firm--we usually had five or six lawyers. Back in the day we did well and life was good. One of my early clients was a developer, a real high roller who built condos, subdivisions, hotels, strip malls, the typical Florida stuff that goes up overnight. I never trusted the guy but he was making so much money I finally took the bait. He got me in some deals, small slices here and there, and for a while it all worked. I started dreaming of getting rich, which, in Florida anyway, can lead to serious trouble. My friend was cooking the books and taking on way too much debt, stuff I didn't know about. Turns out there were some bogus loans, bogus everything, really, and the FBI came in with one of its patented RICO cluster bombs and indicted half of Pensacola, me included. A lot of folks got burned--developers, bankers, realtors, lawyers, and other shysters. You probably didn't hear about it because you investigate judges, not lawyers. Anyway, I flipped, sang like a choirboy, got a deal, pled to one count of mail fraud, and spent sixteen months in a federal camp. Lost my license and made a lot of enemies. Now I lie low. I applied for reinstatement and got my license back. I have one client these days, and he's the guy we'll talk about from now on. Questions?" From the empty chair, he retrieved an unmarked file and handed it to Lacy. "Here's the scoop on me. Newspaper articles, my plea agreement, all the stuff you might need. I'm legit, or as legit an any ex-con can be, and every word I'm saying is true."
Meet the Author
John Grisham is the author of twenty-nine novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and six novels for young readers.
Brief Biography
- Hometown:
- Oxford, Mississippi, and Albemarle County, Virginia
- Date of Birth:
- February 8, 1955
- Place of Birth:
- Jonesboro, Arkansas
- Education:
- B.S., Mississippi State, 1977; J.D., University of Mississippi, 1981
- Website:
- http://www.jgrisham.com
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Couldn,the put the book down. So many characters, but could kept up with all them. Great plots and sub-plots. Great read!
I think this was one of Grisham's best in the last few years. Good character development and good story.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR GRISHOM TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK OF EPIC SCOPE? YES, THE MAN IS A GENIOUS. Give me more!!!
Compelling from start to finish.
I've yet to read any of his books and find them as good as his first one. However, after a slow start this one reached out and grabbed me. It kept reeling me in until by the time I was half way through I couldn't put it down. Keep on writing them, John, we'll keep reading them.
Straightforward without the whiplash plot developments some of his earlier books had. Wish he had confirrmed that Junior was released and cleared.
I couldn't stop reading this book . It will pull you in and not let you go .
The book is - good. It's not the worst, its not the best. Are we sure the reviews that rave about this book aren't plants by the publisher?
Another hit
What a disappointment. Read more like a long newspaper account or maybe a true crime book.
I have read so many of John Grisham's novels, and this one stands out. Love the humor in "Skipping Christmas".
I was looking forward to this book as I am a fan of the author. I'm sorry, but The Whistler was a bit of a disappointment. I was never on the edge of my chair and there were no parts that made reading on urgent. The main character was dull and uninteresting. I know there are peaks and valleys in writing and story development, This was a quite a deep valley. I hope the next book is a peak!
This is an excellent read. It reminds of Grisham's first books (The Firm, The Client, etc). He has a great sense of humor and can really tell a good story. I couldn't put it down. I glad he's back to what he does best. He had some books in recent years that were pretty weak.
Surprised how much I liked this. Strong female main character, employed by the Florida Bureau of Judicial Conduct, i.e., ethics investigator, not courtroom, or law enforcement. A "how-to-catch-them" more than a "who-done-it" – you know who's bad and what they're doing, but can it be proven. The bad guys [land developer, Indian casino, corrupt judge] are dangerous enough to add suspense of who will survive the investigation.
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I have read all of John Grisham's books and this one was absolutely boring. Not worth spending money on - the ending was even worth printing.
While not quite up there with the likes of time to kill, pelican brief, or client, the best in a while, a really good book. I would go 4.5 if i could. Thanks grisham. keep em coming!
Its a winner!!! Grishman is back to his old self


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Search giant Google and ISP EarthLink have joined a group of companies bidding to construct and support a wireless network that will provide low-cost Internet access to residents of San Francisco.A partnership between search giant Google and ISP EarthLink has been added to the list of names bidding to create a universal wireless network for the city of San Francisco that will offer free and low-cost Internet access to area residents. San Francisco officials released their final list of organizations that have submitted bids to build and support the citys much anticipated Wi-Fi network, which includes six individual proposals counting the Google-EarthLink offer.
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NewsJuly 18 2012
Blast from the Past returns
Posted by Lucy
Have fun and learn Lyman County history at the second annual Blast from the Past Kids Day to be held at the Lyman County Museum Thursday, July 19 from noon until 3 PM.
Hosted by the Lyman County Historical Society, the event is organized by Gayt Garnos and other volunteers from the community.
A wide rage of fun activities will take place at the museum including a petting zoo.
The cost is $10 per participant. Lunch will be provided and each participant will receive a Blast from the Past sports bag.
Matching funds from Modern Woodmen of America.
- Lyman Seniors serve as pages
- Annual Farm & Home Show set for Saturday
- Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Presho March 18
- Manger fundraiser a success
- Presho Guardsman completes mission to Washington, DC
- Local teen served as page on legislature
- Snow piles on Main following storm
- Outlook Shows Potential Drought Improvement for State
- Juniors work the concession stand
- Sewer project moves forward
- Annual fishing tournament a success
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Very Rare 1942 Coro Craft Sterling Silver and Rhinestone Horse Fur Clip
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Patented in 1942 by Adolph Katz for Coro Craft (Patent Number 133729), this highly coveted and extremely rare fur clip has been featured in numerous vintage jewelry collectors publications.
This beautiful gold coated clip is made of sterling silver and features enamel flowers with rhinestone centers. It has an emerald marquis shaped rhinestone eye and mane of red rhinestone baguettes.
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It is possible that Mickey Duff had the finest boxing brain, the sharpest tongue, the meanest spirit and that he was the hardest man to do business with. As he would say: "So, did I have any bad points?" Duff fought at all levels inside the ring before quitting at 19 to work on the other side of the ropes; he was first a matchmaker and eventually a manager, promoter and fixer in an international business that he loved. "Boxing is my business and my business is my life," said Duff.
Duff, who was born Monek Prager, followed his father, a rabbi, from the small town of Tarnow, east of Krakow, Poland, and arrived in the East End in August 1938. He had a typically difficult life, not embellished by outpourings of familial love, in a city crowded with exiles and cowering each night from bombing raids. Duff's family spent nights in Whitechapel tube, which did little to help him bond with his father, and the pair had stopped speaking, a rift caused by divorce, by the time Duff was about 13; they never spoke for 35 years and Duff refused to visit his father's death bed.
He changed his name to Mickey Duff when he entered the London Schoolboy championships at some point in 1941 or 1942 and needed to fill out a form. The legend of the name has several tales about how and why Monek Prager became Mickey Duff. A character in a James Cagney movie and a film that does not even star the tiny hard man are most commonly mentioned as the source of the name change.
However, both connections are fantasy, bogus leads and a nice Duff invention. The truth, like a few instances in Duff's life, was different; there was a boxer called Jackie Boy Duffy in the 1941 film, Ringside Maisie. The boxer was played by a real-life boxer called Eddie Simms, a heavyweight from Cleveland, Ohio, who fought between 1930 and 1949 and had over 100 fights, winning nearly half of them; he was the type of fighter Duff would have appreciated. The change in name was also a simple ruse to avoid detection by his parents, who never wanted him to fight.
Duff fought as an amateur and toured with the now defunct fighting booths, where he would appear in the crowd, posing as an innocent member of the public. The master of ceremonies would introduce the flat-nosed, gloriously named booth heroes and ask: "Is there a brave man out there willing to risk his life by going a round with one of these men?" It was Duff's job to challenge them. Duff, who was scrawny, would get in the ring, survive and hopefully encourage other members of the crowd to pay for the same strange privilege. They would get brave, part with their cash and all fail.
When he was 15 and four months he lied about his age and had the first of 69 professional fights; he retired at 19 with 55 wins, six draws and eight defeats. "I was not that good, but I was making my own matches," he said.
In the 1950s Duff was learning his trade, matching fighters for forgotten promoters like the Bodinetz brothers in lost locations like Leyton Baths. He became a fixture on the circuit; part pest and part boxing genius, with equal numbers of friends and enemies. "It was all I did, I had no other life," he said. He was, however, brilliant at matchmaking.
Duff claimed connection to 19 world champions, though the list includes fighters he had no involvement with when they won world titles. His first was Terry Downes, who Duff matched in the 1950s and '60s. Downes won the middleweight world title in 1961, which is amazing considering the rare bad match Duff had made for him in 1957 at Shoreditch Town Hall.
Duff picked an unknown African emigrant called Dick Tiger, who stopped Downes after six brutal rounds. In the changing room after the fight Downes was asked who he wanted to fight next and, with a cold look in Duff's direction, said: "The bastard who made this match." In typical Duff fashion, he retold the story celebrating the fact that he had matched two future world champions together for just £195, including expenses. "A year later, it would have been 10 times that amount," he said. By the way, when Mickey told the story it lasted longer than the fight.
Duff took control of British boxing in the 1970s when he formed a legal cartel with Mike Barrett, Jarvis Astaire and the boxing trainer Terry Lawless. The cartel, dominated by Duff's boxing brain, enjoyed a 30-year monopoly with the BBC and had a hold on the best and biggest venues in London. Under their ruthless reign Charlie Magri, Jim Watt, John H Stracey, Alan Minter, John Conteh and Maurice Hope all became world champions in the 1970s. Duff also forged a relationship with Muhammad Ali on both sides of the ropes, which was touching at times.
"I made enemies and people resent the way I do business," Duff said. "That's life." He banned me for three years then told me he regretted it and thanked me when the paper I worked for at the time settled with him. Duff genuinely never cared what other people in the boxing world thought of him, which is a polite way of saying he had the thickest skin in the business, and he gently altered veteran boxing promoter Harry Levene's axiom. Levene always said: "It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor – as long as you've got money." Duff, who operated in vicious times, added an alternative and bitter ending. "…as long as you've got fuck 'em money." An hour in Duff's time would always include that line.
In the 1980s the cartel's hold, dominance and what many considered abuse was finally broken when Frank Warren entered the business. Duff's fighters started to leave him and led to Duff's succinct assessment of the business to which he had devoted his entire life: "If you want loyalty, get a dog." When Duff said it there was no comedy attached, which is odd, because he was a funny man.
Monek Prager (Mickey Duff), boxer, manager and promoter: born Tarnow, Poland 7 June 1929; married Marie (separated; one son); died London 22 March 2014.Reuse content


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The Federal Court in Adelaide has become the setting for a David and Goliath-style battle between an Aboriginal elder and mining giant BHP Billiton.
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Experts said a magnitude 3.9 earthquake near Olympic Dam in outback SA this week was not caused by any mine explosion.
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Port Pirie is keen for an airport upgrade which might let it be used as a base for workers involved with the the Olympic Dam mining expansion in outback South Australia.
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Riverland community leaders hope a visit by BHP Billiton representatives will strengthen the region's chances of becoming a base for fly-in, fly-out mining workers.
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SA Greens leader Mark Parnell has condemned Labor for its policy change paving the way for the prospect of uranium sales to India.
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SA Premier Jay Weatherill talks to 891 ABC about his backing for the Labor policy change on selling uranium to India.
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South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says Australia should promote nuclear power in developing countries as a way of tackling climate change.
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Legislation to enable the Olympic Dam mine expansion has passed the South Australian Parliament.
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The South Australian Government says it has accepted at face value BHP Billiton's assertion that processing all ore locally from an expanded Olympic Dam mine would not be viable.
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The environmental credentials of the planned Olympic Dam mine expansion in outback South Australia have been questioned by some shareholders at BHP Billiton's annual general meeting in Melbourne.
A member of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War has questioned the BHP Billiton board about monitoring radiation exposure levels for Olympic Dam workers and disposal of radioactive tailings by the company.
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Legislation for the Olympic Dam mine expansion to proceed has passed the Lower House of the South Australian Parliament.
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South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says he would be happy for groups opposed to the planned Olympic Dam mining expansion to put evidence to a special parliamentary committee.
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The Greens say a parliamentary committee appointed to scrutinise legislation to allow the Olympic Dam mine expansion in South Australia is a farce.
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Olympic Dam Minister Kevin Foley was in fighting form on the ABC's Bush Telegraph program. Here is part of it.
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Enabling legislation for a mining expansion at outback Olympic Dam has been introduced to the South Australian Parliament.
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A BankSA survey has found that more than 90 per cent of South Australians support the idea of a mining royalties future fund.
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An extra week of State Parliamentary sittings could be scheduled to have crucial Olympic Dam mine legislation passed in South Australia by Christmas.
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A scientific adviser for the Olympic Dam task force says all data collected on a proposed desalination plant in Spencer Gulf has been made public.
Professor Rob Thomas, who has worked on the SA Government's assessment report, says use has been made of all the relevant scientific information.
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Plans by BHP Billiton to build a camp for 10,000 workers away from Roxby Downs has upset the town's business owners.
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South Australian Minister Kevin Foley discusses the big expansion plan for the Olympic Dam mine in outback SA.
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BHP Billiton has approved spending of $1.2 billion for the first phase in the Olympic Dam mine expansion project in outback South Australia.
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Prawn fishing crews say their $45 million industry is at risk from a proposed desalination plant to supply water for an expanded Olympic Dam mine in the outback of South Australia.
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The Nichols Ben Parker Magnum Spoon is taking the summer ledges by storm. It came up big in the June 2014 Kentucky Lake FLW Tournament - with half of the top 10 anglers using it, and it was also a winner for the Bethel University team in the June 2014 BASS College Wildcard event on Lake Pickwick.
Measuring in at a behemoth 8-inches and featuring a nickel-plated, chrome finish, it was perfected by bass pro, Ben Parker. Equipped with a super sharp 3/0 Treble tied with Pearl Flashabou, Nichols Ben Parker Magnum Spoon also comes with a size 4 Spro Power Swivel on top to maximize action and reduce line twist.
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Explaining Poverty Evolution: The Case of Mozambique
Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile. This paper employs recently collected data on household consumption in Mozambique to examine the evolution of consumption poverty with focus on the period 2002/03 to 2008/09. The paper contributes in four areas. First, the period in question was characterized by major movements in international commodity prices. Mozambique provides an illuminating case study of the implications of these world commodity price changes for living standards of poor people. Second, a novel 'backcasting' approach using a computable general equilibrium model of Mozambique, linked to a poverty module is introduced. Third, the backcasting approach is also employed to rigorously examine the poverty-growth-inequality triangle. Finally, various simple but useful and rarely applied approaches to considering regional changes in poverty rates are presented. We find that the national poverty rate in Mozambique stagnated between 2002/03 and 2008/09.
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- Tarp, Finn, et al, 2002.
"The Robustness of Poverty Profiles Reconsidered,"
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University of Chicago Press, vol. 51(1), pages 77-108, October.
- Tarp, Finn & Simler, Kenneth & Matusse, Cristina & Heltberg, Rasmus & Dava, Gabriel, 2002. "The robustness of poverty profiles reconsidered," FCND discussion papers 124, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Tarp, Finn & Simler, Kenneth & Matusse, Cristina & Heltberg, Rasmus & Dava, Gabriel, 2002. "The robustness of poverty profiles reconsidered," FCND briefs 124, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Channing Arndt & Rui Benfica & Nelson Maximiano & Antonio M. D. Nucifora & James T. Thurlow, 2008. "Higher fuel and food prices: impacts and responses for Mozambique," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 39(s1), pages 497-511, November.
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"Biofuels, Poverty, and Growth: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Mozambique,"
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Kent State recruit Mark Henniger had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Jackson Polar Bears to a Division I State Championship on Saturday night in Columbus. Jackson beat Cincinnati Moeller 57-34.
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text: Sensor Abuse: Fancy Minibar Charges You for Merely Moving DrinksAdam Frucci1/28/08 12:28pmFiled to: CheapskatesGadgetsLas VegasRipoffswynn99EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink It used to be that if you stayed at a hotel with a minibar, you could down some $8 bags of chips or whatever else was stored in there as long as you replaced them before you checked out to avoid getting ripped off. No more. Now minibars have motion sensors and scales built in, so if you so much as move an item you automatically purchase it. The latest offender is the minibar at the Wynn in Las Vegas. Advertisement It has tasty-looking food sitting on top of the minibar, but that classy-looking tray is actually a scale. If you take something off, it'll know about it via scales and sensors, and you'll suddenly find $25 worth of mixed nuts charged to your room bill. Better hope you don't want to check out the nutritional info or anything. Don't worry, however: standing close and smelling the packages is still OK, as is staring from afar. At least for now; you never know what sensors they're working on. [Upgrade: Travel Better via Consumerist]Reply99 repliesLeave a reply


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Can you just shut up? Shut up already! What's wrong with you? Why won't you ever stop talking!
Don't you understand? I'm not in a good place right now. Just leave me alone for a while. The world has had its way with me.
For so long now, I had faith. I believed in the impossible. That's what I've been told to believe in. Look at me now...drowning.
Oh God. Where are thou? Why hide from me when I need help? Have you ever been there at all? Hello? Can you here me?
Stop it. I know there is a God. If only something good go straight, instead of askew of over the edge. What's wrong with life? I hate it.
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The Tea Party movement is a populist movement. The desire of Tea Party members to take back our government, rein in its profligate spending, and have a more just tax system has a lot of support among many Americans.
It takes courage to run for public office without the support of one of the two major parties. And Tea Party members have shown that courage, taking on incumbent politicians who saw the Tea Party candidacies as impossible-to-win "suicide missions," and defeating those incumbents.
But here's the dirty little secret that two-party politics don't want Tea Party members to figure out. And it has to do with simple math.
Republicans today amount to about 28% of all voters. Their only path to victory is to get out all or most of their vote, convince Tea Party members to vote Republican, and then hope to sway enough Independent swing voters to achieve a majority.
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What are you doing to strengthen your sales force? Our sales force is maturing and our channels are maturing at the same time. Youre never doing as much as youd like to do, but that is on the forefront.One of the things were doing is bringing our engineering and sales groups in closer and closer touch. Were doing quite a bit to make sure the communication between the two is as great as it can possibly be. Thats extremely important. How are you addressing the growing competition from companies, specifically Cisco, who have entered the wireless LAN switching space in the past few years? Were number two to Cisco in the wireless space, and thats not such a bad place to be at the end of the day. We see other competitors but were really not losing to them. We dont see them eating into our space at all at this point. With regard to Cisco, were a content number two. There have been persistent rumors that Symbol will sell its wireless LAN division. Any truth to these? Might you acquire anyone? Even if we were doing something like that, we couldnt discuss it. Right now there are no plans to do anything like that. Having said that, given where we are right now, we are looking at other areas where we could do things better, and as we recalibrate, anything is possible. Maybe there are some areas where we could acquire, and maybe there are some areas where we should push off. Obviously we have our eyes open. There has been a lot of hype around RFID (radio frequency identification) technology latelya market where Symbol is a leader. When will this market hit critical mass, and what will it take for you to get there? Whats the business case? RFID will be a very important market, but the question is when. Its an old science but the way to apply it is being developed on many different frontsanything from homeland security to retail. Its a matter of educating and developing on different applications for it In time, it will be a very significant market, but whether that happens in 07 or 08, I dont know that. But it is an important market. We cant be a leader in data capture without being a leader in RFID. Nobody has the IP we have, and when you put it all together its a pretty strong line of technology. Were in 400 Wal-Mart stores today, operating. We are in three major airports at this point. Were at the forefront, not just in theory, but in practice. We consider it very much a learn and develop exercise. But our RFID revenue is inconsequential to the overall being of the company right now. Its such an embryonic market that its not about revenue yet. Check out eWEEK.coms for the latest news, reviews and analysis on mobile and wireless computing.
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…. ! As you can see, though, no evil intention, it was all part of a photo shoot Happy Birthday to my brother, who is now a little older than this 😉
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HOW MUCH IS THAT? I'm not the only one who thinks that's a great healthcare question …
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We fully recognize that life in Dartford is very busy and taxing. Often there are simply not enough hours in the day to accomplish everything. Do you feel like you need a little help from a professional cleaner? The cleaning experts of Prolux End-of-Tenancy Cleaning are exactly what you are looking for - all of them are expertly trained, capable in housekeeping, and extremely organized. They really anticipate your needs. They are also fully insured and have gone through a background check, speak fluent English and can perform many tasks and chores for you. You could be sure that they are going to run your home with great competence, doing all of the cooking and cleaning, washing and ironing, shopping, pet sitting, care and walking, including running routine matters such as bills organizing, dry cleaning, mail sorting, etc.
The household services offered by Prolux End-of-Tenancy Cleaning are of highest quality and are obtainable at affordable rates. If you want us to visit regularly in order to help keep your house clean and comfortable for you and your family then you are at the right place. We offer different subscription plans, or we can be hired on one time basis.
If you decide to take advantage of our regular residential cleaning Greenhithe service, you will be pleased to discover what a huge load is going to be removed of your hands. Everything in your residence is going to be well cleaned - kitchens, living rooms, studies, bedrooms, bathrooms, corridors - every room. We promise that we always perform a cleaning to a full satisfaction of our customers, because we aim to delver to you the best house cleaning service. You choose how frequently you would like our professional cleaners to come to your house and for how many hours they are going to work. The minimum booking time is three hours, but you can always add more. Our domestic cleaners always do the best services to run your home errands just as you want them done. You will be surprised how pleasant your home can look!
If you subscribe a fixed service with us in Greenhithe, the same cleaner will come to you each time. All our house cleaners have gone through a background check. They will present a proof of address and references upon request.
We, Prolux End-of-Tenancy Cleaners, are fully at your service to deliver each regular domestic cleaning in Greenhithe you might need, while being extremely friendly towards our customers and competent. Our cleaners are always glad to aid you maintaining your housekeeping and they give selfless effort to obtain your appraisal for their efforts. Each one of our cleaners is an outstanding professional, who has fantastic house care skills and personal merits.
Our company provides not just domestic, but a great variety of cleaning services. If you have any questions or are interested in one of them and want to book it for yourself, we are standing by for your call or e-mail. Do not delay to contact us - no matter how big or small you consider the errand is that you need done, we will gladly help you.