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Here is a special St. Patrick's Day edition of our weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Logan, Kong: Skull Island, the Terra Ignota series, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer at twenty as well as the usual mix of awards news, writing advice, interviews, reviews, awards news, con reports, crowdfunding projects, science articles and free online fiction.
Speculative fiction in general:
- Oliver Thiermann shares five science fiction novels written from an alien's point of view.
- T.W. O'Brien discusses the use of epigraphs in The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley and other science fiction and fantasy novels.
- Steven Smith continues his look at classic works of dystopian fiction.
- Mako Muzenda talks about African science fiction.
- Maddie Crum reports about a case of whitewashing involving the cover of The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor.
- Jared Shurin discusses the never published anthology The Last Dangerous Vision, edited by Harlan Ellison.
- Judith Tarr shares her appreciation for Moon of Three Rings and Exiles of the Stars by Andre Norton.
- Theresa DeLucci shares her appreciation for The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe and its editor, the late David Hartwell.
- JJ shares her appreciation for Robert Jackson Bennett's Divine Cities series.
- T.W. O'Brien shares his appreciation for More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon.
- Paul Weimer shares his appreciation for Kingsley Amis' alternate history novel The Alteration.
- Adam Roberts revisits The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
- Paul La Farge reports about the complicated friendship between H.P. Lovecraft and his fan Robert Barlow.
- George Anadiotis revisits The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.
- Darryl Jones recommends the best classic horror stories.
- Beth Elderkin calls The Magicians the most sexually aware show on television.
- Adi Robertson reports that the creators of the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods have found a new meaning in the story due to the political situation in the US and elsewhere.
- Jenna Amatulli reveals George R.R. Martin's plans for the 1987 TV show The Beauty and the Beast.
- Evan Narcisse declares that The Transfiguration might be the most disturbing horror film of the year.
- Cheryl Eddy reports that The Devils, a rarely seen 1971 horror movie, is finally available at the streaming service Shudder (only in the US, alas).
- Bob Mayer shares his thoughts on the movie Passengers.
- Michael Moreci shares his appreciation for Luc Besson's movie The Fifth Element.
- Lauren Wilford shares her appreciation for the movie My Neighbour Totoro.
- Thaddues Howze wonders whether it is time to retire the Star Trek franchise.
- James Whitbrook ranks all of Marvel's Star Wars comics.
- Sarah Gailey takes a look at the costume trope of the black tank top to denote badass female characters.
- Maximilian Potter profiles Chris Evans, the actor best known for portraying Steve Rogers ak.a. Captain America.
- David Betancourt profiles Gabby Rivera, writer of Marvel's new America comic.
- A bronze bust of Sir Terry Pratchett will be set up in his hometown of Salisbury.
Discussion of Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series:
- Neville Morley discusses the portrayal of the future in Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series.
- Jo Walton discusses the way the narrator(s) of Too Like the Lightning and Seven Surrenders break the fourth wall and make the reader complicit.
- Ruthanna Emrys discusses the concept of identity in Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series.
- Max Gladstone discussion the depiction of faith and religion in the Terra Ignota novels.
- Belle Waring also talks about religion and god-like figures in the Terra Ignota novels.
- Henry Farrell discusses the connection of the Marquis de Sade to the Terra Ignota series.
- Martin Cahill interviews Ada Palmer, author of the Terra Ignota series.
Comments on Kong: Skull Island:
- Ty Burr calls Kong: Skull Island a fun adventure.
- Chris Klimek calls Kong: Skull Island forgettable in spite of a great cast.
- Gary Westfahl declares that Kong: Skull Island starts off promising, but undermines its own message with repetititve action sequences.
- Steve Vertlieb discusses the evolution, history and cultural significance of King Kong.
Comments on Logan:
- Melissa Leon calls Logan one of the best superhero movies to date.
- Marcelo Gleiser calls Logan an excellent movie, but so utterly sad it's painful to watch.
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer at Twenty:
- Nicole Cohen celebrates Buffy, the Vampire Slayer on the occasion of the shows twentieth anniversary.
- Lizo Mzimba chronicles how Buffy, the Vampire Slayer influenced modern entertainment.
- While everybody else is celebrating Buffy's 20th anniversary, Bryan Armen Graham shares his appreciation for The Vampire Diaries, which ended its eight season run on the same day.
- The winner and the honourable mentions of the 2016 James Tiptree Jr. Award have been announced.
- The winners of the 2017 Prix Bob Morane have been announced.
- The nominees for the 2017 Lambda Literary Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2016 AnLab Readers' Awards have been announced.
- The nominees for the 2016 Ursa Major Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2017 Jim Baen Memorial Award have been announced.
- The winners of the 2016 WeScreenplay Contest have been announced and the runner-up is none other than science fiction author Orson Scott Card.
- Mike Glyer reports about the future of the Kitschies.
- Mike Glyer also reports about the Rampant Manticore Awards and the problems he had figuring out who won them.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- William Meikle attempts to answer the age-old question "Where do you get your ideas?"
- Alex Mathers talks about how to create more and explains that creating more makes it more difficult to ignore you.
- Sam Weller shares eight things he learned about writing from Ray Bradbury.
- Becky Chambers talks about writing across cultures in science fiction.
- The 2016 black SFF writer survey report has been released.
- Natalie Luhrs analyses the make-up of the Locus Recommended Reading List.
- Shanna Germain talks about the importance of grief in the stories we tell.
- Ann Leckie urgens writers to write their stories their way and not to self-reject out of hand.
- Chuck Wendig attempts to answer the question "Should a writer get an English degree?"
- Matthew Drzymala talks about starting his own writing group.
- Steve Vernon attempts to answer the question whether you should use an author photo.
- Cat Rambo shares some tips for authors working conventions.
- Heather Massey interview S.B.K. Burns.
- Alasdair Shaw interviews Ash Litton.
- C.E. Martin interviews Lawrence Herbert Tide.
- Niall Alexander reviews A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers.
- Martin Cahill also reviews A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers.
- Renay Williams reviews The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi.
- The Eloquent Page reviews Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells.
- Rob Bedford reviews The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams.
- Caitlyn Paxson reviews Brother's Ruin by Emma Newman.
- Ardi Alspach also reviews Brother's Ruin by Emma Newman.
- Sam Reader reviews Chalk by Paul Cornell.
- Michael Patrick Hicks reviews Agents of Dreamland by Caitlin R. Kiernan.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu.
- Victoria Hoyle reviews The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin.
- Paul Weimer reviews The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan.
- Iori Kusano reviews Lord of the Darkwood and The Tengu's Game of Go by Lian Hearn.
- Niall Alexander reviews The Erstwhile by Brian Catling.
- Laura M. Hughes reviews Relics by Tim Lebbon.
- Leah Schnelbach reviews The Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar.
- Paul Kincaid reviews The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.
- Maureen Kincaid Speller reviews Central Station by Lavie Tidhar.
- Ceridwen Christensen reviews New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- Camestros Felapton reviews Empire Games by Charles Stross.
- Mark Yon reviews Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos.
- Germain Lussier reviews the movie Raw.
- Ride the Star Wind, an anthology which combines space opera with cosmic horror, is looking for funding.
- King Kong of Skull Island, an illustrated novel by Joe DeVito which traces the history of King Kong, his ancestors and his homeland, is looking for funding.
- Volume 6 of Unidentified Funny Objects, an anthology of humorous science fiction edited by Alex Shvartsman, is looking for funding.
Con reports:
- KJ from Lady Business reports about FogCon 7 in Walnut Creek, California.
- Alastair Reynolds reports about a performance of the play Diamond Dogs, based on one of his works, at the Chopin Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
- Beth Elderkin reports that several women dressed like handmaids from Margaret Atwood's classic dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale have been spotted at the South by Southwest expo in Austin, Texas, as well as around town.
- Trae Dorn reports about some problems with the STX Brazos Valley Comic Con in Bryan, Texas.
Science and technology:
- See some photos the Cassini probe took of Saturn's oddly shaped moon Pan.
- Could alien life be hopping between the planets of Trappist-1?
- Baby galaxies seem to be missing dark matter.
- Flecks of cosmic dust accumulate on rooftops, on streets and in parking lots.
Free online fiction:
- "The Worldless" by Indrapramit Das in Lightspeed.
- "The Stone Lover" by Marta Randall in Lightspeed.
- "Six More Miles" by Alex Acks in GigaNotoSaurus.
- "The Last Novelist (or A Dead Lizard in the Yard)" by Matthew Kressel at Tor.com.
- "Predator of Flame" by Thomas Diehl.
- Download Event Horizon, a free anthology of authors eligible for the 2017 John W. Campbell Award.
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Getting Started
Just about a year ago, I left a high rise tucked behind the Wrigley Building in downtown Chicago and moved myself and a couple of suitcases to Spain. I wanted adventure, I wanted to live in another culture and another language, and, well, something just told me this was next.
So here I am. I'm 42, American, I work in marketing and I live in Salamanca, a very beautiful, very old university town I'll tell you more about later.
There's a little bit of paying it forward in this blog, too. More than four years ago, when I announced I was quitting a nice fat VP job to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up, someone did me a favor. A very wise woman who I really didn't know very well advised me to stop being me - driven overachieving 90 mile-an-hour me- for just a while, before choosing a new path. I took her advice and booked a 2 month Spanish course in Spain. (I couldn't very well take a 2 month vacation without a measurable result, now could I??)
Those 2 months started me on a journey I'd never expected to make. I fell head over heels in love with the Spanish language. I fell in love with life at a slower pace. I fell in love with the adventure of discovering something new every day. Last May, I took the leap and moved to Salamanca, Spain, where I now live and work.
By blogging I plan to catch my travels and adventures in words for myself and for faraway friends, but hey, maybe I'll pay it forward. Maybe I'll make just one person question if it's worth taking a crazy dream off the back burner, just to see what happens.
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Jennifer Lopez Looks Chic in Herve Leger by Max Azria Coat in Berlin
Jennifer Lopez looked chic as she stepped out on the streets of Berlin on Saturday in a sleek all-black ensemble, including a Hervé Léger by Max Azria Odette stamped python leather coat. The singer was joined by her boyfriend Casper Smart, as they were on their way to the O2 Arena for another stop on her 'Dance Again' world Tour.
Hervé Léger by Max Azria, which was acquired by BCBGMAXRIAGROUP in 1998, captures the allure of the modern woman in its exclusive couture and ready-to-wear collections. Each dress is designed based on the iconic bandage dress. The line also pays tribute to a modern femininity. Besides Lopez, such celebrities as Madonna, Brandy, Penelope Cruz, Cindy Crawford, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, Rachel Weisz and Kate Bosworth are fans of Hervé Léger.
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Intensive Course in Health and Human Rights (ICHH04)
Venue: Harvard School of Public Health
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
|Event Date/Time: Jun 21, 2004
|End Date/Time: Jun 24, 2004
The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
The Boston University School of Public Health, Health Law Department.
This rigorous 4-day program helps a wide range of professionals acquire the skills and background knowledge they need to successfully incorporate a human rights framework into their daily activities. Participants will acquire a basic understanding of both the history and present status of international human rights and international humanitarian laws as they apply to public health practice. The faculty will show participants how to:
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What you are about to read will spoil Sharknado 3 for you. So if you actually care about the plot, I recommend you stop reading now, watch the movie, then resume reading this entry.
This week SyFy Channel gave us their best annual piece of programming with the third installment of Sharknado. The original film (I use the term 'film' loosely) released two years ago was a last gasp effort for Tara Reid and Ian Ziering to revive their dormant acting careers and the result has been a cult hit with people who love movies that are so bad they're good. Namely, me.
The title doesn't mislead, it's actually about sharks that live in a tornado with Ziering & Reid coming to the rescue by spearing, shooting, lassoing, chain-sawing and yes, even blowing up sharks. At one point in the third installment – and everything about what I'm about to write is true – Reid's character gets swallowed whole in space (are you still with me?) prompting Ziering to jump in after her to chainsaw out a hole in the shark, where is able to deploy a parachute getting the shark through the atmosphere to land on the ground safely. Meanwhile, Tara Reid gives birth (not kidding) inside of the dead shark and is able to chainsaw her baby and herself to freedom. High level entertainment.
On some levels our offices are like a sharknado: messy, challenging and often downright ridiculous. So if you're feeling that way, here are three-and-a-half ways you can channel your inner Tara Reid and Ian Ziering around the office:
1. Stay calm when the world around you is in a panic. No matter what happened around Reid, she was a consistent presence. Get swallowed by a shark while giving the world's fastest birth? No problem. It's important to keep your wits about when everything going on around you seems like madness.
2. Plan ahead. Ziering and Reid are always prepared with shark killing chainsaws at the ready. If you have a clear game plan at the office, it will instill confidence with your peers as well as within yourself. If you're the one with the proverbial chainsaw, your co-workers will get behind you.
3. Be aggressive. Usually the people who die in these amazing movies are the ones who are running away. You'll never see that from Reid or Ziering: They are aggressive and get the important things done to save the world. Be the leader in your work sharknado by being the one who makes sense of it all.
And three-and-a-half: If you lose your hand (like Reid's character) in an office accident, make sure your prosthetic hand has a chainsaw attachment. Nobody will ever mess with you again.
Hi. I wrote this campy stuff. If you're into that kind of thing, hit me up on twitter. Let's be friends!
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Continuing to gobble up Internet advertising companies, CMGI Inc.'s Engage Technologies said it will acquire AdKnowledge, a provider of Web marketing management solutions, in a stock deal valued at approximately $193 million.
On Monday of this week, CMGI announced a deal to acquire ad serving company AdForce in a $500 million stock deal.
The moves bolster a CMGI Internet advertising arsenal that already includes ad network Adsmart and measurement firm I/PRO.
"AdKnowledge and Engage are uniquely complementary and share the same objective -- to improve the effectiveness of online marketing," said Scott Kauffman, CEO of AdKnowledge.
CMGI said the combination of Engage, AdKnowledge and Engage's I/PRO products and services will position Engage as a "leading provider of data analysis to marketers and agencies."
CMGI will initially acquire control of AdKnowledge through the issuance of approximately $170 million of CMGI common stock, followed by a contribution of AdKnowledge shares held by CMGI and AdKnowledge shareholders to Engage in exchange for approximately $193 million of Engage common stock.
AdKnowledge, which is privately held, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Engage.
AdKnowledge clients include SportsLine, eBay, eToys and agencies Organic and i-Traffic.
"We are excited about the opportunity to add value to these relationships by incorporating profile based ad targeting into AdKnowledge's extensive services," said Paul Schaut, president and CEO of Engage.


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This is a cover, and a two page spread for a fictional magazine. The magazine's topics are of art, music, cultural, historical and social events. For this particular article I decided to frame the photographs in polaroid frames. The idea behind this choice is to visually represent that images taken with an instant camera tend to be more trustworthy than regular film ones, so in comparison with the article, it reflects that the only way the radio stations have been proven to happen and be true, is by being recorded and publicly shared.
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Fall 2011
Fingerprint Undoes The Fleagle Gang
Garden City gang terrorizes the midwest
by Mary Hooper
Among the desperadoes who terrorized the Great Plains during the Roaring '20s were a quartet of bank robbers and killers from Garden City known as the Fleagle Gang.
The gang – brothers Ralph and Jake Fleagle, Howard "Heavy" Royston and George Abshire – robbed banks in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and California for at least ten years, absconding with as much as $1 million, some of which is said to remain buried in Kansas and California to this day.
Their spectacular end involved a bank heist in Colorado, four killings, a hideout in the Ozarks, a single, tell-tale fingerprint, and an ex-moll who turned rat.
Like Bonnie and Clyde, Baby-Face Nelson, Machine Gun Kelly, John Dillinger, and the Ma Barker Gang, the Fleagles were a made-for-the-tabloids sensation. Unlike the foregoing, however, the Fleagle Gang faded into obscurity, their exploits today known mainly to fans of American gangster lore.
Maybe it's their comical name. Fleagle doesn't sound tough like Dillinger or Barker. In fact, Al Capp, creator of the beloved Li'l Abner comic strip, was inspired by the Fleagles to create a zoot-suited ne'er-do-well called Evil Eye Fleegle whose specialty was a frightening stare known as the whammy or the double whammy. In New York City in the '30s, a bunch of young fellows liked to hang out at the offices of E.C. Comics. They were dubbed the Fleagle Gang, but they didn't turn out to be lawbreakers. They became cartoonists for Mad Magazine.
All of which might have annoyed Ralph and Jake, for there was nothing comical about them. They were cunning. They were daring. And they were violent.
The Fleagle family moved from Iowa to western Kansas in the 1880s. Ralph was born in 1880, Jake in 1890. There were two other boys in the family, Walter and Fred, who managed to stay out of trouble, more or less. But Jake and Ralph seemed cut out for a life of crime. As a young man, Jake made his way to San Francisco, where he became a card shark. He and Ralph roamed around a lot, committing crimes, mostly robberies. Jake's first arrest was in Oklahoma. He served a year in the state penitentiary in McAlester for robbery.
At some point, he and Ralph decided to rob banks. They made the family homestead in Garden City their headquarters, until they established their own ranch-hideout, and lavished much of their loot on their family.
"Neighbors began to notice that Ralph and Jake were constantly coming and going to the farm and the family was beginning to prosper with a new house, tractor and increasing numbers of cattle stock," according to the website Legends of America.
"They managed to convince their family that they had done well in the stock market, but … they were really leading a gang of gunmen who were terrorizing the western states. Jake, the leader of the gang, led them up and down the Sacramento Valley for years, usually raiding big money crap games and high stakes gambling houses.
"Periodically they would return to Garden City when the heat was on in California."
Jake managed to accumulate quite a sizeable bank account, but Ralph reportedly didn't believe in banks. According to some accounts, he buried his money in various places in California, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. A cache of Ralph's booty supposedly was unearthed in Nebraska in 1952, and another in 1961 in Kansas. One cache of $100,000 is said to be still missing, perhaps buried in the badlands of Logan and Scott Counties, or around Jake and Ralph's ranch near Garden City.
However, like a lot of yarns that pique the imagination, it may not be true. Norman T. Betz, a former Colorado newspaperman and author of "The Fleagle Gang: Betrayed by a Fingerprint," doubts the buried loot stories. The brothers stuck their money in the bank like everybody else, he says.
One source says that the Fleagles were responsible for 60 percent of the bank jobs committed in the Midwest in the '20s. That seems like a lot but there's no doubt they were making a big impression on small towns such as Kinsley and Larned.
On June 30, 1927, four men robbed the National Bank in Kinsley, making off with $12,000 and briefly, a hostage. It was a quiet afternoon with a few customers doing business at the bank when two armed men barged in through the back door, this according to a recounting of the incident in the Kinsley Graphic in 2001. A lookout stationed himself outside the front door while the wheelman kept the getaway car, a new Buick, ready and running.
"Hands up!" a robber shouted. When one of the tellers didn't immediately comply, he shot up a wall and the ceiling for emphasis. These blasts had the desired effect, and the robbers quickly had their bag of loot. They made the customers lie on the floor and fled with two bank employees, a man and a woman, as hostages. The woman put up a fight as they were shoving her into the car, so they left her behind and jumped into the car as it roared off. The woman ran into the bank and called the police.
The gang released the male hostage at Nettleton. Several townspeople claimed they spotted the fugitive Buick in town in the evening after the robbery, but it doesn't seem likely that seasoned criminals like the Fleagles would return and risk arrest.
The same bunch also robbed banks in Larned and Lewis. It wasn't until after the infamous robbery of the bank in Lamar, Colo., that the Kinsley, Larned and Lewis hold-up men were identified as the Fleagle Gang.
At 1 p.m. on May 23, 1928, Ralph and Jake Fleagle, Royston and Abshire entered the First National Bank in Lamar, hollering at employees and customers to put their hands up. One, however, didn't. That was the bank president, A.N. Parish. Instead, he ducked into his office, pulled out "Old Betsy," his .45, and from his office door, shot Royston in the jaw. Pandemonium ensued. The bank's alarm went off, people were screaming and yelling, bullets were flying. Jake fired back at Parish, killing him. When his son, John went to his father's aid, he too was shot dead.
The gang stuffed $10,665 in cash, $12,400 in Liberty Bonds, and nearly $200,000 in commercial paper (checks, promissory notes, certificates of deposit) into pillow cases and fled, taking tellers Edward A. Lundgren and Everett Kesinger hostage. Their getaway car was a 1927 Buick Master Six, possibly the car used in the Kinsley job.
The gang roared out of town, headed to Kansas with the wounded Royston moaning in pain. They made Kesinger stand on the running board as a human shield and used rifles to shoot out the radiator of the pursuing sheriff's car, disabling it. They released Lundgren, who had only one arm, but refused to let Kesinger go, heartlessly ignoring his pleas to let him return to his wife and new baby.
They arrived in Kansas by nightfall. It was evident that Royston needed medical attention, so Jake and Ralph drove to the home of Dr. W.W. Wineinger in Dighton and told him a story about a farm hand whose foot had been run over by a tractor. Wineinger grabbed his black bag.
"Mind if I ride with you?" said Jake to Dr. Wineinger. "My brother will lead the way."
"Suit yourself," said the doctor.
In the doctor's car, Jake started to roll the window down but it was stuck.
"You have to pull it towards you," the doctor said.
Exact details from various accounts about the fingerprint are unclear and sometimes contradictory, but in one account, probably the likeliest, Jake hooked his right index finger over the top of the window and pulled the window towards him while cranking it down with his left hand. Exactly how he did it, however, there is no doubt that he left one damning fingerprint on the car window.
At the brothers' hideout, the doc found not a farmhand with an injured foot but the wounded Royston.
"Take care of him," ordered Ralph.
The hapless doctor complied. Early in the morning of May 25, Jake and Ralph drove the doctor, bound and blindfolded, to a ravine near Scott City. There, Jake shot him in the back of the head. The brothers pushed him in his car into the ravine.
Before doing so, however, they carefully wiped the car clean of fingerprints.
But Jake forgot about the window he had forced down, a fatal oversight.
Ralph and Jake returned to the hideout and divvied up the loot with Abshire and Royston. They stayed there for about a week, then took Kesinger to a remote spot near Liberal where Ralph shot him.
The public was outraged at the killings, but it would be 13 months before the FBI had a solid lead.
When the doctor's car was pulled out of the gully, frustrated investigators found it wiped clean of prints. Then a Garden City Police detective rolled the window up and found the print of Jake's right index finger. It was photographed and copies were sent to the FBI and police departments all over the country, according to Kathleen Van Buskirk, writing in the White River Valley (Mo.) Historical Quarterly in 1979.
On June 22, 1929, writes Van Buskirk, a man calling himself William Harrison Holden was picked up in Stockton, Calif., as a suspect in the holdup of a mail train. He had an alibi, and was released. But not before he was fingerprinted. Photos of his dabs were sent to FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., where they were identified as those of Jake Fleagle, whose prints were on file because of his robbery conviction and stint in the Oklahoma State Pen. A fingerprint expert compared Holden/Fleagle's right index fingerprint with the right index fingerprint taken from Dr. Wineinger's car. They matched.
This marked the first time, crime historians say, that a single fingerprint was used to crack a case.
Detectives went to the Fleagle homestead and managed to get some information out of Jacob Fleagle, their father, and brothers Walter and Fred, especially after Walter and Fred were arrested. Ralph Fleagle was sending his kin mail from Kankakee, Ill., and receiving mail at a post office box there. Agents staked out the post office and nabbed Ralph when he came in to pick up his mail. Ralph squealed on Abshire and Royston in exchange for the release of Walter and Fred, and in quick order the confederates were picked up.
Jake, however, was still at large. An ex-girlfriend named Beatrice Gramps told the law all she knew about Jake, although she knew him as William Harrison Holden. She provided enough info to share in the reward money.
Ralph Fleagle, Abshire and Royston were convicted of murder and died on the gallows of the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City on various dates in July, 1930.
It was before they were executed, incidentally, that the gang members confessed to the bank stickups in Edwards and Pawnee Counties.
In October of that year the law caught up with Jake. He was living in a house in the woods near the hamlet of Ridgedale, Mo., with a man named Lee Cook as Walter Cook, Lee's brother. Lawmen, acting on tips that he was living somewhere along the Missouri-Arkansas border, were already starting to close in.
Jake was tripped up by his distinctive handwriting, according to Van Buskirk. Letters he had mailed home to Garden City revealed an unusual capital "D." Circulars containing samples of his handwriting were distributed to postal workers all along the border. Finally one P.O. employee spotted the distinctive D on an envelope addressed to a man in California.
In his letter, Jake told his old buddy that he wanted to meet up with him, and asked him to place a personal ad in the Wichita Eagle. This man, pressured by the law, placed the ad. Jake sent him a letter asking him to meet him in Yellville, Ark., on Oct. 14, according to Van Buskirk's account.
Jake boarded the train in Branson. He had no sooner taken his seat than several lawmen materialized, guns drawn. Jake reached for his gun, but one of the officers fired, striking him in the abdomen. He died the next day. In his final hour, writes Van Buskirk, he called out for his mother.
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Photos of Ashley Olsen Wearing a Chanel Purse in New York City
Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen Branch Further Into Fine Jewelry
Ashley Olsen had her hands full, balancing her Chanel purse and a hot drink as she ran errands around NYC yesterday. The fashion designer is going to have to juggle all the projects in her designing career as well with yesterday's announcement that the sisters will be introducing a fine jewelry line to their Elizabeth and James collection — check out Fab for exclusive details! Mary-Kate and Ashley are known for their over sized accessories, and they'll be focusing on items like rings and necklaces in diamond, gold, and platinum which will debut at Neiman Marcus soon.


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The 135th Annual Chester Fair was again a showcase for amateur photographers from both near and far. A total of 73 adult and youth photographers entered a total of 292 prints at this year's exhibition and competition.
Photo Superintendent Skip Hubbard said, "We annually attract entries from a wide area. This year's top winners alone represented 11 towns."
For those wishing to look ahead, in addition to the standard categories, 'Architecture' will be the Special Theme category for 2015.
The 2014 blue ribbon and special award winners were as follows:
Black & White Photography
People: Lesa Soja (Higganum)
General Interest: Joyce Kjos (Clinton)
Best in Show (B&W): Joyce Kjos
Color Photography
People: Mary Jane Monahan (Naugatuck)
Animals: Robin Ehle-Meyer ((Centerbrook)
General Interest: William Perrelli (Hamden)
Flowers: Jonathan Steele (Ivoryton)
Landscapes / Seascapes: Jonathan Steele
Fair: Diane Lindsay (Chester)
Youth ages 1-12: Caroline Haskins (Essex)
Youth ages 13-16: Madeline Gifford (Killingworth)
Theme 1 – Two Colors: Judy Denberg (Marlborough)
Theme 2 – A Child's Perspective: Stuart Johnson (Chester)
Best in Show (Color): Jonathan Steele
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Joseph's Photography Award for Achievement: Dama DeManche (Chester)
Devlin Photography Award: Jonathan Steele
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Middleburg Elementary School
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Middleburg elementary school was built upon the concept of public and private scale throughout its design. The project began as the renovation of a high school and elementary school within an existing three school campus. Early discussions stressed the importance of redeveloping the entire campus and not only the two buildings to create a unified campus. Although they were in close proximity to each other, all three buildings faced away from each other. Pedestrian, delivery, faculty, visitor and town traffic overlapped each other along with athletic and play areas creating unsightly safety concerns.
The final design reorganized the entire campus stressing connections between the three buildings and separation of traffic. A series of plazas, play areas and student lawns were developed at the core of the campus connected by walkways between the buildings. The concept of public exterior and interior space was pulled into Middleburg Elementary School through a progression of scales. The plazas conclude with the entrances to the buildings. These entrances transfer into public streets within the buildings leading to the community spaces within the buildings, gymnasiums, cafeterias, libraries and other public spaces. These "public streets" lead to three "schools within a school" reducing the scale for elementary age children.
These three interior schools are further broken down into individual "grade houses". Each grade house consists of a ring of classrooms centered with a communal daylit activity area for team teaching and small group instruction.
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Open House on April 27 Will Feature Senior Engineering-Design Projects
Projects ranging from a smart-path rock-climbing wall, to a dashboard for a Formula SAE car, to a method to record and analyze brain activity will be featured during an open house hosted by the Department of Engineering at Hope College on Thursday, April 27, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Engineering Design Lab of the Haworth Engineering Center.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The event will feature 15 projects developed across the school year by 35 seniors in the department's upper-level engineering-design class. Several student groups, including Engineers Without Borders, Hope College Motorsports and the Society of Women Engineers, will also be participating in the event.
The year-long engineering-design course sequence introduces students to the art and science of engineering design by having them work in teams to solve an engineering-design problem. The students manage the process from developing understanding of the desired outcome to creating a prototype. Through the years, many projects have not only met the course requirement but have been pursued on behalf of community members, local organizations, and other research teams and groups at Hope.
The engineering program at Hope offers a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in engineering that is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. The degree includes courses in general education, mathematics, science and engineering, as well as electives within the program that allow specialization in a variety of emphasis options: biochemical engineering, biomedical engineering - bioelectrical engineering, biomedical engineering - biomechanical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering and mechanical engineering. There are currently approximately 150 declared engineering majors.
The Engineering Design Lab is room 124 of VanderWerf Hall. The Haworth Engineering Center and VanderWerf Hall are located on 10th Street between Central and College avenues.


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When we have an inspiring vision to move towards we are compelled to take action towards that vision. Your reason for action must be stronger than your excuses to sabotage your own health.
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I wake not sure where or who I am then feel a sense of relief wash over me when I realise that the dream wasn't real.
I dreamed that I had four limbs and moved around on two of them, feeling that I was going to topple over at any moment. My head consisted of two eyes, several holes and with peculiar flaps on either side. Strange gurgling sounds emanated from the largest hole which must be how I communicated. Most bizarrely, I was partially covered in some sort of fur whilst the rest of me was smooth and pink. Two of my limbs ended in long protuberances which I used to grasp, lift and carry. They waved around when I made noises which I assumed aided communication.
Most worryingly, there was a large expanse of blue above me which went on forever and was like nothing I'd ever seen before. In the dream I picked up a round object and threw it for a furry four limbed creature that made a very loud sound at sudden intervals but who ran after the sphere and brought it back to me. Only then did I realise that nothing floated, the round object hit the ground and bounced before it was caught by the fluffy thing.
I shake my head in wonder and promise myself I will never, ever eat sea urchin again before sleep as it always gives me weird dreams. Deciding that it's time for breakfast, I unfurl my tentacles, all eight of them, and go off in search of a lobster pot to raid.


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Microsoft could have implemented instant searches on Bing one year ago, but chose not to, a company executive has claimed.
In a report published by One News Page, it has been revealed that the director for Bing at Microsoft Stefan Weitz, claimed that the company could have rolled out the same technology used for Google Instant in 2009, in an interview with USA Today.
Programmer Long Zheng had developed similar technology to that used in Google Instant for Microsoft's Bing over one year ago. However, the Redmond-based software giant did not consider it a worthwhile enough endeavour to be further developed and ignored it, WWWery reports.
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Religious Lunacy
כִּי אֵין בָּֽנוּ מַעֲשִׂים — תפילות יומיות, נוּסח ספרד
For are these deeds not ours to act upon?! (Daily Siddur, Nusakh Sfard)
I subscribe to the perspective that religion is for those afraid of going to Hell — and spirituality is for those who have been to Hell!
The Talmud Bavli (Sotah 21b) records an interesting act that would horrify most of us: a woman bathing in the river calls for help. A nearby "religious" man heard her plea but refused to save her because it's immodest for a man to gaze upon a naked woman. The Talmud Yerushalmi (Sota 3:4) records similar but different perspectives. A "religious" man sees a child drowning and waits to rescue the child until after he has removed his tefilin — or, a "religious" man refuses to save a girl from being raped because he does not want to commit murder.
The Talmuds call this man "chasid shoteh" — חסיד שוֹטה — literally, "stupidly pious". In modern Hebrew, it means "religious lunatic". I prefer the modern Hebrew idea.
There is no Hebrew word for "religion". The closest word, "daht" — דת — is actually a Persian loan-word and means something close to edict; it bears no relation whatever to the similar-sounding Hebrew word "da'at" — דעת — know.


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I had several ideas for the filling, but was inspired by a pesto chicken version I saw recently on What's Cookin, Chicago?; plus I still had plenty of pesto left over from those Monster Veggie Sandwiches I just made, so that pretty much sealed the deal. On a side note, the pesto turns the filling a fun shade of green, which makes them look like little stuffed ninja turtles…I'm not sure if this is bad or awesome.
Getting Started
For some reason I thought making these wonderful stuffed shells would be a hassle, but I was pleasantly surprised by just how easy it is. Making the filling is very similar to making lasagna filling, and instead of having to layer everything and dirty every dish imaginable (which often happens in my kitchen), a very simple assembly emerges.
First preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Cook your jumbo shells according to package directions minus a couple of minutes (you want the shells to be al dente because they will cook more in the oven); if they are done before you've finished your filling, set them aside in water so they don't stick together. While your shells are cooking, sauté the mushrooms in a little olive oil; add the garlic and spinach in at the end just long enough to wilt, then remove from heat. Next mix together the ricotta cheese, 1 cup of the shredded mozzarella, 1/4 cup pesto, the mushroom spinach mixture, and salt to taste; blend until everything is incorporated evenly.
Now comes the fun part! Drain the pasta shells and begin filling each one with a spoonful of the cheese mixture…you may have to get your hands messy; I recommend embracing it. Set the shells close together in a baking dish (mine is a little smaller than a 13x9), top with the remaining cheese and pesto, and bake in the oven for 20-30 min or until heated through and the cheese is melted.
Wrapping it up
I have to say I had a lot of fun making these. Not only did they turn out great with lots of flavor, but I really enjoy anything that lets me get my hands in there and get messy. It always brings back memories of childhood and making mud tacos (that's right) with my big sis in the yard…don't tell her, but I'm pretty sure mine always turned out the best ;).
1/2 box jumbo pasta shells
15oz container fat free ricotta cheese
2 cups (8oz) shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
5oz package shitake mushrooms, roughly chopped
1 garlic clove
2 cups baby spinach
Coarse salt to taste
1/2 cup pesto (homemade or store bought)
Olive oil for sautéing mushrooms
Servings: About 4
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Dear Community members,
Using the sharemaps plugin cause the JavaScript Error:
Tried to use diffent API_KEY, and also without Google KEY - nothing helps.
Please any suggestions?
And also the error in drawonmaps.js:54
I don't think version 1.9 is the latest available version. At https://elgg.org/plugins/1086612 the latest version listed is 126.96.36.199. But it is also recommended for up to Elgg 1.12 only, so it probably doesn't work on Elgg 2.x.
It seems a newer version is available at https://github.com/nlybe/Elgg-Sharemaps that is supposed to be compatible with Elgg 2.1 (and should also work on Elgg 2.3 then). You might want to give it a try. As I never used the plugin myself I can't say if it works though.
@just4fun: for Elgg 2.x you should use only the 2.11.1, which works fine if want to upload maps (kml or gpx file). But the functionality for creating maps online is not completed yet, that's why you probably get these errors. But you can disable this on settings if the rest functionality cover you.
@nikos: Thanks for the great plugin!
Pitty to know this:
"But the functionality for creating maps online is not completed yet, that's why you probably get these errors."
It's work some time as expected - and give the possibility to create the map and it seems like the problem with dependecy library.
This map was created using the plugin - this is preview mode: Link in Google Drive
Security issues should be reported to firstname.lastname@example.com!
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F-Zero Grand Prix is a special stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee that only appears in Adventure Mode and Event 33: Lethal Marathon. It is based on the Big Blue 1 track seen in F-Zero X.
The whole stage takes place on a race track based on the Big Blue stage. There are pink platforms that hover above the stage. A player must travel towards the right of the stage. Often a group of race cars will drive along the track. If a "!" appears on the stage, that indicates that the race cars are approaching. Jump to one of the pink platforms or hang onto the edge of the stage to avoid getting hit by a car. If a player is hit by a car, that player's character will take damage. A player receives 35% damage if hit by a race car. A character could survive a blow one time from a race car, but the second time will most likely KO them. The order the cars travel in is completely random, but they all do the same amount of damage. The track is completed once the player crosses the checkered finish line.
F-Zero Grand Prix can be accessed with an Action Replay. The game specifically follows whoever is furthest on the track. If a person goes too far in one direction and the others can't catch up in time, they will self-destruct automatically. This can cause multiple self-destructs to occur if the person keeps on running. Crossing the finish line forcefully ends the match.
F-Zero Grand Prix is also the setting of Mute City (SSBM), Big Blue (SSBM and SSBB), and Port Town Aero Dive (SSBB).


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Joe Bell Named Beasley Philadelphia Market Manager
Joe Bell is returning to Beasley Media as Market Manager for the company's Philadelphia operations.
Bell ran Beasley Miami from 1999 through the sale of its cluster to CBS in 2014. He exited CBS in July 2015 and later joined Brewer Media Chattanooga in the same role. Prior to coming to Miami, Bell served as GM of 680 WPTF Raleigh.
Bell will oversee a cluster that includes Rock 93.3 WMMR, Variety Hits "95.7 Ben-FM" WBEN-FM, Sports "97.5 The Fanatic" WPEN, Classic Rock 102.9 WMGK, Sports 610 WTEL, Christian 800 WTMR, and Brokered Talk 860 WWDB.
Beasley Media Group, Inc. a subsidiary of Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBGI) has announced the company has hired Joe Bell as Market Manager of Beasley's Philadelphia Market.
"It's tremendously exciting to return to Beasley Media to work with the greatest radio brands in Philadelphia," said Joe. "Beasley is experiencing tremendous expansion and I look forward to once again being a part of it!"
Joe previously was employed by Beasley from 1998 to 2014, where he successfully ran radio stations in Ft Myers, Florida, and subsequently in Miami, Florida.
"Joe made us proud as he served at the helm of our Miami cluster in charge of an iconic heritage sports station WQAM in addition to his experience with major personalities at WPOW Power 96, and Miami's Kiss Country," remarked President Bruce Beasley. "As our company has grown, we have benefitted tremendously from Joe's successful team management skills. Joe will hit the ground running in Philly!"


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Rayne Doe (aka Nevetta Yardley) is a beautiful black woman who is found on the road by Dr Lance Carey. Nevetta cannot remember who she is, where she came from and why she was lying on the road. She is attracted to and cares very much for Lance the man who saved her and brought her to his clinic so she could receive the very best medical care.
Dr Lance Carey names her Rayne Doe as she suffers from amnesia and cannot remember anything about herself. Lance is very attracted to Nevetta but he cannot tell if his feelings are returned. Whilst feeling this strong attraction to Nevetta, he is currently dating Ariel Hawes. This is the major reason why he cannot pursue a relationship with Nevetta because he is not a free man and, therefore, he dares not engage in a new relationship, until he is no longer tethered to Ariel.
In order to express their hidden emotions for each other, they have to deal with the barriers to their relationship. Lance has to remove Ariel from his life. This will not prove easy to do because Ariel is a bitter vindictive woman who does not really love Lance but wants him for his money and prestige. Nevetta has to deal with the possibility that she may already be a married woman with a husband and children who care for and need her. She may have a boyfriend beside himself searching for her. How can she give into her feelings for Lance when there is so much uncertainty about who she is?
Lance and Nevetta reach out to grasp a love that could be taken away from them at any moment if Nevetta's memory returns and confirms who she really is. The enemy is her memory! If it returns, Nevetta could be taken away from Lance and neither of them want that. Nevetta wants to remember who she is, in order that she can love Lance freely. Lance is afraid that the return of her memory could be the end of their relationship because their love may not be strong enough to survive full disclosure of who she might truly be!
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Yesterday, approximately 640,000 people attended the Vancouver Gay Pride Parade, featuring 140 entries. It was a busy one for all of us in the cast, but the whole day was a total success.
That's me in the photo above, featured in The Vancouver Sun! Myself, Brian and members of the GLBT soccer league I play in called "Out For Kicks" performed our choreographed dances to LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" and Britney Spears' "Til The World Ends" in front of the thousands of people that watched. Tyrell actually choreographed the dance for us, but because he had two of his own performances to prep for (Sunset Beach & opening for Wynter Gordon at the Anthem Party), I stepped in as the dance captain for the day. We had SO much fun. Here's what The Vancouver Sun had to say about us: "…the crowd energy hit a new high when Vancouver's GLBT Soccer Club went on the offensive. Their choreographed dance routine, done behind a banner that read "OUT FOR KICKS," had viewers shadowing them from the sidelines all the way down Robson Street." Yay us!
OFK's entry was sponsored by HSBC and the fabulous bright shirts were designed by our good friend David Brady.
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Dendrochronology is suspect because 2 or more rings can grow per year (Talk.Origins)
Claim CB501:
Two or more growth periods frequently occur during a year, so dates derived from tree rings (dendrochronology) are suspect.
Source: Morris, Henry M., 1974. Scientific Creationism, Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 193.
CreationWiki response:
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1. For some trees, including bristlecone pine, ponderosa pine, and douglas fir, double rings are rare and easy to spot with a little practice. A bigger problem is missing rings; a bristlecone pine can have up to 5 percent of its rings missing. Thus, dates derived from dendrochronology, if they are suspect at all, should indicate ages too young.
What Talk Origins does not tell you is that the extra rings make up at least 20% of the total, this leaves an error of at least 15% too old.
Both extra and missing rings are detected by comparisons with other trees. This is a somewhat subjective process, since even trees of the same species growing side by side do not produce absolutely identical ring patterns. The fact that there can be extra rings and missing rings only increases the subjectiveness of dendrochronology.
For most of the dendrochronological record, dates are determined from more than one source, so errors can be spotted and corrected.
Morris's reference was to the dating of single trees by their ring count and does not refer to the entire dendrochronological record.
The problem is that comparisons between trees are somewhat subjective, since even trees of the same species growing side by side do not produce absolutely identical ring patterns. Therefore finding errors is also subjective, adding to the overall subjectiveness of dendrochronology.
Furthermore, conventional dendrochronology does not consider the after effects of the Genesis Flood. Climate instabilities immediately after the Flood would probably have resulted in additional rings across the entire dendrochronological record.
2. Dendrochronology is in rough agreement with carbon-14 dating, so even if it is off, it is not off by much -- certainly not by orders of magnitude, as young-earth claims would require.
Not surprising since dendrochronology is used to to calibrate carbon-14 dating. Not only that but carbon - 14 dating is used in tree ring matching. As a result the two are not independent dating methods, but are actually mutually dependent.
- Reference: Tree ring dating (dendrochronology)


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Although it doesn't possess the most inviting exterior, you'd be remiss to avoid at least one stop at the Santa Catalina Market in Palma. Located on the Plaça Navegació a few blocks from the ocean, this market combines the best in fresh produce and seafood with a few small tapas bars, inviting you to shop on the cheap and also stick around for a few snacks and drinks. Open every day but Sunday from 7am to 3pm, the Santa Catalina Market is a lively gathering place to hang out during breakfast or lunch and grab a few things for dinner; or an early glass of wine.
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What colleges offer Veterinary Technology programs that are accredited by the OAVT?
There are currently 10 VT college programs in Ontario that are accredited by the OAVT. Those programs are held at the following colleges:
What is Registered Status? What does being Registered mean?
How can I become an RVT?
In the "steps" to becoming an RVT, does the order matter?
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Another thing to note: if you take the Professionalism & Ethics Workshop as a student, your two year clock has not yet begun. The two year clock ONLY begins once you become a Pending member.
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The OAVT
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How do I transfer to the OAVT from another Canadian province?
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How do I save a copy of my membership card?
How many CE credits do I need?
I didn't acquire enough CE credits. Will I lose my RVT status? How do I fix this?
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If your RVT status has been suspended because your CE has not been satisfied (you must submit proof of completion of your credits no later than 60 days following the end of each two-year collection period), then you must follow the OAVT's CE Remediation Policy. This includes making up your missing CE, plus taking the CE Remediation Course online. Once you have completed the remediation process, your suspension will be lifted. The remediation process must be completed within one year of your suspension or your RVT status will be revoked.
My RVT status has been revoked. How do I fix this?
If you have been revoked for not paying your membership dues or failing to submit CE, you must refer to by-law 1.4 Reinstatement of RVT Status. The by-law states that you must re-apply to become a member of the OAVT once again and within 12 months of applying you must submit a criminal records check, attend a Professionalism & Ethics Workshop, and pass the VTNE (as prescribed by the Directors). Essentially, you must re-do the steps you originally took to become an RVT.
If you have been revoked due to the disciplinary process, an appeal would need to be made to the OAVT Registration Appeals Committee. (See by-law 1.6.2)
I work with a veterinarian who is asking me to do things that are beyond my scope of practice. What should I do?
I want to lodge a complaint against the veterinarian I work for. Is it worth my time?
However being in an employee/employer situation is particularly challenging due to the dynamic of the relationship. Perhaps a first step might be to start with a conversation with the veterinarian or the employer to express the concerns that exist. It might be possible to help improve the situation depending upon the severity of what is taking place.
The College of Veterinarians of Ontario oversees complaints against veterinarians, and they take complaints very seriously. If it is criminal misconduct you are witnessing, you should be reporting it to the police.
I want to lodge a complaint against the veterinarian I work for. Will it hurt my reputation?
Every situation is unique due to the circumstances and individuals involved. There will likely be tension when an individual learns a complaint has been lodged. If the complaint is legitimate and with good reason, then this is an important message to share with anyone who questions your motives or your character.
There is a formal professional complaint against me. How do I access the insurance and seek legal advice?
What are the benefits of becoming an RVT?
What are the Controlled Acts?
What is the difference between immediate, direct and indirect supervision?
As an RVT am I able to administer a rabies vaccine?
What do I do in a case of workplace harassment?
What are the risks for expecting mothers while working at a veterinary practice?
If I am a locum RVT, am I responsible for my dosimeter badge?
What does my Professional Liability Insurance cover me for?
If I become a locum RVT or start my own business, what are the legalities that apply to me outside of a clinical setting?
Besides working a small practice, what can I do as an RVT?
If I am on parental leave or sick leave, do I still have to pay my membership dues?
What should I do if someone is claiming to be an RVT but I know they are not?
I dropped my Registered status. How do I get it back?
How do I become a locum?
What is the role of a regulatory body, such as the OAVT?
Is self-regulating the same as unionizing?
How do I know how much CE I will get for an activity? What qualifies as CE?
Is there a video to show me how to submit my CE?
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When is my CE due?
I didn't acquire enough CE credits, will I lose my RVT status? How do I fix this?
Does CE count before I graduate?
I've had a bad experience at the vet recently. Who do I lodge a complaint with?
If your bad experience was with a veterinarian or any other employee at the clinic (anyone other than an RVT) then you file your complaint with the College of Veterinarians of Ontario (CVO). See the CVO website for their complaints process.
What should I do if someone is claiming to be an RVT but I know they are not?
I won't be able to pay my dues on time. What are my options?
I forget my login information. What should I do?
How much will my membership with the OAVT cost?
If I am on parental leave or sick leave, do I still have to pay my membership dues?
If I am on parental leave or sick leave, do I still have to collect CE?
How can I find my member number?
I just got married and changed my last name. How can I change my last name in my profile?
How can I update my mailing address or other contact information?
How can I become more involved with the OAVT?
Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information on volunteering with the OAVT.
If I paid my membership fee in July, how come my membership expires next May 31st? Shouldn't my membership last a year?
How can I post a job ad on the OAVT website?
How can make changes to the job ad I posted?
How do I remove the job ad I posted?
How do I pay for the job ad?
Do I need to be an RVT to be a part of the program?
Do you still need RVTs?
What do I need to do to become an RRP RVT?
Do I have to collect all samples sizes?
How far am I expected to drive?
When am I expected to collect?
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How am I compensated for each collection?
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Posted by Anthony CarboneAugust 13, 2008 at 8:44 pm
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This Friday and Saturday is Drift Mania Canadian Championship Series – Round 4 at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario.
Friday August 15th, 2008
Saturday August 16, 2008
Downsview Park (click here for map)
1-35 Carl Hall Road
Toronto, Ontario M3K 2B6
DAY 1 (August 15th): Media, Amateur Drifting and Pro Drifting Practice
General Admission: $10 – Children under 6 – FREE
DAY 2 (August 16th): Pro Drifting/Castrol DMCC Canadian Championship
General Admission: $20 – Children under 6 – FREE
The 2008 Season consists of 6 rounds. From round 3 to round 6, the Castrol DMCC drifting series will hold 2 day drifting events. This will allow competitors to get more practice time and better car set-up, as well as allowing new amateur drivers to compete in an amateur competition!
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Akismet is one of the more popular WordPress plugins when it comes to fighting spam. It basically acts as a guard for your site's comment section. When somebody posts a comment to your site, the plugin will check the comment against the Akismet web service to determine if it appears to be spam. This really helps you save time when it comes to checking spam, as the web service contains a database of comments that were marked as spam by other website owners. If, for some reason you cannot reach the plugin's servers, Akismet will automatically try once again when a connection is restored.
The main strength of Akismet is its reporting. It's likely that you will be hit by the same spammer more than once, so it's a definite plus to be able to see a history of comments. Akismet lets you view a comment status history that displays comments that were either deemed spam or not by the service, as well as by a moderator. Moderators also have the power to view a user history that lists their approved comments. Another plus of the plugin is the way it highlights links found in comments. This is important due to the fact that so many spammers post links in their comments to try to drive your visitors to their sites.
Link: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/
Bad Behavior
The Bad Behavior plugin is one that takes spam prevention to a whole other level. It not only prevents spammers from being able to post useless comments. In fact, it also helps in keeping them from even visiting your site most of the time.
Bad Behavior works in a different manner to most plugins that deal with spam prevention. While many such plugins only look at the spam comments, Bad Behavior also analyzes the way in which the comments are being delivered and the software that's being used. So , not only will you be protected from pre-existing spam that has made its way around blogs and other sites, but you will also be protected from new forms of spam in many cases.
As Bad Behavior keeps your site clean of spammers and their useless comments, your site's load will decrease. In addition, you can count on cleaner site logs and worry less about denial of service problems. To get the most out of Bad Behavior, it's recommended that you use it along with other spam prevention services.
If you are somewhat skeptical of the Bad Behavior plugin for some reason, don't be. Installing and configuring the plugin can be accomplished in a matter of minutes. There are thousands of site that use its services, including SourceForge and the United States Department of Education, just to name a couple.
Link: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bad-behavior/
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Entertaining Angels, The Archway Theatre Company, Horley, April 29 (until May 9)
A straightforward laugh is always enjoyable but sometimes people want their comedy to have a bit of substance.
If this describes you, then Entertaining Angels is well worth checking out.
It's a bittersweet drama that combines tragedy and humour to create a particularly strong and thought-provoking experience.
The play is set entirely in a vicarage garden and reveals hidden truths about the relationship between a clergy wife named Grace and her Reverend husband Bardolph.
It begins after Bardolph's death with Grace feeling strangely conflicted about the situation. She's surprisingly liberated, choosing to say whatever's on her mind, but she's also trapped, unwilling to leave a home that's rich with memories.
The plot develops as other characters invade the vicarage. The new vicar Sarah is preparing to move in, Grace's psychotherapist daughter Jo is trying to understand her mother and Grace's missionary sister Ruth is being a nuisance. On top of all this, Bardolph's ghost is still tending to his flowers and chatting with his wife.
Luise Cartwright is very good as Grace. One minute, she's confident and witty, making cutting remarks with precise comic timing. The next, she's teary or annoyingly stubborn, reacting in complex ways to the story's shocking developments.
Andy Wiggins is alternately charming and cowardly as Bardolph, presenting a flawed man of faith with a tendency to over-analyse things.
Viv Short's Ruth starts the play as a cheerful do-gooder, but becomes increasingly forlorn as she's forced to confront reality.
Similarly, Louise Taw presents Jo as a rather forward psychotherapist, but one whose profession can't stop her from getting emotional in a family crisis.
Alison Suart is on good form too as Sarah, an uncertain vicar who wants to live a moral life.
For a comedy, the play asks some tough questions. What turns someone's bad behaviour into a true betrayal? Can religious faith become a prison, or is it a tool for setting people free?
The performers handle these ideas carefully though and, thanks to the high standard of acting, the characters don't simply come across as mouthpieces for a 'message'.
The only problem I have is with the script itself, which often veers suddenly from big laughs to big drama...and back again.
It's not too jarring though and Clive Greig's direction holds the show's various elements together nicely to present a wry and memorable exploration of love, life and death.


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A gorgeous cookbook featuring recipes for our Stained Glass Jam and Blackberry-Beet Chutney! There has never been a more exciting time to eat in Montréal. With the established food scene being joined by an explosion of new, globally minded, locally focused restaurants, Montréal has evolved into a city of unparalleled culinary excellence. Montréal Cooks presents 80 recipes from 40 of Montreal's most talented and unique chefs. Written with the home cook in mind, this cookbook is designed to make recipes from fan-favorite restaurants achievable for everyone. Montréal Cooks is written by Tays Spencer and Jonathan Cheung, owner of Appetite for Books with a foreword by culinary expert, food writer and television personality, Gail Simmons.
Camilla Wynne, Preservation Society founder, has been a pastry professional for a decade. After graduating from pastry school she cut her teeth in some of Montreal's best restaurants, including Les Chevres, Anise, and Laloux, all the while running the pastry half of Backroom Records & Pastries, and touring and recording with rock band Sunset Rubdown. When the band broke up she decided to concentrate on producing her own line of preserves, which had already garnered a following.
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Buena Vista Records was the "children's story album" division of Walt Disney Productions during the mid-1980s.
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To build confidence and self esteem in each of our students by celebrating and praising their individual uniqueness and talents. To instill the belief that you can be successful in this industry without compromising your morals or values.
To provide a fun and safe environment for actors in the Atlanta area to grow their talents and enhance acting skills in: auditioning techniques, on-camera acting for film/tv, imagination, focus, motivation, characterization, improv, believability, personality, and cold read.
To give knowledge, and the "who you know" to the aspiring actor because knowledge without connections is incomplete. We provide many opportunities to connect our actors with local, regional and national industry professionals to take their career to the next level.
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If you want your link on my page, go ahead and
me and let me know about it, and I'll be glad to do it. (By the way, due to the unfortunate lack of Cannonball pages, as well as the astoundingly small number of Iceman pages, most of these are just general X-Team links.)
Lori's X-Men Page
This is a great X-Men page with lotsa fanfic (a whole archive, in fact!) and some great fanart as well.
CFAN: The Comic Fan-Fiction Author's Network
Wow! There's so much fanfic here, I don't know quite where to begin!
Two Mutants Are Better Than One
A great page with a lot of links to other X-Men pages too.
The Legacy Virus Info Page
I had no idea the Legacy Virus was so complicated! Everything you ever wanted to know about the microscopic mutant-killer.
The Archangel Homepage
Well, the name says it all, I guess. Great page devoted to our favorite high-flying millionaire.
Psylocke: Britain's Finest
Again, it's all in the name. An extensive page with a history to boot! What more could you ask for?
Sinister's Lair of X-Stuff
Now here's a place with about as much X-stuff as you could ever ask for! Definitely a place you want to go!
Gen X Fanfiction Archive
This is a great - and extremely extensive! - Generation X fanfiction archive that can (and has) keep (kept) me busy for hours!
The Shifting Sands Fan Fiction Archive
A great archive of lots of X-stories with anyone you'd ever want to see in 'em. It's really big, too!
Generation X
This is a really nice page with just about everything you'd ever want concerning the youngest X-Team of unpredictable heroes!
The Uncanny Iceman Homepage
Hey! Look! Bobby's got a page! Whoopee! Check it out - pics, sounds, and links.
Codename: Psylocke
Everything you ever wanted to know about Elisabeth Braddock, and then some!
The Chamber Page
Wow! Jono's so cool, and so's this page devoted totally to him.
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Gas Affordability Program
Customers of local energy companies may qualify to receive assistance with their gas utility bills, through the Gas Affordability Program (GAP). The Salvation Army is an administrator of the state-mandated program for some of the companies that offer qualifying customers assistance in paying monthly natural gas utility bills.
How it Helps
- Affordable monthly payments (percentage of your household income)
- Past-due bill forgiveness or credits
Enrollment is offered on a first-come first-served basis until the state-set $1 million cap is reached for assistance.
How to Apply
For additional information on the GAP program, please call The Salvation Army at 1-888-733-8033.


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Fun waist to chest high waves pretty much throughout South Florida today. I did manage to get that first hour of offshore winds with the sunrise. Just as I updated the mobile report the winds came on with a vengeance. Plenty of windchop waves out there now. Find some protection from the winds and a decent sandbar, and you should score some fun ones.
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