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Q: Open With Dialogue needed from DataGridView C# I have a Windows form in which I have a DataGridView that displays the list of files in a location. I have created a ContextMenu that will drop down on right click on a file name. Options in the menu are "Copy", "Open With" etc.
When I click "open With" in the menu I need to get the "Open With" dialogue box as in Windows and then I should be able to select the application with which I can open the file with.
I am not sure how to get the "Open With" Dialogue box. Can someone please  help me with this?
Thanks in Advance!!!

A: This is maybe what you are looking for, just change what needs to be changed to accommodate for your app.
Open file dialog and select a file using WPF controls and C#

A: Try this:
using System.Diagnostics;
//...

private void openWith_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    Stream myStream = null;
    OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog();

    openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\\" ;
    openFileDialog1.Filter = "application (*.exe)|*.exe" ;
    openFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 2 ;
    openFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = true ;

  if(openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
  {
    try
    {
      ProcessStartInfo pi = new ProcessStartInfo();
      pi.Arguments = Path.GetFileName(file);//the file that you want to open
      pi.UseShellExecute = true;
      pi.WorkingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(file);
      pi.FileName = openDialog1.FileName;
      pi.Verb = "OPEN";
      Process.Start(pi);

    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Error: Could not open the file with this program. Original error: " + ex.Message);
    }
  }
}

A: You can use ShellExecuteEx function.
Usage of the example is OpenWith("Path to File");
        [Serializable]
    public struct ShellExecuteInfo
    {
        public int Size;
        public uint Mask;
        public IntPtr hwnd;
        public string Verb;
        public string File;
        public string Parameters;
        public string Directory;
        public uint Show;
        public IntPtr InstApp;
        public IntPtr IDList;
        public string Class;
        public IntPtr hkeyClass;
        public uint HotKey;
        public IntPtr Icon;
        public IntPtr Monitor;
    }

    // Code For OpenWithDialog Box
    [DllImport("shell32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    extern public static bool
           ShellExecuteEx(ref ShellExecuteInfo lpExecInfo);

    public const uint SW_NORMAL = 1;

    static void OpenWith(string file)
    {
        ShellExecuteInfo sei = new ShellExecuteInfo();
        sei.Size = Marshal.SizeOf(sei);
        sei.Verb = "openas";
        sei.File = file;
        sei.Show = SW_NORMAL;
        if (!ShellExecuteEx(ref sei))
            throw new System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception();
    }


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Writing from Left to Right
2013-08-31T20:34:23-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/3db/20130831204011002_hd.jpgMichael Novak talked about his book, Writing from Left to Right: My Journey From Liberal to Conservative, in which he recounts his study of and participation in politics and his ideological shift from the political left to the right. The author, who forged relationships with the likes of Bobby Kennedy, George McGovern, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher, contended that over time he came to believe that promoting capitalist principles forged a stronger democracy and better served his goal of addressing human rights and poverty issues. Mr. Novak spoke at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington,D.C.
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Sean Rigg said that a glowing recommendation from former Dons midfielder Jonathan Meades helped convince him that AFC Wimbledon is the right place to reignite his career.
The 25-year-old winger was a regular for Oxford United in their promotion push until Chris Wilder vacated the managerial role at the Kassam Stadium, but Sean was a peripheral figure during the second half of 2013/14 and he's determined to get his career back on track.
That will now be for AFC Wimbledon, a club he scored against for Oxford in December 2012, and he wasted no time seeking advice from his former team-mate.
Speaking to Rob Cornell during an interview for Dons Player, Sean said: "I know Jonathan Meades and I've been speaking to him quite a lot. He had good things to say about the club. He said that the manager is brilliant and that overall Wimbledon is a good club with great fans. That would all appeal to any footballer. Neal Ardley approached my agent a few weeks ago after I had been released and said that he would be interested. It was really nice to hear that someone was interested in signing me so quickly. I'm just really looking forward to getting going now.
Sean has earned a reputation as a skilful winger during his days at Bristol Rovers and Port Vale, before starting promisingly at Oxford.
"I did not play a lot during the second half of last season so I'm raring to go here," Sean added. "I've been working a lot on my fitness and I need to come back really fit. Neal wants me to play as a left winger, where I've been playing during the last few years. I enjoy getting at players and I like to create and score goals.
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Earned playing time against Chattanooga and Auburn ... Registered his first career tackle against Auburn.
A two-way standout during his prep career as both a defensive back and quarterback at Wossman High School ... Four-star prospect according to Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN ... Given three stars by Scout ... Rated No. 213 in Scout 300, No. 269 in ESPN 300 and No. 289 by 247Sports ... Listed in the composite ratings as the 17th-best player in the 2016 class in Louisiana ... Three-year starter at quarterback for Wossman ... Named 2-4A All-District twice ... Connected on 112-of-232 attempts for 1,433 yards and 12 TDs and added another 1,142 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground as a junior ... Threw for 842 yards and eight TDs and rushed for 368 yards and six scores during his sophomore campaign ... Coached by Dean Smith.
Parents are Shardell Lewis and Clayton Walker ... Born March 12, 1997 ... Majoring in sport administration.


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Successful election result for IYSSE at Humboldt University in Berlin
By the IYSSE chapter at Humboldt University
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) has achieved an important success in the student parliament elections at Humboldt University (HU). According to the provisional result, the IYSSE increased its share of the vote by a third, from 3.75 percent to 5.01 percent. Despite a slight decrease in overall voter turnout, the IYSSE total rose to 156 votes, compared to the 129 votes won last year.
In parts of the university where the IYSSE has campaigned strongly, it obtained a leading share of the vote of up to 20 percent. With 5.01 percent of the vote, the youth organisation of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP) won more votes than the Left Party youth (SDS, 4.92 percent), and was roughly neck-and-neck with the Greens (Grünbolt), which secured 5.08 percent. The three strongest lists were the non-party Power of Science (12.25 percent), the List of Independent Students (11.31 percent), and "Left-Green Filthy" (9.8 percent). In total, 19 lists stood for election.
The strong result for the IYSSE indicates the enormous level of opposition to the political establishment's lurch to the right. "Faced with the capitalist crisis, young people are turning to a socialist perspective," said Sven Wurm, lead candidate and IYSSE spokesperson at HU. Wurm added that a number of nominally left-wing lists were on the ballot paper. "Therefore, the vote for the IYSSE was a conscious expression of support for its revolutionary and Marxist programme, and for its work at HU."
Over recent years, the youth organisation of the ICFI has waged a systematic struggle against the rise of the far-right, the return of militarism, and its roots in the capitalist system. The IYSSE has oriented students to the international working class, and advocated an internationalist and socialist perspective.
The IYSSE election statement said, "We are standing in the student elections to build a socialist movement against militarism and war, social inequality, and the rise of the far-right. We want to prevent the universities from becoming transformed into state-directed training camps for right-wing and militarist ideologies, as they were prior to World War I and World War II."
In this struggle, the work at Humboldt University is of particular significance. The IYSSE has been struggling there for years against efforts by Humboldt professors Jörg Baberowski and Herfried Münkler to rewrite the history of the 20th century and whitewash the crimes of German imperialism so as to make right-wing extremist and militarist positions socially acceptable once again.
The IYSSE has drawn attention to these developments among students and beyond. It showed how Baberowski established a widespread network within the New Right, trivialised the Nazis' crimes ("Hitler was not vicious"), and advocates brutal wars. The university administration defended Baberowski and sharply criticised the IYSSE. Ultimately, the university sued all student representative bodies at the initiative of the AfD in order to obtain the names of all students who were active in the student council over the past 10 years.
The IYSSE decisively rejected this campaign and organised a solidarity meeting with the student council. This year's IYSSE election campaign began with the presentation of the book Why are They Back, which carefully documents how the AfD's rise was ideologically and politically promoted by professors, the media and political parties. Over the past two weeks, the IYSSE chapter also organised three well-attended meetings. The first focused on the lessons of 1933 for the struggle against fascism today, the second on the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, and the third on how the rise of the far-right can be stopped.
The IYSSE's strong election result is all the more significant given the waging of an aggressive counter-campaign by right-wing extremist forces who consciously sought to sabotage the IYSSE's campaign. AfD officials attacked IYSSE meetings, Baberowski threatened the IYSSE and urged others to put a stop to its work, and right-wing provocateurs systematically tore down IYSSE placards. The IYSSE refused to be intimidated, responding on the contrary by intensifying its campaign. While the far-right forces are a despised minority, the IYSSE's policies are winning growing support as the election result at HU confirms.
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Why don't we do all our acquisition programs faster? What keeps us from having all acquisition programs be "rapid" acquisitions? The short answer is that, if we choose to, we can trade quality for time.
Sometimes that is smart, and sometimes it isn't.
Often, and for good reasons, we demand high quality, and that takes more time. What I mean by "quality" in this case is the suite of features we want in the equipment intended for a large fraction of the force and that we keep in our inventory for a long time — 30 or 40 years, in many cases. Quality includes high reliability, maintainability, operation in a range of climates and terrains, modularity and upgradability, well-designed user interfaces, cybersecurity, robustness against responsive threats, and effective training and logistics systems. None of these things is free, and they all take time to design for and test.
For most so-called Programs of Record, we do take the time to design and build products of the quality desired by the customers, our operational communities. If you want something quick, it is generally going to be of lower quality — but that may be perfectly fine, depending on what you want. This is the operator's call; the acquisition system responds to operator requirements. As acquisition professionals, we do want a two-way continuing discussion about requirements throughout the design and development process — and beyond. That conversation is necessary because design and development always involve a voyage of discovery. And because many desired design features have to be traded off against each other and against cost, those trade-offs should be operator/customer decisions, but should still be decisions informed by acquisition professionals.
To do anything, we need money and a contract. There are vehicles that let us spend some money quickly, particularly for early stage prototypes, and there are some contract types that allow us to move out quickly, but they have limitations on scope, purpose, and amount we can spend. Lead time can be close to zero, or up to 2 years if we have to wait for a budget to be prepared, submitted and funded by Congress. We can work contracting activities (preparation of the request for proposal or even source selection) and milestone review processes (Defense Acquisition Board document preparation, as required) in parallel with the process of getting money — and usually we do so. If we already have the money, then some time is needed to have a contract. Again, for some limited purposes, this can be fast — but for major competitive awards this now takes about 18 months, close to the time it takes us to get funding from Congress. That's twice the time it used to take a couple of decades ago, and one of the actions we are working is to reduce this lead time.
If we just want a small number of prototypes for experimental purposes, and we only care about some key features and not the overall quality of the product, we can deliver in a matter of months or a few years, depending on how much new design work has to be done and the lead time for building small numbers of items or acquiring any needed subsystems from the manufacturers in the supply chain. If we want to try out a new kind of capability, to experiment, and don't care about long-term ownership quality quality-related features, then rapid prototyping is the way to go. We can do this sort of thing fast, and the technical community loves to work on projects like this. However, some quality aspects such as safety must be dealt with when we work with energetics such as munitions and rocket propellants. We can do experimental prototyping without having a program of record, so no acquisition system bureaucracy overhead need be involved in an experimental prototype program. The product you will get from an experimental prototyping program is unlikely to be one you can just replicate and field in large numbers—it wasn't designed for that. Sometimes we have liked the key features of experimental prototypes and just bought more of them. Because of their poor quality for long-term ownership and use, this has often been a disaster (see Global Hawk and the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, as examples).
Next up on the quality hierarchy are assembled items that focus on one or two key performance parameters that we do want in larger quantities, but where we are willing to sacrifice some aspects of quality in order to have an important operational capability fast, usually for operational reasons or maybe because we've been surprised by a threat. Think Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected MRAP (vehicles), which were pulled together from existing automotive components. The goal was to get more protection to the field and to get it fast. MRAPs were a big success. We saved a lot of lives. MRAPs are relatively simple designs assembled from existing components and designed for low-end threats. They lack a lot of the features needed or desired by the Army, however, and almost all of the 30,000 or so we built are going out of the inventory now that the major counterinsurgency campaigns are over.
Next on the quality scale are new designs that take into account all the things the customer wants. These are high-quality products, and they take longer, but that's because we ask for more of them and have to do more work designing, building and testing. We want integrated designs that have many features desired by the customer (again requirements). Think of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The JLTV is a much higher-quality product than any of the MRAPs. It will be in the Army inventory for decades, and most of the cost will be in maintenance and sustainment. The Army wants a highly reliable, maintainable design that will operate in a wide variety of terrain and in any climate. This is very different from what we did with MRAPs. JLTV is still a relatively simple design, but it has taken several years to mature the designs and pick a winner. For most of these systems, we do use the standard acquisition system milestones associated with decisions to start risk reduction (if needed), design for production and production itself. When the acquisition system's set of milestone decisions is needed, we do this in parallel with the actual work so we don't slow programs down. The decision process adds overhead, but it generally does not add time.
Highest of all in terms of quality are systems like the F-35 fighter jet. These are designs that integrate the newest technology, have the highest possible performance, and that we count on for a significant, decades-long military advantage. We want quality features like high reliability, maintainability, upgradability for tech insertion, well-designed user interfaces, cybersecurity, anti-tamper, resilience against jamming and responsive threats, and a host of other things our operators understandably desire. These systems are the Formula 1 race cars that are going to win against the best there is and do so for years, not just for one racing season. They are not Chevies. These are our highest quality and most difficult products, but these are also the ones that often make the most difference in terms of technological superiority and operational dominance. They take several years in development, and often we need to do a risk-reduction technology maturation phase before we start designing for production. That adds 3 years or more if we build risk reduction prototypes before we start designing for production. For these systems, you do have to wait about 10 years, but they are what populates most of our force. Think F-18 combat jet, Aegis missile defense, DDG-51 destroyer, the Virginia SSN submarine, F-15 and F-22 fighter jets, C-17 military transport aircraft, AMRAAM air-to-air missile, Abrams tank, Bradley fighting vehicle, Patriot missile, and Apache helicopter. Notably, every one of these high-quality systems struggled to get through development and into production. Most were close to cancellation at some time in their development cycles.
The acquisition system can produce experimental prototypes quickly, but if our customers want a high-quality product that we will have in the inventory in large numbers for a lot of years, that takes longer. Many of the demonstrations we have funded in the budget are experimental early prototypes. We are effectively buying options to do lower risk follow-on Engineering and Manufacturing Development phases leading to production. The ability to afford those follow-on programs, or even a subset of the concepts we will have demonstrated in the next few years, will be problematic. Unfortunately, the threats we are most worried about are not low-end threats — we are going to need high-quality robust designs.
Amid the awards and decorations on display in the Pentagon office of Ashton B. Carter, the departing deputy secretary of defense, is a metal bearing, larger than a golf ball, which wears the scars of battle.
If the signature weapon of tenacious insurgents over the past decade-plus of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was the improvised roadway explosive, then the signature weapon of the American response was the Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle, or MRAP.
The ball bearing so prized by Mr. Carter came from one of the vehicles, easily recognizable by their angular shape, to deflect blast, and outsize outside armor.
First as the Pentagon's under secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, and then as the department's deputy, Mr. Carter played a central role in the initiative to rush MRAPs to Afghanistan for the troop surge, circumventing the calcified procurement system that traditionally takes years to move a weapon from idea to the front lines.
A U.S. House of Representatives panel has preserved funding to refurbish Humvees despite an Army request to shift some of the money to pay for more urgent needs.
The House Armed Services Committee, headed by Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., denied the service's request to transfer $171 million from a program to refurbish, or re-capitalize, the iconic four-wheel drive High Mobility Multi-purposed Wheeled Vehicle, or HMMWV, known as Humvee and made by AM General LLC, based in South Bend, Ind.


Cyber safety is extremely important! All grade levels learn about what it takes to be safe on the internet. I take every precaution to keep our students safe as they "cerf the web" by empowering them with knowledge of safe internet practices. (The modern term "surfing the web" came from one of the internet pioneers, Vinton Cerf.) Internet and computer history is also covered in class. The information is tailored to each grade level.
Keyboarding is an important skill for students to learn. It facilitates many tasks done on the computer. Students learn proper keyboarding skills in class, but I strongly encourage students to practice keyboarding at home as often as they can. We use Rapid Typing in class, and it can be downloaded for free at home. There are several other links to online typing programs on class pages.
Visual and spatial acuity is developed by a number of computer programs that we use in our classes. Google SketchUp, a CAD type program, is just one of those programs used in the upper grades. The modified version of Minecraft employed in the lab also aides in these developments. Additionally, it helps develop critical thinking skills. Minecraft is a collaborative software program that uses a two-dimensional surface (the monitor) to represent a three-dimensional world. Being able to navigate through the world is a skill that can translate to and be crucial in many adult careers such as microscopic surgery and piloting drones. Experimentation with basic electrical circuitry can be done with Minecraft. These programs are introduced in Second Grade and curriculum is expanded as the students progress. In class we spend only a short time on Minecraft, but many students utilize recess and lunch to further their learning.
Research suggests that younger children exposed to computer programs that reinforce major educational activities have greater educational gains than children not exposed to computers. For example, we use an online reading program called Raz-Kids. Each student logs on to their own session of this reading program and they work at their own speed. They not only can improve their reading skills, but can also master mouse skills! This program can also be accessed and used at home. For Kindergartners and early elementary students, the benefits of computers include improved motor skills, increased math skills, increased creativity, structural knowledge, and an increase in long-term memory! Skills that Kindergarteners and First Graders need to master in class are few, but extremely important. Mastering mouse skills, understanding and using program tool bars, and mastering the login process to their individual profile on our server are among the curriculum requirements. In addition to these skills, Second Graders are introduced to "Power Point Style" Presentations and Computer Animation.
Practicing and honing computer skills learned in previous years, coupled with additional skills are presented throughout the student's time at St. Mary's. Students will see gains in areas such as: intelligence, nonverbal skills, structural knowledge, long-term memory, manual dexterity, verbal skills, problem solving, abstraction and conceptual skills. A more comprehensive knowledge of "MS Office Suite Style" programs is introduced. (we use LibreOffice Suite) Students prepare computer presentations, and share them with their classmates. This is a safe environment to embark in public speaking! Introductory work begins in Google Sketchup, animation programs, and importing templates into word processing programs. Fifth graders get a taste of the power of a spreadsheet and how charts can be made and graphing accomplished.
Our students are challenged to further their knowledge and abilities with all computers programs. Students in middle school are encouraged to use abstract thinking strategies to process and generate information. Cogent thinking is developed through the use of additional programs and developed skills. HTML coding is introduced, photo-editing is explored using Paint.Net, and language and typing skills are furthered with our word processing program, LibreOffice Text. Additionally, speadsheets and databases are introduced.
My computer lab is open to students during recess, lunch, and after school with Star Care. Students can work on homework, finish projects for other classes, and explore technology learned in my class.
You are welcome any time to tour, visit, or peruse your child's work!
Stations of the Cross presented by our Eighth Grade class yesterday.
Below is a preview of just some of the class items up for auction this weekend at the Gala! You're going to want to snag one (or more)!
Seems pretty simple to me. You need an exciting night out and St. Mary's School needs your support. Easy Peasey... You're going to the Havana Night Annual Casino Night Gala, Saturday, April 13 from 6-11pm at the Oceanside Museum of Art. For a $60.00/per person donation, you will dine on a variety of hors d'oeuvres, get a drink ticket, and start your night with $300.00 of Casino Chips. If you can pull yourself away from the Black Jack table, you can dance, listen to some great live music and check out the silent and live auctions.
Includes a variety of hors d'oeuvres and desserts, one drink ticket, $300 dollars of casino chips,an evening full of gambling, silent & live auctions, dancing & entertainment!
©2019 St. Mary Star of the Sea School.


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Chelmsford at War
Moulsham
Widford
Hoffmanns
Chelmsford Others
The Unidentified
Cemeteries and Memorials
History of Civic Centre Memorial
SPH Boys
Others Who Served
Chelmsford Athletic Club War Memorial
Chelmsford Golf Club
Baddow Road Congregational Church
William Thomas Hoggart (sometimes Hoggett or Hoggard) was born and brought up in Chelmsford where he worked at Hoffmann's ball-bearing's factory. He joined the army and was wounded in late 1915. Recovered, he returned to France and was killed in action on the third day of the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. His home was in South Primrose Hill.
HOGGART, WILLIAM THOMAS,
Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, Essex Regiment
Two platoons of B Company got over the German front line and where then held up by a high command Circular Trench which overlooked the ground they had won. The remainder of B Company and A Company almost reached the German line and were then held up by machine gun fire from Circular Trench which had stayed the advance of the other portion of B Company. D Company also made progress on the left, but they too, were stopped by the machine guns of Circular Trench, the wire of which had been renewed after the British bombardment had ceased.
Survivors from the enemy front line had sought shelter in this miniature fortress when the Brigade advanced and delivered therefrom the bombing attacks which were to have a potent effect on staying the Brigade's offensive. The first to feel the influence of thus counter-attack were the two plattons of B Company, which were forced back. sadly depleted to the
William was born in Chelmsford in 1895 (when his forenames were recorded as 'Thomas William', the son of Alfred James Hoggart and Harriet Eliza Mead Hoggart (nee Devenish). His father had been born in Chelmsford in 1867; his mother in Springfield in 1862. In 1891 the couple had been resident at 6 Coval Road, Chelmsford with their daughter and William's maternal grandmother.
William's two siblings were Maud Hoggart (born in 1889 in Great Leighs) and Alfred James Hoggart (born in 1891 in Chelmsford).
The 1901 census found five year-old William living with his two siblings and parents near the Rose and Crown Inn at Rainsford End, Chelmsford. His father was employed as a maltster. In 1910 and 1913 the Hoggarts were living at 63 South Primrose Hill, Chelmsford. In between, the 1911 census found 16 year-old William living there with his parents, two siblings and a boarder. William's father was a maltster; his sister was a laundress while William and the lodger were general labourers at Hoffmann's ball-bearing factory in Chelmsford. William's brother was a machinist there too. The house was renumbered as number 75 soon afterwards.
William lived and enlisted at Chelmsford, serving as Private 12438 in the 9th (Service) Battalion of the Essex Regiment. His battalion was part of the 35th Brigade in the 12th
(Eastern) Division, one of six Divisions which together formed the first part of 'Kitchener's Army' from August 1914. The battalion was raised at Shornecliffe in Kent. The battalion had landed in France at the end of May/start of June 1915, entering the front line in July 1915 near Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium, close to the French border, a comparatively quiet sector.
On 5th November 1915 the Essex County Chronicle reported that William had been wounded:
"Pt. W. T. Hoggart, 9th Essex Regiment, son of Mr. A. Hoggart, 75 South Primrose Hill, Chelmsford, is wounded and in the Red Cross Hospital, Torquay."
William recovered after six weeks and returned to his regiment.
In July 1916 William's battalion participated in the Battle of the Somme. A post war regimental history reported:
"The Battalion was in reserve at Henencourt Wood [west of Albert] during the eventful daylight hours of July 1st. At 6.30 p.m. it moved through the village, the march being hampered by the blocking of the roads to Albert by other troops also marching up to the line in relief of the 8th Division, which had suffered severely. The 9th Essex occupied the line opposite Ovillers [north-east of Albert] on July 2nd. They were in support of the 5th Royal Berks and 7th Suffolks and during the day took shelter in the railway cutting near Marmont bridge from possible hostile counter bombardment whilst the 19th Division was operating against La Boisselle.
Orders were received that the Brigade was to attack Ovillers in the early morning of July 4th, but the time was subsequently altered to 3 a.m. on the 3rd , which prevented the thorough reconnaissance of the ground which had been planned. The Battalion occupied the following communication trenches - B Company in St. Vincent, C Company in Furness Street, A Company in Barrow Street and D Company in Mitchell Street, with Battalion headquarters in Ryecroft Street. Each company had its head in touch with the rear platoons of the leading battalion of the Brigade. Berkshires and Suffolks assembled in Border Street.
'The march of the Battalion'. wrote a member of the 9th, 'to take up position in this first Somme battle will for ever be remembered by those engaged. Innumerable gun flashes lit the darkness of the night; they seemed endless and as one approached the line, the noise was deafening. After what appeared to be endless marching we reached the trenches in front of Ovillers. They were of hard chalk and with the bad weather not all that easy to negotiate without trench boards. In moving to positions for attack, the congestion in the trenches was awful and mortally wounded men could not be moved, Zero hour arrived when it was raining, visibility was poor, with bitter retaliation by way of machine gun fire from the enemy'.
At 2.15 everything was ready, when a message was received that zero hour had been changed to 3.7 a.m. The attack took place promptly to time after a heavy bombardment and at 3.20 a.m. the leading lines of the Battalion followed in support. Considerable difficulty had been experienced in reaching the front line and the last of the Berkshires and Suffolks had disappeared into the darkness before the first Company had leapt the parapet in support. The direction of the attack was 90 degrees magnetic; that is to say, in a quarter left direction from the front line. Direction was not well maintained, chiefly because the objectives were indistinguishable and the jumping-off places were not square to the enemy line.
This difficulty notwithstanding, however, the leading battalions over-ran the enemy's front and support lines and parties entered Ovillers, together with men of the 9th Essex. The latter unit had suffered severely whilst crossing the open ground by machine gun fire from the flanks and the village, and the waves became a series of detached parties under either an officer or N.C.O. A, D and three plattons of B Company had advanced in platoon waves, but the lines were not always in touch, the initial cause being the difficulty of getting the companies deployed along the front trench so as to move simultaneously owing to their damaged condition and the number of wounded and other details making their way back by the communication trenches up which the 9th Essex had groped their way.
German front line.
Battalion headquarters had been in the meantime moved to the junction of St. Vincent Street and Border Street, and no information having come to hand, Lieut.-Colonel Lewes and Adjutant went forward to ascertain the situation. Parties could be seen coming back on the right of the 36th Brigade, which had attacked with the 35th Brigade.. and later other parties sought to return on the right flank of the Brigade.
A small detachment of the Essex, about fifty men, started digging in on a small ridge or bank which overlooked the enemy's first line and extra tools for that purpose were sent up by the 7th Norfolks. Information was very difficult to obtain and of news of the exact whereabouts of the Berkshires and Suffolks there was none. About 4 a.m. the attack had come to a standstill and the survivors withdrew again to the front line.. where the 7th Norfolks took over and enabled the Essex to reorganise in Ribble Street.
A curious mistake occurred during the attack, which deprived the Battalion of C Company (Kennefick), but which had, by happy mischance, the fortunate result of materially assisting the capture of La Boisselle. C Company were on the left of B Company and should have advance in line with them, but they lost touch and, moving in a south-easterly direction in lines of platoons. straight across Mash Valley, tehy struck the German lines north-west of La Boisselle. They carried the enemy front and support trenches and went right through the village, where they met the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and Gloucesters, of the 19th Division, who were advancing upon La Boisselle from the opposite direction.
Much bomb fighting ensued in the village and when C Company were withdrawn at 2 p.m. only the north-western corner remained in German occupation. C Company secured 150 prisoners in their bold essay, who were handed over to the 19th Division for safe conduct to Albert. Thus, although Ovillers remained untaken, La Boisselle, another strongly fortified point in the line, had succumbed to the bold attack of C Company. 'Though there was a grave error', wrote the Battalion Commander, 'in the initial leading and the attack on Ovillers was deprived of a whole company, which may or may not have made all the difference, I would like to point out that the handling and conduct of the Company from this point were most creditable, especially as it was considerably shaken by the bombardment of our trenches just before the attack from which Furness Street suffered badly'...Twelve officers and 386 other ranks were returned as casualties or missing."
At some during that day, the 3rd July 1916, William was killed in action, one of 110 men from the Battalion who are listed as killed that day by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Today he lies at Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France (grave: F. 40), some two miles west of Ovillers. The cemetery also contains 19 other British soldiers who died that day, including two comrades from William's battalion. Another Chelmsford man, also serving in the 9th (Service) Battalion of the Essex Regiment, Harold Percival Nevard, was killed that day, though he has no known grave.
William's death was mentioned by the Essex Weekly News on 4th August 1916:
"Pte. William Hoggett [sic], Essex Regt., killed in action on July 3, was 21 years of age, and the son of Mrs. Hoggett [sic], of 75, South Primrose-hill, Chelmsford. He was wounded last October, but recovered after six weeks and rejoined his regiment."
The Essex County Chronicle of 11th August 1916 carried a short report on his death:
"Pt. Wm. Hoggett, Essex R., killed in action on July 3, was 21 years of age, and the son of Mrs. Hoggett, of 75 South Primrose Hill, Chelmsford."
William is commemorated on the Civic Centre Memorial, Chelmsford. He was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals.
His brother had married Violet Emily Willet in 1913 and they lived at 10 Embankment Terrace in 1918; his sister married Frederick G. Wilson in 1919, but she died just four years later. In another tragedy Violet committed suicide in 1932.
The 1918 register of electors showed William's parents still at 75 South Primrose Hill; and his father was still there in 1940 according to a later street directory. The property was renumbered once again in 1946, becoming number 27. William's mother died in 1943, aged 81. His father died seven years later, aged 83.
William was one of the 'South Primrose Hill Boys'.
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History & The Eye of Newt
Dec 12, 2011 by Frank Salvato EducationViews Contributor
By Frank Salvato –
Former US House Speaker and GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich was instantly assailed by a plethora of people for statements critical of the modern-day understanding of the Palestinian history. From Palestinian Authority leaders, to mainstream media political analysts and even those who share the GOP presidential primary debate stage with the former Speaker, each offered denunciation ranging from outright condemnation of Mr. Gringrich's statement to disagreement based on its diplomatic political incorrectness. But, the fact of the matter is this: Mr. Gingrich's history on the matter is solid.
In the interview with The Jewish Channel, Gingrich said:
"Remember there was no Palestine as a state. It was part of the Ottoman Empire. And I think that we've had an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community…And they had a chance to go many places. And for a variety of political reasons we have sustained this war against Israel now since the 1940's, and I think it's tragic."
He went on to say that it is "delusional to call it a peace process," pointing out that the Fatah-run Palestinian Authority and Hamas "represent an enormous desire to destroy Israel."
Anyone debating the base declaration of Mr. Gingrich's assertion – that there has, through history, never been a Palestinian state – is either disingenuous or an extremely poor student of World History.
Increasingly, many Americans are coming to understand the facts surrounding the origins of the "Palestinians." Understood is that at its genesis, Palestine – derived from the word "Peleshet", English for "Philistine" – did not refer to a nation state but, instead, to a geographical location; a land with no governance. So, too, is the American public – as well as many informed peoples around the world – coming to understand that the use of the term "Palestinian," as a label for an Arab ethnic group, is a modern political creation with no basis in historical geographical fact, never having had any international or academic credibility before 1967.
Dr. Daniel Pipes, a medieval Middle East historian who heads the Middle East Forum, wrote in 1988:
"The Romans introduced the word Palestine as a way to expunge the name Judea from the map – a punishment for the Bar Kochba rebellion suppressed in 135 C.E. Naming the region after the Philistine residents of the coast, they called it Palaestina."
Rabbi Joseph E. Katz, a Middle Eastern political and religious history analyst, notes:
"The word itself derives from 'Peleshet,' a name that appears frequently in the Bible and has come into English as 'Philistine.' The Philistines were Mediterranean people originating from Asia Minor and Greek localities. They reached the southern coast of Israel in several waves. One group arrived in the pre-patriarchal period and settled south of Beersheba in Gerar where they came into conflict with Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. Another group, coming from Crete after being repulsed from an attempted invasion of Egypt by Rameses III in 1194 BCE, seized the southern coastal area, where they founded five settlements (Gaza, Ascalon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gat). In the Persian and Greek periods, foreign settlers – chiefly from the Mediterranean islands – overran the Philistine districts. From the time of Herodotus, Greeks called the eastern coast of the Mediterranean 'Syria Palaestina.'
"The Philistines were not Arabs, nor even Semites, they were most closely related to the Greeks. They did not speak Arabic. They had no connection, ethnic, linguistic or historical with Arabia or Arabs. The name 'Falastin' that Arabs today use for 'Palestine' is not an Arabic name. It is the Arab pronunciation of the Greco-Roman "Palastina"; which is derived from the Plesheth, (root palash) was a general term meaning rolling or migratory. This referred to the Philistine's invasion and conquest of the coast from the sea."
Again, Dr. Pipes:
"Not only did the border [vacillate] during Roman and Muslim rule, but Palestine never constituted a single political unit between the fall of the Second Jewish Commonwealth in 68 C.E. and 1917 – with the one exception of the Crusades. Therefore, it is nonsense to speak of "historic" Palestine as if it were a single long-standing polity. Palestine lived in the hearts of those who loved it, and that was in a realm without boundaries. In medieval Europe, for example, "Palestine" referred to that area occupied by the Hebrews before the Diaspora, but since this area had changed size many times, the definition implied no precise boundaries on a map."
In addition to these facts, it is becoming common knowledge among those who have attempted a cursory examination of the issue, that the contemporary boundaries, circa the creation of the now-recognized State of Israel, have the overwhelming bulk of recognized "Palestinian lands" in the nation of Jordan, an Arab-Islamic country.
With the end of World War I came the break-up of the Ottoman Empire. The League of Nations (the precursor to the now dysfunctional and corrupt United Nations) and the occupying powers mandated – by virtue of the spoils of victory – new borders for the countries and territories of the Middle East. The results: the Sykes-Picot Agreement, which gave birth to the French Mandate for Syria and the British Mandate for Palestine. More than 70 percent of the British Mandate for Palestine territory was east of the Jordan River and was known as "Transjordan," or what is today known simply as Jordan.
Even Jordanian officials – royalty and politicos alike – have maintained that the bulk of recognized "Palestinian lands" are in the nation of Jordan, as is evidence by a number of quotes:
▪ "Palestine and Transjordan are one." – King Abdullah, Arab League meeting in Cairo, 12 April 1948.
▪ "We are the government of Palestine, the army of Palestine and the refugees of Palestine." – Prime Minister of Jordan, Hazza' al-Majali, 23 August 1959.
▪ "Palestine is Jordan and Jordan is Palestine; there is one people and one land, with one history and one and the same fate." – Prince Hassan, brother of King Hussein, addressing the Jordanian National Assembly, 2 February 1970.
▪ "Jordan is not just another Arab state with regard to Palestine, but rather, Jordan is Palestine and Palestine is Jordan in terms of territory, national identity, sufferings, hopes and aspirations." – Jordanian Minister of Agriculture, 24 September 1980.
▪ "The truth is that Jordan is Palestine and Palestine is Jordan." – King Hussein 1981
Thus, many who have expunged the politically correct, pro-Palestinian propaganda from their knowledge base are asking the legitimate question: Why aren't the Palestinians as violently caustic towards the Jordanian government, since the bulk of their land claim rests within sovereign Jordanian boundaries?
But, perhaps the most damning evidence to date that the "State of Palestine" never existed comes from the mouth of Hamas leadership.
In 1977, Zahir Muhsein, a PLO Executive Committee member, said:
"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct 'Palestinian people' to oppose Zionism."
During the nationally televised Republican Presidential Primary Debate on December 10, 2011, hosted by ABC News, Speaker Gingrich stood by his original statement exhibiting the authority of the historian that he is, saying:
"Is what I said factually correct? Yes. Is it historically true? Yes. We are in a situation where everyday rockets are fired into Israel while the United States – the current administration – tries to pressure the Israelis into a peace process…Somebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth. These people are terrorists, they teach terrorism in their schools…it's fundamentally the time for somebody to have the guts to say enough lying about the Middle East."
Imagine that: a politician putting the truth ahead of political opportunism; ahead of political correctness; and ahead of advancing a commonly held belief based on an exquisite propaganda campaign…and on a subject that almost every other political figure in modern times runs from like coward.
The facts, from a historical point of view, support Speaker Gingrich. It is the politically correct in Washington – and among the GOP primary field – who, by attacking the former Speaker, are advancing a lie; who are facilitating the status quo politically correct fallacy.
If we are to base our foreign policy on sound, solid facts – and we need to, it would be time for not only the Palestinians to seek peace in a way that dispenses with fiction, but for American politicians to embrace truth over political opportunism and political correctness. On this notion Mr. Gingrich has crossed the proverbial "Rubicon."


Pastor Ted Wilson occasionally invites other authors to present pertinent material. This article is adapted from a sermon delivered by Ron Kelly in December 2018 at the Village Seventh-day Adventist Church in Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States. For the full sermon, visit www.villagesda.org/events/kingly-power-sermon-series.
How are you pursuing truth in your life? If you have not disciplined your mind to reasonableness and honesty, you can make anything say anything you want it to say. Especially the Bible. We're on a journey where God is looking to lead us into all truth; knowing the truth will set us free. But some have not disciplined their minds for reasonableness and honesty.
In his book, Friedman describes a "well-differentiated leader" as one who can separate their own emotional being from that of their followers while still remaining connected. Vision, he says, is an emotional rather than cerebral phenomenon, depending more on a leader's capacity to deal with anxiety than his or her professional training or degree.
Take courage. Here is a leadership consultant and psychologist reminding us that the person best suited to lead is one who can hold up to the emotional duress of occasionally displeasing people. Our history as a church bears this out.
James White was God's well-differentiated leader, prepared to get this prophetic movement onto solid footing. He and Ellen made tremendous relational and emotional sacrifices to protect and establish the church.
Friedman's appeal, "From parents to presidents" is that a man or a woman who is not well-differentiated, who doesn't know who they are and what their duty is, will be a poor excuse as a leader.
Leaders do what's right because it is right. It's about moving forward, understanding and caring for the needs of the people you serve.
"Kingly power" is also used to refer to unsanctified humanity and the human desire to be in charge. At times she references the human ability to choose.
This leaves us with numerous references to kingly power in regard to church organization. From small beginnings to rapid expansion, the church had to grow through organizational challenges. Managerial power was centered in two or three people in Battle Creek. But at the 1901 General Conference session this problem was addressed when the church structure was reorganized into unions, which we still have today.
Let's be careful how we throw pejorative phrases around. If someone were to say to you as a manager, or parent, "You're grasping for kingly power," it would be an almost impossible accusation to defend against. The phrase has powerful negative emotion attached to it and ought not to be used carelessly or ignorantly, especially in regard to our church leaders.
Do you sit on a committee? Are you a leader? Is prayer just one of those formalities you hurry and get out of the way so you can work?
As we approach the end, character will reveal those filled with the Spirit from those who are not. God could do the work without us, but He gives us a role to transform us and grow our faith. If we attempt God's work on our own, we will be ruined in the process.
Another time she wrote, "I know how pleased the enemy is when [Satan] can keep the hearts of those in the service of God filled with distrust and suspicion."10 If you have distrust and suspicion toward a leader, from pastor to conference, union, or division president, or the General Conference president, the first thing to do is to get on your knees and pray!
Any group can become fractured, splintered, divided, but "unity existing among the followers of God is an evidence that the Father sent His Son to save sinners. . . . Nothing short of the miraculous power of God can bring human beings, with their different temperaments, together in harmonious action. . . . Strive earnestly for unity. Pray for it. Work for it. It will bring spiritual help, elevation of thought, nobility, heavenly mindedness. You will overcome selfishness,"11 urged God's prophet.
1 Edwin Friedmann, A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, New York: Church Publishing, Inc., 2007 edition, citing Gilbert Murray in Five Stages of Greek Religion, , at www.sacred-texts.com/cla/fsgr/fsgr08.htm, p. 130.
2 Arthur White, Ellen G. White: The lonely years, volume 3, 1876-1891 (Hagerstown, MD: Review & Herald Pub. Assn., 1984), p. 164, quoting Uriah Smith.
3 A. Leroy Moore, "Kingly Power," in The Ellen G. White Encyclopedia, ed. Denis Fortin and Jerry Moon (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Pub. Assn., 2013), p. 920.
4 Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church (Mountain View, Calif.: Pacific Press Pub. Assn., 1948), vol. 8, p. 232.
5 Ellen G. White, Bible Training School, May 1, 1903.
6 Ellen G. White, Manuscript 144, 1903, par. 14.
8 Ellen G. White, This Day With God (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Pub. Assn., 1979), p. 40.
9 Ellen G. White, Letter 61, 1904.
10 Ellen G. White, Letter 170, 1902.
Ron Kelly is senior pastor of the Village Seventh-day Adventist Church in Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States.


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Its basically a video creation for youtube from a song and an artwork.
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New Study Finds Russell 2000 Index Options Benchmarks and Options-Base...
New Study Finds Russell 2000 Index Options Benchmarks and Options-Based Funds Less Volatile
CBOE.com – Chicago, IL and County Wicklow, Ireland – Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and Fund Evaluation Group, LLC (FEG) announced findings from a study of four CBOE strategy performance benchmark indexes designed to track the performance of positions in Russell 2000 (RUT) index options, looking at various aspects of their performance over a 15-year period spanning 2001 through 2016. The study was presented Monday during a session at CBOE's Risk Management Conference Europe, currently taking place in County Wicklow, Ireland.
The study, "Evaluating Options for Enhanced Risk-Adjusted Returns: CBOE Russell 2000 Option Benchmark Suite and Case Studies on Fund Use of Options," was commissioned by CBOE and written by Michael J. Oyster, CFA, FEG's chief investment strategist.
"Comparable to similar studies conducted in the past," Oyster said, "our analysis of the suite of CBOE Russell 2000 Options Indexes suggests that the monetization of the equity risk premium through options-based strategies can enhance risk-adjusted returns relative to long-only equity benchmarks."
The FEG analysis found that, despite a strong U.S. stock market rally concurrent with the period studied, the CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index (PUTR) had higher returns and lower volatility than the underlying Russell 2000 stock index.
FEG also evaluated the performance of the CBOE Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index (BXR), CBOE Russell 2000 30-Delta BuyWrite Index (BXRD) and CBOE Russell 2000 Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index (CLLR). In addition to the four benchmark indexes, a targeted analysis of the CBOE Russell 2000 One-Week PutWrite Index (WPTR) also was conducted. With the exception of the PUTR, the returns posted by most of the CBOE Russell 2000 options-based strategy benchmark indexes lagged the Russell 2000 Index over the period studied, but did so with lower volatility.
Researchers noted that while the PUTR was not immune to the volatility pressures that hit many financial assets during the 2008 financial crisis, it performed better than the Russell 2000 Index, declining by 28.5 percent that year, compared with a 33.8 percent drop by the Russell 2000 Index.
Richly Priced Index Options: The study found that there was a volatility risk premium for RUT options; implied volatility exceeded realized volatility by 3.3 volatility points. This premium facilitated strong risk-adjusted returns by the PUTR that measures sales of RUT puts every month.
Lower Volatility: The CBOE Russell 2000 options-based strategy benchmark indexes exhibited much lower standard deviations and less severe drawdowns than the underlying long-only equity index.
Enhanced Returns: The inclusion of the PUTR in a stock/bond portfolio would have improved risk-adjusted returns.
Case Study – Reduced Risk: Options-writing mutual funds as a combined group had less than half the volatility of the stock indexes studied.
"Evaluating Options for Enhanced Rick-Adjusted Returns: CBOE Russell 2000 Option Benchmark Suite and Case Studies on Fund Use of Options," is the latest in a series of more than a dozen CBOE-sponsored studies that analyze the long-term performance of options-based benchmark indexes.
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Since 2002, CBOE has been a worldwide leader in creating benchmark indexes designed to help investors track the performance of investment strategies that use options or volatility products to help manage risk and enhance yield. CBOE currently publishes data on more than 30 strategy performance benchmark indexes, including BXM, PUTR and the CBOE VIX Tail Hedge Index (VXTH). Links to the new paper, as well as additional information on all of CBOE's strategy performance benchmark indexes, can be found at www.cboe.com/benchmarks.
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At this year's annual congress in Madrid, Europa Nostra's Industrial and Engineering Heritage Committee (IEHC) will organise its traditional industrial heritage excursion.
The excursion starts with a brief visit to Madrid's Waterworks "Canal de Isabel II" to be followed by extensive visits to Madrid's Metro Transport System, inaugurated by King Alfonso XIII in 1919.
It is the oldest subway system in Spain and one of the 10 oldest in the world. The system boasts an original depot and workshops, which serve both modern and vintage trains, an electric power station and an abandoned or "ghost" subway station. The subway represents a combination of still good functioning, partly preserved, but not fully recognized and hence endangered industrial heritage. Transport will be by bus and metro and a packed lunch will be provided.


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Someone in a ski mask and black clothing is lying on the ground, bleeding and Aiden is holding a gun. The apparently dead figure also has a tattoo on their wrist of the double infinity sign.
It's two days earlier and Amanda and Aiden are having a discussion about the kiss between Daniel and Amanda. She explains that it doesn't mean anything and that it's just part of the agreement she made with Victoria. Somewhat satisfied with her response, Aiden tells Amanda that he's made contact with Helen Crowley who also wants his help. He also tells her about the possibility that his sister, Colleen, may be alive. Amanda asks him the same question we would have asked, given the opportunity, in fact, the very question we had a week ago – did she offer any proof? Of course, he says "no", but he's waiting to hear from Helen.
Amanda makes a quick trip to New York City – these folks move at lightning speed between the Hamptons and the city – and she drops by Daniel's office. When he leans in for a kiss, Amanda isn't very receptive and tells him that she'd like to take things slowly for a while. Daniel is a bit crestfallen, but Amanda cheers him up in the best way one can cheer up a Grayson, by telling him that she has an idea that might help Grayson Global's image, and, their bottom line. She says that she's going to hold a wine auction to raise money for her charity which helps foster children. The two are interrupted by Daniel's secretary Grace, who hand him a package from Helen Crowley, and tells him that Helen is on hold as they speak. The package contains a prospectus for Stonehaven United Solutions. Amanda excuses herself so that Daniel can take the call but asks Grace if she can use her phone to call about some of the arrangements for her fundraiser. What Amanda really does is pick up on the same line and eavesdrops on the conversation between Helen and Daniel. Helen wants Grayson Global to purchase Stonehaven, information which Amanda delivers to Victoria.
Emily is visiting Jack in jail and wants to call Amanda or Nolan to help him get out of there. Jack tells her that he was setup by the police and the Ryans but warns her not to do anything because they'd hurt her or Declan or both. I'm not so sure that Emily is too worried about the Ryans given the fact that she's already killed Frank Stephens. Declan visits his brother, too, and Jack tells him everything he knows about the Ryans and the staged raid and arrest. The Ryans are feeling pretty good about themselves, though, and stop by the Stowaway to tell Declan that he might as well just sell the place to them with the prospect of Jack going to prison. Emily growls at Kenny, telling him to stop playing innocent and throws some money back at him. I'm telling you, don't mess with this woman.
Back at Grayson Manor, Conrad is hosting a visitor, his old friend and business rival, Jason Prosser, a big, successful hedge fund manager. Victoria stomps in and after a quick acknowledgement of her guest, tells Conrad that she needs to talk to him – now. She's all in a stew about Helen Crowley and the Stonehaven acquisition. Conrad doesn't appear to be phased by the news, at all. He explains that Stonehaven is just the kind of company that The Initiative would love – a disaster recovery firm that influences upheaval and then profits from the aftermath. Victoria wants to know just what kind of aftermath he's talking about, maybe another Flight 197. When she sees that Conrad isn't going to be of much help, she tells him that she'll thwart them herself, through sabotage. To get the ball rolling, Victoria suggests to Amanda that she invite Jason to the auction because there's nothing more beneficial to a charity than pitting corporate egos against each other, allowing for the measure of one's manhood by the size of his wallet.
Daniel is having a little chat with Nolan and lets him know that there are a few things missing from NolCorp's records. Daniel is really, really interested in the abandoned Carrion project – that super computer decoder, cyber-plutonium thing – and tells Nolan that, under the terms of full disclosure, he wants everything that is or ever was in research and development at Nolcorp – ASAP. After Daniel storms off, in walks the lovely but questionable Padma. "I miss you Nolan. I want you Nolan. I'll do anything, I pinky promise, if you'll only take me back, Nolan. Really. You can trust me." Well, not to be outdone, Marco manages to make an entrance just in the nick of time and he wants everything Padma does. Nolan folds, and tells Marco that if they could find room for him, then rehiring Padma shouldn't be a problem. Yeah, right.
Following the theme of ghosts of mistresses past, Ashley shows up to negotiate something for herself from Conrad. She's decided that the Graysons owe her, and well, they probably do, but not for the same reasons she has. Her deal is that Conrad either brings her back on board or she'll spill all of the dirty little secrets she's been privy to while serving and servicing the Grayson family. Not much of a choice there.
The wine auction is going well, and Daniel bids $1 million dollars for a bottle of something or other. He'd outbid Jason for the bottle and Jason decides that he's now interested in purchasing Stonehaven, as a sort of consolation prize and as a way of getting one over on the Graysons, once Victoria mentioned Grayson Global's interest in the company. It doesn't matter what wine was, really, because when Amanda and Daniel pour a couple of glasses, they spit it out as if they've just sipped kerosene.
Also in attendance are Helen Crowley and Aiden, who leave the event together and get into an elevator that abruptly stops and is filling up with gas. They wake up, tied up and with their heads covered. Aiden manages to free himself and gets a gun away from and shoots one of the masked baddies who have been holding them. Helen wants to see who it is but a second masked figure is coming after them, so they flee. The approaching bad guy reaches his fallen partner and looky there – it's Amanda, and her partner is none other than Nolan – fake bullet, fake blood, revengey stuff. Helen is making a phone call because she thinks she knows who is behind the whole thing. Aiden, Amanda and Nolan are just hoping that she's buying what they did and nothing will come back to them.
Charlotte and Declan want Conrad to help get Jack out of jail but Conrad isn't too keen on the idea. Ashley convinces him that, now that he wants to run for political office, his cooperation might benefit his future aspirations. He pulls some strings with a judge friend and gets Jack released, but the ever resourceful Emily has already stolen Conrad's watch and traded it for a gun.
Marco is getting even more desperate and tells Nolan that if he doesn't trust him, he should look at Marco's emails which will prove that he's done nothing wrong. Nolan takes him up on the offer and finds a very incriminating email to Daniel's private account which mentions the abandoned project. Marco denies that he wrote it and I believe him – this time. And Padma is calling Helen Crowley. Oh my.
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From the Desk of MarDrag says:
Good Morning Empress….and Revengey friends! I missed commenting last week because it was such a busy week, so I am glad to be back again. I watched this epi late last night and thought it was good. But, did anyone else buy the "attack" on Aiden & Helen? I was a bit confused about why the whole thing was going down and….I totally knew it was Emily who was the masked gunman, and Nolan was the sidekick. Was I just psychic…or did you all get it right away too? Did I miss something earlier in the epi as to WHY they were doing this whole thing? Sigh…revengey!
Regarding the mess with Jack & the Stowaway….I am beginning to think more and more that the "hand" of the drowned guy at the beginning of the season (when the Amanda goes down) is one of the Ryan brothers and Amanda and/or Declon will be behind it. More like Amanda. She is a strong woman and not afraid of the Ryan brothers (she has seen and done worse) and she is a pitbull where Jack and Carl are concerned. I can totally see her taking them down. BUT, this is Revenge too, so I could be totally wrong! 🙂
Having said all of that, does this season seem a bit "choppy" to anyone else? Last season flowed a bit better and more seamless, while I feel this season I am watching "weekly" episodes that stand on their own rather than weaving an ongoing tale. Maybe it is just me. I have been very busy and haven't been able to watch the epi's multiple times and look for details like I did last season.
Oh, oh, oh, oh….yeah….almost forgot…..ooooh Padma! Did we all call that one?!? We knew she was likely a bad guy…but in Helen's pocket? Didn't see that one. Not surprised, but didn't guess The Initiative. Now Marco…even tho he LOOKS like he may be on Nolan's side, I still do not trust him and think more will come out about him too. But, Nolan is heading into some murky trouble here. I hope Ems will be there for him!
OK…..that is my "novel" for now. Can't wait to see what all of you have to share about this!
Hello & Hugs to you Empress! Hope you are well!
empressofaiken says:
Happy Monday to you, too MarDrag! Yep, they're throwing a lot of subplots at us and I'm not sure how some of them tie in to the original premise and storyline. For instance, I don't know why we should care about the problems between Jack and the Ryan boys, and I have no idea where that's going or if it even matters in the grand scheme.
This is just my humble opinion, but I think the attack on Helen and Aiden was done to make it look like the Graysons were behind it. If Helen falls for that, then (real) Amanda will have The initiative and the Graysons at each others' throats – more than they already are.
Marco, Padma and Nolan – now there's a strange trio. Is Padma really working for Helen or is she doing what (real) Amanda is and just playing her? As for Marco, who knows? He sure got played with that email, so somebody wants him out of the picture.
Oh good…so it is not just me, LOL! i agree about the whole Jack/Ryan Bros thing. I hope they tie it into some relevance soon or I may get bored with it. Maybe Emily (Amanda) will have to come to the rescue or something and jack will find out the truth about her. Hmmm. 🙂
Now, you bring up something revengey about Padma. Didn't consider she might be "playing" Helen. That's intriguing. And why or for what purpose? Great point lady! And yes, someone planted that email to mess with Marco….but who? Gasp! 😛
Boobah says:
Oooooohhhhhh Empress – that is very revengy indeed! Very interesting – Padma playing Helen?!?! Now that would be an awesome twist! We must explore this –
But I need to jog my memory – Padma first came onto the scene as a disgruntled NolCorp employee how was worried about an audit. She didn't like that Nolan was never in the office – is this correct?? I wonder if Helen and Padma had known each other at this point? Or was their involvment something that transpired after Padma took the CEO position? If she isn't a mole for The Initiative, then who does she answer to?
I figured it was Amanda also. The first scene showed a body laying on the floor with a ski mask that revealed her eyes – IMO, she has distinct eyes so I recognized that it was her. But I also had my sleuth cap on with heightens my revengy senses.
YES – this season is choppy – great description for it. Things are more disjointed and nothing is flowing. I hope they pull some of the storylines together soon.
I bet you are correct – the arm floating in the water as the Amanda sinks is probably one of the Ryan Bro's. It HAS to be. Who else could it be?? Somehow I bet that Amanda had something to do with this.
melthehound says:
Revengery! Marco has become an annoying bitch. I can't think of a nicer way to say that. I actually do believe he put Grayson on to these deleted projects. Only because, who else knew about them unless it's Nolan himself. Speak of the devil and in she walks. Padma.. I see a throwdown between her and Marco coming. Nolan needs to decide which way he swings. What may end up happening is Marco and Padma team up against him because it already seems that both are working against him.
I still can't help feeling that this show has strayed a long way from what I thought the original goal was. Bury the Graysons. This bar plot is boring the hell out of me. It's moving too slow.. I wish Amanda/Emily would have just shot the Ryan guy and got it over with. She has rich friends, and could make that disappear. She showed her hand though. He has to suspect now that she is packing heat and wants to use it. It will be interesting to see who ends up on that boat at the bottom of the ocean. Does anyone think that Emily/Amanda will ever tell Jack who she really is? There has to be a reason to continue this bar plot.
Now that would be a great storyline – Padma and Marco team up against Nolan! Omg – I just envisioned them in a mudpit!
They have strayed from the original goal – to ruin the Graysons and to clear David Clarke's name. There seems to be a bunch of revegneries going on.
YES – I do believe that Ems will eventually tell Jack who she really is. While the bar plot is reeaaalllyyy getting drawn out, I bet that this puts Jack and Ems closer together. Maybe the sinking becomes the catalyst for Ems' admission?? I doubt it. Actually, I think it will be a while before Jack knows the truth. I think a lot of shite will have go down before that happens.
I agree too that they have strayed from the original concept and goal and are bringing too many strings of storylines that don't add up into the mix. I hate it when they do with with good shows…the 1st season is so good….and then they can't stay consistent for the 2nd season. I hope this turns around.
LOL at MTH about Marco. And Boobah, it could be that Marco and Padma team up….Nolan is in for a whole lotta shite to deal with. I feel bad for him….but his storyline has strayed too.
I worked for ABC TV years ago and I saw them mess up soooo many good shows. 😦 I hope this will not be one of them!
OMG!!! You worked for ABC?!!?!?!? Oh man, can you make a call and tell them they are messing up the show?! Give them a linkk to here! We can write the show better than nthey are at this point! I am totally kidding – LOL!!!
Seriously though – how cool is that you worked for ABC!
Honestly…it was fun for awhile but…it was not as exciting as it sounds. Except to find out how it all works behind the scenes and how they can screw up a good show! LOL! Like they are doing now! 😛
mth and Boobah, I hope Jack never finds out who the real Amanda is. I mean, really, this poor guy has been to hell and back thanks to (real)Amanda's revenge mission. Now he thinks he's marrying that same girl he knew 20 years ago. I don't know how he could ever forgive and forget everything that's happened to him thanks to Emily, Amanda, Nolan, the Graysons, etc. He'd be better off just getting married to the fake Amanda, moving away with his wife and son and living the rest of his life in blissful ignorance, Declan can go fend for himself with Charlotte by his side.
It may make the real Amanda feel better by 'fessing up but it sure isn't going to help Jack.
Empress, you are right…that would be devastating to Jack and I don't see how he could ever forgive Emily/Amanda. But so too….Amanda/Emily is in on the fraud and what would happen to them and Carl if it came out? Jack would be furious with her too. I feel for him…his life is a mess with all of this AND the Ryan Bros.!
Maybe he needs to join the Initiative and start a new life altogether! Har har har hardy har har!! 😛
Mardrag and Empress – you guys make a good point. It would devastate Jack.
Unless, of course, the info was given to him as a means to make him feel better. The way I can see it happening is something bad happened to Amanda. Maybe she is in the boat accident or she kills a Ryan Bro and goes to jail – whatever. Jack is consumed with saddness but as he goes through her things, he sees that things aren't adding up. This makes him nuts and confused. So in an attempt to ease some of his pain, or at least let him know that he isn't nuts – Ems tells him the truth.
A stretch, I know.
Hmmmm, good script writing!! Nice edge! 😀
Okay!!!! I've GOT it…..Padma is Aiden's SISTER!?!?!!! She has been brainwashed and has been selected by Helen to be a mole in Grayson Global. Helen knows this will completely disarm Aiden! Padma was recruited at a young age and reprogrammed to be a spy.
Good revenery scheme. Could be…
OMG Boobah….good one!
Boobah I have to hand it to you, my dear. Padma is Aiden's sister – now that would be very revengey, indeed.
Orrrrrrr….Padma & Marco have similar looks and seem to be of the same nationality sooooo, THEY could be brother & sister (or related)…Padma DOES work for Helen….Marco knows it…..and is trying to save Nolan from her betrayal. But he can't tell Nolan because Padma is blackmailing him, or has some other power over him. That's why Marco came back to take over and tried to push Padma out. Revengey! 😛
OOOooooooohhhhhh!!!! Good one!
And you know, ths could be. After all, we don't have any history on Padma. We don't know anything about her. The same can be said for Marco, except that we know he used to work for Nolan and that they were in a relationship. Other than that, nada.
Maybe Helen recuited Padma exactly because of her brothers connections to NolCorp!!!
Very revengy and twisty.
Another good one Boobah. I could see this being true (to the script). That would be some smart script writing. (Notice a pattern here)? Tee hee!
Looks like ABC agrees with us: ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee touted Revenge's ratings performance but conceded that the story got a bit too "big" in Season 2. "I know [series creator] Mike Kelley is excited about focusing on our lead characters and their emotional journey." (source: TVLIne)
Wow! Well, there ya have it. Now see, if only we can get Mike Kelley to come here and run his ideas past us. We can help. 😀 😀
We'll offer him ice cream. 😀
Jill...no not THAT Jill says:
I don't know why Amanda didn't tell Ems the truth about Jack!! I would love to see what Ems would do to the Ryan Bros. I tired of them and the whole Stowaway story line-its getting very boring. I love Jack but he just dumb sometimes!!
I think Miss Padma is feeling a little too cute and its gonna bite her in ass-soon I hope!! When she called Helen-I screamed!! I knew she was a schemer from the beginning!! Funny about the possibility of her being Aiden's sis-that would be something!!
I know its crazy but Im happy Ashley is back-I want to know if she always knew it was Ems who gave her the money way back when.
These Initiative people are so mysterious-they are everywhere!!!!
Hey Jill!!! We missed your brainstorming with us. I take it we're all in agreement re: the Ryan/Porter brouhaha.
Ashley does bring her own special something, doesn't she? She may not have seen who gave her the money that night, but we don't know for sure whether she found out, at some point, that it came from (real)Amanda.
"When she called Helen-I screamed!!" So, that was you – scared me half to death. 😉
Jill!!! There you are! I agree w/Empress – you were missed. As you see, we came up with some whoppers yet again. I think I like our storylines better! Lol!
OMG – I remember that you did not trust Padma at all. Well, you nailed it. I was on the fence myself.
I want to know more about this Initative org. What the hell are they??
The Initiative are a scary bunch-how long until Daniel figures out how deeply he is involved in such a group? He is a bit dense-for someone who is taking over a multi-million dollar company he doesn't seem to be to "with it".
I love reading all of your revengy twists-I was telling my sister about all the twisties we come up with. She loves it too!!!
Empress-sorry I scared you with my scream-even though I never trusted that Padma I didnt think she would be involved with Helen!!!
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La  du Tour d'Espagne 2011 s'est déroulée le mardi . La villa romaine de La Olmeda est le site de départ et Haro est la ville d'arrivée. Il s'agit d'une étape de plaine sur 180 kilomètres.

La victoire d'étape revient à l'Argentin Juan José Haedo (Saxo Bank-SunGard) au sprint. L'Espagnol Juan José Cobo (Geox-TMC) conserve le maillot rouge de leader. En , Cobo est déclassé pour dopage et perd tous ses résultats acquis sur la Vuelta 2011.

Profil de l'étape
La ville de Haro accueille pour la deuxième fois de l'histoire du Tour d'Espagne, après l'édition de 1966. C'est la première fois que le site archéologique romain de La Olmeda, situé sur le cadastre de Pedrosa de la Vega, l'un des plus importants lieux de ce type en Espagne, accueille une étape de la Vuelta.

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Classement de l'étape

Classement général

Classements annexes

Classement par points

Classement du meilleur grimpeur

Classement du combiné

Classement par équipes

Abandons
  Tom Boonen (Quick Step) : non-partant
  Alessandro Spezialetti (Lampre-ISD) : abandon

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#2225: Joseph Sciambra
We have encountered a couple of ex-gay activists before, and have to admit that it is sometimes difficult not to feel some empathy or pity for them. In the case of Joseph Sciambra concern might be appropriate as well. Sciambra claims to be an "ex-gay" porn star, and says that anal sex "release[s] into the world these rare demonic entities"; indeed, unless everyone immediately commits to abstaining from homosexual activity, we risk that the "devil could be given birth to anally."
Sciambra describes it all in his book Swallowed by Satan, where he also claims to have been a neo-Nazi and a Satanist. The book doesn't exactly scream trustworthiness. Much of it is dedicated to graphic accounts of brutal sex with other men, voices Sciambra heard in his head that he claims are demonic spirits, and even having sex with demonic figures; in one story, he goes to a club to get "gang-banged" and during sex "conceives" a demon in his anus. After sex, the demon apparently "gushed from my body" in his discharge and "would grow and pitilessly hover about me. Sometimes, it spoke." He blames his descent into homosexuality on innocently using a Ouija board as a child and "an occult sex ritual that I engaged in" with "a gay cabal of male witches," where he had group sex with a man with "the head of a goat or ram." At some point he was also possessed by a Nazi ghost. (For those who may be interested, some further excerpts and claims are discussed here). No wonder Sciambra "cannot understand why the gay experiment has not been abandoned like other failed utopian philosophies that resulted in mass murder – fascism, Nazism, communism."
His YouTube page includes a biopic, "Death in Room #122," as well as video commentaries like "How to Stop Masturbating," "Gay Marriage: A Satanic Ceremony" and "Former Gay Porn Star Tells of His Possession by Demons and Deliverance from Satan". Apparently Bryan Fischer was impressed and invited Sciambra on his show, where they talked about how Sciambra was "devoured by the Prince of Darkness" when he "entered the homosexual lifestyle," an experience Sciambra described as "scary". Then he warned kids against coming out as gay and implored gay people to "stop the silliness, stop the lies and stop the deception because how high does the body count have to get before we will admit that the gay lifestyle has been a disaster?" Sciambra knows a lot about lies and silliness, at least.
Diagnosis: As reliable on homosexuality as he is on Satanism and Nazism, we suppose. We are, however, willing to concede that there might, indeed, be some unusual sexual proclivities at work here.
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Masterskrain August 8, 2019 at 6:28 AM
Reality is NOT his strong point, is it??
NightTrain August 9, 2019 at 2:45 AM
The man clearly suffers from mental illness, so I don't feel right about making fun of him.
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G.D. August 9, 2019 at 6:56 AM
I tend to be wary of including people that suffer from mental illnesses, but have no clear indication that Sciambra does (or any expertise that would let me determine this). The thing, though, is that Sciambra has a pretty substantial Internet presence, his book is listed on Amazon (with some 50 mostly positive reviews), plenty of youtube videos, and he has been invited on shows that reach a relatively large (if narrow) audience; he does, in short, have a significant public presence, and some people are actually listening to him. I think that makes a relevant difference.
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