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By Toti O'Brien
He just pushed the door open. I hesitated, then slipped in without further thinking. The passenger seat was far back, too inclined. I fumbled underneath for a lever. He might have smiled, kind of. I remember his upper lip pearled with sweat.
I remember his upper lip, purplish. I glanced at him often, though my gaze was most riveted to the landscape—rushing in, slamming in my face through the windshield. Dizzying me. He did not turn my way, not even—I think—when I first got in. He was watching the road and he better did, for we were speeding like crazy.
It was dawn. No one was on the streets while we raced in his Testarossa. Was it his? How would I know? And it was yellow. I had never seen one that color. I had never seen one of any color, in fact. Sticking to the road as if on suckers, yet sliding avalanche-like, the Ferrari gulped up our downtown, swallowing plazas, alleys and fountains. Lacy palaces, bell towers and churches. Churches and bell towers again—peeking after each turn, waiting at every corner, hovering above us, then seemingly falling on top of us . . . but we had dashed elsewhere.
How could he think of riding those medieval streets, this labyrinthine topography—our maquette of a town—in a bolide launched at ninety per hour? He knew how. He must have done it enough, maybe to sober up.
I hadn't. Soon I turned on the side, cheek against leather, my eyes tightly shut. "I am sick," I said, though I wasn't really. Then I looked out again. The sun shone in my face—a large incandescent disk, scarlet, gorgeous. I breathed deeply, then closed my eyelids again. Time for a serious nap.
I woke up. Things had totally changed. First of all, I was chilling. "Could we turn off the air conditioning, please?" He laughed a high-pitched giggle, almost fake. The AC wasn't turned on. I rephrased: "Could we get the heat going?" "I am not sure." He chuckled again, this time gently. I sighed, then I looked for something to throw over my back—a sweater, a T shirt, a shawl? A towel would do.
I hadn't paid attention so far to my clothes. I was in my nightgown, and it didn't matter, of course. I often lingered in such attire in daytime. After all, it was just a loose dress with thin shoulder straps, was it? Pretty, and covered with lace. Only, too light.
The surrounding landscape was pale and monotonous. Mostly grey, in contrast with the technicolored sunrise we had started upon. Stretching by the highway we raced on, so linearly it felt motionless. That—again—gave me a sort of vertigo, of a different kind. "Where are we?" "Europe," he whispered matter of fact. "Where the hell?" I wished to add.
I relaxed instead. Before slumbering once more, I took a good look at him. Truly, several ones, but he didn't notice or mind. He was pointy. Small chin and French nose. Meaning a bit thin, a bit protruding. His lips, inconspicuous, had a tinge of purplish, I said. Small ears. Little facial hair but lustrous black curls, sticking tight to his skull as if for a Roman statue.
His body, slouched into the driver's seat, sort of melted with it. He wore faded blue jeans, white shirt, leather jacket, battered cowboy boots. Quite banal . . . unnoticeable. And I wasn't noticing him. Only cataloguing, for the sake of it. Only chronicling.
When I awoke, we were stopped. Parked in a resting area. All around us a pine forest spread generously. No villages in view.
He was not in the car. Did he walk to the shop to get cigarettes, a sandwich, a drink? Should I do the same? I felt ravenous. How long had I gone without eating? I was cold still. I should get some wrap-around sort of thing.
Could I leave the car unattended? Should I lock it? None of my business. I should leave the car as I entered it. Unconcerned—unconscious. None of my business. It was crisp outside. I shivered more, though the scent of pines briskly reached my nostrils. I breathed deeply. It was wonderful.
I heard the sound (should I call it noise?) then I saw him. Oh God! In a picnic area—near the woods, crowded with snacking families—the smartass had set up his number, butchering tunes on an unfortunate violin while shaking his meager hips like a rock star.
I got nervous. Police would show up any moment. Our travel would be interrupted. There would be some kind of annoyance. Should I run, avoid trouble altogether? Good question. Only, where should I go, on foot, among forests and highways, in the very middle of Europe?
Maybe I was over worrying. He looked perfectly at ease, I discovered when I got closer. On the pavement I saw his instrument case, covered with undecipherable stickers, lined with faded velvet, once the color of peacock feathers. It was full of coins . . . various metals, copper, brass, silver, gold. Currency of many different countries, I guessed. A few bills floated on top.
The though suddenly struck me I did not have a dime. I felt colder and hungrier. The impulse of grabbing a bill or two became aching. As if he had sensed my presence, he stared at me, briskly, without stopping his maddening playing. And he winked, with a grin—not unsympathetic.
A warm breeze blew from the pine trees. It surrounded me. A comfy, smooth, caressing tide. I would wait a while, then borrow. I hoped he wouldn't mind. If he did, well, I'd bargain. There might be something I could do for him, right? Why would he have taken me aboard otherwise?
As they left the tables, those red-cheeked voyagers—fat, thick, country-style—came by, unfailingly dropping a bunch into the violin case. No coins—only bills, piling up like autumn leaves. I couldn't believe it. A smile glued on his face, he kept playing, ending with a long shrill note after the place was cleared. Unfatigued, while I was tired and trembling.
Mute, he grasped a few notes between two fingers, as if holding a cigarette. He pointed them my way. I hesitated half a second. I felt as if I was pimping. Then I grabbed the cash. He was stuffing his wallet, looking satisfied. I walked toward the shop.
I came out biting into a hot dog, and bedecked with a whorish top of red plush. Whorish or Santa-ish . . . I had found nothing else in the crappy mall that would fit me. It was scarlet, over my lacy white gown. I had a glimpse of my ridiculous self in the car window. Something sharply familiar came to mind. The woods helped, perhaps.
But was he the wolf? Please. He looked innocuous. Resting against the Ferrari, he was smoking, staring at the languorous sunset. I could also appreciate it, now that my body temperature was restored to normal. Sunrise. Sunset. Had we been away for twelve hours? Apparently. It felt like a couple of minutes at most. Or eternity, of course.
Yet I needed to speak out, way of getting things straightened up. "Where are we going?" He took time. Crushed the butt of his fag, gingerly, under the tip of his boot. Strolled around the car, caressing the hood with his knuckles, as if appraising its shine. Pleased, surprised. While he opened the driver door (was it ever locked?) he said, "Thinland." My door was unlocked. I said, "Finland, you mean."
We zoomed out like a fuse from Canaveral—my hot dog cartwheeling up and down my esophagus—all tires squealing like mice. "Thinland," he repeated. Then he added the longest speech he had yet uttered. "No seals that I would know of. They are just regular folks. Only very thin. But no fins." How absolutely hilarious. Thinland—as you wish, dude, as you wish. Time for napping.
While I tried to awake, a rocking motion pushed me back into sleep, as if lullabying me. In the end I came to my senses. We were cruising, now, taking time. He looked pensive. His eyes loomed larger. I hadn't noticed them yet. They were beautiful. Long dark lashes and pale irises. Mud colored. Striped and dotted. Green, gold, silver. A mushy kaleidoscope. Quite remarkable.
Christ! Were we riding on water? No wonder Jesus came to my lips. I had casually glanced through my window, and the ocean was there. I could not see the road on my side. How was it possible? We were edging the waves, thick and oily. How deep . . . ? Vertigo almost chocked me.
I turned towards him. Relaxed, he admired the cute waterfront. Quite touristic indeed—a miniature Venice. Only red. I mean, everything. Various shades. All possible tones. Red shingles, pink or apricot walls enlivened by red shutters. White curtains embroidered with red hearts, balconies bursting with geraniums in bloom. Red awnings for stores, advertised by red lettering. Words I couldn't decipher. Tiny familiar pictures. Pigs and bottles. Dresses and pipes. Clogs, guitars, sausages, pans and pitchers. Dolls (were they girls?) and soldiers. Cigarettes and syringes. Syringes? Bows and buttons.
He stopped dead. I instinctively ducked, waiting for the next car to crash into us. But no car was following. We were cruising anyway. "Don't you need buttons?" he asked softly, as if whispering a romantic, maybe an obscene proposal. What did he mean? As a matter of fact I could use buttons. I loved buttons. I actually collected buttons. I couldn't resist buttons. How did he know?
On my side there was water. Now that we were stopped, I thought I saw fish under the surface. Dark shadows. Maybe I just imagined them.
The impulse took me by surprise. The irresistible wish to get out and swim. I shall leave my plush jacket behind. I almost took it off. All fear had deserted me. That's when he grabbed my hand—gentle yet deadly firm. "This way," he said, and he pulled me after himself through the driver door. I squeezed my way out.
We entered the button hole. I mean the button shop. Truly, it was so small and so crowded it looked like a cave. The walls were entirely packed with file cabinets, labeled with small cardboard displays, sewn up with samples. A large table was covered with crates, jars, and baskets, filled up to the edge with multiform miscellanea.
On the side, behind an equally loaded counter, an old couple was taking care of costumers, most obsessing on merchandise, though—storing, shelving—as if it only mattered. A crowd bunched up at the center table where the bargains were—greedy, intent, rapacious, enthralled.
I saw things pretty and precious. Pastel colors. Wood, bone. Ivory and ebony. Patchwork. Mosaic. Filigree. I saw velvet, brocade, and silk. Golden leaf. I saw abalone, coral, mother-of-pearl. I saw enamel, glass, embroidery, and lace. I saw sailor knots, forget-me-not, edelweiss. My eyes popped out, my hands hitched. Then that multitudinous grace gave me a heartache.
"I need air," I murmured to no one. I stepped to the sidewalk. The ocean lapped at my feet. Again the impulse of diving overwhelmed me. He must have known. "You are not a seal yet," he said tonelessly. At my side, he was lighting a cigarette. I pulled it off his mouth, took a draft. It felt great, not sure why. I breathed deeply before he took it back.
Then he took something out of his pocket (the zippered one on his chest), put it into my palm. "What is it?" "A walrus tooth—and a kind of button if you wish. If I were you I'd sew it to my favorite dress." Mindlessly, I looked for a pocket. My nightgown had none. I closed my fist. "I miss Mother," I mumbled to myself.
My words startled me. Not sure what they meant—if I had said them—if they were even true.
"Was it because I looked at myself in the mirror?" I asked a bit later. We were back on the road. He said nothing.
I had lingered in front of the thing, the night before, playing with my budding breasts. Noticing for the thousandth time how the left one was larger than the right, differently shaped, trying to decide which one I preferred.
"No, baby," he answered after a while. I had already forgotten what to. "Anyway, you don't even know where to look. It's more complicated than that." He stared at my breast—so frank and so fast, I felt kind of slapped. I figured his eyes dropping between my tits, like pickled onions, slimy and squishy, icy cold.
His stare was unflattering—as if he had spotted a scrawny steak on a market boot—a slightly battered fruit—an old fish, smelling bad. He repeated: "You don't even know where to look, do you?" and he laughed. I should hate him perhaps.
I woke up chilling to my bones. It was pitch dark. First my fingertips felt the plush. I was wearing the thing, yet freezing. Bunched in fetal position, laying down. Did he recline the seat?
Then I realized I was on damp grass, inhaling its smell, and the smell of dirt. What on earth . . . Indeed. I sat up, spotted a faint luminescence—a stripe, like a Milky Way. The road, doubtlessly, with cars going by. The road, far away, while I was in the fields.
Had I fallen off? No way. I would have killed myself—while I was intact, only dead cold. Hungry perhaps? A hot-dog was all I had eaten . . . for how long? Thinland . . . Was it what he meant? But I wasn't bruised at all. Did he take the pain of carrying, then deposing me? I was clenching my fist, still holding the walrus tooth. Damn it.
Suddenly I remembered what I was at. When? That I didn't remember. I missed Mom in the most horrifying way. I recalled I was lost. Pardon, she was.
I recalled she had left—stepdad said. When to or whom with, he didn't say. "She is gone," he yelled, yanking at the kitchen table so hard, both his coffee cup and my bowl spilled all over. I sneaked out of my chair, went to the sink for a sponge. He didn't pay attention. "Gone! Gone with the devil!" he screamed.
I had come all the way to Finland to find her. She must have gone back to where she came from. Maybe she was nostalgic. For sure. I should start walking—looking for Mother. Just walk, first toward the road, then longing the road. I would find a village. A town. Maybe I would hitchhike. I had done it before.
Him? The hell with him! Crossed over, forgotten. On his way to somewhere else as I should have expected. It was certainly the fault of my breasts, irregular, meatless, too thin even for Thinland.
I started off at a steady pace, though I felt slightly nauseous. Courage, girl. Aim toward the road—you'll be there soon, then stick your thumb out.
Only, I got lost.
Deepening through the greenery. Wide meadows, interrupted by erratic patches of trees. The sun rose then climbed higher. I sat once on a while. It was sunset almost when—my head empty of thought, too tired even to feel it—I saw them in the distance.
They were quietly sitting on grass, as if for a picnic. In fact, Mother had a basket close-by. She was fumbling in it, digging out a cluster of grapes she started plucking—also tenderly feeding some to his mouth. I felt a pang of jealousy—more like sadness. Also Mother's eyes—now I could see them, how much had I wished for this!—had a tinge of melancholy. Not unlike her. More intense, though, than I recalled.
He was holding a huge sunflower. While I approached, he gave the flower to Mom with a theatrical motion, almost kneeling in front of her. Was he ridiculing her? She didn't exactly look pleased. But she put the bloom in her lap, lingering with her fingertip on its core, thick and grainy with seeds.
They both smiled at me. Still I felt like an intruder—my sadness sunk deeper. Suddenly a flash of genius lit my somnolent brain. How comes I hadn't grasped it before? My eyes shifted between those two—my throat tightened. I hesitated as usual, not sure whom I should ask, then I burst at him: "Are you my father?" He grinned. "Do I look that old?" Mother didn't laugh. She handed me a bunch of grapes from the basket. I devoured them.
At his side was the violin case, carefully shut. It was locked—a key stuck in the keyhole. He reached behind his back, then presented me with a geranium flower. Deep crimson. An unjustified happiness overwhelmed me. "From Thinland," he exclaimed while I grabbed it, and he openly smiled for once. I noticed a bad tooth his lips tried to conceal. Might have been why he usually smirked.
I woke up with a slap on my face. My entire body tensed up in spasm. "What the hell!"
"You can't fall asleep at the wheel!" he said. I was driving. Still wearing my nightgown and my plush. With the corner of my eye I spotted a branch of geranium across my lap, together with a walrus tooth. Clearly none of it was a dream. It all had happened, was happening. Thus I should watch the road.
The Ferrari ran smooth like a spill on wax cloth. It glided, unstoppable. Right and left there was water, but it didn't scare me. Iridescent and muddy—by instinct I sensed it was shallow. Maybe freshwater. Then a flight of flamingos took off, passing us, vanishing towards the horizon.
"Where are we going?" I should ask. But before I opened my mouth I heard his breathing. Quiet and regular. His hand rested in his lap, loosely hugging a pack of cigarettes. I saw it with the corner of my eye, then proceeded toward his crotch, then abruptly stopped. "You don't even know where to look," he had said. I should watch the road.
His head, without me noticing, had crept to the side. Now it slumped against my shoulder—limp, weirdly weightless. I could not resist brushing his coiled hair for a moment. Nice. I breathed deeply. Go, girl. Go with the devil.
Toti O'Brien's work has appeared in The Courtship of Winds, Pilcrow & Dagger, The Peacock Journal, and Sein und Werden, among other journals and anthologies.


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Mario Balotelli demands a drag race with Jay-Z
Living life in the fast-lane as usual, Manchester City's
Mario Balotelli has challenged
Jay-Z to a car race.
The mad-cap Italian laid down the gauntlet to the hip-hop mogul via UK rapper Tinchy Stryder , who worked with Balotelli designing a t-shirt earlier this year.
The Londoner, 26, revealed the City striker didn't beat around the bush with his request to take on the Jigga Man, but says he doesn't fancy Balotelli's chances of landing a drag race.
Stryder said: 'When I first met him, he said to me, "I heard you know Jay-Z, have you got his number?"
'I said, "No I haven't" and he said, "Well the next time you see him, tell him I want to race him."
'Mario had just bought a new car and said if Jay-Z's got a faster car then he'll race him.'
'I'm not sure if Jay-Z even drives himself any more.'
Well at least that's not 99 problems to overcome, Mario…

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Public colleges and universities in Texas with LGBT resource centers would have to spend an equal amount on centers promoting "family and traditional values," under a budget amendment approved by the House late Friday.
The amendment from State Rep. Wayne Christian, R-Center, passed by a vote of 110-24. From The Dallas Morning News:
While many members in the chamber cracked jokes and guffawed, the amendment's author, Rep. Wayne Christian, said the University of Texas, Texas A&M and "some other schools" have centers promoting "alternative sexual practices."
"I'm not treading on their rights to that, to teach alternative sexual behavior," said Christian, R-Center. But he said they must match it, dollar for dollar, with advocating heterosexual, "traditional values."
Meanwhile, the House defeated a proposed budget amendment that would have required school districts to report incidents of harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The amendment from Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, was defeated by a vote of 97-49.


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Philip Roth
Volker Hage
No other German literary critic has spoken as often and as extensively with Philip Roth as Spiegel editor Volker Hage. In these interviews, some of them conducted at the writer's home, Roth not only talks about his books but also about American politics and people, about literature and life. Chronologically ordered, they constitute a colourfully annotated bibliography and present a portrait of a highly productive man who has become the mostread American writer of his generation. Why he still has not won the Nobel Prize, remains a mystery.


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Go to the Windows Phone store on your phone, locate WhatsApp and download the app on your Windows phone. Once you have downloaded the app on your phone, look for it and then tap on the app to install it on your phone. You should follow the prompts the shows up on your screen properly to install Whatsapp on your windows phone. After the installation process is complete and you are notified about it, tap on Whatsapp to open the application. You will see a list of 'terms and conditions' pop up on your screen instantly. Tap on the Agree option in order to proceed to the next step. The next step, you will be prompted to enter your country code and then your mobile phone number, which is done so that you will be getting a verification code sent to your phone, either through SMS or voice call. This is the code that you need to use to verify WhatsApp and to start using the Whatsapp on your Windows Phone. All you need is Read More…
Whatsapp Troubleshooting for iPhone
Whatsapp is one of the most powerful and popular mobile messenger apps that you will ever come across that works pretty well on all kinds of mobile phone platforms, which is used to stay connected with your friends and contacts on your phone through text and voice messages without spending a penny for any SMS. It is really rare that you might not be able to send or receive messages, photos, and videos or are unable to connect to WhatsApp messenger app from your Smartphone.
One of the main reasons why you are sometimes not able to connect to WhatsApp messenger or are not able to use it for a few seconds or minutes is because of the problem of your internet connection on your phone or the wireless carrier problem or problems with your internet service provider. If you are facing any such connection issues with your iPhone when connecting to WhatsApp messenger app, then you can resolve the same following basic troubleshooting tips.
- The first and foremost thing is to make sure that you are using the latest version of the WhatsApp messenger on your iPhone, if not try to download the new version of the WhatsApp messenger from the Apple iTunes app store.
- Now restart the phone by holding the On/Off button until you see a "slide to power off" option displayed on your screen. Once it appears, slide to power of your mobile, then press On/Off button once again to turn your phone to switch on.
- Go to phone settings on your iPhone, turn the Airplane mode to ON and then turn it OFF.
- Now tap on Phone Settings, then General option, Reset and then tap on the 'Reset Network Settings' option. By doing this, all your saved Wi-Fi passwords on your phone will be erased.
- Delete the WhatsApp that is there in your iPhone and reinstall the new version. If you have important chats in Whatsapp, then make sure that you create a backup of important chats before erasing it.
- Now, upgrade your iPhone's iOS to the latest version for the iPhone, which you are using to ensure that Whatsapp functions on your iPhone without any problem.
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If you are using an unlocked iPhone, you need to adjust the APN settings on your iPhone for the SIM card that you are using. This can be done by contacting your mobile service provider and getting the details and instructions on how to change the APN settings on your phone to suit the SIM card that you use on your phone.
If you are connecting your phone on a corporate or campus Wi-Fi with firewall restrictions, then contact the network administrator to help you access WhatsApp on such Wi-Fi networks. There are few places where you might come across captive Wi-Fi networks. If you have trouble connecting to such Wi-Fi networks, that you do not use commonly, then make sure you open a new web page in Safari browser, visit any website and make sure that you are logged in and have access to an internet connection.
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"Last seen" timestamp feature in Whatsapp informs other users about the last time you appeared on WhatsApp. Many users may want to disable this feature, for certain privacy reasons. It is possible to disable "last seen" timestamp on both iOS and Android devices.
If you are having iOS device, all you need to do is go to the Settings and select Chat Settings, then select the 'Advanced' option and turn off Last Seen Timestamp. If you are using an Android phone, it is not possible to access the settings from the app. You need to use third party software like Hide whatsapp status to disable the Wi-Fi or data connection whenever you are using Whatsapp. Your Wi-Fi and data connections get reactivated when Read More…


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Thiruvananthapuram: Hurt by allegations of corruption levelled against her by state Sports Minister E P Jayarajan, India's lone athletics World Championship medal
winner Anju Bobby George today resigned as President of the Kerala Sports Council. Announcing her decision to quit, the celebrated long-jumper said it was not proper to continue in the post after "allegations" and "misunderstandings" cropped up against her.
An emotional Anju also said, "anybody can kill sports but nobody can defeat a sports star". Besides the iconic athlete, 13 other members of the council, including noted volleyball player Tom Jose, also resigned. "It is not proper to continue even after hearing all these allegations. Me and my council members do not want to continue in the wake of such misunderstandings and allegations against us," Anju told a press meet here.
She declared the decision after an hour-long meeting at the Council headquarter here. She said those who did not like her decision to form an ethics commission to expose corruption and illegal dealings in the Council in the past were behind the cropping up of false allegations against her.
"I do not think the allegations had occurred due to any issue from the side of government or the Council. Those who fear the proposed ethics commission are the ones who are behind all this," she said without naming anybody.
"As a revenue official and an athlete, who participated in a number of international competitions, I could easily find out many malpractices in the Sports Council, when I took charge. I think the problems began there," she alleged. "Even my e-mail ID was hacked. In such circumstances me and my council members decided to form an ethics commission to expose the corruption, harassment and other illegal dealings there," the 39-year-old said.
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The World Bank is currently in the process of developing a new energy policy. During the seminar they presented the current involvement and future policy for the support of the energy sector to developing countries in the light of the world development report, COP negotiations and the Climate Change Agenda.
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E.g. Jamal Saghir, Director, Energy, Transport and Water at the World Bank, presented the need for low cost energy services and discussed the World Bank's new energy policy.
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Manolo's gold lizard mule dripping with baroque pearls. I don't remember the year it came out. I lived in it, cost per wearing down low. Jeans and a Rifat Ozbek embellished bolero over something black and tight. I thought about these today seeing an old friend's name on facebook. She wore hers with her wedding dress.
Heritage is a word thrown out today to come to grips with certain very expensive and fine things in these post-cataclysmic days. I think it's true, some things that are wicked expensive should be cherished, acid-free tissue stuffed in the toe to keep the shape and a yearly visit to the shoe repair shop to be saturated with moisture and all nicks and wear whooshed away.
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Having been a member of the "Our Mansfield" site since, I think, 2011, I believe that it's time for me to explain why I qualify.
I was born on 19 December 1942 at Victoria Hospital, someone must have leaked the information that I was about to arrive as, shortly after, the Luftwaffe arrived to celebrate my birth by dropping flares around the hospital. I think the truth may be that they were looking for Sheffield but that doesn't sound as good. My mother was Dorothy, daughter of Charles and Annie Noakes-Mooring of 82 Moor Street. My Grandfather, Charles, ran the family basket making business on Pembroke Street. My Father was William, son of Hermann and Elizabeth Gorner of 19 Terrace Road, on my birth certificate he was stated to be a labourer, his workplace being Crown Farm Colliery. As my parents were living at 19 Terrace Road that was my first address but not for long. In 1943, my Father joined the RAF and so, being wartime, was not expected to be able to come home very often having to undergo Recruit training followed by Aircrew training in the category of Wireless Operator/Air Gunner which, fortunately, he did not complete until the war in Europe was over. Consequently, my Mother chose to return to live with her parents where we stayed until 1950.
Due to my Father's service I saw little of him which, I am sad to confess, had a lasting adverse effect on our relationship. My Grandfather fulfilled the Father role as, following the end of my Father's training, he was posted on to Lancasters at RAF North Luffenham in Rutland which I can just remember visiting in 1946 and being inside a Lancaster. In 1948, the Russian blockade of Berlin began. By this time my Father was flying as a Signaller with Transport Command on Dakotas so he, like many other aircrew, was called upon to join what became known as "The Berlin Airlift". Interspersed with his flying duties at home he was regularly detached to Wunstorf and Lubeck in Germany to fly in Yorks and Dakotas which were ferrying food, fuel and other essential commodities round the clock into Berlin despite harassment from the Russians. This ensured that I still saw little, if any, of him.
Although the Air Lift did not end until 26 September 1949, my Father's commitment to it ended at the end of February when, I presume, he must have taken some leave before returning to normal flying duties in early March. We chose to have a week's holiday with his parents who by then had moved to Southend on Sea. That week's holiday then became a very enjoyable six months stay for my Mother and me although, naturally, I had to go to school locally but that was no problem compared with the delights of Southend. We returned to Mansfield in August or September in time for me to resume my schooling at Moor Lane school.
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Returning to my schooling, I can't remember exactly when I started, I can only presume that it was following my fifth birthday which was in December 1947 so it must have been sometime in 1948, but I only had to go to the top of Moor Street to Moor Lane Infants School, under Miss Rowell. Our move in 1950 saw me start at Broomhill School, in the Infants for a few months and then, in the September, into the Junior School, of which much has been said on these pages lately. I started in Class 1A1 and the following year was accelerated into 3A1, followed then by two years in 4A1. I did well there but that was all to come to an end. Having passed the 11 plus in 1954 I went to the Mansfield Secondary Technical School where I just did not shine at all.
By this time my Father had been posted overseas. He had, since rejoining the RAF tried to get us to join him in Norfolk but my Mother consistently refused saying that she didn't want to disrupt my education and, although she didn't say so to me, I believe that she was reluctant to leave her Mother who had been widowed in February 1951. My poor performance at the Tech. suggested that it might benefit me if we were able to live together as a family so in September 1955 my Mother, myself, a three year old sister and a two year old brother left Mansfield for RAF Bahrain.
Arrival in Bahrain 1955
Bahrain was a total contrast to Mansfield, a mixture of primitive and modern. Naturally, I had to go to school but the only English speaking school was part of a Convent and the majority of teachers were nuns and the level of education for my age was less than that which I had experienced at Broomhill and nothing like proper secondary education.
A period back in Mansfield, living again in Moor Street, followed our departure from Bahrain. This included a return to the Tech. School, a period I have no pride in and is best forgotten. We left again in February 1957 to move to Long Stanton in Cambridgeshire, adjacent to where my Father was stationed at RAF Oakington on a ground tour as an Air Traffic Controller. I went to the school in another nearby village, Willingham, where I found my "educational feet" again and did quite well. More importantly, I met my future wife there, we were subsequently able to enjoy over 50 years of married life and I also developed a lasting love for Cambridgeshire, the Fens and all of East Anglia.
My Father returned to Bahrain again in 1959, for the second of three occasions, and I joined him and my family in the September for a year. I returned home in September 1960, for another short stay in Mansfield prior to joining the RAF in January 1961. So began a largely interesting and memorable career. Enlisting at Cardington in Bedfordshire, followed by recruit training at Bridgnorth in Shropshire and then radar training in Somerset. My first posting, in the September, was to RAF Watton in Norfolk, not just to the same station that my father served on in the early '50s but to the same part of the airfield that his Squadron had been situated, now taken over as a Bloodhound Surface to Air Missile site.
After a career that saw me living all over the country I ended up in Finningley in 1985 for a very happy two years. Sadly this post at Finningley was disestablished in 1988 which meant a move to Henlow in Bedfordshire. By then things were changing so much that I felt that it was time to leave, which I did in 1989, missing what I used to know but not missing what I left. I had, in a sense, come full circle. I joined the service at Cardington in Bedfordshire and left from Henlow in Bedfordshire, which just happened to be the parent station for Cardington.
Fortunately, we had bought our house in Saxilby, near Lincoln, in 1985 so there were no housing worries. I just had to find work to ensure that the mortgage was paid, which I did.
My wife and I would still make occasional visits to Mansfield, especially for the market. In the late 1970s, early 1980s when visiting my parents at RAF Waddington, a must was a visit to Mansfield market but it is quite a few years since our last visit. We felt certain that we could get some Nottingham lace there for our daughter so paid for at least three hours parking, on a Thursday, to give us plenty of time to get round. Within half an hour we were back in the car, very disappointed. It also used to be a must for my father, my father in law and myself to partake of a glass of genuine Mansfield beer. I can't even do that now. The name, if it still exists, just doesn't taste the same.
I sometimes wonder what happened to those people that I knew, although I am in touch with some. From Moor Street there was Alan Morton, Michael Binch, Pat Cockayne, the Endersbys (Peter, I believe, joined the RAF around the time that I did), the Fell family - the father was a cobbler. From the Westfield Lane estate, on Mellors Road, names such as Hoult, one member of the Stevensons I am in touch with, Mears, Florence, Cairns, Smalley and Cash. I am also in touch with two members of the Halleron family on Westfield Lane. There were also those on Wainright Avenue and Pratt Close, whose names I cannot remember, with exceptions such as Overton, Halpin, Hackett and Boyer.
Interesting to read about the area. I was born in March 1942 in Warsop and am visiting the area with my son for a few days fishing. I knew Alan Morton and wonder where he is now.
Martin, what a wonderful story, I enjoyed every word and followed you through every paragraph. How interesting it all was.. I have to agree that life in the forces is different . It is also amazing how many Mansfield people now live all over our world, and yet there are many newcomers who have swelled the town's population. I think the old Mansfield was always a special kind of town for all who were born there.
Martin what a surprising story to come across whilst I was looking for info on my great great grandfather John Beckett, builder from Mansfield. I am the daughter of your cousin Elizabeth (ginger) who is now living with me after over 30 years in America.
I have just gone on to this page purely by chance whilst having an occasional look at Our Mansfield etc. and have seen your comment. Please accept my sincere apologies if you think that I have ignored you. I remember you as a very little girl who I occasionally took out in your pram/pushchair in Southend. If you wish to get in touch (please) look me up initially on FB and then we can take it from there.
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Rose of Sharon
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Our rose of Sharon is growing nicely – when is the proper time to trim it back and how severely can we do so? It is about as big as we want it in its present spot?
Althea or Rose of Sharon can be pruned as much or as little as you like in late February, before new growth begins. Some people want to prune in the fall when they go dormant, but leaving the older growth serves as winter protection for the plant.
February 20, 2016
I had several Rose of Sharon shrubs at my old home but I never pruned them. Recently I think you recommended that a reader prune his. I have planted 3 at my new home so am wondering why they need to be pruned?
They do not need to be pruned, unless you have a reason to do so. When pruning I always recommend you answer three questions, why are you pruning, when should you be pruning and then how does the plant need to be pruned. The why for pruning a rose-of-Sharon is for height control? It can be a large shrub or a small tree, depending on what you want. It blooms on the new growth, so if you want to prune it, you do so before new growth begins in late February to early March.
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Can (or should) Rose of Sharon bushes, gardenia bushes and/or mock orange bushes be pruned and if so, when is the best time to do it?
When pruning any plant there are three questions you need to ask before grabbing the pruning shears: why, when and how? Why do they need to be pruned—have they overgrown their space, do you need a specific shape or size, or has there been any damage to them. Once it has been determined that you need to prune, then know when is the best time. If they are spring bloomers, like mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius), then all pruning should be done AFTER they bloom. Spring blooming plants set flower buds at the end of the growing season. Pruning as soon after flowering will give them ample time to recover before they need to set more flower buds. If your plant blooms in the summer, like the Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) they bloom on the new growth and should be pruned before growth begins—in late February until mid March. Pruning later simply delays the first set of flowers. As with all things there are exceptions to these rules—Gardenia or cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides) and big leaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) and oak leaf hydrangea (H. quercifolia) bloom in the summer but set flower buds in the fall. Some newer cultivars of gardenia and hydrangea 'Frost Proof' gardenia and 'Endless Summer' hydrangea actually set flower buds in the fall but also set some flowers on the current season growth. Choosing a plant that fits the location will limit how much it needs to be pruned. If pruning of gardenias or hydrangeas are needed, do so immediately after the first big flush of flowers in the summer.
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I'd like to know how and when to transplant two Rose of Sharon bushes I have in my front yard. They are at least 5-7 years old. They are in a pretty shaded area and I have an area out in the back that gets more sun and I'd like to put them there. Can you tell me when is the best time to transplant, and are there any specifics I need to know about?
If at all possible, try to transplant existing trees and shrubs during the dormant season—November through March. While it is possible to move plants during the growing season, it puts more stress on them and takes a bit longer to recover. I prefer to move hardy plants (such as the Rose of Sharon) in the fall, since this gives them all winter and spring to get their roots established before summer kicks in. For less winter hardy plants like gardenias, azaleas, camellias etc, get them through the bulk of winter and then transplant.
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I'd like to know how and when to transplant two Rose of Sharon bushes I have in my front yard. They are at least 5-7 years old. They are in a pretty shaded area and I have an area out in the back that gets more sun and I'd like to put them there. Can you tell me when is the best time to transplant, and are there any specifics I need to know about? They are in full leaf now and do bloom a little every season, but I think would be showier in more sun.
Transplant season is best done while the plants are dormant—between November and February. Althea or Rose of Sharon is a tough plant and probably would survive a summer move, but if you have the option, I would hold off until this fall. Spend some time now preparing the site, removing grass and weeds, amending the soil with some compost and mulch. Then in November, dig and replant. This way, they will have all fall, winter and spring to re-establish roots and should be ready to grow and bloom next season. You can prune them back as much as you want when transplanting, since these plants bloom on the new growth.
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It's that time again when the MFT Stamps designs team begins showing our MFTeasers in preparation of the new stamps which will be released by MFT Stamps after the release party this coming Tuesday 6th March.
Today the Design Team are featuring Puddle Jumper (Who's That Girl) stamp set which is being released. This is such an awesome set! The raindrops stamp is a separate stamp so that you have the option whether you have them on your image or not. I paper pieced the girls dress and raincoat using designer paper and I added mini brads on the coat for buttons.
I used two MFT Die-namics on the front of my card Die-namics Open Scallop Doily DUO for the main image and the ribbon from the Die-namics First Place Award Ribbon set for the sentiment. The buttons are threaded with Lemondrop Yellow Twine also available from MFT Stamps.
The layout is a recent sketch used on the I Spy Sketches blog, love this sketch and will definitely be using it again!
Here is the inside of my card, as you can see I used the new Die-namics Umbrella which is one of the die-namics being released next Tuesday, this goes so well with this stamp set don't you think. The sentiment is one from the Puddle Jumper WTG stamp set.
Here are the details about the upcoming release on March 6th at 10 PM EST:
- You can at tend the New Release Party on March 6th from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
- The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on March 6th at 10 PM EST. You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
- The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
- If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW. Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily. The winners will be posted on March 6th just before the release party, on the MFT blog.
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MOUNT DORA — The seven-member Bruce in the U.S.A. group, professional musicians who were recruited and cast to play Bruce Springsteen music, is not a fan band, but their allegiance to "The Boss" and his extensive list of original songs is second to none.
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Article excerpted from the June 2009 edition of CropLife magazine.
Automated steering systems have become standard tools for many in agriculture. And drivers are benefiting from continued improvements on both hydraulic and mechanical units, reports Ryan Molitor, marketing supervisor, Raven Industries.
Raven just started shipments on its SmartSteer mechnical drive unit that integrates with the company's multi-tasking Cruizer, Envizio Pro, and Viper Pro field computers. "It clamps on the steering wheel and is simple to install, set up, and move between machines," he says. It's also quiet, and operators don't have to remove their steering wheel to mount the unit.
In hydraulic steering, the company's SmarTrax system is "going CANBus this summer" — allowing it to integrate with Raven's field computers. "Operators can program and run everything through one screen, which makes their lives much easier," he says.
This spring, Hemisphere GPS announced that operators can team its Outback Sts guidance system with the company's eDrive TC hydraulic autosteering "for instant return on investment," says Jeff Farrar, channel marketing manager.
In February, AutoFarm released the OnTrac2 GPS Assisted Steering System. Its unique split-gear design does not require removal of the steering wheel for installation; the OnTrac2 simply latches on and off for fast, easy transfer across multiple brands and types of vehicles, explains Wade Stewart, field marketing manager.
Last fall, Topcon Positioning Systems introduced its System 150 that's simple to move from vehicle to vehicle, notes Rod Haarberg, North American precision agriculture sales manager.
Automatic steering has gone beyond — actually, behind — application rigs. John Deere AMS released iTEC (intelligent Total Equipment Control) Pro for its GreenStar 2 2600 display. The iTEC Pro module coordinates vehicle and implement functions with end-of-row turns. "By automating these tasks it allows the implement and machine functions to be performed consistently on headlands or internal boundaries as well as positions the machine correction for the next pass through the field," says representative Sarah Davis.
In other features, "plug and play" is many drivers' ideal, and Leica's Christina Roth, marketing and communications manager, says mojoRTK's console does just that. It can be installed in less than an hour.
TeeJet Technologies' Jennifer Burr, global marketing and communications manager, says the company keeps technology accessible by "building our autosteer lineup around the simple and robust interface of our CenterLine guidance platform."
Crossing "color" barriers is becoming more common, with manufacturers making their automated steering systems compatible with a host of companies' products. For instance, Stewart says regardless of how a rig is configured, users can customize the AutoFarm system to their machines for the greatest accuracy and performance. Trimble's AgGPS Autopilot now has platform kits available for more than 450 vehicle models and more than 18 brands.
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Higher inputs costs over the last couple of years have increased the need for advanced, more accurate steering solutions utilizing RTK GPS products, says Outback's Farrar. "Nutrient placement, variable-rate application, section control, and implement steering are quickly becoming key tools required by today's growers," he says.
AutoFarm's Stewart agrees that there's definitely been more interest from customers in moving to RTK. He says most of the change is driven by growers' choices of farming practices — strip-till, twin-row planting, inter-row seeding, and controlled traffic — that all demand high levels of accuracy and repeatability.
Trimble Agriculture Director of Marketing Rob Lindores reports that the company's North American RTK network now serves more than 200 million acres for precision operations such as strip tillage, corn planting, and land leveling. And Davis notes that John Deere's RTK networks now blanket some 170 million acres.
In addition to subscription services and personal or proprietary RTK networks, more applicators are looking into DOT and free CORS (continually operating reference station) networks. Many of these survey-grade networks are being built with tax dollars, so many states allow growers to access the RTK correction free of charge, explains Leica's Roth. "Leica's mojoRTK console is the only fully integrated, auto-guidance system with a built-in CDMA cell modem, which allows drivers to connect to CORS networks through a data plan," she explains.
TeeJet has placed the RX-600RTK receiver in its FieldPilot hydraulic assisted steering system, allowing users to operate with RTK level accuracy utilizing either the traditional base station or local CORS networks. "This receiver also allows users of certain tractors to install autosteer that interface via CAN communication — eliminating the need to crack open any hydraulic lines," explains Burr.


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Five things for pharma marketers to know: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
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1. A new study conducted by lobbying organization America's Health Insurance Plans found that nearly half (47%) of the usage of the 46 orphan drugs available between 2012 and 2014 was for non-orphan indications. In that time frame, the wholesale price of the 46 products increased by an average of 26%. (AHIP)
2. A new analysis says that clinical trials for GlaxoSmithKline's weight loss pill, Alli, significantly underestimated the drug's safety risks. Researchers said seven trials conducted by Roche downplayed its side effects. (Stat)
3. ViiV Healthcare has started two Phase-III trials for a two-drug HIV regimen that would simplify treatment for new patients. Most HIV treatment regimens consist of a three-drug cocktail. (PMLiVE)
4. Roche signed a deal with biotech Eleven Biotherapeutics to gain exclusive rights to an investigational treatment for diabetic macular oedema. The deal could be worth as much as $270 million. (PharmaTimes)
5. AstraZeneca will start a clinical-trial collaboration with Quintiles to assess the impact of mobile reminders for people with COPD to take their medicine. Patients in the trial will receive a Symbicort inhaler connected to the patient-support program BreatheMate. (MobiHealthNews)


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Request for Comments (RFC) on Candidate Specification Model Standard
The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is requesting comments from the public on the candidate OGC Document, "The OGC Specification Model - Writing Modular Specifications".
This document, prepared by the Policy 1.0 Standards Working Group, derives from the collective experience of members in developing and implementing OGC standards, geospatial applications, platforms and services. It provides a logical model and template for candidate standards to assure their internal logic and conformance to accepted software development procedures and the OGC's policy and rules regarding the structure of standards and the types of information that they must provide. The policy guidance will make implementation of OGC standards and the construction of compliance tests easier through enforced traceability of requirements to implementation tests, and it will make modularization of both standards and implementations more explicit and consistent across dependent standards and implementations.
This standard has been referred to as the "core and extension model" due to the insistence on a modular structure throughout all parts of a standard and its implementation. Eventually, all OGC standards will be transitioned to the new structure. This will help standardize the manner in which OGC standards are written and implemented, making implementations easier to test for compliance, thus improving interoperability between and swap-ability between implementations.
The 30 day public comment period begins March 12, 2009 and closes on April 11, 2009. Comments will be reviewed and processed by the OGC Membership. The intent is to edit the Specification Model candidate standard and move the document to be an approved OGC standard. The Specification Model Request for Comment document can be downloaded below.
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After months of excitement in the predawn sky, the action is shifting to the evening. This month's astronomy podcast features Jupiter rising early and the stars of Orion anchoring an array of celestial sights.
March is a time of seasonal transition, celestially speaking. The March equinox, which marks the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, occurs this year on the 20th at 12:30 a.m. Eastern Time (9:30 p.m. Pacific Time on the 19th).
Soon after sunset you'll find the first star of the evening: brilliant Sirius, the night sky's brightest star. Anytime during the first days of March, make a note of the horizon point directly below this beacon at 8 p.m. — that's very nearly due south.
Look to the upper right of Sirius to spot Orion, the Hunter. Its two brightest stars are white Rigel, which marks his lower-right foot, and orange-red Betelgeuse, his upper-left armpit. Midway between them, look for the three-star row of Orion's Belt. Look to the left of Betelgeuse for the bright star Procyon. These two stars, together with Sirius, form a big, equilateral triangle — known as the Winter Triangle to skywatchers.
Let your eyes drift past Procyon over to the eastern horizon. There you'll see a "star" that outshines Betelgeuse, Rigel, and even Sirius. But that's no star — it's Jupiter. The King of Planets comes to opposition, that is, opposite the Sun in the sky, on March 8th.
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Tim Wallach being inducted into Canadian baseball hall of fame Saturday
This past Sunday, Jamie Romak made a start at third base for the first time in the big leagues.
Tim Wallach, whose career at third has earned him induction into the Canadian baseball hall of fame Saturday in St. Marys, was interested to see how the Londoner would handle the hot corner.
"He never got a ground ball," the Dodgers bench coach and former Montreal Expos standout said this week from Los Angeles. "He took a lot of grounders in batting practice. I thought he might get a little action. I know he played some (third) in Albuquerque (Triple-A) and they said he'd do a fine job.
"Sunday (against Arizona) was a good day to give him a shot at it."
The symmetry of Romak finally getting his shot, after nearly 11 years in the minors, and Wallach joining broadcaster Dave Van Horne, former Expos GM Murray Cook and late coach/scout Jim Ridley in the ball hall is not lost on anybody, certainly not the boys in Dodger blue at Chavez Ravine.
"It (Romak's story) inspires everybody," Wallach said. "I think it tells everyone who has played a long time and tried to get to the big leagues if it's something you're willing to continue and work at, it can happen. Some guys can't do it. It gets too hard and financially, some guys have to make other decisions. My son (Matt) is one of those. He decided he had enough after six years, but someone like (Romak) gives you hope.
"Jamie's looked really good doing his work and he's a good kid. I know he's even catching some bullpens to be an emergency catcher. Guys need to learn if you can make yourself more valuable, it gives you that much of a better shot."
Wallach wasn't a third baseman when he arrived in Montreal in 1980. He was a first baseman and an outfielder.
But the five-time all-star eventually turned himself into a pretty strong one, winning three Gold Gloves in the National League, including interrupting what could've been an 11-year run for Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt in 1985.
"I struggled my first year and I was a little below average at third," Wallach, now 56-years-old, said. "One of the biggest turnarounds was 1983 when Bill Virdon brought in Bill Mazeroski (the famous second baseman who finished his career at third) in to work with me that spring. From that point on, I started paying attention to little things, how to stay down on ground balls, keeping my eyes lower to the ground, and I really learned to love playing third base."
These days, the infield shift has taken over most major league defences. Managers like to play the percentages against pull hitters.
"We didn't have the same resources we do now," Wallach said. "I don't remember a whole lot of shifting. The shortstop would let me know if a breaking ball was coming so I'd cheat a little bit and I'd anticipate the ball to right-handed hitter being pulled more, for example. I think we communicated better (back then) because we had to and we paid really close attention to that stuff. The problem (now) is we lock ourselves into the shift and good hitters will take advantage, so there's pluses and minuses to both."
Whenever a managing vacancy has come up lately, Wallach's name is thrown around. He interviewed for the Detroit Tigers job this past season, which went to Brad Ausmus.
It's only a matter of time before he gets his chance.
"You get used to how you played and did things, but I was fortunate, I had some great examples throughout my playing career on how to deal with people and run a game," Wallach said. "Dick Williams, Bill Virdon, Jim Fanning, Buck Rodgers, Felipe Alou, Tommy Lasorda. The game's in my blood, it's a passion of mine and every time I got away from it a year or two, I always wanted to get back in."
He shares the same opinion as the majority of former Expos on Montreal and its big league potential.
"It's a city that should have baseball," Wallach said. "It's a shame it came to what it did. I know how much they loved baseball when I was there and I know how much it hurt when the team went away. A lot of people really hope they end up getting a team back and I certainly do."
(Tim Wallach, Dave Van Horne, Murray Cook, Jim Ridley)
London Salutes Canadian Baseball breakfast
Friday, 7:30-9 a.m. at London Convention Centre.
Cost: $50 each or table of eight for $400. For tickets visit http://www.baseballhalloffame.ca (hot buffet breakfast, presentation on London baseball history, national anthem by Michael Burgess, live auction and raffle and question and answer with baseball greats. Tim Wallach, Dave Van Horne, Fergie Jenkins, George Bell, Duane Ward, Devon White, Murray Cook and Jim Fanning scheduled to attend).
Induction Day: Saturday, 1 p.m. at Hall of Fame grounds in St. Marys (386 Church St.); Baseball Family Street Festival: 9 a.m. to noon (Queen St., St. Marys); Intercounty baseball game, Hamilton vs. Barrie, 2 p.m. at St. Marys Cement Plant Field; Toronto Blue Jays Honda Super Camp for kids (ages 9-16), Saturday (3-7 p.m.), Sunday (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) at Hall of Fame grounds.?


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100 Agencies: evoke interaction
Evoke interaction CEO B. Reid Connolly covers a broad range of topics in a conversation—fom big-picture assessments of the agency's fortunes over the last 12 months to a gaze into the crystal ball for the years ahead.
That conversation also includes Connolly's takes on the industry as a whole ("insights and analytics go hand in hand") and on segments where he sees growth potential ("there's lots of growth in the oncology space, if you look at how pharmaceutical companies are investing in their own pipelines and portfolios").
That said, it's difficult to assess evoke's success during the last year, as the agency is bound by restrictions from its parent company Huntsworth Health, a global healthcare agency network, and Connolly can only give so much in the way of precise information.
According to Connolly, 2011 revenue grew somewhere in the neighborhood of 30%; most of that growth came during the third and fourth quarter of 2011, with momentum continuing into the first half of 2012; half of the business won was in the DTC and consumer agency-of-record arena, while the other half was in the digital AOR arena; and the firm grew its New York and Philadelphia offices "from a footprint perspective."
evoke clearly put together some very good work on behalf of Noven Pharmaceuticals (for product sites Daytrana.com and Intuniv.com) and Pfizer (the RAConversations video series, for rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel), as the agency picked up industry awards/plaudits for both of those assignments.
Given evoke's reputation among fellow agencies, everything that Connolly has to say about the firm's philosophical approach rings true. With every assignment, evoke attempts to connect on a human level with its audiences.
"When you reach people at a time in their lives when they need information to help them with a life-altering condition, you can't treat them in a transactional way," Connolly explains. "Too often [agencies] think, 'What are the brand needs and what are the customer needs?' We add ethnographic research and linguistic research to get at the drivers of how people are feeling."
A pair of well-regarded hires helped enhance that agenda. In the last year, evoke brought on former Cadient Group exec Heather Torak as chief operating officer and former G2 USA exec Mike Dennelly to head its New York office as managing director.Former Rosetta exec Dave Mihalovic, brought in as chief experience officer towards the end of 2011, left the company a few months ago.


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How to Teach Your Kids About Zoos
We owe our children honest answers about the morality of animal captivity
On September 6, National Geographic Kids posted a Family Field Guide, "How to Answer Challenging Questions About Animals at the Zoo," by Laura Goertzel, digital director for the magazine. Goertzel was forced to consider the problem of animal captivity when a bobcat called Ollie…
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by: Kenneth Brower – September 13, 2017
Down From the Mountain
Remembering Douglas Tompkins
Mountaineers fall into four classes, roughly, when it comes to the arc of their lives. The first group, the largest, is composed of men and women obsessed with climbing, skiing, or river running in their teens and twenties, even into their thirties,…
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by: Kenneth Brower – December 18, 2015
Seaweed Aquaculture: A False Promise
A response to "Blue Revolution"
Michael Holtz's story on new technologies for expansion of seaweed cultivation in Indonesia ("Blue Revolution," in the current issue of EIJ) answers none of the questions that any environmentalist worth her salt would ask about such project. Holtz relies entirely on the testimony of the seaweed entrepreneurs. He would have done well to interview a few conservation biologists or marine ecologists, people who might have anticipated the concerns of the readership of…
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Overpopulation Must Remain a Key Issue for Environmentalists
A second take on Alan Weisman's Countdown
If the Earth Island Institute community is a family, as we like to say we are, then there should be dinner-table arguments, and I'm going to start one now. Having muttered to myself for a couple of days about "Numbers Game," a…
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by: Kenneth Brower – April 11, 2014
A Vision for Restoring Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy Valley
It's time to undo a great American mistake
Excerpted from Hetch Hetchy: Undoing a Great American Mistake (Heyday Press). Buy a copy of the book today. Editor's Note: A hundred years ago today, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Raker Act, allowing for the construction of a hydroelectric dam and reservoir…
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by: Kenneth Brower – December 19, 2013
A Century Later, the Battle for Hetch Hetchy Continues
The fight over a dam in Yosemite National Park marked the birth of the environmental movement
Editor's Note: A hundred years ago, in 1913, the US Congress passed the Raker Act, which allowed for the construction of a massive dam in Yosemite National Park to feed the water and power needs of the City of San Francisco. As…
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Sprint may have previously said that its bid of $3.40 per share for Clearwire was its "best and final offer," but it looks like the big yellow carrier has had a change of heart. Sprint just announced that it has upped its bid for the portion of Clearwire that it doesn't already own to $5.00 per share, besting Dish Network's recent offer of $4.40 per share. Sprint's latest bid for Clearwire is nearly double the original $2.97 per share offer that it made late last year.
In addition to announcing its new bid, Sprint has revealed that a large group of minority Clearwire stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of this new $5.00 per share bid. Sprint says that 45 percent of Clearwire's minority shareholders have agreed to vote in favor of its new bid. Meanwhile, Clearwire announced that its board of directors have switched their recommendation from Dish's offer to Sprint's. Clearwire has also decided to postpone its June 24 shareholder vote on this situation until July 8.
It's kind of crazy to see Sprint boost its bid for Clearwire from $3.40 per share to $5.00 per share, even though it previously said that $3.40 was its "best and final offer," but I wouldn't be surprised if Sprint has gotten even hungrier for Clearwire now that its deal with SoftBank looks like it'll happen. Dish and Sprint are clearly now locked in a bidding war for Clearwire, and it'll be interesting to see what Dish comes back with. The company recently dropped its attempt to acquire Sprint and said that it planned to focus on its Clearwire offer, so I'm sure that Dish will have something to say about this new $5.00 bid from Sprint. Do you think that Dish will come back with a higher offer for Clearwire?


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A Great Way To Place Up Children's Decorating Wall Murals – Using children's Decorating wall murals in an effort to decorate children's bed room walls is one thing that many parents wish to accomplish but they are frequently restricted by the possible lack of financial sources — or because of conditions within their rental contracts. Painting a wall mural usually involves the expertise of an expert mural artist and purchasing all of the paint and implements he needs to do the task – this costs a great deal of money that may be allocated to requirements.
Other parents who reside in rental residences like apartments and condominiums finish up stumped regarding steps to make murals within their child's rooms since they're not permitted through the proprietors to color and set holes, nails or tacks within their walls. The solution to these dilemmas is mural wallpapers, decals, and stick-ons which are easily installed and therefore are equally simple to remove without departing any trace. Now you know that you could really do that project with little difficulty, complications, and charges, all one should know are the required process to consider to do the wall mural decorating project using the smallest amount of hassles.
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2. Have measurements. Wallpapers, decals, and stickers of these children's decorating wall murals come in a number of sizes and therefore are frequently customizable based on specifications. One might want to set up a mural on the part of a wall trimmed with a decorative border or wrap the whole mural around all of the walls from the child's room to simulate another atmosphere. Your son or daughter's room might be dolled up as Jimmy Neutron's advanced city or perhaps a lush forest where he is able to pretend-have fun with Bambi.
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Open Thread: Talk About What Matters Most to You
Discuss and debate the issues that mean the most to you.
Certainly, there's nothing homier than a vagina. Regardless of sexual preference, we all once cozied up in one. It's the doorway to life!
What better new logo for Airbnb, the website that facilitates your home away from home, than an abstract rendition of the female orifice?
On Wednesday, the San Francisco-based company rolled out a new logo, along with the looping new mark, opening its "doors to a new brand identity centered around the feeling of belonging," according to a press release.
Airbnb introduced the new logo along with a new website "that allows its community to create their own unique symbols -- something no company has ever done before."
Airbnb calls this new customizable logo "Bélo." More than a few Twitter users are seeing a vagina. But like much great art, it's open to interpretation. Some see an anus, others a scrotum. (ReadWrite asked Airbnb what its designers saw, and what they intended, and we're waiting ot hear back.)
This is, after all, a company that prides itself not only on great customer service, but also design. (Seriously y'all, have you seen Airbnb's website? Stunning!) Airbnb cofounders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia both went to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, for cryin' out loud.
It Takes One To Know One
If a woman's most sacred flower isn't Airbnb's intention, well...that's embarrassing. An argument could be made -- and has been, within the ReadWrite offices -- that this is yet another example of male-dominated Silicon Valley's "vagina blindness."
One need not look as far back as the unfortunately named iPad (which still sounds like Jony Ive's vision for a sanitary napkin) to see the ongoing slights to the female form.
Then again, Georgia O'Keefe claimed not to have seen the whole vagina-flower thing everybody else insisted she had going on in her posy paintings, going so far as to say in 1943:
"Well—I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flowers you hung all your own associations with flowers on my flower and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower—and I don't."
Vagina or no, I like it. What's more, Airbnb has a new catchphrase that accompanies the logo: "Belong Anywhere." What's more welcoming to a vagina than that?
Reprinted with permission from Readwrite.


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