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Immigration: A one-way Road from Mexico City to the American Dream
By Carrie Hatano
Boston University News Service
BOSTON – Peter Rodriguez speaks quickly. Words tumble out of his mouth in sudden bursts in synchronization with his hands, which flicker through the air like Fourth of July fireworks. His dark brown eyes focus on mine while we speak.
Born to an Italian-American mother and a Mexican father, Pedro Rodriguez Valenti was raised in Mexico City with his two brothers and three sisters. In 1998, when he was just 6 years old, his family moved to San Antonio, lured by the opportunities that awaited them in America.
In Mexico, Peter and his siblings went to a private German school, where they learned to speak Spanish, English, and German. Though he was young when he moved, he still has vivid memories of Mexico City.
"There, you're a lot more aware of the poverty," Peter says with no hint of an accent. "I still remember people's faces that I saw on the side of the road. In Mexico, you can be really poor, poor, or rich."
The cost of education and the poverty of the city caught up to the family, who eventually jammed all of their belongings into two pick-up trucks and drove to San Antonio. Peter's mother was born in Massachusetts, which made her children U.S. citizens.
When they crossed the border in the summer of 1997, Peter was sitting on a cushion in the truck bed, sandwiched between furniture and soccer balls.
Texas's population is becoming increasingly Mexican, with a 42.7 percent increase in its foreign-born population from 2000 to 2010, according to a recent Pew Hispanic Center report based on census data.
Despite this trend, Peter's family stood out when they first arrived.
"We were the pioneers of the Mexican migration in San Antonio," Peter says with a playful laugh. "Now, in certain areas it's massively Mexican."
Peter's caramel-brown skin, dark hair, and thick eyebrows made him stand out at school, he said.
Though he hasn't been back to Mexico City since middle school, his family continued to drive back down for the summers after they moved.
"We'd ride bikes, build forts, have mud wars, sell fish on the streets.," Peter says with a grin. "Sometimes we wouldn't get back until a week after school started, and kids would say, 'We thought you died in Mexico.'"
Peter is now a 20-year-old sophomore at Boston University. As a mechanical engineering major, he spends 27 hours a week in class. He somehow still manages to play on two soccer teams, work in Cambridge as a landscaper, and play in an alternative band with two of his friends.
Despite his intense workload, Peter says he realizes that education is a privilege, one he's been grateful for since his move to the U.S. After having witnessed the poverty that exists in Mexico, Peter says that he is determined to make his good fortune count.
Peter is part of the 29.4 percent of Mexicans who make up the United State's foreign-born population, according to the same Pew Hispanic Center report. This doesn't include the 9 million illegal Hispanic immigrants who the report said entered the United States in 2010 alone—an issue that has become a major point of contention among policy makers in recent years
Peter says that there were illegal immigrants enrolled in his school in Texas, because they would rather have kids in school than roaming the streets with free time on their hands
He reasons that the problem may be the people who knowingly employ illegal immigrants, not the workers themselves. Illegal immigrants only come here because they know they can get jobs, he says.
He says that younger children shouldn't just be sent back across the border. After all, he was young when his parents decided to move to Texas. He was just lucky enough to have an American mother.
Peter was just a kid when he made the trek across the border, but it was momentous enough to make an impression on him.
"I remember one thing," he says, speaking slowly for the first time during the interview. "I looked up and the sun was so bright. The sun was always so bright in Texas."
Coast Guard Cadet Confronts Immigration
By Quinn Boyes
James Diddell (Photo courtesy of James Diddell)
BOSTON — Cadet 2nd Class James Diddell, an officer-in-training and student of the United States Coast Guard, is well aware of the personal and political issues surrounding immigrants in America today.
"The Coast Guard works hand-in-hand with the INS," Diddell explains over the phone from the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. "We do our best to ensure that everybody has an even playing ground and that those who come into this country illegally don't have an advantage over those who come here legally, seeking a better life."
Diddell, a shade under 6 feet tall with light blue eyes and short brown hair, has family history deeply rooted in American soil. His father works as a professional engineer, and his mother is a supplier of orthopedic limbs and braces to the physically disabled. The 21-year-old cadet, born and raised in Westfield, N.J., traces his lineage all the way back to the earliest European settlers.
"My dad's side of the family came over on the Mayflower," he says. "There were two of them. One of our relatives was an indentured servant, and the other one was fleeing religious persecution."
His mother's side of the family — half-Lebanese, half-Irish — immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900s.
The issue of immigration in America is much more complex than it once was, with roughly 10.8 million unauthorized immigrants living and working in the U.S., according to a study published last year by the Department of Homeland Security.
Immigration is a hot-button topic for legislators at the state and federal levels. In recent years, it has become a subject that is discussed and debated during presidential elections, with both President Barack Obama and Senator John McCain pledging to take a hard line against illegal immigration during their campaigns for office in 2008.
Diddell supports the rights of those seeking a better life for themselves or their families, but he also stresses the importance of following the proper channels. When it comes to people trying to circumvent the law and enter the country illegally, he is matter-of-fact: "I don't think we should be making their lives easier."
In 2010, Arizona passed a statute that allowed police officers to detain suspected illegal immigrants if they were unable to produce valid forms of identification to prove their citizenship status. Critics of the decree claimed that it encouraged racial profiling and discriminatory tactics against minorities living in Arizona. In July of that year, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction that blocked the provisions of the law.
Diddell generally supports any state government's right to enforce immigration policy as it sees fit. With regards to the Arizona law, he is not as concerned with its constitutionality as others. "There's a fine line between having someone carrying their driver's license and putting a gold star on their shoulders," he argues, making a comparison to the policies enacted by Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.
Diddell understands the important contribution that immigrants have made to the country whose borders he is now pledged to protect.
"We're a nation built upon immigration," he says. "The statue of liberty has inscribed on it: 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…' and I agree with that. If people do it the right way — seeking political asylum, a better life — then I completely support that."
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By Angelo Verzoni
Ronak Patel (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Hall)
BOSTON – Ronak Patel slouches on a sofa, wearing American Eagle jeans and a Banana Republic jacket. He adjusts his black, thick-rimmed glasses and clears his throat. "It's pronounced lawn-guy-land," he says. He is from Bohemia, N.Y., on the South Shore of Long Island.
Patel's parents were born in India and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1980s. His mother, Hansa Patel, came to New York in 1985 to live with her brother, who had moved there from India 10 years earlier. Short on money, his father, Harshad Patel, came to New York a year later on a loan. "He always tells me, 'I came to America without a dollar in my pocket,'" Patel says, smiling.
Living with his wife, brother-in-law and sister-in-law on Long Island and without any money or a car, Patel's father worked at a gas station, where he had to walk five miles there and back every day.
Patel's sister, Puja, was born in 1989. He was born in 1992. And in 1998, when he was 6 years old, good fortune struck the Patel family. Patel's father played the New York Lottery on a whim, Patel says. They split the $25 million prize with three other winners. It amounted to about $6 million before taxes, he says.
Winning the lottery brought the Patels a new house, a new car and a convenience store to call their own.
Patel is a junior in the School of Management at Boston University. He has sable hair, cut short and gelled, thick stubble, brown eyes and chestnut skin. He speaks with a New York accent, butchering the word "ask" as if he is quoting a Beastie Boys song. He is a fan of rap music and the New York Knicks.
"I'm kind of a hybrid," he says, laughing. "Growing up with immigrant parents is different." They do not fully understand American culture, he says. "The way they grew up in India is totally different from growing up here. They did change their mentality, but not completely."
Patel keeps in touch with his Indian roots, visting India every so often and following some cultural traditions. He is not very religious and neither are his parents, he says.
When asked if he faced any racism growing up, he shrugs. He recalls a time nine years ago. He was 11 years old, and he and his teenage cousins were taken out of a line at the airport to be searched. He bitterly chalks the incident up to racism and post-9/11 paranoia.
Upwards of 11 million illegal immigrants live within the U.S.'s borders, according to a 2011 study published by the Pew Research Center, and the pressing issue has become what to do with them. Patel bears a romantic inclination to deport all illegal immigrants. But it could not be done, and a substantial workforce would be lost, he admits.
The fact that his family came here legally may bias him against illegal immigrants, he acknowledges. "It's a tough process," he says about immigrating to the U.S. legally. "But it's a fair process. My parents went through it… my whole family went through it." Amnesty, which would pardon illegal immigrants for their political offenses and grant them citizenship, has been proposed by certain groups and President Obama, who has long been a proponent of a bill that would grant illegal immigrants citizenship, but not before registering and paying taxes and a penalty for their crimes.
Amnesty just does not feel right, Patel says.
After catching wind of the politics being discussed, Chris Towner, a white B.U. student from Chicago and a friend of Patel's, rushes to the scene to plug his two cents. "We give them amnesty," he says about illegal immigrants, "and we tighten our borders." It is the only plausible answer to the problem, Towner says.


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WEST TOWN LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRISTOL
Architect: Innes Wilkin Associates
Client: The Governors
The existing school was split into two main buildings and our brief was to construct a single storey link to allow pupils and staff access to all areas of the school without the need to go outside. A new reception area would be created within the link and externally car parking facilities also required upgrading plus the creation of a bin store and access path.
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The new link building was then constructed using traditional methods. The main corridor was formed in two long ramps to overcome the difference in floor levels between the two buildings. The external walls were built in concrete and insulation blocks with the external façade finished using K Rend, a self coloured render in terracotta finish to offset the specified white aluminium powder coated windows and grey capping and soffite manufactured in powder coated steel.
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Did the FBI Believe That It's a Wonderful Life Was Communist Propaganda?
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MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: The FBI felt that It's a Wonderful Life was communist propaganda.
Nowadays (and for quite some time), Frank Capra's 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life, is viewed as a film classic and more specifically, a Christmas classic, shown on television every year in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
However, amazingly enough, in 1947, the FBI had a different view of the film.
In a 1947 FBI memo about Communist infiltration of the film industry, the following was written about the film:
To: The Director
D.M. Ladd
COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
(RUNNING MEMORANDUM)
There is submitted herewith the running memorandum concerning Communist infiltration of the motion picture industry which has been brought up to date as of May 26, 1947….
With regard to the picture "It's a Wonderful Life", [redacted] stated in substance that the film represented rather obvious attempts to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a "scrooge-type" so that he would be the most hated man in the picture. This, according to these sources, is a common trick used by Communists.
addition, [redacted] stated that, in his opinion, this picture deliberately maligned the upper class, attempting to show the people who had money were mean and despicable characters. [redacted] related that if he made this picture portraying the banker, he would have shown this individual to have been following the rules as laid down by the State Bank Examiner in connection with making loans. Further, [redacted] stated that the scene wouldn't have "suffered at all" in portraying the banker as a man who was protecting funds put in his care by private individuals and adhering to the rules governing the loan of that money rather than portraying the part as it was shown. In summary, [redacted] stated that it was not necessary to make the banker such a mean character and "I would never have done it that way."
[redacted] recalled that approximately 15 years ago, the picture entitled "The Letter" was made in Russia and was later shown in this country. He recalled that in this Russian picture, an individual who had lost his self-respect as well as that of his friends and neighbors because of drunkenness, was given one last chance to redeem himself by going to the bank to get some money to pay off a debt. The old man was a sympathetic character and was so pleased at his opportunity that he was extremely nervous, inferring he might lose the letter of credit or the money itself. In summary, the old man made the journey of several days duration to the bank and with no mishap until he fell asleep on the homeward journey because of his determination to succeed. On this occasion the package of money dropped out of his pocket. Upon arriving home, the old man was so chagrined he hung himself. The next day someone returned the package of money to his wife saying it had been found. [redacted] draws a parallel of this scene and that of the picture previously discussed, showing that Thomas Mitchell who played the part of the man losing the money in the Capra picture suffered the same consequences as the man in the Russian picture in that Mitchell was too old a man to go out and make money to pay off his debt to the banker.
Isn't that fascinating?
The legend is…
STATUS: True
Thanks to Michael Dean for suggesting this one and thanks to Will Chen for the transcription. Check out Chen's site here for the original FBI documents.
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Tags: Christmas, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life
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4 Responses to "Did the FBI Believe That It's a Wonderful Life Was Communist Propaganda?"
Mike Blake on December 22nd, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Wouldn't we all love to know who Mr. "Redeacted" was? They never noticed this was an Americanized version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Kristin on May 11th, 2015 at 8:48 am
Unfortunately, the FBI reports and files that confirmed there really were "Reds" that had infiltrated higher stations in US government were only able to be released (thus proving their existence, and silencing those who claimed it was all merely a "scare") until the 1990s, a 50-year silence for reasons of National Security. MANY films during the 50's were indeed communistic propaganda pieces, for instance "High Noon": "We know this is a left-wing film because it was made by leftists like producer Stanley Kramer and scriptwriter Carl Foreman [both members of the Communist Party, the latter later blacklisted] who later said it was." (author Peter Biskind, out of his book "Seeing Is Believing"). It is not at all difficult to see the propaganda and "gentle persuasion" of Marxist/Progressivist themes in film- not only are they *not* covert, they are overt! For instance- in It's a Wonderful Life the wealthy capitalists shown as greedy, mean old (and 100% Caucasian gentiles) coots. One need only perceive the characters or even the plots of these films to get the general idea. Anyone remember the old standard plots where the father character desperately urges his brood to "leave the farm! its endless work!" to find a career and education in the Big City, where livin' is easy and there are no horrible, bigoted and uneducated boors (like in the country- you get the drift)? I, unfortunately had my perceptions altered by being convinced that the rich were "terrible" and the poor, well, they were the honest, kindly, generous hard-working Americans. Boy were we told a bunch of nonsense!
Ronin on August 19th, 2015 at 3:04 pm
@Kristin
You are exaggerating! If you think High Noon is a communistic propaganda because Stanley Kramer and Carl Foreman were members of the Communist Party, why would you think It's a Wonderful Life directed by a Catholic Italian-American director is?
Furthermore, several biographers suggest have suggested Frank Capra had discovered Roman Holiday's true author was the blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo and refused to direct. Probably you must think Roman Holiday is also a communistic propaganda because of its writer.
Many right-wing people have confused Catholicism with Communism because both defend the poor.
kgaard on December 11th, 2015 at 5:41 pm
At least we know who "redacted" is now …
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Antecedents and outcomes of abnormal cranial imaging in moderately preterm infants
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Natl Inst C (2018). Antecedents and outcomes of abnormal cranial imaging in moderately preterm infants. Journal of Pediatrics, 195, 66-72.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.11.036
OBJECTIVES: To describe the frequency and findings of cranial imaging in moderately preterm infants (born at 290/7-336/7 weeks of gestation) across centers, and to examine the association between abnormal imaging and clinical characteristics.
STUDY DESIGN: We used data from the Neonatal Research Network Moderately Preterm Registry, including the most severe early (≤28 days) and late (>28 days) cranial imaging. Stepwise logistic regression and CART analysis were performed after adjustment for gestational age, antenatal steroid use, and center.
RESULTS: Among 7021 infants, 4184 (60%) underwent cranial imaging. These infants had lower gestational ages and birth weights and higher rates of small for gestational age, outborn birth, cesarean delivery, neonatal resuscitation, and treatment with surfactant, compared with those without imaging (P < .0001). Imaging abnormalities noted in 15% of the infants included any intracranial hemorrhage (13.2%), grades 3-4 intracranial hemorrhage (1.7%), cystic periventricular leukomalacia (2.6%), and ventriculomegaly (6.6%). Histologic chorioamnionitis (OR, 1.47; 95% CI, 1.19-1.83), gestational age (0.95; 95% CI, 0.94-0.97), antenatal steroids (OR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.41-0.74), and cesarean delivery (OR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.53-0.81) were associated with abnormal imaging. The center with the highest rate of cranial imaging, compared with the lowest, had a higher risk of abnormal imaging (OR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.10-3.92). On the classification and regression-tree model, cesarean delivery, center, antenatal steroids, and chorioamnionitis, in that order, predicted abnormal imaging.
CONCLUSION: Among the 60% of moderately preterm infants with cranial imaging, 15% had intracranial hemorrhage, cystic periventricular leukomalacia or late ventriculomegaly. Further correlation of imaging and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in moderately preterm infants is needed.
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IAS carries out basic and applied research concentrating on innovation and practical use of knowledge in animal husbandry. Eight research departments do research in the fields of animal genetics and breeding, bio-technology and reproduction, nutrition, quality of products, animal ethology and welfare, breeding technology, herd management and production economy.
In addition to basic and applied research IAS carries out other expert activities. One of the most significant of them is the implementation of the national programme for the keeping and use of genetic resources of farm animals. In 2016, the IAS has been designated as The National Centre for Genetic Resources to coordinate and implement the National programme, together with a range of stakeholders. The Institute also ensured the activity of the Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition and the Ministry of Agriculture entrusted it with representing the Czech Republic in the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP).


Confirmation is a somewhat less widespread coming of age ritual that occurs when a child is 16 or 18. Confirmation was originally developed by the Reform movement, which scorned the idea that a 13 year old child was an adult (but see explanation below). They replaced bar and bat mitzvah with a confirmation ceremony at the age of 16 or 18. However, due to the overwhelming popularity of the bar or bat mitzvah, the Reform movement has revived the practice. I don't know of any Reform synagogues that do not encourage the practice of bar and bat mitzvahs at age 13 today.
In some Conservative synagogues, however, the confirmation concept has been adopted as a way to continue a child's Jewish education and involvement for a few more years.


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By Sera Wong Canadian Startup News March 14, 2019
DocuSign expanding Canadian presence, announces headquarters in Toronto
DocuSign, a San Francisco-based company that provides e-signature technology, has announced the opening of its first Canadian headquarters, in Toronto.
"We're looking to expand our local teams in Toronto and around the country."
The regional headquarters, to be located in Toronto's financial district, are part of what DocuSign is calling its "ongoing Invest for Canada initiative." The office will house sales, marketing, and services teams to support the company's customers and growth in the region. DocuSign did not state how many employees it is looking to hire.
"Since DocuSign went public almost a year ago, we've talked about the renewable market opportunity that e-signature presents, something that's worth over $25 billion globally," noted Dan Kagan, general manager for Canada at DocuSign. "We believe that opportunity is reflected in the Canadian market too, and we're looking to expand our local teams in Toronto and around the country as a result."
The company said with these headquarters it is interested in expanding its Canadian verticals including healthcare, life sciences, and in particular, the public sector.
"We are seeing organizations of all sizes embracing e-signature to simplify and accelerate the process of doing business," Kagan said. "Once they realize the impact, they are starting to see how DocuSign can help to automate and impact other departments, functions and tasks within their organization—and how we can modernize their systems of agreement for even greater value."
In Canada, DocuSign is currently working with businesses including Manulife Financial, the National Bank of Canada, and Telus.
"We are working with DocuSign on the deployment of electronic signature capabilities," said Jeff Maltez, leader, integration technologies at Manulife. "As customer in Canada, we are thrilled about DocuSign's continued commitment to the region with the opening of its new Toronto HQ."
Along with today's announcement, DocuSign also revealed that Robert Herjavec, CEO and founder of Toronto-based cybersecurity company, Herjavec Group, and Shark Tank TV personality, will be joining DocuSign's advisory board.
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Kids, COVID And RSV: What We Know About The Risks Right Now
KUT 90.5 | By Laura Rice
One of the main differences during this current surge of coronavirus infections has been the particular focus on kids. Experts have determined the delta variant is more transmissible and that seems to extend to kids who, earlier on in the pandemic, were less likely to pass the virus to one another. But the information about the delta variant is fairly new and still developing.
Texas children's hospitals report COVID hospitalizations for kids are up – just as are hospitalizations for adults with COVID. But Frisco-based pediatrician Dr. Seth Kaplan says, right now, it seems the percentage of kids who end up in the hospital has not been going up.
"The problem is a small percentage of a large number is still a large number," Kaplan said. "So you're going to see more kids end up in the hospital. But, for the most part, kids are still doing fairly well."
Dr. Seth Kaplan is president of the Texas Pediatric Society – the largest state chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He says while most kids still have mild COVID cases, even those are not without risk.
"This [has] actually been one of the saddest things that we've seen this summer," Kaplan said. "You know, we sort of had a sneak preview for what might happen in schools by what happened in summer camps this summer. And we had many children come home from sleep-away camp with COVID and come home and infect their unvaccinated parents. And we have had a significant number of those parents end up in the ICU, very sick."
Another risk is what doctors are calling long-haul or long COVID.
"We are seeing from studies somewhere between 5% and 20% of children who get COVID who go on to develop so-called long haul COVID symptoms," Kaplan said.
The CDC describes these symptoms as wide-ranging – and they can last for weeks or longer – even in those who initially had no COVID symptoms.
Kaplan says for children 12 and older, the best protection continues to be the COVID-19 vaccine.
"The vaccines are safe," Kaplan said. "They have a very good safety record and they are effective. And the testing that was done for them was completely appropriate. And we are encouraging, again, everybody who's eligible to be vaccinated to get vaccinated."
For those under 12 or otherwise ineligible for a vaccine, Kaplan says "wearing a mask is the most important thing they can do right now."
He says masks will also help protect young kids against respiratory syncytial virus – or RSV – which is currently spreading rapidly in southern states.
"We went through a period of about 18 months when everybody was wearing a mask and everybody was social distancing, where many of the common childhood illnesses just disappeared," Kaplan said. "And then as things began to open up in the spring and people stopped wearing a mask all the time, many of these childhood virus respiratory viruses just made this huge comeback."
There is no vaccine for RSV. Most cases of it are like a really bad cold but, for the youngest children, Kaplan says it can be dangerous.
"It can make them have a very, very, very hard time breathing to the point where they need supplemental oxygen or other help," Kaplan said. "And so with the current increase in kids with COVID needing hospitalization due to the numbers going up, our hospitals are already full with kids with RSV. So it's kind of a double whammy that's hitting kids very, very hard."
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CVPD: Global equity in vaccination programs and Canada's role
Join the CVPD and CIRN for a seminar on Global equity in vaccination programs and Canada's Role, with Drs. Arlene King and Srinivas Murthy
Special note: This seminar will be hosted on Zoom. Please register to receive the link and password two hours before the seminar. Please note that space is limited.
This seminar is co-hosted with the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Trainee Seminar Series.
Speakers: Dr. Arlene King and Dr. Srinivas Murthy
Title: Global equity in vaccination programs and Canada's role
Presenter Bios:
Dr. Arlene King - Dr. King is an internationally recognized expert in public health, immunization, communicable disease prevention and control, pandemic and emergency preparedness. She is an Adjunct Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and consultant in public health and preventive medicine. Since January 2021, she has co-chaired the Independent Allocation of Vaccines Group, which was established to validate vaccine allocation proposals in support of the fair and equitable allocation of COVID-19 vaccines procured or distributed by the COVAX Partnership.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has served as the Executive Medical Director, COVID-19 Immunization Strategy, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and as a Medical Health Officer, Fraser Regional Health Authority, British Columbia (BC) in support of the regional pandemic emergency response.
She is a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Certification Commission (GCC) for Polio Eradication, Chair of GCC Containment Working Group, member of the WHO African Region Certification Commission for Polio Eradication, Chair of the WHO Americas Regional Certification Commission for the Polio Endgame and member of the Technical Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization for the Americas. She has served as an Advisor to the WHO for many years, including as a member of the International Health Regulation Review Committee following the H1N1 influenza pandemic (2009), and in support of pandemic preparedness.
Dr. King led Ontario's public health sector as the Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) from 2009 to 2014. She also served as the provincial/territorial co-chair of the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network Council and a member of the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health of Canada. She was the inaugural Director General of the Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases at the PHAC, served as the technical lead during the response to SARS, and held several other positions with Health Canada/PHAC, including the position of Director General, Pandemic Preparedness.
Dr. Srinivas Murthy - Dr. Murthy is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on pediatric infections, in particular on reducing the morbidity and mortality burden of pediatric infections through optimizing their management in a variety of settings. Additionally, his research focuses on the ability of various settings and healthcare systems to cost-effectively manage critically ill children, especially those with infection.
About the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, DLSPH:
With leadership housed at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health, we are developing an interdisciplinary group of academic researchers, educators and public health advocates. Our vision is to catalyze cutting-edge research and education that maximizes the health benefits of immunization for everyone.
We aim to contribute locally and globally to healthy communities through excellence in interdisciplinary vaccine-preventable disease and immunization research and education.
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Robyn	 January 13, 2011
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford (a review by fightclubsandwich)
The Good Soldier is, in simplistic terms, a book about appearances being deceiving. But since it's a novel whose central themes include depth and truth, hidden by the willingness that all of us have to brush over the more uncomfortable aspects of the truth, can you really sum the book up in one sentence?
The book opens with the declaration that "this is the saddest story I have ever heard." It's a pretty brilliant opening sentence and one of my favourites, I'm sure. It grabs your attention, it prepares you for the fact that obviously this is not in the least any sort of cheerful book, and less obviously, it introduces you to a narrator who is so detached and emotionally lacking that he's stuck on the sidelines as his closest friends and wife destroy themselves all around him.
The tale of their downfall is completely non-linear, as narrator John Dowell follows his own traumatised train of thought more closely than the passage of time. However, unlike some novels that are written in an untraditional order, The Good Soldier is never hard to follow, due to Maddox Ford's use of imagery which acts as a knowingly clever framework to tie it all together, and emphasises how trapped the narrator is in a messy and mostly dishonest social circle. This construction is not subtle – it is obvious that Maddox Ford spent a long time putting it together, like one of those models of buildings made out of matchsticks, and the novel seems almost boastful about its cleverness.
But of course, with a book like this that takes as its subject the way humans work, it's up to the four main characters to carry the whole thing off. If they're unconvincing or flat, then the novel is completely pointless, but of course, this book is a classic so I think you can already tell where I'm going with this. This is a novel with few characters, but everyone of them is written very cleverly, in particular the Dowells and the Ashburnhams. Like a contestant on a reality show with dodgy editing, it seems as if all four of them are set up with solid and definite character types and then… turned around completely. Leonora Ashburnham, for example, (my favourite character) is initially set up as the cold and calculating wife of the titular soldier, Edward, but her piety, her feelings about family and her honour all chip away at the clichéd façade, right up until an ending that twists her character around once again and leaves you with a lot to think about. Edward himself is almost the traditional hero, a passionate, handsome and charming man, but he also causes a lot of emotional pain to his wife and closest friends, and the truly ambiguous part of his character is whether he is callous and selfish enough to ignore them all and act so recklessly anyway, or if he is in his heart of hearts, just weak.
Maybe some of the social commentary of The Good Soldier can be ignored by a modern reader in our day and age where codes of etiquette and conduct are not really what they once were in 1915, but its still a relevant book with a lot to offer. If you're sour from all the Twilight drama, then this is a great choice of book for a completely pessimistic, unromantic un-love story. If you liked Closer, this has a similar sort of style, it's intelligent and character-driven and just a little bit twisted. So many people that I know enjoy books or films or what-have-you when they have traits that The Good Soldier has: solid, three dimensional characters; ambiguity that the reader can interpret in any number of ways; a constant cleverness that never lets up and on top of that it's one of the more accessible novels that are considered classics. As much as I've said already about the technical cleverness of this novel, and how much I enjoyed it, my reason for writing a review is pretty simple: it's just that I feel like you'd enjoy it too.


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Q: segfault on EOF while loop in c We've narrowed down the issue to this function.  This one's meant to take in a a group of words to be searched for like:
    fish
    john
    miss
    nope
that appear immediately after an NxN grid to search, and extend to the end of the file.
I'm attempting to put these words into a 2D array-like structure using pointers, and she's giving me a segmentation fault.
Help?
Here's the code:
    int acceptItems(char** items)/*Function reads in 2D array of items to be searched for*/
{
    int row = 0;/*row, col keep track of position*/
    int col = 0;
    int numWords;/*Number of words to be searched for*/
    int end = 1;/*1 means continue, 0 means end*/
    char c;/*Temporary char for input*/

    while(end == 1)
    {
        c = getchar();

        if(c == EOF)/*Case ends repetition at end of file*/
        {
            end = 0;
        }
        else if(c == '\n')
        {
            items[row][col] = '\0';
            row++;
            col = 0;
        }
        else
        {
            items[row][col] = c;
            col++;
        }
    }

    numWords = row + 1;

    return numWords;
}

Thanks!

A: Can't be 100% sure since you haven't posted your function call, but your items array is probably too small. You are going out of bounds when you try to set items[row][col].

A: 1) In main(), insure items is declared as pointer, not int.
// char items;  (from comment)
char** items;   (** may or may not be missing from your comment. @Red Alert)

2) Declare ch as int.  getchar() returns 256 different char and EOF.  To distinguish these 257 different results, do not use char, but int.
// char c;
int c;
...
c = getchar();

3) Upon detecting EOF, terminate the current string.  ( I think this is it. By not terminating this line, using numWords = row + 1 and your last text line not ending with a \n, the terminator is never set when printing last line, which has no \0 leads down to the scary place of UB.)
if(c == EOF)/*Case ends repetition at end of file*/
  {
  items[row][col] = '\0';
  end = 0;
  }

4) Add test to insure you are not writing out of bounds.  The is the 2nd idea that somewhere code has boldly gone where no code has gone before.
if (row >= 100 || col >= 100) HandleError();
items[row][col] = ...

5) Suggest changing numWords count.
 numWords = row;
 if (col > 0) numWords++;

A: If you declare a 2D array outside of function acceptItems, and then pass it as an argument when you call this function, then you need to provide (in the function's declaration) at least the "lower" dimension:
int acceptItems(char items[][COLS])

You can also provide both dimensions, although you don't have to:
int acceptItems(char items[ROWS][COLS])

The general rule for any type of array, is that you have to provide all dimensions except for the "highest":
int func(int arr[][S2][S3][S4][S5])

BTW, function getchar returns an int (in order to allow the end-of-file indication). So you should basically use int c instead of char c (I don't think that you will ever have c == EOF otherwise).

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package com.amazonaws.services.applicationautoscaling.model.transform;

import javax.annotation.Generated;

import com.amazonaws.SdkClientException;
import com.amazonaws.services.applicationautoscaling.model.*;

import com.amazonaws.protocol.*;
import com.amazonaws.annotation.SdkInternalApi;

/**
 * StepAdjustmentMarshaller
 */
@Generated("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-code-generator")
@SdkInternalApi
public class StepAdjustmentMarshaller {

    private static final MarshallingInfo<Double> METRICINTERVALLOWERBOUND_BINDING = MarshallingInfo.builder(MarshallingType.DOUBLE)
            .marshallLocation(MarshallLocation.PAYLOAD).marshallLocationName("MetricIntervalLowerBound").build();
    private static final MarshallingInfo<Double> METRICINTERVALUPPERBOUND_BINDING = MarshallingInfo.builder(MarshallingType.DOUBLE)
            .marshallLocation(MarshallLocation.PAYLOAD).marshallLocationName("MetricIntervalUpperBound").build();
    private static final MarshallingInfo<Integer> SCALINGADJUSTMENT_BINDING = MarshallingInfo.builder(MarshallingType.INTEGER)
            .marshallLocation(MarshallLocation.PAYLOAD).marshallLocationName("ScalingAdjustment").build();

    private static final StepAdjustmentMarshaller instance = new StepAdjustmentMarshaller();

    public static StepAdjustmentMarshaller getInstance() {
        return instance;
    }

    /**
     * Marshall the given parameter object.
     */
    public void marshall(StepAdjustment stepAdjustment, ProtocolMarshaller protocolMarshaller) {

        if (stepAdjustment == null) {
            throw new SdkClientException("Invalid argument passed to marshall(...)");
        }

        try {
            protocolMarshaller.marshall(stepAdjustment.getMetricIntervalLowerBound(), METRICINTERVALLOWERBOUND_BINDING);
            protocolMarshaller.marshall(stepAdjustment.getMetricIntervalUpperBound(), METRICINTERVALUPPERBOUND_BINDING);
            protocolMarshaller.marshall(stepAdjustment.getScalingAdjustment(), SCALINGADJUSTMENT_BINDING);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new SdkClientException("Unable to marshall request to JSON: " + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

}


The Mottola Group has partnered with Dewson Construction Company to proudly present Stone Brook, a unique community of 6 Executive homes, anchored by a 100 year old historic estate home.
The homes in Stone Brook will be designed in a traditional style to be consistent with the existing home that will remain on the property. Although the homes will be historic in appearance, they will function to suit a contemporary lifestyle.
Stone Brook's location is right in the heart of Greenville, DE, yet feels though you are in a country setting miles away. Its location on Kennett Pike (4100 block) is also very close to great shopping, and is conveniently accessible to major highways.
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Call whenever it is most convenient for you. Starbucks are aware of your busy schedules and also the regularity with which people generally use the store and therefore expect to receive a consistently high standard of service. The Starbucks contact number is clearly listed here so that you do not have to spend hours hunting through pages on the internet trying to find the number.
Most companies have customer reference numbers or order numbers that you can quote when you call the customer services department which allows the company employee to quickly and efficiently access your account and assist you. This can be changing stored details, issuing a refund on an order or simply deleting your information but with Starbucks this is a little different – you don't have order numbers or customer numbers because it's unnecessary. Therefore calling the Starbucks contact number to enquire about an incident in store means you need to have as much specific information about your transaction as possible, like the store you were in for instance.
Call the Starbucks contact number on 0844 887 1190 today for whatever you may need to speak with them about. Calls will be charged at 7p per minute. All callers must be 18 years of age or older and have the bill payer's permission to call the number.
The Starbucks website can provide some generic answers to frequently asked questions but sometimes the only way to get the answer you need is to call and speak with someone. When you're feeling like this, call the Starbucks contact number on 0844 887 1190 and you will be instantly connected to the customer services department.


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...turning over a new leaf!
Garden Gems offers a wide selection of annuals and a few, select perennials. Onion sets and sweet potato plants are available in March and May. Fresh vegetable seed is offered beginning in mid-April which includes many popular varieties of sweet corn and green beans.
Cold crops of broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage plants are ready in mid-March. Over 25, (yes 25!) varieties of tomato plants, both heirloom and hybrid, are grown at Garden Gems as well as over 10 varieties of pepper plants, both sweet and hot.
With the hot, dry, humid summers that we experience here in the Midwest, finding plants that will perform well here is a challange. New plants are released each year, many of which find their way into the product selection as new varieties. Only those that Donna has found to be fantastic performers are grown a second season. Standard annuals that Grandma grew are always found at Garden Gems, too.
Hardy mums will be available in the fall. Look for them in October at Sinclair's and the Craft Fair.
For the busy gardener, a wide selection of potted containers and hanging baskets are offered each year. Garden Gems is known for their beautiful Geranium and 'Wave' Petunia hanging baskets and they are always a hit for Mother's Day. Patio containers , a/k/a Dutch Gardens, are available in many different combinations where you are sure to find one made just for you or someone special. And, we have the most beautiful, locally grown Fall mums in the area.


Chhota Bhangal region in Himachal Pradesh lies primarily in Uhl valley near the Dhauladhar range divide between Kangra/Chamba, on Kangra side. It's a beautiful and relatively unexplored region dotted with beautiful terraced fields on mountain slopes all around. The Chhota Bhangal region still retains much of its traditional look as compared to other 'developed' hill stations. This particular trail that we are running the trek through, has a gradual gradient for most of the route; hence no steep ascents are involved.
Day '0' Arrive Baijnath by evening.
Preferably arrive a day earlier and have a proper night's sleep after long journey before you start trekking the next morning.
We will start our journey with a visit to the ancient Shiv Temple in Baijnath. Then getting on a scenic drive from Baijnath , we reach Billing, which is famous as the take-off site (altitude ~2400 m ) for paragliding. Magnificent views of mountain ranges and wide open valley from the heights of Billing.
This region is full of lovely terraced farming all around on mountain slopes. One is humbled and amazed to see this hard work of mountain people. Moving on, crossing the Uhl stream (which comes down from Thamsar Pass) we move ahead, exploring beauty of Chhota Bhangal leisurely, we will reach Badagaon & Nalota village. Thereafter we take the road route to Baijnath where our journey will culminate.
It is recommended to reach a day before trek for proper rest, energy and acclimatization. If you plan to start trekking same day as you reach, then reach as early in the morning as possible.
First you need to reach Pathankot. You can take a train till Pathankot(PTK) or Pathankot Cantt (PTKC). Almost all trains going to Jammu will halt at Pathankot Cantt. There are many overnight trains from Delhi to Pathankot. Journey time is 9 hours approximately and overnight journey is recommended to save daytime.
Usually participants coming by train prefer to gather at Pathankot and then share the taxi to Baijnath. Good option for both company and economy! We'll share the details once participants from all over are registered, so that people travelling from same region can travel together if they want to.


That's awesome! Now let's see, if I leave Northern California in April then drive down through the gulf states I could plan to be in Florida by ........wait a minute, that's the same trip that Dan from BC is planning, if we got a few more we could have caravan rally .
Is anything planned for the eastern states between now and October? We're in Georgia now and will making our way toward Maine in October. We'd love to hook up with some fellow Redwood fans.
It seems like all the "most active" have signaled a consensus, if you didnt vote you must be in agreement. So should we start an "all in favor vs all opposed" thread or just declare ROCI a done deal?
I have been gone for a week so please catch me up on what ROCI is standing for?
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Vimeo to pay €8.5m in damages to Mediaset
A Rome Court has ordered Vimeo to remove all contested videos from Mediaset and reimburse €8.5 million to the Italian broadcaster.
Mediaset had sued the US-based online video platform for publication and the non-removal of videos taken from copyrighted TV programmes.
Furthermore, Vimeo will have to prevent new uploads of unauthorised contents, under risk of a €1.000 fine for each violation and a penalty of €500 for each day of delay in removal. In addition, Vimeo is obliged to publish the sentence in the paper and online editions of two Italian newspapers and on the home page of its portal.
According to Mediaset, this ruling assumes "particular importance" as it comes in the final stages of the approval process of the new European Directive on the protection of copyright with respect to violations committed via the web.
The broadcaster points out that this provision "intends to harmonise copyright laws in the individual Member States to protect the creative industry and media groups who, like Mediaset, create content regularly remunerating the rights of all authors".
From: Branislav Pekic in Rome
Taken from : advanced-television.com/2019/01/15/vimeo-to-pay-e8-5m-in-damages-to-mediaset/
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A project to keep children safe in the home has been launched ahead of Christmas by Hull City Council's public health team.
Warning of risks to your child ahead of Christmas as 18,000 admitted to A&E in Hull
Categories: Christmas, News, Public Health
Tags: A&E, Childhood Accident Prevention Trust, Hull City Council
Parents are being urged to keep their children safe in the home after 18,000 under-fives were admitted to A&E in just a year.
The project has been launched ahead of Christmas by Hull City Council's public health team.
It features a series of short videos highlighting risks to parents and carers of children aged under five.
The videos are designed to raise awareness of everyday situations that are dangerous and avoidable, such as trips and falls to scalds and poisoning, .
Last year, 18,000 children admitted to A&E for injuries including:
12,000 with a head injury
108 for poisoning (including alcohol)
269 scalds
Seven road accidents
Six firework-related injuries
More than 4,000 other accidents.
Accident prevention specialists said the festive period can present additional hazards such as alcohol, which presents a poisoning hazard and makes adults less vigilant, and candles.
The video below highlights the hazards hiding in the home.
April Cundy, health improvement officer at Hull City Council, said: "As parents and carers, we might tend to assume we know the risks in our homes – but the statistics show that's not the case. Lots of children are injured every year in accidents which could be prevented and these videos are designed to raise awareness of the things we should all be considering
"Accidents are usually preventable and awareness and being prepared makes all the difference. All the videos last just a few seconds.
"Most accidents children have result in relatively minor injuries, but they can be life-changing and even fatal. We're giving parents and carers all the information and advice they need to protect their children".
This video highlights the risks of poisoning facing children.
View all of the videos at the council's YouTube channel.
Download a free booklet highlighting possible accidents here.
Hull City Council operates a safety award scheme for childcare settings called Focus On Safety, which is endorsed by the Childhood Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) and raises awareness of accident risk among nursery staff and parents through training and activities.
See if your provider has the award here.
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Canada Abstains on UN Condemnation of Israeli Violence
PV July 3, 2018 in World Tagged Palestine, v26n12 - 3 Minutes
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) says it is "disappointed by the Trudeau government's decision to abstain on a UN General Assembly vote condemning Israel for its disproportionate violence against Palestinians in Gaza in recent weeks."
Adopted by the General Assembly on June 13, the resolution text deplores the "excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate force by the Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and particularly in the Gaza Strip," and calls attention to Israel's use of live ammunition against civilian protesters, including children, medics and journalists. It also "deplores the firing of rockets from the Gaza Strip against Israeli civilian areas."
The vote was initially bogged down by the United States, which attempted to add a paragraph explicitly condemning Hamas. That change was supported by 62 states in favour to 58 against, but 42 abstained, and it was rejected on procedural grounds. The original resolution, proposed by Algeria and Turkey, passed with 120 "yes" votes, 45 abstentions, and 8 "no" votes: the US, Israel, Australia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Togo and the Solomon Islands.
"It is disappointing that Canada was unable to take this simple stand for the sanctity of human life," declared Thomas Woodley, president of CJPME.
In recent weeks, Israel's violent repression in Gaza has led to the death of at least 129 Palestinians, and injured over 13,000. "Regardless of our relationship with Israel, we must be willing to condemn its senseless violence against civilian protesters," continued Woodley.
By abstaining, Canada broke with its usual pattern of voting together with Israel and the US. The shift may reflect the Liberal government's awareness of a strengthening of public opinion in Canada against Israel's racist, apartheid policies.
CJPME points out that Palestinians in Gaza have been protesting Israel's historic confiscation of their lands and livelihoods, as well as the hardships resulting from Israel's 12-year blockade on the territory. Israel has been roundly criticized by human rights organizations around the world for its use of excessive and lethal force against Palestinian protesters.
Many observers are characterizing Israel's actions as war crimes, such as the repeated us of lethal force in situations where Palestinian protesters pose absolutely no threat to the life or safety of anyone on the Israeli side. Israel has claimed that its actions are necessary to prevent Palestinians from breaking out of Gaza, but that excuse is increasingly rejected as its armed forces take advantage of a wide range of advanced military firepower to slaughter protesters.
Israel and its supporters argued against the UN resolution, claiming that the country is being "singled out" by the UN. But as CJPME points out, the opposite is true. Rather than being singled out for criticism, Israel is repeatedly shielded from criticism and sanctions at the UN. While the UN Security Council has imposed sanctions and punitive measures on other countries for far less, the UN repeatedly fails to intervene against Israel's ongoing and illegal colonization of Palestinian territory in the West Bank, not to mention many other human rights violations.
Despite its brazen claim to be "the only democracy in the Middle East," Israel continues to deny basic human and democratic rights to its own Arab and Muslim residents, as well as to the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Refusing to live up to any standard of international law, Israel cannot legitimately claim to be a so-called "liberal Western democracy" as the CJPME points out. Instead, Israel acts like a rogue state, constantly violating human rights, while Canada joins with the US in giving it a free pass on the world stage.


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Book Review: Wither, by Lauren DeStefano
March 2, 2011 at 8:17 pm	(Book Reviews) (book, book review, YA)
They created the perfect humans, eradicated cancer, took the study and practice of genetics to such a sublime level that it seemed all cares of the human race were over. Then their children started dying. Irreversible and impossible to prevent, the virus claims all post-First Generation males by the age of twenty-five, and all females when they are just twenty years old. There are some who insist that a cure can be found, and others who insist, just as fervently, that the time of the human race has come to an end. It's a nation cut off from all others, where the divide between reality and illusion is less than paper thin but the divide between the rich and the poor is endless. It's a world where Gatherers kidnap young women and sell them as brides and breeders, to increase the population in the short years they have.
And Rhine Ellery has just been taken.
This book is utterly captivating. I already had a copy on order because it looked intriguing when an ARC came into the store, and I sat and read it all in one go. Normally this wouldn't be shocking, but it was well nearly eleven when I started, I was tired from a very long day, and David had on an achingly, hysterically bad movie that was begging to be mocked, but I did not want to put this book down for anything.
Rhine is an intelligent, observent narrator, one with steady determination that's sometimes sorely tried, one who makes plans but is- for the most part- cautious in implementing them. She's very aware of the horrors of the world around her, but also of the small joys that can be occasionally found, and though she knows they're gone too soon, she savors those small moments. She's a fully realized character, well rounded, with strengths and weaknesses and a history that, while often painful, only adds to current action without bogging down with backstory. The present tense narration is clear and immediate, but even in her misery she's never self-pitying. She has a strength that sometimes folds into tears but that's by no means a sum of who she is. Rhine is a formidable character.
And she grows.
It's a tricky thing in YA books, showing growth within a single volume (especially if it's part of a series), and a lot of authors don't really manage it. Some don't even seem to make the attempt. Others spread the growth out across so many books that despite the action it seems as though time is crawling. But Rhine takes in all of her experiences, even the unpleasant ones, and grows from them, learns from them. Nearly a full year passes within the book, and the Rhine at the end and the Rhine at the beginning have a vast difference between them. They're both Rhine, both innately the same character, so it's not a matter of inconsistency but of genuine growth.
Another element that both amazed and gladdened me was to see how well-drawn the other characters were. The sister-wives, Jenna and Cecily, their forced-husband Linden, Lady Rose…each has a strongly defined character that stands on it own, and yet the interactions between them are absolutely fascinating to watch. Jenna, who is almost appallingly indifferent to her own state, is nonetheless a steady force of strength through the book. She's also a fine example of bitterness, hatred, and grief, but even those temper her strength into something true and resonant. Spoiled little Cecily, headstrong and clueless and desperate for the illusions she thinks are real, who throws tantrums and abuses the staff and begrudges anyone anything in which she can't also take part, is also touchingly vulnerable, a child who has no comprehension of the world she lives in and can't bring herself to understand even when she's battered by the reality.
Linden at first seems less finely drawn, but as the story unfolds, as his character unfolds, we start to realize the sinister underpinnings of that almost-vagueness. There are pieces of him that are touchingly real, and then there are pieces that feel, in a way, unfinished- until we realize that's exactly what they are. Sheltered and hopelessly naive, he has no idea how the world works beyond his home, and even less of a clue of how it works within. More than a stronger drawn character would have, he defines that clash of illusion and reality that seems, in some places, so seamless. Rhine and Jenna both see their cage clearly, Rhine determined to escape it, Jenna equally determined to punish the people who put her there, but neither Linden nor Cecily even understand that the cage exists. It's terrifying, but it's also very, very real. Gabriel, a servant with whom Rhine shares a deep and slow-building attraction, is in that nebulous state of transition where he was once free but has largely forgotten what it was like, and so is caught between two worlds without a full understanding of either of them.
Only one significant character is left largely undefined, that of Linden's father Vaughn, a First Generation doctor intent on finding a cure, and yet the purposefulness of that choice draws him in such a deliciously ambiguous way that it still sends prickles down my spine. Vaughn Ashby is a terrifying man, the kind of terrifying you feel right down in your bones even if you can't fully define it. We see the fake charm, the iron will, the secretive, manipulative side of him, we see the dangerous side, the fanatic side, and we see subtle flashes of things far, far worse, but the fact that we never get to see ALL of those piece come together into a clear understanding of the monster that lurks beneath the luxurious house renders him an ominous threat for the two books to follow.
No book, of course, is perfect, and there was one continuing thread through this book that had me gritting my teeth each time it came up: the weather. Rhine is a New York native taken from Manhattan and brought to a- for lack of a better word- plantation in Florida that includes a massive stretch of orange groves. So, pretty much, the central swath of Florida including the coastal areas. And yet, she's talking about early autumn cold (though we keep 90s into December), a flurry of red and gold leaves (oranges are evergreens, and while there are individual trees of other species that may turn red, gold, or orange, most either stay green or just die), and then SNOW. Not just a flurry that melts before it hits the ground or may actually linger on cars and grass for half an hour or so (and it's front page news when it does) but actual SNOW like you find up north. Pandhandle gets some snow each year, sure, but that's not orange country. There was also a fairly loose grasp of hurricanes, which got to me a little, but mostly it was the seasons that really irritated me. At one point she makes a comment that she'd thought Florida more temperate, but there's no discussion of anything that would have happened to change weather patterns, no signs that we're swinging into an ice age or anything, so the significantly changing leaves and the actual snow drove me crazy.
At the end of the day, though, if that's the worst I can say of a book, I'm happy as a fool in love. STRONGLY recommend this book, the first of the Chemical Garden Trilogy, which comes out on March 22nd.
There's Just Something About A Book
March 2, 2011 at 10:11 am	(Digital) (bookstores, e-books)
In almost every article I see about the bankruptcy and closing of Borders, there's a section that calls this the first major fall in the demise of the physical bookstore.
*blink blink*
Some of these leave it at the doorstep of poor economic times, or the strengths of the internet superstores, but most will continue on into the thread that ebooks are ringing the death peals over the physical stores.
I'll be the first to admit that my perspective is a little colored by pecuniary interests (I like having a roof over my head, thank you) and by personal affection, but I honestly don't think it's even possible for the idea of a physical bookstore to die. Yes, times are hard, and yes, a lot of people (myself included) have those infernal e-readers that will doubtless destroy civilization, but for the true book lover, there is absolutely nothing to replace the feeling of walking into a building and seeing waves of books; of being able to pick them up, feel the weight in your hands and know the texture of the ink and paper; of being able to smell the book (but be careful with this, shipping boxes kind of reek, and if the book hasn't had a week or so to air out on the shelf, you might regret that deep breath against the spine). You can walk in and know that some of these babies are coming home with you tonight. Then, when you get home, they get to join all of the others in whatever system you have, be it neatly placed in alphabetical order on shelves or stacked on the floor wherever you have a stack that won't fall over when you add to it.
I love libraries- I spent most of my summers in them as a kid- but there was always something a little sad about them, too, because I didn't get to keep the books. I wanted to have them whenever I wanted, so I could read and reread them without the worry of a waiting list or a drive to the nearest branch, or what have you. And there were deadlines, due dates, so you couldn't savor the books as you really wanted to, you had to just read through them as quickly as possible so you didn't get slapped with a late fee. When you walk home from a bookstore with a bag, you're creating your own library, your own fortress of books, a room full of adventures and dreams and knowledge and advice.
E-books, and therefore e-readers, are convenient. In the end, that's really all it comes down to. It's not that people are absolutely captivated by the idea of never holding a physical book. It's just more convenient. You can carry more books, you can get books immediately, they're often a little cheaper because production costs are lower, and you're not ripping the covers off your paperbacks by throwing them in the backpack along with everything else known to man and God. For college students who don't have the space for a physical library, for people who move a great deal, for people with the visual impediments that keep them from enjoying books with smaller print, e-readers are convenient.
But true book lovers, even if they have an e-reader, still come into the stores (and not just for tech support). They still browse the shelves, still pick up the books, and frequently still buy them. Found an ebook they absolutely love and will reread constantly while they're traveling? Great! And then a large number of them promptly buy a physical copy to keep on their shelves, to loan to people without e-readers, to be able to pick up and savor on the couch when they just want to feel the weight of a book in their hands. As wonderful as the children's books are on the color e-readers, they don't replace having the books on the shelves, don't substitute for families sitting together over a lap book or hardcover picture book and reading as a family. And, from a purely technical standpoint: it's not safe for the wee ones to chew on the e-reader. Soaking the pressed cardboard in a board book won't harm them (might even help with digestion), and the eight dollar board book is a lot cheaper to replace than the e-reader.
Borders is not the bellweather for the book industry. Companies are not going to blindly follow it into bankruptcy simply because some people think the time of the physical book is a memory. Quite simply, Borders isn't indicative of the industry as a whole. They've had problems for years, and for anyone who's been paying attention, formally filing for bankruptcy isn't a surprise. Is it lamentable? Yes, it's always sad when a bookstore closes, and there are a lot of people who are now looking for jobs in a time when it's hard to find them. But it's not a surprise.
And it's not the way the world of reading is going. People buy books because they love books, in whatever form the books happen to be. E-readers augment things wonderfully, they make things very convenient, but they don't replace them. I firmly believe that nothing ever will.
There's just something about a book.


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And some of those participants had the chance to show the skills they had learnt on the programme when they took part in a tournament featuring more than 70 players.
The event was held at Coombe Girls' School in south west London, just one of the venues where the Foundation hold weekly football sessions.
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