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as the title suggests, this technique has several names but in my heart it's the Wiggle and since i like things that wiggle… i'll stay with the jiggly moniker !
just as in Pavel Kupstov's description and super-excellent video below, its main purpose is to easily and very quickly shake/fling off water from a waterlogged dry fly or emerger during the backcast lift without having to bring the fly back to dry and/or treat it with more floatant or powder.
as we'll see in the slow-to-fast sequences in the video, the Wiggle sheds most if not all residual water on one single backcast enabling the angler to complete the cast and present the fly with one p/u and lay down instead of having to whip the line back and forth, false casting to get the same result.
how does it work ? just as with a standard casting loop, most of the water is shed when the fly goes from one direction to its opposite direction (back to front/front to back) but in this case, there's a whole lot of direction changes before going into the actual backcast loop and this latter one finishes flinging off whatever water was left. pretty ingenious when you think about it.
the Wiggle also sheds water from the leader and fly line, something that will greatly help when using a silk or textured line and furled or braided leaders but 'standard' mono leaders and plastic fly lines aren't immune to 'water retention' either.
in both cases, fly and line(s) won't be spraying fish-spooking residual water droplets upon presentation, something to keep in mind in slower flowing pools or stillwater.
as for this pick up's history and other names, i have no idea if other authors have talked about this p/u method previously but Joan Wulff writes about it in Fly Casting Techniques and Jason Borger in Nature of Fly Casting.
Joan calls it Horizontal Humps and Jason, Wiggle Pick Up. i might have missed it but interestingly, neither one mentions the p/u's fly-drying attributes as its described as a way to effectively pick up fly and line from vertically oriented snaggies like grass and brush without, well, snagging them so there you go, yet another reason to add this technique to your bag of tricks.
as for how-to's, wiggling is pretty straightforward but i always advise to start off the lift with the arm extended, rod tip pointed directly at the fly and start wiggling as you're drawing the elbow back towards you whilst lifting the rod tip and then going into the backcast propper. this avoids 'running out of casting arc', leaves more space and time to get it all done correctly and smoothly and generally leads to a better backcast loop. Pavel's one of the finest casters there is and despite that we'll see backcast loops that aren't picture-perfect but that's not important as long as we don't lose control of the line and flop it around.
last note: in her same Pick Ups chapter Joan also writes about a variant; Vertical Humps. basically the same thing but instead of wiggling (humping?) left and right, the waves are created by jiggling the rod tip down and up during the lift and since it doesn't really matter which plane the waves are going, there's yet another option for you.
there might be more but i can only think of one potential minorly negative aspect: all that spray goes straight towards the caster but then humping usually involves some kind of, ehhhh, nevermind….


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Ok, need a kick in the brain to get the juices flowing.
In the module The Harrowing (which is really enjoyable) there's an encounter that's kind of incomplete, at least to me.
Anyone want to suggest good things for him to ask? Also, aren't his definitions of 'truth' subject to what he knows? (I assume he'd complain casting detect lie would be cheating.) Like if he states he's 'a Rakshasa' to him it's true, even though technically he's not, being a planar construct.
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This portion was much larger in the original manuscript, but we had to cut it down to fit the page count. We also decided that individual GMs would be able to customize this encounter to their players' play style.
The basic gist is that the Ringmaster lets the PCs ask him three questions to try and catch him in a lie, and he'll always answer truthfully questions about the Harrowed realm, he'll always lie about himself, and if he doesn't know the answer to a question and can't pry it from a PC's mind with his Detect Thoughts, he simply makes up a reasonable and confidant-sounding lie.
Ultimately, he doesn't consider Sense Motive checks or spells like detect lies to be "proving" he's lied; after all, he only has the one wizard's claim that he's cast anything, and a sense motive check is just a glorified hunch.
Here are a few suggestions:
Logical Paradox: Players can use two of their questions to create a logical paradox to trap the Ringmaster on his third question, as he'll always give a definite answer, even if there are multiple correct answers. Think three-card monte or the old "Can god create a rock so heavy even he can't lift it" schtick.
Knowledge Skills: Since the ringmaster will always make up a lie about any subject he's uncertain about, PCs can simply use knowledge skills to pose questions they might be able to answer correctly but he can't. As the ringmaster can detect thoughts at will, though, it's better if a PC who doesn't know the answer asks the question, trusting a teammate to be able to answer it.
Trickery: The classic unsolvable riddle is simply "What have I got in my pocket," but between the Ringmaster's ability to detect thoughts and the vagueness of that specific question, it's unlikely to trap him (He can simply answer "lint", after all). Still, a PC with a high Will save or magical protection from mind reading may be able to stump him with simply questions like "Which hand is the marble in" or "How many coins am I carrying?" PCs can also use Sleight of Hand to change the answer to questions like this after the Ringmaster has responded.
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Geez, I hope my pc:s are smart enough to think about the logical paradoxes. Otherwise they ask something that the Ringmaster can lie about very easily. I also thought of just changing the ringmaster's "battle of wits" to the standard riddles, because my players really like riddles.
I have to say, I love this module so much! the best module I ahve ever read, and I can't wait to run this with our group! it has great "Alice in Wonderland"-vibe in it. Thank you so much!
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Reposted from a different thread...
I found this one a little confusing too. I left it entirely up to the players with some ground rules (which they clarified in advance)...
For example they could ask, "What color is your coat (Truth "RED")?"
Rakshasa Answers, "Blue."
"Aha a lie, it's red"
"Well we're from different planes, perhaps what I see as blue you see as red." Not contradicted by Rakshasa, no victory for players.
Players look at a red pillow, "Is this red?"
Answer "No, it is Blue as well."
Question "Are the pillow and your jacket the same color?"
"No" (A direct contradiction of what he just said, caught in a lie, players win)
My players settled on, "Do you always Lie?"
Answer, "Yes." (A Lie. If he did always lie, his offer to allow the characters to win the contest would be a lie, so he doesn't "Always" lie.)
Players, "Are you a liar?"
Answer "No." Busted.
Our party just played this part of the module last week. I loved it, by the way, since I really love logic puzzles. We trapped him in a logical paradox.
Here's how:
"Will you answer "yes" to the next yes/no question we ask?" The ringmaster said no.
Then we asked, "If we prove you are lying, will you give us the token?" He was trapped.
We figured we had to commit him to an answer in the first question, then ask a question with an obvious answer, removing the difficulty of proving his lies.
This took us quite some time, but we all really enjoyed it, even those party members who don't typically like puzzles. In the brainstorming stage, our paladin came up with some great questions: "If we don't kill you, will you give us the token immediately?" and "If we cut you up into little bits, will we find the token?"
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Our group decided to go with trickery:
First question: "What kind of questions would you lie about?"
Answer: "I always lie about questions concerning this realm."
Second question: Open the map and ask, "Where is the carnival?"
If he answers truthfully and points to the carnival, his first answer was a lie.
If he lies about the location of the carnival, it's obvious because the location is on the map.
We all felt pretty clever about that. Lots of fun was had.
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Reposted from a different thread...
I found this one a little confusing too. I left it entirely up to the players with some ground rules (which they clarified in advance)...
** spoiler omitted **
For my group I put a different spin on it.
He gave them the five questions to catch him in a lie, saying he'd lie to some or all of them, but the trick is...
He actually would answer every one of the five questions as honestly as he could, leaving the PCs to puzzle about what the lie could be.
This made it easy to GM, since I didn't have to make up any lies or have to puzzle through any of the players' logic traps. Whatever they pulled to manipulate the questions would be the wrong guess, since he'd answer each without any attempt at deception on his part. Every sense motive would indicate he's being truthful, which the players might assume is just him having an absurdly high bluff, but is actually a clue. His denials that they won the contest evne if they caught him in a logic trap would likewise be the clue to the actual solution, which he'd reveal to win the contest if the PC don't get it or accuse him of cheating:
"I, in fact, made every effort to answer your questions as sincerely as possible. The answers may have been contradictory as you constructed them, but they were not attempts to deceive you, I answered them sincerely, thus that was not the lie. I said I would give you five questions to catch me in a lie, and spoke honestly, but I did not say the lie you needed to catch would be the response to any of the five questions! In truth, the lie you failed to guess is simply this: I lied when I said I would lie!"
Standard spoiler warning. . .
My questions are about Brambleson.
1) His description mentions his intent to recover the other half of his sword, but I don't see it listed in the dragon description. Where is the information on the complete Sword of Oaths?
2) Is it possible he could leave with the PCs for the real world as he plans?
|Deidre Tiriel
Standard spoiler warning. . .
My questions are about Brambleson.
1) His description mentions his intent to recover the other half of his sword, but I don't see it listed in the dragon description. Where is the information on the complete Sword of Oaths?
2) Is it possible he could leave with the PCs for the real world as he plans?
1) The other half is the broken +2 short sword. The "Sword of Oaths" is just a named weapon, which is actually a broken +2 short sword.
2) No. No harrowed realm creatures can return. The dragon knows this and uses mortals in order mask himself so he can leave.
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1) His description mentions his intent to recover the other half of his sword, but I don't see it listed in the dragon description. Where is the information on the complete Sword of Oaths?
2) Is it possible he could leave with the PCs for the real world as he plans?
Hmmm... that part about finding the other half of his sword wasn't in my original draft. The behind-the-scenes, totally non-canon explaination of Brambleson's sword is from an old Varisian fable about why rabbits are timid and never trusting what you hold most dear to someone else's care. Brambleson was once the only timid rabbit in Golarion, in a time when all other rabbits were soldiers of the gods, with their gnashing claws and powerful legs. But when a creature attacked that no rabbit's claws could pierce and whose voice filled their hearts with such terror that no creature could face it a second time. Brambleson (who had been too afraid to face the beast), schemed and convinced the other rabbits to loan him their courage, swearing to return it the moment after he faced down the beast. The rabbits forged his oaths into a sword the rabbit prince needed to slay the beast, so he couldn't abandon them.
But Brambleson decided he liked feeling brave, and so when it came to face the beast, rather than attack it's soft underbelly, he leaped up and swung at it's shell., shattering his sword and his oaths along with it. He has not bothered to return the rabbits' courage, and instead gallivants across the world having adventures.
So, the "other piece" of Brambleson's sword is actually a dozen or more broken pieces lost to the annals of story time. If you could find them and put the sword back together, the rabbit prince would be forced to return his ill-gotten bravado to Golarion's rabbits and once again become a sniveling coward (essentially a standard rabbit).
Brambleson's Broken Sword of Oaths was (in the original draft) just a medium-sized +2 short sword (it did not have the broken condition; broken is just part of the name). If it were reforged, it would probably become a +2 abberation-bane bastard sword.
As for escaping the Harrowed Realm, none of the storykin can leave. They're made from spider webs, morning dew, and earwax, and would collapse into nothing upon exiting (they could probably survive on the Dimension of Dreams as well). Brambleson is more heart than smarts, though, and doesn't realize that. Still, if any storykin had enough force of personality to hold itself together outside the Harrowed realm, it would be the rabbit prince.
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Thank you for the reply! And yes, like I predicted the first thing my PCs said were "Were is the rest of the sword and what happens if we put it back together?"
Looking forward to a sequel or any other modules you write. Kepp up th good work.
Let them know with a decently easy Knowledge check (whichever seems most appropriate for knowing local myths of fables; local, history, and religion all work well) that the broken sword is just part of his myth and probably not in the Harrowed Realm. You can, however, use it as a lead-in for further adventures once they escape. Technically, any treasure they find the Harrowed Realm is fictional; bringing it out into the "real world" of Golarion might have weird effects, such as forcing the other half of the sword into existence or generating other mythical creatures tied to the odds and ends they bring back.
Im going to run this for some PFS characters and I have a few questions.
- On page 7 under Planar Traits it states that teleportation spells only function if the caster makes a dc 30 caster level check which is possible for a level 10 cleric to make. What then? For PFS, I am technically not supposed to change anything and play it "as written," otherwise, I might just bump up the DC to 31.
- Are storykin subject to mind affecting spells? For example, would a pc be able to stick a dominate person on Algon (which both bard and wizard can have at these levels and lasts for a REALLY long time)? What if any affects would the "story resets" have upon him while under a dominate person?
- It would be very nice to have the Varisian folk tales from which these characters and locations sprang to "life." Anyone written anything along these lines that I could steal? :)
I came looking for the Sword of Oaths info also, just to see if there is any, and I also was totally thrown by the line IN the module "If he(Brambleson) can fulfill his story's quest and find the other half of his broken sword of oaths among the dragon's hoard, all the better."
I put it there and spun an whole side quest out of it. Mending just gets you the unbroken listed +2 short sword, but I offered quest for proper reforging and I gave the group a weapon worthy of a name. It's ended up being fun so far, but now I need to decide what the sword stats will be. I think I'll have to make up my own and make it useful for they're next adventure since they have put some time and effort into it at this point.
I will second the request for the stories for each module encounter. Maybe quick snippets of the text edited out from the first draft could really help? I was really put on the spot a lot when they questioned NPCs, especially when it was about their own story. And the first friendly NPC has a lot of information and can tag along for the whole thing, so having him come down with memory loss just didn't seem an option. I did my best and everyone said they really loved the adventure, the visuals, and the stories I did try to come up with. But as the DM, I would have really loved to have been able to find some info on the stories alluded too rather than have to make it up on the spot so often.
Maybe an E-book is in order, a nice cheap supplement for the module if you already worked up some draft stories? I'd buy it, and I'd think most people using a Harrow Deck would even if they aren't playing the module.
So, I ran The Harrowing at DunDraCon this weekend (14 hours of actual game time!) and I had a question for you, Crystal.
All of the encounters throughout the module are very well written and entertaining, even the ones that you can't simply talk your way through like many of them. However, the Shadow Demon encounter felt... Off. I'm familiar with Magic Jar and how it works, but the tactics as written seemed confusing. I wasn't able to really feel out who the Bishop was, or how that encounter was supposed to lead off. Are all 3 Shadow Demons in human bodies that resemble the bishop? It says they are already waiting in their gems via Magic Jar to possess non-clerics upon combat. I couldn't find anything about where the soul gems were, though I assumed in the same room so that they could attempt to possess.
Sorry for the rambling, just the whole encounter felt like there was stuff missing from it that actually explained the scene in greater detail. I could be mistaken, but I figured I would ask.
Otherwise, my players absolutely loved every other "encounter" in the module. The drunken air elemental in particular got huge laughs, especially when the group was able to convince it to not fight with several castings of Create Beer. :)
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Page 4 of the module says "If the players correctly identify these associations during the adventure, they may "play" the chosen cards from their deck for specific boons.."
How are the characters supposed to know that they can do this? What in-world clues do they get? I was thinking of having the deck sparkle at the appropriate moments. Also, what kind of action is it to play a card? Assuming that the deck is already in hand, I would say that it is a standard action which provokes an attack of opportunity.
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I'm planning to run The Harrowing soon, and I have some questions that I don't see answered in the module.
Anyone knowledgeable, can you help?
Does he know only the conspirators' names or also what kind of creature each conspirator is? Does he know that Radiant Sunrise (the couatl, page 12) has become Mourning Choir and given her token to the Barrow King? Does he know that the scary thing in in the Prophet's Garden (page 17) is the remnant of Sonnerae and an honorary conspirator? In order not to spoil too much for the PCs and players, I was planning to say that Biyo knows only the names but his information is outdated about the couatl, and he doesn't know about the Sonnerae-hag.
Thanks for any answers or advice.


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"We try to put a 'wow factor' in every video," says Anderson, promising that future videos for The Piano Guys tracks will likewise factor in plenty of wow. This certainly is true for "Peponi (Paradise)," the Guys' African spin on Coldplay's "Paradise," for which the group, hours after coming up with the concept, helicoptered a grand piano onto the edge of a 1,000-foot cliff, where stellar African guest vocalist Alex Boyé sang the translated words. Same with "Code Name Vivaldi," which blends The Bourne Identity soundtrack riff with a similarly intense Vivaldi cello concerto in a breathless video culminating with Schmidt and Nelson, who was originally swayed into classical music by the Vivaldi piece, performing on a flatcar on a high-speed train.
The album's lead track "Titanium/Pavane" is a mash-up of French classical composer Gabriel Fauré's "Pavane" with David Guetta's "Titanium." - the Guys having previously lensed a lovely take on Guetta's "Without You." A clip will certainly be created for "Arwen's Vigil," a Piano Guys original. "Beethoven's 5 Secrets" merits special mention. The piece itself employs five separate melodies from the four movements of Beethoven's 5th Symphony, in conjunction with OneRepublic's "Secrets."
"We love showcasing the beauty of the earth—where people don't expect to find classical instruments," says Anderson, and sure enough, the Beethoven video combines stunning outdoor performance footage from the mountains surrounding St. George, Utah, with a concert featuring the American Heritage Lyceum Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, thereby manifesting The Piano Guys' dual goal of bringing people to classical music and inspiring young musicians.
"Lots of parents are using our music to show their kids how fun classical music can be and motivate them to learn instruments," says Schmidt. The Piano Guys' cover song mash-ups, adds Nelson, have become "a great way to introduce ourselves and make an instant connection with our audience as a classic spin on new stuff - and a new spin on classic stuff."
With van der Beek's studio prowess together with the inventive cinematography of Stewart and Anderson, Schmidt and Nelson have forged a fresh approach to the growing classical crossover fusion of classical and pop music that in their case has connected quietly but emotionally with a massive audience.
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Concern over such blazes waned after the 1970s, when highly flammable agents such as ether gave way to safer anesthetics.
But worries have mounted in recent years with increased use of electrosurgical devices and the replacement of cloth hospital drapes with those made of more-flammable, disposable synthetic fabric. Bruley's organization has recommended that anesthesiologists stop using 100 percent oxygen and deliver only what the patient needs, perhaps by diluting the oxygen concentration with room air when surgical tools such as electronic scalpels and cauterizers that could ignite a fire are in use.
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Gabriel Elizondo (pictured) is a reporter who works for Al Jazeera. His current project: driving across America to "talk to people of all walks of life about the wide-ranging impact (or not) of 9/11 on American life." Sounds fishy.
Perhaps Gabriel Elizondo could get away with his little
terrorist scouting expedition journalism project in liberal enclaves like Oklahoma. But in Texas? "Don't try to fool Texas about the motives of an Al Jazeera reporter," has been the state motto of Texas since 1846.
Here is Elizondo's hilarious (to liberal coastal elites) account of what happened when he decided to get some color by attending a random high school football game in tiny Booker, Texas. Everything is going just fine until he hands the school principal his Al Jazeera business card, prompting her to rush off and find the Superintendent, Michael Lee. Lee comes over to Elizondo with "a sharp glare" on his face and welcomes him to Booker:
"I think it was damn rotten what they did."
"I am sorry, what who did?" I say, not sure exactly if he was calling me rotten, the terrorists rotten, Al Jazeera rotten, or all of the above.
"The people that did this to us," he says back to me with a smirk, still glaring uncomfortably straight at my eyes.
"Well, I think it was bad too," I say. "Well, do you think, sir, we can film a bit of the game and talk to some people here about just that?"
"No. You can't film, you can't take pictures, or interview people."
"OK, can I ask why? And if you allow me can I explain…"
Cut off.
"No, I just expect that you will respect it."
What could be more American than having the entire concept of a "free press" covering a "public event" shut down thanks to pure ignorance? This is America, Mr. Elizondo. Welcome, and go to hell! Naturally, superintendent Michael Lee has written an official response in which he disputes Elizondo's impolite implications:
Booker is a community that has accepted diversity for decades, including many different faiths. I am sitting here listening to the music from our annual "Fiesta Night" that celebrates the unification of the many cultures that make up our community.
Lessee, "Elizondo," you speak Mexican, right? Fiesta en la ciudad de Booker! Booker loves Taco Day at the cafeteria!
Update: We'd originally written that Elizondo was "Brazilian-born." He emails to clarify: "I was not born in Brazil , I was actually born here in America . I just have lived and worked in Brazil for the past 5 years now, and I look sort of Brazilian and I "speak Brazilian" so many people assume I must be. (Which has forced me to resist the urge to respond to all the people who have told me to "Go back to where I came from" or "go home")"
Update 2: A reader who knows Mike Lee and the Booker school district writes: "In Mr. Lee's official response, he mentioned FERPA, and how he feared filming the students my violate the rules. Odd, because every year the semi-local news out of Amarillo goes to at least one of the games to cover it and filming does take place. None of this is mentioned to any of the students or attendees beforehand. I can also recall multiple times throughout elementary school where the weatherman from one of the local stations would show up to tell us about cumulonimbus clouds and film us for a story. No one was ever asked for consent to be filmed. So basically he's full of shit."


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|Assumed office
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Todd Rex Gloria
May 10, 1978
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|Assembly District 78 Website
Todd Rex Gloria (born May 10, 1977) is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. A Democrat, he represents the 78th Assembly District, which encompasses much of San Diego and is the current Majority Whip.
Prior to his election to the Assembly in 2016, Gloria served as the member of the New Template Photoshop Jersey Drivers License representing District 3. He was president of the nine-member council from 2012 through 2014. In his role as council president, Gloria served as interim Mayor of San Diego from the August 2013 resignation of Mayor Bob Filner until the March 2014 inauguration of Mayor Kevin Faulconer.[1]
On January 9, 2019, Gloria announced that he would run for Mayor of San Diego in the 2020 election. In announcing his campaign, he focused on housing affordability, homelessness, and climate change, and promised to build a "world class public transportation system."[2]
- 1 Life and career
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- 4 Electoral History
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Life and career[edit]
Gloria is a third generation San Diegan, all four of his grandparents having moved to San Diego because of their involvement with the military.[3] He has described his ethnic background in an interview as being: "[b]asically half Native American (Tlingit-Haida, an Alaskan tribe), a quarter Filipino and then a little bit of Dutch and Puerto Rican."[3]
He grew up in the Clairemont neighborhood and attended Madison High School. He was interested in politics from childhood. At age 10, he was runner-up in a "mayor for a day" contest. At 14, he volunteered to work for Democratic candidates in the 1992 election.[4]
Gloria graduated summa cum laude from the University of San Diego, with majors in history and political science.[5] While a student at USD, Gloria was active in the effort to add "sexual orientation" to the campus nondiscrimination policy.[4] He was also a member of Delta Lambda Phi.
U.S. Congresswoman Susan Davis has been his political mentor ever since they first met in 1993, when Gloria was a high school freshman and Davis was the director of the Aaron Price Fellows Program, a San Diego leadership program for high school students focused on civic education and cross-cultural understanding.[5] In 2002, Gloria became Davis's district director,[5] a position he held until being elected to the city council in 2008.[6]
While working for Davis, Gloria also served as a San Diego Housing Commissioner from 2005 until 2008. Openly gay, he is also a former chairman of the San Diego LGBT Community Center and was a resident panelist on San Diego's Prostitution Impact Panel.[7]
San Diego City Council[edit]
Gloria ran for the District 3 seat vacated by the termed-out Toni Atkins in the 2008 election. He received a plurality of votes in the June 2008 primary election, leading to a November run off election against fellow Democrat Stephen Whitburn, a former journalist, community activist and ally of then District 6 councilmember Donna Frye.[7][8] Gloria defeated Whitburn with 54.3% of the vote.
In the 2012 election, Gloria ran for re-election unopposed and was re-elected in the June primary.[9] As of his second term, District 3 included the neighborhoods of Balboa Park, Bankers Hill/Park West, Downtown San Diego, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, Little Italy, Mission Hills, Normal Heights, North Park, Old Town, and University Heights.[10]
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Gloria was chair of the city's Budget and Finance Committee from 2011 to 2016. Gloria represented San Diego on the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Board and SANDAG, where he chaired the transportation committee.[11] In December 2012, at its first meeting after new members took office, Gloria was unanimously elected to serve as Council President, replacing retiring President Tony Young.[12]
Upon the resignation of Mayor Bob Filner on August 30, 2013,[13] Gloria became the interim mayor of San Diego, with limited powers.[14] This made San Diego the second largest city in the United States (after Houston) to have an openly gay mayor at that time.[15][16] He served until March 3, 2014, when mayor-elect Kevin Faulconer was sworn in. While serving as interim mayor, he remained the city councilmember for District 3 and retained the title of city council president; however, City Council President Pro Tem Sherri Lightner carried out the duties of the council president.[17] Gloria was considered a possible candidate to replace Filner, but chose not to run.[18]
As interim mayor, Gloria reversed several of Filner's actions. In September 2013, he ordered city police and zoning code officers to resume enforcement actions against medical marijuana shops; in one of his first actions as mayor, Filner had ordered city staff to stop such enforcement.[19] He also announced the city will re-hire lobbying firms in Sacramento and Washington that Filner had fired.[20] He ordered that public records be made more quickly and easily available to citizens, in contrast to the cumbersome centralized process established by Filner.[21]
On December 10, 2014, the city council voted 4–5 on a motion of whether to reappoint Gloria as council president for the new term, with Sherri Lightner joining the four council Republicans to defeat the measure. The council then voted 7-2 to appoint Lightner as council president, with Gloria and David Alvarez in opposition.[22]
California State Assembly[edit]
On April 7, 2015, Gloria announced that he would run in 2016 for the California State Assembly 78th district seat held by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, who was termed out. Gloria was immediately endorsed by Atkins and by Sarah Boot, who had earlier announced her own candidacy for Atkins' seat, but withdrew upon Gloria's announcement.[23] On November 8, 2016, Gloria was easily elected over his relatively unknown Republican opponent with the second-highest margin of victory in San Diego County.[24] He was easily re-elected in 2018 with over 70 percent of the vote in both the primary and the general election.
Shortly after assuming office in 2016, Gloria was chosen by Speaker Anthony Rendon to join democratic leadership in the assembly as assistant majority whip.[25] In January 2018, he moved up in leadership to the position of majority whip.[26]
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2016 California State Assembly[edit]
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|Primary election
|Todd Gloria (incumbent)
|Maggie J. Campbell
|Total votes
|General election
|Todd Gloria (incumbent)
|Maggie J. Campbell
|Total votes
|Democratic hold
- ^ Alford, Matt Johnson, Abbie. "Mayor-elect Kevin Faulconer expected to be sworn in March 3".
- ^ "Assemblymember Todd Gloria announces 2020 run for Mayor of San Diego -". McKinnon Broadcasting. 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ a b Scannell, Christy (December 29, 2009). "Todd Gloria's juggling act part 2". San Diego News Room. via Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2013.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ^ a b Rowe, Peter (August 24, 2013). "Todd Gloria, in the mayor's office -- at least temporarily". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ a b c "ASIAN JOURNAL a San Diego original. The 1st Asian Journal in Ca,USA. A Filipino American weekly. Online - Digital - Print Editions".
- ^ Writer to hold funeral for unpublished novel | The San Diego Union-Tribune
- ^ a b Steele,, Jeanette (Oct 18, 2008), "District 3 candidates are alike but different", San Diego Union Tribune, p. CZ-1
- ^ Opposing forces | The San Diego Union-Tribune
- ^ "County of San Diego, Presidential Primary Election, Tuesday, June 5, 2012" (PDF). San Diego County Registrar of Voters. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Communities - City of San Diego Official Website".
- Test Il 2 Knowledge General Practice Cdl "About Todd Gloria". San Diego City Council. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ^ "Gloria succeeds Young as City Council president". CBS-8. December 3, 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Bob Filner Resigns: San Diego Mayor Agrees To Step Down Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal". Huffington Post. August 23, 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ Dotinga, Randy (August 22, 2013). "The Differences Between an Interim Mayor and a Strong Mayor". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved - خدمة الدولة هوية مخصص الجدة صانع الانترنت بطاقات Make معرف Make ᐅ id 30 August 2013.
- ^ "Todd Gloria to serve as interim mayor following Bob Filner's resignation". LGBTQ Nation. August 24, 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Ring, Trudy (August 23, 2013). "San Diego Mayor Resigns; City Will Have Gay Interim Mayor". The Advocate. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Gustafson, Craig (August 30, 2013). "Q&A with Todd Gloria, interim mayor". Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "Former Councilman Carl DeMaio, Supervisor Ron Roberts will not run for San Diego mayor". ABC 10 News. September 3, 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ^ Gustafson, Craig (September 12, 2013). "Gloria: Med pot shops illegal: Interim mayor says he'll enforce de facto ban on pot shops". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Gardner, Michael (September 11, 2013). "Gloria wants lobbyist for San Diego". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Seibert, Trent (September 10, 2013). "Public records start to flow under Gloria". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Mento, Tarryn; Trageser, Claire (December 10, 2014). "Gloria Ousted As San Diego Council President; Fellow Democrat Lightner Elected". KPBS. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ^ Garrick, David (April 8, 2015). "Gloria to run for Atkins' Assembly seat". San Diego Union Tribune.
- ^ Stone, Ken (November 8, 2016). "Todd Gloria to Trump: California Will Stay Progressive - Times of San Diego". Times of San Diego. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- ^Ids 80 Sale The - Of Cheap Buy 00 pa Pennsylvania Quality Online Art buy Id Sale E-commerce For Fake Ids scannable Online Best Jennewein, Chris (December 27, 2016). "New Assembly Member Todd Gloria Named to Leadership Post". Times of San Diego. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
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What stood out is that the headlines state that Macca says Liverpool's got no chance of winning the league this season. Say it's not so…
BBC: McManaman cool on Reds title bid; McManaman doubts Liverpool title chances (audio)
Daily Mirror: Macca in Liverpool blast
Setanta: McManaman writes off Pool chances
It's not so.
The problem is that Macca didn't write off Liverpool's chances, and really didn't say much that's newsworthy. I recommend listening to the BBC's audio, which is where the quotes seem to come from. And the transcript of that…
Macca - I think they'll do as well as every single year. I think it's important for Liverpool to win the Premiership. It's going to be very difficult for them. I certainly think they'll be in the top four, like every single year.
Interviewer - Is that good enough though for Liverpool?
Macca - Well, no, of course it's not. Everybody who hankers on about the Premiership, the holy grail for Liverpool is the Premiership. For Chelsea and Manchester United, it's the Champions League isn't it? But because Liverpool haven't won it in a significant amount of time, that's important for them to win the Premiership.
Whether they will do this year, who knows? They've strengthened, but so have the teams above them who finished 15, 16, 20 points ahead of them have also strengthened, so it's going to be very difficult for them.
This is writing off Liverpool's title chances? This is news?
It is going to be difficult. All the top teams have strengthened. Liverpool's focus will be on the league, and it's necessary that the team is competing for the title if not winning it this year. All of these things are pretty much common knowledge. But did Macca say anywhere that Liverpool won't or can't win?
It's become too common for me to criticize the 'mainstream media' for their portrayal of events and quotes on this blog, and I'm cognizant of repeatedly striking the same note. But this is yet another case of putting words in someone's mouth. Every time it drives me crazy, but this time it seems more egregious than usual.
When it's someone like Macca, Liverpool fans are going to pay attention. I know Macca's one of the lead commentators on Setanta this season, so he'll show up in the news a fair bit more, and probably say some things that will rub Liverpool fans the wrong way. And that's both fine and fair; he is a pundit now. But it's a complete disservice to Macca, Liverpool, and Liverpool's fans to portray these comments in this light.
Naturally, the headline and story from the Liverpool Echo focuses on McManaman's comments about Torres ("Torres is right man for the job – McManaman"), and doesn't mention his comments regarding the league until the end of the story.


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Amazon has acquired Twitch Interactive, a popular Internet video channel for broadcasting and watching people play video games. WSJ looks at the rapid growth of video games as a spectator sport.
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Sorry if there's a similar thread. In my mind, favorite cricketer doesn't necessarily have to be among the best in the world, he might be someone who we dearly love(d) watching or admire.
My favorite cricket is Mohammad Rafique mainly because I think some memories of my childhood connected with him. When I was growing up and getting into Cricket, he was the one who I loved watching most- either bowling or batting. I met with him several times, he's a great guy and absolute fun to talk to.
Who is your favorite cricketer of all time? Let me make it tougher, you have to name one!


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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, rattling the UK just days after a British soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.
A fighter jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers to Britain's Stansted Airport, officials said on Friday.
The plane, which took off from Lahore, Pakistan, was originally supposed to have landed in Manchester.
Essex Police said two men have been arrested and removed from the plane, which landed safely and was on an isolated runway at Stansted Airport.
Britain's Ministry of Defence confirmed that a Typhoon jet was scrambled to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft but declined to provide further details.
Chris Wiggan, a spokesman at Stansted Airport, said passengers were disembarking from the plane.
"It is not an emergency evacuation," he said.
Pakistan International Airlines spokesman Mashood Tajwar said the airline had been unable to contact the pilot of the Flight P709 despite repeated attempts.
He said 297 passengers and 11 crew members were on the diverted plane.
The incident comes as many police forces across Britain have stepped up patrols in recent days following a suspected terror attack in south London.
Two men with meat cleavers attacked and killed a British soldier in broad daylight, and gruesome footage that emerged after the attack showed one of the alleged assailants angrily complaining about the British government and troops in foreign lands.
Those two suspects were shot when police arrived on the scene and have been hospitalised.


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What a month it has been! Between teaching, launching Plate & Pencil, spending the holidays in Boston, getting the flu during the holidays in Boston, I've been a little behind on blogging. Little by little, I'm getting back into the swing of things though. Today I decided to update this simple but delicious Vietnamese beef stir-fry I first did almost two years ago. Its ingredients are minimal but the flavor is outstanding.
I was at my favorite butcher shop last week to buy some flank steak for dinner when I noticed some very nice-looking flat iron steaks in the display case. The last time I worked with flat iron steak was maybe in culinary school, but because it was about $4 a pound cheaper than the flank steak, I was curious how it would turn out in a stir-fry.
"I can just tenderize it here for you and you're good to go," said the butcher on duty, who then proceeded to pound the steak with a meat mallet before I could second-guess my choice.
Flat iron steak, also called top blade steak, is usually found only in specialty butcher shops because of its scarcity. It seems to be a relatively new cut of beef, developed by researchers from the University of Florida and University of Nebraska in the early 2000s when they were trying to find a way to use the meat from the top shoulder of the cow, which before had just gone to waste. With a good amount of marbling and deep flavor, flat iron steak is usually grilled when you find it in restaurants. But as I learned last week, it also takes to the wok like a charm.
I made a Vietnamese beef and green bean stir-fry, marinating it in my usual soy sauce/rice wine/cornstarch mixture. My friends Barb and Max came over for dinner, and I'm pretty certain they weren't just being polite when they said they really, really liked the dish. I think we all kept trying to scoop up more sauce with our forks even when the beef and green beans were all scarfed down. Oh yes, speaking of the sauce, it's a simple blend of fish sauce, soy sauce, and freshly ground black pepper. Yet the remarkable, slightly earthy flavor makes it taste like it's composed of 10 ingredients instead of just 3.
So try this out and let me know what you think, regardless of whether you can find flat iron steak. Flank steak and skirt steak work just as well and don't need to be tenderized before marinating. Just remember to slice the beef against the grain, or else you'll end up with a very tough texture. Tossing the beef in the freezer for 20 minutes beforehand will make the slicing much easier.
If you have any leftover sauce, you can save it for another quick meal the next day - it's fantastic as a seasoning for fried rice, with nothing else needed except maybe some scallions and egg.
Vietnamese Beef and Green Bean Stir-fry
Serves 4 as part of a multi-course meal
- 1 pound flank or flatiron steak (the latter tenderized), cut into 1/4-inch thick slices
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon peanut or vegetable oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 pound green beans, trimmed
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
**Special equipment - wok or large skillet with a lid
- Marinate the beef: In a medium bowl, stir together the cornstarch, 1/2 tablespoon of the soy sauce, and the rice wine until the cornstarch is dissolved. Add the beef and toss to coat. Let stand for 10 minutes.
- Heat a wok or large skillet over high heat until a bead of water sizzles and evaporates on contact. Add the oil and swirl to coat the bottom. Add the beef and spread it out in a single layer. Allow it to sear untouched for 1 minute, then stir-fry for another 1 to 2 minutes until the pink is mostly gone. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
- In the same wok, add the garlic and stir-fry very briefly (about 20 seconds), just until aromatic. Add the green beans and stir-fry for another 1 minute. Add the water and immediately cover with a lid. Allow the green beans to steam for 3 to 4 minutes, or until they are crisp-tender and the water has evaporated.
- Return the beef to the pan and add the fish sauce, the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of soy sauce, and the black pepper. Stir so that everything is well coated, then turn off the heat. Transfer to a plate and serve.


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NEW YORK, February 5, 2012 – Just in time to kick off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, POPSUGAR, the leading media and lifestyle digital destination for women, announced it has expanded its in-house editorial team with the additions of Melissa Liebling-Goldberg as Fashion & Beauty Director and Meg Cuna as Style Director. Liebling-Goldberg will be managing editorial coverage for the POPSUGAR Shopping and Style channels, based out of the New York offices of POPSUGAR. Cuna will focus on video content for the POPSUGAR Shopping and Style channels, based out of the Los Angeles office of POPSUGAR. Together, Liebling-Goldberg and Cuna bring to POPSUGAR over 25 years of experience in the fashion and beauty space.
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Dennis Wells Interview - Enginology
As Wells Sees It...
Dennis Wells is no stranger to the Circle Track audience. For more than forty-five years, through his efforts at Wells Racing Engines, he has gained both experience and knowledge when it comes to engines that populate this segment of motorsports. This month, we bombard him with a litany of questions relative to the current and future status of these type engines, parts, and racing. We think you'll enjoy and find interesting how he responds to these inquiries.
Regarding the health of the current engine builder market, are you experiencing growth or just maintaining market share? Do you see any trends here?
One thing is pretty clear right now, and that's a trend more toward a father/son or father/daughter racing combination in place of a car owner having a highly experienced or professional driver. We're also building less expensive motors and rebuilding more used motors and parts, even from other builders. I think the overall economy has played into this by virtue of less money racers have to spend on their pastime. Plus, not only are these customers living closer to us but they are also racing closer to home. Again, I think this is a reflection of how the economy is affecting the sport, at least at these levels, especially in terms of fuel costs driving to and from the tracks.
Are you seeing new technologies appearing in the parts that you use or is there an absence of this, among the customer engines that you're building or rebuilding?
One major improvement we're seeing is a shift away from titanium valve spring retainers to ones machined from tool steel, thus allowing smaller springs to be used as well. This way you don't need to replace the titanium retainers every rebuild. The smaller springs are also lighter and don't require as much pressure. What this comes down to is not necessarily a change in engine speeds but improved parts life. With the lighter valvetrain components, there's also an accompanying reduction is valve bounce. We know this because engines that have been using these lighter pieces don't show valve seat damage or keepers locked into the retainers. It's pretty obvious that any increase in parts life is going to reduce overall rebuild frequency and costs.
In order to meet the power levels required in the engines you build or rebuild, is it necessary to modify the parts you use or do they pretty much work right out of the box?
Our practice is to conduct a close inspection of all the parts we use to make certain everything is within tolerance. Even in instances where a part may have been manufactured overseas, we deal with American manufacturers who may have outsourced their parts overseas but who have strict quality control requirements to maintain their own specifications. So I guess it's fair to say that if parts pass our inspections, we generally use them right out of the box. If we saw any exceptions to this, we'd change our practices.
What role do you see EFI having in the various circle track applications, both now and going forward?
Some people may disagree with me, but here's my observation. I think it's going to take some time before a younger generation becomes more involved in racing who literally grew up with computers. They aren't intimidated like many older racers who are familiar and comfortable with carburetors. For example, I have some drag race engine customers who are scared to death of carburetors and don't understand how they work. But they have no problem at all going onto our chassis dyno, opening up their laptop, and tuning that way.
As more is learned about the pros and cons of using E85 in the place of conventional racing gasoline, do you forecast its increased use or not?
Let's talk about this one for a minute. First of all, we've rebuilt a lot of racing engines during the course of my business and many of them had been running methanol, ethanol, or some higher percentage of oxygenated fuel. Maybe today that would include E85. Because of the lower energy content of these fuels, compared to racing gasoline, it takes more just to approach the same power level as with gasoline. And I'm aware the comparative cost of, in this case, E85 is less than a quality racing gasoline. But you're going to use much more of it. And even if you factor out this cost difference, plus you'll be buying more fuel, we've seen increased wear on cylinder walls and ring lands. This is simply because the oxygenated fuels have less lubricity than gasoline and the fact that you're delivering a higher volume of fuel (compared to gasoline) to the engine, it is going to increase wear. I think it's fair to say that you can run less gasoline than an oxygenated fuel and have reduced parts wear. While I can't give you a quick cost comparison, I think this aspect of the comparison should be considered because it's not just about the fact that E85 costs less per gallon than racing gasoline. Now I know that gasoline requires that an engine be more closely tuned to its optimum than with an oxygenated fuel. It's just not as forgiving. I also see a lot of racers who don't warm up their oil sufficiently when using alcohol and this goes right to the problem of addressing diluted or fuel-contaminated oil, resulting in a lot of blow-by. As a rule, you don't see this with gasoline.
Given the current status of circle track racing and the role your company plays in this community, what are your plans for the next five or more years?
I've been in this business for 45 years and don't intend to get out it any time soon. As a result, I pay close attention to the type of customers we attract and their specific needs. So if the market changes and our customer base changes, we'll change accordingly. I think they are the best indication of what defines the market, and if you do this long enough, you'll see the trends that lead to potential shifts in the market ahead of when they occur. In fact, in some instances, you can help influence what transpires by anticipating and supporting the changes.
Finally, what rules changes do you think would benefit circle track racing the most?
One event that I think would be helpful is for the engine builders, track promoters and sanctioning bodies to get together and take a really close look at the rules. I believe if they were to discuss the rules and about what could save the racers that you wouldn't have issues like the IMCA one that requires stock roller-tip rocker arms instead of true roller rockers. The roller-tip rockers burn up quickly when compared to the life of a true roller rocker. Now a racer needs to buy two or three sets of the roller-tip rockers when he could buy one set of true roller rockers to last a season or more.
I know this may seem like a minor point but it's an indication of a lack of common awareness among the three groups I mentioned to recognize that all foreseeable aspects of a rule should be considered before putting them in place.
We hear a lot of talk about reducing the costs of racing, but I think that if the people involved in making the rules had a broader perspective of how some of them affect the economics of racing, there might be a more favorable impact on the racer who is facing rising costs in a number of areas. These are discretionary dollars and the people writing the rules need to look a bit deeper into the impact of what they require.
Next month, we'll reach out to yet another engine builder to get his views on the same set of questions you've seen posed these past two months. That set of questions is the common denominator framing the answers and comments from these professionals. By design, builders selected will continue to represent a cross-section of backgrounds, experience, beliefs and types of engines being offered to their customers


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"It's just one of eight though that has kept us very, very busy. In fact, today we have over 8,300 firefighters on the frontlines and as we go into the weekend the potential for new fires does remain very high."
"Very high," says Berlant, because a steady warming and drying trend is expected in the forecast, with temperatures several degrees above normal this weekend.
Meanwhile, three wildfires have been controlled. Overnight the "American Fire" in Placer County, the "Deer Fire" in Tehama County, and the "Little Fire" in Riverside County were all contained.


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Oct 8 (Reuters) - A union representing engineers and technical workers at Boeing Co accused the airplane maker of videotaping members marching for contract talks, seizing their cameras and deleting photos, and said on Monday it had filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board.
A local of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace filed two charges against Boeing on Friday after receiving complaints from members who said Boeing videotaped or took workers' cameras during lunchtime marches in Portland, Oregon and Everett, Washington.
Boeing's contract with 23,000 unionized engineers at facilities in the Puget Sound area of Washington state, Portland, Utah and California expired on Oct. 6. The two sides are scheduled to continue talks on a new contract on Wednesday.
The union's executive director, Ray Goforth, in a statement said videotaping workers was "nothing more than intimidation and harassment."
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Boeing said last week that should talks go beyond Oct. 6, the contract would terminate on Nov. 25 because SPEEA had filed a 60-day termination notice.
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On 16th October 1858, five people were accidentally killed by the felling of a tree. Those who lost their lives were settler Peter McEwen 45, farmer James Watson 19, Annie Montgomery 12, John McEwen 6 and labourer William Wellgrave 50.
|Family Search - Franklin Deaths 1858
I always wondered what happened to them. After rediscovering them today I decided to go to Trove. This is the first reference to the incident that I discovered.
|The Hobart Town Daily Mercury, 20th october 1858, p. 3
The Steamer Culloden arrived from the Huon shortly after 5 o'clock last evening bringing some additional particulars of the late fatal accident at Long Bay. Mr Pitcher, the Schoolmaster was still alive when the Calloden left the Huon yesterday, and some hopes were entertained of his ultimate recovery. An inquest was held on Tuesday at Port Esperance, before the Coroner of the District, E.A. Walpole Esq. to enquire into the circumstances connected with the death of the unfortunate victims of the late catastrophe, when a verdict of accidental death was returned in each case. The body of Mr James Watson was yesterday brought to town for interment by the Culloden, the vessel having her ensign lowered half-mast as she came up the river. A great number of persons awaited the arrival of the Steamer at the Wharf, anxious no doubt to learn any additional particulars connected with this fatal occurrence, which has created no inconsiderable excitement in Hobart Town and the vicinity.
Although those who died ranged in age from 6 to 50, I had always imagined that it was a tree felling accident. However, that was not the case.
|The Courier (Hobart), 19 October 1858, p. 4
The following appeared in our Town Edition yesterday : -
Since the calamitous fire in January 1854, when so many persons were burnt to death, there has not occurred in the colony a single accident with the loss of so many lives as that we are about to record. On Saturday last at about one o'clock, six persons, vis - Mr James Watson (son of the late Mr George Watson), Thomas McEwen, his two children (the eldest aged 14 years), Mr Pitcher, the schoolmaster of the place, and a man whose name is not yet ascertained, were taking shelter from a shower of rain in a small uninhabited hut usually termed by splitters 'a badger box', an immense gum-tree was blown down, and fell exactly on the hut. It seems that the widely-spreadng branches of the tree so enveloped the whole of the unfortunate inmates as to prevent escape, for they were all crushed beneath it. The only one who at present survives is Mr Pitcher, but very little hope is entertained of his life. The mangled remains of the five bodies present a melancholy spectacle. An inquest was to be held at twelve o'clock this day (Monday), at Port Esperance, before Mr Walpole, Coroner. The scene of this sad accident is not more than one hundred yards from where a lady, some few years ago, was killed in her house by the fall of a tree.
Even now not all is neatly tidied up. I don't know if Mr Pitcher died as a result of his injuries. He did not die in the Franklin district during the next 5 months. I presume Annie Montgomery was one of the two children of Thomas McEwen. Was she the daughter of his wife?


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Law enforcement responded to a fire alarm at Middle Park High School around 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, June 4, and found the building had been vandalized in an apparent senior prank. Granby Police Chief Bill Housley said a group of seven young men had filled the hallways with plastic cups filled with water, and set off five fire extinguishers, which triggered the fire alarm. They had also painted "14" on the side of the school and glued some lockers shut. Law enforcement was able to identify the group using security cameras and other surveillance equipment. Housley said the group used a key to access the school. The police department will complete its investigation and then turn it over to the district attorney's office for any possible prosecution.
"We've spoken to almost all of them at this point, and to their credit, they are very contrite and, I think, remorseful for what they did," Housley said.
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NEW YORK CITY, NY – Earlier today, President Obama finally responded to the public outcry of concerned citizens everywhere by officially declaring that VP Biden's motorcade poses a threat to national security. So does any other vehicle, motorcycle, or Rascal Scooter even remotely associated with Biden. President Obama stated that all of Biden's upcoming engagements for the next eight days have been canceled or rescheduled, and that the VP will be prohibited from using any official motorcades until further notice.
The media was expecting an official statement from Biden himself on the rumors, but he was noticeably absent from the impromptu press conference. But, Obama reassured Americans that, "the carnage Biden's motorcade has left in its wake is very unfortunate. And I want to take this opportunity to make it very clear that the United States government is not in the business of injuring or killing its citizens by having Biden's motorcade crash into them and their cars." The President then added, "I always try to look at the brighter side of things, and according to initial figures, it looks like 29 jobs were saved or created because of Biden's accidents. We are projecting that when its all said and done with, Biden's accidents will have saved or created a total of 104 jobs. Granted, most of those jobs will be in the medical and auto-body repair industries, but they are jobs nonetheless."
The President's declaration follows news that for the fourth time in eight days, vehicles associated with Biden have been involved in an injury-causing accident. One of the more publicized of Biden's crashes occured on Tuesday evening. when an unmarked police car helping to escort the VP to a taping of The Daily Show in Manhattan, collided with a delivery cab.
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