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American Horror Story Hotel: 'She Gets Revenge' Review
"People today are obsessed with anything shiny and new…but it's all an illusion. Everything new fades." -Liz Taylor
American Horror Story Hotel continued its story of revenge but She Gets Revenge also had a "feel good" vibe to it, mainly because of Liz Taylor. In a world that is full of death and horror, it's always refreshing to see the other side of the coin and watching Liz's reunion with her son was literally where puppies, kittens and love comes from.
Of course, it was not a good day for Valentino and Natacha who met their untimely end. For them, this must have totally sucked considering they JUST got out of their prison cell in the Hotel Cortez only to be killed a couple of weeks later. It was impossible for me to feel bad for the Countess, however, considering how much shit she's put everyone through. The ending was extremely satisfying for me because Liz and Iris deserve a happy ending and I can only hope that they ended up hitting their targets. How cool would it be for the Hotel Cortez to be under new management at the end of the season with Liz, Iris and Ms. Evers becoming the new owners? Admit it, this would be epic in every way!
And while I have been disappointed with the lack of connections to previous seasons, it looks like that is about to change big time in our final three episodes. Sure, we've seen the Murder House and Dr. Montgomery and Marcy came back briefly so she could be murdered but I want MOAR! And based on the promo for the next episode, a fan favorite from Coven could be on her way back! While we don't know if she is playing a new character, Gabourey Sidibe is in the HOUSE and looks to be reprising her role as Queenie. Let's all hope that this is the case because that would be totally awesome and unexpected in every way!
It feels like Christmas morning so grab some appetizers, make yourself a tribute video for your three Instagram followers and enjoy the review, fellow guests!
Like Christmas Morning
We kick things off with a Liz Taylor monologue and it was some amazing dialogue as per usual. I love it when American Horror Story keeps it simple and this opening was as simple as it gets with Liz Taylor providing a message that we all should live by. I've reproduced the dialogue below since it really spoke to me:
"People today are obsessed with anything shiny and new…..but it's all an illusion. Everything new fades. But forgotten hotels are still good for some things. Drug deals. May-December indiscretions. And ending it all. I knew that look anywhere, seen it many times. These two lucky birds are content, at peace even. It's their wedding anniversary they tell me. Sixty years, four kids, nine grandchildren. They had a good run together. But she's not quite the same anymore since the cancer spread and he can't imagine his life without her. The last thing she wants is to be a burden so they come here to be alone so they never have to be alone again. I envy them."
It was a story within a story only this one had a happy ending. I think most of us would much rather spend our lives with someone we truly love, our soulmate if you will, and I think this was an interesting little twist from all of the unhappy endings that seem to take place in the Hotel Cortez.
Regarding the old couple, Liz sees true love in their suicide while Iris questions why they don't have the courtesy to blow their brains out at their own home. Poor Liz though. She's lost her one true love, Tristan, and now feels like she will never be happy again. Once again, this show presents us with the theme of loneliness and how it can literally turn your world upside down, especially after losing someone you were close to. Liz is the complete opposite of the Countess and it's literally impossible for me not to root for her. The Countess is someone who takes love for granted, always moving on to the next sucker. Sure, she has gone through her own heartbreak but this all happened 90 years ago and hurting other people is clearly not going to heal those wounds. Liz, on the other hand, is someone who understands what real love is and it's probably something that doesn't come easy for her because the people who have the most love to give always seem to get hurt the most.
Liz makes a heat-of-the-moment decision to kill herself but luckily Iris is there to prevent this from happening. Instead, they decide they are going to leave this world together, make a clean exit, so they don't have to be alone.
So Liz employs Ms. Evers, the greatest laundress on our planet, to contact his son so he can finally reconnect after 31 years. Ms. Evers seems to think this might be a terrible idea considering all of the facts. In other words, this chance reunion could go very well or very badly depending on how Liz's son handled his father's departure. I also found it interesting that Ms. Evers mentioned her cousin Frederick, who she says could have become a Monsignor. Is this a potential connection to Timothy Howard, the Monsignor from Asylum? It's possible and definitely worth mentioning.
So after making the phone call, Liz has not forgotten her end of the bargain and I was in hysterics after watching Ms. Evers rejoice over a bottle of liquid detergent:
Yup, it's just like Christmas morning for Ms. Evers.
She even got a brand new washer and dryer and her reaction was quite possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen.
Yup, there's even a delicate setting! These three are easily my favorite part of the season so far and if Ms. Evers, Liz Taylor and Iris all survive and take out the Countess, I'd be absolutely thrilled.
Liz Taylor eventually gets this meeting with her son Douglas and it was very hard not to feel good for Liz. Once again, it's these emotionally charged stories within our main story that seem to really work wonders on American Horror Story. It was really great moment watching Liz's son accept his father for who he really is and a lesson we should all live by. So let's stop hating people for being themselves and show some compassion.
Liz's son is right…it's not difficult to be compassionate and I absolutely loved the message. Throw away the hate and love people for who they are and the world really can be a better place. Liz's reaction gave me the feels in every way.
After his reunion, Liz meets up with Iris so they can make that clean exit but it's not going to be an easy decision in deciding which way to go given the fact that Iris is an arms dealer:
It appears they are all set for suicide and how epic was Iris's tribute video. A beacon of hope for her three followers on Instagram! This image sums it up perfectly:
I love you, Kathy Bates! This was just awesome in every way and I am definitely rooting for these two to get the revenge they so badly deserve. Liz has had a change of heart now that her son wants her in his life and Iris is not too happy about this change but these two victims, who have suffered more than their fair share, come to a decision to take over the Hotel and turn it into their own creation. And I am ALL for this. These two seem to be the only ones with compassion and I absolutely love that they have teamed up to take over the Hotel Cortez. The best is definitely yet to come!
Cheekbones For Days
While all of this was happening, Donovan and the Countess were setting their own plans in motion and the unpredictability of it all had me a bit surprised. While I assumed that the Countess was going to end up taking out Natacha, I did not think that Donovan was going to murder Valentino. That said, I was kinda happy this happened because those two weren't serving any real purpose at this point in our story. Plus, The Countess said this and it was awesome:
So with Valentino and Natacha out of the picture, what's next for The Countess and Donovan? I highly doubt they are going to fall in love and live happily ever after and, as the ending of our episode suggests, I can't imagine the two of them are going to be getting out of the Hotel Cortez alive. But hey, at least Donovan has cheekbones for days.
I really wasn't expecting our vamp zombie couple to be taken out this early but it was a nice surprise that both of them were killed at the same time. And Donovan man, you just don't get it, do ya? The Countess is playing you. She would have rather ended up with Valentino so I don't understand why you would go after him when you should be going after her. At this point, I hope both of these two get what they deserve in the end. Let's be honest, Donovan and The Countess are terrible human beings who don't care about anyone else but themselves.
Later on, The Countess is visited by the police after Will Drake's disappearance and she's spinning a web of lies for the detectives. Then, out of no where, Will Drake shows up to clear things up. Obviously, he's a ghost at this point and it looks like The Countess should have taken Mr. March's advice and had him killed off of the property.
I will give Gaga props for another solid costume. She has a presence about her when she's wearing these different outfits and I think she was an absolutely solid choice to play The Countess, just less sex scenes next season please! I also think Will Drake's reaction was priceless. He has every right to be pissed off with The Countess and I loved how direct he was with her. It's too bad he wasn't this assertive with her prior to being murdered.
Even worse, The Countess tries to make excuses for murdering Willy and they are absolutely pathetic. Disparaging remarks about Bartholomew? Absolute bullshit. One thing that wasn't bullshit, however, is the fact that Drake is a lot smarter dead than he ever was alive and The Countess plans on turning his son Lachlan so she can control Drake's empire. Seriously, she's such a bitch. The sooner someone takes this American Whore Story out, the better.
At least we got to see Mr. March get the last laugh. He did warn her after all.
Eventually, The Countess gives Donovan a call and he returns to the Hotel Cortez with a surprise for his ex. First though, The Countess wants Donovan to retrieve Will Drake's body and put Ramona back in the iron maiden. Can this bitch do anything herself? Christ, this is a woman I would never want to be married to.
Donovan finally reveals that he murdered Valentino and I did not feel a thing for The Countess. She can cry about it all she wants, she totally deserved this fate. She treats everyone around her like complete shit and it's about time these people are fighting back. Karma is a bitch, especially when you're one yourself.
So Donovan is jamming out to Drake's Hotline Bling when shit finally goes down! Plus, Matt Bomer totally crushed it while jammin' out:
This made me laugh. Of course, Donovan's fun is ruined by The Countess who is still all pissed off about the fact that Donovan killed her one true love. Too bad, so sad honey. Maybe if you'd actually take some responsibility for once, this wouldn't have happened. And Donovan obviously hasn't learned his lesson yet either since he STILL wants the Countess back, even after all she has done to him. This is why when Liz and Iris showed up, it was the greatest thing ever:
Seriously, if the Countess and Donovan survive this, I'm going to be pissed. Iris and Liz deserve to come out on top here and I know I'm not the only one who is rooting for these two bad ass ladies to get their revenge on the people who clearly don't deserve shit. I was also a bit surprised that the episode ended here. American Horror Story doesn't usually leave us hanging quite like this and we're going to have to wait three entire weeks to find out what happened. Damn you, show. In the meantime, I guess I'll have some Christmas appetizers.
Meanwhile, John is up to his serial murdering ways, this time killing a trio of people for worshipping false gods. This whole 10 Commandments Killer thing has gotten very stale ever since they revealed that John was the killer and I find myself caring less and less about his trophy collection. Of course, there is only one commandment left and that is 'Thou shalt not kill' so pretty much every single character on this show could be the target.
Mr. March is also committing more murder of his own, this time he's using the built-in incinerator room. He also has something planned for him and John after they complete the 10 Commandments…so what exactly does Mr. March have planned? Tell us, damnit!
John wants to see his ex-wife so Mr. March arranges a meeting between John and Alex where they talk about the fact that they are the world's worst parents. I mean, where the hell did they leave Scarlett? She must be wondering where the fuck her parents ran off to at this point, right? And that's totally going to suck when she finds out that her parents totally took off so they could be with her brother Holden! This has taken 'picking favorites' to a whole new level.
Alex has much bigger problems however. After telling The Countess about the wild vamp kids she's released on society, the Countess is giving her a chance to fix this issue. Of course, if she doesn't, her and Holden are going to end up very dead because the Countess can't have her secret going public so John and Alex eventually find the vamp kids who are desperately in need of a good spanking. One of the kids almost stabs Alex but luckily she brought a serial killer with her and John intervenes by pulling out his gun. This was all a little to easy though because one of the kids ends up dying from her measles, illustrating to the vamp kids that they should probably go to the hotel where it's safe for them. Or is it safe?
That said, this turned out being a terrible idea because Alex leads them to that hallway with no exits…you know, the one where Ramona is being held. Not a good day to be a vamp kid.
It's feeding time in the hallways of hell and no one is safe…not even Peter Pan. So I guess this means that people who are afflicted with the virus can totally drink blood from others who are also afflicted. I was under the impression that this was not the case but since Ramona is calling for appetizers, she obviously plans on having vamp kids for breakfast. You just know Ramona is going to get out of this hallway at some point but as to how this is going to go down, I have no fucking clue.
Meanwhile, John and Alex are back together, possibly because they have both finally realized they are the worst parents in the world, but this does not make Sally too happy. In fact, she's quite pissed off over the fact that John is using her for sexual purposes. Ghost or not, I'd be a little pissed off about this too. John is very much like The Countess, using the people around him for his own guilty pleasures. Luckily, Sally knows that Alex probably won't accept him once she learns about his serial killing tendencies. Seriously though, this story is starting to bore me. Can we please start moving things along? When is this addiction demon with the conical drill bit dildo going to be back in the mix? With John basically telling Sally to fuck off, it's only a matter of time before she does something bat shit crazy and let's hope she decides to bring her demon friend along for the ride. After all, he did show up briefly:
Later, Alex takes John and reunites him with little Holden and the trio leave the Hotel Cortez together as a family. On the way out, Sally interrupts the reunion by yelling our her plans to murder the shit out of John. I think it's safe to say that Alex and John should not survive the season. John is a serial murderer and Alex is the worst mother in the world and, much like The Countess and Donovan, I can't stand either of them.
And with that cliffhanger ending, I can only hope The Countess and Donnie boy have finally met their end because, let's be honest, they really are terrible people. With only three episodes left, I really have no idea what could possibly happen next, especially if Liz and Iris are successful with their attack. This episode had it all though and it looks like our zombie vamps and pack of vamp kids have finally been taken care of for good.
The Verdict
Episode Score: MIKEY LIKES IT
She Gets Revenge was all about reunions with Liz finally meeting her son after 31 years, the Lowe family (minus Scarlett) leaving the Hotel Cortez and Donovan making up with his ex girlfriend (who is also the biggest bitch in the world). I personally loved the dialogue, especially Liz's opening monologue and everything that comes out of Ms. Evers mouth.
And that ending was bat shit crazy. I never expected Iris and Liz to form an alliance to take over the hotel and I'm really hoping they finally put an end to The Countess. She totally deserves it in every way after hurting everyone around her and I can't wait to find out if any of those bullets hit their target.
Further, as much as I have disliked the story with John, I think they set things up nicely with John leaving the hotel with his family and Sally swearing that she's going to murder him. This could finally open up the doors in explaining that Addiction Demon. I really want to learn more about this entity and I think the only way this will happen is by having Sally become a much bigger part of the story.
So far I don't really know how to feel about this season as a whole. On the one hand, the dialogue has been superb and we've been treated to some very interesting characters such as Iris, Liz and Ms. Evers. On the other hand, I can't stand anything about The Countess (and this is not a knock on Gaga, I think she's done a remarkable job this season), Donovan or John because their stories have not been particularly interesting and they are clearly evil to the max in every way. I will be much more satisfied if they end up getting their just desserts so here's hoping.
What did everyone think of She Gets Revenge? Did it make you want to reunite with some old friends and family? Were you jamming out like Donovan? Or did the episode feel like someone just blew smoke in your face? Let us know in the comments and thanks for reading, fellow guests! And, as always, be sure to vote for your favorite character below:
Unfortunately, we're going to have to wait three weeks to find out what exactly happened for the remaining three episodes since AHS is taking it's traditional Christmas break. But there is lots to look forward to, especially because Gabourey Sidibe is returning and will be making her grand entrance on January 6th! Plus, it looked to me like she could be reprising her role as Queenie from Coven and if that's the case, I am beyond fucking thrilled to find out what her role will be in all of this!!! You don't want to miss the promo for Battle Royale so hit play below:


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The Legend of Django Reinhardt
Close to a half-century after his death, gypsy guitar player Django Reinhardt even now remains a legendary figure in the annals of jazz guitar
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Close to a half-century after his death, gypsy guitar player Django Reinhardt even now remains a legendary figure in the annals of jazz guitar
You don't have to be a meteorologist to see that this band is taking the scene by storm
Leonard Bernstein called her a genius. Considered one of the top orchestral flutists in the world,
It was as if I were queen for the day when I pranced down the runway and Wilson Picket and the Union Gap
Ennio Morricone has written the scores for more than 500 movies and TV series, as well as works for concert halls.
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South Korea ferry survivors return to school
More than 70 high school students in South Korea who survived the Sewol ferry disaster in April have returned to school.
The students had been attending therapy sessions and classes at a special facility since the incident.
Weeping relatives of dead students lined the road and hugged some of them.
The 16 April sinking of the Sewol ferry left more than 300 dead or missing, many of whom were students.
A total of 245 out of the 325 Danwon High School students on board died, with a handful still missing.
Clad in black-and-white uniforms, the survivors walked in a solemn procession with their parents to their school in Ansan, near Seoul, on Wednesday.
A large sign which read "We pray the dead will rest in peace" was hung at the gate of the school.
The incident sparked outrage in South Korea and led to a period of national mourning. President Park Geun-hye has apologised for the initial response from government agencies and has vowed to reform the bureaucracy, as well as a drive to stamp out corruption.
The survivors' return to school comes amid two court hearings, one for the ferry's crew and the other for officials from the company that owned the ship.
Captain Lee Joon-seok and 14 crew members have been accused of prioritising their own safety over that of passengers, and also of causing more deaths by instructing people to remain in their cabins instead of evacuating the ship.
The students who survived are due to testify next month for that trial, and will testify by closed-circuit television from a courtroom in Ansan.
In a separate trial, Chonghaejin Marine's chief Kim Han-sik and four employees are accused of overloading the ship and neglecting safety training for the crew.
On Wednesday, opposition lawmakers met the Coast Guard and rebuked the agency for its poor initial response, according to news agency Yonhap.
The lawmakers are members of a special parliamentary committee investigating the tragedy.
Coast Guard officials said at the meeting that they did not realise until later that the people they first rescued were crew members.


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Sun Fan is a stunt double who dreams of becoming a big star. When he suspects Fang Zi Hao, a famous singer, trying to steal his girlfriend, he beats the living daylight out of Fang. His attack against Fang incurs the wrath of Yu You Tong, who is a die-hard Fang fan. She mobilizes the fan base to attack him online. But to her dismay, instead of ruining him, the internet makes him an overnight star as people praise his skillful fighting moves.


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He was getting ready to pull Santa's sleigh in a few weeks! Speaking of Santa, in Norway they leave out porridge for him, which works out well because he gets dessert when he flies to the US later :) The museum reminded me at times of a cross between the section of the Museum of Science in Boston with the stuffed animals and a history museum.
The specimens were rather historic themselves, many being from the early 1900s, with a well-worn giraffe who appeared to be coming apart at the seams. There was also a little tidal pool filled with sea stars, urchins, crabs, and scallop shells:
The museum filled four floors and we spent a few hours there and could've spent longer. They also had a really great amount of English signage for all the exhibits so I didn't feel left out.
After the museum we split up for a little bit, so each of us could get a little shopping done. I had to stop in at the grocery store and get a box of pepperkakers which are delicious spiced cookies that taste like a hard version of a molasses cookie.
Then we headed to the treat of the day - a visit to the revolving restaurant at the top of Tyholt tower. Sveii planned this, and it wasn't even in my guidebook and it was a perfect ending to the trip. The restaurant makes a full revolution in an hour, and the city was all lit up and looked like you were looking down at stars. It was fun to look down and see places that I'd been.


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For the past few weeks we've been publishing revealing articles about the lesser known treasures of Spain that are much loved and recommended by our Spanish specialist Luis Gutiérrez. Here is a guide to this wonderful trail around Spain.
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SAKHIR, Bahrain : Mercedes further demonstrated its early-season dominance by outpacing its rivals in Friday's practice sessions for the Bahrain Grand Prix, indicating the team is well poised for a third straight win to start 2014.
Lewis Hamilton followed up his victory last week in Malaysia by having the fastest time in both sessions, the second of which was held under lights for the first time at the Bahrain International Circuit, which has switched to being a night race.
Hamilton's time of 1 minute, 34.690 seconds was one third of a second faster than teammate and championship leader Nico Rosberg, and more than a second faster than third-place Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.
"The car feels better than when we were testing here -- balance-wise, it was extremely good," Hamilton said. "There are still some tweaks we need to make it feel perfect, but I'm feeling good."
Defending four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel was a distant seventh on the timesheets, behind his fourth-place Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo -- who carries a 10-grid-place penalty into Sunday's race. The pair was split by Felipe Massa of Williams and McLaren's Jenson Button.
Vettel, who was a competitive third in Malaysia, was downbeat about Red Bull's prospects of hanging on to the Mercedes coattails on Sunday.
"They are very quick. It is not a surprise, they were very quick in the testing here. They have proved that again," Vettel said. "It will be a long way for us to catch up."
Even more dispiriting for Mercedes' rivals was that the dominance reflected by their lap times on lighter fuel and soft tires was even more pronounced when using higher fuel loads to practice for race conditions.
Williams had a distinctly different approach to the day's practice, doing relatively few laps to extend engine life, reckoning that it had all the data it needed about the Bahrain track after extensive preseason testing there.
Toro Rosso rookie Daniil Kvyat was eighth fastest, ahead of McLaren's Kevin Magnussen and Force India's Sergio Perez.
The night session, which began in falling desert temperatures at 6 p.m. local time -- the same as Sunday's race -- saw many drivers struggling to get sufficient heat in the tires, misjudging braking distances and running off track.
Max Chilton's Marussia went into a violent spin after a front brake failure, while Sauber's Adrian Sutil and Caterham's Marcus Ericsson both had sudden power losses.


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The objectives of socially responsible investors are pretty diverse--while some folks build an investment strategy on religious beliefs, others incorporate environmental values into their moneymaking code. There are 64 socially responsible mutual funds now available. While each offers a unique mission, they still have one thing in common: an image of poor performance. But that's not necessarily so.
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Jody Rosenberg always assumed that she wouldn't make much money with socially responsible mutual funds. Even so, activism has been a guiding principle in her daily life. In college, she participated in an anti-apartheid movement. After law school, she ultimately became a state environmental lawyer, prosecuting industrial polluters. And in 1999, Rosenberg and her husband spent time in Bolivia to help the farmers in that cash-strapped country.
All along, Rosenberg has felt uncomfortable about investing in a mainstream mutual fund portfolio that might hold the stocks of tobacco, defense, and environmentally unfriendly companies. In 1992, her conscience won out. When Rosenberg quit a corporate law job, she took the $2,268 she had in retirement savings and plunked it into two so-called "social funds" that have since become part of the successful Citizens Funds' family.
Mutual funds are managed by an investment adviser who uses securities to create a diversified portfolio, which is owned by investors. The ultimate goal of nearly every mutual fund is simply to make money for shareholders. Social funds, however, add an extra step to the process by integrating ethical concerns with investment objectives. This approach sends an important message to companies, letting them know that investors are willing to allocate--or withhold--their dollars in accordance with personal objectives.
The "socially responsible" or "socially conscious" label is very loose. First appearing on the financial scene in the 1970s, some of the earliest social funds focused on religious issues, avoiding the traditional "sin" sectors such as tobacco, alcohol, and gaming. Today, a slew of funds now look for companies that have good track records in labor relations, workplace diversity, the environment, and community relations.
With so many social funds to choose from, there's certainly something for everyone. For example, the Women's Equity Fund buys the stocks of women-friendly companies. The Lutheran Brotherhood has a seven-fund family that follows the religious goals of the Lutheran faith, while the Amana Funds pursue Islamic principles. The Timothy Plan and the Noah Fund highlight conservative Christian values. And Catholic Values Investment Trust invests in companies with practices and products that are consistent with the core teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. On the other hand, the Pride Fund from Meyers focuses on companies with progressive policies toward gays and lesbians. As you can see, there are many choices for the individual investor.
Of course, social investing also has its naysayers. Daniel Wiener, who edits The Independent Adviser for Vanguard Investors' newsletters, argues that investors are better off making money with mutual funds that invest in the broader market for a chance at higher returns, then using the proceeds to benefit favorite causes. "There's absolutely no evidence that social investing leads to real social change," he says.
Kelly Ford, a Michigan schoolteacher and a shareholder in the Domini Social Equity Fund, disagrees, citing as an example the 1980s investor boycotts of companies doing business in South Africa. By refusing to invest in such stocks, individual investors and large pension funds helped bring down the apartheid regime. Today, Ford's top investing priority is finding companies with good track records in environmental and labor issues. "Social investing is consistent with what I am trying to achieve in other aspects of my life," the 26-year-old says.
Just how do social funds improve the quality of life? Many take an activist stance. Consider the MMA Praxis fund family, which follows the objectives of the Mennonite faith. It recently wrote to Merrill Lynch and Salomon Smith Barney to inform them that MMA refused to purchase any of the bonds these two leading brokerage firms underwrote for the China Development Bank. Proceeds from this bond offering are being used to build the massive Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China, a project MMA and many other environmentalists consider to be socially and environmentally disastrous.


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"The Colemans were Scotch-Irish and came to America from North Ireland, settling in Charleston, South Carolina in the early 1700's. You can be proud of your Coleman ancestors. They were all fine, upright, courageous, brilliant. They were greatly loved and honored." ... Laura Kolb Coleman Kingsbery, (1884-1971)
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Kazuko & Siblings
Kazuko Ozaki Coleman of Kobe City, Japan with her younger brothers and sisters, children of Kanekichi Katsu Ozaki and Miyo Yamashita. Kazuko was first wife of Elwood R. Coleman, Jr. and mother of John O. Coleman and Elizabeth F. Coleman.
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Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 10:53:22 -0400
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Subject: H-ASIA: Geomancy in Japan
Date: September 1, 1995
Subj:RE: H-ASIA: ? Geomancy in Japan
From: Robert J Poor <firstname.lastname@example.com> (Dr. Robert Poor)
Geomancy (Feng shui, in Chinese; I am not positive about the Japanese romanization of the wind character, ? sui) is indeed still important in contemporary Japan as well as in China and other Asian communities around the world. At the theoretical level, fengshui ideas are employed by modern architects, site planners etc. As an item of popular belief, fengshui governs everything form locating a new business to the orientation of house-hold furniture. I cannot speak in detail about Japanese practices as they apply to modern buildings (other than traditional forms like temples, Noh stages, gardens). However, since the topic is continental by nature and the writer also inquired about mountains, here are a few remarks to open up the discussion of the modern fengshui practices in general.
Feng-shui is a Chinese system developed prior to the Chinese contact with Buddhism. As a result of the historical consequence one may encounter hybrid situations with Buddhist ideas taking precedence in one situation but not another (e.g. Buddhist temples are oriented to the east, but the civic architecture outside the wall of a temple complex, including tombs and burial sites would be oriented to the south in accord with Feng-shui practices). In a similar vein, mountains have their own characteristics and individual differences in ritual rhetoric; Penglai mythology is different than Kunlun mythology and both are distinct from the shifting Five Mountains or individual mountains like Taishan in China or Fuji in Japan. Adjustments must also be made for Shinto and, to a lesser extent, Daoist beliefs.
This is a very large subject. I suggest that you start with an
encyclopedia of Asian subjects (e.g. The Columbia work edited by Ambree) for
a general introduction then go to the books on architecture for modern
practices (the building of Hong Kong office buildings, architects at MIT
looking at fengshui as a theoretical approach to site planning, things of
that sort). Two inexpensive publications illustrate modern adaptations of
fengshui ideas. Derek Walters, Feng Shui; the Chinese Art of Designing a
Harmonious Environment (Simon and Schuster, Inc. A Fireside Book, 1988),
takes on everything from Five Element theory to laying out your bathroom.
Walters gives a good popular view of fengshui and the other Chinese ways of
dealing with the total environment. Derham Groves, Feng-Shui and Western
Building Ceremonies (Graham Brash (PTE) LTD, Singapore / Tynron Press,
Scotland, 1991) does the same but also illustrates some interesting popular
instances of the application on fengshui
on the street in overseas Asian
communities in Australia.
An interesting subject. Please keep me informed f your progress and especially if you come up with much on Korea.
Robert J Poor <email@example.com>
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Subject: H-ASIA: Feng-shui Issues Date: December 18, 1995
Subj:RE: H-ASIA: Feng shui Bibliography
From: firstname.lastname@example.com (David Kelly)
An interesting sidelight on fengshui is that it influenced the design of
Canberra, the Australian capital. The present design was the work of Walter
Burley Griffin, a member of the
Prairie school of architecture associated
with Frank Lloyd Wright. Griffin won an international competition for a
capital city design early in the twentieth century, although the work of
building was not to begin until the late 1920s. Among the eclectic
Griffin's many mystical influences was fengshui, a fact documented in
memoirs later written by his wife. The upshot is that Canberra has a
mountain and a water axis, the latter being the artificially engineered
Lake Burley Griffin.
See Peter R. Proudfoot, _The Secret Plan of Canberra_, Kensington (New South Wales, Australia) University of New South Wales Press, 1994.
David Kelly
home fax +61 6 282 6223
Department of Politics
University College
Australian Defence Force Academy
Northcott Drive
Campbell ACT 2600 Australia
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To find things on Fengshui, you may try this address:
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Subj:RE: H-ASIA: Feng shui Bibliography
Comments on Dr. Gillogly's Feng Shui notes.
Peter J. Herz writes:
I'm not surprised that feng shui has believers in Thailand, especially Bangkok. When I was living in Krung Thep from 1990-92, I found that Mandarin went pretty far. Given the preponderence of ethnic Han in business circles of all kinds, it should be expected that feng shui plays a role in siting buildings. Does anyone have any info on the use of feng shui in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Saigon, Jakarta, Manila, and other such places?
While Thailand's Chinese are
absorbed, I encountered large numbers of
people who continued to speak Chinese languages, eat in the Chinese manner,
and revert to the use of Chinese names when dealing with other
Farangs who also spoke Thai. I also encountered
numerous younger Sino-Thai who were studying Chinese as a foreign language.
Of course, there were larger numbers who were completely
Thai by cultural
orientation, especially if partly native Thai by descent.
Was the feng shui practicing hill tribe up north Yao by any chance? I
noticed that quite a few older Yao men in Thailand used classical Chinese as
liturgical language--although I also encountered Hmong who spoke
Mandarin, as well.
Any notes on whether feng shui had influenced folk practices of Muslim Haw in Chieng Mai and points north?
Peter Jeffrey Herz
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 16:05:46 -0500
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Subject: H-ASIA: Feng shui Bibliography
Date: December 16, 1995
Subj:RE: H-ASIA: Feng-shui Bibliography
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As I recall, there was an article about feng shui in Hong Kong in a book called *Environment and Cultural Values in Southeast Asia* edited by A. Terry Rambo and George Lovelace. Circa 1985. Ann Arbor: The Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, The University of Michigan. It seems to me that there's been a great deal of interest in the possible environmental consequences of feng shui, but not focussing directly on its adaptation.
Feng shui is practiced, to some extent, in Thailand. While people of Chinese descent explicitly practice it, it seems to have permeated Thai culture as well. There was an amusing article in *The Manager*, a Bangkok-based business monthly, on feng shui and the building of new high rises (one company used mirrors to bounce bad influences away from itself; with the result that the bad influences were directed toward a building across the street; so the owners of that building also built put mirrored surfaces on its building). I believe the article was published in about 1993, winter. In fact, I recommend that magazine highly for an examination of business culture in Thailand as it often examines the importance of the Chinese in Thailand's business.
I worked with an upland ethnic minority in Thailand where some people used feng shui to determine burial places. Two-three generations ago, this group had lived in China; and they are also influenced by Yunnanese Chinese who lived inter-mixed with them. But this may be a bit too esoteric for your friend, and I didn't follow up on it anyhow.
Good luck to your friend.
Kate Gillogly
Dept. of Anthropology
Univ. of Michigan


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The best oils for deep frying are peanut or safflower as they are neutrally flavored. The black seed oil is derived from the seeds of an Asian plant called Nigel sativa and has been used for a long time in the practice of herbal medicine for its health benefits supporting a range of challenges from diabetes to cancer to arthritis. Peer-review research on the medicinal benefits of black seed oil are not readily available.


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Artist: Sleep
Album: Dopesmoker (or Jerusalem)
Year: 1996
Label: Tee Pee Records
Genre: Stoner Metal
RIYL: Black Sabbath, Torche, really long songs
The history on this beast is a mess. So I'm just going to paraphrase Mutant-Sounds (who hipped me to this jam): Sleep took their label signing money, blew it on weed, and recorded one long song whilst high as a kite. And then they submitted it to the label, who said "nuh-uh." Label wanted to split the one long track into multiple tracks and Sleep said "nuh-uh." Album gets shelved. HERE is where it gets complicated.
A) Sleep allows a bootleg edition to be released (image above) and calls it Jerusalem and then years later a label licenses it, splits it into 6 tracks, and then releases it again as Jerusalem with a different cover (google it). Then some other label decides that the public can handle one long track and releases the whole thing as Dopesmoker (cue 3rd album cover).
B) Switch around chronological nonsense from above paragraph as needed.
The essential thing to realize is that this has been released multiple times, with multiple covers, album names, and methods of presentation–some of which is in line with the artist's original vision, and some which aren't.
::Deep Breath::
Now, Reminded Music tries to stick to an ethical code on what albums to post. See the right sidebar–>
Reminded Music is kind of making an exception here because:
1) This rip is taken from the bootleg release (see above image)
2) The Dopesmoker release is out of print
3) Thus, the only way to get the music legally is with the Jerusalem album where they split one song into 6 songs.
In my esteemed estimation, this has a higher chance of being taken down than most of my posts, hence the reason I am calling this Dopesmoker in the header and on the upload file. Figure I might curve some otherwise unwanted attention. Plus, the Dopesmoker release is more associated with the single, long song than the Jerusalem release.
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text: Clinical Consult | September 01, 1991Understanding Cultural Diversity Noma B. Anderson Author Affiliations & Notes Noma B. Anderson Howard University, Washington, DC Copyright © 1991 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Clinical Consult Clinical Consult | September 01, 1991 Understanding Cultural Diversity American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, September 1991, Vol. 1, 9-10. doi:10.1044/1058-0360.0101.09 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, September 1991, Vol. 1, 9-10. doi:10.1044/1058-0360.0101.09 View Article Figures Tables PDF PDF Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Anderson, N. B. (1991). Understanding Cultural Diversity. Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 1(1), 9-10. doi: 10.1044/1058-0360.0101.09. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: Understanding Cultural Diversity You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × Graphic Jump Location It would be impossible to learn upfront about all of the different cultures a speech-language pathologist might encounter in practice. Considering this, plus the desire to avoid stereotyping, how might professionals prepare to deal with issues of cultural diversity? You're right. It would be impossible to learn about all of the different cultures one might encounter. A more realistic goal is to strive for increased cultural sensitivity toward cultures different from your own. In this regard, it is important first of all to understand what culture involves. What is culture? According to one definition (Porter & Samovar, 1976), culture is the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, meanings, beliefs, values, attitudes, religions, concepts of self, the universe, and self-universe relationships, hierarchies of status, role expectations, spatial relations, and time concepts acquired by a large group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving. Culture manifests itself both in patterns of language and thought and in forms of activity and behavior. These patterns become models for common adaptive acts and styles of expressive behavior, which enable people to live in a society within a given geographical environment at a given state of technical development, (p. 7) Subscribe to view more For full access to this article, log in to an existing user account, purchase an annual subscription, or purchase a short-term subscription. Order a Subscription Subscribe Pay Per View Entire American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology content & archive 24-hour access $30.00 Buy Now This Article 24-hour access $15.00 Buy Now Become a Visiting Scholar Sign In or Create an Account Please sign in using your ASHA.org login. If you do not have an ASHA login, you may register with us for free by creating a new account. Sign In or Create an Account Related Articles Related Topics


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S.O.L.I.D is an acronym for the five basic principles of object-oriented programming and design identified by Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) in the early 2000s. The principles when applied together intend to make your code easy to maintain and extendable.
1- Single Responsibility Principle:
every object should have a single responsibility, and that responsibility should be entirely encapsulated by the class.
2- The Open-Closed Principle:
the class should be open for extension but closed for modification .
3- Liskov substitution Principle:
it states that derived class should be substitutable for their base class. which means that if I substitute the derived class to its base class every thing should work with the same behavior and give me the same output .
4- Interface Segregation Principle:
it states that clients should not be forced to depend on methods they do not use . Don't build fat Interfaces, only small cohesive interfaces to be matched with the client needs.
5- Dependency inversion Principle:
it states that high-level classes should not depend on low-level class. both should depend on abstraction. and abstraction should not depend on details but details should depend on abstraction. which means that you should depend on a concept not on an implementation.


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It seems as if the editor-in-chief of the New Republic is saying in this op-ed that Condi Rice and the Bush administration are being too dovish with regard to the Palestinians. While I don't necessarily disagree, I'm thoroughly surprised by the source. I always thought TNR was an unashamed bastion of liberal thought.
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The Palestinians have a history as true pioneers in the great terrorist bane of our times, and they are still stars in the terrorist firmament. There is only one way they can earn their sovereign independence, and it is by ceasing to imperil their neighbor.


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NO one doubts that "Green Zone" comes with what Adam Fogelson, the chairman of Universal Pictures, calls an action movie "pedigree." The film, which opens across the country on March 12, stars Matt Damon and reunites him with Paul Greengrass, the director who brought a propulsive visual style to "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum." And television ads and trailers promise plenty of suspense, firepower and, of course, fighting in close quarters.
But while "Green Zone" looks and moves much like a Bourne sequel, it also comes with a significant strike against it as a commercial proposition: It's a movie about the Iraq war, a subject that has proven to be a recipe for box-office disappointment. Set in Baghdad in the chaotic early days of the American occupation, "Green Zone" dramatizes the fruitless hunt for weapons of mass destruction and climaxes on the first night of full-blown insurgency in Iraq. And the film isn't shy about its politics. "Green Zone" is not an apolitical view of soldiers struggling to survive a grinding war, but a conspiracy thriller that directly addresses the possibility that the war might have been a huge scam, and a botched one at that.
Mr. Greengrass filmed "Green Zone" in Morocco, Spain and England in 2008, and was essentially done editing and scoring the film six months ago. That Universal is releasing it now has led to speculation that it is nervous about recouping its $100 million investment. Speaking on the phone from the Vancouver Olympics last week, Mr. Fogelson said that the studio could have released the film late last year, but doing so might have created the impression that the studio was hoping for Academy Award nominations. "We believe that this is a piece of entertainment, and we want the audience to view it as such," he said.
Even so, Universal is clearly grappling with the contradictions inherent in presenting a popcorn film about a war that is still going on. "There's no science as to when the right moment to do this is," Mr. Fogelson said. But, he added, "this film would benefit from more time," and said that the further away from the worst days of the fighting the film was released, the more comfortable people would be with the idea of enjoying a thrill ride with such serious undertones.
Mr. Greengrass, a burly, professorial 54-year-old, decided soon after "The Bourne Supremacy" came out in 2004 that he wanted to find some way to address the Sept. 11 attacks and the Iraq war, what he called "the twin drivers of our lives right now and for the foreseeable future." "United 93," a docudrama about the downing of the fourth plane hijacked that day by Islamist terrorists, was his first response. "Green Zone" is Mr. Greengrass's conscious attempt at marrying "United 93" with the "Bourne" movies — a sort of "Bourne in Baghdad."Continue reading the main story
"There was a Bourne audience who loved what Matt and I did — something about the attack, the tone, the style, the contemporaneousness of it, the urgency of it," he said. (Mr. Greengrass said he injected "ripped-from-the-headlines" elements, like waterboarding and rendition, into those films.) "And obviously, at the heart, they loved — you know, forget me — they loved seeing Matt being physical but very morally driven. It spoke to, I think, moral renewal, which I think is what Bourne's all about."
Mr. Greengrass, who said he's well aware that "people don't come to the movies on a Saturday night in large numbers for a lecture, or a sermon, or to hear my views on anything, frankly," explained that he wanted to tell a story about the invasion of Iraq because there was something "incredibly disruptive and turbulent about that decision," adding: "It stretched all sorts of bonds, it overstretched sinews. It felt desperately, desperately rending and uncomfortable, as if some great disturbance, toxicity, discomfort was the result."
He added: "This hugely difficult process by which we ended up going to war there, only then to find that the reason that we went to war was not true, left a huge legacy I think — a legacy of fear, paranoia and mistrust. And so that really was where I wanted to put 'Green Zone.' Can I create a thriller with the ride, and the drive and the urgency and the economic clarity of Bourne-type storytelling — can Matt and I do that — and invite the Bourne audience back to the sort of inciting moment of what begat Bourne world?"
In a sense the British-born Mr. Greengrass is returning to his roots by diving into political controversy. He began his career as an investigative journalist and, after he made the transition to filmmaking, honed his frenetic visual style making small-scale dramas that recreated real events. On films like "Bloody Sunday," which re-created the 1972 outbreak of violence during a Catholic civil-rights march in Northern Ireland and used the careening camerawork that has come to be his signature, he said, he was learning to "express the ragged reality of how interacting human beings look and feel when under stress."
Mr. Greengrass, who said he feels a kinship with David Simon ("The Wire"), another former journalist creating dramas based on close observation of real life, explained that intensive research informed the version of Baghdad he presents in "Green Zone." Working with Brian Helgeland, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "L.A. Confidential," his team spoke with former soldiers who were involved in the fruitless hunt for weapons of mass destruction. Both the director and the screenwriter described the book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone," by Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post, as important to their work making the backdrop against which their thriller unfolds feel as authentic as possible.
Mr. Helgeland said that before he wrote the film, "I tracked down and reread all of Judith Miller's early reports from Iraq." Ms. Miller, a former reporter for The New York Times who was criticized after the invasion for articles that seemed to help the Bush administration make its case, was embedded with one of the Pentagon's teams searching for weapons of mass destruction in 2003, when "Green Zone" is set. Mr. Damon's character, Captain Roy Miller, is the leader of one of those teams and at one stage in the film he confronts a female reporter for a New York-based newspaper (in this case The Wall Street Journal) and asks her how she got her reporting so wrong.
The sense of urgency that imbues all of Mr. Greengrass's films is present in "Green Zone," and it's clearly related to the unorthodox way he shoots them. On a snowy April morning in 2008, at a racecourse outside London standing in for Baghdad's airport, two hand-held cameras rolled simultaneously, capturing Mr. Damon's Miller and his team. Mr. Greengrass explained that his technique was to say to his camera operators and actors, 'I'm going to direct this with you as if this is a live event.' "
"I hope that when it works," he added, "you get this sense of extreme emotional intimacy and sort of performed truthfulness with an extreme sense of captured reality."
Of course, despite how gifted the star, the director and the writer of "Green Zone" are at entertaining audiences, Hollywood studios are not known for persuading audiences to digest difficult truths along with their popcorn. Iraq-theme films like Paul Haggis's "In the Valley of Elah" and Brian De Palma's "Redacted" flopped at the box office. Even "The Hurt Locker," despite tremendous reviews and a best picture Oscar nomination, has taken in less than $13 million in the United States.
For reassurance Mr. Greengrass points to the great thrillers of the 1970s, which worked as popular entertainments even when they dealt with serious issues. "If you said, 'Let's do a film about heroin addiction and the heroin trade in New York in the '70s,' that would've automatically conjured up 'Depressing, I don't want to go there.' But when you say, it's 'The French Connection' and it features great characters, a compelling story unfolding at pace, with action, then you go, 'Yeah.' "
Mr. Greengrass admits that he's still not quite sure if his bold experiment will come off, but he said he is eager to find out. "The central proposition that I began with will only really be answered when the movie opens," he said. "You know, will that audience come to this film and find it every bit as cinematically rewarding as 'Bourne'? Will they take that step? I think they will, actually, but I don't know."Continue reading the main story


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How to Remove Password From PDF File – A Free Solution
Now a days protecting PDF files with password is very common. Important PDF files are made secured with passwords. As a common fact most of us must be having bunch of password protected PDF files on our system and believe me entering the password every time is not at all a convenient way. So how to remove password from a PDF file? I faced the same problem when it was required to send some PDF files to an official and for all the files providing the password was bit inconvenient. Then I tried to find tools which could remove passwords from my PDF files. So lets see the process of removing passwords from PDF files.
How to Remove Password From PDF file
There are bunch of tools to remove password from a PDF file, but here I am considering the free tool for Windows platform which can make your task easier: 1. BeCyPDFMetaEdit
This tool is a free tool and works really great. So let's see what you need to do.
First of all download the tool here. You can directly launch the program there is no need to install the program, however the tool also comes with an installer package which you can install on your system.
Launch the program and it will ask you the location of the PDF file, make sure before providing the location of the PDF file, you select the mode as "Complete Rewrite" then provide the location of the PDF file and enter the password.
Now click on the "Security" tab and select (no encryption) from "Security System" drop down list and click on Save button. Now your PDF file is free from password protection. Alternatively you can click on "Save As" button to create a new PDF file without password and simultaneously you can have the original protected PDF files.


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Our Firemen, The History of the NY Fire Departments
Chapter 54, Part V
By Holice and Debbie
These years marked importance events. In them the system of watching for incendiaries and prosecuting them was perfected by the appointment of a Fire Marshall, Mr. Alfred Baker. October 15, 1857, it was resolved to in future call the Association of the Board of Fire Underwriters, and this preceded the reorganization of April 15, 1868, . June 24, 1858, the following resolution in regard to cutting rates was passed:
That in case of a deviation from the rates of premium by writing below the established rates it shall be the duty of the company making such deviation to pay the amount of premium named on such policy into the treasury for the benefit of the Fire patrol fund, subject to the decision of the Executive Committee.
Anxiety was felt about the water supply at this time, for on the 26th of October a committee of three was appointed to inquire into the matter.
In December, 1861, on a report of a Special Committee on unrelated petroleum, it ws declared "positively uninsurable in all buildings in compact portions of the city, and in all public warehouses, privileged for storage of hazardous, and extra hazardous merchandise, and such oils are considered insurable only when in detached and properly ventilated sheds and warehouses, specially adopted by their construction for that purpose, and devoted exclusively to the storage of such oils or substances of a similar character, and then only at a special rate, not less then three per cent." the storage of benzine, benzole, naptha, and refined petroleum was also restricted.
March 17, 1`864, the creation of a paid fire department was foreshadowed by the passing of the following resolution:
Resolved, That the subject of promoting the greater efficiency of the Fire Department be referred to a special committee to inquire into the same, and report to a subsequent meeting of this Board.
The committee appointed by President Hope consisted of James M. McLean, President of the Citizens' Fire Insurance Co.: Carlisle Norwood, President of the Lorillard; James M. Rankin, Secretary of the Fulton; Rudolph Garrigue, Richard A. Reading, T. J. Glover, and T. G. Churchill. A month later the committee was discharged and the matter was referred to the executive committee. November 28th plans had so far advanced that each company was assessed one-tenth of one per cent of the amount of its capital for the advancement of the scheme, one-half to be handed over to the Citizens' Association and the remainder to the Committee on Fire Department. The same day the Board offered a reward of $3,000 for the conviction of any and all incendiaries in New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and Hoboken. This was because of the attempt to burn the
city by Southern sympathizers, and the Mayor had offered a reward of $2,000 for their arrest. The early days of 1865 were passed in discussing the Paid Fire Department Bill presented at Albany. The chief opposition was to include Brooklyn in its operations. February 14th a communication from Mr. Peter Cooper embodied a suggestion which was not carried out until President Henry D. Purroy had his portable tanks constructed. Said Mr. Cooper: "In order to stimulate these men and preserve the greatest degree of purity in their body and devotion to the interests of the city I propose that it should be made their pecuniary interest to faithfully perform their duty." He urged the placing of tanks of elevated water held at convenient places in the city so high that the force of water will make all the hydrants equal to fire engines for the purpose of extinguishing fires by simply hoisting a gate so as to let the water press on the mains of the city.
The officers of the Board from the establishment of a Paid Fire Department to the present were:
Transcribed by Holice B. Young
HTML by Debbie
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March 2001
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Published at Monday, April 16th, 2018 - 20:17:41 PM. Pillows Design. By karina.
A Cushion is a soft bag usually of some fancy material, stuffed with wool, feathers, polyester staple fiber,etc - also known as throw pillow or toss pillow, which is a cushion that is purely decorative and not designed for support or comfort.It may be used to soften the hardness or angle of a chair or sofa.
We dont only see cushions in our homes, but seats in buses and trains sometimes make use of cushions too. They provide comfort for passengers who are traveling long distances. Cushions are able to soften hardness or angle of a chair, which is why they are used in buses and trains. Some people may even use them at home when sitting on the floor or hard surfaces. They can serve as support for the head, an alternative to pillows, when we are reading something or watching TV while lying down.
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text: Very Interesting.... Jim Rogers on Chinese bubbles and Bernankeâs printing press The former sidekick of George Soros is never short of an opinion - and in this three-part View from the Markets video interview on the FT Jim Rogersâ doesnât disappoint. Some highlights: The dollar is a flawed currency. America owes the world $13,000bn - a figure that is growing by $1,000 every 15 months. Rogers finds this terrifying and cannot for the life of him think why anyone would want to own a currency that has been debased in this way. He is quite happy to blame Fed chairman Ben Bernanke: The head of the central bank has been printing money since he got there. This is a man whose whole intellectual career has been spent studying the printing of money â and now America has given him the printing presses. I donât want to be in a currency like that. Bernanke, Rogers says, has been a disaster - witness his decision to bale out his friends on Wall St in the summer, cutting interest rates because the stock market had fallen 6 per cent. Whatâs he going to do when the market is down 36 per cent? Whatâs he going to do when thereâs a real crisis? Chinaâs stock market is a potential bubble - but, in Rogersâ view, it isnât a bubble as yet. If it keeps going up - say by another 40 per cent by February - then I will have to sell, because then we will have a fully fledged bubble. I donât want to sell â I want my daughter to own my Chinese shares some day. This is from a man who has described the Chinese as the greatest capitalists on the planet. He first bought Chinese stocks in 1999 and says he has never sold a Chinese share. But he is worried the countryâs stock market is now headed the way of Japan 20 years ago. If something happened that were to bring the market back down 30 or 40 per cent, then Iâd be a buyer of shares in China. And that would be very good for China - which may sound strange from someone who owns Chinese shares. But if they donât then it is likely to be a bubble - and bubbles always end very badly.


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1999 Packard Twelve concept - Click above for an image gallery
The Packard nameplate is one steeped in rich heritage, having produced its first automobile way back in 1899. Unfortunately, the Detroit-based builder of eminently luxurious and opulent automobiles hit dire straits in the years closely following World War II and eventually merged with Studebaker in 1954. Not long after, the last real Packard rolled unceremoniously down the assembly line in August of 1956. Or did it?
Take a minute to peruse this auction on eBay Motors, and you'll see that one final Packard was indeed created in 1999, albeit as a concept vehicle that uses parts sourced in large part from General Motors. Regarding the controversial styling of the 1999 Packard Twelve, we'll follow the standard rule our mommies told us about not saying anything at all if we can't say anything nice.
As far as the car's guts are concerned, it all seems rather well done. An aluminum-intensive chassis holds a front-mounted 8.6-liter V12 engine – fitting, as the Packard Twin Six engine from 1916 is often thought of as the first production V12 engine – supplied by Falconer Racing that sends 520 horsepower through a GM 4L80E automatic transmission and a Borg Warner transfer case to all four wheels.
Interesting in owning this unique piece of history? You've got just six hours left and the current bid (reserve not yet met) is at $125,100. Click here for more.
[Source: eBay Motors]