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Five-thirty in the afternoon on a hot Friday in August: It is always a long journey home on summer weekends, and I am making the trip less often now. I wear the usual dark blue dress, nondescript and corporate, and I carry the usual brown handbag. I have a small suitcase for overnight.
The trip starts underground, five stops on the Number Two from Wall Street to Penn Station. We stand in clusters where we expect the subway door to appear, straining over the platform's yellow danger line, gazing down the tunnel for the lights of the oncoming train. When the cars roar by in a hot wind, we recoil, and when the train stops we twist and squeeze past sluggish bodies while the loudspeaker squawks: Stand back and let 'em off.
Everything is familiar: the odor of salami and garlic on people's breath, the hurtling, side-to-side roll before we pull in at the graffiti-marked stop beneath Penn Station. The same mechanical voice: Stand clear of the closing doors.
I change trains at Jamaica, the beginning of Long island The loudspeaker's voice becomes less cramped and commanding: It sings, leaving for BALD-win, FREE-port, BELL-more, WAN-taugh, SEA-ford, Massa-PE-qua, but none of these pleasantly named towns is mine. My train doesn't go that far. My train heads south, sliding past places that don't have names—factories, storage buildings, machine shops—until I get closer to home, near the Sunrise Highway with its unsynchronized lights and its shopping centers, where carloads of local greasers cruise up and down the road all evening waving crude signs out the car windows and making faces. Nobody out here trusts Manhattan. They call it The City, as if Queens were The Country. I wanted to go to The City all my life, and so I went. Now, my father wants me to come back and live with him.
He has been a widower these past few months. A few neighbors have been sympathetic, but he has not been open to their compassion. There are two parts to him: the one that takes in everything clearly, and the one that stays back, withdrawn and hidden. Lately, he seems to have retreated to a place inside his head, thinking in a different language.
A man in a wrinkled business suit sits nearby, watching me. I open my handbag and look inside. It's filled with nothing, just small fragments of my life. A smile starts to play at the corners of my mouth. I have to tighten my lips to make it go away. Everything you do in life gets so mixed up with strangers you have to be careful, even just looking at them. It's safer to gaze out the window as the used car lots and funeral parlors slide by and think about what I'm going to say to my father. No. No, I'm not coming. Get someone else. Get Bobby and Melissa and their two teenagers. Get Helen to come back from California with her salesman. Get somebody else.
The man I've been seeing, Richard, thinks I'm being childish about it. "You're almost thirty years old. What's all the terrible conflict about?" He wants me to move in with him. He's The City. He's Manhattan, the glittery Manhattan. He says he's related to the Bush family. I ask him, "Cousins?" He says, "Distant." He is sweet and funny and easy to see through. He can also be kind.
This is the not-quite-suburbs. In spite of the distance, when I get off the train, I'm still within the city limits. The platform at the Rosedale station is a great concrete slab that leads to an arching bridge over the tracks. The bridge has wire mesh sides to prevent public atrocities. When the trains pass below, the noise of metal on metal blends with the surge of overhead jets as they descend into Kennedy airport, making a dreadful music. For a few years my parents rented in East New York. Then they moved here—a step up the ladder. I guess that's what it means to be settled down—all the imagined journeys you trace for yourself across the maps and globes in a schoolroom reduced at last to just a daily commute, a repeated voyage past houses with lights on and people inside eating supper.
My father traveled farther. He came across the sea from Yugoslavia before the slaughter, long before the shells of the Serbian artillery. There was always puzzlement in his eyes as his family grew up around him. The older and noisier we became, the lonelier he seemed to feel. Perhaps we, too, were sort of an escape, his flight from the past without destiny or calling. Often, when I asked him about growing up in that distant country, he would lower his eyelids, turn down the corners of his mouth, and swat the air with one hand, as if the first part of his life had been an insect. So I had to imagine the country that he would never talk about, and all I could see was forlorn villages surrounded by waterfalls and wolves, where farming was still done by hand and people traveled everywhere in carts. Then I imagined the endless pop-pop of snipers in the hills, teenagers with their shoulder grenade launchers, closed shops, blasted buildings, listless walkers in shattered streets. My father said the family farm overlooked the sea, but this vision seemed too sunny for anything I could imagine. I suppose he had a childhood, but whenever I asked him about it he would struggle for an answer. "What do you want to know?" he would say.
I swing my suitcase up the front steps. Its weight provides enough momentum to carry me through the front door, and I slide it across the floor. My father's chair, in the kitchen, scrapes back and he emerges holding up his hand, looking at me the way people look through windows. Then he stops, slumps his shoulders, and stoops to pick up my bag. He wears his gray pants and shirt, with Tony stitched across the pocket. It is cleaned and pressed, but its metallic dullness, which matches the color of his hair, makes him look like a man stubbornly dedicated to sadness.
"What's new, Daddy?"
"Nothing. Stomach pains. And you?"
"I'm so glad to see you."
"Why are you looking around?"
He leads me upstairs, carrying my suitcase. Inside the house, piles of newspapers and mail cover every horizontal surface. With Mother gone, the rooms seem large and dim, the carpets heavier, the ceilings higher.
In my bedroom, my mother's primly shaped dresses are spread out across the bed. "You should have those," my father says, setting down the suitcases. I can hear the labor of his breathing.
"Daddy, I've already looked through this stuff. The dresses are not my size. They're old-fashioned, I can't wear them." Saying this suddenly seems blasphemous. "I'm sorry, Daddy. I just can't wear them."
"You should go through them again. Make sure." He holds one of them up, shaking out the wrinkles. "If I put them in the Goodwill box, some punk just sets them on fire." "What about the fur coat?" It's the only thing that remains in Mother's closet, next to several bottles of old perfume.
He frowns. "It's got a tear in the sleeve. But I keep it for a while. Maybe I find something else for you. I look around. Something in the metal box, maybe."
I cannot imagine what something else might be. The metal box is full of nothing but old papers: the deed to the house, my father's Yugoslavian passport with his picture in merchant seaman uniform. Nothing we have is of any value except for the coat, a new battery in the car, and an ancient lathe with worn out belts that he keeps in the basement (an awkward sentence). I can't use the battery or the lathe.
Next day, we're sitting on the front steps, each of us with a can of soda. I wish I could blurt it out, tell him I don't want to move back. I want nothing of my father's grip on the smallness of life, or the old people I've known since they were young, and the middle-aged people I knew when they were my present age.
The street is potholed, and the sidewalk in front of us is crumbling and cracked. Some local entrepreneur is building a duplex in the vacant lot across the street. In the day's heat, the workers remove their shirts, soak them in buckets of water, and squeeze them over their heads.
I'm like a child when I come to Rosedale, fearful of my father's judgment of me: a frivolous person. Richard says, "Love to come out there and meet your dad sometime." But it won't happen. Not ever. Richard is Manhattan.
He doesn't need me. I like that. It means he doesn't judge me. Is that love? If it is, it's a new kind of love for me.
If my father knew about him, he'd quickly see my lazy self-indulgence. That's how fearful I am. But only here, in this house, are my mind and energy drained by such fear. My father's lips are pressed together now. He looks steely and quiet, his face expressionless, his eyes fixed and remote. He is thinking to himself in his native language.
The grass in the two small rectangles that front our house has turned brown. The workers across the street have their wet shirts hanging down from beneath their hard hats, like soggy burnooses. The studs of wood they are handling look warped from the heat, glistening with spots of resin.
"Daddy," I say carefully, "are you angry, are you sad that I don't come out here more often?" He is quiet. Then I say it, "Daddy, I'm not moving back here with you." There is an up-spin of relief, and then it is gone. The oak trees stir slightly, then we're caught again as a deafening jet thickens the air on its way to Kennedy.
His head lowers, then his face tips up and his eyes come into view, hardening. "I'll be home on weekends more. I promise," I tell him.
I stand up, getting my blouse unstuck from my stomach and my skirt from the back of my legs. The big oak tree in front of the house casts a shadow that ripples across the hot gleam of cars passing in the street. I sit down again, watching the workers across the street, their dull hammering drowned out by the intermittent sound of jets.
It is a longer wait than I had anticipated for him to answer. The shadows seem to stretch out further as we sit here. We are going into the worst part of the afternoon. My father moves his head from side to side, without removing me from his stare. I frown at my lap. I scratch at a spot on my blue skirt.
He gives me a long, shrewd stare. "But I understand," he says, in an alarmingly different voice. Everything is strained, unnatural. Then: "You sleeping with some guy?"
My ears start to burn. "Daddy, I'm going to live with some guy." My words seem blurred and indistinct. "I'm sorry if it bothers you. Is that enough? I'm sorry."
The heat and noise seem endless, draining us of everything but simple thoughts. It's too hot for feelings.
He presses his lips together, as if my answer is impertinent and slightly irritating. "You know something?" he says. "We moved out here twenty-five years ago. Twenty-five years ago, today."
He could live here for another twenty-five years too. I could live with him, surrounded by the house he once ran (ran?) and would soon be running us, with its demands for paint and new plumbing, the dampness of its basement, the squirrels in the gutters, the moths beating night after night, with their big wings, at the window screens.
"Twenty-five years ago," he says. "Now everybody's moved away or died. Even D'Ambrosio's dying." He glances at the house next door with its drawn shades. "But you've always hated him."
"I don't complain about him. I'm a happy man. I know something about laughter. You know who he is? One of the family."
"You don't know who the family is? You're such a baby. Half of Rosedale belongs to them. They keep order here. They help the cops. Smart people. You don't get money without being smart people. D'Ambrosio, he always wanted to be gunned down in some nice little restaurant off Mulberry Street. But look at him now, just dying behind the window shades."
I begin to think again of what it is going to mean, moving in with Richard. It is going to mean not being on my own. It's going to mean having someone to bitch at, someone to lean on, someone to tell me I am essential to his breathing and being. Lots of things seem better than that.
I listen to my father, polite but neutral now. Because I remain detached, he wants to tell me more: life in Queens, the way the neighbors looked down on him because he had an accent and wasn't Irish Catholic. When I say nothing for a long time, he adds, "Where will you go when this guy is through with you?"
It's as if I've been expecting the question all the time he's been talking, and with no answer prepared, I just lean forward, with my face and part of my body leaning over the steps, and say, "I'll go somewhere. I don't know where yet, but somewhere."
He edges back into the shadow of the porch. "I will go somewhere," I say, emphasizing each word carefully.
I cannot tell, by his hard gaze, whether he senses this feeling I have. But whatever purpose is emerging, he looks like he wants to grasp it for himself. Suddenly he starts forward and catches my arm. I watch his face as it is smitten by something I haven't thought to display before him, much less brandish: my youth. I can see that he wants it. His grip tightens on my arm, and it seems to strengthen this feeling.
I do not pull away from him. Then he inclines his head as if to accept responsibility for my frustration. Too weary to move, he stares at me and says, "The land." He clears his throat. "You should have it someday."
The dry leaves on the oak tree rustle. I do not understand what he is saying.
"I said I would look around for something to give you. Your mother's coat, no."
He gazes through his thoughts at the oak tree and continues. "Ten hectares. Karla writes me from Yugoslavia, 'When are you going to sign it over to us, Tony? You don't need it any more. We could add it to the farm.'" But I never sign it over.
"On the hill near Kraljevica. It still belongs to me. It looks down on the sea. I never sign it over to Karla. Some day, maybe, you can see it yourself. I still have it. It's in the metal box upstairs. It's a deed, ten hectares. Maybe you can use it someday, maybe not. If not, then dream about it. It's yours."
That was all he said, as the heat continued to press into darkness. The construction workers across the street set down their tools and began to leave. A few moths appeared and we hoisted ourselves up and walked back into the house. The gathered heat of the day, sultry and depressed, was worse than the outside. The sweat sprang from my skin. I tried to force the windows higher in their sashes, but there was no breeze anywhere. No air.
I saw him standing in the living room, staring at the ceiling.
I was reminded, then, of how he would wait at the foot of the stairs for my mother when they went out, just the two of them, for an evening. My mother would walk about overhead, and I could hear her high-heeled shoes clattering as she moved from her bureau to her closet mirror. Her staccato footsteps, patternless at first, would become more purposeful as she stopped to pick out earrings or brush her dark hair. All at once she would march across the floor, and the sound of her shoes' percussion would burst out like a tap dance as she came down the stairway.
My father, as if signaled, would go to the hall closet for her fur coat. He would hold it out for her as she passed, and she would always say, "Tony, Don't you look terrific!" Now, I tried to continue our conversation, but my father seemed exhausted. His gaze moved down from the ceiling, looked around the room. His head retreated into the collar of the shirt with Tony stitched across the pocket.
Suppose he was once a boy? What were the summers like? Maybe there were flowers and mulberry trees stretching across the ten hectares down to the Adriatic shore. Maybe he ran through fields of grass, but who wanted to remember? Those days and nights were all weighted down for him like stones. No one said it was poetry finding a promised land (awkward) or giving up an old land whose bitter memories kept him reaching doggedly ahead.
I usually do not believe things people tell me before nightfall. Only when there are cool and melancholy shadings in the air do their words become real. This was the only time, before he died, that my father ever mentioned this land as a legacy, this field somewhere on a hillside, in a country I will never see. But that night, he showed me the deed in the metal box, and that evening I set out on my travels. I may never possess this field as my own. But I might take a gentle step toward it and then, realizing that I am not alone, I might see the outlines of a new shore and strain in the sunlight to see it clearly.
Rachel Bentley's books, Post-Freudian Dreaming and A General Theory of Desire, are available at Amazon & Powell's. She's a Pushcart Prize nominee, and won the Paris Review/Paris Writers Workshop International Fiction Award. She has published over 200 works of fiction, poetry and memoir in Literary Magazines and Quarterlies in the U.S., the UK, France, Canada and Brazil.
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As we count down the days 'til the release of the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System (it's tomorrow!), a LEGO Game Boy creation is just what we'll need to add to our museum of buildable retro gaming consoles. Author of Tips for Kids: Transformers: Cool Projects for your Lego Bricks, and LEGO builder of many everyday items, Joachim Klang was inspired to build the green pocket-sized classic after finding an actual Game Boy Color at a flea market. Seeing the clean rounded edges and the cartridge built into the back are convincing details that it might power on. Klang's recent creation is an upgrade from his previous lineup of Game Boy Color builds from 2017. Still, my all-time favorite is the see-through version with purple tint. LEGO x Nintendo = you're playing with power, clutch power!
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In some ancient times, after the end of the last ice age about 12 000 years ago, the development of modern civilization began. Scientific studies tell us about the period of 100 000 years long winter during which most of the Earth's northern hemisphere was covered in ice. And then, suddenly, the ice began to melt, sea levels sharply begun to rise, the Baltic was connected with the North Sea, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea were merged and in the myths of many nations remained a legend of the great flood, in our society remembered by the biblical story of Noah and his ark.
The Sun has finally won the battle; it brought the warmth to the frozen man, awakened life in the wild and gave our ancestors the ability to initiate a far freer life filled with riches of fertile land. Mankind had to feel immense gratitude towards the Sun. It has become the foundation of a new life, a road map for hunting, gathering berries and the beginnings of farming. The Sun has become a deity which manifested itself on the Earth and each deity of such force deserves to be respected and at least vaguely understood.
From ancient mythology number 4 is connected with the symbolism of material existence. The sun "falls" to the ground in order to demonstrate and assist man and on the 4 key dates in the year (spring and autumn equinox, winter and summer solstice) it reaches a certain level of its power and seemingly changes direction of motion. Since ancient times, people celebrated these dates and today in the Christian world we celebrate them as Christmas, Easter, Midsummer Eve and holidays dedicated to the Virgin Mary before the autumnal equinox.
large number of religions perceives idea of Deity trough the number 3. In Hinduism there is the – Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, the supreme god of ancient Peruvians Illp appears as the Father, the Younger Son and the Older Son; the North American Indians Storm God was described as Thunder-Thunder-Lightning and in the Christian world we are talking about the Holy Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The Sun-God (3) manifest itself on Earth through the 4 seasons on 4 key dates and its imagined path on the ecliptic is divided into 12 equal parts (4 × 3). In this relation we find a symbolism of the number 12 and all its symbolism is associated with the display of the Sun in earthly boundaries. There is the meaning of the 12 signs of the zodiac as 12 solar phases, of Jesus' 12 apostles as the originators of the people of God in the ideal / completed / divine world, with 12 gates and 12 foundations. There are 12 tribes of Israel, 12 gods of Olympus in ancient Greece, the 12 sons of the supreme Norse god Odin, while Shiite Muslims celebrate 12 Imams as the legitimate successors of the prophet Muhammad.
In honor of the Sun God, many nations built spectacular buildings around the world. From Stonehenge in England to the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, and over the last 20 years an unusual archaeological site – Gobekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey –is forcing researchers to rethink about the settings on which the present perception of Neolithic history is standing. This monumental building is the earliest example of religious architecture and it was created more than 10 000 years ago. Until now it was assumed that for the construction of such ventures only people who lived sedentary farming-life were capable while in this case the builders were hunters and gatherers, nomads and wanderers; people who did not have a permanent place of residence but nevertheless built a temple in honor of someone or something. There is no final conclusion, although it seems that the Sun might be good enough motif.


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Pela's environmentally responsible Apple Watch bands are a sleek, stylish, and comfortable way to outfit your wrist while also not bringing any undue harm to our planet.
Cases are one of the most environmentally damaging aspects of the smartphone industry. Many users will go through multiple cases during the lifespan of the phone, and while a lot of the phone's components can be recycled (or handed down), and there are various programs to facilitate this, it's not quite the same for cases.
For the often-used accessory, many cases end up discarded instead of recycled or disposed of in an ecologically-friendly way.
An environmentally friendly solution
That's where Pela started, by making iPhone cases out of a more eco friendly material. Now that trend has caught on, and many phone case manufacturers have done the same.
The material Pela uses is called Flaxstic, which is made of a bioplastic elastomer and flax straw. The flax straw has natural shock-absorbing properties and is usually burned because it takes too long to break down in farmer's fields.
By utilizing this along with bioplastics, Pela is able to make strong cases with a unique look that doesn't hurt the environment.
When they've run their course, the cases are fully compostable and can break down into their natural components. This same material — Flaxstic — is used in the Apple Watch bands as well.
Each band has a vivid color, is very smooth and comfortable to wear, and no two are exactly alike.
When your band ships from Pela, it arrives without the lugs installed. It's the same with the metal button that holds it closed.
Pela designed the band so that the metal parts could be easily removed and recycled separately or reused on your new product. The button pops in and out, and we'll have more on the lugs in just a moment.
There is a small Pela logo on the mold of the band and it has a similar clasp to Apple's Sport Band. It wraps around your wrist, and the tongue end goes through the other. When you have it at the right tightness, the pin locks it into place so it won't come free.
We've been wearing the band and found the Flaxstic material extremely comfortable for extended wear, and the clasp is flat and doesn't dig into our wrists.
The band comes in multiple colors, including the Canary Yellow that we picked up alongside Stormy Blue, Clay, black, lavender, Teddy Brown, and Forest Floor. There are two sizes of the band to fit both sizes of Apple's wrist-worn computer.
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We wholeheartedly appreciate the eco-friendly aspect of the Pela watch band, but as true Apple nerds, we were also incredibly impressed by something far more simple — the lugs.
Sure, most people won't pay them any attention, but Pela did something different and so Apple-esque with these lugs, we felt they should be lauded.
As we mentioned, the lugs don't come preinstalled on your band, leaving users to install them themselves. Any normal Apple Watch lug will connect in one of two ways.
We see typical watch style spring-loaded pins holding the lugs to the straps. These often require a special tool to pull the pins from the holes on the lugs to free them. Not an easy task.
The other style of lugs are what Apple uses, which employ tiny screws to hold the arms of the lugs to the part that goes in the watch. When you remove the screws, the arm can come free and slide out of the lug.
These are easy enough to remove, but require a tiny screwdriver.
There are other lug styles out there, but those are the most prevalent. Then we have what Pela pulled off.
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Unfortunately, the lugs only come in polished silver, which means they don't match all of the various colors of Apple Watch. That said, it blends in well enough with the silver aluminum and both colors of stainless steel.
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As a company, Apple has put a lot of effort into making the organization carbon neutral and has reduced plastic use and made the packaging more compact and less wasteful. Many of Apple's customers feel similarly and plan their own purchases to have like values.
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- Lugs only available in polished silver
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Board Two Tears!? Mark Gragg (R) brought his "A" game to defeat last month's champion Patrick McCartney in round one.
Hocus Focus: Thomas Paradis (L) looks for the magic moment in his first round match with David High.
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Super Solid Stephen Styers (L) has things under control in his first round matchup with Robert Jackson.
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Hunting Joe King: Craig Rogers (R) attempts to dethrone Andrew Dejong's King in round one. The hard fought game concluded with a draw.
Rear: Derek Zhang (L) and Mike Eberhardinger square off.
Rook on the Seventh Blues: William Campbell (R) waits for the inevitable in his round one game with David Murray.
Scholastic Showdown! Chad Moody (L) and Dane Simon chess it up in round one. Rear: Dr. Walter High (L) faces house player Randy Dejong.
The Journey of 1000 Miles Begins with One Game: Brett Hunter (R) faced Michael Clay in his first USCF rated event. Welcome to rated chess, Brett!
NC's Future Polgar Princess! Grace Campbell (L) showed her potential in round one action with Kevin Chen.
Fast, Accurate, Humbling: FM Andrey Chumachenko (R) gives second round opponent Mark Gragg a chess check-up.
Taylor Tenacity: Joshua Taylor (R) surprised higher rated Thomas Paradis, earning the upset victory.
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Scope'n Out The Position: William Campbell (R) eyes Robert Jackson's king in round two action.
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A Determined Chin: Andrew Dejong (R) concentrates intently during his round two match with Zachary High.
High Hopes: Dr. Walter High (L) was outgunned by second round opponent Michael Clay. Rear: Robert Jackson (L) and William Campbell lock horns.
Chess Gadget! Chad Moody (L) utilizes the latest move recording technique on his Mon Roi. Kevin Chen uses the old reliable pencil and scoresheet.
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Cool Under Pressure: Mike Eberhardinger (R) battles Stephen Styers in round three. At Stake: $$$
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What a Performance! Dane Simon swept the Club Section at 3-0, winning first place and earning 126 rating points. Awesome!
Three Way Tie for Second Place: (L-R) Kevin Chen, Michael Clay, and Grace Campbell earned a share of the loot in the Club Section.


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Täglich bieten wir KOSTENLOSE lizenzierte Software an, die ihr sonst bezahlen müsstet!
Sumo Pro 5.11.9 war am 22. November 2020! als Giveaway verfügbar!
SUMo steht für Software Update Monitor und hilft euch, eure Software immer auf dem neusten Stand zu halten. Im Unterschied zu den integrierten Autoupdate-Features, benachrichtigt euch SUMo, ob Updates verfügbar sind, bevor ihr eure Software benutzt.
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Wer braucht solche Programme, wo man eh auf die Herstellerseite geleitet wird und manuell installieren muß? Sämtliche Programme die ich kenne, geben den Usern von sich aus die Information für ein anstehndes Updates!
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Interesting to see this here.
Warning - I have found that if you update GAOTD offerings you are then asked to pay and if you don't want to pay for the update its too late because you quite often then loose your FREE lifetime licence.
I am always very careful not to casually agree to update as it can result in losses.
Todays offering may well lead you to do just that.
BTW if you ever lost a GAOTD free lifetime licence this could well be the reason. It was on auto update.
Download on a Windows 10 machine, working very well, Also added the Driver Update. This is not a complete package. I was able to SCAN, but the "updates" are found on there server ONLY. If you wish to download from the manufacture's website, you will need to purchase the PRO version. Its NOW un-installed, will not be using this software. Thank you.
Given that Sumo itself won't get updated, does someone know how long does it stay effective in updating the software it monitors.
I currently use PatchMyPC which is free, updates many free applications, and has been around for a while.
You can get the free version of Glary Utilities which does the same thing plus many more utilities.
Thank you for this give away. Sumo and Dumo are excellent programs to INFORM you about available software or drivers updates, but... I would NEVER allow automatic updates for whatsoever. As mentioned before by D Murphy, software updates could kill your actual license resulting in a no longer working program, and driver updates could kill your computer completely in some cases of non-supported drivers (older display drivers), especially with the latest version of Windows 10 (2004 and higher). One point hurts me however: this giveway is the "PRO" version, but when you click on the driver tab, you see that Dumo is not installed, and sends you to the publisher's page in order to purchase the program or to install the free version. At least this free Dumo version should be part of the Sumo package.


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The Dell XPS M1530, with a 15.4-inch diagonal widescreen display, is a larger version of the compact XPS M1330, which has a 13.3-inch display. The M1530 is slim, measuring just 1-inch tall when closed and has a much more 'premium' feel compared to Dell's Inspiron line.
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It is available in three pre-configured packages, but Dell customers can customize their M1530s to their liking. All XPS M1530 models have Intel Core 2 Duo processors, NVIDIA GeForce GPUs and a 2.0MP camera built in.
The base (Good) XPS M1530 is $999 and comes with a 1GB of RAM, a 1.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (T5250 2MB L2 cache), 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS graphics and high-def audio. It comes with Windows Vista Home Premium. It comes with a DVD/CD burner and 802.11g wireless. This is a respectable configuration, but users should definitely upgrade to 2GB of RAM for $125, or order a 2GB upgrade kit from a retailer for about $55 and install it themselves.
The "better" XPS M1530 configuration from Dell costs $1,099 and is similar to the base model, but it has a 160GB hard drive instead of the 120GB drive. It also has 802.11n wireless, which is much faster than 802.11g wireless if you have the proper router. It comes with Trend Micro PC-cillan, an anti-virus and security suite, and Microsoft Works 8, a productivity suite for home users. The hard drive and wireless upgrade are each $50 a-la-carte, so the software is essentially free if you go with this package. As of launch date, this configuration cannot be customized as much as either the "good" or "best" versions and is only available in black.
The "best" XPS M1530 configuration is $1,499 and features the much more powerful NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPU with 256MB of memory. If you're into gaming or other heavy-duty multimedia apps, this configuration is for you. It includes 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive and the 1.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (T5450).
XPS M1530 DVD or Optional Blu-ray Disc Burner
This is an option you should order only if you're absolutely certain that you'll put it to good use. With the HD format wars still raging, it's still too early to tell if both HD DVD and Blu-ray will survive, or if one will triumph over the other. You can play back Blu-ray discs and connect to your HDTV via the M1530's HDMI port.
The Blu-ray drive can burn up to 50GB of data per disc, which is pretty incredible. This is useful if you want to backup a lot of movies and music and take it with you. If you don't need to carry around all that extra data, you're better off buying some high-capacity external hard drives. If you have friends and colleagues that also have Blu-ray drives this feature is particularly useful.
However, $500 is a steep price to pay for any laptop upgrade. Part of the premium price is "early adopter tax." Prices on Blu-ray and HD-DVD burners should drop significantly in the coming months as they're offered on more notebooks.
Most users will find the standard DVD/CD burner adequate for burning home movies and sharing music. Five hundred dollars can buy a lot of other upgrades that are more useful on a daily basis.
XPS M1530 Hard Drive
The Dell XPS M1530 is available with a range of hard drives or a 64GB solid state drive. The 64GB solid state drive offers the best performance in terms of reliability, durability and battery drain, but few users will pay the $1,000 premium for it. XPS 1530 users who have a respectable amount of multimedia will find the 64GB solid state drive extremely cramped. But if durability is your primary concern and you have deep pockets, the solid state drive is the way to go.
The cheapest hard drive available with the XPS M1530 has a 120GB capacity and spins at 5400 RPM. For $50 extra you can upgrade to a 160GB drive anda 250GB drive is a $150 add-on. A 320GB drive is also availabl, but not currently listed on the M1530 configuration page.
If you're after performance you'll want to upgrade to a 7200RPM drive. These hard drives are significantly faster, but each gig of capacity is much more expensive. The smallest 7200RPM drive for the XPS 1530 has a 120GB capacity and is a $100 option. The 160GB drive (7200RPM) is $150 extra and the 200GB drive (7200 RPM) is an extra $250.
The best option in my opinion is the 200GB (7200RPM) drive. It has 50GB less capacity than the largest 5400RPM drive, but the sacrifice is well worth the read/write speed increases.
XPS M1530 Processor Options
Any of the Intel Core 2 Duo processors Dell offers with teh XPS M1530 are adequate for everyday tasks and most users will find them plenty fast. However, XPS customers are usually looking for more than just adequate. For this reason, Dell offers a range of processors, including teh 2.6GHz T7800.
As of the XPS M1530 launch date the following processors are offered:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7800 (2.60GHz,4MB L2 Cache,800MHz FSB) $575 Extra
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.40GHz,4MB L2 Cache,800MHz FSB) $300 Extra
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.20GHz,4MB L2 Cache,800MHz FSB) $175 Extra
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7250 (2.00GHz,2MB L2 Cache,800MHz FSB) $100 Extra
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5450 (1.66GHz,2MB L2 Cache,677MHz FSB) $50 Extra
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5250 (1.50GHz,2MB L2 Cache,677MHz FSB) Standard
Most users will get by just fine with the XPS M1530's standard processor. The next step up, the T5450 has a clock speed that's only 10.7% faster than the standard and won't make the computer feel significanly faster. If you're going to upgrade from the base processor you should get the T7250 for $100 extra. Moving up to the T7500, or any of the other processors with 4MB L2 cache, is the way to go if you can afford it. The T7800 is the top performer, but you'll be paying top dollar for bragging rights of having the fastest processor. The best value for the money is the T7500 for $175.
XPS M1530 Memory
The XPS M1530 uses DDR2 SDRAM and can accommodate up two memory modules. If you're on a budget, order 1GB of RAM and upgrade to 2GB or 4GB yourself. If you've got money to burn, you can upgrade to 3GB for $125 or 4GB for $375, which is a complete rip off in my opinion. I recently bought 4GB of RAM for my notebook for $220. Upgrading the XPS M1530's memory takes just a couple of minutes and can be done by anyone.
XPS M1530 Display
The XPS M1530 features a 15.4-inch display, with a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. It is glossy, which many people prefer because glossy screens generally have deeper color saturation and look great under proper lighting conditions. Others (myself included) despise glossy screens, especially when used in bright rooms or outdoors. They are highly reflective and any amount of direct sunlight render them useless.
XPS M1530 Dimensions
This notebook is much thinner than most 15.4-inch notebooks, including Dell's Inspiron series. However, the widely-advertised "less than an inch thick" measurement is only half true. The M1530 is shaped like a wedge, so its front edge is much slimmer than the rear edge. It's still slim, but don't expect a uniformly thin laptop like the MacBook Pro or the ThinkPad T-Series.
It weighs in at 5.78 pounds with a standard battery. It measures 14.06-inches wide and 10.34-inches deep. The thinnest part of the computer is .93-inch deep and the thickest is 1.38-inches deep.
These dimensions mean the XPS M1530 is slim enough to lug around all day for most users. But those looking for something that's really light should look at a 13.3-inch notebook like the XPS M1330, Sony SZ series or Apple's MacBook.
XPS M1530 Wireless Options
The XPS M1530 can be configured with up to three antennas to serve your wireless needs.Everyone should upgrade to an 802.11n wireless card. The cost is minimal and you'll enjoy faster transfers and better quality connections from greater distances.
Bluetooth is optional and affordable at just $20. I recommend getting this since you likely already have at least one Bluetooth compatible device. I also despise USB dongles for external mice and keyboards.
The XPS M1530 can be loaded with the Dell Wireless 5520 HSDPA modem to connect to Verizon's wireless network, or the Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO wireless modem to connect to Sprint's service. Both are Rev.A, which is the fastest protocal available. Each costs just $150, but keep in mind that they come with expensive one or two-year contracts. My data plan with Sprint costs about $65 per month. It's nice to be able to get online wherever you are, but it's not a necessity if you're usually in range of a reliable WiFi network.
XPS M1530 Ports
The XPS M1530 has three USB 2.0 ports to connect your iPod, Zune, printer, camera and other accessories. Both an HDMI and VGA ports are included to connect to monitors, TVs and projectors. A standard Ethernet port (10/100) can be used to connect to your home or business networks when wireless isn't an option.
All XPS M1530 notebooks come with an 8-in-1 memory card reader so you can easily transfer your digital photos and videos,or use a card as an emergency backup. There is one ExpressCard 54mm slot for expansion and external accessories.
There are dual headphone/speaker jacks.
XPS M1530 Power and Battery
The standard battery is a 6-cell Lithium Ion battery (56WHr). An optional 9-Cell battery (85WHr) adds weight and sticks out from the XPS M1530's sleek silouhete, but will last 31% longer. I recommend getting at least one extra battery if you're highly mobile. One good option is to order one 6-cell and one 9-cell battery. Dell charges $90 extra for this combo.


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The Massachusetts Film Office, which encourages producers to film movies in the state via tax incentives, encourages property owners to list their homes, offices and more for possible shooting locations.
Currently, 9 Wellesley properties are listed, including Town Hall, the Wellesley Hills clock tower, the downtown fire station, and a few homes.
Listing your property as a possible movie shoot site is straightforward, and involves sharing pictures. The office provides tips on how to best reflect the nature of your property in photos.
We've seen reports that homeowners can reap thousands of dollars a day for renting out their property for filming, with the monthly mortgage sometimes used to figure out the daily rate. That could work out pretty well for a Wellesley homeowner indeed.
You'll probably be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement by the filming outfit so their big secrets aren't revealed. Not that the location or subject matter of productions like the Julia Childs TV series recently being shot on Cottage Street in Wellesley was any big secret.
The Wellesley Police Department is listed as the municipal permit contact by the Mass Film Office for those seeking permission to film.
You might wonder what the town gets out of films being done here, beyond a bit of excitement and some extra traffic. Wellesley Executive Director Meghan Jop says the town gets funds for police details and parking if any town-owned lots or spaces are used. "When filming occurs in the commercial districts, the Town receives the cost of lost revenue for the parking and if additional space is rented on other Town land there can be a negotiated fee," she said.
If listing your property isn't something you want to do, there's still a mess of other interesting info on the Mass Film site, including internship and casting call opportunities.
Here's a look back at movies filmed in Wellesley, Mass.
If you've rented out your Wellesley property for filming and are willing and able to share your experiences, or want to help clarify anything in this piece for us, please let us know at email@example.com


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Man Arrested for Throwing Alligator into Wendy's Drive-Thru
A man was arrested for throwing a 3-foot alligator through the window of a Wendy's drive-thru.
Joshua James, 23, allegedly pulled up to the drive-thru window at the restaurant east of Loxahatchee, Florida, got a drink from the worker, and threw the alligator through the window, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
He is being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, illegally killing, possessing, or capturing an alligator, and second-degree larceny petit theft.
The incident actually occurred in October, but James was arrested by U.S. Marshals just this week.


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How did the fighting at Fort Sumter unfold? What was the result? | The South began taking over the federal forts in the south, the fort was still under control but low on supplies. Civil War started. |
What is a border state? List the 5 Border states. | Slave states that border states where slavery is illegal. Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri. |
What reasons did the North and South have for fighting the Civil War? How were their fighting reasons similar? | North fought to have the South, South fought for their freedom. Both fought to defend their country. |
What were the North's advantages & disadvantages? | Advantages: 22 million people, more resources, Lincoln. Disadvantages: Weaker generals, fighting on enemy territory, less access to supplies. |
What were the South's advantages & disadvantages? | Advantages: Better generals, home field advantage, easy access to supplies. Disadvantages: Less people, less resources, no Lincoln. |
What was the North's military strategy and how was it supposed to work? | Anaconda Plan, used blockades to smother. |
What was the South's military strategy and how was it supposed to work? | King Cotton, cotton was big so they traded. |
List the reasons why soldiers on both sides volunteered to fight in the Civil War. | Boredom, money, adventure & glory, loyalty. |
What was the main cause of death during the war? | Disease caused by poor hygiene. |
What are the 3 types of new military technology ? | Rifle, Minie Ball, Ironclad. |
The capture of the largest Southern city and allowed the Union to complete the goal of controlling the Mississippi River and splitting the South in two. | The Fall of New Orleans |
The Union were held back by Gen. Stonewall Jackson's men and were chased away by the 'Rebel Yell'. | The First Battle of Bull Run |
The 2 sides clashed for a week and the Union was forced to retreat and were officially forced out of VA a few days later after the 2nd battle of Bull Run. | Seven Day's Battle |
A fierce battle that Grant was able to win because while fighting stopped for a thunderstorm he received fresh troops and was able to beat the weak southern army. | Battle of Shiloh |
The bloodiest day in American history, where the south retreated and McClellan was fired for not pursuing them and crushing the southern army when he had the chance. | Battle of Antietam |
How did "Stonewall" Jackson earn his nickname? | He held the Union back like a stone wall. |
What was the Rebel Yell? | When the Confederates launched a counter attack and let out a blood curdling scream as they ran to the Union's lines. |
Why did Congress want Grant fired? Why did Lincoln refuse to fire him? | Had too many casualties and Lincoln said "he fights." |
What were the 3 reasons Lee decided to invade the North? | -Lincoln to talk peace -Hoped Europe would join them as allies -give VA farmers a chance to harvest their crops |
Why was McClellan fired? | Fought all day & no progress was made. South retreated, McClellan didn't pursue to finish them & Lincoln was furious and fired him. |
4 reasons why Lincoln was originally hesitant toward emancipating the slaves? | Felt he didn't have the power to abolish slavery, didn't want to anger the Pro-Union groups or border states, didn't want the issue to divide the nation further. |
Why did Lincoln eventually decide in favor of emancipation? | He realized how important slave labor was in the south& make south easier to defeat. |
Why did the emancipation proclamation only end slavery in part of the country? | Military strategy only affected the South. |
In what ways were african american soldiers treated different than white soldiers? | They were faced with the worst jobs and paid less than whites. |
What were Copperheads? How did Lincoln deal with them? | Northerners who opposed the Civil War. Lincoln had them arrested and Habeas Corpus. |
What were Laws of Conscription? | Required men to serve in the military. |
How did the Civil War affect the economies in the North & South? | North did good, South suffered. |
What new duties did women take on during the Civil War that they had never done before? | Plowed fields, ran farms and plantations. |
Who was Clara Barton and why is she important? | Trained as a school teacher, working with the government when the Civil War began. |
What was the most famous Southern prison camp? What were the conditions like there? | Andersonville. Starvation, poor hygeine, disease, bad weather. |
What was Pickett's Charge? | The Confederates attack where they ran directly. |
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important? | Lee's hope for a win in the North ended. |
What events let to the tides of the war changing in the favor of the North? | Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Grant being named leader. |
What was the path that Sherman's march took? What was Sherman's Total War? | Deep into the South. Which meant he not only attacked his enemy but anything that supported it. |
What were Grant's terms of surrender and why did he offer such generous terms? | Allowed South soldiers to hold on to their belongings and horses were giving and agreed to feed the enemy troops. He did it to show respect. |
What were the combined physical & economic costs of the Civil War? | Physical; about 620,000 soldiers died. Economic; years after the war, the federal government was still paying interest on loans taken out during the war. |
Why was the 13th amendment passed? | To officially ban slavery in the US. |
How did Lincoln's assassination affect the country? | It had to be rebuilt. |
What 2 problems did the country face after the war? | How to handle the 4 million former slaves, and how to bring the South back to the Union. |


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Website Pratham
About Pratham
Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide pre-school education to children in Mumbai slums. Over the last 20 years Pratham has grown to be India's largest NGO working to provide quality education to underprivileged youth and children in over 20 states across the country, with a range of interventions.
Pratham is a widely recognized organization, having received notable awards such as the WISE Prize for Innovation, Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the Henry R Kravis Prize in Leadership and the CNN IBN Indian of the Year for Public Service. For more details, refer to www.pratham.org
About the team
Pratham Early Years team has decades of experience working with community partners and state governments to develop and deliver solutions targeting holistic development of children of age group 3 to 8 (i.e. children across preschool and grades 1-2). Solutions include designing curriculum and material, training resource groups, supporting on-site monitoring, providing measurement support and, most importantly, assisting state governments with evidence-based decision making for policy and practices.
Roles & Responsibilities
Policymakers globally have increasingly recognized the importance of Early Years Education. With the National Education Policy 2020 in place, the central and state governments have thrown their full weight behind providing effective early years education across the country. Given this context, it is crucial to review policies for Early Years and inform decision making through evidence. The Senior Policy Research Associate will help Pratham with this effort of evidence based decision making for policy and practice. The responsibilities include:
- Reviewing policy documents and driving policy discussions with a wide range of internal stakeholders, including content, measurement, and program teams at Pratham
- Designing frameworks to understand the impact of practices followed for Early Years Education, implementing these frameworks on ground with the help of program team, analyzing data and reporting findings to teams
- Analyzing available data- data which Pratham has collected over time and other data which is available in the public domain- for Early Years Education and reporting findings
- Leading policy and planning discussions with political and technical officials of government to devise strategy for Early Years programs
- Articulating Pratham's position on policy, evidence, and practices for Early Years Education in position papers, case studies and articles
Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:
- Undergraduate degree or higher in any field ( Economics, Math, Stats is preferred)
- Minimum 2 years of work experience in a policy and/or data centric role
- Thorough understanding of data analysis using MS Excel (must have). Additional knowledge of Statistical modelling, Tableau will be preferred.
- Ability to create compelling presentations.
- Strong analytical skills & logical abilities to breakdown problems and find solutions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work with cross functional teams in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Self-motivated and proactive
- Willing to travel in case of internal and external meetings
Location: New Delhi (currently WfH)
Application Process
Please submit your resume, along with a cover letter (~300 words) addressing why you will be a good fit.
Candidates may submit their applications to firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com with the following subject line [Senior Policy Research Associate, Pratham Early Years Team_Your Name] in the subject line.
To apply for this job email your details to firstname.lastname@example.com


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City National Bank recently expanded its Downtown Los Angeles profile by become the first company to have signage on two of the city's skyline defining buildings.
Two sets of 7' channel letters and 14' ladder logos sit a top the 52 story skyscraper, fitted with 6500K white LEDs, and installed over custom fabricated glass panels with penetrations.
These two new signs join their skyline counterparts, two sets of 11' channel letters and 22' ladder logos on the 52 story City National Plaza building, which were also manufactured and installed by Sign Industries, Inc. in 2005.


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Friendly fraud can be summed up as an honest mistake: reporting a charge as fraud when a customer did indeed make that purchase. Often times this happens unwittingly either by another member of the household or by the cardholder themselves long since forgotten. Instead of working with the merchant to obtain a refund, customers file a chargeback with their credit card company, resulting in the bank issuing a refund on the merchant's behalf although the merchant did not commit a mistake.
Various Reasons for Chargebacks
Whether they claim the product wasn't delivered or the product didn't match the proper description of the item, a customer can file a chargeback for these and other reasons. Sometimes customers simply do not know the difference between a return with the merchant and a chargeback from the bank. Other times, virtual shoplifters leverage the chargeback rules in their favor by ordering goods, receiving those goods, and then not paying by disputing the charge also known as chargeback fraud.
In addition to the cost of the goods, merchants also pay chargeback fees, lose shipping costs, and spend time and money disputing charges. Making up 40 to 80 percent of a business's losses in fraud total, friendly fraud results in merchants eating the costs.
Minimizing Friendly Fraud Incidents
Merchants can implement several practices in preventing chargebacks including keeping an open line of communication with customers. This will help customers get in touch with the merchant rather than the bank when they need to return a product or service.
Merchants should also make their billing descriptor easy to identify. The name of your business on a credit card statement should trigger a memory of a legitimate purchase rather than trigger alarm that someone is fraudulently charging goods to a customer's card.
Merchants can display the refund policy on their website outlining the timeline in which the customer must return the product. If merchants offer refunds and cancellations immediately, customers won't need to resort to filing chargebacks with the bank. Merchants can make it easy for customers to return a product with pre-paid shipping labels. Also, merchants can notify customers of recurring payments to prevent a surprise charge and the resulting call to the bank.
In addition to using delivery confirmation as a business practice, merchants can also keep a paper trail of all transactions to further inform customers of the details of the purchase. By offering details about the transaction, merchants can help customers recognize the purchase. This practice will dissuade fraudsters with ill intent from pursuing fraudulent purchases from the merchant with the current and future purchases.
On the front end of the transactions, merchants can collect as much customer data as possible to help keep track of the order history. In this same session, merchants can use a software requiring customers enter their complete credit card information, as well as allowing customers to review the order and then verify the purchase.
Merchants can also use data to notice trends with repeat offenders of friendly fraud. With heavy doses of data and communication, merchants can make cuts in their friendly fraud costs, as well as improve their relationships with customers.


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Giusti Portos unique pieces are handmade in Italy using the ancient art of forging iron.
The methods and techniques are strictly artisan and the pieces display a wealth of beauty and the quality craftsmanship of past times.
The workmanship is based on traditional skilled handcrafting. From forging and welding the iron, and carving the wood to brushing the brass. Traditional techniques are also used for the finishes: for example in the application of precious gold and silver leaf.
And to close this cycle of craftsmanship, decorations and antique finishes carried out with paintbrushes or pads: numerous types of finish can be chosen for the iron and wood which just like the floral paintings are carried out completely by hand.
Hand forged iron bed, silver leaf pickled finish, cat. C.
The price includes the orthopedic frame and the side squares in the same color of the bed, category C.
Bed Desirès
Product Code: Bed DesiresGiusti Portos
Dimensions: L 211 x W 176 x H 159
- All prices include VAT
Available within 60-70 days


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Carrie chats with 5-time USATF Champion Sam Chelanga! They discuss his return to running, his career as an officer in the US Army, and how he is chasing his Olympic dreams at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials.
Recorded January 29, 2020
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Sam Chelanga
Residence: Columbia, SC
Hometown: Buford, GA
College: Liberty University
Age on Race Day: 34
Qualifying Race: Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2017
Marathon Best: 2:15:02
Of Note:
– 2nd Lt. U.S. Army Platoon Leader at Fort Jackson
– Competed in 2016 Trials
– Born in Kenya; became a U.S. citizen in 2015
– He and his wife, Marybeth, have three children, 6, 2, and 1
– NCAA 10,000m record-holder
– Retired from professional running in 2018 to enlist in the Army
Bio courtesy of Atlanta Track Club