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Countdown to Landfall: Louisiana braces for Tropical Storm Barry
After weeks of wicked weather the folks in Louisiana now face another foe in Tropical Storm Barry. Famous for its rivers and their influence on culture, the gulf coast of Louisiana is infamous for it's flooding and the great loss of life that often comes with. From the Great Flood of 1927 to Hurricane Katrina, residents of Louisiana are more than aware of the threat they face when the waters around them begin to rise.
Ministry of Tourism and Aviation Press Conference on Upcoming WBFF Event
The Ministry of Tourism and Aviation held a press conference yesterday, at the Sapodilla Restaurant to discuss the upcoming World Beauty, Fashion and Fitness (WBFF) eventto be held on August 5th-10th 2019 at the Grand Hyatt, Baha Mar, with the Grand Finale to take place on the August 10th, 2019...
Accident in Rock Sound Eleuthera-Tour Bus Overturns
Reports of an overturned tour bus in Rock Sound Eleuthera. It is alleged that tourists on tour are trapped. Reports are all unconfirmed at this point...
BAHAMIAN, Tebby Burrows is making waves in the international music circuit
The NBC Songland is where musically inspired magic is taking place. The show's initial intent is to "discover the magic" behind "award-winning voices" and "chart-topping hits..."
DRAKE MAMA, THERE GOES THAT MAN! Major Catcalls in 'The' Bahamas
We all know Drake can draw a crowd anywhere he goes -- but who would've guessed he gets the construction site treatment in the Bahamas???
Minister Pintard tells artisans that there are many creative options for the use of the conch shell
Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, the Hon. Michael Pintard told Grand Bahamian artisans that the options for products using the conch shell are endless and that his Ministry, through BAIC, is prepared to work with them in discovering many of those options.
"We live in a global village and the reality is the Bahamas needs to be fully integrated," said Minister Pintard. "The Government, through its e-government, e-commerce business is now seeking to set up all areas of government, so that we are integrated with the global community online.
Department of Statistics - Annual and Quarterly GDP 2018
The National Accounts Section of the Department of Statistics is pleased to release the Annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2018, compiled by the Production and Expenditure Approaches.
The preliminary results for 2018 reveal GDP of $12.424 billion in nominal dollars and $10.763 billion in real dollars (Graph 1). When compared to the same period of 2017, this represents an increase of 2.3% in nominal growth and real growth of 1.6%.
Ministry of Tourism Launches New Bahamas Brand Campaign in New York
Minister of Tourism with Lenny Kravitz, Jamaal Rolle (Bahamian Celebrity Artist) and Joy Jibrilu in New York City at the launch...
The Bahamas International Film Festival: An Interview With Hanxiong Bo
BahamasLocal.com had the pleasure of granting filmmaker Hanxiong Bo with his first ever interview so he could tell us all about his film "Haircut" that is going to be featured in the upcoming Bahamas International Film Festival.
It will be showing Thursday, November 29th 3:10pm @ Galleria Cinema Marathon Mall Screen B and Saturday, December 1st 12:00pm
@ Inagua Room, Baha Mar Convention Center.
Virginia Cavaliers Are The 2018 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis Champions!
The game it was all leading up to saw the Wisconsin Badgers go up against the Virginia Cavaliers in an intense battle to see who would become the champions of the 2018 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis Basketball tournament.
Large Crowd for 2018 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis Game 5 Dayton Flyers Vs Virgina Cavaliers
Games 5 of 2018 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis Basketball tournament sees the two teams, Dayton Flyers and Virginia Cavaliers going head to head in a heated hustling match of who wants it more.
It was an aggressive first half with lots of contact 19 fouls in total spreading over both teams, double digit turn overs and non stop grappling for the ball.
Oklahoma Sooners Versus Wisconsin Badgers Opens Day 2 Of Battle 4 Atlantis
If you haven't guessed it yet, it's that time again. It's time for 8 Division 1 Men's NCAA Basketball teams to come together in the island nation of the Bahamas and, Battle 4 Atlantis. The title of champion of the Battle 4 Atlantis over the years has become something these NCAA teams only revere but seek to capture year after year.
Day 2 of Battle 4 Atlantis opened with a bang in an explosive game 5 of the tournament between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Wisconsin Badgers.
The Wisconsin Badgers come out victorious over the Oklahoma Sooners 78 - 58.
Former PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts died today
Former PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts died today...It has been confirmed that former PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts...
Cannabis is set to be legalised in Antigua and Barbuda, as Prime Minister says 'racist' laws that banned it damaged the Rastafarian communit
Antigua and Barbuda will allow the use of medical cannabis, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has announced, in addition to decriminalising the possession of small amounts of the drug...
BTC Spam Alert
BTC advises its mobile customers to avoid any calls originating from a "375" area code and also not to return these calls. The calls have been identified as a 'one ring spam hoax'...
Tiny Hurricane Beryl Intensifying, May Reach Lesser Antilles as a Hurricane Late Sunday or Monday
In less than a day, Beryl went from an area of interest to the first hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season...This tiny hurricane may strengthen a tad more into Saturday...
Bahamas Bowl says THANK YOU
Returning to The Bahamas for its 5th consecutive year, Bahamas Bowl seeks to do it bigger & better...The Committee for this Bowl in The Bahamas, is led by Lea Miller-Tooley,Director of Sales & Marketing...
Golden Isles MP-Vaugh Miller...FIRED!
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis has fired Golden Isles MP Vaughn Miller from his position as a parliamentary secretary after Miller voted last night against the VAT increase...
Webshop Employees and Demonstrators March Against Pending Increase on VAT
Web shop employees and other demonstrators marched downtown today in protest of the pending 60 percent increase in value added tax (VAT) and the proposed sliding scale tax scheme for web shop operators...
2018 FIFA World Cup Games Schedule
Follow the World Cup games by viewing the schedule below...
National Arts Festival Comes to Long Cay
Car Crash On Eastern Road
Bahamians flock to see herbalist 'Dr Sebi'
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Cathay Pacific takes action following China warning over protests
By Rachelle Harry
Cathay Pacific has suspended a pilot who was arrested amid ongoing protests in Hong Kong. It has also fired two members of ground staff for "misconduct".
The suspension and terminations, which took place over the weekend, follow a warning emailed to staff from Cathay Pacific chief executive Rupert Hogg on August 5.
BBC News reports that Hogg's email said: "Cathay Pacific Group has a zero tolerance approach to illegal activities. Specifically, in the current context, there will be disciplinary consequences for employees who support or participate in illegal protests. These consequences could be serious and may include termination of employment."
Cathay Pacific had previously said that would not stop its staff participating in demonstrations in Hong Kong.
However, following increasing pressure from the Chinese government, a #BoycottCathayPacific hashtag trending on Chinese social media, and a decline in bookings, it has changed its stance.
Hong Kong airport cancels flights due to protests in terminal
Hong Kong strikes hit cargo operations
The Chinese government pressure came in the shape of a series of conditions placed upon Cathay Pacific by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), including a requirement that any staff members involved in the protests are banned from flights to and from mainland China on safety grounds.
Today, Cathay Pacific Cargo issued a statement that hints at its readiness to discipline or fire staff who take part in the Hong Kong protests: "The CAAC issued a notice to Cathay Pacific Group on 9 August, informing us of new conditions that we are required to fulfil. Paramount to the CAAC's conditions are views that Cathay Pacific Group strongly supports: flight safety is of vital importance. Cathay Pacific Group is committed to fully comply with all CAAC conditions," the statement said.
"Though people may share different views, it is essential that we all respect each other, our customers and members of the public. Cathay Pacific Group has zero tolerance for inappropriate behaviour that affects the safe operation of our flights and the service experience provided to our customers."
Today, Hong Kong airport cancelled departing flights as a result of protests taking place in its main terminal.
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KEF THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS is an artist run company developing, presenting and producing relevant and exciting new work. kef theatrical productions' mission is to: Maintain a team of artists-as-administrators to run a theatrical producing organization. Present the work of living playwrights, both established and emerging, to a New York audience in a side-by-side collaboration with each playwright. Create a nurturing environment for our artists as they pursue their individual careers. Promote artistic, ethnic, cultural, social, economic and sexual diversity. Bring affordable theater to our schools and communities.


The United States acquired almost all of the area of South Dakota from France in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. A small portion in the northeast part of the present-day state was added by a convention signed with Great Britain in 1818. Dakota Territory was organized on March 2, 1861, from unorganized area formerly within Minnesota Territory and part of Nebraska Territory. Dakota Territory included all of the present-day states of North Dakota and South Dakota, most of Montana, the northern half of Wyoming, and a small part of Nebraska. The territory was reduced in 1863 with the organization of Idaho Territory, enlarged in 1864 with the addition of most of the remainder of present-day Wyoming, and again reduced with the organization of Wyoming Territory in 1868. In 1882, the state of Nebraska acquired an area north of the Keya Paha River and Niobrara River. South Dakota was admitted to the Union simultaneously with North Dakota on November 2, 1889, as the 39th and 40th states, with generally the same boundary as the present state.
Census data for the combined area in present-day North Dakota and South Dakota are available in the 1860 census (and listed in national tables with South Dakota). The 1860 census population is for territory reported as unorganized Dakota and territory now in Montana. Although the state had not yet been legally established, the 1870 and 1880 populations are for the area of the present state. The population of Dakota Territory as legally established was 135,177 in 1880 and 14,181 in 1870.
Data for the legally established state of South Dakota are available beginning with the 1890 census.
There are 66 counties in South Dakota. Each county is governed by a board of commissioners.
There are 1,339 county subdivisions in South Dakota known as minor civil divisions (MCDs). There are 914 townships with functioning, but not necessarily active, governments. Townships are each governed by a board of supervisors. The 311 incorporated places in South Dakota are independent of MCDs and serve as 320 county subdivisions. In addition, there are 105 unorganized territories in South Dakota. Bennett, Bon Homme, Buffalo, Campbell, Custer, Dewey, Haakon, Harding, Potter, Shannon, Stanley, Sully, Todd, Walworth, and Ziebach Counties have no townships and are covered entirely by unorganized territories and incorporated places.
South Dakota has 390 places; 311 incorporated places and 79 census designated places (CDPs). The incorporated places consist of 156 cities, 154 towns, and 1 village. Incorporated places are independent of county subdivisions.
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South Dakota Civil Features: Political Subdivisions, Native Areas, Land Grants, etc. - sorted by Census Class Codes.
There are 387 ZIP Code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) in South Dakota. View South Dakota ZIP Codes and ZIP Code Maps.
South Dakota has 156 unified school districts. View South Dakota Public and Private Schools.
South Dakota has 1 congressional districts. An interactive map shows the contact information for each Representative as well as the boundaries for each South Dakota district. View Map of South Dakota Congressional Districts.
There are 35 state senate districts and 37 state house districts in South Dakota.
South Dakota has 11 American Indian areas. There are nine reservations, four with associated off-reservation trust lands. There are also two off-reservation trust lands associated with reservations in neighboring states.
South Dakota Physical Features such as lakes, islands, streams, valleys, summits, etc.
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In this podcast, I have interviewed my Chinese friend. She is originally from China and she studied her 1st semester of Masters degree in Groningen city of Netherlands and, she is currently studying her 2nd semester in the UK. In this journey, she experienced some cultural shocks. But this optimistic girl believes cultural shock can be fun.
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• iPhone Video Editing Guide
1. iPhone Video Editing Tips
1.1 How to edit videos on iPhone
1.2 How to trim/cut video on iPhone
1.3 How to downlaod YouTube videos to iPhone
1.4 How to record 4k video on iPhone
2. Basic Video Editing Tools for iPhone
Easily Edit Videos Shot by iPhone or iPad
Easier to create 1:1 square ratio videos for Instagram.
Supports 9:16 portrait project ratio for phones.
Save the edited video to fit to the mobile device.
A Complete Guide to Downloading YouTube Videos to iPhone or iPad
It is no secret that the iPhone and the iPad are the most popular smartphone and tablet respectively. You could argue that Samsung has impressive sales and is almost at par with Apple but in regards to sheer dominance or superiority, the South Korea based conglomerate bows down to the American tech juggernaut. YouTube is indisputably the most popular video hosting and sharing site in the world. It doesn't help that YouTube is owned by Google, the search engine giant that also owns Android which powers all popular Samsung smartphones at the moment. As a result, what you get is a tad incompatible with YouTube and iPhone or iPad. Downloading YouTube videos is very simple if you are using an Android smartphone or a Windows computer. It is not so when you are using an iPhone, iPad or even a Mac.
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Fortunately, there are ways you can download YouTube videos to iPhone or iPad, and we aren't talking about YouTube's promise of offline video streaming. Here is a complete guide.
First, you need a video downloader.
You need a third party app which is approved by Apple and available in App Store. There are quite a few free video downloader apps that you can check. But do make sure that the app is active or usable right now. Apple is a tad infamous for deleting some of the apps from its store from time to time. If that happens after you have installed and started using a video downloader, then you can just remove it and opt for another. Most of these free video downloader apps will save your videos within the app. Some would add them to the videos in your Camera Roll. You can use AirPlay to watch the videos if you have an Apple TV. The videos saved by downloader apps will not be found in the native Videos app of iPhone or iPad. When you search for such apps, use 'video downloader' or 'YouTube downloader' as the keywords.
Find a suitable app, download it for free and install it.
Some of the downloader apps will have premium or pro versions. You don't need to pay before you have used the free or basic version. Once installed, start the app. Most of these apps have a built-in browser which should allow you to access YouTube. In most cases, you would get to m.youtube.com. If there is no default address, then save the mobile version of YouTube as the default URL. On iPad, you can go for www.youtube.com.
Downloading Youtube videos to iPhone or iPad.
In all likelihood, you are familiar with how YouTube works. Search for a video that you wish to download, pick the one you want from the search results and it would automatically start to play. In some cases, you may have to click the play button or tap on the video thumbnail for it to start playing. As the video begins to stream or buffer, you would find an icon of the app, usually bobbing or hovering over the screen playing the video. You can tap on this icon, which could be a disk sign or the logo of the app. As you tap on it, you would have a popup that will prompt you to download the video that you are watching.
Depending on the app you are using, the download may begin immediately after tapping on the download icon or there can be another step, which will perhaps show you the list of downloading videos or videos that you have downloaded already. If the download doesn't start immediately, there could be another button to initiate the download. Tap on it and you are done. The download would be automated and you don't need to do anything else. You can also have your iPhone or iPad in sleep mode and the download would be completed, as long as there is an active internet connection. You can also see the progress made. Once the download or downloads are complete, you would get a notification. The video downloaded would be within the app's video library or in your files.
Some apps rename the videos that are being downloaded so it is best you opt for a title or a name that will help you to recognize the video immediately. Other apps will keep the name of the video that appears on YouTube.
Almost all video downloader apps for iPhone and iPad will allow you to watch these videos offline. Some apps may need an internet connection to open but the videos saved will not require any internet to be played and replayed.
Given the fact that there are many video downloader apps and you cannot be sure of the experience of any, you will have to indulge in a bit of trial and error to find the best one.
How to Trim or Cut Video Clips on iPhone/iPad
How to Edit Videos on iPhone
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Fellowships and Prizes Department Pages
Opportunities for Seniors and Alumni
Opportunities for Sophomores and Juniors
Opportunities for First Years
Opportunities for International Students
Information for First Year Students
Tips and Advice for Students
Tips and Advice for Faculty
Melissa Mandos, Fellowships and Prizes Advisor
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Truman Scholarships
Every year the Foundation provides over 60 graduate scholarships in the amount of $30,000 for juniors preparing for careers in public service. Students must have strong leadership potential and interest in a career in government, education, uniformed services, or the not-for-profit sector. Selection is on the basis of "leadership potential, intellectual ability, and the likelihood of making a difference." Scholars may attend graduate school in the United States or abroad.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Open to juniors ONLY. (Students from Puerto Rico may also apply in their senior year.)
Candidates must be in the top quarter of their class.
Internal Deadline
December 11, 2022, 11:59 pm ET
Request access to the online application by emailing mmandos1@swarthmore.edu. The application will open in August. The application consists of:
Essays on leadership, community service, graduate school and career plans.
Policy statement.
Three (3) letters of recommendation. The first letter should address the candidate's academic qualifications; the second should address the candidate's leadership qualities; and the third should address the candidate's commitment to community work / public service.
www.truman.gov
The Fellowships and Prizes Committee reviews all applications.
All candidates are interviewed by the Committee.
Based on application materials, interviews, and recommendations, the Committee selects four nominees. The nominees will submit their applications to Truman in early February.
The Truman Foundation determines which candidates will receive interviews at the regional level.
Congratulations to Owen Mortner '23, 2022 Truman Scholar!
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Game Still on – Winter Coyote Hunting Tips
I've seen all too often the harm over abundant coyote populations can cause on deer, and also the cruel way Mother Nature takes care of over population. Diseases like mange leave coyotes with little to no hair left as they freeze to death during the cold winters. As a hunter I'm a firm believer in helping control the predator population and have some fun while doing it too. However, just like with anything, there are a few things you can do to help increase your odds of success.
Noted Writer's Personal Winchester History by Ron Spomer
How to Properly and Safely Store Ammunition in the Off-Season
But what about the ammo? Do you give much thought about the best way to store your ammunition over these extended periods of time? You should. While most modern ammunition fortunately doesn't require too much care to ensure it stays as ready to fire as the day you bought it, it does require some care. For any load, moisture and high heat, are the primary enemies. Here are just a few key concerns to keep in mind when storing your ammunition for the off-season.
Late Season Waterfowl Tips for Success
This can be extremely fun, but many times I see people frustrated, as their usual techniques may not work. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you become more successful this late season.
See What Else Winchester Offered Through The Years by Ashley Hlebinsky
Come along with us on this most interesting video with Cody Firearms Museum curator Ashley Hlebinsky to see just what Winchester has been up to since 1866.
Final Winchester 150th Anniversary Bullet Board Available Now!
The Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy", made in 1871 and chambered for the original 44 Henry Rimfire cartridge, will go to the highest bidder, with the auction closing at 11pm central on December 24, 2016. Visit qtego.net/qlink/foldsofhonor for more information and to place your bid now!
Easy to Find Gifts for Your Winchester Fan!
This online store offers a host of official Winchester logo gear, including 150th anniversary collectibles. There are also hats, shirts and other clothing for men, women and children; hunting gear, signs and banners; gifts and accessories; and even special products for law enforcement.
Tactics for Late-Season Deer
Over the years I've had almost better luck taking big bucks late season. They finally become a little more predictable this time of year. They need to eat and they're run down, so brave the cold temps and get out there before the season draws to an end. You never know, late season could become your favorite time to hunt big bucks!
Celebrating Winchester's 150th Anniversary Through a Classic American Novel by Ron Spomer
It could arguably be the most popular western of all time. This video reveals the one-of-a-kind Zane Grey model 1895 lever-action Winchester. It was manufactured in 1917, and customized in gold. Incredible, and all part of Winchester's 150 years of innovation and American history.
Four Tips for Late Season Whitetails
In many areas across the whitetail's range, the winter is turning cold, maybe even some snow is on the ground, and that buck tag is still burning a hole in your wallet because it's yet to be filled. Here are five tips to help you finish the season strong.
A Special Ammunition for Hunting Large Big Game Species by Melissa Bachman
Chris Keefer, Casey Keefer, Gabe Adair, Nikki Boxler, Paul Sawyer
The Winchester Life crew heads to the sporting clay range at Nilo Farms, eager to share a popular pastime. Near and dear to sportsmen across the country, the clay-target shooting range at Nilo is an exciting and important part of the overall Nilo experience. Each guest arrives ready for the opportunity to shake off the rust, receive world-class coaching by Nilo staff, and most importantly…have fun. There's nothing quite like pulverizing a floating orange disk into dust with a locked and loaded Winchester.
Fascinating Winchester History Video Blog – The World's Fair Gun by Ron Spomer
Five Tips for Shooting More Waterfowl
From the early days of capturing the latest innovations to make shells better (think smokeless powders and later plastic hulls) to the modern wonder, BlindSide, which utilizes stacked hexadhedron-shaped steel shot and Winchester's patented Diamond Cut wad. But even with the best shells ever made loaded in your shotgun, it does you no good if you don't follow proper shooting technique and fail to properly lead the fast flying target ducks and geese present.
Tips for Successful Ground Blind Hunting by Melissa Bachman
Nilo Kennels was founded by John Olin in 1950, just two years prior to the establishment of Nilo Farms. Since the very beginning the world class retrievers of Nilo Kennels have played a vital role in the overall success of the facility. Every hunting adventure on site is enjoyed alongside a crew of canine conservationists and Winchester wielding sportsmen.
Did Winchester Ever Produce Revolvers? Come Find Out by Ron Spomer and Ashley Hlebinsky
Winchester and Waterfowl – A Match Made in the Marsh
It should be no surprise that at this time, as there was increasing interest in meeting the ammunition needs of a growing legion of sportsmen, that Winchester shotshells first found their way into the duck boats of waterfowl hunters along the Mississippi River as well as along the Eastern Seaboard. Subsequent ammo introductions quickly followed, including Winchester's Star line, which coincided with the appearance of the lever-action 1887 shotgun that same year.
Three Tips for More Whitetail Success
However with all that said, there are some tactics that are pretty effective across the board. Below are my 3 favorite whitetail tips & tactics that I feel are most beneficial in the field.
How did Winchester Rifles Come to be by Ron Spomer and Ashley Hlebensky
The Evolution of the Winchester Repeating Rifle by Ron Spomer and Ashley Hlebensky
Oliver Winchester went on to purchase this technology and…well, the rest is firearms history. But don't let us spoil the story…push "play" and learn more. But one more teaser before you go – there is mention of the Henry rifle here as well. Ah…
Advancements in Waterfowl Ammunition Put More Fowl in the Bag by Melissa Bachman
On Vancouver Island, the logging industry has carefully paved its way through old growth forests for decades, creating manageable routes for big game hunters like Casey Keefer. Canada's wild rivers have carved a dangerous maze through the mountains, giving free roam to one of the highest concentrations of black bear on the continent. Both industries, logging and hunting, are better off because of one another, working in harmony, while each respecting the preservation of one of the world's most diverse ecosystems.
Exhibition Shooter in a Long Dress – "Plinky" Toepperwein by Ashley Hlebensky
During Elizabeth's training, she shot at tin cans with a 22 and after several tries, made her first hit. She declared, "I plinked it". After and forever, she was known as Plinky Toepperwein. Ah yes…a little more fascinating Winchester history. Come along on this video as we celebrate our 150th Anniversary.
Favorite Winchester Firearms
But as the company delved deeper into the production of ammunition, the creation of new calibers and the manufacture of firearms capitalizing on emerging technologies and their own innovative gun designs of the time, Winchester came to develop firearms far removed from those original lever actions. In fact, two of the most famous Winchester model firearms in history, are the Model 12 shotgun and the Model 70 bolt-action rifle.
Deer Season Prep – Things to Focus on!
Many times I feel like a little kid experiencing the same anticipation as I once did for Christmas morning. As deer season arrives, I am as excited as ever. One thing I've learned over the years, is deer season is far too short! There never seems to be enough time in the day to hunt, scout, and fit in work and family time during the fall months. Although I haven't found a secret recipe to adding hours to the day,I have learned that being prepared can make fall much smoother, and alleviate some wasted time that could be better spent sitting on stand.
With resident elk expert and guide Ramone leading the way, Nikki quietly begins her trek through the rocky terrain at daybreak. The morning hike was encouraging as the team spots elk and other game far off in the meadows below. As elk do not typically graze in the open during hot daylight hours, Nikki and Ramone decide to break for lunch, nonetheless confident in there plan and tactics for the evening chase.
President John F. Kennedy Rifle – Winchester 150th Anniversary by Ron Spomer and Ashley Hlebensky
Winchester tradition was to present special rifles to American presidents. They are called Presidential Presentation Rifles. Come along as Winchester TV host Ron Spomer and Cody Firearms Museum curator Ashley Hlebinsky share more on this very special firearm.
Tips for Hunting the Prime Time of the Rut
Accordingly, hunters are taking vacation days and kicking their time in the woods into high gear as well as this is definitely the best time of the season to be hunting. Regardless of whether your locale limits you to stick and string this time of year or you can reach out a little farther with a muzzleloader or even a modern firearm, the following tactics will help you make the most of this exciting time of season.
Canada Waterfowl Hunting – Some of the Finest Available
He has monster bucks, big bear, and incredible waterfowl hunting.
Growing up, we spent many weekends hunting ducks and geese on local public land near my home. The youth day hunts were exceptional as it opened a weekend before the regular opener, but I had never really experienced anything like what Canada has to offer.
More Intriguing Winchester History – John Olin's Model 97 by Ron Spomer
John Olin at one time owned Winchester and was a critical figure in its growth and history. Come along and learn a little more history on the American Legend – Winchester.
Some Good Time Gator Hunting
Second, I'm not around very much and this can be a great way to spend quality time with my mom, dad and brother that wouldn't normally happen in the fall because of my rigorous schedule. Third, I can't even explain the joy it gives me to see my own family experience something for the first time. I still absolutely live for hunting, but it really makes me smile to see their excitement.
Winchester Firearms that Defined a Generation
As the company burst onto the scene in 1866, they would go on to change the way soldiers fought and sportsmen pursued game and play a key role in the settling of the West. Here are three of the most iconic firearms of that time—all of them lever-action rifles. Lever-actions represented the cutting edge in repeating rifle innovation during the second half of the 1800s.
10 Spot and Stalk Tactics Sure to up Your Game
Many of these tips can be used for any type of spot & stalk hunting, but I find them especially effective on mule deer. I've always been a huge fan of hunting mule deer, but this year turned out to be what I decided would be called "The Year of the Mule Deer." I opened the season with a velvet mule deer hunt in Colorado, then moved onto Nebraska. After that, I drew a tag in Arizona after 10-years of applying for the Kaibab which should be an incredible hunt.
Writer Ernest Hemingway's Winchester Model 21 by Ashley Hlebinsky
Fall Turkey Hunting – Tips & Tactics
In fact, more than 40 states permit some sort of either sex turkey hunting in the fall and winter providing abundant opportunity across much of the wild turkeys' nationwide range. Winchester makes a host of great turkey loads for today's big bird hunter, so grab yourself a box, load the shotgun and get into the autumn woods. Not only is it a beautiful time to hunt, but with more turkey hunters focused on spring (or at this time of year, deer) the fall turkey hunter can find himself in the midst of hunting a lot of unpressured birds. Here are some tips to ensure you foray this autumn is productive and fun.
Hunting – Make it a Family and Friend Affair
The tags are generally cheap, the hunt will be an experience, and the memories are sure to last a lifetime. This is such an easy way to spread the love of the sport, while finding new ways to enjoy the outdoors on your own as you watch it through a new hunter's first experiences. As a young girl growing up in Central Minnesota, my passion was always hunting.
Fall Turkey Hunting – How to Locate Birds
Where deer, waterfowl and many other large beasts such as elk and pronghorn can only be hunted in the fall, turkey hunters can enjoy going afield nationwide in the spring and in more than 40-plus states across the country in the fall. If you haven't tried fall turkey hunting, you're missing out on a time of year that was originally viewed as the classic season for hunting wild turkeys.
Poison Ivy Prevention – Avoid the Scratch Scratch
The ivy literally covered the ground in some locations for as far as the eye could see. If hunting this area, it was completely un-avoidable. I would never say there's a deer worth getting covered in poison ivy, but if there were…this buck would probably be it. We were chasing a huge 3×4 mule deer with triple brow tines. He had a ton of mass, huge frame, and just an overall stud of a buck. Unfortunately, he lived in a 2-mile by 2-mile area that was just littered with poison ivy.
John Olin – a Significant Part of Winchester History by Ron Spomer and Ashley Hlebinsky
Many of Mr. Olin's personal guns are kept at the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody, WY. If you're traveling through that area, make certain to stop in – you will not be disappointed. If you can't make it, come along on this video to learn more. Make sure to check into our Live the Legend blog from time to time to see more historic 150th Winchester Anniversary content.
A Great Way to Sharpen Skills for the Coming Season – Squirrels
But while trigger sessions at the range are a fine way to make sure your big game gun's scope is on and that you still have a steady enough hand and breathing technique to chew up a bulls-eye at 100 or even 200 yards, there's an even more exciting way to make sure you are prepared for the big moments this autumn holds. That way is small game hunting.
How to Hunt in High Winds
This can be the case, but you can also use these winds to your advantage as well. First, when you experience high winds one of the reasons game is usually spooky is because everything is moving. This can be used to your advantage if you're in a treestand as you will usually get busted less. If something catches a little movement from you, just sit tight and let the wind blow everything around you and the deer will usually go back to feeding.
Dove Season is Here: Let Your Fall Season Take Wing!
In many places, hunters plant fields of sunflower, millet and corn and can charge up to a $100 a day or more for hunters to bring their shotguns and dove buckets and sit in strategic points in an effort to shoot their daily limit. Dove hunting is allowed in 42 states and according to an article in the Bangor Daily News, more than 20 million of them are harvested each season. It is unequivocally the most popular game bird in North America and still its range and numbers keep expanding.
Snakes and Early Season Hunting – Things to Watch Out For
However, one bad encounter with a rattlesnake can turn a hunting trip into a complete disaster. I'm no expert on rattlesnakes coming from central MN where they are few and far between, but luckily I spend a lot of time around people who are. I'm constantly asking questions and learning everything I can, especially now when I've added my new side kick Pork Chop to the mix.
Herb Parsons – Winchester's "Showman Shooter" by Ron Spomer
Pretty darn great! Matter of fact, Mr. Parsons was the behind-the-scenes shot maker and technical advisor for Jimmy Stewart's 1950 movie – "The Winchester 73". Come along on this Winchester 150th Anniversary video to learn more.
History in the Making: Winchester's First Centerfire Cartridge
In fact, the original Model 1873s were chambered in this first metallic centerfire cartridge manufactured by Winchester. It wasn't long before the round received double utility as a handgun cartridge as well when Colt began making their Single Action Army revolver chambered for the round. As both a long gun and short gun cartridge, the .44-40 Winchester soon became a favorite among cowboys and frontiersman of the day.
A Family Tradition – A Lever-Action Winchester 30-30
For years I've been shooting some of Winchester's latest and greatest guns, but on this hunt I was going back to the basics. Everyone in my entire family has had a chance to shoot a Winchester 30-30 lever action gun that has been passed through the Bachman family, but now it was my turn. Thecool part about the entire experience was the fact that this gun originally was used in Russia for boars, and now I was bringing it to Texas for a hog hunt as well.
Winchester & Drury's Natural Born Hosts Inducted Into Outdoor Hall of Fame
Gladwell illustrates his point using such icons as the Beatles, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. He well could've added famed outdoor personalities Mark and Terry Drury.
Use Calls to Hunt Hogs
A new animal I hadn't tried calling to until this year was hogs. As most people know who've hunted hogs, they often come out at night when the temps cool down. This can make it difficult to find success during the day and can be downright frustrating. Recently, I planned a trip to Texas to hunt hogs in the smoldering heat of August. Temps were topping off at113 and my Cuddeback's were showing only nocturnal activity by the hogs.
Celebrating Winchester's 150th – General George Patton's Gun by Ashley Hlebinsky
Kim Rhode Sets Olympic Record
In case you missed it the other week, given NBC's—and the major media's in general—challenge in adequately covering the breadth of events taking place during the Rio Olympics, Winchester-supported shooter Kim Rhode, 37, set a new world record when she finished third in the women's skeet shooting event. Only Italian luge legend Armin Zöggeler has won as many consecutive individual Olympic medals.
Winchester's New Big Game Expedition Ammunition by Melissa Bachman
Getting Ready for the Fall Season to Come – Part 2
Start Scouting—I'm not talking about just starting to scout game just yet as much as scouting out your hunt locations. Whether public land or private, it it's been last season since you've been out there, check out what changes have taken place during the warm months. Make sure timber stands haven't been cut, see what has been planted in agricultural fields to know whether it will attract deer or other game you might be hunting, and check stands and blinds and make any repairs.
Sighting In Your Shotgun This Summer For Turkey Hunts This Fall
To help get started, I recommend going online and checking out the new Winchester Patternboard. This is a great way for you to do some amazing comparisons from the loads you're currently using and see if there is a better combination available for your setup. It allows you to pick your gauge, choke, shell length, pellet size, Winchester brand, anddistance.
Writer Ernest Hemingway's Winchester Side-by-Side Shotgun by Ron Spomer
In fact, for deer hunters, the first firearms deer season to open in the United States—in the South Carolina Low Country—begins August 15. Whether your favorite hunting is for the king of game animals, the white-tailed deer, or you are more of an elk, waterfowl or small game hunter, here are some things you need to start doing now in order to be ready when the season begins.
Tips for Proper Gun Sight-In
This means tightening each screw a couple of times over and over, keeping it even. If you don't do this part correctly, you will have a very difficult time trying to get everything dialed in later on and wonder what the problem could possibly be. Once everything is evenly tightened, to add a little lock tight to the screws to ensure nothing can get loose in the field.
What to Hunt in the Summertime? Give Feral Hogs a Try
Go hog hunting.
Hogs, maybe just short of coyotes, are one of the most rapidly expanding species in the country, moving into new areas at a ridiculous rate. "The wild pig is the most prolific large mammal on the face of the Earth," according to Texas A&M's Agrilife Extension. They average between five and six pigs per little and have approximately 1.5 litters per year, though they are perfectly capable of having more litters and larger litters.
150 Years at Winchester and Bachman Family Memories
It's sparked families to share Winchester stories, new traditions to begin, and this anniversary has given us all a chance to reminisce about what's really important.
More Winchester History – A Winchester Air Pistol by Ashley Hlebinsky
The one seen in this video is a model 363 which was made in Germany for Winchester. Almost 20,000 of these guns were made between 1969 and 1975…kinda cool. Join us in this video from Winchester's 150th Anniversary to learn more.
Winchester 150th Anniversary Spotlight: From Paper to Plastic
Paper hulls would frequently swell when soaked from rain, water in duck blinds or excessive humidity. They could even swell to the point where they wouldn't chamber in a shotgun or would fail to extract when fired…if it fired. Then, in 1964, under the Mark 5 shotshell banner, Winchester changed the game with the introduction of compression-formed plastic hulls.
Summertime Game Camera Tips
I love to shoot my guns, bows, get my gear organized, make lists of things I may want for the upcoming fall, but I also am super-interested in the growth and patterns of whitetails on property I hunt. Even though bucks are not yet at their full antler growth, I still love putting my Cuddeback's out nice and early to watch them grow.
Get Geared Up At The Winchester Store
Be it ball caps or sweatshirts, a shooting range bag or coffee mug, look for new items, special promotions and discounts throughout the year as Winchester celebrates its 150th anniversary. It doesn't matter if you are looking for a little mid-summer style for the clays course or are preparing for the upcoming fall seasons, Winchester logo gear looks cool no matter where you go.
Winchester – A Lifetime of Family Tradition
Winchester has been a part of so many families and helped create so much happiness over the last 150-years. Winchester's iconic brand has touched so many families, including my own. After sitting down with my dad and discussing my grandpa's incredible love of the Winchester brand, he showed me a lever action 30/30 that's been passed down through the generations of the Bachman family.
Winchester History at The Cody Firearms Museum – The Kennedy Gun by Ron Spomer and Ashley Hlebinsky
Here is a beauty that was made for presentation to President Kennedy, but was never actually given to the president due to his untimely death. Come along on this 150th Anniversary video with Winchester and learn more.
150 Years of Winchester: The Man Who Started it All: Oliver F. Winchester
But who actually was Oliver F. Winchester? As one of the most historic and enduring brand names in all of firearms and shooting, the Winchester brand's namesake, Oliver F. Winchester was neither personally a gun builder by trade nor an engineer or designer. He was a businessman in the purest sense of the word, who had the ability to identify good designs and find the funding to support efforts to improve upon them.
Summertime is for Plinking!
We have lots of space to run around, drive ATVs, shoot our guns, bows, clay pigeons, fish, and almost anything we can think of. One thing that's almost always a guarantee though, is the fact that there will be some shooting practice included in the weekend.
Buffalo Bill's Daughter Irma Was a Shooter Too: Here is Her Winchester Rifle by Ron Spomer and Ashley Hlebinsky
The "Irma" that this hotel is named after is none other than Irma Cody – daughter of Buffalo Bill. This model 1894 Winchester rifle is a great shooting gun, and you can tell that this rifle had been shot a lot by Irma. This is just a small part of the history of firearms you will see at the Cody Firearms Museum in beautiful Cody, WY. If you're out that way this summer…be certain to stop by.
Team USA Shooting for Shotgun Ready for Rio Games
As the official shotshell sponsor of USA Shooting, Winchester, with their AA line of shells, is looking forward to seeing these competitors shoot for the gold as much as the shooters themselves. Here's a look at the team:
Work Smarter Not Harder This Summer – Preparing For Fall
Guess it's the next best thing and something I enjoy doing as well. Most stands need to be tweaked or moved slightly each year and with this comes shooting lanes. Summer is a great time to check everything over, including treestands, straps, and shooting lanes along with access to and from. This will prevent you from having to do this work in the fall when you really should be out scouting, checking cameras or hunting.
Inaccurately Hot Rifle Barrels
You can recognize these by the way they scatter bullets. Dress them properly and you can alleviate that problem. Hot barrels aren't a concern for deer hunters. One and done. But they can be for varmint hunters and target shooters. When you're running a 25-round long-range target course or picking off a hundred pasture rodents in an hour, you're scorching your barrel. As it expands, accuracy suffers.
Champion Rhode Goes for Her 6th Olympic Medal
She is one of only 51 athletes in history to win five or more Olympic medals and was the first U.S. Olympian to win medals at five consecutive Olympic Games when she won a gold medal in the 2012 games. She won her first gold in 1996, won a bronze in 2000, another gold in 2004 and a bronze in 2008. If she medals in Rio, she will be the only U.S. athlete to ever do so and the second athlete ever to win six consecutive medals.
Pistol Range Time That Won't Break the Bank – Winchester's USA Forged
It's all about practice, knowing one's gun, and coming up with the best ammo combination to ensure confidence when that big buck steps out. For me, repetition is key so when the moment of truth happens, I simply go into autopilot and everything becomes second nature.That's perfect for hunting, but another time a hunter-shooter wants the repetition to kick in would be in the case when a handgun is needed for personal protection.
How The Cody Firearms Museum Tracks Historic Winchester Guns by Jessi Bennett
Customers who have Winchester firearms of this vintage, can call into the museum and find out when their gun was made, and in what configuration it was built. Pretty cool when you think about. Just a bit more of Winchester's heritage as this iconic brand celebrates its 150th Anniversary in 2016.
Winchester Premieres Three Short Films to Showcase Its Historic Heritage
Such an occasion deserves unique attention and as part of the Big Red W's multi-media celebration, the company is releasing three very special anniversary short films to showcase various aspects of the Winchester legacy.
How to Keep Binos Safe, Secure and Dry
When it's the end of a stalk and it's time to get down and belly crawl, most of the time I don't take my binos off and safely put them in my backpack. Instead…they're drug through the mud, sand and dirt and look pretty tough after a hard day of hunting. I'm confident that I'm not the only one out there that this happens to, so I started looking for products that can keep my gear safe without any extra hassle.
Keeping Varmint Rifle Barrels Clean
Certain rodents, for instance. Farmers plagued by rodents in their crops either poison them or let varmint shooters trim the herds. You could be one of those shooters, and on your first shoot this late spring or summer you could discover your rifles are inaccurate. That's funny. Last year they were deadly accurate. What happened? They got dirty.
Catch Some Great Competitive Shooting This Summer
Baseball players can lay claim to being the unofficial "boys of summer," while in August, the eyes of the sporting world will turn much of their attention to the Olympic games in Rio, but for competitive shooters across America, it's not a bad time to be a competitor either.
The Last Frontier – Alaska Adventure Part III
For years I've been coming to Southeast Alaska to hunt black bear and the adventures have been unbelievable. This was going to be the first time staying in a cabin. As luck would have it, we had absolutely perfect weather. Bright sunny days, warm temps, no wind, and best of all…no bugs!
A Bit of History to Include Oliver Winchester, John Moses Browning and Henry Ford by Ron Spomer and Ashley Hlebinsky
A Browning design shotgun produced by Winchester as serial #1, and purchased by Henry Ford….and then gifted to Harvey Firestone of Firestone Tires. Guns, cars and tires. Obviously the lineage of this particular gun is beyond fascinating…and just a small part of Winchester's unique 150 year history.
Celebrating 150 Years of Winchester: The Third 50 Years
Winchester celebrated 100 years as a brand in 1966, and refusing to rest on its legacy and developments of the past, the company marched forward with innovations that continue to benefit hunters and recreational shooters, as well as law enforcement and the military. Here's a look at Winchester's past 50 years.
The Last Frontier – Alaska Adventure Part II
On this black bear adventure in Southeast Alaska, I decided to bring my dad along for the ride and he was up first. The way we were going to be hunting was primarily from a boat looking for south facing grass flats where fresh & tender green shoots of grass would first be popping up.
That Dreaded Scope Brow Scar And How To Prevent It
For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. When this lesson is delivered by a recoiling scope hitting your brow, you tend to remember it. But how can you prevent relearning it, again and again? First, try to buy scopes with long eye relief.
Hot Fun in the Summertime – Honing Your Shooting Skills
Let's face it, summer is a great time for enjoying a little shooting outdoors and it's particularly a fun time to sharpen your handgun skills. Winchester added several new products to its line of handgun ammunition offerings in 2016 that will help make those outdoor shooting sessions cleaner, easier and perhaps most importantly, more affordable.
Melissa Bachman on Winchesters 150th by Melissa Bachman
The Last Frontier – Alaska Adventure Part I
As kids, my parents had taken my brother and me to Alaska and we had the opportunity to fish halibut, travel the state and see a wide variety of country. However, we weren't able to get any hunting in and I knew my dad would just love a backcountry trip like this.
Winchester Congratulates Team USA and Kim Rhode as They Prepare for The Rio Olympics
Tillar, Arkansas was the location on May 18-25, when she secured her spot on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Shooting Team. Rhode locked up her spot before even competing in the Friday final—14 points ahead of her closest competitor. It will be Rhode's sixth consecutive Olympic games, a feat few athletes in the world have ever achieved.
30-30 Misconceptions Through The Years
The John Browning-designed Winchester Model 94 lever-action in 30-30 Winchester was the first commercial sporting rifle/cartridge that used smokeless gunpowder. This was a huge advancement in firearms technology, but the M94 was not initially chambered in 30-30.
USA Shooting Team Update
Dubbed the "Thriller in Tillar" on the USA Shooting website, the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials begin this week at the Delta Shooting Sports Complex. The four spots remaining to be filled include the top overall finisher in Women's Skeet, Men's Skeet, Double Trap and Women's Trap.
How to Make Hunting Fun For Your Children
With everything going on so many people forget that these simple things need to be shared. Sure it's fun to hear birds gobbling from the roost and have a little alone time, but this is an incredible experience you can share with your kids and family as well.
A Little Winchester History – Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley's Winchester Rifles by Ashley Hlebinsky
The Cody Firearms Museum (Buffalo Bill Museum wing) celebrates along with "The American Legend" as it showcases rifles from Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley…along with thousands of other firearms. Come along on this Winchester video to learn more, and make certain to see the Cody Firearms Museum and the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, WY this summer at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
How to Move on a Gobbler
Because from the moment of birth, a turkey is vulnerable to being killed or eaten by a host of predators—both four legged and two legged—they possess a level of paranoia that makes the worst schizophrenic seem calm and an uncanny ability to respond to real or perceived threats with a sudden retreat on foot or by wing.
Can Your Turkey Pattern be Better? Find Out in a Few Short Clicks
Most importantly, how impressive were your patterns? Did you take time to shoot much before season? Have you been using the same gun/ammo combination for years? All these questions are fair game, and if you haven't taken the time to look into updating your turkey gear…you may be missing out!
Late Season Toms And The Patience Game
There's a trick you can use to shoot both of them. Patience. Oh, how boring. But oh how effective. And frequently. The frustrating thing about tom turkeys is they're turkeys. Who knows why they do what they do?
Choosing the Best Turkey Load
Outdoor writers Doug Howlett and Brad Fenson were riding with fellow hunter Ken Byers, scouring the rolling country side for birds strutting in the open when they spotted a strutter near a remote corral, fan spread to impress three feeding hens.
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Q: LINQ Union between two tables with the same fields and then returned in a collection I have given up trying to create a linq query to retrieve a sql server view which is a union between two tables. I will now try to create a linq union.
I have two views, MemberDuesPaid and MemberDuesOwed. They have the same fields in both; (BatchNo, TranDate, DebitAmount, CreditAmount, ReceiptNo, CheckNo, SocSecNo).
I also have a helper class in my application which is called MemberTransaction. It has all the same properties.
How how do i do a union between the two tables where socSecNo = the ssn passed in? I want to union the two tables and return an IEnumerable collection of MemberTransaction. After the two tables are unioned together i want to have the collection that is returned ordered by trandate in descending order.

A: You can do it in a Linq Union query:
var infoQuery =
    (from paid in db.MemberDuesPaid
    select new MemberTransaction() {
        BatchNo = paid.BatchNo,
        TranDate = paid.TranDate,
        DebitAmount = paid.DebitAmount,
        CreditAmount = paid.CreditAmount,
        ReceiptNo = paid.ReceiptNo,
        CheckNo = paid.CheckNo,
        SocSecNo = paid.SocSecNo})
    .Union
        (from owed in db.MemberDuesOwed
        select new MemberTransaction() {
        BatchNo = owed.BatchNo,
        TranDate = owed.TranDate,
        DebitAmount = owed.DebitAmount,
        CreditAmount = owed.CreditAmount,
        ReceiptNo = owed.ReceiptNo,
        CheckNo = owed.CheckNo,
        SocSecNo = owed.SocSecNo});

That should return you a set with everything combined into a single list.
[Edit]
If you want distinct values, you can do something like this after the above statement (you can do it inline if you bracket everything, but this is simpler to explain):
infoQuery = infoQuery.Distinct();

The variable infoQuery will by this time be populated entirely with objects of type MemberTransaction rather than the two disparate types in the union statement.

A: Assuming you've got two collections, one representing each view:
var paid = new List<MemberDuesPaid>();

var owed = new List<MemberDuesOwed>();

Convert both collections above to instances of the third class before performing the union:
var everyone
    = paid.Select(x => new MemberTransaction { BatchNo = x.BatchNo, ... })
          .Union(owed.Select(x => new MemberTransaction { BatchNo = x.BatchNo, ... }))
          .Where(x => x.SocSecNo == ssn)
          .OrderByDescending(x => x.TranDate)
          .ToList();

Now you've got a collection of MemberTransaction, but there's nothing to indicate how one MemberTransaction equals another. So if you just run the above, you'll end up with everything from both collections in the result, instead of a true union.
You have to tell it what makes two instance equal, by implementing IEquatable<T> on the MemberTransaction class.
public class MemberTransaction : IEquatable<MemberTransaction>
{
    public int BatchNo { get; set; }
    public DateTime TranDate { get; set; }
    public decimal DebitAmount { get; set; }
    public decimal CreditAmount { get; set; }
    public int ReceiptNo { get; set; }
    public int CheckNo { get; set; }
    public int SocSecNo { get; set; }

    public bool Equals(MemberTransaction other)
    {
        return BatchNo == other.BatchNo
               && TranDate.Equals(other.TranDate)
               && DebitAmount == other.DebitAmount
               && CreditAmount == other.CreditAmount
               && ReceiptNo == other.ReceiptNo
               && CheckNo == other.CheckNo
               && SocSecNo == other.SocSecNo;
    }
}

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The Holy Name Society (HNS) offers service and assistance to the parish by providing volunteers, holding fundraising activities and offering an opportunity for the men of the parish to socialize, fraternize and become more involved in the parish.
The Holy Name Society is currently comprised of about 50 members with 35 or more members active at meetings or events at any given time. Our members are supported by a Board that helps guide and direct the Holy Name Society throughout the year.
(Left to right) David Davis, Mike Pindrock, Steve Sykora, Don Feuerstein, Lou Baga and Marty Morisky.
Check out our event page as well.
The Holy Name Society also supports the parish and parishioners by having an annual Holy Name Society Scholarship and by organizing a Handy Man Crew.
A small group of Holy Name men provide assistance to needy, handicapped, disabled or senior, active St. Colette parishioners. This group specializes in small jobs (less than 4 hours) that cover a wide range of "around the house" tasks.
Download our form and let us see if we can help!
Two Scholarships are awarded semi-annually in the amount of $500 to help defray the cost of tuition at a Catholic grade school or Catholic high school.
Download the scholarship form here!
The Holy Name Society is open to all adult men of St. Colette Parish or St. Ambrose Parish.
Do you have any dues?
Current dues are a bargain of $5.00 per year.
Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month at 7pm. They are generally held in the church hall, but occasionally in the Atrium or picnic area (during the warmer weather).
New members may join at any meeting by completing our Form and dropping it off at the office or to a current member.


Today was a retrospective (retro) day at Industrial. This means we finished a sprint and looked back at it to discuss as a team what worked, what didn't and what we can do to make the next sprint better. This is an exercise that we have done religiously since we adopted Agile methodologies, 18 months ago.
In order to keep things fresh, I try to use new exercises to inspire the team to bring issues forward during a retro. Some of these exercises I take directly from my handy-dandy Agile resources, and some I craft or tweak to make my own. Today's opening retro exercise was taken from http://www.plans-for-retrospectives.com. (I have the printed version of this Retromat, which I love).
The exercise is called "Amazon Review." The nature of this exercise is to get everyone to think about the last sprint as if it were a product or book and have each team member write a short review, including a star rating (5 stars is the best). Overall, I'm happy to report that most people gave our last sprint 4 stars. The reviews generated some interesting discussion topics that we were able to use in other retro exercises.
If you are a fan of hectic drama, you'll love this sprint. Unexpected changes leave everyone a bit rattled, but good news is coming in the next installment. New hair colour for Laura, people quitting, what's next? I recommend this sprint, but it's not for the faint of heart.
This was great! Very productive, time well spent. Usually when we have such short timelines, it's hard but this sprint worked well. Team members really stepped up to make sure we stayed on track. Only criticism and reason for not giving a 5 star review is poor client responsiveness.
This sprint was all about team effort. The whole group has come together to take on PMing, rise to the challenge, engage with clients, and do amazing work. I'd recommend this team to anyone!
Not the most successful sprint, but some good work got done. Needs focus on moving cards to "Done"; too many WIP at a time. Team pulled together quickly to plan temporary PM roles. Go team!
The level of interaction in the pit seemed high, the coordinated work is better for creative and productivity.
The past sprint was very refreshing, especially in comparison to the sprints leading up to it. There are many new and exciting projects - some with great progress being made. It is a good feeling to be able to work on various projects at the same time, having the opportunity for fresh environments to work in. The only reason I gave it 4/5 stars, is no sprint is perfect. Some room for improvement would be creating more front end cards so that there aren't any generic "implement front-end design" tasks.
Great sprint, learned a lot but went by too fast.
We have a very open and communicative culture here at Industrial and these exercises help to foster that. We get immense value from the outcomes of these retro exercises and I highly recommend you try them in your organization.


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N.S. shooting: If a criminal has a well-planned attack, can police ever hope to stop it?
By Jane Gerster	Global News
Posted June 15, 2020 3:00 am
7:59 How the Nova Scotia mass shooting unfolded: 13 hours. 22 dead. 16 crime scenes.
WATCH: On the night of April 18, 2020, Portapique, N.S., a village of about 100 residents on the Bay of Fundy, became the starting point of what would become a shooting rampage. By analyzing RCMP statements, interviews, GPS coordinates and records, Global News was able to paint perhaps the most comprehensive picture to date of how the worst mass shooting in Canadian history unfolded. – Jun 4, 2020
At this moment, the internet, with its various corners dedicated to poring over the details of the Nova Scotia mass shooting, seems divided in three:
The crowd who thinks the Royal Canadian Mounted Police did the best it could, the group who thinks the Mounties screwed up and those who fall somewhere in between and are waiting for more information before they hop off the fence.
READ MORE: N.S. mass shooting 'completely senseless,' Mounties said. Experts disagree
The truth is a little more complicated than picking a side, says Jennifer Quaid, a law professor at the University of Ottawa. Still, she understands how enticing some might find the idea that police could do their jobs in such a way that they stop atrocities before they happen.
Remember Minority Report? Featuring Tom Cruise, pre-Oprah's couch jump?
He starred as a futuristic cop who works in a "pre-crime" division, meaning his team used psychics to arrest people for crimes before they committed them.
It's a movie, though, so of course, the psychics predict Cruise's character will commit a murder, prompting him to go on the lam and start interrogating the system he was pretty happy to go along with. It's a tantalizing system, Quaid says, until you realize the twist: it isn't foolproof. (You're safe now from spoilers).
"The point is that the idea you can reduce these events to zero is, I think, completely unrealistic," she says. "However much we might wish it, the cost of even attempting to get there is such a price in civil liberties."
1:47 Nova Scotia RCMP missed gunman by minutes at crime scene
Nova Scotia RCMP missed gunman by minutes at crime scene – Jun 4, 2020
If there is one point the lawyers and criminologists interviewed for this piece agree on, it's that you cannot 100 per cent eliminate mass crimes. The asterisk is that as horrifying and devastating as mass murder is, it's not all that common in Canada. Violent crime is trending down, with the notable exception of sexual assault.
Experts say our best bet for minimizing what attacks do happen is to address the social issues underpinning them — an idea in keeping with the push to defund police.
The defund campaign is growing louder across the continent in response to the killings of Black Americans George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a 29-year-old Black and Indigenous woman in Toronto who fell from her balcony while she was alone in her home with police. The Ontario police watchdog is now investigating.
In Canada, when there is a mass shooting, what follows is almost predictable. There's a rush for answers, and in that rush, our collective response tends to be driven by "anxiety, shock, grief and anger rather than empirical evidence," says criminologist Jihyun Kwon, meaning "you tend to see oversimplification and politicization of causes, motives and solutions."
In early May, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a ban on owning assault-style firearms. In early June, the Mounties revealed the assault-style weapons used in the attack were actually acquired illegally — so how much would a ban have actually prevented the gunman from stocking up?
"The prohibition of assault weapons is one piece in the larger puzzle of ending gun violence," said Mary-Liz Power, press secretary for Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair, in an emailed statement.
"We've been clear that we will take additional measures to cut off the three major ways crime guns are sourced — they are smuggled, diverted or stolen."
In her statement, Power said the government will introduce new offences and penalties for those who participate in such crimes "at the earliest opportunity," in addition to "new tools for our law enforcement authorities to better stop the flow of these weapons before they're used in crime."
2:26 Trudeau unveils ban on 1,500 types of "assault-style" guns
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Still, preventing atrocities is not a job for the police on their own, says Kwon, a doctoral criminology candidate at the University of Toronto who specializes in police oversight and accountability. Nor, she says, is it all about the weapons they're equipped with.
It's terrifying to imagine a well-armed gunman at large in rural Canada, wearing an authentic Mountie uniform and driving a replica RCMP vehicle that police would later admit allowed him to stay "steps ahead" of them.
But that doesn't happen every day, Quaid says, and if police were always expecting that level of violence, you'd more than likely see more use of force more regularly.
"If you're trained to respond like every person is dangerous and out to get you, the police reaction is going to be pretty harsh."
Quaid thinks of Sammy Yatim, an 18-year-old immigrant from Syria who died on July 27, 2013 after being shot by Toronto police Const. James Forcillo. Forcillo fired two volleys of shots at Yatim, who was standing and holding a knife on an empty streetcar.
Forcillo was acquitted of second-degree murder but convicted of attempted murder because the second round of bullets he fired were shot after Yatim was already dying on the ground.
"It's more important for the police to focus on how they are operating on a daily basis," says Kwon. "It's their overall approach that needs to be changed."
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On June 4, RCMP Supt. Darren Campbell told reporters: "We may never uncover all of the details or fully understand why the gunman did what he did." But Campbell was committed to "providing answers."
At that update, Campbell spoke about the preliminary findings of a psychological autopsy of the gunman. The report used the term "injustice collector" to convey a man who it said likely felt slighted or cheated in his life and held onto those feelings — real or perceived — and who also held onto disputes and conflicts, "turning them inward until they boiled over in rage."
None of that is a quick fix, nor is it something police can easily screen for. The desire to carefully plan such a crime is the result of "deep underlying motivations," says Colleen Bell, an assistant professor in the University of Saskatchewan's political department.
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"These relate often to broader structural issues," she says, "whether it's the belief that the world is inherently unfair to a group of people or whether it's the incel movement: these white men who believe that they have a right to have sex with women."
We only know a few warning signs for mass murder — early childhood trauma, exposure to violence, a history of committing domestic violence, a crisis point, making their plans known to some people in advance — and even then, says Kwon, "no two mass shootings have been identical; there is no single definite predictor of such crime."
Not every person who is abused as a kid or who perpetrates domestic abuse will go on to commit a mass murder, she says, "so the challenge for the criminal justice system and for the police is to know when exactly to intervene."
READ MORE: Did we miss the Nova Scotia shooting warning signs — or dismiss them?
If police do intervene, there's the question of when. Here, Kwon can't help but think about the evidence showing police are often quicker to intervene when an alleged suspect is Black or Indigenous or poor or all three — and with more force.
"What would have happened if the (Nova Scotia gunman) was a different person?"
Police, by nature of their job, will always be late to tackling mass killings, says Doug King, a justice studies professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary.
"Police are pretty much in a position of having to respond after the fact," he says. "That's simply because individuals live private lives, and you and I and the police have limited capacity — and rightly so — for digging into everyone's lives to find out what's going to happen."
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If you really want to intervene earlier and try to minimize the violence, King says, you need to connect with the community and make sure neighbours know what warning signs to be aware of and who to tell.
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Criminal justice isn't a straight line, says Quaid.
"You can't say: in every case where you observe X, you're going to have Y outcome."
Instead, she says, what you have is another piece of a puzzle: childhood abuse, prior reports of domestic violence, reports of conflict, problematic behaviour and a stash of weapons.
As the investigation progresses and calls for a public inquiry in Nova Scotia's mass shooting continue to sound, Canadians are likely to find out certain efforts to intervene earlier were possible before the situation went "horribly, horribly wrong," says King.
But, he suspects, "what could have been done likely wouldn't be a law enforcement issue. It will likely be related to mental health issues, related to community, to neighbours being aware of things that were happening but not raising it with law enforcement."
Bell doesn't disagree with that. But, she says, acknowledging that preventing crime requires more than just cops doesn't mean letting the Mounties off the hook.
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After all, she notes, the RCMP has a well-documented history of "secrecy and lack of public oversight," which she expects has a role to play in what happens when the force screws up.
And on the night of the worst mass murder in modern Canadian history — a 13-hour rampage that left 22 people dead — the Mounties opted to alert the public via Twitter rather than the new provincial alert system.
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Chief Supt. Chris Leather told reporters in early June that the relative newness of the provincial Alert Ready System was a big factor in not using it then but — a few days and many headlines wondering why no alert later — using it to warn about shots fired that turned out to not, in fact, be shots fired.
It's pretty clear "there were some communication breakdown issues," says Bell.
Police were called shortly after 10 p.m. on April 18; the Mounties sent their first tweet after 11:30 p.m. — advising they were responding to a firearms complaint in Portapique. Then, the force was silent until 8:02 a.m. on April 19, when police tweeted there was an active shooter. Periodic updates followed until the gunman was shot dead by police at 11:26 a.m.
The Mounties should have used the Alert Ready System, Bell says. They didn't.
And while "some practical things… might come out of an investigation into how the RCMP handled it, the deeper question of why this guy felt it was a good idea to do what he did is something that is obviously beyond the police."
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Editor's note: This is an excerpt from a Press Club of Southwest Florida Newsletter from Summer 1997 written by David Pfaff. For us to move forward we must remember where we have been. On This Date is a fun way for NPC members to find out about the Press Club of Southwest Florida's past.
Columnist Dave Pfaff is still fitting through time. Again this month, he is being a bit "backward."
Media interest in Naples came almost from the beginning. Among Naples Development Company's earliest investors was the publisher of the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal, who besides talking about Naples in the paper, reportedly offered homesites as a premium to subscribers. Wonder if Scripps-Howard ever thought of that?
The two Fort Myers papers, which combined into the News-Press, commented about what was happening down here from the turn of the century. By the 20s and 30s, it has "correspondents" throughout the county with "stringers" until the 60s. The News-Press now belonged to the Collier family, who also decided Collier County needed a paper and started a weekly called the Collier County News… yep, the Naples Daily News in diapers! By the late 40s, the CCN had a flatbed press in a building just west of Crayton Cove and a staff headed by Mike Chance, editor; and reporters Tom Hayre and Tom Morgan. The latter still lives in Naples.
The next media move was the arrival of broadcasting: WNOG was started in 1955 by Realtor George Dewey Polly, who brought in an experienced broadcaster from Harlan, KY to run it. That was Richard Goodlette, Dudley's dad, and the namesake of Goodlette Road, the creation of which he championed when he was on the County Commission. In 1956 WNOG was taken over by Bill Ryan and his uncle, Dr. Dan Langley, and began news coverage shortly thereafter, even editorializing before the end of the decade.
The Miami Herald came to town in the 50s when it opened a news bureau staffed by Clarence Zate. He was succeeded in the 60s by Tom Morgan and the Herald maintained the bureau until the 80s. Wonder is it lasted that long, as the newspaper never tried to sell ads locally, although it had the largest circulation in town at one point.
The News-Press tried valiantly to compete. Fred Winter ran a multi-person bureau for several years. They sold ads, etc., but never could make the circulation hump. Gradually they pulled back, combining the bureau with one in Bonita Springs and then combining the editions. They even cut off home delivery except by mail a couple of years ago.
In the mid-70s, the FCC assigned a TV channel to Naples (there were two in Fort Myers – 11 and 20). This was channel 26, and at least one Naples group made a run at it before stepping aside for a Fort Myers group. There have been several owners since. More radio stations came to Naples, including FMS, with frenzy in the 80s.
A former New York Times man, Bill Tamplin, started a weekly at Marco, the Eagle, soon after Mackles's began serious development there. His old employer took over his paper before his death and tried expanding with a Golden Gate weekly. There have been a couple more tries out there until the Tuff brothers took over the Gazette and started to make it hum. They also run a paper in Everglades City now. Immokalee has a paper that was started by a former "carnie," Stan Wrisley. It's now run by a Labelle group.
Back in the early 50s, Naples also had a mimeographed (!) shopper done by Doyle Hodges. In the 60s, a Realtor by the name of Cliff Anderson became mad enough at the Collier County News that he started a competing weekly, The Naples Sun. As such things go, it was rather short lived, but it did trigger Judy and Dick DeTurk's Naples Star, which lived on for many years with a considerable influence. It lost much of its spunk when Judy, the editor, died a sudden, untimely death.
The Star and Hodges' shopper ended up in Clark Swanson's hands and he in turn sold them to the Orlando Sentinel, nee: the Chicago Tribune. What happened next was a classic case of reading into demographics what you want to believe, not what's there. The result was a cheeky, trendy, slick paper, graphics ala "W," catering to Naples' high incomes who obviously had to be a hip, young, swinging set! Didn't last long.
Tim O'Connor had quietly been building up the Colliers's paper, taking it daily, pushing circulation to the highest city zone penetration in the U.S. Having sold the News-Press to Gannett earlier, the Colliers began thinking of negotiating a sale of the Daily News. A brash young member of the family, Miles Jr., suggested instead they ask for bids. Scripps Howard thereupon ponied up the highest amount per subscriber ever paid for a U.S. newspaper. After all, it was the fastest growing metro in the U.S. and, at the time, was taking 60 percent of its revenues from the bottom line, pre-tax.
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Moses Mabhida Stadium to host Nedbank Cup final
PSL chairman Dr Irvin Khoza has revealed the venue of the 2019 edition of the Nedbank Cup final which will be held in May.
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has confirmed that the 2019 edition of the Nedbank Cup final will be held at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.
The League's chairman Dr Irvin Khoza called an urgent presser, which was held in Johannesburg on Monday morning.
Nedbank Cup final heads to Durban
One of the first revelations made by the "Iron Duke" was that of the destination for the big final, which will take place on Saturday, 18 May.
Khoza said the League had intended to take the final to Bloemfontein, but the Free State Stadium is not available on the set date.
"We wanted Bloemfontein as the venue initially, but it was not available, so we had to look for an alternative. So a decision has been taken by the cup committee to go to the Moses Mabhida Stadium."
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Dr Khoza: "The #NedbankCup2019Final will be played at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on 18 May 2019.#NedbankCup2019 pic.twitter.com/UDSxhywEmo
— Official PSL (@OfficialPSL) April 9, 2019
Four teams remain in the Nedbank Cup with the semifinals set to take centre stage on 20 April.
Lamontville Golden Arrows open proceedings at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Clermont, where they will host first division outfit TS Galaxy in the afternoon before a late kick off featuring Kaizer Chiefs, who visit Chippa United at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
Khoza also revealed that the annual PSL award will take place a day after the final on 19 May at Durban's International Convention Centre.
Dr Khoza: The #PSLAwards will take place on 19 May 2019 at the International Convention Centre in Durban. pic.twitter.com/3DVqeRjDze
Mamelodi Sundowns still await fate
Another matter that expected to be addressed is that of PSL champions Mamelodi Sundowns, who are awaiting sanctions after twin guilty verdicts for misconduct.
The Tshwane giants were brought before a disciplinary committee earlier in the year for fielding an ineligible player during a league match against Bidvest Wits in September 2018.
The ruled ruled against the club, and punishment could range anywhere from a fine and being docked a point with their opponents on the day awarded two extra points.
Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane is also waiting to hear his fate after being found guilty of violent conduct during his side's 3-3 draw against AmaZulu in Durban in November.
The 54-year-old was accused of punching a security official in the face and was subsequently found guilty by the PSL Disciplinary Committee, which also charged his club with bringing the league into disrepute.
Both club and coach are expected to be slapped with fines.
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There is precious little that makes my experience and enjoyment of Star Wars special. I like the films everyone likes, and am ambivalent about the other ones. I thought The Force Awakens was fun, if derivative. I've dabbled in various spinoff-media products, but have never been anything resembling a completist. I have standard-issue opinions about the mythology's politics (the Rebel Alliance's multiculturalism is nice, the Jedi concept is troublingly aristocratic, Jar Jar Binks is a racist abomination, and so on). All of that said, I do have one take so hot that it's been searing a hole in my brain for nearly 20 years. Okay, deep breath. I'm ready.
The midi-chlorians aren't that bad.
ANAKIN: I heard Master Yoda talking about midi-chlorians. I've been wondering: What are midi-chlorians?
QUI-GON: Midi-chlorians are a microscopic life-form that resides within all living cells.
ANAKIN: They live inside me?
QUI-GON: Inside your cells, yes. And we are symbionts with them.
QUI-GON: Life-forms living together for mutual advantage. Without the midi-chlorians, life could not exist and we would have no knowledge of the Force. They continually speak to us, telling us the will of the Force. When you learn to quiet your mind, you'll hear them speaking to you.
For decades, that was about it, as far as explanations of the Force went. Then, all of a sudden, per the first prequel, it seemed that Force abilities were caused by little bugs in your bloodstream. To make matters worse, Qui-Gon at one point suggests that Anakin's mom may have been impregnated by midi-chlorians. Ersatz God had been abruptly trumped by garbage science in the eyes of dejected fanpeople.
Okay, so, first off: Yes, the Star Wars mythos would have been just fine, if not better, if it lacked the handful of bits in the prequel flicks that talk about midi-chlorians. There wasn't anything wrong with the way the story had presented the Force previously. I'm not going to say the critters were a net positive for the franchise. Writers have struggled with them in canonical and quasi-canonical Star Wars spinoff stories ever since: There was a tale having to do with mapping the Jedi genome; an in-universe manual talked about how rock creatures without organic cells might interact with midi-chlorians; and some dude named Darth Tenebrous created things called maxi-chlorians, about which the less is said, the better. All of that could go out the window and we would, for the most part, be better for it.
But we live in a world with midi-chlorians, and it's one where people are altogether too angry about them. That anger comes from a pair of misconceptions. For one thing, just because midi-chlorians exist doesn't mean the compellingly airy-fairy nature of the Force goes away. Look at what Qui-Gon says: "They continually speak to us, telling us the will of the Force." That in no way means midi-chlorians are the Force, just that they help connect us to it. The Force is still vaguely defined, allowing you to map whatever meaning you want onto it — it just so happens that there might be little creatures that help us become more sensitive to it, and some people have more of them than others. Ask yourself: How different is it from our other notions of the Jedi? It had already been established that they're people who are somehow born with greater sensitivity to the Force, meaning we already accepted the idea of the Force as a birthright reserved for a chosen few, fundamentally different from the rest of us. Is it that big of a leap to say that their differences show up in biology, too?
This idea that midi-chlorians are a kind of baseline prerequisite, but not anywhere near the full explanation of the mystical nature of the Force, has recently become the canonical method of sewing them into the Star Wars legendarium with as few seams as possible. They've been addressed and explained most prominently in a pair of 2014 episodes of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In "Voices" and "Destiny," Yoda grapples with questions about the nature of life and death, specifically as they relate to the soul. What makes up a person's essence, and what happens to it after the body is felled?
He is visited by the disembodied voice of long-dead Qui-Gon (shockingly, Liam Neeson returned for the performance), who tells him that the Force has two components: the Living Force and the Cosmic Force. "Living beings generate the Living Force, which in turn powers the wellspring that is the Cosmic Force," he tells the little green Jedi Master. "All energy from the Living Force, from all things that have ever lived, feeds into the Cosmic Force, binding everything and communicating to us through the midi-chlorians." Later, Yoda travels to a planet where the midi-chlorians first emerged. Some ghosts appear before him and talk about how the midi-chlorians are what "connects the Living Force and the Cosmic Force" and that "when a living thing dies, all is removed; life passes from the Living Force into the Cosmic Force and becomes one with it." Doesn't that leave the Force, itself, as something sufficiently metaphysical?
Yoda's journey in Clone Wars also brings us to the second misconception that bedevils midi-chlorian haters: the belief that the Jedi have any idea what they're talking about. He goes on his quest because he realizes that, even after 900-odd years of existence, there's still a wealth of information that he doesn't grasp. The Republic-era Jedi Order is certain that there is no life after death, but Yoda discovers that there is. Who's to say the Jedi aren't wrong about, well, everything?
If you look at the prequels from that perspective, they become far more engaging than if you assume these self-confident men (and they are usually men) have all the answers. It's not that big of a stretch, to be honest. Take, for example, the prophecy of the Chosen One. Qui-Gon believes that young Anakin's destiny was foretold by ancient Jedi who predicted the advent of a person who would bring balance to the Force. The audience is supposed to have enormous respect for Qui-Gon, but Jesus, given the whole "Anakin turning into Darth Vader and committing genocide" thing, was he wrong about that. Or think about the Jedi's participation in the Clone Wars. These supposedly wise analysts of the world became unwitting warriors in the service of the Sith Lord Palpatine, helping to throw the entire Galaxy into bloody mayhem. If they're so smart, how'd they miss that?
Same goes for midi-chlorians, in one possible interpretation. Maybe midi-chlorians are as stupid an explanation of the Force as their real-world critics say they are. What if high midi-chlorian counts had a loose correlation to Force sensitivity, but weren't actual causes of it, and the Jedi just misinterpreted their data? What if this was something like medieval doctors rambling on for centuries about humors and leeches — a faux-scientific delusion that was wholeheartedly embraced by a guild of people who loved to preach their own greatness to the hoi polloi? Perhaps the Jedi had thunk themselves into utter stupidity on an array of matters. Midi-chlorians were just one manifestation of their high-minded idiocy. From that point of view, the prequels are a tragedy about well-intentioned intellectuals whose myopic condescension led them onto a path of war and self-immolation.
Which leads us to my personal fan theory about these loathed microorganisms. You'll note that Obi-Wan and Yoda don't tell Luke — the first of the new Jedi, who presumably should have as many facts as possible if he's going to start up the old traditions again — anything about midi-chlorians. You may think that's because Lucas hadn't come up with his dumb idea yet when he made the first Star Wars picture. Oddly enough, you'd be wrong. According to J.W. Rinzler's The Making of Star Wars, Lucas saw them as part of the mythos as early as 1977. "It is said that certain creatures are born with a higher awareness of the Force than humans," the progenitor wrote in a guide on the rules of the universe. "Their brains are different; they have more midi-chlorians in their cells." He didn't feel there was enough time to effectively explain the organisms in the original trilogy, but he had them in the back of his mind. So how do we explain the fact that Luke's trainers don't mention them?
In making that choice, we can see Obi-Wan and Yoda doing what we all have to do with Star Wars: choose what works and ignore the rest of it. To say midi-chlorians ruined the franchise for you is to avoid the fact that you have to turn a blind eye to a ton of Star Wars stuff in order to enjoy the good parts. Even in the original trilogy, the writing and acting is often stilted and wooden. There are way too many coincidences and plot holes to make for a sensical plot. The heroes are, arguably, uncompromising terrorists. And so on and so on. But none of that really matters. As is true of the midi-chlorians, you either forget that those problems exist, or you engage with them in a constructive way. This is how one teaches a Jedi — or enjoys flawed fiction. Even in a Galaxy far, far away, it's okay if your fave is problematic.