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December 1, 1994; 25 years ago (1994-12-01)
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1080i HDTV
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Home starts here
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Formerly called
Home & Garden Television (1994–2010)
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American Heroes Channel
Destination America
Discovery Life
www.hgtv.com
Orby TV
Channel 170 (HD)
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C-Band – H2H/4DTV
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Astro Malaysia
Channel 450 (SD)
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Internet Protocol television
HGTV (an initialism for Home & Garden Television) is an American pay television channel that is owned by Discovery, Inc. The network primarily broadcasts reality programming related to home improvement and real estate. As of February 2015, approximately 95,628,000 American households (82.2% of households with television) receive HGTV.[1] In 2016, HGTV overtook CNN as the third most-watched cable channel in the United States, behind Fox News and ESPN.[2] Discovery will rebrand the Home channel in the UK and Ireland to HGTV, which will be available on Freeview 42, Sky 158, Freesat 166, and Virgin 279. HGTV +1 will also launch on Sky 258 and Virgin 283. However in Ireland, HGTV will be on Sky 162 and the +1 on 262. The positions for other platforms will remain the same.
2.1 High definition
3 Carrier disputes
3.1 Cablevision
3.2 AT&T U-verse
4 Controversies
5.1 Canada
5.2 Singapore
5.3 Sri Lanka
5.4 Australia
5.5 Malaysia
5.8 Poland
5.9 Philippines
5.11 Taiwan
5.12 Hong Kong
5.13 Myanmar
5.14 Vietnam
5.15 Latin America
5.16 United Kingdom & Ireland
5.17 Middle East & North Africa
5.18 South Africa
Kenneth W. Lowe (then a radio executive with The E.W. Scripps Company and, subsequently, the chief executive officer of Scripps Networks Interactive) envisioned the concept of HGTV in 1992. With modest financial support from the E.W. Scripps corporate board, he purchased Cinetel, a small video production company in Knoxville, as the base and production hub of the new network. Lowe cofounded the channel with Susan Packard.[3][4]
Cinetel became Scripps Productions, but it found producing more than 30 programs simultaneously daunting. The organization brought in former CBS television executive Ed Spray, who implemented a system of producing (nearly all) programming through independent production houses around the United States. Burton Jablin, as Vice President of Programming, set the tone and oversaw the production of the early series. About 90 percent of the channel's programming consisted of original productions at launch, with ten percent licensed and rerun from Canadian channels, PBS, and other sources.
Using local Scripps cable franchises (since divested), the Federal Communications Commission "must carry" provisions of Scripps medium-market television stations, and other small television operators to gain cable carriage, the channel launched on December 1, 1994. The major programming themes, unchanged since the beginning, were home building and remodeling, landscaping and gardening, decorating and design, and crafts and hobbies.
HGTV logo used from December 1, 1994 to March 1, 2010.
During its development, the channel was originally named the Home, Lawn, and Garden Channel. The name was later shortened and a logo was developed. The logo was amended in 2010, with this version debuting on March 1 of that year. The square with the "G" in it was removed, the roof was increased in size and the "HGTV" letters are now set in Gotham Black (from the original mixture of Futura and Times New Roman), with the other Gotham fonts being used around the network. The network debuted with a skeletal staff, but with gradual acceptance by other cable operators, it now reaches 94 million households in the United States and has either partner networks, or network interests, in Canada, Japan, and elsewhere. It is now referred to simply as "HGTV"; the full name of the channel is de-emphasized.
In July 2008, the E.W. Scripps Company spun off the channel and the other Scripps cable channels and web-based properties into a separate company, Scripps Networks Interactive; E.W. Scripps broadcast television and newspaper properties remain as part of the original company.[citation needed]
In December 2011, the channel began broadcasting all of its programming in 16:9 aspect ratio format on its primary standard definition channel.[5] This results in the appearance of black bars on the top and bottom of the screen on 4:3 aspect ratio televisions; its high-definition channel displays the channel's programming in its native aspect ratio.
On March 6, 2018, Discovery Communications completed its merger with Scripps Networks Interactive and assumed control of HGTV, Food Network and Travel Channel.[6][7]
See also: Category:HGTV original programs.
At the February 23–25, 2018, Capital Remodel and Garden Show at the Dulles Expo Center, (l to r) Chris Lambton and Peyton Lambton
HGTV's current programming focuses primarily on home-buying, renovation, and reality shows following the business of house flipping. SNI CEO Ken Lowe stated of the programming strategy that "We're not going to surprise you. We're not going to throw you a curve ball. It's not easy to create content that people are passionate about and somewhat addicted to that is somewhat repetitive." As of 2016, HGTV has invested at least $400 million annually on original programming.[2]
An annual promotion held by the network is the HGTV Dream Home, a sweepstakes which awards a custom-built house as its grand prize.[8]
The 1080i high definition simulcast feed of HGTV launched on March 31, 2008. Originally, the HD channel did not simulcast the standard definition feed of HGTV. Instead, the HD channel featured programming separate from the standard channel. The standard definition feed of the channel began to carry the full 16:9 aspect ratio downgraded from the HD feed in a letterboxed format in early 2013.
Carrier disputes
On December 31, 2009, Scripps Networks Interactive removed the Food Network and HGTV from New York City-area cable provider Cablevision, on the day that its carriage contract was set to expire. After months of negotiations, an agreement between Scripps and Cablevision was not reached, prompting the removal of the two channels.[9] On January 21, 2010, Cablevision and Scripps reached a deal and the channels were restored to Cablevision's systems in the New York City area on the same day and by the next day in other areas.
On November 5, 2010, AT&T U-verse dropped the DIY Network, Cooking Channel, Food Network, Great American Country and HGTV, due to a carriage dispute with Scripps Networks.[10] The carriage dispute was resolved two days later, on November 7, 2010, through a new carriage agreement.[11][12]
On June 13, 2012, representatives for HGTV admitted that scenes featured in the original series House Hunters are mostly re-creations of prior events.[13] In many cases, the final decision and purchase were made prior to filming. In some cases, homes visited were not even on the market.
In May 2014, HGTV decided not to premiere the Benham Brothers' series Flip It Forward (which was created for the channel), due to a controversy regarding the Brothers' beliefs concerning homosexuality and pro-life beliefs.[14][15]
In 1997, Atlantis Communications and Scripps Networks launched a Canadian version of HGTV as a Category B specialty channel. Through a series of acquisitions over the years, Corus Entertainment became Scripps Networks' partner in the network.
The Canadian version features much of the same programming as the U.S. channel, as well as domestically-produced programs (some of which have also been picked up by the U.S. channel) and some similar programming acquired from other broadcasters. The Canadian channel's series Property Brothers has ranked among HGTV's most popular programs in the United States;[2] the American channel has also had significant success with the Canadian-produced series Love It or List It (which was originally produced for W Network, a corporate sister to the Canadian HGTV network).
On 6 March 2014, HGTV Launch in Singapore Via Starhub TV, but on August 31, 2018 it (and other Discovery Network channels) ceased transmission. It was launched on Singtel TV Platform on 28 September 2018 on Channel 250.
HGTV is available in Sri Lanka via Dialog TV
On 1 February 2015, HGTV launched in Australia on Australian IPTV service Fetch TV.[16][17]
Programming from the network also airs free-to-air on Nine Network's digital multichannel 9Life.
On 31 August 2015, HGTV launched in Malaysia on DBS Pay TV Astro (television).[18]
On 27 June 2016, HGTV launched in New Zealand as a free-to-air channel on the Freeview terrestrial platform. The channel is owned in a joint venture with the Canadian broadcaster Blue Ant Media.[19] On 24 August 2016, HGTV launched on the Freeview satellite platform and on Sky.
On 1 July 2016, HGTV launched in Indonesia on MNC Vision.
Scripps Network Interactive has purchased a majority stake in TVN from Grupa ITI, taking control of company's channels. On 7 January 2017, HGTV has replaced fitness and weather channel TVN Meteo Active. HGTV is referred to in Poland as HGTV Home&Garden. This was the first market in Europe the channel has expanded to.
On 1 March 2015, HGTV launched in the Philippines on Skycable, Destiny Cable, and Cignal.
On 30 December 2019, HGTV launched in Romania on RCS & RDS.
On 29 May 2016, HGTV launched in Taiwan Via Kbro, Taipei Cable, TWT Cable, and New Taipei City Cable. It plans to also launch on Chunghwa Telecom MOD Channel 281.
HGTV plans to launch on Now TV Channel 530 and myTV Super Channel 611, simulcast in SD and HD.
HGTV It's Launch in Sky Net Channel 67 on October 19, 2018, and also plans to launch in Myanmar on CANAL+ Channel 119.
HGTV was launched in Vietnam on November 20, 2018, available on VTVCab and Viettel TV.[20]
HGTV was launched in Latin America in partnership with Discovery Inc. in March 2019.[21]
Main article: Home (TV channel)
In June 2019, it was announced that former UKTV channel Home, which Discovery had acquired full control of earlier in the year, would be replaced as a UK version of HGTV on 21st January 2020.[22]
In Middle East & North Africa region, HGTV is available on beIN Media and is one of their leading lifestyle channels.
On Monday, 15 July, Discovery is launched its home and lifestyle network Home and Garden Television (HGTV) DStv channel 177 in South Africa.
HGTV was honored with the Academy of Achievement Award for their significant impact on the home and garden décor industry at the 22nd Annual Accessories Resource Team (ARTS) gala event on January 2, 2011.[23] In 2012, HGTV won the Dixon Award for Best TV Channel.[citation needed]
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^ a b c "HGTV Will Never Upset You: How the Network Beat CNN in 2016". Bloomberg. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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^ Meg James. "Discovery completes $12-billion takeover of Scripps Networks' Food, HGTV and Travel channels". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ Dade Hayes. "Discovery Closes $14.6B Acquisition Of Scripps Networks Interactive". Deadline. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "HGTV dream homes can become nightmares for winners". Plainview Daily Herald. 2005-06-23. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
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^ "AT&T's U-verse Drops Food Network, HGTV and Other Scrippy-s Networks", Chicago Tribune. November 5, 2010.
^ Food Network, HGTV, Back on U-verse. Chicago Tribune. November 7, 2010.
^ "AT&T U-verse, Scripps Reconnect on Carriage Contract". Multichannel News. November 7, 2010.
^ Barshad, Amos (13 June 2012). "Nothing Gold Can Stay: HGTV Admits House Hunters Is Partially Staged". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
^ Respers France, Lisa. "Benham brothers lose HGTV show after 'anti-gay' remarks". CNN. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
^ Blake, Meredith. "HGTV drops reality show starring anti-gay-marriage Christian activist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
^ Knox, David (December 9, 2014). "Fetch TV adds BBC First". TV Tonight. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
^ Perry, Kevin (December 9, 2014). "Big Blow for Foxtel as they Lose Exclusive Rights for Premium Drama Channel BBC First". Nelbie. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
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Known affectionately as Pastor Matt, he is very involved in many areas of the church. From the youth group to his bible studies, and visiting hospital patients to planning a "birthday party for Jesus" for the little children at Christmas he is continually busy. Not everyone at the church realizes that he is at the church sometimes seven days a week. He is supposed to take Fridays off, but I can tell you he doesn't adhere to that rule. He even started an annual "Kid's Day" at Advent where it's all about the children and youth for one Sunday. Every year Pastor Matt gets his white hair painted multiple colors by the children on that day! He truly has brought God's church a long way and we couldn't be happier to have him and his wonderful family.
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William Makepeace Thackeray by Richard Salmon
Thackeray is best known for his satirical novel Vanity Fair set in Regency England during the Napoleonic wars. The title is derived from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, more specifically an episode in which a fair is set up in the town of Vanity by the devils Beelzebub and Apollyon. Written by a Richard Salmon, a Victorian literature and culture specialist, this study examines Thackeray's writings, including novels, shorter fiction, journalism and criticism, locating their generic diversity and persistent critical concerns within the specific material contexts of early mid-nineteenth-century literary culture.
Djuna Barnes by Deborah Parsons
Barnes once described herself as one of the most famous unknowns of the twentieth century. Revisionary accounts of female modernist writers have re-awakened interest in her work, yet she remains a unique and idiosyncratic figure, unassimilated by models of American expatriate or Sapphic modernism. In this study, Deborah Parsons examines the range of Barnes's oeuvre; her early journalism, short stories and one act dramas, poetry, the family chronicle Ryder, the Ladies Almanack, and her late play The Antiphon, as well as her modernist classic Nightwood. Barnes's determined inversion of generic and social norms, sexology, degeneration, ethnography, and decadence, her unusual childhood, her professional friendships with T.S. Eliot and James Joyce, and her controversial lesbianism are all highlighted and discussed in this introduction to a bold and enigmatic writer.
Anita Desai by Elaine Yee Lin Ho
The notion of thinking as an outside, and the critical distance which this entails, is a key to an understanding of Desai as writer, and a recurrent theme for the discussions of her novels and short stories in her book. It informs her authorial perspectives on India, its places, scenes, and people, and her creative engagement with those who, through a combination of accident and choice, find themselves marginalised, displaced, and dispossessed. Through detailed discussions of a number of short stories and novels, and references to other works by Indo-English writers, Elaine Yee Lin Ho shows how Desai maps her 'India', and opens up ways of reading 'India' for the reader as outsider.
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Stephen Crane by Kevin Hayes
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Since the publication of Things Fall Apart in 1958, Chinua Achebe has been credited with being the key progenitor of an African literary tradition and his five novels read as tracing the national narrative of Nigeria. Achebe depicts precolonial societies disturbed by British colonization, in the 1890s and the 1930s, the dog days of colonization in the 1950s, Independence in 1960 and the onset of neo-colonial problems of corruption and civil war and, in his final novel, Anthills of the Savannah (1987), the pervasive sense of postcolonial disenchantment. This study casts back over Achebe's writing career to assess his considerable contribution to postcolonial writing and criticism, including his Editorship of Heinemann's acclaimed African Writers Series.
Thomas Hardy by Peter Widdowson
Widely popular throughout the world, Hardy still seems to speak to us, in fiction and in poetry, as our contemporary. In this new edition of his popular study, Peter Widdowson identifies the elements in his work which enable Hardy to be read in this way. Drawing on contemporary approaches to literary study in an accessible way, the author shows where this radical and destabilizing Hardy is to be located in the texts; and similarly seeks to recast our conception of Hardy the Poet by showing how preconceived and selective it is.
Samuel Johnson by Liz Bellamy
Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language took him eight years to complete, and was published in 1755. Though it was neither the first nor the most comprehensive of its era, it stood the test of time and remained the definitive English dictionary until the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1928. This book studies Johnson's work in relation to contemporary anxieties over language and genre.
D. M. Thomas by Bran Nicol
This book argues that D. M. Thomas, while best known for his bestselling novel The White Hotel, is one of our foremost fictional innovators. His work continually stretches the boundaries of the novel to find a suitable form to reflect the impact of the uniquely violent, often nightmarish, events of our times, and on the desires and fantasies within us all.
Gerard Manley Hopkins by Daniel Brown
Hopkins did not write his poetry for his fellow Victorians nor indeed for the huge readership it has acquired since it was first published in 1918, almost forty years after his death. This study argues that Hopkins' fascinatingly original poetry is the most complete expression of his life's work and that it becomes accessible when it is read with his prose writings as a passionate exploration of nature, language, philosophy, contemporary science, theology, and prosody, all of which are also drawn together in his central ideas of inscape and sprung rhythm. These contexts yield compelling new readings of the full range of his work, including his early poetry and his neglected poetic fragments, as well as those poems, such as 'The Windhover', for which he is best known.
Virginia Woolf by Laura Marcus
As well as exploring Woolf's significance for, and contribution to, feminist debates and definitions of modernism, this book also includes detailed analyses of all her novels and non-fictional writings, including A Room of One's Own, Three Guineas and the 'biography' Flush. It considers current theoretical approaches to Woolf's work and also engages with Woolf's own cultural contexts, exploring, for example, her responses to war, to Freud's theories, and to early twentieth-century theories of sexuality and gender identity, and the transition from Victorianism to modernity.
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Home / Featured / Mountain Man Amos finds a college home in Wisconsin
Mountain Man Amos finds a college home in Wisconsin
By Craig Sesker
Braxton Amos is an elite wrestler with sky-high expectations.
And a bright, articulate and personable young man who knows exactly what he wants.
Targeted by the most elite programs in the country, the nation's top-ranked wrestler at 220 pounds was recruited by powerhouse schools Penn State, Oklahoma State and Ohio State.
But he chose Chris Bono's up-and-coming program at the University of Wisconsin.
"I love everything about Wisconsin," Amos said. "Just their values and what they stand for — that really impressed me. The coaches and the wrestlers they have are good, hard-working people who love the sport. I was really sold on the wrestling program plus I will have a lot of great workout partners to train with. It's a great school academically. It's a really nice campus and Madison is an awesome city — it's beautiful there."
Amos, a two-time state champ from Parkersburg South in West Virginia, has already compiled an incredible resume.
He's a five-time Fargo champion along with earning three Super 32 titles, two Ironman crowns and a pair of Powerade championships.
Amos has been a fixture the past few Julys at USA Wrestling's prestigious Cadet and Junior Nationals in Fargo, N.D. His collection of "stop sign" plaques includes two Cadet freestyle titles, two Cadet Greco-Roman crowns and one Junior freestyle championship.
He was on course to add a Junior Greco title this past summer before spraining ligaments in his knee. He injured his knee early in the tournament.
Amos went on to win his quarterfinal and semifinal bouts, but he was unable to wrestle in the finals after his coaches had him default because of his injury.
Greco-Roman is the style he is leaning toward pursuing at the international level.
Amos attracted plenty of attention from the nation's top college programs. He also had neighboring Virginia Tech in his top five.
"It was tough to narrow it down to five schools — there were a lot of great schools to consider," he said. "I felt like Wisconsin would be a place where I could get better academically and in wrestling. They were willing to support everything I value."
Amos said Wisconsin coaches Chris Bono and Jon Reader won him over with their dynamic and direct approach.
"Bono and Reader bring a lot of enthusiasm and passion to wrestling," Amos said. "They love the sport and they love the athletes they are coaching. They are demanding coaches who are intense. They push you and try to get the most out of you. That's exactly what I want in a coach."
While Amos wrestles virtually year-round, he is playing football this fall as a 5-foot-11, 220-pound nose guard for Parkersburg South. It's the first time he's played football since eighth grade.
"We have a new football coach and I decided to come out for the team this year," he said. "Our team is doing really well. We're off to a 7-0 start and ranked third in Class AAA. It's been fun — I'm enjoying it. Our football program hasn't had this much success in a while so it's been great to be a part of a team that's doing well."
Amos said his weight will drop to around 210 pounds during the high school wrestling season while he competes in the 220-pound division. He plans to wrestle 197 in college.
Wrestling caught Amos at an early age.
"When I was little, I had a lot of energy I needed to expend and I could do that by wrestling," he said. "Now I just love what you have to do to stay successful in wrestling. I've learned to be very disciplined with everything I do and with the lifestyle you have to live."
Amos has followed numerous wrestlers on the Senior level who he looks up to.
"I love watching Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Snyder," he said. "I've met both of them and had a chance to sit down and talk to them. I love the type of people they are. They are great guys who have a strong faith and good values."
Once the high school season ends, Amos has another goal he's focusing on.
"I want to make an age-level World team this season," he said. "That's the next big goal I have."
There are bigger goals he wants to achieve after that.
"I want to win as many national titles as I can in college," he said, "and hopefully make a Senior World Team before I'm out of college."
Amos hopes to study engineering or business accounting in college.
He hails from a state not known for producing an abundance of elite wrestlers.
"I love West Virginia — it's a lot of fun representing such a small state," he said. "I love the state and I loved growing up there. It's a great place to live. There are lots of small, rural communities where everybody knows everybody. It's home for me, and the people are close-knit and nice. I will always consider it home."
Amos took a recent break from football season to win the prestigious Super 32 event for the third time on Oct. 13.
"I'm happy I won, but I still have a lot to work on," he said. "I didn't have much time to train for it because I've been playing football. My conditioning wasn't quite where I wanted it to be for wrestling, but I was able to come out on top."
Amos credits much of his success on the mat to the mindset and approach he brings to his matches.
"I wrestle an aggressive style," he said. "I just go out there and try to score a ton of points and keep attacking. I don't like the boring 2-1 and 3-2 matches — those aren't for me. I take a lot of shots and just keep working. I like to keep the pressure on my opponents. I'm always looking for my offense.
"That's how I was taught to wrestle and that's the way you should wrestle."
(This story appeared in the Nov. edition of WIN. Subscribe to WIN with Promo Code "eNews" (click here) or call 888-305-0606.)


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Company Fined £1,000 For Tree Damage
Thursday 13th October 2011
Chesterfield Borough Council has successfully prosecuted Jaybuild Projects Ltd for breaching a Tree Preservation Order.
The company cleared a site during July 2011 at the former Woodlands Nursing Home site at Atlee Road, Inkersall Green for which planning permission had been granted for a doctor's surgery with pharmacy.
The site has six individual trees under a Tree Preservation Order.
The planning permission requires protective fencing around the trees to protect the root areas during the construction phase. This was not put in place and four of the trees were damaged by the use of a mechanical digger on site.
The trees, two Cherry trees, a Norway Maple and a Beech all have serious damage to their roots, which would have a detrimental effect on the health of the trees and their future survival. Species such as Cherry and Beech are shallow rooted and extremely sensitive to root damage.
The company was not represented at Court and the case was proved in absence. Magistrates were told that the company owner had admitted under caution that the company had not put adequate measures in place to protect the trees. Photographs of the damage were handed in to the Court.
The Magistrates said that they had found a flagrant disregard of the planning condition and proven damage to the trees. Jaybuild Projects Ltd were fined £1,000, and ordered to pay £180 costs and £15 victim surcharge.


Its been more than a year since the Kudzu Debutantes exacted sweet, merciless revenge on their cheating husbands, but the repercussions are still palpable throughout Ithaca, Georgia: Nita is anxiously preparing herself for marriage to Jimmy Lee, a man thirteen years her junior; Lavonne, despite having dropped her husbandand eighty poundsand launched her own business, longs for love; and while Eadie remains married to Trevor, she feels more neglected than ever.
So the occasion of Nitas second wedding seems like just the ticket to cheer up the disconsolate Debs. But theyve made a formidable enemy in Virginia Broadwell, first lady of Ithaca and the brides ex-mother-in-law. Hell-bent on vengeance and determined to restore old-school social mores, Virginia hatches a plan so devious it makes her pedicured toes curl in anticipation.
Soon enough, the women are knocked for a loopbut you can keep a Kudzu Debutante down for only so long. The one thing stronger than Virginias wrath is the bond between the three friends, who soon learn that one of Virginias Jimmy Choos contains an irresistible Achilles heel. With spirit, wit, and down-home gumption, the take-no-prisoners trio decides its time to ditch their cotillion manners as they rally to save Nitas marriage, Lavones business, Eadies sanity . . . and the honor of Kudzu Debs the world over.


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{{Arks|title1 = Zoology Chamber|official_name = Zoology Chamber|alias = Zoological Bay <br>
The zoology chamber was like a zoo for the animals of the earth. However the only known zoology chamber was on ark #4 and the only known animals in the ark #4 zoology chamber were 2 giraffes, a gorilla, and 2 grizzly bears. There were also some bird noises but we didn't see the actual birds. It is unknown that there were any other types of animals in the zoology chamber. It is also unknown if they included insects, other types of birds, reptiles and other types of animals. Before in the film, we saw helicopters carting African elephants, giraffes, and rhinos but we don't know what happened to the elephants and rhinos. Maybe they were put on a different ark or they weren't put on the ark in time due to the fact that the arks were going to be impacted earlier than expected. Also, there was only 1 gorilla when the other types of animals had 2 of the same type. It could be that they never found a second gorilla or that it was loaded onto the ark in time. Later in the film, the zoology chamber was flooded because the gate of ark #4 got jammed and didn't shut all the way causing ark #4 to not start their engines, also causing the doors to close. It is unknown what happened to the animals. The only known surviving animals were the giraffes. We do not know what happened to the other animals in the zoology chamber when it was flooded. It is unknown what happened to the water in the zoology chamber. It could be that the water was never removed or that it was removed. Everyone except for Tamara and Gordon. Tamara drowned when she got trapped in the doors and Gordon got crushed by the gates gears. It is unknown if Tamara's body was ever recovered or how everyone trapped in the zoology chamber escaped. It could be that a safety team found them or they got themselves out.
Zoological Chamber|created_by = G8 Summit|base_location = Arks|use = To save numerous animal species from going extinct in the [[2012 apocalypse]]|status = Active|fate = Sets sail for land}}The '''Zoological Chamber''', also known as the '''Zoological Bay''', is a room in the [[Ark|Arks]], primary located in [[Ark number 4|Ark 4]] where numerous animal species are placed, so they can survive the [[2012 apocalypse]], along with the 400,000 human passengers on board. It is where the Curtis Family and Nima's family stowed away before one of the tsunamis in the [[Worldwide Flooding]] hit the continent of Asia.
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== History ==
=== Construction ===
The Zoological Bay was created during the construction of the Arks, which were made to make sure that numerous animal species don't go extinct when the end of the world comes. Animal species include giraffes, gorillas, elephants, bears, rhinos and other species of animals. When a flooding occurs, the Bay had emergency food barriers to prevent the water from entering the Arks.
=== [[2012 apocalypse]] ===
During the worldwide apocalypse on December 21st 2012, massive earthquakes wrecked several continents and cities, volcanoes engulfed several areas accross the globe, including supervolcanoes. Then gigantic megatsunamis at 1500 meters high, formed by the magnitude of the corresponding quakes began to flood the entire planet with water, killing billions of humans and causing mass destruction worldwide.
When the Arks prepare for the upcoming tsunami that is heading for Asia, the Ark's anchors were placed on the Ark to make sure that it will survive the strength of the wave. The Curtis Family, Gordon Silberman, Tamara Jikan and Nima's Family stowaway on Ark 4 where the American people are on board so they can survive the apocalypse. They reached the Hydraulic Chamber where Tenzin, Nima's brother, uses an Impact Driver to unscrew a hatch that leads from the Hydraulic Chamber to the Zoological Bay and opens it. Nima, his grandparents, Tamara, Caesar, Lilly Curtis, Kate Curtis and Noah Curtis made it to the Bay and discover the animal species that are kept in cages.
During the Flooding of Ark 4 when the tsunami hit, the Impact Driver got jammed into the gate's gears when the crew opened them to let the last remaining survivors on and it left the gate slightly open, allowing the water to enter in. As the Zoological Bay got flooded, the emergency flood barriers began to close, trapping Jackson, Kate, Noah, Nima, the grandparents and Tenzin in one slowly flooding end, trapping Tamara in a rapid flooding area, but saving Lilly and Caesar on the non flooding area after Tamara sacrifices herself to save both of them as the drowns in the bay. After Adrian Helmsley, Laura Wilson and an Ark worker inform Jackson about the gears jamming, Jackson and his son Noah managed to get the drill out of the gears before the Ark could impact Mount Everest and the bay stopped flooding when the gate closed.
=== Aftermath ===
It is presumed that the Zoological Bay was still flooded with water when the apocalypse ended. Jackson and his group were rescued and have presumed to be brought out from the animal cages above them when the Ark workers could not open the barriers due to it them being flooded. Tamara's body was presumed to be recovered.
* The emergency flood barriers seem to be strong enough to leave one area in the bay slowly flooding, one not flooding and the third rapidly flooding when the tsunami hit Asia.
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The Zoological Chamber, also known as the Zoological Bay, is a room in the Arks, primary located in Ark 4 where numerous animal species are placed, so they can survive the 2012 apocalypse, along with the 400,000 human passengers on board. It is where the Curtis Family and Nima's family stowed away before one of the tsunamis in the Worldwide Flooding hit the continent of Asia.
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The emergency flood barriers seem to be strong enough to leave one area in the bay slowly flooding, one not flooding and the third rapidly flooding when the tsunami hit Asia.
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Script, director, production
Nothing sacred, nothing safe.
Sarajevo, April 1992. The family of the shy 11-year old Ajla has just moved to a new neighbourhood. While they are busy settling, war breaks out in Bosnia and it's capital turns into a deadly prison. When the situation escalates, Ajla's parents decide to get their children to safety. Ajla, her mother and brother join a convoy led by Children's Embassy, travelling to a safe area in Croatia. The road to freedom, however, takes them straight into the hands of the enemy. On this unexpected road Ajla finds the strength to break het inner inhibitions and make a big leap towards growing-up.
This film is based on a true story. This project is currently in development.
The film was previously known under the working title 'The Unexpected Road'.
Cast and crew.
Director: Dzenita Camo
Script: Dzenita Camo
Script coach: Maarten van Almekinders
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This film is still in development stage. The cast and crew will be announced during production.


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Erin Daly admitted to University of Chicago PhD program
University of Notre Dame Art History graduate student Erin Daly has accepted a fully funded offer of admission to the PhD program in Classics at the University of Chicago.
Within the Classics department, Daly will complete the Program in the Ancient Mediterranean World. As the name implies, this is an interdisciplinary program created for the purpose of examining larger issues of the ancient world through the combined study of art, archaeology and literature. At Chicago, Daly hopes to focus in ancient Greek history and art with secondary focuses in Achaemenid Persian art and Roman art.
Erin sends major thanks to the supportive Art History and Classics faculty at the University of Notre Dame, and in particular, her advisor, Professor Robin Rhodes, and Professors Kathleen Pyne, and Christopher Baron.
Congrats, Erin!


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sub causes_fail { 1 }

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    chomp(my $msg = "Exception: " . $self->{+ERROR});
    return $msg;
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An exception event will display to STDERR, and will prevent the overall test
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    use Test2::API qw/context/;
    use Test2::Event::Exception;

    my $ctx = context();
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Glover Mansion was built in 1863 where a Scottish businessman called Thomas Brake Glover once lived.
It is the oldest one among the existing wooden western-style houses in Japan.
left his marks in the Japanese industrial history.
The mansion is located on the hill with a perfect view.
The garden with flowers is also very beautiful. It is beside the Oura Catholic Church.
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Laura Posner Perls (Pforzheim 1905 - 1990) est une psychologue allemande. Avec son mari Fritz Perls, elle élabore la Gestalt-thérapie.

Biographie
Après ses études de psychologie à l'Université de Francfort, elle y obtient un poste à l'Institut de psychologie. En 1933, comme de nombreux juifs, elle quitte l'Allemagne pour les Pays-Bas, avec son mari, Fritz Perls, rencontré en 1930 à l'Institut de psychologie. L'année suivante, ils vont vivre en Afrique du Sud où ils commencent à élaborer ensemble la Gestalt-thérapie. Ils écrivent leur premier ouvrage Le moi, la faim, l'agressivité en 1942 dans lequel ils proposent une révision de la théorie Freudienne en soulignant la nécessité d'une saine agressivité.

En 1946, ils émigrent aux États-Unis. Peu de temps après son arrivée, ils fondent l'Institute of Gestalt Therapy à New York. Jusqu'à sa mort, elle continue d'approfondir cette théorie.

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58 rows according to various credible sources, tremblay's net worth is estimated at a decent $2 million. John paul tremblay net worth as of 2022, the actor and the screenplay writer is believed to have an estimated net worth of $4 million. This money has come from his various careers in the film industry.
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Net worth & salary of john paul tremblay in 2021. Of course much of his riches are from his acting career, especially from his role in.
By Table Get Idea About His Net Worth And Salary.
The actor is married to andrea, his starsign is capricorn and he is now 54 years of age. John paul tremblay's net worth is $4 million. John paul tremblay net worth:
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Most of john's money comes from being a tv actor. For all time, at the moment, 2021 year, john paul tremblay earned $2 million. Moreover, he has made his earning enough to fulfill.
John Earned Such A Great Fortune For Himself Due To The Tremendous Efforts He Had Put Into During His Career Life.
John paul tremblay is one of the richest tv actor & listed on most popular tv actor. This money has come from his various careers in the film industry. His net worth may have grown even further in recent years because, along with his tv career, tremblay also owns several other businesses around their home region, halifax.
John Paul Tremblay Was Born On May 17, 1968, In Canada.
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John Paul Tremblay Was Born On January 1, 1968 In Halifax, Canada (52 Years Old).
John paul, popularly known as jape and jp by his friends, decided to move from his home town of halifax to cole suburbs in dartmouth, where he met robb wells, a young man who would later become his business partner. His net worth is approximately $2 million as of 2014. John paul tremblay net worth.
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Almost everyone gets back pain at some time, but staying active, with the help of chiropractic treatment, is a great solution. In-Health Chiropractic specialise in back pain treatment in Bridgend.
Chiropractors treat the problems not just the pain by working on your joints, bones and muscles, and the effects they have on your nervous system. Working on all of the joints of your body, concentrating particularly on the spine, chiropractors use their hands to make gentle, specific adjustments (the chiropractic word for manipulation) to improve the efficiency of your nervous system and release your body's natural healing ability. Chiropractors are spine specialists.
Chiropractic, unlike painkilling drugs, treats the cause of pain, not just the pain itself. The chiropractors at In-Health Family Chiropractic Centre in Bridgend will carry out a full examination (recommending X-rays if necessary), and ask you questions about your pain, medical history and lifestyle, to try and discover the cause of your back pain and offer a diagnosis of your complaint.
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2015 Team Bios
#1 OAK HILL ACADEMY (VA)
Tournament History:
Sixth appearance; Runner-Up in 2009, 2011 and 2014
Coach:
ESPN Ranked Players:
Dwayne Bacon, SG - No. 20 on ESPN 100, Daniel Giddens, C - No. 56 on ESPN 100, Josh Reaves, SG - No. 70 on ESPN 100
Oak Hill is a rich basketball program that can lay claim to eight "Mythical" National Championships. Their alumni include Jerry Stackhouse, Rajon Rando, Brandon Jennings, Josh Smith, Steve Blake, Ty Lawson, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony. This season was particularly special for Oak Hill, as their undefeated season of 45 wins set a school record. With a No. 1 national ranking, Steve Smith, who was named Naismith Coach of the Year, and company look to capture their first DICK'S Nationals title.
#2 MONTVERDE ACADEMY (FL)
Fifth appearance; Runner-Up in 2010 and 2012; Champions 2013 and 2014
Ben Simmons, PF - No. 1 on ESPN 100, Noah Dickerson, PF - No. 58 on ESPN 100, Doral Moore, C - No. 68 on ESPN 100
Montverde will contend for their third-straight DICK'S High School Nationals Championship with only one loss on the season and a No. 2 national ranking by USA Today. Key wins this season came against Plano West (TX), Bishop O'Dowd (CA) and Bishop Gorman (NV).
#3 BLANCHE ELY (FL)
Second appearance
Melvin Randall
Despite not having a single ESPN -ranked player, Ely has put together a historic season becoming the first Broward County public school to go undefeated. Their run included a late-season victory over No. 13 Cardinal Gibbons (FL) which paved the way for their 7A FHSAA State Championship win, the fifth state title for Blanche Ely and the sixth state title for coach Melvin Randall, a Broward County record.
#4 WHEELER HIGH SCHOOL (GA)
Douglas Lipscomb
Jaylen Brown, SF - #2 on ESPN 100
Wheeler put an impressive season together with notable victories over No. 20-Wesleyan Christian (NC) and No. 2 Montverde Academy, on their way to a 6A Georgia state title and the No. 6 national ranking. Wheeler's victory this season over the 2014 DICK'S Nationals champions, Montverde, was the defending champion's only loss in the last two seasons.
#5 HUNTINGTON PREP (WV)
Arkell Bruce
Thomas Bryant, C - No. 22 on ESPN 100, Ted Kapita, PF - No. 40 on ESPN 100, Miles Bridges, SF - No. 7 on ESPN 60 (class of 2016), Curtis Jones, SG - No. 53 on ESPN 60
In recent years, Huntington Prep has risen to become one of the premier basketball programs in the country.. Despite losing former head coach Rob Fulford to the University of Missouri, first year head coach Arkell Bruce, has maintained a high level of play and led the team to a No.7 national ranking.
#6 FINDLAY PREP (NV)
Seventh appearance; Champions 2009, 2010 and 2012.
Allonzo Trier, SG - No. on ESPN 100, Horace Spencer, PF - No. 59 on ESPN 100, Derryck Thornton, PG - No. 11 on ESPN 60, Justin Jackson, SF - No. 30 on ESPN 60, P.J Washington, PF - No. 14 on ESPN 25 (class of 2017)
Findlay Prep is the only team to appear in all seven DICK'S Nationals, and is the most-decorated team in the event's history. Andy Johnson is the fourth head coach at Findlay in as many years, but throughout that time, has continued to maintain a consistent top 10 national ranking. Findlay alums who have participated in the Tournament include NBA Players Tristan Thompson, Avery Bradley, Corey Joseph, Anthony Bennett and Nick Johnson.
#7 GREENSBORO DAY (NC)
Fred Johnson
Notes: Coming into the tournament with the No. 17 national ranking, this will be the first appearance in the DICK'S Nationals for Fred Johnson and the Bengals. Greensboro Day avenged a mid-season loss to No. 20 Wesleyan Christian, when they defeated the Trojans to take the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association 3A Championship. Coach Johnson, who has been with the program for 38 years, picked up his 900th win earlier this season.
#8 WINGS ACADEMY (NY)
Billy Turnage
Jesse Govan, C - No. 65 on ESPN 100
Wings got over some significant hurdles by beating nationally ranked Jefferson and then defending champ Cardozo to win the New York City PSAL championship. They are lead by Georgetown bound center Jesse Govan, who had 17 points and 17 rebounds in the PSAL final.
#1 DILLARD HIGH SCHOOL (FL)
Third appearance
Marcia Pinder
Dillard has appeared in the tournament previously in 2010 and 2013, where lost in the first round both times. The Panthers look to have a better showing this year, as the highest ranked team in the girls field; No. 3 nationally. On the way to the FHSAA Class 5A state championship, they outscored their opponents in the semifinal and finals by a combined sixty points.
Ochiel Swaby
Miami Country Day won their second consecutive FHSAA Class 3A state championship in convincing fashion, beating their final two opponents by a combined 54 points. Sophomore guards Channise Lewis and Kelsey Marshall lead the way for the Spartans as the two leading scorers. Notable wins this season came against Elizabethtown (KY) and Long Beach Poly (CA)
#3 GONZAGA PREP (WA)
Mike Arte
ESPN Ranked Player:
Otiona Gildon, F - No. 38 on ESPN 100
Gonzaga Prep will be the first girls team from the state of Washington to compete in the tournament. They won their second straight WIAA Class 4A state championship and will carry a 50-game wining streak to New York. Laura Stockton, daughter of John Stockton - former Utah Jazz great and NBA hall-of-famer; was the Seattle Times' girls state basketball player of the year.
#4 SOUTH SHORE HIGH SCHOOL (NY)
Anwar Gladden
Brianna Fraser, F - No. 15 on ESPN 100
After five appearances in the New York City PSAL finals in the past seven years, South Shore can finally call themselves champions. They defeated Grand Street in the PSAL AA finals 42-30; with 22 points, seven rebounds and six blocks from McDonald's All American and Maryland bound Brianna Fraser.
DICK'S Nationals History
DICK'S Sporting Goods High School National Tournament History
The National High School Invitational (NHSI) launched in 2009 at Georgetown Prep in Bethesda, Md. The event was created by Paragon Marketing Group to provide a platform for top nationally ranked high school basketball teams to compete against one another in a season ending tournament.
The 2009 boys tournament was won by Findlay Prep (Nev.) with the girls tournament won by Seton Keough (Md.). The second annual tournament was held at Coppin State University's Physical Education Complex in Baltimore with Findlay Prep retaining the boys title and the Peddie School (NJ) claiming the girls title. In 2011, Montrose Christian (Md.) won the boys title in double overtime while Dr. Phillips (Fla.) won the girls
championship. Findlay Prep recaptured the NHSI boys title in 2012 with an overtime victory, and Riverdale Baptist (Md.) took the girls championship trophy. Last year Montverde (FL) won its first NHSI boys title, and Dr. Phillips won their second girls title.
The event moved to New York City in 2014, thanks to title sponsor DICK'S Sporting Goods and the host venue for the Championship games, Madison Square Garden. Montverde (FL) boys and Riverdale Baptist (MD) girls were crowned champions for the 2nd time. The DICK'S Nationals will return to NYC for its 7th season on April 2-4, 2015.
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Paragon Marketing Group
Paragon Marketing Group, an engagement marketing consultancy, owns and operates the DICK'S Sporting Goods High School National Tournament. We develop marketing platforms grounded in sports, entertainment, music, arts, cause and media partnerships. These platforms are created to develop engaged, sustainable relationships with our clients' target audiences. Additionally, we are committed to creating a culture that delivers a great place to work and engenders long-term, healthy business partnerships.
Since our inception in 1995, we have grown from 3 people to over 50 marketing professionals, all of whom have a passion for sponsorship marketing. Our core competencies include sponsorship targeting/identification, evaluation, negotiation, activation, execution and measurement. Additionally, many of our clients have trusted Paragon to deliver value in the areas of event creation, mobile marketing, digital/social marketing platforms and television/digital content production.
In 2002, we secured the rights to put LeBron James, Cleveland's then star high school basketball player, on ESPN2. Their subsequent broadcast of the game against Oak Hill Academy garnered the highest ratings ever for the channel and created a new
television category — live national broadcast of high school athletics. Since then, our relationship with ESPN has grown into a strategic partnership showcasing the top high school football and basketball teams and players to a national audience each season.
To date we have partnered with ESPN to televise over 350 high school football and basketball contests featuring teams from 35 states. Games featured some of the biggest names in sports including Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard, Kevin Love, Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis, Tim Tebow, Jadeveon Clowney, Julio Jones, AJ Green and Jameis Winston.
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
Founded in 1948, DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. is a leading omni-channel sporting goods retailer offering an extensive assortment of authentic, high-quality sports equipment, apparel, footwear and accessories. As of November 1, 2014, the Company operated more than 595 DICK'S Sporting Goods locations across the United States, serving and inspiring athletes and outdoor enthusiasts to achieve their personal best through a blend of dedicated associates, in-store services and unique specialty shop-in-shops dedicated to Team Sports, Athletic Apparel, Golf, Lodge/Outdoor, Fitness and Footwear. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, DICK'S also owns and operates Golf Galaxy, Field & Stream and True Runner specialty stores. DICK'S offers its products through a content-rich eCommerce platform that is integrated with its store network and provides customers with the convenience and expertise of a 24-hour storefront. For more information, visit the Press Room or Investor Relations pages at www.DICKS.com.
Paragon partners with ESPN on the following live properties
GEICO ESPN High School Kickoff
13 live telecasts on the opening weekend of high school football in August
GEICO ESPN High School Football & Basketball Showcase
24 live telecasts (12 football, 12 basketball) of nationally ranked high school teams, rivalries and top prospects from across the country
8 boys teams and 4 girls teams compete for a postseason basketball championship with all 10 games televised live on ESPN networks
Eight of the Top-Ranked Boys Teams and Four of the Top-Ranked Girls Teams in the Country Set to Compete in the DICK'S Sporting Goods High School Nationals Basketball Tournament in New York City
LIVE coverage of all games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU April 2 – 4
Featuring the best high school basketball talent in the country, The DICK'S Sporting Goods High School Nationals returns to New York City for the second-consecutive year. This year, all eight of the boys teams and three of the girls teams that were selected to play in the seventh-annual high school basketball tournament are ranked in the USA Today Super 25 national rankings. This year's pool will also include a total of six state champions.
In the boys field, undefeated and No. 1 Oak Hill Academy (VA) and the defending 2014 tournament champion No. 2- Montverde Academy (FL) will both compete. Three teams that earned state titles this year, including, Ely High School (FL), Wheeler High School (GA) and Greensboro Day School (NC) along with New York City Public Schools Athletic League Champion Wings Academy (NY) will also face-off for the tournament title.
The girls field includes three different state champions, Dillard (FL), Miami Country Day (FL) and Gonzaga Prep School (WA), along with New York City Public Schools Athletic League Champion South Shore (NY)
"At DICK'S, we believe that sports make people better and serving as the title sponsor of this great event for the secondstraight year gives us the chance to provide these players and their fans with a first-class experience," said Mark Rooks, Vice President of Sports and Community Marketing, DICK'S Sporting Goods. "The field of teams you'll see play this year is one of the most-talented groups in the tournament's history, and we're excited to watch them compete next month in New York City."
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Apr. 4, 2015 Montverde lets three-dom ring, defeats Oak Hill for another DICK'S Nationals title
Apr. 6, 2015 Eagles saved their best for last at nationals
Apr. 4, 2015 Montverde Academy wins 3rd national championship
Apr. 4, 2015 Miami Country Day avenges loss to Dillard at Madison Square Garden in Dick's Sporting Goods National Invitational
Apr. 4, 2015 Dillard headed to MSG to play for national title
Apr. 3, 2015 Turnovers doom Findlay Prep in semifinal loss at national tournament
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Sórrow's spríngs áre the same.
Last Sunday the Old Testament reading was from Isaiah: "... No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen.." so that sent me right into this poem. Because I am capable of paying attention to anything except the actual Mass. At least I finally achieved my goal of being like Vicky Austin, who can recite "The Blessed Damozel" in her head during church, because I do have "Spring and Fall" memorized (in fact that and "To An Athlete Dying Young" are my only surefire memory pieces).
Tears were absolutely pouring down my cheeks. Why? I mean, we know it's not exactly difficult to open the MomVee faucets, but a navel-gazer like me can't help but stop and ponder this for a moment. Is it because the trees are in fact unleaving right now? Or because I haven't really thought of this poem since I got a Margaret of my very own?
Mighty Girl links to an exhaustive cheat sheet for foiling voice response systems, and spells out a successful (and oddly satisfying) universal strategy.
If you are like me, for most of your life you thought of the autoharp as a fake instrument for nursery school teachers and people who are too lazy to learn guitar.
My opinion began to change when I saw a Johnny Cash tribute on TV (not the recent one, but a 1999 TBS one) on which June Carter Cash--70 years old and gorgeous--sang "Ring Of Fire" and accompanied herself on the autoharp. I got more interested when I read Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? and learned that Sara Carter played the autoharp. I decided I would get one, especially since I hate playing electronic keyboards and that was my only possible accompaniment when I lead music activities at school or Scouts. Then I found out that autoharps are really, really expensive. In the meantime I realized that schoolkids and Scouts don't know or care if you are playing D, G and A7 (works better than C, F and G7 for my voice and hands) on every song and I started trundling the guitar around.
I didn't forget about the autoharp, though--it has a special sound that's different from a guitar and it really has a place in Appalachian music, which interests me. (I also have a yen to learn mandolin but talk about expensive. A friend of ours bought a cheap mandolin and warned me away.) So I mentioned it to a friend who is a music minister and she said her church had a closet full of autoharps gathering dust. I got one on permanent loan. The only problem was it was really, really out of tune. I tried tuning it with every socket wrench head in the basement, and then with a combination of pliers and a crescent wrench. Painful and not entirely successful. The autoharp sat in the corner of the sunroom for a couple of years.
And then last week I thought, there has to be a tool for this. Froogle search for "autoharp tuning tool" turned one up at an Amazon affiliate for $2.99. Of course it should be a national law that one of these tuning wrenches is inside every autoharp case but what can you do?
So now my autoharp is tuned and I am practicing strums and singing "This Land Is Your Land," "Who Knows Where I'm Going," "Good Night Irene" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" Only 6 years after the first vague stirring of autoharp lust.
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Actor Chris Klein on his ex-girlfriends: "Are we friends? Absolutely. Do we talk? No."
Before I begin: I'm sure that both of the people who read my blog are extremely interested in "boat curtains." I must have been drunk when I accepted the Google Adsense offer but I'm too ignorant and lazy to get rid of it.
So I've been listening to "Born To Run" a lot, with all this 30th anniversary hype. R. and I have discovered that we can never do anything original: whenever we do something like get an awesome new turntable or rent five Roy Rogers movies there's an article in the Wall Street Journal the next day saying "Audiophiles Turn Back to Vinyl" or "Three cities feature Roy Rogers film festival this week." So I've decided to just consciously go with the flow. Thus I've been listening to Born To Run (on vinyl, of course).
I bought this album as a Christmas present for my father in 1979, the first year I saved up my money and bought Christmas presents for my friends and family. He gave me "Keep On Doing" by the Roches, and for several years we listened exclusively to each other's presents, perfectly content. Now I own both of them, which I think is emblematic of both my aesthetic development and my father's boundless generosity. For the first 20 years I played only side one, because it features "Born To Run," which you have to like if you're from New Jersey; "She's The One," which has suggestive lyrics that fascinated me as a ten-year-old; and "Jungleland," which I think I can safely say is the most beautiful Bruce Springsteen song.* You can tell because side one is somewhat scratchy and poppy but side two is still pristine. And what I have discovered in the past 5-6 years, since I saw Bruce in concert, is that I was cheating myself out of "Thunder Road," which is almost as gorgeous as "Jungleland."
So we were playing the album this weekend and I was singing along with Jungleland and not-so-big-R. asked, "What is this song about?" It stopped me in my tracks. Here was Mr. "I never know the lyrics to songs or even the characters' names in a movie," asking Ms. "I will do a close reading of anything, hand over that poem," what a song was about and I had no idea and had never thought about it. I cleared my throat. "Um, gang war?" "But what's this about flashing guitars just like switchblades?" "I don't know," I mumbled. "I like the part about the opera out on the Turnpike."
Right now, in the quiet of the morning, if I had to write a timed essay about it I think I'd go with the transcendent nature of art. But do you have any ideas, constant readers?
M: Mommy! Maybe someday we could get married!
M: What did you do to the garage?
M: But why did you put the car in there?
How long 'til my soul gets it right?
My mother thinks M. is the reincarnation of her mother, my Grammie. For starters, because she is bossy and complains a lot (we say this out of love). Also because she has more than once said to my mother, "When you were a little girl, was I your mommy?" My mother said yes, incidentally. Way to cooperate with the Catholicism, Mother.
More spookily, Grammie hated the song "Kookaburra." R. and S. love it, and we frequently sing it as a round at bedtime. But one of M.'s first sentences was a passionate, "No! No gum tree!"
The other day, sitting in traffic, I reflected on how much I hate white cars. Then I thought about how my grandmother loved white cars. When her stepfather bought her her very first car, they couldn't find a white one, so he bought a maroon one and had it painted white (that must have taken a lot of coats). So I idly asked, "M., what color cars do you like?" She sat up, took her finger out of her mouth, and said firmly, "White."
I have a new game I like to play in my head. I like to read home decorating articles (unless I'm going through one of the stages in which I forswear magazines because they depress me and make me discontented and inclined to buy things). The best ones are those that describe the decor in a given family's (or couple's) home. It's even better when one or more of the homeowners is a professional--architect, designer, etc. They always have these incredibly complex aesthetic reasons for doing everything, reasons that make you believe that you, too, should hang a rusty gate on your dining room wall.
I've been doing a lot of redecorating lately because my extended in-laws are coming for Thanksgiving. I say my extended in-laws because my mother-in-law and father-in-law have been here many times and have already formed an opinion of my decor for good or ill; but not-so-big-R.'s grandmother is coming for the first time ever and for some reason this is making me insane. Anyway, I haven't done anything as drastic as painting or wallpapering, but I have: framed and/or hung a whole bunch of pictures that were hanging around for years; put new knobs on the kitchen cabinets; literally kicked(or at least pushed with my knee, part of the time) our particleboard entertainment center to the literal curb (and inadvertently damaged the phono preamp in the process, sigh); and made new kitchen curtains.
"In addition to choosing an antique-look Waverly fabric for her kitchen curtains, MomVee added to the country effect by sewing radically wrong rod pockets, subsequently ripping out the old seams and leaving charming random threads, snags and tiny holes in the material."
"Although she replaced the particleboard entertainment center, MomVee chose to keep the particleboard corner TV cabinet.'We think it's important for the kids to remember their roots,' MomVee explained. 'And I think it's a touch of early-marriage, new-homeowner style that keeps our decor lighthearted and fun.'"
"MomVee always keeps a heaping basket of unfolded laundry somewhere in the main living area. 'It helps demonstrate that life--what takes place in the living room--is composed of work and play. Besides, I love all the different colors and textures in a basket of clean laundry.'"
VIDEOS brought to you by Amazon.com: No items match "shot glasses." These results are for "stott."
Ohhh...kay. What if everyone started doing this? "MomVee, this is not-so-little-R.'s teacher. I've never heard of this book The Fellowship of the Ring, so I graded his book report as if it were on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Or, actually, "I graded his book report as if it were on Snarfblatt," because last time I checked "stott" was not something a lot of people were searching for.
*All right, I was searching because Not Martha linked to someone who said that Target has candy cane shot glasses in the dollar bins, and I foolishly thought maybe dollar bin merchandise would be online. Also from Megan, the Charlie Brown pathetic tree. The irony of commercializing the Charlie Brown pathetic tree is making me dizzy. Leave it to Urban Outfitters.
Speaking of irony, not-so-little-R.'s teacher did tell me she knew immediately what kind of child she was dealing with when his "what I did this summer" composition included the word "ironically." Apparently that's not a typical usage in fourth grade. She also told me he needs to get over his bad attitude about group work. I managed not to share my feelings about group work.
On Monday S. had her annual checkup and the pediatrician heard a heart murmur he never noticed before. It's probably nothing, but we have to go to the cardiologist. The same cardiologist to whom I gaily shouted, "See you in a year!" last week after M.'s appointment.
Type your name with the word "needs" after it into a search engine and see what comes up.
Vera needs your help. Defending human rights in Malawi.
Vera needs to find out the cost.
Vera needs sugar. She wants her name in peppermint frosting.
Aloe vera needs dry and arid conditions so it's best grown in a pot where control over the conditions can be achieved.
Since Vera needs a reliable car, she asks her bank about auto loan rates.
I've requested a refund for $189.23 to your credit card.
Back in August, I ordered a wedding present from a Target registry. Soon after, I learned to my distress that the couple in question had moved to a completely different city some time before and had not bothered to update their registry address.
Target: No problem, the people who live there now will probably send it back (I doubted it); but if they haven't done that by September 19th, go to this link and let us know and we'll refund your money anyway.
Target: I see that the items in order #!@#$%$&%$*%& were delivered on August 4th! You can track your order blah blah blah.
MomVee: No, no, no! Relevant passages from old e-mails, plea to actually read mine.
MomVee: Hey, are you ever going to do anything about this situation? Explanation, explanation, plea to look at all customer service messages about this order number for more info.
card and send you an e-mail confirmation.
Oliver O that your highness knew my heart in this!
I never lov'd my brother in my life.
Duke F. More villain thou.
I use this line (in my head) all the time. Also my own private variation, "More idiot thou."
If you could figure out an efficient way to search it.
Don't get me wrong, there are many things I like about Halloween. I enjoy helping my kids with their costumes; I like to wear a little whimsical something myself. I adore candy. I have a compulsion to buy any decorative item that features black cats with their backs arched.
But I don't like answering the door a bazillion times between 5 and 9 pm. If you are a mother, or certainly if you are I (grammar?), between 5 and 9 pm you are helping people put their costumes on, making dinner, straightening up the living room, checking homework, fielding phone calls, putting children to bed...often simultaneously. I have to keep reminding myself that I will get to see the adorable children in their costumes and give them my carefully chosen treats (carefully chosen to be totally unappealing to me so there will be any treats left by nightfall).
Winners last night: twin Marilyn Monroes.
Last year Santa (nudge nudge, wink wink) fell in love with some inflatable Tiki heads at the dollar store. Both R.'s and Uncle S. got them in their stockings and were distinctly underwhelmed. They floated around the house for a while. Then in my current frenzy I went through not-so-little R.'s desk and threw away with joyful abandon.
On Sunday, before the parade, I thought R.'s Indiana Jones costume could use a finishing touch, in addition to the hat, jacket, whip and gun. An idol, like the one he takes at the beginning of "Raiders"! The tiki! I went upstairs with a heavy heart, hoping against hope that I had not thrown away the tiki, but it seemed likely, especially since it was a painful reminder of a failed gift.
But no, at least one tiki was still kicking around (in not-so-big R.'s study, where things go to stay alive forever)!
Now I can toss it. I think.
Last night, in lieu of a truly spooky story, I read my children Stephen Vincent Benet's The King of the Cats, one of my all-time favorites. It has an extremely elevated vocabulary and arch style, and I wondered about a quarter of the way through whether they were getting it. Being polite children, they didn't interrupt. M. fell asleep. When I finished, S. said, "That was a great story," nestled into the pillow, and was heard from no more.
Not-so-little R. was completely terrorized, afraid to go anywhere in the house alone, and asked me to please never say "Then I'm the King of the Cats!" ever, ever again.
M. has her every-nine-months cardiologist appointment today. I could use everyone's psychic help in remembering to breathe while driving there.


James Onyx Casher – Etc.
Fresh off his release of "Beeper Smell", James Onyx Casher (@JamesOnyxCasher) releases a new song titled "Etc." Capturing his sound in 1 minute and 49 seconds, J.O.C. uses the hashtag #SummerOfMud, giving us insight of a new project. Stream the song below.


I had intended to scan my handy-dandy little pocket guide to the ship that we received along with our room keys upon check-in (and which I carefully preserved for just this purpose throughout the trip and our days in Seattle and the return flight, too — but which I cannot find as I try to type up something for this post right now on Monday afternoon). So the picture I found by googling and this link (or this better one, although our deck has evidently been reorganized and renumbered, or Holland America's own correct plans here) will have to do for visual information. Unfortunately, the images of each deck emphasize cabin locations over the public places (the exact opposite of the dandy little handout I have — I hope temporarily — misplaced). At least you can see the many decks labeled if not numbered in the black-and-white cutaway view.
Our "stateroom" this trip was on the seventh or Rotterdam deck, almost completely to the rear end of the ship (next-to-last cabin, port side aft), as circled in the picture, I hope. One must keep one's cabin number a shrouded secret in order to avoid some unscrupulous person using the number and your name together to order drinks and such illegitimately at your expense. Yet, as you can see from the picture of the corridor outside our room, you had to remember vividly both the number and location because they all look pretty much the same. The Lovely One had issues sometimes realizing whether she was facing fore or aft, probably a dizzying result of our choosing to avoid the elevators and always climb the stairs, even if we were proceeding from Deck 1 (having visited, say, the Front Office midships or the Vista Theater forward) to Deck 10+ (where the Crow's Nest bar and Explorations Café, the only place to get a morning latte, were both located above the bow).
I'll tell you someday soon, perhaps tomorrow, about our stateroom, since I shot more than enough pictures that I simply must share, naturally.
The ship is mostly a lot of corridors, long and narrow ones usually, leading to the interior and exterior cabins/staterooms. Very narrow corridors — two people have trouble passing each other in these strangulated halls, and the Indonesian crew are astonishingly adept at sidling out of the way of us (noticeably larger/bulkier) tourists, as they go about their important and arduous duties, while yet inevitably grinning at the passing (overweight and overeating) guests with a cheerful greeting. The corridors to your room are really quite boring. The ones in the public areas are significantly wider and more interesting.
The dining room is located aft, at the very back of the ship, on decks 2 and 3 — those of us assigned to open seating for dinner (meaning we could eat at any available time but received different tables with various unexpected other passengers each night rather than the same preordained place and friends) were located on 2. The Vista Theater is the foremost space on Decks 1, 2 and 3.
Deck 3, the Promenade Deck, is the first one with an outside deck, the place to promenade (and where I did two runs on the final two days of our cruise, Friday and Saturday, one during the afternoon — pretty crowded — and the second about 8:00 AM when I had the space almost totally to myself, probably because it was pretty chilly with a huge wind and drizzle. Janet had an unfortunate encounter with one of the plentiful deck bench/storage spaces — she blames me for distracting her at the wrong time — which left her very bruised on her right thigh and provided the lowest moments of our trip. The Promenade walkway leads in a full circle right around the ship, with only the actual working area in the very bow inaccessible — one-third of a mile all the way around. Calculate for yourselves: I did four miles the first day and three and a third Saturday morning.
The Lido Deck, 9, which is discussed too much at length in parentheses above, is mostly a serve-yourself restaurant (where we enjoyed fantastic omelets made to our order on three mornings) and a pool midships forward and another aft. Both pools got used even on this Alaska excursion.
The main decks are 1, 2 and 3, where plentiful bars and services are located (shops and the photographers on 3, offices and shore bookings on 1). Amidships is an atrium that opens on all three of those decks.
The crew, including the entertainers I have been told, gets to huddle on the windowless deck(s?) below 1, of which we passengers only got to know a small piece of deck A, from where we departed onto lifeboats, being used as tenders, in order to get into Sitka.
And that's my overview of the ship. 'Nuff said? (With all these pictures, it's probably more than enough, I bet.) But then there's this.
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Excellent points, not that they will much matter.
Excellent! Other than the hyperbole that the Hildebeast is the most anti-Israel presidential candidate (I'd say that Obummer gives her a run for her money on that score), and that Trump is the most pro-Israel presidential candidate (a crowded field of Republicans - at least in recent times), I can find no fault with it.
Sadly, this video will never be seen by the majority of people who really need to see it.
Trump should use this film in his campaign, somehow. Very well done.
I first came across Ezra Levant while following news about Mark Steyn, one of my favorite commentators on politics and culture. Apparently they are good friends. Levant hits the nail on the head here. But as the first responder to this thread says, it probably won't change many minds amongst Jews. And that is a shame.


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Q: Android-Kotlin how to call a function (placed in different fragment with its ViewModel) from a Dialogfragment? I want to run a function that is inside EnableAttendanceFragment's ViewModel and EnableAttendanceFragment is the place to call it because that function's parameters are given in EnableAttendanceFragment only.
There is a DialogFragment with a setOnClickListener which call's function of EnableAttendanceFragment, that function calls EnableAttendaneViewModel function named "createNewSession". Now, the error is "viewModel" is not initialized. (i know the error is because viewModel is only initialized in "onViewCreated". I need a solution to run the "createNewSession" when user's clicks "confirm" in Dialog.
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FragmentDialog:
binding.btnPositive.setOnClickListener {
            //SEND STATUS DONE
            if(isDateSelected && isTimeSelected){
                isDone = true
                Log.i("TAG", "$d / $m / $y")
                sessionStartTime = getSecondTime(d,m,y, startTime)
                sessionDuration = getSecondTime(d,m,y, endTime) - sessionStartTime
                //Here i am calling the Function
                EnableAttendanceFragment().callbackFromSessionDialog()
                dismiss()
            }else{
                snackbar("Please Select Date and Time!")
            }
        }

this is @AndroidEntryPoint:
EnableAttendanceFragment (outside of onViewCreated function):
fun callbackFromSessionDialog(){
        viewModel.createNewSession(requireActivity(), selectedCourse ,selectedSession, moodleatt, userid, sessionsObjArrayData)
    }

Using "@HiltViewModel" for ViewModel
EnableAttendanceViewModel:
fun createNewSession(context: Context,
                         moodleCourse: MoodleCourse,
                         moodleGroup: MoodleGroup,
                         moodleattendance: MoodleAttendance,
                         createdby_userid: String,
                         sessionsObjArrayData: ArrayList<MoodleSession>
    ){
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     }
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We live in Delhi. Apparently, the city with the worst air pollution in the world!! With AQI readings reaching 999 in many areas of Delhi when the WHO sets those limits at 30, it is hard to wake up here every day without fretting over an imminent move out of the city.
The dialog around #airpollution in India's cities gains new ground every year when the emissions from diwali fire crackers and agricultural fields around North India keep on lurking in our air amid the onset of winter. That's when the problem "comes-home". The finger pointing begins, politicians are blamed, industries are criticized, children are told not to go out and play while air purifier and mask manufacturers turn in a neat profit.
There's no denying that we need firm policies to bring about the required behaviour change but we believe that the problem must be addressed at the source i.e. with individual consumption. Each one of us carries a #pollutionfootprint and we cannot extricate ourselves from the responsibility for contributing to air pollution by simply blaming it on someone else.
In an attempt to understand the pollution footprint of things we use everyday, we researched their #CO2 emissions and createed a graphic based awareness campaign #pollutionsolutionsnow.
We ask everyone to analyse their behaviour and change what they can so as to lower the impact on the planet's resources as well as to minimise the emissions that end up in our air as toxic #particulatematter.