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Situated just 8 miles from the city of Edinburgh, The Old Millhouse is set on the banks of the River Esk and offers luxurious accommodation for up to 10 guests.
The Old Rectory Broughton is a charming seven bedroom family home located near Broughton Castle, boasting an outdoor swimming pool and a separate self-contained cottage.
Soak up the Caribbean sun from Villa Wake Up, a contemporary, six-bedroom property located on the idyllic Flamands Beach.
Caminata is located in the Italian countryside, surrounded by the peace of lush gardens and landscaping.
Palazzo is an elegant old style Italian estate, and a splendid getaway for as many as ten guests.
Nestled in the heart of the Umbrian countryside, Penna is the crown jewel of the Murlo estate.
Ancient and timeless, Castiglione is a centuries-old castle overlooking the Tiber valley.
Reputed to have once been a nunnery, Casa delle Suore is a charming compound of three buildings that have been remodelled into luxury lodging fit for today’s discerning globetrotters.
Brusceto is a 17th-century property that brings Old World charm into the 21st century. Comprising three buildings, the former farmhouse has been expertly restored to offer guests a truly memorable stay in the Umbrian countryside.
Relax in exquisite comfort at Bell’Aria, a splendid estate in Perugia, Italy. Surrounded by nature with dramatic views over the Apennine Mountains, Bell’Aria effortlessly blends the elegance of an Italian Villa with the ease and charm of an English country house.


By Patrick Higgins
‘Smart’ devices have transformed nearly every aspect of our home and work life: smart phones, smart televisions, smart appliances, even smart homes. Process instrumentation for wastewater monitoring and control is no exception. The online sensors available today are far superior to versions available just 10 years ago providing more measurements more reliably, and at a reduced cost.
As a result, there are more opportunities for enhancing the performance and efficiency of water resource recovery facilities (WRRF). YSI’s solution for online process monitoring, IQ SensorNet, is a network-based, modular system. Each of the four basic components of the system
has features that make implementation simple and effective. This post will focus on the sensor component of the system. Future blog posts will discuss the other three components.


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After a few failures (as seen in the last post) and a near-success attempt in making bread, I decided to give it a try again.
I was planning to use the “Tangzhong” method again but I found Alex Goh’s “The World of Bread” recipe book and decided to try the “Sponge & Dough Method” instead.
I made the bread by hand because I was too scared to use my beloved KitchenAid after reading about the possible damages cause by kneading dough for a long period of time.
And judging from the previous result, it wasn’t doing a really good job at kneading. Kneading at Speed 2 and for 7 minutes is just not enough…unless I plan to overheat the motor.
After reading multiple bloggers’ tips and technique on how to knead the dough, I was further encouraged to do it by hand.
Previously, I let my KitchenAid do the mixing and kneading. Then, I finished off by kneading the dough by hand for a few minutes. The dough did not stretch to a thin membrane…not even close – which probably explain why my previous attempts failed.
It was my first time making bread in the tropical weather and I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the dough rise.
I was determined to knead the dough until it reaches the perfect "thin, translucent membrane”.
Well…it did not happened. I call it quits after kneading for 30 minutes. It felt like I will never be able to get to the “thin, translucent membrane” stage.
I truly admire those that knead the dough by hand and was able to make them stretch into thin membrane.
|I made sausage buns and cream cheese buns out of it. |
Excuse the ugliness.
Despite the appearance, it was a success!!! I was very happy with the result even though the buns turn out looking ugly and puffed up in a weird way.
I did not expect it to puff up that much during the baking process.
But the important thing is that the bread was very soft and fragrant. Even on the next day, the bread remains soft.
I will definitely try the “Tangzhong” method again and the “scalded-dough” method the next time.

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Smiggle Stack 'Em Colouring Pencil with Shaker Jewel Topper
Smiggle Stack 'Em Colouring Pencil with 5 different colours to choose from. Pull apart love-heart shaped crayon tips in Purple, Pink, Yellow, Green and Blue. Plus pretty jewel topper with shaker gems inside. Stack-Ems box size: 14x1.5x1.5cm. Crayon size approx: 12.5 x 1 x 1 cm.
Two to collect! These pencils have 5-12 colours in one!
- The first style has five colours and a cute jewel you can shake shake shake!
- Style number two has 12 colours in one! Pull them apart and sketch and colour!
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Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) offers non-residential customers a custom incentive program to encourage energy efficiency. More information about the incentive amounts and equipment requirements can be found at the program web site.
The SoCalGas Energy Efficiency Rebates for Business (EERB) program provides rebates on qualifying energy-efficient natural gas equipment and
improvements for your business needs. First, SoCalGas estimates the energy savings and incentive. Incentives are paid based on the quantity of therms saved resulting from the installation of the new equipment or system. In conjunction with the energy-efficiency rebate and incentive programs, we're offering qualified customers zero-percent, unsecured loans to finance the purchase and installation of eligible energy-efficiency upgrades. See website for details.
Under EERB, the customer will need to follow a multi-step process using forms supplied specifically for this program. The forms are submitted to SoCalGas for review and approval prior to final project design or equipment selection. Additionally, pre- and post inspections may be required. SoCalGas will work closely with the customer to facilitate the review and payment process.
|Incentive Type:||Rebate Program|
|Administrator:||Southern California Gas Company|
|Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:||Clothes Washers,Dishwasher,Equipment Insulation,Water Heaters,Boilers,Steam-system upgrades,Processing and Manufacturing Equipment,Agricultural Equipment,Comprehensive Measures/Whole Building,Custom/Others pending approval,Other EE,Food Service Equipment,Pool Pumps,Tankless Water Heater|
Commercial Boiler: $0.50 - $4 per MBTUH
Gas Modulating Controller : Up to $750 per kit unit
Greenhouse Curtain : $0.30 per sq. ft.
Infrared Film (for Greenhouses) : $0.02 per sq. ft.
Heat Recovery Rooftop Unit (HR-RTU) : $3,000 per unit
Laminar Flow Restrictor (LFR) : $6.50 per unit
Pipe/Fittings Insulation : $2 - $4 per linear ft. and per $8 - $32 per fitting
Pool Cover : $1 per sq. ft.
Pool Heater : $2 per MBTUH
Pre-rinse Spray Valve (PRSV) : $20 per unit
Process Heating Boiler : $1 - $2 per MBTUH
Recirculating Pump Control : $9.50 per dwelling unit
Recirculating Pump Time Clock : $300 per time clock
Space Heating Boiler : $0.50 - $3 per MBTUH
Steam Boiler Stack Economizer : $1 - $2 per MBTUH
Steam Trap for Commercial Customers : $100 per unit
Storage/Tankless Commercial Water Heaters : $2 - $8 per MBTUH
Tank Insulation: $2 - $3 per sq. ft.
FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT
Combination Oven : $1,500 - $3,000 per oven
Commercial Conveyor Broiler : $2,000 - $4,000 per unit
Commercial Dishwasher : $650 per unit
Commercial Fryer : $900 - $1,400 per vat
Commercial Griddle : $200 per linear ft.
Commercial Rack Oven : $2,000 - $2,500 per oven
Commercial Underfired Broiler : $650 per linear ft.
Convection Oven : $700 per oven
Conveyor Oven : $1,400 per oven deck
Pressureless Steamer : $2,000 per compartment
Storage Commercial Water Heaters : $2 - $8 per kBTUh
Tankless Commercial Water Heaters : $3.20 - $8 per kBTUh
|Maximum Incentive:||The total rebate limit for the EERB program is up to $500,000 per site, and up to $1,000,000 per customer, per year.|
|Equipment Requirements:||Varies: contact program manager|
|Name:||Energy Efficiency Rebates for Business|
|Organization:||Southern California Gas Company|
BOX 513249 ML 19A8
Los Angeles CA 90051
This information is sourced from DSIRE; the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy efficiency in the United States. Established in 1995, DSIRE is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University.
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- Is there an alternative to benzodiazepines?
- Can a doctor cut you off Klonopin cold turkey?
- Is 1 mg of Xanax a lot?
- Is 5mg diazepam strong?
- Which Benzo is best for anxiety?
- What drug puts you to sleep instantly?
- What is the strongest over the counter sleeping pill?
- Which Benzo is the least addictive?
- What does clonazepam feel like?
- Can you take Benzos everyday?
- What is the most potent benzodiazepine?
- Is Klonopin stronger than Ativan?
- Which benzo lasts the longest?
- Can you take Klonopin for life?
- Do Klonopin and Xanax show up the same?
- What drug can replace Klonopin?
- Is Zoloft a benzo?
- What is the fastest acting anxiety medication?
- What drugs will make you test positive for benzodiazepines?
- Which benzo works fastest?
- Which Benzo is best for sleep?
Is there an alternative to benzodiazepines?
These agents are often taken in combination with other drugs of abuse by patients with addiction disorders.
In such patients, alternatives to benzodiazepines may be preferable and may include antidepressants, anticonvulsants, buspirone, antihypertensive agents and the newer neuroleptic medications..
Can a doctor cut you off Klonopin cold turkey?
Since it may be dangerous to stop taking clonazepam “cold turkey” due to the range of withdrawal symptoms, detox will often include a tapering schedule. This is a way to slowly lower the dosage over a safe period of time, which can minimize potential physical and emotional side effects.
Is 1 mg of Xanax a lot?
Adults—At first, 0.5 to 1 milligram (mg) taken in the morning once a day. Your doctor may increase your dose as needed. However, the dose is usually not more than 10 mg per day. Older adults—At first, 0.5 mg taken in the morning once a day.
Is 5mg diazepam strong?
sleep problems (related to anxiety) – is 5mg to 15mg taken once a day at bedtime. muscle spasms in adults – is 2mg to 15 mg a day. This can be given as 1mg twice a day and go up to 5mg 3 times a day. The dose can be increased up to 20mg 3 times a day if needed.
Which Benzo is best for anxiety?
Both alprazolam (Xanax) and lorazepam (Ativan) are considered intermediate-acting benzodiazepines, and when used for the right reasons, they’re quite effective for anxiety.
What drug puts you to sleep instantly?
Types of prescription sleeping pillsSleep medicationHelps you fall asleepHelps you stay asleepTemazepam (Restoril)✔✔Triazolam (Halcion)✔Zaleplon (Sonata)✔Zolpidem (Ambien, Edluar, Intermezzo, Zolpimist)✔6 more rows•Jan 30, 2018
What is the strongest over the counter sleeping pill?
Best Over-the-Counter-Sleep-AidsEditor’s Pick (Diphenhydramine HCl) – Vicks ZzzQuil Nighttime Sleep Aid.Best Value (Diphenhydramine HCl) – ValuMeds Nighttime Sleep Aid.Editor’s Pick (Doxylamine Succinate) – Kirkland Signature Sleep Aid.Best Value (Doxylamine Succinate) – Basic Care Sleep Aid.
Which Benzo is the least addictive?
Low-potency benzodiazepineschlordiazepoxide (Librium)clorazepate (Tranxene)diazepam (Valium)flurazepam.
What does clonazepam feel like?
How will it make me feel? Clonazepam will help you feel calmer and it can reduce your feelings of anxiety. It can also make you feel sleepy and relaxed and might make you feel confused when you first start taking it. This will usually get better as you get used to taking the medicine.
Can you take Benzos everyday?
Benzodiazepines are likely to be most effective if you take them as a one-off dose for one occasion, and not as continuous treatment. The usual advice is that they should not be taken for longer than four weeks, and should not be taken every day.
What is the most potent benzodiazepine?
Ativan, or lorazepam, is one of the most potent of all Benzos, Ativan is prescribed for anxiety disorders, depression, and panic attacks. Ativan’s strength makes it very addictive, and the drug carries a very high risk of dependence.
Is Klonopin stronger than Ativan?
Is Klonopin better than Ativan? Klonopin may be preferred for its longer-lasting effects depending on the condition being treated. Klonopin may also be preferred for certain seizures. It is approved to treat akinetic and myoclonic seizures whereas Ativan is FDA approved to treat status epilepticus.
Which benzo lasts the longest?
Overview of benzodiazepines mainly used for anxietyLong-acting drugsGeneric nameTrade namesHalf-lifealprazolamXanax6–12 hourslorazepamAtivan10–20 hoursoxazepamnone4–15 hours3 more rows
Can you take Klonopin for life?
Klonopin should not be relied on for prolonged periods of time, and it is safest when used for short durations of time – less than two weeks. If people have been using or abusing the drug for longer and exhibit some of the symptoms of addiction, they are probably dependent on it.
Do Klonopin and Xanax show up the same?
Standard urine tests don’t detect every benzodiazepine. The URMC writes that many of the common tests may not find alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin), temazepam (Restoril) and triazolam (Halcion). Should a sample test positive, it doesn’t necessarily mean that a person is actively using the drug.
What drug can replace Klonopin?
Escribá and Hoyo highlight that gabapentin, pregabalin, and sustained-release melatonin may represent alternatives to clonazepam for the treatment of RBD.
Is Zoloft a benzo?
Zoloft is an SSRI antidepressant indicated for a variety of conditions (see above) and Xanax is a benzodiazepine medication indicated for some of the same, and some different, conditions.
What is the fastest acting anxiety medication?
Benzodiazepines (also known as tranquilizers) are the most widely prescribed type of medication for anxiety. Drugs such as Xanax (alprazolam), Klonopin (clonazepam), Valium (diazepam), and Ativan (lorazepam) work quickly, typically bringing relief within 30 minutes to an hour.
What drugs will make you test positive for benzodiazepines?
In the case of unexpected positive benzodiazepine results, consider the following drug exposures: Chlordiazepoxide (Librax®, Librium®), Clorazepate (Gen-xene®, Tranxene®), Diazepam (Valium®), Oxazepam, and/or Temazepam (Restoril®).
Which benzo works fastest?
Diazepam (Valium) and clorazepate (Tranxene) have fast onsets of action and usually start working within 30 to 60 minutes. Oxazepam (Serax) has a slow onset, and lorazepam (Ativan), alprazolam (Xanax), and clonazepam (Klonopin) have intermediate onsets of action.
Which Benzo is best for sleep?
Benzodiazepines that have been approved by the FDA for treating chronic insomnia include estazolam, flurazepam (Dalmane), temazepam (Restoril), quazepam (Doral), and triazolam (Halcion). Rapidly acting drugs with shorter half-lives (i.e., estazolam, triazolam, and temazepam) are preferred.

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Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of missing a missing 12-year-old girl.
Teigan Bateman, who did not return home last night, was last sighted in Eastern Avenue outside Sir John Thursby School at 8-45am today.
Lydia Drain, Response Constable of Burnley Police, said: “We’re growing increasingly concerned for Teigan and would urge anyone who has seen or heard from her to contact us immediately.”
Teigan is described as being 5 foot 3 inches, of medium build, with shoulder length brown hair which she usually wears in a ponytail. She was last seen wearing her school uniform – a white shirt, blue blazer, blue skirt, navy blue tights and black shoes.
Anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting log number 1551 of 27th November 2017.

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Brazil, which saw its leadership of the UN peacekeeping mission as a calling card of its burgeoning influence, was also indignant when three flights were not allowed to land. The foreign ministry reportedly asked Hillary Clinton to grant Brazil priority over chartered flights. Nelson Jobim, the defence minister, said Brazil would not relinquish command duties and suggested it, not Washington, would continue to lead UN forces.Yeah, because Brazil's influence is just more important than actually getting relief efforts organized. Brazil has so much experience leading massive international relief efforts. I'm sure they'd be much better suited for leadership than the U.S. And then there are the French.
Paris complained the airport had become a US "annexe"Instead of working with us, recognizing that the Haiti is right in our backyard, the French would rather whine, snivel and cause problems. I guess that's something you can always count on no matter what the situation.


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Over the past few weeks, Elizabeth Warren has emerged as a leader of progressives on Capitol Hill. She led the charge against the part of the CRomnibus that gutted our financial regulations, and she is still fighting the White House over its nomination of bankster Antonio Weiss as Undersecretary of Domestic Finance in the Treasury Department.
"No one communicates more thoughtfully or effectively on the radio airwaves than Thom Hartmann. He gets inside the arguments and helps people to think them through—to understand how to respond when they’re talking about public issues with coworkers, neighbors, and friends. This book explores some of the key perspectives behind his approach, teaching us not just how to find the facts, but to talk about what they mean in a way that people will hear."
—Paul Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen
"Hartmann speaks with the straight talking clarity and brilliance of a modern day Tom Paine as he exposes the intentional and systematic destruction of America’s middle class by an alliance of political con artists and outlines a program to restore it. This is Hartmann at his best. Essential reading for those interested in restoring the institution that made America the envy of the world."
—David C. Korten, author of The Great Turning and When Corporations Rule the World
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Through compelling personal stories, Hartmann presents a dramatic and deeply disturbing picture of humans as a profoundly troubled species. Hope lies in his inspiring vision of our enormous unrealized potential and his description of the path to its realization."
—David Korten, author of Agenda for a New Economy, The Great Turning, and When Corporations Rule the World

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Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society has published CDs containing transcripts of gravestones in Abbotrule cemetery.
A list of monumental inscriptions was printed in the 1964 volume of the Hawick Archaeological Society's Transactions and a list of the surnames recorded is available online.
The Scottish Genealogy Society also has a list of pre-1855 inscriptions in the churchyard and this may be consulted at its library in Edinburgh.
Nigel Hardie is transcribing parish of Southdean and Abbotsrule burials.
The parish church (Church of Scotland) has registers dating from 1755. Old Parish Registers (before 1855) are held in the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, and copies on microfilm may be consulted in local libraries and in LDS Family History Centres around the world. Later parish registers (after 1855) are often held in the National Records of Scotland as are any records of non-conformist churches in the area (often unfilmed and unindexed, and only available there).
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Abbotrule to another place.
You can see the administrative areas in which Abbotrule has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NT631091 (Lat/Lon: 55.374466, -2.583869), Abbotrule which are provided by:
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

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Doors can be the difference between an ordinary house and a traditional property. Adelaide homes are mostly Victorian architecture, so choosing screen doors is a big decision as it will define your home in the market. A comfortable design can make or break your chances of selling your home.
When it comes to choosing a new door, you have a lot of options. It is essential to take your time and do some research to find the right door for your house. To find out what type of doors are available, you can visit your local hardware store or browse online. For more information, get redirected here.
With the range of doors available, it is easy to get confused when you first decide to buy one. Your best option is to go with a full set. This means you will get doors for the front, back and sides of your house. This way you can choose doors for all four walls.
However, if you are handier, you can choose to do the doors yourself. If you want to have one of a kind doors, you need to start searching online. Searching online can give you hundreds of results and be an excellent way to narrow down your search. Once you have narrowed down your search, it is time to find someone that will help you install your doors.
Many times you can have a real estate agent to help you with the installation. These agents will be able to provide you with the right materials to put into your home, and they will also help you decide which type of door you want. Most houses today are designed to have a sliding screen door, so if you have this type of door already installed, then you do not need to hire a company to install a brand new screen door.
You will have to decide if you want to have screens on both sides of your door or just one side. The frames of these screens are often different types of wood and glass, so you might want to get a custom made door. Once you have decided what kind of door you want, you need to find the correct company to install the door. You can find a list of different companies online.
Your checklist should include the price and the installation price. Your budget will also need to be decided upon. You also need to figure out how many doors you want to have installed. You can save money by getting a few smaller doors installed before going with a full set. Order high-quality screen doors today! Get redirected here now.


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Your soul is in the water of my love, immersed totally, knowing only the delight of oneness and the sanctity of all-that-is. It shall be so for all, in the time of my choosing and as the quickening occurs in each.
These words came to me in 1999, as part of a huge outpouring of healing guidance, during a number of months when I experienced a profound and constant awareness of the divine harmony between all of life. This was the opening out of an awareness of a pure Divine Presence and interconnection which had been with me for years, and which has never left, even through times of great anguish and despair. I am a Writer, Singer, Voice teacher, Coach and Healer as well as an occasional film-maker. I work in person in the Wellington district of NZ and internationally online.
I know and revere the Divine energy in Nature, and celebrate the living Being of the Earth and the living consciousness that flows through all elements and forms. I have trained and worked with Healers, Voice Alchemists, Shamans and many great Teachers in the UK, Europe, USA and NZ. I have walked closely with Spirit for many years now.
My life’s work is to support people in finding Divine Presence and awareness of the True Self, their Authentic Voice and expression of that. I support them in strengthening knowledge and awareness of it in their lives – through Voice work, Self discovery and Heartsong. I offer tools and resources that can support positive change, wellbeing, embodiment and empowerment.
I hope there is some way for you to enjoy and benefit from what I offer.
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In 1998, in a deep and profound dream, I met the Divine Feminine, the Goddess, She told me: ‘I have been trying to give you something for a long time. It is healing.’ She handed me a stone, energy pulsated through the stone and into my body.
I asked Her, ‘what is the priority in my life at the moment? She replied ‘The true solution.‘
I asked Her to tell me more about this. She said; ‘It is God, embodied and made whole. It is Goddess, divined in all things. It is your own true Self, made whole. In friendship and enlightenment.’
These are powerful truths. Around this time, this wisdom was starting to come to me more directly, during waking hours. I share some of the channelling and guidance that has come to me then and in the years that followed, in my book THE GOLDEN ROAD: MY JOURNEY WITH SPIRIT. Much of this work is very beautiful, and affirms the great and unending Love that surrounds us. It evidences that we are held by the Divine Source in all its forms, and supported in Love by countless guides and spirit beings who walk alongside us.
All of life is worthy to be blessed with knowledge of its divine inheritance. As we awaken to the stars in the morning sky as our brothers, shining remembrance so will we recognise in one another, the divine host that we are.
Beloved brethren, accept your roles in the coming time with the grace that befits the sons and daughters of God. Know that that is what we are, and that the work we do in this knowledge is blessed indeed.
All life is an expression of Love for me and longing for the completion of the soul’s journey; union and total reconciliation with me, which, through my grace and will, and your surrender to the divine plan, you are to be blessed with at last, while on this earth plane.
Know that we are one, the mother, the father and the child. Held within the Light of God, the light of the sun rising, held within the Light of your heart, which is a spinning wheel of light, containing all life and galaxies of indescribable wonder.
Let your Light lead the way only. Let the future be revealed in the Light you show the world. It is freedom, joy exceeding known limits. You are shedding your man-made armour, which is no longer appropriate for the age ahead.
Let joy be the watchword for all you do. Let the colours fly, let the joy be known. You must heal yourself and become all you are, singing against the sky.
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My Passengers is a Alien is 2014 science fiction comedy adventure who is distributed by Columbia Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment. This films stars Amanda Seyfried and Danielle Panabaker
A young trouble 18 years old taxi driver found out her passengers is a alien and find herself in adventure.
- Amanda Seyfried as Teresa Prescott/Cassandra "Cassie" Harrison,Teresa is a young trouble taxi driver who found our her passengers is a alien and Cassandra is Teresa's double and the president's daughter
- Danielle Panabaker as Abby/Teresa's passenger and an alien
- TBA as TBA
- TBA as TBA
- Selena Gomez as Samantha Prescott/Teresa's 21 years old sister
- Mason Cook as Mason Prescott/Teresa's 11 years old brother
- Ty Panitz as David Prescott/Teresa's 7 years old brother and Debbie's twin brother
- Isabelle Allen as Debbie Prescott/Teresa's 7 years old sister and David's twin sister
- Til Schweiger as Trevor Prescott/Teresa, Samantha, David and Debbie's father
- Annabeth Gish as Sandra Prescott/Teresa, Samantha, David and Debbie's mother
- TBA as Columbia Torch Lady/From the start of the film and then the post-credits
- 109 mins
- It will be distributed by Columbia Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment
- Notes: 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises was go to distributed by but they drop out, Columbia Pictures was distributed the film with Lakeshore Entertainment.

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Georgetown on the Delaware
By JILL P. CAPUZZO
Published: June 29, 2003
ON any given morning, a handful of Trenton's power brokers can be found pumping iron at the Center Club or pounding the towpath that runs along the Delaware Raritan Canal here. Most Friday nights, many of those same people crowd into the back room at Rick's restaurant on Main Street to share war stories from a tough workweek and to eat linguini. On Saturday morning, you might bump into a former United States senator having coffee at the Lambertville Trading Station, and on Sunday night there's a good chance the governor's chief of staff will be eating at Bell's Taven.
For these officials and many others, the combination of small-town charm and a strong sense of community has made Lambertville the place to live outside the state capital. Just 12 miles north of Trenton, this Victorian-era town of 3,856 residents has always drawn its share of state workers in search of community, but recently it has become home to a veritable Who's Who of Trenton including Governor McGreevey's chief of staff, James P. Fox, and the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, Bradley M. Campbell, both of whom moved to Lambertville last year.
Their neighbors include Caren Franzini, executive director of the Economic Development Authority; Jeff Tittel, director of the state chapter of the Sierra Club; Monique Purcell, the deputy commissioner of the Department of Agriculture; Bob Garrenger, assistant counsel to the governor; Karen Kominsky, Mr. McGreevey's deputy chief of staff; Maura McManimon, policy adviser in the Department of Community Affairs; Barbara Walsh, area planner at the Coalition on Affordable Housing; Eric Richards, legislative director of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.; Ellen Mellody, a spokeswoman for the governor; and John Leyman and Joseph Donnelly, task force aide and spokesman, respectively, for the Assembly Democrats.
Living just outside of town and regularly spotted in town are Eileen McGuiness, former Gov. Christie Whitman's chief of staff; Kathy Krotty, executive director of the Senate Democrats; and former Senator Robert G. Torricelli, who recently bought a commercial property in town where he will move his office.
Mr. Tittel said that when he moved here five and a half years ago, Lambertville wasn't particularly trendy, but that ''it's got this kind of cachet for now.''
''It's very livable,'' he said. ''There are nice restaurants and good places to listen to music, but you can also go kayaking. It's like Dupont Circle, or maybe a not so upscale Georgetown, surrounded by farmland.''
In the not too distant past, Princeton was the ZIP code of choice for movers and shakers working in Trenton, but now those officials are opting for Lambertville, just across the river from New Hope, Pa., the Bucks County artist community.
''It has a much more appealing quality of life, more neighborliness, a much stronger sense of local community and a lot less traffic than what most people report about for Princeton,'' said Mr. Campbell, who put in a bid on his three-story row house in the center of town as soon as he saw it.
As it turned out, he was bidding against another member of the McGreevey cabinet, Ida Castro, the commissioner of personnel. After losing out to Mr. Campbell, Ms. Castro moved elsewhere, with no hard feelings, according to Mr. Campbell.
''I claim that I outsmarted her, she claims that I overpaid, so everyone is satisfied,'' he said.
Location, Location, Location
Having buyers eager to snatch up desirable addresses is a relatively new phenomenon for Lambertville. Bought from the Delaware Indians in 1703, this 1.1 square miles of land on the banks of the Delaware River soon became an important transportation point on the route between Philadelphia and New York. It became a major industrial center with the opening of the Delaware Raritan Canal in 1834, followed by the building of the Pennsylvania-Belvidere Railroad that was based here. By the late 19th century, more than 3,000 factory workers lived and worked in Lambertville, which also became home to many wealthy merchants and factory owners, who built Italianate and French Second Empire-style mansions in the north end of town.
It continued to thrive well into the 20th century, but its population dropped sharply in the 1960's, when homeowners began discovering the bucoloic appeal of the surrounding countryside in Hunterdon County. Throughout the 1970's and much of the 80's, many row houses and commercial buildings were abandoned or in serious disrepair, while the grand homes were divided up into apartments.
Tapping into urban renewal funds, Lambertville developed programs in the late 1980's to attract businesses and homeowners back and began to restore some of its historically significant properties. Today, homes under $200,000 are a rarity, according to one real estate agent, Tom McMillan, and the demand for larger homes is fierce, with buyers turning the converted apartment buildings back into single-family homes.
''It's harder and harder to find distressed properties that haven't been renovated,'' said Mr. McMillan, of Weidel Realtors. ''Instead, you've got people with substantial funds coming in here buying a normal home and doing major redesigns and renovations. They feel it's a safe investment. If it continues the way it's been going, I'd say in the next five years you'll see some million-dollar homes here.''


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Playwright: Sarah Ruhl. At: Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: 773-975-8150 or ShatteredGlobe.org; $35. Runs through: May 20
With the Chicago premiere of Sarah Ruhl's 2016 play For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday, Shattered Globe Theatre has already laid claim to the casting coup of the season. Ruhl wrote this play in honor of her theater-loving actress mother, Kathleen Ruhl, and she herself is playing her daughter's dramatized version of herself.
Like other Ruhl plays ( The Clean House, eurydice ), For Peter Pan… is filled with the playwright's usual dreamy mix of whimsy and seriousness. And since Ruhl has J.M. Barrie's most famous creation to riff on, For Peter Pan… can be especially potent and poignant in exploring faith, familial love and lost childhood.
The play begins with Kathleen Ruhl sharing anecdotes about playing Peter Pan as a child in Davenport, Iowa, and getting to meet arguably the most famous Peter Pan of the 20th century, the Broadway star Mary Martin. But the meat of the play really deals with Kathleen and her four grown siblings in the 1990s.
Ruhl dramatizes the before-and-after moments when the five adults realize that they are no longer technically children. It's the hospital death of their last surviving parent, George ( Doug McDade ).
The siblings then hash out the happy/sad memories of their childhood, career choices and questions of faith and belief. These arguments that then veer into angrily divisive political views which almost feel shoehorned in. The brothers played by Patrick Thornton, H.B. Ward and Ben Werling are all aggressively conservative, while Ruhl and her sister played by Eileen Niccolai are both defensively liberal.
Into this mix, George and a family pet make "unseen" appearances as if Ruhl suggests that a person can still be alive as long as they live on in others' memories. And given the play's title, the siblings do get to dress up in Peter Pan character drag to highlight how one's childhood is nearly impossible to recapture.
Despite the lack of stage flying as in previous productions of For Peter Pan…, director Jessica Thebus does work well with production designer Michael Stanfill to inject the necessary stage magic into the production. What isn't quite there is the feeling among the ensemble that they're all siblings with lifelong patterns of familial love and resentment. Hopefully that sense will emerge more naturally as the run continues.
But what is nice about For Peter Pan… is the way that playwright Ruhl honors her actress mother. As long as For Peter Pan… is produced, Kathleen Ruhl and her family relations will continue to live. In this instance, this theatrical gift of life is certainly a wonderful present.


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This article describes the search for, and recording, of a gold mining settlement in the foothills approx one km east of Thames. The settlement had a population of about 100 people during the period 1868 - 1969, and was named after a mining claim of the same name; i.e. Eureka.
The project started with a search for the residence of mine owner and manager Richard Ross, which was occupied by his son Joseph (Joe) up until his death in 1969. The site of this cottage was recorded by Dr Neville Ritchie circa 1989 (T12/698), in conjunction with local historian Alistair Isdale. The author visited the site in October 2016, following correspondence between Richard (Dick) Wilkins of Dunedin (great grandson of original Eureka claim co-owner Richard Ross) and Morrie Dunwoodie of the Coromandel Heritage Trust. The original task was to locate the site of the Ross residence, near the top of the Kuranui valley. The Ross section, which was originally occupied under a residential site licence (RSL - a permitted activity under the Goldfields Act pertaining at the time), is still owned by the family. However, modern cadastral maps erroneously show the section as being several hundred metres to the west, towards the Pukehinau (Shellback) valley. The grid reference specified in the archaeological site record (recorded pre-GPS) was also several hundred metres astray - in the opposite direction to the cadastral record - although the site record itself was otherwise factual and informative.
The site was very difficult to find, due to extensive re-growth; particularly of wild jasmine, which has presumably spread from the garden of the dwelling. The remains of the house were located with assistance from the description in SRF T12/698 and a sketch map in T12/699. The 'walking tracks' to Moanataiari and Pukehinau (Shellback) valleys mentioned in the sketch map are now a well-developed mountain bike (MTB) trail, and a couple of riders were encountered near the Kuranui junction. There is now an extensive network of well-constructed and maintained MTB tracks originating from a car park and boom gate at the upper end of Moanataiari Creek Rd.
Figure 1 Ross residence c.1970 and equivalent view in 2017. The water tank and collapsed roof are the main elements of the house still visible above re-vegetation cover. Further historical and contemporary photos of the residence are in later sections.
An update to T12/698 was submitted in 2016, with a GPS waypoint for the residence site. Then, over about 18 months, the author conducted a series of above-ground searches in the Moanataiari - Kuranui area, and it soon became apparent that this was the location of the mining settlement known as Eureka (named after the Eureka claim) and that it was a significant archaeological landscape. For example, at least 12 probable building sites were located and recorded, including the residence of another early Thames goldfield family - that of miner William Lang. Significant mining features, and the possible site of the Eureka School (c.1870 - 1880) were located. A separate site record for the whole Eureka mining settlement has now been submitted (T12/1441). Dick Wilkins, with inputs from Ross family descendants, has extensively researched the Ross family and has written an article in two parts for The Treasury Journal Richard Ross Part I and Richard Ross Part II
The Eureka story commences with the opening of the Thames goldfield on 1st August 1867. Within a month, Hunt's party had discovered the now-famous gold-bearing waterfall in the Kuranui stream and registered the Shotover claim - regarded as the first major 'bonanza' of the Thames field. According to Weston:
Claims adjacent to the Shotover, and pegged out immediately the news of the Hunt find was circulated, included the Long Drive, Barry's (which became the Kuranui), Inverness, and All Nations. In fact, the whole hill between the Kuranui and Moanataiari Creeks was quickly taken up. It included a number of rich claims ... [list provided but doesnt include the Eureka, which was presumably not rated as 'rich']. With the exception of the Caledonian hill, it proved the richest bluff on the goldfield. In respect of its general diffusion of richness, as distinct from the patchiness further south, it was the most remarkable area of all.
Downey discusses the Eureka claim as follows:
This claim adjoined the Kuranui to the eastward. Not much information is at hand regarding its early history, but it was worked by individual owners, or a small company from 1868 to 1875, during which time 1,653 tons of quartz were mined from it, for a yield of 5,750 oz bullion, valued at £13,798. This output clearly came from small leaders or veins near the surface, and close to the Moanataiari slide. The leaders evidently did not live, or carry their values, to any depth, for no active underground mining was done on the claim after 1875. Between 1888 and 1895, however, the Moanataiari Co., which had taken the ground over, mined a very considerable tonnage of stockwork from the surface of it, making the total output from the claim 39,942 tons, which yielded 7,577 oz bullion, valued at £18,641.
More detailed information on the Eureka claim is provided by Kae Lewis, particularly regarding the origin of the claim, and news reports of progress over the first two years of its existence:
On the 9th of November 1867, a miner named John Goldsworthy arrived in Auckland with 80 oz of gold from the Eureka claim, the Thames. He had crushed one cwt of quartz using a small berdan machine at the nearby Barry's claim. This was considered a yield of unequalled richness, and it was hoped it would continue the length of the newly found reef. The claim was owned by Grattan and party ... John and William Goldsworthy, Andrew Grattan, Richard J. Ross and John George.
Mrs Goldsworthy '... was the first white woman resident of Eureka Hill' (NZ Herald 14 November 1918). By June 1868, the claim had become 'seven men's ground' (one man's ground being 1/3 of an acre) which presumably indicates another two persons had become co-owners.
The Eureka claim straddled part of the ridge between the Moanataiari and Kuranui valleys, and extended northwards almost towards the Kuranui creek, as shown in Figs 2 and 3 below. The Moanataiari (geological) fault ran through the middle of the claim, and major bridle trails up the Pukehinau (Shellback), Kuranui and Moanataiari valleys intersected at Eureka. Parts of the old, well rutted-out, bridle trail are still visible in the area around the Ross residence site.
Although the Eureka claim was not regarded as one of the richest in the area, the ridge between the Moanataiari and Kuranui valleys became known as Eureka Hill and a small mining settlement formed there. This is possibly due to the mystique associated with the name. A partial view of Eureka Hill and the settlement is in Fig 4 below.
This photo (Fig 4) appeared in the 50th goldfield anniversary edition of the Thames Star (1st August 1917) with the following caption: THE EARLY DAYS AT THAMES. View showing lower portion of Moanataiari Valley, Eureka Hill on left foreground. On the other side of the spur, on left, was where the famous Shotover Claim was located.
Another historical view of the Eureka Hill area, taken looking south from the ridge between the Kuranui and Shellback (Pukehinau) valleys, appears in NZ Geological Survey Bulletin No. 10:
In terms of when the settlement commenced, the 1913 Thames Star 46th goldfield anniversary edition (1st August 1913) lists early residents of the town and where they were then (in 1913). A number of people are listed as living at Eureka, from 1867 and 1868, indicating the settlement formed in the first 12-18 months following the opening of the goldfield.
The population of the settlement is uncertain; but there are indications that, at peak, it would have been 100 or more. This estimate was mainly obtained from school records: Eureka School (c.1870 - c. 1880 - details below) had a peak enrollment of 66 pupils, in 1873. This figure is derived from newspaper articles relating to the school. Only a few Eureka School enrolment records have been obtained to date, from National Archives, and only relate to years 1874 and 1878. However, there are about 30 discrete surnames of families which gave their place of residence as Eureka, on enrollment records of other schools, (after the Eureka school had closed). These figures are thought to be consistent with an estimated population of 100+.
Of interest is that the enrolment records call the school 'Eureka Hill', which may help identify its location - 'Eureka Hill' was the name for the ridge immediately north of the Moanataiari valley, and is where possible school sites were identified in field surveys (see below).
The main families (in terms of school enrollments and longevity at the settlement) appear to be the Rosses, Langs and Moyles. The Moyle family has not been investigated in detail; however, Moyle children are listed in newspaper reports as winning prizes at Eureka School from 1873, and a Mr Moyle (first name not recorded) was working as a tributer on the Kuranui and Moanataiari claims through until at least 1889. The Ross and Lang families are covered in more detail below.
Two Thames Street Directories which included Eureka as a discrete settlement, list the following names:
DENYER Henry, Miner, Eureka Hill
LANG William, Miner, Eureka Hill
ROSS Richard, Miner, Eureka Hill
STEVENSON Robert, Miner, Eureka Hill
WAITE Mrs, Eureka Hill
LANG John, Junior, Miner, Eureka Hill
DENYER Henry, Miner, Eureka Hill
LANG William, Miner, Eureka Hill
ROSS Richard, Miner, Eureka Hill
CLARKE Henry, Driver, Eureka Hill
LANG H, Miner, Eureka Hill
THOMAS J, Miner, Eureka Hill
(Note that these directories weren't comprehensive, in terms of population coverage.)
Combining this data with school enrollment records (for Eureka, and other schools which children attended after Eureka was closed) and PapersPast articles, a list of families residing at Eureka, over the period c.1870-1890, is as follows:
Alexander, Allen, Bennett, Burns, Carter, Casely (also spelt Casley), Christie, Clark, Constable, Denyer, Dixon (also spelt Dickson), Dunn, Gill, Gilmore (also spelt Gilmour), Goldsworthy, Gribble, Hancock, Hansen, Hennessey, Hick (also spelt Hicks), Hill, Jennings, Jones, Lang, Lawford, McManus, May, Moss, Moyle, O'Halloren, Paul, Peterson, Radford, Ross, Shepherd, Stevenson, Sutcliffe, Thomas, Truscott, Waite, White.
Total: 41. The list is unlikely to be comprehensive, and obviously, not all of these families were necessarily living at Eureka at the same time.
Two of these families have been investigated in some detail, as the family residential sites are identifiable through historical records, and there is occupational evidence of the sites on the ground.
Dick Wilkins and his family have carried out extensive research into Richard Ross, his family, and his mining activities at Eureka and other near-by claims. The research is extensively documented in Dick Wilkins' separate articles in the Treasury Journal. Richard Ross Part I and Richard Ross Part II
Kae Lewis' Goldminers Database lists the following miners rights and claims registered in Thames by Richard Ross. He was evidently a person of considerable energy and optimism, as noted by Dick Wilkins.
MR 132 Richard J. ROSS 3 Sept 1867 Karaka
MR 4131 Richard J. ROSS 3 March 1868 Karaka
CL 268 R. J. ROSS 18 June 1868 Kuranui
CL 305 R. J. ROSS 19 June 1868 Kuranui
CL 413 Richard John ROSS 20 June 1868 Puriri
CL 481 Richard John ROSS 30 June 1868 Tararu
MR 9079 Richard J. ROSS 5 Aug 1868 Karaka
MR 9080 Richard J. ROSS 5 Aug 1868 Puriri
CL 1401 Richard John ROSS 11 February 1869 Karaka Creek
CL 1451 R. ROSS 16 March 1869 Hape Creek
CL 1578 R. ROSS 8 June 1869 Tararu
MR 3108 Richard J. ROSS 24 Jun 1869 Karaka
MR 5577 Richard J. ROSS 17 Aug 1869 Karaka
Note: MR = Miners Right - a licence to prospect in a particular area
CL = Claim - a registered parcel of ground that the claimholder(s) are permitted to mine
The house was then occupied by son Joe Ross, up until his death [28th February 1969]. Joe Ross was an engineer at A & G Price's Foundry, and he walked to work, initially across to and down the Moanataiari Valley, but later down the Kuranui. Joe served in WW1; being called up for service in September 1916, and deployed overseas (to France via England) with the 22nd reinforcements, arriving in theatre in May 1917. He was wounded in action but returned to NZ on completion of hostilities.
With such a large family as that of Richard Ross, there is a large number of descendants. A talk and public field trip to Eureka in October 2017 conducted by Dick Wilkins and the author attracted three generations of Ross descendants. Following the publicity surrounding the field trip and publication of Dick's articles in the Treasury Journal, several other descendants have made contact with the author, mainly seeking information on Eureka.
Dick Wilkins recorded the following comments re the Ross residence:
... [the Ross residence at Eureka] is probably is one of the few 'original' [Thames mining] residences that you can still find evidence of - being maintained in essentially its original state (along with gardens etc) until the 1960s - most of the others would have been deserted and gone into decay before 1900. Besides, as far as we can tell, Richard Ross had occupied the site since about 1870.
There were extensive orchards - and they used the whole area (many acres) as a small holding - water for the garden was obtained by damming a drive above the house and along towards the Moanataiari and piping it to the gardens. I have my Great grandfather Richard Ross's gardening diaries from 1900s to about 1930 in which he describes what was planted, when and where. Extremes of gardening weather conditions are also noted. Also there are egg counts for some years - believe it or not, up to 3000!
The shortest and flattest route to town was along the base of the Moanataiari fault over to the Moanataiari Creek Rd, but in later years (1940s onwards) they used the steeper route down to the Tararu Rd - about 100m up this track they had a corrugated iron storage shed where they kept supplies and stored bikes etc. It must have been a different era, as the key to the shed was kept under a stone, in a well worn 2m path in the grass outside the door, but no one ever broke in to the shed! One Ross daughter, Sarah Howe lived in a house ~100m up a track to the left of this shed on the north side of the Kuranui immediately opposite Hunts claim. She left in ~1960 and I think that residential site has also been freeholded.
The information in this section was provided by Karen Stewart, great-great granddaughter of William and Susannah Lang, and granddaughter of Harry and Vera (nee Wilton) Lang, and from the Births, Deaths and Marriages on-line website.
William Lang was born in 1834 in Liskeard, Cornwall. He was baptised 15 June 1834 in St Cleer, Cornwall. This is close to the copper mining areas of Caradon Hill and Bodmin Moor, and he was probably a miner who left Cornwall for mining ventures overseas when the bottom fell out of the Cornish copper mining industry in the mid-1800s (see, for example From Cornwall To The Coromandel by Beryl & David Verran and John Moore Wilton by Tony & David Wilton.
Many miners left Cornwall for a variety of overseas locations, and ended up in Thames after the goldfield opened in 1867, as it was a hard rock goldfield (i.e. the gold was found deep underground, tightly bound up with quartz, and required sophisticated extraction processes). The skills of the Cornish miners were in great demand for this type of mining.
William Lang and Susannah Bassett were married 11 November 1862 in Devonport, Devon. They arrived in Auckland on the ship 'Ardbeg' on 16 December 1864 listed as LONG. Susannah Lang died at Eureka in 1899. William died at Eureka in 1910 and was buried in the Tararu cemetery, north of Thames.
At the time of William's death, William and Susannah had eight living children; three sons and five daughters. Another son, William Henry, was accidentally drowned at Waiau, near Coromandel, in 1868, aged 18 months (Daily Southern Cross, 18th December 1868).
According to Kae Lewis' Goldminers Database, a William Lang obtained miners' rights in Arrowtown, Central Otago in March and December 1864. It is not likely that this was the William Lang who eventually settled in Thames, as March 1864 wouldn't be consistent with a December 1864 arrival in NZ. We know from the inquest into son William Henry Lang's death that his family were in Coromandel in 1868. A William Lang also obtained miners' rights in Thames: Karaka and Puriri in 1868 , Karaka in 1869 and Karaka North in 1870. A Daniel Lang obtained miners' rights at Karaka in 1868 and in 1869, but it is not certain whether William and Daniel were related. No evidence has been found of a Daniel Lang in Thames after the 1870s.
One of William and Susannah's sons, Henry Lang, was born in 1872. He married Edith Caroline Dare in 1893. Henry died in 1954 and Edith in 1962. Their eldest son was Henry Gordon (Harry) Lang who was born in 1895; the same year as his 'neighbour' (albeit from a house about 100 metres away) Joe Ross. Harry grew up at Eureka, attending Waiotahi Creek and Waiokaraka (later named Thames Central) schools. He was apprenticed to a saddler when he left school but attended the school of mines and got his maritime master's license. Then, like Joe Ross, he worked at the A & G Price's foundry in Thames. Joe and Harry were both called up for WW1 military service in September 1916, and deployed with the 22nd Reinforcements, arriving in theatre in May 1917. Like Joe, Harry was wounded during his service, but returned to NZ after the war.
It is likely Joe Ross and Harry Lang were good mates, having grown up as neighbours at Eureka, and worked at the same firm ( A & G Price's foundry of Thames).
In 1921, Harry Lang married Vera Wilton (niece of the author's grandfather, Edward John Wilton) and shortly after that, they moved to a house in Upper Albert St, Thames. The Lang property at Eureka was probably abandoned at that time. They had two children: Patti Joy Lang (b. 1922) and Gordon Keith Lang (b.1925). Harry became the first engineering master at Thames High School in 1939, and his daughter Patti was dux of the school the same year. Harry died in 1954 and Vera in 1986.
As with the Ross family, there are numerous descendants of William and Susannah Lang, and the author has met or been contacted by several, including those who attended a Wilton family reunion in 2013.
After the Thames goldfield was proclaimed open in 1867, a number of small schools were established in the town, mostly private, to serve a population that grew to about 15,000 by about 1870. The town was reputed to be as large as Auckland in those days. A major educational reform occurred in 1877, following on from the abolition of the provincial level of government in 1875:
From: EDUCATION - EVOLUTION OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM
On the passing of the Abolition of the Provinces Act of 1875, public education, until then the responsibility of the Provincial Councils, became the direct concern of the Central Government. The outcome was the Education Act of 1877 which established a national system of public primary education with a three-tiered administrative structure. Control of the system was to be divided between:
As a result, schools became government-funded, and many of the private schools in Thames became public schools. Eureka is one school which would have spanned the 1877 change. According to research by Althea Barker, it appears Eureka School was opened in or about 1870 and closed in July 1880. As noted previously, details of the school rolls for Eureka have not yet been located and most information is from newspaper reports. The origins of the school were reported as follows:
The Eureka [school] is badly sited at the head of the Kuranui Gully, and has been used for scholastic purposes for between two and three years. It owes its existence to the liberality of the local residents who subscribed funds to purchase the building, once a store ... The daily attendance last quarter averaged 43 boys and 23 girls [total: 66]. Mr Cornes is in charge, with Mrs Cornes as an assistant. (Daily Southern Cross 14 August 1873)
By March 1878, the roll was 33, with an average daily attendance of 21. The teacher at that stage was a Mrs McManus. If the 'average daily attendance' was normally about 2/3 of the total roll, this would mean that the total roll in 1873 could have been as high as 75-80.
In July 1878, Mrs McManus was given a special presentation by pupils to mark her 4th anniversary at the school. A written address was prepared by Mr Ross and was signed by pupils Ellen and Clare Ross, Robert Sutcliffe and Elizabeth Moyle. (Thames Star 13th July 1878).
In July 1880, Mrs McManus was farewelled from the district, after six years. She was given another presentation by current pupils. It appeared that the school closed at this time.
There is no indication in historical records of where the school was actually located, and this will probably require archaeological evidence to determine. In terms of size, we know the building was previously a store, rather than a purpose-designed schoolhouse, but presumably this must have been big enough to accommodate 60+ pupils, or else it wouldn't have been used. A plan for the Waiotahi Creek school building, which dates from the same period and was designed to accommodate 60 pupils, measures roughly 40 ft x 60 ft (i.e. about 12 x 18 metres). This is considerably larger than a normal domestic dwelling of the period, and large building terraces located during the field surveys were regarded as possible school sites. Two were found, as will be discussed below.
The following are considered to be significant visible mining features in the Eureka Hill area. There are also numerous features and sites in the Kuranui valley (e.g. Shotover mine and battery), the Moanataiari valley (e.g. Caledonian mine, Victoria battery) and along SH25 (e.g. Long Drive claim, Moanataiari Tunnel portal, the First Big Pump, Kuranui and Moanataiari batteries) but these will not be discussed in this report. There are numerous references which provide information on these sites (e.g. Downey, Isdale, Ritchie, and Weston).
The Golden Era mine portal is of interest to this report as two lower terraces of it (presumably mostly mine tailings) and a small building are shown in the NZGS Bulletin 10 photo of Eureka Hill (Fig 6), and its portal is only about 70m from the Ross residence site. It is not well documented in the historical literature, despite being marked on at least two maps. According to Downey, it appears to have been on the Eureka claim, and produced fairly minimal returns: 19 tons of quartz for 11 oz of bullion, worth £29.
Another map drafted by E.F. Adams c.1920 shows the same mine but labels it 'Manuerikia Shaft'. However, it is linked to a tunnel labeled 'Golden Era tunnel' so it is almost certainly the same mine. This latter map shows extensive underground work: a tunnel of about 250m in length towards the Shellback stream, so it was a significant undertaking, and Downey's production figure of £29 is possibly suspect.
The Moanataiari tunnel was initially a drive developed to mine the Moanataiari claim, but was eventually extended to form an underground access route to other claims and mines under Eureka Hill; extending to the Alburnia claim near the head of the Waiotahi valley. According to Ritchie:
The Moanataiari tunnel, the most substantial drive on the Thames field, initially gave access to the shallow workings on the Moanataiari claim. Access to other levels was carried out from winzes and shafts, some of which communicated directly with the main tunnel level. The tunnel was eventually extended 1.5 miles under Kuranui hill. It has an elevation of 26 ft ASL ...
The Moanataiari claim was an important and integral part of the Thames goldfield and a steady producer and employer for over 40 years. It made an important contribution to the overall production of the Thames field ... the tunnel was famous in its day and for a period, acted as the main artery of the goldfield. Different mines could send their quartz into it from various levels, and its interconnecting passages made it possible to enter a mine in one valley and come out on a different property in another.
About a third of the way from the seaward end of the Moanataiari tunnel was a shaft (Moanataiari shaft), developed adjacent to the tunnel, that opened out to two drives at 80 ft and 150 ft below the tunnel, according to Downey. The tunnel passes under Eureka Hill and at one point, there is a surface tunnel that is almost directly above the Moanataiari shaft, and may be a ventilation shaft.
An above-ground survey was carried out over the period October 2016 - April 2018. During this time, the author made six field trips to the area, plus extra trips to show visitors around (including the public field trip in October 2017 mentioned previously). A supplementary trip in September 2018 revealed sites of the Victoria battery and government-funded tramway in the Moanataiari valley. (Although the two latter sites are not strictly part of Eureka, the GPS waypoints were included in the Eureka site record, with photos in Appendix 1. They have also been recorded separately on ArchSite.) Individual sites and/or features that were located, with waypoints, are in the archaeological site record. Maps and photos are in Appendix 1.
In summary, at least 12 probable building sites were located: this includes the sites of the Lang and Ross residences (identified from historical sources), a potential school site (WP167) and the probable location of 'Building X' (WP172) marked on Fig 6. Numerous mining features were located, including a possible ventilation portal for the Moanataiari tunnel and shaft (WP166) and Golden Era mine portal (WP179). In addition, evidence of occupation was observed and recorded, including exotic plants, crockery and glass, and residential features such as retaining walls and enclosures.
No underground investigation was carried out; however, this could be contemplated in future. Likely sites would be the possible school site, Lang and Ross residence sites, and the probable location of 'Building X'.
The Eureka claim and settlement are a significant part of the fabric of the Thames goldfield, and are mostly on Reserve land (the Ross RSL section still being private property). Most of the stream valleys east of the town had mines and mining infrastructure, such as batteries, but few had more than one or two individual residence sites. Punga Flat is another remote mining settlement, at the top of the Waiotahi valley, about 1.5 km from the outskirts of the town - about an hour's walk. Punga Flat was probably larger than Eureka - population estimated to be 200 people at peak. Like Eureka, it had a school, but also had a separate store and two hotels (probably because it was much further from Thames). See also the article about the Taylor family of Punga Flat.
The author has taken at least eight groups on guided walks to Punga Flat, including four family groups who had ancestors living at the settlement. The track passes numerous drives, which are of interest to visitors, but far more interest is shown in an abandoned residence site, about 30 metres off the track. This is believed to have been occupied (sequentially) by the Taylor, then Vedder families, then Charles Boxall. That is, there tends to be stronger interest in people and how they lived, rather than mining infrastructure in its own right. The public field trip to Eureka in 2017 attracted 25 people, about five of which represented three generations of the Ross family. Again, the main interest was in the Ross residence site, and evidence of the family's occupation.
The main disadvantage of Punga Flat is that it is relatively far from town, and unlikely to be visited, except by those passing through en route to Crosbie Settlement, or to link up with another track, e.g. Karaka or Tararu. There is only a single track through the area, which inhibits access to the many building sites (at least as many as Eureka) which would now be reverted to bush. Also, there is no interpretation, and the site would not be obvious to those with no prior knowledge of its existence or location. Eureka is only about 15 minutes walk from town, and has excellent access, thanks to the recent network of MTB tracks.
The Eureka site has potential for incorporation into an advertised, signposted and interpreted heritage walk. Neville Ritchie notes:
The mining sites in the Kuranui valley, notably the Shotover mine site (T12/700), the drives documented here (T12/699) [Upper Kuranui valley] and other features in the vicinity such as the Moanataiari tunnel ... have great potential for incorporation in a short historic walkway. Loop tracks could easily be developed down the adjoining valleys - the Shellback [Pukehinau] to the north, and Moanataiari to the south.
A signposted walk originating and finishing at the Goldmine Experience on SH25 could incorporate the Kuranui and Moanataiari valleys; passing through Eureka. To the features of interest mentioned by Ritchie above, can be added the First Big Pump, Tookeys shaft, Long Drive mine, Ross and Lang residences, Eureka Hill mining settlement (including the possible school site if it is positively identified) and the Caledonian mine. There are excellent views overlooking Thames and the Firth of Thames (which would be improved if a few wilding pines were strategically felled) and natural heritage (regenerating native bush).
A round-trip would take about an hour, plus extra time for sightseeing etc. All of the tracks/roads currently exist, including the MTB track network through the Eureka settlement area. The main cost would be for interpretation. The majority of the land is already in public ownership. However, some private property issues (Ross and Howe RSL blocks) and possible visitor impact must also be borne in mind.
The contribution of general, and heritage, tourism to the Hauraki - Coromandel region's economy is well known. The author suggests that a Kuranui - Eureka - Moanataiari loop walk (commencing and ending at the Goldmine Experience) would add to the range of heritage tourism experiences available in Thames, and provide opportunity for moderate-level exercise. It should be investigated, and pursued, if deemed feasible.
In summary, Eureka settlement is a significant heritage site; an important part of the Thames goldfield, and is mostly on Reserve land. The names of over 40 families who lived there during the period c.1870 - c.1960 have been identified, so there is likely to be strong interest in the site - both in terms of gathering information about it and actually visiting it. Selective vegetation clearance and, possibly, below-ground investigation is likely to reveal much more evidence of occupation, which will add to public interest.
The site is only about 15 minutes walk from town, so is easily accessible. The Kuranui - Eureka - Moanataiari area also offers the following general advantages as a heritage tourism destination:
The author suggests that an interpreted loop-walk, Kuranui - Eureka - Moanataiari, commencing and ending at the Goldmine Experience, should be considered.
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The neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) may be a mediator of thiopental’s hypnotic and amnesic actions with clinically relevant concentrations (1–3). Thiopental inhibits peak current gated by acetylcholine (ACh) in chick nAChRs and PC12 cells, but the mechanism of that inhibition has not been studied in human recombinant nAChRs. To further evaluate the relevance of central nicotinic inhibition to thiopental anesthesia, we studied the concentration range and mechanism of thiopental inhibition of a human central nAChR (α7) response.
The α7 nAChRs are distributed diffusely in the central nervous system where they act both presynaptically to augment the release of other neurotransmitters as well as postsynaptically. The release of glutamate, γ-aminobutyric acidA (GABA), dopamine, norepinephrine, and ACh itself can be regulated by nAChRs (4). Thus, inhibition of this control mechanism by thiopental could result in global changes in neurotransmitter release that may affect behavior. α7 containing nAChRs mediate excitatory input to inhibitory interneurons in the hippocampus and are thus a potential candidate for mediating amnesia caused by thiopental (5,6).
The S-thiopental enantiomer is approximately twice as potent as the R-thiopental enantiomer at inhibiting the righting reflex in mice in vivo(7,8). As a test of the potential involvement of thiopental inhibition of α7 activation in loss of righting reflex, we have tested racemic, S-, and R-thiopental on human α7 nAChRs. We demonstrate that a racemic mixture of thiopental competitively inhibits the activation of the α7 nAChR in a clinically relevant concentration range; however, there is no significant difference between the potency of the S- and R-thiopental enantiomers in their inhibition of the activation of the α7 nAChR.
The human α7 nAChR subunit cRNA was prepared from the appropriate cDNA in a pMXT expression vector by using standard techniques (9). The human α7 nAChR clones were a gift from Dr. Jon Lindstrom at the University of Pennsylvania. The vector was linearized and used as a template for run-off transcription from the SP6 promoter. Xenopus laevis oocytes were surgically removed from the female and defolliculated with collagenase. After incubation overnight in L-15 oocyte medium, approximately 10 ng of α7 cRNA was injected per oocyte with a Nanoject Variable automatic injector (Drummond Scientific Co., Broomall, PA). The oocytes were incubated for 3–5 days in ND-96 medium (in mM: NaCl 96, KCl 2, MgCl2 1, CaCl2 1.8, HEPES 5, Na-pyruvate 2.5, theophylline 0.5, with gentamicin 100 mg/L) before physiological assay.
Whole oocyte currents were recorded by using a Gene-Clamp 500 two-microelectrode voltage-clamp amplifier with an active ground (Axon Instruments, Inc., Foster City, CA). The voltage, current, and active ground electrodes were filled with a 3 M KCl solution, such that voltage and current electrodes had a resistance of 1–5 MΩ. Extracellular recording solution consisted of (mM): 115 NaCl, 2.5 KCl, 1.8 BaCl2 10 HEPES, 0.001 atropine, pH 7.4. Experiments were performed at room temperature (20°–24°C). Racemic thiopental (Sigma, St. Louis, MO) was prepared daily as a 1-mM stock solution in external recording solution. Thiopental enantiomers were resolved with a chiral column by LM. Enantiomers were prepared as a 100-μM solution. Test solutions were prepared by serial dilution. Concentrations of racemic thiopental were measured by high-pressure liquid chromatography and found to be within 10% of the calculated concentration. Thiopental enantiomers were available in small quantity, thus they were diluted in buffer to a target concentration for experimentation, and each sample was measured by high-pressure liquid chromatography. The mea-sured value was used in all figures.
Oocytes were held at a membrane potential of −60 mV (except where indicated), and peak current was measured in response to ACh with and without thiopental. The drug solutions were placed in a closed syringe at the time of application and injected into a closed loop with a volume of 1/8 mL. The drug containing solution replaced the bath perfusate, when activated by a manual switch, in a specially prepared recording dish with a 125-μL cylindrical channel. Oocytes were perfused with thiopental for 30 s before agonist application. Agonist was applied for an approximately 2-s pulse of known volume and concentration. Perfusate was run continually at approximately 4 mL per minute. Five minutes were allowed to elapse between repeated agonist application in all experiments to allow recovery from desensitization. A 5-min interval provides stable peak current values in control experiments (data not shown). A baseline control response to ACh was measured before and after each ACh-anesthetic coapplication. Each anesthetic response was expressed relative to this internal control (n ≥ 5 for each data point).
Concentration response curves were prepared by plotting the fraction of current remaining after the coapplication of ACh and varying concentrations of thiopental as compared with the current response to ACh alone. A Hill equation, 100/(1+[x/IC50]n), was fitted to the data where IC50 is the dose at which 50% of available receptors are inhibited and n is the Hill coefficient. The data were analyzed by the method of Schild such that the normalized current was plotted against ACh concentration in the presence of varying concentrations of thiopental from 25 to 250 μM, and data were presented as mean ± sem (10). The Schild method allows calculation of a Ki(apparent) and analysis of the mechanism of inhibition without the requirement for true saturation of currents (10). All fitting algorithms and graphs were produced with Microcal Origins 5.0 software (Microcal Software Inc., Northamton, MA). Responses were acquired online by using pClamp 7 (Axon Instruments, Foster City, CA), low pass filtered at 5 kHz, digitized (Digidata 1200 interface; Axon Instruments) by using pClamp7.
Thiopental, at a concentration of 25 μM, inhibited the macroscopic current induced by ACh activation of the human α7 nAChR by 52.5% ± 3.5% (Fig. 1 inset). Inhibition was readily reversible with washout of thiopental. This inhibition was dependent on both thiopental and ACh concentration (Fig. 1). Half-maximal inhibition was achieved with 147 ± 11 μM of thiopental with ACh at 50% effective concentration (EC50) (200 μM). The Hill number was 1.2 ± 0.1. When 100 μM of ACh was used as the agonist, the IC50 for inhibition was reduced to 40.6 ± 5.0 μM of thiopental with a Hill number of 1.0 ± 0.13. Thiopental was a less potent inhibitor at larger concentrations of ACh (Figs. 1 and 2a). When the α7 nAChR was activated by a saturating concentration of ACh (1 mM), the IC50 for inhibition by thiopental was 285 ± 30 μM of thiopental and the Hill number was 1.2 ± 0.2.
When the data for inhibition of the human α7 nAChR were evaluated using the method of Schild (10), the Ki(apparent) was found to be 13 μM of thiopental, and the relationship between the dose ratio and the thiopental concentration was linear (P < 0.05), suggesting competitive inhibition (Fig. 2b). Inhibition of the ACh response is not dependent on membrane holding potential. When the percentage of current inhibition by 110 μM of thiopental was measured at voltages between −80 mV and −40 mV, the slope was not significantly different to 0 (P > 0.05) (Fig. 3). Inhibition of the ACh response by both the S- and R-enantiomers of thiopental was not significant from that by the racemic thiopental (Fig. 4).
We have demonstrated that the human α7 nAChR was inhibited by thiopental in a clinically relevant concentration range. At large concentrations of ACh that would be found at a synapse at the neuromuscular junction, thiopental inhibition of agonist response is approximately 15%. This inhibition is small, but could cause a significant alteration in the function of a neural network. Many nAChRs in the central nervous system function as presynaptic receptors; however, their synaptic morphology is not well known (11). It is not known, for example, whether presynaptic nicotinic receptors are activated at tight synaptic junctions or by smaller, environmental concentrations of ACh. When the nAChR is activated with 100 μM of ACh, thiopental at its clinical EC50 (25 μM) inhibits the response by 52% ± 3.5%. The clinical EC50 concentration taken from the literature is an estimate of free aqueous concentrations of thiopental and corrected for protein binding (12). At smaller concentrations of ACh, thiopental at its clinical EC50 causes more significant inhibition of activation. Indeed, the Ki(apparent) for thiopental inhibition of α7 nAChR activation is 13 μM, approximately half of the clinical EC50.
The mechanism of thiopental inhibition of the human α7 nAChR is competitive and not dependent on membrane holding potential. These findings differ from those reported for thiopental inhibition of PC12 cell activation by ACh (1). Andoh et al. (1) found that thiopental inhibition of nicotinic activation of PC12 cells is both use-dependent and voltage dependent. Subunit composition may underlie the difference in mechanism of inhibition. The nAChRs from PC12 cells are predominantly heteromeric and contain α3 and β4 ± α5 and α7 (13). It is not unprecedented that an anesthetic has a different mechanism of action on homomeric and heteromeric nAChRs, because heteromeric nAChRs are potently inhibited by volatile anesthetics and the α7 nAChRs are insensitive (14,15).
In vivo studies of an anesthetic behavior in mice show stereospecificity. The S-thiopental isomer is approximately twice as potent as the R-thiopental isomer at inhibiting the righting reflex in mice (7,8) and in producing electroencephalogram evidence of hypnosis in rats (16). However, in our physiological assay of thiopental activity at the human α7 nAChR, neither of the thiopental enantiomers caused significantly different inhibition from that caused by the racemic thiopental or to each other. Thus, inhibition of the nicotinic response by thiopental is not likely to play a major role in the inhibition of the righting reflex in the mouse. In contrast, enantiomers of thiopental, and other sedative barbiturates potentiate the GABAA response with the same order of potency as the in vivo(17,18). These results suggest that potentiation of GABA response may be involved in barbiturate inhibition of righting reflex in the mouse. Although our studies demonstrate that thiopental inhibition of the α7 nAChR is unlikely to underlie loss of righting reflex, it may mediate other behaviors induced by thiopental. The stereospecificity of other aspects of thiopental-induced behavior such as amnesia, immobility, and hypnosis has not been studied. If thiopental inhibition of the nicotinic response were to underlie any of these behaviors, no difference in the in vivo potency of the enantiomers would be anticipated.
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Gabrielle Union has covered many prestigious magazines, but she says her new Parents magazine cover with baby girl Kaavia James Union Wade is her favorite.
The star and executive producer of the upcoming series “L.A.’s Finest” debuted the photo on her Instagram page Wednesday, March 27, and made the 4-month-old her Woman Crush Wednesday in the process.
“My favorite cover yet. #shadybaby is on magazines stands… world watch out,” Union writes in the caption as she gushes about her baby. “@kaaviajames is already my kinda girl and is my forever #wcw. She smiles when she sees @dwyanewade and has a loud laugh that sounds like husky voiced unicorn giggles. This little girl has brought a light and joy to my life I didn’t even know was possible. Without words, she has challenged me to be a better version of myself, and on the daily has me busting out in fits of laughter. Time to eat up the cuteness on this cover 😍”
Fans of the star and her “Shady Baby” couldn’t help but gush over the mag.
“Love this little cover girl, cutie 100, you too Gab.”
“Awwww just Beautiful MOMMIE AND BABY GIRL GLOWING ON THE MAGAZINE COVER TOO CUTE😍❤👍💯”
“You both look beautiful God bless you enjoy her they grow up so fast.”
Kaavia James, who is the first child of Union’s and joins a house full of boys fathered by and related to Dwyane Wade, was conceived via surrogate and born in November 2018. Speaking to Parents about the struggles she faced to have a child of her own, Union detailed how hurtful it was to spend five years dealing with fertility issues.
“There was a lot of pain, and a lot of disappointment,” said the star, who has said she’s suffered eight or nine miscarriages. “I felt like I was not only disappointing myself and my spouse but all the people who’d hung a lot of hope on us. I felt like a complete loser and failure.”
In the end, Union and Wade elected to use IVF and a surrogate to have their daughter. Since Kaavia James’ arrival, her Shady Baby antics have taken over Instagram — much to the delight of fans.
“When I ask her a question, Kaavia responds with a lot of animation, and she’ll pause so you can ask her more,” Union explained to Parents. “She follows along, but she doesn’t do baby talk. When people talk baby talk, she gives shady-baby looks.”

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Welcome to One Love Festival 2013
CREATED IN 2008 AS THE UK’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOB MARLEY’S FAMOUS CONCERT OF THE SAME NAME. ONE LOVE FESTIVAL IS NOW 6 YEARS OLD AND IS UK’S NO1 REGGAE AND DUB CAMPING FESTIVAL .
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championed by Bob Marley and was created in honour of his famous 1978 One Love concert. We have gained a loyal fan base and interest from all over the world. Paying homage to our philosophy of One Love and to foundation Reggae Music. Playing Conscience Roots, Dub Music and enjoying all the sub genres of that.
One Love = a unity, a bond between the brother man and women. A common purpose regardless of religion / race or creed – “PEACE and LOVE” to all of mankind
One Love Festival a melting pot, a multi-cultural multi-ethical, free trade and environmentally-friendly event, buzzing with creativity, fun, ideas and soul. One of the most diverse and unique festivals in the UK, the One Love Festival offers something for everyone and is an experience that should not be missed. Bringing together all the facilities and allures of a large-scale event but with the personal touch of a small, independent occasion, When you experience One Love it is something to be remembered forever.


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By Ana Martinez-Ortiz
As a child, Stacey Abrams’ parents used to take her and her siblings to the voting booth whenever it was an election day. It was one of her first introductions to civic engagement and politics. Years down the line, Abrams is known as a voting rights activist, politician, author and more.
Last week, Abrams, who served in the Georgia House of Representatives, spoke with Ben Wikler, the chair for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, about her new book, “Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America.” The conversation was a part of the Wisconsin Book Festival.
The book, in which Abrams details her own experiences, examines the actions taken by politicians to suppress voters. In the book, Abrams not only examines the history of voter suppression but offers an alternative to ensure that every citizen has the chance to exercise their right to vote.
During the conversation, Wikler and Abrams discussed voting rights, her plan to fix the system and how her parents inspired her.
Wikler opened the conversation asking about Abrams’ thoughts on the protests.
Abrams said that the protests of today in response to George Floyd are like what happened in the nineties and the decades before then. The first time Abrams chose to get involved in protests it was the year 1992. That year marked an election year, video recordings of police brutality and the beating of Rodney King by police.
She noted that in 1992, by the time the elections came around, people seemed to have forgotten about the protests. This time, things are different.
“What we’re seeing in this moment is sustained engagement, that is also generating legitimate and thoughtful responses,” Abrams said.
There may finally be a remedy, she said, but that requires that the activism seen in the streets today carries over into November.
Abrams’ book opens with the story of her grandmother’s first-time voting. There was a fear there and not just a fear of the hoses and other forces working to prevent Blacks from voting, she said.
“The power of the ballot was a terrifying power,” Abrams said, adding that it was something that had been promised and taken away far too often.
“The reason I open the book with that story is that I want people to recognize that it’s not this simplistic arithmetic ‘If I want, I vote,’” Abrams said. “For so many Americans, especially Americans of color, the right to vote has been this thing that was held out as this shining opportunity, but it has also so often been a trap.”
It was through her parents’ efforts that Abrams felt a huge responsibility to educate and help others when it came to voting. In college, she set up a table on campus and helped her peers register to vote.
“My responsibility was to be out there and say, ‘Here’s this power that we have access to,’” she said.
For Abrams, voting wasn’t just about civic engagement, it was about recognizing the disparities that were happening in her community and doing something about them. When she eventually entered the world of politics, she learned that change can be slow coming, but it still happens.
The systemic barriers and institutionalized racism are slowly being chipped away at, Abrams said, and those barriers can feel permanent at times, but they’re not.
Protect the elections and complete the census, she added. Those are the building blocks to a better nation in 2021.
“The right to vote is one of our foundational rights as citizens and no one can take it away,” she said.


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Four white in Washington were sentenced for hate crimes on Monday after a 2018 assault on a Black man in a bar in Lynnwood.
According to the DOJ, Jason DeSimas, 45, Jason Stanley, 46, Randy Smith, 42, and Daniel Dorson, 27, previously each pleaded guilty to one count of committing a hate crime, as well as one count of making false statements to investigators about their role in the assault.
Each defendant admitted in their plea agreements that on Dec. 8, 2018, they entered a bar in Lynnwood, with a large group that included fellow members of Crew 38 and the Hammerskins, two white supremacist organizations operating in the state of Washington.
All four defendants were members of Crew 38 and/or prospective members of the Hammerskins, and they had traveled to the Lynnwood area with others to attend events related to “Martyr’s Day,” an annual gathering honoring a white supremacist who died in a shootout with federal agents on Whidbey Island in the 1980s.
After entering the bar, the four men approached a Black man who was serving as the disc jockey at the bar. When the man attempted to move defendant Stanley away from his music equipment, all four defendants punched and kicked him, even after he fell to the floor, while some in the group called him racial slurs. As a result of their attack, the Black man suffered serious physical injuries, including extreme pain, loss of consciousness, bleeding and swelling in his eye, and bruising on his back, chest and legs. When two bystanders tried to stop the assault, the defendants then attacked the bystanders as well.
“Imagine being attacked by four men purely because of the color of your skin,” said Special Agent in Charge Richard A. Collodi of the FBI Seattle Field Office. “The victim in this case does not have to imagine. Tragically, he lived it. With today’s sentences, my hope is the victim feels some sense of justice has been served. However, until all citizens are safe from threats and violence based on their race, ethnicity, gender, or beliefs, the FBI’s work protecting victims of hate will continue.”
As well as the hate crime charge, each defendant pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to federal agents. According to the DOJ, Stanley falsely claimed to the agents that he was not even present in the State of Washington during the weekend of the assault.
DeSimas falsely claimed that neither he nor anyone else called the victim a racial slur during the assault, while Smith falsely claimed that he did not remember anyone calling the victim a racial slur. Dorson falsely told agents that he had not traveled to Washington State during the weekend of the assault to attend a white supremacist’s “Martyr’s Day” observance.
“The myth of white supremacy is alive and well and can foment dangerous behavior and violence,” said U.S. Attorney Nick Brown for the Western District of Washington.
“These particular defendants are deeply steeped in racial hatred, expressed through their Nazi tattoos, white supremacist symbols on their clothing, and their use of racist slurs. They came to our area to honor a man who died leading a racist and violent gang and thought they could act on their beliefs with impunity. But the victims and witnesses of their brutal assault have proved they are far stronger than these four. And today our justice system is holding them accountable for the damage they did not only to the people they assaulted but to the community that recoils when presented with their despicable hatred.”
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Huawei Mobile Devices increased the prices of its mobile phone and tablet products on 18 February by 8.6%, according to the price list of which Daily News Egypt obtained a copy. The Mate 9 phone’s price increased from EGP 10,010 to EGP 10,879, whereas the price of the Mate 8 increased from EGP 8,950 to EGP 9,725.
The price of the G8 increased from EGP 4,770 to EGP 5,179, the Y6 Pro-3G from EGP 2,530 to EGP 2,749, and the Y3C from EGP 935 to EGP 985. The price of the Media Pad-4G tablet increased from EGP 3,533 to EGP 3,839, while the Media Pad-3G increased from EGP 1,931 to EGP 2,099.
Infinix also increased the prices of its mobile products by 7.9%, where the Hot S-16GB increased from EGP 2,225 to EGP 2,399, while the Hot S Pro-16GB increased from EGP 2,390 to EGP 2,580.
According to the price list of Infinix for February, the price of the Note 3-16GB increased from EGP 2,515 to reach EGP 2,715, while the Note 3 Pro increased from EGP 2,720 to EGP 2,935.
The price of the Hot 4 increased from EGP 1,418 to reach EGP 1,530, while the Hot 4 Pro increased from EGP 1,687 to EGP 1,820. The Zero 4 increased from EGP 3,385 to EGP 3,655, while the Zero 4 Plus increased from EGP 4,710 to EGP 5,085.
Samsung increased the price of its own phones in January by 7-10% compared to December. The prices of mobiles, tablets, smart watches, and the “Internet of Things” devices also increased.
The sales of the mobile market declined locally during the first quarter of 2016 by 7% compared to the same period of last year, according to a report issued by market research company GfK, whereas the market sales of January, February, and March were 4m, compared to 4.3 million during the same period in 2015. The market is expected to witness a decline in growth this year, according to GfK.