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Home Personalities Top Horror Personalities of all time
Top Horror Personalities of all time
Fear is an instinct so strongly etched into our society today and many have become desensitized by the horror that is the world. They have become blank slates, waddling through the chores of everyday existence who need to be scared back to reality, otherwise, they will foolishly accept the world around them.
Horror is the drug to cure this ill and once injected into our souls, it frees us and allowing us to escape, if only for a brief time….the darkness of life. The instruments that fuel our passions are the men, women, and personalities that have brought these terrors to life on the silver screen and in the safety of our homes. They are the characters that we cheer for and those we root against. The ones we hope to escape that which lurks in the darkness and those bastards we hope that die thousand times over.
The following is a list of actors, actresses, and personalities that we think have changed the way we watch horror. Recently, I attended a horror convention and became re-introduced to many of the men who laid the foundation for modern horror. Men like Lugosi, Karloff, Chaney Sr. and Jr. Men that many young horror fans may not be accustomed to, but should be. Men who greatly influenced my love of horror early on, but have been absent from my memory for too many years. In these hollow halls, they will be revered alongside many of today's stars, because without them there would be no horror.
This a list of my all-time Top Horror personalities. Hopefully, through research, we can better understand the men and women behind the movies. We will be adding to this list over time. Again, as always, anything that you can add to these pages would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail us with questions, comments, and criticism. Let's not forget our past or we will have no future.
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Compare Saudi Arabia to other countries
Show the size of Saudi Arabia compared to The United States Hide the map
If Saudi Arabia were your home instead of The United States you would...
be 87.1% more likely to be unemployed
Saudi Arabia has an unemployment rate of 11.60% while The United States has 6.20%
be 2.4 times more likely to die in infancy
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Saudi Arabia is 14.58 while in The United States it is 6.17.
die 4.74 years sooner
The life expectancy at birth in Saudi Arabia is 74.82 while in The United States it is 79.56.
The GDP per capita in Saudi Arabia is $31,300 while in The United States it is $52,800
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Saudi Arabia are $795.10 USD while The United States spends $8,895.10 USD
161 in every 100,000 people are currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia compared to 698 in The United States
consume 74.28% more oil
The United States consumes 2.4822 gallons of oil per day per capita while Saudi Arabia consumes 4.3260
This entry is the total oil consumed in gallons per day (gal/day) divided by the population. The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
The per capita consumption of electricity in The United States is 12,185kWh while in Saudi Arabia it is 6,980kWh
be 63.16% more likely to be murdered
6.20 in every 100,000 people are murdered annually in Saudi Arabia compared to 3.80 in The United States
This entry contains the number of victims of an unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person. Data is originally sourced from either criminal justice or public health systems.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
be 98.33% less likely to have HIV/AIDS
The percentage of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Saudi Arabia is 0.01% while in The United States it is 0.60%.
This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population at yearend.
have 39.94% more babies
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Saudi Arabia is 18.78 while in The United States it is 13.42.
More Information about Saudi Arabia
With its 27,345,986 people, Saudi Arabia is the 46th largest country in the world by population. It is the 13th largest country in the world by area with 2,149,690 square kilometers.
Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam's two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. The king's official title is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The modern Saudi state was founded in 1932 by ABD AL-AZIZ bin Abd al-Rahman Al SAUD (Ibn Saud) after a 30-year campaign to unify most of the Arabian Peninsula. One of his male descendants rules the country today, as required by the country's 1992 Basic Law. King ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz ascended to the throne in 2005. Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saudi Arabia accepted the Kuwaiti royal family and 400,000 refugees while allowing Western and Arab troops to deploy on its soil for the liberation of Kuwait the following year. The continuing presence of foreign troops on Saudi soil after the liberation of Kuwait became a source of tension between the royal family and the public until all operational US troops left the country in 2003. Major terrorist attacks in May and November 2003 spurred a strong on-going campaign against domestic terrorism and extremism. King ABDALLAH since 2005 has worked to incrementally modernize the Kingdom - driven by personal ideology and political pragmatism - through a series of social and economic initiatives, including expanding employment and social opportunities for women, attracting foreign investment, increasing the role of the private sector in the economy, and discouraging businesses from hiring foreign workers. The Arab Spring inspired protests - increasing in number since 2011 but usually small in size - over primarily domestic issues among Saudi Arabia's majority Sunni population. Riyadh has taken a cautious but firm approach by arresting some protesters but releasing most of them quickly, and by using its state-sponsored clerics to counter political and Islamist activism. In addition, Saudi Arabia has seen protests among the Shia populace in the Eastern Province, who have protested primarily against the detention of political prisoners, endemic discrimination, and Bahraini and Saudi Government actions in Bahrain. Protests are met by a strong police presence, with some arrests, but not the level of bloodshed seen in protests elsewhere in the region. In response to the unrest, King ABDALLAH in February and March 2011 announced a series of benefits to Saudi citizens including funds to build affordable housing, salary increases for government workers, and unemployment entitlements. To promote increased political participation, the government held elections nationwide in September 2011 for half the members of 285 municipal councils - a body that holds little influence in the Saudi Government. Also in September, the king announced that women will be allowed to run for and vote in future municipal elections - first held in 2005 - and serve as full members of the advisory Consultative Council. The country remains a leading producer of oil and natural gas and holds about 17% of the world's proven oil reserves. The government continues to pursue economic reform and diversification, particularly since Saudi Arabia's accession to the WTO in 2005, and promotes foreign investment in the kingdom. A burgeoning population, aquifer depletion, and an economy largely dependent on petroleum output and prices are ongoing governmental concerns.
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Episode 58: Review 2×09: The Lady of the Lake
April 12, 2020 April 16, 2020 merlisten_rz5xss
In today's episode, MissSnowfox and Xan are joined by Amphigoury to talk about the ninth episode of season two: The Lady of the Lake. Join us for roughly two and a half hours of trying to find reason in what any of these characters are doing.
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2 female characters (with lines)
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Do you actually like this show or is there just more fun to pick things apart? Isn't it EVER ok for things just to be FUN?!
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Hey man, using a critical lens doesn't necessarily mean someone doesn't like a work. Personally, I really enjoy analyzing stories that leave an impression on me and trying to dismantle what I think does and does not work about them. They aren't trying to rob the enjoyment of other people's experiences with the work, they're just sharing discourse with something they're passionate about.
I'm a bit late with this, but I really enjoyed the review. 🙂 This podcast has been a such a cathartic listen for me – I was so frustrated with the last seasons of Merlin, and your conversations have been great for commiserating while also reminding me what I liked about the show in the first place lol. (Also I'm absolutely fine with this not comment not being mentioned in an episode, whatever you want to do with it is fine with me!)
I was interested in your point about how characters like Merlin are usually relegated to side characters, since I think this had a lasting effect on the show's storytelling going forward. Merlin's usually working from the shadows or pulling strings in the background, so he doesn't often have as active a role in each episode's A-plot, especially from season 3 onwards. I felt like Arthur's character development lead him to eventually fill in that space of the action-hero lead character, even if Merlin technically remained the protagonist. In addition to that, a lot of Merlin's development seemed to happen internally and wasn't explicitly explored in the script of the show, to the extent that when the show ended, I felt like it wasn't really his story anymore. He also had such little agency by that point that he was barely driving the plot forward, instead just constantly reacting to it. I don't necessarily mean this as a criticism of the show, but at the same time I don't think it was their original intent with the character of Merlin – I think they just didn't know what to do with him as the series went on. I'm not sure if anyone else felt this way.
Speaking of Merlin getting water dumped on him, did you guys ever see the "Merlin's Wetness" memes when the show was airing? I think it mostly came from an old tumblr called "Oblivious Arthur," and I haven't really seen it around in a long time.
I agree with Rox that the final scene is peak Merlin and Arthur – it was an incredible performance, and it's usually the first thing that comes to mind when I think about their dynamic. God, and what happened to Tex is awful. I don't think I was in the fandom around that time, but her artwork is really lovely now that I've seen it, very expressive. What happened is just deeply tragic.
No need to reply (I am really behind in listening). It wasn't my favorite Merlin episode but there were parts I liked especially the last scene. However, that's not my favorite scene of all of them. That's the scene in Beauty + the Beast II where Merlin is trying to persuade Arthur to drink the poison, oops the potion. I know Gaius is there but the scene is really Arthur and Merlin having non-verbal words/argument that just gets to me.


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The radar sensor (front) functions by detecting the radio waves reflected off a vehicle ahead or an obstruction sent from the radar sensor.
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Under the following conditions, the radar sensor (front) may not be able to detect vehicles ahead or obstructions correctly and each system may not operate normally.
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Vehicles ahead with low vehicle height and thus less area for reflecting radio waves.
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The vehicle ahead enters the radar sensor's blind spot.
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The distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead is extremely short.
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If the battery power is weak, the system may not operate correctly.
When driving on roads with little traffic and few vehicles ahead or obstructions for the radar sensor (front) to detect, "Front Radar Sensor Blocked" may be temporarily displayed, however, this does not indicate a problem.
The radar sensors are regulated by the relevant radio wave laws of the country in which the vehicle is driven. If the vehicle is driven abroad, authorization from the country in which the vehicle is driven may be required.
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in 1988 an updated version of the book was released with a fantastic cover design by Graham Rye over at The James Bond international fan club.
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Hickory Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.  As of the 2020 census, its population was 398 and it contained 168 housing units. It was organized in March 1876 and named for a grove of hickory trees that grew within its borders in the 19th century.

Geography
According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of , all land.

Cities and towns
 Ambia

Unincorporated towns
 Dunn
 Handy
 Powley Corners
 Talbot

Adjacent townships
 Grant (east)
 Parish Grove (north)
 Prairie Township, Warren County (south)

Major highways
  Indiana State Road 71
  Indiana State Road 352

Cemeteries
The township contains one cemetery, Totheroh.

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Sources

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External links

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 United Township Association of Indiana

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A (Bitter)Sweet 16 — The Teen Years with ADHD, Autism
It's official! The boy turned 16 this week. I remember when he was 6, 7, 8 and extremely hyperactive and literally had boundless energy. I was exhausted. I couldn't imagine this boy at 16. I didn't know how to imagine his future, it was too far away and too scary, frankly. That kind but wild little Tigger as a teen? Oh no, the two together just didn't compute. It was painful to even consider. All I could think about was just trying to get through each day, one moment at a time. That's where we started.
So much has changed since my son was diagnosed with ADHD (10 years ago) and "high-functioning" autism (4 years ago). He has completely changed, inside and out. Not only is he now the definition of "man-child" at 5'9″ and 200 lbs., but he's really a different kid. His physical hyperactivity has waned. He's a bit more carefree. He has a group of what he calls "real friends," and is better at reading body language, tone of voice, and social cues. He sometimes asks for my help when he's emotional or angry. He's learned some coping strategies and uses them frequently.
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He's growing up, for sure, but he's still more like a child than a teen in so many ways. That's the bitter part of this sweet 16, he's not a typical 16-year-old and he's no where near ready to live independently. The contrast between him and his peers is still very striking. In my head, I know this is to be expected for a kid with developmental disabilities — like ADHD and autism — but my heart still worries a bit. I know he will get there. I know we're doing everything we can to give him the opportunity to be a happy, successful adult. I am aware that it will just take more time for him to get there.
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Digital IDs face opposition among states
Controversy grows over whether the Real ID Act's national identification cards will do more to stop terrorists or threaten privacy.
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Declan McCullagh is the chief political correspondent for CNET. You can e-mail him or follow him on Twitter as declanm. Declan previously was a reporter for Time and the Washington bureau chief for Wired and wrote the Taking Liberties section and Other People's Money column for CBS News' Web site.
CONCORD, N.H.--A forthcoming national identification card will do little to thwart future terrorist attacks and instead will endanger Americans' privacy, speakers at a conference here warned.
The digital ID card requirements, scheduled to take effect in May 2008, are likely to spark a revolt among states concerned about the complexity of the federal rules and the cost of complying with them, said Jim Babka, president of DownsizeDC.org, at the Liberty Forum conference.
"It's going to cost the taxpayers $11 billion, an average cost of $200 million per state," said Babka, whose organization bills itself as a "trans-partisan" effort trying to rein in the federal government.
The 2005 Real ID Act says that drivers licenses and other ID documents issued by state governments must comply with a stringent set of rules devised by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that have not yet become public. But dozens of state legislatures are debating whether to stand up to the federal government and oppose federalized IDs, a step that Maine's legislature took in a vote last month.
In an unusual twist, opposition to federalized IDs has united some state motor vehicle officials (who are worried about the cost) and civil libertarian and privacy activists (who are worried about the prospect of a national ID card). Several members of Congress have proposed delaying or repealing the Real ID Act, though Bush administration officials have been steadfast in saying the ID rules are a necessary antiterrorism measure. It's also seen as a way to limit illegal immigration.
"In states across the country, legislators are moving to reform the Real ID Act," said Jim Harper, director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute and a member of a Homeland Security advisory panel.
Harper was speaking over the weekend at the Liberty Forum, which is organized by the New Hampshire-based Free State Project. The organization's members are trying to persuade the state legislature, composed of part-time politicians, to adopt measures that lower taxes, increase privacy and limit government intrusiveness. (New Hampshire is a libertarian-leaning state that was the first to signal opposition to the Real ID Act.)
Under the Real ID Act, Harper said, privacy could be endangered by having a centralized database linked to the ID cards. "If we're operating with a single government-issued key, the penalty for wrongdoing...is that we lose our identification card, we lose our identity, we lose our ability to access the services and infrastructure that society offers." (Listen to Harper's comments on CNET News.com's Tech Politics podcast.)
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, a Texas Republican who has created a presidential exploratory committee, on Sunday took aim at what he described as his colleagues' lack of respect for privacy rights and civil liberties.
"This is what has happened in Washington," he said. "There is no rule of law. There is no respect for the Constitution." Paul was the most tech-friendly member of the U.S. Congress, according to News.com's 2006 scorecard.
Starting on May 11, 2008, Americans will need a federalized ID card--a U.S. passport will also qualify--to travel on an airplane, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments or take advantage of nearly any government service. States will have to conduct checks of their citizens' identification papers and drivers licenses likely will need to be reissued to comply with the new requirements. State motor vehicle databases also must be linked together.
The forthcoming standard IDs are required to be "electronically readable," a requirement that appears likely to be fulfilled through including a standard magnetic stripe on the back of the card that could be read by government agencies and private businesses. Another possibility is embedding a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip, which is already the case for U.S. passports.
Proponents of the Real ID Act say it's designed to implement proposals suggested by the 9/11 Commission, which noted that some of the hijackers on September 11 had fraudulently obtained state driver's licenses. But not all did: at least one hijacker simply showed his foreign passport and walked onto the airplane that day.
A 23-page report released on Monday by Janice Kephart, a former lawyer with the 9/11 Commission, defended the Real ID Act by calling it a "significant step in enhancing our national and economic security and our public safety." Kephart is now president of 9/11 Security Solutions.
States bowing out of Real ID requirements is "not the way to secure America," the report says. "Embedding identity security into state-issued (ID card) systems will take significant planning to fulfill the requirements of Real ID and significant financial resources for the 'brick and mortar' start-up costs. Congress must step up to the plate and make securing of identity documents the national priority that our citizens deserve."
Also on Monday, a two-day conference in Washington, D.C., began. The Government ID Technology Summit includes officials from states including Michigan, Maine and Massachusetts talking about the Real ID Act and digital identification.
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Film: Henry Thomas
After E.T. he phoned home to San Antonio. Two decades later, Hollywood's calling again.
By Jason Cohen
HENRY THOMAS IS A THOUGHTFUL YOUNG ACTOR from San Antonio who's trying to establish himself as a serious, possibly bankable cinematic presence. That's not easy to do at a time when the road map to success seems to reside somewhere in the Palm Pilot of the casting agent of Dawson's Creek, but the 28-year-old Thomas is doing all right. He has acquitted himself nicely in the past few years as Indie Film Guy, with parts in the Tarantino-esque caper movie Suicide Kings, the movie-biz satire Hijacking Hollywood, and the acclaimed road drama Niagara, Niagara, and now he's on to bigger things. Next up he'll appear opposite Matt Damon in one of Y2K's most anticipated films: director Billy Bob Thornton's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses.
Of course, Thomas has been in mythopoetic major Hollywood pictures before. The most recent one, 1994's Legends of the Fall, didn't turn out to be the career boost it might have been, but he got a little bit of attention out of it. Critic Leonard Maltin said his performance was the only memorable one in the whole film, and more than a few female fans thought he was the cutest guy on-screen—pretty impressive, considering that Brad Pitt was the star. Then there's his earlier effort, a little film called E.T. (Maybe you've heard of it?) Seventeen years after Thomas shared the screen with the heart-lit alien puppet in what became the highest-grossing flick of all time (until it was overtaken by the re-release of Star Wars in 1997), it's still the thing that identifies him to laymen. It's what prompts little kids to yell, "E.T., E.T." when Thomas passes by. "I feel like I've said everything I could say about it," he says. "It's almost as if I'm a different person. I'm definitely a different actor."
On this June day the different actor is in Sante Fe, where most of All the Pretty Horses was shot (the rest was done in San Antonio). Thanks to a combination of high-altitude sun exposure and an on-set collision with an iron fence, his nose shines red and flaky-raw. He is cowboyed out in the staples of his wardrobe: big white hat, Wrangler denim shirt, tricolored boots. People recognize him, but he is hardly the apple-cheeked moppet of his cinematic past. He's tall and lean and somewhere between rugged and refined, with slightly sunken cheeks, brilliantly aquamarine eyes, and just a hint of facial scruff from the previous night on the set.
As he tears into a steak at a downtown bistro, he explains why E.T. has to be old news: so his career won't be. Being remembered solely for it puts him, in the universe of former child actors, closer to Macaulay Culkin than, say, Elijah Wood. After Home Alone, he notes, Culkin "didn't really do anything else. And that was the same with me. I did a bunch of other films when I was a kid, but they all bombed. E.T. was it."
And that's the way things are, even if they don't seem fair. After all, people don't refer to Drew Barrymore as "the little girl from E.T." Then again, they're probably too busy gossiping about her latest semi-famous boyfriend or her history of substance abuse. Maybe Thomas should be grateful for what he's got, because the child-star-gone-bad role is one he's never inhabited. He may have worked in a video store, but he never robbed one. "Thank God nobody ruined him like they do a lot of kids who start out early," Thornton says. Thomas credits his parents, Carolyn and Henry, with keeping him sane during the crazy times. "I was raised to appreciate things and make do with what I had," he says. "It hit me not too long ago how frightening it must have been for my parents to go from a certain kind of life to having to be my business managers. It was probably toughest on them. To me, it was just like a summer camp."
Young Henry's acting experience was limited to a local musical when he got a part in the 1981 Sissy Spacek melodrama Raggedy Man. That led to E.T., and suddenly everything changed. He was a product, a creative asset ready to be marketed. "There was a lot of, 'Do this, this is a good move,'" he says. "Suddenly you gotta think in terms of a career—and I'm not even thinking in terms of college yet, you know? I mean, I can't even plan my day. Now I have a real intense understanding of how things work in the industry as far as careers go."
Back then, though, he withdrew. He worked a little, but for the most part he was just like any other teenager at East Central High School. He did some student theater but also painted houses and took up guitar and songwriting. He ended up becoming quite serious about the latter; until recently his Celtic-flavored rock band the Blue Heelers (also known as the Rain Dogs) was a semi-regular fixture around south-central Texas. And he had that job at the video store, where—don't you know?—he got to see customers check out his movies time after time after time. "Oh, yeah, I had to suffer all kinds of indignation," he says. "Very surreal. 'There you go. That'll be $3.99.' [He mimes sympathetic recognition.] 'So this is what you're doing now, is it? Hey, can we get a picture with you in the store?'
"But it's not a sob story," he continues. "I enjoyed it at the time. It was really a moment of clarity. I realized I had a good opportunity to pursue something most people don't ever get a chance to do."
So he decided to go for it. He did a few movies while he was still in high school, including Milos Forman's Valmont. He enrolled at Blinn College in Brenham but changed his mind and dropped out. Finally he began to work in earnest. "There were times when I was really desperate for parts," Thomas says. "If you look hard at my résumé, you can find those moments." Yes, he was a young Norman Bates in the made-for-cable prequel Psycho IV, but a more prestigious indie flick, the 1994 adaptation of Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class, was followed by Legends of the Fall and a Golden Globe—nominated turn in the 1995 HBO movie Indictment: The McMartin Trial.
Still, his situation didn't change, either creatively or commercially. "He's been in some cool projects but hasn't had that 'breakthrough' that propels him past Ethan Hawke, Brad Pitt, or the other 'that age' stars," film guru Harry Knowles wrote in a review of Hijacking Hollywood on his Ain't It Cool News Web site. "Why? I don't know. He is charismatic as hell. An audience fave on-screen. But I believe he will break out again in a big way."
The indie circuit proved to be Thomas' métier. "What's great about the industry is that if people know you do independent films, they call you first," Thomas says. "So I guess I'm on some kind of independent A-list." Niagara, Niagara is what put him there, and in the upcoming year he'll solidify his slot by appearing alongside Teri Hatcher in the psychological thriller Fever and David Strathairn in a drama called A Good Baby.
Still, no matter what kind of movies he gets in, Thomas has never been able to escape the straight-man niche. Being overshadowed by a cuddly, craggy alien is one thing, but his everyguy qualities and subtle physicality have also been matched up with a big whale and a Star Trek captain (the 1998 miniseries Moby Dick, with Patrick Stewart), a beautiful babbling Tourette's syndrome sufferer (Niagara, Niagara's Robin Tunney), and Legends of the Fall's blond hair and big furry collars (on Pitt and Anthony Hopkins, respectively). Thomas, by the way, is a little dismissive of his Legends role, that of the little brother who dies half an hour into the movie, leaving his love interest, played by Julia Ormond, to be picked over by the real movie stars. "I was a story element," he says.
That comment hints at Thomas' more outspoken side. If he weren't just a little bit gracious and a little bit circumspect, he would be a perfect subject for one of those Movieline magazine to-hell-with-everybody interviews. For example, when it's suggested that there are only five or six unnamed actors who can, as they say, "open" a movie, Thomas is quick to respond: "Absolutely, and none of them are very good." One also suspects that if he were so inclined, Thomas would be entitled to gripe about his audition for Saving Private Ryan; he was not shown a script—top secret stuff, apparently—and did not even get within eye's view of the film's director, who happened to be the director of E.T.: some guy named Spielberg. Obviously he didn't get the part, though it's easy to imagine him as several of that film's characters. He also leaves out all the good details when he tells a story about how, against his better judgment but in need of money, he tried out for "one of these ski-mask-type movies": "I go into this audition thinking, 'Christ, what am I doing here? This is dumb,'" he says. "The director is even sympathizing with me, going, 'You know, I think you're a really great actor. This isn't normally the type of project that I do.'" Then, to top it off, the popular young actress he was supposed to read with didn't show up, blowing the whole thing to bits.
Lucky for him, not getting that part meant he was available when All the Pretty Horses came up. It is the kind of movie that could bump him to another level—a high-profile picture with major potential in terms of both Oscars and dollars. Thomas' character, Lacey Rawlins, may be second fiddle to Matt Damon's John Grady Cole, but he's in almost every scene that doesn't involve the love interest.
For Thomas, it was a dream come true. He's a huge Cormac McCarthy fan, and he'd kept tabs on the project from the day it was announced, watching as it became attached in both fact and rumor to various directors and leading men. "I kind of sat there a while going, 'Okay, who can I possibly play in this film? How can I get in?' They were trying to get Leonardo DiCaprio to do the lead, and I thought, 'Damn, I'm too old.'" Then, when actors like Edward Norton and Brad Pitt were mentioned, Thomas thought maybe he'd be young enough to play Blevins, the runaway who tags along with Cole and Rawlins for part of the story. But when Thornton got involved, the door swung open, as the New York company the Shooting Gallery (which had worked with him in Sling Blade) had been responsible for Niagara, Niagara. "I knew Henry was perfect for this part way before he was hired," Thornton says, "He turned out to be even more perfect. He shocked me a couple of times."
Making the movie was nice, and help for his career would also be welcome, but the best part of the experience for Thomas was meeting McCarthy; how many people can say they have? "It was probably the greatest thing that's happened to me in quite a while," he says. "I mean, I've read almost everything the man's written. I really admire him as a writer. But also it was important for me to get a sense of some kind of approval—to meet him and shake his hand, to talk to him. It's not as if he came on the set and said, 'Let me tell you a story.' He sat there and told a lot of jokes. It's almost like his writing: He's interesting without forcing it down your throat."
The same could be said about Henry Thomas.


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Tunisia After the Uprising: Measuring the Economic Costs
March 7, 2012 by Jose Vericat and Youssef Mahmoud
Economic grievances figured prominently in the Tunisian uprising. But a year after the toppling of the Ben Ali regime, the rallying cry for "jobs and social justice" continues during the strikes that are now a daily occurrence, particularly in the less endowed regions of the country. Despite a plea by the newly-elected president for a six-month moratorium, the strikes continue unabated and threaten to further weaken an already fragile economy.
Key Conclusions
Tunisia's economy is stagnated as a result of the uprising. Output has dropped (the mining sector has contracted by as much as 94 percent); tourism has slowed down dramatically; and unemployment has rapidly increased. These pressures are putting the gains from the revolution at risk.
Yet, in many ways, Tunisia is poised for a successful post-uprising transition. A well-educated workforce and an increasingly vibrant civil society could help it turn the corner, both politically and economically, and attain some of the hopes and dreams for which many valiantly fought for during the uprising.
Recent studies estimated that in 2011, the GDP in Tunisia hovered around zero growth, with an occasional dip into negative numbers. This has led some commentators to state alarmingly that 2011 "will figure in history as the worst economic and social times in six decades." According to a recent study, strikes and job actions in 2011 accounted for the loss of over 300,000 work days, paralyzed the industrial sector, and caused the closure of many businesses and the loss of thousands of jobs. The mining sector was the hardest hit. It decreased over 90 percent. Unemployment, especially among the young and educated, had reached over 18 percent by the end of 2011, culminating in early 2012 to close to 800,000.
Despite valiant efforts, the government, which is the biggest employer in the country, has created only a limited number of jobs, and the private sector is still too weak to alleviate the situation. Foreign direct investment, one of the largest sources of external financing, has fallen by twenty percent, and more than 150 foreign ventures have left the country.
The uprising and its turbulent aftermath has also affected tourism, which was one of the largest sources of foreign currency and provided tens of thousands of jobs. Tunisian officials have attempted to be optimistic by saying that, because of the revolution, their country has received an enormous amount of free publicity, but tourists have not returned to fill the empty hotels.
There are also additional external factors that have hurt Tunisia financially during 2011. The conflict in Libya has had a very negative effect. Libya, where tens of thousands of Tunisians worked, was an important source of income for Tunisia in the form of trade, investment, remittances, and tourism. According to one estimate, the income received from Libya amounted to $2.5 billion a year, or five percent of the Tunisian GDP. Libyan refugees have been an additional burden and strain on resources during the height of the conflict, although the well-to-do among them occupied many of the vacant hotels and made up for some losses in tourism. Another major factor has been the global economic crisis, and particularly the sovereign debt crisis gripping many countries of the European Union (EU). The EU is Tunisia's main economic partner; 80 percent of its trade is with that economic bloc.
Clearly, the biggest challenge for Tunisia is economics. The success of the transition could depend on how fast jobs can be created and sustained. The current situation may be delicate but not catastrophic. The economy did not collapse. In fact, if one looks at the GDP growth by quarters, what affected the overall figure for 2011 was the initial setback during the early months of the year, when the country was paralyzed by protests, both legal and illegal. After this turbulent period, the economy actually grew somewhat. Also, there has been no inflation, despite the fall in foreign currency reserves.
With an elected government now in place, the worst of the instability seems to be ebbing. The new executive is sparing no effort to restore confidence and earn the support of the public and external partners, despite some internal contradictions and missteps. Some of these partners have signed development and investment agreements with the current government. Given the high capacity of Tunisia's workforce and an engaged civil society, there is hope that Tunisia, despite the uncertainties that lie ahead, will be able to achieve the political and economic turnaround it needs.
Youssef Mahmoud is a Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute.
Jose Vericat is an Adviser at the International Peace Institute.
About the photo: A demonstration in support of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) in Sousse, Tunisia, March 3, 2012.
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At the core of the question of protecting these sites lies the fact that threatening to destroy them puts humanity's collective culture at risk.
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Confident and assertive diplomacy offers the real possibility of determining a strategy for Libya that limits risk.
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Family Fun Night: America, The Places You'll Go! A Celebration of Blossomtime 2019!
Blossomtime is upon us! Join us on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at the Silver Beach Carousel for Family Fun Night. This week's theme is America, The Places You'll Go! A Celebration of Blossomtime 2019! Enjoy $1.00 Carousel rides and FREE hourly drawings (ages 3-13) from 4:00 PM - 8:30 PM for Melissa & Doug Wooden America Puzzles.


I will overlook your fault.
I can overlook his many faults.
I can't overlook her bad manners.
We will overlook his fault for this once.
I cannot overlook your lateness this time.
I committed one mistake but please overlook that.
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How social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter have become the fifth pillar of democracy
By Arnab Mitra
"The media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses," said Malcolm X. Most of the prominent media channels today are controlled by politicians and businessman, and their news is driven by an agenda. Social media deserves to be labelled another pillar of democracy for its ability to connect people on a single platform and ensure free expression.
In the recent Delhi elections, BJP spent huge chunks of money on advertisements on major newspapers during their pre-electoral campaigns. The mainstream media was all gaga over highlighting the so called achievements of the ruling party at the Centre. Little it was known that an emerging regional party like AAP's focus on social media will change the course of elections. The results showed that how people have shifted their faith from mainstream media to social media.
'So what's the stand of the fourth pillar of the democracy? If they would not speak for the cause of people', says, Amit chatterjee student of JNU. The Arab uprising, issues on Jan Lokpal bill, Nirbhaya incident have shown that it's the voice of an average citizen that matters. A single tweet or a FB post shows potential to unite millions and yes, they have brought together people to fight for justice, if we are to buy the recent trends.
The media since its origin has betrayed the trite. It had served as a voice of the government in the past, however giving an impression of portraying the voice of the people. From Hickey's Gazette to Caravan and during the time of emergency, the government and the people with power have always tried to choke voices and used as to control their power.
As visible, social media promises to be a new platform for people, as the opinion is not filtered while publishing and 'The media of the people, by the people and for the people' stands with dignity.
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A Princess By Christmas
A Princess By Christmas is book 3 in Julia London's Royal Wedding Series – Book 1 is The Princess Plan and Book 2 is A Royal Kiss and Tell.
A Secret. A Lie. A Revolution.
Hollis Honeycutt has written her London gazette since the death of her husband – featuring fashion plates, marriage advice, and the latest gossip in and around Mayfair. But now she feels her gazette should have more meaning, cover topics of more consequence than the latest curl cream.
The opportunity presents itself when Hollis overhears rumours of a potential coup in the Kingdom of Wesloria, a coup linked to the highest level of government in London. During her investigation Hollis spies a man with no business lurking around peace talks, and determines to expose him for the traitor he most certainly must be.
When Weslorian Marek Brendan was fifteen he was shocked to discover his heritage was not what he believed – he was whisked away from the Weslorian palace when he was born because there was fear that corrupt forces would try and kidnap him. Now he is determined to stop these corrupt forces staging a coup in his home country. Except for the beautiful woman whose questions are putting his own investigation at risk. Yet soon Marek realises that pretty Hollis can help him. But when he confides his suspicions, Hollis's loyalties are tested and she must choose between her loyalties to her family, or her heart…
The widowed Hollis Honeysett runs a gazette that covers all the London gossip and includes charming and practical advice for the ladies! When she almost literally bumps into Marek Brendan at reception thrown by Queen Victoria, she is intrigued by this quiet man who seems so out of place at the Palace.
Readers are in for a treat as Hollis begins to uncover who Marek really is and follows her suspicions about a coup in the Kingdom of Wesloria.
Although I haven't read the two earlier books in this series, it was hard not to fall in love with all the characters. Hollis was especially endearing – a brave woman who doesn't really fit into the Victorian mold and with a large heart, yet very vulnerable. She's trying her best to keep things as they are, including her husband's work and memories, but life is moving on and she finds herself all at sea. Her loyalty and willingness to go beyond for those she loves, makes her a true heroine. Marek too is a wonderful character with his loyalty and the choices he makes.
While the book has loads of humour, especially in the Gazette, the characters and the story with its mystery and sweet romance make it a lovely read.
Buy A Princess By Christmas
Julia London is the New York Times and USA Today best selling author of more than two dozen romantic fiction novels. She is the author of the popular historical romance series, the Cabot Sisters, including The Trouble with Honor, The Devil Takes a Bride, and The Scoundrel and the Debutante. She is also the author of several contemporary romances, including Homecoming Ranch, Return to Homecoming Ranch, and The Perfect Homecoming.
Julia is the recipient of the RT Bookclub Award for Best Historical Romance and a six-time finalist for the prestigious RITA award for excellence in romantic fiction.
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Chapter 1 Extract of A Princess By Christmas
The widow Hollis Honeycutt was in a prickly mood as she waited admittance at the gates of St. James Palace. For one thing, she was standing in the middle of a throng of gentlemen, all of them chatting quite loudly in various languages, without any regard for other conversations occurring nearby. A warm-blooded woman of a certain age missing her late husband could have been intoxicated by the scents of citrus and tobacco that seemed to follow so many men about, but Hollis didn't care for all that privileged masculinity pressing up against all her femininity. It was as if they didn't sense how their bodies fit into crowded spaces—they kept bumping into her, tossing their casual pardons at her.
She was vexed that she had to wait in this line or anywhere else to take tea with her very own sister. It wasn't her fault that Eliza Tricklebank, formerly of the modest Bedford Square in London, was now the Duchess of Tannymeade and queen-in-waiting of Alucia, and the guest of Queen Victoria. She was still Hollis's sister, and being made to wait like a pauper at the gates of the palace to see her wasn't fair.
And Hollis was still vexed by an encounter earlier today with the odious, condescending Mr. Shoreham, who'd dismissed her out of hand. And not for the first time—she'd endured a weeks-long philosophical dispute with the gentleman from the London Library.
Donovan, her manservant, stood beside her in the queue, his hooded gaze following the movements of gentlemen as the group slowly advanced toward the guardhouse. He was the one man in her life who didn't care how long she nattered on…well, besides her father, of course. And Lord Beckett Hawke, her friend. Beck didn't care, but he didn't listen, either. Donovan always listened very patiently and then offered a fair opinion if asked. Sometimes, he offered one if not asked. Which he did at present. He said, "One of the problems here, if you don't mind me saying, is that you're quite stubborn. We've noted the inclination in you before, have we not?"
She clucked her tongue at him. "I grant you that at times I may suffer from pigheadedness, but in this, I am right."
Donovan laughed. The queue moved; he put his hand on her back and nudged her forward into the crush.
Hollis couldn't see over the heads of those before them, so she glanced around. Her gaze happened to land on a gentleman standing off to one side by himself. He was tall, and beneath the brim of his hat, she could see that his dark hair was longer than was fashionable. He wore a great coat that made his shoulders look impossibly broad, and she idly wondered if they were truly that broad beneath it. His head was cocked at an odd angle and he looked a bit confused, as if he'd found himself wandering a strange land. Little wonder—the line to enter the palace for the royal tea was ridiculously long and the guards didn't seem to know what they were doing. Why were so many people invited to tea? The purpose, as Hollis understood it, was to set a conciliatory tone for the peace negotiations between Alucia and Wesloria that would begin on Monday. Representatives of the two kingdoms had been invited to this make-nice tea, but were there really so many who needed the tone set for them?
The confused man moved behind some other gentlemen, and Hollis lost sight of him.
She turned back to Donovan and her vexation. "You ought to have seen how smug Mr. Shoreham was. Entirely too confident in his place in this world and in what he clearly believes are his superior thinking skills because he is a man. I tell you, he is one of the most supercilious and ridiculous men in all of London."
"Well, that's quite something, isn't it?" Donovan said. "There are an awful lot of men in London. A right proper feather in his cap." Hestepped up to the guardhouse and handed Hollis's invitation to one of the guards. The guard disappeared inside with it. "What was it you called him, again?" Donovan asked, but before Hollis could answer, he leaned forward and said to the guard, "It won't do to keep Mrs. Honeycutt waiting, lad. She's the sister of the Duchess of Tannymeade."
"Hold your horses," the guard said gruffly.
Donovan looked at Hollis. "Ah, I remember. A bag of wind, wasn't it?"
Hollis felt only a twinge of remorse about that. "Well, I didn't shout it. I merely stated the obvious."
A group of three men jostled them as they pushed through the gate; Donovan pulled her to the side.
"Well," Hollis said, righting her bonnet. "Do you think they fear the tea will go cold?"
"Or that the queen will not have made enough cakes? Stay here. I'll see what keeps the guard."
He moved back toward the guardhouse, but another group of gentlemen who had just been given permission to enter very eagerly and loudly crowded through the gate. Hollis stepped back to avoid being trampled, but missed the curb and stumbled. She collided with what she might have thought was a wall had two hands not caught her by her elbows and effortlessly righted her. "Oh!" Hollis exclaimed, and turned to see who had saved her from taking a tumble.
It was the confused man. Except that he didn't look confused now—he looked slightly concerned. His gaze swept over her, as if checking to see if there was any injury to her person. Hollis noticed a thick tress of dark chestnut hair had escaped his hat and hung over his brow. His complexion was from a region of the world where skin tones were darker than the pale skin of the British. He had vivid golden-brown eyes, and Hollis was so startled that he was the one who had prevented her from falling that she couldn't speak. He clearly didn't need her to speak—he gave her a polite nod, stepped around her, and walked up to the guardhouse. She watched him hand his invitation to the guard, and when the guard handed it back, the man looked around, as if uncertain if he should actually enter the gates. Apparently, he thought not—he stuffed the invitation into his pocket, then walked in the opposite direction of the entrance, as if he'd meant to enter another palace and had just noticed he was at the wrong one.
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It's been about four months since Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced Habitat Pays. The initiative is a one-stop shop for property owners who are looking to transform land into wildlife habitat. Now the state Game, Fish and Parks Department officials are attempting to ramp up the interest by providing education and awareness for the available conservation programs.
A panel of four experts have recently stated during the Pheasants Forever State Meeting in Mitchell, that precision farming is good for habitat conservation. During the meeting, the four panelists discussed what improvements could be implemented since the Governor's Pheasant Habitat Summit that was held over two years ago.
Youth Hunter Numbers Are Down!
A recent South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks report shows that the number of hunting licenses being sold to youths has declined. The trend that has occurred over the past decade, shows that there has been no increase in the number of licenses sold for over 10 years.
The agricultural land market that has been relatively soft recently is not set for a major change this year. Reports from the Farmers National Company suggest that while values for high quality land holdings will be steadier; there will be a decline in valuation for lower quality land.
While there is no official statement yet, the pheasant season that closed on Sunday January 3rd, 2016 looks like it was a solid, if not successful, season.
With the pheasant hunting season over, hunters from across the US and the world, will be looking back at the 2015-2016 season with happiness.
There has been a question of the amount that hunters, anglers, park visitors and wildlife viewers spend while they visit the state. Yet this information is so vitally important that the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks is hoping that a new economic survey and analysis will tell them the exact contribution.
His yellow coat may have been soaking, and he was probably cold, but the loyal hunting dog Ole still worked his way across the bank that surrounded a cattle watering pond. Along the border were small tufts of cattails.
Over the last few years farmers have been taking fields out of the CRP to put back into production because of the rise in prices for certain crops. From this, the US is now suffering one of the longest corn slumps for 30 years and this has led to a great year for the pheasant population of South Dakota.
A career off the farm was what Doug Sombke wanted when he headed off to college in 1978. However, it was only a few weeks into his freshman year when he decided that he should head back to his family's Conde farm.
While it is late in the season and most of the released pheasants in many states have already been harvested, there are still good hunting opportunities around. The late season is particularly great for hunting dogs as some hunters find this is when they are in their element.
While they may not have the appeal of South or North Dakota, there are other states where hunting pheasants is still available for all. Hunting in Wisconsin is still available and it is not just pheasants: turkeys are also on the hunter radars.
The Game, Fish and Parks Commission are in good stead at the moment. More non-resident hunters have come to the state and purchased small-game licenses this fall.
While many hunters have already taken to the field, there are those that are looking forward to taking advantage of the late season hunting time. According to the Department of Natural Resources, this isn't going to be a bad part of the season. In fact, those hunting late on in Minnesota should find rich pickings.
South Dakota's history of preventing pheasant hunting before noon is one of the most unique in the area. Neighboring states can start their hunting quests a lot earlier in the day. For instance, hunters in North Dakota can start shooting their favorite quarry thirty minutes before sunrise while in Minnesota hunters can take to the fields at 9am.
The results from the beginning of the South Dakota pheasant season are looking good. The number of hunters and the pheasant harvest has increased. This has led to a boost in the local economy, far greater than has been seen in the last couple of years.
The South Dakota pheasant hunting season has been going now for a few years and already, the reports from the field are positive. According to Al Ward, who has been hunting around Harrold, South Dakota, for the previous 14 years, the pheasant harvest has improved dramatically.
With pheasants becoming scarcer thanks to the reduction in their habitats, many hunters aren't having the luck when they go to the fields. This has led some hunting experts to provide their advice on hunting. So what are these tips?


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Some of the brilliant kids who rocked the first year of CCMS Math Camp!
CCMS just completed the first year of it's Math Circle Project. The goal was to find brilliant students outside the cocoon of urban India.
We went to villages hundreds of miles away from Calcutta, teamed up with local schools and run the first cycle of the project all through last year.
Our project took a leaf out of Soviet Union's experiment with Math Circles. The idea is to expose young students to brilliant problems. These problems provoke critical thinking and inquiry in the student's mind. The circle coordinator teases the participants with occasional hints but no more.
More than 200 students from 3 remote school made it to the screening camp about a year ago (15th January 2017).
About 50 students attended the monthly math camps all year long. 30 of them made it to the finals held on 15th February 2018.
Now more students want these advanced mathematics camps in their schools. In 2018 we plan to reach out more schools.
In 2018 we plan to go to more schools, create more math camps, local labs, produce more resources (articles, videos in mother language). You may help too!
This is our latest implementation.


Why not? If we consider that those games will be for black QL, then we do not need to maintain QDOS compatibility. Just store text address in a register and call print routine... Such print routine is not too difficult to write.
You don't even need to write a print routine.
Would only use routines "you'd need to have anyways".
Tobias, I am not sure if I got it correct. Do you suggest to clear screen once user would press a key? Wouldn't that be "ugly".
I still belive that this shuffling with sys vars is not worth the effort just to make QDOS happy. Print routine is not a rocket science.
Instead of clearing that flipping graphics frame, we may display in its place, on a user keypress, an inventory list, or a game map, a game status, a menu, ... what have you. All static non-interlaced.
Whatever works for you. My opinion is that user experience will be decreased, but don't take it as show stopper.
Proportional-ish founts on the QL?
can take up 8-20+k even with RLE compression and all unnecessary sprite data stripped away.
but that could be slow work for floppy based systems.
some way, but I dont think it would be a trivial project.
be converted into a "universal" toolkit that could be used by different programs.
Hi pjw, thanks for sharing. Your environment looks very nice.
I've made a print routine for ZX Spectrum in assembly that uses Sincalir QL fonts with HDF extension (extras for QL DTP application. Maybe from Digital Precision.). I can dig the source code, routine was ~200 bytes long and speed was pretty good (=fast), QL would be similar in speed.
Agree with you that "generic" zoomable antialised routine would be overkill. For black QL we need to use "old-skool" programming methods. Assembly, memory optimization... etc. Let's take an example: HDF font file is a set of uncompressed 1-bit bitmaps. E.g. 24x24 pixel character = 3*24 = 72bytes. Number of characters in font file 26x2 (alphabet small and big) + 10 (numbers) + 10 (symbols) = 72. Table of widths = 72b. Font size = 72 * 72 + 72 = 5256 bytes. Please note that 24x24 font is very big for plain QL. It is definitely not useable in this game.
With zoom levels, I was thinking of several font files stored in the memory. Smaller fonts 8x8 character size will be small in size (e.g. 800 bytes), mid size font (12x12) will be ~ 1k , large font 2k (18x18). In total you'd need ~4k for three zoom levels. Antialiasing would double the size.
I happen to have `QDOS Companion' from a friend (that 2nd book by Andy Pennell). It lists in the appendix traps that are safe calling in supervisor mode.
With `QDOS' disabled the I/O Traps#2,3 may not work, but they do accept channel ID and screen# as parameter though. That must have its purpose, surely the designers had something in mind when doing this.
Easiest seems switching to `QDOS' temporarily.
Good work that with founts, what a nice system do you have?
I am also looking at Dilwyn's article on `Fun with fonts', just to get the idea how big, custom fount may be. It also shows some tricks on font resizing.
I fear that we may need to balance code and data carefully, to save on memory and disk space. `Level9' interpreter may need to be put on `QL' diet, to safe a few bytes here and there, which may result in non-portable code for standard unexpanded systems.
This seems a zero byte file... could someone check please?


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Buy a Stocking, Help Fight Hunger: Alexandria Craft Shop Raising Funds for Casa Chirilagua
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See a selection of available stockings during Facebook Live event Saturday, Dec. 5
Photo courtesy Artistic Artifacts
CORRECTION: This story was updated on Dec. 4 at 1:43 p.m. The description of how to participate has been clarified.
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Food insecurity is defined by Feeding America as "a household's inability to provide enough food for every person to live an active, healthy life." In Alexandria, according to the Capital Area Food Bank, currently 12.3 percent of residents are experiencing food insecurity.
With the issue worsened by the coronavirus pandemic, some local businesses have stepped up to help Casa Chirilagua, a nonprofit dedicated to helping Alexandria's Latino community. The city's Latino population has been especially hard-hit by the virus.
Artistic Artifacts is hosting a fundraiser through Dec. 11, and all of the proceeds will benefit Casa Chirilagua. Winners will be announced the next day. Each shop staff member is making Christmas stockings, using products sold at the business. These stockings will be filled with a variety of small items found in the store or donated by others.
For the last 13 years, Casa Chirilagua has worked on developing relationships with Latino families for the purpose of strengthening bonds between community members and city services, such as the police department and City Council. They have also reached out to churches and Alexandria City Public Schools.
"Artistic Artifacts, a locally owned family business, has always been about creating community and this year our community, both local and virtual, has been an important part of who we are. The resources we have received during COVID from our Alexandria business community have been invaluable as we adjusted to new ways of doing business," Owner Judy Gula told The Zebra Press. "Having this fundraiser for those with food insecurities served by Casa Chrilagua is just one way we can give back."
Supporting the nonprofit now means helping more than 500 families have access to groceries and necessary household items during the pandemic. Previously, donations have funded tutoring programs for youth, English language learning opportunities, and much more.
For this raffle, one person from those who have donated toward a specific stocking will be chosen at random. That individual will receive the stocking and the gifts inside. The chances of winning can be increased by donating in increments of $10 for one or all stockings. Browse the them HERE.
Mary K. Leonard of KH Giving has had experience raising money to support good causes. She founded Mission Masks earlier this year.. For this fundraiser, she acted as a consultant, contributing her ideas and more
"Judy and her team at Artistic Artifacts are always happy to help our community," said Leonard. "KH Giving is proud to have a partnership with them and I was happy to introduce Judy to the good folks at Casa Chirilagua."
On Saturday, Dec. 5 at 9:30 a.m., Gula will host a special Facebook Live event, where she will show different stockings, the items inside, and explain the different techniques used to make each one. Tune in HERE.
When asked about her reaction to the fundraiser, Casa Chirilagua Executive Director Adriana Gomez Schellhaas shared that the news filled her with excitement, gratitude, and inspiration.
"It's incredible to know that this fundraiser in bringing awareness to the work we do at Casa Chirilagua and making it possible to continue this work into the new year!" she said.
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The 1929–30 season was the 55th season of competitive football in England.

Events
The Wednesday officially changed their name to Sheffield Wednesday prior to the start of this season.

Blackpool claimed their only championship to date on the final day of the Division Two season, 3 May, with a goalless draw at Nottingham Forest. Runners-up Chelsea could have won the title themselves the same afternoon if they had won and Blackpool had lost, but the Londoners were defeated at Bury by a single goal. Blackpool forward, Jimmy Hampson, finished the season as the top goal scorer in England, with 46 goals in all competitions.

Deaths
29 September, Joe Schofield—manager of Port Vale and former England international

Honours

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

First Division

Second Division

Third Division North

Third Division South

Top goalscorers

First Division
Vic Watson (West Ham United) – 41 goals

Second Division
Jimmy Hampson (Blackpool) – 45 goals

Third Division North
Frank Newton (Stockport County) – 36 goals

Third Division South
George Goddard (Queens Park Rangers) – 37 goals

References


HAMILTON — During a time of infighting within the township's administration, there's no love lost.
Hamilton residents who wish to exchange their wedding vows on Valentine's Day can have Mayor Kelly Yaede officiate the ceremony.
In typical political fashion to change the focus of township drama, the mayor's press flack distributed a release Wednesday announcing Yaede will be performing Valentine's Day ceremonies at Kuser Mansion — the township-owned, Queen Anne-style former summer home of Fred Kuser of the prominent Kuser Family.
"One of the best parts of being mayor is being able to officiate the wedding ceremonies of so many happy couples; and Valentine's Day presents itself as a very special holiday for these special ceremonies," Mayor Yaede said in the written statement.
Hamilton residents who would like to have their wedding officiated by Mayor Yaede this Valentine's Day are asked to contact her office by Thursday, February 7. Call 609-890-3507 to discuss details prior to scheduling the ceremony time.
Afterwards, couples must contact the township's Division of Health by noon on February 8 to schedule an in-person appointment for the marriage license application.
Due to the limited availability for ceremonies, couples are encouraged to contact the township as soon as possible. Ceremonies will be booked on a first come, first serve basis.
The mansion's Drawing Room, where the ceremonies will take place, can accommodate up to 20 guests for the couples.
The mansion sits inside the 22-acre Kuser Farm Park. The Kuser's business interests included Fox Film Corporation, Lenox Company and the Mercer Motor Car Company.


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La sesta stagione della serie televisiva Squadra Speciale Vienna è stata trasmessa in anteprima in Austria dalla ORF tra il 28 settembre 2010 e il 15 aprile 2011.

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