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Philippine Revolutionary Army Explained
The Philippine Revolutionary Army (Filipino: Panghimagsikang Hukbo ng Pilipinas / Hukbong Pilipinong Mapaghimagsik; Spanish: Ejército Revolucionario Filipino), later renamed Philippine Republican Army (Filipino: Hukbong Katihan ng Republika ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Ejército en la República de la Filipina) was founded on March 22, 1897 in Cavite. General Artemio Ricarte was designated as its first Captain General during the Tejeros Convention. This armed force of General Emilio Aguinaldo's central revolutionary government replaced the Katipunan's military force.
See also: Military history of the Philippines and List of weapons of the Philippine revolution. The revolutionary army used the 1896 edition of the Spanish regular army's Ordenanza del Ejército to organize its forces and establish its character as a modern army. Rules and regulations were laid down for the reorganization of the army, along with the regulation of ranks and the adoption of new fighting methods, new rank insignias, and a new standard uniform known as the rayadillo. Filipino artist Juan Luna is credited with this design.  His brother, General Antonio Luna commissioned him with the task and personally paid for the new uniforms. Juan Luna also designed the collar insignia for the uniforms, distinguishing between the services: infantry, cavalry, artillery, sappers, and medics. At least one researcher has postulated that Juan Luna may have patterned the tunic after the English Norfolk jacket, since the Filipino version is not a copy of any Spanish-pattern uniform. Infantry officers wore blue pants with a black stripe down the side, while Cavalry officers wore red trousers with black stripes.  Soldiers and junior officers wore straw hats while senior officers often wore peaked caps.
Orders and circulars were issued covering matters such as building trenches and fortifications, equipping every male aged 15 to 50 with bows and arrows (as well as bolo knives, though officers wielded European swords), enticing Filipino soldiers in the Spanish army to defect, collecting empty cartridges for refilling, prohibiting unplanned sorties, inventories of captured arms and ammunition, fundraising, purchasing of arms and supplies abroad, unification of military commands, and exhorting the rich to give aid to the soldiers.
Aguinaldo, a month after he declared Philippine independence, created a pay scale for officers in the army: Following the board, a brigadier general would receive 600 pesos annually, and a sergeant 72 pesos.
When the Philippine–American War erupted on February 4, 1899, the Filipino army suffered heavy losses on every sector. Even Antonio Luna urged Apolinario Mabini, Aguinaldo's chief adviser, to convince the President that guerrilla warfare must be announced as early as April 1899. Aguinaldo adopted guerilla tactics on November 13, 1899, dissolving what remained of the regular army and after many of his crack units were decimated in set-piece battles.
The Filipinos were short on modern weapons. Most of its weapons were captured from the Spanish, were improvised or were traditional weapons. The service rifles of the nascent army were the Spanish M93 and the Spanish Remington Rolling Block rifle. Moreover, while in Hong Kong, Emilio Aguinaldo purchased rifles from the Americans. Two batches of 2,000 rifles each including ammunition were ordered and paid for. The first batch arrived while the second batch never did. In his letters to Galicano Apacible, Mariano Ponce also sought weapons from both domestic and international dealers in the Empire of Japan. He was offered different breech-loading single-shot rifles since most nations were discarding them in favor of new smokeless bolt-action rifles. However, there was no mention of any purchase occurring. Another planned purchase was the Murata rifle from Japan but no record exists that it made its way into the hands of Filipino revolutionaries.
Crew-served weapons of the Philippine military included captured Spanish guns such as Krupp guns, Ordóñez guns, and Maxim-Nordenfelt multi-barreled guns. There were also improvised artillery weapons made of water pipes reinforced with bamboo or timber known as lantakas, which can only fire once or twice.
The evolution of Philippine revolutionary insignia can be divided into three basic periods; early Katipunan, late Katipunan and the Republican army.
Revolutionary Army enlisted ranks
|Revolutionary Army ranks||Tagalog Name||Spanish Name||Sleeve insignia|
In 1898, the Philippine government prescribed branch colors twice:
|Branch||30 July 1898||25 November 1898|
|Military Juridical Corps||white|
|Commissary and Quartermaster Corps||yellow|
|Medical Corps||red cross|
Recruitment and conscription
During the revolution against Spain, the Katipunan gave leaflets to the people to encourage them to join the revolution. Since the revolutionaries had become regular soldiers at the time of Emilio Aguinaldo, they started to recruit males and some females aged 15 and above as a form of national service. A few Spanish and Filipino enlisted personnel and officers of the Spanish Army and Spanish Navy defected to the Revolutionary Army, as well as a number of foreign individuals and American defectors who volunteered to join during the course of the revolution.
Conscription in the revolutionary army was in effect in the Philippines and military service was mandatory at that time by the order of Gen. Antonio Luna, the Chief Commander of the Army during the Philippine–American War.
Flags and early banners of the revolution
See main article: Flags of the Philippine Revolution.
During the existence of the Revolutionary Army, over 100 individuals were appointed to General Officer grades. For details, see the List of Filipino generals in the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine–American War article.
Other notable officers
- Colonel Agapito Bonzón
- Colonel Felipe Salvador – Commander of the Santa Iglesia faction.
- Colonel Apolinar Vélez
- Colonel Alejandro Avecilla
- Colonel Francisco "Paco" Román – Aide to Lieutenant General Antonio Luna.
- Colonel Manuel Bernal – Aide to Lieutenant General Antonio Luna.
- Colonel Pablo Tecson – Leader, Battle of Quingua.
- Colonel Alipio Tecson – Supreme Military Commander of Tarlac in 1900 and exiled to Guam.
- Colonel Simón Tecson – Leader of Siege of Baler; signatory of the Biak-na-Bato Constitution.
- Colonel Simeón Villa
- Colonel Luciano San Miguel
- Colonel José Tagle – Known for his role in the Battle of Imus.
- Lieutenant Colonel Lázaro Macapagal – Commanding officer in-charge at the execution of Andrés and Procopio Bonifacio brothers.
- Lieutenant Colonel José Torres Bugallón – Hero of the Battle of La Loma.
- Lieutenant Colonel Regino Díaz Relova – Fought as one of the heads of columns under General Juan Cailles in the Laguna province.
- Major Manuel Quezon – Aide to President Emilio Aguinaldo. Eventually succeeded him as the second President of the Philippines under the United States-sponsored Commonwealth.
- Major Eugenio Daza - Area Commander Southeastern Samar and overall Commander and chief organizer of the Balangiga Encounter.
- Major Juan Arce
- Captain José Bernal – Aide to Lieutenant General Antonio Luna.
- Captain Eduardo Rusca – Aide to Lieutenant General Antonio Luna.
- Captain Pedro Janolino – Commanding Officer of the Kawit Battalion.
- Captain Vicente Roa
- Captain Serapio Narváez – Officer of the 4th Company, Morong Battalion.
- Captain Cirilo Arenas- Captain of Maguagui (Naic), Cavite.
- Lieutenant García – one of Gen. Luna's favorite sharpshooters of the Black Guard units.
- Corporal Anastacio Félix – 4th Company, Morong Battalion the first Filipino casualty of the Philippine–American War.
Notable foreign officers and servicemen
- General Juan Cailles – Franco-Indian mestizo who led Filipino forces in Laguna
- General José Valesy Nazaraire – Spanish.
- Brigadier General José Ignacio Paua – Full-blooded Chinese general in the Army.
- Brigadier General B. Natividad – Brigade Acting Commander in Vigan under General Tinio.
- Colonel Manuel Sityar – Half-Spanish Director of Academía Militar de Malolos. A former captain in the Spanish colonial army who defected to the Filipino side.
- Colonel Sebastian de Castro – Spanish director of the military hospital at Malasiqui, Pangasinan.
- Colonel Dámaso Ybarra y Thomas – Spanish.
- Lieutenant Colonel Potenciano Andrade – Spanish.
- Estaquio Castellor – French mestizo who led a battalion of sharpshooters.
- Major Candido Reyes – Instructor at the Academía Militar de Malolos. Former sergeant in the Spanish Army.
- Major José Reyes – Instructor at the Academía Militar de Malolos. Former sergeant in the Spanish Army.
- Major José Torres Bugallón – Spanish officer who served under General Luna.
- Captain Antonio Costosa – Former officer in the Spanish Army.
- Captain Tei Hara - Japanese officer who fought in the Philippine-American war with volunteer soldiers.
- Captain Chizuno Iwamoto - Japanese officer who served on Emilio Aguinaldo's staff. Returned to Japan after Aguinaldo's capture.
- Captain David Fagen – An African-American Captain who served under Brigadier General Urbano Lacuna. A former Corporal in United States Army 24th Colored Regiment.
- Captain Francisco Espina – Spanish.
- Captain Estanislao de los Reyes – Spanish aide-de-camp to General Tinio.
- Captain Feliciano Ramoso – Spanish aide-de-camp to General Tinio.
- Captain Mariano Queri – Spanish officer who served under General Luna as an instructor in the Academía Militar de Malolos and later as the director-general of the staff of the war department.
- Captain Camillo Richairdi – Italian.
- Captain Telesforo Centeno – Spanish.
- Captain Arthur Howard – American deserter from the 1st California Volunteers.
- Captain Glen Morgan – American who organized insurgent forces in central Mindanao.
- Captain John Miller – American who organized insurgent forces in central Mindanao.
- Captain Russel – American deserter from the 10th Infantry.
- Lieutenant Danfort – American deserter from the 10th Infantry.
- Lieutenant Maximino Lazo – Spanish.
- Lieutenant Gabriel Badelly Méndez – Cuban.
- 2nd Lieutenant Segundo Paz – Spanish.
- Lieutenant Alejandro Quirulgico – Spanish.
- Lieutenant Rafael Madina – Spanish.
- Lieutenant Saburo Nakamori - Japanese.
- Lieutenant Arsenio Romero – Spanish.
- Private John Allane – United States Army.
- Private Harry Dennis – United States Army.
- Private William Hyer – United States Army.
- Private Meeks (given name not specified) – United States Army.
- Private George Raymond – 41st Infantry, United States Army.
- Private Maurice Sibley – 16th Infantry, United States Army.
- Private John Wagner – United States Army.
- Private Edward Walpole – United States Army.
- Henry Richter – American deserter from the 9th Cavalry.
- Gorth Shores – American deserter from the 9th Cavalry.
- Fred Hunter – American deserter from the 9th Cavalry.
- William Denten – American deserter who joined General Lukban in Samar.
- Enrique Warren – American deserter who served under Francisco Makabulos in Tarlac.
- Antonio Prisco – Spanish.
- Manuel Alberto – Spanish.
- Eugenia Plona – Spanish aide-de-camp to Baldermo Aguinaldo.
- Alexander MacIntosh – English.
- William McAllister – English.
- Charles MacKinley – Englishman who served in Laoag.
- James O'Brian – English.
- Book: Bowers. William T. . Hammond. William M. . MacGarrigle. George L. . Black Soldier, White Army: The 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea. 1997. DIANE Publishing. 978-0-7881-3990-1. harv.
- Deady . Timothy K. . Lessons from a Successful Counterinsurgency: The Philippines, 1899–1902 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090326184120/http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/05spring/deady.pdf. 2009-03-26. PDF . Parameters . 35. 1. 53–68 . Spring 2005. US Army War College. harv.
- Book: Fantina, Robert . Desertion and the American Soldier, 1776-2006. 2006. Algora Publishing. 978-0-87586-453-2. harv.
- Book: Halili, Christine N.. Philippine History. 2004. Rex Bookstore, Inc.. 978-971-23-3934-9. harv.
- Book: Scott, William Henry . Ilocano responses to American aggression, 1900-1901. 1986. New Day Publishers. 978-971-10-0336-4. harv.
- Book: Tan, Samuel K.. The Filipino-American War, 1899-1913. 2002. University of the Philippines Press. 978-971-542-339-7. harv.
In popular media
The Philippine revolutionary army has been mentioned in several books and films.
Notes and References
- Book: Brian McAllister Linn. The U.S. Army and Counterinsurgency in the Philippine War, 1899-1902. 2000. UNC Press Books. 978-0-8078-4948-4. 13.
- Book: Jerry Keenan. Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American & Philippine-American Wars. registration. 2001. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-57607-093-2. 202, 205, 207-209, 212, 250, 295, 306, 310, 454.
- Web site: The Philippine Army History . 2014-01-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225003613/http://www.army.mil.ph/history.html . December 25, 2013 .
- Web site: Philippine-American War, 1899-1902 . 2012-01-28. philippineamericanwar.webs.com.
- Book: Alejandrino, Jose . The Price of Freedom . 1949.
- News: Opiña . Rimaliza . Military academy sheds West Point look . Sun.Star Baguio . 2004-11-14 . 2008-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081029220704/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2004/11/14/news/military.academy.sheds.west.point.look.html . 2008-10-29 .
- Book: Jose, Vivencio R. . The Rise and Fall of Antonio Luna . Solar Publishing . 1986 . 106.
- Web site: Uniformology II . 2008-05-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080502095850/http://falangefilipinas.4t.com/photo5.html . 2008-05-02 .
- Web site: Combs . William K. . Filipino Rayadillo Norfolk-pattern Tunic . 2008-05-18.
- Web site: Filipino Rayadillo Norfolk Pattern Tunic. 18 October 2015.
- Web site: Uniformology I . 2008-05-20.
- Book: Agoncillo . Teodoro . History of the Filipino People . 1960.
- Book: Ponce . Mariano . Cartas Sobre la Revolución.
- Book: Gregorio F. Zaide. The Philippine Revolution. 1968. Modern Book Company. 279.
- Web site: FIL-AM WAR BREAKS OUT. philippineamericanwar.webs.com.
- Web site: Japanese with a different face. Ambeth R. Ocampo. inquirer.net.
- Consistency Is the Hobgoblin: Manuel L. Quezon and Japan, 1899-1934 by Grant K. Goodman, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Mar., 1983), p.79.
- Book: Hurley, Vic. Jungle Patrol, the Story of the Philippine Constabulary (1901-1936). 2011-06-14. Cerberus Books. 978-0-9834756-2-0. 169.

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By R. Peterson
The hallway looked to be infinite with dimly lit doorways on each side, fading into darkness as the passageway sloped. I looked for the source of illumination but found only a mysterious glow around each doorknob. Behind me, the floor and walls looked unfinished with tile, stud and drywall rising from nothing to an invisible barrier that kept me from moving in that direction.
I began to walk and then to run, searching or fleeing from an unknown. As I passed each entrance, the doors changed. The round, brass and chrome knobs, with key inserts in the center, gradually became ornately decorated with locking mechanisms below in rectangular plates of brass. Others still farther along the hallway were made of dark iron and even wood. Those in the distance contained not knobs but latches. The decorative quality of the doorknobs and the doors appeared to increase the farther I journeyed. Modern bright and pastel technology gave way to an engraved and gilded quality that looked to be of Victorian, Colonial or even earlier craftsmanship.
Most doors appeared to be locked although I didn’t try them all. It was when I had returned to almost the beginning of the passage where the walls and the hallway were unfinished that I perceived light coming from beneath a door that strangely I hadn’t noticed before. I turned the brass knob … and the door opened.
It only took a moment for me to realize where I was, approximately halfway down Junior Hall inside Cloverdale High School. I stood next to a double row of metal lockers. Mike Blueberry and Jason Scott stood on either side alternately dumping and picking up book and spiral tablets. I looked down. I was wearing jeans and a black t-shirt with the album cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced?” silk screened on the front. Just by watching the faded Levi 501’s and the tie-dyed shirts that moved past as well as the tantalizing just-above-the-knee (tugged down for school) mini-skirts that drafted, napalmed and then helicoptered our attention I discerned the year had to be 1968.
Jennifer Kruger appeared, strolling down the hallway toward us with a blinding smile and dangerous curves that made even the most popular senior boys apply the brakes on their out of control desires. “Who does she go out with?” Jason gasped as Jennifer moved past us like an angel looking for someone to rescue … let it be me.
“Girls like her don’t go out with guys like us,” Mike said as if that fact was common knowledge.
“Who do they go out with?” Jason couldn’t stop staring. I didn’t blame him none of us could.
“They go out with college men … guys with lots of money.” Mike replied.
I was vaguely aware that I was in a dream. I’d been here before … many times. The sudden realization that I could do anything in a dream … even fly if I wanted … struck me as an opportunity I couldn’t overlook. Just be cool I told myself as I walked toward Jennifer. She was clustered with a small group of girls in senior hall laughing and talking to Janna Wood another one of the un-dateable sophomores that were every boy’s forbidden fantasy. Just as I was about to reach out and tap her shoulder, Rex Roker pushed past, his almost three hundred pound lineman’s bulk brushing me aside like a tumbleweed. “How about taking in a movie Friday night?”Rex was looking at Jennifer with his little pig eyes attempting to dazzle her with a too-big smile stuck in his square jaw. “Planet of the Apes is playing at the Royal.”
“I’ve seen it,” Jennifer said, “and besides … I’m grounded.”
Rex hefted a flabby arm over her shoulder and gave her a hug. “Let me know when you’re available,” he smiled as he swaggered away.
I was close enough to see Jennifer’s deep violet eyes roll upward behind his back. She and her girlfriends all giggled. I suddenly lost my nerve and turned back. A large white rectangle like a doorway appeared in the wall between Mike and Jason. I was off the ground floating and speeding toward it … knowing that my dream was coming to an end. The noises of voices chattering became a buzzing sound as I passed through the light… and apparently through the cinderblock wall.
I was in bed at home and I reached a liver spotted sixty-five year old hand out to shut off my alarm clock, wishing I had the time and energy for five minutes more sleep.
Alpine Meadows was an assisted living center that my uncle had recommended. His oldest sister had resided there for eight months before she finally died from heart failure and the complications of old age. “It’s expensive,” he told me. “But you can’t take it with you.” I wanted something nice for my mother. After being a stay at home mom for years and putting up with my father and my three brothers and two sisters she deserved a good place. Not that my life was bad. We were a closely knit family and my father made a decent living selling insurance, eventually opening his own brokerage. My parents were the type who spent everything on their kids and almost nothing on themselves. The 1966 Cadillac parked in mom’s garage was my late father’s pride and joy, still less than eighty-thousand miles, but it was forty years old. It was 1969 before my mother had an electric washing machine and she’d never owned a dishwasher in her life. She wore the same blue dress to church for years even after my father died and continued to bake bread and bottle her own pickles even when I was the last child left in the house.
It wasn’t until she began to exhibit signs of dementia that my brothers and sisters insisted that I be given power of attorney to look after her affairs. I was recently retired and had been divorced for ten years. My siblings must have thought I needed something other than an old electric guitar with rusty strings and even rustier dream of rock stardom to occupy my mind. I discovered that in addition to a monthly social security check that she lived on, mom had several bank accounts, safety deposit boxes, stock certificates and land deeds. I was afraid I might be missing something, some vast looming debt that would balance things out, so I had an accountant friend investigate and tally up my mother’s finances while I sat in a kind of daze.
My mother had a net worth of a little less than two million, three hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars, not including her house and car, and she was eighty-nine years old. I was determined to drag her away from the fourteen-inch Philco color TV, watching old Lawrence Welk re-runs, with the snowy picture that rolled and give her a better life for however many years she had left.
My uncle was right Alpine Meadows was clean with a friendly staff and even a chandelier hanging from the ceiling of an elegant common room. The manager, Mrs. Childs, let me talk to the cook and showed me a list of last week’s menus. The place was actually within walking distance of my apartment and I could visit mom every day. I was ready to sign the papers right there but the manager smiled and said to think about it for at least a day. I liked that. People with integrity are rare in today’s world. It was while walking back from the room that would be mom’s, a kind of studio apartment with a tiny kitchen, living area, bathroom and bedroom that I happened to glance inside a room with an open door.
Something about the dark violet eyes that stared at me from under a quilted bedcover made me stop. I knew her or thought I knew the woman lying in the bed. Her hair was darker than I remembered and with streaks of highlights that gave her a somehow youthful appearance. The wrinkles under the eyes reminded me of my own and I knew we had to be almost the same age. “Jennifer Kruger?” I gasped.
“Jennifer had a stroke a few months back that has unfortunately left her unable to speak but I believe her maiden name was Kruger.” Mrs. Chiles smiled. “Would you like to visit for a minute? Jennifer doesn’t get many visitors.” Mrs. Chiles looked at Jennifer as if seeking her approval and Jennifer nodded.
I instantly felt awkward. I’d known who she was from school but we weren’t exactly friends. What was I supposed to say. Remember me? I was that skinny kid who used to ogle you and bang my head on a locker when you’d walk past in the hall. I walked shyly into her room. “Hi, I’m Ray Simmons,” I said. “You probably don’t remember me … but we went to high school together.”
Jennifer squinted her eyes as if trying to see me clearly, for a moment I saw a frown forming on her brow then suddenly she smiled. I hadn’t felt this much warmth since I was thirty … perhaps never. Her smile was the same brilliant bouquet of flowers that I remembered and it erased the tiny lines under her eyes. I was awestruck by how beautiful she was even after all these years. She reached for a lined yellow notepad and pen resting on a table next to her bed and wrote carefully with smooth and slender fingers while I waited. There were lots of flowers in her room white and blue gardenias but no photos. I remember you the note said when she held it up grinning. I was trying to catch my breath and couldn’t think of what to say.
“I’m thinking of putting my mother in this place as a resident,” I stammered. “Mrs. Childs was just showing me around.” Jennifer glanced behind me and I could have sworn the two of them exchanged some kind of secret communication.
“I’ll leave these papers on my desk and you can call me know tomorrow and let me know what you decide,” Mrs. Childs grinned as she walked away. Jennifer stared at me for a long minute before she picked up the pad Tell me about yourself she wrote.
“I retired three years ago,” I told her. “I worked most of my life as a carpenter building houses except for the two years I spent in Viet Nam.”
She folded over the page on the pad and wrote again. Wife and kids?
“A boy and a girl,” I told her. “Mike and his wife Misty live in Columbus Georgia and he is a dentist. Susan and her husband Jeff live in Hawaii. She gives dance lessons while he teaches school.”
She stared at me a smile forming on her lips when she noticed my hesitation. “My wife Karen and I got divorced three years ago,” I shrugged my shoulders.
Jennifer wrote on the pad again and I was surprised when she held it up. Who won? Her eyes seemed to be looking right through me.
“No one really wins in a divorce,” I told her. “I guess you could say at best it was a tie.”
Jennifer seemed to accept my answer. I didn’t know what to say to her. Then suddenly words spilled from my mouth like hot coffee. “What about you? Did you live around here after High School?” She shook her head slowly as if wondering how much to tell me. Finally she picked up the pad and hesitated as if wondering what to write. You wear it well she wrote. I looked down at my faded Levis and black t-shirt with a tiny hole near the hem where I’d splashed a drop of acid while changing the battery in my car. I glanced at her and she shook her head before she began to write again. Not your clothes … life!
Two of the caregivers came in the room to tell her that lunch was ready and I knew they wanted me to leave while they helped her out of bed. “I hope to see you again,” I stammered. Jennifer smiled and then turned away.
The long hallway with the endless doors on each side was once more before me. This time I knew exactly where I was going. Sure enough I found myself inside the school gymnasium when I opened the door with light glowing from the crack at the bottom. The lights were dim and live music was playing … an after basketball game Victory Dance, although Cloverdale High School’s Stallions had lost again. There were almost twenty couples dancing on the floor to a local band’s rendition of Tommy James and the Shondells’ Crimson and Clover.
I watched in fascination as Jennifer Kruger broke away from a group of girls and walked toward a water fountain. Her golden auburn hair shimmered under revolving strobe lights and her radiant smile was almost like a spotlight. I wasn’t the only one staring, every guy lined up against the wall gazed at her with crushing hopeless expectation. Somewhere in the far distant future I was lying crossways in bed with covers twisted around my neck and a pillow lying on the floor but this was a dream … and I could do anything.
I stood behind her and I suddenly felt light headed. She was bending over to get a drink and the gold and blue cheerleading skirt she wore rose to mid-thigh. I stared transfixed at the back of long slender legs covered with nylon stockings that reached from the floor to heaven. I was still in a daze when she rose and turned around suddenly; her lips and mine were only inches apart.
“Wow!” you scared me,’ she giggled. She stared at me for a second or it could have been hours. I was helplessly lost somewhere in her dark violet eyes … and it was getting dark. The band had just started to play a new song Get Together by the Youngbloods and the slightest trace of a smile hummed along in the fascinating corners of Jennifer’s lips. “Did you want to ask me something?” I was close enough to catch the scent of Tuvache’s Oh! de London perfume as I pointed toward the water fountain. “Can you excuse me please … I’m thirsty,” I stammered.
I despised myself as she turned and walked away. People like me should be marched seven abreast into the oceans before we get a chance to breed or mankind will be forever lost. I saw the square rectangle of light lingering in the air next to the band’s strobe light. I was off the ground and flying toward it even as I bit my lip. How could I blow a chance like this … even if it was a dream?
The clock radio next to my bed was playing Dream a Little Dream of Me with Cass Elliott’s silky vocals when I woke up in bed. It was moving day and I had a few things of my mother’s to move into Alpine Meadows. Although the assisted living center contained all the essentials, beds, lamps, and sofas things like photos, cherished knickknacks and other mementoes of a life well lived were what made any place a home. I was disappointed to see that Jennifer’s door was closed as I walked past, carrying a cardboard box filled with books about birds. My mom seemed a bit sad although she tried to cover it with comments about how clean the place was and all the new friends she was sure to make. We talked for a while and then she said she was sleepy.
No one could have been more disappointed than me when I walked past Jennifer’s room a second time and the door was still closed. I was almost to my truck parked outside when Mrs. Childs called from the doorway. “Do you want those empty boxes back? We really don’t have room for them here and they’ll just be thrown away.”
I didn’t have any use for a bunch of cardboard boxes but I went back for them anyway. It was when I was carrying them through the large common room that I noticed Jennifer. She was seated in a comfortable looking lounge chair watching Midnight Cowboy on a big screen TV. Several other residents noticed me stop and stare. When Jennifer turned she gestured for me to come. I tried to take ten years off my age as I sucked in my gut and walked over. She smiled at me as she picked up the yellow pad and her pen. I hope one of those boxes is big enough to smuggle me out of this place she wrote. I laughed. “You’re not very big, but still I think it would be a tight fit!” I loved looking at her smile and then added. “Is this place really that bad?’
She took her time writing the next message as if wanting to say only truthful things. It’s not bad, but there is really nothing wrong with me. My daughter doesn’t want me to live alone because I can’t talk on a telephone if I get into trouble and she lives in Minnesota.
“What about one of those life alert buttons?” I couldn’t help it … I watch too much TV.
Do you have one? She grinned as she held up the pad.
“No, I don’t want the EMP’s busting down my door every time I roll over in my sleep,” I told her.
She looked at me the same way she had the night before in my dream …. Somewhere in another part of Alpine Meadows I heard someone laugh as she wrote. Did you want to ask me something?
“I don’t think so,” I told her truthfully. “Why do you ask?”
She moved the pad so that I couldn’t see what she was writing and tore several pages out and wadded them up before she finally showed me what she wrote. You look like you’re keeping a secret.
I don’t know why I told her, maybe it was her eyes or the beguiling scent of Oh! de London that lingered in the misty corners of my mind. The next think I knew I was blurting it out. “I had a dream about you,” I stammered. “Actually more than one.” I looked around to see if any of the other residents were listening then let it all gush out like an earthen dam with water surging over the top. “I’ve dreamed about you since High School.”
Once my dark secret was out I thought surely she must thin I was some kind of perverted psycho if not some weird senior citizen stalker. She turned her eyes shyly to the pad she was writing on. Why didn’t you ever ask me out?
“I was afraid,” I told her. “You had every guy in the school wanting to date you and I was a nothing.”
Caregivers were beginning to push the residents toward tables on one side of the common room. I looked at my watch it was almost noon. “Would you like to have lunch with us?” An overweight Hispanic woman asked as she helped Jennifer to her feet. I was aware that they were not going to allow her to walk unassisted … although she looked more than capable.
“No,” I told her. I was trying to see Jennifer’s face but they turned her away from me. I picked up the pad Jennifer had left on the lamp table next to her chair. “You forgot this,” I said. Jennifer didn’t turn around when one of the girls gave it to her. I’d only given it a glance but the words she wrote lingered in my mind on the drive home and even as I crawled into bed. Man up she wrote. Your future, and mine … depends on it.
TO BE CONTINUEED ….

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Sheriff: Married man, girlfriend faked man's divorce papers
SHREVEPORT (AP) - A 27-year-old Louisiana man is accused of filing false divorce papers, and his 50-year-old girlfriend is accused of forging the man's wife's name on them.
Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says the wife found legal documents showing that she had been granted a divorce she had never requested. A news release Thursday quotes Detective Mike King as saying the wife didn't know of the proceedings or want to divorce her husband.
The statement says Demario Clark of Shreveport was arrested on a charge of filing false public records, and Lisa McKinney was arrested on a charge of forgery.
Clark's bond is set at $5,000 and McKinney's at $2,500.
It was not clear whether either has an attorney.
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The CCIAP called for reflection on the direction of the discussions regarding the reforms to the Electoral Code of Panama.
The Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP
) urges that participatory debate be resumed through which a conscientious review of draft Law 544 on electoral reforms can be developed.
This within the framework of the meeting that will be held on Tuesday, September 14, by the presidents of the Electoral Tribunal (TE), Heriberto Araúz; and that of the National Assembly, Crispiano Adames, to address the first debate on this bill.
“appeals that the meeting between the members of the Legislative Organ and the Electoral Tribunal lead to a return to the participatory debate that allows a conscientious review of such an important document, which will apply for the participation of just over 4,000 candidates to more than 800 positions of popular election in the year 2024 ", indicates the business union in its Sunday communiqué La Cámara Opina.
It also indicates the duty of the population to be informed and get involved in the discussions of the draft reforms to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Panama.
“All citizens have the duty to get involved, inform themselves and monitor what is happening in the country, be part of the debate and participate in order to strengthen the democratic system and guide Panama towards a better future. Caring for our democracy is everyone's business ”, indicates the CCIAP
On the other hand, it recalls that according to what is established in the Political Constitution of the Republic, the Panamanian democratic system is based, in its Articles 1 and 2, which establish that public power emanates from the people through the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Bodies.
“The stability of the system resides in the fact that these three Bodies can fulfill their functions independently, but in harmonious collaboration. In the case of the Legislative, said function "consists of issuing the laws necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes and the exercise of the functions of the State", established in the Constitution in Article 159; and that include, among others, issuing, modifying, reforming and repealing the National Codes; as well as intervening in the approval of the State Budget,” he adds.
emphasizes that the National Assembly has the duty and the power to debate the laws it issues, with the participation of citizens and stakeholders, always putting the best interests of the country first. While, it is up to the deputies to lay down their political-partisan interests and legislate in favor of the common good.
"With this premise, the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama called for reflection on the direction of discussions regarding the reforms to the Electoral Code," said the union.


Britons will be the first people in the world to get a coronavirus vaccine but what exactly is the Pfizer jab, who will get it, and is it safe? Here we answer the big questions:
What we know
Who will get it first and why?
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) initially said care home residents and staff should be first in line for the shots, followed by those aged over 80 and general health workers.
However the Pfizer/BioNtech jab must be shipped in dry ice at -103F (-75C) and only lasts for five days once stored in a fridge at usual temperatures of 35.6F – 46.4 (2-8C) so it is impractical to roll it out in care homes.
While the Government is insisting care homes will be targeted first, practically, that is unlikely to happen.
On December 2, Boris Johnson expanded more on how the vaccine would be implemented across care homes. He said: “Of course we want to get it into care homes as fast as we possibly can”. Though they are waiting to hear more, they are adamant that they will get it to “the most vulnerable”.
However, in the response criticism that the temperature of the vaccine would make it difficult to be issued around care homes, Professor Van-Tam argued that it was “extremely unfair when one considers a new virus emerged less than 12 months ago and we now have our first vaccine”.
Instead, it is expected only NHS staff will get the jab initially, and care homes may need to wait until the Oxford or Moderna vaccine is available before vaccinating residents and staff, as both can be stored at normal fridge temperatures.
NHS staff were told to get their winter flu jab by the end of November because there needs to be at least a week between the two vaccinations and NHS clinics have also been told to prepare for vaccinating their staff.
Senior NHS officials claim the jab can only be transported once more after it arrives at a central hub, and has to be moved in batches of 975 – meaning the vaccine will be wasted if it is sent to smaller care homes which have only a few dozen residents.
However Pfizer has said the jab can be sent to care homes, as long as the vaccine travels for no more than six hours after it leaves cold storage and is then put in a normal fridge at 2C to 8C. So expect arguments in the coming days over who gets the first doses.
Though, the Scottish Health Secretary announced that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be delivered to care home residents in Scotland within a fortnight.
Jeane Freeman said talks held on Thursday December 3 had confirmed the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine can be transported in an unfrozen state for up to 12 hours, and can also be broken down into smaller packs in “certain conditions”.
Ms Freeman told MSPs this makes the vaccine “more useable with minimum wastage for care home residents and our older citizens”.
She said: “In effect we can take the vaccine to them, or close to them, and we will begin that exercise from December 14.”
The National Care Forum said the only viable solution for care home residents is to get the jabs “over the threshold”.
A spokeswoman said: “It seems that the Scottish Government has come to a different conclusion and in fact intends to honour the prioritisation outlined by the JCVI and deliver the vaccine directly to Scottish care homes.
“It is not at all clear at this moment why the English Government is not pursuing this path.”
At Wednesday evening’s press conference Sir Simon Stevens, the chief executive of the NHS, said care-home residents coming into hospital for outpatient appointments will still be able to access the jab.
When will the general population be allowed the jab?
After care homes, the JCVI has recommended the population be vaccinated in five-year groups starting with the over-75s.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has also stated that key workers will be prioritised in the second phase of the vaccine roll out. Therefore, transport workers, first responders and teachers will be among the first to receive the jab after the most vulnerable.
Roughly one third of the population in Britain is over 50 and Britain has only secured 40 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine so it is unlikely that anyone in the general population will be included in the first round of immunisation.
Around 1.4 million people also work for the NHS, and they will also take priority.
If the Oxford vaccine is approved by regulators it may be possible to speed up the move to immunising greater numbers, but that is unlikely to happen before the Spring.
The Chief Executive of the National Health Service, Sir Simon Stevens also revealed more about who would receive the second doses, sharing they would be reserved for those getting the first dose in December.
Sir Simon shared: “We need to be very careful through December and into January and then as vaccination expands to the wider population”.
He went on to add that a phasing of delivery would involve 50 ‘hospital hubs’ which will offer the jab from the week beginning December 7 to the over-80s, care home staff and others identified by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.
The Chief Executive also said that patients are likely to be people who were scheduled to attend outpatient appointments, which will eventually be followed by over 1,000 vaccination centres over time.
Simon Stevens has said the bulk of the vaccination programme will take place in the January to April next year.
What plans is the NHS making to vaccinate the population?
Hospital hubs are being set up for NHS and care staff and older patients to get vaccinated and vaccination centres are being established across the country for when the mass vaccination programme begins.
The NHS has been preparing for a mass vaccination programme for several weeks with up to 1,500 GP practices and drive-through centres ordered to open from 8am to 8pm every day, each dispensing at least 1,000 jabs a week.
Under the current plans, local clusters of about five practices covering approximately 50,000 patients, known as Primary Care Networks, will combine to organise vaccine delivery and the NHS is hoping to immunise one million people per week.
It could mean transforming one surgery into a vaccine hub while moving the normal services usually performed there to neighbouring practices or hiring new premises altogether.
GPs have been told they can scale back other work as the vaccination programme takes precedence and will be paid £12.58 for each vaccine dose administered. Medical and nursing students, retired medics, pharmacists and vets are being drafted in to help manage the huge enterprise.
Pfizer has confirmed that people in the UK will not be able to bypass the NHS roll-out and buy the vaccine privately.
St John Ambulance is also training more than 30,000 volunteers between now and spring 2021, to support the NHS in delivering the national vaccination programme.
How does the vaccine work, and how is it administered?
The Pfizer vaccine is an entirely new kind of jab. While the Oxford vaccine uses an inactive cold virus to produce the coronavirus spike protein – the little stick on the outside of the virus which allows it to attach to human cells – the Pfizer vaccine carries ‘messenger RNA’ which instructs the body’s own cells to build the coronavirus spike protein.
Once the body starts producing these proteins, the immune system sees them as foreign, and initiates a T-cell and antibody response, priming it to fight off a real infection.
So, in effect, the cells of the body are turned into little coronavirus factories. Although it might sound alarming, it does not change DNA and it cannot be passed on to future generations.
Those who are vaccinated will receive a jab in the arm, and immunity begins to build from day 12. A booster shot is then given at day 21, and full immunity is achieved by day 28. So it will take a month from the first jab to be fully protected.
It means that even those immunised next week will not be completely protected until January.
Studies have shown the jab is 95 per cent effective and works in all age groups. It means that 19 out of 20 people who receive the jab will be protected.
It is unknown how long immunity will last for, but studies of people who have caught coronavirus show antibodies and T-cells last at least six months and probably longer.
At Wednesday evening’s press conference, Jonathan Van-Tam, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, said phase one of the rollout would eradicate 99 per cent of Covid-19 deaths.
Will it stop transmission?
It is unclear whether the Pfizer jab will stop transmission of the virus as the trials did not look at that aspect. It could be several months before it is known whether it will stop people infecting others, although there is early evidence suggesting the Oxford vaccine does this.
If it does prevent transmission there will be a greater argument for vaccinating large numbers of the population to reach herd immunity. If not, it may be better to immunise those most at risk.
How hard is distribution?
The main drawback with thePfizer/BioNtech jab is that it must be shipped in dry ice. The company has designed special containers which keep the vaccine secure and track the temperature using special GPS sensors to make sure it does not get too warm on its journey.
The time between approval and deployment is expected to take roughly a week, due to travel and extensive safety and quality control checks so the first vaccinations will take place next week.
The vaccine is made in Belgium, and Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that the doses will be rolled out as quickly as they can be made. So far the UK has 800,000 vaccines and approximately 10 million are expected by the end of the year.
Once dispatched from Belgium, the vaccine must follow a quality-assurance process to ensure nothing has happened in transit. Once cleared, the NHS can order it and will be delivered within 48 hours.
Defrosting the vaccine takes a few hours and then additional time is required to prepare the vaccine for administering.
How did Britain get it first?
There are more than 100 vaccines in production around the world, but Britain took a gamble on the seven most promising and fortunately the Pfizer/BioNTech jab was the first to release successful results.
Britain also has contracts with Oxford/AstraZeneca for 100 million doses of its vaccine, with Moderna for 7 million of its doses, with GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur for 60 million doses, with Novavax for 60 million doses,with Janssen for 30 million doses and with Valneva for 60 million doses.
However, it is the speed of the regulator that has allowed Britain to jump to the front of the queue.
In spite of Brexit, until the end of December, vaccines must still be authorised via the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and that authorisation will automatically be valid in the UK.
However, under a new regulation the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is allowed to temporarily authorise vaccine candidate if there is strong evidence of safety quality and effectiveness
The MHRA has been conducting rolling reviews of the vaccine trials, assessing safety along the way so could make a decision far more quickly. It means Britain will get the US/German jab before America or Germany.
Was it rushed through – don’t vaccines normally take years?
The vaccine has indeed been produced at an unprecedented speed. While most vaccines normally take around a decade, the coronavirus jab has made it from the drawing board and into people’s arms in just 10 months.
The head of the MHRA, Dr June Raine, said that – in spite of the speed of approval – no corners have been cut.
Batches of the vaccine will be tested in labs “so that every single vaccine that goes out meets the same high standards of safety”, she said on Wednesday.
Most of the side effects are very mild, similar to the side effects after any other vaccine such as muscle aches, headaches, soreness at the injection site and fatigue. They usually vanish after a couple of days.
Extreme reactions to vaccines usually occur very quickly after vaccination, and those getting the jab will be required to wait 15 minutes after immunisation to make sure there are no sudden side effects. The NHS will also be monitoring those vaccinated and any problems will be flagged early.
However, on Wednesday the European Medicines Agency (EMA), criticised the speed of British regulation and said its own longer approval procedure was more appropriate. The agency said it would not take a decision on the vaccine until December 29.
When will the other vaccines be ready?
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine reported successful results last week and the MHRA is currently deciding whether to approve the jab. Approval is likely to come before Christmas. Britain is expecting to take delivery of 4 million doses before the end of the year.
On Monday, Moderna became the third vaccine producer to seek approval for its jab, which is also a messenger RNA vaccine similar to Pfizer’s. The company has said it is keeping most of its stock for the US, so supplies are unlikely to arrive in Britain before the Spring.
US company Novovax is currently in phase three trials of its vaccine in the UK, which is expected to be available by mid-2021 while Jansen also recently began phase three clinical trial of a two-dose regimen of the vaccine, which includes UK volunteers. The UK Government has said it expects this vaccine to be available by mid-2021 if it is approved.
Sanofi and GSK started their phase one and two clinical trials in September and hope to move into a phase three trial before the end of the year.
Valneva’s vaccine, which will be produced in West Lothian, in Scotland, is expected to enter clinical trials by the end of the year, and approval is not likely before next summer.
Is Pfizer safe for pregnant women?
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has announced pregnant women will not receive the jab, as the potential risks remain unknown. At present, there is a “lack of evidence”; though the research is still ongoing.
The official advice states: “Data on vaccine impact on transmission, along with data on vaccine safety and effectiveness, will potentially allow for consideration of vaccination across the rest of the population. As trials in children and pregnant women are completed, we will also gain a better understanding of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines in these persons.”
What we don’t know
How often will the vaccine be required?
At the moment it is unclear how long immunity lasts for. Early studies suggested antibodies wane very quickly in people who have been infected with coronavirus and there have been reports of people getting the disease for a second time.
However more recent evidence suggests that T-cells, a separate part of the immune system, may last longer.
In Severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars), T-cells can remain active for up to 17 years. The government will be hoping that immunisation will last for at least a year.
Will those vaccinated be exempt from self-isolation or social distancing?
On Tuesday, Minister for the Cabinet Office, Michael Gove said there are no plans to introduce a ‘vaccine passport’ which would give people access to places such as pubs and restaurants once a coronavirus jab becomes available.
However, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, Nadhim Zahawi, has said the Government is “looking at the technology” and hinted some venues would not allow people in without confirmation they had been immunised.
The Government is unlikely to consider vaccine passports until the jab is available to the wider population.
Will being in a higher tier mean you get the vaccine sooner than those in Tier 1?
At present, it appears the tier system will not influence who gets the jab. Those most at risk from all areas will be prioritised first.


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Group counts local homeless population
Annual Homeless Point-in-Time Count required by federal government
SAN ANTONIO – About 400 volunteers hit the streets of Bexar County on Thursday evening to tally up the number of homeless people in the area.
The annual census, known as the "Homeless Point-in-time Count," is coordinated by the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless.
"The overall goal that we're trying to achieve is to make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring in our community," said Bill Hubbard, SARAH's executive director.
In addition to taking a count, the volunteers were prepared to offer assistance to anyone who wanted it and put them in touch with the services they need.
The count is required by the federal government, which contributes about $9.1 million per year toward programs that help the homeless.
Earlier this week, volunteers began tallying smaller subgroups, including homeless youth and veterans.
At 6 p.m. Thursday, the largest group of volunteers hit the streets, counting up everyone else.
"They're going into parks and alleys and those kinds of places," Hubbard said.
Volunteers focused on other areas of the county early on, followed by a search of the downtown area later in the night.
SARAH has participated in the annual census for about 10 years.
Hubbard said during the past three years or so, he has seen some encouraging signs.
"Our numbers have remained actually fairly steady," he said. "And if you put that in perspective with the growth in our population, that's a very good trend."
The number of homeless people counted in Bexar County last year was 2,743.
Totals for 2015 and 2016 were 2,891 and 2,781, respectively. This year's final number should be released in a couple of months.
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MOSCOW, 12 Sep — PRIME. World oil prices on Monday evening are accelerating growth on a potential reduction in supplies, increased risk appetite, as well as on the depreciation of the dollar, follows from trading data and expert comments.
As of 18.49 Moscow time, the price of November futures for Brent crude grew by 2.09%, to $94.78 per barrel, October futures for WTI — by 2%, to $88.53. During the day, oil rose in price within 1%.
In early September, OPEC + decided that in October oil production would be reduced to the level of August – by 100,000 barrels per day. Many analysts believe that the alliance will continue to cut production further to support prices and reduce market volatility.
The growth of stock markets at the same time supports the propensity of traders to take risks, which also has a positive effect on the cost of commodities. Indices in Australia and Japan are rising by about 1%, stocks in Europe are rising by an average of 2%.
The dollar index (the exchange rate against a basket of currencies of six countries – US trading partners) fell by 0.72%, to 108.22 points. The depreciation of the US currency makes commodities, including oil, more affordable when buying in another currency.
“The organization (OPEC+ – ed.) fired a warning shot earlier this month and may be tempted to fire another before the October meeting. The price recovery could be supported by this, as well as increased risk appetite in the markets and a weaker dollar,” he told the portal. MarketWatch Craig Erlam, Chief Market Strategist at Oanda Broker.


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As Christians in Oyo State join the world to celebrate Easter, the Osi Bashorun of Ibadanland, Prince( Dr.) Azeez Popoola Adeduntan has felicitated with Christians in the state and Nigeria with message of peace, unity and perseverance.
Adeduntan in a release through his media office in IBADAN today,said
Easter season is a time to pray for peace and promote unity across Nigeria.
The world revered consultant cardio vascular surgeon said it is also a time for all of us regardless of faith or ethnicity to come together to pray for the peace of the state and the nation .
“On this Celestially ordained period ,where the LENT and RAMANDAN coincided with each other, Osi Basorun ADEDUNTAN sent hearty greetings to His excellency
Governor seyi Makinde,the OLUBADAN in waiting OBA OLAKULEHIN,the OLUBADAN in Council ,Christian Association of NIGERIA (CAN) ,all Christian’ faithfuls across Oyo state and NIGERIA ,as well as other NIGERIANS,regardless of their faiths ,for being alive and well to witness 2024 Easter .”
“We must all remain constant in our efforts to promote unity across all lines because united, our nation remains stronger, and we can thrive as a people.
He emphasised on the need for leaders and followers to shun vices and uphold virtues to build a new society desired by all.
He said Nigerians must first learn to stand together as a nation and genuinely work towards peace and unity.
“We must not allow ourselves to be divided by ethnicity, religion or political affiliation; corruption continues to remain an obstacle to development in our country.
“Some of the factors that feed it are linked to ethnicity and religious bigotry. Easter teaches us that honesty and integrity are values that we must seek and uphold if we want to build a better Nigeria,” he said.
He emphasised on the need for followers to hold their leaders accountable for their actions, demand transparency in all acts of governance and demand a drastic cut in the cost of governance.
He added that Nigerians need leaders who can serve and lead without preferential treatment of groups or individuals to the detriment of others under their care.Easter 2024: ADEDUNTAN-Osi Bashorun of Ibadanland Felicitates Christians
Adeduntan ,then called on the people of Oyo State to join hands with GOVERNOR MAKINDE to build the state into a land of collective prosperity, noting that “love and unity are critical elements in moving the state forward.”f

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Despite the jawdropping scale of the tetralogy, record companies have not been slow in recording the work. The CD catalogues are full of recordings, both live and studio, of the work. Old recordings have been exhumed, tidied up with modern digital technology, and released in sound which comes closer than ever to the original. I have heard recordings made in Bayreuth more than a century ago sounding fresh as a daisy.
So let’s suppose for the sake of argument that you are looking to buy a recording of the Ring cycle. Which should you choose? Should you indeed choose one or perhaps rather pick individual recordings for each of the four operas? There have been some magnificent recordings of individual operas that have either been recorded as stand-alone pieces or where the remainder of the tetralogy is either lost or was never recorded. Some of these are remarkable recordings in their own right. I have always greatly enjoyed the recording of Die Walkure with largely London forces under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf from 1962, a recording which threatened to derail the Culshaw/Solti Ring. A wonderfully brisk and terse account of the opera, capturing the galloping pace of the drama, but one which never spawned an entire cycle. Similarly I would not wish to be without Karl Elmendorff’s recording of Gotterdammerung from Bayreuth in 1942. The notion of the twilight of the gods, just as the war on the Eastern front began to turn against the Third Reich, can hardly have been lost. The recording has a reflective, almost valedictory tone. And I don’t think it’s just me and my imagination. Both are glorious performances and even though more than 70 years old, the music shines clearly through.
But these are individual operas. Let us put aside the notion of individual operas for the time being and assess the Ring as a single work. Which recording then should you buy and why?
Rather than review each recording chronologically, I will try to present my thoughts and comparisons in a more engaging way. For me, the discovery of the Ring cycle in 1974 was the discovery of Georg Solti as a conductor. To hear Solti’s Ring was to be transported to an entirely different world. And Solti brought drama to the Ring in a way that few conductors before or since have managed. Much is written about the architecture of the Ring and I will come onto that later but nobody captured the huge tidal waves of sound quite like Solti. For him the Ring was very much a magical fable and his exposition of the music is almost in that vein. Siegfried’s funeral March from Gotterdammerung is as dramatic and brutal a portrayal as has ever been recorded.
Solti was helped by legendary singers albeit often captured late on in their careers when the voices were on the wane. Nonetheless, to hear some of these great voices in gloriously recorded stereo was wonderful. Jon Culshaw’s book “Ring Resounding” describes in detail the recording of the Ring over the course of eight years and the machinations necessary to get so many egos into one room. It is a testament to Culshaw’s unique managerial abilities that the Ring recordings have a cast that includes Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick and, perhaps greatest of all, Hans Hotter. To hear Hans Hotter deliveRing Wotan’s farewell to Brunnhilde at the end of Die Walkure is to hear opera at its absolute finest. Sure the voice is wobbly and certainly struggles with some of the intonation. He was recorded some time after he had retired from theatre but the sheer majesty of his performance is breathtaking. Nothing could speak more eloquently of the humanity of the Ring than this.
In many ways, the Solti Ring was a time capsule, the final summary of a glorious age of Wagnerian singing. And for that we should be profoundly grateful. To be honest, the recording has not aged well sonically. I remember it from my youth as a glorious wall of sound and it still is of course. But the transfer of this old analogue recording to digital has highlighted some of the sonic flaws – the tendency to distort or saturate at very high volume for instance. Ten years ago, I would have picked this recording is my first choice – my desert island discs – without hesitation. Now I’m not so sure and I’ll come back to that.
Not long after Solti finished his recording of the Ring in Vienna, Herbert von Karajan started to record his statement on the Ring. Conceptually this could not have been more different. Where Solti drove the drama along on tsunamis of orchestral sound, Karajan reduce the orchestration almost to the level of chamber music when supporting the singers. For him the words were the priority and his sound allows the details of the orchestration to be heard as never before. The recording was made in Berlin and the dryness of the orchestral timbre is further helped by the absence of echo. This more than any, and it pains me to say so, is a style of presentation that would resonate particularly with Wagner himself who constantly railed against impresarios reluctant to modify their theatres to accommodate his works. Some singers reprise their roles from the Solti recordings. Gerhardt Stolze allows himself even more sprachstimme under Karajan than for Solti. But for the most part this is a fresh group of singers, sometimes without explicit Wagnerian pedigree, but recorded for their musical intelligence. At the end of the day, this is Karajan’s vision of the Ring and singers are secondary to that.
For many listeners, you have to go back further and closer to home for the authentic Wagnerian sound. By “closer to home” I mean of course Bayreuth, spiritual home of the Ring. But the same phrase also refers to the doyen of post-war Wagnerian conducting, Hans Knappertsbusch. Many of Knappertsbusch’s recordings are available in some form or another if you really dig, but perhaps the most easily accessible is from Bayreuth in 1956, a mono recording in adequate sound.
Although the Bayreuth recordings can always claim primacy of authenticity – the master did after all build the opera house specifically for the Ring – we should not forget that the first two Ring operas were premiered in Munich and thus subjected to a different acoustic.
By modern standards Knappertsbusch is a dinosaur and, in many respects, the reason people resist Wagner. His tempos are slow by any mark, and his emphasis is very much on the orchestral architecture. In the longer passages, such as the dawn sequence from Gotterdammerung, this works well. But for modern ears there is also the sense that he does not reflect some of the intensity of the drama. Unlike the volatile Solti, Knappertsbusch is unmoved by stage drama. For him, the drama takes place in the orchestra pit. That said, the 1956 recording has some glorious singing, not least by Hans Hotter, Wolfgang Windgassen and, Astrid Varnay. Hotter and Windgassen’s voices are less strained than they were a decade later under Solti and Varnay is electrifying as Brunnhilde. She didn’t always hit the notes absolutely accurately but her vocal range was magnificent.
In many ways the singers are the reason for buying the set. The orchestral tone is adequate but softened by the Bayreuth pit. Fascinating though the orchestral sound is, Knappertsbusch stamped his authority all over it. I used to be a much greater fan of his conducting but nowadays I’m a little less than certain. The world has moved on from this lumbering orchestral leviathan. Still, judge for yourself.
Although Knappertsbusch represented the ponderous splendour and majesty of Wagner’s music, others sought to extract subtler textures from the orchestral tapestry. None did this better than Wilhelm Furtwangler. And as if that was not good enough in its own right, we are spoilt for choice. In his career, Furtwangler recorded the Ring not once but twice under different conditions. Both performances are essentially live and in the case of the La Scala Ring, made during public performances in 1950. The second set, for Italian radio in 1953, was also recorded live in the sense of a single performance albeit without an audience.
Live recording suited Furtwangler better than most conductors. Furtwangler had away of extracting breathtaking performances in front of an audience and orchestras found themselves caught up in this electricity. What we see in these recordings is the most natural, unhurried, but excitable orchestral playing. Furtwangler modified tempo better than anyone, subtly and credibly, in order to point out drama but always without exaggeration. If it was there in the music, Furtwangler would offer it. If it was not, he would not create falsehoods. Tempos are natural and generally faster than Knappertsbusch.
Of course there are always drawbacks to live performances. Mostly these are the audience. The 1950 recordings are particularly bad in terms of audience “participation”. By modern standards, the amount of coughing is shocking. Italian audiences are notorious for their disrespect, but the continuous coughing is distracting. In some passages, the singers are having to cope with what sounds like a tuberculosis epidemic. The 1953 set has no audience and although the performance is live, there are no such interventions. For some this will be a deciding factor.
So what distinguishes the two performances? Well, the first thing to say is that the orchestral sound is noticeably better in the 1953 recordings. Both are mono but, whether due to more recent engineering or better raw material, the 1953 recording is clear whereas much of the detail on the 1950 set is lost in the continual coughing. It’s really that bad.
For some, these aspects may be sufficiently damning as to preclude consideration of the 1950 set. But that would be to forget the singers and make the assumption that the Ring is only the orchestral sound. When we turn to the singers, the margin between the two sets is much narrower. Because in 1953 Furtwangler’s Brunnhilde was none other than Kirsten Flagstad, in her prime. And we should remember that she was, for many, THE Brunnhilde of her generation. A voice of absolute clarity, tonal accuracy and awesome power, she was simply awesome. I never heard her in the flesh but her many recordings are testament to this vocal colossus.
The remainder of the cast is certainly good – Ferdinand Frantz as Wotan and Max Lorenz as Siegfried for instance – but this is really the Furtwangler Flagstad show. Although marred by the audience this is still epic singing and performance.
Moving on to the 1953 Italian radio recordings, the listening is easier. No nonmusical interruptions to break the spell. Just luminous conducting by Furtwangler with what would be a very fine “cast performance”. By that I mean that the performance is very much a company effort rather than a vehicle for a single outstanding singer. Perhaps I’m deluding myself, but that seems to me to be reflected in the performance. There is no sense of anticipation of the big arias which are simply integrated into the music.Wotan is again Ferdinand Frantz but Siegfried is now Ludwig Suthaus, an excellent singer but no Max Lorenz. Brunnhilde is Martha Modl, a Bayreuth favourite. She is no Flagstad, but then nobody else was. She swoops upon the notes like the Valkyrie she is and although not always accurate her voice is always dramatic and compelling.
Two recordings by Furtwangler, both compelling but in entirely different ways. If only we could have the best of both sets in one. But then who would agree that? My own preference is for the 1953 Rome set. An integrated performance with all Furtwangler’s electricity and no distracting audience participation.


It is time to revive single-engine combat aviation in Russia
During the reign of Boris Yeltsin, Russia, between 1993 and 1998, got rid of all single-engine combat aircraft, scrapping a huge number of MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-27 and Su-17 of all modifications. The concept of a heavier twin-engine combat aircraft was deemed more appropriate. Then some boards were lucky not just to go into oblivion, but to end up on pedestals, in museums or become benefits in institutes.
The saddest thing was that since then the Russian Federation has abandoned the development and production of single-engine aircraft in general. But the SVO in Ukraine, which has been lasting for more than a year, has shown that it was not worth depriving yourself of this class of aircraft, because its presence in the Aerospace Forces has not lost its relevance. At least part of the fleet, represented by the MiG-27K and Su-17M4 supersonic fighter-bombers, if left in storage, would be useful now for several reasons.
Firstly, the resource of active Su-24 bombers and Su-35 fighter-bombers, which are now actively used for strikes with planning bombs on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has certain limits. The use of the MiG-27K and Su-17M4 would significantly extend the operation of more modern combat aircraft, reducing the load on them and increasing the scale of strikes against the enemy.
Secondly, the MiG-27K and Su-17M4 are much faster aircraft compared to the Su-25 subsonic attack aircraft. Practice has shown that armoring the Su-25 rarely turns out to be the decisive factor when the enemy uses rocket weapons rather than anti-aircraft artillery. At the same time, the speed characteristics would greatly help the MiG-27K and Su-17M4 avoid problems.
However, the Russian Federation does not have single-engine combat aircraft. Probably, the time has come to revive single-engine combat aviation in Russia. Even combat training aircraft / attack aircraft Yak-130 have two power units. In the configuration of a light attack aircraft, with a combat load of 3000 kg, they would also be useful now, but not as many of them were produced as we would like. Moreover, even the old twin-engine MiG-29 fighters and the newest MiG-35 are quite capable of firing one FAB-500 with UMPC (unified planning and correction module). But about the orders for the MiG-29, not to mention the MiG-35, is also not heard, which is a pity.
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In need for land and trade resources, the ancient Egyptian kingdom explored the interior and coastal Africa leading to the cultural contact between Egyptian and other African cultures. However, the authenticity and evidential validity of these expeditions have been questioned by the scholars leading to the conflict of reality and myth. These assertions dwarfed the position of these explorations in African travel history. Also, their absence and the overwhelming presence of European explorations in and around Africa enabled Europe to claim Western supremacy over the genre as well as the continent. These identity politics haves informed and constructed African self-knowledge and African identity for the world. In the postcolonial world, where decolonisation is a central attraction of the academia, the exigency for re-stating the African travel history and literature appears significant. This notion will help in reconsidering the authenticity of ancient relationship between Egypt and Black Africa; also it will restore a sense of pride and satisfaction among Africans in African culture, history and beliefs. This paper tends to test the hypothesis that Africans were the first to explore the interior and coastal Africa based on archaeological evidence. The study, after establishing the relationship between the genre and identity, deals with the role played by the genre in the transition of history to myth. Finally, the paper puts together certain archaeological, documented and practical evidence to validate, or at least move some steps forward towards authentication of the claims of the first circumnavigation of Africa.
Keywords: Travel history, Egyptology, Africa, African identity, ancient Egypt

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Please join the Church of the Ascension and the Cassidy Family Singers for a St. Patrick’s Sing-Along on Saturday, March 17. The music begins at 1 p.m., with refreshments to follow.
The Cassidy Family Singers have shared their talents with the Ascension community for many years. Two generations proudly and joyfully share their heritage through songs such as Danny Boy, When Irish Eyes are Smiling, and It’s a Great Day for the Irish.
Whether you are truly Irish or Irish for the day, come enjoy music and fellowship!
You are also invited to stay for Mass at 3:30.


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If you submit a qualifying written request under RESPA, your mortgage servicer is required to provide you with particular loan information and correct any inaccuracies.
The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) mandates that mortgage lenders, loan servicers, and brokers provide borrowers with particular disclosures about the nature and costs of real estate purchases. RESPA also mandates that servicers furnish borrowers with loan information and remedy inaccuracies if a valid written request is made. You have the right to sue the servicer if they do not comply with your request. If you’re facing foreclosure, submitting a valid written request can help.
What is the definition of a qualified written request?
A qualified written request, or QWR, is a letter addressed to the servicer that includes the following information:
The letter must enable the servicer to identify the borrower’s loan account and provide a summary of the reasons why the borrower believes the account is incorrect or a thorough explanation of the information the borrower is seeking to qualify as a QWR.
Any written document, such as a letter or a handwritten note, counts as a QWR—but not if it’s written on the servicer’s payment coupon or another payment form.
Where Can I Find QWR Letter Samples?
Visit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s website for sample letters and instructions on what to include in a request for information or notice of error letter.
Ensure you send your letter to the correct address; a servicer may create an address for submitting your request for information or notice of error by providing written notice to the borrower.
Required Servicer Actions
RESPA requires the servicer to react to your QWR within certain time frames. The servicer must acknowledge receipt within five days of receiving a QWR (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays).
Service Provider Requirements: Information or Error Correction
After receiving your letter, the servicer must provide you with the information or correct the error within a specific timeframe and provide you with contact information for future assistance.
In most situations, the servicer is required to supply you with the information you requested within 30 business days—or explain why the information you seek isn’t available—and provide you with contact information, including a phone number, so that you may receive more assistance. If the servicer notifies you of the extension within 30 days and explains the delay, you can give it another 15 business days to respond. (However, if you requested the identity, address, or other contact information for the owner of your mortgage loan, the servicer must respond within ten business days.)
The amount of time service has to reply to an error notice is determined by the type of issue. If the servicer failed to provide you with an accurate payback statement after requesting one, they must answer within seven business days of receiving your letter. Suppose the servicer launched a foreclosure when it shouldn’t have, improperly moved for a foreclosure judgment or order of sale, or performed a foreclosure sale in violation of federal law. In that case, the servicer must react before the foreclosure sale or within 30 business days of receiving your letter. If the servicer committed another mistake, such as misapplying payments or overcharging fees, it has 30 days to respond after receiving your letter. Though, in most situations, it can extend the response time by 15 working days if it notifies you of the extension within the 30-day timeframe and explains why.
When a Servicer Isn’t Required to Help You
RESPA allows the servicer off the hook in some cases. The servicer is not required to assist you if, for example:
Even in these cases, the servicer must notify you within five business days if it cannot assist you and explain why.
RESPA Violations Damages
Where a servicer violates RESPA’s standards, a borrower may be entitled to recover actual damages, extra damages up to $2,000 (if there is a pattern or practice of servicer noncompliance), and attorneys’ fees and costs. Violations have a three-year statute of limitations.
In a Foreclosure, creating a QWR is beneficial because it forces the servicer to give information regarding the account, a QWR can be a strong weapon for a borrower facing foreclosure. Because a court does not supervise the process, QWRs are especially useful in non-judicial foreclosures.
The court may direct the servicer to submit account information for the borrower’s examination in a judicial foreclosure. Because a court isn’t engaged in a non-judicial foreclosure, submitting a QWR is a good way for you to acquire information about your account from the servicer, such as payment history or communication logs. This information can assist you in deciding whether or not to file a lawsuit to stop the non-judicial foreclosure.
When Should You Seek Advice?
If you’re facing foreclosure and believe it’s due to a servicer error, speak with a foreclosure lawyer right away to receive assistance on your case. Sending a QWR to the servicer is unlikely to stop the foreclosure from proceeding, except in limited circumstances, such as if you assert specific loss mitigation mistakes. The servicer incorrectly started the foreclosure during the 120-day pre-foreclosure period or dual-tracked; the lender or servicer may generally initiate or continue a foreclosure even if a qualified written request is outstanding. If the servicer receives your notification of error more than seven days before the foreclosure auction, it must remedy the issue before proceeding with the foreclosure sale.
If you aren’t yet in foreclosure and the servicer hasn’t responded to your notice of error or request for information (or if the servicer claims it didn’t make a mistake or refuses to provide you with the information you requested), speak with a lawyer about your options.
For information on foreclosure defense call us at (877) 399 2995. We offer litigation document review support, mortgage audit reports, securitization audit reports, affidavit of expert witness notarized, and more.

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Wasserman L.A. Committee OKs Mayor Signing Bid Contract Danica Patrick Renews Healthcare Partnership DraftKings Breaking Ad Campaign ESPN Adding New College Sports Service Mariners Fire GM Jack Zduriencik 49ers Take Another Image Hit With Brooks Charge Yahoo's Forde Balances CFB, Daughter's Swim Meet Russell Wilson Clarifies Water Comments Dolphins Unveil Sun Life Stadium Renovations
The St. Louis Regional Commerce & Growth Association (RCGA) used 100 volunteers over five days to contact club seat holders from the city's '93 NFL expansion effort. Around 96% of those contacted renewed their committment to club seats in the new domed stadium, should the Rams move to St. Louis. 273 names remain on the list, but once contacted, FANS point man Tom Eagleton said "we'll certainly get 90 percent of the whole list." FANS, the non-profit group trying to attract the Rams, hopes to have at least 5,200 seats sold, at $700 to $2,200. RCGA callers also encouraged club seat holders to write to Rams President John Shaw, and "many did." RCGA President & CEO Dick Fleming: "There is a real depth of support for an NFL franchise here." Fleming led the Greater Denver Chamber of Commerce during that city's successful MLB expansion bid (Jim Thomas, ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, 10/21).

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Blood And Gold (Outlaw Ranger) (Volume 3)
A savage ambush...twenty men slaughtered in a brutal massacre...a fortune in gold stolen! This was a crime big enough and bold enough to bring the Outlaw Ranger to the wide-open settlement of Cemetery Butte, where a powerful mining tycoon rode roughshod over any who dared to oppose him. But even that atrocity doesn't prepare G.W. Braddock for the evil that awaits him, stretching bloody hands out o...
Series: Outlaw Ranger (Book 3)
Paperback: 132 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Large Print edition (February 17, 2015)
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the past. Gritty, compelling, and packed with action, the saga of the Outlaw Ranger continues in BLOOD AND GOLD, the third exciting installment in this series from bestselling author James Reasoner.


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Customized Replacements for Missing Teeth
Tooth replacement offers a number of options for rebuilding smiles, and confidence, through advanced technologies and lifelike materials. Most adults lose at least one permanent tooth by the age of 44. As a result, patients can experience related issues such as improper bite balance, damage to other teeth, and the reduced confidence of an incomplete smile. Today’s tooth replacement options can rejuvenate your oral health to help you avoid the consequences of missing teeth, and once again enjoy a beautiful, healthy smile.
A dental bridge is a common and effective way to replace a lost tooth. They work by suspending a replacement tooth (pontic) between two adjacent teeth. The pontic, crafted from lifelike porcelain or zirconia for highly-lifelike results, is supported by dental crowns on either side which are bonded to the adjacent teeth (abutment teeth).
Partial dentures are recommended for patients who’ve suffered tooth loss but still retain several or most of their healthy teeth. Also known as a partial, the appliance is designed to fit comfortably and naturally around remaining teeth to restore your bite balance, appearance, and proper oral function.
A complete denture replaces all of your upper or lower teeth, and consists of a comfortable, gum-colored plastic base that fits snugly onto your dental ridge. Complete dentures are recommended when all of your teeth have been lost or removed, and are designed for optimal, lifelike appearance, function, and comfort.
Hybrid dentures, also referred to as implant dentures, are partial or complete dentures that are secured in place by a series of dental implant posts. The denture can be affixed to the implants with small screws or with sturdy, connective locators.
Whether you’ve lost one, several, or all of your teeth, dental implants can offer the most comprehensive and realistic tooth replacement options. Dental implants are small, titanium posts that are inserted into the jawbone, and serve as anchors to secure a dental crown, partial, or complete denture into place.

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|PORSCHE'S 914 HONORED AT 20TH AMELIA CONCOURS d'ELEGANCE|
|The 20th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance will honor the first mid-engine production Porsche, the 914 in all its variants.
At first some Porsche purists lamented the Porsche 914's seemingly humble origins. They whispered the 'V-Word' . . . Volkswagen. The reality was that the 914 is a blood descendant of the seminal Gmund Porsche, the first car to wear the family name and the crest, a pure sports car designed around a Volkswagen-sourced air-cooled flat-four and a mid-engine con...[Read more...]|
|RARE REUNION: CHRYSLER CONCEPT CARS GATHER AT AMELIA, 2014|
|Nine rare and important Chrysler Concept Cars from the forties, fifties and sixties will be presented together for the first time at the 19th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance on March 9, 2014.
From the two-seat Chrysler Thunderbolt roadster and the dual-cowl Chrysler Newport of 1941 through the radical 1963 Chrysler Turbine car, Amelia's Chrysler Concept Car Class shows the genesis of the styling and engineering philosophy that summoned Chrysler's industry-changing 'Forward Look...[Read more...]|
|AMELIA ISLAND CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE WINS PRESTIGIOUS|
|The annual International Historic Motoring Awards, in association with EFG International and Octane magazine, announced this week that the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance has been named the recipient of the 2013 Motoring Event of the Year award.
The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is the third winner of the Motoring Event of the Year Award, which honors automotive celebrations from Australia, Germany, Italy, the United States and the United Kingdom. Finalists in the 2013 events category ...[Read more...]|
|1928 Indy 500 Pole Winner Leads 'The Amelia's' Salute to The Cars Of Harry Miller|
|The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance announced today that the supercharged, Miller 91, front drive Indianapolis 500 racer that set a speed record in 1928, will be making an appearance at the 18th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance on March 10, 2013. Leaving its permanent home at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, the historic car be part of the Concours' 'Cars of Harry Miller' class, which will honor the work of legendary American race car designer Harry Miller.
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The 42nd annual Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale (Ariz.) Collector Car Event, the first of four set for live coverage in 2013, kicks off the auction season in grand style as some of the world's most sought-after machines cross the block starting Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.


Lisa Koch is an American comedian with a message for the right wing in American politics:
Hands off my Clam!
“Hands off my clam, my uterus, and ova,” she sang in a video recently uploaded to YouTube. “Yes, we need birth control, because you won’t wrap your pickle.”
Koch also presented her own variation on “If I Only Had a Brain” from The Wizard of Oz.
“I’d defund contraception, say the hell to sex prevention, cus there’s Jesus in my heart,” she sang. “I would vote against gay marriage, and fags I would disparage, but lesbians — well, I like to watch them on porn.”
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT HANSEATIC TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK OF HEINRICH I LAMBRECHT, HAMBURG, CIRCA 1599, ASSAY MASTER'S MARK OF JACOB SMIDT (1581-1599)
The domed spreading foot cast with soldiers' busts alternating with cartouches each with figure allegorical of the Roman virtues, Justice, Fertility, Felicity and Abundance, beneath bands of fruit and cartouches, the lower part of the body applied with a border depicting Neptune and Amphitrite and oval panels enamelled in green and blue with scrolls and central boss beneath a corded rib applied with winged cherubs' heads, the partly silver body engraved with strapwork, enclosing a snail, eagle and bee, the handle cast with masks, busts and caryatids and with a winged female at the base flanked by wirework terminating in two warriors' busts, the thumbpiece shaped as a female mask, the hinged cover repoussé with satyrs and hunting scene, the raised centre with angels' heads and further enamelled medallions on fluted terrace, the finial replaced, marked on base and also stamped with ownership mark, engraved W.88.L and additional house marks
These Hansakannen appeared in the Renaissance period and were used for drinking beer much favoured by the Burghers or merchants of these cities. These were generally made in Hamburg and Lübeck, the two most important silversmithing centres in the Northern part of Germany at this period.
This tankard bears a very strong resemblance to one dated 1588, by an unidentified maker (see H. Schliemann, Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, vol.III, Hamburg, 1985, p. 98, fig. 198 and 198a).
This present lot is also struck with what appears to be an owner's stamp of three cockerels in a shield. These arms are borne by two families, Mycillus and von Aderam. Assuming the former, they may those of Julius Mycillus, Doctor in Law and Chancellor of the town of Oebringen (Baden-Württemberg). Alternatively, and probably more likely, due to the family being from the North of Germany, the arms may be those of Curt von Aderam from Mecklenburg.


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Pink Sunburst Canna (Dwarf Variety) has foliage as lovely as the scrumptious pink blooms! Large leaves are lance-like, green with pink and burgundy stripes. This combination makes it a stunning focal point in your flower bed or for your water garden feature. Pink Sunburst Canna looks great in pots on the deck or patio as well! Grows 30 - 36 inches tall and prefers full sun and moist soil. Blooms mid summer until frost and attracts hummingbirds. PINK SUNBURST CANNA IS ALWAYS A CUSTOMER FAVORITE!
Height 2 1/2 - 3 feet tall
Width 1 - 1 1/2 feet wide
Sunlight Requirements Full sun to part shade
Moisture Requirements Moist soil to 1 inch of water above the soil
Zone 7 - 11
Plant your Pink Sunburst Canna in a wide container using loam soil. Place the container in the pond with up to 1 inch of water above the soil in the container. Canna is a great plant to use in containers in shallow areas of your pond as the roots of the canna help to filter your pond water and take up the extra nutrients, helping to eliminate algae growth. Make sure your container has holes in the bottom so that your plant roots are exposed to oxygen in the water. Pink Sunburst Canna may also be planted in your terrestrial garden. Make sure to keep your soil evenly moist, especially during dry spells. Lift canna bulbs after the first frost in the north. Store indoors in a cool, dry, dark location to overwinter. Replant in the spring after all danger of frost has passed.
Fabric Planting Containers are perfect for planting your canna and placing in the pond!

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