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Gambia's Women Break Their Silence
How Former President Jammeh Trapped, Raped, and Sexually Exploited Women
When did you first hear that Jammeh had raped and sexually assaulted women? The first stories surfaced when Human Rights Watch Senior Counsel Reed Brody and I started collecting evidence for the "Campaign to Bring Yahya Jammeh and his Accomplices to…
Interview: The Downside of Kenya's Massive Development Project
Activists in Lamu Challenge Power Despite Threats
Tell me about Lamu and the activists you spoke to. Lamu county is a beautiful, scenic tourist destination with long white beaches lined with palm trees and hotels and cafes catering to foreign and domestic tourists. The mostly-Muslim…
Nothing to Go Back to – From Kenya's Vast Refugee Camp
Kenya is home to the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab, which provides shelter to 360,000 mostly Somali refugees. In May 2016, Kenya's government disbanded its department responsible for refugees and announced plans to repatriate Somalis and close…
Interview: Kenya's Forgotten Rape Survivors
Although it is more than eight years since hundreds of women were brutally raped during post-election violence in Kenya, the harrowing events of 2007/8 continue to affect survivors to this day. Destitute, in ill health and often…
Interview: Pushed to the Brink in Turkana
Kenya's Lake Turkana is the largest desert lake in the world. Anthropologists consider it the cradle of civilization, where some of the earliest hominid fossils were found. Roughly 300,000 people live around Lake Turkana, and most…


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Depart for Swellendam, and then over the Tradouw pass to Oudtshoorn. Lunch at an Ostrich Farm and then visit the Crocodile Farm.
Overnight: Eight Bells Mountain Inn.
Drive to George and board the Outeniqua Choo-tjoe stream train to Knysna. After lunch continue via primaeval forests to Plettenberg Bay.
Travel via the Tsitsikamma forest, with lunch at the coastal park and then on to Part Elizabeth for a brief city tour before arriving at the airport at approximately 6.00pm.


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Xmas Party Pop Plop Umbrellas
The xmas season with a Reason to buy stuff and stuff your gills with Yule Logs and novelty cocktails rolls on like a fairy light covered white van with a drunk driver driving. It's a great time to relax, reflect and do less than work than usual. But not such a healthy times for feeding your ears and heart with great music, at least in public. Christmas Parties, usually Office oriented, are an auditory assault on the hip deserving special attention and advice for survival. So we have compiled the Top Three most trying Xmas Party music policies complete with medically valid advice about surviving the assault. Here's the skinny:1) The Saccharine Santa Syrup Souffl�This is the hardest scene to cope with. The plastic sheeple people behind the Policy really are into the whole tinsel scene. For them, The Fairy-tale of New York is not a vaguely homophobic silly Oirish cash in that sits on Shane MacGowan's neck like a processed cheese albatross, but rather pure poetry. Expect U2 as well with this one. You will be surrounded by people who really think that this guff is as wonderful for the season and the soul as a mistletoe massage. You don't want to look a dick, so the only way to respond is convince your funky self you are in fact IN an advert for a midmarket retailer. Imagine a blessed rain of John Lewis vouchers and smile along with the best of them.2) The Guilty Pleasures Piggy PieThis melange of mess is even harder to get out of with any cred. We're talking Gangdem Style meets Wham and Slade in some kind of sugar rubber twister. The people behind the policy are too cool to take it seriously, but too square to call time on the horror. Admin staff are likely to be barebacked on the copying machine before Bacardi tears flow quietly like a leaking toilet. The only way to survive is: Make matey with the smokers. Even if you do not partake of the raging revenge of the Native Americans a trip outside courtesy of our gesture politics masters offers sweet relief from the onslaught.3) Alterna-cool posing potatoesThe toughest challenge of all is to be hip amongst those who think they are rebels, much like a bloke in the gym showers scowling at all and sundry who do not use Body Shop shower gel. Expect a faux ironic injection from the likes of Rage Against the Machine. Or rather Rage of the Rich Suburbanite Against Hisself. There will be Angry all over the place, and probably a Banksy Nativity with profoundly challenging motifs like Santa with a skull for a head covered in McDonalds branding. The best way to Live Through This is to nod approvingly at each flaccid blow against the mirror and get as paralytic as possible.Of course, faking an accident opts you out from all the above. Do consider it. But a happier thing to consider is the magic we have in the New In this Saturday, which is an antidote to any holiday horror.we'll have a good bunch of reggae, ska and dub records, both on 7 and 12 inches formats.You'll also find plenty more of the jazz, the soul, the hip hop and the electronic/bass music collections people have been lapping up the past two weeks. Names spotted : Burial, Mathew Jonson, Carl Craig, Portishead and more obscure names club DJs will know better than I do. It's looking good, it's going to be double sized, as everything must go before the end of the year so we can clean up! We just bought a great collection of indie rock of the highest order, one leaning on the dark side. Big Black, tindersticks, Nick cave and Sonic Youth, Godspeed you Black Emperor, fly pan am, Aphex Twin and so much more! we'll try to put a sample of this one too.See you there!

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Arts OregonCentral Oregon Regional ArtEventsMusicTheatre/Film
Musical Theatre hits the stage at the Tower Theatre with "Broadway in Concert"
By Cascade A&E June 7, 2016
Local Musical Production Companies Announce Collaboration
Shore Things Productions Theatrical ("A CHORUS LINE", "Les Misérables,") and Thoroughly Modern Productions ("SHREK: The Musical", "The Last 5 Years", "Peter Pan", "Disney's Beauty and the Beast") have announced a partnership with The Tower Theatre Foundation to bring the best in musical theatre to the stage of the Tower beginning in June, 2017.
Presented under the banner of "Broadway in Concert", these joint productions will be staged in a unique fashion with the performers and orchestra sharing the stage. This popular style has recently been seen in musical theatre productions from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl. In 2012, Shore Thing Productions presented to sell out crowds the musical "1776" in concert with an all female cast at the Tower.
The first in a planned series of annual co-productions will be the Pulitzer Prize/ TONY Award winning Frank Loesser musical, "Guys and Dolls" that will be staged at the Tower from June 2-4, 2017.
Based on Damon Runyon's colorful New York gangsters and gamblers of the 1920'and 1930's, including Nathan Detroit and Sky Masterson, the show features such popular songs as "Luck Be A Lady", "A Bushel and a Peck" and the rousing showstopper "Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat".
"Guys and Dolls" will be produced by Shore Thing Productions with the creative vision overseen by Thoroughly Modern Productions' team including direction by David DaCosta, music/vocal direction by Scott Michaelsen, and choreography by Michelle Mejaski of Gotta Dance Studio in Bend. Central Oregon Symphony Maestro Michael Gesme will conduct the show's 17 piece orchestra.
Future "Broadway in Concert" musical productions will include "Evita" with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, Meredith Willson's "The Music Man", and five time TONY winner, including the award for Best Musical, "Titanic".
Shore Thing Productions
www.shorethingproductions.com
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Luhring Augustine Tunga (Antônio José de Barros Carvalho e Mello Mourão) Palmares, Brazil 1952 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2016 Portrait...
In Concert: Kirtan
Those who circulate in a yogi crowd have likely heard of Kirtan. Literally, it's a group call and response reciting of sanskrit hymns and mantras....


"It pays sometimes to be a late entrant into a congested yet competitive market," believes Wilhem Theunissen. Theunissen who is the CEO of eMalahleni Private Hospital (ePH) – a 100 bed healthcare facility – is the man tasked with growing Mpumalanga's newest private healthcare facility.
The most important aspect of ePH's business case Theunissen argues is that unlike the established players, ePH's operational structure is not only lean but is nimble enough to respond to the challenges of SA's unravelling healthcare landscape.
Theunissen and his team's astuteness in cutting operational overheads is telling in their strategy. As opposed to building a new hospital from the scratch, ePH management opted to lease an old building vacated by a larger rival healthcare group- and management spent close to R21m refurbishing the building into a modern healthcare facility.
The entire project cost R54.5m to which the Industrial Development Corporation provided R23m. ePH is 60% owned by Mandela Street Hospital Management (MSHI) – a hospital management company owned by the promoters of which the main shareholder is Pres Medical Witbank (PMW) and the balance of 40% is owned by Mandela Street Hospital Investments (MSMI) – a group of mainly historically disadvantaged doctors based in eMalahleni. On evidence, Theunissen's bullish sentiment is no mere marketing bluster. His business case is not only compelling but has the hallmarks of a clearly laid out strategy that's suitably positioned to cash in on eMalahleni's burgeoning middle class.
However, it's both the social and economic impact of the project that prompted the IDC to provide funding to the consortium says, Zora Madikizela, the IDC's healthcare sector business unit (SBU) head.
According to a study commissioned by research body, the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) of South Africa, Mpumalanga has the lowest total number of hospital beds per 1000 population (1.2 compared to the SA average of 2.82). Furthermore has the third-lowest number of private beds per 1 000 population (0.29) compared to the SA average of 0.7.
Says Madikizela: "Given such statistics, you can't under-estimate the significance of this new healthcare facility. eMalahleni's 400 000 population is set for a rapid growth against the backdrop of growing residential as well as commercial developments in the area. Since opening to the public in March 2011, ePH now employs 150 permanent staff and the figure is set to rise in the medium to long-term. In addition, ePH has created a further 40 indirect jobs through various service providers to the hospital.


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Bye My Irresistible Love, Chapter 171 The Truth Comes Out
Rita's POV:
Charles looked sullen as he approached me. Despite that, I put on a smile and walked up to him.
"What did you just say?" The sound of his voice was as frigid as the wintry winds.
I just kept smiling at him and said, "I'm worried about Scarlett's health, so I wanted to comfort her somehow."
Then, I tried to grab his hand, but he dodged my attempt to do it.
Charles scoffed at me. "I feel like you were expecting that my wife would have a miscarriage."
The way he said it made it seem like he knew something. Though I was flustered, I managed to keep my composure.
I was quick-witted enough to come up with an excuse. "Scarlett and I grew up together. Our relationship became a little unstable because of some misunderstandings in the past. But now that you're married to her, I sincerely hope that you'll be happy together. And considering something like this happened to her, it's only natural for me to worry about her. I'm only concerned for her safety; nothing more than that."
"Both Scarlett and the baby are fine. Don't even think of playing any tricks. I'd rather not send you to prison one day myself. But believe me when I say this, I won't hesitate when that day really comes," Charles stated without even glancing at me.
After he said that, he was about to leave.
Scarlett's child is still alive? But how is that possible?' | asked inwardly.
I was so angry that | gnashed my teeth. However, I didn't have much time left, so I immediately rushed forward to stop Charles. "Charles, wait! I need to talk to you about something."
"There's no need for that," he answered frigidly as he continued walking away.
Anxiously, I followed him. However, Richard stopped me. | glared at Richard and shouted to Charles, "For the sake of the fact that I once saved your life, can't you please talk to me?" "Nobody forced you to save me," Charles replied before entering the private room. Blankly, I stared at his back and shook off Richard's hand. "Let me go!"
And because I was annoyed, I spat on his face. "You are such a dutiful lapdog!"
Richard looked down at me, frowning as he wiped his face in silence.
Just when I was about to yell at him again, my phone rang.
Upon seeing the number on the screen, I looked for a quiet corner and answered the call. "Why are you calling me all of a sudden?"
"Because I'm worried you'll try to escape," said the other man at the end of the line.
"Didn't I tell you that I'd call you…"
But before I could finish my sentence, someone snatched my phone away.
I turned around and saw Richard staring at me with a sullen expression. He trapped me in the corner, shackled me with his hand and listened to the phone.
I struggled to get my phone back, but it was all in vain.
Based on Richard's reaction, I had a bad feeling that the jig was up.
The following moment, he slammed the phone to the ground, trampled it underfoot, and shot me a cold glance. "That person you were talking to over the phone is asking you to pay him the money. And he mentioned something about a miscarriage. Someone tried to hurt Mrs. Moore while she was at the hospital, and you're the one pulling the strings behind the scenes, aren't you? My God! You never learn your lesson, Rita!"
Little by little, my heart sank. I stared at Richard's sullen face and pulled him into a vacant private room beside us.
Hurriedly, I closed the door and said in a hushed voice, "Richard, we need to talk."
"Talk? There's nothing to talk." Having said that, Richard began to walk away.
In a fit of panic, I grabbed his wrist. "I need your help to keep it a secret. Please, Richard! I'm begging you. If Charles finds out about this, I'm screwed!"
After hearing me say that, Richard stood in his spot, putting on a straight face.
"I know I did something wrong before, Richard, but we…"
I stopped midsentence to plant a kiss beside his lips. Unexpectedly, he pushed me away and responded, "You really will do anything for your personal gain, won't you?"
"Richard, it's not what you think. Please, just listen to me!"
I held onto his wrist, but Richard shook off my hand off again and walked away. This time, he didn't look back.
Feeling desperate and defeated, I collapsed on the sofa. Scarlett's POV:
"Hey, Charles! You've put on your wedding ring again." Inside the private room, David and Spencer were making fun of Charles.
Charles grunted at them and retorted, "You're both still single and you don't have any rings at all. What right do either of you have to talk about that?"
"Fine, it's our bad. We shouldn't have said such nonsensical things." After Spencer said that, he pretended to slap himself on the face. "If you really feel bad, slap yourself harder. It'll be better if you can't speak again." Having heard Charles' rude remark, Spencer grinned like an imp. "Charles, just forgive me, man. I swear I won't say anything stupid again!"
Having said that, he gave David a kick, implying that the latter should help him.
As I watched their comedic interaction, I couldn't resist the urge to laugh.
This time, David turned to me and asked worriedly, "Are you alright, Scarlett?"
Everyone looked at me at the same time. I shook my head and smiled. "As you can see, nothing serious happened to me."
Spencer stopped joking around and put on a serious face. "What do you think happened?" "I have a feeling that Rita had something to do with this," said David. Upon hearing his input, everyone fell silent.
"Maybe you're right. What's even more suspicious is that she came here today, and she asked a lot about Scarlett and the accident. I really don't believe that it's just a coincidence," Spencer said.
Right after he said that, he turned his attention to me.
In response, I shook my head and said, "I don't have any evidence to prove that Rita did it. Honestly, I'm not really sure about anything right now."
Spencer let out a sigh. "Scarlett, you'd best focus on your well-being in the meantime. Don't just think about the training program."
Just then, Richard opened the door and walked in. He seemed serious when he whispered something in Charles' ear. 1 I couldn't hear what he said to Charles, but I noticed that Charles' face became sullen all of a sudden.
"What's wrong?" I asked worriedly.
"Scarlett has a flight to catch tomorrow afternoon, so I'll be taking her home to get some rest. Having said that, Charles stood up and led me out.
On the journey home, I glanced at his face and asked, "Hey, what happened?"
Charles pressed his lips and looked at me. "Rita was the one who hired someone to cause trouble at the hospital."
Shocked, I looked back at him and asked, "Do you have any evidence to prove it?"
"Richard heard the culprit talking to Rita over the phone and asking her for the money she promised," Charles replied as he looked ahead at the road outside the window.
A long silence ensued between us. Moments later, I asked, "So, what are you going to about it?"
"Do you have any ideas?" Charles asked in response. "Call the police," I said without hesitation.
He nodded without hesitation. "Agreed. Let's leave it to the police."
| smiled at him, and felt a little relieved. "I thought you wouldn't have the heart to call the police on her."
"She's done something horrible, and she needs to face consequences of her actions," Charles answered before planting a kiss next my lips to comfort me. .
The following day, Charles drove me to the airport himself. I leaned against his chest, feeling more reluctant to leave him.
He fiddled with my long hair and kissed me on the forehead. "It'll be the weekend in a few days. I'll fly to you by then."
"Sound great," I replied, still feeling reluctant to depart.
"Wherever you go, you have to take your bodyguards with you, okay?" Charles had been saying that many times for the past few days.
"Yes, I got it. Since when have you become so anal-retentive?" | smiled at him and let out a helpless sigh.
As soon as I finished speaking, Charles kissed my lips. As punishment, he bit my lip, causing me to frown because of the pain.
I pushed him away, but he bit me again before deciding to let me go. "If you don't be a good girl and listen, I'm going to punish you right here."
The implications of his words made me blush. "We're at the airport, you pervert."
Charles chuckled at my remark. "We're inside an exclusive VIP room. Only the two of us are
I could tell that he wouldn't hesitate to do it. Thus, I shut my mouth and nestled in his arms in silence. I even kissed his cheek to appease him.


Draymond Green On Kevin Durant's Tweets: "I Laughed In His Face"
Home>Sports> Draymond Green On Kevin Durant's Tweets: "I Laughed In His Face"
"I laughed in his face."
The Golden State Warriors are holding Media Day at the team's practice facility in downtown Oakland today, and the hot topic of conversation is obviously Kevin Durant's social media activity.
Durant is expected to speak to the media later today, as are all of the Warriors players, as well as General Manager Bob Myers and head coach, Steve Kerr. Moments ago, Draymond Green took his turn at the podium and explained how he reacted to Durant's bizarre behavior on twitter.
Check out Draymond's comments regarding Durant's twitter mishap below.
When asked about Durant's tweets, Steve Kerr simply said (via Anthony Slater), "It's not a big deal. It's not something we're concerned about."
In addition to questions about Kevin Durant, the Warriors will also be asked about their pending trip to the White House to celebrate their NBA championship. GM Bob Myers told reporters that the team has had "discussions" with the White House but a decision has not yet been made. The team will reportedly talk about the subject next week, although Steph Curry says he's prepared to vote "no."
Check out some more footage and quotes from today's Warriors Media Day press conference below, courtesy of The Athletic's Anthony Slater.
SPORTS Draymond Green On Kevin Durant's Tweets: "I Laughed In His Face"


As announced earlier, Snom has launched a new line of white phones and expansion modules. Currently three models are available – D785, D715 and D7.
Except the color, white models share the same features as the black ones.
What is entirely new is A170 wireless DECT headset. This lightweight model is compatible with Snom phones (series D3xx and D7xx) and can be used with PC, too.
Superior sound is achieved thanks to broadband loudspeaker and a microphone that filters out the background noise.
For connecting with phones A170 uses DECT technology of its base unit and a USB cable for connecting with PCs. It has a range of up to 25m and three ways of wearing – directly on the ear, or by using headband or neckband.
For longer calls, longer in terms of battery duration, the A170 base unit has a back-up battery installed that you can activate even during the call without having to cut it off.
Furthermore, A170 has multipurpose status LED (in-call, charging, battery status) and buttons for answering the call, muting the microphone and increasing/decreasing the volume.


WordPress galleries are a great way to display a sequence of screenshots as part of a tutorial, however there are times when you want more control over which images are displayed than can be achieved with the Gallery settings dialog box.
Before we can control which images are displayed we need to find out the numerical ID that WordPress has assigned to each of the images that we have uploaded. Clicking on the gallery placeholder will highlight it and provide two buttons; one to edit the gallery options and another to delete the gallery.
When the gallery placeholder is clicked, it becomes highlighted and two buttons become available in the top left corner.
Click the edit button (the leftmost button) and it will bring up the same dialog box you saw earlier. This is where we can determine the numerical IDs that we need to control which images are displayed in, or hidden from, our gallery.
Click on the "show" link next to an image and then hover the mouse over the larger preview of the image that appears. The ID of the image shown will then be displayed at the bottom of the page (in Google Chrome) or in the status bar (Internet Explorer). Make a note of the ID for each image.
Now we have all the information we need to control the images that appear in the Gallery, so close the dialog box.
To exclude an image, we simply need to add the exclude option and specify a list of image IDs we don't want displayed (separated by commas).
If you have a lot of images in your post and you only want to display a few of them then it's probably much easier to list the images you do want, rather than those you don't. Again, find the placeholder in the HTML view but this time we specify the include option to list all the images we want displayed.
A gallery showing only the images with an ID of 413, 415, 416 and 419.
This option allows you to display images associated with a different post to the current one by simply specifing the numeric post ID. Note that you cannot mix images from multiple posts.
You can choose the size of the thumbnails displayed within the gallery. Valid options are "thumbnail", "medium", "large" and "full". The actual size in pixels of each of these options can be tweaked at a global level from within the the WordPress admin panel (under Settings > Media).
There are a number of plugins available that can enhance (or replace) the gallery support built in to WordPress if your needs are more complex.
One plugin that I can heartily recommend is FancyBox for WordPress by José Pardilla, which uses jQuery to display images full size when clicked without reloading the page.


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Hello, and happy end-of-summer!
We're admittedly sorry to see the warmest season ending, but the good news is it brings us that much closer to Rachael's forthcoming release, "Blue Roses"! Read below for the latest news on pre-order details, and a very special update on Rachael's prime-time TV debut!
xo & falling leaves,
Rachael & Team MPress
RACHAEL APPEARS ON LIFETIME'S HIT TV SERIES "DANCE MOMS"!
BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO OF "DANCE MOMS" TAPING, & FACEBOOK GALLERY
"BLUE ROSES" NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
CURRENTLY BOOKING FALL/WINTER CD RELEASE TOUR
HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT RACHAEL ON "DANCE MOMS"
1. RACHAEL APPEARS ON LIFETIME'S HIT TV SERIES "DANCE MOMS"!
On Tuesday, August 26th, Rachael made her prime-time TV debut on Lifetime TV's #1 Reality Series, "Dance Moms"! Yes, that's right...she was actually on the show, visiting with the Abby Lee Dance Co. and cheering on rising star Maddie Zeigler as she performed to Rachael's new song "Happiness". If you missed the episode, you can watch it via the Lifetime App on your iPad or phone, or it will be airing again next Tuesday, at 8pm!
2. BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO OF "DANCE MOMS" TAPING, & FACEBOOK GALLERY
• Check out this fun vlog that chronicles some of the excitement throughout Rachael's visit to the set of the Pittsburgh-based "Dance Moms"!
• You can also see exclusive photos in a new "Dance Moms" gallery on Rachael's Facebook page...
3. "BLUE ROSES" NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
"Blue Roses", Rachael's 11th release on MPress Records, is now available for pre-order through Pledge Music! Check out the exclusive bundles we're offering directly to her supporters online, including one-of-a-kind artwork, a hand-panted Privia keyboard, a signed Martin acoustic guitar, and much more!
5% of the proceeds will benefit one of Rachael's favorite organizations Musicians On Call and supporters will have access to exclusive behind-the-scenes video and content!
4. CURRENTLY BOOKING FALL/WINTER CD RELEASE TOUR
Rachael and her band The Sequins are aiming to be on tour through the end of the year and beyond, and is looking to bring her unique show to your favorite venue in your city, town or even your living-room! We are open to any/all opportunities, so if you work with an organization, school, venue or community institution that loves colorful, dynamic chamber-folk-pop, please get in touch with us at: booking@mpressrecords.com. We'll do our very best to make it happen!
...See the side-bar of this email for Rachael's scheduled shows so far, and keep on eye on her website, as more shows are constantly being added!
5. HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT RACHAEL ON "DANCE MOMS"...
MPress Records, Rachael's label, would love for her fan-base to help spread the word about Rachael's recent appearance on "Dance Moms" via Twitter!
To help, click here to access an exclusive widget that prompts you to tweet. After you do, you will receive a free download of Rachael's song "Wax," which will be featured on Dance Moms on Sept. 9th!
Tweet this: "Check out this video of @RachaelSage on @DanceMoms! http://bit.ly/rs_dm #Happiness"
AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER
(For more details and to confirm start times, please visit Rachael's website)
9/19 • Dewey Beach, DE
McShea's
GoGirls @ Dewey Beach Music Conference
9/20 • Mt. Airy, MD
House Concert
9/21 • Rockville, MD
Benefit Concert @ Ted's 355 Diner
Event to benefit Cheryl Kagan For State Senate EMAIL for more info.
9/25 • Decatur, GA
Eddie's Attic
Lucy Wainwright Roche!
9/26 • Savannah, GA
The Sentient Bean
9/28 • Birmingham, AL
Moonlight On The Mountain
10/5 • Chicago, IL
Uncommon Ground On Devon
10/10 • Los Angeles, CA
Genghis Cohen
10/30 • Hamden, CT
The Outer Space
11/1 • New York, NY
Just confirmed!
MPress Records - The Muscle Behind the Glitter!
Rachael Sage's New EP "New Destination" Out Now!
rachaelsage.com * facebook.com/rachaelsagepage
Follow Rachael On Twitter: twitter.com/rachaelsage
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Why it's important to know how we view other people; a post rationalisation of the "how we see each other" blog.
Last week we posted a blog looking at how people in construction see one another. The blog sparked a lot of comments mostly positive, though one with a word of caution. We thought that this was an important point and decided to take the opportunity to explain why we think we need to look at how we view other people in order to affect the way we treat them.
It's a human trait to desire to put people in neat boxes – it helps us identify, quickly and easily, the perceived dangers and threats; allows us to make on-the-spot decisions about how to react. A lot of the time, this is a useful thing to do that helps us negotiate life quicker and easier. Unfortunately though, much of the rest of the time this can actually hinder, not only us but also progress in general, and sometimes it takes something like a humorous blog posting to realise just how often it is that we do this.
Most of us know how difficult life is, how much pressure we are under and what could be done to make life easier if only other people took the time to empathise with our situation. Unfortunately, we do not always afford the same considerations to others and this means we can fail to see the pressure, and even stress, that they are under; this is especially true in sectors where there are a lot of roles set out in a confrontational format – like in the built environment. Here we have separate individuals and companies with different priorities (aesthetics, finance, structure, construction, environment, etc.) in order to arrive at the end product. Of course, each perceives their role to be the most important, which can get in the way of us all working together.
Very amusing, due to more than a hint of truth running through it. We all carry prejudice with us every day. In my experience though sub-contractors are treated akin to Dobbie almost universally!
So why not put aside some time each week, or month as I know we are all busy right now, to help a colleague understand a little more about your role, and how you can work together to meet both of your objectives. I always found giving an hour to someone else usually paid me back in more time saved elsewhere.


Lt. Col. Keven Matthews, left, and Costa Mesa Mayor Jim Righeimer arrive at a private dinner for the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines at the Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa. The dinner was to build community connections with the city's partnered and adopted Marine battalion, who are based in Camp Pendleton.
More than 80 Marines visited Costa Mesa on Thursday evening for a dinner and networking.
The privately funded affair at the Mesa Verde Country Club was spearheaded by Mayor Jim Righeimer, who on Friday called it a "stellar event." The Camp Pendleton-based Marines, who are going overseas later this month, were from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines — the city's adopted battalion.
The goal of the event was to help the Marines establish relationships with local businessmen and businesswomen, Righeimer said. Those contacts are likely to help the Marines while they're on active duty and also when they leave the service and transfer back into civilian life, the mayor said.
Among the attendees was former Costa Mesa Mayor Jack Hammett, a Pearl Harbor survivor.


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Andrews was born in Southampton and died in Lancaster. Most of his career was spent in Oxford and from 1946 until 1967, when he moved to his last post as Foundation Professor of Economics at the University of Lancaster, he was an Official Fellow of Nuffield College. He was founding editor of the Journal of Industrial Economics. In 1949, after conducting detailed case study investigations of business behaviour, Andrews published a potentially revolutionary analysis of firms in competitive oligopolistic markets. It included a non-marginalist, non-equilibrium theory of pricing and capacity choices. Firms were predicted to set prices by adding a mark-up to their 'normal' costs at their target levels of capacity utilization. The size of the mark-up would be limited by the difference between their own costs and their estimates of the opportunity costs of other firms with the knowledge to supply duplicates of their products and steal their markets. Only when their assessments of these cost conditions changed would they change their prices. Firms would also be expected to hold spare capacity in order to satisfy new customers without forcing established ones to turn their goodwill elsewhere.


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Gertrude E. Nafe (November 22, 1883 – 1971) was an American teacher, essayist, and Communist short-story writer. A friend of Emma Goldman, she helped organize her Denver, Colorado lectures, and organized the city's Caplan-Schmidt Defense League. Nafe's writings included the essay, "Colorado" (Mother Earth; June 2014). She was dismissed from her teaching position for striking the word "obedience" from a "loyalty pledge."

Biography
Gertrude E. Nafe was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, November 22, 1883.

At an Intercollegiate Socialist Society conference, Nafe represented the United Communist Party, which had recently combined the Communist Labor Party and the various elements of the Communist Party outside of the Russian Federations. She attempted to refute the four counts against them: (1) that they were extremists; (2) that, even granting their position was right, they talked too much and too noisily; (3) that they advocated force; (4) that they refused to accept the practical immediate things they could get. In rebuttal she said: "(1) We answer that it was once extreme to object to chattel slavery. Any position is extreme when first taken. If we retreat, the next position becomes extreme and is subject to all the criticism given the extremists. You cannot cut a string so short that it has not two ends. (2) We are told that half a loaf is better than no bread. But we are much more likely to get half a loaf by demanding our just share, the whole. Let the other side do the cutting down. Why should we? (3) We do not threaten violence and never have. We prophesy that the change will not be made without the use of force and we resolve not to be deterred by that fact. Violence covers the earth at present and is the root of all governments. The only possible foundation of peace is justice. As to the little taunt flung at us often, that we are young, 'If it were so, it were a grievous fault.' But seriously, to quote Gilbert Cannan, 'There are times when young men must attempt to say what old men cannot think.' (4) The last argument is that we do not seize the practical good that we can do. Sometimes those 'practical' things really make a bad matter worse. Two radicals, centuries ago, exasperated by the right wing of their generation, cursed the compromisers, and cried out against those who call, 'Peace, peace' when there is no peace. It is a doubtful favor that one does a slave by making his slavery a little more tolerable. We prefer to be of those who cry, 'Rise, quit ye like men.'"

She died in 1971.

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Black, White and Yellow
Journalism and Correspondents of the Spanish-American War
By Jess Giessel
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For the taking of Guantanamo as told by war correspondents, click here
For a link to James Creelman's book, On the Great Highway, online, click here
For a link to John Baker's summary of west coast media just prior to the war, click here
To read the New York Times' account of the loss of the USS MAINE, click here
To see the New York World's front page reporting on Dewey's victory at Manila Bay, click here
For a link of information on the war as reported by the Long Island Patchoque Advance, click here
To see a Spanish political cartoon commenting on U.S. policy, click here
One of the most oft-repeated stories connected with the Spanish-American War concerns Frederic Remington. The artist was engaged by William Randolph Hearst, publisher of the New York Journal, to go to Cuba with noted writer Richard Harding Davis and provide illustrations to accompany a series of articles on the Revolution. Arriving in Havana in January of 1897, Remington soon became bored with seemingly peaceful Cuba and wired Hearst: "Everything is quiet. There is no trouble. There will be no war. I wish to return." The publisher's reply is alleged to have been: "Please remain. You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."
The exchange may never have happened (Hearst always denied that it did), but the story illustrates one of the most popular myths about the Spanish-American War. Generations of Americans have grown up learning that it was "Mr. Hearst's War" or "The Newspapers' War", an unjust and unnecessary conflict fought to boost the circulation of a few shameless "Yellow" daily papers. While some actions of these publications seen to support this theory ("How do you like the Journal's War?" asked Hearst's New York flagship in a screaming headline), it does not stand up under more sober analysis. First of all, not only the sensational yellow press of Hearst and Pulitzer called for war with Spain, but also a broad-based sample of more sober journals, particularly those in the Midwest, West, and South. Second, and more important, no amount of newspaper pressure can force the people, Congress or President of the United States to do something against their will. The newspapers may help create public opinion and have some influence on the national leadership, but they cannot dictate policy. Not now, and not in 1898.
The war with Spain was, none the less, the Correspondents' War. Journalists not only reported on the conflict, they often took part in it, acting as scouts, spies and couriers for the Armed Forces and, on occasion, actually picking up a rifle and joining in the fight. In 1898, advances in long distance communications combined with the growth of the popular press to create a unique situation. Never before or again did War Correspondents enjoy such prestige with the public, combined with such freedom of action in the war zone. To understand why, one must examine the development of American journalism in the last decades of the Nineteenth Century.
The American public of 1898 was highly literate, and enjoyed ever-growing affluence and leisure time. In a day before radio, motion pictures and television, newspapers were the main source of information, opinion and entertainment for the vast majority of the people. The country had about 14,000 weeklies and 1,900 dailies. It has been estimated that 25 per cent of Americans over the age of 10 read at least one paper per week. In New York City, where the population was about 2,800,000, the combined circulation of the eight AM and seven PM daily papers was 2,000,000.
Following the Civil War, a new type of newspaper appeared on the American scene, the so called "Yellow" journal. The archetype of these lively papers, with their lurid mix of sex, scandal and mayhem, was the New York World, published by Joseph Pulitzer. Pulitzer was born in Hungary. As a young man, he longed to be a soldier, but was turned down by the armies of his own country, Britain and France. During the Civil War, Pulitzer was recruited to come to America and serve in the Union Army. Following his discharge, he became a successful reporter in St. Louis, eventually owning and publishing that city's Post-Dispatch. Now wealthy, Pulitzer began to seek to broaden his horizons. In 1883, he purchased the New York World, a not too successful daily owned by the financier Jay Gould. Within a year, Pulitzer had turned the paper around, building its success on a steady diet of titillation and crusading, catching the readers attention with large headlines and flashy illustrations. It appealed to the masses and left highbrow journalism to more stodgy publications like the New York Times. Despite failing health and the almost total loss of his eyesight, Pulitzer continued to direct his empire during the 1890s through a large corps of secretaries. Soon, the World had a host of imitators, both in New York and in other cities. The most flamboyant and successful of these were the papers of William Randolph Hearst.
Hearst was the son of Senator George Hearst, a rough and tumble California prospector who struck it rich and bought his way to a US Senate seat despite being nearly illiterate. Hearst's mother, Phoebe, was a formidable figure in California society who doted on and indulged her only son. Willie Hearst was quiet and shy, but also possessed a wild streak and a talent for getting into trouble. He was expelled from Harvard University after presenting several of his professors expensive chamber pots with their names elaborately painted on the inside. His formal education at an end, Hearst managed to convince his reluctant father to give him the San Francisco Examiner, a broken-down little paper the Senator had acquired to promote his political ambitions. To prepare for running the paper, young Willie spent most of a year as a reporter on Pulitzer's World. When he returned to California, Hearst began making the Examiner over in the World's image, and was so successful that it soon became San Francisco's leading daily. By 1895, Hearst was ready to conquer New York and in October of that year he purchased the Journal for $180,000.
Hearst entered the New York with his sights set on surpassing Pulitzer and the World. No sensation was too scandalous and money was no object. The two papers engaged in a bitter contest for circulation, Hearst lowering the price of the Journal to a penny, scoffing gleefully when Pulitzer was forced to follow suit. He also freely raided the World's staff, utilizing his mother's huge assets to hire talent away from Pulitzer. Among the more popular features of the World was "Hogan's Alley", a Sunday comic featuring a wise-cracking urchin in a yellow smock, the Yellow Kid. When Hearst hired the Kid's creator, R.F. Outcault, away from the World Pulitzer hired another artist to draw the cartoon, and now two versions of the "Yellow Kid" competed in the Sunday papers. This lead the more conservative New York Press to write a piece sneering at Hearst and Pulitzer's "Yellow Journalism", coining a term which has remained in use to the present day.
The outbreak of the second Cuban Revolution in 1895 was seen as a major news story, and many papers, conservative, yellow and middle of the road, were soon scrambling to get reporters on the scene. Most of these "journalists" go no closer to the fighting than Key West or the bar of the Hotel Inglaterra in Havana. From these comfortable positions, they concocted stories of wild fantasy, based upon slanted press releases coming from the "Cuban Junta", the Revolution's propaganda agency in the US, or from their own fertile imaginations. Readers were treated to a steady diet of battles that never happened, Cuban victories which never occurred, exaggerated stories of Spanish brutality and such flights of fancy as repeated stories of beautiful, savage Cuban "Amazon" warriors, serving the Revolution as Cavalry and showing no mercy to the hated Spaniard.
Not all correspondents were so lazy or so irresponsible. During the three years of Cuban Revolution prior to U.S. intervention, several American journalists made attempts, at great personal risk, to tour the countryside and meet with the insurgents. Some were successful and some failed. Many had prices put on their heads by Spanish authorities, but managed to elude capture and send out reports of what was happening on the island. Others were arrested and expelled, or ordered to leave Cuba. Often these orders were ignored and those expelled would slip back onto the island illegally under assumed names or landing from "filibustering" (smuggling) boats bringing weapons and supplies to the Rebel forces.
Some of the more active correspondents during the period of the rebellion were James Creelman, Sylvester Scovel, George Bronson Rea and Grover Flint. Creelman was on the island only briefly, Scovel, Rea and Flint were there much longer, each spending time in the field with the Rebels, Scovel and Rea about ten months during 1896 and Flint about four.
Creelman (1859 - 1915), of the World, was born in Montreal and moved to New York in 1872. Determined to become a writer, he joined James Gordon Bennett Jr.'s New York Herald in 1876. Creelman traveled extensivly in pursuit of stories, and was willing to take personal risks. He was shot at while reporting the Hatfield/McCoy feud. He interviewed Sitting Bull and other Indian leaders. Creelman was hired in 1894 by the World and covered the Sino-Japanese War of 1895. His shocking reports of Japanese atrocities were a sensation, and widely disbelieved. Sent to Cuba in the Spring of 1896, his first article, dated May 1st, was an investigative piece about Spanish slayings of noncombatants at Campo Florida near Havana. He was promptly expelled from the island, but what he saw there made him a dedicated convert to the Cuban Revolution. Later, now working for Hearst, Creelman went to Spain as the Madrid correspondent of the Journal.
Scovel, also of the World, was born in 1869 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the son of a Presbyterian minister. Refusing his parents wish that he enter the ministry, Scovel left college at 19 and went west to work on a cattle ranch. Later, he went to Cleveland, Ohio first running a hardware store and later managing the Cleveland Athletic Club. He was also a member of the crack First Cleveland Troop of the Ohio State Militia. When the Cuban revolt broke out, Scovel made arrangements to send reports to several Western papers and traveled to the island. He made his way to the eastern provinces and joined the Rebel forces under General Maximo Gomez. About six months later he returned to Havana and was ordered to leave Cuba. Scovel appears to have ignored the order, instead returning to Gomez's forces, now as a correspondent for the World.
Rea was an engineer, born in Brooklyn in 1868. He had been in Cuba about five years and, like his paper, Bennett's Herald, he was not overly enthusiastic about the Cuban revolution. He felt sympathy for the impoverished Cuban people, but did not believe they were particularly badly treated by Spain. Nonetheless, Rea also slipped out of Havana and joined Gomez in the Cuban countryside.
In the Rebel camp, he met up with Scovel, and together the two corespondents traveled with Gomez for several months and later joined the Rebel band of General Antonio Maceo. They shared a number of adventures and narrow escapes from capture by the Spanish. Both were very effective as reporters, for they possessed a talent for regularly getting their dispatches out of Cuba and to their newspapers, a talent which some other correspondents lacked. Rea left Cuba in August while Scovel did not return to the US until November.
Flint, of the Journal, was a veteran of the U.S. Army in the American West and was fluent in Spanish, having lived for a time in Spain. He arrived in Havana in March and soon had also joined Gomez in the Cuban interior. Later, he visited the "seat" of the Revolutionary Government and interviewed President Salvador Cisneros. During his time in Spain, Flint was able to get only four dispatches through to the Journal, but after slipping off the island in a small boat in July, he wrote and published a book about his exploits entitled "Marching with Gomez".
American Papers would sometimes use material written by European visitors to Cuba. On December 5, 1895, the World published an account of a fight between Spanish troops and Cuban rebels written by a 20 year-old Subaltern of the British Army who was accompanying the Spanish force. This skirmish was the first time that Winston Churchill had come under hostile fire.
That traveling illegally in Cuba was a dangerous occupation for American reporters was illustrated in July, 1896. Three days after landing from the filibuster boat THREE FRIENDS, 23 year old Charles Govin of the Key West Equator-Democrat was captured and macheted to death by Spanish forces while traveling with an insurgent band.
Other times, the antics of correspondents were nearly comical. William Randolph Hearst had ordered a $2000.00 jeweled sword for General Gomez, but could not figure how to get it delivered. Finally, he sent reporter Ralph Paine along on a filibustering expedition to take the sword to Gomez. Paine embarked on the THREE FRIENDS, under the command of the famous Captain "Dynamite Johnny" O'Brien on December 14th, 1896. On the 19th, Paine and sword were about to go ashore when the filibuster was overtaken by a Spanish gunboat. The feisty O'Brien fought off the Spanish vessel with a Hotchkiss gun aboard THREE FRIENDS, but the mission had to be scrubbed and Gomez did not receive the sword until after the war (and he was said to have hated it). When stories of the adventure appeared in the press, Paine and correspondent Ernest W. Mc Cready, who had also been aboard the THREE FRIENDS, were sought by US authorities, charged with violations of the neutrality act.
Filibustering was not all fun and games. On January 2, 1897, the gun runner COMMODORE sank in heavy seas off Daytona, Florida. Among the passengers was the novelist Stephen Crane, author of the Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage. He had been employed by the Bacheller Syndicate to go to Cuba and do a series of articles on the revolution. Most of COMMODORE's passengers and crew escaped in three small boats. For thirty hours Crane and six (some accounts say eight) other men braved heavy seas in one of the boats before at last getting to shore. When it reached the breakers, the boat was wrecked and a crew member, Oiler William Higgins, drowned. The incident inspired one of the greatest pieces of Literature to come out of the Cuban Revolution and Spanish-American war period, Crane's short story "The Open Boat".
As previously noted, the Journal sent Richard Harding Davis and Frederic Remington to Cuba early in 1897. They had first planned to cross on the filibuster VAMOOSE and join the Rebels but, after a month of frustration, they gave up and left for Havana by regular transport on January 9th. Davis was the golden boy of New York journalism, possessing romantic good looks and the courtly manners of an Eastern Aristocrat. Remington, the famous Western artist, was a rougher type, but his illustrations were always in demand for the popular magazines.
As related, Remington was soon bored and returned to the States, but he did take back a portfolio of pictures. Davis remained in Cuba, writing a series of articles for the Journal detailing the excesses of the Spanish under the command of Captain-General Weyler. But his most sensational dispatch was sent from Tampa on February 10th, immediately after his return to the States. It was published in the Journal on the 12th under a screaming series of headlines:
Does Our Flag Shield Women?
Indignities Practiced by Spanish Officials On Board American Vessels
Richard Harding Davis Describes Some Startling Phases of the Cuban Situation - Refined Young Women Stripped and Searched by Brutal Spaniards While Under Our Flag on the Ollivette
On board the steamer during Davis' return trip from Cuba, he had been seated at dinner beside a Senorita Clemencia Arango, who told the writer that she and two other young women were being expelled from Cuba for suspected Rebel sympathies. Miss Arango had a brother serving with the insurgents. The three girls were ordered to leave on a certain day. That morning, a detective arrived at each of the girls' homes and strip searched them for documents or letters to the Cuban Junta in New York. At the dock, the procedure was repeated and 15 minutes later aboard the OLLIVETTE, an American ship, they were again taken to a cabin and forced to submit to a strip search. The story was illustrated by a Remington drawing, crafted in New York, of a young maiden with a bared backside, her clothes being gone through by a pair of leering Spanish officials. The story was a huge sensation and circulation booster, largely on the strength of Remington's drawing. However, when Senorita Arango arrived in New York she pointed out that the searches had been done not by leering Spanish officers, but by Police Matrons. The World gleefully attacked the Journal for the inaccuracy of its report and Davis felt compelled to point out that no where in his article did he say the searchers were men, it was Remington's illustration which led the public to that conclusion. Later, Remington and Hearst felt somewhat vindicated when other Cuban women stepped forward and reported they HAD been strip searched by male Spanish officials.
The Journal published four more pieces inspired by the trip, including "The Death of Rodriguez", an account of the execution of a young Rebel, which was reprinted in several anthologies of his writing.
Both Rea and Scovel returned to Cuba early in 1897, assigned to learn General Gomez's reaction to the American suggestion of Cuban autonomy under Spanish sovereignty. On February 5th, Scovel was captured by Spanish forces at the town of Tunas on the south coast, where he had gone to send out dispatches. He was charged with communicating with the rebels, crossing the Spanish lines, traveling without a military pass and having a forged police pass. He was imprisoned in the town of Sacti-Spiritus, but still allowed to send dispatches to the World. That paper, and others, began a vocal campaign to get the correspondent released, and on March 9th Weyler, under pressure from the Spanish Embassy in Washington, ordered Scovel released and deported. When he arrived in New York two weeks later he was the most famous journalist in the country.
Rea was also having his troubles...with General Gomez. The two men got into an argument over some pieces Rea had written critical of certain officials of the Cuban Revolutionary government. The disagreement became heated, and Gomez threatened to have the correspondent shot. Rea replied that the day Gomez shot an American reporter would be the day he could forget about ever getting American aid for the Cuban Revolution. With this, Gomez backed down, but Rea found it expedient to again leave the island. Upon his return to New York, Rea decided to tell the public the "truth" about the Cuban situation as he saw it. His book, Facts and Fakes about Cuba, is well documented and exposes some of the fabrications made by less scrupulous reporters, but is also biased toward the Spanish side in the conflict.
The New York Herald, a more sober paper than the World or the Journal, was at this time printing a series of articles which likely did the Spanish cause in Cuba more harm then all the lurid sensations of the yellow press. They were the work of Stephen Bonsal, a well educated, much traveled and experienced war correspondent. Bonsal was in Cuba from January to April, 1897. He traveled with Spanish troops, reporting massacres and the horrible effects of General Weyler's reconcentrado policy, which forced the rural population into fortified towns to prevent them from aiding the Rebels. The result was mass starvation. Bonsal called the policy "depopulation by proclamation". Upon his return to the States, Bonsal testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on what he had seen in Cuba and his book, "The Real Conditions in Cuba Today", published late in the year, was considered authoritative.
Hearst still preferred sensation to sober reporting, particularly if a pretty girl was involved. On August 16th, the Journal found just such a sensation in the story of Evangelina Cisneros, the beautiful seventeen year old niece of the President of the Cuban Republic. It was reported that Miss Cisneros had been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on the African coast for allegedly taking part in an uprising of political prisoners on the Isle of Pines. She claimed that three prisoners had come to her aid while she was resisting the carnal advances of Colonel Jose Berriz, the Military Governor of the Island. Berriz claimed she had lured him to her room, where the three prisoners were waiting to kill him. Miss Cisneros was now in Havana's Casa de Recojidas Prison where she had been kept for 10 months.
The girl's plight had been discovered by the Journal's Thomas G. Alvord, Jr. and George Eugene Bryson and British correspondent Clarke Musgrave. All were at the prison on other business and were struck by the sight of a beautiful girl imprisoned with "women of the lowest type". At first the trio tried quietly to gain the girl's release. Later, Bryson and Musgrave began to plot to break her out of the jail. After Bryson was expelled from Cuba on August 3rd Musgrave carried on alone, but by now, the case of Miss Cisneros was all over the front pages of America. Hearst had started a campaign of American women to try to secure her release. Julia Ward Howe, author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", and Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the Confederate President, were enlisted to represent the women of the North and South in petitioning Spain's Queen Regent, Maria Christina, on behalf of the "Cuban Girl Martyr". By August 23rd, the Journal had 10,000 signatures on petitions for Miss Cisneros' freedom. Three days later, the figure was 15,000, headed by the mother of President McKinley. By months end, however, Evangelina was still in jail and the furor seemed to be dying down.
Very little more was printed about the case until October 8th, when the Journal broke the startling news that Evangelina had escaped. The next day it was reported that she was out of Cuba and on her way to New York. On the 10th, the Journal revealed that the escape had been engineered by its correspondents in Havana. The story was by-lined "Charles Duval", who claimed to have personally freed Miss Cisneros from the jail and gotten her off the island. Over the next few days, more articles by "Duval" revealed details about how the rescue was accomplished. On the 14th, the headline screamed:
Evangelina Reaches the Land of Liberty!
The next day it was revealed that "Duval" was in fact Journal correspondent Karl Decker. Assisted by two accomplices, Decker had rented the house across the alley from Evangelina's cell, placed a ladder across the gap, cut the bars and rescued the girl, who was whisked off in a carriage. The folowing day, disguised as a boy sailor, Evangelina boarded the Liner SENECA for New York.
Evangelina Cisneros was a sensation in New York, a fact which she found baffling in the extreme. Later, she visited Washington and was presented to President McKinley. Just as she got used to her celebrity status, the papers and public tired of her and moved on to other obsessions. Evangelina again made news in May, 1898 when she married Dr. Carlos Carbonelle, a Cuban Dentist who had assisted Decker in achieving her rescue. After the war, the couple returned to Cuba.
The Conservative Spanish Prime Minister Canovas was assassinated in August, 1897 and replaced by Liberal Praxedes Sagasta. The new Ministry soon was reviewing Spain's Cuban policies. General Weyler was recalled and replaced by the milder General Ramon Blanco. Scovel returned to Cuba in November and was promptly arrested on old charges stemming from previous visits. But under the new regime he was released on parole and allowed to send dispatches, even being granted an interview by Blanco. Before the end of the year, Spain announced it was granting Cuba autonomy under the Spanish Empire. The World sent Scovel back into the interior to get the reaction of the Insurgents to this new policy. Blanco approved the trip, which was seen as an unprecedented concession. When Scovel failed to report back within the expected time rumors circulated of his death. He eventually turned up, reporting that General Gomez had said the offer of Autonomy was too little too late.
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I feel kinda bad doing two of these only a couple of days apart, but you get what you get I guess.
I'm kinda frustrated in the weight loss department. More accurately, what I've said all along about my meds making it impossible, is holding true. I'm changing my eating habits. I use to eat 1-2 good sized meals a day and that was it. I've broken it down to 3-4 small meals a day. I think over all the same amount of food, just spread out more. And I've been eating a lot of fruits and vegetables. My 4th meal is almost always brussel sprouts, broccoli, something of that nature. My other 2-3 meals are almost always a good solid protein packed sandwich or sushi or something else of that nature. I've also severely limited my pop intake. I'm drinking lots of water. Blah blah blah. My weight is holding true. I'm stuck at around 240. Give or take about 5 pounds. It kinda depends on what time of day it is. I'm frustrated with it. Really and truly.
My meds appointment got pushed back a day to Thursday instead of Wednesday. So my "Living Life with BPD" post will be a day late. Not as late as last week's though. So there is that.
The blog roll is going back up. And I'll warn now, quite a few good blogs aren't on it. If yours isn't included, I'm sorry but I had to cut back. That's just how it's going to be.
I struggle with my weight too. I know you have to take enough calories for your body & I don't. Would you mind my asking what meds you are on for BPD?
Future reference they are listed in the left hand column should they ever change.


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Great acting, Great singing, Hilarious, Intelligent, Masterful
See it if you have a time machine, enjoy clever musicals
Don't see it if you aren't about gay musicals
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Dear Evan Hansen (NYC)
Ambitious, Clever, Funny, Great acting, Must see
See it if you have a beating heart, or an anxiety disorder
Don't see it if you aren't looking for a night of gorgeous theatre
Also Dear Evan Hansen is probably the most relatable musical I have ever watched. Ben Platt's performance is powerful, it left me shaken in my seat by the end. I left that theatre changed, and inspired, and maybe a little depressed. As someone with a mental illness, I believe this show is a wonderful representation of anxiety - down to Platt's gestures throughout the show. The show was truly amazing, I recommend it to anyone.... Read more Read less
For a previous production
The Play That Goes Wrong (NYC)
Ambitious, Hilarious, Quirky, Clever, Funny
See it if you like disaster theatre
Don't see it if you don't like self-aware theatre
Latin History for Morons
Clever, Funny, Masterful, Relevant
See it if you're a fan of John Leguizamo's stand up, you want an entertaining crash course in Latin History, or you're a fan of one-man shows.
Don't see it if you're not here for the 'equal opportunity offenders' comedy style, or you don't care about history or Lequizamo's unending energy.
Dizzying, Great acting, Must see, Riveting, Absorbing
See it if you want a whirlwind experience combining Shakespeare and Hitchcock in the best way possible.
Don't see it if you don't enjoy immersive theatre, crowds, or choosing your own adventure.
Also I have gone to Sleep No More twice, and both times were a unique experience. This show is put together in the most amazing way, there is so much going on constantly and you can always find yourself in the middle of another story line just by turning around. The big scenes are incredible, the acting is magnificent, and the dancing is phenomenal.... Read more Read less
Ambitious, Entertaining, Dizzying, Enchanting, Confusing
See it if you like cats and T.S. Eliot's poems, and can live without a clear plot.
Don't see it if you need a plot, or a show that makes logical sense.
The Phantom of the Opera (NYC)
Cliched, Confusing, Disappointing, Ambitious, Enchanting
See it if you want to see the Chandelier Moment in person, actually enjoy the music, or can't find tickets to anything else.
Don't see it if you have the opportunity to see almost any other show, or are also already tired of the music.
Hamilton (NYC)
Ambitious, Absorbing, Clever, Enchanting, Entertaining
See it if you enjoy hip-hop, history, amazing actors and singers, or all of the above smashed together into 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Don't see it if you're not looking to have your heart broken into two over a founding father.
The Glass Menagerie (starring Sally Field)
Dated, Slow, Entertaining
See it if you're a fan of Tennessee Williams
Don't see it if you are not a fan of Tennessee Williams, that may be the only way to truly enjoy it
Ambitious, Entertaining, Great staging, Resonant, Great singing
See it if you like post-WW2 era dramas, live on-stage music, or Laura Osnes
Don't see it if you don't like dance heavy musicals
During previews
Absorbing, Entertaining, Refreshing, Hilarious, Great singing
See it if you're looking for a nice mixture of hopeful ambition and crushing realities, you're a fan of Phillipa Soo's amazing pipes, or the French
Don't see it if you're too dedicated to the movie, you don't enjoy shows that verge far from reality, or you're not here for clever adaptations
Also As a long time fan of the movie, I was very nervous about seeing it being adapted to the stage. However, I was pleasantly surprised. I felt like the musical held onto the values and the essence of the movie very well. The entire show was perfectly cast, everyone was amazing.... Read more Read less
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway)
Absorbing, Clever, Profound, Refreshing, Resonant
See it if you want to see a cleverly constructed play with an artfully written script.
Don't see it if you don't want to see a show at the expense of a fictional dog.
Absorbing, Great acting, Must see, Resonant, Thought-provoking
See it if you have any opinion on gun restriction, religion, or politics. Or if you're looking for a piece of thoughtful, moving theatre.
Don't see it if you aren't ready to be shaken to your core and maybe shed a tear or two.
Also The writing of this show was brilliant, and I was lucky enough to attend the first 'Talk Back Wednesday' - after listening to the playwright discuss how he started writing the play, and the director, writer, and actor discuss their own views on the power of religion, the show felt even more powerful. But before that, the acting was phenomenal, the writing was moving, and there was a perfect balance of serious, profound thought and lighthearted comedy that made it feel real. This play is a great conversation starter in terms of how we discuss our beliefs or political values, and how we can disagree and still find a way to move forward. Overall, you leave the theatre feeling like you need to do something to help change the world. It's one of the most moving pieces of theatre I've seen.... Read more Read less
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway)
Ambitious, Absorbing, Clever, Enchanting, Exquisite
See it if you like War & Peace, musicals that verge from the typical musical sound and structure, or incredibly intricate stories and characters.
Don't see it if you're a stickler for classic musicals and hate electro-pop operas, or get very confused easily with a lot of characters.
Wicked (NYC)
Absorbing, Delightful, Enchanting, Entertaining, Exquisite
See it if you love fairy tales, redemption stories, and beautiful music.
Don't see it if you have a life long resentment against the Wicked Witch or the Wizard of Oz.
Absorbing, Clever, Funny, Great acting, Delightful
See it if you're looking for queer representation without the typical 'queer struggle' or you find yourself always being the 'single friend'.
Don't see it if you're not looking for an existential crisis in the middle of Times Square after absorbing some spectacular art.


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Q: Module not found: Can't resolve 'react-table/react-table.css' I have create the app using create-react-app. Then I installed the react-table package(using command npm install --save react-table). When I started my application I am getting Module not found: Can't resolve 'react-table/react-table.css' this error.
Any suggestion how to resolve this. Thanks in advance !

A: The current version of react-table is 7.
React table 6th version supports the cs,
You should install react-table version-6.
$ npm install react-table-6

next import it in file
    import ReactTable from "react-table-6";
    import "react-table-6/react-table.css"

**Sample Code**

import React, {useState, useEffect,Component } from "react";
import "../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css";
import $ from 'jquery';
import './Markettable.css';
import 'datatables.net';
import 'datatables.net-dt/css/jquery.dataTables.css';
import axios from 'axios';
import ReactTable from "react-table-6";
import "react-table-6/react-table.css" ;

export default class Markettable extends Component {
  constructor(props){
    super(props)
    this.state = {
      market: [],
      loading:true
    }
  }

async getMarketPrice(){
    const res = await axios.get(`https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/markets?vs_currency=usd&order=market_cap_desc&sparkline=false&price_change_percentage=1h%2C24h%2C7d`)
    console.log(res.data)
    this.setState({loading:false, market: res.data})
  }

  componentDidMount(){
    this.getMarketPrice()
  }

 render() {
    const columns = [{
      Header: 'ID',
      accessor: 'name',
      sortable: true,

     }
     ,{
      Header: 'Name',
      accessor: 'precentage' ,
      },
      {
        Header: 'Website',
        accessor: 'market_cap',
        }
  ]
    return (
        <>

         Marketing Prices

Home

Marketing Price

   MARKETING PRICE TABLE

      <ReactTable  className ="text-center"
      data={this.state.market}
      columns={columns}
   />

   </>
    )
  }
}

A: You should install react-table version-6.
$ npm install react-table-6

and then import these,
import ReactTable from "react-table-6";
import "react-table-6/react-table.css"

A: Sadly react-table v7 doesn't support react-table.css file.

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*If you want to reuse react-table.css, I recommend using v6.
Here goes my example:

https://codesandbox.io/s/react-table-custom-pagination-1onbd

*We can easily create custom css for react-table and there is a lot of examples online.

A: import ReactTable from "react-table-6";

This one should be  "react-table-v6"
import "react-table-v6/react-table.css"

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Domestic violence and disability
A lot of women are victims of violence at home.
Violence at home means
when a partner or a family member hurts you
or treats you badly.
Women with disabilities are often the victims of violence
For women with disabilities it is more difficult to go away form the person that treats them badly.
This is because the person often gives them care.
It is also difficult for women with disabilities to get help. This is because the women shelters are not adapted to their disabilities.
Sometimes people do not believe them.
It is important that countries protect women
with disabilities from domestic violence.
November 25 marks the international day for the elimination of violence against women. As probably the most common form of violence against women, domestic violence has been put under the spotlight in a number of places. Evidence has reported that an average of one woman is killed every three days by her partner and one incident of domestic violence is reported every minute to the police. Proof has also revealed that women with disabilities are twice as likely to be victims of domestic violence as other women.
In Europe, one in five women will or has already experienced domestic violence. For women with disabilities this figure doubles. One in two women with a disability has been or will be victim of domestic violence and abuse at least once in her lifetime, be it on the hands of their partners, family, or carer. Some of the experience of women with disabilities toward domestic violence follows the traditional definition of the term such as physical abuse, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, but a wide part of it also takes unique and complex forms related to their disabilities. These include neglect, overdosing or withholding medication, stealing money, immobilization, financial abuse and denying necessary equipment or care.
Domestic abuse is rarely a one-off incident, and should instead be seen as a pattern of abusive and controlling behaviour through which the abuser seeks power over their victim. Typically the abuse involves a pattern of abusive and controlling behaviour, which tends to get worse over time.
In cases of abuse and violence against women with disabilities there is a disturbing ease with which power and control can be exerted as the abuser often not only has physical advantage but also a psychological one. Women with disabilities are more likely to depend on their abusers for food, personal care services, health care support and other vital roles. For this reasons many victims feel like they have no one else to turn to.
Barriers and obstacles to support
Barriers and obstacles, be they physical or attitudinal, make it harder for abused women with disabilities to leave or get support. Escaping an abuser can mean leaving home or a care facility, sometimes with no alternative in where to live or get care. Programmes that serve domestic violence victims are often not equipped or trained to offer proper care to disabled victims. Women's refuges are rarely able to meet special needs and evidence has shown that some women have preferred to return to an abusive home after finding life in a refuge too difficult. Over these practical difficulties, simply being believed when reporting the abuse can be a hurdle for women with disabilities. Common experiences reported by women with disabilities include issues ranging from no-one believing their story to the absence of accessible transport to enable women to leave violent situations. Because of this lack of available support women with disabilities are likely to endure abuse for a much longer period of time than others.
The impact of domestic violence on women with disabilities is very profound, as there is often very little support when they seek help. The range of responses women with disabilities report include depression, anxiety, self-blame, shame, low self-esteem, and self-harm.
A Human Rights issue
Domestic violence is an abuse of human rights. The challenge lies in ensuring that human rights law is used to its full potential in contributing to the movement to combat domestic violence, be it regarding all women or specifically regarding women with disabilities.
At European level domestic violence is considered a clear violation of several of the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights such as the right to life (Article 2); the right to be free from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 3); the right to respect for private and family life (Article 8); and the prohibition of discrimination (Article 14). One of the most recent developments in the area of human rights law and domestic violence is the adoption by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in April 2011.
Although the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) does not explicitly mention domestic violence, the CEDAW Committee has nevertheless interpreted the Convention's provisions in such a manner so as to bring this issue within its scope. Moreover the UN human rights bodies have made a wide range of statements on the issue of domestic violence and have thus placed a broad range of obligations on states regarding this area. The provisions of the Convention are comprehensive in nature, encompassing not only criminal justice responses, but also areas such as raising awareness and the provision of social support measures to victims.
In cases of domestic violence on women with disabilities the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities can be used directly as its Article 16 on the freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse relates to domestic violence and carer abuse experienced by people (predominantly women) living with disabilities. Though, it believed that the use of both the CRPD and the CEDAW in a holistic and complementary manner should be able to bring better protection for women with disabilities as discrimination is based both on gender and disability.
Women with disabilities have the same right to live safe from violence and free from fear as other women. It is important for women with disabilities to be informed about the subject matter in order to be able to recognise an abusive situation. It is also crucial to know whom to turn to. In parallel, services must be prepared to meet the needs of women with disabilities, for them to be able respond to women with disabilities in the same way they would any other service user, and be prepared to use the law to protect women with disabilities from domestic violence.


Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil. Place peppers on baking sheet, cut sides down. Roast for 20 minutes or until skin is blistered and charred. Bring the foil up around peppers and fold edges together to enclose. Let stand about 15 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Using a sharp knife, loosen edges of the skins. Gently pull off skin and discard. Remove stems, seeds, and membranes. Chop peppers.
Cook chicken and macaroni according to package directions. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain pasta and rinse well under cold water. Set aside. Cut chicken into 1/2-inch-thick pieces.
In a large bowl combine cream cheese and half the salsa. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth; gradually beat in remaining salsa. Add chopped peppers and macaroni; toss to combine. Gently fold in avocado and chicken. Serve at once or cover and chill up to 2 hours.
*Handling Hot Peppers: Because hot chile peppers contain volatile oils that can burn your skin and eyes, avoid contact with chiles as much as possible. When working with chile peppers, wear plastic or rubber gloves. If your bare hands do touch the chile peppers, wash your hands well with soap and water.
** Salsa taquera is a traditional Mexican salsa; it is available in cans and jars from several different companies.


Vineyard location and characteristics: The vineyards are located on the hills of Buje, at 220 to 250 metres above the sea, at the location of Contarini. The ideal microclimate allows for the growing of grapes that in their maturing retain the amount of acidity required for a fruity and well-balanced wine, while the mineral white soil sustains the smoothness with its exceptional mineral notes.
Vinification and maturing: A part of the must is subjected to the process of crio-maceration and then lightly pressed after which it is left to ferment at temperatures from 14 to 16 °C. With the help of fine lees, the wine is left to mature in stainless steel barrels until spring when it's bottled.


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2010-05-28 - 00:56:52 edited 2010-06-01 - 13:36:19 in Robotics
I have a couple of Hero Juniors worth of parts. It is possible that one working unit could be made from combing parts from both of them. If you·know anyone that may be·interested in knowing more about what is available, then send me a private message.
hover1 Posts: 1,927
Sounds like that's right up Robotworkshop's alley. If it were Hero 2000 parts, I'd bite.
I have three propellers
erco Posts: 19,585
I shudder to think. Depending on your motivations, you can make someone a smokin' deal on the lot in the effort to build one up, or you can scalp the pieces on Ebay. I see people parting those out regularly, which is a shame, but generates more coin for them. I just sold one (sweet & complete) locally last year, so now I'm down to just one each: Hero, Jr, and 2000. Fun to have the complete set, even though they are fairly limited in use.
I still have to convert my VHS video of my Hero 2000 bartending. It was a pretty cool project. He asks which of 3 drinks you want, and you wave your hand in front of his base sonar to indicate. He grabs a plastic cup off a stack of cups, and as the stack got shorter it knew to go lower for the next cup. Then he would pick up one of 3 mixer bottles (OJ, margarita, or Mai Tai) and pour into the cup, then grab the right liquor (vodka, tequila, or rum) and pour. The BEST part was the ice cube. How do you get a robot to reliably pick up an ice cube? I had several identical plastic ice cube trays, and I made a jig to hold swizzle sticks upright in the freezer as the water froze. Then the robot just knew the X,Y position of the next ice cube in the tray and picked it up by the swizzle stick and dropped it in the cup. Pretty fun, always a crowd pleaser. A bit tedious, though. Took a while. Plan ahead and ask for the drink before you really want it.
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"When you make a thing, a thing that is new, it is so complicated making it that it is bound to be ugly. But those that make it after you, they don't have to worry about making it. And they can make it pretty, and so everybody can like it when others make it after you."
- Pablo Picasso
RobotWorkshop Posts: 2,301
PM sent....
I took my old Hero Jr out of hibernation and he sprang to life chatting and singing today. His 12V battery was dead so I spliced in two 6V batteries. He can wander around using light, PIR and ultrasonic sensors. Not terribly impressive by today's standards but it was state of the art when I built it in 1987, the last great days of Heathkit. I bought from the Heathkit retail store on Flower Street in Los Angeles.
Despite the robot's impressive size, it's mostly empty inside, as the video shows. It wouldn't take much hacking to make a blue Scribbler 1 robot match or exceed this Hero's capabilities.
Buck Rogers Posts: 1,691
I once met one. This was the original Hero design, and walking past him he complained, "Low voltage!". Naturally I told the fellow who showed me the unit, and we promptly arranged for Hero to find his charging array.
Oddly enough it looked like and sounded like a GRONK unit, that's the ones from the Star Wars places.
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Roy Eltham Posts: 2,699
I have a Hero and Hero Jr. Would love to get my hands on a Hero 2000. Sadly they are hard to come by anymore.
Roy Eltham wrote: »
I have one...
Not for sale, BTW!
I knew that.
And I have heard that they are very happy where they are.
Incidentally this is a sponsored message, and the sponsor is Tiger Teams United Football.
[Added at the request of my four cats.]


St. Martin's Cécilia Mobuchon chopped nearly five minutes off the 2-year old Ogier-Deloitte BVI Sunrise Half Marathon record on Saturday, when she dominated the field including the defending champion and record holder. Meanwhile, St. Lucia's Michael Bissette buried his rivals for the overall victory in the 10thHalf Marathon of his career.
Returning from a foot injury that affected her training and kept her out of action till a month ago, Mobuchon, fourth overall, covered the 13thedition of the 13.1 miles two laps race between Road Town and Sea Cows Bay, in 1 hour 25 minutes and 40 seconds, after breaking away from the start. In the process she became the first woman to break 1:30, while demolishing St. Thomas' Ruth Ann David's 2016 mark of 1:30.21, and prevented David who was second in 1:37.15, from gaining her fifth title.
As it was her first Half Marathon of the year, the French woman told Island Sun Sports that she was very motivated for the race and the only thing was running alone became mental battle.
David was just happy to finish the race. She hadn't been training as before and her work scheduled at the Ritz Carlton where she worked eight hours as a physical trainer changed after Hurricane Irma.
Katrina Lindsay, third overall in 1:41.31, was the first BVI female finisher and said she was in awe of her amazing rivals and enjoyed the race.
Just before the Road Town Ferry Dock, debutant Bissette, who ran with Clif Struiken, Julius Farley and DeGannes, crafted his move, then ran solo for just over 11 miles, to win in 1:19.49. Struiken followed in 1:20.51.
Bissette told Island Sun Sports that In the first two miles, he normally goes out and test to see what the guys have.
Struiken, who has dominated local races between two and 6.2 miles this year, decided to hold off the pace when the St. Lucian took off.
Three time champ DeGannes said it was a tough race and described his performance as being "lack luster" adding he probably shouldn't even have participated.
Virgin Gorda's Velma George who lives in New York and held the BVI Marathon record from 1993-2016, was running her first BVI Half Marathon.
Final results. Men: 1. Michael Bissette, 1 hour 19 minutes and 49 seconds. 2. Clif Struiken, 1:20.51. 3. Julius Farley, 1:24.40. 4. Shane DeGannes, 1:39.52. 5. Joceran GGichuke, 1:41.07. 6. Michael Khilloury, 1:41.53. 7. Colm Rafferty, 1:44.50. 8. Richard Hadley, 1:46.19. 9. Shaun Reardon-John, 1:49.14. 10:Jacques Roux, 1:49.45.
Women: Cécelia Mobuchon, 1:25.40. (New Record. Old Record, Ruth Ann David, 1:30.21., Dec 3, 2016)2. Ruth Ann David, 1:37.15. 3. Katrina Lindsay, 1:41.31. 4. Kim Struiken, 1:45.52. 5. Rosmond Johson, 1:48.45. 6. Maria Mays, 1:52.12. 7. Chole Harris, 1:55.58. 8. Rebecca Paul, 1:56.16. 9. Lauren Williams, 1:56.47. 10. Shuen Chai, 2:03.22.


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More Info →Saint Josephs Convent School Prior to Demolition, Carroll Street and Fitchett Street
St Josephs Convent, run by the Sisters of Mercy, began in Fitchett Street in 1910, and later expanded into Pirie and Carroll Streets, on leasehold land. This building was constructed in Carroll Street c1891, and was the Carow Ladies' College (also known as the Carow Girls' Collegiate School) until about 1902, and was then owned by Duncan Matheson. He sold it to the Catholic Church, and in 1923 the building was cut in half and moved on rollers to the south side of Fitchett street, where it became the St Joseph's Convent High School until 1974. The building was demolished in the 1990s to make way for a retirement village.
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