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Mourning the 24 victims of school shootings in the last 10 weeks
There have been 12 school shootings this year, according to CNN. When I first read this, I paused before I realized what the article was saying. No, that's not 12 school shootings within the last 12 months. That's 12 school shootings in 2018! 12 school shootings in less than 10 weeks!
The latest shooting occurred close to home. In Mount Pleasant, 69 miles north of where I live, to be exact. Central Michigan University student James Eric Davis Jr. allegedly shot his parents to death when they came to pick him up from his dorm for spring break.
And, of course, there was the most deadly school shooting this year in Parkland, Florida — where authorities say 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz shot and killed 17 students and adults at his former high school.
A school should be one of the safest places you can go. A place to learn and the first step on a young person's journey to figuring out their dreams and striving towards them. But, because of these shootings, 14 teens in Florida, a 20-year-old in Georgia, two 15-year-olds in Kentucky, and a 21-year-old in North Carolina won't get to see what their futures hold.
The truth is: I've been putting off writing about this, although I knew this was a topic that I needed to address. With all the times I've pathetically cried over fictional characters' deaths, these were REAL-LIFE people with REAL-LIFE stories and REAL-LIFE families. These people actually deserve my tears.
Today, I looked at the pictures of all the people who were killed and I took the time to think about each one of them. I read each one of their stories and looked at their smiling faces in their photographs — faces that their family and friends will never get to see again. I thought about what their final moments must have been like. About how, with the shot of a gun, their futures were stolen away from them.
The numbers we read in headlines —17 killed, two shot to death, etc. — aren't just numbers. They are individual people. So, instead of focusing on politics (which I'm sure you're sick of seeing on your social media newsfeeds by now), I want to take a moment to mourn and honor the lives of each human being who has died in the last 10 weeks:
James Eric Davis Sr. and Diva Davis
James was a part-time police officer in Bellwood, Ill. since 1999 and Diva had just beaten stage 4 breast cancer. Jordan Murphy, who worked with James, described the couple as "loving, ever present parents, who doted on their children" and would do anything to protect them. Their son Russell said, "I LOVE my Mama/Ma/MaDea and my Dad!! I'm going to MISS THEM!!"
Kaleel Clarke
Kaleel's nickname was "Smiley" and, despite the fact that he battled a cancer-like chronic illness since 2011, he was happy and tried to live live like a normal 20-year-old. His mother Madiha told WTOC, "I'm going to miss him forever. ... Kaleel is a good person. He needed to be able to live a very long time, and if God didn't take him through the sickness, nobody else should've taken him from this earth either."
Aaron Feis
Aaron, 37, assistant football coach at Stoneman Douglas High School, threw himself in the path of the gunfire, in front of students, to protect them, CNN reports. Junior Colton Haab told CNN, "(He) made sure everyone else's needs were met before his own. He was a hard worker. He worked after school, on the weekends, mowing lawns, just helping as many people as possible." Another student, Chad Lyons, told CNN that Aaron was there for him when he was going through leukemia treatments. "He was just an amazing person to be led on and taught by, and I'm thankful enough to even be in his presence, just going through high school."
Peter Wang
Peter, 15, dreamed of being a solider, NBC News reports. He died trying to help students escape, and, because of his heroism, he was posthumously accepted into U.S. Military Academy at West Point and buried in his Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps uniform. His friend Xi Chen told NBC, "He was like a brother to me and possibly one of the kindest people I ever met."
Carmen Schentrup
Carmen, 16, would have turned 17 the week after her death. But now, she will forever be 16. She was also a National Merit Scholar semifinalist, but she didn't know that because the letter arrived the day after the shooting, CNN reports. Fellow student Ariana Ortega said of Carmen, "She was going to change the world, and I'm sure of that. But she doesn't have the chance now."
Alyssa Alhadeff
Alyssa, 14, a student at Stoneman Douglas High School, was a member of the Parkland Travel Soccer Team and attended Camp Coleman each year. Her mother Lori said that Alyssa was smart and an incredibly creative writer with an amazing personality. "All she had to offer the world was love. ... I wish I could have taken those bullets for you. I will always love you and your memory will live on forever," she said. Alyssa's friend and fellow soccer player Madison Ciccone told the Sun Sentinel, "She was always so sweet and whenever (people) were around her, everyone was laughing. She was such a light to be around."
Jaime Guttenberg
The father of 14-year-old Jaime wrote an article for Marie Claire after her death. "Jaime was a unique person. She was tough as nails. She was not somebody who put up with B.S. She didn't get caught up in the typical middle school/high school nonsense. She was a 14-year-old girl who put her time and effort into defending those that others wouldn't. As a mere 10-year-old, she would often hang out with her neighbor who had asperger syndrome. She would always be a friend to her. That's just who she is, it always has been," wrote Fred Guttenberg. He said that she had her whole life figured out — she wanted to be a pediatric physical therapist at The Paley Institute and help kids with limb deformities. "In Jaime's name, I am dedicating the rest of my life to fighting to end gun violence," said Fred. "I just can't let it happen to another parent. I can't."
Scott Beigel
CNN reports that Scott, 35, was a geography teacher, a cross-country coach, and was in the midst of planning his wedding to his girlfriend Gwen Gossler, who he met seven years ago when they were both counselors at Camp Starlight in Pennsylvania. He died outside of his classroom door as he tried to usher students back inside. Kelsey Friend says that Scott saved her life. She told CNN, "Mr. Beigel was my hero and he still will forever be my hero. I will never forget the actions that he took for me and for fellow students in the classroom. ... I am alive today because of him."
Nicholas Dworet
If Nicholas, 17, hadn't died, he would be going to the University of Indianapolis in the fall, where he was recruited to be on the swim team. According to a statement from the Dworet family to People Magazine, "He dreamed of making the Olympic swim team and going to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. He believed he could accomplish anything as long as he tried his best. ... He was a happy, young man full of life and joy. He was extremely excited to have met the love of his life. He loved his friends and family with all of his heart."
Martin Duque
Martin, 14, was a freshman at Stoneman. His older brother Miguel said, "He was a very funny kid, outgoing and sometimes really quiet. He was sweet and caring and loved by all his family. Most of all he was my baby brother."
Chris Hixon
Chris, 49, Stoneman Douglas High School Athletic Director, was also a Navy vet with 27 years of service. Navy Times reports that Archbishop Thomas Wenski said at Chris' funeral, "He was not a celebrity, but he was a hero and a role model. ... And he was a hero long before last Wednesday. He served his country, there was his devotion to his family and the care of his students. We weep and the Hixon family grieves. We grieve with them."
Luke Hoyer
Luke, 15, loved basketball and chicken nuggets, the Miami Herald reports. His mother, Gena, said
that their last exchange before he left for school that morning was when he found a Valentine's Day card and a box of his favorite chocolates from her by the bathroom sink. He told her thank you and, when Gena dropped him off at school, she told him, "I love you, Lukey Bear," and he responded, "I love you too, Mom."
Gina Montalto
Gina, 14, volunteered as a friend for kids with special needs and was on the color guard squad, CBS News reports. Her parents Anthony and Jennifer said, "Gina was a special girl who melted every heart with her infectious smile that lit up a room. She was instant friends with everyone she met. She had a great sense of humor, and always made people laugh. She was a kind spirit, always eager to lend a helping hand."
Cara Loughran
Cara, 14, was a student at Drake School of Irish Dance in South Florida, and co-workers from Cara's weekend job at JcPenney described her as "a wonderful kid with big dreams" who loved gymnastics, surfing and dancing. Her aunt Lindsay Fontana wrote on Facebook, "We are absolutely gutted. Cara was 14 years old. She was an excellent student, she loved the beach and she loved our girls."
Joaquin Oliver
Joaquin, 17, was born in Venezuela, the Sun Sentinel reports, and became a naturalized American citizen just one year ago. Among his friends, he was nicknamed "Guac" and his interests were
football, basketball, the Venezuelan national soccer team, urban graffiti and hip-hop. His friend Sam Bailin told the Sentinel, "He was the most optimistic kid I've ever met. You'd see in him the hallways and he was always saying hi to everyone. He cared about everyone else. He was just a great kid. You always felt his energy when he was around."
Alaina Petty
The Church of Latter Day Saints wrote in their news bulletin that Alaina, 14, was devoted to her friends, family and faith and thought of others before herself. More than 1,500 attended her funeral at Coral Springs Florida Stake Center. Her father Ryan said of his youngest child, "Alaina was an amazing young lady. A sweet little angel who wanted to be your friend. ... She was a determined girl, but she was never judgmental. She knew right from wrong but never made you feel like she was judging you for your choices."
Meadow Pollack
Meadow, 18, was planning to attend Lynn University in Boca Raton, where she had just been accepted. The university spokeswoman Jamie D'Aria told CNN, "Meadow was a lovely young woman, who was full of energy. We were very much looking forward to having her join our community in the fall." Rabbi Brad Boxman, who presided over her funeral, called her a star with a smile like sunshine.
Helena Ramsay
Helena, 17, was known as a smart, kind-hearted, thoughtful, and genuine person with a bright future ahead of her. According to ABC News, her relative Curtis Page Jr. said, "She was deeply loved and loved others even more so. Though she was some what reserved, she had a relentless motivation towards her academic studies, and her soft warm demeanor brought the best out in all who knew her. ... She was so brilliant and witty, and I'm still wrestling with the idea that she is actually gone."
Alex Schachter
CNN shared this poem that Alex, 14, wrote only two weeks before to his death: Life is like a roller coaster
it has some ups and downs
Sometimes you can take it slow or very fast
It may be hard to breath at times
but you have to push yourself and keep going
Your bar is your safety
it's like your family and friends
You hold on tight and you don't let go
But sometimes you might throw your hands up
Because your friends and family will always be with you
Just like that bar keeping you safe at all times
It may be too much for you at times — the twists, the turns, the upside downs
But you get back up
you keep chugging along
eventually it comes to a stop
you won't know when or how
but you will know that'll be time to get off and start anew
Life is like a roller coaster
Ralph Kennedy
On Jan. 31, Ralph, 32, was shot and killed in the parking lot of Lincoln High School in Philadelphia. ABC 6 Action News reports that Ralph was the father of eight children with two more on the way. Ralph's mother Sirod Geraldine Bordley said, "He had no enemies."
Bailey Holt
Bailey, 15, died at Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky. on Jan. 23. Right before she died, she called her mom. Her mother, Secret, told CNN, "She couldn't say anything, and I tried to call her name over and over and over, and she never responded." Bailey had planned to grow up to be a labor and delivery nurse. Her father Jason said, "She was perfect in every way. ... She was an angel here on earth. She was a perfect angel."
Preston Cope
Preston, 15, was also a victim of the school shooting at Marshall. He died at the hospital, and the Lexington Herald Leader reports that his parents were able to say good-bye to him, speeding to be there with him as he was put on the stretcher. In a statement, his family said, "Preston loved everyone. ... He was caring, compassionate, and had the biggest heart. He loved life. He loved his family."
Najee Ali Baker
Najee, 21, was shot to death at a campus party at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. He transferred to the university in March 2017 and was the walk-on defensive lineman for the football team. His high school alma mater said in a statement to NBC New York, "He was a tremendous teammate, a role model and a great person. He will be missed. Our hearts go out to his family. He will never be forgotten for the leadership and legacy he left behind."
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Elon Musk's new video shows a Tesla mystery car
Thomas McMullan Read more May 10, 2018
Tesla has released a blistering promo video, featuring footage of the company's next-gen Roadster, a glimpse of a mystery car and some panoramic shots of the sprawling Gigafactory.
The two-minute unlisted YouTube video was tweeted out by Elon Musk, referring to it as a "Tesla quarterly all-hands video". Whether or not that means promos like this will be a regular event remains to be seen, but the clip is a company overview of sorts – encompassing cars, batteries and factories, complete with snazzy editing and a funky soundtrack.
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The first interesting part of the video happens around the 16-second mark, when a covered-up vehicle can be spotted in what looks like the company's Hawthorne design studio. This is where Tesla comes up with its new vehicles, suggesting the car is an as-yet-unannounced project. There's not a great deal to go on, but the size of the vehicle points to something smaller than the SUV Tesla Y, reportedly in production.
Later in the video we get some impressive shots of Tesla's vast lithium-ion battery factory, Gigafactory 1. Around the 55-second mark a herd of wild horses makes its way across a wintery landscape, with the factory in the background. It's like a corporate western.
Just after the one-minute mark we get a look at the next-gen Roadster cockpit in action, with its signature wheel design and minimal dashboard. From there, the video rolls on until a final segment of excited people test riding what looks to be the current-generation Roadster, with varying degrees of terror and wonder.
Last week, Tesla posted its quarterly earnings, reporting overall losses of $784.6 million or $4.19 per share in the first part of the year, despite posting a record revenue of $3.4 billion. Oh well. If the car thing doesn't work out, at least Musk will have his burgeoning plans for a "candy" empire.
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In his early 20''s he went freelance- illustrating for major magazines and advertising agencies. Gradually he built up the commission side of his work by painting portraits and exhibiting his work until- in the mid 70''s he gave up illustration work altogether to enable him to concentrate full-time on his paintings which at the time were predominantly in oils.


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Le  (ou Sélection du  pour les éditions francophones) est un magazine mensuel de type familial et généraliste. Le format type ( ou ) du magazine a donné le terme  (petit format), de la taille d'un roman.

Histoire

Alors qu'il se rétablissait de ses blessures de la Première Guerre mondiale, DeWitt Wallace imagina un magazine composé d'articles condensés issus de plusieurs magazines populaires. DeWitt et son épouse d'origine canadienne Lila Wallace (née Lila Bell Acheson) publièrent le premier numéro le  depuis leur propre maison. Initialement disponible par correspondance pour  le numéro, le magazine fut proposé dans les kiosques en 1929.

Son tirage augmenta progressivement, atteignant le seuil symbolique du million d'exemplaires cumulés en 1935, et de  en 1994.

En , l'édition américaine a fêté son .

Outre l'anglais, le Reader's Digest est publié dans une trentaine d'autres langues (dont le français, l'espagnol, l'allemand) pour plus de cent pays dans le monde.

Le , l'éditeur du magazine a annoncé vouloir se placer sous la protection de la loi américaine sur les faillites. Il souhaitait pouvoir ainsi restructurer sa dette qui s'élèvait à  USD.

Publications
En 2004, la version américaine du  fut publiée à  d'exemplaires et compte  de lecteurs chaque mois. Bien qu'en légère perte de vitesse ces dernières années, le  demeure le magazine généraliste le plus vendu aux États-Unis après les publications de l'Association américaine des retraités (AARP), selon le Bureau d'audit des publications (équivalent de l'Office français de la publication).

Il est également publié dans une version à grands caractères appelée , et dans différentes éditions dans plusieurs dizaines de pays dans le monde.

Version française
Arrivée en 1947 en France avec les GI américains, la marque s'installe durablement jusque dans les années 2010. En , les branches française, belge et finlandaise sont revendues au groupe espagnol CIL (Club Internationacional del Libro), car RDA (Reader's Digest Association), la holding propriétaire fait face à d'énormes problèmes de trésorerie.

En 2016, la marque « Sélection Reader's Digest » en France est reprise par la société Art Gallery France qui diffuse la version française du magazine. Sélection Reader's Digest exerce son activité principalement dans la vente à distance de produits d'édition et de loisirs et reprend des parts de marché.

Club de livres
Au Reader's Digest est également associé un club de livres qui, comme France Loisirs, diffuse aussi bien des succès d'éditeurs sous sa propre couverture que des ouvrages spécialement conçus pour le club (atlas, titres de référence, guides pratiques  et plusieurs collections de lecture, telles «Sélection du Livre» (spécialisé en livres condensés) et «Enquêtes et Témoignages». La "Sélection du Livre" fait partie de la Sélection du Reader's Digest et ne doit pas être confondue avec le Magazine. Elle publie cinq volumes par an contenant chacun quatre romans condensés. Ces romans choisis sont en général populaires, ils comportent un récit accrocheur d'emblée, ce sont souvent des récits d'aventure, des romances, des histoires vécues ou de suspense. De nombreux auteurs célèbres ont été publiés dans la "Sélection du Livre" comme : Joseph Kessel, Stefan Zweig, Françoise Bourdin, Mary Higgins Clark, Christian Signol ou Henning Mankell.

Affaire judiciaire
En , Reader's Digest comparaissait devant la  chambre correctionnelle de Nanterre pour « publicité mensongère, pratique commerciale trompeuse et pratique commerciale agressive », en tout 150 plaintes pour des envois de documentation entre 2006 et 2010. Finalement l'entreprise est relaxée en .

Version arabe
La première publication en langue arabe (sous le nom de Al Mukhtar min Reader's Digest, « Selections from The Reader's Digest ») a eu lieu au Caire en 1943, mais le magazine est censuré et . , c'est le Liban qui s'associe à la publication, mais seulement 75 % des livres américains sont traduits; arrêt définitif en .

Version indienne
La version indienne commence en 1954 avec . En 2008, elle se vend à , par .

Critiques
Dans leur livre La Fabrication du consentement. De la propagande médiatique en démocratie (Agone, 2008), les spécialistes des médias Noam Chomsky et Edward Herman ont violemment critiqué la propension du Reader's Digest à lancer des campagnes de propagande, citant notamment le prétendu complot du KGB pour assassiner le pape, ou sur le lien de la revue avec d'anciens dirigeants de la CIA tels que Paul Henze.

Évocations
 Dans le  des 480 souvenirs cités par Georges Perec dans Je me souviens.
 Par Serge Gainsbourg dans Le Poinçonneur des Lilas.
 Dans le best-seller de Dale Carnegie : Comment se faire des amis (et les influencer).
 Dans la série Mad Men, particulièrement dans l'épisode pilote.
 Par Les Fatals Picards dans le titre Française des jeux, tiré de l'album Pamplemousse mécanique.
 Dans la version française de la chanson de Bob Dylan, "Cauchemar Psychomoteur", chantée par Hugues Aufray.
 Dans le premier opus de Retour vers le futur par Doc ouvrant sa porte à Marty en 1955.
 Dans l'épisode Attention, le meurtre peut nuire à votre santé de la série Columbo.
 Dans l'épisode Lisa va à Washington de la série Les Simpson.
Dans Lolita de Vladimir Nabokov, le narrateur précise que dans la cabane en bois préfabriquée dans laquelle il logeait lors de son expédition dans la zone arctique du Canada, il y avait « un tas de choses en réserve — le Reader's Digest, une sorbetière, des toilettes chimiques, des chapeaux en papier pour Noë. »

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Site officiel pour la France
 Site officiel pour le Canada francophone

Presse d'information générale aux États-Unis
Presse mensuelle aux États-Unis
Presse écrite aux États-Unis
Titre de presse créé en 1922
Vente par correspondance

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What's New? is a half-hour American daily science and entertainment television program for children, that was broadcast on the National Educational Television (NET) network and its 1970 successor, the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), from 1962 to 1973. The  program aired in black-and-white and, then as of October 1967, in color.

The show began with a marching theme, with the narrator saying: "In, Out, and Round About. Here, There, and Everywhere. What's New?"

The target audience was upper elementary school and junior high school grades.  The show was hosted by Al Binford, with daily segments presented by science teacher George Fischbeck, naturalist Murl Deusing and others, including deaf mime actor Bernard Bragg whose silent semi-comical educational adventure sketches were based on the artistry of his teacher, Marcel Marceau. Ron Finley created the opening credits.  Each program would deal with three different topics, such as baseball or space science.

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1960s American children's television series
1970s American children's television series
1962 American television series debuts
1973 American television series endings
American children's education television series
Black-and-white American television shows
English-language television shows
Science education television series


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by Phil Geusz
©2011 Phil Geusz
I sure was proud to be driving the hay rake for Dad! It might've been hard work, with all the raising and lowering and backwardsing and forwardsing that went with the job, and I'll grant that it was powerful hot out in the middle of the field even though it was still early. But Dad's smile as he worked up and down the windrows with his sweep rake and wagon was better than all the lemonade and shade there ever was. Here I was, eleven years old and doing an adult's job, even if I could barely throw the control lever when it came time to lift my tool. "Not bad, Johnny!" Dad cried as he passed within earshot, showing his extra-big buck teeth in a smile. "Very straight rows indeed!" They weren't, of course, unless you called the track of a well-moonshined 'possum a straight line. But they were the best I could do, and Dad seemed happy enough. That's all that really matters when you're eleven and doing something truly big and important.
I didn't feel much like a man when our neighbor Mr. Longfoot came striding across the fields, however. Mr. Longfoot didn't much cotton to me; he was always hinting to Dad that just maybe I was one of the kids constantly stealing his corn and squash. My father didn't care for it very much when he did that—in fact, sometimes his ears sort of lowered themselves and he grew downright cross. Mr. Longfoot had that effect on a lot of people; he was constantly complaining that someone was stealing his crops or moving his fenceposts or even casting spells to turn his land sour. Mind you, Father didn't take kindly to this sort of talk. Spellcasting was superstitious mumbo-jumbo, he claimed, and not a fit part of a modern farmer's toolbox. Nor had Mr. Longfoot ever been able to produce any actual evidence in support of his claims, or at least not any beyond "I swear to you, this fence used to be at least ten feet further north than it is now!" I certainly wasn't stealing his crops—his corn tasted funny anyway—and none of my friends were either, that I knew of. I mean… Who'd steal stupid squash and corn, when just down the road Granny Rodgers would let a kid have all the watermelon and carrots he or she could eat? The whole thing was silly! And so was Mr. Longfoot, though of course you couldn't tell him that to his face.
"Whoa, Mabel!" I ordered our friendliest mare, as my neighbor came up alongside the rake; as usual, his face was all screwed up like his belly ached and his fur looked like it could use a good comb-out.
"Hello, Jimmy," he greeted me, employing far more civility than usual. Perhaps it was because he could see that I was doing man's work now? "Is your father around? It's official business, I'm afraid."
I blinked. Dad was the local Councilrabbit; even though he didn't care for the job, he did it anyway. The governor had personally asked him to run for the office, and Dad was notoriously unable to tell an old friend 'no'. His being asked was mostly on account of him being such a big war hero, but it was also because he was so good at solving problems. So on top of running his own farm, he had to help everyone else deal with all sorts of minor and major troubles. "He's up at the barn, unloading the wagon. I expect he'll be back before long."
Mr. Longfoot nodded, looking even more sour than usual. "All right. If you don't mind, I'll wait in the shade under yonder tree."
I blinked again—it was difficult to imagine our neighbor being so polite, especially to me. "Sure thing," I replied with a shrug. "It's as good a place as any."
Not half an hour later Dad came trundling back with the awkward sweep-rake and wagon rig. "Hey, Jimmy!" he called out as soon as he thought I was in earshot. "Come and take a break with me! I brought some cider for us both!"
My holler wasn't half as loud as Dad's yet, so I pointed to the tree instead. Dad raised a hand to shade his eyes, then his ears lowered. "I see him! Meet me there!"
By the time I pulled up with my rake and climbed down from the big wooden seat—boy, was my tail sore!—Dad had already poured both Mr. Longfoot and himself a nice drink. Mom kept the cider down in the deepest, coolest part of our cellar this time of year, and we toted it out into the fields in a thick earthenware jug. The stuff wasn't ever anything resembling cold—the only time I'd ever had a really cold drink in summer was right after a hailstorm—but it was still pretty nice. And boy, was Mom's cider delicious! I didn't get nearly as much as I'd have liked, because of course Mr. Longfoot got a share, too. If he liked it, well… Maybe he said so before I got there.
"…just what you'd expect of a smelly damn bear!" he was saying as my father nodded and poured me my share. We only had the two cups, of course, so he'd had to gulp his down before I arrived. What a shame—it was so good! "I explained to him that the bee tree was on my land. But did he back down? Of course not—bears never do! Instead he got all pushy and claimed his brother is a licensed surveyor, and that he just happened to be passing through."
"I see," Dad replied, nodding. "A bee tree is a valuable thing; everyone likes honey. So what happened next?"
Mr. Longfoot looked down at the ground, and I felt my ears perk a little in apprehension. "I wasn't about to let him steal my bee tree," he explained.
"Of course not," Dad agreed. "We've got a good, solid treaty with the bears nowadays, and the border is the border. What's ours is ours and what's theirs is theirs. In the event of a dispute, we send the matter to the Board of Arbitrators to settle in a legal, responsible manner. That's the basis of the peace, and every year it grows more solid." His eyes narrowed a bit. "Doesn't it?"
"Well…" our neighbor muttered. Then he looked away from us and back towards his own land. "It was my tree, and that's that."
"What do you mean, 'was'?" Dad asked.
Suddenly Mr. Longfoot turned to face us again, this time with hard features and a glint in his eyes. "I cut 'er down," he explained. "Then I cleaned out the entire hive. There was twenty pounds of honey in there, by god, if there was an ounce! There would've been even more later in the year, but this way at least those damn bears didn't steal it!"
There was a long silence as Dad's ears lowered and his eyes narrowed to slits. "All right," he said finally. "You're a fool, Henry. But what's done is done; we can't undo it. What we can do, though, is go back and offer the honey as compensation." He turned to me. "Jimmy, I know it's a bit much for you, but I need you to—"
"Can't," Mr. Longfoot interrupted, looking down at the ground again.
"Why not?" Dad demanded.
"Because just as I was finishing, the bastard came back with his brother, carrying all kinds of chains and spirit-levels and heaven only knows how many other kinds of phony gear to cheat me out of my tree with."
Mr. Longfoot sighed. "Well… He said he was going to go back into town and raise a posse, you see. To kill me and every other damn theivin' rabbit in the territory." He raised his eyes. "So I came to see you, Councilman. Because I guess maybe we're about to have another war."
Almost any other adult I knew would've gone ape one way or another, either getting all scared or angry or, well… something. But Dad just stood there for a long moment, thinking. Then he turned to me again. "Put up the gear, son. I know you can't reach all the hooks yet, so just this once you can leave some of it lying on the ground. The heavy bits, too—don't even try to lift them. Then take care of the horses and meet me back up at the house. Do the best you can, but it's even more important to hurry. All right?"
"Yes, sir!" I replied, standing straighter and taller than I ever had before. Putting away the gear was man's work indeed, even though Dad was right about my not quite being able to do it properly yet. "Right away!" Then I was off on my rake, tongue-clicking to hurry Mabel along and grasping the reins of the horses pulling Dad's rig as well.
The last time I looked over my shoulder, Dad was still shouting and waving his arms at Mr. Longfoot, who stood meekly looking at the ground with his big straw hat clasped in his hands.
I moved like lightning putting things away and tending to the horses; in fact, I was so excited and feeling so worked-up that I was able to hang up two pieces of gear that I'd never been able to before. The horses didn't get rubbed down properly, and you could tell they resented it, but Dad had told me that hurrying was more important than doing stuff right, just this once. So less than an hour later, I was standing respectfully in the kitchen, watching Dad finish a letter. He was wearing his spectacles, which always made him look older than he really was, and his handwriting was so florid it was almost girly. Mom told me once he'd been to a university, but hadn't been able to finish because of the war. She stood next to me, watching and waiting with an arm wrapped around my shoulders. "Has Buck come by yet?" he asked her as he added his signature—my, was it impressive!
"No, love," she replied. Buck was the mailman, and today was delivery-day for our route.
"Good." Dad folded up the paper so that it made its own envelope—he considered envelopes a waste of money—and poured some wax from the candle to seal it. Then he pulled his metal Councilrabbit's stamp from its walnut box, pressed it into the little inkpad, and added his official imprint instead of postage. Lastly, very carefully, he added "Emergency Express" across the top in large letters. I gulped when he did that, and Mom was a little scared, too. You could tell by the way she sort of took a deep breath and never quite released it.
Just then someone knocked at our door. I ran to answer; it was Buck the mailman, sure enough. But instead of greeting me with a friendly smile and a pat on the head like he usually did, he half-collapsed through the door and might well have fallen if I hadn't caught him. "Oh my!" Mom cried as we staggered together towards her chair, which happened to be the closest. I almost folded under the weight until Dad took most of the load, and then together we got him situated.
"Get him some water!" Dad directed; now that I wasn't underneath him,
I could see that Buck was at the ragged end of exhaustion. His fur was all awry, he was covered in road-dust, and he was panting like the steam tractor I'd seen at the state fair. Mom was off like a shot, so I was able to stand and watch as, slowly, Buck caught his breath.
"A mob," he gasped, once he was able. "Bears! Maybe a hundred of them!"
Dad nodded and smiled encouragingly.
"Roaring drunk," Buck continued. "Armed, too. Shotguns, pitchforks, knives."
"Where?" Dad asked as the water arrived.
Buck nodded his gratitude to Mom, then downed the cup in a single gulp. Boy, he must've been parched! "On the road from Cavern City. When I got close enough, the bastards shot at me!" He closed his eyes. "Sir… I had to drop my mailbag to get away. I'm so terribly sorry! I mean…"
"Don't worry," Dad said with a smile. "You did the right thing, coming straight here as quick as you could, and your supervisors will understand. I'll write a letter to that effect, once we get this mess all straightened out." Then his smile faded. "Now, tell me everything you can about this mob of bears…"
The news kept growing worse and worse. Cavern City was maybe twenty or thirty times as big as New Rabbiton, our little village, and it never took much to fire up a feud between bunnies and bears. The war was much too recent and the fighting had been much too hard for things to be any different—even a dumb kid like me knew that much. The last conflict had been so devastating and costly, however, that the leaders on both sides were committed to a lasting peace, and someday maybe even an active partnership. Dad was a big believer in peace; he'd told me many times that any veteran guerilla fighter who wasn't in favor of peace, by definition had to be insane. And after killing as many bears as people claimed he had, well… I might've been a little sick of war myself.
At any rate, Dad sat in his chair by the fire and silently rocked for a few minutes. Meanwhile, Mom was helping Buck lie down to rest a bit before carrying Dad's message to the next-higher level of government at Clover Hill. I stood silently and watched my father rock; sometimes he looked up at the pair of big revolvers hanging on the mantle. They were famous, those revolvers—people had offered more than he'd ever earn as a farmer in a lifetime for them. And sometimes he looked at me.
Once when he looked at me, there was a tear in his eye.
"No," he said finally, rising to his feet. "I won't let it happen again. Not on my watch, by god!"
I knew exactly what he was talking about. "But… Dad, how can you stop it? I mean… Anyone can see that it wasn't your fault at all."
He shook his head. "I'm in charge here, sort of. So everything is my fault."
"We can't evacuate," I pointed out. "We'd never get word to all the outlying farms in time. And there aren't enough of us for a stand-up fight!"
Then he smiled, flashing his extra-big incisors again. "If there's one thing that being a guerilla leader teaches you," he explained, "it's that things are never quite as hopeless as they seem. We're always surrounded by opportunities, if we but open our eyes and allow ourselves to see them." Then his smile faded. "Listen very carefully, son. I'm about to give you a whole list of things that simply must be done, and you can't afford to forget a single word…"
It was short notice, sure enough. But it was simply amazing, how people flat-out accepted whatever I told them in my father's name, once I showed them that I was carrying his official seal! Normally it took days and weeks to plan this sort of thing, and I'll admit that the results would've been a lot better had we had that sort of time to work with. Even so, however, it was impressive how many rabbits we were able to turn out at the schoolhouse playground. And the food! My heavens, did we put out a spread, considering! There were even five blackberry pies—Mrs. Warrenmaker happened to have been baking them for a big family reunion.
So when the mob of angry bears crested last rise into Rabbiton, they were greeted by absolutely the last sight they expected to see: A town picnic in full progress. There were red-checkered tablecloths on the tables, big bowls of steaming food, mobs of kids running about playing tag and such… We'd even managed to assemble a pitiful little band—a tuba, two flutes, a fiddle and a banjo. They were playing with more enthusiasm than skill, but it was the thought that mattered.
At first, the bears milled around at the top of the hill and stared. One or two fired shots into the air, but we'd all been coached to ignore them. Then Dad took me in one arm and Mom in the other, and we began walking up the hill. He'd told me that he hoped our visitors might've sobered up considerably by now, and that many would've grown tired of marching and dropped out along the way. And so it seemed to be—I was supposed to signal by stepping on Dad's foot if I saw any suspicious-looking jugs, but they all seemed to be gone. And if there were as many as fifty bears left, I'd have been surprised to hear it. It was still a scary little walk, however, and an uncomfortable one as well, since Dad made me wear my little-boy short pants that I'd outgrown last year and wasn't ever supposed to have to wear again. But I went along with it, even if it did make me want to blush.
"I know you, Rafe Willow," one of the biggest, meanest-looking bears growled as we closed to within speaking distance. "You killed my brother, you sneaky bastard! Shot him in the back!"
"And I know you, Travis Stubtail," Dad replied, not missing a beat. "It's been claimed that you and your provisional company ate your prisoners, though I never believed it. Others did that sort of thing, yes. Many others. But not you." He removed his hat and flourished it as he bowed. "However, that was another time and another place. This is my wife Emma, and my son Jimmy."
Mr. Stubtail's fangs showed themselves for a moment, then vanished. "You rabbits have broken the peace." He clawed at the ground and waved the axe he was carrying. "We've come to kill you all!"
Dad shrugged. "If you like. We can't stop you; never could've, given how few of us there are hereabouts."
The angry bear waved his axe again. "Every last one of you!"
Dad shrugged again, and Mom took his hand. "Okay. Go ahead."
"Oh, jeez!" a bear near the back muttered.
"I smell blueberries!" another added.
"You stole our honey, damnit! Chopped my brother-in-law's bee tree down!"
"No one here did that," Dad countered. "A certain Henry Longfoot has confessed to that particular crime. He's in my root cellar, under guard."
"Then turn him over!" Mr. Stubtail roared. "We'll hang him and leave peacefully, by god! All we want is justice!"
Dad looked down at the ground and sighed. When he raised his eyes again, they seemed to bore right through Mr. Stubtail. "I've hung men before, sir. After court-martials, on the field of battle. Have you?"
The bear frowned and looked away. "Can't say that I have. Not until today, at least."
"Any of you?" Dad demanded of the bears. None of them answered.
"It's an ugly business," Dad continued. "Not at all like you'd imagine. The prisoner's usually terrified out of his wits, you see. People claim after the fact that the condemned accepted their punishment with dignity, but few actually do. It's a lie meant to make their families feel better." He sighed. "They weep and scream and foul themselves before the rope so much as touches their neck. If you have a regular gallows handy, well… that's bad enough. Usually there's a hysterical scream when the trap's released, then a nasty crack as their spine snaps. When you have to improvise, though…" He shook his head. "They strangle instead of going cleanly, you see. So they kick and hiss and gurgle, and you have to stand and watch it all happen. It takes longer than you'd think. A lot, lot longer."
There was a long, cold silence.
"We don't have to do it all again, Mr. Stubtail," Dad continued. "All the fighting and raiding and counter-raiding…" He sighed. "My man's clearly in the wrong, whoever actually owned the damn tree. But I assure you, sir, in all sincerity, that there's not a bee tree in the world worth hanging a man over, much less wiping out a village full of women and children! Trust me to know, on both counts."
There was another long silence—it'd been a particularly nasty war, and Dad's record was well-known to both sides. "Aww!" a bear in the back muttered. "This is a load of crap! Let's go home!" Then another spoke up, and another.
"No!" Dad interrupted. "Don't go home! Come and join us for dinner; stay overnight if you like!" He smiled. "I hear tell there's twenty pounds of honey on one of those tables, if there's an ounce!"
For a time the bears hesitated. Then at last Mr. Stubtail lowered his axe and stepped forward with his arm extended. "You're still a sneaky bastard, Rafe."
"And you're a smelly brute," Dad countered as he shook the bear's paw. "But we'll find a way to get along with each other regardless, I reckon. Or else we'll die trying."
Then we held the strangest picnic ever known in the hamlet of New Rabbiton; soon bears and bunnies alike were dancing and eating and telling war-stories together! You could practically hear the wounds a-healing.
And when I finally went to off to attend university myself, it was in Cavern City. Every last one of my classmates were bears.


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The United Nations Security Council Tuesday called on UN Member States to recognize Skhirat government led by Fayaz Sirraj and end official contacts with authorities in Tripoli and Tobruk.
Two days earlier, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union expressed full support to the UN-imposed government, hinting at official recognition of the government without the vote of confidence from Tobruk Parliament.
A number of foreign observers said the western recognition of the government violates the political agreement signed in Skhirat on December 16 and would perpetuate the worsening status quo of Libya.
According to the agreement, the constitutional declaration must be amended before the government can get a vote of confidence, which did not happen.
Ken Hanly, a Canadian political analyst and philosophy professor said the UN-imposed government is "an instrument for the legitimization of foreign intervention in Libya."
" That is why even though the HoR has not voted confidence in the GNA, foreign powers accept it as a fact that the GNA is now the government of Libya — and the UN, U.S., and EU applaud the moves." He says.
Richard Galustian, a British political & security analyst with 40 years experience in MENA countries, said the UN-imposed government is illegitimate.
"It's a joke, it was not chosen by Libyans but foreigners." He told the Libya Observer, describing it as "the government in exile."
The Security Council extended Tuesday the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 15 June.
Last week, the UN-imposed government claimed power and urged Libya's state institutions, including the Central Bank and the National Oil Corporation, to stop dealing with Tripoli and Tobruk governments.


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Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel Review
By Lizzie Manno | April 18, 2019 | 12:02pm
Music Reviews Fontaines D.C.
Fontaines D.C. have been pigeonholed as the British Isles' next great post-punk export a la Shame or Idles, but this Irish five-piece deserve more than that reductive framing. Fontaines D.C. are more poetic than the bands they're lumped in with, and their debut album Dogrel is a testament to a different set of concerns. Dogrel takes on the degradation of urban cities as lively cultural hubs and launching pads for people to make something of themselves—or at least put some change in their pockets. Frontman Grian Chatten and his bandmates share a love of literature and poetry (the Beats, James Joyce, Patrick Kavanagh, etc.), and they write songs together in Irish pubs, resulting in a brazen-faced, romantic portrait of Dublin and its vast characters.
Chatten's speak-sing delivery in a distinct Dublin tongue is another thing that sets them apart. His droney recitations never reach the kind of gravelly howl you'd associate with Shame or Idles, but his voice is no less expressive. You can't miss those Irish rolled Rs when Chatten sings, "slick little boy with a mind of Ritz" on their snappy lead track "Big." Chatten proclaims amidst lashing cymbals and a hopping bass line, "Dublin in the rain is mine / A pregnant city with a Catholic mind." Despite piling onto the common criticisms of Ireland, their brutal realism comes from authentic personal experience and a desire to hold a mirror to their homeland's face and empower it. Though with descriptions like "a cabbie [pissing] on the wheel of his own car," "the breeze in the night time [that] would kill you stone dead" or "that violent 'how do you do,'" Fontaines D.C. likely won't receive any job offers from the Irish tourism board any time soon.
Though Fontaines D.C. loosely fall into the post-punk framework thanks to droll vocals and occasional fits of spiky guitars, they aren't a musical monolith. "Liberty Belle" is equipped with surfy guitars, "Boys in the Better Land" is a more polished take on the Ramones and the tender ballad "Roy's Tune" has tear-inducing hooks and lyrics packed with devastating melancholia. Their post-punk chops are also up to snuff. The subtle, revolving guitar resonance on "Television Screen" has a wide palette of emotional tones, their matter-of-fact vocals on "Hurricane Laughter" are striking, the bass line on "The Lotts" sounds like Joy Division-era Peter Hook and the sinister slide guitar licks that open "Too Real" prove they have a few tricks up their sleeves.
Two of their biggest calling cards are self-belief and authenticity. The uplifting lyrical themes on the lead track "Big" ("My childhood was small / But I'm gonna be big") are analogous to "Rock 'n' Roll Star," the lead track on Oasis' Definitely Maybe, though "Big" has more wit and spit. If self-awareness is one factor of the renewed interest in post-punk, the intense, charismatic Chatten certainly has it as he pokes fun at charisma ("Charisma is exquisite manipulation"). And contrary to what listeners might think, Chatten isn't evangelizing when he sings, "If you're a rock star, pornstar, superstar / Doesn't matter what you are / Get yourself a good car and get out of here." He's simply the tongue-in-cheek messenger of the conventional wisdom that's often spewed at Irish youth. Dogrel is an album of tremendous ardor and vivid landscapes, and interspersed with an Irish underdog spirit, Fontaines D.C. are nearly untouchable.
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At this year's Google I/O, the company's annual developer conference and showcase, CEO Sundar Pichai made one thing very clear: Google is moving toward an AI-first approach in its products, which means pretty soon, everything you do on Google will be powered by machine learning. During Wednesday's keynote speech, we saw that approach seep into all of Google's platforms, from Android to Gmail to Google Assistant, each of which are getting spruced up with new capabilities thanks to AI. Here's our list of the coolest things Google announced today.
One of the flashiest announcements from today was Google Lens, a new product that lets you search the world with your phone's camera. Let's say you're on a hike and want to know if that plant by your ankle is poison oak. Or maybe you're browsing through your vacation photos from Athens and can't remember the name of that crumbling ancient structure. Google Lens can offer information on exactly what you're seeing, in real time or in photos, plus help you interact with it. Point the camera at a restaurant and Lens will not only tell you the name, but pull up the menu and help you book a table. It promises a whole new way of scanning the real world the way you would with Google Search. Read David Pierce's story on Lens.
Google's rethinking its computing architecture for an AI-first world, starting with its homegrown Tensor Processing Unit. The new processor, called Cloud TPU, can be used both to run neural networks and train them, and will be open to anyone through Google's cloud computing platform. Confused? Cade Metz explains all the details here.
You can already find Google Assistant on more than 100 million devices. Where's it going next? Everywhere else, of course! Google announced today that its Assistant will join Siri on iOS devices, and it's getting some fancy new features, too: You can interact with it through both speech and text, and use it to pay for things or make accounts. Google's also expanding the number of languages supported by Google Assistant: French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese will roll out this summer; by the end of year, assistant will also be fluent in Spanish, Italian, and Korean. Read David Pierce's story.
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Google gave us another peek at their forthcoming OS, Android O, which comes with all kinds of bells and whistles: There's Google autofill on all its apps, smart text selection for easier copy-and-paste, and picture-in-picture functionality. Google's also promised stronger "vitals"—longer battery life, quicker boot times, and top-notch security features. For Android's 2 billion active users, that's pretty exciting. Android O been available as a developer preview for a few months, but the rest of us plebs can check it out in beta starting today.
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On April 13, 15 young men will compete for the chance to represent San Bernardino High School (SBHS) as Mr. Cardinal City 2019–2020.
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According to Statistics Finland, turnover in manufacturing in the August to October period was 6.5 per cent higher than in the corresponding period of the year before. Domestic sales grew by 5.0 per cent and export turnover by 7.7 per cent from one year ago.
Turnover went up from the corresponding period of the previous year in all manufacturing (C) sub-industries . The growth was strongest in the metal industry, by 8.3 per cent, in the electrical and electronics industry, by 7.0 per cent, and in the forest industry, by 6.7 per cent. Turnover grew slowest in the food industry, by 2.9 per cent.
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A yellow weather warning for snow in our region has been in place over the last few days, however any snow which does fall overnight (Tuesday) is unlikely to settle.
We could still wake up with a covering but it will be no more than around 2cm in most areas.
Instead, rain is more likely to fall into the evening, making the ground wet, so any snow which does come down during the night is unlikely to stick, although there is every chance in towns and villages at a higher level.
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Ice could prove to be a danger in the morning.
However, there is a much greater chance of snow now on Thursday night/late afternoon, and the current predictions are we could be in for a heavier fall than was predicted tonight.


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Q: Unit Testing / Integration Testing Web API with HttpClient in Visual Studio 2013 I am having a hard time trying to test my API controller with Visual Studio 2013.  My one solution has a Web API Project and a Test project. In my test project, I have a Unit Test with this:
[TestMethod]
public void GetProduct()
{
    HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration();
    HttpServer _server = new HttpServer(config);

    var client = new HttpClient(_server);

    var request = new HttpRequestMessage
    {
        RequestUri = new Uri("http://localhost:50892/api/product/hello"),
        Method = HttpMethod.Get
    };

    request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

    using (var response = client.SendAsync(request).Result)
    {
        Assert.AreEqual(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);

        var test = response.Content.ReadAsAsync<CollectionListDTO>().Result;
    }
}

I keep getting a 404. I have tried running my API with one instance of Visual Studio (IIS Express), and trying to debug this Unit Test in another instance. But no luck.  I have verified that I can put this URL in a browser (when one Visual Studio is debugging) and I see my JSON response.  But I can't figure out how to get it to work with my unit test and HttpClient. I have tried to find examples online but can't seem to find one. Can someone help?
UPDATE 1:
I tried adding in a route but nothing happened.
HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration();

// Added this line
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(name: "Default", routeTemplate: "api/product/hello/");

HttpServer _server = new HttpServer(config);

var client = new HttpClient(_server);

[...rest of code is the same]

Here is my API Controller
[HttpGet]
[Route("api/product/hello/")]
public IHttpActionResult Hello()
{
     return Ok();
}

UPDATE Resolution:
I was able to get it to work if I new up HttpClient without a HttpServer object.  I would still need to have two instances of VS running though. 1 running my API code and another to run the Unit Test.
Here is a working method.
[TestMethod]
public void Works()
{
    var client = new HttpClient(); // no HttpServer

    var request = new HttpRequestMessage
    {
        RequestUri = new Uri("http://localhost:50892/api/product/hello"),
        Method = HttpMethod.Get
    };

    request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

    using (var response = client.SendAsync(request).Result)
    {
        Assert.AreEqual(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
    }
}

Anyone know why it doesn't work with a HttpServer and a HttpConfiguration passed into HttpClient? I have seen many examples that use this.

A: Referencing the following article I was able to do...
ASP.NET Web API integration testing with in-memory hosting
by working with a HttpServer and a HttpConfiguration passed into HttpClient. In the following example I created a simple ApiController that uses attribute routing. I configured the HttpConfiguration to map attribute routes and then passed it to the new HttpServer. The HttpClient can then use the configured server to make integration test calls to the test server.
public partial class MiscUnitTests {
    [TestClass]
    public class HttpClientIntegrationTests : MiscUnitTests {

        [TestMethod]
        public async Task HttpClient_Should_Get_OKStatus_From_Products_Using_InMemory_Hosting() {

            var config = new HttpConfiguration();
            //configure web api
            config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

            using (var server = new HttpServer(config)) {

                var client = new HttpClient(server);

                string url = "http://localhost/api/product/hello/";

                var request = new HttpRequestMessage {
                    RequestUri = new Uri(url),
                    Method = HttpMethod.Get
                };

                request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

                using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request)) {
                    Assert.AreEqual(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public class ProductController : ApiController {
        [HttpGet]
        [Route("api/product/hello/")]
        public IHttpActionResult Hello() {
            return Ok();
        }
    }
}

There was no need to have another instance of VS running in order to integration test the controller.
The following simplified version of the test worked as well
var config = new HttpConfiguration();
//configure web api
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

using (var server = new HttpServer(config)) {

    var client = new HttpClient(server);

    string url = "http://localhost/api/product/hello/";

    using (var response = await client.GetAsync(url)) {
        Assert.AreEqual(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
    }
}

In your case you need to make sure that you are configuring the server properly to match your web api setup. This would mean that you have to register your api routes with the HttpConfiguration object.
var config = new HttpConfiguration();
//configure web api
WebApiConfig.Register(config);
//...other code removed for brevity

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Is it time to update Howard County Code of Ordinances?
Bongino remains popular online and obviously people were searching for the results of his race in Florida this year.
The Howard County snow on the sidewalk issue was popular…and may have helped change the law here in Howard County (I know it didn't hurt in getting that bill passed).
The HoCoBOE Reference card was actually the most viewed article in 2016. No surprise given how much attention the HoCoBOE race received this past year.
2016 scorecards finished 4th overall in views in 2016. This one is always popular during an election year.
Ann Delacy article ended up as the 5th most viewed article in 2016. This was the most popular article on the site in 2015…so there was continued interest in this topic this year.
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