I always celebrate my one truly feral rescue on National Feral Cat Day, October 16, not because she was my rescue, but because she taught me about feral cats before I really knew they were any different from other cats. Our 19 years together were one long lesson in patience for me as I let Moses come to terms at her own pace with living with a human who wanted to touch her all the time.
And this painting is no less a celebration of feral cats than an article I might write. Feral cats often have the reputation of not being able to be "saved" or "tamed" and so they are often exterminated like vermin when they are found to be unwanted living outdoors, and are usually euthanized in shelters without being given a chance to adjust to life with humans, and yet here she is looking pretty pleased with her situation.
This painting is about one of the moments in those years I saw Moses coming to terms with the fears and mistrust she'd learned growing up in her colony of cats, in fact, it was inspired by the evidence of that very healing. I looked in the dining room and there was Moses in the middle of the floor—Moses, who walked about under and behind the furniture, who never left herself vulnerable, who never had a nap in an open spot, like the middle of the floor. And yet there she was, and she was looking pretty confident and relaxed. She had never done anything like this before. She was nine years old.
Moses with a rosy glow.
She found a warm spot to sleep in the sun on that old pink sweater of mine, and the look of contentment on her face was my first inspiration, especially since Miss Moses (we all thought she was a boy) had been a feral kitten and to this day hesitates to walk across the center of any room but finds security in keeping close to the furniture. Next, the contrast of all the grays with the varied pink shades in the sweater and the patterns of direct and reflected sunlight all through the scene made me snap that photo and render this scene.
It's called "A Rosy Glow" because her silvery gray fur reflects the bright pink sweater onto her chest and face which for me added to that feeling of comfort and security I felt from her in that moment.
One of these days I'll look up the person who purchased this portrait and I'll be able to scan the actual portrait, but for now you'll just have to imagine the details. Looking closely at the gray of her fur, though, and the bright pink reflected, you'll also see there is obviously blue and green along with softer tones of violet and rose to give her thick fur the depth I remembered when touching her. Even when she wasn't in the sun her gray fur was full of complementary colors that our eye puts together into one overall tone, but studying in detail over time you'll see all those hues. Her nose was "terra cotta" as I called it, that natural color of red earth, but here it is reflecting that sweater.
In the background too you'll see many colors mixed in with the gray of the shadows to keep them lively.
I still treasure this moment, and each moment when Moses took a step toward trust. Read Moses' story in "My Favorite Feral, and My Enlightenment".
In the painting "Sunday Morning" Moses watches over my easel in the corner of my studio, and I continue to draw inspiration from her, the moment and the style, with all the work I do. Browse the category "Moses" to see all the posts where she is the subject.
These paintings celebrated this special group of cats and what they taught me about art, and in each the splash of sun made their everyday activity brilliant and special. I learned to handle the contrast of light and shadow and reveled in all the colors I saw, using them to add depth and texture to fur and background. Just showing the paintings and eventually selling a few was not enough, I had to do something to get these images to as many people as possible.
This was my first full-color set of cards, made from those first four paintings in a particular style of Stanley, Moses, Sally and Cookie that changed the course of my art career.
These cards are 4.5″ x 6.25″ printed in full color on matte-finish cream stock with matching cream satin envelopes. They also have only the art on the front and are blank inside. You can find these cards in my Marketplace, and also as a set in my Etsy shop.
I just love this one, I really do… the texture of her coat, the light and shadows, her expression of contentment and, of course, the pink glow.


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Bob Segar
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The 5th Dimension–Stone Soul Picnic;
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Picnics are for Spring!
I loved the 5th Dimension
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Wonderful Sue! One of the great comedy routines of all time. I grew up watching these guys! 😉
The Cat–Morning Has Broken;
KT UH oh the RR will flog you for playing Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam since he is one of those mooslims now. We sing this at our church sometimes. I bet the RR is not aware it is considered a hymn in some churchs.
Kenny Rankin–Silver Morning;
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Centerfield
No SF Giant opening day is the same without this song at some point during the day
Jefferson Airplane–Crown of Creation;
Doors–Yes The River Knows;
Mine are mostly songs I think of in connection to spring. I also have a particular time just before dusk some nights that brings the Spring of my younger days in full force. It is so weird not sure if smell or sense but it is a strong feeling and very peaceful.
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For What It's Worth
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Darkness Darkness
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Original Caste
One Tin Soldier(anti-war song)
Lady Day–Summertime;
King Harvest–Dancin In The Moonlight;
Sly and the Family Stone–Hot Fun In The Summertime;
KT I love this song. It makes me feel carefree……
Oh, same here Sue. It's just a joyous song. Those were the greatest days of my youth.
Mungo Jerry–In The Summertime;
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Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement commending the Department of Homeland Security on its decision to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals who were in the United States as of January 12, 2010 for an additional eighteen months, to January 22, 2016.
Current beneficiaries who want to extend their TPS status must re-register with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) between March 3, 2014 and May 2, 2014, and are encouraged to re-register as soon as possible. TPS re-registrants will also have an opportunity to apply for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD).
"As the representative of many first-generation and second-generation Haitian immigrants to the United States, I know from experience the importance of Temporary Protected Status. Remittances sent to Haiti by those women and men through TPS status are a critical lifeline to families there who are still working hard to recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake and extremely anemic economy. The excruciatingly slow pace of recovery necessitates this humanitarian gesture for those who are fortunate to be here and contributing to both communities here in the US and back home in Haiti. I want to thank Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson for his efforts to assist the people of Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora," said Congresswoman Clarke.


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Ex-Albion man Vicente talks past, present and future after Valencia split
Vicente talks past, present and future after Valencia split
Exclusive by Brian Owen
Vicente fired a shot against the Derby crossbar after a thrilling run
Albion fans used to love seeing Vicente get on his bike for their team.
Be it for his first goal at Ipswich, in a superb friendly win over Chelsea or, most famously, a searing run and shot against the bar at home to Derby.
Such highlight moments are still imprinted on the minds of Seagulls supporters fans who saw the Spain international is his far too intermittent outings between 2011 and 2013.
Now pedal power of a more literal kind is keeping the former winger in shape back home in Valencia.
But he would love to be on his travels again and back in the world of football admin.
Vicente walked out on Valencia recently as part of the in-house politics which have provided a turbulent backdrop to the team's preparation for tonight's friendly at the Amex.
Having taken a recruitment role and helped build Valencia's best team for years, he walked away when he felt he was undermined by another appointment in his department.
He left with the first aim for the current set-up achieved thanks to qualification for the Champions League.
He said: "I keep fit. I enjoy cycling. We go out and do 100km or 130km.
"I play football for veteran teams representing Valencia and Spain."
Vicente is aware his mate and former colleague Bruno has moved on to the coaching side with the Seagulls.
He said: "I don't see myself doing the same. I see myself more on the admin side.
"Trying to recruit players, travelling to see players and trying to sign them.
"I've got my coaching qualifications to the second level, I'm just missing the third.
"But I really enjoy the recruitment side and I'd like to carry on doing that.
"Right now I am relaxing. I had two busy years with Valencia and it was very demanding.
"Long hours, lots of travelling, very little time at home. I was hardly with my family. I'll have a break and then see what I want to do.
"If a club appears who interest me and they want me, I'll weigh it up."
For all his early days with his local side Levante and final flourish at Albion, Vicente will always be associated primarily with Valencia.
He will still go and watch them at Mestalla next season - not every match but a few - but his second stint in their employment is over.
He said: "There were problems with the sporting director.
"I spoke to the general manager and said I couldn't be in that situation with this bloke they put in.
"In my role, I went to see players. Not just me. We all helped build the team.
"We wanted to get in the Champions League, which we did, and we won the Spanish Cup. We worked hard and the results came."
Vicente has been keeping an eye on Albion's progress since his return to Spain.
He has also seen a couple of players he knows well head to the Amex in Mathew Ryan and Martin Montoya.
And, of course, there is the Bruno connection.
He said: "Bruno has had a very good career. At Valencia he played less but in England he has found his place. He has played there for seven years.
"He is very important for the club and he can help a lot, be it as a coach or whatever.
"I don't know what the plans are because it is a month, month-and-a-half since I spoke to him.
"But he is a very good footballer and good person who can help the club whatever the role.
"It's not easy to go from the Championship to the Premier League and stay there, as Brighton have. There are clubs who spend a lot of money.
"Mat Ryan is a very good goalkeeper and Martin is a full-back who is right for the Premier League, although I know it isn't easy for the two of them.
"Martin has had a year of adaptation now – to the city, the club and the language, which isn't easy.
"But he is a right-back good enough for Brighton.
"He has a good track record, he is an attacking right-back and also quite strong."
Vicente has not been back since leaving Albion with an infamous parting shot in the direction of manager Gus Poyet.
But he said: "I had two good years there. I had no problem with the club except one person.
"My relationship with the coach in the last season wasn't good.
"But, with the city and the fans and the club in general, I was very happy.
"I learnt a bit of English and I enjoyed it there, as did my wife and two children.
"It was a bit cold but we had a great time."
Asked for moments which stand out, he said: "Lots of the memories are spending time with my colleagues.
"One day I'd love to come back. People treated me well, I had a very good contract and I was happy."


Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario got started with a little girl's wish for a trip to Walt Disney World® Resort. Patricia got her wish in 1997. She sent us this beautiful postcard while on her trip (pictured left).
In 1983, Nigel Brown and Robb Lucy from British Columbia made history by establishing the first Canadian chapter of Make-A-Wish®. After being moved and inspired by the work that had been done by the organization in the United States, Nigel and Robb started a small committee in Canada to help grant the wishes of more children with life-threatening medical conditions.
A 13-year-old girl named Debbie, who was suffering with leukemia, wished to go visit her grandparents in Germany. When Nigel and Robb heard about her story, they paid for the trip personally, and Debbie's wish was fulfilled. Debbie was given a chance to enjoy a heart-warming and intimate experience with her family before she passed away. But the joy and love she received in that time didn't go unwarranted. As a result of Debbie's wish, Make-A-Wish® Canada took off and kept running.
Today, more than 5,200 wishes have been granted to children across Canada over the past 30 years. Since 1983, regional Chapters have been established from coast-to-coast in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, London, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.
And it's with the help of generous people like you that more magical wishes will continue to be fulfilled.
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Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 3.3; temperature maximum 19.4°C and minimum 16.3°C; with a peak wind of 31 knots southwesterly (WSW 240°).
I returned to Sable Island on October 4th, and the next day encountered a heavy, rolled tangle of trawl net and rope washed ashore on the north beach.
One of the many barnacles attached to strands of the trawl net's mesh.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 2.2; temperature maximum 18.7°C and minimum 15.5°C; wind light.
Starry False Solomon's-seal berries, and two caterpillars, common on the island. The woolly, rust-coloured caterpillar is soggy—it had a close encounter on the beach, at the edge of a wave.
Two small starfish on a fragment of waterlogged wood washed up on the beach.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 10.1; temperature maximum 19.6°C and minimum 14.6°C; wind light.
A Sable Island horse stands resting on the beach near the edge of the water.
Weather summary for this date: rain 0.2 mm; fog; sunshine hours 0.0; temperature maximum 19.3°C and minimum 17.5°C; with a peak wind of 22 knots southwesterly (SW 230°).
A drainage pattern on north beach, looking like the imprint of a huge sea fan.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 7.9; temperature maximum 18.4°C and minimum 11.4°C; with a peak wind of 26 knots southwesterly (SW 230°).
The larva of a June Beetle squirming on the sand, perhaps exposed when a horse galloped through the area, kicking up loose sand.
There were thousands of small starfish 'skeletons' mixed in with other natural debris in the driftline on the north beach—fragments of beach plants, seaweed, pieces of crab shells, and moon snail operculums.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 9.7; temperature maximum 17.5°C and minimum 11.8°C; with a peak wind of 20 knots southwesterly (SSW 200°).
Sunset (6:20 pm local time, 21:20 GMT), heavy with altocumulus clouds. The dark patch is a cloud projection casting a shadow as the sun sets.
Two Grey Seals and a band of horses on the north beach. There had been a large herd of seals hauled out just above the high tide line. The horses were wandering along the shore, and, as they passed, most of the seals went into the water.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 7.7; temperature maximum 19.3°C and minimum 13.9°C; with a peak wind of 29 knots northwesterly (NW 310°).
A family band of Sable Island horses grazes in an area of grasses and Beach Pea, while another band ambles eastward on the south beach, heading for the watering area near West Light.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 7.6; temperature maximum 12.1°C and minimum 7.2°C; with a peak wind of 27 knots northwesterly (NW 320°).
Bayberries (pale blue-grey coating), and the ripe, wine-red berries of Starry False Solomon's-seal.
A Junco perched on the Campbell-Stokes Sunshine Recorder near the Meteorological Service of Canada's office on Sable Island. The bright sunshine program is now maintained by the Sable Island Institute.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 7.7; temperature maximum 15.0°C and minimum 6.8°C; with a peak wind of 17 knots southwesterly (SW 230°).
Three Sable Island horses—a group of males—walking eastward along the south beach. In the distance, looking a lot closer than it is, is the Thebaud Platform Complex (the Wellhead, Compression and Process Platforms).
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 8.1; temperature maximum 17.2°C and minimum 13.3°C; with a peak wind of 19 knots southwesterly (WSW 240°).
Sanderlings standing on the north beach, near the edge of the water. These shorebirds are commonly seen on Sable Island, sometimes in small groups, and occasionally in flocks of about 500 individuals.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 9.6; temperature maximum 17.7°C and minimum 13.3°C; with a peak wind of 17 knots southeasterly (SSE 150°).
A bay scallop shell washed ashore on the north beach, and the open seed pod of a blue-flag iris growing near a freshwater pond.
Weather summary for this date: rain 2.2 mm; sunshine hours 0.0; temperature maximum 16.4°C and minimum 12.1°C; with a peak wind of 25 knots southeasterly (SE 140°).
A Sable Island horse wanders along north beach past a herd of Grey Seals.
Leaves of Beach Pea, an important forage plant for the Sable Island horses.
Weather summary for this date: rain 5.8 mm; sunshine hours 9.6; temperature maximum 15.8°C and minimum 12.8°C; with a peak wind of 26 knots southwesterly (WSW 240°).
The heavy surf churns up sand as it rushes ashore.
Floats from nets and ropes commonly wash up on the beach. The devilish appearance of the seal skull—having several elements of the cranium missing—seems appropriate for this date, October 31st.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 8.8; temperature maximum 15.2°C and minimum 4.4°C; with a peak wind of 20 knots southeasterly (SE 130°).
Sunset (5:25 pm local time, 20:25 GMT)—altocumulus clouds, with cirrus above.
A small hole in the wet sand.
Weather summary for this date: rain 5.6 mm; sunshine hours 9.1; temperature maximum 15.9°C and minimum 8.3°C; with a peak wind of 33 knots northwesterly (NW 320°).
A Sable Island stallion pawing in the edge of Mummichog Pond, a large freshwater pond near West Light.
The same stallion galloping around the pond area. There is usually a lot of social activity where groups of horses gather to drink at the freshwater ponds and waterholes.
Along the north beach, a solitary seal glides in the green water of a cresting wave.
A late-in-the-season bloom of wild rose, an abundant plant on Sable Island.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 8.0; temperature maximum 11.5°C and minimum 7.2°C; with a peak wind of 26 knots southeasterly (SE 130°).
Four Sanderlings fly along the surf.
Sanderlings on the beach, feeding and running back and forth with the swash of the waves along the north beach.
A Semipalmated Plover standing on the wet sand near the edge of the water.
A Sable Island horse rolling on the wet sand of the north beach.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 6.4; temperature maximum 16.3°C and minimum 11.5°C; with a peak wind of 28 knots southeasterly (SE 130°).
A few stems of Meadowrue, late in the season, with pinkish-purple foliage.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 3.8; temperature maximum 11.3°C and minimum 3.1°C; with a peak wind of 31 knots northeasterly (NNE 030°).
Hard hats occasionally wash ashore on the island.
Weather summary for this date: a trace of rain; sunshine hours 1.9; temperature maximum 5.4°C and minimum 2.9°C; with a peak wind of 31 knots westerly (W 280°).
A windy day, and two Harbour Seals are at the edge, between the big surf and blowing sand on the beach.
A Sanderling foraging in the swash zone, with two Harbour Seals, on the south beach, west of the station.
A smile in the sand, sketched by a leaf of beach grass blowing back-and-forth in the wind.
Weather summary for this date: no rain; sunshine hours 5.6; temperature maximum 7.7°C and minimum 0.4°C; with a peak wind of 13 knots northwesterly (NW 320°).
Bird tracks on the north beach.
A pattern of heavy mineral sands on the south beach, made by wind and water.
The north beach, looking eastward.
A band of horses eating fragments of Sandwort washed ashore on the north beach, west of the station.
Leftover beached Sandwort, after horses have been snacking.
Close-up of the salted Sandwort beach snack—a year-round favourite.
Tiny starfishes are still washing ashore, this one on a small raft made of a moon snail operculum.
Weather summary for this date: 0.2 mm of rain; sunshine hours 4.7; temperature maximum 10.9°C and minimum 3.9°C; with a peak wind of 25 knots southeasterly (SE 130°).
Acorn barnacles on a lump of half-burned plastic garbage—marine debris washed ashore on Sable Island.
Weather summary for this date: 13.0 mm of rain; sunshine hours 4.9; temperature maximum 12.4°C and minimum 5.9°C; with a peak wind of 39 knots southwesterly (WSW 240°).
An unusual ripple pattern where flows of beach overwash waters collide.
Some fall colours on Sable Island—a stand of cord-grass.
Autumn colours of Wild Rose foliage.
Stems and leaves of Black Crowberry.
A ripe cranberry, surrounded by the plant's rusty-red foliage; and a cluster of rose hips.
Weather summary for this date: 1.4 mm of rain; sunshine hours 0.0; temperature maximum 13.9°C and minimum 6.1°C; with a peak wind of 31 knots southwesterly (SW 230°), with thunder storm activity recorded.
Beached materials—a bird bone (synsacrum), and a couple of small stones, a piece of waterlogged wood and a plastic shotgun shell casing. These casings are very common amongst the plastic litter pollution washing ashore on Sable Island.
Weather summary for this date: 0.2 mm of rain; sunshine hours 6.5; temperature maximum 12.2°C and minimum 7.8°C; with a peak wind of 25 knots southeasterly (ESE 110°).
A surf clam washed ashore. In the foreground are the footprints of a gull that had been trying to pry open the shell and eat the clam.
Shells of razor clams (also called jackknife clams).
Looking towards the southwest from the north beach (4:10 pm local time, 19:10 GMT), a sun halo–an optical phenomena produced by sunlight interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.
Weather summary for this date: 3.6 mm of rain and snow combined; sunshine hours 1.6; temperature maximum 2.4°C and minimum -0.9°C; with a peak wind of 30 knots northwesterly (NNW 330°).
Horses almost hidden by the snow.
Weather summary for this date: 1.0 mm of rain; sunshine hours 3.8; temperature maximum 11.1°C and minimum 2.3°C; with a peak wind of 31 knots northwesterly (NNW 330°).
A fragment of an oyster shell.
Sunrise (6:55 am, 9:55 GMT) with low lines of stratocumulus clouds, a view from the MSC office.
Weather summary for this date: 2.4 mm of rain; sunshine hours 1.7; temperature maximum 5.9°C and minimum -2.8°C; with a peak wind of 34 knots northwesterly (NNW 340°).
The Sable Island Station in snow remaining from the snowfall on the 28th. The building with the dome is the operations office for the Meteorological Service of Canada.
Weather summary for this date: 0.6 mm of rain; sunshine hours 0.9; temperature maximum 7.8°C and minimum 5.1°C; with a peak wind of 18 knots westerly (W 260°).
An adult Great Black-backed Gull standing on the north beach. This is one of the two gull species which regularly nest on Sable Island.
Weather summary for this date: 14 mm of rain; sunshine hours 1.2; temperature maximum 11.4°C and minimum 2.0°C; with a peak wind of 36 knots southerly (S 190°).
The ocean swashes across a wide, flat area of the south beach.
Beyond the relatively calm water's edge, the surf is leaping and roaring.
Grey Seals gathering on the beach and dunes for their December-January breeding season.
Weather summary for this date: 0.4 cm of snow; sunshine hours 0.3; temperature maximum -0.9°C and minimum -4.7°C; with a peak wind of 43 knots westerly (W 270°).
In the strong winds, a lot of sand is blowing about. An adult male Grey Seal shows some patches of blood, signs of fighting with other males in the colony.
An adult female Grey Seal and her pup, on the beach—in the wind-blown sand.
Another Grey Seal mother and pup pair, with eyes closed as the blowing sand accumulates around them.
Weather summary for this date: 0.2 cm of snow; sunshine hours 0.0; temperature maximum 0.7°C and minimum -3.2°C; with a peak wind of 32 knots northwesterly (NW 320°).
An adult female Grey Seal in the breeding colony. Some of the adults have a rusty-red stain on their heads.
A family band of Sable Island horses walk through a wind-swept valley in the dunes, with two Grey Seals resting on the slope nearby.
A Sable Island horse, head down, walks into the wind and blowing snow.
An Ipswich Sparrow. Although most of these birds migrate to their wintering area along the east coast, a few hundred individuals usually stay to spend the winter on Sable Island.
Snow pellets—brittle and easily crushed, they don't last long. Snow pellets normally occur when temperatures near the surface are close to 0 °C.
Pattern of snow and sand on the beach.
Three horses grazing on the top of a dune ridge, and a Grey Seal in the small valley below.
Weather summary for this date: 5.2 cm of snow; sunshine hours 2.1; temperature maximum 0.1°C and minimum -2.8°C; with a peak wind of 28 knots northwesterly (NW 310°).
The two photos above show the same view, looking towards the north beach, just east of the Sable Island Station—the first shows sand and beach grass on December 27th, and in the next view, 0n December 30th, the same area is covered by snow.
The dry stem and flowers of a Yarrow plant covered by snow.
Grey Seal breeding colony on the north beach, looking towards the east. In the distance, three researchers studying the seals travel along the edge of the colony.
A Grey Seal mother and her young pup, the fresh stump of the umbilicus is on the pup's belly. The newborn pup has a darkly yellow coat, but it will begin to turn white in a few days.
During the few days after birth, the pup's coat becomes a pale lemony colour, and eventually white.
Weather summary for this date: 1.2 mm of rain; sunshine hours 2.7; temperature maximum 9.0°C and minimum 0.4°C; with a peak wind of 50 knots southwesterly (WSW 240°).
A Grey Seal mother and her pup are marked with a bright pink stain applied by the research team.
Weather summary for this date: 5.8 mm of rain; sunshine hours 0.0; temperature maximum 6.5°C and minimum -0.6°C; with a peak wind of 33 knots southerly (SSW 200°).
Two whitecoat Grey Seal pups.
My tour ended on January 10th, but I was delayed by weather until the 18th. Then I returned to home in Pictou County to prepare for my trip to Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. I am scheduled to return to Sable Island on April 4th.
Also, see Gina's PhotoBlogs for April-July, 2017 and April-June, 2018, and her contributor's profile.


Demonstrating the unifying power of sport, the 2019 Pyongyang Marathon, which took place on Sunday, April 7 in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PRK), a pair of Winter Olympic athletes will be featured in a documentary scheduled to premiere worldwide this September on the Olympic Channel.
Currently filming in Pyongyang, the untitled documentary will be told through the journeys of Aimee Fuller, 27, from Great Britain, and Mirjam "Mimi" Jaeger, 36, from Switzerland, as they run the 2019 Pyongyang Marathon and experience the local sports culture during their trip to the intriguing country.
The Pyongyang Marathon, officially known as the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon, is held annually every April and is one of the largest sporting events on the PRK sporting calendar. Today's modern rendition dates to the early 1980's with foreign amateur runners joining in 2014. The event is certified as an International Associations of Athletic Federations (IAAF) Bronze Label Road Race.
Runners began Sunday's race in front of a near capacity crowd at the 50,000 seat Kim Il Sung Stadium located in the city's centre. The 42.195-kilometre course led participants by many of Pyongyang's important landmarks including the Arch of Triumph and Kim Il Sung Square, along the Taedong River and through residential neighbourhoods.
Running in her first marathon, Fuller (Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018) finished with a modest time of 4:35:34.
"This was my first ever marathon and I discovered the power of sport in humanising the unknown," said Fuller of her experience in Pyongyang.
Swiss freestyle skier Mirjam "Mimi" Jaeger (Sochi 2014), who is now a presenter and influencer, participated in the event's 10K race.
"It was an amazing and unique experience. I smiled during the whole race, which I have never done before," said Jaeger of her time in the country.
The Olympic Channel original production is supported by the National Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who has helped the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to give the film crew access to the country.
In January 2018, the IOC paved the way for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to compete at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 resulting in an athlete delegation of 22 athletes who competed in three sports and five disciplines. PRK athletes joined the Republic of Korea (ROK) at the Opening Ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag. Conversations are on-going that would allow unified teams from PRK and ROK in certain sports and disciplines at the upcoming Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Offering unparalleled access to Olympic sports and athletes all year round, the subscription-free Olympic Channel OTT service launched worldwide following the Olympic Games Rio 2016. Through comprehensive coverage, original programming, never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews, the Olympic Channel lets fans experience the power of sport and the excitement of the Olympic Games 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in 11 languages.
The Olympic Channel is a multi-platform global media destination where fans can keep up on the Olympic Games all year round. They offer original, news, live sports events and highlights.
The Olympic Channel also provides additional exposure for sports and athletes 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in 11 languages. It was launched in August 2016 in support of the IOC's goal, set out in Olympic Agenda 2020, of providing a new way to engage younger generations, fans and new audiences with the Olympic Movement. Partners that are supporting the Olympic Channel are: Worldwide TOP Partners Bridgestone, Toyota and Alibaba. The Olympic Channel is available worldwide at olympicchannel.com, its mobile apps and on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV and the Roku platform.
For more information, follow the Olympic Channel on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, or log on to olympicchannel.com.


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import com.jiabangou.fnexpresssdk.model.AccessToken;
import org.junit.Test;

/**
 * Created by wanglei on 16-12-14.
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public class AccessTokenServiceImplTest extends ServiceTest {

    @Test
    public void getAccessToken() throws FnExpressErrorException {
        AccessTokenService accessTokenService = expressClient.getAccessTokenService();
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Dhakpo Shedrupling Monastery
About Dhakpo Shedrupling Monastery
Large Buddhist monastery, open to the public, in a serene & picturesque mountain setting.
Timings 05:30 AM - 05:30 AM
Visit Duration: Minutes
Address: Kullu-Naggar-Manali Rd, Kullu, Kais, Himachal Pradesh 175138, India
Other Places to Visit in Kullu
Raghunath Temple, Kullu
The oldest temple in the valley is a place of much festivity and color around and during Dussera and even otherwise assumes much religious importance amongst the locals. Wrapped around in an ancient legend, the temple finds connections to Lord Rama, and the idol of Lord Raghunath placed here, is said to be the same as the one used by him. While it derives much significance from the legend, it borrows its design and architecture from the Pahari and Pyramidal styles. Other than the spirituality surrounding the temple, the sceneries and views about it too are equally alluring.
Jagannathi Temple, Kullu
The temple is surrounded by an ancient legend of a shepherd boy who caught hold of one of the two girls dancing to the tune of his flute. She then revealed that she was a goddess and decided to settle in that village. Built 1500 years ago, the Jagannathi Devi Temple is dedicated to Goddess Bhuwaneshwari, the sister of Lord Vishnu. The architecture of this temple is influenced by the Pahari style and its walls are artistically crafted with the images of Goddess Durga.
The Great Himalayan National Park, Kullu
Great Himalayan National Park, situated in Himachal Pradesh is spread over an area of 754 square kilometres at an altitude of between 1500 to 6000 m. This UNESCO World Heritage Site was established in 1984 and has four valleys named Sainj Valley, Tirthan Valley, Jiwa Nal Valley and Parvati Valley. They are all famous for their natural and scenic beauty. The Great Himalayan National Park is one of India's national parks, which is located in Kullu region of Himachal Pradesh. This beautiful location of the national park becomes all the more attractive due to the Deodar and Oak trees. Surrounded on all the three sides by the Himalayan Mountains, the park is home to diverse wildlife species. The Great Himalayan National Par received the status of a national park in 1999. At present, it is home to more than 375 species of fauna, 31 species of mammals and 181 species of birds. The secluded location of the park has made sure that the villages inside the park have a culture of their own. Every village inside the inside has a deity of its own. There are also some fairs organized here during April, May, August, and September. The National Park is an amazing place to relax and unwind at away from the fast life of the city. It is a must-visit for all the nature lovers out there.
Best Travel Ideas Related to Dhakpo Shedrupling Monastery
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Genre: DRAMA Occasion: CHRISTMAS
Best Seller1 Clearance1 On Sale1 Media Type
DVD39 MP412
Art and Music1 Bible Movies10 Bible Study1 Biographies2 Classics5 Contemporary Issues3 Family Movies37 Inspiration1
Adults35 Children4 Seniors4 Teens21 Tweens10
Arabic3 Arabic Subtitles2 English Subtitles16 French2 French subtitles1 Hebrew2 Japanese1 Korean1 Mandarin3 Port. subtitles2 Portuguese4 Russian2 Spanish7
The Fourth Wise Man
Item 4416D
Running Time: 1 hr 12 min
Based on Henry van Dyke's classic, The Story of the Other Wise Man, this fictional story set in Biblical times is told in gently comic terms. A Magi named Artaban (Martin Sheen) sees a sign in the heavens that he hopes will lead him and his faithful servant to the Messiah. Artaban takes with him three precious gifts to present to the Messiah. For 33 years Artaban pursues Jesus, only to miss Him at every turn.
Gospel Films Archive Series - Christmas Collection
Running Time: 133 min
A collection of heartwarming Christmas films from a bygone era.
Grandpa Jim is scheduled to make a guest appearance in a special Christmas program in Branson, Missouri. Backstage at the program , it is chaos--the children are out of control, and the director is out of patience. To make matters worse, Grandpa Jim's truck breaks down on the way to the performance.
Mister Scrooge to See You!
Sent on a journey 170 years into the future, Scrooge encounters a world even colder and greedier than his own, a world that includes a young cutthroat businessman named Timothy Cratchit VI. Will Scrooge be able to turn Cratchit from his selfish ways and teach him the true meaning of Christmas? Mister Scrooge to See You! is a lighthearted and entertaining follow-up to Dicken's classic tale.
What would it look like if Jesus were born in the 21st Century? Savior is a contemporary interpretation of the Christmas story set in modern England. Mary and Joe are working class twenty-somethings planning for their wedding and trying make ends meet. Everything changes when a supernatural visitor announces to Mary that she will bear the Savior of the world!
This 1935 British film version of Charles Dickens' holiday classic stars Sir Seymour Hicks as the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who scoffs at the yuletide spirit around him. But on Christmas Eve, he embarks on a journey led by three spirits who convince him to mend his ways and embrace the joys of Christmas.
Stagecoach Santa
After the loss of the family farm, the Thompsons head west for a fresh start. John's struggle to provide for his family is bolstered by the childlike faith of his young son who, despite his new environment, inspires everyone he meets to consider the true meaning of Christmas. After a mysterious stagecoach rider visits in the dark hours of Christmas Eve, even John must believe that his troubles are temporary, and miracles do happen on Christmas.
The Ride: A Christmas Eve Parable
It's Christmas Eve in the suburbs of Chicago and a bored and disengaged taxi driver reluctantly accepts one more pickup. He soon begins to suspect that his passenger is planning to commit suicide. The cabbie prolongs the ride in an uncharacteristic attempt to connect and help. See how grace invades the hearts of both men in this powerful short film by Dallas Jenkins, director of What If…
Messiah: George Frideric Handel's / Great Mr. Handel - Set Of Two
Item 98507D
Running Time: 3 hrs 51 min
Two DVDs on the life of George Frideric Handel.
My Son, My Savior
From the makers of the award winning biblical dramas, Road to Emmaus and Come Follow Me, comes My Son, My Savior, a powerful portrayal of the life of Jesus as seen through the eyes of his mother, Mary.
Ashley takes a job as an assistant to Nick, a sort of "Secret Santa" who helps others anonymously, and agrees to keep it a secret. But then she meets Will, a magazine writer who uncovers what she is doing. As Ashley and Nick help people in need, Ashley tries to protect Nick's secret, and her own heart. This Dove-approved holiday film is sure to be a Christmas classic cherished for generations. Starring Bruce Davison, KC Clyde, and Kari Hawker. Widescreen.
The Chosen: A Story of the First Christmas
From the makers of The Chosen Series, this special Christmas program was produced and released as a preview of the ongoing and widely watched web/television series about Jesus and his disciples.
Gospel Films Archive Series - Christmas Collection - .MP4 Digital Download
Just in Time for Christmas - .MP4 Digital Download
Mary Of Nazareth - .MP4 Digital Download
Item 3421V
This feature-length film traces the life of Mary in her many roles — as mother to Jesus, wife of Joseph, and inspiration to all.
Mister Scrooge to See You! - MP4 Digital Download
My Son, My Savior (Extended Version) - .MP4 Digital Download
My Son, My Savior (Standard Version in Spanish) - .MP4 Digital Download
Item 97489V
Revolutionary: Epic Version - .MP4 Digital Download
This fast-paced film on Jesus, made in high definition technology, shows his life and teaching in a way that arrests the attention of audiences.
Savior - .MP4 Digital Download
The Chosen: A Story of the First Christmas - .MP4 Digital Download
The Chosen tells the story of the first Christmas through the eyes of a shepherd whose life of suffering and rejection changes when he and his fellow shepherds receive a miraculous revelation.
The Juggler of Notre Dame - .MP4 Digital Download
In this gripping, heart-warming contemporary version from Paulist Productions, Barnaby ekes out a bare existence juggling in the street for coins. He is broken-hearted over the death of his wife and best friend. Barnaby drifts aimlessly until he stays in a small community where he is treated kindly. As Christmas approaches, all are making special gifts for the Lord. Barnaby despairs over having nothing to offer until he discovers a most profound truth about the meaning of Christmas and giving.
The Ride: A Christmas Eve Parable - .MP4 Digital Download
It's Christmas Eve in the suburbs of Chicago and a bored and disengaged taxi driver reluctantly accepts one more pickup. He soon begins to suspect that his passenger is planning to commit suicide. The cabbie prolongs the ride in an uncharacteristic attempt to connect and help. See how grace invades the hearts of both men in this powerful short film by Dallas Jenkins, producer of What If…
Scrooge - .MP4 Digital Download


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"Forgotten" Anime OAVs #30: "Darkside Blues" (1994)
WALTER LANTZ ARCHIVE
August 6, 2016 posted by
Did Walter Lantz Meet the Giant?
Within the UCLA archives, there resides an intriguing artifact: a script submitted to Walter Lantz by Captain George Auger of Maple Lawn Farm in Bridgeport, Connecticut. For a while after I had first seen it, I dismissed it as a keepsake that Lantz had politely but not seriously considered from a decorated military commander. Perhaps this was someone he had known from his years producing training films for the Navy. Had Captain Auger now fancied himself a screenwriter who could call in a favor with the one Hollywood producer he knew?
The story synopsis was undated, but the manner of its typed format struck me as similar to materials I had seen in the studio archive from the 1930s or some time before the Second World War. There was nothing remarkable about the writing, a derivative story about Jack and a Giant. However, there were pencil notes among the typed sentences, leading me to think it had gotten some real scrutiny from a Lantz story artist. Also, I knew that Lantz had twice made a Jack and the Beanstalk-themed cartoon during the period just before and after the war.
I delved into finding out more about this "Captain" from Connecticut, whom I envisioned as a U.S. Navy man. However, my searches returned the identity of someone who could not possibly fit the profile, yet had been an international celebrity and was given the honorific of Captain by none less than Queen Victoria of England, for his service as a policeman and guard of the royal palace. Because Auger stood about seven and a half feet tall, he must have cut quite an impression when he walked ahead of the Queen as part of her London police escort. He was her personal security giant.
The story goes that the Barnum & Bailey Circus was on its tour of England when Auger attended and had the unique experience of looking down at an American circus giant. Not to be upstaged, Barnum & Bailey negotiated a contract with him and soon he was one of its traveling performers. Auger was born in Wales, so he was given a promotional stage name, The Cardiff Giant, which was ironic because the original 'Cardiff Giant' was a fossilized artifact which P.T. Barnum had once haggled to buy, but when his efforts failed he then sued the owner and unleashed a legal spectacle that led to the attraction's public denouement as a hoax.
Captain George Auger was no hoax, but his new handling by circus promoters — The Greatest Show on Earth – with its audacious brand of American hucksterism that dared to trump the claims of all its rivals—led to some revaluations of his height. He was now judged anywhere from eight feet to eight and a half feet tall, by various accounts. Barnum & Bailey took him to America in 1903, where his celebrity grew faster than the additional inches he was purported to have stood head-to-toe.
To his credit, Auger eventually left the circus and wrote a play he would star in titled "Jack the Giant Killer." It was a vehicle to pursue his interest in acting, with a show that toured the Orpheum vaudeville circuit starting in 1906 and amazingly continued playing through the First World War. In all its performances across North America over a ten year stretch, Auger was never the hero but instead the looming giant who is felled by Jack.
By this point, there was far too much coincidence to possibly think that anyone but THIS George Auger was responsible for the cartoon script that Walter Lantz held in his studio files. The animated film synopsis shared the same title as the vaudeville play and additional research turned up the clinching fact: after years of touring in America, George Auger had taken a permanent residence in Fairfield County with his wife Bertha. This is the same county in Connecticut where Bridgeport is located, justifying the address on the Lantz manuscript as that of the Welshman whom many considered the Tallest Man in the World.
Everything was lining up perfectly except one daunting fact: the date of his death, tragically premature. How possibly could he have gotten the script to Lantz? He was a man of the Victorian Age who died in 1922. A story run by the United Press syndicate only confirmed this, that the Captain's death was mourned by Ringling, his loyal and appropriately named bulldog:
"Ringling, Auger's favorite pet, has refused to leave the room where his master's coffin was placed, since the circus performer's death Thursday night. The dog trooped with Auger from the Pacific to the Atlantic and was to have gone with his master to California next week, where the giant had contracted to appear in the movies."
Only forty years old, he was readying for his next act in Hollywood, and his outreach to filmmakers had begun in earnest, including signing to appear in a Harold Lloyd comedy. His sheer size made him a stronger draw as an actor for live-action films, but possibly Lantz was intrigued at making his own animated "Jack the Giant Killer" as a tribute or homage.
A model sheet from "The Magic Beans" (1939)
Exhibit A and B are both cartoons that were made long after Auger's death: The Magic Beans (1939) and Woody the Giant Killer (1947). The link may seem tenuous, but the connection to the Captain's script is not out of the question, especially if Lantz had ever made his acquaintance all those years before. That remains a question I'll continue in my next post, as we turn over more clues in our search.
Yet, one thing stands out as an irony or at least a stereotype that even Auger did not try to diminish in his capacity as the writer of his own play. He never challenged the conventional expectation that a giant needed to be subdued or killed, the ritualized conquest of man over beast. In "Jack the Giant Killer," a conflict ensues when the giant captures a princess and puts her in a dungeon. In reality, George Auger was by all accounts such an imposing but well-liked palace guard that the royalty he protected gave him an honorary rank and nickname. As Mickey might have said, Gosh Save the Queen.
(The Captain Auger script resides in the archive of UCLA Special Collections. Courtesy of University of California, Los Angeles. The photograph of actors from the Orpheum production of "Jack the Giant Killer" appears courtesy of Bob Osborne, whose great uncle was William George Auger.)
Captain George AugerWalter LantzWoody Woodpecker
The Harold Lloyd film was "Why Worry?", released in 1923 and available on video. John Aasen inherited the part intended for Auger. It's a still-funny slapstick feature about a hypochondriac (Lloyd) who stumbles into a banana republic revolution. Lloyd befriends a gigantic cellmate in the local jail (Aasen), who helps him defeat the American "renegade" in charge. Aasen also died young, of pneumonia at age 48.
At 6'9″ Ted Cassidy wasn't quite in Auger's league, but he did make it into the cartoon biz as a busy voice actor. Warner Archive just released "The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", where he played Injun Joe and voiced his numerous animated doppelgängers. Continuing the sad trend, he was only 46 when he died (complications from surgery).
Walt Mitchell
As an amateur show business historian for decades, I am fascinated to read your column today, Mr. Klein–I knew absolutely NOTHING about this! Thank you very much!
And thank you, too, "Benson," for your additional historical observations on the subject.
gd0
Wotta story! Can't wait for the next installment.
juan alfonso
Great article!One question-"The Magic Beans" looks like a Baby Face Mouse cartoon,yet I have no recollection of it being listed as such.Any info on that?
Peter Hale
Seems it was the first of two "Nertsery Rhyme" cartoons. The "Jack" character is a young mouse called Beany, but clearly Baby-Face Mouse.
ABOUT TOM KLEIN
Tom Klein is a Professor and the Chair of the Animation program at Loyola Marymount University, in Los Angeles. He has been published internationally and has been profiled in The New York Times for his work as a scholar of the Walter Lantz studio. He has worked at Vivendi-Universal Games and Universal Cartoon Studios. Follow him @VizLogic
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var chai = require('chai');
var should = chai.should();
var expect = chai.expect;

var CategoriesImporter = require('../../lib/importer/categories').CategoriesImporter;

describe('categories test', function () {

  const festivalId = 'festivalId';

  const templateData = {
    events: [
      {
        name: 'event-name',
        description: 'event-description',
        authors: [{
          name: 'author-01',
          organization: 'organization-01'
        }],
        categories: [{parent: null, name: 'category-01-name'}],
        duration: {
          startAt: '2015-04-24T11:30:00.000Z',
          finishAt: '2015-04-26T11:30:00.000Z'
        },
        places: [
          {
            parent: null, name: 'A', openingTimes: []
          },
          {
            parent: {
              parent: null, name: 'A', openingTimes: []
            },
            name: 'A1',
            openingTimes: []
          }],
        metadata: ['1', '2'],
        tags: []
      }
    ]
  };

  it('should create category for not exists', function (done) {

    var festivalsClient = {
      createCategory: function createCategory(festivalId, data, callback) {

        expect(festivalId).to.equal('festivalId');
        expect(data).to.have.property('name', 'category-01-name');

        return callback(null, {statusCode: 201}, {
          id: 'new id',
          name: data.name
        });
      },
      getCategories: function getCategories(festivalId, query, callback) {
        expect(festivalId).to.equal('festivalId');
        expect(query).to.have.property('name', 'category-01-name');

        return callback(null, {statusCode: 200}, {
          total: 0,
          categories: []
        });
      }
    };

    var categoriesImporter = new CategoriesImporter(festivalsClient);

    categoriesImporter.importCategories(festivalId, templateData, function (err, result) {
      expect(result).to.be.an('object');
      result.should.have.deep.property('category-01-name.id', 'new id');
      result.should.have.deep.property('category-01-name.name', 'category-01-name');
      done();
    });

  });

  it('should get category for existed one', function (done) {

    var festivalsClient = {
      getCategories: function getCategories(festivalId, query, callback) {
        expect(festivalId).to.equal('festivalId');
        expect(query).to.have.property('name', 'category-01-name');

        return callback(null, {statusCode: 200}, {
          total: 1,
          categories: [
            {
              id: 'new id',
              name: query.name
            }
          ]
        });
      }
    };

    var categoriesImporter = new CategoriesImporter(festivalsClient);

    categoriesImporter.importCategories(festivalId, templateData, function (err, result) {
      expect(result).to.be.an('object');
      result.should.have.deep.property('category-01-name.id', 'new id');
      result.should.have.deep.property('category-01-name.name', 'category-01-name');
      done();
    });

  });

});


The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is a unique two-phase United Nations (UN) summit that was initiated in order to create an evolving multi- stakeholder platform aimed at addressing the issues raised by information and communication technologies (ICTs) through a structured and inclusive approach at the national, regional and international levels. The goal of WSIS is to achieve a common vision, desire and commitment to build a people-centric, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information.
The UN General Assembly Resolution 56/183 (21 December 2001) endorsed the holding of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in two phases. The first phase took place in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003 and the second phase took place in Tunis, from 16 to 18 November 2005. In 2003, the number of participants was 11,000 representing 175 countries and in 2005 the number of participants was more than 19,000 representing 174 countries. Since then, a cluster of WSIS-related events was held on an annual basis . In 2009, the cluster of WSIS-related events was rebranded as WSIS Forum.
We have remote participation as panelists in Organizing the Social internet forum. In this session a group of organizations that believe in "Another World is Possible" have come together to create an Internet Social Forum that will carry forward the vision of the WSF Charter to the governance of the Internet. We participated fully with comments, chatting and questions in Innovation organized by MCIT, Egypt ICT Trust Fund Monday 25 May, 09:00 – 10:45.
Sudan and Sudan Telecentre role in WSIS implementation (Sudan). The workshop will focus on Information Society in Sudan, in particular, ICT infrastructure, Sudan national Telecentre academy SuNTA. The workshop will inform participants about Gedaref digital city organization (GDCO), the role of GDCO in WSIS implementation and how it works on the MDGs with reference to its projects in e-agriculture, e-learning, tele-medicine, to include the excluded and disadvantaged communities, e.g. people with disabilities and out-of-school children in rural areas.
2- I participated on WSIS forum 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 with 4 exhibitions, interventions and organized 6 thematic and country workshops in addition to many interventions.
5- I work with the ITU in Geneva on iwrite4wsis initiative which is a campaign that aims to empower stakeholders to write and report on all WSIS related events and activities, sharing their work and ideas with thousands of WSIS stakeholders online worldwide.
12- Organized 2 regional forums and workshops in Sudan related to the wsis process with UN-ESCWA (for marginalized and disadvantage communities & 5th EATLF) and Ugabytes and its partners.
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Just before 2006, this institute had no nephrology unit. So many patient was deprived from specialist services. In 1st June 2006 newly established nephrology unit started his journey with a vision to serve the people of different types of renal diseases and also to make them concern about prevention and consequences of kidney diseases. Now we are fulfilled with well trained manpower and equipment. You are cordially welcome to visit our department.


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The heroism of the Maccabim
By Dan Bin NunJanuary 8, 2019No comments
The heroism of the Maccabim (Hebrew:גבורת המכבים) is a well known Chanukah story.
We can find the story in the two Books of Maccabees. These books are the only ancient source that provides a full telling of the events that led to the Chanukah victory over the Greeks.
The events that inspired the Chanukah Holiday took place during a particularly turbulent phase of Jewish History. Around 200 B.C. Judea (also known as the Land of Israel) came under the control of Antiochus III, the Seleucid king of Syria, who allowed the Jews who lived there to continue practicing their religion. His son, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, proved less benevolent: Ancient sources recount that he outlawed the Jewish religion and ordered the Jews to worship Greek gods. In 168 B.C. his soldiers descended upon Jerusalem, massacring thousands of people and desecrating the city's holy Second Temple by erecting an altar to Zeus and sacrificing pigs within its sacred walls.
Led by the Jewish priest Mattathias and his five sons, a large-scale rebellion broke out against Antiochus and the Seleucid monarchy. When Matthathias died in 166 B.C., his son, Judah Maccabee, took the helm and within two years the Jews successfully drove the Syrians out of Jerusalem, relying largely on guerilla warfare tactics.
Judah called his followers in to cleanse the Second Temple, rebuild its altar and light its menorah — the golden candelabrum whose seven branches represented knowledge and creation and were meant to be kept burning every night.
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"Eggs almost always contain salmonella," says Kantha Shelke, Ph.D., a food scientist and principal of Corvus Blue LLC, a food science and research firm. The methods commonly used to cook eggs use gentle heat for a short duration of time, which doesn't kill the bacteria. And leaving them at room temperature for any length of time is a recipe for those bacteria to multiply to harmful levels. Plus, eggs always taste better fresh and don't take too long to scramble, so they're probably not a food you want to save for later.
Research has found that the nitric oxide in these scarlet root veggies can give your workout a boost and may help blood pressure. But those same compounds react with heat badly. "If cooked, nitrate-rich foods are not cooled properly and further reheated, the nitrates can get converted to nitrites, and then to nitrosamines, some of which are known to be carcinogenic," Shelke says. So regularly eating reheated beets or beet products (also turnips, another nitrate-rich root veg) may up your risk for certain cancers.
Spuds seem so sturdy, but even though they're cooked hotter and longer than eggs, they suffer a similar fate when left to cool at room temperature too long. Doing so can potentially foster the growth of Clostridium botulinum, the bacteria that causes botulism, says Shelke. Particularly at risk, she says, are large, foil-wrapped baked potatoes, which offer the bacteria the ideal low-oxygen environment to thrive in. Zapping them (sans foil of course) for 30 to 60 seconds cannot kill the stuff that will wreak havoc on your GI system. But cooking a raw potato in the microwave only requires a few minutes more, so when you can, go that route rather than risking it. Don't miss the foods a food safety expert will never eat.
Like beets, spinach is another nitrate-rich food that's often served cooked. To avoid converting nitrates in these leafy greens into potentially carcinogenic nitrosamines, you may want to serve your spinach raw (the ultimate time saver) or lightly sautéed. It's also important to note that nitrites, another byproduct of heating nitrate-rich foods, are not safe for infants less than six months old. Spinach is often mixed with other foods in baby purees, so make sure you aren't heating them.
In the 1970s, a number of food poisoning outbreaks associated with fried rice from Chinese restaurants led to increased awareness that rice harbors a microorganism called Bacillus cereus that multiplies at room temperature. That doesn't mean you have to chuck all your uneaten takeout though—just make sure you're stashing it in the fridge quickly. In general, food safety guidelines recommend keeping foods hot (over 140°F) or cold (40°F or under) if you're not eating it within two hours. Find out the foods you should never keep in your pantry.
Like eggs, chicken tends to come standard with salmonella, and time plus low temps is a recipe for disaster as those bacteria multiply. The best way to avoid this: Make sure the internal temperature of your bird reaches 165 degrees. Microwaves don't always heat evenly or to as high a degree as other cooking methods, so turning the meat and making sure the entire thing is hot helps. And don't reheat it more than once—there's always chicken salad! On the flip side, here are 16 foods you never knew you could microwave.
Another reason to avoid reheating oily foods, like French fries? Exceeding the smoke point of the oil not only reduces the oil's nutritional properties, but research has also found that the smoke that is released contains hazardous fumes with toxins including free radicals, the same compounds that contribute to disease and aging at a cellular level.
There's a reason buffets don't let you take food to go, and it's not just about making money. Buffet trays aren't kept hot enough to kill microbes, which can grow to unhealthy amounts while they sit out, unrefrigerated, says Shelke. This goes for buffet-style restaurants and home buffets at parties. Check out these 10 things you shouldn't touch at buffets.
Fresh fish is mega healthy and we don't eat enough, but nothing says food poisoning risk like bad seafood. And according to the FDA, it can go bad pretty easily—bacteria grows quickly on any seafood that isn't kept between 40 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Even the ambient temperature in the room can affect it, so to be safe, don't let seafood sit out more than one hour. And really, unless you want to annoy your co-workers or roommates, you might not want to reheat this in a communal microwave anyway. Read on to discover the 14 foods you had no idea could give you food poisoning.


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Q: Making a checkered background for a page I am writing a math work, and I'd like to create a background which looks like a math notebook. Any idea how to do it ?
I found this solution, but I don't know how to put it in a mini-page ...
%%%
%%% quarre Kaestchenmuster
%%%
\def\quarre{%
\raisebox{\footskip}[0pt][0pt]{%

setlength{\unitlength}{.01\textwidth}% Einheit_1/100_Textweite
\begin{picture}(100,115)%
\color{black!10}%
\linethickness{0.075mm}%
\multiput(2,0)(2,0){49}{\line(0,1){110}}% 110-VER
\multiput(0,2)(0,2){54}{\line(1,0){100}}% 54-HOR
\color{black}%
\put(1,112.1){%
\begin{footnotesize}
\textsl{\textbf{Notizen}}
\end{footnotesize}}%
\end{picture}%
}%
}

would be great to combine it with this:
Background image for minipage

A: From a German website a nice solution which does work with the old tex-live.
\documentclass[ngerman]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand{\karos}[2]{
 \begin{tikzpicture}
   \draw[step=0.5cm,color=gray] (0,0) grid (#1 cm ,#2 cm);
 \end{tikzpicture}
}
\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
 \karos{15}{4} % Karos der Breite 15cm und Höhe 4cm
\end{minipage}

%mini page ohne
\karos{8}{3} % Karos der Breite 8cm und Höhe 3cm
\end{document}

A: Here's one possible solution using the background package:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{background}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newlength\mylen
\setlength\mylen{\dimexpr\paperwidth/40\relax}

\SetBgScale{1}
\SetBgAngle{0}
\SetBgColor{blue!30}
\SetBgContents{\tikz{\draw[step=\mylen] (-.5\paperwidth,-.5\paperheight) grid (.5\paperwidth,.5\paperheight);}}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-20]
\end{document}

And here's an adaptation for TikZ of the code found here, for the case of minipages; the main environment is gridmp with an optional argument (the color for the rules) and a mandatory argument (the  width of the minipage):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand\MyGrid[3]{%
  \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    \draw[step=3mm,color=#1] (0,0) grid (#3,#2);
    \draw[color=#1] (0,#2) --  (#3,#2);
  \end{tikzpicture}%
}

\newlength\MaxHt
\newsavebox\mybox

\newenvironment{gridmp}[2][lightgray]
  {\def\mycolor{#1}
    \begin{lrbox}{\mybox}%
      \begin{minipage}{#2}}
  {\end{minipage}%
   \end{lrbox}%
   \setlength\MaxHt{\dp\mybox}\addtolength\MaxHt{1.1\ht\mybox}
   \noindent%
   \raisebox{-\dp\mybox}{\MyGrid{\mycolor}{\MaxHt}{\wd\mybox}}%
   \usebox{\mybox}
   \vspace{0.5cm}}

\begin{document}

\begin{gridmp}{\linewidth}
\lipsum[2]
\end{gridmp}

\begin{gridmp}[blue!30]{\linewidth}
\lipsum[2]
\end{gridmp}

\begin{gridmp}[green!30]{\linewidth}
\lipsum[2]
\end{gridmp}

\end{document}

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The pleasure of being in a rampaging, angry mob...and the terror of being in a rampaging, angry mob.
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There's a TV ad so popular in Canada right now that people chant it in bars, stand and cheer it in theaters and at hockey stadiums. The ad taps into our desire to be part of a mob...and provides a safe way to do it, without fear. Host Ira Glass talks with the vice president for marketing for Molson's beer, which made the ad. (4 minutes)
Among The Thugs
Writer Bill Buford reads from his book Among the Thugs. In it he sets out to try and understand the soccer hooligans who were rioting in ways large and small on a regular basis after soccer matches. It's a remarkable book—in turns funny, and then horrifying. By the time Buford's done, you understand that the thrill of being in a violent mob is as hardwired into us, as basic to us as a species, as the ability to love. (18 minutes)
"Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)" by Nino Rota
One Tin Soldier Rides Away
Karen Bernstein
What happens when seventh graders become an angry mob? Karen Bernstein reports on her own seventh grade class from small-town Connecticut. In 1973, a teacher turned them into an angry mob, an event they all remember decades later. She tracks down her classmates...and the teacher. (20 minutes)
"One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)" by Coven
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What happens when a crowd converges over something they strongly believe in, for weeks, and months, in front of television cameras that never go away? To what degree does that change the character of being in a crowd? A few days before Elian Gonzalez was seized by Federal authorities, reporter Alix Spiegel went to the lawn of his home, where activists camped out 24 hours a day. (14 minutes)
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This past Christmas a story swept the internet about a football coach at a Christian high school in Texas who inspired his team's fans to root for the opposition: A team from the local juvenile correctional facility.
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A story that takes place at the crossroads where art meets commerce—a place where we can ask the question: Is the art of commerce better than the art of art? Writer (and occasional screenwriter) Sandra Tsing Loh accompanies a Hollywood screenwriter as he tries to sell a movie idea—a comedy in the style of Liar Liar. (19 minutes)
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The rise and fall of a school maintenance man in Schenectady, New York who terrorized his staff and got away with it for decades.
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Cape San Blas is a beautiful peninsula offering approximately 20 miles of white sand beaches which are by no means packed out, so that you can truly enjoy the beauty of this place without any annoyance, crowds or traffic jams. Located fifty miles south east of Panama City in Florida, this place offers visitors a quiet and secluded atmosphere best suited for enjoying with friends and families in "Old Florida" style. Furthermore, the beaches of Gulf County, where the Cape is situated, are pet friendly – a rare thing for families who love travelling with their "four-footed" family members and as for accommodation there are several beach vacation rentals to rent. Approximately 20 miles of Cape San Blas' white shoreline is filled with wonderful sand dunes, local vegetation and rich wildlife. Tourists enjoy the sugar-white sandy beaches, the blue-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and the hushed isolation of Cape San Blas. Surfing, charter fishing, snorkelling and diving are just a few of the favourite pastimes. This place is so enchanting that several tourists and visitors become charmed by its beauty and decide to purchase a piece of this isolated heaven and become permanent citizens of this paradise. Normally tourists rent any of the several vacation home rentals and explore the area. There are a lot of activities that can be done at the Cape. Some of the favourites of tourists are fishing, sailing, kayaking, canoeing, boating, snorkelling, crabbing, diving, scalloping, jet skiing and many others. If you want to try something more adventurous then you can try biking. Starting from Salinas Park and ending at St. Joseph Peninsula State Park there is a eight mile long beach side trail to test your speed. Moreover you will also get twenty miles of bike road between Panama City and Port St. Joe; the roads are flat without any bumps and are ideal for biking. Just rent any vacation home rentals and enjoy speeding on the trails. St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, which is located at the ending of the Cape, presents visitors with miles of white sand beaches with outstanding arrangements of dune, as well as a woody interior and ideal weather conditions for year round out-of-doors activity. Inside the park (which has a total area of 2,516 acres) one can find more than two hundred species of birds, together with rare species like the peregrine falcons. In autumn, monarch butterflies and hawks turn up at Cape San Blas on their way to Mexico. This place is full of raccoons, bobcats and deer. If you want to explore the wonderful beaches and the exotic wildlife then visit St. Joseph Peninsula State Park and book any beach vacation rentals and start your exploration. At Cape San Blas you can hire kayaks and travel around the grass flats of the Bay, and you also can go scalloping throughout the scallop season, or simply take pleasure in watching the wonderful surroundings. You will be able to spot dolphins, starfish, stingray, and a variety of sea life and wildlife. There is a lot to see at Cape San Blas; rent beach vacation rentals here and enjoy your stay in this secluded piece of heaven.


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OP3282. ELEKTRA, Live Performance, 1977, Onondaga County Civic Center, Syracuse, NY, w. Christopher Keene Cond. Syracuse S.O., w. Olivia Stapp, Natalie Costa, Lili Chookasian, Alan Crabb, Richard Cross, etc. (Canada) 2-St Laurent Studio YSL T-762
"Occasionally the historic performance market brings in a totally unexpected, spectacular sleeper - and this ELETKRA is one such miracle. Although some of the names in the headnote will be known to some readers of these lines, I suspect they require introduction to most others. Christopher Keene was a fine conducting talent who never quite realized his full potential. While he served as director of the Syracuse Symphony from 1975 to 1984, co-founded the Spoleto Festival USA in 1977, and founded the Long Island Philharmonic in 1979 (serving as its music director until 1990), his longest and most prominent association was with New York City Opera from 1969 until his death from AIDS. (I saw him there in his last conducting appearance, leading the U.S. debut of Hindemith's opera MATHIS DER MALER, a scant three weeks before his passing.) He was a dynamic conductor who was inhibited by emotional insecurities; he struggled with both alcoholism and his homosexuality, and could freeze up in high-pressure situations such as his few guest-conducting appearances with major orchestras. Here, however, he is firing on all eight cylinders. The immediately striking feature of this performance is its great lyricism. ELEKTRA is an opera where it is easy to play up the shock value in the score by emphasizing sudden fortissimo outbursts, dissonant chords, sudden harmonic twists, and so forth. Keene reminds us that Strauss was a great composer of Lieder by bringing out the many pages of genuine melodic beauty (only Giuseppe Sinopoli's studio recording is comparable here, in my experience) and in so doing heightens rather than shortchanges the gruesome neuroticism of the drama. He is also incisive in tempos and rhythms, and has a fine ear for balances within the orchestra and between the orchestra and the singers. And, if the Syracuse Symphony can't match Berlin and Vienna for Rolls-Royce opulence of sound, it belies its status as a regional orchestra with a blazing performance in which every player is giving well over 110 per cent, including a good deal of fine work by gifted first-chair section leaders.
So far as I can find, Olivia Stapp has virtually no recorded legacy, her only studio venture was a disc with Sherrill Milnes of songs by Charles Tomlinson Griffes; there is a superb Alfano CYRANO DE BERGERAC with her available on Opera d'Oro - but she has a near-legendary reputation as a dramatic soprano among opera cognoscenti. (She made her Met debut in November 1982 on a few hour's notice, substituting in TOSCA for an indisposed Shirley Verrett; she had not sung the part in 18 months and had to practice the part on her shuttle flight and taxi ride in from Washington DC.) She was a noted Lady Macbeth and, as one might expect from that, here she is a superb Elektra. In line with Keene's conducting, what is most striking about her portrayal is not just her total vocal security in every dimension, nor her depth of psychological insight - both evident in abundance - but also her lyrical beauty. This Elektra is not simply a one-dimensional, vengeance-obsessed, half-demented harridan; she is also truly a woman, fully capable of tenderness, love, and loyalty. Hear her, and your conception of this voice is permanently altered, and entirely for the better.
The other cast members are fully worthy of their roles. Lili Chookasian (who also sang at the Met) had the most extensive and prominent recording career of the participants here, working with Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, Thomas Schippers, Walter Susskind, and Herbert von Karajan, and being especially noted for her interpretation of Mahler's DAS LIED VON DER ERDE. Her Klytamnestra is richly voiced but never opaque in tone, at once regally queenly and yet morbidly preoccupied with gnawing guilt. Natalie Costa was primarily known for her work in Broadway musicals (MAN OF LA MANCHA and KISMET, among others) rather than opera, but she has a thoroughly well-trained voice, attractive in timbre and having real mettle. She is a passionate Chrysothemis, no wilting wallflower before her intimidating sister, and one also notes with pleasure her fine German diction. A nice plus here is that these three voices are so individual in sound that one can immediately tell which of the three is singing without resort to a libretto. An even greater plus is that - rarity of rarities - two supporting male roles and comprimario parts for once are not shortchanged by sub-standard casting. Bass-baritone Richard Cross - still a noted vocal teacher at Yale and Juilliard - is doubtless best remembered for his one high-profile studio recording, as Oroveso opposite Joan Sutherland in her 1964 studio NORMA. Here he provides a sepulchral, rock-steady Orestes. And, thank heavens, for once the role of Aegisth is not afflicted with some washed-out bleaty or wobbly or whiny tenor, but is given a fine rendition by Alan Crabb, who actually spot-on sings rather than barks all his notes without slighting his character's spineless decadence. Every comprimario part is cast with a voice that is a pleasure to hear. The final chords are deservedly followed by thunderous applause and enthusiastic cheers and whistles.
For the vivid original stereo sound quality - competitive with many pre-digital studio recordings - we can thank FANFARE's own Henry Fogel, who was the recording producer during his time as program director and vice-president of Syracuse radio station WONO-FM from 1963 to 1978. The performance takes the now well-nigh universally observed cut in the middle of the score….As usual, YSL provides only an inset with track titles (no timings) and a couple of photos. While I wouldn't want to forfeit my treasured recordings led by Solti, Sinopoli, or Mitropoulos (the fabled live 1957 Salzburg performance), this remarkable concert performance is fully their equal and could easily be the only ELEKTRA in your collection. Yes, it's that good; recommended with boundless enthusiasm. Copies can be ordered from Norbeck, Peters, and Ford (norpete.com)."
- James A. Altena, FANFARE


The citadel was recently uncovered during archaeological excavations in a parking lot at the City of David, which is in the Jerusalem Walls National Park.
The Greek fortifications, known as the Acra, were built during the reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes to control the city and monitor activity in the Temple. However, the Acra's exact location has been one of Jerusalem's great archaeological mysteries, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.


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Q: Get records with max value on grouped SQL results (mysql) How do you get the rows that contain the max value on created_dt for each by conversation_id grouped set?
I've seen some complicated variations on similiar questions, and none with a good answer.
I've put together a simple example:
id | member_a_id | member_b_id | conversation_id | created_dt          | content
1  | 100         | 110         | 1               | 2018-04-01 12:00:00 | aaa
2  | 100         | 110         | 1               | 2018-04-01 13:00:00 | bbb
3  | 105         | 100         | 2               | 2018-04-01 14:00:00 | ccc
4  | 110         | 100         | 1               | 2018-04-01 15:00:00 | ddd
5  | 100         | 110         | 1               | 2018-04-01 16:00:00 | eee

Desired result set:
member_a_id | member_b_id | conversation_id | created_dt          | content
100         | 110         | 1               | 2018-04-01 16:00:00 | eee
105         | 100         | 2               | 2018-04-01 14:00:00 | ccc

A: You can get max(created_dt) of each conversation and then join it with main table in this way:

select   tbl.*
from     tbl
join     (select   conversation_id, max(created_dt) created_dt
          from     tbl
          group by conversation_id) t1
on       tbl.conversation_id = t1.conversation_id
and      tbl.created_dt = t1.created_dt;

id | member_a_id | member_b_id | conversation_id | created_dt          | content
-: | ----------: | ----------: | --------------: | :------------------ | :------
 3 |         105 |         100 |               2 | 2018-04-01 14:00:00 | ccc
 5 |         100 |         110 |               1 | 2018-04-01 16:00:00 | eee

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Q: How to make text appear into a grid when a button is clicked I have made 2 buttons, completeButton and cancelButton. When the completeButton is clicked, I want it to display "Completed" under the column "Status". When the cancelButton is clicked, I want it to display "Cancelled" under the column "Status". I already have:
private void cancelButton_ServerClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}

and
private void completeButton_ServerClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}

But I don't know how to make the text appear in the grid. Can you help me figure this out?

A: User specified it is asp .net related this answer does not apply
Grid is a container control you cannot edit "the inside" of a cell.
You have to add a TextBlock in the Grid placed in wherever you want and then change the TextBlock Text property

A: So I assume you have button, you need to added for example Literal depending how you need to present the result.
In your aspx add some thing like this:
<asp:Button ID="Cancel" Text="Cancel" runat="server" />
<asp:Button ID="Complete" Text="Complete" runat="server" />
<asp:Literal ID="Msg1" Text="" runat="server" />

In your aspx.cs file add following:
this.Msg1.Text = "default text or leave empty";
Cancel.Click += new EventHandler(this.cancelButton_ServerClick);
Complete.Click += new EventHandler(this.completeButton_ServerClick);

And your existing method following changes:
private void cancelButton_ServerClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    this.Msg1.Text = "Cancel";
}

private void completeButton_ServerClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    this.Msg1.Text = "Complete";
}

So now each time we click on Cancel we chagne Msg1 to Cancel and the same for Complete.


Everton have bought back their wonder kid Wayne Rooney who they sold to Manchester United way back in 2004. After that Wayne Rooney became England's and Manchester United's top scorer and won every trophy with the club. He will most probably make his first league appearance for Everton on 13 years.
They have begun their last four premier league campaigns with a draw and would want to change that this time. Everton earned 43 points at home last season, their highest tally for 27 years.
Stoke could hand in debuts to Darren Fletcher, Max Choup Moting and Kurt Zouma. Stoke City will start their 10th consecutive season in the Premier league. They last won the opening day fixture of premier league way back in 2009, drawing three and losing five.
Their striker Berahino has gone 26 league games without a goal, last scoring against West Brom in 2016.
Both teams are good enough to win the game so this game will be very close.
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the grooms face when he hadn't received your last letter about the change of the amount of siblings you were bringing.. Loved this story the characters have such personalities. I'm eagerly waiting for the next one!
Tomorrow's First Light is the first book in the Texas Promise Seriesby bestselling Christian romance author Naomi Rawlings. If you like tender marriage-of-convenience stories, you'll love this heartwarming tale filled with hope and new beginnings.
What a fun read! Although I haven't read a Jen Turano book yet that didn't make me smile and look forward to her next! This one has Miss Isadora Delafield running off to avoid marriage to a not so wonderful Duke of Marlborough. She takes a job as a housekeeper when she has never washed a dish, cooked a meal or made her own bed. She learns fast that she has certainly taken her servants and the perks of her society life for granted. The antics start in her first 5 minutes on the farm and continue on to the end. Another for my favorites list!


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@interface FooterTableViewCell : UITableViewCell
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIButton *cancelButton;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIButton *doneButton;

@end