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By Meg Elison | Senior Staff
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Davy Rothbart, the founder and editor of FOUND magazine, strolled onstage at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. The center is stately and bilingual, and the author was slightly incongruous in his engagement at this venue.
He took the stage in a bright pink jersey. He carried a gold sequined bag and a stack of photocopies. He had the half-lidded look of a man under the influence and the easy humor of a writer who is comfortable playing the fool. He sipped from a miniature bottle of rum that he set atop an unruly pile of care-worn finds.
"Some people are purists," he said of his found treasures. "Some people say it doesn't count as FOUND unless you find it blowing down the street." The dog-eared pages testified of winds and alleys and a book tour coming to a close.
The author stood in front of a packed auditorium and described the ways in which these photos, lists and letters came into his possession. Some were tied to balloons and set on the breeze, and some were left in shopping carts or found in the purest way, blowing down the street. He read one list picked up on a college campus, and a man in the crowd yelled out, "That's my find!" Rothbart shaded his eyes and looked into the crowd. "Yeah! Seven years ago, at that bookstore. I remember everything." The man with the find was stunned, and a hush swept over the crowd. To a docent, Rothbart called out, "Can I get another beer?"
Rothbart shared his favorite finds, including kids' secret club rules, love letters and a crowd-pleaser that declared, "You are a dirty bitch, and I rebuke you!" He read us the goal lists and "Dear John" letters of strangers, and we laughed and sighed as one over the struggles of people we would never know. Finds are always Rothbart's business, but this tour was created in support of his novel, newly released in paperback and titled "My Heart Is an Idiot."
This memoir constructs a man whose life has been much like his magazine: made up of pieces found in the most unexpected places. He read aloud from his book a story about a boy named Hakim. They met in strange places and lost one another only to meet up again thousands of miles away. Hakim was a charm in Rothbart's life at a time when he had no direction except wanting to date a St. Pauli girl-cosplaying promoter in Los Angeles. He showed Rothbart the strange power of truly random connections and helped explain to his audience how he fell in love with the ephemera of everyday strangers. The book is full of tales like these and stands as something of a road novel. Rothbart has been everywhere, even admitting that the address for FOUND items is his parents' house.
Knowing what the people wanted, Rothbart bookended his reading with hilarious and heartwarming finds. The author took questions from the audience and even consented to a request to juggle. The items supplied to him for the task were a glass jar of garlic, a bracelet and what appeared to be a tin of cat food. He succeeded fairly well, and the glass didn't shatter when he dropped it. Rothbart then tossed T-shirts into the audience and reminded us to listen to NPR, for which he is a contributor to "This American Life."
He hawked copies of his book and back issues of FOUND for a very low price and chuckled through a declaration that he would accept IOUs from people who did not have cash. Rothbart may be from Michigan, but he is fully adapted to the laid-back vibe of the Bay Area. He was incredibly humble, remarkably candid and seemed far younger than his age (he is 38). Case in point: He invited the entire house to drink with him at a bar in the city and announced that he had mushrooms that he would share with anyone who wished to partake.
Meg Elison covers literature. Contact her at [email protected]
Davy Rothbart, FOUND Magazine, My Heart is an Idiot, NPR, This American Life


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Portfolio Updates| 19 Jan 2023
ClearSpace raises €26.7m for the sustainable use of space
Lakestar is thrilled to announce our investment in ClearSpace as part of its €26.7m Series A funding round. ClearSpace specialises in space debris removal technology to make space operations more sustainable.
The Series A was led by OTB Ventures with backing by the European Investment Fund under the InvestEU programme, as well as Swisscom Ventures. The Luxembourg Future Fund, In-Q-Tel, Happiness Capital and 600 T Space Investments also participated. The fresh capital will go towards establishing an operational presence in Luxembourg that will benefit from the strong space and satellite focus there.
ClearSpace is an In-Orbit Services (IOS) company founded in 2018 with the mission to revolutionise how space missions are conducted. The startup is creating technologies that will support a wide range of IOS applications, from disposal and in-orbit transport to mission extension, assembly, manufacturing, repair, and recycling.
"We look forward to accelerating our activities to meet the urgent needs of space sustainability"
ClearSpace Co-founders, CEO Luc Piguet and CTO Muriel Richard-Noca said, "We began this company 4 years ago with the goal of making space operations sustainable and are delighted to be joined on our journey by our new partner investors. The market is now developing, much faster than we had expected, and we look forward to accelerating our activities to meet the urgent needs of space sustainability."
ClearSpace aims to support institutions and commercial operators alike, to enhance sustainable space operations and promote a circular space economy. The company recently announced a satellite life-extension collaboration with satcom operator Intelsat building upon the technology being developed.
Commissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA) and supported by Omega as an Elite Partner, ClearSpace will also pioneer the world's first space debris removal mission, ClearSpace-1, scheduled to launch in 2026. The mission will use state of the art technology and advanced on-orbit techniques to demonstrate the feasibility of removing debris from orbit. ClearSpace-1 will be the first of numerous missions the company is planning for both low-earth and geostationary orbits.
Lakestar Venture Partner & CPO Steven Jacobs said, "ClearSpace's innovative technology for removing space debris is set to play a crucial role in ensuring the sustainability of our orbits and European sovereignty in space. We look forward to supporting the team as they continue to make strides in this important industry."
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Q: Scraping the data of the advent of code in js i m trying to scrap the input of the advent of code. For that i use this code:
import got from 'got';

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    const url = 'https://adventofcode.com/2022/day/1/input'
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        console.log(response.body)
        console.log(typeof(response.body))
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error)
    }
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But i got the error: HTTPError: Response code 400 (Bad Request)
It work with other url and i see the data in my Web browser.
So i don't understand what is the problem...

A: This site requires a cookie in the headers to send you the data
Adding a cookie solves the issue
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Study Shows Fast, Accurate Method for Communicating Using Brain Waves
11:07 January 1, 2010
The findings, part of an ongoing funded research endeavor in brain-computer interface (BCI) at Albany Med, were presented earlier this month at the 63rd meeting of the American Epilepsy Society in Boston.
The research team was led by Gerwin Schalk, Ph.D., associate professor of neurology at Albany Medical College and research scientist at the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health, and Anthony Ritaccio, M.D., the J. Spencer Standish professor of neurology and neurosurgery and director of the Epilepsy and Human Brain Mapping Program at Albany Med. The first author was Peter Brunner, a doctoral candidate working on the project. Using a software platform called BCI2000, they recorded electrical activity directly from the brain's surface. Signals were detected using platinum electrodes that were implanted in epileptic patients directly on the surface of the brain for clinical evaluations prior to epilepsy surgery.
The goal of a BCI system is to allow people with or without disabilities to use their brain signals to communicate or to manipulate their environment. Because BCIs use brain signals rather than muscles for communication and control, they can be operated by people who are severely paralyzed, even "locked-in," by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), brainstem stroke, severe cerebral palsy, or other devastating disorders.
In the study, the subject looked at a monitor that displayed a 6×6 matrix containing alphabetic and numeric characters, and space and backspace commands. Each row and column of the matrix was illuminated randomly and rapidly, i.e., 16 times per second. The subject's task was to pay attention to each of the characters she wanted spell. The computer learned the desired character by interpreting and recording the brain's responses to the illuminated row and column that commonly contained the desired character.
The subject was able to make character selections at rates of more than 20 characters per minute at or close to 100 percent accuracy. "These results could further extend communication options, such as email or instant messaging, for people with severe motor disabilities to connect with the outside world," said Dr. Ritaccio. Past studies have used electroencephalography (EEG), the recording of electrical activity from electrodes placed on the scalp, to engage in computer assisted spelling. "In our method, which used electrodes placed on the surface of the brain, spelling rates were as up to three times faster when compared to using signals from the scalp," according to Dr. Ritaccio. "The subject in this study was able to spell with her mind faster than some people can type."
Over the past decade at Wadsworth, Dr. Schalk has led an international effort to develop a general-purpose software platform for BCIs and brain monitoring. This software is becoming the standard software for BCI research in hundreds of labs around the world. Moreover, Dr. Ritaccio has established a nationally ranked epilepsy center at Albany Med and has integrated the use of electrode grids to locate seizure foci and map important brain functions, including language.
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One week before my trip to the seaside, my beach inspired living room is finally complete. I can't believe it, because I usually plan how to decorate a room, but I never finish it at the right time. This time, the stars aligned and I was able to make all the preparations and to put everything in its place, the way I dreamed about it. Don't expect to see starfish and shells everywhere, because "Obvious decor" is not my style. The room looks casual and urban, with a shabby chic vibe and the beach can be found in more subtle aspects: the glowing light in the room or the colors of a white shore in Greece.
Let me show you how far I've come in the before and after pic of the living room. This is what it used to look like a few months ago: a thick fluffy carpet for warm feet, random pics on the wall and strong punches of color. I basically kept the main furniture (the leather love seat, the mod chair and the Lucite coffee table) and worked my way around it. I am always on a tight budget, so I changed the art, the rug and the accessories using items already in the house. The only money I spent was 5 bucks for a can of aqua paint!
I'd like to make this post a tutorial on how to pull together a beachy living room. If you're going for that refreshing coastal vibe, don't start painting the walls and shopping for furniture. There are a few things you should consider first.
LIGHT! Think about the sea? Think sun bathing, bikinis and SPF 50 sun-screen protection! The beach is a shrine to sunshine, and your room should be one, too. In order to expand light, choose light colored walls (mine are simply white) and light colored furniture (I used a cream leather love seat and a white leather mod chair). A great tip: use clear furniture so that the eye will travel further on the walls and the room will seem lighter and brighter. I just stripped the "before" coffee table of its pink film and I suddenly had a wonderful clear Lucite little table which didn't crowd the room (it's the reverse of what I did on a previous post).
COLOR! Think about the beach? Think swirls of turquoise and light blue waves. Think white and golden shades of sparkling sand running through your toes. Think little broken shells polished with soft pinks and purples. My color scheme is a white base accented with powdery pink, aqua and a little bit of fiery red. Look at the way I've distributed the accent colors evenly to different locations in the room, instead of just cluttering them in one spot. You've got pink on the chair on the left and in the roses on the right. Then there's punches of aqua in the background (the painted Ikea floor lamp and small cabinet) and in the foreground (the painted wooden stool, the book, the glass, the cuddly toy). Yes, this is where my 5 buck paint can went: I painted a cabinet, a lamp and a stool! The little bits of red can be found in the lighthouse poster and the rug. Another tip is to blend all the colors in one big item. In my case, it is the rug that ties the room together. I've got it from grandma (not mine, but she is still a grandma and I thank her dearly).
SPACE! Think about the third dimension: the walls. Go vertical and add height to the room with a gallery wall. You can display anything and everything, as long as all the art has a common theme. In my beachy living room, all the art is sweet and naive.
I've got two more tips for you concerning the gallery wall. First, layer! Add interest by overlapping stuff, like I did with my floor lamps, photo frames and pillows. Secondly, expect the unexpected! (and the Spanish Inquisition, ha! ha!) I put a little straw hat and a ceramic mask on the wall, in order to add texture into the sea of glass frames.
PLAY! A room should not be serious. It should be fun! Think of happy little things that suit your color scheme: flowers, little vases, tea cups, books, ornaments, baskets, boxes, pillows, photos - you name it!
My tip here is to choose a plant that reminds you of the ocean coast, like I did with the sago palm.
That's it, folks! Happy beachy decorating!
Update: the room has been featured at Flamingo Toes, Country Momma Cooks, It's Overflowing, Little Inspiration, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Five Days Five Ways, Bacon Time With The Hungry Hypo, The Charm of Home, Lovely Crafty Home, Christina's Adventures, My Girlish Whims, Clean And Scentsible, Sweet Little Gals, Home Stories A 2 Z, The Sasse Life, Domesblissity, Loving This Crazy Life, Stuff and Nonsense and Candance Creations. Thank you, wonderful ladies, for your support!
I love your beachy room! It is so refreshing and lovely!
You are right, the rug unifies this bright, beachy space.
I love how you have the red in the rug, it really is a great room and you only spent $5.00? Great transformation, visiting from 2805!
Very pretty and fun! Love the colours, especially my favourite blues. The rag rugs add great texture and colour too.
What a beautiful transformation. A fresher color on the walls and new beachy colors make it breathe the salt air!
Awesomeness! I love anything beachy and this looks so fresh! Nice job!
Your beachy room is beautiful, and thanks for your tips in decorating without going shopping.
a beautiful room! love the mix of things you used.
I love what you've done to the space! You always amaze me at how much you change a space with so little!!
such attention to detail! Very stylish makeover. It's beautiful.
You did an amazing job. I love to see makeovers that involve lots of creative attention to detail and ingenuity. You were able to make a big impact without spending much, and shopping your home! The aqua accents add such a great pop of color. Great job!
this is lovely, lovely, lovely! And proof that you don't have to spend a fortune. BUT use quality, lovely items around your home that will work in many styles. You killed it!
Your living room looks great. An incredible change.I love all details..
Thank you, thank you, thank you! It's wonderful to receive such compliments from you - I must confess that I actually studied your weekend photos style for my picture of the flowers on the blue dresser!
You're too kind! In my country, we say that each person always learns something new all along his/her life!
So in love the the modern style, and creative placement of everything ESP. The wall hangings. So amazing! Wish I had this!
Your living room is beautiful - you've done a lovely job and I enjoyed reading your post, it was full of great beachy tips!
Hi There, I have nominated your blog for the Liebster Award. Come on over to my blog to see:).
Oh Man- what a nice cozy sweet bright OPEN transformation! Hating Martha sent me over to check you out- and Wowzers- Loving it lady!!!
This is beautiful! I love how bright and refreshing it feels. Beautiful job.
I cant tell you what a gorgeous room this is. So airy & the pops of blue are refreshing:) Love the entire space!
I am in love with this! Gorgeous!!!! Bright but not over the top, so pretty! Thanks for sharing!
love the new look, it's so bright and airy!
So cute! You really captured the "beachy" feeling!
You've done it!! I am officially transported to the beach - I'll have a margarita please!
Love the way you layered your gallery wall.
Thank you so much for visiting my beach shack, Kelly! One margarita coming right up!
Thank you for linking. I love this room.
Absolutely stinkin' gorgeous, woman! Featuring you on the FB page today. You really did an outstanding job pulling everything together!
Beautiful! The colors are so soothing!
You are such a doll! I cannot believe- first, that you switch up decor like that- you rock! Second- you did a fantastic job! Ohmygosh! You have such an artsy way of seeing things, I think. Lovely room!
what a bright happy fresh space - love it! thanks so much or sharing!
love it-so peaceful and inviting! I have used a lot of those colors in my living room-gotta love turquoise and driftwood gray!
Wow, what a difference! I love the soothing colors. Great re-do!
Thank you so much for making time to visit, sweet hostess!
Love your room! Definitely gives a relaxing beach feel!
I will be featuring your living room on Thursday at Bacon Time!
Wow - thanks a million time, Mindie, you've really made my day!
Love this room! My house is all beach themed, I live near the beach in North Carolina!
Your beachy living room is so fresh and fun! Love the pops of blue and the wall art.
Thank you so much for making time to visit, lovely hostess!
Just beautiful! I can almost smell the ocean! Love the brightness of your room!
So fresh and pretty! Love it!!
it looks fabulous, and i can't believe how easily the pink came off your tables!
Love it do much! It's amazing that you only spent $5. I would love to be that creatve with things I already have. So glad you linked this up on Make It Yourself Monday.
Thank you so much for making time to visit and for the beautiful words!
What an amazing room! It looks like it belongs in a magazine and it is just so fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing it with us last weekend at Inspiration Friday!
You have such a great eye for color, form, and space...a great inspiration to us all!
This is such a pretty and calming room! I would love to spend all my time here if this is what my family room looked like :) Great job!
WOW this is just gorgeous! Thanks for linking up, I'll be featuring it next week.
Wow, you make me happier than I can say! Thank you so much, Kristin!
Thank you so much for the visit, Sherry, you always have nice words for the link-ups!
Thank you so much for visiting, Marty!
I love how original your living room looks! so different than a lot of other rooms!
So pretty. I love the color the rugs add.
Beautiful! I love the soft colors. Thanks for sharing this at the Open House Party.
Thank you so much for making time to visit, Sherry!
Absolutely love the look. Love the beach.
I love how bright and airy the room is. The pops of color are great.
WOW! I'm at WOW! love love it!
Thank you, Aimee, being featured on your cool blog is really an honor!
Cool, shabby chic is definitely the thing for the beach. Unfortunately our beach house gets to be that way naturally with old/mismatched furniture etc.
Thank you so much for the visit, lovely hostess!
I love the new look! Thanks for linking up to A Pinteresting Link Party!
Thank you so much for visiting, lovely hostess!
It's like breathing a breath of fresh air!!! (I do love the granny square cushions though). Love the white & acqua.
I LOVE the beach look! You did an incredible job. I LOVE it!
BTW-I am your newest follower!!
Well, who needs to go to the beach with a room like that? Love it! Thanks so much for coming out to the party at Clean and Scentsible. I'll be featuring this tomorrow. Have a great weekend!
Thank you, Jenn, I'm so happy that you liked it!
Saw your feature on It's Overflowing. I can't get over how light and bright your room is. Our house is very shaded, which is great for keeping things cool, but we never get that shot of sun to fill up the room like you have here. Aside from the brightness, I love your mix of colors. I'm a huge turquoise fan, and love to accent it with red or coral. (No pink allowed in my home since I live with two guys!) Your mix of furniture and accessories is fun and youthful.
Where did that cuddly blue stuffed animal come from? I just love it!
WOW! Love the after pics! its much more inviting, brighter and cozy!
I love the colors you used and the look of this beachy living room - very peaceful and sophisticated. I'm pinning this. Thanks for linking up at Romance on a dime!
OMG!!! I swear your living room belongs in a magazine!
Your living room is gorgeous! I absolutely second what Christine says - it looks like it's straight out of a magazine! Congrats on the well-deserved features!
Such a gorgeous room--it's perfect in every way. Thanks for linking up to STL Wednesday!
This room turned out great~ love the colors! Thanks for linkin up! Can't wait to see what you've made this week!
OMG! this is so amazing! what a wonderful transformation!!!
Thank you, Jutta! I had a great time by the seaside and I'm ready to rock the blog!
Look really beautiful, so bright and those lovely details, amazing job! hugs!
Love this!!! You were featured!
Thank you so much for the visit, Paula!
Absolutely amazing! You are being featured this evening at Alderberry Hill!
Amazing beach room! looks awesome! Thanks for sharing, I'm featuring it this weekened!
Stunning! I love every inch of this place!


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Costs Law: What is Costs Law?
What is Costs Law?
This is a specialist area in law that deals with each parties' costs after the conclusion of a case. The general rule of thumb in costs law is that the loser pays the winner's costs. There can be exceptions to this, for example, where an adverse costs order has been made, or when there has been unreasonable conduct, or the 'winner' has not necessarily been successful on some of the issues.
The party that is entitled to recover their costs (the receiving party) will be entitled to recover their own fees, usually at an hourly rate and any disbursements incurred by way of detailed assessment. Depending on the value and complexity of the case, costs may be capped or fixed under the Civil Procedure Rules.
What Areas of Law Does Costs Law Impact?
Costs Law comes into play in almost all areas of law, from civil litigation to immigration law. Legal representation needs to be funded, and therefore such costs are usually recoverable as part of litigation, whether it be inter-partes or as part of Legal Aid.
What is the Meaning of Legal Costs?
Legal costs are all the fees a client incurs in obtaining legal representation. The main categories include their Solicitor's (or as a Litigant in Person, their own) profit costs, VAT thereon, disbursements and Counsel fees.
What is the Costs Law Process?
The costs law process begins when an order or the terms of a settlement gives rise to a costs award. Once this is in place, a Bill of Costs will be prepared by the receiving party and served on the paying party. Where the main claim has not been issued in the Court prior to settlement being reached, then costs will try to follow the same path and agreement on costs will be attempted on an informal basis. If an agreement cannot be reached by the parties, then costs only proceedings can be issued, which allows for more efficient handling of costs cases as it provides Court deadlines and a Court process to follow.
When the matter is issued with a Court, then a formal Bill of Costs will be served with a Notice of Commencement. Within this Notice, a deadline will be given for the paying party to provide written submissions of their issues taken with the Bill of Costs, known as Points of Dispute. The receiving party will then have usually 21 days to reply to these points.
Should settlement not be reached after the formal replies are served, the matter will be sent to the Court either for a paper assessment (provisional assessment), where the bill amounts to £75,000 or less, or a detailed assessment, for bills over £75,000, where attendance is usually required in person.
Throughout the whole costs process, it is important to continue negotiations with the opponent in order to try and reach an agreement without proceeding through the Court, which results in further costs of assessment being incurred.
How are Costs Assessed?
There are different tests that can be applied to costs, but the main aim for the Court is to ensure costs are reasonable and proportionate. The different types of basis for assessment include the Standard Basis and Indemnity Basis. It is important for the Court to ensure the costs claimed and awarded are proportionate to the claim which was brought.
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We act for both receiving and paying parties, and assist clients with bringing or disputing a costs claim. As Costs Lawyers, we can assist with issuing costs only proceedings and representing you at Costs & Case Management Conferences (CCMCs) as well as through the detailed assessment process.
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Q: Internet Browser works, but not Steam, Origin, Hearthstone etc So, I think my problem is apparent from the question itself. I can access websites from my browser of choice (Chrome in this case) but Steam, Origin, Hearthstone etc does not work. Skype does seem to work however. I'm fairly computer savvy but network issues always seem to stump me. It all worked fine yesterday, firewall is off. Any tips at all would be very appreciated

A: For Steam's part of your question you can try this solution:

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*Close Steam application

*Backup (make a copy) the "…\STEAM\userdata" folder.

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*Rename or delete the "…\STEAM\userdata" folder (it is into the main folder that steam creates when it is installed.)

*Run again the Steam.exe or your preferred shortcut, to start Steam as you do normally. At my case, steam started normally, I could change-and-save the settings in Friends tab, and both Online and offline modes are now working correctly after numerous Exit-Start-Exit-Start tests of steam application. … But, many of my saved games were NOT listed on the relevant games Load-game screens. (!Close to Hart Attack! The saves ware still on my harddrive, but steam could not see them. Same problem with the 'cloud' steam application that I suggest you have deactivated, since if your saved games reach a MB volume, it could start deleting some of them)

*Close Steam

*Go to the "…\STEAM" folder.

In my case, steam had created a new 'userdata' subfolder, with some things inside, including a 'config' folder. Copy-paste allowing to override, the subfolders from your 'userdata' backup into the new 'userdata' now inside your Steam folder, EXCEPT OF THE 'config' SUBFOLDER !!


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Two for the Price of One - Penny Koepsel and Claire Matturro
And now for something completely different. This month, Fabulous Florida Writers is pleased to welcome two guest bloggers - Penny Koepsel, a school psychologist and author from Texas, who will be interviewing Claire Hamner Matturro, former Sarasota, FL lawyer and author. Penny and Claire are the co-authors of Wayward Girls Red Adept Publishing in 2021. Penny will be interviewing Claire about her newest book, The Smuggler's Daughter (Red Adept Publishing July 2020).
Penny: First, why don't you tell us a little bit about the book, The Smuggler's Daughter.
Claire: Delighted to do so. It's a Gulf Coast mystery which takes place in a fictional Florida city near Tampa and in the Big Bend/Panhandle of the state. Set primarily in 1992, there is a lengthy flashback to the seventies, which becomes a highly fictionalized retelling of the Sinkhole/Sandy Creek murders in the Florida panhandle in 1977—emphasis on the word "highly."
In the story, two attorneys and a snake-bit activist are killed in a 24-hour period. Naturally this perturbs and perplexes police detective Ray Slaverson and his partner Luke Latham. They've been cops too long to believe in coincidences and suspect the deaths are connected but cannot find any link. Kate Garcia, who rose from a hardscrabble, shell-road childhood to become a librarian and Ray's fiancée, knows more than she should. But she can't talk without endangering those she loves in a gritty tale of hidden identities.
Penny: So, two police detectives and a complex series of crimes to solve. Would you classify this as a police procedural?
Claire: Yes, at least in part. My brother, with his long and distinguished history in law enforcement, helped me with the police investigative parts, the weapons, and the guy-talk among the detectives. There's also a good bit of family drama in the story because the plot is character driven. I especially like the part where a rookie detective learns the ropes from veteran detective Luke while secretly courting Luke's daughter. But primarily, it is a classic mystery with Kate doing a lot of the digging.
Penny: Your earlier books were these comedic legal thrillers with a chick lit gloss published by HarperCollins. I remember your protagonist was this wild, tofu-eating eccentric lawyer named Lilly Belle who was hilarious. What made you decide to switch into writing a serious mystery?
Claire: Well, for one thing, somewhere along the way, I stopped being funny. Maybe there's a limit to how many tofu jokes one can make? But more than that I suppose is that I've been reading serious Florida mysteries since I was a kid and first discovered John D. McDonald, the grandfather of Florida mysteries. I wanted to try my hand at writing something McDonald might have tackled. While I adore and devour the Tim Dorsey/Carl Hiaasen zany Florida mysteries, I also admire and read the more serious mysteries by writers like the great James W. Hall and Edna Buchanan, and I wanted to try my hand at such a novel.
Penny: So, new genre, new publisher. Please tell us a bit about Red Adept Publishing, where the book you and I wrote—Wayward Girls—has also found a home.
Claire: Again, delighted to do so. Red Adept is a smaller fiction publishing house, which produces high-quality e-book and trade paperbacks. It has a good number of award-winning authors in its catalog. Since its first release in 2012, Red Adept has published over 100 novels, including some national bestsellers (NYT and USA Today).
Penny: Okay, let's get back to The Smuggler's Daughter. Why the sinkhole murders as being part of the inspiration for the book?
Claire: A bizarre fascination, I suppose, with the case. I remembered the news stories well when it happened. It was a real turning point in marijuana smuggling in Florida, which up to that point had been essentially non-violent (unlike the cocaine smuggling that came later). While I was teaching at Florida State University, I was just down the street from the Florida Archives and discovered they kept trial transcripts from the actual murder trials in the case. So, I read the transcripts.
Penny: Wait, you read the trial transcripts?
Claire: Yes, read, studied, took notes as it was fascinating. Really. Much broader information than available in the news media accounts, and as a bonus, the Archives also had some of the reports from the investigative law enforcement agencies. My first thought was to write a novel based entirely upon the case. But then I got involved in writing the comedic legal thrillers for HarperCollins and put that thought away. Not totally away, you understand, and I kept all my notes. And I kept the fascination and the story idea. When I finally caught up with myself and had the time, I sat down and wrote The Smuggler's Daughter, but with a different focus than what I'd first imagined.
Penny: Thank you, Claire.
Claire: My pleasure and I look forward to interviewing you when our book, Wayward Girls, comes out in 2021.
Penny: It's a date then.
John Vanek - Mystery, Medicine, and Spirituality
"Medicine was my first love, but mysteries and poetry became my drugs of choice," says St. Petersburg writer John Vanek. Although he spent his professional career as a physician, he now spends his time living "happily as an ink-stained wretch" penning mysteries that combine medicine, religion, and spirituality.
Vanek first discovered his passion for writing while he was a student at Case Western University, but it wasn't until he had earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester that he began to delve into the nuts and bolts of the craft. "I began honing my skills in creative writing workshops and college courses and was gratified when my early work won contests and was published widely," he says. His writing has appeared in numerous literary journals, anthologies, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and Stories of Strength, and in 2009, he published a collection of his poetry titled Heart Murmurs: Poems.
In 2018, Vanek published the first of what would become a series of mystery novels featuring an unusual protagonist. Deros, the story of a series of murders that occur after a high school reunion, introduces Father Jake Austin, a physician and Vietnam veteran who entered the seminary after the war and became a priest. "Although Father Jake Austin is a fictional character, aspects of his personality and struggles are modeled after two Catholic priests who became my close friends and confidants while I was practicing at a Catholic hospital," Vanek explains. "When I first met them, I expected the usual stereotypes, but when their Roman collars came off, I found that they were simply human. I portray Father Jake as a spiritual man, but as realistically and human as possible." Publisher's Weekly described Deros as "…a mystery that's as much a character study as a whodunit …. Readers will look forward to seeing more of Jake."
Miracles, the sequel to Deros, follows Father Austin as his life is hurled into a vortex of three storms – a dying nun, a bleeding statue of the Virgin Mary, and an infant in a neonatal intensive care unit. Published in 2019, Miracles was easier for Vanek to write because he was more familiar with his characters' personalities. N.Y. Times bestselling author Michael Koryta praised Miracles for "bringing the reader into worlds of mystery, medicine, and religion — and the human connections that bridge them all."
Vanek's latest release, Absolution, is Book 3 in the Father Jake Austin mystery series. In the story, Father Austin is forced to decide whether to turn his back on his biological father who deserted him as a child, or turn the other cheek and save his father from a vengeful drug lord, even if it would risk his own life and the lives of his loved ones. "I didn't struggle at all with the third book because its plot was the logical extension from the first two mysteries," Vanek says. He is currently finishing the first draft of the fourth book in the series (as yet untitled) involving human trafficking.
Vanek hopes readers will enjoy a protagonist who is out of the ordinary. "It seems as if child molesters, charlatans, and thugs dominate the headlines these days, while those who sacrifice personal needs for the sake of others are seldom thanked, let alone celebrated," he says. "Besides spinning a good yarn, I hope to honor all those who pit their will and faith against their human frailties and daily temptations, not just in the clergy or in medicine, but in all walks of life."
Website: www.JohnVanekAuthor.com
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/JohnVanekAuthor
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/John-A.-Vanek/e/B003MNXID8
Twitter: @JohnVanekAuthor
Youtube: https://youtu.be/jgfi4iT7nnE
"Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know" - How I Made Lord Byron Into A Believable Character - A Guest Post by Marty Ambrose
This month, Fabulous Florida Writers is pleased to welcome guest blogger Marty Ambrose. Her writing career spans over fifteen years. She has written nine novels,including Claire's Last Secret, a nineteenth century historical memoir/mystery that centers around the Lord Byron/Percy Bysshe Shelley literary circle. Her most recent release, A Shadowed Fate, is the sequel and the second of a planned trilogy. Ambrose was our featured writer on October 14, 2018.
Now that I write historical memoir/mysteries, I am often asked how I manage to include "real" figures into my books who are believable within the story. It was daunting to take on this task, to say the least, as I wrote my latest book, A Shadowed Fate—the second work of a trilogy about the nineteenth-century Byron/Shelley circle. Bringing in actual writers from the past requires a lot of research, a delicate balance of the real and the imagined, and a fresh perspective—especially if that person is someone as famous (and infamous) as British Romantic poet, Lord Byron. He, and the other members of the brilliant literary group, presented quite a challenge to me as an author—one that kept me up at night as I mulled over how to include enough historical details about these beloved literati while making each one come alive within my plot.
Okay, it was beyond daunting—more like impossible.
First of all, including Lord Byron as a character required massive amounts of research. His lover, Caroline Lamb, once defined him as "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know," and this scandalous phrase has lingered throughout the last two-hundred years. Yet, he was a much more complex man than the rakish image she portrayed. I found that moving beyond this "celebrity cliché" meant plowing deeply into the man behind the mask. I've studied Byron during much of my academic career, but making him into a character required including subtleties that, initially, seemed elusive. One of his acquaintances, Marguerite, Countess of Blessington, captured this dilemma perfectly when she wrote:
Byron is the perfect chameleon, possessing the fabulous quality attributed
to that animal, of taking the colour of whatever touches him.
What to do to accomplish my task?
I read the latest biographies. I studied his poetry. Most of all, I devoured his letters and journals. The latter seemed to provide the most insight. Often written late at night when Byron was alone, he would pen his innermost thoughts. When I was researching A Shadowed Fate, some parts of the book take place when Byron lived in Ravenna in 1821 and was part of the Carbonari revolutionary movement that sought to free Italy from Austrian rule. Byron was hiding guns in the cellar, writing poetry about Dante, and visiting his mistress, Teresa Guiccioli—but underneath all of this frenetic activity was a restless, discontented exile. In Byron's Ravenna Journal, he describes a wistful longing for his years in London and dismay that, in spite of his love for Italy, he still felt like an "outsider." Those thoughts provided insight to "shade" Byron as a character: he was a lonely man in spite of his messy life in Italy.
Aside from knowing the multi-dimensions of real historical figures, I found that, while I had to "frame" my characters with actual events, I had to add scenes that could be true. That's a tricky balance. Back to Byron. I know the basic events of his life, but they are simply facts. I had to create conversations and conflicts that had narrative impact. For example, when he lived in Ravenna in 1821, he had his young daughter, Allegra, with him. Her fate is a central part of my book's plot—as is her relationship with Byron. I decided a way to show that connection was by creating a scene when Byron decides to send Allegra to a convent school; I set their parting at Dante's Tomb since it is an evocative place in Ravenna, full of poetry and depth—the perfect place for a father to express his deep regret over parting with his daughter. There is no documentation that records he ever took her there, but it's always possible. Even more importantly, the setting provides a way for readers to emotionally connect with Byron's sense of loss.
Lastly, avoiding the "same old, same old" vignettes about someone discussed and dissected as extensively as Byron was the ultimate challenge: including the well-known escapades in a novel can feel stale to readers. To avoid that trap, I decided to have Mary Shelley's stepsister, Claire Clairmont, narrate my trilogy because she was the "almost famous" member of their circle, and her voice was relatively unknown. Using Claire as a narrator gave me a chance to create a fresh image of Byron (she was his mistress and mother of Allegra) from the perspective of a woman who felt she had been wronged by him, even as she loved him passionately. Claire gave me a chance to have the creative freedom to explore how celebrity can create highs and lows for those drawn into their orbit—not always a pleasant way to live, but always dramatic. Also, I decided to have Claire tell her story from two stages of her life: a young woman of seventeen (when she first met Byron) and an older, wiser lady in her seventies who has mellowed somewhat with the passing of time. The dual narrative voices provided me with even more opportunities to give new insights into Byron not just as a character, but a legend who haunts Claire. It was a fascinating creative process which I savored as a writer.
Of course, aside from Byron, I included the poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and novelist, Mary Shelley, as characters in A Shadowed Fate as well—each of whom presented the same problem (though to a lesser extent) of finding the person behind the celebrity. But surprising nuances were there to be found in the same way I delved into Byron: discovering that fragment of a thought or brief moment of reflection which pointed the way in their letters and journals. It felt like digging for treasure, except these riches held value only in the imaginative landscape of my writing.
Still, a pearl beyond price.
Would I do it all again? Absolutely. I found once I started including real figures in my books that I would never want to go back to all imaginary characters. Historical people are just so compelling to research, and I want to keep hunting for new slants on the rich and famous. And maybe, just maybe, my readers will have a new awareness of how time and notoriety can twist the truth of a person's true nature. Hopefully, they will be intrigued enough to keep reading.
For more information, visit the author's website at www.martyambrose.com.
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The Seguine House - A Nineteenth -Century Working Estate in Twenty-First Century New York City
The Seguine Book
RUMC - Pretty Table Fundraiser
Capturing the Spirit of an afternoon tea at the Seguine House.
Historic house trust gala
Launch Tea @ the Seguine House
New book celebrates Seguine Mansion
By Kiawana Rich | rich@siadvance.com
April 08, 2015 at 4:38 PM, updated April 09, 2015
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For Christina Mantz, the moment has finally arrived.
The design consultant celebrated the release of her new book about the Seguine Mansion Wednesday morning inside the breathtaking home in Prince's Bay.
The coffee table book, titled "The Seguine House: A Nineteenth-Century Working Estate in Twenty-First Century New York City," offers a full-color photographic volume highlighting the beautiful historic 1838 Greek Revival Seguine house, including its stunning interiors, glorious and romantic gardens and its stables in Prince's Bay.
Bubbly with excitement over the five-year project finally coming to fruition, the West Brighton resident and book producer provided plenty of hugs and kisses to house caretaker George Burke.
"We thought it would never happen -- but if it ever happened I knew she could make it happen," said the 85-year-old Burke, who has spent years restoring the home.
Ms. Mantz, who grew up in an old farmhouse, said: "I've known George Burke for over 30 years and when you grow up in an old house you kind of know everyone else who has old houses, and all their stories intertwine, and seeing this house and all the parties here, of course, how can you not fall in love? It was a love affair and we had so much in common. We love all the old stuff. It's the genteel life, I just love all that."
We made the Wall street journal!
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On Staten Island, an Antebellum Mansion Sines Bright Old White House
By Josh Barbanel Feb. 11, 2015
"He wakes up every morning saying how can I make my home more beautiful," said Christina Mantz, who grew up in an 1840s farm house on Staten Island. "Less is more is something he never learned."
Mr. Burke still climbs a ladder each year to paint a portion of the exterior. He waters his trees and formal gardens by hand and feeds his flock of peacocks. He throws a spring garden party where guests are encouraged to dress in white.
In the past few years, he set up a foundation to eventually run the mansion alongside the city's Parks Department.
To raise money to support the house in the future, Ms. Mantz put together a 124-page coffee-table book tracing the mansion's history and Mr. Burke's restoration. It is to be published at the end of March by Rizzoli New York. Her husband, Robert Mantz, an artist who works in advertising, handled the photography.
She has so far raised $42,000 of the $50,000 budget for the book, "The Seguine House: A Nineteenth-Century Working Estate in Twenty-First Century New York City," ($50).
Behind the scenes of the article:
Christina describes the blue-green damask from the Renaissance Revival style circa 1875.
Christina discussing the architectural features of the Seguine House.
autumn mist
The following images offer the quiet, timeless beauty
of a foggy Autumn day at The Seguine. Enjoy.
sunsets at seguine
Sunset glow is seen creeping in from the west over Lemon Creek with
bushy-topped Phragmites in the foreground and Salt Hay beyond.
Joseph H. Seguine made a fortune selling salt hay - used to keep ice blocks from melting before the invention of refrigeration.
Golden light shines over the paddock to the bay beyond.
The caretakers cottage, now guest house, basks in the glow.
Riding lesson at sunset on an overcast day.
A pinto and rider and a peacock go about their affairs under the last rays.
As we arrive to set up the reshoots the ever-vigilant peacocks need to know what's going on.
The white peahen, her left foot coquettishly raised, seems to be asking, "May I come in?"
Mary Bullock and Christina Mantz, seen in the mirror, check the styling for the reshoot of a tea party.
checking proofs at rizzoli
November 5 we visited our publisher, Rizzoli, at their Park Avenue South corporate office in Manhattan, to check proofs just flown in from the printer in Hong Kong.
Producer Christina Mantz reviews contracts while Principal Photographer/Book Designer Robert Mantz checks the proofs.
Four peacock sentinels, alerted by the sound of barking, assume lookout posts on the roof peak of the garage. The one on the right is also checking out this photographer. Note the weeping willow in the background.
Looking through the huge, sheltering weeping willow, just inside the Seguine Equestrian Center vehicular gate.


How many names and faces will you recognize? Get to know some of the trailblazers who have improved the lives of LGBTQ2+ individuals and communities in Canada through their work to overcome oppression and barriers to equality. This large-scale photo exhibit presents a selection from the National Portrait Collection of The Arquives (formerly the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives).


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Q: Akka-Http: How to return a response from an actor? I am using an actor inside a request with the "ask" pattern:
val route =
    pathPrefix("myapp") {
      path("search") {
        get {
          (mainActorRef ? DoSomething("foo")).mapTo[ReturningType].map { result =>
  complete(HttpEntity(ContentTypes.`application/json`, result ))
         }
        }
      }
    }

The problem is that the main actor communicates with other actors and gets an answer back from one of those actors like this:
class MainActor extends Actor {

  override def receive: Receive = {

    case d:DoSomething =>
      anotherActor ! DoThis(d)

    // received from anotherActor as reply to DoThis
    case r:DoThisResponse =>
      // how do I send the response back to my "route"?
      pipe (Future{r}) to ???
  }

}

How can I send this answer back to Akka-Http as response?
Using "sender()" in the main actor doesn't work as it won't be the right reference. Should I pass in the DoSomething some reference to use with "tell" (!) inside the main actor? How do I pass this reference?

A: Use forward instead of tell in the the MainActor when sending to anotherActor. That way anotherActor will not "see" MainActor as the sender .
So, basically, you send new messages in the intermediate steps with forward, but the actor in the line can simply respond to sender, since it does not see the intermediate actors.
Edit: a complete MainActor
class MainActor extends Actor {

override def receive: Receive = {

   //delegating some more work to another container
   case d:DoSomething =>
     anotherActor forward DoThis(d)

   // sending a response back to "route"
   case r:DoThisResponse =>
     sender ! Response

    }
}


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Police at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are investigating the third report of a sexual assault this month.
A woman told campus police she was sleeping at a fraternity house when she awoke to find a man next to her touching her leg around 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say the man ran out of the room and down a stairwell.
Police searched the house but couldn't find the suspect.
A woman reported being raped in a campus dorm on May 5. Another woman reported an assault at a different fraternity two weeks later.
MIT officials didn't respond to a request for comment.


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Central Conference of American Rabbis
The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), founded in 1889 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, is the principal organization of Reform rabbis in the United States and Canada. The CCAR is the largest and oldest rabbinical organization in the world.[1] Its current president is Ron Segal.[2]
Rabbi Steven A. Fox is the Chief Executive; he joined CCAR in 2006 and has been leading its transformation.[3]
The CCAR primarily consists of rabbis educated at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, New York City, Los Angeles, and Jerusalem. The CCAR also offers membership to those who have graduated in Europe from the Leo Baeck College in London (United Kingdom) and the Abraham Geiger College at the University of Potsdam (Germany), and others who joined the Reform movement after being ordained. Most of the last group graduated from either the Conservative Jewish Theological Seminary or the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
The CCAR issues responsa, resolutions, and platforms, but in keeping with the principles of Reform Judaism, their positions are non-binding on individual rabbis or congregations. It is also the publisher of CCAR Journal, a journal of Reform Judaism published quarterly. The group also runs the CCAR Press, a large publishing house that produces Reform siddurim, machzorim, and haggadot with a mixture of Hebrew and English. The most well-known CCAR prayerbooks include Gates of Prayer, Gates of Repentance, and the recently published Mishkan T'filah.
The CCAR in 1937 wrote the Columbus Platform as an official platform of the American Reform movement. The CCAR rewrote its principles in 1976 with its Centenary Perspective and rewrote them again in the 1999 as A Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism. According to the CCAR, personal autonomy still has precedence over these platforms.
Rabbi Bernard Bamberger of Temple Shaaray Tefila on New York's Upper East Side served as president of the CCAR in 1959-61.
In 1964, the CCAR began to take an official position opposing the American war in Vietnam, and in 1972 it began to refuse to pay the federal excise tax on telephone service as a protest against that war.[4]
In 1983, the CCAR took one of its most controversial stands and formally affirmed that a Jewish identity can be passed down through either the mother or the father, if the child is raised with a Jewish identity.
In 2003, Rabbi Janet Marder became the first female president of the CCAR; this made her the first woman to lead a major rabbinical organization and the first woman to lead any major Jewish co-ed religious organization in the United States.[5]
Rabbi Jonathan Stein, of Temple Shaaray Tefila, served as president of the CCAR in 2011-13.[6]
In 2014, the CCAR joined a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage, which was America's first faith-based challenge to same-sex marriage bans.[7][8]
In 2015, Denise Eger became the first openly gay president of the CCAR.[9][10]
^ "Supporting Rabbi Richard Jacobs," Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 5, 2011
^ https://www.ccarnet.org/board-of-trustees/
^ Rabbinic Staff Archived 2016-02-17 at the Wayback Machine CCAR, accessed Feb 18, 2016
^ "Rabbis Refuse Phone 'War' Tax" Gospel Herald 8 August 1972, p. 630
^ "Rabbi Janet Marder becomes president of Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)". Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Our History and Vision". Shaaraytefilanyc.org. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
^ "Rabbis group joins N.C. same-sex marriage suit". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Rabbis Join Marriage Equality Fight". Advocate.com. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ Tess Cutler, "Rabbi Denise Eger seeks to open doors wider to all Jews", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, March 4, 2015.
^ "Reform rabbis install first openly gay president, Denise Eger | Jewish Telegraphic Agency". Jta.org. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
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The time passes; the seasons turn, summer turns to autumn and now Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart are playing rock chicks. And doing it pretty convincingly, what's more – Stewart, anyway. This is the intriguingly low-key, unhappy story of the Runaways, the 1970s all-girl band fronted by singer Cherie Currie (Fanning), with Joan Jett (Stewart) providing guitar and rock'n'roll attitude. With a clump of black hair, leather jacket and high-waisted blue denims, Stewart has an eerie resemblance to Jett, and when in one scene she takes her top off facing away from the camera, her back looks as broad and muscular as a weightlifter's.
In 1975, Jett finds herself hanging out at Rodney's English Disco in Los Angeles, where the kids are getting into David Bowie and glam rock, getting off on Do You Wanna Touch Me. (Maybe period drama is now the only acceptable context for remembering Gary Glitter.) Here Jett meets bullying, mercurial pop mogul Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon), a bizarre figure who combines dandyish hair and fluttering mannerisms with boorish, bullying heterosexuality. He likes the idea of a girl band, and seeing Cherie hanging out by the bar, recruits her solely on the basis of her moody Bardot chops.
The film, from Italian music video director Floria Sigismondi, shows how the aggressive girl-band both grew out of the English androgynous rock scene and was also a reaction against it. Fowley sometimes affects to be irritated by these limp, fey mascara'd limeys, demanding the Runaways show some balls. Yet it was the pioneering gender-bending glam-rockers who somehow created the circumstances for an in-your-face female rock band, making an incursion into the macho rock'n'roll world.
Art Linson is the co-producer of this engaging, small-scale film; he is famously the author of the Hollywood memoir What Just Happened? in which he recounts the agony of seeing much-cherished projects getting buried or neglected by the studio. One of these was 2000′s Sunset Strip, his 70s rock movie that died a box office death. Maybe The Runaways is Linson's way of showing that he can make a success of this subject, and I think he has done, with a film that shows how brutal and sexist rock'n'roll is. There are some cliches (drugs on tour, montage of the band climbing the charts) and perhaps Fanning looks a little fragile, but the film interestingly and sympathetically shows the human cost to Jett and Currie, who could never quite be sure if they had reached the promised land of stardom or not.
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The first meeting between Slater Rawlings and Liberty Drake could hardly be called ideal. As acting deputy of Shotgun, Texas, Liberty is simply enforcing the town laws. But Slater, a former Texas Ranger with a restless spirit, is surprised to find himself on the wrong side of the law -- and it's a she who is arresting him. Despite his rocky ... more »start in Shotgun, Slater finds himself drawn to the close-knit town, with its strong church family and the fascinating Deputy Drake. As his affection grows, Slater longs to see Liberty turn in her gun and badge. But can she give up her position when so many people depend on her? « less
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Donna C. (darkcoffeeclouds) reviewed Every Little Thing About You (Yellow Rose, Bk 1) on 1/4/2007 + 113 more book reviews
This was a good little book with unforgettable characters. The writing is very light and easy and makes me think back to the days of watching the little house on the prairie as a little girl. This book was not in my preferred genre but once I read the summary I couldn't put it down. The old western feel of the story and the wonderful characters pull you in. I can't wait to read the other two books in the trilogy, A Texas Sky and City Girl.
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Deputy Liberty Drake arrests Texas Ranger Slater Rawlings after he's caught with a gun in a saloon, which would be normal for the Old West, but apparently is against the law in the fictitious Shotgun, Texas. Slater is drawn to the homey little town and to its church, as well as to the feisty Liberty, who veers from being overly saccharine to being outright antagonistic. She does something to Slater's visiting brother, Dakota, towards the book's conclusion that made me want to slap some sense into her. That she has to give up a job she loves and is good at because it's not feminine is my main problem with the book. Otherwise, the characters are funny and sweet, although the historical detail might not always be spot on.
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Allison CollinsOwner and chef Jonah Shaw stands in his 53 Main St., Delhi restaurant, Quarter Moon Cafe.
Delhi man revives Main Street restaurant
Delhi restaurateur Jonah Shaw, 47, has returned to his roots with the recent reopening of the Quarter Moon Cafe at 53 Main St. in the village.
Shaw launched the restaurant, which offers innovative American-style fare, in 2003, but closed it to focus on other culinary pursuits.
"I ran it for a long time as a restaurant, then started doing a lot of catering and consulting," he said. "We slowed as the catering and event business took off and … in 2012, we launched Catskill Food Company, which produces artisanal meat products."
Though the 50-seat restaurant site hosted "pop-up" eateries in the intervening years, Shaw said, his meat production inspired its reopening as the Quarter Moon Cafe.
"This past winter we built our own USDA processing room in the back of the building," he said, "and because of all the equipment and staff needed on site for that, we decided it would make sense to reopen the restaurant. It was a natural outlet … but most importantly, I missed having a restaurant open and thought it was time to breathe new life into the space."
The Quarter Moon Cafe reopened Memorial Day Weekend with about 15 part-time employees, Shaw said.
The restaurant's menu, Shaw said, reflects its inspiration.
"We are calling our menu smoke-centric, because the meat processing room really revolves around a very technically advanced smoker that we imported from Germany," he said. "We are not only smoking meats that you might expect, like briskets, but we're smoking cream to make our own smoked ice cream and crème brulee. We have an FDA permit as well, so we'll be introducing a line of smoked fish and cheeses."
Shaw said the menu also exemplifies his evolving food philosophy, balancing local production with the practical demands of diners and rural restaurant ownership.
"Our focus is on locally available ingredients," he said. "Recently, we brought in a whole cow from Catskill Cattle Company in Deposit, so we are working through various steaks on the menu. While it's important to me to promote local products and work with local producers, it's also important to me to offer a range of menu items across various price points.
"We're serving steaks from this cow, but we also have brisket and pulled pork that we serve so much of we can't source it all locally; there's only a limited amount of brisket on one cow," he said. "It's altruistic to say that you're only using local ingredients, but I think it's important to make good, quality food available to everyone and be able to offer affordable menu items. We do have an expensive steak that is $65, but every other menu item is well under $20 and there aren't very many restaurants in this area that can say that."
Early favorites, Shaw said, include his wedge salad, featuring lettuce from Star Route Farm; ramp pesto with homemade pasta; the "super-popular" brisket and pulled pork; and "Nashkill" chicken drumsticks.
"That's a play on Nashville hot chicken, but we make it Catskill style," he said. "We smoke it first instead of using a buttermilk brine."
Shaw said the restaurant's clientele is a mix of new and returning diners.
"It's across the spectrum. We have families with kids coming in, young people with second homes up here, there's been a lot of local foot traffic and we had an existing base from our old email lists," he said. "The feedback from people that have been in has been outstanding and we have a lot of regulars already."
As the Quarter Moon Cafe re-establishes itself, Shaw said, he hopes to introduce theme nights.
"We have plans for a whiskey explorers' club, a fried chicken night and a food industry night for farmers, producers and people in hospitality," he said. "And we're having jazz nights the first and third Monday of the month."
The Quarter Moon Cafe is open for lunch and dinner, Thursday through Monday.
For more information, to view a menu or make reservations, call 607-746-8886, find "Quarter Moon Cafe" on Facebook or visit quartermooncafe.com.
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I'm from Middle east but never being to KSA, how is it to live in there?
It is ok, I am back now to the states! Where are you from?
The shops, and stalls in the souk, are all so colourful, and the office buildings are quite uniquely shaped. Riyadh looks a very interesting place. Thank you for sharing your lovely pictures.
The material and dresses shop is so gorgeous! And are those gold chains a headpiece?? Why? No one would see it under the burqa. Is it to be worn over?? Or is it something else entirely?
Their office buildings are in such unusual shapes!!
I think it is for belly dancing? that is my guess! We have some cool skirt type things and they look like a match to that!
Oh, okay. That makes sense!
Those dresses look pretty and very ornate as is all that golden jewelry.
The sure are creative with their architecture aren't they.
yes they are! There are huge strange looking buildings and then old rubble right near by!
What is the weather like this time of year there? Hot, I assume – but dry as well? (Again, probably a dumb question, it being a desert).
It looks like a fun place to go window shopping! I've always loved middle eastern clothing. So beautiful.
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I know when we arrived to saudi, no fast food, or local fast food, no malls, now it is just crazy! Really mall are every where, a simple grocery store, now a huge hyper one with a mall! It is just too much!
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Die  war eine Weltausstellung und fand zwischen dem 8. April und dem 9. Dezember 1888 in der spanischen Stadt Barcelona statt. 12.900 Aussteller nahmen an der Ausstellung teil, davon stammten 66 Prozent aus Spanien. Sie empfing insgesamt 2,3 Millionen Besucher aus der ganzen Welt.

Die offizielle Eröffnung erfolgte erst am 20. Mai durch den damals zweijährigen König Alfons XIII., vertreten durch seine Mutter María Cristina als Regentin von Spanien.

Vorgeschichte
Im Jahr 1888 hatte Barcelona 530.000 Einwohner und war politisch die zweitwichtigste Stadt Spaniens; wirtschaftlich und industriell die wichtigste. Spanien durchlebte die Bourbonische Restauration, und es regierte Práxedes Mateo Sagasta unter der Regentschaft von Maria Cristina, der Witwe des 1885 verstorbenen Königs Alfons XII. und Mutter von Alfons XIII.

Die Durchführung der Weltausstellung von 1888 spiegelte das gute Verhältnis zwischen der nach der Septemberrevolution von 1868 restaurierten Monarchie und dem katalanischen industriellen Bürgertum wider. Es hatte in Erwartung von sozialem Frieden und wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung die Rückkehr der Monarchie unterstützt.

Weltausstellungen hatten seit der  1851 in London eine große Bedeutung erlangt. Sie galten als die wichtigsten politischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Ereignisse der Welt. Jedes Land konnte seinen technischen Fortschritt zeigen und sein wirtschaftliches und industrielles Potenzial präsentieren. Eine Weltausstellung bot die Gelegenheit zur wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung der Gastgeberstadt und vermittelte ein großes internationales Ansehen.

Die Initiative zu einer Weltausstellung in Barcelona ergriff der Unternehmer Eugenio Serrano. Er erwies sich jedoch unfähig, dieses Großereignis zu bewältigen. Daher übernahm im April 1887 der Bürgermeister von Barcelona, Francesc Rius i Taulet die Leitung des Projekts und umgab sich mit einer Gruppe anderer Unternehmer der Stadt. Mit dem Bürgermeister bildeten sie das "Komitee der Acht". Unter ihnen war der für die Bauleitung zuständige Architekt Elies Rogent. Er war u. a. Lehrer von  Lluís Domènech i Montaner und von Antoni Gaudí.

Ausstellungsgelände
Das Tor zum 46,5 Hektar großen Ausstellungsgelände bildete der  des Architekten Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas. Das Gelände erstreckte sich vom Parc de la Ciutadella, dem heutigen Zoo von Barcelona, über einen Teil des heutigen Bahnhofs Estació de França bis nach La Barceloneta, an die Stelle, wo sich heute das Krankenhaus Hospital del Mar befindet.

Auf rund einem Viertel des Geländes befanden sich die Ausstellungsgebäude, die von den renommiertesten Architekten der Zeit gestaltet worden waren. Das wichtigste Gebäude war der Palau de la Indústria mit 70.000 Quadratmetern. Es wurden auch drei Gebäude aus der militärischen Epoche der Zitadelle weitergenutzt, die noch erhalten sind: der Palau del Governador, das Arsenal und die Kapelle. Das Arsenal ist heute nach Umbauten in den Jahren 1889, 1900 und 1932 der Sitz des Parlaments von Katalonien.

Als Folge des Wechsels in der Projektleitung war die Zeit zur Gestaltung der Weltausstellung knapp geworden, und die gesamte Organisation musste ihre Leistungsfähigkeit beweisen. Die Zeitknappheit war aber auch der Grund, weshalb einige Gebäude nur für eine temporäre Nutzung ausgelegt werden konnten. Es stehen nur noch der Arc de Triomf, das damalige Cafe-Restaurant der Ausstellung Castell dels Tres Dragons ('Burg der Drei Drachen') von Lluis Domenech i Montaner, in dem sich heute das Zoologische Museum der Stadt befindet, das Gewächshaus , und die sogenannte  ('Maschinenhalle'), heute als Betriebsraum des Zoos genutzt.

Verbesserungen in Barcelona
Obwohl der Schwerpunkt der Weltausstellung innerhalb des Messegeländes lag, führte sie auch zu allgemeinen Verbesserungen in ganz Barcelona. Sie war ein Ansporn, Arbeiten fertigzustellen, die teilweise schon vor vielen Jahren begonnen worden und unvollendet geblieben waren. Außerdem bot sie die Gelegenheit, neue Infrastrukturen und Dienstleistungen zu schaffen, die nicht nur das Leben der Bürger verbesserten, sondern der Stadt auch eine moderne Erscheinung gab.

Einige der für die Ausstellung 1888 umgesetzten Maßnahmen waren:
 Der  wurde erschlossen. Nach Abschluss der Expo wurde er zum größten Park der Stadt.
 Die Bebauung der Seefront wurde abgeschlossen. Zwischen dem  und  der Rambla wurde die neue Straße  ('Kolumbus-Promenade') angelegt.
 Auf einem trockengelegten Hafenbecken am  wurde das Gran Hotel Internacional für 2000 Gäste gebaut. Das von Lluis Domenech i Montaner entworfene vierstöckige Luxushotel hatte eine Grundfläche von 5000 Quadratmetern und wurde in einer Rekordzeit von 53 Tagen erbaut. Es wurde nach der Ausstellung wieder abgerissen.
 Es wurde der  ('Palast der schönen Künste') gebaut, in dem heute der Städtische Gerichtshof seinen Sitz hat. In diesem Gebäude fand die offizielle Eröffnung der Weltausstellung in Anwesenheit der königlichen Familie statt. Der Palast sollte Kunstausstellungen, Konzerte und kulturelle Veranstaltungen präsentieren. Diese Funktion erfüllte der  bis 1942.
 Am Kreuzungspunkt des  und der Rambla wurde die Kolumbus-Säule errichtet. Sie wurde am 1. Juni 1888 während der Weltausstellung eingeweiht.
 Der unmittelbar angrenzende Wohnbezirk  wurde entwickelt.
 Die Markthalle , zwischen 1884 und 1886 erbaut, wurden eröffnet.
 Die noch heute für Hafenrundfahrten beliebten Touristenboote  wurden eingeführt.
 Neben dem Ausstellungsgelände wurden mit den Ramblas, dem  und der  die ersten Straßen Barcelonas elektrisch beleuchtet.

Resonanz
Trotz eines Defizits von sechs Millionen Pesetas wurde die Weltausstellung als großer Erfolg gewertet, sowohl was die Anzahl der Besucher betrifft, als auch den gesamten wirtschaftlichen Nutzen für die Stadt. Darüber hinaus half die Ausstellung, weite Bereiche der Stadt zu entwickeln. In einer Zeit der wirtschaftlichen Depression geplant, belebte sie das Baugewerbe, und die große Zahl an Besucher führte zu erhöhten Einnahmen in allen wichtigen Wirtschaftssektoren der Stadt.

Wirtschaftlich wird die Ausstellung von 1888 als der erste große Schritt der katalanischen Wirtschaft in Richtung Europäisierung betrachtet. 1886, zwei Jahre vor dem Ereignis war die  ("Offizielle Handels-, Industrie- und Seefahrtskammer von Barcelona") gegründet worden. Ihr Ziel war, die Interessen der katalanischen Unternehmen zu wahren und den wirtschaftlichen Austausch, besonders mit dem europäischen Ausland, zu fördern. Zu dieser Zeit beschränkte sich der Handel weitgehend auf den spanischen Markt.

Trotz aller Kritik des Proletariats und der republikanischen und katalanistischen Führer bestätigten die Organisation, die Umsetzung und der Erfolg der Weltausstellung die guten Beziehungen zwischen dem katalanischen Bürgertum und der Monarchie in Madrid.

Die Weltausstellung von 1888, die erste große Veranstaltung dieser Art in Barcelona, ging als ein Entwicklungsmodell in die Geschichte der Stadt ein. Dieses Beispiel war ein Anstoß für weitere große internationale Veranstaltungen in Barcelona, wie die , die Olympischen Sommerspiele 1992 oder das Forum der Kulturen 2004.

Soziale und politische Kritik an der Ausstellung
Obwohl die Ausstellung geregelt ablief und als Erfolg gewertet wurde, blieb sie nicht ohne Kritik:

Für die umfangreichen Arbeiten im Messegelände und vielen anderen Teilen der Stadt waren im Vorfeld der Weltausstellung Tausende zusätzlicher Bauarbeiter nach Barcelona geholt worden. Sie arbeiteten während dieser Zeit unermüdlich und manchmal unter schwierigen Bedingungen. Sie wurden sich bewusst, dass sie ihre Kräfte bündeln müssten, um ihre Interessen zu verteidigen und ihre Arbeitsbedingungen zu verbessern. Bezeichnenderweise gründete sich im August 1888, während der Weltausstellung, in Barcelona die Gewerkschaft  und kurz darauf führte die sozialistische Partei  in Barcelona den ersten Kongress ihrer Geschichte durch. Die Ausstellung verursachte eine Inflation der Preise in Barcelona, was zu Unzufriedenheit unter den Bürgern und zu Kritik in der Presse führte. Intellektuelle sowie republikanische und katalanistische Politiker demonstrierten öffentlich gegen die Ausstellung. Für sie war der Pakt zwischen dem katalanischen Bürgertum und der zentralistischen Monarchie schädlich für die Interessen von Katalonien.

Weitere Ausstellungen des Jahres 1888
Im selben Jahr fanden weitere große internationale Ausstellungen statt, die jedoch nicht den Namen "Weltausstellung" trugen. Es waren dies die  in Melbourne, die  in Glasgow und die  in Lissabon.

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 Schauplätze der Expo 1888 auf Barcelona on-line (katalanisch, spanisch, englisch)

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Also I wound like to know your thought process to solve integrals like these.

A: If you expand the cosines of multiple angles as functions of $\cos(x)$, you should arrive to $$\cos5x + 5\cos3x +10\cos x=16 \cos ^5 x$$ $$\cos6x+ 6\cos4x + 15\cos2x +10=32 \cos ^6 x$$ which means that $$\int \frac{\cos5x + 5\cos3x +10\cos x }{\cos6x+ 6\cos4x + 15\cos2x +10} \mathrm dx=\frac{1}{2}\int\sec x ~\mathrm dx$$ Now, use Weierstrass substitution.
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Nikolas Stavrakis: A Guide to Distance Learning Options. Records Management Society (Education & Training), 14 February 2005
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Title: Colleges/Universities running Records, Information/Knowledge Management and/or Archiving courses in the UK. Version #3, August 2006 Full text from publisher »
Abstract: The Records Management Society has reviewed the course lists of universities and colleges in the UK and found those below as appearing to fulfil some criteria towards a record/information/knowledge/archive management function. However, the course content has NOT been reviewed thus the Records Management Society cannot be held responsible for the appropriateness of the course. We would however, be happy to receive reviews of these courses, please contact Info@rms-gb.org.uk.
Links, Publications Birmingham City University, Cranfield University, Curtin University*, Glasgow Caledonian University*, Global Knowledge Economics Council (GKEC)*, Information and Records Management Society (IRMS), Information Content Management, Ionian University, KM education, Lancaster University*, London Metropolitan University (London Met)*, Loughborough University (Lough), Middlesex University*, Northumbria University*, Nottingham Trent University (NTU)*, online options, records management, Robert Gordon University (RGU), Royal Roads University (RRU)*, University of Bradford*, University of Canberra (UC)*, University of Hull, University of Leeds, University of Paisley*, University of Portsmouth*, University of South Australia (UniSA)*, University of Surrey (UniS)*, University of Westminster*


Another of my favourite themes. Over the years I've done many designs in lots of different mediums on this subject and I never tire of hearing new interpretations on the myth/legend/story behind this genuinely ancient symbol.
I have compiled an album of images to illustrate my take on the Green man – click on the above image to visit the album.


>> This patches just for discussions and comments.  Please help me with it.
I would recommend restructuring this code in one of two possible ways.
takes a void*, decodes it, and then calls a properly-typed function.
should call the properly-typed implementation function.
this way, but I don't insist on it.