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Hemingway, Ernest 1899–1961
Hemingway was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. Numbered by many among the greatest American writers, Hemingway is master of the objective prose style which became his trademark. War and athletic competition often make up the subject matter of his works, allowing Hemingway to explore man's physical and metaphysical strivings. He was confounded by both the idea and the reality of death: indeed, an essential nihilism colors all of his work. Hemingway is noted for his superlative description of action, although some critics find the philosophy espoused in his later novels simplistic and pompous. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 and the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1953. (See also CLC, Vols. 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 77-80.)
Malcolm Cowley
When Hemingway's stories first appeared, they seemed to be a transcription of the real world, new because they were accurate and because the world in those days was also new. With his insistence on "presenting things truly," he seemed to be a writer in the naturalistic tradition (for all his technical innovations)…. Going back to his work [later], you perceive his kinship with a wholly different group of novelists, let us say with Poe and Hawthorne and Melville: the haunted and nocturnal writers, the men who dealt in images that were symbols of an inner world.
On the face of it, his method is not in the least like theirs. He doesn't lead us into castles ready to collapse with age, or into very old New England houses, or embark with us on the search for a whale that is also the white spirit of evil; instead he tells the stories he has lived or heard, against the background of countries he has seen. But, you reflect on reading his books again, these are curious stories that he has chosen from his wider experience, and these countries are presented in a strangely mortuary light. In no other writer of our time can you find such a profusion of corpses…. In no other writer can you find so many suffering animals…. And morally wounded people who also devour themselves …—here are visions as terrifying as those of "The Pit and the Pendulum," even though most of them are copied from life; here are nightmares at noonday, accurately described, pictured without blur, but having the nature of obsessions or hypnagogic visions between sleep and waking.
And, going back to them, you find a waking-dreamlike quality even in the stories that deal with pleasant or commonplace aspects of the world. (pp. 40-1)
Hemingway's stories are most of them continued, in the sense that he has a habit of returning to the same themes, each time making them a little clearer—to himself, I think, as well as to others. His work has an emotional consistency, as if all of it moved with the same current. (p. 41)
After reading [a later story, "Now I Lay Me,"] we have a somewhat different attitude toward the earlier ["Big Two-Hearted River."]… [We] now perceive what we probably missed at a first reading: that there are shadows in the background and that part of the story takes place in an inner world. We notice that Nick Adams regards his fishing trip as an escape, either from nightmare or from realities that have become a nightmare…. "Nick felt happy," the author says more than once. "He felt he had left everything behind, the need for thinking, the need to write, other needs. It was all back of him." He lives as if in an enchanted country. There is a faint suggestion of old legends: all the stories of boys with cruel stepmothers who wandered off into the forest where the big trees sheltered them and the birds brought them food. (p. 42)
[Fishing] is not the only activity of his heroes that Hemingway endows with a curious and almost supernatural value. They drink early and late; they consume enough beer, wine, anis, grappa, and Fundador to put them all into alcoholic wards, if they were ordinary mortals; but drinking seems to have the effect on them of a magic potion. (pp. 42-3)
[Hemingway tried in the] early days to state everything behavioristically, and it was not until later that he began to make a deliberate use of symbolism, together with other literary devices that he had avoided in the beginning, when he was teaching himself to write "commencing with the simplest things."…
Hemingway almost never makes the error that weakens the effect of most symbolic fiction. Ordinarily we think of it as a type of writing in which the events in the foreground tend to become misty because the author has his eyes fixed on something else…....
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Robert W. Stallman
Hemingway's narrator [in The Sun Also Rises] seemingly represents "the true moral norm of the book," but he appears as such only to the prejudiced reader, prejudiced by the bias of the narrator's authoritative voice….
Read the novel from Cohn's point-of-view, and you end obversely in bias against Jake Barnes and his sophomoric code and his friends who damn Cohn by it. Reversal of intention: that Hemingway consciously schemed it so is evidenced by the fact that his narrator is honest enough to include in his story the self-incriminating testimony of witnesses against him, namely Bill Gorton, Robert Cohn, and Jake Barnes himself. Jake confesses his defections from the code he seemingly exemplifies and from his role as historian of the pretenders to it. (p. 173)
Characteristically, what Jake says of his friends applies also to himself. Jake's portrait of Cohn reflects himself; it tells us as much about Jake as about Cohn.
On Jake's own admission, we cannot accept his portrait of Cohn with any certitude: "Somehow I feel that I have not shown Robert Cohn clearly."… Jake Barnes, New York Herald journalist, is not a trustworthy reporter. (pp. 176-77)
Cohn is [pictured as] awful because he is always merely nice. Niceness is discredited because it declares a weakness, an exposed flaw in the mask of mock sophistication which Jake and his friends subscribe to. The criterion is irony, and Cohn never once speaks ironically….
In both The Sun Also Rises and The Great Gatsby the narrators default on the standards by which they measure and judge others. Duplicity characterizes both narrators. (p. 178)
Contra Carlos Baker's notion of "the moral vacuum in Cohn," Cohn stands out as exemplar of the Christian virtues. That moral vacuum is located—by my reading—in Jake, in Brett, and in Mike; also in Romero. (p. 180)
Hemingway's public has been brain-washed by the Hemingway Code.
The story narrated by Jake Barnes is the story of Robert Cohn, the betrayed tin Christ. Everyone in The Sun Also Rises regards himself as a little tin Christ—the exceptions are the Count and Montoya and Cohn. They crucify Cohn as though he were one. They hang a wreath of twisted garlics around his neck...
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Sean O'Faolain
It is something of a joke, in view of the common belief that Hemingway is a tough, laconic writer, that the reason for the difficulty [in interpreting "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"] is that this story by an acknowledged "realist" is as near, in its quality and its effect, to a poem as prose can be without ceasing to be honest prose. (p. 112)
Age, death, despair, love, the boredom of life, two elderly men seeking sleep and forgetfulness, and one still young enough to feel passion, cast into an hour and a place whose silence and emptiness, soon to become more silent and more empty still—it all creates in us, at first, a sad mood in which patience and futility feebly strive with one another, involve us, mesmerize us. Grimness is in the offing. Hemingway's kindness and tenderness save us from that. For Hemingway, deep down, is one of the kindest and most tender of writers. If our final feelings here are of pity and awe it is he who communicates them to us. I believe that Hemingway's "realism" is merely the carapace or shell that protects, grips, holds from overspilling a nature fundamentally emotional and tender. (pp. 112-13)
[With the waiter's confession, "I'm with all those who like to stay late at the café … With all those who need a light at night"] the meaning of the title becomes clear, and in the following references to light, as one of the defenses of man's sad soul against the Baudelaireian horror of...
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Philip Young
Very probably [Hemingway] intended [the title of In Our Time] as a sardonic allusion to a well-known phrase from the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer: "Give peace in our time, O Lord." At any rate the most striking thing about the volume is that there is no peace at all in the stories. The next most striking thing about them … is that half of the stories are devoted to the spotty but careful development of a crucial but long-ignored character—a boy, then a young man—named Nick Adams. These stories are arranged in the chronological order of Nick's boyhood and early manhood, and are intimately related, one to another. Indeed in this aspect the book is almost a "novel," for some of the stories are...
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Scott Donaldson
[Often] Hemingway's fictional women emerge as more admirable than his men: braver, more faithful and loving, more responsible. (p. 6)
[Hemingway expressed his view of the morality of compensation, in which nothing can be given or taken without an equivalent] in the metaphor of finance—a metaphor which runs through the fabric of [The Sun Also Rises] as a fine, essential thread. It is Jake Barnes who explicitly states the code of Hemingway's novel…. Jake reflects that in having Lady Brett Ashley for a friend, he "had been getting something for nothing" and that sooner or later he would have to pay the bill, which always came…. (p. 22)
Jake's philosophical musing is...
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Ben Stoltzfus
The themes that Hemingway weaves into The Old Man and the Sea, like counterpoint in a Bach fugue, explore the ideas of pride in killing and victory in conquest as opposed to humility in defeat and suffering in abnegation. Santiago is a pagan Catholic whose age, pride, honor, and courage force him to prove that pain is nothing to a man and that a fisherman can perform miracles. This Cuban protagonist of Spanish birth harpoons marlin like a matador and suffers pain like a Christ figure. Using Santiago as a symbolic namehead Hemingway fuses the themes into a moving experience of life and death. (p. 39)
C. N. Stavrou believes that in Hemingway's world human existence moves inexorably toward...
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Over 8600 surface acres of pristine wilderness is your playground for your stay at Sas Lodge. Just imagine the endless possibilities of shoreline and underwater structure that this beautiful lake will offer you.
Situated amongst the boreal forest in northeastern Manitoba is Sasa-ginni-gak Lake. It is the jewel of Atikaki Provincial Wilderness Park.
There are three main species in our lakes: Walleye and Northern Pike in all four of our lakes, as well as Lake Trout in Charron Lake only.
Record setting year!
We started off the season with a bang, with Greg Prairie of Wisconsin catching this beauty on May 21st - a 50" master Northern!
A great way to close out the season! Here is Gil Rossong of Manitoba with his master angler Walleye at 34" in length, caught on September 16th!
Sas Lodge Blog #1 April 25, 2014
Welcome to our new Sas Lodge website! We are so excited for you to have a chance to look around and find some new and interesting things, or at least see what you already know in a bright, clean and easy-to-navigate platform.
Some of the new features include a lengthy FAQ (frequently asked questions) section, a calendar for the season, listing of annual master angler awards from our lakes and great photo galleries. You also have the ability to send us your reservation request through an on-line form, or just send us a question through our contact us page. No matter how you get in touch with us, we love to hear from you!
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Jimmy pays tribute to an earlier generation of R&B – in a hard-wailing set of soul jazz, done with backings from the legendary Oliver Nelson! A few tracks feature vocals by Jimmy, in a rough bluesy style, and others have some harmonica by Buddy Lucas – in a raspy, hard-wailing mode that still fits in nicely with the jazzier style of the album. Jimmy's organ is right up front on most numbers – recorded with that full, dynamic sound that makes so many of his Verve albums a treasure – and the best numbers have a more contemporary 60s groove alongside the older bluesy roots. Grady Tate plays drums – surprisingly funky at times – and other players include Melba Liston and Tom McIntosh on trombones, Billy Butler on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on Fender bass, and Joe Newman on trumpet. Titles include "Hi Heel Sneakers", "TNT", "Boom Boom", "Ain't That Just Like A Woman", and "One Mint Julep". (Cover has a split bottom seam & some peeling along the bottom two inches.) © 1996-2017, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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Nov. 4, 2011
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan director of strength and conditioning Mike Favre announced the promotion of Bo Sandoval to the head strength and conditioning coach position. In his third year with the Wolverine program, Sandoval previously served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for Olympic sports.
"It is Bo's initiative that sets him apart," said Favre. "He actively seeks out ways to better the Olympic Sports S&C department and the University of Michigan Athletic Department as a whole.He also possesses an insatiable desire for knowledge that aids our department in being among the best at what we do. His ability and eagerness to assume leadership roles and responsibilities outside of coaching duties, along with his can-do attitude, makes him integral to the continued success of the Olympic Sports S&C department, and as such an asset the University of Michigan."
Among his increased leadership and job responsibilities, Sandoval will oversee the Canham Natatorium strength and conditioning facility, assist in the supervision and management of the strength staff and coordinate the internship program. He also designs and implements programs for men's and women's track and field, and the newly elevated men's lacrosse program.
He has guided five Wolverine student-athletes to National Strength & Conditioning Association All-America status over the last two years and currently works with several 2012 Olympic hopefuls, including five-time NCAA champion Tiffany Porter [Ofili].
Sandoval is a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach through the National Strength & Conditioning Association. He is a Senior Coach as well as a Certified Sports Performance Coach through USA Weightlifting. Sandoval is certified in First Aid, CPR and Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association. He is also a Certified Level 1 Anthropometrist through the International Society for Advancement in Kinanthropometry.
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Shepard Smith asked Judge Andrew Napolitano whether or not the Taliban prisoner exchange was legal under the NDAA H.R. 1960 Statute. The judge explained that the swap was illegal because taxpayer dollars were spent to remove these prisoners from Guantanamo Bay without giving Congress 30 days notice. However, Napolitano goes a step further by pointing out that Obama has provided material assistance (human assets) to the Taliban, which has been identified by Congress to be a non-state terrorist organization. This is a crime punishable by imprisonment of 10 years to life, which covers all Americans–including the President.
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Haseltine: I think in this whole business, the thing to look at is where is the money. For us at Human Genome Sciences, the money is in drugs. Drug sales, pharmaceutical sales, is a really wonderful business. It's a product that people need. It's a product you can protect with patents. It's really a government-sanctioned monopoly for a limited period of time on a very high-margin product. We seek to make money in a very traditional way by making and selling drugs, pharmaceutical products to meet unmet medical needs. Now, in addition to that, we support ourselves and in fact, we've virtually covered all our costs by providing new and powerful discovery tools to other pharmaceutical companies. We also stand to share in their profits very handsomely, I might say, if they should use our tools to create drugs. So there are really two sources of long-term profit for our company -- pharmaceutical sales of drugs we invent, manufacture, and sell ourselves, and very high royalties and revenue participation in products that we enable other large pharmaceutical companies... to discover. Our "business" is one that is well established and very profitable, i.e., the sale of pharmaceutical products.
David: OK, now there are a lot of others today who are patenting genes as they discover them. They range from private company competitors. Celera (NYSE: CRA) is certainly one that has a lot of headlines these days. There is Affymetrix (Nasdaq: AFFX), Incyte (Nasdaq: INCY). There are a lot of competitors in this field, and there is also the government, which is planning on making its information as it decodes the human genome free. How does Human Genome Sciences fit within that large stable of competitors?
Haseltine: We are definitely the king of the gene patent. We are in first for several reasons. We were the first genomic company. We started this whole revolution. We are the first to recognize that we could quickly isolate and characterize all human genes and we could use that knowledge to create medically useful discoveries. We discovered virtually all the human genes by mid-1995. Human genes are something you can only discover first. There is not an endless supply. What people are doing now, the Celeras of the world and other companies and the government, are rediscovering what we already found. We have very, very good evidence that as early as 1995 we had isolated and characterized in our laboratories and in our [Human Genome Sciences databases] 95% of all human genes.
David: So there are some 60,000 to 100,000 human genes? How many are there, because I hear that there are 60,000 to 80,000.
Haseltine: Anyone who tells you 60,000 is definitely wrong. We have isolated, characterized, and sequenced more than 120,000 different human genes. So the number is certainly greater than 120,000. Those people, who estimate lower, simply don't know. We have isolated and characterized them so we're in a very good position to know that there are more than 120,000 of them. Now the next thing we've done, and this distinguishes us from all other genome companies and projects, is we actually go out and make the product of the gene and determine what it does in living biological systems. We've also learned to robotize and automate those processes. So the first discovery that catapulted us to public recognition and into the marketplace was robotic and automated discovery of genes. But that was done for us by early 1995. Since then, for the last five years we've been asking and addressing the question that everybody asks -- what do you do when you have all the genes? What you do is you now robotize and automate the process of biology. What those genes do that's of medical use. We have now filed patents that describe over 7,500 human genes and their medical uses.
David: Let me ask you right there, doctor, when you say there are 120,000 genes and you have patents on 7,500, but you've decoded 95, 96, 97, 98, 99% of it, why is there that numerical disparity?
Haseltine: First thing, you can't just patent a discovery. You have to patent something that's useful. The patent, whether it's a machine or whatever it may be, patent law requires three criteria. Your invention must be new or novel, and that's met by the new sequence or new protein. It must be useful, and your patent must teach people how to use it, and it eventually has to be reduced to practice. It isn't enough to see a new sequence to patent it; you have to have some idea of what it does. The patent office is getting tighter and tighter on what it's going to take to get a patent. We realized that for a long time and we realize that in order to get a defensible patent, something you can use to protect a product, you had to do experiments.
What distinguishes Human Genome Sciences from the rest of the pack is that we have set up an automated system to make tens of thousands of proteins at once, to test them in live tissues, in living cells, test them in animals, and manufacture them for clinical use. So our patents have a great deal of information in them and there is nobody that's even close. If you take the kind of patents that we've filed, the rest of the world combined has published patents on less than 2,000 human genes. We're already up to 2,700 and we've filed more than 7,500 of those.
Tom: Dr. Haseltine, final question. If I'm an investor who's really looking at this industry for the first time, and I recognize that over the next 25 years -- and it may be fair to say the next century, not just the next 25 years and beyond -- that this is going to be critical to human life and is a radical revolutionary commercial development, but I don't know enough about it. How would you go about learning about these companies, thinking about them as an investor who may have a lot of experience in traditional industries like consumer brands or even consumer technology, but now is looking at an unknown in biotechnology and wants to learn more about it.
Haseltine: There are a couple of things I'd do. One, I'd read your website. I think you've put together a very interesting website and in my opinion, it's one of the best in the business. Second thing I would do is, everyone has friends in universities and science. I would seek out friends to help get some basic grounding in what's happening. Also talk to their friends or their physicians about what they think about how this new medical revolution is going to be. There is tremendous enthusiasm.
David: We feel it as well. It is an amazing time that we are living through and we thank you for taking some time to explain exactly what you've been doing with your business. We wish you the best of luck, and also wish you the best of luck on behalf of the millions of people who are going to benefit from biotechnology and the discoveries and solutions in the next century. Thank you very much, Dr. William Haseltine of Human Genome Sciences Inc.
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August 30
"Have you been keeping busy?" the orderly asks, smiling.
"A little," I croak. My voice is crackling and broken; I haven't spoken more than five or ten words today. My throat feels like it's on fire, and the world is swaying around me; even looking into the mirror was a bad idea, because it threatened to throw off my equilibrium. Only the sight of the Steamer anchored me, which when you think about it is really perverse.
Then again, my answer is a bit of a lie, as well. It's true that finals wrapped up last week, and that Kyle has been flitting back and forth between the apartment and the student center in order to get all her papers in order for the move to New York. Naturally, helping her has consumed a lot of my time. But, if there had been any time travelers passing through this era lately, I wouldn't have had time to help her pick out clothes. Subsequently I wouldn't have gotten drenched in that rainstorm last Friday.
"Well, just sit right down, and the PA will be with you soon," the orderly says. She waves vaguely at the examination bed in the room on the left. I nod and pull myself up onto it. As she closes the door to the exam room, the door across the hall opens.
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Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.
Jeremiah 33:3
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience., kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6
"And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the Gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the Gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
Joshua 24:15
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1
"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them"
Ephesians 2:10
"Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life of by death. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain"
Philippians 1:20-21
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service."
Romans 12:1
"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
I Thessalonians 5:16-18
"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work."
II Timothy 3:16-17
Biblical history unfolds a series of covenants: with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and finally, Jesus Christ. These covenants are related to each other like concentric circles, each understood within the context of those before it. The covenants show the message of God's grace, which may be summarized as this: sinners who are righteous by faith will walk in holiness before God and inherit the everlasting kingdom. In 2003, Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church commissioned artist Kathryn Schnabel to design stained glass windows for us, to reflect these six covenants. The main colors which represent each covenant are: black for Adam and Eve, blue for Noah, green for Abraham, red for Moses, purple for David, and gold for Christ.
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, " You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." Genesis 2: 16-17
The LORD God said to the serpent, . . ."I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your off- spring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." Genesis 3: 14-15
It was God's dealings with Adam which established that all human beings since Adam's disobedience are sinners. In the window, we see sin sweeping up from the bottom, muddying the colors of the Garden, and the Tree of Life as half dead, representing the two choices the Lord gave Adam and Eve: life or death.
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant be- tween me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh." Genesis 9:12-16
Within the context of the sinful nature of all mankind, the covenant with Noah reminds us that God will graciously preserve His world despite man's sin. The window shows the ark sailing on a stormy sea headed toward land, and the rainbow overhead.
And, behold, the word of the LORD came to him: '"This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir." And he took him outside and said, "Look toward the heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them. . . . So shall your off- spring be." And he believed the LORD , and he counted it to him as righteousness. Genesis 15: 4-6
God's covenant dealings with Abraham established that sinners, preserved by grace, can only have right standing with God by faith in His promise of life. The stained glass shows twelve stars, representing the twelve tribes of Israel, scattered across the promised land and the sky.
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.." And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, "Behold, the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words." Exodus 24: 7-8
The sinners who are preserved by grace and who have faith are to walk in holiness as taught by the law given to Moses. The red ribbon in the window represents the blood of the plague, the Passover, and the sacrifices taught in the Law. The tablets of the Ten Commandments are on the upper left, and the gray ribbon stands for the forty years the Israelites wandered in the wilderness. Manna is shown at the bottom of the window.
"When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever." 2 Samuel 7:12-13
Within the context of all previous covenants between God and man, the LORD promised David an everlasting kingdom, ruled by his heir. This window depicts a crowd of Philistines at the lower left, and a tent representing the Tabernacle. In the upper half of the window, we see a city, representing both the city of Jerusalem which David built, and the New Jerusalem to come, with the crown overhead.
Jesus Christ
In the same way also he took the cup after supper, saying, "This is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." I Corinthians 11:25
The history of the covenants shows that men are sinners and unbelievers who do not walk in holiness, and, therefore, cannot inherit the everlasting kingdom. God Himself has to remedy the fall with a new covenant in His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, the seed of the woman, the seed of Abraham, the one faithful over His house as Moses was, the son of David, the Son of God. He came as the obedient last Adam to call men to faith and, after making a perfect atonement for sin on the cross, gave the Holy Spirit for our obedience and assured entrance into the kingdom of resurrection life.
The window shows light emanating from the tomb, and swirling up into a flame containing the colors of all the covenants, because Jesus fulfilled them all.


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The Madison Club Lounge in New York's Roosevelt Hotel (theroosevelthotel.com) is one of many drinking dens to host Don Draper in Mad Men. This Madison Avenue hotel, and The Pierre (tajhotels.com), on Fifth Avenue, both feature in the TV show, and have special offers to mark series five, which launched in the UK on Tuesday. The Roosevelt has rooms from $425 including a copy of Mad Men Season 4; The Pierre, the "offices" of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, has themed cocktails. See a slideshow of Draper's New York at nycgo.com.
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Planning a little road trip round France's vineyards this summer? Be aware that the country's road regulations have changed. From 1 July, all drivers on French roads must carry disposable breathalyser kits, to check they aren't over the limit before driving. Those without kits may be fined €17. Some car hire firms, such as Alamo (alamo.co.uk), say they will provide them in cars, but do check.
Cheap date
Beirut makes a fantastic exotic city break – great food, nightlife and culture. One of the hottest hotels in town, the 50-year-old Phoenicia, has a deal for April: two nights, a Lebanese cookery class, massage in the spa, breakfast and transfers for two people costs £312 for stays in April.
• 0871 423 4949, phoeniciabeirut.com
Snow watch
Powder hounds don't have to give up on winter just yet – in California, thanks to a big snow storm last week that dropped 2.7m, the Lake Tahoe resorts of Heavenly and Kirkwood have extended their season. Due to close 15 April, they will now open for the weekends of 20-22 and 27-29 April, if the conditions hold up.
Scotland's new long-distance canoe trail
A 60-mile coast-to-coast waterway across Scotland from just outside Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe sea loch to Inverness in the north-east, which uses the Caledonian Canal, several rivers and a number of lochs, was officially launched last week as the Great Glen Canoe Trail (greatglencanoetrail.info), Scotland's first formal canoe trail.
Although paddlers were already allowed on these waterways, a network of tourist organisations have joined forces to make negotiating the trail easier, with more access points, canoe hire, camping facilities and maps available to those who choose to tackle all or parts of it.
The trail starts at Corpach in the south, at the bottom of an impressive series of lochs called Neptune's Staircase, a wonder of Thomas Telford's Victorian engineering. This, along with the Caledonian Canal, links lochs Linnhe, Lochy, Oich and Ness, allowing boats to "climb" the hills of the Great Glen and avoid a long sea journey around the treacherous tip of the country.
Canoes can't go through those first locks, so they have to be carried up, or you can start at Banavie, three miles away. The whole route takes at least five days, but I did half of it, in four days, and to make things even easier, arranged our trip with Wilderness Scotland (wildernessscotland.com), which provides equipment and a guide – reassuring when winds picked up on the ocean-like lochs. All we needed to do was paddle, pitch camp and relish the adventure through this varied and wild landscape. If you just want a day trip, opt for the Banavie to Gairlochy section, just six miles each way, with Ben Nevis sheltering you. Catherine Mack
What's new?
Britain's first surf museum opens on Friday in Braunton, north Devon, with its inaugural exhibition, The Art of Surf, reflecting 200 years of surf history, from the sketches of early explorers (Captain Cook's crew tried it in Hawaii in 1779) to contemporary graphics.
• Caen Street, museumofbritishsurfing.org.uk
Elephant and Castle, the central but quite insalubrious area of south London, is the unlikely spot for a stylish new hostel, opening in July. Safestay at Elephant & Castle, in John Smith House on Walworth Road, the Labour party's old HQ, will have 407 beds, costing from £18 a night. Private twin rooms, as well as four-, six- and eight-bed bunk rooms will be available.
• safestay.co.uk
Singapore Air's sister carrier Silk Air has launched a new flight to Darwin, via Singapore. Book before 30 April to fly before 30 June 2012 and you can get a return from Manchester for £735, or from Heathrow for £755. Darwin's attractions include a redeveloped waterfront, galleries of indigenous art and encounters with jumping crocodiles.
• singaporeair.com
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Weird attractions
• Spy Museum in DC. Best part, feeling like a spy & crawling through a vent system @paradisotwin
• Hair museum in Turkey rates a mention, but my all-time favourite is Lenin's enormous head, Ulan Ude, Russia @Kath_Murphy
• Toilet Seat Art Museum in Texas, over 1,000 toilet seats painted by one extremely enthusiastic man @alibaverstock
• The instant noodle museum in Japan and the Museum of Bad Art in Boston are pretty odd! @EsmeFox
• Guided tour of the Cerro Rico working mine in Potosí, buying and letting off some dynamite. Boom! @9avin
• The museum of totomoxtle or corn leaf handicrafts in Xico, Mexico. Curious and crafty @AnnoushkaC
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On December 14, 1916, Shirley Hardie Jackson was born to an affluent family in San Francisco. As soon as she learned to write, she began to pen poems, eventually winning a poetry contest at age twelve. In 1933, her family moved east to Rochester, New York, where Shirley went to high school and then on to the University of Rochester. She withdrew after two years, in part because of the tendency to depression which would haunt her for the rest of her life. During this hiatus from college, she developed a discipline of writing at least one thousand words every day.
In 1937, she enrolled in Syracuse University. She initially majored in journalism but then switched to an English major with a minor in speech. She published numerous pieces in school magazines over the following two years. A vehicle for her unconventional outlook was developed when she and two classmates started the literary campus magazine The Spectre. One of these classmates was Stanley Edgar Hyman, who would eventually become her husband.
Jackson and Hyman married after graduation in 1940, and moved to New York City, where Hyman got a job with The New Republic. Jackson worked at Macy's department store for a short time. This experience formed the basis of her first nationally published short story "My Life with R. H. Macy." Between 1942 and 1951, Jackson published almost twenty stories and two novels, gave birth to four children, and moved twice. Her famous...
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Because Jackson chose to handle unusual topics, such as psychosis and ghostly apparitions, some literary critics relegated her to a minor status. Both horror and humor are sometimes considered to be slightly disreputable genres, and many of Jackson's works are categorized as these types. Jackson's complete mastery of the writing craft, however, enabled her to achieve well-deserved commercial and critical success.
Shirley Jackson was born in California on December 14, 1916, and moved with her family to New York when she was sixteen. After an unsuccessful year at the University of Rochester, Jackson enrolled, at age twenty, in the University of Syracuse. This was to be the beginning of an independent life for the author, as she would finally be away from the dominating presence of her mother. At Syracuse, Jackson met Stanley Edgar Hyman, the man she would marry in 1940. Hyman achieved notoriety in his own right as a teacher, writer, and critic. The marriage between Jackson and Hyman was tumultuous in many ways but provided a stabilizing factor for Jackson. Her literary production increased markedly after the marriage and the birth of their...
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MP minister flayed for comment on suicides
Ramkrishna Kusmaria has now blamed old laws for failure to check farmer suicides.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Agricultural Minister Ramkrishna Kusmaria has now blamed old laws for failure to check farmer suicides just a day after making a startling statement that such suicides were the result of past sins.
"Farmers are committing suicides to pay for their old sins. They have made agriculture land barren by using fertilizers and chemicals," Kusmaria had said on Wednesday
The stunning words from the Agricultural Minister came at a time when farmers have been committing suicide and five cases have been reported in the last 15 days alone.
In two of the five cases, the farmers came from Damoh, the home district of Kusmaria.
The statement came a week after the state administration tried to cast a different spin on a farmer's suicide.
"The suicide had nothing to do with debt or a failed crop. He was mentally challenged," Damoh SDM MK Shrivastava had claimed when asked about one of the suicide cases.
But it is not just an inability to repay loans from money-lenders that has forced farmers to take their own lives. It's a vicious combination of debt and successive crop failures and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan's explanations are beginning to ring hollow.
"We will do all that is possible to help the farmers and make agriculture profitable so we can avert such mishaps," Chauhan said.
Meanwhile, the Agriculture Minister's comments are being exploited by the opposition Congress.
"They had promised uninterrupted power, but they did not give that neither have they been provided with insecticides and fertilizers. Under these circumstances when they say that the farmers are paying for their sins the fact is that the farmers are paying for the sins of the government," said Congress leader Arvind Malviya.
In the face of these suicides and attempted suicides the Agriculture Minister's statement has come as a shocker. The Chief Minister misses no opportunity in saying that he is committed towards making agriculture a profitable venture but when it comes to owning up responsibility and taking action there is none.
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PSP Dynasty Warriors Pushed Back
Late December portable version of DW6 Empires now arriving in January.
A last minute delay today for what would have presumably been one of the PSP's big year-end titles. Koei announced a slippage in Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires from its original December 23 date to January 21.
Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires is a PSP version of the Xbox 360 and PS3 "Empires" update to Dynasty Warriors 6. The PSP version promises all the features of the PS3 version, including some of the download content built in from the start.
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Repeated requests for relocation, denied by the court, held not to justify a modification of custody. Hendry v. Osia, No. 94722 (Mo. App. E.D., March 29, 2011), Norton, J.
The parties were divorced in 2006. In 2007, litigation ensued because
the Mother wanted to relocate the children. She lost both at trial and
on appeal. Thereafter, she notified Father of her desire to relocate
again. The Father filed the necessary pleadings in opposition to
relocation and a motion to modify custody so he would be named
"residential custodian" of their children. The trial court denied the
request to relocate and modified custody naming Father "primary
residential custodian." The Mother appealed both the denial of her
request to relocate and the transfer of custody. Held: Reversed. There was sufficient evidence to
support the denial for relocation. However, once the relocation issue
was resolved, modification of custody is not supported by the evidence.
".[T]he trial court relied heavily upon the assumption that Mother
would relocate in its determination of whether modification was in the
best interests of the children."
"As a result of the trial court's denial of Mother's request to
relocate, the children's best interests would continue to be served
with the original custody arrangement."
Trial court's judgment rejecting proposed parenting plans of
Mother, Father and Guardian ad Litem reversed due to lack of
specificity showing court's reasoning. Hall v. Hall, No.72290 (Mo. App. W.D., March 15, 2011), Ahuja, J.
In this divorce case of hotly contested custody, the trial court
rejected the proposed Parenting Plans of Mother, Father and Guardian ad
Litem. Its judgment entry paid summary lip-service to the statutory
factors involved. The Father filed the requisite Rule 78.07(c) motion
for deficiencies in the findings. The court of appeals found that mere
mention of the statutory factors without specificity showing the trial
court's reasoning was insufficient.Held: Reversed."A `checklist' which merely lists
the best interests factors enumerated in Sec. 452.375.2, and indicates
which parent each factor favors, is insufficient to comply with the
statutory mandate." See also Schlatman v. Costa, 193 S.W.3d 430 (Mo. App. W.D. 2006)
Extracurricular activity expenses in a support order should
include limiting language defining their scope, or a cap on expenses,
where one party has sole discretion to determine activities. Pratt v. Ferber, No. 72166 (Mo. App. W.D., March 15, 2011), Mitchell, J.
This was an action for modification of custody, visitation and
support. This summary focuses strictly on the order modifying the
original judgment to require Father to pay one-half of extraordinary
expenses for the child. Father argues that the provisions is so vague
as to be unenforceable. The Mother had decision-making authority in
selecting the extracurricular activities of the child. Held: Reversed with instructions. There is a line of cases that address extra child-rearing costs outside of the monthly child support payment. See Bryson v. Bryson, 624 S.W.2d 92 (Mo. App. E.D. 1981); Toomey v. Toomey, 636 S.W.2d 313 (Mo. banc 1982); Echele v. Echele, 782 S.W.2d 430 (Mo. App. E.D. 1989); Fulton v. Adams, 924 S.W.2d 548 (Mo. App. E.D. 1996).
In the case at bar, while it appears that the parties negotiated an
even sharing of the cost of Daughter's extracurricular activities prior
to the entry of the original dissolution decree, the agreement was
based upon a maximum of $100 per month. What is at issue now is an
order modifying child support. Not based upon an agreement of the
parties - The order in no way limits the types of activities or the
categories of resulting expenses. .[L]imiting language should have
(been) used to define the scope of the activities covered by the order,
or, in the alternative, placed some sort of cap on the extraordinary
expenses that the Father had to pay for Daughter's extracurricular
activities, especially since it gave Mother sole discretion to decide
which activities would occupy Daughter.
The court amended the judgment to cap Father's obligation at no more than $200 per month.
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The continuing drumbeat of bad economic news has spurred the lame-duck Congress to pass an emergency package of pension recovery provisions and pension-related technical corrections. The Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (H.R. 7327), approved by Congress on December 11, suspends required minimum distributions (RMDs) from 401(k) plans, IRAs and similar retirement accounts for 2009, provides pension plan funding relief, and includes long-awaited technical corrections to the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) (P.L. 109-280). President Bush is expected to sign the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act as soon as it reaches his desk.
This year-end round of tax legislation foreshadows much more tax legislation, first in the form of a large stimulus bill, expected to be unveiled by the 111th Congress before President-elect Barack Obama takes office. Pension benefits experts also forecast that the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act represents only the first step in shoring up retirement plans, with further relief likely in 2009.
Impact. The pension package was pushed through Congress before year-end largely in response to two immediate concerns:
(1) the inability of many pension plans to meet new funding obligations that would lead to frozen plans and business cutbacks and (2) the hardship placed on many retirees if they were forced to take RMDs when their retirement savings are at their lowest point in years.
Impact. Two powerful business tax breaks were removed from the final version of the new law: extensions of 50-percent business depreciation and increased Code Sec. 179 expensing. Although both incentives are on track to terminate at the end of 2008, chances remain very good that these tax incentives will be extended into 2009, retroactively in the stimulus bill set for passage in January under the new Obama Administration.
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UPSC Notifies Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination, 2012
Advt no: 11/2012 – CPF Date: 28th of July 2012
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) the apex level agency authorized to conduct various category of recruitment and selection for government sector jobs has announced a notification regarding invitation of application for the recruitment of Assistant Commandants in the Central Armed Police Forces like BSF, CRPF, ITBP, CISF, SSB, etc. The details of the application procedure and the modes of selection are detailed as under.
Essential Requirements:
- The candidate must be a citizen of India
- The candidate must have attained age of 20 and must not have crossed the age of 25 years as on 1st of August 2012 as per the date of birth mentioned on the HSC/ Matriculation certificate
- The candidate must fulfill the minimum academic norms
Name of the Post: Assistant Commandant (Grade A)
Recruitments are open to: Male and Female candidates (Both) for all posts except those with BSF and ITBP, where only male candidates can apply.
Mode of Application: ONLINE only (No other modes of application will be accepted)
Number of Posts: (Total – 401 posts)
How to obtain the application from:
- The application form is available at the Commissions website at www.upsc.gov.in, or at www.upsconline.nic.in
Application fees: (Non-refundable)
- For All category except SC/ ST and Women: Rs. 200
- For SC/ ST and Women: NIL
How to Pay the Application Fee:
- The application fee can be paid in cash at any branch of SBI, or by net banking facility of State Bank of India and its subsidiary Banks or by using any Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card.
- No other forms of payment will be accepted
Important Dates:
- Date of starting of filing Online Application Form: 28th of July 2012
- Last date for filing Online Application Form: 27th of August 2012
- Date of Written Examination: 11th of November 2012
Service Allocation:
The candidate has the option for filing his/ her choices during filing the application form. The service allocation will be done in accordance with the preference order of the candidate and as per the availability of vacancies in the concerned force.
Mode of Selection:
- Phase – I: Written Test
- Phase – II: Physical Standard Test/ Physical Efficiency Test/ Medical Standard Test
- Phase – III: Interview and Personality Test
- The final selection will be based on the overall performance in all the above tests and will follow a merit pattern of selection
- NCC 'B' and 'C' Certificate holders will be offered advantage in the Personal Interview and Personality test phases only
Details of Essential Eligibility Factors:
Age: The candidate must have attained a minimum age of 20 years and should not have crossed 25 years as on 1st of August 2012.
Relaxation in upper age limit is applicable for candidates under appropriate provisions
Academics: A candidate must have a Bachelor's degree from a recognized University in India as on 1st of August 2012
How to Apply:
- The candidates can apply through online mode only by the website of the UPSC at www.upsc.gov.in, or at www.upsconline.nic.in
- The candidates are advised to fill in all details as required by the application form at appropriate spaces
- The candidates are to upload their recent passport size photograph (in .jpg and within 40KB in volume) and their signature at appropriate spaces as required
- All essential details must be filled in with accuracy and precision
- The candidates have to complete their fee payment statement after depositing the fees in appropriate banks
- Any form of alteration to the submitted application form will not be entertained
- The candidates are advised to keep two copies of submitted application form and the original fee receipt for future reference
- No hard-copy of the application should be submitted to the Commission at this stage
- There will be negative marking in the written examination
Important Notes:
- The decision of the Commission with respect to selection will be final and binding
- The numbers of vacancies are subject to change as per specific requirement
- Any sort of personification or canvassing or misleading information may lead to cancellation of application
- The candidates can contact the Commission offer at Telephone No. 011-23385271/ 23381125/ 23098543 for any queries and clarifications on working days
- The candidates are advised to check their email IDs as they have mentioned in their application form for any available updates and notifications from the Commission
For more detail on this recruitment please refer to official advertisement from UPSC here http://www.upsc.gov.in/exams/notifications/2012/cpf/cpf2012_eng.pdf


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Marvel has announced the launch of its newest Facebook game, Marvel: Avengers Alliance Tactics. This new title in the Marvel: Avengers Alliance series is a tactical combat game, which sees players engaging with Marvel heroes in 3D environments to defeat villains from the Marvel universe.
The game places players in the role of S.H.I.E.L.D. commander, in charge of a team of super heroes and a base of operations. Players will interact with characters including Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, while villains like Loki become available as the game's story unfolds.
Each turn-based battle sees players moving their characters around a grid on the board, attacking enemies or defending their positions, where applicable. Each character has a set of specific skills, some of which attack multiple enemies at once, and each has a series of stats in terms of health and defense.
At the end of each encounter, the player earns experience points, as do their participating heroes. As characters level up, they can be trained to unlock new abilities. Iron Man, for instance, quickly receives the Unibeam ability, which can attack enemies from a farther distance than his basic Repulsor Rays attack.
Meanwhile, the overall player level corresponds to base upgrades, like an improved command center with room for heroes and defensive agents.
We had a chance to chat with Executive Producer Gabe Brown, to learn more about the game, and what existing franchise fans can expect.
Inside Social Games: What inspired the creation of this new spin-off for the Marvel: Avengers Alliance series, rather than simply adding this storyline and content to the original game?
Gabe Brown: We really wanted to create a different experience and that's difficult to do by adding to an existing game. Avengers Alliance Tactics introduces the concept of movement. Players can experience their favorite heroes moving through a room to take out the bad guy! We also wanted to push the boundary of what a Facebook game could look like by introducing 3D graphics. In addition to the new gameplay, we're continuing the storyline in both games so players can experience the great story by writer Alex Irvine and our design staff.
ISG: Players will manage a S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters while not in combat. Can you explain a bit about how that will work? What will gamers do there?
GB: The S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters is the player's base of operations. They will need to build it up and defend it from attack as they progress through the game. Each of the facilities in the base provides important functionality that players can leverage in their pursuit of fighting more powerful foes. The big differentiator from the original game is that other players on the world map can attack this. It also lets you interact with other players on the map. We're really excited to expand the possibilities.
ISG: Will the player's role as "S.H.I.E.L.D. Commander" be represented by an in-game avatar, or will players only interact with the 20+ Marvel heroes and villains?
GB: Players will be interacting with the heroes primarily and will also be able to sway villains to join their cause. Players of Avengers Alliance will notice they don't have an agent that represents them in combat and instead have many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that they can recruit and equip with powerful weaponry.
We're excited for this change as it lets players use more heroes in combat and leverages agents in unique ways to help heroes.
ISG: Will the two Marvel: Avengers Alliance titles connect in any way, in terms of gameplay?
GB: We are definitely looking into ways where players who play both games are rewarded for their efforts in each. Stay tuned for more information when we can announce those rewards.
ISG: Do players need experience with the first game to get the most out of Tactics?
GB: Like the awesome Marvel films, we're making it so that players can drop in and have fun even if you haven't enjoyed the first one. Players of the first game will definitely recognize a lot of gameplay, characters and currencies we use.
ISG: How will players be able to spend money in Tactics?
GB: It's all about building the ultimate team. Recruiting heroes, villains, and agents. Leveling them up and purchasing or upgrading new abilities will be available. The player also has the ability to build up their base to get early access to important capabilities to help their cause. Anything that takes a lot of time can be skipped for the players that are in a hurry as well.
ISG: Will the development and future support for Tactics have any effect on the livelihood or future development of the original game?
GB: Both games will be fully supported live titles for as long as our fans play them! As mentioned above we encourage players to play both to earn rewards in each.
ISG: Anything else you'd like to add?
GB: Thanks in advance for playing! Looking forward to seeing everybody in Marvel: Avengers Alliance Tactics.


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Family farewells a 'loveable rogue' and his wife
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The funeral of Terence and Christine Hodson in East Kew.
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Terence Hodson's criminality could have started when he was a child, nicking girls' purses. He also had a habit of consuming his father's Scotch, replacing it with cold tea.
He accumulated a string of criminal convictions, many for drug offences and had recently agreed to help the taskforce investigating corruption in the now-disbanded police drug squad. But that agreement ended when Hodson and his wife of almost 40 years, Christine, were murdered 10 days ago.
Hodson would have turned 57 yesterday. Described as a sharing and fun-loving spirit, he knew how to party and would have done so with his wife and their three children.
Instead, their offspring formed a large part of an intimate gathering paying tribute to the couple in a funeral ceremony at an East Kew chapel. It was a little more than 500 metres from their Harp Road home where they were murdered and later found by their son.
Hodson's criminal past aside, he was lauded yesterday, recalled as "the baby" of five children born to a wealthy English bookie and his wife. The black sheep of the family, he quit school at 14 to begin an apprenticeship.
Conversely, Christine Hodson was the eldest of five children and was from a poor family. She first saw Hodson on a building site and told her sister Linda: "One day I am going to marry him."
True to her word, the pair married, in July 1967, in Wolverhampton, England. They migrated to Perth in 1974.
Hodson established an "empire" that included real estate, prestige cars, furniture manufacturing and horticulture. Those at the funeral did not hear that he was also one of a group charged with stealing a marijuana crop in the 1980s.
His wife had not been charged with any offences and may have been murdered because she knew the identity of her husband's killers. She kept the books for the family's business interests, "crossing all the t's and dotting all the i's".
One daughter, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the congregation she would have to mind her "p's and q's" during her tribute.
Her parents had lived and died together and that was the way it should have been, she said, adding that they were now at rest after "growing tired" of a difficult "situation".
"At least they are happy and at peace," the daughter said.
Hodson was described as a loveable rogue. "He lived his life his way and to the full," said celebrant Jim Macklin. "He knew how to party."
Hodson did not have the high profile of other gangland victims - and it showed. While underworld figures Jason Moran and Graham Kinniburgh had a cast of hundreds at their farewells, yesterday's gathering, minus the funeral staff and media outside, could be counted on fingers and toes. Inside, framed photos of the couple dancing, a Union Jack and a bouquet of flowers were placed on each coffin. At the foot of each were floral tributes that simply said "Mum" and "Dad".


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Value Creation explores the uses and development of the concept of 'value' from both demand and supply perspectives.
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Rose Le Brun
Occupation during 1939:
Wife of Ernie Le Brun the Bush Boss at Skinners New Mill at Royston
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"I suppose we were all scared stiff, but there was nothing you could do. Looking out through the doors at the gully the trees were very tall then, about two hundred feet and the flames were another two hundred feet above that."
Well we didnt get word at all actually, there was a dugout in the creek just near us and a couple of the men were there from the mill. The man in charge of the mill, the mill boss Bill, he decided all of a sudden to get us all out and he got the horse and, what do you call it, the bogie, and he came along, and we women and children were there and I think there were about 10 of us all told, we got on, and he set off to take us down as far as Royston in the hope of us getting onto the SEC tramway there you see.
And he got us all onto this truck and we were all just plodding along when Ernie and another chap whose wife was with us there, they came running back from the fire and took over from old Bill, and made the horse trot. And we just got down to the SEC powerhouse and we could see the fire coming, we could see the trees ablaze and everything.
And we got into the powerhouse which was a big, galvanized iron building. And it had big wire doors, and we got inside, and the kiddies, the 10 of us I think it was, we got into the battery room and stayed there. And the few men that were still about, they got out to the wire doors that were about 10 feet high, and they held blankets up against the doors. Two of them were standing on a table holding blankets up against the wire door and two more were under the table holding blankets against the doors. And then two more men were holding them because of the force of the wind.
The spares were throwing water on the blankets and the men. You see the water drives the turbines in the powerhouse there, so they were getting the water and throwing it on the blankets to keep the smoke and as much of the fire and heat out as they could.
I suppose we were all scared stiff, but there was nothing you could do. Looking out through the doors at the gully, the trees were very tall then, about 200 feet and the flames were another 200 feet above that.
"But of course there were no bridges anywhere because all of the bridges had been burned, so when you came to a gully which was quite often, you had to go right down and up the other side."
It just so happened that on that Tuesday when the fires came through, it was tucker day. What we used to do in the mill, on the Monday was, Mum used to send down our orders with the timber going down to the store and then on the Tuesday and on the Friday, those orders would be sent up and that was our food for the week you see, whatever wed ordered.
Those were big days for us women when we got that because wed all gather around the truck and sort out our doings or food for the week. And as it had happened, on that Tuesday the trucks had got up as far as Royston, and that must have been when the men had to go back and that truckload of food was left there in a little tin shed and that survived.
So when we got out from the powerhouse we raided the tucker boxes of course and we made tea with kerosene tins of water over the bits of fire, and so we were able to eat you see, otherwise we wouldnt have had anything. I dont know what we had. I do remember that one of the boxes going up to one of the mills had some plonk sent up in it, and of course they got on to that. We were so tired from the smoke.
We all just got through it. Then by the Thursday the SEC had got the power going again and they had a line going in to the top of the hill with a steel line for their own works and well, we walked out on that instead of going down the mountain which would have been worse.
But of course there were no bridges anywhere because all of the bridges had been burned, so when you came to a gully, which was quite often, you had to go right down and up the other side. The two women, well one of the old women who couldnt walk, I had to carry her a lot of the way, but the rest of us managed to struggle along to the top of the hill and then as the SEC had got the haulage going there, they were able to lower us down to the Rubicon township in the haulage you see.
"Ern was hit with three bullets through the shoulder, and a bomb went off right beside him hes still got shrapnel in his shoulder and down his side. It shows up every time he has an x-ray"
A couple of weeks later we came back up and stayed with the people at the top of the haulage for about a week or so, and then they got us tents, and Ern and I lived in a tent up there, in two tents up there for over 12 months or more.
Ern had been working for the SEC rebuilding bridges and we were just going to shift down to the bottom of the hill, to rebuild on a block we got from the forestry. But then things were bad in the war, and Ern enlisted, so I went back to town - to my people.
I became an officer in the Australian Womens Army. I was a pay sergeant most of the time. The Americans were tickled pink when Ern was home on leave, as he only had sergeant stripes up and I had six stripes. I was his superior. They used to think it was very funny.
I was working at the Army headquarter in Swanston Street in Melbourne and staying with my parents at Essendon for the five years that Ern was away in the war.
When he came back on leave, I got pregnant with Mike, but he was stillborn. So I didnt have any children til Ern came back injured from Greece. Ern was hit with three bullets through the shoulder, and a bomb went off right beside him hes still got shrapnel in his shoulder and down his side. It shows up every time he has an x-ray. And then Robyn was born a while later when we were living back up in the bush.
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Kimora Lee Simmons Was Dropped Like An Overpriced Hot Potato
A few days ago I read on NYMag.com that Kimora Lee Simmons was parting ways with her brand, Baby Phat. The interweb was all abuzz as to what happened between Simmons and the company behind Baby Phat, Kellwood. Welp, our assumptions that Simmons' ass was dumped were correct. The New York Post reported today that Simmons was "unceremoniously dumped" by Kellwood because she was becoming a bit too expensive.
"Kimora was going over-budget. She'd pay herself a fee to be in the
ads, plus she paid her children fees to appear in ads. It costs
thousands of dollars to airbrush her because she's a size 10. Plus,
they spent a ton of money on body doubles. They would shoot another
model in the clothes, and take Kimora's head and put in on her body."
Let's be serious. Simmons is way too big for her britches and behaves as if Baby Phat were the second coming of Coco Chanel. While having high self-confidence is a wonderful thing, that woman took it to a level no one could afford to keep afloat.
Never one to let a little bad press bring her down, Simmons enjoyed yesterday with her two daughters at Fred Segal in Los Angeles. Time to sell the hot pink Birkin to put dinner on the table…


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Disappointing ship and food: Island Princess Cruise Review by gbcashton
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Disappointing ship and food
Destination: Panama Canal & Central America
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
The food at dinner ranged from merely good to mediocre, with the exception of surf & turf night. Our waitstaff was good, very friendly, but slow. They seemed to be stretched too thin and not properly staffed. We originally were assigned "Anytime Dining". Due to one in our group being diabetic, we were able to get a reserved table, as long as we got there before 6:00. That was fine; we're used to eating at the early seating. Somehow one night, our reserved table got "grabbed" by Anytime Diners who just took it over. The staff had already gotten us another table by the time we got there (early), but we didn't have our same waiters, which was somewhat disappointing. I talked to several Anytime Diners who were SERIOUSLY mad, which is putting it mildly. I was told More more than once that they had waited for over an hour the previous evening, which in my mind, is unacceptable. It's a good thing there weren't many children on the ship, or it would have been chaos. But there were a lot of elderly people, who couldn't or shouldn't have to stand in line for an hour plus.
The wait staff on the Lido Deck in the Horizon Court at breakfast seemed surly. I paid close attention one morning at breakfast and didn't see one attendant even SMILE at either passengers or co-workers. We were rarely asked if we needed anything, more coffee, etc. and had to flag down someone to get us what we needed. They serve juice in glasses the size of shot glasses and act put out if you ask for another. Milk and lemonade are hidden somewhere in the galley behind closed doors and were doled out sparingly.
I was told one night by room service that the only time you can get orange juice is at breakfast. They said they use some kind of a mix and they don't make anymore until the next morning's breakfast. Room service did deliver quickly though, and was very handy for continental breakfast and their version of an Egg McMuffin on a couple of our very early port arrivals.
The only Princess excursion we took was the ferry through the rest of the Canal that the ship didn't go through. It was great and very informative. We used Trip Advisor to find other, local, tours and attractions at a much lower price.
The bartenders were very friendly, as was the front desk crew. Our cabin steward, Christian, was a sweetheart and very responsive to our needs and requests.
All in all, it was a very good trip, but disappointing in some ways. It was obvious Princess is cutting back in many areas, especially food. We had one lovely dinner in the Bayou Cafe & Steakhouse, which was of the quality I've come to expect on cruises even when we're not paying the $20 per person surcharge. I've had better food and service on 2 previous Carnival Cruises, not to mention Royal Caribbean and Celebrity.
I'm very glad we went on this cruise, it was overall very enjoyable and I can now cross the Panama Canal off my "Bucket List". Less
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I have a problem with baseboard thermostats. They don't seem to understand when to shutoff sometimes. Sometimes they seem to get "stuck" on, and they don't "know" when the room is warm enough, in fact it can get a room very hot at times. This is particularly annoying in that i'm a quadriplegic and 3 times this last month i've had to get out of bed to turn the sucker down cuz it was 78 % in my BR. Aaaargh! I hope someone has an answer, i thot of going digital, but for some reason that i don't understand, all these fancy thermostats won't work with baseboard....
Hey Greg. If your stats are wall stats they might be picking up some different air temps from inside or behind the wall. I've seen this happen more than once with a couple of different causes. Sealing in and around the boxes is the quick fix. i'm not sure if caulk is allowed inside the box but they make some electrical putty that would seal the holes. HS>>
HMMMMMMM I assuming you have hotwater baseboard and not electric. I think its a simple fix. Replace the thermostates on the system. I understand you concern with digitals. I have hotwater baseboard. I would recomend a white rogers thermostat for baseboard heat. Its not digital thats what i have. I will try to find a pic if they have a website to show what i have.
Mine is the one on top. Its a heat only..I don't have central air.http://www.whiterogers.com/pdfs/04_C...Cat_pg_020.pdf
Or its this one http://www.whiterogers.com/pdfs/04_C...Cat_pg_019.pdf
I'm not sure but thats what it looks like. When you take the front cover off. There is a Class bubble filled with mercury.
Yes, it is electric. I did think bout insulating around the/behind the thermostats, but haven't tried it yet, guess that IS the easy thing to try. I also did notice u can put the stat on the baseboard, will that work with electric?
Thanks for the help,
Greg: Aaaargh! I hope someone has an answer, i thot of going digital, but for some reason that i don't understand, all these fancy thermostats won't work with baseboard....
Any thoughts?
Thanks again all,
Yes you can put stats on the baseboard but I think you should be able to work with what you have or if the stats are bad replace them on the wall. I would try turning off the power, taking them off the wall,( you can leave them connected) and see if you feel any drafts, cold air. Windy days could be different than calm days. You could shut the power off and move the dial back an forth. You should hear a click at the point where it turns on and off. If you think you need a new stat they should only be about 10 bucks at the electrical supply house. I just installed 4 of them in a rental and they seem to work fine. They have some single pole at the depot but if you are 240volt i would go with double pole.HS..
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Athos as a Diplomatist
D'Artagnan retired to bed -- not to sleep, but to think over all he had heard that evening.
Being naturally goodhearted, and having had once a liking for Athos, which had grown
into a sincere friendship, he was delighted at thus meeting a man full of intelligence and
moral strength, instead of a drunkard. He admitted without annoyance the continued
superiority of Athos over himself, devoid as he was of that jealousy which might have
saddened a less generous disposition; he was delighted also that the high qualities of
Athos appeared to promise favorably for his mission. Nevertheless, it seemed to him that
Athos was not in all respects sincere and frank. Who was the youth he had adopted and
who bore so striking a resemblance to him? What could explain Athos's having re-entered
the world and the extreme sobriety he had observed at table? The absence of Grimaud,
whose name had never once been uttered by Athos, gave D'Artagnan uneasiness. It was
evident either that he no longer possessed the confidence of his friend, or that Athos was
bound by some invisible chain, or that he had been forewarned of the lieutenant's visit.
He could not help thinking of M. Rochefort, whom he had seen in Notre Dame; could De
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IMAGINE stepping into a car-size capsule in downtown Los Angeles and 30 minutes later emerging in San Francisco It's what billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk wants to do, after unveiling a transportation concept that he said could whisk passengers the nearly 650km from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 minutes - half the time it takes an aeroplane.
If it's ever built.
His 'hyperloop' system for travel between major cities would use a large tube. Inside, capsules would float on air, travelling at over 1100kmh. The air would be sucked by a powerful fan at the front and expelled at the rear.
"Short of figuring out real teleportation, which would of course be awesome (someone please do this), the only option for super fast travel is to build a tube over or under the ground that contains a special environment," Musk wrote in his proposal, posted online. The system Musk envisions is not unlike the pneumatic tubes that transport capsules stuffed with paperwork in older buildings. In this case, the cargo would be several people, reclining for the ride.
Coming from almost anyone else, the hyperbole would be hard to take seriously. But Musk has a track record of success. He co-founded online payment service PayPal, electric luxury carmaker Tesla Motors and rocket-building company SpaceX.
The unveiling lived up to the hype part of its name.
Leading up to the unveiling, done on the SpaceX website, online speculation was feverish. Musk has been dropping hints about his system for more than a year during public events, mentioning that it could never crash and would be immune to weather.
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Well, thanks to the internet, professors can now post the syllabi & assignments on the internet prior to the first class... *sigh*
Didn't Michelle's sister go to school in Boston too?
I guess it wouldn't work anyway. Michelle could get her first week's lessons together at home on Monday through Wednesday of that week, and then skate on Thursday and Saturday.
But the problem is, what if she won (Nationals)? Then she would have to skate in the Olympics and miss even more classes in February.
Congratulations to Michelle and Sarah! So happy for both of them.
When's the due date for USFS to announce the TBA at SA?
I am not a grad student, but know some people who are. They say that most work is done alone...reading dozens on books etc. There are not many formal scheduled classes in the undergraduate sense.
Even in post graduate courses though we usually got the first day for introductions etc and generally taking it easier than the rest of the course would be