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This game almost certainly will crash, perhaps even crash your computer (witnessed on OSX). Regrettably this traces to an issue deep within the innards of a library used extensively in the app. This is a 'will not fix' issue, so please continue at your own risk!
Not so much a game, more a story with a game inside it.
'Hello Operator' is a narrative based exploration of the Connected Worlds theme.
Step back to early 20th century Sheffield.
Live out your fantasy as a switchboard operator.
Click, drag and read your way through five days of monochrome vignettes.
Big big thanks to Marck Thornton and Jin Chan Yum Wai for artwork.
Part of Beijing LD Jam 2014.
Solid build. Nice theme and mood. Game itself is a bit tricky.
Played it earlier though, great work!!!
This turned out really well! Intentionally frustrating and I even exclaimed "Stop thinking, woman!!", so you really nailed what you were going for.
Ok, so let me start by saying that it indeed crashed my computer, so I did not play to the end.
What I can say from what I've played is that this is a great, great, great game. First, your take on the theme is quite original (I mean, I'm kind of getting sick of having to connect or collide planets); the art style and sounds were are on the spot, and the gameplay mechanics totally unexpected and quite profound in how they somehow pit the player's responsiveness against the character's impatience. All in all, fantastic job!
the main game is hard. but the story and mood of the game is great. GJ.


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Five Lessons from the Chargers' Draft
Ricky Henne
Here are five top lessons learned from the Chargers' 2018 draft:
1. Defense, Defense, Defense, Defense – For only the second time in franchise history, the Bolts chose a defensive player with their first-round pick of the draft. The only other time they chose four straight on that side of the ball was in 1975. But, if you think that was on purpose, you'd be dead wrong. General Manager Tom Telesco explained how the draft simply played out in a way that the best player on their board happened to be on defense:
"It's just kind of the way it fell. We had some discussions on different points on guys at other positions, but we ended up defense, defense, defense, which isn't the worst thing in the world…. We never go into a draft thinking, 'Hey, let's address defense. Let's address offense. Let's go 50/50. It just kind of plays out. The draft worked out that it was a very strong defensive class, so that helped us and there were players available there for us."
2. The Steal of the Draft – That's what top pundits are calling Derwin James, who many considered a lock to be a top 10 pick. Some even thought he could go as high as the top five. Yet after a run on quarterbacks, the safety was somehow still available when the Bolts were on the clock at 17. It's not hyperbole to say that draft experts' jaws dropped that he lasted that long. After all, this is a player that ESPN's Todd McShay described as "one of the most versatile prospects I've ever evaluated." It's safe to say Defensive Coordinator Gus Bradley was just as surprised to see James still available:
"We were watching as the draft was going, and teams were making trades up. So we were hesitant, but hoping. We knew we were going to have a good player there, but to have a guy of Derwin James' caliber, athleticism, speed, football intelligence, the way he competes and really just how he is as a player, to have him be there for us was a great pick. He really jumps out on film, so we are really excited about the skillset that he offers."
3. Senior Bowl Slant – Some of the Chargers' top draft picks over the years took part in the Senior Bowl, including the likes of Philip Rivers and LaDainian Tomlinson. This year, five of the Bolts' seven picks participated in the annual all-star showcase down in Mobile this past January. Telesco explained how that was just a coincidence, yet did stress how vital the Senior Bowl is when it comes to draft evaluations:
"It wasn't something that we tried to do. It just happened. I noticed the same thing at some point in the draft. I said, 'Other than Derwin, our next picks are all Senior Bowl players.' Phil Savage who runs the Senior Bowl does a great job picking the right players for that game. Obviously, we got a lot of good evaluations of them playing and practicing against other NFL prospects. So that's a help. But it was a coincidence, a nice coincidence, that we have some kids that were four-year players at their colleges and come in here with a little experience."
4. Living the Dream – Every single player drafted by all 32 teams realized their lifelong dream of reaching the NFL. Still, few, if any, realized their dream quite like Scott Quessenberry, who grew up a diehard Chargers fan. His family owned season tickets, so he would attend games, imagining being in the very same Chargers uniform he'll now don. He idolized the likes of Nick Hardwick (whose number 61 he'll wear to honor the former center), Kris Dielman and others in the trenches. So, it goes without saying the Bolts' fifth-round pick truly is living the dream of millions of kids:
"It's unbelievable. It was getting pretty late in the draft, and I was kind of freaking out a little bit, but as soon as that phone rang, my stomach dropped and it feels great to be able to call myself a Charger. It's just incredible. Growing up watching guys like Nick Hardwick, Mike Goff, Kris Dielman. Their offensive line tradition there is unreal and out of this world so to be a part of it and hopefully be one of the next Pro Bowlers is unreal. To have the bolt on the side of my helmet is going to be huge to be able to honor my family. But I'm going to do whatever I can for the organization to win football games and make us better."
5. The Hammer – When the Bolts' selected Denzel Perryman in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft, the team described him as a hammer. That's a quality they assign to several prospects that lay the lumber on defense. Well, Chargers fans will be happy to hear that fourth-round pick Kyzir White is one of those hammers. While he played mainly safety at West Virginia, the team plans to use White at linebacker. Telesco's description of the fourth-round pick shows exactly why they feel that way:
"He was a hybrid safety/linebacker there. We see him as a linebacker for us. About 6-2, 200. Very athletic and very physical. So he has a lot of qualities we like at linebacker, and we think that he should be able to handle that projection pretty well."
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Upon Further Review: Five Lessons from the Chargers' 2019 Draft
What we learned about the Bolts' seven-man draft class.
Upon Further Review: Five Lessons from the 2019 Combine
Here are five top lessons learned after attending the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine.
Upon Further Review: Five Lessons from the Ravens Game
The five top lessons learned from the Chargers' 23-17 win over the Ravens.
Upon Further Review: Five Lessons from the Broncos Game
The top five lessons learned from the Chargers 23-9 win over the Denver Broncos.
The top five lessons learned from the Chargers' 22-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens
Upon Further Review: Five Lessons from the Chiefs Game
The top five lessons learned from the Chargers' 29-28 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Upon Further Review: Five Lessons from the Bengals Game
The top five lessons learned from the Chargers' 26-21 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Upon Further Review: Five Lessons from the Steelers Game
The top five lessons learned from the Chargers' 33-30 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Upon Further Review: Five Lessons from the Cardinals Game
The top five lessons learned from the Chargers' 45-10 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
The top five lessons learned from the Chargers' 23-22 loss to the Denver Broncos.
Upon Further Review: Five Lessons from the Raiders Game
Top lessons learned from the Chargers' 20-6 win over the Oakland Raiders.
Upon Further Review: Five Lessons from the Seahawks Game
The top five lessons learned from the Chargers' 25-17 win in Seattle.

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W00t is the diffrence? There are no shadows!!! I have no shadows except laras :confused: Is it normal? I've got 5500fx with PS 2.0 .
Your game will look like that if the next gen content is turned on. Unfortunately, the demo doesn't have that option. The full game will.
Yes it is, i think. Soft shadows are one of the most graphic card power consuming thing so it must be the next gen content.


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Former UConn hero George to be sentenced for Ponzi scheme
By Raphielle JohnsonDec 9, 2015, 5:20 PM EST
The man responsible for one of the greatest moments in the history of the UConn basketball program is due to be sentenced for running a Ponzi scheme.
Tate George, whose shot as time expired beat Clemson in the Sweet 16 of the 1990 NCAA tournament, began the process of being sentenced for running a Ponzi scheme estimated to have cost investors in upwards of $7 million. George was convicted on four counts of wire fraud in September 2013, with investors such as former UConn player Charlie Villanueva and former NBA player Brevin Knight among those who lost money in the real estate scam.
Another person who lost money was Randall Pinkett, the winner of "The Apprentice" in 2005. Pinkett was awarded $145,000 in a civil suit he filed against George. Multiple real estate projects fell through as past of the scheme that will land George behind bars.
Prosecutors charged that George's claims that he had a personal net worth of $12 million and that his company had a real estate portfolio of more than $500 million were both false because the totals in both instances were closer to zero. Numerous real estate projects fell through and were never built – even though the investors had provided money to George for the projects. George testified that the $500 million figure was accurate because it included projects on which he served as a consultant and others that had not yet been built.
George was given time to prepare for the sentencing portion of the trial by U.S. District Judge Mary Cooper since he, without prior law experience, took the step of representing himself. According to the Hartford Courant, George's dismissal of two attorneys resulted in multiple delays to the trial.
Despite George's decision to represent himself, George was assigned an attorney by Judge Cooper to help him prepare his defense. George could end up serving up to nine years in prison as a result of his conviction, with the two sides making arguments as to how much money was lost in the scheme. That will have an impact the length of George's sentence.


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next stop at our new year's yourney was the schneeberg snow hill (schneeberg / sneznik) in chech switzerland area.
our next stop on our new year's journey in the bohemian switzerland was the city of decin / CZ (former german name: Tetschen or Tetschen–Bodenbach) at the river elbe (czech: labe).
julian assange on donald trump, hillary clinton, wars & co.
i have just read an interesting interview with julian assange about donald trump, hillary clinton, wars and much more. julian said that hillary played a leading role in the usa aggressor's war against libya which produced the refugee crisis in europe and the catastrophy in syria, so there is hope for better with trump as president :-) ... => just read the full interview here: repubblica / italy.
crazy me, after swimming for the very first time in the ice-cold lake königssee 3 weeks ago, i did this strange winter swimming stuff again. well, yesterday at lake lusssee & (anarchists') tipi platz it was somehow too cold / too bad for me, so i just went up to the knees into the water. today at lake wörthsee i really swum. probably only for 10 second, but after that i felt like a new born, my dears :-). btw, there are many other bavarian lakes to swim out there, aren't they?
it is time to protest against the global elites which lead us into nuclear extinction, antonymous said.
well, the most (western) people think probably about christmas these days, me too. as many others i also think about love and peace and yes, especially peace is such a fragile commodity.
"All of these players, these politicians are nothing more than puppets, they don't serve the people there is no real democracy, they serve the rich and powerful who run the world and that would be the bankers who control the money supply. The bankers make huge amounts of money....wars are great for them and ultimately they control the politicians.


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"Turning Mecca into Las Vegas"
Saudi Wahhabis Continue Assault on Islamic Heritage
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3496/mecca-islamic-heritage
Saudi plans indicate that commercial ambitions outweigh the protection of the spiritual and cultural history of Islam.
Wahhabi extremists and property developers affiliated with the Saudi authorities are furthering plans to demolish the oldest sections of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the location to which all the world's Muslims turn in prayer. They apparently intend to remove features of the site dating back many centuries, such as columns placed in the Grand Mosque during the eighth century CE. Also, porticos designed by the legendary Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan (c. 1489/1490-1588 CE), whose achievements, and those of his personal disciples, are found at many places in the Islamic culture area, from Bosnia-Hercegovina to India, are slated for destruction.
Public dismay about the proposed wrecking, to be done under the pretext of renovation and modernization, has been notable. In response, the Imam and Friday preacher of the Grand Mosque, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, a prominent Wahhabi fanatic and hatemonger, has promised that the areas of the Grand Mosque originating in the Abbasid Arab caliphate (750-1258 CE) and the Ottoman period of rule in Mecca and Medina would not be touched.
Al-Sudais, head of the official Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques, and with the rank of a minister in the royal court, has told the pan-Arab daily newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat [The Middle East] that the remodeling of the Grand Mosque, would be completed over three years, and would be limited to minor expansions intended to make tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah, the sacred structure at the center of the mosque) easier during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. He stipulated that "removal will be limited to (the first Saudi expansion, 60 years ago), without disturbing the Ottoman porticos, except for arches and lights…maintaining the old area, reduced in proportion to align with the zone of circumambulation." However, some of the Abbasid and Turkish area including the portico's have already been demolished, and authorities stated that these portico's will inadvertently have to be removed during expansion work between the two hills of Safa and Marwa.
The Saudi dailies Okaz and Saudi Gazette reported that construction work on the Grand Mosque already commenced in mid-November, with the Saudi Gazette boasting, in the idiom of architectural gigantism favored currently in Saudi Arabia, that the project includes "the two largest tower cranes ever built in the 21st century in the eastern and western parts of the mosque."
A cable-car system has also been proposed to serve old and disabled pilgrims by linking the mataf, at which pilgrims walk around the Ka'bah, with the masa'a, a location where Hajj participants run symbolically between two hills, Safa and Marwa. Again reflecting the Saudi fascination with oversized construction works, the Saudi Gazette asserted that upon its completion the Grand Mosque would accommodate 130,000 pilgrims per hour in the march around the Ka'bah. The current average is 52,000 per hour.
As noted in the Arab News, the top floor of the mataf would be altered to add a moving walkway carrying pilgrims around the Ka'bah. The new plan would provide access to the circumambulation area from outside the walls of the Grand Mosque, without crossing the floor of the mosque. Bridges and pedestrian lanes are to be included in the structure to "reduce crowding" during the Hajj, at the same time as, illogically, the Wahhabis claim they will greatly expand the capacity for pilgrims.
Saudi and other Muslim sources express concern that Al-Sudais and his Wahhabi accomplices are lying about their intentions in the project. Dr. Hatoon Al-Fassi, a female Meccan native, distinguished Sufi, and history professor at King Saud University in Riyadh, who, let it be noted, refuses to cover her face in public with the Wahhabi-imposed niqab or face veil, has accused the Saudi Bin Laden construction conglomerate, which is supervising the rebuilding of the mosque, of seeking to "turn Mecca into Las Vegas." Specifically, Al-Fassi charges that the reconstruction plans include "tearing down the ancient Ottoman-style galleries and rebuilding 'identical' galleries further away." Al-Fassi cites an unnamed official of the Saudi Ministry of Hajj Affairs as the source of this information.
Al-Fassi alleges further that the new galleries would support "new towers… featuring hotels, restaurants, and malls."
The precincts of the Grand Mosque already include new buildings, which house a clock tower and hotel complexes that dwarf the Mosque and the Ka'bah. Saudi plans indicate that commercial ambitions outweigh the protection of the spiritual and cultural legacy of Islam.
In an admission that the grandiose refurbishing of Mecca has harmed the Islamic heritage of the sacred city, Muhammad Abdullah Idris, author of the architectural upgrading study, told the Arab News that demolition blasts during erection of the outsized and overbearing recent structures near the Grand Mosque have undermined the strength of the mosque and, especially, its pillars.
Saudi King Abdullah ordered a halt to a proposed expansion of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina after a major article was published in The Independent (London) by the Islamic Heritage Research Foundation, exposing the Wahhabi plans and opposing to the concept. The article was re-published worldwide by other newspapers and generated significant media coverage. The Medina expansion would have involved serious historical vandalism. It is to be hoped that similar opposition will move the King to halt the defacement of the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Aerial view of the Abbasid Portico's in Mecca.
Related Topics: Saudi Arabia
Ninetyninepct • May 12, 2014 at 17:30
What happens in "Vegas" should stay in "Vegas". Looking at the picture in the article, I can just imagine if IED's were involved.
Rafaqat Ali • Dec 13, 2012 at 13:22
It is very much unfair to say that the changes which are taking places at Makkah are for just commercial purpose. There is much increase in the number of pilgrimages. It is especially too much crowded during Hajj, Ramadhan, and summer vacation. The expansion of Makkah has been going on for centuries. Every ruler of Makkah and Madina has done his utmost to help the pilgrims have the best facilities there. Before these changes were going on in an irregular basis. New markets and housing units were expanding. The commercial aspect was also always there as pilgrimage spending was the main source of income for Makkah and Madina people.
Now because of vast resources available to the Saudi government, they are trying to do it systematically. Old irregular surroundings have been demolished and new high rise buildings with safety measures have been constructed. It would have been impossible to handle the visitor, if there would have been no expansion of holy mosques. It is a natural growth, handled in a systematical way.
It is good to preserve the past, but it is not the fundamental requirement of Islam. The Abbasids have made changes. The Turks have made changes. This process will continue for centuries to come. The Masjid, which was used to handle 100,000-200,000 pilgrimages, is now capable of handing approximately 3-4 million. In coming years, it may have to be expanded to handle 30-40 million visitors. This expansion has to be around Kaaba, so something will again have to be demolished and rebuilt in a new design, with the requirement of that time.
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Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, a prominent activist against the widespread slavery in Mauritania, was jailed in January 2015 alongside two other activists. He was arrested during an anti-slavery protest and sentenced by a Mauritanian court to two years in prison, convicted of "belonging to an illegal organization, leading an unauthorized rally, and violence against the police."


It seems jolly unlikely that Capcom will bring their Monster Hunter series to PC any time soon, but if you really want to hunt giant nasty things and beat them up in half-hour boss battles, Koei Tecmo will let you have a crack at their knock-off.
Toukiden: Kiwami [official site], an action-RPG about hunting and murdering giant demons, is coming to PC via Steam on June 26th. It's all a bit Monster Hunter-y but I hear it's not as good as Monster Hunter but you do get to fight giant demons and it does support co-op and that doesn't sound half-bad.
Right! So: hordes of horrible demons/oni have swarmed the world, and you're one of the defenders of your village. As well as smashing monsters yourself, you can become pally with other warriors in your village and have them join your squad. Or replace them with online co-op players.
As these sorts of games often will, it boasts of big numbers: 100 hours to complete; 50 types of Oni; 300 fallen heroes "whose rescued souls help strengthen the player's team", which I'm sure means something; and 1500 weapon variations.
Tagged with Koei Tecmo, Omega Force, Toukiden: Kiwami.


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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia MEN I - Medical Malpractice
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type I or MEN I is a genetic disorder that causes specific tumours in the endocrine glands and in the duodenum. It is also known as Wermer's syndrome after one of the doctors that first identified the disease. The disease affects both genders equally and occurs in one out of 30,000 live births. MEN I affects the endocrine glands, which are the glands that release hormones into the body to affect other areas of the body. Hormones are specific chemicals that bind to cells and affect certain cells of the body.
In MEN I, the affected glands include the pancreas, the parathyroid glands and the pituitary gland. The tumours that form often form at exactly the same time, making the diagnosis easier. The glands form tumours but do not tend to be overactive.
When the parathyroid glands are involved, they form hyperparathyroidism. The parathyroid glands are four glands buried beneath and within the thyroid gland. In MEN I, the disease forms parathyroid adenomas, releasing too much parathyroid hormone (PTH) into the bloodstream. This messes with the calcium in the blood and with the bones that receive the calcium. There is too much calcium in the blood when a person has MEN I because of adenomas of all four parathyroid glands. The glands are not cancerous-just overactive. The bones can lose calcium and can become weak. Most people with hyperparathyroidism from MEN I get the disease before the age of 50 but some can get it before the age of 20. Symptoms include fatigue, muscle or bony pain, weakness, constipation, kidney stones or indigestion. Osteoporosis can also come from this disorder. Treatment includes surgery to remove at least three if not all of the glands making up the parathyroid gland.
The pancreas is also affected by MEN I. The pancreas releases insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, vasoactive intestinal peptide and gastrin. In MEN I, it is the gastrin that is over secreted in a condition known as a gastrinoma of the pancreas. Gastrin causes too much stomach acid to be secreted and serious diarrheal symptoms. The person can develop ulcers of the stomach quite easily in an illness called Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. It is difficult to treat the ulcers caused by this syndrome. There are often many gastrinomas in the pancreas at the same time, making surgical correction of this aspect of the disorder very difficult. The treatment revolves around taking acid pump inhibitors like Prilosec in order to block the excess gastrin production. Insulinomas can also be a part of MEN I and the person often has low blood sugar or hypoglycaemia. About ten percent of people with MEN I go on to develop insulinomas. Even less common are gastrinomas which lead to diabetes mellitus. Tumours that secrete ACTH can also come out of the pancreas in MEN I. Rarely gonadotropin-releasing hormone tumours can be a problem in cases of MEN I.
The pituitary gland is a small gland at the base of the brain. It produces multiple hormones used in reproduction, metabolism and other body functions. About a fourth of patients develop prolactinomas, which secrete prolactin that affects milk production by the mammary glands. There can be an excessive amount of breast milk produced and it can interfere with fertility in both men and women.
There may need to be no treatment for prolactinomas except for dopamine agonist medication that can shrink the tumour and can result in a lower production of prolactin.
Less commonly, MEN I can cause tumours that secrete ACTH, which stimulates the adrenal glands to make too much cortisol. This results in pituitary-induced Cushing's syndrome. Other pituitary tumours less common in MEN I include growth hormone tumours.
The treatment of MEN I is directed at slowing the production of the various hormones secreted in the disease. It can be very difficult to treat, especially if there is no antidote for the hormone secreted. The glands can be surgically removed, with the exception of the pituitary gland.
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia MEN II - Medical Malpractice
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type II is a rare inherited disease that yields three major endocrine problems. The three endocrine glands involved in MEN II are the parathyroid glands, the adrenal glands and the thyroid glands. It is a disease in which almost all patients with the disease develop medullary thyroid cancer at some point in their lives. There can be an overactive adrenal gland or glands and you can develop a pheochromocytoma (too much adrenaline produced in the adrenal gland). The parathyroid glands, located in the neck, can become overactive as well and can produce too much parathyroid hormone. Only the thyroid gland portion of the disease is actually cancerous.
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type II is very rare. It happens in about 1 in every 20,000 individuals who carry the gene for the disease. It is an autosomal dominant disorder, inherited to both men and women in all races. Half of all children of those with the disease have the potential to get the disease.
MEN II increases the activity of the parathyroid, thyroid and adrenal glands. They increase the number of certain hormones in the body so that the body does not act properly. The glands tend to enlarge as well as producing too much hormone.
Most people inherit the disease at birth but don't get symptoms of the disease until they reach the age of ten years or more. The endocrine glands tend to go bad at different times of the patient's life. This makes the diagnosis of MEN II somewhat complicated. It can be perceived that the person has two or more different endocrine diseases without the linkage made to the cohesive diagnosis of MEN II. The likelihood of getting the various endocrine disorders associated with MEN II increases with age. Most people have at least one overactive gland by the age of 30 with symptoms holding off until they are older than 30. If one gland is affected, doctors should check the other glands for abnormalities, even if there are no symptoms.
Patients who have the MEN II gene, which can be assessed at any age, should have their thyroid gland surgically removed while they are in their early to mid-teen years because of the high incidence of thyroid cancer. Those who should be tested for the MEN II gene are those with a parent with the disease. It doesn't certainly need to be tested for in everyone because it is so rare, even if the person has one gland affected by an adenoma. MEN I and MEN II are completely different disorders with different genes involved.
There is no cure for MEN II; however, with removal of the thyroid gland early in life, the risk of cancer of the thyroid can be eliminated. Because MEN II is hereditary, it can only be prevented in future generations by not having children if you have the disease. In the future, genetic enhancements can be done to change the way the MEN II gene works but research is a long way from that.
The diagnosis of MEN II is twofold. First you need a diagnosis to see if the person has the MEN II gene. Then you need tests for hyperactivity of the affected glands. The test for the MEN II gene is complex but can be done at specialized laboratories. Those with a strong family history of MEN II should be genetically tested for the disease.
If you are positive for the MEN II gene, you should have your parathyroid hormone level checked to make sure you don't have overactive parathyroid glands. If the hormone level is high, you need to consider having the parathyroid glands removed. They can also be removed at the time of the removal of the thyroid gland, because they are imbedded in the thyroid gland. You will have to have hormone replacement after that. The same is true of thyroid hormone, which will need to be removed in the early teens. Thyroid hormone replacement is cheap and easy to take and will normalize the thyroid hormone in the system. The test for a pheochromocytoma or overactive adrenal gland is a test for epinephrine or its
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Nonalcoholic beer is having a moment. Michigan is behind the curve.
Michelle Zajac
Michigan Radio
Arbor Farms Market in Ann Arbor offers multiple nonalcoholic beer options.
When White Claw exploded in popularity around 2018, it set off a hot new trend in the alcohol industry: hard seltzer. Beer giants like Corona, Budweiser and Coors quickly brought their own hard seltzers to market.
But recently, the industry has seen a boom of nonalcoholic beers, and those same companies have all introduced their own versions of them. Some wonder if we're on the cusp of a renaissance for this new type of beverage.
"Everyone has talked about it and realized that there's a market for it," said Michelle Zajac, the beer and wine buyer at Arbor Farms Market, a health and wellness grocer in Ann Arbor.
"But with everything going on, I think they're just not ready to make that leap yet," she said.
It can be challenging for smaller breweries to add a nonalcoholic beer to their offerings, even if they want to. Distilleries may have to purchase expensive equipment and invest in R&D, because their competitors aren't always forthcoming about recipes and processes, Zajac said.
Because of these same issues, even some of Michigan's larger brewers — including Bell's, Founder's, Short's and New Holland — told Zajac they were still figuring out their plans for nonalcoholic options.
While expenses continue to be a hurdle for the distillers, they also impact consumers: despite not containing alcohol, these beers can cost the same amount as their alcoholic counterparts.
"I think because of the expense of the process and the quality of the ingredients that they're putting into it — and they really want those beers to taste as good as their alcohol version — they tend to be priced the same," Zajac said.
Although Michigan is home to Grand Rapids — known as "Beer City USA" — the alcohol-free beer market in our state is still developing.
"The only one in Michigan that I am aware of that packages [nonalcoholic beer] is Schmohz," said Zajac. Even though Schmohz, a Grand Rapids brewery, has caught her attention for it's nonalcoholic offerings, Zajac said it only offers one nonalcoholic beer: the rest contain alcohol.
Still, this could be the direction the industry is headed. Along with bigger companies introducing alcohol-free beers, distilleries with a stronger focus on nonalcoholic beverages have cropped up in other parts of the country. Zajac said some of the most popular nonalcoholic beers at her store are made by Connecticut-based Athletic Brewing, and Wisconsin-based Untitled Art.
IPA is the most popular nonalcoholic beer at Arbor Farms, according to Zajac. But, she's seen everything from s'mores and milk chocolate stouts to a watermelon gose. And, she's seen a market for nonalcoholic beverages that aren't beer.
"Grüvi out of Colorado makes some nonalcoholic beers, but also nonalcoholic wines: there's a rosé and a dry prosecco," she said.
"We also are big fans of Casamara Club, which is a Michigan based company in Detroit, and they do sparkling amaro soft drinks, based on the Italian aperitivo with botanicals [think: herbal, bitter]. Those are wonderful."
For Zajac, non-alcoholic beers make up about 5% of her sales, but she expects to see a spike in dry January.
"Whether they're just taking a break from alcohol or they're mixing it with their alcohol use," Zajac predicts, these beverages will gain greater market share as more people discover their appeal.
She isn't aware of any more nonalcoholic beers slated for 2022, but expects that the market will continue to grow.
"I feel like people are really recognizing — especially since the quality has come up so much and there's so many more flavors available — that it's just become a part of everyone's daily use."
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Apple under the gun as US e-book trial starts
By Marc Ferranti
PCWorld	 Jun 3, 2013 11:27 am PDT
Apple appears to face an uphill battle as it goes to trial Monday in New York on ebook price fixing charges brought by the U.S. government.
In a courtroom packed to capacity, the company squared off alone against the U.S. Department of Justice in a non-jury trial presided over by Judge Denise Cote for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, who in a pre-trial hearing had already indicated her inclination to rule against the company.
The DOJ filed the antitrust lawsuit in April last year alleging that Apple and five publishers—Penguin Group, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan—had conspired to raise ebook prices. The publishers, however, have since all settled, agreeing to stop prohibiting wholesale discounts and to pay a cumulative $164 million, earmarked to benefit consumers.
The DOJ charges that Apple and the five publishers colluded to raise prices of ebooks, working together to compete against Amazon, which set the price of most ebooks at $9.99 beginning in late 2007. At that time, the rising popularity of Amazon's Kindle made it the dominant player in the ebook market, with about 90 percent market share by 2009.
"There's simply no dispute that publishers wanted to raise e-book prices and that Apple conspired with them to do the same," said Lawrence Buterman, a lawyer for the DOJ, in opening arguments Monday.
Buterman said the DOJ's case will be buttressed by testimony from executives from the publishers, who will be called on to testify during the three-week trial.
"Apple was a facilitator and go-between to move publishers to higher prices," Buterman said.
In a court filing in May, Apple said that the publishers in 2009 had on their own pursued a so-called agency business model to sell ebooks where the publisher would set the price or a price range for each ebook and the retailer, acting as an agent, would receive a commission on each ebook sale. The publishers also discussed raising wholesale prices of ebooks, Apple said in the filing.
Apple said at that point it stepped in to negotiate with publishers to set up its own iBooks ebook store. As an agency business model had helped the company in its App Store, where the developer fixed the consumer price, Apple said it favored an agency model with the publishers that gave it 30 percent commission.
By the time Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad on Jan. 27, 2010, Apple had content deals in place with Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster.
However, Apple said it did not enter into or facilitate a conspiracy to eliminate price competition or raise prices in the ebook industry.
"Apple has been waiting for this day for a long time," said Orin Snyder, an attorney for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, a law firm representing Apple in the case. "Apple is going to trial because it did nothing wrong."
The government has taken snippets from conversations, mainly from preliminary "get to know each other" meetings between Apple and the publishers, out of context, Snyder said. The actual negotiations between Apple and the individual publishers were hard-fought, Snyder said. "Those agreements make it clear that the interests of Apple and the publishers were not aligned," Snyder said.
The agreements included a "most favored nation" clause, requiring that if other retailers sold e-books for a lower price than Apple, the publisher would have to cut their price to Apple to allow the company to match the lower price.
The government contends that this provision helped push the publishers to force Amazon to switch to the agency model. To put pressure on Amazon, the publishers said that they would delay putting out e-books until sometime after the hardcover editions were released — a procedure known as "windowing."
The DOJ said in a May court filing that Apple and the publishers exercised their market power when they collectively increased the average price of trade ebooks. Average prices of trade ebooks sold by the defending publishers increased by 18.6 percent at Amazon and by 19.9 percent at Barnes & Noble through the transition to agency, the DOJ said.
"Stripped of the glitz surrounding ebooks and Apple, this is an unremarkable and obvious price-fixing case," the DOJ said in the filing.
In a pretrial hearing last month, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said she believed the government has a strong case.
"I believe that the government will be able to show at trial direct evidence that Apple knowingly participated in and facilitated a conspiracy to raise prices of ebooks, and that the circumstantial evidence in this case, including the terms of the agreements, will confirm that," Cote said, according to published reports.
On Monday, Snyder asked Cote "to erase any tentative conclusions" she may have reached.
Cote reminded Snyder that all parties in the case had agreed to hear her "tentative views" before the trial began. "The deck is not stacked against Apple unless the evidence stacks the deck against Apple," Cote said, adding that she would not reach a final opinion until she hears all the testimony.
The U.S. government is not seeking monetary damages or a fine, but wants the judge to order Apple not to engage in conduct related to price fixing in the future.
If the judge rules against Apple, however, it could face a separate trial by state attorneys general and consumers pursuing class actions and seeking monetary damages. Apple last year settled an ebook price-fixing antitrust case with the European Commission.
In court on Monday, Connecticut Assistant Attorney General W. Joseph Nielsen said that "immediately after switching to the agency model … e-books prices went up considerably."
Nielsen added that "the harm to consumers was substantial" and that the states involved in the case intend to ask for penalties.
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VALUE for money was evident at the Karoo Angus bull sale held last Friday at the Bathurst property of the Reen family.
Hugh and Sheridon Brown, Newbridge, Annie Scott, Karoo Angus and Ben Emms, Ray White Emms Mooney with a selection of the bulls that were on offer at the recent Karoo sale.
Annie Scott, Karoo Angus and Ben Emms, Ray White Emms Mooney with the top priced bull at the sale who will find himself at Alpine Angus, Victoria.
With a lot of local and stud support, a top figure of $25,000, an average of $6315 and a 100 per cent clearance was made.
After frantic bidding, the top priced bull, Karoo K12 Reality M367, a September 2016 son of Milwillah Reality K12, who weighed 944 kilograms and had a scrotal circumference of 39 centimetres will find himself at Alpine Angus stud, Porepunkah, Victoria.
Hugh and Sheridon Brown, Newbridge, were able to secure four bulls at the Karoo sale recently.
Chris Oswin, Alpine Angus, was very happy with his purchase and said the bull would be put with a mob of 50 first-calvers.
"We were able to get a closely related bull a few years ago, we called him Karoo Knockout K176 and we really like those lines," he said.
"We had previously viewed M367 when we went to New South Wales a little while ago now and feel lucky to have got him.
"He was the youngest 2016 bull at the sale and second heaviest.
Second top priced bull at $11,000 was Karoo G357 Genesis M247, an August 2016 drop son of Pathfinder Genesis G357 who weighed 874kg and had a scrotal circumference of 44cm. He will be head to Lisa Leaver, Crookwell.
Volume buyers, Whitney Pastoral Company made a draft of six, with a top price of $4000 and an average of $4000.
George King, manager of Whitney Pastoral Company, Coombing Park, Carcoar, will be joining 1000 cows this year on the 3000 hectares that comprises the operation.
"We are trying to lift our genetics, we want to take our stock beyond being weaners in our commercial herd," he said.
Hugh and Sheridon Brown, Newbridge, were another volume buyer purchasing four bulls with a top of $6500 and draft average of $5750.
"We liked the all round performance and figures and that they were a very good package," he said.
"Last year was our first year purchasing from Karoo and we are very happy with the bulls we got then and their progeny so we have come back for more.
"We aim to sell at around the nine month age so are after the a high growth rate and milking ability as we retain our heifers.
Also taking home four bulls were the Stonestreet family, Barry, with a top price of $7500 and draft average of $6750.
Simon Clowes, secured three bulls at a top of $10,000 for Karoo K12 Reality M203, a August 2016 drop with a scrotal circumference of 40cm weighing 910kg. They averaged $7333 for their draft.
One of the many studs who attended was return buyer Matt Urban, Urban Angus, Dungog. They purchased one bull, Karoo K12 Reality N65, an April 2017 drop, 724kg sire for $9000.
Mr Urban said he would be used in their stud.
"I liked his good structure and good feet," he said.
"He is a soft, easy doing calf which is what we are after.
Karoo co-principal Annie Scott felt their sale was a true value for money.
"It reflected the seasonal conditions on the Central Tablelands and beyond," she said.
"We are really pleased to see a number of new clients as well as our regular bull buyers that support our program year in year out.
She said four of the bulls were going to stud herds.
"It is great to see Karoo genetics are being highly sought by industry leaders," she said.
Ben Emms, Ray White Emms Mooney, believed that there was some great value, especially at the top end of the bulls.
"They were a cracking lot of bulls, certainly one of the most even drafts that Karoo have put together," he said.
"It was great to see some return buyers putting together great drafts.
The sale was conducted by Ray White Emms Mooney with Ben Emms auctioneer.


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Модель оснащена чотирма електромоторами загальною потужністю 1360 к.с. (1480 Нм) і здатна набирати першу сотню за 2,7 с, з нуля до 200 км/год вона прискорюється за 7,1 с, максимальна швидкість — 313 км/год.

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Pituophis catenifer affinis, commonly known as the Sonoran gopher snake, is a nonvenomous subspecies of colubrid snake that is endemic to the southwestern United States. It is one of six recognized subspecies of the gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer.

Geographic range

It is found from central Texas across the Southwestern United States to southeastern California, Arizona, and south into the northern states of Mexico.

Description
Adults average  in total length. The maximum recorded total length is .

The saddle-shaped dorsal blotches are reddish brown, except for near and on the tail, where they are dark brown or blackish.

The rostral is about as long as it is broad, not elongated as in other Pituophis subspecies.

Habitat
It primarily inhabits the Sonoran Desert ecosystem of the Southwest USA, and into northern Mexico.

Diet
They feed on small rodents, hence the common name gopher snake.

Behavior
They are moderately defensive but can be tamed, and become very gentle. They have hard tough skin on their noses used to burrow into gopher holes and the burrows of other rodents. During the winter they brumate. They invade gopher holes and holes of other burrowing rodents and eat what they need to stay alive in the invaded burrow.

Reproduction
P. c. affinis is oviparous. Adult females lay 7-22 eggs in July or August. The eggs average . The hatchlings are about  in total length.

References

Further reading
 Hallowell, E. 1852. Descriptions of new Species of Reptiles inhabiting North America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 6: 177–182. (Pityophis affinis, p. 181.)

External links
Wildlifenorthamerica.com: Fact Sheet for the Sonoran Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis)

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Snakes of North America
Reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles of the United States
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Fauna of the Southwestern United States
Fauna of the Sonoran Desert
Fauna of the Colorado Desert
Taxa named by Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)


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Q: An inequality of semi positive-definite matrices Let $P,Q$ be $n\times n$ semi positive-definite matrices, $P+Q=R$.Show that $|PQ|\leq 1/\sqrt{2} |R|^2$. Here $|P|^2=trace(P^TP)$.
My idea is as follows. Since $P$ is a semi positive-definite matrix, there exists a nonsingular matrix $P_1$ such that $P=P_1^{-1}diag(p_1,\cdots,p_n)P_1$. And what we need is to show the inequality with $P$ replaced by $diag(p_1,\cdots,p_n)$. Precsily,
$$\sum_{i,j}p_i^2q_{ij}^2\leq \frac{1}{2}[\sum_{i,j}(p_i\delta_{ij}+q_{ij})^2]^2.$$
Here $\delta_{ij}$ is the Dirac symbol.
This troubles me, since we do not known $q_{ij}\geq 0$.

A: By manipulation, we obtain
\begin{equation}
\text{Tr}(R^{T}R) = \text{Tr}((P+Q)^{T}(P+Q)) = \text{Tr}(P^{T}P)+\text{Tr}(Q^TQ) + \text{Tr}(P^{T}Q)+\text{Tr}(Q^{T}P).
\end{equation}
Since $\text{Tr}(P^{T}Q) = \text{Tr}(Q^{T}P)$,
\begin{equation}
\text{Tr}(R^{T}R) - 4\text{Tr}(P^{T}Q) = \text{Tr}((P-Q)^{T}(P-Q))\geq 0.
\end{equation}
I guess we are done.

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Wefarm is a global agtech (Agriculture technology) business that utilises the latest machine learning technology to enable small-scale farmers to connect with one another to trade advice and information. The platform utilizes the latest machine learning technology and is able to work both online and over SMS.
Wefarm's goal is to empower farming communities improve their production and livelihoods through producing higher quality product, increasing their yields and diversifying their agricultural interests.
Launched in 2015, Wefarm has won an array of awards, globally recognized as one of Africa's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, Google's Impact Challenge Award, TechCrunch's Europas Tech for Good Award, and European Union Commission's Ideas from Europe award among others.
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The company is headquartered in London with offices in Nairobi and Kampala. Our network is at present operational in Kenya and Uganda. We plan to expand into the rest of Africa in 2019, beginning with Tanzania.
The idea about Wefarm
The idea was born in 2010 by the current CEO Kenny Ewan and Claire Rhodes, General Manager of the Cafédirect Producers Foundation (CPF) as a project for CPF, a UK-registered charity that works with 280,000 smallholder tea, coffee and cocoa farmers on innovative, community driven projects.
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"Farmers are often the best, most relevant source of information and experience for their fellow farmers. However, information sharing between them is often much localized. In most cases, what you find is that a farmer will have a solution for the types of seed to use during the rainy season that they will share with their neighbors. However, farmers living a kilometer away facing a similar problem will not have access to that very solution. We are trying to change this reality by allowing farmers to share their advice and solutions, no matter where they live," said Kenny.
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"Are you a sultana?" I asked.
"Are you the goddess of the evening and morning stars, herself?" I asked. "No, no," she said.
"Where is your homeland?" I asked.
"It's Turpan (Province in Xinjiang)," she replied.
"What's troubling you?" I asked.
"Are you someone's lover?" I asked.
"You're like the moon," I stated.
"Is it because of my face?" she asked.
"Like the stars," I said.
" Is it because of my eyes?" she asked.
"Like little sparks," I said.
"Is it because of my voice?" she asked.
"Are you a volcano?" I asked.
"What's as dark as a beetle?" I asked.
"What is a wave that is colored black?" I asked.
She replied, "It's my hair."
"What is fifteen?" I asked.
"Are you a sweetheart?" I asked.
"What's like the sea?" I asked.
"What is beautiful? I asked.
"What is like sugar?" I asked.
"Can you lend me some of your sugar?"
"Where is the jougs?" I asked.
"On my neck," she said.
"I see death coming." I said.
She said, "It's for me."
"How about the handcuffs?" I asked.
"On my wrists," she said.
"Are you scared?" I asked.
"Why aren't you scared?" I asked.
"I have my god," she said.
"What else do you have?" I asked.
"I have my people," she answered.
"I have my spirit," she said.
"Are you blessed?" I asked.
"What's like a wish?" I asked.
"Like my rose," she said.
"War is coming," I said.
"He's my servant," she stated.
"Are you going to sell him?" I asked.
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'It was worth the wait' for Larson, who signs with MIT
May 8, 2018 by Dan Holm
Emily Larson of the Iowa Rush has signed a letter of intent to play soccer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Larson, an Ankeny resident, played on Ankeny Centennial's state championship team in 2016 before open-enrolling at North Polk in order to take classes at Central Academy. (Photo courtesy of Emily Larson)
Emily Larson waited longer than most elite high school soccer players to make a college decision.
Her teammate on the Iowa Rush, Ankeny High School sophomore Ashley Harrington, committed last week to play for Northern Iowa. She won't join the Panthers' program until the fall of 2020.
But Larson, a senior at North Polk, had a good excuse for waiting. She was considering some of the nation's top academic schools, and it was a long process.
On Friday, Larson signed a letter of intent to play for a school that is perhaps best known as MIT. That's right, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"I've been thinking about it since I was a freshman, and this is pretty late to be making a decision compared to most recruits," Larson said. "But I had to wait for admissions to see if I would get in. It was worth the wait."
Larson picked the Engineers over several other schools, including Iowa. Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Washington University were the other schools that she strongly considered.
"I always knew I wanted a pretty rigorous academic program," said Larson, who plans to study biological engineering–pre-med. "I eventually want to become a surgeon."
Once Larson was admitted to MIT, her decision became a lot easier.
"It was definitely hard, but ultimately it was pretty simple because they have one of the best programs in the country for my major," she said. "And they have a really awesome soccer team, too."
Larson, an Ankeny resident, played on Ankeny Centennial's state championship team in 2016. She scored two goals and had seven assists while helping the Jaguars to the Class 3A crown.
Larson then open-enrolled to North Polk for academic reasons in the fall of 2016.
"The soccer at Centennial was awesome. That was actually one of the hardest things to leave," she said. "But I wanted to go to Central Academy to take my classes, and I didn't have that flexibility at Ankeny. So I went to North Polk, and they've been amazing. They've been really great to me."
Last year, Larson racked up 10 goals and seven assists during her junior season at North Polk. She helped the Comets reach the semifinals of the Class 2A state tournament.
Larson is only playing for her club team this spring.
"I'll be playing center forward in college, but I'm totally open to new stuff," Larson said. "(MIT) is the biggest Division III program in the country, and they're really competitive. They made it to the NCAA Tournament last year, and we have a really strong recruiting class coming in.
"I actually know a few of the girls from when I used to live in Chicago, and they played on some of the top (club) programs. I think it's going to be a really great place for me," she added.
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This interview was conducted by Dale Schlundt on March 8, 2011 in San Antonio, TX. as part of Palo Alto College's History 1302 – Spring 2011 class.
Mr. Stanley Paris Sr. had the both the challenge as well as the misfortune of growing up during The Great Depression. However, after viewing a glimpse of the outcomes of Stanley Paris's childhood hardships, it may be realistic to call one's experiences during this time period, an opportunity for an education in survival. As seen in the following interview, these "lessons of the Great Depression" are something that no individual simply lives through and throws away later in life, but rather holds onto forever. Mr. Paris is a native of San Antonio, Texas, born on June 23, 1924. A sign of the times that should not be surprising is that during the interview, it is recalled that this his mother told of not giving birth in a hospital, but at home with a midwife. After graduating from Central Catholic High School in 1942, Stanley Paris Sr. was drafted into the army infantry. However, after retaining an injury during a training drill he had the opportunity to leave and benefit from the GI Bill. The GI Bill assisted Mr. Paris in an on hands training repairing calculating machines; let us remember computers, although perhaps a necessity in our current daily lives today, were not even close to becoming reality yet. Stanley Paris married Jean Duman in 1945, having two children, Stanley Paris Jr. and Lynn Paris. Stanley Paris Sr. went to work for Monroe Calculation Machine Co. in the middle 40's and continued their until retirement in 1985. However, the story becomes even more interesting once you compare Mr. Paris's other business ventures to the lessons learned during childhood, growing up during the Great Depression. In the late 50's, the Paris's invested in real-estate and continue to do so until their last house was built in 1985. According to Mr. and Mrs. Paris, who both worked in the venture as a family, and this was the best move they ever made. When asked about the amount of work put into this business, the picture truly becomes clear when the number of houses the couple built in the San Antonio area is told to be over 100. However, the plan they established proved to be truly successful. As each house offered revenue, the couple took that profit and did the opposite of what most of us would be tempted to do. The secret, they re-invested it into the next house. They continued to do this until their last house built, which according to Stanley Paris Sr., "enabled me to retire at age 59, in comfort." Stanley Paris and Jean Paris both continue to reside in San Antonio, enjoying life and their family, including grandchildren. However, never forgetting and pleasantly recalling both the tough times as well as the many good.
How old were you when the Great Depression began?
I was six years old at that time.
Could you describe the house you lived in as a child, in terms of its size, layout, and condition? It is my understanding that the average house was somewhat smaller than today's houses.
It was 409 Barrera St. in San Antonio, TX. Had eight rooms. It was big! My grandfather built it in around 1891. Both my grandfather and grandmother lived in it. At that time whole families could live in one house. My three uncles, my mother, and her sister were born in it. Both my brother and I were born there as well. It is where my grandmother and grandfather passed away.
Your grandfather, is this the one that owned the Bull Brother's Saloon earlier?
Yes, that's right. His name was Harry Gilham Bull and his brother Charley Bull built the saloon around 1885. It was located on Commerce Street, and is now owned by Caso Rio Restaurant. In 1900 they moved the business to a building near Alamo Plaza and had it until they closed them down due to prohibition. Harry Bull married my grandmother in 1891 and built the 8 room house on Barrera St.
Tell us about the average family income? Such as who worked and how much they brought home?
My grandfather owned seven rent houses. My mother worked at Montgomery Ward's and earned about $12 dollars a week. But you see that was a lot of money back then. The rent houses couldn't have brought in more than $20 to$25 dollars a month, per unit. Soldiers from Brook's Air force Base would rent them out and being young and rowdy, often used their rent money for drinking or whatever. So I would go with my grandfather to see their commanding officer and the next day, they had the money to pay. But you never knew if anyone could pay the rent, because of the economy. It was touch and go you know.
Please describe a few of your average family expenses?
We could live off of the $12 dollars that my mother made from working at Montgomery Wards. I remember that coffee was 23 cents and butter was 33 or 34 cents a pound. I will say we didn't have anything too extravagant. (Laughing) Getting a soda was a real treat for us. At $12 dollars a week and living with my grandparents, it afforded us some level us security, but not necessarily any kind of luxury. Although, not even people with money had luxury at this time.
As kids, what things did you and your brother do for fun? Since we understand you couldn't have any expenses that were not of the absolute necessity.
Oh, let's see, my brother and I used to go into the garage and play with the car. We did all kinds of things to it. We would sometimes take it apart and then put it back together. You know because we really didn't have anything else to do. We would also turn on the ignition, not start it because then our parents could hear us, and we would just roll it back and forth in and out of the drive way. (Laughs) We must of put 500 miles on that car just in the drive way. (More laughs) We would also smoke cedar bark.
It is just cedar bark of telephone poles rolled in newspaper that all the kids around town would smoke. All of the telephone poles you would see would be stripped bare.
Why did you do this, I mean due to the fact that it was cheap/ did you smoke before?
No, it was just something to do.
So tell me, once you became a little older, what was life like for you, did you have a part time job? What are your thoughts about the work you did?
When I got older I worked at Handy Andy on the weekends and got $2 for that. Also during the summer I worked at Handy Andy's chicken factory plucking chickens. I think what was always on my mind was whether I was going to be able to get a job or not. I will say the depression taught me a great deal about respecting and saving money.
You joined the army right after high school. Was this due to the poor economy and lack of work? No, I was drafted. (Chuckling) The war took the country out of the depression. Everyone had to go to work and a high percentage of the men were in the military. Jobs for everyone, supplying the war needs. Even women taking on trades as welders and riveters. A common phrase or name for women in the factory at that time was Rosie the Riveter.
Jean Duman, at that time, and yourself, married when you were both very young. What ages were you and could you tell us what roles did you each of you take on within the marriage?
I was 21 and Jean was 20. Nobody could find jobs at that time, but most women predominately stayed at home, at least until the war. The war really changed the role of women from being primarily homemakers to going into the workforce.
How did you see the challenges of the Great Depression affecting the local San Antonio area?
San Antonio faired a lot better than the northern cities did. All the factories that were in the north were closed down. San Antonio was hit hard though, don't get me wrong.
So what were the major industries/business that kept S.A. at least partially afloat?Retail and Real Estate. The biggest was probably the military bases, being the most productive business in the city.
What did you hear in the news of other regions in the U.S. or Texas, in terms of challenges the Great Depression was having on people, that varied from local new/events in which you were aware?
The north and north east were hit the hardest, where the manufacturing was. It was pretty common for people to just pick up and go traveling, looking for a job. Then Kansas and Oklahoma suffered a lot from the Dust Bowl.
What are some other events that you remember going on during that time, Such as other family's challenges or events outside of your immediate family?
I remember that the hobos or, I'm not sure what you would call them, would get off the train and figure out what houses would feed them. Then they would mark on the curb of the houses that fed them so others coming off the train would know which houses go to. I also remember the CCC camp, The Civilian Conservation Corps, it sent young men who had to be 18 years old out to work for the government on roads or maybe working in the mountains. On a more personal level, Angie Hanas's son (a neighbor at that time) worked for the San Antonio City, he was laid off and never found another job throughout the depression. My uncle had a candy store and lost the business due to the economy. There were many others, you just had to walk around the neighborhoods to see how bad it was.
Was there a lot of crime or stealing from other people during the depression that you were aware of?
No, no. Of course there are always thieves. But people were different back then. Jean Paris comments, "people looked out for each other better". We never locked the house up and left the windows wide open.
What lasting effect has your childhood experiences from this time period had on you during adulthood? Both begin by saying, "to be very fragile with your money". Stanley Paris Sr. continues, "Although through the period I've made many mistakes, I've learned through my mistakes. At which it had benefited me to accomplish what we have. May God bless this country".
Well, I like to begin by stating that Mr. Stanley Paris Sr. and Mrs. Jean Paris are my grandparents, both for whom I have an enormous amount of respect as well as gratitude. Studying history can not only be fun, but also entertaining, as it should be. That being said though, history should also be researched and analyzed with a purpose in mind. So continuing with that thought, there are a few intriguing aspects that one has to ask when reviewing the above interview, which I will discuss.
My grandfather, looking back, has the objectivity to be able to realize that during the time period of the Great Depression, even though everyone may have felt that every other person besides them probably had more money that they, this was typically not the case. Much like the saying, "the grass is always greener on the other side". However, we all know that this human illusion many times, if not always, proves to be false. So why do I bring this up? Because through doing these oral history reports it is important to realize that we are focused on the individual. The reporting is to allow the researcher or reader to have an understanding of the feelings or state of the local individual during this economically challenged time period. As we have all studied the Great Depression in school from a national or wide standpoint, doing these reports in a more localized region, allows us to look at it from a more humanistic and relatable view. However, it also gives us the opportunity to compare and contrast personal accounts for other localities as well. What may be true for an individual in San Antonio, Texas during the Great Depression may not hold true for a couple in Washington State, or South Carolina, Georgia during the same time period. Essentially, this analysis will hopefully lead to a better understanding of our history and ultimately give us a guide to assist in improving our global society in the future. It is an interesting note, that when you look the commitments of the time period, both personal and professional, they seemed to be taken to heart to a much higher degree, when compared them to today's standards. Both of my grandparents in the interview talk of a much higher degree of trust and caring within American society at that time. Keep in mind; the environment during this time period does not suggest a type of environment that would put individuals in a state of mind that is conducive in promoting kindness, but rather pushing trends of survival of the fittest perhaps. However, my grandparents saw the former. So we could question is this due to area within San Antonio in which they lived, was the economy "good" in San Antonio compared to the national scale, or perhaps it was personal optimistic bias on the part of my grandparents. I don't have the answer. Although assuming the degree of respect towards others was better during early 20th century on an overwhelming national level, this, once again leads us to a question. As a society where our standard of living and overall life has "improved" so drastically, why do older generations who lived through much more difficult times, see a decline in caring and respect for one another in our present day modern society.
1924 Stanley Paris Sr. is born in San Antonio, Texas.
1939 Starts high school at Central Catholic H.S.
1942 Graduated from Central Catholic H.S.
1943 Drafted into the Army Infantry.
1944 GI Bill comes into effect.
1944 Discharged from Army due to injury.
1944 Begins work at Monroe Calculating Company.
1945 Stanley and Jean Duman are married in San Antonio.
1948 Stanley Paris Jr. is born in San Antonio.
1952 Lynn Paris is born in San Antonio.
1959 Stanley and Jean Paris begin to invest in real estate.
1985 Last house is built on the north side of San Antonio.
1985 Stanley Paris Sr. retires from Monroe Calculating Company.
1990 The couple joins the Early Ford V8 Club.
2001 The couple buys a 1946 Ford convertible and completely restores it at home.
Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy. This page not only gives you a wealth of information, but offers many links that will supplement any information that may be lacking on its site.
Monroe Calculating Company. Gives historical background on the beginnings of the company in 1912.
The Great Depression Causes. This resource offers a unique perspective not only on the Great Depression, but on the more local effects is had on the state of Texas.
Texas State Historical Society Great Depression Page. A great resource that connects these two major events, the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. It discusses their effects on each other.
Texas State Historical Society San Antonio, Texas Page. A reference for learning about the history as well as present day San Antonio, Texas.


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89-year-old Lawyer Dies while Arguing Case
Tue, Sep 02 2008 12:17:27 PM
Mumbai, Sep 2: Donning his gown till his last breath, one of Bombay High Court's oldest lawyers,
Vinayak Walawalkar, 89, died of a massive heart attack while arguing a case in the high court on Monday.
Walawalkar, a senior counsel adept in property matters, had just sat down after objecting to a point made by advocate PG Lad, who was opposing him in the case, when his head dropped to one side at 11.45 am. Lad was the first to notice that something was amiss and brought it to justice RM Sawant's notice.
Walawalkar had fallen unconscious and within minutes died of a cardiac arrest. After the court's resident doctor pronounced him dead, his body was placed in room number 36, where judges and other lawyers came and paid their last respects.
On Monday, Walawalkar, the oldest member of the Western India Advocate's Association (WIAA), came to court as usual in his light blue Fiat car. "He looked absolutely normal when he came to the bar room in room number 36 in the morning.
He came to his seat, took his briefs and left for the court," said Sudhir Prabhu, who sat at a table adjoining Walawalkar's.
"He was the oldest member of the bar and lived a completely moralistic life. It's the first time ever that all the judges voluntarily stepped down from the dais to condole an advocate's death," said Shankar Thorat, president of the WIAA. He said Walawalkar's father who too was an advocate had died while on his way to court.
A former judge of the City Civil Court, Walawalkar is survived by his wife, daughter, and son Narendra Walawalkar, a senior counsel. A few lawyers said he was a follower of the Rasthtriya Swayamsevak Sangha and had been imprisoned during Emergency in 1975.
The morning session of the court was discontinued after news of Walawalkar's death was conveyed to the judges. Judges assembled in court room 37 to express their condolence.
According to senior lawyers, three lawyers have breathed their last in the high court building — one in a courtroom, one in the court library and one near the lift.
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Donovan Saga Illustrates Issues in U.S. Soccer
MLS Commissioner Don Garber has made sure Landon Donovan has not been allowed to move to one of Europe's top leagues because of Donovan's importance to MLS and its success. Courtesy Jose Argueta - MLS Soccer
By Joe Meloni
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber made it clear this week that Los Angeles Galaxy captain Landon Donovan will play for the MLS side this season. Given the current popularity of Donovan and the Beautiful Game in the United States, Garber's refusal is the right decision for the league and the game.
When European clubs came calling about Donovan in the past, Garber's outright refusal to let the league's talisman walk, bordered on selfish. His latest decision, while still selfish, just isn't as important as the first few. Donovan's performance in the World Cup was inspired, and, paired with successful loan spell with Premiership side Everton this year, silenced most of his primary critics around the world. Still, at 28, Donovan is quickly approaching his final few years of relevance. And by the time the next World Cup rolls around, he'll likely be a shadow of his current self.
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