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Archive for January, 2011
It’s pretty cool to see local Miami celebrities playing out a love story in our city when all we hear about is celebrity couples breaking up. Gabrielle Anwar and Shareef Malnik ‘s relationship shows no signs of trouble ahead. Even though Anwar is filming the USA Network hit Burn Notice and working up to 18 hour days the Miami celebrities manage to stay close.
Anwar said at the Make-A-Wish Ball at the Intercontinental Miami Hotel, “I text him all day long from the set and tell him what’s going on.” The ball’s chairman Shareef Malnik interjected by saying, “I get pictures from the set, I meet her on the set for lunch.”
The owner of Miami’s Hottest Restaurant The Forge, 52, and the British actress, 40, watch episodes of Burn Notice together when they can. Shareef says, “I’m her biggest fan.”
Fiona Glenanne, the bad-ass girlfriend of super spy Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) is played by Anwar couldn’t reveal too much information regarding the plot that show that airs Thursday at 10 P.M. Anwar would say that fans can expect lots of action. She said “I think the actual finale of the next few episodes is pretty powerful”. “It was a lot of work, there are a lot of explosions and a lot of gunpowder.”
When Malnik was asked if he was worried about the firework and explosive scenes he responded, “I don’t,” he said, grabbing her close. “She’s pretty tough.”
The Forge Restaurant | Wine Bar is proud to announce the honoring of Shareef Malnik for his philanthropic efforts.
Miami Beach International Fashion Week 2nd Annual Humanitarian Awards
Honoring 10 of Miami’s most dedicated and respected philanthropists
Dr. Omar Pasalodos
Marina Elena Salinas
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Brian Andrews and Ileana Garcia
and music by DJ Sandman
Featuring a luxury silent auction,
informal modeling and trunk show by Miami’s top designers,
chef’s tasting by Asia De Cuba and a
Champagne reception by Barefoot Wine & Bubbly
Benefitting the Miami Fashion Week Foundation
January 27, 2011
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October 26, 2010 9:30 a.m. EDT
The Forge Restaurant | Wine Bar by Shareef Malnik
The Forge, one of Miami’s classic restaurants, re-opened this year after a $10 million renovation. The new look is hip and sexy, but the history is intact.
“It’s come back to life and they maintained all the underground wine cellars in its true vintage look and it’s breathtaking, absolutely breathtaking. You can actually go into the cellar and have a private function,” Carvajal said.
A blacksmith turned his forge into a restaurant in the 1930s, and since then The Forge, known for its staggering 300,000 vintage wine collection, has experienced a series of glamorous rebirths.
The restaurant and wine bar hosted a welcoming event for Bosh in August and James dined there several weeks ago, according to spokeswoman Jackie Mailhe. Wade has visited many times over the years.
Famous diners have flocked to The Forge for decades: Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Al Pacino, Michael Jordan and more.
No doubt new generations of glitterati will turn up there too.
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 - The Miami Herlald
Stars Wine And Dine Amid Tight Security
Luis Miguel and Daisy Fuentes were barely spotted arriving at The Forge Restaurant | Wine Bar in Miami Beach earlier last week due to extra thick security trying to block both parties from visibility. Both came in through separate entrances, then were escorted into the private wine cellar where they hosted an intimate group for dinner. With the entire restaurant packed with diners, the more curious guest sneaked to the back of the restaurant trying to get a peek at people coming and going but were disappointed to find that the entire wing and terrace were blocked off by security. Miguel and Fuentes who have a long history of on-and off-dom, were also escorted out separately after dinner.
Further Reading from www.citysbest.com
The Best Private Dining Experiences in Miami
Oct 25th 2010 2:34PM / by Tracy A. Block
The V.I.P. experience doesn’t begin at the nightclub. It starts out at the dinner table. A plethora of Miami restaurants offer exclusive back room dining, so your chicest soirees can party in private. Here are five reasons to make reservations through the back door.
The Forge: This year’s reinvention of Miami’s most notorious steakhouse, The Forge, was about more access and less excess. Its facelift also saw a revamp in its wine cellar, which offers a private (yet still affordable) dining experience. Dinner begins with a wine and h’ors d’oeuvres reception in the lower cellar before diners are escorted to a stunning 25-seat table, where chandeliers drip with glitz. Home to 29,000 vintage bottles from all over the world, the wine cellar is great for accommodating intimate evenings. A rental that used to run $10,000 is now available to guests for as low as $100 per person — but The Forge remains as majestic as ever.
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January 2011 / Letter From The Publisher OceanDrive Magazine – The Forge Restaurant and Wine Bar by Shareef Malnik
January 2011 / Letter From The Publisher
pic: Salo Lekach, Lorna Segarra, Shareef Malnilk (The Forge Restaurant and Wine Bar), Jason Binnn and Bobbi and Mel Dick.
This month, Ocean Drive celebrates its 18th anniversary by commemorating our transition from a local magazine to world-class publication. It’s a journey that parallels the evolution of South Beach itself–from a diamond in the tropical rough to its current status as the American Riviera. This publishing milestone wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our loyal friends and colleagues, all of whom have continuously trusted in our brand and shared our unique vision. In true Ocean Drive spirit, we’re marking this special occasion with an over-the-top event… a bash to say thanks and start the next 18 years off in style. Stay turned for more details on what is set to be a memorable evening!
In the meantime. I hope you enjoy both this Anniversary/Nightlife Issue as well as all the hot soirées unfolding this month right in our own sweet backyard—a place where in-the-know locals and jet-setting celebrities regularly rub elbows. Look to the staff at Ocean Drive to keep you abreast of all the action in the issues ahead.
So join me in welcoming 2011 and the many great things to come. See you around town!
Brooke Hogan celebrated her birthday at Shareef Malnik’s The Forge Restaurant and Wine Bar in Miami Beach, as the Hulkster pretended to choke out Nick, the waiter, for getting too close! You just never know who your going to share dinner with at the Best Restaurant in Miami Beach.
Here, now, is an updated version of Miami’s Eater 38, your answer and ours to any question that begins, “Can you recommend a restaurant…” This highly elite group, which is in no particular order, covers the entire city, spans myriad cuisines, histories, locations, and, collectively, satisfies all of your restaurant needs, save for those occasions when you absolutely must spend half a paycheck. Every so often we’ll be adding pertinent restaurants that were omitted, have newly become eligible, or have stepped up their game. We’ll also drop those that are no longer deemed 38-worthy. The only serious rule of engagement here is that a restaurant must be open at least six months to qualify for inclusion on the list, though strong consideration is given to neighborhood favorites over fancier destination spots.
After poring over reader emails and comments, we’ve decided to drop: News Cafe, Las Vacas Gordas, Buena Vista Bistro, La Sandwicherie, and The Cafe at Books and Books.
The great news is that in their places come: Zuma, The Forge, Ola, Gigi, and Red, The Steakhouse. Welcome to the show.
Think there’s a vital omission? Or a spot that shouldn’t be here? Nominate your favorite restaurant in the comments or here.
The formerly ornate, over the top Miami Beach institution has grown up, complete with a sleek new look, new chef, new menu and–to the delight of many–no more raucous … Wednesday night parties where who was eating was more important than what they were eating. Today, instead of gawking at who’s at the table next to them, Forge customers are paying more attention to Chef Dewey LoSasso’s offbeat menu including dishes such as a burger with short ribs and lobster marmalade; and lamb ribs, shrimp waffles and fluffernutters.


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Amid the growing scare over coronavirus (COVID-19), the Punjab government on Monday announced emergency measures, including setting up of flu corners in all government and private hospitals, to prepare for any exigency arising from the epidemic.
The flu corners will screen all suspected cases of respiratory tract infections at the earliest and ensure that movement of such cases is restricted in order to prevent the spread of the disease.
The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, took stock of the situation triggered by the global epidemic, even as one confirmed case each of the disease was reported from Delhi and Telangana.
The Cabinet approved the Punjab Epidemic Diseases, COVID-19 Regulations, 2020 under the ambit of section 2, 3 and 4 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to combat the menace of COVID-19 (Corona Virus Diseases 2019), an official spokesperson told after the meeting.
A notification to this effect will be issued soon, he added.
No private laboratory has been authorised to take or test sample of coronavirus in the state, as per the notification approved by the Cabinet.
Further, no person or institution or organisation will use any print or media in any form for giving information COVID-19 without prior permission of the Department of Health and Family Welfare.
The spread of any rumours or unscientific information regarding COVID-19 will be a punishable offence under the notification, said the spokesperson.
As per the Cabinet decision, all the hospitals in the state are being directed to take a suspected patient’s history of travel to any country or area from where spread of disease is being reported, and also history of coming in contact with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19, from case of respiratory tract infections or case presenting with symptoms similar to coronavirus.
If there is any history of travel or history of contact with a case of COVID-19 in the last 14 days of development of symptoms, the person has to be kept in hospital isolation and the Department of Health has to be informed immediately by that doctor or hospital. (Agency)


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Stephen Prescott has asked his friends / struck by the clearness and power of his and neighbours to his house to-morrow talent, the interesting originality, of his evening, that he may become better ac- views and his language, by his faith in and quainted with them; and now he pro- his devotion to the progressive steps of poses the next evening to have you and science and humanity, by the ingenious your wives and sweethearts, that he may art with which he was able to draw from have the opportunity of knowing you too, the most simple propositions the most which I call a very kind action on his fruitful results. But among those who part, and every one of us, I am sure, feels have followed with some attention the it as such, and therefore I say, Three juridic literature of late years, no one can cheers for Sir Stephen Prescott, and God have remained ignorant of the active and bless him.”
influential part which Dr. Lieber has taken “ Three cheers for Sir Stephen Pres- in it. He had a great and elevated mind, cott, and God bless him !” shouted which conceived law, in its highest and idle loungers, sturdy young sailors, most truthful sense, as a complete develweather-beaten tars, and the small fry of opment of our social life, a logical result ragamuffins, who seemed to thrive equally of our customs, of our civilization, and of well above or below their native element. our knowledge. Nor was his influence Then, after a momentary pause and con- confined to mere theory. It made itself sultation, Joe Connor, who was generally most beneficially felt among his fellowspokesman, stepped forward, and taking citizens of America by the solution of a off his hat, into which he gazed intently, number of political, social, economical, said
and religious questions. As an example, "If we might make so free, we thanks we may quote the recent well-known and your honour for your kindness, which us famous Instructions for the Conduct of and ours hope ever to deserve, and that Armies in the Field, adopted by the govyour honour will never regret the day you ernment of the United States as its offiset foot in Mallett, where 'twould be our cial rule during the civil war, reprinted by pride to know you'd live for ever and die at Bluntschli, and so often referred to in a good old age, covered wi’ medals and Europe, particularly since the last war, as glory. With," turning to his comrades, one of the happiest attempts at conciliawhose pleased faces bespoke their admi- tion between what is demanded by the ration of his eloquence, “a hip, hip, necessities of war and what humanity hooray!” and out ran the women, chil- prohibits. dren, and occupants of the near-by cot- We find in the relation of the life of tages, ready to join in any fun or fray Lieber numerous proofs of his enthusiwhich might happen to be going on. asm and his fidelity to his opinions. Such
"One more for the Cap'en !” and up was the writer and such the man. Born rose the cheery shout again ; then seeing in Berlin on the 18th of March, 1800, he Hero approach, and Sir Stephen turn to had commenced the study of medicine greet her, Ted Connor, who declared he when in 1815, obedient to the patriotic envied the very ground she trod upon, call which resounded in all Germany, he called out, Once again, boys !” and the joined the army and took part in the batrocks resounding and seeming to echo tles of Ligny and Waterloo. Seriously back again the enthusiastic outburst, Sir wounded and among utter strangers, the Stephen, laughingly, put his hands to his poor lad was taken to Liège, where he ears, saying, “ This is the price we pay happily was received in a respectable for your popularity, Miss Carthew."
Belgian family, yet living," who took the most touching and disinterested care of him.
Recovered from his wounds, he re
turned to his studies. But he did not beTranslated from The Revue de Droit International.
lieve in having fought only to free his
country from foreign masters. He deThe last number of this Review had sired liberty and independence for his scarcely appeared, with a new article fatherland, not only from without, but written by Dr. Francis Lieber, when we from within, and made no secret of it. received the sad news of the death of this
There is not one of our * The family Lesoine. Mr. Lieber himself about a readers, though he had known nothing of year ago made us acquainted with this fact.
his late letters our venerable friend spoke gaily of his Francis Lieber but his contributions to project to pay us a visit in 1873 and to make a pilgrimage our periodical, who would not have been 'to Liege in order to recall his recollections of 1815.
In one of
That was enough to make him suspected, , leges and universities, notably in Yale and to cause his imprisonment as a dema- and Harvard ; admirable Essays on gogue in 1819. We subsequently find “ Property and Labour," where he with him studying in Halle, Jena, and later in rare vigour opposes the communistic Dresden, from whence, in 1821, he made doctrines, on * Penal Laws," “ Penithe journey on foot through Germany, tentiary System,”. “Prison Discipline," Switzerland, and a portion of France to on the “ Relation between Education and Marseilles, whence he embarked for Crime ; “A Letter on Anglican and Greece with the intention of aiding the Gallican Liberty," translated into German Greeks in the uprising against the Turks, by Wittermeyer. When visiting Germany the signal for which had been given on in 1845 and in 1848 he published in Gerthe 4th of April, 1821. But he found no man his “Fragments on Subjects of Peopportunity to exercise his courage. The nology” and a volume on the “ Indepenrevolt was without organization, conduct. dence of the Judiciary;" ed by small bands at various points and In 1850, on the admission of California with diverse success. After some time into the Union as a State, a wide-spread Lieber, entirely deprived of all resources, secession movement was forming in South was constrained to return to Italy. He Carolina ; Lieber did not hesitate to opgives the experience of this episode in his pose it, and delivered his celebrated life in his “Tagebuch meines Aufenthalts speech on Secession at a large meeting in Griechenland" in the year 1821. held at Greenville, South Carolina, by the
Arrived in Italy, destitute as he was, friends of the Union. He here predicted, our young enthusiast had the good for- with a foresight which events have but tune of being received with true friend- too strongly confirmed, the probable conship by Niebuhr, at that time Prussian sequences of an attempt at secession. In ambassador in Rome, and by Chevalier the meantime, the publication of these Bunsen. At the expiration of two years convictions made his position in the midst he returned with Niebuhr to Germany, of a people passionately devoted to slavwhere a peaceable sojourn was promised ery untenable ; and he did not hesitate in to him. “Notwithstanding this, however, 1857 to accept the chair of History and he was again arrested in 1824, but through Political Economy in Columbia College, the intercession of Niebuhr obtained his New York, subsequently exchanging it release. Tired of the repeated annoyances for the chair of Political Science in the and false accusations, he escaped to Eng- Law School of the same institution. The land in 1825, where he supported himself inaugural at the commencement of his by giving lessons and in writing for sev- course, and the solemn testimony of his eral journals and reviews. Subsequently, former pupils, prove the success and noin 1827, he proceeded to the United States. bleness of his teachings. We have from himself the characteristic He had not been very long in New statement that while lecturing, and pub- York, when the terrible crisis came which lishing his Encyclopædia Americana, a for a time seemed to menace the existwork of thirteen volumes on the plan of ence of the American Union. From the the “ Conversations Lexicon” of Brock- commencement to the end, Lieber rehaus, he, at the same time, established and mained true to the cause of liberty, to the conducted a swimming school in Boston. Constitution, and the unity of the repub
In 1835 he received a call to the South lic. In 1861 he published his “ Two LecCarolina College in Columbia, South tures on the Constitution of the United Carolina, as Professor of History and States." In 1862, his speech at the InauPolitical Economy. During the twenty-guration of the Loyal National League in two years that he occupied this chair, he New York, entitled, “No Party now, but published a number of his writings, of all for our Country,” which has had sevwhich the most prominent are his “ Man- eral new editions. In 1863 he was one of ual of Political Ethics," a work in two the founders of the Loyal Publication Sovolumes, classical in America, highly val- ciety, for the publication and distribution ued and often cited in Europe ; Legal of books, pamphlets, and tracts, in order and Political Hermeneutics, or the Princi- to stimulate patriotism and to hasten the ples of Interpretation and Construction in suppression of the rebellion. Dr. Lieber Law and Politics ;” “Civil Liberty and was made president of this society, and Self-government,” the second edition of occupied the position until the end of the which of 1859 lias been translated into war. More than a hundred pamphlets German by Wittermeyer, and of which were published, and a hundred thousand use is made as a manual in several col- 'copies of these distributed. Ten of these
publications bear the name of Francis | and individuality of Lieber, gathering his Lieber. At the same time he wrote his direct and confidential impressions of men excellent dissertation, often quoted by us and facts, and learning to appreciate the and others in the discussions evoked by strength and delicacy, the originality and the Franco-German war, Guerrilla Par-depth, of this great mind. His attention ties considered with Reference to the Law in late years was especially directed to inand Usages of War,” and his “Instruc-ternational law, to the future of this scitions for the Government of Armies of ence, and to its practical application. the United States in the Field,” which While he rejoiced in the success of GerPresident Lincoln ordered to be promul- many, his native country, he did not degated in the general orders of the war de- sire for it an unlimited empire, and he was partment.
deeply impressed with the advantages After the war Lieber occupied his mind which would result to civilization from the with subjects of peace, the constitution, friendly rivalry of several great nations. and international unity; taking part in He cherished the dream, for the realizaall questions of importance in law and pol- tion of which he desired our co-operation, itics. His letters to the “ Evening Post," of coming to Europe, to this very spot, signed“ Americus," reflect his opinions on in order to take part in a Congress of inthe principal events of the day. The ternational jurists, who should be occuform of these is concise, skilful, and im- pied in establishing the rights of the peopressive. Moreover whether he is impas- ple on a rational, firm, and practical basis. sioned, indignant, or approving, it is never What he desired above all things, what for ignoble motives. In Political Econo- he practised himself, was respect for the my he was enrolled under the banner, yet right; and such was the name he had actoo little popular in the United States, of quired in his adopted country for his defree trade. His pamphlet, “ Notes on votion to this principle, that in 1870, by Fallacies of American Protectionists,” the united approval of both countries, the published in a very large edition by the honourable office of third arbitrator or umAmerican Free Trade League and repub- pire was conferred upon him, charging lished in England by the Cobden Club, is him with the duty of giving the final dean excellent refutation of the sophisms cision in important cases pending between by the aid of which protection still makes the United States and Mexico. His itself acceptable to a large majority of death unfortunately prevented him from the American nation. In 1867, “Me- completing this work. 'morial relative to Verdicts of Jurors,” Lieber's motto was, “No Right with
The Unanimity of Juries,” “Reflec-out its , Duties, no. Duty without its tions on the changes which may seem Rights." He had himself translated it necessary in the present Constitution of into French, by the two words “Droit New York," occupy him in turn. In oblige,” and the English formula was 1868, “International Copyright,” and printed at the head of all his letters. "Fragments of Political Science on Na- One day he noticed that the “Société tionalism and Inter-Nationalism,” which Internationale” at the Congress of Gehas been translated into Spanish and neva had appropriated this device, and which an Italian publicist, M. Gazelli, still later, during the reign of the Paris calls “ l'aureo opusculo” the golden Commune, that they had inscribed on tract.
some banners, “ Pas de droits sans deFrom the very commencement of this voirs, pas de devoirs sans droits.” We Review, Mr. Lieber, with whom we be- have his letter before us in which he excame acquainted through the medium of presses his vexation, and the disgust Laboulaye and Bluntschli, was kind which he felt at the profanation of his faenough to interest himself in our project. vourite aphorism. Lieber loved liberty and Very soon our correspondence became reform ; but as rights enjoining moral and more intimate, and in later years, notwith-juridic responsibilities, so much the greatstanding the difference of age and the er in the larger measure that they are beseparating ocean, a sincere friendship ex- stowed. isted between us, having much of the An American journal, the “Nation," character of paternal tenderness on the makes this singular admission : that he one side, and filial reverence on the other. was one of the few great publicists who It was in this frequent and familiar ex- believed in republican government, and change of letters that the author of this who had an equally clear insight into its notice had the gratification of becoming merits and defects. Let us add from our thoroughly acquainted with the character personal knowledge that he had a like hatred for absolutism of every kind, nicating to our readers some of the treas. democratic or monarchical, under what- ures with which his writings, yet too little ever name it might be disguised. known in Europe, abound. Under all
Lieber died on the 2d of October, 1872, circumstances the memory of this friend, after a short illness, writing almost to his whom we have never seen in this world last hour, at a work entitled, “ The Rise but through the eyes of the soul, will ever of the Constitution."
be present to us; and whether in writing We shall not, in this hastily written no- or in directing this Review we shall entice, take a final leave of our dear and deavour to honor him by being faithful to deeply regretted collaborator. Perhaps his motto, “Droit oblige.” we may have the opportunity of commu
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GLEANINGS FROM AUGUSTINE. — The race All things appertaining to the house are carefully of man is like the leaf of the olive or the looked unto; and where you wrote unto me that your
maid should have more wool, she hath at this present, laurel, never without foliage, yet ever varying: 4lb. of wool for spinning, which will keep her a-work
Pride doeth its own will: humility the will till Wednesday night. You commanded that alb. of this of God.
wool should have been delivered to the clerk's wife, but Man is one thing in that he “is;” another, berrleisure will not serve her to spin it up, therefore in that he is “able."
Your maid Grace hath wrought out her work, all saving He who was God was made man, by taking the sides. Her thread is all done, so that she is driven what He was not, not by losing what He was. to lay it aside, and at this present she worketh upon By faith we are knit; by understanding we your drawn work; – (Drawn work was a kind of lace,
so named from the mode in which it was made) -- but are quickened.
I doubt her silk will scarcely hold out your coming Those who do not recognize God in the home. I have sought all your lower closet, and I can pages of Scripture, will seldom acknowledge neither find silk nor thread for her. godliness in the persons of men.
Some half a century later, the maid-servants Wouldest thou pray in a temple ? Pray seem to have been more idle, and less easy for within thyself. Only first be thou a temple of a man to manage. Thus, in 1640, John Tur; God, because He in His temple will hear him berville writes from Clerkenwell to his friend that prayeth.
Willoughby :God will not be any the greater by pleasing thee, but thou wilt be the less by displeasing working; to make clean a house is too painful for her,
Your old maid, Anne Ralph, begins to be weary of Him.
and to make clean a shoe, she scorns it. If a man lives after the flesh, he lives but as one day, and came again next to warn herself away, and the beast; if he lives after the Spirit, angels all was for the abusive word, “base slut!” given her,
She now begins to speak more than is fit; but I are his companions.
have found your words true. She loves to fare well, There are two sources of sins; one from lie well, and do little; but I am very glad of her short oneself, the other from the persuasion of deliverance from me, and so I leave her to Him that others.
The love of things temporal can only be The servant-maid movement in Scotland is overcome in us by a pleasure in things eternal, not an original agitation. The three things
Thou madest us, O Lord, for Thyself, and that Anne Ralph loved, seem to be especially our heart is restless until it repose in 'Thee. favoured by the “lassies” or “hizzies,” who
If thou art seeking truth, hold thou the way; vex the souls of their northern mistresses. for that same is the way which is the truth.
Notes and Queries. A miracle or wondrous work done by God, ought not to excite wonder, the wonder would be if man had done it.
HORSE NAILS BY MACHINERY. - Some new works have been recently constructed near Bat
tersea for the production of horsenails by ma. A GENTLEMAN AT HOME: 1588. - In the chinery. It is said that there is a consumption last volume issued by the Camden Society of no less than 150 tons per week of these The Traclyan Papers, admirably edited by Sir nails, all of which had hitherto been manuCharles Trevelyan, there are as many illustra- factured by hand labour.. The new machinery tions of social or domestic life as of the polit- said to have proved in every respect satisical and religious aspects of the long period to factory, and will give employment to a large which the papers refer. One singular figure is number of young women from seventeen to exceedingly striking. He thus describes to his twenty-five years of age, thus extending the wife, Mrs. Grace Kirkham, his doings at home sphere of female labour in direction alto (Feniton) in that "loving wife's ” absence :- gether unexpected.

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HONORING STORY, FACILITATING HEALING
A New Story
© Terra Lea Dennis
I often assume I know how every story is going to go. Well, I have been around awhile and I watch the news; different settings, different characters, the same tragic story over and over and over. But sometimes, somehow stories still surprise me.
One spring afternoon, not long ago, my daughter and I were having a snack while we waited for her bus. We were at a delightful little Dominican restaurant facing the King Street bus station in downtown. Charming place—bouncy Dominican music, turquoise and fuchsia walls, photos of palm trees and beaches, and delicious food—it all made us smile. We were on wooden barstools facing the large, bright, window framing a sweet turquoise painted patio.
We were relaxed and happy, enjoying our chatting as we snacked and watched the busy flow of humans on a busy, busy street. People rushing this way and that way… Now there were some people who didn’t fit the flow. Those of the fringes. Some with far too many bags, some with no bags at all, some holding signs or just their cupped hands, some meandering with no apparent purpose, some huddled and still with no purpose at all. I tried not to see those of the fringes, but they were there.
I think I am fairly open-minded, but I am also white middle-aged woman raised in the suburbs where everyone had a house, a yard and a car, and nobody slept in doorways. So when I am faced with these fringe people in my path I often feel churned up with guilt, sadness, frustration, fear, sickness, anger, remorse and sometimes charity all jumbling inside me. All this causes inaction and avoidance mostly and I look down, rehearse my story of who these lost ones are and I continue on my way.
A woman separated herself from the human flow on King Street, and turned into the bright patio. She was rough–not just around the edges, her layers of clothing all about the same dirty color, wild hair, and even wilder eyes. She stepped toward a couple at a table, they looked down and she moved toward the restaurant door. There was no escaping or avoiding this situation. I couldn’t look away as she moved toward us, and as the familiar flow of emotions coursed through me I wrote the woman’s story in my head as I watched her move toward us. It was the same stories we read over and over; all tragic, all loss, and all bad endings.
We were inches from the door, and she looked right at us as she grabbed the door handle. There was dark despair in her eyes and I was afraid.
That look said, “I will not be invisible.”
We looked down as she came in.
She began yelling, “I need fifty cents or a dollar, I gotta take the bus.” We shrunk and looked away, and she turned toward the server at the counter, her voice louder, “If I don’t get the money I’m gonna jump in front of the bus, and then whatcha gonna do?”
The young man turned and hurried toward the kitchen. There was no one else, so she turned back loudly muttering toward the door. She faced us again, and my daughter was inches from her, putting up her hand to stop or block the woman somehow.
Her dark eyes said this woman was tired of being rejected, of being invisible, of being someone else’s story. Her face darkened. Today she would not be ignored. She threw the door open, stomped outside and continued her tirade outside, flipping over patio tables, kicking down chairs.
I pulled out my phone thinking, should I call 911? But I know how those stories go too; fear, anger, danger and violence. I put my phone away. A few young men came running from the back kitchens, alerted to the situation. I saw the look of firm determination on the first young man’s face and my fear took a new turn, and this story’s ending wasn’t any better.
These are the stories we hear and see day after day and we come to believe hopelessly that there is no other storyline, no other ending.
I had been yanked into this, there was no back door, and she was feet away from the restaurant door, throwing chairs and yelling, while the young men were hurrying down the hall toward us. We sat, frozen, breathless, time slowing down.
Another young man came rushing from the kitchens, catching up with the others.
“Wait! Wait!” his voice was calm and strong as he pushed through the others toward the door. “I got this.” I stared at his face calm in the storm, and felt hope like a small bird at the bottom of Pandora’s box weakly flap its wings.
Maybe I didn’t know the ending of this story. Maybe…
He wiped his hands on his dirty apron, shrugged his tattooed shoulders, smoothed his beard, and stepped out into the storm. He moved toward her, not too close, just a few feet from the door. We watched silently through our large window which now framed this story like a movie screen.
He began to speak to her; and we could hear nothing; it was a live silent movie as we watched his lips move. We were mesmerized by his calm face and body; I held my breath as he continued to speak.
He held out open hands to her, beckoning. He lifted his palms together at heart height, continuing to speak. He dropped his hands open again. The woman slowed her actions, drawn by his calm. We all watched him now, curious. Hope’s small heart continued to beat, and I was motionless, not wanting to distract anyone from this drama unfolding. Again, he focused on her face, put his palms to heart, then open. Palms open, palms to heart, palms dropping open again. I lost count of his meditative motions.
The woman’s face slowly melted to softness and she stepped toward him, her eyes on his— wide like a deer. He gently beckoned again, and the woman slowly moved toward him. Now the two of them were framed in our window, both faces soft, and he took her hands in his.
I witnessed as these two people, telling their story, looked in each other’s eyes, and held hands. He closed his eyes, bowed his head and began speaking. She watched him, we watched him. He looked up at the cloudless sky, and like a beautiful child she looked up too. He closed his eyes again, and she watched him, and we watched her. We were not players in this story, but our hearts melted along with hers, and hope grew.
He opened his eyes and slowly led her toward the bus stop on the street. She walked with him, still holding his hands. We watched them walk away quickly being swallowed by the crowds.
I strained to watch them—I saw he was talking, she was listening. Maybe he reached into his pocket, maybe not, all I saw was her throw her arms around him, and he patted her gently. She disappeared in the flow, and he turned slowly walking back toward the patio. He turned up tables, straightened chairs and we began to breathe. The story now was completely on its end; this was nothing like I see in the news and I was caught, mind blank, still holding my breath.
Holding this story; this new story.
My daughter rushed out to help him, and I witnessed her eyes gleaming as she spoke to him. He looked embarrassed, but a smile grew on his face. I watched as she talked and he listened. He talked and she listened. This young woman has suffered too, with drug addiction, homelessness and hopelessness, and now she was the one to listen and to witness, and to keep the story.
My eyes filled as I watched my daughter hug the young man, and they righted the patio.
Smiling, she hurried back to me, and climbing on a stool, she said beaming, “Oh Mom, he’s been homeless too!”
This had not been the story I thought it would be. It was a new story, but also the oldest story, spun with love. A new ending and maybe for me, and for others who witnessed– a new beginning.
I am not an island. I am inextricably woven into the human fabric with my seven billion brothers and sisters and I choose love that spirals in interesting ways.
I can choose to be part of this best kind of story. Palms open, palms closed, heart center.
Terra Lea Dennis: sister, daughter, mother, teacher, speaker, breather determined to look at stories from a slightly different angle. She entertains her 6th graders, her tolerant family, and occasional captive audiences with wistful wonderings, madcap memories and soulful soliloquies. Hang on, life is a bumpy ride!

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Yet again last night I found myself discussing the Nutrition Services budget for the Berkeley Unified School District. Berkeley has been extremely supportive in its efforts to bring healthy food to all of the students of the district. Over the past decade there has been support from parents, advocates, administrators, foundations, teachers, staff, school board members and the community at large – tremendous support! And yet as the state’s budget deficit widens, potentially even doubling, lunch ladies like me are being asked to cut and cut and cut again in an effort to help balance school district’s budgets; and all because of the state’s woes.
So much of the success of this country over the centuries has been predicated on the premise of our children having a better life than our own. Mothers over the eons have gone hungry to feed children – fathers have worked tirelessly to feed their children – as a nation we have always made the health of our children a priority – until now – it seems.
I do understand the need for the state to have a balanced budget, however with all of the money we spent as a state, I don’t understand in the least, the need to literally take healthy food out of the mouths of our children as a way to balance the budget. In the past year the state’s prison budget has ballooned to over $10 million, which exceeds the entire federal government’s budget for the National School Lunch Program (which feeds over 30 million children lunch each day) by more than 20%. At the same time, the state has reduced its contribution to school meals from 21 cents (apparently our children are not even worth a quarter a day), to basically nothing for the remainder of the school year.
Equating this to what’s on our children’s plates in schools means less fresh food and more processed; which equals less healthy children, farmers and planet. Most schools use the state reimbursement to augment the far too small federal reimbursement in an effort to serve children healthy food. In this vein, most districts are spending under a dollar per child per day for lunch – less than a dollar a day. To put this in perspective we just need to go to our favorite local coffee shop and buy a Vente Latte, for which we’ll pay close to $5, 5 times more than we spend to feed a child lunch. It’s crazy!
We need a change! We need to make our children’s health a priority! We need to come together as a community and demand that our legislators balance the state’s budget without cutting Nutrition Services; in fact we should be raising the state’s reimbursement rate. Come on, aren’t our children worth at least a quarter a day, and for the entire year, not just for the first few months of the school year.
And if we don’t?
The Centers for Disease Control has stated that of the children born in the year 2000, one out of every three Caucasians and one out of every two African Americans will have diabetes in their lifetimes. As unimaginable as that it, it gets worse, the result of this pandemic will be that this generation will be the first generation in centuries to die at a younger age than their parents.
So as our legislators try and balance the budget, as our legislators think about cuts that need to be made; perhaps we need to prioritize the health of our children and find other budget cuts besides the food on our children’s plates. As important as so many worthy expenses are that our taxes pay for – what could possibly be more important than our children and their future.

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An excellent if random Eskimo Bob episode - the whole Irishness of it was crazy, and the scene with Alfonzo and the leprechaun dancing was quality. Good stuff!
He is Cool!!
Eskimo Bob is Funny!!!
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Information, spotlights and reviews of writing conferences nationwide that feature literary agents, published authors and more.
Escape with your writing for the weekend! The Writer’s Digest Retreat on the Water (Nov. 13-16 in Celebration, FL) is your chance to escape the demands of everyday life and immerse yourself in your craft for a few purposeful and peaceful days. Enrollment at this Retreat is limited—you’ll enjoy the close mentorship of the instructors and the attention to your individual manuscript that only an event this small and exclusive can provide.
At the retreat, your work will be read, discussed, revised and reexamined with the goal of prepping it for review (and consideration) by industry professionals. Whether your goal is to secure the attention of an agent or editor, or simply entice a reader looking for a great book, the Retreat will help to make sure that your initial pages and plot are as compelling and lovingly crafted as possible. You’ll also learn how to pitch your work and have an opportunity to practice with the group! The Retreat provides you with a relaxing environment in which to write for long periods of time without interruption or distraction. You’ll also participate in numerous sessions and critique groups where you’ll enjoy the camaraderie of your writing peers. Read more
If you read my blog, you know I am constantly traveling to be part of awesome writers’ conferences across the country. On that note, I am very exciting to be a part of the 2014 Arizona Writing Conferences — two full-day “How to Get Published” conference events in Arizona coordinated by the SSA (Society of Southwestern Authors). On Friday, Nov. 21, there is an all-day event in Phoenix; and on Saturday, Nov. 22, there is a separate all-day event in Tucson. (The one-day schedules are both the same.)
These writing events are a chance to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch an agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. There is even a “Writers’ Got Talent” event in the middle where registrants bring their first pages and get them read aloud. Faculty (literary agents) give their thoughts on what was working or not working with the writing. Read more
I’m exciting about teaching some sessions in Indianapolis this November (especially since it’s so close to my hometown of Cincinnati). It’s all part of the 2014 Indiana Writing Workshop on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, which is an all-day event designed to give you all the information you need to know to move forward and get your book published. Read on to learn much more about the event, including the two agents & one editor in attendance taking pitches from writers — Jen Karsbeak of Foreword Literary, Whitley Abell of Inklings Literary and Andrew Scott of Lacewing Books. Read more
WD Has Awesome Writers’ Conferences in both NYC and LA in August 2014. The NYC Event Has a 50-Agent Pitch Slam!
As we do each year, Writer’s Digest is putting on some awesome (and HUGE) writers conferences on both coasts of the country. These conferences bring together writers from all over the country, and lead to all kinds of good things, like signing with agents, meeting your writer friends for life, keeping your finger on the pulse of the industry, and/or simply recharging your writing bat. Read on for more info. We hope to see you there. (The NYC event is from Aug. 1-3, 2014, while the LA event is from Aug 15-17, 2014.) Read more
If you live anywhere near the Minnesota area and are looking to get writing instruction as well as pitch agents & editors, then keep reading. Coming up fast on September 6, 2014 is my appearance at the Minnesota Writing Workshop. (This is my first time teaching in Minnesota, so I am pumped.) This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop on Sept. 6, 2014, at Subtext Books in St. Paul, MN. In other words, it’s one day full of classes and instruction designed to give you the best advice concerning how to get your writing & books published. No matter what you’re writing — fiction or nonfiction — the day’s classes will help point you in the right direction. Writers of all genres and writers for all age groups are welcome. Read more
Live Near Cincinnati? Learn About Writing & Publishing For Free at the Downtown Library on July 15, July 22 and July 29
I have the amazing opportunity to teach 3 summer evening workshops at the downtown branch of the Cincinnati Library in July 2014. Come out and learn! The flyer below will answer all your questions, but here is the gist. All events are two hours long (approx.) and free of charge. Attendees are welcome to ask questions. You don’t have to sign up. Just come to the downtown branch (address on the flyer below) and settle in for some learning. Click past the jump for details on the July 15, July 22 and July 29 events. Read more
Recently I gave the keynote speech at the 2014 Northern Colorado Writers Conference. The whole event was an amazing blast. The NCWC is based in Fort Collins, CO, an amazing city to visit. It’s filled with college students, fun people, indie shops, microbreweries, and the like. I have pasted some fun pictures from the event below in the post. If you like anywhere in the area of Fort Collins, check out this event in years to come. It’s hosted in the spring (usually March or April) and has great people, agent pitching, sessions, gatherings, critiques, and more. It’s my second time teaching (after 2008) and I’m glad I went again. Read more
I am speaking at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, AR, on May 3, 2014. It’s the Arkansas Writers MFA Spring Publishing Conference. The university was nice enough to invite me down to speak for a day. It’s a quick, simple day of sessions that can help writers, and includes my talks on:
1) How to Get Published: What Writers Can Do For Their Career Right Now
2) Everything You Need to Know About Literary Agents and Query Letters
3) Book Publishing Options Today: Your Paths Explained Read more
Coming up fast is a great writing event in Fort Collins, CO — The Northern Colorado Writers Conference, happening March 28-29, 2014. I will be speaking at this event, which features sessions, agents, and more. The theme this year is “2014 Writing Odyssey: To Publishing and Beyond.” Because the conference serves to give the most personal attention to all attendees, the event is limited to 130 attendees, so don’t waste time checking out the 2014 NCWC. All levels/genres of writer are welcome. Read more
Tip #1: If you can get a pitch session with an agent/editor, do it! Agents get tons of queries every single day, and a good 90% of them come from people who haven’t worked very hard to perfect their craft. Agents know that if you go to conferences, you’re likely in the 10% who have. If you go to a conference and pitch, you’re likely a top 10% writer who has a book close to being worthy of representation. It also gives both of you a chance to meet each other, and that’s invaluable.
GIVEAWAY: Peggy is excited to give away a free copy of her novel to a random commenter. Comment within 2 weeks; winners must live in Canada/US to receive the book by mail. You can win a blog contest even if you’ve won before. (UPDATE: MikeHays won.) Read more
You’ve decided this is it, the year to attend a writer’s conference. Forms are filled, hotel and plane tickets are booked, and a satisfied warmth fills you at pulling the trigger on this writing milestone.
But as the day approaches, your brain buzzes. What to wear? What to bring? You look in your closet and suddenly forget what looks good together, what fits, and what shoes work with which pants. The jeans you love seem too run down. That skirt you wanted to bring is too dressy. Or is it? Maybe you could wear it to the pitch you scheduled. And then it hits: FULL BLOWN PANIC. You forgot about the pitch you booked while high on the glow of finally taking the leap. Read more
I know it was 6 weeks ago, but I still wanted to post some great photos of our latest Writer’s Digest Conference — this one in Los Angeles in late September 2013. It’s always great to meet west coast writers. I know our agents who attended the Pitch Slam and met writers commented that the talent pool at the event was quite high. That’s exciting to hear, and likely means we’ll add to our large growing list of WD conference success stories. Our next WD conference will be sometime in 2014 in New York City — either in the summer or fall of 2014. See you there! Read more
Every week literary agents receive hundreds of query letters from aspiring writers who are hoping to interest the agent in their project. Why then, would agents take time from their busy schedules to go to a writers conference and meet yet more writers in person?
I’ve worked with over a hundred literary agents during the 9 years I’ve been organizing the Backspace Writers Conferences held twice-annually in New York City, as well as the newly minted Salt Cay Writers Retreat taking place this October on a private island in the Bahamas. So I asked a few of my favorite agents why they attend writers conferences. Read more
The second annual Writer’s Digest West Conference is approaching quickly! We at WD are planning a grand event in Los Angeles from Sept. 27-29, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. The conference is actually 3 events in one. We have a traditional awesome writers conference, a screenwriting conference, and a self-publishing conference going on at the same time. Read on to learn all details. There are ample opportunities to not only meet speakers and sit in on sessions, but also pitch lots of literary agents and film pros. (Also, early bird pricing ends July 19, so sign up early for a discounted price.) Read more
Conference Recaps and Photos: My 2013 Conference Gigs in Austin, Clarksville, Pittsburgh, and Middleburg, VA
During the last three months, I have spent a lot of time meeting writers at conferences nationwide. It’s been a whirlwind teaching season, and I want to share some info about these great 2013 writing events I’ve spoken at, so you can check them out when they come around again in 2014 (because you definitely should!). Recently, I got to present at the Agents & Editors Conference in Austin, TX, the Clarksville Writers Conference in Clarksville, TN, the Hunt Country Writers Retreat in Middleburg, VA (near DC), the Kentucky Writers Conference in Bowling Green, KY, and the Pennwriters Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. All were great events. Read more to learn when these conferences will happen again, and see some images of the 2013 happenings. (All events take place between April-July.) Read more
If you live anywhere near the DC/Virginia/Maryland area, a great writers’ conference is coming up that you should take note of. The 2013 Hunt Country Writers Retreat runs from July 5-7, 2013 in beautiful Middleburg, Va. (1 hour from metro DC). This annual event features 1.5 days of sessions and instruction on the craft & business of writing, and features multiple literary agents each year who meet with attendees to hear book pitches. I’ll be at the event instructing — come meet me! Learn more below. Read more
The annual Agents & Editors Conference put on by the Writers League of Texas is perhaps the premiere literary conference in Texas. I got the chance to teach there in 2008 and was invited back this year (June 21-23, 2013) to be the keynote speaker. So if you’re interested in attending a conference that is 1) located in a great city, and 2) teeming with literary agents looking for writers, then this event is a great one for you. Read more
This past weekend, I got the exciting chance to speak in Edmonton, Canada at the Words in 3D Conference. The event — which had a turnout of more than 300 attendees (wow!) — was organized by the Get Publishing Communications Society, the Writers’ Guild of Alberta, and the Editors’ Association of Canada (Prairie Provinces Branch). The conference was wonderful and I got to meet a lot of great people. It was an unusual and unique chance to get so far north to teach (it got dark there at 10:20 p.m.), and I would recommend the event to any in Alberta or nearby in future years. Read more
Do you happen to live anywhere near Lexington, KY or Clarksville, TN? If so, there are some great (and affordable) writing events coming up in June 2013 that feature literary agents in attendance taking pitches. I have the honor of teaching at both events and look forward to meeting writers at both. The first conference is the Clarksville Writers Conference, June 6-7, 2013. The second conference is the Carnegie Center’s “Books in Progress” Conference, June 7-8, 2013. Read more
An upcoming conference you should check out is the 2013 Pennwriters Conference (May 17-19) in Pittsburgh, PA. Pennwriters is an awesome statewide organization for writers that has regional chapters and statewide events. Having grown up in Erie, PA, I have spoken to the Erie group several times, and I was even fortunate enough to present at the PennWriters Conference in 2011. If you live anywhere near Pittsburgh, check out this fast-approaching 2013 event. Read more
The 2013 Writer’s Digest Conference in NYC was this past weekend, April 5-7, 2013, and everything was a blast. The sessions were well received, the attendees were nice, the big pitch slam was smooth, and everyone seemed to have a good time.
Here are some pictures from the event to check out. I assume we will be having our event in April again in 2014. Join us! Or if you can’t wait that long, we will be having a west coast conference, Sept. 27-29, 2013 in Hollywood. Read more
I recently returned from the 2013 San Francisco Writers Conference. The event was, as always, very awesome. It’s a conference co-sponsored by WD and the folks out west who organize it (Larsen Pomada Literary Agents and their comrades) do an excellent job with it. The event happens every President’s Day weekend at the Mark Hopkins International in Nob Hill, SF. It’s definitely worth a look for your years to come. At one point, there were a whole bunch of agents on a panel and 4 agents in a row that said they signed clients who came to them at past years of the event. (Confession: I met MY agent at this event! Crazy!) Read more
Writer’s Digest Conference West in Los Angeles (Oct. 19-21, 2012) Has Sessions, Agents, Pitches and More
After the great success Writer’s Digest has had organizing its event in New York City, we are very excited to be expanding to the West Coast as of 2012. Writer’s Digest Conference West is a new event in Los Angeles set for October 19-21, 2012. All the good stuff you have come to expect from a WD conference will be here — sessions, agents, bootcamps, the Pitch Slam, and more. Read more

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iPhone 7 Plus Versus Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Real-Life Camera Comparison
It goes without saying that the iPhone 7 Plus and the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 are two of the top smartphones available on the market right now, and leaving aside the technical problems experienced by the latter, there’s absolutely no doubt that both are going to sell in huge numbers.
But while they’re both very compelling choices for customers worldwide, it might be a little bit hard to choose the better one when the focus is on one specific feature, such as the camera. So while we were working on our iPhone 7 Plus review, we decided to give you a little preview of how the cameras of the two phones perform in real-life. No editing, no effects, just photos copied from the phone.
Before anything, let’s review the technical specifications of the two cameras (keep in mind that it’s the iPhone 7 Plus model we’re talking about here, and not the standard iPhone 7):
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GEF: Central Africa mobilizes at 53rd Council of Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Zooming in on Central Africa - on the USD 500 million work program approved by the GEF Council focused on least developed countries and small island developing States: USD 16.8 million for the DRC, USD 3 million for Cameroon and 43.5 for multi-country projects including USD13.5 million (Mali, Niger, Chad) and USD 20 million (Benin, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo)
Of the 83 projects approved by the GEF Council, 8 projects include Central Africa. In Central Africa only two countries have country projects: DRC and Cameroon.
This outcome requires all the Congo Basin countries to step up their efforts to gain increased access to international financing.
For information, kindly see the countries’ commitments to the LDCF/SCCF below:
The members of the LDCF/SCCF Council presented the following pledges and contributions to the LDCF/SCCF on behalf of their governments:
- Belgium: EUR 7 million to the LDCF
- Belgium - Walloon Region: EUR 3.25 million to the LDCF
- Germany: EUR 50 million to the LDCF
- Sweden: SEK 185 million to the LDCF
- Switzerland: CHF 1.89 million to the LDCF and CHF 500,000 to the SCCF.
LDCF and SCCF Council: At the opening of the Council meeting, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Sweden announced new contributions to the LDCF and SCCF. Find more information in the joint summary of the chairs.
Briefing note: International Conference of Ministers of Defense, Security and Protected Areas on the fight against poaching and other cross-border criminal activities - 23 - 25 January 2018, N'Djamena, Chad
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As cranes and other heavy equipment machinery began the arduous task of removing metal and cement materials from the I-35W bridge site Aug. 22, the National Transportation Safety Board began looking into the bridge’s de-icing system as a possible factor in the collapse.
Since 1999, a chemical had been sprayed on the I-35W bridge to prevent the formation of black ice caused by mist from nearby St. Anthony Falls. It used temperature- and precipitation-activated nozzles embedded in the bridge deck to spray a chemical on the roadway.
According to a 2001 Minnesota Department of Transportation report, the chemical used, CF7, is a liquid potassium acetate manufactured by Cryotech, a division of San Diego-based General Atomics. The relatively expensive chemical was selected in part “because it is safer for structural steel and reinforcing steel embedded in concrete.”
When CF7 was spilled on a grate, it was found to react with galvanized metals, however. Cryotech issued a technical bulletin in 2005 stating that a slow reaction can occur when potassium acetate and zinc come into prolonged contact. Zinc is used to galvanize steel.
An update from the company said the reaction was not an issue during normal use, and citing an MnDOT project investigating whether the chemical was causing advanced deterioration on the bridge, concluded that the galvanization on the bridge components was thick enough.
A review of MnDOT inspection reports from 1999 through 2006 revealed just one problem specifically linked to the de-icing system—in 2006, inspectors cited “paint failure from leaking de-icing system” on one girder. The report said that overall 15% of the paint was unsound, though it did not cite the chemical as the cause.
Safety Board spokesman Terry Williams said the scrutiny of the system is a standard part of investigation, “one of many things” that will be studied.
Shortly after the Aug. 1 collapse, assistant to the commissioner at MnDOT Bob McFarlin dismissed the notion that it was related to corrosion from de-icing chemicals.
MnDOT was not concerned about the system, and is planning to install a similar one on the bridge’s replacement, engineer for MnDOT’s Metro District Khani Sahebjam said Aug. 22.
The $9 million bridge resurfacing contract with Progressive Contractors Inc., whose crews were working on the bridge when it collapsed, included $397,000 to reconstruct the de-icing system.

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With the Classic Game Controller for SEGA Genesis and SEGA Mega Drive, you can relive one of the best eras in gaming history. It has a 6-foot cord, a standard 6-button layout, and an 8-way D-pad. This game pad is ideal for replacing broken or missing gamepads. It is also compatible with older consoles and computers that have Atari-compatible 9-pin joystick connections, such as the Amiga and Atari ST.
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2018 was the sixth and final year of our long term lime x potassium trial that was located in Cascades, WA.
This season's harvest results saw a 1 t/ha response in wheat to applied potassium. Crop requirements were met by using 100 kg/ha of K-till Extra Plus supplying 13 units of Potassium (K).
Treatments 6 and 7 showed that by removing the potassium application yield penalties were seen after one rotation.
After the completion of the trial, cores were taken down to a depth of 50 cm on all plots to see what changes to the soil profile we could see.
Higher rates of K than that supplied by 100 kg/ha of K-Till Extra Plus were required to satisfy crop demand in barley in 2013 and 2016. Higher K rates are also required to replace K removal in grain (assuming 5 kg/t in wheat and barley and 10 kg/t in canola). We saw in the soil K profile that the 0-10 cm levels on all plots increased in number but depth sampling showed that sub soil numbers had dropped where no or low K inputs had been used.
This stratification of potassium in the soil profile is a common occurrence throughout the state especially where farms have been in a long term minimal tillage rotation and this trial highlights the benefits of soil sampling to depth to understand where your levels are and truly understand what responses you may see from applied fertiliser.
After six years the economics of this trial showed that K-Till Extra Plus performed as well as either 60 kg/ha or 120 kg/ha of MoP top-dressed every season. Applying potassium gave us an instant return on our investment and was the key profit driver and the additional profit from applying potassium was more than enough to offset the cost of applying lime
- Deep soil sampling is required to assess crops' potassium requirements.
- Given that Banded K is more efficient than top-dressed K, it is recommended that higher K inputs in high yielding environments are applied in conjunction with K-Till to match crop removal.
- Lime applications haven't lowered potassium inputs required to maximise production.

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Holy Cross Elementary is a school where fine young Christians are rooted in history, and enriched by Catholic tradition. Their values reflect commitment to academic excellence and service to their faith community. At Holy Cross Elementary, individuality is celebrated, opportunity is cultivated, and respect is mutual.
- We believe that Holy Cross Elementary is a faith community, which develops Catholic ideals and beliefs in an excellent academic environment.
- We believe that every facet of a child’s life should be respected and celebrated, developed and cherished, in accordance with the Gospel message.
- We believe that our primary responsibility is to nourish our Catholic roots, and embrace a mission of stewardship and social justice.

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A state-of-the-art high-tech manikin which ‘gives birth’ is helping to train hospital staff.
More than £19,000 funding was provided for the SimMom Simulator Manikin which simulates the delivery of a baby, by the hospital trust’s charity Blue Skies Fund.
Clare Walden, clinical skills facilitator, said: “The manikin has a baby in the abdomen which you can simulate birth with.
“We are using the manikin to train maternity staff and look at emergency situations.
“The feedback has been fantastic.
“Previously we used part task trainers for this, for example we might just have a pair of hips or a pregnant abdomen, but this gives much more realistic training for staff which will in turn benefit patients.
“It allows us to train staff on adverse events that are not often seen in clinical practice, but by providing the training on a regular basis we are preparing them to deal with the situation for real and therefore potentially having an impact on patient safety.”
She added the team was grateful for the donation.
The manikin will be showcased as part of a special open day at the hospital on July 4 about the work by the trust’s Simulation and Skills Centre to invited guests in the morning and staff in the afternoon.


Junior Auxiliary of Tupelo gets ready for 61st annual Charity Ball
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Last-minute preparations are underway for an elegant party with a purpose in Tupelo.
Associate members of the Junior Auxiliary of Tupelo spent the day transforming the Cadence Bank Arena for the 61st annual Charity Ball.
JA members were decorating the stage and runway, where living ads will take their walk. They also were busy prepping the food for the gala.
The Charity Ball is the only fundraiser for the group and all proceeds help thousands of children throughout Lee County year-round.
“I love everyone coming together, working together on a project that benefits the kids. I’m also on the clothes closet committee. So, I get to see how the money raised here goes directly to benefit children of Lee County,” said Megan Johnson, Bandstand-Runway Committee.
“It is a lot of hard work. But pays off immensely when you get to see the faces of the children we help and get to be part of helping make their lives better. It fills my cup so much to be able to do that,” said Jessie Leddy, Food Committee.
The 61st annual Charity Ball kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Friday night at the Cadence Bank Arena. Tickets can be purchased at the door.


It looks like The Walking Dead is just plain ol’ dead on Vita.
While we had previously heard that PlayStation 3 and X-Box 360 wouldn’t be getting A New Frontier, we’ve now heard through the handheld grapevine that the newest season of The Walking Dead isn’t planned for PlayStation Vita either – the good people at Telltale Games apparently forgetting to mention that when they updated us on other platforms.
How do we know for sure? Well Heroes of Handheld (@Handheldpodcast) received an email response to an inquiry about the Vita version, and posted it on Twitter for their followers to see.
— Heroes of Handheld (@Handheldpodcast) December 21, 2016
With no plans for a Vita version, my plans to play the new release have been flushed down the drain (especially since previous choices can’t be carried on, aside from through some awkward story generator). What about you?
Sound off in the comments below!


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From April 4th to May 4th this year I ran a small campaign to help raise the funding I needed to continue on with my illustration work.
Named, The Curious Concepts Project, after the title of my first solo art show, which gave me the opportunity to really develop my current illustration style. The goals of the project can be summed up by this promo video I made back at the start of the campaign;
Thankfully for me and my ongoing work, this project was funded. ^_^ The past few weeks have been filled with ordering prints/packing material, and collecting project backer info, but now that all that is just about finished, it's time to get to the interesting parts.
First though, a long promised online Thank You post, to all of the wonderful people who made a pledge and funded my project. Thank you, honestly wouldn't be able to do any of this without you.
Below are the names of everyone who backed my project. I also made the offer to promote 1 website of each backer's choosing along with their names. The takers on that offer are listed first, followed by everyone else, in alphabetical order.
Thank You Everyone
Jennifer Smith >>>> http://www.jsminiatures.co.uk <<<<JS Miniatures
I make finest quality dolls house miniatures and specialise in using LEDs in dolls house and model projects. I have developed the first ever battery powered lighting kit for smaller scale houses using tiny LEDs for superior brightness but that are almost invisible! I also make modern furniture and lighting along with other more traditional products. With exceptional customer service and many returning customers it's well worth having a look at my site.
Brandi >>>> https://www.facebook.com/wnyskydiving12 <<<<WNYSkydiving is a full service skydiving training center conveniently located in Akron, NY, within easy driving distance of Buffalo, NY and Rochester, NY. WNYSkydiving is open year round, weather permitting. If the sky is clear, we can fly! Take Skydiving off your "Bucket List" and add it to your "Things To Do This Weekend List!" Call and book today! 716-597-7393
Patrick Garde >>>> http://plainseo.com <<<<
PlainSEO Plain SEO is an outsourcing SEO company based in the Philippines that offers effective search engine optimization services. Founded in 2012, the firm has provided SEO needs to various clients worldwide such as USA, Australia and Italy thanks to its founder, Patrick Garde, who has worked in the SEO field since 2009.
Andrea Brittany Zarbo Courtney Deuro
Darlene Morse Devon McKernan Elizabeth
Ellen Lefort Janine Benton Jenna Driver
Joshua Eliano Mary Lynn Nathan Lefort
Neil Lefort Samantha Clark Sarah Popadowski
Tanya Vittoria Procopio Wendy Riggins
If you backed my project and would still like to promote your site, feel free to send me an email.
This post will not be deleted (by me anyway) as long as this blog exists, and throughout the creative part of this project, it will be linked to the, "Curious Concepts", banner in the sidebar so that people will continue to see it even after it falls off the first page.
Thanks again everyone. ^_^


Globokar began his musical
career as a jazz musician before formal studies in Paris
for composition and trombone, working eventually under
Luciano Berio’s guidance. Just before he began work on
the pieces recorded here, Globokar concluded a 19-year
stint as instructor at the School of Music in Florence.
He now resides in Paris.
This release is quite a wild
ride. The first — and largest — work presented here, The
Angel of History
, is to some extent an ekphrastic
work, based on the Paul Klee painting titled Angelus
It is also, as the composer states, “a
sound fresco of the time I am living in.” Considering
the range of years in which the piece was composed, one
can well imagine the overall tone of the piece. This
is a large-scale, ambitious work, for two ensembles of
considerable force, each with a conductor. In addition,
the score calls for pre-recorded tape feeds of folk music,
live “electronic alienation” of the second orchestra,
and two samplers. The first half-hour long section depicts
a musical descent into a sort of police state, with the
first orchestra, as the composer mentions, implying “a
democratic system gradually sinking into totalitarianism”.
The second orchestra, with snippets of folk music from
the former Yugoslavian regions on pre-recorded tape,
portrays “a specific power shaken by nationalist tendencies”.
Heavy stuff, indeed.
Most chilling is the second
part of the piece, intended to portray “a police state
ending in anarchy”. The movement begins with faint shufflings
and ghostly harmonics on strings. It crackles with fear
and paranoia, crashes, footfalls in darkness, and an
eerie aftermath, with the music of the orchestra dissolving
in static, as if from a public-address system left on,
with no-one left to man the microphone or to hear the
The final movement, entitled Hoffnung
shows the conflict still unresolved, with a gradual awakening
from the rain-like static, but with, as the composer
mentions, “positive and negative” aspects of the ensembles
in constant superimposition. The movement holds out,
as the title suggests, the possibility that the positive
might win out, at least temporarily.
So how on earth does this
epic work sound?
As one can imagine, any work
that takes on such a context certainly demands a great
deal from the performers and their audience. At times,
the flirtations of the piece with all-out chaos remind
this reviewer of George Antheil’s wild Ballet Mécanique
its original form, with a barrage of player-pianos, sirens,
airplane propeller and piles of percussive hardware.
The underlying emotion here is far darker, however, with
marching troops and all-out wars, surmounted fleetingly
by the folk music of one particular region over another.
The second work here presented, Les
(The Hostages), sets an aural landscape,
with distant horns, guard-dogs barking, animal noises,
and almost subliminal hints at Beethoven. The pairing
of this harrowing piece with Der Engel der Geschichte
make sense in that they both draw from the same difficult
space, even borrow snippets of the same folk recordings. Les
moves occasionally a bit too close to its
material, calling for groans and vocal oof
interjections toward the middle of the work. Les
is at its most interesting when it focuses
relentlessly on a musical
portrayal of the atrocities,
where it breaks off and allows for real tension to
develop, as it does in the onset of the second half
of the work. The same high demand is made upon orchestra
and listener, which for many will make this release
a very arduous two hours of listening indeed.
Considering the first work’s
massive orchestral forces and electronic interventions,
it makes sense that this would be released as an SACD,
which provides the necessary definition, not only giving
a better sense of the two groups, but also placing the
listener in the centre of the maelstrom.
This is not, at least for
this reviewer, something to listen to every day, but
it is an intriguing — and occasionally quite harrowing — release
in Col Legno’s groundbreaking series of contemporary
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I have been away from OpenGL programming for about a year now.
There used to be online copies of the “Blue Book” and “Red Book” available from the University of Kansas. However the links I have no longer work.
Are these online resources still available?
Could someone please point me to online copies of these books?
If not, I guess I will just have to invest in two excellent references.
Search in NeHe WebSite, there are good documents, and also there is a copy of the red book.
the url is: nehe.gamedev.net
I was able to find links to both the “Red” and “Blue” books there.
this is off topic, but is there a way I can save the entire page of the Blue and Red book onto my hard drive so i do not have to be online to view it? I remember there was a program to do it but forgot the name
In Internet Explorer you can add the Blue Book page to your favorites, and when doing so select “Make available offline”, then set it to make pages 1 page deep available too. Since that BlueBook link on NeHe’s goes to is an index, it should make most if not all of the BlueBook available offline.


Seeking an explanation within two weeks for the “poor” performance of primary schools, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) on Monday issued a notice to the municipal corporation in the city.
The commission also said an inquiry has been ordered into the “poor quality of education” in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) schools.
In a notice of inquiry, the DCPCR, the statutory watchdog of the Delhi government in matters of child rights, cited the National Achievement Survey (NAS) Report, 2021, for Class 3 to highlight the quality of teaching and learning in the city’s municipal schools.
The responsibility for imparting primary education lies with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The unified MCD is currently functioning under the BJP-led Centre.
“The NAS Class-3 results paint a dismal picture of teaching and learning in municipal schools, which rank Delhi amongst the lowest five performing states in India,” the notice read.
“In fact, the Class-3 results of Municipal Corporation of Delhi are below the national average in all three subjects: Language, Maths, and Environmental Studies. The average state score for Class 3 in language is merely 52 per cent while the national average is 62 per cent,” it added.
The DCPCR has asked the MCD to file an explanation within two weeks.
“The commission issues notice to Municipal Corporation of Delhi seeking an explanation for the poor performance” the notice read.
Taking to Twitter, DCPCR Chairperson Anurag Kundu said an inquiry has been ordered to look into the “poor quality of education” in the MCD schools.
“DCPCR has ordered an inquiry regarding the absolutely poor quality of education in MCD schools. The performance of the MCD schools has been ranked amongst the bottom five in the whole of India,” Kundu tweeted.
Legislators of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), including the party’s chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj, live-streamed their visit to the MCD schools on social media platforms on Saturday, highlighting the “poor condition” of the buildings, classrooms, toilets and campuses, and slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for raising questions on the Delhi government’s expenditure on the construction of its schools.
The MCD denied that the condition in its schools is “poorer than those run by the city government” after the AAP MLAs highlighted their “poor condition” on social media.
The civic body has said the “intrusion by a group of 30-40 people” in the schools was “uncalled for” and the children had to “suffer a rude break to the harmonious rhythm of their learning process”.
The MCD, in a statement, said the learning outcome for Class 3 for Delhi includes all categories of schools, including private recognised, government-aided, central government-run, state government-run and MCD schools.
“It is difficult to fathom as to how MCD schools can be pointed out for the overall performance of class 3 learning outcome for language when it has nearly 28 per cent of the total share of students of Delhi State,” the statement said.
Among the schools taken for survey under the NAS, more than 70 per cent are the ones which are “other than MCD schools,” the civic body claimed, adding this fact “seems to have been overlooked by the DCPCR”.
The corporation, nonetheless, will respond to the notice of the commission soon, it added.
(With PTI inputs)


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How to Support Rocketship Alum Rock
by Alicia Ross, National Director of Parent Leadership
A big thank you to the over 200 incredible Rocketship parents who filled the Lee Mathson Middle School cafeteria last Thursday evening with purple Rocketeer pride demonstrating the overwhelming community demand for passing the Rocketship Alum Rock charter. Current and aspiring Rocketship parents, along with Rocketship school leaders and community partner supporters, attended the Alum Rock Union School Board meeting, which included the hearing for the Rocketship Alum Rock charter petition.
The hearing began with a ten minute presentation from Preston Smith, CEO, Maricela Guerrero, Rocketship Alum Rock Principal, and Fred Ferrer, Rocketship Board member and CEO of the Health Trust. Following the presentation, ten Rocketship Alum Rock Parent Leaders shared their powerful stories of why they want the option of sending their child to a Rocketship school. Rocketship alumni students, who currently attend Alpha Blanca Alvarado Middle School, also shared their heartfelt testimony on how Rocketship schools challenged them and prepared them for success in middle school. Many additional Rocketship supporters spoke, as well as opponents to the charter, primarily from the teachers’ union.
In order to build further support leading up to the Board’s vote on Rocketship Alum Rock on Monday, May 12, Rocketship parent leaders are meeting with Alum Rock School Board members individually to ask for their support for the Rocketship Alum Rock petition.
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Thank you for all your support! We cannot get this done without a true community effort. See you on Monday, May 8, 7:00PM at the Alum Rock Union School District Office for the final vote!
Alicia grew up in Anaheim, but has lived in the Bay Area and Sacramento for the last 16 years. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies from Santa Clara University and a Master of Liberal Arts in Spirituality from Naropa University. Alicia worked in the field of community organizing with the PICO National Network for the last decade. She served as executive director of Sacramento Area Congregations Together (ACT) for six years, where she expanded ACT’s “Stand Together Campaign” to decrease youth violence by helping to spearhead the creation of a local parcel tax campaign to generate resources for youth jobs and the piloting of the Ceasefire Strategy to reduce gang violence in Sacramento. Prior to this, Alicia was a community organizer with People Acting in Community Together (PACT) in San Jose, where she was extensively involved in education reform efforts, helping to create new small, autonomous public schools and advocate for increased parent participation in district decisions. Alicia led a successful parent organizing effort to launch the first ACE Charter Middle School in the Alum Rock Union School District. Outside of her work with Rocketship, Alicia enjoys vegetarian cooking, exploring spirituality, playing the piano and spending time with family and friends.
Published on April 17, 2014