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Similarly, finding duplicates in an array, finding missing numbers, sorting arrays are very popular. You can also expect questions from the stack, queue, array, linked list, tree, graph and hash table are most common in any data structure interview. In this tutorial, we will see a couple of data structure questions answers from these topics. Let us know, if you have any interesting questions from data structures and algorithm, which you faced during any Java interviews.
I also suggest to look on data structure and algorithm questions on Cracking the Coding Interview book, as this book contains some good questions with proper explanation. That will certainly help you to do better on programming job interviews.
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At CCM+E Modern Rock KDGE/Dallas, Daniel takes over middays, replacing station vet Josh Venable, who exited last month amid Clear Channel's nationwide cuts. Daniel is also known as Torrez on sister CHR KHKS (106.1 KISS FM). KDGE also drops its Sunday specialty show "Old School Edge with Jeff K," though Jeff remains in his main posiiton at CCM+E-Dallas as Production Manager.
Non-comm Triple A WXPN/Philadelphia has launched a new channel devoted to contemporary and heritage Singer/Songwriters, ranging from Bob Dylan and Joan Baez to Neko Case and Mumford & Sons. Hosts will includeXPNs Michaela Majoun, Helen Leicht and Dan Reed and the playlist includes music by both heritage and new artists, as well as exclusive in-studio performances. World Cafe, hosted by David Dye will be on Monday-Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Singer-Songwriter Radio will be broadcast at 88.5 HD-2, and streamed online at XPN2.
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has been officially confirmed for another term with the Commission by the U.S. Sentate. Clyburn said in a statement, "It is an extraordinary honor to have the opportunity to serve on the Federal Communications Commission for another term. I am grateful to the President for his faith in re-nominating me, and am humbled by the Senates support in approving my nomination. I look forward to working with the both the House and Senate as we share a mission to oversee communication policy that keeps the needs of American consumers paramount. It is a privilege to be surrounded by amazing colleagues and staff at the FCC, and I thank all of them for their collaboration, ideas, and friendship."
Ex-Warner Bros. Records promo vet Bob Hathaway has announced the formation of Bob Hathaway Music Marketing. Hathaway says, "After spending a large portion of my life promoting artists for Warner Bros Records in the Midwest, it seemed natural to continue doing what I love to do. I have spent the past year working many different projects for a variety of clients with very good results. I felt that the time was right to put a name on my business and to let the artists, managers and labels know that I was available to work their projects too. Our industry of tomorrow is being shaped today and Im excited that I can be on the forefront of that change." Bob Hathaway Music Marketing is a multi format company specializing in Alternative, Pop and Rock radio promotion and marketing. Reach Bob at firstname.lastname@example.com or 847-612-9146.TopNotch Entertainment Corp. announces the hiring of 20 year industry record and promotions veteran Adrian Michaels as President effective January 14, 2013. Michaels states, I want to thank Mike Curb for giving me the opportunity to work with a world class company for the past ten years. I will especially miss the team that I have assembled at Curb Records and our artists. I am very proud of everything we have accomplished together.
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text: Markey, Teacher of the Year Kathleen Turner enthuse and inspire MTA delegates U.S. Representative Ed Markey, outgoing Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Kathleen Turner, state Senator Ken Donnelly and former Massachusetts Education Secretary Paul Reville energized the 168th MTA Meeting of Delegates, held May 10 and 11 at the Hynes Convention Center in downtown Boston. Just over 1,000 elected delegates attended the meeting, which is the MTA's highest decision-making body.For the first time, delegates voted to amend the bylaws to allow the MTA to organize Commonwealth Charter School employees. They also approved the MTA's fiscal 2014 budget and filled seats on the Executive Board, the Board of Directors and the Retired Members Committee. See photos from the Annual Meeting of Delegates here.Markey, the MTA- and NEA-recommended candidate in the special U.S. Senate election, drew enthusiastic and sustained applause as educators reached out to shake his hand as he made his way to the podium to speak. On the day before Mother's Day, he talked touchingly of his own mother, decried "mindless" sequestration cuts to education and called for an end to gun violence in schools, reminding the delegates that dozens of children die tragically every week due to gun violence. Markey thanked educators and praised them as "an incredible asset" to society. Markey is running against Republican Gabriel Gomez in the election, which will be held June 25.Because she was unable to attend in person, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren addressed the delegates by video. The senator thanked educators for doing the "powerfully important work" of educating our children. Once a special-needs teacher herself, Warren said policymakers need to make the investments necessary to give all children access to early-childhood education, and she said politicians need to be responsive to the realities that educators "experience on the ground every day."Delegates also heard leadership reports from MTA President Paul Toner, Vice President Tim Sullivan and Executive Director-Treasurer Ann Clarke and engaged in policy debates concerning some important issues facing educators. The delegates approved a New Business Item requiring the MTA to "work to modify legislation that would adversely affect MTA members' health care coverage upon retirement" and to communicate to members and legislators about this issue in specified ways. That communication will be done in the near future. This NBI was in reference to a bill filed by Governor Deval Patrick on Other Post-Employment Benefits – OPEB – that seeks to reduce the unfunded liability in retiree health insurance in part by reducing benefits for certain public employees who work less than 30 years. Current retirees and long-term employees who are nearing retirement are not affected by the bill. The delegates later defeated a second NBI to require the MTA to spearhead an initiative petition for the 2014 ballot to increase the state income tax.Kathleen Turner, a high school French teacher in Sharon who was the 2013 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year, was greeted enthusiastically by the delegates. She spoke of the "mysterious" origin of her love for all things French, recalling that she decided what she would do with her life on the "first day of French class" when she was in eighth grade. "Monsieur Cormier bounded enthusiastically around the classroom spouting strings of beautiful words that were completely foreign yet somehow magical," she explained. She felt a spark ignite, realizing then and there that she would become a teacher. She graduated from Harvard, then stepped into the shoes of Monsieur Cormier. As she closes out her year as Massachusetts Teacher of the Year, she reminded educators that, although "sometimes it may feel like we're not making a difference, our kind words, tough love, encouragement and guidance have more of an impact than we will ever know."To read Kathleen Turner's full speech click here. The keynote address, on digital learning, was delivered by former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and chairman of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Wise said unions will have an important role to play as digital learning becomes more prevalent. 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Q. Regarding reverse mortgages, I wonder in some cases if an interest-only home loan is a better option for borrowers who are worried about the amount of the loan going up.
In many cases, an interest-only loan will have affordable monthly interest payments and the borrowers will have the knowledge that their debt won't actually increase - effectively, they are just treading water.
I know it may not suit everyone and some people could not even afford the interest, but for others it may be an option.
A. Your idea sounds good at first. But interest-only loans are a bit like candy floss. They look enticing, but they're disappointing.
With reverse mortgages - which are usually taken out by retirees who make no payments until their house is sold - they are probably particularly unsuitable.
This is because the only people who should consider reverse mortgages, in my opinion, are those who have used up any retirement savings and are living on just NZ Super. It would be silly to have savings on the one hand and a debt on the other hand that is probably growing faster than the savings.
And if you're in that situation, it's unlikely that you'll be able to pay interest.
Having said that, you may find that after you've taken out the reverse mortgage, your expenses reduce as you get older and go out less. If you have spare NZ Super money, you might want to put that into the mortgage to keep down the loan balance.
It would be good to ensure, at the time you took out a reverse mortgage, that you could do this without penalty.
More generally, younger people often use interest-only mortgages for short periods. You might, for example, get such a loan to tide you over if you're paying two mortgages because you've bought a new house and not yet sold the old one.
Obviously, payments are lower on an interest-only mortgage. But don't be enticed into staying with one for long.
Why? We'll start by looking at table mortgages, by far the most common principal and interest mortgages.
Most of the early payments on these loans are interest, with just a little principal repayment. Some examples of mortgage payments in the first month of a $300,000 loan: On a 20-year loan at 6 per cent you pay $2149, of which $1500 is interest.
* On a 30-year loan at 6 per cent you pay $1799, of which $1500 is interest.
* On a 20-year loan at 9 per cent you pay $2699, of which $2250 is interest.
* On a 30-year loan at 9 per cent you pay $2414, of which $2250 is interest.
The longer the term and the higher the interest rate, the bigger the proportion of your monthly payment that is interest. But in all cases, interest makes up the bulk of the payments.
However, because you're gradually repaying principal the interest proportion diminishes over the years, until the last payment is almost all principal. But, of course, that doesn't happen with an interest-only mortgage.
Let's say, then, that you're considering a $300,000 mortgage at 6 per cent, and your options are:
An interest-only mortgage on which you pay $1500 a month - forever.
A 30-year table mortgage, on which you pay $1799 a month. For just $299 more, you gradually pay the loan down to nothing.
It's not hard to see which is better.
Footnote: Some people get an interest-only mortgage on a rental property, counting on selling the property later at a gain.
Rental property is already riskier than many realise. And making no inroads into the principal ups the ante.
Siblings' investment
Q. Here's another approach to reverse mortgages. When my mother was faced with a shortfall between the sale price of her home and the property she wanted to move into, she, my two sisters and I raised a $20,000 mortgage for the difference.
We three daughters were each registered on the property title at a fixed percentage, which increased slightly every year. This ensured that our contribution to the property was recognised by another sibling.
Each of us paid about $80 a month towards the interest and principal. No one had to find $20,000 on the spot and the investment turned out fine when my mother's estate was settled.
A. This builds on the previous correspondent's idea, that you can do lots with just a little money per month. But I like this variation on the theme better.
In circumstances like yours, with another sibling who didn't participate, it would be important to spell out at the start how the arrangement would affect everyone's inheritance.
Thanks for a good idea.
Bank behaviour
Q. I read with interest your comments last week regarding reverse mortgages, in particular lending risk.
I have no axe to grind here, apart from my view of banks' behaviour. But I suggest the banks have no risk at all - they will never dip out when the property is finally sold. They will always get the loan value and a good portion of the interest, even if the borrower lives on for some time.
For a start, they don't lend 100 per cent of the home value.
The 7.25 per cent compounding is excessive. It should be no more than a standard loan. The compounding interest should be capped at no more than the loan value itself. They get double the investment, not bad without risk.
As one can see, a $41,290 loan quickly turned into $61,835 - about half the original loan. Tell me what other real businesses get those value increases? They don't.
The world will never get out of its current situation when banks are allowed these practices. Luckily I won't need predatory bank loans as I get old.
I really feel for elderly who have paid tax, went to war to save this country and the banks, and this is how they are treated at the end of their lives. They are forced to worry because of bank practices when their days are numbered.
All of us just accept predatory practices by banks, which invariably come from some faceless peanut inside the bank.
Then you endorse a so-called risk the banks have, and you even believe it.
A. Let's say you - as a young man - inherited $10,000 and invested it. Would you be happy to limit its growth, over 30 or 40 years, to $20,000? You'd be mad if you did. But that's what you're asking banks to do.
For a bank or anyone else to double their money over a few years is great. But over decades it's lousy.
I'm not here to apologise for banks. Their profits seem excessive, and I would like to see them treat customers in trouble more kindly.
But let's look at the banks' basic role. They take in deposits and pay interest for the use of that money. They then lend the money to borrowers and charge them interest, which they use partly to pay the depositors.
Sure, they charge more interest than they pay out. That's how they cover their costs and make a profit. And there's a good argument that the gap between interest coming in and going out should be smaller. But that's a different issue.
If we said banks couldn't charge any interest on long-term loans once they had doubled, no bank would make long-term loans.
A couple of other points:
If the 7.25 per cent ASB charges on reverse mortgages is such a good deal for the bank, why aren't other banks also doing it? To my knowledge, ASB is the only reverse-mortgage game in town at the moment.
I, too, feel for the elderly couple in last week's column, but the lender didn't make them take out a reverse mortgage. If anyone's to blame, it's those who advised them to do it without fully explaining it.
Costs for the elderly
Q. You really must try and break the myth common among financial advisers that as people age they spend less.
Try adding the cost of glasses ($500-plus); hearing aids ($2000 an ear); cataract operation ($5000 per eye) to your everyday running costs.
Ten years ago I could cut and split my own firewood. Now I need a log-splitter ($500-plus). And because I don't work, spend more time at home and feel the cold more, I need even more firewood. I don't feel confident enough to climb on the roof any longer so I have to employ someone to replace the bird netting round the chimney or to do similar high-maintenance work. House painting is getting more difficult for me and I hate to think what the hourly rate for that sort of work is. The list increases as the years go by.
So what are you going to do with all the extra time you have now you are retired? Sit and read or watch TV, or travel a bit more (money) and pursue your hobbies more vigorously (money) or even start some new interests (money)?
Bust the myth!
A. Fair point. You must have saved on employment-related expenses such as travel to work and clothing, but it seems in your case that those savings are way more than offset.
However, as people get into their 80s a lot say they spend less because they travel and go out less - as noted in today's first Q & A.
Something to look forward to?
KiwiSaver payments
Q. I understood one had to contribute at least $20 a week to be in KiwiSaver. Last week you mentioned entering and just growing the $1000 on its own. Surely one has to keep paying in?
I am trying to convince my disabled daughter to join.
A. KiwiSaver contributions are pretty flexible.
If you are an employee, you have to contribute at least 2 per cent of your pay, rising to 3 per cent from April 1, for the first year. But any time after that you can take a contributions holiday and stop contributing.
If you are not an employee - and that includes the self-employed, beneficiaries, people taking care of others, early retirees or anyone else - you can sign on, get the $1000 kick-start and leave it at that. Or you can contribute any amount you like.
It's good to put in $20 a week or $87 a month, as you will then receive the maximum tax credit of $521 a year.
Note that the tax credit is misnamed. It's nothing to do with tax, but a gift into your KiwiSaver account. So you don't need to be a taxpayer to get it.
*Mary Holm is a freelance journalist, part-time university lecturer, member of the Financial Markets Authority board, director of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, seminar presenter and bestselling author on personal finance. Her website is www.maryholm.com. Her opinions are personal, and do not reflect the position of any organisation in which she holds office. Mary's advice is of a general nature, and she is not responsible for any loss that any reader may suffer from following it. Send questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or Money Column, Business Herald, PO Box 32, Auckland. Letters should not exceed 200 words. We won't publish your name. Please provide a (preferably daytime) phone number. Sorry, but Mary cannot answer all questions, correspond directly with readers, or give financial advice.
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This free video on premature ejackulation might hold the answers to the issues that haunt you. Questions and issues are all covered in this video, one way or another. It is presented by a man who suffered from PE and found a way to get over it. In light of that, there must be some value in it.
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Where is Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu?
Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu Ahmed, government spokesman and censor-in-chief of the Red Sea nation, has been invisible in the past few weeks. The total absence of any independent press in Eritrea has allowed the government to maintain complete silence in the face of mounting questions and surging Internet rumors of his defection.
It was on November 17 that U.K.-based Eritrean opposition news website Assena first reported, citing unnamed sources, that Ali had sought asylum in Canada. Ten days later, Madote, a pro-government site, dismissed the Assena report and claimed, citing unnamed witnesses who reported by phone, that Ali was "seen walking in the capital and discussing with citizens."


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Buried Treasure: Captain Morgan's Fleet Found?
Is the 300 year-old pirate ship recently discovered by American archaeologists off the coast of Panama, the actual Captain Morgan ship?
It's hot in Panama. I land around midnight, so there's not much else to tell about the place right off the bat. I get picked up by a driver and we drive a while. Lights blink from the shantytowns and the 20-million-dollar mansions that flank the highway into Panama City. From the city, I can see the sea in glimpses, a dark mass beyond the skeletons of half-constructed high-rises.
A 480-mile, S-shaped sliver of land connecting the top part to the bottom partof the Americas, Panama laps the humidity off the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, pooling clouds of smog and water that tamp down tight over the country. It's so humid it's hard to breathe.
I'm in Panama on account of pirates. Not some new, Somali-style encroachment. Historic pirates. Like a specific, you've-seen-his-mug-on-a-jug, 17th century pirate.
Rum icon Captain Henry Morgan was once more man than brand. A British privateer, Morgan defended the Crown's interests in the New World, which mostly meant raising hell with the Spaniards on land and sea. Captain M. hit a hitch, however, when in 1671, after succeeding in capturing Panama City, five of his fleet's ships scraped up their hulls on the Lajas Reef that surrounds the Spanish fort, Castillo de San Lorenzo. The boats, including the flagship, Satisfaction, sank.
Underwater archaeologists have recently discovered what they believe to be one of these ships — complete with coral-encrusted treasure chests — at the mouth of Panama's Rio Chagres, where it runs northwest into the Caribbean Sea. (Is there a more badass job than underwater archaeologist? Doubtful.)
We think of these times, the 2000s, these post-banking fiascos, post-wars in the Middle East, post-wars on drugs, post-Occupy stretches as being about this close to an imploding Instagram apocalypse. Like a Leonard Cohen "Everybody Knows" presage come true, our society's ruthlessness appears ever more cutthroat. And it's true, times are tough. But we don't know cutthroat.
Pirates, however, pretty much invented cutthroat. Forget Johnny Depp's hyped-up accolades as Jack Sparrow. A couple of hundred years ago, say the late 1660s or thereabouts, it was more thugs-at-large looting than "Yo-ho-ho" jollies. Think boat-poaching and city-burning and worse. The sheer violence exerted to drum up coin was nothing we've seen in our lifetime.
"Yeah, I think pirates are romanticized," says Frederick "Fritz" Hanselmann, Research Faculty and Chief Underwater Archaeologist /Dive Training Officer with the River Systems Institute and the Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University, and the Director of the Lost Ships of Henry Morgan Project. Fritz looks like a brawny, sun-bleached Viking. Fritz knows pirates.
We're on a bus, snoozing intermittently, popping anti-nausea pills, talking pirates, about to cross the Panama Canal. (The 51-mile-long canal that carves through the Isthmus of Panama and connects the Atlantic to the Pacific doesn't look like much up close, by the way — if you've seen locks you've seen locks.) The landscape is all bush and broken buildings, haciendas collapsed into themselves, their burnt orange rooftops cracked over sand-colored walls. The air is also sand-colored. It's a trick of the heat, maybe.
One of the first clues he'd landed a pirate wreck, says Fritz, apart from its historic location, was the telltale miscellany of the canons he and his crew recovered.
Unlike a navy vessel, he explains, which would boast identical rows of standard-issue guns, a pirate ship would have nabbed its artillery from various sources and would likely hold a greater ratio of short-range canons than long, says Fritz. Shorter-range guns were more effective at clearing a deck of sailors, making it easier for pirates to clamber aboard a boat and claim it. "You don't want to sink the ship you're trying to take," he says.
Picture a 90-foot sailboat piloted by a dude in Bob Marley trunks. There are a few of us onboard. We're on the Rio Chagres, right at the mouth, where the river runs off into the Caribbean. We're floating on top of the recovered wreck.
Way out there, in the middle of a murky no-place, a small craft rendezvouses with our boat and a posse of well-dressed officials in life jackets climbs aboard. These are the museum experts, here to ensure no one steals any artifacts from the dive site.
Among the group is an old American guy in crisp khakis. He's maybe 95. I didn't catch his name. I'll call him G.I. Joe. G.I. Joe sits at the bow of the boat and tells me and a few others there that those abandoned buildings we saw on our way up were where the American soldiers were stationed prior to handing the canal over to the Panamanians in 1999. He points to a beach not far from Fort Lorenzo and tells us it was a hopping place, back in the day.
Fritz pinches his nose and jumps off the side of the boat to excavate a sword from the wreck. He's under a while. I don't see him come up. He does come up and shows off the sword, only I don't see it. Another boat motors over to take me back to shore. I've got to catch a plane to Canada. G.I. Joe also has places to go.
G.I. Joe goes first. We jump into the arms of a copper-skinned guy with a naked barrel chest who's standing on the top part of the motorboat. Then G.I. Joe and I sit leg-to-leg in the boat, cresting over waves, until we get to the dock where his car's parked and a bus is waiting to take me back to the airport. Joe knocks on the window of the bus to say good-bye, and I wave to him, but the windows are tinted and he can't tell I waved.
My driver, Joaquim, starts the engine. He shows me a picture on his phone. "This is my son, Joaquim," he says in Spanish. And we wind back towards Panama City.


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Have you ever had to call animal control on someone?
Not sure where else to put this.
I keep up to date on the animal welfare laws, and Texas this past summer passed a tethering law.
This particular neighbor means well, I know she does... but she has 4 dogs in a 15x15' backyard area, one of which is tied up using what looks like a 10-12' long lead rope... which is too short of a tether with said dog being a female German Shepherd, and legally should be on at least a 20 foot lead, probably closer to 30 to be safe.
All dogs also share two dog houses, which right now might work since two of the dogs are smaller puppies, but in about a month or two, they will not be big enough to shelter all 4 dogs.
Not once since moving here have I seen her bring any of them outside... or do anything but go out and feed on occasion. And I'm a homebody, so I kinda pay attention. :rolleyes:
Now... I probably wouldn't be overly upset if it was just an ordinary fall or spring day... but we've had several really bad freezes lately here in Texas, and said tethered dog is in 15 degree weather all night.
There is access to food and water, and "technically" there is shelter.
And I don't want to take this girl's dogs away... but at the same time... it is against the law.
It took her a little over a month to fix fencing to keep her puppy from escaping and nearly getting into the road... and I plan on reminding her about the tethering law... but I don't think she will get anything done about it. Just a girl who works and has a lot on her plate... and really shouldn't have dogs... but she does.
So... have you ever called animal control on someone before? I'm sure I could be anonymous with it... and my concern is for the animal. But... I dunno. To me it seems a little extreme to call Animal Control... but if nothing else will be done about it. It is against the law, and the welfare of the dog comes first.
Yes, I have.
Several winters ago I was walking my dog when I saw a loose dog running around. He was not only loose but darting back and forth across the road (not like a typical street/stray dog that understands the concept of traffic) and he was only using 3 legs, kind of dangling one of his rear legs. My husband went after him and was able to leash him. We took him home. He had no tags other than the AKC pet recovery tag. We called them but all they would do is call the owner for us (wouldn't tell us the dog's address so we could bring him home). He was hanging out with us when my sister saw him and said she actually knew who owned him. We looked up their number and kept calling....nothing. Went to their house....no one home. Finally they called back and came to get their dog. They'd been at some sporting event and said he must've got out. They actually seemed pissed they had to come over and get him, like we were inconveniencing them for saving their dog from traffic. But whatever...people make mistakes, dogs get loose. Then, a few days later, I see the SAME dog darting around in traffic in the SAME spot and he was STILL dragging that leg! Not only was he loose again, apparently they made no effort to treat the injury. That time I was furious and called the Animal Control and explained this was his second time out. I gave them the benefit of the doubt the first time, especially since the dog was very friendly and not really a danger other than to himself getting hit again. This time when I called AC, I knew the owners' names, phone, and address.
I have a job where I ride around a lot, I see a lot of things. I have no problem
reporting animal abuse, I don't see how anyone could see it and not
report it.
I have done it. A few years ago a neighbor to my side of my fence left a huge pit mix tied to a tree next to my fence during a massive thunderstorm. The dog was seriously aggressive and barking for hours. Previously to that, the renters at that house left a 140 lb Rottie tied to the same tree and it got loose and tried to attack me when it came around the street to my house. Saw a renter on a cross street kick his dog across the street... so yes, I will call when I see abuse and/or a dangerous situation. I own my home and have lived here since 1987. I will not tolerate renters or owners around me abusing pets or causing a dangerous situation where someone could get hurt. Yes, you can be anonymous. Have you tried talking to her or offering some help? Sometimes that works, but if not and the dogs are being abused, I would report it.
Given it a bit more thought after I posted this, I'll be calling when Animal Control is open again tomorrow. Apart from emergencies (where I have called before, due to a loose horse on the highway), you are not to call in this county except during working hours. So I'll be calling and explaining as soon as I can. Hours are only until 5 pm and that was when I got home from class and actually looked at how long the tether was, since before that I just "assumed" it was long enough, and that there were more shelters around the corner of the house. No to both of those assumptions, so will be calling as soon as they have their operating hours.
ETA: She's not abusing them... just not doing anything with them. Have talked with her about the puppy and asked about the tether... she just says "ok, thanks" and that's it. She's not intentionally being cruel or anything... just doesn't know better.
Not is in this situation, but I would if I thought the dogs needed attention.
If you observe dogs being abused and/or neglected, then by all means contact the appropriate person. I'm not sure who the appropriate person would be - German Shepherd Club, animal welfare & rescue groups, RSPCA, Animal Control people?
Dogs don't have a voice so if you think they need help - by all means do what you have to do.
I have contacted animal control but it was to do with an aggressive american staffy that kept attacking every single dog it saw, owner ended up euthanasing the dog because the dog turned on her, so this was a different situation to yours. But you are home and you are seeing what is going on, if you feel the dogs need help, then do what you can for the dogs.
I have.
I got mugged by a very friendly, emaciated red Siberian in my college parking lot last winter. She hoped right into my car and we drove down to my friends pet shop, she didn't know the dog. So I drove her over to the SPCA and we scanned her for a chip, nada. Shelter supervisor said that they knew her and had been out to see her on a complaint before BUT if I left her there the only thing they could do is charge for boarding, not for the running at large or lack of license or (most likely) lack of rabies vaccination. If I took her home and called bylaw enforcement they would pick her up, bring her right back to the SPCA and write the owners up for anything they could think of (running at large, no license, no vaccinations and hopefully make the bill so large that the owners would turn the dog over to the SPCA. So she came home with me for about an hour before she went for another car ride to a nice place with heated floors and food, instead of back to the chain in the backyard.
I have called when the dog was trying to attack my dog every time I tried to take my dogs anywhere.
I told the neighbor to come and get her dog when it took up residence in my shed. It was a cold winter like this, -10 degrees F at night, and come to find out the bitch was pregnant. She had an igloo dog house, no bottom, just some straw in there.
She gave birth to four puppies, and never once were any of them let in the house. They all lived too, until three of them got killed in the road. 2 in one morning. I heard it, while I was out taking care of my dogs in the back before work. I took the fourth puppy and got it its shots, and neutered it and then gave it to the shelter, so they could find it a home -- it was a no-kill shelter at that time. They were pretty snotty with me, but when I said he was neutered, they said, they knew of a guy who would like him.
Chances are if you are dealing with Animal Control, which deals with laws, and ordinances, and is funded by the government, they are probably not dealing with a no-kill shelter. Government run shelters usually give strays up to two weeks for the owners to find them, and owner turn-ins, may be given 3-5 days to find an adopter, if there is room. If there is no room, owner-surrenders are often put down on the same day.
So if this gal is abusing her dog, I say call. Being euthanized in a shelter is better than being abused. If this gal is just not providing for her dogs the way you provide for yours, well, I don't know.
As for German Shepherds, it is 9 degrees here, my dogs are outside right now. I bring them in at night. But then, it gets even colder at night. They are not tethered, and they have houses and straw. But 15 degrees is not bloody cold for a dog. Today the sun was shining, it was 14 degrees, and my dogs are out there lying in the snow. They love it.
I don't understand your tethering laws. 30 foot in a 15' yard, would mean that tether would be wrapped up around stuff, and if she climbed the fencing she would likely hang herself. A 12' line, if staked to the ground gives a circle with a diameter of 24'. Most kennels sold are 5'x10' or 6'x12' -- much less room than a 12' chain is actually giving.
If you feel that you should turn someone in for breaking a tether law, I guess that is up to you. There are a lot of laws on the books that I don't feel it my business to go and turn people in for. Like going 5 miles over the speed limit, or not wearing a seat belt. If someone is being deliberately cruel, that's a whole other story. But I would consider, if the warden takes this dog, what is likely to happen to it?
Lots of dogs do not do well in a shelter environment. They become kennel aggressive, and the dog will most likely be euthanized if that is the case. If the gal hasn't been able to do shots on the dogs or pups, going to a shelter is almost for sure that they will come down with parvo.
I guess, I would feel pretty bad if the girl signed her dogs and pups over to Animal Control, and then they were euthanized for want of space, or because they felt they were aggressive, or if they got parvo. Our shelter kills them sometimes a hundred at a time with parvo -- that's why I waited for that dog to be totally vaccinated and neutered before dropping him off there. I did not take him because I wanted him. I agreed to take him because the lady was letting them get smooshed in the road. But I would have felt terrible if the dog got Parvo and had to be euthanized there.
Well, she would get a warning for the first time. I do not think anyone else has called her on it before, and for the first time, she is just given a warning that it needs to change. If nothing happens within 24 hours, then it's a misdemeanor.
There is just no reason for this dog to be tied. She hasn't once tried to escape, and where she is right now, if she does try to escape, she'd get hung on the fence... and get hung. It's not long enough that she'd just end up on the other side.
And the lack of shelter in extreme cold for this area is also a concern.
You said there were houses. That is shelter. You will do what you want to do. We have a law here that says you have to keep your house painted, or your yard mowed below a certain level -- hard to do when it rains every day almost, for months at a time. But if you start turning the neighbors in for every violation, they might just turn you in for a law that they know about that you might not be following perfectly. Neighbors can be pretty nasty at times, especially when people have GSDs.
I have heard of people calling when the dog barked a couple of times IN THE HOUSE. Talk to your neighbor, fine. Help her out, make suggestions. But if you call the authorities on her, she may retaliate.
And if you are not breaking any ordinances or laws, hopefully, most of us aren't, but you never know, there are a lot of them; well, there are other ways people retaliate. And they target dogs. People have been known to throw poisoned meat in yards, or leave antifreeze spilled.
I wouldn't do it, not unless I really felt something has to be done.
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"It's been lots of fun so far," Barry Gibb said after arriving in Napier last night.
"And I'm really looking forward to this one."
"This one" being Saturday night's big Mission Concert which will see the sole surviving Bee Gee put everything into his only New Zealand performance of the acclaimed Mythology tour which has seen him perform to sell-out crowds in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
He said he wanted to kick off the tribute to his late brothers Andy, Maurice and Robin Down Under - in Australia where he and twins Maurice and Robin kicked off their remarkable career as the Bee Gees.
So skipping over to New Zealand, a country he said he has always loved, was a simple decision.
The Bee Gees last played in Auckland together in 1999.
"But this is my first time in Hawke's Bay," he said after clearing Customs with about a dozen family members and friends at the Napier base for his personal Global jet at Skyline Aviation just after 7pm.
"Seeing it from the air as we came in, it looks beautiful."
He said he had been looking up things about the Bay "learning about this great place" and he was looking forward to finding out more during the next two days before the concert.
"Yeah, we'll have a good look around," Mr Gibb said.
Part of that looking around was likely to include a traditional Maori welcome which was being staged for him at a private venue later today.
He is looking forward to it as the Bee Gees in their early years played alongside and got to know many of the New Zealand Maori show bands which based themselves in Australia.
"We got to know them all ... and I remember Prince Tui Teka very well ... great days," Mr Gibb recalled.
He was delighted to hear that Mission Concert audiences traditionally sing along to the well-known songs - and he is going to roll out plenty.
The concerts had been an emotional journey for Mr Gibb, who said he could feel his late brothers with him when he got on stage, noting: "I see them when I'm out there."
He said losing his brothers was something he was still learning to cope with.
"And doing this [the concert tour] is the only way to face it."
The success of the tour so far had convinced him that taking it further, to the rest of the world, was quite likely.
"I think we'll tour it through the States first, then go from there," Mr Gibb said.
But Australia, and Hawke's Bay in New Zealand, were always going to get the Bee Gees magic first.
"It's great to be here."
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But David Levi, a New York native with northern Italian roots, wants to give it a shot. In 2011 he traveled through Europe staging (working for free) at a number of notable restaurants — six weeks at Noma in Denmark, a month at Faviken Magasinet in Sweden, and six weeks with Dario Cecchini learning the art of butchery in Italy. He says each stop along the way helped him to accomplish his goal — to take his serious-though-amateur cooking to a professional level as quickly as possible.
"What I've been interested in doing with my own cuisine is using 100 percent local food including a real emphasis on wild food," he says.
He is working toward opening Vinland, Portland's first 100 percent locally sourced restaurant. Both the name and the concept are inspired by his time spent in Scandinavia, and recognize the Vikings' discovery of North America.
Though he plans for the food to be all local, the beverages will be more flexible — wine and coffee (two of Levi's favorite drinks) are not local products. He will use organic coffee produced by Matt Bolinder of Matt's Wood Roasted Organic Coffee, fruit wines, and wines produced in Maine and New England. Cocktails will include meads made with local honey and spirits made with potatoes.
He envisions a small restaurant (under 30 seats) that is "accessible and enjoyable" and will support local businesses, farmers and fishermen. Even with Maine's limited growing season, Levi wants Vinland to be open year-round — using pickling, fermenting, drying, smoking, curing and storing techniques. There is no location for the restaurant yet, but he says he is getting close to finding a space.
In the meantime, he offers cooking classes and hosts dinners using organic, local, and wild ingredients. The classes teach people how to cook seasonally, using winter vegetables and seafood, how to replace grains to prepare gluten-free desserts, and how to make cheese. He's happy having those be 90-percent local; he can teach vinaigrettes or other basics that need non-local ingredients.
In addition to the cooking classes, Levi and fellow cook Chad Conley host small dinner parties. They forage for ingredients and prepare the meals in friends' homes. The menus are an elaborate combination of local and seasonal ingredients. There is usually no bread and no grains; the dinners (like Levi) are gluten free.
Conley — who has worked at Jean Georges in New York, Hugo's in Portland, and at the Miyake farm in Freeport — says the two balance each other very well. Where Conley is more of a culinary traditionalist, Levi pushes boundaries and is a purist when it comes to cooking 100 percent locally, he says.
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Since 1998, I have been maintaining a list of movies that I wanted to see. Sometimes these are all-time classics that passed me by, sometimes they're genre classics that interest me. The list grows regularly and is currently more than 1300 movies long. Fogs has gone through and hand-picked several classic films for me to "fast-track" and review here. This is one of those films.
The French Connection first came to my attention when I was watching the AFI's "100 Years, 100 Movies" program, which inspired my watch list; they had it ranked at #77. It was therefore one of the very first items to make it onto the list. It was also the Best Picture winner at the Oscars for 1971. As such, it seemed like a perfect choice for the inaugural entry in "Catching the Classics".


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Vermont's only mountaintop B&B with private hot tubs behind many of the guest rooms, the Black Bear Inn sits on 6,000 acres adjacent to Bolton Valley Resort, offering ski-in/ski-out access to more than 60 trails. With a ski-lodge-turned-B&B feel to it, the Black Bear features 25 rooms, all appointed with handmade quilts and antique furnishings, some with old-timey gas firestoves. But make no mistake: Each is equipped with contemporary amenities—plush bedding, wireless Internet, cable TV—to make guests feel right at home.
After a workout on the slopes or a trip out to the big city, tuck into a three-course dinner in the dining room. With soft candlelight and white tablecloths setting the mood, Chef Brian O'Neil, a longtime veteran of the culinary arts and a fixture at the inn, prepares unpretentious yet elegant country fare. Grilled sirloin steak au poivre and a bottle from the carefully curated award-winning wine list, anyone?
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By Mary Boderick
My son and daughter, now in their 20s, can cook delicious and nutritious meals. When my older child was 17 months old, we began a holiday tradition of making gingerbread cookies. I started with modeling and moved to guidance, and over the years my children expanded their repertoires with glee. They learned reading and following directions, measurement, cleanup, and trying again when something flopped. Before long, they required no supervision, and today their culinary talents far surpass mine.
This fall, our town's first selectman, the owner of a popular restaurant, talked about finding his own passion in cooking. He thanked our schools' staff for sharing their passions with our students, observing, "Without that passion, it's hard to excite students about learning." He specifically recognized an English teacher legendary for cultivating the gifts and talents in her students.
If we are to ignite the potential in each child, we need teachers who infect children's minds with enthusiasm about their subjects. That's why I am worried about the national trend line -- erosion of local authority and ownership of the core curriculum. Over the years, as Congress and the U.S. Department of Education assume greater authority over our schools, we lose the local teacher's voice in developing curriculum and instruction that respects each child and connects that child to learning.
Instead of asking our staffs to examine research, look for models of excellence, and incorporate the best of what they find, today many expect our teachers and administrators to focus instead on national standards and assessments and to prepare our children for tests written far from that teacher/child connection. We risk reducing local curriculum development and lesson planning to teaching to those tests. Standardization, by definition, aims at the middle, potentially boring the high achiever and frustrating the low achiever.
Is this how we prepare children to be creative, innovative problem solvers who are hungry to learn? I understand how we got here. We have wide variations in curriculum quality and delivery across communities and states. Many have advocated -- and I fervently agree -- that we need to ensure each child has access to high- quality learning opportunities and rich curriculum. However, we have a lot to lose in diminishing local involvement in -- and consequent ownership of -- the development of curriculum, a natural trajectory given the increase in directive authority at federal and state levels.
In my last column, I wrote of the importance of moving decision-making as close as possible to those affected by the decision. The U.S. Army has done just that, believing that soldiers on the front lines of battles are savvier about local conditions and appropriate responses than those in command centers. The Army has found that outcomes improve with an empowered workforce. Motivation experts agree: To learn, we must feel competent, autonomous, and connected to others.
That's why local governance is so important. Student learning leaped by a multitude of measures in my district when we focused on the pursuit of excellence and made decisions at appropriate levels -- empowering staff. Today, when our administration brings the board a curriculum for adoption, we always ask about the teachers' role: Were they integrally involved in the development process, looking at research and models of excellence? We want to see -- up front -- their excitement about the subject. We want to know that diverse learners in our schools, as opposed to average learners across our state, will be motivated by the curriculum.
As board members, we should ensure the kitchen is well equipped -- good lighting; a decent, calibrated stove; and enticing cookbooks. And we want an inspired guide -- one who loves the students and knows how to excite them about the potential to create the finest examples of culinary arts.
How do we apply this to our board work? First, we must set our vision on excellence. Staff will be inspired by such a vision, delighted to be part of a system that values quality and learning so that each child aspires to excellence. Second, we must enable and encourage staff to generate child-centered curriculum and instruction, created for the children in our system. Third, we must protect school boards' authority to carry out local responsibilities. This means refocusing federal and state supervision away from command and control and toward empowering. When we standardize our instructional programs, our children lose their discoveries. We risk losing excellence and creativity and effective problem-solving. Instead, let's build our national competitive edge of ingenuity and creative thinking. Let's not standardize the American child. n
Mary Broderick (firstname.lastname@example.com) is the 2011-2012 president of NSBA and a member of Connecticut's East Lyme Board of Education.
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Thelma McDonald Passed away June 28, 2014 as the result of a stroke. She had improved somewhat but never went beyond a certain point and she went very suddenly. I am her sister and will be taking over all her memorials. My FAG ID is 46598967. She enjoyed Find a grave so much and she made so many nice friends. It filled a void since she was unable to do much for several years. I want to thank all of you for your kindness towards her and know that she appreciated all of you.
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Gladys Lawrence Templeton
I was once married into the Lawrence family and remember Glayds being so nice to me and my son. I was wondering about her daughter. I can't remember her name, but would like to contact her. Its been a long time. Thank you.
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I saw that you left a memorial on the Find A Grave Memorial (#50520566) page for Admiral Robert Bentham Simons, who commanded the USS Raleigh (CL-7) during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I wonder if you have a source for a photo of the man. The reason I want it is because my father, Frank John Zwolinski, Sr. served under him on the Raleigh and I am writing a story of my father's career. If you have any source for me I would appreciate hearing from you.
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Michaela Nichole Phillips
Hi, my sister was Michaela Nichole Phillips, and Thelma left a message on her obituary every year for her birthday. (Thank you so much!!) I was wondering where she was from?
-Codi Phillips
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Ann S.
I had no idea that Thelma had passed away. We photographed several of the Parker family grave sites here in SE Arizona. Some of these are in very remote areas near the border. I understand that the Parkers were homesteaders and must have been some tough folks. God bless you Thelma! You were so patient with me when we had difficulty finding a grave out in old Apache country. You are home now. Mary Russell, your name is the same as my maiden name. I'm now doing research on the clan from Browning, Sullivan County, MO. Any connection to your family?
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Are you kin to the Leland B. Coggin... Find A Grave memorial #3967915 ? I ask because I was trying to associate Mary Louise Furr Coggin (memorial # 14755554) to her husband's memorial. My grand-aunt Eunice Mae Furr Morris was a sister to Louise.
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Thank you for taking such care of and remembering my Grandfather's grave.
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Thelma May You Rest In Peace
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul:
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
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sorry to here that Thelma has passed my condolences to you and your family. Damon
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My condolences for the family as I send prayers up to help you all get through this great loss. God Bless you all and be with at this time of need.
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Just to let you know this cemetery does not have an office so in order to find a grave location you would have to contact the funeral homes in the area. Also, When I was out there last (January this year)looking for graves that folks had requested a photo for that some had passed in 2010 still did not have markers and/or stones were still yet to be transcribed with date of death. AND, this cemetery is not small by any means. Not as big as most but very spacious.
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"In my second year at Paris St-Germain we played Rangers in the Champions League at Ibrox," he told Arsenal Player. "I was really impressed with the stadium and everything that went with it.
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