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SIKESTON - Sikeston's new Veterans Administration office, located in the basement of the Sikeston Federal building, was opened today with George Seybold of Jackson in charge as manager.
MINER - Harvey Bailey of Miner is one of a group of Missouri school children to receive the Nature Knight Award from the State Conservation Commission.
SIKESTON - Sikeston's Ministerial Alliance met Friday for the purpose of electing new officers for the next year. The following were elected: President Myron Neal of the First Christian church; Vice President Oral Withrow of the Tanner Street Church of God; Secretary Joel Waggoner of the First Methodist Church; and Treasurer C.D. Butler of the Murray Lane Baptist Church.
WASHINGTON - The Senate has approved the appointment of Peter C. Meyers of Matthews, Mo., as assistant secretary for natural resources and environment in the Department of Agriculture.
SIKESTON - Lisa Lawson, seventh grade social studies teacher at Sikeston Middle School, was honored for her teaching talent and her dedication to the expansion of young minds. The award, the Crystal Apple of Excellence, was given through Vanderbilt University at Nashville.
CHARLESTON - Charleston's No. 1 singles player and No. 1 doubles team both claimed district championships over the weekend to advance to state competition. Charleston sophomore Tres Reed along with the duo Justin Drinkwater and Tyson DeLay are now statebound.


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Students from Immaculate Conception in Dennison and Tuscarawas Central Catholic in New Philadelphia volunteered together in the Brush with Kindness service project, Nov. 9.
Fifth and sixth grade students participated in the Habitat for Humanity leaf raking and gutter cleaning program. The students are members of the Saints and Blue Wave Service teams, which emphasize community service.
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Industry veterans know the core rider population is aging, and that marketing to younger consumers is essential to the health of the industry. But those same veterans often feel like reaching that young, hip, mobile audience is like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall.
If industry statistics are any indication, the message is starting to trickle down to those younger consumers. For the first time since 1980, the median age for motorcyclists has dropped, from 43 to 40 years old, said Tim Buche, president and CEO of the Motorcycle Industry Council.
Now more than ever, the medium – specifically social media — is the message, brand consultants told an audience at the MIC's annual meeting, held Thursday on the eve of Dealer Expo and the American V-Twin Dealer Show.
The future of the industry depends on engaging Millennials — the 21- to 35-year-old age group — today, through channels that they have selected. Increasingly that means through social media services such as Facebook and Twitter.
The MIC's Discover Today's Motorcycling is rolling out a website (www.motorcycles.org) redesign aimed at those younger, aspirational consumers who may not have started riding yet, in the hope of capturing an entirely new audience that will become the core market of tomorrow's powersports industry.
The audience also heard from three consultants — all Millennials themselves — who helped with the redesign that targets the elusive Generation Y.
So who are they, exactly? For the most part, Gen-Y is a collection of city-dwellers who value downtown amenities in their daily lives, but seek out adventures that will help them escape on weekends. They're urban hipsters used to sharing their lives online, and they value shared experiences over personal acquisition: it's not the motorcycle that gives them status, it's the ride and the opportunity to share that experience with others.
With social media, "every motorcycle ride is a shared experience," said Sean Conroy, strategist and copywriter for Three Gallant Media, citing a 2011 study performed by the Intelligence Group. "The memory of the experience becomes the experience itself" as Gen-Yers post photos and share details of their adventures. In fact, seven of 10 Millennials would rather buy a cool experience than a product. But what's "cool?"
"Cool is an emotional response. When people say something is cool, it's because they are excited," and that can inspire them to buy, said Josh Rubin, entrepreneur and founder/editor-in-chief of Coolhunting.com. "If someone is excited, inspired and happy, they want to get the thing that makes them feel that way."
Marketers have a smaller window to grab the attention of a generation that grew up in front of computers, Rubin said, so they have to help a people who've been bombarded with media since birth to sift through the clutter. When they do, you want them to hear your message.
And while "Top 20 CoolBrands," a 2011 study performed by the Centre for Brand Analysis, ranks Harley-Davidson No. 3 on a list of 20 cool brands — behind Aston-Martin and Apple —Gen-Y represents a shift in consumer mindset, preferring to be loyal to people rather than brands.
The motorcycles.org website redesign has a lofty goal: turning a generation of computer jockeys who've spent their lives on the Infobahn into riders. That means making the experience of riding less intimidating.
"Motorcycling is scary," Conroy said. "Even people who want to get on a bike may not know where to turn." The site redesign will address that with a consistent message that rests on four aspects of riding: joy, heritage, fraternity and the practical advantages of riding.
The good news, Conroy said, is that "Millennials like trying new things and acquiring new skills." So the redesigned site will urge them to get out of their cars, off of subways and buses, and learn to ride, hitting on those four points.
An example of a marketing strategy that caters to this preference is Coca-Cola. The company recently started a Twitter account, tweeting as if from the viewpoint of its original founder. "People were identifying Coca-Cola through this account," said Adam Stalnaker, art director of Three Gallant Media. "It's people over brands." They also like brands that have causes behind them, like Tom's Shoes, a company that donates a pair of shoes to needy kids for every pair of shoes that's bought.
Other ways to attract this group is to remove any unnecessary layers separating the consumer and the brand, said Rubin. Millennials are interested in the history behind products, so take them into your factories via videos and photos, if you can.
And when choosing between marketing to your core audience or bringing in new people, your core matters most. "They can be your ambassadors," Rubin said. "Catering to both [audiences in one message] dilutes your message."
And for dealers or manufacturers jumping late onto the social media bandwagon, don't worry about tackling the dizzying number of new social media platforms cropping up. With 800 million users, "It's Facebook and Twitter until you hear different." Rubin added, "People don't want to rebuild their networks all over again."
For more: Be sure to check out "30 Minutes with Buyers Under 30," a Dealernews Live! panel on the Learning Curve stage that features Millennials like Mark Buche of the MIC, Derek Jones of Top 100 Dealer of the Year Iron Pony, and Nathan Reeves of RevSport!, a PG&A only store in Bloomington, Ind., and more. The panel will be held today from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Saturday from 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.


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Prather Ranch Meat Company lassoes larger space at the Ferry Building Marketplace
San Francisco: Prather Ranch Meat Company, a Bay Area company with a well established reputation for selling high quality, humanely raised meat products such as dry-aged beef, heritage breed pork and lamb, American bison and local poultry, is excited to announce it is expanding its operations. The company is named after and sources all beef from the Prather Ranch, a closed herd, certified organic and humane beef operation in Northern California. It was the second retailer in the country to be designated "Certified Humane" by Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC), the Virginia-based non-profit organization that certifies humane treatment of farm animals. As one of the original tenants that made the leap from the Green Street farmers market to the Ferry Building Marketplace in 2003, Prather Ranch Meat Company (PRMC) now has a large and loyal Bay Area following and is poised to take a new step.
Co-owners Doug Stonebreaker and Steven McCarthy will guide the company forward as it moves into a larger space at the Ferry Building Marketplace. The move will more than double the amount of square feet of the company's current retail storefront operation, providing more room to showcase their expanding array of top quality meat products. They will continue to sell their beef from Prather Ranch, naturally raised pork, grass-fed lamb, local poultry and other products as before, but will expand to add a ready-to-eat quick service food component. Prather Ranch Meat Company will serve a variety of items each day including breakfast, lunch and take-home items, mainly prepared in house. Chef Erica Holland-Toll will head up the expansion into prepared foods. Before joining Prather Ranch Meat Company, Holland-Toll was the Executive Chef of Ducca Restaurant and The Lark Creek Inn. She has a long relationship with the operation and has been using meats from the business for many years. A regular at Bay Area farmers markets, she plans on sourcing all vegetables and grains for seasonal salads, soups and sides from the local markets and breads from Acme Bread Company.
The menu will focus on regional American specialties and will utilize all the many types of meats available from the Prather Ranch Meat Company. Sandwiches such as barbecued beef, Carolina style pulled pork, spiced pastrami on rye and meatball subs will be available as well as beef and bison burgers, hot dogs and the full selection of PRMC sausages. Hand-cut chuck & bean chili, French fries and onion rings will also be offered. All fried items will be fried in organic beef tallow or pork lard. Other offerings will include various salads, soups, house-made pickles and condiments. Breakfast will include such specialties as eggs & scrapple, lardy biscuits & gravy and a crispy pork chop sandwich with seasonal jam.
Prather Ranch Meat Company has been bringing sustainably and humanely raised meat products to market since the late 1990's and, in doing so, has helped support a variety of small ranch operations as a core of its business. The company focuses on supporting small farms and ranches through meat sales and customer education about sustainable ranching and humane animal husbandry. They hope to be open in spring of 2011.
For more information, see www.prmeatco.com or call 415.867.6113.


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The claim that Indian officials were consulted by Brussels casts doubts over the commerce ministry's assertion that the EC's proposal comes as a bolt from the blue. Representatives of EU's 15 member states on the Cereals Experts Committee will vote today on whether or not to adopt the new tighter regulations to clean up basmati imports from January 1, '04.


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Report from the Summer 2010 TNNA Trade Show
Columbus, OH
June 12-14, 2010
Twice a year, the far-reaching flock of the needlearts industry comes together for the National NeedleArts Market. It's the business playground for designers, owners of yarn companies and yarn stores alike, publishers, gadget-makers, authors, and anybody else who can obtain the credentials to get in. Deals are made, contracts signed, ideas shared, and connections forged. But most important, TNNA is where all the new stuff gets shown for the first time.
The summer TNNA showcases what's new for fall—and this year's line-up has more volume and variety than we've seen in several years.
Here's a high-level peek at what you'll be seeing in stores in the coming months.Fashion is the New Novelty
In somewhat the same way you'd ask someone if she also saw the flying thing that looked like a UFO, people kept commenting to me about the insidious, phantom creep of the novelty. "Am I just imagining things," they'd ask nervously, "or is novelty yarn actually...coming back?"
The answer is yes—only it's being called "fashion yarn" now. For some vendors, novelty never left. Others, such as Filatura di Crosa (whose yarns are shown here), are carefully and skillfully reintroducing certain types of complex, manufactured yarns for use in high-fashion knitwear designs. (Translation: No more Fun Fur scarves. I saw very little eyelash either.) Whereas some of the most infamous novelty yarns of yore were made completely of synthetics, many of these new yarns contained high percentages of wool, alpaca, silk, and other natural fibers.The British are Coming!
Novelty wasn't the only story at the show. Two new British yarn companies crossed the pond to make their TNNA debut. Fyberspates (whose yarn is pictured at left) already has a name for itself as a purveyor of limited-quantity hand-painted yarns and fibers. Now the company is venturing into the wholesale market with its own Scrumptious line of millspun, mill-dyed yarns. All the Scrumptious yarns contain 55% Merino and 45% silk, and they are available (from left to right) in DK, 4Ply, Lace, and Aran weights.
Phil and Amanda of The Natural Dye Studio also made their maiden TNNA trek. Their tiny booth felt like the inside of a candy jar with Amanda's entire range of plant-dyed colors glowing from their fine fiber canvases of silk, baby alpaca, cashmere, and Bluefaced Leicester.
And from Germany
Meanwhile, our German friends at Schoppel Wolle (actually Karin at Skacel) presented a most ingenious answer to a longstanding self-patterning sock yarn problem: how do you make sure that your two socks will actually match. The solution is called Fliegende Untertasse (or "flying saucer"), and it involves winding two strands of sock yarn, side by side, onto a disk. That disk is then injection-dyed with multiple colors to create a self-patterning sock. The kicker, if you'll pardon the pun, is that you can unwind the yarn, knit both socks simultaneously, and rest assured they really will look exactly the same.
Closer to home, Pico Accuardi Dyeworks warmed my heart with its very special and extremely limited-edition yarn called Louie Love. This Oregon creation blends 40% Columbia wool and 60% angora from their own rabbits, including a particularly large and friendly fella named Louie. They even showed brief video clips of Louie so that visitors could put a face to their skeins.
Lorna's Laces previewed Honor, a brand new yarn for fall. The traditionally spun four-ply yarn knits up at 5.5 stitches per inch on US 5 needles. The real story is the fiber blend, a mix of 70% baby alpaca and 30% silk. The two fibers combine to create a faintly slinky yarn with solid underpinnings and a hint of halo.
Beautiful Bulkies
Bumping up the gauge a bit, Artyarns added an ultrabulky weight to its line of multiple-plied machine-washable Merino yarns. Fittingly called Ultrabulky, the yarn is made of 7 two-ply strands of yarn (each of which would make a splendid lace yarn) that are plied together, creating a plush, spongy yarn that knits up with extremely clear stitch definition at 3.5 stitches per inch.
Thought that was big? Prism previewed an even bulkier machine-washable Merino that contains 12, count 'em 12 two-ply strands. Its name, also quite fittingly, is Merino 12.
Even though this yarn has quite a bit more fiber than Ultrabulky, it has the same 3.5 stitches-per-inch recommended gauge. Yarn companies often err on the side of loose gauges to help each skein go further, but Prism's Laura Militzer Bryant clearly let her fingers dictate the final decision. The Merino 12 fabric at this gauge is perfect—dense, cohesive, and lively, like a well-yeasted bread dough after its final rise.
A Very Old, New Eco-Fiber
Meanwhile, two new wool-based yarns from Classic Elite highlighted the power of contrasting companion fibers. The skein at far left is called Magnolia, and it contains 70% Merino and 30% silk in tender, adorable little skeins.
The heathered blue yarn at right is called Woodland, and it's the a new addition to Classic Elite's eco-friendly Verde collection. It feels distinctly different from Magnolia—not rougher, exactly, but earthier. That's because it contains 65% wool and 35% of a very strong, well-wearing, eco-friendly plant fiber. What could it be? Not linen, not even hemp, but nettles. And nettles are not a new, faddish techno-fiber invention, they've actually been used for fiber for almost 2,000 years. (And no, the yarn doesn't sting.)
Warm Fuzzies
Finally, few accessories prompted quite as much excitement as the new faux-fur Goknit pouches from Knowknits. The fabric is actually quite soft and silky. It weighs almost nothing yet, when filled with a project, takes on the feel of a cuddly teddy bear.
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Media Questions Ironman Policy
- By Super Administrator
- Published Nov 30, 2010
- Updated Dec 1, 2010 at 1:52 AM UTC
The 2010 Ironman World Championships featured newly implemented rules for photographers covering the event. An article published today, Nov. 30, by Bicycle Retailer addresses the controversy surrounding these rules and talks to a few members of the media. Here's an excerpt from the article.
"As is tradition at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, the who's who of the triathlon industry gathers at the end of each day in the few restaurants on a three-block stretch of Ali'i Drive to swap stories on the day's action over a pint of beer.
This year, the industry chatter among magazine editors, photographers and marketing folks didn't revolve around the athletes, the latest technology or racing conditions, but rather a new policy that restricts the number of photographers allowed on the 112-mile bike course.
The policy, announced by Ironman organizer World Triathlon Corporation less than two months before the Oct. 9 race, aims to reduce the volume of on-course vehicles and traffic by fulfilling media requests for race images through the new WTC-owned EnduraPix Web site.
The WTC described the change as a measure to increase course safety for athletes, but the diminished access left many feeling blacklisted from the biggest and most important event on the triathlon calendar, and questioning whether the move is an underhanded attempt by WTC to monopolize race coverage."
For the complete story, log on to Bicycle Retailer's website.
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Standing in the middle of a street directing traffic takes a lot of energy and coordination.
A woman in Danville has mastered the trade and helped three generations of students cross the street safely.
Nearly every day for the last 60 years, rain or shine, scorching hot or bitterly cold, Melba Tanksley has directed traffic as the school crossing guard at intersections near schools in the city.
Tuesday her friends, family, teachers and city leaders surprised her at her current post to congratulate her longevity.
Danville police honored her with a Distinguished Service medal and the city gave her a certificate recognizing her work.
"All the years I've worked I've never dreaded going to work. And I can't imagine what it would be like to have to go to a job that you did not like every morning," Tanksley said at her surprise party.
She's 91 year old and says she isn't tired of doing the same routine for the last six decades and has no plans to retire.
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Robert Nagel: History and Sci-Fi Buff
Published: February 3, 2002
His wife used to tease Robert Nagel that he never watched any television channel below the number 13. He could not stand commercials, and therefore commercial television.
Instead, he watched black-and-white movies on cable (though the spread of commercials to cable did not please him), and he was faithful to the History Channel, no matter what was on it. His wife, Janet, has not been able to bring herself to watch that channel since Sept. 11.
Lt. Nagel, a member of Engine Company 58, lived in Manhattan with his wife and their daughter, Bridget. The other thing that captivated him was science-fiction; hundreds of science-fiction books were spread around the house.
He was the type of person who let people know what was on his mind. He was blunt. He was opinionated. "He didn't like things to be bottled up," Mrs. Nagel said.
He could discourse at considerable length on almost any subject. It was not unknown for his monologues to well exceed the listening patience of his friends. When he sensed a distinct waning of interest, he would quickly inject the phrase, "and furthermore," and then stop talking. It became his little joke. Sometimes, someone would say something and he would interject, "and furthermore," and then immediately clam up. Those who knew him just chuckled, and so did he.


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Hi Everyone,
I've always considered myself to be a runner but hadn't really entered any races or anything until late last year so I had been doing a lot more regular running this year since I was in high school (I'm 27). I ran in a team relay along the Cape this past May which was awesome--except that my stomach was unpleased with the end result! Anyway, this summer, I started training for the Chicago Marathon and at the last minute decided to go back to school which required me to move halfway across the country. High stress, poor diet, lagging in training all resulted in hip pain. The week after Labor Day I knew I couldn't do the marathon. I saw an MD--more for some continued stomach issues I'd been having--he didn't really give much attention to my hip and his suggestion was to work more on my core but that it wasn't anything that concerned him to go ahead and order x-rays. Last week I sought the opinion of another doctor since I wasn't getting any better and he was immediately concerned with femoral stress fracture. I had been getting motivated and seeing a trainer and working on building up my strength, and now I've been limited to doing as little physical activity as possible--no running, limited walking (if I have pain walking they will put me on crutches), nothing involving the lower extremity, period. I have pain over my lateral hip, my groin, and glute. It nags when I've been sitting for long periods, laying in bed, and after I've been on it for a while. I spent last weekend walking all over Chicago to cheer on my friends who were actually running and I was SORE after that!
Anyway, I got x-rays last week, and will likely be getting an MRI soon.
I'm here seeking advice on how I can stay motivated. Running has become a part of my life that I'm not ready to give up. I have my Chicago bib number hanging up on my mirror to try to keep me motivated once I get healthy to start hitting the pavement again.
I'm frustrated, I've turned to comfort food way too heavily in the past week (I can feel it already, ugh), and have already lost motivation to keep up my appointments with my trainer since I've become so limited in what I can do (I will likely keep those, however!).
Any suggestions as to things I can do (yoga? core?) to keep my heart rate up, nutritional suggestions (ANYTHING here, this is where I am at my worst) that anyone would be willing to share would be greatly appreciated. I'm going to speak with my trainer to come up with some alternatives as well--he's fantastic so I think he can be of some help as well.
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BROSELEY - The Sikeston Bulldog ninth grade basketball team improved to 7-7 on the season with a 53-45 win over Twin Rivers on Monday in Broseley.
Sikeston led 12-11 after one quarter and 33-19 at the half. They extended the lead to 41-29 entering the fourth quarter.
Sikeston was led by Josh Alvarado's 14 points. Matt Limbaugh added nine points and Tyler Woodson had eight.
Felante Larry scored six, while Brandon Williams, Marcos McCauley and Brandon Cole each scored four.
Desmond Jackson and Avis White each contributed two. Stockton led Twin Rivers with 12 points.
Sikeston's freshman team will finish up the season when they host Dexter on Monday at 6 p.m.


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What's "Pumpin bread"? Does it pump when you cook it like a Ball Park Frank?
Food service, readers. Is there a better business? Not only do you create and serve food to sustain the masses, but you make money in the process. As someone who formerly worked in restaurants, and as someone who currently spends a lot of time eating at restaurants, I'm a fan of the food service industry. I think it's important for me to let everyone know that when it comes to bakeries, I am absolutely in love.
Much like Shakira, my hips don't lie, and these hips will tell you all about the chocolate cake, the cupcakes with butter cream icing, and all those delightful and buttery shortbread cookies that I've consumed in the past week. (Yeah, I said week. I know it's only Wednesday, and when you take into account that I've had the flu and pretty much didn't eat at all on Tuesday, it's pretty impressive how many baked goods I've been able to down so far. You say gluttony, I say accomplishment.) However, my sugar consuming may be coming to a halt soon. The governor has basically signed a law that let's little old lady hoarders bake bugs into cookies and then sell them.
According to NewsOK.com:
Fallin signed the Home Bakery Act on Monday. The Oklahoma House approved the legislation without opposition in March. The state Senate passed the bill last week.
The measure allows home food establishments that earn less than $20,000 a year and produce baked goods for sale that do not contain meat or fresh fruit to operate without a food preparation license.
The bill's author, state Rep. Dustin Roberts of Durant, says small home baking operations do not need to follow the same rigorous standards as commercial kitchens and other food establishments that serve foods that might be highly harmful to the public.
They are really going to let people bake bundt cakes in their sketchy-ass houses and sell them? That's going to end well. I know how low health department standards are and just what they'll take as "clean." (Can I get a witness as to the worthlessness of the Cleveland County food handler's card?) The "rigorous standards" we hold commercial kitchens to are totally attainable if you have a dishwasher and a bottle of 409 under your sink.
I can see how this may potentially facilitate a lot of bake sells or cake walks in the future, but I worked in food service too long to think this is a good idea. Of course, I could be making a mountain out of a molehill. I have a tendency to do that, and this tendency is probably the number one reason why Patrick keeps me on staff. But I've also seen enough episodes of Hoarders to know that this can only end in heartache.
What's "Pumpin bread"? Does it pump when you cook it like a Ball Park Frank?
"Pumpin Bread" – definitely sounds like something from The Lost Ogle kitchen.
The Christine Fallin "pumpin" bread is pink…….to match her hair.
I know a lady who feeds her small dogs on the kitchen counter. She also cooks things like cookies or cakes that she brings to work. I will not eat a damned thing anyone cooks at home if it isn't inspected or licensed by the health department. Screw that, man.
Excellent op-ed piece, Marisa!
I guess I'm done buying baked goods at the farmer's market. I'll never be able to tell whether it was prepared in an inspected kitchen or an uninspected one.
Home baked goods were never "legally" sold at farmers markets. Now, they can be sold directly to consumers, but must contain labeling that explicitly says "NOT PREPARED IN A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN". If you can read, then you can make an informed decision on your purchase. I've had some excellent home baked goodness, but also wouldn't touch a thing from many people's nasty kitchens. It's all up to the consumer.
And, Marisa, try telling owners of commercial kitchens that the Health Department doesn't impose rigorous/expensive (often arbitrary) standards on their facilities. I mean, really, does a three wash sink make all the difference in the world versus a two wash sink? It does in price…
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uhhh, what? Just explaining the law, hobo.
You realize that you are also referring to a majority of stay at home moms that bake birthday cakes/cookies and sell to friends/family/word-of-mouth to help support their family? You realize that most professional bakers got their start by baking at home? Many home bakers go on to open bakeries. You realize you would rather have a cake from these people than the cakes that get shipped frozen to Wal-Mart and coated with a bucket of icing that contains ingredients we can't pronounce? Home bakers are not new.
FYI – this is in regards to all of those fondant-laden "sculpted" cakes that have become all the rage recently that the lady next door started making to supplement her income. Which is fine. Personally I say give me a sheet cake from Homeland slathered in buttercream frosting with gigantic blobs of flowers on the corners.
I never buy stuff cooked at home. I know a lady who feeds her small dogs on her kitchen counter, then makes sandwiches on the same counter where the dogs ate. I'm not interested in getting cooties.
Dude one more word about my grandma and it will be on! Those dogs are clean, I know it for a fact, I've seen them licking themselves to get that way!
I think this is great! If you don't want to buy pumpkin bread from the crazy cat lady….then don't. It requires a bit of common sense, but I think the world could use more of that.
How many cupcakes can you sell to stay under that $20 grand threshold?
I did a kitchen remodel for a friend some time back and had eaten many of her goodies over the years. While tearing out their old kitchen I saw things that I should still be in therapy to get over.
Not very many, have you seen the price of cupcakes?? Even 7-11 cupcakes are expensive…And they sell everything for 99 cents
Does it really make sense to be concerned about some percentage of home bakers being unregulated when none of our state's dentists get inspected?
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ODI - Java Table Function for MongoDB
By David Allan-Oracle on Jan 11, 2013
Behind the scenes of the MongoDB posting was a very simple JavaDB/Derby table function. The function implemented a couple of methods - the table function readCollection and the function makeRow which creates an array from a Java Object. It can't get much simpler. The iteration through the collection is handled by the class I extended from EnumeratorTableFunction which came from the posting by Rick Hillegas, and it fits nicely into ODIs source/target generic integration task in the KM framework. Here is a viewlet I have created showing you everything very briefly but end to end.
The makeRow function uses the MongoDB java SDK, and produces a row for each BasicDBObject, each value in the document is output as a column in the table. Nested/complex values are serialized as Java Strings - so you will get a JSON string for anything complex.
- public String[] makeRow(Object obj) throws SQLException
- {
- int idx = 0;
- BasicDBObject dbo = (BasicDBObject) obj;
- Iterator it = dbo.entrySet().iterator();
- String[] row = new String[ getColumnCount() ];
- it.next(); // skip the 'id' column
- while (it.hasNext()) {
- Map.Entry pairs = (Map.Entry)it.next();
- row[ idx++ ] = pairs.getValue().toString();
- }
- return row;
- }
The readCollection table function is a static method and has a couple of parameters (for demonstration) - one is the MongoDB database name and the other is the collection name. The function initializes the object instance with the column names which are defined to be the key names for the objects in the collection (the first object is taken and its keys used as the column names);
- public static ResultSet readCollection(String dbName, String collectionName)
- throws SQLException, UnknownHostException
- {
- int idx = 0;
- MongoClient mongoClient = new MongoClient();
- DB db = mongoClient.getDB(dbName);
- DBCollection coll = db.getCollection(collectionName);
- DBCursor cursor = coll.find();
- BasicDBObject dbo = (BasicDBObject) coll.findOne();
- Set<String> keys = dbo.keySet();
- String[] skeys = new String[keys.size()];
- Iterator it = keys.iterator();
- it.next(); // skip the id
- while (it.hasNext()) {
- skeys[idx++] = it.next().toString();
- }
- return new mongo_table( skeys, cursor );
- }
The mongo_table constructor just initializes itself and sets the enumeration to iterate over - the class I extend from is very useful, it can iterate over Java Enumeration, Iterator, Iterable, or array objects - the super class initializes the column names, and the setEnumeration defines the collection/iterator - which in this case is a MongoDB DBCursor which happens to be a Java Iterator<DBObject>.
- public mongo_table(String[] column_names, DBCursor cursor)
- throws SQLException
- {
- super( column_names );
- setEnumeration( cursor );
- }
This approach can be used for sourcing pretty much anything, which is great for integration needs. The ODI Knowledge Module is an LKM and stages the result of the table function into a work table, then everything else is as normal. The KM creates the work table and also registers the table function with JavaDB/Derby. My code for the function registration is as follows;
- create function <%=odiRef.getSrcTablesList("","[TABLE_NAME]", "","")%>( dbName varchar( 330), collName varchar( 30))
- returns table
- (
- <%=odiRef.getSrcColList("","[COL_NAME] [SOURCE_CRE_DT]","[COL_NAME] [SOURCE_CRE_DT]",",\n","")%> )
- language java
- parameter style DERBY_JDBC_RESULT_SET
- no sql
- external name '<%=odiRef.getOption("TABLE_FUNCTION_NAME")%>'
This creates the table function with the same name as the datastore in the interface, plus the resultant table of the function has the columns (and types) from that datastore. The external JavaDB function name is taken from the KM option TABLE_FUNCTION_NAME. As I mentioned I have hard-wired 2 parameters just now. The Java code implementing this should be created and put in a JAR in the normal userlib directory for adding custom code including JDBC drivers. The other JARs needed are the MongoDB Java SDK jar, derby.jar and vtis-example.jar (from the zip here). You can get the Java source for mongo_table.java here, it is compiled using the MongoDB Java SDK on the classpath as follows (on Windows).
- javac -classpath mongo-2.10.1.jar;vtis-example.jar mongo_table.java
- jar cvf mongo_table.jar mongo_table.class
The LKM is here it needs imported into your project.
Anyway...this wasn't all about MongoDB per se, it was also about the JavaDB table function capability, any other examples spring to mind about integration capabilities using this route? Going to post about loading into MongoDB and how an IKM is built for this. Interested to hear any ideas/feedback from you on this....so don't be shy!


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According to the U.S. Department of Labor website, there is no current federal requirement for paid sick leave but some companies are compelled to provide job-protected unpaid sick leave through the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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The musical "Ragtime" tells a big American story; in its current production, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater is telling that story in a big way.
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Wait no more
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The Farm/Art DTour in Reedsburg ends after this weekend
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The Pit and the Pendulum
by Edgar Allan Poe
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The sentence, the dread sentence of death, was the last of distinct accentuation which reached my ears. After that, the sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed merged in one dreamy indeterminate hum. It conveyed to my soul the idea of revolution, perhaps from its association in fancy with the burr of a mill-wheel. This only for a brief period, for presently I heard no more. Yet, for a while, I saw, but with how terrible an exaggeration! I saw the lips of the black-robed judges. They appeared to me white – whiter than the sheet upon which I trace these words – and thin even to grotesqueness; thin with the intensity of their expression of firmness, of immovable resolution, of stern contempt of human torture. (1)
Our narrator's thoughts are restless – he can't help but make associations. His inquisitors' voices become an "indeterminate hum" which becomes an idea of "revolution," an idea that is, itself, based on an analogy between sound and word. Confusing stuff, but then again, our narrator's a pretty confused guy.
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I saw, too, for a few moments of delirious horror, the soft and nearly imperceptible waving of the sable draperies which enwrapped the walls of the apartment; and then my vision fell upon the seven tall candles upon the table. At first they wore the aspect of charity, and seemed white slender angels who would save me: but then all at once there came a most deadly nausea over my spirit, and I felt every fibre in my frame thrill, as if I had touched the wire of a galvanic battery, while the angel forms became meaningless spectres, with heads of flame, and I saw that from them there would be no help. (1)
Here, again, it's hard to tell if the narrator is just making a visual association – "the candles reminded me of angels" – or if he's actually hallucinating. Perhaps he's "seeing" the candles morph into angels and then, just as quickly, into "meaningless spectres." What do you think?
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And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave. The thought came gently and stealthily, and it seemed long before it attained full appreciation; but just as my spirit came at length properly to feel and entertain it, the figures of the judges vanished, as if magically, from before me; the tall candles sank into nothingness; their flames went out utterly; the blackness of darkness supervened; all sensations appeared swallowed up in a mad rushing descent as of the soul into Hades. Then silence, and stillness, and night were the universe. (1)
Poe creates a super vivid depiction of sound, thought, and sight. The thought of "sweet rest" comes into his mind like a musical note. In this case, though, the note resolves into nothing and nothingness. All of the narrator's perceptions are essentially weak and unstable; they are, in fact, able to be totally "swallowed up."


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-If you comment, you have to do the same in your journal, putting the tagger on in the first slot.
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Bessy Lopez is a 34-year-old single mother of five in Omoa, Honduras. She has no land and, until recently, had few marketable skills. Over the years she has struggled to support her family, taking in laundry, selling firewood and working at textile factories.
When Bessy worked in the factory, she had to leave the house at 5 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Her 15-year-old daughter then had to tend the younger children into the evening. Despite the long hours, Bessy was not making enough money. Sometimes she would make just 150 lempiras a day (less than $8). "When I worked in the factory, money went fast. A lot of it was spent just on transportation to and from work." None of Bessy's children went to school, because she could not afford to buy their books or pay for the required uniforms.
But just over a year ago, things changed dramatically for Bessy and her children.
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As a member of the San Fernando Cooperative, Bessy received training from LWR through a project with the U.S. State Department, titled "Pathways to Prosperity in the Cocoa Value Chain."
Bessy was trained to graft cocoa plants and her life changed. Carefully cutting a branch from one cocoa plant and splicing it on to another, grafting is an important step in ensuring the characteristics and reproduction of robust plants that can lead to quality chocolate.
During training, the cooperative started Bessy off by grafting large plants before moving onto smaller ones. "It was not easy. I almost messed all of them up, at first. Thank goodness I can finally do it." She reports with satisfaction, "This is how I earn money now."
Increasingly, women play an important role as grafters in Central America's cocoa industry. Grafting cocoa for the growing cocoa sector in Honduras means Bessy has nearly tripled her income. The cooperative currently pays her three lempiras for each plant successfully grafted and given her skill and speed she can earn up to 450 lempiras each day worked (approximately $25).
"I never thought I would be able to send my children to school," says Bessy. "Ironing and washing clothes was barely enough to buy rice and beans." With the money she now earns grafting cocoa plants, Bessy has been able to send her three middle children (aged twelve, nine and five) to school.
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All account balances must be paid, in full, and/or "secured" by financial aid on, or before, the semester payment due date. After the payment due date, unpaid/unsecured balances may be subject to cancellation.
Reviewing Statements for Third Party Credits
When reviewing billing statements for expected third party credits, students should please note the following:
- Credit for estimated financial aid awarded through Longwood University's Office of Financial Aid (Stafford loans, Parental loans, Perkins loans, grants, and Longwood University scholarships) will be given on a billing statement only if the financial aid is "secured" before the billing date. If a student receives a billing statement that does not list estimated financial aid award(s) the student expects to receive, then the student should contact the Office of Financial Aid to determine if the expected award will secure the account by the due date for payment. If the Office of Financial Aid indicates that an award will not secure the account on, or before, the due date, then the student should pay the billed balance, in full, by the due date to avoid late payment fees. (If a student pays an account, in full, and then a financial aid award is, later, posted to the student's account, any overpayment(s) will be refunded to the student and/or credited to the student's future term charges.) Please note: "Secured" means that all financial aid paperwork is complete and processed, and Longwood University is merely awaiting the transfer of grant and/or loan funds. Students having specific questions concerning their financial aid awards are always encouraged to contact Longwood University's Office of Financial Aid, directly, for the best guidance related to their financial aid funds.
- Credit for miscellaneous scholarships (scholarships awarded by organizations independent of Longwood University) will be given on a billing statement only if, prior to the scheduled billing date, a student provides Longwood University with official notification indicating that the funds will be disbursed directly to Longwood University. Official notification is preferred in the form of a letter on organizational letterhead.
- Credit for employer authorized tuition assistance will be given on a billing statement only if, prior to the semester billing date, a student provides Longwood University's Office of Student Accounts with an official Authorization for Tuition Assistance letter or form. Authorizations for tuition assistance should be submitted at the time of registration to avoid the possible assessment of late payment fees. Please note: An Authorization for Tuition Assistance is a signed letter or form granting Longwood University permission to bill the student's employer directly. Longwood University will give credit for employer authorized tuition assistance only if the employer guarantees payment directly to Longwood University. Longwood University will not delay the requirement for payment, when due, if the employer tuition assistance is offered on a "reimbursement basis". Students receiving tuition assistance on a reimbursement basis should pay Longwood University for their classes at the time of registration and then, later, seek personal reimbursement from their employers. If employer authorized tuition assistance guarantees to pay only a portion of a student's charges, then the student should
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- Credit for assistance provided by the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired or the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) Assistancewill be given on a billing statement only if an "Authorization of Services" form has been delivered to Longwood University's Office of Student Accounts prior to the billing date. In most instances, students receiving this type of tuition assistance will be billed by Longwood University before the authorization is complete. When this occurs, the student should deliver the tuition bill to his/her counselor (or caseworker) early enough to request that an "Authorization for Services" be sent to Longwood University before the semester due date for payment. The student should then contact Longwood University to determine if he/she will owe any remaining balance due. Any remaining (student) payments must be received on, or before, the due date or late payment fees may be assessed. Please note: Students having tuition assistance provided through a different (out-of-state) state or federal agency should follow the same guidelines as Virginia residents.
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- For the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program, a student must request a tuition waiver authorization from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Department of Veterans Affairs will notify Longwood University, in writing, once a request for a waiver has been approved. For the Senior Citizen Higher Education Act, a student must bring a Virginia Driver's License to Longwood University's Office of Registration and complete a waiver authorization form. A senior citizen enrolling in classes for academic credit must also provide Longwood University with a copy of his/her prior year tax return.
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If a student is awarded a miscellaneous scholarship after Longwood University's billing date, but before the semester's payment due date, then the student should
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- contact the Office of Financial Aid to verify that no other financial aid award(s) will be reduced by the additional scholarship.
Please note: Because many financial aid awards are "need based" awards, it is possible for a student's existing financial aid package to be reduced by the addition of a newly awarded scholarship. If a student receives an outside scholarship after the billing date (or if a student notifies Longwood University of a "miscellaneous scholarship" after the billing date), then the student should never deduct the value of the scholarship from a billed balance without, first, approving the deduction with the Office of Financial Aid. Each time a new scholarship or student loan is added to a student's financial aid package, Longwood University's Office of Financial Aid must re-evaluate the student's continued eligibility for previously offered financial assistance. In some cases, an outside scholarship may simply replace a previously offered student loan or need-based grant. Because of this, submitting a reduced payment to Longwood University (without, first, approving the deduction from a billed balance) could result in the assessment of late payment fees.


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Texting While Driving
Published: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 10:01 p.m.
My suggestion for ending the ridiculous debate over texting while driving, which any first-grader knows that right-thinking people wouldn't do (except mom does it).
This issue is so extraordinarily stupid, I want to be sure I'm hearing it correctly.
A cop is stopped at a traffic light with a sweet young thing in the car next to him, texting her little heart out as they both pull away.
The law-enforcement officer sees her texting as the two cars drive side by side, merrily on down the road.
However, he can't cite her for texting while driving unless he sees her doing something really stupid, like drinking a beer while texting. Do I have it right?
Why don't we just make drunken driving legal, unless you're caught texting at the same time?
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Crying All The Way To The Bank(Liberace v. the Daily Mirror and Cassandra)
By Revel Barker
Foreword by Vera Baird QC
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Law Society Gazette Michael Cross
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The Times of Malta Andrew Borg Cordona
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The Trial of the Century
Its the Liberace Show
Time magazine
Bizarre and hilarious
Nothing shorter than a paperback could achieve a balanced report of the brilliance of the advocacy and summing-up. Hugh Cudlipp
A literary assassin who dips his pen in vitriol, hired by this sensational newspaper to murder reputations and hand out sensational articles on which its circulation is built.
as vicious and violent a writer as has ever been in the profession of journalism in this city of London. Gilbert Beyfus QC
On Liberace:They all say that this deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavoured, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother-love has had the biggest reception and impact on London since Charlie Chaplin arrived at the same station, Waterloo, on September 12, 1921
He reeks with emetic language that can only make grown men long for a quiet corner, an aspidistra, a handkerchief and the old heave-ho.
Without doubt he is the biggest sentimental vomit of all time. Slobbering over his mother, winking at his brother, and counting the cash at every second, this superb piece of calculating candy-floss has an answer for every situation.
Me and my shadow
By Michael Cross
It was the titanic clash between bluff, folksy 1940s British decency and glitzy, globetrotting 1950s celebrity, played out in the High Court in London. Guess who won.
In its way, the 1959 libel action by the then worlds highest-paid entertainer, Liberace (pictured), against the western world's largest-selling newspaper, the Daily Mirror, was as pivotal as the following years Lady Chatterley trial.
The Mirror fought the action in the confidence that its star columnist Cassandras assault on the fruit-flavoured, mincing Liberace was fair comment and that any English jury would agree.
They reckoned without the jury appeal of a celeb who could fill the Albert Hall night after night, and without the mastery of his leading barrister, 73-year-old Sir Gilbert Beyfus QC. The Old Fox, with his disconcerting twitch and habit of cupping hand over bad ear, demanding damaging testimony be repeated, devastated the Mirrors journalists.
His cross-examinations and brilliant closing speech are the highlights of Revel Barkers account, based largely on court transcripts, and had me barking with laughter.
The Mirror went down for record damages, and, ever since, reporters and columnists have known that they face libel juries at their peril.
Today, journalists take solace from the suspicion that Liberace, who died of Aids in 1987, was perjuring himself in denying that, in Mr Justice Salmons terminology, he was a homosexualist. But under English libel law, the jury's verdict was surely the right one. And, 50 years on, celebs are still crying all the way to the bank.
Michael Cross is a freelance journalist and acting news editor of the Law Society Gazette
Author tells of superstar trial
By Ian Robson
It was a clash which brought a touch of glamour to the usually austere surroundings of the High Court.
On one side stood the flamboyant figure of Hollywoods favourite pianist Liberace, on the other, a British newspaper.
Now that astonishing tale of one of the countrys most famous libel trials is being brought back to life by a former North East journalist.
Revel Barker covered the North East for the Daily Mirror in the 1960s and 1970s before becoming editorial adviser to the notorious Robert Maxwell.
Now he has published an account of the libel fight between Liberace and the Mirror columnist Cassandra 50 years ago this year.
Revel, now retired and living on the island of Gozo, Malta, put pen to paper after knowing many of the people involved through his career.
He was still at school when the trial took place and remembers following the events in newspapers of the day.
He said: It was something everyone was talking about.
There was very little TV in those days and people relied on newspapers to know what was happening.
It was really funny. They had Bob Monkhouse doing an impression of Liberace in court.
The most important thing was that, at the time, Liberace was the biggest star in the world.
The entertainer won his libel action and was awarded what was then a record £8000 damages with costs.
At the centre of the action was a description of the pianist by Cassandra, writer William Connor, which has gone down in media and legal history.
He said Liberace was: This deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, fruit-flavoured, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother-love.
He also wrote Liberace was the summit of sex - the pinnacle of Masculine, Feminine and Neuter - everything that He, She and It can ever want.
It was the word fruit-flavoured which was Connors downfall.
The phrase was taken as a reference to being gay at a time when it was illegal.
Revel said: When I joined the Daily Mirror I met lots of people involved in the case.
I decided to write a book, did the research, spoke to those people still alive, and got lots of background.
As well as talking to those involved, Revel studied the court transcripts. His book is called Crying All The Way To The Bank.
He said: I might give the impression the jury was perverse and the judge was biased towards Liberace.
One of the women jurors was a fan who made her mind up before the case.
It was during his time in the North East when Revel met many lifelong contacts who include Middlesbrough MP Stuart Bell, who has published many articles, and who said Cassandra did not perform well in court.
In a book review Bell said: The author Revel Barker, a former Daily Mirror reporter in Newcastle who lived at Heddon-on-the-Wall, has captured the drama of the court room, based on a transcript of the case - Liberace full of charm and showmanship, and the uncomfortable journalist William Connor answering questions on every article he had ever written.
There are distinguished counsel and judges and names from the past - Winifred Atwell, Charlie Kunz and even Semprini - a trip indeed down memory lane.
Liberaces libel victory
By Adam Trimingham (Brighton Argus)
Fifty years ago this month, one of the most sensational libel trials of the century took place in the High Court.
The plaintiff was Liberace, the American pianist, who was one of the best known entertainers in the world.
The defendants were the Daily Mirror, then the top-selling paper in Britain, and its famous columnist Cassandra, whose real name was William Connor.
Liberace took exception to an article Cassandra had written three years earlier which certainly pulled no punches.
Describing Liberace as the biggest sentimental vomit of all time, Cassandra added: He is the summit of sex the pinnacle of Masculine, Feminine and Neuter, Everything that He, She and It can ever want.
And in the most quoted sentence of all, he called the pianist a deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavoured ice-covered heap of mother love.
Liberace, who had a fanatical female following, felt the article indicated he was a homosexual, which half a century ago was illegal in Britain. Cassandra and the Mirror admitted the piece was defamatory but claimed it was fair comment.
Now a book about this case called Crying All The Way To The Bank has been written by Brighton-based Revel Barker.
Barker, himself an old Fleet Street hand, describes how the sharp-suited solicitor David Jacobs from Hove played a pivotal role in proceedings.
Jacobs, who had a two-tone pink Bentley, three chauffeurs and a table permanently booked at the Caprice, was gay. He was also shrewd and recommended Liberace should hire Gilbert Beyfus, the top libel lawyer of the time.
Liberace was horrified when he clapped eyes on Beyfus, who was 73 and suffering from terminal cancer. With his old-fashioned mannerisms and clothes, he looked like a throwback to the Edwardian age.
On spotting the much younger Gerald Gardiner, who appeared for the defendants, Liberace said: Thats the lawyer we should have got.
But Beyfus scored his penultimate great victory in the court. He managed to present Liberace as a consummate professional who was also sincere and truthful.
He successfully persuaded Connor to be drawn up some blind alleys of argument which made him appear pompous.
Jacobs performed one last service for Liberace after the jury had found in his favour and the judge had awarded damages of £8,000 plus costs, when one plainly sympathetic woman juror arrived at Liberaces hotel and asked for his autograph. Jacobs grabbed the pianists arm and said Quick, run for it. If she speaks to us it could mean a new trial.
Liberace became the worlds best paid entertainer in the 1960s and 1970s before his death in 1987, but the defendants did not do too badly either.
Cassandra continued to write his coruscating column until his death in 1967. He was also knighted. The Mirror circulation continued to rise.
But the same could not be said of Jacobs. Professionally, he reigned supreme and was known as solicitor to the stars. His clients included Lord Olivier, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Brian Epstein and The Beatles.
But privately he was not a happy man and he hanged himself in the garage of his luxury home in Hove in 1969 while being investigated by police regarding an incident in Hampstead Heath. He was only 56.
Laughter in court
By Michael Watts
Ive just (Other Matters having intervened) finished Crying All the Way to the Bank Revel Barkers account of the 1959 High Court libel action by Liberace against Cassandra and the Daily Mirror.
Two criticisms must be made.
The first concerns the cover. This seemingly reproduces the notorious Mirror column by Cassandra (aka William Connor) which three years earlier had contained the (alleged) libel against the flamboyant pianist. Not quite.
The column on the cover begins: I have to report that Mr. Liberace, like WIND-STARKE FUNF, is about the most that man can take. Eh? Curious intro what can it mean?
Not until page 31 do we discover that it did not begin like that at all. Clearly, what has happened here is that, for the cover, the item has been doctored to fit. (Those with an eye for layout will immediately spot something amiss the no-no of a crosshead appearing at the top of a column.)
Fair enough. Artistic licence. But an apparently more serious criticism is that this 370-page book has no index.
Were I in power, non-fiction works without indexes would be declared illegal. In this case, however, there are mitigating circs. First, doing indexes is an extremely boring and/or expensive chore. Even more mitigating, however, is the fact that in this case apart from mentioning a sprinkling of old Fleet Street hands 99.99% (recurring) of any index would consist of screeds of page numbers for Liberace, Cassandra and the two main counsel in the action, Mr Gilbert Beyfus QC (for Liberace) and Mr Gerald Gardiner (for Cassandra and the Daily Mirror).
Fair enough, again, then. It is a consequence of the books being so repetitive. In fact, this is the most repetitive book I have ever read. Possibly, even, the most repetitive book ever written.
That, surely, is a most damning criticism? Boring, boring...?
Not a bit of it. Impossible though it might seem, the very repetition involved in this impeccable record of the proceedings is its joy.
The responsibility is that of mlearned friends Beyfus and Gardiner. You lose count of, for example, the number of times they bring up Cassandras description of Liberace in the columns pull-quote: He is the summit of sex the pinnacle of Masculine, Feminine and Neuter. Everything that He, She and It can ever want.
Yes, while I merely referred to the plaintiff as flamboyant, Mr Connor did not mince (oo-er missus) his words.
And it was on those words in particular, plus the epithet fruit-flavoured did they, or did they not, imply homosexuality that the case largely turned. But as we all know the outcome (although perhaps we all dont, so I wont do a spoiler) my intention had been to read the opening bit and then skip the rest.
Certainly Revel Barkers initial setting of the fifties scene is spot on. After that, however, it was to be skipping or at least skimming time.
Not so. The thing becomes compulsive. The more MLearned Friends repeat themselves, the more the fun. Instructional, too even for those with court reporting experience as we have here prime examples of just how pettifogging MLFs can become. That is how they earn their crusts.
Indeed, as the pettifoggingness grows and grows (sometimes in desperation?) and as each familiar phrase is analysed and picked apart for the umpteenth time one greets their words as old and welcome friends. Entertaining ones too as they provide us with more chuckles than those that occasionally produce the official Laughter in Court.
Not saying I shall read it again. (Yet?) But Im jolly sorry to have reached the final page.#
A scent of justice served
By Andrew Borg Cardona (Times of Malta)
In 1956, it was illegal to be a practising homosexual. Well, it was illegal to be a practising male homosexual, Queen Victoria's fabled naivety having caused the deletion of female homosexuality from the statute books.
In that year, Liberace had landed in London, via Southampton, to perform his particular brand of music for the masses. His general mien had inspired 'Cassandra', the pseudonymic William Connor, to pen a particularly virulent column, making it pretty clear what he thought of Liberace. Summarised, what Connor thought of Liberace was that the latter made of the former a strong contender to represent England in the projectile-vomiting stakes. There was more to Cassandra's opinion of Liberace than that, of course, and briefs were reached for and writs fired off, ending up in a jury trial in 1959, the mill of the law grinding as slow in the High Court of Justice of the Queen's Bench Division as it does in the Civil Court, First Hall of the Republic.
The jury, libels being heard by juries in England and Wales, found that the words complained of portrayed Liberace as a homosexual and that no defence in libel was to succeed, not even that the words consisted in fair comment.
Liberace was awarded £8,000 in damages (£6,000 of which were the punitive element) and costs, a spectacularly large sum in 1959, albeit one which would be ' laughed at now, though given that an average house apparently cost £2,000 in those days, it is to be assumed that the Daily Mirror's number-crunchers didn't laugh too heartily.
Actually, they probably did, because they would have covered that amount in a morning's sales, with another couple of mornings doing for their counsel and opposing counsel's well-earned fees.
The Mirror defence was that the words complained of were not susceptible of interpretation to mean that he was a homosexual. Nor was Cassandra's characterisation of him as the summit of sex- the pinnacle of Masculine, Feminine and Neuter. Everything that He, She and It can ever want liable to be interpreted that way.
Not according to the Daily Mirror, anyway. The jury, as we have seen, thought otherwise, and with a vengeance, one juror being so moved by the occasion as to tip Liberace the wink while the jury was taking its seat after considering the verdict.
These were other times. Quite apart from the illegality of seeking fulfilment of one's gay tendencies, life was much simpler then: the Daily Mirror was not one of the many red-tops that now go around exposing the foibles of celebrities, if reading is a practice that can properly be attributed to consumers of this type of media. Looking at girls with large protuberances would be a more accurate description of the activity of these specimens, really.
In those days, the Mirror was prone to wrap itself in the flag and pretend to a leadership of opinion to which it aspires not at all today. Their story, apparently told with a straight face, was that this was not a libel and there's an end to it.
The jury didn't fall for it: they confirmed, to all intents and purposes, that Liberace had been sorely wounded by a foul slur on his sexuality and proceeded to give him a large hand-out. The fact that in 1987, the old dear was to die of AIDS, which one doubts he got from sharing a dirty needle with anyone, was not - for obvious reasons - a fact brought in evidence to the jury and, frankly, it would have been irrelevant.
The fact that Liberace was quite clearly gay did not, actually, make the slur on his character any less libellous, even though many of his fans seemed to be in denial or simple ignorance of this fact.
The story of Liberace's successful action against the Daily Mirror and Cassandra is published in Revel Barker's Crying Ail The Way to the Bank... The partly Gozitan-based author spent 27 years with Mirror Newspapers and now publishes books about newspapers and journalism, apart from occasionally reacting, in print or electronically, to various sallies in the local press as the moment takes him.
The book gives a full and unrefined account of the proceedings in Court, uncluttered by an author's re-interpretation of the events. It is, in this sense, something of a valuable source .document, both for students of the history of advocacy and procedure and those who wish to get something of the flavour of the times. The Beatles, Profumo and the Swinging Sixties were still in the future and an out-and-out (though not outed, officially) homosexual could still get himself a nice little earner by coming over all hurt and offended.
Really, some things never change.
Dr Borg-Cardona is a columnist and lawyer. His doctoral thesis, in 1979, was titled The Law of Criminal Libel: A Comparative Study.
Libel and Liberace
Fifty years ago this summer I saved money as a teenager by walking to school. The childs day-return fare by rail from Bramley to Armley was only three-halfpence, but I was preparing for O-level maths and calculated I could save four times that amount every day by not taking the bus, instead of not taking the train.
With the money I saved I bought newspapers; morning papers cost twopence-halfpenny each.
It may be difficult to imagine, half a century on, but TV was still in its infancy; vast areas of England received only one (BBC) channel, and some entire counties could get nothing at all. People relied almost entirely for their news and for their news pictures on the papers. There were two thriving and competing evening papers in Leeds; even two sports papers on Saturday nights, on the street within minutes of the final whistle at Elland Road, three evening papers in Bradford and in York), two rival local dailies in Sheffield.
In the second week of June 1959 the whole country was agog with a court case being fought in the High Court in London in which the colourful and smaltzy pianist Liberace was suing the Daily Mirror and its famous columnist Cassandra for libel. And I had the morning papers containing the trial reports.
How much this insight into the world of newspapers and reporting influenced me, I cant say. I had already decided to become a reporter and had started writing snippets of news and local gossip for my local weekly paper, the Pudsey And Stanningley News. I biked around Bramley and Rodley interviewing vicars, Townswomens Guild secretaries, band club officials and local printers scavenging copy for which I was paid a penny a line (the same rate Charles Dickens was paid, the previous century). But to put this in some sort of context, 30 lines produced half a crown, which if Id been old enough to do it would have bought two pints of Tetleys Mild.
Id even had a story on the front page.
One sunny Tuesday afternoon the headmasters secretary had visited every classroom to read out a statement that thieves had stolen gelignite from a local quarry and that if we saw any sticks of it on the way home we should resist the temptation to play with it, because it looked like grey plasticine, and we should dial 999.
Of course we scoured the homeward route and found nothing. But before doing my homework that evening I wrote (fountain pen, best handwriting) a report and posted it to the paper, justly confident that it would be on the editors desk first thing next morning. My story was across two columns on Thursday morning Schoolchildren warned of gelignite danger.
My future was guaranteed; a couple of years later I would leave school and start immediately, even before getting my O-level results, as a reporter on the Pudsey News (cable address: News, Pudsey). A year after that Id become the youngest reporter on the Yorkshire Evening Post; at 20 Id be a reporter on the Daily Mirror and work with many of the famous names Id read about who had given evidence in the Liberace trial.
Memories of that sunny summer (werent all teenage summers sunny?) flooded back to me during this years long winter when I sat down to write a history of the trial. I felt it needed writing: lawyers Id met in court over the intervening years had described it to me as the trial of the century and said the cross-examination of Cassandra by Gilbert Beyfus the top libel man of the day equalled that of Oscar Wilde by Edward Carson in 1895. It was, and is, still read as an example of brilliant adversarial advocacy. It also contained a lot of lessons about journalism.
In my retirement Id become whats apparently known as a macro publisher, reproducing out-of-print histories, biographies, novels and collected columns about newspapers that I thought ought to be preserved for posterity, and occasionally commissioning new ones. I could therefore publish under my own established imprint and avoid the frustration known to all authors of wrangling with the more conventional trade.
Im still in contact with some of the trials witnesses, but I had to delve into the cuttings of the old newspapers three pages a day in the Daily Mirror, a full broadsheet page in the Daily Telegraph, column after column in the Yorkshire Post.
The Yorkshire connection had been significant. Liberace had claimed that shortly after Cassandras piece had appeared and allegedly as a result of it somebody in the audience for his performance at Sheffield City Hall had shouted Go home, fairy. But Michael Rogers Ashburner, president of Sheffield students union, whose members had made a bit of a rag at the concert, told the court that none of his friends had shouted it. And although the paper may have been the biggest-selling daily in the western world, nobody at Sheffield University ever read it, he claimed.
The book, adapting a Liberace quote for its title, is called Crying All The Way To The Bank, and will come out on June 8 the 50th anniversary of the trials opening.
In her foreword to the book the solicitor-general, Vera Baird QC, who is also MP for Redcar, describes it as the story of a fabulous historic court battle from a different age.
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The action video game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is released in the UK this week. It's the ninth game in the Metal Gear series from Japanese developers Platinum Games and Kojima Productions.
The story focuses on a cyborg ninja called Raiden, who battles against a private military company known as Desperado Enterprises. While previous titles in the Metal Gear series used stealth techniques to avoid enemies, Rising is focused on action.
Gameplay is mainly katana (Samurai-style) sword-fighting, but includes some stealth techniques to gather reconnaissance.
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Relatives of Nelda Louise Hardwick of Lake Charles, La., believe she is the one buried as Jane Doe in St. Joseph Cemetery in coastal Mississippi's Hancock County, which borders Louisiana. Hardwick went missing in 1993.
The woman was found dead on Interstate 10 in Hancock County on May 8, 1998. No charges were filed related to the accident and she was never identified.
Faulk said Hardwick left a note for her sleeping boyfriend and four young children the day she disappeared in October 1993, saying she was going to the store and would be back soon. She never returned.