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This list of crimes was compiled from censored police reports and written by Lydia Sprague
Tool thief
Sometime between 7 p.m. on May 2 and 7 a.m. on May 5, somebody broke into a business in the 1000 block of West Ewing Place.
The burglar attempted to cut the chain-link fence around the building and, after failing to cut a big enough hole, cut the padlock to the gate.
The burglar entered the building by taking the door off.
Inside the building, the suspect took numerous tools, both hand and power tools.
The burglar loaded the stolen tools into a cart that had been in the yard outside and wheeled it away down the road.
The building has a surveillance camera, which captured some images of the burglar.
Hotel robbery
On May 15, shortly after midnight, an employee at a hotel in the 500 block of First Avenue North called 911 after he was robbed.
Around 1:10 a.m., a man walked into the lobby and approached the reception desk. He told the employee to give him all the money.
The receptionist refused several times before the robber threatened to shoot him. The receptionist ultimately gave the robber $160, all the cash in the register.
The robber then calmly walked out of the lobby and went north on First Avenue.
Multiple police units responded and checked the neighborhood for the robber.
A canine unit also responded, but the robber wasn't found.
Kicked-in front door
Residents of a building in the 400 block of Highland Drive called 911 when they got home and found their front door kicked in on May 9.
They said they left at 9:30 a.m. that morning and all was fine. When they returned at 6:30 p.m., the door was kicked in, the doorframe was smashed and the door was open.
One of the residents said he yelled inside several times, then checked the entire home and didn't find anybody. He said lots of doors were open and lights were on.
By the time police arrived, the residents had already gone through the home and made a list of the things that had been taken.
Officers searched for any fingerprints left behind but had no luck.
Car prowl
A couple in the 1800 block of Fifth Avenue North called 911 at 10:30 a.m. on May 6 after waking up to find that their car had been broken into overnight and that the burglar had used their garage-door opener to burglarize their house while they were sleeping.
The couple parked their car on the street in front of their home. In the morning, they discovered that a burglar had forced down the driver-side window and prowled the car.
Several items had been removed from the car and left on the lawn. A GPS was stolen, as well as the garage-door opener.
The burglar used the garage-door opener to enter the garage. Although the door to the home was unlocked, it didn't appear that the burglar went into the living area.
Inside the garage, the suspect went into another, unlocked car. The only item missing from this vehicle was a pair of gloves.
Nothing was missing from the garage itself.


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1. Scope of collecting personal information
2. Methods of collecting personal information
Lotte Hotels may collect personal information in the following ways.
Lotte Hotels collects personal information to provide services, as follows:
|Items to be collected
|Retention period
|Membership entry
Full name (in English), date of birth, title, phone number (mobile or home), email, and country, privilege number, password
To identify a member in accordance with the membership service, To send customers notices and handle complaints To ship membership cards and inform members of Hotel products
One year after the membership cancellation
Full name (in Korean), address
(home or work), ID
|Room Reservations
Full name (in English), date of birth, contact details (mobile or home or work), email, and credit card information
To provide room reservations and revisitation services * Credit card information is collected only for the purpose of a guarantee and direct payment by such credit card.
Two years
|Customer information
Full name, email, and contact details
To respond to customer inquiries and provide services
Two years
|Restaurant reservations
Full name, mobile phone number, and email
To provide reservation and consultation services
Two years
Contact details
|Inquiries about a meetings/weddings
Full name, email, and contact details
To provide reservation and consultation services
Two years
|Privilege rewards membership
Full name (in Korean, and name on your passport), date of birth, gender, email, mobile phone number, and address
To identify a member in accordance with the membership service, To send customers notices and handle complaints To ship membership cards and inform members of Hotel products
One year after the membership cancellation
Company name, job title, and phone number
|Trevi Club membership
Full name, date of birth, gender, mobile phone number, and address
To identify a member in accordance with the membership service, To send customers notices and handle complaints To ship membership cards To inform members of Hotel products To pay annual membership fees (The information is used only for the payment and not stored in the system)
One year after the membership cancellation
Phone number, email, company name, job title, and credit card information
|Fitness Club membership
Full name, date of birth, gender, mobile phone number, address, phone number, and photo
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One yearafter the membership cancellation
Email, company name, and job title
|Family Club Membership
Full name, date of birth, gender, mobile phone number, address, and wedding anniversary
To identify a member in accordance with the membership service, To send customers notices and handle complaints To ship membership cards To give a discount for members' anniversaries To inform members of Hotels product
Email, phone number, company name, and job title
|Room registration card
Full name, date of birth, nationality, and mobile phone number
To identify a member for the purpose of providing revisitation services To send customers notices and handle complaints Inform customers of Hotels products
Two years
Full name, email, address, phone number, company name, and job title
1. Lotte Hotels will dispose of members' personal information without delay once the purpose for collecting or receiving such information is achieved.
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2. We can provide personal information pursuant to relevant laws and regulations without members' consent if doing so is:
3. Lotte Hotels provides personal information to render higher quality services to customers, as follows:
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|Items to Be Provided
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Hotel Lotte DFS Co., Ltd.
Hotels Lotte Busan Co., Ltd.
Lotte Busan DFS
Lotte DF Retail Co., Ltd.
Lotte DF Global Co., Ltd.
Full name, email, membership number, and accrued points
To approve the use of privilege points To provide discount services at the affiliated stores
When the membership is canceled
Lotte Buyeo Resort Co., Ltd.
Full name, date of birth, gender, nationality, mobile phone, email, address, company name, job title, membership number, and accrued points
To approve the use of privilege points To provide discount services at the affiliated stores
When the membership is canceled
Lotte Hotel Busan
Lotte Hotel Moscow
Lotte Legend Hotel Saigon
Name, date of birth, gender, nationality, mobile phone, email, address, company name, job title
Upon return to hotel Provision of services
Two years from date of Stay
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|Period for Retaining and Using Personal Information
Lotte Data Communication Co., Ltd.
Computer systems maintenance
At the time of membership cancellation or when an entrustment contract is terminated
Adcapsule Co., Ltd.
Website maintenance
MG Credit Information Service Co., Ltd.
Recruitment and management of Trevi Club (Seoul & Jeju) membership
GL Marketing Consulting Inc.
Recruitment and management of Trevi Club (Ulsan and Busan) membership
Oracle corporation
Management of e-mailing system
Daehong Communications Inc.
Shipping of magazines published by Lotte Hotels
Upon completion of product delivery
Simmons-K Co., Ltd.
Manufacture and shipment of he:on bed products
Hyundai Decorations Co., Ltd.
Manufacture and shipment of he:on bedding products
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1. Lotte Hotels does not transmit commercial information for profit-making purposes against the clear intentions of customers who have opted out.
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Linda Montano Opening Performance: Singing My Heart Out
Considered a central figure in contemporary performance art, Linda Mary Montano has been at the forefront of avant-garde performance—from exhibiting live chickens to living an exclusively monochromatic life for seven years in "Seven Years of Living Art," and the self-explanatory "Three Day Blindfold"—for the last 40 years.
"I've been there, done that," Montano tells SFR.
This Friday, Montano partakes in a triad of exhibitions at SITE Santa Fe, including State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970 in which her work is featured, and a solo show titled Always Creative that concentrates on the breadth of the former nun's work.
"Her work, basically, is the idea of art/life," SITE assistant curator Janet Dees explains. "The premise is to investigate the relationship between art and life, and blur the lines between them."
Notable is how the artist will present her work to Santa Fe's culturati: with a site-specific "endurance performance" that features the artist center stage on a hydraulic scissor lift, belting Linda Ronstadt and Raka Mukherjee songs.
The attraction to Ronstadt, Montano explains, developed when she first moved to California and was exposed to her music. A fascination quickly developed.
"I made believe I was her, and that became one of the components of this—what I call 'creative schizophrenia'—where I become many different people," she says. "One of the people that I become is a kind of cloned Linda Ronstadt country/western singer."
Montano's love affair with music has been a lifelong one. Her father, a first-generation Italian immigrant, did "everything in order to put food on the table" of their New York home. Including starting a band.
"I have this real connection to this image of my parents—my Dad in a tux and my Mom in these '30s and '40s nightgownish-looking frocks that her mother handmade for her," Montano reminisces. "Music was a big influence. Mother played piano and we sang. Music was a real healing phenomenon in the family."
About the only time her singing became a negative issue was during a short-lived stint as a nun. "They came up to me and said: 'Sister Rose, this is not a nightclub, so when you're singing the Divine Office, please keep your voice down,'" she says with a laugh.
Dubbed Singing My Heart Out, the spectacle will see Montano ascending to seven levels within SITE's structure, one per hour—a continuation of one of the ever-present themes in her latest work: the seven chakras, as well as an ode to her strict Roman Catholic upbringing.
"Sin and crucifixion were my food," Montano says of her upbringing. "The seven hours is also a reference to this kind of penitential, Catholic paradigm," she muses.
Audience participation is not only allowed, it's encouraged, so start rehearsing that riveting performance of "Blue Bayou" you've been meaning to share with the world.
If you'd rather save your pipes for a springtime debut, a special follow-up performance titled
Singing My Heart In is scheduled for the show's closing on Friday, May 17.
"One of the only times my heart is happy is when I'm singing, and so I try to incorporate as much singing as possible in my performances," Montano says. (Enrique Limón)
Thursday - Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
Friday: 10 am - 7 pm
Sunday: 12 - 5 pm
Monday - Wednesday: closed
Admission Fees:
General Admission: $10
Students and Seniors: $5
SITE Santa Fe Members: Free
Fridays: Free
18 and under Free
Where: SITE Santa Fe
Phone: 989-1199
1606 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM
Website: http://www.sitesantafe.org


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How do I properly concatenate a variable in a SQL query? This is what I currently have:
$sql = 'SELECT image, name, description FROM phpbb_anime WHERE image = '.$animeimg.'';
you need to make sure that you generate single quote delimiters for your image string
when it reaches mysql, it wants to look like this --
WHERE image = 'foobar'
of course, that's assuming image is a character column, not a numeric column
if it's a numeric column, and $animeimg is supposed to be an integer, then you should not generate quotes into the sql
you can tell if your statement is correct by echoing $sql before you execute it
Do I need I need to put the actual SQL statement in double or single quotations?
can't help you with that, sorry, i don't do php
what did the echo of $sql produce?
Well I can't particularly echo anything because I keep getting a SQL error
if you're getting an sql error, you must've executed the $sql string using mysql_query() or whatever the command in php is called
could you do the echo before that, please
also, it might help if i could see the error message
$sql = "SELECT image, name, description FROM phpbb_anime WHERE image = '$animeimg'";
echo $sql;
What is output by the echo?
When I echo that out it just outputs the code.
what happens if you submit the SELECT statement, with an appropriate value substituted for $animeimg, to mysql directly?


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Scout the Hunting Area
Scouting an area prior to the hunting season is another important part of pre-hunt preparation.
- Topographic maps indicate features such as water, fields, and wooded areas.
- Careful, slow travel in the area may identify game trails, bedding areas, waterholes, and other game sign that will be extremely valuable when hunting season opens.
- "Stump-sitting" is a great way to quietly observe the area without disturbing the wildlife. Early morning and late afternoon are prime times for spotting game.
- The best time to scout is after the hunting season and before leaf-out.


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FOOTBALL players and managers will always tell you that their focus is only on the next game, but from my experience that is not the case.
And I am certain that everybody behind the scenes at the JD Stadium will beware of this fact: that the next three matches will determine their season.
Saturday's trip to second-bottom Northampton Town is a massive, massive game, but so are the next two at home to Bristol Rovers and Exeter.
Take at least six points from those three matches and Bury will be on 50 points and will probably go on to have a comfortable end to their campaign.
Fail to win any of these games, however, and they will face a struggle to stay in the Football League and I think their future will go right down to the final day of the season.
You can bet your life that the management and players will be focussing on these games like that and, even if they don't discuss it openly, will have a target in mind for every match, up until the end of the season.
They will have every detail covered, right down to the matches their rivals have left and how many points they could conceivably pick up. And, with all those calculations in mind, they will have an ideal points tally to aim at that should keep them in League Two.
But Bury really don't need to look that far ahead as I think their season rests in the balance of these next three games.
If they are successful against Northampton, Bristol and Exeter then they will be more or less safe.
If they are not successful, then to be brutally honest they deserve to be down there and will have to learn pretty quickly how to fight for every point because they will have a battle on their hands.
There will be no more talk about bad luck or difficult fixtures – these are the games where Bury have to pick up points.
And for me this is the time that David Flitcroft needs to instil some of the virtues he had as a player into his team.
I think that has started to happen over the past couple of matches, when Bury have reverted to a more traditional 4-4-2.
What Flitcroft has tried to do before that, introducing his own version of total football through a more fluid 3-4-3 system, has been brilliant, really refreshing.
But I don't think that will get them out of this situation and I don't think it has necessarily worked as well as he would have liked up to this point.
What Flicker needs to do now is make sure his players are ready for the fight and the battle ahead and if they can do that in the next three games then they can start to plan for bigger and better things next season.


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Go Glam With ARIA by alison's One-of-a-Kind, Vintage-Inspired Accessories!
Today's BettyConfidential Shop star, Alison Mahoney of ARIA by alison, dishes on what inspires her, which celebs she'd love to see wear her one-of-a-kind accessories, and more!
-Lucia Peters
Alison Mahoney of ARIA by alison, sporting her Titania headband.
Alison Mahoney never intended to become a designer. A singer and actress by trade, she fell into design while killing time backstage. Little did she know that what began as a hobby would grow into something so amazing! ARIA by alison's one-of-a-kind knitwear and accessories brings a little bit of vintage-inspired glamor to your everyday wardrobe—and when we heard about Alison's line, we just HAD to bring them to you in our BettyConfidential Shop! What better way to live gorgeously than with these fabulous designs, especially with the chilly weather finally arriving?
Alison also recently appeared as the Singing Baker on the Food Network's Sweet Genius. A competition show, Sweet Genius pits America's premiere pastry chefs against each other through three rounds of tasty and creative challenges, with the results judged by master pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel. Is there anything this gal doesn't do?
We sat down with Alison to chat about what inspires her, which celebrities she'd love to dress, and more!
BettyConfidential: How did you become a designer?
Alison Mahoney: I guess you could say I became one by accident. I'm primarily a singer/actress and when I was backstage at one show, waiting to make my entrance, I was crocheting holiday gifts. My fellow cast members and crew encouraged me to sell them by placing orders for my vintage-inspired creations themselves. Today, each new hat design is inspired by the musical in which I am performing in at the time I first make it.
BC: Can you tell us a little about the history of ARIA by alison?
AM: ARIA by alison is a vintage-inspired accessories company that started as a little hobby, and through luck, passion, and some great national magazine press, it has grown each year. Each piece of the one-of-a-kind collection is handcrafted and designed by me. The accessories are named after influential operas and famous roles, as well as musical theater characters and songs.
Catch ARIA by alison's glam designs in BettyConfidential Shop's exclusive flash sale!
BC: You have a bridal line as well. Time for a chicken-and-egg question: Which came first, your knitwear line or your bridal line? How did the one lead to the other?
AM: The bridal line came after my knitwear line. I started designing headbands and they became wildly popular with young, hip brides who were looking for something a little different. It was also around that time that I started to notice there was a move towards classic, vintage, 1940s-style bridal head pieces, while bridesmaids and guests were gravitating toward wearing fascinators (and this was two years before the Royal Wedding!). Since I love vintage fashion and I adore classic glamour, I thought, what a great opportunity to start making veils and fascinators. Early on some bridal editors saw my pieces (and wore them for their weddings!), so I've been featured in the magazines, which has given me some great national visibility.
BC: What was it about design that drew you to it?
AM: I love clothes. I love drama. I love fabulousness. I love quality. I love anything that seems to have a vintage Bettina to it. And many times I can't find that all in a single piece. If I am inspired or have a vision of something I want, I make it. And if I don't know how to make it, I teach myself.
Up next: Alison's favorite designs, which celebs she'd love to see where her line, and more!


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Gail Heriot, Professor of Law at University of San Diego School of Law, Roger Clegg, President of Center for Equal Opportunity, and Ted Delaney, Professor of History at Washington and Lee University discuss recent findings on the effects of affirmative action.
9/25/2012 - W&L Law Prof Chris Seaman on the Problem with the PA Voter ID Law, and why Virginia's Law is Different
Washington and Lee law professor Chris Seaman discusses the ongoing legal fight over PA's voter ID law and how that law is different from efforts in other states, including Virginia.
11/11/2011 - Third Panel - Regulation in the Fringe Economy
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character from the word. For instance, middle("stop") returns 'to'. Note that for corner cases of words with two or one characters,
the middle is an empty string. Here is an example of middle with a string containing several words.
- Code: Select all
>>> T = "an internet server company"
>>> middle(T)
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Fingers: What To Do with a Ruptured Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
—Andrew | Rock and Ice Forum
Wow. You are what we doctors call interesting—that special blend of amazing and unfortunate. At least you can recalibrate to be a left-handed guitarist. Did you know that 60 percent of dominant-hand dexterity is automatically transferred to your other hand without any training? Halfway there! Well done. I am not surprised you got kicked around the medical stables like an unrideable brumby. I have never seen your injury either. But it is difficult to argue with an MRI and that you can't assume the crimp position. Flexor digitorum profundis is the prime mover for finger flexion, not superficialis. Although you will lose some functional coordination of the finger (which will mess more with your plucking than your pulling), strength will be much less affected.The advice you have received thus far is very good. Surgery is a poor option, albeit the only one if you want to regain capacity with this finger. With regard to climbing, the surgical outcome is a gamble for which I would not be so brazen to give odds. Much of injury rehab, however, is dependent on the patient. The medical establishment can be more apocalyptic than the Mayan calendar. Likely outcomes, or even what might be possible given good conditions, are at times discussed in much less detail. The likely worst possible outcome for your finger is that the operation fails and you have some additional scar tissue. The likely best-case scenario is that you get an almost fully functional finger. I wouldn't steer you toward surgery, but I would recommend discussing it with a few different surgeons. Otherwise, become an open-hand aficionado. Forget Hueco. Go to Horsepens, Font and Castle Hill. Become a sloper snob!


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Pop quiz, hot shot: You're going to a party thrown by a host/ess who has everything. What do you bring? You could pay twenty bucks for a bottle of wine that will immediately go into the collection of other bottles, or grab some flowers that will require the host to take time out of her busy hostessing schedule to throw them in water, or bring a dessert that the host will feel obligated to put out at the end of the night even if it doesn't at all go with the menu.
But we have a better idea. Why not make your host a "you partied too hard" package, so that upon awakening to a houseful of dirty dishes and multiple overflowing bags of recycling to be taken out, he or she will have a little something from a special someone (you) to help them power through. We promise your gift will be appreciated more than that cheap scented candle or box of chocolate-covered macadamia nuts.
"You Partied Too Hard" Hostess Gift How-To
This is as simple as collecting your favorite tried-and-tested hangover remedies and presenting them in a charming manner. For this box, we picked out:
● Five Hour Energy (B vitamins and energy!)
● Rebootizer (a detox elixir made from dandelion and acerola!)
● Advil
● Alka-Seltzer
● Emergen-C (vitamin C and B vitamins, anyone?)
● Maker's Mark bourbon (hair of the dog)
● and a few little candies as oh-so-necessary comfort food
Wrap it all up in a cute box or baggie, and be sure to include a card so the recipient knows to invite you to every party they ever throw in the future, you excellent guest, you.


text: Johnny Depp & Amber Heard (Stuart Wilson/Getty Images) [ The Rum Diary [Celluloid Hero] By Varacchi June 28, 2012 Let's do a shot of rum in honor of Hunter S. Thompson while enjoying this week's [Celluloid Hero]. Read More Category: Celluloid Hero, Movies Tags: Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi, Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, The Rum Diary Send to a friend! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr!


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On April 19, 2017, the Canadian Opera Company is hosting a closed meeting at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, organized by Dr. Dylan Robinson of Queen's University, to discuss First Nations song protocol and the use of Indigenous songs in Canadian compositions, such as Harry Somers' Louis Riel.
Those who have been invited to the April 19 gathering are members of the Nisg̱a'a, Métis and other First Nations arts and music communities, members of the 2017 Louis Riel production, representatives from the Canadian Opera Company, National Arts Centre, Canadian Music Centre, and Canada Council for the Arts, as well as advisors and executors to the estates of Louis Riel's composer Harry Somers and librettist Mavor Moore.
"One intention of the gathering is to begin the process of developing policy related to Indigenous protocol for new music involving Indigenous participants, and music that misuses Indigenous song," says Dr. Dylan Robinson, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts. "This work of creative repatriation is essential in the ongoing process of reconciliation."
The score of Somers' Louis Riel includes the "Kuyas" aria, which opens Act III and is sung in Cree by the artist in the role of Marguerite Riel, Louis Riel's wife. The music for the "Kuyas" aria was based on a Nisg̱a'a mourning song called "Song of Skateen" that was recorded by Marius Barbeau and transcribed by Sir Ernest MacMillan on the Nass River in 1927.
"The COC is in a unique position to use its presentation of Louis Riel to discuss the issues arising from a longer history of colonialization and appropriation," says COC General Director Alexander Neef. "These are complicated issues and we hope it leads to a future that takes into consideration the aesthetic, spiritual, cultural and educational ways forward."
The "Song of Skateen" is one of hundreds of First Nations songs collected by ethnographers during the early 20th century, shared with the understanding that it was to keep them safe for future generations. Many agreed to have their songs recorded believing that the Indian Act's censorship of performing their songs and dances would result in their eventual loss, unaware that these materials may one day be used in contemporary compositions without their consent. The "Song of Skateen", a Nisg̱a'a mourning song, was used by Harry Somers without knowledge of Nisg̱a'a protocol that dictates that such songs must only be sung at the appropriate times, and only by those who hold the hereditary rights to sing such songs. To sing mourning songs in other contexts is a legal offence for Nisg̱a'a people and can also have negative spiritual impacts upon the lives of singers and listeners.
"Given that this particular song was made available through ethnographic recording/transcription currently held within a museum collection, it is also our hope that we may think about new possibilities and creative projects for music organizations to support the work of reconnecting Indigenous songs with Indigenous artists," adds Robinson.
With respect to both the Nisg̱a'a and Métis peoples and in recognition of how the songs of one nation are not the same as another's, the COC and NAC co-production of Louis Riel acknowledges the current holder of the hereditary rights to this song: Sim'oogit Sg̱at'iin, hereditary chief Isaac Gonu, Gisḵ'ansnaat (Grizzly Bear Clan), Gitlax̱t'aamiks, B.C.
In recognition of the Nisg̱a'a people and to correct the attribution of "Song of Skateen," the COC's opening night performance of Louis Riel on April 20 will begin with an oratory and musical address from G̱oothl Ts'imilx Mike Dangeli and Wal'aks Keane Tait of the Nisg̱a'a First Nation with the Git Hayetsk and Kwhlii Gibaygum Nisg̱a'a Dancers, two internationally renowned dance groups from Vancouver, B.C.
The purpose of the April 19 consultation event is not to reach a conclusive decision, but to open a dialogue between relevant parties and organizations that will clarify these issues in the future.
Professor Dylan Robinson is a scholar of Stó:lō descent who holds the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen's University, located on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples. His research has been supported by national and international fellowships at the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto, in the Canadian Studies Program at the University of California Berkeley, the Indigeneity in the Contemporary World project at Royal Holloway University of London, and a Banting Postdoctoral fellowship in the First Nations Studies Program at the University of British Columbia. His most recent book, the edited collection Arts of Engagement (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016) examines the role that the arts and Indigenous cultural practices played in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the Indian Residential Schools. His forthcoming book, Hungry Listening, focuses on collaboration between Indigenous performers, composers and artists and classical music ensembles.
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By Claudine Domingue, Director of Public Relations
During the summer of 2016, the COC's Director of Public Relations, Claudine Domingue, spoke with singers and creative team members who were part of the original 1967 production of Louis Riel. Sadly, Bernard Turgeon, who originated the role of Louis Riel, passed away in October 2016, just a few short months after this interview took place. We are grateful that his memories of this iconic Canadian work, along with those of the rest of these great artists, have been preserved and are now being shared with a new generation of Louis Riel audiences.
There's no question that the world premiere of Louis Riel in 1967 was a seminal moment in the COC's storied history. But, after speaking with several of the original collaborators, it became quickly apparent that the production was equally momentous in the lives of the artists who created it. Fifty years after its first performance, these artists speak about it as if it happened just yesterday, with all the joy, apprehension and excitement they must have experienced then.
"I think the whole thing; the fact that it was a new work—a Canadian work—with Canadian composer, librettist, conductor and director, and all the Canadian singers, made it really special," says Leon Major, the original production's director. Conductor Victor Feldbrill concurs. "To be involved with the very first important Canadian opera was a tremendous responsibility, and a great challenge." Major and Feldbrill were brought on early to the project while composer Harry Somers and librettist Mavor Moore were still working on the opera.
"It was quite an accomplishment, and such a team effort," says Feldbrill. "Leon, me, Murray Laufer and Marie Day—we were there every moment of the composition as Harry was composing. We got to know the work as it was being created."
All of them speak about the care they took to tell the tale as responsibly as possible. Major says that the entire team worked for over a year on the project. "The research that Murray, Marie, Bernard and I did was extraordinary. We wanted to make sure it was accurate, and we didn't want to short-change anyone."
Costume designer Marie Day, who, along with her husband set designer Murray Laufer, created the look of the opera, calls the months spent researching Riel's life and times "an amazing adventure." They wanted the show to be historically pertinent. "History made Riel out to be a kind of shabby half-breed who probably never had a bath, but we wanted to get him right. It mattered so much to us." In the spirit of accuracy Day went so far as giving Turgeon an actual buffalo coat that he wore throughout rehearsals. It was "incredibly hot and heavy and smelly—and he wore it all the time—I don't know how he did it," says Day.
Wearing a real buffalo coat throughout rehearsals was just one of the ways baritone Bernard Turgeon threw himself into the title role. When he found out he'd been given the part, Turgeon picked up and moved to Saint Boniface, Manitoba for almost two years. There he absorbed Riel's world—the people, the environment, the history—as thoroughly as he could before coming back to Toronto to rehearse.
As Major says, "Bernard made that role. He took Louis Riel into his own body. In rehearsal, when I'd go to talk to him, I was talking to Riel, not Bernard." Roxolana Roslak, who sang the role of Marguerite, Riel's young wife, agrees, "He was so possessed, in the most positive sense, by the character that it was incredible to watch." And Feldbrill adds, "Bernard was Louis Riel from day one."
For his part, Turgeon admitted "it was the greatest, most difficult experience of my life." But, ever humble, he gave his castmate the kudos, "I thought Roxy's aria [the unaccompanied lullaby, 'Kuyas'] was the highlight of the evening."
Roslak herself notes that, apart from the technical difficulty of the music, Somers perfectly positioned the lullaby at the beginning of Act III to allow for the greatest impact. "After two acts featuring very tumultuous music and mostly male voices, it was such a beautiful change of pace. Out of the darkness and quiet there's just… sound." The lullaby starts as description of the hunt then transitions into a soothing lullaby as Marguerite rocks her infant son to sleep, and by the end is "almost a cry from the heart. Harry was like that; he put the work in the notes and let you discover it yourself."
To a person, all agree that a new COC production is cause for celebration, even if some may have had some initial misgivings. Day admits, "at first, I didn't want anyone to touch what we did. But now I'm really excited, because we have a whole new generation looking at the story!"
As Leon Major enthuses, "I'm just thrilled the COC is doing a new production. It would be a calamity if you tried to do a similar version, or to copy what we did. It was 50 years ago. It would be madness. It would be a throwback. No, no, it has to be now."
This article originally appeared in the COC's Fall 2016 Program.
Photo credits (top - bottom): A scene from Louis Riel (COC, 1975); (l-r) Donald Saunders, Bernard Turgeon, John Arab, and Peter Milne in Louis Riel (COC, 1975); Roxolana Roslak in Louis Riel (COC, 1975). Photos by Robert Ragsdale.
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In conjunction with the our new production of Harry Somers' Louis Riel, FREE events are taking place in Toronto throughout the month of April, allowing the general public to discover this uniquely Canadian contribution to the opera world, as well as the Métis history and cultural traditions that inspired the operatic tale of the Métis leader and Canada's westward expansion.
On April 13, from 12 – 1 p.m., the V'ni Dansi's Louis Riel Métis Dancers bring the rhythms and images of the Métis spirit alive through traditional and contemporary styles of Métis dance and music. The Vancouver-based company is dedicated to sharing the dances, stories and culture of the Métis and, on April 13, performs in the Free Concert Series for the first time in celebration of the Métis people.
On April 20, the Métis Fiddler Quartet comes to the Free Concert Series from 12 – 1 p.m., presenting a musical voyage that travels the trade routes of the Northwestern frontier. Born in Winnipeg, the four Delbaere-Sawchuk siblings: Alyssa, Conlin, Nicholas and Danton, of the Métis Fiddler Quartet, perform Métis fiddle music passed down by their elders, while drawing on their diverse backgrounds in classical music, jazz and beyond. On April 20, audience members are encouraged to clap, jig and sing along with this award-winning group and discover the history of the Métis people in Canada through fiddle tunes and songs.
On April 12, the COC hosts Rebel Without a Chance: Louis Riel at the Toronto Public Library – Don Mills location (888 Lawrence Ave. E.) as part of our Opera Talks series. In this free and interactive session, Opera Canada editor Wayne Gooding offers a multi-media exploration of the theme of opera and revolution by examining how the opera Louis Riel tells the story of this important historical figure. Rebel Without a Chance: Louis Riel takes places at 7 p.m. No advance registration is required. For more information, please visit www.coc.ca/OperaTalks.
On April 13, the COC's Youth Opera Lab series explores the traditional music of the Métis people in a workshop led by musician and educator Conlin Delbaere-Sawchuk of the Métis Fiddler Quartet. This free workshop for teens and young adults ages 16 to 24 takes place from 5 – 9:30 p.m. at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (145 Queen St. W.) and includes the opportunity to observe an on-stage rehearsal of Louis Riel. Youth Opera Lab spaces are free but advance application is required to secure one of the 25 spots available. Applications are available at www.coc.ca/YOL and are being accepted until April 5, 2017.
On April 21, the free, day-long symposium Hearing Riel explores the complex biographical, historical and political terrain of Harry Somers' landmark Canadian opera. Symposium presenters include Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada; John Ralston Saul, author of A Fair Country; Métis activist and lawyer Jean Teillet, grandniece of Louis Riel; Adam Gaudry, Métis Assistant Professor, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta; and Peter Hinton, director of our production of Louis Riel. This special, one-day-only event is presented by the COC in partnership with the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music and the Humanities Initiative of the Munk School of Global Affairs. The symposium runs from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Ave., St. George Campus, University of Toronto.) Admission is free and tickets can be reserved in advance as of April 4 by visiting www.coc.ca/HearingRiel or by calling the Box Office at 416-363-8231. There is a limit of one ticket per person.
Louis Riel is onstage at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts from April 20 to May 13. For more information and to purchase tickets, please click here.
Sara Fulgoni in the COC production of Bluebeard's Castle. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2001


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People convicted of rioting anywhere in the UK will be liable for eviction from their home if a new bill passes through Parliament this month.
The proposed legislation would make tenants liable for eviction if they are convicted of serious offences in the property or its vicinity and if they breach criminal behaviour orders or noise abatement laws.
It also states those living in council houses, social housing and private properties convicted of "an offence which took place during, and at the scene of, a riot" regardless of where it took place would also face potential eviction, as would their fellow householders.
Ministers have approved the new law, called the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill, in principle and it is now being scrutinised in the House of Lords.
The August 2011 riots caused widespread destruction in southwest London, with the worst affected areas in Croydon town centre and around Clapham Junction station in Battersea.
There was also looting in Colliers Wood (Merton), Sutton town centre and Balham.
Under current legislation landlords can seek eviction orders for those involved in disturbances in their local area but not elsewhere in the UK.
Under the new law it would not matter where the disturbance took place for an eviction to be legitimate.
Courts could only act if they decided the grounds for eviction were "reasonable", if cases were brought to them within 12 months of a conviction and if the landlords clearly stated the grounds on which they were seeking the expulsion.
Judges, it insists, will be able to take into account the impact on other family members, including children, when deciding whether to grant a possession order.
In 2012, Wandsworth Council announced it would not be pursuing the eviction of Daniel Sartain-Clarke
Following a meeting with the rioter's mother Maite de la Calva, the council agreed not to evict the family, subject to receiving written assurances that there would be no further breaches of her tenancy agreement.
Council tenants must sign a binding agreement that neither they nor any of their household members will engage in criminal or anti-social behaviour anywhere in the borough.
Those doing so, or behaving in a way which causes fear, harassment or nuisance to other residents face potential eviction.
Last summer, the council successfully evicted a man convicted of taking part in the August 2011 riots.
Looter Jonathan Mason, 37, of Fontley Way, Roehampton, was booted out of his flat on the anniversary of his involvement in the disorder.
He was the first council house tenant be evicted based upon his actions during the civil unrest.


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Bill Ladson
Walk-off magic extends Nats' streak to 10
Error by Pacheco allows game's only run to score in bottom of ninth
WASHINGTON -- Not only did the Nationals win their 10th consecutive game Thursday, they had another walk-off victory at Nationals Park.
An error by third baseman Jordan Pacheco in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Nationals edge the D-backs, 1-0. It was Washington's fifth walk-off victory in the last six games. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the last team to accomplish that feat was the Astros from July 19-24, 1986.
Nationals manager Matt Williams was stoic after the game, realizing that his team cannot rest on what it has accomplished.
"I've experienced a lot in my time in baseball, certainly not as much as other folks," Williams said. "But I understand appreciating what you have and working hard to get what you want. That's important to me and it's important to those guys, so that's how we approach it.
"I love to see them do well. … That's important to me. My job is to guide them and help them do that. That's gratifying. But I refuse to go too far one way or the other because it doesn't work for me and it won't work for our team either."
Left-hander Oliver Perez started the final inning for Arizona and allowed a single to Denard Span with one out.
Arizona manager Kirk Gibson decided to bring in right-hander Evan Marshall, the same pitcher who allowed the game-winning hit to Anthony Rendon on Wednesday night. Unlike the previous day, Marshall decided to mix things up. He wasn't going to throw only fastballs.
Span then stole second base, his 27th of the season. Span called it his most important steal of his career.
"That's what speed guys like me dream of, getting stolen bases like that and helping your team win and getting in scoring position like that," he said. "That's way more important than stealing two or three bags in the first five innings. That was probably my first meaningful bag of my career right there, where I actually stole a base and put us in a position to win."
Rendon then hit a ground ball to Pacheco, who threw the ball past first baseman Mark Trumbo, allowing Span to score the winning run.
"We'll take it. It would be nice to get up by five or six [runs], but we'll take it any day of the week," Span said.
Said Pacheco, "I had a good grip on [the ball], I just had to rush it and at that time, I was just caught in between."
The winning streak matches the team record set in 2005. The victory also means that Williams will impersonate Babe Ruth sometime this season. Earlier this season, Williams vowed that he would impersonate the baseball legend if the Nationals won 10 consecutive games. As a member of the Giants, Williams once impersonated Ruth's famous stance and home-run trot. But don't look for Williams to do the impersonation any time soon.
"It's not appropriate. You talk to folks and you say, 'Sure, we would love to win 10 in a row.' At some point, it will be fun and appropriate, but not right now," Williams said.
Left-hander Gio Gonzalez had his best start since July 26 against the Reds. He pitched seven shutout innings, allowed four hits, walked three and struck out six. It also helped he was able to get outs with his curveball. However, Gonzalez found himself in trouble a couple of times, but managed to get out of it.
In the third inning, Arizona had runners on second and third with one out, but Ender Inciarte lined out to shortstop Danny Espinosa and Cliff Pennington flied out to right fielder Jayson Werth.
Two innings later, the D-backs had the bases loaded with two outs, however, Gonzalez was able to get out of the inning when Pennington popped up to first baseman Adam LaRoche.
"It wouldn't be the same if we didn't get a walk-off win. It's a perfect way to have a perfect 10" Gonzalez said. "It was fun just being a part of something that is going on. We had such great pitching lately. Our bullpen has been fantastic. Again, Nats win on a walk off. I just wanted try to blend in with the rest of the rotation, try not to stick out like a sore thumb."
The day would not have been complete without someone getting a Gatorade shower and it turned out to be the guy who scored the game-winning run: Span. He saw Rendon opening the Gatorade lid, so he was waiting to get doused.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Dining on a Budget | Sabor Colombiano
Updated 10:04 am, Friday, April 12, 2013
Fried plantains seem simple, but doing them right requires considerable practice and competence. They begin with a cook's skill in choosing the fruit and peeling it at the right time. Too soon and it's starchy and nearly flavorless; too late and it's sweet and will likely absorb oil and turn out greasy. Then there's the matter of the correct temperature of the frying oil and cooking it for the correct amount of time.
The mother-daughter team of Fanny Valdez (a native of Cali, Colombia) and Jame Arias turn out platanos that are slightly crisp on the outside with a deft balance of starch and sweetness from the right amount of ripeness.
They do, however, take a bit of effort to find, requiring you to check their location on Facebook or Twitter.
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The duo run Sabor Colombiano, a full-size RV converted into a food truck. It parks most often at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and the Rackspace campus, but it sometimes visits other locations, too.
For those unfamiliar with the cuisine of Colombia, it reflects an incredibly varied geography that includes Pacific and Caribbean beaches, the Amazon rain forest, and large grasslands, with the majority of that country's population living in the highlands of the Andes mountains. These natural features, combined with a cultural heritage of indigenous people and immigrants from Africa, Europe and the Middle East, combine to produce an intriguing cuisine.
Sabor Colombiano is one of those rare places where it's difficult to make a bad choice.
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Sabor Colombiano
Food truck, location varies. Check Facebook and Twitter for location. 210-639-7922, www.sabor colombianoonwheels.com,
Hours: Check social media for hours.
Price range: $2-$12
Hit: Empanadas, roasted pork
Miss: Please move into a brick-and-mortar place so we can visit more often.
Lighter Choice: Arroz con pollo is "kind of" lighter.
Noteworthy: The truck will be at several Fiesta events, including Best of the West, Taste of the Northside and King William Fair. Just sayin'.
You must try the empanadas. They're made from pre-cooked cornmeal, known as masa harina precocida or masarepa, and have a different texture from the white flour empanadas best known in other parts of South America, and from the corn masa creations in Mexico. The dough for the Colombian empanadas tastes more like cornmeal or polenta, but it's crisp on the outside. Inside the dough, there's a moist mixture of ground beef, finely diced potatoes and onions that is juicy, not greasy. Biting into this empanada is one of those "this is amazing" moments that make eating out worthwhile.
That same precooked masa comprises the arepas, corncakes that look like a cross between an English muffin and a sope. Order them topped with one of several meats or use them to scoop up some beans in the sampler platter, the Sabor Plate.
That plate offers meaty red beans in a thick broth; shredded chicken in yellow rice with peas and diced carrots; an empanada; a pair of fried plantain slices; and either shredded brisket or a moist, tender and slow-roasted chopped pork.
The flavors of that pork, balanced among savory, salty and pure porkiness, produce a memorable sensation.
If the brisket is anything like the pork, I can't wait to get back to try it.
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The firmware is being looked for in /lib/firmware. Those files don't exist in BT. An Ubuntu makes some note of it depending on linux-ubuntu-modules or something like that. Anyways...I went to the ipw2200 firmware page, and extracted the files to /lib/firmware. From there, you can reboot or rmmod ipw2200 && modprobe ipw2200 to resolve.
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Highlights from Mr. Adnan Oktar's interview on 12 October 2012
A9 TV, 12 October 2012
(In response to an e-mail of an audience-member "Some diseases befall people. This is very painful. What is the wisdom in it?")
Pain and suffering make us understand that this world is transitory. Just think about how human beings would be like if there were no diseases, pain or death at all. Weaknesses, diseases, deaths and pain simply make people feel closer to Allah with exuberance. Indeed ,Allah grants them to people as a blessing so that they no longer get involved with the trifling matters of this world that make them love themselves. It seems like a scourge but it is a blessing, for they are instrumental in making people attain eternal life. Otherwise people forget Allah. How horrible it is!
May Allah forbid, one forgets the love of Allah. How horrible it is! It ensures one to draw closer to Allah and have a profound love of Him. Think of yourself and your close ones. You have probably seen those who went through serious diseases. You have probably seen how conceited, arrogant people turn into innocent people of love. They change drastically. Allah gives pain and suffering, but He also cures them. Allah creates medicine that will alleviate even the severest pain. It is Allah Who creates both the pain and medicine. Allah eliminates the pain through medicine. It is Allah Who eliminates the pain, but He makes the medicine instrumental in that. In the verse, Allah states that He does not give the kind of burden that one can not put up with. No one encounters anything that he can not resist.


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Well, we were busy chasing down rumors of a comedy roundup of prominent citizens and civic leaders in Chiefland today to raise funds for the Chiefland Centennial Committee.
But then the editor got herself jailed and we decided we don't want to run that story. However, the boss says the mug shot can run with her next Good News column. Look for more photos in next week's Citizen. (And we're not talking about the editor's mugshot)
The event was a fundraiser by the Suwannee Valley Rotary Club with 100 percent of the bail money — at $50 per person — going to the Chiefland Centennial Celebration Committee. Halfway through the lunch hour the committee had received over $1,200 in "donations."
P.S. The boss would not pay the bail for her. Her husband wanted to know how much he had to pay for the Chiefland Rotary Posse to keep her in jail. A friend eventually promised to pay the bail ao she could come back to work.
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I am a semi retired fit, teacher (62yrs), divorced with four grown up children (not dependant), I raised as a single parent after my husband left.
For the past three years I have been in a relationship with a man who lives in Melb. He has two adult children. We are planning to live together but the finances are worrying me. I have a lovely home in Sydney I will need to sell to buy a unit a property for us to live in, maybe on the coast...where we'll live together.
My friend has no property and few assets but lost his home in a divorce years ago. Although he is well respected in his profession I do not have confidence in his business or money managing skills (to be honest).
How can I protect my assets if we move in with one another as I'd like to leave my property to my children when I die (and not his family as they have had plenty in the past). Is a pre-nuptial arrangement the only way to do this? Can I "will it" to them without such an Agreement?
I have thought of setting up a trust, maybe? I raised it with my solicitor and he seems to be stalling in getting it done....I feel I need some guidance here as I don't want to lose our family assets I have worked so hard for just because I am in relationship.
It is great that you've chosen to address these issues early in the relationship because once you start living together, certain obligations will arise in respect of assets.
You need to talk to a lawyer who specialises in estate planning and talk about executing a Binding Financial Agreeement (once called a Pre-Nup), and also a new Will.
Make sure that any property that you buy together is held as Tenants in Common - if it is held as Joint Tenants it will automatically pass to the survivor on death. A good lawyer will be able to put all your fears at rest.


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AN INVESTIGATION is underway after a car lost control following a high-speed police chase.
The incident happened after police tried to stop a blue Ford Mondeo in Burnley during the early hours of the morning.
Officers caught up with the vehicle in Blackburn Road, Haslingden, where the driver of the car lost control on a bend and hit a building.
There were two people in the car, one who was treated for minor injuries, and another who suffered a serious head injury.
Their condition was not thought to be life-threatening.
The case was referred by Lancashire Police to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which has since authorised a local investigation into the crash, which happened shortly after 2.35pm on Monday (Jan 20).
A police spokeswoman said: "Officers attempted to stop a blue Ford Mondeo in the Burnley area.
"The vehicle refused to stop and drove off at speed.
"The vehicle was subsequently pursued by a police vehicle.
"As the Mondeo entered Blackburn Road, Haslingden, while negotiating a bend in the road, the driver lost control and the vehicle left the road before colliding with a building.
"An investigation into the collision continues."
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Within hours of the Saturday, Jan. 8, shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz., that left six dead and 14 — including the gunman's apparent primary target, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — wounded, a nationwide discussion — perhaps "argument" is a better word — had begun over the role that extreme political rhetoric had played in the massacre. And one of the first names to pop up in that discussion was that of Sarah Palin, the former Alaskan governor and former vice presidential candidate turned rightwing political pundit and reality TV star.
Giffords was one of the Democratic members of Congress who, in a campaign flyer posted on Palin's website, had been "targeted" for defeat by Republicans in last November's elections. The flyer included a graphic of a map with the "targeted' districts marked by gunsights. That flyer along with Palin's "don't retreat, reload" comment, along with Nevada rightwinger Sharon Angle's "Second Amendment remedies" comment, have gotten a lot of play in the days since the shootings.
Palin's people took the flyer off the website within hours of the shooting, but it wasn't until today that Palin herself spoke up, releasing a video in which she declares that political rhetoric had nothing to do with the shootings in Arizona and decrying the "irresponsible statements from people attempting to apportion blame" for the massacre to her and other rightwing pundits. The responsibility, Palin declared, lies solely with the alleged shooter, Jared Lee Loughner.
Since we don't know yet — and really may never know — what prompted this young man to open fire at Giffords and the others on Saturday, I find myself agreeing with Palin, at least a little. Let's get our facts straight, so to speak, before we start laying blame.


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The walls didn't talk in the century-old Wolseley home Lori Dustan Lafond and her husband, Darrell, moved into six years ago.
But the floorboards did.
Darrell vividly remembers the moment and how it happened.
He and his dad, Denis, were renovating the house, and they had just pulled out a few of the old fir planks in the third-floor attic floor, "and my dad said, 'Wouldn't it be awesome if we found some old money or something.' "
Moments later, Darrell spotted the something -- a stash of love letters dating back to the First World War.
"I just kept pulling them out," said Darrell.
More than 160 of them.
They were addressed in handsome handwriting by Cliff Chapman to "Miss Meryl Snyder, 202 Ethelbert St." The same house where the Lafonds and their three girls live today.
So who were these young lovers? What happened to them? And how could Lori and Darrell find the surviving family this buried treasure of intimate memories belongs to?
Oh yeah, and why were they hidden?
There really was only one way to find out: Start to read them.
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It's been five years since Darrell made the discovery, but it was only this month Lori finally contacted me in hopes of finding the family.
Life -- having babies, doing her master's degree and working as a teacher -- had distracted Lori from her mission.
Although, Lori occasionally drank a glass of wine while going through the letters she kept in a shoebox.
It turned out the first one was so hot, it wasn't there.
Meryl had burned it.
As Lori would learn in the first letter that survived -- dated Sept. 3, 1917 -- Meryl did that at the urging of her suitor and relentless correspondent, Cliff, a farmboy she met at agricultural school. Pleading with her to burn it was his way of expunging words he regretted writing.
The early letters had been written from the Chapmans' farm, near Beresford, in southwestern Manitoba.
"The letters are very romantic," Lori said. "He writes, 'I love you to the depths of the ocean.' In some letters, he goes on for two to three pages of how he feels about her."
There's also a degree of Downton Abbey-like drama from the era.
That initial conflict that goes up in flames, another suitor, repeated concern that Meryl won't commit to Cliff, wondering if Meryl's strong-willed mother and pipe-smoking CNR conductor father will approve of him. And the spectre of conscription and war.
His parents need him on their farm. The Royal Air Force needs him at the front.
On April 4, 1917, Cliff writes that he has been called up and only has days to report.
Cliff would go on to survive plane crashes and the war.
Lori read all of 1917, and half of 1918 before skipping ahead to 1920.
"I wanted to know how it ended," she said.
"It's a cliffhanger. He's still away, and no mention of when he's coming back."
There was an ending to Lori's search, though. A happy ending.
By 1920 -- the year the letters finish -- Cliff and Meryl would graduate together from the Manitoba Agricultural College. By 1924, they would be wed, at 202 Ethelbert, two floors below where the young lovers' letters were still hidden.
Lori and Darrell didn't learn about the marriage from letters, of course, but from searching public records.
She would also learn that Meryl and Cliff had three sons who were raised in Regina, where Cliff worked as a manager for an insurance company, before being transferred to Toronto. And they learned Cliff would die in his mid-80s in 1982, and Meryl would live until she was 95.
But they only learned some of that detail this week because on Thursday, I located the family.
The couple's only surviving child, Donald Champman, is 88 and a retired University of Manitoba-educated architect who resides in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
"They found all those letters?" Donald exclaimed when I told him about the discovery. "From my father to my mother? Oh, that's fantastic."
Lori and Darrell sent the letters to the family by courier on Friday. For Donald Chapman, the previously unknown letters offer an insight rarely seen by children; an intimate and revealing account of who his parents were as young people in love.
"I don't know what he was like in front of his children." Lori said, "but you can tell he's definitely very in love with her."
Of course, Lori is happy the family will finally have them. Yet sad, too.
"I've had them in my possession for a few years and they've been in our house for almost 100 years. And now that I've read them I feel kind of invested."
Then Lori added this: "They're a part of our house's history. But not a part of our family."
Oh, by the way, there's a postscript.
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Lori thinks she knows why Meryl hid the letters.
"Because they start getting more lovey. More intimate. It talks about going for a car ride and loving her up. So I can see why she hid them in the floorboards. I would, too."
That reminds me of something else that happened last week when I was visiting 202 Ethelbert. I was standing in the attic with Lori and Darrell, just a few feet from where I could envision young Meryl placing the letters under the floorboards, when Darrell mentioned something I hadn't considered.
Lori and Darrell have love letters, too, that they aren't planning to ever let their children read.
And guess where they are?
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The Wolves opened up with Zach LaVine, Markel Starks, Shabazz Muhammad, Gorgui Dieng, and Kyrylo Fesenko in the starting lineup. A little "twin tower" action up front for the Wolves and perhaps a preview of things to come in the 2014/15 season. Dieng, Fesenko and LaVine all started off strong, while Shabazz Muhammad got off to a 0-6 start from the field, continuing to move his shooting percentages in the wrong direction in Vegas. At the end of the 1st quarter, the Suns held a 19-14 advantage. [Read more…]


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Auburn, Ala. - The WÜRZ-Group of Driedorf Germany recently announced that they would establish a new operation in Auburn, Alabama. The WÜRZ-Group is a medium-sized family of businesses focusing on high precision metal work including heat and surface treatment as well as the design and operation of complex automated assembly lines. The initial investment by WÜRZ is estimated at $2.78 mil and will create approximately 10 jobs in Auburn over the next two years.
This first US operation of WÜRZ will operate in Auburn under the name of Wuerz Precision Technologies – or WPT - to better service its customers in North America. The company will operate at 2410 West Tech Lane in the Auburn Technology Park West.
"Auburn is proud to welcome another corporate citizen that we expect will be very successful and an important employer for this community. I understand that their quality of workmanship is truly first class," stated Auburn Mayor Bill Ham, Jr.
The company produces precision mechanical parts and components and also constructs and manufactures forming tools for chipless forming and wear resistance. Since 2009 it also offers cold rolling techniques in its portfolio. The customers of WÜRZ are represented in components servicing the aerospace, automotive, machine tool industries.
Mr. Raimund Wuerz, owner and president, stated: "We were able to make this step into the US market in partnership with the Stuttgart based company Aluminum Technology Schmid which already has an operation in Auburn. Our collaboration will ultimately benefit both companies and our customers."
Located in central Germany, the WÜRZ- Group is comprised of the three companies: WÜRZ Fertigungstechnik GmbH, KÄMPFER WÜRZ Umformtechnik GmbH and BÜHLER WÜRZ Kaltwalztechnik GmbH.
In conjunction with WUERZ, Aluminum Technology Schmid North America Inc. also announced additional investment in equipment, specifically growing the die casting capacity in Auburn. "We see our growth in aluminum products that are casted and machined in-house here in Alabama. This is our third expansion in Auburn. We continue to see growth opportunities of our German clientele in the US," stated Christoph Doerr, President of Aluminum Technology Schmid.
For additional company information please visit www.wuerz.de and www.aluminum-technology.com.


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Going to try to smoke the Christmas turkey this year. There is going to be a lot of people so it will need to be a big bird. I have a turkey cannon and was wondering if anyone has any experience in using one?
What I am trying to figure out is a rule of thumb for about how long it takes to smoke per pound so the rest of the food can get done around the same time.
My fear is I tell the wife it will be done around a certain time to find out I am hours early or late. I know enough to be dangerous and would like to keep it a happy day as all the in-laws will be here.


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It's a small, entertainment-industry insider sort of distinction, but it needs to be made: Behind the Candelabra isn't just a movie; it's a show.
In addition to being a biographical film about one of the world's most famous entertainers and his tumultuous relationship with a much-younger lover, it's also a kitschy and glamorous historical examination of the most lavish kind of show-business-fuelled excess. It is, in every sense, a performance piece.
Behind the Candelabra, which premi®res Sunday on HBO Canada, is a dizzying and completely captivating look inside the lives of legendary showman Liberace and his longtime paramour, Scott Thorson. It's a rather frank and occasionally uncomfortable exploration, and its success -- despite a rock-solid script by Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King) and seamless direction by Steven Soderbergh -- is the direct result of skilful and selfless performances by Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.
The film opens in 1977, with wide-eyed teen Thorson working in Los Angeles as a trainer of animals for movies and TV shows. A product of social-services upbringing after being abandoned by his drug-addicted mother, Thorson is a young man in search of acceptance and affection.
He meets an older guy named Bobby (Scott Bakula) in a bar one night, and after their friendship intensifies, Bobby invites him to ride along on a trip to Las Vegas. While there, they attend a show by Liberace at the Hilton Hotel, and Thorson is blown away by what he sees.
After the show, Bobby takes his young charge backstage to meet Liberace. There's more than just mischief in the entertainer's smile, much to the chagrin of Liberace's onstage duet partner (and apparently headed-for-the-exit at-home companion). Thorson, taken by the moment, is completely unaware he's also just been given a foreshadowing of his own future.
Liberace invites Thorson to brunch the next day and, for all intents and purposes, the young visitor never leaves. Well, not for half a decade, anyway, when he's replaced by another young arrival in Liberace's inner circle.
What Douglas -- who brilliantly inhabits this over-the-top character without ever lapsing into parody -- and Damon accomplish over the next 90 minutes is quite remarkable; in a movie that's overflowing with costumes and decorations and jewelry and sparkly, rhinestone-encrusted everything, they keep viewers' attention riveted on a complex and quickly troubled relationship filled with -- at various stages -- genuine love, crippling jealousy, intense vanity and bitter betrayals.
It's also a relationship that was, by necessity, carried out in secret, as Liberace steadfastly maintained the public posture -- out of fear the truth would ruin his career -- of a straight man who simply hadn't ever met the right girl.
The pairing of Liberace and Thorson is shown, at its outset, as filled with genuine mutual affection (and plenty of frankly depicted man-on-man intimacy), but later on, as Thorson starts to dabble in drugs and Liberace becomes more possessive and demanding (including forceful requests that his lover submit to facial reconstruction surgeries to make him look more like a younger Liberace), things unravel in a manner that is quite mean-spirited and ugly.
As with any well-rendered onscreen relationship, the dissolution of this one is not easy to watch.
There are, however, also several campy moments and comedic asides, contributed mostly by a capable roster of co-stars led by Dan Aykroyd as Liberace's manager, Seymour Heller; Rob Lowe as the aging pianist's perma-stoned plastic surgeon, Dr. Jack Startz; and Debbie Reynolds as his beloved mother, Frances Liberace. But overall, Behind the Candelabra is a serious, thoughtful adaptation of Thorson's like-titled book, which was published a year after Liberace's death in 1987.
There's plenty of glitz in this film to catch your eye and take your breath away, but after the credits roll, the only two things you'll remember are the stellar performances of Behind the Candelabra's fearless stars.
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A 24-year-old Nelson woman went into an Accrington store with her partner and child and loaded up a trolley with £528 worth of booze.
Blackburn magistrates heard when the couple were challenged by security staff he ran off leaving Cherrie Spencer to face the music.
Spencer, 24, formerly of Hawarden Close, pleaded guilty to theft from Tesco and failing to surrender to bail. She was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison suspended for 12 months, made subject to a 7 pm to 7 am curfew for 12 weeks and ordered to pay £85 costs.
Andrew Church-Taylor, defending, said Spencer was living with her partner in Nelson at the time of the offence.
"He was responsible for filling the trolley but she has to accept she was aware of what was going on and didn't do enough to distance herself from the offence," said Mr Church-Taylor.
"The relationship is now over and she has moved on."


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