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Coordinates: 49°55′10″N 4°31′40″E / 49.91944°N 4.52778°E / 49.91944; 4.52778
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The Battle of Rocroi of 19 May 1643 resulted in the victory of a French army under the Duc d'Enghien against the Spanish Army under General Francisco de Melo only five days after the accession of Louis XIV of France to the throne of France, late in the Thirty Years' War. The battle is considered by many to be the turning point of the perceived invincibility of the Spanish tercio.
Map of the troop dispositions
The Habsburg Spanish army of about 27,000 men advanced from Flanders, through the Ardennes, and into northern France to relieve French pressure on the Franche-Comté and Catalonia. The Spanish troops set siege to Rocroi, which lay athwart the route to the valley of the Oise. The French, under the command of 21-year-old Louis, duc d'Enghien, reacted quickly and forced a battle before the arrival of 6,000 Spanish reinforcements. The Spanish failed to block the route to Rocroi, which passed through a defile bordered by woods and marsh. Enghien advanced through the defile and assembled his force along a ridge looking down on the besieged town of Rocroi. The Spanish quickly formed up between the town and the ridge. The French army, some 23,000 strong, was arranged with two lines of infantry in the center, squadrons of cavalry on each wing and with a thin line of artillery at the front. The Spanish army was similarly arranged, but with its infantry in their traditional tercios, or squares. The two armies bivouacked in their positions for the night.
Duc d'Enghien at the Battle of Rocroi
The battle began after dawn. The French army attacked, but the French infantry in the centre were bested by the Spanish. The cavalry on the French left, advancing against Enghien's orders, was also thrown back. But the cavalry on the French right, under the command of Jean de Gassion, routed the Spanish cavalry opposite. Enghien was able to follow this up by attacking the exposed left flank of the Spanish infantry. Spanish cavalry made a successful counter-attack to drive off the French cavalry, but were checked by the advance of the French reserve.
Enghien now carried out a huge cavalry encirclement, sweeping behind the Spanish army and smashing his way through to attack the rear of the Spanish cavalry, which was still in combat with his reserves. The Spanish horse was put to flight, leaving the Spanish infantry to carry on the fight. The French were twice repulsed by the stubborn Spanish squares, so Enghien arranged for his artillery and captured Spanish guns to blast them apart.
The German and Walloon tercios fled from the battlefield, while the Spanish remained on the field with their commander, repulsing four cavalry charges by the French and never breaking formation, despite repeated heavy artillery bombardment. Enghien then offered surrender conditions just like those obtained by a besieged garrison in a fortress. Having agreed to those terms, the remains of the two tercios left the field with deployed flags and weapons.[4]
The total Spanish losses were about 7,000 dead, wounded, or captured. French losses were about 4,000.
The battle was an important personal victory for Mazarin, and established the reputation of the French general Enghien, the future "Grand Condé", but the Spanish were able to rapidly regroup and stabilize their positions.[5] Despite this, the battle was of great symbolic importance because of the high reputation of the Army of Flanders.[6]
It has been noted that Melo's German, Walloon, and Italian troops actually surrendered first, while the Spanish infantry surrendered only after standing hours of infantry and cavalry charges and a vicious spell under the French guns. They were given the treatment usually given to a fortress garrison and retired from the field with their arms, flags and honors.
Military intervention by Bourbon France had proved a very different matter from the Valois contests of the previous century; it was the new nature and weight of absolute monarchy in France which was now to encompass the downfall of Spanish imperial power in Europe.[7] With the end of the Fronde, Cardinal Mazarin slowly turned the tide against the Spanish in France and in the Low Countries. Mazarin's alliance with England resulted in the defeat of the Spanish at the Battle of the Dunes and consequently the taking of Dunkirk in 1658, leading to the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. Although Spain looked to be all-powerful in 1652, the peace settlement reflected the demise of Spain's mastery of Europe in the late 1650s.[8]
A 2006 Spanish movie, Alatriste, directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes, portrays this battle in its final scene. The soundtrack features in this scene a funeral march, La Madrugá, composed by Colonel Abel Moreno for the Holy Week of Seville, played by the band of the regiment Soria 9, heir of that which participated in the battle, the oldest unit in the Spanish Army, and since nicknamed "the bloody Tercio".
The sedan chair belonging to the elderly Spanish infantry general Fontaines (who was from the Spanish Netherlands - now Belgium - and was known to the Spanish as Fuentes) was taken as a trophy by the French and may be seen in the museum of Les Invalides in Paris. Fontaines was killed in the battle; Enghien is reported to have said, "Had I not won the day I wish I had died like him".
1 2 John Childs (2006). Warfare in the Seventeenth Century. Smithsonian Books. p. 74. ISBN 006089170X.
↑ "Battle of Rocroi". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
↑ Agustín Pacheco Fernández, Rocroi, el último tercio. Spain: Galland Books, 2011. pp. 15-17
↑ Jeremy Black European Warfare, 1494-1660, Psychology Press, 2002,p 147
↑ Perry Anderson (23 April 2013). Lineages of the Absolutist State (Verso World History Series). Verso Books. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-78168-054-4. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
↑ William Young (1 September 2004). International Politics And Warfare In The Age Of Louis Xiv And Peter The Great: A Guide To The Historical Literature. iUniverse. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-595-32992-2. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). Harper Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-270056-1.
Stephane Thion (2013). Rocroi 1643: The Victory of Youth. Histoire et Collections. ISBN 978-2352502555.
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M3 Junior
By Mike Monticello
A quick glance might lead one to believe that the BMW 335i Coupe is little changed from the E90 3 series sedan. The reality is that this is a new car, with not only a new body, but also a brand-new engine.
Although it rides on the same 108.7-in. Wheelbase as the 3 series sedan, the Coupe is actually 2.1 in. longer and doesn't share a single body panel with its 4-door brother. Instead, just about everything is new, from the grille and xenon headlights, to the longer, more aggressively sculpted hood to the sloping roofline and larger greenhouse, to the LED taillights.
With a combination of steel, aluminum and plastic, the new Coupe body weighs 22 lb. less than the sedan's, yet is 25 percent stiffer. Despite the sloping roofline, rear-seat space is impressive, the coupe serving up room for two 6-footers with acceptable knee room and plenty of head room; the trunk, as well, is more than adequate.
But enough about the car's body; what we're most thrilled with is BMW's new twin-turbo direct-injection inline-6. Dubbed the N54, this all-aluminum engine (which supplants the N52's aluminum/magnesium block) is equipped with two very small parallel turbochargers that spool up at the same time. With its front-mounted intercooler this engine generates 300 bhp at 5800 rpm and 300 lb.-ft. of torque from 1300-5000 with a surprisingly high compression ratio of 10.2:1. It has VANOS variable camshaft timing, though it does without the valvetronic variable valve lift seen on the N52.
Push the starter button and it's as smooth and quiet as any BMW inline-6. Surprisingly, it acts like one, too. Instead of turbo lag followed by a high-end rush, the 335i feels like a large-displacement, normally aspirated engine. For this reason — and because you can't hear the turbos — true turbo fans might be disappointed. But there's no denying it's an extremely user-friendly piece, with plenty of sauce for attacking mountain roads and enough reserve to complete "iffy" passing maneuvers. But while BMW claims this setup achieves the power of a V-8 with the weight and fuel effi ciency of a six, the engine lacks a v-8's right-now low-end grunt out of corners.
The 335i comes with a 6-speed manual transmission, which, in BMW fashion, is quite good. A 6-speed automatic with steptronic manual shifting is optional, with 50-percent-quicker reactions than before. When ordered with the sport package you also get paddles behind the thick, well-padded steering wheel, with rev-matching downshifts.
The suspension is basically identical to the sedan's setup but the tuning has been optimized for the Coupe. This means revalved dampers, higher-rate springs, different anti-roll bars and suspension bushings along with a 0.6-in.-lower ride height. And when you need to bring the fun to a halt (what a shame!), the 335i has larger brakes than the 330i sedan — 13.7-in. front rotors compared with 13.0. Pedal feel is reassuringly firm.
So how does it handle? Quite well, as would be expected of a BMW and a rear-drive coupe with a claimed 50/50 front/rear weight distribution. The 335i exhibits an excellent compromise of a decent ride but more-thandecent handling, with precise steering and a ready-to-attackall- corners attitude. Understeer is prevalent in the tight stuff, and shows itself again through fast corners when you're really getting on with it. With this built-in safety net, I had to really try to get the tail to come out. But when i did (with DSC off, of course), the 335i was completely controllable, forgiving and, most important — fun. It was surprising, though, to find the rear bottoming out during a particularly fast and bumpy section.
When the 335i Coupe goes on sale in september (with an MSRP of $41,295), it will be joined by the 328i Coupe ($35,995) with a 230-bhp 3.0-liter inline- 6, followed by the first 3 series coupe with all-wheel drive — the 328xi — in October for $37,795.
While the 335i Coupe is no M3, it produces enough excitement for all but the most hardcore enthusiasts. and with the M3 discontinued for 2007 as we await the all-new V-8 car, it's a pretty good stopgap.
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The Corpus Christi Water Wars
A coalition of residents is trying to halt the region's rapid industrial sprawl. The fight is now centered on the water supply for a massive new Exxon SABIC plastics plant in the drought-prone Texas city
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The Exxon SABIC plant, which is nearing completion, is set to be the biggest ethane steam cracker plant in the world. It will require 20 million gallons of water a day to operate. Rahim Fortune for Rolling Stone
A skyline of smokestacks appears on the horizon before the rest of Corpus Christi does. Approaching Texas' "Sparkling City by the Sea" on I-37, a palm-tree-lined highway running from San Antonio to the Gulf Coast, it's tough to tell where the billowing exhaust from oil refineries ends and the rain clouds begin. Massive storage domes, tangles of pipes, and burning flares reach into the sky, and a potpourri of gasoline, sulfur, and unidentified chemical-burning smells fill the air.
In Texas, it's normal to see an oil refinery or a petrochemical plant as big as a football stadium, with another one behind it, and another one behind that. And it's just as normal to see a neighborhood in the shadows of those massive polluters.
"It's kind of a surreal landscape," says Kathryn Masten, who retired with her husband to the Corpus Christi area in 2017, and is executive director of Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association. "We're surrounded by these monstrosities. Just smoke stacks and flaring and construction."
To Corpus locals, it's a way of life. Industry means work — a third of jobs in the Corpus Christi area are in energy and manufacturing. Since the 1930s and the Texas oil gusher age, most of Corpus' industry has been concentrated in refinery row, a 10-mile strip of facilities butting up against the edge of Corpus Christi Bay. But since the rise of fracking and the 2015 lift of the ban on crude-oil exports, industry has been sprawling beyond refinery row and into surrounding communities, transforming farmland and quiet seaside towns in ways that residents there never bargained for. "The whole landscape has changed," says Chip Harmon, a professional fishing guide who has worked in Corpus for decades. "And I'm not talking about over the last 45 years, which it has, by hurricanes and stuff. I'm talking about in the last three years, dude."
The fracking boom that rocked American economics and politics over the past decade has been accompanied by a plastics and petrochemicals boom. As the long-term prospects of fossil fuels are looking increasingly unstable in the face of worldwide efforts to decarbonize the economy and stave off catastrophic climate change, companies like Exxon, Shell, Chevron and others have all doubled down on the waste gases of fracking and the global demand for plastics as a source of continued revenue.
Corpus Christi sits in the crosshairs. Sitting on a major Gulf port, with a growing pipeline and rail system, in an "ozone attainment area" (where it's cheaper to build because air-pollution regulations are easier to meet than in bigger industry cities that have smog problems, like Houston), the region is perfectly situated to host the industry's creeping expansion.
Just in the past few years, a host of new projects has been built in towns around the bay. In 2018, Cheniere opened a $15 billion, 1,000-acre liquified-natural-gas export facility in Gregory. In 2019, Moda Midstream converted a 900-acre former naval base and crude-oil-storage facility in Ingleside into a major hub for crude-oil exports. In 2017, Koch Industries expanded its crude export terminal in Ingleside so it could route oil from its Flint Hills Resources refinery to Mexico. Occidental and Mexichem opened a $1.5 billion plastics plant in Ingleside in 2017.
But a broad coalition of scrappy community organizations from all around the bay have come together to try to stop the excessive industrial buildout. In 2018, several of them banded together to form an umbrella group known as the Coastal Alliance to Protect Our Environment, or CAPE. "We're trying to counter the narrative that these [industries] are good for the Coastal Bend," says Errol Summerlin, who founded Portland Citizens United, which is part of CAPE. Other members include Port Aransas Conservancy, San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, and Del Mar College Green Team, as well as bigger statewide and national groups like Earthworks and Texas Campaign for the Environment.
Another member group is Indigenous People of the Coastal Bend, co-founded by 38-year-old Love Sanchez, a single mom of two boys who grew up in Corpus Christi. Sanchez is part of the Karankawa tribe, but her organization also represents Lipan Apache and Mexica members. Sanchez points to "the seventh generation" prophecy, that a time would come when indigenous people from many tribes would come together under a common cause. She sees their struggle as part of others around the U.S., like the Dakota Access pipeline protests at Standing Rock.
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Love Sanchez, a founding member of the Indigenous People of the Coastal Bend. Rahim Fortune for Rolling Stone
"We are a part of the prophecy that the ancestors had so long ago, that there would be a generation of our people who would come back together. I can't believe I'm a part of it," says Sanchez, holding back tears.
The members of CAPE were first galvanized to join forces amid the development of a petrochemical facility the likes of which the area has never seen. In the North Bay, smack between the tiny cities of Gregory and Portland, ExxonMobil and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), under the local banner of Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, is nearing completion on what will be the largest ethane steam cracker plant in the world. The $10 billion plant will turn ethane, an odorless, colorless gas that is a byproduct of fracking, into monoethylene glycol (used to make things like polyester clothing and antifreeze), and polyethylene, a building block of plastics. According to the plant's air-quality permit, it will also pump about 3 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year.
The ethane will be morphed into billions of "nurdles," or small plastic pellets. Smaller than a black eyed pea, the nurdles will likely be exported to Asia, melted down into resin, and molded into anything from single-use plastic cups to construction materials. Essentially, the plant will monetize the waste of one unsustainable energy process by building another unsustainable product, much of which will be used once before ending up in a landfill or an ocean.
But the residents living in the shadow of the massive plant will face other dangers. "This is a very dirty manufacturing process," says Neil Carman, the clean-air director at the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club. Carman was also an inspector for 12 years with the state air-quality regulator that preceded the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the agency that granted Exxon SABIC the permits to build the facility. "The people living in the community are going to be exposed to a toxic soup of carcinogens, mutagens that change the DNA, teratogens that cause birth defects and many, many other health effects," he says. "The people in the area are going to be guinea pigs. It's a sacrifice zone."
Volatile organic compounds, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfide, sulfuric acid mist, and sulfur dioxide will all be released into the air, according to Exxon SABIC's air quality permit. But TCEQ says that they conducted a review of the possible health impacts on people living nearby and on sensitive subgroups such as children or the elderly and that they expect no adverse short-term or long-term effects. "These concentrations were evaluated against guidelines established by toxicologists that assure no expected health impacts and, where concentrations were higher than the guidelines, toxicologists reviewed the potential impacts to confirm no adverse effects would be expected," TCEQ says.
A spokesperson for Exxon SABIC, aka Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, touts TCEQ's approval as proof that the project meets health and safety standards and adds that the company has installed community air monitors at two Gregory-Portland Independent School District locations, the results of which will be viewable by the public online.
But the opponents of the plant don't believe Exxon SABIC is prioritizing public health. "Whatever risks the folks who live nearby and downwind of this plant, whatever the risk that people have from all the other factors out there, this plant increases their risk of cancers," says Ilan Levin, associate director of the Environmental Integrity Project, which worked with CAPE and fought at the state level for stronger environmental protections at the Exxon SABIC plant. They didn't have much success, "because the state pretty much rubber stamped the permit," Levin says.
In Texas, industry will generally get the permitting it's looking for, says Carman. "I'm still shocked to this day with what these companies get away with," he says. "[The TCEQ is] there to basically issue permits, and to hell with the public and to hell with public health."
While behemoths like Exxon SABIC are in a strong position to push their projects through, the local activists think they may have found a weakness in the industry's plans. The Exxon SABIC plant itself is set to be completed this year, but there are still many pieces that need to come together for it to be operational: It's own rail corridor, pipelines, port expansion — and a reliable water supply, which, in drought-prone South Texas may be harder than it sounds.
"It speaks to both the numerous links in the chain that these companies have to connect properly to get facilities operating, and it speaks to the ultimate vulnerability of installations like this," says Carroll Muffett, president and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law. "The system that they're facing is engineered to push projects like this through regardless of what affected communities think about it. But we have seen over and over again that affected communities can, and do, fight back very, very effectively."
Errol Summerlin stands on a long, straight paved road in Portland that leads directly to the main entrance of the Exxon SABIC site. Two rows of neat brick homes sitting on spacious lots line each side, and a white-painted plywood sign reads, "COME BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME." Massive cubes of piping, flanked by cylindrical towers and cranes, tower over the community.
Errol Summerlin, a retired Legal Aid attorney, lives a few miles from the Exxon SABIC plant. Rahim Fortune for Rolling Stone
"Portland was a sleepy town. It used to be, you know, horse and buggy," says Summerlin, 69, who lives about two miles from here. A retired Legal Aid attorney with a history of standing up to industry, Summerlin spent the early part of his career representing Native American tribes in Oklahoma and North Dakota, before diving into legal work in the Corpus Christi area, notably representing residents facing displacement in the historic black neighborhoods of Hillcrest and Washington-Coles.
Black and brown communities have bore the brunt of industry pollution in Corpus Christi for generations. Hillcrest and Washington-Coles experienced waves of rezoning and creeping industrialization that came to a head in the 1960s, as the construction of I-37 meant the neighborhoods were squeezed between a highway and refinery row, physically closed off from the rest of the city.
There are about 1,000 people living within a mile of the Exxon SABIC site, mostly in Gregory, where 93 percent of residents are minorities and 34 percent are low-income. Resident Carlos Garcia says he can see the tops of smokestacks at the Exxon SABIC site a half mile down the road from his home. "I understand people gotta work," says Garcia, who spent his career building oil refineries in Texas. "If you're a family man and you have a family you have to feed, you'll do anything." But he says he's concerned that the allure of jobs have prevented people from thinking about the long-term. "Those construction jobs, they go away. And now you're left with the environmental impact," he says. "Some people around here see [the project] as a good thing. But they see the now, they don't see the after."
The Exxon SABIC plant initially was promised to create 11,000 construction jobs (and 600 permanent jobs once the site is built), but much of the plant ended up being built modularly off-site. The number of construction jobs was reduced to 6,000, and permanent jobs were reportedly reduced to 400.
To fight the plant, the member groups of CAPE have staged protests, testified at TCEQ's public hearings, challenged tax abatements, challenged air permits, challenged water permits. You name it. Each time, they've lost.
But a key remaining avenue to challenge the Exxon SABIC plant is how it will get its water. The facility will need a whopping 20 million gallons of fresh water a day to operate. Corpus Christi's current reservoirs at Lake Corpus Christi, Lake Texana, Choke Canyon Reservoir, and the Colorado River are almost pushed to the breaking point as it is, and the region has been in stage 1 drought since December.
"Our best resource is our sparkling bay here," says Patrick Nye, president of Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association. "I think people are surprised that they may lose that opportunity to preserve it." Rahim Fortune for Rolling Stone
The city of Corpus Christi manages the water supply for seven counties, and about 500,000 residents. In 2017, Corpus's then-city manager sent a letter to Exxon SABIC stating that "we feel that we have sufficient water supplies to meet your needs today and into the foreseeable future." But according to Amber Oetting, strategic communications director at the City of Corpus Christi's Water Utilities, the city's water supply needs to be expanded by next year to meet the region's needs. In 2022, she says, the city anticipates that "population trends, historical water use, and economic growth to our region" will surpass the demand for 75 percent of its current water supply, thus hitting a "trigger point" in which they will need new water sources to keep up.
"The Coastal Bend is uniquely situated where traditional, affordable and quality drinking water is not found in copious supply," says Oetting. "Further, our region statistically battles persistent and recurring droughts. These factors, coupled with our continued growth, are what make the matter time sensitive. The city can meet the water needs we have been tasked with today, but time is of the essence."
Currently, the city of Corpus Christi supplies 95 million gallons of water per day to the region. Exxon SABIC's needs, at 20 million gallons per day — roughly equivalent to what 120,000 residents use — would represent a 21 percent increase for the entire system.
To increase the regional water supply, the city is applying for permits for two desalination plants, one in the Inner Harbor and one in the La Quinta Channel. The plants would suck up ocean water from Corpus Christi Bay, remove the salt, and discharge the brine back into the bay. Combined, they would use up to 250 million gallons of seawater a day, and discharge up to 130 million gallons of brine a day. Plus, there are four more permits from other industrial facilities that have been submitted, for a total of six potential desalination plants in the Corpus Christi Bay — which could have a huge ecological impact.
"Our best resource is our beautiful bay here," says Patrick Nye, president of the Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association, a member organization of CAPE. "If you grew up around it, you know it's a sparkling gem. There's a lot of great fishing and seafood that comes out of it. I think people are surprised that they may lose that opportunity to preserve it."
Chip Harmon owns a bait and tackle shop adjacent to the only public boat ramp in Ingleside on the Bay. And while he supports the advancement of industry in the area, he says, there's a limit. "South Texas don't believe in climate change, and I personally think that climate change is hogwash," he says. "But what I do believe in is protection of our God-given natural resources."
Harmon says the fish he's used to catching in the area, like trout and redfish, are already changing in size and behavior due to the increased ship traffic. "They're working harder to chase the forage," he says.
Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association is starting to work with Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi to monitor seagrasses, marine life, and air pollution in the area.
"Extremes of salinity, as well as very rapid changes of salinity, can cause stress on seagrasses," says Kirk Cammarata, a biologist at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. "Seagrasses are at the base of the food chain, and pretty much all of the seafood we eat at some point depends on what happens in seagrass beds. It's a critically important habitat."
Larry McKinney, chair of Gulf Strategies at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico, believes that desalination can be an inherently beneficial process for the environment by providing fresh water to ecosystems that can benefit from decreased salinity. But he says that the locations of the proposed desalination plants in the Corpus Christi Bay are far from that.
The bay and its surrounding inlets and channels, like Nueces Bay and Aransas Pass, do not circulate much water. This is common to most bays on the Texas coast, which have minimal inflows from other water sources. "If that water is not moving and exchanging with other fresh water and other sea water, you're just constantly adding very incremental, small amounts of salinity to that bay," says McKinney of the potential discharge from desalination plants. "That begins to have all kinds of ecological effects on oysters and shrimp and fish, and the whole structure of the ecosystem."
According to McKinney, a solution could be to move the proposed desalination plants offshore, where dumping the salty brine into the open ocean would have a negligible impact compared to doing the same thing in a more closed ecosystem like a bay. But that would be more expensive, because it would mean adding a pipeline to the desalination plant. If the two new desalination plants are not issued permits by the TCEQ, says Oetting, the city would then look at other desalination plant locations, and then groundwater, and then reusing or recovering water as options to meet the new needs. But as Oetting says, "time is of the essence." The city is reaching its "trigger point" next year, and the desalination plants would take till 2026 to be built.
In February, CAPE got the first indication that the desalination plants weren't a sure thing. The Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings recommended to the state TCEQ that it deny the Port of Corpus Christi's draft permit for its proposed Harbor Island desalination plant, stating that "the proposed discharge will adversely impact the marine environment, aquatic life, and wildlife" of the local environment.
The TCEQ still needs to make a final decision, but according to Rick Lowerre, an attorney with Perales, Allmon, & Ice, who represents the opponents of the desalination plant, it would be unlikely that the state would act against this recommendation. If the permit is ultimately denied, it could have a domino effect on the other plants' permitting applications.
"[The desalination plants] all have a really uphill fight because we have all these experts that have been studying these systems, and they understand that both the intakes and the discharges will have major impacts," says Lowerre. Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association has hired Lowerre's firm, and intends to challenge the permits for all the proposed desalination plants in Corpus Christi Bay.
According to Lowerre, even if they lose any of their challenges through the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings, the permitting process could still end up taking years. "What the city and the port have to recognize is even if they get their permits, the opponents can appeal to the district court and above," says Lowerre.
"Desalination plants are like the chokehold of all the industry," says Sanchez. "Just like The Art of War, if you cut off the supplies, the enemy can't move forward. And that's their supply. The water is their supply."
But others are not so optimistic.
Masten, from Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association, found the industrial sprawl to be too overwhelming. "I've got asthma and with the diesel fumes, I can't sit out on my front porch because I can't breathe. It goes right to my lungs and to my head. When the particulates are out, I just get a headache right away," she says. She and her husband are moving to the Chesapeake Bay instead. "It's too scary for us. This is not what we wanted."
"Exxon's gonna get their water," says Summerlin. "We don't have any hopes on Exxon. They're here. We know they're not going to go away. The margin of profit on plastics is so great that Exxon will proceed with their operations. What we're going to have to do at this point is just make certain we don't get any more of those industries here."
Currently, CAPE is challenging permitting for a number of expansions, including from Lone Star Ports, Axis Midstream, Bluewater, MODA Midstream, and Steel Dynamics. Last November, for unknown reasons, a major plastics facility referred to as "Project Falcon" withdrew its plans to build in Aransas Pass. CAPE hopes to make development difficult enough for industry that more companies will decide to pull out.
Melissa Zamora and Love Sanchez of Indigenous People of the Coastal Bend. Rahim Fortune for Rolling Stone
"The more [industry] that comes in, the more damage there is done and the more encroachment on not only communities, but on the estuaries and on the wildlife," says Summerlin. "The entire ecosystem is being threatened by all of this."
"We're not going to sit down without a fight," says Sanchez. "We're caretakers of this land. You have to take care of the land and water or in 50 years it's gonna be gone."
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Lesotho National Farmers Union (LENAFU)
Address of the organisation: P.O Box 11911, Maseru 100, Lesotho
General e-mail address: lenaful@gmail.com
Phone number: +266 223 270 09; +266 223 161 33
Name of the President or elected Chairperson:Dr Mohlalefi MOTEANE
E-mail address of the President or elected Chairperson: lawrencemamolise@gmail.com
Phone number of the President or elected Chairperson: +26658009722
Name of the Secretary, Manager or Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Mr Motsau KHUELE (CEO)
E-mail address of the Secretary, Manager or CEO: khuelemotsau@yahoo.com
Phone number of the Secretary, Manager or CEO: +266 58852475
Geographical coverage: National
Foundation and nature of the organisation
Date of creation: 13 June 2008
Context of creation: LENAFU was created based on the need to have a coordinated apex umbrella body that would function as the eyes, ears and mouthpiece for farmers' interests in Lesotho.
With the support of the then Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, representatives of district farmer association groupings, producer commodity associations (cooperatives), other non-state organisations and individuals with interest in agriculture, met and decided to establish a national farmers' union.
LENAFU was registered as an apex body in 2008, started its activities in 2010 (with the support of the Support to Farmers' Organisations in Africa Programme – SFOAP) and was officially re-launched jointly with the launching of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) compact process.
LENAFU's membership was initially composed of 10 district farmers' unions (DFUs), which themselves had been set up to facilitate the creation of the national body. It has then been joined by the National Wool and Mohair Growers Association, the major and oldest commodity-based national farmer's organisation, three other commodity-based organisations, and the recently established National Federation of Women Entrepreneurs. LENAFU also included one community-based association.
Legal status: Registered under No: 2008/125 in the Societies Register, Maseru under The Societies Act 1966, on the 13th of June 2008.
MEMERSHIP
Number of member organisations (for Unions or Federations): 18
Type of member organisations: District Farmer Associations, Federations, Commodity based organisations
Name of main member organisations:
District Farmer Associations:
Maseru District Agricultural Unity Assosciation;
Bokaota Farmers Association – Mafeteng;
Mohale'shoek Farmers Association;
Quthing Farmer's Association;
Qacha'sneck District Farmers Assosciation;
Thaba-Tseka District Farmers Association;
Mokhotlong District Farmers Association;
Mokhotlong District Farmers Association
Botha-Bothe District Farmers Association
Leribe District Farmers Association
Berea District Farmers Association
Producer National Commodity Associations
Lesotho National Wool & Mohair Growers Association
Basotho Poultry Farmers Association
Lesotho Pig Producers Association
Lesotho Potato Association
Lesotho Horticultural farmers Association
Lesotho Young Farmes Association
Federation of Lesotho Women Entreprenuers
Temo-mmoho Multipurpose Farmers Cooperative
Members in their Individual Capacity
Individual farmers members
Number of individual farmers/rural producers members: 55 835 (source: LENAFU 2016)
Type of members: smallholders
Number of individual women farmers/rural producers members: 60% of total members are women; 10% are young farmers
Governing Bodies:
Annual General Assembly (Congress). Members of the Congress (Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Public Relations Officer) are nominated by District Farmers Unions or Associations
National Executive Committee (NEC) or Board, constituted of a President, Vice President, Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Treasurer-General, Public Relations Officer, fourteen Members Representatives, nominated Members with special knowledge on agriculture. Members are selected through a secret ballot
LENAFU Secretariat, which runs the day to day operations of the organization at national level in close collaboration with the Board (National Executive Committee)
District Level Structures (District Unions)
District Committees – comprising four representatives from each farmer association or cooperatives (the Chairman, Secretary General, Treasurer and one Committee member).
District Farmers Unions
District Congress
OBJECTIVES AND MISSION
Strategic plan:LENAFU's strategic plan (2013-2017) has three main objectives: (i) lobby and advocacy to represent farmers' interests; (ii) capacity building of farmer organisations; and (iii) information and dissemination.
Objective/s of the FO: To help strengthen the institutional capacity and develop networks of farmers' organisations that link members to information on new technical ideas, markets and funding opportunities outside of their communities. Ensure the active participation of women, youth and other social groups, including in decision making roles and bodies.
Mission and Vision of the FO:
Vision.The association's vision is to be a leading umbrella voice of all farmers and farmer organisations in Lesotho, responsive to all their needs in profitable and sustainable agriculture.
Mission. To be a catalyst in the promotion of high national agricultural productivity, by farmers and farmer organisations, through innovative farming techniques and professional services, producing high quality products for both local and international markets.
AREAS OF INTERVENTION AND ACTIVITIES
Main areas/sectors of intervention: Lobby and advocacy, capacity building
Main activities:
Lobbying and advocacy. At the country level, LENAFU is playing a critical role through its advocacy programme:
The Government has shown interest in some of the suggestions coming from them;
LENAFU is a member of the CAADP Country Team and has contributed to the formulation of the National Agriculture Investment Plan;
LENAFU is regularly consulted by the Ministry of Agriculture in view of the preparation of the ministry's annual budget;
The organisation is also lobbying the Ministry to organise annual agriculture shows, to help farmers in developing the marketing of their produce. Besides, it has brokered the attribution by the Ministry of Agriculture to the National Poultry Farmers' Association of a site for the construction of a poultry abattoir;
LENAFU has participated in the development of the Conservation Agriculture (CA) National Strategy and it launched the CA national plan for the period 2012 to 2017 to target efficient and sustainable agriculture production and land management in the farming systems of Lesotho;
The organisation is planning to engage with the Minister of Trade and Cooperatives to find ways whereby farmers could benefit from investments in the agriculture sector currently being negotiated with foreign investors (in particular from India and Indonesia).
LENAFU has helped the National Wool and Mohair Growers Association in getting certificates of origin for export from the Ministry of Agriculture;
LENAFU was able to mobilise FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) resources to the amount of USD 437,000 to support capacity development in the field of agribusiness (see below) and has obtained support from the United Nations Development Programme to develop a project for young farmers.
Leadership training for members;
Agribusiness training for members;
Agribusiness capacitation through workshops and promotion of market networking and exposure activities;
Active support of women and youth to participate in agriculture.
Main products of members: Livestock (Sheep & Goats, cattle, horses); Field crops (Maize, sorghum, beans etc.); Horticulture (Veg. Potatoes, fruits etc.).
Main partners: Agence Française de Développement (AFD),Agriterra, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), ECONET, IFAD, FAO, Ministries of Agriculture and Food Security and Trade, Industry, Marketing and Cooperatives, the European Union (EU), The Swiss Development Agency (SDC).
Main projects:
Strengthening of LENAFU towards a sustainable and member oriented service organization (2014-2015). Under the project, FAO has mandated Agriterra to support LENAFU to strengthen its financial sustainability and its membership base;
Support to Farmers' Organisations in Africa Programme (SFOAP) (2013-2017) (IFAD, EU, SDC, AFD financing), a capacity building programme supporting the institutional development of farmers' organisations. LENAFU participates in the SFOAP as a member ofSouthern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU);
Technical Capacity Building Project (TCP). LENAFU is the first non-state organisation to have core-signed a Technical Capacity Building Project (TCP) with FAO, with the endorsement of the Government. The TCP aims at enhancing the capacities of LENAFU, its national commodity-based associations and the DFUs of two pilot districts (Maseru and Mafeteng) in three areas: (i) institutional development, (ii) agribusiness and access to markets, and (iii) awareness, information and negotiation;
Electronic Farmer Registration Project piloted by LENAFU and the Swaziland National Agriculture union, supported by SACAU in partnership with Agricord.
Membership in other organisations: LENAFU is a member of SACAU.
MAIN SOURCES OF INFORMATION, PUBLICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS
AgriCord, agro-info.net, profile of LENAFU, Available here.
IFAD, Final Report of the SFOAP Pilot Phase, 2013, Available here.
Last update: May 2017
Policy dialogue on agribusiness and value chains development in agriculture in Lesotho
SACAU undertakes a mission to Lesotho


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Technical Briefs (2)
Technical Papers (2)
Discussions and Closures (4)
Flow (Dynamics) (5)
Propellants (4)
Rotation (4)
Equations of motion (3)
Theory of Flight of the Sounding Rocket
V. C. Liu
Solutions of the equations of motion of vertically ascending rockets (both in power flight and in free flight) are given in closed form. Atmospheric density is assumed to vary exponentially with altitude, and the variation of the drag coefficient of the rocket with Mach number is assumed to follow a definite pattern. (The validity of the latter assumption is established by its close agreement with measured results.) These solutions, given in terms of special transcendental functions, can be used for the rapid estimation of sounding-rocket performance, eliminating the often-used laborious process of stepwise integration. The general rocket-performance parameters prescribed in the analysis also can be used to advantage in comparing and selecting multistage sounding rockets.
Topics: Depth sounding, Flight, Rockets, Density, Drag (Fluid dynamics), Equations of motion, Mach number
Discussion: "Theory of Flight of the Sounding Rocket" (Liu, V. C., 1959, ASME J. Appl. Mech., 26, pp. 127–129)
R. A. Struble
J. Appl. Mech. December 1959, 26(4): 693.
Topics: Depth sounding, Flight, Rockets
Discussion: "Stability of Flow in a Rocket Motor" (Gunder, D. F., and Friant, D. R., 1950, ASME J. Appl. Mech., 17, pp. 327–333)
M. Yachter
Published Online: April 7, 2021
Topics: Engines, Flow (Dynamics), Motors, Rockets, Stability
H. I. Ansoff
S. Sherman
Stability of Flow in a Rocket Motor
D. F. Gunder, D. R. Friant
This paper presents an analytical treatment leading to a criterion for the proper design of liquid rocket motors to insure freedom from the phenomenon of "chugging" without unnecessary increase in fuel-tank or fuel-pump pressures. The most successful of the several methods suggested here is that of Nyquist, which involves a simple conformal transformation. The analytical treatment presented in this paper has been applied successfully in practice to eliminate this type of instability.
Topics: Flow (Dynamics), Motors, Rockets, Stability, Design, Fuel pumps, Fuel storage
Free Attitude Motions of a Spinning Body With Substantial Mass Loss
Fidelis O. Eke, Tai-Chien Mao, Michael J. Morris
Article Type: Technical Papers
Published Online: May 5, 2004
This paper explores the various analytical links between the free attitude motions of spinning bodies of the rocket type, and the system's parameters. The system is modeled as an axisymmetric body with substantial mass loss, and special attention is paid to the presence of a nozzle on the system. It is found that the nozzle expansion ratio can have an important influence on attitude motion, the higher this ratio the better behaved the system.
Topics: Nozzles, Propellants, Rockets, Rotating bodies, Rotation, Spin (Aerodynamics), Particle spin, Shapes
Rotational Dynamics of Axisymmetric Variable Mass Systems
S.-M. Wang, F. O. Eke
Published Online: December 1, 1995
This paper studies the attitude dynamics of variable mass systems that have axisymmetric mass distribution and that are subjected to continuous mass variation while in motion. The equations of rotational motion for such systems are solved analytically under the assumption of zero external torque. It is found that such systems can spin up or spin down in free motion, and that the transverse angular velocity magnitude can increase or decrease with time. The analytical conditions for growth or decay of spin rate and lateral angular speed are presented, and these conditions are related to practical design criteria for rocket-type systems.
Topics: Design, Dynamics (Mechanics), Rockets, Rotation, Rotational dynamics, Torque
Equations of Motion of Two-Phase Variable Mass Systems With Solid Base
F. O. Eke, Song-Min Wang
This paper develops dynamical equations for variable mass systems that can be viewed, at any given instant, as comprising a solid phase and a fluid phase. The equations of translational and rotational motion are presented, and several versions of each are given. It is shown that some versions have major advantages over others because they involve parameters that are relatively easy to estimate in practical problems, and make close-form solutions possible without the usual penalty of drastic simplifying assumptions. A simple rocket example is presented, and shows that instability cannot be ruled out for such systems. It is shown that system and combustion chamber geometry play a crucial role in the attitude stability of such systems.
Topics: Combustion chambers, Equations of motion, Fluids, Geometry, Rockets, Rotation, Stability
Extended Kane's Equations for Nonholonomic Variable Mass System
Z.-M. Ge, Y.-H. Cheng
Published Online: June 1, 1982
An extension of Kane's equations of motion for nonholonomic variable mass systems is presented. As an illustrative example, equations of motion are formulated for a rocket car.
Topics: Equations of motion, Rockets
A Numerical Solution for Gas-Particle Flows at High Reynolds Numbers
J. A. Laitone
Published Online: September 1, 1981
Predicting the fluid mechanical characteristics of a gas-solid two-phase flow is critical for the successful design and operation of coal gasification systems, coal fired turbines, rocket nozzles, and other energy conversion systems. This work presents a general grid-free numerical solution which extends a numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations developed by Chorin to a solution suitable for unsteady or steady dilute gas-solid particle flows. The method is applicable to open or closed domains of arbitrary geometry. The capability of the method is illustrated by analyzing the flow of gas and particles about a cylinder. Good agreement is found between the numerical method and experiment.
Topics: Flow (Dynamics), Particulate matter, Reynolds number, Coal, Cylinders, Design, Energy conversion, Fluid mechanics, Fuel gasification, Geometry
Some Pressure-Temperature Equivalences in Elasticity, With Applications to Case-Bonded Solid Propellant Rocket Grains
K. A. Holsapple, W. F. Schmidt, M. E. Fourney
J. Appl. Mech. December 1970, 37(4): 1158–1160.
Topics: Elasticity, Pressure, Propellants, Rockets, Temperature
Stress Analysis for a Nonlinear Viscoelastic Cylinder With Ablating Inner Surface
E. C. Ting
Published Online: March 1, 1970
An approximate constitutive equation for nonlinear viscoelastic incompressible materials under small finite deformation and for short time ranges has been derived by Huang and Lee [1]. The resulting equation is applied to solve the problem of a pressurized viscoelastic hollow cylinder bonded to an elastic easing. This problem is of notable technical interest in solid propellant stress analysis, since it is a close model to represent a cylindrical propellant grain in a solid fuel rocket under firing condition. The method used by Huang and Lee is appropriate for numerical calculations when the boundaries of the cylinder are nonablating. To consider one step closer to the real situation, the inner surface is often assumed to be ablating and hence time-dependent. It is then the purpose of the present paper to extend the analysis to a cylinder with moving inner surface.
Topics: Cylinders, Stress analysis (Engineering), Propellants, Deformation, Firing, Fuels, Rockets
Gravitational Stresses Determined Using Immersion Techniques
V. J. Parks, A. J. Durelli, L. Ferrer
This paper deals with a generalization of an immersion analogy suggested by Biot. A simple general proof of the analogy is given. Applications are described to two-dimensional problems (using urethane rubber specimens immersed in thallium formate) and to three-dimensional problems (using epoxy models immersed in mercury). Two and three-dimensional photoelasticity is used to determine stresses. The increase in response obtained by using the immersion technique permits the solution of a number of new problems where gravitational stresses play an important role; for example, in dams and in solid propellant rocket grains.
Topics: Stress, Dams, Epoxy adhesives, Epoxy resins, Propellants, Rockets, Urethane elastomers
Solution to Euler's Gyrodynamics—I
C. F. Harding
A little used parameterization of the three-dimensional rotation group is taken as basis in deriving an easily integrable kinematic relation (a 4-vector linear differential equation) for the attitude rate, in terms of the present attitude and angular velocity of one reference frame relative to another. If the angular velocity is known and well behaved one obtains the exact solution from an iteration procedure explained in detail. The formal solution to a large class of rigid-body problems is thus implied; a particular one being that of an axially symmetric rocket with variable thrust vector and constant moment-of-inertia tensor which as such generalizes Jacobi's torque-free case.
Topics: Differential equations, Four-vectors, Inertia (Mechanics), Kinematics, Rockets, Rotation, Tensors, Thrust, Torque
The Angular Momentum Equations for a Swivel-Nozzle Rocket
H. W. Butler
Topics: Angular momentum, Nozzles, Rockets
Powered-Flight Trajectories of Rockets Under Constant Transverse Thrust
Chong-Hung Zee
The second-order nonlinear differential equations of motion in the case of a rocket in drag-free powered-flight under constant transverse (normal to the focal radius) thrust are solved by series expansion developed to the seventh power of the independent variable "time." The coefficients of the powers of time are in terms of given boundary conditions. The truncation errors of the series are estimated, hence the accuracy for any practical problem based on the analysis presented in this paper could be well established. The case of constant transverse thrust acceleration, which may be conceived as a special case of the present analysis, is also solved.
Topics: Flight, Rockets, Thrust, Boundary-value problems, Drag (Fluid dynamics), Errors, Nonlinear differential equations
Discussion: "Minimum Transfer Time for a Power-Limited Rocket" (Leitmann, George, 1961, ASME J. Appl. Mech., 28, pp. 171–178)
T. N. Edelbaum
Topics: Rockets
Minimum Transfer Time for a Power-Limited Rocket
George Leitmann
The problem considered is that of determining the acceleration program leading to minimum transfer time for a power-limited rocket moving between prescribed positions and velocities in a constant gravitational field. It is found that flight must take place at maximum power and that the thrust-acceleration components are linear functions of time. The case of rectilinear transfer between positions of rest is treated in detail, and the results are compared with those previously obtained for a constant-acceleration transfer.
Topics: Rockets, Flight, Thrust


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by andrew · October 26, 2013
Quaid in 2012, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Dennis William Quaid
Place of Birth: Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 9, 1954
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, and German
Dennis Quaid is an American actor. He is the son of Juanita Bonniedale "Nita" (Jordan) and William Rudy Quaid, and the younger brother of actor Randy Quaid.
Dennis has a son, actor Jack Quaid, with his former wife, actress, director, and producer Meg Ryan; and two children with his former wife, real estate agent Kimberly Buffington.
Dennis has English, and a smaller amount of Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, and German, ancestry. During his interview on Inside the Actors Studio (2002), Dennis stated that he has Irish and Cajun ancestry. It is not clear where this Cajun (French) ancestry comes from. None of Dennis's grandparents or great-grandparents were born in Louisiana, the state that is home to most Cajuns.
Dennis's paternal great-great-great-great-grandparents were Silas Ebenezer Moore and Mourning Dumas Folsom. Silas and Mourning were said to have been of partially and/or fully Choctaw Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified as accurate.
Dennis's paternal grandfather was William Jessie/Jesse Quaid (the son of John Thomas Quaid and Martha Louisa Lola Ozment). William was born in Texas, to parents from Texas. John was the son of Benjamin Walter Quaid and Martha Elizabeth Bell. Dennis's great-grandmother Martha was the daughter of Andrew Clinton Ozment and Margaret Malinda/Melinda Pierce.
Dennis's paternal grandmother was named Grace Dakota Corbett. Grace was born in South Dakota, to a father from Iowa and a mother from South Dakota.
Dennis's maternal grandfather was George Waymon Jordan (the son of Nathan James Hezicar Henry Clay Jordan and Martha Ellen Austin). George was born in Tennessee. Nathan was the son of Thomas Jordan and Nancy Tabitha Clark. Martha was the daughter of Thomas M./J. Austin and Sarah Pelina Beavert.
Dennis's maternal grandmother was Ollie Lula French (the daughter of Gardner Zale French and Dezzie/Dessy Octavia/Octava Cagle). Ollie was born in Texas. Gardner was the son of Azale J. "Zale" French and Sarah Moore. Dezzie was the daughter of James Pinkney Cagle and Rebecca Jane Clardy.
Dennis is a first cousin, twice removed, of performer Gene Autry, known as The Singing Cowboy. Dennis's paternal great-great-grandparents, Andrew Clinton Ozment and Margaret Malinda Pierce, were the maternal grandparents of Gene Autry. Dennis is also a cousin of actors Corbett Tuck and Hillary Tuck.
Sources: Information about Dennis's possible Choctaw Native American ancestry – http://objgenealogy.com
Genealogies of Dennis Quaid – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
https://www.wikitree.com
https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Dennis Quaid (focusing on his father's side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://objgenealogy.com
Genealogy of Dennis's father (focusing on his own father's side) – http://www.findagrave.com
Dennis's father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dennis's paternal great-grandfather, John Thomas Quaid, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dennis's paternal great-great-grandparents, Benjamin Walter Quaid and Martha Elizabeth Bell, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Benjamin Walter Quaid and Martha Elizabeth Bell on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dennis's paternal great-great-great-grandmother, Emily Ann Meese (Moore) Quaid, on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dennis's paternal great-great-great-great-grandparents, Silas Ebenezer Moore and Mourning Dumas Folsom, on the 1850 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dennis's mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy, and obituary, of Dennis's maternal grandmother, Ollie Lula (French) Jordan – http://www.findagrave.com
Dennis's maternal grandmother, Ollie Lula French, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
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All family trees lists him as a descendant Morning/Mourning Star Folsom or Dumas. Her husband, Silas Ebenezer Moore, had also Choctaw ancestry from his mother, Emilie Nancy Folsom (the daughter of Jacob Folsom).
The Choctaw heritage of Folsom family is certain.
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How do you know that their Choctaw heritage is certain?
information about Mourning Star Folsom: http://objgenealogy.com/indiI5397.html
The enrollment of Dennis ancestors as citizens of the Choctaw Nation was rejected mutiple times by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Source:
https://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/silas-sharp-mississippi-choctaw.htm
I added a number of census records of that line of Quaid's.
I looked for those records, with no success.
http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Quaid-Family-Tree-7
Dennis actually has Irish ancestry, through his fourth great-grandfather, Walter Simpson Quaid, born 1780 in Kilfinny, Ireland. He has Irish ancestry through other lines as well, and also German, through his sixth great-grandfather Jacob Redwine, born 1751 in Pittsburgh, to German parents (his wife, Rowena Rhinehart likely also has German ancestry).
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Yip, Quaid itself is an Irish name.
I wonder why Dennis stated that he has Cajun ancestry? Looking at his family tree, I really don't think he does.
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Q: Datatable Ajax Validation Get the result from API and return the result in JSON and show in another file with data table ajax. Sometimes API not working and it returns false or error in the alert. My question is how do we set validation in data table ajax? If API doesn't respond then they give set an alert. How can we set the alert in data table ajax?
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$('#playeraction').DataTable( {
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           "dataSrc": "results"
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       { "data": "Birthday" },
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       { "data": "Bonuses" },
       { "data": "Revenue" },
       { "data": "Chargeback" },
       { "data": "ReverseChargeback" },
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       { "data": "SideGamesWins" },
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A: According to the documentation at https://datatables.net/reference/option/ajax - you can pass in any options which you would be able to pass to jquery's $.ajax() function directly, so you should be able to define an "error" callback (see http://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/ for details), e.g.
"ajax": {
  "url": 'daily_action.php',
  "type": "POST",
  "dataSrc": "results",
  "error": function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown)
  {
    alert("An error occurred when loading data");
    console.log("data loading error: " + jqXHR.status + " " + jqXHR.statusText + ". Observe the request in the browser's Network tab for more detail.");
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},

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Senators representing Appalachia call out delay of new mining safety standard
by Zack Budryk - 11/14/22 2:17 PM ET
FILE – Coal miner Scott Tiller takes shelter from the rain after coming out of an underground mine at the end of a shift in Welch, W.Va., May 12, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Five Democratic senators whose states comprise much of Appalachia wrote to the federal mine safety regulator Monday, questioning the delay in new standards for exposure to a compound linked to incurable respiratory diseases.
In a letter to Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Assistant Secretary Chris Williamson, the senators noted that the Labor Department had projected a new rule on silica exposure would be released in January 2022. However, they noted, it has yet to be released as of November. Signers of the letter included Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.).
Silica exposure has been tied to respiratory ailments such as silicosis, black lung and progressive massive fibrosis, a late-stage form of black lung in which large masses form in the lungs' upper lobes.
The letter cites a report issued in November 2020 by the Labor Department's Office of Inspector General calling for improvements in protections for coal miners from silica exposure. "A significant body of evidence shows that lowering the silica limit would be a major factor in preventing coal workers' deaths and illnesses caused by silica exposure," that report states, but the limit has remained essentially unchanged for about six decades despite the MSHA's knowledge of scientific recommendations.
The number of coal miners with black lung was triple the amount in the first half of the 2010s compared to the latter half of the 1990s, the report said, and available data suggests breathing crystalline silica played a large role in the increase.
"For generations, our brave coal miners have risked their lives and health to power our nation to greatness," they wrote. "We have an obligation as a country to protect their health and welfare with commonsense rules and regulations, and we look forward to working with you to do just that."
In a statement Monday afternoon, Williamson said "Issuing a proposed rule to better protect miners from developing occupational illnesses related to respirable crystalline silica exposure is a top priority for me and MSHA."
"Our team understands the importance of getting these improved protections in place for miners, and I want to assure miners, labor, mine operators, and the rest of the mining community that we are devoting every available resource and working as quickly as possible to put out a proposed rule," Williamson added.
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Exorcism is a ministry of joy, light, and peace, new guide says
July 30, 2020 CNA Daily News News Briefs 1 Print
Rome, Italy, Jul 30, 2020 / 05:30 am (CNA).- Exorcism is not an obscure practice shrouded in darkness, but a ministry filled with light, peace, and joy, according to a new guide for Catholic exorcists.
"When implemented in situations of real diabolical possession and according to the norms established by the Church — inspired by genuine faith and necessary prudence — [exorcism] manifests its salvific, positive character, characterized by a living experience of purity, light and peace," Fr. Francesco Bamonte wrote in the book's introduction.
"The 'dominant note,' we could say, is made up of joy, the fruit of the Holy Spirit, promised by Jesus to those who welcome his Word with confidence," he continued.
Bamonte is the president of the International Association of Exorcists (AIE), which prepared the new book with the approval of the Congregation for Clergy and with contributions from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for Divine Worship.
"Guidelines for the Ministry of Exorcism: In Light of the Current Ritual" was published in Italian in May. The AIE told CNA that an English language edition is currently under review by the Congregation for Clergy and the association expects it to be available by the end of 2020 or in early 2021.
The book is not an exhaustive treatment of the subject of exorcism, but was written as a tool for exorcist priests or priests in formation to be exorcists.
It can also be used by bishops' conferences and dioceses to help facilitate discernment "in cases of faithful who consider themselves in need of the ministry of exorcists, since this type of request is increasing," Bamonte said.
In the book's preface, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, vicar general of the Diocese of Rome, said that "the exorcist cannot proceed at his own discretion, since he works within the framework of an official mission that makes him in some way representative of Christ and the Church."
"The ministry of the exorcist is particularly delicate," he says. "Exposed to multiple dangers, it requires special prudence, the result not only of right intention and goodwill, but also of a suitable specific preparation, which the exorcist is obliged to receive to adequately carry out his office."
There is a "notable increase" in fascination with exorcism in the Western world, especially with demonic possession and the role of the Catholic exorcist "in the demanding task of freeing from it," Bamonte pointed out.
"In some cultural circles, a peremptory description of Catholic exorcism continues as if it were a rough, violent reality, almost as obscure as the practice of magic, which we want to oppose, but, lastly, ending up putting it on the same level as occult practices," he said.
The priest said it was impossible to understand this ministry without belief in Jesus and his Church.
"Pretending to understand Catholic exorcism without having a living faith in Christ and what he, in the revelation given to the Church, teaches us about Satan and the demonic world, is like wanting to deal with second degree equations without knowing the four basic operations of mathematics and their properties," he stated.
This is why it is necessary "to always go back to the sources of our ministry," he continued, "which does not arise at all from the fear of witches, from the desire to oppose magic or from the will to impose a specific religious vision at the expense of other different conceptions about God and the world, but solely and only from what Jesus said and from what he first did, giving the apostles and their successors the mission to continue his own work."
The International Association of Exorcists includes around 800 exorcist members around the world. It was founded more than 30 years ago by a group of exorcists, led by Fr. Gabriel Amorth, who died in 2016. The association was formally recognized by the Vatican in 2014.
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Art experts solve Renaissance mystery in papal palace
Vatican City, Jul 12, 2017 / 04:58 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Two works painted by Renaissance master Raphael have been newly identified after art experts restored famous frescoes in the Apostolic Palace of Vatican City.
Arnold Nesselrath, an art historian who heads technical and scientific research at the Vatican Museums, told the Italian newspaper La Stampa that 16th century sources had offered clues. These sources said that Raphael had indeed painted two figures in the Apostolic Palace's Hall of Constantine as tests of his oil technique.
In Nesselrath's words, these figures were described as being "of a much higher quality than the ones around them."
The exact identity of these figures was forgotten until the 21st century.
In an art restoration process that began in 2015, experts cleaned the works and removed the effects of centuries of previous restoration work.
They discovered that Raphael himself had painted two figures of women who serve as allegories for the virtues of Friendship and Justice. Only the art restoration made apparent Raphael's oil technique.
The Hall of Constantine was intended to serve as a reception room in the Apostolic Palace of Vatican City. It depicts the life of the Constantine the Great, the first Roman emperor to seek baptism. The four frescoes depict The Vision of the Cross, the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, the Baptism of Constantine, and the Donation of Constantine.
The Vision of the Cross fresco depicts a key event said to have been a step towards Constantine's conversion to Christianity during his battles to become emperor. The fresco depicts the emperor in a military camp looking towards giant cross in the sky that is surrounded by Greek words saying, "In this sign, conquer."
At one side of this fresco, a woman labeled as Friendship wears a blue gown. She is seated to the left of St. Clement I, a first century Pope, the art blog Hyperallergic reports.
Another figure believed to be painted by Raphael is on the far right side of the fresco depicting Constantine's battle at the Milvian bridge with his brother-in-law Maxentius, a rival imperial claimant. This woman's image is labeled as Justice and bears a set of scales, at which she is staring.
Raphael, working under a commission from Julius II, had sketched plans for the Hall of Constantine before his death in 1520. The frescos' completion was left to his students.
"They continued in the traditional method and have left only these two figures, autographs of the master," Nesselrath told La Stampa.
Three other rooms in the Apostolic Palace feature Raphael's work, including his famous depiction of the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle in his work "School of Athens." Known as the "Raphael Rooms," the frescoes can be seen by visitors to the Vatican Museums.
Pope Francis prays for families stuck at home during coronavirus outbreak
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Vatican City, Mar 14, 2020 / 04:54 am (CNA).- Pope Francis offered his daily Mass on Saturday for families who must adjust to life with everyone at home, that they may stay peaceful and joyful during the coronavirus pandemic.
"We continue to pra… […]
Pope Francis: to love your enemies, prayer is a game-changer
Vatican City, Feb 19, 2017 / 01:21 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The path to holiness and sainthood, Pope Francis said, requires imitating Christ by loving our enemies and praying for those who wrong us even when it is difficult.
"It's true, God th… […]
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If you have never had a kid leave trombone spit on your floor, you haven't really lived. Seriously though, parenting kids through music lessons can be a unique and rewarding experience. Music lessons really teach kids a different set of life skills than they could get from any other activity — from self-awareness to fine motor skills to better listening and introduction to meditation. Today there are tons of options that fit every family, schedule, and kid.
Posted on January 1, 2019 by Laura Cowan and filed under Children, Columns, Issue 71, Local, Music, Parenting and tagged music children lessons local teachers education.
One of the many reasons people enjoy living in Michigan is our four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. The seasons can also be described as birth, growth, maturity, and death, or child, teen, adult, and elder. Four seasons gives a year rhythm, and yet we are better at some beats then others. Culturally, we praise awakening and increasing—spring and summer, childhood and teen—far more than we appreciate maturity and death, fall and winter, adulthood and elderhood.
Posted on September 1, 2018 by Kirsten Mowrey and filed under Columns, Green Living, Issue 70, Nature and tagged issue 70 Green Living Column' elderhood maturing seasons autumn.
As a frequent traveler and transplant from the East Coast, I'm often drawn to major metropolitan areas. Although renowned for impressive attractions and activities for any interest, the bustling crowds and traffic snarls in urban centers means serenity can be in short supply. Fortunately for Michiganders, a tranquil getaway doesn't require a boarding pass, or transcontinental travel, but just a few miles drive west on US-23 to Livingston County. Brighton's Canterbury Chateau weaves together cozy interiors and relaxing amenities, with a touch of the tropics, into an accessible escape from the daily grind. By smartly balancing Victorian charm with modern touches, this bed and breakfast provides a welcome respite. Combined with many local recreational activities available in the Brighton area, visitors can enjoy a restful weekend while exploring nearby attractions.
Posted on September 1, 2018 by Petula Brown and filed under Columns, Issue 70, Profile, Weekend Getaways and tagged issue 70 weekend getaways Canterbury Chateau.
Once upon a time, nearly every culture on every continent held some measure of belief in the existence of fairies. A life form described as small humanlike creatures that live in natural habitats, often invisible to human eyes. Early writings depict them as mischievous and even at times, malicious. Travelers often left offerings of food and drink for them in exchange for protection against the elements, wild animals, and other dangers that might befall on their journey. Legend has it that fairies especially appreciated milk, bread, cheese, sweets, and other prepared foods.
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Last spring I heard Aaron Dworkin, violinist and former Dean of the U-M School of Music, Theater & Dance, speak at a leadership workshop at Zingerman's Roadhouse. He expressed the best part of playing in a group/ensemble as a child was that he felt like he was 'included' for the first time in his life. Prior to this, he didn't know anyone else like him and he lacked a sense of 'belonging.' He inspired me to investigate further. I wanted to hear from Ann Arbor students and teachers about their experience playing music in collaboration with others and what it means to them.
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We have all read articles touting the positive effects of music on brain development, and seen the studies that show music can improve test scores and academic performance in children. What isn't written about so much are the social and emotional benefits of music.
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One morning, while running a tad late for work, I decided to cut through the Ann Arbor Farmers' Market in hopes of snagging a quick breakfast. Tasty Bakery to the rescue!
A chocolate-dipped donut might not sound like the healthiest choice to jump-start the day, but this donut was "wheat free, gluten free, soy free, organic" and "naturally sweetened." It was also deeply satisfying for both my sweet tooth and my tummy. A lot of donuts are still full of the oil they were cooked in, leaving grease stains behind on napkins and not always settling well in my stomach. After indulging in this Tasty Bakery delectable, I felt great!
Naturally, when faced with a table full of sweets on an empty stomach, I couldn't leave with just one thing, so I also grabbed a gluten-free chocolate chip cookie. I could have gone with a cookie that was also vegan, but I decided to go the non-vegan route because I was curious to see how just the gluten-free cookie stacked up against its traditional counterpart. Conclusion: they stand toe-to-toe. I loved it! I'd like to try the vegan next.
On another occasion, while getting a coffee from Sweetwaters in downtown Ann Arbor, I also grabbed a Tasty Bakery Berry Bar, made with "organic gluten-free oats, organic blueberries, organic coconut oil, organic coconut nectar, arrowroot flour, organic Madagascar vanilla, sea salt." The packaging was also compostable, so you can see not only is Tasty Bakery dedicated to making gluten-free delicious and accessible, but they are also committed to better health for us and our environment.
I've made gluten-free baked goods before (check my blog foodandword.blogspot.com for that time I famously attempted gluten-free paczki), so I know it can be a tricky business to get the balance right. There are a lot of traditional wheat flour substitutes out there. Arrowroot flour is popular, as is featured in Tasty Bakery's Berry Bar. They clearly have gluten-free baking down to an art, and Ann Arbor knows it. You can find their products in coffee shops all over town (check their website for a full list). Don't be afraid to try them! Your mouth (and tummy) will love you for it.
Tasty Bakery's storefront is located at 416 West Huron Street, Suite 24, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103. It is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Find them on Saturdays at the Ann Arbor Farmers' Market in Kerrytown from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and online at www.tastysansgluten.com.
If there is a quintessentially Michigan food, it is the pasty. Usually, this is a delight attributed to the U.P. or at least the northern region of the Mitten. But on the corner of Spring and Miller streets in Ann Arbor at Big City Small World Bakery, pasties are on the menu and they are served up flaky and hot.
I had dropped by for a quick lunch before work, but I was thinking I'd get a simple sandwich and soy latte, not a pasty and a latte made with coconut milk. I've never seen coconut milk as a milk substitute on a menu before, so I had to give it a try. Since switching to dairy-free coffee drinks — a hard transition for me — I have often been disappointed. Soy is okay and almond is great with chai. But now? In the Milk Substitute Competition, I give the blue ribbon to Coconut. Thank you, Big City Small World, for giving me the most delicious faux latte I have had yet!
As for the pasty, I ordered chicken, but they also offer veggie, which I intend to try on another trip, and the gravy is homemade and quite flavorful. The sandwich choices also include veggie, as well as turkey and egg salad, all on homemade bread (which they also sell in loaves). In fact, all of their baked goods are homemade.
I've been a fan of Big City Small World's infamous vegan ding dongs for quite some time. (It's an absolute mystery to me how they've managed to make vegan pastries so creamy and moist. It's wonderful.) I find Big City Small World to be a great place to find vegan goodies like this.
For those who aren't fans of chocolate layer cake with vanilla frosting dipped in chocolate, I recommend the eclairs. The custard is rich and delicious! (Though this one is probably not vegan, but it wouldn't surprise me if they had a vegan option.) For coconut lovers, try the golf ball-sized macaroons. They offer a range of gluten-free items as well.
The "world" isn't the only thing that is "small" here. The bakery is quaint with a few options for indoor seating. If the weather is pleasant, there is ample outdoor seating, where you can admire the eclectic art that covers the side of the brightly painted yellow building, or cast nervous glances at the unexpected wire mermaid sitting on the bench. After the bakery is closed, I like to think of her as a gargoyle-like guardian for nighttime pedestrians. During the day, she's just another friendly face inviting me in for a ding dong and a coconut milk latte.
Big City Small World Bakery is located at 500 Miller Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103. They are open Tuesday through Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can also find them on Facebook.
If you are familiar with downtown Ypsilanti, you may recall the Wolverine Grill. Well, the Wolverine is no longer there (moment of silence), but its location has been passed into obviously capable hands, and the new restaurant, Encuentro Latino, is serving up some seriously satisfying authentic Guatemalan cuisine.
I started off my dining experience with an iced horchata. Whenever I order horchata from a new restaurant, I try not to get my hopes too high. There are countless recipes for horchata across the Spanish-speaking world. (For example, Mexican and Guatemalan horchata is typically rice-based, while in Spain tiger nuts are used, and Puerto Rico favors ground sesame seeds.) Some that I have tried are disappointingly watery and lack flavor. However, Encuentro's horchata did not disappoint, with just the right amount of sweetness and spice.
Speaking of tortillas, Guatemalan tortillas are a little different than the ones you're probably used to from Mexican restaurants. They are puffier, measuring about a quarter or a half-inch thick, reminiscent of pita bread, warm and wonderful. You can really sink your teeth in, especially if you opt for one of the pupusas (stuffed tortillas) on the menu. There are pupusas de chicharron with pork, as well as vegetarian pupusas de frijol.
Tragically, I did not try the desserts, though both the creme brulee (my favorite dessert) and tres leches were definitely calling my name. Since Encuentro is within walking distance of my home, I know I will return. My mouth is also watering for their breakfast menu and its promise of fried plantains! Hasta pronto, Encuentro.
Encuentro Latino Restaurant is located at 228 West Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197. Find them online at www.facebook.com/Encuentro-Latino-restaurant-106983366342816/. They are open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Posted on April 20, 2018 by J. L. and filed under Columns, Food & Nutrition and tagged Fall 2016 Features local restaurants restaurant reviews great tastes in local food.
Writer Mary Runser meets the owners of Ypsi's new CULTIVATE COFFEE & TAP HOUSE and Ann Arbor's new THISTLE & BESS.
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Coller buys into BT's Brightstar
Secondaries specialist Coller Capital has created an independent corporate venturing partnership with BT's research and technology business, BTexact Technologies. New Venture Partners, the team formed when Coller backed the spin-out of Lucent's New Ventures Group, will manage the investment decisions of the partnership, to be known as NVP Brightstar. BT will retain a 23 per cent interest in the business.
Through the deal, worth approximately $100 million, NVP Brightstar will buy the existing portfolio of five companies developed by BTexact's corporate incubator, Brightstar. The incubator unit was launched in 2000 and provided seed funding for internal start-ups, spinning out nine companies that raised a total of $55 million in venture capital funding. BT retains its stake in the companies already spun-out of Brightstar.
NVP Brightstar will also have exclusive rights to create new start-up businesses using BT's intellectual property portfolio. The $100 million capital available through the deal is divided into two funds of undisclosed size, one to focus on the continued funding of the existing portfolio and the other to fund new projects. The business plans to announce partnerships to develop the IP of other corporates.
NVP Brightstar will continue to be based in Adastral Park in Ipswich, UK. Building on past co-operation with Steve Socolof of Lucent's New Ventures Group, Harry Berry, the creative leader at Brightstar, will join NVP Brightstar as a managing partner. The portfolio will include a.p.solve, a provider of intelligent fieldforce management solutions, Azure, a telecoms revenue specialist, Evolved Networks, a provider of software that automates telecoms network design and provisioning and Microwave Photonics, a developer of enabling technology for enterprise wireless LANs and mobile cellular infrastructure. The five portfolio companies generated revenues of £31 million last year.
Since last year BT has been pursuing a strategy to increase value from its IP, a goal NVP Brightstar should help BT to realise. The new partnership compliments the IP commercialisation programme BT already has with US-based IPVALUE. "BT's objective is to gain maximum value from continuing investment and innovation in research and technology development," said Stewart Davies, chief executive of BTexact Technologies. BT's other corporate venturing activities include its Enterprise Venturing unit, led by Mike Carr.


It's only the second week into me doing a Book Of The Week and I'm already modifying it to Series Of The Week… I guess the plus side to running my own website is I can do whatever I want…?
The Bear and the Nightingale was the first ARC I ever picked up when I started working at Anderson's. The book and then the series and then her other series has and will always be special to me. 'Special' in that it represents all the amazing friends (both co-workers and customers) I've made while working at the bookstore and how much fun I've had!!!
It doesn't hurt that the first ARC I picked was a fantastic read either.... this series has such amazing imagery and imagination. Me and my obsession with myths and legends, of course love it! The third book in this Trilogy, Winter Witch, just came out last week so if you are looking for a magical series to delve into I highly suggest this one! These books are what reading is all about.
Last week I got the chance to meet Katherine Arden and it was a dream come true! I've done a ton of events but this one was probably my favorite. Arden is such a funny and spectacular woman. She had the entire audience laughing constantly!
Plus, look at that amazing poster! It's so beautiful. The covers of this series are some of my favorite book covers ever! This poster will definitely have a special spot in my library!
So, to sum up this post: Arden is the coolest human ever, her writing is phenomenal, and you should read her books.
Head on over to your local indie bookstore and snag a copy today!
You can see my review for The Bear and the Nightingale here.