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Psaki Caught in Brazen Lie About DeSantis Before FL Gov Shuts Her Down
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took her COVID fight to Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday during a press conference where she accused him of using the coronavirus as an opportunity to increase his standing and raise funds for his campaign.
Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of who said what, when, and why, let me take a moment to point out something that has helped parse out motivations in politics. It's no great secret that politicians generally think well of themselves. It's also not a big shocker that, in general, conservatives tend to be more religious and make decisions based on moral standings than their counterparts over at the DNC.
The conclusion that many are just now allowing to settle in is that Democrats and the party as a whole tend to function straight out of the narcissist handbook. Hear me out before you call this pseudoscience (which it totally is) and leave.
Those with a narcissistic personality disorder have a few tricks they use to manipulate people, including, blaming their victims, intimidating them, blackmailing them, shaming them (sound like any political parties you know?) but possibly the most frustrating is the projection. It's almost a sure bet that a narcissist, and a Democrat, who accuse you of something are guilty of it themselves. You can just about take it to the bank that if you're dealing with a manipulative person and they accuse you of something out of the blue, it's because they're doing that very thing.
So, with that in mind, let us turn our attention to everyone's accusatory, manipulative and shaming redhead, Jen Psaki. The White House chief communications officer took the Florida governor to task, saying that he has made his COVID-19 response decisions based on what would earn him the most fundraising dollars, not what was consistent with public health and wellness:
"As a parent myself, of two young children, I want public health officials to make decisions about how to keep my kids safe, not politicians. And not only is Gov. DeSantis not abiding by public health decisions, he's fundraising off of this," Psaki said during Friday's White House press briefing.
She added, "So my view, and our view as an administration, is that parents in Florida, parents across the country, should have the ability and the knowledge that their kids are going to school and they're in safe environments. That shouldn't be too much to ask."
DeSantis didn't take the news that the Biden administration was defaming his name well, and he fired back at President Joe Biden who was also caught criticizing him for his handling of the outbreak, as IJR reported previously.
"Joe Biden has taken to himself to try to single out Florida over COVID. This is a guy who ran for president saying he was going to 'shut down the virus,'" DeSantis said on Wednesday. "And what has he done? He's imported more virus from around the world by having a wide-open southern border."
But DeSantis didn't stop there, he had some advice of his own: "Why don't you do your job? Why don't you get this border secure? And until you do that, I don't wanna hear a blip about COVID from you, thank you."
So, what have we learned? If a Democrat is accusing you of it, they're probably guilty of it. Can anyone think of a time when a Democrat has chosen to do something because of money instead of the best interest of his or her constituents? Yeah, try not to get bogged down naming all the times we've seen that.
Psaki, an appointed official that is not at all well-liked, is trying to push around the governor of a whole state, who was elected, and is very well-liked by his constituents (and the nation) telling him that he is harming children by not requiring them to spend eight hours a day breathing in the air coming out of the filthiest part of your body (look it up, your mouth is germier).
But sure, let's take the advice of a perpetual manipulative liar over the word of a beloved elected official who actually has to answer to the citizens of his state. That seems smart.
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Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer joined representatives of the Citizens Committee for New York City and the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board toured Chenchita's Community Garden in East Harlem and held a press conference highlighting the Community Composting Grant Program's success in promoting neighborhood composting programs in Manhattan and around New York City.
Chenchita's Community Garden is a first-time grantee, and their grant will support the garden's "waste sorting challenge" public education project, as well as the purchase of a new compost tumbler to collect food waste for expanded composting in the community. By spurring the creation and expansion of local composting programs, the grant program helps hasten everyday New Yorkers' adoption of composting and waste-diversion habits that are crucial to the One NYC Plan's goal of zero waste going to landfills by 2030, set by Mayor de Blasio earlier this year.
Through the Community Composting Grant program, schools, community gardens, urban farming programs, tenant associations, and other grassroots community groups can apply for micro-grants of up to $750. The awards are used to purchase equipment or materials in support of composting programs in local neighborhoods.
By borough, 12 of this year's grantees were located in Manhattan, with 12 more in Brooklyn, four in Queens, and two each in the Bronx and Staten Island. More than $22,000 in grants were awarded through the program this year, which has expanded to award grants to dozens of organizations across the five boroughs since its inception five years ago.


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U2 Reveal Songs of Innocence Physical Album Cover
Featuring a shirtless Larry Mullen, Jr. embracing his son
By Zoe Camp
The free-download phase of U2's new album Songs of Innocence is drawing to a close. On October 13, the same day that the band plans to roll out the album on physical formats, Songs of Innocence will no longer be available for free on iTunes.
In anticipation of the release, U2 have shared the cover art for the physical version. The stark black-and-white image of drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. embracing his son was captured by fashion photographer Glen Luchford; check it out above.
In a statement posted on their website, the band pointed out an aesthetic link between the Songs of Innocence artwork and that of the covers of 1979's Boy and 1983's War (both of which featured the face of Peter Rowen, the younger brother of one of Bono's childhood friends).
"We've always been about community in U2, about family and friends," Bono said. "Songs Of Innocence is the most intimate album we've ever made. With this record we were looking for the raw, naked and personal, to strip everything back." He added that the cover reflects the themes of the album, "how holding on to your own innocence is a lot harder than holding on to someone else's."
The regular single CD of the album comes with a 24-page booklet, while a deluxe edition includes two sixteen-page booklets, acoustic versions of six of the album's songs, and four bonus tracks: "Lucifer's Hands", "The Crystal Ballroom", "The Troubles" (alternative version) and "Sleep Like a Baby Tonight" (Alternative Perspective Mix by Tchad Blake). The vinyl release will include a remix of "The Crystal Ballroom".
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NFL: Limited progress in labor talks
MINNEAPOLIS - Negotiators for the NFL and its locked-out players wrapped up a second day of court-ordered talks yesterday with no signs of significant progress.
The two sides left the federal courthouse in Minneapolis after about four hours of talks, following nine hours of meetings on Thursday. They will meet again on Tuesday.
Hall of Famer Carl Eller, who is representing retired players in the antitrust lawsuit against the league, said he thinks the two sides are "moving forward" but the process "slowed a little bit" yesterday.
"There is progress, but it wasn't like we're right around the corner," Eller said.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan, who is overseeing the sessions, assigned some weekend homework, according to Michael Hausfeld, an attorney for the players.
"The judge has asked us to provide answers to over a half-dozen questions that he's asked," Hausfeld said, declining to provide details. "There's a lot of work."
With the 2011 season in jeopardy, Boylan is overseeing this round of talks after 16 days of mediated sessions in Washington failed to secure a new labor pact.
"We need to have some productivity," Eller said. "We need to come out of here with something, and I think that there is a sense of realism on the judge's part. It's not just talk. Just getting together to talk is not productive."
U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, who ordered the mediation, is still considering a request from the players to lift the lockout imposed by the owners. After an April 6 hearing, she said she planned to rule on the injunction request in a couple of weeks - which would mean next week.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, four team owners and several league executives and lawyers left the building without speaking to reporters.
DeMaurice Smith, the NFL Players Association executive director, also refused to talk.


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The arraignment of unbelief
Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673
M.DC.XLV. [1645]
Wing number: C749
Running title reads: A sermon preached at a late fast, before the Honourable House of Commons
Extended title: The arraignment of unbelief : as the grand cause of our nationall non-establishment: cleared in a sermon to the Honourable House of Commons in Parliament, at Margarets Westminster, upon the 28th. of May, 1645. being the day of their publike fast. By Joseph Caryl, late preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincolnes-Inne, now pastor at Magnus neer the bridge, London
Alternate titles: Sermon preached at a late fast, before the Honourable House of Commons
Sermons, English Fast-day sermons Great Britain
author: Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673
former owner: Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)


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Bowling For Soup Live @ Studios At Fischer, 6th and 7th November 2020 (Soundcheck and Show 1)
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"It's great to be back ladies and gentlemen – many of you are at home not wearing pants, or if you're in the UK not wearing trousers", quips Bowling For Soup frontman Jaret Reddick mere minutes into his band's set. In most scenarios, this would be an incredibly strange statement to hear, even from the comedically-minded Texans, but of course 2020 has been an incredibly strange year. The band, comprised of Reddick, fellow axeman Chris Burney, drummer Gary Wiseman and bassist Rob Felicetti have much like the rest of the world, spent much of the year confined to their homes thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, forcibly altering their plans for the year almost immediately after the conclusion of one of their regularly-scheduled UK tours back in February. Now though, the band are finally back up on a stage together for the first time in roughly eight months, albeit a socially-distanced and private one at the Studios at Fischer complex in their native Texas, not playing to a live crowd but to a camera crew and broadcasting a pair of shows online instead – the first of which we were lucky enough to catch.
One day prior to that though, the four members of BFS are packed onto this most unusual of stages for a soundcheck available to VIP ticket holders, who are greeted with just about the most on-brand chaotic display you'd expect from a band of jokesters who've been cooped up for this many months. "Chris has shit his pants twice today", Jaret matter-of-factly notes mere moments after first song Trucker Hat, as Burney stands next to him smirking and clothed in a replacement floral mumu. The full story will be told multiple times across their performances, but suffice to say, it's rather grim. Thankfully Hey Diane follows next, and finishes off on a minor stage invasion from Chris' pet dog Wally, who is promptly scooped up by a crew member, before the band cap off on run-throughs of both rarely-played ballad Catalyst and newest single Alexa Bliss – both sounding far more polished than you might expect from a band who haven't played together since the start of the year, in a promising preview of things to come. Both Burney and Wiseman then exit the stage, leaving Jaret and Rob to put on a mini acoustic set consisting of fan favourites Smoothie King, Star Song, Belgium and Turbulence; all intercut with yet more of the usual joking around. It's a nice starting point for the day to come; managing to keep the band's signature performance style very much intact despite the unusual setting.
Performance day proper arrives, and as the band's usual Here Comes Bowling For Soup theme song fades, and the opening strains of The Bitch Song begin to crash through the speakers, it immediately becomes apparent just how badly the members of Bowling For Soup have missed live performances. Packing in a mammoth 15 song set into just under 90 minutes, the band mark their triumphant return with an emphatic greatest hits set that encompasses as many of the key songs from their career as they can cram in – everything from big hitters like Ohio (Come Back To Texas), Punk Rock 101, Emily (swapped out in the second performance for Two Seater) and High School Never Ends through to latter day cuts like Hey Diane and the aforementioned Alexa Bliss make the cut here, as the band seek to bring as much fun as possible to a fanbase starved of live music for many months now.
Of course, this still being an adapted version of the typical Bowling For Soup live show above all else, the band still find time to cram in as many of their trademark live moments as possible; flanked by large TV screens containing a sort-of 'audience' of Zoom callers from their fanbase, the band take multiple opportunities to pause and joke around, including a rather in-depth discussion on "boob-cam" in the isolation gig age as well as Jaret at one point being fully distracted by a sudden dog appearance on-stream; later, the impromptu "BFS Comedy Jam" sees the band 'facing off' in a groan-inducing joke-telling segment that, while perhaps still a bit lengthier than necessary, ends amusingly enough with Burney producing a large envelope and declaring "I'm pregnant – it's Gary's"; the band's onstage bar remains well stocked by designated bartender Marco (who actually ends up consuming most of the drinks himself as time rolls on, it appears), and elsewhere, the "Bowling For Soup Musically Enhanced Photo Opportunity" (read, slight break for the band) returns here as the "Screenshot Opportunity", as the quartet all dance around and pose to the various cameras present for an amusing few minutes as the campy tones of David Lee Roth's Spanish-language version of Yankee Rose blare over the PA. Elsewhere, the band take their obligatory ballad moment normally occupied by a song like Turbulence to instead air the equally-heartfelt Catalyst from most recent album Drunk Dynasty. "We've never played this song in front of people", Jaret notes of the song, "and after today…we still will never have played this song in front of people"
Perhaps the most exciting moment of the whole night for hardcore Bowling For Soup fans follows soon after though, as Jaret confirms that the band have used their extended time off the road to finish a brand new album ("We're not the Gin Blossoms, it's gonna be good", he quips tongue-firmly-in-cheek before completely losing it with laughter), before they then debut a punchy new song titled Brad Pitt – an rollicking ode to the eponymous actor featuring an grin-inducing chorus of "I wanna be Brad Pitt/It would be the shit if I could be Brad Pitt" that sounds exactly how you'd expect from the band, and takes precisely one run-through to firmly lodge in the mind. The band's obligatory one-two closer of Girl All The Bad Guys Want and 1985 then finally bring things to an end, the entire band firing on all cylinders as they deliver knockout versions of two of their biggest hits.
They might have been gone a while, and returning in somewhat bizarre circumstances, but this show (and indeed the one following it) are proof enough that there's plenty of life in the Bowling For Soup engine yet, and we can't wait to see what the next year will bring.
Jaret Reddick
I'm a twenty-four year old writer, metalhead and Music Journalism & Broadcasting graduate, based in North Wales who enjoys pretty much anything in the alternative world - from thrash and classic rock to post-hardcore and power metal.
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EU Parliament "shocked" by nitrate law delays
Governments blamed for failure to implement EU law, criticism of farmers voted down
The European Parliament has slammed EU governments for widespread failure to implement a 1991 directive to reduce nitrate pollution from farms. In a resolution passed yesterday, MEPs said they were "shocked by the lack of progress" and called for action from governments, the European Commission and farmers.
Parliamentary rapporteur, Irish Green MEP Patricia McKenna, said national governments had bowed too much to pressure from the farming lobby, and also criticised the Commission for being too slow in bringing legal action against member states.
But the Parliament itself showed it did not want to upset the agriculture lobby by voting to delete a clause in the draft resolution which would have called for EU farm subsidies to be withheld from farmers who did not respect a code of good agricultural practice.
Ms McKenna told ENDS Daily that she had not expected the assembly to endorse that particular clause and that the withholding of subsidies would be considered far too radical by other EU institutions. "If the Commission has not taken infringement proceedings against member states, they are hardly likely to take away subsidies," she said.
UK Conservative MEP James Provan, speaking on behalf of the Parliamentary agriculture committee, said the Commission should look at why countries had found it hard to implement the directive and said it should be less "authoritarian". Liam Hyland MEP, a member of the Union for Europe grouping, defended farmers and said that they should be given compensation for the costs involved in reducing nitrate pollution. This idea was not included in Parliament's resolution.
Among the recommendations passed by Parliament are that maximum livestock stocking rates be reduced and that energy production from small-scale biogas plants be promoted as a useful way of disposing of animal waste. The resolution also calls on the Commission to produce a communication listing solutions to nitrate pollution and to publish an annual report on the implementation of the nitrates directive.
Addressing the Parliament, EU commissioner Neil Kinnock denied that the Commission had been slow to act, saying that it had begun legal proceedings against 13 member states and would continue to press them for action. He said he supported the Parliament's idea of an annual report.
Follow Up:
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An Urban Land Institute survey of 39 economists showed marked improvement in the housing market from March 2012, the last time the survey was conducted.
The issuance of commercial mortgage-backed securities also is expected to rise gradually.
But real estate economists and analysts surveyed scaled-back expectations for growth in the nation's economy, as continued uncertainty over Europe's debt crisis, the outcome of the presidential elections and tighter financial regulations hamper growth.
The findings were released Wednesday during the ULI's semi-annual conference.
On housing, survey respondents predicted that single-family housing starts will reach 530,000 in 2012 (a 30,000 unit increase from the March survey projections), 675,000 in 2013, and 800,000 in 2014.
The national average home price is expected to rise by 3.2% this year, increase by 3.9% in 2013 and climb 5% in 2014 — far above the March predictions. The previous forecast predicted a 0% price increase this year, a 2% rise in 2013 and 3.5% price growth in 2014.
The survey, conducted between Aug. 21 and Sept. 14, is the second in ULI's new series of surveys of economists and analysts. The first one was released last March.
According to the latest forecast, the real gross domestic product is expected to rise by 2% this year, stay at 2% in 2013, and then rise by 2.9% in 2014. The nation's unemployment rate is expected to fall from 8.1% now to 7% by 2014.
CMBS, a key source of financing for commercial real estate, is expected to rise marginally to $35 billion in 2012 from $33 billion in 2011 before rising to $45 billion in 2013, and then $60 billion in 2014.
While the $60 billion figure is nearly double what is expected for this year, the nation probably needs more than $60 billion in CMBS issuance for a healthy real estate market, said Douglas Poutasse, executive vice president at Bentall Kennedy in Boston during a conference call with reporters.
Jim Clayton, vice president of research at Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers in Hartford, Conn., said CMBS still faces headwinds with regulation that it doesn't yet know about.
"Even though we are doubling (from 2012), it's still a very small number," said, Clayton, who participated in the conference call.


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Armel Tripon wins Multi50 class and is third overall
Blessed with bright Caribbean sunshine and a 20-knot trade wind for the final passage around the island of Basse Terre, French solo skipper Armel Tripon today won the Multi50 class in the 2018 Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.
The 43-year-old solo ocean racing veteran from Nantes crossed the finish line off Pointe-à-Pitre on his brown and white trimaran, Réauté Chocolat, at 16:32hrs local time this afternoon (20:32hrsUTC/21:32hrs CET) and becomes the third finisher in the four-yearly 3,542-nautical mile single-handed race from Saint Malo in Brittany.
Tripon's race time was 11 days, seven hours, 32 minutes and 40 seconds. He missed the class record for the race set by Erwan Le Roux in 2014 – who is on course to finish this race in second place behind Tripon tomorrow - by just two hours and 19 minutes.
The sun was just starting to set as a relieved and delighted Tripon brought his multihull alongside Pointe-à-Pitre's victory dock, in front of the iconic Memorial ACTe dedicated to the history of the slave trade.
"I am very moved by the excitement of this finish but with it comes such a release of pressure," admitted the shaven-headed Tripon. "The stress is just constant in these boats. It wears you down. So here I am, burned out. I am cooked. But I am so, so, so happy for this team."
The 43-year-old Frenchman who is in just his second year in the fast, light Multi50 trimaran class, was not tipped among the favourites to win when the 11th edition of this classic race that started in Saint Malo on Sunday, November 4th.
But just as 62-year-old veteran Francis Joyon defied the odds to conclude a thrilling outright race win on Sunday night in the ULTIME class, so Tripon brought his Multi50 safely across the finish line to a well-earned victory. He finished three days, 17 hours and 10 minutes after Joyon crossed the finish line on IDEC Sport.
A proven all-rounder, this is Tripon's second transatlantic race win and comes 15 years after his victory in the 2003 Mini Transat, the entry-level solo ocean racing championship, sailed in 6.5-metre prototypes.
"This is my second transatlantic victory but this is one is about maturity," said Tripon. "Fifteen years after the Mini Transat, this is about a project delivered by a great team. With Réauté Chocolat we set ourselves a two-year project for the Route du Rhum and here we are, reaching that goal. It's fabulous. Now it is time to celebrate."
With stormy conditions in the Bay of Biscay and North Atlantic during the first few days of the race, Tripon profited from a prudent, safety-first strategy in the first half of the course when he stayed more south and east than his rivals and so avoided the worst of a malicious Atlantic depression which caused multiple problems among the 123-strong fleet.
"The key, I think, was sneaking a little passage through the front better than the others," he said, explaining that he sailed 500 miles to the east of the leaders. But the stress remained until the finish line. "I had a few frights, believe me," he continued.
"Two nights ago it was so squally - that was the worst night of the race. And then last night you are just afraid something will break so close to the finish. Scares? I had lots. I remember one night when the boat was heeling and heeling I could not dump the mainsail because the sheet was jammed."
While all four of the top-placed skippers in the early running in the class made stops, Tripon managed to complete the course non-stop. He came close to the Portuguese coast at one stage but headed back out to sea and then sailed a lonely race in the trade winds hundreds of miles to the south of his rivals
He was well-positioned to profit when the two leaders of the six strong division, Thibault Vauchel-Camus (Solidaires en Peloton-ARSEP) and Erwan Le Roux (FenêtréA-Mix Buffet), both had to make pit-stops in the Azores to make repairs.
By the time they resumed, Tripon was well ahead and he remained unchallenged through the last six-and-a-half days of racing. He was well out in front when Lalou Roucayrol capsized his Multi50, Arkema, early yesterday morning about 1,000 miles from the finish.
Over the years Tripon has proven his versatility, moving through sailing's solo and short-handed classes, from the Mini to seven barren years in the Solitaire du Figaro fleet, to Class40 and then IMOCA. He finished fourth in the last Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe in the IMOCA class on Humble Heroes.
But his victory today is an excellent stepping-stone for him as he heads back into the IMOCA class. The Frenchman has a brand new 60-footer in build, designed by Sam Manuard and backed by a major sponsor. Now he is looking to take this success up to the next level, racing solo non-stop around-the-world in the 2020 Vendée Globe.
The next finisher in the race is expected to be Britain's Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss who is on course to win the IMOCA class. He is now less than 140 miles from the line. Behind him Erwan Le Roux is set to be the runner-up in the Multi50s behind Tripon and has just over 200 miles to go.
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LaShon is a beautiful mommy-to-be who wanted to capture some pictures of her baby belly. She is eight months pregnant and still looking gorgeous! Here are some images from her shoot. To view her full gallery, visit www.carleajphotography.com and click on family.


Qatar Airways have announced they will be offering direct flights to Da Nang, Vietnam which is set to start 19 December 2018. The beautiful coastal city will be the third Vietnamese destination alongside Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on the award-winning airline's rapidly expanding global network.
In total, passengers can fly to over 150 destinations with Qatar Airways ranging from America, The Middle East, Africa and Europe!


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Q: Issue with drop down menu alignment I'd like to integrate a menu similar to this one on my website.
The issue is that for some reason I can't get the sub-items of the menu aligned to the left of the main menu item like on the code pen version.
See my JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/Tw9Er/
What is the issue? Thanks
How it looks like on JSFiddle:

How it should look like (like on code pen):

JS:
  function dropDown() {
  $(this).find('ul').stop().slideToggle();
  $(this).find('ul').parent().find('a').toggleClass('activeNav');
  $(this).find('ul > li > a').removeClass('activeNav');
}

$('nav ul li ul').hide();
$('nav ul li').mouseenter(dropDown);
$('nav ul li').mouseleave(dropDown);

CSS:
@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,300,100);

html, body {width: 100%; height: 100%}
body {font-family: 'Roboto'; background: url(http://www.prestonise.com/images/nyc.jpg) no-repeat center center; background-size: cover}
body:after {
  content : "";
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
  background-size: cover;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  opacity: 1;
  z-index: 1;
  -webkit-animation: subtleFade 25s infinite;
  animation: subtleFade 25s infinite
}

@-webkit-keyframes subtleFade
{
  0% {background: rgba(0,0,0,0)}
  50% {background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3)}
  100% {background: rgba(0,0,0,0)}
}
@keyframes myfirst
{
  0% {background: rgba(0,0,0,0)}
  50% {background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3)}
  100% {background: rgba(0,0,0,0)}
}

* {box-sizing: border-box}

.wrapper {position: relative; z-index: 5; height: 100%; padding: 20px}
header {margin-top: 20px; text-align: center}
header h1 {font-weight: 100; font-size: 2.5em; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75)}

nav {margin: 20px auto}
nav ul li {display: inline-block; margin-right: -4px; margin-left: 5px; vertical align: top}
nav a {padding: 7px 10px; text-decoration: none; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.9); background: rgba(0,0,0,0); border-radius: 5px; font-weight: 300; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 13px}
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A: Set padding-left to 0 for your ul element. It was fixed using that on fiddle.
http://jsfiddle.net/Tw9Er/1/
EDIT:
If you inspect the element, you will see that you have 40px padding-left from -webkit-padding-start: 40px. So basically, either set the padding-left or -webkit-padding-start to fix the issue.
The reason it works on codepen is because of the padding: 0 line in reset.css file:

A: Try apply this;
ul {
    padding-left: 0px !important;
}

If you consider them as irritating try this;
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/
And rember that using !important is not a good practite - better take a look where it is being overwritten and replace it.

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I am a 78 year old male LVAD recipient, eight + years out. Generally have been doing quite well but am increasingly bothered by a very painful hip which is inhibiting my activity level and quality of life. I am interested in communicating with any LVADers out there who has had hip or joint replacement surgery or who know someone who has. My center in Gainesville, FL has had no patients with this experience, but some there are skeptical of the advisability of going forward with this procedure due to risk. I do have an ortho surgeon willing to do the surgery. Any insights?


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Río Cuarto es una estación ferroviaria ubicada en la ciudad del mismo nombre, Departamento Río Cuarto, Provincia de Córdoba, República Argentina.

Servicios
La estación corresponde al Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre y al Ferrocarril General San Martín de la red ferroviaria argentina. Presta servicios de cargas por la empresa estatal Trenes Argentinos Cargas y a Nuevo Central Argentino.

Los servicios de pasajeros se interrumpieron en 1976, hasta ese entonces corría el tren "Comechingones" entre Retiro, Pergamino, Venado Tuerto y Río Cuarto. De acuerdo a la información existente algunos días por semana corría vía Corral de Bustos.

Los trenes de carácter local y regional desaparecieron en los años 70.

Desde entonces nunca hubo ningún proyecto ni iniciativa para la reactivación de estos servicios.

Enlaces externos
Estación Antigua I
Estación Antigua II
Vagones Oxidados en la Estación
Estación Río Cuarto
Tanque de Agua de la Estación
Fachada Principal de la Estación
Vista Nocturna de la Fachada
Otra Vista de la Fachada Principal de la Estación
Vista Aérea de la Estación
Antigua Vista Aérea de la Estación
Pasarela de la Estación
Lo que Quedó de la Vieja Estación De Tren Río Cuarto

Véase también
 Ramal Villa Constitución - Río Cuarto del Ferrocarril Mitre
 Ramal Río Cuarto - Villa Mercedes
 Ramal Villa María - Río Cuarto

Referencias

Río Cuarto
Río Cuarto
Argentina en 1870
Río Cuarto

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Goa 1970 - Long before the first raves started
There was no hurry in joining the circle. The drumming, the smoking, the chanting would go on all night. What mattered was that someone should be drumming at all times. If we were to move the moon along its orbit and bring the sun up, it was necessary that someone be drumming at all times. But it needn't be me at any particular time. I didn't have a particular time I needed to be there. I just knew I had to be there.
The night began with some acid, as it often did. Tonight was somewhat special, though. It was the full moon, the last full moon of 1970. And we would fulfill our obligation, as we understood it, of seeing the moon cross the sky to sink into the Arabian Sea and the sun rise behind us over the palm trees. No one talked about it in those terms, though. Everyone just knew that it was the full moon and that's what you do and if you fail to do it—if you're the one who fucks up after all this time, well—well you don't really want to think about that, do you? You don't really want to contemplate the enormousity of the fuck up if you fail to bring the sun up, do you?
So I dropped the acid and sat cross-legged on the floor, and waited. I knew I didn't need to make any plans. The acid would take care of that. I just needed to get to the circle at some point and do my drumming. My tabla was in an embroidered Indian bag with a shoulder strap and I carried it with me everywhere. There was little chance that I would lose or forget it, but it was possible. I gave it to a friend who wasn't tripping and asked her to keep it for me at the fire. It was probably a good thing to do. When I arrived at the circle hours later, still wet from my immersion in the sea, the drum was waiting for me. I sat down, accepted a pipeful of hashish, bowed to the god within me, and started to drum.
From that moment on, my fingers never left the drum, except to accept one of the pipes that was circling the fire, touch it to my forehead, shout out a quick invocation to the god Siva, suck the smoke deep into my being, and pass it along. I drummed my beat, the beat that came into my fingers when I first bought the drum and which came back into my fingers no matter what else I wanted to do. At some point I came to understand that this was my beat on this drum and just went with it. I drummed my beat for the rest of that night. I drummed as the moon moved along its arc. I drummed as it disappeared behind me at the very moment the sun rose.
And then, with nothing said, not a word exchanged, everyone rose from the sand, brushed themselves off, and, with a nod or two, here and there, headed off to get some sleep.
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German translation:
There was no rush to join the circle. The drumming, smoking and singing continued throughout the night. It was important that someone was always drumming. If we wanted to move the moon in its orbit and bring out the sun, someone always had to drum. But I don't have to be there at a certain time. I didn't have a specific time I needed to be there. All I knew was that I had to be there.
The night started, as so often, with some LSD. However, tonight was something special. It was a full moon, the last full moon in 1970. And we would fulfill our obligation as we knew how to move the moon across the sky setting in the Arabian Sea and the sun behind us rising over the palm trees. But no one talked about it in that sense.Everyone just knew it was the full moon and that's what you do and if you don't do it - if you're the one screwing up after all this time, you don't really want to think about it, do you? You don't really want to think about the enormity of failure when you can't make the sun come up, do you?
So I threw some LSD, sat cross-legged on the floor and waited. I knew that I didn't have to make plans. The LSD would do the rest. I just had to eventually come to the circle and start drumming. My tabla was in an embroidered Indian bag with a shoulder strap that I carried with me everywhere. There was little chance that I would lose or forget her, but it was possible. I gave it to a friend who doesn't trip and asked her to keep it by the fire for me. That was probably a good decision. When I arrived at the circle hours later, still wet from my immersion in the sea, the drum was already waiting for me. I sat down, took a pipe full of hash, bowed to the god within me and started drumming.
From that moment on, my fingers never left the drum except around one of the pipes that lit the fire circled, smoke, hold them to my forehead, utter a quick incantation to the god Shiva, inhale the smoke deep within me and pass it on. I drummed my beat, the beat I felt in my finger when I first bought the drum and it moved my fingers no matter what else I wanted to do. Eventually I understood that this was my beat and just went with it. I drummed my beat for the rest of the night. I drummed as the moon circled. I drummed and the moon disappeared behind me as the sun rose.
Suddenly everyone rose out of the sand without saying anything, without saying a word. Everyone shook off and headed off to get some sleep.
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The campus is on track to have a plan by next summer to implement the recommendations of three task forces focused on the basic needs of students.
A new working group, the Basic Needs Oversight Committee, will oversee the implementation of the task forces' recommendations on the topics of affordable housing, food security and mental health.
Addressing those three issues is a "critically important initiative," Chancellor Gary S. May said in a letter to the 14 members of the new committee. He convened the task forces in February in response to concerns voiced by students, and each task force submitted its recommendations this summer.
The oversight committee, led by Emily Galindo, interim vice chancellor for Student Affairs, will meet monthly before delivering a final report to the chancellor by June 30. Its charge is to review the recommendations from the task forces, identify challenges and recommendations to address them, and keep the campus apprised of its progress.
"It's important for us to find ways to support our students in these vital areas, which impact the ability of students to thrive while at UC Davis and beyond," Galindo said.
The campus has already replied to the recommendations from the three task forces; both the recommendations and replies are available online. Some of the recommendations put forth by the task force on mental health include increasing the availability and awareness of counseling services, creating a "postvention" committee to provide support and resources immediately after a suicide, and promoting a culture of student mental health.
The task force on student housing's recommendations include building more housing, providing emergency housing services, and creating an ombudsperson or phone line for students with landlord issues.
The student food security task force recommended more marketing for existing services on campus, expanding those offerings, and advocating for more resources at the state level.
UC Davis is already addressing some of the task forces' recommendations — for example, Student Affairs has committed to ensuring that Aggie Compass, which helps students to meet immediate and long-term needs in regard to food security, has stable funding on an annual basis.
Faculty, staff and students will be able to join in the effort to help secure the basic needs of students next week, when several events are planned to coincide with the national Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
All week, donations of nonperishable food and professional clothing will be accepted at Aggie Compass on the first floor of the Memorial Union (East Wing). The food will go to The Pantry, the food assistance center run by Associated Students of UC Davis, while the clothing will be used to create a wardrobe for students who need such clothing for job interviews and internships, said Leslie Kemp, Aggie Compass director.
On Nov. 14, Aggie Compass will host an event from noon to 3 p.m. to connect students with basic needs resources on and off campus, like the state's CalFresh food assistance program and the campus's own Fruit & Veggie Up! produce giveaway.
The following day, Nov. 15, students can get help applying for CalFresh benefits at a workshop from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Memorial Union's DeCarli Room (second floor).


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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the project root for license information.

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

namespace HoloToolkit.Unity
{
    public static class TestUtils
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Deletes all objects in the scene
        /// </summary>
        public static void ClearScene()
        {
            ClearUnreferencedActive();
            ClearUnreferencedDisabledInTestScene();
        }

        private static void ClearUnreferencedDisabledInTestScene()
        {
            DestroyGameObjects(SceneManager.GetActiveScene().GetRootGameObjects());
        }

        private static void ClearUnreferencedActive()
        {
            DestroyTransforms(Object.FindObjectsOfType<Transform>());
        }

        private static void DestroyTransforms(IEnumerable<Transform> transforms)
        {
            DestroyGameObjects(transforms.Where(t => t).Select(t => t.root.gameObject).Distinct());
        }

        private static void DestroyGameObjects(IEnumerable<GameObject> gameObjects)
        {
            foreach (var gameObject in gameObjects)
            {
                Object.DestroyImmediate(gameObject);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a camera and adds the MainCamera tag to it
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The created camera</returns>
        public static Camera CreateMainCamera()
        {
            var camera = new GameObject().AddComponent<Camera>();
            camera.gameObject.tag = "MainCamera";
            return camera;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Calls Awake, OnEnable and Start on all MonoBehaviours on the given gameObject through reflection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="gameObject">The gameObject to be initialized</param>
        /// <returns>The given gameObject to be able to chain call</returns>
        internal static GameObject CallInitialization(this GameObject gameObject)
        {
            return gameObject.CallAwake().CallOnEnable().CallStart();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Calls Awake on all MonoBehaviours on the given gameObject through reflection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="gameObject">The gameObject to be awoken</param>
        /// <returns>The given gameObject to be able to chain call</returns>
        internal static GameObject CallAwake(this GameObject gameObject)
        {
            return gameObject.CallAllMonoBehaviours("Awake");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Calls OnEnable on all MonoBehaviours on the given gameObject through reflection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="gameObject">The gameObject to be enabled</param>
        /// <returns>The given gameObject to be able to chain call</returns>
        internal static GameObject CallOnEnable(this GameObject gameObject)
        {
            return gameObject.CallAllMonoBehaviours("OnEnable");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Calls Start on all MonoBehaviours on the given gameObject through reflection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="gameObject">The gameObject to be started</param>
        /// <returns>The given gameObject to be able to chain call</returns>
        internal static GameObject CallStart(this GameObject gameObject)
        {
            return gameObject.CallAllMonoBehaviours("Start");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Calls Update on all MonoBehaviours on the given gameObject through reflection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="gameObject">The gameObject to be updated</param>
        /// <returns>The given gameObject to be able to chain call</returns>
        internal static GameObject CallUpdate(this GameObject gameObject)
        {
            return gameObject.CallAllMonoBehaviours("Update");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Calls the given method on all MonoBehaviours on the given gameObject through reflection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="gameObject">The gameObject that contains the monoBehaviour</param>
        /// <param name="methodName">The method to call</param>
        /// <returns>The given gameObject to be able to chain call</returns>
        internal static GameObject CallAllMonoBehaviours(this GameObject gameObject, string methodName)
        {
            foreach (var script in gameObject.GetComponentsInChildren<MonoBehaviour>())
            {
                script.Call(methodName);
            }
            return gameObject;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Call a method with the given name from the given object through reflection
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="obj">Object to call the method on</param>
        /// <param name="methodName">The method that should be called</param>
        private static void Call(this object obj, string methodName)
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Chapter The Forty-Third. The Explosion.
ARNOLD'S mind was far from easy when he was left by himself again in the smoking-room.
After wasting some time in vainly trying to guess at the source from which Lady Lundie had derived her information, he put on his hat, and took the direction which led to Blanche's favorite walk at Ham Farm. Without absolutely distrusting her ladyship's discretion, the idea had occurred to him that he would do well to join his wife and her step-mother. By making a third at the interview between them, he might prevent the conversation from assuming a perilously confidential turn.
The search for the ladies proved useless. They had not taken the direction in which he supposed them to have gone.
He returned to the smoking-room, and composed himself to wait for events as patiently as he might. In this passive position--with his thoughts still running on Lady Lundie--his memory reverted to a brief conversation between Sir Patrick and himself, occasioned, on the previous day, by her ladyship's announcement of her proposed visit to Ham Farm. Sir Patrick had at once expressed his conviction that his sister-in-law's journey south had some acknowledged purpose at the bottom of it.
"I am not at all sure, Arnold" (he had said), "that I have done wisely in leaving her letter unanswered. And I am strongly disposed to think that the safest course will be to take her into the secret when she comes to-morrow. We can't help the position in which we are placed. It was impossible (without admitting your wife to our confidence) to prevent Blanche from writing that unlucky letter to her--and, even if we had prevented it, she must have heard in other ways of your return to England. I don't doubt my own discretion, so far; and I don't doubt the convenience of keeping her in the dark, as a means of keeping her from meddling in this business of yours, until I have had time to set it right. But she may, by some unlucky accident, discover the truth for herself--and, in that case, I strongly distrust the influence which she might attempt to exercise on Blanche's mind."
Those were the words--and what had happened on the day after they had been spoken? Lady Lundie had discovered the truth; and she was, at that moment, alone somewhere with Blanche. Arnold took up his hat once more, and set forth on the search for the ladies in another direction.
The second expedition was as fruitless as the first. Nothing was to be seen, and nothing was to be heard, of Lady Lundie and Blanche.
Arnold's watch told him that it was not far from the time when Sir Patrick might be expected to return. In all probability, while he had been looking for them, the ladies had gone back by some other way to the house. He entered the rooms on the ground-floor, one after another. They were all empty. He went up stairs, and knocked at the door of Blanche's room. There was no answer. He opened the door and looked in. The room was empty, like the rooms down stairs. But, close to the entrance, there was a trifling circumstance to attract notice, in the shape of a note lying on the carpet. He picked it up, and saw that it was addressed to him in the handwriting of his wife.
He opened it. The note began, without the usual form of address, in these words:
"I know the abominable secret that you and my uncle have hidden from me. I know your infamy, and her infamy, and the position in which, thanks to you and to her, I now stand. Reproaches would be wasted words, addressed to such a man as you are. I write these lines to tell you that I have placed myself under my step-mother's protection in London. It is useless to attempt to follow me. Others will find out whether the ceremony of marriage which you went through with me is binding on you or not. For myself, I know enough already. I have gone, never to come back, and never to let you see me again.--Blanche."
Hurrying headlong down the stairs with but one clear idea in his mind--the idea of instantly following his wife--Arnold encountered Sir Patrick, standing by a table in the hall, on which cards and notes left by visitors were usually placed, with an open letter in his hand. Seeing in an instant what had happened, he threw one of his arms round Arnold, and stopped him at the house-door.
"You are a man," he said, firmly. "Bear it like a man."
Arnold's head fell on the shoulder of his kind old friend. He burst into tears.
Sir Patrick let the irrepressible outbreak of grief have its way. In those first moments, silence was mercy. He said nothing. The letter which he had been reading (from Lady Lundie, it is needless to say), dropped unheeded at his feet.
Arnold lifted his head, and dashed away the tears.
"I am ashamed of myself," he said. "Let me go."
"Wrong, my poor fellow--doubly wrong!" returned Sir Patrick. "There is no shame in shedding such tears as those. And there is nothing to be done by leaving me."
"I must and will see her!"
"Read that," said Sir Patrick, pointing to the letter on the floor. "See your wife? Your wife is with the woman who has written those lines. Read them."
Arnold read them.
"DEAR SIR PATRICK,--If you had honored me with your confidence, I should have been happy to consult you before I interfered to rescue Blanche from the position in which Mr. Brinkworth has placed her. As it is, your late brother's child is under my protection at my house in London. If you attempt to exercise your authority, it must be by main force--I will submit to nothing less. If Mr. Brinkworth attempts to exercise his authority, he shall establish his right to do so (if he can) in a police-court.
"Very truly yours, JULIA LUNDIE.
Arnold's resolution was not to be shaken even by this. "What do I care," he burst out, hotly, "whether I am dragged through the streets by the police or not! I will see my wife. I will clear myself of the horrible suspicion she has about me. You have shown me your letter. Look at mine!"
Sir Patrick's clear sense saw the wild words that Blanche had written in their true light.
"Do you hold your wife responsible for that letter?" be asked. "I see her step-mother in every line of it. You descend to something unworthy of you, if you seriously defend yourself against this! You can't see it? You persist in holding to your own view? Write, then. You can't get to her--your letter may. No! When you leave this house, you leave it with me. I have conceded something on my side, in allowing you to write. I insist on your conceding something, on your side, in return. Come into the library! I answer for setting things right between you and Blanche, if you will place your interests in my hands. Do you trust me or not?"
Arnold yielded. They went into the library together. Sir Patrick pointed to the writing-table. "Relieve your mind there," he said. "And let me find you a reasonable man again when I come back."
When he returned to the library the letter was written; and Arnold's mind was so far relieved--for the time at least.
"I shall take your letter to Blanche myself," said Sir Patrick, "by the train that leaves for London in half an hour's time."
"You will let me go with you?"
"Not to-day. I shall be back this evening to dinner. You shall hear all that has happened; and you shall accompany me to London to-morrow--if I find it necessary to make any lengthened stay there. Between this and then, after the shock that you have suffered, you will do well to be quiet here. Be satisfied with my assurance that Blanche shall have your letter. I will force my authority on her step-mother to that extent (if her step-mother resists) without scruple. The respect in which I hold the sex only lasts as long as the sex deserves it--and does not extend to Lady Lundie. There is no advantage that a man can take of a woman which I am not fully prepared to take of my sister-in-law."
With that characteristic farewell, he shook hands with Arnold, and departed for the station.
At seven o'clock the dinner was on the table. At seven o'clock Sir Patrick came down stairs to eat it, as perfectly dressed as usual, and as composed as if nothing had happened.
"She has got your letter," he whispered, as he took Arnold's arm, and led him into the dining-room.
"Did she say any thing?"
"Not a word."
"How did she look?"
"As she ought to look--sorry for what she has done."
The dinner began. As a matter of necessity, the subject of Sir Patrick's expedition was dropped while the servants were in the room--to be regularly taken up again by Arnold in the intervals between the courses. He began when the soup was taken away.
"I confess I had hoped to see Blanche come back with you!" he said, sadly enough.
"In other words," returned Sir Patrick, "you forgot the native obstinacy of the sex. Blanche is beginning to feel that she has been wrong. What is the necessary consequence? She naturally persists in being wrong. Let her alone, and leave your letter to have its effect. The serious difficulties in our way don't rest with Blanche. Content yourself with knowing that."
The fish came in, and Arnold was silenced--until his next opportunity came with the next interval in the course of the dinner.
"What are the difficulties?" he asked
"The difficulties are my difficulties and yours," answered Sir Patrick. "My difficulty is, that I can't assert my authority, as guardian, if I assume my niece (as I do) to be a married woman. Your difficulty is, that you can't assert your authority as her husband, until it is distinctly proved that you and Miss Silvester are not man and wife. Lady Lundie was perfectly aware that she would place us in that position, when she removed Blanche from this house. She has cross-examined Mrs. Inchbare; she has written to your steward for the date of your arrival at your estate; she has done every thing, calculated every thing, and foreseen every thing--except my excellent temper. The one mistake she has made, is in thinking she could get the better of
that. No, my dear boy! My trump card is my temper. I keep it in my hand, Arnold--I keep it in my hand!"
The next course came in--and there was an end of the subject again. Sir Patrick enjoyed his mutton, and entered on a long and interesting narrative of the history of some rare white Burgundy on the table imported by himself. Arnold resolutely resumed the discussion with the departure of the mutton.
"It seems to be a dead lock," he said.
"No slang!" retorted Sir Patrick.
"For Heaven's sake, Sir, consider my anxiety, and tell me what you propose to do!"
"I propose to take you to London with me to-morrow, on this condition--that you promise me, on your word of honor, not to attempt to see your wife before Saturday next."
"I shall see her then?"
"If you give me your promise."
"I do! I do!"
The next course came in. Sir Patrick entered on the question of the merits of the partridge, viewed as an eatable bird, "By himself, Arnold--plainly roasted, and tested on his own merits--an overrated bird. Being too fond of shooting him in this country, we become too fond of eating him next. Properly understood, he is a vehicle for sauce and truffles--nothing more. Or no--that is hardly doing him justice. I am bound to add that he is honorably associated with the famous French receipt for cooking an olive. Do you know it?"
There was an end of the bird; there was an end of the jelly. Arnold got his next chance--and took it.
"What is to be done in London to-morrow?" he asked.
"To-morrow," answered Sir Patrick, "is a memorable day in our calendar. To-morrow is Tuesday--the day on which I am to see Miss Silvester."
Arnold set down the glass of wine which he was just raising to his lips.
"After what has happened," he said, "I can hardly bear to hear her name mentioned. Miss Silvester has parted me from my wife."
"Miss Silvester may atone for that, Arnold, by uniting you again."
"She has been the ruin of me so far."
"She may be the salvation of you yet."
The cheese came in; and Sir Patrick returned to the Art of Cookery.
"Do you know the receipt for cooking an olive, Arnold?"
"What does the new
generation know? It knows how to row, how to shoot, how to play at cricket, and how to bat. When it has lost its muscle and lost its money--that is to say, when it has grown old--what a generation it will be! It doesn't matter: I sha'n't live to see it. Are you listening, Arnold?"
"How to cook an olive! Put an olive into a lark, put a lark into a quail; put a quail into a plover; put a plover into a partridge; put a partridge into a pheasant; put a pheasant into a turkey. Good. First, partially roast, then carefully stew--until all is thoroughly done down to the olive. Good again. Next, open the window. Throw out the turkey, the pheasant, the partridge, the plover, the quail, and the lark. Then, eat the olive. The dish is expensive, but (we have it on the highest authority) well worth the sacrifice. The quintessence of the flavor of six birds, concentrated in one olive. Grand idea! Try another glass of the white Burgundy, Arnold."
At last the servants left them--with the wine and dessert on the table.
"I have borne it as long as I can, Sir," said Arnold. "Add to all your kindness to me by telling me at once what happened at Lady Lundie's."
It was a chilly evening. A bright wood fire was burning in the room. Sir Patrick drew his chair to the fire.
"This is exactly what happened," he said. "I found company at Lady Lundie's, to begin with. Two perfect strangers to me. Captain Newenden, and his niece, Mrs. Glenarm. Lady Lundie offered to see me in another room; the two strangers offered to withdraw. I declined both proposals. First check to her ladyship! She has reckoned throughout, Arnold, on our being afraid to face public opinion. I showed her at starting that we were as ready to face it as she was. 'I always accept what the French call accomplished facts,' I said. 'You have brought matters to a crisis, Lady Lundie. So let it be. I have a word to say to my niece (in your presence, if you like); and I have another word to say to you afterward--without presuming to disturb your guests.' The guests sat down again (both naturally devoured by curiosity). Could her ladyship decently refuse me an interview with my own niece, while two witnesses were looking on? Impossible. I saw Blanche (Lady Lundie being present, it is needless to say) in the back drawing-room. I gave her your letter; I said a good word for you; I saw that she was sorry, though she wouldn't own it--and that was enough. We went back into the front drawing-room. I had not spoken five words on our side of the question before it appeared, to my astonishment and delight, that Captain Newenden was in the house on the very question that had brought me into the house--the question of you and Miss Silvester. My business, in the interests of my niece, was to deny your marriage to the lady. His business, in the interests of his niece, was to assert your marriage to the lady. To the unutterable disgust of the two women, we joined issue, in the most friendly manner, on the spot. 'Charmed to have the pleasure of meeting you, Captain Newenden.'--'Delighted to have the honor of making your acquaintance, Sir Patrick.'--'I think we can settle this in two minutes?'--'My own idea perfectly expressed.'--'State your position, Captain.'--'With the greatest pleasure. Here is my niece, Mrs. Glenarm, engaged to marry Mr. Geoffrey Delamayn. All very well, but there happens to be an obstacle--in the shape of a lady. Do I put it plainly?'--'You put it admirably, Captain; but for the loss to the British navy, you ought to have been a lawyer. Pray, go on.'--'You are too good, Sir Patrick. I resume. Mr. Delamayn asserts that this person in the back-ground has no claim on him, and backs his assertion by declaring that she is married already to Mr. Arnold Brinkworth. Lady Lundie and my niece assure me, on evidence which satisfies them, that the assertion is true. The evidence does not satisfy me. 'I hope, Sir Patrick, I don't strike you as being an excessively obstinate man?'--'My dear Sir, you impress me with the highest opinion of your capacity for sifting human testimony! May I ask, next, what course you mean to take?'--'The very thing I was going to mention, Sir Patrick! This is my course. I refuse to sanction my niece's engagement to Mr. Delamayn, until Mr. Delamayn has actually proved his statement by appeal to witnesses of the lady's marriage. He refers me to two witnesses; but declines acting at once in the matter for himself, on the ground that he is in training for a foot-race. I admit that that is an obstacle, and consent to arrange for bringing the two witnesses to London myself. By this post I have written to my lawyers in Perth to look the witnesses up; to offer them the necessary terms (at Mr. Delamayn's expense) for the use of their time; and to produce them by the end of the week. The footrace is on Thursday next. Mr. Delamayn will be able to attend after that, and establish his own assertion by his own witnesses. What do you say, Sir Patrick, to Saturday next (with Lady Lundie's permission) in this room?'--There is the substance of the captain's statement. He is as old as I am and is dressed to look like thirty; but a very pleasant fellow for all that. I struck my sister-in-law dumb by accepting the proposal without a moment's hesitation. Mrs. Glenarm and Lady Lundie looked at each other in mute amazement. Here was a difference about which two women would have mortally quarreled; and here were two men settling it in the friendliest possible manner. I wish you had seen Lady Lundie's face, when I declared myself deeply indebted to Captain Newenden for rendering any prolonged interview with her ladyship quite unnecessary.
'Thanks to the captain,' I said to her, in the most cordial manner, 'we have absolutely nothing to discuss. I shall catch the next train, and set Arnold Brinkworth's mind quite at ease.' To come back to serious things, I have engaged to produce you, in the presence of every body--your wife included--on Saturday next. I put a bold face on it before the others. But I am bound to tell
you that it is by no means easy to say--situated as we are now--what the result of Saturday's inquiry will be. Every thing depends on the issue of my interview with Miss Silvester to-morrow. It is no exaggeration to say, Arnold, that your fate is in her hands."
"I wish to heaven I had never set eyes on her!" said Arnold.
"Lay the saddle on the right horse," returned Sir Patrick. "Wish you had never set eyes on Geoffrey Delamayn."
Arnold hung his head. Sir Patrick's sharp tongue had got the better of him once more.


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Samuel Arnold Atkinson was killed in action in Belgium on 5 June 1917. He was aged 42. He is buried at La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Hinaut, Belgium.
Arnold (as he was known) was born at Nelson on 9 July 1874. His parents were Annie and Sir Harry Albert Atkinson. His father was Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1876-77, 1883-84 and 1887-91. He died in 1892 when Arnold was aged 17. Sir Harry and Lady Annie had three children.
Arnold attended Nelson Boys' College before completing his schooling at Wanganui Collegiate. He represented Collegiate in cricket and did well academically, passing the Education Board Scholarship and the Junior Scholarship examination. He went to Christchurch where he studied for a BA, completing his degree in November 1896. After taking his final degree examinations in 1896 he travelled to Europe, returning to New Zealand via South Africa in 1897. He remained at university and began studying law. The Canterbury College Review includes an account of his visit to England.
While he was studying law, Atkinson worked for Bell, Gully, Bell and Myers in Wellington. He completed his LLB in February 1901 and on 12 March 1901 he was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court by Justice Edwards. Atkinson left Bell Gully shortly after his admission, setting up in practice with TF Martin. As Martin and Atkinson, the pair were to be associated in legal practice over the next decade, initially from the Kelburne Tramway Buildings at 55 Lambton Quay and then from 162 Featherston Street.
Over the next 15 years Atkinson managed a busy legal practice and was prominent in community affairs. He appeared many times in the Magistrates' and Supreme Courts, often as a junior to prominent King's Counsel such as Sir Charles Skerrett and Martin Chapman.
Atkinson married Mary Herrick Hursthouse at Motueka on 13 April 1903. The couple were to have six children. As the son of a former Prime Minister, Atkinson was well-known in Wellington society and attended many dinner parties and gatherings at Government House. He was a keen hockey player and was an office holder in the Wellington Hockey Association.
An ardent supporter of the British Empire, Atkinson came to play a leading role in a number of national organisations. He was secretary and agent in New Zealand for the publication Round Table: A Quarterly Review of the Politics of the British Empire. This was the journal of a movement which was established in 1910 to promote a closer union between Great Britain and its self-governing colonies. Atkinson was a tireless promoter of the journal, selling it from his offices. New Zealand circulation per capita was the best in the Empire, and much of this was due to Atkinson's efforts.
It was as a supporter and promoter of compulsory military training that Atkinson became best-known. He helped organise, attended and spoke at numerous meetings from 1909 onwards in support of the conscription of young men. This included attendance at anti-conscription meetings. Atkinson successfully hijacked an Anti-Militarist Conference in Wellington on 11 November 1911 when he moved an amendment to the conference resolution against compulsory military training "which favoured the compulsory principle". His amendment was carried with a large majority. He was an office holder in organisations such as the Universal Military Training League, the Navy League, and the National Defence League.
Atkinson was an energetic secretary of the State Schools Defence League, which had the objective of ensuring New Zealand's schools continued to offer secular education. He was part of a deputation of concerned citizens who met the Premier in August 1904 to oppose the introduction of religious textbooks into schools as recommended by the Bible in Schools Conference.
As one who supported military training, Atkinson was closely involved in the territorial forces. He was one of the first members of the Victoria College Rifles and became a Lieutenant in the territorial Officers' Training Corps in 1910. He resigned his commission in the Wellington Rifles on 10 January 1912. With the outbreak of war in August 1914 he became increasingly vocal in his support for the conscription of as many soldiers as possible. As secretary of the War League, he actively lobbied and called for New Zealand to redouble its recruiting efforts.
In a July 1915 letter widely published by New Zealand newspapers, Atkinson noted that "to do her share on a population basis" and to match Britain, New Zealand should have 75,000 men under arms. "She has 25,000 only. At the same time (including these) the men not required to produce and export our primary products number at least 75,000. So that apart from any question of what is her fair share New Zealand can spare another 50,000 at once," he argued. He ended his letter with a call to action: "But for God's sake, citizens of New Zealand, sweep aside the present tangle and insist that New Zealand shall press on to send forward in the next six months at least 50,000 men."
A few days later Atkinson was one of a deputation which met the Minister of Defence to urge that New Zealand did its share to help the Empire. In December 1915, as a member of another deputation - this time to the Prime Minister - Atkinson noted that married men would be called upon to serve, but that the rate of pay they would receive was "quite inadequate".
A month later Atkinson followed his words with action. Newspapers around the country carried the news that "Mr SA Atkinson, solicitor, of Wellington, has resigned his position as secretary of the Wellington War League, to go on active service." Atkinson had prepared the way with a letter to the defence forces on 4 December 1915, asking for an early call-up: "Dear Sir, From what I can learn the two law societies are likely to give me leave of absence and probably let me go on short notice, please therefore have me called at first opportunity." The authorities replied with a telegram on 7 December, appointing him as a Lieutenant on probation with the Infantry 14th Reinforcements and telling him to report to Trentham Camp on 10 January 1916.
After training at Featherston Atkinson embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916, disembarking at Devonport in England on 22 August 1916. He was posted to the Wellington Company at Sling Camp and then to B Company on 4 September 1916. He continued his efforts to obtain more New Zealand soldiers while he was in Sling, cabling the Dominion newspaper on 9 October with an appeal: "...we send only one soldier to every two sent by Britain, we pay nothing to the general expenses of the war, and thus, despite the sacrifices we have made, we lean on our British relatives and friends for much over half of our defence. Their politeness and our distance away conceal this most painful position." The Dominion used the cable as the focus of an editorial which ended: "We have done a great deal, but we can and should do more. We can begin by sending more men." This did not please the Acting Premier, who responded by saying that Atkinson really did not understand the situation in the slightest degree: "He is a splendid enthusiast, but he does not realise the true position."
No action appears to have been taken against Atkinson. He went to France on 24 November 1916. Shortly afterwards, on 11 December, he was admitted to the Liverpool Merchants Hospital suffering from influenza. He was discharged on 3 January 1917 and posted to D Company, 2nd Battalion in the field on 20 January 1917. He was sent for training to the divisional school from 8 to 22 February, when he rejoined his unit with the acting rank of Captain.
On 5 June 1917 Captain Atkinson was killed in action. It was reported that he died of wounds received "while bravely rushing to the rescue of a brother officer" during the taking of Messines Ridge. Later reports that he had died some time after being wounded were discounted when his sister in London cabled that he had gone to help an officer, who was apparently wounded, was shot, and "died gloriously, instantly".
The official history of the Brigade later stated that a mid-afternoon scouting raid by a 2nd Battalion party under command of Lieutenant Manning returned with three men missing. Manning returned to find the men and then "being out of breath from the exertion of his double journey, dropped into a shell-hole for a momentary rest on his way back." The history states that Captain Atkinson "commanding the company that had supplied the raiding-party, thought that Lieut Manning must have been wounded, and he immediately rushed out to his assistance; but before reaching his officer, Capt Atkinson was killed by an enemy sniper."
The death of the man who had been so prominent in his calls to action resulted in a large number of tributes in New Zealand. An article by "One of his Company" said he was loved by every man in the company: "Even in the training days, he always, set the pace; never expecting a man to do what he would not do himself. Part of our training at Featherston sometimes was two hours digging afternoons. The first man in the hole was our lieutenant in his shirtsleeves; no man worked harder. I have seen him tie his blisters up with his handkerchief and go right at it again until the whistle sounded."
Wellington's Mayor, JP Luke CMG, said he felt he had to single out Captain Atkinson from among other gallant soldiers: "The late officer, so far as Wellington was concerned, was as great a force as any Mayor or city councillor throughout the Dominion. In his association with the War League there was no stronger or more enthusiastic man than he, nor any man that saw with greater clearness the need for prosecuting the war."
Atkinson himself had a final posthumous address to the people of New Zealand. On 18 June newspapers reproduced a cable which he had sent "on the eve of the great advance on Messines": "There are a hundred good reasons why New Zealand has not yet done more, but if we mean to keep our freedom and self-respect we must overcome each of these reasons which, obviously, are useless for defeating the enemy. You don't realise that putting men and guns here is the sole privilege and duty of mankind at present. For that action New Zealand as a whole has no moral support whatever, for the number of her men in the field is in striking and pathetic contrast to France and Britain. Please don't think I am not fully alive to my own shortcomings and to the privilege of being here and to your difficulties. Come on!"
Members of the disbanded Defence League met on 23 July and decided to revive the organisation to honour Atkinson's memory and to help carry out the spirit of his last message.
On 17 January 1918 the New Zealand University Senate met to consider a letter from the Round Table Office in Wellington, offering to endow a university prize. It was proposed to remember the efforts of Arnold Atkinson by giving a prize for promotion of Imperial studies. The Arnold Atkinson Memorial Prize is now offered by Victoria University of Wellington. It is awarded to the undergraduate student who, in the year of the award, has completed an essay on an aspect of British or European history, or the history of former British colonies, and who is judged to be the best student of the year and most worthy of the award.
Sources: Wanganui Herald, 3 July 1889, page 2; Wanganui Chronicle, 6 November 1891, page 2; Wanganui Chronicle, 3 February 1893, page 2; Press, 2 November 1893, page 5; Evening Post, 8 March 1895, page 2; Star, 24 April 1896, page 4; Star, 26 May 1897, page 4; Star, 19 October 1897, page 3; Press, 8 March 1900, page 2; Press, 17 December 1900, page 7; Evening Post, 1901, page 4; Evening Post, 22 July 1901, page 1; Evening Post, 18 March 1902, page 4; Evening Post, 26 August 1904, page 5; Evening Post, 19 April 1905, page 4; Evening Post, 19 December 1908, page 7; Evening Post, 6 March 1909, page 14; Press, 21 October 1911, page 7; Manawatu Standard, 16 July 1915, page 3; Dominion, 22 July 1915, page 6; New Zealand Herald, 7 December 1915, page 9; Press, 15 January 1916, page 10; Dominion, 9 October 1916, page 6; Auckland Star, 10 October 1916, page 4; Evening Post, 14 June 1917, page 8; Evening Post, 15 June 1917, page 8; Nelson Evening Mail, 18 June 1917, page 4; Dominion, 23 July 1917, page 4; The Spike, June 1917; New Zealand Herald, 27 July 1917, page 4; Evening Post, 19 January 1918, page 6; WS Austin, The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (LT Watkins Ltd, 1924, Wellington), page 188.
Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph solider profile.
This obituary has been prepared by the New Zealand Law Society to preserve the memory of members of the legal profession who died while serving in World War I.
By Geoff Adlam, New Zealand Law Society. Further information is welcomed: geoff.adlam@lawsociety.org.nz.