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I've decided to embrace this project, and in a similar way, leave a small paragraph for each of these albums.
Artist: John Murphy
Album: 28 Weeks Later
Highlights: 28 Theme
The first album was , the soundtrack to 28 Weeks Later, a sequel to a great movie 28 Days Later by Danny Boyle. I've listened to this album after watching the movie and so I was somehow familiarized with some of the music. In general it is a great soundtrack and, especially the main theme is quite similar to a song by Godspeed You Black Emperor!. I would give it a better rating if some of the ideas weren't repeated from the soundtrack to the first movie, 28 Days Later.


Johannesburg - The JSE lifted at the opening on Friday‚ in
line with leading global stock markets‚ after European Central Bank (ECB)
president Mario Draghi’s pledge to save the euro encouraged appetite for risk
Anglo American [JSE:AGL]‚ however‚ was the main laggard -
losing nearly 3% in the early session - after the resources giant posted a 38%
decline in group operating profit‚ to $3.7bn in the six months to June 2012‚
compared with the same period a year earlier‚ while profit attributable to
equity shareholders declined 70% to $1.21bn.
An interim dividend of 32 cents was declared compared with
28 cents a year ago – a 14% increase.
Viv Govender‚ market analyst at Vunani Private Clients‚
said: “It is not clear at this stage what measures the ECB will adopt that will
materially ease the eurozone concerns but the mere signal was at least positive
for the markets.”
Meanwhile‚ the US second-quarter gross domestic product data
will come under the spotlight later in the day.
At 9:50‚ the All Share [JSE:J203] index was up 0.47% to
Among the big movers‚ Anglo American lost R7.03‚ or 2.75%‚
to R248.78 while Anglo Platinum [JSE:AMS] lifted R12.08‚ to R420.58 and
Aquarius Platinum [JSE:AQP] gained 23 cents‚ to R5.36.
Gold Fields [JSE:GFI] was up R2.79‚ to R107.32
Among other stocks in focus‚ Absa Group [JSE:ASA] rose 30
cents to R136 after the banking group reported a 6% decline in diluted headline
earnings per share to 602.3 cents in the six months ended June 2012‚ from 638.5
cents a year ago.
The group said fear about the euro debt crisis and its
potential impact on the global economy had been the main driver of the
volatility in global financial markets over the past six months.


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Cover Impressions: Meh. Not a fan. The color is awful and clashes grossly with the "Reco...more This and other reviews can be found on Reading Between Classes
Cover Impressions: Meh. Not a fan. The color is awful and clashes grossly with the "Recorded Books" bands. I am not a fan of the all small letter title and author name, nor of the odd picture in the corner. It all feels a little hipster to me and I'm not sure that I am cool enough for it.
The Gist: Charlie is starting his first year of High School. Feeling more than a little scared, he begins writing letters to a mysterious reader and chronicles the life of he and his newfound friends. His letters are filled with astute observations and a frank openness that allows a rare glimpse into the mind of a sensitive, damaged, and troubled young man who is struggling to find himself.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower was one of those books that I think I enjoyed more as an audio book than I would have as a physical book. The narrative is told through the letters that Charlie writes to a mysterious reader. This format would appear to be rather limiting but it actually works quite well in allowing an in-depth glimpse into the mind of a very intelligent, but damaged young man.
Charlie does not view the world the way that an average 16 year old would. He feels things and notices things that others would simply pass by. He is also maddeningly selfless, to the point where he allows others to hurt him, rather than speak out against their actions. Below the surface, however, lies a font of anger and the possibility of violence. Charlie is the type of character that you want to hug. Entering is world makes me wonder about my own students and what issues they might be dealing with that we can never see.
The other characters were so fascinating and compelling that I am a little disappointed in never being able to see their side of the story. I would actually be very happy if Chbosky were to write two companion novels chronicling that one year of high school but from Sam and Patrick's points of view. The reason I chose to finally read this book, was because of the trailer and the casting of Emma Watson as Sam. Having finished the book, I can now say that I am very much looking forward to seeing the movie and I hope they do these wonderful characters justice.
I would like to note that this is not a book that I would place in my junior high classroom. There are many instances of drug use, sex and violence that would make me recommend it for an older audience.
Age: 16 and up (AT LEAST!) Gender: Both Sex: Masturbation, Rape, Molestation, Heterosexual Sex, Homosexual Sex Violence: Fighting, Rape, Suicide Inappropriate Language: Fuck, Queer, Faggot, Pussy Substance Use/Abuse: Marijuana use, Smoking, Underage Drinking, Use of LSD(less)
Cover Impressions: I really like this cover. The colors are muted but eye-catching. You...more This and other reviews can be found on Reading Between Classes
Cover Impressions: I really like this cover. The colors are muted but eye-catching. You get just enough of a feel for the setting of the book and I LOVE that the cupcake dresses are featured.
The Gist: Phoebe Swift has suffered a terrible loss. Riddled with guilt and regret, she removes every trace of her old life and sets up Village Vintage, a vintage clothing shop, in the hopes of burying herself so fully in her business that she does not have time to dwell on the past. In sourcing clothing for her shop, Phoebe encounters Therese Bell, an elderly woman with painful past of her own. Through the tale of a child's blue coat, both women will come to a new understanding of love, loss and regret.
Review: In moving to a new school this year, I found myself in the thick of traffic for the first time since I started working. In an attempt to circumvent the frustration of the bumper to bumper drive, I turned to the audio of A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff. The narrator, Violet Mathieson, had a wonderful voice couple with a beautiful accent. She was also quite skilled in creating voices and accents for each of the characters. A Vintage Affair so enraptured me that I actually looked forward to getting stuck in traffic as it ensured me a few more moments in that world.
The characters themselves are almost all deeply flawed and beautifully broken. The pain of both Phoebe and Mrs. Bell was palpable, as was the love for their lost friends and their regret at not having made different choices. Supporting them, was a cast of men and women who all had issues of their own and who evoked in the reader a sense of understanding and sadness. There are no villains here.
The descriptions in this novel made me long to walk into Village Vintage, to hear the bell tinkle overhead and to trace my hand along some of the beautiful fabrics that were sure to greet me. If you have not developed a love of vintage clothing already, A Vintage Affair will certainly set you on that path. I, personally, have fantasies of a deep purple cupcake dress.
While this novel is not exactly fast paced, it doesn't lag either. The stories unfold themselves in intervals and, more often than not, the readers sneaking suspicions are proved correct. The true beauty in this novel lies in the underlying humanity behind the characters' actions and the pain and regret that is so relatable by anyone who has suffered a loss.
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There are no words and if I try to find any, I will start to cry ... again.
Teaching Note: One instance of sex, but pretty tasteful. Favorite Quotes:
- "...moreThere are no words and if I try to find any, I will start to cry ... again.
Teaching Note: One instance of sex, but pretty tasteful. Favorite Quotes:
- "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."
- " 'Keep your shit together,' I whispered to my lungs"
- "Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.
- " 'Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.' "
- " 'When the scientists of the future show up at my house with robot eyes and they tell me to try them on, I will tell the scientists to screw off, because I do not want to see a world without him' "(less)
I don't quite see why everyone seems to rave about this book. It was enjoyable, don't get me wrong, but the beginning was confusing to the point of fr...moreI don't quite see why everyone seems to rave about this book. It was enjoyable, don't get me wrong, but the beginning was confusing to the point of frustration and I figured out all of the plot revelations long before the main character did.
Teaching Note: - Recommended for advanced junior high readers (with a modicum of patience) - Tasteful sex talk, appropriate for grade 9 or mature grade 8(less)
Great Characters, sweet story with elements of danger. It is the characters that make this book. I found myself chuckling along with some of their lin...moreGreat Characters, sweet story with elements of danger. It is the characters that make this book. I found myself chuckling along with some of their lines and waiting with baited breath for the moment when Lucy would figure out who Shadow is (view spoiler)[I was so happy that she figured it out on her own and that we aren't told exactly when she did so or how long she pretended not to know. (hide spoiler)]
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This book kept cropping up in recommendations by goodreads, on websites and from friends who know my reading style. I resisted for several months but...moreThis book kept cropping up in recommendations by goodreads, on websites and from friends who know my reading style. I resisted for several months but finally relented and started the audio book. I am new to audio books and still deciding whether or not I like them. The voice, Jim Dale (whom you might remember as the narrator from Pushing Daisies) was remarkably well matched to the writing style of this book. Though I eventually switched to the ebook (the audio was simply taking too long and I wanted to get into the meat of the story), the voice stayed with me and I believe it enhanced my reading. While listening to the audio, I also found the time jumping very confusing but was much better able to manage once I started reading and could easily flip back to check dates and get things straight in my head.
The Night Circus is beautifully written, with characters that will enchant any reader. Though the love story unfolds so slowly one barely sees it happening, I believe this is much more realistic than the "instant and undying love at first sight" that is popular in many novels today.
- OMG (view spoiler)[Friedrick's death - this is where I really started to sit up and pay attention, immediately wishing I could stay up all night to finish (though the demands of motherhood preventing me from doing so (hide spoiler)] - Loved the Tree connection (Bailey's tree, the Tree of Wishes, Widget's story, the trees in Marco's books. - I want to be a Reveur!
- It bothers him most at times like this, in the bottom of the brandy bottle and the quiet of the night. - I am haunted by the ghost of my father, I think that should allow me to quote Hamlet as much as I please - Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>(less)
It was surprising how much I enjoyed this book. It was not fast-paced, nor exciting and the first few pages had me doubting if I could come to like th...moreIt was surprising how much I enjoyed this book. It was not fast-paced, nor exciting and the first few pages had me doubting if I could come to like the author's style. The characters, however, are what made it. I very much disliked Francesca at the beginning. She chose horrible friends, was unwilling to take any risks and was complacent whenever anyone else was being treated terribly. (view spoiler)[I understand now, that Francesca had to start from a place this low in order to show the growth she did by the end of the novel. Once the others worm their way into Francesca's life, the story is much more enjoyable. (hide spoiler)] I often lament that authors attempt to write about teenagers without having spent any time with them. They could learn a thing or two from Marchetta (I'm talking to you Maggie Stiefvater). The dialogue and interactions between the characters feels real and has an appropriate amount of poor language for the age group. I found myself wanting to hang out with the girls on Alanis night and I cracked up at the boys antics. This was my first foray into the world of Melina Marchetta and I couldn't quite come up for air yet, so I immediately started The Piper's Son.
Side Notes: (view spoiler)[- Literally laughed out loud at several points, including rosary night and the S biscuits (These tidbits are what makes for good reading - take note authors). - Literally "Yes"d (imagine fist pump in the air a la Bender in the last scene of The Breakfast Club) when Francesca got up to dance with Thomas - Love Thomas "For a moment I can't help thinking how decent he is - that there's some hope for him beyond the obnoxious image he displays. Maybe deep down he is a sensitive guy, who sees us as real people with real issues. I want to say something nice. Some kind of thanks. I stand there, rehearsing it in my mind. 'Oh my God,' he says, 'did you see that girl's tits?' Maybe not today. - Love Jimmy, especially how he follows Francesca home despite being told "You're not coming home with me, Jimmy", and how he calls her father Rob, despite the fact that he clearly hates it.
- "My grandmother's disapproval of the way Mia runs the household is very vocal. I shouldn't walk around naked in front of my brother, for example, and nor should my mother." WTF? I'm going to wholeheartedly agree with Nonna on this one!" - "I loved those times on the beach at the end of the day, when the sun was gone and our sunburn would make us shiver in the cool breeze. Luca and I would lie against my parents, licking the salt off their arms ..." Seriously???
I realize the book is written by an Australian and takes place there, is this some type of cultural barrier between Australia and Canada? Or is it just that Francesca's family is a little strange, because seriously, I'm an adult and seeing my parents walking around naked would still scar me for life and I can't, even in a post-apocalyptic world, imagine a circumstance in which I would be tempted to lick salt off of them - *shiver*. (hide spoiler)]["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>(less)
The very beginning of this novel was heart wrenching. Watching families be torn apart was very painful and I had to stop several time rather than be o...moreThe very beginning of this novel was heart wrenching. Watching families be torn apart was very painful and I had to stop several time rather than be overwhelmed with what these people went through. Strangely, that feeling went away as the book went on. The relationship between Lina and Andrius is sweet, endearing and feels real. (Thank you Ruta for not resorting to the instant and all encompassing (and utterly unbelievable) LUV at first sight that so many authors seem to be creating for their teenage characters). The character of the mother shows remarkable strength and it is through her that we are able to see the kindness of humanity in the face of overwhelming adversity.
(view spoiler)[ - The Russians are shown as very one dimensional. I spent much of the novel hoping for some show of kindness but was disappointed. (The actions of Kretcsky(sp?) were not impressive enough for my taste) - The mother crumbles rather quickly. I found it unbelievable that a character who had already proven herself to be so strong would simply give up once she was told her husband was dead. The Elena I thought I knew would have rallied in order to save her children. - I enjoyed the character of The Bald Man, but kept expecting more to be revealed about him, why did he know so much? Why did the Russians keep him around when he was injured? Where was his family? - Did Lina's Dad really die? - If Lina buried the book after she was freed, why doesn't she write anything about how/when they were released? Honestly, the ending feels tacked on. It was reminiscent of when one of my students reaches the page requirement for an assignment and then quickly wraps up the story so that they don't have to write any more. (hide spoiler)]
Ultimately, Shades of Gray feels like Schindler's List cleaned up for a Young Adult audience but without the shocking scenes and heartbreaking sorrow that makes the former so powerful.["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>(less)

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When we started covering the rumours linking Roger Martinez to Sheffield United, it had been claimed he could be on his way to the Blades in a US$15m move.
A couple of days later, the player himself commented on the rumours, saying he would like to move to Europe. However, the local press said he would only move for US$20m.
Now new claims show up on Monday, and it looks like Sheffield United could have to spend even more to land the Colombian striker.
Mexican outlet Superdeportivo has spoke to sources from his club America. They’ve learned that the player is not for sale, and he’s only leaving for his US$25m release clause.
America are in no big need of money, since they’ve just sold Edson Alvarez to Ajax in a €15m deal. So they will only let their striker go for a very tempting offer.
Despite Martinez’s wish to leave, the club must be convinced as well.

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- The Democrats have been accused of manipulating the 2024 presidential primary calendar to favor President Biden, prompting intervention from a state’s Attorney General.
- The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has shifted the first primary from Iowa and New Hampshire to South Carolina, where they believe Biden has a better chance of winning.
- New Hampshire’s Republican Attorney General John Formella has issued a cease-and-desist order to the DNC, accusing them of breaking election law by trying to suppress voting in New Hampshire.
Even before the 2024 election season is in full swing, the Democrats have been accused of a significant breach of election laws, leading to a state’s Attorney General stepping in to halt their actions.
Around a year ago, the Democrats introduced a new presidential primary calendar for 2024. This move has been interpreted as a covert attempt to manipulate the primary in favor of President Biden, against a group of emerging left-wing challengers who enjoy more grassroots support within the party than the current president.
This change positioned South Carolina as the first state on the Democrats’ primary schedule, replacing traditional early primary states like Iowa and New Hampshire. The DNC believes that Biden has a higher chance of winning in South Carolina than in the other two states, and a strong start in the primaries is often a precursor to victory.
Despite claims from Democrats and their media allies that the change was made because Iowa and New Hampshire are “too white and undemocratic,” skeptics see this as a smokescreen for their real intentions.
New Hampshire state law requires that the state host a presidential primary “7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election.” However, the DNC informed New Hampshire that their primaries scheduled for January 23 “cannot be used as the first determining stage of the state’s delegate selection process and is considered detrimental.”
The DNC further stated that New Hampshire is barred from allocating any “delegates or alternates” based on the January 23 election. This is because the Democratic primary in South Carolina, which the DNC needs to be the first for Biden’s benefit, is scheduled for February 3.
Earlier this month, some DNC officials insisted that New Hampshire comply with DNC guidelines to “educate the public that January 23 is a non-binding presidential preference event and is meaningless, and the NHDP and presidential candidates should take all steps possible not to participate.”
This move has been interpreted as an attempt by Democrats to suppress voting in the New Hampshire primary by convincing their voters that the election is “meaningless” and therefore not worth participating in.
However, New Hampshire’s Republican Attorney General John Formella saw through this alleged left-wing attempt to manipulate the election and issued a cease-and-desist order to the DNC, accusing them of breaking election law.
Assistant Attorney General Brendan O’Donnell stated, “falsely telling New Hampshire voters that a New Hampshire election is ‘meaningless’ violates New Hampshire voter suppression laws,” and ordered the DNC to stop such “unlawful” conduct.
O’Donnell wrote, “Regardless of whether the DNC refuses to award delegates to the party’s national convention based on the results of the January 23, 2024, New Hampshire Democratic Presidential Primary Election, that election is not ‘meaningless.’ Your statements to the contrary are false, deceptive, and misleading.”
He further added, “Telling the public or any person qualified to register to vote or vote in New Hampshire that the [aforementioned election] is ‘meaningless,’ or soliciting NHDP or any other party to make such statements, constitutes an attempt to prevent or deter another person from voting or registering to vote based on fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, or spurious grounds or information.”
It appears that the Democrats are going to great lengths to ensure that Biden is the party’s nominee for the 2024 general election, even if it means potentially breaking some laws. The extent of their willingness to do so and what their next steps might be remains to be seen.
Clear Thoughts (op-ed)
The audacity of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) latest move is astounding. They’ve shifted the first primary from Iowa and New Hampshire to South Carolina, in an apparent bid to favor President Biden.
This blatant manipulation of the primary calendar, a year before the 2024 election season, is a striking example of the left’s disregard for the democratic process.
The DNC’s argument that Iowa and New Hampshire are “too white and undemocratic” is a poorly veiled attempt to hide their true intentions.
They are simply stacking the deck in Biden’s favor, undermining the legitimacy of the primary process and, more importantly, the voice of the American people.
New Hampshire’s Republican Attorney General John Formella deserves applause for his swift intervention. His cease-and-desist order to the DNC is a powerful reminder that election laws cannot be trampled upon for political convenience.
The Democrats’ willingness to cross legal boundaries to secure power is a worrying sign for the future of our democracy. It’s time to stand against such tactics and uphold the integrity of our electoral process.
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How to stay safe on the roads when ice or snow are in the weather forecast.
Winter often brings slick roads to the Puget Sound area. Here are some driving safety tips:
• Make sure you have traction tires with sufficient tread.
• Practice fastening tire chains before driving across a mountain pass.
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• Scrape all windows, including corner areas that windshield wipers miss.
• Keep fuel tank full and cellphone charged.
• Carry flares, jumper cables, water, a first-aid kit and other essentials.
• Allow extra room to stop.
• Do not use cruise control.
• Slow down and give extra clearance near chain-up areas, where people are walking or lying on the roadway.
• Avoid overdependence on GPS. Observe the actual street conditions, warnings and closure signs.
• Bridges will be slipperier than surface pavement.
• Avoid driving if possible.
Source: Washington State Department of Transportation, Seattle Department of Transportation, Seattle Times reporting


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Man shot dead, another stabbed to death
Toronto police are searching for suspects in a deadly Scarborough shooting Thursday night as well as a fatal stabbing in the city’s north end.
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Toronto police are investigating after a man was shot dead in the city’s east end and a man was fatally stabbed in the north end on Thursday night.
Officers were called to a housing complex near Morningside Ave. and Old Finch Rd. after shots rang out near a playground, police say.
The victim, a male in his early 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses told police they saw three to four men fleeing the complex known as Forest Creek Pathway.
Officers were scouring the neighbourhood for evidence late Thursday night.
Police are also investigating another murder in the city.
In a separate incident, another man in his 20s was stabbed to death in North York.
The victim was attacked around 9 p.m. on Bogert Ave. near Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave., police say.
There is no word on suspects, and police have yet to release his name.
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Welcome to the exciting world of Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies game! Join Jimmy and his friends on an epic adventure filled with action, adventure, and tons of fun!
Play as Jimmy, the boy genius, and help him save his town from the pesky Twonkies in this thrilling game based on the popular TV show, Jimmy Neutron. With a cast of beloved Jimmy Neutron characters, including Jimmy's dad and his best friend, Libby, players will enjoy a fully immersive experience.
Relive your favorite Jimmy Neutron episodes with this game, which includes references to Jimmy Neutron full episodes, like the Jet Fusion storyline. Fans of the show will love the attention to detail and the inclusion of iconic elements like Jimmy's hamster and his famous pants.
Featuring an awesome soundtrack with the Jimmy Neutron intro lyrics and the classic hit Kids in America, this game is sure to get you pumped up and ready to take on the Twonkies.
With Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies, you can enjoy hours of fun gameplay and exciting challenges that will keep you coming back for more. So what are you waiting for? Download the game today and join the adventure!
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Drop into a New World! Fortnite Chapter 3 now begins!
Battle. Build. Create. Fortnite is the free, always evolving, multiplayer game where you and your friends battle to be the last one standing or collaborate to create your dream Fortnite world. Play both Battle Royale and Fortnite Creative for FREE. Download now and jump into the action.
On mobile, Fortnite is the same 100-player PvP game you know from PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac. Same map, same gameplay, same weekly updates. Build your fort as you battle to be the last one standing. Jump in and squad up with friends around the world or in the same room!
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Every month, MPL sponsors free public films. Showings of recently released feature films, kids films, classic movies, and international prize winners are held onsite and are free of charge. Call 721-2665 to find out about upcoming showings.
Cheap Date Night, the third Friday of every month, is an after-hours program at Missoula Public Library
The movie starts at 7:00, with doors off the parking lot (Front Street side of the building) opening at 6:45. We'll provide the popcorn and you can provide your own non-alcoholic beverages. Please be on time, as after 7:10 p.m. you will not be able to enter the building for security reasons.
Friday, February 17 at 7:00 p.m. - Sully
February’s Cheap Date Night movie is Sully. On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career. Join us for the screening on Friday, February 17at 7 pm in the Large Meeting Room. Lower level doors will be open 6:45 – 7:10 pm.
The film screenings are free and open to the public on the second Friday of every month at MPL.
Enjoy award-winning first-run foreign and independent films on a monthly basis. Each film must have been in competition (several have won awards) at one of the top ten film festivals in the world, such as Cannes, Toronto, and Sundance. Films are selected by film curators of Film Movement, a company dedicated to allowing everyone to participate in new film releases. Films in this series are appropriate for mature audiences only.
Doors open at 6:45 p.m. and the film begins at 7 p.m. Call 721-2665, if you have questions.
Friday, February 10 at 7:00 p.m. - Automatic Hate
From the United States this drama is in English and runs 97 minutes.
When Davis Green’s alluring young cousin Alexis shows up on his doorstep, he discovers a side to his family has been kept secret from him his entire life. While wrestling with a taboo attraction to each other, the pair attempts to reunite their families and uncovers the shocking secret that tore them apart. Join us for a screening and brief discussion (optional) on Friday, February 10 at 7:00 pm in the Large Meeting Room. Lower level doors open at 6:45-7:15.
Every second and fourth Wednesday of every month, MPL shows both Classic and New Release films from 2:00-4:00 in the Large Meeting Room. Call to find out what our next showing will be.
Wednesday, February 08, 2 pm-Inferno (2016)
In this contemporary action thriller, the famous symbologist Robert Langon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia and finds himself the target of a manhunt. Langdon teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to stop a virus that would wipe out half of the world’s population.
Wednesday, February 22, 2 pm - Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
Jack Reacher returns to enforce his bold brand of justice in the action-packed sequel based on author Lee Child's best-selling series. When Army Major Susan Turner is framed for treason, Reacher discovers she's the target of a massive government conspiracy. With help from Turner and a mysterious new ally, Reacher risks everything to take down a powerful organization that will stop at nothing to protect its secrets.
In the summer, free, public showings of films for children and young adults are regularly scheduled. Call 721-2665 to find out when the next movie events for kids and teens will be showing.
Enjoy a free movie and free popcorn in the Frenchtown High School Auditorium!


RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC — An initiative aimed at preventing unnecessary hospital stays shows promise for protecting frail, elderly patients from health risks while saving money for Medicare, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International.
In the study, published in the March issue of the journal Health Affairs, a team from RTI examined a program launched in late 2012 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The program involved sending highly trained nurses into nursing facilities to introduce clinical and educational practices that help keep residents from being sent to the hospital unnecessarily. Facilities in Alabama, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, and Pennsylvania participated.
The researchers found that, in 2015, the initiative reduced the chance of all hospitalizations by between 2.2 and 9.3 percentage points, depending on the state, and the chance of potentially avoidable hospitalizations by 1.4 to 7.2 percentage points.
At one of the sites, 2015 Medicare hospital payments were reduced by $2,248 per resident per year. These were reductions relative to similar residents from comparison facilities not participating in the initiative.
Improving practices in nursing homes does require time and resources, but it can be effective, said Melvin Ingber, Ph.D., a health services researcher at RTI and first author of the study.
“The degree of success varied by level of buy-in by facility and corporate leadership, buy-in by physicians, rate of turnover of staff, and intensity of clinical interventions. Even personalities mattered,” Ingber said. “The effects were strongest when advanced practice nurses provided hands-on clinical care in addition to training or education for facility staff.”
The study grew out of a federal effort to cut down on hospital stays among long-term residents of nursing facilities. More than 25 percent of these patients are hospitalized each year, and research indicates that as many as 47 percent of these hospital stays may have been avoidable. According to one study, Medicare and Medicaid spent $1.9 billion in 2005 on hospital stays that could have been avoided.
The program involved having RNs and nurse practitioners provide extra support, ranging from training in the use of INTERACT tools to improve communication between providers to direct patient care and end-of-life counseling. Depending on the states’ regulations, in some states nurse practitioners were able to provide clinical care, including assessing and treating residents and prescribing medications or lab tests.
The effects were stronger when nurses provided hands-on clinical care instead of just training or education for facility staff.
After going through the initiative, many of the facilities experienced a cultural shift, said Galina Khatutsky, an RTI public health researcher and co-author of the study.
“In the facilities with strong leadership support and committed staff, we have observed some real shifts in attitudes, in facility culture, particularly in the way hospitalizations are considered,” Khatutsky said. “The default is no longer to send residents out with every emergency.”


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Silver staged an exciting rally to re-enter the 22.00 region on the back of Powell’s dovish tone on Wednesday.
The 50% Fibonacci retracement of the 26.93-17.54 downtrend at 22.25 is again under the spotlight, pushing the market back to losses after the pickup to a new high of 22.39 early on Thursday. Yet, the bulls may have some extra fuel in the tank according to the RSI and the MACD. The former has recently recouped some ground above its 50 neutral mark, while the latter keeps gaining positive momentum, currently set to climb above its red signal line.
If the wall at 22.25 collapses, the bulls will gear up for the 23.00 psychological mark. Breaching the latter, the rally could continue towards the 61.8% Fibonacci of 23.95.
In the event of a downside reversal, the price may initially seek support between 21.60 and 21.35, where the 20- and 200-day simple moving averages (SMAs) are placed. The 38.2% Fibonacci of 21.12 may cement that floor, delaying an extension to the previous low of 20.56. Otherwise, the decline could stretch towards the 50-day SMA, bringing the 23.6% Fibonacci of 19.75 in sight too.
In short, silver is currently testing an important resistance region at 22.25, a break of which is required to activate fresh buying.


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Gamepass is like the Netflix of gaming.
Gamepass is like the Netflix of gaming. This progressive service model coupled with Microsoft’s purchase of several new gaming studios provide a clear view of Phil Spencer’s (Head of XBox) vision. This long game view of the Xbox not only positions the company for an increase in market share in the next generation but it pushes the entire video game industry to the next level. From indies to triple A and even the newly coined quadruple A Microsoft seems to have it covered. With something for every type of gamer packaged up in the form of top of the line hardware, PC, mobile, and entry level devices Gamepass is a service that should be part of every gamers wish list now and for years to come.
Not worth it for the average person
Barely any hot games out. A majority of games on here are either random indie games or very old triple A titles. I’ve had issues on numerous days with connections to Xbox live claiming to be on Microsoft’s side which prohibit you from playing any games on game pass. Which I don’t own any games I only play game pass so when my connection isn’t working I’m unable to do anything not even watch movie. I only play or watch movies a few days a week after work and I’ve had this issue twice in the past month of owning an Xbox which makes even owning an Xbox kind of unnecessary. The only reason I gave this a two star and not a one because they offer Xbox live (which is a scam in itself) included with game pass saving on something I’d be buying anyways, they let you try it out for three months for only a couple dollars instead of making you subtractive you something you might not like and also there is a fairly large number of games. I probably won’t be continuing to pay for game pass because there is not enough content offered to keep me satisfied past three months (which I doubt they will come out with games I would enjoy since I’m not a fan of $2 indie games(also which they use to pad the numbers of game they say they offer)) in the next three months and I will probably be trying to return my Xbox soon because of how many issues I’ve been having not just with game pass
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A bust of Mohammed Ali Jinnah has been unveiled in London
London Mayor Sadiq Khan unveils a bronze bust of the man known as the founding father of Pakistan.
The young Jinnah studied law in London before returning to India to join the campaign against British rule.
He later demanded an independent homeland for Muslims, creating Pakistan in 1947.
The man behind the sculpture, Phillip Jackson, has also made statues of Gandhi and footballer Bobby Moore.
The bust will be permanently placed at Lincoln’s Inn in London, where he qualified as a barrister.
Comment: He was a very serious man, he was a very dedicated man, he was a determined man and those were the sort of qualities that I tried to get into the sculpture.
Comment: This sculpture is a fantastic tribute to the Quaid (Leader) to Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s legacy and his achievments.
Comment: He’s a leader we should be looking up to, his principles, his ideas. So I’m really proud today seeing the bust.
Comment: I think it’s something that everyone has been waiting for, for a long time. And to see a Pakistani person of such prominence being put at Lincoln’s Inn I think it’s a really good thing.
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Plan a Girls’ Weekend Getaway in Connecticut
Weekend trips with your close friends are a great way to relax, unwind, catch up and escape from the busy work life without traveling far from home. Planning a trip but not sure where to go? Here’s a list of few places right here in Connecticut perfect for a girl’s weekend away.
Weekend Getaway Locations in Connecticut
Located just a 40-minute ride on the Metro-North from New York City, Greenwich offers a rich history, architecture, historic neighborhoods, plenty of options for shopping, art, and food.
The historic Greenwich Avenue consists of shops and restaurants that are burrowed in buildings old and new. Some of the many shops and restaurants include Saks Fifth Avenue, J. Crew, Simon Pearce, Betteridge, Rag & Bone, and Zara.
Greenwich, CT is home to a wide selection of exceptional dining options, including Elm Street Oyster House, Mediterraneo, and of course our very own l’escale restaurant. Located within Delamar Greenwich Harbor, l’escale serves Provençal and Mediterranean cuisine in a waterfront setting.
Be sure to make a reservation for you and your girls to enjoy the luxurious treatments at the Delamar Spa, Greenwich Harbor. From facials with the unique Ionixlight treatment to a variety of soothing massages, the Spa will help you unwind on your weekend getaway.
The Hartford capital region is home to vibrant nightlife, fine dining, and great entertainment. The area is surrounded by numerous hiking trails and ski mountains, including Ski Sundown, Talcott Mountain Trail, and West Hartford Reservoirs and Reservoir 6. A short drive away from Hartford is the New Britain Museum of American Art. The museum hosts 10,000 American works of art from 1740 to the present.
If shopping is more of your thing, head on over to the West Hartford Center. With the charm of a traditional main street shopping district, the West Hartford Center is a great place to shop, dine, and stroll. It is also home to Blue Back Square, which features upscale restaurants and retailers such as Bar Louie, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, West Elm, The Cheesecake Factory, and Crate & Barrel.
Stay the night at the Delamar West Hartford, only a 5-minute walk from the heart of West Hartford and a 20-minute drive to the capital city of Hartford, CT. Our award-winning Artisan restaurant is open, offering New England-inspired cuisine with a European flair. Gather in your room for an in-room cocktail service before heading out for a socially distanced dinner at the Artisan.
Delamar West Hartford Spa is also open, providing all facials, massages, body treatments, as well as manicure and pedicure service for you and your girlfriends.
If you’re looking to take a weekend shopping trip with your girlfriends, look no further than the Southport area, with neighboring Westport, CT. Located off of the Long Island Sound, Downtown Westport combines the quaint New England charm with architectural beauty and water views. The Main Street area is home to mom-and-pop shops, historical landmarks, eateries, and a variety of retailers including Vineyard Vines, Tiffany’s, J. Crew, Lululemon, Anthropologie, and many more.
Sherwood Island State Park, Connecticut’s first state park, is located a short drive from downtown Westport. Take a leisurely walk and enjoy the sunset views after a busy day of shopping. There are also several beaches nearby that are open year-round, including Sasco Beach, Jennings Beach, Southport Beach, and Penfield Beach.
This vibrant area is also just a short 10-minute drive from the Delamar Southport.

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Viadeo beyond the 9 million member mark in France 11/25/2014
On 30 September, Viadeo, the leading Professional Social Network (PSN) in France and China, announced that the company’s member base had passed the nine million mark in France.
Beyond reinforcing Viadeo’s status as the leading PSN in France by bringing the landmark total of 10 million members ever-closer, this achievement illustrates the network’s strong growth dynamic, which has been driven by a series of developments within the mobile department.
A key factor in the company’s constant growth since the network’s creation has been Viadeo’s multi-local approach, which aims to ensure that developments are in line with the specific needs of the job market in each particular region. This unique strategy has been implemented with great success on an international level, with the Viadeo network recording sustained growth in China and Africa in particular.
Elsewhere, Viadeo’s dynamism has been further boosted by a recent surge in mobile usage, an area of strategic development for the company and an area that has recently received a major technological overhaul. This summer, the PSN recorded unprecedented usage levels on mobiles, with 52% of identified users logging in via a smartphone or tablet in August.

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Child I is an important book. For humanity, for the future, for the preservation of hope and for deepening our understanding, all of us, of what it means to be human. The tale is set in some sort of camp, somewhere at some time. This, for me, is the beauty and pull of this narrative. It could be anywhere at any time happening to anyone. As an educator, this is a gift of an opportunity to explore the intensely challenging and complex themes of othering, being a refugee, being ostracised, being entrapped, not ‘being’.
The plot meanders through the world of the protagonist ‘I’, a boundless optimist to say the least, from the day of his birthday to the moving, dramatic and cathartic climax at the end: the final chapter where we are introduced to the character ‘U’, a possible invitation to the reader to engage further in the world of the narrative. The main characters are referred to as letters that combine to make ‘OLIVE’, with chapters being named after words within this word, a feature that can be explored with a group of readers and meaning makers. This leads to another aspect of the text, which makes it attractive to educators: it opens up many important channels of conversation for young people. The book brings themes such as identity: what is it? Is it necessary? What’s in a name?; family: what constitutes a family?; humanity; love; hope; optimism; control and imprisonment.
If there was a time for Child I to occupy a space in every key stage two reading area, it is now. Now more than ever, in my view, young people need the conduit of this amalgamation of true stories to explore and make sense of what it truly means to be human and a part of the human race. Thank you, Steve Tasane.
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In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is a remarkable medical procedure that has helped countless couples and individuals achieve their dreams of parenthood. While IVF treatment mainly depends on advanced medical techniques, the role of nutrition should not be underestimated.
A balanced and nutritious diet can contribute to a successful IVF outcome by promoting overall health and optimizing fertility. In this article, we will explore the best foods to eat during IVF treatment to increase your chances of a successful pregnancy.
Best Food to Eat During IVF Treatment
During in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, it’s important to maintain a balanced and nutritious diet to support overall health and optimize your chances of a successful outcome. While there is no specific “IVF diet,” here are some general guidelines on the best foods to eat during IVF treatment:
- Fruits and vegetables: Incorporate a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables into your diet. They are rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that can help improve overall health and support fertility. Aim for at least 5 servings a day.
- Whole Grains: Opt for whole grains like brown rice, quinoa, whole wheat pasta, and oats. These provide complex carbohydrates and fiber, which can help stabilize blood sugar levels.
- Lean Proteins: Include sources of lean protein such as poultry, fish, tofu, beans, and lentils in your diet. Protein is essential for cell growth and repair.
- Healthy Fats: Choose sources of healthy fats like avocados, nuts, seeds, and olive oil. These fats provide essential fatty acids that are important for hormone production.
- Dairy or Dairy Alternatives: Incorporate dairy products or dairy alternatives like almond milk and soy yogurt into your diet for calcium and vitamin D. These nutrients are important for bone health.
- Iron-Rich Foods: Consume iron-rich foods like lean red meat, spinach, and fortified cereals to prevent anemia, which can impact fertility.
- Folate-Rich Foods: Folate is important for fetal development. Include foods like leafy greens, citrus fruits, and fortified cereals in your diet.
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Sources of omega-3 fatty acids, such as fatty fish (salmon, mackerel), flaxseeds, and walnuts, can have anti-inflammatory effects and support reproductive health.
- Hydration: Stay well-hydrated by drinking plenty of water. Proper hydration is important for overall health and can help optimize your fertility.
- Limit Processed Foods and Sugar: Minimize the consumption of highly processed foods, sugary snacks, and sugary drinks. These can lead to blood sugar spikes and inflammation.
- Caffeine and Alcohol: Limit or avoid caffeine and alcohol during IVF treatment, as they can potentially affect fertility and embryonic development.
- Supplements: Consult with your healthcare provider to determine if you need any specific supplements like folic acid or prenatal vitamins.
It’s crucial to maintain a healthy weight during IVF treatment, as being underweight or overweight can impact fertility. A balanced diet and regular exercise can help achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
Remember that individual nutritional needs can vary, so it’s advisable to work with a registered dietitian or nutritionist who specializes in fertility or reproductive health. They can provide personalized guidance tailored to your specific needs and circumstances.
Daily routine of foods and fruits to be eaten during IVF treatment
Here’s a sample daily routine for foods and fruits to consider during IVF treatment, presented in table format. This plan focuses on incorporating fertility-friendly foods, but please keep in mind that individual dietary needs may vary, so consult with your healthcare provider or a registered dietitian for personalized advice.
Greek yogurt parfait with berries and honey
1 cup Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup mixed berries, and a drizzle of honey
Handful of almonds or walnuts
A small handful
Spinach and mixed greens salad with grilled chicken
4 oz. grilled chicken, mixed greens, vinaigrette dressing
Sliced cucumber with hummus
1/2 cucumber, 2 tbsp. hummus
Baked salmon with quinoa and steamed broccoli
4 oz. salmon, 1/2 cup quinoa, 1 cup steamed broccoli
Snack (if needed)
Sliced apples with almond butter
1 medium apple, 2 tbsp. almond butter
Oatmeal with banana and chia seeds
1 cup cooked oatmeal, 1/2 banana, and 1 tablespoon chia seeds
Low-fat cottage cheese with pineapple
1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/2 cup pineapple chunks
Lentil and vegetable soup with a side salad
1 cup lentil soup, mixed greens salad with vinaigrette
Sliced bell peppers with guacamole
1 bell pepper, 2 tbsp. guacamole
Grilled tofu with brown rice and sautéed spinach
4 oz. grilled tofu, 1/2 cup brown rice, 1 cup sautéed spinach
Snack (if needed)
Berries with a dollop of yogurt
1/2 cup mixed berries, 2 tbsp yogurt
Day: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
You can follow a similar pattern of meals with variations to maintain a balanced and nutrient-rich diet. Remember to stay hydrated with water throughout the day and limit caffeine and alcohol intake as recommended by your healthcare provider.
It’s crucial to consult with your healthcare provider or a registered dietitian to ensure your diet aligns with your specific IVF treatment plan and any underlying health conditions you may have. They can provide personalized guidance to optimize your chances of success during IVF treatment.
While a balanced diet can support your IVF journey, it’s important to remember that nutrition is just one piece of the puzzle. Discuss your diet plans with your healthcare provider or fertility specialist to make sure you’re making the best choice for your unique situation. By prioritizing a healthy lifestyle and choosing fertility-friendly foods, you can increase your chances of a successful IVF outcome and, ultimately, the joy of welcoming a new couple into your family.

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Despite having a large market, the cryptocurrency infrastructures have not been very satisfying for investors in India. This is partly due to the discouraging attitude of the government towards virtual currencies and partly because of the lack of exposure to the lucrative projects from the DeFi sector. This scenario is, however, changing with new crypto-based startups springing up at a very rapid rate. The IC15 project is one of the latest additions to the crypto market in India, launched on the 3rd of January. Now, this new venture is getting all ready to be launched on the Bitbns exchange.
Dubbed as the first-ever crypto index of India, IC15 was launched Last January by CryptoWire. This index will bring the coins with a positive performance rate for trading on the global market. This rule-based crypto index assesses the projects based on their market capitalization and helps spread the investments on several assets at once for a better profit and lower risk. This will be a huge investment opportunity for the 100 million investors reported to have holdings in cryptocurrencies. Now, this index is gearing up to begin its trading in the Bitbns crypto exchange as early as the first week of April.
Bitbns is one of the best crypto exchange in India launched towards the end of 2017. This platform is also the only Indian cryptocurrency exchange currently in operation. The exchange soon became popular among the investors of India for its comprehensive listings and affordable pricing. The platform also announced the Swap feature in 2021 and supported nearly 300 cryptocurrencies from the global market. Bitbns also offers one of the lowest trading fees at 0.25% and offers a fee waiver for the borrower during margin trading. It is such peculiarities that made the project the favorite exchange of more than 3 million customers. Find more about this exchange from this complete and unbiased Bitbns review.
CryptoWire’s licensing deal with Bitbns for the IC15 index will surely bring lucrative benefits to investors. First up, the index is rule-based and offers the ability to spread your investments across different cryptocurrencies, mitigating the risk factors to a minimum level. It will allow the users of Bitbns to also avoid risks related to the liquidity of the assets. The arrangements allocate a significant portion of the revenue for research and development to make the index much more compatible with the growing needs in the market.
On top of everything, this deal will put India on the map as one of the largest markets for cryptocurrencies. It will also help reach more global projects and profitable startups in the DeFi sector. Surprisingly, the announcement for the IC15 index came just when India announced its curtailing policies towards cryptocurrencies. This indicates the potential of cryptocurrencies for future growth despite the restraints put forth by the government.


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Grapevine VpPR10.1 functions in resistance to Plasmopara viticola through triggering a cell death‐like defence response by interacting with VpVDAC3
- Ma, Hui, Xiang, Gaoqing, Li, Zhiqian, Wang, Yuting, Dou, Mengru, Su, Li, Yin, Xiao, Liu, Ruiqi, Wang, Yuejin, Xu, Yan
- Plant biotechnology journal 2018 v.16 no.8 pp. 1488-1501
- Nicotiana benthamiana, Plasmopara viticola, Vitis, cell death, cultivars, downy mildew, genetic improvement, genetically modified organisms, germplasm, grapes, pathogens, precipitin tests, two hybrid system techniques
- As one of the most serious diseases in grape, downy mildew caused by Plasmopara viticola is a worldwide grape disease. Much effort has been focused on improving susceptible grapevine resistance, and wild resistant grapevine species are important for germplasm improvement of commercial cultivars. Using yeast two‐hybrid screen followed by a series of immunoprecipitation experiments, we identified voltage‐dependent anion channel 3 (VDAC3) protein from Vitis piasezkii ‘Liuba‐8’ as an interacting partner of VpPR10.1 cloned from Vitis pseudoreticulata ‘Baihe‐35‐1’, which is an important germplasm for its resistance to a range of pathogens. Co‐expression of VpPR10.1/VpVDAC3 induced cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana, which accompanied by ROS accumulation. VpPR10.1 transgenic grapevine line showed resistance to P. viticola. We conclude that the VpPR10.1/VpVDAC3 complex is responsible for cell death‐mediated defence response to P. viticola in grapevine.

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Kylie Jenner, 22, is rocking that blonde hair! The youngest KarJenner sister was giving us Khloe Kardashian vibes as she showed off the icy hue while posing seductively on a bed in a new pic posted Saturday, July 27. Kylie inquisitively placed her hand on her chin as she stared into the camera, lounging around in a luxe Gucci logo night gown. The strapless pink silk number, which retails for a hefty $1800 online, features the brands’ iconic GG print and yellow lace trim. “She’s back,” Kylie captioned the hot photo.
“Crafted from pink GG silk crêpe, this short dress with yellow lace trims speaks to the idea of freedom that fashion experienced in the ‘90s, a theme that inspired this season’s looks,” the official Gucci description for the spaghetti strap dress reads, also listing the sexy item in all-black. While Kylie was certainly dressed for a night in, her glam makeup was on point! The Kylie Cosmetics founder rocked her signature spice-colored nude lip and bold brow, adding a flirty black liner and matte blush.
Big sister Khloe — who was celebrating her 36th birthday — was loving Kylie’s latest post! “Oh hell yes,” the Good American founder gushed. Relatively Nat & Liv stars and cousin duo Natalie Halcro and Olivia Pierson also showed some love in the comments. “Wow,” new mom Natalie wrote, while Olivia posted “YES KY.” They can say that again! The photo has racked up over 5 million likes so far, and boasts thousands of compliments about how amazing Kylie looks.
Kylie has seemingly been doing some shopping in Gucci’s lingerie department recently, as she posted two fire photos of herself in a sheer bra by the Italian luxury house on June 23. Rocking a sleek blonde bob, Kylie showed off her flawless makeup as she sported just the tulle logo bra, which retails for $1000 with a matching pair of underwear. “last night,” she captioned the first photo, writing “too good had to do a double take,” on a second post just hours later.


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Here are some books that climbed inside me.
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
I cried like a child at the end of the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. And several times before the end. If there is a spell against the dark, it must be, “Someone will come.”
Inferno is the book the Modernists meant to write. Eileen Myles captures the actual experience of being alive.
I clenched my jaw most of the time I was reading Room. Jack sends me. I trust him even when we’re rolled up in a rug being dead.
Grim and human, Hunger Games is reminiscent of Never Let Me Go, and the Lottery, and Anthem. A ratcheted story of will and rebellion, class and resourcefulness, pity and pageantry. You’ll devour this one, and immediately crave the second.
A wise, good humored book about feminism, and writing, and language, and goodness. Unless is a novel about the many kinds of otherness.
What is the landscape of survival? Anne Michaels’ book fuses poetry and narrative, and creates a map of earth and soul. A wrenching, tremendously valuable novel. One where you pause, and savor, and are changed.
The Queen’s Gambit
The best stories are surprising and inevitable. The Queen’s Gambit is such a story. Fragile, and ruthless, and honest — the deep and terrifying mystery of genius.
The Little Women
Katharine Weber’s novel The Little Women explores the aftermath of parental betrayal, and the cannibalizing of personal details by an author, and the life of characters on and off the page. For me, the novel expands into fascinating layers of metafiction.
The Emperor’s Children
Claire Messud’s ironic, powerfully human story of three thirty-year-old New Yorkers is shattering and lush and gorgeous. Imagine Austen colliding with James and tackling the complex struggle of perception and reality in late American society. Let this book work you over.
Never Let Me Go
The narrator in Never Let Me Go tells a story unlike any you have ever read. The tension in Ishiguro’s novel is unrelenting, and even as you piece the plot together, you will not be prepared for the revelations.
Miss Pym Disposes
Josephine Tey wrote quiet stories, and Miss Pym Disposes is one of my favorite. A girls’ school, a murder, a busybody. But the friendship at the center of this book is deeper, and more frightening than the simple plot might suggest.
Name All the Animals
This memoir hurt me.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series is pure pleasure. An updating of Greek myths, the heroes are hilarious, and clever, and in constant peril. I wanted to be these kids, and reading their adventures is the next best thing.
A Room of One’s Own
Money and a solitary place to work. These are still vital for the artist. A Room of One’s Own is a lovely book, and easily read. If you’re able to track down a copy of Eileen Atkins’ monologue, you’ll have a particularly delightful experience of Woolf’s treatise.
Fun Home is a brave book, and beautifully rendered. I’ve never experienced a story like this, and the restraint is poignant.’
I’m not entirely sure that I get Nightwood, but I love the language and the characters, and I go to the bookcase sometimes just to touch its spine and reconnect with the story.
Mad and operatic. During my first reading, I remember having to remind myself to breathe. And the scene where the web-footed woman takes her gondola to the house of her married lover in order for her poor insane friend to steal back her still-beating heart is, even now, the way I conceptualize breakups. Messy, furtive, dreamy, improbable.
The Graveyard Book
Nobody Owens lives the most unusual tale of heartbreak I have ever read. Gorgeous, and unpredictable, and eerie.
Housekeeping is the kind of story that you want read to you at night, so that you can dream in this language with these characters.
A compelling book about citizenship. Layered and inventive, violent and funny, an urgent and compulsive read.
The Accidental is circular and complicated, and explores multiple voices and perspectives with disconcerting ease. I was deeply involved with these characters, even when I didn’t want to be.
Julie & Julia
A delightful, unapologetic book.
An astonishing collection of essays: anti-establishment, insightful, tough-minded. When I read Cultural Amnesia I felt tethered to all the world.
Patchett’s prose is hard and tender and feels like love. The Magician’s Assistant is a book to savor.
My favorite novel: indelible and lovely.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Didion has style to burn, and a terseness of tone no one has ever quite captured again. Slouching Towards Bethlehem is a classic collection of essays.
The Golden Compass
The first book in Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” series. Check out the audio version in which a full-character cast includes the author’s dynamic narration. I find the daemon to be one of the most remarkable conceits in literature.
Master and Commander
If I’d pursued a dissertation, it would have involved the Aubrey/Maturin books, with a particular emphasis on his three major female characters. O’Brian is a master of the anti-climax, and this series is superb.
A tautly plotted thriller. Waters explores class and sex in a style uniquely her own.
And Her Soul Out Of Nothing
My copy of And Her Soul Out Of Nothing is trashed. I’ve read these poems so often that I sometimes dream in Davis’s language.
The Love of a Good Woman : Stories
Oh, the best of Munro’s short story collections. Violence often informs these stories; though frequently outside the action, it is ever present. No one compresses time and characterization as well. The title story in this collection is unforgettable.
The Jane Austen Book Club
A fun, smart book. If you’re familiar with Jane Austen’s work, Fowler’s novel will resonate that much more deeply.
The Great Fires
For years I carried The Great Fires in my backpack. Gilbert taught me that grief and love are different names for the same god.
State of Wonder
Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder is a difficult novel to shake. With her usual subtle elegance, she’s pulling apart race and class and art and sex and the primitive. She’s writing about children and parents. She’s writing about arrogance and science. Come to the Amazon.
Are You My Mother?
Go buy Alison Bechdel’s latest graphic novel. Mothers. Daughters. Therapy. Lesbians. Memory. Art. Love. Family stories. Language. Comics. It’s fucking awesome. Read it.
Flora & Ulysses
Kate DiCamillo’s latest Newbury-winning book is about heroism and poetry, about a squirrel who loves donuts with sprinkles on them and the round face of the girl who saves him from a vacuum cleaner. This is a book about love.
Book of Ages
Benjamin Franklin wrote more letters to his sister Jane than to anyone else. This historical nonfiction by Jill Lepore explores the literary remains of a woman who lived in one of the most turbulent times in America. With actual lives, the book examines Virginia Woolf’s provocative treatise: If Shakespeare had had a sister, what would her life have been like?
Dept of Speculation
Jenny Offill’s novel is a rare treat — lean and lyrical — a peculiar portrait of a marriage, at once restrained and filled with raw, honest beauty.
Code Name Verity
Elizabeth Wein’s novel is such a compelling read that you find yourself enduring situations so taut and subtle that you hold your breath paragraph after paragraph. A pilot and a spy in World War II, the story follows two young women on a mission in occupied France.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler’s wit is wild. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve read The Jane Austen Book Club. But this novel is another thing entirely. A story about family, memory, primates, sisters, jealousy, science. I’m not sure I have read a book more perfectly executed than this one. It’s about story, yes, but so much more. It’s about everything all at once.
This amazing book reminds me of Bel Canto with the strange juxtaposition of art and death, suffering and gossip. But Station Eleven is more devastating in scope, more terrifying and more hopeful. In its aftermath, I have never been as grateful for coffee and fruit in my life.
Pax is a story about trauma. And love, and family, and war, and the relationship between children and animals. And guilt. But more than anything, it’s a story about trauma; and once I had finished Sara Pennypacker’s novel, which is itself traumatic, I wanted to hand this book to everyone near and far and tell them the experience of this story is cathartic.
An absolutely stunning history of the United States. You know how you feel when you listen to Hamilton? Like you are seeing your country for the first time? Yeah, this book is like that.
The Library Book
Initially, Orlean’s nonfiction takes us on a search for the arsonist of the Central Library fire in 1986. And then a history of libraries in Los Angeles. And finally an exploration of open spaces in our culture. It is written with so much love and curiosity that I frequently found myself in tears.


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End to front line fighting? European human rights laws and red tape could 'paralyse' the army
- Family of soldiers killed in Iraq were told they can sue in landmark ruling
- Report says human rights cases restrict freedom of manoeuvre in battle
- Government 'concerned' rulings could make carrying out operations harder
- Lawyers dismiss findings as 'biased' and say cases are about ensuring troops are properly trained and equipped for battle
British military operations are at risk of being undermined by the march of European human rights laws and health and safety red tape into the battlefield, experts have warned.
Enemies could view the courtroom as a new front in any future conflict as a way of 'paralysing' the armed forces, a report by the Policy Exchange think tank said today.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond admitted he was 'concerned' about recent court judgements which could make it 'more difficult' to carry out operations.
'Mobile coffins': The family of soldiers killed in Iraq won the legal right to sue the Ministry of Defence for damages in a landmark case. They included those killed while patrolling in Snatch Land Rovers (pictured)
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court said in June that the families of soldiers killed in Iraq could launch claims for damages under negligence and human rights laws.
Lawyers representing relatives said the ruling meant the Ministry of Defence owed a duty of care to properly equip servicemen and women who went to war.
The government warned the decision could put national security at risk because it opened up war to 'the uncertainty of litigation'.
FOG OF LAW: THE FOREIGNERS WHO HAVE SWITCHED THEIR FIGHT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD TO THE COURTS
An Iraqi man who claims he was abused while being held captive by the British Army in Basra is among those taking legal action against the government.
Ahmed al-Fartoosi, the leader of the radical Shia cleric, Moqtada al Sadr’s militia, is claiming compensation after 'being denied his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Another Iraqi, Ali Al Jedda, is also taking action after Britain. He was arrested travelling from London to Iraq in 2003 on suspicion of being a member of a terrorist group involved in weapons smuggling and explosive attacks in Iraq. He denies the charge.
He sued the government citing Article 5
of the convention. His claim was dismissed by Britain's Supreme Court but the case was overturned by the European Court of Human Rights.
Tom Tugendhat, one of the authors of the Policy Exchange report and a former military assistant to the chief of the defence staff, said: 'Over the past decade, legal steps based on the European Convention on Human Rights have undone safeguards Parliament drew up to ensure military commanders have the freedom of manoeuvre to make vital decisions on the ground.
'The armed forces neither are, nor should be, above or exempt from the law. But, imposing civilian norms on the military is deeply misplaced
'The focus on rights misunderstands the nature of armed forces. As the ultimate guarantors of a nation’s liberty they have agreed, voluntarily, to surrender or limit many of their own rights. Without this the nation would be undefended.'
Laura Croft, a retired US Army lieutenant colonel and military lawyer, who co-wrote the report, said: 'These judicial incursions into military terrain are not just changing military ethos and long-standing legal principles.
'They are placing impossible burdens on the bureaucracy of military operations.
'By setting precedents which can barely be satisfied in today’s limited conflicts the courts risk paralysing themselves and the military in a war of national survival particularly when to these are added the demands of coroners’ inquests, health and safety legislation and the rights guaranteed under the ECHR.
'The paperwork alone would simply overwhelm the Ministry of Defence even if the findings of the eventual inquiries ascribed no blame.'
'Human rights creep': The report authors warned against the march of human rights and the laws of negligence into the battlefield. They said that the long-standing principle that military commanders have freedom of action while in action is at risk of being undermined
The report said the MoD faced 5,827 claims in 2012-13 and lawyers cost the cash-strapped ministry £36 million a year.
It claimed: 'It may not be long before either a foreign power or sub-state forces might begin to sponsor legal actions as a way of paralysing the armed forces through legal process.'
Martyn Day, a lawyer with Leigh Day, a company which has fought high profile cases against the MoD dismissed the report's findings as 'biased'.
Abuses: The report authors, who warned of the creep of human rights laws into the battlefield, acknowledged abuses have been committed by British soldiers - including the death of Iraqi detainee Baha Mousa in 2003
'This is an entirely biased report which seems to have been written with the full co-operation of the MoD.
'We were not consulted and neither were our clients. Had we been, we believe this report would have been far more accurate.
'The report states that the customs
and practices of Britain’s armed forces are now under threat from the
'We would argue that it is the breaking of these laws which is the greatest threat to those who "risk all for their country".
'This includes not training or equipping soldiers adequately before putting service personnel into a combat zone.
'We find it very disconcerting that the Government of law and order seem so intent on desecrating the legal system, ignoring the safeguards the law provides for all individuals and continues to act unlawfully through its many departments including the MoD.
'Greater adherence to the laws, both domestic and international, are the only way in which the MoD's litigation will decrease.'
However, Mr Hammond welcomed the report and said: 'I remain concerned about the challenge to combat immunity arising from recent court judgements.
'These could make it more difficult for our troops to carry out operations in the future, and they potentially throw open a wide range of military decisions to the uncertainty of litigation.
'It cannot be right that troops on operations have to put the European Convention on Human Rights ahead of what is operationally vital to protect our national security.'
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APUSH Chapter 12 Learning Curve
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The prices of slaves in antebellum America rose and fell along with the price of what?
→ Slave labor was a major factor in cotton production, and the majority of slaves were employed in cotton fields, so as the price of cotton rose, demand for—and the price of—slaves rose as well. When cotton prices fell, slave prices also fell.
Where did the majority of rice plantation owners live?
How did Major Stephen H. Long describe the grassland plains west of Arkansas and Missouri?
Wholly unfit for cultivation
→ Army explorer Major Stephen H. Long thought the plains west of Arkansas and Missouri "wholly unfit for cultivation" and in 1820 labeled it the Great American Desert.
Black Protestantism was one example of how African American culture in the rural South between 1800 and 1860 was becoming increasingly
→ Black Protestantism was one example of an increasingly homogenous African American culture in the rural South. Even in South Carolina, only 20 percent of the black residents in 1820 had been born in Africa.
Which of the following describes a change that took place between 1790 and 1860 and is illustrated by this map?
The state of New York abolished slavery.
→ Although in 1790 New York still permitted slavery, by 1860 the entire state was slave-free.
Why did southern defenders such as the future vice president of the Confederacy Alexander Stephens describe the institution of slavery as a "positive good"?
It provided tutelage for inferior African Americans.
→ Southern apologists in the 1830s argued that slavery was a "positive good" because it subsidized an elegant lifestyle for a white elite and provided tutelage for genetically inferior Africans. "As a race, the African is inferior to the white man," declared Alexander Stephens, the future vice president of the Confederacy.
How did wealthy planters influence tax policies in southern states?
They ensured that slave property was exempt from taxation.
When she was interviewed in the 1930s, Molly Dawson remembered that her "mother and father was slavery time married darkies. Dat didn't mean nuthin' dem days, but jest raisin' mo' darkies, and every slave darkie woman had ter do dat whether she wanted to or not." What does her memory tell us about slave families?
Slave owners saw slave women as producers of more slaves.
→ Dawson's comment that the marriage "didn't mean nuthin' dem days" except "raisin' mo' darkies" and her additional comment that slave women "had ter do dat whether she wanted to or not" indicates that slave owners saw female slaves as an asset because they could be used to produce slave children, who could then be put to work or sold.
What trend characterized the Lower South in the early 1800s?
High geographical mobility
→ Between 1800 and 1860, white planters from the South were moving west. In 1790, slavery's western boundary ran through the middle of Georgia; by 1830, it stretched through western Louisiana; by 1860, the slave frontier extended far into Texas.
Why did South Carolina rice planters begin to sell some of their slaves and work the others harder in the 1820s?
The competition from cheap Asian rice cut into their profit margins.
→ As inexpensive Asian rice entered the world market in the 1820s and cut their profit margins, Carolina planters sold some slaves and worked others harder, allowing them to sustain their luxurious lifestyle.
Why did the Texas war party succeed with its call for a rebellion in 1835?
The new Mexican president nullified the Texans' exemption from the ban on slavery.
→ Stephen F. Austin had secured this and other exemptions for American settlers, but General Antonio López de Santa Anna wanted to impose national authority throughout Mexico. Fearing that outcome, the Texas war party provoked a rebellion that most of the American settlers ultimately supported.
Where did most free blacks found in the slave states live?
The Upper South
Which river marked the clearest boundary between slave and free states in 1860?
The upper Ohio River
→ Although in 1860, some slavery existed north of the river in Indiana and Ohio, it marked a crucial dividing line from Virginia and Kentucky where slave concentrations ranged from 10 to 50 percent.
Why did planter James Henry Hammond tell his poor white neighbors that "every freeman is an aristocrat"?
Even poor whites enjoyed the privilege of white supremacy.
→ Poor whites enjoyed the psychological satisfaction that they ranked above blacks. As Georgia Senator Alfred Iverson explained: a white man "walks erect in the dignity of his color and race, and feels that he is a superior being, with the more exalted powers and privileges than others."
Why did President Martin Van Buren refuse to annex Texas?
He feared a war with Mexico.
→ The Texans voted for annexation by the United States after defeating Mexico. But President Martin Van Buren refused to bring the issue before Congress. He feared that annexation would spark a war with Mexico, a fear shared by other American politicians.
In the years leading up to the Civil War, what purpose did African American naming patterns try to serve?
To bolster kinship ties
→ While many American-born parents often chose names of British origin for their children, enslaved African Americans usually named sons after fathers, uncles, or grandfathers and daughters after grandmothers. Slaves tried to evoke memories of a lost world as well as bolster the kin ties of the present with the intergenerational sharing of names.
What was the dominant pattern of marriage relationships among the smallholding yeomen of the antebellum South?
Patriarchal, with husbands dominant
→ Bolstered by the patriarchal ideology of the planter class, yeomen farmers ruled their smallholdings with a firm hand. The male head of the household had legal authority over all the dependents—wives, children, and slaves—and most churches supported patriarchal rule and told female members to remain in "wifely obedience," whatever the actions of their husbands.
Why was cotton such a hard crop for slaves?
Cotton has a long growing season.
→ Slaves plowed the land in March, seeded in early April, and had to chop away the surrounding grasses once the plants began to grow. Then in August, the four-month long picking season began.
Why did landless white workers in the South receive so little respect?
They performed hard labor, which was deemed fit only for slaves.
→ Propertyless whites enjoyed few of the benefits of slavery and suffered many of its ill consequences, one of which was that hard labor was not celebrated as a path to success—as in the North—but regarded as a sign of inferiority.
In which region of the antebellum South was slave ownership likely to be lowest?
Hilly western North Carolina
→ In some cotton-rich counties, 40 percent of the white families owned slaves; in the hill country near the Appalachian Mountains—such as western North Carolina—the proportion dropped to 10 percent.
Why were factories in the South primarily in the Chesapeake region?
The region had a more diverse economy and a surplus of bound workers.
→ Chesapeake tobacco planters increasingly abandoned the unprofitable crop and hired out their slaves, released them, or allowed them to buy their freedom. This surplus labor allowed planter entrepreneurs to staff modern factories that could not be run elsewhere in the South.
Who stood at the apex of the plantation aristocracy?
→ Rice planters remained at the apex of the plantation aristocracy. In 1860, the fifteen proprietors of the vast plantations in All Saints Parish in the Georgetown district of South Carolina owned 4,383 slaves—nearly 300 apiece—who annually grew 14 million pounds of rice.
Why did American settlers in Texas split into two groups in the 1830s?
Divisions over how to respond to changes in Mexico's central government
→ When Mexico's central government tried to assert greater political control over Texas, Americans split into two groups: the peace party accepted Mexican rule but campaigned for greater autonomy, whereas the war party demanded independence.
This notice of a slave auction indicates that the slaves being sold "have been for more than 10 years in the country, and are all well acclimated." What message were the auctioneers sending when they provided this information?
They were unlikely to run away.
→ The auctioneers try to allay concerns that the slaves might run away by establishing that they have lived in the area for at least a decade.
In the early 1800s, what did the growing cities of the South all have in common?
They tended to be around the periphery of the South.
→ Urban growth occurred mostly in the commercial cities around the periphery of the South: New Orleans, St. Louis, and Baltimore. They tended to trade southern crops to the national and international markets. Interior consumer markets, on the other hand, were underdeveloped.
What was a reason that President Martin Van Buren refused to annex Texas?
He expected northern opposition to adding a slave state.
→ The cautious Van Buren and other party politicians feared that annexation would spark a war with Mexico and, beyond that, a "desperate death-struggle . . . Between the North and the South [over the extension of slavery]; a struggle involving the probability of a dissolution of the Union."
Why did slaves in the Upper South fear family separation?
Slaves could be sold at any time.
→ Slave families lived their daily routines with the anxiety and fear of separation. The slave girl Vinny Baker remembered that "[o]ne night I lay down on de straw mattress wid my mammy, an' de nex' mo'ning I woke up an' she wuz gone."
What distinguished the Alabama Constitution of 1819?
It provided for a secret ballot rather than voice-voting.
→ The Alabama Constitution of 1819 granted suffrage to all white men; it also provided for a secret ballot rather than voice-voting; apportionment of legislative seats based on population; and the election of county supervisors, sheriffs, and clerks of court.
Which statement explains the fact the American South in 1860 had a higher per capita income than the populations of France or Germany?
Southern per capita income was for whites only and excluded the slave population.
→ The per capita measure did not include slaves, who did much of the work that generated southern wealth. While many white southerners enjoyed a high standard of living, nearly all African Americans—40 percent of the population—lived in dire and permanent poverty.
How did Alabama Democrats try to gain the favor of voters in the antebellum decades?
They supported low taxes.
→ Alabama voters largely distrusted the rich planters, and the mostly middle-class slave owners in the legislature sought to appeal to the interests of the poor by promising low taxes.
Which prejudice did American journalists build upon when they turned the battle of the Alamo into a romantic challenge for American adventurers?
→ Drawing on anti-Catholic sentiment aroused by Irish immigration, journalists urged Americans to "Remember the Alamo" and depicted the Mexicans as tyrannical butchers in the service of the pope.
Which statement characterizes the domestic slave trade in the early 1800s?
It brought black slaves to the Lower South.
→ After the United States outlawed its participation in the international slave trade in 1809, white southerners created a domestic slave trade that served as an internal mechanism to disperse African American slaves from the Upper or Old South, where tobacco had dominated, to the Lower or New South, where cotton cultivation was increasing.
How did the Chesapeake region contribute to the domestic slave trade?
By selling surplus African American slaves to the Cotton South
→ To fill the need for new workers for expanding cotton production in the area from central Georgia to Texas, white planters turned to the Chesapeake region, home to half of the nation's black population. With tobacco lands in decline due to overproduction and the reduction in soil fertility, the Old South had surplus slaves to sell, and the New South wanted them.
How did the domestic slave trade affect slave marriages?
It destroyed about one in every four slave marriages.
→ Slave marriages suffered disproportionately from the domestic slave trade as spouses tended to be of prime working and child-bearing age, which made them most valuable and likely to be sold.
This notice of a slave auction indicates that the slaves being sold are "accustomed to all kinds of work on a Sugar Plantation." Based on that information, where was the auction most likely to have taken place?
→ Although cotton was also grown in some parts of the state, sugar was the primary product of plantation agriculture in Louisiana. The facts that the slaves came from a plantation in "Iberville," suggesting Louisiana's French history, and that Iberville is a "parish," Louisiana's equivalent of a county, provide further clues to the location.
Which of the following regions had the highest concentration of slaves in the United States by 1860?
The Mississippi River Valley
→ Both banks of the lower Mississippi from the northern tip of Mississippi all the way to the mouth of the river in Louisiana had slave concentrations of 50 percent and higher.
What was a slave owner's most effective tool of discipline?
The threat of sale
Why did many African American slaves choose not to run away?
They did not want to leave family and kin.
Which statement characterizes the gang-labor system of slave labor in the Lower South?
Large work crews supervised by a black driver and a white overseer.
What group constituted the majority of the state legislature in Alabama?
Planters' chief worry was that enslaved African Americans would do what?
Upper-class white southerners who owned the most wealth in the South were known as
The plantation aristocracy.
Why did the planter elite of the South face political challenges in the 1840s and 1850s?
New state constitutions opened the franchise, making it more difficult for them to dominate government.
Which of the following was a restriction imposed upon free African Americans by the federal government?
They were unable to hold a U.S. passport.
Which denomination was most likely to supply ministers who traveled south as missionaries to convert African American slaves during the first decades of the nineteenth century?
Why did African American unity increase in the 1840s and 1850s?
Proposals for the re-enslavement of free blacks brought the community together.
What nickname was given to the Great Plains in the 1820s and 1830s?
The Great American Desert.
Which free black headed the African Methodist Episcopal Church?
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