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Released in 1968 by Walter Reade-Sterling Productions.
In fan circles, some controversy surrounds Godzilla's seventh movie. Big Duel in the South Seas, called Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster in this country, has been branded by some as marking the creative decline of the series. Yet others praise this film as an interesting and comical adventure story. Unarguably, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster is an unusual entry in the saga of the King of the Monsters, quite unlike the more explosive previous films, from King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) to Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1965). Though far from being the most spectacular of the Godzilla films, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster certainly deserves a better reputation than some Godzilla enthusiasts give it. Light-hearted and intriguing, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster is an entertaining escapist story. The island location is an interesting switch from the city locations usually seen in Godzilla films. The characters are well played by familiar Toho actors. All these factors combine to create an enjoyable entry in the Godzilla saga.
When assessed in the history of the Godzilla series, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster is indeed an unusual film in many respects. This was the first Godzilla movie since Gigantis the Fire-Monster (1955) that was not helmed by director Ishiro Honda and scored by Akira Ifukube. For Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, Honda and Ifukube were replaced, respectively, by Jun Fukuda and Masuro Sato. Fukuda had directed The Secret of the Telegian in 1961, yet he had little enthusiasm for special-effects movies, his forte being in directing police dramas. The late Sato, who had scored Gigantis, is best known for his scoring of Akira Kurosawa's films, such as The Throne of Blood (1957), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Yojimbo (1961), Sanjuro (1962) and many more. Though not as comfortable with the genre as Honda and Ifukube, both men brought their own merits to the series. Furthermore, this change in the creative team resulted in a switch in the direction of the Godzilla series that was needed at the time. Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster was also the first Godzilla film in which special-effects director Eiji Tsuburaya took a less active role, partly due to his health (he was a diabetic) and partly because of his involvement with his own Tsuburaya Productions, creators of the popular (and long-running) Ultraman television series. During the production of Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, the special-effects direction was left to Teisho Arikawa, with Tsuburaya credited as "Supervisor". This arrangement would carry into Son of Godzilla (1967) and Destroy All Monsters (1968).
Another change in Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster is the island location. To reduce costs, Toho began to film movies on island sets that could be recycled at no cost. This ploy would be used again in Son of Godzilla, Godzilla's Revenge (1969), Yog: Monster From Space (1970), King Kong Escapes (1967) and Destroy All Monsters, though the last two films also included substantial city settings.
If Godzilla acts a little schizophrenic in Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, it's because the script was originally intended to be a King Kong movie; Robinson Caruso Adventure: King Kong vs. Ebirah. This film was intended to tie in with the Rankin-Bass' cartoon series about the mighty ape. Either Toho could not secure the rights for King Kong at this time, or Rankin-Bass (creators of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer and other charming Christmas animated specials) were not enthusiastic about the project. Whatever the reason, Toho salvaged the script by substituting King Kong with Godzilla (Toho and Rankin-Bass would ultimately collaborate on King Kong Escapes). This explains why in the finished film Godzilla acts much like Kong. Many of Godzilla's actions in the movie, such as expressing affection for Dayo (Kumi Mizuno), sitting down to take an afternoon nap, defending himself from a jet attack by grabbing the jets out of the air (albeit he also incinerates the jets with his nuclear breath), and even jumping into the ocean at the finale are all actions that are much more characteristic of King Kong.
In terms of kaiju designs, Ebirah is a credible creature, one consistent with Toho's monsters of the 1960's. The monsters during this era, such as Speiga and the Gimanites seen in the next film, were mutations of real animals, very different from the cartoony creatures that would follow in the films of the 1970's.
Titled by Toho as Ebirah, Horror of the Deep for international export, Big Duel in the South Seas went to U.S. television sometime in 1968, the title being changed to the much more marketable Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster. For years, it was erroneously reported in American fan circles that this film was released by American-International TV. However, in more recent years, it has been firmly established that the releasing company was in fact Walter Reade-Sterling, who had released Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster in 1965. Nevertheless, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster has the dubious distinction of being the first Godzilla film that did not receive a stateside theatrical release, but instead went straight to television.
The American and Japanese versions of Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster are virtually the same, the main difference being the opening sequence. As with prior installments of "Godzilla in America", differences between the Japanese and American versions are noted by bold face text.
–Mother consulting with a priestess.
Ruta: I know my brother's alive! We have to send a boat out right away!
Officer: We don't have a ship in port to spare.
Ruta: I'm sure we'll find him. Let me talk to the police chief!
Officer: No, it's not in our jurisdiction (officer walks away and closes door, leaving Ruta in hallway).
Ruta: (Calling after him) Officer!
–Scene switches to an office at a newspaper.
1st Reporter: (Approaches editor at desk) Editor?
1st Reporter: I need to see you. I've got a problem.
Editor: You can't handle that kid on your own?
1st Reporter: But he refuses to budge an inch!
Editor: You thought he would be a good story, so you take care of him!
1st Reporter: (To himself, walking away) What a hassle!
1st Reporter: A ship went down in the South Seas, but a kid is saying that a priestess told him his brother is still alive.
2nd Reporter: (Taking an interest) It's not very often you find a kid that believes in a priestess' visions. Where is he?
1st Reporter: Out here. (1st and 2nd Reporters walk to waiting room, only to find that Ruta has left).
–The title "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster" is flashed onto the screen (Oddly, the word "versus" is spelt out, something that had not been done before or since in a Godzilla film.) Only a few cords of Sato's opening theme survived.
–Scene of the Yalen during a storm, with Ebirah attacking the ship (This scene appears 14 minutes into the Japanese version. A major goof in the Americanization is that the name Yalen can be clearly seen on the side of the ship. The Yalen is seen peacefully docked some three minutes later in the American version).
–Shots of fishing village. A voice-over intones: "Two months later".
There are also a few more minor alterations, occurring from when Ruta, Ichiro (Chotaro Togano) and Mita (Hideo Sunazuka) run into the professional but likeable thief Yashi (Akira Takarada), to when the Yalen is attacked by Ebirah during a storm.
· Ruta, Ichiro, Mita and Yashi are eating breakfast.
Ichiro: Ruta, you still refuse to turn around?
Mita: Where's the boat going?
Mita: To search for him?
· Aboard the ship, Yashi is busy working on his trusty skeleton key.
Mita: I wonder how far we've gone.
Ichiro: I don't have any idea.
Yashi: The Yalen seems to be traveling in a southern direction. This is the way I see it. Why don't we start cooperating with Ruta? If we cooperate long enough, we'll learn how we can sail this boat. Then we'll turn it around and head for home.
Mita: What are you making there?
The tinkering in the American version of Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster does not upset the flow of the film or effect the story. The doctored opening, intended to represent the storm in which Yata's boat was lost, was probably intended to give the film a more exciting beginning. The deletion of Ruta's Japanese newspaper clipping was perhaps done because Walter Reade-Sterling chose either not to dub an explanation, or to shoot special footage with an English-text version of the article. The removal of the scene about Yashi's planning to cooperate with Ruta (in order to take command of the Yalen) is puzzling. Though a minor deletion, this scene demonstrates that Yashi's ever-crafty mind was at work on how to escape his predicament.
That Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster was left nearly intact could be because the film was released directly to television, and that Walter Reade-Sterling felt it was not cost-effective to edit the film extensively. The dubbing is quite good. Hal Linden, later to become famous as TV's Barney Miller in the 1970's, dubbed Akira Takarada's role, adding much to the character of the safe-cracker who's really not such a bad guy once we get to know him. Peter Fernandez, famous for dubbing Speed Racer in the animated series of the same name, voiced Ruta. However, the American script suffers from failing to mention the name of Ebirah, of Letchi Island, and of the Red Bamboo, the paramilitary organization operating on the island. One definite improvement in the American version occurs during the jet attack on Godzilla. In the Japanese version, this scene occurs to 1960's-style "surf-n-turf" music. In the American version, this inappropriate music was removed, leaving the scene unscored.
Having already placed Godzilla in an island setting and in a script much more light-hearted than some of the previous entries, Toho would repeat this formula for the next film in the series. However, the next entry would also feature one of the most famous (rather, infamous) characters in the Legend of Godzilla.
Editor's Note: In 1994 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the first Godzilla film, Tri-Star Home Video, the American distributors of the Toho series released the International version of "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster" under the title "Ebriah, Horror of the Deep." The dubbing is the international version and NOT the one released by Walter-Reade Sterling and viewed by fans on American television since the 1960s. While the new release is in wide-screen and contains the complete opening credit sequence, the dubbing, like the ones on "Godzilla vs. Gigan," "Godzilla vs. Megalon," and the two MechaGodzilla films, makes this version un-watchable, as the characters now spew unintelligible dialog.
Article © 1994, 1997, 2005 John Rocco Roberto, Robert Biondi, Daikaiju Publishing.


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Troutman Firm
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TCPA Vagueness In Action: Three New Decisions Issued on the Same Day Apply Three Different ATDS Standards to Text Message Platforms—And So It Goes
Back in the 1970s (simpler times?) the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Grayned v. City of Rockford, 408 U.S. 104, 108-09 (1972) identifying that a statute that is too vague to be understood by a person of average intellect cannot be enforced. A law, it was held, is excessively vague if it:
impermissibly delegates basic policy matters to policemen, judges, and juries for resolution on an ad hoc and subjective basis, with the attendant dangers of arbitrary and discriminatory application.
Arbitrary application? Resolution on an ad hoc and subjective basis? You see where I'm going with this.
The TCPA's ATDS definition remains convoluted beyond repair. TCPA liability has become the Shcrodinger's cat of legal principles. Indeed, it is impossible to know whether your conduct is legal or illegal until you are sued. Then, depending on what court you are sued within—and sometimes depending on the judge in that court—the applicable ATDS standard will be determined and (if you have good lawyers) perhaps you can demonstrate that your system lacks the eye-of-the-beholder-esque human intervention necessary to escape statutory treatment.
This, of course, is the archetypical situation of a law being void for vagueness— the law is applied subjectively, arbitrarily and on a post hac basis.
Want proof?
Well on Monday of this week three different ATDS decisions were handed down looking at essentially the same technology– text message platforms. Yet each of the courts applied a different ATDS formulation.
First, a court in New Jersey decided that an ATDS must have the capacity to generate numbers randomly or sequentially but that such capacity need not be used to dial the numbers at issue. That is, even a manually dialed call might be deemed to have been made with an ATDS if the device from which it was sent had the capacity to generate numbers in that fashion. See Rivero v. D'Jais, Civil Action No.: 18-12697 (FLW) (ZNQ), 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170246, (D. N.J. Sept. 30, 2019). Indeed, In Rivero the Court carefully reviewed Dominguez and concluded, in essence, that Dominguez was little more than a "capacity" decision. That focus on "capacity" allowed the Court to conclude that messages that had been sent en masse –but not randomly or sequentially—were presumptively sent using an ATDS, at least at the pleadings stage.
Highlighting the amorphous nature of the ATDS definition, the Court noted that there was already a split of authority within the same Court on the issue. There is. Compare Fleming v. Associated Credit Servs., 342 F.Supp.3d 563 (D.N.J. 2018) (a predictive dialer is not an ATDS), with Wilson v. Quest Diagnostics Inc., No. 18-11960, 2018 WL 6600096 (D.N.J. Dec. 17, 2018). But the Court finds it "unnecessary to resolve" that split of authority—suggesting the Court has elected to adopt yet a third ATDS approach within a single district court. Yikes.
Meanwhile, on that same day, a Court in Nevada denied a Defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings using a different ATDS standard entirely. See Castillo v. Caesars Entm't Corp., Case No.: 2:18-cv-02297-GMN-NJK, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 169810 (D. Nv. Sept. 30, 2019). There the Court applied the Marks formulation which does not look at random or sequential number generation at all. Rather all that is required is for a dialer to store numbers and call them "automatically" from a list. (The word "automatically" has still not been defined in the Ninth Circuit.) Because, once again, the texts were sent en masse, the Court concluded that the device had called from a list and—under Marks—that is, apparently all that is required.
Swinging back across the country, still on the same day, a Court in Rhode Island departed entirely from the statutory definition or Marks and applied a "human intervention" rule gleaned from an FCC ruling from back in 2003. In Decapua v. Metro. Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., C.A. No. 18-00590-WES 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168061 (D. R.I. Sept. 30, 2019) the Court concluded that texts sent by "a person physically inputting numbers, drafting a message, selecting recipients, choosing a date and time to send the message, and manually hitting a 'send' button" do not qualify as ATDS texts. So the texts in Decapua—which were mass-blasted telemarketing texts that undoubtedly violated the "spirit" of th TCPA—were deemed legal whereas the nearly identical texts sent by the defendants in Rivero and Castillo were deemed illegal.
At least the Decapua court had the good sense to declare the TCPA an "unusually confusing statute." Yet the Court in Castillo specifically refused to delay ruling on the definition of ATDS pending an important FCC Public Notice proceeding designed to clarify this precise issue.
At this point TCPAWorld litigants really need to begin asking themselves, is this statute even enforceable anymore? With three courts applying three different standards on the same day, TCPA enforcement has become as arbitratry as the random-fire dialers the statute was designed to prevent.
Indeed, the TCPA has demonstrated its own "capacity" to randomly generate high-dollar exposure. Seems like something has to give here.
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Does the Passing of Billy Graham Signal the Death of Christianity?
When I came to Wheaton College, I began to serve as the Billy Graham Distinguished Chair.
That role, and the role at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton, came with a key responsibility. Eventually, I was given a card that I was told I needed to carry on my person at all times.
Printed on the card were step-by-step directions to follow when Billy Graham died: the people I needed to call, the e-mails I needed to write, and the flights I needed to book. We knew that when this news finally broke, there would be a frenzy of activity. Arrangements would need to be made, interviews given, and articles published. This wasn't hype; we understood that the opportunity to celebrate the life of Billy Graham was going to be a major platform to continue the work to which he devoted his life: preaching the gospel to the world. His funeral was, in a sense, his last crusade, and millions tuned in.
Non-Christians and even younger Christians today may have difficulty understanding the impact and importance of Billy Graham. After all, thousands of preachers today have their own followings, YouTube videos, and podcasts. Ask ten Christians who their favorite Christian preacher or leader is, and you will likely get ten different answers.
During the second half of the twentieth century, however, the vast majority of Christians gave the same answer: Billy Graham.
When obituary after obituary called Graham "America's pastor," it wasn't an exaggeration. To many Americans, including presidents, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, and award-winning actors, Graham was their only connection to Christianity. He was their pastor.
Graham seemingly walked effortlessly across the cultural divisions that proved insurmountable to so many other leaders, and in doing so he proved to be one of the most unifying forces in American life.
For almost the past seventy years, Graham has been the living embodiment of the West's religious consensus. Even those who did not believe recognized in Graham a model of Christian virtue and ethics. He won begrudging respect from those we might classify as his cultural or theological opponents—a situation that seems almost impossible today.
One of the major causes for the age of outrage is that this religious and cultural consensus has evaporated. Graham's death in February 2018 was not the beginning of this change but serves as an appropriate bookend to a past age. Out of the spotlight for many years, Graham's declining presence in American life parallels the decline of the consensus he forged throughout his life. Thus, the incessant need of many Christians to find "the next Billy Graham" speaks to a recognition that we have lost a unifying force within a culture that was already splintering.
Most Americans, who identify as loosely Christian, are becoming less so—they are more frequently choosing "none of the above" rather than "Christian" when surveyed about their beliefs. In fact, each year about an additional one percent of Americans no longer identify as Christian.
Put another way, the nominals are becoming the nones. And as they become nones, their mind-set is more aligned with secular-minded people and they have less affinity with the avowedly religious. At the same time, the percentage of the devout has remained relatively stable.
The effect of this trend is that American culture is incrementally polarizing along religious lines. People are either becoming more secular or staying devout, though the biggest group is becoming more secular. This is where we meet the fork in the road: How do we engage with our faith in a culture now polarized along faith lines rather than being at least nominally Christian?
It is useful to think about culture as a river, flowing in the direction of our collective beliefs and values. Within this river, there were once three primary streams, each of which included about a quarter of the population. These three groups are:
Cultural Christians: People who self-identify as Christian because they are not something else and were born in a historically Christian country. They are Christians, in their minds, because that was part of their heritage.
Congregational Christians: People at church on Christmas Eve, and maybe for the occasional wedding or funeral. Although they may not have a vibrant faith, they retain some connection to a local congregation, probably going back on Easter, for example. As a result, over the last few decades, most churches have tried to reach these people.
Convictional Christians: People who identify as Christians are decidedly more religious. They probably go to church regularly, live values that aligned with Christianity, and chose their spouses based on their faith.
While historically there have been divergences and reunions in our cultural river, the overall consensus among Americans was shaped by a common Judeo-Christian belief system. Even though there was significant disparity when it came to the importance they attached to religion, all three streams shared an underlying commitment to Christian beliefs and values. In essence, each group moved in the same direction. While there was a fourth stream defined by other religious traditions and/or secularism, those beliefs were outside the mainstream.
Today, we are witnessing a shift in this model. About 25 percent of Americans identify as non-Christians, either because they are another religion or because they are secular. That stream continues to expand.
At the same time, the percentage of Convictional Christians in the US population has remained generally stable. What have changed are the number and beliefs of Cultural and Congregational Christians. As a result of the collapse of mainline Protestantism and the growth of secularism, Convictional Christianity has incrementally moved outside the American cultural mainstream. In fact, even as the number of Cultural and Congregational Christians decrease, the worldview and values of these Americans have shifted toward the secular stream and away from that of Convictional Christians.
However, the percentage who say they regularly attend church has remained relatively steady, so Convictional Christianity and regular church participation by its members have not substantially declined.
However, and this is key, Convictional Christianity has incrementally split from the mainstream of Western culture. This has provoked anger among some Christians. Since their values and practices shaped culture for so long, they had the impression that they owned the culture in some sense. In essence, some Christians want their country back, and by that they mean they want their cultural power back. This anger can lead to hostility against those they believe have taken it, fear that this trend will continue and lead to their marginalization, and confusion as to what to do about it.
In other words, people are divided, motivated to pick fights, and consistently talk past one another. This cultural forking has fueled the age of outrage, breeding anger by polarizing communities and teaching us to yell past one another rather than engage.
Christians can either try to reclaim a cultural norm that is dying if not already dead. Or we can grasp the central truth of the moment in which we live, consider both the moment we are in and the mission we are on, take a page out of Billy Graham's book, and actively engage society with the Gospel.
Adapted from Christians in the Age of Outrage: How to Bring Our Best When the World Is at Its Worst by Ed Stetzer. Copyright © 2018. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
Ed Stetzer holds the Billy Graham Distinguished Chair for Church, Mission, and Evangelism at Wheaton College, where he also serves as executive director of the Billy Graham Center. Stetzer has two earned doctorates and two master's degrees, and has written or cowritten more than a dozen books and hundreds of articles. He is the director for Lausanne North America and is on the board of the National Association of Evangelicals. Stetzer is a contributing editor for Christianity Today and is the executive editor of The Gospel Project, a Bible study curriculum used by more than one million people each week.


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When going to the beach, hanging by the pool or heading on vacation, every woman needs that go-to beach dress, the type of dress that you can throw over the top of swimmers for easy travels between beach and bar. Easy to wear with sandals but also great to wear with boots, the Night Blossom Plus Size Dress is one for all ladies.
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Hizbollah are defiant. They know that the regular Lebanese armed forces are weak and that most Lebanese, mindful of the horror show next door in Syria, think that the Shia militia is crucial to their national security. However Hizbollah is under increasing US financial pressure, while US and allied forces could weaken Hizbollah's position in Syria. At the same time Israel recently targeted its Damascus airport supply line and could restart the confrontation with Hizbollah in south Lebanon.
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Events February 7 – February 17
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The Cornelius Youth Orchestras is currently registering youth musicians for the spring semester. They are also introducing a new entry-level string orchestra, the CYO Prelude Strings, for students just beginning their music education journey. Both programs meet weekly at Bailey Middle School.
Thursday, Feb. 7
Monthly Fiber Circle
All knitters, weavers, quilters and other fiber artists are invited to work in a friendly atmosphere and expand your knowledge. Free. 10 a.m.-noon at Historic Latta Plantation in Huntersville.
Career Development Workshop
William Deitz of Deitz Career Development will present key methods to guide you in making fruitful career decisions. 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Cornelius Branch Library.
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
With the help of her friend Simon and a stripper named Sweetheart, Nan tapes her abusive husband to a chair and forces him to watch as they reenact scenes from their painful past. Feb. 7-23 at The Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius.
Friday, Feb. 8
The Bailey's Glen/Hough High School Partnership will hold an online auction to raise funds to benefit students and teachers. Feb. 8-15 at www/biddingowl.com/baileysglenhoughhigh.
"Home Grown" Exhibit
Popular, annual exhibit features an eclectic mix of work from local artists in all variety of media. Feb 1-March 30 at the Cornelius Arts Center.
"Eyes See Far, Hands Too Short to Reach" features videos, performances and installations from the last decade by Hiwa K, a German-Kurdish artist whose work explores the body, identity, music and play. Open through March 1 at the Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College.
HeART pARTy
Come make Valentine's Day cards and crafts with us! Free; no registration required. 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Cornelius Arts Center.
Girls' Sports Clinic
National Girls and Women in Sports Clinic will feature stations, drills and activities with Davidson Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Lacrosse, more. Girls in grades K-8 invited. 9:30-11 a.m. at Davidson College.
Annual Seed Swap
Join Historic Latta and Mecklenburg County Master Gardener Association for our first annual seed swap. Bring your extra seeds to share with other gardeners in the community, make your own garden journal and enter a raffle to win prizes. Refreshments will be served. Free. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Historic Latta Plantation in Huntersville.
Fairy House Festival
Annual festival that will inspire appreciation of the environment with storytelling, children's crafts, activities, and games, all focused on fairies and nature! Advance ticket purchase required. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Latta Nature Center and Preserve in Huntersville.
Polar Plunge and Chili Cook-off
Join us for s'mores, campfire and snacks at the waterfront as we take the plunge into the lake to support the Lake Norman YMCA Annual Campaign. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Lake Norman YMCA in Cornelius.
Lit Lite
Join us in reading and discussing literary books under 350 pages. This month's selection is "Euphoria" by Lily King. 2 p.m. at the Cornelius Branch Library.
Argentinian Wine Dinner
Nationally-recognized chef and author Dan Huntley will prepare a traditional feast over hot coals. 3-6:30 p.m. at Historic Rural Hill in Huntersville.
Gospel Concert
Southern gospel groups the Melodyaires and the High Time Quartet will perform. A freewill offering will be received. 5:30 p.m. at Living Word Ministries in Stanley.
Winter Wander Hike
The Cornelius PARC Dept. and Davidson Parks and Recreation will host a guided hike. 2 p.m. at Robbins Park and Nature Preserve in Cornelius.
WDAV Concert Series
Percussionist, composer and media artist Scott Deal is joined by Davidson College Artist Associate in Piano William Fried for "Music Under the Influence of Computers," a program of music for piano, percussion, and electronics that includes both fixed and interactive media. 3-4:30 p.m. at Davidson College.
The Rev. Rodney Sadler, associate professor of Bible at Union Presbyterian Seminary, will present "The Bible and Religion in the Perpetuation of Racial Thought." 4-6 p.m. at Davidson United Methodist Church.
Organ at Davidson
Alicia Chapman
English horn soloist Alicia Chapman, organist Joe Causby, baritone soloist David Brian
Clark and pianist Erin Palmer will perform works by Sibelius, Vaughan Williams, Mahler, Dan Locklair, more. 7:30 p.m. at Davidson College Presbyterian Church.
Lake Norman Teen Council
Member-governed organization offers service projects, trips and workshops. Students in grades 6-12 welcome. 6:30 p.m. at Cornelius Town Hall.
Open Track Nights
The track at Bailey Road Park in Cornelius will be open and lighted for public use from 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through February 2019.
Journalist Pam Kelley will present "A New Look at Smithville" about the historic Cornelius neighborhood. 7 p.m. at Boat Yard Eats in Cornelius.
Yoga at the Cabin
Weekly class focuses on breath and relaxation. All levels welcome. 9-9:55 a.m. at The Bradford Store in Huntersville.
Children's Book Club
Children in grades 1-2 invited for a discussion of "The Story of Diva and Flea" by Mo Willems. 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Cornelius Branch Library.
Galentine's Day Party
Enjoy a Ben & Jerry's sundae bar, wine, savory nibbles and a blind date with a book that you may keep or swap, white elephant style, with another "gal"-entine. $30. 7 p.m. at Main Street Books in Davidson.
Victorian Valentine Homeschool Day
Learn about 19th century Valentine's Day traditions as you explore the house and grounds. Demonstrations and activities will include baking in the kitchen, English country dancing, fan language and making valentines with quill pens. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Historic Latta Plantation in Huntersville.
American Red Cross drive. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at JV Washam Elementary School in Cornelius.
Valentine's Showcase
Our Town Stage hosts The Platters for a Valentine's showcase with food, dancing and a cash bar. 6 p.m. at the Charles Mack Citizen Center in Mooresville.
Friday, Feb. 15
February Focus Friday
Discussion of the Mecklenburg County property revaluation. 8:30 a.m. at the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce in Cornelius.
American Red Cross drive. 1-5:30 p.m. at the Peninsula Club in Cornelius.
Cornelius PARC will provide crafts, games, pizza and a movie for kids ages 7-12. Residents, $10; non-residents, $15. 6-9 p.m. at the Cornelius Arts Center.
Historical Presentation
"Harriet Tubman: The Love in That Cabin." Experience spirited performing storyteller Carol Evans as she portrays moments from Harriet Tubman's life and work with the Underground Railroad. 6-7:30 p.m. at Historic Latta Plantation in Huntersville.
Saturday, Feb. 16
Loon Boat Tours
The Lake Norman Wildlife Conservationists will host tours to observe loons that have returned to Lake Norman from their summer residences. Free; donations accepted for boat fuel. Register online. The next tour will begin at 8:30 a.m. at Morningstar Marina in Cornelius.
In celebration of Black History Month, the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra will perform William Grant Still's "Afro-American Symphony," the first symphony composed by an African American to be performed by a major orchestra. 7:30 p.m. at Davidson College.
Join us for a viewing of "The Talk: Race in America" followed by a discussion. 3-6 p.m. at Davidson United Methodist Church.
Durham-based Hank, Pattie and the Current will perform bluegrass and Americana. 3 p.m. at Saint Alban's Episcopal Church in Davidson.


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Police Officer Buys A Week's Worth Of Groceries For Mom Who Stole To Feed Her Family
by Sarah Hosseini
Image via Love What Really Matters/Facebook
Officer's act of kindness goes beyond groceries
A struggling mom arrested for stealing food just got a gift that's even bigger than sustenance: she received compassion. It's a hot commodity these days and in seemingly short supply. But a police officer in Alabama has an abundance of it and is inspiring others to have some too.
Officer Katrina Lewis Culbreath of Dothan Police Department upholds the law every day. This week she reached out to a mother who broke it.
Sheena Davenport was in court facing a shoplifting charge from a year ago. "Today I went to court for shoplifting food from Wal-Mart almost a year ago. Logan and I were struggling like no other and didn't know what to do," she writes on the Love What Matters Facebook page.
Thankfully, Officer Culbreath saw beyond the law breaking and got to the heart of the matter. She instructed the mom to meet her outside after her court paperwork was finished and follow her.
"We ended up at Winn-Dixie grocery store," writes Davenport. "She told me to grab a buggy and lets go shopping."
The officer bought $139 worth of food for her and her family.
"After I told her she didn't have to do it she started telling me her struggle and how she made it through," the mom says.
She adds, "This world may be jacked up y'all, but there are still people out there who make a difference and when my time comes I will pay it forward."
Image via Dothan Police Department/Officer Katrina Lewis Culbreath
This is what it's all about. Helping each other in our times of need with no judgement or shame.
Food insecurity is a reality for many families around the country and the numbers are staggering. According to Feeding America, a website that tracks poverty and food security data in the U.S., about 15 million families are food insecure. That means a large chunk of our population doesn't have access to nutritious food or can't afford it. Even more alarming, households with children reported food insecurity at a significantly higher rate than those without children, 17 percent compared to 11 percent.
Those struggling financially are deserving of understanding and compassion. Helping them can be the difference between eating and not eating for the day. Helping can also make a difference that goes beyond the plate and hits the heart.


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CBS SPORTS' 2022 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Posted by Staff Writer | May 25, 2022 | Featured | 0 |
SEC ON CBS Schedule Kicks off Sept. 17 with Penn State at Auburn, Features Primetime Doubleheader on Oct. 8 and Concludes with SEC Championship on Dec. 3
All Games to be Broadcast on the CBS Television Network and Streamed Live on Paramount+
CBS Sports has announced its 2022 college football broadcast schedule and SEC ON CBS windows, along with select games. CBS Sports, which has been the highest-rated college football network for the past 13 years, will present a total of 22 games broadcast on the CBS Television Network and will stream live on Paramount+.
The 2022 SEC ON CBS schedule totals 15 games, including the SEC Championship on Saturday, Dec. 3 (4:00 PM, ET).
This year's SEC ON CBS schedule begins on Sept. 17 with Auburn hosting Penn State.
The annual rivalry game between defending National Champion Georgia and Florida will take place on Oct. 29.
In addition to the traditional Saturday SEC ON CBS Game of the Week at its familiar 3:30 PM, ET time slot, there will be a primetime SEC doubleheader on Oct. 8 and an afternoon SEC doubleheader on Nov. 12. SEC ON CBS games are announced six to 12 days prior to their broadcast date.
CBS Sports' college football broadcast schedule kicks off on Sept. 3 at 3:30 PM, ET with Arizona visiting San Diego State and continues on Sept. 10 with Air Force hosting Colorado at 3:30 PM, ET.
This year's schedule features a total of five doubleheaders. In addition to the two SEC ON CBS doubleheaders (Oct. 8 and Nov. 12), there will be doubleheaders on Saturday Oct. 1, Saturday, Nov. 5, and Friday, Nov. 25.
In addition to the SEC ON CBS Game of the Week, the doubleheader on Oct. 1 will begin with Navy at Air Force (12 NOON, ET) while the Nov. 5 action will start with Air Force meeting Army (11:30 AM, ET). And on the Friday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 25), it will be a Mountain West matchup between Utah State and Boise State (12 NOON, ET) along with an SEC rivalry game as Arkansas visits Missouri (3:30 PM, ET).
For the second consecutive year, all three Commander-in-Chief's Trophy games will be broadcast on CBS, culminating with the annual Army-Navy classic on Dec. 10 at 3:00 PM, ET.
CBS' 2022 college football schedule concludes with the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl on Friday, Dec. 30.
Brad Nessler and Gary Danielson, along with reporter Jamie Erdahl, are CBS Sports' lead college football announce team. Gene Steratore is the rules analyst.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY, the Network's pre-game, halftime and post-game studio show, returns with host Adam Zucker alongside analysts Rick Neuheisel and Brian Jones.
CBS Sports Digital will provide additional in-depth college football coverage throughout the season on a variety of platforms, including CBSSports.com; the CBS Sports app; CBS Sports HQ, the 24/7 streaming sports news service; 247Sports, the industry leader in college football and recruiting analysis with more than 100 dedicated team websites; the Cover 3 College Football Podcast; and on CBS Sports social handles.
Following is CBS Sports' 2022 college football broadcast schedule, including SEC ON CBS windows and select games:
DATE TIME (ET) GAME
Saturday, Sept. 3 3:30 PM ARIZONA at SAN DIEGO STATE
Saturday, Sept. 10 3:30 PM COLORADO at AIR FORCE
Saturday, Sept. 17 3:30 PM PENN STATE at AUBURN
Saturday, Sept. 24 3:30 PM SEC ON CBS GAME OF THE WEEK
Saturday, Oct. 1 12:00 NOON NAVY at AIR FORCE
3:30 PM SEC ON CBS GAME OF THE WEEK
Saturday, Oct. 8 3:30 PM SEC ON CBS GAME TBD
Saturday, Oct. 15 3:30 PM SEC ON CBS GAME OF THE WEEK
Saturday, Oct. 29 3:30 PM GEORGIA vs FLORIDA
Saturday, Nov. 5 11:30 AM AIR FORCE vs ARMY
Saturday, Nov. 12 12:00 NOON SEC ON CBS GAME TBD
Saturday, Nov. 19 3:30 PM SEC ON CBS GAME OF THE WEEK
Friday, Nov. 25 12:00 NOON UTAH STATE at BOISE STATE
3:30 PM ARKANSAS at MISSOURI
SEC GAME OF THE WEEK
Saturday, Dec. 3 4:00 PM SEC CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, Dec. 10 3:00 PM ARMY – NAVY
Friday, Dec. 30 12:00 NOON TONY THE TIGER SUN BOWL
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require "google/cloud/talent/v4beta1/application_service_client"
require "google/cloud/talent/v4beta1/helpers"
require "google/cloud/talent/v4beta1/company_service_client"
require "google/cloud/talent/v4beta1/completion_client"
require "google/cloud/talent/v4beta1/event_service_client"
require "google/cloud/talent/v4beta1/job_service_client"
require "google/cloud/talent/v4beta1/profile_service_client"
require "google/cloud/talent/v4beta1/tenant_service_client"
require "google/cloud/talent/v4beta1/common_pb"
require "google/cloud/talent/v4beta1/job_service_pb"

module Google
  module Cloud
    module Talent
      # rubocop:disable LineLength

      ##
      # # Ruby Client for Cloud Talent Solution API ([Alpha](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby#versioning))
      #
      # [Cloud Talent Solution API][Product Documentation]:
      # Cloud Talent Solution provides the capability to create, read, update, and
      # delete job postings, as well as search jobs based on keywords and filters.
      # - [Product Documentation][]
      #
      # ## Quick Start
      # In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following
      # steps:
      #
      # 1. [Select or create a Cloud Platform project.](https://console.cloud.google.com/project)
      # 2. [Enable billing for your project.](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project#enable_billing_for_a_project)
      # 3. [Enable the Cloud Talent Solution API.](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/talent.googleapis.com)
      # 4. [Setup Authentication.](https://googleapis.dev/ruby/google-cloud-talent/latest/file.AUTHENTICATION.html)
      #
      # ### Installation
      # ```
      # $ gem install google-cloud-talent
      # ```
      #
      # ### Next Steps
      # - Read the [Cloud Talent Solution API Product documentation][Product Documentation]
      #   to learn more about the product and see How-to Guides.
      # - View this [repository's main README](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/blob/master/README.md)
      #   to see the full list of Cloud APIs that we cover.
      #
      # [Product Documentation]: https://cloud.google.com/talent
      #
      # ## Enabling Logging
      #
      # To enable logging for this library, set the logger for the underlying [gRPC](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/master/src/ruby) library.
      # The logger that you set may be a Ruby stdlib [`Logger`](https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.5.0/libdoc/logger/rdoc/Logger.html) as shown below,
      # or a [`Google::Cloud::Logging::Logger`](https://googleapis.dev/ruby/google-cloud-logging/latest)
      # that will write logs to [Stackdriver Logging](https://cloud.google.com/logging/). See [grpc/logconfig.rb](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/src/ruby/lib/grpc/logconfig.rb)
      # and the gRPC [spec_helper.rb](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/src/ruby/spec/spec_helper.rb) for additional information.
      #
      # Configuring a Ruby stdlib logger:
      #
      # ```ruby
      # require "logger"
      #
      # module MyLogger
      #   LOGGER = Logger.new $stderr, level: Logger::WARN
      #   def logger
      #     LOGGER
      #   end
      # end
      #
      # # Define a gRPC module-level logger method before grpc/logconfig.rb loads.
      # module GRPC
      #   extend MyLogger
      # end
      # ```
      #
      module V4beta1
        # rubocop:enable LineLength

        module ApplicationService
          ##
          # A service that handles application management, including CRUD and
          # enumeration.
          #
          # @param credentials [Google::Auth::Credentials, String, Hash, GRPC::Core::Channel, GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials, Proc]
          #   Provides the means for authenticating requests made by the client. This parameter can
          #   be many types.
          #   A `Google::Auth::Credentials` uses a the properties of its represented keyfile for
          #   authenticating requests made by this client.
          #   A `String` will be treated as the path to the keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `Hash` will be treated as the contents of a keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::Channel` will be used to make calls through.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials` for the setting up the RPC client. The channel credentials
          #   should already be composed with a `GRPC::Core::CallCredentials` object.
          #   A `Proc` will be used as an updater_proc for the Grpc channel. The proc transforms the
          #   metadata for requests, generally, to give OAuth credentials.
          # @param scopes [Array<String>]
          #   The OAuth scopes for this service. This parameter is ignored if
          #   an updater_proc is supplied.
          # @param client_config [Hash]
          #   A Hash for call options for each method. See
          #   Google::Gax#construct_settings for the structure of
          #   this data. Falls back to the default config if not specified
          #   or the specified config is missing data points.
          # @param timeout [Numeric]
          #   The default timeout, in seconds, for calls made through this client.
          # @param metadata [Hash]
          #   Default metadata to be sent with each request. This can be overridden on a per call basis.
          # @param service_address [String]
          #   Override for the service hostname, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param service_port [Integer]
          #   Override for the service port, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param exception_transformer [Proc]
          #   An optional proc that intercepts any exceptions raised during an API call to inject
          #   custom error handling.
          def self.new \
              credentials: nil,
              scopes: nil,
              client_config: nil,
              timeout: nil,
              metadata: nil,
              service_address: nil,
              service_port: nil,
              exception_transformer: nil,
              lib_name: nil,
              lib_version: nil
            kwargs = {
              credentials: credentials,
              scopes: scopes,
              client_config: client_config,
              timeout: timeout,
              metadata: metadata,
              exception_transformer: exception_transformer,
              lib_name: lib_name,
              service_address: service_address,
              service_port: service_port,
              lib_version: lib_version
            }.select { |_, v| v != nil }
            Google::Cloud::Talent::V4beta1::ApplicationServiceClient.new(**kwargs)
          end
        end

        module CompanyService
          ##
          # A service that handles company management, including CRUD and enumeration.
          #
          # @param credentials [Google::Auth::Credentials, String, Hash, GRPC::Core::Channel, GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials, Proc]
          #   Provides the means for authenticating requests made by the client. This parameter can
          #   be many types.
          #   A `Google::Auth::Credentials` uses a the properties of its represented keyfile for
          #   authenticating requests made by this client.
          #   A `String` will be treated as the path to the keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `Hash` will be treated as the contents of a keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::Channel` will be used to make calls through.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials` for the setting up the RPC client. The channel credentials
          #   should already be composed with a `GRPC::Core::CallCredentials` object.
          #   A `Proc` will be used as an updater_proc for the Grpc channel. The proc transforms the
          #   metadata for requests, generally, to give OAuth credentials.
          # @param scopes [Array<String>]
          #   The OAuth scopes for this service. This parameter is ignored if
          #   an updater_proc is supplied.
          # @param client_config [Hash]
          #   A Hash for call options for each method. See
          #   Google::Gax#construct_settings for the structure of
          #   this data. Falls back to the default config if not specified
          #   or the specified config is missing data points.
          # @param timeout [Numeric]
          #   The default timeout, in seconds, for calls made through this client.
          # @param metadata [Hash]
          #   Default metadata to be sent with each request. This can be overridden on a per call basis.
          # @param service_address [String]
          #   Override for the service hostname, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param service_port [Integer]
          #   Override for the service port, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param exception_transformer [Proc]
          #   An optional proc that intercepts any exceptions raised during an API call to inject
          #   custom error handling.
          def self.new \
              credentials: nil,
              scopes: nil,
              client_config: nil,
              timeout: nil,
              metadata: nil,
              service_address: nil,
              service_port: nil,
              exception_transformer: nil,
              lib_name: nil,
              lib_version: nil
            kwargs = {
              credentials: credentials,
              scopes: scopes,
              client_config: client_config,
              timeout: timeout,
              metadata: metadata,
              exception_transformer: exception_transformer,
              lib_name: lib_name,
              service_address: service_address,
              service_port: service_port,
              lib_version: lib_version
            }.select { |_, v| v != nil }
            Google::Cloud::Talent::V4beta1::CompanyServiceClient.new(**kwargs)
          end
        end

        module Completion
          ##
          # A service handles auto completion.
          #
          # @param credentials [Google::Auth::Credentials, String, Hash, GRPC::Core::Channel, GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials, Proc]
          #   Provides the means for authenticating requests made by the client. This parameter can
          #   be many types.
          #   A `Google::Auth::Credentials` uses a the properties of its represented keyfile for
          #   authenticating requests made by this client.
          #   A `String` will be treated as the path to the keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `Hash` will be treated as the contents of a keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::Channel` will be used to make calls through.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials` for the setting up the RPC client. The channel credentials
          #   should already be composed with a `GRPC::Core::CallCredentials` object.
          #   A `Proc` will be used as an updater_proc for the Grpc channel. The proc transforms the
          #   metadata for requests, generally, to give OAuth credentials.
          # @param scopes [Array<String>]
          #   The OAuth scopes for this service. This parameter is ignored if
          #   an updater_proc is supplied.
          # @param client_config [Hash]
          #   A Hash for call options for each method. See
          #   Google::Gax#construct_settings for the structure of
          #   this data. Falls back to the default config if not specified
          #   or the specified config is missing data points.
          # @param timeout [Numeric]
          #   The default timeout, in seconds, for calls made through this client.
          # @param metadata [Hash]
          #   Default metadata to be sent with each request. This can be overridden on a per call basis.
          # @param service_address [String]
          #   Override for the service hostname, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param service_port [Integer]
          #   Override for the service port, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param exception_transformer [Proc]
          #   An optional proc that intercepts any exceptions raised during an API call to inject
          #   custom error handling.
          def self.new \
              credentials: nil,
              scopes: nil,
              client_config: nil,
              timeout: nil,
              metadata: nil,
              service_address: nil,
              service_port: nil,
              exception_transformer: nil,
              lib_name: nil,
              lib_version: nil
            kwargs = {
              credentials: credentials,
              scopes: scopes,
              client_config: client_config,
              timeout: timeout,
              metadata: metadata,
              exception_transformer: exception_transformer,
              lib_name: lib_name,
              service_address: service_address,
              service_port: service_port,
              lib_version: lib_version
            }.select { |_, v| v != nil }
            Google::Cloud::Talent::V4beta1::CompletionClient.new(**kwargs)
          end
        end

        module Event
          ##
          # A service handles client event report.
          #
          # @param credentials [Google::Auth::Credentials, String, Hash, GRPC::Core::Channel, GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials, Proc]
          #   Provides the means for authenticating requests made by the client. This parameter can
          #   be many types.
          #   A `Google::Auth::Credentials` uses a the properties of its represented keyfile for
          #   authenticating requests made by this client.
          #   A `String` will be treated as the path to the keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `Hash` will be treated as the contents of a keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::Channel` will be used to make calls through.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials` for the setting up the RPC client. The channel credentials
          #   should already be composed with a `GRPC::Core::CallCredentials` object.
          #   A `Proc` will be used as an updater_proc for the Grpc channel. The proc transforms the
          #   metadata for requests, generally, to give OAuth credentials.
          # @param scopes [Array<String>]
          #   The OAuth scopes for this service. This parameter is ignored if
          #   an updater_proc is supplied.
          # @param client_config [Hash]
          #   A Hash for call options for each method. See
          #   Google::Gax#construct_settings for the structure of
          #   this data. Falls back to the default config if not specified
          #   or the specified config is missing data points.
          # @param timeout [Numeric]
          #   The default timeout, in seconds, for calls made through this client.
          # @param metadata [Hash]
          #   Default metadata to be sent with each request. This can be overridden on a per call basis.
          # @param service_address [String]
          #   Override for the service hostname, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param service_port [Integer]
          #   Override for the service port, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param exception_transformer [Proc]
          #   An optional proc that intercepts any exceptions raised during an API call to inject
          #   custom error handling.
          def self.new \
              credentials: nil,
              scopes: nil,
              client_config: nil,
              timeout: nil,
              metadata: nil,
              service_address: nil,
              service_port: nil,
              exception_transformer: nil,
              lib_name: nil,
              lib_version: nil
            kwargs = {
              credentials: credentials,
              scopes: scopes,
              client_config: client_config,
              timeout: timeout,
              metadata: metadata,
              exception_transformer: exception_transformer,
              lib_name: lib_name,
              service_address: service_address,
              service_port: service_port,
              lib_version: lib_version
            }.select { |_, v| v != nil }
            Google::Cloud::Talent::V4beta1::EventServiceClient.new(**kwargs)
          end
        end

        module JobService
          ##
          # A service handles job management, including job CRUD, enumeration and search.
          #
          # @param credentials [Google::Auth::Credentials, String, Hash, GRPC::Core::Channel, GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials, Proc]
          #   Provides the means for authenticating requests made by the client. This parameter can
          #   be many types.
          #   A `Google::Auth::Credentials` uses a the properties of its represented keyfile for
          #   authenticating requests made by this client.
          #   A `String` will be treated as the path to the keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `Hash` will be treated as the contents of a keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::Channel` will be used to make calls through.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials` for the setting up the RPC client. The channel credentials
          #   should already be composed with a `GRPC::Core::CallCredentials` object.
          #   A `Proc` will be used as an updater_proc for the Grpc channel. The proc transforms the
          #   metadata for requests, generally, to give OAuth credentials.
          # @param scopes [Array<String>]
          #   The OAuth scopes for this service. This parameter is ignored if
          #   an updater_proc is supplied.
          # @param client_config [Hash]
          #   A Hash for call options for each method. See
          #   Google::Gax#construct_settings for the structure of
          #   this data. Falls back to the default config if not specified
          #   or the specified config is missing data points.
          # @param timeout [Numeric]
          #   The default timeout, in seconds, for calls made through this client.
          # @param metadata [Hash]
          #   Default metadata to be sent with each request. This can be overridden on a per call basis.
          # @param service_address [String]
          #   Override for the service hostname, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param service_port [Integer]
          #   Override for the service port, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param exception_transformer [Proc]
          #   An optional proc that intercepts any exceptions raised during an API call to inject
          #   custom error handling.
          def self.new \
              credentials: nil,
              scopes: nil,
              client_config: nil,
              timeout: nil,
              metadata: nil,
              service_address: nil,
              service_port: nil,
              exception_transformer: nil,
              lib_name: nil,
              lib_version: nil
            kwargs = {
              credentials: credentials,
              scopes: scopes,
              client_config: client_config,
              timeout: timeout,
              metadata: metadata,
              exception_transformer: exception_transformer,
              lib_name: lib_name,
              service_address: service_address,
              service_port: service_port,
              lib_version: lib_version
            }.select { |_, v| v != nil }
            Google::Cloud::Talent::V4beta1::JobServiceClient.new(**kwargs)
          end
        end

        module ProfileService
          ##
          # A service that handles profile management, including profile CRUD,
          # enumeration and search.
          #
          # @param credentials [Google::Auth::Credentials, String, Hash, GRPC::Core::Channel, GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials, Proc]
          #   Provides the means for authenticating requests made by the client. This parameter can
          #   be many types.
          #   A `Google::Auth::Credentials` uses a the properties of its represented keyfile for
          #   authenticating requests made by this client.
          #   A `String` will be treated as the path to the keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `Hash` will be treated as the contents of a keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::Channel` will be used to make calls through.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials` for the setting up the RPC client. The channel credentials
          #   should already be composed with a `GRPC::Core::CallCredentials` object.
          #   A `Proc` will be used as an updater_proc for the Grpc channel. The proc transforms the
          #   metadata for requests, generally, to give OAuth credentials.
          # @param scopes [Array<String>]
          #   The OAuth scopes for this service. This parameter is ignored if
          #   an updater_proc is supplied.
          # @param client_config [Hash]
          #   A Hash for call options for each method. See
          #   Google::Gax#construct_settings for the structure of
          #   this data. Falls back to the default config if not specified
          #   or the specified config is missing data points.
          # @param timeout [Numeric]
          #   The default timeout, in seconds, for calls made through this client.
          # @param metadata [Hash]
          #   Default metadata to be sent with each request. This can be overridden on a per call basis.
          # @param service_address [String]
          #   Override for the service hostname, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param service_port [Integer]
          #   Override for the service port, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param exception_transformer [Proc]
          #   An optional proc that intercepts any exceptions raised during an API call to inject
          #   custom error handling.
          def self.new \
              credentials: nil,
              scopes: nil,
              client_config: nil,
              timeout: nil,
              metadata: nil,
              service_address: nil,
              service_port: nil,
              exception_transformer: nil,
              lib_name: nil,
              lib_version: nil
            kwargs = {
              credentials: credentials,
              scopes: scopes,
              client_config: client_config,
              timeout: timeout,
              metadata: metadata,
              exception_transformer: exception_transformer,
              lib_name: lib_name,
              service_address: service_address,
              service_port: service_port,
              lib_version: lib_version
            }.select { |_, v| v != nil }
            Google::Cloud::Talent::V4beta1::ProfileServiceClient.new(**kwargs)
          end
        end

        module TenantService
          ##
          # A service that handles tenant management, including CRUD and enumeration.
          #
          # @param credentials [Google::Auth::Credentials, String, Hash, GRPC::Core::Channel, GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials, Proc]
          #   Provides the means for authenticating requests made by the client. This parameter can
          #   be many types.
          #   A `Google::Auth::Credentials` uses a the properties of its represented keyfile for
          #   authenticating requests made by this client.
          #   A `String` will be treated as the path to the keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `Hash` will be treated as the contents of a keyfile to be used for the construction of
          #   credentials for this client.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::Channel` will be used to make calls through.
          #   A `GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials` for the setting up the RPC client. The channel credentials
          #   should already be composed with a `GRPC::Core::CallCredentials` object.
          #   A `Proc` will be used as an updater_proc for the Grpc channel. The proc transforms the
          #   metadata for requests, generally, to give OAuth credentials.
          # @param scopes [Array<String>]
          #   The OAuth scopes for this service. This parameter is ignored if
          #   an updater_proc is supplied.
          # @param client_config [Hash]
          #   A Hash for call options for each method. See
          #   Google::Gax#construct_settings for the structure of
          #   this data. Falls back to the default config if not specified
          #   or the specified config is missing data points.
          # @param timeout [Numeric]
          #   The default timeout, in seconds, for calls made through this client.
          # @param metadata [Hash]
          #   Default metadata to be sent with each request. This can be overridden on a per call basis.
          # @param service_address [String]
          #   Override for the service hostname, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param service_port [Integer]
          #   Override for the service port, or `nil` to leave as the default.
          # @param exception_transformer [Proc]
          #   An optional proc that intercepts any exceptions raised during an API call to inject
          #   custom error handling.
          def self.new \
              credentials: nil,
              scopes: nil,
              client_config: nil,
              timeout: nil,
              metadata: nil,
              service_address: nil,
              service_port: nil,
              exception_transformer: nil,
              lib_name: nil,
              lib_version: nil
            kwargs = {
              credentials: credentials,
              scopes: scopes,
              client_config: client_config,
              timeout: timeout,
              metadata: metadata,
              exception_transformer: exception_transformer,
              lib_name: lib_name,
              service_address: service_address,
              service_port: service_port,
              lib_version: lib_version
            }.select { |_, v| v != nil }
            Google::Cloud::Talent::V4beta1::TenantServiceClient.new(**kwargs)
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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When Women is not eligible for Residence order in Domestic Violence Act?
1. The appellant is 84 years old and the respondent is 62 years old. The respondent seeks to establish her status as the wife/companion of the appellant who has been left high and dry by the appellant while on the other hand the appellant categorically denies any such status.
2. The admitted facts are that the respondent was married to Digitally signed by USHA RANI BHARDWAJ one Shri Harish Chander Chhabra. That marriage did not workout and ultimately a consent decree for divorce was obtained on 10.10.1996. Even in the interregnum period, the respondent claims to have developed a relationship with the appellant starting from their introduction in 1987. It is her case that there was continuous interaction between the two and the appellant even proposed to her in December 1993. The appellant earned a National Award on 16.10.1996. The respondent also claims to have been requested to travel with the appellant to Bangalore on 30.10.1996. The appellant's wife was alive when the respondent claims that the appellant took her to No.38/1, Jayanagar, Bengaluru and that the appellant's wife was apparently also aware of the relationship between the two parties. The respondent claims that she resigned from the job with ICAR at the behest of the appellant. On 10.1.1998, the respondent claims that the appellant applied "kumkum" to her forehead and soon thereafter he was conferred with the Padma Shri Award and the respondent accompanied the appellant for the felicitation ceremony on 21.3.1998.
3. It is the respondent's claim that from 2002-2008 the respondent was made to stay in different residences hired by the appellant. But apparently the relationship soured. The endeavors for reconciliation, however, did not succeed. The wife of the appellant was incidentally alive at that time and she passed away on 22.2.2010. The endeavor, prior to this, by the respondent seeking remedy for what she claims to be her neglect, through the Women and Child Welfare Department of State of Karnataka, also did not succeed.
4. The respondent claims to have made various efforts by approaching authorities and high dignitaries apart from police authorities but to no avail.
5. The respondent initiated proceedings under Section 12 of The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as 'the D.V. Act') on 16.9.2013 being Criminal Misc. Petition No.179 of 2013. This case is stated to have been re-numbered as Crl. Misc. Application No.139 of 2015. The endeavor of the appellant seeking quashing of these proceedings before the High Court vide Criminal Writ Petition No.6126/2013 under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the Cr.P.C.) did not succeed and petition was dismissed on 2.1.2015. The trial went on and at the request of the respondent made under Section 410 of the Cr.P.C., the application was transferred from the Court of the Metropolitan Magistrate–VI to the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate-II at Bangalore. This application was finally dismissed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate on 30.7.2015.
6. The respondent, aggrieved by the said order, filed Criminal Appeal No.1070/2015 under Section 29 of the D.V. Act on 18.8.2015 which was assigned to the learned Addl. Sessions Judge presiding over Court 67. The interim relief prayed for in this petition was, however, rejected by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge on 5.11.2015.
7. The respondent again sought a transfer from that court and the appeal was transferred to the Court of the learned Additional Sessions Judge presiding over Court No.53 vide order dated 16.2.2016. A second application was filed by the respondent for stay of the impugned order for interim maintenance. The respondent was once again aggrieved by the conduct of the proceedings during the hearing of the interim application and submitted a complaint to the High Court of Karnataka. In terms of an administrative order of the Registrar General of the High Court, the application was called upon to be decided on or before 30.4.2016. The application was rejected on 21.4.2016 as being not maintainable. The applications filed for additional evidence by the respondent also met an adverse fate.
8. It is in the aforesaid scenario that the respondent filed Writ petition No.49153 of 2016 under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India before the High Court of Karnataka praying for the transfer of Criminal Appeal No.1070 of 2015 to the High Court itself on the ground that the order for rejection of the applications for additional evidence did not inspire faith.
9. Learned Single Judge of the High Court by an ex-parte order dated 19.9.2016, while issuing notice in the petition, stayed all further proceedings and permitted the respondent to occupy the premises No.38/1, 30th Cross, 3rd Main, 7th Block Jayanagar, Bengaluru, 560082 belonging to the appellant. This interim order is subject matter of challenge before us in SLP (C) No. 32783/2016 now numbered as Civil Appeal No.2500 of 2017.
10. On service being effected on the appellant, the writ petition was opposed along with the prayer for vacation of the ex-parte order. It is the case of the appellant that instead of deciding the Interlocutory Application, the appellant was compelled to pay a lump sum amount of Rs.30,000/- as a onetime payment. This order is stated to have been challenged in SLP No.33150 of 2016. In fact the declining of interim relief by the appellate court was not even specifically challenged before the High Court and yet the High Court granted an ex parte order.
11. Learned Single Judge vide the subsequent order dated 24.10.2016 sought to withdraw the appeal proceedings from the learned Addl. Sessions Judge to the High Court itself and thisorder has been assailed in SLP No.32534/2016 now numbered as Civil Appeal No.2502 of 2017.
12. We have heard the contentions of the learned senior counsel for the appellant and have also heard the respondent appearing in person, quite elaborately. Written submissions were filed both by the appellant and by the respondent. We have noticed that a large part of the submissions of the respondent relate to the merits of the claim as to why the learned Metropolitan Magistrate fell into error while dismissing the application filed by the respondent on 30.7.2015 under Section 12 of the D.V. Act.
(ii) Whether the learned Single Judge was right in withdrawing the proceedings pending before the learned Addl. Sessions Judge to the High Court vide the impugned order dated24.10.2016.
"17. Right to reside in a shared household.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, every woman in a domestic relationship shall have the right to reside in the shared household, whether or not she has any right, title or beneficial interest in the same. (2) The aggrieved person shall not be evicted or excluded from the shared household or any part of it by the respondent save in accordance with the procedure established by law.
15. A reading of the aforesaid provisions show that it creates an entitlement in favour of the woman of the right of residence under the "shared household" irrespective of her having any legal interests in the same. The direction, inter alia, can include an order restraining dispossession or a direction to remove himself on being satisfied that domestic violence had taken place.
(f) of the D.V. Act refers to two persons who have lived together in a "shared household". A "shared household" has been defined under Section 2(s) of the D.V. Act. In order for the respondent to succeed, it was necessary that the two parties had lived in a domestic relationship in the household. However, the parties have never lived together in the property in question. It is not as if the respondent has been subsequently excluded from the enjoyment of the property or thrown out by the appellant in an alleged relationship which goes back 20 years. They fell apart even as per the respondent more than 7 years ago. We may also note that till 22.2.2010 even the wife of the appellant was alive. We may note for the purpose of record that as per the appellant, he is a Christian and thus there could be no question of visiting any temple and marrying the respondent by applying "kumkum", and that too when the wife of the appellant was alive.
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18. We are thus unequivocally of the view that the nature of the ex-parte order passed on 19.9.2016 permitting the respondent to occupy the premises of the appellant cannot be sustained and has to be set aside and consequently Civil Appeal No.2500 of 2017 is liable to be allowed.
19. Now turning to the second controversy, a perusal of the impugned order shows that the learned Single Judge found the remedy sought for by the respondent to be "misconceived". However, the learned Judge found it appropriate to treat the petition as one under Section 407 of the Cr.P.C. The learned Single Judge has expressed the view that the appellate court ought to have called upon the respondent to argue the appeal rather than spend time on interim reliefs, which was not maintainable in the face of the earlier order resulting in a predictable order.
20. We fail to appreciate the aforesaid observations when the respondent herself sought once again to press for interim relief and applications to adduce additional evidence. Learned ASJ can hardly be faulted on this account. The learned Single Judge has also given latitude to the respondent on account of her appearing in person whereby she may not have documented the bits and pieces of her past with the intention of initiating the proceedings which she was pursuing. In the conspectus of the same, the appeal has been withdrawn to the High Court itself.
21. The grievance of the appellant against this order is that the valuable rights of the appellant of an additional forum to ventilate his grievance would be lost as against any decision in appeal. A remedy of revision under Section 327 of the Cr.P.C. would be available or a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. In this behalf reliance has been placed on what is claimed to be a settled legal position, more particularly, the Constitutional Bench Judgment of 7 Judges of this Court in A.R.Antulay vs. Ram Naik 1.
22. It is also the contention of the appellant that such transfer cannot take place at the whims and fancy of the respondent. The respondent, whenever she fails to obtain a favourable order, chooses to file proceedings for transfer whether it be before the (1988) 2 SCC 602 MM or before the appellate court. It is submitted that this approach ought not to be encouraged.
23. On examination of the issue, we tend to agree with the submission of the learned senior counsel for the appellant that there was no reason for the proceedings to be withdrawn from the appellate court to the High Court itself. There is not only absence of the reason for the same but it would also result in the deprivation of valuable rights of the appellant against the order of an appellate authority and thus an additional forum for scrutiny was being negated.
24. We are unable to agree with the reasoning of the learned Single Judge nor can we fault the appellate authority on any account which could have necessitated such withdrawal of the proceedings to the High Court.
25. We may also note the concession made by the learned senior counsel for the appellant in court that in the scenario the matter can be entrusted to any ASJ in Bangalore as there are a large number of the same holding court.
26. We thus set aside even the order dated 24.10.2016 and allow Civil Appeal No.2502/2017. We request the learned Chief Justice of the High Court on the administrative side to nominate any of the ASJs in Bangalore to hear the appeal of the respondent and the appellate authority shall endeavor to conclude the proceedings as expeditiously as possible.
27. The appeals are accordingly allowed leaving the parties to bear their own costs with the hope that there would be an early end to this contentious dispute between the two parties.
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Q: Rstudio crashing when using filter() Problem
RStudio keeps crashing when I use this code tutorial from 'R for Data Science':
library(tidyverse)
library(nycflights13)

filter(flights, month == 1, day == 1).

I would appreciate it if anyone knows how I can solve this.
When I run RStudio via anaconda-navigator from the terminal, I get the following error message (home directory edited to ~ for privacy):
~/.anaconda/navigator/scripts/rstudio.sh: line 3: 19137 Segmentation fault
~/anaconda3/bin/rstudio > ~/.anaconda/navigator/scripts/rstudio-out-1.txt
~/.anaconda/navigator/scripts/rstudio-err-1.txt

I'm new to R, but have some background in python, so I have tried the following:

*

*RStudio presents and reads the 'flights' dataframe without problems.

*Assigning the filter to an object (jan1 <- filter(flights, month == 1, day == 1)) works, but calling the object jan1 then crashes RStudio again.

*filtering only by month or day alone causes no problems.

*I can perform this task using the R interpreter on the terminal without problem.
I am using RStudio v1.1.383, installed using conda 4.4.11, on Linux Mint - Linux version 4.4.0-92-generic (buildd@lcy01-17) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4).

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A Case of Fever
by Robert Barr
"O, underneath the blood red sun,
No bloodier deed was ever done!
Nor fiercer retribution sought
The hand that first red ruin wrought."
This is the doctor's story--
The doctors on board the Atlantic liners are usually young men. They are good-looking and entertaining as well, and generally they can play the violin or some other instrument that is of great use at the inevitable concert which takes place about the middle of the Atlantic. They are urbane, polite young men, and they chat pleasantly and nicely to the ladies on board. I believe that the doctor on the Transatlantic steamer has to be there on account of the steerage passengers. Of course the doctor goes to the steerage; but I imagine, as a general thing, he does not spend any more time there than the rules of the service compel him to. The ladies, at least, would be unanimous in saying that the doctor is one of the most charming officials on board the ship.
This doctor, who tells the story I am about to relate, was not like the usual Atlantic physician. He was older than the average, and, to judge by his somewhat haggard, rugged face, had seen hard times and rough usage in different parts of the world. Why he came to settle down on an Atlantic steamer--a berth which is a starting-point rather than a terminus--I have no means of knowing. He never told us; but there he was, and one night, as he smoked his pipe with us in the smoking-room, we closed the door, and compelled him to tell us a story.
As a preliminary, he took out of his inside pocket a book, from which he selected a slip of creased paper, which had been there so long that it was rather the worse for wear, and had to be tenderly handled.
"As a beginning," said the doctor, "I will read you what this slip of paper says. It is an extract from one of the United States Government Reports in the Indian department, and it relates to a case of fever, which caused the death of the celebrated Indian chief Wolf Tusk.
"I am not sure that I am doing quite right in telling this story. There may be some risk for myself in relating it, and I don't know exactly what the United States Government might have in store for me if the truth came to be known. In fact, I am not able to say whether I acted rightly or wrongly in the matter I have to tell you about. You shall be the best judges of that. There is no question but Wolf Tusk was an old monster, and there is no question either that the men who dealt with him had been grievously--but, then, there is no use in my giving you too many preliminaries; each one will say for himself whether he would have acted as I did or not. I will make my excuses at the end of the story." Then he read the slip of paper. I have not a copy of it, and have to quote from memory. It was the report of the physician who saw Wolf Tusk die, and it went on to say that about nine o'clock in the morning a heavy and unusual fever set in on that chief. He had been wounded in the battle of the day before, when he was captured, and the fever attacked all parts of his body. Although the doctor had made every effort in his power to relieve the Indian, nothing could stop the ravages of the fever. At four o'clock in the afternoon, having been in great pain, and, during the latter part, delirious, he died, and was buried near the spot where he had taken ill. This was signed by the doctor.
"What I have read you," said the physician, folding up the paper again, and placing it in his pocket-book, "is strictly and accurately true, otherwise, of course, I would not have so reported to the Government. Wolf Tusk was the chief of a band of irreconcilables, who were now in one part of the West and now in another, giving a great deal of trouble to the authorities. Wolf Tusk and his band had splendid horses, and they never attacked a force that outnumbered their own. In fact, they never attacked anything where the chances were not twenty to one in their favour, but that, of course, is Indian warfare; and in this, Wolf Tusk was no different from his fellows.
"On one occasion Wolf Tusk and his band swooped down on a settlement where they knew that all the defenders were away, and no one but women and children were left to meet them. Here one of the most atrocious massacres of the West took place. Every woman and child in the settlement was killed under circumstances of inconceivable brutality. The buildings, such as they were, were burnt down, and, when the men returned, they found nothing but heaps of smouldering ruin.
"Wolf Tusk and his band, knowing there would be trouble about this, had made for the broken ground where they could so well defend themselves. The alarm, however, was speedily given, and a company of cavalry from the nearest fort started in hot pursuit.
"I was the physician who accompanied the troops. The men whose families had been massacred, and who were all mounted on swift horses, begged permission to go with the soldiers, and that permission was granted, because it was known that their leader would take them after Wolf Tusk on his own account, and it was thought better to have every one engaged in the pursuit under the direct command of the chief officer.
"He divided his troop into three parts, one following slowly after Wolf Tusk, and the other two taking roundabout ways to head off the savages from the broken ground and foothills from which no number of United States troops could have dislodged them. These flanking parties were partly successful. They did not succeed in heading off the Indians entirely, but one succeeded in changing their course, and throwing the Indians unexpectedly into the way of the other flanking party, when a sharp battle took place, and, during its progress, we in the rear came up. When the Indians saw our reinforcing party come towards them each man broke away for himself and made for the wilderness. Wolf Tusk, who had been wounded, and had his horse shot under him, did not succeed in escaping. The two flanking parties now having reunited with the main body, it was decided to keep the Indians on the run for a day or two at least, and so a question arose as to the disposal of the wounded chief. He could not be taken with the fighting party; there were no soldiers to spare to take him back, and so the leader of the settlers said that as they had had enough of war, they would convey him to the fort. Why the commander allowed this to be done, I do not know. He must have realized the feelings of the settlers towards the man who massacred their wives and children. However, the request of the settlers was acceded to, and I was ordered back also, as I had been slightly wounded. You can see the mark here on my cheek, nothing serious; but the commander thought I had better get back into the fort, as he was certain there would be no more need of my services. The Indians were on the run, and would make no further stand.
"It was about three days' march from where the engagement had taken place to the fort. Wolf Tusk was given one of the captured Indian horses. I attended to the wound in his leg, and he was strapped on the horse, so that there could be no possibility of his escaping.
"We camped the first night in a little belt of timber that bordered a small stream, now nearly dry. In the morning I was somewhat rudely awakened, and found myself tied hand and foot, with two or three of the settlers standing over me. They helped me to my feet, then half carried and half led me to a tree, where they tied me securely to the trunk.
"'What are you going to do? What is the meaning of this?' I said to them in astonishment.
"'Nothing,' was the answer of the leader; 'that is, nothing, if you will sign a certain medical report which is to go to the Government. You will see, from where you are, everything that is going to happen, and we expect you to report truthfully; but we will take the liberty of writing the report for you.
"Then I noticed that Wolf Tusk was tied to a tree in a manner similar to myself, and around him had been collected a quantity of firewood. This firewood, was not piled up to his feet, but formed a circle at some distance from him, so that the Indian would be slowly roasted.
"There is no use in my describing what took place. When I tell you that they lit the fire at nine o'clock, and that it was not until four in the afternoon that Wolf Tusk died, you will understand the peculiar horror of it.
"'Now,' said the leader to me when everything was over,' here is the report I have written out,' and he read to me the report which I have read to you.
"'This dead villain has murdered our wives and our children. If I could have made his torture last for two weeks I would have done so. You have made every effort to save him by trying to break loose, and you have not succeeded. We are not going to harm you, even though you refuse to sign this report. You cannot bring him to life again, thank God, and all you can do is to put more trouble on the heads of men who have already, through red devils like this, had more trouble than they can well stand and keep sane. Will you sign the report?'
"I said I would, and I did."
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