After a disastrous interview yesterday morning on WTOP radio, Virginia governor Ralph Northam attempted some damage control that somehow muddled the situation even further. That interview, of course, dealt with a bill proposed in Virginia that would significantly loosen the state's limits on abortion in the last three months of pregnancy. The sponsor of the legislation, Kathy Tran, conceded during questioning that her bill could permit a woman to receive an abortion even during labor.
Asked about Tran's bill and her comment, Northam offered some thoughts that ended up touching off a firestorm: "When we talk about third-trimester abortions, these are done with the consent of obviously the mother, with the consent of the physician — more than one physician, by the way — and it's done in cases where there may be severe deformities. There may be a fetus that's non-viable," he said. This was objectionable enough, but the governor went on.
No woman seeks a third trimester abortion except in the case of tragic or difficult circumstances, such as a nonviable pregnancy or in the event of severe fetal abnormalities, and the governor's comments were limited to actions physicians would take in the event that a woman in those circumstances went into labor. Attempts to extrapolate these comments otherwise is in bad faith and underscores exactly why the governor believes physicians and women, not legislators, should make these difficult and deeply personal medical decisions.
This statement is a bizarre mixture of walking back and doubling down. In the second paragraph, Northam's spokesperson appears to be suggesting that the governor's comments on WTOP did in fact refer to letting born-alive infants die without medical care — but only "nonviable pregnancies" (an intentionally unclear term) or infants with "severe fetal abnormalities." Though the governor doesn't specify, this language is often used by defenders of abortion to refer to genetic conditions such as Down syndrome. Considering that Tran's bill would also downgrade the requirement to provide medical care to newborn infants from a "must" to a "shall" standard, the governor's unwillingness to explicitly condemn post-birth killing gives little comfort.
The final sentence of the statement, meanwhile, appears to contradict the rest of it and affirm the current state of Virginia law. So does Northam support Tran's late-term abortion expansion, as he attested earlier this month, or not? Setting aside what he may or may not have meant about caring for newborns after birth, Northam has steadfastly refused to articulate whether he supports late-term abortion more broadly, including of viable fetuses — the majority of which are aborted for reasons other than a woman's health, according to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute.
Apparently still afraid he hadn't been clear enough, Northam retreated on Twitter to the comfortable trench of having been victimized: "I have devoted my life to caring for children and any insinuation otherwise is shameful and disgusting," he wrote Wednesday evening. But of course, no one was insinuating any such thing — the criticism centered around direct quotes from his interview and his inability or unwillingness to clarify them.
Sasse wasn't the only U.S. senator to notice Northam's day-long equivocations. In addition to the Nebraska senator's comment to National Review on Wednesday, his fellow Republican senators Josh Hawley (Mo.), Marco Rubio (Fla.), Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), and Ted Cruz (Texas) all commented on the controversy as well.
Hawley even called for the Senate to vote on Republican senator Lindsey Graham's Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act — which bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on scientific research suggesting that fetuses can begin to feel pain at that stage of development — and noted that Democratic presidential-primary candidates should be asked about their stance on late-term abortion legislation.


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Plus garlic bread and cheese for on top!
This is a great dish to make as it's super easy and after you've cooked the mince in a pan, it's an "all in one" pot in the sauce pan before transferring it to a casserole dish. I then mix in the wine and leave it in the oven for about half an hour.
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Culture » December 8, 2017
Emmett Till's Cousin on Why Mississippi's Flag Is Still Racist
Edelia "Dr. Jay" Carthan is at the forefront of a movement to remove the Confederate "stars and bars."
BY Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
"You can't be proud of both civil-rights and slavery."
Edelia "Dr. Jay" Carthan, a native of Mississippi and an assistant professor at Tougaloo College, is at the forefront of the movement to remove the Confederate emblem of a cross and stars from the state's flag (the last in the country to bear it).
The group she cofounded, Take It Down America, has held demonstrations across the South and at the U.S. Capitol. The group's next planned action was at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson on December 9, but those initial plans changed when President Donald Trump announced he would attend the museum's opening.
What initial action did you have planned at the opening of the Civil Rights Museum this weekend?
We didn't want to protest the museum but we did want our voices to be heard. The state flag still carries the Confederate battle emblem, it's a direct contradiction to everything that's in that museum. So how are you going to remember this history, but at the same time, keep waving this flag that represents slavery?
Now that President Trump is attending, what has changed?
Now, it's gone from a demonstration to a boycott. There is nothing that President Trump, Governor [Phil] Bryant or former Governor [Haley] Barbour have done to improve civil rights in Mississippi. Being at the opening is just a photo op for them to look like nice, good white people.
They're making money off of our hurt and pain and not doing anything to correct, help or recognize what slavery did to an entire race of people. It's contradictory in itself, them being at the museum opening, especially while the state flag still has the Confederate flag on it. You can't be proud of both civil-rights and slavery.
Why did you get involved in this fight?
I grew up in Tchula, a small Delta town. Emmett Till was my cousin. My father was the first black mayor of Tchula since Reconstruction. He refused to be their boy and run the city how the white power structure wanted him to, and he spent much of his administration behind bars because of false charges related to the murder of a political rival.
He was facing the death penalty. People around the world got involved because they knew he was innocent. I went to court and marched on my father's behalf.
He was eventually acquitted of the murder charge. If Mississippi wants to move forward and heal, we have to be honest about what that flag means and stop saying it represents "heritage."
What does the cross and stars mean to you?
It's a heritage of hate. The Confederacy fought against integration and to keep the institution of slavery so that my group of people, African Americans, wouldn't be free. We would not have the same rights. We would not even be U.S. citizens. I think that the flag should come down and this shouldn't even be an issue that we're discussing in 2017.
What memories of your father stick with you?
One is when he delivered his own closing argument. He was in law school when people asked him to run for mayor. As a girl, I heard him asking officials to be who they said they were on paper: for freedom and liberty for all. Today, 40 years later, my father is in office. He's a supervisor in Holmes County.
The memories of seeing him fight for his life with his words resonate with me. I use my voice to fight for others to make sure what happened to my father never happens to anyone else.
What actions have you taken to get Confederate flags removed?
It's not just a Mississippi problem. It's a national problem. Locally, we've had marches in Jackson and sent information to schools letting them know they have the right to take the flag down. It's Mississippi law that schools fly the flag. One of the main problems I've found with my research is many people don't know what the flag actually means. So they're not offended by it. We want to educate people.
What do you say to people who argue the flag is important because of its history?
Put it in a museum. The official state flag should represent all residents of the state. It certainly doesn't represent me and my history and my family. I don't see any hospitality in that flag—I see hostility, hate and separation.
Do other struggles to remove symbols of the Confederacy around the country give you hope for Mississippi?
Yes. It's been about three years since we started this journey and I've seen things change. That's what really gives me hope. From the first press conference that I took part in, all of the schools had their flags up. I've seen Mississippi State, Delta State and other schools, one by one all, have their flags taken down.
This in an expanded and updated version of an interview that appeared in print.
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank is a Chicago-based freelance writer and photographer. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Atlas Obscura, Bitch Media, the Columbia Journalism Review, JSTOR Daily and Paper Magazine, among others.
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if there was any substance to the action you would see a lot of negro Americans defacing these monuments. Yet the footage seems to show very few in any of these cases which would indicate that the general consensus amongst the majority of them is that they don't have any issue with what they symbolise for a start!
Posted by todaysblog on 2018-01-08 22:41:19
20% of African-Americans voted for the current state flag in 2001. That is significant. The U.S. Supreme Court, MS Supreme Court, and the U.S. District Court have all ruled in the state flag's favor. Black Mississippians now have their own museum and its time to stop blaming slavery for shortcomings. You will only create more hatred and ill will by forcing a changing and arrogantly implying that if one does not like the change they are racist. I can assure you that any "new: or "restored" state flag will not represent all Mississippians.
Posted by Matt Rudder on 2017-12-18 11:34:12
That would be fair only if the current flag was also among the ten submitted. None-the-less, as previously stated the issue was voted on statewide where every citizen of Mississippi, no matter what his/her race, had the opportunity to keep or change the flag. The State's black, white, red and brown residents made their choice by a majority vote of 2 to 1. Now the problem is that some of the minority of voters who disagreed with the outcome, along with people of other states who wish to force a change to our state flag-in total disregard to the majority rule. They are hypocrites. majority only works for them if "they win."
Posted by jrwoody forests on 2017-12-11 09:33:11
The only way the current stars and bars flag represents black people is as slaves ruled over by white people. I'd say that's offensive...at the least.
Posted by DeOccupy on 2017-12-11 01:56:29
I don't know how many people of the 38% voted, but the statistics are available and if I remember correctly, the majority voted to keep the present State flag as is.
What may be deemed as offensive to you are me may not bother other individuals in the least. For example, my intention is not to be offensive with my reply, yet I realize it may be taken that way and not to make light of the issue, but we all take offense to something every now and then, e.g.; street and school names, Confederate and Martin Luther King statuary; however, that does'nt give us the right to riot and deface or destroy any of these things that others hold dear. There is a right and wrong way to express one's feeling of oppression.
According to the 2001 vote by the citizenry of the State, the most preferable flag was chosen, by a 2 to 1 margin. Do you think the citizenry of the 50 states should choose the flag of each individual state or that each individual state should choose its own flag?
Mississippi is 38% African-American. I just took a look at the pictures of the flags of the other 49 states, most of these would be inoffensive to large majorities of Americans.
Posted by rtresp on 2017-12-09 14:46:01
Replace the present flag with one that is most preferable.
Posted by Joseph Willis on 2017-12-09 11:35:40
"Put it in a museum. The official state flag should represent all residents of the state."
What makes you think that the flag you would choose over the present state flag would represent "all the people" of the state? There will never be a flag that all residents would prefer in this or any of the other 50-states.

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How Long Can Key Lime Pie Sit Out?
Desserts are very delicious and liked by many people because of their sweet taste. Key lime pie is one of the most delicious desserts, and people also prepare it at home and buy it from the bakeries. Most people complain that their key lime pie goes bad very quickly.
The spoilage of key lime pie is the products that are used in its preparation, and they are not shelf-stable. It reduces the shelf life of key lime pie at room temperature. In this article, we have explained some important things about key lime pie that would help store it properly.
What Happens If Key Lime Pie Sits Out for Too Long?
How Long Can Key Lime Pie Be in The Car For?
What Should You Do If Key Lime Pie Is Left Out For Too Long?
Does Key Lime Pie Go Bad If Not Refrigerated?
Does Key Lime Pie Go Bad If You Lose Power?
What Temperature Is Best For Key Lime Pie?
Like cakes and other desserts, the key lime pie cannot last for four hours at room temperature or higher temperature. Leaving the leftovers of key lime pie at room temperature for too long is never a good option.
If you store it in the Best Outdoor Refrigerator after using then it may last for a couple of days as in cold temperature, the key lime pie can retain its freshness for a long time.
We recommend you not leave the key lime pie at room temperature for too long as it would hurt its freshness. If you live in the hotter regions, it is never safe to store the key lime pie on the countertop. But you can store the key lime pie on the countertop for some time in cold temperatures.
Because at high temperatures, the bacteria get a chance to grow and disturb the quality of the key lime pie, and once it forms mould on the surface, the dessert will be harmful to eat. I will lose its taste, colour, smell and texture.
You cannot keep the key lime pie in the car for a long time if you are not living in cold regions or your car is not having an air conditioning system. The shelf life of key lime pie at normal temperature is the same as its shelf life in a car in hot regions.
You should never keep it in the car for too long, or it will go bad rapidly. Those cars with a proper air condition system can keep them fresh for a long time.
If you have left the key lime pie out for too long, then there are very less chances that it will stay fresh. First of all, you should check the freshness of the dessert. Give it a good sniff to check its smell, and if it smells bad, then it's time to get rid of it.
Moreover, if you notice any change in the taste and texture of the dessert, then it means that it has gone bad. But if the key lime pie looks fresh and fine, just quickly transfer it to the Best Undercounter Refrigerator to last for some more time.
The answer to this question is very simple, and it is yes. If you keep it out on the countertop, the key lime pie cannot last for more than four hours. The only place where it can last for days is the refrigerator, which increases its shelf life by providing a calm and cool environment.
You should store the dessert in the Best Counter-Depth Refrigerator so that you can enjoy its deliciousness and keep the leftovers safe for some days, or otherwise, it will spoil very quickly.
There are certain chances for the key lime pie to spoil if you lose power. On Power loss, the refrigerator stops, and if it is kept off for a long time, it will fail to provide a cool and calm temperature to the food items you have stored in it.
As long as it remains off, the temperature inside it starts increasing, and if it is still off after the temperature inside it becomes equal to the room temperature, the dessert will take no time in spoiling.
If you have gone through all the above information about key lime pie, it would not be very difficult for you to guess the safest temperature for it. Refrigerator is the only place where key lime pie can stay fresh for a long time, and the temperature there is below 5 degrees which is safe for the key lime pie.
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Press Release (ePRNews.com) - BEND, Ore. - Feb 20, 2020 - Tech Soft 3D, the leading provider of software-development toolkits (SDKs) for companies that develop software for manufacturing and architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), today announced a significant investment from global, technology-focused investment firm Battery Ventures. Battery General Partner Morad Elhafed and Vice President Satoshi Harris-Koizumi will join the Tech Soft 3D board of directors.
Tech Soft 3D will use the additional capital to fuel growth by investing in product development, scaling the company's global reach and increasing its product offerings through acquisitions. The company also expects to further expand its portfolio of partners.
Tech Soft 3D delivers top-tier building-block technologies that power innovative 3D applications and is used by leading software-development companies across sectors such as CAD/CAM/CAE, building and construction, AR/VR, additive manufacturing, product lifecycle management (PLM), metrology, electronic design automation, and mining and geosciences. The company's partner ecosystem includes hundreds of companies, such as Adobe, Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes, Desktop Metal, Trimble, 3D Systems, Siemens PLM, Samsung SDS, Bentley, Hexagon, Xometry and ANSYS, among others.
"Every day, millions of engineers use software powered by Tech Soft 3D component technology," said Morad Elhafed, general partner at Battery Ventures. "The company's reach is extremely impressive, and its products are fueling innovation at large and small companies undergoing digital transformation. We are excited to partner with Tech Soft 3D to help the company grow."
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Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Kamirski
rec. South Melbourne Town Hall, 13-16 December 1993
Includes booklet with all words and translations
ABC CLASSICS 4811374 [66.37]
Born in Sydney in 1950, Yvonne Kenny made her professional debut in London in 1975 in a concert performance of Donizetti's Rosmondo d'Inghilterra. After winning the renowned Kathleen Ferrier Competition she joined The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, singing the light lyric roles of Pamina, Susanna, Adina and Liu among others. In the field of opera she has appeared at the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, Paris Opera as well as in America and at the major international festivals. She has a distinguished list of opera recordings to her name for a variety of labels including her Italian bel-canto portrayals for Opera Rara. Yvonne has also made several recordings for ABC and discs of Great Operatic Arias on the Chandos label.
This re-issue is of particular poignancy for two reasons. First, it commemorates the twentieth anniversary of being the first Australian-produced classical recording to achieve Gold status, awarded for sales of over 35,000 copies. Second, the content is her answer to her uncle's 'crit' that he wanted to hear her in songs that he himself liked rather than the chic lesser-known, even esoteric repertoire, that was the staple of many artists' recitals at the time. Kenny resisted the temptation to branch into musicals, jazz or blues, sticking to what she believed she did best whilst also aiming to keep uncle happy. There are, after all, many beautiful songs to be heard in a whole variety of languages which by the time of this recording were often languishing unheard. In the days of 78s they were often on the B-side of an aria or the like. Here they are in a sequence, loosely linked in parts and generally in the gamut of languages in which they were written together with the words and English translations in the accompanying booklet.
In singing these songs Kenny brings the vocal distinction that she brought to her performances in the opera houses of the world and which has illuminated her teaching career as Professor of Voice at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her own skills in a variety of languages are in evidence in this collection as are her vocal qualities caught at the height of her career. There is a wonderful example of her renowned singing of Handel in Let the bright Seraphim from Samson (tr.6). The runs and scales are accurate, but more important is the tonal beauty and vocal clarity. Yes, as a consequence of the key of the music the odd consonant is missing, but far fewer than many I could mention. In this aria, and elsewhere, I was struck by how her vocal nuance, tonal variation and expressiveness convey the various sentiments and moods of the songs whilst maintaining her admirable legato. Add to this her beauty of tone and silvery grace with words. It's a near ideal combination which is at the heart of this collection of many tunes that we all know but sometimes just cannot place. At first I had a sorrow at the absence of any Mozart - a composer she recorded in complete operas. I would have loved her to have included Susanna's Deh vieni from act four of The Marriage of Figaro but realistically, after nearly twenty years of filling the space of big opera houses all over the world, perhaps the capacity for phrasing on the breath in that lovely aria is not what it was. What she presents here I hope satisfied her uncle. It certainly has elevated my several days since its arrival. In value for money and sheer enjoyment this collection is very welcome again on my shelves.
Robert J Farr
Track Contents
Antonín DVORÁK (1841-1904)
Rusalka - Song to the moon [6.22]
Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro [23.18]
Léo DELIBES (1836-1891)
Les Filles de Cadiz - Chanson Espagnole [3.12]
Ivor NOVELLO (1893-1951)
Perchance to Dream - We'll gather lilacs [4.12]
Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893)
Ave Maria [2.40]
George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Samson - Let the Bright Seraphim {5.14]
Panis angelicus [3.27]
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Schwanengesang D 957 - no 4, Ständchen [3.52]
Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)
Peer Gynt. Op. 23: no 18. Solvejg's Song [4.44]
DVORÁK
Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55: no 4, Als die alte Mutter (Songs my mother taught me) [2.26]
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
Songs, Op. 34: no 2, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On wings of song) [2.17]
Franz SCHUBERT (arr. Gamley)
Rosamunde D 797/Op. 26: no 5, Romance. Der Vollmond strahlt [ 2.50]
Giovanni Battist MARTINI (1741-1816) (arr. Whaite)
Plaisir d'amour [3.16]
Joseph CANTELOUBE (1879-1957)
Chants d'Auvergne Volume 1 - no 2, Baïlèro [4.54]
Traditional (arr. Gamley 1924)
Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) [3.26]
Friedrich von FLOTOW (1812-1883)
Martha - Letzte Rose (The last rose of summer) [2.19]
Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Folksongs (7), Volume 3: no. 6. O waly, waly [3.26)
Traditional (arr. Hurst 1925-2014)
I know where I'm going [1.50]
Henry BISHOP (1786-1865) (arr. Gamley)
Clari - Home, Sweet Home [1.58]
Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)
Old American Songs. (trad) Set 1. Simple Gifts [1.54]


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The Pueblo Railway Museum will run its caboose train on July 4.
The train will operate from the museum grounds at 132 W. B St., near Pueblo Union Depot, to the Aquila Power Plant and return.
Caboose rides will cost $3, and a chance to ride in the locomotive will be sold for $10.
The train will run from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The museum will have additional activities, including stories told by \"Betsy Ross\" and a visit by a July 4-appropriate \"Uncle Sam.\"
A lunch that includes sandwich, beans, chips and pop or water will be available for $5.
The museum maintains a collection of freight cars, cabooses and locomotives that once operated in the area.
Central to the collection is Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe steam locomotive 2912. This engine is scheduled for cosmetic restoration.
The July 4 train will include a 1944 Denver & Rio Grande caboose, a Missouri Pacific caboose that once served as the Pueblo Visitors Center and a GP7 diesel locomotive that worked on the Colorado & Wyoming Railroad.
Information about Pueblo Railway Museum and Foundation is available at 544-1773.


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Book Review: Reginald Thompson — Cry Korea
by Jennifer Barclay posted 23 Apr 2009 22 Feb 2019 updated 22 Feb 2019
in History | Books. 5 minute read
As British war veterans gather in Korea to mark the anniversary of the battle of the Imjin River, Jennifer Barclay reviews a recently republished eye-witness account of the early months of the war.
CRY KOREA: The Korean War: A Reporter's Notebook by Reginald Thompson
Reportage Press, 2009, 352pp
Cry Korea is the most unusual book I've read about the Korean War.
While interviewing British veterans of that war, I'm often upbraided for my ignorance when it comes to the literature, but frankly I find it all a bit, well, military. Company A manoeuvred into a central position to outflank the platoon and retreated to Position C where it joined the rearguard whatsit and I'm completely and utterly lost. Like Max Hastings' weighty tome on the subject, they are simply not for the casual reader.
Reginald Thompson, born 1904, established himself as a war correspondent during World War Two. He enjoyed champagne and thought a lot about the atom bomb. He covered the Korean frontline for the Daily Telegraph for the first four months and this personal account reveals much about the life of a war correspondent in 1950, when the face of war seemed to be changing and when copy didn't always reach home. More than that, it gives a rare glimpse into a country at the start of half a century of division.
With an immediate style and poetic sensibility, at its best Cry Korea is immensely readable, elegant and compelling, occasionally Hemingway-esque: 'We had a wash and brush-up aboard, and they gave us a meal in the junior warrant officers' mess, and it was a good meal.' An American photographer, seeing he has nothing to read, 'casually tore his paperbacked book in two pieces and gave one to me. It was the last half of a collection of de Maupassant's short stories, and I doubt whether there could be anything more valuable to a journalist than to read de Maupassant at such a time.'
Thompson is never self-important, and lets you in on secrets. Finding himself in a United Nations ship in Incheon within 24 hours of the landing by United States marines, he is delighted that he'll get scoop coverage; he wakes at three in the morning to the ringing of a telephone, forgets he's in a top bunk and takes a dive onto the concrete floor.
He paints a vivid picture of the wardroom 'overcrowded with correspondents, typewriters clacking away on knees and every available table corner, mattresses on the floor.' But their copy took second place to operational stuff, so it stacked up until out of date. Meanwhile, the news agency chiefs aboard as guests of General MacArthur had telephones direct to Tokyo.
Reginald Thompson
Unlike most of the servicemen who went to Korea aged 19, 20 and 21, Thompson was already a man of some experience, having lived and worked in South America and Australia before his second world war service in Europe. He is openly contemptuous of the American soldiers, 'trigger happy' with their automatic weapons, 'gook-getters' many of them, who never saw the Koreans as people. His distaste borders on prim when he talks of the Americans shovelling food in their mouths, never cleaning their boots, swearing, seldom shaving. As for their leaders, he believes they mishandle every situation, especially their slow advance through a barely-defended Seoul, destroying everything as they go.
Most of all, his abhorrence for the new form of warfare is deep and unmistakable. Thompson has seen too much by 1950 of the way twentieth century war desolates whole communities facelessly, inflicting 'veritable mass productions of death', leaving masses of people to trudge along roadsides with the bundles that are all that remain of their lives.
The Korean countryside clearly delights him, with its lovely terraced hillsides, 'the brilliant scarlet of the ripe pimentos in the midst of the green and grey foliage… the tiles of the roofs upcurled at eaves and corners like the toes of oriental slippers… the women wore bright colours, crimson and the pale pink of water melon flesh, and vivid emerald green…' He watches villages where peasants work 'harvesting the tall ripe sorghum, unmindful of the war which was about to envelop them.'
The next day, an infantry division had moved over this land, and 'the bright colours were gone from field and female under the dust pall.' The advance continued slowly, 'calling for air and artillery support to break every road block and to blast every building…out of existence.' Prisoners were taken, stripped naked, marched down roadsides… As Seoul lay burning, the saving of the Korean people took on a terrible and bitter flavour. Yet the people ran to grasp their hands, tears streaming down their faces, sobbing thanks to the liberators.
This is powerful reading.
General MacArthur's statue at Incheon
Thompson, who had quickly grown to despise General MacArthur for his arrogant and relentless control of the news, is contemptuous of his victory speech full of religious rhetoric: 'One correspondent cabled the lot including the Lord's Prayer in full at 1s.1.5d. a word.'
It was estimated that fifty thousand civilians had died by the time the UN troops took Seoul. Meanwhile, the North Korean army escaped into the hills. 'The trap had closed, and it was empty.' From there the United Nations troops would continue into North Korea, until the enemy reappeared in an unrecognizable form, swelled by the Chinese who would prolong the war for two more years.
'We did not know then that this was but a foretaste, a first instalment, of the horrible price the people of Korea would presently be called upon to pay. We thought it was over — and it had only just begun.'
From then until he is recalled only four months into the war, Thompson spends much effort trying to cadge a lift in dodgy jeeps to follow the action, and in the second half the book does become baggy and meandering, perhaps overly personal.
But it is worth the read for those details that you get nowhere else. He describes an abandoned hut, where bowls of rice have been laid out, and the 'huge Korean earthenware storage jars, almost large enough to house the forty thieves', the tatami mats and the furniture, 'cheaply made, but with a certain taste and refinement'. And on a bridge, finding notices soliciting custom for after the war: 'You are crossing the river by courtesy of – Coy Engineers'.
The North Koreans, 'certainly as politically unconscious as their South Korean brothers', simply wanted to get on with their lives. He reflected that if the United Nations truly wanted to protect and guide South Korea towards a democracy, this must imply at least a long occupation: "I could not believe in American 'democracy', and I could not believe that all her missionary zeal to propagate a 'way of life' to which she herself aspires but dimly could result in anything but disaster for the 'saved'". General Douglas MacArthur's cries of 'home for Christmas' not only aroused impossible hopes in his men but alarmed him: 'Seldom in the history of warfare can any appreciation of a situation have been more wrong'.
Outspoken and full of observations with import still today, Cry Korea is a must-read for anyone interested in war reporting and in the realities of the Korean conflict in which 60,000 British servicemen and women served, and helps us to comprehend the little-understood situation in Korea. Reportage Press have done a public service by making available again this rare and valuable account.
Buy Cry Korea at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com
Jennifer Barclay is author of Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I Went to Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi
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A Tradition of Student-Led Courses
February 1st, 2013 Celina De Léon
Students participating in the student-led introductory course on ethnic studies. (photo by Raisa Reyes '15)
Student-led courses have been a part of the Swarthmore tradition for decades. Over the years, courses have ranged in scope and interest, from Zionism, nuclear issues, and science fiction in the '80s to women's health care, Japanese language, and computer graphics in the '90s, among others. More recently, they have included a practicum in social justice and fiction and poetry workshops. This semester, Locations of Self: Introduction to Ethnic and Cultural Studies is being offered. Its impetus - a Fall 2012 student-led introductory course on ethnic studies spearheaded by Shelly Wen '14 of Mesa, Ariz.
A special major in multicultural education, Wen initiated the course last fall after taking an introductory class on race and ethnicity last spring by Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology and Black Studies Nina Johnson. She also researched student-led ethnic studies interests at Swarthmore for a course on activism among Asian-American communities.
"I was inspired and I wanted to explore more," says Wen. "I thought a student-run course would be a way of addressing the need for this kind of analysis in the classroom while giving students interested in pursuing ethnic studies a means of academically exploring this subject."
Students are permitted to propose a topic to a faculty member for 0.5 or 1 credit and to run the course with a reading list approved by the faculty member. All course credits must be departmentally approved and have a faculty advisor. There have been several non-credit student-run courses sponsored by the Career Services Office.
"Shelly asked important questions about topics we were not able to cover that semester," says Johnson. "There are always gaps in what we can adequately accomplish in a semester. That's why it's important for these kinds of structures to be in place to respond to student demand and to support demonstrated intellectual interest both in the short and long term."
Wen teamed up with sociology and anthropology major Anna Stitt '13 of West Fork, Ark., to draft a proposal for the course. Together they worked with Provost Thomas Stephenson and Acting Chair of Sociology Farha Ghannam to get the necessary approval.
In all, approximately 30 students majoring in a variety of fields took time out from their full course loads to discuss analytical texts and blog posts during the Thursday night class. A different group of students led the class each week, sometimes with a special guest. The structure of the classes varied from "fishbowl" to lively debates to pedagogy analysis. Together, students examined the history of ethnic studies, approaches to ethnic studies as an academic discipline, media representations of race, food justice and land ownership, microagressions, and positionality.
Johnson led the discussion, "Positionality, Reflexivity, and the Work," which she described as the highlight of her semester. Alina Wong, dean of the sophomore class and director of the Intercultural Center, facilitated a discussion on intersectionality and racial identity construction using some of her most recent scholarship which will soon be published in a new book on intersectionality in higher education research.
"In addition to the group of students who attended class each week, more students came as the semester progressed," says Stitt. "A couple of students initially came to support a friend who was facilitating a class, but several ended up coming back because the discussions filled a need."
With guidance from Johnson, Wen and Stitt coordinated the course. Johnson also met with student facilitators to deliberate on the focus of each class.
"There may be an assumption that a student-led course will be somewhat easier," says Johnson. "But in my experience, I have found that student-led courses can in fact be quite rigorous because the students are passionate about the subject and bring a high level of engagement and investment to the work, above and beyond their already intense work load."
Toward the close of "Introduction to Ethnicity," Mike Lumetta '15 of Chesterfield, Mo., like Wen, yearned for more time to cover topics that weren't discussed during the semester. "There was always so much more to talk about and so much more we could go into," he says. "The challenge was finding enough time to talk about it all."
Fittingly, the final project of the course steered students to create a lesson plan for a three-hour ethnic studies class that would probe the questions that were not investigated this time around.
"Overall, the course was a wonderful learning experience," says Wen. "I not only got the opportunity to critically engage with other students and Professor Johnson on ethnic studies, a topic very important to me, but also take a leadership role in an ongoing effort."
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Jamboree Partners - Ireland
Why study in Ireland?
Ireland is a country steeped in tradition and history with a long established reputation for its education experience. Key industries in Ireland are Life science, Bio-pharma, medical devices, IT, software and engineering. These include multinational companies like Apple, Intel, Pfizer, IBM, Citi, Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Linkedin, Boston scientific and many more… Ireland also has eight of the world's top ten IT companies and pharmaceutical and life sciences companies and half of the world's major financial services companies. Average per capita income of Europe is Euros 28000 but the average per capita income of Ireland is Eurs 36000. Ireland is the only country in the Euro Zone where English is the language of communication.
Average per capita income of Europe is Euros 28000 but the average per capita income of Ireland is Eurs 36000. Ireland is the only country in the Euro Zone where English is the language of communication.
Interested in studying in IRELAND?
Speak to our counselor today!
Top 3 sectors in Ireland
Computer Science/ IT
Why it is the hub for IT?
Ireland is the 2nd largest exporter of computers in the world.
All top IT companies like Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft have their European headquarters in Ireland.
There are a lot of IT parks surrounding the universities.
FDI of Ireland is higher than the combined FDI of Brazil, India, China and Russia.
Head of Paypal is based out of Dublin for 9 years.
Pharma/ Biotech
6 out of the top 8 biotech companies have headquarters based out of Ireland.
Plenty of jobs available in this sector.
60% of the medical devices in the world are made in Ireland.
There is a lot of emphasis on this as the government directly focuses on this sector.
There is a lot of scope for telecommunication, mobile communication, mobile technology etc.
Also, the Shannon Free Zone is in Ireland. Shannon Free Zone is a 2.43 square kilometers (600 acres), international business park adjacent to Shannon Airport, County Clare, Ireland which is 18 km from Ennis and 20 km from Limerick city. Businesses based on the site enjoy special tax incentives on staff and profits. This has served to attract a large number of multinational companies. Currently there are over 100 international firms and 6,500 people employed at Shannon Free Zone in a diverse range of activities. Companies who have invested at Shannon include Avocent, Kraus & Naimer, GE Capital, Precision Castparts Corp., Genworth, Ingersoll Rand, Intel, Lufthansa Technik etc.
Work opportunities in Ireland
International students can work part time for 20 hours per week.
There are a lot of universities that offer internships as a part of the program.
Every student in Ireland gets a 1 year job search visa in Ireland after their studies to work full time. If during this period, the student is able to get a job of Euros 30000 per annum then he is issued a green card for 2 years' time. If during this 2 years he is able to maintain this then this green card is extended for indefinite period then after 5 years he can get an Irish passport.
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Everything we have comes from God and we should use his gifts to us in ways that honour Him.
1. IT'S ALL GOD'S ANYWAY!
2. IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO!
God has been so generous to us. In response to his grace, we ought to generously, regularly and joyfully give as an expression of our love and thankfulness to God.
Everything you give will be remembered for all eternity. Store your treasures in heaven.
You can give cash and cheques at each Sunday service by placing them into the red tool box at the back of the hall.


My work as a doula began in 2013. My sister in law called me and asked if I could go sit with a friend who thought she was in labor. I said of course. As soon as i arrived she looked a little reassured but also sorry. I asked her how her contractions were she said the were a little rough but she could handle it. Lets sit down and try not to think about them, I said. She grabbed my hand as a contraction hit her like a brick. as the contraction subsided she said I'm sorry my hands are so sweaty and I squeezed your hand so tight. It didn't hurt and your sweaty hands aren't bothering me either, your in early labor, I've been there too. It's going to be ok and I'm right here. This went on for another couple hours. Her husband was on her way home so she sent me home, she said I'll be ok he'll be home soon. I left her house in this feeling of "this is what i need to be doing"! A few months later a friend of mine was pregnant and I asked her if she wanted me to be her doula. She knew she was going to need all the support she could get. So she said of course! Her birth was beautiful as are all births. however it most defininatly was my hardest. My first step in becoming a doula was attending a child birth course. I took my class on base, Marine Corps Camp Lajeune, the instructor was Jeanette a fellow doula. She introduced me to my second client. Shortly after I took my doula training. A few months after that was my second birth. This mom (shared with permission) labored for 32 hours and pushed for and hour. He was a 10 lb 13 oz sunny side up, baby boy. ST rocked her birth. She was a power house. I watched her labor, in a rocking chair, she would scrunch her face little and then relax. Late in labor she would fall asleep right after a contraction and wake up right when a new one came. This birth confirmed my passion so much I run the whole thing through my head before every birth. From then on I met with clients and drew up birth plans with them, practiced labor positions, talked about their fears and hopes and made sure the were comfortable with their birth team. Every birth is important. Every mom deserves to have a memorable experience. I try my hardest to give that to my moms. I hope you have a wonderful day.


Start early and drive to an out of the way small town. Get on your bikes after the town and pedal off down the plantation roads. The road will plummet to a picturesque river valley, with a fast flowing river between emerald paddy fields squeezed between forested mountains. You will stop to frolic in the river before paying a visit to the beautiful temple and the papanashini stream close by.
You will now power into the wickedly twisting and dipping road heading towards an old junction where famously delicious unniyappams await you. You can gratefully coast down the road that goes downhill most of the way. After a break, you will tackle the last but the hardest part, heading towards the portals of a famous wildlife sanctuary.
You will end the biking and enjoy a leisurely lunch at a homestay near the sanctuary gates. After a siesta you will board a jeep heading into deep forest for a safari famous for offering sightings of wildlife large and small.
After a tea back at the gates, you will board your vehicle and head back to your resort for a hot bath, hot food and maybe a massage.


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Some of you may know that I am also a teacher. Personally, I don't think of this as being entirely separate from playing music, as they are both rooted in the same fundamental desire to spread knowledge, wisdom and empathy to as many people as possible. These are simply different modes for doing so, with different ideas that I seek to convey.
I mention all of this because the songs that I am sharing with you today started as assignments that I gave myself, where I played the role of both teacher and student.
The first song, Black Ribbon Day, comes from my recent album, Embers (2021). The assignment that I was working from was that I wanted to write a song about a specific historical event, something along the lines of Gordon Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. However, instead of writing about a cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior, I wrote a song about the day that the citizens of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia declared their independence from the Soviet Union by holding hands between their capital cities. I thought it was a beautiful story that more people should know about, and who doesn't like a little bit of self-taught banjo in their accompaniment tracks?
The second selection that I would like to share is called The Fool, from my 2017 album Good Night, Fahrenheit. The idea here was to write a song where only the voicing changes at the chorus, but the underlying notes remain the same. Basically, I wanted to see if I could write a four chord song and make it interesting. As it started coming together, it sounded more and more like a bitter breakup song, so that's what it became. I would describe it as something that lands in the vast, mostly vacant field between punk, country and space rock, if that makes any sense. Even when I'm working within the parameters of a self-imposed assignment, more often than not, I try to let the song tell me what it's about.
As was the case with Black Ribbon Day, this next song was also an exception to that particular rule. There are several other tracks I have written over the years that also began as assignments by and for myself, but the last one that I am going to share with you today is called Extra>Ordinary. It comes from my 2019 album, Better Days. With this one, the goal was to write a song that fits into the "small town girl moves away to the big city" subgenre of rock music, but I wanted mine to be a story where things actually work out well for her. Otherwise, that never seems to happen in these songs. To be perfectly honest, I'm not thrilled with the vocals on this one, but I do what I can with what I've got. It's all part of being a DIY musician.
Enjoy. Share. Go outside. Be thankful for something. That's an assignment. Now get to it.
Thank you for supporting independent art.


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Q: ¿Cómo copiar una lista desplegable de Excel con Apache POI? Os cuento, tengo un fichero excel (Libro.xls), en una casilla tengo una lista desplegable con opciones, y lo que necesito es copiar esa casilla a otra del mismo fichero, es decir, la casilla D3 copiarla a F3. Esta operación si la hago con control+c en D3 y control+v en F3, funciona perfectamente, y tengo la lista desplegable en F3, pero claro, quiero hacer esta acción con Java, me apoyo en la Api de Apache POI.

Realizo la operación de copiar y pegar con Apache POI, pero solo se copia el valor que tiene la casilla y no se copia la lista desplegable.
Los métodos que uso son:
package es.fips;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFCellStyle;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;

public class Excel {
    private static HSSFWorkbook workbook = null;
    private static FileInputStream fis = null;
    private static HSSFSheet sheet = null;

    public static boolean enlazaExcel(String pathExcel) {
        // Cargar la ruta del fichero Excel.
        try {
            fis = new FileInputStream(pathExcel);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
        // Linkeamos el documento excel.
        try {
            workbook = new HSSFWorkbook(fis);
            cargaHoja(0);
            return true;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
    }

    private static boolean cargaHoja(int numHoja){
        try {
            // Obtenemos la hoja.
            int hojas = workbook.getNumberOfSheets();
            if((hojas-1) < numHoja){
                throw new Exception("El fichero excel solo contiene "+hojas+" hojas.");
            }else{
                sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(numHoja);
                return true;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
    }

    public static boolean guardaCambios(String dirTemp, String name){
        FileOutputStream fos = null;

        // Crear fichero de salida para el nuevo excel.
        try {
            fos = new FileOutputStream(dirTemp+"/"+name);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
        // Los cambios realizado en la plantilla los guardamos en el nuevo excel.
        try {
            workbook.write(fos);
            fos.close();
            return true;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
    }

    public static void cierraExcel(){
        try {
            if (workbook != null) {
                workbook.close();
            }
            if (fis != null) {
                fis.close();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void copiaCelda() {
        // Obtener la fila de las casillas origen, destino.
        Row newRow = sheet.getRow(2);// Fila 3.
        Row sourceRow = sheet.getRow(2);// Fila 3.

        // Obtenemos el valor de origen, creamos casilla destino.
        Cell oldCell = sourceRow.getCell(3);// Columna D.
        Cell newCell = newRow.createCell(5);// Columna F.

        // Copiamos ESTILO de origen y se lo damos a destino.
        HSSFCellStyle newCellStyle = workbook.createCellStyle();
        newCellStyle.cloneStyleFrom(oldCell.getCellStyle());
        newCell.setCellStyle(newCellStyle);

        // Si la celda tiene comentarios, lo copiamos.
        if (newCell.getCellComment() != null) {
            newCell.setCellComment(oldCell.getCellComment());
        }
        // Si la celda tiene links, los copiamos.
        if (oldCell.getHyperlink() != null) {
            newCell.setHyperlink(oldCell.getHyperlink());
        }

        // Le damos el mismo TIPO de dato de origen a destino.
        newCell.setCellType(oldCell.getCellType());

        // Le damos el valor de origen a destino.
        switch (oldCell.getCellType()) {
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK:
            newCell.setCellValue(oldCell.getStringCellValue());
            break;
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
            newCell.setCellValue(oldCell.getBooleanCellValue());
            break;
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_ERROR:
            newCell.setCellErrorValue(oldCell.getErrorCellValue());
            break;
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA:
            newCell.setCellFormula(oldCell.getCellFormula());
            break;
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
            newCell.setCellValue(oldCell.getNumericCellValue());
            break;
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
            newCell.setCellValue(oldCell.getStringCellValue());
            break;
        }
    }
}

Para ejecutarlo, en su clase Main, usamos las siguientes llamadas.
package es.fips;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Excel.enlazaExcel("LaUbicacion/Libro.xls");
        Excel.copiaCelda();
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The Danish String Quartet has reached incredible heights in the course of its 10 years of existence. In January 2012 the quartet was appointed to the prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two programme begin- ning with the 2013-2014 season. This achievement comes as the last in a row of distinguished accomplishments.
In 2009 the quartet not only won First Prize in the Eleventh London International String Quartet Competition, but its performance was so convincing that it was awarded four additional prizes; The 20th Century Prize, the Beethoven Prize, the Sidney Griller Award and the Menton Festival Prize. Prior to this triumph the quartet has won competi- tions in Denmark, Norway and Holland.
In 2006 the Danish String Quartet was the Danish Radio 'Artist in Residence'. The residency gave the quartet opportunity to record all Carl Nielsen's String Quartets in the Danish Radio Concert Hall. The recordings were released on the Dacapo label in 2007 and 2008 and they were hailed by the critics as extremely successful record- ings. 2012 will see a new release from the quartet with works by Bartok and Beethoven.
The high technical and musical quality, the joy of playing, the powerful impact the quartet makes on stage and the fresh approach to familiar repertoire has become a trademark for the Danish String Quartet. These qualities have led the quartet to success everywhere. The four young musicians have performed all over Europe, returning repeat- edly to particularly Germany and the UK, where Wigmore Hall is one of the venues. The quartet was announced NORDMETALL –Ensemble Prize Winner 2010 in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival in Germany.
The Danish String Quartet's main teacher and mentor is Professor Tim Frederiksen. In addition the quartet has participated in master classes and received instruction from the Tokyo- and Emerson Quartets, Alasdair Tait, Paul Katz and Hugh Maguire.
The quartet was awarded the highly prestigious Carl Nielsen Prize 2011 which is Denmarks largest cultural prize.
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This sophomore course will integrate English and world literature while supporting student growth in process writing skills, reading comprehension, and speech components. Students will learn critical thinking skills and demonstrate higher level learning. Selections will include drama, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including but not limited to Beowulf, Macbeth, and Lord of the Flies. Students will also learn to analyze literature and write expository essays. The course is designed to improve oral and written communication.
Major units of study include classic as well as contemporary works by American authors which trace our country's beginning, progress through the Puritanical and Depression eras and recreate the fifties and sixties as well. This course emphasizes reading and analytical writing, along with vocabulary improvement. Evaluation is based on a portfolio of student works including essays, interpretive and creative pieces, and language development.
Students will be exposed to a variety of American and World literature, including but not limited to "Death of a Salesman", Frankenstein and the works of Edgar Allan Poe, in order to experience the genres of drama, novel, short fiction and poetry. Students will continue their application of the writing process they learned and utilized in all prior English courses but at a collegiate pace. Categorized as a college-preparation course, English 12 is a survey class that covers the gamut of writing, reading and speaking.
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This course will expand students' writing skills beyond the expository modes studied in other courses. This course studies poetry forms and fiction writing techniques. It is not necessary that a student be an experience creative writer, only that he or she be committed to the writing process. This course qualifies for direct credit offered through Baker College, ENG 311.


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Q: Start-Transcript and save in SharePoint I am trying to save the output file of the Start-Transcript in the cloud and exactly in shared documents. As -path string cannot be different than local on your drive I tried to define the ShareFile location(I do not want to map any drive):
Folder1 = "Shared Documents"
$SharedFolder = Get-PNPFolder -URL $Folder1

Then I tried to use it as output for a path:
Start-Transcript -path $SharedFolder

Which of course it fails. Every time it is adding in the location where the .ps1 file is a folder path like this:
ps1 is in C:\aaa\ so it is adding a location like this c:\aaa\sharedfolder\transcriptfile.txt
Of course, I could use copy after and use method PNP-AddFile but there is one trick when the file is in use it doesn't want to copy it to the location which I tried to sort.
I used this to copy after the Stop-Transcription
Add-PnPFile -Path ".\transcriptfile.txt" -Folder $Folder1

This command working when the script end and I run it separately after.
Maybe someone can help me differently than this?
Thank you

A: So the only workaround I found is to add a Function to the .ps1 file.
I added Function with
Add-PnPFile

Which looks like this:
Function CopyFile {
Add-PnPFile -path ".\filename.txt" -folder "Shared Documents"
}

I added it before the script Exits.
Don't know why standalone code won't work before.


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1947 National 1140 Archtop – £1299
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NEW ARRIVAL Most famous for building resonator guitars, National also made archtop guitars in the 40's and 50's. This was because there was a dip in the resonator market, so they decided to enter the acoustic and electric world. However, they did not have their own woodshop, so to make acoustic flat top and archtop guitars they ordered unfinished bodies from Gibson (J-50 and LG-2 bodies for flat tops, and L-30 and L-50 bodies for archtops), and then added their own necks and finished the guitars in their shops. By the 50's they got their bodies from fellow Chicago company Kay. But this 1947 example has a Gibson L-50 body. The guitar has a chunky neck which feels really substantial in the left hand, and also features very cool enclosed tuners and the iconic headstock badge. The guitar plays and sounds great, handling anything from blues to jazz. The guitar's in good condition, with one noticeable wear patch below the treble strings, and comes in a non original hard case.
1940's Abbot Victor Special – £999
NEW ARRIVAL Abbot Victor were the premium British archtop builder of their time, in existence from 1932 - 1957. This particular guitar is a 'Special' model, and pretty much the top of their range. Only made in a very limited number, this example is number 33. It...
1967 Burns Baldwin Virginian 550 – £1299
NEW ARRIVAL The Virginian was the last guitar Jim Burns designed for his company before it was sold to Baldwin in 1965 and this guitar was unlike anything available at the time. At first glance it looks like a thinline electro acoustic guitar, but the Virginian is in...
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Ivan Sergejevič Turgenjev [ivan sergejevič turgenjev] (rusko Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев), ruski pisatelj, romanopisec in dramatik, * 9. november (28. oktober, ruski koledar) 1818, Orjol, Orjolska gubernija, Rusija, † 3. september (22. avgust) 1883, Bougival, Pariz, Francija.

Turgenjev se je rodil v plemiški družini, kjer je imel priliko spoznati tlačansko življenje. Njegova otroška leta so bila težka. Študiral je v Moskvi, Peterburgu in Berlinu.

Nekaj časa je bil v državni službi, nato se je posvetil samo književnemu delu. V Rusiji je bil žrtev preganjanja oblasti. Mnogokrat so ga napadli zaradi njegove objektivnosti, zato ker je opisal resnico, kot jo je sam čutil. Leta 1847 je odšel v tujino, se vrnil domov in čez nekaj časa šel živet v Nemčijo in v Pariz, kjer je zadnja leta preživljal v književnem krogu s Flaubertom, bratoma Goncourt in Zolajem.

Turgenjev je najprej pisal pesmi, nato novele, romane, dramo in pesmi v prozi. V novelah je opisoval življenje tlačanov. Ustvaril je ruski objektivni realizem, vendar s socialno in moralno kritiko. Njegov slog je preprost in skop, značilna je liričnost (prizor ko Bazarov umira) in globok pogled v človeško duševnost. V Očetih in sinovih je slikal novo generacijo tako imenovanih nihilistov, ki so nasprotovali miselnosti starejših plemiških generacij in jim postavljali naproti vero v znanost.

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 roman Rudin
 Plemiško gnezdo
 Očetje in sinovi
 novela Prva ljubezen
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Ruski pisatelji
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Olympic Qualifying Event Runs November 14-17 at th...
Olympic Qualifying Event Runs November 14-17 at the Ocala Jockey Club
By Ocala Jockey Club - Edited Press Release
Katherine Coleman and Monte Classico, winners of the 2018 Ocala Jockey Club International CCI3*. Shannon Brinkman Photo.
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games taking place in the summer of 2020, athletes in all Olympic disciplines are hard at work to qualify. Equestrian disciplines are no different, and the Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event is proud to serve as the only Olympic qualifying event in the Southeast United States for three-day eventing. Best described as an equestrian triathlon, the same horse and rider combination competes in three different disciplines over the course of three days – dressage, show jumping, and the popular cross-country competition which includes around 10 minutes of galloping over rolling hills with up to 40 cross-country jumps such as logs and water crossings.
"To serve as an Olympic qualifying event in just the fourth running of this event speaks to the quality of Marion County for equestrian sport in general, and the Ocala Jockey Club in particular", said Pavla Nygaard, President of the Ocala Jockey Club. The excellent footing, viewing opportunities, and stunning spectator-friendly rolling hill terrain have propelled the Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event to bring $1 million of annual economic impact to Marion County and to win the 2018 Florida Sports Foundation Small Market Event of the Year Award. In recognition of its sports tourism value, the event has been generously supported with a grant by the Marion County Visitors & Convention Bureau (MCVCB) as well as numerous local and national sponsors.
View over a section of the prepared galloping tracks and cross-country jumps at the Ocala Jockey Club. Patti Rich Photo.
Dan Millstead of Equine Turf is again in charge of developing the turf gallops and arenas. The cross-country courses are designed by Olympic individual silver medalist Clayton Fredericks under the wing of Mike Etherington-Smith, the course designer for the Sydney and Beijing Olympic Games, as course advisor. In a Horse Capital TV video preview, Mike Etherington-Smith says: "It is a designer's dream to be able to design at a venue like this. We both have been involved in eventing all over the world for many, many years. This features one of the best venues around. It really is spectacular. There is mature parkland, there are mature trees. Over the last few years, there has been a huge amount of work on the ground to upgrade the footing, and that's the most important thing. It's just a fantastic place to do it."
Regarding the course design changes for this year's event, Clayton Fredericks says: "We're into our fourth year of the event. I had the idea to change the direction that we're going in some of the places, so that is going to mix it up a bit and make it different for the riders when they come. We are turning some of the combinations around and giving it just a different feel." With around 30 new or rebuilt fences, there will be plenty of new questions for riders and their equine partners.
This year's fourth annual Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event is set to run November 14-17, 2019. Along with the eventing competition, there will be plenty of other spectator attractions with demonstrations, a kid zone, vendor village, and food vendors. General admission is $10 per day, or $25 for weekend admission and the event program. Parking is free. Tailgating is available on Saturday cross-country day for $95. VIP access in the picturesque Fireside Room of the OJC Clubhouse starts at $250. Tickets and event information are available on the event website at www.ojc3de.com.
About 200 acres of the 950-acre Ocala Jockey Club property serve as a Thoroughbred training farm and to stand stallions. The facility also includes townhouses and an iconic clubhouse, which serves as a unique venue for weddings, meetings, and other special events. For more information on the Ocala Jockey Club, visit www.ocalajc.com.
Ocala Jockey Club
LRK3DE Update from Executive Director Lee Carter In Memoriam: Daniel Starck Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) Confirms Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill Official CCI5*-L Status US Equestrian Announces Athletes Invited to the 2021 Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 Assessment Sessions VIDEO: USEF High Performance All Equestrian Disciplines and Quotas Confirmed for Paris 2024 Olympics US Equestrian Announces 2021 USEF Eventing High Performance Winter Training Lists Report of the FEI Eventing Committee Katie Lindsay (1935-2020) Ava Hingson (2001-2020)
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Over the past few years, I have gotten to know McKenna Miller and her current horse, Bo Jango (or "Jimbo" as he is known around the barn). I want to share the story of how she got Jimbo, because it has made a positive impact on my life and has inspired me to be a better person and rider with my own horse.


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Public Officials Should Disclose Executive Session Discussions
Community Organization, Election, Ethics, Georgia, Macon, Watchdog Report
By Alan Wood On September 11, 2014 1 Comment
In my most recent article entitled "Are Georgia Sunshine Laws Under Assault" I attempted to provide a short guide on what the open meetings and open record sections of the law entails and make citizens aware of their rights. But, there is one section that many public officials, some of whom are even attorneys, really misunderstand. For that reason I wanted to do another article and discuss the so-called Executive Sessions which are behind closed doors and closed to the public. Many people think that these sessions happen in Las Vegas and what gets said in those sessions, stays in those sessions. Not true at all…..Surprised?
First, let me copy and paste the parts about Closed Meetings below for reference from my previous article.
An Exception: Closed Meetings or Sessions
The general rule is that all meetings of governing bodies of agencies must be open to the public. A governing body may exclude the public from a portion of a meeting known as a "closed session" if it identifies a specific statutory exemption. Under Georgia Open Meetings Act, a governing body may hold a closed session when it is dealing with one of nine subject-area exemptions found in Ga. Code § 50-14-3. The nine exemptions are:
staff meetings held for investigative purposes under duties or responsibilities imposed by law;
deliberations and voting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles;
meetings of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation or any other law enforcement agency in the state, including grand jury meetings;
meetings when any agency is discussing the future acquisition of real estate;
meetings of the governing authority of a public hospital or any committee thereof when discussing the granting, restriction, or revocation of staff privileges or the granting of abortions under state or federal law;
meetings when discussing or deliberating upon the appointment, employment, compensation, hiring, disciplinary action or dismissal, or periodic evaluation or rating of a public officer or employee;
adoptions and proceedings related thereto;
meetings of the board of trustees or the investment committee of any public retirement system when such board or committee is discussing matters pertaining to investment securities trading or investment portfolio positions and composition; and
meetings when discussing any records that are exempt from public inspection or disclosure pursuant to paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of Code Section 50-18-72, when discussing any information a record of which would be exempt from public inspection or disclosure under said paragraph, or when reviewing or discussing any security plan under consideration pursuant to paragraph (10) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-16-10.
If a governing body is dealing with one of these exemptions, then it must also vote to close the meeting by a majority of members present and record the reason for the closure in the minutes. A governing body must keep separate minutes for closed sessions. These minutes are not made available to the public, except those portions reflecting the vote and purpose for closure. The chairperson or presiding official must also execute and file with the official minutes of the meeting a notarized affidavit stating under oath that the subject matter of the meeting or closed session was devoted to matters within the exceptions provided by law and identifying the specific relevant exception. Ga. Code § 50-14-4.
Elected officials are free to speak about what goes on in executive sessions
Mercer University, 1968, A.B., History and Political Science Harvard Law School, 1971, J.D. Georgia Sunshine Laws Handbook 2012″ Georgia Press
Executive sessions do not trump 1st amendment rights. A leading attorney on this very issue named David Hudson was quoted as saying:
"From time to time, elected officials such as city council members, county commissioners, school board members or appointed members of the board of government authorities will receive advice (usually from a lawyer representing the public entity) that the public official may not disclose information learned in a closed session. Such advice has no basis in fact or in law."
Hudson adds: "Elected officials are subject only to the voters."
"Any regular committee meetings must be posted at least one week in advance and in a conspicuous place at the regular meeting place; whether it's city hall, a county administrative building or board of education building." Hudson wrote the GEORGIA SUNSHINE LAWS HANDBOOK.
Article I, Sec. II, Paragraph I of the Georgia Constitution. "It states: "Origin and foundation of government. All government, of right, originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole. Public officers are the trustees and servants of the people and are at all times amenable to them.
Thus if the public officer learns of something that occurs in a closed session that he or she believes should be known by the people to whom the public officer is a servant, there is no prohibition in Georgia law that would prevent such disclosure or subject the public officer to any measure of discipline.
Now that is not to say that disclosing discussions held behind closed doors might not anger fellow members on a board or council who might have acted very inappropriately behind those closed doors. Perhaps they tried to leverage certain things as bargaining chips that were not in the best interest of the people they serve but instead are in the best interest of a rogue superintendent is just one hypothetical example that pops to mind.
Now I am fully aware that public officials have told citizens and reporters over and over again that they would love to tell us what was discussed but their hands are tied. In their defense, the city or county attorney probably told them that but I have been unable to find any evidence of that in any laws on the books in Georgia. If I am wrong, I will certainly retract this statement and edit the article to reflect that fact. But if it is there, it is well-hidden.
There are no requirements in state law to hold executive sessions for any reason
Now this I think is the bigger issue. Why is there ever a reason to hold any executive sessions at all?
"A public agency, such as the Clayton County Board of Education, is not required to meet in a closed session," said David Hudson, an attorney considered an expert on the Open Meetings Act. "The specific text of the open meetings law at O.C.G.A. 50-14-3(b) states that 'executive session shall be permitted for … ' It does not say that executive sessions are required or mandatory."
Jim Zachary, editor of the Henry Daily Herald and Clayton News Daily, and director of the recently-launched Transparency Project of Georgia, says: "There is a significant difference between being legally permitted to do something and being required. Every single time elected officials retreat to executive session, it is a choice they are making to conceal the public's business. It is important they know that if even just one of them chooses to disclose what was talked about behind closed doors, they can do so without fear of violating any state law." He continued: " "These are extremely important legal perspectives. Citizens should continue to put pressure on local officials to stop doing public business in private."
As a Side note I hope all public officials in Georgia that read this article, and especially those in my hometown of Macon, GA, will conduct their own due diligence. Start your research here Transparency Project of Georgia.
Assistant Attorney General Stefan Ritter said ""Personnel meetings in executive session are limited to two things — discussions among the board, commission, whoever it is, discussions among those members on a specific personnel issue, or to interview candidates for an executive head,"
Ritter added that the meetings they have with their employees in executive session are not legal.
He also said government bodies are not entitled to close a meeting to hear evidence on a situation — receiving evidence in a closed meeting is illegal, and is therefore public.
"First they have to receive the complaint — that's open," Ritter explained. "Then they have to receive information regarding the complaint — that's open. — then they can meet in closed session, but they have to vote on it in an open meeting."
There is more details available here about Executive Sessions in Georgia.
Now I understand there are indeed exceptions and occasions when private talks are warranted. These might include privacy issues when discussing a student or employee, real-estate deals where you do not want to give a bidder inside information for example. But even then you are still allowed to reveal important information you feel the public has a right to know.
If I am wrong, I am man enough to admit it, so I challenge anyone to provide proof in the law that disputes what I have written here. I used sources from the Transparency project, the assistant Attorney General of Georgia, and legal experts but I also read the laws myself and could find nothing at all to support the current atmosphere that treats these sessions as if they were engineers in a secret room at Apple working on the next iPhone or scientists at Area 51 dissecting an alien corpse. The business you are discussing behind those doors is the public's business and we have a right to know and you have a duty to tell us what is being discussed.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. " Margaret Meade
I challenge all elected officials of courage to start disclosing what rogue and unscrupulous elected members have been saying. If they get mad, then so be it. Perhaps now with the knowledge that those closed door meetings are no longer quite as secret as they thought, they will start behaving more appropriately when it comes to spending our tax dollars. Maybe they will behave as adults instead of spoiled brats looking for leverage to use against anyone that disagrees with them. I also strongly encourage all public officials to refuse to ever go into any executive session at all unless it is genuinely warranted and meets the necessary criteria. You are doing our business and we have every right to listen in on those discussions and stay informed which is impossible to do with so many backroom secrets. Don't be afraid to vote against executive sessions when a vote is called.
I realize this might come as a bit of a shock to many of you that thought executive sessions were top secret and off-limits to any disclosure. It may even come as a shock to many elected officials that have desperately wanted to tell the public important details of these discussions but had been warned against by lawyers. It is time that the conspiracy of silence comes to an abrupt end in Georgia and only then can we begin to work our way out of 50th place in corruption.
"When there is not openness, corruption grows rapidly." — Vernon Keenan, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
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Todd Rheams September 11, 2014 Reply
Found this article off of twitter. I am an attorney in WV and I can tell you that there in such thing as privilege in executive sessions here either and in fact I would be surprised if it exists in any state. It is one of those urban myths that just won't seem to die. Although often times board members may consider executive session to be a safe haven, in reality, the purpose of executive session is to protect the employee, not the employer (board of education). There is no such thing as an "executive session privilege". As the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeal recently stated in Marshall v. Carter (W. Va. 2010), "recognition of an executive session privilege would have the pernicious effect of immunizing public agencies from civil liability for any conduct engaged in during executive session." The Court further stated, "recognition of an executive session privilege is not necessary to protect matters discussed in an executive session from public scrutiny." As you stated in your article typically a BOE will try and go into an executive session when it is not necessary. There are very specific cases where it may be appropriate but it is typically overused as a shield. Most discussion belong in front of the public that they serve. I would also love to see a requirement that all meetings be recorded and uploaded to a city Youtube channel.
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