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How to Talk to Your Family About Planned Parenthood This Holiday
By Kaili Joy Gray | Nov. 17, 2016, 4:06 p.m. | Comments
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So. Tis the season for gathering 'round the holiday table with your loved ones, or your liked ones, or your in-laws you have no choice but to tolerate once a year, or your college bestie and her "UGH, what is she even thinking?!" significant other.
And you know one of the most important questions people will ask — besides "Where's the wine?" and "Are two dozen pies really enough?" — is: "What will happen to Planned Parenthood?"
So here's how you can be the holiday hero by dropping some real talk knowledge at the table:
Planned Parenthood has been here for 100 years. It's not going anywhere.
Planned Parenthood will never back down and never stop fighting to ensure that patients have access to the care they need, no matter their race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, income, country of origin, or zip code. Planned Parenthood's doors stay open, no matter what.
Yes, Donald Trump and Mike Pence threatened to "defund" Planned Parenthood. No, that doesn't mean it's a done deal.
The fact is that the majority of Americans support Planned Parenthood and don't want to see it defunded. Trump and Pence know that millions of patients rely on Planned Parenthood every year for essential health care, like STD testing and treatment, birth control, cancer screening, well-woman exams, and, in some locations, hormone replacement therapy.
Opposing Planned Parenthood is an unpopular position with American voters of all parties. Just ask soon-to-be-former Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire.
Planned Parenthood supporters have power.
Since the election, there's been an outpouring of support for Planned Parenthood that is so big it reflects the unending power of the reproductive rights movement. Case in point: Over 182,000 people have donated to Planned Parenthood since Nov. 8 (including 46,000 donations in Mike Pence's name). Anyone can join the fight.
If you want to make sure Planned Parenthood's doors stay open — no matter what — there are lots of ways you can help.
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Donate to support Planned Parenthood health centers: Planned Parenthood health centers are open, and they are continuing to deliver vital reproductive health care — like birth control, cancer screenings, and STI testing and treatment.
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Epix And Amazon Join Forces As Exclusivity Deal With Netflix Runs Out
by Jonathan Weilbaecher, Sep 4 2012
Netflix has had a rather rough year, and today's news only adds a bit more salt into some open wounds. Just days after their exclusivity deal with up and coming premium movie channel Epix expires, one of their biggest competitors has signed on, greatly enhancing their instant library.
Deadline reports that Epix has just reached a deal with Amazon to provide their content through their Prime Instant Video service:
The arrangement more than doubles Amazon Prime Instant Video's offerings, and knocks some of the wind out of its chief competitor: Netflix. The streaming video company's shares were down about 10% shortly after the market opened this morning… "We think customers will really enjoy watching new titles like The Avengers, Iron Man 2 and The Hunger Games on their Kindle Fire, PlayStation 3, Xbox, iPad or any of the other of the Amazon Instant Video compatible devices," says Amazon VP Bill Carr.
While it doesn't appear that Netflix will be losing any of this content, it is certainly a blow to see Amazon now offer more and more first run, popular content on their streaming service. It is also said that now that Epix is free from the exclusivity contracts it had with Netflix it is looking at other services to partner with as well. A move that is a boon to the public, but just another body blow to the company that changed how we digest film.
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I had the opportunity to attend and speak at SIMposium09 in Seattle last week. As Seattle is a great town and close to Victoria, I took the opportunity to take Diane and we both enjoyed Seattle and spent a few very relaxing "Internet-free" days at the wonderful Lake Quinalt Lodge on the Olympic Peninsula after the conference. Having now had time to reflect on the conference, I offer a summary of my thoughts (and in doing so, draw on a number of my earlier posts).
Introducing the sessions on Tuesday, the Moderator, Julia King, Executive Editor of Computerworld, said that what she had taken away from the conference up to that point were three things – people, process and productivity. While productivity – specifically doing more with less – was a common theme, and there was considerable emphasis on people and some on process, I would expand on this somewhat. From what I heard, both through formal presentations, and in informal discussions, the things that I left thinking about, and which I will expand on below were – value (including but not limited to productivity), leadership, innovation (where I would include process), people, and change (specifically management of strategic change). I will talk a bit more about each of these below.
It should come as no surprise that this is my first point. I was pleased that a number of sessions did focus on value, and it was mentioned to varying degrees in others. I was however disappointed when Jerry Luftman presented the results of the 2009 SIM IT trend survey that the word was not mentioned in any of the top ten CIO issues. In fairness, I do understand that in order to plot trends, there has to be some consistency in questions year over year. While it could be argued that the "alignment" question may be a proxy for value (although many people told me they never wanted to hear this question again), and that it is implied in others – I believe we have to make value explicit and put it front and centre. Certainly, productivity is one aspect of value, but only one aspect – one that tends to focus on doing more with less, and by inference cost. In The Information Paradox, we talked about 3 aspects of value: alignment (NOT the infamous "Aligning IT with the business" topic which, in my mind, makes about as much sense as talking about "aligning our heart with our body", but rather ensuring that investments are aligned with the enterprise's strategic objectives); financial worth (which I now refer to as business worth including both financial and non-financial aspects); and risk (both delivery risk and benefits risk). The Val IT ™ framework further defines value as "total life cycle benefits net of total life cycle costs adjusted for risk and (in the case of financial value) the time value of money". We need to shift the discussion from the cost of technology to the value of the business change that it enables. We need to create a culture of value in our enterprises.
A quick scan of the agenda shows that this was by far the most prevalent topic – not surprising given SIM's target constituency. There is absolutely no denying that we need more and better leadership – but what do we mean by that? Are we talking about grooming those few who will rise to the corner offices in the top floor of corporate HQ, or are we/should we be talking about something beyond that? A former colleague of mine, Don Tapscott, used to say (may still say) that "leadership can come from anywhere". I have been thinking for a while about the "cult of leadership" – in his book, The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki identifies one of the challenges is that we put too much faith in individual leaders or experts, either because of their position or track record and that these individuals also become over-confident in their abilities. I don't want to question the ability and competence of all leaders or experts – while I certainly have seen my share of bad ones, most are good people doing the best they can. However, in today's increasingly complex and fast-paced knowledge economy, much of which is both enabled by and driven by technology, it is unrealistic to expect individuals, however good they are, to have all the answers, all the time. The reality is that neither position nor past success is any guarantee of future success.
If organisations are to succeed in today's knowledge economy, they cannot constrain themselves to the knowledge of a few individuals – to put it a more brutal way, they cannot be constrained by the habits or ego(s) of their leader(s)! Organisations must tap into the collective knowledge of all their people – retaining appropriate accountability, based on the law of subsidiarity – an organizing principle that matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority. This means locating accountability and decision-making at the most appropriate level, while supporting decisions with broader and more knowledgeable input.
We hear a lot about innovation and the potential for CIOs to become Chief Innovation Officers. Interestingly, a number of recent surveys show that executive leadership is disappointed with the lack of innovative ideas from CIOs. But what is innovation? The Oxford Dictionary defines innovation as [t0] bring in new methods, ideas etc. often followed by making change. All too often, we believe that innovation requires new technologies. In a recent Entrepreneur article, Tim O'Reilly, who launched the first commercial website, coined the term "Web 2.0" and was instrumental in the popularization of open-source software, isn't buying the hype: He calls the era of the I-word "dead on arrival." "If it is innovative, everybody will know," O'Reilly says. "Adding words to it does not help." The current "innovation" overload is the result of folks who don't know what true invention is trying to pass themselves off as trailblazers. He's seen companies throw away great ideas because it wasn't immediately obvious how to make money from them. Then smaller companies and entrepreneurs would come along and play with the idea, just because they're passionate about it. And they would be the ones to unlock the idea's potential and grow into the money. While new technologies do indeed enable new methods and ideas, they are not necessary for innovation. Innovation is equally powerful, and often easier, by simply coming up with new and creative ways of using existing technologies.
Ultimately, it is people who lead, people who innovate, and, as a result, people who create value. Over the last few decades, much has been said and written about empowering the people within an enterprise – unfortunately little of that talk and writing has translated into reality. As James Surowiecki says, "Although many companies play a good game when it comes to pushing authority away from the top, the truth is that genuine employee involvement remains an unusual phenomenon." As a result of this, information flows – up, down and across organisations – are poor, non-existent or "filtered" in all directions, decisions are made by a very few with inadequate knowledge and information, and there is limited buy-in to whatever decisions are made. As Peter Senge says in The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook , "…under our old system of governance, one can lead by mandate. If you had the ability to climb the ladder, gain power and then control that power, then you could enforce…changes…Most of our leaders don't think in terms of getting voluntary followers, they think in terms of control." I should add here, based on Monday's closing keynote "It's about the People", given by Bill Baumann, Vice President of Information Technology for REI, that REI does appear to be one enterprise that does understand empowerment.
In this context, although there was not a specific session on the topic, social networking (including Web 2.0 and crowd-sourcing etc.) was discussed in many of the sessions, and in informal discussions. As I have said before, I am becoming increasingly interested in how social networking, rather than being viewed as a potential problem to be managed within the "traditional" view of governance and management – today still largely based on beliefs and structures that are a hundred years old – has enormous potential to revolutionize governance and management. In doing so, we could truly tap in to the experience of all employees (and other stakeholders) – not be limited to the knowledge/experience of those few anointed leaders or experts. This could actually make the much-abused term empowerment mean something by giving people the opportunity to contribute to/participate in decision-making, actually be listened to and, as a result, re-engage and really make a difference.
The challenge facing enterprises today is not implementing technology, although this is certainly not becoming any easier, but implementing IT-enabled organisational change such that value is created and sustained, and risk is known, mitigated or contained. The creation and sustainment of value from innovation requires understanding and effective management of change in how people think, manage and act, i.e. change in human behaviour. Unfortunately, as we were reminded in one session by Jeffrey Barnes and Cheryl White, studies have shown consistently over the last 25 years that the failure rate of strategic change initiatives is between 85-90%. Let's look at a number of scenarios where such initiatives can come to a premature halt.
The first of these is implementation by fiat, without an adequately thought out plan and commensurate resources. There is all too often a tendency for executives to believe that once they say something should be done it is – this is rarely the case. I sometimes describe this as the "Star Trek school of management". Executives, just like Captain Picard, say "Make it so!" – they often don't fully understand what "it" is or how they will know when they get there, and the people they say it to all run off with very different ideas of what "it" is creating a lot of activity – often in conflicting directions. As Larry Bossidy and Ram Charam suggest in Execution, The Discipline of Getting things Done, the role of the executive when saying "make it so" is to ensure that no-one leaves the room until the executive is confident that they all understand what "it" is and, when they come back with a plan, that they don't leave the room until he/she is confident that the plan has a good chance of delivering "it".
In other cases, organisations take on too much in the first bite – this either results in "sticker shock" with no action being taken or, particularly when, as is often the case – especially in the current environment of short-termism – the time-frame is unrealistic, failure. The opposite can also be true, doing too little and/or taking too long to do it such that patience runs out and/or interest diminishes to the point of backing off.
Many of these scenarios are exacerbated when insufficient thought has been given to metrics – measurements that must include both "lag" metrics – are we there yet? – and "leading" metrics – are we on track to get there?, as well as tangibles and intangibles. As Faisal Hoque, Chairman and CEO of the Business Technology Management Institute says, "…technology [itself] warrants evaluation with a tangible set of measures. But the majority of what technology actually does falls more into the sphere of the intangibles". Understanding how those intangibles (often lead indicators) can contribute to tangibles (often lag indicators) is a key part of value management.
John Zackman offered another explanation for the challenge of change when positioning enterprise architecture – in the context of the overall enterprise – as being about managing complexity and change (which I very much agree with). John said "If you can't describe it you can't build it or change it." John's comments raise a number of interesting questions which I won't attempt to answer here. Is it actually possible to "reverse architect" today's complex global enterprises that have, somewhat like London's Heathrow airport, grown ad hoc over time without any underlying architectural framework or design? If not, are they doomed to eventually fail? Will new and emerging enterprises take a more disciplined approach or will they follow the same pattern such that the cycle continues?
For more on the topic of change, go to Managing Change – The Key to Realizing Value and The Knowing-Doing Gap.
I will explore some or all of these topics more in subsequent posts.


Fitness is 80% nutrition and 20% exercise. I have read this mantra many times in different forums and articles. While I don't know if the ratio is 100% accurate, what I do know is that nutrition is an extremely vital part of a good fitness plan. The only problem is, I never truly internalized this fact until I started seeing Alicia Huggler, registered dietitian at FFC Park Ridge, who helped me change my perspective on nutrition.
I began my journey a bit over 2 years ago at the age of 26. I finally decided it was time for a change after years of laziness and poor diet had done its damage to my body. I felt awful most of the time and I hated what I saw when I looked in the mirror. In December of 2015, I signed up for a membership at one of the budget gyms in the area, looked up a workout program, and started hitting the weights hard. After about 4 months of going consistently, I definitely felt much better. However, I wasn't seeing much progress on the scale or in the way I looked. This is when I started doing more research and discovered the 80/20 guideline.
I started a meal-prep regimen based on (as I look back on it now) a lot of "bro-science". Breakfast was always eggs and oatmeal. Every lunch and dinner consisted of either chicken or frozen fish, a vegetable (peppers, broccoli, asparagus), and either brown rice or quinoa. I avoided snacks like the plague and ate 3 massive meals per day. The meals were bland, boring, and repetitive, but the new diet was effective. My weight plummeted from 215 to 195 in a little over 2 months.
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However, my body fat percentage wasn't changing as drastically (I went from around 25% BF to 20% during this time). This sudden change wasn't without issues. I had very little energy throughout the day, leading me to skip many gym sessions (until I stopped going altogether). I lost a lot of progress on my lifts. Cheat meals became a regular occurrence. The meal plan wasn't sustainable, and I slipped back into my old habits. My weight rebounded past where it was originally, and just like that I was back to square one.
Despite all of this, I wasn't ready to give up. In December of 2016, I recommitted to my fitness plan. Thinking I would be more inclined to go if I paid more for the membership, I canceled at the budget gym and looked for pricier alternatives. I decided FFC had all the equipment and amenities I was seeking, in addition to being in a convenient spot. I looked up a new workout program and restarted my meal-prep regimen. Progress was going great for a while, but over time I began slipping into the same patterns. Cheat meals, skipped meal prep, and missed workouts due to the lack of energy became the constant. I was frustrated and almost quit again.
On a whim in May of 2017, I decided to see Alicia. It was a game-changer and she completely changed my perspective on nutrition. During our first session, she asked me what my current diet consisted of and what foods I enjoyed/didn't like. She gave me some basic nutrition advice to get me started while she developed my full meal plan. The second session was where I learned that I was on a good path before, but I wasn't doing the little things that would have made my diet consistent. My proportions were off: I was eating too much protein and not enough carbs or fats. I love the taste of red meat, but I had cut it out before in favor of lean white meats. To compensate, I wound up overeating red meat (pound or two of steak per meal) when I cheated.
This time around, Alicia built lean red meats into my meal plan. She informed me that snacks weren't the enemy and in fact necessary to avoid overindulging during meal time. Variety keeps the meal plan interesting and staves off the propensity to cheat. Cheating was even OK as long as it was responsible and limited. "Have a burger every once in a while," she said, "just don't get the triple stack with bacon." I'm paraphrasing, of course, but you get the idea. She even opened my eyes to delicious healthy whole foods and substitutes that I had never heard of before: chicken sausage, chickpea pasta, farro, nutritional yeast, and Halo Top ice cream to name a few. Additionally, she was a great resource for tasty recipes that fit my meal plan.
Alicia is a very warm and open person; always upbeat and energetic. She won't just take measurements and talk about nutrition in the sessions but will also take a genuine interest in you. She never chastises you for falling off the rails one week and instead encourages you to do better the following week. She'll even let you know what sweets she indulged in that week, so you won't feel as bad. Her attitude was a key factor in helping me stay the course.
I could continue about my experience and how awesome Alicia is, but what's really important is results. My initial measurements when I first started seeing Alicia were 218 lbs and 25% body fat. I can happily report that I'm now down to 196 lbs and 14% BF. Pants I purchased a year ago no longer fit and I'm down 2 belt loops. I feel a great sense of pride in my new physique when I look in the mirror. My lifts are steadily improving. More crucially, I feel much better. I have consistent energy throughout the day and will have maybe 1 caffeinated beverage a week if I really need it. I've only been sick once in the past year and I fought off the illness swiftly. Looking and feeling great has been an incredible confidence booster. Proper perspective on nutrition really has changed me for the better.
Even though I'm in the best shape of my life at 28, I'm still not satisfied and hopefully never will be. Fitness is a lifelong journey and I have a long way to go. I can now embark upon this journey armed with proper knowledge about nutrition. If you have been going the gym consistently like I was and aren't seeing the results you want, proper diet may be the missing piece – you may need to change your perspective on nutrition. If you have any questions about nutrition or are curious about what a registered dietitian can do for you, I encourage you to seek one out and talk to (or email if you're shy). And if you decide to start a nutrition program with her and stick with it, I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
Good luck on your own fitness journey and I will see you in the weight room!
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Kill Devil Hills Planning Board approves site plan requests
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Holding a video conference meeting on Zoom, Kill Devil Hills Planning Board members logged in for a December 15 meeting that saw approval of two site plan requests, a 2021 meeting schedule and discussion on changes to several town parking requirements.
Satisfied that all loose ends have been taken care of, board members gave a vote of approval for changes to a Bermuda Bay P.U.D. site plan.
In November, Sumit Gupta, chief executive officer for SAGA Realty and Construction, appeared before the board with a request to modify development plans to have two four story apartment style one or two bedroom units, making it 112 units with 192 overall bedrooms and 232 parking spaces. That section is to be designated "Southampton Mews."
Before allowing the plan to move forward, staff said in November that an overall phasing plan for completion of the entire Bermuda Bay P.U.D. was needed, as was a Bermuda Bay HOA authorization or approval for the changes since some of the common area site amenities will be shared.
A response from SAGA included in last Tuesday's package of information provided a copy of a water meter agreement and completion timeline showing Somerset, Cambridge Cove and Hamilton Cay are expected to be completed in five, seven and 15 years respectively. There was also a note indicating that completion dates are subject to change if needed.
SAGA also provided documentation that HOA authorization was not needed for roadway access, only town approval. Written comments from the town attorney agree that when a property abuts a platted road, that owner has an irrevocable right to use that road for ingress and egress to his/her property and HOA approval was not required.
A second site plan review, also by SAGA Realty and Construction, was for a cluster home development at 709 North Virginia Dare Trail.
Proposed plans show 14 detached single-family dwellings of no more than 2,500 square feet each, shared driveways, a dune walkover and an open and covered deck. Each proposed dwelling will be designed as either four or five bedrooms, with a pool and parking beneath the structure.
Held over from the November meeting so SAGA could provide floor plans and elevations along with meeting specific landscaping requirements, the only significant comments before approving the project Tuesday were on a fire suppression sprinkler system required by North Carolina fire code.
Although fire suppression lines were added to the utility plan, a note was also included that the applicant's position is that the building code does not require these cottages to have fire suppression.
According to town planner Cameron Ray, because a fire apparatus access road for the development does not meet state guidelines, in this instance, code does require fire suppression for each building.
"We can follow up with the applicant on the fire code section that applies and have them comment before the board meeting," Ray advised.
A motion to approve the North Virginia Dare Trail site plan passed with an added condition that the fire code comment be addressed.
Planning Board approval for the two site plan reviews sends both to the Board of Commissioners with a favorable recommendation for approval.
Another business item for the evening included approving a 2021 meeting schedule with only one regularly scheduled meeting per month.
With the October meeting a week earlier than normal due to 2021 elections, the December meeting was also given an earlier date to move it away from Christmas with the understanding that it could be pushed back to the third Tuesday if needed. With little other discussion, the 2021 Planning Board meetings were set for:
– January 19, 2021
– February 16, 2021
– March 16, 2021
– May 18, 2021
– June 15,2021
– July 20, 2021
– August 17, 2021
– September 21, 2021
– October 12, 2021
– November 16, 2021
– December 14, 2021
Other business for the evening included approval of the November 17 meeting minutes and a discussion on off street parking requirements with a look at possible changes at the January 19 meeting.
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Saudi Arabia hands over mobile medical units to Tajikistan
AKIPRESS.COM - King Abdullah Humanitarian Foundation, in cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank inaugurated the mobile medical units in Tajikistan, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan Matlubakhon Sattoriyon; Saudi Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan Walid bin Abdurrahman Al-Rashidan; Tajik Minister of Health And Social Protection, Jamal Al-Din Abdullah and a number of officials, Saudi Press Agency reported.
The Deputy Prime Minister and the audience were briefed on the equipment of the mobile medical units, which contain 5 specialized medical clinics, support trailers and an ambulance.
For his part, Director of the Humanitarian Programs Sector at King Abdullah Humanitarian Foundation, Engineer Abdulaziz Al-Janfawi explained that the mobile medical units in Tajikistan - one of the achievements of the Foundation's Fael Khair Program - provide five mobile clinics to the beneficiary areas, serving more than 700,000 people in Tajikistan throughout five years, at a cost of $18 million.
He further said that since its launch, the project has been working to provide health services in 7 Asian countries in rural areas, by establishing 75 mobile medical clinics, and subsidizing the costs of medicines and medical supplies for people with acute and chronic diseases, to serve nearly 6 million people in those countries.
Mobile clinic starts receiving patients in Tyup district of Issyk-Kul region
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What is driving the frostiness between Australia and New Zealand?
This was published 10 months ago
By Anthony Galloway
February 22, 2021 — 7.30pm
Cricket and rugby union are traditional grounds of discontent between Australia and New Zealand.
Things are no different in the weekly phone calls between prime ministers Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern where the two will jokingly spar about the performance of their respective sporting teams before getting down to business.
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has clashed with his NZ counterpart Jacinda Ardern over visa cancellations and the public comments of some of her ministers. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen/Getty
It's a dynamic the pair also share in public: while both leaders will periodically criticise the actions of the other, they enjoy a warm, friendly and good working relationship. But the historical closeness of the two countries and their leaders is being tested like never before.
Ardern last week sensationally accused Australia of abdicating its responsibilities by cancelling the citizenship of a dual national linked to Islamic State. Melbourne woman Suhayra Adam, who has not lived in New Zealand since she was six, was detained trying to cross the border from Syria to Turkey with her two young children.
It was only the latest incident that demonstrates how strained trans-Tasman relations have become.
Just hours after the New Zealand Prime Minister's comments, she was on the phone with her Australian counterpart.
While Morrison agreed to keep working on the issue with Ardern, he made no concessions publicly. At a press conference several hours after Ardern's comments, he insisted Australia would put its "national security interests first".
While the leader-to-leader relationship remains warm, there is a growing list of areas where the trans-Tasman relationship is straining.
Behind the scenes, tensions between Canberra and Wellington have been building for years, with Ardern repeatedly criticising Australia for deporting Kiwi citizens.
But it is the question of how to handle the growing assertiveness of China that has caused the biggest tensions.
In January, New Zealand's new Trade Minister Damien O'Connor suggested Australia should speak with more "respect" and "diplomacy" towards China. Shortly after the television interview, Morrison and Ardern spoke on the phone.
It wasn't a dressing down; the Australian Prime Minister calmly stated his frustrations with the comments and Ardern was receptive to his concerns.
A few weeks earlier the country's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta had offered to mediate a truce between Canberra and Beijing, saying "both parties will have to be willing to come together and concede in some areas where they are currently not seeing eye to eye". It was a remarkable proposition that a minister just months into the job could solve one of the thornier diplomatic problems in the world.
Morrison, Foreign Minister Marise Payne and senior Australian diplomats could barely hide their frustration at Mahuta's and O'Connor's comments. They believe it was harmful to the region's security and an awful case of "false equivalence" that sent a bad message to regional allies, according to senior figures in the government familiar with the matter.
Australia has been slapped with billions of dollars in trade strikes from Beijing over the past year and the Chinese government has refused to return phone calls from Australian ministers. The last thing Canberra needed was its close ally sending a signal to the region that Australia and New Zealand were not united.
While Morrison let Ardern know of his concerns, O'Connor phoned his counterpart, Dan Tehan, to apologise days after the interview on American business channel CNBC in which he made the remarks.
Senior officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade were then told there wouldn't be a repeat of O'Connor and Mahuta's comments; the rookie ministers had apparently been reined in. In her first major speech as foreign minister last week, Mahuta called Australia "our only formal ally and an indispensable partner across the breadth of our international interests".
Senior figures in the Morrison government separate Ardern's public criticisms of Australia over deportations and citizenship revocations from the comments from O'Connor and Mahuta on China.
Ardern's criticisms have always centred on issues affecting New Zealand, while the interventions from her ministers had nothing to do with her country and were deeply unhelpful to Australia.
There is an appreciation that Ardern has been speaking out in favour of her country's national interest, and a bit of Australia-bashing in her country always plays well domestically.
While the leader-to-leader relationship remains warm, there is a growing list of areas where the trans-Tasman relationship is straining. Credit:Matt Golding
Meanwhile, there are senior figures in the Australian government who question whether the deportation of New Zealand nationals who have been living in Australia for years is worth the blowback. Some also believe Morrison should accept Ardern's offer to resettle refugees presently being held on Manus Island and Nauru to send a strong message that the two countries can work together on people movement issues.
Trans-Tasman relations stretch back to before Australia was a country. While the ANZACs were formed in the First World War, soldiers from Australia and New Zealand have been fighting together since the Boer War. Australia is New Zealand's largest trading partner overall, when goods and services are taken into account.
But there remains significant unease in Canberra over New Zealand's positioning on China.
Canberra was put off last month by New Zealand being the only member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing arrangement not to be in a joint statement criticising the arrests of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong. While New Zealand's participation in the intelligence network is not under imminent threat, senior officials within the Australian government have in recent months jokingly referred to the "Four Eyes" as a putdown to Ardern's government.
They also see the Kiwis as having a lack of ambition on the world stage. New Zealand is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum this year, and the Australian government has been pushing for it to hold some of the meetings in person in October or November, including with world leaders. Canberra is yet to hear back on this.
The friction has been exacerbated by the departure of Winston Peters, the New Zealand First leader who was the deputy prime minister and foreign minister in Ardern's first term. The maverick MP left the scene after Ardern won government in her own right in October. Peters was arguably the biggest friend of Australia inside the government and was a strong supporter of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing arrangement.
"It says a lot that Winston held the show together on foreign policy, but he really did to a large extent," one senior Australian official says.
With Peters gone and Ardern in total command of her government, it is suspected O'Connor and Mahuta were trying to state positions they thought their prime minister held.
Australian officials hope that New Zealand's reticence to join other allies in criticising China will now subside for a few reasons. Firstly, Ardern will likely feel more comfortable in adopting a strong stance towards China now that she will be sharing it with new US President Joe Biden, rather than the divisive Donald Trump.
Secondly, Ardern seemed restrained while New Zealand was negotiating an upgrade to its existing trade agreement with China, which was finalised last month. New Zealand was always annoyed that Australia's free trade agreement with Beijing granted more access to the Chinese market than its own.
With the latest deal inked, New Zealand has essentially caught up to Australia. Officials in both governments hope the two countries don't drift apart.
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Grown-ups can call in to their Hyundai dealer and take a car tour of the many models but Hyundai decided on a different approach and invited some very special little VIPs. What were they most impressed with? Find out in the videos how Isla, James, Rafferty and Noah discover that Hyundai cars like the Santa Fe, the i40, and the i20 come with their own brand of magic.
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What about space? The boot holds 1719 litres as the video says; maybe not big enough for a giraffe but possibly for 200 ice creams, snakes and bears.
The Hyundai Santa Fe is ideal for all kinds of family adventures including night time ones. The dynamic bending light system increases vision in the dark. How? With sorcery of course. Actually, it's an innovative technology that moves the headlights in sync with your vehicle. The lights turn with the direction of the curve as you move the steering wheel, using a smart beam function.
So what else from the video will wow the kids? Maybe it's the all-wheel drive which can power all four together, or the entertainment system including front and rear door stereos. Or is it that you can take the Hyundai Santa Fe to Mount Everest?
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Whacky lawsuit targets ICANN, eNom, CentralNic, NetSol, Verisign
ICANN and several domain name companies have been slapped with a bizarre, virtually incomprehensible anti-cybersquattng lawsuit in Virginia.
Canadian Graham Schreiber, registrant of landcruise.com, has beef primarily with CentralNic — the UK-based company that sells third-levels domains under us.com, uk.com and the like — and one of its customers.
As far as I can tell, the complainant, who's representing himself pro se, has issues with CentralNic's entire business model. Here's his complaint (pdf).
He discovered that a British individual named Lorraine Dunabin — who has a UK trademark on the word Landcruise — had registered both landcruise.co.uk and landcruise.uk.com.
Having failed to take the .co.uk using Nominet's Dispute Resolution Service (repeatedly referred to in the complaint as UDRP), Schreiber has instead filed this lawsuit to accuse Dunabin of "Dilution, Infringement [and] Passing off" by registering the .uk.com.
CentralNic is named because it owns .uk.com and various other geographic pseudo-gTLDs, which Schreiber says "dilute the integrity of .com" and amount to a "shakedown".
Verisign is named as a contributory infringer because it runs .com. Network Solutions and eNom are named because they manage uk.com and landcruise.uk.com respectively as registrars.
ICANN is named because… I don't know. I think it's because all of the other companies are ICANN contractors.
ICANN, which has a web page for the litigation here, has already filed a motion to dismiss (pdf).
Schreiber is seeking monetary damages from all of the defendants, most of which he wants donated to the Rotary Club.
Go Daddy, Neustar and eNom join White House fake pharma takedown project
Kevin Murphy, July 26, 2012, Domain Policy
Big name companies from the domain name industry are among those leading a new White House-backed project aimed at tackling bogus internet pharmacies.
DI first reported on the formation of the Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies back in December 2010, but it only fully announced itself on Monday this week.
It's a US-based public-private partnership that counts Go Daddy, Neustar and eNom among its members. Other participants include Google, Microsoft, PayPal and Yahoo.
The project was announced along with officials from the US Department of State and the Food and Drug Administration at an event in Washington DC earlier this week.
The goals are consumer education and enforcement action against "rogue" pill sites.
Go Daddy's acting general counsel Nima Kelly said in a statement:
Go Daddy's partnership with the Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies is to help create awareness and fund educational campaigns in conjunction with the FDA. Go Daddy is also hosting the safemedsonline.org site pro bono.
Neustar vice president of business affairs Jeff Neuman, who's also treasurer of CSIP, told us:
the overall goals of CSIP include providing a neutral forum for sharing relevant information about illegal US internet pharmacies among members and aiding law enforcement efforts where appropriate.
Neustar is working with the rest of the partners to address rogue pharmacies at their very source—their web addresses. Neustar has been and will continue to be vigilant in taking down rogue sites that contain malware and those that do not comply with our acceptable use policies – which include compliance with applicable drug laws.
Demand Media applies for 26 gTLDs, partners with Donuts on 107 more
Kevin Murphy, June 11, 2012, Domain Registries
Demand Media, owner of eNom, has applied to ICANN for 26 new generic top-level domains, and may acquire rights in 107 more if applications submitted by Donuts are approved.
The company has not yet revealed which strings it's going for.
Donuts said last week that it's applying for 307 gTLDs with Demand Media as its back-end provider, but it seems that Demand will not have ownership rights in 200 of those.
The deal with Donuts, which was founded by eNom alum, is a "strategic relationship", according to a press release.
Go Daddy applying for three new gTLDs
Kevin Murphy, May 9, 2012, Domain Registrars
Go Daddy reportedly plans to apply for three new generic top-level domains, including the dot-brand .godaddy.
CEO Warren Adelman confirmed the bids to CNet's Paul Sloan today.
The other two strings were not revealed, presumably because they could still be contested.
Yesterday, Demand Media, owner of Go Daddy's primary registrar competitor eNom, revealed an $18 million investment in the new gTLD program, suggesting it has more ambitious plans.
Like Demand, Go Daddy subsidiaries have a history of adverse UDRP decisions, which could complicate the background checks ICANN plans to conduct on all applicants.
Demand Media mum on $18m new gTLDs investment
Kevin Murphy, May 8, 2012, Domain Registries
Demand Media has invested $18 million in new generic top-level domains, but it won't disclose whether it has spent all of the money on application fees.
The company, which owns number two domain name registrar eNom, held its first-quarter earnings conference call this evening, during which it revealed the investment.
A roughly $18 million investment could mean as many as 100 new gTLD applications, but Demand executives refused to elaborate on its plans.
CFO Charles Hilliard said that new gTLDs are seen as a "significant strategic growth opportunity" and that Demand would provide more details upon the closure of ICANN's application window.
As Mike Berkens has already suggested tonight on TheDomains, a massive investment in application fees seems to be the most plausible use for the money.
The fact that the whole of the investment appears to have been made in April would support this view.
But CEO Richard Rosenblatt also confirmed during the call that the company has now also entered into the registry services provider business, providing the back-end for other applicants.
It does not appear to have been particularly successful attracting clients. Rosenblatt said that Demand has created a back-end platform and "signed our first two strategic customers".
Just two clients would put Demand at the low end of the registry service provider rankings in this first new gTLD round.
I'm aware of at least one applicant that changed its mind about partnering with the company for its application.
ICANN's background checks on new gTLD applicants include probes into, among other things, adverse cybersquatting decisions under the UDRP.
Demand Media, as a massive domain registrant, gets hit by UDRP complaints fairly regularly, and some have said it's lost enough to be disqualified from running a registry under ICANN's rules.
As far as I'm aware, it's currently an open question whether hiding UDRP losses and applications behind subsidiaries will be enough to evade these background checks.
But if Demand is prepared to pump $18 million into applications, it must have a pretty good inkling that it won't tumble at the first hurdle.


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Q: Theorems are blue, Definitions are yellow, Examples are green,in latex I am trying to type my notes. I found many lecture note which uses a different colour for a different environment. Like, theorems are blue, definitions are yellow, etc. Can anyone tell me how to do this?
Thanks.

A: Something like the following, which loads the etoolbox and xcolor packages?
Note that the yellow material is rather difficult to notice -- let alone read and understand. Consider using some other color, e.g., orange or magenta.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{amsthm} % or: "\usepackage{ntheorem}"
% Set up some theorem-like environments:
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{defn}{Definition}
\newtheorem{exmp}{Example}

\usepackage{xcolor,etoolbox}
\AtBeginEnvironment{theorem}{\begingroup\color{blue}}
\AtEndEnvironment{theorem}{\endgroup}
\AtBeginEnvironment{defn}{\begingroup\color{yellow}}
\AtEndEnvironment{defn}{\endgroup}
\AtBeginEnvironment{exmp}{\begingroup\color{green}}
\AtEndEnvironment{exmp}{\endgroup}

\begin{document}
\begin{theorem}[When] blu blu blu \end{theorem}
\begin{defn}[What]    bly bly bly \end{defn}
\begin{exmp}[Why]     blg blg blg \end{exmp}
\end{document}

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Das Blücherdenkmal war ein Denkmal zu Ehren des preußischen Generalfeldmarschalls Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher auf dem Blücherplatz in Breslau.

Geschichte
Die Geschichte des Blücherdenkmals in Breslau beginnt 1815 mit der Bildung eines Denkmalausschusses der Provinz Schlesien in der Stadt Breslau, die im Jahre 1813 der Ausgangspunkt der für Preußen siegreichen Befreiungskriege gewesen war. Der Ausschuss entschied sich 1818 für einen Entwurf des Berliner Bildhauers Christian Daniel Rauch. Im Oktober 1819 errichtete Rauch mitten auf dem vorgesehenen Standort, dem quadratisch angelegten Salzring, ein 1:1-Modell aus Leinwand und Pappe, um die Größenverhältnisse zu prüfen. Zwei Jahre später erfolgte im Königlichen Gießhaus in Berlin der Bronzeguss der Statue. Als das Standbild am 27. November 1824 in Breslau eintraf, war der Sockel (von Carl Ferdinand Langhans) wegen Geldmangels noch nicht fertig, und so wurde das Standbild in einem Schuppen eingelagert, bis es am 26. August 1827 feierlich eingeweiht werden konnte, verbunden mit der Umbenennung des Salzrings in Blücherplatz.

Auf dem Monolithen aus grauem Granit stellte die Bronzeskulptur Blücher in der Ausfallposition eines Fechters dar, der mit ernstem Blick niederschaut. Mit der nach oben ausgestreckten linken Hand gab er die Richtung "Vorwärts" vor, mit seiner rechten Hand fasste er ein Schwert. Vier Adler an den Ecken des Sockels waren durch Girlanden miteinander verbunden. An der Vorderseite des Sockels war in ursprünglich vergoldeten Lettern die Widmungsinschrift zu lesen: MIT GOTT FUER KOENIG UND VATERLAND.

Als Rauch 1819 mit dem Modell beschäftigt war, gab ihm König Friedrich Wilhelm III. den Auftrag, für den kurz zuvor verstorbenen Blücher in den gleichen Dimensionen ein bronzenes Denkmal auch in Berlin zu errichten. Im Unterschied aber auch in Bezug zum Breslauer Denkmal stellte das gegenüber der Neuen Wache 1826 errichtete Denkmal Blücher als siegreichen Feldherren dar.

Bereits vor der Fertigstellung entstanden 1824 Kopien eines verkleinerten Modells in Bronze- und Eisenguss. Eine, die seither im Londoner Apsley House steht, erhielt 1826 der Herzog von Wellington, und eine andere 1838 der Marquis von Londonderry.

Als Schutzmaßnahme vor Bombenangriffen wurde das Standbild im Herbst 1944 abgenommen und im Botanischen Garten von Breslau vergraben. Nach dem Ende des Krieges ausgegraben, wurde es 1949 im seit 1945 von der Volksrepublik Polen verwalteten Breslau verschrottet. An gleicher Stelle steht heute die Skulptur Mała Iglica (dt. Kleine Nadel).

Literatur
 Peter Bloch (Hrsg.): Ethos und Pathos. Die Berliner Bildhauerschule 1786–1914. Ausstellungskatalog. Gebrüder Mann, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-7861-1597-4. Zum Breslauer Denkmal S. 210 f., zum Berliner S. 212 f.

Weblinks

 Bilder vom Denkmal (poln.)
 General Blücher in Polen (poln.)

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Ehemaliges Denkmal
Denkmal in Breslau
Bronzeskulptur (Polen)
Personendenkmal (Militär)
Erbaut in den 1820er Jahren
Zerstört in den 1940er Jahren
Abgegangenes Bauwerk in Breslau

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Q: Linq to Sql Query select last column I have table like that
Id Count  Date
1   56    04.10.2012
2   41    05.10.2012
3   56    06.10.2012

I have only single new record per one day with Count updated during the day
I need to select the latest record using Linq to Sql
var result = from q in repositoryManager.Repository.AsQueryable<Detail>()
             group q by q.Id
             into grp
             select grp.OrderByDescending(x => x.Id).FirstOrDefault();

the query above does not working it is returning first row instead o last.
How to fix that?

A: You don't need to group by since you are not aggregating anything. Try this:
var result = repositoryManager.Repository.OrderByDescending(x => x.Id).FirstOrDefault();

The reason your method didn't work is because you were ordering each group (and each group only had one record), not the groups themselves. You don't need groups in the first place when you don't need to aggregate data based on the column you are grouping by.


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Book Review: Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Title: Anatomy: A Love Story
Author: Dana Schwartz
Genre: Historical fiction / Young adult fiction
Source: Review copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley
A gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.
Edinburgh, 1817.
Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.
Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where it's too easy to die.
When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, the university will allow her to enroll. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books – she'll need bodies to study, corpses to dissect.
Lucky that she's made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living, then.
But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets. Hazel and Jack work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.
I have to be honest — I was 100% drawn to this book because of the cover! I mean… gorgeous, right? Unfortunately, my impression based on the cover led me to expect something intense, dramatic, perhaps tragic… and while there's a lot that works about this book, the initial impressions don't really pan out.
Anatomy takes place in Edinburgh in 1817, presenting a view of the state of medicine and society at that time. The wealthy and titled live comfortable, oblivious lives, while the poor suffer and starve, and sickness spreads through the city without much in the way of effective medicine to stop it.
In this world, physicians may be respected, but surgeons certainly are not. Their work is considered only steps above butchery. To learn the art and science of surgery, anatomists must rely on "resurrection men", grave robbers who dig up fresh corpses to earn a living.
Jack Currer is one such resurrectionist, a teenaged boy who supports himself through this gruesome and dangerous work, while dreaming of a better life. 17-year-old Hazel Sinnett is a young lady, niece of a viscount, comfortably settled in her family's gorgeous home, pampered, and expected to marry her cousin, to whom she's been unofficially engaged since childhood.
But Hazel nurtures a secret dream of becoming a physician, and she's determined to pursue it, no matter the obstacles. Disguised in her late brother's clothing, she begins attending classes at the Royal Edinburgh Anatomists' Society in preparation for the physicians exam, but is soon discovered and tossed out.
Undeterred, she decides to continue studying on her own. With the rest of her family conveniently away for several months, she arranges for Jack to bring her bodies to study, and soon opens the doors of her family home to any poor people who need medical attention. While her practice flourishes, she gains skills and knowledge, and is soon a doctor in all but certification.
But something sinister is happening in Edinburgh. Other resurrectionists of Jack's acquaintance have gone missing, and the business of digging up graves becomes more dangerous by the day. Amidst the danger, Hazel begins joining Jack on his work in the graveyards. As they spend time together, they develop trust and friendship, and then stronger emotions, although their difference in social station would seem to be insurmountable.
I was excited to read Anatomy, as the early history of modern medicine is truly fascinating. This is not the first book I've read set in this time and place, with a similar focus on the work of anatomists. However, while I expected that the plot would be mostly about the challenges of a young woman pursuing a career in science — something off-limits to her because of her gender and her social status — that's not really what the book delivers.
Instead, the book takes a turn toward more of a thriller, with disappearances and sinister deaths, and there's a supernatural/fantasy element that I wasn't expecting — and honestly, that threatened to ruin the story for me. I loved reading about Hazel's burning desire for an education and to do good in the world, but the climax and resolution negate the sense of historical reality established earlier in the book.
Also, this may be my own fault, but I assumed this was adult fiction. Only as I got further along did it occur to me that this might actually be YA — and yes, it's listed as such on NetGalley, so I suppose I just didn't notice that ahead of time. Maybe this is why the plot ended up feeling a little trite and simplistic to me. I wanted rich historical fiction; instead, I got a watered-down historical setting that focuses on romance and a fantastical element that's just weird.
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Hazel pressed her shoulders up against Jack, partly to avoid the chill leaching from the moist earth through her jacket, but partly because his warmth — the solidity of his presence — made her less dizzy with fear. It anchored her. They were there, together. Whatever — whoever — was out there, neither of them would have to face it alone.
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She had kissed Jack Currer in a grave, and he kissed her back, and even with everything else they had faced, that moment was the hardest Hazel's heart had beaten the entire night.
I think if I'd realize this was a YA book, I might have had more tolerance for it as I was reading it. As it was, I felt a little let down by the realization that the intense, presumably adult drama I'd been expected had turned out to be a teen-aged love story with an otherworldly twist.
I would read more about anatomists in the early 1800s or historical fiction about Scotland in that time period or about women trying to study medicine at a time when they weren't permitted to do so — in a heartbeat! Sadly, this book didn't deliver what I'd hoped for.
Anatomy has a great setting and interesting premise, but the overall structure and content of the story was a letdown for me. It's not a bad read at all, but this is a prime example of expectations getting in the way of enjoyment. Perhaps if I'd more accurately anticipated the tone and content, I might have appreciated it more.
I'm going to be looking forward to hearing other people's thoughts on this book. It did keep me turning the pages, even though I found many aspects borderline ridiculous. Your mileage may vary.
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1Aug2020
Audiobook Review: News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Title: News of the World
Author: Paulette Jiles
Narrator: Grover Gardner
Publisher: William Morrow
Audio length: 6 hours, 17 minutes
In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.
In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence.
In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna's parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again been torn away from the only home she knows.
Their 400-mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her shoes, and refuses to act "civilized." Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forming a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land.
Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not remember—strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate or become—in the eyes of the law—a kidnapper himself.
In News of the World, we meet the honorable Captain Kidd, a 71-year-old widower who makes a living these days traveling from town to town in Northern Texas, reading newspaper articles aloud to gathered crowds, at a dime a piece per listener. It's a pretty good life. Captain Kidd is respected wherever he goes, and his readings, in his authoritative voice, offer his listeners a view of the wider world and a chance to escape day-to-day reality, even if only for an hour.
The Captain's world is turned upside down when an old friend asks him to take on the task of returning a rescued child to her relatives. At age six, Johanna's parents were murdered and she was captured by Kiowa raiders. Now ten, Johanna considers the Kiowa her family and remembers nothing of her former life — but her adopted family has sold her back to the local government agents, so she's truly lost all sense of belonging.
Captain Kidd reluctantly agrees to the task, which involves a very long journey through potentially dangerous territories, all the while accompanied by a hostile, strange girl who absolutely does not want to cooperate. It sounds like a nightmare.
But as the miles unwind, the two reach first a mutual tolerance, then an understanding, and finally true affection. The Captain protects Johanna, placing himself at risk to stand between her and danger, and slowly, she learns to trust him.
Their journey is slow and eventful, and they face obstacles at every turn. Yet this beautiful novel never feels like it lags. It's lovely to see the affection building between these two complex characters, and each challenge or danger presents yet another opportunity for us to learn more about who they are and what makes them tick.
The writing is just gorgeous. The descriptions of the terrain, the towns, and the people are detailed and lovely. The author truly paints with her words, and I felt like I was there along the dusty roads and by the creeks, riding along in their creaky wagon and looking for cover when there was danger ahead.
The two main characters are both complicated people with harsh pasts to remember and come to terms with. Captain Kidd is a fundamentally loving and kind man, but he's also fiercely protective and doesn't have time or patience for fools or wrongdoers. Johanna has a turbulent inner life that we learn about in bits and pieces, and it's amazing to see how she finds strength to survive.
The audiobook narration is fantastic. The narrator captures the feeling of a fireside story — I felt like I was listening to an old-fashioned tale, almost like I was attending one of Captain Kidd's readings, if only he were sharing a Western rather than reading a newspaper.
I've had this book on my shelf for a couple of years now, and I'm so glad to have finally read it. This was my first book by Paulette Jiles, but it won't be my last. Highly recommended.
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Shelf Control #164: Lilli de Jong by Janet Benton
Posted in Shelf Control by Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies
Welcome to Shelf Control — an original feature created and hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies.
Shelf Control is a weekly celebration of the unread books on our shelves. Pick a book you own but haven't read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it's about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up! For more info on what Shelf Control is all about, check out my introductory post, here.
Want to join in? Shelf Control posts go up every Wednesday. See the guidelines at the bottom of the post, and jump on board!
A little note for 2019: For the next short while, I think I'll focus specifically on books I've picked up at our library's fabulous annual sales. With all books $3 or less, it's so hard to resist! And yet, they pile up, year after year, so it's a good idea to remind myself that these books are living on my shelves.
Title: Lilli de Jong
Author: Janet Benton
What it's about (synopsis via Goodreads):
A young woman finds the most powerful love of her life when she gives birth at an institution for unwed mothers in 1883 Philadelphia. She is told she must give up her daughter to avoid lifelong poverty and shame. But she chooses to keep her.
Pregnant, left behind by her lover, and banished from her Quaker home and teaching position, Lilli de Jong enters a home for wronged women to deliver her child. She is stunned at how much her infant needs her and at how quickly their bond overtakes her heart. Mothers in her position face disabling prejudice, which is why most give up their newborns. But Lilli can't accept such an outcome. Instead, she braves moral condemnation and financial ruin in a quest to keep herself and her baby alive.
Confiding their story to her diary as it unfolds, Lilli takes readers from an impoverished charity to a wealthy family's home to the streets of a burgeoning American city. Drawing on rich history, Lilli de Jong is both an intimate portrait of loves lost and found and a testament to the work of mothers. "So little is permissible for a woman," writes Lilli, "yet on her back every human climbs to adulthood."
How and when I got it:
LIBRARY SALE!
Why I want to read it:
Something about the description on the back cover absolutely drew me in. I do enjoy historical fiction, and I'm always up for reading about women's struggles to control their own lives in difficult times. This novel sounds powerful and moving, and I'm excited to rediscover it on my shelves!
What do you think? Would you read this book?
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Book Review: Woman 99 by Greer Macallister
She's only a number now.
When Charlotte Smith's wealthy parents commit her beloved sister Phoebe to the infamous Goldengrove Asylum, Charlotte knows there's more to the story than madness. She risks everything and follows her sister inside, surrendering her real identity as a privileged young lady of San Francisco society to become a nameless inmate, Woman 99.
The longer she stays, the more she realizes that many of the women of Goldengrove aren't insane, merely inconvenient — and that her search for the truth threatens to dig up secrets that some very powerful people would do anything to kep.
A historical thriller rich in detail, deception, and revelation, Woman 99 honors the fierce women of the past, born into a world that denied them power but underestimated their strength.
What a read! In Woman 99, we first meet Charlotte Smith as the pampered daughter of a social-climbing family living in 1880s San Francisco. Daughters are trained from childhood in etiquette and comportment so they can eventually serve their purpose — helping their families climb higher through an advantageous marriage. Charlotte is proper and well-behaved and subservient to her mother's wishes…
That was what all my education had been leading to. All the lessons and lectures. We were trained into ideal wives. Daughters were assets to be traded, like indigo, like hemp.
… but Charlotte's sister Phoebe, according to their mother, is "unmarriageable", the family disgrace.
While the term may not have been in use at the time, from the descriptions of Phoebe, she's clearly bipolar. She has manic episodes, full of outrageous social behavior and flights of artistic fancy, then periods of dark depression during which she's barely functional. In between the extremes, she has periods of near "normalcy", and no matter what, Charlotte is devoted to her older sister, whom she loves with all her heart.
When Phoebe finally goes too far (and it's not until later that we learn what this episode was about), she's committed to Goldengrove, the Napa Valley asylum owned by the wealthy neighbors of the Smith family. Known as a "Progressive Home for the Curable Insane", Goldengrove is promoted through glossy brochures and the social cachet of the Sidwell family. Still, Charlotte is terrified for Phoebe and her loss of freedom, and is determined to find a way to rescue her.
Charlotte concocts a scheme to get admitted to Goldengrove under an assumed identity, anticipating that she'll quickly find Phoebe, announce who she is and that they're going home, and that will be that. Needless to say, things don't go as planned. Charlotte is unprepared for the emotional and physical trials of being institutionalized, and is horrified to discover that finding Phoebe and getting back out again will not be as simple as she planned. Meanwhile, as Charlotte spends weeks in the asylum, she gets to know the other women of her ward, and learns some shocking truths — the advanced treatment methods that Goldengrove is so well known for have been replaced by cruelty and starvation, and many of the women there are perfectly sane… just problematic for their families or husbands or society in general.
It had claimed to be a place of healing, but instead, it had been a convenient holding place for inconvenient women, serving only the people outside it, never the ones within.
Woman 99 is powerful, upsetting, and incredibly descriptive, showing us through Charlotte's struggles the restricted roles available to women, the way certain women could be so easily discarded by society, and the shocking lack of value a woman was deemed to have if she dared step outside society's norms. It's not at all surprising to see how terrible the conditions inside Goldengrove are. Treatment of mental health at the time varied widely from physician to physician and asylum to asylum, and while some of the treatment concepts may seem worthwhile, such as outdoor hikes or music, there are also terrible methods such as a "water cure" and restraints and isolation, not to mention rumors of women having their teeth removed because poor dental health was considered linked to madness.
Over the course of the book, I really came to care about Charlotte, and appreciated how much she risks for her sister and the other women she meets inside Goldengrove. Charlotte's initial act of rebellion is spurred on by her love for her sister, but she really has no idea what she's getting herself into or how much danger she'll be in. She gains strength and determination through her ideal, and emerges as a woman who's no longer willing to meekly accept her mother's plans for her future.
I highly recommend Woman 99. It's a terrific, inspiring, moving read. And hey, bonus points for the San Francisco setting!
Title: Woman 99
Author: Greer Macallister
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
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I am involved in creating a website, The Children's Train History Project, which we hope to develop into a home on the web for an upcoming generation of train lovers. The main content of the page is to be children's stories about American railroads and trains (both fiction and otherwise) but we will also have links, games, a calendar, E-cards, etc.
Please feel free to visit the website. It's still under construction .... And, comments are appreciated.


For a minute there, Google Plus felt like it was going to be really, really important. That it was going to be the game changer in the social networking world. Didn't it?
It had all the momentum.
Nearly all of my technologically savvy friends were posting the warning signs on their Facebook wall, proclaiming that Facebook better beware because Google Plus was much better. It started to feel like it this could be the death of Facebook.
So I beg the question, where did it go? And why does it feel like it left us so quickly?
Here's what I think the problem is.
It hit the marketplace pushing its beta platform. Doing this meant that it was still ironing out all of the various kinks — in other words, making sure it had all of it's components right. In doing so, they introduced Circles, a brilliant function, which allows users to easily click, drag, manage and categorize all of their online friends. It has video chat too. And aesthetically, the overall look and feel of Google Plus is far more pleasing than Facebook.
But here is the problem — Google hit the market pushing a beta product. One that established ground-breaking social networking functions, like Circles, before it was fully really ready for the masses. Doing this gave Facebook the time to learn from Google Plus since it was still under development. Consequentially, Facebook capitalized on what Google Plus suggested the new table stakes were in the social media marketplace, and eventually improved upon its own, less powerful, product.
Very wisely, Facebook has now added video chat capabilities. Moreover, they recently announced "smart lists", a function that automatically creates circles of friends for the online user.
My suggestion for Google Plus, do not push your service to the masses if it is not yet ready for the masses. Your brand is all about serving people and having those users connect efficiently with one another. By rushing to introduce your product, you have given Facebook the time and knowledge it needed to improve upon its weaknesses.
Ultimately, this gives users less of a reason to change from Facebook to Google Plus And why would they, especially since Facebook can now do everything that Google Plus can do?
Maybe this is why the last post from one of my aforementioned, technologically savvy friends was made five days ago on Google Plus, yet on Facebook, just five minutes. Seems like the incentive to change platforms is no longer there.


Yes, teachers are no less than beacons of our lives. They strive to motivate us in every walk of life. Let's understand what inspired a few great teachers in the country to take up teaching as a profession and what it means to be a teacher.
I teach….What's your superpower ??
Fascinated by this quote while reading, I couldn't resist saving it for using it on the right occasion!
What better than 5th September to share it with one and all.
I always wanted to be a teacher. There was no other first or second choice. The influence that my mentors (living legends) had and still have on me is unparalleled. The power which a teacher has to shape the innocent minds and turn blank slates into colourful canvases is so unique. I wanted to be the role model for the younger generation just like we grew up idolising, imitating our mentors. All professions teach how to make machines, artificial intelligence and much more. But there's no other better profession than teaching which inculcates the values of empathy and nurtures the young souls into responsible citizens. Another proud privilege of being a teacher is I still learn something new every day.
Blessed to be in this noblest of all professions for it connected me to some of the most beautiful souls!
Even the Gods and seers come into this world in the form of Gurus- the Ultimate Teachers!
It has indeed been a blessing to have been chosen to be a teacher in this lifetime. Chosen, as it was not decided by us but by the God Almighty! I feel I have been entrusted with the most serious responsibility of shaping the children's character which in turn will shape the future of the world. At least in the area, my children will go and participate. We are not entrusted with preparing them to earn alone but also to lead a life worthy of a human being. This is the prerogative of ONLY a teacher in school as that's where the foundation is laid.
Like the character of Dev Anand in the film "Guide", the love, adoration and trust of our innocent, pure hearted children elevate us from where we are when we started with them, to where Dev Anand was taken when the movie ended. Our beautiful motherland, "The Bharath", showed the Path of Gurudom to the world! I bow to all the Gurus of ALL the ages who have laid this pious path for us to follow!
I also wish all the present teachers of Bharath a very Happy Teacher's Day.
My Pranams to each of you!
They say 'Teaching is a noble profession', I personally feel it's the only profession that either makes or breaks a person. Teaching makes a student's career, affects his overall behaviour, his family, his mannerism and his attitude. I wanted to make a change and bring out the best in people, and I thought teaching is the only way in which I would be able to contribute to the wellbeing of the society, serve humanity and in the process learn new things every day. So the entire process not only helped me to participate in bringing out the best in my students but it also brought out the best in me.
The Job of a Teacher requires a deep understanding of the school structure and demands a lot of innovation and creativity to meet all social, economic and internal school challenges head-on. Teaching is not just a job but it involves a whole lot of self-learning, management strategies, pedagogies, classroom instruction, board references, online education, updating course material and a whole lot of other didactic references.
I encourage my teachers to never use the stick but the carrot rule to educate students. Be more tech- savvy, books are extremely important but reference should be made to online updated new education material as well. Academic and Non-Academic, both are equally important for a student's overall growth and development. I believe whatever input a child gets, he will deliver the same output, so if we deliver our best and keep our students updated on society, economy, academically challenge them then they will turn out to be sincere residents of our country.
Once upon a time, we were all small and we all played 'teacher-teacher'. And then, we grew up! Period.
No one wanted to play teacher-teacher anymore, including I. Anything but a teacher.
Till the day the profession chose me by accident, kept sucking me in till I actually realised that that is what I was meant to be – a teacher.
I am so proud of the work I do, so convinced of the difference I make that I will not exchange it for anything in the world.