Mexican Classics, Corridos, and a Plaza Filled With Mariachi: The Sounds of Solidarity in Uvalde
Standing under a canopy of trees at the center of Uvalde’s town square, more than 40 mariachi musicians lifted their instruments and sang in unison one afternoon in June, their voices brawny and unwavering. The music, a swell of trumpets, violins, and guitar-like vihuelas, soared across the lush fountain park that, in the weeks after the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School, has become a memorial and gathering place for a community in mourning. Crowds of journalists and grieving loved ones huddled around as the mariachis serenaded them with classics such as Juan Gabriel’s “Amor Eterno” and Cornelio Reyna’s “Te Vas Angel Mio,” the songs echoing down several blocks. The musicians performed while facing 21 white crosses that stand in the park to honor the 19 children and two teachers killed during the attack, playing loudest for them.
Most of the musicians had arrived on a bus from San Antonio, about 85 miles to the west of Uvalde, though some drove themselves in a makeshift musical caravan. They were brought together through a Facebook post written by Anthony Medrano, a dancer-turned-mariachi-violinist. He’d logged onto a local community Facebook page where mariachi musicians post events and calls for gig players, and he’d shared an idea that his friend, the Chicanx contemporary artist Cruz Ortiz, had come up with: “Maybe we can get a couple of guys to go over to Uvalde and just do some songs, as a symbolic gesture to stand with the community.” Ortiz and Medrano had teamed up before — they’d rallied mariachi musicians for a tribute to the late Vicente Fernandez last year — and thought a few people might make the hour-plus trek to Uvalde with them. Hours later, nearly 50 musicians had replied, promising to go.
Like so many people, a lot of them had been horrified after hearing that an 18-year-old gunman opened fire on Robb Elementary in the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook in 2012. The details that have come to light in recent weeks are harrowing. According to an updated timeline from the Texas Department of Public Safety, officers arrived at the scene within minutes of the shooter, but they waited in the hallway and delayed confrontation for more than an hour. The gunman locked himself inside adjoining fourth-grade classrooms 111 and 112 with the victims, some of whom placed whispered 911 calls and begged police to help them. The police response has spurred multiple investigations, and it’s been called an “abject failure” by the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Every student in classroom 111 died, and their teacher Arnfulo Reyes, who was shot multiple times, said in a televised interview that in that moment, he’d felt abandoned by the people who were supposed to protect him.
Musicians and artists who have visited Uvalde want to make sure members of the community don’t feel forgotten again. They’ve offered support, planned benefits and festivals, and released music to honor the victims. Some have comforted the community with troves of Mexican songs and traditions that speak to the deep roots of the community: The culture there is inextricably tied to Mexico, the border resting just 75 miles away. The town of about 15,000 people is predominantly Mexican American — Uvalde County, according to the last census, is 72 percent Latino — with a history of defending its heritage. (Robb Elementary was the site of student walkouts in the 1970s after widespread discrimination against Mexicans.) That historical and geographical context shapes Uvalde’s musical identity. Rock and country radio are popular, but so are the sweeping accordions and bajos of norteño and Tejano bands. Cumbia often blasts out of cars. And though there aren’t as many mariachi outfits as a big city like San Antonio, they’re not uncommon at birthdays and family events — Robb Elementary School even had opportunities for kids to play mariachi music.
The town’s homegrown musicians are a source of pride. A few years ago, Uvalde put up several murals dedicated to its local heroes. Emblazoned across the side of a building on W Nopal Street is a 40-foot mural of the Grammy-winning norteño band Los Palominos. James Arreola and his brothers formed the band after their father, also a musician in Uvalde, started teaching them everything he knew. “We started playing local, doing all the church bazaars and backyard parties and garage parties,” he remembers. He moved to a different part of Texas, but he goes back to Uvalde often, and he’s always cherished how supportive of Los Palominos the local community has been.
Ortiz is familiar with all the murals, the landmarks, the parks, and the gas stations in Uvalde. As a kid, his family would go and down highway 90 between El Paso and San Antonio, and Uvalde was where they’d stop to break up the drive. What happened felt personal. Ortiz had been painting in his studio when he heard there was an active shooter situation at Robb Elementary. The news rocked him; he’d spent 15 years as an elementary and high school art teacher in Texas, and his wife teaches, too. “We’re the ones that tell the kids to get under the desk,” he says. “We used to go through those drills.”
Cruz jumped in his car the next day and headed straight to Uvalde. When he arrived, it was a different place: eerily quiet, though he noticed barbecue smoke rising out from people’s backyards. He realized families were consoling one another by cooking — something that felt profoundly Mexican to him. But other parts of the town — specifically, the site of the crime — had been taken over by other forces. There were cops and cameras everywhere. Families had created a makeshift memorial in front of a brick sign with the school’s name on it, and Cruz saw children trying to bring bouquets and stuffed animals for the classmates they’d lost. He says officers stopped them from walking too far and placed the little gifts themselves.
“People were bringing flowers, but you couldn’t go straight to the sign. Then the DPS officers — the same guys who didn’t go in — were taking the flowers from the families and walking them over,” Ortiz remembers. “And, oh, that disgusted me so much.” To him, it said so much about how the authorities determined people’s lives in Uvalde, how their decisions impacted the community in the hardest time: “The community wasn’t even allowed to grieve in a manner that we know.” He kept thinking, “How can we reestablish us here?”
That’s when he called Medrano and shared his idea for the mariachi ride. Maybe music would be one way to shift the balance, to support people, and to give them a way to express insurmountable pain through the culture that felt most familiar.
Medrano has always understood how mariachi music can unlock people’s most intimate emotions. His first memories with mariachi music involve his father, who’d been a corpsman in Vietnam. He never talked about what he’d been through; he’d just blast mariachi songs on an 8-track to process things he couldn’t say out loud. “He would listen to it with alcohol, to release his hurt,” Medrano says.
Medrano started out as a folk dancer in award-winning troupes before picking up the violin and joining the mariachi world. He’s played everywhere — at major showcases, at the Hollywood Bowl — and his music is often the soundtrack for joyous celebrations, like weddings and quinceañeras. However, mariachi musicians also play a profound role in the rituals of death, a duty Medrano takes with the utmost gravity. “Part of our calling is also to be there at the end of life. We are called on to console, to grieve, to send off the ones who have passed away,” he says. “Generations have been doing that, so it’s in our DNA already.”
There are other musical forms in Mexican culture that offer ways to bear witness, to remember. While planning the mariachi visit, Ortiz began thinking about the beauty of corridos, vivid, guitar-driven ballads that have always been a way to preserve stories and memories. A corrido, he felt, could be a way to document what had happened — and to give people in town something just for them. He wrote “El Corrido de los Angeles de Uvalde,” dedicated to the community. Over the past few weeks, Medrano and musician Juan Ortiz composed the music for the corrido and on Monday, they released a recorded version, performed by Mariachi Campanas de America.
More efforts to support the community are in the works. For the past 25 years, Arreola and his bandmates have been at the center of Palomino Fest & Pro Rodeo, a three-day celebration during Labor Day Weekend that takes place at Uvalde County Fairplex. Musical acts from both the U.S. and Mexico perform as part of a lineup packed with tribute bands, rock and country outfits, and Tejano, cumbia, and norteño stars, who have included Ramón Ayala in the past. For Los Palominos, the event has always been a way of paying back the community: The profits go to a scholarship they started for students at Southwest Texas Junior College, which now manages the festival. While plans are still coming together for this year’s iteration, Arreola can’t imagine the festival happening without acknowledging the victims and their families. “It wouldn’t be right. We owe it to the community to pay tribute somehow on our behalf, on behalf of the college, on everyone in Uvalde,” he says.
Arreola has returned to Uvalde in recent weeks, and the emotion is palpable every time he goes back. “I feel that we’re facing a long road of recovery,” he says. “There’s sadness. People are angry because of not getting answers to what happened, and I can understand people’s frustrations and grief. This wasn’t supposed to happen.”
Videos of the mariachi ride have ricocheted across the internet, the photos just one example of deep solidarity with Uvalde. The day of the visit, Cruz Ortiz watched as the musicians stood in charro suits adorned with tiny medallions that glistened in the sun. The group included people of all ages, even seven-year-old Mateo Lopez, one of the country’s youngest mariachi musicians. Their voices came together during the heart-wrenching lines of the mariachi staple “Un Día a la Vez,” which ends with a mournful plea: “Help me today, I want to live one day at a time.”
Once they’d finished, each musician paid respects in their own way. Medrano wanted to spend a few minutes alone at every cross. At one of them, a group of women stood nearby, wearing T-shirts that said, “Lexi, We Miss You.” Medrano told them he was sorry for everything that had happened. “They said, ‘This is our niece,’” he says. They pointed out her grandmother nearby.
He saw other people who’d brought chairs from home and planted them on a lawn area, as though they didn’t want to leave. One woman sat on a bench next to the crosses, holding a string of rosary beads in her hand. “I could see her fingers pushing the beads as she was doing her prayer,” Medrano remembers. The emotion welled up in him, bursting like a dam. “It was very heavy,” he says, his voice breaking. “I cried. I cried in front of every cross. I got angry at every cross — not for them, but for what happened to them. I apologized at every cross … I apologized on behalf of myself and on behalf of society for not protecting them.”


A two-seat Ukrainian fighter jet has crashed during a joint exercise with NATO air forces, killing both the pilot and co-pilot, Ukraine's military says.
"A Sukhoi-27 plane crashed at around 5 p.m. local time during a training flight," the Armed Forces General Staff said in a statement on October 16, adding that "the bodies of the two pilots have been found."
The circumstances of the crash -- which occurred in the Khmelnytskyy region, around 180 kilometers southwest of Kyiv -- have yet to be clarified, it added.
The U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa said that it was aware of "reports claiming a U.S. casualty."
A statement said it "can confirm a U.S. service member was involved in this incident," but stopped short of confirming the American's death.
Personnel from the United States and seven other NATO member states are taking part in the Clear Sky drills, which run until October 21.
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Royal Mail was forced to recall thousands of its Glorious England stamp sets, which were to be released on St George's day, because the Isle of Wight was misspelt "Isle of White".
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But dozens of the sets ended up in circulation and are fetching hundreds of pounds from collectors on online auction site eBay.
Bidding for one set of the rare stamps started at 50 pounds and climbed all the way to a winning bid of a staggering £771.
Scores more of the colourful sheets have been auctioned off to keen collectors at three-figure sums.
The sets of 10 First Class stamps depict scenes familiar to every Englishman and tourist, from the London Eye and Stonehenge, to black cabs and a village cricket match.
But at the last minute it was discovered the stamp which showed the famous Needles rocks on the Isle of Wight carried the words "The Needles - Isle of White" in capital letters.
By that time the stamps had already been sent out to Post Offices, Royal Mail outlets and dealers across the country.
Postal workers launched a desperate rearguard action to recall every single set and destroy them but up to 100 are believed to have slipped through the net.
Stamp dealer Allan Grant was one of hundreds of philatelists who received their stamps early.
But he received an urgent message telling him to send them back.
Mr Grant, 65, said: "We have had a lot of requests for these sets but unfortunately we don't have any.
"We had to return all of ours, but there were a lot of post offices that didn't get the letter to withdraw them in time and members of the public bought them.
"It's embarrassing for Royal Mail, because you would have thought that the communication between them and the post offices would be better.
"There are probably between 50 and 100 of the sets in circulation and, judging by the prices they are fetching on eBay, people clearly think they're worth a fortune.
"They could well be right. After all, there are a lot of collectors who will want these stamps because it's so rare that Royal Mail makes a cock-up of this magnitude.
"It's remarkable that no one picked up the spelling error in all the checking processes.
"It was such a basic error, it's like getting the Queen's name wrong."
A Royal Mail spokesman described it as "an embarrassing error" but refused to say how much the operation had cost.
One eBay seller, who earnt a whopping £699.99 for one of the sets on ebay, wrote: "This Glorious England Smilers Sheet is a very rare example.
"The Post Office did a good job of recalling the sheets with the printing mistake, amazingly this one slipped through."
Another vendor who pocketed more than £620 on the online auction site said: "In an inexplicable moment, Royal Mail re-named the island the Isle of White.
"And as a result are now somewhat red-faced - at least both colours are in keeping with the Smilers sheet theme!
"Royal Mail have done an excellent job in the recall exercise, there wil not be many of these sheets for sale."
The Glorious England stamps, which come on a self-adhesive backing, were printed in France although the error is understood to have been made in England some months before the printing process began.
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When my husband turned the car off the highway to the smaller, rougher track, as the car jumped over the uneven path, it didn’t humor me. I was really skeptical about visiting another Buddhist cave since my 5 years ago visiting its brother cave, Karla cave, was not so present. I visited Karla cave 5 years ago on the way back from Lonavala, the beautiful architectural wonder blew me away, but the spoil of the place threw me off. I was worried that Bhaja cave was going to be another tourist trap with plastic and stinky waste all over. My husband told me to lose it up and go with the flow.
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We were greeted by giant waterfall flamed between the cloudy sky and wet earth. There were people enjoying the splashes wherever the water dropped. The rain was slightly dripping making it even more mesmerizing.
There were stone steps, covered with green moss and rain water, leading up to the cave. We slowly climbed up enjoying the wild, wind flows. The long and exhaust stairs faced the mountain with small stream clashing on one side.
The other side was the vast and empty air space with the most beautiful green views below. Several green square farmlands pasted on the ground, confined within the surrounding mountains.
The air was so fresh and clean. I couldn’t hide the smiles from my husband and he could have said “I told you so” but he didn’t. We kept walking, alluded to the monsoon scenery. And there it was, on the top of the mountain.
Bhaja Cave is a 200 BC Buddhist cave located on Karli town between Pune and Mumbai. The rock-cut cave is situated above the mountain with beautiful architecture, sculptures, and painting. The most striking construction is the shrine, the main hall with horseshoes arches. There were several caves surrounding the main hall with narrow aisles and lanes.
Strolling around the old caves, we couldn’t help but thinking what was it like living there in the ancient days. We felt humble, and appreciated whatever the older generation left behind hoping we could preserve what was left for the next.
The dark cloud suddenly formed just a few meters above us and soon the condensed drops poured down. We knew it was time to head back. We soon realized walking down the greenish views below embracing our eyes even more. The fresh green was coloring every single object so lively within our sights.
Again I couldn’t capture the perfect pictures. I wished I could show you the least half beauty of the real experience. The rain wet my lens and the lighting was extremely poor. I told my husband we must come back at the end of the rainy season when it was still green against the clear sky.
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Signed on an unusual two-year loan last summer, Javier Manquillo could see his time at Liverpool end early, with the club looking to cancel his deal.
Spanish right-back Javier Manquillo could be set to return to parent club Atletico Madrid this summer, with Liverpool looking to cancel his two-year loan early.
“Andre Wisdom, another rival for Manquillo’s position, recently signed a new four-year contract at Anfield.
“Liverpool need to reach agreement with both Manquillo and Atlético to end the defender’s stay this summer and have not reached that stage yet.
“But the exit of the Under-21 Spain international is being explored as Liverpool, having made six signings so far this summer, look to trim the squad.”
Manquillo’s fade into the periphery in 2015 was a bizarre one, given his strong performances in the first half of the 2014/15 season.
Manquillo also came on as a substitute in February’s Europa League second-leg loss to Besiktas.
Extending Wisdom’s contract and terminating Manquillo’s deal does make financial sense for the club.
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Thallein Ensemble: A celebration of the music of George E Lewis
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary priced tickets with a complimentary companion seat.
Guide dogs are welcome at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire venues. If you wish to bring a Guide Dog or wheelchair, please let the Events Office know by calling 0121 331 5909.
Conductor Daniele Rosina
A celebration of the music of George E Lewis.
George E. Lewis is the Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music at Columbia University, where he serves as Area Chair in Composition and Faculty in Historical Musicology. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, and a member of the Akademie der Künste Berlin, Lewis’s other honors include a MacArthur Fellowship (2002) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2015), a Doris Duke Artist Award (2019), a United States Artists Walker Fellowship (2011), an Alpert Award in the Arts (1999), and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.
He is one of the world's foremost pioneers of experimental, improvised and electronic music, and we are delighted to welcome him to RBC for this event, as part of weekend of celebration of his work.


Monday, August 9, 2010
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen of Bloglander, to the first edition of City Hall Eyeball, our weekly round-up of what's happening in government meetings around the region.
I know, I know. B-O-R-I-N-G. But don't fret. With a little bit of love and a crap-ton of sarcasm, government proceedings can be really, super not-boring.
For instance, this evening the Spokane City Council will discuss putting a new tax on vehicle license tabs to help plug the $12 million hole in the city's budget. Councilman Bob Apple, who will propose the fee, as well as sending it straight to the voters this November, will begin the bidding at $20. CanIget$25canIget$25? Going once...
In today's Spokesman, Apple says a little bird told him some of his peers on the council might consider an $85 fee. Sold!
Expect ever-present council stalwarts Henry Valder and George McGrath to moan at the podium about this tax. And then expect Council President Joe Shogan to finally put the meeting out of its misery at the midnight hour.
And as part of its "consent agenda" — which means they'll vote once on a bunch of items — the council will vote to build trailheads on either end of the Ben Burr Trail, recommend three properties for the Spokane Register of Historic Places and decide whether Rocketman Pyros can fire fuselages off the fourth floor of the Red Lion Inn at the Park at 9:45 pm on August 27.
Any tips on hot tips about proceedings around the region? Write to nickd[at]inlander[dot]com.


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With three Opening Day celebrations on this date, only one did not result in a win. Although Colorado would lose 8-6 to the Diamondbacks in the first game of 2007, the year would be the most successful in franchise history.
Even after the 8-6 loss at the hands of Arizona to begin the season, Colorado would enter play on May 22 with a 18-27 record before having the best record in the National League thereafter (72-46) including a run of 21 wins in 22 games that included Game 163 against the San Diego Padres.
Chris Iannetta made the first of six Opening Day starts as catcher, most in franchise history. At 23 years and 359 days to begin the 2007 season, he is still the youngest Opening Day catcher in Rockies history. Ironically, he would not play a single postseason game for Colorado even though Iannetta was listed on the roster of all three rounds of the 2007 playoffs.
Kaz Matsui, the first and only Japanese position player in Colorado’s history, got the nod at second base. Since his departure following the 2007 campaign, no Japanese player has suited up for the purple.
Helton notched two more Opening Day hits, but it would be Matt Holliday – 0-for-5 in the game – who’d end the season with the most multi-hit games for Colorado (59) for the second-straight year, snapping the Toddfather’s streak of six consecutive seasons.
After signing a one-year, $1M contract with the Colorado at age 42, Steve Finley drew a walk as a pinch-hitter against his former club in the final season of his 19-year career.
Going into the 2001 season, Colorado spent big on the free agent market. Signing LHP Mike Hampton to the highest total contract for a pitcher in history to that point to an eight-year, $121M deal, not to mention LHP Denny Neagle on a lucrative five-year, $51M pact.
Though Hampton had a lifetime 6.88 ERA at Coors Field to that point in his career, he provided Rockies fans with an incredible treat on Opening Day 2001, tossing only the third shutout in Coors Field history and first to start a season.
Against former Rockies hurler RHP Darryl Kile, Colorado shellacked the St. Louis Cardinals 8-0 behind five hits and five runs batted in by the Walkers 2B Todd and RF Larry in Albert Pujols’ major league debut.
In 1996, after more than eight-and-a-half seasons in the minor leagues, Trenidad Hubbard made his first Opening Day roster at the age of 31 and quickly rewarded his employer with an eight-inning pinch-hit double that scored two runs that sealed the 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium.
Walker added two hits in the win, including a two-run home run in his first at bat of the season.
It wasn’t until December 2018, 16 years after suiting up for the club and eight years after retiring, that Colorado made their final payment to Hampton.
On This Day in Baseball History
In 1908, after a two-year investigation, a commission formed by former professional ballplayer and current sporting goods magnate Albert Goodwill Spalding declared that baseball was invented in 1839 by Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York. The Mills Commission, headed by the former N.L. president A. G. Mills, ignored evidence to the contrary in order to designate James Fenimore Cooper’s town as the most likely site for a Hall of Fame and museum. Eventually, some 30 years later and 100 years after Doubleday was alleged to have created the game, the National Baseball Hall of Fame opened in 1939.


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Llewellyn Hedmondt Barker (1900-1950) OF ICI.
1951 Obituary
"LLEWELLYN HEDMONDT BARKER, M.A., spent the whole of his engineering career with Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.
He was born in 1900 and attended the East Finchley Grammar School, St. Aloysius School, Highgate, and the County School, Richmond, afterwards spending the period 1916-20 at the Regent Street Polytechnic, London, where he studied engineering. He then served a two-year apprenticeship with Messrs. Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., Lincoln, and in the following year proceeded to Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. with first-class honours in the Mechanical Science Tripos in 1926, subsequently obtaining the degree of M.A.
In that year he joined Imperial Chemical Industries as assistant research engineer at Billingham, in which capacity he was closely concerned with problems arising from the working of the Synthetic Ammonia and Nitrates Process, being an original member of the committee for the investigation of special stress problems. He contributed an article to Engineering on "The Calculation of Temperature Stresses in Tubes". After two years in the company's head office in London he returned to Billingham as chief engineer of an ancillary company manufacturing cement and plaster board.
From 1940 to 1945 he was works engineer at the Ministry of Supply's factory in Blackpool. His final position was that of assistant chief engineer at the Wilton Works of Imperial Chemical Industries, Middlesbrough, his death occurring in October 1950. He was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in 1928."


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WASHINGTON - President Trump is paying tribute to fallen police officers Tuesday morning.
Trump will deliver remarks at the 37th annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol.
In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day. The event marks the official start of National Police Week.
National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others.
You can watch the memorial service live in the player above beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET.


Meanwhile, Skyler's at home with baby Holly, looking up "money laundering" on Wikipedia. Not exactly the most original gag ever, but it got a chuckle out of me. She shuts the laptop down once she hears the guys pull into the driveway. Flynn confirms that Walt will pick him up for his driver's test on Saturday morning. Yeah, in light of events to come later, my guess is Walt's a smidge late for that appointment. Skyler crosses paths with Flynn in the driveway and stays out to talk to Walt. She wants to talk about the arrangement they discussed for the car wash, but Walt says he's dead set against it. Skyler once again makes the argument that the car wash story makes sense. Walt comes at it from a different angle: if he's ever caught, he wants Skyler to have had nothing to do with it, thus giving her a plausible deniability. Skyler's not sure how plausible the deniability is when your husband starts dropping sacks of cash on the doorstep after going on disability from the public school. "I'd rather have [the police] think I'm Bonnie what'shername than a complete idiot." I love lines like that, which capture the line these characters are straddling between moral sketchiness and suburban naivete. The camera keeps cutting back to these long shots, too, where Skyler and Walt (and their respective cars) are on either side of some invisible line in the driveway. That's the way it stands right now, Walt on one side of the line and Skyler on the other. But for how long? Then, Walt crosses over to Skyler's side of the line, and you know he's making his play. He asks why, in this storytelling scenario of hers, her estranged husband would be putting her in charge of his car wash business. Skyler, ever the storyteller lately, says Walt would "try anything" to seek a reconciliation with his family, futile though those attempts may be. But Walt's angling to end the estrangement as condition of letting Skyler into the plan. Skyler balks. Walt renegotiates. They bargain things down to four dinners a week, and Walt gets a key to the house. "That," Walt says, "is how we'll sell your little fiction."
America's Meth Kitchen. Jesse's flushing out a vat or something (this show has taught me a lot about how to cook my own meth, but not everything yet). Looks like he and Walt are finishing up. He asks Walt if he'd like to go out and get a beer tonight. Walt obviously begs off, forcing Jesse to be a lot less subtle about his invitation. "Seriously. Have a beer with me." He directs his eyes to the ceiling and the invisible recording devices couched therein. Walt gets it.


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The story of Big Lost Meadery and Brewery begins in 2007 in Logan, UT. It was here that Owner Sam Clikeman and his friend Ned Vasholtz decided to start brewing beer in a forest service cabin in the middle of nowhere. Their process included no running water, minimal electricity, and a severe lack of equipment. But all in all the beer turned out ok. After this first taste, Sam decided to pursue this ... more brewing thing for a while. Years later after experimenting in wine and beer a friend asked him if he would try making mead in 2009. This idea was shot down immediately, Sam didn’t want to waste a year for a five gallon carboy of mead; if it is good, you only have five gallons after a year, if the mead is bad you just wasted valuable carboy space for nothing. So he said he would only make mead if he could do a large barrel, but honey was too expensive to take on the endeavor. So his friend Shane Anderson hooked him up with a honey producer in Montana to obtain 125 pounds of honey to try his first batch. One year later the mead turned out amazing! So the meadmaking began and the idea grew and grew until in 2014 Big Lost Meadery was born! less


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I have known Lito all my life and I have seen him evolve as a musician, I have worked with him in genres such as Bachata, Rock and Latin Jazz not only on the road but also in recording session. Very professional and in total control of dynamis.
Even without the benefit of a rehearsal Eli fit into our live set flawlessly. His playing was on point and his energy and vibe was infectious!!
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2018 is set to be a year of new driving laws and regulations. As classic car insurance brokers, we feel it’s important for our customers to be aware of how the industry could change. From a ban on pavement parking to an increase in diesel tax, we’re covering five regulations that have been proposed or put into effect.
Changes to MOT
From May, the MOT test is being changed to include new failure and defect categories. The defects will be categorised as either minor, major or dangerous. If any driver receives a major or dangerous fault they will automatically fail their MOT test. Motorists can still pass if they receive a minor fault, though it will be noted on the car’s MOT certificate.
Other changes include the limits for diesel cars being lowered, making it harder to pass. For example, if the exhaust of a vehicle fitted with a diesel particulate filter emits visible smoke of any colour the car will be given a major fault.
In addition, any car that’s 40 years or older won’t need an MOT certificate.
Pavement parking ban
A ban on pavement parking has been proposed in the UK, with drivers receiving a £70 fine if they ignore the rule. Proposed by the Department of Transport, the law is meant to make roads more accessible for pedestrians in wheelchairs or with pushchairs.
The current law is that pavement parking is only illegal in London. If the new law was passed then a car could only park on the pavement if the owner was given explicit permission.
Graduated driving licence
Theresa May has called for a graduated driving licence, which could affect new drivers. A probationary period has been proposed, meaning restrictions would be put in place. For example, drivers would be restricted from driving at night and carrying passengers under 25 unless supervised. Other alterations include limiting engine size and power output in an effort to reduce accidents.
Tax on diesel vehicles
As revealed in the Autumn Budget by Chancellor Philip Hammond last year, changes to car tax have come into effect as of April. The change is focused on reducing air pollution from diesel cars. Under the new law, customers that buy and register new diesel vehicles could face paying £500 more if they registered before April 1st.
Learner drivers allowed to drive on motorways
As of the 4th June, learner drivers will be able to take driving lessons on motorways across the UK. The current law is that motorists can only have motorway lessons after they’ve passed their test.
The change comes as a way of making sure drivers know how to use the motorway safely. Learners will need to be accompanied by an approved driving instructor and driving a car fitted with dual controls. The lessons will be voluntary and up to the driving instructor.

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Chinese Burger Main Dish Recipes
Foods of the Orient
Chinese, Thai and Japanese entrees using a variety of ground/minced meats (beef, chicken, pork, turkey) and sausages.
Beef & Vegetable Fried Rice
Here's an economical, super quick and easy meal-in-one main dish using ground beef that can be stirred up in a snap!
Southeast Asian Chicken Loaf
Recipe provided courtesy of the National Chicken Council.
Ground Pork with Chinese Long Beans
This perfectly seasoned pork with Chinese long beans makes a delicious meal for company.
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Yes, there will be earned income credit 2013 when you file your 2012 tax return (filed in 2013):
Preview of 2012 Tax Year from the IRS:
Earned Income and adjusted gross income (AGI) must each be less than:
$45,060 ($50,270 married filing jointly) with three or more qualifying children
$41,952 ($47,162 married filing jointly) with two qualifying children
$36,920 ($42,130 married filing jointly) with one qualifying child
$13,980 ($19,190 married filing jointly) with no qualifying children
Tax Year 2012 maximum credit:
$5,891 with three or more qualifying children
$5,236 with two qualifying children
$3,169 with one qualifying child
$475 with no qualifying children
What Changed About the Earned Income Credit?
Investment income must be $3,200 or less for the year.

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The world’s first ‘intelligent’ electric vehicle battery bas been unveiled by, InoBat Auto. The battery has been developed through a combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High Throughput (HTP) technology. The new batteries will deliver an increase in operational range for current best-in-class electric vehicles of almost 20%. This technology also enables InoBat to reduce its dependence on cobalt and boost energy density.


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No one is safe from the scorn of Liam Gallagher. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone to promote his new album, 'As You Were', he was asked what he thought of EDM — and he didn't mince his words.
"Is that, like, dance music? Like Calvin Harris? Fuck that. Devil's music, that is," he said.
'The Martin Garrix Show', Season 2, Episode 7 has just been released online, following on from the last instalment in which he hit Palm Springs.
This time round, the EDM superstar's life-on-film series gives viewers the chance to see him on the morning of Coachella festival. Three years earlier he performed at the event as a relative newcomer, but now finds himself front and centre as one of the biggest names on the bill.
Kygo's single, 'Stargazing', now has a music video to accompany the track, which seems intent on leaving few dry eyes in the house given the emotionally charged content.
Diplo dropped a new Major Lazer and Lorde collaboration during his Lazer Sound radio show, which went out last weekend.
Hardwell has revealed his brand-new collaboration with fellow Dutch DJ/producer Afrojack, titled 'Hands Up', and featuring the vocal stylings of MC Ambush.
Hardwell played the new tune during episode 355 of his radio show Hardwell On Air, alongside a preview of his upcoming collab with fellow superstar producer KSHMR.
Martin Garrix’s much-publicised legal issues with Spinnin’ Records have come to an end. At the tail end of 2015, we reported how the EDM superstar was suing the label and his ex-manager over the ownership rights of his music.
Warner Music Group has officially acquired Dutch EDM label Spinnin’ Records, Music Business Week reports.
The music business bible says Spinnin' has been sold in a massive $100 million deal with Warner, and is set to be the major label's biggest purchase since it took over Parlophone for $765 million in 2013.
Steve Aoki has launched a sock range that ships in a cake box- packaging that couldn't be more appropriate if it tried- in a new collaboration with Stockholm-based fashion brand, Happy Socks.
Oliver Heldens has extended an invite to the entirety of the internet to assist with his upcoming single ‘Underwater Melon’. Heldens is seeking suggestions for lyrics and album artwork.
At present, the instrumental sees Heldens veer towards unfamiliar mid-tempo glitch-hop and trap-inspired beats. According to Heldens, the lyrics will assist in making the track “real”.
“This is your chance to collaborate with me and I’m excited to hear what you got!” motives Heldens via his official website.
Hardwell and Armin van Buuren will present their new #TwoIsOne back-to-back at Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF) this year, with the duo making their announcement in the middle of the Dutch capital's Dam Square yesterday morning. This will be the first time they have performed together in this format.


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A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 has rocked central Italy, sending already quake-damaged buildings crumbling after a week of tremors that have left thousands homeless.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or death.
Residents already rattled by a constant trembling of the earth rushed into piazzas and streets after being roused from bed by Sunday’s 7:40am quake.
Nuns rushed out of their church in Norcia as the clock tower appeared about to crumble.
“We are definitely seeing some damage [already],” journalist Seema Gupta, reporting from Rome, told Al Jazeera.
“We are seeing images of smoke covered over buildings that have crumbled to the ground,” she added. “Many are centuries-old buildings not built to modern standards.”
The quake measured 6.6 according to the US Geological Survey and was centred close to the Umbrian town of Norcia, where the historic Basilica of St Benedict was badly damaged.
The Survey also said the quake was centred 132km northeast of Rome and 68 km east of Perugia, near the epicentre of last week’s trembols.
It reportedly had a depth of 1.5km, a relatively shallow quake near the surface but in the norm for the quake-prone Apennine Mountain region.
The earthquake was the biggest since almost 300 people were killed in central Italy on August 24 by a quake that levelled several small towns.


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Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, is the capital and largest city of the state of Hawaii. It is the government, transportation, and commercial center for the state, and home to its best known tourist destination, Waikiki Beach.
Waikiki Beach is definitely not the place to go for a "get-away-from-it-all" Hawaiian vacation. It is as fast-paced and dynamic, and also a good place to learn to surf. But Honolulu has not entirely lost its laid-back atmosphere and culture. Looking for something closer to nature? Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, a bay formed in the crater of an extinct volcano and filled with a wonderful coral reef and many fish, is a great place for snorkeling and scuba diving. Or check out the Pali Lookout for a panoramic view of Windward Oahu.
If you’re looking to stay indoors, the Bishop Museum has an excellent collection of Hawaiian artifacts, as well as a number of science-based exhibits. The new Science Adventure Center is centered around vulcanology, with a large simulated volcano in the center that "erupts" regularly. The museum also features a planetarium.

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1. Online Education - The demand for online education is growing, and this can be a great business opportunity. You can create and sell online courses or offer tutoring services.
2. Health and Wellness Products - Health and wellness products, such as supplements and fitness equipment, are in high demand. You can start a business selling these products online or in a physical store.
3. Sustainable Products - As more consumers become environmentally conscious, sustainable products are becoming more popular. You can start a business selling eco-friendly products, such as reusable bags and water bottles.
4. Food Delivery Services - With the growth of food delivery services, starting a food delivery business can be a profitable venture. You can offer delivery services for restaurants or create your own meal delivery service.
5. Mobile App Development - With the growing use of smartphones and tablets, there is a demand for mobile app development. You can start a business developing apps for businesses and individuals.
6. Virtual Reality - Virtual reality is becoming more popular, and starting a business in this industry can be a great opportunity. You can create and sell virtual reality games and experiences.
7. Home Improvement - Home improvement businesses, such as remodeling and renovation, can be profitable if managed well. There is a growing demand for sustainable and energy-efficient home improvements.
8. Elder Care - As the population ages, there is a growing demand for elder care services. You can start a business providing services such as home health care, assisted living, and transportation services.
9. Social Media Marketing - Social media marketing is a growing industry, and starting a business providing social media marketing services can be a profitable venture.
10. Transportation Services - With the growth of ride-sharing services, starting a transportation service can be a great opportunity.


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JACQUELINE Jossa ran to see her loved ones as she arrived back in the UK today with husband Dan Osborne.
The Queen Of The Jungle, 27, looked thrilled to be home as she received a hero’s welcome at Heathrow airport.
Jacqueline Jossa ran to see her loved ones as she arrived back in the UK today with husband Dan Osborne
Jac and Dan pushed their cases through arrivals
She wore grey joggers and a black jacket for her flight home, and showed no signs of jet lag as she jogged through arrivals.
The actress and Dan, 28, were all smiles as they pushed their loaded trolleys through the airports, alongside their children Mia and Ella and their parents.
Father-of-three Dan shared a cute snap of the couple from their seats in first class on Instagram and wrote: “Touchdown. Extra passenger come home with us.”
Jacqueline was happy to take selfies
There were non-stop smiles through arrivals
Jac didn’t look bothered by the cold temperature
After a month away, Jacqueline looked happy to be home
In the shot Jacqueline rested her hand on Dan’s chin as they both smile at the camera.
Yesterday HOAR exclusively revealed Jacqueline’s family will throw her and Dan a huge welcome home party after her jungle victory.
The former soap star will celebrate at a mega bash after being crowned Queen of the Jungle amid her husband’s cheating scandals.
Jacquelines family are set to throw her and Dan a huge welcome home party after her Im A Celeb win
A source told HOAR Online: “Jac’s nearest and dearest want to celebrate with a huge party back home in south London. So many of them couldn’t fly to Australia to be there when she got out of the jungle, and they want her to know how proud they are.
“She had so much support, from her closest friends to her dance school family, and they loved seeing her conquer her fears to win the show.
“It will be a night to remember!”
Jac and Dan have put on a united front after HOAR revealed Dan had a threesome behind his wife’s back.
Jacqueline’s family want to celebrate her success with a huge party at home
The ex-Towie star slept with model Chloe Ayling and US TV personality Natalie Nunn after boozy night out last year.
However, Jac and Dan will put his infidelity behind them and renew their vows in a second wedding once they return to Britain.
A pal told us: “Jacqueline feels refreshed by her jungle experience, and doesnt want anything to detract from it.
“Her and Dan had a frank chat and decided to start with a clean slate. She really loves him, and their girls, and wants to make things work.
“But equally, shes found an inner strength she didnt realise she had in the jungle, so has warned him any more indiscretions and hes in trouble.”
Jac became the first champion in I’m A Celebrity’s 19-year history not be interviewed on another ITV show the morning after winning.
Sources said she “didnt want to be asked about the stories about Dan”.
Jacqueline has gone on to reassure fans that she is “absolutely fine” following the revelations.
She said on Instagram: “Hello everybody. thank you so much for voting for me if you voted it means the absolute world.
“I cannot quite believe it. I just want to let you all know I’m absolutely fine.”

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Annalise Bishop's biography: what is known about Jamie Foxx’s daughter?
Annalise Bishop is an American teenager, best known as the youngest daughter of world-famous actor Jamie Foxx. She was born during the actor's relationship with his ex-wife, Kristin Grannis. Over the last few years, Annalise has been making numerous public appearances in the company of her celebrity dad.
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While she is barely 14 years old, Annalise is already incredibly famous. Here is a quick look at the youngster's life.
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Annalise Bishop's bio
How old is Jamie Foxx's daughter, Annalise bishop? The renowned actor's youngest daughter is 13 years old as of 2022, a few months shy of her 14th birthday. She was born on October 3 2008, in Los Angeles, California.
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Who are Annalise Bishop's parents? Her father, Jamie Foxx, is among the best-known actors in today's entertainment industry. He has appeared in numerous blockbuster films, including Django Unchained (2012), Ray (2004), and Robin Hood (2018). Who is the mother of Annalise Bishop? The teenager's mother is a marriage and family therapist known as Kristin Grannis. She was in a relationship with Jamie until 2013.
Annalise has one half-sister, Corrine Foxx, an American model and actress. Annalise Bishop and Corinne Foxx's mothers are different, with the latter's mom being Connie Kline.
What is the nationality of Jamie Foxx's daughter?
The youngster was born in America, making her an American national by birth.
Where does Annalise Bishop live?
Annalise lives with her father in Hidden Valleys, Los Angeles, California. Jamie purchased his mansion in 2007 for $10.5 million. The house sits on 40 acres of land and measures a whopping 17,000 square feet. Various sides of the house offer panoramic views of the picturesque mountains in the surrounding.
Annalise and Jamie's relationship
Annalise and her dad are often seen attending numerous events together. They have also been occasionally spotted on casual night-outs. She accompanied her dad to the SAG Awards in 2021 and the Grammy Awards in 2015.
Additionally, Annalise frequently appears on her dad's social media pages, where the two can be seen in various destinations.
What does Annalise's mother do?
Kristin Grannis, Annalise's mum, is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Agoura Hills, California. She deals with patients suffering from depression, anxiety, and other wide-ranging mental issues.
Grannis is well-versed in numerous treatment approaches, including attachment-based, brain spotting, CBT, compassion-focused, and culturally sensitive approaches.
What are Annalise Bishop's hobbies?
The young Annalise is a huge basketball fan. Besides following the sport, she is also an incredibly talented basketball player. In addition to sports, Annalise is also an incredible piano player, according to her dad. Speaking about it, Jamie stated that his daughter often plays his songs on the piano as he sings along.
Jamie and Kristin's breakup
Kristin Grannis and Jamie Foxx decided to go their separate ways in 2013 when Foxx allegedly began to indulge in other affairs. The renowned actor's connection with Katie Holmes was reportedly one of the primary reasons the relationship ended.
Annalise Bishop's height
The teenager is 4'1" (119 centimetres) tall and weighs 93 pounds (42 kilograms). She has black eyes and wavy brown hair.
Annalise Bishop has become incredibly popular due to her association with her world-famous dad, Jamie Foxx. The youngster seems to be following her dad's path in the entertainment industry, with talents in music, acting, and sports.
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Esther Freeman invested 10,000 Israeli shekels (approximately £2400) in Bitcoin (BTC) eight years ago, her BTC reaching 900,000 shekels (approximately £241,000) in price in 2021. However, Hapoalim, the country’s largest bank, refused to accept her earnings under the pretext of the initial investment being linked to illegal financial activity.
According to 69-year-old Freeman, in July 2020, she wanted to assist one of her children in purchasing a flat. So the woman decided to convert Bitcoin into fiat, only to find out that in eight years’ time, her BTC deposit has grown 100-fold. The pensioner converted BTC into 900,000 shekels through the Bits of Gold crypto exchange.
“I listened to my son and nephews, to the young guys, and said that an attempt would be made. Without any knowledge on the subject, in the real innocence of an ordinary citizen. I never thought that 10,000 shekels would become almost 1 million.”
When trying to put the money in the Hapoalim bank, she was turned down on the grounds of its “origins being linked to money laundering or terrorist funding.”
“The characteristics of virtual (i.e., digital) currencies allow them to be transferred anonymously and unsupervised, often bypassing the need to use the financial factors that apply to the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime,” the bank’s representatives said.
Freeman disagreed with the bank’s decision and went on to file a lawsuit in the Tel Aviv District Court, demanding for the source of money invested in Bitcoin to be recognised as “obvious, known, and supported by references”. According to her, she has been a Hapoalim client for many years. “The bank knows my conduct. I don’t have any money other than at Hapoalim. They are aware that I do not launder money or conduct business outside the banking system,” she stated.
In the lawsuit, Freeman asks the court to recognise her right to transfer 900,000 shekels to her bank account. Freeman’s lawyer added that they had already managed to deposit 10,000 shekels. The Supreme Court has already ruled that the fact that the account is related to the use of digital currency by a bank customer cannot in itself be a reason for restricting account activity.
On 16th November, Israel introduced new anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations, which cover identification and verification of crypto recipients, reporting requirements for crypto firms, and lay out a risk-based approach to dealing with money laundering.
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New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport will integrate AMERICAP II handicap racing into the first part of its two-part regatta
The New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex will integrate AMERICAP II handicap racing into the first part of its two-part regatta, which takes place July 12-21.
Traditionally reserved for IMS and PHRF-rated yachts, Race Week’s first session begins on 12 July and finishes on the 16 July, followed by a session for one-design racing from 18-21 July. (A daylong distance race on 17 July is an option for either fleet.) For the handicap portion of the event, teams will be able to race AMERICAP II or be dual-scored if they submit both AMERICAP II and PHRF certificates.
AMERICAP II is a measurement rule for varying boats that, like IMS, uses velocity prediction techniques to produce ratings that recognise changes in wind strength and/or race courses. To make it more user-friendly than IMS, many of the measurements, like with PHRF, are owner declared rather than measurer certified, and a simplified scoring system makes it easy for the race committee to score and administer the rule.
“If IMS is the Mercedes of handicap systems and PHRF the Volkswagen, AMERICAP II is the Audi, with complexity and administrative costs somewhere in-between,” said Rear Commodore George Hinman. “Last year, for the first time, we offered AMERICAP II as a choice at the NYYC Cruise and Annual Regatta. Our race managers are still experimenting with it as are boat owners, but, for instance, St Francis Yacht Club is using AMERICAP II exclusively now for its Big Boat Series and the Chicago-Mackinac Race has introduced it.”
Hinman believes 20 per cent of the approximately 100 boats expected to participate in the first half of Race Week will have AMERICAP II certificates. Boats being dual-scored for PHRF and AMERICAP II will be eligible for respective class prizes that include Rolex watches.
Rolex Watch USA has been the exclusive presenting sponsor of NYYC events since 1994. Supporting sponsors include Mount Gay Rum and Heineken USA. Shore-side activities will be hosted at the NYYC’s Harbour Court in Newport. Entries are due in the Sailing Office at Harbour Court no later than Friday, 28 June 28. For further information visit www.nyyc.org or contact the Sailing Office by email at email@example.com or 401-845-9633.


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A new review of my novel The Butterfly Rose by Tom Werzyn in the Oct. 3, issue of the online VVA Veteran Magazine:
Rarely these days are readers granted an opportunity to enjoy an offering so well constructed and presented as Dick Stanley’s novel, The Butterfly Rose(Cavalry Scout Books, 252 pp. $13.08, paper; $.99, Kindle), a three-generation story of an American and a Vietnamese family’s involvement with each in Vietnam.
Stanley, a former journalist who served in the infantry in the Vietnam War, wordsmiths the English language to an almost lyrical presentation.
One example: “It is a valley of flowers but none is more beautiful than the silken, five petal roses that turn many colors in their brief lives, as ephemeral as butterflies fluttering on a green bush.”
The Butterfly Rose centers on a young, Confederate Army officer, Sean Constantine, a large man with a glowing mane of red hair and a beard to match. After participating in The battle of Manassas, he joins the French Foreign Legion. Through a series of events involving his brother, father, black servant, and a stay in Paris, Constantine is posted to a colonial French garrison in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
His love of roses, developed over the years of his Mississippi youth and his worldly travels, finds a like-minded individual in the 1860s in Vietnam: a village shaman, an old woman skilled in naturopathic and herbal medicines and remedies. She also is a conjurer who converses with the many gods and deities roaming the Vietnamese jungles.
Fast forward a century to a team of American advisers working with an [RF-PF] combat team in that same Central Highlands valley near Que Son. Neal Constantine, a red-headed grandson of Sean, is a member of that American team, working as a historian. He possesses his grandfathers’ 1860s diary and flower guide. And he meets the great granddaughter of the village healer, without knowing about the earlier family connection.
The story toggles back and forth between the centuries, chapter by chapter. Parallels are drawn, including the weather, expectations of higher commands, tactics, ideologies, as well as the relationship between the big, red-headed American and the old healer and their shared interest in the roses that populate the valley.
This novel artfully spans nations, generations, wars and people, and it ties all those strands together with a shared love of flowers and of the short gift we all share with each other—that of life.


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After a somewhat harrowing start to my WITMonth reading, this week I have two novels from Pushkin Press which I found much easier-going. That’s not to say they are the lightest of reads though, as they deal with serious themes: trying to carve a space as a female artist in a patriarchal society, and bereavement.
Firstly, Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (2018, trans. Brian FitzGibbon 2019). Set in the 1960s, Hekla is young woman named after a volcano, who leaves her remote town to move to Reykjavík in the hope of realising her dream of becoming a writer.
The story begins with her coach journey to the city as she attempts to read Ulysses in its original language (quite an undertaking even when it’s written in your first language):
“How many pages would it take to overtake the tractor if James Joyce were a passenger on the road to Reykjavík?”
This witty and serious woman also has to fend off the attentions of an older man who says he can get a place in the Miss Iceland contest:
“We’re looking for unattached maidens, sublimely endowed with both clean-limbedness and comeliness”
Bleugh. Hekla is not remotely interested. She goes to stay with her schoolfriend Ísey who is married and has started a family, a situation about which she seems conflicted:
“I didn’t know it would be so wonderful to be a mother. Having a baby has been the best experience of my life. I’m so happy. There’s nothing missing in my life. Your letters have kept me alive. I’m so lonely. Sometimes I feel like I’m a terrible mother.”
Ísey wanted to write too and her sections have a lovely phrasing and style. There’s no doubt she has talent but her choices have been made and at this moment in time they preclude writing. Hekla is much more single-minded, but she may struggle to get her voice heard as much as Ísey, because their society does not favour independent-minded female writers.
To pay the bills Hekla takes a job as a waitress at the Hotel Borg. The more experienced staff tell her tales of female staff getting fired because of the attention of male customers, and which stores have backdoor exits she can use to escape if she is followed.
Ólafsdóttir effectively demonstrates how the patriarchy supresses men too. Hekla’s best friend is Jón John, who is gay and sees his prospects for a happy life as being fairly hopeless. He is used by men for sex before they return home to their wives, and while he wants to be a costume designer the lack of opportunity means he fishes on trawlers:
“The most handsome boy in Dalir told me he that he loved boys.
We kept each other’s secrets.
We were equals.”
Miss Iceland isn’t a bleak tale because Hekla is so resilient, and I’ve probably made it sound much sadder than it is. Jón John is a very forlorn character who really moved me, but Hekla is pragmatic to the point of detachment. She is entirely honest with her boyfriend, failed poet Starkadur (a reference to Cold Comfort Farm?) that her interest in him is purely physical. In this way she reminded me of another fictional artist, Margery Sharp’s Martha.
Despite Miss Iceland being told from Hekla’s point of view, in some ways I finished it in a similar position to Starkadur, feeling quite distant from her as a character. Ísey and Jón John are much more engaging. However, I think that is clever writing on the part of Ólafsdóttir rather than a flaw in the novel. Hekla is a writer, she has that slight detachment when she is with people of only wanting to get back to her typewriter.
“In my dream world the most important things would be: a sheet of paper, fountain pen and a male body. When we’ve finished making love, he’s welcome to ask if he can refill the fountain pen with ink for me.”
Miss Iceland ends with a two major pragmatic decisions about how to navigate a society which will not allow free expression of who you are. It’s not optimistic but nor is it defeatist. It is frustrating though, which I think was exactly the point.
Secondly, Learning to Talk to Plants by Catalan writer Marta Orriols (2018, trans. Mara Faye Lethem 2020). I spend a lot of my working life talking about and dealing with grief, and I thought this was an excellent exploration of one woman’s first year grieving for her partner.
Paula Cid is a neonatologist who loves her job. Her partner Mauro has been killed in road traffic collision.
“I often think and speak of Mauro using the adverbs before and after, to avoid past tense.”
What no-one knows is that Paula and Mauro had been going through a tough time in their relationship, and the day he died he had told her he was leaving her for a younger woman.
“You liked to buy me shoes. I never told you but I wasn’t crazy about the ones you chose for me….They were shoes for a woman who didn’t have my feet, or my style that wasn’t really a style. They were shoes for a woman who wasn’t me.”
Paula was such a well-realised character, I really liked her and I really liked the fact that she didn’t always behave well, even though she was a fundamentally decent person. She throws herself into her work, which is not entirely commendable despite how vital her work is. She is a bit of a pain to her colleagues. She is not always easy with her father and her friends. She resents any suggestion that her grief is similar to anyone else’s:
“My pain is mine and the only possible unit for measuring or calibrating it is the intimacy of everything that compromised the how. How I loved him, how he loved me. How we were, uniquely, no longer us and, therefore, how I could uniquely grieve him.”
Reasonable, I think.
What I also liked is how Learning to Talk to Plants didn’t skirt round the issue of sex. Paula is in early middle-age, she is not ready to renounce her sex life, even though society thinks it an unseemly way for a grieving woman to behave:
“Pleasure that appears just four weeks after losing your partner forever feels too bold”
However, Learning to Talk to Plants is not about Paula’s relationship with men, or even with Mauro. It is about her relationship with herself, about taking the time to nuture herself, and rediscovering hope, however abstract:
“You said talking to plants was a private, transformative act, an act of faith for those who don’t believe in miracles. I get up, take a breath, and add to my list: Learn to talk to plants.”
Learning to Talk to Plants skilfully avoids cliché, mawkishness or sentimentality. I did feel sorry for those plants though…
To end, one of the younger members of my family has been channelling Axl Rose in her attire this week, despite having no idea who he is (probably for the best). Here is the Postmodern Jukebox version of Sweet Child O’Mine:


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Austin Marsden rides Missouri wrestler James Romero (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com)
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Army West Point head wrestling coach Kevin Ward announced on Thursday the addition of Austin Marsden to his staff as a volunteer assistant.
Marsden will work primarily with the upper weights, a task in which Ward is confident he can have a big impact.
"We are getting a big boost with the addition of Austin to our staff," Ward remarked. "He is an individual that has competed at the highest levels throughout his competitive career being a two-time Division I All-American, a two-time Junior World Team member, and a multiple-time All-American in high school. He was one of the most dominant heavyweights in college wrestling over the past four years, and he has been on teams that have competed to win NCAA titles. That experience will greatly benefit our cadet-athletes. We are thrilled that he has chosen to begin his coaching career with us at Army West Point."
Marsden spent his last four years wrestling at national powerhouse Oklahoma State, where he compiled a career-record of 108-22 as a heavyweight with 40 bonus-point victories (19 major decisions, five technical falls and 16 falls). He went 37-8 in dual meets for the Cowboys and was an even 20-20 against ranked opponents throughout his career.
The Nashville, Tenn., native qualified for the NCAA tournament all four years and won three-straight Big 12 heavyweight titles as the No. 1 seed in the tournament. Marsden earned two All-American honors when he finished eighth at the national tournament in 2014 and sixth as a senior in 2016 at Madison Square Garden.
The Black Knights open their season at the Hokie Open on Nov. 6, in Roanoke, Va.
For more information on Army West Point wrestling, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_Wres on Twitter.


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Saint Anthony participates in the MYSA Black and Blue League (https://www.mnyouthsoccer.org/mn-black-blue). Games may begin in late April and run into early July.
The 2020 Traveling soccer program is open to children with the following birthyears:
Practices will take place in St. Anthony. For traveling soccer, there is typically 2 practices per week.
Typically there is one game a week but due to reschedules there may some weeks were there are no games and some weeks where there may be 2. There are between 8 and 12 games during the season and approximately 1/2 of those games will be played on fields outside of St. Anthony. Historically, the games have been played in the Northern Metro Area.
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Not surprisingly, strong reactions to something another person says or does make it harder to practice interpersonal curiosity. I went the Vienna sister march of Women’s March on Washington yesterday and had a good experience, which was somewhat marred when I got home and found vitriolic attacks of the march on Facebook. It’s not what you’re probably thinking. It was that one of the speakers, Amina Bagahajati, who is Muslim, was said to have been uninvited by the organizers. I was furious at the people posting, who I felt were simply passing along rumors, and being furious has the opposite effect of interpersonal curiosity. I experience it as a complete closing down. I chose my side–I could not imagine that the organizers had uninvited the speaker–and settled down firmly in their camp. Oops.
What would interpersonal curiosity look like in that case? A suspension of judgment and an attempt to find out what the true story was and why a number of people believed such a thing about the organizers. I hear many of you saying, “Don’t be so hard on yourself. You’re only human.” Of course. But in my opinion, this is an aspect of humanity that leads to conflict and, ultimately, war and as such needs to be mastered. This is one reason I’m working so hard to replace that judging, closing down, rejecting reaction with a more curious response.
In the meantime, there has been some clarification. The organizers of the march did not uninvite the speaker and wrote of their regret that she did not speak. Apparently, some of the partner organizations were not comfortable having a speaker wearing a headscarf and uninvited her unbeknownst to the original organizers. Now I’m going to pass by another opportunity to practice interpersonal curiosity and I am going to allow myself to say I find it odd that organizations that profess to celebrate diversity and want to fight for social justice can’t tolerate a headscarf a woman who clearly practices self-determination chooses to wear.
This is the last day of the 10-day interpersonal curiosity challenge. I think it helped raise my awareness for when I do and don’t practice it, but 10 days obviously isn’t long enough to overcome my natural tendency to judge. Ah, well. Onward.

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IMF Director Christine Lagarde called for a restructuring of the Greek debt and reforms in the economy during a speech in Washington, Monday in order for the organisation to support the bailout program. The IMF’s head sent a message to the Europeans, and esepcially German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble that the only way it would commit to the Greek program would be with a debt haircut accompanied by reforms in the pension and tax system. Responding to a question by Greek journalist Michalis Ignatiou, Mrs. Lagarde said the she disagreed with Mr. Schauble that Greece’s problem was related to lack of productivity, but rather to debt relief. “We at the IMF believe Greece should have the least debt possible on her shoulders and support its restructuring to a degree that would make it sustainable”, she pointed out. She went on to stress that only structural reforms would have a long-term effect and aid in the economic recovery of Greece, which would release prospects of productivity to aid Greece move forward and exit the crisis. Mrs. Lagarde did not rule out the participation of the Fund in the Greek program, but only under the condition of a debt haircut and reforms.
Lagarde says only debt reduction along with reforms can help economic recovery in Greece


TOURISTS in Tenerife have been warned to be wary as a dangerous species that can cause meningitis is invading the holiday hotspot.
Parts of the island are being overrun by Giant African land snails, which scientists say pose a “significant threat” to humans.
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They are known as the “world’s most damaging” snail species due to their penchant for destruction and being riddled with parasites.
It is the first time Giant African land snails have been spotted in the Canary Islands or Tenerife – where a whopping 230,000 Brits flocked to in March this year alone.
The Network for the Detection and Intervention of Invasive Alien Species in the Canary Islands (REDEXOS) said they are constantly receiving more reports of sightings as the species spread.
Boffins stressed that people should not touch the huge snails, which can reach up to 20cm in length, as it could land them with a deadly infection.
The creatures, scientifically known as Lissachatina fulica, are typically light brown and sport dark bands across their shell.
Experts warn close contact with the snails “represents a significant threat to human health, agriculture and the ecosystem in general.”
The invasive molluscs harbour a grim parasite known as rat lungworm, which can trigger meningitis in humans.
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Thousands of Americans were placed under quarantine after a Giant African land snail was spotted in the US in July last year.
A community gardener found one roaming around New Port Richey, located about 38 miles to the northwest of Tampa, Florida.
Police believed a woman smuggled the snails on a flight from Africa to Miami by hiding them under her skirt.
Two were then spotted crawling down a busy street in the centre of London after being dumped in a lettuce-filled cardboard box.
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