Connecticut state police said on Friday that a man responding to his sister's call for help during an apparent burglary at her home next door, shot and killed a masked intruder who turned out to be his own teenage son.
15 year old Tyler Giuliano was wearing a ski mask and appeared to be armed when his father shot him on Thursday.
Lieutenant J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for the Connecticut State Police said, Tyler's aunt who lives next door had called his dad around 1a.m. to report someone trying to break into her home. The father went over to investigate and had to shoot the masked person that approached him as he was dressed entirely in black and was holding a shiny object.
"Believing the suspect was armed with a weapon and about to attack him, the father discharged his personal handgun at the suspect.
Tyler Giuliano was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say they are investigating why the boy was outside his aunt's home at that time of the day as he had no criminal record.
Lieutenant J. Paul Vance says background checks would have to be done on the father's gun to verify its registration. The police spokesman also said the father's identity wasn't disclosed in the statement for reasons best known to the authorities.


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AQUAMAN (12A)
Jason Momoa (Justice League), Amber Heard (The Danish Girl), Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project), Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring), Dolph Lundgren (The Expendables), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Greatest Showman), Nicole Kidman (Lion), Ludi Lin (Power Rangers), Temuera Morrison (Once Were Warriors), Randall Park (Ant-Man and the Wasp), Michael Beach (True Romance), Djimon Hounsou (Guardians of the Galaxy), Natalia Safran (Flypaper), Sophia Forrest (The Water Diviner), Graham McTavish (Creed), Leigh Whannell (Insidious)
James Wan (The Conjuring), director; Will Beall (Gangster Squad) and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (Orphan), writers; Rob Cowan (Righteous Kill) and Peter Safran (The Belko Experiment), producers; Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman), composer; Don Burgess (Forrest Gump), cinematographer; Kirk M. Morri (Fast & Furious 7), editor
Arthur Curry (Momoa), the half-human and half-Atlantean son of a lighthouse keeper (Morrison) and Queen Atlanna of Atlantis (Kidman), finds himself on a reluctant path to become the new King of the Seven Seas when he learns of a plot by his half-brother Orm (Wilson) to unite the seven underwater kingdoms and declare war on the surface world…
The DC Universe expands to the seven seas in this long-awaited solo movie of the comic brand's most beloved underwater hero, with Jason Momoa reprising his role in what looks like a fun and thrilling adventure.
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UNEQUAL CITY: The Hidden Divide Among Toronto's Children and Youth, 2017 Toronto Child and Family Poverty Report Card
This report draws on the Statistics Canada 2016 Census and other new data sources to describe the level, distribution and depth of poverty among Toronto children, youth and their families.
Its main findings1 are the following:
Indigenous families with children in the City of Toronto experience an extremely high poverty rate of 84%.
More than one in four children under 18 years of age (26.3%) live in poverty in the city of Toronto. This is the highest rate among large urban areas in Canada.
Children in racialized families2 are more than twice as likely to be living in poverty compared to children in non-racialized families (25.3% compared to 11.4%) in the Toronto region (i.e., Census Metropolitan Area or CMA). - Almost one in two children who are of West Asian (46.8%) or Arab (46.7%) background live in poverty in the Toronto region. This is more than four times the rate of poverty of children in non-racialized families.
Almost one in two Toronto region children who arrived in Canada between 2011 and 2016 (47.2%) live in poverty. This is almost three times the rate of poverty experienced by children in non-immigrant families.
Child poverty rates for children who are second and third generation Canadian remain particularly high for Black and Latin American families in the Toronto region.
37.8% of children in lone-parent families in the Toronto region live in poverty, while the rate for children in female lone-parent households is 40%, more than twice the poverty rate of two-parent families.
The gap in child poverty rates across Toronto neighbourhoods remains stark, ranging from 4.1% in Kingsway South to 60.1% in Thorncliffe Park.
Thirteen city wards have areas of child poverty where rates are 50% or more.
As shown in this report, the divide in incomes along Indigenous, racial, immigration status, and gender lines is staggering. Rates of poverty for marginalized communities are several times what they are for others. As more than half of Toronto's population identify as racialized (51.5%), this is a deep concern. Building a successful city must include providing the necessary measures to ensure no one is left behind and that systemic inequalities are addressed within City policies and programs.
Addressing these inequities will require concerted effort. The City must work together with community partners to address systemic barriers present in City policies, programs and services. It must provide adequate funding to implement approved strategies, including the Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Toronto Newcomer Strategy, the Youth Equity Strategy and other relevant plans. The City must also pass the final Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism which is expected to come forward to the Executive Committee and City Council shortly, as well as create gender equity and racial justice strategies. Reducing racial, gendered and other disparities and inequities must be a top priority if the City is committed to reducing child and family poverty in Toronto.
Click here to read the full report
Click here to read the media release
+ Toronto Child and Family Poverty Report Card - 2016
Divided City: Life in Canada's Child Poverty Capital, 2016 Toronto Child and Family Poverty Report Card
Purpose of Report:
This report draws from new data to update the 2014 report, The Hidden Epidemic: A Report on Child and Family Poverty in Toronto.1 It is the result of a collaboration between CAS of Toronto, Family Service Toronto, Social Planning Toronto, and Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change.
It describes the level – and unequal distribution – of poverty and deprivation among children and families in Toronto, and explores how living in poverty affects access to housing, food, recreation, education and transit.
Toronto continues to be the child poverty capital of Canada: it has the highest rate of low-income children among large urban centres (26.8%).
There were 10,000 fewer Toronto children living in low-income families in 2014 compared to 2013; however, 133,000 children continue to live in poverty.
Recreation and early learning participation levels of Toronto children are highly dependent on family income: half of children in families with annual incomes under $30,000 do not regularly participate in out-of-school arts or sports
programs (in contrast, only 7% of children in families with incomes over $100,000 don't participate in these programs).
Key Recommendations:
City Council should honour its commitment to reduce and eliminate poverty and deprivation in Toronto. It should adhere to the work plan of its poverty reduction strategy, ensure that the strategy is shaped by people with experience of poverty, and put in place clear short- and longer-term progress targets for ensuring fair and equitable access to adequate incomes, housing, transit, child care, food and other supports.
To reduce child and family poverty, it is imperative that the City address its ongoing fiscal shortfall, which puts city services and programs at ongoing risk of cut-backs and prevents adequate investment to improve access to services. To achieve this, the City must approve and implement a financial plan that includes fair and adequate revenue generation (taxation) and sustainable spending that is focused on improving the lives of children, adults and families most in need.
Click here to view the Child and Family Report infographic


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1950 Lt Col A.D.Pass
1963 Brig H.F.Lucas O.B.E.
1964 K.Marshall
1976 W.Mallam
1982 L.Carter
1986 P.J.Leatherdale
2010 B.Sennett
Honorary Secretary
1877 Capt Arthur Mansel
1902 Capt R.Dymond
1917 Major A.H.Platt
1923 Brig Gen C.C.Hannay DSO
1938 Col R.M.Booth
1950 B.F.M.Jelf
1954 Lt Cdr D.B.Jeffery
1965 J.E.Crick
1976 Mrs L.O.Crick
1975 Sqn Ldr J.J.Fisher RAF
1995 J.Grindle
2009 R.Miller
Honorary Treasurer
1976 Wg Cdr M.C.Pulleybank RAF
1981 J.C.Hornby
1983 R.B.Meyers
1995 M.W.Rosekilly
1998 S.M.Taylor
2002 J.Chalmers
2017 I.Rodd
River Keepers
1877 T.Pomeroy
1918 J.Kimber
1933 T.F.Larkham
1964 Fred Harris
1985 R.Derrick
1986 B.Pitman
1995 John Aplin
Founder Members
Mansel Arthur Capt. Honorary Secretary
R.Dymond Capt.
Digby G.D.W.
Clapcott Major
Privers Lord
Lyon Major R.H.G.
Foster A.B.
Dickens Col
Henning Col
Hinds Major
Pleydell-Bowerie H.
Medleycott Sir W.
Thornton R.D.
Preton Capt.
Dorchester Angling Club was formed and fished the same waters as the Dorchester Fishing Club does today.
6th April – the formation of the Dorchester Fishing Club, when water was leased from the Duchy of Cornwall. Captain Arthur Mansel Honorary Secretary
Member number 32 in 1879 was G.S.Marryat , who was F.M.Halfords silent collaborator and teacher He is also remembered for his "Little Marryat" (pale watery) imitations and there is evidence that he was experimenting with artificial nymph's before 1888 and passed on examples of these flies to G.E.M.Skues who has been labelled father of the nymph.
The keeper on the upper water was F.Phillips and the lower water T.Pomeroy. The club rented two cottages at Louds Mill for £12.00 (now Keepers Cottage St. Georges Road)
A tank was to be constructed for the purpose of rearing fish. The fish would be used to stock the Club waters and surplus stocks were to be sold. W.Taylor offered land at Louds for a rental of £5.00 yearly, the cost of construction would be £123.00
Capt. Mansel was elected Hon.Member for his services as Club secretary.
The fishing season was extended to 30th September and a shelter was to be built for the keeper on the lower water. First contact with the Ilchester Estates when a letter was written to Lord Ilchester requesting permission to fish the River Wrackle from the 'Old Turnpike' (Round House) to 'Cuckoo Pound'.
The fish rearing tank were in full swing, but there appears to have been problems with one batch of trout that was sold, the minutes show that a disclaimer would be given to all applicants that wished to purchase fish.
The market for fish reared in the tank seems to have failed the keeper was instructed to sell yearlings as low as 23/- per 100 if it was found necessary.
More trouble for the fish rearing tank a sub-committee was formed charged with the task of making the tank more efficient. Major Clapcott, Parry and Capt.Mansel. The results of their efforts is not recorded and there is no mention of the enterprise after this date.
A donation of £2.20 was awarded to C.Knight to assist during his illness. The sewage discharge below Dorchester became a problem and W.Hutable was given the task to investigate the problem.
Major Clapcott proposed that 10″ fish be allowed to be taken from the upper water and a bonus of £2.00 for the weed cutters.
The entrance fee was also to be raised to £10.10 and out of each entrance fee £6.00 would be put into a separate fund called 'River Improvement Fund'.
Major Clapcott proposed that the use of spinning flies should be prohibited.
1000 stock fish were purchased from the Itchen Fishery.
The subscription went up to £6.00 and a letter was sent to the Town Clerk requesting what action had been taken in constructing a new drainage system for Dorchester.
The Reverend Filleul caught a dry fly record brown trout 12 3/4lbs September 11. He landed it with the aid of a washing basket just below where the Town Stream enters the main River Frome. Read his full account
During the dry weather there were a good many attempts at poaching. Seven convictions were obtained. One fish of about 7lbs was wired above Grey's Bridge.
The Frome Fishery Board imposed a tax on fishing 10/- a year or 1/- a day. Capt. Dymond said that the new tax would be unpopular and when he asked the Board why the need for a tax, he received no reply.
Major R.H.Brutton who joined the club in 1906 and served on the committee, fell victim to Malarial fever whilst serving his country in India.
The keepers were awarded £5.00 half yearly bonus for the duration of the war.
Major A.H.Platt (late Dorset Reg.) of Victoria Park Dorchester became Honorary Secretary
The Rev. S.E.V. Filleul retired from the club.
A new limit on the size of fish was also introduced – 11″ upper water and 12″ lower water.
Capt. Dymond died after his long illness.
Major Platt left Dorchester in October and resigned the Hon.Secretaryship of the club, after holding it for 5 year. Brig. Gen. C.C. Hannay DSO Hawthorn Lodge Dorchester was elected Hon.Sec.
This season was a very poor one for the Club, the worst on record and the water being short of fish, fly and weed.
This season showed a great improvement on the last, although fly was still short, but there was a good head of water though out the season.
The water below Loud's Mill was stocked with 150 12 inch fish and the size limit was again raised for this water to 14 inches.
The Annual Subs. rose to 16 guineas this was a rise of 3 guineas.
The season was a good one on the whole, there was more fly and plenty of weed. 120 fish were netted from the New Town Bathing Pool above Grey's Bridge to be stocked in the Upper Water.
A new rule was passed that would allow retired members who place their name on the waiting list shall have priority of election over ordinary candidates.
Keeper Kimber had little trouble with Poachers during the Bath and West Show, when intercepted the politely asked for information as to the nearest 'unwatched water! '.
This season was a very bad one not only for the Frome but throughout the country. The long cold spell in the spring followed by a drought was the chief reason.
The keepers netted the Charminster pool and took out four pike and sixty-six trout and stocked below Loud's Mill.
The death of Rev. S.E.V.Filleul was reported this year, as one of the Clubs oldest members and perhaps the finest fisherman the Club ever had, he would be surely missed.
Due to the shortage of candidates, it was decided to waive 20 guineas entrance, and to allow Sunday Fishing.
5 otters, 43 heron and other vermin were destroyed this year.
Keeper T.F.Larkham was taken on this year on a wage of 40/- a year.
Keeper Knight retired in May after 45 year's service, and Keeper Kimber retired on the 24th January only to die on the 25th. Keeper Kimber's son took over his father's position for a month but moved on to a better situation.
W.F.Hopkins an ex police man, was taken on with a wage of 40/- a week.
'Nymphing' rises of fish were very numerous in May and June, the fish were taking the nymph of the Blue Winged Olive.
Another average year, fly as of late years was scarce. The chief feature being the further improvement in the beat below Loud's Mill, about 30 fish of 2lbs and over were caught there.
Capt. J.V.Filluel late reg. of Sandford House Wareham was elected on as member, he was the son of Rev.S.E.V Filleul.
Ex.Keeper Knight was awarded £10.00 for doing Larkhams work during his attack of para-typhoid.
Col R.M.Booth of Burleston, Dorchester took over as secretary.
The Keepers helped the Farmers at Harvest, and they also joined the local A.R.P. units.
Ex-keeper Knight died this year, he had performed valuable work for the Club over many years, and after his retirement continued to take great interest in its well being, his advice was most helpful.
The death of General Hannay was a grievous loss to the Club. He took an erroneous interest in its welfare and to its work and advice during the long period of his membership and secretaryship, the Club owed its present well-being. His death fishing the river he loved could not have taken place in more fitting surroundings.
Yet another satisfactory season. War conditions had made transport very difficult for Members living at a distance.
An Extraordinary Meeting was held in February, it increased the Annual Subscription to 25 guineas and raised the Entrance Fee to 40 guineas. A resolution was also carried restricting members to 50 days fishing and 100 fish per season.
The Improvements Sub-Committee, had already made itself felt, with a visit from Mr A.W.Lunn of the Houghton Club. His advice was most valuable and many improvements had already been effected.
There were reports of a good spawning season. 20,000 fry were also placed in the river.
Mayfly however, owing to the abnormally high winds, were a failure, but on the whole there were more hatches of fly than has been evident for some seasons.
The Managing Committee recommended that the Members should join the ' Anglers Co-operative Association'
B.F.M Jelf of Wingfield Great Western Rd Dorchester took over as Secretary.
A good season with an increase in fly life, again it was decided to kill all small fish of from 7-10 inches caught in the Upper Water.
The river was in excellent condition despite a dearth of water. The increase of fly noticed in 1952 was maintained, especially in the evening.
Lt. Cdr. D.B. Jeffrey was appointed as Secretary , after the sad death, in September, of Mr B.F.M Jelf.
27th April water above Blue Bridge down to 10 Hatches was netted – roach , dace and 12 pike removed. There were very few trout.
It is particularly worthy of record that in June, a fish of 5lbs 4ozs, was killed by Major Filleul. The fish 22.5 ins in length and in very fine condition was taken on a B.W.O. on the Lower water between the Old Fishing Hut and Dead Mans Pool. The fish was landed at 11 o-clock at night.
Work was started on the new Charminster Sewage works above Gascoyne Bridge. The sewage main from the village was to cross the river just below the bridge, but work was postponed at the Club's request until the end of the season.
A case occurred during the season of litter being left near the river bank on the Lower Water ( eggshells, paper bags and squash bottles). The Committee assume that no member of the Club will be responsible for such behaviour.
Weed growth was poor, particularly in places on the lower beats where the bed of the river was covered with brown, rotting algae. Strong winds from the middle of the season onwards very often made fishing difficult.
The hatches at Gifford's Hatch were replaced by a sill which resulted in a lower level and faster flow along the Poundbury stretch.
Mr Larkham continues his conscientious and methodical work and members must be well aware of his ever watchful eye on the Club's preserves.
In May Mr T.Larkham retired from his post as River Keeper, after 30 years devoted service. In July, at an informal gathering in the King's Arms Hotel, the Chairman, Mr K.Marshall, presented him with a cheque from past and present members of the Club, and announced that the Club had granted him a pension of £1 a week.
John E. Crick of Mellstock Avenue was elected as the new Secretary.
The Annual Dinner was held at the King's Arms in October, when twenty five members and their guests were present. These included Major Oliver Kite, the well known broadcaster, who gave a stimulating and entertaining talk.
The Annual Dinner was attended by Mr Frank Sawyer, whose advice on the fishery we have enjoyed in the past. He gave a valuable commentary on our waters, which he had inspected that day, and stimulated our ideas on fishery management.
In order to provide some addition to the sport in the slower reaches, and to add interest after mayfly, your Managing Committee decided to introduce a limited number of rainbow trout.
As yet U.D.N. has not appeared on this river; all members of the Club are asked to continue to encourage visiting fisherman to disinfect tackle and waders before fishing.
Proposals by the Wessex Water Board to abstract water from boreholes in the Sydling Valley, are being opposed by the Club.
The death of Douglass Pass, he joined the Club in 1941, was elected to the Committee in 1942, appointed Chairman of the Club in 1946 – 1960. In 1965, he gave the Club the fishing rights on the Upper Water
Hon. Secretary John Crick died in November and is a great loss to the Club and its Committee. His wife has kindly consented to carry on this part of the business.
The result of the Public Enquiry for the abstraction of water from the Sydling Brook was made known in September. The Minister refused the abstraction so that the water supply is maintained unaltered.
During May the drought started affecting the mayfly hatch and lasted throughout the season.
Fishing throughout the South of England was very bad in 1974. Two thousand 10″ fish were introduced into the Club water.
Sqn.Ldr. John J. Fisher was appointed Honorary Secretary.
The hatchery was closed down to save the Club from financial ruin.
The worst year in the history of the Club. The long drought, preceded as it was by the dry summer and winter in 1975. It is estimated that about 350-400 fish were lost.
The death of our Keeper, Fred Harris came as a great shock. The Club has been fortunate in obtaining the services of his son, Barry.
The Club's financial positions is satisfactory and, subject to membership figures being maintained, your Committee hope to continue with a policy of regular restocking and fisher maintenance.
In the early part of the season fly hatches were average. In May and June fishing conditions were poor due to heavy rain and abnormal flooding.
Weed cutting has not been entirely satisfactory although liaison with the Water Authority has been good. There is unfortunately always a conflict of interest between drainage needs and fishery requirements.
Once again the River Wrackle fished well and produced the largest brown trout reported so far – 4lb 6ozs.
The number of Grayling appear to be on the increase above Bockhampton and these should provide good fishing during the latter part of the season for those members who are interested.
There were 200 x 12″ fish stocked into the Club's water towards the end of June, and thanks are due to those who assisted in the distribution of the fish on that day.
On 28th April the Lower Water was electric fished and a large number of eels were removed, a fair number of Grayling were also removed, but the number of trout seen was disappointingly few.
There was a poor and short hatch of Grannom and the Mayfly season was much shorter than usual. Conditions were erratic and there was an abnormal number of days with high winds
John Grindle joined the Club and caught a 3lb 5oz brown during mayfly.
The grannom hatch was poor but mayfly lasted longer than expected with spasmodic hatches of fly.
Three week "letting on" period for river weed at the end of the season.
Leslie Carter (past chairman) who died in February made a bequest to the Club of the fishing rights of about 1,300 yards of double bank fishing to the east of the Lower Burton road. Which is now know as the Carter Water.
The Dorchester western bypass was started in April and crossed the Club's water at Whitfield Hatches.
First year of electro fishing by Kingcombe Aquacare.
This season was the longest and driest summer since 1976. Several pools were dug on the Upper Water.
The committee were concerned about the proposed Poundbury farm development!
Neil Attryde died on 16th July, Neil was the Club's most senior member, he had been a Town Rod from 1957, a Committee member from 1979 and a Trustee since 1985.
Mayfly was again spasmodic.
There was a weed cut for the first time in two years. The Dairy Stream on the Lower Water was no longer part of the agreement with Brigadier Floyer Acland.
Mayfly was generally poor & spasmodic!
Wessex Water Authority laid the pipe across the river at Fisherman's Hut (Upper Water)
Maurice Pulleybank died on the 6th August, Maurice was a member of some 18 years, which time he was Honorary Treasurer for five years and a trustee for nine years.
Grannom hatches were good and mayfly started in the second week on May, which made for some fine fishing.
W.E.C.Mallam (Bill) died 4th August, Bill was a Club member for some 27 years during which time he was Chairman and Trustee (1976-81) and Honorary Member (1986-1994). Mrs Margery Mallam donated a sum of money in memory of her husband.
John Aplin was appointed as River Keeper with effect from 1st April 1995.
W.E.C.Mallam memorial seat was erected at Whitfield Hatches. The work was kindly undertaken by George Allan free of charge.
John Grindle was elected Honorary Secretary.
John Fisher was thanked for his twenty years service to the Club. (1975-1995)
First July Newsletter was produced.
Weed growth was excellent with cutting continuing throughout the season.
Mike Weaver fished the Club's water for an article in Trout & Salmon.
Mike Weaver's article in Trout & Salmon was published in January and a record number of day tickets were sold. The membership waiting list started to grow.
Mike Weaver gave an illustrated talk in March.
Club held a BBQ to celebrate it's 120th anniversary. Many thanks to Peter Ward for contributing some most excellent beer.
Dorchester suffered its wettest April for 32 years.
Fencing was replaced on the Lower Water and installed for the first time on the Upper Water – Whitfield Hatches to Fishing Hut.
A casting Clinic was held in March.
BBQ was cancelled due to rain.
The AGM was held on a Saturday with two guest speakers – John Aplin and Dr Allan Frake from the Environment Agency.
Heavy winter floods washed away years silt, leaving sparkling gravel. The ranunculus also made a remarkable recovery.
Shared BBQ with Salmon & Trout Association.
Another 2,000 meters of fencing was installed – Loders Garage to Whitfield Hatches
New groynes at Blue Bridge.
Instream hatchery installed at Whitfield Hatches .
AGM held again on a Saturday with talks from John Aplin on river improvements and John Grindle talking about fishing in Colorado.
April & May were a complete washout.
First weed "let on" for many years.
Club's internet site was created
River Cerne stretch was purchased
John Colton talked at the AGM. about his company from conception until present day – Kingcombe Aquacare
Dorchester Show held at Cokers Frome.
FOOT AND MOUTH – fishing was banned until 26th May and then with restrictions on the Upper Water.
Brian Pitman (Riverkeeper 1986-1995) died.
Water meadows on the Lower Water were restored.
Otter spotted.
Ron Meyers died 5th July – he had been a member since 1976 and served as Honorary Treasurer 1983-1994.
Low winter rain fall, but heavy rain in April May topped the river up nicely.
Club is donated a Thomas & Thomas rod by the Wild Trout Society for river improvement projects. Over £1,000 is raised from the raffle. Peter Ward won the rod.
Grayling spotted in the Upper Water.
Otter Holt was built on the Upper Water.
Upper Water fenced from Gascoyne Bridge down to the Fishing Hut.
Joe Tallents designs the new Club Logo and produced as a badge.
Lease of the Wolfeton Fishery.
First of the "new" members days.
Cycle path behind Loders garage was built.
Plenty of ranunculus and good hatches of grannom & mayfly.
AGM. switched back to a Monday night.
Richard Slocock joined the Managing Committee on their annual river walk.
Maurice Edwards died in February having joined the Club in 1958.
Extreme low rainfall left the Frome shrunken and desperate for winter rains.
River Frome appeal is launched to help salmon over two major obstacles, Loud's Mill & Bindon Mill.
River improvements on both the Lower Water & Upper Water are planned. This will involve English Nature, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Environment Agency.
Very cold start and the low winter rains were showing it's effect. Floods during the start of mayfly season, but reports of some big fish being caught.
We shared a stand at the Dorset County Show this September. It was a very tiring three days and a lot of interest was generated from our pond dipping samples and casting displays.
The work to build a fish pass at Loud's Mill has been put on hold after they encountered an engineering problem. The whole project is back in the melting pot, because of the increase in the costs – we sit and wait!!
The Loud's Mill fish pass is now complete and it is a very impressive construction, it's remarkable how slow the flow is at the bottom of the slope. It will be very interesting to see how many more salmon redds there will be above Dorchester in the coming years.
The summer was awful and broke all the records for the most rain during August, but a few hardier Members battled with the elements and caught some big fish.
The Club secures the lease on the Southover Farm fishery on the River Piddle.
John Grindle stands down as Honorary Secretary after thirteen years, with Richard Miller taking over the post.
The Club secured the purchase of the fishing rights at Wolfeton from Club member John Streeter during the summer.
Peter Leatherdale retired as Chairman that he has held since 1986. The incoming Chairman Bryan Sennett presented Peter with a travel rod, for his invaluable contribution to the Club over the past years.
River was low due to lack of rain and a general lack of Ranunculus Aquatics across the Club's water. So much so we had several work parties to plant bunches of weed.
Rainfall for the months of June, July and August was a whopping 41 per cent above average, which meant the river was very high & coloured for long periods of the summer. July had the most media coverage ever for the Frome valley, a month's rain in a few hours, horrendous flooding. Improvement work on the Lower Water & Poundbury continued in September.
New easy access stiles & footbridges built over the winter and paid for by the West Country Rivers Trust. The Lower Water was sold by the Floyer-Acland Estate and the new owner is Lord and Lady Fellowes. Thankfully our lease of this excellent water will continue.
Hopefully next year we will also see the welcome return of abundant weed growth on the lower water extending above Dorchester. Again the prospects look favourable, with patches of green across many gravel beds at the moment.
Sadly we said goodbye to Joseph Tallents – 'Joe' – 1938 – 2016, who died on the 15th September. He was a Member of the Club since 1988 and in 2010 he was made an Honorary Member for his long service with the Club. Read more about Joe


The sun seems to shine a little brighter, the temps are steadily rising, and when it rains there is a fresh scent of the new season wafting about. An abundance of color begins to stretch over a hillside in eastern Oklahoma.
As spring comes into full bloom, so do the azaleas at Honor Heights Park in Muskogee. This park, operated by the City of Muskogee and open to the public, sprawls over 132 acres and boasts over 625 varieties of azaleas. That's a lot of flowers. In addition to the azaleas, this botanical garden is also home to many tulips and wisteria. Hues of pink, red, purple and gold spread across the park and transform it into the perfect backdrop for any special occasion or relaxing day off.
The park also offers a variety of trails, lakes, and ponds as well as a butterfly sanctuary and tree arboretum. There's a playground, tennis and volleyball courts, and plenty of spacious lawns for the whole family to lounge or enjoy recreationally.
Originating in 1968, the Azalea Festival has been held annually and is responsible for the estimated 500,000 visitors in Muskogee this spring to enjoy the colorful array of flowers as well as the park's dogwoods, redbuds, and other blooming plants.
Open all year, the park really shines in the spring when colors burst forth and vibrantly paint the area. Each year the park celebrates this display of more than 30,000 blooming flowers by hosting events that are a part of the Azalea Festival.
The festival that begins in April will draw crowds from all over the world to partake in the celebration surrounding the bloom of these brilliant flowers.
Originating in 1968, the festival has been held annually and is responsible for the estimated 500,000 visitors in the town this spring to enjoy the colorful array of flowers as well as the park's dogwoods, redbuds, and other blooming plants.
"I believe the reason the festival continues to grow each year is the Muskogee Community," says Justin O'Neal, marketing manager for the Greater Muskogee Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism.
With such a spectacular natural event unfolding each spring, it's easy to see why the whole town revs up to celebrate.
In 2019, the festival will continue the traditions from previous years as well as add new events to the lineup. Concerts, wine tastings, 5k runs, arts and crafts shows, car shows, living history days on a WW II submarine, and so much more are all on the schedule this year.
Cruise through the park in your car, on foot, or on a bicycle to take in the stunning nature. Stop for a picnic at one of the park's many gazebos or picnic tables. Jog or bicycle around on a perfect spring day or make a day trip to attend one of the special events for delicious food and live entertainment.
"My favorite part about the Azalea Festival is the great amount of community pride that Muskogee shows for all of these events. Being able to share everything happening in Muskogee with people from all over the world really keeps the sense of community pride alive and blossoming, pun intended," says O'Neal.
The festival is perfect for the entire family and offers ample opportunities to relax or get social. Visit the park to admire the flowers, snap some social media worthy pics, and then head into the town to enjoy a local restaurant.
This beautiful display of nature and the enjoyable events surrounding it are sure to make this festival one you want to return to each year, either to enjoy your favorite part all over again or try something new as the celebration continues to expand each year.
What sounds better than a day spent enjoying a beautiful park followed by delicious food and quality entertainment? We can't think of anything. Grab your sunglasses, your picnic blanket and your favorite people, and head out to embrace spring.


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Uprooted: Semillas & the Pilsen Neighborhood
Plants are all the rage. Nowadays, being a plant parent is like telling someone you have
your shit together without actually telling them you have your shit together. You've essentially unlocked a new level of adulthood, except this level isn't soul-crushing (cries). Well, late last summer I took a look around my space and realized I needed more greenery.
Lucky for me, a new plant shop had just opened: Semillas in the Pilsen neighborhood. Why did I want to go to this plant shop specifically? Semillas is Latina-owned. Its creation was borne from a love of plants but also a need to fill a void. Where are all the plant shops on the Southside of Chicago? Where in Pilsen? In an interview with Pilar McQuirter, Angélike Verla, owner of Semillas, explains that she didn't understand why she needed to travel to the north side to buy plants when there really should be a shop in Pilsen:
"Why do I have to always travel to the north side to get these plants? "Why don't we have this on the Southside? Mexicans know about plants and herbs too… Why can't we have that here? Community gardening is very common, it's what makes Pilsen, Pilsen."*
Angélika was able to open a business centered around her love for plants and offer her community something new. But perhaps most importantly, Semillas represents a reclamation of territory. After the construction of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in the 1960s, thousands of Mexican immigrants were displaced from their homes and ultimately moved to the Pilsen neighborhood. That first wave would set the pace for the next few decades as the Mexican community grew and flourished there. Sadly, however, in recent years city developers have taken what they can, driving rent prices up and current residents out. Between 2000 and 2017, 14,000 Mexican-Americans left Pilsen, signaling the threat of a new great displacement.
Did I know all this history as I stepped inside the plant studio that Sunday afternoon? No, regrettably not. But I had a feeling that there was something special here. I mean, Semillas opened during the Covid-19 pandemic. What a risk that was to open a brand new business when so many were shutting down for good. Surely they knew that plant shops were not essential businesses. But again, I wasn't really thinking about all of this when I got there. Instead, my attention was drawn to the liveliness of the neighborhood. On the corner of 18th and Blue Island, the Pilsen Community Market was in full swing. Restaurants were open and the smell of tacos from food trucks filled the air.
As I walked inside, I understood the fascination. In a relatively small space, it felt like I was transported to a little safe haven. There was a wide selection of different plants of different sizes and species. Those who wanted a low-maintenance cactus had their fair share to choose from. Those who wanted a more involved plant, you know, the kind that ultimately becomes as needy as a small child, had plenty of choices too. With so many options, I spent what felt like forever browsing the shelves. Sometime later, with a red aglaonema and a new pretty pot in hand, the mission became an extreme success.
At the time I visited, Semillas was located at 1425 W 18th St, Chicago, IL. However, At the end of June 2021, they announced on Instagram that they were leaving their brick-and-mortar location. Since then, they have appeared at multiple pop-up sites around the city. Though they may have moved from their original spot in Pilsen, I'm excited to see how their journey unfolds. Follow them on Instagram @semillasplantstudio to find out where they will be next.
*This quote was captured from the Semillas website (https://semillasplantstudio.com/) before it was locked from public viewing.
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Robert Donald, son of Grace (Berry) and Clarence (Tad) Scherich was born on a farm northwest of Alva on June 4, 1928. He passed away at the Alva Beadles Nursing Home on the 18th of February at the age of 78 years, 8 months and 14 days. He attended the Franklin Rural Grade School, Capron High School graduating with the class of 1946, his B.S. Degree from Northwestern State college in 1950 and his Master Degree from Phillips University in1970. He was married to Mary Boyer in Alva at the First Christian Church on September 23, 1950. To their marriage four children, Towanda, Crystal, David and Melody were born. Following their marriage he started teaching at Cleo Springs until he was drafted into the army in 1951 for two years. After his discharge he taught school in Kansas and Oklahoma. In 1985 he retired from teaching and farmed with his son David. He was a member of the Christian Church, a lifetime member of the Hereford Association, the O.E.A. and the N.E.A. Mr. Scherich was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Crystal Ann and his parents. Bob is survived by two daughters, Towanda and her husband, Garry Kirkley of Poteau, Melody Scherich of Enid, a son and his wife, David and Kim of Alva and a granddaughter, Jessica Kirkley of St. Louis, Missouri. A sister and her husband, Judy and Dennis Benigar of Lahoma, a brother and his wife, Bill and Nancee of Wichita, Kansas, a cousin, Nettie Britt of Roswell, New Mexico who was raised with them as a sister. He is also survived by a long time friend Dolores Sutton and several other nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. PDF Printable Version
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My recent trip to Tamil Nadu happened quite by chance. I had always kept Auroville for the day when I was finally going to be sold on vipassana. I had planned to live for a few good months, growing, eating, cleaning, and nurturing- all that the place gave me a glimpse of in three days, enough for longing to return again.
It quite happened by chance, when a friend and I decided a spiritual journey to the South. 5 days of meditation at Auroville and Thriuvanthamalai – both with their unique spirituality! Along with meditation, it was a cultural experience- with the historical French culture in Auroville and the very religious culture of the South India.
After reaching Chennai by flight, we took a cab to our destination. Cab's are the preferred common commute, however one can take a bus as well. Although Puducherry is just seven kilometers from Tamil Nadu, there is a clear distinction between the two. Puducherry is a little more cleaner, neater, greener, richer than Tamil Nadu. Towards the end of Puducherry, the buildings start appearing a little more French, and bookstores carry more advanced French than English.
Pondicherry has the ashram of Sri Aurobindo, it is here that he meditated with The Mother and his samadhi is here. Planning to meditate by the Samadhi to enlighten our spiritual journey, we were allowed in as regular visitors. Although the ashram has a large number of daily visitors, the place maintains silence and so meditation is quite possible. Both, tourists and mediators visit here to find silence or peace. The verandah surrounding the samadhi is the meditating area. Clean, green, with little bits of sunshine through tall palm and papaya trees, it is a place to 'check out of the world' for a little while.
Quite close to the ashram is the White Town. Puducherry's French heritage is mostly concentrated here. It is that place where the French left their culture through buildings, road systems, infrastructure, and memories.
Over the years, foods have changed to more Italian with maybe some French. However, it is not disappointing as a very distinct hippie commercialization of Puducherry has kept it moderately expensive, with heritage buildings, and cuisines that are invented with a combination of French, Tamil, and some alien cultures brought in by tourists. It is not uncommon to find "butter chicken with french fries (or rice)" on the menu at the small hippie restaurants.
I lived by the Auro Beach, which is equidistant from Auroville and Puducherry (about 8 kilometers). Auro Beach has scanty civilization on the beachside – a five-minute walk from the beach to the main market. It is advisable to rent a motorbike or a bicycle here due to the distances. Auto-rickshaws are expensive and often do not use the meter. So, there is always a 5 minute negotiation before the ride.
However, one can never be too upset in Tamil Nadu. The salty breeze that flows inland, the earthy atmosphere of the city in bamboo calms the mind, and the greenery around with tall palm trees with umbrella tops can always spell a charm to calm your anger.
Palms and bamboos are quite revered in Tamil Nadu. It is amazing to see most house tops made by a type of bamboo that is local to Tamil Nadu. Although concrete is trickling, here and there, into the architecture, the underlying rurality of Tamil Nadu, to a large extent, has not discarded the natural bamboo housing. My cottage on the beach was also entirely made of bamboo- a ten feet tall structure that stood on long bamboo logs, with planked flooring and dried bamboo leaves for roof top- all knit together by jute, strings, and nails. A ladder climbed into a short verandah, which was great post to relax, all the while listening to the sounds of the ocean, beyond the virgin beach. This sweet melody didn't end until I left.
After experiencing an interesting time at Auroville, a morning cab ride took us to Tiruvannamalai. Unlike the drive to Auroville, the drive to Tiruvannamalai was a little drier and a little hotter as we drove inland.
Tiruvannamalai is a hilly area situated in the Anamalai Hills of the Eastern Ghats. At the foot of the hills is the Annamalai Temple. It is said to be the largest Temple in the world, dedicated to the Hindu Lord Shiva.
The mythological story for the temple has it that Lord Shiva (the destroyer) asked Lord Bramha (the creator) and Lord Vishnu (the keeper) to find the center of the universe. Lord Bramha turned into a swan and flew as high as he could and returned with an answer. Lord Vishnu became a bore and dug deep into the earth and returned with an answer. They both admitted to have found the center of the universe. However, they had both lied. So, Shiva created an endless fire that passed through the magma of the earth below and reached the highest skies. This fire was created at Annamalai (now known as Tiruvannamalai). Shiva suggested that this is the place where ego would perish and die. Four mandapams were built around the place of this fire. Thus, the temple of Arunachalayar.
The temple has four entrances, facing the four directions. It is suggested to be auspicious to enter from the South Gate. Annamalaiyar is prominently a Shiva temple. It is said that after Shiva created fire, he settled in the hills of Arunachala. Parvati joined him and the temple was created.
beginner of all things good, Kartikeya is revered very highly in the Southern India. He is the God of War who kills ego and hatred. Hence in Tamilnadu, Lord Murugan's idol is always placed before the Shiva-Parvati temple. Just like Lord Shiva has Nandi at the entrance, Lord Murugan is always accompanied with a peacock. The peacock represents the youthfulness of the Lord and his mission to fight ego and hatred.
The temple is large and takes a good 20 minutes to complete an entire circle. I took up a room next to the temple to enjoy the soothing morning aarti at 5:30 am, so culturally Southern! The early risers with early coffee shops was quite a delight to walk around and chill at before the sun rises. Being a very religious place it is extremely safe for women to be on the streets at early hours, which was a very welcoming experience.
Behind the temple, about three kms away is The Ramana Ashram. Swami Ramana is said to have visited the temple in his youth and promised Lord Shiva to renounce everything, and live a life of a monk. He meditated in the caves of the Arunachalam hill, which are accessible by an hour long walk up the mountain. The caves are accessible and one must meditate in these caves just to experience silence and peace. The Virupaksha Cave was my most favorite. It still maintains its history with stony roof and muggy darkness in the mediation room.
Near the Ramana Ashram, there are traces of the hippie culture of India. An obvious German Bakery is right around the corner serving good food and cozy ambience. However, it is a must to try many other hippie cafes around like the Shanti Cafe for its Indianized yet extremely delicious cheesecake.
Five days of Tamil Nadu gave us a lot of spiritual upliftment. The meditation agenda was met, and spirituality was largely achieved through mediation, greenery, and nature. It is advisable to visit Puducherry a little more than five days as there is enough to see and do. If traveling to Tamil Nadu, the Arunachalayar temple is a must visit for its superb energies and positive vibes.


Oh no, the village bridge is broken. But that's okay, I'll ask for help from the spider in this tree. Come down mister spider, and help me fix the bridge.
"Did you break it?" he asks.
Yes, I say. I walked across the bridge – really just a piece of string – and it snapped.
I consider his words carefully. And then I boot him in the head. As he soars over the river, his spidery silk follows, forming a new bridge of thread between the river banks. He's upset.
Pikuniku is made of scenes like this one. Childish arguments and misunderstandings between blobby, colourful residents of a world that could be described as Mr Men meets LocoRoco. It's a physics-based platformer, but it feels more like a children's storybook that didn't get approved for the school library. At the start of the adventure, your character wakes up in a cave, roused by a ghost. You're just a simple red shape with eyes and legs. Nobody in this vector art world has arms (at least none of them do in the Gamescom demo I'm playing). And why would you need them? There are very few problems that can't be solved with a good kick.
Aside from pottering about on your wobble-legs, you can also pull said legs into your body and simply roll from place to place. Later you can grab zip lines and swing from hooks. That's more or less your entire range of abilities. Simple enough for both kids and games journalists to understand. But it's not the movement that endears me to my twenty-five minutes of Pikuniku-ing. It's the chat. When you talk to the ghost who woke you up, he invokes that favourite line of game developers. It's not safe to go alone.
Much of what I saw had the same playful tone. The terse, bulletpoint dialogue of an ancient JRPG filtered through a trippy nursery rhyme. It's perfunctory, colourful, and often summons a giggle. I ask some bluebirds in a nearby field what they are doing. "Chilling," they say. Later, some villagers capture me and start yelling: "The beast is awake!" I keep trying to escape by jumping around the inside of the cage, but it's no use. I'll have to do what they ask, and fix the bridge I've broken. All these silly encounters remind me of the best cartoons designed for kids, the ones that are inevitably co-opted by greedy adults, but ultimately enjoyed by both.
I'd be happy to continue this walkabout, chatting to the blobescent characters of the village, but there's a traditional puzzle platformer running through all the jollity (not to mention a story involving a creepy businessblob and a "deep state conspiracy") so I've got to crack on. It mostly takes the form of simple puzzles. I'm drafted in to help out the local painter, for example. He's lost his pencil in his own basement. In the end, this puzzle room is a stress-free matter of pressing switches and stacking boxes to reach the pencil, lying on a higher platform.
The aim is to keep things straightforward, I'm told by game designer Arnaud De Bock. We play a bit of the co-op too, and it's likewise a jaunt through simple levels (sadly lacking the characters of the singleplayer world). The puzzles are basic. One person stands on a door-opening button, while the other pushes a giant ball through. There's a brief car race in the form of childish split-screen speed-freakery. And at one point we find ourselves both rummaging around in ball pits, fighting with the purposefully clumsy physics to kick the balls out and onto some switches. We also kicked each other in the face very often. Easy-going co-op that at moments can break out into childish, petty squabbling. It's oddly soothing.
It's sure to be labelled cutesy, twee and "charming" but if the small chats I had with birds and blobs are anything to go by, I hope to find more of that fun-loving absurdity underneath it all. One of my favourite moments involved the five blobby villagers standing on top of one another, like a multicoloured totem pole. They were accusing me of being a horrible beast of legend. As they spoke, the blobperson on the very bottom of the tower started rotating with every accusation. I don't mean he was turning to face away from my view. I mean his whole sprite was rotating on its axis, his legs leaving the ground and pointing left, now up, now right. There was nothing supporting the rest of the villagers, and yet it didn't fall, they just carried on accusing me of being a monster.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of that daftness. How do you give a thumbs-up in a world with zero arms?
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Fan-favorite creators Rick Remender and Mat Broome continue their epic tale of the final days of Earth's last heroes! With half the team ensnared by The Smiling Man within the city of Loge, the mysterious man known as Black must choose between claiming the Hammer of Thor and rescuing his former teammates. Meanwhile, in the remains of New York, Prairie Ghost and Soldier American come face to face with the soul-possessing Scarecrow Sinister and discover that nothing is as it seems.
So it's the end of the world… and the bad guys win. I suppose with that as your premise, it makes for a tough a follow through.
Rick Remender (Fear Agent) is doing a great job of giving us a rich inter-connected character landscape, trying to fill the reader in on every piece of the puzzle. He is a master at this, making the reader connect with his off-center faulted characters. But with just three issues of The End League out, his attempt and ability to do this might be too much for the reader to deal with. In issue #1, we were introduced to quite a few characters along with a complex plot set up, just to watch most of them die and the situation get more dark and dire. It's not that it is a bad story or story-telling, in fact quite the opposite, it's cery good… but the casual reader will probably need a score card to keep track of everything.
The art of this book most of the time is quite remarkable, giving great detail to both forefront and back ground. The combined team of Mat Broome and Sean Parsons is able to give us beautiful and hideous, action and landscape all with the same high quality.


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On Shirley Hazzard: Writers on Writers
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Hazzard was the first Australian writer I read who looked outwards, away from Australia. Her work spoke of places from which I had come and places to which I longed to go … It was reading as an affair of revelations and gifts. It fell like rain, greening my vision of Australian literature as a stony country where I would never feel at home. Splendour had entered the scene.
In this vibrant, rich and personal essay on acclaimed author Shirley Hazzard, Michelle de Kretser offers a masterclass in writing that is powerful and exhilarating, that is 'perfect' because it is 'exact'. She celebrates the precision and musicality of Hazzard's prose and illuminates the humour, humanity and revelatory impact of her work. This jewel of a book is both a wonderful introduction to Hazzard and a treat for her long-time fans.
In the Writers on Writers series, leading authors reflect on an Australian writer who has inspired and fascinated them. Provocative and crisp, these books start a fresh conversation between past and present, shed new light on the craft of writing, and introduce some intriguing and talented authors and their work.
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'Michelle de Kretser's On Shirley Hazzard is my favourite kind of criticism: granular, expansive, stringent, confessional, beautifully written. Reading a brilliant, essential forebear, de Kretser meditates on the way literature, even as it discomfits us, can make us feel more at home in the world and in ourselves. This is a moving work of rigorous and loving homage.' —Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You
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Man, we don't even want to make a "Taxman" joke with this one: word has got out that Paul McCartney's one-off gig in Halifax, Nova Scotia last July was partially funded by Nova Scotia taxpayers without their knowledge.
To help cover McCartney's, uh, $3.5 million fee, taxpayers provided $600,000 for various costs, such as concert marketing and a loan guarantee, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter announced on Tuesday (April 13), reports CBC.
The Halifax Department of Tourism doled out the $600,000, which the department and promoter Harold MacKay of Power Promotions didn't tell the public about at the time.
MacKay wouldn't say what the ticket sales were for the concert, but rejected claims they were only around 26,000, as the Coast reports a source as saying, and said they had a "full house" at the 40,000-seat venue.
On top of that $300,000 loan, the department also put another $300,000 into the concert through "in kind" contributions, such as marketing and advertising. MacKay said the province got their money's worth because of the tax generated from the concert.
On top of the $600,000 the province provided, the City of Halifax put $150,000 towards costs for the concert, mainly for policing and an electrical generator, reports the Coast. This adds up to taxpayer expenditures of $750,000.
Perhaps the biggest issue is the risk involved with the Nova Scotian government cutting a $3.5 million cheque for the promoter to give to McCartney. Luckily, ticket sales covered that $3.5 million. Dexter says if they didn't, the Nova Scotia taxpayers would have had to, reports MSN Entertainment. He also says that he hasn't ruled out doing this kind of investment in concerts in the future, but adds that he does feel caution is necessary.
The Black Eyed Peas have a show coming up at the same venue McCartney played at, the Halifax Common, on July 24. But, don't worry, Nova Scotians: apparently, the government isn't gambling any of your money on that one.


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Division of Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services -Gather information from New Hampshire regarding fire training and EMS.
Richard M. Flynn Fire Academy-The Richard M. Flynn Fire Academy is a state-of-the-art training and educational facility dedicated to meeting the training needs of New Hampshire's emergency responders.
Many career fire departments require firefighters to have their EMT certification before being hire. You can expect to find EMT questions on many tests.
Training, Education, and Exams- Train as much as you can, and never get tired of learning. This will increase your chances of getting hired.
The New Hampshire Fire Commission mandates entrance testing. It consists of three separate events, all of which have to be passed within 26 month period. Many departments actually look for candidates who have passed all three events. The three Entrance Testing events include: Written Exam, Acrophobia Test, Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT).


According to the hotel operator, HEI Hotels & Resorts, hotels in 10 states and in the District of Columbia may have been targeted by hackers for months.
HEI manages close to 60 Hyatt, Sheraton, Marriot, and Westin hotel properties. They claim that malicious software was installed on the payment processing system at certain properties, in hopes to harvest the data routed through the systems.
The malicious malware was placed into at least 20 different locations POS Systems, collecting the names, card account numbers, expiration dates, and verifications of hotel patrons.
HEI claims that data collection could have started as early as March 2015 at some hotel locations where people purchased food or beverages.
Once the malware was identified, HEI transitioned payment card processing to a stand-alone system that's separate from the rest of its network. They disabled the malware and are in the process of reconfiguring various components of its network and payment systems to make them more secure.
But the hospitality industry is no new target for criminals. Back in January, hackers were able to infiltrate over 250 Hyatt Hotel locations in over 50 countries after infecting the hotel chains payment processors with malware between August 13 and December 8, 2015. And in April, Trump Hotels announced they're investigating another possible breach at three of its North American locations.
Moving forward, it's vitally important that organizations within the hospitality industry implement a powerful File Integrity Monitoring tool that can notify you of any potentially harmful malware found in your IT estate.
NNT's Real-time, Continuous File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), records changes to any binary system or application files, as well as to any text-based configuration file, recording what changed and who made the change. Threat Intelligence feeds are leveraged to automatically confirm the legitimacy of any file changes detected, providing an incontestable confirmation of 'known good' status. All file attributes are tracked, including a unique, secure hash value to highlight Trojan and APT Malware.


SESSIONS GETS SCORCHED: 'Never Took Control' of DOJ, Says Trump. Ordering Documents Be Sent to Congress — What Does This Mean for Jeff?
Sessions fired back a few hours later, touting his "unprecedented success" at advancing Trump's agenda at DOJ while staunchly defending his department.
The broadside against Sessions is only the latest in a remarkable public venting that Trump has engaged in since the attorney general followed the advice of DOJ ethics officials and recused himself from overseeing the Russia collusion investigation because of his role in Trump's presidential election campaign.
The recusal set off a chain of events that eventually led to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 campaign — including possible collusion with Trump advisers.
Mueller's team has brought a number of indictments against Russians and former Trump officials — but none of the charges so far tie Trump or his aides to the alleged collusion. Sessions already knows there was no conspiracy, Trump said.
"He was on the campaign. He knows there was no collusion," he said.
Republicans in the House of Representatives have knocked heads with Rosenstein over thousands of documents related to the genesis of the FBI counterintelligence probe that predated Mueller's appointment and focused on the Trump campaign.
The DOJ has produced some documents, withheld others on grounds that they could jeopardize an ongoing investigation, and heavily redacted others. Congressional Republicans point to the unquestionable oversight authority given Congress by Article I of the Constitution and contend the DOJ is interfering with that authority.
Trump suggested at some point that he would order Rosenstein to give the House what it wants.
Trump also said federal prosecutors should turn some of their attention to crimes he says 2016 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton committed as secretary of state in her handling of classified information.
A House investigation concluded Awan was a security threat and had unauthorized access to classified information. But he never faced criminal charges related to that, and a federal judge earlier this week freed Awan without imposing any significant penalties for his actions.
Trump also unfavorably compared Sessions to Eric Holder, who served as President Barack Obama's first attorney general. He contrasted DOJ's inducement of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to plead guilty to a pair of alleged campaign finance violations related to Trump's campaign with the handling of a campaign finance violation by Obama's campaign.
Trump noted that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in 2013 fined Obama's 2008 campaign $375,000 for 1,300 contributions totaling $1.8 million that the campaign failed to report on time.


Your child has been asking for a dog for a while now, but are they ready?
So the day has come that your child is asking for their very own dog. Now what? There are so many questions that may begin to run through your head. How do you know if your child is ready? What breed is best? Will this really teach my child responsibility? The good news is that there are so many resources and information out there to make this huge step in your life seem a little bit smaller.
One big thing that parents tend to worry about is if their child is ready to take on the responsibility that comes with getting a dog. They require daily feedings, taking them out for trips to the bathroom, vet visits, training, and more. The older the child is, the more capable they will be in fulfilling these needs. Be prepared to pick up some of the responsibility of the dog as well. But, don't let that deter you away from welcoming a new furry friend into your household. There are so many benefits of getting a dog for your child.
For example, a dog will encourage your child to get outside and stay active. The more walks that a dog requires means the less amount of time your child will stay behind a tv screen. Dogs are also great stress relievers for children. Being a kid is a lot harder than most parents remember, so it is nice to have a furry friend that brings a smile to their faces after a rough day at school.
If you have convinced yourself to allow your child to get a dog, you may now be wondering what breed will be the best fit for your family. A good choice that fits most families is Goldendoodles. Before you jump on your computer and google goldendoodle puppies for sale, let me tell you a little about them.
Goldendoodles are loyal, fun, and make the perfect family dog. Did I mention that they are absolutely adorable? Another huge plus of Goldendoodle dogs is that they are hypoallergenic and do not shed. That means you will not have to worry about coughing, sneezing, or fur all on your carpet.
They also are highly intelligent and easily trained. They are truly a great breed to consider when searching for a new family pet.
Bringing home your new puppy can be a very exciting day for the entire family. The more prepared you are for the day, the easier the transition will be. A few things that you will need to pick up before bringing your new four-legged friend home is premium puppy food to help them grow, identification tag in case they are an escape artist, an adorable collar, a long leash, and two dog bowls.
Other super helpful items to own include puppy pee pads, carpet stain remover, chew toys, and treats. Remember, potty training the dog will be so much easier when treats are involved! Also, your carpets will thank you for having a quality cleaner on hand!
Allow your new dog to get used to the area when they first get to your home. They might be very timid at first and want to explore on their own terms. Remind your child to be gentle and calming the first few days so that the dog can get used to their new surroundings. It might take a few days for their personality to come out and shine, so don't get discouraged with them.
The first 30 days with your new puppy will be the most difficult, but once they get trained and accustomed to their new home, it will be smooth sailing from then on out. Not only will your child have a new best friend, but so will you. Dogs become part of the family and fill a whole you didn't even know was there!


This article Clicking on Canals No 21 is the copyright of Jim Shead - The twenty-first of a regular series of articles on waterways on the internet. First published in Waterways World October 2002.
/grandjuncregion/northampton/index.htm now has a web site that expands on the brief standard details that the IWA gives for each of its branches. The Northampton Branch has put in a lot of effort to provide useful information although it is a pity that the site has such a cumbersome address. The final new site is Norman Boats Appreciation Society: www.normanboats.co.uk for owners and others interested in Norman cruisers. I get the impression that it is not yet a formal society but this site could be the starting point for forming one.
Our virtual trip from Reading westwards down the K&A brings us first to Berrybrook Boats www.berrybrookboats.co.uk hiring narrowboats from Burghfield just four miles up the canal. At Aldermaston we meet Reading Marinewww.readingmarine.co.uk boat builders and narrowboat hire. Cherry Craft www.canalboats.co.uk/cherrycraft/ have hire boats based near Pewsey. A short way on we can stop at the excellent Barge Inn http://cropcircleconnector.com/anasazi/barge99.html, at Honeystreet, Pewsey, which featured as our site of the month back in February 2001. From Devizes Wharf the wide beam hotel boat Helen of the West www.bikebusters.co.uk/Boat.htm will take you for a cruise. At Hilperton, near Trowbridge, M&P Steelcraft www.geocities.com/mpsteelcraft/narrowboat.html build narrow boats and Wessex Narrowboats www.wessexboats.co.uk have their hire fleet.
Sally Boats www.sallyboats.ltd.uk has a fleet of 16 narrow boats based in Bradford on Avon Marina. Before arriving at Bath we pass the historic Claverton Pumping Station www.claverton.org built by John Rennie to pump water from the River Avon into the canal and now open to the public. By Dundas Aqueduct Sunset Holidays www.sunsetholidays.com hire narrowboats from the Somerset Coal Canal. At this point I must also mention The Somersetshire Coal Canal Society http://rtjhomepages.users.btopenworld.com/SCC2.html another excellent web site that was our site of the month in July 2001. Bath Narrowboats www.bath-narrowboats.co.uk also offer cruises on the canal and nearby Moonraker Narrowboat Company www.moonboats.co.uk is a new hire boat operation.
Having finished the trip down the navigation there are still a few more sites that deal with the Kennet & Avon Canal and deserve to be mentioned. Sevenstars www.c.gordon.dial.pipex.com/sevenstars/ is a tour of a narrowboat showing both drawings of the design and photographs of the completed boat. There are also photos of the Kennet & Avon Canal. Waterwayz http://members.fortunecity.com/maramelia/index.htm is a site with pictures and information covering the Kennet & Avon. Ronarosa www.ronarosa.co.uk tells of a narrowboat based on the canal as does Suzy q www.freespirit.f2s.com/canal/index.htm - a boat for hire on the canal that has no permanent base. The Bruce Charitable Trust www.brucetrust.org.uk is a registered charity which provides four wide-beamed canal boats that can be seen up and down the canal. If you need an engineer on your trip then All Aboard Marine Services www.aceweb.org.uk/AAMarine/index.htm serves the Kennet and Avon Canal and River Thames from a base at Newbury.
This month we are featuring the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust www.sncanal.org.uk formed in 2000 to promote the restoration of the canals. Their web site sets out the background to the societies work and details their aims as well as inviting new members to join. The canal route is described and several maps are provided. The Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct, the oldest cast iron aqueduct in the world, is one of the features of the canal which together with Berwick Tunnel, the guillotine locks and Trench Inclined Plane are fully covered with pictures and text. There are five photo galleries, each covering a separate section of canal with modern and historic photographs. The news page reveals that the Trust is active in many ways, from organising walks of the canal route to speaking to the local press and radio. Another interesting section lists books that relate to the navigations, each volume with a picture of the cover. This is certainly a site full of information that is well presented and easy to navigate.
Please note: the above links were correct when this article was published in the October 2002 issue of Waterways World but for up to date links please see my links page.


School Business officials are shaping much more than dollars every day in their districts: They are responsible for the management of resources to ensure every aspect of the school district, from food service to technology infrastructure, provides a safe and effective learning environment for children.
As a professional association, part of our role is to promote that profession to those who need to know its value. To support both the profession and our members, we have compiled stories and data to help demonstrate the ROI of an SBO. There is also a new resource available for Superintendents to help justify their investment in a school business professional, evaluate SBOs and invest in your success!
Share the stories of how school business officials have achieved savings for their districts.


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Stephen Miller Group Will Defend Doctors Against Biden's Forced Transgender Treatment Policy
Dr. Susan Berry
Founder of America First Legal (AFL) Stephen Miller said Wednesday his organization is "ready and willing to defend" American healthcare providers against the Biden administration's non-biology based healthcare policy that forces them to provide transgender treatments and surgeries to children.
Biden has issued transgender policies that would force doctors to provide unethical medical treatments to children. If you are a doctor or health-care provider who might be affected by this please contact America First Legal at info@aflegal.org. More here: https://t.co/oht3QZMdMV
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) June 23, 2021
"Forcing doctors and medical practitioners to disregard long-established scientific fact — in this case biological sex — undermines the quality and integrity of medical care," said Miller, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump and AFL president.
"Doctors can and must make decisions based on hard science when providing medical treatment," he added.
In May, the Biden Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) would reverse the decision of the Trump administration to restore the biology-based, male-female definition of sexual discrimination in federal healthcare regulations.
Today, OCR announced it will interpret and enforce Section 1557's prohibition on discrimination to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Learn more: https://t.co/BCMx0Hte0r
— HHS OCR (@HHSOCR) May 10, 2021
The Biden HHS declared the administration will, instead, interpret sexual discrimination in federal healthcare rules to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
The move to interpret Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in that way will serve to force doctors and other healthcare providers to affirm transgender treatments and surgeries for children against their scientific judgment and code of ethics based on biological science.
"The media coverage of the Administration's new healthcare announcement is extraordinarily deceptive," Miller said in his statement. "This is not about the 'rights' of any American patient or access to medical care. This is about whether we are guided [by] medical science or whether we subordinate medical science to narrow political agendas."
Miller elaborated:
Compelling doctors to accord their treatment to gender identification rather than the actual biological sex of a patient can have real and deleterious consequences. Requiring doctors to chemically castrate minors, or to provide medically unnecessary or even harmful surgeries, does not advance the cause of science or medicine. We want all Americans to have access to quality care, and to be treated with decency and dignity, based on a doctor's true and actual best medical and scientific judgment.
"America First Legal stands ready and willing to defend the rights of American doctors against those who would force them to violate their oaths," he said.
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One manager for BOTH Springfield & Du Quoin fairs?
Newly appointed acting Illinois Department of Agriculture director Philip Nelson and Gov. Bruce Rauner are apparently giving a lot of time and attention to the naming of a new Du Quoin State Fair manager.
A rumor surfaced last week among Du Quoin State Fair staff members that the department may name ONE manager over the Illinois State Fair in Springfield and the Du Quoin State Fair.
That happened in 1986 when the State of Illinois purchased the privately-owed fair and Gov. Jim Thompson sent manager Mike Dubois to Du Quoin to largely take care of both fairs. It didn"t last long.
In a telephone conversation with Sen. David Luechtefeld, the Okawville lawmaker said he spoke to the agriculture director on Monday and he sensed that the new administration was being very careful in exploring all avenues in managing the Du Quoin State Fair.
That is not to say that a new Du Quoin manager won"t be named.
"I know they are still interviewing," said Luechtefeld.
But, it seems there is certainly the possibility that a new organizational plan for the two state fairs is being conceived.
Fair staff members are ably taking care of the day-to-day decisions with the advice and consent of those in Springfield.
The next major event facing the fair staff is hosting the Monster Truck Nationals this weekend.
Perry County Republican party chairman Bruce Morgenstern said has no new information about filling the position.


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Claudio Abbado Memorial Programs
Tune in during classical programs this week as we celebrate Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, who passed away on January 20th at the age of 80. Mr. Abbado lead many of the world's premiere orchestras during his long career, serving as principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestra, and principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
He also held positions as music director of both La Scala opera house and the Vienna State opera. Mr. Abbado was known for his incredible musical ability, conducting his programs without scores, as well as his support for young musicians. He was named a Senator for Life in the Senate of Italy in 2013 for his contributions to music. Normally scheduled classical programs from Tuesday, January 21st through Thursday, January 23rd will play works conducted by Mr. Abbado.
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The County Table Tennis Senior Championships were played at the Queen Elizabeth School Bromyard on Sunday with 45 players of all ages taking part in 11 different events and this year we had some interesting new players entered.
With 32 men in their singles event they started by playing in groups of 4 with a seeded player in each group. The seeded players all won through to the next round with the second placed man from each group. With one exception all the seeds won through to the last 8 and at this point No 3 seed, Toby Eckley, went out to Craig Preece after a long battle with Craig winning by -8,-8,8,10 and 8. The other three seeds all won in straight games and Piotr Xniezek will play Svilen Andreev and Craig will play Ola Andersson (a past champion) in the semi-finals at the start of Finals Night on Friday 26th.
With 6 ladies entered they played two round robins and the two winners were Ann Barnes and Margaret Shock who will be playing their final on Friday.
The Restricted Open Singles, which excludes past winners, saw the newcomers to our county excelling themselves. No 1 seed, Piotr Sniezek had two straight set wins to reach the quarter final but then lost in five games to Marcin Szram who had had a tougher course to reach there by 5 games and 4 games in his two sets. In the bottom half of the draw the No 2 seed Svilen Andreev won two sets easily but needed 4 games to beat Ady Marshall. In the semi-final he beat Patryk Kowacz in straight games.
The event for second division players only will see a final between Matt Newport and Jonathon Bacon. The third division final was played on the day and Dylan Day beat Sam Williams by 10,-4,5 and 5.
The Audrey Lawrence Handicap Singles had 30 entrants and the handicaps, which are set freshly for each round, were a credit to those doing the handicapping team because there were two ties and 8 sets with a difference of just 1 or 2. Andreev and Zak Weaver will be playing in the final.
The Men's Doubles with 15 pairs competing saw some very close matches. 5 went to five games and another three to 3 games. Father and son, Andy and Jack Castle took out seeds at the quarter final stage but the top seeds, Szram and Sniezek won through in straight sets all the way to the final, which promises to be a close contest.
The Ladies Doubles were played in one round robin with Ann Barnes and Helen Levy winning and Margaret Shock and Zoe Castle in second place.
In the Mixed Doubles Jack Castle and his sister, Zoe, beat the No.1 seeds Brian Kitchener and Margaret Shock in 5 games by 3, 7, -7, -8 and 9 in the semi final and Nigel Foreshew and Ann Barnes beat Helen Levy and Steve Brown at the same stage in straight games.
The Handicap Doubles took on a different form of play this year with partners being drawn out of a bag for each round so the pairings kept changing. The eventual winners were Jon Allen and Jake Price over Helen Levy and Trevor Davies.
The popular Nimmie Hodges Trophy event had the usual high number of entries and of the 23 matches played 7 were won by just 1 point and another 2 by 2 points. Szram and Andreev will play in the final on Friday Night at QE School Bromyard. Admission is free and play starts at 7 p.m.