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This is the final article in a series discussing the process of building a warm-up that will grow your group’s abilities through creating connections. In this post, I will look at some warm-ups that you can provide students with for individual practice. These also work great in sectionals.
Instrument-Specific Warm-Up Exercises:
Practice in the following manner: Flute- headjoint, Clarinet- mouthpiece and barrel, Saxes- mouthpiece only, Double reeds- reed only.
Practice with just the mouthpiece (Clarinet with barrel), headjoint, reeds. Play an open free tone. Clarinets produce a high reedy pitch. Saxes a low reedy pitch (like a goose call). Double reeds crow 2 or more pitches and also play the reed as if on the instrument. Flutes produce a vibrant resonant whistle. You can move into producing specific pitches easily with a flexible embouchure.
Reed players need to:
- Feel like the lips are holding the reeds along their sides.
- Remember reed vibrations = resonance.
- Use a hearty reed tone- get the heart of the vibrating not just the tip.
- Air goes over the rails, not just through the center of the reed.
All woodwinds need to move air to the end of the instrument, not stop at the open keys.
Focus on the cheek muscles stretching forward to support the embouchure instead of thinking that the embouchure holds the mouthpiece, etc. Embouchure must remain free to adjust and create the appropriate aperture.
After a solid tone is produced, move into creating vibrato and articulations with just the headjoint, mouthpiece or double reeds. Starting vibrato early actually prevents many other issues. On flute it contributes to aperture focus. On the reeds it really helps prevent biting to hold the mouthpiece or reeds, as well as tongue positioning and developing the lips as a cushion while relying on good air to vibrate the reeds. For clarinets and saxes, it forces them to put top teeth on mouthpiece and not rest reed on bottom lip.
Articulating on just the mouthpiece/reeds develops great independence of the tongue. To maintain the same tone while tonguing, students learn that only the tip of the tongue can be employed without causing some kind of detriment to the tone.
Making sure that your woodwinds maintain the proper tone while playing on the mouthpiece/reeds with either a straight tone, vibrato or while articulating will build a great foundation.
Tongue Up Headjoint: (After they have played on the headjoint for 1 month.) Place the tip of the tongue lightly touching the roof of the mouth right above the gum line. While the tongue is touching the roof of the mouth, make a tone on the headjoint. They have to relax their face muscles and the bottom lip will naturally flatten out on the lip plate.
Tongue Up D: (For students who have been playing at least 2 month.) Place the tip of the tongue lightly touching right above the gum line. Play fourth line D while keeping the tongue touching above the gum line. In order for the D to play you will have to relax the facial muscles so that the air can go around the tongue to the aperture. You will also have to stretch the top lip down in order to create a relaxed, tiny, focused aperture.
Whisper F: (For students who have been playing at least 3 months.) Finger High F; start with lips completely together. Blow only enough air to play the high F at a pp dynamic. Aperture must be super small and stretching forward. This will develop a super focused aperture with great air focus.
Overtones: (For students who have been playing at least 4 months.) Overtones are a great way to further develop aperture and air focus. It will also develop their high note clarity. Overtones are where you finger one note but play another note a partial or more above.
- Add the register key to notes early in their development to help them build fast air and firm embouchure.
- To provide support, the bottom lip moves forward to add firmness to the heart of the reed, not biting up to the tip.
- Practice soft, resonant high notes.
- Play 2nd line G. Without the register key, bottom lip supports the heart of the reed firmly to produce a high D. Air needs to be fast for this to occur.
- Learning vibrato forces them to anchor the mouthpiece against their top teeth.
- Proceed to low notes early in their playing. This keeps them open and prevents resting the mouthpiece on the bottom lip.
- Develop vibrato early as well. Use as an exercise to keep them from biting the reed.
- Learning vibrato forces them to put their top teeth on the mouthpiece.
- Drops: Finger top staff G. While keeping octave key depressed, drop jaw to play 2nd line G.
- Once control of the low notes is gained, they should start doing octaves and overtones.
Reed Shifts: develops voicings
- With just the reed, Play Ab. Next play Ab again and shift (gliss) up to a Bb and back to Ab. After you are comfortable with this, begin on Ab and shift to Bb then to C and then back down to Ab. Finally, shift from Ab to Bb to C to Db and then back down to Ab.
- The more reed in your mouth makes the pitch go higher. Use the mouth to move the reed inward and back out. Your hand is only to keep from dropping the reed, not to move the reed in and out of your mouth.
- Give energy and direction to shift notes. Watch for biting as you get to C. It’s not pressure but fast air and voicing that create higher pitches.
- OO shape in aperture and EE shape in tongue.
Long tones and Dynamics:
- Long tones on reed alone to learn how to finish notes.
- Sound a Bb on the reed alone. Crescendo to your best forte, then decrescendo to silence without a pitch change. Keep air moving no matter what. Softer is farther away. To get softer, dampen 1 blade but not both.
- Play an F on the reed alone.
- Play either a C or C# on the bocalphone. (Reed and bocal)
- On the bocalphone use C# to play: long tones, articulation patterns, dynamics.
- You can also cover the whole reed with your mouth and adjust pitch with just your air and tongue. No lip pressure. You can also drop the jaw and use air and tongue to change pitch.
- Play bassoon with no reed to warm up your air and instrument.
- Hold bassoon almost vertical. Balance points hip, left hand knuckle, right hand palm.
Employ the wind principals of warm-ups for everything you play.
- Play all notes as relaxed as possible while maintaining the fastest air possible. Be aware if you start to sacrifice one for the other.
- Keep a smooth, relaxed aperture. A relaxed aperture will: keep lips closer together naturally, buzz a lot faster or a lot slower, adjust easier, not get fatigued quickly.
- Range success is not the goal. How we train for range is the goal. Consistent tone, air etc. in all ranges is all that matters. Using our muscle structures and air in a relaxed, productive manner is priority. Cracked notes played correctly are better than notes produced by tight, pinched muscles and air.
- High notes are less air moving faster.
- Stable corners. While the amount of firmness of the corners varies by instrument, we want to use our air and tongue position as the primary source of control.
- Sing often.
- Focus on vibrating the instrument, not just the lips.
As you practice any of these exercises concentrate on maintaining steady corners, practice playing soft, learn to use your tongue arch and less air moving faster as you go higher. Play without pinching the center of the lips.
Buzzing: Just the mouthpiece. Lead pipe buzzing: Trumpet, French Horn, Euphonium, Tuba remove main tuning slide. Trombone remove the slide. Buzz through sirens. Not all pitches are available but you can feel how it’s the air that activates the instrument’s nodes and not the lips. Full Instrument: Instrument completely assembled.
Buzzing: start without using the tongue. Buzz softly. Keep the corners as still as possible. Focus on air, tongue arch and aperture size as you move up and down. Buzz as high as you can with the shank open. Then, partially cover the end of the shank with your pinky and buzz with the back pressure to develop high range. As you go higher focus on less air moving faster as the aperture gets smaller.
Mouthpiece Buzzing/Sirens, Lead Pipe Buzzing/Sirens, Full Instrument Sounds/Sirens. Match the feeling of the aperture to all 3 forms. Listen for a round, open, resonant tone without any tension, pinching or tightness. Aperture is along for the ride, not to start the notes.
- Lip slurs are fundamental to brass development. Practice soft.
- Flow studies. Play soft and slow. Feel where the air vibrates the metal.
- Slow scale practice for consistency of tone.
- Lip vibrato is helpful for keeping students from using too much pressure on the mouthpiece.
Less is more. Keep body movements to a minimum.
- 2 Finger pulls, Wrist pulls- both hands, Palm up fingers down extend- L/R Hand, Palm down fingers up extend- L/R Hand, Arms down palms back curl fingers
- Stick Spins: Hold a stick in each hand and spin your wrist back and forth.
- Stick Dribble: With a normal grip, raise your hands up near your ears so that your sticks are parallel to ground and pointing back. While maintaining a proper grip, use your fingers to let the sticks rotate in the fulcrum up and down to simulate a double bounce. Watch hands to see if you are creating the same grip in both hands.
- 8 on a hand. 8 taps with right hand. 8 taps with left hand. 1 wrist stroke, 7 finger bounces.
- Match stick tap between right and left hands, between single and double bounces. Tips stay close, thumb alignment, uniform stick height.
Play through rudiments that are appropriate for your level. Start slow. Increase tempo while maintaining proper grip, rebound, stick height, tap. Practice on rim also and listen for rhythmic precision.
Every year is a new year for teachers and chances are we need to adjust our warm-up. Each year we have a different group; different skill levels, different developmental abilities etc. Let’s approach our warm-up with a fresh evaluation of our students’ abilities. Keep in mind that we want to build habits that will carry over into their performances. Think to yourself, “Is my warm-up making my band better? What am I specifically trying to improve, build, grow? Do I have a goal for everything I put in my warm-up? Am I strengthening the connection between fundamentals and performance?”
I hope these pages have sparked some ideas for your warm-up routine. Have a great warm-up.
Steve Giovanoni is in his 23rd year of teaching. He is currently in his 12th year at Randolph Field ISD in Universal City, TX. While at RFISD he has taught Band, Dual Credit Music Appreciation and Music Theory courses.
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True Health Diagnostics was founded by Chris Grottenthaler in March 2014 in Frisco, Texas, a clinical laboratory company to sell and develop medical tests. Grottenthaler had formerly worked in private equity. True Health was CLIA certified in Texas in August 2014 and offered its first tests in October of that year.
True health has hired several members who worked at bluewave, a contract sales organization. However, true health is not to hire any of the owners or management of BluWave in September 2015, True Health has acquired the assets of bankrupt competitor, diagnostic laboratory health, Inc. at judicial auction for $ 37.1 million. HDL was around 550 employees in Richmond, Virginia, and went bankrupt after a $47 million settlement with the Department of justice in connection with allegations that HDL bribed doctors to send business their way, true health is expected of corporate ethics agreement that the PAP was signed in the framework of the settlement. Paps had to run the sale through bluewave and bluewave was identified as parties to the DOJ investigation, HDL to share with bluewave in January 2015 in the course of the investigation, and in April, before he filed the bankruptcy petition, the PAP tried to force the court to consider whether former bluewave employees working with true health prevented HDLs business.
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In April 2017 the True Health have begun to offer genetic testing to determine a persons risk for developing hereditary cancers.
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BEIJING (Caixin Online) — After blistering economic growth over the past decades, China has become the world’s largest energy consumer and second-largest oil consumer. In the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland in January, Caixin talks to Chief Economist of Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, about China’s oil imports and oil price reforms, as well as the ideal conditions to propel domestic growth of renewable energies.
China’s oil consumption has risen significantly in recent years, increasing by 5% year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2011, according to the National Development and Reform Commission. As China needs more oil to power its rapid economic growth and industrialization, a reduction of consumption, or even a slower growth of that, is not likely.
In this interview, Dr. Birol spells out the obstacles China faces in securing oil supplies, the need for it to improve energy efficiency, the challenges for alternative energy in the country, as well as the impact of geopolitics on the world’s oil supply.
Caixin: We know that China has become the second-largest oil consumer in the world. For China, how can China secure its oil sources from the world?
Birol: I think there are two, three things that China can do. First of all, in China, most of the oil is consumed, used in the transportation sector: cars, trucks and so on. And still, they are not very efficient. China can improve the efficiency of the cars so that they use less oil and oil is saved. This is one. Second, today in China, car ownership levels are very low. For example, in Europe, 500 persons out of 1,000 persons own a car.
In the United States 700 persons out of 1,000 persons own a car and in China only 30 persons out of 1,000 persons own a car. So Chinese will buy a lot of cars with the increasing income levels and money in the pocket for convenience and prestige reasons. So it is important that China looks at the alternative car technologies, such as electric cars, such as hybrid cars and others. So this is the second thing. Third, China also needs to look more and more to public transportation means, to make it much more attractive for Chinese citizens. These are the areas that China can do on the demand side.
On the supply side, China is making a lot of effort to increase its own domestic production, but it is very limited. But at the same time, China has a very good policy to have a lot of access to some oil producing countries, such as in Africa or even in North America, to secure supplies. This is also very good. And the final issue is oil and geopolitics are becoming more and more interwoven. We may see, as we did in the last years, sudden supply disruptions of oil. And as I said, more than 90% of the growth in oil production will need to come from only a very few number of Middle East countries. And we all know that the Middle East is going through a very difficult time period.
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So I think it will be very interesting if China puts more and more emphasis on having stocks, building stocks at home. China is already doing it, but acceleration of these efforts would be very important, and I know that the International Energy Agency, my agency, works very closely with the Chinese government and they have a lot of interests, common interests, in that respect to build stocks for oil. So to sum up, there’s a demand side, what China can do to slow down the demand growth, and the supply side to get more supplies domestically and outside of China, and finally, to find a solution to the sudden supply disruption, a stocks building policy is very important.
Caixin: Like you said, another thing is China’s oil prices domestically and energy prices overall are almost completely controlled by the state and also the state-owned companies. From the demand side, do you think those reforms need to happen in those areas?
Birol: Definitely. Because if the prices are not in line with the international prices, it is a way to give protection to consumers. And if it is cheaper than its real value, consumers will use it in a wasteful manner. Therefore, it is very important that the oil product prices, it can be gasoline or diesel or LPG, would reflect the international oil prices, and I’m sure Chinese government will take some steps in order to reform the markets in that direction.
Caixin: Like you said, China has a lot of corporations with the IEA. Do you think China should also join the IEA, become one of the members of the IEA?
Birol: I hope one day. I would be delighted to do so. However there are still some problems. There are still some areas to be looked into together, but we work very closely with China, lots of cooperation in the energy policy, energy analysis, and technology. These are building stocks through the way going towards a membership. But I think we still have some ways to go to have China as a member of IEA. For the time being, joint work is going very well, and therefore, I appreciate the Chinese government’s effort in that direction.
Caixin: Can you take some examples? What areas we should work together more so that process could be smooth?
Birol: Exactly. For example, one of them is the stocks we have discussed. This is a very good joint work there. Second, IEA member governments went through many reforms in their energy sector. Some of them did right things; some of them did wrong things. When they did wrong things, they reform it again, re-reform it. There are a lot of experiences, and we can easily share this experience with the Chinese so that they don’t make the same mistakes that we have done, so this is a second one. Third one is our member governments and the industries in our countries are developing a lot of energy technologies. We should share these experiences with China. This is also very important. Fourth, we are having international dialogues with many producing countries, consuming countries. And it’s been very important to have China play a key role in that respect as well. We can all together, I think, in those meetings, in those dialogues, have much more meaningful approaches if China is there. If China is not there, whatever we decide, whatever we talk, will have less weight.


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Weekly Commentary: Oslo - not the "occupation" is undermining Israel's
ethical, democratic and diplomatic foundations
Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 17 December 2009
"The truth is harsh. The occupation is destroying Israel. It is undermining
Israel's ethical, democratic and diplomatic foundations."
So claims Haaretz Correspondent Ari Shavit in today's edition.
I would suggest that, in retrospect, much of the activity surrounding Oslo -
rather than the "occupation" - has been "undermining Israel's ethical,
democratic and diplomatic foundations."
Oslo corrupted our respect for human life. Soldiers and civilians alike
became no more than pawns in a game of peacemaking under the gun. And today,
after sinking up to our noses in the mire of Oslo, with politicians often
ultimately treating brutal murders as temporary insignificant
inconveniences, we find a dramatic increase in murder, violent crime, even
violence in the schoolyard.
Oslo corrupted the very top of Israel's intelligence system. Some allowed
their ideology to seriously cloud their judgment as they naively thought
they could sub-contract Israel's security to their Palestinian pals who they
wined and dined on open expense accounts. Others, with an eye on their
career track, opted to present reports and analysis that supported the
"process" rather than what they really thought. And it didn't stop there.
Some of these top Israelis entered into a web of business relations with
their Palestinian counterparts. Money - the ultimate corrupter.
Oslo corrupted the political system, with it becoming acceptable to make
bare-faced lies to the Knesset, as was the case when Shimon Peres denied the
existence of his "Jerusalem Letter", and later when time and again the
explicit policy choices made by the citizens was ignored after election day.
But it wasn't just the lies and the vote buying. Oslo introduced brazen and
open foreign interference in the Israeli democratic process with money from
the European Union and other nations financing various leftist groups in
Israel and even some politicians.
Oslo so corrupted respect for the democratic process that the ruling
government even went so far as to use the services of the State's
intelligence apparatus to undermine the standing of their political rivals
and silence them rather than engage them in serious debate. To this day
serious public debate is marred by the efforts to silence voices with
charges of incitement and the "extremist" label.
Oslo corrupted the news media as reporters abandoned their critical
"watchdog" role, opting to either distort or ignore the truth as their
contribution to the "peace process".
Oslo corrupted our society. Oslo corrupted our democratic system. Oslo
corrupted our security.
And Oslo - not the occupation - served to undermine Israel's diplomatic
Oslo took Yasser Arafat and his PLO off the dung heap of history (wallowing
in Tunis after being thrown out of Lebanon) when only radicals in the West
were talking about anything beyond a Palestinian autonomy and lead
ultimately to the diplomatic challenge we face today - with the critical
message of UNSC 242 (no requirement of full withdrawal) being ignored.
Again: We didn't get into this mess because of the "occupation". It's the
reckless ideologically blinded pro-withdrawal policies that got us into this
Is it too late to get the retreat genie back into the bottle?
Paradoxically, it may very well turn out that Israel's deteriorated
diplomatic situation may ultimately save the Jewish State by suckering the
Palestinians into take such an uncompromising hard line that Israelis unite
in rejecting their demands while key foreign actors find themselves stuck
conceding that, indeed, the failure to cut a deal can be attributed to the
Palestinian hard line.
Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
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2022 will be bringing some changes to BennettBlackLight.
Michael has changed his focus from creating his art splash pages
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text: Meet Joey and Dreia. These two are such an incredible couple. One of the things I love about them is the dynamic of their relationship; particularly the way that Driea verbally expresses a bit of embarrassment at the way Joey acts, meanwhile laughing at everything he says. Very much like my wife and me. I had an incredible time photographing these two love birds for their engagement session and capturing the magic between them. And I'm very excited to be photographing their wedding in a few months. Now despite Joey's constant joking and Dreia's admiration masked by mild embarrassment, there's a ridiculous amount of love here between them. And I was thrilled to have the opportunity to capture these images. Take a look!

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Fan opened with much fanfare overseas. B-Town has always been in awe of SRK and charmed by his wit and persona. While, it comes as no surprise that everyone in tinsel town is praising his performance in Maneesh Sharma's brave attempt.
Let's take a glance at what Bollywood have to say -
Arjun Kapoor tweeted-Da film that raises the bar of cinematic accomplishments in India@FanTheFilm is so cool & @iamsrk takes it to the next level, Game changer!
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Maneesh freakin Sharma!Uff!!
SRK IS FAN, AND FAN IS SRK. He becomes Gaurav, Aryan and you forget SRK! But its him :) Surreal experience !!!@iamsrk #Fan-post by Parineeti
SRK’s good friend Karan Johar said-@iamsrk creates a character that will be remembered for years ahead....Gaurav in #FAN is a result of the performance extraordinaire of SRK!
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Chitwan Jungle Safari Tour
Chitwan Jungle Safari Tour is famous for its variety of ecosystem that embraces Churia hills, beautiful lakes and Rivers. It is the abode for more than 50 species of mammals, 525 species of birds and 55 species of reptiles and mammals. So, it is our duty to save their home and maintain the balance between the eco systems. You can find different types of subtropical and tropical forests here. 20% of the total land is covered by the grasslands of park area. People will be amazed to know that there exist more than 50 varieties of grasses which can be raised up to 800 meters.
Some shorter grasses are used for thatching roof, manufacture paper works and also for making mats. Similarly, the endangered fauna are also available in Chitwan National Park. In this sense also we have to protect Chitwan National Park. Many people are able to run their household from this sector. This is the major sector to earn money as well as to enhance tourism sector. Visiting Chitwan National Park provides with a great opportunity to observe the natural life of several wild animals and also for wildlife and jungle safari.
Chitwan National Park is the first national park in Nepal. It was established in 1973 and granted the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984.
Day 01: Arrival in Bharatpur Airport or Sauraha bus stand.
Upon your arrival at Bharatpur Airport or Sauraha bus stand our representative receive you and transfer to jungle Lodge, welcome drinks and introduction to your room, freshen up and briefing session, lunch, visit nearby ethnic tharu village, dinner and briefing about next day program.
Day 02: Full day Chitwan Jungle Safari Tour.
Wake up call, breakfast, elephant ride, visit to visitor center, crocodile breeding center and tharu cultural museum, lunch, jungle nature walk, dinner and briefing about next day program.
Day 03: Final Departure
Wake up Call, tea/ coffee, bird watching, breakfast, departure to Kathamdnu
Hotel accommodation in Bardia twin sharing basic.
Full board meal (B.L.D.) during Chitwan safari period.
Jungle activities like Elephant ride, Jungle walk, Jeep safari, bird watching, Tharu village tour and cultural show on choice.
Transportation to Bardia by coach / private vehicle or flight on choice.
An experienced nature safari guide trained by go. of Nepal.
Government / Local taxes, Chitwan national park entrance fees.
Bus Park/ airport pick up and drop..
Personal expenses like phone, bar bill, laundry, beverages etc.
Travel / medical insurance.
Meals on the way of journey by Coach or private vehicle.
Flight fare and private vehicle cost (we arrange on request).
Emergency evacuation cost.
Tips for Guide, driver as well as other staff
Other unexpected cost due to delay, strike etc.
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Love One Another
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son to be the atonement for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:7-11
As we come to the end of this year, is there someone in your family or among your relationships that has hurt you or disappointed you in the past, or present? Consider how much God has loved you and forgiven you, and give them the gift of your forgiveness and your love. Release them from your judgement against them, that God may release you from His judgement against you. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good! If you feel like it's too hard to forgive that person, humble yourself before God in prayer and ask Him to help you. He will. It is His will for us to love one another and forgive one another.

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So, an actual match, then. It feels like Liverpool have had far too many of these types of weeks over the past few seasons, with focus solely on off-pitch concerns and the only drama around the club reserved for self-inflicted wounds rather than matches that matter. That they've often involved Luis Suarez is unfortunate, but tomorrow--as was the case last season--they'll start a lengthy stretch without the striker.
Whether or not that stretch takes a much longer turn over the summer isn't worth the hand-wringing quite yet, although early returns indicate it's full steam ahead on transfer speculation. There'll be a time and place for that, but it's not nownownow just yet, so I feel like we're at least obligated to go through the motions of focusing on the more immediate future for Liverpool and every squad member not named Luis Suarez.
That future includes tomorrow's trip to Newcastle, which proved last season to was among Liverpool's most miserable away days. Pepe Reina was sent off, Andy Carroll lost a wonderful goal-scoring chance and his cool, and the whole sordid affair sent us into a dark, dark place. Results for Alan Pardew's side have been mixed of late--most notably a 0-3 hammering from Sunderland in the Tyne-Wear derby--but there's no doubt that there's enough talent in the Newcastle side to frustrate Liverpool in a similar fashion.
Pardew will have Cheick Tiote and Papiss Cisse available for selection, while Fabricio Coloccini and Hatem Ben Arfa are closer to returns but will likely miss out along with Tim Krul, who's out for the rest of the seaon with a dislocated shoulder. The core of the side's been mostly consistent, with Cisse leading from the front, and Moussa Sissoko, Yoan Gouffran, and Yohan Cabaye providing support from the midfield. Jonas and James Perch have vacillated between wide roles in the midfield and defense lately, while Steven Taylor, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, and Mathieu Debuchy have been constants at the back with Robert Elliot set to replace Krul for the run-in.
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Liverpool's fitness concerns look to be clearing up just in time for the season to be over, with Raheem Sterling and Fabio Borini returning to training earlier in the week and Martin Kelly getting involved again over the past couple of days. Luis Suarez will serve the first of his ten-match ban as well.
With Kelly looking close to a return, we might finally see a shake-up across the back, but tomorrow will see the same back line continue. Jamie Carragher was impressive against Chelsea, and the unit as a whole were mostly solid, but once again set-piece defending proved to be the Achilles' heel. That's not only down to the back line and Pepe Reina, but they're far too vulnerable far too frequently.
Jordan Henderson looks to be re-established in the starting eleven, joining Steven Gerrard and Lucas as the first-choice midfield. They're not exactly the three-man setup that most had envisioned when Brendan Rodgers arrived, but with Henderson included consistently again, they seem to be settled. With Suarez out for the rest of the season, there aren't many other apparent options, with Jonjo Shelvey seemingly the only player likely to appear.
The rest seems straightforward enough--Daniel Sturridge comes straight in for Suarez, with Stewart Downing and Philippe Coutinho providing the width. It's the same eleven that started against Chelsea save for Suarez, and if Sturridge can have the similar type of effect as he did after coming on for the second half on Sunday, the absence of the Uruguayan might not be too damaging.
Kickoff is a bit later, with the start time set for 5:30PM GMT/12:30PM EST. ESPN will air the match live in the UK, with Fox Soccer Channel showing it in the US. Team sheets will be released an hour before kickoff, and any other news--hopefully all of it related to the match and not the ongoing circus--will be posted leading up to the matchday thread. Hope you'll be around for it, and that we round tomorrow off talking only about the result.

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Rashid Dostum captures Afghan city
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Uzbek warlord's militia took over a city in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, even as newly trained Afghan National Army troops were being flown in from Kabul to quell the fighting.
Dostum's forces had seized control of several towns in the north of the province and were advancing on Maimana, the local intelligence chief, Homayoun Aini, said in a telephone interview Wednesday. He said the militia forces had captured Juma Bazaar, a suburb just 12 miles from the center of the provincial capital, and two other districts to the north.
KANDAHAR: Clashes in Afghanistan left at least seven people dead, including four Afghan soldiers and police officers in the country’s insurgency-torn south, officials said Thursday.
A militant and an Afghan soldier were killed in a gunbattle that also left an American soldier and a second Afghan wounded, the US military said. The soldiers were not identified and no details of their injuries were given, AP reported
Factions clash in Afghan province
Faryab's intelligence chief, Omayoun Haini, told the Associated Press news agency that between 2,000 and 3,000 Dostum soldiers had crossed into Faryab from neighbouring provinces on Tuesday on 200 vehicles and 400 horses.
General Dostum is an adviser to President Hamid Karzai but his forces have been involved in several territorial clashes since the fall of the Taleban in 2001.
Mr Anayatullah told the Reuters agency: "The reason Dostum launched this attack is because we obey the central government and he does not like that. He wants this province under his control."
Our correspondent says that sources in the area believe that neither the governor nor General Dostum are popular with local people, who are said to want an outside appointment.
This is the latest in a series of confrontations between strong regional commanders and the central government in Kabul.
Last month there was fighting in the western city of Herat, after the killing of Afghanistan's minister for civil aviation, who was also the son of Herat's powerful governor, Ismail Khan.


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Three different controversial plans to tear down existing buildings and replace them with denser development return July 16 to the agenda of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council’s Zoning Committee.
And another teardown project at 213 Lamartine St. goes before the Boston Landmarks Commission on July 8.
The teardown projects on the Zoning Committee’s agenda include:
- 3371-3375 Washington St. and 197-201 Green St., where a house and commercial buildings would become a massive, mixed-use development. The Zoning Committee rejected an earlier version in January.
- 71 South St., where a house serving as a law office would be replaced by a condo building. The City’s Zoning Board of Appeals shot down an earlier version of the plan two years ago.
- 266 Lamartine St., where a single-family house would be demolished for multifamily buildings. The developer agreed to delay plans in May to get more community input.
The Zoning Committee meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Farnsworth House, 90 South St. See the JP Agenda listing for more information.


The ABC Wasp is an experimental seven cylinder radial engine of 170 horsepower, designed by the noted British engineer Granville Bradshaw. At a weight of 290 lbs., it had one of the most advanced power-to-weight ratios of the day -- 1.7 lbs. per horsepower. This WWI era engine is noteworthy because it was the first in which the cylinders were coated with copper in an attempt to dissipate heat. The ABC Wasp never evolved beyond the experimental stage, but it was the predecessor of the unsuccessful production "Dragonfly" engine.


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Seeds, nuts, and certain vegetables and fruits, such as avocado, banana, and spinach, are the richest foods in potassium. They even have higher amounts of potassium than animal-derived foods!
How much potassium do we need daily?
The recommended daily dose of potassium for men and women is 3,400 mg and 2,600 mg, respectively.
On the other hand, there hasn’t been established a maximum safe dose of potassium for healthy people. Potassium is easily excreted by the kidneys. So, the human body doesn’t store high amounts.
Although, there are many foods containing high amounts of potassium, most people who follow a standard Western diet fail to meet their daily needs. That’s why the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans identifies potassium as a “nutrient of public health concern”.
Studies have shown, that only 10% of men and less than 1% of women consume the recommended daily intake of potassium.
Foods high in potassium
We should eat plenty of foods high in potassium every day. Fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts are the best dietary sources of potassium.
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Hemp seeds are the richest food in potassium, containing 1,200 mg of potassium per 100g!
Banana boosts potassium intake!
Banana is also particularly high in potassium. It’s the main source of potassium for people who don’t eat many fruits or vegetables.
Actually, a medium (7″) banana has 420 mg of potassium. This dose is 12% of the Daily Value.
Moreover, a large (9″) banana contains approximately 540 mg of potassium, or almost 16% of the DV.
All other banana products are excellent natural sources of potassium. For instance, banana chips contain 536 mg of potassium per 100g, while dehydrated bananas contain 1,490 mg of potassium per 100g, or 44% of the DV.
Moreover, bananas help increase potassium levels because they’re excellent dietary sources of magnesium. Magnesium depletion can contribute to potassium deficiency by increasing urinary potassium losses.
Other favorite foods rich in potassium
- all nuts & seeds are high in potassium. Pistachios, sunflower seeds, flaxseeds, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, and cacao seeds (chocolate) are also excellent sources of potassium. Pistachios are the richest nuts in potassium. Furthermore, pistachios have unique compounds that help you lose belly fat.
- fruits, such as prunes, apricots, bananas, papaya, oranges, watermelon, cantaloupe, and apples are rich in potassium. Raisins are the richest fruit in potassium, though!
- beans & legumes are nutrient-dense foods, containing high amounts of potassium.
- beverages, such as coffee (116 mg per cup) and tea (88 mg per cup) also contain potassium. Avoid drinking too many cups of coffee a day. In a case study, scientists found that drinking more than 10 cups of coffee a day may cause hypokalemia, due to the diuretic action of caffeine. Hypokalemia is a dangerous condition in which the level of potassium in the blood gets too low.
Animal-derived foods, such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and milk, contain moderate amounts of potassium.
Health benefits of potassium
Eating foods high in potassium is vital for good health, as it’s present in all body tissues, and it’s required for normal cell function. Adequate amounts of potassium may help:
- decrease blood pressure
- reduce the risk of kidney stones
- make bones stronger
- reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, insulin resistant, and high glucose levels
Is potassium beneficial for weight loss?
Studies have shown that high levels of potassium support weight loss. Scientists found that eating foods high in potassium has been linked to a lower body mass index (BMI), smaller waist circumference, and a lower risk of obesity.
But, why is the consumption of foods high in potassium beneficial for weight loss? It seems that potassium might:
- improve insulin sensitivity
- help reduce inflammation
- improve the metabolism of fat
Moreover, potassium is important for muscle growth. Increased muscle mass improves basal metabolism and burns belly fat.

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This Day in History: January 23rd
Today in History: January 23, 1849
On this day in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first known woman in the United State to earn a medical degree, graduating first in her class from Geneva Medical College in upstate New York. (There may or may not have been women in the U.S. before her who achieved this as well, but disguised as men, similar to Margaret Ann Bulkley of the UK, who received her medical degree in the early 19th century, and continued with her disguise throughout her life so she’d be able to pursue a career as a doctor. In Bulkley’s case, it wasn’t discovered “he” was a she until after her death, even though it had originally been her plan to go back to presenting herself as a woman upon graduation. Details at the preceding link.)
In any event, the fact that Blackwell was accepted to the Geneva Medical College in the first place was a complete fluke.
Blackwell had applied to 12 other medical schools and all had rejected her on the basis of her sex. When her application arrived at Geneva Medical College, the staff allowed the student body to vote whether or not Miss Blackwell should be allowed to attend the program, never dreaming the all-male college would agree to such a crazy thing.
The fellas were apparently feeling saucy that day, and reportedly as a practical joke they all voted “yes.” Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female medical student, amidst much grumbling from the male faculty and students, which really doesn’t make much sense since it was by their own actions that she joined their ranks, but maybe they hadn’t covered “cause and effect” in class yet.
Blackwell was ostracized at first in medical school. But eventually her intelligence and ability won over her fellow students and professors. After graduation, finding acceptance as a female physician proved to be nearly impossible, despite her great proficiency. Undaunted, Elizabeth (who was inspired to pursue a career in medicine when a dying friend commented that she may have been spared the worst of her pain if her doctor had been a woman,) opened a small clinic to treat poor women in 1851.
By 1857, Elizabeth and her sister Dr. Emily Blackwell (the third woman to receive an M.D.), along with Dr. Marie Zakrzewska, were able to open a hospital to provide both care for the indigent and positions for women physicians called the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. The flawless reputations of the founding physicians encouraged many prominent New Yorkers to join the hospital’s board of trustees.
Dr. Blackwell’s accomplishments were well known and much discussed by those in the burgeoning women’s rights movement, and she inspired untold numbers of women to aspire to that once unobtainable all-male career path of medicine.
In 1868, Elizabeth fulfilled a lifelong dream and opened her own medical school for women in New York City. The entrance exam was tougher than normal and the curriculum was rigorous. In general, Dr. Blackwell’s medical college gained the reputation of turning out doctors better educated and prepared for practice than most medical schools exclusively for men.
A year later, she left the college in her sister, Dr. Emily Blackwell’s, very capable hands and returned to her native England, where she had lived until the age of 89. Elizabeth began a flourishing London practice, and in 1875 joined the faculty at the London School of Medicine for Women as a professor of gynecology. Dr. Blackwell was also one of the founding members of the National Health Society and authored several books, including her autobiography.
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell died in Hastings, England in 1910, a pioneer in education, medicine and women’s rights.
- The First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe was Disguised as a Man for Most of the Journey
- The Resurrectionists and the Doctors’ Mob Riot
- The First Woman To Officially Run in the Boston Marathon
- The One-Legged Woman Who Was “the Most Dangerous Of All Allied Spies”
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VirtualLink is the brand new USB-C single cable trendy for destiny VR headsets and the GPUs/laptops they connect to.
It’s supposed to simplify the setup technique of VR and make certain compatibility with USB and strength requirements of future headsets. It additionally allows gaming laptops to assure a guide for VR.
If you’re now not positive why it’s crucial, here’s Why The VirtualLink USB-C Port Matters.
Most RTX 2060 playing cards do no longer function as a USB-C port.
The Founders Edition did but is now not sold. The only partner card with a USB-C port is the AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G.
The card’s specs don’t truly point out VirtualLink. But the USB controller is built into the GPU, so proposing the USB-C port means it needs to assist the same old.
Every RTX 2070 card helps VirtualLink and all we’ve seen available on the market function a USB Type-C port.
Every RTX 2080 card helps VirtualLink and all we’ve visible on the market feature a USB Type-C port.
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Every RTX 2080 card supports VirtualLink and all we’ve seen in the marketplace characteristic a USB Type-C port.
If you’ve been given extra money and recognize what to do with it, we’ve got precise information for you. The Titan RTX, the most powerful GPU inside the international, has a USB Type-C VirtualLink port.
As of this article, there may be the handiest one introduced laptop confirmed to support VirtualLink: the ASUS ROG Mothership GZ700. As you may see, it’s now not precisely skinny or light. But it’s a beginning. If you plug a VR headset into it, it’s going to work.
Most laptops don’t guide VR. This is because of how the photos architecture of laptops is normally designed — the HDMI port is commonly connected to the included GPU, not the NVIDIA GPU. In the beyond, shopping for a pc for VR has essentially been a big gamble.
VirtualLink offers a guarantee of help. However, any NVIDIA RTX computer with a USB Type-C port that helps DisplayPort 1.3 has to guide VirtualLink headsets theoretically. Hopefully, inside the destiny, some of those laptops can obtain VirtualLink certification in a firmware update.


Three lanes were blocked Wednesday on southbound U.S. Highway 101 just north of East Poplar Avenue in San Mateo, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The collision occurred around 4:40 a.m. and involved a vehicle that crashed into the center median.
A Sig-alert was issued at 5:29 a.m. There is no estimated time of reopening the lanes, according to the CHP.
No further details were immediately available.


Network forensics is the process of analyzing your network traffic in order to find out vulnerabilities and attempts to exploit them in you network. Before you start performing network forensics, there are a few skills you must have in your bag:
- Knowledge about network protocol on all layers, and their vulnerabilities or problem that they may introduce when configuring them incorrectly.
- Malware analysis is going to be required when getting to the payload analysis step.
Another thing you must do, is prepare a network pre-analysis report that will contain the following information:
- Protocols used on the network – This information will be used to find problematic protocols that might be used in the network (FTP,SNMPv1/2, etc.) and to find protocols that are used in the network illegitimately.
- The type of content type traveling in the network. For example a network that is used for VOIP should not have user transferring documents across it.
- Network “Service Providers” – The main services in the network and the servers that provide them. For example the IP addresses of the DNS servers and the DHCP server. This information will be used to find out computers impersonating to service providers in the network, for example a rogue DHCP server, used as part of a DHCP starvation attack. The services you are looking for, are usually DHCP,LDAP,SMB,NFS,NTP,HTTP and DNS.
- Network architecture – The structure of the network is important for the decision from where i want to capture the network traffic.
First step: Capturing the traffic
The most common way is connecting a laptop to a mirror port on the switch you want to capture traffic from, and firing up tcpdump or wireshark.
Warning: The network capture (not surprisingly) captures all traffic, and while investigating the network capture you might be exposed to private information (Personal mails, media files, pages opened by the user, credentials, etc.) It is very important to minimum the quantity of people possible will be part of the team inspecting the network capture.
The investigation process is divided into 4 parts:
- Frequency analysis – Inspect the reoccurence of incidents over time. Packet peaks, session peaks and massive file transfers reoccuring at fixed or non-fixed intervals. (Fixed interval peaks are not necesarily suspicious, they might be part of a IT process like backups.)
- Statistical and quantitive analysis – It`s all about looking for one to many, and many to one relations. One to many might be an indication for someone scanning the network, looking for lateral movement while many to one, might indicate that your network has computer infected with some kind of malware. Do not hurry and conclude that. Check that the destination is not a legitimate service provider of the network (DNS,DHCP,etc. ).
- Protocol analysis – Analyze the network traffic in order to find protocols that do not match the network architecture, or protocols that match but expose some kind of weakness. Like using SNMPv2. The indications you will look for are mostly sources/destinations that should not be using certain protocol, for example DHCP offers not sent by the network`s DHCP inftrastructure. Another example might be FTP traffic not heading the organization`s FTP servers, but a server on the internet instead.
- Payload analysis – The most complicated (and interesting) analysis type one can get into. This analysis type is about examining the content of the packets we found suspicious on previous analysis types and examining them in an malware analysis environment in order to find out the nature of the payload (Destructive/Disruptive/non-destructive). The most common way to find suspicious traffic is looking for file/data types that should not exist in the network (IRC,XML,Binaries), inspecting their source and destination and deciding wether or not they are legitimate. The payload then should be analyzed using malware analysis methods. Since payload analysis is the most complicated analysis method to explain, I will give a few examples
- An excel document with an embedded executable was found, we took it and ran it in a sandboxed environment to find out what that executable did.
- A shellcode that was part of an exploitation attempt was found in traffic from the Internet to a server in the organization. That capture was replayed using tcpreplay and replayed against a similarly configured server in the lab environment.
I recommend working in the order stated above, because that way you can find suspicious traffic, flag it and then dive inside the packets the deepest a malware analyst can get.


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Cruise the tables at antiquarian book fairs and the name Carolyn Wells is bound to catch your eye sooner or later, likely on a garish paperback with a title like The Radio Studio Murder or The Roll-Top Desk Mystery. Little known today, Wells wrote as many as 167 books, of which approximately 82 are mysteries, beginning at the turn of twentieth century and continuing into the early 1940s.
One of her most famous is Murder in the Bookshop (1936), which was revived by London’s Detective Club Crime Classics series in 2018 and will be available in the U.S. this month via HarperCollins. Featuring her beloved detective, Fleming Stone, who stars in 61 of her novels, its popularity probably has less to do with what Curtis Evans in the introduction to the new edition calls “the resurgence of popular interest in vintage mystery fiction,” and more to do with how well Wells knew this insular world. She was a die-hard book collector whose “outstanding” collection of early Walt Whitman editions was donated to the Library of Congress upon her death in 1942.
A delicious anecdote relayed by octogenarian book collector Edward Naumburg, Jr., in 1987 bears this out. He recalls a time in the early thirties when he visited At the Sign of the Sparrow, the rare bookshop of New York City’s Alfred Goldsmith, who happened at the time to be on the phone with Wells. She had called to ask about a good getaway technique for one of her characters. Goldsmith answered, “Let him jump out of the backroom window into the yard.” When he hung up, he boasted to his client that the author is writing a mystery about a bookshop, “and she’s visualizing this store for the killing.”
It wasn’t bluster. By that time, Wells and Goldsmith were old friends. When she decided, nearly two decades before, on a whim spurred by two collector friends, to expend her ample bank account buying rare Whitman editions, she relied on Goldsmith to guide her acquisitions. In her 1937 memoir, The Rest of My Life, she refers to book collecting as a “wild fancy” and breezily recounts buying two copies of every book she wanted, as well as signed copies, manuscripts, photos, letters, and postcards; she yearned for a lock of the poet’s hair, but never got one. “I know of no Whitman item that I do not possess,” she eventually concluded.
In 1922, the same year she published The Mystery Girl and The Vanishing of Betty Varian, Wells and Goldsmith co-authored A Concise Bibliography of the Works of Walt Whitman, With a Supplement of Fifty Books About Whitman. Wells preferred to call it a checklist, because it “lacks much of the minutiae a true bibliography should have.” In describing the basic physical attributes of nearly 100 copies of Leaves of Grass, there was still plenty of minutiae, though, e.g. the 1855 first edition is described: “Quarto. Green cloth. Blind-stamped, rustic lettered title, also triple-line border stamped in gilt on front and back covers. Backstrip shows lettering and ornaments gold stamped. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait on plain paper. Author’s name in copyright notice on verso of title-page, and again on page 29….” Every item cited in this book went to the Library of Congress, including a signed copy of Whitman’s Memoranda During the War and Letters Written by Walt Whitman to his Mother from 1866 to 1872, of which only five copies are known to exist.
Wells knew keenly the mind of a collector. In Murder in the Bookshop, the first victim, a New Yorker named Philip Balfour, is smitten not by Whitman, but by Button Gwinnett, even now regarded as the rarest signatory to the Declaration of Independence. One evening, he urges his personal librarian to join him in visiting bookseller John Sewell, but when they arrive at the bookshop, it is closed. Nevertheless, they enter and browse the bookshelves, until the moment when the lights flicker out, and Balfour is stabbed with a foot-long silver skewer. The librarian, anesthetized by chloroform, is an unreliable witness, and soon enough becomes one of the main suspects. When it’s discovered that a $100,000-book signed by Gwinnett is also missing, the plot thickens.
Back at Balfour’s Park Avenue home, the police round up those who might be culpable: the librarian; the bookseller; the bookseller’s apprentice; Balfour’s much-younger wife, Alli, who also happens to be in love with the librarian; and Balfour’s louche son from his first marriage. The police are confounded, and Fleming Stone is called in to help, after which a second murder and a double abduction drive the story to its finale.
To the modern ear, the writing sounds a little wooden. However, as Margaret D. Stetz, professor of women’s studies and professor of humanities at the University of Delaware, points out, “the scene-setting in a high-end antiquarian bookstore, as well as in a private library in a New York mansion, is right on the money.”
Wells herself had a plush library inside her duplex on 67th St. overlooking Central Park. She had moved there after her marriage in 1918 to Hadwin Houghton at the age of 55. She remained there after his death just a year later, according to an obituary, “after a long illness,” at the age of 63—a fact that might strike some as suspicious given her line of work. How long of an illness? Houghton, who was not in his family’s publishing business, had been superintendent of a varnish manufacturing company. Her income plus what she inherited from him made her very wealthy, which bolstered her ability to surround herself with rare books.
Stetz, virtually the only scholar studying Wells, is publishing an article on her this spring in the Gazette of the Grolier Club, based on a talk she gave there in 2018. She prefers Wells’ comic writing to her mysteries. “If I had to pick a favorite book, it might be her viciously funny parody of Sinclair Lewis’ Main Street—Ptomaine Street. My gosh, she wasn’t afraid to be nasty!”
As Stetz notes, neither Wells’ book collecting nor her success as a writer should come as a surprise when one looks further into her history—the bits that can be pieced together from obituaries, old magazine articles, and her flighty memoir, that is. She got her professional start in life as the town librarian in suburban Rahway, New Jersey, a job she seemed to enjoy, and a trip with the American Library Association introduced her to several renowned institutional libraries. She deemed the Boston Athenaeum the “coziest place in the world to read.”
She began publishing in magazines in the early 1890s and parlayed that into books, young adult fiction and collections of nonsense verse. Inspired by the work of American detective novelist Anna Katherine Green, particularly Green’s 1897 novel That Affair Next Door (also to be reissued this month), she tried mysteries. The first Fleming Stone novel, The Clue, appeared in 1909, followed by The Gold Bag in 1911, and A Chain of Evidence in 1912. She became such an old hand at it by 1913 that she published The Technique of the Mystery Story, a writers’ guide to the genre.
Why then is she not better known? She had enormous commercial success; her Stone mysteries alone grossed $1 million by 1937, about $17 million today, according to Evans. When an anonymous writer in the Book Collector journal in 1984 posited that “the modern biblio-mystery seems to have originated in America,” he listed Wells among the select few originators.
Maybe she was overexposed. Wells’ literary output was indeed copious. Stetz thinks that could be part of the problem.
“There has always been a prejudice against women writers who have been defined as excessive and as overflowing some arbitrary boundaries: who allegedly have written too much, who have succeeded in too many categories, who have been too popular, who have made too much money, etc. Carolyn Wells was guilty of all of these so-called crimes, and she was marvelously unapologetic.”
Nevertheless, some of her books are collectible. Because of its special interest to fellow bibliomaniacs, Murder in the Bookshop is perhaps the most coveted of her books. Depending on its condition, a first edition in the original dust jacket can go for $500-$3,000—a legacy that would have pleased her.


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KUWAIT, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The amount of Iraq's wheat and
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- WWE had a business meeting on March 31st in Miami with major executives. It was described as an easy going meeting where they were pushing social media. R-Truth and Brodus Clay were brought in to dance.
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Sure, there's competition between the athletes in the OlympiACTS, but taking home the gold isn't the only way to walk away a winner.
"You want to do well, but it's all about getting together," said Pat Lucas, a Gwynedd Estates resident who competed in horseshoes and in bocce, where she and teammate Kate Maguire took first place.
"It's friendly competition. It's a lot of fun," said Ron Keppler, a Spring House Estates resident who competed in horseshoes. "It's the enjoyment of getting out with others."
This was the ninth year for the OlympiACTS, held this year on Friday, Sept. 19, at Gwynedd Estates in Lower Gwynedd, Ryan Beardsley, ACTS Retirement-Life Communities public relations manager, said.
More than 120 seniors - 90 competitors and 30 cheerleaders - from eight ACTS communities in Montgomery, Bucks and Delaware counties took part, Beardsley said. The ages of the participants ranged from 72 to 95, he said.
The games are held in September because that's Healthy Aging Month, he said.
"We're trying to break the mold of when you move into a retirement community, you have to settle down," Beardsley said. "A lot of these residents are more active in retirement than they were before retirement."
Competitions were held in horseshoes, shuffleboard, billiards, bocce, Wii bowling, Minute to Win it, ping pong and brain games.
Opening ceremonies included a rousing visit by Swoop, the Eagles mascot.
This year's theme was "Family Reunion" and carried the tagline, "a day of fun, fellowship and friendship."
"We're family here," Eric Tatlonghari, Gwynedd Estates executive director, said. "We get to care for each other and love each other and have that dysfunction together families have."
State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, R-12, told the participants it's important to be active and do what's right for them.
"There's always obstacles in our way, but you're not letting any obstacles in your way," Greenleaf said. "You live your life and don't let anybody put restrictions on you."
"It's terrific to see all of you here and all the energy," state Rep. Todd Stephens, R-151, said. "Remaining active is important at all stages of life."
Keppler, who is first vice president and will become president in November of the Spring House Estates Residents' Association, said some of the other things he's active in include the Spring House Estates chorus.
"We put on two shows a year, spring and Christmas shows, for our residents," he said. "We pack the hall."
He and his wife also lead a monthly hour-long songfest in two assisted living communities at Spring House Estates, he said.
"My wife, Liz, plays the melodica and I lead the songs," Keppler said.
"We bring some fun and laughter and cheer to them," he said, "and we hear wonderful stories from the residents about their lives."
His wife also volunteers with an exercise program for people with dementia, he said.
Lucas, who played alone and from both ends in last year's OlympiACTS horseshoes competition because her teammate was ill, won the 2013 gold.
Lucas said she practices "a little bit," but doesn't play a lot of horseshoes in between the competitions.
"When I was younger, I played a lot," she said. "I always did sports, a lot of sports."
The bocce court at Gwynedd Estates was added recently, she said.
"It obviously helps out with the OlympiACTS, but they had been wanting to put it in anyway," Beardsley said.
Harry Heckler, of Fort Washington Estates, competed in ping pong.
Asked if he plays it a lot, he said he plays "every now and then."
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Other activities he's involved in include bicycling, Heckler said.
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He also dances, he said.
"I get more exercise out of dance class than I do from exercise class," Heckler said.
He said moving to the retirement community doesn't mean he has to stop doing the things he used to do.
"What I do living at Spring House Estates is the same as I did when I lived in Ambler in a three-story single-family house," he said.
Last year, he competed in shuffleboard at the OlympiACTS, he said.
"This is fun. I know people from all the other communities," Heckler said.
He also sometimes takes part in programs at some of the other communities, he said.
"I just find out what's going on and if it appeals to me, I go there," Heckler said.
George Long and Dave Clapper, of Southampton Estates, were this year's winners in the horseshoe competition. Bob Lamont, of Gwynedd Estates, took home the gold in billiards. Olga Thornton and Joan Johnston, of Lima Estates, won Minute to Win It. Tom Nurse, of Brittany Pointe Estates, took the gold in ping pong. Kate Maguire and Pat Lucas, of Gwynedd Estates, won in bocce. Betty Coogan and Joe Biddle, of Brittany Pointe Estates, won in shuffleboard. Pete Schettler, of Lima Estates, took the gold in brain games. Elizabeth Brecht, of Granite Farms Estates, won Wii bowling.


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Donetsk, Aug 24 - DAN. Ukrainian armed formations violated the ceasefire on the contact line with the Donetsk People’s Republic once over the past 24 hours, the Donetsk People’s Republic Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) reported on Tuesday.
“Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed formations violated the indefinite ceasefire once expending six rounds of ammunition,” the report said.
Fire was delivered at the Vesyloye village on the Donetsk axis. The enemy used 120mm mortars. No civilian casualties or damage to civil infrastructure were reported over the designated period.
“Ukraine ignored the DPR’s attempts at the JCCC to use the coordination mechanism to quickly establish a ceasefire,” the DPR Office said.
In the previous reporting period, Kiev army units fired at DPR areas twice.
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PHOENIX-AREA MAN HITS $1 MILLION JACKPOT SIX TIMES: PHOENIX (AP) — A suburban Phoenix man made a lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky guess in a recent multistate lottery game.
An Arizona Lottery spokeswoman says the Glendale man claimed six $1 million prizes after purchasing six Powerball tickets with the same winning numbers late last month.
NAKED UNICYCLIST CHARGED FOR DISTRACTING DRIVERS: KEMAH, Texas (AP) — Police say a man arrested in a Southeast Texas city for riding his unicycle in the nude was distracting drivers and creating a hazard.
Kemah police Chief Greg Rikard says 45-year-old Joseph Glynn Farley was not intoxicated or impaired when he was arrested Wednesday on a bridge in the city 20 miles southeast of Houston.
Rikard says Farley had been falling off the unicycle and into traffic.
Farley told officers that he liked the feeling of riding without his clothes, which were found at the base of the bridge.
N. IRELAND JUDGE JAILS MAN FOR TAKING CALL IN COURT: DUBLIN (AP) — Letting your telephone ring in a courtroom is rarely a good idea. Taking the call is worse.
A Northern Ireland man received a brief jail sentence Wednesday after his phone rang, the judge told him to turn it off, but instead he took the call and had a brief chat.
The judge ordered 36-year-old Paddy Sweeney behind bars for two hours, then fined him 200 pounds ($322) for willfully interrupting the court in Londonderry, Northern Ireland's second-largest city.
SEARS WORKER ACCUSED OF VIDEOTAPING CHANGING ROOMS: LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Sears maintenance worker has been charged with secretly videotaping women and young girls in changing rooms and bathrooms at the store in North Hollywood.
The city attorney's office says 27-year-old Alejandro Gamiz was charged Thursday with 30 counts each of peeping and concealing a video recording device inside a changing room.
Prosecutors say Gamiz secretly filmed women and girls at a Sears store in North Hollywood over a three-year period, possibly filming more than a thousand victims.
Gamiz is accused of using a sophisticated array of hidden cameras to film activity during store hours. He would then allegedly download the video during his after-hours shift as a maintenance man.
POLICE SEAL OFF PLOT OF OCCUPIED UNIVERSITY LAND: ALBANY (AP) — Police have sealed off a patch of University of California, Berkeley land that has been occupied by protesters for nearly three weeks.
University police went to the property in Albany around noon Thursday and announced it was closed to pedestrian traffic.
Officers were allowing people to leave, but no one has been allowed to enter the 10-acre site.
The move by police comes after officers on Wednesday put barricades around the property to keep vehicles from coming and going.
The protesters, on the property since April 22, have pitched tents and planted crops to protest planned housing and commercial development nearby.
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST ARIZ. SHERIFF: PHOENIX (AP) — As defiant as ever, get-tough Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces a federal court showdown over charges that deputies on his trademark immigration patrols racially profiled Latinos in violation of civil rights law.
After months of negotiations failed to reach a settlement over the allegations, the U.S. Justice Department took the rare step Thursday of suing.
The main issue that caused talks to break down last month was federal officials' insistence that Arpaio agree to a court-appointed monitor for the department. Arpaio objected, saying it would undermine his authority.
CALIF. VOTERS TO WEIGH SEX TRAFFICKING PENALTIES: SACRAMENTO . (AP) — California voters will get to vote on a measure that would increase penalties for human sex trafficking and require social media disclosures by convicted sex offenders.
The Secretary of State's office says the measure qualified for the November ballot on Thursday, after county election officials verified that supporters turned in more than 500,000 valid signatures.
Those convicted of sex trafficking could face 15 years to life in prison and fines up to $1.5 million if voters approve. The measure also would devote fines from traffickers to services to help victims.