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236 Things Every American Should Know About Independence Day
So you've probably been an American all of your life, but who is to say you were awake during American history class?
July 4th has been filled with quirky facts and random coincidences for hundreds of years. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson – our Founding Fathers – died on the exact same day: July 4, 1836. On Independence Day in 1979, the first baby was born at Disney Land.
Here are other great July moments, from 1776 to 2012.
1776. America Is Born, Hell Yeah!
The Declaration of Independence is signed by 56 delegates.
1777. Why We Are All Pyromaniacs
Congress first authorizes the use of fireworks.
1778. Why We Drink on July 4
George Washington allows his soldiers double rations of rum.
1779. July 4 Moves To July 5
The holiday fell on a Sunday, so it was celebrated Monday, July 5.
1781. July 4 Is Celebrated In The Bay State
The first official 4th of July celebration occurs in Massachusetts.
1785. Longest July 4 Streak
Bristol, Rhode Island, holds its first 4th of July celebration, starting the record of the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the U.S.
1787. July 4 Hits The Garden State
Government William Livingston of New Jersey proclaims the 4th as an official holiday in his state.
1788. July 4 Becomes A Common Practice
Annual celebration of the 4th becomes common among Americans with 10 states having ratified the Declaration of Independence.
1791. George's One And Only Speech
George Washington makes his first and only 4th of July address in Pennsylvania.
1793. John Quincy Adams Speaks
John Quincy Adams speaks in front of the inhabitants of Boston for the 4th of July.
1795. The Less Important Adams
Massachusetts Governor Samuel Adams lays the cornerstone of the New State House in Boston, Massachusetts.
1797. Fort Knox Celebrates July 4
The city of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, is founded and hosts its first 4th of July holiday.
1798. George Washington Is Put In Charge Again
George Washington becomes lieutenant general and commander-in-chief of the army.
1799. Children Of Slaves No Longer Enslaved For Life
In New York, July 4th of this year becomes the day after which children born to slaves are not permanent property of the slave owner; men are freed after 28 years of servitude, women after 25.
1800. Firework Ads Appear
Local advertisements for fireworks appear for the first time in New York City.
1801. The White House Opens Its Doors
The first public 4th of July reception occurs at the White House.
1802. West Point's Beginnings
The United States Military Academy at West Point opens.
The Louisiana Purchase is first announced to the public.
1804. Movin’ Out West
The first 4th of July celebration happens west of the Mississippi.
1805. The Adventures of Lewis & Clark
Lewis & Clark record in their journal that they have reached the Great Falls of Missouri.
1806. Kindness Towards The Natives
Meriwether Lewis, in his journal, writes that he is “unwilling after the service they had rendered to send [the Native Americans] away without a good store of provision.”
1811. Nicholas Biddle Honors George Washington
Nicholas Biddle, a recognized American financier, makes a 4th of July tribute speech to George Washington.
1815. Building Begins on Baltimore's Washington Monument
The cornerstone of the Washington Monument in Baltimore, Maryland, is laid.
1817. On The Erie Canal
Construction of the Erie Canal begins.
The 20-star United States flag becomes official as Mississippi enters the Union.
1819. Welcome, Illinois!
The 21-star United States flag becomes official as Illinois is admitted.
1820. Alabama and Maine Join
The 23-star United States flag becomes official as Alabama and Maine join the Union.
1822. Thank God For Missouri
The 24-star United States flag becomes official as Missouri enters the Union.
1823. Mission Possible
Mission San Francisco Solano is founded in Sonoma, California, the northernmost of the Franciscan missions.
1824. The Origin Of An Unlikely National Monument
Jebediah Smith, an American hunter, trapper, and fur trader, officially names a rock in Wyoming as Independent Rock, which is now a national monument.
1825. Building the Ohio and Erie Canal
Ground breaking occurs for the construction of Ohio and Erie Canal.
1826. Death of Our Founding Fathers (Super Creepy)
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die on the same day.
The State of New York emancipates its slaves.
1828. The First Choo Choo Train
Construction begins on the first railroad track in the United States; Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, breaks ground.
1829. Garrison's Antislavery Address
William Lloyd Garrison, a prominent abolitionist best known for the being the editor of The Liberator, makes a 4th of July, antislavery address at the Park Street Church.
1831. America's 5th President Dies
James Monroe dies from heart failure and tuberculosis.
1832. Cholera Outbreak in New York City
A cholera epidemic forces New York to have a subdued 4th of July celebration.
1834. Hairy Beginnings
John Crittenden, a former United States Attorney General, calls into order the Whig Party’s first organizational meeting.
1835. Green or Earl Grey?
George Hewes is honored as the last survivor of the Boston Tea Party.
The 25-star United States flag becomes official as Arkansas is admitted.
1837. The Great Lakes State Joins
The 26-star United States flag becomes official as Michigan joins the Union.
1838. Introduction of the Iowa Territory
The Iowa Territory is first recognized.
1845. Welcome, Tim Tebow!
The 27-star United States flag becomes official as Florida enters the Union.
1846. The Lonestar Joins the 27 Others
The 28-star United States flag becomes official as Texas is admitted.
1847. Welcome, Iowa!
The 29-star United States flag becomes official as Iowa joins the Union.
1848. Wisconsin Joins The Union
The 30-star United States flag becomes official as Wisconsin enters the Union.
1850. What a Way to Go
Zachary Taylor consumes a large amount of milk, apples, and cherries at 4th of July festivities, leading to his death from digestive issues 5 days later.
1851. Welcome, California!
The 31-star United States flag becomes official as California is admitted.
1852. Frederick Douglass' Celebrated Speech
Frederick Douglass gives his celebrated “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech.
1854. Thoreau's Antislavery Speech
Henry David Thoreau, an American author, gives a speech at an anti-slavery rally in Framingham, Massachusetts.
1855. Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"
The first edition of Walt Whitman’s book of poetry “Leaves of Grass” is published.
1858. Welcome, Minnesota!
The 32-star United States flag becomes official as Minnesota joins the Union.
1859. Oregon Becomes A State
The 33-star United States flag becomes official as Oregon enters the Union.
1860. Boat Races For Recreation
The New York Regatta, one of the first races for entertainment’s purpose that documentation still exists for, occurs.
1861. Kansas Is Admitted
The 34-star United States flag becomes official as Kansas is admitted.
1862. July 4 During the Civil War
John Hunt Morgan, Confederate general, begins a raid in Kentucky with 900 men that would go on to sweep Kentucky and lead to the capture of 1200 Union soldiers.
1863. West Virginia Joins Virginia In the Union
The 35-star United States flag becomes official as West Virginia joins the Union.
1864. July 4 During The Civil War
The Battle of Helena, part of the Civil War, secures eastern Arkansas for the Union.
1865. Welcome, Nevada!
The 36-star United States flag becomes official as Nevada enters the Union.
1866. Veterans Parade
10,000 war veterans parade in the streets of Philadelphia.
1867. Nebraska Becomes A State
The 37-star United States flag becomes official as Nebraska is admitted.
1868. An Impressive Tradition
Seward, Nebraska, holds a 4th of July celebration in their town square, which they have done continuously to this day.
1869. Bucking Bulls
The first rodeo in the world was held in Deer Trail, Colorado.
1870. Unpaid Vacation
Congress makes Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal employees.
1872. The 30th President Is Born
Calvin Coolidge is born.
1873. Mark Twain Speaks in London
Mark Twain gives a 4th of July address in London.
1874. Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is dedicated to those Union soldiers killed during the Civil War.
1876. America's 100th Birthday
The centennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
1877. Colorado Becomes A State
The 38-star United States flag becomes official as Colorado joins the Union.
1878. Hugh Hefner's House Is Built
Arthur Rowland Kelly, an American architect who is known for designing the Playboy Mansion, is born.
1879. Railroads Enter Las Vegas
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad arrives in Las Vegas, heralding a new era of prosperity as waves of immigrants arrive.
1884. Lady Liberty is Born
Formal presentation of the Stature of Liberty takes place in Paris.
1885. One of Alpha Kappa Alpha's Founders Is Born
Lucy Slowe, one of the original 16 women to found Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first sorority founded by African-American women, is born.
1886. Lady Liberty Emigrates to America
The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor.
1887. Mount Hood Is First Illuminated For The Fourth
Mount Hood, a volcano in northern Oregon, is illuminated for the first time for the 4th of July.
1890. 5 More States Enter
The 43-star United States flag becomes official as North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington all enter the Union.
1891. Wyoming Becomes A State
The 44-star United States flag becomes official as Wyoming is admitted.
1892. Déjà Vu?
Two 4th of Julys occur due to Western Samoa changing the International Date Line
1894. Hawaiian Republic Is Established
The Republic of Hawaii is established.
1895. "America the Beautiful"
Katherine Lee Bates publishes “America the Beautiful”
1896. Utah Becomes A State
The 45-star United States flag becomes official as Utah joins the Union.
1898. Annexation of Hawaii
The Republic of Hawaii is annexed.
1899. Mark Twain's Celebrated Speech
Mark Twain presents his “The Day We Celebrate” speech at the American Society 4th of July dinner.
1900. Louis Armstrong Lies About His Birthday
Louis Armstrong’s self-proclaimed birthday, which was later found out to be a month later (August 4, 1901).
1901. American Empire
The U.S. establishes a civilian colonial government in Manila, Philippines.
1902. The End Of A War
Theodore Roosevelt declares the end of the Philippine-American War.
1903. Can You Hear Me Now?
The first message communicated on a Pacific cable via telegraph was made by Theodore Roosevelt from San Francisco, California, to Manila, Philippines.
1904. Nathaniel Hawthorne Turns 100!
The centennial of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s birthday.
1905. Record Length
The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 in a 20-inning baseball game, tied for the longest at the time.
1906. The Car Accident Of Car Accidents
Henry Augustus Ward, an American naturalist and geologist in Buffalo, New York, becomes the first man to ever die from getting hit by a car.
1907. When Tarzan Meets Tom Sawyer
Gordon Griffith, an American actor who was the first to portray both Tom Sawyer and Tarzan on film, is born.
The 46-star United States flag becomes official as Oklahoma enters the Union.
1909. Abraham Lincoln Commemorated
A 16-foot pedestal and bust of Abraham Lincoln is dedicated in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
1910. George Washington Honored
A statue of George Washington is unveiled at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1911. Record Temperatures
A summer heat wave causes 380 people to die of a heatstroke in New Hampshire.
1912. Arizona Turns 100 This Year!
The 48-star United States flag becomes official as Arizona is admitted.
1913. Wilson's Gettysburg Address
Woodrow Wilson gives his “Address at Gettysburg,” 50 years after the battle was fought.
1914. The First Of Its Kind
Dodge City, Kansas, hosts the first-ever motorcycle race in the United States.
1915. An Addition To the Dictionary
The term “Americanization,” in which an immigrant to the United States assimilates into American society and culture, is brought to general use.
1916. Old-Fashioned Joey Chestnuts
According to legend, four immigrants have a hot dog eating contest at Nathan’s on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, to determine who was most patriotic.
1919. A Historic Heavyweight Bout
Jack Dempsey defeats Jess Willard in a heavyweight championship boxing bout.
1921. A Shoutout To The Shining
The infamous date of the picture that appears at the end of the movie The Shining.
1922. Start Your Engines
The National Championship Motorcycle Race occurs in Wichita, Kansas.
1923. Largest KKK Gathering
Kokomo, Indiana hosts the largest Ku Klux Klan gathering in history with over 200,000 in attendance.
1925. KKK March Hoodless
3,000 Ku Klux Klan members march hoodless through Grand Rapids, Missouri after a law targeting the Klan banned “hooded marches.”
1926. 150 Years
The 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
1927. A Playwright Is Born
Neil Simon, an American playwright who wrote Biloxi Blues and Bright Beach Memoirs is born.
1929. An NFL Owner Is Born
Al Davis, principal owner of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders from 1972 to 2011, is born.
1931. What's In Cleveland?
The 1st fireworks display is held at Cleveland Stadium in Ohio.
1933. Oakland's Baby
Work begins on the Oakland Bay Bridge.
1937. Where In The World Is Amelia Earhart?
Searchers continue to look for Amelia Earhart, who had disappeared 2 days earlier.
1938. Paid Vacation (Thank you, Congress!)
Congress changes Independence Day to a paid federal holiday.
1939. The Luckiest Man On The Face Of The Earth
A terminally ill Lou Gehrig announces his retirement from baseball and proclaims himself “the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”
1940. You Can Have It
Franklin Delano Roosevelt official turns over the library bearing his name to the federal government.
1941. July 4 During World War II
Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaims the holiday as an inspiration for world peace in a radio broadcast address.
1942. Hard at Work During July 4
Following the beginning of World War II, Franklin Delano Roosevelt encourages people to continue working and to not take a day off; the White House remains open.
1943. July 4 Still During World War II
U.S. armed-forces meet heavy Japanese resistance in the Solomon Islands.
1944. Letters From Iwo Jima
Fighter pilots from USS Cabot attack Iwo Jima.
1945. Anti-Atomic Bomb
Leo Szilard drafts Version 2 of the Szilard Petition, urging Harry Truman to carefully consider the repercussions of an atomic bomb on mankind.
1946. Filipinos Gone Wild
The Philippines gains full independence from the United States.
1947. July 4 Hits The Screen
4th of July ceremonies are televised for the first time.
1949. LA's Longest Serving Mayor
Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron, who held the position for the longest in history, graces the cover of Time Magazine.
1950. The Harry Trumans And The Sharks
Harry Truman signs Public Law 600, which allows Puerto Rico to draft its own constitution.
1951. Nat King Cole Is Music's Leading Man
“Too Young” by Nat King Cole tops the music charts.
1952. Charlie Brown Hits The Scene
“Peanuts” cartoon strips, like the one below, become very common.
1953. Lady Marmalade Tops The Chart
“The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart)” by Percy Faith is the #1 song of the day.
1954. The Fugitive's Inception
Sam Sheppard is falsely accused of murdering his pregnant wife Marilyn Sheppard, the basis off of which the movie The Fugitive is.
1955. It's Dwight's Time, Literally
Dwight Eisenhower graces the cover of Time Magazine.
1956. A Hall of Fame Matchup
Yogi Berra and the New York Yankees defeat Ted Williams and the Boston Red Sox 9-4.
1958. One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater
The iconic “Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley tops the music charts of the day.
The 49th star is added to the United States flag, as Alaska becomes a state.
1960. Say Aloha!
The 50-star United States flag is revealed, as Hawaii becomes a state.
The flag that had continuously flown over Betsy Ross’ grave is stolen.
1962. JFK Speaks
John F. Kennedy makes a speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania discussing the enduring relevance of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.
1963. Down Goes Diem
According to the CIA, it is announced that South Vietnamese officers are plotting a coup against president Ngo Dinh Diem
1964. JFK Reads America A Bedtime Story
John F. Kennedy broadcasts a reading of the Declaration of Independence.
1965. Fight For Your Right
Gay Rights Demonstrations occur in Philadelphia.
1966. LBJ Objected, But It Passes
Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act.
1968. July 4 in Vietnam
Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations interrupt a speech given by Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
1969. Music At Its Finest
Atlanta holds the International Pop Festival, feature musicians such as Janis Joplin and Joe Cocker, which has over 100,000 in attendance in high heat.
1970. Run, Georgia, Run
The first Peachtree Road Race is held in Atlanta.
1971. A Smart Monkey Is Born
Koko, a Lowland gorilla who is now able to understand both considerable sign language and much spoken English, is born in the San Francisco Zoo.
1972. Korean Unification?
Announcements were made simultaneously in North and South Korea that the two nations negotiated an agreement to discuss reunification.
1973. Snap, Crackle, Pop
The first Boston Pops Orchestra performance is held over the Charles River Esplanade.
1974. Elvis Is A Black Belt?
Elvis Presley gives a karate demonstration in Memphis, Tennessee.
1975. Willie Nelson
In Texas, it is proclaimed Willie Nelson Day.
The bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence.
1977. A Windy July 4
A derecho, or series of intense winds, hits Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio over the course of the day reaching up to 115 miles per hour.
1978. Pardon The Interruption
American sports personality and TV host Tony Reali is born.
1979. A Birth In The Happiest Place On Earth
Teresa Salcedo, the first baby to be born at Disneyland, is born.
1980. Hostages in Iran
4th of July celebration have a somber tone due to the 53 American citizens held hostage in Iran.
1981. McEnroe Cannot Be Kept Quiet
American John McEnroe defeats Bjorn Borg in the Wimbledon finals (4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4)
1983. Can't Touch This
Dave Righetti pitches a no-hitter for the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox, the first by a left-handed Yankee since 1917.
1984. NASCAR's Finest
Richard Petty, one of two drivers to win the NASCAR championship seven times (Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the other), won his 200th race.
1985. Is It Over Yet?
The New York Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves 16-13 in a 19-inning game that lasts over 6 hours.
1986. The Queen of New York's 100th Anniversary
The State of Liberty’s centennial as a symbol of hope in the New York Harbor.
1987. The U.S. Takes Over The All-England Club
American Martina Navritilova defeats German Steffi Graf 7-5, 6-3 to win the Ladies’ Singles title at Wimbledon.
1988. A Big Mistake
A U.S. warship in the Persian Gulf mistakes an Iranian civilian plane for a fighter plane, killing approximately 290 people.
1989he Grateful Dead Come To Life
Truckin’ Up to Buffalo, one of five albums released by the Grateful Dead in 2005, is recorded in Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, New York.
400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion at a concert in Minnesota.
1991. Paul Broussard Murdered
Paul Broussard is murdered by 10 teenagers in a gay-bashing outside a nightclub in Texas.
1992. The Navy Brings George Washington Back To Life
The Navy unveils the new aircraft carrier the USS George Washington.
1993. Walk The Line
Johnny Cash, country musician, recites his poem “Rugged Old Flag” in Washington, D.C.
Cobi Jones and the United States National Soccer Team lose to the Brazilians in the Round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup 1-0.
1996. July 4 in Space
Astronauts on the Space Shuttle Columbia send 4th of July messages.
1997. Mars Invasion
NASA’s Pathfinder probe lands on the surface of Mars.
1998. Stop, Drop, And Roll
Florida forest fires, which have already forced well over 100,000 people to evacuate their houses, reach Daytona Beach.
1999. Sampras' Wimbledon Dominance
Pete Sampras wins Wimbledon for the 6th time in 7 years, beating Bjorn Borg’s record of 5 championships.
2000. Come Sail Away!
“Operation Sail 200,” the largest ever gathering of ships in one place, occurs in New York City.
2001. Communication With Outer Space
Astronauts at the International Space Station wish Americans “Happy Independence Day.”
2002. July 4, Post-9/11
Despite the intense security measures due to 9/11, Americans celebrate.
2003. Why Not Celebrate With The Bad Guy?
U.S. soldiers celebrate the 4th of July at Saddam Hussein’s hometown palace in Tikrit, Iraq.
2004. Ground Zero Reonstruction Begins
The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid in New York City.
2005. Intergalactic Collision
NASA slams its spacecraft Deep Impact into the comet Tempel 1.
2006. The Discovery Takes Flight
The space shuttle Discovery launches from the U.S.
2007. Taking The Oath
1,000 individuals from 75 different countries take citizenship oath at Walt Disney World in Florida.
2008. Chestnut Loves Weiners
Joey Chestnut ties Takeru Kobayashi in the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, forcing a 5 hotdog playoff which Chestnut won.
2009. The Queen Is Reunited With Her Crown
The crown of the Statue of Liberty reopens to the public after its closure post-9/11.
2010. Cleanup On Aisle Four
Three months after the BP oil leak was discovered, cleanup crews clean the Gulf Coast.
2011. Reagan Honored
A statue of Ronald Reagan is unveiled in London to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth.

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by Patrick J. Buchanan
From the day he entered the race, Joe Biden was the great hope of the Democratic establishment to spare them from the horrifying prospect of a 2020 race between The Donald and Bernie Sanders.
Today, that same establishment wants Joe out of the race.
Why has Biden suddenly become an albatross?
His feeble debate performances and fifth-place finish in New Hampshire all but ensure Joe will not be the nominee, and if he stays in, he will siphon off votes in Nevada and South Carolina that would go to candidates who might put together a majority and stop Sanders.


Garner #1 Gospel Debut for New Two-Disc Live Album,
LIVE THROUGH IT
Nashville, TN — Award-winning Gospel star, songwriter, producer and nationally-syndicated radio host James Fortune has created another inspired album of fresh music and stirring ministry, as the latest release from James Fortune & FIYA, Live Through It (FIYA World Music/Entertainment One Music), soars with a #1 debut on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart, and enters at #13 in top albums on the Billboard 200 chart, also marking a career-high for Fortune with his highest first week of sales in his career thus far. Garnering accolades as another “must-have” album, fans, peers and more have embraced the electrifying live performances and messages on the highly-anticipated Live Through It, and flocked to Fortune & FIYA’s live performances on their current multi-city promo tour.
The first live-recorded new album from James Fortune & FIYA, the February 25th release of Live Through It has quickly connected with listeners, praising the gift of faith in helping people find strength, healing, love and more in going through personal struggles, encouraging listeners to keep strong in faith. Following on the #1 Grammy-nominated album Identity, Fortune’s live production on Live Through It brings his signature style and impactful lyrics to another level. Creating one-of-a-kind performances from Fortune & FIYA on songs such as lead single “Live Through It,” “Best Praise,” “Just Smile,” “Forever” and more, guest collaborations with Tasha Cobbs on “We Give You Glory,” Israel Houghton on “Light the Way,” Zacardi Cortez on “Let Your Power Fall,” Isaac Carree on “Empty Me,” and others round out the two-disc, 20 track release.
As hit lead single “Live Through It” continues to rise through the Top 5 in Gospel radio, fans have continued to listen in to Fortune’s nightly syndicated radio show, “The James Fortune Show,” on-air 6-10 pm CST, and pack in venues across the country on James Fortune & FIYA’s ongoing slate of performances, with upcoming performances scheduled to include stops in Orlando and Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Antonio.
Award-Winning Gospel Superstar James Fortune & FIYA was originally published on praiserichmond.com


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Dogs are territorial and like to protect, establish, and mark what is theirs. Territorial marking is different than just peeing. While it can be a big puddle, sometimes it’s nothing more than a few drops around the house. It’s not spiteful though, it’s a sign of insecurity. If a dog senses that the area is “under siege” by another person or animal inside the house, or even outside in some cases, marking is a way to claim and reclaim the area.
Territoriality is not always a bad thing, but it is definitely bad for your home, because it involves urination around things or places that “belong” to the dog.
If you haven’t done it yet, spaying or neutering your dog can curb territorial marking. It can also extend your dog’s life, improve other aspects of their health, and cut down on problems with other dogs. According to a report from the Humane Society, spaying or neutering your pet may help reduce likelihood that they will mark their territory, but it does not completely stop it.
Another tip to try is to make sure your dog is reintroduced to the new dog or person in a way that no longer makes your dog feel insecure. Chances are your dog feels like the new person or animal is taking over. Best way to start over is to introduce them outside of the house, take a walk with your dog and the new dog or person. If it’s another dog, it’s good to make sure your dog’s things like the bed, bowls, and leashes are “only his/hers” and the new dog has a different set. Feed your dog first to establish a hierarchy and when giving out treats and such, your dog gets it first.
Dogs thrive with rules, boundaries and limitations. It is not a good idea to allow your dog to roam all over the house, sit on furniture, eat from the table, or engage in any other type of disruptive behavior. Although your dog is your companion, it is a follower in your pack, not a leader. You can reduce territorial marking by asserting yourself as the pack leader by using calm but assertive energy. Ask your dog to sit before meal times, before going outside, and walk your dog to drain some pent up energy.
If the problem persists, you may want to reach out to trainer or your vet and see what advice they have to help your dog stop marking.

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|"They're THAT cheap now?!"|
(NUELOW Games' staff artist Karl M. reacting to the sales prices)
Through the end of Monday, November 28, the fiction anthologies I've produced for NUELOW Games are on sale at a reduced price, what with it being "Cyber Monday" and all. This is also in celebration of the newly launched DriveThruFiction.com website, which is the exclusive outlet for NUELOW Games' pdf-format fiction anthologies.
Each of these ebooks (great for reading on the iPad or even an iPod Touch, and compatible with some models of the Amazon's Kindle) are currently priced at $1.50, no matter what the usual sales price is.
Click the titles below for more information on each book, and to purchase your copy for download. Help feed my hungry cats during this holday season, and get yourself some excellent reading material in the process!
Alice in Blunderland by John Kendrick Bangs (Humor/Political Satire): The Mad Hatter takes Alice for a visit in the perfect city he's founded... a place where everyone is perfect, because the laws are made to make politicians look good, to keep the rich prosperous, and the powerful powerful. (Sound like anywhere you know?)
Houseboat on the River Styx by John Kendrick Bangs and Steve Miller (Humor/Fantasy): A classic work of humor takes on new life as writer/editor Steve Miller "remasters" Bangs' "A Houseboat on the River Styx" and "In Pursuit of the Houseboat" into a single outrageous volume. Every owner of the book is garuenteed membership in the Associated Shades of Hades once they "cross over." Just don't tell William Shakespeare that "everything is better with Bacon" when you arrive.
Fists of Foolishness: The Tales of Sea-faring Boxing Champ Steve Costigan by Robert E. Howard (Humor/Adventure): Journey back to the 1920s and the seedy waterfront districts of the world's port towns for ten comedic misadventures from the typewriter and mind of the creator of Conan the Barbarian. Includes a complete roleplaying game, "The Violent Worlds of Robert E. Howard"!
Shanghaied Mitts: More Tales of Sea-Faring Boxing Champ Steve Costigan by Robert E. Howard (Humor/Adventure): Eleven more of Steve Costigans misadventures are chronicled, as he takes on all comers, including Mexican bandits, Chinese warlords, industrial spies, and con-artists. Includes an adventure for use with "The Violent Worlds of Robert E. Howard", or for stand-alone solo play.
The Deadly Sword of Cormac by Robert E. Howard (Historical Adventure/Fantasy): During the Third Crusades, there was a renegade Knight so fierce that he was feared by Moslems and Crusaders alike. His name was Cormac FiztGeoffrey. This book collects both novelletes that Howard wrote featuring Cormac.
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Actress Lori Loughlin’s 2017 humble-brag about spending a lot of money on her daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli’s education has taken on an ironic new dimension — now that the “Fuller House” actress was busted for shelling out $500,000 in bribes to get her dimwit daughters into University of Southern California.
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Hurt Quotes can help you to realize that you’re not alone in your pain. Others have felt the same way that you’re feeling, and they’ve managed to get through it. These quotes can also remind you that the pain is only temporary and that there is hope for a better tomorrow.
When you are hurt, it can feel like your world is crumbling down around you. The pain that you feel is real, and it’s something that you need to address. However, Hurt Quotes can help you to see the situation in a different light.
If you’re feeling pain, don’t hesitate to read some Hurt Quotes for comfort and inspiration. These quotes can help you to see the light at the end of the tunnel and to keep moving forward, even when it feels like your world is crumbling down.
If you are looking for Hurt Quotes, there are many places you can find them. Here we have collected all types of quotes about hurt. There are websites, books, and even apps dedicated to this topic. You can also find hurt quotes on social media platforms like Instagram and Pinterest.
- Related: Sad Broken Heart Quotes
Hurt Quotes are a type of quote that specifically deals with the pain caused by betrayal or heartbreak. These quotes can help you to feel understood and know that you are not alone in your hurt. They can also provide comfort and hope during tough times. If you are feeling hurt and need some comfort, read through some of these quotes. They may just be what you need to help you through this tough time.
There are many Hurt Quotes that can be found online. These quotes can be about different topics such as love, life, and relationships. Some hurt quotes can be sad, while others can be inspirational. However, all of these quotes have one thing in common: they can help you heal from a hurtful experience.
“Sometimes I’m not angry, I’m hurt and there’s a big difference.”
“To hurt is as human as to breathe.” – J.K. Rowling
“Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull.” – H. L. Mencken
“You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you’re not part of their happiness.” – Julia Roberts
“The shattering of a heart when being broken is the loudest quiet ever.” – Carroll Bryant
“Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson
“It doesn’t hurt to feel sad from time to time.” – Willie Nelson
“I don’t like to hold back, because that’s how you hurt yourself.”
“A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.” – Abraham Lincoln
“You know it hurts me but you do it anyway.”
“It doesn’t matter who hurt you, or broke you down, what matters is who made you smile again.”
“To hurt is as human as to breathe.”
“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” – Dalai Lama
“I’m scared of things that I can’t see that can hurt me, you know.” – Andy Ruiz Jr.
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” – Mark Twain
“The surest way to hurt yourself is to give up on love, just because it didn’t work out the first time.” – Amanda Howells
“Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.” – Bob Marley
“If it hurts it’s probably doing you good. If it’s pleasant, it’s most likely wrong.” – John Graves
“Hearts live by being wounded.” – Oscar Wilde
“The scariest thing about distance is you don’t know if they’ll miss you or forget about you.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Hurt me with the truth but never comfort me with a lie.”
“Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
“I’m not mad. I’m hurt. There’s a difference.”
“You will never know the power of yourself until someone hurts you badly.”
Relationship Hurt Quotes
One of the most difficult emotions to deal with is being hurt in the relationship. When we are hurt by someone we care about, it can feel like a knife to the heart. The pain can be so sharp and intense that it can feel impossible to cope. But even though the hurt may never completely go away, there are ways to ease the pain and eventually move on. Relationship Hurt Quotes can be a way to deal with it.
When a relationship ends, it can be difficult to process your emotions. You may feel pain, anger, and sadness all at once. During this time, it can be helpful to read quotes about relationship hurt. These Relationship Hurt Quotes can provide comfort and help you to see that you are not alone in your experience. If you are going through a tough time after a breakup, here are some quotes about relationship hurt that may help you to feel better.
“You’re in a relationship to be happy, to smile, to laugh, and to make good memories. Not to constantly be upset, to feel hurt, and to cry.”
“Real relationships are the product of time spent, which is why so many of us have so few of them.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough
“You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath.” – Taylor Swift
“I know my heart will never be the same, but I’m telling myself I’ll be okay.” – Sara Evans
“I used to think you were the best thing that happened, but now I think you might maybe be the worst thing.” – Silver Linings Playbook
“Pleasure of love lasts but a moment. The pain of love lasts a lifetime.” – Bette Davis
“I got my heart’s desire, and there my troubles began.” – Lev Grossman
“It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.” – LaToya Jackson
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” –Friedrich Nietzsche
“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.” – Marian Keyes
“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Washington Irving
“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.” – Mark Twain
“Love is the hardest habit to break and the most difficult to satisfy.” – Drew Barrymore
“Loss alone is but the wounding of a heart; it is the memory that makes it our ruin.” – Brian Ruckley
“Don’t waste your time on revenge. Those who hurt you will eventually face their own karma.”
Love Hurt Quotes
Love Hurt Quotes have a phrase or sentence specifically designed to capture the pain and heartache that comes with a broken heart. These quotes are often used by people who are going through a tough break-up or who have recently experienced a painful breakup. A love-hurt quote can help to express the deep hurt and pain that someone is feeling. It can also help to provide comfort and support to someone who is going through a tough time.
When we love someone, we open ourselves up to both the possibility of great joy and the potential for great hurt. But, even though love might sometimes hurt, it is always worth the risk. We often hear the phrase “love hurts” and it is often used to describe the pain and heartache that can come with being in a romantic relationship. While it is true that love can sometimes be painful, it is also one of the most beautiful and rewarding experiences we can have in life.
“I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay
“Nothing in this world was more difficult than love.” – Gabriel García Márquez
“A divorce is like an amputation: You survive it, but there’s less of you.” – Margaret Atwood
“If they keep hurting you, love them and stay or love yourself and leave.”
“Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.” – Billie Holiday
“With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love.” – Casablanca
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source.” – Anaïs Nin
“I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears.” – Edith Piaf
“We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.” – Albert Schweitzer
“After that breakup, I just wanna be a ghost, completely anonymous.” – Before Sunrise
“Women explore for eternity in the vast garden of sacrifice.” – Before Midnight
“When you hurt the one you love, you are bound to hurt yourself.”
Pain Hurt Quotes
There is no one-size-fits-all definition of pain. Pain Hurt Quotes are a way of helping people to understand that pain is relative and that what one person may deem as unendurable could be bearable for another. While hurt quotes can be useful for some, it is important to remember that everyone experiences pain differently and that what works for one person may not work for another.
While pain is often seen as something to be avoided, it is also an essential part of the human experience. It is through pain that we learn and grow and become better people. Therefore, it is essential to understand both the good and the bad of pain. Here are some Pain Hurt Quotes that will help you to do just that.
“It is not the pain. It’s who it came from.”
“I’m sad, hurt, angry, mad, and disappointed. But you know what? I’ll put on a smile and move on. It will hurt but I will survive.”
“That moment when you can actually feel the pain in your chest from seeing or hearing something that breaks your heart.”
“You hurt me more than what I deserve because I loved you more than what you deserve.”
“Sometimes a good cry is just what you need to release all the hurt you have built up inside.”
“When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don’t get to decide that you didn’t.”
“People will usually hurt you in an attempt to heal themselves.”
“I hate how you act like I am so much to deal with when all I’ve done was sit here and let you repeatedly hurt me.”
“I don’t want to get attached to anyone, anymore.”
“When you’ve been strong for so long, sometimes you just need time to be alone and let your tears out.”
“I didn’t mean to fall in love but I did. And you didn’t mean to hurt me but you did.”
“If you could read my mind. You would be in tears.”
“Sometimes you just have to wonder how many times someone you care about has to hurt you before you finally don’t care.”
“Sometimes it’s better to be alone. Nobody can hurt you.”
“Never forget who ignored you when you needed them and who helped you before you even had to ask.”
“Hurt. I’m f*cking hurt. And don’t act as your care. Because if you did, you wouldn’t have done what you did.”
Expectations Hurt Quotes
Expectations Hurt Quotes can help us keep our expectations in check and remind us that it’s okay to be disappointed sometimes. In life, we often have expectations of ourselves, of others, and of the world around us. And while it’s good to have hopes and dreams, it’s important to remember that things don’t always turn out the way we expect them to. Expectations can often lead to disappointment, while these quotes can provide some much-needed perspective.
Do you ever feel like your expectations are setting you up for disappointment? It’s a common feeling and one that is often expressed in the form of a quote. Here are some Expectations Hurt Quotes that may help you the next time you feel let down.
“I don’t like to hurt people’s feelings, and I don’t like to knock other writers as a matter of principle.” – Lydia Davis
“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.” – Sylvia Plath
“I’d rather be pleasantly surprised than fatally disappointed.” – Julia Glass
“There is no joy involved in following others’ expectations of yourself.” – Miriam Toews
“I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.” – Bill Watterson
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” – Alexander Pope
“A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpectedly.” – Norton Juster
“I hope you do not let anyone else’s expectations direct the course of your life.” – Julianne Donaldson
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.” – Donald Miller
“A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as in his opinion of what happens.” – Michel de Montaigne
“Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” – Satchel Paige
Hurt Quotes on Money and Relationship
There is something about Hurt Quotes on Money and Relationship that resonate with us. They speak to a deep pain that we have all felt at some point in our lives when we don’t have enough money to keep our relationship. Maybe it’s the pain of betrayal, heartbreak, or loss. Or maybe it’s the pain of watching someone we love suffer. Whatever the case may be, hurt quotes can help us to understand and process our pain.
There are a lot of hurt quotes out there on money and relationships. And while they may not all be true, there is a kernel of truth to many of them. Here are some hurt quotes on money and relationships that we think capture the essence of these complex topics.
“Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.” – Kinky Friedman
“Money only impresses lazy girls. When a woman works hard, a man with money is a bonus, not a ladder to upgrade.”
“Love your spouse more than you love your career, hobbies, and money. That other stuff can’t love you back.”
“If you choose money over love, you will always be poor.”
“I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.” – Judy Garland
“Marriage is a partnership, and couples can’t win with money unless they budget as a team.” – Dave Ramsey
“Money can feed the body. Love will feed the soul.” – Toni Payne
“Money can’t buy love because it’s overpriced.” – J. Cole
“A real woman is not impressed by money because she knows her love is priceless.”
“Don’t marry a rich man. Marry a good man. He will spend his life trying to make you happy. No rich man can buy that.”
“A simple ‘I love you means more than money.” – Frank Sinatra
“Use money and love people. Don’t use people and love money.” – Joseph Prince
“Money can’t buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.”
“Don’t look for a rich husband. Be a rich wife.” – Ishita Majumdar
This blog post contains all several types of Hurt Quotes. When you’re hurt, it’s important to remember that you’re not alone. There are other people who have gone through the same thing and come out on the other side. Reading hurt quotes can help you to realize that you’re not the only one who has been hurt and that there is hope for you, too. LIKE and COMMENT us with your opinion. SHARE this post to help others who are hurt.

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Elizabeth C. Waugh, North Carolina’s Capital, Raleigh (1967).
The landmark of modernist design received an NCAIA Award of Merit in 1964 and was featured on the front page of the New York Times of April 25, 1965 as a notable example of “taste and good design.” In 1970 Small planned an addition in similar style for Unigard, a successor owner, which created additional usable space in the basement and nearly doubled the size of the original building with an addition to the rear (west). Very similar to it was the Midwestern headquarters for the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company (1965) in Chicago, which no longer stands. As of 2014, it was endangered by the owner’s plans to demolish it and build a new and larger structure on the site. Although North Carolina Modernist Houses and Preservation North Carolina and others campaigned to preserve it, the building was demolished in 2016. One of a number of fine modernist works lost in the 21st century, including several designed by Small. Tt was regarded as one of the finest examples of Miesian architecture in North Carolina. A new office building now occupies the site.


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Wells Fargo & Co.
said Thursday that its third-quarter profit rose 59%, lifted by a release of funds it had set aside for potential loan losses during the pandemic.
The San Francisco-based lender posted earnings of $5.12 billion. Per-share earnings of $1.17 topped a forecast of $1.
Big banks are moving beyond the initial shock of last year’s pandemic economic collapse and contending with a new normal. Consumers and businesses have largely continued to pay their loans, prompting Wells Fargo to release $1.65 billion of reserves it had stockpiled for those losses.
But low rates and a fragile economy have curtailed demand for banks’ bread and butter business of making loans.
& Co. said on Wednesday that its total loans were roughly flat compared with three months earlier, but up 6% versus a year ago.
Wells Fargo’s revenue fell 2% to $18.83 billion. That beat the $18.27 billion expected by analysts polled by FactSet.
The bank’s net interest income, a measure of lending profit, fell 5% to $8.91 billion. Loans fell 6% from a year ago, but rose 1% from the prior quarter.
Noninterest income, which includes fees, was flat at $9.93 billion.
Wells Fargo is still trying to work past its five-year-old sales-practice scandal, where it created perhaps millions of phony accounts. In September, Wells Fargo paid a $250 million fine to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, one of its top regulators, for failing to fix problems in its mortgage business. Another regulator, the Federal Reserve, still has a cap on how much the bank can grow.
who became Wells Fargo’s CEO roughly two years ago, has long said that it will take years to complete the work regulators have requested.
“I believe we are making significant progress, and I remain confident in our ability to continue to close the remaining gaps over the next several years, though we may continue to have setbacks along the way,” Mr. Scharf said in a statement.
At the same time, the bank is trying to cut costs by laying off workers, closing branches and reducing office space. Noninterest expenses fell 13% to $13.3 billion in the third quarter.
Shares of Wells Fargo have climbed more than 50% this year. In premarket trading, they rose about 1%.
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Overall Equipment Effectiveness
What is Overall Equipment Effectiveness?
Overall Equipment Effectiveness(OEE) is a measure of how well a manufacturing operation is utilized (facilities, time and material) compared to its full potential, during the periods when it is scheduled to run. It identifies the percentage of manufacturing time that is truly productive. An OEE is a dashboard that shows the total performance of a discrete or continuous process. OEE is maximized at 100% and means that only good parts are produced (100% quality), at the maximum speed (100% performance), and without interruption (100% availability).
Measuring OEE is a manufacturing best practice. By measuring OEE and the underlying losses, important insights can be gained on how to systematically improve the manufacturing process. OEE is an effective metric for identifying losses, bench-marking progress, and improving the productivity of manufacturing equipment (i.e., eliminating waste).
Why Is this important?
OEE has been used as the prime manufacturing metric for decades. Historically, OEE monitoring used manual data collection directly from the machines on a batch basis and calculated the metric. In itself, OEE is a reactive dashboard that monitors the past and historical performance - the true power of OEE is to guide to implement use cases that improve the components of OEE - the deployment of predictive maintenance to improve availability, or quality control leveraging computer vision to improve quality that are predictive in function.
What are Databricks’ differentiated capabilities?
- Databricks’ Lakehouse uses technologies that include Delta, Delta Live Tables, Autoloader and Photon to enable customers to make data available for real-time decisions.
- Lakehouse for MFG supports the largest data jobs at near real-time intervals. For example, customers are bringing nearly 400 million events per day from transactional log systems at 15-second intervals. Because of the disruption to reporting and analysis that occurs during data processing, most retail customers load data to their data warehouse during a nightly batch. Some companies are even loading data weekly or monthly.
- A Lakehouse event-driven architecture provides a simpler method of ingesting and processing batch and streaming data than legacy approaches, such as lambda architectures. This architecture handles the change data capture and provides ACID compliance to transactions.
- Delta Live Tables simplifies the creation of data pipelines and automatically builds in lineage to assist with ongoing management.
- The Lakehouse allows for real-time stream ingestion of data and analytics on streaming data. Data warehouses require the extraction, transformation, loading, and additional extraction from the data warehouse to perform any analytics.
- Photon provides record-setting query performance, enabling users to query even the largest of data sets to power real-time decisions in BI tools.
What data challenges need to be addressed to build predictive OEE capabilities?
- Handling the volume and variety of IoT data—To enable predictive use cases embedded in OEE manufactures, the Lakehouse handles all types of diverse data structures and schemas, including everything from intermittent readings of temperature, pressure, and vibrations per second to handling fully unstructured data (e.g., images, video, text, spectral data) or other forms such as thermographic or acoustic signals, from the edge delivered through diverse supported drivers and protocols.
- Managing the complexity of real-time data: In order to drive continuous process monitoring, throughput optimization or predictive maintenance, the Lakehosue enables real-time analytics on streaming data. The lakehouse effectively ingests, stores, and processes streaming data in real time or near-real time in order to instantly deliver insights and action.
- Freeing data from independent silos—Specialized processes (innovation platforms, QMS, MES, etc) within the value chain reward disparate data sources and data management platforms that tailor to unique siloed solutions. These narrow point solutions limit enterprise value by considering only a fraction of the insight cross-enterprise data can offer, in addition, duplicate siloed solutions divide the business, limiting collaboration opportunities. Also, the Lakehouse ingests, stores, manages, and processes streaming data from all points in the value chain, combines it with Data Historians, ERP, MES and QMS sources and leverages it into actionable insights.
- Diverse analytical capabilities—Legacy data warehouses offer limited ability to provide insights and analytics into platform usage and performance. For Connected Manufacturing IoT solutions, the Lakehouse provides a wide range of analytical options—including everything from SQL analytics and search capabilities, to tools to support machine learning and modeling, along with tight integration with leading business intelligence (BI) solutions that offer specialized dashboard and business analytics capabilities.
- Predictive modeling capabilities—Predictive modeling capabilities are key to delivering insights, and the Lakehouse provides notebook driven machine learning capabilities used to predict and prevent disturbances before they impact operations.


Metropolitan Police are investigating reports of three teenage girls – two aged 15 and one aged 16 – missing from home and believed to be travelling to Syria. The three girls are feared to have left the country via Gatwick Airport on Tuesday 17 February on a flight to Istanbul. Two of the girls were reported missing that day and the third girl the following morning.
Rushanara Ali MP said:
“I am extremely worried about the girls’ safety. Concerns have been expressed to me that they may have been radicalised by extremists and might be attempting to cross the Turkish/Syrian border. I have spoken to the Assistant Commissioner at the Metropolitan Police and am aware the police are doing their best and are working with the families to locate the missing girls. The girls are extremely vulnerable and may be in potentially life-threatening danger. I would like to join the police in their appeal and urge anyone who has had any contact with the girls, or has any information regarding their whereabouts, to get in touch with the police immediately."
Police are encouraging anyone who has any information on this to contact the anti-terrorist hotline on 0800 789 321.


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The Lowell Humane Society is one of the oldest humane organizations in the state of Massachusetts. The Lowell Humane Society works tirelessly to prevent cruelty, provide care for homeless and distressed animals and educate the public about responsible pet ownership.
The Society is a private not for profit organization and does not receive any city, state or federal funding. Operations are supported through the generous support of individuals, businesses and foundations
The Lowell Humane Society is a non-profit animal shelter which cares for 2,500+ animals each year. The shelter relies soleley on the generous donations of its supporters and relies heavily on volunteers for day to day operations of the shelter.


Carlos Sainz established himself as the big name this weekend at the F1 Singapore GP. In the race held on Sunday (17), the Spaniard dominated from start to finish and tried to win the first race of the weekend, ending Red Bull’s dominance in the 2023 season.
For the second time this year, Carlos Sainz was first in Marina Bay. Sharing the front row of the starting grid was George Russell, with Charles Leclerc completing the top three starting positions.
On a very complicated weekend in Singapore, Max Verstappen only managed 11th place, and couldn’t even make Q3 in qualifying on Saturday – the driver was sent off after Liam Lawson’s lap.
The lights went out and the Spaniard was able to maintain the lead, while the Ferrari driver from Monaco took the lead over his Mercedes rival. Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton went straight through Turn 1 and crossed the track, rejoining the track in third place. Immediately, his companion asked him if he would reinstate the position.
After the start of the competition, the two-time Red Bill champion was able to secure only one place. The driver with the most positions was Oscar Piastri with three, while it was Yuki Tsunoda, the first to leave the school, who fell the most with four places.
As the first lap ended, the order on the track was Sainz in first place, 1s302 ahead of Leclerc in second. Russell, Hamilton and Lando Norris completed the top five – and of the top eight, only Charles was on the soft tyre.
Verstappen was trying to climb the field to get into the front positions. After leaving Lawson and Nico Hulkenberg behind, the hunt for Kevin Magnussen began, but the Haas driver did not make things easier for the Dutchman.
It took a while, but eventually the transcendence came. The Red Bull competitor made a clear attack on the Dane, leaving him behind and occupying eighth place.
Another good battle was shaping up for 13th place between Sergio Perez and Piastri. The Australian managed to leave the Mexican behind, but he quickly got the change and was sent back.
When choosing tires for this start of the race, the vast majority of competitors chose medium tyres, with the exception of Leclerc on soft tyres, and Verstappen, Perez and Valtteri Bottas on hard tyres.
Sainz was on pole, with Leclerc, Russell, Norris, Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon, Verstappen, Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg completing the Singapore Grand Prix points area.
The thinking was that Ferrari was willing to sacrifice first and second places to ensure victory. Things indicated who would risk making the cut – on Leclerc’s radio, the engineer was saying that the focus was always on Sainz.
In third place and just under a second behind the Ferrari Monaco driver, Russell spoke on the radio about what needed to be done to win in Singapore. The answer was clear: you need to squeeze into the top two places
On lap 19, the first accident of the race occurred with Logan Sargeant. The American Williams drove straight through the corner and hit the guardrail, damaging the front wing and leaving some debris on the track. Unexpectedly, the safety car deployed.
As the Safety Car left the track, the drivers took the opportunity to go to the pits. Sainz entered first and was able to get out quickly, but Leclerc’s stop was problematic, with Monaco losing two places.
The one who did not stop was Verstappen, who now appeared in second place between Carlos and Russell, who also stopped in the pits.
The green flag and racing resumed at Marina Bay, with Sainz managing to maintain pole position, with Verstappen in second, followed by Russell, Perez and Norris. At this moment, all drivers, except Zhou, were on a hard tire – and the Chinese driver was on a medium tire.
George was attacking the Red Bull Dutchman, constantly putting himself side by side with his opponent, but the two-time champion was closing the door. However, a few meters away, Russell managed to leave Max behind, while Norris also passed Perez behind. Hamilton then overtook the Mexican from behind, but it was after the white lines.
Sainz took first place, 0s529 ahead of Russell second. Norris took third place, while Verstappen took fourth place, without stopping in the pit area, while Hamilton completed the top five positions.
In the upcoming curves, Lewis was overtaking Verstappen. The Red Bull driver did not even offer any resistance to his Mercedes opponent, as he fell behind.
Of all the competitors in the field, only the Red Bull duo, ranked sixth and seventh, and Bottas, who appears in 17th place, have yet to make a pit stop.
Pierre Gasly and Magnussen had a very exciting encounter. In fact, they went side by side and the Frenchman got close to the Dane, but was unable to finish tenth.
In the replay, it could be seen that Perez slid down the track and almost lost control of the car, allowing Alonso to get closer, who was now less than 0 seconds 5 behind his Red Bull opponent.
Shortly afterwards, it could be seen that Magnussen was having problems with his car. The Haas competitor began to fall on the field and fell to fifteenth place.
A dispute broke out between three rivals on lap 37 at Marina Bay, with Perez, Ocon and Alonso vying for seventh place, with the Frenchman managing to leave the two-time Spanish champion behind when he crossed the arm and began chasing the Mexican. From Red Bull.
Perez’s tires were increasingly losing performance. After being passed by Ocon, Fernando was also able to get ahead of the driver who entered the pits shortly afterwards.
On lap 40, Verstappen finally went for a pit stop, followed by Bottas. The Austrian team player resumed the race in only 15th place, just behind Magnussen.
On lap 44, there was a new abandonment of the dispute. Due to car problems, Ocon parked at the side of the track, first requesting a yellow flag in the first sector of the street circuit and then a virtual safety car to remove his car from the Alpine.
Only three drivers chose to stop: first it was Appon’s turn to pit, and on the following lap, Mercedes made two stops with Russell first and Hamilton shortly after.
Alonso also took the opportunity to stop in the pits, where he also encountered problems and had to change tires in over 25 seconds, as well as paying a 5-second penalty for crossing the white line at the entrance to the pits on his first stop.
The points zone after completing 47 laps was with Sainz in first place, Norris, Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton, Gasly, Piastri, Lawson, Hulkenberg and Verstappen.
With less than ten laps to the checkered flag, Russell finally reached Leclerc and the battle for the bottom rung of the podium began. The Briton got behind Monaco and managed to complete the pass and still had to defend himself from his opponent, but managed to stay in third place. After that, Hamilton passed Charles as well.
With four laps to go, the top four were very close. Sainz, Norris, Russell and Hamilton were actively competing for podium places in a very exciting end to the race.
George started attacking Lando. The Briton side-lined over the Australian who was defending brilliantly – and at the back, Hamilton tried to take advantage of the dispute and attack his Mercedes team-mate.
On the final lap, unexpectedly, Russell abandoned the race when he pushed hard and went straight, hitting the wall. Thus, Hamilton inherited the podium for third place.
The checkered flag and Sainz took the second win of his career, with Norris finishing second and Hamilton third.
Formula 1 2023, Singapore Grand Prix, result:
1) Carlos Sainz Jr. (Ferrari)
2) Lando Norris (McLaren/Mercedes)
3) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
4) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
5) Max Verstappen (Red Bull/Honda RBBT)
6) Pierre Gasly (Alpine/Renault)
7) Oscar Piastri (McLaren/Mercedes)
8) Sergio Perez (Red Bull/Honda RBBT)
9) Liam Lawson (Alpha Tauri/Honda RBBT)
10) Kevin Magnussen (Haas/Ferrari)
11) Alexander Albon (Williams/Mercedes)
12) Zhu Guanyu (Alfa Romeo/Ferrari)
13) Nico Hulkenberg (Haas/Ferrari)
14) Logan Sargent (Williams/Mercedes)
15) Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin/Mercedes)
Exit) George Russell (Mercedes)
Exit) Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo/Ferrari)
Exit) Esteban Ocon (Alpine/Renault)
Exit) Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri/Honda RBBT)
Exit) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin/Mercedes)
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Soldier survivability on the battlefield requires engaging threats before the situation turns lethal. But before threats can be engaged, they must be detected. Detecting a muzzle flash or weapon firing is one way to achieve hostile fire indication (HFI). HFI systems that detect small arms or rocket-propelled grenades, when combined with an adequate countermeasure, increase the chances that personnel and equipment will survive an enemy encounter. However, the HFI systems currently in development are generally limited by cost, weight or size, and/or field of view.1
Multispectral systems have been proposed for HFI because the radiant intensity of the bright flash at the muzzle of fired weapons has been shown to be wavelength dependent. However, multispectral system components are typically expensive, heavy, and power intensive. In addition, some multispectral sensor materials force the cameras to be kept at cryogenic temperatures,1,2 which limits their use in the field. However, silicon-based sensors can operate at ambient temperatures, and recent advances have increased their speed and decreased their cost,3,4 power, size, and weight, thus making them an attractive candidate for a multispectral-based muzzle flash detection system.
Figure 1. Relative counts of FluxData's dual-bandwidth multispectral imaging system with dotted lines showing 90°field-of-view limits.
During the past four years, we have developed a test bed and procedure for assessing whether multispectral imaging systems can be used for HFI.5 This work is a collaboration between the Army Research Laboratory's Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate (SLAD), which conducts analytical investigations to ensure that U.S. personnel and equipment survive and function effectively in hostile circumstances, and FluxData Inc., a company that develops multispectral cameras. We have determined the key limitations and components needed for muzzle flash detection and have used multispectral hardware developed by FluxData to produce experimental data for analysis.
Using our HFI test bed, we can examine a multispectral imaging system and assess its ability to accurately detect muzzle flashes with a low false-alarm rate. Within a dual-band multispectral imaging system, light from the source follows two distinct paths to the image plane and then through the image processing pipeline. It is critical that the two bands and their corresponding pixels follow the same processes to ensure accurate image analysis and comparison. Therefore, we first determine the location of each corresponding pixel in both bands, a process called spatial registration, so that we know where the energy from each band is located. Next, we examine the size of the system's field-of-view and confirm that the instantaneous field-of-view is sufficient for muzzle flash detection. This includes ensuring that there is sufficient signal intensity for muzzle flash detection at the operational range and accounts for any effects from atmospheric attenuation. Next, we test for any spectral shift from the optical process that is not part of the dual-band architecture. For example, we verify that as we move to the edge of the field-of-view, the spectral response of the system stays within operational limits. In addition, we verify that the system exhibits a sufficient frame rate and synchronized alignment of the bands in time. Finally, we examine the system's size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C). We assume that if all of the above requirements are met (except for SWaP-C), then high-accuracy, low false-alarm rate muzzle flash detection is possible with the system.
Figure 2. FluxData dual-band multispectral imaging system sensor head (left) and processor (right). The wide field-of-view dual-band multispectral system addresses a previous equipment shortfall for multispectral imaging systems, an operational field-of-view of at least 90°.
One system we investigated using our HFI test bed was FluxData's two-megapixel multispectral imaging system. The system consists of a short focal-length lens that produces, captures, and processes two real-time images at different wavelengths, while exhibiting a minimal peak sensitivity shift across a 90° field-of-view (see Figure 1). Light from a captured scene first passes through the lens and then through an optical system that includes a novel beam splitter and dual-bandpass spectral filter. The optical system forms two images of the scene side-by-side on a single CMOS sensor. The design of the optical system ensures that the two images are spatially aligned so that pixel-wise comparisons of the left and right images can be used to analyze differences in the two spectral bands. Because the image pairs are captured on a single sensor with a global electronic shutter, they are also synchronized in time. Spectral and temporal changes in the scene can be compared with the known properties of muzzle flashes and used to detect and locate weapons fired within the field-of-view of the system.6
The resolution of the system may not seem significant when digital single-lens reflex cameras often exhibit resolutions 10-times higher and cell phone cameras possess two or three times higher resolution. However, this dual-band wide field-of-view imaging system runs at 340 images per second, producing a data stream of 680MB/s. Due to advancements in sensor designs, central processing units, and solid state storage drives, the computer that provides real-time muzzle flash detection and archival storage of the raw data for further research and analysis weighs only a few pounds and is 8.5in×11in×4.5in in size (see Figure 2).
The wide field-of-view dual-band multispectral system designed by FluxData addresses an equipment shortfall for dual-band multispectral imaging systems, which typically lack an operational field-of-view of at least 90°. Its size, weight, and power are also reduced compared to what was previously available. As the frame-rate capabilities of these multispectral imaging systems increase, faster transient events will be included in the analysis.
The role of the Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate is to provide solutions for survivability of soldiers and equipment using analytical technical processes, and to ensure that data is available from these technical processes for analysis. The test bed described in this article provides a tool that analyzes data from the imaging systems being tested to determine their ability to detect muzzle flashes. Future work will include updating our technical processes and test bed using the lessons learned.
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2. R. Richwine, A. Sood, R. Balcerak, K. Freyvogel, EO/IR sensor model for evaluating multispectral imaging system performance, Proc. SPIE
6543, p. 65430W, 2007. doi:10.1117/12.721222
3. S. A. Mathews, Design and fabrication of a low-cost, multispectral imaging system, Appl. Opt. 47, p. F71-F76, 2008.
4. J. Hogan, J. Shaw, R. Lawrence, R. Larimer, Low-cost multispectral vegetation imaging system for detecting leaking CO2 gas, Appl. Opt. 51, p. A59-A66, 2012.
5. J. R. Montoya, P. Spiliotis, L. A. Taplin, J. Melchor, Wide field-of-view dual-band multispectral muzzle flash detection, Proc. SPIE 8704, 2013. (Invited paper.)
6. J. Montoya, S. Kennerly, E. Rede, NIR small arms muzzle flash, Proc. SPIE
7662, p. 766203, 2010. doi:10.1117/12.849737


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Emile Heskey is wanted by Conference side Macclesfield, who believe the former Aston Villa, Liverpool and England striker, can fire them back into the Football League.
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Found his level?
Former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, 65, says he still as passionate about the game now as he was 20 years ago. "Get me and Fergie together and we'll be talking about the good job M...
Macclesfield striker Benjy Mills says he is shocked by the amount of free time he now has after turning professional.
The 22-year-old joined from non-league side Nantwich Town last week and made his debut in the 2-1 defeat by Torquay.
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The virtual realized
Between Luna Park 2.0 and the cinema of future, Illucity “France’s first virtual reality adventure park” opens its doors to the “Cité des Sciences” of Paris. Report.
By Franck Lebraly
The virtual reality had now its room. 1000m2 of VR experiences, where the entertainment interferes on a new dimension. Here, everything is only illusion: from the small effects of the user to the immersive film, the markers are reinvented. We tested four categories of experience. About movies VR : two animated films, one of anticipation with robots, and an environmental documentary on the oceans commented by Lambert Wilson who played the Cousteau Commander on The Odyssey.
“The fourth wall doesn’t exist anymore, and the viewer is at the center of everything. The story is now told with us.”
The hyper reality experiences take us on Mars or turns us into toys on a child bedroom. Illucity offers also VR escape games (in a pyramid or a space base…) and VR arcades (surrounded by zombie or a lightsaber on the hand). There are twenty diverse experiences to get lost in the meanderings of a new reality. So a new screenplay approach that turns Cinema into a 350° adventure. The viewer isn’t passive anymore but in full immersion, real actor of the movie whose he embodies character from then on, that sitting in a connected and rotary Onirix chair, he puts on his VR headset.
We are planned into the fiction of the future : the fourth wall doesn’t exist anymore, and the viewer is at the center of everything. The story is now told with us. A possible breakthrough for the Cinema, a new playground for directors and producers who will picked up the challenge of feeding these third-type rooms into new programs.

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Boy, how things can change in the NFL in a blink of an eye, or in this case, one NFL season.
Gone are Jeff Backus, Gosder Cherilus and Stephen Peterman. In their place, the Lions could potentially start a second-year pro (
If that's the way the lineup ultimately works itself out after training camp, the average age upfront would drop to 26.6 years old. That would make Sims, 29, and Raiola, 34, the elder statesman of the bunch.
With age though, comes experience, and the younger linemen on this roster are going to look to both Sims and Raiola to lead the way.
"I think all of that stuff develops as training camp goes on, as the offseason goes on, preseason and all those things and even over the course of the season," said Lions head coach Jim Schwartz, when asked about the leadership roles of Sims and Raiola.
"Like I said a couple weeks ago, I don't think you necessarily appoint anyone a leader or expect anything different out of it. They just sort of naturally grow into roles like that.
But those roles come with greater importance now. Sims and Raiola have some help in that regard with the recent additions of veteran guards
Cohesiveness is the name of the game upfront and Sims and Raiola have played every game in this scheme the last three seasons. Raiola has started every game at center since this coaching regime took over in 2009. Combined, the two have played in a total of 281 NFL games.
There's a comfort level that comes with that and the natural ability to coach on the field and in the meeting room.
"I've always been a lead-by-example guy," Sims said. "I've always told (younger players) my stories in the league and how cut-throat it really is up here.
"You can't play (around) if you want to be a part of it. I've told them all those stories and just trying to show them things that helped me along the way."
On paper, the Lions offense looks like it can be one of the best in the NFL. But in the end, a lot of the success the Lions have on offense will depend on how quickly and effectively the offensive line can become a cohesive unit with Sims and Raiola helping to get them there.


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Albert Camus, Exile and the Kingdom
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
William Burroughs, Naked Lunch
Jeet Thayil, Narcopolis
David Sandison & Graham Vickers, Neal Cassady: Fast Life of a Beat Hero
Antonio Melechi, Fugitive Minds
Hermann Hesse, The Prodigy
D. H. Lawrence, Sons & Lovers
Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All
Sex, drugs, and madness was how I began the year. Literary wise, if not otherwise, but probably a little otherwise too. But in reality, it probably was more literary than any of the other three (or the other three combined).
Albert Camus’ collection of six stories, Exile and the Kingdom, packed a punch, which is what I hope from a short story; and they surprised me by feeling considerably different than any of the three novels I’ve read (The Stranger, A Happy Death, The Plague). At once starker, more direct, and more light-hearted. Flicking back through I wanted to pick one out as having made the biggest impression but found I could not. The six stories are really too different for that kind of comparison, and it’s impressive to find such a variety of style and contrast. ‘The Adulterous Woman’, I remember, struck me with it’s beauty and the quietness of the drama that unfolds in it. ‘The Renegade’, on the other hand is not subtle: the back cover describes it as ‘the great French novelist at his most intense,’ and it is pretty ugly, disturbing stuff. ‘The Silent Men’ and ‘The Guest’ both had socio-political overtones, well done. ‘The Artist at Work’ I suppose impressed me least, perhaps because it felt the most typically like a short story, which means I felt that the device it turned on felt contrived, or if not ‘contrived’, then not subtle and mysterious enough. I feel the short story should speak in subterranean language; the punch should be internal. I blame Ernest Hemingway who impressed us all with the cleverness of his six-word story. In general, cleverness in fiction feels, too me at least, a little obnoxious. Finally, ‘The Growing Stone’, with atmosphere and a surreal quality that placed me in the jungle. I had to read it several times to understand it, I’m still not sure that I do, but in a good way. Like the others, it moved something inside.
I’m going to have to expand on this, the subject of understanding, in fiction and otherwise, at another time, because I’d quite like to get my thoughts about it in order.
Briefly through the next three: The Sound and the Fury by William Faulker I enjoyed a lot, lot more than I had anticipated. I’m not sure the back cover, describing it as ‘a novel about lovelessness’, sold it right to me. That’s not what I got from it at all. I enjoyed the language and the unfolding immensely. The first chapter is dense and hard, but I enjoyed perhaps most of all the anticipation of understanding, which I (correctly) felt sure would come later. Good lord I can’t talk about William Burroughs’ Naked Lunch. I’ll have to read it at least another two times to understand what the hell was going on. Visceral sex scenes and insanity, garbled quality, confusion, are what sticks in my mind now. Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil was the new book I bought this quarter, and highly anticipated since the reviews I had read were so very very glowing. But I was disappointed. ‘A rich, hallucinatory dream of a novel’ is what it is described as, and ‘immersive’, but I did not find it to be enough so of any of those things. Moments of exquisite beauty, particularly in the contemplation of death, but the narrator felt out of place, an accessory, superfluous, and drove me out of place the novel sought to evoke. I wanted more colour, more poetry, more tangles and weaves. It felt relatively mundane, ordinary, compared to what I wanted, so perhaps that’s the trouble with such high hopes and good reviews – but I’m not sure I’d have enjoyed more even without. I’ll never know, but will let you know if I change my mind on the second reading, whenever that might be.
I took a moment’s break from the drugs, sex, and madness, to read about a hero of mine, Neal Cassady. I wrote about it previously so I’ll not revisit, but I’ll direct you to a photographer named Mike Brodie who captures train-hopping youths with a Polaroid, because those photographs, the idea of it, encompasses a lot of what I feel toward Cassady. Even his name, dammit, is heroic, a cowboy name.
I returned to the theme of madness to a favourite non-fiction work of mine, which I revisit every so often: Fugitive Minds by Antonio Melechi, which explores various ‘twilight afflictions’. This book is particularly prized because I found it one night walking home on a (first) date with a boy in Wales. We came across an enormous pile of books in someone’s front garden, and it was beginning to rain. I made him wait while I dug through them, and this was one of the books I retrieved from ruin, along with one about the American West and another about Wittgenstein (neither of which I’ve read yet). I often regret not making him wait/abandoning him to search longer, but hell he was really very cute. And I just really like this book. Morbidly or not, I find madness utterly fascinating, and Melechi draws on literature (like Mr. Burroughs but others less obvious too) as well as William James, Sigmund Freud, and many others. I guess what I like about it is that it occupies that space in literature/academics, where many fields meet, an academic similar to what I felt I encountered with Arthur Koestler, whose ideas in The Sleepwalkers and The Ghost in the Machine I found, I don’t know, a little suspect (due to my lack of thorough knowledge of the fields they expound), but nevertheless exciting and challenging, resonant with my thought.
And so the final three.
Hermann Hesse’s The Prodigy, I’ve already discussed so I’ll not linger on it. The book itself is not exactly a bad thing; I think more than anything I have expired what Hesse has to offer me and I’m tired of his formula (and his novels are very formulaic. Ordinarily this is okay, because of the variety of approaches to the same subject which is a thing in itself; the variety of sameness the real value, but this novel I found substandard and therefore grew impatient). Mostly I didn’t get on with The Prodigy because Hesse’s pitiful treatment of female characters became suddenly all that I could think about and see in it.
But swiftly on from a writer who can’t write women, to a writer who is probably best known for his extraordinary talent for writing about women and sex, which is exactly what I did – move swiftly on I mean. Of course I’m talking about D. H. Lawrence, who awed me with Lady Chatterley’s Lover. And even though I was disappointed by Women in Love, I turned straight from The Prodigy to Sons and Lovers, curious as to which of those two novels it would resemble more, and sure that at the very least I would see some believable characters.
I thought after the first few chapters that it probably would be the most impressive book I was going to read this quarter, and in a way it was. I wanted to see believable characters, and what I got were complex, subtle relationships, and intensely credible, flawed characters. I was utterly struck with admiration. Did I say admiration? I mean huge, abominable envy. D. H. wrote Sons and Lovers in his ‘mid-twenties’ apparently, so I guess around the age I am. But oh I could bloody wish to be so fucking good.
HOWEVER. Though the brilliance of his characters sweeps the book through its first third, thereafter it begins to drop off, and when it ends, you feel the climax was probably reached quite some time ago, everything since then, just fading. And so I was impressed, but also disappointed, and it was not my favourite book of the quarter.
Tom Robbins’ Skinny Legs and All was. It is full of rough, rugged humour. Characters nearly (I say with some cowardice; nearly) worthy of D. H. (but who probably take themselves less seriously) whose development throughout the novel is utterly compelling. Robbins, it seemed to me, got men and women, and the relationship between the sexes, completely right, but rather than being laced with tragedy (as in, D. H.) it’s laced with humour, light heartedness; you laugh at the silliness of the two sexes (ahem. Interlude. Being from Brighton I say ‘two sexes’ vaguely and for convenience only.) and the gulf between them.
It’s a weird novel; weird enough that I was even almost put off by the first page, worrying that it was going to be a novel ‘like that’. Pretentious, difficult, I mean. But what’s even better is the way everything begins to make sense as you carry on reading, and that’s a thoroughly enjoyable sensation in a novel.
For instance, in the first chapter or so, the narrative talks about a ‘turkey’. We’ve no idea what the hell is meant by this turkey until a couple of chapters later, and then it’s lovely and wonderful. The novel also features the characters Spoon, Can o’ Beans, Dirty Sock, Conch Shell, and Painted Stick. And they are those things; objects that is. The novel includes the sentence, ‘Welcome to the modern world, Painted Stick.’, which I was sure was the best line I’d read in ages.
The basic premise is that a newly-wed couple set off for New York for the bride, and protagonist of the novel, Ellen Cherry, to pursue her art career. She finds herself working in a restaurant positioned opposite from the United Nations building, the restaurant being owned by an Arab and a Jew. Underlying this is a religious theme, particularly pertaining to Revelation, but also of the nature of religions, on differences and similarities, holiness and dogma, and brilliantly, sexuality. Skinny Legs and All is the most entertaining book I have read in a long while, though it’s not perfect. I would have liked to see a slightly longer ending. As it was, it felt somewhat hasty, not all the ends you’d have liked to seen tied got to be so; not every character got the ending I felt they deserved. This is one novel I could definitely see to be longer, though it’s understandable why it isn’t.
Certainly it’s by no means a perfect novel. But of all the books I’ve read this quarter it was easily the most entertaining, the one I got the most unqualified pleasure from. As a pretty academic reader, and a writer, that can be rare. I read books intensely, and picking them as I go, whether because I want to learn a technique, what the author’s doing to make it successful, or because I’m trying to learn from it in a didactic sense, or because I enjoy pulling apart a flawed novel. I read Skinny Legs and All in a state of joy, and that’s to my mind more than enough to make it Gulls of Brighton’s Book of the Quarter. Gobboq.


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Unleashing the Virtue of Food: A Beacon of Unity
Eating to Live vs Living to Eat
Food has the capability to bring people together, bridging gaps and insecurities. At its core, food provides nourishment to an individual in its basic form. The way food is cooked reflects greatly diversified cultures, regions and even social classes.
However, modern societies emphasise more enjoyment in what we eat, less looking for everyday meals just to sustain the body. Even so, the love for cooking, niche preferences and cultural backgrounds still provide an exquisite platform for uniting people over food.
Embracing Diversity through Cuisine
Cuisine and culture go hand in hand, and Mexican tacos or delicious Italian pizzas are suitable examples of the union that comes through delicacies. When trying out new cultural dishes at local restaurants promotes curiosity, the act of preparing, sharing and eating traditional ethnic cuisine at home cultivates an invaluable experience missing in modern-day offers.
It builds new connections and understanding, embracing diversity and bringing people together on common ground of shared love for cuisine. With a plethora of diverse dishes around the globe, food is truly a language everyone speaks since you don’t have to be native to understand its flavours.
Cooking Together to Forge New Bonds
Cooking together happens as a cathartic and congregative activity gathering friends and family, loved ones or even strangers from diverse walks of life for a delightful yet profound experience. It’s a show of love, trust and shared knowledge exchanged throughout the process, from chopping of veggies to sumptuous dishes presented.
Preparing food d beat brings lifelong benefits of fostering meaningful connections, cooperation and support fostered through bond and unity enacted at the dining table.
A Tapestries of Belongs Maintained trough Gathering ’round
Irrespective of age; religion, ethnicity or social class, there has always been ease in holding feast humbly called potluck or striking potful bashes that gives identity and sense of belonging through food evolved over time in American history.
It could also serve as new opportunities over foods exchanged, mouth-watering recipes shared or partnering up restaurants break the ice a little. Everyone wishes to break away from rigorous routines momentarily by not just trying something new but exploring foreign flavours shared across different regions.
In brief, savouring the wide variety comprising of extraordinary cultural cuisine available globally not just awakens your taste but heart too as it founds a stronger foundation flourishing relationships on trust, comfort and gratitude for good fellowship symbolised in food.