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Brown and Parish v. Jamaica
Communication Nº 665/1995**
29 July 1999
Submited by: Owen Brown and Burchell Parish (represented by Ms. Natalia Schiffrin of Interights in London)
Alleged victim: The authors
State party: Jamaica
Date of communication: 27 February 1995
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 29 July 1999
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 665/1995 submitted to the Human Rights Committee by Messrs. Owen Brown and Burchell Parish under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the author of the communication, and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol
1. The authors of the communication are Owen Brown and Burchell Parish, Jamaican citizens, at the time of submission awaiting execution at St. Catherine District Prison, Jamaica. They both claim to be victims of violations by Jamaica of article 14, paragraphs 1, (3)(b), 3(c) and 3(d), and, consequently, article 6, paragraph 2, of the Covenant. They are represented by Ms. Natalia Schiffrin of Interights in London. On 16 May 1995, their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment.
The facts as submitted by the authors
2.1 On 1 May 1985, the authors were convicted for the murder of Angela Simmonds on 1 October 1982, and sentenced to death. On 25 September 1987, the Court of Appeal dismissed their appeal, which had been based on lack of evidence to sustain a conviction and improper instructions by the judge to the jury. However, one of the judges, JA Rowe, had grave doubts as to the decision. He subsequently set out his observations in a letter dated 17 July 1989 sent to the authors' counsel who was preparing a petition for special leave to appeal to the Privy Council. Special leave to appeal to the Privy Council was refused in an oral judgment handed down by the Privy Council on 16 December 1991.
2.2 At trial, the case for the prosecution, which relied upon the evidence of six witnesses, was that the two accused were among three or four men who came to Regent Street in Kingston where the deceased lived, each of them allegedly armed with a gun, and that seven shots were fired down the centre of the street from west to east, fatally wounding Angela Simmonds and also wounding her brother Hamilton Simmonds.
2.3 Owen Brown gave sworn evidence to present an alibi. He said he was at home with his "babymother" that night. He denied the allegations made as to his complicity in the crime, and stated that he had turned himself in, on 4 October 1982, only after he had learned that the police was looking for him. Burchell Parish made an unsworn statement. He also set up an alibi, saying he had spent that night at his girlfriend's house. No witnesses were called to testify on the authors' behalf.
The complaint
3.1 The authors claim that their right to adequate and effective legal assistance was denied, in violation of article 14, paragraph 3 (b) and 3 (d). Owen Brown recalls that he only saw his (legal aid) lawyers for 5 or 10 minutes when he attended court for the trial date to be set. Subsequently he saw them for a further half hour and felt that the meeting was of very poor quality. He further states that he did not see his appeal lawyer till after his appeal hearing because he did not realise who was to represent him until his appeal was about to be heard. Similarly, Burchell Parish states that he did not see his lawyer at the appeal stage and only "heard" who he was represented by. He also complains that he has not seen or heard from his trial attorney since the day he was sentenced to death 1.
3.2 The authors further claim that they were not tried without undue delay. They were arrested on or about 4 October 1982. The trial was not held until May 1985, a pre-trial delay of some two years and seven months. The decision of the Court of Appeal was not given until September 1987, i. e. after an additional delay of some two years and four months 2. It is argued that this amounts to a violation of article 14, paragraph 3(c).
3.3 The authors further claim that the trial process as a whole was not conducted in a fair and impartial manner, in violation of article 14, paragraph (1). They argue that the trial judge refused to provide the jury with an alternate instruction of manslaughter, though the evidence could clearly support such a verdict. Given the evidence that the bullet ricocheted more than once before injuring the victim, the absence of a post-mortem examination or medical evidence to assist the jury in determining exactly the cause of death, the lack of witnesses who could testify with any certainty as to the exact direction from which the shots were fired, the possibility that the shots were merely fired with the intent of scaring people and not of harming anyone, the fact that no one else was injured despite the number of people present and the number of shots fired, and the lack of evidence suggesting a motive for murder, it is submitted that the judge erred in failing to include a direction of manslaughter. In light of the fact that such a charge could have resulted in a sentence other than the death penalty, it is submitted that such a failure amounted to an arbitrary denial of justice.
3.4 The authors further alleged a violation of article 6, paragraph 2, because their sentence of death was imposed upon the conclusion of a trial in which the provisions of the Covenant have not been respected.
3.5 It is submitted that the same matter has not been submitted for examination under any other procedure of international investigation or settlement.
3.6 The authors contend that they have exhausted every possible domestic course of action which potentially might constitute a remedy. As regards the constitutional remedies which would be available to the authors under the Jamaican Constitution, it is submitted that in the absence of legal aid for filing a motion in the Jamaican Constitutional Court, recourse to the Jamaican Constitutional Court under section 25 of the Jamaican Constitution would not be a remedy available to the authors within the meaning of article 5, paragraph 2(b), of the Optional Protocol.
State party's observations and counsel's comments thereon:
4.1 In its submission of 12 January 1996, the State party addresses the admissibility of the communication without explicitly contesting it. Instead, the State party denies that there is any merit in the authors' claims.
4.2 As to the alleged violation of article 14, paragraph 3(b) and 3(d), on the ground of lack of time with counsel to prepare an adequate defence, the State party submits that its duty is to provide persons with competent counsel to represent them, as was done here, and that it cannot be held responsible for the manner in which legal aid counsel conducts the case.
4.3 With regard to the alleged violation of article 14, paragraph 3(c), the State party notes that a preliminary hearing was held during the period of two years and seven months which lapsed from the authors' arrest until their trial, and it submits that neither this period nor the period of two years and four months which lapsed from their conviction to the date the appeal was decided can be considered as undue delay.
4.4 With respect to the alleged violation of the right to a fair trial, as provided for in article 14 of the Covenant, the State party submits that the trial judge's directions to the jury on the issues of identification and reasonable doubt, are matters which fall outside the Committee's jurisdiction. It is submitted that the exceptions to this principle, i.e. that the instructions were arbitrary or amounted to a denial of justice or that the judge otherwise violated his obligation of impartiality, are not applicable in this case.
5.1 In her submission of 22 February 1996, counsel did not agree to a combined examination of admissibility and merits. Counsel submits that the State party's assertion that it is not responsible for the manner in which legal aid counsel conducts the case is wrong in law. It is argued that while it is well settled that the Committee will not second-guess the professional judgement of assigned counsel, the Committee has made it clear that the State can and will be held liable for the ineffective conduct of counsel. Reference is made to the jurisprudence 3 of the Committee.
5.2 As to the claim of undue delay in breach of article 14, paragraph 3(c), counsel points out that the authors were arrested three days after the murder took place, and, as such, that the State party was at the outset in possession of evidence of the alleged guilt of the applicants sufficient to warrant their arrest and detention. Counsel therefore asserts that without further explanation, the fact that a preliminary inquiry took place does not satisfactorily explain why a period of two years and seven months was required before trial. In this regard, counsel notes that the State party has not suggested that any specific problems arose during the preliminary inquiry that would warrant this delay. In conclusion, counsel submits, in light of the fact that all accused are to be to be considered innocent until proven guilty, that the delay of two years and seven months was excessive. Moreover, counsel notes that the aggregate of the periods of delay, from their conviction and sentencing in 1985 until the commutation of their sentences in 1995, resulted in 10 years on death row. Counsel submits that this delay is "undue" within the meaning of the Covenant.
5.3 As to the alleged violation of article 14, paragraph 1, counsel reiterates that the judge's refusal to leave the jury with the possibility of a manslaughter verdict amounts to a denial of justice which constitutes a violation of the Covenant.
Admissibility considerations:
6.1 During its 64th session, the Committee considered the admissibility of the communication.
6.2 With regard to the authors' allegation of a violation of article 14 on the ground of lack of instructions from the trial judge to the jury on the issues of manslaughter, the Committee reiterated that while article 14 guarantees the right to a fair trial, it is generally for the domestic courts to review the facts and evidence in a particular case. Similarly, it is for the appellate courts of States parties to review whether the judge's instructions to the jury and the conduct of the trial were in compliance with domestic law. The Committee can, when considering alleged breaches of article 14 in this regard, solely examine whether the judge's instructions to the jury were arbitrary or amounted to a denial of justice, or if the judge manifestly violated the obligation of impartiality. However, the trial transcripts made available to the Committee did not reveal that the authors' trial suffered from any such defects. Accordingly, this part of the communication was inadmissible as the authors had failed to forward a claim within the meaning of article 2 of the Optional Protocol.
6.3 The Human Rights Committee therefore decided that the communication was admissible in so far as it may raise issues under article 14, paragraphs 3(b), 3(c) and 3(d), and consequently article 6, paragraph 2, and article 9, paragraph 3, of the Covenant.
Subsequent submissions from the parties:
7. In its Note of 14 April 1999, the State Party notifies the Committee that it has nothing to add to its previous submissions.
8. In her letter of 6 May 1999, counsel likewise states that she has no further comments to forward on behalf of the authors.
Issues and proceedings before the Committee:
9.1 The Human Rights Committee has considered the present communication in the light of all the information which has been made available to it, as required under article 5, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol.
9.2 With regard to the authors' claim that in violation of article 14, paragraphs 3(b) and 3(d), they were denied adequate and effective legal representation in relation to the trial, the Committee recalls that sufficient time must be granted to the accused and their counsel to prepare the defence, but that the State party cannot be held accountable for lack of preparation or alleged errors made by defense lawyers unless it has denied the authors and their counsel time to prepare the defense or it should have been manifest to the court that the lawyers' conduct was incompatible with the interests of justice. The Committee notes that the authors' legal aid counsel were assigned in due time for the trial. Furthermore, neither counsel nor the authors actively requested an adjournment, and there is nothing else in the trial transcript which can suggest that the State party denied the authors and their counsel opportunities to prepare for the trial or that it should have been manifest to the court that the defence team was inadequately prepared. In the circumstances, the Committee finds that the facts before it do not show a violation of article 14 on this ground. Consequently, there has been no violation of article 6, paragraph 2, either.
9.3 Similarly, with regard to the alleged violation of the same provisions on the ground that the authors did not meet with their new counsel before the hearing of the appeal, the Committee notes that the new counsel in fact argued grounds of appeal on the authors' behalf before the Court of Appeal and that there is nothing in the file which suggests that the State party denied the authors and their counsel time to prepare the appeal or that it should have been manifest to the court that the lawyer's conduct was incompatible with the interests of justice. The Committee concludes, therefore, that there has been no violation of article 14, paragraphs 3(b) and 3(d), and, consequently, article 6, paragraph 2, on this ground either.
9.4 The authors have claimed to be victims of a violation of article 14, paragraph 3(c), both in regard of the trial and the appeal, as the trial was not held until 31 months after the arrest of the authors and the appeal was not decided until 28 months after the trial. With regard to the first period, the Committee found that it should be examined on the merits also under article 9, paragraph 3.
9.5 The Committee reiterates that all guarantees under article 14 of the Covenant should be strictly observed in any criminal procedure, and notes that the State party has merely argued that a preliminary hearing was held during the period which lapsed before the trial commenced and that neither this period nor the period before the appeal amounts to violations of the said provisions, without offering any further explanation. In the absence of any circumstances justifying these delays, the Committee finds that there has been a violation of articles 9, paragraph 3, and 14, paragraph 3(c), with regard to the first period, and article 14, paragraph 3(c), in conjunction with article 14, paragraph 5, with regard to the second period.
10. The Human Rights Committee, acting under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is of the view that the facts before it disclose violations of article 9, paragraph 3, article 14, paragraph 3(c), and article 14, paragraph 3(c), in conjunction with article 14, paragraph 5.
11 In accordance with article 2, paragraph 3(a), of the Covenant, the State party is under an obligation to provide both Mr. Brown and Mr. Parish with an effective remedy, including compensation.
12. On becoming a State party to the Optional Protocol, Jamaica recognized the competence of the Committee to determine whether there has been a violation of the Covenant or not. This case was submitted for consideration before Jamaica's denunciation of the Optional Protocol became effective on 23 January 1998; in accordance with article 12(2) of the Optional Protocol the communication is subject to the continued application of the Optional Protocol. Pursuant to article 2 of the Covenant, the State party has undertaken to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the Covenant and to provide an effective and enforceable remedy in case a violation has been established. The Committee wishes to receive from the State Party, within ninety days, information about the measures taken to give effect to the Committee's Views. The State party is also requested to publish the Committee's Views.
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, Mr. Nisuke Ando, Mr. Prafullachandra N. Bhagwati, Ms. Christine Chanet, Lord Colville, Ms. Elizabeth Evatt, Mr. Eckart Klein, Mr. David Kretzmer, Ms. Cecilia Medina Quiroga, Mr. Fausto Pocar, Mr. Martin Scheinin, Mr. Hipólito Solari Yrigoyen, Mr. Roman Wieruszewski and Mr. Maxwell Yalden.
** Pursuant to rule 85 of the Committee's rules of procedure, Mr. Rajsoomer Lallah did not participate in the examination of the case.
1/ Reference is made to Communication No. 283/1988, Little v. Jamaica, Views adopted on 1 November 1991, paragraph 8.3; Communication No. 232/1987, Pinto v. Trinidad and Tobago, Views adopted on 20 July 1990, paragraph 12.5; Communication No. 272/1988, Thomas v. Jamaica,Views adopted on 31 March 1992.
2/ Reference is made to Communication No. 253/1988, Kelly v. Jamaica, Views adopted on 8 April 1992.
3/ Communication No. 353/1988, Lloyd Grant v. Jamaica, Views adopted on 31 March 1994; Communication No. 596/1994, Dennie Chaplin v. Jamaica, Views adopted on 2 November 1995; Communication No. 253/1987, Paul Kelly v. Jamaica, Views adopted on 8 April 1991; Communication No. 338/1988, Leroy Simmonds v. Jamaica, Views adopted on 23 October 1992; Communication No. 283/1988, Aston Little v. Jamaica, Views adopted on 1 November 1991.
[Adopted in English, French and Spanish, the English text being the original version. Subsequently to be issued also in Arabic, Chinese and Russian as part of the Committee's annual report to the General Assembly.]
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Many things and objects can be purchased from any market near you. Some of the things you purchase can be of domestic importance and some could be those which are in your personal use. No matter which things you are going to buy or what you need to find while in the market you should be looking for the best in that category.
In Australia, numerous brands and manufacturers offer their products in all kinds of categories and you have to make sure, you recognize which is best for you to buy and use.
There are certain things which are important but are very commonly bought by the buyers no because people are unable to perform their routine work without them, but they have an added value as being helpful and entertaining for the people who buy them.
Manufacturers like the Samsung electronics, Sony, LG and ASUS offer a wide range of product introducing their specific technologies in various categories and in different kind of product line. They may offer specific products related to a specific category like Samsung has more emphasis on the visual electronics and home appliances while ASUS has a priority of providing computer based products.
So, you may find a 4k tv or a smart TV manufactured by the Sony electronics, or you may can buy a Samsung galaxy phone and also find a washing machine from the same manufacturer.
Among these commonly found products you may also observe that having products like Sony Xperia and products like a smart watch is being considered as an essential and a common thing in a person's life.
All such smart products are found to be very popular and may be considered as a necessity for some reasons as they provide great features for the user s and can assist in various tasks as well.


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Public Comment
Commentary: A Disenchanted Berkeley Homeowner's Voting Guide
Since I am known as an advocate for Berkeley homeowners, taxpayers, and neighborhoods, many Berkeleyans have asked me about my local voting choices in the upcoming November 7 election. As do I, many of these long-term Berkeley residents feel politically homeless, disenfranchised, and less than sanguine about the future of middle income homeownership, of our lovely neighborhoods, and of our entire little polity.
So even though I am underwhelmed by our local ballot options, in the spirit of sharing my version of Homeowner Populism, I offer with humility and some trepidation my voting thoughts and choices.
For mayor, I am voting for Zelda Bronstein. Zelda is smart, knowledgeable, and fearless, and deserves a ton of respect for her willingness to take on the Bates machine for a meager two-year term. She is totally correct in her analysis of the infamous UC-City Settlement Agreement and in her opposition to overscale buildings, top-down destruction of neighborhoods, and the need to retain our current strong landmarks protections. Also, over the last few years, I have witnessed growth in Zelda in her understanding of the need to mitigate taxation of homeowners, to improve public safety enforcement, and to provide parking for the legitimate parking needs of residents, visitors, and businesses. I continue to hope for more flexibility from Zelda with respect to loosening up some small areas of (large) West Berkeley for essential economic development, and to accepting that, for the time being, Berkeley has more than its fair share of rental housing and so-called affordable housing.
For City Council Districts 1,4,7 and 8 I am making no recommendations.
For city auditor, long term incumbent Ann-Marie Hogan is running unopposed. While Ms. Hogan has done a credible job within the narrow way she has been defining the city auditor job, I will be abstaining on this position, which is my usual procedure when there is no choice of candidates and/ or when I know nothing whatsoever about any of the candidates.
For Rent Board, there a five candidates for five seats, chosen by a cabal of rent board devotees. I will be abstaining on these positions to protest: the lack of candidate choice and landlord representation; a rent control system that allocates benefits without regard to need; small landlords being forced to pay for a social subsidy that is the responsibility of the entire community; the bloated Rent Board bureaucracy that blows more than $3M annually, money that could be far better spent directly on the housing-needy.
For BUSD Boardmembers, there are five candidates for three slots. Two of the incumbents, Nancy Riddle and Shirley Issel have done a credible job and deserve re-election. Of the three other candidates, David Baggins and Karen Hemphill each have something to offer. David is a smart newcomer with a strong background in educational theory and research who is willing to shake things up and challenge the accepted local practices with respect to such matters as out-of-district enrollment and inadequate academic choices for parents and students. As for Karen, who is now part of the educational ruling junta, I have seen some growth since the 2004 election, toward a less divisive and more sensible approach to the achievement gap, and she will also provide a "representative" of the African-American community. My choice would be David Baggins because the issues he is raising are critical and he has shown appropriate courage in doing so.
On Measure A, public school funding, I have been enmeshed in this issue but have not yet decided how I will vote. I do want Berkeley to have superb public schools that serve and entice all Berkeley children, and I do believe that BUSD has made substantial improvements over the last few years. I also know that many, many problems remain and there is a long way to go. Yes, this measure is about our children, but the real question is how best to create a better school system over time and how much trust we put in public officials when there is a minimum of democratic feedback and accountability mechanisms.
This is what I like about Measure A: its stated purposes and fund allocation, as far as they go; the fact that, except for the generous escalator clause, it asks for no more money than currently; and there is some built-in accountability and some reasonable flexibility. Here is what I do not like: the unusual 10-year term that is far too long to allow for democratic accountability to the voters and for potentially changed circumstances such as declining enrollment; there is no provision for reduction and return of taxpayer money based on increased state funding through the Schwarzenegger reallocations (already substantial) and from a possible Proposition 88 victory; also, if BUSD reduced the $1 million cafeteria deficit, the $1 million plus deficit due to student absenteeism, and some of the $2 million cost for excessive bussing, they would have quite a bit more money available and all those taxpayer dollars would not be needed.
BUSD claims that it will almost collapse if Measure A is defeated. While I simply do not believe this and I strongly object to the kamikaze approach to the voters (similar to what the city did in 2004 prior to the defeat of the four new tax measures), I do think that it would be highly stressful and disruptive to BUSD and to the entire community to have come back to the voters in Spring 2007 with another measure.
On Measure E, Rent Board Vacancy, I will be voting no since this measure will allow the self-perpetuating Rent Board to appoint a new member in case of vacancy rather than go to the voters, albeit in elections that are usually a joke.
On Measure F, Gilman Playing Fields I will be voting yes to enable the necessary zoning plan amendments to permit the proposed playing fields and related uses.
On Measure G, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, tThe 80 percent reduction in Berkeley's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is a good goal. But the potential components and costs of the proposed implementation plan are not specified. The devil is always in the details, and I do not think I want to vote for this until I see more detail, since our city has a history of setting grandiose goals and then insisting that its' homeowners bear most of the cost burden. So for now I'll vote no.
On Measure H, Impeachment of Bush, Cheney, et al I will be voting NO for three reasons: this measure is a distraction from and substitute for immediate local issues on which our Council should be asking us to vote, such as UC expansion, overdevelopment in our neighborhoods, more downtown parking; Bush is not the devil nor do I smell sulfur and, as a responsible centrist Democrat and American citizen, I would like to get him out of office the proper and less polarizing way—i.e. by voting him out; and three, I am not enamored with Berkeley's Peace and Justice Commission, that initiated this measure, and I think that this commission usually distracts us from our numerous local woes and generally does more harm than good.
On Measure I, Condo Conversion I will vote yes. Berkeley has a high rental housing vacancy rate and a need for more homeowners. Housing prices are generally declining and this measure will enable young families and many tenants to buy into Berkeley at moderate prices. It will be an incentive to upgrade our relatively charming existing housing stock of older homes rather than build more ugly units. It will bring millions of dollars into city coffers via fees, transfer tax, and upgraded property taxes. The measure contains generous provisions for existing tenants to help them purchase and/or relocate.
On Measure J, Landmarks Preservation I am voting yes. This measure will re-adopt and update our existing landmarks ordinance and help save our landmarks, structures of merit, and historic neighborhoods. A yes vote will pre-empt a noxious alternative measure by the City Council majority which not only would make it easier to demolish structures and destroy neighborhoods, but would also impose substantial permit requirements and costs on ordinary homeowners making simple exterior repairs.
Barbara Gilbert is a former aide to ex-Mayor Shirley Dean.


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All I wanted since I was in college was a great job in journalism and a bullmastiff. First came the puppy -- which grew into a 95-pound lap dog -- then my shot at the dream job. But with that big-city career came big-city problems: Small apartments and lots of restrictions.
Leaving the sunny South Carolina Lowcountry, I had high hopes for life in Washington. I'd lived in an apartment before -- 900-square-feet, two bedrooms, $850 a month -- and by all accounts, bullmastiffs are great apartment dogs despite their size.
They might look intimidating, but bullmastiffs are gentle giants. They don't bark much and need very little exercise, preferring to lay around and cuddle. Given that female bullmastiffs can easily weigh more than 100 pounds, my dog Stella is small by breed standards. My vet even lovingly refers to her as the "Kate Moss of bullmastiffs."
Despite her slender-for-her-breed frame, my boyfriend and I knew her size would be an issue when it came time to hunt for an apartment in D.C. Apartments in the District and close-in areas already have a low vacancy rate and many don't allow pets, which put us at a disadvantage from the start. But for those buildings that did allow dogs, I quickly found out that there are some categories of canines non grata.
Like most young adults, we started our search on Craigslist looking for a one- or two-bedroom apartment in the District or as close to it as we could afford. For us, a washer and dryer was a must, parking was preferable and studios just wouldn't work. To widen our search, we also looked at rent.com and apartmentfinder.com, The Washington Post's Rentals site and everything in between.
I filtered my searches online, limited them to dog-friendly apartments and came across abundant listings for large-scale apartment buildings operated by equally large property management companies.
While a large apartment building is likely to have all of the features we want, they're often more expensive and present another problem: one-size fits all rules.
After a day of seeing places from Alexandria to Rockville, we had one more appointment at a building in the Mount Vernon area. I had called ahead regarding Stella's size (a must for dog owners) and there was no weight limit. (Music to my ears.) The apartment was great and had many of the features we wanted -- a washer and dryer, reserved parking, ample closet space and a grocery store nearby. It was also just blocks away from a friend. This was the one, I could feel it.
Then we found out bullmastiffs were on the "restricted breed" list.
In other words, Stella was not welcome.
My hopes were dashed and my feelings hurt. The thought had never crossed my mind that bullmastiffs would be classified as a restricted breed. I assumed traditionally aggressive breeds wouldn't make the cut, but many large or working-group dogs were blacklisted -- St. Bernards, huskies, Great Pyrenees and Irish wolfhounds, to name a few.
When we told the leasing agent we wouldn't be moving forward, I thought she'd show us the door like so many others had. Instead, she asked: "Well, isn't there someone who could take it? This is a great space for you guys."
It? Obviously, this woman was no dog person. As many dog owners can probably relate, this question was like asking me to give up my first-born child for granite countertops and a Metro nearby. Stella is part of the family and she was not going anywhere.
Coleen O'Lear is a web producer at The Washington Post.
Related: Our previous series of The Apartment Hunt
Next installment: When it comes to pets, size matters in D.C. How to get around the big issue.


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James McIntire is the father of Molly McIntire; she calls him "Dad."
James is playful, fun man who likes to joke and tease, James is roughly six feet tall.[1]
James is actually not seen until the events of Changes for Molly as he is away in England during the war, working with the U.S. Army Medical Corps.[2] However, his presence is quite overarching while he is not there.
By Clues in the Shadows James has changed a bit in personality since returning home. He doesn't joke or kid around as much anymore, and works quite hard at his new job at the Veteran's hospital.
In the Books
Meet Molly: An American Girl
Molly remembers how happy everyone in the family was before Dad left for England to help the soldiers. Mom tells the girls she'll take their picture to send to Dad, but later ends up telling Ricky his father would be ashamed about his actions.
Molly Learns a Lesson: A School Story
Dad's letter to Molly mentioning his hospital needed more blankets is what inspires Molly and her classmates to make a blanket instead of socks. Their blanket is later sent to Dr. McIntire's hospital.
Molly's Surprise: A Christmas Story
Molly mentions that Dad loved Christmas and recalls some of his actions such as singing funny Christmas carols to Molly, giving everyone the same gift like a yo-yo, and taking care of the Christmas lights. Jill thinks they won't get any gifts from Dad due to the war, but she and Molly both find a box of presents from Dad asking not to open till Christmas Day. When everyone opens their gifts to find he has given them exactly what they wanted, they hear him telling his family Merry Christmas over the radio from the USO Christmas party.
Happy Birthday, Molly!: A Springtime Story
Molly briefly mentions to Emily that she considers Dad to be the bravest person she knows. She also mentions her worries about Dad's safety.
Molly Saves The Day: A Summer Story
The book ends with Molly writing a letter to Dad about her summer camp.
Changes for Molly: A Winter Story
Molly's family gets a letter from Dad, saying he's coming back home. Everyone is excited for this, but he later writes that he'll be coming back later than expected. The entire family, except for Molly, is at the show when Dad finally comes back home, earlier than expected.
Clues in the Shadows
Chances and Changes: My Journey with Molly
In The Film
In the film, James appeared in person at the start of the story until he left to work for the Army Medical Corps, unlike in the books where he was only mentioned until the events of Changes for Molly.
James is played by David Aaron Baker.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ In Molly's Route 66 Adventure, Molly mentions that a 90 foot totem pole will be 15 times taller than him.
- ↑ Molly Learns a Lesson, article illustration, pg. 59: The blanket will be sent to a hospital in England, where Dr. James McIntire, the father of Molly McIntire, is working with the U.S. Army Medical Corps.


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PM Modi to address nation on 32nd 'Mann Ki Baat'
| Updated: Aug 23, 2017 11:20 IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday speak to the nation in the 32nd episode of the monthly programme 'Mann Ki Baat' at 11 a.m. In the last episode of the programme broadcast on April 30, the Prime Minister had said, Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas is not only limited to the confines of India but also applies to the global context. Prime Minister Modi had also said neighbouring countries should be with India in its journey towards progress so that they may develop equally. On South Asia Satellite which was launched last month, he had said it will go a long way in addressing South Asia's economic and developmental priorities, Natural resources mapping, tele medicine, in the field of education, deeper IT connectivity and fostering people to people contact. (ANI)


text: share on facebook share on twitter Menu National Careers Service Career Coaching Redundancy Support Redundancy Support Career Connect has extensive experience of dealing with adults facing redundancy. We provide a bespoke programme of support to groups of staff going through redundancy and can deliver this on-site in the workplace, or from our Professional Development Centre in Liverpool City Centre. Employers faced with the tough decision of letting staff go, can appoint Career Connect to design a unique package of redundancy counselling and support that will address some of the fears surrounding redundancy and enable individuals to move forward through a planned process. Whether it's a large-scale redundancy, or a small cluster of employees, we will cover all the essentials including: Presentation skills CV writing Letter writing Application forms Job search – including networking and how to access the hidden 'job market' Interview techniques for success Ongoing telephone / email contact can also be provided, or a follow up session to review progress and keep the participant on track with their career management. If you are an employer in the Northwest wanting to give your staff the best chance of success after redundancy, contact Career Connect today to discuss how we can help. Want to get in touch? Please feel free to get in touch - we'll try to respond as quickly as possible. * note: all fields are required. Name Phone number Email address Date of Birth Your Postcode Enquiry Send Enquiry


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Training/ Placement Opportunities 2019
Airports of Mauritius Co Ltd (AML), a key economic driver for Mauritius, is the owner and licensed airport operator of the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. We are committed to deliver internationally recognised airport services while ensuring the continuous modernization and sustained development of the airport infrastructure to meet challenges ahead.
We are providing short-term on-the-job training/placement opportunities to students from local universities, vocational institutions and other recognized tertiary institutions, in airport relevant activities in the following fields;
1. Accounting and Finance
2. Computer Science and Engineering
3. Electrical/Mechanical/Chemical/Civil Engineering & related field
4. Human Resources Management
6. Logistics
8. Risk Management
9. Security Management
10. Supply Chain Management
11. Hospitality, Hotel Management & Tourism
12. Quantity Surveying "/Brevet de Technician en Batiment"
Applicants are kindly requested to submit documentary evidence of being currently enrolled in such courses, from their respective institutions.
Note: Candidates, who have already completed their course, are not eligible for this placement.
Interested students are, kindly requested to fill in the Application Form, which is available at the Reception Desk, Corporate Office, or which can be downloaded from the link below and should be forwarded, together with copies of academic qualifications, clearly marked "Applications for Internship" on the top left corner of the envelope to the:
Ag. Manager Human Resources
Airports of Mauritius Co Ltd
AML Corporate Office
SSR International Airport
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1. Applications sent by e-mail or fax will not be considered.
2. Applications not made on the prescribed form and not within the set deadline will not be considered.
3. The deadline for submission of applications is Monday 30 September 2019.
AML reserves the right not to enlist any trainee following this advertisement without incurring any liability towards any applicant.
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text: WAKE UP… Posted on December 2, 2015October 13, 2016 by Dwayne L. Craft The only way we can move our lives forward is to Wake up. Waking up is just another term for becoming aware of what we need to do to bring enjoyment and fulfillment to our lives. Everyone has 24 hours... Read More


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The146 had een nieuw andere ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit50 ontwerpen ingezonden door6 freelance designers.
A flash-based massive multiplayer online game. All based around people pitching their idea for a startup business in real-time to a crowd of people who can vote, ask questions, give comments, commit to be a supporter, investor or co-worker.
What should it look like?
Set in a futuristic like world. Vector retro styled. Looking for stylish retro designs, meaning sharp contrasting angles. Make sure the design is VERY clean. Lay low on the gradients (IF needed only use one or two. Gradients, when printed, don't always look fantastic ).
You've been provided with some inspiration. We're looking for a "ufo" kind of world. Futuristic, sectioned off in different biomes by half-globes appearing like glass.
Keep a very limited and smart design palette. You have been provided with our design palette. You have also been provided with examples of past winners of our contest on 99Designs. Keep the style reminiscent of these, and try to not stray too far from the color palette. Grays are accepted :)
We're going to be set up at a conference soon, and this will be the back-drop of our booth. Meaning it'll be large (think 3 meters wide by 2 meters high)! DON'T make your file this large. Your art should be done in illustrator, so it should be a vector format, so a smaller file, say 12in wide by 8in high should work, and should be scaled to a large form very easily with no complications.
File format?
Illustrator. .ai. If you don't know your way around illustrator well, this contest may not be for you.
Bonus points if:
You can fit the UFO from our logo into your environment. :)
I'll respond as quickly as possible with reviews and such, as the deadline is very tight. Good luck!
If you have questions post them as quick as possible.
If repeat questions occur, check back and I'll update the description of the contest.
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The ListAndForm control is suitable for implementing interactive Master-Detail views inside a PowerForm, as it helps you to create a fully functional subform inside a form. It contains 2 controls, a list query datagrid and a subform enriched with New/Edit/Delete buttons.
First of all a list query should be created at the Parent List. If you want to connect the query with an existing control, you should fill in the Criteria field during the List query creation. eg Title;{c_Title};Equals;Text
IMPORTANT: In order for the control to work as expected, you will have to include the ID column in your list query.
Then we add the ListAndForm control and we assign the list query to it. Now a datagrid is populated with the data provided by the list query and a new subform is opened that gets detailed data from each row of the datagrid.
This new subform is just a form in the Parent form. It has its own designer, buttons, options etc. as all PowerForms. It is fully customizable. You can hide some controls, disable others, hide buttons(New, Save, Delete).
If you want to keep these customizations only for the subform, you should fill in a new condition in the Options>General Settings>Condition field that looks like ParentList() = "Parent List Name". Now the saved customizations for the subform will load only if this form is contained in the specified parent form.
You can also connect the form controls with some fields in the subform by providing default values to these fields using the Extra configuration.
When a new record is created in the subform, the default value of the Title field will be inherited by the value of the Title control of the parent form.
There are also some other choices you can set in the subform's extra configuration :
A Combobox appears above the datagrid which helps you to filter the data.
It contains the fields that are used in the filter combobox
The height of the list Datagrid.
ShowGrid (True/False)Determines if the grid will be visible or not.
AutoSelectFirst (True/False)If set to True, the first record will be selected after data load.


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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you… – 1 Peter 1:3-4
You've heard it said that to everything there is a season. That saying comes from Ecclesiastes Ch 3. Seasons were promised by God in Genesis 1:14.
We have Calendar Seasons:
- Spring – new life
- Summer – warmth, long days
- Fall – changing colors, waning days, cooler temps
- Winter – cold, bleak, longer nights, end of year
We have Seasons of Life:
- Spring – birth and young life (babies, children, teens, youth)
- Summer – prime of life
- Fall – physical changes, slowing of life,
- Winter – final stages of life, death
In the Seasons of Life, winter is associated with death, but is winter really about death? Winter is actually a season of preparation for the spring to come! During winter the landscape might look stark and bare, but underneath the ground, trees and shrubs are growing stronger by extending and deepening their roots. Seeds and bulbs are establishing themselves by sprouting new roots down in the soil. When spring arrives, sprouts will push up through the ground, and soon the new plants will bud and bloom. Winter is also the season with longer nights that gives people and animals time for rest. In God's created world, winter is not a time of death, but a time when God is at work in ways we can't see to make His creations stronger and prepare for new life.
The picture on my calendar is the perfect metaphor for winter. It is a cheerful image of colorful wildflowers with butterflies flitting around against a beautiful blue sky. There's a quote that says: "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly." (2017 Lang Calendar, artwork by Debi Hrom)
Yeah, just when winter looks like things are dead and dying, spring comes again and the world bursts forth with new life!
That's how it is in this season of the church. Christians are in the Easter season, the time when we celebrate Jesus as our resurrected Lord, Whose death was the payment for our sins, that we could not only be forgiven of our sins, but also given new life here on earth and life everlasting for those who confess Jesus to be their Savior and Lord. Jesus offers us a new season, the Season of Hope, taking us from a season of darkness to that of new life!
Those who followed Jesus back in the day were given hope – hope for healing, ending oppression, being cured, and most importantly, being saved. Crowds came by the thousands to hear Jesus teach the scriptures, and to seek His miracles. Then came a dark day, when Jesus was crucified as a criminal – an innocent Lamb led to slaughter. He was hung on the cross and died. Scriptures tell us the mid-day sky became dark, and the earth shook. How terrifying that must have been, and how tragic for all whose hopes died with Jesus on that cross.
"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly."
That wasn't the end of the story, though! No, the best part of the story was just beginning! Jesus arose from His grave, fulfilling scriptures and the promises He made to the disciples, and ushered in a new Season of Hope for all who follow Him!
The caterpillar and butterfly are often used to symbolize the life of Jesus. The caterpillar represents Jesus' life and ministry, the cocoon represents the three days He was in the tomb, and the butterfly symbolizes Jesus as the resurrected Christ.
"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly."
Just when the "Christ Ones" thought all hope was lost, Hope was born anew through Jesus!
In the verse above, Peter is speaking to the early Christians, reminding them that Jesus' resurrection is a gift from God the Father to give us the opportunity to be born again! To be forgiven, freed. Peter is telling them, and us, that we can be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus. (1 Peter 1:3). Jesus gives us the Season of Hope.
Peter goes on to tell the early Christians that they will be tested in their faith, that times of trials will come, but that the genuineness of their faith is more valuable than gold – that even though gold is tested by fire, can perish – but our faith will not let us perish, but bring us to rejoice with inexpressible joy, through the revelation of Jesus the Christ, which will give us salvation for our souls. (1 Peter 1:5-9 paraphrased)
As word spread about the Risen Jesus, Christ followers rejoiced, became stronger in faith, and grew in number. Then a great persecution began. It felt like their world was over, so Peter reminded them that just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. Christians always have the promise of forgiveness and salvation through Jesus the Christ. It is Jesus that gives us a Season of Hope.
Sometimes the Seasons of our lives are marked by the stages of our lives. When things are going well and we feel good, we are in the Spring and Summer seasons; but when trials and challenges come, when we are suffering, feel hopeless or oppressed, we are in the Fall and Winter of our lives. From what we see around us, the winter season can seem cold, dark and bleak, but remember that God is at work in the winter season in ways we cannot see to strengthen us, help our roots of faith grow deeper and prepare us for the Spring to come, beckoning us to the Season of Hope.
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
The Season of Hope isn't a limited to just a few weeks every year. It is available all year long, 24/7/365.
My prayer for you is adapted from 1 Peter 1:1-2
To followers of Jesus the Christ, wherever you may be, and in whatever situations you might face, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. Amen.
After visiting a friend, I was trying to find my way out of a large hospital, from the top floor to the main entrance. The first elevator only took me part way. A hospital employee directed me to another set of elevators. As I walked, I overheard a man, clearly agitated, also ask for directions. I told him to come with me, we'd find our way together.
He was an older man with a long, unkept beard. He wore old clothes – a baggy fleece jacket, flannel shirt, t-shirt, jeans and old shoes. He was carrying a white plastic bag with items inside. Yes, he was definitely agitated, his eyes darting around and his brows drawn tightly down.
I said something to make small talk while we waited for the next elevator. His darting eyes then focused on me, and looking me straight in the eyes, he told me he just lost his son. "Oh, sir, I'm so sorry," I said as I put my hand on his arm. He went on to say that "it happened on Thursday and they pulled the plug today."
By this time a few other people were waiting with us. I shared that the man had just lost his son. Another man offered condolences and asked how the son died. Attempted suicide.
Then the father's agitation turned to anger and he told us that no one had come to see his son. Only his sister and her family had come to Charlotte to be with them. Then he pointed upward and said at least now I know my son is ok and he'll be up there.
"I'm glad you had time with him," I said. Yes, he replied, still angry, but the others didn't come, and in his anger he vowed to "take care of them" next time he sees them.
"Oh, sir," I said, "I hope you'll give these things to God. Please give your anger and grief to Him." At that time the elevator arrived and our small group entered. The others kept their distance, but my heart went out to this hurting man.
I asked if the bag held his son's belongings. "No. These things are for me. I live on the streets. My sister brought me a fresh change of clothes."
(Grieving and homeless? Could his situation be any worse?)
Just then the elevator door opened. We were finally on the ground floor. I silently prayed asking God what I could do, should do for this man – buy him food, offer money? The man hurried off the elevator and got ahead of me. His sister was waiting for him, so I went on, saying silent prayers for him as I exited the hospital.
Tonight there is a homeless man on the streets, carrying a bag of clothes and a heart full of grief after losing his 31-year old son, whose death he witnessed when life support ended. I pray he's in a shelter with people to help him through this difficult time.
My problems seem so small.
All I could do was pray, but I trust God will make good on my prayers.
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." – Matthew 5:4


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As original ideas become scarce it make those few titles that are different to the norm that much more intriguing and special. Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is one such title. It spins its own tale within its own outrageous setting on the action platformer genre to great effect, creating a genuinely amusing, original and fun experience.
The narrative follows a bunch of rebel birds fighting against the tyrannical dictator Putzki and his lieutenant Brno as they lead an evil regime of penguins who like nothing more than control and performing experiments on helpless bird citizens. The protagonist, Rockbird, comes to the rescue of the rebels and helps fight back against the penguin menace.
It's an utterly bonkers plot and cast of anthropomorphised bird characters that makes Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken instantly charming. The humorous plot is complimented by some brilliant animation as well as crisp, clean and colourful visuals mixed with voice and voice-like grunts to depict conversations, all adding to the overall charm and comical feel of the package. In-between levels you'll be treated to back-story sequences of exposition, setting the scene for the world and your character. They don't add much to the overall experience and soon show the narrative is be pretty throw away in all, but it's a nice addition, and the music accompaniment from indie band New World Revolution provides a fitting set of tunes which are pretty good pieces of music in their own right.
Indeed the presentation of Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is hard to fault and whilst the action and platforming valiantly tries to match it, they don't quite hit the same quality.
For the most part Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken performs brilliantly. The campaign is split between combat and puzzle solving. Puzzles primarily involving shifting environment objects around to reach your goal. The occasional use of the Brain Bug is where the puzzles shine though, with Brain Bugs allowing you to take direct control of enemies to pull levers and the like. In combat different penguin enemies provide different challenges. For example penguins branding riot shields must be attacked from the rear rather than head-on. The variety of enemies is vast enough to keep combat interesting, and gradually more challenging, making what could have easily been the most monotonous aspect of the game a far more pleasant experience. It's not all ground combat though. Jetpacks allow your otherwise flightless bird to take to the skies and deal with other jetpack wielding enemies. It's a nice break from the ground combat and puzzles and benefits from the same enemy variety, with rocket launcher foes giving chase with their homing missiles and so on.
The 15 chapters in the campaign take a good six hours to complete with several additional hours worth of content for those wanting to collect all the collectables and take on the cooperative missions. The co-op mode switches it up slightly by giving each player control over a bird with a specific weapon. Rather than being able to pickup weapons at will like in the singleplayer campaign you're stuck with you set load-out, and most of the puzzles require you and your buddy to stand on top of each other. It's a nice addition, certainly, but it's limited to local multiplayer with no online option, which is a shame.
The issues Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken suffer primarily come from the controls. Moving Rocketbird around feels stiff and you're unable to jump and fire simultaneously or fire anywhere but straight forward. It feels too constrained and holds Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken back from being a truly great title.
Otherwise Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken does a great job a building a compelling action platformer. The puzzles seldom become too difficult – although a couple may give you reason to pause – and combat functions well enough despite the controls issues. Moreover the charming aesthetic and humour truly immerses you. This is a title you shouldn't let fly by.
MLG Rating: 8/10
Platform: PS3 Release Date: 18/10/2011
Disclosure: Midlife Gamer were provided a digital copy of Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken for review purposes by the promoter. The title was reviewed over the course of two weeks on a PS3. For more information on what our scores mean, plus details of our reviews policy, click here.
Tags: Platformer, PS3, PSN, Ratloop Asia, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, Side Scrolling


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Francis X. Connolly
B.S., Fordham University, 1961
M.S., University of Rochester, 1963
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1965
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Office: 169 Hurley Bldg
Phone: (574) 631-6571
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Differential and algebraic topology.
Selected Publications
- Francis X. Connolly and T. Kozniewski. Examples of lack of rigidity in crystallographic groups. In Algebraic Topology, Poznan – 1989, volume 1474 of Lecture Notes in Mathematics, pages 139-145. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, 1991.
- Francis X. Connolly and Douglas Anderson. Finiteness obstructions to cocompact actions on Sm x An. Commentarii Helvetici Mathematici, 68:85-110, 1993.
- Francis X. Connolly and M. deSilva. The groups NⁱKᵢ (Zπ) are finitely generated ZNⁱ modules if π is a finite group. preprint.
- Francis X. Connolly and T. Kozniewski. Nil groups in K-theory and surgery theory. Submitted for publication.
- Francis X. Connolly, Douglas Anderson, S. Ferry, and E. Petersen. Algebraic K-theory with continuous control at infinity. Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, to appear.
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Enterprise Finance drives financial management for the company and maintains and enhances risk and financial controls. Key functions within Enterprise Finance include finance and accounting; Treasury; corporate development, mergers, and acquisitions; Data Management and Insights, the Customer Remediation Center of Excellence, Enterprise Shared Services, Business Process Management, and Corporate Strategy. Enterprise Finance informs shareholders, regulators, taxing authorities, team members, and leaders of the companys financial performance through earnings releases, investor meetings and conferences, and meetings with regulators and credit rating agencies, following appropriate reporting guidelines. They also maintain and enhance risk and financial controls and lead many of the companys shared services functions including corporate properties, security, and global services.
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You will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing AI/ML models to support various initiatives across the enterprise. You will leverage unstructured data such as emails, text messages, notes, voice data, and semi-structured data in combination of structured data to build NLP Machine Learning/Deep Learning models using open stack languages (mainly Python/PySpark/PyTorch). You will collaborate with LOB organizations to frame the problem, explore various modeling methodologies and tools to deliver business solutions according to timelines. Collaborating with WF AI Tech, AI business, and LOB leads, you will develop, deliver, and deploy AI/ML models on the Wells Fargo AI open source platform, scale them up, and operationalize them for business use. You expect to follow and contribute to the Model Development Life Cycle that focuses on generating standardized processes, repeatable modules, and required artifacts to scale up model development, model review, and validation. You will ensure the modeling processes and procedures meet corporate model risk policy and requirements. You will also be working with AI vendors to ensure vendor AI models pass Wells Fargo model risk policies and requirements including model development documents and reviews.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Grad Nite - 1966 Revisited
Is your High School on the list?
Wow, Walt's last personal message to Grad's. Interesting that Walt's message opens with: "Today we live in uncertain times".
So much fine entertainment, does anyone know about the current Grad Nites, is there any entertainment like this??? The Association! How cool would that have been to see The Association at the Golden Horseshoe, where's my time machine!
That 1966 GTO is "Rarin' to Go"!
This nifty flyer recaps all the entertainment and Grad Nite information.
The GTO drawing is held at 3:45am and you better be there by 4:05am or you can kiss that Pontiac goodbye!
And to round things out, from my previous post, here are the tickets and souvenir photo.
The happy couple, lets call them Ken and Peggy. I wonder which of the "10 special locations" this was taken at?
5 comments:
- Katella Gate said...
Special Guests: The Womenfolk: I never heard of them, but then in 1966 I had never heard of the Beatles either -- but I sure the h*** knew who Richard and Robert Sherman were, (by name, rank and favorite key signature.)
The group looks like a folk outfit, with pre-Helen Reddy social commentary. Their one charting record was at No. 83 - "Little Boxes" - You know the song about life in a 50's suburb...
"Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same."
... and so it goes on for three more verses so caustic that the urProphet of Snarkery Tom Lehrer called it "the most sanctimonious song ever written."
I don't think they'll be performing that one at Disneyland.
- Thursday, 18 June, 2009
- Major Pepperidge said...
Yay, I'm famous! Notice that the Mustangs are listed as "Tina and the Mustangs". What the...??!
- Thursday, 18 June, 2009
"The frontwoman of Tina & The Mustangs, Tina Mason had a short recording career with Capitol in the 60s. Her only LP, Is Something Wonderful!, quickly disappeared into obscurity after its 1967 release. Now vinyl copies regularly sell for three figures.--http://www.recordcollectormag.com/reviews/review-detail/2849
- Sunday, 21 June, 2009
"I wonder which of the "10 special locations" this was taken at?"
I would say 3 or 4, judging from the small piece of wall we can see in the photo.
- Sunday, 21 June, 2009
Nogales High is not on the list. We were there.
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Yellow Belly Brewery Root Cellar (Parsnip Ale) Pale Ale at 6% ABV ($8.00 at Yellow Belly Brewery, pint on tap)
Pours cloudy pale gold with one finger of white head diminishing gradually to a thick cap, no lacing. (3/5) Nose is pale malt, citrus and floral hops with slight spicy ginger. (7/10) Taste is mild sweet then moderate bitter. (7/10) Medium body, moderate to low sustained carbonation, tart bitter finish. (4/5)
Interesting. I'm not entirely sure whether I'm getting any root vegetable tones from the beer, because they just tapped it today and I'm smelling a lot of yeast and associated aromas from the brew room. If there is any parsnip flavour, it's mild and well-behaved, and mostly present in the aftertaste. There's quite a bit of citrus from the Topaz, and a little bite from the ginger at the end. All things considered, it's a thumbs-up. (16/20)
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The holiday last weekend screwed me up so my apologies for not writing my blog last week. Here's what I have to love this week:
First up, presents. I love them. Who doesn't? My sister found these super cute Wizard of Oz dolls of the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion and sent them to me, along with Jelly Bellies that last like pancakes and maple syrup, and a Proud to Teach P.E. bracelet.
I love it.
Next up, my new job. I love it. If you were confused by the present my sister sent me about teaching P.E., be confused no more. I'm happy to announce that I took a job with St. Martin's Episcopal School where I will be teaching Physical Education. To say I'm excited is an understatement. I can't wait to start my new career!
I love it.
Finally, Snap Chat. I love it. I'll admit that I hated it at one point. But since Bud has been traveling so much with the Tulane Baseball team, it actually makes things fun and easy as far as communication. I probably annoy him with how much I send him, but just think of all of the kitty cuteness he's missing! Yogi and Maisy miss him, too.
I love it. It's great. Everything's great.
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National Prevention Week occurs every year in May, and helps increase public awareness of mental and/or substance use disorders. This year, National Prevention Week is May 13 – 19. May is a great time to discuss these topics as summer break is just around the corner for many teens.
According to samhsa.gov, the three goals of National Prevention Week are to:
- Involve communities in raising awareness about behavioral health issues and implementing prevention strategies;
- Foster partnerships and collaboration with federal agencies and national organizations dedicated to behavioral and public health; and
- Promote and disseminate quality behavioral health resources and publications.
Each day, our blog will focus on a different theme for National Prevention Week. We will discuss tips for improving mental health and wellness, as well as prevention tips for underage drinking, opioid drug use, illicit drug use, tobacco use, and suicide.
How can you get involved with National Prevention Week? Join the NPW 2018 Prevention Challenge: Dear Future Me. Write a letter or draw a picture about the choices you are making to live a healthier, happier life. Take a picture of your letter, or record a video of yourself reading your letter. Share it on social media using the hashtags #DearFutureMe and #NPW2018. Tag some friends so they can participate too!
You can also host an event in your community, such as a town hall meeting, educational assembly, memorial walk, a fun run/walk for prevention, and more. Samhsa.gov even has a free toolkit to get you started! If you don't plan an event, but there is one near you, participate! Join the discussion and help spread awareness!


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You wouldn't expect wrapping yourself in aluminum foil to offer much protection in combat. But what if the foil was far lighter and could stop bullets?
That's the potential promise of a study published in the December edition of Nature Nanotechnology. City University of New York researchers developed a process of creating diamene, which is an ulta-light flexible material made up of sheets of graphene that becomes harder than a diamond when hit by, say, a bullet. When subject to an impact, diamene becomes temporarily impenetrable, the researchers report.
While diamene is new, other researchers have created bullet-resistant graphene material in the past. Rice University researchers in 2014, for example, were able to create similar graphene sheets that were able to stop bullets. To be effective, though, they had to use 300 layers of graphene.
Considering each graphene layer is only one carbon atom thick, 300 layers sounds like almost nothing. That's many, many times thinner than a human hair.
But the researchers in the new study developed a process that uses just two layers, which means an even lighter material that's just as effective as stopping bullets.
While your uniform might not be covered in diamene armor anytime soon, the promise of super effective and light armor might be around the corner.


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When I run the live CD installer, the installation gets stuck at "select a picture for the specified account." I've found that is an incompatibility problem with my webcam and the only way to fix this is running the Terminal command:
sudo modprobe -r uvcvideogp
This must be run before doing the installation. But because its a live cd, I don't know exactly how to do that. I've tried opening the terminal normally and executing this command, but I open the setup and still stuck.
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Nation's Top Highway Official Breaks Ground on US 33 Nelsonville Bypass
Topics: United States Numbered Highways, Victor Mendez
Federal Highway Administration
13 October 2009
Contact: Cathy St. Denis
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Phone: 202-366-0660
Recovery Act Project is Largest in Ohio to Date
NELSONVILLE, Ohio - Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez joined Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and other state and local officials to kick off the US 33 Nelsonville Bypass Recovery Act Project in southeast Ohio today. The project is the largest investment of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) dollars in Ohio to date.
"The President's recovery plan is getting people back to work in neighborhoods across the nation, in cities large and small, and in places urban and rural," Administrator Mendez said. "The Nelsonville Bypass is not only good for the state's economy, it is also helping to connect communities in Ohio and West Virginia. Secretary LaHood and I know it is projects like this one that will help get the economy back on track."
Administrator Mendez added that the US 33 Bypass will pay for the second and third phases of the project, which were not set to begin until 2012 and 2015 until the infusion of funding from the Recovery Act.
The project involves the construction of a new 8.5 mile, four-lane highway to divert freight traffic from US 33, which bottlenecks in the town of Nelsonville, where US 33 becomes a two-lane street from a four-lane highway. US 33 currently carries more than 1,700 trucks per day between Columbus, Ohio and Charleston, West Virginia, making it one of the busiest truck routes in Ohio.
Of the more than $26.6 billion in ARRA highway funds available nationwide, Ohio's share is $936.4 million. As of September 28, the state has funded 202 projects totaling $457 million, with 118 projects under way.
While the project was approved at $150 million, contractor bids came in below original estimates for phases one and two, bringing the cost of the project down to $138 million.
Additional information about ARRA can be found on the Federal Highway Administration's Web site, www.fhwa.dot.gov/economicrecovery or at the White House site, www.Recovery.gov.
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