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Where is Ecchinswell?
Ecchinswell is located in the county of Hampshire, South East England, four miles south of the town of Thatcham, ten miles north-west of the major town of Basingstoke, and 51 miles west of London. Ecchinswell lies two miles south-west of the Berkshire border. Ecchinswell falls within the district council of Basingstoke and Deane, under the county council of Hampshire. It is in the RG20 postcode district. The post town for Ecchinswell is Newbury.
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Bounding box showing extent of Ecchinswell
Location of Ecchinswell within the UK
Which county is Ecchinswell in?
Ecchinswell is in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, the historic county of Hampshire, and the administrative county of Hampshire.
Where is Ecchinswell in Hampshire?
Ecchinswell is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Hampshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Hampshire.
Location of Ecchinswell within Hampshire
What is the postcode for Ecchinswell?
The nearest postcode to the centre of Ecchinswell is RG20 4TR.
Where is Ecchinswell in RG20?
Ecchinswell is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the RG20 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the RG20 postcode district.
Location of Ecchinswell within RG20
What is the post town for Ecchinswell?
The post town for Ecchinswell is Newbury. Ecchinswell is in the RG20 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Newbury.
What is the latitude and longitude of Ecchinswell?
The centre of Ecchinswell is located at position 51.34157° latitude and -1.27954° longitude.
What is the easting and northing of Ecchinswell?
The centre of Ecchinswell is located at the grid reference easting 450280 and northing 160522 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.
What are the nearest towns to Ecchinswell?
Position of Ecchinswell relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Ecchinswell to the centre of the town.
Ecchinswell is 4 miles south of Thatcham
Ecchinswell is 4 miles south-east of Newbury
Ecchinswell is 6 miles west of Tadley
Ecchinswell is 8 miles north of Whitchurch
Ecchinswell is 10 miles north-west of Basingstoke
Ecchinswell is 11 miles south-east of Hungerford
Ecchinswell is 13 miles north-east of Andover
Ecchinswell is 15 miles south-west of Reading
Ecchinswell is 16 miles east of Ludgershall
Ecchinswell is 18 miles south-west of Woodley
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Position of Ecchinswell relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Ecchinswell to the centre of the city.
Ecchinswell is 19 miles north of Winchester
Ecchinswell is 28 miles south of Oxford
Ecchinswell is 29 miles north-east of Salisbury
Ecchinswell is 31 miles north of Southampton
Ecchinswell is 39 miles north of Portsmouth
Ecchinswell is 41 miles north-west of Chichester
Ecchinswell is 47 miles east of Bath
Ecchinswell is 49 miles south-west of St Albans
Ecchinswell is 51 miles west of City of Westminster
Ecchinswell is 51 miles west of London


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A Lesson in Remembrance: Austin to Test DNA of Remains Found Beneath Historic Chapel
Remembrance: Austin to Test DNA of Remains Found Beneath Historic Chapel
BY MEGAN VAUGHN AUSTIN
UPDATED 5:50 AM CT OCT. 09, 2020 PUBLISHED 10:30 AM CT OCT. 08, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas – After discovering the remains of 36 people beneath the floors of a chapel in Austin's oldest public cemetery, the city is turning to DNA analysis in hopes of discovering their long lost descendants.
Remains of 36 people were found beneath the chapel in 2016
Oakwood is the oldest public cemetery in Austin
City to test DNA in search for possible descendants
Community will be able to submit their own DNA samples
Having archeologists present at a construction site, especially in a historic area, isn't an uncommon practice. They're usually present as a precaution – insurance for the historically unexpected.
That's why Kim McKnight, the program manager for Historic Preservation and Heritage Tourism with the Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD), says she was shocked to receive the call that archeologists had discovered bone fragments beneath the floors of the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel in 2016.
The chapel was undergoing a complete restoration funded by Austin residents through the $4 million PARD Cemetery Master Plan bond passed in 2013, but construction was stopped immediately.
After months of community engagement and work by a team of archeologists, the remains of 36 people, including 16 children and infants, were uncovered.
No one expected to find the remains under the chapel floors, but there they were.
Who were these people? Why had they been forgotten? What is our responsibility to them today? These are the kinds of questions the city has been trying to answer in the four years since.
One of the graves found beneath the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel in 2016. (Courtesy: The City of Austin / Hicks & Company)
Oakwood Cemetery: A History
The Oakwood Cemetery, originally named "City Cemetery," was established in 1839 as a 10-acre public cemetery on what is today, Austin's east side.
That was the same year Waterloo, now known as Austin, became the capital of the Republic of Texas.
The cemetery's borders grew with the population of the newly founded city. Those who could afford it purchased family plots, and when you walk its rows today, you'll notice the names of famous Austin landmarks, such as Zilker and Pease.
Segregation didn't come to Oakwood Cemetery until 1859 through an ordinance from the mayor that divided the cemetery in two. Wealthy white families were buried south of Main Avenue, while people of color – some believed to be slaves – were buried on the north side of the road in a section dubbed the "Colored Grounds" in historic documents.
Those grounds became the final resting place for not only people of African descent, but for anyone deemed other: the poor, individuals of Mexican descent, "strangers" from out of town.
Keys were among the limited objects found buried with the bodies. (Courtesy: The City of Austin / Hicks & Company)
In 1914, a women's auxiliary group built a chapel on those same grounds. According to Jennifer Chenoweth, the museum site coordinator for Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, they were trying to, "raise the standards of how we mourn our dead in Austin."
The chapel had enough room to host funeral services and house the dead prior to burial.
"We don't know what they knew at the time [the chapel was built]," explains McKnight. "…we can't assume and we certainly not going to make any excuses for the decisions that were made at that time."
It wasn't until the chapel had fallen into a state of disarray and the city started renovations that it was discovered the chapel had been built on top of graves.
The floor of the chapel was removed to allow archaeologists to access the graves. (Courtesy: The City of Austin / Hicks & Company)
"The first burial in the cemetery happened in 1839. And we don't have written records of the burial ledgers – burial ledgers weren't kept until 1859. So for 20 years, there were a few people we don't know exactly where they were buried," says Chenoweth.
But even burials that were documented leave us little information about who these people were.
"The way that the records were kept – it was incredibly disregarding," says Chenoweth, "To not even put someone's name in the record book and to list them by their ethnicity alone or recount the tale of their murder without a name – it is incredibly sad to me."
Archeologists Provide Some Answers, But Also More Questions
As the archeology team from Hicks & Company started digging in 2016, they weren't just looking for more remains. They were looking for details that could help paint a picture of who these individuals were.
While the ethnic origins of the children and infants could not be determined, researchers looked at the skull shapes of the adults to discover information about their ethnicity.
Brandon Young, an archeologist who helped prepare the Archeological Monitoring and Exhumations report for the City of Austin, says there was a concern that many of the bodies would be of African descent because of where they were located in the cemetery.
But of the 20 adults, Chenoweth says about a third were white people – likely impoverished or visiting from out of town – another third were of Mexican descent, and the final third were Black people, likely slaves or former slaves. One person of Asian descent was also found.
A map of where the graves were located within the chapel. (Courtesy: The City of Austin / Hicks & Company)
Researchers say this could mean that they were buried in the order they died instead of in designated sections.
Another puzzle piece archeologists hoped to find: personal belongings buried with the dead.
Most of the objects recovered though were hardware from coffins, like nails and screws, or buttons and keys.
Two objects that did stand out: a gold ring found on the middle finger of an adult man's right hand, and a white porcelain crucifix placed on the chest of a small child.
Young says this crucifix was found placed on the chest of a small child. (Courtesy: The City of Austin / Hicks & Company)
Young says another point of interest came from what they didn't find. There were no physical signs that pointed to how these people died.
Yes, there were fractures and broken bones, just nothing that pointed to their exact deaths.
One possible explanation Young points to: deaths caused by infectious diseases – a reality that hits hard in 2020 amid a global pandemic.
Chenoweth, McKnight, and Young each talk about how learning as much about these people as possible has a way of strengthening our connection to them.
"The struggles that they have are a lot of the same struggles we have today. We have economic choices that make us make decisions for our families we don't want to have to make. We work hard, we sacrifice, we grieve, we love, we have hopes for our children, and that is the same as all of the people buried here," says Chenoweth.
The archaeology report says these items, coffin nails, buttons, and a gold ring, were found in the grave of a Black male approximately 24- to 48-years-old. The report says the ring was on the middle finger of his right hand. (Courtesy: The City of Austin/Hicks & Company)
City Turns to DNA Analysis for More Answers
Since the remains were exhumed, they've been stored at the Texas State Forensic Anthropology Center.
There is still a section outside the church archeologists need to examine, but the city hopes they will eventually be able to reinter the remains at Oakwood if no additional graves near the chapel are found.
If there are, the 36 will be buried in another Austin cemetery that has more space.
But before that happens, the city is turning to science in hopes of learning more about these people.
Soon, the 20 adults will be shipped to the University of Connecticut where researchers will test their DNA. There isn't enough genetic material from the children and infants to test – those remains will stay at Texas State University until they can be reinterred.
An unnamed team member working on exhuming one of the graves inside the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel. (Courtesy: The City of Austin / Hicks & Company)
The likelihood of finding living descendants, Young admits, is small, but there is still a lot of information that can be learned from the analysis.
"There's also a lot of other things that can be found about these individuals like, potentially the regions that they originated from or other aspects of their life that can be in their DNA," explains McKnight.
Young adds there is also a chance of finding information in their DNA about how they died as well.
As part of the DNA collection, the city will ask residents to contribute their own samples to see if they can find any living descendants.
Online Symposium to Detail Findings, Look Towards Remembrance
This Friday and Saturday, the city is hosting a two-day online symposium about the cemetery chapel remains.
Participants on Friday will hear from Young's team of archeologists about its findings, as well researchers from Texas State University. Leaders will also discuss what's next regarding reinternment and how community members can donate a DNA sample for testing.
On Saturday, the focus will shift to how these people will be remembered going forward.
"In 2019, when we opened the chapel [following the renovations] we talked to our community groups, especially people of color or people who had a real stake in this cemetery. And every single small group of people we interviewed said, 'Well, in my family…' or 'In my culture…' Remembering someone or even naming descendants after one of their ancestors was all part of envoking that name and continuing [their] family heritage – in every group I talked to," Chenoweth says. "So that kind of reinforced how important it is to name someone – to keep their memory, their spirit, their honor, and their tradition, and where we came from alive."
Chenoweth and McKnight both say figuring out how to honor and remember these people has been a priority of the city since their discovery.
"We're doing the opposite of sweeping it under the rug," says McKnight. "We're really pulling it into the light, and trying to be transparent with what we found and try to take ownership for what we think is of a pretty serious injustice from long ago and doing our best to learn from this."
Even though these 36 people were lost to us more than 100 years ago, community members today will get to have a say in how they are remembered going forward, so they cannot be lost to time again.
"They were just trying to be. To try and exist and live and have a home in a place, in a community, which is the same home and place and community we all share here in Austin. So whether you were related to them or not, they are your forbearers. Culturally they helped create Austin," Chenoweth says.
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Taipei, Taiwan, April 12, 2011- Leadtek Research Inc., known globally for its extreme visual graphics technology development, today launched the WinFast® GT 520 SDDR3 1024MB/512MB graphics card for your small form factor PC. Replacing the previous WinFast® GT 220, the WinFast® GT 520 features a low profile designed for small spaces and improves heat dissipation with a bigger fan compared to the reference design. Fully supporting DirectX® 11, PhysX® and HDMI 1.4a, it delivers the high quality of Blue-ray 3D and HD DVD playback, with up to 2560 x 1600 resolution. WinFast® GT 520 graphics is well suited for a gorgeous entertainment center, making it an ideal living room PC and media center PC.
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The newly revised Pest Notes: Redhumped Caterpillar, authored by Area IPM Advisor Emily Symmes and Steve Dreistadt, UC Statewide IPM Program, describes the pest, its life cycle, and how the insect damages plants. The peer-reviewed publication also describes management techniques, including use of insectary plants, cultural controls, and biological control.


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Hermann Klein in New York Metropolitan Opera House - 1896
from Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900, pages 420-1:
It was the first time I ever saw the Metropolitan Opera House, and I was much struck with its handsome proportions. Then again, under Anton Seidl 's magic wand, the performance touched at all points a very high level of excellence. Finally, I derived immense pleasure from the novel sensation of hearing Jean and Edouard de Reszke as exponents of Wagner's own text. Their conscientious enunciation of each syllable, their accurate diction, and their admirable accent seemed to impart an added dignity alike to the music and to their impersonations. Even the more cultivated listener might easily have imagined them to be native German singers. Mme. Nordica, too, handled the German words with remarkable facility and confidence. Altogether, it was a most meritorious achievement.
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Identity of woman who threatened to 'f*ck LeBron James up' at Hawks game
Michael Corvo
For the second time on the Los Angeles Lakers' seven-game road trip, an interaction between a courtside spectator and LeBron James dominated the headlines.
However, unlike last week at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, when Cleveland Cavaliers executive Jason Hillman motivated James in the fourth quarter without even saying a word, a so-called "Courtside Karen" and her husband at the State Farm Arena did plenty of chirping in The King's direction as the Lakers visited the Atlanta Hawks on Monday.
With 8:09 minutes remaining in the final period, officials stopped play after overhearing the jawing between the fans and James. One of the spectators, who removed her mask to bark, was ejected, while LBJ and the Lakers proceeded to earn a 107-99 win over the Hawks.
LeBron James and a courtside Hawks fan get into it, causing the refs to stop the game. 👀pic.twitter.com/XIHYGNvepX
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) February 2, 2021
"He crossed those lines with Big Dog, and [Big Dog] retaliated by winning the game," said Montrezl Harrell after the game. "He said something that rubbed the Dog the wrong way."
For his part, an upbeat James didn't seem too worked up about the incident.
"My guy tonight, he went a little bit out of bounds. Too close to comfort for me," said James in his post-game Zoom interview session. "And I said my peace and we could've moved on. But it was so close to the official, so I think the official heard what he said. It got blown out of proportion."
James also tried to put things in perspective, albeit snarkily.
"The difference: We're on the court so we're not having any alcoholic beverages. It made them feel a little tougher than they already are," said James, who finished with 21 points, seven rebounds, and nine assists.
The four-time MVP, however, said he's happy to see fans in the venue.
"I miss that interaction. I need that interaction," said James. "I don't feel like they were warranted to get kicked out. There was a back and forth between two grown men. They had a couple of drinks, maybe."
"I miss that interaction. I need that interaction." @KingJames discusses the courtside hecklers tonight in Atlanta. 🤷♂ pic.twitter.com/CkfNSwOudn
— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) February 2, 2021
So, who exactly were the culprits in the front row?
The so-called "Courtside Karen" is Juliana Carlos, an Atlanta/Miami-based Instagram influencer who mostly posts thirst traps, stories of lavish travels, and unboxings of designer clothes and beauty products. She also has a cosmetics-themed YouTube channel with 222 subscribers.
richard jefferson is doing lebron dirty by liking all of courtside karen's pics on instagram pic.twitter.com/Je4Ogyo7tX
— buckets (@buckets) February 2, 2021
Her husband is Chris "Daddy" Carlos, a partner at Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), a wine and spirits distributor, who counts zoos as one of his main philanthropic causes (you know, the places where animals are unnaturally kept in captivity).
He is also a supporter of former United States President Donald Trump and a pro-Confederate flag conspiracy theorist (and, apparently, quite the fisherman who met a confused George Clooney once, so good for him).
A post shared by 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐃𝐂 (@daddycarlos006)
After getting ejected, Juliana shared her account of her courageous and tipsy stand on behalf of "Daddy."
"Just got kicked out of the game to for talking sh*t to LeBron James for talking sh*t to my f*cking husband. This is such f*cking bullsh*t. Listen, let me tell you, LeBron James looked at my husband during the game and cussed him out. And I stood up and I go, 'Don't f*cking talk to my husband! Talk to my husband one more time and I will f*ck you up!' And he started fighting with me, he goes, 'Shut your mouth, dumb b*itch,' and I go, 'You shut your f*cking mouth b*tch.'"
The fan who got kicked from Hawks-Lakers got getting into it with LeBron James claims she was ejected for telling him she was going to 'f*ck him up' for staring down her husband. 🍿🍿https://t.co/a0uITWSDAg
She then confirmed James' theory that she may have not been at her soberest.
"Chris has been a Hawks fan forever. He's been watching the games for 10 years, whatever. He has this issue with LeBron. I don't have an issue with LeBron, I don't give a f*ck about LeBron. Anyway, I'm minding my own business, drinking my wine, having fun. All of a sudden, LeBron says something to my husband. And I see this, and I stand up and go, 'Don't f*cking talk to my husband!' And he looks at me and he goes, 'Sit the f*ck down b*tch.' And I go, 'Don't f*cking call me a b*tch, you sit the f*ck down. Get the f*ck out of here.' And I go, 'Don't f*cking talk to my husband like that, don't talk to my husband!' And he literally was like, 'F*ck you b*tch, sit down b*tch'. And all of a sudden now I'm getting kicked out. Excuse me, I have courtside seats that I paid for. F*ck you LeBron, you're a f*cking p*ssy, get the f*ck out of here. You're going to let a 25-year-old girl intimidate you during a game? Bye b*tch."
On the other hand, video evidence (including on her own IG story), literally disputes her paraphrasing of James' words. Furthermore, the mask-less "Courtside Karen" is a COVID-19 denier, so maybe her grasp of reality is not particularly firm.
When they asked courtside Karen to put her mask on she said "we've all had Covid, this is bullshit and you know it" loooool https://t.co/XCVsanncfc
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) February 2, 2021
Bron really told her
"Yo sit your ass down and shut the fuck up"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/4ClEtRjn6D
— 🦉 Lakers Vino (@VinoUncorked) February 2, 2021
Clearly, Juliana effectively intimidated the greatest player of his generation, who scored nine points in the final 1:30 to close out the win.
Juliana did offer some useful relationship advice after receiving some flak from the haterz.
"Yo, I truly cannot fathom how whack some of you guys are. Like, I don't know about you guys, but if my girl was at a game and someone was talking to me and my girl didn't stand up for me, I would kind of reevaluate that relationship. So, for all you clowns saying 'You're wife's a gold digger', guess what? If I was a gold digger, I would sit back and mind my own f*cking beeswax. And I wouldn't open my mouth. But guess what? I'm not a gold digger, that's my husband, I love him. And if someone disrespects him, I will check him. Whether it's LeBron James or a f*cking bum on the street."
There does seem to be one element of truth to her words: "Daddy's" dislike of James. Four years ago, he shared these utterly charming posts after sitting courtside at a Cleveland Cavaliers game.
(Hmm. I wonder what could bother him about James?)
Despite the viral attention, The King and the Lakers seem to be in better spirits than the Carloses after the game (and probably in better spirits than whatever "Daddy" distributes).
Courtside Karen was MAD MAD!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 2, 2021
"One little incident is not going to change the fact that we love having fans at the game," said Anthony Davis. "I just saw 'Bron talking to a guy courtside and him talking back. I heard her mask was off to speak, and with COVID going on you obviously can't have that. Sh*t happens."
"You obviously can't have fans taking their masks down and shouting at our players during these times," added Lakers coach Frank Vogel.
On the floor, the Lakers played about even with the frisky Hawks for three quarters until their defense iced the game in the closing minutes.
Davis provided ample support to James with 25 points, while Harrell had his most efficient game of the season with 19 points on 8-of-9 field goals. For the fourth consecutive contest, Alex Caruso (+13) led the team in plus/minus.
The Lakers did a solid job containing Trae Young, who used enough deceptive tricks to earn 11 free throws on the way to 25 points and 16 assists but turned the ball over seven times. He was forced to give it up early and often with the hounding defense of Caruso, Dennis Schroder, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Young hit just one three-pointer.
The defending champions outscored the Hawks, 32-23 in the final frame to finish their season-long road swing with a record of 5-2.
#Lakers D dominates late, LA covers (-5.5) vs. #Hawks, 107-99.
Champs close out 7-game, 12-night road trip with 5-2 record, and only two instances of courtside fools motivating LeBron in 4th quarters
— michael corvo (@michaelcorvoNBA) February 2, 2021
After the hard-fought win and nearly two weeks on the road, James—like "Courtside Karen"—was in a wine mood.
"You ain't the only one," said LeBron when a reporter mentioned that he would have a drink tonight.
For some reason, there's a feeling that LeBron James' vino won't be courtesy of RNDC.
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Author Interview: How Does Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Inform Health Care Decisions?
Drs David D. Kim and Anirban Basu join Ethics Talk to discuss their article: "How Does Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Inform Health Care Decisions?"
Read the transcript here and read the full article here.
David D. Kim, PhD is an assistant professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and the program director of the Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry at Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. His research focuses on generating the best available evidence to inform health care decisions and public health policies through policy simulation modeling, cost-effectiveness analyses, and econometric analyses.
Anirban Basu, PhD is a professor of health economics and the Stergachis Family Endowed Director of the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research focuses on understanding the economic value of health care through applied economic theory, comparative and cost-effectiveness analyses, causal inference methods, program evaluation, and outcomes research.
Recorded April 22, 2021
Interviewee had no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.
High value care/Quality improvement,
Evidence-based practice/Effectiveness,
Kim D, Aug 2021
Ethics Talk: Economic Decision Modeling and Reducing Waste in Health Care
Author Interview: How Should Willingness-to-Pay Values of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Be Updated and According to Whom?
Ethics in Economic Modeling in Health Care
Elina E. Pliakos
How Should Willingness-to-Pay Values of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Be Updated and According to Whom?
Paul T. Menzel, PhD


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P&O Cruises World Cruising has been inundated with more than 1500 stories of Ten Pound Poms eager to participate in celebrations for the cruise line's 175 years of heritage.
The UK-based cruise line last month launched a promotion calling on Britons who migrated Down Under on one of its ships to tell their favourite stories about their journey to Australia, for the opportunity to join in a special lunch onboard P&O Cruises' Oriana when she visits Sydney on February 23.
The winners will be contacted by email this week.
P&O Cruises can trace its roots back to 1837 when the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company was awarded the lucrative Admiralty contract to carry mail to the Iberian Peninsula and beyond.
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October Sky (1999)

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Movie Review: October Sky (1999)
A Review by: Ryan Davis
Rated `PG'

        A small town boy makes it big isn't exactly the most
original of ideas, far from it. Although there is something about the
story of seventeen year old Homer Hickman (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his
friends trying to get out of their small mining town, that is quite
charming.

        Inspired by the launch of the Sputnik and scientist,
Dr. Werner Von Braun, Homer and three of his friends decided to build
a rocket. They hope to be able to win their local science fair and be
able to go on to the national competition. At the nationals there are
many colleges handing out scholarships, which would be their only way
out of their town.

        With the help of several of the local townspeople and their
teacher, Miss Riley (Laura Dern), they start building rockets. After
lots of misfires, they start to learn more and more about
rocketry. Soon their rocket launches become well attended by the
townspeople and they are all very proud of the boys. All except
Homer's father, John Hickam, who is played skillfully by Chris
Cooper. John wants his son to follow his footsteps, in the coal mines,
but Homer wants nothing to do with it.

        `October Sky' is an inspiring film and an entertaining
one, even if its corny. The acting is kind of weak; most of the kids
are quite bland. The script is good and tight; there are very few slow
parts. But, altogether, it's a good film suitable for the whole
family.

Grade: B

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The state of New Mexico is facing a serious motorcycle crash problem after preliminary data show a sharp increase in motorcycle accidents between the months of January and May this year. Twenty-two people have reportedly been killed in motorcycle crashes in the 5-month period, and the number continues to rise as motorcycle registrations grow and warmer temperatures and relatively lower gas prices prompt motorcycle use in New Mexico.
Most motorcycle crashes occur when a motor vehicle makes a left on a road where an unseen motorcyclist is traveling straight, or when the motor vehicle passes or overtakes other vehicles. Other factors linked to motorcycle crashes include speeding, driver distraction, and intoxication.
An accident involving an intoxicated driver or motorcyclist can present interesting angles for causation. In a recent New Mexico case, the appeal court issued an order that would pave the way for an injured party to present evidence that an establishment served alcoholic drinks to a visibly inebriated motorcyclist before the accident occurred.
The plaintiff in that case alleged that the defendant establishment was negligent in over-serving alcohol, which negligence was the proximate cause of the motorcycle accident and her resulting injuries. Under New Mexico dram shop laws, it is possible for a vendor of alcoholic beverages or social host to be liable for damages arising from a drunk driving accident.
Depending on the circumstances of a motorcycle crash, an experienced Las Cruces motorcycle accident attorney can determine whether an injured passenger or motorcyclist has a potential claim for compensation. A personal injury attorney can also identify the cause or causes of the accident and the person or parties who are likely responsible for the injuries or damages, as well as estimate the value of compensation that may be due under the situation.
Motorcycle accidents often cause catastrophic injuries such as brain injury, spinal cord injury, and broken bones that require medical treatment and extensive surgical procedures. If you are injured in an accident, it's important to seek immediate treatment of your injuries and to obtain legal advice.
In Las Cruces, New Mexico, the Law Office of Samuel I. Kane have helped numerous clients receive appropriate treatment for their injuries and obtain compensation to which they are entitled. We provide a free case evaluation of your situation and will work on contingency fee basis, allowing you to focus on your physical recovery.
We invite you to call us today at (575) 526-5263 to learn about how we can help you.


For some of our patients, tooth loss is an unfortunate reality. Whether tooth loss is because of injury or periodontal disease, the patient should address the lost tooth as soon as possible. While false teeth and other dental devices can help cosmetically, the missing root has detrimental effects. After some time with a tooth missing, the body senses no need to supply the area with sustaining nutrients and bone loss begins. With enough bone loss, patients with missing teeth will encounter changes to their facial structure as their jaw gradually erodes.
The good news is that bone loss, and the adverse changes it brings, are avoidable. Missing teeth can be replaced with dental implants. The American Dental Association calls dental implants dentistry's most significant advancement in forty years and calls implants a superb long-term solution to replace lost teeth.
Critics questioned the effectiveness of dental implants almost immediately, believing that implant material could not convince the body to sustain the jaw. However, when patients with dental implants had checkups, the dental implants were accepted by the body in place of the root of the missing tooth.
There are several reasons implants are chosen over permanent crowns, bridges, or false teeth.
Dental implants are stable, and once they attach to the jaw, implants can support other dental work.
Patients with dental implants are highly satisfied with the look and feel of their new teeth. Most of our patients say they feel just like their natural teeth and once our dentist in Agoura Hills restores the dental implant with a crown or bridge, it looks just like a natural tooth.
Dentists like the fact that implants do not need any hardware or wires because these are places prone to plaque build-up.
You can care for your dental implants the same way you care for your natural teeth. There are no special procedures or tools needed.
Remember, replacing a missing tooth is not a cosmetic pursuit; it is a medical necessity. Choosing dental implants gives you the best opportunity for a perfect outcome. If you have concerns or questions regarding the procedure, our dentist is happy to talk with you and address your concerns.
Cosmetic dentistry has been a blessing to many people. Before the invention of such treatments, it was difficult to correct or treat tooth diseases and bacteria that affected the appearance of the smile. Different teeth whitening options are available, and aftercare is important to protect your teeth and ensure the results last for as long as possible.
You should take time to review your previous oral health routine. If you are not sure of a better way of doing it, it is good to work closely with our dentist in order to have an oral routine which will help your teeth to remain in better shape than before. Some of the basic things you might require to do are proper brushing, flossing and anything else that your dentist might recommend.
If you want to prevent future discoloration and staining you should as well reconsider the level of coffee, sugar and tobacco intake. If anything, you can decide to do away with them all together because they are the top contributors to staining and discoloration of your teeth. They are also some of the hardest stains to get rid of. It is therefore important to choose a healthy lifestyle which will not affect the health of your teeth or any other part of your body.
In general, everyone wants a beautiful smile. Nonetheless, not everybody is blessed with natural white teeth. The good news is that there are treatments which can help everyone achieve the whitest teeth ever. Consult with our teeth whitening dentist in Agoura Hills to learn more.
Bridges are made to fill the gaps between teeth when one or more teeth are lost. If you have lost teeth and are a candidate for a dental bridge, our Agoura Hills dentist will help you find the best bridge for your smile.
These bridges are supported by abutment teeth or dental implants, and the artificial tooth is suspended between two crowns. Traditional bridges are the most commonly used bridges and are typically made of porcelain or porcelain that is fused to metal for the most aesthetic results.
Maryland bridges are typically used to replace missing front teeth. The pontics, or artificial teeth, are attached to thin, metal bands, which are then bonded to the abutment teeth using resin. They are more conservative than conventional bridges, but they are also not as strong, which means they have a higher failure rate especially when used to replace multiple teeth.
If you are missing a tooth with natural teeth on only one side, a cantilever bridge might be necessary. The cantilever bridge has a design similar to traditional bridges but uses only one crown for support.
Call us to learn more about dental bridges in Agoura Hills or to schedule your appointment.
Many experts recommend porcelain restorations, especially when it comes to crowns. This is due to the several advantages the material offers. Patients benefit from its strength and durability, making it able to endure the everyday bite forces required of chewing and similar actions. It also reflects light in the same way that our natural dental enamel does, so it looks no different than the rest of our teeth. This means that this restoration is rarely noticeable.
Porcelain crowns can last as long as fifteen years with good care before needing to be replaced. The process may be able to be performed in just two appointments. It requires taking a physical impression or digital scan, which is used to design and create your restoration. You can return for another appointment to have a temporary crown replaced with your custom permanent one.


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Carol von Rautenkranz ist ein deutscher Labelbetreiber, Geschäftsmann und ehemaliger Musiker. Er gilt als einer der Wegbereiter der sogenannten Hamburger Schule.

Leben und Wirken
Nachdem der ehemalige Banklehrling Carol von Rautenkranz und der Musiker Pascal Fuhlbrügge bereits seit 1986 in Hamburg Musikkonzerte veranstalteten, gründeten sie dann 1988 das Musiklabel L'age d'or um deutsche Bands zu fördern, die auf Deutsch sangen und ungewöhnliche Musik machten.

Zunächst veröffentlichten sie ihre eigenen Bands auf dem Label. Fuhlbrügge seine Kolossale Jugend und von Rautenkranz seine Dark- und Electro-Wave-Band Die-Gants, in der auch sein Bruder Chris von Rautenkranz war. Kurze Zeit später veröffentlichten sie dann Bands, die sie von ihren Konzertveranstaltungen oder aus Hamburg kannten und die noch keinen Plattenvertrag hatten, wie z. B. Huah! oder Ostzonensuppenwürfelmachenkrebs.
In dem Soundgarden Studio, das er mit seinem Bruder Chris von Rautenkranz unterhielt, wurde zudem viele Bands aufgenommen, die dann später bei ihrem Label erschienen.

Nachdem Pascal Fuhlbrügge dann in den 1990er Jahren ausstieg, führte Carol von Rautenkranz das Label alleine weiter. 2007 konnte er mit Hilfe eines Vergleiches eine Firmeninsolvenz abwenden, musste sein Label allerdings verkleinern.

Des Weiteren betreibt er mit Oliver Kolb die Golden Gate Management GmbH, die Künstler und Produzenten betreut und vermittelt.

Diskografie
1988: Die-Gants – Fishing For Compliments (Album, LP, L'age d'or)

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Unternehmer (Hamburg)
Deutscher
Geboren im 20. Jahrhundert
Mann


I did this one a while ago, when I was just revisiting the wet into wet technique. A favorite way for watercolorists to paint. The danger of this technique is that we can lose the whites of the paper easily. I know I did with this one, but thought I would show it anyway.
I worked a little on it again today, to glaze some soft washes over places, it helped I think.


Coastal Pines Technical College MOWR Welding Students at Camden County High School building a smoker (left to right): Austin Gay, Dawlton Hatcher, Skyler Murphy and Declan Jones.
Coastal Pines Technical College and Camden County High School Take the Lead In the Governor's Move On When Ready Program. In April of 2015, Governor Nathan Deal signed into law SB 132, the Move On When Ready (MOWR) Act, based on recommendations from the 2014 Dual Enrollment Task Force. The Task Force found that highly skilled technical workers are needed to fill available jobs in today's workforce. The MOWR Act made technical education available in high schools, removed transportation and other barriers that prevented students from participating, and streamlined how students earn course credits. Along with SB 132, Gov. Deal also signed SB 2, which allows high school students to simultaneously earn a high school diploma while working toward an associate degree or other post-secondary award.
Since the MOWR Act was signed into law, Coastal Pines Technical College (CPTC) has been working with high schools within its 13-county service delivery area to provide as many opportunities to students as possible. All public high schools, along with several private schools, are participating and have students earning both high school and college credits for classes. Tuition, fees and books are free to these students!
Camden County High School (CCHS) has been recognized as having more students enrolled in the MOWR program for the most recent semester than any other school in Georgia. In the Spring 2017 term, CCHS had 457 students taking college courses through the program. The next closest high school had 297 students. With the increase in Camden's enrollment, CPTC hired Rebecca Croy as CPTC Recruiter for CCHS. She is located at the high school to administer testing and placement, assist with applications and help secure financial aid.
Students at CCHS this past year had the opportunity to take Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) MOWR courses in Nurse Aide, Criminal Justice Specialist, Welding, and Prep Cook; and General Education Core courses (AP-MOWR) in English, History, Math and Computer Information Systems. Next school year, CPTC plans to offer additional AP-MOWR courses, including two Biology courses with labs, Economics, Human Anatomy and Physiology; along with additional CTAE--MOWR programs such as Automotive, Greenhouse Management and Residential Wiring.
"The partnership we have established with Coastal Pines Technical College has been outstanding and it has been so great to work together to get the MOWR Program where it is today. Both parties had the same vision and we worked fast and hard this year to offer every opportunity possible to all CCHS students. We especially like that CPTC was able to credential our own teachers to teach those classes – that was the key to success," said CCHS CTAE Director Lisa Gleason.
For credentialing and using current CCHS faculty, CPTC pays the Camden County School System for the time spent teaching the college courses. Realizing the multiple advantages the MOWR program provides students, Principal Dr. John Tucker asked that the money received from CPTC be invested in the faculty by using it to supplement faculty members teaching MOWR courses, and to assist faculty who need to further their education in order to meet the college-level instructor qualifications. As this process continues, it will create a workforce pipeline that will develop and sustain a well-qualified secondary and postsecondary faculty for years to come.
MOWR is providing a direct path for students to be successful. Many students have completed their Technical Certificate, Diploma or Degree before, or when, graduating from high school and are prepared to enter the workforce as a highly skilled technician. Others are continuing their education at a CPTC campus, or another educational institution, to earn additional certifications, diplomas or degrees. Students earning their associate degree through this program only have two years of college left to attain their bachelor's degree.
Not only is this a win-win for the students and their families in saving time and expense, it is a win-win for the community. CPTC is working within each community to identify the workforce needs and provide the programs to help meet those needs. A highly skilled workforce is available to fill those positions that had no qualified applicants previously.
Another positive for students is that once enrolled at CPTC through MOWR, they remain a student at CPTC. After graduation from high school, students need only to complete the Financial Aid process and register for the next semester at CPTC.
Rachel Baldwin, co-chair for the High Schools That Work Steering Committee, appreciates the confidence the students gain after applying, taking admissions testing and completing the college courses. "For many, the process is so intimidating they give up and never complete it. After taking these courses, they realize they can do it. It empowers them to accomplish more," said Baldwin.
For more information about CPTC's Move On When Ready program at Camden County High School, please contact Rebecca Croy, CPTC High School Recruiter at CCHS, at 912-282-9036.


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The capital region's jobless rate dropped to 6.4% in September compared to 6.5% in August, Statistics Canada said, APP reported. The improvement came despite a net decline of 2,100 jobs. That's because the region's labor force, which includes people looking for work, shrank an even faster by 2,800. It's been the pattern for the past three months. The number of people with jobs—718,100 in September—is about the same as it was in June. Yet the jobless rate has tumbled from 6.9% because the labor force (767,200) is down 4,400 over the same period. These numbers have been adjusted for seasonal influences. StatCan reported there were 129,900 federal government employees in September, up 1,200 from August. It was also a gain of 1,600 from a year earlier when the Conservatives were enjoying their last month in power. Employment in the region declined 6,800 in September on an unadjusted basis compared to August for a new total of 721,400. The big losers by sector were health and retailing (down 3,300 each) and education (down 2,300).


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The Beginning of the Peace Corps: President Kennedy Welcomes the First Volunteers
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John F. Kennedy had not been in office fifteen minutes when he did something no other president had ever done: he asked Americans, in peacetime, to volunteer to serve their country for purely idealistic reasons. "Ask not what your country can do for you," Kennedy challenged in his Inaugural Address, "Ask what you can do for your country." These words, when first heard 50 years ago, were positively electrifying. No president had ever summoned citizens, in peacetime, to sacrifice or commit to a larger vision. With that single sentence, Kennedy inspired people to new possibilities. Chief among them, was his creation, as soon as possible, of a Peace Corps – calling, as it did, upon Americans to fan out across the globe to live alongside the people of the Third World and bring them, without regard to ideology or propaganda, vitally needed skills in health care, agriculture and education. Young people, in particular, excitedly took up the challenge: thousands signed up to join. But if many were called, few would be chosen. First they had to take, and pass, a grueling 5 ½ hour written exam…
Here the new President welcomes the 3,540 Americans who, on May 27th, 1961, in 340 cities across the nation, hunkered down to answer arduous questions designed to test their knowledge of English, foreign languages, American history and institutions, farming, health, and mechanical skills. They would be asked everything from what was the chief danger of a cut from a rusty nail (was it trachoma, hydrophobia, meningitis, encephalitis or, correctly, tetanus) - to whether the relationship stated in the phrase "scales: justice" was more precise than "tray: waiter" (it was). The exam, as the President well understood, was just the first of the daunting challenges facing members of the Peace Corps:
I want to congratulate you for being among the first to volunteer for service in the Peace Corps. As you know, you are now eligible to take the Peace Corps Entrance Examination on May 27 or June 5. Nations in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa have already indicated their interest in having Peace Corps Volunteers serve with them.... I was gratified to learn of the many people who have applied to serve in the Peace Corps and of the wide range of skills you represent. I hope that those of you who are chosen will carry your mission to these lands in such a way as to demonstrate the desire of Americans from all walks of life to be of service. The success or failure of the Peace Corps may well be determined by how well our first Volunteers live up to these high ideals... I wish you the best of good fortune in your Peace Corps tests.
Less than two weeks later, the results were in: of the 3,540 Americans tested, only twenty-seven were chosen to start training for a world-wide assault on poverty, illiteracy and disease. That was the beginning –fifteen volunteers to a farm and village project in Columbia, twelve for a road survey and building project in Tanganyika.
A half century later, despite the rigors of selection and training, hundreds of thousands of Americans have signed up to serve in the Peace Corps - for two years, without pay - in 139 different countries. An enormously popular program, the Peace Corps has proven to be one of the enduring legacies of Kennedy's presidency. This historic letter welcomes those first heroic volunteers – and shows how important this extraordinary project was to the new President.
Typed Letter Signed, as President, 1 page, quarto, The White House, May 22, 1961. To the very first Peace Corps Volunteers.
With a draft corrected in autograph; a copy of the letter; two unsigned carbon drafts; and a carbon memo dated May 17, 1962, from Deirdre Henderson, assistant to Mr. [Harris] Wofford, to Mr. Patterson.
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Dear Peace Corps Volunteer:
I want to congratulate you for being among the first to volunteer for service in the Peace Corps. As you know, you are now eligible to take the Peace Corps Entrance Examination on May 27 or June 5.
Nations in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa have already indicated their interest in having Peace Corps Volunteers serve with them. In the months ahead agreements with these nations will be concluded and Peace Corps projects announced. Once you qualify as a Volunteer you will be eligible for these undertakings.
I was gratified to learn of the many capable people who have applied to serve in the Peace Corps and of the wide range of skills you represent. I hope that those of you who are chosen will carry your mission to these lands in such a way as to demonstrate the desire of Americans from all walks of life to be of service. The success or failure of the Peace Corps may well be determined by how well our first Volunteers live up to these high ideals.
I wish you the best of good fortune in your Peace Corps tests.
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Nathan Marsak / architecture, Arson, Burning, Drugs, Gun, Hollywood, Murder, nathan marsak /	Frank Lloyd Wright, Wisconsin /	0 comments
Wrightwatch '27
Madison, Wisc.
Frank Lloyd Wright was a favorite son of Los Angeles, where he threw off the Prairie mantle and began creating his kooky indigenous-flavored block houses (e.g., Storer, Millard, Ennis, Freeman) in contrast to the Spanish Colonial (or, say, Egyptoid Tudor Chateauxesque) prevalent in the Southland's early 20s, before he said to hell with LA and lit out for his cursed home, Taliesin.
There was much architectural buzz about Mr. Wright in 1927, as he'd already designed a theater model for Aline Barnsdall, who announced in January that she'd build the structure as part of her eight-acre "city cultural center" gift to Los Angeles of her own FLW Hollyhock House and property.
When the Smart People of to-day tour FLW's block houses and consider his play of light over form, and gauge its relationship between the zig of Meiji woodblock prints and the zag of Walter Burley Griffin's green thumb, they probably aren't informed that ol' FLW had a lurid past fit for any tabloid-worthy favorite son of Los Angeles.
For example, while married to Catherine Wright, he fell in love with another woman, one Mamah Borthwick. Catherine wouldn't divorce him, so Wright abandoned her and the six kids and went galavanting around Europe with Mamah. On his return, Catherine still wouldn't divorce him, so Wright brought scandal to Spring Green, Wisc. by shacking up with Mamah. This was sorted out in short order when one of his domestics decided to utilize a Wrightian architectural principal—one door for all purposes—which made it easy to axe-murder seven people trying to flee a Taliesin you'd just set on fire. And Mamah was one of those so axed.
Catherine finally divorced Frank in 1922 on charges of desertion, so he could marry his new love, a morphine addict named Miriam Noel. They married in 1923, separated in 1924; Wright began seeing Petrograd Ballet dancer Olgivanna Lazovich Milanov (thirty-three years his junior) in 1925 and was thereafter arrested in 1926 for violating the Mann (White-Slave Traffic) Act. Oh, and Taliesin burned again, though this time without anybody being hacked to bits.
Frank getting popped by the feds, 1926
The lucky Wright-drama followers of 1927 were treated to tales of Frank and Miriam's divorce. Today, Miriam was awarded $6,000 ($66,179 USD2006) immediately, $30,000 (330,889) in trust, and $250 (2,757) a month for life. The cash settlement and Wright's promise that he "would lead a moral life" preceded the court decree.
With a cushy settlement like that, you'd think that's the last we hear of Miss Miriam. You'd be wrong. She spends the next few years loudly proclaiming Wright's brutality and repellant morals, with much effort expended in Washington attempting to get Olga deported. In a typical Miriam moment, July 14, 1928, she is arrested on a charge of malicious mischief after breaking into FLW's rented La Jolla home while he's up in Los Angeles: "So thorough was the wrecking that the colored maid in charge of the house in Wright's absence collapsed from the shock and was taken to the Scripps Memorial Hospital. 'About fifteen minutes more and I would have leveled the place,' Mrs. Wright is said to have told police when arrested…damage to the La Jolla home is estimated at about $1000…Mrs. Wright smiling pleaded guilty and following the court action, swore out complaints against her husband and Olga Hinzenberg, also known as Olga Milanoff, charging them with being lewd and dissolute persons."
Miriam finally expires in 1930.
We'll keep you posted on all breaking FLW news.
I'd keep an eye on that Schindler character if I were you.
Nathan Marsak / architecture, demolition, Hollywood, nathan marsak /	Holmby Hills, pornography /	0 comments
Bid Goodbye to All You Know
1927. Transatlantic telephone calls and transatlantic flight. The Model T gives way to Model A which shoot through the Holland Tunnel. Stalin takes control of Russian and Bavaria lifts its ban on Hitler's speeches. It's a new world.
And here in Hollywood, while the pictures begin to talk at you, the old world crumbles away.
Arthur Letts turned a bankrupt Los Angeles dry goods store into the mighty Broadway Department Store chain, and this was his home to prove it.
Please do not confuse this, the Letts Sr. house (and its world-famous gardens, all obliterated in 1927) with the Arthur Letts Jr. home.
For that house, designed by Arthur Kelly and built in 1927, still stands to this day.
And proudly.
Larry Harnish / architecture, Larry Harnish /	eagle rock, Wilshire Temple /	0 comments
Architectural Ramblings
Architect Samuel Tilden Norton has designed a bank building for Townsend Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock, The Times says.
Just to make research interesting, The Times misspelled his name as S. Tilton Norton. According to his 1959 obituary, his mother was the first Jewish child born in Los Angeles. After studying architecture in Los Angeles and New York, he designed the Wilshire Fox Building and Sinai Temple.
He was a board member of Temple B'nai Brith during its move from Hope and 9th Street to Wilshire and Hobart and was an honorary consultant on plans for the temple, which was designed by A.W. Edelman.
Norton was lifelong friends with Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, who presided over the funeral. Norton was a member of many professional, religious and social organizations, including Hillcrest Country Club, Nathan Strauss Israel Society, Jewish Federation, the Friends of the Hebrew University and the Zionist Organization of America.
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Incendiary Ramblings
Here's an architectural drawing of the O.T. Johnson Building, which burned in yesterday's fire.
Looking north on Broadway at 4th Street. The burned structures are at the right.
And here are some snaps of the damaged structures:
Kim Cooper / architecture, Crime Bus Tours, Kim Cooper, Neon, Nevada, The wacko file /	atomic frolic, las vegas, mondo lounge, vice is nice /	0 comments
Crime Bus to the Atomic Frolic, Las Vegas weekender Jan. 26-28
Gentle rider,
We'll be crossing state lines and violating the Mann Act next month, when the Crime Bus rolls from downtown Los Angeles to Las Vegas on Friday January 26 to take a luxury coach full of party people to the first ever Mondo Lounge Atomic Frolic weekend at the Aruba Hotel. The price is $130/RT (including your Atomic Frolic ticket), and we'll have you home late Sunday January 28.
Organized by members of the Los Angeles ModCom architectural preservation league now resident in LV, the event celebrates the style, music, art and culture of the great American cocktail era, with live bands, naked girls, neon and architectural tours, lectures (including one by our own Nathan Marsak), best-dressed Fez contests, beat poetry, documentaries, DJs, pajama parties and similar silliness.
So where does the Crime Bus come in? We'll be transporting many of the Los Angeles attendees, with the weekend's celebration starting the minute the bus doors close. There will be cool tunes and films, good company, games and surprises, with a detour through historic and scenic Route 66, a meal stop at a suitably retro establishment, and the debut of a new Crime Bus tour featuring tales of high weirdness from the high desert.
The crimes of old Route 66 are nothing like the citified tales told on previous Crime Bus tours. For more than a century, bad people have done terrible things under the vast desert sky, and all too often they've gotten away with it. High desert crimes are also odder than city crimes. On the Crime Bus, passengers will boggle at the tale of the Indian guide who cleverly spirited a new bride away from her young husband in 1920, giggle at the hijinks surrounding the premature 1890 death announcement of Wells Fargo messenger Ed Knickerbocker, shudder at the ghastly 1946 RV vacation of 10-year-old John Oedekerk, bit by a rabid dog in Indiana and chased across the country by needle-wielding public health officials, gape at the courage of cross-dressing 1930s teen Martha Adams who ran away from her religious maniac family with 53 cents in her pocket, and marvel at the miraculous tale of the 6-year-old girl kidnapped, bound and left in the hills in 1983 who was rescued when an airsick helicopter searcher landed to vomit and saw her Raggedy Ann doll in the dirt.
The Atomic Frolic is a benefit for the support of protecting modernism in Las Vegas, something that's long overdue. And tickets are just $30. We hope to see many of our Crime Bus friends in Las Vegas during the last weekend of January. For more info on the Atomic Frolic, please visit
Want a spot on the bus? me to reserve. Again, it's $130 R/T for the bus and the event.
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L.A. Rising
Anybody who sets out to study the development of the city
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Where Children Played
Dec.12, 1907
In the gritty, industrial heart of the 8th Ward at Holly Street and St. John, officials are planning a large recreation facility
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Roving to Monrovia
The Times real estate section takes a look at what was then the distant suburb of Monrovia, 22 miles from downtown Los Angeles. The writer notes the increasing use of concrete and stone, explai ning that the cost of lumber is forcing builders to use other materials. The writer also notes the broad, shaded verandas of three featured homes as well as the outlines of their roofs.
The story highlights the home of B.R. Davisson on East Orange Avenue, H.M. Slemmons (or Slemon) on North Myrtle Avenue and the home of John C. Rupp at Ivy and Greystone, built for $6,500 ($133,403.21 USD 2005).
Without exact addresses, it would be difficult for me to locate the Davisson and Slemmons homes, but I took a pleasant drive out to Monrovia recently to look for the Rupp house and was happy to find
that it is still standing and in beautiful condition. In fact, it was nice to discover that the neighborhood has quite a few well-maintained historic homes; a contrast to the condition of the houses I located in Pico Heights.
I had a brief chat with the homeowner who gave me a tour of the grounds. He said that Rupp, a financier, built the home for his wife, but that she decided it was too far from Los Angeles and wouldn
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Mrs. E.N. Eskey is building this 10-room house in Pico Heights, on Van Ness just south of Pico.
According to The Times, the two-story house (with basement) has a first floor divided into a reception hall with an oak staircase leading upstairs. The living room features built-in bookcases and a massive brick mantel. The dining room has a built-in buffet and china closet, with a pantry and kitchen.
The floors are quarter-sawn oak on the first floor and maple flooring in the rest of the house. The Times says there are four chambers, presumably bedrooms, a sewing room and a bathroom upstairs, as well as an alcove.
In the basement, a coal bin and a Rudd heater.
The cost? $5,000 ($102,617.85 USD 2005) a bargain by today
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Salvation in the Round
First there was Dr. Widney's Bethel, built into the notch of a hill in the form of a letter "A," and now the tony downtown suburb of Highland Park is up for another piece of religious architectural eccentricity.
The seceders from the First Presbyterian Church of Highland Park, under the leadership of Dr. F. P. Berry, have purchased an unusually triangular piece of ground, 134 by 135 feet at the corner of Avenue 56 and Ash. Architect George Howard was given the task of designing a new church, and his solution to this awkward parcel problem for the good people of the newly formed Olivet Presbyterian Church? Build in the form of a complete circle, fifty-eight feet in diameter, with a circular auditorium that seats 650.
Don't know as to whether this unique structure was ever built, but do know that it isn't there now.


Sonya Palencia's Royal Pet Portraits have been featured in O Magazine and Vanity Fair's: "Fifteen Luxurious Gifts for the Pet Lover".
Commissioned Royal Pet Portraits are skillfully painted in oil paint on wood panels. If you are interested in having your pet honored, please visit the official Lord Truffles website for more information.


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'Banning Firecrackers is Not the Answer to Delhi's Pollution,' Says UN Envoy
© AP Photo / Altaf Qadri
The UN resident coordinator in India, Yuri Afanasiev, has called for an all-encompassing approach to deal with the alarming level of pollution in Delhi as city authorities take measures such as halting construction work and enforcing an "odd-even" traffic scheme after banning firecrackers during the recent festivals.
New Delhi (Sputnik) — As New Delhi is reeling under a heavy cloud of pollutants and with the city government resorting to measures like closing schools, a top-ranking UN official has advised India to look for long-term tangible measures to fight pollution in its capital city.
"Environmental situations such as the current Delhi smog cannot be tackled just by addressing the issue of the number of cars or banning firecrackers. There has to be an all-encompassing approach," the UN resident coordinator in India, Yuri Afanasiev, said.
© AP Photo / Tsering Topgyal
Public Health Emergency: New Delhi Pollution Reaches 'Uncontrollable Levels'
His comments come at a time when the apex court in India banned the sale of crackers during the recently concluded Hindu festival of Deepawali. The Delhi government is also considering reintroducing an "odd-even" scheme for cars in Delhi from Monday. According to the scheme, cars with registration numbers ending in an odd number would be allowed to ply on odd dates while even-numbered cars would ply on even dates. Sunday remains a free-for-all.
"There is the issue of farmers (stubble burning) and plant emissions. And, even if one talks about reducing the volume of cars in the streets, there has to be a discussion on the quality of cars, whether they have catalytic converters. It has to be a well-rounded approach," Yuri Afanasiev added.
He was speaking on the sidelines of a two-day exhibition in New Delhi with schoolchildren on the theme "Transforming India."
The UN envoy urged school children to act as "ambassadors of change by encouraging and exhorting their parents to talk about pollution and climate change."
"Tell your parents there is a need to talk about pollution levels, as you have presented in your exhibits here," he said, adding that behavioral changes were more effective in adults if brought about through children.
Pollution levels touched alarming levels on Wednesday forcing the Delhi government to close the city schools till Sunday and to release an advisory statement asking children and elderly people to stay at home and to avoid their morning walks and visits to the parks. Delhi has also halted all construction activity and has banned the entry of trucks through its border.
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Year after year, federal agencies worked behind the scenes to thwart any attempt to reform the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In 2016, Congress finally came through and successfully amended the 50-year-old transparency statute with the goal of improving our ability to oversee our government.
For FOIA's golden anniversary, EFF and other transparency advocates were hoping for a comprehensive set of reforms (our wishlist is here). Although what Congress ultimately passed wasn't half as robust, the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 represents some of the most pronounced changes to the law in roughly a decade.
FOIA now explicitly limits officials' discretion to withhold records by requiring agencies to disclose them by default, with a couple of exceptions. The agency can hold back if it can point to a law other than FOIA that prohibits disclosure. The agency can also withhold the records if it can articulate exactly how disclosure would harm a specific interest protected by FOIA's exemptions, such as an individual's private medical records or classified military files.
EFF is cautiously optimistic that the presumption of disclosure rule will lead to greater transparency.
The All-in-One FOIA Portal. The law mandates that the federal government create a central online portal that will allow anyone to file a FOIA request with any agency.
No More Outdated Regs. The law also requires all federal agencies to update their FOIA regulations before the end of 2016 to reflect the current law. This was a small but essential requirement, as many agencies' regulations were woefully out of date, ignoring changes to FOIA passed by Congress from as far back as 2007.
The 25-Year "Deliberative Process" Clock. The law now includes a 25-year limit on agencies' claims that records would disclose internal decision-making, in what is known as the deliberative process privilege, and required agencies to give requesters more time to appeal denied requests.
The FOIA reforms have already had an impact. One of EFF's allies, the National Security Archive, had been fighting in court for years to disclose a volume of the CIA's Bay of Pigs invasion history. The CIA had long claimed that the document could not be released on grounds that it would reveal internal decision-making, i.e. deliberative process. After the law passed, the CIA reversed course and released the document to the Archive. You can read the newly released history here.
We'd like to wish a Very Sunshiny New Year to Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) for getting the bill to President Obama's desk and fixing parts of our nation's transparency law. But we'll be clinking our champagne flutes to the coalition who worked with us all year, which included: Project On Government Oversight, National Security Archive, Sunshine in Government Initiative, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, American Society of News Editors, ACLU, and, of course, the Sunlight Foundation.
And to the incoming agency heads, we'll FOIA you in January.


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Q: Tapestry File Upload via Tomcat I have problems with file uploading on Tapestry 5.3.6.
I am using this as a reference http://tapestry.apache.org/uploading-files.html
With Jetty web server, everything is fine, file gets uploaded into project directory.
But, If I run app on Tomcat, file get uploaded into Tomcat directory.
Is there any way to point Tomcat to upload file to project directory?
Thanks in advance :)

A: As far as i know, you can contribute with a parameter in the contributeApplicationDefaults method in AppModule, like

configuration.add(UploadSymbols.REPOSITORY_LOCATION,);

Try that.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


BHANDERIYA (BHAVNAGAR): Gujarat's forest department hardly has an intelligence network in Gir and surrounding areas where the lions have wandered off. And when local villagers nabbed suspected poachers recently and alerted the department, the forest officials let them go free, only to kill at least two more lions in Bhavnagar district.
This startling information came out during investigations by TOI in and around the spot where two lion carcasses were recovered late on Saturday. On April 2, the villagers in Bhanderiya had apprised the forest department about suspicious movement of outsiders camping on the outskirts of the village.
This was two days after the second poaching incident was reported in Babariya range and forest department should have been sufficiently alert. But forest department officials, after an inquiry, let the gang members go.Village sarpanch Abhabhai Ravat said, "Two weeks back we had spotted some people fishing in a pond near the village.
We requested them to desist from this activity but when they got aggressive, we informed the forest department and the police." The forest department officials came and talked to these people and let them off because they did not find anything suspicious.
When five members of the gang, who were arrested last week while trying to flee from Bhavnagar railway station, were brought to Bhanderiya on Saturday to help police locate more lion graves, the villagers recognised them as the same people who were seen fishing earlier.
Kamaliya Bacha Laxman, the talati of the village, confirmed that the gang believed to have killed the lions was the same whose suspicious conduct was reported to the authorities. He said the gang members also had a minor skirmish with the villagers after the incident.
Laxman said the village had often seen a pride of lions in the vicinity, consisting of two adult males, one female and a cub. Last week, he had spotted only the lioness and the cub about three kilometres from the spot where the two lion carcasses were found.


They say good things come to those who wait. And this coveted Barbera d'Asti can only be sold from March 1 the year after the grapes are harvested. It keeps well, developing rich, bold flavours over time (though after a year of waiting, we'd understand if you'd rather drink it now).
Araldica aim to make expressive, yet uncomplicated Barbera from good quality grapes and careful vinification techniques. Attention to detail in both the vineyards and the winery, ensures the production of top quality wines, however it is the experience Araldica possess that allows them to be truly unique.
The Monferrato hills are home to some of the best quality grapes and vineyards in Piemonte. The warmer, southwest facing slopes are used to grow Barbera, allowing the grapes to achieve phenolic ripeness and balance the natural acidity with weight of fruit and tannin.
Average product. Smells, looks and tastes as any average cheap wines sold in any supermarket. It should be a superior one produced in limited vineyards in the Asti area, Piedmont. This was the main reason I bought it, although I was also enticed by the reduction. Unfortunately, it's another no no. No sweetness, no velvet. I could have given 2 stars if it wasn't from where it says it comes from.
This is a truly lovely wine, full of sunshine and happiness. Deep in colour and rich yet smooth in taste.


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Pre-med exam to include additional sections
by Carmen Huerta, Staff Writer
Pre-medical students will have a new test to study for when the new version of the Medical College Admission Test goes into effect next spring.
The MCAT2015 exam will now include a psychological, social and biological foundations of behavior section; a biological and biochemical foundations of living systems section; and a chemical and physical foundations of living systems section.
According to the Princeton Review this is one of the biggest additions to the exam since 1991.
The updated exam will also incorporate a critical analysis and reasoning skills section, and have more questions, increasing the test-taking time from 5 hours and 10 minutes to 7 hours and 30 minutes. The cost of the test has also increased $25 to $300.
According to the Association of American Medical College's website the new additions to the test are meant to further prepare pre-med students for the new advances and challenges in the healthcare field.
"Medical schools in general want students to have a general molecular understanding of disease," biochemistry associate professor Peter van der Geer said. "Future doctors should know how people get sick on a molecular level."
Students applying to medical school in fall 2016 will be the first group of examinees to take the updated exam. It is advised that students take psychology and sociology prerequisite courses to better prepare for the new exam.
Biology senior Melinda Lau didn't mind the test section changes but was more concerned with the longer test-taking requirement.
"I think I am OK with the changes because I have taken introductory courses to both psychology and sociology as well as biochem," Lau said. "It does, however, change things like taking an exam for 7 hours."
However, not all Aztecs share the same sentiments about the upcoming changes.
"To be honest, these new changes are stressing me out," cell and molecular biology senior Susana Najera said. "I keep hearing everyone saying that it will be more difficult since the new added sections will be testing us on our 'humanity' rather than our brains."
Aztecs planning to attend medical school in fall 2014 or 2015 don't have to worry about the new changes to the MCAT. However, applicants looking to avoid the new changes to the exam can take the MCAT2014 exam and submit their scores for fall 2016. Many medical schools accept MCAT scores that are three years old.
"I feel that I am getting better at it, after long hours of study, but you never know what might be on those questions," Najera said. "So there's no way to be fully prepared for the improvisation skills, but to submerge ourselves in a little bit of everything."
Students taking the MCAT2015 can register for prep courses and take advantage of practice tests provided by AAMC's website.
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Glenn Hoddle names the Chelsea player who must start to get the best out of Eden Hazard
Giroud has started most of Chelsea's Europa League fixtures, but has been limited to mainly substitute appearances in the Premier League this season
Amie WilsonMidlands football writer
Elliot Jackson
Paul Clarke
BT Sport pundit Glenn Hoddle has insisted that playing Olivier Giroud is the best way of helping improve the performance of other Chelsea players, including Eden Hazard.
The French striker has made the majority of his 24 Premier League appearances this season from the bench, scoring just twice. Although he has had more luck in the Europa League where he has scored 10 times in 11 appearances, including the Blues' second goal in Thursday's four three win over Slavia Prague.
Maurizio Sarri confirms Chelsea's stance over Olivier Giroud's future
That victory secured Chelsea a place in the Europa League Semi-Final, where they will play German side Eintracht in early May.
Speaking on BT Sport, former Chelsea man Hoddle, praised Giroud's impact on the whole team.
"They need him (Giroud) up there because he brings players into play," he said.
Pedro and Olivier Giroud celebrate (Photo by James Williamson - AMA/Getty Images)
"He (Giroud) gets his just rewards, a great finish and his movement all night was superb.
"He struggled a little second half without the service. Slavia Prague pressed higher in the second-half because they knew he didn't have the pace to spin in behind."
The 32-year-old is out of contract in the summer, and, as reported by football.london, the player wants assurances of playing time from manager Sarri, before committing to extend his stay at Stamford Bridge.
Premier League transfer rumours: Man United make contact for defender, Chelsea reduce Hazard fee
"Trust me, I'm very frustrated when I'm not on the pitch, but I just don't want to show it,"Giroud said. "When you are a competitor, when you've been through difficulties all through your career, you need to keep that frustration inside you and transform it into positive energy on the pitch.
"Trust me, though, I'm not happy to play the second role. That's why I said, next year, I will need to have a more important role to play in the team.
Olivier Giroud (R) celebrates at Stamford Bridge (Image: Glyn KIRK / AFP)
It's not just Europa League goals that the World Cup winner has bought to the team, playing Giroud up front allows attacker Eden Hazard freedom to play on the left, the position he has impressed most at.
Much has been made of the way that manager Maurizio Sarri has used Hazard this season. The Italian manager has been known to play the 28-year-old attacker in a central role, as was the case in the Blues' Premier League defeat to league leaders Liverpool last Sunday. However, Hoddle believes that the position doesn't get the best out of the Belgian.
"It doesn't work, him (Hazard) playing down the middle as he did at Anfield," he continued. "You need your best players facing up their opponents. That's where he's at his best."
Sarri transcript: Every word from Chelsea boss on second half woes, Hazard injury & semi-final
With Hazard being strongly linked with a summer move to Real Madird, and Giroud's stance, both of the players' futures at the club currently look unsure, whether they are both still at Stamford Bridge for the start of the 2019/20 season is still to be seen.