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State files suit against fentanyl seller as opioid crisis continues in St. Lawrence County
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 9:16 am
As the opioid and heroin epidemic continues to plague St. Lawrence County Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman says his office has filed a lawsuit against Insys Therapeutics, Inc., a company that sells a highly addictive fentanyl drug called Subsys.
In 2016 14 deaths in St. Lawrence County were linked to overdoses from opioids or heroin.
Although Subsys was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat excruciating cancer-related breakthrough pain, the complaint alleges that Insys recklessly marketed the drug for much wider use, covering a much broader set of patients. Additionally, the company allegedly engaged in a pattern of deceptive and illegal conduct by downplaying the drug's risks of addiction, bribing doctors to prescribe the drug, and lying to healthcare providers to skirt their authorization process. As a result, the Attorney General's office is seeking penalties and disgorgement of all revenues accumulated during the period of misconduct—up to $75 million.
"At a time when the opioid epidemic was ravaging New York, Insys Therapeutics allegedly marketed a drug illegally by blatantly disregarding the grave risks of addiction and death that opioids pose," said Attorney General Schneiderman. "As we allege, Insys showed a wanton disregard for the law and the lives of New Yorkers and we will hold them accountable. My office will continue to fight the opioid crisis at every level and hold corporations that prioritize profits above New Yorkers' health and wellbeing to account."
In late 2012, the FDA approved Subsys for the specific, limited treatment of breakthrough cancer pain in opioid-tolerant patients. Its purpose was to provide relief to cancer patients who were suffering from excruciating pain. Beginning in 2012, Insys allegedly ignored this limited approval and instead broadly targeted many types of providers and patients, and represented that the drug was appropriate for flares of mild pain. Insys also downplayed Subsys' risk of addictiveness. The company further directed its sales representatives to urge providers to prescribe Subsys in high doses, which were more expensive than lower doses. A 30-unit prescription of the lowest strength medicine costs approximately $700, while a prescription for the highest strength costs over $3500.
Additionally, the complaint alleges that Insys sales representatives called on medical offices that employed providers who had been arrested for illegal opioid distribution.
In furtherance of their deceptive and illegal scheme, Insys allegedly formed a business unit devoted solely to securing prior authorization from health plans for as many patients as possible. Insys trained its prior authorization staff to imply that patients had cancer pain, even when they did not. Additionally, Insys allegedly bribed prescribers to write prescriptions for Subsys. The company paid certain providers between $3000 and $5000 to act as "speakers," at sham promotional events and implored its sales staff to obtain a "return on investment" on those payments by increasing prescription numbers.
The lawsuit announced today is the most recent action the Attorney General's office has taken to combat the opioid crisis. Attorney General Schneiderman's multi-levered strategy to tackle New York's evolving opioid epidemic includes:
Obtaining settlements with major national and global health insurers including Cigna and Anthem, which insure over 4 million New Yorkers, to remove barriers to life-saving treatment for opioid use disorder. The agreements put an end to the insurers' policy of requiring prior authorization for medication-assisted treatment ("MAT"), which can lead to significant delays for patients seeking relief from addiction.
Creating the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act ("I-STOP), a series of enhancements to New York's prescription drug monitoring program that provide doctors with patient's up-to-date controlled substance prescription history and established a safe disposal program providing a place for New Yorkers to get rid of expired and unneeded drugs—thus reducing the likelihood of stolen and forged prescriptions being used to obtain controlled substances from pharmacies. I-STOP reduced "doctor shopping," a practice in which an individual attempts to obtain the same or similar prescriptions from multiple physicians, by 90% since 2014.
Launching the Community Overdose Prevention ("COP") program, a life-saving initiative that enabled state and local law-enforcement officers in the state of New York to carry naloxone, the extremely effective heroin antidote that can immediately reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Since the program's implementation in April 2014, more than 100 overdoses were reversed using kits provided by the COP program, which distributed over 27,000 kits across the state.
Obtaining an agreement with Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to cut and cap the price of naloxone for all agencies in New York State, reducing the price of naloxone by nearly 20 percent.
Enforcing Mental Health Parity Laws to reach agreements with six health insurance companies, requiring them to implement sweeping reforms in their administration of behavioral health benefits, in particular relating to medical management practices, coverage of residential treatment for substance abuse, and co-pays for outpatient treatment, and to submit regular compliance reports. The agreements ultimately provided millions of dollars in penalties and over $2 million in restitution for members whose claims for were improperly denied.
Successfully prosecuting more than ten licensed prescribers including operators of "pill mills" and other unlawful practices for crimes related to improper opioid prescriptions.
Cracking down on drug trafficking networks that traffic opioids into communities around the state. The Attorney General's Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) has now taken down 25 large drug trafficking gangs, made more than 580 felony narcotics arrests, and seized more than $1.5 million and more than 2,000 pounds of illegal drugs since 2011. In the past several months alone, Attorney General Schneiderman's SURGE (Suburban and Upstate Response to the Growing Epidemic) Initiative has resulted in 260 alleged traffickers and dealers taken off the streets.
Urging health insurance companiesto review their coverage and payment policies that contribute to the opioid epidemic, as well as sending letters to the country's three largest pharmacy benefit managers requesting documents, data, and other information regarding how they are addressing the opioid crisis.


The start of a new year is often filled with many promises to the self that usually focus on growth, health and a better year than the one that came before. We'd like to highlight the food-centric promises – except, instead of diets and cleanses, we'd encourage you to opt for an attitude towards eating that's about enjoying, experimenting, sharing, celebrating and savouring. To set the tone, we've selected some of our favourite local foodies who are just as culinary-obsessed as we are. These are the food writers, bloggers, stylists, cooks and taste aficionados you should follow on Instagram for all the daily inspiration you need.
A dynamic Durban duo celebrating all things fresh and tasty. If you happen to be near Salt Rock, visit The Litchi Orchard, where these two sisters have combined and developed their passion for creating scrumptious meals.
Alice Toich is in our current Trends issue on stands now. Known from The Great South African Bake Off and for her beautiful paintings, this culinary artist is one we are very fond of. If you want to celebrate all things sweet, Alice is the one to support.
Joburg foodie Mpho Masango is whipping up all the right ingredients for wholesome meals. Whether the Plump Kitchen is out eating or preparing a feast for guests, hearty and nourishing always comes to mind.
Kamini Pather hosted an HL reader dinner in 2016, and was originally made famous through Masterchef South Africa in 2013. Dedicated to the search for food that feeds an active body, her account is a must for all the right tips and plenty of flavour experiments.
#dessert was a winner, if i do say so myself - minty #coconut cream with pineapple, chewy #meringue and popped black rice. Pineapple and coconut is a no brainier  but the soft-centred meringue with the earthy rice took it up a notch. I'm giving myself a high five but next time the meringues will be smaller and I'll pestle-and-mortar the green out of the mint.
One can become mesmerised by Thando Moleketi's food experiences. Whether they're local or international, we are left very hungry after a quick picture scroll. Her love of ramen noodles is evident, and her most recent journey to Hanoi has us pining for Asian-inspired dishes.
Marie Viljoen is based between Cape Town and New York. Her blog's name comes from the exact dimensions of her Brooklyn apartment, where she grew and cooked her own food. An apartment-to-table approach to cooking is what Marie does best.
Khanya Mzongwana is a household favourite of ours – a dynamic foodie (and a master in our eyes) known for hosting the Off The Wall pop-up restaurant. Khanya's food combinations will inspire you to be a better cook in 2017. Keep a hungry eye on her feed for upcoming events and collaborations.
Hannerie Visser is the food experience master, transforming the way we eat and interact with food. Recently completing the Street Food Festival that was held in Joburg and Cape Town, we cannot wait for what she's got in store for us this year.


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'Twenty-three Cornell Law School professors have requested to file an Amicus Brief in support of a student who was accused of campus sexual assault and later suspended. The Cornell statement is the fourth statement from law professors calling for the restoration of due process rights on campus.
Two Cornell students had a sexual encounter in August of 2016. The woman filed a complaint, claiming she had consumed too much alcohol to give valid consent. The university panel later recommended that the male student, "John Doe," be suspended for two years. The student has now appealed the suspension to the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, which is the intermediary appeals court in that state.


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Fundamentals of Transportation/Route Choice/Problem
< Fundamentals of Transportation | Route Choice
Given a flow of six (6) units from origin "o" to destination "r". Flow on each route ab is designated with Qab in the Time Function. Apply Wardrop's Network Equilibrium Principle (Users Equalize Travel Times on all used routes)
A. What is the flow and travel time on each link? (complete the table below) for Network A
Link Attributes
Link Performance Function
o-p C o p = 5 ∗ Q o p {\displaystyle C_{op}=5*Q_{op}}
p-r C p r = 25 + Q p r {\displaystyle C_{pr}=25+Q_{pr}}
o-q C o q = 20 + 2 ∗ Q o q {\displaystyle C_{oq}=20+2*Q_{oq}}
q-r C q r = 5 ∗ Q q r {\displaystyle C_{qr}=5*Q_{qr}}
B. What is the system optimal assignment?
C. What is the Price of Anarchy?
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Man: This podcast is a project of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency committed to building creative communities and inspiring creative minds.
Erin Williams: We created a system that will guide people from ways down into districts and lead you into the destination. It's color-coded, it's emblematically coded, but how does it relate to arts and culture? It incorporates public art.
Anita Walker: Hello, I'm Anita Walker at the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Welcome to Creative Minds Out Loud. Our guest today is Erin Williams, a cultural development officer for the City of Worcester and executive director of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and welcome to the program, Erin.
Erin Williams: Hi, Anita, thanks for having me.
Anita Walker: You are right smack dab in the middle of work that cities and towns all over Massachusetts are talking to us about and that is how do we activate and enliven our city and our town through the arts? And you've been doing this for how many years now?
Erin Williams: Believe it or not, twelve years.
Anita Walker: And you are in a relatively unusual situation here in Massachusetts in that your work is actually attached to the municipality.
Erin Williams: That's correct and it was thanks to the MCC that my position was actually created back in 1999.
Anita Walker: Tell us that story. It's a great story.
Erin Williams: Sure. In 1999 there were many organizations in Worcester. Our leading cultural organizations who were all going to our city manager– we're a city manager government with our own agendas. At the same time our biotech community had organized and created their own common agenda. So, it was suggested that the arts community go and organize amongst themselves and come back with a common agenda that would serve the needs of both the big and the small organizations in the city. And they did just that with the assistance of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Greater Worcester Community Foundation. They spent over a year cultivating a strategy and an action agenda, which would be brought to the city. They levied themselves– Mass Cultural Council provided three years of operating support along with the Greater Worcester Community Foundation with the understanding that this position would be housed in the Office of Economic Development making it necessary rather than just a nice attribute of culture in the city.
Anita Walker: And that's where you landed in this position.
Erin Williams: I landed in that position. Someone else had been in the position for two years. And at this time the city pays my salary and the cultural coalition members, they started with twelve, now grown to seventy-eight strong, provide all of the expenses and programming monies.
Anita Walker: Why do you think it's beneficial and an advantage for you to be in City Hall?
Erin Williams: Well, this gives arts and cultural a seat at the table. And the purpose of the cultural coalition is not just about individual agendas. It's about collective impact and cultural equity. It's about really creating an agenda that's serving the needs of a broader community than a specific constituency. So, when the city's thinking about streetscape improvement, bring arts into the mix. How do we put public art into our wayfinding systems? When we begin to think about marketing, how do we market? We have 32,000 college students in the city. We created a program called the Woo Card: Wooing students 32,000 strong off of their campuses on Woo buses out into the community to experience live culture.
Anita Walker: So, you've been doing this now for a number of years. What are your proudest achievements over this time?
Erin Williams: Number one, that we're still going strong. That it is a coalition that has a strength of major institutions who understand that the rising tide rises all the boats. And they can support and cross collaborate and promote with our smaller organizations, such as the Southeast Asian coalition, who has very few resources and a large immigrant population. But when you ask what's one of my greatest achievements, or I would like to think our achievements, it was our ability to raise five hundred thousand dollars for ongoing arts education with the Worcester public schools. We have something called Culture Leap and this is where every grade level in the Worcester public schools will have a specific relationship with one of our cultural institutions. So, when you're in second grade you have experiences and curriculum-based work with Tower Hill Botanical Gardens. You do site visits there. Conversely, they engage with the students and the faculty. There's professional development. And those students have a sense of ownership of our cultural community. So, when students grow up, they can begin to identify arts and culture as a part of their everyday lives. And that's important to me.
Anita Walker: So, I feel like what you're saying is whether it's in the public schools or downtown or in your relationship with the college students or nightlife or weekend park life in Worcester, the work of the cultural organizations, the cultural sector, is really integrated and part and parcel of the policy agenda of the city at large.
Erin Williams: It is. And this has grown over time. We have a city manager and a mayor who are strong advocates for the arts, especially as they engage underserved populations and young people in particular. We have a city council who have supported us over the years. And boards of directors from our various institutions and organizations who see the value of arts and culture. And now the private sector is participating in that as well.
Anita Walker: So, we may have some people listening to this podcast going, "Hmm.. I wonder how we get this in my city or town?" First steps, how would you advise that communities get organized around this idea?
Erin Williams: Town hall meetings are very important, I think. Allowing people to come and express their views on why arts and culture make a difference in their own lives and what kinds of programs and experiences do they want to see within their own neighborhoods and communities. And then to step back and put together a cohort who are thinking about the big and the small needs of arts and culture, and to start small, begin to take on a project as a collaborative unit partnering with your city perhaps with the economic development office. It might be the planning office or the cultural office if one exists or your local cultural council and go after some initiatives that you think will benefit the community at large.
Anita Walker: What are some good first smaller steps where you could build a success?
Erin Williams: Cross promotion. Creating one unified calendar. We have something called Social Web for Central Massachusetts. Every organization, every institution, every media resource uses this calendar as the go-to place to enter all information. So, it's a one-stop shop for when you want to experience something as a consumer. It's also a one-stop shop for the media when they want to gather information and identify unique stories and it's a one-stop shop for the venues as a coalition when we can begin to look to see, "Oh, we're going to do a gala on x night a festival." "No, Worcester Art Museum's already doing something that night. Well, would it make sense to combine efforts? Would these complement one another? Or should we find another date?" That's a very simple first step.
Anita Walker: And if I had a nickel for every time I heard, "Gee, if we only had <laughs> a central calendar." How hard was that to put together and is that housed with you?
Erin Williams: That is housed under Social Web. It's actually a– it was created by a Worcester Polytechnic Institute student who loved our city and was tired of people saying there was nothing to do in Worcester. He created this platform. WPI has housed it and it's grown into an entity where any community can use that platform now. It's a free resource if you just want a limited amount of events listed or you can create your own individual calendars as well as it will feed into that larger Social Web calendar.
Anita Walker: I have a feeling, the fact that you just said that, we're gonna have a lot of new calendars popping up here in Massachusetts. So, calendars, I hear it all the time. The other thing I hear all the time– and I know you have tackled successfully– is wayfinding.
Erin Williams: Yes.
Anita Walker: And I will tell you, Erin, Worcester is not an easy place to find your way around.
Erin Williams: I think we created this in your honor, Anita.
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Anita Walker: Tell us about your wayfinding initiatives.
Erin Williams: Certainly. This goes back all the way to 2007. Worcester, like many–
Anita Walker: That's when I arrived and tried to get my way in and out of Worcester.
Erin Williams: So, Worcester, like many New England cities is not a grid city, it's a spaghetti-street city. When you ask people, "Have you ever been to Worcester?" They say, "Yes, I went to Worcester and I got lost." So, collective impact once again. We looked at our streetscape– to be quite frank, extremely ugly. Cluttered when you get off of the major highways. Just many signs scattered here and there. No sense of order to it. You really can't find your way around even using those signs. We have all the colleges who have agreed to de-sign. All of the leading institutions will de-sign. All the cultural organizations will re-sign. We spent over a year and a half working as a community to think about a system that would make sense. We work with Selbert Perkins Designs, one of the leading wayfinding businesses in the world actually. They've done work in Dubai, they've done work in L.A., and they are also keen on storytelling and unique identification for a city. So, what do we do? We created a system that will guide people from ways down into districts and lead you into the destination. It's color-coded, it's emblematically coded. But how does it relate to arts and culture? It incorporates public art in all of the districts. So, in the system themselves, because we're kind of a pragmatic New England roll-up-your-sleeves community, they probably wouldn't be giving us state monies for twenty-five pieces of large public art. But if you incorporate the public art into the wayfinding system itself it beautifies the city and makes it easy for people to get around and they're much more comfortable about where they are and perhaps staying.
Anita Walker: You are also one of the cities that has tapped into the cultural district program that we have here at the Mass. Cultural Council. So, tell me how that fits into the strategy of Worcester.
Erin Williams: Well, it's a microcosm of our coalition actually. You were very useful along with your staff, Meri Jenkins and Annie Houston, coming out and spending time with us to think about what is a livable, walkable, creative district? And we brought together a cohort of big and small, non-profit, for-profit, places of worship, businesses who identified as a unique district. And it happens to be where some of our major museums and concert halls are located, a wonderful park, many houses of worship that are used for the arts, and the American Antiquarian Society. We have the Center for Crafts in this area as well. We worked together to create a strategy and an identification and, lo and behold, it was tying right in with our wayfinding system, which made sense. And we just had a meeting yesterday. We are rolling out our initiative to really spread the word of what's happening in the Salisbury Cultural District and it's encouraged cross-promotion as well as collaborative events that are starting this fall.
Anita Walker: So, this whole notion of integrating the arts into city strategies, city planning, is this just about economic development and attracting visitors and making Worcester a destination for tourism dollars? Or is there more to it than that?
Erin Williams: Well, a number of years ago we, again, gathered as a community to think about what is a creative city? What are the values that you want to see above and beyond economic development and beautification? It's a great place to celebrate innovation, to think about social capital and how people who live within their community can feel a sense of ownership and creativity and that it can be expressed, communicated and followed through.
Anita Walker: To wrap up the conversation, if you were gonna tell about one thing, one special thing that's happened in your tenure that you would like to see every other city and town think about, something they could actually do, they could just be the sparkplug to get activated in their creative city, what would it be?
Erin Williams: Well, because you're asking that question today– it might be different tomorrow– but we have a Make Art Everywhere campaign. And it's about public art throughout the city. And it's a three-tiered process – Bringing in international artists to come and celebrate and put up large murals so people will identify Worcester as a creative city; support local artists so that they have the opportunity to be creating public art not only through murals, but temporary installations; and young people within the community being tied in with these local artists and these international artists so that they can see art as a path for their lives.
Anita Walker: Exciting program. Erin Williams, another one of our Creative Minds Out Loud.
Erin Williams: Thank you, Anita.


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Khloé Kardashian shares the secret to her 30lb post-baby weight loss
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star has been following a low-carb diet
June 06, 2018 - 11:49 BST Chloe Best Khloé Kardashian has shared details of the low-carb diet she has been following since the birth of her daughter True. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star welcomed her baby girl in April
Khloé Kardashian has shared the details of the low-carb diet she has been following since the birth of her daughter True. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, who is said to have lost 30lbs since giving birth, said she has been eating lots of protein to fuel her workouts and ensure she never feels hungry.
Taking to her official app to reveal the details of her diet, Khloé wrote: "I'm currently on a low-carb diet that my nutritionist, Dr. Goglia, gave me. It has lots of protein, so I'm able to go all out at the gym, but the best part is that I'm never hungry because I'm always eating!" And while many people may struggle to give up carbs like bread and pasta, Khloé says it's "easier than it sounds".
Khloé Kardashian is following a low-carb diet to regain her pre-baby body
The 33-year-old starts her day with a pre-workout snack of one tablespoon of jam with one tablespoon of almond butter, then follows each exercise session with two eggs, one cup of oatmeal and one cup of fresh fruit.
MORE: Khloe Kardashian gives peek inside baby True's nursery
Khloé snacks on fruit mid-morning, before tucking into a lunch that has been recommended by her nutritionist. "Dr. Goglia recommends a four-ounce piece of grilled chicken breast with a half portion of a simple starch, like four ounces of yam or a half cup of white rice, along with a veggie and a salad. Because I recently gave birth, I'm still eating a full portion of starch right now," she said.
The TV star welcomed her baby girl in April
"For the salad, keep it simple with an oil-based vinaigrette. Any vegetables are great, but he especially recommends those high in iron, like spinach, beets, asparagus, broccoli or romaine. You can also swap out the chicken for another lean meat, but make sure it's grilled, steamed, baked or broiled." Fruit, nuts and vegetables provide healthy snacks for Khloé throughout the day to ensure she never gets hungry.
STORY: Khloe Kardashian shares first full photo of baby True
Khloé has been open about her desire to return to her pre-baby figure, but admitted it had been struggle to resume her previous workouts as she had lost a lot of strength. "Mentally, I'm strong but physically, it's just not the same," she said, adding: "But every day, I'm one step closer, baby!"
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Q: 2D anomaly-free condition for a gauge theory Take a $SU(2)$ gauge theory in 2d spacetime, say there are $n_1$ left-handed Weyl fermion in spin-1 written as
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and $n_0$ left-handed Weyl fermion in spin-0 written as
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and $n_{1/2}$ right-handed Weyl fermion in spin-1/2 written as
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There are total certain number of left-handed Weyl fermions and right-handed Weyl fermions.

Can we show the theory is anomaly free from $SU(2)^2$-anomaly? (2 pt function coupling to $SU(2)$ field)? and other anomalies?

A: The anomaly cancellation condition for the gravitational part of the chiral anomaly (neglecting gauge charges) is simply that there are the same number of left and right moving fields
$$N_L = N_R$$
which in your case is
$$3 N(1_L) + N(0_L) = 2 N(1/2_R),$$
where $N(R)$ indicates the number of (complex) fields in each representation. The prefactors are the (complex) dimensions of the gauge multiplets.
To determine the gauge part of the chiral anomaly, note that the $SU(2)$ Chern-Simons level may be determined from its $U(1)$ subgroup, so it is equivalent to determine the $U(1)$ gauge anomaly. This anomaly cancellation condition is
$$\sum_i q_i^2 = \sum_j q_j^2,$$
where $i$ indexes left-moving charge carriers and $j$ indexes right-moving charge carriers.
The $SU(2)$ triplet has a charge $+2$ and a charge $-2$ carrier, the doublet has a $+1$ and a $-1$, and the singlet has no charge carriers. So the anomaly cancellation condition is
$$8 N(1_L) = 2 N(1/2_R).$$
Note that this technique works for any connected compact gauge group, since the Chern-Simons levels are determined by their maximal torus. Thus, the chiral anomaly in 1+1D always comes down to a number of $U(1)$ anomalies (plus the gravitational part) which must be checked.


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/ Eat Where the Chefs Eat, Food Guide / By Joselynn Chua
Chef Peter Kelly is one of the few chefs that was able to beat Bobby Flay on Food Network's Iron Chef America. Impressively, he beat Bobby Flay at the grill in Battle "Cowboy Rib Rye." Peter Kelly is a self-taught chef who began working in restaurants at the age of 14. As one of 12 children, born in Yonkers, NY, he climbed his way up New York's finest kitchens. He's been nominated for the James Beard Award for Best Chef Northeast and received numerous culinary accolades for his restaurants. Chef Peter Kelly took time off his busy schedule for an interview with Suburbs 101. He talks about his restaurants, X20 Xaviars on the Hudson and Restaurant X. We asked him where he thinks the best restaurants are in Westchester County. He shares his go-to restaurants in Westchester, Rockland County and New York City. Here is our interview with Chef Peter Kelly.
Eat Where the Chefs Eat is a column where local Chefs and food industry insiders share their favorite restaurants in the New York metro area. Learn where your favorite chefs go when they aren't in their own kitchens!
Tell me more about your restaurants?
X20 Xaviars on the Hudson at 71 Grant Street, Yonkers, NY- (914) 965-1111
X20 Xaviars on the Hudson is in Yonkers on the waterfront. It is wrapped in glass with amazing views of the Hudson River. You can see both the George Washington Bridge and the Tappan Zee Bridge. The view is equally as beautiful in the afternoon as it is in the evening. It's a contemporary American restaurant with a focus on the Hudson Valley. We use many local farms and purveyors from the Hudson Valley. It's a large restaurant that seats around 250 people. Plus there is a lounge that offers a more casual style of dining.
Our menu is fluid. You can't go wrong with the Cowboy ribeye for two or the pan-roasted Montauk skate or the Ahi Tuna. You should also try our Rohan Hudson Valley duckling or the locally raised Quail or the Venison. It's easy to find something to like on the X20 Xaviars menu.
X20 Xaviars on the Hudson
Restaurant X– 117 North Route 303, Congers, NY- (845) 268-6555
Restaurant X and Bully Boy Bar in Congers NY is more of a country restaurant. It is in a country-style setting with fireplaces and many different rooms. Each room has a different ambiance and feel. The style of cooking is Contemporary American. A mix of old world and new world- you can get the Classic Beef Wellington or Lobster Casserole with Sauce Américaine. We might do smoked trout that is poached in champagne served with horseradish sauce and caviar.
Restaurant X
Chef Peter Kelly, what is your signature dish?
I don't have a signature dish. Dishes are like children, you can't pick a favorite! My signature dish today will be different tomorrow, will be different next month.
Lobster Crepe
You beat Bobby Flay in Iron Chef. Do you serve any of your Iron Chef dishes at your restaurants?
Yes, I beat Bobby Flay in Iron Chef with my Cowboy Ribeye! We serve the Cowboy Ribeye for Two at X20 Xaviars. You've got to try it!
Cowboy Ribeye for Two
As a famous chef, you must be very busy. Do you still do the cooking at your restaurants?
Yes, I'm always at one of my restaurants cooking, overseeing, expediting. When you come as a guest, just ask to see Chef Peter Kelly! Come and say hello!
Lobster and Bone Marrow
Where do you live? Why do you like living in your town?
I live in Blauvelt, NY in Rockland County. I like the proximity to Manhattan. Compared to city living, it's a simpler lifestyle. My wife and I love going into New York City, but it's always nice to come home to the Hudson Valley.
What are the best restaurants in Westchester County and Rockland County?
Peter Kelly's Favorite Restaurant for Special Occasions in Westchester County
Blue Hill at Stone Barns at 630 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills, NY- (914)-366 9600
In my opinion, Blue Hill at Stone Barns is the best Westchester restaurant for fine dining. Dan Barber is an incredible chef. We always go to Blue Hill at Stone Barns to celebrate special occasions.
Peter Kelly's Favorite Casual Restaurant in Westchester County
The Cookery at 39 Chestnut Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY- (914)-305-2336
If I want to go to a casual restaurant in Westchester, I go to the Cookery at Dobbs Ferry. I like anything Chef David Dibari comes up with. I like his Chicken liver dish. The pasta dishes at The Cookery are great. The ravioli with cauliflower and lemon is delicious. Chef David Dibari does pasta with bone marrow which is fun. With a big group, we like the Pig dinners at The Cookery.
Peter Kelly's Favorite Restaurant in Rockland County
Del'Arte at 20 Mountain View Avenue, Orangeburg, NY- (845) 365-2727
In Rockland County, my favorite restaurant is Del'Arte. It's an Italian restaurant close to home. My wife and I like to go to Del'Arte. We go there to relax with a nice bottle of Chianti. The Chicken Parmesan at Del'Arte is textbook.
Peter Kelly's Favorite Chinese Restaurant in Westchester
Aberdeen Seafood and Dimsum at 3 Barker Avenue, White Plains, NY- (914) 288-0188
Aberdeen is one of the best Chinese restaurants in Westchester. We go to Aberdeen for the Dimsum. The Peking Duck at Aberdeen is also very good.
Peter Kelly's Favorite Restaurant for Cheap Eats in Westchester
Shake Shack at the Cross County Shopping Center 2090 Mall Walk, Yonkers, NY- (914) 289-1301
Shake Shack is my go-to restaurant in Westchester for cheap eats. I like to go to Shake Shack to grab a burger.
Peter Kelly's Favorite Mexican Restaurant in Westchester
Plaza Garibaldi at 134 Nepperhan Ave, Yonkers, NY- (914) 375-7184
For authentic Mexican restaurant in Westchester, I go to Plaza Garibaldi. This is where my staff and I sneak off too. If you are looking for good Mexican food, then you can't go wrong with Plaza Garibaldi. It's a great restaurant in Yonkers, very authentic.
What are the best restaurants in New York City?
I just recently ate at Le Coucou (138 Lafayette Street, New York, NY- (212)-271-4252). And I recently tried the new menu at Jean- Georges (1 Central Park West, New York, NY- (212) 299-3900)
Bar Boulud at 1900 Broadway, New York, NY- (212)-595-0303
I love Bar Boulud. I think it's one of the best deals in New York for food quality and price. Their charcuterie is the best in New York.
Forlini's at 93 Baxter Street, New York, NY (212)-349-6779
I like Forlini's near Chinatown. The tortellini is amazing. Their veal dishes are terrific. Recognizable and very well executed old school Italian.
Chef Susanne Berne's Favorite Restaurants in Connecticut and NYC


Thriller. An Army investigator, Paul Brenner, finds himself teaming up with his former lover, Sarah Sunhill, another investigator, when he is asked to solve the mysterious murder of Captain Elisabeth Campbell, the daughter of General Campbell, a major military figure near to retirement and entry into the political arena. As the two investigate further they uncover some unsavoury facts regarding the dead girl's lifestyle; Brenner is in addition informed he has only 36 hours to find the killer before the FBI take over the case and the scandal moves into the public domain.


The medals of Colonel George Lawrenson, C.B. (1803-56), comprising the Army of India Medal 1799-1826 with clasp Ava (engraved with his name as Lieut., (1st) Regt. of Arty.), the breast badge of the Companion of the Order of the Bath (silver hallmarked for 1815), and the Sutlej Medal 1845-6 with clasp Sobraon (engraved with his name as Major, 2nd Brigade H. Ay.).
My account a few postings back of the military career of Captain Thomas Edward Gordon, 14th Light Dragoons (my great-great-great grandfather), has led me to look at the careers of two of his wife's uncles, one an officer in the East India Company Army and the other in the British cavalry. Together the careers of these three men cover most of the big wars of the earlier part of Victoria's reign– the first Anglo-Sikh War of 1845-6 and the second of 1848-9, the Crimean War of 1854-6 and the Indian Mutiny of 1857-9. They encompass some of the most glorified moments of war in the Victorian age, epitomised in Crimea by the 'Thin Red Line' of the 93rd Highlanders and the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, as well as an increasing realisation of the misery and squalor of war, brought home by vivid reportage and imagery, by the work of Florence Nightingale and by the horrors of civilian slaughter in India during the Mutiny.
As well as their father, the Lawrenson brothers had an interesting military precedent in their great-uncle David Kerr, pictured here as a Major-General of Militia in Jamaica about 1805. He had gone from Scotland to Jamaica as a doctor, but was commissioned into the Militia aged 29 in 1768 and served in the war against the 'Maroons' – the descendants of runaway slaves – in the mid-1790s, by chance at the same time that the elder John Lawrenson was also there with the 18th Light Dragoons. The highlight of Kerr's military career came in 1805 when the Governor mobilised the Militia against a possible invasion threat by the French, appointing Kerr a Major-General – the French Fleet was thought to be heading to Jamaica, but Nelson was in hot pursuit and in the end the clash took place not in the Caribbean but at Trafalgar (for an excellent account of David Kerr by one of his descendants, see here).
These wars were, of course, far from the stereotyped image of Victorian colonial adventure, with death tolls amounting in the tens and even hundreds of thousands, and with far-reaching geopolitical consequences: the Sikh Wars resulted in the annexation of the Punjab and the final shape of British India, the Mutiny marked the end of East India Company rule and the beginning of the Raj, and the Crimean War –almost a world war – saw Russia held at bay and the Ottoman Empire, 'the sick man of Europe', propped up as a buffer zone, with profound implications for the future of the Middle East. These mid-century wars also saw the disjunction between increasingly effective weaponry – in particular, the replacement of the musket by the rifle as the standard infantry arm, first used by to devastating effect by the British in the Crimea – and tactics of close-order battle that were little changed since Waterloo, something that was to see even more horrific carnage in the American Civil War, in the Franco-Prussian War and on the fields of France and Flanders a few generations later.
All of that would have been unimaginable when John and George Lawrenson took up their commissions in 1818-19, only a few years after Waterloo and with Europe at peace for the first time in generations. They had been born, on 2 February 1802 and 9 February 1803 respectively, in Restabrig, near Edinburgh, Scotland, to Margaret and John Lawrenson, who also had six daughters (Sarah, my four-times great grandmother, had been born in 1800). Margaret was the daughter and heir of George Simson of Invereighty, in Forfarshire, and the granddaughter of William Kerr, Provost of Forfar; her uncle David Kerr was a Major-General of militia in Jamaica (see opposite).
A 19th century image of Invereighty House, the home of Colonel John Lawrenson and his family after his wife inherited it in 1794 on the death of her brother, William Simson (their father George Simson had previously owned it). Invereighty was one of three estates in the parish of Kinnettles, just south of the town of Forfar and about 13 miles north of Dundee. The house was demolished in the 1960s.
The boys' father John Lawrenson, an Irishman, was a Captain in the 18th Light Dragoons at the time of their births, having been with the regiment when it served in Jamaica in 1795-7 and at the Battle of Bergen in Holland on 19 September 1799, one of the last set-piece battles to be fought by the British against Revolutionary France before the advent of Napoleon. Two accounts of this period of the regiment's history including mention of Lawrenson can be read online, Malet's Historical Records of the 18th Hussars (1869) and The Historical Memoirs of the XVIII Hussars (1907), the latter in more detail. The regiment had been raised in Ireland in 1759, eighteen years before Lawrenson first appears on the regimental list as a Cornet, and remained there until going to Jamaica; a fellow Lieutenant in 1792-3 was another Irishmen, Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington. John Lawrenson's name disappears from the list after 1803, when he was appointed Major of Brigade for North Britain (as Scotland was termed). Later he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, but he saw no further regimental service and appears to have lived the remainder of his years on the estate his wife had inherited at Invereighty, passing it on after his death in 1836 aged 78 to his eldest son John (who then sold it out of the family).
It would have been an obvious choice, then, for John's two sons to opt for a military career, and not surprising that they might focus on India. A large proportion of the officers in the East India Company Army were Scottish, and in the Dundee area, near where the boys grew up, there were also many merchants and shippers involved in trade with India. Of the two boys, George may have been the more academically inclined, being educated at St Andrew's University (the Matriculation Roll shows him there in 1815-16, aged only 14), and at Addiscombe, the military academy of the East India Company (Vibart's Addiscombe: its Heroes and Men of Note shows him there in 1818-19), and then being selected for an artillery commission, which along with the engineers required a generally greater academic aptitude than the infantry or cavalry.
To trace the careers of Company officers we are fortunate to have Hodson's Lives of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834, collating details of service and family background not easily found elsewhere; the volumes are not yet online, but the entry for George is reproduced in the gallery at the bottom of this blog. This shows that after being commissioned into the Bengal Artillery in April 1819 he progressed at the usual slow rate through the ranks, reaching his final rank of Brevet Colonel in 1854. Promotion in the East India Company army was strictly by seniority, with men regardless of ability putting in many years as Lieutenants and Captains, and the only chance of accelerated promotion being the 'brevet' or extra-regimental promotions generally given at this period to Captains or Majors as a reward for distinguished service on campaign, or to Lieutenant-Colonels after a certain number of years within that rank to allow them a Colonel's pay and responsibility before they became too old.
'The Storming of one of the principal Stockades on its inside on the 8th of July 1824', by Lieutenant Joseph Moore (1825-6). Lieutenant Moore of the 89th Foot was present during the Burma campaign, and this aquatint is based on one of his sketches. Although this depiction is based on Moore's experience of the capture of Rangoon in July, it gives an impression of what George Lawrenson might have seen in October with Brigadier McCreagh's force, as described in the text. His artillery would have been used to breach the wooden walls of the stockades and allow the infantry to assault any Burmese defenders remaining inside, using their flintlock muskets and bayonets, as seen here (Lieutenant Joseph Moore, Rangoon Views and Combined Operations in the Birman Empire, handcoloured aquatints published by Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen and T. Clay, London, 1825).
The first active service for George Lawrenson came in 1824 with the outbreak of the Anglo-Burmese War, an attempt by the British to stem the territorial ambitions of the King of Burma and to secure the eastern borders of India. Though successful in its objectives, the war cost over 15,000 British and Indian dead, many from disease, and exposed the British to the first time to the problems of fighting in the Burmese jungle that were to be experienced again in the 1850s and 1880s and during the Second World War . The role of Lieutenant Lawrenson in this campaign is recorded in Chapter XIII of Stubbs' History of the Organisation, Equipment and War Services of the Regiment of Bengal Artillery, Vol. 2 (1877) and in Buckle's less detailed Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery (1852), both of which can be read online. Having gone out to Burma as Adjutant of the Bengal Artillery in the expedition, he joined a detached force in early October under Brigadier M. McCreagh of some 450 Europeans and 350 Indian infantry, himself commanding an artillery detail of one five and a half inch mortar, one five and a half inch howitzer and one six pounder field gun, on a mission to take several enemy stockades. McCreagh's Despatch of 14 October, which can be read in the London Gazette, describes how the force passed bodies of fallen soldiers from a previous unsuccessful foray who had been fastened to tree-trunks on the roadside, 'mangled and mutilated in every manner that savage cruelty could devise.' He particularly singled out the artillery for praise: 'The manner in which the Bengal Artillery was forced over the most unfavourable ground and various difficult obstacles, reflects high credit on Lieutenant Lawrenson and his detachment.' For his part in the campaign, Lawrenson - who had to leave through illness before the expedition was over, like many others - was to receive the Army of India Medal with the clasp "Ava" (the name of the capital of upper Burma), though not until 1851 when a medal for campaigns in India from 1803-26 was finally authorised.
'Charge of the 16th (Queen's Own) Lancers at the Battle of Aliwal, January 1846', showing an overrun Sikh field gun in the foreground. This gives a vivid image of the battle in which Major Lawrenson and his artillerymen distinguished themselves. Sir John Smith's force was made up of a mix of British regiments, as shown here, and units of the East India Company army (British officered but with native sepoys), numbering altogether about 10,000 men with 24 guns (coloured aquatint by J. Harris after H. Martens, published by Rudolph Achermann, 1847. National Army Museum, Accession No. 1971-02-33-24).
At Sobraon less than two weeks later Lawrenson was again singled out for praise by Smith for his command of a battery of six eighteen-pounders. For his participation in the war Lawrenson received the Sutlej Medal (the campaign medal for the first Anglo-Sikh War, named after the main river in the battle area), with his first battle, Aliwal, being engraved directly on the reverse of the medal, and the clasp Sobraon added for the second. As well as being mentioned in despatches he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.), at that date the only decoration available to officers for gallantry or distinguished conduct in the field. You can see these actual medals and his Army of India medal at the top of this blog. Three years later he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and five years after that to Brevet Colonel, his final rank. The Battle of Sobraon in 1846 was to be his last action, at a time when his older brother John was still almost eight years away from his first experience of battle.
In this photo taken after his promotion to Major-General in 1860 he wears the ribbons of his two campaign medals (the Crimea Medal and the Turkish Crimea Medal) and two decorations (The Sardinian Medal for Valour and the Turkish Order of the Medjidie).
George's brother John had the distinction of commanding one of the regiments of the Light Brigade in the Crimea in the leadup to the Battle of Balaclava, but in missing the famous Charge by only two days as a result of illness. This accident of fate, which may well have saved his life, had no apparent effect on his career progression – he went on to hold the highest cavalry command in the Crimea, and later one of the highest at home as well – but it may well have dogged him in other ways, and may help to account for the fact that he never received the knighthood that might otherwise have come his way. Like his brother he had begun his career in India, but instead of entering the East India Company Army he went out with a King's regiment, the 13th Light Dragoons, joining them in England as a Cornet aged 16 in November 1818 and departing for the five-month voyage to India on 9 February. His commission was purchased, at a time when there was no requirement for new officers in cavalry regiments to have undergone any form of military training or education. However, the biography reproduced at the bottom of this blog reveals a lifelong passion for horses, including riding to hounds when he was on leave and half-pay in England; given his father's background he may well have been an experienced horseman already by the time he joined the army.
'Battle of Alma, 1854' by Orlando Norie, showing the Coldstream Guards. The Alma was best known for the achievements of the Highland Brigade, one of whose regiments, the 93rd, was to find further fame at Balaclava, after William Howard Russell – the celebrated war correspondent for The Times – described their defensive line as a 'thin red streak', later to enter popular parlance as the 'Thin Red Line.' This image could have come straight from the Napoleonic Wars, except that the British soldiers are firing percussion rifles – loaded from the muzzle in the same way as the smoothbore muskets of their Russian opponents, but far more accurate and with a greater range. The artist (one of the most prolific military painters of the 19th century) is thought to have based his Crimea watercolours on the sketches of his uncle Frederick Norie, who accompanied the Sardinian Army in 1854-5 (National Army Museum, Accession No. 1968-06-321-2).
Barrett's History of the XIII Hussars (1911), which can be read in full online, shows that the regiment reached Madras on 13 June 1819 and was soon in its station at Arcot, beginning a twenty year period in which they saw no active service, despite the 1824 war in Burma (see above) and the 1826 siege of Bhurtpore. In September 1822 Lawrenson exchanged into the 4th Dragoon Guards, then in Ireland (see Historical Record of the 4th Dragoon Guards (1839), also online), so left India after only three years. The annual Army List shows his subsequent promotions and his transfer to the 17th Lancers - also based in Ireland – in March 1827. Unlike his brother George, whose promotion was entirely based on seniority, John was able to advance through purchase and exchange, resulting in him being a Captain aged only 23 in August 1825, ten years before his brother reached that rank (though Lieutenants in the Bengal Army had more responsibility than those in the King's Army, commanding companies, squadrons and batteries).
After 18 years with the 17th he returned in 1845 as a Lieutenant-Colonel to his original regiment, the 13th Hussars – by then back in England – commanding it until going on half-pay in June 1848. Half-pay for an officer of his age and rank was often one step to retirement, and thus like many in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars whose regiments were based in Britain he would have completed a full career without once seeing active service.
This, however, was not to be, as in June 1851 he came out of half-pay on being given command of his old regiment, the 17th Light Dragoons, soon to be known as the 'Death or Glory Boys', and three years later he embarked with them to the Black Sea to face the Russians in the Crimean peninsula. Because his regiment was part of the Light Brigade – Tennyson's Six Hundred who rode into the Valley of Death, 'Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do or die'- there are many first-hand accounts that mention Lawrenson, including the Journal of fellow regimental commander Lord Paget of the 4th Light Dragoons. They show that Lawrenson was present with the regiment on 20 September at the Battle of the Alma, the first major battle of the war and the first between European powers for almost forty years, since Waterloo. The cavalry were largely held in reserve that day, but the battle resulted in more than 9,000 casualties on both sides, a foretaste of the slaughter to come in the other great battles of the war - at Balaclava and at Inkerman that autumn and at Chernaya and the other clashes the following year during the Siege of Sevastopol.
The whereabouts of General Lawrenson's medals are unknown, but this example of the British Crimea Medal bearing the same two clasps as his own shows why Lord Paget and other officers derided them as looking like decanter labels, by contrast with the more sober appearance of earlier campaign medals such as that of George Lawrenson for the Sikh War shown at the top of this blog. The Crimea Medal was authorised in 1855 while the war was still ongoing, so was distributed to soldiers still in the field as well as to the sick and wounded who had come home.
He had recovered well enough by the following July to return as a Brigadier-General to command the Heavy Brigade, by then severely depleted by casualties and disease, and he still held this command when the Russians finally evacuated Sevastopol on 8 September and the fighting came to an end. He then succeeded Sir James Scarlett in December as overall commander of the cavalry in the Crimea, up to the time of the British withdrawal in early 1856. On 22 August 1855 Lawrenson had commanded the Heavy Brigade in the final – and bloodiest - set-piece battle of the war, the Battle of the Chernaya River, when a force of French, Sardinian and Ottoman infantry defeated the Russians, the British cavalry again being held in reserve. One of the Russian officers present was Count Leo Tolstoy, whose anger at the incompetence he saw, and the needless slaughter (a sentiment also expressed by the philosopher Frederick Engels in his report on the battle for the New York Daily Tribune), was to shape the image of war in his novels. The nearly 10,000 casualties at Chernaya added to more than half a million of both sides during the war, including nearly 5,000 British troops killed in action or died of wounds and more than 16,000 who died of disease during the campaign.
In his Journal entry for 17 September 1855, Colonel Lord Paget - by then commander of the Light Brigade - reported the arrival for distribution of the Crimea Medal, a 'vulgar looking thing,' according to another officer quoted in Lord Angelsey's A History of British Cavalry, and disparaged by Paget for clasps that looked like decanter labels: 'I think the man whose taste the clasps were ought to be obliged to wear one. They already call them here "Port". "Sherry" and "Claret".' John Lawrenson had already received his medal with the clasp "Alma" from Queen Victoria at a special ceremony in London on 18 May while he was on sick leave, and was to add the clasp "Sebastopol" for his service after returning to take up command of the Heavy Brigade. The medal roll citations for the original award and the second clasp are reproduced in the gallery below. In addition, he received the Turkish Crimea Medal - given by the Ottoman Sultan to all British, French and Sardinian troops who took part - and the Turkish Order of the Medjidie (4th Class), and he was one of 400 British soldiers selected to receive the Sardinian War Medal for Military Valour awarded by the King of Piedmont-Sardinia in 1857.
While George Fenton was taking photographs at the Front, John Lawrenson was one of four officers of the 17th Lancers present on 18 May 1855 at Horse Guards Parade in London to receive their Crimea Medal from the Queen, in a ceremony for wounded and sick soldiers who had been sent home. A list of all the officers receiving medals was widely published in the newspapers at the time. This is one of several contemporary depictions of the event to show the Queen with Colonel Troubridge, who was wheeled out in a bath chair - he had lost one leg and the other foot at the Battle of Inkerman. As discussed here, the Queen in her journal recorded her satisfaction in touching the hand of every soldier there, whether private or officer; it was said that some soldiers were reluctant to give up their medals for engraving, fearful that they would not get back the one touched by the hand of their Sovereign (Unknown artist, 'Distribution of War Medals by the Queen', coloured lithograph published by Read & Co., 8 June 1855. National Army Museum).
The Sardinian Medal for Valour, from the collection of the National Maritime Museum. This example is fitted with a loop and ribbon as originally issued, but some recipients had theirs refitted privately with a suspension bar and ornate suspension arms more in keeping with the appearance of British medals (as was done with the Turkish Crimea Medal too).
John's brother George Lawrenson had died in Cape Town on 26 June 1856 during one of three recorded leaves he took during his career in southern Africa, a common place of respite for officers in Indian service and a staging post before the opening of the Suez Canal on the long voyage to and from Britain. He had married twice, first aged 19 in 1822 in Mauritius to Mary Anne Mather, who died in Calcutta less than three years later aged only 22 (they had a daughter, who appears to have died young), and second to Charlotte Brown, daughter of an officer of the 41st Regiment, who died in Cheltenham in 1868. John, meanwhile, remained in the Army after the Crimea, serving as Inspector-General of Cavalry from 1860-65, and in the largely honorary positions of Colonel of the 8th Hussars from 1865 and of the 13th Hussars from 1868. He was promoted to Major-General in 1860, Lieutenant-General in 1868 and full General in 1875, two years before his retirement in 1877, aged 75, and he died in London on 30 October 1883, aged 83. He had not married.
John Lawrenson was to receive no British decoration in his later career despite his high command - something not unprecedented among men even of high rank who were disinclined to push themselves or to cultivate political patrons, or had some perceived black mark against them (conceivably, had Lawrenson ridden in the charge at Balaclava, and survived, things might have been different), but which in his case was seen as sufficiently unjust to provoke the protestation you can read in the 'letter to the editor' reproduced in the gallery below alongside an obituary that appeared widely in the newspapers.
Lawrenson is also variously spelled Laurenson, Simson is spelled Simpson and Invereighty is Inverighty. Images of the original birth records for the Lawrenson brothers and their siblings, their parents' marriage and death records and records related to their Simson and Kerr forbears in Forfarshire can be found on the official Scottish records website, scotlandspeople.gov.uk. It seems probable that the elder John Lawrenson was from the Lawrensons of Capponellan, Durrow, Queen's County (modern Co. Laois), the only family of that name in Ireland in the mid-late 18th century to appear in the records.
I'm grateful to Captain Mick Holtby of the Queen's Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum for providing me with a copy of the photo of General Lawrence with the identifying label. Another photo of him, though possibly the same one, is in an album in the collections of the National Army Museum (Accession No. 1982-04-413), which also holds nine pieces of correspondence from Brigadier-General John Lawrenson to Sir William Codrington (commanding British forces in the Crimea) from December 1855-April 1856, as part of the Codrington Papers.
Click on the following to enlarge. From left, the first part of the Crimea Medal Roll for the 17th Lancers (UK National Archives, WO 100/24) listing John Lawrenson and his entitlement to the clasp 'Alma'; second, the Roll showing his additional entitlement to the clasp 'Sevastopol'; third, part of an article in the London Evening Standard of 19 May 1855, reporting on the Crimea Medal presentation by the Queen at Horse Guards Parade listing all of the officer recipients, with Lawrenson under 17th Lancers; and fourth, an extract from the List of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and men selected to receive the 400 War Medals for Military Valour presented by His Majesty the King of Sardinia to the British Army engaged in the late War in the East (Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1857), showing the three recipients selected from the 17th Lancers, including Lawrenson (for the full list, go here). The National Army Museum holds a printed list from July 1857 of all British officers recommended for the Order of Medjidie.
Below left, an obituary of General Lawrenson syndicated from The Times (this one the York Herald, 3 November 1883); centre, a letter to the editor of the London Morning Post lamenting the failure to award Lawrenson a knighthood; right, a biography of John's brother Colonel George Lawrenson from Hodson, V.C.P., List of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834 (London, 1927-46).


The Terrible Two mixes the real-life horror of a parent's worst nightmare with the supernatural, as two innocent young girls haunt the parents they believe failed them. Reid Doyle and Cari Moskow star as the couple in the center of a storm, as the depth of their grief gives way to a sinister evil that plans to use their daughters' (Ariana Baron, Arielle Breslerman) angry souls to destroy them.
The Terrible Two follows Albert and Rose Poe as they approach the first anniversary of the death of their daughters, Addi and Jade. As the day comes and goes, Rose continues to struggle to come to grips with the loss of her only children. She begins hearing the girls' voices throughout the house. The whispers lead her to the attic where she discovers an old manuscript with shocking revelations. After reading the book and looking into the history of the house, secrets are revealed that something sinister is happening within the walls, something that led to the deaths of Addi and Jade. Soon Albert and Rose find themselves prisoners of their precious little girls in "the safety" of their own home.


Patronius: So she's the one who had the fling with Zeus.
SPARKS THE WRATH OF THE GODS.
Blue Priest: How dare you underestimate Hera's power!
Sera: The death of Hercules.
Blue Priest: I'd like to savor this.
The wedding of Hercules' mother to the legendary Greek hero Jason is threatened by another of Hera's plots to kill Hercules.
Hercules helps his mother Alcmene prepare for her wedding to Jason, unaware that Hera's monstrous sea serpent Perfidia has been summoned to kill him during the festivities.
The wedding of Hercules' mother to Jason has both men fighting for their lives.
Hera sends the sea serpent Perfidia to disrupt Alcmene's wedding to Jason.
King Jason plans to wed Herc's mother Alcmene, but a law barring the king from marrying a commoner is just one of the hitches they face before they can be hitched.
In memory of Jerry Siegel.


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The street name was changed to honor the pioneer of Wichita Falls
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) – When people drive down Cleveland Avenue in Wichita Falls, they will be reminded of the service Leroy Cleaver left to the nation and community.
"We have to point this out, someone who has so many accolades," said James Hicks, pastor of the Covenant Faith Center.
Leroy Cleveland served as pastor at the Jackson Memorial Church of God in Christ for 35 years located on Cleveland Avenue. Cleaver was a Tuskegee airman during World War II, the first black civilian pilot instructor at Sheppard Air Force Base, and a prominent figure in Wichita Falls.
"He was one of those people you meet once in a lifetime. Even when she got the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor. She said, I'm not thrilled with it because it's been so long since I've done my job. It was nothing special. I just did my job," Pastor Hicks said.
Hicks has found a way to keep the Cleaver legacy alive.
"He went and made a huge essential petition door-to-door all over that street of all those neighborhood property owners that were going to be affected. He even went far beyond the neighborhood and ended up with over 400 signatures both in that community and throughout the city," said Fabian Medellin, planning manager for the City of Wichita Falls.
Councilor Larry Nelson said Cleaver was worth raising awareness of.
"In this way we will be aware of who we are and where we come from. One of the things I want to drive, which is one of the reasons Martin died for us, is our vote. Our voting rights and Cleaver were really strict on that, all his ancestry and everything," said City of Wichita Falls Councilman Larry Nelson.
There was something about Cleaver that Hicks couldn't let go.
"When you meet someone like that, you want to mark that occasion. Put a rock of remembrance right there and say that person is special and needs recognition," Hicks added.
"It is also an opportunity for us to join the community and the memory of Pastor Cleaver so that we can carry his legacy from now on essentially and help unite that community and us around that memory," Medellin explained.
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Microsoft has skipped right over Windows 9 and launched a brand new operating system, Windows 10, with radical and impressive changes will change the way people use their computers forever. The highly awaited return of the Start menu boasts multitasking enhancements, which allow users to tailor their Start menu and resize it to include as many live tiles as they like. With multiple desktops and switching between apps made easy, you can organise your computer to best suit your individual needs.
Adapted for use across a broad range of devices, the new Windows will appeal to touchscreen device and PC users. The design is bright, bold and intuitive, and Microsoft hopes it will satisfy everyone—from school children playing with computers for the first time and those wishing to have a smoother computing experience, to professional writers, engineers and gamers wanting an efficient, tailored tech experience.
Windows 10 will be available for sale in 2015, while Windows 8 is still available for $149. With pricing of the new Windows yet to be confirmed, there is a strong rumour of a free upgrade or discount for current Windows 8 users.
I don't believe Windows 10 has been "launched" yet. I understand it has been announced, and will be released end of 2015.
I have the developer's preview of Win10, it looks good and most Win7/8 users shouldn't have any problems with it.
Hi ourjeffie. The Windows OS was launched to the press in San Francisco in late September, though it isn't available until next year for consumers.
Maybe Windows 9 had problems like Windows 8.
A relative of mine bought a new hi-tech computer earlier this year and it has Windows 7 in it as at that point it was the most reliable.
Most new PCs come loaded with Win8, but I was able to get the added option of Win8 plus Win7 with Win7 the operating system. I use Win7 as I don't have a touch screen, but I have the choice of both systems.
You don't need a touch screen for windows 8. I added the win 7 start menu to my win8 (3rd party program) and it's fine. A lot faster than windows 7, and just as reliable.
I was using window7 and recently decided to upgrade to windows 8.1. What a waste of time that was! I have since returned to windows 7. Would I even think of an upgrade to windows10 if it was free? Not before end 2016 would be my comment.
When we retired June 2013, new owners of our business were forced to upgrade their software to windows 8. Without it they could not upgrade essential software. It was a nightmare & took 3 months to sort out. We were glad it wasnt us !
I have just heard that the dreaded Microsoft has the ability to copy all of our keystrokes on Windows 10. Furthermore, I discovered to my dismay that my Office program which I purchased from Microsoft is now defunct because it has run out of Warranty. Has anyone heard of this? I can now get to use Office again if I pay $100 pa BUT this will include full service if I need to fix the program again. LUCKY ME!
I have Windows 7, and use 'Open Office.org 3' without a problem..though sometimes my font changes back to 12 which appears to be a default, but that is probably my lack of knowing how to stop it.
I have been using Office 365 for nearly two years now and it's the best thing I ever did. I always have the current version of Office and get the whole Office Pro Suite with Cloud space and free Skype for $98/annum. That's 27 cents a day and I get to use it on 5 pc's so you can give one to a friend or family member. OTOH, the same product without the cloud space and Skype costs $599 for 1 PC and is guaranteed to be out of date in 3 years. They sold me. My first office version was 95.
I'm not sure of which office version you were using but Microsoft has several. I buy their programs from the internet eg. ebay. I would also note that maybe you do not need the latest version of office? I find 2010 very nice.
I bought a new laptop last year and I insisted that I get 7 or I would not buy --from Dell --happy with 7 and I also have a desk top of Vista which I also like.
I have been waiting for a new operating system as I badly need a new PC . There was no way I was going over to Windows8.
Do as I did and get both Win7 and Win8 on the PC, with only Win7 activated. That way you can upgrade from 8 to 10 if you wish. Mine is also 64bit.
I can recommend Lenovo-excellent, fast delivery.
Hope it's better than Windows 8. Have just bought a new laptop with Windows 8 preloaded and it is absolute rubbish, just too much happening. Perhaps Microsoft would be better off remembering the KISS principle.
I think an upgrade to Ubuntu is better value.


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Oral History Interview with Terry Sanford, [date unknown]. Interview A-0140. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007): Electronic Edition. [TAPE 1, SIDE A] [START OF TAPE 1, SIDE A] JACK BASS: Governor, I want to read you a quote from V....
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Global Baptists speak out on women, intolerance
Baptist leaders from about 40 nations voted to affirm women in ministry and to condemn religious-based intolerance during the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance in Nassau, the Bahamas, last week, writes Brian Kaylor
Both resolutions passed on July 11 after being discussed and edited during the week's meetings.
The resolution on "recognizing and affirming the calling of women in the church" marked the first resolution by the BWA on the topic since 1988, at which time the BWA had also met in the Bahamas.
The 2019 resolution, the strongest affirmation of women in ministry by a BWA resolution, passed overwhelmingly.
The resolution urges "global Baptists to repent from the teachings and practices through which we have prevented women from flourishing as human beings created in the image of God and full members of the body of Christ."
It thus calls for Baptists to intentionally "create equal space for women in all leadership roles" at churches, conventions and in the BWA.
In addition to asking Baptists to listen to the stories of women and their "God-given call," the resolution urges Baptists to "learn and then use language that is affirming to both women and men in worship, communications and publications, including Bible translations."
The resolution's passage came as the BWA's annual gathering followed a three-day conference of the Baptist International Conference on Theological Education (BICTE), which only occurs every five or six years.
This round met with the theme, "TOGETHER: Re-Imagining, Re-Reading HERstory in the Church." Those on the program included individuals who affirm and oppose women as pastors.
The conference was organized by Trisha Miller Manarin, a BWA staffer who also serves as executive coordinator for the Mid-Atlantic Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
Speakers during the conference included Baptists from Australia, Croatia, France, India, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mexico, Uganda and elsewhere. British Baptist theologian Paul Fiddes gave a paper entitled The Place of Women in a Baptist Theology of Ministry, which can be viewed here.
U.S. presenters included Molly Marshall of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee, Kansas, and Elizabeth Newman, who had been a professor at the recently closed Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond in Virginia.
"Building upon the strong tradition of biblical women advancing the Kingdom of God," BWA General Secretary Elijah Brown said during the BICTE conference, "the BWA continues to affirm the calling God places on the lives of women."
The second resolution passed by members of the BWA general council expresses "deep concern over recent instances of religious intolerance and religiously motivated violence around the world" over the past year.
The resolution, which passed without opposition, laments attacks like those against synagogues in Pittsburg and in Poway, California, against mosques in New Zealand and against churches in Sri Lanka.
The rising anti-Semitism in Europe, increasing Islamophobia across the world and persecution of Christians in countries including Cameroon, China, India and Nigeria was also noted in the resolution.
"These events remind us that various forms of religious intolerance, both from individuals and as a result of government action or inaction, continue to pose a significant threat to individuals and to societies across the globe," the resolution added.
Drawing upon the work of Lee Spitzer, the general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA, the resolution recalls the "historic resolution" passed at the 1934 BWA World Congress in Berlin that – in the year after the rise of Adolf Hitler – condemned "all racial animosity and every form of oppression or unfair discrimination toward the Jews" as well as any other ethnicity or race.
Brown announced during the gathering that after Spitzer retires from ABCUSA at the end of the year, Spitzer will serve as the BWA's first historian on a voluntary basis.
Recalling that the Baptist heritage since Thomas Helwys urged religious freedom for everyone in 1612, the resolution calls on Baptists to continue to advocate for the right of anyone to "worship in freedom." And it asks Baptists "to offer the hand of sincere friendship to our neighbours of other faiths."
During the 2019 gathering, the BWA presented its annual Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award to an individual who embodied the calls in both resolutions.
Burchel Taylor of Jamaica received the award for, as the citation read during the presentation explained, his "legacy of commitment to issues of human rights, justice, human dignity and liberation."
"A stout defender of the inherent God-bestowed dignity of each human person, he has stood at the forefront of supporting religious liberty for all and opposing violence and discrimination – especially that on grounds of religion, ethnicity and gender," the citation continued.
Denton Lotz, who served as BWA general secretary from his election at the 1988 gathering in the Bahamas until his retirement in 2007, died in April. The 2019 BWA gathering included tributes and reflections on Denton and praise for Janice, who was present to give the award to Taylor.
Brian Kaylor is editor and president of Word&Way, associate director of Churchnet, and a contributing editor for EthicsDaily.com, where this report first appeared. It is republished with permission
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5 Things Reporters Look for in a Pitch
Your new app just launched into the app stores. Your company just hired the all-star executive away from the competition. You've just introduced the first ever organic leather baseball glove. You're sitting on a huge story, right?
You send out your press release and wait for the inevitable barrage of interview requests to pile in. 20 minutes goes by, nothing. A day goes by, nothing. You hit refresh on your inbox, maybe the influx is causing a jam? Nothing. What went wrong?
This happened to me a few months ago when my company, Pressboard, soft launched into the US. At first it was crushing, like getting stood up on 10 dates at once. But after some reflection, I thought maybe there's a reason why so many companies, from startups to big corporations, have such a difficult time getting press coverage.
To find out what reporters are looking for, Josh Catone, former editor at Mashable, and I surveyed over a dozen reporters, writers and editors at some of North America's most prominent publications.
Here's what they look for in a story pitch:
Make sure it's interesting
This may seem obvious, but the reporters we spoke to receive hundreds of pitches each week, and only cover about 1-2% of them. Is your story unique enough to stand out?
Start with what makes your company or product different than everybody else. Chelsea Stark, who writes about video games for Mashable, says, "On my beat, I see a lot of derivative products, so it's nice for someone to lead with what's different."
A good test is to ask yourself: if this wasn't your company or client, would you want to read this story? If you're hesitating even a bit here, there's a good chance you need to find a more interesting story to tell.
People before numbers
Owen Thomas, editor-in-chief at ReadWrite, tells us that the number one thing he looks for in a quality pitch is, "A personal story. Something real that actually happened to a human being."
Human narratives tend to be more interesting than facts and figures alone. Stories help us relate to one another and develop empathy for things we previously didn't understand.
Telling a personal narrative forms an emotional connection with the reporter, and with their readers.
Get to the point
Your email subject line might be the only thing a busy reporter will ever see, so make it count. Summing up your entire story pitch in a few words is never easy; there's a reason that Upworthy writes 25 headlines for every story they publish.
"Why is this news important, and can you explain that to me in a paragraph? If it takes longer than a few sentences to get to the point, you've lost my interest," says Natt Garun, US editor of The Next Web.
Explain your story and why it matters as quickly as possible.
Respond quickly
"Be available — if it's a good pitch, you're going to get a reply back, but news gets stale fast, so you have to be prepared to handle follow-ups promptly," says Knowlton Thomas, managing editor of Techvibes.
It is highly unlikely that a reporter will pick up your pitch and write a story based entirely on your initial email or press release. Make sure you or your client is available to speak with reporters, and be ready with additional information about your product, service, company or whatever it is you pitched.
Remember that reporters are people too
Many of the reporters emphasized how spending time building a relationship goes a long way towards increasing the chance they'll cover your story.
Michael Sebastien, reporter at Advertising Age says, "The best advice, I think, is to forge a relationship with a reporter before pitching him or her. That might mean a drink, coffee or meal; maybe it's just a quick email to say you liked the reporter's recent story; maybe it's a retweet. This stuff matters."
Just make sure it's authentic, false flattery has the opposite effect. "I haven't worked at Mashable for almost three years," says Sarah Kessler, associate editor at Fast Company. "I still get pitches saying, 'I follow your work at Mashable closely, and I love it.' Fake flattery is not so hard to spot, so you can just skip it."
Personalizing your pitches is a must. Get to know the publication, the reporter and their beat, but eschew the superficial comments.
Natt Garun sums up what reporters are looking for nicely, "The [pitches] that stand out are the same as any headline you read on the news – it stands out because it's different or unique."
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