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The Thief: A delightful mythic fantasy
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
"I can steal anything." With that boast, Gen sets into action a course of events that could affect kingdoms. When he boasts that he can steal the King's Seal, and then delivers on his promise, he is arrested and thrown into prison, where he languishes until the King's Magus approaches him with an offer: freedom if he can steal Hamiathes's Gift, a legendary stone that carries with it the right to rule the kingdom of Eddis.
Megan Whalen Turner writes a delightful mythic fantasy that takes the reader on a secret journey through a country whose culture and religion are loosely based on Ancient Greece. Turner's land appeals to all the senses; The stench of the prisons, the heat of the sun, and the splendid views of ancient olive tree fields come off the page and play like a movie in the reader's mind. The landscape, both physically and spiritually, is a vibrant part of the story.
The characters are very well done, from Gen (the whining gutter rat), to the Magus (the determined scholar), to Useless the Elder and Younger (Gen's nicknames for the Magus's two apprentices). The evolution of each character, and of the relationships between all the main characters, unfolds naturally and with believable adjustments to the trials they face.
The Thiefstarts a little slowly, but turns into a masterfully told tale of intrigue and adventure. In fact, I may have been late coming back from lunch the day I finished it because I was so sucked into the tale that I lost track of time. There are lots of twists and turns to the story. I saw one of them coming, but another took me completely by surprise. In retrospect, it seems completely in keeping with the story, which for me is a sign of good story telling, and not shoehorning in surprises just for the sake of a Big Reveal.
This is YA fiction that would appeal to a nine year old, but does not lose its appeal for adult readers as well. It is the first book in a trilogy, and I already have the second book on hold at the library so I can continue to follow the adventures of Gen.
~Ruth Arnell
Megan Whalen Turner's award-winning 1996 YA fantasy The Thief, set in a fantasy world that has very strong echoes of ancient Greece, follows the adventures of Gen, the eponymous thief, as he is yanked from a filthy prison cell to go on a journey with a group of four men who hope to steal an unnamed object. The magus, who is leading the group, is the only person in the group who knows what they are searching for and where it is hidden.
In honor of the deep importance of mythology and the panoply of Greek-like gods in the tale of The Thief, several Greek gods and goddesses have graciously agreed to make guest appearances in this review, to add their brief thoughts and opinions regarding this book.
ARTEMIS: "Actually, when you think about it, the whole plot of The Thief revolves around a hunt. Okay, it's a hunt for a hidden object, not a wild beast, but still. It's really quite fascinating."
Gen spends most of the lengthy journey recovering from his months-long stay in prison, whining about their current conditions and the limited food, and sassing the magus and other members of the group. Although the journey is a rocky one, in more ways that just one, gradually Gen begins to gain the respect of most of the group, and they for him.
POSEIDON: "The role of the river Aracthus in protecting the treasure was a high point. But the story needed more bodies of water and less wasteland. Sea of Olives, pfft. Poor excuse for the real thing."
The characters are well-drawn and believable, with intriguing layers.
…Ambiades was not going to move a step at the request of a worthless and insolent petty criminal. Ambiades, I realized, was the kind of person who liked to put people in a hierarchy, and he wanted me to understand that I was at the bottom of his. He was supposed to treat me politely in spite of my subservient position, and I was supposed to be grateful. For my part, I wanted Ambiades to understand that I considered myself a hierarchy of one.
The tale of their journey is also interspersed with mythological tales of their world, such as the creation of the earth and birth of the gods, which give additional depth to the overall story.
ARES: "I liked the sword fighting and the importance of the art of war in the plot of this story. Recognize! Too bad most of the fighting scenes were so short. But the conflicts between the countries of Sounis, Eddis and Attolia! Yeah, that has potential."
The first half of this book is somewhat slow-paced, as the group journeys to their destination, but once they arrive the pace quickens and the plot takes some unexpected and fascinating turns. The Thief has joined the list of my favorite YA fantasy novels.
APHRODITE: "Why does the most beautiful woman in the book only make a brief appearance? Where is the love?" *pouts*
The Thief is the first book in a series of four books, with possibly more books to come, but can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. By the end of the book, I was a huge fan of the characters and of Megan Whalen Turner. I've bought all four books in this series and will probably automatically buy anything else she writes. THE QUEEN'S THIEF series should not be missed by anyone who enjoys YA fantasy.
HERMES: "I love how Eugenides, the god of thieves, is worshipped and honored by the main character. And did you notice how Eugenides doesn't have to do any of the messengering crap? How about that, there, Zeus? Best book ever!"
~Tadiana Jones
The Thief is an enjoyable YA quest fantasy, set apart from the crowd by its refreshing setting (owing more to ancient Greece than to medieval England) and by a narrator with some tricks up his sleeve. I've heard the later books are even better, and I'll definitely be adding them to my TBR pile.
~Kelly Lasiter
Published in 1996. Discover the world of the Queen's Thief. New York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles lost and won, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R. R. Martin. Eugenides, the queen's thief, can steal anything—or so he says. When his boasting lands him in prison and the king's magus invites him on a quest to steal a legendary object, he's in no position to refuse. The magus thinks he has the right tool for the job, but Gen has plans of his own. The Queen's Thief novels have been praised by writers, critics, reviewers, and fans, and have been honored with glowing reviews, "best of" citations, and numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Newbery Honor, the Andre Norton Award shortlist, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Discover and rediscover the stand-alone companions, The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, and A Conspiracy of Kings, all epic novels set in the world of the Queen's Thief. A Newbery Honor Book.
November 24th, 2009. Ruth Arnell (RETIRED), Tadiana Jones and Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 4.5 | Megan Whalen Turner | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
RUTH ARNELL (on FanLit's staff January 2009 — August 2013) earned a Ph.D. in political science and is a college professor in Idaho. From a young age she has maxed out her library card the way some people do credit cards. Ruth started reading fantasy with A Wrinkle in Time and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — books that still occupy an honored spot on her bookshelf today. Ruth and her husband have a young son, but their house is actually presided over by a flame-point Siamese who answers, sometimes, to the name of Griffon.
TADIANA JONES, on our staff since July 2015, is an intellectual property lawyer with a BA in English. She inherited her love of classic and hard SF from her father and her love of fantasy and fairy tales from her mother. She lives with her husband and four children in a small town near the mountains in Utah. Tadiana juggles her career, her family, and her love for reading, travel and art, only occasionally dropping balls. She likes complex and layered stories and characters with hidden depths. Favorite authors include Lois McMaster Bujold, Brandon Sanderson, Robin McKinley, Connie Willis, Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Megan Whalen Turner, Patricia McKillip, Mary Stewart, Ilona Andrews, and Susanna Clarke.
KELLY LASITER, with us since July 2008, is a mild-mannered academic administrative assistant by day, but at night she rules over a private empire of tottering bookshelves. Kelly is most fond of fantasy set in a historical setting (a la Jo Graham) or in a setting that echoes a real historical period (a la George RR Martin and Jacqueline Carey). She also enjoys urban fantasy and its close cousin, paranormal romance, though she believes these subgenres' recent burst in popularity has resulted in an excess of dreck. She is a sucker for pretty prose (she majored in English, after all) and mythological themes.
Sheila Deeth / November 24, 2009
Sounds like something I'd like. Nice review.
Kat / November 25, 2009
My YA son enjoyed this series (though he didn't want to admit it because I chose it for him).
Kevin / July 12, 2015
LOL I know what you mean. I have shelves full of terrific books from different genres and my teenagers won't read them because dad likes them. The more I read the fewer options they have :)
Andrew Cannon / November 25, 2009
King of Attolia is one of m favorite love stories. I reread it often. Thanks for bringing more attention to this excellent author (who writes too slowly for my tastes, but obviously she's more concerned with writing a good story than with my reading schedule).
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Raspberry / November 27, 2009
Ok, I read this awhile back and I have some two cents to share. :) I enjoyed the story but absolutely hated the thief himself whatever his name was, until the end when I read the twist. Then I liked the book much better. However, it has never been much motivation to continue the series, although everyone's praise of the King of Attolia makes me want to try it sometime. Thanks for the review. :)
Ruth Arnell / November 28, 2009
Yeah, I thought Gen was annoying until I got to the twist as well, and then I went back and read large sections of the book with an entirely new appreciation for what Turner had managed to pull off. The library just called and told me the next book in the series is in, so I'm going to go pick that up this morning. Stay tuned for future reviews!


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1957 Lotus Eleven Sports Racer / 275 Vehicle Information
Engine #: 400-56112-3
This vehicle is a 1957 Lotus Eleven LeMans outfitted with a four-cylinder engine capable of producing 100 horsepower. It was raced by Team Lotus at the 1957 Sebring event where it was disqualified for illegal assistance. It had run out of gas and the wrong driver pushed it in. It was raced in 1957 at the Belgian Grand Prix for Sports Cars at Spa-Francorchamps where it finished in 9th place.
The following year it appeared at Sebring where it finished 3rd in class but was not classified as a finisher. The following year at Sebring it managed a 5th in Class.
The original owner was Charles Moran, Jr. He was the first American to compete at LeMans (1929). He raced at the Indianapolis 500 in 1930, and in the 1953 running of LeMans. He was the SCCA President from 1954 through 1955.
This is the only 1957 Sebring car fitted with the larger FWB (1500) engine and MGA close ratio gearbox. It is one of five Elevens using the British XAR 11 registration number - apparently none were actually legally registered! Last wide chassis Eleven of the seven built; built to comply with endurance racing cockpit width regulations. Two of the 1957 Sebring had conventional chassis - all failed cockpit height, which explains the triangular pieces on the windscreen and tail.
This car was purchased in 1971 from a junkyard in Virginia for $400. It had no engine, dashboard or electrics. It re-appeared on a race track for the first time in 1997 at the Sebring Vintage 12-Hour Support Race. It was awarded 'Best Race Car' at the 2002 Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance. It was the Best Race Car at the Indianapolis Concours Grand Prix in 2003.
This is one of the original four car Lotus Team constructed for the 1957 12 hour race at Sebring. It was owned and driven by past SCCA president, Charles Moran, who was president of ACCUS at the time. Co-driver in the race was Jesse 'Doc' Wyllie. It was the only one of the team cars fitted with the larger displacement Coventry Climax FWB engine and one of two cars with the wide-chassis configuration. The American colors were specified by Moran, who had raced an American built Du Pont automobile at LeMans in 1929 and Indianapolis in 1930.
There are conflicting stories about its DNF at Sebring in 1957. Wyllie asserts the car was disqualified for illegal driver change after he took over pushing it pitward, when Moran ran short of fuel and became exhausted and overcome by the heat while pushing it back. The official record says timing gear failure.
Following Sebring the car was taken to Europe and raced at Spa (finishing ninth) and other races and hillclimbs lost in historical obscurity. The tow vehicles was a Jeep Commander in similar American livery.
The car and Moran returned to Sebring in 1958 and 1959 finishing a respectable third and fifth in class, respectively. Other racing activity was minimal, though it did run at Bridgehampton in 1958 and with its second owner, H. Warren Rohlfs, saw limited activity from 1959 through 1962 in the Northeast, still sporting the original colors and XAR 11 number plate.
Current owner, Brett Johnson, purchased the car in 1971 from a junkyard in Virginia for $400. The price reflected the sorry state in which it was found. It still had the original MGA gearbox, all of the suspension, some of the electrical components and most of the bodywork. The body had not weathered the passage of time well. The engine and dashboard were the most significant missing items.
The restoration was a slow process and the first time back on the track was in 1997 at Sebring, forty years after its first appearance. Since then much detailing has been done to put it back to its authentic 1957 appearance, a process that will likely never end.
The car has occasionally participated in vintage racing events and has been shown, as well. The on-track accomplishments are less noteworthy. An Amelia Award was received at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in 2000. At the Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance in 2000 it won the Peter Helck Trophy for Best Race Car. It also had class wins at Ault Park in 2001 and Indianapolis in 2003.
The original owner of this race car, Charles Moran, Jr., was the first American to compete at LeMans in 1929. Specified in American colors, Chassis #275, raced at Sebring, FL in 1957 where it was disqualified for illegal assistance ran out of gas and the wrong driver pushed it in. Thereafter, this race car finished 9th at the 1957 Belgium Grand Prix for Sports Cars at Spa Francorchamps, finished 3rd in class at Sebring in 1958 and finished 5th in class at Sebring in 1959.
This 1957 Lotus Eleven LeMans race car was purchased in 1971 from a junkyard in Virginia for $400 - no engine, dashboard or electrics. Its first race after restoration was in 1997 at the Sebring Vintage 12-Hour.
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Putin Finally Went Too Far
The unified international response to the Skripal poisoning shows that the West will only suffer so much provocation.
Mark Galeotti
A screen shows preliminary results of the presidential election, at the headquarters of Russia's Central Election Commission in Moscow, Russia, on March 19, 2018. Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters
When Britain threw out 23 Russian diplomats in response to an assassination attempt on Russian agent Sergei Skripal, Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia and current bad boy of modern geopolitics, shrugged it off. With relations between London and Moscow so strained, the embassy didn't have all that much to do, anyway. The cost, Putin no doubt felt, was predictable and bearable. Then on Monday, 20 additional countries, from Albania to Ukraine, joined in a coordinated expulsion campaign, with the United States accounting for 60 of the Russians sent packing. On Tuesday, NATO announced it would expel seven Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning. Suddenly, the Kremlin isn't looking quite so comfortable. With the Skripal hit, it looks as if Putin may have finally overreached.
For years now, Putin's calculation has been that the West is strong but lacking in unity and will, allowing a scrappy Russia willing to bend and break the rules of the international order to assert its place as a global player. But the success of this gambit hinged on his capacity to assess what the West would tolerate. By exceeding those limits, he may have delivered a triple blow to himself.
The expulsions are certain to deliver a serious, if not mortal blow to Russia's intelligence networks. Putin has lavished resources and political capital on his covert foreign operations, which are now as pervasive and aggressive as they were at the height of the Cold War. His spook army is also a multi-headed hydra, featuring three main agencies: the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), military intelligence (GRU), and the newcomers, the political policemen-turned-spooks of the Federal Security Service (FSB).
The more than 120 expelled individuals, all presumed to be intelligence officers working under diplomatic cover, represent only a fraction of Russia's intelligence apparatus. In the Czech Republic, for example, the security service has claimed that as many as 50 Russians working in the embassy in Prague are actually spies. But, mindful that their much smaller embassy in Moscow can only sustain a few retaliatory expulsions, the Czechs expelled just three Russians.
Nonetheless, as the remaining Russian agents scramble to absorb their departing colleagues' sources and workloads, the wave of expulsions will inevitably disrupt both intelligence-gathering networks as well as "active measures," or political subversion operations. These activities range from encouraging anti-government paramilitary groups in Bulgaria to supporting populist far-right fringe groups in Europe.
The expulsions also shift the geopolitical landscape. In previous incidents of Russian mischief, Moscow has only had to deal with one country at a time. When its agents poisoned defector Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, for example, Britain received little real support from its allies when it pushed back against Russia. When assassins killed Chechen activists in Istanbul, no one rushed to help the Turks. When Russian commandos kidnapped Estonian security officer Eston Kohver in 2014, Tallinn had to cut its own deal with Moscow to get him back. Each time, allies offered little more than sympathy, and Putin presumably assumed this would again be the case with Skripal.
This time, despite the Trump administration's often-tense relations with Europe and the fraught negotiations over Britain's divorce from the European Union, the West has delivered an unprecedented collective message. Even the horrific shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 over southeast Ukraine by Russian proxies using a Russian missile failed to generate a similar reaction. While outright invasions such as the seizure of Crimea have led to sanctions, this is the first time ever there has been such an extensive and international response to a covert operation.
This new determination from the West to take Putin to task is the product of a cumulative process. As the tally of Russian provocations has grown, from the annexation of Crimea and destabilization of Ukraine in 2014, to election interference in the United States and elsewhere, to the heedless use of airpower against civilian targets in Syria, the sense that something had to be done had been building. This latest affair, an especially brazen incident which saw not only Skripal, but his daughter and a police officer who came to their aid poisoned with a Soviet-designed military nerve agent, simply provided the catalyst.
Perhaps most importantly, these expulsions challenge any easy assumptions in Moscow that Russian officials have the measure of the West. I was in Moscow in the immediate aftermath of the Skripal attack. Britain's initial response, while decried by the Russian authorities as an act of "Russophobia," did not seem to faze people I spoke to connected with the foreign ministry. They all seemed certain that that initial expulsion would be the end of it. The idea that 17 EU countries, as well as Albania, Australia, Canada, Macedonia, Norway, and Ukraine, would end up expelling suspected agents seemed implausible. That America would also kick out another 60? Unthinkable.
One of Putin's greatest assets has been his capacity to break the rules of international behavior, as Western countries try and preserve them. As a result, he has been able to game out likely responses, staying clear of red lines and exploiting opportunities that arise. That does not mean he and his advisors don't get things wrong (like the time Russia moved into the Donbas in Ukraine and expected Kiev to quickly capitulate). But they believed they understood the West, and that ultimately Western countries would not act decisively in support of each other. This time, he miscalculated.
In the near term, the Kremlin will respond with its usual mix of malice and bluster. There will be aggrieved denunciations, reciprocal expulsions, maybe even escalation, in the form of sanctions against Western media and cultural organizations (Moscow has already closed down the British Council's operation in Russia), the suspension of cooperation agreements, and perhaps even pressure on other fronts such as Syria, Libya and the Balkans. Ultimately, though, Russia needs the West more than the West needs Russia. There are likely to be some hurried and anxious recalculations in Moscow as Putin and company realize how badly they blundered.
The Kremlin has relied on its own will and the West's divisions to play a weak hand well. But maybe it played one card too many.
Mark Galeotti is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute and Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague.


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Vaughn's 3 touchdowns spark Vandy past Arkansas, 45-31
Sun, October 28 by Laron Marbley
HomeSportsNational SportsVaughn's 3 touchdowns spark Vandy past Arkansas, 45-31
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason had some fun this week at the expense of running back Ke'Shawn Vaughn, jokingly calling the junior "fat man" as he returned to practice after missing 10 days with an injury.
Mason might want to consider poking his bear of a running back more in the future after his performance on Saturday.
Led by a refreshed Vaughn, the Commodores earned their first Southeastern Conference victory of the season with a 45-31 win over Arkansas. The 5-foot-10, 222-pound Vaughn did much of the damage, rushing 26 times for 172 yards and three touchdowns in leading Vanderbilt (4-5, 1-4) to its first SEC win since a victory over Tennessee to end last season.
Vaughn's effort came a week after he missed the Commodores sluggish loss against Kentucky, and it was just in time for a team that had lost three in a row and five of its last six.
"It was just a good feeling being back out there on the team," Vaughn said.
Kyle Shurmur added a pair of touchdown passes to Jared Pinkney for the Commodores. Schumur finished 13-of-19 passing for 192 yards, and Pinkney had five catches for 93 yards and the two scores.
But it was Vaughn who set the tone in his return, breaking free for a 63-yard touchdown on for Vanderbilt's first score. He finished just short of his career-best of 180 yards rushing, set as a freshman with Illinois in 2015.
"We kept kidding (Vaughn), `Do you need some oxygen,' in practice all week," Mason said. "He'd make a five-yard run and be huffing and puffing … It was about getting that guy his touches and trying to get him in shape."
Rakeem Boyd ran 19 times for 113 yards for the Razorbacks (2-7, 0-5), the third time in four games the sophomore has topped the 100-yard mark in rushing.
After missing last week's game with a concussion, Arkansas quarterback Ty Storey returned and completed 23 of 36 passes for 240 yards. He also threw two touchdowns and two interceptions.
The Razorbacks have lost seven of their last eight games under first-year coach Chad Morris.
"At some point, we've got to make a step and do something to get us out of that rut," Morris said.
Four of Vanderbilt's five losses this season are to teams ranked in the top 15. The Commodores certainly looked battle-tested while rushing for 250 yards as a team — thanks in large part to the return of Vaughn — and kept their bowl hopes alive with games remaining against Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee. "For us, we needed that in the worst way," Mason said.
LONG-DISTANCE LIMPERT
Arkansas kicker Connor Limpert had his streak of 10 straight made field goals come to an end when he came up short on a 60-yard attempt at the end of the first half. The junior atoned for the miss, however, with a career-best 55-yard make in the third quarter. Limpert has now made 16 of 20 field goals this season, with five of his makes coming from 40 yards or more.
Vanderbilt defensive lineman Michael Owusu hit Storey during a pass rush in the third quarter, sending the quarterback to the ground. After the play, Owusu extended his arm — appearing to offer to help Storey to his feet — before quickly pulling his arm back and walking away after Storey reached up for help. "That's just football, it's talking some trash," Storey said.
Vanderbilt has a bye next week before traveling to Missouri on Nov. 10
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So is the effort to embrace the energy of ideas to revive and reinvent St. Agnes Hospital. Known from 1896 to 1961 as the best hospital for black people between Virginia and New Orleans, it now sits at the corner of Oakwood and State streets, a stone shell built with granite that St. Augustine's College quarried from the campus.
The South Park-East Raleigh Neighborhood Association's preservation of African-American history and contributions in Southeast Raleigh is well under way with maps, a video and an indoor-outdoor museum at the John P. "Top" Greene Center.
Renovations at the Richard B. Harrison Library include a tribute to Wake County's first African-American librarian with the Mollie H. Lee Collection of books, documents, memorabilia and photos.
And plans for St. Agnes have momentum.
A rehabilitated St. Agnes could house the college's Allied Health Program, started with federal funds secured by U.S. Rep. Brad Miller, a Raleigh Democrat; medical care clinics supported by Coldwell Banker; and the school's first graduate-level physician's assistant program. School officials also dream of reinstating the St. Agnes nursing program and suggest a museum of artifacts from the old St. Agnes Hospital as part of the renovation.
It's people like Irene Clark, a retired St. Augustine's biology professor who sought and oversees what's left of St. Agnes – photographs, medical equipment, uniforms, beds, medical records – who can help us.
Dr. Allen Mask, a WRAL Health correspondent who opened a Southeast Raleigh Urgent Care facility, agrees that reviving St. Agnes now – alongside the Greensboro Civil Rights Museum and the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture – would honor an important legacy in an era ripe for archiving history.
On the heels of the 50th anniversary of Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game as a Philadelphia 76er – and no proof save a picture of him smiling with a piece of paper with a hand-written "100" on it, there's news my alma mater plans to offer current UNC-Chapel Hill students a chance to electronically preserve their academic work. And a favorite website gave me "11 Things Your Kids Have Probably Never Heard," a series of videos featuring long-forgotten sounds of a rotary telephone dialing, a TV channel changer, a typewriter and so on.
A Midtown resident, who introduced us to the Chinese community a couple years ago, is sharing again.
This time Lieceng Zhu used a speaker's class to share stories about her life and culture. One is the story of July 7, Chinese Valentine's Day and the festival born of a beautiful and sad love story. Another story celebrates the "privileged position" plants have in Chinese culture. Still another tells a personal story of both tragedy and healing.
We should all tell our stories, seek others', and find ways to share and preserve them. It's the only way our newest neighbors will know the history on which they stand.
I invite you to follow our neighbor Lieceng Zhu's lead. Share them with me!
One somebody's memory – no matter how small – can be everybody's little nugget of history.


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Railway Protection Force (RPF/RPSF) exam of the year 2015 held on dated 15-02-2015. We are giving 70 questions of Math and Reasoning of this exam with answers.
Directions (1-5) : Complete the following series each of which follows a certain pattern.
1. 3, 12, 27, 48, 75, 108, ?.
(a) 162 (b) 183 (c) 192 (d) 147 (Ans : d)
2. 49, 121, 169, 289, ?.
(a) 361 (b) 529 (c) 400 (d) 441 (Ans : a)
3. a_ccabc_a_cc_bcc
(a) c b c b (b) b c b a (c) b a c b (d) b b c c (Ans : b)
4. _cbacb_dbad_adc_.
(a) d a c b (b) b c a a (c) c c a a (d) c b d d (Ans : a)
5. 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, ?.
(a) 36 (b) 30 (c) 32 (d) 40 (Ans : c)
Also See : Railway General Awareness Solved Question Paper 2015
Directions (6-10) : In the following questions, find the odd one out.
6. (a) Nepal (b) Germany (c) China (d) India (Ans : b)
7. (a) BY (b) CV (c) DW (d) AZ (Ans : b)
8. (a) 18 (b) 27 (c) 33 (d) 9 (Ans : c)
9. (a) Snooker (b) Chess (c) Hockey (d) Billiards (Ans : c)
10. (a) IFG (b) QOP (c) XVW (d) ECD (Ans : a)
11. 24 : 36 :: ? : 72
(a) 48 (b) 60 (c) 56 (d) 40 (Ans : a)
12. Convict : Jail : : Lawyer: ?
(a) Field (b) Hospital (c) Office (d) Court (Ans : d)
13. Rabies : Dog: : Ebola: ?
(a) Fish (b) Mosquito (c) Cat (d) Bats (Ans : d)
14. If 26th January, 2015 is Monday what was the day on 26th January, 2011 ?
(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Monday (Ans : b)
15. If 'a' means multiplication, 'b' means minus, 'c' means plus and 'd' means division, then 5a 3b 2c [4d 4] = ?.
(a) 6 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) 12 (Ans : c)
16. GTU : JWX :: CMN : ?
(a) FQR (b) FPQ (c) FPR (d) FOP (Ans : b)
17. The average of eleven numbers Is 30. If average of first ten numbers is 22 then what is the eleventh number?
(a) 8 (b) 80 (c) 30 (d) 110 (Ans : d)
18. If 59 is added to a square of a number. the result is 900. What is the number?
19. If C is to the West of A and B is to the South of A. in what direction is B with respect to C ?
(a) NW (b) SE (c) NE (d) SW (Ans : b)
20. Deepa and Seema together do a work In 6 days. Deepa can complete the same work alone in 9 days. In how many days will Seema complete the work alone?
(a) 18days (b) 3 days (c) 12 days (d) 15days (Ans : a)
21. The population of a city was 70,000. It increased by 8%. What is the population now?
(a) 76,000 (b) 76,500 (c) 76,600 (d) 75,600 (Ans : d)
22. What will be the Highest Common Factor of 4.8 and 12 ?
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 2 (Ans : b)
23. If CORRECTION is coded as DPSSFDWPO. How would EMOTION be coded ?
(a) FPNUJPO (b) FNPUJOP (c) FNPUPOJ (d) FNPUJPO (Ans : d)
24. A motorcycle covers 60 km. in 3 hours. Its speed is doubled. What distance will it cover in the next 1 hour?
(a) 360 km. (b) 40 km. (c) 60 km. (d) 120 km. (Ans : b)
25. 75 of 1/30 » 1/2 = ?
(a) 1.25 (b) 2.5 (c) 12.5 (d) 5 (Ans : d)
26. Ramesh walks 25 metre towards North. He then turns left and walks for 20 metre. He then again turns left and walks for 25 metre. He then turns left and walks for 50 metre. How far is he from his starting position ?
(a) 30 metre (b) 50 metre (c) 120 metre (d) 70 metre (Ans : a)
27. At what % of simple interest per annum will Rs. 400 amount to Rs. 520 in five years?
(a) 6% (b) 5% (c) 5.5% (d) 24% (Ans : a)
28. The radius of a circular field is 31.5 metre. What is its circumference?
(a) 198 metre (b) 154 metre (c) 237 metre (d) 110 metre (Ans : a)
29. The difference of cubes of two consecutive numbers is 127 What are the numbers?
(a) 5 and 6 (b) 4 and 5 (c) 6 and 7 (d) 7 and 8 (Ans : c)
30. The length of a rectangular field is increased by 20% am breadth is decreased by 20% What is the per cent increase or decrease in its area ?
(a) 20% increase (b) 4% decrease (c) 1 % increase (d) No change (Ans : b)
31. Amar is twenty fourth in a queue starting from either end. How many persons are there in the queue?
32. Ram moves 10 km towards East then moves 10 km right again moves 10 km right. In which direction is he now from the starting point ?
(a) North (b) West (c) South (d) East (Ans : c)
33. 0.0050 » 0. 05 + 0.05 = ?
(a) 0.15 (b) 0.05 (c) 0.16 (d) 0.50 (Ans : a)
34. A shirt priced at Rs. 1500 is being sold at a discount of 40% + 60%. What is its price after discount?
(a) Rs. 0 (b) Rs. 1400 (c) Rs. 540 (d) Rs. 360 (Ans : d)
35. The sum of two digits of a number is 13. If 9 is subtracted from the number, the digits are interchanged. What is the number?
36. The sum of four consecutive positive integers is 82, then the smallest one of them is–
(a) 20 (b) 19 (c) 22 (d) 21 (Ans : b)
37. Raul moves 8 km towards West and then turns towards left and travels for 6 km. How far is Raul from his starting point and in which direction ?
(a) NE 2 km (b) SE 14 km (c) NW 10 km (d) SW 10 km (Ans : d)
38. What is the Lowest Common Multiple of 2, 3 and 7 ?
(a) 42 (b) 21 (c) 14 (d) 6 (Ans : a)
39. There are 1500 students in a school. 15% are Muslims, 7% Sikhs, 8% Christians and remaining are Hindus. How many Hindu students are there in the school ?
(a) 1470 (b) 700 (c) 1050 (d) 1200 (Ans : c)
40. 20 dogs can eat 20 hens in 10 days. In how many days can 40 dogs eat 40 such hens?
(a) 1 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 10 (Ans : d)
41. If BANGLE is coded as ELGNAB. How would SANDAL be coded ?
(a) LADNSA (b) LANDAS (c) LADNAS (d) LADANS (Ans : c)
42. If Wednesday falls on 26th January, then what day will it be on the last day of January?
(a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday (Ans : b)
43. 60% is equal to–
(a) 6/9 (b) 9/10 (c) 3/5 (d) 7/9 (Ans : c)
44. Average height of a class of 12 students is 180 cm. The average decreases to 179 cm when the height of the class teacher is also added. What is the height of the teacher?
(a) 168 cm (b) 167 cm (c) 179. 5 cm (d) 166 cm (Ans : b)
45. 3 - 1 + 3 × 6 » 3 - 1 = ?
(a) 11 (b) - 3 (c) 7 (d) 9 (Ans : c)
46. Rishi earned Rs. 83.2 at compound rate of interest 8% per annum over two years. How much did he invest?
(a) Rs. 600 (b) Rs. 500 (c) Rs. 540 (d) Rs. 503.2 (Ans : b)
47. If 1/4 of third-part of a number is equal to 5, then the number is–
48. If × stands for division, » stands for subtraction, + stands for multiplication and - stands for addition. then
6 × 2 + 2 – 4 + 2 = ?
(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) 9 (Ans : d)
49. In a group of seven teams. each team plays against one another twice. How many total matches will be played in the group?
50. A bus travels at a speed of 75 km/hr for 45 minutes and then travels at a speed of 90 km/hr for 45 minutes. What distance will it cover in one and a half hour?
(a) 123.75 km (b) 165 km (c) 125 km (d) 82.5 km (Ans : a)
51. How many even numbers are there in the following sequence of numbers which are immediately preceded by an odd number but immediately followed by an even number?
5 1 4 7 3 9 8 5 7 2 6 3 1 5 8 6 3 8 5 2 7 4 3 4 9 6
(a) Two (b) One (c) Four (d) Three (Ans : a)
52. 0.105 + 1.05 + 0.515 + 0.015 = ?
(a) 1.685 (b) 1.675 (c) 1.75 (d) 1.785 (Ans : a)
53. Which is the largest fraction ?
(a) 3/7 (b) 7/9 (c) 7/8 (d) 9/10 (Ans : d)
54. Average of 8 numbers is 42. If 9 is subtracted from each number then what is the new average?
55. What is the ratio of 20 paise and Rs. 4?
(a) 1 : 8 (b) 1 : 16 (c) 1 : 20 (d) 1 : 5 (Ans : c)
56. A shopkeeper sold a shirt for Rs. 728 at a loss of 9%. If he had sold for Rs. 792, what would have been the gain/loss per cent?
(a) 8% loss (b) 9% profit (c) 1% loss (d) 8% profit (Ans : a)
57. Convert 9/10 into decimal.
(a) 90 (b) 1.90 (c) 0.09 (d) 0.9 (Ans : d)
58. Shyam sold a bag for Rs. 598.9 at a gain of 13%. What was its cost price?
(a) Rs. 550 (b) Rs. 530 (c) Rs. 585 (d) Rs. 500 (Ans : b)
59. In a certain code SEAT is coded as RDZS. How would READ be coded ?
(a) QDZC (b) QDCZ (c) QDZE (d) QDZD (Ans : a)
60. What time will a runner take to run a distance of 8 km at a speed of 15 km/hr?
(a) 35 minutes (b) 33 minutes (c) 31 minutes (d) 32 minutes (Ans : d)
61. If PERFECTION is coded as EFREPNOITC, how will IMPOSTER be coded?
(a) OPIMRETS (b) OPMIRETS (c) OPMIERTS (d) OPMIREST (Ans : b)
62. The area of a square field is 196 sq. metre. What would be the length of the rope required to fence the field from any three sides?
(a) 56 metre (b) 42 metre (c) 52 metre (d) 147 metre (Ans : b)
63. If 40% of a number is 184, then what is the value of 85% of the number?
(a) 333 (b) 391 (c) 380 (d) 328 (Ans : b)
64. A TV is bought for Rs. 42,000 and sold for Rs. 49,140. What is the gain per cent?
(a) 9% (b) 7.14% (c) 17% (d) 7% (Ans : c)
Directions (65-68) : The figure given below consists of three intersecting circles which represent set of players who play tennis, badminton and kabaddi. Each region in the figure is represented by a number.
65. How many players play Kabaddi?
66. Which number represents the set of players who play only Tennis?
(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 18 (Ans : a)
67. Which number represents the set of players who play both tennis and badminton but not kabaddi?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 5 (Ans : b)
68. Which game is played by least number of players?
(a) Tennis (b) Badminton (c) Kabaddi (d) All the three (Ans : a)
(Q. 69 : Ans : a)
(Q. 70 : Ans : b)
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This event combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. High school students will showcase their design and engineering skills and compete in Canada's largest high school robotics competition.
With strict rules and limited resources, the teams have raised funds, designed a team brand, honed teamwork skills, and built and programmed robots to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. All FIRST Canada events are open to the public and free.


With July here, it's really sinking in that it's summertime. Other than the fact that I hate being hot, this time of year is one of my favorites, particularly because of childhood memories spent at our cottage on Lake Ontario. We'd move up there for the summer, and spend our days swimming, boating, fishing, curled up in a tree swing with a good book, gathered around a bonfire, creating games with the neighbor kids, and eating almost all of our meals outdoors at the picnic table.
Our cottage was next door to my grandmother's year-round home, and our family would dine together almost every evening at that picnic table. There was always the red and white checkered tablecloth, good food, and plenty of laughs as the long summer days came to a close. That's why that area of NY will always be special for me, and I've been clinging to pieces of "home" as I settle here in Cleveland for the long haul. Recently, this included taking that worn, well-loved red and white picnic tablecloth back to CLE after a visit with my family. I think it will continue to make memories as Mr. H and I use it, but it will forever remind me of my childhood and those summer nights spent on the lake.
Another hand-me-down item that I took last year was a set of vintage corn plates. I just couldn't let my dad sell them, as I flashed back to MANY summer meals of corn on the cob. It's just one of those foods that means "summer" to me.
What food or recipe reminds you of summer the most?
Heinen's Grocery Store wants to know, as they've launched a social campaign, #SummerwithHeinens. When they asked me to partner with them by sharing a recipe associated with a special summer memory, I didn't hesitate. Summer meals with my family are some of my favorite, still to this day. And for me, that often meant corn on the cob.
Remove silk and husk from corn.
Coat each corn cob with olive oil, salt and pepper.
Place corn cobs directly on grill, cover.
Grill 10-15 minutes, rotating halfway through for even char marks.
Remove corn from grill and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
Cut kernels off of cobs (should yield approx 4 cups).
Mix kernels with chopped jalapeños (leaving some aside for garnish), crumbled bacon pieces, cream cheese and sour cream.
Stir in shredded cheese, lemon juice, and salt and pepper.
We served ours as a side to steaks, and used our salt block on the grill for the first time. Any tips for salt block cooking?
This corn dish had all of the hints of my childhood summers, while being interesting and elevated. It's "fancy" corn on the cob!
I gobbled it up for lunch the next day too. This recipe was adapted from here, and it was a real winner. It would be a great dish to bring to a potluck, and one that we'll certainly be making again.
What summer recipes are classic in your household? Share them by using #SummerwithHeinens on social media.
Disclosure: I was provided with a Heinen's gift card in exchange for this blog post. All opinions stated are 100% my own.


January 23rd was the last day to introduce new bills in the Nebraska Legislature. Overall, it was a very active start to the new Biennium. A total of 739 bills were introduced this year, which is the most since 2005. I contributed my fair share this year by introducing thirteen bills and one resolution for a Constitutional Amendment for property tax relief.
The new committee assignments have also been set. This time around I will be serving on the Appropriations Committee along with Sen. John Stinner of Gering. Because the Appropriations Committee meets five days per week, I am unable to serve on another Standing Committee. So, I will no longer be serving on the Education Committee or on the Health and Human Services Committee.


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By James Coney for the Daily Mail
Updated: 06:02 EST, 26 July 2005
BEWARE of mortgage offers that seem too good to be true, because you could end up forking out more in costly fees and charges than you save in interest.
Rates on many two-year fixed mortgages are falling as banks and building societies battle for your business.
To do this, they are bringing out rates that are lower than their competitors, or enticing you with help on fees.
But if you work out the total cost of these mortgage products, you could find that a loan with a higher rate actually works out to be cheaper. Recently, borrowers have been caught out by Northern Rock's 'help with costs' option.
Northern Rock has a rate of 4.69% for a two-year fix with a £695 arrangement fee and £250 exit fee, payable whenever the mortgage is redeemed. This gives a total cost over the two years of £15,255 on a £100,000 loan repaid over 25 years. But it offers £1,000 cash to help with these costs.
However, borrowers who redeem the mortgage within three-and-a-half years must repay the £1,000, as well as the £250 exit fee. To keep the money, you must stick on the variable rate for the extra 18 months, adding around £180 a month to a £100,000 mortgage.
Of the new deals, Nationwide, Halifax and Intelligent Finance look competitive. Assuming a mortgage of £100,000 repaid over 25 years, Nationwide's two-year fix at 4.39% has a total cost of £13,765 over the fixed period, with monthly repayments of £550.
Halifax has the same rate and same monthly repayments, but a higher arrangement fee and exit fee, meaning the total cost is £13,855.
Intelligent Finance has a rate of 4.49% and is cheaper than Halifax because of its lower fees. Monthly repayments are £555, but the total cost is £13,800.
All of these offers work out cheaper than lower-rate mortgages from Newcastle BS at 4.22%, Derbyshire BS at 4.30% and Portman at 4.34%, once you add all the extra charges made by the lower-rate mortgage providers.
Skipton BS has brought out a two-year fix at 4.29%, but this is for house purchasers only. The fees total around £1,100, giving a total cost of £14,150.
Shopping around will prove that there are lots of deals on the market with very low headline rates. But beware of deals from Portman BS, Saffron Walden BS, Northern Rock and Market Harborough BS that all have twoyear fixes below 3%.
Once this cheap rate finishes, you will have to pay massive penalties if you want to remortgage for another five years. Rob Clifford from independent broker Mortgageforce says: 'Beware of any rate that looks very low. If it looks too good to be true, it normally is. They do not always mean best value for money. You need to think about how much you want to borrow and what sort of mortgage is right for you.'
PHILIPPA WIGGINS had a mortgage with Northern Rock for more than 11 years, but says she switched to Nationwide because of fees and poor customer service.
Philippa, 42, who runs The Bathroom Shop in Tenterden, Kent, became dissatisfied with her mortgage when she realised that she was paying £250 administration fees whenever she needed to change something.
Philippa realised that although Northern Rock's rate was better than Nationwide's, she would end up paying more because of the fees. She moved from a two-year fix at 4.19% to a five-year fix with Nationwide at 5.19%.
Philippa says:'It seemed like every time I picked up the phone with my old mortgage I was forking out money.'
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Web 2.0 user knowledge and the limits of individual and collective power
Nicholas Proferes
This paper revisits and builds upon a prominent theme in First Monday's 2008 "Critical perspectives on Web 2.0" special issue: exploration and critique of the claim that Web 2.0"... provides novel opportunities for the articulation of individual and collective social power by enhancing participation in media production and cultural expression" (Zimmer, 2008). This article refreshes the critique by examining how impediments to users' technical knowledge about how Web 2.0 platforms function affect user power. After reviewing how the scholarly literature on Web 2.0 accounts for the user knowledge/user power connection, this paper suggests Braman's (2006) concept of "informational power" as a useful heuristic for exploring how access to information about how Web 2.0 platforms function operates as a "genetic" facet of user power. Then, using Braman's framework, the article reviews two cases of struggle over informational power in regards to the Twitter platform: controversy over the Library of Congress Twitter archive and Occupy Wall Street protesters inaccurately accusing Twitter of censorship because of a misunderstanding about "Trending Topics." Through the application of Braman's framework to these cases, it becomes clear how users' prospects for developing technical knowledge about the platforms shape the limits and horizons of individual and collective power.
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By the Numbers: Breaking Down the Blackhawks' Winning Streak
The Blackhawks are just four points out of a playoff spot with 26 games to go
By James Neveau	• Published at 8:51 pm on February 10, 2019
The Chicago Blackhawks are still lurking in the NHL playoff hunt, as they are now just four points out with 26 games to go after a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
The big question on the minds of Blackhawks fans is this: what has been behind the team's resurgence?
Here are some key numbers from the last seven games, as the Blackhawks try to make an improbable playoff run:
121 – Patrick Kane Putting Up MVP Numbers
For a brief moment on Sunday, Kane tied for the league scoring lead with Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov, and although the Tampa star ended up moving past him, he is still on quite an incredible pace.
As of right now, Kane is on pace to notch 121 points, which would smash his previous career high in that category. In that 2015-16 season, in which he registered 106 points, Kane won the league's Hart Trophy as NHL MVP, and he might be on his way to another nomination for the prestigious award.
21 – Chicago Has Detroit's Number
After years of dominance on the part of the Red Wings, the Blackhawks have turned the tide in a big way in their last 21 games, registering a 14-3-4 record in those contests against the Wings.
That includes Sunday's win over the Wings, which puts the Blackhawks four points out of the final wild card spot in the Western Conference.
14 – Kane, Toews, and DeBrincat All on a Roll
As the Blackhawks have won seven games in a row, they have gotten some huge production out of several key players.
Jonathan Toews has 14 points in the seven straight wins for the Blackhawks, as he has seven goals and seven assists. Alex DeBrincat has been equally impressive, with four goals and 10 assists in that same stretch.
As for Kane, all he's done is register at least one point in 14 straight games, the longest-current streak in the NHL. In the seven straight games the Blackhawks have won, he has six goals and 10 assists, and has a staggering 32 points during his 14-game point streak.
4 - Blackhawks Rocking and Rolling on the Scoresheet
Since January 20, the Blackhawks have been rolling in a big way on offense, and that dominance is reflected in the NHL's scoring leaders since that date. According to the league, the top four scorers in the NHL since Jan. 20 have been Blackhawks players.
Kane currently leads the way with 14 points in that span, while Toews, DeBrincat, and Dylan Strome each have 12 points over that time.
.940 – Cam Ward Helping Backstop the Blackhawks' Success
While the Blackhawks' offense has been getting plenty of attention in recent games, their goaltending has been equally up to the task.
During their seven game winning streak, Cam Ward has stopped 142 of the 151 shots that he's faced, registering a .940 save percentage over that time. Collin Delia hasn't been quite as good, but he's been just as effective, winning three games and putting up a .903 save percentage in those contests.


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Mind Through Materials
Recommend Book
With texts by Angus Taylor and Johan Myburg, an interview with Angus Taylor by Johan Thom, and an introduction by Paul Harris
224 pages, 169 color and 1 b/w illustrations
South African sculptor Angus Taylor, born in Johannesburg in 1970 and alumnus of the University of Pretoria, is known mainly for his monumental works. For these, in addition to the classic bronze, he uses a selection of materials special to his immediate environment: black granite, red jasper, straw, and the red earth of the Pretoria region. In the symbiosis of these materials with traditional artistic craft techniques, distinctly contemporary works arise, which the Taylor pioneeringly positions as figurative landmark sculpture.
This first-ever monograph on Angus Taylor offers a comprehensive survey of his oeuvre to date. Key works from his entire career since the founding of his studio Dionysus Sculpture Works in 1997 are featured in full color illustrations throughout. The essays discuss Taylor's methods, practices, and personal philosophies and put his work is context within South Africa's social situation as well as with his own biography. The book offers a much welcomed profound introduction to Angus Taylor's innovative and characteristic body of work.
Paul Harris is an art collector and owner of the Ellerman House Wine Gallery in Cape Town, which was co-designed by Angus Taylor.
Johan Myburg is an art publicist and curator and works as a research associate at the Institute of Fine Arts at North-West University in Johannesburg.
Johan Thom is an artist who works at the interface of video, performance, and sculpture. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Pretoria's Institute of Fine Arts.
"The book impressively presents Taylor's works in large-format illustrations." Urs Berger, Biel-Benkemer-Dorf-Zytig


From left to right, Colin Neill (CEO Hospitality Ulster), Kevin Gamble (Féile Director) Paul Maskey MP, Harry Connolly (Féile Executive Director) and Cathal O'Neill (Diageo).
Organisers believe that Féile Club, which was launched at a glittering event hosted by Hospitality Ulster last night, will forge meaningful partnerships that will help to inject further vitality into the burgeoning hospitality industry that exists around the west of the city and Féile an Phobail - now in its 27th year.
Speaking at the event, Féile director Kevin Gamble said: "Féile an Phobail has always supported local businesses across the city from our inception.
"As Féile continues to grow year on year, so do the opportunities for local businesses to get involved with Féile to partner, support and contribute to the sustainability of Ireland's largest community arts festival.
"We believe that we bring world class international acts to the west of the city in a unique way that the local community can access directly.
"Building on our strength as a festival for all the people, we are pleased to unveil the details of the Féile Club today and how we can provide a platform and an opportunity for that all important group of our community - the local private sector - to get involved and help support the ground breaking work of Féile an Phobail. It's great to see so many local business leaders here so passionate about getting behind Féile as a real regenerative force for not just west Belfast but the city as a whole."
This year's Féile, which runs from 30 July to 9 August has already announced UB40 as a major headlining act, with more big names to follow.
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Criminal case against citizen journalist heads to trial next week
Nydia Tisdale
Allie Dean
DAWSON COUNTY - Self-described citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale heads to trial next week facing charges of criminal trespass and obstruction of an officer after a 2014 event that led to her forced removal from Burt's Pumpkin Farm in Dawsonville.
The criminal case is set to move forward Monday morning in the Dawson County Superior Court.
A resident of Roswell, Tisdale was arrested Aug. 23, 2014, after she allegedly refused to stop videoing a political rally at Burt's Pumpkin Farm and leave the property when requested.
She was removed from the Republican Party rally by then-Dawson County Sheriff's Capt. Tony Wooten, and held in the Burt's barn until two other officers arrived to take her to jail.
Tisdale alleges that she was unlawfully arrested and assaulted by Wooten, while Wooten was cleared of any wrongdoing after an internal investigation by the sheriff's office.
In August of 2015, Tisdale filed notice that a lawsuit against the Dawson County Sheriff's Office and Dawson County Board of Commissioners was looming unless a settlement could be reached in the case.
The notice said Tisdale was seeking $550,000 and a public apology from Wooten, who she claims made inappropriate contact of a sexual nature with her while attempting to take her into custody.
Tisdale was then indicted on one misdemeanor charge of trespassing, one misdemeanor charge of obstruction of officer and a felony charge of obstruction of officer in November of 2015, and pleaded not guilty to all counts in March of 2016.
If convicted of the charges, Tisdale could face up to five years in prison.
In May of 2016, Tisdale filed a federal lawsuit in Gainesville claiming the arresting officers violated her constitutional rights and asked to take the civil case before a jury.
The suit against three Dawson County Sheriff's deputies claims her First, Fourth and 14th Amendments were violated in the arrest, and Capt. Tony Wooten, Cpl. Russell Smith and Cpl. Laura Bishop were personally named in the suit.
Tisdale also filed a suit against the Burts seeking punitive damages, litigation which she filed on Aug. 22, 2016 in Dawson County Superior Court. The case was later dismissed.
In 2015, Tisdale was awarded $200,000 in a settlement by the City of Cumming, where she was thrown, illegally, from a city council meeting that she was attempting to record.
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Mr. Wigdor represented a group of former Radianz employees who brought claims of race discrimination against Radianz, Reuters PLC and Equant N.V. These claims received international media coverage including the BBC, The Guardian and New York Daily News. The lawsuit alleged that black employees at Radianz, a software company then-owned by Reuters, were forced to endure to "an outrageous, patently offensive" work environment, including being subjected to racially abusive slurs, jokes and emails. The claims received international media coverage including in the BBC, The Guardian, and New York Daily News.


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Q: Inherited component fails to update property in base component I have an Angular component inheriting a base component.
@Component({
selector: "my-baseclass-component",

template: `

   counter value (check console to see it gets incremented) : {{ counter }}
  <ng-content select="[body]"></ng-content>

`
 })
 export class BaseClassComponent {
 public counter = 0;
 constructor() {}
 }

I just want to increment a counter in the base component from the inherited component when clicking on a button.
@Component({
selector: 'my-inherited-component',
template: `<my-baseclass-component #myBaseclass>

Inherited Component Content
<button (click)="click()">toggle</button>

  </my-baseclass-component>`
})
 export class InheritedComponent extends BaseClassComponent {

  click(){
    this.counter++;
    console.log('clicked:' + this.counter);
  }
}

The counter variable is displayed in the base component template using the curly brackets notation {{counter}} but it is never refreshed although the value itself is incremented correctly.
I have reproduced the issue in a stackblitz :
https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-ivy-sssxvt?file=src/app/baseclass.component.ts
What am I doing wrong ?

A: When you put <app-some-comp></app-some-comp> in template you tell Angular to instantiate a new isolated instance of AppSomeComponent.
In your example
@Component({
  ...
  template: `
       <my-baseclass-component #myBaseclass>
           ....
      </my-baseclass-component>`
})
export class InheritedComponent extends BaseClassComponent {}

you created InheritedComponent component(which is derived from BaseClassComponent class) and a new separated instance of <my-baseclass-component.
If you want the counter to be reflected in inner <my-baseclass-component component you should update it itself.
There are several options:

*

*Update it manually https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-ivy-gr3ws3?file=src%2Fapp%2Finherited.component.ts:
(click)="click(); myBaseclass.counter = counter"

*Use property binding https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-ivy-fhj7n7?file=src%2Fapp%2Finherited.component.ts
export class BaseClassComponent {
  @Input() counter = 0;

<my-baseclass-component [counter]="counter">

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While both parties haven't adequately addressed the problems in our health care system it is still the best in the world. People come here from all over the world for treatment.
My understanding of socialist health care systems in other countries is that many times you have no choice in doctors and there can be long waits for necessary surgeries. However, in regards to the letter stating that this is due to the "rich Republicans" ("Letter to the Editor: Affordable health care, good wages doesn't mean communism," April 11), let me say that these are some of the people who used their entrepreneurial skills and hard work to create the funds that Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are so eager to redistribute.
We have millionaire Bernie Sanders (maybe he should contribute some of his wealth) who has shown his business acumen by making his fortune as a politician. We have the unofficial socialist Obama who thought that the government was responsible for creating the businesses, which supply not only jobs but the money that goes into the health care system, not hard-working Americans who already support generations of those who contribute nothing.


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package cz.metacentrum.perun.webgui.json.cabinetManager;

import com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptObject;
import com.google.gwt.json.client.JSONNumber;
import com.google.gwt.json.client.JSONObject;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.Window;
import cz.metacentrum.perun.webgui.client.PerunWebSession;
import cz.metacentrum.perun.webgui.json.JsonCallbackEvents;
import cz.metacentrum.perun.webgui.json.JsonPostClient;
import cz.metacentrum.perun.webgui.model.PerunError;

/**
 * Ajax query which deletes a Publication
 *
 * @author Pavel Zlamal <256627@mail.muni.cz>
 */
public class DeletePublication {

	// web session
	private PerunWebSession session = PerunWebSession.getInstance();
	// publication
	private int pubId = 0;
	// URL to call
	final String JSON_URL = "cabinetManager/deletePublication";
	// custom events
	private JsonCallbackEvents events = new JsonCallbackEvents();

	/**
	 * Creates a new request
	 *
	 */
	public DeletePublication() {}

	/**
	 * Creates a new request with custom events
	 *
	 * @param events external events
	 */
	public DeletePublication(JsonCallbackEvents events) {
		this.events = events;
	}

	/**
	 * Tests the values, if the process can continue
	 *
	 * @return true/false when process can/can't continue
	 */
	private boolean testDeleting()
	{
		boolean result = true;
		String errorMsg = "";

		if(pubId == 0){
			errorMsg += "Wrong parameter 'Publication ID'.\n";
			result = false;
		}

		if(errorMsg.length()>0){
			Window.alert(errorMsg);
		}

		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Attempts to delete a Publication, it first tests the values and then submits them.
	 *
	 * @param pubId ID of publication to be deleted
	 */
	public void deletePublication(final int pubId) {

		this.pubId = pubId;

		// test arguments
		if(!this.testDeleting()){
			return;
		}

		// json object
		JSONObject jsonQuery = prepareJSONObject();

		// local events
		JsonCallbackEvents newEvents = new JsonCallbackEvents(){

			public void onError(PerunError error) {
				session.getUiElements().setLogErrorText("Deleting publication " + pubId + " failed.");
				events.onError(error);
			};

			public void onFinished(JavaScriptObject jso) {
				session.getUiElements().setLogSuccessText("Publication " + pubId + " deleted.");
				events.onFinished(jso);
			};

			public void onLoadingStart() {
				events.onLoadingStart();
			};

		};

		// create request
		JsonPostClient request = new JsonPostClient(newEvents);
		request.sendData(JSON_URL, jsonQuery);

	}

	/**
	 * Prepares a JSON object
	 * @return JSONObject the whole query
	 */
	private JSONObject prepareJSONObject()
	{
		// category
		JSONObject publication = new JSONObject();
		publication.put("id", new JSONNumber(pubId));

		return publication;

	}
}

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