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In 1896, a new bridge, connecting the Lower East Side to Williamsburg, was under construction; it would be the second to connect Manhattan with Brooklyn, then still a separate city, across the East River. The headquarters of the city's police department was adjusting to its first female employee, a stenographer named Minnie Gertrude Kelly.
She was put there by the recently installed police commissioner, one of the city's favored sons who was a mere five years away from becoming the president of the United States.
It was the height of the Gilded Age. Robber barons were making money hand over fist, and spending it on luxurious mansions along Fifth Avenue, while downtown, dozens of people crammed into each of the tenement buildings that lined the Bowery.
These are historical facts. But they are also, through the blurry lens of fiction and television, the setting for "The Alienist," a 10-episode mini-series beginning Monday night on TNT based on the 1994 novel by Caleb Carr. Here's a look at how The Times covered New York City in that era.
A reformer on the force
In the series, Laszlo Kreizler and John Moore (played by Daniel Brühl and Luke Evans) are participating in a murder investigation because of the good will of a college buddy who just happens to be the police commissioner: Theodore Roosevelt.
Roosevelt did indeed become commissioner in 1895. He was famous by then, having served in the State Assembly, buried his first wife, Alice, and mended his broken heart out west.
In April 1895, the idea that he would become the police commissioner was front page news. "He refuses to confirm or deny" rumors that will take the position, a lead headline said on April 24:
"Theodore Roosevelt, the amiable and gifted author, field sportsman, and legislator, was born in this city thirty-seven years ago. His father, Theodore, was a son of Cornelius Van Schaick Roosevelt, a millionaire merchant and brother of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, once United States Minister to the Netherlands, publicist, and pisciculturist."
(That's someone who runs a fish hatchery. You learn something new every day.)
"Roosevelt will probably accept," the next day's headline read.
Indeed he did, and for the next few weeks, his every step was chronicled.
On June 8, out for a morning patrol, he caught an officer napping. By July, the department was enforcing "dry Sunday," to end the scourge of drunkenness.
By 1897, Roosevelt had moved on from the city and its police force, taking up a post as the assistant secretary of the Navy.
[ALSO READ: Review of 'The Alienist' TV series]
And a woman on the force
Dakota Fanning plays Sara Howard, a secretary to Roosevelt who investigates the murders. The series makes much of her being a woman navigating what was until then a department that employed only men.
The first woman to work in the headquarters of the department was Minnie Gertrude Kelly. Roosevelt hired her during his first week on the job in May 1895. It was a cost-cutting move.
"When I took office I found that I had two clerks, one of whom was a stenographer," he said in a speech on May 9. "I shall be able to get along with one clerk, and he will have to be a stenographer."
The next day, in eight short lines at the bottom of the front page, Miss Kelly's appointment was announced:
President Roosevelt of the Police Board has appointed Miss Vinie Gertrude Kelley of 160 East Eighty-first Street as his private secretary and stenographer. Mr. Roosevelt said he needed only one clerk, and that he had employed Miss Kelley, as he knew her to be a competent stenographer and typewriter.
As a clerk and a stenographer, she would be paid $1,700 a year to do the work of two men who had previously earned a combined $2,900 to do the same work.
(And yes, The Times apparently got her given name and surname wrong.)
In December, The Times reported on the minutes of a commissioners' meeting, at which they discussed an unnamed "young woman stenographer" who was to fill in for a week for a regular — male — stenographer at the civil service board.
[Mr.] Roosevelt asked how much pay she was to get. Col. Grant said that it has been arranged for her to get $14 for the week. Mr. Andrews said Secretary Bell thought he could get a substitute for $10 a week. Mr. Roosevelt said he believed a woman should be paid as much as a man if she did the work. The other Commissioners agreed with him, and it was finally decided to pay the girl $12 a week during her temporary engagement.
(Two decades later, Isabella Goodwin would become the department's first female detective — an occasion that commanded a full-page spread in The Times. Now there are more than 6,000 female officers.)
[ALSO READ: Book review of original Caleb Carr novel]
A restaurant like no other
Delmonico's has been synonymous with fine dining for nearly 200 years, a reputation built on the foundation of the original opened in 1827 by the brothers John and Peter Delmonico. Over the decades, it would move locations, and family members would join and leave the empire, but in 19th-century New York it had no parallel.
In the novel, the restaurant is practically another character for all the time the detective team spends there. TNT tried to recreate its grandeur.
By the dawn of the 20th century, the restaurant was housed in the building on Beaver Street that still holds its name, though not its business, today. It had become a regular fixture in The Times. Charles Dickens visited, and The Times was there. A grand duke held forth, and The Times was there, on page one. The deaths of longtime staff members merited obituaries: a beloved bartender named George in 1879, and a man known as Henri the waiter, in 1904. In 1889, the restaurant was so famous that it sued a Paris restaurant that was tricking American tourists by using the name.
In 1893, a shooting there made the front page. "Five bullets fired into the restaurant by a 'crank,'" the headline shouted. The "crank" was immediately arrested and identified as George A. Roeth: "The only explanation Roeth gave for his act was that the rich people did not treat the poor fairly, and he wanted to scare them."
No one was hurt, though the episode made for dramatic reading. "The firing attracted a large crowd to the scene, but for a time no one interfered with the man. There was a line of carriages along the curb in front of Delmonico's, but none of the drivers seemed anxious to take the risk of tackling the maniac."

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Study Shows Wine May Help Prevent Osteoporosis
We've all heard the saying, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," but how about a glass of wine? Researchers from the University of Oregon recently published a study in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society, which showed moderate alcohol consumption helps maintain the strength of bones for post-menopausal women and prevent osteoporosis.
The study, reviewed and approved by the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research, showed that drinking a fair amount of alcohol (about 19 grams) daily was comparable to taking bisphonates, drugs made to prevent bone density loss. Hundreds of thousands of women take bisphonates daily to combat the thinning of bones, often called osteoporosis.
40 healthy post-menopausal women aged around 56 participated in the study. Professor Jonathan Powell and Dr Ravin Jugdaohsingh of the Medical Research Council Nutrition Research Group at Cambridge University said the study's, "methods appear robust. The authors seem to know what they are doing. The moderate alcohol effect on bone is really quite potent." The results reinforce previous studies with similar results.
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This study's results reinforce the notion that wine can be good for you in small amounts. A study done by the University of California in San Diego showed that a glass of wine a day can also combat Non-Alcoholic Fatty Disease. That study, however, pertained to wine only and not beer or hard liquors. And if that doesn't convince you, wine has also been shown to possibly preserve memory, correlate with lower weights and reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.
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Established in August 2014, the Center for Missouri Studies fosters ongoing study of Missouri's past, encouraging connections among scholars in fields such as history, geography, folklore, anthropology, journalism, and other disciplines. This initiative consolidates and extends the State Historical Society of Missouri's multifaceted efforts to support scholars, publish new works, provide educational programs, and promote greater understanding of Missouri's history.
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Review: Agent G-Saboteur by C.T. Phipps
Review: The Tower of Zhaal
Post-Apocalyptic fiction is fun, but Post-Apocalyptic Lovecraft fiction is even better.
That kind of fun led me to C.T. Phipps' "The Tower of Zhaal."
The Tower of Zhaal is the sequel to Phipps' first successful foray into Lovecraftian fiction, Cthulhu Armageddon. In that first book, the world has been ravaged by the long ago (but still in our current future) rise of the Great Old Ones. The hero of the first book, John Henry Booth is back, and the taint of the world has eeked it's way into his own flesh. With Nyarlahotep whispering in his ear, and the threat of the end of the human race on the brink of happening, John has to risk everything with a team that he can't trust in order to save the few parts of the hellish world that mean something to him.
While traveling to and with some very Mythos specific names, as well as some that are a treat for readers of contemporary Mythos fiction (ie: the Ghoul priest being named Hoade as an obvious reference to fellow contemporary Mythos writer, Sean Hoade). The explanations of Magic, the Science of the Mind, and the different Alien races make it an epic adventure on par with Lord of the Rings or Star Wars, but within the Mythos elements that bring us back.
The world has ended, Alien Gods are everywhere, and the question of humanities survival is a complex one. Can Humanity survive? Should Humanity survive? Would the Humanity that survives even be recognizable as Human?
Phipps weaves a great tale, that makes for an exciting read.
5 out of 5 Stars!
Minor Potential Spoiler: There's a scene in this book that made me laugh out loud, but not because it was funny. The moment I read it, I wanted to shout, "Ah! He's been Rick and Morty'd!!!"
Review of Cthulhu Armaggedon
This was a review that I originally wrote for Shoggoth.net.
I first came across the writings of C.T. Phipps while reading his Rules of Supervillainy series. I thoroughly enjoyed those books, so when I heard that C.T. was coming out with an almost Cthulhu Western that takes place after the world has been overrun by every work of Mr. Lovecraft's, I had to read it.


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Study: FAA's System Lacks InfoSec FocusAgency Encouraged to Inculcate a CyberSec Mindset Everywhere
The Federal Aviation Administration has failed to integrate cybersecurity fully in its Next Generation Air Transportation Systems, as well as the current National Airspace System (NAS), a federal report says.
Published May 1 by The National Academies' National Research Council, the report titled A Review of the Next Generation Air Transportation System: Implications and Importance of System Architecture says cybersecurity challenges can be found in NextGen's major software platforms, as well as specification and design of embedded avionics equipment that connects directly to the NAS.
The NAS is the combination of airspace, navigation facilities, air traffic control systems and airports. NextGen is the new NAS system being rolled out in stages by the FAA over a 13-year period that's scheduled to be completed by 2025. Unlike the current NAS ground-based air control system, NextGen will feature a satellite-based network.
Shunning a Piecemeal Approach
"Cybersecurity requires a system-wide approach that is managed architecturally and cannot be addressed piecemeal by each contractor, or program, separately," the report says. "Nor can security be added to the system later. Safety properties themselves are dependent on a resilient, trustworthy, secure system, so careful integration of cybersecurity models and processes into safety analysis will become increasingly important."
The Council, in its report, recommends that the FAA incorporate cybersecurity as systems' characteristics at all levels of the architecture and design. "The FAA should begin by developing a threat model followed by an appropriate set of architectural and design concepts that will mitigate the associated risks, support resilience in the face of attack or compromise and allow for dynamic evolution to meet a changing threat environment," the report's recommendation states. "The FAA should inculcate a cybersecurity mindset complementary to its well-established safety mindset throughout the organization, its contractors and leadership."
The FAA did not respond to a request for a comment. But Keith Washington, Department of Transportation acting assistant secretary for administration, told the Government Accountability Office in a March 31 letter that the FAA is in the midst of an "expedited transition to a more comprehensive and proactive approach to cyberthreat protection, detection and rapid response."
Progressing by 'Fits and Starts'
Melanie Hinton, managing director of the trade group Airlines for American, points out that as key stakeholders in the NextGen process, the airlines strongly support its implementation. "Unfortunately, [NextGen has] progressed by fits and starts," she says. "Changing the FAA governance structure and funding mechanism are needed to move NextGen forward. Today, the governance structure creates an environment in which our aviation system is often treated like a political football. Further, the stops and starts of the federal budget process have also slowed progress. Taxpayers and users of the national airspace deserve better."
Aviation expert Lawrence Dietz, general counsel and managing director for information security at the consultancy TAL Global, says the FAA's failing to integrate IT security fully into its systems isn't uncommon among federal government agencies. "Security is not driving the train, except in today's world, security needs to be the driver, particularly in critical infrastructure," Dietz says. "Security can be life or death with airplanes. I know that mission takes precedence, but certain sectors within the critical infrastructure need to give security equal billing."
The report's authors characterize "NextGen" as a misnomer, saying it's basically an incremental modernization of the NAS that doesn't have an obvious completed state. "Given the continuing rapid pace of technological evolution and ongoing changes in what is demanded of the NAS, the NextGen effort is properly seen as an ongoing process punctuated by particular efforts focused on particular capabilities," the authors write. "Resetting expectations with a clear baseline will provide a useful foundation on which to build."
Citing a recent Government Accountability Office audit of the FAA, the Council says it saw little evidence of adequate measures to defend systems against various kinds of attack. "As systems are increasingly digital and dependent on communications and networks, and as the threat landscape for the nation as a whole continues to evolve, cybersecurity will need to be an important and integral part of safety activities and is an ongoing operational matter," the Council says.
GAO Identifies 3 Cyber Challenges to Transition to NextGen
In its April 14 report, the GAO identified three areas the FAA must address as it transitions to NextGen: Protecting air-traffic control information systems, protecting aircraft avionics used to operate and guide aircraft and clarifying cybersecurity roles and responsibilities among multiple FAA offices.
Not directly related to NextGen, that GAO report also points out that aircrafts' increasingly connectivity to the Internet such as through onboard Wi-Fi systems could potentially provide an attacker with remote access to aircraft information systems. That could potentially result in the planting of malware in the aircraft's systems if proper controls such as role-based access aren't implemented. "The presence of personal smart phones and tablets in the cockpit increases the risk of a system's being compromised by trusted insiders, both malicious and non-malicious, if these devices have the capability to transmit information to aircraft avionics systems," the GAO report says.


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Other World Computing (OWC) always turns up at CES with new toys and this year Todd looks on with desire as founder Larry O'Connor shows off the latest accessories from the Mac shop.
First up is a 240 GB SSD with USB3 crammed into a memory stick form factor. Made to match most Apple products with a brushed aluminium finish, it'll set you back a cool $199. A 480 GB version will be coming soon!
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Twenty states and the District of Columbia showed yearly and monthly increases in sales price. Tennessee was in the middle of the pack with a 1.5% yearly decrease and a 0.5% monthly price index decrease. I expect that the Tennessee numbers are skewed by the large number of distressed properties in Memphis. Nashville Metro Home Prices were down 0.7% over last year. With distressed properties removed, the Nashville Home Price Index increased by 0.8% over last year.


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Anne Farrell is President Emeritus of The Seattle Foundation and a lifetime Trustee Emeritus of Seattle University. She currently serves on the Board of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Co-Chairs the Women Corporate Directors Board and is immediate past Chair of the Board of Directors for KCTS Channel 9 Public Television. She is a former member and Chair of the REI and Premera Boards.
Anne brings significant corporate and nonprofit board experience, with particular strengths in board governance, strategic planning, and financial accountability.
Anne graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's of arts degree.
Janis Harwell
Janis Harwell is the President and CEO of her consulting firm, Aggregation Strategies. Previously, she was SVP, Corporate Strategy, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Intermec, Inc.; VP, General Counsel and Secretary of Renessen LLC, a joint venture of Monsanto Company and Cargill, Inc.; Associate General Counsel of Monsanto company; Deputy General Counsel of Pacific Telesis Group, the holding company of Pacific Bell; Partner in the Palo Alto law firm of Holtzmann, Wise & Shepard; and Partner in the San Francisco law firm of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges.
Janis is a former director of the Washington Technology, Industry Association and the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM). Janis received her Bachelor's from Yale University, her Master's in Business Administration from the University of Chicago Business School, and her JD from the University of Chicago Law School. She is admitted to practice law in California, Illinois and Washington, and is admitted to practice before a number of federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
W. Kurt Labberton, DDS
Dr. Kurt Labberton is a general dentist practicing in Yakima. He has led Washington State organized dentistry in several capacities, including the Washington State Dental Association's Strategic Planning Committee, serving as the chairman from 1996 – 1998 and was president of the Yakima County Dental Society in 2004.
He was a trustee of Delta Dental/Washington Dental Service before becoming part of its Members Advisory Panel and in 2010, became a member of the WDS Foundation Board.
Dr. Labberton is a graduate of the U S Naval Academy, serving five years aboard two different submarines. After graduating with his DDS degree from the University of Washington School of Dentistry, he returned to the Navy, completing his General Practice Residency at Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital and served two additional years at sea in the Dental Corps.
Mark Mitchke
Mark Mitchke is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Delta Dental of Washington and will serve on the board of the Delta Dental Plans Association (DDPA), a national association of member plans from the 50 states and Puerto Rico. DDPA members provide more than $14 billion in dental care services per year to more than 51 million people. Mark will also serve on the board of DeltaUSA, which oversees policy and marketing issues for DDPA's national products and plans. Mark serves on the board of Healthentic, Inc., a consortium of Delta plans that is developing an oral health focused analytics product.
Prior to joining Delta Dental, Mark was the Vice President and General Manager of Amazon Global Fulfillment Services. Mark led the Marketplace Business and Product Teams in creating products and services to enable sellers to build and scale global businesses on Amazon. From 2014 to 2018, Mark empowered hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses and quadrupled sales for Amazon.
Mark comes from a strong management consulting background with experience leading strategic change initiatives for a variety of industries. For 16 years, Mark was a partner at the global consulting firm, McKinsey & Company in Seattle. Mark specialized in business transformation programs, including performance turnarounds, growth strategies, operations productivity, performance improvement, product development, and organization design.
Mark graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked as an engineer at Boeing before receiving his MBA from the University of Michigan. He and his wife Kris have deep roots in the Pacific Northwest and have lived in Seattle area for more than 25 years. Mark has been involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington since 2015, served on the board from 2015 to 2010 and served as the Board Chairman in 2009.
Gerald S. Phipps, DMD, MS
Dr. Gerald S. Phipps is an orthodontist practicing in Spokane.
After serving on the Washington Dental Service Foundation since 2004, Dr. Phipps was elected to the Delta Dental Board of Directors in 2010 and is currently chair. In addition to his responsibility as an ex-officio member of various committees, he serves on the governance and nominating committee and the investment and audit committee. Dr. Phipps has also served in a number of roles in professional associations, including the Washington State Dental Association where he served on the board of directors and as editor. He served as president of the Spokane District Dental Society in 1998 to 1999.
Dr. Phipps graduated from the Washington University School of Dentistry, St. Louis, Missouri in 1978 with a DMD degree. In 1978-85, he served as dental officer in the United States Public Health Service completing a general practice residency at Gallup Indian Medical Center in 1984. Dr. Phipps completed an orthodontic residency at Washington University in 1987 where he received his M.S. in orthodontics.
Eve Rutherford, DDS
Dr. Eve Rutherford is a general dentist practicing in the town of Snohomish. She is a member of the Snohomish County Dental Society, the Washington State Dental Society and the American Dental Association.
Dr. Rutherford has been on the Board of Trustees of the Washington Dental Service Foundation since 2008. She served as Chair of the Foundation Board from 2013-2014.
She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology with Honors from Scripps College in Claremont, California. After college, Dr. Rutherford was a research technician investigating connective tissue disorders under the direction of Peter Byers, MD, in the Department of Pathology at the University of Washington. Dr. Rutherford graduated from the University of Washington School of Dentistry in 2001.
Jeff Seely
Jeff Seely was most recently the President and CEO of Recruiting.com, a human resources software company. Prior to that he founded and managed ShareBuilder Securities, the first online brokerage to allow automatic, dollar-based, fractional share investing. He was its chairman, president and CEO until its sale in 2007. He began his career in New York as an investment banker, where he was a specialist in financial institutions.
Jeff serves on the Board of Directors of Concur Technologies, Inc., the Washington State Investment Board, Lighter Capital, Inc. and KEXP Radio.
Jeff graduated from St. Lawrence University with a bachelor's degree in economics, and from Columbia University Graduate School of Business where he earned his MBA in finance.
James F. Tune
Jim Tune recently retired after six years as President & CEO of ArtsFund, one of the nation's leading united arts funds. Prior to joining ArtsFund, Jim concluded a three-decade career in corporate law, during which time he practiced at Bogle & Gates for twenty-five years, serving as its managing partner for seven years, and at Stoel Rives LLP for five years, serving as managing partner of the Seattle office for three years. Jim is listed in the 2006 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his corporate law expertise and was rated a Super lawyer by Washington Law & Politics for seven consecutive years.
Jim currently serves on the boards of Puget Sound Bank, headquartered in Bellevue, and Keynetics Inc., headquartered in Boise, and its subsidiaries. He has previously chaired the boards of Seattle Repertory Theatre, United Way of King County, the Economic Development Council of Seattle/King County (now Enterprise Seattle), and Group Health Community Foundation.
Jim was an officer in the United States Navy for five years and Officer-in-Charge of a Swift Boat during the Vietnam War. Jim has his bachelor's with high distinction (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Virginia, and his masters and juris doctor from Stanford University.


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SSR no longer make the old style.
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Anyone know where would be best to source either:
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A PAIR of 3pc AC Schnitzer Type 1 in any other size as long as they're 17"
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I have some vintage Work Brombacher 18s for a narrow body aircooled Porsche. They look similar to BBS E88s. I would like to widen them from 18x10 to 18x11s for a widebody aircooled Porsche project. I contacted Work and they no longer make the parts for this wheel, so does anyone have any recommendations for aftermarket lips? I am keeping the barrel and need a 1" wider lip to do the conversion.
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Lynn Austin has sold more than one and a half million copies of her books worldwide. A former teacher who now writes and speaks full-time, she has won eight Christy Awards for her historical fiction. One of those novels, Hidden Places, has also been made into an Original Hallmark Channel movie. Lynn and her husband have raised three children and make their home in western Michigan. Learn more at www.lynnaustin.org.
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A Woman's Place
By Lynn Austin
Bethany House PublishersCopyright © 2006 Lynn Austin
All right reserved.
December 1941
Virginia Mitchell watched her husband carve the Sunday pot roast and wondered if he was having an affair. He showed more interest in the way the meat was cooked than he did in her. Harold traveled out of town often with his work, so he had plenty of opportunities to stray. He would leave tomorrow on another trip, in fact. He set down the carving knife and nodded his approval.
"Roast beef looks good, Virginia. Not dry or stringy."
She sighed with relief. "I was afraid it might be ruined. The sermon went a little long."
"The new pastor likes to beat a dead horse." Harold gave her his charming smile, revealing an endearing dimple in his left cheek.
Virginia never should have married a man as handsome and intelligent as Harold Mitchell. She worried constantly that he would find another woman who was more stimulating than she was, someone who made her seem dull and boring in comparison. Virginia always sifted through his pockets when he came home from a trip and searched every compartment of his suitcase for telltale signs that he'd been with another woman. She even sniffed his shirt collars and the lapels of his suits for traces of perfume. Once or twice she thought she'd detected an unfamiliar scent.
Worry consumed her the wayher family was consuming this Sunday meal: Harold piled thick slices of meat onto his plate; nine-year-old Allan shoveled forkfuls of mashed potatoes into his mouth; seven-year-old Herbert gulped down Jell-O as if racing against time. If only she knew for certain that Harold really was having an affair.
But then what would she do? Ginny had thought it through countless times as she'd searched his pockets. She couldn't leave him; how would she support herself and her sons on her own? She would have to find a job, and she wasn't qualified to be anything except a housewife.
She watched Harold pour gravy over his mashed potatoes and thought that maybe it was better if she didn't know for certain. This way she wouldn't be forced to decide whether to live with the knowledge in silence, forgive him, or leave him. She found it difficult enough to decide what to fix for dinner, let alone wrestle with questions of infidelity and trust. Ginny didn't kid herself-you could never trust a man once he became a philanderer.
She had chosen philanderer for her newest vocabulary word. It meant someone who made a habit of cheating on his spouse. For more than a year, Ginny had used a thesaurus and a dictionary to try to improve her vocabulary, hoping to converse more intelligently for Harold's sake and to feel less inferior for her own sake. She had purchased the two books during her one and only year in college, and they'd done nothing but collect dust ever since-except for the odd time she'd used them to press flowers. She had looked up playboy in the thesaurus, recalling that Harold had a reputation as one before they'd met. The word playboy had led to philanderer.
Was he one? Did she really want to know? She watched him stab a forkful of green beans, and her chest ached with love for him. If only he loved her half as much as she loved him.
Harold took charge of the dinner conversation, as usual, asking the boys about their schoolwork and Boy Scout projects. Ginny had nothing new to report about her week. She felt dumb, dull, vacuous-another vocabulary word. Her life was uninteresting and boring, day in and day out. If only she could do exciting, challenging things, be a woman of vision and purpose like Eleanor Roosevelt. Then Harold would have no reason to philander.
The candle flames blurred as her eyes filled with tears. Did anyone even notice the pains she took to make Sunday dinner special: lighting candles, using her good china and silverware, spreading the table with a white damask tablecloth and napkins? Sunday was the one day when her little family was home together all day, and she liked to make it special. They always attended church, dressed in their Sunday finest, the boys looking like little men in their jackets and ties. Ginny was in no hurry for Allan and Herbert to grow up. She wished they were still babies, or at least chubby toddlers in short pants. Harold chided her constantly for babying them too much.
Virginia watched the mashed potatoes and Jell-O vanish, the pot roast shrink to scraps of leftovers. All too soon, Harold and the boys had gobbled down the apple pie she'd baked, excused themselves from the table, and disappeared into the living room. Harold sighed as he slouched into his armchair with the Sunday Times. The boys sprawled on the floor with the family dog and the funny papers. Maybe Ginny should do more than skim the news. Maybe she should take an interest in the events over in Europe the way Harold did. Maybe other women would pose less of a temptation if she could discuss current events with him.
But current events would have to wait until she'd washed and dried the dishes. Virginia surveyed the abandoned table and wanted to cry. All that work: ironing the tablecloth and napkins, peeling the potatoes, cutting up the green beans, making sure the meat was seasoned just right and the gravy wasn't lumpy, rolling out the piecrust, peeling the apples, slicing them to a uniform thickness-an hour and a half of work in a steamy kitchen and the meal was over in twenty-two minutes. It would take her another hour to clean it all up. And it was such vacuous work. No wonder Harold was bored with her ... she was bored with herself. She wished she were bolder, smarter, more confident-like Eleanor Roosevelt.
Virginia was drying the last of the pots and pans when the telephone rang. "Ginny! Are you listening to the radio?" her next-door neighbor asked breathlessly.
"No, why?"
"You'd better turn it on. We've been attacked."
"Attacked? What do you mean?" But Betty had already hung up. Ginny hurried into the living room, stepping over Harold's outstretched legs and Allan's strewn comic books as she made her way to the radio. The humpbacked Philco came to life with a hollow ploink.
"Who was on the phone?" Harold asked as the radio tubes warmed up.
"Betty Parker. She said we should turn on the radio. Something about an attack." Static squealed as Ginny adjusted the knob, finally tuning in to a channel. It took a moment for the announcer's words, reported in somber tones, to sink in.
"Thick smoke is still billowing from the United States' Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, where the U.S. Pacific Fleet is anchored, and from Hickham Field, where more than one hundred U.S. planes have reportedly been destroyed on the ground. There is still no word on how many ships were damaged. So far, at least two hundred servicemen are confirmed dead, but the death toll is expected to rise."
Harold lowered his newspaper and sat forward on the edge of his seat. Allan looked up from Little Orphan Annie, his eyes wide. "What happened, Dad?"
"Shh ... listen."
"Witnesses report that the emblem of the rising sun was visible on the wing tips of the attacking airplanes. There are unconfirmed reports that the Japanese used aircraft carriers to ferry the planes within striking distance. Once again, we repeat: This morning at approximately 7:55 a.m. local time, the nation of Japan launched a surprise attack on our American military bases in Hawaii, causing widespread devastation. President Roosevelt is reportedly meeting with high-level Washington officials and is expected to ask Congress to declare war."
War! The word sent a chill of fear through Ginny. What would happen to her children, her home? Would Harold have to go away and fight? At age thirty-five he was eligible for the draft. She gazed around at the room that had seemed so safe and secure a moment ago and felt as if the Japanese had attacked her house. The walls suddenly seemed flimsy and vulnerable, her children frail bundles of flesh and bones, a heartbeat from death.
"Harold! What are we going to do?"
"Now, Virginia, take it easy."
"But we've been attacked! What if the Japanese invade us?"
"You worry too much. It's my job to protect this family."
"But I feel so helpless! I want to do something!"
He gave her an indulgent look. "I could use a cup of coffee. Is there any left?"
Coffee? All she could do was make coffee? Virginia realized that he was serious, that he was dismissing her, and she stepped over the dog and the scattered newspaper pages to return to the kitchen. She could hear Harold and the boys talking about the Japanese Empire and the war in Europe as she set the pot of leftover coffee on the burner and lit the stove.
"Here, I'll show you on a map, Herbert," she heard Harold say above the sound of rustling newspaper pages.
The radio announcer continued to describe the devastation, her sons were asking worried questions, and all Ginny could do was stand in the kitchen waiting for the coffee to reheat. She knew that her life couldn't possibly continue the way it always had-everything had suddenly changed. Her country had been attacked, and her nation would be engulfed in another terrible world war. She felt helpless.
"I want to do something," she said aloud.
Virginia recalled her earlier fears that Harold was having an affair, and they suddenly seemed trivial in comparison.
Miss Helen Kimball lay in bed, listening to the distant toll of church bells, and for the first time in her life she saw no reason to attend Sunday services. As of this morning, she no longer believed in God. When the alarm clock had awakened her for church at the usual time, she had shut it off and remained resolutely in bed, gazing out of her bedroom window at the wintry tree branches. But now the aroma of coffee had begun to drift up to her room, and she found it irresistible. She climbed from beneath the sheets, put on her robe and slippers, and went downstairs to the cavernous kitchen.
Minnie, her parents' housekeeper, stood at the sink, humming as she peeled potatoes for the noon meal. A Sunday hat perched on her wooly gray hair, and she wore her best Sunday dress beneath her apron. Minnie turned when she heard Helen enter, and her dark eyes widened in surprise.
"Why, Miss Helen! I thought you'd off and gone to church already, and here you are in your nightclothes. You feeling sick?"
"No, I'm perfectly fine." She found a mug in the cupboard and poured herself a cup of coffee. Minnie set down her paring knife and dried her hands on her apron.
"Let me fix you some breakfast, then."
"No, you go ahead and finish what you're doing. I can make myself some toast."
Minnie's dark face wore a worried expression as she watched Helen pull a loaf of bread from the bread box and place two slices in the toaster. "Ain't you gonna be late for church, Miss Helen?"
"I'm not going."
"Not going? What else you be doing, then?"
"Well ... I'm not really sure what I'll do all morning. But I know I'm not going to spend it singing hymns and spouting creeds and yawning through a meaningless sermon. What's the point of going to church if I don't believe any of it?"
"Since when ain't you believing?"
"I don't know," Helen said with a shrug. "But I finally realized it this morning, so I decided it was better to stay home than to be a hypocrite."
"Now, you can't go losing your faith, Miss Helen. Don't you know the Bible says, 'What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?'"
"Yes, I do recall reading that verse," Helen said as she checked to see how the toast was progressing. "And it surely does apply to me. The doctors say that I'll inherit Father's estate in a few months-more money than I can possibly spend in my lifetime. Especially since I'll be fifty years old soon, and my life is certainly more than half over."
Her life might continue, but Helen knew that her soul was definitely lost. It had shriveled up inside her and died quite some time ago. As of this morning, she no longer cared.
When Minnie didn't respond, Helen looked up. Minnie's worried expression had transformed into speechless shock. "Don't mind me, Minnie," Helen said as she spread butter on her toast. "You'd better finish peeling those potatoes or you'll be late for church yourself."
"Now, how can I be thinking about church or potatoes when you're talking this way?"
"Better yet, leave the potatoes, and I'll finish them myself. It'll give me something useful to do." She carried her toast and coffee to the kitchen table and sat down.
"You already got plenty to do, taking care of your mama and daddy the way you been doing." Minnie moved the colander of potatoes from the sink to the table so she could face Helen while she continued peeling them. "You don't mean what you're saying, Miss Helen. You just wore out, that's all."
"No, actually, I'm not. Between you and the nurses, I don't have much to do at all. In fact, I'm more bored than tired. Last year at this time I was still teaching second grade, and Sunday was a welcome day of rest before another week of school. Now it's just another endless day like all the others as I try to keep from going crazy or roasting to death in this huge, overheated monstrosity of a house. Do you know that no matter how high I set the furnace or how many blankets I pile on mother's sickbed, she still complains that she's cold? The calendar says December, but it feels like August in here."
"You trying to change the subject on me, Miss Helen?"
"In fact, I may not get dressed at all today. Who's going to see me? It's the nurses' day off, and my parents never have any visitors. All their friends are either dead or too old to make sick calls."
"Why don't you invite some of your own friends over?"
Helen stood and carried her plate to the sink without replying. She didn't have any friends-but that was by choice.
"If you don't mind, Minnie, I think I'll listen to the radio in your sitting room. I need to hide in there until after noon in case Father feels well enough to putter around downstairs today. He'll want to know why I'm playing hooky from church, and I don't feel like explaining why I no longer believe in God."
"Miss Helen! I don't believe a word you say. You know perfectly well there's a God."
"Well, if there is, then my father is the spitting image of Him. They're both rich, both powerful, and they both like to order people around like pawns in a chess game. Neither one of them has ever shown much love, and any decisions they've ever made for me suited their own interests, not mine. Together, they've ruined my life."
Minnie gazed at Helen in disbelief. "Now you got me good and worried, Miss Helen. I been working here more than twenty years, and I ain't never heard you talk this way before."
"Even though Father knows he's dying, his heart hasn't softened in the least. I resigned from my teaching job and rented my home to tenants so I could move in here and take care of him and Mother, and he hasn't shown one ounce of gratitude. He orders me around like I'm one of the servants, and he argues with me over every little thing."
"He ain't feeling well, Miss Helen-"
"So he wants everyone else to feel just as miserable. He's unfailingly grouchy, demanding, and ungrateful. Every single day he reminds me that he's leaving his fortune to me. I got so fed up yesterday that I told him I planned to give away every last cent of it and live a simple life. I just might do it, too."
"Ain't so simple living a simple life," Minnie said. "Being poor is hard work. Being a poor colored person is even harder. I don't recommend you try it, Miss Helen."
"I almost did it once, you know, when I was younger. I nearly gave all of this up for love."
"And I'll bet you're glad that you didn't. Nothing good happens when you think with your heart instead of your head, let me tell you."
"Maybe you're right.... But it's too late now. I'll never know." And Helen would have to live with what might have been for the rest of her life.
Minnie chopped the potatoes into quarters and spread them in the roasting pan with the meat and carrots and onions. "This here will be done cooking at twelve-thirty," she said as she slid the pan into the oven. "But you and me ain't done having this conversation about believing in God, Miss Helen." She untied her apron and hung it on the kitchen door, then shoved her arms into her coat sleeves. "My granddaughter's gonna be here any minute to take me to church. And you better know I'll be praying for you today."
"Don't waste your prayers on me, Minnie. The doctors say that my parents haven't much time left. Pray for them instead."
"Gonna pray for all of you," she said. She closed the back door behind her.
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I've enjoyed all Lynn Austin's book, and A Woman's Place is no exception. Set during the second World War, this books shows us what life was like during that turbulent time, especially for the women who stepped in to help out with the war effort. You won't be disappointed.
Very good book, inspirational and entertaining at the same time. I loved learning what woman went through during WWII. The characters were well developed and the story kept me interested. I would recommend this book to any fan of Christian fictions
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I couldn't put this down! Loved each of the characters, the history, the story. Just an awesome read!
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Really enjoyed reading about what the home front was like during WWII. Appreciated the historical references.
Lynn Austin never disappoints.
This was a book club choice for our group. All members agreed that its characters were very well-drawn. Some of us are old enough to remember that time period and we agree that this book was true to the circumstances. We all enjoyed it and have already recommended it to others.
Read this book last year and loved it. Donated it to my small towns library. Then when I wanted to read it again, it was checked out. So I purchased it again, for my ereader, so I can read it whenever the mood strikes. Anyone interested in women during war time, race equality, or just very good Christian fiction, will appreciate this well written book. Also, I highly recommend While We're Far Apart by Lynn Austin. That went to my read again shelf as well.
Anyone that reads Lynn's books would expect no less than THE best from her -- this one is no exception!!! She is one of the best Christian writers to ever hit the scene -- highly recommend this to one and all! AND if you love this book you simply MUST read her other 2 -- Eve's Daughters AND All She Ever Wanted. You will be forever hooked!
Lynn's books about women are always SO great! This one is no exception -- if you are a fan of hers you must read this one!! It ties for first place with her books -- Eves Daughters AND All She Ever Wanted!!!
During WWII, four woman find their lives changed as the move beyond their traditional roles to take up jobs working in a factory. One has to challenge her traditional husband, another is reconnecting with people after sheltering herself from a painful past. One faces a touch decision regarding her boyfriend back home, and one is newly married and struggling to get along with her new in-laws. As their story is woven together they find strength in one another.A well done historical novel, though not as suspenseful as I prefer.
I loooved this story! Engaging from the beginning to its lovely end. I loved the hearts of all these women and was totally mesmerized by the changes in their hearts and lives. And, I love the heart of its author, as shown by the material and her execution of its story-telling. Luscious, luscious novel!
I love Lynn Austin. I have read almost all of her books. This one is definitely one of my favorites. I just finished the last 50 pages with tears running down my cheeks the entire time. Sad tears, happy tears, tears of joy. I connected to the characters and loved how each friend was so different and loyal. I've had friends like this in my life and this book reminded me of just how important they are/were. Some parts are hard to get through. It's hard to comprehend the hatred that some people have for someone based on the color of their skin or where they were born. I highly recommend this book!!
I didn't want this story to end. The friendship that these women gained, the softening of hearts, the joys and sadness- made for a very heart-warming book.
This was a great walk down memory lane to show dilemmas during the WWII time and similar problems at any time period. These four ladies had to fight to become successful and it worked. The prejudice of people against change or even races are very insightful,and the story had me cheering for these women's reactions. They made me want to be their friend.
I truely enjoyed reading this book. This is one book you will not want to put down.
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Take a break
If someone is being directly rude or putting you down for any reason, whether it's how you look, what you do or the things you like, it might be a good idea to remove yourself from the situation.
Simply popping to the bathroom can help you to calm down and ensure you don't react in a negative way. You can make a situation much worse by being hot-headed about it, so giving yourself a chance to evaluate what your date said away from them can really help.
It can also give you the time to work out how you want to deal with the situation. You may want to bring it up with them when you leave the bathroom or you might want to wait and see if they say anything else. Once you have a clear plan of action, it is much easier to go back to your date.
Talk about it
If you really are angry enough to bring it up, it is a good idea to try and be as non-confrontational as possible. Rather than getting angry, explain that what they said made you uncomfortable, playing up the fact that you came on the date to have a good time.
If you get angry or use a negative tone, the date could deteriorate incredibly quickly. Instead, be clear about why it upset you, but let them know that you're aware it probably wasn't the result they intended. This will help to diffuse the situation while their response will tell you a lot about them.
Ideally, you don't want to put your date on the defensive as that could mean things get ugly. If you're not sure how to bring it up, this is a good time to use the bathroom trick.
If they continue to be rude or make you uncomfortable after you've brought it up with them, if might be a good idea to simply call it a day. Thank them for meeting you and explain that you don't think it's going to work out.
If you do this, it might be a good idea to pay your half of the bill first, so as not to set them off any more. It isn't a good idea to just disappear without addressing why you don't want to continue with the date as this can lead to an awkward conversation down the line.
If you are clear in your reasons, they should hopefully be accepting of them – after all, no one wants to be on a date when the other person isn't into it. If they aren't calm and gracious about it, leave anyway; you don't want to feel threatened into staying.
So you've gotten dressed up, you've made an effort and then your date is rude to you. How exactly do you handle it? First dates can be disappointing at times for a number of reasons. Maybe you didn't feel the…


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I spent some time over this weekend watching Joe Wolter teach. I dodn't know much about him except that he had spent time with Tom and Bill Dorrance as well as Ray Hunt. He had just a wonderful way of putting things - very kind and thinking and feeling for the horse. He came out with some really wonderful sayings but my favourite was this one: Don't make it happen, let it happen.
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Lovely morning at my Monthly Morning Workshop. Clients took advantage of the flexible pricing depending on how long they stayed - some got 1:1 time with me. The next event is 14th May 10am-1pm
Prices per horse: 1 hr - £25 - 2 hrs - £35 - 3 hrs - £45
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The first Morning Monthly Workshop at Flax Bourton was a great success! Four students attended and looked at how to help their horses become more relaxed both in the environment and by using different obstacles. Both horses and humans made some great changes and everyone raved about my home made chocolate brownies! The next workshop is on Saturday 15th April. Contact me to book your place.


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Intermediate Arabic Reader: Romeo and Juliet
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The timeless love story of Romeo and Juliet has been brought to life for the first time as a novelized adaptation for learners of Modern Standard Arabic.
The eight chapters feature:
- Voweled Arabic text
- Vocabulary lists
- English translations
This purchase includes two PDF eBook files—one with the original voweled texts and the second with unvoweled texts.
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Romeo and Juliet: Chapter 1
Romeo and Juliet: Chapter 1
The timeless love story of Romeo and Juliet has been brought to life for the first time as a novelized adaptation for learners of Arabic. This story was chosen as it is well known to Western audiences; being familiar with the characters and plot of a story will help you focus less on what the story is about and more on the language.
The story has been divided into eight chapters of similar, manageable length for learners.
When the name of a character or place makes its first appearance in the book, it is shown in bold.
Words and phrases that appear in the vocabulary section (glossary) are underlined in the text with a subtle dotted line. They are organized by order of appearance and grouped by the page number on which they appear.
A noun or adjective will be listed in its singular form, and if its plural is irregular, this will be shown in parentheses.
A verb will be shown in its base form followed by a reference code in small square brackets. This corresponds to a table showing the verb's complete conjugation patterns in Lingualism's book Modern Standard Arabic Verbs. The masdar (gerund) of unaugmented (measure I) verbs is given in parentheses. The masdar for augmented verbs is also normally given when they appear in the book.
Many nouns (including masdars) and adjectives (including active and passive participles) act as adverbs in the indefinite accusative case or in conjunction with a preposition. These are often glossed as the basic form of the word, so you can see each word's original meaning and how it can be used as an adverb in context.
Each chapter has three parts:
The Arabic text is voweled (written with tashkeel diacritics) to aid in recognition and pronunciation of each word.
An extensive glossary contains words and phrases the first time they appear in the book. All but very basic words are glossed.
A sentence-by-sentence English translation is there to help you when you get stuck.
There are many ways to use the glossary, English translation, audio, and Anki flashcards (available separately) as pre-reading and post-reading tools to improve your overall comprehension of the Arabic text. It all depends on your learning style and what you find works best for you.
- You can try listening to the audio before you read the text to see how much you understand going in.
- You can also read a chapter in English first, which will help you guess new vocabulary when you see it.
- You can study the vocabulary for each page or chapter before reading it.
- Alternatively, you can look up new words as you encounter them in the text, and then read the chapter again to see how many of the new words you can recall.
- You can refer to the English translation when you can't work out the overall meaning of a sentence, even if you know each word.
In any case, multiple readings is recommended to build reading fluency and memorization of new vocabulary. Which strategy works best for you? Please let us know in the comments below.
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2 reviews for Intermediate Arabic Reader: Romeo and Juliet
This is a good product, and the audio files are useful. I think a parallel text format would be better, as I keep checking the translation to see if I have understood new and unfamiliar words based on the context. The vocabularies are comprehensive, and the fully vowelized text is a big help. Keep up the good work, Matthew. Best regards. Philip
I LOVE this book! This is my first attempt to read a book in Arabic and it makes me feel very motivated that I can basically understand and follow the story. THe vocabulary pages are really helpful in this. You can indeed understand the main plot of what's happening even if you are not fluent. I've had to re-read the chapters to better understand but this is mostly for learning. It's definitely worth the money; I have the PDF and paper back book.


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Summer's garden bounty is in full-swing and Farmer's Markets are bursting at the seams with lovely fresh produce. I always buy far more than I need, but I just can't resist.
One of the vegetables that beckons to me is small, Kirby cucumbers—just right for pickling. But the thought of hauling out all of the usual canning equipment to make pickles does not excite me at all.
Instead, I make my dill pickles the quick way—overnight—brining in the fridge. One taste and you're hooked: the flavor is fresh and "dilly" but low in sodium because you control the salt. And, I just step outside to my patio to pick fresh dill but you can find it in supermarkets in the produce section.
The dill spears are crisp and crunchy. Here is the easy recipe for these delicious pickles, which keep for about a week in the fridge. Don't worry, they won't last that long!
Homemade Dill Pickles (without the canning fuss)
By Carol Fenster
Choose the small, Kirby cucumbers for this recipe for the best results—they fit more easily in small canning jars. This small recipe makes enough for two small (8-ounce) jars. I prefer using fresh dill from my backyard herb garden, but you can buy fresh dill in the supermarket or use dill seed.
3 small pickling (Kirby) cucumbers
½ teaspoon black peppercorns
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
2 sprigs (about ½ ounce) fresh dill (or ½ teaspoon dill seed)
2 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced
¼ small onion, sliced
1 cup water
¾ cup white wine vinegar
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon sugar
[1] Wash and quarter the cucumbers lengthwise into spears and divide evenly between the two jars..cutting to fit in the jar if necessary. Divide the peppercorns, mustard seeds, dill, garlic, and onion evenly between the jars.
[2] In a small saucepan, bring the water, vinegar, salt, and sugar to a boil and stir until the sugar and salt are dissolved and then divided evenly between the two jars. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Keeps for 1 week, refrigerated. Makes 12 pickles.
Per pickle: 16 calories ; 0g fat; 1g protein;1g fiber;4g carbohydrates; 48mg sodium; 0mg cholesterol