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In honor of Veterans Day tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 11), all of the Uptown Espresso locations, including the Wallingford store (2300 N. 45th St.), will donate 100% of its proceeds to American Lake Veterans Golf Course.
Located in Lakewood, the American Lake Veterans Golf Course has been serving the military since it opened in 1955, and since 1995, it's been operated and maintained exclusively by volunteers after the government cut off its funding. According to the website, "The Friends of American Lake Veterans Golf Course goal is to promote the rehabilitation of our disabled veterans through the healing power of golf, in an atmosphere of camaraderie that aids in the healing transition of their physical, mental and emotional challenges."
The golf course has a Rehabilitation and Learning Center that was built in 2010. The center features a Full Swing Golf Simulator, a teaching station, and a putting area, enabling year-round therapy for golfers utilizing wheel chairs or Solo Riders.
So, stop-in to Uptown tomorrow for your usual (or your unusual) as a way of saying "thanks" to local Veterans.
(This article originally appeared on Wallyhood, the Wallingford neighborhood blog. For more news and chatter about Wallingford, join us there.
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I've recently got into a new relationship with a guy. We're both very much in love with each other. I can say things are going well between us.
But now, the problem is that ever since I'm with me, unfortunate events kept happening to me. Three days after we got together, I got into a near death car accident. Five days after the accident, I injured my left foot, the doctor said my soft tissues on my left foot were torn. Lastly, just about four days ago, my house got robbed. Gadgets, cash and jewelries were all stolen. It was quite lucky for my family and I that the robbers did not harm us.
So, our relationship is only about three weeks old but three misfortune events already happened to me. He thinks that he's bringing bad luck to me and he is really feeling very guilty. Could it really be him? Or is it something else? Can anyone please help?
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Tuesday, Apr 17, 2012 03:35 pm
A young girl has reportedly died after falling through ice on a rural property southwest of Red Deer.
The incident occurred on April 6 in Red Deer County. The sisters, 3 and 5, were discovered by family members.
According to Doris Stapleton, a media relations specialist with the RCMP, the girls had �fallen through ice in a small body of water on the property.�
The police were called at about 10:20 a.m. on Good Friday.
Sgt. Patricia Neely said the RCMP was unsure of what the girls were doing at the time they fell through the ice, adding all she could say was they responded to the call.
The RCMP put out a second press release which stated they will not provide an update on the condition of the girls and any further updates would come from their family.
As of press time Friday, the family had not provided any public statement.
Media reports in the days ensuing the incident stated one of the girls had died.
Neely said the children were taken to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and then were airlifted to Stollery Children�s Hospital in Edmonton.
Cam Heke, a spokesperson for STARS Air Ambulance, said two helicopters were dispatched to get the girls from Red Deer.
�We responded from both our Calgary base as well as our Edmonton base,� Heke said.
Before going to Red Deer, each helicopter went to its local children�s hospital to collect pediatric specialist teams.
�The specialty care that can be provided � was required,� Heke said. He said by bringing the teams to Red Deer, care could begin right away for the girls.
Both teams consisted of respiratory therapists and pediatric nurses. In Edmonton a pediatric physician was added while an emergency physician came from Calgary. A flight paramedic was with the Calgary team and a flight nurse attended with the Edmonton team.
Heke said STARS was requested at 11:17 a.m. and responded at 11:21, with the first helicopter arriving in Red Deer at 12:29 p.m.
�It was very serious at the time,� Heke said of the girls� condition at the time of their flights.
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Divers have recovered the body of a man in the Knottingley and Goole canal this lunchtime (Tuesday).
Police have been searching the waterfront at Weeland Road since yesterday for missing Gary Stephen, who has not been seen since December 4.
The body is yet to be formally identified, but Mr Stephen's family has been informed.
Emergency services have now removed the body from the water and a post mortem will be conducted to ascertain cause of death.
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I wouldn't get a FF lens for future use if I were still on a crop body. No point compromising for the time being and upgrading to FF with the same lens only to find that you don't like how the lens works for you on a FF compared to a crop.
1. Heavy as hell
2. Expensive
3. Zoom ranges optimized for FF may not be suitable for crop, e.g,. 28-70, 24-70. These are meant to be general zoom from wide to acceptable tele for FF. For cropped,. 28 and 24 is not that wide, and neither here nor there.
4. For UWA on cropped, there is simply no FF lens available for that sort of range.
I'm starting to acquire FF lens as I plann to upgrade to FF body once enough people donate to my "Buy-a-FF" fund.
As lens built for the non-FF lens cannot be mounted on the FF body, that's the main reason for my switch to getting FF lenses.
The downside, like so many have mentioned, is the cropped factor, which ironically is due to the body, not the lens. lol
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"More information needed"
The audio merely says chapter 1, chapter 2 etc and gives no indication of what is being sung. Some song titles are needed. I'm sure I can work it out with the aid of a grammar but why should I have to? If I can download the audio why can't I download a booklet with the script too?
"Terrible do not buy"
It's not explained properly, really basic. You may learn tunes but what do they mean?
"This is music; not a book"
This would be better if the audio was broken into tracks. Since this is a learning tool which needs to be repeated over and over again, it would be most helpful to go to specific tracks for review. It is much more difficult to navigate the audio when it is just one big track.
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The pronunciation is terrible, overall formant is nonsense. this audio book is a waste of time.
"How to Put Greek Grammar in a Submission Hold"
The way the songs package New Testament Greek grammar is superb.
I've not seen anything like this before, but it is truly game-changing.
The vocals are not lovely, but if you are coming to this wanting to get a practical overview of Greek grammar that will stick with you, then this is it. The PDF companion is a must have with the songs.
"great resource "
a very good and useful tool to help memorize key grammatical facts. people tend to remember things that are set to music and rhyme.
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If it were a little slower and the pronunciations clearer
It's not a story
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An Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation into allegations against a former inspector with West Yorkshire Police having 'acted on behalf' of Jimmy Savile by inappropriately contacting Surrey Police ahead of a police interview in 2009 is nearing completion.
The investigation is looking into what knowledge the former inspector had of any letters received making accusations against Savile and what action, if any, was taken in respect of them.
The former inspector has been interviewed under criminal caution by an IPCC investigator.
The IPCC has spoken to several former police and non-police attendees of the 'Friday Morning Club', or those with knowledge of it, as witnesses over whether they have any awareness of accusatory letters being received by Savile and passed on to officers or discussed.
IPCC deputy chair Sarah Green said: "Investigators have been in contact with a number of the ongoing independent inquiries investigating allegations of abuse by Savile over any information they may have which would be useful to the IPCC independent investigation."
The IPCC investigation began last year following a direction to the force to record and refer the conduct of the former inspector, identified in a Surrey Police report as 'Inspector 5'. Other wider Savile-related matters referred to the IPCC by West Yorkshire Police from its Operation Newgreen report were, after assessment, sent back to the force.


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This is one of the Fillers I don't really much like. I liked that Ledian appeared, but just trying to pass through a windy valley seemed like the worst plot in any episodes so far.
I'll admit that although most Bug types are weak, the Ledian in this episode was strong. Had it not been for Team Rocket's balancing act, I would've hated this for sure.
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Congregation Beth Elohim Unveh Shalom (House of God and Abode of Peace) was formed in 1750 as a Sephardic Orthodox congregation. The congregation relocated in 1757, 1764, and 1780, meeting through these years in a series of converted houses. The first officers of the synagogue were Moses Cohen (rabbi), Isaac DaCosta (hazzan), Joseph Tobias (parnas/president), and Michael Lazarus (secretary). The congregation was officially incorporated by the South Carolina legislature in 1791, after the constitution officially allowed for "free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship." Its members founded the first American Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1784, the first American Hebrew Orphan Society in 1801, and the second American supplementary religious school. The Beth Elohim Coming Street Cemetery dates to 1762; it was bought by Beth Elohim in 1764 from the DaCosta family, and it contains ten known graves of Jewish soldiers of the American Revolution.


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March 14, 2008: Midland Christian aims for record book at Relays
Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, March 13, 2008
The Midland Christian boys track team already holds the West Texas Relays record in Division II for the 800-meter relay. The Mustangs look to repeat their relay success of a year ago, only this time they're after the 400 relay record.
The Mustangs plan to stack their four best sprinters for the shortest relay. Senior David Thomas and junior Malcolm McPherson, regulars on the sprint relay, will be joined by seniors Tucker Schneeman and Jon Hibler for preliminaries today at Ratliff Stadium in Odessa.
The quartet is aiming for more than a gold medal.
"We're trying to break the school record and qualify for Austin," Mustangs coach Chris McKinney said, referring to the elite Texas Relays in April. "These are the four fastest kids I've put on the track in five years in the sprint relay."
While the 800 has been Midland Christian's strongest relay in recent years the Mustangs have experienced success in all three. Last year they won the state title in both the 800 and 1,600 relays, while claiming bronze in the 400.
The victories continued early this season, as the Mustangs won all six relays they entered between the Comanche Relays in Fort Stockton and the West of the Pecos Relays. Those wins led to a team title in Fort Stockton and narrow second-place finish in Pecos.
The Mustangs weren't at full strength last week at the Canyon Reef Relays in Snyder but took second in all three relays.
This week they'll adjust their lineups to possibly break a record or two in the opening race.
"We could win all the relays if we wanted to," Thomas said. "But we're going to focus on running really fast in the sprint relay."
Thomas' schedule will change as well. The defending TAPPS 5A and West Texas Relays champion in the 100-meter dash, Thomas has typically run in the 200 this season but will compete in the 100 in Odessa.
McKinney said he also plans to run McPherson in the 100, adding the junior has been impressive in his first year with the Mustangs.
"I've got two of my best kids in the 100 this week," McKinney said. "Malcolm has been doing real well. He's been good in the 100 and runs the relays real well. He's state ranked in the 100."
Schneeman, primarily a hurdler, also contributes to relays and looks forward to running with a loaded sprint relay team.
"I think it will be a lot of fun," Schneeman said. "We ran it with two of the guys last year that graduated. I think the other two guys we're running with this year will be a lot faster, so I think we've got a really good chance to be the top team in the state in the sprint relay."
The Mustangs look to complement their sprinting with a strong group of jumpers that received a boost from the return of Bryant Evans last week. Evans, part of Midland Christian's state basketball championship earlier this month, won the high jump in Snyder in his first meet of the season.
Hibler and Vance Pearcy will be factors in the broad-jumping events, which could help Midland Christian end Monahans' streak of Division II titles.
"I hope we have a shot to win it," McKinney said. "We'll see. We're not as deep as we were a year ago, especially with a couple of absentees this week."


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Hi, I'm new here and have been reading the blog for days now. I am NOT an experienced baker, and am just learning how to make bread. First thing, I am bad in math. I'm used to ingredients in cups, teaspoons, etc. Am trying to follow and learn how to convert gms, etc. I don't know anything about protein, hydration, etc. So you can see, I am really inexperienced. I've made a few loaves of crusty french bread. I think that's what it is. I live in Georgia, and it's hard to find good crusty bread down here. I'm half italian and was raised eating good italian bread. I'm originally from Upstate New York. Born in Albany, NY, moved to Scotia, NY, then to Ballston Spa, NY and a short stint in Schenectady, NY at my step son's house until we were ready to move to Georgia. I enjoy reading all the posts, and am going to try, some of the recipes posted, if I can figure out the ratios. What loaves I have attempted, my husband seems to like. I also like white bread that has substance. I grew up with white bread that had substance until they changed the formulas and now store bought white bread I do not have in the house since I don't like it.
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Steve-Case for Defence!
If the current unique situation doesnt work this time in the sense we have for the first time in yonks actually got a bigger squad by the end of Jan than we did at the start and havent had the death knell of losing a key player(s) during it, maybe its time Barry Kilby had a word with Steve about how nice it might to retire to Cheltenham!
However, Cotterill has had to work within limited resources and with the smallest squad in the league for ages! Its not that he has been able to afford to buy a Rooney or for that matter even a Lita or a Nugent, so you should judge him in my opinion on what he has achieved being continually told we are always punching above our weight with our players on the lowest salary in the League.
With the bravado some expected from him,it seems in the Ternent style, we could now be in League 1 despite having witnessed more entertaining football but losing games 4-7 or whatever.
Of course, he makes mistakes dont all managers and some of his Plan B decisions are bizarre to say the least, assuming he makes one in the first place especially in relation to substitutions.
However, I think the Goalposts have changed this month and we should judge him now on that and if we are still midtable by this time next season and the football is dire then fair enough, I will be with his current critics in the queue calling for his neck
But come on chaps, chin up all we need do is this
1. Break this awful run
2. Look forward to the return of Gray up front with Ade.
3. Look forward to the achievement of peak fitness from the new lads who by their own admission lack match practice.
I rest my case me'Lord!
So are you going to be the prosecution now or vote for me on the Jury?
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SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Sevier County Emergency Management spent Tuesday getting ready for a winter storm expected to hit the area through Thursday.
The county's emergency vehicles on Tuesday afternoon were changed into snow tires and preparing back up vehicles for snow operations.
John Matthews with Sevier County's Emergency Operations says they're watching the latest forecast to see where their attention needs to be focused. From there's ride out the storm responding to wrecks as they happen.
"Wrecks, fender benders, they'll be bringing in the most calls to the county," said Matthews. "We usually receive a lot of phone calls on the same vehicle in the same area. so once 911 gets that call they have an obligation to send someone to that vehicle regardless of whether they believe that vehicle has been checked or not."
Matthews reminds folks to look for a piece of yellow or orange tape on a vehicle that's stuff off the side of the road. He says if that's there rescue workers have already checked the vehicle.
Sevier County Schools spent the day trying to figure out whether or not to cancel school on Wednesday. Spokesperson Debra Cline says the district's trying to make the best decision for the kids.
"The safety of children must be the first consideration. We've got to do all that we can do to make good decisions to keep those children as safe as possible," said Cline.
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Weirdest musical moments in British comedy
A selection of some of the strangest songs and musical moments in British comedy.Anglonerd, 9th October 2017
Friday Night Dinner Series 5 confirmed
Channel 4 has confirmed that Friday Night Dinner will return for a fifth series.British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2017
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2016 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2016 have been revealed. 60 shows are in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title. Voting is now open.British Comedy Guide, 16th January 2017
Watching unPC sitcoms should be part of the curriculum
The BBC's remakes of Till Death Us Do Part and Are You Being Served? are only to be appreciated through the filter of irony. But things like It Ain't Half Hot Mum weren't malicious.James Delingpole, The Spectator, 1st September 2016
Something smells rotten to Jonny and Adam when they arrive for their weekly feast, and not just the former's sweaty five-a-side kit. A "For Sale" sign sits in the driveway, resulting in two siblings angry about losing their childhood home - and at their Friday night being interrupted by potential buyers. As the series concludes, could this be the final crimble crumble served at Chez Goodman? And whose porch will Jim darken from now on?Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 26th August 2016
With the exception of the Siddiquis from Gogglebox, the Goodmans are arguably the funniest family on British telly right now. Each episode of Robert Popper's sitcom highlights the chemistry between Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal, Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter. This week, Uncle Saul's funeral means Martin's mum - AKA Horrible Grandma - is back in town, making Adam and Jonny's squabbling seem good-natured by comparison.Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 19th August 2016
Robert Popper's family sitcom has become something of a fixture. It probably writes itself by now, but for all its occasional predictability it remains effortlessly amusing, mainly thanks to the cast's enviable chemistry. Tonight, Adam feebly regresses back to childhood after tonsillitis. But how long can Johnny bear his brother's coddled antics? A trip to Grandma's house is the trigger for the familiar fraternal jousting.Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 12th August 2016
A comedy about a Jewish family who gather for a Shabbat meal each week could become repetitive. Thankfully, creator Robert Popper and co continue to find new ways for the Goodmans to humiliate one another and themselves. This week, Adam has won an award for composing advert music, but his celebrations are overshadowed when Jonny returns from America a married man.Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 5th August 2016
It's an auspicious night at the Goodmans': Martin's annual oiling of the hinges is here, marking a decade of squeak-free doors. Unfortunately, his zeal results in disaster when the slimy stuff finds its way on to Mum's pristine carpet, prompting a guest appearance from John Sessions as a rug restorer, and a hit to Martin's wallet. If that wasn't enough action for one Friday, meddlesome neighbour Jim decides to get a cat.Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 29th July 2016
It was mainly business as usual on Friday Night Dinner with more calamity for the family who just can't seem to have a quite meal together. This week's comedy of errors saw Paul Ritter's fantastic patriarch invite round his old uni friend to dinner however it later became clear that he'd got mixed up the two Tonys that he went to university with. Instead of inviting round the guy who he had a lot in common with he was lumbered with Jason Watkins' unfunny bore whom he tried to get rid of by telling a rather whopping lie. Just like prior episodes of the sitcom, this episode of Friday Night Dinner played out like a mini-farce which ended with a big gag that I for one didn't find in the least bit amusing. In my opinion Friday Night Dinner is at its best when we just see the family engage in witty interplay as I feel the core cast have developed some fine chemistry over the past four series. However it's when events get too far-fetched that Friday Night Dinner loses its way and after watching the series four opener it feels that Robert Popper's comedy has run out of ideas. The problem with Friday Night Dinner is that the entire premise shackles the characters to the same setting every episode meaning that Popper has to find increasingly outlandish things to happen to the family which just don't ring true.Matt, The Custard TV, 24th July 2016


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It is important to remember what happened to black communities that were once centred in Vancouver's east side, so that the same type of displacement doesn't happen again, says a Vancouver writer and activist.
Wayde Compton, the co-founder of the Hogan's Alley Memorial Project, said the black families and businesses that lived in Hogan's Alley — a four-block long dirt lane that formed the nucleus of Vancouver's first concentrated African-Canadian community — were gradually displaced in the city's attempts to revitalize the area from the 1930s onwards.
The final destruction of that neighbourhood came when the city built the Georgia Viaduct in 1972.
Viaduct plowed through black community
"It was the moment that car culture was hitting North America and people were supposed to live in the suburbs and work in the cities. So they needed to put freeways through, so invariably they targeted black neighbourhoods or Chinatowns, and in Vancouver it was both," he said.
Compton said putting a highway "right on top of this small black community" was an example of "institutional racism, targeting the community that they thought could least oppose them."
He said he finds it ironic that the City of Vancouver is now planning to tear down the viaducts — but said he is also concerned about what will go into the new space.
"My worry is that it's going to lock into contemporary gentrification," he said.
Compton said it is important that the history of what happened to Vancouver's black community is in the public memory "so people understand that top-down planning doesn't work, and contemporary versions of that are equally dangerous."
"People who live in neighbourhoods should have some control over what happens to their neighbourhoods, that I think is the lesson of the displacement."
Compton said Vancouver's current black community is very diverse — with many from the U.S., Caribbean, Africa, or other parts of Canada — but they no longer have a "geographical centre."
"So Black History Month allows for a time of year where people can get together in the absence of a place people can get together."
In the video above Compton tells Our Vancouver host Gloria Macarenko what happened to Vancouver's black community, and what lessons can be learned.
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Conner Middle Schooler Still Spelling At National Bee
By Mike Perleberg(Hebron, Ky.) – After one day of countless consonants and vowels were uttered, a local student is still competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Olivia Kaiser is a 7th grader at Conner Middle School in Hebron. She is among a number of tri-state students competing in the national bee in Washington, D.C.
More than 280 contestants from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, four U.S. territories and seven foreign countries began the competition Wednesday.
During the second round of spelling on Wednesday, Kaiser – whose bib number is #186 – correctly spelled the words "chambray" and "charpoy" to advance to the third round.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a charpoy as "a bed used especially in India consisting of a frame strung with tapes or light rope." Chambray is "a lightweight clothing fabric with colored warp and white filling yarns."
The ultimate speller will be crowned Thursday night. The semi-finals, will air live on ESPN from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and the finals air from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Eastern time.
#speller186 Olivia Kaiser from Hebron spells chambray correctly #spellingbee @Wcpo pic.twitter.com/yx5jUQBu8X
— Tanya O'Rourke (@TanyaORourke) May 28, 2014


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Chinese Finnegans Wake sells out
The Chinese version is no easier to read than the original but James Joyce's Finnegans Wake has still sold out its initial run in China.
Wang Weisong, chief editor of the Shanghai company that published the first Chinese translation of the Joyce classic, said at a recent forum in Shanghai that he was not expecting any success for the book, but that the modest initial run of 8,000 copies has sold out since it went on sale on Christmas Day. He said more copies are being printed to meet demand.
Dai Congrong, who spent eight years translating it, told the same forum that she did not fully grasp the novel but that it was supposed to be difficult, and that she kept the Chinese version that way.
"I would not be faithful to the original intent of the novel if my translation made it easy to comprehend," Dai said, according to a transcript the Shanghai People's Publishing House posted online.
Despite a waning interest in foreign literature over the past couple of decades, the Shanghai News and Publishing Bureau said the novel's sales in Shanghai last week were second only to a new biography of Deng Xiaoping in the category of "good books," a term reserved for more serious reads.
The book, widely considered Joyce's most experimental and inscrutable work, was promoted by an unusual billboard campaign in major Chinese cities - with 16 of them in Shanghai alone. The official Xinhua News agency said it was the first time a book had been promoted that way in China.
Well-known Beijing critic Wuyuesanren, whose real name is Yao Bo, said that although some well-educated urban Chinese will appreciate Joyce's novel, it also has become fashionable. "No matter how unfathomable a book is, it can sell well because at least it can provide some fodder for teatime chats," he said.
Murong Xuecun, a renowned Chinese author and critic, is planning to get a copy of the translated novel. "It has the reputation of being inscrutable, and people are so curious they want to read it themselves," Murong said. "I am sure that's universal around the world. It does not say the Chinese readers have a higher taste."
The demand for translations of foreign language novels exploded during an opening-up period in the 1980s and 1990s when China was eager for new thought. Joyce's "Ulysses" was warmly received when it was first translated in the mid-1990s.
But the zeal for foreign literature has slowed, as Chinese get more connected to the world and - as prosperity increases - they turn their attention to more pragmatic or entertaining reads.
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: The Rise of Lord Titus by rosso_bass
At the height of the war against Voldemort, it is becoming more apparent with each passing day that the Order cannot win. Harry Potter decides that to win, he must fight fire with fire, leading to the greatest conflict of the century. Thanks to Llamia for the awesome banner.
Genres: Action, Angst Characters: Draco, Harry, Hermione, Lucius, M. McGonagall, Neville, OC, Ron, Seamus
Advisory: Mild Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Strong Violence
Published: 2005.11.26 Latest Chapter: 2006.02.02 Updated: 2006.02.04 Status: COMPLETED (33928 words)
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Draco Malfoy lies broken on the battlefield that has claimed the existence of the Death Eaters, waiting for death. But as he contemplates his life, he realizes that Harry Potter has taken everything away from him. And when his life is miracously saved, he vows to make himself remembered like neither Voldemort or Potter ever were.-- Banner by Andegora.
Genres: Action, Angst Characters: Draco, Fred/George, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Neville, OC, Ron
Advisory: Strong Language, Strong Violence
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Dax Jerseys Are Coming
February 19, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL) - Adirondack Phantoms News Release
It's Dax's birthday. And the Phantoms are ready to celebrate this Sunday at 5:00 against the Binghamton Senators.
For one game only, the team will switch out the Phantoms logo on their jersey for a picture of Dax instead. The special Dax jerseys will also be auctioned off to the fans after the game. Check out the jersey design for Dax's big day!
"This is a really rare thing in sports," said official spokesperson for Dax, Andrew Hill, who is also Director of Fun and Community Relations for the Phantoms. "You see other teams where their mascot IS their logo. But Dax is a beaver. He's not really a part of the logo at all. So to completely take away the team logo and put Dax's face on the jersey is something you don't see a lot and we're really excited."
Fans will get their chance to own a piece of Dax history in the post-game jersey auction. The game-worn jerseys will be awarded to the winning bidders and presented personally by the players right off their backs.
These specialty jerseys are another of the outrageous looks the Adirondack Phantoms have worn this season which have included Tuxedo Jerseys on New Year's Eve and Mustache Jerseys as part of their Movember promotion. But these are the first mascot jerseys they have ever worn as the team thanks Dax for all his hard-work and support and non-stop hilarity and weirdness at all of the Phantoms games.
Additionally, some of Dax's area mascot friends will be stopping by for the big celebration which include a mascot hockey game between periods of the Phantoms' game. And we are told that an even bigger birthday cake awaits Dax too.
Happy Birthday, Dax!
Fans can purchase special Sunday Family 3-Packs for $43 to receive 3 tickets, 3 hot dogs, 3 sodas, 1 large popcorn and 1 program. Call the Phantoms at 518-480-3355. And we'll see you there this Sunday to help wish Dax a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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Atmosphere: ***/5
Food: ***/5
Drink: ****/5
Service: ****/5
After a big night out for an engagement party, the bridesmaids organised a Sunday brunch with the loved up couple.
A two story cafe, Winters fits quite a few people in, and with twelve people at our table, I was worried that the service would be slow and my coffee would take a while to get to me, however, I was wonderfully surprised.
The coffee was perfect and our orders were taken quickly. The wait staff were not very engaging but they all appeared to be those whom had been in hospitality for some time, which you don't often see.
The coincidently named 'big night' breakfast was a popular order with the boys at the table, and all the girls opted for building their own breakfast starting with eggs as you like it and options of ingredients such as; spinach, haloumi cheese, local Queenscliff relish and other assortment of sauces, mushroom cups, tomato, Meredith feta, hash browns, avocado smash, smoked salmon and for a first time in a while I wish I ate pig with an option for pork, apple and sultana sausage and ham off the bone.
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I enjoyed my meal immensely, I am a strong believer you can never go wrong with a good haloumi cheese for breakfast, and the Queenscliff relish was surprisingly one of my favourite ingredients as it acted as a baked bean mix without being too heavy, this is something I will now looking at doing at home.
I was really thrilled that even though there was a large majority of self built meals all were delivered correctly within three minutes of each other.
If you feel the need there are also options of breakfast booze and cocktails and if I was not driving to Melbourne I would have defiantly tired one or two of the cocktails! They also offered a Hairy Lemon drink (a kind of barocca) which I thought was very cute!
The atmosphere is lovely, there is artwork all through the cafe with the theme continuing onto the menus with each containing a biography promoting local artists from Deacon University and local art spaces and institutions.
There was a predominantly female population in the cafe, and the décor was defiantly aimed at the female population with the crockery featuring pink and purple. It was, however, very cute seeing the boys drink out of these!
I would defiantly recommend this place for lunch and or breakfast. With a recent win of Hospitality and Tourism Award for Best Regional Cafe 2012 and Best Customer Service 2011 it seems the judges agree as well!


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Vital by Jamie Magee
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I liked the others in the series a little bit more. This one has one heck of a Cliff hanger and definitely has me wanting to read the next (can't wait). I felt like Vital left me with a lot of questions.
The love triangle continues as Drake, Landon and Willow fight the Devil himself. Both Willow and Landon are a bit more fierce in this one. I'm definitely intrigued by the new characters coming in and can't wait to see where this takes us.
Keep them coming Jamie Magee. I'm fixing to read the See Series.
& on a happy end note the grammar I complained about in my last review is fixed!
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Diaoyus activist avoids prosecution
Top prosecutor decides not to take legal action against the boat owner who led a voyage to the Diaoyu Islands in August
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The top prosecutor has decided not to take legal action against the boat owner who led a voyage to the disputed Diaoyu Islands in August.
A summons against Lo Chau for leaving Hong Kong waters without permission, issued by the Marine Department, was cancelled by Eastern Court on Wednesday.
The department said the director of public prosecutions felt cancelling the summons was the right course of action because a prosecution wasn't in the public interest.
But Lo and skipper Yang Kuang have been issued a warning to abide by the law in future.
The summons, issued on February 14 said Lo's vessel, Kai Fung No 2, left Hong Kong waters without permission on August 12.
Eight members of the Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands sailed to the disputed islands in the East China Sea to assert Chinese sovereignty. The chain is also claimed by Taiwan and Japan - which calls them the Senkaku Islands.
The activists made the first landing by Hong Kong activists in 16 years.
Committee member Tsang Kin-shing, who was on the boat in August, said earlier there were no grounds for prosecution. The boat was a licensed fishing vessel and did not need a permit to sail out of Hong Kong waters.
Lo and Tsang are on a trip overseas and couldn't be reached for comment.
The eight activists, two journalists and four crew members managed to evade marine police and an interception attempt by Japanese coastguard vessels as they approached the islands. Seven activists pitched the Chinese flag on the island.
All 14 were arrested by Japanese authorities and deported.
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American Journal of PhysicsPosted: February 2, 2012 Filed under: Evolution Hoax Leave a comment
Email to David Jackson, Editor of the American Journal of Physics on Feb. 1, 2012
Dear Dr. Jackson,
In an email the Deputy Director of the National Center for Science Education (Glenn Branch) cited "Evolution and the second law of thermodynamics," in the American Journal of Physics, October 2009 (Vol. 77, No. 10, pp. 922-925), to support the following statement made by Richard Dawkins:
When creationists say, as they frequently do, that the theory of evolution contradicts the Second Law of Thermodynamics, they are telling us no more than that they don't understand the Second Law (we already knew that they don't understand evolution). There is no contraction, because of the sun!" (The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, page 415)
The article cited by the NCSE gives calculations about the sun and evolution purporting to show that evolution does not violate the second law of thermodynamics, just as Richard Dawkins says. In my opinion, this article deceives many people about evolutionary biology. Because your journal is peer-reviewed I am hoping you take corrective action.
Evolutionary biology studies the adaptation of species to the environment and the increase in the complexity of species as they evolved into mammals over a period of 3 billion years. The complexity of a chimpanzee can be grasped by studying the primary structure of proteins, molecular machinery involving dozens of proteins, and the development of the fully-grown chimp from a single cell. What biologists call natural selection explains adaptation, but it does not explain the increase in complexity of species. The following quote from Harvard and Berkeley biologists proves this statement:
Facilitated variation is not like orthogenesis, a theory championed by the eccentric American paleontologist Henry Osborn (1857–1935), which imbues the organism with an internal preset course of evolution, a program of variations unfolding over time. Natural selection remains a major part of the explanation of how organisms have evolved characters so well adapted to the environment. (Marc Kirschner and John Gerhart, The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma, page 247)
The connection between the limitations of the theory of natural selection and the second law of thermodynamics comes from calculations biologists perform to understand the evolution of proteins. The primary structure of a protein is a chain of 20 different amino acids. Biologists calculate the probability of getting a protein by the random selection of amino acids. Given the time limitation, it is as probable as finding all the gas molecules in a container grouped together in one section of the container so that there is a vacuum in the other section. Performing calculations to show evolution does not violate the second law of thermodynamics implies that natural selection explains the complexity of living organisms.
The second law of thermodynamics is an absolute truth. It is like saying the chance of getting heads when you flip a coin is 50%. When a tree grows from a seed by absorbing oxygen and carbon dioxide there is no violation of this law. However, the idea of calculating the entropy of the tree and heat flows into the plant to prove this strikes me as being absurd. I may be wrong, but this is how I understood the article.
I give more quotes from biologists in the Youtube video titled, "The Truth About Evolution and Religion."
Very truly yours, David Roemer
Email dated Feb. 1, 2012
Dear David Roemer,
I appreciate your email, but I honestly do not understand your point or what you think I should do about it. I read the article in AJP you refer to and note that it is quite clear in its assumptions and claims. It demonstrates that the presence of life on planet Earth does not violate the second law of thermodynamics. I don't understand why you think it is absurd to calculate the entropy to support this claim. That is, after all, the only way to determine whether the second law would be violated.
Sincerely, David Jackson
email sent Feb. 1, 2012
Dear David Jackson,
The first point I made is that natural selection only explains adaptation, not the increase in the complexity of life.The following quote is from a science writer, and Pinker and Bloom are not biologists. It shows a large number of people don't understand this. The American Journal of Physics is spreading this misinformation:
They [Pinker and Bloom] particularly emphasized that language is incredibly complex, as Chomsky had been saying for decades. Indeed, it was the enormous complexity of language that made is hard to imagine not merely how it had evolved but that it had evolved at all.
But, continued Pinker and Bloom, complexity is not a problem for evolution. Consider the eye. The little organ is composed of many specialized parts, each delicately calibrated to perform its role in conjunction with the others. It includes the cornea,…Even Darwin said that it was hard to image how the eye could have evolved.
And yet, he explained, it did evolve, and the only possible way is through natural selection—the inestimable back-and-forth of random genetic mutation with small effects…Over the eons, those small changes accreted and eventually resulted in the eye as we know it. (Christine Kenneally, The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language, pp. 59–60)
The second point is that the calculations in the paper have no scientific value. You say that you disagree with me, but you give no references in textbooks or peer-reviewed journals to support your statement. Citing articles published by the American Journal of Physics doesn't count because it is this journal's integrity that I am challenging.
Very truly yours, David Roemer
Email received on Feb 1, 2012
Dear David Roemer,
I have neither the time nor the interest to enter into a philosophical debate with you on the details of evolution. The American Journal of Physics (AJP) is a peer-reviewed scholarly physics journal. If you believe AJP is spreading "misinformation," then you are welcome to submit an article stating your case.
Sincerely, David Jackson
Email sent on Jan 17, 2013 to physics department of Dickinson College
Dear Dr. Morgan,
I'm trying to get Dr. David Jackson, editor of the American Journal of Physics, to retract the attached article titled, "Entropy and evolution." Equation 4b is an incorrect application of the Boltzmann equation for entropy.Dr. Jackson should have referred my critique to Daniel Styer, the author of the absurd article. Instead, he told me to write my own article. An anonymous reviewer said that I didn't know what I'm talking about. In this way, the AJP and its publishers are avoiding taking responsibility for the article. The responsibility now falls on your shoulders.
My correspondence about the issue is at
An article explaining why the AJP article is absurd is at
I'll be giving a lecture in New York City about the matter on March 15, 2013. In addition to Equation 4b, I'll be discussing the following:
- Darwinism only explains the adaptation of species to the environment, not common descent.
- Advocates of intelligent design and nonreligious dilettantes are inhibited from thinking intelligently and rationally about evolution because of anxiety about religion.
- It is an error to think evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics, but it is a more egregious error to think evolution does not violate the second law of thermodynamics because of the sun.
There is no cost for the lecture and no ticket, but to obtain a reservation and the exact location and time click on the following link:
Reservation for "Pseudoscience in the American Journal of Physics"
Email received on Jan 17, 2013
Mr. Roemer,
While Dr. Jackson is a member of my department and I am currently the chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, I do not have any editorial responsibility for, or control of, the American Journal of Physics.
Windsor A. Morgan, Jr.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Director, Charles M. Kanev Planetarium
Dickinson College
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Email sent on Jan 17, 2013
Dear Dr. Morgan,
I don't agree. Under ordinary circumstances, where there is a correctable error in a peer-reviewed journal or a disagreement about an approach to a topic, what you say would be true. But the AJP article contains a gross error and is a source of misinformation about evolutionary biology, a topic filled with religious implications.
By not disciplining Dr. Jackson, you are collaborating with the AJP, and its publishers, AAPT and AIP, to cover up its mistake in publishing the article. It is no longer just a mistake, but deliberate anti-religious propaganda. Dr. Jackson is teaching your students. You have a duty to put on your thinking cap and decide whether or not Jackson's behavior is within the bounds of decency.
Very truly yours, David Roemer
Letter mailed to president of Dickinson College on February 22, 2013
Mr. William G. Durden
Dickinson College
P. O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013
Dear Mr. Durden,
Dr. Windsor Morgan and Dr. David Jackson are not supporting my efforts to get the American Journal of Physics to retract an article published in November, 2008 ("Entropy and evolution," Am. J. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 11). Jackson is the editor of the AJP and did not follow accepted procedures for a peer-reviewed article when an error has been pointed out. By his silence and inaction, Morgan is helping the AJP cover up its mistake. The Catholic Truth of Scotland published an essay I wrote in May, 2012, about the AJP article because of the connection between evolution and religious faith in the minds of many people. The following link makes it clear to anyone why the AJP article is absurd:
Dr. Stephen Barr and Dr. Randy Isaac are two prominent physicists who write about evolution and religion and who are Christians. They are also guilty of supporting the actions of the AJP and its publishers. Barr angrily wrote to me saying that I was wrong and was harming the Catholic Church. Isaac offered to "walk me through" the matter. Barr and Isaac were sincere at first, but their behavior changed for the worse when I replied to their condescending response to my allegations. This does not justify the negative behavior of your subordinates, but rather shows how important it is for the AJP to retract the article.
The theory of evolution is that mammals evolved from bacteria over a period of 3.5 billion years. Many who call this theory a fact think the theory that free will is an illusion is also a fact. Both theories are related to religious faith. Religion causes conflict between people, and conflict causes anxiety. Inhibition is a defense mechanism against anxiety, and many scientists are inhibited from thinking intelligently and rationally and behaving honestly about evolution.
Fact or theory, evolution gives rise to the question of what caused it. The theory of natural selection only explains the adaptation of species to the environment. In other words, natural selection explains why giraffes have long necks, but not how giraffes evolved from bacteria in only 3.5 billion years. Evolutionary biologists always speak of "adaptive evolution."
This limitation of the explanatory power of natural selection gives rise to the erroneous idea that evolution violates the laws of physics, specifically the second law of thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics states that nature tends to go from order to disorder and that entropy either increases or remains the same. Entropy is a thermodynamic variable related to heat and temperature. The truth is that the second law of thermodynamics does not apply to the evolution of stars or biological evolution.
The AJP article says the second law is not violated because it only applies to isolated systems, not systems exposed to sunlight. This reasoning is literally unintelligible. The idea that evolution violates the second law is intelligible, but simply wrong. What makes the AJP article morally offensive is that it misapplies a standard thermodynamic equation to prove that the second law of thermodynamics is not violated. Anyone who can't see that the calculation is nonsense should not be teaching thermodynamics. Anyone who remains silent about this outrageous article is a moral coward.
Very truly yours, David Roemer
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Dan Styer
Dear Dan,
This is the first time any physicist has contradicted me about my Creationwiki.org article. Emory Bunn told me he didn't have time to discuss it. David Jackson told me to submit an alternative articleof refutation to the AJP. Jackson should have told you about my correction of your mistake. It was up to you to defend your paper, it was not up to me to write article.I submitted an article, nevertheless, which obviously was not intended for publication because it included computer links to other articles and videos. The anonymous review said I was wrong. With this deceptive behavior, David Jackson et al avoided taking responsibility for the article. I'v sent letters to the president of Dickinson and the chair of the physics department criticizing David Jackson's character. For presidents of colleges in New York City, I'v asked for appointments so I can explain to them why their physics chairmen were "moral cowards."
I had an exchange of emails with Walter Bradley, who wrote a paper relating the origin of life to the Boltzmann equation for entropy, over a year ago. He too used the Boltzmann equation for a biological system, but he spelled out what the underlying atomic system was. In your calculation, you just plug in a probability estimate. You don't relate the probability to any underlying microscopic states.
In any case, you should know that the Catholic Church, the United States Congress, and the American Association of University Professors are currently investigating my allegation that the American Journal of Physics is undermining the integrity of science in the U.S. and promototing atheism by refusing to retract your article and Emory Bunn's note. I keep track of all of my correspondence about your article at http://www.newevangelist.me.
I assume this is the first time you heard of my criticism of the paper. Why did you not know before this? Why didn't David Jackson tell you? My guess is that everybody knows the paper is absurd. They didn't want to embarrass you by bringing the matter to your attention. They also don't want to embarrass the atheistic culture in the U.S. by retracting the article.
Very truly yours, David Roemer
Email sent to Dan Styer on 12/23/13
Dear Dan,
My telephone conversation with you today about "Entropy and evolution" (Am. J. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 11, November 2008) was a replication of the written exchanges I'v had with Randy Isaac (American Scientific Affiliation), Stephen Barr (U. of Delaware), Emory Bunn (U. of Richmond), David Jackson (Dickinson College), Rev. Nicano Pier Giorgio Austriaco O.P. (Providence College), Robert G. La Montagne (Providence College), and Robert Richardson (New York University). The difference between you and the others is that you expressed a concern for my welfare and offered to help me.
In these exchanges, I have tried to explain why the article is atheistic propaganda with no scientific value so that an informed decision can be made about its retraction. I am demanding retraction, not just requesting it, because I vilify anyone who does not support retraction, the usual remedy for deliberate fraud. (See http://newevangelist.me/2013/04/12/national-science-foundation/ for an explanation of why the article is malicious.) For example, I explained to John Sexton, President of NYU and a former theology teacher at a Catholic college, that his physics chair (David Grier) is a "moral coward" for refusing to attend my planned lecture about the matter. I don't think Grier is still the physics chair.
Their response to my efforts to help and guide them has not been to help and guide me. Rather it has been to create a false paper trail to support the continued publication of the article. The article supports with a fake calculation the atheistic myth that evolution does not violate the second law of thermodynamics. In our telephone conversation, you repeated this drivel. I am committed to getting the article retracted because it will prove how irrational atheists are about religion. One of the reasons I believe in the Bible is that people who are against religious faith tend to be ignorant, unintelligent, irrational, and dishonest about religion.
Your document ("CreationWikiReply") has two parts. You claim the first part "suffices to show Davidmihjn's critique is without substance." The second part is a list of six errors I supposedly made about thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. My errors would be relevant if there was a disagreement between us about the article. I consider it a conflict, not a disagreement. A disagreement implies we have different judgments about evidence. I am saying you don't understand the Boltzmann equation for entropy. I am questioning your intelligence and integrity, not your judgment.
In the first part, all you say is I am wrong because I am saying thermodynamics only applies to atomic systems. But you did not explain why this is wrong. I had this same exchange with Randy Isaac on the forum of the American Scientific Affiliation. I said: "A Boeing 747 in flight does not have a temperature." Randy said: "Yes, it does." Likewise, I said to you today: "A pendulum does not have an entropy." You said, "The entropy is zero."
I suggest that we focus attention on your statement that the entropy of a pendulum is zero and my emotional and intellectual reaction to this statement.
Very truly yours, David Roemer


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I played he initial mod when it was released (2012 I think) and while it was pretty fun I had a hard time getting into the "story".
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Is this intended to work well with Misery?
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Sir James Douglas
Sir James Douglas, fur trader, governor of Vancouver Island, 1851-63, and of British Columbia, 1858-64 (b at Demerara, British Guiana 15? Aug 1803; d at Victoria 2 Aug 1877).
Sir James Douglas, fur trader, governor of Vancouver Island, 1851-63, and of British Columbia, 1858-64 (b at Demerara, British Guiana 15? Aug 1803; d at Victoria 2 Aug 1877). A resourceful, energetic and intelligent man, Douglas helped the Hudson's Bay Company become a trading monopoly in the North Pacific. As colonial governor he initiated British rule west of the Rocky Mountains, and as the founder of settlement, trade and industry, he is remembered as "the Father of British Columbia."
A "Scotch West Indian," Douglas was the son of "a free coloured woman" and a Scottish merchant. He was taken to Lanark for schooling when he was 12. At age 16 he was apprenticed to the North West Company, and entered the HBC's employ on the merger of the 2 companies in 1821. In 1826, while attached to Fort St James in the New Caledonia district, Douglas accompanied Chief Factor William Connolly on the first annual fur brigade to Fort Vancouver. On 27 April 1828, after the custom of the country, he married Amelia, Connolly's part-Indigenous daughter, confirming the marriage in 1837.
George Simpson, governor of Rupert's Land, who met Douglas at Fort St James in 1828, described him as "a stout, powerful active man of good conduct and respectable abilities," but one who became "furiously violent when aroused," a tendency which brought Douglas into conflicts with the Carrier peoples and caused Connolly to obtain his transfer in 1830 to Fort Vancouver to serve under John McLoughlin. There Douglas became chief trader in 1835 and chief factor in 1839. In 1842 Douglas accompanied Simpson to Alaska to negotiate with the Russian American Co. In 1843 Douglas began constructing Fort Victoria on the southern tip of Vancouver Island to replace the northern coastal forts.
Anticipating the eventual withdrawal of the HBC from Fort Vancouver after the British accepted the forty-ninth parallel as boundary in 1846, he had a new brigade trail blazed on British territory from New Caledonia to Fort Langley on the lower Fraser River. Fort Victoria, where the furs from the interior were transshipped, became the main Pacific depot in 1849. The fear of American expansion northward caused Britain on 13 January 1849 to lease Vancouver Island to the HBC for 10 years. Douglas, the supervisor of the fur trade since 1845, was appointed HBC agent on the island.
The British government selected for governor Richard Blanshard, a barrister willing to serve without salary. Blanshard arrived at Fort Victoria in March 1850 to find his residence not completed. Remaining on shipboard, he sailed northward. Blanshard was shocked by the HBC's harsh discipline of striking miners at the Fort Rupert mine and accepted local fears of an Indigenous attack. Douglas would brook no interference with his Indigenous policy, which now was based on mutual confidence. Blanshard soon resigned and departed in August 1851.
Without pleasure or satisfaction, Douglas learned on Oct 30 that he had been chosen Blanshard's successor. His worries were great; it would be difficult to reconcile the conflicting interests of governor and company official; the only revenue available for public buildings, schools, a church and road was from liquor licences; and qualified men were in such short supply that he appointed his own brother-in-law, newly arrived from Demerara, as chief justice of the Supreme Court. Blanshard had appointed a Legislative Council in 1851 and in 1856 Douglas was instructed to establish an Assembly for the island. He was opposed to universal suffrage and believed that people really wanted "the ruling classes" to make their decisions. Property qualifications for the franchise and for membership in the Assembly were set so high that only a few landowners could qualify.
The first evidence of impending change on the Pacific seaboard came on Sunday 25 April 1858, when a boatload of boisterous miners from California, the first wave of 25,000 newcomers, arrived on their way to search for gold on the Fraser sandbars. Douglas had taken the precaution of claiming the land and the minerals for the Crown. Now he began to license the miners and, to stem an invasion, to stop foreign vessels entering the river. For this action, which seemed designed to protect the HBC monopoly, he was reprimanded.
With the gold discovery, Britain decided to cancel the special privileges granted the HBC until March 1859. A new colony on the mainland was created by parliamentary Act. Douglas was offered the governorship on condition that he sever his fur-trade connections. He would be given extensive political power since it seemed unwise to experiment with self-government among men "so wild, so miscellaneous, and perhaps so transitory." In November 1858, no longer a fur trader and the rights of his old company west of the mountains having been extinguished, Douglas, who was still governor of Vancouver Island, was inaugurated at Fort Langley as governor of British Columbia.
Douglas expected that a location near Fort Langley would be chosen for the colony's capital. But for military reasons Colonel Richard Clement Moody in January 1859 selected a steep, heavily timbered site (New Westminster) on the north bank of the Fraser. Douglas was concerned about the cost involved in laying it out. He also preferred Victoria as an administrative centre and as his place of residence. His visits to New Westminster were rare, and despite the grant of municipal self-government in 1860, the citizens demanded a resident governor and political reform.
As governor of British Columbia, Douglas was chiefly concerned with the welfare of the miners. He relied on his gold commissioners to lay out reserves for the Indigenous peoples and thus eliminate the threat of warfare, to record mining and land claims, and to adjudicate mining disputes. For the gold colony he devised a land policy which included mineral and pre-emption rights. His water legislation met the needs of the miners who employed rockers and flumes.
During the winter of 1858 he had used voluntary labour to make a pack trail to the mining area above the Fraser gorge. By 1862 he was planning to finance by loans (about which London was not fully informed) a wagon road 640 km long following the Fraser to distant Cariboo, where gold nuggets had been found (see Cariboo Road). It was extended in 1865 to Barkerville, an ebullient mining community.
Perhaps because of sensitivity over his and his wife's background, Douglas had developed a singularly aloof manner. Some of his old friends complained about his pomposity. New associates complained about his despotism. New Westminster merchants complained about having to pay customs duties. The effect was cumulative. Douglas's term as governor of Vancouver Island was up in 1863; since British Columbia was about to be given a more liberal type of government, it seemed to London an opportune time to retire him. Praise for his work and his talents and the award of a KCB softened the blow.
Suggested Reading
D. Blakey Smith, James Douglas (1971); Margaret A. Ormsby, British Columbia: a History (rev ed, 1971).
Links to other sites
Sir James DouglasA brief profile of Sir James Douglas, governor of British Columbia, from The Afro News website.
Sir James DouglasA biography of Sir James Douglas, HBC officer and governor of Vancouver Island and of the crown colony of British Columbia. From the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.


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I'm doing this in stages, mostly because it's taking forever to edit the text (so much for a quick guide).
ok, here is a quick tutorial on creating simple figures that can be posed. This technique can be used to create a variety of mecha and character designs.
Note A lot of people use this type of joint, so if you see it elsewhere they probably came up with it the same way I did.
first you will need the following to make a basic t-bar arm.
1x1 plate with holder (2 for each joint)
1x1 plate with upright holder (I use these for hands on the basic designs)
1x1 round brick (you will need one for each joint*)
1x1 angular brick (sometimes called a headlight brick*)
1x1 brick with 4 knobs (1 for each joint*)
t piece (1 for each joint)
*note the way this joint works any piece with a knob with a hole in it large enough to fit the t piece will work. I'll show variants below.
Firstly you will need to form the basic joint, for an arm you will probably need 2 of these.
This is done by placing 2 1x1 plates with holders on opposite sides of the 1x1 brick with four knobs and then inserting the t part of the t piece into the two holders. as shown below.
next you can add the 1x1 round brick. if we are calling this a shoulder then the round brick is the bicep, if we are calling it a forearm then the round brick forms the wrist. In either case it needs to be added facing away from the t piece as shown below.
note that the t piece and 2 places with holders can be places either on top, on the side, or underneath the brick with four knobs.
To form an arm duplicate the last two stages and use the t piece to join the two joints together to form the arm, as shown.
now add the angular brick to form the shoulder and the plate with upwards holder as the hand as shown.
now as I said before you can achieve a similar joint system using alternate bricks. Here is a version using only bricks with four knobs.
legs are very similar, but instead of using the plate with upward facing holder to form a hand, use another t piece to form the ankle, then add a 2x1 plate with 2 1x1 plates with upward holders like so.
next the torso.
the simple cyberagent torso doesn't bend at the waist or neck, but does turn. this is achieved by having a simple stud to hole joint. The very simplest version is as follows.
1x1 brick with four knobs, round 1x1 brick, 1x1 brick with four knobs all stacked in a tower.
see below.
the shoulders attach like this.
now to form the waist I try to keep it smaller than the shoulders, so loose the angular 1x1 bricks and attach the t pieces direct to the 1x1 brick with four knobs like so.
Now just position the limbs to achieve a standing pose.
here it's shown with a basic head that can twist but not tilt.
as you can see the proportions are a little off and waist and neck articulation are lacking. here are a couple of ideas to fix this.
Again the proportions are slightly off, so we can extend the legs by adding and extra section to the thigh and/or shin.
now all that remains is to decorate the figure. So that you can see the changes I've used clashing colours.
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