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The board of Pulaski Financial Corp. in St. Louis hasn’t done much wrong over the past decade. The once-sleepy mutual thrift had four branches and $168 million in assets when it went public in 1998. Today, $806 million Pulaski has nine branches and is regarded as one of the top-performing thrifts in the nation, with a 2005 return on equity of 16.55%. The company’s emphasis on a handful of consumer products, including mortgages and home equity lines of credit, has fueled compounded annual earnings growth rate of 25% since the IPO. “It’s been a nice success story,” says Chairman and CEO William Donius.
But as Pulaski’s recent experience illustrates, even the smartest of boards can sometimes stub their toes amid the constant swirl of new rules and regulatory pronouncements in the post-Enron world.
On March 6, Pulaski announced that Robert Ebel, audit committee chairman and a director since 1979, was retiring for health reasons. A few days later, Donius got a phone call from NASDAQ officials, notifying him that Ebel’s retirement had triggered a violation of the exchange’s Marketplace Rule 4350(d)(2), and that Pulaski would be receiving a public letter stating that its listing was in jeopardy if the problem wasn’t fixed.
Enacted in 2004, Marketplace Rule 4350(d)(2) requires that a NASDAQ-listed company’s audit committee be composed of three independent directors, including at least one with experience as an accountant or financial expert. Ebel’s retirement, coupled with the stepping down earlier in the year of director E. Douglas Britt, who hit the board’s mandatory retirement age of 75, left the committee with just two qualified outsiders.
The NASDAQ notice required Pulaski to file a Form 8-K with the SEC, and left Donius feeling miffedu00e2u20ac”and a bit embarrassedu00e2u20ac”at what he portrays as an avoidable oversight that left Pulaski’s board with a bit of egg on its face, but had little real impact on the company’s performance or operations. “It’s an obtuse NASDAQ rule. Unfortunately, we weren’t aware of it, and our SEC counsel wasn’t either,” he says. “We care about corporate governance, so shame on us for not knowing about it.”
Less than a week after the filing, Pulaski’s board appointed not just one, but three new independent directorsu00e2u20ac”all of them St. Louis-area business heavyweightsu00e2u20ac”quickly bringing the board back into compliance.
Those new board members include Michael Hogan, chief financial officer of chemical maker Sigma-Aldrich Corp., Steven Roberts, co-founder of Roberts & Associates, a St. Louis construction management firm, and Stanley Bradshaw, former CEO of Roosevelt Financial Group, a $9 billion thrift that was acquired in 1997 by the old Mercantile Bancorp. (Mercantile was later bought by Firstar Corp. and is now part of US Bancorp.)
The issue’s quick resolution only highlights Donius’s frustration. Pulaski’s nominating and governance committee already had those nominees ready to bring to the whole board, he says. Had directors been aware of the rule, they either could have asked Ebel to hold off on announcing his decision until the board’s scheduled March 15 board meeting or until they had a special vote and announced a replacement concurrent with Ebel’s resignation. “We erred,” Donius says. “The good news is, the infraction was extremely minor, and the board reacted very well.”
Beyond “maybe a dozen phone calls” Donius says he received from analysts, reporters, and shareholders wondering what to make of the 8-K filing, the market’s reaction was pretty much muted. Pulaski’s share price didn’t suffer as a result of the announcement, and analysts appeared to greet news of the violation with a yawn. “It didn’t cause me too much concern,” says Daniel Cardenas, an analyst with Howe Barnes Investments in Chicago.
Chris Cole, regulatory counsel with the Independent Community Bankers of America, says he has not heard of any other bank boards running afoul of the new rule. But he’s not surprised that it’s happened and views it as a cautionary tale for other public companies in the post-Sarbanes-Oxley age.
“There are so many new rules out there, that it becomes easy to get confused about them,” he says. For smaller banking companies, the rules on independence can be especially vexing, Cole adds, because so many potential directors have some sort of relationship with the company. Bank boards “really need to consult with their SEC counsel every time they have a vacancyu00e2u20ac”or potential vacancyu00e2u20ac”to make sure you’re living up to the letter of the law,” he says.
Sarbanes-Oxley 404: Two Years After
Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance cost less to corporate America in year two of adoption than in year one, according to a survey by Financial Executives International (FEI). FEI polled 274 public companies, of which 238 are “accelerated filers” according to SEC definitions and have average revenues of $6 billion, to gauge experiences in complying with Sarbanes-Oxley’s Section 404.
According to the survey, the accelerated filers’ total average cost for Section 404 compliance was $3.8 million during fiscal year 2005u00e2u20ac”down 16.3% from 2004. The data shows that many of these reductions can be attributed to decreased levels of staff and consultant time and reduced auditor fees.
Increased efficiencies have reduced the number of internal staff hours needed to comply with Section 404 in 2005. Companies said that they had required an average of 22,786 people hours internally to comply with Section 404 in 2005. This average was 11.8% less than these companies required during 2004.
In addition, year two of Section 404 required less of an investment in external resources, such as software, consultants, and other vendors, according to the survey. In fact, respondents’ external costs averaged $1.3 million in 2005, representing an average of 22.7% from 2004.
Despite these decreases in overall costs, 85% of companies still do not believe that the benefits of compliance with Section 404 have exceeded the costs, although larger companies view it more favorably than smaller companies.
“Based on the feedback from our members, it is clear that the degree of documentation is the number-one issue,” said FEI President and CEO Colleen Cunningham.
Smaller banks, in particular, have felt the burden of complying with Section 404 according to the Independent Community Bankers of America, which, along with nearly 200 community bankers, are urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt the recommendations made by an SEC Advisory Committee to fully or partially exempt smaller public companies from Section 404.
“The intensity of responses by community banks indicates strong support for the committee recommendations,” said Chris Cole, ICBA regulatory counsel. “Adopting the recommendations would greatly enable community banks to further support economic development and job creation in their local communities.”
In addition, ICBA says this proposed relief would benefit publicly held community banks and holding companies that are struggling with the costs of complying with SOX. Community bankers also support a study to consider whether the 500 shareholder threshold for registration should be updated and how to reduce duplicative regulatory reporting, according to the ICBA.
When given the opportunity to suggest how Section 404 could be made more efficient or effective, over half of the companies in the FEI study identified the following recommendations:
– Reduce the degree of documentation
– Permit greater reliance on internal audit data and resources
– Clarify the definition of “key controls”
– Permit roll-forward procedures
– Allow cumulative reliance on year one testing and documentation
Despite the need for improvement, the survey highlights at least one silver lining. A common theme across responding companies was an increase in investor confidence, with 56% agreeing that compliance with Section 404 has now resulted in greater investor confidence in financial reports.
Global Engines of Growth
As financial services firms look toward the future, they see an industry that is familiar, yet different from the one they currently know. According to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s “Global Industry Outlook: Shaping Your Strategy for a Changing World,” the industry will need to address a number of key transformative issues over the next three to five years, including globalization, service and technology innovation, regulation, risk management and aging populations.
The study explored the top trends, challenges, and opportunities facing global financial services providers and identified five engines of growth, including:
– Penetrate emerging markets with low cost business models. The most successful players will pursue global expansion through cross-border consolidation, offshoring, and investment in compelling overseas markets, such as China.
– Capture customer relationships through service and technology innovation. Personalization will become increasingly important as firms use technology to deepen retail relationships.
– Use transparency and compliance as opportunities to improve performance. Competitive financial institutions will invest in compliance infrastructure but manage costs more effectively.
– Address risk with an extended view of the enterprise. Enterprise risk management will be the standard framework for integrating a view of all risks and relating them to business objectives.
– Move aggressively to capture opportunities in the retirement market. As Baby Boomers retire over the next 20 years, firms will need to offer products and advice focused on asset allocation and wealth transfer rather than asset accumulation.


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Vireo Health, a medical cannabis company, has dropped its lawsuit against the state of Minnesota, according to the Star Tribune.
The company filed to dismiss late last month and a judge granted the request last week.
The state recently passed a law allowing adults 21 and over to buy edibles with hemp-derived THC.
Vireo is one of a few companies in Minnesota legally allowed to distribute medical cannabis in the state.
The company alleged that law discriminates against cannabis-derived edibles.
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SAN JOSE (CBS SF) -- Nearly a year after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Santa Clara County, health officials marked a somber milestone, announcing the county had topped the 100,000 mark in coronavirus cases.
As of Thursday, there have been 100,468 postive cases, in the county, according to the county's COVID dashboard. The 7-day rolling average of new cases is 829, down from a high of 1,463 two weeks ago. 1,134 people have died in the county because of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, including 57-year-old Patricia Dowd, the first confirmed death in the U.S.
- ALSO READ: Bay Area COVID-19 Vaccine Resources Page
On January 31, 2020, Dr. Sara Cody announced the county's first known case of COVID-19. At the time, Cody said the patient was a man who had recently returned to the county after traveling to Wuhan, China, what was then the global epicenter of the outbreak.
Since then, 435,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
- ALSO READ: Santa Clara Co. Health Officials Critical Of Blue Shield Running California Vaccine Distribution
"I'm very sad. Every one of those people are not a number. They represent a person. They could be your parent, your brother, your sister, your mother, your father," Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, who oversees the county's testing and vaccination programs, said Friday.
Outside Regional Medical Medical Center in San Jose Friday afternoon, a grieving family gathered. They waited for the beloved matriarch of their family who died recently from COVID-19 to be loaded into a hearse in the hospital's ambulance bay. The family said they planned to follow the hearse from the hospital to the gravesite.
"We know the illness is rough. And there's certainly been a lot of mortality. But it's the isolation these patients are experiencing that just compounds everything. It's just terrible," says Dr. Paul Silka, Head of the Emergency Department at Regional Medical Center.
Silka also stressed that the pandemic is far from over. "We going to continue to see illness and death for some time to come," Silka said.
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department said Friday its vaccination efforts are expanding even as supplies remained limited. The county reported it has administered at least 185,535 vaccine doses, including 147,838 first doses and 37,697 second doses. On Monday, the county had totaled more than 160,000 vaccines administered.
"The County and other vaccine providers have made substantial progress in vaccinating our residents age 75 and older, the group faces the very highest risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19," Fenstersheib said in a statement. "As we move forward in the vaccination process, equity continues to be a top priority and the County is committed to ensuring access to vaccines for our most impacted communities through a number of different strategies."
On Tuesday, the county announced residents 65 years and older were now eligible to get vaccinated and can schedule appointments through the county website. The expanded eligibility follows the state's current guidance for vaccine allocation.
The County Health System said it was partnering with community-based organizations to get information, testing, and vaccinations into the hardest-hit communities. This week, partner Gardner Health Services opened the first drop-in vaccination site for healthcare workers and anybody aged 65 or older at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San José.
"As the vaccine becomes available to more of our residents, the County continues its deep commitment to equity and ensuring access for our communities most at risk of contracting COVID-19," said Dr. Jennifer Tong, associate chief medical officer for the County of Santa Clara Health System.
The county said it was also partnering with community clinics to and launched a pilot mobile vaccination clinic for residents and staff of long-term care facilities. It is also coordinating with local first responders to administer vaccines in the field and has set up three mass vaccination sites.
The County said it was waiting for additional information from the State of California after this week's announcement of a third-party administrator for the state's vaccination system, as well as modifications to criteria for who should be vaccinated and in what order.
County officials also said it was looking for new options for mass vaccination sites and community-based locations in partnership with other entities.
"Everybody needs to keep masking, keep distancing, keep testing, and get vaccinated when it is your turn," said Fenstersheib. "Check with your provider, see if you are eligible, and sign up for a shot. These are the tools we have to steer the course out of this pandemic."
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Breasts constitute an important part of a woman’s femininity. Shape, size, and firmness have an impact on how a woman feels, dresses and behaves, on her personal life and broader social environment. Droopy breasts can make a woman feel self-conscious and limit her ability to wear desirable clothes. Breast reshaping helps a woman feel more proportionate. Dr. Motakis views breast surgery as a balancing procedure. With any breast procedure, his goal is to offer his patients symmetric, proportionate, lifted breasts that look natural. Upon a thorough discussion, Dr. Motakis will determine the procedure, which is most appropriate for you.
What Is A Breast Lift?
A breast lift — also known as mastopexy — is a surgical procedure performed by a plastic surgeon to change the shape of your breasts and make them appear firmer and more lifted. During a breast lift, excess skin is removed, the nipple and areola are lifted, and the breast tissue is reshaped to raise the breasts. You might choose to have a breast lift if your breasts sag or your nipples point downward. A breast lift by itself won’t significantly change the size of your breasts. However, a breast lift can be done in combination with breast augmentation using a breast implant (augmentation mastopexy) or in combination with a breast reduction. In cases where the breasts are different sizes, a mastopexy can help balance them and make them the same shape and size.
Who Is A Good Candidate For A Breast Lift?
Most adult women in good health who have some degree of sagging around their breasts are good candidates for this procedure. Breast lifts can be performed on women with breasts of all sizes, but if you have heavy breasts, breast reduction and lift may be a better option. On the other hand, if the breasts are small, an implant can be used at the same time as the lift to optimize breast size. Women who feel that their breasts have no shape, their breasts appear elongated and flat with the nipples pointing somewhat downwards, who’s skin is stretched, or who’s areolas appear excessively large or who have one breast sitting lower than the other are likely good candidates for a breast lift. Smoking can interfere with healing, so it is important to stop smoking 4 weeks before this procedure and only resume 2 weeks after. Lastly, if you are planning to lose a significant amount of weight, it is best to have your breasts lifted once you have reached your goal weight and your weight has stabilized.
The Breast Lift Procedure
Depending on the degree of breast sagging different techniques may be used to optimize the shape of your breasts. These include:
- Lifting the nipple through an incision around the areola (peri-areolar mastopexy). This technique is usually reserved for minor lifts and is usually best when combined with a breast implant.
- Using incisions around the areola and down the middle of the lower breast (lollipop or vertical mastopexy).
- Using an anchor scar with looks like the lollipop but has an additional horizontal incision along the lower crease of the breast (wise pattern or anchor mastopexy). This technique is necessary in cases of severe droop where the vertical skin excess is too extensive.
The decision of which technique to use is based on the breast shape and size, the position and size of the areolas, the degree of breast sagging, the elasticity and quality of the breast skin, as well as, on whether an implant will be used at the same time as the lift.
The procedure takes 2-3 hours to perform. During the procedure, the breast tissue is exposed, lifted and re-shaped to create a firmer and tighter looking breast. The nipple is repositioned to its ideal higher position and when necessary the areola is decreased to its ideal diameter. Lastly, the excess skin is removed in order to create a tighter and firmer looking breast. If implants are used during breast lift surgery, they are inserted beneath the natural breast tissue or the muscle of the chest (pectoralis) through the same incision used for the lift. The breast tissue and muscle are lifted, and the implant is inserted inside the precise pocket created. Then the pocket is closed using internal sutures and the breast tissue is reshaped around the new augmented breast. All sutures used during the procedure are internal and usually, there are no drains used. Surgical tape is then applied over all incisions and bandages are applied. This makes recovery easier and scarring optimal. The bandages stay intact over the first postoperative week. A supportive compressive bra is applied after the procedure to minimize swelling.
What Is The Recovery Period After A Breast Lift?
Recovery after surgery takes 1-2 weeks during which a supportive compression bra is worn. Specific dressings will be applied after your surgery and they will stay intact until your follow up visit one week after surgery. You will be able to shower the next day after the procedure as Dr. Motakis does not usually use drains with this procedure. Your breasts will be slightly swollen and may feel slightly sore, but when needed, you will feel comfortable with the use of mild analgesics. If implants are used, you will be required to take antibiotics for a week. You’ll need to take it easy for a few days after surgery. After one week, you should be able to return to work, but you will need to limit intense physical activity such as going to the gym for 3-4 weeks. At your one week follow up appointment your bandages will be changed, the incisions inspected, and a special tape applied to expedite healing and reduce scarring. There are no sutures that need to be removed with breast lift surgery, as Dr. Motakis uses only internal dissolving sutures in order to minimize scarring and decrease patient discomfort.
What Are The Risk Factors Of A Breast Lift?
Complications of a breast lift include unfavorable healing or scarring, change in skin or nipple sensation and infection and asymmetry, among others. However, these seldom occur. If an implant is used capsular contracture, rupture or deflation, rippling, re-operation, and implant removal or exchange are the most frequent risks, similar to breast augmentation. Capsular contracture is scar tissue that distorts the shape of the breast implant. It can present at any time after surgery, and it may require the removal of the scar tissue and the insertion of new implants. Dr. Motakis will discuss all risks in detail during your consultation and pre-operative appointments. Correcting these complications might require more surgery, sometimes requiring either to remove or replace the implants.
In recent years, the use of implants with a textured surface has been associated with the occurrence of a disease known as Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL). The incidence of ALCL with an implant is lower than 1/3,000. ALCL is not seen with smooth implants. Dr. Motakis only uses smooth implants which pose no risk of ALCL.
What Our Patients Have To Say
“Dr. Motakis is exceptional. As a result, the patient receives a phenomenal result. It is wonderful to have been in the hands of doctor with his medical and artistic skills as well as his sensitivity to our needs!” - Cheryl L.
Are There Any Alternatives To Breast Lift?
In some cases where the sagging of the breast is minimal, a breast augmentation alone can result in a more lifted breast. In some isolated cases the use of fat grafting can also help lift the breast, however, the resulting size, in this case, maybe somewhat unpredictable. Dr. Motakis will discuss with you all options available during consultation. However, when the breast becomes too droopy, there are no good alternatives to a proper breast lift.
Is It Possible To Breastfeed After a Breast Lift?
Because the breast lift procedure usually leaves the nipple-areola complex part of the breast unaffected, most patients who were able to breastfeed before their procedure will likely be able to breastfeed after their procedure. While there may be small surgical incisions around the border of the nipple from the breast lift surgery, breastfeeding is typically not affected, allowing parents to breastfeed after recovery from their breast lift is completed.
How Long Will the Results of My Breast Lift Last?
Patients can typically enjoy their breast lift for up to 10 to 15 years before needing any revisions to their appearance.
Will I Need a Secondary Breast Lift Procedure?
While breast lifts are designed to last up to 15 years with the proper care, after completing recovery, patients may find that the appearance of their breasts is still not what they desire. If this happens, a revision surgery may be required. This second surgery involves the same procedure and recovery time as the first surgery.
After the 10 to 15-year mark, most patients seek out a secondary “touch-up” procedure to maintain the lifted look of the breasts that was achieved after their first breast lift. As the body ages naturally over time, the appearance of the breasts may change. Because of this, a secondary “touch-up” breast lift benefits many women as they experience signs of aging or changes in their skin as the years go by.
How Can I Make the Results of My Breast Lift Last Longer?
Maintaining a stable weight is important when it comes to the appearance of your newly lifted breasts. Suddenly gaining or losing a significant amount of weight can drastically change the appearance of your breasts. Taking care of your skin when outdoors is also a key component to improving your appearance. To optimize the lifespan of your breast lift results, consider doing the following:
- Stick to a healthy, balanced diet. Avoid processed, high-sugar foods.
- Commit to an exercise routine that allows you to stay active.
- Wear sunscreen daily, including on your chest area. Avoid sun exposure.


So by now, there’s a full-on frenzy over what Tiger Woods will or won’t say at his five-minute Friday apology and press conference. Or rather, his press statement: He’s reportedly not taking any questions.
Which is why this is kind of a non-event. But that, of course, becomes an event in itself: Pundits everywhere, from Fox News to MSNBC, have slammed Woods in advance for not answering reporters’ questions. On the network side, ABC’s Good Morning America featured segments from co-hosts Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos that did a solid job of examining the pros and cons, with interviews with sports and media analysts who said, basically, if Woods is doing this just so he can get on with his golf career, it’ll be perceived as a cynical, insincere move. I’m not at all sure about that.
Nightline last night also had this thorough summary of the quandary Woods faces:
That report concludes with the phrase, “Admit, apologize, and advance.”
As some of you have already commented, to whom does Woods need to apologize, except to his wife and family? And wouldn’t it be good if Woods just did “advance” — that is, simply got on with his job of playing golf, and not play any further into the frenzy?
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JANAKPUR, May 16: Lawmakers of Province 2 Assembly were divided over Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut’s remarks made during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Nepal visit.
While lawmakers from the ruling parties defended Raut, lawmakers from the opposition parties criticized him.
“The chief minister has committed blunder by raising internal issues of the country at a wrong place. It is inappropriate to make such reckless remarks for someone who is bound by law,” said CPN-UML lawmaker Sundar Bahadur Bishwakarma at the provincial assembly meeting on Tuesday.
Addressing the civic reception organized to felicitate the visiting Indian prime minister in Janakpur last Friday, Raut had said that the constitution promulgated in 2015 was discriminatory against Madhesi people and that they were still denied the rights of a provincial government as enshrined in the new constitution.“Even today our struggle against the discriminatory constitution and for provincial rights continues,” he added, in his attempt to draw the attention of the visiting Indian prime minister.
Similarly, another lawmaker from CPN-UML Manju Kumari Yadav said that the chief minister should apologize for his unconstitutional act.
However, lawmaker of Federal Socialist Forum Ram Ashik Yadav said that it was unfortunate for lawmakers from some parties to criticize Chief Minister for the remarks. “The chief minister rightly stated the real problems Madhesi people are facing,” he added.


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The ties between Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church were tested twice this week – by coincidence, on the same day, April 20 – and with two very different outcomes.
In an astounding victory for the Orthodox Church, Russia’s highest court ordered the “liquidation” of the local branch of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose missionary work the government had deemed “extremist,” in no small part because it posed a challenge to the teachings of the Orthodox clergy.
As that ruling came down, a separate scandal was unfolding in the Russian parliament over another of the Church’s demands – this one far more consequential for the Orthodox faith than any competition it might face from the Jehovah’s Witnesses. A group of lawmakers, including members of Putin’s party, had proposed a bill calling for the burial of Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary and founder of the Soviet Union, whose body has been on display in Red Square since his death in 1924.
Waxen from embalming fluid and protected by a box of bulletproof glass, the corpse has long been a pilgrimage site for communists and an eerie attraction for tourists. It’s also an outrage to Orthodox believers across the Russian-speaking world, for whom the granite tomb just outside the Kremlin stinks of idolatry. It violates Christian burial customs, and it casts a shadow on one of the most iconic temples of the Orthodox faith, St. Basil’s Cathedral, which sits on the same square. More to the point, the tomb honors a communist who didn’t merely persecute Christians – he ordered the murder of Tsar Nicolas II, who has since been canonized as an Orthodox Saint.
For most Russians, the Church’s objections to Lenin’s mausoleum seem perfectly reasonable. “Russia isn’t ancient Egypt,” one of the authors of the bill calling for Lenin’s burial, Ivan Sukharev of the Liberal Democratic Party, told a local newspaper this week. “And it isn’t right that we’ve got a mummy in the center of our capital.” (To be strictly accurate, Lenin’s body is embalmed and not mummified — though the design of his tomb does borrow elements from the step pyramids of ancient Egypt.)
In the last few years, surveys taken across the country have consistently found that a majority of Russians – and especially the roughly 40% of them who identify as Orthodox Christians – would like Lenin’s body to be buried. The most recent survey, published on Friday by one of the Kremlin’s polling agencies, found only a third of respondents want the corpse to stay put, roughly in line with the level of support that the Russian Communist Party still enjoys in many regions of the country. The same poll found that 63% of Russians want Lenin to be interned.
Yet Putin has made no move to comply with the wishes of the majority. Quite the opposite, in fact — his political party, United Russia, angrily disavowed any connection with the bill that demanded Lenin’s burial this week. “This legislation had no chance,” said one of the party bosses, Evgeny Revenko, in announcing that his colleagues would withdraw their support for the measure. “In our initiatives, we need to be extremely careful not to divide people,” he wrote on his Facebook page. “We need decisions that unite us.”
It’s just the latest ideological contortion Putin has made in attempting to reconcile Russia’s communist past with its Orthodox traditions, but it’s far from the most bizarre. In one of his rare remarks on the issue of Lenin’s tomb in 2012, Putin argued that the Soviet Union had actually borrowed from Orthodox customs when it decided to embalm its founder and put him on display.
Addressing a meeting of his supporters that December, Putin said that many Orthodox shrines also have “the remains of holy people. And in this sense the communists latched on to that tradition. They did it competently. They did it in line with the demands of their era.”
It was an astonishing pronouncement, appearing to equate Lenin’s corpse with the bones of Russian saints, and it horrified a lot of Orthodox believers. But it shouldn’t have surprised them; though he often puts on displays of piety and makes pilgrimages to holy places, the former colonel of the KGB is still a product of the Soviet system, and he still reveres its symbols. During the same meeting with his supporters in 2012, he said with a tone of regret in his voice that, “After the collapse of the Soviet Union and its ruling ideology, nothing appeared in its place.”
That still holds true today. The closest thing to an ideology that Putin has devised during his 17 years in power is this strange mash-up of incompatible idols, the Soviet and the Orthodox, jostling for position at the Kremlin walls. In order to appease one of them, his government is happy to ban a small foreign sect like the Jehovah’s Witnesses. But Putin cannot take sides definitively with either the Christians or communists. The Janus-faced President has to be both.
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The basic requirements of a streamline refinance are: The mortgage to be refinanced must already be FHA-insured. The mortgage to be refinanced should be current (not delinquent). The refinance results.
· The program is called the FHA Streamline Refinance and it can be a real boost to many homeowners all across the country. Who is Allowed to Apply for the Program? A homeowner that currently has an FHA mortgage can apply for the streamline refinance program. However, there is a major pre-requisite.
The FHA Streamline Refinance is a special mortgage product, reserved for homeowners with existing FHA mortgages. It is sometimes also called an FHA-to-FHA refinance. FHA Streamline Refinances are the fastest, simplest way for FHA-insured homeowners to refinance their mortgages into today’s mortgage rates.
The FHA says borrowers cannot finance their closing costs into their loan balance. Closing costs vary widely by location: The average closing cost is approximately 3% of the loan amount, or $3,000 on a $100,000 loan. Most lenders allow you to wrap closing costs into your loan balance for a conventional loan refinance.
What Is an FHA Streamline Refinance? The FHA Streamline Refinance program is a special refinance program for people who have a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan. It is the simplest and easiest way to refinance an FHA loan. Unlike a traditional refinance an FHA Streamline Refinance allows a borrower to refinance without having to verify their income and assets.
The FHA streamline refinance allows you to refinance your mortgage without an appraisal, no credit score, and no income documentation. In some cases, it allows you to lower your mortgage insurance – on January 26, 2015 they lowered the).
If you opt for a no-appraisal FHA streamline, the loan amount may include: The current principal balance. Up to one month’s worth of interest due. The new upfront mortgage insurance fee. Subtract out the upfront mortgage insurance refund, if applicable (usually applies only if the FHA loan was.

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I'm new to this band...
help me please with the band members and everything..
All Time Low likes bras. If you ever go to their concerts throw bras up on the stage.All Time Low is a Pop Punk band band hailing from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2003 with four members; Alexander (Alex) Gaskarth (rhythm guitarist, vocals,) Jack Barakat (lead guitar, backing vocals,) Rian Dawson (drums,) and Zachary (Zack) Merrick (bassist, back vocals.) They're most known for their singles "Weightless," "Damned If I Do 'Ya," and "Dear Maria, Count Me In," and have released 7 full-length albums, 5 E Ps, & 2 live albums at current, as well as 2 DVD documentaries filmed on tours.
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- The Three Words To Remember In Dealing With The End (EP) (2004)
- The Party Scene (2005)
- Put Up Or Shut Up (EP) (2006)
- So Wrong, It's Right (2007)
- Nothing Personal (2009)
- The All Time Low Live EP, exclusive to iTunes (2009)
- Dirty Work (2011)
- Don't Panic (2012)
- Future Hearts (2015)
- Last Young Renegade (2017)
Tropes featured in All Time Low:
- Album Filler: Some people have sighted some songs on Dirty Work and Future Hearts as this and a majority of Last Young Renegade this. Averted on pretty much every other album.
- Album Title Drop: There's a song called 'The Party Scene' in The Party Scene, and Put Up or Shut Up comes from the song 'Break Out! Break Out!'
- The title for Nothing Personal comes from the song 'Break Your Little Heart.'
- Future Hearts has the song 'Old Scars/Future Hearts,' which contains the lyric, "We got scars on our Future Hearts."
- Ironically, had the song 'Take Cover' been included on Future Hearts, it would've had the lyric, "Take cover from our future hears."
- Last Young Renegade has the line, "You were my last young renegade heart," right in the first song on the album: 'Last Young Renegade.'
- The Alcoholic: 'Stella' is about Stella Artois - THE BEER, not a girl.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: 'Bad Enough For You.'
- Anti-Love Song: 'Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass' happens to be both this and an Anti-Christmas Song.
- Bowdlerize: Arguably for their cover of 'Longview' by Green Day. The main verses are handled well, but when they get to the choruses, they for some reason slow it down in the instrumentation and cut out the guitar to a degree. The song's a Punk song about boredom and masterbation, yet they tried to turn it into a ballad sing-along. No, just no. This is also a band who usually does covers well too.
- Break-Up Song: 'Break Your Little Heart' is a pretty brutal one.
- B-Side: 'Caroline' and 'Take Cover' were written and recorded during the Future Hearts sessions, but left off the record. 'Caroline' sounds more like something from their first few albums, so that makes sense, but 'Take Cover' could've replaced a song like 'The Edge of Tonight' and no one would've cared. They were eventually released on their second live album as bonus tracks.
- Can't Take Criticism: If you ever try to discuss the shortcomings of some of their work with Alex, beware that he can come off as this. Admittedly, he does try to keep things pretty positive, but even the most constructive of criticisms you may have can be taken by him to mean that you're saying everyone should think the way you do, or that your opinion is law, even when you haven't said anything of the sort, or you say the opposite. Remember, you learn more from criticism than you do praise, Alex. It's certainly weird because they've made songs that are filled with criticisms of others, so he comes off as a bit of a hypocrite.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Jack, Alex, and Rian seem to be this. Zack has his moments, but Jack is really out there sometimes.
- At the end of an interview, Alex pretended that the camera was a lion and then started trying to push it back with his stool. He also tried to whip the camera.
- In a Five Minute Interview on Zune, Alex says something along the lines of, "Yeah, Dirty Work is gonna be a great album, I think! It's really the kind of music you and your friends can dance naked to in the front yard."
- Basically, if they're on camera outside of performing, you can guarantee they'll all show shades of this at one time or another.
- Concept Album: Last Young Renegade is this. In Alex's own words, "[Last Young Renegade] is a collection of songs written from the perspective ... of the different versions of me that other people might have met over the years, through the ups and downs, in the public eye and behind closed doors. I gave those other sides of me a persona, and a name, and The Last Young Renegade was born."
- However, this is definitely a very loose case of this, as the concept of the songs being from the many different points of view he's had is a bit lost when looking at the songs themselves and how the lyrics are written. There's not really a central idea or message that the album is trying to convey and a lot of the songs sound disconnected from one another. Compare it to Green Day's Rock Opera American Idiot, which is also a concept album, but has a centralized story and some messages that the songs convey throughout the album and actually make a mostly cohesive whole and an enjoyable experience the whole way through.
- Cover Version: They started out as a blink-182 cover band, and several covers of their songs can be found on YouTube. They also covered Fall Out Boy's 'Tell Mick That He Just Made My List of Things To Do Today'. They have a lot of cover videos posted to Hopeless' YouTube channel, even one for Limp Bizkit of all people.
- Epic Fail: Just watch this video. First Alex says he doesn't partially remember how 'Let It Roll' goes, then he doesn't remember, at all, how 'The Beach' goes in the lyrical department or the guitar part. Then, when he finally does, he immediately stops the band playing because he doesn't remember that the first verse was very short and it goes right into the first chorus of the song when the crowd sings it right, claiming that they didn't know how the song either, yet they did. Give your crowds of teenage girls some credit, Alex!
- Friends with Benefits: 'Party Song (The Walk of Shame)' is all about this with one (or both) of them wanting more, but not willing to tell each other.
- Getting Crap Past the Radar: 'Stella' is the most love song-esque song that you will ever hear about beer.
- The aforementioned 'Dear Maria, Count Me In' isn't a cute love song to a girl. It's about a stripper in the boys' hometown; you'd never know without watching the video, either.
- 'Coffee Shop Soundtrack' is about an affair Alex had with a married woman.
- 'Damned If I Do Ya, Damned If I Don't' also refers to the same affair.
- Grief Song: 'Lullabies' is a tribute to Alex Gaskarth's older brother, who committed suicide in 2004. Alex has stated that he blamed himself for awhile because it happened after they had gotten into an argument.
- Growing Up Sucks: The song 'Weightless' is about not wanting to grow-up and stay young, among other things.
- A few songs from Last Young Renegade seem to have shades of this.
- History Repeats: All Time Low signed to an overtly Pop label after two hit albums and a live album/DVD/documentary at Hopeless Records and went more Pop than they usually go, or maybe should've, resulting in a divisive album that isn't sitting well with certain parts of their fanbase. Now, am I describing Dirty Work, or Last Young Renegade?
- Intercourse with You: 'Afterglow' is probably the sweetest song about sex after The All-American Rejects' song 'Dance Inside.'
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Remember how they didn't like how Dirty Work came out? How they realized that too many people behind the production of an album on a label that only really cares about the money than the bands singed to it could lead to a bad album and that having a ton of cowriters an producers was a bad thing for them? Then why the hell did they sign to Fueled By Ramen and do the exact same thing again, just on a different label!?! It's just all kinds of confusing when you sit down an think about it. They had a lot of options to go with for releasing their seventh album in terms of a label, or even releasing it independently from a label. Hell, that could probably work the best in their favor, since they've never been able to gel well on a major label and have an album that everyone can agree was good come out of it. If they just stuck to what they knew and worked off of that, they could easily work with a producer, or even just by themselves, and evolve their sound into a more stable Rock image that could help them age better musically as they get older and explore different musical paths. They, really, should've been smarter than that.
- Lemon Fic: Several notorious (and extremely sexually explicit) fanfics have been written about the band's members by fans. Perhaps most notorious are the so-called "carrot fic", "the knife fic" and "the milk fic". Needless to say, not safe for work and if you're of a more sensitive disposition, not safe for life. There are also waaaay more "vanilla" fics that don't draw nearly as much attention as those three.
- Limited Animation: Every. Single. Video. For. Their. Non-music video songs. From. Don't Panic. Seriously, every upload of those songs on Hopeless Records' YouTube page has the exact same animation in the exact same order, just timed slightly differently with the tempos of each.
- Long-Runner Line-up: Type 1; the band has been Alex Gaskarth, Jack Barakat, Zack Merrick, and Rian Dawson since their formation in 2003 and they're damn proud of it. They all even have skull tattoos on their necks to commemorate being in the band.
- Love Nostalgia Song: 'Circles.'
- Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness: They are typically a 3 to 4, with their hardest songs reaching a 5.
- Mood Whiplash: While Future Hearts may have a few of these, Last Young Renegade has a more obvious one, with 'Nice 2 Kno U,' a song about leaving the past in the past and moving forward coming immediately after 'Good Times,' a song about feeling nostalgic. It's also the only song that's consistent with any of their pre-Future Hearts albums, as it's the only actual Rock song on LYR, not only making it feel out of place in its sorting on the album tracklist, but also the album as a whole, since LYR is composed almost exclusively of 80s-influenced, synth-infused, slow, kind of lethargic, Pop music without as much energy. It almost comes off as them throwing the fans that they knew wouldn't like LYR as a whole a bone, as it's the most stripped-back, straight-forward, energetic song on the album.
- Even if you liked the song, you have to admit that 'Dirty Laundry' was probably a big one when it was released as a single. Even coming off of Future Hearts, it's, largely, a big step away from what they're known for. Even on the album, the ending minute of the song has them slipping back into what they're known for after a few minutes of nothing but a synth guitar, automated drums, and Alex Gaskarth's voice, implying there was more to come afterwards, which there, largely, wasn't. The fact that it was the first single off LYR and it was the first music video they'd released since Future Hearts pretty much cements that it was intentional on their parts.
- New Sound Album: Dirty Work. Although Don't Panic reverts the change somewhat.
- Last Young Renegade full stop. Whereas Dirty Work at least tried to have songs more in-line with the material from the albums before it, LYR just doesn't have more than a few, and even then, it's debatable. Whether it's any good is a source of contention.
- Non-Appearing Title: 'Coffeeshop Soundtrack,' 'Hometown Heroes, National Nobodies,' 'The Girl's a Straight-Up Hustler,' 'Keep The Change, You Filthy Animal,' 'A Party Song (The Walk of Shame)' and a few others.
- The One That Got Away: 'Remembering Sunday.'
- Opposites Attract: Or as 'Just The Way I'm Not' likes to say, "opposites distract."
- Parody: The video for 'Poppin' Champagne' parodies excess-laden rap videos. Perhaps a bit too well, as the video's MTV premiere led to a scathing review from MTV News' James Montgomery who thought it was completely unironic.
- Precision F-Strike: From 'Weightless':And I'm stuck in this fucking rutWaitin' on a second-hand pick-me-up
Maybe I'm a fucking waste.Filling up the empty space.
- From 'Something's Gotta Give':
You said it's all for a reason.Well, what the fuck is the reason now?
- From 'Life Of The Party'
- Product Placement: For Rockstar energy drink in the 'I Feel Like Dancin'' video. Lampshaded by being as blatant about it as possible.
- Put on a Bus: Many songs from their first 3 albums and first 2 E Ps haven't been played live in years for some reason outside of maybe the occasional one-off, despite many of them still being rather popular with their fans, particularly from their first album and first Hopeless EP. They usually just play either the hits or singles when on tour, which leaves a lot of lost potential in having live versions of those songs with Alex's voice as it is now versus how it was back then. It's being a bit subverted in that they're going to play So Wrong, It's Right in full live for its 10th anniversary in December 2017, but that's only for 3 stops on their tour, though they have been dusting the majority of those songs off for live performances on their Young Renegades tour, but it's far from playing them semi-regularly at the very least.
- Revisiting the Roots: Future Hearts has the feel that it was, majorly, an attempt to go back to their 2005-2009 sound, as well as transform their sound into a more straight-forward Pop Punk/Power Pop sound after 3 albums of being a more Emo-influenced act. It was also just as straight-forward as those albums, rather than trying to be as experimental as Dirty Work was.
- Self-Deprecation: Pete Wentz & Mark Hoppus's cameo in the 'Weightless' video is basically ATL poking fun at the influence Fall Out Boy had on them, and the influence blink-182 had on both bands.
- Shout-Out: 'Keep The Change, You Filthy Animal' off their third album Nothing Personal is also a quote from Jack's favorite film Home Alone.
- Also 'Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass' a bonus song from Dirty Work, is a shout out to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, while 'Get Down On your Knees and Tell Me You Love Me' references the first sequel to Home Alone.
- Something Completely Different: 'Sticks, Stones, And Techno,' their only techno song off their first album.
- 'Too Much' off of Nothing Personal. While played live, only Alex is present onstage alongside the synth in the background.
- The video for 'Time-Bomb' is their self-admitted first "serious" music video.
- All of the music videos for Last Young Renegade are a lot more serious than the majority of the ones before, as are the songs in general. Perhaps too serious, as this page will tell you, since they usually kept things pretty light before that album.
- Spiritual Successor: To blink-182, in both sound and attitude, although their sound is maturing at a faster rate than blink did. All Time Low never had the same amount of obvious joke songs that blink did, which made 'I Feel Like Dancin'' not as obviously kidding as the band thought it was, a contentious song for the reasons below. Considering it was cowritten with Rivers Cuomo during Weezer's Dork Age, and the jokes feel rather forced, that's not too surprising.
- Also to Green Day, as their sound has largely remained consistent on most of their albums and the fact that a lot of their catalogue is actually good to listen to, and Fall Out Boy as a lot of their music is based in a mix of high energy Pop Punk and Emo Pop, at least the version of Fall Out Boy from before their hiatus.
- Also, you could probably make a playlist of pre-2017 All Time Low after Busted's first 2 albums and, minus noticing a different singer, you probably wouldn't notice much different because they're so similar in how they wrote songs.
- StealthParody/ParodyRetcon: 'I Feel Like Dancin'.' Made less stealthy by the music video.
- Take That!:
- The video for 'Weightless' is basically a prolonged list of Take Thats towards (and not limited to) groupies, Fan Dumb, Hate Dumb, roadies, and themselves.
- The video for 'I Feel Like Dancin'' issues several Take Thats towards product placement, needless sex appeal, and record label Executive Meddling.
- Titled After the Song: They got their band name from a New Found Glory song, Head On Collision, which has the line, "it feels like I'm at an all time low."
- Transatlantic Equivalent: Can be seen as one to either Mc Fly or Busted, as they produce a lot of the same kinds of songs in the same genres. Interestingly, each band has both lovers and haters of their later synthpop-influenced albums. Taken to its logical extreme when Alex cowrote McBusted's (a supergroup of most of the members from Busted teaming up with McFly) song 'Get Over It' for their album. Dougie Poynter (McFly's bassist) even noted how they write in a similar style; starting with nothing, but then thinking of how a song should sound along the way rather than going in with a beat in mind.
- Vocal Evolution: Compare Alex's vocals from their first EP to something on Future Hearts. Over 10 years of singing really helped his vocals to sound better.
- An even straighter example is that some time in between Nothing Personal and Dirty Work, Alex's voice changed significantly. It got a lot deeper and he got a lot better with his diction and/or singing, to the point that if you hear live versions of the songs from their first 3 albums from their second live album, the difference is stunning with how much better he sounds.
- Your Cheating Heart: They've made a number of songs about cheating, whether they were doing the cheating or their partner was cheating on someone else, some of which are mentioned above: 'Jasey Rae,' 'Coffee Shop Soundtrack,' 'Noel,' 'Walls.'


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“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Our Father’s Word is very complete, it covers all the angles. In verses 1-2 children are told to honor their parents as it is right in the Lord’s sight. It makes Him happy to see a child growing up in His Word.
Verse 3 tells us when we honor our parents we are granted a long life on the earth. There are always rewards for those who listen to the instruction of our Father.
Verse 4 covers the parents, the other side of this coin. While the children are to honor their parents, it is the parents job to bring the child up in a good Christian home, educating them in the Word. Not in the denomination, but the Word of God.
It is the duty of the father (and mother) not to provoke your child to anger. Do not incite your child to anger, that becomes very mean spirited and will drive the child away from you and God. Treat your child how you want to be treated and discipline your child when they need correction (Proverbs 13:24).
Happy Father’s Day to you and our Heavenly Father!

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“Bubblegum, our funny cat-child, loves his human daddy so much. He sits and stares, waiting patiently for playtime,” said Mitone.
Why does Daddy have to sleep so much?
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A BBC television crew recorded a special Songs of Praise with Remembrance Day themes in St Mary’s Church, Warwick, last Sunday.
Members of the Royal British Legion like Bert Allan, chairman of the town branch, pinned on early poppies and enjoyed listening to the rector, Rev Dr Vaughan Roberts, as he offered prayers and ten standard bearers processed down the aisle.
Mr Allan said: “We enjoyed listening to the choirs and also had to play our part by rehearsing several hymns such as Eternal Father, Strong to Save.
“We pinned on our poppies and I think we all had to stand up and sit down again about 50 times as we practised the hymns - but it was a good day.”
Dr Roberts will be conducting the official Remembrance Sunday service on the morning of November 10th, the nearest Sunday to November 11. But the pre-recorded Songs of Praise will offer a flavour of the significance of the day and be broadcast for national viewers during the early evening.
BBC director Garry Boon also took the opportunity to use St Mary’s to record a second service set around the theme of New Life, which features St Nicholas Church in Radford Semele which suffered from an arson attack in 2008. Earlier this year St Nicholas was re-opened again for services although its journey of renewal is not due to be seen by viewers until January 26 next year.
Following both recordings Mr Boon told Rev Roberts he was stunned by the beauty of St Mary’s and the wonderful singing of the choirs.


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I meant to get in at least one review here before I slipped in a link to my new post over at Escape Into Life, but sometimes life doesn't go according to plan. Anyway, this is a really nice little collection of stories, which I think you'll enjoy. While writing that review I somehow neglected to mention an aspect of the stories that really struck me, and that was the strong connection to nature that is present throughout.
Or at least that's what I was inspired to call my latest post over at Escape Into Life, in which I acknowledge how long it's actually taken me to get around to reading Banana Yoshimoto's novella, Kitchen. Check it out HERE.
Another book out of the "authors I knew of, but never quite got around to" file, and again brought into my sphere of attention by "Joe V". The Music Lovers is another detective novel that is situated quite a long way into its series. Not that it matters much with this one. Whatever the setup is with his girlfriend Jo, she is out of town, and remains so for the course of the book, so there isn't really anyone you have to catch up with but the central figure of Harry Stoner himself.
The book begins when Stoner is hanging around his office on a cold winter's night with nothing better to do, when an odd little man called Leon Tubin appears, wanting Harry's help finding out who stole his priceless record albums. Actually, he's sure he already knows who stole them. He just wants to prove it.
Thus begins Harry's entry into the world of Cincinnati audiophiles. They love music, but they probably love their stereo systems even more. It perhaps goes without saying, then, that they are all men. Do men still compare audio equipment now? And if so, has it become something different than a grown men's boys' club? I can remember the era when this was big, vaguely, but it seems to me they must have moved on to something else. Or maybe speakers are just as important to compare and argue about as ever and I am just not in the know.
In any case, this situation, like a couple of the others in the book, signal it as not our own time anymore. I can forget how far away the early nineties are from us now until I read a book written in that time, where a character can still fume over the whole Reagan/Bush administration--Bush senior, that it, who now seems almost benign. Some of the plot points turn on the fact that people can't reach each other on their landlines--because landlines are the only thing anybody has. It gives you pause to think about how so many plot devices just dropped out of writers' hands with the advent of the cell phone. Not that I have significantly better luck reaching anyone on their cell phone than their landline even now, but that's another story.
One of the pleasures of reading detective fiction is that they are such a good vehicle for exploring a city or a region. I don't know Cincinnati--I'm not sure I've ever even driven through it, so it's a pleasure to read about it through Stoner's eyes as he takes us to various neighborhoods and suburbs of the city. He obviously knows his city, just as he obviously knows the music that the music lovers frequently partake of in the book. (Actually, I see that Valin pretty much left writing mysteries behind in favor or writing magazine articles for audiophiles.)
All of the characters in the book are somewhat oddball, but there is one that was actually puzzling, not to mention uncomfortable to encounter. Sherwood Leoffler, who could be said to be Leon Tubin's nemesis, is portrayed as a bigot who is not really all that bad. He borders constantly on saying some unforgivable racial slur, but his fellow audiophiles seem to be resigned to this, even when the jibe is at them. I really found myself wondering what Valin was trying to do here and never did quite figure it out. Perhaps he had a real life model that he was trying to render faithfully. In any case, it was an experiment that didn't quite pan out.
I had a feeling as I read this book that it wasn't the kind of book that would be written today. It's a good, solid enjoyable read, but in reading it, I realize that today's mysteries are ratcheted up a little from its pace. No editor would let Stoner amble around and meet quite so many suspects, or, all in all, to have quite so little mayhem in the midst of this. Or at any rate, I can't think of anyone writing quite this kind of thing. I think even someone who might be a rough equivalent, Michael Connelly, has ratcheted things up a bit, or at least he had in the last one I read.
If I'm right, it's too bad, because there should definitely be a place for mysteries that revolve more around detection than violence and mayhem, but don't shy away from it totally either.
"Miss moves as if she knows I want her. She can read my thoughts sometimes. Sends me wee signals to prove it too. Like when the pencil rolled off her desk at the start of this class. It landed right in front of me. I pushed back my chair, ready to hand it to her, but she just raised her hand, cool as fuck. And then she stepped in front of me..."
So opens Wee Danny, the novella that follows the continuing adventures of one of Brennan's Wee Rockets characters, Wee Danny Gibson. Danny is now separated from his Beechmount, Belfast cohorts and doing time in a home for a young offenders, but is within sight of release if he can just keep his act together. What are the odds, do you think?
Although a short tale, I think this marks a further development in Brennan's writing, as the first person narrative allows him to get further into the head of his protagonist than some of the earlier stories have done. I'd say that the earlier tales were more sociological and this one is more personal. There's a poignancy in moments that seems new to me. The friendship Danny forms with another incarcerated youth is very sweet, though in a tentative and far from sentimental way.
Shades of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest as well as My Bodyguard but never derivative.
I'm writing today to announce my new role as book reviewer over at Escape Into Life. Escape into Life was the brain child of Chris Al-Aswad, who founded this online magazine devoted to poetry and the arts before his tragically young death in 2010. I learned of Chris through Kathleen Kirk at her blog Wait! I Have a Blog?, where she frequently posts both pictures and poetry from EIL. I've searched through some of these and I think this blog post may be a good introduction.
EIL was kept alive through the efforts of Chris's sister, Mandy Al-Aswad, and poets and artists like Kathleen. I am not entirely sure what I'm doing among this talented and somewhat rarified cohort, but it is an honor to have been asked. I mentioned to Kathleen that I read a lot of different kinds of things, including crime fiction, and wondered what exactly they might be looking for from me. She said that what they really wanted to do was encourage reading, so to write about whatever I liked. I'll try to make it a lively mix.
To be honest, I'm not really sure how reviewing here and reviewing there and the short reviews I put up on Good Reads are all going to fit together yet. I am not the fastest reader in the world. Going to have to up my game a little, I think.
For the moment, though, I'll just say that my first review for Escape Into Life is on Renata Adler's Speedboat, and you can find it HERE.


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Rob Chandler is set to begin his sixth local government term after a four-year hiatus from the Barcaldine Regional Council.
A well-known face in the Barcaldine community, Cr Chandler lost the 2020 mayoral race to then-councillor Sean Dillon, who has gone on to become the LNP candidate for the state seat of Gregory.
Cr Chandler had earlier had two terms with the Barcaldine Shire Council, one as a councillor and another as mayor, then made the amalgamation transition to serve three terms as Barcaldine Regional Council mayor to 2020.
He said local government was in his blood and he felt it was time to go back into that arena, if the community wanted him.
He defeated councillor and former Aramac Shire Council mayor Gary Peoples by 61 votes when the mayoral poll was declared just before the Easter break.
"I wasn't particularly confident of the outcome but in a small community, a margin of 50 is hard to claw back," he said.
"I think we need to pick up our game with grants and subsidies, and we can be marketed a bit better," he added.
One thing likely to be different is the livestreaming of council meetings, if Cr Chandler's plan to take meetings back to the four small communities of Jericho, Alpha, Aramac and Muttaburra is supported by the new council.
He didn't believe the community got much out of the livestream, brought in as a result of COVID restrictions.
"I'm not sure how many people viewed the stream - we'll have to ask the community," he said, adding that he wanted fellow councillors to get out and about in each of the towns.
Cr Chandler paid tribute to Mr People's 26 years of service in local government.
Further east, in Mackay, where Greg Williamson has reclaimed the mayoralty, former councillor and then federal MP George Christensen has been voted in as one of 10 councillors there.
The controversial political figure ran as part of a Mackay First team led by mayoral candidate Steve 'Jacko' Jackson and has described himself as a 'wokebuster', vowing to cut rates as well as mount a culture war.
Cr Christensen started his political career as a Mackay councillor in 2004, becoming the Nationals Member for Dawson in 2010, resigning in 2022 to take a tilt at a Senate seat in the federal election that year as a One Nation candidate.
He received the second highest number of votes in March, 25,556, compared to the 26,376 votes for re-elected independent councillor Belinda Hassan.
Females dominate in South Burnett
Just over 100 years after Dr Ellen Kent-Hughes became Kingaroy's first female councillor, women will dominate the South Burnett Regional Council boardroom.
Five of the six councillors are women and former deputy mayor Kathy Duff has claimed victory in the mayoral race.
She received 41.95 per cent of the vote after preferences were distributed, while fellow councillor Kirstie Schumacher polled 24.45pc, Gavin 'Spud' Jone 21.8pc, and Tom Wilson 11.8pc.
A councillor for 20 years, Cr Duff said she believed her experience and five-point-plan had been contributing factors in her win.
"It's good to see women stepping up," she said, saying there had been a perception from the community that females would work collaboratively for the good of the community.
Cr Duff actively campaigned for the retention of electoral divisions in the council, saying it was important to ensure every corner of the region was represented.
"The previous council talked about removing divisions, but we've got agricultural communities as well as built-up areas and both need representation," she said.
"I've controversially not supported portfolios - I will encourage councillors to be across everything happening in their division, and to work hard for it."
Carpentaria in limbo
While the vast majority of Queensland's councils have had their polls declared, voters in the Gulf shire of Carpentaria are still waiting for an outcome to be posted in their mayoral and councillor contests.
It stands out as the only rural council not to have its results finalised but the Electoral Commission Queensland had no simple explanation for the delay.
In the mayoral poll, incumbent mayor Jack Bawden has 539 votes while his challenger, councillor Ashley Gallagher has 303 votes, with 69pc of the vote counted.
According to an ECQ spokesperson, they must be certain that the number of ballot papers, ie postal votes, outstanding and the preferences marked by electors can't change the outcome, when considering if the declaration of a candidate can be made.
"The ECQ anticipates that a declaration will be made for the Carpentaria Shire election in the next couple of days, following a recount to provide confidence to all candidates in the outcome of the election," they said.
The last day for postal votes to be received was March 26, seven days ago.
A number of other rural councils were given an outcome before the Easter break, including Bulloo, where incumbent mayor John 'Tractor' Ferguson was re-elected with 44pc of the vote, fighting off challenges from Jimmy Abbot (23.3pc), Shirley Girdler (16.7pc), and Vaughan Collins (15.6pc).
Robyn Holmes, who had been the deputy mayor at Cook, is that shire's new mayor, picking up 53.3pc of the vote, while Trevor Pickering has been returned as mayor for Croydon, collecting 96 votes to challenger Jarrod Pickering's 58 votes.
Livingstone deputy mayor Adem Belot was the winner in an upset result there, receiving 31pc of the vote to unseat incumbent mayor Andy Ireland for the mayor's role.
He finished with 7550 votes to Mr Ireland's 7070 votes.
There were no upsets in North Burnett, where Les Hotz remains the mayor, fighing off a challenge from deputy mayor Robbie Radel.
Suzette Beresford emerged triumphant in Paroo, polling 245 votes to 218 for Perry Higgins, 213 for Bill 'Toonk' Carr, and 197 for Ethan Crumblin.
Ben Hall was declared the new mayor at Quilpie, receiving 63pc of the vote to Dick Loveday's 37pc.
Troy Thompson defeated incumbent Jenny Hill for the top job at Townsville, receiving 50,167 votes to Ms Hill's 47,415 votes.
In Whitsunday, the CEO of the Bowen Gumlu Growers Association, Ry Collins is the new mayor following the retirement of Julie Hall, receiving 47pc of the vote.
The next highest challenger, Philip Batty finished with 24.92pc.
The latest results almost conclude council elections for four years, coming on the back of a number of shock results and mayoral changes around the state.


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William Shakespeare devised new words and countless plot tropes that still appear in everyday life. Famous quotes from his plays are easily recognizable; phrases like "To be or not to be," "wherefore art thou, Romeo," and "et tu, Brute?
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No single writer has done more to change and shape the English language than Shakespeare. As a mark of his lasting legacy and talent as a playwright, many of the words and phrases he came up with are still in common use today.
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Bayern Munich will be aiming to get back to winning ways at Paderborn in the Bundesliga following their draw with Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
The German champions were disappointed to be held goalless in Ukraine on Tuesday in the first leg of their last 16 tie.
Pep Guardiola's side will be expected to bounce back this weekend after sporting director Matthias Sammer said the performance against Shakhtar did not reflect "the real Bayern Munich".
"Everyone can see we have room to improve before we reach peak form and that's the message for the next few days," he said. "We have to shift up a gear."
Bayern, who are currently eight points clear at the top of the table, beat Paderborn 4-0 in Munich in September.
Paderborn earned a vital win at Hanover last time out as they seek to avoid a swift return to the second division.
Their manager Andre Breitenreiter dismissed the theory that Bayern are not near their best by pointing out the result of the Bavarians' last league match.
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text: Northampton primary schools take part in Beanstalk BookFest with Pippa Goodhart 6 November 2018 Over 90 children from across eight primary schools in Northampton took part in a day celebrating storytelling as part of Beanstalk BookFest 2018 - a free event for schools aimed at inspiring a new generation of booklovers. Beanstalk BookFest is a free literacy festival organised each year by national reading charity Beanstalk. The charity exclusively invites schools it works with to take part in inspiring and interactive workshops, which are generously supported by the venues, authors and illustrators who give their time to spread a love of books and reading. This year, for the first time, Beanstalk BookFest came to Northampton thanks to Northampton International Academy who kindly provided the venue and to children’s writer Pippa Goodhart, author of hugely successful ‘You Choose’, who hosted 'spooky tales' for the Year One and Two classes as well as Beanstalk children from other local schools. The children had fun with magic tricks inspired by the Winne the Witch stories and designed their own bookmark illustrations. In addition to the workshop with Pippa, there was face painting, fancy dress costumes and singing! Pippa Goodhart: “I was a child who really struggled with learning to read. I watched my friends learn easily, but I was the odd child out, the one who was stuck. I saw reading as a task to dread because I knew I’d fail at it. Once I got through the mental log-jam of learning enough to get a taste of the rewards to be had from reading, I was launched. And of course I love it now, both for work and play. Beanstalk is doing a wonderful job at helping the many children who struggle with reading, freeing them into a wider, easier, more interesting world. I’m proud to be working with them.” Find out more about all the events which took place as part of Beanstalk BookFest 2018. Find out how your school can get involved with Beanstalk.


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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Honduran girl affiliated with a caravan of Central American migrants gave start on U.S. soil shortly after coming into the nation illegally amid rising frustration a few bottleneck to say asylum at official border crossings.
Border Patrol brokers arrested the lady Nov. 26 after she entered the nation illegally close to Imperial Seashore, California, throughout the border from Tijuana, Mexico, Customs and Border Safety stated Wednesday. She was arrested together with her 20-year-old husband and 2-year-old son.
The girl, who was eight months pregnant, was taken to a hospital after complaining about belly plan the day after her arrest, Customs and Border Safety stated.
The household was launched from custody on Sunday, pending the outcomes of their immigration instances.
Univision reported that the household is looking for asylum and hoped to hitch household in Columbus, Ohio, whereas their instances are pending.
Maryury Serrano Hernandez, 19, advised the community giving start within the U.S. was a “large reward” for the household’s grueling journey.
U.S. inspectors on the foremost border crossing in San Diego are processing as much as about 100 asylum claims day, leaving 1000’s of migrants ready in Tijuana. Some are crossing illegally and avoiding the wait.
President Donald Trump stated in October that he may finish birthright citizenship with a swipe of his pen. Most students on the left and proper share the view that it will take a constitutional modification to disclaim computerized citizenship to youngsters born within the U.S. to oldsters who’re within the nation illegally.
Of the greater than 6,100 migrants staying in a short lived shelter run by town of Tijuana final week, 3,936 have been males, 1,147 have been ladies, and 1,068 have been youngsters.
Scores of pregnant ladies traveled with the caravan by Mexico earlier than reaching the U.S. border. In Pijijiapan within the southern state of Chiapas, Dr. Jesus Miravete, who volunteered his providers within the city’s plaza, stated he handled a number of dozen pregnant ladies, together with 16 for dehydration after being on the highway for weeks.
In October, a Guatemalan girl gave start to the primary identified caravan child at a hospital in Juchitan. Mexico’s governmental Nationwide Human Rights Fee stated it had organized for medical consideration for the lady, who was 38 weeks pregnant, and the lady was wholesome.