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Tuesday, June 21 (7 pm) and Sunday June 26 (7:30 pm) at Spectacle Theater: $5
For six months, documentary filmmaker Wang Bing embedded himself in a tiny rural village, Xiyangtang, in China’s Yunnan province, following the lives of three sisters all under the age of 10, orphaned, and living under crushing poverty. Their mother has died and their father, who occasionally pops into their lives, but never long enough to see if they’re even meeting their basic nutritional needs, has gone to the city to work. The family represents some of the major problems for China’s rural residents– an extreme lack of resources that is leveled unevenly by women, and therefore children as well, when men leave to find work in urban areas (China is one of the few places in the world where the suicide rate for women surpasses that of men, and many of the suicides are related to death by fertilizer poisoning).
Bing has always been interested in spotlighting the people who have been left behind in China’s industrialization and economic progress, however horrendous and gut-wrenching an experience that may be for his viewers. It’s not simply the squalid conditions, but the loneliness and ultimate perseverance of his subjects that makes Bing’s work unique. At one point in Three Sisters, one of the children is sent to stay with her grandfather, who is too busy herding sheep to watch over her. Bored and alone, she befriends a piece of cellophane, making it into her toy. If that doesn’t make you want to rip out your eyes, give away everything you own and don an itchy wool robe for the rest of your life, then nothing in this world will.
Spectacle is screening this one as a nod to the recent NYC theatrical premiere of the legendary Chinese documentary filmmaker’s 2013 film, ‘Til Madness Do Us Part at Anthology Film Archives– here you’ll find the same Tarkovsky-ian penchant for lingering shots. The story in this case is life inside a barren psychiatric institution in a rural section of Yunnan province.
The film certainly does a lot to spread awareness about the plight of Chinese suffering from severe mental illness and their deplorable treatment as detainees in a sort of place that makes you wonder if even the most stable person on Earth could spend one night there and stay sane.
Friday, June 17 (1:25 pm) Monday June 20 (6 pm), and Tuesday June 21 (7 pm) at IFC Center: $25 for all three, $14 for individual screenings
Now that I’ve killed your spirits, here’s something that’ll lift you back up– a super fun crime caper that’s not a Guy Ritchie film. Believe me, I’m also at the point where if there are even hints of a cockney accent and fisheye-lens work, I’ll walk out of the theater.
Instead, the Pusher trilogy offers up Nordic noir from Nicolas Winding Refn (aka that dude who made Drive) and if you can forgive the grating sound of a squeaky guitar solo in the trailer above, you’ll be handsomely rewarded. The film follows a middling heroin dealer named Frank who’s trying to make amends for the massive dope debt he has accrued while running his little operation in Copenhagen, and along the way he experiences what that old adage of “everything that can go wrong, will go wrong” really means in the worst of ways. Sure, there’s a ton of fist-to-face violence, but I’m sure that Minions movie drives people to do the same stuff but IRL and in the theater. In this case, an actual story emerges. Plus, seeing a dope dealer’s misadventures at the hands of a skinhead, one Serbian tough guy, and a stream of hookers is way more exciting than watching people smack each other over sexless yellow creatures in overalls.
If you do decide to attend one of these marathon screenings at IFC, where no junkie will be spared after an onslaught of Pusher 1, 2 and 3– aim for the Tuesday, June 21 screening, where director Nicholas Winding Refn will be on hand for a Q+A. Hell, maybe you can ask him for an in with bb Ryan Gosling.
RZA’s Dream Double Feature: Five Element Ninjas
Saturday, June 25, 7:15 pm at the Metrograph: $15
Classic kung fu with a member of the Wu-Tang Clan? Yes plz. RZA will be on hand to present this 1982 feature out of Hong Kong. Five Element Ninjas among other movies directed by Chang Cheh, including Five Shaolin Masters (1974) (he’s sometimes called the “godfather of Hong Kong cinema”), was clearly a huge inspiration to RZA and the rest of Wu-Tang. Cheh, in turn, took careful notes from Japanese Samurai films in addition to the Western movies of Sergio Leone.
If you’re all eye-rolly about ninja movies– don’t be, yo. This one’s regarded not only as a cult classic, but as a classic classic of the genre. And again, RZA will be there.
Iggy Pop: Live in Basel 2015
Thursday, June 16, 7 pm at Sunshine Cinema: $15
If you haven’t been one of the lucky few to see Iggy Pop performing live in his old age, and you don’t consider yourself to be quick on the draw when it comes to pouncing on fast-selling tickies, then get thee to the screening of Mr. Pop’s concert film, shot in 2015 while performing at the Baloise Session in Basel, Switzerland. Without the crazy bass of a theatrical sound system, it’s kinda hard to tell if Iggy even sounds good.
But, really, was that ever the point? The only question we have is whether the dude can still writhe like a madman. I mean, a poster on my bedroom wall proves that at one point he could pretty much bend himself in half if he wanted. Where other people might decapitate themselves trying to do such tricks, Iggy just hobbled along like that child from the exorcism, casually dripping beads of sweat off his bony riblet-speckled chest like it was nothin’. I don’t wanna spoil too much, but there’s definitely some serious jiggle going on in this film. Enjoy it while it lasts, y’all. And go see Iggy IRL live already.


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Millions of families American They have been threatened with eviction from their homes since Sunday
Govit-19 And against the backdrop of political cacophony involving both Parliament and the White House. Although billions of public funds aimed at helping residents have not yet been used, the president said
Joe Biden This week, which expires at midnight on Saturday, urged Congress to extend the ban on evictions for unpaid rent.
But Republicans opposed Democrats’ efforts to extend the ban on the expulsion of immigrants until mid-October. Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Twitter that blocking the move was “an act of pure cruelty” that “throws children and families on the streets.” Now, elected representatives of the House of Representatives are on leave until the end of August, and will be followed by senators a week later, dispelling hopes of a speedy deal.
“Some Democrats have gone on vacation”
Corey Bush, the Democratic representative for the state of Missouri, cannot resign himself to it. The elected official, who was homeless, spent the night on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., joined by other elected officials from the left side of the Democratic camp. “We may have extended (the ban) yesterday, but instead some Democrats went on vacation. We slept last night in the Capitol to get them back and do their jobs,” he said on Twitter on Saturday.
CBPP, an independent research firm, estimates that more than 10 million people in the United States are lagging behind in paying their rent. According to statistics conducted with 51 million tenants in early July, an estimated 3.6 million tenants are at risk of being evicted within two months. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), America’s leading public health agency, suspended emissions in September 2020 and has since been extended several times in the name of fighting the spread of Govt-19. .
But the Supreme Court ruled in June that any further extensions should be decided by Congress. To add to the absurdity of the situation, the money provided by the central government to help tenants find it difficult to pay rent is hampered by the inability to access their bank accounts due to complicated bureaucratic procedures. Thus, of the $ 46 billion planned by the government, only $ 3 billion has reached their target, including $ 25 billion disbursed in early February.

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Trees ended up with a pretty good deal from the Paris Agreement, especially considering they don’t speak any of the six official U.N. languages. Forests were at the center of several official and unofficial events over the course of the climate talks, and this focus ended up reflected in the text itself — surprising many veteran observers of the negotiations.
While the Kyoto Protocol allowed countries to count changes in land use and forestry practices as contributions toward their greenhouse gas–cutting commitments, it did not create or endorse any specific method for doing so, and it didn’t go out of its way to incentivize reductions in deforestation. The new agreement, on the other hand, explicitly endorses a U.N.-sanctioned program called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. Known as REDD+ — the “+” is for “conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks” — the program is effectively a carbon market for trees.
Under REDD+, countries and private companies can fund deforestation-reduction efforts in developing countries, often in exchange for carbon credits or similar offsets. The Paris Agreement also encourages forest-protection payments to flow through systems like the Green Climate Fund. While REDD+ has been on the U.N.’s radar for years — the official program was launched in 2008 — it has never received political endorsement until now. An entire article of the Paris Agreement is devoted to conserving and enhancing “sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases.” (It would be too easy to call them trees.)
Still, many forest advocates and indigenous rights campaigners aren’t sold on REDD+. They’re suspicious of a market-based system that allows developed countries or corporations to continue to pollute. Additionally, these opponents argue, the REDD+ system often disregards indigenous peoples’ sovereignty and land rights.
The Paris Agreement “promises to privatize, commodify and sell forested lands as carbon offsets in fraudulent schemes such as REDD+ projects,” argues one of these critics, human rights attorney and Indigenous Environmental Network counsel Alberto Saldamando. “These offset schemes provide a financial laundering mechanism for developed countries to launder their carbon pollution on the backs of the global south.”
Instead, some advocacy groups and countries (notably Bolivia) have traditionally argued for better enforcement of existing forest-protection laws, for policies that help curb deforestation by giving indigenous groups legal rights to their land, and for the acknowledgement of the roles that forests can play in helping communities adapt to climate change — not just prevent it. (Because these arguments take place at U.N. negotiations like the Paris climate talks, there is, of course, a requisite wonky name for this approach: joint mitigation and adaptation, or JMA.) By focusing on these approaches, they argue, countries can help reduce deforestation rates while promoting indigenous and community rights.
But these advocates got something out of the Paris Agreement, too. The text also refers to JMA, calling it an “alternative policy approach” and encouraging countries to “implement and support” it alongside offset schemes. Its inclusion is good news for those opposed to market mechanisms, even if they didn’t manage to get rid of REDD+.
Of course, the devil will be in the details of implementation, but striking a balance between the two approaches could become a reality for many developing countries — and one that few would have expected at the beginning of the talks.


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Along the left bank of Ronco river (from Ravenna city centre along the Via Ravegnana towards Madonna dell’Albero), a marble stele surrounded by tall cypress trees stands: it's the so-called Colonna Dei Francesi (Column of the French), carved in 1557 under the commission of cardinal Pier Donato Cesi, Archbishop of Narni, to commemorate one of the most terrible massacres in medieval and modern history.
According to the chronicles of the time on April 11, 1512, on Easter Sunday, in the plane between Ronco and Montone rivers, the French army fought for eight hours and defeated the so-called Holy League, formed by Spanish and Neapolitans. It was a bloody conflict that resulted in about twenty thousand soldiers being killed, including the brave Duke Gaston de Foix-Nemours, and were allegedly personalities like Baiardo, de La Palisse and Ludovico Ariosto took part too.
After the battle, Ravenna was completely devastated, plundered and slaughtered by the victorious troops.
Once considered a place worthy of note, on foot of the column you can read the inscription: “In memory of the French and Spanish killed here so that time doesn’t destroy the memory of this event”.
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No one reading this should need me to tell them the importance of the holiday. However, if you were like me when you were growing up, you probably do.
Mother’s Day is often times brushed off as another commercial holiday. It’s a time to go out and buy a Hallmark card and a small gift for your mother. You might even get flowers, if you’re feeling giving.
As a child, this is how I always treated the holiday. My mother would be lucky if she got a personal message longer than 10 words in a card.
She never complained, never once batted an eyelash at my cheap and impersonal gift or even the lack of one on some years. She took it all in stride with the remarkable amount of willpower and selflessness reserved only for mothers.
Now, looking back, I am able to fully appreciate the true breadth and scope of my mother’s efforts while she was raising me. I have the deepest respect for her years of doing double shifts, one at work and then the next at home. I fully acknowledge that without her extreme dedication to my well-being, I wouldn’t be half the man that I am today.
When you are celebrating Mother’s Day this weekend, be sure to inject your own personal touches into the holiday. Cook a meal, scrap the store-bought cards for the year and write a letter on some nice stationary, think about her hobbies and get her something she’ll really enjoy.
No matter what, don’t buy a kitchen utensil or any other ‘domestic tool’.
You really don’t need to spend much money to make it a meaningful day. In fact, if you are a young person, your mother probably understands that you can’t.
All you need to do is be thoughtful, acknowledge the incredible role that your mother has had on your life, and dole out love and respect to reciprocate the treatment you have received from her.
As I said, many of you didn’t need this reminder. For those of you that did, it is never too late to start celebrating mother’s day the way that you should, and to use these methods of appreciation on a daily basis rather than just once a year.
I’ll close this with a personal message: I love you mom, for going above and beyond for 22 years and for loving me unconditionally through the good times and the bad. I only hope that I can repay you even a fraction of the love and respect in the years to come.

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A Comparison of Optico-Optical Scattering and Birefringence Measurements on Wyoming Sodium Bentonite Suspensions
A new light scattering technique for investigating anisotropy is described. Wyoming sodium bentonite particles were suspended in water and were oriented by the electric field of a high energy infrared laser pulse while a 488 nm CW argon laser beam was used to monitor changes in particle orientation by measuring HV or VV intensities at a 90° scattering angle. HV and VV changes were observed to be in opposite directions. Laser induced birefringence experiments were also made and relaxation times were obtained. The results were used to probe polydispersity and time-dependent phenomena.
KeywordsNeutral Density Filter Particle Orientation Bentonite Sample Birefringence Measurement Bentonite Suspension
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January 11th, 2008Elements & AtomsQ: When a chemical bond is broken, the sign of the energy is positive. To break a bond, it always costs you energy => energy is positiveTo create a bond, it always needs/takes away energy => energy is negativeAtom: smallest particle of an element that can exist (Democritus came up with this)John Dalton’s Atomic Theory1.All atoms of a given element are identicala.This is wrong because of isotopes, which are atoms of an element that have the same # of protons, but different # of neutrons. b.However, atoms are identical in their chemical compounds and behave the same chemicallyi.The atomic # is represented by “z” which is the # of protonsii.Nuclide # is represented by A, which is the # of protons andneutrons2.Atoms of DIFFERENT elements have different properties, most notably mass3.Compounds are formed by specific combinations of two or more elements (whole # ratios)a.Constant composition: compound is made of the same elements (water is also H20)4.
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FDC Weekly Meeting
Date: February 26, 2009
Participants: Daniel, Brian, Bill, Roger, Beni, Mark I., Eugene, Fernando, Simon
Next Meeting: March 5, 2009 @ 1:30 p.m.
Full-Scale Prototype Updates
- Clean Room Issues: * The Hall A folks completed their second stint in our clean tent. They still need probably another week and we will need to figure out when that can happen. - Cathode Board Redesign: * Roger is continuing work on the cathode board redesign to allow for the board stretching. So far he has completed work on the two end boards. They should each have at least 5 mm of clearance around all holes. Roger will complete work on the center board panel, which he believes should actually be the easiest of the three to complete. We are trying to have the order ready to go out in just over two weeks. We talked about board shipping and decided it is O.K. to roll the boards up and seal them and ship them in a metal tube container. * Roger has a new version of the cathode daughter board with the power connector flipped to the other side. Drawings have been circulated to Fernando and Bill for study. The order for these boards will go out after we study the completed cathode sandwich prototype. - Chamber Wire: * Brian talked to the SEM folks and they will complete their tests when the new SEM is configured in the next few weeks. Brian will prepare a final QA report with photos and test results for all wires when all studies are complete. - Mark S. is also responsible for upkeep of the list of procurements for the full-scale prototypes. * Location: M Drive/halld/Electronics, or for more sophisticated folks, /u/group/halld/Electronics. - A bottle neck in our prototype construction is that we have only one cathode board tranfer ring. A second transfer ring should be ready in the shop this week. - Procurements: * Fernando completed a PR for two HV modules, HV cable, and connectors for the prototype tests. We are awaiting signatures.
Wire Frame Update
- Status: IUCF has wound the table and positioned the first frame. The wires were glued in place this morning. The frame will be removed from the winding table tomorrow and then the wire positions will be measured. On Monday the wire tensions will be measured. Keith noted that the first wire frame was problematic as the frame was not particularly flat. All frames met our flatness spec of 5 mils, so DSC will talk more with Keith about this shortly. The wires will be attached to the second frame after the data analysis is complete on the first frame. Note that IUCF is winding the four planes in the order of worst to best. - Nominally Bill will go to IUCF for the week of March 16. This will definitely not be moved earlier. - PCB problems: * There were several places on the HTVBs where +HV bus vias were positioned under the field wires and were left as bare copper. Also several places the design relied on solder mask to act as a 3 kV stand off. The boards need to be re-inspected to deal with these problems. * Fernando is maintaining a problem/redesign work list for the wire frame circuit boards. He will update the list with the latest issues. - Bill has designed a wire frame protective cover that will be in place during the Phase 2 component stuffing. It needs to be test fitted onto our existing wire frame to be sure all is good in the world. Bill will also design a turntable for the solder technicians to use with the wire frame for this task. - Bill/Mark will update the wire frame construction document based on lessons learned from the prototype frames. A new version will be posted when his work is done. - We plan on performing the electroplating technique with at least a couple of our full-scale prototype wire planes. We will do some more practice on the Phase 1 winding planes to finalize the technique and to prepare a procedures document. A positioning jig will be put together to allow for precision positioning of the deadened region and its size. We will plan on doing optical scans of the plated region to be sure the plated region is very smooth and well defined. - To be compatible with the HV connectors that Fernando has selected, we will likely have to modify the granularity of the HV connections on the HVTBs. We will reduce the number of connections on each HVTB by a factor of 2. More thinking on the split remains to be done.
- We reviewed the cathode R&D timeline. Folks are reminded to pass on progress updates to Chuck every Wednesday. The current schedule is being kept on the mdrive at: * Location: M:\halld\Individual-Schedules\FDC or for more sophisticated folks, /u/group/halld/Individual-Schedules/FDC - Progress updates: * Cathode sandwich prototype work: During the past week we have finally developed a system to allow for vacuum bagging of the cathode boards to the cathode frame. Our second dummy cathode frame for the mechanical cathode sandwich prototype is now ready. We will tension the ground plane early next week and assembly the cathode sandwich prototype. We should then be able to complete a battery of QA measurements to determine where our construction procedures need to be modified or improved. * Bill has started work on the cathode construction document. He will circulate a draft shortly with what he has for comments. This will most likely occur after the completion of the cathode sandwich mechanical prototype. * Edge cutter update: Pieces for the camera have come back from the shop and the cutter is now ready for tests using this new system. We expect to be cutting real cathode boards by next week. * We will need to place an order for more G10 to complete the frames for the full-scale prototype. This will be prepared this week. * Bill and DSC will meet offline to discuss the R&D schedule for the cathodes. We need to decide what prototype we want to build next or if we just want to move to construct a "real" cathode frame and cathode sandwich. * To make the most efficient use of shop time, we will likely prepare 4 cathode frames and have them machined. * We discussed the ground connections to the cathode ground pours. We will test our nominal procedures on the mechanical prototype next week. * Bill surmised that we might be ready to start construction of a cathode frame prototype using our "real" 5 micron Cu boards by the end of next week.
Cathode flatness measuring system
- Documentation of the system continues. See the FDC wiki page for details.
- The spacer frames are now under construction in the JLab machine shop. They should be in our possession very shortly. Mark will then install the Kapton gas tubes on the inlet and outlet.
Stack Assembly Procedures
- We Bill will work to finalize the stack assembly construction document that has been prepared. This document should be in place before we get too far in the construction process. - Bill has found some plastic threaded rods that could be used to compress the stack. We will be receiving some samples shortly and will carry out some loading tests.
Cooling System Tests
- Fernando is in the process of writing up the results from his cooling system studies. Stay tuned for the GlueX note. - Bill has done some ANSYS modeling to better study the connector that goes from the daughter board card to the cooling loop. These will be added to Fernando's note.
- Roger needs to prepare a document for QA/stuffing/cleaning for the cathode boards and a similar document for the cathode daughter boards and ground boards.
Cosmic Ray Test Stand
- We will be moving the FDC cosmic ray test stand from the Test Lab back to the EEL building. This move should be probably take place in April. - We still have some mysterious behavior with the small-scale prototype response with wiggles in the X vs. Y distributions that need to be understood. - We would like to put together a bench test plan for the full-scale prototype within the next couple of weeks. This preliminary test plan will be used to provide information on what test stand fixtures to support the chamber we will require. Bill can then work on the design and get things prepared in the shop. Also, we would like to layout a design for the electronics before too much longer so that we can reduce time from when the full-scale prototype is constructed to when we get into the test plan.
- The FDC short-term work list has been posted on the FDC web site. This is continually being updated and DSC welcomes any feedback or comments from the group.
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Get a taste of the country with Birds Eye Country Mixed Vegetables. The perfect mixed veg accompaniment to a traditional Sunday roast, our country vegetables are a fantastic source of Vitamin C and Vitamin A, making them great for your immune system* and vision**. They're also high in fibre and vital for a healthy diet - what more could you want?
Our frozen country vegetables mix contains broccoli, carrots and cauliflower which are picked and frozen within hours to create the perfect taste and to retain nutrients.
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This event is SOLD OUT! "Eleanor Roosevelt - Across a Barrier of Fear", a one woman play with Jane Van Boskirk (distinguished character actor) will be performed in the church sanctuary of St. Matthias Episcopal Church at 6400 Belair Road Baltimore, MD 21206 (south of Northern Parkway in Overlea). Time: 4 PM to 6 PM with a reception of light refreshments after the show. Tickets $15 (Students $10). To buy tickets in advance: Contact Kathy (410-663-6015) YnlybmU4NjQgfCB5YWhvbyAhIGNvbQ==
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This play follows Eleanor Roosevelt from her lonely neglected childhood to the world stage. Through her eyes, we witness the political rise of Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom she marries at 20 and for whom she bears six children. We follow her as she completely reinvents the role of First Lady. We become her confidants as she reveals the woman beneath the liberal icon and crusader for human rights, reviled by reactionaries but a beacon of hope to working people and minorities. We watch as she overcomes the death of her husband to head the U.N.'s Human Rights Commission and lead the crafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Jane VanBoskirk has been performing women in history for the past 40 years. "Eleanor Roosevelt" encompasses all the historical women she has portrayed and is the high point of her career.

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n a newsletter early this month, the center’s director released an announcement stating they were able to acquire their very own building to call home for Opelousas Pregnancy Center.
Over the years of its existence, Opelousas had several different hotels, some better known than others. Like for instance people today still hear talk about the Lacombe Hotel, the James Hotel, the Waldorf Hotel and the INN. Recently while going through some historic invoices in my Opelousas collection, I can across this old letterhead from one called the Opelousas Hotel that operated in downtown Opelousas for a short time at the end of the 1880s.
Louisiana has welcomed its newest library. The State Library of Louisiana formally recognized the Eunice Public Library as the 68th public library in the state.
See this latest article (a paid advertisement) on The Sorry State of Estates in Opelousas, LA. —
A building that is sure to catch your eye on Court Street, right across from the St. Landry Parish Courthouse in the heart of historic downtown Opelousas, is the Lacombe/New Drug Store.
Downtown Opelousas coffee shop, Java Square Cafe, re-opens with a new facelift following the first phase of its remodel.
Each year the small town of Krotz Springs goes all out on an amazing family-fun Fourth of July celebration in Nall Park.
Traveling through downtown Opelousas, one will surely notice the building on the corner of North and Court streets. That building is an important part of the historic fabric of downtown Opelousas. This month’s Sorry State of Estates highlights the historic Dardeau building.
We are pleased to present to you the Annual Water Quality Report for the year 2022.This report is designed to inform you about the quality of your water and services we deliver to you every day
A tidbit of Opelousas history: Thanks to Shelly Fontenot with St. Landry Bank and Trust Company for sharing this step back in time with us.
The water tower marks the Town of Leonville in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. (Story and Photographs for Notre Région by Freddie Herpin.)
Today’s photo from the past is a view of the boy’s dormitory at the Southwest Louisiana Industrial Institute in about 1907.
For those who love history, you’ll be interested in this about the Marquis de Lafayette, the namesake of our neighboring city of Lafayette, LA:
The Rexall Drugs sign and Lawyers Row both located in the downown section of Opelousas.
Today’s photo from the past shows us the girl’s dormitory at the Southwest Louisiana Industrial Institute in about 1907.
Revitalization for downtown Opelousas was discussed at length Sunday afternoon as a group of citizens exchanged ideas and potential networking plans during an informal meeting held inside the city historic district.
Melanie Lee-LeBouef, Opelousas tourism and Main Street Director, shows the new trash cans at Le Vieux Village in Opelousas.
It’s been often said that Opelousas appears most well-dressed and picturesque during the beginning of spring.
Richard Lafleur had experienced the situation before, but his solution 40 years ago required a different approach.
Entrances and streets around the St. Landry Parish Courthouse were spectacularly blocked for a lengthy period of time Wednesday morning as an exterior fire escape was added to an ongoing $2 million renovation project, according to parish president Jessie Bellard.
Undientified Opelousas home from the early 1900s. Anyone know what home this is?
Driving through downtown Washington, LA a century ago.
Since the beginning of the Opelousas town market in early 1800s, there was always a meat market operated from there, as well as other businesses such as Gil’s Coffee Shop, established during the latter part of that century.
Each year the City of Opelousas honors property owners for special contributions and efforts in preserving historic architecture in the city.
The book Cherie Quarters: The Place and the People That Inspired Ernest J. Gaines by Louisiana author Ruth Laney is set to be released on October 19, 2022
Richard Medical Clinic, at 507 N. Market St. In Opelousas will have its ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday October 4, 2022, at 12:00 pm to commemorate it’s reopening to the community.
This rare photo from the past shows the first Yambilee office on Court Street in downtown Opelousas as it appeared in 1946.
Bobcat in St. Landry Parish – by Wildlife Photographer Berchman Soileau
After reviewing the materials I’ve collected over the last 40 plus years of researching the newspapers of Opelousas, I feel an important paper to the history of our town is one that was almost forgotten
St. Landry Now is proud to announce the start of a new feature. Berchman Soileau, a native and current resident of St. Landry Parish and Opelousas will be submitting his wildlife photographs as a featured item of interest each week.
This is a photograph from c. 1908-09 of the Christman Building on West Landry Street in downtown Opelousas. It was owned by Ben Christman, an Opelousas businessman who operated in town over a century ago. (Photograph courtesy of David Parnell.)
Is Lafayette guilty of geographic misdirection or does Bill Rodier have it right?
Following the US Civil War, the merchants and businessmen of Opelousas started to discuss the possibility of organizing for promotional purposes. Although earlier groups were formed over the years before the war, they eventually dispersed because of the war. By the 1870 decade the town was rebuilding, and new businesses were opening. At that time some of the local merchants began to organize, and several groups were started, but with not much success until the 1890s.
We know Opelousas had an opera house as early as the 1830s, with the first being called the Opelousas Varieties. There was also the Opelousas Opera House, Perrodin’s Hall, Littell’s Opera House and the Sandoz Opera House. But there was a plan for another opera house that would have outdone all the rest. Unfortunately, it never got built. Read the story of the Opera House That Never Was.
The Ethel Park project dedicated Saturday in the Town of Washington was celebrated in advance Friday night as hundreds crammed into the historic Wolff Reception and Banquet Hall for a gala ceremony and preview event.
It was a magical time in Opelousas. A time when there were opera houses in the city. We learned about some of the earliest Opera Houses of old Opelousas, the ones that operated during that century. In Part two we left our story as the 1800s was coming to an end, and Opelousas was moving into a new century. Part Three continues the story of the Opera Houses of Old Opelousas.
Opelousas Downtown Market will again be opened for business this Saturday, July 30, 2022 from 10:00AM until 2:00PM on the beautiful St. Landry Parish Courthouse Square. St. Landry Now will be there. Come see our booth and visit with friends while you shop the numerous booths.
The construction of a new volunteer fire department building in Arnaudville scheduled for completion sometime in 2023 began Friday morning with a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony.
The story of the Opelousas Opera Houses continues: By the end of the 1880s and into the early 1890s, the appeal of the Opelousas Opera House and Perrodin’s Hall was starting to fade. The talk of the town at that time became “a new more modern opera house is needed.”
The highly anticipated opening of Ethel Park is finally happening in the Town of Washington. Celebrate the occasion just a little early on August 5 at 6pm at the Wolff Hall right along Washington’s Main Street. Then, be there Saturday morning (August 6) for the official dedication and ribbon cutting.
Photographs of the Depot in Washington courtesy of Tommy Lafleur and were used in the book Through A Lens, Early 20th Century Washington, LA. – Photo Album of Ophelia Pitre Lafleur – by Carola Lillie Hartley and Tommy Lafleur.

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Ohio Partners for Smoke Free Families (OPSFF): A Perinatal Smoking Cessation Program
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Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2017
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The Perinatal Smoking Cessation Program is working with national, state and local partners to reduce the prevalence of smoking among women of reproductive age, including pregnant women. Through its Ohio Partners for Smoke Free Families Initiative, the program aims to increase the adoption, reach and impact of evidence-based behavioral cessation strategies for reproductive-aged women /pregnant smokers.
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UMATILLA -- Former Lake County Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who gained international notoriety for allegations of racial brutality during an era of social discord, is memorialized on a stretch of highway named in his honor.
In 1985, property owners signed a petition in favor of the road name change, and county commissioners unanimously gave their approval.
Now, 20 years later, a local group wants McCall's name removed.
"You mention the name McCall and people are still fearful," said Charles Cassella, 32, chairman of the Lake County Young Democrats, the group behind the name-change effort. "That tells you what type of legacy he had."
McCall, who died in 1994, was sheriff from 1945 to 1972. In November 1951, he shot two handcuffed black prisoners he said attacked him -- killing one of them and touching off so much unrest that Harry T. Moore, the state NAACP leader, demanded the governor suspend McCall from office.
Moore and his wife were killed the next month, on Christmas night, when a bomb exploded underneath their home in Mims. McCall denied involvement. A state investigation into their deaths was reopened recently.
McCall also arrested orange pickers who refused to work and threw a Native American family out of an all-white school, claiming they were black. After he was accused of kicking to death a black inmate at the Lake County Jail who refused to hand over a paper plate, McCall was charged with second-degree murder. He was never convicted.
"Sometimes it gets pretty rough just thinking about him," said Arthur Allen, 65, a black man who lives on Willis V. McCall Road but refuses to use the road name when giving his address.
He and many of his neighbors still call it County Road 450A despite the street signs along the stretch that say otherwise.
"The name definitely should be changed," he said. "Just call it anything but this."
Others remember McCall as an iron-fisted lawman who kept order in the county. Known for his trademark white hat, black string tie and cowboy boots, McCall once confronted and stopped a rioting lynch mob, and he boasted in his autobiography of meeting violent protesters head-on and stopping them before they got started.
His son Malcolm McCall, 74, who served for one term as Lake County sheriff four years after his father left office, wants the road name to remain.
"I see no reason to change the name every time someone thinks about it," he said. "He was the choice of the people, and he did a fine job while he was there."
But is he the choice of the people today?
"We'll see how the citizens feel about it, whether it's something they want to relive again," Lake County Commission Chairman Jennifer Hill said. She said she would want to hear from local residents before deciding.
The procedure for changing a road name requires that an application be submitted to the county's Public Safety Department. The application must show that notice of the proposed change has been forwarded to property owners on the road in question.
If 20 percent of the property owners file written objections, county commissioners may deny the change. Otherwise, commissioners are allowed to "grant or deny the renaming request within its sound discretion," the ordinance says.
"I'd hate to open those old wounds," said County Commissioner Welton Cadwell, who lives in Umatilla. "If people have got that much energy, I think they should do something to bring people together, not separate them."
Cadwell said he, too, would listen to residents before making a decision.
The five county commissioners in 1985 unanimously supported naming the road for the sheriff: Glenn Burhans, James R. Carson, C.A. "Lex" Deems, Claude Smoak and Tom Windram.
Burhans and Deems have since died, and neither Carson nor Smoak could be reached for comment. Windram's wife, Diane Windram, said he was not well enough to discuss the vote with a reporter.
At the time of the change, residents told commissioners the three-mile stretch of C.R. 450A needed a name to differentiate it from two other nearby roads numbered 450. They asked to rename it McCall Road in honor of the family who had lived there since the turn of the century.
But Lake already had a McCall Road. When the former sheriff came to the meeting himself to push for the name change, commissioners settled on Willis V. McCall Road.
"He was cleared of all the charges," Burhans said at the time. "It's time we forget all that and go on."
Today, some residents echo Burhans' sentiments.
"I've heard the stories, and they were some pretty bad stories, but I wasn't there," said William Nelson, 43, who has lived on the road since 1998. "If I don't see it with my own eyes I don't tend to believe it."
Nelson, who is white, said it didn't matter to him whether the road name is changed. Likewise, Mary Donaldson, 70, who has lived on the road about 15 years, said the road's name is not a big deal.
"It don't make no difference to me," said Donaldson, who is black.
But it makes plenty of difference to Agnes Alexander, who has lived on the road since 1953.
"I didn't know anything about them changing the name to Willis McCall Road until the sign went up," said Alexander, who is black. "We didn't like it, but we didn't know what we could do about it."
Mary Frances Young, who also is black and wants the road renamed, said she and her neighbors have talked many times about pushing to have the road renamed.
"But nobody was willing to go through with it," said Young, 67, who has lived in the area all her life. "Everybody was scared of his people."
Those feelings, and recent moves to reopen old civil-rights cases in Florida and across the South, have energized Cassella, who is white, and the Young Democrats in their effort to rename the road.
They suggest changing it to Lake Dalhousie Road or New South Road or maybe some other name suggested by the residents.
"Having a road named after Willis McCall gives residents and visitors to Lake County the impression that county government endorses his legacy," Cassella said. "I think it's a slap in the face to the minorities who live on that road and to the Lake County residents as a whole."


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The property sits near the center of where European agricultural development began, we share this and other stories dating from 1822 when the farm was established. Our stories are central to the experience.
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She had been a student of natural Horsemanship for many years. Jacqui trained to become a Parelli Professional Instructor a goal she achieved in 2013..
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My main role is coordinating and running the daily activities for our guests ensuring that they have the opportunity to participate in a fun and safe environment.
I also like to educate along the way. We grow our own beef, sheep and pork, we have aquaponics for vegetables and we grow various crops to supplement stock feed . To each of these is an important story, both our history and our future.
I have been working at Mowbray Park Farm since June 2014. I'm the services manager I am responsible for all four of our lodges, I'm the one that makes sure they are cleaned and ready to go for when our guests arrive.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Eastern Union, one of America’s largest commercial real estate mortgage brokerage firms, has closed on a $74,217,664 transaction toward the refinancing of a construction loan for a 256-unit, multifamily property in Teaneck in Bergen County in northern New Jersey.
The six-floor, 250,000-square-foot development is now under construction at 329 Alfred Avenue near Route 4.
With a 36-month term, the transaction carried a 75-percent loan-to-cost ratio. The interest rate was set at 7.8 percent, with interest-only payments for the full term.
The loan was brokered by Gabriel Sasson, a senior associate with Eastern Union.
“This closing represents another example of Eastern Union’s deep-rooted familiarity with thousands of lending institutions throughout the country,” said Abe Bergman, president and co-founder of Eastern Union. “Bergen County has the largest gross domestic product of any of the 21 counties in New Jersey, and we’re proud to contribute to its vibrant economy.”
Neither the names of the owner nor the lender was disclosed.
About Eastern Union
Founded in 2001, Eastern Union is a national commercial real estate firm that provides both financing services and capital markets advisory services. It employs more than 90 real estate professionals and closes billions of dollars’ worth of transactions annually. Eastern Union leverages its relationships with lenders and its marketplace knowledge to secure the best available rates and terms.
Headquartered in New York, Eastern Union secures financing for transactions of all sizes across the United States. Transactions, which can include multi-state and multi-site portfolios, encompass conventional commercial mortgages, structured debt, healthcare, hospitality, manufactured home properties, single-family rentals, investment sales, and — handled in conjunction with company affiliate Eastern Equity Advisors — equity placement.
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The No.13 football jersey at Corona Santiago can’t be selected by a player. It’s a number that must be earned, with the bearer being chosen after a vote by the coaches.
The honor this season went to senior outside linebacker Dylan Merchant, who has continued the proud tradition of previous defensive standouts who have worn the No.13 jersey.
Merchant will be captaining the defense Friday when the Sharks host Corona Centennial in the annual “Rumble on Rimpau,” a game this season that will settle the Big VIII League title.
“He earned it by being the entire package,” Santiago coach Jeff Steinberg said. “He’s had the stellar performance on the field in previous seasons and leadership on campus, in the locker room and on the football field. The wearer of the jersey must excel in all areas.”
When he was a sophomore, Merchant was asked what jersey number he wanted to wear. He answered 13, not knowing the tradition of the legacy jersey. He spent the next two years doing all he could to make ensure the number would be his during his senior season.
The No.13 legacy jersey began with Kevin Robinson during the 2005 season. Those who followed Robinson were Tony Dye (2006-07), Earnest “Tre” Sayles (20008-09), Simon Connette (2010) and Keleen Culberson (2011). All of those players went on to earn Division I college scholarship, and Dye currently is a member of the Cincinnati Bengals.
“It meant a lot to be chosen by the coaches,” Merchant said. “This I not your typical jersey. Having the No.13 here means you expected to be a leader. I know the people who have worn this jersey in the past, and I take pride and responsibility in wearing it.”
Merchant, who stands 6-foot and 205 pounds, started his varsity career at Santiago as a quarterback. With Michael Darr firmly entranced in that position for the next three seasons, Steinberg asked Merchant to switch sides. After a bit of resistance, Merchant agreed and quickly established himself as a defensive force, first at free safety and now at linebacker.
“I really love playing defense,” Merchant said. “You’re always in the middle of the action.”
The coaching staff raves about Merchant’s physical skills, instincts and leadership.
“He a very cerebral player, one who can watch the play develop and quickly diagnose it,” said Jake Beigle, the Sharks outside linebackers coach. “He’s also extremely tenacious. Playing safety before, he’s great coming downhill and stopping the run.”
Steinberg also pointed out the way Merchant works with his teammates.
“He’s the guy who makes sure everyone is lined up probably and knows what they’re doing,” Steinberg said. “He can bring another player up to a level they couldn’t get to by themselves, and that’s what being a captain is about. It’s not a popularity thing. It’s about being a leader.”
Merchant is carrying on one legacy by wearing the No.13 jersey. He hopes to start another by helping Santiago earns is first victory over Centennial in 16 meetings.
“This is my senior year, my last chance,” he said. “We want to help start something special.”
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The future of the Hillsboro business known for decades as the Dari-Ette Drive In may be decided in a court of law.
Jay L. and Cathy McClure, rural Marion, who have leased the city-owned property at 211 W. D Street for the past 15 years, indicated at the March 7 meeting of the Hillsboro City Council that they were prepared to go to court if a satisfactory agreement could not be reached.
The issue arose when the council decided earlier this year not to renew the city’s lease. The original agreement with the McClures, signed Jan. 21, 1986, was for five years with the option of renewing two times for five additional years each time.
In lieu of the council’s decision not to renew the lease, the McClures had asked the city to buy the building. They originally asked for “slightly more” than $20,000, but lowered their request to that amount after the city countered with an offer of $10,000.
“We just feel like if you don’t want to renew our lease, that $20,000 is not too much to ask for the building down there,” Cathy McClure said at the meeting. “And I guess if you guys decide you can’t pay us that, we’ll just have to go to court.”
The McClures said the amount they are asking is significantly less than what they had invested in the building over the past 15 years. If the city did not want to pay them $20,000, the McClures said they wanted to renew the lease.
“If all I can get is $10,000 out of it, I want to open (the drive-in) so I can get more out of it,” Jay McClure said at the March 7 meeting.
The issue was not listed on the council’s March 7 agenda, but the McClures were given the opportunity to speak near the conclusion of the meeting.
“I’d like to ask why our lease was not renewed when the lease has been there for 50 years and now, all of a sudden, we can’t get a lease,” Jay McClure said to the council. “It seems you think it’s worth pennies on the dollar to buy it. I guess I’d like to know what your thinking is.”
City Attorney Dan Baldwin, responding on behalf of the council, said he had written a letter to the McClures asking them to meet privately with him about the issue.
“I don’t agree with the statement that the city offered you pennies on the dollar,” Baldwin said. “To clarify things, an offer has been made in writing. The next step is negotiation, which is where I think we are.
“I’ve advised the council that it looks like if this negotiation doesn’t go forward, it looks like a possible litigation problem,” Baldwin told the McClures.
Because of the potential for litigation, Baldwin said he had advised council members not comment publicly about the matter.
The McClures expressed their frustration at not being able to interact directly with council members.
“Why do we have to go through you (Baldwin) when we’ve always gone through the council before?” Jay McClure asked. “It’s the council’s decision.”
“It is the council’s decision,” Baldwin responded. “I am working for the council, I have their wishes in mind. That’s what I’m authorized to talk to you about.”
The McClures were accompanied to the meeting by Tom Plett and Ken Koslowsky. Plett was involved with the Dari-Ette when his parents were the lessees and Koslowsky is a former lessee.
Koslowsky did not speak publicly, but Plett recounted his family’s experience as Dari-Ette operators and described how anxious they had been when it came to time to renew their lease with the city.
“I feel sorry for Jay and Cathy because if I was in their shoes, I’d be interested in getting more (money), too,” Plett said. “I would have asked for more than $20,000 30 years ago already.”
The lease agreement does not contain a provision for compensating the owner for the building if the lease is not renewed.
“I just don’t know what was going on back then that left that open,” Baldwin said Monday. “I’d like to say that if I had drawn (the lease), I would have put it on. But who knows?
“I feel that the city was in the mix enough that there ought to be some give and take here on the improvements,” he added. “But as far as there being a clause in the lease that we have to do that, there isn’t.”
Baldwin said the decline in business activity at the location was a factor in the council’s decision.
“If the place had still been thriving and continued to be a benefit to the city as a whole, then they might have extended that lease,” he said. “The benefit to the city was not the lease payment.”
Jay McClure said late last week he had met with Baldwin since the March 7 meeting, as he was encouraged to do at the meeting by Mayor Delores Dalke.
“I basically told him what I’ve been saying all along,” McClure said. “Either we want to lease (the property) or we want $20,000. He said he would have to talk to the council about it. To me, that’s just getting the runaround.
“It’s very frustrating,” he added. “It’s like we’re trying to rip off somebody else and we feel like we’re being ripped off.”


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Greater buffer zones around bodies of water and more consistent enforcement of water protection regulations are needed to reduce agriculture-based pollution in the Western U.S., a recent review from Oregon State University found.
Prior research has shown that agricultural pollution, both from croplands and rangelands, is the cause of 48% of water-quality impairment in U.S. surface waters, which in turn disrupts habitat for fish and insects and reduces biodiversity in aquatic environments.
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Back in January LoopPay announced a partnership to bring their mobile payment system to Samsung smartphones and now the company has announced that they have been acquired by Samsung.
LoopPay did not disclose any details on their acquisition by Samsung, the company will become a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics America.
Our vision of inspiring consumers to transition from a physical wallet to a truly digital wallet will continue. I’m most excited that Samsung shares this vision and has chosen to help change how we shop and pay for goods and services. We look forward to working with Samsung to offer the world’s most secure and compelling mobile platform.
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There have been rumors for some time that Samsung were looking to launch a new mobile payment system to take on Apple Pay.
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STATEMENT ON VIOLENT WEEKEND FROM INDY FOP
Once again, Indiana’s Capital City experienced one of the most violent weekends to date this calendar year.
Multiple people were shot, stabbed and killed. These are human lives impacted, not stats to be tabulated.
Indianapolis residents and officers are stuck in the middle of this violence.
Our Indy FOP is greatly troubled by the lack of visibility by any elected or appointed leaders in response to these tragedies.
Indy’s Mayor, Prosecutor, Council President must legitimately engage on these issues (in real-time).
Simply talking about root causes means nothing to those in the middle of the violence, those losing their lives and the families that are being destroyed right now.
Leaders must act and outline their plan to intervene and triage this situation now.
Intervention and Prevention efforts must both happen together in real-time.
We need Actions Over Words. Victims deserve better…Officers and Detectives risking their lives in the neighborhoods deserve better…Indiana’s Capital City deserves better.
Rick Snyder, President
STATEMENT FROM INDY FOP PRESIDENT ON OFFICERS SHOT 4/20/2023
"Today we are reminded once again, what is put to risk each time the women and men of law enforcement put on their badge and step forward to stand the line on behalf of the communities they serve.
We are collectively grateful that both of these officers are expected to recover from non-life threatening injuries.
Yet that is only part of the story...
Think of the courage it takes to boldly stand the line that separates good from evil at a time when:
* On average an Officer is shot in the line of duty every 25 hours in our nation
* On average an Officers dies in the line of duty every 52 hours
* Approximately 165 Officers are assaulted daily
* On average an Officer is exposed to a life altering tragic Critical Incident every other month
Often, our politicians in charge are quick to blame the instruments used and leverage political agendas such as talking about "Gun" violence.
Yet our residents and officers are left stuck in the middle of "human" violence often committed by repeat offenders with no value for the sanctity of life.
These are matters of the human heart and we must get back to basics in addressing it.
Therefore, we call on our community to pray for police and find ways to love your neighbor.
Solutions will come from neighbors loving neighbors, not from politicians trying to score political points."
Shop With a Cop
Posted On: Jul 30, 2013
Shop With A Cop Program
Every December, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #86 sponsors an Annual Shop With A Cop® Event. Marion County police officers from 11 different departments unite each year to take needy children from all over the Indianapolis community for a day long event.
The day begins with each child being picked up in a police cruiser; a movie theater is reserved where they enjoy a movie. Then the children are taken by police to Wal-Mart. On the way to Wal-Mart the children can ride with the lights and sirens on. At Wal-Mart they enjoy a meal, shopping, and a visit with Santa. On returning home, the children are given a backpack containing personal hygiene products, gift certificates and coupons, along with a food basket for the entire family.
Individuals can offer donations towards the Shop with A Cop Event by contacting FOP86 by phone. To enroll a child in the Shop with A Cop program, please contact the FOP86 office.


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Stuff [Wellington, New Zealand]
October 17, 2022
By Steve Kilgallon
A Catholic bishop has admitted recommending a priest who had been sacked for grooming a teenage girl be given a teaching job at a Catholic school.
Retired Auckland bishop Pat Dunn says that in 2021 he supported ex-priest Sosefo Sateki Raass for a teaching job because he was a “talented man”.
That was despite Raass’ conviction in March 2019 for indecent communication with a person under 16, when he was sentenced to serve 100 hours community service. Raass had groomed a 15 year old girl and asked her to meet him secretly, and send him nude photos.
Dunn was appearing before the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care to explain his handling of the Raass case.
Dunn said in hindsight, his recommendation of Raass as a teacher was “unwise”, but then walked that back during oral testimony before the Commission in Auckland on Monday, saying: “In some ways, yes [unwise], but on the other hand, he is a pretty talented man and comes from a family of teachers…. all through my life, I have tried to help people who have had convictions to get their life back on to an even keel and to learn from past mistakes.”
He said he was approached by the principal, who knew of Raass’ history, and “I thought that could be quite okay”.
Dunn’s testimony brought gasps and cries of ‘shame’ from the audience.
Stuff reported on the Raass case, and Dunn’s handling of it, in a series of stories in 2020 and 2021. We have reported how Dunn had planned not to tell school communities attached to Raass’ parish, to allow Raass to say mass after his arrest, and to bail him to a presbytery attached to another primary school despite bail conditions prohibiting contact with under-16s. He had also told parishioners Raass’ offending was merely “inappropriate text messaging”.
Dunn was questioned in the Inquiry about why he had written a file note to himself describing Raass’ offending as simply a “big mistake”.
The hearing heard that when Dunn stood Raass down as police investigated the complaint, he allowed Raass to write to his parish community saying that Dunn had granted him leave for a spell of “spiritual nourishment”.
Dunn had previously dealt with two complaints about Raass in 2011 and 2013, with one of them resulting in Raass being sent for counselling. He said he could not explain that decision, saying he had simply rubber-stamped a decision of a disciplinary tribunal. He said: “On reflection, I felt that we tried to address each of the complaints as best we could and I feel we did do as best we could.”
He had also learned of complaints about Raass from his time in Tonga before coming to New Zealand in 2009 but said they had been characterised to him as “gossip”.
Dunn also revealed that the church had paid $60,000 for Raass’ legal defence – he was represented by QC Steve Bonnar, now a district court judge – and had also paid Raass a $2,000 a month stipend from January 2018 when the complaint was lodged, until November that year. He admitted that during that time he’d had no contact with the complainant.
The complainant’s aunt, who has previously appeared at the Inquiry under the pseudonym Ms CU, told Stuff that she had discovered through members of the Tongan Catholic community about the job offer to Raass, because he’d told community leaders he intended to begin teaching.
I am shocked,” she said, and was worried that Raass, because he was not placed on the sex offenders’ register, could still find such a job and parents not be informed.
She said the latest revelation confirmed her belief that the complaint was badly handled. “His [Dunn’s] actions speak louder then words and in everything they did added further harm to the 15 year old victim and my family. The impact continues to this day.”
Network of Survivors of Abuse in Faith-Based Institutions and their Survivors spokesman Steve Goodlass said: “I’m shocked but not surprised by the Bishop’s actions. We’ve heard … that the church did not understand the risks of perpetrators in the last century and Bishop Dunn has shown that they still don’t now. It’s disturbing in the light of all the statements the church has made that say they’ve ‘learned’.”
The Ministry of Education said school boards are required to ensure safety checks on all staff every three yars and “the safety of students is important for all schools, and they are all required to have child protection and complaints policies and procedures in place”.
Dunn also drew gasps from the audience when he said he disagreed with the Catholic church’s ‘Dallas Charter’, an agreement of ‘zero tolerance’ towards priests with substantiated allegations against them. He said he believed people needed a second chance.
Christopher Longhurst, New Zealand convener of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) said: “He’s disrespecting the Pope’s own wishes, he’s putting survivors’ at risk, and he’s putting his abusive priests before the safety of survivors.”
Dunn retired earlier this year due to failing health.

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Tibbo will participate in Computex 2016.
2016 marks the beginning of COMPUTEX’s rebranding campaign, starting with its new position—Building Partnerships in Internet Computer Ecosystems - at the cross-section between the Internet of Things and innovation. Complete with a comprehensive ICT supply chain and IoT ecosystem, COMPUTEX serves as an indexical, B2B ICT show for entering the Asian-Pacific market while playing an inimitable role in the Asian-Pacific industrial ecosystem.
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Tess Holliday is far from being the main body positive icon. The singer Lizzo has much more fans today. And, having watched her Instagram feed, you will definitely not remain indifferent to what is happening there!
“Many people are drowning in self-doubt. I myself was drowning in this. To love yourself is essential for survival. " This is the main rule of life for Melissa Vivian Jefferson, or simply Lizzo.
Lizzo is one of the most popular American singer of recent times. In 2020, she received a Grammy, beating Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and other musical divas. What can I say, even the mega-popular Billie Eilish was left behind!
The most dressed-up cowboy: how gay rapper Lil Nas X became the new beauty icon of the world
Of course, all musicians, one way or another, rely not only on their talent, but also on their appearance, because this is guaranteed to attract the attention of fans. And Lizzo, unlike many, is not even going to hide that she focuses on her own body. On the contrary, the singer does everything to emphasize the outstanding forms, thanks to which she breaks this rather flexible, but still rigid framework of show business.
Of course, Lizzo did not pioneer the philosophy of body positivity. But she takes the power of her tracks: about the importance of accepting your body, about love for yourself and others, about female strength and about the fact that we are all equal. And cool! And the 33-year-old American woman confirms her message with streams of explicit content. Lizzo loves herself anyone: in clothes, and without, and on the red carpet, and in the morning, without hair and makeup. Not to mention the rest!
Kim Kardashian and other stars who turned from best friends into sworn enemies
Who would have known about Kim Kardashian now, if at one time Paris Hilton had not introduced her to the right people! And Kim admits it. “She helped me start my career. I totally admit it! I understand that few would like to say: "I became famous thanks to Paris." But it's true,”said Kim. Kardashian and Hilton have been close friends for a long time, but at one point they stopped communicating. What is the reason is still unknown. The girls are trying to renew their relationship, but so far nothing has worked out for them.
Of course, out of habit, Lizzo's photos seem overkill. But the star believes that only this approach can finally rid the world of stigmatization. Big Girls can be crazy sexy too! This is what the singer screams about through each of her posts and tracks. And she proceeds to the proofs: she will cosplay the iconic image of Kim Kardashian, then she will dance twerk - always in a micro-skirt and thong. Or it will even be published in a "naked" dress, which even the top models have not yet had time to try on. Yes, such things are now produced not only in couture "zero" size!
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Of course, this is unlikely to result in anything more. Anyway, Lizzo has never immersed herself in revelations about her personal life. She should first fight off massive attacks by haters, and then that's all!
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Ben Stokes made history on this day in 2019 with one of the greatest Test innings of all time.
The all-rounder hit an incredible 135, not keen on leading England to a thrilling last-wicket win over Australia in the third Ashes Test at Headingley, the home side chasing a record, scoring 362 for nine.
Australia appeared close to retaining the ballot box after reducing the hosts to nine to 286, but a memorable final wicket union between Stokes and Jack Leach – who contributed one in an uninterrupted 76-run partnership – led to one of the greatest running pursuits of all time.
It came barely a month after another memorable inning propelled England to World Cup glory at Lord’s and will go down in history.
Stokes hit eight sixes and eleven fours as he single-handedly dragged his side across the finish line when defeat previously looked like a certainty.
“Obviously I’m over the moon that we managed to stay in the series. We knew if we lost this game, the ashes would be gone,” he said after his innings.
“When a number 11 comes out and needs 70 to win, I knew what I had to do in terms of the game situation. The only time I started to get a little nervous or panicked was when we got into the single digits.
“To sit here, especially after getting thrown out for 67 (first innings), still being there and having a chance to get the ballot box back is an amazing feeling.”
In the end, Stokes’ innings didn’t count for much in the series, as losing at Old Trafford in the following game meant Australia retained the Ashes, with the series eventually ending 2–2 in a draw.
But Stokes won widespread acclaim for his performance, winning BBC Sports Personality of the Year four months later and cementing himself in Ashes folklore.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/ben-stokes-australia-england-headingley-england-cricket-b2152232.html On this day in 2019: Magical Ben Stokes leads England to a thrilling victory


WASHINGTON TERRACE -- The problem was not that the Lakers shot 66 percent from the free throw line; it was that they only got there three times.
Bonneville outscored Mountain Crest from the field but lost the game at the charity stripe, dropping a 54-42 decision on Wednesday evening.
Mountain Crest went 17-of-22 from the foul line, while the Lakers managed a paltry 2-of-3, those coming on a pair by Dakota Buckway with 57.3 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
"Part of it was we weren't getting to the basket," said Bonneville coach Jason Finder. "Twenty-two to 3 is a huge discrepancy, but if we don't attack the basket, we aren't going to get the calls."
The Mustangs built their lead gradually over each of the four quarters and had their largest margin just before a buzzer-beating basket by Mason Rich closed out the game.
"That's Mountain Crest basketball; they're always consistent and don't turn it over a lot. We needed to play a complete game to beat them and didn't do it tonight," Finder said. "We improved against one of the better teams in the region after not showing up last Friday against Box Elder, but they still came out on the positive side of the score."
Mason Rich had a monster game for the Lakers, flirting with a triple double, finishing with 10 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocked shots, while Buckway led the way, netting 16 points, including four bombs from beyond the arc.
Rich also shut down Mountain Crest's talented 6-foot 5 center Faimafili Laulu-Pututau, who only scored eight points.
"There are certain things he does to get to the basket; usually going to his left, so we tried to shut that off and turn him into a jump shooter and he didn't hit them," Finder said.
Bonneville trailed by three at the half, but three of its 14 turnovers resulted in Mountain Crest layups in the third quarter as the Mustangs led by seven at the stop.
"We told our guys to emphasize rebounding and get to the glass, but then we forgot to rotate back and they got some breakaway layups," Finder added.
Mountain Crest went 8-of-8 from the free thow line in the last 2:02 of the fourth quarter to sink any chance the Lakers had of making a comeback.
Tyler Crosbie led the Mustangs with 17 points and Tanner Knowles chipped in 13. Four players shot more free throws individually than the Lakers did, while Crosbie and Knowles combined for 10-of-10 from the line.
* ROY 53, LOGAN 50: At Logan, the Royals corralled a key region road win, thanks in part to David Hadley's five 3-pointers.
Hadley finished with 19 points; Brekkott Chapman added 16 points. Roy trailed by one after three quarters but earned the win.
Luke Falk led Logan with 17 points, while Tyler Brimhall added a dozen.
* BEN LOMOND 66, BEAR RIVER 63 (2OT): At Garland, the Scots took over possession of second place in Region 11 with a heart-stopping win.
The host Bears had a shot to win in regulation go awry. In the first overtime, Josh Hardin nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to tie things up at 58-all.
In the final OT, the Scots took control and managed the game home.
Sterling Brandley scored a career-hight 36 points, added seven assists and five rebounds. Hardin finsiehd with 18 points and nine rebounds, while Trey Scott led the defensive effort.
Wade Miller scored 24 points, while Kody King added 16 and Kyle Zundel chipped in with 10 points.
"Sterling made great decisions all night long, and shot 75 percent from the field," Ben Lomond coach Ryan Wilcox said. "Trey was key as well. He did an outstanding job making Wade Miller work for his 24 points."
* MORGAN 71, STANSBURY 50: At Stansbury, the Trojans won thre first three quarters and coasted home.
Jake Miles scored 19 points, Bridger Streadbeck and Cameron Skinner added 10 apiece, and nine other Morgan players added to the scoring column.
Lantzen Toomer added seven points and nine assists. The Trojans went 14 of 14 at the foul line.
Ryan Robbins and Stone Tia scored 16 each for the Stallions.
* LAYTON CHRISTIAN 80, LEGACY PREP 38: At Woods Cross, the Eagles ran away against the home team.
No details were reported.
* ST. JOSEPH 85, MOUNT VERNON 37: At Murray, Zach Johnstun, Nick Gruet and Sebastian Pomeroy each notched 11 points for the Jayhawks in their victory. Tom Emenger scored 10 and Chris O'Brien and Mitch Koehler each had nine points for St. Joseph, who had 13 players score on the night.
Joseph Lin led Mount Vernon with 25 points.
Region 17 girls
* ST. JOSEPH 31, INTERMOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN 25: At Salt Lake City, the Jayhawks stayed unbeaten but had a battle from host ICS.
St. Joseph led 15-10 at halftime, but ICS never went away. Maddi White scored 15 points and Liz Tomon paced the Jayhawks with eight points and 14 rebounds.
Jennifer Eyre led ICS with 11 points.


Online video ads increase engagementBy: Mike Sachoff - November 18, 2009
Online video ads perform better in content sites such as news, finance, sports, and music than in social networks or gaming sites, according to a new study by ad firm Eyeblaster.
The study found that video advertising increases engagement, doubling Dwell Time (the amount of time users engage with an ad) and increases Dwell Rate (the number of ad impressions leading to users engaging with an ad), by 20 percent.
In the last four years, the growth of video impressions has outpaced rich media growth by 60 percent. Eyeblaster’s data indicates that since the beginning of 2006 to Q2 2009, video impressions have increased more than seven times in the U.S. and tenfold globally.
Highlights from the report include:
- In-Stream video ads have the highest proportion of ads fully played compared to any other format.
- Creative decisions play a significant role in ad performance: Rollover user-initiated video performs best followed by auto-initiated video; click user-initiated performs worst.
- Weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm is users’ preferred time to watch In-Banner and Floating video ads.
- Relatively few users un-mute video ads; auto-initiated video has the highest un-mute rate.
- An increase of video length by five seconds reduces Video Fully Played rate by 2.8%, on average.
"When it comes to online advertising, savvy marketers are using video to work both ends of the consumer funnel to drive results," said Gal Trifon, CEO and Co-founder at Eyeblaster.
"Online video advertising provokes engagement and Eyeblaster’s data demonstrates that users are more compelled to play with an ad that contains video. A blend of In-Stream, In-Banner and Floating ads allows advertisers to engage their target audience regardless of where they spend their time online."


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Ripple CEO Brad GARLINGHOUSE rejected XRP price manipulation charges in an interview with CNN yesterday.
The top manager broke the silence about the tense situation in the XRP community and commented on recent news that the community is threatening a “takeover”, that is, a hard fork, if Ripple executives continue to dump XRP to the market. Garlinghouse responded as follows:
“In the XRP community, Ripple is the largest owner, and we are the most interested party in the success of the XRP ecosystem.”
Garlinghouse adds that dumping XRP onto the markets would not be in their best interest to do. “We are clearly interested in a healthy, successful XRP ecosystem, and we would never do that,” he stated. When asked if Ripple could manipulate the price of XRP, Garlinghouse answered negatively, noting that Ripple could not control the price of XRP, as well as any whale — the price of Bitcoin.