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Singer R Kelly Charged With 11 New Counts Of Criminal Sexual Assault
R Kelly facing 11 new counts of criminal sexual assault and can land behind bars for thirty years. Singer and entertainer R. Kelly had been accused...
R Kelly denies claims of having sex with Aaliyah's mum
R. Kelly has denied having sex with Aaliyah's mom, with the singer calling the reports total bull shit. The under fire singer says it's a desperate attention...
R. Kelly allegedly forced Joycelyn Savage to Lie about relationship
R. Kelly allegedly forced his alleged Joycelyn Savage, to lie to police if asked about their relationship, and her family believes they have evidence to prove...
R Kelly allegedly got Aaliyah pregnant and had sex with her mother
Lisa Allen has alleged that RnB singer R Kelly got late singer Aaliyah pregnant and also use to have sex with the late singer's mother. This...
R Kelly to start writing new songs to help avoid mental breakdown
Reports say RnB singer, R Kelly has headed back to the studio to start writing new songs because he believes music is a process that can help...
R. Kelly released from jail after paying child support
R. Kelly has just been released from jail after paying his outstanding child support of over $161,633. The singer paid the $161,633 he owes to ex-wife, Drea...
Read the shocking things R Kelly's girlfriends said in his defense
R Kelly's girlfriends have defended him against their parents whom they accuse of lying in order to make money from the 52-year old singer. The girlfriends, Azriel Clary...
R Kelly: Girlfriend accuses her parents of lying for money (VIDEO)
Azriel Clary, one of the girls whose parents are accusing R Kelly of sexual abuse, has labeled the accusations as coming from liars all for money....
R Kelly accused of another sexual abuse in fresh investigation
R. Kelly has just been accused of having sex with a 13 year old girl in 2001 and later giving her herpes. You recall, R. Kelly is currently...
Finally! R. Kelly's alleged sex slave Joycelyn Savage to reunite with family (Video)
Joycelyn Savage, one of R. Kelly's girlfriends and alleged sex slave who hasn't talked to her family in two years, will finally be reunited with her family soon. And...


The major bio-filtration media in use by marine aquarists, whether they keep a reef or fish only system, is probably live rock and for good reason.
Premium live rock is rock that has been fairly recently harvested from around the reefs, meaning it is 'rubble' rather than hewed from the reef itself. This rock has growths of all sorts which could be of interest to the aquarist. Unfortunately, live rock needs to be cured after import which simply means that all the dead and dying organisms on and in the rock have to be removed, meaning that pollution will not occur in the aquarium. However, for the most part there are tougher organisms that do survive and they could make an appearance in the aquarium, this appearance could be months after the rock has been introduced. Live rock can also harbor unwelcome organisms, such as the aquarium weed aiptasia, an anemone that could become a real nuisance without controlling attention.
In addition to natural organism introductions with the rock, it is very decorative. Reef and fish only aquarists are able to construct a very interesting and decorative structure which suits livestock very well.
The next great attribute of live rock is mentioned in the first paragraph – bio-filtration. Living organisms in the aquarium will literally be poisoned unless there is some means of negating the toxic substances that they produce. The two major toxins are ammonia and nitrite, and a much less dangerous one is nitrate. Dwelling on and in the live rock are oxygen requiring bacteria which convert the toxin ammonia to the toxin nitrite, which is then converted to nitrate. Bacteria living within the rock also require oxygen but find it hard to obtain, therefore they extract it from the nitrate which breaks the nitrate down releasing the residue from the aquarium as gas. The process from ammonia to gas release is known as the nitrogen cycle.
Live rock is a great commodity for the aquarist, providing the major and essential job of bio-filtration and also doubling up as decoration. The rock must of course be present in sufficient quantity to deal with the bio-load present, which is created mainly by fish.
There's only one problem and that is cost, it's expensive, particularly the premium grade. It's expensive to air freight rock. This cost could be controlled up to a point by using base rock as the lower part of the rock structure and premium grade for the surface – but it is still expensive.
One way of avoiding this cost is to create live rock, which isn't difficult. What is required is inert porous rock, that is, rock that is known to be free of any substance that could be harmful in seawater and also porous. This type of rock is often available in local fish shops and at a very much lower cost than the live variety. It isn't any use purchasing solid non-porous rock. The second requirement is that there needs to be as much rock as would be used if the live variety were bought, which should ensure that the amount of bio-filtration media will be adequate.
If necessary the rock is thoroughly rinsed before it is placed in the aquarium to form a structure as required. The aquarium is then filled with seawater (note the net gallonage for future use) at the required specific gravity (SG) and heated to the design temperature. Seawater circulation should also be turned on. At this stage there isn't any need for lighting. The seawater should be left to settle down to the required parameters. Check the seawater SG once it has heated up as temperature could affect it.
Once the seawater is at the required SG and temperature attention can be given to processing the rock. Anyone who has ever used a canister filter for bio-filtration will be aware of the process. A commercial maturation fluid is obtained and added to the seawater at the amounts given in the instructions. Test kits for ammonia and nitrite are also required, and the seawater should be tested in accordance with the instructions. Eventually the ammonia reading will disappear, followed by the nitrite reading. Once the aquarist is sure the reading remains at zero for both, the rock can be considered to be initially mature, that is, there is an initial population of bacteria to deal with toxins.
A test should now be done for nitrate; a level will probably be clearly seen. This nitrate should be reduced by a seawater change until it is as low as possible or preferably undetectable.
Slow stocking can now commence, turning the lighting system on of course. It is important that ammonia and nitrite tests continue, if there is any indication of either ammonia or nitrite stocking should cease until the reading(s) are zero again and remain so. The bacteria need to adapt to the increasing bio-load and must be allowed the time to do so.
Eventually of course the aquarium will be stocked as required. The bacteria population is able to stabilize and after a further say three months can be considered as fully mature. Routine seawater changes, as with any system, need to continue as does testing.
Wait a minute though; we're supposed to be creating live rock which should be able within reason to deal with nitrate. So it will, in time. It takes longer for the nitrate reducing bacteria population to establish, and once it has the nitrate should be controlled. Relative to live rock and nitrate what does 'within reason' mean? It simply means that if the aquarium is often overfed and the toxin reducing bacteria produce a lot of nitrate, and the aquarist is missing routine seawater changes, the nitrate could be too high for the bacteria to control.
Ok, so now we have an aquarium filtered by live rock. What about the natural growths that could occur (though not always) with natural live rock? These will obviously be absent as the rock was initially dead. With both the fish only and reef system, if the environment is of high quality it shouldn't be long before encrusting algae's make an appearance. In a fish only system it could be necessary to seed with a small piece of rock from a friend's aquarium that already has encrusting algae on it. In a reef system, when the aquarist introduces corals they will usually be attached to pieces of natural rock. These rocks should contain organisms that should seed the other rocks provided a high quality environment is maintained. Before long the previously dead rocks should look completely different – just like natural live rock.
So for a considerably reduced price live rock is achievable. What the aquarist needs to provide is some patience (required by all marine aquarists) and considerably less money. There is great concern about the future of the wild reefs and concern has been expressed about the impact of live rock collection, so the aquarist who produces his/her own will be assisting with reef protection.


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In the Studio: Easy Christmas DIY Table Runner!
Table runners. They are easy and fast to whip out on your sewing machine, and make great gifts for family and friends! Fast and Easy - my kind of project with a big impact when the recipient opens their gift! What could be better! And I'm going to show you how to make this holiday table runner in this single post!
Stopping by my favorite quilt shop "The Quilt Patch" in Stallings, North Carolina, I grabbed me up a slew of interesting holiday fabrics, including a black and white striped fabric I thought would make a cool binder around the table runner. I got a half a yard of each of the fabrics I was going to use for the stars. I picked up a yard of the black and white striped fabric for the binding, which was more than enough, but I knew I was going to make more than one of these table runners as a gift. The green fabric will be used for the backing. I got a yard. More than enough for one table runner. Also, I picked up a small package of white cotton quilt batting.
Also purchase 1 yard of Pellon 725 Heavy-Duty Wonder-Under transfer web. You will use this on the back of the stars.
I had a bolt of white muslin 45" cotton fabric at home. I cut 6 15" x 50" pieces for making 6 table runners for gifts. If you are just making 1, then you will need one 15 x 50 piece of white cotton. This will be the quilt top.
With your Wonder-Under, trace your stars on the paper side. I used 12 on my table runner top, but you can use more or less as you like. Also, you could draw several Christmas trees too and add them to your design. It's up to you! Be creative!
Cut out each star, leaving a gap around the traced outline. With the paper side up, press the stars onto the back of your fabric pieces. When they've cooled to the touch, cut them out neatly along your drawing.
You'll have lots of pretty stars!
Peel the paper off the back of each star and arrange them onto your 15 x 50 white cotton fabric.
When you have them arranged just like you want them, press them in place. The spots you see on the fabric in this image are water spots from my leaky iron. But now all the stars are affixed to the white cotton fabric rather nicely.
Next step, using a zig-zag stitch, or decorative stitch if you prefer, stitch around the perimeter of each star. This will help in preventing fraying when washed.
And it looks nice too! No stabilizer was needed to stitch around the stars.
On your cutting table, place your backing fabric, face down, and your batting on top of the backing fabric. Then, place your table runner top on top of the backing and batting. Trim the backing and batting to about 2" additional all the way around the table runner top.
Baste your table runner top to the batting and backing using a contrasting thread and nice big stitches. This holds all the layers together when you are quilting on your machine or hand quilting. I prefer this to safety pins. It lays flatter and prevents the layers of the quilt from shifting. It only takes a few minutes to baste your quilt together and it's worth the extra effort.
Now that you have all three layers basted together, using a "Fine Line Mark-B-Gone" water soluble ink pen, draw your quilting design onto your quilt. Now, I know a lot of quilters like to just randomly place their quilt in the machine and wing it when it comes to stipple quilting. Not me. I've done it. If you knew how many times I got stuck somewhere I didn't belong, you'd understand. So, I draw it on the quilt in sections. It isn't even one big "stipple" design. There are lots of designs that start and finish in the same spot, it just looks complicated. But boy is it a lot easier to machine quilt when the design is already on the fabric!!
Here's a tip: wear quilting gloves when machine quilting. It's a lot easier to move the layers around the design on your fabric. And when you are done quilting your design on the layers of your quilt, spray some water on it and wipe it off with a wash cloth or rag. The ink disappears and your left with nothing but your beautiful quilt pattern. You might also notice that I hand quilted around each star. That was a personal preference.
You will be amazed at how fast all the quilting went! Now on to the binding. BUT, first, trim your quilt so that you have perfect right angles. After trimming, my quilted table runner measured about 14" x 48"
Now for the binding. I use 2 1/2" strips, and I'm not even going to begin to tell you how to do the binding! I'm going to leave that up to Jenny Doan with the Missouri Star Quilt Company. Best video tutorial you'll ever find on adding the perfect binding to your quilt.
I think it looks pretty awesome lying on top of the quilt I am still hand quilting for my mother as a Christmas gift. Now to make 5 more of these table runners!!
Hoping you have a creative holiday season!!


Last month, a crash involving high school students shocked the area. Now, further information has been revealed by NBC 5. Street racing was involved in the crash.
The two vehicles were all being driven by minors who were of age to drive. They were racing down Mira Vista Boulevard just before midnight. One of the cars stopped at the four-way stop at Wayfarer drive, but the other one kept going. The SUV slammed into a tree and killed the children in the front on impact.
The third person in the vehicle was only saved because the people in the stopped car saw the accident and rushed out to help. That person was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Those involved with the incident have been speaking with police about what happened.
This will be a life-long lesson to the survivors. Never race down the roads of Dallas, or anywhere for that matter. Racing belongs on tracks, not on public roads. Those who fail to heed this warning get in accidents like this one.
Have you been injured in an automobile accident? Do you believe that your insurance company isn't paying enough to cover your injuries? Fight back. Call our personal injury attorney team today for a free consultation. We are ready to help you get back on your feet.


I was watching a Cannes 2013 winners real last week when I was struck by just how meaningful many of the winning campaigns are. For me this confirmed that Marketing must have Meaning. The type of meaning that has a real impact on people's lives. Meaning that goes way beyond the superficial and creates real value in peoples lives. Campaigns with utility.
When I think of marketing campaigns in South Africa, I can't help but think that most lack meaning. They are either downright shallow, or they try and be superficially emotional or funny. In my view, most marketing campaigns in this country shout at the consumer. I say shout, because some of it is just so loud – you would hear the same bank advert on radio ALL DAY LONG!
Marketing in this country is too much shouting and too little listening, talking, listening. Too little conversation. For me this is a reflection of the types of interactions we have in the wider South African society. We don't listen to each other's differences. We simply do not have enough conversations across the racial and cultural spectrum. We don't try hard enough to understand each other.
Take for example my good friend Julian Hewitt who decided to take his family and spend a month living with his domestic worker in a shack in Mamelodi. Talking to him, I was struck by the simple desire to gain a better understanding of their domestic worker and her world. How she lives. What her neighbourhood looks and feels like. I still remember listening to Julian telling me how he, his wife and two young daughters were going to stay in Mamelodi during the month of August. The marketing man that I am recommended that he get a PR agency involved to handle what I predicted was going to become a media storm once the story gets out. But he refused, saying that this is not about creating media attention.
But oh boy! The story did get into the media and soon they were being interviewed by everything from e-news to the New York Times. In hindsight maybe the Hewitt's were slightly naïve to think their stay would remain a simple Facebook page and Twitter feed. Maybe they should have known the New York Times would call? Maybe they should have handled the media attention differently.
But here is the thing: the reaction that they got was in many ways extreme. Comments on popular blogs, social media and newspapers ranged from them being borderline racist to being irresponsible to some other "too muchness". In many ways it became a shouting match – at them.
Too me this exemplifies how we talk to each other in this country. We are somehow struggling to sit down and have deep conversations. Maybe it is too soon? Maybe there is just too much hurt and pain in our country's psyche to allow for such open conversations. We either talk in a superficial way too each other, cracking jokes around cultural differences, or we tear each other apart. And for me this is also evident in so many of our marketing campaigns. They prefer to be superficial because the risk of being anything more is evidently too great. Look at what was thrown at the Hewitt's – now just imagine the impact that can have on a corporation!
But this fear to engage does not create deep, meaningful marketing campaigns. Many of the winning ads at Cannes go way beyond the superficial. They touch you. They make you want to say – Yes!! That is true for me! That speaks to me, deeply!
For a long time marketing has been asked to start measuring its impact. No longer can marketing just be about smoke in mirrors – the art – it had to be numbers driven. Apparently this drive for measurement is what lies behind the promise of digital media – where every "click" and "like" can be counted. But I want to propose that we often skip an "m". Surely before you start to Measure, you need to first make sure you have Meaning?
Meaning is what underlie real conversations. And real conversations take guts. It takes guts to pack up your stuff – even if you want to call it some kind of "poverty tourism" – and move in with your domestic worker for a month. If you call that a holiday, it is certainly not a seaside breakaway. For me the Hewitt's showed a real desire to at least try and understand how their domestic worker lives. To actually have a conversation instead of just saying hi and goodbye like so many of us do with our domestic helpers. The Hewitt's had guts. Why do more companies in this country not have the same guts?
Why does it feel to me as if too many marketing campaigns in this country are just so superficial? They might be staying clear from controversy – mostly, but in the process they lack depth in meaning, leading me to switch-off the radio when that bank ad comes up. AGAIN.
I know local marketing campaigns have won at Cannes before. There are definitely local campaigns that do show real depth of understanding. But in a country with such obvious, glaring challenges I suggest companies should show more guts and start insisting on marketing with deep, real, meaning! Does it have to be a choice between marketing that is either superficial, or controversial? Or can there be another option: marketing that is based on real conversations, true relationships and deep meaning?


It was the year 2003 and Paul and I arrived at Andrew's house eager for a day of console games. As we made our way in, I noticed very unique features of the house. It was heavily decorated with Chinese words, symbols, statues of unfamiliar idols, stone lions and artistic crystal ornaments. Certain idols were provided an altar with burning incense.
Andrew and his family were devout Taoists, hence the appearance of the house. In contrast, Paul was a staunch Christian and was devastated with what he saw.
Each religion tends to foster the belief that only their own is real. As such, two overzealous members of different religions engaging in a debate regarding the matter is a recipe for disaster. Paul was accustomed to the fact that any idol other than the Christian God is associated with evil. While there was a harmless motivation to spread his religion's gospel, it would have been useful to be more accepting that Andrew was exposed to his culture through his background for most of his life and that even conversion could not happen overnight. Also, due to the nature of his religion, Andrew regarded "burning in hell" as an offensive remark rather than a mere suggestion of consequence. Yet by regarding Paul's remark as a negative representation of Christians, Andrew has likewise committed an unreasonable judgment of another religion.
It is critical that we understand that religions are meant to give people a sense of identity and ultimately inculcate values as long as they do not involve immediate harm to people. Hence we should respect differences in traditions and customs while celebrating similarities of shared human culture.
I would think that as a Singaporean, having been brought up in a multicultural country and having friends of different religions, one should have more tolerance and open-mindedness to religion and race. Personally, I am curious about the beliefs of the different religions. I would want to find out more about the history behind their beliefs, why is there 1 god or many gods. Once I know more, I would not criticise what they believe because everyone is entitled to their own opinion and beliefs. My Arabic teacher once told me that we cannot force our beliefs on one another, otherwise, it would be a competition among the difference religions. Instead, we should find and appreciate the commonalities that each religions shares.
Thanks for always being such a graceful classmate in helping me ensure that my blog doesn't have zero comments, I really appreciate it.
I am agreeable that all religions deserve tolerance as I really think that its the most fundamental way of teaching people to be good unless the religion involves tying people to an altar and cutting them up or burning them. It definitely doesn't mean that any one person in your own religion is not capable of doing bad either.
Yep although Singaporean, I think what happens sometimes is that people might be brought up in one religion in which their whole social circle revolves around it, friends, school. I come from a christian school (12 years) and know many people of such backgrounds. So some might not have been exposed to others and at a young age many might expect all school mates to be of the same faith as that of the school.
I also find it unfortunate that there has to be different religions and the fact that any attempt to explain the existence of variety would ultimately undermine some. However, despite the differences, I think what people should take a step back to consider is that everyone somehow at the back of their minds would believe in some form of higher power or force of the Universe as many things can't be accounted for by human or science explanations.
Thanks for the link! I'm pretty sure if I am not mistaken that the Islam and Christian God are the same yea?
Nice new background. Coincidentally, it reflects my state of mind when trapped in a situation where people are arguing about religion, or whose Truth is The Truth: gray and tumultuous. Mostly because it is upsetting to watch relationships potentially driving towards the rocks due to religious dispute. I think that when people with differing religions come together, each individual should at least try to frame his/her beliefs in the form of personal world views or approach to life, rather than claim superiority over others' beliefs. From my experience in watching IVLE forum discussions go aflame with religious indignation (when the original topic was not about religion in the first place), I now believe that while being overly politically correct may fail at getting our message across, or even invite suspicion that we are secretly alluding to something else, being sensitive to our phrasing of ideas is crucial in forwarding fruitful discussion.
Thanks for your comment. And wow, what you have said is really deep and all too true. Unfortunate that relationships that would otherwise be perfectly healthy have to suffer as a result. And yes! I precisely agree that religions should be framed to address life in general and not superiority over another. If used for the latter, how is it different from being a social status. I must admit however that I might be often inclined to make the mistake of being overly politically correct. When it comes to my religion, I tend not to evangelise non believers but to urge them to keep an open mind and that it happens when it happens (refering to believing).
In light of all the recent acrimony coming from several major incidents of intercultural conflict, this is a timely and important post. Like Tasha, I feel that your friend Paul showed such arrogance and "me attitude" that, if I were in Andrew's shoes, it would have been tempting to toss Paul into the street.
You describe the scenario well, Renick, and you provide a worthwhile "interpretation." Indeed, for so many "believers," their socialization s clearly more the root of their adherence to a belief system than any sort of studied decision. Paul was probably just as guilty of that self-righteous perspective as Andrew.
Thanks for your comment. I too feel that such overzealous behaviour can be a persistent problem.
Your quotation marks in mentioning "believers" was exactly what I was trying to illustrate as the problem: many conflicts arise as a result of one group of people seeing their culture as being socially superior over others. I feel that a person of faith also tend to not being doing his or her own religion justice either in such actions as this would constitute "using the religion's/God's name in vain. Its tricky though when one is brought up from young around a single social element.
I am actually a convert which might be why I saw it as an intercultural conflict. Being a christian, I tried to tell Andrew that while I wasn't going to start preaching to him, he should keep an open mind as these supernatural things appear to people at times and in forms when they least expect it such that they can no longer deny a belief. To Paul I suggested that if he had absolute faith in his religion, he should rest assured that God will reach out to Andrew eventually. I urged the both of them to take it from me: a once atheist devil music fan that experienced a change in life through faith and religion.


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Counties to get more money for vaccinations
by Emily Hoeven February 2, 2021 February 2, 2021
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Good morning, California. It's Tuesday, February 2.
Divided using equity formula
California's flagging vaccine rollout may have just gotten a shot in the arm.
On Monday, the state Department of Finance formally notified lawmakers that California had received an unanticipated $1.7 billion in federal funds to help with its coronavirus response and vaccination efforts, according to a letter I obtained. Approximately $1.2 billion will go to local governments, and the Department of Finance — part of Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration — is seeking legislative approval to send the money out as soon as possible.
The funds were divided with "an eye on equity," Finance spokesman H.D. Palmer told me. Each local health jurisdiction — excluding Los Angeles County and the cities of Pasadena and Long Beach, which received money separately — got a base grant of $1 million. The remaining funds were divided based on a jurisdiction's proportion of the 2019 population (50%), poverty rate (25%) and Black, Latino or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander population (25%). San Diego County came out on top with around $124 million, while Alpine ranked last with about $1.04 million.
This formula could potentially rankle small counties. Last month, the state auditor found that the Newsom administration had allocated smaller counties "significantly less" coronavirus relief funds per person than larger counties.
Also Monday, the state released signed letters of intent from Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente, the two health insurance giants charged with running California's new vaccine distribution system. The letters do not reveal the total cost of the contracts, but emphasize both companies will "not profit from this agreement" and will perform the work "at or near" cost. Blue Shield will manage providers across the state, while Kaiser will run at least two mass vaccination sites intended to serve hard-to-reach and disproportionately affected communities, according to the letters.
After the chaos of California's initial vaccine plan, Newsom's political future may well hinge on whether this new strategy pays off, CalMatters' Ben Christopher reports.
Dan Schnur, a professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication: Not delivering on ambitious promises in the past "hasn't caused him any problems because most voters aren't paying close attention to the day-to-day machinations of government. But when it comes to COVID, they are paying close attention."
The coronavirus bottom line: As of Monday, California had 3,258,706 confirmed cases (+0.5% from previous day) and 40,908 deaths (+0.5% from previous day), according to a CalMatters tracker.
Also: CalMatters regularly updates this pandemic timeline tracking the state's daily actions. And we're tracking the state's coronavirus hospitalizations by county.
1. Faulconer announces gubernatorial bid
Kevin Faulconer is officially running for governor of California. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons
Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer revealed Monday he is running for governor, whether in a recall election against Newsom — if it qualifies for the ballot — or in the next regularly scheduled election in 2022. The Republican is expected to formally announce his candidacy today, Groundhog Day — as indicated by a campaign video riffing on the iconic movie in which the same day repeats over and over again. "Doesn't it feel like every day is Groundhog Day in Gavin Newsom's California?" Faulconer wrote on Twitter. "This Groundhog Day, change is coming."
Faulconer's announcement comes a few days after John Cox, the Republican businessman who lost to Newsom in the 2018 gubernatorial election, said he'll challenge Newsom again if the recall qualifies for the ballot. Also likely to throw his hat in the ring is Chamath Palihapitiya, a billionaire venture capitalist who supports the Newsom recall. The recall campaign announced Sunday it had collected more than 1.3 million of the nearly 1.5 million signatures needed to launch an election, though only around 410,000 had been deemed valid as of Jan. 6.
2. State blasted for prison outbreak
Demonstrators march to San Quentin State Prison on Aug. 2, 2020. Photo by Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group
A dispatch from CalMatters justice reporter Byrhonda Lyons: California prison leaders caused a "public health disaster" at San Quentin State Prison last year when they transferred inmates from the California Institution for Men in Chino who hadn't recently been tested for coronavirus, according to a scathing report Monday from the Office of the Inspector General. Of the 189 transferred prisoners, 172 hadn't been tested for coronavirus for at least two weeks before they were moved, the report found — leading to an outbreak that ultimately sickened more than 2,000 San Quentin inmates and killed at least 28. The report also found that the California Institution for Men transferred the inmates under pressure from California Correctional Health Care Services executives. When a nurse asked if prisoners should be retested before the transfer, an executive responded, "No reswabing (sic)."
A prison employee: "CCHS said MOVE THEM NOW and we are trying to comply."
On Sunday, a caravan of around 100 cars drove through San Francisco to protest the state prison system's handling of coronavirus outbreaks.
Jonathan Simon of the UC Berkeley School of Law: "We don't sentence people to prison to die."
3. New business applications skyrocket
Dan Zhao, left, and father Keguang Zhao at Cozy Wok, a Chinese restaurant they opened amid the pandemic, in Oakland on Jan. 28, 2021. Photo by Anda Chu, Bay Area News Group
Applications for new business licenses rose nearly 22% in California in 2020, according to a U.S. Census Bureau analysis — a reminder of Californians' resiliency and innovation even as pandemic closures drive thousands of small businesses to shut down permanently and unemployment to tick up. The economic devastation has hit small businesses owned by people of color and women particularly hard, but some Californians are finding new opportunity amid the wreckage, CalMatters' Laurence du Sault reports. After Hilda Medina lost her $300-a-week job as a babysitter at a Contra Costa daycare, she began selling sugar- and gluten-free breads online — and is now making up to $1,200 weekly.
Medina: "If there hadn't been this pandemic I would never have dreamed I'd be able to do this. To make more money, and with my own business?"
CalMatters columnist Dan Walters: While California's politicians wrangle, millions of kids are stuck at home and their educations are suffering.
Rich should pay their fair share: Our tax code gives large corporations and wealthy Californians like myself special treatment at the expense of everyone else, argues Karen Edwards, a former Yahoo executive and member of the Patriotic Millionaires.
Harnessing the power of music: Newsom's proposal for a California Creative Corps will help us grieve, heal and come together, write Makiko Hirata, an international pianist, and Jeff Le of the Truman National Security Project.
Los Angeles schools to remain in hard shutdown for near future. // Los Angeles Times
California schools press 'play' on esports leagues during pandemic. // EdSource
Why must TVs remain off at restaurants? Yelling, screaming can spread coronavirus, officials say. // Los Angeles Times
How a California university is trying to shield an entire city from coronavirus. // New York Times
Against supervisors' wishes, San Diego County sent rent relief money to ineligible cities. // inewsource
Biden order poised to expand Bay Area homeless programs. // Mercury News
Sacramento homeless group demands city manager be fired over storm response. // Sacramento Bee
Grading every city and county in California on meeting state-mandated housing goals. // Los Angeles Daily News
Some PG&E fire victims in a race against time to get paid. // San Francisco Chronicle
After a few snowy days in Northern and Southern California, there's more to come this week. // Los Angeles Times
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 Proverbs 21:15 Interlinear: To do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.
[It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
Administering justice brings joy to the righteous, but terror to those who practice iniquity.
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Rihanna Rumored To Have Broken Up With Her Billionaire Boyfriend Because She 'Gets Tired of Men'
MediaTakeOut News is reporting (so, grain of salt) that Rihanna has ended things with her billionaire boyfriend of over one year, Saudi businessman Hassan Jameel, because she just "gets tired of men sometimes." Same.
"Rihanna and him were together for a while," a source told the outlet. "It was a good relationship, but now it's over. Of course Rihanna broke his heart. That's what she does: break[s] men's hearts." There was nothing salacious or explosive about the ending either, the source claimed. "Rihanna just got tired of him. She gets tired of men sometimes."
Finally, some gossip we know to be true in our hearts. Well, just the getting tired of men part. As for the veracity of the rest of the rumor, who knows?
Rihanna and Jameel have kept their relationship very private, and Rihanna has never posted anything about Jameel on her social media. In January, the two had a rare outing together and were photographed leaving a Grammys after party…apart but around the same time. They just didn't want to be photographed next to each other.
In Rihanna's June Vogue cover story, the interview of which was likely conducted weeks prior to its early May publication, the singer also said this of Jameel: "I used to feel guilty about taking personal time, but I also think I never met someone who was worth it before."


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Q: Of the 16 binary operations on a two element set, which ones are commutative, associative, have an identity element, and have inverse? If you you 16 binary operations
$$(a*a)=a$$
$$(a*b)=a$$
$$(b*a)=a$$
$$(b*b)=a$$

$$(a*a)=a$$
$$(a*b)=b$$
$$(b*a)=a$$
$$(b*b)=b$$

$$(a*a)=b$$
$$(a*b)=a$$
$$(b*a)=b$$
$$(b*b)=a$$

$$(a*a)=b$$
$$(a*b)=b$$
$$(b*a)=b$$
$$(b*b)=a$$
which of them (we can just label them 1-16) are commutative, associative, have an identity element, and have inverses?
My answer is 1-5, 8-9, and 12-16 are all commutative, 1-5, 8-9, and 13 are associative, and 1, 5, and 8 have identity elements and inverses.
My question is 1) are my answers correct and 2) could you please show your work for some of the identity and inverse ones; I did these in my head and am a bit confused because while my book lists and talks about 16 operations it's really 4 ways of combining 4 different operations and when I solved for the inverses and identity elements in my head and such I was realizing that 2 operations were often "linked" and I guess I'm just having trouble formalizing my thoughts so if you could go through some of these (like identity and inverse) thoroughly that would be great.

A: A binary operation on a set $A$ is a function from $A\times A \to A$, which means that it assigns exactly one element of $A$ to every ordered pair in $A \times A$.
In your example, $A=\{a,b\}$, so $$A\times A = \{(a,a),(a,b),(b,b),(b,a)\}$$
You can describe an operation on $A$ by saying exactly where it sends the four pairs (see Cameron Williams's  comment).
Thus, for example, the second operation is the one that sends
$$(a,a) \text{ to } a, \text{ written } (a*a)=a\\
(a,b) \text{ to } b, \text{ written }(a*b)=b  \\
(b,a) \text{ to } a, \text{ written } (b*a)=a  \\
(b,b) \text{ to } b, \text{ written } (b*b)=b$$
To be commutative, an operation must send $(x,y)$ and $(y,x)$ to the same element for all $x,y \in A$. In the operation notation, this means that
$$\forall x,y \in A, \; x*y=y* x$$
Is this true for the second operation? There are only two distinct elements, so we just need to check that $a*b =b*a$.
But we have $a*b=a \neq b=b*a$, which means the operation is not commutative.
Now, existence of the identity: the identity is an element that fixes every element in $A$. Is there an element $e$ in $A$ such that $$e *x=x* e=x \quad\forall x \in A?$$
To check this, you need to look at each of the elements in $A$:
The equation
$$a*b=a \neq b=b*a$$
tells you that $a$ does not fix $b$ (because $a*b=a$) and that $b$ does not fix $a$ (because $b*a=b$). There are no more elements in $A$, so we can conclude that this operation does not have an identity.
Since it doesn't have an identity, it doesn't have inverses.
To check associativity, you need to check if performing the operation in a different order affects the result, i.e., if different ways of parenthesizing affect the result. The operation is associative if
$$(x*y)*z=x*(y*z) \quad \forall x,y,z \in A$$
Note that $x,y,z$ in the definition are not necessarily distinct.
I'll let you check this one; the operation will be associative if all the following hold (just go through each using the definition of the operation, performing what's in parenthesis first):
$$(a*a)*a\overset{?}{=}a*(a*a)$$
$$(b*b)*b\overset{?}{=}b*(b*b)$$
$$(a*b)*a\overset{?}{=}a*(b*a)$$
$$(b*a)*a\overset{?}{=}a*(b*a)$$
$$(a*a)*b\overset{?}{=}a*(a*b)$$
$$(a*b)*b\overset{?}{=}a*(b*b)$$
$$(b*b)*a\overset{?}{=}b*(b*a)$$
$$(b*a)*b\overset{?}{=}b*(a*b)$$

The definitions will become less confusing as you practice them; try checking them for familiar operations on familiar sets. For example, try checking them for addition and subtraction on the integers.

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Los Angeles, CA - California State University, Los Angeles was one of seven CSU campuses recently named by the CSU Office and Teleste Educational, Ltd. to begin providing a virtual interactive language laboratory for students to access on campus, at home, or at any location.
The first language curricula to be implemented will be French and Japanese. Cal State L.A. along with CSU Sacramento and CSU Dominguez Hills will offer French, while four other CSU campuses will offer Japanese-Chico, Monterey Bay, Long Beach, and San Diego.
Traditionally, foreign language learning resources have been available only in individual learning centers of CSU campuses through network technologies. The virtual language laboratory allows students to log into the learning resource databases at their campuses, and access and download a wide range of interactive learning materials developed by CSU and Teleste. In addition, the system enables students to communicate using Internet voice technologies both online and off-line with the instructors leading their classes at the language laboratories at the different campuses.
First announced in May, the Teleste and CSU project is a first-of-a-kind initiative. It was developed jointly by both institutions and will serve as a model for similar remote-learning solutions in other universities across the country.
The project will span a two-year period. During different phases of the implementation, Teleste will develop a multi-campus distributed-learning solution to stream video and audio language files, and associated programs. As part of the curriculum design and management process, CSU campuses will test and implement the software and learning materials. Tandberg Educational Inc., Teleste's American distributor and sales partner, will direct the implementation of the hardware and software technological infrastructure at the campuses.
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CDP Theatre Producers, Guess How Much I Love You
GUESS HOW MUCH
CDP Kids presents
A play by Richard Tulloch
Adapted from the books by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
"I love you right up to the moon – AND BACK."
Join the enchanting adventure of Little and Big Nutbrown Hare as they discover the magic and colour of the seasons, in a dazzling new stage adaptation of Sam McBratney's beloved Guess How Much I Love You books.
This playful story of love and nature unfolds on stage in a show that's fun for the whole family, with beautiful puppetry, music and laughter for children aged 3 years and up.
Brought to life by CDP Kids, the team behind the Australian tours of The Gruffalo, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and Spot, this family favourite will excite, educate and entertain new readers and first-time theatre-goers. Don't miss out!
Guess How Much I Love You™ and © Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram 2021. Licensed by Walker Books Ltd. Guess How Much I Love You is a registered trademark of Walker Books Ltd, London UK.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding
and advisory body.
This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government initiative.
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN SEEING THIS SHOW IN YOUR TOWN!
2021-22 Summer Tour
CATHERINE McNAMARA -
Little Nut Brown Hare
Catherine McNamara is an independent theatre performer and maker. She graduated from the University of Wollongong's B.A. Performance in 2015.
In 2015, Catherine co-created the immersive children's theatre show Erth's Prehistoric Aquarium with Drew Fairley and Scott Wright. She spent the next five years touring the work throughout regional Australia (2017), Auckland (2018), USA (2018-19), and Abu Dhabi (2020).
Catherine has performed in several dance theatre works, including Tangi Wai… the cry of water, by Victoria Hunt (Performance Space, 2015), and Throne of Thorns, by Malaysian theatre director Norzizi Zulkifli (ASWARA, Kuala Lumpur, 2017).
Most recently, Catherine has been working as a performer and creative on Fast Cars and Dirty Beats, a large-scale community performance project created by Kate Smith, set to debut in Bathurst late 2022.
Catherine is very proudly a regional artist - based on Wiradjuri land near Orange, NSW. When at home, she facilitates performing arts programs for people with disabilities and people in aged care, through collaborations with Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre and Arts OutWest.
Guess How Much I Love You is Catherine's first show with CDP, and she is so excited to bring a favourite childhood story to life.
DREW WILSON - Big Nut Brown Hare
Drew Wilson is an Australian actor, puppeteer and writer.
A graduate of The Victorian College of the Arts, his theatre credits include Ghetto, Twelfth Night and O'Horo (VCA); War Horse (National Theatre and Global Creatures); Storm Boy (Melbourne Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre); Laser Beak Man (Dead Puppet Society); The Riddle of Washpool Gully (Terrapin Puppet Theatre and DPS); Urza and the Song in the Dark (Matriark); The Island of Dr Moreau (Loud Mouth Theatre Company); The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and Alice in Wonderland (Michael Sieders Presents); and Notes from Underground (Sydney Chamber Opera).
His film and television credits include Crownies (ABC); the short films Legacy, Rare Books and When Sally Left Steve (Australian Film, Television and Radio School); and puppetry for the upcoming feature film Blaze (Dir. Del Kathryn Barton).
Drew is a recipient of a 2019 Mike Walsh Fellowship for Acting and Puppetry and he is currently developing the new works The Jilted Curse and Part-Time Heroes.
CHRISTOPHER VERNON - Narrator
Chris completed his music theatre training at NIDA graduating in 2010 and continued his studies at the Actors Centre Australia, graduating in 2014.
Whilst studying, Chris performed as Luke Boyce in The Emperor of Sydney (dir Andrew Lloyd), Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream (dir George Ogilvie), Stories from the Inside Out (Verbatim Theatre, dir Gale Edwards), John in Oleanna (dir Adam Cook) and Larry in Closer (dir Egil Kipste).
Other theatre credits include High School Musical, I Love You Because, Metamorphosis, The Blue Room, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Rent. Chris has been training as a puppeteer since 2015 and has toured across Australia with a children's cancer education program, in the award-winning show called The Caped Crusader.
Chris has a strong passion for youth mental health and works around Australia creating positive conversations with young people reducing the stigma around mental health. Chris has worked extensively with CDP Theatre Producers. Credits include Billionaire Boy, Spot and Room on the Broom, and most recently The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show.
Director: Liesel Badorrek
Designer: Isla Shaw
Playwright: Richard Tulloch
Lighting Designer: Benjamin Brockman
Sound Designer: Gail Priest
Puppetry Consultant: Kailah Cabanas
Company Stage Manager: Meg Stephens
Assistant Stage Manager: Emily Phillips
2021-22 Australian Cast.
We believe in making our shows accessible for children with additional sensory and learning needs.
Accessible performances may be available at some venues. Please check with your local venue for details.
NSW QLD SA
TOURING 2021 - 2022
Seymour Centre, Chippendale
15 – 16 Dec 2021
Bookings: www.seymourcentre.com or Phone (02) 9061 5344
The Concourse, Chatswood
15 – 20 Jan 2022
Bookings: www.ticketek.com.au or Phone The Concourse Box Office (02) 8075 8111
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Glen St Theatre
Bookings: www.glenstreet.com.au or Phone (02) 9470 5913
* 4 March 10am
17 – 18 March 2022
The Art House
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Riverside Theatres
Bookings: www.riversideparramatta.com.au or Phone (02) 8839 3399
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Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
Bookings: www.thejoan.com.au or Phone (02) 4723 7600
* 13 April 12pm & 14 April 10am
5 – 9 Jan 2022
QPAC
Bookings: www.qpac.com.au or Phone 136 246
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
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Transcendence – Review
Since its release, Transcendence has received a mixed bag of a reaction, sparking mostly negative reviews, particularly in the US. Wally Pfister (best known for cinematographic work alongside Christopher Nolan) makes his debut in the director's chair and his first project is a carefully put together, thought provoking piece of film.
Johnny Depp plays Dr Will Caster, a techno scientist alongside his wife, Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and friend and colleague Max (Paul Bettany) who are attempting to create a computer mind powerful and intelligent enough to solve the world's most potent issues. Due to Dr Caster's controversial experiments and accusations that he is bidding to "create a God", a group of anti-technological extremists set out to stop Caster by any means necessary. Their efforts result in the murder of the Doctor, who ultimately, with the help of his co-workers, resurrects himself in computer form. After Caster raises a number of ethical questions following his experiments from a computer screen, the attempts to stop him become more and more apparent and he has no choice but to react.
It's important to note that you do not need a subscription to Wired magazine in order to comprehend the events of the film. It appears the underlying connotations of the movie have been lost amongst many and is ultimately misunderstood. Nevertheless, Pfister creates a dystopian like atmosphere and fills the film with brain busting morale queries. It should also be added that the film is shot brilliantly, with some incredible locations on show including the world of Caster's underground labs. What a shame therefore that the awing set pieces we've come to associate Pfister with from Inception and The Dark Knight series is evaded in Transcendence. Fortunately, a huge name cast also including Morgan Freeman and Cillian Murphy give the film that added quality needed.
Transcendence does lack a cutting edge; a film defining scene, which the audience is screaming out for. It seems there the film is constantly building up for a mighty spectacle only for it to fizzle out in a relatively anti-climactic manor.
For a directing debut, Pfister's Transcendence is a safe take on an ambitious and complicated, yet intriguing tale. By no means an epic, but a strong cast and some beautiful visuals make this film a satisfying first outing in the director's chair for Pfister.
7/10 #WebbersRatings
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Review
An argument I have been making recently regarding superhero films is how vast amounts of money is thrown into huge set pieces and action sequences, completely disregarding any backstory or emotional credibility. The biggest compliment to offer The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is its impeccable balance of both of these elements.
Andrew Garfield returns as Peter Parker and the masked hero, desperate to discover the secrets of his parents and in particular, his father's research. Emma Stone also returns as love interest Gwen Stacy, the other half in an otherwise complicated partnership undetermined due to her safety under his guidance. Here poses Parker's primary concern but as his alter ego, he faces new challenges. Firstly, Electro played by Jamie Foxx. A one-time Spider-Man enthusiast who suffers an electrical accident resulting with him gaining special sparky powers. Betrayed and lied to by the web-slinger, Electro seeks vengeance, teaming up with Harry Osborne (Dane DeHaan) AKA the Green Goblin, who is after similar revenge.
Importantly, the quality of the casting must be noted. Garfield is superb as Spider-Man and over the two movies has perfected the role as once a geeky and mundane school kid to confident and quirky as the masked hero. The Brit has matured into an exciting and incredibly talented actor, not more evident than in some of the tear jerking and powerful moments Peter shares with Gwen. The same can be said about Emma Stone who is no stranger to romance but the pair's on-camera chemistry is absolutely impeccable. DeHaan is also proving a fascinating screen presence and his damaged aura is perfectly portrayed as Harry Osborn.
Marc Webb's unique style of filmmaking pays dividends in Spider-Man and the entire movie feels incredibly modern with some quality slow motion set pieces in addition to its fine attention to detail. Webb also understands his audience and the similarities that potentially can be shared and related to, with much of the movie based around the young love between Peter and Gwen. And this brings me nicely onto the point I made at the head. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has mass amounts of back-story including discoveries of Peter's father and the highly complicated relationship between him and Gwen. This in addition to some fascinating action sequences ultimately make for an intriguing and exhilarating spectacle.
At two and a half hours, it perhaps is slightly too long for its own good and arguments could be made against the cheap and cringe filled lines made in the film throughout. On top of this, the final scene, which sees an underused Paul Giamatti sporting a questionable robo-mechanic rhino, is somewhat a head in hands moment.
Nevertheless, the second outing for this reboot is a highly impressive watch and refreshing to see a superhero movie not solely concentrating on fighting and blowing everything up. By no means perfect, yet Webb's bold and charming adaptation is a fresh and amiable glance into a future of superhero filmmaking.
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged andrew garfield, emma stone, jamie foxx, marc webb, marvel, spiderman on April 19, 2014 by Ross Webber. Leave a comment
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Scenes That Exist Solely in the Reader's Imagination by Corrina Lawson
Posted onDec 27, 2013 at 5:00 AM
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One of the first things I learned as a writer was to pay attention to point of view.
There is so much advice on point of view, some of it very contradictory. Never head-hop. Don't move from one point of view to another in the same scene. Wait, yes you can, Nora Roberts does it. No, you can't because, hey, we're not all Nora Roberts.
In the end, I found point of view a fascinating writing tool.
I've written two books solely from one point of view, Dinah of Seneca, an alternate history romance, and the upcoming The Curse of the Brimstone Contract, a steampunk romance. But I've written all my other published romances with the usual two point of views: one for the hero, one for the heroine.
So why did I limit myself to one point of view with these two books?
I wanted a challenge.
I'd fallen in love with Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series, a science fiction series with a romantic elements. My favorite book in the series, Cordelia's Honor, was told entirely from the point of view of Cordelia Naismith, the heroine. Not once does the reader get inside the head of Aral Vorkosigan, the hero, or any other characters in this huge cast. And yet, every character is so clearly defined, so real, and incredibly vivid.
Even more, despite (or perhaps because of) this single third-person limited point of view, Bujold was able to suggest scenes and events that took place off the page and these "off the page" suggestions fired my imagination as much as the scenes on the page. For instance, there's a short conversation in which Aral is informed that he'd been in a crash and was unconscious for three days. Aral doesn't remember the events at all. The only internal reaction we see about is his expression. Cordelia hardly reacts internally either, focused more on what's happening in the now.
And yet…I was left with this image of those he loved, particularly his father, frantically searching and rescuing Aral, and a subsequent scene with how the whole household kept the crash from him when he woke up.
How did Bujold do that? How did she make me, the reader, imagine an entire sequence of events from just a few sentences of words on the page? Brilliant.
I wanted to learn how to do that.
What I discovered is that the "restrictive" single point of view structure is actually not restrictive at all. Staying inside the box forced me to think of new and inventive ways to tell the story.
My scenes had to do double duty. I not only had to show what was going on inside my point of view character's head, I needed to imply what was going on in everyone else's head too. That's always the goal in any scene but sometimes when you know you're going to get a character's internal thoughts on an earlier scene laster, it's easy to let that aspect slide.
Not this time.
I found being forced to stay in my heroine's head in Dinah of Seneca made me a more observant writer. I had to add more descriptions not just of character and setting but also in body language, facial expression, and imply scenes, as Bujold did, with a few carefully chosen words. I've always been a decent dialogue writer and good with external plotting. The single point of view made me a better overall writer and improved the weak aspects of my game.
The decision to write The Curse of the Brimstone Contract with a single point of view came from a different place. The Victorian steampunk was inspired by my love of Sherlock Holmes. As everyone knows, save for a rare exception or two, the reader is never, ever inside Holmes' head. The stories are told entirely from Watson's point of view. He's the everyman, the character the audience identifies with as he follows this eccentric genius into crime-solving.
It's a neat author trick by Arthur Conan Doyle because if Holmes never reveals what the clues mean to him, the reader doesn't know. They have to figure it out with Watson. And since Holmes himself is such a mystery, Watson is intrigued at what makes him tick, and so is the reader, making him doubly interesting.
Watson is always the key to a great Holmes story. He can't be an idiot, because that means the audience is an idiot. He has to be an above-average but somewhat ordinary person who can keep up in some ways with Holmes. In Watson's case, it's his skills as a doctor.
But…the author can't cheat! The clues all have to be there for Watson, so when Holmes reveals the solution to the mystery, the reader thinks "Of course! I should have seen that! How clever." rather than "Wait a minute, you've just pulled clues out of your ass." (A mistake, by the way, a lot of mystery writers make.) For me as a reader, withholding clues from the reader that your point of view character should know and share is a cheat, a way to falsely pump up the mystery.
Doyle never had to worry about that. I still think he doesn't get enough respect for crafting incredible mysteries, along with creating such long-lasting characters as Holmes and Watson.
And Doyle did it, like Bujold, by never changing point of views. Our rich impression of Victorian London, our introduction to Holmes' clients, and the very nature of Holmes himself is all from Watson or, rather, from Doyle sticking to Watson's single point of view.
And, as a writer trying to emulate Holmes, the single point of view forced me into being better, into noticing, into putting in details in Curse that I might not have otherwise included because I would have thought "ah, when I get to that POV, I can share that." Nope. There's just one way to get that information in there and it had better be good.
They had to be so good that entire scenes only suggested by a word or two on the page suddenly form, full-fledged, into a reader's imagination.
Corrina Lawson is a former newspaper reporter with a degree in journalism from Boston University. She turned to writing fiction after her twins were born (they were kids three and four) to save her sanity.
She is the author of the alternate history Seneca series: Freya's Gift, Dinah of Seneca and Eagle of Seneca, and the superhero romance Phoenix Institute series: Phoenix Rising, Luminous, Phoenix Legacy, and the upcoming Ghost Phoenix and Phoenix Inheritance. Her steampunk romantic mystery, The Curse of the Brimstone Contract, is due in ebook format out on April 29, 2014.
She's also is the co-writer of The GeekMom Book: Projects, Tips and Adventures for Moms and Their 21st Century Families published by the Potter Craft division of Crown Publishing in October 2012.
You can find her at her website, Corrina-lawson.com, on Facebook as Corrina Lawson writer, and Twitter as @CorrinaLawson.
The Roman Empire of this tenth century stretches from Russia in the East to a new continent in the West. But a new continent brings new threats to their rule. The Roman garrison in Seneca, located in modern-day New York, lacks the supplies and men needed to defeat an alliance of native Mahicans and immigrant Vikings.
Dinah, a former slave trained in espionage, had hoped Seneca would be the start of a new life. Instead, she'd pulled back into war. If Seneca is to survive, Dinah must reconcile her allegiance to Rome with her chance to create her own destiny in the New World with Gerhard, the Viking Chief.
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    opts[:prepend_name] ? arr.dup.unshift(opts[:prepend_name]) : arr
  end

  def data_array(*data_var_names, opts)
    err_msg = "The last parameter passed to #data_array must be a hash of start/end values.\n"
    err_msg += "Example: {:start => 'Tuesday', :end => '2014-01-06'}\n"
    err_msg += "If you want to use all observations, you can pass a blank hash, like {}\n"
    raise err_msg unless opts
    data_arr = []
    Array(data_var_names).each do |name|
      puts "Looping through data_var_names inside data_array with #{name}" if DEBUG
      puts "Calling find(#{name}, #{opts[:start]}, #{opts[:end]}, #{opts})" if DEBUG
      data_arr << find(name, opts[:start], opts[:end], opts)
    end

    if opts[:prepend_names]
      if opts[:prepend_names].is_a? Array
        data_arr = data_arr.each_with_index.map { |var, idx| var.dup.unshift(opts[:prepend_names][idx]) }
      else
        data_arr = data_arr.each_with_index.map { |var, idx| var.dup.unshift(data_var_names[idx]) }
      end
    end
    data_arr
  end

  def current(what, opts={})
    puts "#current called with #{what} and #{opts}" if DEBUG
    send(what.to_sym, opts)
  end

  def index_of_date_value(date)
    time_vars.each do |tv_key, tv_val|
      return tv_val.index(date) if tv_val.include?(date)
    end
    nil
  end

  def set(data_var, date, value)
    arr_index = index_of_date_value(date)
    current(data_var)[arr_index] = value
  end

  def new_time_var(var, vals)
    define_getter_and_setter(var)
    instance_variable_set("@#{var}", vals) if vals
    time_vars[var] = vals unless time_vars.has_key?(var)
    define_var_on(var)
  end

  def new_data_var(var, vals)
    define_getter_and_setter(var)
    self.class.class_eval do
      define_method("#{var}_subset") do |first, last=first|
        start_idx = index_of_date_value(first)
        last_idx = index_of_date_value(last)
        (start_idx && last_idx) ? eval(var)[start_idx..last_idx] : nil
      end
      define_method("#{var}_subset_set") do |first, last, val_arr|
        start_idx = index_of_date_value(first)
        last_idx = index_of_date_value(last)
        if (start_idx && last_idx)
          eval(var)[start_idx..last_idx] = val_arr
        else
          raise "Could not run #{var}_subset with values #{val_arr}"
        end
      end
      define_method("#{var}_diff") do |first=nil, last=nil| # should work only on numeric data
        # this could be made more efficient by caching the full array and/or calculating only a subset of values
        time_vars.each do |tv_key, tv_val|
          start_idx = index_of_date_value(first) || 0
          last_idx = index_of_date_value(last) || (first.nil? ? -1 : start_idx)
          answer = (eval(var).each_cons(2).map { |val1, val2| val2 - val1 }.dup.unshift(nil))[start_idx..last_idx]
          return answer.length == 1 ? answer[0] : answer
        end
      end
      # should DRY out variable creation, probably by passing in a strategy along with the variable name
      define_method("#{var}_cumsum") do |first=nil, last=nil| # should work only on numeric data
        # this could be made more efficient by caching the full array and/or calculating only a subset of values
        time_vars.each do |tv_key, tv_val|
          start_idx = index_of_date_value(first) || 0
          last_idx = index_of_date_value(last) || (first.nil? ? -1 : start_idx)
          sum = eval(var)[0]
          answer = (eval(var).each_cons(2).map { |val1, val2| sum += val2 }.dup.unshift(eval(var)[start_idx]))[start_idx..last_idx]
          return answer.length == 1 ? answer[0] : answer
        end
      end
    end
    define_var_on(var)
    instance_variable_set("@#{var}", vals) if vals
    data_vars[var] = vals unless data_vars.has_key?(var)
  end

  private

  def define_var_on(var)
    self.class.class_eval do
      define_method("#{var}_on") do |first, last=nil, opts={}|
        time_vars.each do |tv_key, tv_val|
          # tv_key is something like 'dows' or 'dates'
          # tv_val is an array of associated values
          start_idx = index_of_date_value(first) || 0
          last_idx = index_of_date_value(last) || (first.nil? ? -1 : start_idx)
          puts "Called with #{first}, #{last}, #{opts}" if DEBUG
          puts "start_idx = #{start_idx}; last_idx = #{last_idx}" if DEBUG
          if start_idx != last_idx
            return eval(var)[start_idx..last_idx]
          elsif start_idx
            return eval(var)[start_idx]
          else
            raise "Can't find #{var}_on for #{first}"
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end

  def define_time_methods_and_set_values
    time_vars.each do |var, vals|
      new_time_var(var, vals)
    end
  end

  def define_data_methods_and_set_values
    data_vars.each do |var, vals|
      new_data_var(var, vals)
    end
  end

  def define_getter_and_setter(var)
    ivar = "@#{var}"
    self.class.class_eval do
      define_method(var) do |opts={}|
        instance_variable_get ivar
      end
      define_method "#{var}=" do |val|
        instance_variable_set ivar, val
      end
    end
  end

end

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Here in the Philippines, Labor Day is celebrated on the 1st of May. For people who have to work on this day (like me!), we are paid double of our daily rate. This day is to commemorate all the laborers and workers of the world who contribute to making the country and the economy better. How, you may ask. Well it's pretty simple - through the taxes we pay, of course!


These descendents of the original colony of oysters discovered by the Pilgrims may be the tastiest wild oysters left on the East Coast. Threateningly briny, they are also lively and clean and wonderfully chewy. Note the goosefoot pattern of raised ridges on the green shell—sign of an oyster exposed to fluctuating tides and temperatures in its youth.


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PLS.trio - pianist Pier Luigi Salami, bassist Martin D Fowler, and drummer Shawn Crowder - lies somewhere in between Northern European jazz and American contemporary jazz, bringing forth a highly energetic and deeply melodious mixture of modern jazz and electronic elements. Tapping musical sophistication and tech savvy to lead their artistic toolkit, the group's focus on melody carries the listener along on a journey drawn from experiences of blazing through city streets and car horns of the trio's native New York, all the way to landscapes reminiscent of sunny, mid-western countryside fields. The trio released their second album, Cosmonauts, in January 2021 on DotTime Records, after previously completing a world tour in support of their debut album "East River", released in February 2015 and acclaimed by press and critics
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Thinking Globally: A Global Studies Reader
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In this accessible text, Mark Juergensmeyer, a pioneer in global studies, provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging field of global studies from regional, topical, and theoretical perspectives. Each of the twenty compact chapters inThinking Globallyfeatures Juergensmeyer's own lucid introduction to the key topics and offers brief excerpts from major writers in those areas. The chapters explore the history of globalization in each region of the world, from Africa and the Middle East to Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and cover key issues in today's global era, such as:• Challenges of the global economy• Fading of the nation-state• Emerging nationalisms and transnational ideologies• Hidden economies of sex trafficking and the illegal drug trade• New communications media• Environmental crises• Human rights abusesThinking Globallyis the perfect introduction to global studies for students, and an exceptional resource for anyone interested in learning more about this new area of study.
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PREFACE: A Friendly Introduction to Global Studies
(pp. xiii-xviii)
1 THINKING GLOBALLY
(pp. 3-29)
Manfred Steger, Thomas Friedman, Paul James and Steven Weber
Your friends may have peeked over your shoulders at this book and asked why you interested in global studies. And they might have added, just what is that, anyway? what do you tell them? You could say that you are studying what goes on in the world that knits us all together—but that sounds sort of soft and squishy. Or you could them that you are studying the economic and technological networks that interact on global plane. But that's only part of the story.
The honest truth is that "global studies" can mean a lot of different things, both...
2 GLOBALIZATION OVER TIME
(pp. 30-50)
William McNeill, Jane Burbank, Frederick Cooper, Immanuel Wallerstein and Dominic Sachsenmaier
When did globalization begin? If you wanted to trace the history of globalization, where would you start? Well, you could begin with the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union. If you get a bit more reflective, you might go back to a period of history several centuries earlier, when ships plied the oceans with cargoes of silver, spices, and sugar, or when the reach of European colonialization extended throughout the world. You might even reach back earlier in time, when great empires dominated huge stretches of land, such as the Mongol empire in Central...
PART II: THE MARCH OF GLOBALIZATION, BY REGION
3 AFRICA: The Rise of Ethnic Politics in a Global World
Nayan Chanda, Dilip Hiro, Jeffrey Haynes, Jacob K. Olupona and Okwudiba Nnoli
In this and the next seven chapters of this book, we will explore the way that global forces have affected different regions of the world and the way that these areas have contributed to global culture, society, economy, and political life. You might call this the "global-in" and "global-out" approach. We are interested in the global currents that have flowed into a particular region at different moments in history (global in) and the way that elements of those societies have gone out into other areas of the world (global out).
We begin with Africa. It is a logical place to...
4 THE MIDDLE EAST: Religious Politics and Antiglobalization
Mohammed Bamyeh, Said Amir Arjomand, Jonathan Fox and Barah Mikaïl
The Europeans who gave the Middle East its name thought of it as the crossroads of West and East, at the intersection of the main overland routes between Africa and Asia and Europe. All of these areas influenced the Middle East, of course, but the Middle East has made its own enormous contributions to global culture and the transnational economy as well. Three of the world's great religious traditions began there—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—and its natural resources, including oil, have made parts of the Middle East prosperous. The world's tallest building is in Dubai, and one of the...
5 SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: Global Labor and Asian Culture
(pp. 99-113)
Richard Foltz, Morris Rossabi, Vasudha Narayanan, Barbara D. Metcalf, Thomas R. Metcalf, Carol Upadhya and A.R. Vasavi
Like the Middle East, South Asia has been at the crossroads of civilizations over the centuries. Outsiders came from the West, transforming Indian culture and bringing Islam, Christianity, and ancient Indo-European cultures and languages to the subcontinent. Some of Asia's most important cultural traditions have flowed out of South Asia. Buddhism was born in India, and it spread from there around the world. Hinduism and Sikhism, which also had their origins in India, have had a global reach as well. The current interaction of South Asia with the world culturally, economically, and demographically has historical precedents.
When we talk about...
6 EAST ASIA: Global Economic Empires
(pp. 114-132)
Kenneth Pomeranz, Andre Gunder Frank, Steven Radelat, Jeffrey Sachs, Jong-Wha Lee and Ho-Fung Hung
Whether a region is east or west or at the center depends, of course, on one's point of view. To whom is "East Asia" east, or even "far east," and to whom is it "the Orient"? The answer is Europeans, of course. For centuries, they thought of the area at the other end of the Eurasian land mass as mystical and foreboding, as forbidden as the Forbidden City adjacent to Tiananmen Square in Beijing. And yet East Asia has never been that remote. Even though Japan and Korea were sometimes reclusive, China always interacted economically with the rest of the...
7 SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: The Edges of Globalization
Georges Coedès, Benedict Anderson, Sucheng Chan, Celeste Lipow MacLeod and Joel Robbins
Southeast Asia has been on the edges of great civilizations of Asia such as China and India. But also, its strategic geographic location has put the mainland and islands of Southeast Asia at the crossroads of commercial traffic and cultural interaction, leading it to have formidable transnational empires of its own. As a result, Southeast Asia has been a mélange of competing influences from ancient times to the present.
Southeast Asia consists of the land and islands east of India, south of China, and north of Australia. A distinction is often made between mainland and insular areas. Mainland Southeast Asia...
8 EUROPE AND RUSSIA: Nationalism and Transnationalism
Peter Stearns, Eric Hobsbawm, Seyla Benhabib, Odd Arne Westad and Jürgen Habermas
During the time of the Mediterranean civilizations some two thousand years ago, Europe was at the margins of the civilized world, However, in the past several centuries it has dominated the global order. European nations reached out to the world seeking resources and trade, and they ended up conquering vast spans of territory. When they receded from their colonial territories, they left behind Europe's distinctive contribution to global politics, the concept of the nation-state. It is something of a paradox, then, that in the current global age Europe is forming a new transnational political and economic structure, the European Union....
9 THE AMERICAS: Development Strategies
Charles C. Mann, Tzvetan Todorov, Francis Fukuyama and Denis Lynn Daly Heyck
The rest of the world has been aware of the Western hemisphere for only a little over five hundred years, but in those relatively brief years, the Americas have played a vital role in global development. Initially, the resources of the region were plundered to bring wealth to Europe and other parts of the world. Later, America's countries—particularly its leading nation, the United States—dominated the rest of the world both economically and in popular culture. But development among countries within the region has never been equal. The same region that produced one of the world's richest nations also...
PART III: TRANSNATIONAL GLOBAL ISSUES
10 GLOBAL FORCES IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER
Benjamin Barber, Samuel Huntington, Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri and Saskia Sassen
Beginning with this section of the book, we turn from the regional explorations of globalization to a series of contemporary issues that affect the whole world. Though many of these issues have a historical dimension and have been a feature of all parts of the world from ancient times to the present, we will focus on the contemporary period—the global era of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.
By general consensus, something big began to happen at the end of the twentieth century. Part of what happened was obvious: the end of the Cold War. The Berlin wall...
11 THE EROSION OF THE NATION-STATE
Kenichi Ohmae, Susan Strange, Zygmunt Bauman and William I. Robinson
Before I traveled to another country, I used to carefully convert my dollars into German deutschmarks, Italian lira, and all the other currency I would need abroad. Today, I never do such a thing. For one thing, the deutschmark and lira no longer exist; they have been replaced by the European euro. For another thing, all I need is the piece of plastic in my pocket—my credit card.
The disappearance of foreign currency is an eerie symbol of the fading of the idea of the nation-state in the global era. It can be argued that the idea of the...
12 RELIGIOUS POLITICS AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
Monica Duffy Toft, Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah, Mark Juergensmeyer, Olivier Roy and Richard Falk
The horrendous images of the World Trade Center towers crumbling to dust in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were a shock to people around the world. They were even more surprised to find that these attacks were framed in the language of religion. These acts were not about religion in the narrow sense—they were not efforts to promote a particular set of beliefs—yet religion was part of the language that justified them. One of the remarkable features of political life in the global era is the rise of strident new forms of religious politics. The last...
13 TRANSNATIONAL ECONOMY AND GLOBAL LABOR
Richard Appelbaum, Nelson Lichtenstein, Robert B. Reich, Jagdish Bhagwati and Joseph Stiglitz
When the termglobalizationis used, it often means economic globalization—and not just economic globalization in general. Those who use the term often have a certain kind of globalization in mind—the spread of corporate capitalism around the world. So when people argue about whether globalization is a good thing, often what they're really talking about is whether global corporate capitalism is a good thing. They are arguing about the way that transnational corporations affect society in different parts of the world. This controversial subject often does not present a very pretty picture, especially if sweatshops and environmental damage...
14 GLOBAL FINANCE AND FINANCIAL INEQUALITY
Benjamin J. Cohen, Stephen J. Kobrin, Glenn Firebaugh and Dani Rodrik
If someone asked you to name the most widely traded thing in the world, what would your answer be? Would you say oil? Arms? Illegal drugs? If you said any of these, you would be wrong. The most frequently traded thing is money—lots of money. Every day currency of every denomination is traded back and forth, some $4 trillion dollars' worth daily.
The value of most currencies fluctuates from day to day according to how much people in other countries are willing to pay to buy them, using their own currency or one that is commonly accepted around the...
15 DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Alvin Y. So, Mayra Buvinic, Kum-Kum Bhavnani, John Foran, Priya A. Kurian and Debashish Munshi
Development sounds like the kind of thing everyone would want. After all, a child is not considered to be grown up until he or she is fully developed. When our bodies are mature, our minds are more alert. So when the term is applied to countries and regions of the world, it sounds like this is the sort of thing to which all countries would aspire. No matter how rugged their roads, how tawdry their houses, how backwards their schools, they want to develop into something better, and be more like the big kids—the developed countries of the world....
16 THE HIDDEN GLOBAL ECONOMY OF SEX AND DRUGS
David Shirk, Eduardo Porter, Kevin Bales, Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild
Most of the world's economic activity is in plain sight. You can go down to the docks at the port of Long Beach near Los Angeles, for instance, and see a line of huge container ships that have arrived from China. From there, the goods they carry are trucked throughout the country, as everyone can see. But other aspects of the global economy are less visible, such as commodities and activities that are slipped across borders in the middle of the night. They are part of the hidden economy, and they are hidden for a reason: They are illegal.
Throughout...
17 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH CRISES
Catherine Gautier, Ron Fujita and Hakan Seckinelgin
When college students in Santa Barbara toss old plastic chairs off the balconies of their rooms overlooking the Pacific Ocean, they think that the chairs will just disappear. But that's not what happens; they can stay around for years, and currents in the ocean can carry bits of that plastic debris throughout the oceans' ecosystem. Some of it may end up in the Pacific trash vortex—also known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—a swirling gyre of oceanborne trash floating on hundreds of square miles of the ocean's surface in the northern central Pacific region.
Perhaps nothing demonstrates the...
18 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA
Yudhishthir Raj Isar, Michael Curtin, Natana J. DeLong-Bas and Pippa Norris
I have a friend who likes to play chess on the Internet. He's not always sure who he is playing with or where they are from. So he started asking, and was surprised to find out that some of his opponents were in Russia. Others were in Hong Kong, Cairo, and Mexico City. On the Internet you can be anywhere and everywhere, or you can be nowhere, if you want to stay anonymous. ANew Yorkercartoon that I like shows a dog at a computer terminal, speaking to another dog.
"On the Internet," he says, "no one knows that...
19 THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Micheline Ishay, Alison Brysk, Eve Darian-Smith and David Held
There may be huge cultural differences among societies from urban Manhattan to tribal Papua New Guinea and from the Amazon rain forests to Sahara oases. But one thing that all societies have in common is that they respect human life; they believe people should be treated with respect and dignity. How this respect is interpreted varies, however, and there is a great deal of disagreement over whether all humans are in fact treated fairly.
Yet there is intuitively a kind of common moral culture—a global ethic—shared by everyone on the planet. This global ethic is the basis for...
20 THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY
Mary Kaldor, Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Giles Gunn and Kwame Anthony Appiah
Throughout this book we've been talking about globalization as if it were about things—the economy, the environment, and political and technological changes. But it's not just about things. It's also about people—about us.
How are people changing in the global era? In this chapter, we will consider some new ways in which people are thinking about themselves. Earlier in history, people identified themselves primarily as members of a particular group—an ethnic, religious, or national community. In the global era, sometimes it appears that these traditional identities have become stronger and even strident, as some people desperately want...


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Pacers poised for productive spring
The Delaware Hayes baseball team has been hovering just below the .500 mark the last several seasons … something this year's group is more than capable of changing.
"I really like the pedigree of this team … they're competitors and fighters," Hayes coach Ryan Montgomery said. "I think they'll surprise a lot of people with their relentless effort and determination."
You see, the Pacers didn't like losing more than they won last spring, which Montgomery said was especially apparent by how hard they worked this offseason.
"This is a group that won't give in," Montgomery said. "They're extremely determined … that could be seen all offseason during our morning workouts with the attitude and effort they put into getting better every day.
"I believe the unity we created this offseason will help with our resilience and fight in close games. We're looking to take advantage of that this season by turning around a lot of those close loses from last season into victories this year."
Montgomery said the 2018 edition of Hayes baseball will be buoyed by pitching and defense. The rotation will be anchored by seniors Jason Cross and Nick Neuhart and junior Mason Davis.
"They'll be the horses this season," the coach said. "Right behind them, though, are Matt Gladden (junior) and Cory Richardson (sophomore). This is the first year we've had a ton of depth at the pitching position, which should be a strength of this team. We also have a ton of solid relievers who can go multiple innings for us."
Cross, a University of Northwestern Ohio commit, keeps hitters off-balance with a good mix of four solid pitches he can go to at any time. Davis, another three-year contributor, will start at shortstop and provide some pop in the lineup when he's not on the mound and Neuhart, who will continue his baseball career at Methodist University after this season, will also log lots of innings.
Montgomery said his team should be able to put some runs on the board as well. The lineup, featuring experienced guys like four-year letterwinner Dominic Byers and three-year letterwinners Cole Barton, Ryan Daughenbaugh and Zach Miller, is as balanced as it's been in years. All four are seniors.
"Dom was honorable mention All-OCC and All-District last season," Montgomery said. "He was our leading hitter by average last year and we're looking for big things from him at the plate again. Cole has great speed and will be our leadoff hitter — he's an extremely dynamic player — Ryan will be a big contributor for us at the plate because he has power to all fields and Zach will be a middle-of-the-lineup hitter for us."
Byers, a Wingate University commit, will play third base and shortstop in addition to seeing some time on the mound. Barton will be the second baseman, Daughenbaugh is making the switch from right field to center and Miller is moving from left field to right.
Junior Zach Price and senior Logan Keeder will also be key cogs for the Pacers.
"Zach is making the switch from shortstop to first and will be one of our top relievers out of the bullpen," Montgomery said. "He's a great hitter with tremendous power … he's a guy that can change the outlook of the game with one swing of the bat.
"Logan will take over behind the plate. He's an extremely smart baseball player who knows the pitches really well and knows how to control the game."
Montgomery said fans should also look out for senior Isaiah Moore, sophomore Alex Kelly and juniors Ryan Murphy and Brandon Flannery this spring. Moore is a left fielder with plenty of power in his bat, Kelly will be a key piece to the lineup, Murphy will be another go-to reliever and Flannery will be a utility guy who can play just about anywhere.
Hayes opens the season next Tuesday against visiting Saline (Michigan). First pitch is slated for 5 p.m.
For years, the Delaware Hayes softball team was a shoe-in for the district title game. The Pacers made three straight from 2013-2015 … and made it look easy.
They fell a game short each of the last two seasons, though … something Hayes' experienced core is looking to change this time around.
The Pacers will be led into the 2018 campaign by four-year letterwinners Amaia Daniel (catcher/shortstop), Mallory Stonebraker (first base) and Audrey Hannahs (left field).
"Amaia will be the leader of the team," Hayes coach Mark Thomas said. "Mallory is our power hitter and Audrey brings a lot of experience to the outfield."
Three-year letterwinners Chloe Barton (third base) and Lexi Mattix (second base), both juniors, are also back.
"Chloe has a very good glove, speed and arm at the hot corner," Thomas said, "and Lexi has nice speed to cover the holes and is a great leadoff slapper."
Other returners included junior catcher Bobbi Adams, sophomore pitcher Haley Osborne, junior center fielder Alex Armstrong and junior designated player Liaiha Slayton.
"Bobbi is a very good catcher who will help our team with her experience from last year," Thomas said. "Haley will be our No. 1 pitcher again this year. She has improved and is ready to take control in the circle.
"Alex has made big strides since last season and Liaiha brings experience to the offensive side of the ball. She's a good hitter."
Others Thomas expects to contribute will be senior outfielder Megan Shearer, senior right fielder/second baseman Abby Lewis, senior pitcher Jillian Haley and senior outfielder Alison Gemberling.
Thomas said experience and team unity are the group's biggest strengths.
"I like how tight we are as a team and we're bringing back a lot of experience from last year."
The Pacers open the spring next Tuesday against visiting Watterson. First pitch is slated for 5:15 p.m.
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