The Second Continental Congress began meeting in May of 1775.
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4th, 1776, America's birthday.
The Liberty Bell once hung in the belltower of Independence Hall and is believed to have rung to celebrate the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8th, 1776. Click here for more information [coming soon!] on the Liberty Bell!
The Constitutional Convention met during the hot summer of 1787 to draft, debate and then sign The United States Constitution on September 17th, 1787.
You can see an original copy of the Constitution, and the inkwell used to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Independence Hall's amazing history far predates the American Revolution and goes all the way back to 1732, the same year when George Washington was born. In 1732, Philadelphia was only 50 years old, but it was already quickly growing into the largest city in the American Colonies and the Capital city of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's colonial government was looking to build a brand new State House and chose a plot of land west of 5th Street on Chestnut Street, in an area that was largely unpopulated at the time. Andrew Hamilton, who was a famous lawyer and Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly, developed the conceptual plans for the Georgian Style Pennsylvania State House. Edmund Woolley, the master builder, then drew the designs.
For forty years, the Pennsylvania State House served as the seat of the British Colonial Government in Pennsylvania. But then, in April of 1775, the first battles of the American Revolution broke out at Lexington and Concord, just outside of Boston. Less than a month after those battles, delegates from the thirteen American Colonies would convene in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress, and they choose the Pennsylvania State House as the location of their important assembly. While meeting at the Pennsylvania State House, the Second Continental Congress chose George Washington as the General of the newly formed Continental Army. Then after over a year of trying to resolve their problems with the British, on July 4th, 1776, the members of the Second Continental Congress declared their Independence from the British Crown!
Eleven years later, the American Revolutionary War had ended, the United States had achieved its Independence, but all was not well. The fledgling nation of America was deep in financial debt from its long and costly war for Independence, largely unable to even pay the soldiers who had fought so bravely for the country's independence. Making matters even worse, the Articles of Confederation, which was adopted by America's government during the Revolutionary War, was beginning to fail. Angry citizens were beginning to protest and revolt. The United States of America was only a few years old, but already the new nation was on the verge of collapse.
America's Founding Fathers finally reached consensus and compromise after months of heated debate, and they signed the United States Constitution inside of the Pennsylvania State House on September 17, 1787.
The monumental importance of the Pennsylvania State House was perhaps first recognized by famous Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette who spoke at the Pennsylvania State House in 1824. General Lafayette referred to the old Pennsylvania State House as the "Hall of Independence," giving rise to its current name of Independence Hall. Today, Independence Hall is often referred to as "America's Birthplace," since it is not only the location where Americans declared their independence, but also the location where the United States Constitution was created, the "living and breathing" governing document that the United States has used from 1787 to the present.
Today, Independence Hall is a National Historic Landmark and a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is open to the public for tours. On your visit inside of Independence Hall, you will receive a guided tour from a National Park Ranger. Every tour will stop in the room that served as a courthouse and was once the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. You will also be able to stand in the very room where the United States of America was born.
In the Winter, there is also a chance that you can see something extra! For example, in January and February the weather can be quite cold and there are considerably less visitors to Independence Hall. This lack of tourists can really work to your favor. On these winter tours, guests may often get to spend a bit more time inside Independence Hall. Tours are generally 15 minutes longer, and in addition to seeing the room that once housed the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the Assembly Room where the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were signed, you may get the opportunity to go upstairs.
Upstairs you'll see the Long Gallery, a large room that runs the length of the front of the building which was designed as a reception area. The Long Gallery has hosted banquets for visitors to the Royal Governor of the Colony of Pennsylvania, served as a military prison during the Revolutionary War, and was even once home to the Peale Museum, one of the earliest museums in America. Also on the second floor is the Governor's Council Chamber, the former executive branch of Pennsylvania.
While in the secure area that includes Independence Hall, you can also visit two other building aside from the main tour of Independence Hall. Congress Hall was built to be the Philadelphia County Courthouse, but was also used as the U.S. Capitol Building while Philadelphia was the Capital of the United States from 1790-1800. Free tours of Congress Hall run every 20 minutes from April to October and once every30 minutes during the rest of the year.
Inside Congress Hall, you will see where both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate met in their earliest years. Also inside the secure area of Independence Hall is the Great Essentials Exhibit in the West Wing of Independence Hall which displays original copies of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and United States Constitution. Also on display is the Syng inkstand which is an original to Independence Hall and believed to be used to sign these important documents.
The easiest way to visit Independence Hall is to book a VIP tour with The Constitutional Walking Tour! We can assist with arranging your tickets and picking them up for you. We'll then guide you to Independence Hall within the context of a customized tour experience that lets you see exactly what you want to. With The Constitutional, there is no need to wait in line for tickets or to find your way to the correct entrance, we'll take care of all of that for you, and you'll have a knowledgeable guide with you every step of the way.
Visits to see the inside of Independence Hall can be incorporated into private tours for all kinds of groups. If you're a family or a small group, you can take The Constitutional's VIP Tour which includes Independence Hall tickets as part of this special tour, subject to availability. Independence Hall tickets can also be added to other group tour experiences such as field trips, corporate groups, etc., subject to availability and a service fee.
National Treasure starring Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage (Best Actor) as Benjamin Franklin Gates. Check out some of the amazing scenes featuring Independence Hall.
Shooter starring Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger, a former U.S. Marine Corps sniper. Check out some of the amazing scenes featuring Independence Hall.
For guests of The Constitutional Walking Tour, it is very easy to visit Independence Hall either before or after your walking tour with us. The Independence Visitor Center (where you can pick up your tickets for Independence Hall) can be found just across the street from the National Constitution Center where The Constitutional Walking Tour begins and ends.
Once you've gotten your Independence Hall tickets at the Independence Visitor Center, it's very easy to get to Independence Hall. To make it even simpler though, if you ask the Park Ranger who gave you your tickets, they will give you a small map that will easily direct you from the Independence Visitor Center to Independence Hall. Just head out of the main entrance of the Independence Visitor Center that faces Market Street. Ccross Market Street and then walk across the green field known as Independence Mall. Head diagonally the left hand side of the block (at the corner of 5th & Chestnut Streets), and then continue straight across Chestnut Street. You'll then see signs directing you into the entrance of Independence Hall.
If you are arriving via public transit, the subway closest stop is 5th Street Station on the Market Frankford Line. You can also take regional rail to Jefferson Station which is on Market Street between 10th & 12th Streets and then walk several blocks heading East to the Independence Visitor Center at 6th and Market Streets. There are also numerous parking garages in the area to serve those who drive, including an underground garage conveniently located directly underneath the Independence Visitor Center.


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The Prix Corrida is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four years or older. It is run at Saint-Cloud over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

History
The event is named after the successful mare Corrida, a dual winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in the 1930s. A different race with the same title was created at Le Tremblay in 1950, and it was staged each year until the venue closed in 1967. It was transferred to Vichy for the following two seasons, and it was discontinued thereafter.

The present Prix Corrida was established at Saint-Cloud in 1979, and it originally held Group 3 status. It was contested at Évry in 1994 and 1995, and at Lyon over 2,200 metres from 1996 to 1999. It was promoted to Group 2 level in 2004.

Records
Most successful horse:
 no horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey (5 wins):
 Olivier Peslier – Camporese (1997), Trumbaka (2003), Actrice (2004), Plumania (2010), Solemia (2012)

Leading trainer (7 wins):
 André Fabre – Fly Me (1984), Galla Placidia (1986), Diese (1993), Luna Mareza (1995), Plumania (2010), Armande (2017), Morgan Le Faye (2019)

Leading owner (3 wins):
 Wertheimer et Frère – Trumbaka (2003), Plumania (2010), Solemia (2012)

Winners

See also
 List of French flat horse races

References

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 horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Prix Corrida (2017).
 pedigreequery.com – Prix Corrida – Saint-Cloud.

Middle distance horse races for fillies and mares
Saint-Cloud Racecourse
Horse races in France
Recurring sporting events established in 1979
1979 establishments in France

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Fox News has always been loose with the facts, but one of the station's TV personalities has taken things to an all new level.
"We defeated communist Japan, radical Islamists… We're the most generous country in all of the world. Yes, we have our faults, but because of this country our world is definitely a better place. We are great," Earhardt rambled, confused.
Japan has never been controlled by a communist government.


Food insecurity is recognized as a legitimate concern in Canada, but the policies adopted to deal with it have changed little since children's nutrition programs and food banks emerged to respond to the economic hardships of the 1980s.
When I think back to my report on child hunger in Canada, published on World Food Day in 2000, and the media attention it garnered, it seems as if we have come a long way in understanding that Canadian adults and children do experience food insecurity — that is, inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints — even if their hunger is not the same as that described by the mother-led families I study in Bangladesh. The most recent estimate, from the 2007-08 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), indicates that 7.7 percent of households were food insecure over the 12 months previous to the study.
In other words, the way food insecurity is framed in Canada at least recognizes that it is a legitimate concern, that it is related to poverty and that it has adverse effects on people. This should be sufficient to engender a policy response.
The type of policy response to household-level food insecurity has changed little, however, since children's nutrition programs and food banks emerged to respond to the economic hardship of the 1980s. The number of food banks has continuously increased since then, despite better and worse economic times. There were 2,141 food banks and affiliated agencies in 1998, compared to 3,540 in 2007. Valerie Tarasuk, a Toronto researcher, has documented that food banks acquire most of the food for distribution from industry rather than individual donations. But cash donations are usually more appreciated than food products to ensure that food baskets are nutritious.
At least food banks have always been firmly associated with household food insecurity, in contrast with other voluntary community-based food movements.
A major proponent of the voluntary movement, Breakfast for Learning (a foundation associated with Canadian Living magazine), was incorporated in 1992, and in 2007, it sponsored 2,367 programs throughout Canada (28 percent more than in 2006, according to its Web site). Provincial sponsorship has also provided partial funding to support children's school-based breakfast programming in British Columbia and Ontario.
Carol Henry of the University of Saskatchewan. She has written a history of the school meals movement in Canada. She documents not only how they have proliferated widely in all Canadian jurisdictions but also how their purpose has been recast from a focus on feeding hungry children to one of providing an opportunity for learning readiness, offering before-school support for families and allowing people to experience a variety of foods (such as kiwi fruit and ethnic dishes).
As with many social programs targeted at the poor, the middle class has embraced children's nutrition programs as being good for their children, and in so doing probably distanced the food insecure, who were originally the intended recipients. My own work on children's nutrition programs in the 1980s and 1990s raised concerns about the social stigma attached to these programs, questioned whether the programs reached the children they intended to reach and disputed the presumption that poor children really skipped breakfast. Regardless, the voluntary movement flourished.
More recently I examined whether household strategies for coping with child hunger have changed over a decade (1996-97 to 2006-07), using the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). The NLSCY reports only on child hunger, the most severe manifestation of household-level food insecurity. It studied children between the ages of two and nine in 1996-97 whose mothers (usually) reported that they had experienced hunger because there was no food in the house and no money to buy food. A decade later, the mothers of a similar sample of children were asked the same questions.
Two things emerged from my analysis. First, the determinants of child hunger have not changed over a decade — the same socially constructed factors, such as mother-led households, poverty and living in rental accommodation, are associated with this severe child disadvantage over time, although the rate was halved, which shows how general economic conditions raise or lower rates of food insecurity. Second, the coping mechanisms had not changed, except for poorer diet variety in the 2006-07 group, likely a result of rising food prices.
Individual consumption of locally produced food is not feasible for any but the most highly motivated consumer; organic is at best a niche market; and Canadian agriculturalists believe they produce a safe product under the current regulatory regime.
In fact, despite the increase in the number of food banks and greater school meal access, there has been a trend toward not using external supports such as food banks, school meal programs and social workers among these families. I interpret these findings as a demonstration that food assistance programming fails to reach an important segment of those they intend to reach, but also as evidence of a sociocultural shift toward a preference for managing one's poverty privately, at home.
Two other movements were motivated, at least in part, by providing food assistance to the food insecure in their communities. First, the Canadian community kitchen movement, where bulk buying and communal cooking produce take-away meals at low cost. This movement was created in Montreal in 1986 and was firmly established in Vancouver a decade later. The Web site of the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy indicates that there are more than 600 kitchens in Quebec, more than 500 in British Columbia and hundreds of others operating throughout Canada today. Despite program evaluations that raise doubts about their reach and their ability to provide sufficient food to alleviate food insecurity, they have continued to operate. But as with other poverty programming that is enjoyed by the nonpoor, they have evolved to incorporate cooking skills and community engagement mandates.
The second is the community garden movement, which emerged in the mid-1990s and has been popping up across North America, one famous example being the one on the White House grounds. The basis of this movement is food localism, one of whose gurus is Michael Pollan. Some of the aims of the local food movement are to support local farmers and to promote greater regional food sovereignty and the consumption of healthier foods. Food insecurity is only a secondary objective.
After collecting in-depth interviews from farm women in Canada, who have a unique vantage point as both food producers and gatekeepers of the family meal, we concluded that individual consumption of locally produced food is not feasible for any but the most highly motivated consumer; that organic is at best a niche market; and that Canadian agriculturalists believe they produce a safe product under the current regulatory regime. In a chapter in a 2011 volume by Solomon Benatar and Gillian Brock, we suggested that, despite good intentions, the preoccupation with ideologically based alternative food systems could very well prevent us from mitigating global food security.
We should all agree that the greatest achievement of the Food and Agricultural Organization, the first United Nations agency, founded in 1945, was the virtual elimination of famine. There seems to be less awareness that a global food system is necessary to feed the world and that we have globally failed to invest in its development. Food price shocks cause hunger, which can be solved only with more money to buy the food or the imposition of price controls on the foods.
In a recent paper examining food provisioning practices of ultrapoor female heads of household in Bangladesh, we found that food consumption among them was extremely elastic: as the price of rice increased, the quality of rice and other supplementary food declined; and when the price increased further, a meal or two a day was skipped. Even the subsistence agriculturalists we studied did not consume the food they produced — it was too valuable to eat when it could be converted to cash. One woman explained that it was hard to take an egg away from a child but that it would be worth more as a chicken to sell.
So if the poor in Canada and in Bangladesh need money to buy food, and not increased local production in order to be food secure, what does the community food security movement offer them? Not much, would be my reply; certainly giving them vouchers to go to the farmers' market where foods are priced at a premium seems misguided, if not disingenuous. It does seem as if the food localism groups have realized that they are no longer in the food-insecurity-reduction business, as their rhetoric is less and less directed at reducing hunger.
So where are we now? We have income-related household food insecurity produced by the same socioeconomic conditions; we have responses in the form of food banks and food assistance that are largely voluntary and locally based; we have a series of community-based programs that began with the intention to support the food insecure but have now become a food localism movement that has ignited primarily the wealthier members of our communities; we have no policy response to food pricing either in Canada or as part of the increasingly corporatized food production system; we have genuine food threats related to climate change, overpopulation and agricultural disinvestment; and on top of it all, we have an obesity epidemic that is related to overconsumption and the harms associated with nutrition transition.
Obesity is a major problem in household-level food insecurity policy. In earlier days, we convinced the general public that people could be food insecure and not look like famine sufferers. For some reason, nowadays, we cannot convince the general public or policymakers that the food insecure are not necessarily overweight or obese.
In fact, we have dangled in front of us the promise of support for the purchase of much-needed fruits and vegetables for the poor only if we concede that they are victims of the obesity epidemic. The logic is that since those living in low-income households are more likely to be overweight and obese, the food insecure, who are all poor, must be as well. Thus, obesity prevention strategies should be considered as strategies for the food insecure (with the implication that nothing else is required).
The counterarguments are that among a population where 50 percent or more are overweight or obese, less than 10 percent are food insecure. The US Institute of Medicine recently assessed the relationship between food insecurity and obesity and concluded that it is, at best, a problem of white women, and that other associations are inconsistent. The institute also concluded that it is stress as much as it is the imprudent dietary choices the poor make that lead them to be overweight.
A paper that I published with Valerie Tarasuk in 2010 tends to confirm this. We found that almost all the nutritional inadequacy found in the group of food-insecure women could be corrected if they had additional servings of the foods they already consumed. Another publication I authored with Theresa Glanville indicated that foodinsecure children generally did not consume soda pop, although their mothers did, as well as very high quantities of coffee, the latter probably to reduce the sensation of hunger.
While we would suggest that structural interventions that reduce our obesogenic food and activity environment should be implemented, it should not be in the name of the food insecure.
So once we dismiss the existing policy initiatives that claim some relationship to food insecurity, what food insecurity policy is needed in Canada? The most obvious answer is we need an anti-poverty policy. In our climate, housing security trumps food security, so it is apt that there be a policy of housing first for the precariously housed and the homeless. I am not convinced that food insecurity has decreased in this population as they could well be food insecure in their new abodes. The 2009-10 cycle of the CCHS will allow us to have a postrecession update on food insecurity in Canada.
But we know from several sources across Canada how insufficient are the incomes of those on income supports or disability pensions. We need to continue to advocate for, at the very least, cost-of-living increases in the incomes of these groups, and we should be alert for the possibility of increasing food insecurity among our elderly pensioners.
The working poor present the greatest challenge. They already represent the majority of food bank users and they make up at least 60 percent of those who are food insecure. This group is affected by the problem of low minimum wage, restrictions in employment assistance eligibility, weakened union protection and job uncertainty. In a forthcoming analysis of food insecurity among Canada's labour force using the CCHS, we examine the characteristics of food-insecure workers as well as their work environments. One of our most important findings is that living in the province of Quebec is the equivalent of a resident worker having a baccalaureate degree (a major protective factor for food insecurity). Other jurisdictions should consider how public policy (such as daycare policy) can give the same protection from food insecurity.
In addition to creative, structural anti-poverty policy, I think we have arrived at a juncture in our global food system that calls for an examination of food price policy. In my work on milk insecurity — lack of access to milk because of price — and my policy synthesis on a failed attempt to create an over-quota system for poor families to access milk (aptly entitled "Spilt Milk"), I have argued that policy that tries both to protect the producer and assure supply for the consumer should be adjusted when it harms a core vulnerable segment of the population. Other countries support staples for their vulnerable citizens, and we may have to do this in Canada. We have been experimenting with this type of policy for our Arctic citizens, and while such strategies are not perfect, we may need to attempt them in other regions of Canada.
My last recommendation is that we need to recognize that food insecurity policy — policy initiatives directed at supporting individuals and families who lack access to food because of financial constraints — is not the flip side of food security policy — policy that aims at providing healthy and safe food for all. At best, food security policy is unrelated to food insecurity, and at worst, it renders food insecurity invisible.
Lynn McIntyre is a professor and CIHR Chair in Gender and Health at the University of Calgary.


A generations-old family recipe for the traditional Ukrainian Easter cheese made from eggs.
Hrudka, the Ukrainian Egg Cheese is the Eastern European Easter cheese made from eggs that we have made in my family for generations. This traditional Ukrainian Easter food is always part of our Slovak Easter menu.
Sadly I don't know a lot about the background of many of the traditions in my Eastern European heritage. I don't think it's that I didn't pay attention as a kid. I honestly don't think that my family really talked about it. I mean, I have a cursory understanding. All of the foods that we put in our Easter basket to be blessed at church on Holy Saturday have a significance. The homemade bread is a symbol of Jesus, the Bread of Life. Horseradish is usually mixed with beets and the color is a symbol of the blood he shed for us. Eggs are a symbol of new life and the rebirth of Christ. A candle is lit to symbolize the Light of the World.
Well as I was researching the recipe I was making for today's Sunday Supper, I learned that cheese is symbolic of the moderation Christians should have in their lives. Huh? Cheese? Moderation? I never thought that cheese and moderation belonged in the same sentence, especially when you are talking about a cheese made from a quart of whole milk and a dozen eggs. But I'll go with it.
I also have no idea about the origins of this particular cheese. A cheese made out of eggs. I mean, I guess it makes sense in the context of Easter and the symbolism of the eggs. Maybe it came out of frugality – those chickens laid a lot of eggs, so it was a way to stretch out the milk supply. I'm not sure, but it is definitely unique, and, from what I can find, unique to Eastern Europe. A Google search for "egg cheese" turns up lots of cheese eggs, but really only Hrudka as actual cheese made from eggs.
While I might not have known much about the overall history of the recipe, I do know that in our family, while my mom was helping my grandma make Paska, my aunt was making the Easter cheeses – the sweet Syrnyk, and this one. As a kid, unless it was my grandma's cheese eggs (which I decided I hated by the time I was about five), I wouldn't eat anything with eggs. Well, I mean, unless it was a cake or something, but you know what I mean. I told you once how this frustrated my grandpa every year on Easter when it was expected that we would all share a blessed hard boiled egg. So I certainly wasn't eating this.
I totally blame my family. They should have just called it cheese. I'd have eaten cheese. But egg cheese? Heck to the no!
I am so proud to slowly be ticking items off the list of foods from my Eastern European background.
I have now made Hrudka, the Ukrainian Egg Cheese for Easter.
And I tried it. And I liked it! I think I could have used a bit more salt (I wrote the recipe to reflect it) since the recipe my aunt gave me literally said "level salt". The only thing I changed from the family recipe was to omit the flour. It was only two tablespoons, and every recipe I found online didn't call for any flour. Since I didn't want to mess around with gluten free flours, I just left it out. Seems no harm, no foul.
Or fowl? Hahaha! I'm a bad egg! How punny!
And while I shunned all things with egg as a kid, The Bug is alllll about cheese and eggs, so he was totally game for egg cheese. If you saw my Snaps the other day (yes, I'm on Snapchat at cupcakekalechip), he said "It's pretty good! It tastes like an Easter egg!" I'm not sure what that means, but since he requested it in his lunchbox, I'm guessing that's a good thing. I think it's smooth and slightly sweet, and would be yummy with some Easter ham.
If you are Ukrainian, Polish, Slovak, or other Eastern European descent and want to connect with your roots, or just like trying new and unique recipes from different regions of the world. Give this a try. It's easy, fun, and pretty awesome to say that you made your own cheese!
You can also try Haluski or Fried Cabbage and Noodles from A Family Feast. Sweet and Sour Cabbage Rolls from Noble Pig are always a classic. And though more popular around Christmas than Easter, you can't go wrong with Nut Roll from Brown Eyed Baker.
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Make sure you have these items to make Hrudka!
Line a strainer with cheesecloth and set aside.
Combine the ingredients in a heat-proof bowl or the top of a double boiler and whisk until combined.
Place bowl over a pot of water or assemble the double boiled and, over medium heat, bring the water to a simmer. Cook, stirring very frequently, until the mixture begins to thicken and then the bids separate from the whey. This will take 20-30 minutes form when you start to see the curds begin to form, and it will look similar to scrambled eggs when it is done.
Pour the mixture into the cheesecloth to drain off the liquid (the whey), and allow to drai for several minutes. Then gather the cheesecloth, forming the cheese into a ball and squeeze out as much liquid as possible, allowing to cool until you can handle it, if necessary.
Keeping the cheesecloth wrapped tightly around the cheese, drain for several hours or overnight in the refrigerator.
Preheat the oven to 350°F and place the cheese in an oven save dish. Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden.
Cool completely in the refrigerator before slicing.
Serve with your Easter ham.
My mother's family was Slovak. We made the Easter cheese every year, but we called it "Cirek ." Ours was not baked in the oven after draining it . We refrigerated it and ate it with our nut roll and poppyseed roll on Easter morning.
My mom used the liquid from draining the Easter cheese in yeast dough—some in the Paska, some in the nut and poppyseed roll dough, and if she had any left, she froze it and used it at some other time when she baked bread.
Thank you for sharing your traditions! I actually think my great-grandmother used to do the same with the liquid from the cheese. But then they started dividing tasks amongst my family and my mom made the Paska while my aunt made the cheese so everything was done separately.
Can you do it in the microwave ? If so, how long ?
Hi Pam. Unfortunately, a microwave won't work for this recipe. To make Hrudka, the eggs must be cooked very slowly and gently so that the curds can form.
Does it actually taste cheesy? Or just like smooth, sweet eggs? The texture in the pictures and the description are making me think of tamagoyaki, Japanese omelet commonly used in sushi. Could you slice it for an egg sandwich?
You know, it's hard to describe the flavor. It's not super sweet and it does have a bit of a cheesy flavor. It's not overly eggy. I have not heard of tamagoyaki. The Hrudka is typically sliced, but in my family we have not used it on sandwiches. I suppose you could.
My mom was Slovak, so I also grew up eating this at Easter. However, we didn't bake it in the oven. Also, my mom added a little sugar and cinnamon. I made it for the first time yesterday. Does anyone know if it can be frozen? Thanks so much!!! I love seeing traditional recipes. Thanks for posting!
I have seen it with cinnamon and have heaerd of versions not baked. I guess everyone has their own family recipes 🙂 I have a feeling it wouldn't freeze very well, though I don't know that anyone in my family has ever tried.
I have never heard of this…so very interesting!.
It's a classic dish at our house, Cathy. I think it's fun to try new ethnic recipes once in a while!
My family has been making this for over 100 years!!! My great-grandmother was born in 1889, and her mother and grandmother made it! (If I calculate her grandmother being age 50 in 1889, that's 178 years!!!!) I remember my great-grandmother making this, and the same for my grandmother, my mother and father, my sisters and I, and now my children!
Our recipe differs slightly . . .
Instead of a quart of milk, we use one cup of milk, and 1 1/2 pounds of ricotta cheese. Years ago, a similar cheese was used that cannot be found now, but I don't remember the name of it.
Also, one egg yolk is retained and put aside. Before baking, the yolk is broken on top and rubbed around the outside.
It's DELICIOUS, and easy to make!
After my father had a triple bypass, I made one for him with (don't gag!) Egg Beaters and skim milk . . . I know . . . It's sacrilegious in the making of our Hrudka! But, it turned out pretty good!
Your family's recipe for Hrudka sounds delicious, Laura!
My Dad's family made this cheese every Easter…they passed this on to their children but it wasn't passed on to my generation. Thank you for giving me this blessing. I took it to my Grandson's school for a presentation on Easter traditions (blessing of Easter baskets…they loved it.
I'm so happy to have given you a recipe that you can share with your family, Ella!
I'm Slovak and we've been making this since I was a child, however we refrigerate it overnight and just serve it the next day with our ham or kielbasa. What is the reasoning for putting it in the oven? It seems as if it would dry it out. We always serve it with beet horseradish, as an option too! Yum!!
My baba called it "chicken cheese" in English. I made it, oh, maybe 20 years ago for my husband. Glad you reminded me of it, seeing as right now I'm overstocked with eggs from my neighbor.
WOW! I learned so much!! Thank you so much for sharing! I think it's wonderful you are digging into your roots through recipes. Can't wait to come back and learn more!
I am half Ukrainian and know all too well about the traditions of Holy Saturday and all that goes with it, but I have to say, I have never had egg cheese! I'll have to give it a try sometime!
Oh wow! What a neat recipe! I have never heard of this before.
Wow this egg cheese sounds amazing! I can't wait to try it!
How interesting! I had never heard of this cheese before. Will definitely have to try it.
Brianne, NEVER have heard of this, but my mouth is watering right now. I really want to try this!
I never knew such a thing existed! Glad you recreated this traditional dish—and came to love it! I would, too!!!
I love this post Brianne! This is so unique and very interesting. After reading your recipe I am pretty sure I would eat this and I may have to give this one a hand at making too!
How very interesting, Brianne! I couldn't wait to see this recipe and it does not disappoint! I love learning about food traditions around the world.


Despite it's influence the X-Force actually had a rather short series. Still, they featured a vast array of characters.
Ben (Magma Dragoon) - If anyone profits from war it's this guy, with a mind that's completely one-tracked Ben has confidence in his abilities but isn't in the least arrogant. Capable of taking on multiple foes and dispatching them with relate ease, Ben often enjoy jumping into riots and beating the snot out of everyone he sees. Or he will jump into civil conflicts and blast both factions to bits or when the time comes beat the living snot of any super villain he sees.
When it comes to politics Ben is about as conservative as Andon of the Sinister Six is liberal, very vocal he let's people know when he's very displeased and will often take his troubles out on various X-Force members except for Classi who seems to calm the beast inside of him. One last note is that Ben is a very capable leader and thinks on the go an ability his former comrades X and Zero lack.
Classi (Web Spider) - What can we say there's something about Classi. In the dark times of 21XX Classi shines like a beacon bringing back the better, more optimistic times of 20XX where she comes from. She even makes bad boys like Ben and Alon stay good and keeps Andrew from using Bliss; She has that affect on people. Happy, caring and understanding she is the only member of the X-Force that's friends with Mr. Dragoon. In combat she's the only X-Force member who refuses to kill even when it's the only solution to a daunting problem; However she hasn't got any beefs with bashing a few baddies around.
Alon (Frost Walrus) - In every way he's bad to the bone and is very ruthless, sadistic and well bad. Alon has lived through what many Reploids would consider hell and hates humans with an unbridled passion. Even Ben doesn't have anywhere as near as much hatred for human as Alon and even scares Ben a little but he knows what the humans done to Alon and doesn't pity any human that's killed by Alon's hand.
Being a fan of anything Heavy Metal from the late twentieth century Alon's idol is Ozzy Osbourne and hopes to use the Sky Lagoon II's time portal to meet him one day. (Although there are rumors that he is an immortal). Combat wise Alon's strength is a huge asset and has been known to lift 20-story buildings and hurling them a few kilometers and his ice generating abilities are second-to-none.
Trevor (Jet Stingray) - Not much can be said about Trevor he seems to be always there when some big event hits. Humility is the key with Trevor which Ben admires but he is not as confident in his abilities. Being one of the two fliers Trevor serves a big purpose in the team, bigger than he acknowledges.
Tobias (Storm Owl) - Music is the only thing Tobias cares about really. If he's not listening to it he's playing it or going to concerts (sometimes he's not available for battle because of this). Often times he drives Ben nuts with his self-important, snarly attitude but Tobias knows what Ben's weakness is so Ben lays off of him. One of the many quirks of Tobias is that he always refers to himself in the third-person; don't ask why.
When he feels like it he can be a fierce combatant generating fierce winds that makes it look like a hurricane came in but usually Tobias just doesn't feel like fighting.
Gary (Split Mushroom) - Like Anton before him Split Mushroom is the comedian and prankster of the X-Force and often receives the wrath of the Stun Gun. Gary is the same prankster you know and love from the sinister Six's series, but is often surprised at the level of violence the X-Force displays.
Nth - A mysterious character usually shrouded in shadow (that looks suspiciously like Dr. Doppler's silhouette), the X-Force first meet him in "Double Doom" after Double takes them apart. Nth is, in actuality, an omniversal Guardian and protector of the central universe (the MMC universe). He's partially responsible for Ben's transformation into Pyro.
When Gate challenged the X-Force he claimed to be Nth and that his motivations were to reprogram and use the X-Force for his own ends. However, this was revealed to be a lie.
When Iceman Red and Neo Dragoon collapsed the 21XX timeline Nth took the life energies of the X-Force member (save for Classi and Gary) to start a new life in their rebuilt forms and given them a few more gifts as well. He appeared to Ben (as Heatman) and explained his desire to help humanity survive the 100 year blind spot Red created due to his tinkering with time.
In the Sinister Six's final adventure it's revealed that Nth was actually a future version of Gary himself. Unfortunately, due to the timeline changing Nth's history no longer existed and it finally caught up with him, erasing the mysterious presence from existence.
Chibi MD / Neo Dragoon - The lovechild of Ben and Iris. He's a violent brat, taking after his father. Grows close to his "Aunt Classi" who's the only positive influence on him. In "The Unlimited" Part 1 Chibi is kidnapped by Red and tossed into another dimension. When he emerges 350,000 years have passed for him and he's totally devoted to Iceman Red. Neo has a grudge against his alternate-versions of his "family" the X-Force. Raised as Red's protege Neo Dragoon has developed powers that are beyond imagination and even collapsed a timeline using Red's power.
During Ice VS Red, Red created an army of Neo Dragoon he labelled the "Army of Darkness". The Megaman Community fought them using trickery at first, disguising themselves as an army of Magma Dragoons, but when this charade collapsed the more powerful Neo Dragoon army almost prevailed. When Red was destroyed in Ice VS Red the army was destroyed and Neo's powers quickly faded leaving Neo with only the powers of Magma Dragoon.
Neo returned for the final Sinister Six adventure, taming up with General Cutman. Alongside Scorpion and Odin Neo attacked the Six as they investigated the S6 PC's base for clues (in relation to the murder of Super Chaos). He didn't care that they weren't the same S6 he faced or that the Ben on their team was a copy; he hated them all just the same. He wound up facing a Ben who seemed to bounce back from any attack (thanks to Nth's secret help) and the two used their flame powers to destroy each other. But Neo returned, rebuilt as Neo Fireman. General Cutman used some of Ben's remains and the Necronomicon to remake Neo. As the general is reviving Red he sends Neo out to deal with the Backstreet Project (who arrived to help the S6) and is surprised when Neo comes back in greatly damaged. Neo barely has time to speak before he's finally destroyed by a newcomer - Zero.
Mr Dragoon (Myron) - For shits and giggles Ben and Myron's creator built Myron to be one half of a great warrior. Ben was the brawn, speed and raw power (but Ben himself is no fool) Myron was the strategic and tactical half however Myron is a pacifist and opted out of the Maverick Hunters. Taking a job at a famous accounting firm Myron settled in to become a white-collar worker staying away from the Reploid Wars.
To say Ben and Myron's relationship is strained is a complete understatement when you put them in the same room they bicker like children and the confrontations sometimes get physical. However like brothers they still stick like glue and give each other the odd favor or two. When it comes to women Myron's the sensitive guy who's loyal and devoted to the object of his affection. Currently he wants to ask his old college sweetheart Alia to marry him but he hasn't got the courage to ask her and worse yet he's in a race with Rob and Gate for her hand in marriage.
Myron is a very complex character, he's no enemy of the X-Force but he's no friend either.
First seen as a stranger Ben casually runs over while driving. Ben calls in Mr. D to lead the team while he attends a convention with all the famous Megaman Teams (notably mentioning that the Mechanical Maniacs are absent). Mr. D, however babies the team and imposes nonsensical rules. In "Year of the Fox" he's captured by Dr. Nuji Yakasan and his mind forms a part of Pyro da Fox ... or at least that seems to have been the idea. Pyro shows no trace of Mr. D's personality and we next see him at a move concession stand giving Gauntlet a hard time (Mr. D tried to get a prestigious job, but that was the best he could do).
Double - We first meet Double as he randomly decides to destroy the town the X-Force is staying in. After the arrival of Ben the team manages to defeat the Maverick with ease. After this he develops a grudge against the team and is seen next divulging a plot to blow up Sky Lagoon dam on Jerry Springer (unfortunately for him the bomb he used was a dud) and teaming up with Super Chaos during his time travelling adventure. After this he finds a cache of Uranium-235 in Doppler Town and becomes more powerful. Immediately after this he rampages through Doppler Town and dismantles the X-Force when they try to stop him. During Year of the Fox Double teams up with Red (as the S6 and X-F are known friends), but their team up doesn't last long as Red splits after Double runs from a fight. It's revealed Double has absorbed the abilities of all the team's nemesis (or at least Galvatron's cannon transformation). Enraged at Double, Ben destroys Maui, incinerating his old enemy.
Double didn't stay dead, however. When we meet him again (in "Time Lost") he's been captured by the Maverick Hunters and imprisoned on Neo-Rykers Island. Unfortunately for him he was killed when the X-Force's timeline collapsed. He would be seen one last time as a zombie under Red's command.
Double's attacks include the "Reaper Slash" and "Thunderstrike" attacks which are self explanatory.
Iris - Left Zero for Magma Dragoon and had his love child - Chibi MD. Because of this she secretly marries Ben, but it's unhappy and short lived. Apparently she got a lesbian lover sometime during or the marriage.
General Alan Reno - A military general who captures Magma Dragoon in "Year of the Fox". He plans to make an army of Pyros, but doesn't ever show up after the YotF prologue.
Dr. Nuji Yakasan - Developed new DNA patterns to fashion an army of super soldiers for General Alan Reno. Used a time machine to capture both Ben and Mr. Dragoon for his super solider experiment (Pyro Da Fox).
Nicole (aka "Nic") - Daughter of Dr. Ming Yu, she was killed by Sigma long ago. She was in love with Ben while he was in his human form and he still has some feelings towards her.
Michael - A prisoner on Neo Riker's Island, he helped create Magma and Mr. Dragoon. He escaped prison along with Double in "Time Lost".
Dr. Ming Yu - Creator of Magma Dragoon and father to two children - Michael and Nicole. Dr. Yu and Nicole were both killed by Sigma under orders when he was a Maverick Hunter.
Dr. Robert Yu - Ming Yu's ancestor, Wily's last assistant before "the great robot war" (although we never meet her). Stole the plans for Zero in order to make an even more powerful Reploid (likely the first steps in making the Dragoon Clan).
Sigma - Shortly before going Maverick his team was assigned to raid this colony and execute the science team developing it then seize the Dragoon Clan. A sometimes enemy of the X-Force, he was behind an explosion that destroyed Sky Lagoon that gave him Quantum Technology.
Gate - Is a brilliant yet eccentric genius who's only loves are his laboratory and his schoolmate Alia, when he was outcast by his colleagues for his misunderstood findings on Reploid engineering. Isoc (Dr. Wily) took him in and made him into his "son". But what Gate doesn't really know is that he's being used as a front for Dr. Wily's schemes and that one day Gate will take the fall for the master's evils.
In one encounter Gate claims to be the mysterious Nth and knows a lot about Ben's past. The X-Force battle Gate and High Max with Ben shifting in to several forms (based off his various identities on other Megaman teams) before taking Gate down. Gate himself would travel to the past and attempt to create an ultimate life form by capturing the Mechanical Maniacs and combining that into one entity - Frankie (In Mechs Series 3's I am Invincible). Ben, as Blaze Heatnix, helped the team defeat High Max, Gate, and Frankie.


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Paula Riemer
Year when photo was taken
Romania (1920-1945)
Name of the photographer / studio
Bordam
Mittelmann
Riegelhaupt
Szaszregen
Country of death
German-occupied Poland
Forced labor camp
Cracow-Plaszow
My mother Paula Riemer is in this picture (then she was Riegelhaupt). It was taken on 6th May 1921, one year after her marriage, because she married my father Fulop Riegelhaupt in 1920. This is a studio photo, it was taken in some studio called Bordam. It was taken in Petrozseny or in Arad. She sent this picture to someone, but I don't know who that was. It says: 'Love, Paula.'
She had no short hair [when she got married], she still had the knot, and later, when her hair grew very long, her knot got heavy and told us it was always giving her headaches. She waited short hair to come into fashion and she had it cut then. She had beautiful blond hair.
When my father wanted to get married, he came to Vasarhely, mom was introduced to him, and they ended up together somehow and mom got married in 1919. the fact is they were brought together. The marriage took place in Vasarhely, I don't know if it was a religious wedding with a rabbi, but I'm sure it was. I'm pretty sure because my mother's youngest sibling wedded there as well, and it was a normal wedding with a rabbi and chuppah. Mom never related about the wedding, I don't know why. It was such a short and sad marriage, they lived together only nine years of which four or five they spent going from one hospital to the other.
Since my father was a timber merchant, they lived on a lumber mill in Lonya. Lonya was a mine settlement, but separately there was a lumber mill also. Some of the clerk's who worked there were Jews, on the other hand there were a lot of Jews in Petrozseny, there was a synagogue also. Regarded to those times, uncle Goldmann was a social approached leader, who build beautiful worker's dwelling's. There were storied, beautiful brick buildings. The workers had one or two room apartments, the clerks had a separate building and they also lived in Lonya, but not in the workers' dwellings, but in another area of the mill, where there was a separate building for clerks, with apartments with more rooms. A one room apartment was given to two singles and the newly married couples, while those with families got a two room apartment. There was a common bath, because they had a boiler. The guests who came to buy board or were on business trip, were lodged in guest-chambers, because there was no hotel in Lonya.
We had an apartment, too, in the building where the clerks lived. I don't remember exactly if we had one or two rooms. My dad managed the whole lumber mill while he was healthy. When my father fell sick and didn't work anymore in Lonya, we had a very nice apartment in Petrozseny then, four rooms, bathroom, balcony, in a word it was a very nice apartment we rented. They lived very happily there, my mother was well off, she was unbelievably pampered, she didn't work anywhere.
Mom was 31 when she remained a widow. She came home to Marosvasarhely and after two years married my stepfather. I think he was five years older than mom, and he was a bank clerk here in Vasarhely, but he was born in Fogaras, as far as I know. They knew our family very well, my stepfather's parents and my maternal grandparents were on very good terms.
Grandpa Mittelmann was my tutor from my maternal side, and after my father's death he took care of issues related to the life-insurance by buying a big house in which he also invested this money. This was a corner building on the boulevard, one side was opposite to the building which is the Unirea school today, the other side gave onto the boulevard. The family was big then, the youngsters, Aliz and Gabi were still at home. They held the ceremony at home, and considering that it was mom's second marriage they didn't make a big fuss about it. I remember that the chuppah was under the gate and the marriage took place there. I was in the first grade then, and they took me away from home during the ceremony. [Editor's note: according to the Jewish tradition, children are not allowed to attend their parents' wedding.] I know there was a dinner after the ceremony. It was the only time the family gathered. Mom and my stepfather went to Brasso for the great honeymoon. My name remained Riegelhaupt, but mom changed it to Riemer after the marriage.
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For the third time WINDFORCE Baltic Sea took place. In 2015 120 delegates gathered in Helsinki / Finland. Coming from all over Europe the delegates gained new insights in the current challenges and next steps of offshore wind energy in the Baltic countries.
The session 'Status of offshore wind energy in the political discussion' was of great interest. Seven representatives of Baltic countries gave an overview of what will happen next in their countries. The programme offered 13 sessions with 28 presentations covering subjects from financing to lessons learned, from logistics to grid connection. Of course Finland had a special focus.
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Q: If $X,Y,Z$ are iid unif[0,1], then $(XY)^Z \sim \text{unif}[0,1]$. Here's a mind-blowing fact (to me at least) that is perhaps not so well-known:
If $X, Y, Z$ are iid uniformly distributed in $[0,1]$, then $W = (XY)^Z$ is also uniformly distributed in $[0,1]$.
If you don't believe me, you can check this by computing an appropriate integral.
My questions are:
(1) Is there a good, natural reason for this? It seems too good to be just a coincidence. Note that I'm not asking for a proof by computation. Instead, I'm looking for a simple intuitive reason.
(2) Is there some history behind this observation?

A: Intuition based on 3 facts:

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*If $X\sim U[0;1]$ then $-\log X \sim Exp(1)$.

*In the Poisson process with intensity $1$ the time between events is $Exp(1)$ distributed.

*In the Poisson process the conditional distribution of time of the first event given the time of the second event is $t$ is uniform on $[0;t]$.
The goal is to prove that $(XY)^Z \sim U[0;1]$, or $- Z \log (XY) \sim Exp(1)$. But $- \log (XY)=-\log X - \log Y$ is the time of the second event in the Poisson process. So if we multiply  $-\log X - \log Y$ by uniform $Z$ we obtain the distribution of the first event, which is $Exp(1)$.

A: My intuition is as follows. The variable $V=XY$ has a cumulative distribution function $\mathbb{P}(XY\leq t)\equiv F_V(t)=t(1-\ln t)$ for $t\in(0,1)$ and $F_V(t)\geq t$ for all $t\in(0,1)$. Therefore, the distribution of $V$ is first-order stochastically dominated by the uniform distribution. Intuitively, $V$ takes on consistently lower values than does either $X$ or $Y$, which is no surprise, given the construction of $V$. In order to "restore" the uniformity of $XY$, one needs to perform an increasing transformation of sorts on it. As you claimed, it turns out that one transformation that achieves this goal is exactly raising $XY$ to the power $Z$, where $Z$ is also distributed uniformly (note that it's indeed an increasing transformation, since both $XY\in(0,1)$ and $Z\in(0,1)$ with probability one).

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US Extremists
About Clarion Project
Muslim Brotherhood, News Analysis
By Ryan Mauro
Muslim Brotherhood Founded 50% of the Mosques in the West
A prominent Muslim leader in the United Kingdom with links to the Muslim Brotherhood estimates that half of the mosques in the West were founded by Brotherhood members. The Brotherhood presents itself as moderate, but it supports violent jihad and is the parent organization of Hamas.
The estimate was made by Mohamed Ashmawey, CEO of London-based Islamic Relief Worldwide, the world's largest Muslim charity.
He was responding to his organization's admitted Muslim Brotherhood origins and its designation as a terrorist entity by the United Arab Emirates and Israel. The Israeli government says Islamic Relief Worldwide sends "millions" of dollars to Hamas every year.
"If this is a crime to have someone as a founder as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, they will have to close 50 percent of the mosques in the West because they also had founders from this group," he said.
The Muslim Brotherhood is responsible for establishing the most powerful Islamic institutions in the West, though that does not mean that most Muslims or most mosque attendees subscribe to its Islamist ideology. Surveys consistently show that Muslim-Americans largely reject extremism, though a formidable minority remains committed to it.
A 1991 U.S. Muslim Brotherhood memo discusses how the group established a network of front organizations in America for "unifying and directing Muslims' efforts" under an "an effective and a stable Islamic Movement led by the Muslim Brotherhood."
The Brotherhood hoped that its control of the main infrastructure would enable it to lead the growing community.
The struggle that followed is encapsulated in this 2004 Chicago Tribune story about Islamists taking control of the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, Illinois. A 2003 St. Petersburg Times article also reports on the Islamist challenges for the leaderships of mosques in Florida, California, Illinois, Texas and Arizona.
The Brotherhood's purpose, as stated in the 1991 memo, is to wage "a kind of grand jihad, in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and 'sabotaging' its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers…"
One of the organizations listed in the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood memo as a front for this purpose is the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), an organization that owns mosques across America. Its offices were raided in 2002 as part of a terrorism-financing investigation.
Its website says:
"Since NAIT's founding, Muslim communities have entrusted the titles of over 325 properties in 42 States to NAIT. More are added every year. Market value of these Waqf [NAIT] properties is several hundred million dollars."
Another U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), has said that NAIT owns about 27% of mosques in America. National security expert Dr. J. Michael Waller had a higher estimate of 50% to 79% of mosques being owned by NAIT.
NAIT's status as a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity was confirmed by federal prosecutors during the prosecution of another U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity named the Holy Land Foundation. The Justice Department designated NAIT as an unindicted co-conspirator in that case.
NAIT's designation as an unindicted co-conspirator was upheld in a 2009 ruling because of "ample evidence" linking it to the Hamas-financing network of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. A NAIT bank account gave the checks for the "Palestinian mujahideen" to the Holy Land Foundation, which then distributed the funds to Hamas.
In the documentary The Grand Deception, former FBI special agent Robert Stauffer talks about taking part in an investigation into the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, including NAIT. He said that many millions of dollars were donated to NAIT from foreign countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran.
A declassified FBI document from 1987 summarizes intelligence provided by an informant inside the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood who adamantly stated that NAIT is a Brotherhood front with a "secret agenda" that includes supporting terrorism and a long-term Islamic revolution in America.
"[NAIT wants] all the mosques to be ideologically pure in their own Wahhabist line. They want to prevent others from having influence," said Islamic scholar Khalid Duran.
There are also mosques and Islamic centers that are not technically owned by NAIT but are officially affiliated with other U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entities.
Another significant problem within U.S. mosques is the widespread presence of radical literature. A 2011 survey of 100 U.S. mosques found that only 19% of mosques were completely absent of texts promoting violence, and only a mere 15.5% had imams who did not recommend violent texts for studying. In addition, just 42% of mosques did not have guest speakers known for promoting violent jihad.
About 51% of U.S. mosques were found to have texts that "severely advocate" violent jihad, preaching that supporting it is an obligation of Muslims. Literature in this category includes texts like Milestones by Muslim Brotherhood ideologue Sayyid Qutb and those by Jamaat-e-Islami founder Abdul Ala Maududi/Mawdudi.
About 30% of U.S. mosques were found to have texts that "moderately advocate" violence, such as Fiqh us-Sunnah by Muslim Brotherhood ideologue Sayyid Sabiq and Tafsir Ibn Kathir.
This shocking number is substantiated by Sufi Sheikh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, the chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of America. Kabbani has founded 28 Sufi Islamic centers in North America and is listed as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world.
In 1999, Kabbani said during an event at the State Department that 80% of U.S. mosques follow an extremist Saudi-sponsored form of Islam. He said that 90 of the 114 U.S. mosques he visited had a radical ideology.
A 2006 study by Freedom House likewise found that Saudi-sponsored extremist texts are widely present in U.S. mosques. The study was based on a survey of over 200 books from 15 major mosques in seven states.
Readers can learn about the Islamist mosques in their state through the Clarion Project's Islamist Organizations in America page.
In addition, the following is an incomplete list of over 60 mosques and organizations known to be affiliated with NAIT and other U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entities like the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); Muslim Students Association (MSA), Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Muslim American Society (MAS) and the now-defunct Muslim Arab Youth Association (MAYA).
Islamic Society of Mobile
Newspaper reports link it to NAIT.
Islamic Center of Tucson
The center's constitution shows that NAIT holds its real estate and that it is affiliated with ISNA.
Islamic Community Center of Phoenix
The center's website says it is entrusted to NAIT.
Bentonville Islamic Center
The center's constitution says its assets will be held by NAIT in the event of dissolution.
Islamic Center of Little Rock
The center's website shows it was financed by NAIT and ISNA and previous property was owned by NAIT.
Islamic Center of Davis
The center's bylaws states that the real state is entrusted to NAIT.
Proposed bylaws state its assets will be held by NAIT in the event of dissolution.
Muslim Community Association of San Francisco Bay Area
The center's constitution says it is entrusted to NAIT.
Islamic Society of Colorado Springs
The society's constitution states it is entrusted to NAIT and affiliated with ISNA.
American Muslim Community Centers
The centers's bylaws state that NAIT will hold its assets in the event of dissolution.
Islamic Center of South Florida
The center's website has shown that it is owned by NAIT.
Al-Huda Islamic Center of Athens
The center's bylaws state that NAIT holds the title.
Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center
The mosque's constitution says that assets will be held by NAIT or ISNA in the event of its dissolution and it is affiliated with ISNA.
Daarul 'Uloom
The mosque's bylaws state that NAIT will hold its assets in the event of dissolution.
Islamic Center of Bloomington-Normal
The center's constitution says its property is entrusted with NAIT.
Islamic Center of Carbondale
The center's constitution states that its real estate will be entrusted with NAIT and it is affiliated with ISNA.
Islamic Center of Peoria
The centere's website says it is a member of NAIT, affiliated with the North American Imams Federation and endorsed by the Hamas-linked Mosque Foundation.
Mosque Foundation
Media reports say it is owned by NAIT.
Muslim American Society (bylaws state its principal office is in Illinois)
The society's bylaws state that NAIT will hold its assets in the event of dissolution.
Council of Islamic Schools in North America
The council's bylaws state it is affiliated with ISNA and NAIT will hold its assets in the event of dissolution.
Islamic Center of Bloomington
The center's website says it is linked to NAIT and was originally owned by MSA. The original financing came from the leader of the Muslim World League, a Saudi-backed Islamist group.
Islamic Society of Greater Lafayette
The society's constitution says its real estate is registered to NAIT.
Darul Arqum Islamic Center
The center's bylaws state it is entrusted with NAIT.
Islamic Center of Ames / Darul Arqum Islamic Center
Islamic Center of Des Moines
The center's constitution and bylaws states that property is entrusted with NAIT.
Prince George's Muslim Association
The association's constitution and bylaws state that NAIT owns its property.
Islamic Center of Greater Worcester
The center's website says it is owned by NAIT and was established as a sub-chapter of ISNA.
Islamic Center of Greater Lansing
The center's website says it is affiliated with ISNA.
Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor and Vicinity
The center's constitution says it is registered with NAIT and it will hold its assets in the event of dissolution.
Tawheed Center
The center's constitution says it is a trust under NAIT and all assets will go to NAIT in the event of dissolution.
Islamic Center of Central Missouri
The center's constitution and bylaws shows its property is entrusted with NAIT and that it is affiliated with ISNA.
Muslim Society of Jersey Shore / Masjid Bilal
Its website used to declare it as an affiliate of NAIT.
Islamic Center of New Mexico
The center's website says its property is under the NAIT umbrella and it is affiliated with ISNA.
Islamic Center of the Capital District
The center's constitution says NAIT owns its real estate and that it is affiliated with ISNA.
Islamic Association of Raleigh
The association's website says it was founded by MSA. Its bylaws state it is affiliated with ISNA and the Muslim Community Association of the U.S. and Canada. NAIT owns the property and the authority to enforce its compliance with the Basic Law.
Islamic Center of Charlotte
The center's constitution and bylaws state that it is owned by NAIT and affiliated with ISNA, ICNA, MAS, Muslim Community Association of U.S. and Canada, and the Carolina Islamic Council.
Columbus Islamic Center/Masjid Al-Jannah
The center's website says it is registered with NAIT.
Islamic Society of Akron and Kent
The association's constitution states that assets will go to either NAIT or ISNA in the event of dissolution.
Islamic Society of Edmond
Media reports state it is owned by NAIT and affiliated with ISNA.
Islamic Society of Tulsa
The society's constitution says it is affiliated with ISNA and all its real estate is held by NAIT.
Mercy School Institute
The institute's charter says it is owned by NAIT.
Peace Academy
The institute's charter states NAIT will hold its assets in the event of dissolution.
Islamic Association of North Eastern Pennsylvania
The association's constitution and bylaws states that all property is owned by NAIT.
Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
The center's bylaws state that its property is owned by NAIT and that it is affiliated with ISNA.
Central Mosque of Charleston
The mosque's constitution and bylaws states that NAIT will own all assets in the event of dissolution.
Grand Strand Islamic Society
The society's bylaws state that all assets will be held by NAIT in the event of dissolution.
Dar El-Iman Islamic Center
The center's constitution and bylaws state it is owned by NAIT and affiliated with ISNA.
Institute of Islamic Knowledge
The institute's website says the leader is a member of NAIT's board of trustees and that he led various groups to entrust with NAIT. He is also a "pioneer" of the ICNA.
Islamic Association of Carrollton
The association's constitution says that assets will be held by NAIT in the event of dissolution.
Islamic Community of Bryan/College Station
The organization's website states it was founded by MSA and bylaws state that NAIT will hold its assets if dissolved.
Islamic Society of Arlington
Its website used to state that it is owned by NAIT.
Islamic Society of Greater Houston
The society's constitution and bylaws shows an affiliation with ISNA. A previous version said NAIT holds its real state.
Muslim American Society (website lists Texas contact address)
Muslim Children Education and Civic Center
The center's website states that NAIT will hold its assets if dissolved.
Nigerian Muslim Association of Greater Houston / Masjid Ul Mu'Mineen
The association's bylaws state that at least one trustee must be from NAIT and all deeds will be held by NAIT.
North Austin Muslim Community Center
Its website used to say that its property is registered with NAIT.
Valley Ranch Islamic Center
The center's draft constitution says it is affiliated with NAIT and ISNA.
All Dulles Area Muslim Society [ADAMS] Center
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Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center
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Islamic Center of Blacksburg
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Islamic Society of Central Virginia
The society's bylaws states it is affiliated with NAIT and ISNA.
Islamic Center of Tacoma
The center's constitution states that assets can be given to NAIT, MSA or any other Sunni organization.
Pullman Islamic Center
The center's website states it is owned by NAIT and affiliated with ISNA.
Islamic Center of Morgantown
The center's constitution shows affiliation with NAIT.
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Q: Should I pause my thread or not Android So I have thread where it checks every 10ms's if drag is almost outside draggingzone. Basicly my thread code is doing nothing 99% of time so should I make it to pause and resume only when needed? Or does this literally do nothing when right and left are false?
My code looks like this
 timer = new Thread() { //new thread
        public void run() {
            b = true;
            try {
                do {
                    sleep(10);
                    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            if (right) {
                                dragzone.moveleft(-5);
                            } else if (left) {
                                dragzone.moveleft(5);
                            }
                        }
                    });
                }
                while (b);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            }
        }

        ;
    };
    timer.start();

A: It looks like using a Thread here is not necessary, and you should switch to using a Handler and postDelayed()
First, declare your Handler, boolean, and a Runnable as instance variables:
Handler handler;
boolean b;

Runnable checkDragZone = new Runnable(){
    @Override
    public void run() {
        if (right) {
            dragzone.moveleft(-5);
        } else if (left) {
            dragzone.moveleft(5);
        }

        if (b){
            handler.postDelayed(this, 10);
        }

    }
};

To start monitoring, set b to true, and start the Runnable:
    handler = new Handler();
    b = true;
    handler.postDelayed(checkDragZone, 10);

To stop it (temporarily or permanently), just set b to false:
    b = false;

A: It's not really a good practice to keep it running. You can start it when you detect the Drag action and then release it when it's finished.

A: Runnable runnable;
Thread globalThread;

public void startThread() {
    if (threadController) {
        runnable = new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {

                while (threadController) {

                    for (int i = 0; i < adapter.getCount(); i++) {
                        final int value = i;

                        try {

                            Thread.sleep(4000);

                        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                            e.printStackTrace();
                        }

                        handler.post(new Runnable() {
                            @Override
                            public void run() {

                                viewPager.setCurrentItem(value, true);
                            }
                        });
                    }

                }
            }
        };
        globalThread = new Thread(runnable);
        globalThread.start();
    } else {
        return;
    }
}

@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    threadController = false;

    handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);

    runnable = null;

    if (globalThread != null) {
        globalThread.interrupt();
    }

}

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    threadController = false;
}

Your resolve must be like this  globalThread.interrupt();


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Iyer earns Hugh J. Watson Award
Dr. Lakshmi Iyer, an Appalachian State University professor of computer information systems, has earned the Hugh J. Watson Award for her outstanding achievements and meritorious service to Teradata Corporation and to the data and analytics academic community.
The award was presented on December 12, 2020 during the 2020 Pre-ICIS SIGDSA Symposium on Addressing Global and Grand Challenges with Analytics sponsored by Teradata.
"[Dr. Iyer] means so much to our program," said Teradata University for Academics program manager Yenny Yang.
"Our selection committee had no difficulty in deciding who should be the winner," added Dr. Ramesh Sharda, Vice Dean of the Watson Graduate School of Management in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University and faculty director of Teradata University for Academics.
Dr. Iyer joined Appalachian's faculty in 2017 as a professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and director of the Master of Science in Applied Data Analytics program. During her tenure, she has founded the data analytics competition team and launched the Innovate for Good initiative, promoting interdisciplinary and collaborative activities to address social problems.
Dr. Iyer's research interests include emerging information and communication technology organizations and users, social inclusion and information technology (IT), business intelligence/analytics, healthcare IT, decision support systems and knowledge management. Her work has been published in respected journals including the Journal of the Association of Information Systems (JAIS), European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), Decision Support Systems (DSS), Journal of Computer Information Systems, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Management, and others.
Dr. Iyer was recently elected as the chair of the board for the Association of Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group in Decision Support and Analytics (SIGDSA) and has been serving as the AIS Vice President of SIGs and Colleges since 2016. For her service contributions, the Walker College honored her as recipient of the 2020 Sywassink Award for Excellence in Service. Effective January 2020, Dr. Iyer will serve as acting associate dean for graduate programs and research for the Walker College.
Related: Iyer to serve as acting associate dean of graduate programs and research in the Walker College
A $1,000 prize accompanies the Watson Award.
About the Hugh J. Watson Award
The Watson Award honors and recognizes an individual whose significant achievements and high-quality contributions to the data and analytics academic community via Teradata University Academics embody the spirit and passion of Hugh Watson and his dedication to Teradata University. Established in 2017, this award is in honor of Dr. Hugh J. Watson, academic co-founder of Teradata University for Academics. This annual recognition will drive and ensure continued sustainability of Hugh's original vision for Teradata University for Academics.
Dr. Lakshmi Iyer
Published: Dec 14, 2020 4:40pm
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This month i will be taking part in a reading challenge (adding to all the others I'm doing"). it's called Book Binge and her are the rules.
I am taking part in this for a few reason.
To pimp my blog – hey anything to get recognised.
In my never ending "Quest" to get people to read – hopefully something someone reads or find out from my blog or courtesy of my blog (so everyone, shape up you never know who will be visiting) will make a difference.
To put another genre of book out their for people to read, i will more than likely find a whole new world open to me as well. I will be keeping you guys updated.
And lastly – it's as easy as it can get – I do the same thing at the end of the month so no big thing – If you guys have time – come over and join.
Click on the Book Binge to get involved.
Lovely to see a friend joining..


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What Mandarin Oriental and Oberoi's New Partnership Means for Travelers
To start, expect way more perks.
By Meredith Carey
Martin Harvey/Courtesy The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur
It isn't every day that we see luxury hotel brands swap competition for cooperation, but recently, Mandarin Oriental and Oberoi—two groups whose properties frequently top our Readers' Choice Awards—announced an exciting alliance. The long-term partnership covers nearly every facet of a hotel stay, from perks for guests and food and beverage experiences, to spas and even employee trainings. Instead of blending or merging their iconic legacies, the two Asia-based hotel brands are upping their game together.
"Our brands complement each other extremely well, as do our organizations' values and culture," says Vikram Oberoi, CEO of the Oberoi Group. "For more than 80 years, we have been guided by one simple principle: the guest is everything. Our friends at Mandarin Oriental are no different with more than 50 years' experience in luxury hospitality."
Staff at both hotels will have access to each others' training programs and more, "via cross-exposures and development exchanges between team members from both brands," says James Riley, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group's CEO.
The partnership also means added perks for fans of the brands. It includes a sort of reciprocal loyalty program, meaning that Oberoi One members who book stays at Mandarin Oriental properties and Fans of M.O. members who book at Oberoi hotels will get special upgrades. (Both loyalty programs are free to enroll in.) Book online through the special portals in your existing loyalty program, whether it's Oberoi or Mandarin Oriental, for access to room upgrades based on availability, complimentary breakfast for two, free Wi-Fi, and a 10 percent discount on spa treatments. Member-exclusive events and deals are also a part of the new alliance between the two brand's loyalty programs.
For all guests (loyalty members or not), Oberoi and Mandarin Oriental plan to offer joint culinary and wellness experiences, curated specifically through this partnership, over the coming years.
Beyond guest experience though, the alliance is expanding the reach of both brands, keeping travelers within the two hotel groups when they may have otherwise stayed elsewhere. There are Mandarin Oriental hotels in the U.S. and Europe, where Oberoi does not yet have properties, while Oberoi opens up India, Egypt, and Morocco, among other destinations to Mandarin Oriental guests.
The brands are expecting to roll out more information as the partnership takes shape in 2021, but loyalty program members already have access to all the new benefits.
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REST IN PEACE....PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES....Hopefully something will be said regarding the fact that this POS had 31 prior arrests but was still out conducting criminal activity & this incident resulted in the loss of an innocent life.
Normally I think this would be a case of Manslaughter.
But I'm pretty sure in NYS the taking of a life of NYPD, FDNY or any other Civil Service may be a candidate for the death penalty.
Three strikes and your OUT!, and from the reports I've heard this SOB had a whole lot more than three.
Condolences to the family, God rest her soul - RIP!!!!!
A charge of First Degree Murder.
I pray that SOB gets what he deserves. I have been in this field long enough and pray the DA doesn't try to make a plea deal. Give him life.
FDNY/EMS - EMT Yadiro Arroyo, mother of Five Children, REST IN PEACE.
THANK YOU for your services to the people of the City of New York.
I think the death penalty is in order here - such an extreme indifference to the living. I am hoping the DA finds this was a deliberate ate, as it most diffinatley and very obviously was.
EMS has a directive telling all Members attending the Funeral either in their personal vehicles or buses to park at Yankee Stadium the parking will be free for Members from 0800 to 1600 hrs....all vehicles must be removed by 1600 hrs.
For one day, Yankee Stadium will be the House that Yadira Built.
The Bronx Bombers will provide free parking Saturday for some of the 10,000 people expected at slain EMT Yadira Arroyo's funeral — followed by a repast for mourners at the ballpark, the Daily News has learned.
EMTs from around the nation are expected in the city to honor the mother of five.
Arroyo, 44, was killed last week when a schizophrenic career criminal tried to steal her ambulance and ran her down with the vehicle.
The Yankees will cover the costs of opening and staffing their parking lots, including those opposite stadium gates 4 and 8. Roughly 5,000 cars and buses were expected.
Mourners can ride the No. 4 train to the funeral at nearby St. Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Church, a short walk from the Fordham Road stop.
The Yankees arranged for a post-funeral meal with refreshments and food served in the ballpark's Great Hall between 1 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. UNQUOTE.
An article regarding this should be a national news! Despite the tragic events that occurred it shows that Americans, the New York Yankees in this case, do everything they can to help ease the situation for everybody involved.
As the members of the FDNY/EMS, as well as firefighters, EMTs, Medics, and police officers from across the country pay their last respects to FDNY/EMS EMT Yarida Arroyo, the calls DON'T stop for the many dedicated FDNY/EMS EMTs and Medics that serve the citizens and visitors within the City of New York.
On Friday March 24, as the city mourns the loss of this 14 year veteran of FDNY/EMS and mother of Five, the life saving services of these dedicated EMTs and Medics continued to go on throughout the city. Here the New York Times writes about their tour with Captain Bonilla of the FDNY/EMS in the Bronx. As Captain Bonilla travels with over 50 lbs of equipment to help him do his job. Tubes and wraps, oxygen tanks, cardiac monitor, a suction unit, a drill for injecting medicine into a bone, drugs to aid breathing, drugs to stop toxins, drugs to reverse overdoses, and antidotes to treat of possible attacks from weapons of mass destruction.
Here is that story from the N.Y. Times of March 24, 2017 while a city mourns the loss of this FDNY/EMS 14 year veteran.
God Bless Those Who Serve, and Those Who Mourn.


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Quantum computing could open new doors for nuclear physicists, thanks to UKRI funding
The era of quantum computing may change the way nuclear physicists understand well-established rules in their field, allowing them to undertake calculations too complex for classical computers, according to researchers from the University of Surrey.
Thanks to funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a team at the University of Surrey will develop new algorithms for quantum computers to allow physicists to grapple with complex questions that could help understand how nuclei are formed through reactions in stars, and how they are built up from interactions between protons and neutrons. These developments could give rise to a rich range of applications in energy and medicine.
The University of Surrey will share in the UKRI's £6 million investment into the Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics programme.
Dr Paul Stevenson, Head of the Theoretical Nuclear Physics Group at the University of Surrey, said:
"This is a big deal for the field of nuclear physics in this country – it shows that the UK is ready to be a leader in cutting-edge research that encourages high-risk discoveries with an aim to demonstrate how quantum technology can solve long-standing questions in fundamental physics.
"This new opportunity will create an exciting team at Surrey working together for two years, solving problems using quantum computers.
Professor Grahame Blair, Science and Technology Facilities Council Executive Director, Programmes, said:
"This new cohort of projects should make a valuable contribution to our understanding of the universe using cutting-edge quantum tech such as quantum computing, imaging, sensing and simulations.
"The new grants continue to support the UK research community in exploring the diversity of quantum technology applications for fundamental science – from neutrino mass studies to searches for violations of fundamental symmetries of nature."
Read more about the National Quantum Technologies Programme
Dr Paul Stevenson is available for interview upon request
Contact the University's press office via mediarations@surrey.ac.uk
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The Book of Hrabal is a creative work of fiction. It is ostensibly about an Hungarian author (resembling Esterházy) trying to write about Czech author Bohumil Hrabal, but most of the novel centers on the author's wife, Anna (just as Hrabal's autobiographical trilogy is presented from his own wife's perspective). Anna is also a huge Hrabal fan, but she has other things on her mind too: finding herself pregnant, and with three kids already, she is seriously considering having an abortion (making The Book of Hrabal the rare novel to tackle this issue at any length). Oh, yeah, and God also shows up (including in a dialogue with Hrabal), as do two angels -- Blaise and Gabriel ("but everyone, including the Good Lord, just called him Cho-Cho").
Abortion, language (from God's language, comprehensible only to the All-mighty himself, to the writer with writer's block), Czech and Hungarian history and relations, biography, marriage: The Book of Hrabal covers a great deal.
The novel is presented in three parts: 'The Chapter of Fidelity', 'The Chapter of Infidelity', and 'Chapter Three'. The novel does progress chronologically, but with many shifts of perspective (although Anna does narrate the entire second section), digressions, and memories.
To write about something -- what does that amount to ? Nothing. Sheer nonsense, the unity of form and content, the proof of the pudding, social progress, mastery of nature, union dues.
a nation living in uncertainty -- its future was uncertain, its present was uncertain, even its past was uncertain.
On the one hand, the writer felt he understood Hrabal very well, and perhaps it wasn't entirely vainglorious to say so; he also observed that they were quite dissimilar. Dissimilar from head to toe. As different as two eggs. But this was just it: the writer was enabled to contemplate his own otherness, his strangeness.
This is a 'story' that jumps in all sorts of directions; both (auto-)biographical and capturing an historical moment (situating it in historical and geo-political context, albeit from a highly personal and literary point of view), as well as, as so often in Esterházy's work, an exploration of language and literature itself.
And you probably know what a Hungarian sentence is like, Bohumil, with not a structure in sight, or a decent relative pronoun, the words lumped all together, and yet ... A Hungarian sentence is this 'and yet'.
What has been left out is also everything.
The Book of Hrabal is serious playful fiction at its best. Dense with literary allusions, timeless and of its very specific time and place (late 1980s Eastern Europe), mundane and ethereal, comic and serious, literary homage and personal confession, Esterházy weaves a fascinating work here. Much of its success depends on the use of language (itself a central theme of the book), and it seems inevitable that much is lost in translation; still, Judith Sollosy manages remarkably well in reproducing many of Esterházy's effects and much of his word-play -- and the suggested 'and yets'.
This isn't straightforward fiction, but it is a challenge well worth engaging with. Its manageable size also make it a good introduction to Esterházy's œuvre (and, yes, Hrabal-fans should enjoy it too).


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MCPO: Metuchen HS Evacuation Caused by Bank-Robbing Brothers
By: Charlie Kratovil
METUCHEN, NJ—A diversionary tactic did not stop local police from arresting a pair of brothers from Carteret for robbing the TDBank in the quiet town of Metuchen.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief David Q. Irizarry of the Metuchen Police Department announced on November 7 that two brothers were arrested and charged with robbing the bank "after staging a bomb scare at the high school to divert police," according to a press releae.
Three days earlier, police say one of the men, without specifying which one, was "dressed in black and wearing a face mask" when he "demanded cash" from the bank located on Route 27 at approximately noon.
According to authorities, one of them had allegedly called to report a bomb threat at Metuchen High School about an hour earlier.
Approximately 800 children were evacuated immediately and remained outside for about two hours while the school was searched.
Now, Dashawn and Donell Cheek, ages 27 and 32 respectively, now face charges of robbery, theft, and making a false public alarm, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO).
The MCPO says the suspects were "traced by police" who pulled them over on Barbour Place in Piscataway and took them into custody.
The official statement, which was not sent to New Brunswick Today, did not disclose how much cash the robbers allegedly made off with, but said that police had "recovered the stolen cash."
Both men are currently at the Middlesex County Jail, being held on $250,000 bail and prosecutors will require information about the source of any bail being paid for both men before they can be released.
For Dashawn Cheek, the situation is even more serious. He is being held without bail thanks to a "US Marshalls detainer," according to the jail's records department, who also noted his bail on the Metuchen charges must be paid in full, as he was determined to be ineligible for the "option" to pay just 10% of his bail.
Carey thanked the Piscataway Police Department, the New Jersey State Police, and the FBI for assisting the Metuchen Police Department (MPD) and the MCPO during the investigation.
"The investigation is active and… continuing," according to the MCPO.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sgt. Robert Belluscio of the MPD at (732) 632-8541.
Charlie Kratovil
Editor at New Brunswick Today | (732) 993-9697 | [email protected]
Charlie is a community organizer, a Rutgers journalism graduate, and a 2018 independent candidate for Mayor of New Brunswick.
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