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Sequel to Promised
Just like he did for Halloween, Io has decided to go all out for Christmas, a holiday not typically celebrated by the family. With the decorations up, the only thing he needs to make it perfect is a blanket of fresh white snow. What’s Christmas without snowmen? There’s also the messy task of trying to, yet again, find the right gift for Cinder.
Meanwhile, Cinder has his plate full. Not only is he dealing with the sudden explosion of holiday decorations in Blackstone Manor, but the time has come for him to pick a new beta. Who is right for the position? If he doesn’t pick Io, will his beloved be hurt?
Yawning, with the sounds of Cinder stirring behind him, Io tugged aside a drape somewhat half-heartedly. What he found chased away any lasting remnants of sleep. The world was awash in white, sparkling, pristine, untouched snow. His heart skipped a beat, elation sweeping through his body. Quick as a wink he spun around and practically cleared the distance between the doors and the bed in one leap, landing amongst the pillows with a delighted squeal. That was more than enough to wake Cinder, his husband snapped into reality and out of the land of dreams.
“It’s snowing,” Io declared with a giggle. “It’s finally happening.” He bounced around on the bed like a little kid, jostling Cinder, who could only laugh. “Get up, get up, let’s go.”
Cinder put his arms behind his head, a slightly amused smile lighting up his face. “I don’t know,” he said, gaze steady on Io’s bare form, “I quite like how things look in here.”
Io looked down at himself. “Perv,” he teased.
He slipped off the bed, skipping in the direction of the closet. Dressing happened in speedy fashion, Io throwing on a pair of jeans, boots and barely remembering a sweater. When he popped out of the closet, snickering at the context, he found Cinder still lounging in bed. Shaking his head, Io headed for the balcony, flinging open the doors and ushering in a flurry of dancing white flakes. Snow crunched under his boots. By his estimate there was already nearly a foot, give or take an inch.
Io clapped his hands together gleefully, then spread his wings and took off. If Cinder wanted to be a putz, fine, but there was no way Io was going to waste the chance for some fun. He twirled and dove, flying high and low, sometimes trying to catch snowflakes on his tongue. At one point he flew to a considerable height, tucked his wings, and fell freely, waiting until the last possible second to skim along the ground, trailing his fingers in the collected precipitation.
While in the process of floating, drifting lazily like a flake, something hit Io with a thud, breaking apart on impact. Instantly Cinder’s rich laughter rang out, snapping Io from his dreamy state. He spotted his beloved on the balcony, forming another snowball. The game was afoot, though Io never really understood the oft-used saying. They spent a good twenty minutes lobbing snowballs at each other, dodging and weaving, sometimes taking direct hits. In the end Io won when quick thinking sent him into the air to shake the snow from a thick branch hanging over Cinder, who ducked behind the tree thinking it would provide cover. This time it was Io who laughed, landing near his beloved.
Cinder looked like one of the gingerbread cookies dusted with flour. “Oh, you think that’s funny?”
“You look adorable.”
“Adorable,” echoed Cinder. He effortlessly closed the distance between them, drawing Io into his embrace. Their lips met in a tender kiss, one that teased at the prospect of a continuation of the previous night’s escapades. Io began to feel aroused, starving for some skin on skin contact. The desire was quickly dashed, however, as a shot of icy coldness blossomed along his backside, Cinder using the opportunity to sneak a handful of snow down his shirt.


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This week’s round up of news bites includes recovery grants for libraries in Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath, information on free audiobooks for schools, and more.
Check out News Bites for the latest information on what authors are doing to help out victims of Hurricane Sandy, the latest changes at Random House, a literacy campaign for kids in need, and more.
In the wake of the destruction wrought by Sandy, Marc Aronson emphasizes the importance of the Common Core standards as students and teachers discuss the link between the recent hurricane and climate change.
Disaster Relief Programs and Publishers Offer Many Ways to Help Schools and Libraries Afflicted by Sandy
Those wishing to help school libraries and children’s collections that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy now have an array of giving options, thanks to several disaster relief programs, children’s book publishers, and charities.
While many New York City school libraries still remain unable to provide essential student services, librarians at the New York City School Library System’s Annual Library Fall Conference have come up with meaningful ways to give these libraries the help they need.
Pictures of the Week: After Sandy, Queens Library Takes in a Raccoon, Provides Supplies to Residents
After Hurricane Sandy, Queens Library provided some much needed services for residents, from taking in a raccoon who found his way to the branch at Baisley Park, to providing supplies at Far Rockaway.
You can help provide books to schools and libraries devastated by Hurricane Sandy by making a donation to the organization First Book.
Though schools in New York and New Jersey have re-opened this week, many buildings are too damaged to receive students. Lack of power, heat, flooding are all issues that schools are facing.
Despite the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Sandy, librarians are doing all that they can to serve their communities, from reaching out to offer donations to those affected by the crisis, to librarians compiling resources to give emotional support to their students.
Teenagers take shelter at Princeton Public Library in New Jersey on October 31 in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
A message from the entire team at Library Journal and School Library Journal and an update on our situation in New York City.

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski has launched a women’s coalition.
“Connecticut Women for Change’’ will be led by Republican National Committeewoman Leora Levy of Greenwich, national Republican strategist Noelle Nikpour and Amy Stefanowski, the candidate’s wife.
“Electing Bob Stefanowski as governor will be a huge step towards achieving the change our state so desperately needs,” Levy said in an email announcing the group. “Bob is a political outsider who will bring a fresh perspective to state government. His plan to bring real economic growth back to our state by reducing taxes for all and cutting unnecessary regulations will bring new business to Connecticut and empower existing companies to grow and create jobs. While Ned Lamont seems content to continue the very policies that got us here in the first place, Bob has made it clear he plans to enact the change we so desperately need. I am pleased to lead this coalition of strong women supporting his campaign for governor."
Lamont, the Democratic nominee for governor, criticized Stefanowski last week after the GOP nominee declined to weigh in on President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
Stefanowski later released a detailed statement: “As I said before, allegations of sexual assault absolutely must be taken seriously. The Kavanaugh confirmation is no exception. I am glad that the FBI will be further looking into this matter to make sure the Senate has the information they need to make an informed decision. Our United States Senators should carefully examine the entirety of the testimony, witnesses statements and evidence before the vote.’’
But, he added: “I am running for Governor of Connecticut and not for United States Senate. The coming election is about Connecticut and the issues we face here. While I have no decision making authority over nominations to the United States Supreme Court, as governor, I will ensure that any and all nominations I make to Connecticut's courts are individuals who are highly qualified and have demonstrated outstanding moral character."
Democrats, however, are continuing to hit Stefanowski.
"Bob Stefanowski and Donald Trump are one in the same when it comes to issues that disproportionately impact women,’’ said Lacey Rose, a spokeswoman for tthe Lamont campaign. “Whether it's opposing the ACA, refusing to protect choice and women's healthcare, proposing a scheme that will cut funds for child care and schools, or eliminating the minimum wage, Bob is about Trump values -- not Connecticut values. This is the most extreme ticket in GOP history, one that's opposed to ‘yes means yes,’ against pay equity, and takes "a pass" on rejecting Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of Dr. Ford's allegations.”
Susan Bysiewicz, a Democrat who is running for lieutenant governor on a ticket with Lamont, said Stefanowski has not stated his position on legalized abortion. “We still haven’t heard about his position on choice,’’ she said. “We have to assume that since [Stefanowski’s running mate] Joe Markely is anti-choice he is too.”


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I was surprised that it was an autobiography at least halfway.
At the end of all the above I felt a connection to H. Ugyen Chophel rated it really liked khyenyse May 28, He tirelessly worked to uphold the Dharma through the publication of texts, the building of monasteries and stupas, and by offering instruction to thousands of people throughout the world. Digo pages Title Page. Shambhala Publications- Religion – pages. To ask other readers questions about Brilliant Moonplease sign up.
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Some of it was hard to read, but after reading I would feel great and inspired. It’s always inspiring for Tibetan Buddhists to read the stories of these magnificient men and women.
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Dec 16, Anastasia rated it really liked it Shelves: John rated it it was amazing Oct 16, Some of the stories just left me in awe and were deeply inspiring. Khyentse wrote, it seemed to me, for those who were already familiar with Buddhism and thus the references would either ot totally understood, or at least enough so to place it in context. William rated it liked it Jan 10, Autobiograpyy are no discussion topics on this book yet.
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The details of his early life and spiritual training reveal an authentic and human view of Tibetan culture, as well as the hardships endured by the Tibetans who fled their country and reestablished their tradition autobioggaphy exile. Contents Foreword by the Dalai Lama.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche is one of very few exceptionally learned teachers escaping from Tibet as the Chinese closed in and coming to the West as well as India to teach. A strange blessing came upon me as I finished the second half of the book which was more personal from different people in his life who had had close relationships with him and the discovery of his incarnation.
Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. The narrative was so filled with names of teachers, kkhyentse and deceased and references to Buddhist writings, prayers, and rituals that I found it mostly incomprehensible. Visions and Rediscovered Treasures. When I was one year old, another great lama, Vajradhara Jamyang Loter Wangpo, compiler of the infinite Vajrayana tantras of the great Sakya school, came to visit my home.

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Thirty two years ago, I was trying to track down a California drug dealer who was the source of PCP coming into Arizona. All I had was a physical description and a nickname — “Perry” — to go on.
Looking for leads, I called a California narcotics detective hoping he might have something on the dealer I was trying to identify.
The detective entered the limited information I gave him into a regional law enforcement information database and came back with two possible suspects, one who turned out to be the California connection for the flood of PCP on Arizona streets. With the identification of the major California supplier, a two-state drug distribution syndicate was shut down in very large part because police in California were able to check millions of records in their multi-agency police and sheriff’s records information sharing system.
Decades later, that simple database check I initiated in 1978 still can’t be done in Arizona.
Tempe police are looking for a suspect after ASU student Kyleigh Sousa was tragically killed a month ago during an attempted robbery. Although police have suspect and vehicle descriptions, they have yet to solve the case. There is no statewide, or even a countywide, information sharing system at their disposal to help their search, no ability to cross-reference individuals who might also be on the radar or in the databases of other police agencies in Arizona.
Finally, however, someone is trying to do something about this huge failing when it comes to public safety.
Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley has called a meeting of local law enforcement leaders next month to create a county-wide crime information collection, analysis and sharing system to address the problem of serious felony crime and to make our law enforcement agencies more effective by improving communication and cooperation. This comes after Valley police chiefs and local law enforcement leaders were briefed last week on the need to establish such a program.
Romley’s plan could become a model for a statewide crime information sharing system that has escaped Arizona for decades.
Until now, no one with county-wide law enforcement authority has stepped forward to take a proven felony crime-fighting tool to every city in Maricopa County.
Arizona has spent millions on the Department of Public Safety’s Arizona Counter Terrorism Intelligence Center. It costs almost $2 million a year just to open the doors and turn on the lights at the secret anti-terrorism center. According to chiefs, sheriffs and cops I’ve spoken with, the ACTIC has long failed to deliver what is needed to fight crime.
Out of necessity, the East Valley Gang and Criminal Intelligence Fusion Center was established by East Valley police in order to share information about local crime. With just $250,000 in RICO funds, the fusion center became a reality. The center has assisted police greatly with targeting criminal behavior and reducing crime well beyond the national average.
Unfortunately, the fusion center is limited by the fact that Arizona and Maricopa County do not have an all-inclusive information sharing system or critical links to national crime information sharing programs.
Scottsdale Police Chief Alan Rodbell, the director of the Fusion Center, will host Romley’s meeting of the chiefs to develop a new and better way of doing police work in the state’s most populated county.
And hopefully bring law enforcement into the 21st century and give police the tools they need to better solve crimes, like the still unsolved murder of Kyleigh Sousa.
Retired Mesa master police officer Bill Richardson lives in the East Valley and can be reached at email@example.com

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Composition and Thermal Stability of Al- and Zr-Containing Gels Prepared by a Sol–Gel Synthesis Using N,N-Dimethyloctylamine and Acetylacetone
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Al- and Zr-containing sols intended for producing Al2O3 and ZrO2 nanocoatings, respectively, were prepared by a sol–gel process using N,N-dimethyloctylamine (DMOA) and acetylacetone (acacH). Aluminum and zirconyl nitrates were used as metal precursors. The DMOA/Al and DMOA/Zr molar ratios were 1 and 2, respectively, and the acacH/DMOA molar ratio was 1.5 in both cases. The sols were synthesized at a temperature of 80–90°C and then were evaporated at 90–95°C to a gel state. The resultant gels were characterized by differential thermal analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and electron impact mass spectrometry. Measurements in the temperature range 20–500°C in air and Ar showed that the Zr-containing material was more thermally stable (decomposition temperature of 304–308°C) than its Al-containing analog (decomposition temperature of 225–230°C). According to the mass spectrometry analysis data, the gels contained metals as acetylacetonate complexes having strong M–O bonds and coordinated molecular DMOA. The nature of the metal was shown to influence both the thermal stability of the gel in which it is present in a chemically bound state and the mechanisms of the processes involved in its thermolysis.
Keywords:sol–gel synthesis Al-containing gel Zr-containing gel N,N-dimethyloctylamine acetylacetone thermal stability organic–inorganic gels
This work was supported by the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science, state research target no. 007-00129-18-00.
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Favorite distance: 5K
Favorite race: Miamisburg Turkey Trot
Favorite runner: Quenton Cassidy
Favorite location to run: John Bryan State Park, Ohio
As a ten year old kid Dave watched Dave Wottle win the Olympic gold medal in the 800 meters on TV and from that moment on running has been a significant part of his life. He would have the school bus driver let him off a few houses early so he could try and beat the bus to his house before it stopped to let his sister off after school. From there he run track and cross country at both Greenview and Xenia high schools. As a senior at Xenia he recorded a 4:39 mile and a 10:02 two mile.
Dave entered the US Army and during his military time serving our country he continued to run. In both 1983 and 1984 he was 3rd overall in the US Army Infantry half-marathon at Fort Benning, Georgia. He also won his age group (20-24) in the Arby's Roundup of Champions 5K, which was the Georgia State Championship race. In addition to his running accomplishments while stationed at Fort Benning, Dave was selected as an "Outstanding Young American" in 1984 by TV station WRBI in Georgia.
After completing his military duty Dave returned to Ohio and lettered all four years (1984-1987) in cross country for Wright State University. Dave quickly showed his leadership and running talent and was selected the team captain as a sophomore. He was co-captain in both his junior and senior years. He won the Raider Award his freshman and junior years. He won the Coach's Award his freshman and senior years. As a junior Dave won the Most Valuable Runner Award for the team. These awards represent not only how well Dave ran in college, but also how Coach Mike Baumer and Dave's teammates felt about his spirit, leadership, training ethic, and overall commitment to the team and cross country running.
Following college Dave ran as a member of the Bob Schul Racing Team from 1987-1995. In 1990 he won the Ohio Games State Track Championship in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:56. At that same event he placed 3rd in the 800 meters championship race. In 1991 he ran a 33:09 at the Bolder Boulder 10K in Colorado finishing 19th overall in a race of over 28,000 runners. The added significance is the fact that he was the first Flatlander finisher. All those who placed ahead of him lived and trained at altitude. Locally, he has won numerous races including the Kettering Holiday at Home when it was a 10K and the Kettering Lions Journey for Sight where he set the course record in both 1987 and 1988. Dave also won the ORRRC Ghost & Goblins race the first two years it was as a 10K. Over the years, Dave has entered over 500 foot races and has either won or placed in the overall and/or age group division in approximately 95% of those races. For close to three decades he has been a competitive racer in the Ohio running community.
From 1986-1991 Dave covered the running and racing scene for the Ohio Runner Magazine. He started as a contributing writer and then became the Southwest Regional Editor for the magazine. Dave has also been published in Runner's World and Running Times Magazines.
Dave currently lives in Springboro, Ohio with his wife Leann and two daughters Christina and Katiann.

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Sexual Harassment At Work: Are Men Safe From It?
When people think and talk of sexual harassment in the workplace, their minds immediately jump to an image of a woman being harassed or propositioned by a male coworker, supervisor or boss.
This is made concrete by a mere fact that most cases of sexual harassment involve female victims.
This line of thinking is not sexual harassment in its totality, men too can be subjected to sexual harassment and suffer in silence. This indeed can happen men to men and women to men. The difference is that cases reported by men locally and even globally are a sliver ratio compared to those by women. Even in research, most of it focuses on women with relatively few studies dealing with men who are sexually harassed in the work place.
The Zimbabwean Labour Act defines sexual harassment as “unwelcome sexually-determined behaviour towards any employee, whether verbal or otherwise, such as making physical contact or advances, sexually-coloured remarks or displaying pornographic materials in the workplace.
Basically sexual harassment at work is not homogenous, it manifests in different forms which are punishable at law.
There is sexual coercion which involves job-related threats or bribes to force unwilling workers to enter into a sexual relationship with the harasser. The second is unwanted sexual attention involving unwelcome and offensive sexual advances towards someone else in the workplace. Thirdly there is gender harassment which involves undermining hostile behaviour due to an individual’s gender. This includes denigrating comments, off-colour jokes that are intended to be offensive, mocking, and even violent threats.
The greatest question is how can men be sexually harassed? Men just like women are not resistant to maneuvers that are sexually offensive and they too feel the effects of sexual harassment that ranges from repeatedly told sexual stories or jokes that are offensive and body touching in an uncomfortable way. Sarcastic criticism of body parts, gestures and verbal utterances, derogatory words about the body anatomy, sexual innuendo and inappropriate remarks make up sexual harassment that men can be subjected to.
The main difficulty when it comes to male sexual harassment is that some victims are vulnerable to the accusation they could have lured such advances towards themselves. In a recent case reported, a male estate agent was offered moments of intimacy by his female boss if he hit sales targets. After a report to the HR department the boss was asked if she had made the comment and she said, ‘absolutely not, do you really think I would ever say that? He might have wanted me too’. Though the male estate agent won the harassment case, it was after refuting strong counter accusations from the female boss.
This is the precariousness and complexity of sexual harassment. Had it been that the gender roles had been reversed in this case, it could have been a crystal clear case of sexual harassment.
Reports made by males are still somewhat of an anomaly and the assumption is that men should harden up, be able to deal with sexual harassment and soldier on. This assumption completely makes cases of male sexual harassment an abnormality.
Men as compared to women, may feel uncomfortable to report sexual harassment to relevant authorities for fear of being ridiculed. There is social stigma attached to men complaining about sexual advances. They may fear being embarrassed if details of the harassment were leaked, particularly if they believe that they should be able to handle the issue themselves.
In as much as women who become targets of harassing, demeaning, or disrespectful workplace behavior often endure a range of negative psychological, health, and undesirable job-related outcomes, men too are susceptible to the same. The problem with male sexual harassment is that it is normalized and generalized while it unfortunately makes organizations experience indirect costs in the form diminished morale and high levels of stress.
Ignoring sexual harassment in the work place is a script for failure, sexual motivated attitudes should be identified in different ways they may occur and organisations must develop gender-fair policies to protect employees and curb sexual harassment. Above all the law should not discriminate on the basis of gender even the attention of activists should not be blind to the plight of men in the workplace.
Freemen Pasurai writes in his personal capacity. He is passionate about people management and customer services. email@example.com


Five Congress MPs from Telangana on Monday submitted a one-page letter to the AICC president Sonia Gandhi urging her to take an early decision on the statehood issue.
The Congress MPs -- Ponnam Prabhakar, Madhu Yaskhi Goud, G. Vivekananda, Manda Jagannath and S. Rajaiah -- who have stayed away from the winter session of the Parliament so far, met the party chief and submitted the letter. Sources said, the MPs in their letter reminded the party leadership of its promise to take an early decision on Telangana. They explained to her the difficulties faced by the ruling party leaders in their respective constituencies due to the delay in giving clarity on the issue.
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What occurs if I cease hair loss treatment? Can we cease talking about it now? Our cortisol ranges spike when our our bodies are extraordinarily harassed out, causing a hormonal imbalance that may push hair strands out of the growing part and, ultimately, into the resting part way faster than regular. “The beautiful factor about it’s 70% of your hair strands are still in the anagen or rising section,” adds Dr. Lenzy. If things inside your physique are off steadiness, your hair and skin will suffer. It means your follicles will die out over time. Hormone or disorder-related hair loss – In case you are suffering hair loss as a result of a hormonal imbalance (excessive androgen resulting in male and female sample baldness) or a disorder that causes hair loss (autoimmune circumstances the place your body treats your hairs and follicles like invaders), you should look into medical options for treating the hair loss. Significant stress pushes giant numbers of hair follicles into a resting part. I can solely imagine the numbers a tank, that’s peacocking on function, may post. This may cause symptoms of a hepatitis infection, similar to jaundice. A doctor may also perform a scalp biopsy to rule out different conditions that trigger hair loss like tinea capitis, a fungal infection.
Consult your doctor to find out more. You will have to look at your stage here because it can blow your hair again, kind of like that man in that Maxell industrial: we inadvertently woke our roommates up greater than once due to the dimensions of the block-rockin’ beats that came out of the Zeppelin. Will Smith, who was initially seen laughing at the joke, hastily got on to the stage and punched Chris Rock. It’s impressive to behold, the sound is captivating, and it works like a charm as soon as it has been arrange: a perfect anniversary present for mom and pop, or a spectacular poolside or kitchen-based mostly equipment, if you’re the type of person who can spare the $600 B&W is asking for. Perhaps you take on too many projects outside of labor, or you might have a friend or family member who is asking too much of you. “I’m taking multivitamins, I began taking biotin, I haven’t seen any distinction, but it won’t be long enough, I don’t know,” Jones said.
“I’m getting married in October and I’ve been actually attempting to take care of my hair and my skin as a result of it’s an enormous day. Think of your hair (and skin) as your body’s best ways of telling you what’s going on inside you. Perhaps you’ve seen your hair is looking thinner, duller, or dryer, and also you appear to be pulling out handfuls at a time. Traction alopecia is hair loss from repeatedly pulling in your hair. Hairstyling like tight ponytails, buns, or braids, particularly with chemicals or heat, could cause traction alopecia. Alopecia areata. A selection of factors are thought to trigger alopecia areata (al-o-PEE-she-uh ar-e-A-tuh), probably including severe stress. These excess androgens can also cause the hair on your head to start thinning, particularly close to the front of the scalp. A typical symptom of hypothyroidism is hair loss on both the head and eyebrows. Jane that featured actress Demi Moore with a shaved head. Hair loss from Topamax is mostly reversible.
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KOTA BELUD: One of the two schoolchildren who were in critical condition after a drunk driver ploughed his car into them this morning has succumbed to her injuries.
Seven-year-old Maxryona Masdi of SK Tempasuk 2, died at the emergency ward of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu at 7pm today. She sustained serious head injuries.
Another victim Michelle Marianne David, 14, of SMK Pekan 1, is still in critical condition.
District police chief Superintendan Mohd Zaidi Abdullah said a follow-up investigation found that Maxyrona was the sister of Max Christty Masdi, 10, who was killed at the scene of the crash.
“We also found out that the two siblings were the nieces of the 54-year-old man, who is suspected to have been driving under the influence of alcohol when he crashed into the victims this morning,” said Mohd Zaidi.
He then advised the public to stop sharing photos of the victims on social media to respect their family.
In the 6.45am incident , the three schoolchildren were standing by the roadside of Jalan Tempasuk and were waiting for their transport to school when the accident occurred.
The driver was traveling in a Nissan Sentra car when he lost control of the vehicle, which skidded and rammed into the girls before crashing into a concrete house.


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The 4th Trimester
The first 12 weeks after your newborn is born is known as The Fourth Trimester. During this period it is believed that newborns don’t know that they are no longer in the womb. Hence why they want to be permanently attached to you every minute of every day (am I right?)
In this blog we will cover the following:
- What can you expect during The Fourth Trimester?
- How will The Fourth Trimester affect mum?
- Surviving The Fourth Trimester
- Fourth Trimester for dads
- Beyond The Fourth Trimester
What can you expect during The Fourth Trimester?
The Fourth Trimester is the 12 week period immediately after your little one joins you earthside (i.e. when they’re born!) It’s called the 4th trimester as it is believed that babies are born too soon. Their brain and nervous systems are not fully developed at birth, it takes those extra few months to create those important synapses.
Life inside the womb is much more comfortable for a baby. It’s dark, cosy, always a nice warm temperature and they become familiar with the constant sound of your heart beating. When they are born they are immediately exposed to a completely different world. Cold, bright, noisy, different smells, sounds and sensations – it is an extremely overwhelming period for them as they get used to this new world they have entered. Typical behaviour of a little one going through the 4th trimester is crying, fussing and not wanting to be disconnected from you.
How will The Fourth Trimester affect mum?
We have spoken a fair bit about how the 4th Trimester affects baby, but what about mum? It is expected that during this time you also go through a rollercoaster emotionally and physically due to the dramatic changes that you’re going through.
Post birth your hormone levels will change, oxytocin and prolactin levels rise (to promote bonding and breast milk production) while estrogen and progesterone levels plummet (resulting in mental fuzziness, feelings of overwhelm, anxiety, sadness and exhaustion – otherwise known as The Baby Blues). These feelings are completely normal, and once your hormones level out, they are expected to go away. If they linger beyond 2 weeks or become too intense or worse, please consult your doctor and/or a therapist.
Other symptoms that are normal to experience during the 4th trimester are acne, hair loss, dry skin or pigmentation, afterbirth cramping, post birth bleeding (for up to 6 weeks), change in breast size and breast tenderness.
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Surviving The Fourth Trimester
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Fourth Trimester for Dads
It’s important to not forget the partners/dads during this time either. Because while it’s overwhelming for both mama and baby, it’s also an intense time for them. They may feel a bit unnecessary and unsure of what they can do to help – this is completely normal. There are plenty of things they can do to feel a part of this period and bond with their little one.
Skin to skin is a beautiful and simple way for a partner to bond with their baby (and it’s a great way for mum to get a little break too!) They can take over burping or swaddling duty, even feeding a bottle of formula or expressed milk. You guys basically need to learn to work really well together, communication is key during this time. Understand that you're both overwhelmed, exhausted and trying your absolute best.
Beyond The Fourth Trimester
The 4th Trimester ends when your baby is approximately 12 weeks of age. By this time they have grown and developed beyond the ‘newborn’ stage and they are ready to exist outside of your womb (yay!) While they still may absolutely LOVE being permanently attached to you, they are beginning to develop some interest in the outside world. They have learnt plenty of cute new tricks, like squawking, giggling and smiling and for you the fog has cleared a little and you are starting to find your new rhythm as a mama. And while it may not all be smooth sailing from here, you are beginning a beautiful new chapter of your motherhood journey – you’ve got this mama!


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Christians who are financially free can more easily fulfill the purpose God has for them, according to a Christian financial expert.
Dave Scobey, national seminar liaison with Crown Financial Ministries, spoke to a group of about 25 ministers at the Raleigh Baptist Association March 12. The meeting was one of five around the state sponsored by Crown, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
The gatherings were part of the “It’s a New Day” stewardship emphasis by Crown and the SBC. The program includes a sermon series, Sunday School lessons, a 10-week financial course and a financial seminar.
Scobey said Christians who are free from the “bondage of debts, oppression of others, envy, greed or resentfulness” can respond to the Holy Spirit’s promptings without hesitation.
“True financial freedom is a total lightening of the load, where you can respond when God says, ‘Have you thought about this? This is where I want you to be,’” Scobey said.
Scobey’s presentation to the ministers was a condensed version of Crown’s “Journey to True Financial Freedom” seminar.
He gave the biblical basis for Crown’s financial programs and then talked about practical applications of money management.
Scobey said Crown’s teaching starts with “the bottom line” assumption that God owns everything.
After reading several supporting verses, he said, “I have not found an attorney who can find a loophole in any of those verses.”
Scobey said God is sovereign over Christians’ ability to make money and of their futures and failures, because, “He is already there in the future.”
Christians are to be good stewards over what God has entrusted to them and Scobey said, “He wants us to be obedient, faithful and trustworthy.”
God wants Christians to have financial peace, according to Scobey, but they can’t when they try to serve both God and money.
“Sometimes we try to straddle that line, but we can’t do it,” he said. “You have to make a decision.”
Scobey said Jesus calls Christians to be free from bondage, including the love of money.
“Money is neutral,” Scobey said, but wealth can be established as an idol.
Scobey gave four biblical principles of borrowing:
Borrowing is discouraged.
Avoid long-term debt.
Avoid surety, which Scobey said means co-signing.
Repay what you borrow.
Scobey said the Hebrew word for borrow can also mean twine or to twist together. The borrower is easily entangled in debt, he said.
“We find it very difficult to get out,” Scobey said.
Budget first step
The journey to financial freedom starts with a budget, Scobey said. The thought of a spending plan makes some people cringe, but it’s a critical element that makes decisions simpler.
Scobey said the first step in making a budget is to track spending for 30 to 60 days.
“We must know where we’re spending the money to have any hope of managing it,” he said.
Those spending habits should be compared with Crown’s guidelines. This analysis leads to a balanced budget that is obtained by decreasing spending, increasing income or selling things.
The budget puts spending into categories, making it easier to manage, Scobey said. This allows for decisions based on facts rather than emotions, he said.
The budget also encourages people to spend based on the plan instead of the amount of money they have in their checkbook.
“This is the biggest mistake I see people making,” Scobey said.
Making these types of decisions creates dialogue in relationships.
“Money is the number one case of marital conflict,” he said.
Scobey gave several tips for husbands and wives.
Husbands and wives must agree not to spend more than they make.
The most adept of the two becomes the accountant, but the other person must participate in the process.
The husband and wife must recognize their differences.
Scobey said it’s easier to make a budget work if the couple keeps up with it every few days. He said that without a plan, money has a tendency to leave.
“It goes to people with a plan,” he said. “People who have a plan accumulate money. That’s the way it works.”
Scobey went over three “budget busters” that tend to give people the most trouble — credit card debt, automobiles and housing.
Credit cards often lead to “impulsive purchases,” Scobey said. He suggested keeping an item on an “impulse list” for 30 days before buying it.
Scobey said credit cards should only be used for budgeted items, should be paid off at the end of each month and should be cut up if they can’t be paid off.
People buying automobiles make mistakes when they don’t calculate the total cost of the vehicle, including insurance and maintenance. Other errors include leasing, frequent turnover and lack of maintenance, he said.
The best time to buy a car is when it is three to five years old, Scobey said. Those vehicles cost about half the original price and will possibly last eight or nine years, he said.
Housing mistakes include buying too much house, buying without a budget, borrowing the down payment, buying another house before the existing one is sold, buying to get a tax deduction and buying while life or work is unstable.
Scobey said people buying a house should compute all the potential costs and put them in the budget.
“We have to put it in the plan and plan ahead or we’re in trouble,” he said.
Scobey suggested getting tax deductions by giving to church instead of paying interest on a house. He said homeowners should resist home equity lines.
Ignorance, indulgence, imprudence and isolation foster debt, Scobey said. He encouraged people to seek God’s help, establish the right balance of priorities in life and commit to the journey to financial freedom. He suggested that people avoid careless spending, generate excess cash and apply that cash to debt reduction.
Most people can realistically get rid of their credit card debt in a year and a half, pay off consumer debt in four years and become debt-free in 10 years, according to Scobey.
Jesus tells His followers in Matthew 6 not to worry about tomorrow, according to Scobey.
“If we’re serving Him, the anxiousness of life is dealt with because He deals with it,” he said. “It’s a lordship issue. That’s the message.”
For free help from a Crown Money Map coach, call Jim Roberts (704) 375-1774.

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In this chapter, you have learned one of the most important features of production data pipelines: version control. A software developer would not write code without using version control and neither should a data engineer. You have learned how to install and configure the Nifi Registry and how to start tracking version on processor groups. Lastly, you are now able to persist the version to GitHub. Any changes to your data pipelines will be saved and if you need to roll back, you can. As your team grows, all the data engineers will be able to manage the data pipelines and be sure they have the latest versions, all while developing locally.
In the next chapter, you will learn about logging and monitoring your data pipelines. If something goes wrong, and it will, you will need to know about it. Good logging and monitoring of data pipelines will allow you to catch errors when they happen and debug them to restore your data flows.


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Bethan Roberts talks to Jeff Noon about his new novel Automated Alice
What’s really nice about Jeff Noon is that, firstly, I can use a word like “nice” about him (not, I expect, a word most cyberpunks would be comfortable with), and secondly, beyond the street-level-city-techno-punkiness that precedes him in the form of his novels Vurt and Pollen lurks a sense of humour. It’s such a relief to find the macho/computer-nerd expertise sometimes seen in cyberpunk is apparently not for him. Reader, I want you to know that Jeff Noon has admitted to me that he just makes it up. He’s no “method” author, relentlessly seeking out the truth that must lie within years of research. In fact, he’s rather proud of the fact that “I know nothing at all about science or technology, and I’m bored by descriptions of how spaceships and computers work…”
Labelling works of fiction is often bloody annoying for authors who, for the most part, would like to think there’s a difference between writing and production. Predictably, Noon is keen to reject the cyberpunk label, even though he has been named its “foremost British exponent”, and this must have had its uses. He insists that “writers don’t choose the labels, we just live them”. However, “for want of a better word” he does call his new book, Automated Alice an “avant-fantasy.” Clearly he feels there is something previously unlabelled to be found between its covers. What he’s written is the “trequel” to Lewis Carroll’s Alice tales; Alice steps into the near-futuristic Mancunian nightmare Noon created in his previous novels Vurt and Pollen. The innocent Alice takes on the post-industrial city and makes some playful fun at the modern world. Noon explains: “I suppose that Carroll’s rabbit hole and looking glass can be seen as a Victorian version of Gibson’s ‘jacking-in’ to Cyberspace”.
Noon began his literary career with Ringpull Press, a small Manchester based publishers set up by his friend Steve Powell in 1993. They published Vurt and Pollen in true pulp fiction style; Noon won the Arthur C. Clarke prize for science fiction and hailed Ringpull as the literary equivalent of an independent record label – taking risks but reaching the charts. Ringpull has recently folded – Noon calls it “a grand experiment that went wrong”. This has meant, though, that Noon can step out of the supposed margins and into the mainstream. Independent street-cred may be lost, but Doubleday have stepped in with a lavish publication of Automated Alice, complete with illustrations and a rather spangly cover. Noon admits that whilst being on the margins suits the experimental aspects of his work, the mainstream has its advantages: “Basically, I want as many people as possible to find my books…Alice is such a broad concept, it would be a shame if only a few people read it”.
Alice seems much simpler, and certainly less harsh, than Noon’s previous novels; its wry smiles at the modern world replace the previous violent chaos. This new found clarity and regularity of pace may be due to the fact that Noon has not just used Carroll’s character, he has attempted to pick up his pen: “I really felt Lewis Carroll was looking over my shoulder, correcting things, giving me ideas…Spooky!”
Whatever the validity of such spiritual gestures (worthy of an afternoon chat with Vanessa, at least), the roughness of Vurt has been abandoned in favour of a more fluid style. Automated Alice is less tatty round the edges – Noon says that in Vurt the reader can follow him “learning how to write”; you certainly can’t do this in Automated Alice. I think this is a bit of a loss for both reader and writer; Automated Alice. struck me as an altogether more writerly, more polished, and less interesting than Noon’s previous efforts. Although Miles Davies and Jimi Hendrix feature in Automated Alice’s world, the comic-book wackiness and searing treatment of “street angst” are quietened, and the literary volume of Noon’s work is whacked to full blast: his fascination with how words work, the fluidity and the tricksiness of language, what is said and what is meant, and how all this this shifts in time is very much in evidence. Re-writing a classic, too – serious stuff for really literary figures.
Then again, I suppose Alice in Wonderland is a popular classic, and Noon is adamant that he will remain a well-read writer whilst making it clear that he isn’t a “one trick termite…I do want to be a popular writer whilst still satisfying my love for James Joyce and Tristram Shandy”. An ambitious and probably impossible project, which sounds heavier than it actually is – Alice is one of those books you can read to kids and guffaw at yourself – what Noon calls “an experiment in fun”. The book is about the pleasures of language and its wiles, it’s a softly-softly satire. Whilst his touch isn’t nearly as light as Carroll’s, pleasure is a key idea in Noon’s work, particularly the pleasure of music. He claims that Vurt was written whilst listening to The Pixies and Nirvana, Pollen to ambient dub trance. I asked him what Automated Alice was written to and his answer was “country and western! Drum and bass! Free jazz! Frank Zappa! A jigsaw, in other words, like the book.”
This parallel between popular music and fiction strikes me as rather dubious, but Noon’s cultural roots are in music – he’s a former member of punk band Manicured Noise (“that’s okay – no-one else has heard of them either”). If he has to place his writing, he does so within the Manchester music scene rather than in any literary tradition: “it’s never been a literary city; I suggest it never will be. It’s a musical city. I hope this comes across in the language I use, the musical rhythms of Mancunian music.” I think that Alice actually moves away from this, although Carroll’s propensity for psychedelic trippiness has influenced many a pop lyric. Noon seems determined to use his commitment to the Manchester music scene to communicate with the “kids” – a good liberal idea, but one that strikes me as just an eensy-weensy bit patronising, the sort of thing FabFM DJs might claim to do. After all, whatever Noon is, he certainly isn’t one of the kids anymore.
Having said that, I do hope Noon manages to keep his blasé attitude to the whole literary thing amidst the sheen and glossiness of Automated Alice. Fans of Vurt and Pollen and the more cyberpunk aspects of his work will probably be a bit worried for him on reading Automated Alice – all that cyber sexiness and immediacy lost- but he will, no doubt, reach his desired larger audience. Noon promises that his next book Nymphomation will be a return to the earlier style (and, judging by the title, the earlier sexiness). And anyway, Noon is currently producing books at such an alarming rate that I suspect he will annoy and delight his readers at quite a pace in years to come. Asked about his book-a-year output he comments: “I hope to alternate styles from now on… It’s a bit like Michael Jackson versus REM… Jackson takes five years to make an album; by the time it’s out the public is so desperate for it, there’s bound to be disappointment. REM on the other hand, just put out an album when some songs are ready. If it’s not as good as the last one, well, there’ll be another along in a minute…While I can still say to myself occasionally, ‘Bloody Hell! That’s a good sentence!’ then I’ll keep writing.”


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Saugasson is currently working on his first album, ‘Ms’ Karter’, set to be released in December. “My sound has escalated, and been fine tuned. Filled with true feelings and experiences, I love each song I made for this album.” Live, Saugasson is known for his contagious energy, bringing the crowds to higher levels.
‘NF’ will be Saugasson’s first single of 2018. The R&B track combines catchy hooks and bold lyrics, with Saugasson’s classic hip hop flare. “With this single, I want people to get hyped, and use the music as motivation to Never Fail.”


'Oh, my gosh!': 17 years after Mike Williams disappearance, wife is charged in his murder
Denise Merrell Williams was planning to spend Tuesday evening celebrating her daughter’s 19th birthday.
Instead, six law enforcement officers descended on her office at Florida State University, locked her in handcuffs and hauled her off to jail on charges she murdered her late husband and the girl’s father, Mike Williams.
More than 17 years after he went missing, the past caught up with Denise. She met it with dry-eyed, stone-faced silence.
Minutes before her arrest at about 4 p.m., a Leon County grand jury indicted the 48-year-old on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and accessory after the fact.
It was the biggest bombshell yet in the disappearance of Williams, the affable 31-year-old real estate appraiser who never returned after supposedly going duck hunting alone the morning of Dec. 16, 2000, on Lake Seminole in Jackson County.
Five months ago, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement revealed the first major breakthrough in the vexing cold case – the discovery of Mike Williams’ murdered body. Physical evidence, so long always elusive, changed everything.
“Oh, my gosh,” said Clay Ketcham, Mike’s boss and a close friend. “I never thought this day would get here. It’s horrible. But it’s a feeling of coming to resolution.”
For more than 17 years Denise stuck by the story that her high school sweetheart was the victim of a tragic boating accident. She was the grieving widow, who asked after he disappeared without a trace that her privacy be respected. She was the wronged daughter-in-law who dismissed Mike’s mom, Cheryl Williams, for never buying theories he fell from the boat and was eaten by alligators.
And she was the efficient administrator of her husband’s estate. In just six months, absent a body and without any notice to his family, she convinced a county judge to declare him dead. She collected $1.75 million in life insurance and later married his best friend, Brian Winchester, who sold Mike one of the policies six months before he went missing.
Former Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Detective Derrick Wester, one of the first to investigate the case Cheryl Williams pressed to have opened in 2004, will never forget interviewing Denise.
“She’s the coldest person I’ve ever been around,” he said Tuesday. “I hope they’ve got a good case and she gets what she deserves.”
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- Denise Williams booked into jail in murder of her husband
- Mike Williams case: What we know about his widow's arrest
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- ‘A nasty, wicked place’: How Mike Williams’ body was discovered ‘by the grace of God’
- Mike Williams not the only enduring Tallahassee mystery
FDLE officials, who orchestrated the arrest, have not disclosed what happened to Williams, only that evidence proved conclusively he was murdered. State Attorney Jack Campbell also would not discuss the specifics of the case, including how Mike was killed or Denise’s alleged role in his murder.
“I’m going to let the facts come out” through the court system, he said.
Denise will have her first appearance in court Wednesday morning and the state will oppose any effort by her to seek bail.
She is being represented by criminal defense attorney Ethan Way, of Tallahassee, who declined to comment when reached Tuesday afternoon because he had not yet talked to his client nor read any of the charges against her.
Campbell also would not say if anyone else will be charged in Mike’s murder. So far, Denise is the sole defendant in the case.
“It depends on where the evidence and the investigation goes,” Campbell said.
Assistant State Attorney Jon Fuchs, the lead prosecutor in the case, added: “If the evidence reveals other people are responsible and can be legally charged then we will do so.”
Denise’s arrest comes nearly five months after her now ex-husband Winchester was sentenced to 20 years in prison for kidnapping her at gunpoint in August 2016. She’d filed for divorce and he jumped her in her car one morning because she wouldn’t return his calls. According to court records, he was afraid once the divorce was final, she would tell the police what really happened to Mike.
Under Florida law, spouses cannot be compelled to disclose confidential communication between one another in criminal cases. The couple was divorced last May while Winchester was being held in the Leon County Detention Center.
On Oct. 19, Winchester, 47, entered a plea agreement with prosecutors that guaranteed the state would not seek life in prison on the armed kidnapping charges and that certain evidence would not be presented at his sentencing hearing.
The agreement was executed the day after Mike Williams’ body was found after an unprecedented search, buried in six feet of muck near the primitive boat landing at the dead end of Gardner Road.
Winchester’s defense attorney, Tim Jansen, of Tallahassee, would not say if his client, who is incarcerated at Wakulla Correctional Institute, provided any information that led to the revelations in the Williams’ case.
“We cannot comment on the investigation, however, if he is subpoenaed and compelled to testify with immunity he will testify truthfully at any and all proceedings,” said Jansen. “We do not anticipate him being charged with the murder."
Moments after Denise was taken away from Doak Campbell Stadium, where she'd been working at her desk in the controller's office, FDLE Special Agent in Charge Mark Perez praised investigators.
"We’ve had this case for 15 years, and the relentless effort in working with prosecutors and then ultimately the grand jury in bringing those responsible for Mike Williams’ (death) to justice is a great reward," he said. "Hopefully, this will bring peace and resolution to the Williams family.”
'A remarkable woman'
Immediately after the grand jury indictment, Campbell and Fuchs raced to Cheryl Williams' house to deliver the news. More than anyone, she deserved to know.
"She's a remarkable woman," Campbell said.
It was Cheryl Williams who never could get past the cockamamie alligator theory, who would not ignore that mother’s bone-deep certainty her first-born was not in that weed-choked lake.
It was her relentless questioning, her tenacity to keep pushing for answers that kept the case alive, despite condemnation, ridicule and, worst of all, Denise cutting her off from Mike's only child, her granddaughter, Anslee.
But learning Mike was murdered was a brutal blow, one she's been having a hard time taking. She's not been well, her sciatica has been bad.
"For 17 years I thought Mike was alive, then on Dec. 20 he wasn't, and he was dead, and he was dead all this time," she told the Democrat last week.
She was calling to check on the birthday greeting she takes out in the newspaper every year for Anslee's birthday. She always wanted the girl who was just 18-months old when her dad vanished to know no matter what, her Grand Mama Cheryl loves her.
It was an advertisement Cheryl Williams paid for in the Democrat in 2006 that sparked the first media interest in her son's mysterious case. Volumes of stories in the Democrat would follow in the dozen years to come.
Anslee's 19th birthday wishes ran in Tuesday's newspaper, tucked at the bottom of page A2.
"If I don't hear from her next year, I'll know she doesn't want anything to do with me," Cheryl said with an uncharacteristic sigh of fatigue and defeat.
Cheryl Williams didn't answer her phone Tuesday evening to talk about the news of Denise's arrest.
Campbell and Fuchs said she was deeply emotional and appreciative.
Contact News Director Jennifer Portman at email@example.com
MIKE WILLIAMS MYSTERY:
- Break in Mike Williams' case blows open new door
- Mike Williams' remains found in northern Leon County
- Mike Williams' body found 17 years later; FDLE says he was murdered
- Closure for Mike Williams' mother and brother is still to come
- Court records: Fears over Mike Williams case drove 2016 kidnapping by Brian Winchester
THE WINCHESTER KIDNAPPING CHRONICLES:


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This is a 1941 Robert Martin Stene and Texas Highway Department highway map of Texas. Texas' extensive highway network is illustrated in detail.
A Closer LookThe map informs users of different road surfaces, varying from pavement to all-weather gravel and shell surfaced roads, to improved and unimproved dirt roads. Roads that are not maintained by the highway department even appear and are illustrated by two parallel dashed lines. Green highlights national forests, state parks, and, paradoxically, oil and gas fields. Thirteen inset maps focus on important metropolitan areas, including Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Amarillo, El Paso, and Waco. An alphabetic index of Texas towns occupies the upper right outside the map's border and provides users with each town's location using the map's grid index and their 1940 population.
Verso ContentTwenty-seven printed photographs adorn the verso and a numerical index informs users what each one represents and many provide short captions. Information about Texas state parks and highway signs appear as well.
Publication History and CensusThis map was drawn by Robert Martin Stene and published by the Texas Highway Department in 1941. Our research indicates that the Texas Highway Department published at least three highway maps per year, a Spring Edition, a Summer Edition, and an Autumn Edition, each of which would be updated with the most recent information. The present example is the 1941 Summer Edition and was corrected to May 1, 1941. Numerous Texas highway maps by Robert Martin Stene are cataloged in OCLC, but none correspond with the present 1941 Summer Edition.
Robert Martin Stene (May 23, 1872 - August 10, 1954) was an American cartographer and photographer. Born on a farm outside Norway Lake, Minnesota, his first job was as a station agent for the Great Northern Railway in Norway Lake. Then, in Fargo, North Dakota, he worked for the Hanson Studio, where he demonstrated a gift for operating a telegraph. This earned him a job as a telegraph operator. He moved to Texas for his health sometime before 1900 and settled in Austin where he worked as a photographer in Journey's Studio. Stene then worked as an advertising agent and telegraph operator for the Santa Fe railroad in Dallas and Galveston for several years before moving to San Francisco to study mapping. From there he joined mining engineers in Arizona and California as a map draftsman. Then, Stene started working as a hydraulic and mining engineer in Arizona, where he surveyed rivers and canyons for dam sites. He also founded a mining company to mine copper in Arizona. At some point during his time in Arizona, Stene organized the Williams River Corporation with the goal of building a dam and generating electricity. Unfortunately for Stene, after he had done the work to find financiers and supporters to build the dam, the project became public, and a different company was formed that took over the project. Stene was out and lost everything. At this point, around 1927, he moved back to Texas and joined the Texas Highway Department as a cartographer. He retired from the Highway Department in 1950. More by this mapmaker...
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NEW YORK – The sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg say David Greenglass — a key figure in the biggest atomic spying case of the Cold War — has died at age 92.
Greenglass died July 1, according to Michael and Robert Meeropol.
Greenglass served 10 years in prison for his part in a plot to steal atomic secrets for the Soviet Union. He gave testimony that sent the Rosenbergs — who were his sister and brother-in-law — to the electric chair in 1953.
Decades later, Greenglass admitted lying on the stand about his sister's role.

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We live in an era of wearable sensor technology, in which our movement through the world can be continuously monitored by devices. However, we lack a wearable sensor that can continuously monitor muscle, tendon, and bone movement to monitor performance, perform targeted rehabilitation, and provide intuitive, reflective control over prostheses and exoskeletons. Here we introduce a sensor modality, magnetomicrometry, that uses the relative positions of implanted magnetic beads to enable wireless tracking of changes in tissue length. We demonstrate real-time muscle length tracking in an in vivo turkey model via chronically implanted magnetic beads and investigate the accuracy, biocompatibility and long-term implant stability. We anticipate this tool will lay the foundation for willful control of wearable robots through real-time tracking of muscle lengths and speeds. To inform future biomimetic control strategies, magnetomicrometry can also be used in the in vivo tracking of biological tissue to elucidate biomechanical principles of movement in animals and humans.
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MM: The thing is that they were not just “open-handed,” but just “open,” period. You’re open to so many more hundreds of thousands of expressions just because your hands aren't crossed up. Younger people starting open-handed now are going to always feel natural with it, whereas I would still feel at home playing with a conventional grip and my hands crossed over.
MF: Your set configuration lends to multidirectional playing. Was that something that you developed on your own?
MM: I developed the way that my kit is set up on my own, influenced by others and by playing in marching bands. But look, I set my drum setup in its first version of what you see now before I could play it. In other words, setting it up forced me to learn how to do it.
MF: Now the Pearl Masters MHX that you played on the new Dream Theater record…can you walk us through the setup and how you used it on the new album?
MM: The kit can be looked at by breaking it down into bass drums, snares, tomtoms, metals and then electronics—the ePro. Firstly, my two primary, 22” kick drums are played in such a way where if I make a note that is a couple of decibels softer than the others it doesn't cut through. So live or in the studio I have to whack these things at the same volume. Now coming up I was a competitive classical and jazz player all through high school. I need dynamics in my music. I need to be able to have a vast amount of dynamics or I don't feel like I'm doing justice to the music. I cannot have those dynamics with two 22” kicks, so I incorporated a 26” kick drum and an 18“ kick drum, one to my left, one to my right. They both have different qualities, with big John Bonham air movement on the 26”, or with a rapper program style with the 18”.
With the snare drums, I have used two for a very long time because functionally I am paid to play music that requires a backbeat. I love a cracking snare drum, however it doesn't move music for me sometimes. So my main snare drum has
gone between a 6-½” and a 5”, and now it's just going to stay at a deeper snare because I need that depth to move stomachs. So my mini-snare is used to complement it, either for a backbeat with an electronic type of sound or for some ghost notes. With a mushier, thicker snare drum some ghost notes get lost.
Since joining Extreme in 1994, I set up my tom-toms in an apex even though I did not record my three songs for Waiting for the Punchline with them, and even though I did not do my first tour with Extreme with my apex setup because I was working on it. I had to practice. The reason I did it was to follow Nuno Bettencourt spoton, note for note. Or as much as you can. When I only have one octave and he's dealing with multiple octaves, clearly I
“IS IT JUST NATURAL TALENT? AND THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY NOT. ”
have to approximate, right? But that's the purpose of it.
So I use the toms to follow everybody. If there's a giant thud that's needed in a song and I use my floor tom, one floor tom with a gong bass drum, clearly I'm going to get a huge stomach, earthshattering kaboom out of that.
Moving on to the cymbals, it's hi-hats, rides, effects cymbals, and crashes. My ride is utilized when there are key signature changes. In other words, I will switch from righty to lefty when there's a key signature change, because when you listen to the album in stereo you'll understand.
I shift sides with the hi-hat. The problem that one would find doing this is that you have to be as proficient a lefty player as you are a right. In order to be a true lefty player if you're a righty player, it takes a decade at least, for anybody. But just so you know, since I can do it, I do it when
there are time signature changes.
Also, the texture cymbal that I use, meaning the choice of splash versus an Oriental stack versus the giant china type versus a crash versus a ride bell, has to do with timbre. So the keyboard timbre really is the decisive factor for me, because when you hear the Dream Theater album as a stereo image you're going to hear noises, but it's like a sound. The sound is a lot of times a combination of me using the right effects cymbal with the patch Jordan Rudess chose or vice-versa. And now the electronics come into play, meaning when I say the electronics I mean I have a r.e.d.box, because of the ePro...
MF: The module, the r.e.d.box module.
MM: The module, and I use the Tru-Trac pads that you can put on any shell. I have four hand pads and I have two-foot pads, so six pads total, four hands, two feet, that people hear.
The ePro equipment could not be more vital to me for accessing any percussion sound I could imagine without having to set up all the acoustic percussion. The kits do not have to be individually loaded either. Just the turn of a dial, or press of a pedal can change the sounds being triggered.
MF: Jumping back to snare drums, your Pearl signature 10-inch snare is birch and your Zildjian signature sticks are lacquered birch. So clearly you have an affinity for birch. Can you explain that a bit?
MM: An affinity for birch in my drum kit is totally the truth. The reason is because there are multiple surfaces and environments that a drum kit fits on. For example, some of the better studios have hardwood floors, but the hardwood floors are on concrete slabs. That's the worst possible thing for a drum kit.
My point is that the floors are a decisive factor and I notice that birch always had a particular clarity and consistency, no matter what floor it was on. A maple kit can be the single, best-sounding drum set that you or I have ever heard, but it depends on the setting it goes on.


(f) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, this article shall not prevent a motor vehicle used for driver training and the training of Class D vehicles in accordance with article 55-50-322 (f) from operating a yellow light-emitting diode (LED) lighting system at the front and rear of that vehicle, except in the rear lights. Factory-installed traffic light zone or emergency indicator and emergency fire zone. The yellow light-emitting diode lighting system shall not be placed in the driver`s line of sight. Nothing in this paragraph (f) imposes any obligation or obligation to install or use the lighting system permitted in this paragraph (f). (a) a white reversing lamp shall be illuminated when the motor vehicle is in reverse; 2. The traffic light shall be so arranged that it can be actuated by actuating the service brake or the foot brake and shall be capable of being seen and distinguished in normal daylight at a distance of one hundred feet (100¢) from the rear of a motor vehicle, but shall not emit dazzling or blinding light. 5. Nothing in this subdivision (g) shall be construed as permitting the driver of an emergency equipment service vehicle to operate lighting equipment approved under this subdivision (g) while the vehicle is on a highway, whether moving or stationary. (b) 1. Each motor vehicle shall be equipped with two (2) red rear lights and two (2) red stop lamps at the rear of the vehicle, and one (1) rear lamp and one (1) stop lamp shall be located on each side, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled before January 1, 1939 must be manufactured or assembled before January 1; 1968 and motorcycles and motorcycles must have at least one (1) red tail light and one (1) red light. No non-urgent vehicle shall use or install emergency flashing systems such as strobe lights, wig lamps or other flashing lights in the rear lamp, traffic light area or emergency lights installed in the factory and emergency lighting area; provided, however, that the above prohibition does not apply to the use of a system of continuous flashing lights. For the purposes of this Part, “continuous flashing lighting system” means a braking light system in which the brake lamp pulses rapidly for up to five (5) seconds when the brake is applied and then transforms into a continuous lamp like a normal brake light until the brake is released.
(3) The traffic light may be installed in the rear lamp. The key number for the brake and rear lights is 2. The key location is “every page”. Note that the law says nothing about the center bar, which most vehicles usually have in the rear window or on top of the trunk or cab of the truck. Many drivers assume that as long as the center light and one of the side lights are working, their lights are legal. That`s not true. The law requires one on each side, and paragraph (c) requires that each traffic light and light required in this section be in good condition and operational. Similar to the above-mentioned Due Diligence Act, paragraph (g) of this Act provides: “A violation of this section is a Class C offence.” In addition, failure to comply with the requirements for brake lights and rear lights could not only result in a driver being subjected to a quote, but could also result in civil liability if a road accident is due to poor lighting. (B) A red or red/white oscillating light; and (3) any vehicle, other than a school bus, a passenger car driven by a U.S. rural postman in the performance of his or her duties as a rural postman, or an emergency vehicle authorized under this section to display flashing red or red/white lights, or authorized law enforcement vehicles using red lights, whites and blues in combination, which display such lights are considered a violation of this paragraph (d). (B) a school bus, a motor vehicle operated for the purposes of an emergency equipment business within the meaning of paragraph (g), a passenger car driven by a rural postman of the United States Postal Service in the performance of the duties of a rural postman, or an emergency vehicle authorized under this section to display flashing red or red/white lights; and (2) auxiliary street lights may be used, but no more than two (2) of the lights may illuminate at any time (1) in addition to the required two (2) headlights.
Notwithstanding any speed limit or zone in effect at that time or any right-of-way rules, each driver of a vehicle must exercise due diligence by driving the vehicle at a safe speed, maintaining safe supervision, keeping the vehicle under appropriate control, and devoting full time and attention to driving the vehicle. in the circumstances, to the extent necessary to be able to see and not endanger life, life or property and to see and avoid a collision with another vehicle or person or a traffic sign, railing or solid object that is either lawfully used or legally parked or lawfully placed on a roadway in or next to the right of the road, including, but not limited to, adjacent walkways, bike paths, shoulders or berms. (c) Each brake lamp and brake lamp prescribed in this section shall be in good condition and ready for use. This month we will focus on the following three traffic rules: (1) the requirement to apply due diligence, (2) the requirements for brake lights/taillights, and (3) proof of compliance with the Financial Liability Act. This rule is very broad and covers essentially all aspects of vehicle operation. To use a wording in addition to “care”, this rule can be summarized as “be careful”. It is important to note that the rule is independent of the specified speed limit or whether the driver has the right of way.


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If you want to add a showy splash to your garden, hydrangeas are well worth your consideration. These shrubs produce a riot of spherical flowers throughout the spring and summer. While the flowers have a delicate appearance that suggests lots of care requirements, hydrangeas are quite easy to nurture into a thriving life if you have the right conditions and an understanding of their needs. Get set for something special this year by learning a little about the beautiful hydrangea.
The hydrangea is a flowering shrub that blooms in spring and summer. While the plants are large and, when healthy, very striking, hydrangeas require minimal maintenance in the hands of a well-prepared gardener — even an inexperienced one. Hydrangeas can grow as high as 15 feet and fill out rapidly. A hydrangea shrub can reach its full size in just one growing season. Hydrangeas grow as perennials in any hardiness zone between three and seven. Flowers begin to appear in spring, and they can often last through summer — sometimes even beyond. With a little planning, hydrangeas could serve quite well as one of your garden’s key flowering plants.
A hydrangea is just like any other impressive plant you want to introduce to your garden: It has to be planted correctly if it’s going to thrive. You need to choose the right location, make the soil welcoming, and plant at the right time. Skillful planting is a large part of raising healthy, impressive hydrangeas.
The Right Time to Plant Hydrangeas
The most effective time to plant hydrangeas is in the fall. Failing that, they should be placed as early as possible in the spring. A hydrangea shrub needs as much time as possible to build up its root system before it starts to bloom. Plant hydrangeas in the early morning or late afternoon so that they will have fewer problems with heat stress. Your new plants will need frequent watering until they get established.
The Right Place for Hydrangeas
Picking a suitable location is important if you want to raise strong hydrangeas. Beds immediately adjacent to a shade structure (like a wall or fence) are very popular. Hydrangeas prefer the relatively cool light of the morning sun and need shade from the highest temperatures in the afternoon. Thus, you should look for a location that’s sunny in the morning and shady in the afternoon. Hydrangeas often do well on the north or south side of a house. Do not plant hydrangeas under trees; this can cause the two plants to compete with each other for water and soil nutrients. A location that offers hydrangeas some protection from wind is good, too.
The Right Soil for Hydrangeas
Hydrangea shrubs thrive in soil with high organic content. They also need good drainage. Hydrangeas are relatively thirsty plants, but they will not do well in soil that tends to get waterlogged. In constantly soggy conditions, the plants may succumb to root rot. This can lead to plant death in a matter of weeks. If your soil is very dense, improve its condition by adding lots of compost before planting your hydrangeas.
The Right Way to Plant Hydrangeas
Prepare a good planting hole for a hydrangea by digging roughly two feet wider than its root ball. Adjust the depth so that the top of the root ball is level with or even slightly above the surrounding ground. A high planting gives your hydrangea better drainage.
Propagation – Or, The Right Way to Multiply Hydrangeas
Hydrangeas are easily encouraged to reproduce through basic propagation techniques. The bigleaf and panicle species are particularly suited to layering propagation. The best time for this is in the early or middle part of summer.
Here’s How To Do It:
- a) Dig a small trench leading away from the hydrangea.
- b) Bend a branch into the trench, arranging it so that six to 12 inches of branch extend past the contact with the soil
- c) Scratch up the branch’s bark where it touches the soil in the trench.
- d) Fill the trench and place a sturdy weight (brick, paver, stone, etc.) on top.
- e) The branch will produce a new root system. After this is done, you can dig it up and replant it elsewhere.
Smooth and oak-leaf hydrangeas are even easier to propagate. They will put out new shoots all by themselves. Simply dig up a young shoot and carefully separate the roots. The new plant can then be moved to a new location.
Tips for Hydrangea Care
Despite the delicacy of hydrangeas’ leaves and flowers, they’re surprisingly low-maintenance plants. The following tips will teach you everything you need to know:
- Water at a rate of 1 inch every week during the growing season. Water deeply three times a week; this encourages root growth. Use a little more water for bigleaf and smooth hydrangeas as these varieties are thirstier. The best way to deliver deep watering is with a soaker hose. You should aim to keep moisture away from the flowers and leaves. Morning is the best time to water so that your hydrangeas will not wilt on hotter days.
- Apply mulch around your hydrangeas to hold moisture in the soil and keep its temperature down. Organic mulches are great, as they break down over time to add more nutrients to the soil.
Fertilize According To The Needs Of Your Specific Variety Of Hydrangeas:
- a) Bigleaf hydrangeas need three light fertilizer applications. Try March, May, and June.
- b) Oakleaf and panicle hydrangeas need two applications. Try April and June.
- c) Smooth hydrangeas need one fertilizer application in late winter.
The best way to defend hydrangeas against pests and diseases is to pick cultivars with bred-in resistance. Hydrangeas can suffer from blight, wilt, leaf spots, and mildew. Pests are generally not a problem, though stressed-out plants may become vulnerable to harmful insects like aphids and spider mites. Judicious care is the best way to defend hydrangeas against pests and diseases.
There are four main varieties of hydrangea suitable for growing in the United States:
- Oakleaf hydrangeas are the most heat-tolerant variety. These are ideal if you live in an area that is zone 5 or warmer.
- Bigleaf hydrangeas are the most common variety, thriving anywhere between zones 5 and 9.
- Panicle hydrangeas are best suited to zone 3. They also grow large, often reaching as high as 15 feet.
- Smooth hydrangeas are the most cold-tolerant variety. Because their flower clusters come in white, these are often called “snowballs.”
Additional sub-varieties that might be particularly appealing:
- French: This is a bigleaf hydrangea that produces notably vibrant flower clusters. Thus, it is also called “the florist’s hydrangea.”
- Mophead: This is a bigleaf hydrangea noted for its large and very circular blooms.
- Lacecap: On this hydrangea’s blooms, large flowers cluster around smaller buds that appear not to open fully, producing a pleasingly delicate look.
- Endless Summer: This is a unique bigleaf cultivar first discovered in the 1980s. What sets it apart is an ability to survive cold zone 4 winters.
- Peegee: The panicle Grandiflora (PG) cultivar grows big enough to nurture into the form of a tree with careful training.
- Blue: These are bigleaf hydrangeas that produce blue flowers. The coloration is dictated by soil content, and a blue hydrangea’s blooms may come in different colors after its first year.
- Pink: There is a range of pink hydrangea cultivars, covering a spectrum from the faintest blush to the hottest pinks.
Frequently Asked Hydrangea Questions
When Do Hydrangeas Bloom?
The main blooming season for hydrangeas stretches from spring to early fall, but your specific cultivar and planting zone also play a role. Buds begin to appear on new hydrangeas in early summer; these will start to bloom the following year. Note that in very hot climates, hydrangeas may stop blooming in the hottest part of the year. If tended properly, these plants will re-bloom in the fall.
Do Hydrangeas Need to Be Cut Back?
Unless hydrangeas are planted too close to each other or other plants, there’s no need to prune them. Simply check for deadwood periodically and remove any you find.
Can You/Should You Deadhead Hydrangeas?
By deadheading hydrangeas, you can extend the blooming season into the fall. Hydrangeas can be cut well before the flower wilts. Avoid deadheading hydrangeas after the beginning of the fall. Removing flowers at that point might encourage unwanted new growth too close to winter.
Can You Control Hydrangea Color?
Some (not all) hydrangea varieties offer you a unique opportunity to change the color of the plant’s blooms. Bigleaf varieties (H. macrophylla) will bloom blue if the pH of the soil around them is low. This is because they can absorb aluminum, the element responsible for the beautiful pigmentation. If you want to turn your hydrangeas blue, use sulfur or peat moss to bring the soil pH down. Adding aluminum sulfate to the soil throughout the growing season is also a good idea. The process can be reversed to encourage pink and red blossoms. To do this, add ground limestone to bring your soil pH up.
If you want to add increased precision, you can use a soil pH test to adjust your hydrangea color. Keep the pH below 7.5; higher levels can lead to plant damage.
Hydrangea colors fade naturally in the fall. Do not let this behavior worry you; the plants will come back as colorful as ever next year.
Can You Grow Hydrangeas in The Shade?
Hydrangeas do well in occasional shade, but in heavy shade, they may fail to bloom.
Can Hydrangeas Grow in Full Sun?
Hydrangeas fare poorly if they’re exposed to round-the-clock sun, particularly in the hotter part of the afternoon.
Your latitude affects how much sun your hydrangeas require. In more northerly gardens, hydrangeas will appreciate six hours of sun a day. Further south, though, hydrangeas may require only three hours to thrive.
Can You Grow Potted Hydrangeas?
Hydrangeas can be adjusted to live in a pot with little difficulty. This allows you to enjoy the impressive sights of the flowers even if you’re running out of soil space. You will need a pot big enough to comfortably accommodate a mature plant of your cultivar. An 18-inch diameter pot is an absolute minimum. Hydrangeas do best in non-porous pots that will maintain a more consistent moisture level. For pot-growing, dwarf hydrangea cultivars are ideal. Some good examples are Buttons ‘n Bows, Little Lime, and Mini Penny.
How Can You Stop Hydrangea Wilting?
The best defense against wilting is regular morning watering. Sometimes moderate afternoon wilting is inevitable; this is common when you have a mismatch between your cultivar and your climate. Laying down a thicker layer of mulch can help reduce the soil temperature and discourage wilting.
Resist the temptation to make adjustments if your hydrangeas bounce back quickly as soon as temperatures drop in the afternoon. Brief mid-day wilting is not a plant-threatening problem. Starting to overwater, though, can be — you risk drowning your hydrangeas!

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