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mission : verdant meadows
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notes : saved at airstrip
i need help with flight school
would it be possible for the person doin the mission flight school also do the next mission ?
if not i will make another post for that one once this one is finished
both involve flying planes which i just cant get right
thanks in advance
[SnP] verdant meadows
Started by Metervloe, Jan 28 2013 02:17 PM
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Posted 28 January 2013 - 02:18 PM Edited by 0909090, 28 January 2013 - 02:46 PM.
For: Metervloe
Missions: N.O.E.
Link: http://gtasnp.com/35657
Notes: •Flying school GOLDS Hunter, Stuntplane, Rustler are now available at the airstrip
•Practise all tests, you will master flying once don't worry
Enjoy the rest of the game!
BTW in case you want to try N.O.E yourself I made another save with only flying school done
For: Metervloe
Missions: Learning to Fly
Link: http://gtasnp.com/35656
Notes: -same as above without N.O.E
For N.O.E I have one suggestion for you, use this route
(ignore that map legend it's from cg topic )
I used this route when I first played this game, it's much easier than going directly to marker, hope this helps.
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Man You are welcome, I'm glad to help.
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In the first half of this year there were 26 disruptive passenger incidents involving flights to or from Northern Ireland which were reported to the Civil Aviation Authority.
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Hernandez then summarized the county's investments for the board. He said the county has $34.2 million in short term investments, $100,000 in certificates of deposit and $116.5 million in government securities.
Total interest income for the county's investments and savings was $1.1 million.
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Ponikvar also received a plaque from the Show Low Fire Department, thanking him for his actions. He received a standing ovation from the board and public.
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* Was introduced to Ed Seal, the new power plant manager at Arizona Public Service Co.'s Cholla Power Plant.
* Heard a presentation about deregulation of the electric power industry by James Candland of the AZ Power Consumers Coalition.
* Adopted a resolution to oppose the deregulation of the electric utility markets in Arizona.
* Entered into executive session to receive legal advice from its attorneys regarding the Snowflake Mill Investors, LLC vs. Navajo County tax appeal.
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* Approved a letter of support for S. 1300 to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for the conduct of stewardship end result contracting projects.
* Approved agreements for contributions to senior centers.
* Approved sending a congratulatory letter to the White Mountain Apache Tribe Chairman Ronnie Lupe for the tribe's water rights agreement.
* Approved a proclamation declaring the month of August as Navajo Code Talkers Month.
* Approved a proclamation declaring the month of August as Child Support Awareness Month.
* Approved a resolution canceling the Oct. 2 election for the Silver Creek Flood Protection District and deemed a four-year term on the board of directors vacant.
* Approved conducting polling place based elections for the Blue Ridge, Holbrook, Kayenta, Show Low and Joseph City school district on Nov. 5 to propose maintenance and operations overrides on the ballot.
* Approved the sale of 274 suitcase-style voting booths for $1 each to the Navajo Nation.
* Approved a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Native American Project grant agreement between the City of Tucson and the Navajo County Sheriff's Office for $1,610 to be used for travel and training.
* Certified revenue collected by the superior court, clerk of the court and all six justice courts.
* Approved tax exemptions as a request for redemption of waiver for two parcels.
* Named an existing road in the Show Low/Linden area Perkins Lane.
* Approved modification No. 8 to a contract for juvenile detention services.
* Held a public hearing and adopted a resolution approving a special use permit amendment to allow Verizon Wireless to extend the height of a wireless communication tower, not to exceed 198 feet.
* Approved Navajo County comments in response to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services plan for Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants to designate critical habitat for the jaguar.
* Approved a contract with Tri-Com in the amount of $96,769.50 for a Community Development Block Grant project for improvements to Ninth Street and Hall Street in Show Low.
* Recognized Navajo County employees Ivette Williams of the Holbrook Justice Court, Laurie Kimpell of the probation department, Isaura Nez of the elections department, Alberto Peshlakai of the public works department, Anna Ericksen of the assessor's office, Charlotte Yazzie of the juvenile probation department and James Parks of the information technology department for their excellence in personal performance far exceeding organization expectations.
* Approved the closure of Territorial Road at the Chevelon Creek Bridge for 120 days due to bridge rehabilitation.
* Approved personnel actions.
Acting as the Navajo County Public Health Services District Board of Directors, the board:
* Approved a memorandum of agreement between the Navajo County Public Health Services District and Navajo Nation Head Start for a collaboration to provide nutrition and oral health services and education to Head Start staff, children and families in Head Start centers in the Arizona portion of Navajo Nation.
* Approved professional services agreements with Connie Baine, RDH, AP, Nida Lerch, RDH, Regina Rich, RDH, AP, and Vita Nicks, RDH, for dental hygiene services funded through Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation, for the Navajo County First Grade Fluoride Varnish Program effective Aug. 1, 2013, to May 31, 2014, in the amount of $45/per hour.


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The Waterlow killings
Tom Kelly reviews The Waterlow Killings: A Portrait of a Family Tragedy by Canberra lawyer Pamela Burton ... Falling through the cracks ... Anthony Waterlow and the fatal stabbing of his father and sister
THIS sensitive account of a family tragedy details the terrible consequences when the mental health system fails.
How's this for a great horror/who-done-it plot?
Nick Waterlow is a world-renowned art curator, past director of the Biennale, with an Order of Australia medal.
He is an Englishman of noble origins, who migrated to Australia and is the next in line for a baronetcy. His deceased wife was the daughter of the wealthy Australian who started the Breville electronic goods corporation.
His partner, Juliet, is the granddaughter of the first chairman of the board of BHP.
Nick organises a dinner for his son, Anthony, at the home of his daughter, Chloe, who is an attractive and achieving mother of three young children.
Anthony is Jesuit and university-educated, usually charming, a would-be actor with matinee-idol good looks.
Before the dinner is served, Anthony has brutally stabbed his father and sister to death and seriously injured his young niece.
He takes off, goes bush, and is not apprehended for three weeks.
The funerals of the deceased are conducted by a family friend, a priest named Father Sinn, and attended by various Sydney A-listers, including family friends, the film director Jane Campion and actress Rachel Griffiths.
As a consequence of Nick's death, Anthony is now the first in line to the baronetcy, and will be entitled to be addressed as "Sir Anthony" in the fullness of time.
When Mark Twain said that truth is stranger than fiction, he could have been writing about this book, which is the thinking reader's true crime.
This is not a who-done-it homicide, but a why-did-he? - and the author goes about answering this in a most lucid, thorough, sensitive and readable manner.
The thoroughness includes researching various court exhibits, transcripts and medical records as well as a trip to England to meet Nick's family and to research earlier episodes of Anthony's aggressive psychosis.
We have a picture of the difficult tensions and dynamics that exist in most families, and which partly contributed to the horrific killings.
The book also documents the terrible stresses of living and dealing with a close family member and friend who is suffering a serious untreated mental illness.
The author interviewed experts in mental health and thoroughly researched schizophrenia.
One of the best aspects of the book is its excellent description and discussion of this illness, its symptoms and the way it should be dealt with.
For instance, Burton emphasises that sufferers are at much greater risk of harm to themselves through misjudgement or misadventure or even suicide, than they are of harming others.
There is an analysis of the breakdown of an essentially effective, if under-resourced, mental health system - and the consequences that flow when mental health professionals do not properly apply the law that allows them to treat a mentally ill person contrary to their wishes.
So is there a villain in this true-crime book?
Anthony hardly fits the bill.
When he is well, he is charming and personable. Now he is incarcerated in the psychiatric hospital in the grounds of Long Bay prison, dealing with the facts that he has killed two of the people to whom he was closest, is estranged from the family whose approval he sought so much, and does not know when or if he will be released.
Then there are the shortcomings of mental health professionals who, over a four-year period, failed to hospitalise and treat Anthony involuntarily.
These include the mental health assessment team in London in 2006, which failed to section him after he tried to seriously harm his English relatives; the psychologist who persisted with behavioural therapy (counselling) when medication was the obvious tool; and the Caritas Centre at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.
The family's unfortunate experience with Caritas is fully explored. Caritas comes from the Latin for love and compassion. This institution closed a few years ago, after the Waterlow killings.
I presided over hearings of the Mental Health Review Tribunal at Caritas and it was probably the worst psych unit I ever attended.
It was located in an historical 150-year-old house where confusion reigned, often with unresponsive staff and a lot of patients milling around in confined common areas.
The usual room where the hearings were held was devoid of pictures or any decoration and smelt either of urine or damp, I was never sure which.
The patients were among the most challenging, being mostly young, homeless and drug users who came from the Kings Cross-Darlinghurst area.
For many years money was spent on various of St Vincent's centres of excellence and its showcase, St Vincent's Private Hospital, but the psychiatric unit for mentally ill public patients appears to have been underfunded.
After Caritas closed it was replaced by a modern public psychiatric unit nearby. A year or two later an additional and luxurious psychiatric ward was opened in the private hospital for treating the wealthy mentally ill.
The old Caritas building is currently being converted into expensive inner-city apartments.
Burton's book charts, on my counting, 12 occasions over a 28-month period when doctors at Caritas refused to schedule Anthony at the request of his family and friends.
Each of these refusals immediately followed a violent or threatening episode. Amazingly, on one of those occasions, the views of Dr Olav Nielson, a prominent Sydney forensic psychiatrist, were not accepted.
Eventually, the family gave-up on the psychiatric profession.
It is hard to understand how such consistent and worrying information about threats and actual instances of violence could be provided by so many credible members of Anthony's family and friends, on so many occasions, over such a long period, and for them to be substantially ignored.
On each occasion, the psychiatrists sent Anthony away with advice to take his prescribed anti-psychotic medication, in spite of the fact that he made it abundantly clear that he had no intention of ever doing so.
When assessing many seriously psychotic persons, a few minutes' conversation will easily demonstrate the need for an Involuntary Patient Order.
However, a minority of sufferers will present as prima facie normal, although a good psychiatrist or forensically experienced lawyer should be able to work it out if a history is available and detailed questioning undertaken.
Anthony was in this latter category, being clever and capable of coherently denying the allegations of threatening or violent behaviour, often involving knives.
The worrying behaviour occurred after drinking and his subsequent psychiatric presentation occurred when he was sober.
The question arises whether Anthony would have benefited from a compulsory admission to the Dickensian Caritas.
In my view, the answer is yes. In spite of its considerable shortcomings, it would at least have been able to ensure that he took the medication that he had previously refused.
As a result of the medication he has been forced to take since his arrest, he has became well, gained insight into his illness and accepted the necessity of maintaining his medical regime.
There can be little doubt that if he had received compulsory hospitalisation, followed by discharge with a properly administered community treatment order, it is likely his father and sister would be alive today.
In Anthony's case, on all the evidence, the relevant criteria for scheduling as set out in the Mental Health Act should have been satisfied, that is: he suffered from hallucinations or delusions or serious thought disorder or disturbance of mood that required care, treatment or control, in order to protect him or others from serious harm.
Some of the fallout from the killings is still pending.
First, Anthony's long term future is yet to be determined.
Secondly, after Anthony's trial, Kevin Humphries, the New South Wales Minister for Mental Health, supported public demands to amend the law to allow decisions by hospitals - such as St Vincent's - to refuse to schedule a patient to be appealed to the Mental Health Review Tribunal.
The tribunal usually sits with a panel of three: an experienced lawyer, a psychiatrist, and another mental health professional.
At present the tribunal only reviews patients who have previously been scheduled. The proposed appeal process would provide an additional check in the event of frontline professionals failing to act.
Yet nothing has happened in the past 18 months to implement this change to the law.
Rumour has it that allocation of additional funds has been the hurdle. Any reform without the necessary funding will create as many problems as it may resolve, as other patients may be prematurely discharged to provide beds and patients who do not need to be scheduled may be detained unnecessarily, if the tribunal is not resourced so that it can hear appeals quickly.
In October the government announced a review of the Mental Health Act to report in the New Year, and this proposed reform is now being considered as part of the review.
No doubt many people, including the remainder of the Waterlow family, will be very interested in the recommendations.
Lastly, and unusually, there is the pending Coroner's inquest.
In most homicide cases where a criminal prosecution results in a determination of the cause of death, which was the situation here, the inquest is dispensed with.
Occasionally, when there other aspects that merit the Coroner's consideration, such as possible system failures, an inquest may still proceed.
In the case of Nick and Chloe Waterlow, I understand this is likely to occur this year.
Tom Kelly was an Official Visitor to Rozelle Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s and President of the New South Wales Psychosurgery Review Board in the 1980s. In 1985 he established the Mental Health Advocacy Service within New South Wales Legal Aid Commission. He has been a legal member of the New South Wales Mental Health Review Tribunal for the last 15 years. He was consulted by the author on legal issues during the writing of this book.
This is a revised version of a review recently published in the Newtown Review of Books.
Pamela Burton The Waterlow Killings: A Portrait of a Family Tragedy, Melbourne University Press, 2012, 272pp, $29.99


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.- The president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Cardinal Julian Herranz, called on legislators and judges this week to be creative in finding ways to defend individual rights without violating the principles that favor the family founded upon marriage.
In an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica, the Spanish cardinal said, "The family cannot be confused with a 'pact' applied to civil unions," referring to a proposal in Italy to grant them legal recognition.
Civil unions are already recognized in France, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Croatia, Iceland, and Germany. In Poland and Ireland proposals to legalize such unions are being debated.
According to the cardinal, lawmakers have the duty to defend the common good, "and this applies to all nations.And the common good is achieved by constantly working to strengthen the institutions upon which society is based, among which first and foremost are marriage and the family," he emphasized.
"Thus, all laws that favor the family based upon marriage are good. Other laws that seek to weaken marriage and the family are not," the cardinal warned.
He cited John Paul II's repeated cautions against granting civil unions a status equal to marriage, and he recalled an address by Pope Benedict XVI in June of this year in which the Pope said that acceptance of various alternatives to marriage devalue the institution of marriage.


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Vienna (AFP) Feb 21, 2016
Austria said Sunday it is beefing up the army at its borders to deal with the inflow of migrants, with 450 more troops from Monday and military police on standby in case of trouble.
The increase to 1,450 soldiers and reservists comes after Austria drew criticism last week for saying it would only accept 80 asylum seekers and let 3,200 migrants pass through the country per day.
The troops will assist police carrying out checks on people and vehicles entering the country, patrol the "green border" and carry out surveillance work, the defence ministry said.
Also a company of military police based in Salzburg "will be held back to be able to handle violent persons or groups of persons and prevent them crossing the border," the ministry said.
"These forces will be able to deploy all over the country and be brought into action using army helicopters at short notice as the interior ministry requires," it said in a statement.
There will also be two armoured personnel carriers and three military transport vehicles ready to "close gaps in the border at short notice," as well as a company of military engineers on standby.
In September the government approved the deployment of up to 2,200 miliary personnel "to help ensure a controlled and ordered handling of the movement of migrants, and to maintain security and order in the country," the statement added.
Austria last year took in 90,000 asylum seekers, making it one of the highest recipients in Europe on a per-capita basis, while almost 10 times as many passed through, mostly heading to Germany and Sweden.
Faced with public unease and an increasingly popular far-right opposition, Chancellor Werner Faymann's centrist government last week imposed the new cap in an attempt to slash the number of asylum seekers this year to 37,500.
- Faymann 'surprised' -
On Sunday, Faymann was quoted as saying that he was "surprised" at the resulting criticism which saw the EU's migration commissioner call the limit "plainly incompatible" with EU and international law.
"We know already now that (without the cap) we would be well above the number of migrants that we can cope with by the middle of the year at the latest," Faymann told the Kleine Zeitung daily in an interview.
"It would be politically negligent not to do something against that in good time," he said.
He stressed that his unilateral "Plan B" steps were necessary because common efforts by the European Union to deal with the crisis "are not having the effect that they should be".
Austria's measures have also raised worries of a dangerous backlog of migrants through the western Balkans from Greece when the flow rises as expected again in the coming months as spring arrives.
The government has invited interior and foreign ministers from these countries to Vienna on Wednesday for a meeting under the motto "Managing Migration Together", the Austria Press Agency reported on Sunday.
Around 400 migrants entered Austria on Saturday, the day after the new cap entered into force.
Only a dozen applied for asylum, the others electing to travel onwards. Several hundred new arrivals were expected on Sunday, police said.
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Sullivan Center is a complex of nine historic structures in downtown Chicago that have been renovated and repositioned for modern uses. The first building in Sullivan Center, originally designed by famed architect Louis Sullivan, was completed in 1899 and occupied by the Schlesinger and Mayer department store until 1902, when Carson Pirie Scott and Co. (CPS) bought the building. Other buildings were added, and CPS operated a department store in the buildings for more than 100 years.
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The original edifice at the corner of State and Madison streets is one of the most important examples of early modern architecture and is famous for Sullivan's cast-iron ornamentation framing the dramatic rotunda entry. CPS built two additions along State Street which were attached to Sullivan's original corner building and followed Sullivan's plans; in 1927, the firm added a 15-story building to the site along Wabash Avenue. Eventually, CPS added or acquired more buildings for a total of nine connected buildings to form a 1 million-square-foot (93,000 sq m) complex on nearly an entire city block in the heart of downtown Chicago.
In the ensuing years, many of the historic elements deteriorated, were covered up, or were removed, but the department store and the iconic structure remained. In 1970, the buildings were designated a national historic landmark.
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Joseph Freed and Associates LLC (JFA) purchased the buildings in 2001, via a sale-leaseback deal with CPS, and restored them in phases over more than ten years, from 2001 to 2012. The redevelopment involved transforming a single 1 million-square-foot department store into a modern mixed-use, multitenant project with office, civic, education, and retail uses.
The redevelopment effort faced numerous challenges along the way: the original cornice was missing; the cast-iron ornamentation was in bad shape; the department store vacated the property in 2006; and the lender sold the loan in 2012, resulting in a restructuring of the financing and ownership.
But the developer of Sullivan Center persevered. The upper floors of the buildings have been converted into modern office space, attracting new tenants that appreciate the large floor plates and extensive daylighting. The lower levels are now occupied by several retail and restaurant tenants, including a three-level CityTarget store. The project involved historic tax credits, tax increment financing, a public/private partnership, and the expertise of a host of specialists in historic preservation and construction.
For the full story on the redevelopment of Sullivan Center, including videos, photographs, site plans, and financial information, visit ULI Case Studies at www.uli.org/casestudies.


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Valley likes being under radar for regionals
Not once, in either the official AP poll or the coaches poll run by www.wishoops.net, has the Spring Valley High School boys basketball team has been ranked.
All this despite a 17-3 record and an outright Dunn-St. Croix title.
But that's okay with SV head coach Rob Bosshart. He prefers it that way.
"We know we're a good team even if others may overlook us," Bosshart said. "That's all that matters and this time around we're ready to play."
Besides, the only number in front of your team name that counts is the seed and this case the Cardinals are the No. 2 seed in the Division 3 Ellsworth Regional, which gives them a bye from Tuesday's first round games.
All the other Pierce County teams will be playing Tuesday. Ellsworth, the sixth seed in the Division 2 Spooner Regional, will be at No. 3 Cumberland. No. 5 Prescott is at No. 4 Elk Mound in Division 3 with the winner playing at No. 1 and defending regional champion Eau Claire Regis Thursday. No. 5 Plum City is at No. 4 Augusta in the Division 4 Arcadia Regional and in the same regional, No. 2 Elmwood hosts No. 7 Pepin.
Spring Valley will be at home Thursday to take on the winner of the St. Croix Central/St. Croix Falls match-up. Central is the three seed and at 16-4 overall, should make for a tough semifinal match-up.
But the Cards crushed SCC 46-33 in Hammond the last time the two teams played and if Spring Valley's defense is up to the task again, it could lead them all the way to the regional title.
"We hang our hat on very solid defense and balanced scoring," Bosshart said.
Ellsworth may be the sixth seed in its regional, Cumberland is only 11-9 overall and is coming into the tournament off a loss to No. 2 seeded Barron. The Golden Bears, 14-6 overall, get the winner of the Ellsworth-Cumberland contest if they get past No. 7 Altoona. The No. 1 seed is Rice Lake.
"You look at the records in this field and you see that the teams are evenly matched," Ellsworth head coach Cory Brathol said. "That means despite being 8-12 we have a good chance of advancing if we play well, "We've had a tough schedule of opponents this season and we should be well prepared."
Prescott hopes a similarly tough schedule will help them upend Elk Mound, 11-9 overall.
Elmwood and Plum City have the misfortune of playing in the same regional as No.1 seeded and defending sectional champion Eleva-Strum. Plum City would get the Cardinals in the semifinals if they can pass the Beavers, who are led by their 6-4, 311 pound mountain Chris Gardner. The senior's nifty footwork and agility helped him land a full-ride football scholarship to the University of Wisconsin. He leads the 9-11 Beavers in scoring with 13.2 points per game.
Elmwood may very well be playing a 2-18 Pepin squad, but both its wins over the Lakers were by six points or less. The Raiders will play either No. 3 Alma or No. 6 Gilmanton in the semifinals.


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New York Jets to the Super Bowl? Let's See If They Can Remain Healthy FirstAugust 16, 2009
With the hiring of coach Rex Ryan, the New York Jets and fans alike have been salivating with swagger.
Ryan, the long-time defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens, didn't waste any time predicting a meeting with President Barack Obama in the White House. His words sent his players and the fans into a confident frenzy, looking forward to the day where they can rejoice in a Super Bowl for their beloved team.
However, Jets' fans shouldn't get too excited for it this season.
Yes, the Jets drafted a rookie sensation in Mark Sanchez and brought in a defensive beast in Bart Scott to play next to David Harris. Yes, they also acquired S Jim Leonhard and DB Lito Sheppard to shore up a mediocre secondary.
With those improvements, the defense looks like they're going to give quarterbacks nightmares for years. But there are still plenty of holes that have been left unfilled.
Lack of depth on the lines remains a concern. The old saying, "the game is won and lost in the trenches," stands true.
Fans saw what happened to the defense last year when Kris Jenkins was injured. And in 2007, the Jets suffered through injuries as reserves were thrust into the starting lineup.
This is, by far, the Jets' biggest problem. While the defensive line looks a lot deeper, the drop-off from Jenkins to Sione Pouha is significant. There's an even bigger gap in talent on the offensive line if Nick Mangold or Alan Faneca were to go down.
The Jets can make the playoffs a reality this season if the offense lines stay healthy, the defense plays the way they look on paper, and Sanchez or Clemens don't become Favre-esque turnover machines.
Jets' Notes and Thoughts
Quarterback: Before the 2008 season with Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco, what other rookie QB's have had the success they exeperienced? Even if Clemens starts his experience isn't significant enough to keep Sanchez off the field.
Wide Receiver: Surprisingly, this area should be the least of the Jets' concerns right now. The offense is built around hard-nosed running with Thomas Jones, change of pace with Leon Washington, and third-round draft pick Shonn Greene.
With Jerricho Cotchery and Chansi Stuckey being the only true receivers—although some will argue Stuckey as merely a slot receiver—Keller can be split out wide with Washington lined up as a threat from the backfield.
But who is going to fill the other receiver spots?


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There is noise around the Falcons again. Noise created by two wayward assistant coaches at the scouting combine , noise following the release of Roddy White, noise about past regrettable personnel decisions that never seems to fade and now noise that has hit like two crashing cymbals about the offense and its hard-headed coordinator, Kyle Shanahan.
Falcons coach Dan Quinn said criticism "goes with the territory." He's right. The only thing that changes is how people respond to it, and Quinn has chosen to maintain unwavering loyalty to his staff, to Shanahan , to general manager Thomas Dimitroff and to the system they have set up in Flowery Branch.
There's something admirable about that. There's also something dangerous if it doesn't work out.
If the Falcons turn into Super Bowl contenders, Arthur Blank will shower Quinn with titles, riches and Home Depot Sheetrock stock options, and the coach will evolve into one of the NFL's bigger power brokers. If they fail, he's just the next ex-great assistant who wasn't ready for a head coaching job.
"I love what Kyle represents in terms of the style we want to play and the way we want to attack," Quinn said. "I understand the criticism. That goes with the job of coaching. But there's a number of things we're doing well. Past that is what this offseason (evaluation) is all about."
Quinn had some interesting comments, and did a bit of a verbal tap dance, in the wake of recent comments by White that effectively cast Shanahan as an obstinate knucklehead. White's agent went as far to say Shanahan gave Quinn an ultimatum , as in "It's me or Roddy." That, I'm not sure I believe.
My view on Shanahan is that while he's not nearly as bad a coordinator as he has been painted, he gets overly married to scheme, like most OCs, and he struggles to accept input. He seemed to mentally close the door to White's potential role in the offense from Day 1. He tends to hear only one voice — his own — which Quinn didn't exactly deny and certainly doesn't embrace.
But it wasn't Shanahan's decision to cut White. Quinn believes in Shanahan, but I also believe Quinn and Dimitroff had been contemplating the decision for a while. They wanted the offense to go in a certain direction and didn't believe White was a great fit, and since they believe in their coordinator it didn't make sense to keep the player (as much as I think White got jobbed last season).
Quinn said all coaches are part of the personnel-evaluation process, but he added "in no way is anybody over that process. The personnel decisions come down to Thomas and myself."
As for White's contention in multiple interviews that Shanahan wasn't inclusive in meetings and accept input from players, Quinn suggested there could have been a problem.
"Part of the process we're going through this year is (asking), 'Are there ways for us to do better, inclusively. … That's important to me, having that connection between our staff and our players. That certainly will be something our entire staff works on to improve."
I would love to tell you what Shanahan thinks about all this, but the Falcons have declined to make him available for interviews.
The extent to which Quinn believes in Shanahan can be illustrated in some of the team's offseason decisions. They replaced White with Mohamed Sanu, giving the free agent a whopping five-year, $32.5 million contract ($14 million guaranteed). That's an astronomical contract for a player whose last deal topped out at $1.542 million in 2015 and who was Cincinnati's fifth leading receiver last season. But Quinn, Dimitroff and most of all Shanahan believe he can beat one-on-one coverage and were impressed with his hands and toughness.
The Falcons also signed center Alex Mack , who played for Shanahan in Cleveland. They signed backup quarterback Matt Schaub, who played for Shanahan in Houston. It's normal to acquire players who fit schemes, but the moves also illustrate Quinn's belief in Shanahan.
Say this for Shanahan: At least he didn't fall into a pool of slop at the scouting combine in Indianapolis. Combustible defensive line coach Bryan Cox shoved an Arizona scout in a hotel when he attempted to bring a draft prospect from an interview with the Falcons to one with the Cardinals. Defensive backs assistant Marquand Manuel morphed into a national story when he asked a player, "Do you like men?" Even if done jokingly, that's beyond stupid in these times of every soundbite being one keystroke from going viral.
Quinn and Dimitroff chose not to fire Cox or Manuel and obviously had Blank's backing. If all this works and the Falcons are successful next season, wins will drown out the noise. If not, Quinn ain't heard nothing yet.
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- Matt Ryan doesn't have long to prove worth to Falcons
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- Roddy White opens up on Falcons' offense, Shanahan, his future
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- Get ready for 'March Sadness' in state of Georgia (again)
- Hawks have turned into 'Team Sometimes'
- Hawks emerge from All-Star break a sloppy and miserable mess


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Aerial views of the mountains and trees of Yosemite valley, including the granite monolith Half Dome at the eastern end of the valley. Parts of Yosemite National Park near Mariposa California.
A trip to see giant Sequoia Trees or "Sequoia Washingtonia" Giant Forest trees in California's Sequoia National Park. A motorcade of tourists leaves a city hotel for a trip. Open top convertible cars drive through mountainous countryside on dirt roads in California. In the old Gold Rush town of Mariposa the group stops and enters the Mariposa County Courthouse, a mortise-and-tenon Greek Revival courthouse and California's oldest court of law. Sign over entrance reads 'Erected 1854'. A car or vehicle tunnel through a giant Sequoia Tree.
View from a U.S. Marine bunker as enemy shell explodes nearby, during the siege of Khe Sanh in the Vietnam War. The marines firing mortars and a 105mm howitzer from their bunker. Enemy shells exploding on the tarmac, where American Air Force C-130 aircraft are parked. Marines rushing wounded comrades on stretchers, to C-130s for evacuation. Scene shifts to U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel James P. Sheehan, standing at Camp Pendleton, California. (He was a company commander in the siege at Khe Sanh.) As he describes the C-130 aircraft support operations, a contingent of marines marches past, behind him. Scene shifts to a civilian narrator standing in the Military Airlift Command (MAC) Headquarters Command Center at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Among other things, he describes MAC support to the Tactical Air Command in Korea. Camera focuses on MAC air routes in the vicinity of the Philippines, Japan, and Korea. Next, is seen view of airfield at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, briefly at sunset, and then at night, as pilots of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing and their F-111 aircraft prepare to depart for Korea, in response to border tensions, in August, 1976. Ground crewman directs a taxiing F-111 using lighted wands. The F-111s takes off. One of them is seen landing after the 7 thousand mile flight to Korea, as Major Paul Malandrino,Jr. (unseen) of the 366th Wing, speaks about MAC's airlift support. A C-141 MAC aircraft is seen landing. View of a C-141 with tail doors open and its cargo of military equipment on the ramp behind it. Glimpse of a marine with rifle and earphones, guarding equipment on the airfield ramp. Closeups of F-111 aircraft taking off.
Views of Yosemite Valley from a moving vehicle. Tall trees lining the road. Rock Formations and El Capitan granite monolith against a blue sky.
The southeast face of the "El Capitan" granite monolith in Yosemite National Park. Views of trees in the Yosemite Valley lining the road, and El Capitan emerging from the trees, as seen from a moving vehicle.
Scenes from the U.S. Bicentennial Parade in Washington DC in 1976. Policeman stands with a notepad on the ground. People march with bands, TOOELE written on the back of their shirts. Girls march with flags in their hands. Horse-cart on the ground. People watch the event. Flag on the horse-cart. People pass on the street. Houses in the background. Another horse-cart on the ground. A float decorated with flowers on the street. It carries a car. Policeman speaks on the loudspeaker. Other people in uniform march on the street. A van parked on a field. A man conducts a medical check up in a shack. Flag and dummies on a decorated float.


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Halloween's wizards, goblins, ghosts we have got nothing to the Victorians, although we might get dark and weird about passing 1 day a year. Their comfort with passing proved to be a far cry from contemporary thoughts while individuals of the 1800s were extremely repressed about a lot of matters.
No where is this more apparent than in English grieving etiquette during Queen Victoria's rule (1837 to 1901). An extensive show of grieving that set the stage for the typical tradition to follow was brought in by the passing of her husband in 1861. What became accustomed grieving, by the criteria of today, looks morose and utterly macabre. Therefore in recognition of the forthcoming All Hallows' Event, when things change back and creepy -chilling, here's a review of the thing that was was after the standard that is ghoulish.
Prior to 1839 pictures were decorated, but together with the creation of the photo, portraiture become accessible and more cost-effective. This meant the middle class can now manage to get their dead nearest and dearest, in other words -- images taken to remember their family members, and especially babies and youngsters. Together with the creation of the carte de visite at the center of the millennium arrived several images to ensure households can share images of the dead kids with friends and additional relatives. It makes sense; even though the exercise appears to be completely taboo in modern American lifestyle since many kids wouldn't have had their pictures taken prior to their early deaths.
Considering that the concept of post-mortem photographs was to have at least something to remember the dead person by, there is frequently post and holding - work carried out to attain the impact of existence. Physiques were introduced in realistic positions, surrounded by family, kids keeping favourite playthings, and eyes often propped available. Occasionally, students were decorated on in the studio and flushed cheekbones were put into the picture of the human remains.
The substance most valued to reveal despair was lignite, also known a type of coal, as jet. Aircraft is somber, dark and strong. In the initial stage of grieving, aircraft jewellery was the sole decoration girls were permitted to use.
You can put on an item of jewellery if it included, or was created of, hair, while girls were just supposed to use plane for the initial phase, through the second period of grieving. That might be hair that is human. That might be human hair obtained from from your one that is deceased. Necklaces Brooches, bands, chains were made from hair; occasionally there was only a tad encased in brooch or a useless group instances, the hair was designed right into a section of its.
A widow was to put on a hood of a veil as well as large crepe to protect the encounter for the initial 90 days. By the end of 90 days the veil was to be used in the trunk of the hood for yet another eight weeks. Totally, even though widows selected to avoid colour eternally limited grieving attire was to be used to get at least two years.
All the showcases in the home were to be covered once an associate of the household died. In case a reflection shattered and in the residence dropped, it had been believed that somebody in the residence would expire shortly. The time was to be halted in the hour of departure, when somebody died in your house or ill luck might occur. When a physique was taken out of your house, it needed to be obtained headfirst so that it cannot beckon other people to follow.
Phoning Allen Poe. Maybe not actually a custom that is grieving, however a great indication of the the changing times: alerts that are Coffin. The worry of being buried alive was so intense that the device called a alarm was devised. The device was just a bell attached using a a series that linked into a band put on the hand of the human remains to the headstone. (Provides the phrase "dead-ringer" a completely new significance.)
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The ring for marriage within a year; The penny for wealth, my dear; The thimble for an old maid or bachelor born; The button for sweethearts all forlorn.As the bridesmaids didn't need to soil their mitts trying to find the party favor this custom perished apart using the millennium. The Honeymoon The bridal couple generally left following the wedding break fast for their vacation. When marriages were by capture, perhaps not by-choice the honey moon began with early guy. The guy carried away his bride-to-be to some solution area where family members or her parents could not locate her. While the moon had all its stages-about 30-days-they drank a brew created from honey and mead and hid from people. Therefore, the phrase, vacation. The honeymoon has become regarded a moment to unwind. In the early 1800s, it was usual for the bride-to-be to consider along a lady company on the vacation. A traveling gown, which might have been her bridal gown was worn by the bride, particularly if the marriage had been a romantic event with friends and few family, otherwise these were were touring by machine or train right following the reception. Colours for the gown were getting and useful--brownish or dark for middle-Victorian. But whatever she selected, the bride was counseled to not wear some thing noticeably fresh out of regard to the empathy of her husband who mightn't need visitors to understand he was only wedded. If transforming to the outfits that are touring, the groom and bride did so right following the cake was cut. Bridesmaids travelled together with the bride-to-be to assist her, where moment she offered them each a a flower. From time the couple was able to abandon, just family and close friends were not absent. It was considered good fortune forever if your slipper arrived in the buggy. If it turned out to be most of the higher, a remaining slipper. The greatest man beat the few to machine or the train to take care of their bags. Where groom and the bride were heading no one inquired. It was poor style. Just the finest man understood. Lastly, from their journeys up on their return, one custom that was closing demanded the bridegroom take the bride over the threshold for their home that was fresh. This may make sure that the bride-to-be didn't fall, which will provide misfortune. As you are able to observe, Victorian conventions were steeped in age-old and superstitions practices, a few that we nonetheless follow although maybe not always in concern with bad spirits.
Marry on Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses, and Saturday for no luck at all.The evening was impossible. The Marriage Outfit A choice conferred upon her from the bridegroom when the bride-to-be picked her big day, she can start organizing the main piece that was her bridal gown, her trousseau. Brides have black for the wedding ceremony service. Like in the 16 th, women inside their teenagers wed an indicator of virility, in light green. A brown gown was worn by a woman in her twenties, and girls that were old actually used dark. From early times to the 1700s, just poorer brides arrived for their wedding wearing white--a public declaration that she brought nothing to the the wedding with her. Additional brides donned their Sunday - best. Colour of the dress was believed to affect the potential existence of one.
White--chosen right Blue--love will be true Yellow--ashamed of her fellow Red--wish herself dead Black--wish herself back Grey--travel far away Pink--of you he'll always think Green-ashamed to be seenThe first Victorian wedding gown had an equipped bodice, little waist, and full-skirt (over hoops and petticoats.) It had been made from cashmere, tulle, lace cotton or organdy. The veil proved to be lace, gauzy cotton or an excellent gauze. The acceptable expense of a wedding dress in 1850 was $500, in accordance with Godey 's. By 1861, just as much as $1500 if built with lace is price by more complex dresses. Proper weddings in this interval were not all black, including veils and the bridesmaids gowns. Veils were connected to typically fruit plants for carnations and the bride-to-be, a coronet of flowers or additional in-time blooms for the attendants. The bride-to-be add-ons included: hanky embroidered along with her maiden name initials quick white kid-gloves, cotton tights stitched the front up, and smooth sneakers adorned with ribbons or bows in the jeep. Linen or cambric gowns were generally chosen by the American bride-to-be of the 1850 s in various colours. As the gown was utilized afterwards for chapel and specific occasions few donned white. Several had a cozy, vibrant scarf in plaid or paisley which draped her shoulders in the marriage. The scarf was subsequently employed for social activities, baptisms and an additional quilt in winter. A wedding dress was not more valued than a cozy shawl. For the middle-Victorian bride-to-be (1870s) there was an emergence of middle income success, with it a show of the new riches. And when you could af-Ford a genuine, they were duplicated by one. Total court locomotives were now portion of the marriage outfit, as were two bodices, a hustle, refined elements and extended veils --a small one for the nuptials as well as a reduced one for unique events. The late Victorians (1890s) found the flurry vanish, a demi-train and big sleeves today in fashion. The gown will need to possess a-train, having a veil of exactly the same span in the event the bride-to-be wed in church. The veil might be cotton or lace tulle. In the middle-victorian-era to the 1890s, the bride's face was protected by the veil and wasn't raised until after chapel. The veil had not been employed subsequent to the nuptials anymore as a scarf, yet. White kid-gloves had a slit in a single finger to ease the band on without removing the glove, and were long enough to tuck underneath the sleeves. Slippers were of brocade, silk or white child and also one-inch was risen to by the pumps. For the widow who re-married in the early and mid-Victorian ages, she failed to use whitened, really had no bridesmaids, no veil with no fruit flowers, (an indication of innocence.) She generally used rose silk dress or a bead trimmed with feathers. In the years that were later, she was permitted attendants along with no veil or fruit flowers, although webpages. She can put on 2 or a color from white, favoring increased, purple or fish. As jewellery, gemstones will always be well-known for. Gemstone and gem blends were hip when whitened dresses were in fashion. The middle-Victorians had a show of riches, usually a tiara for the service. Mix items of diamonds which could be split after as personal items were not unpopular. Usually, the jewellery worn by the bride-to-be was a present from her husband. The earlier the nuptials, the jewellery that is less. Some thing old was frequently the bride-to-be connection with all the past as well as a household treasure. Some thing fresh can be a present in the bridegroom or her gown. Something borrowed came back to the possessor, and was of actual worth just like a veil or head-piece. Blue was frequently an embroidered handkerchief or the garter. While potential riches was guaranteed by the six-pence, the contact of blue represented loyalty. A Bridegroom Apparel The bridegrooms, considered mags for suggestions about on the best way to to be ended up, and also, were worried about trend on their wedding. In the first victorian-era, the bride groom wore a dress coat of mulberry, blue or claret . By 1865, men's jackets were personalized using a unique "bloom-gap" for this function. His waistcoat was not black, along with his pants of rose doeskin. Dark was impossible. Groomsmen and the greatest man wore frock-coats additionally, in a a tone that was more muted. The American bridegroom donned a flower to the lapel of his fit that was finest . From the middle-victorian-era, frock-coats were rarely used, the layer being preferable due to its look that was wiser. Some bridegrooms still used frock-coats, nevertheless, and did so using a jacket of rose mitts sewn in black, dark grey slacks, a flattened cravat of moderate colour, and black fabric. Trends transformed quickly into a should for mitts in 1886, from no requirement for mitts in 1885, in the late years. Chances are, nevertheless, guys used pearl coloured gloves with dark embroidery. The dress coat was straight back as well as a double breasted, light colored waistcoat, darkish link, grey striped cashmere pants, patent leather button boots and light bronze kid-gloves in-style. Through the victorian-era, a black-top cap was essential. From the conclusion of the victorian-era, boutonnieres were not small --a couple of stephanotis or lilies sprig. In the event British legislation at night, as now permitted the wedding, full-dress tailcoats were in purchase, with whitened waistcoat and white gloves. The father of the bride-to-be in line with the period of evening for the nuptials, and outfitted like the groom and groomsmen. Attendants, Family and Kids Dresses for the bridesmaids needed to be both lovely and useful, for they became an integral part of your ex attire following the service. The gowns were supplied by some brides that were nice for his or her attendants. Throughout the first years that are Victorian, dresses bodices miniature and were complete. Convention needed an all-white wedding, in the event the overall outcome stayed whitened, but colour may be used for an emphasis. Their heads were protected by bridesmaids with quick white veils falling to only below the cool from a coronet. Nuptials at house failed to need a veil head-pieces of ribbons and blossoms were worn. White was not the colour, but was nevertheless used at some nuptials, frequently in mixture with a different colour. Sleeves that are big were instyle, highlighting the shoulders. Gray, while Americans favored white, lilac and purple were well-known in England, green or flower. By 1898, trend ordered the bridesmaids' dresses be in-direct comparison to the bride-to-be, in order to not distract from the wonder of her dress. That custom continues to be used now. Kids had their particular clothing manners and were a representational element of the wedding. Girls that are little can be ring-bearers or flower-girls. They they may be jr bridesmaids or maids of recognition, if old. Aside from their job, their gowns were of white muslin tied using a bow sash that fit tights and their shoes. The gowns were both short or long based upon ages and the prevalent fashions of girls. The lads had of keeping the bride's train, the significant function. They outfitted as courtroom webpages in quick pants, velvet coats and round linen collars attached by big bows of white crepe de chine. Their sneakers were dark, unless it turned out to be a proper wedding, where circumstance they buckles on their shoes, and donned white cotton hose. Their fits may be green, blue, dark or reddish, using a matching cap, that has been not obligatory. The cap was eliminated to get a chapel service. Social traditions ordered what female guests and the moms used, also, the distinction refined however current. In a wedding that was day-time, guests used seeing or walking outfits. The mummies, and other members of the family that were female, used toilettes, being less proper, although more refined than day outfits than evening gown. All girls needed to use bonnets in chapel, however these were were elective for athome services. Bonnets weren't used for night receptions. As a suitable colour for the mother-of the bride-to-be, dark was proposed in the late victorian-era. They were never manufactured from black crepe, nevertheless, which signified grieving. In case the caretaker was in mourning, she can put her crepe aside and use pink velvet or cotton in The United States, or cardinal-red in Britain. Queen Victoria, mom number at several weddings, always used black and whitened because she was in mourning on her "most beloved Albert." Everybody curled and is eventually primped. Now is the really time for the service to begin!


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To misquote the opening lines of the classic Beatles album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, it was 30 years ago today [Wednesday 8 December] that John Lennon was shot dead in New York. One aspect of his work often overlooked is the way he was influenced by Indian music and culture. Lennon wrote some of his best known songs in India and only recently, an unknown song called 'India, India' from the 1970s was finally found in the archives.
John and his bandmates in The Beatles spent part of the 1960s looking for ways to "broaden their perspectives on the world", as he put it in an interview in early 1967. They were experimenting with all kinds of drugs, and that experimenting helped lead to groundbreaking records such as the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP, which was issued in June 1967. The band had become interested in Indian culture through George Harrison.
In 1965, during the shooting of the Beatles-film 'Help!', George met a couple of Indian musicians who appeared as extras in the film. They introduced him to the sitar, an instrument which was gaining something of a following due to Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar's growing popularity. A few months later, George had bought himself a sitar which he played on 'Norwegian Wood', composed by Lennon.
With George being heavily influenced by Indian music, the band recorded two Harrison-penned songs, 'Love you to' (from the Revolver album) and 'Within you, without you' (Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band), both of which featured Indian instruments.
In 1967, The Beatles wanted to dig deeper into Eastern cultures and attended a lecture by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, where they were introduced to transcendental meditation. Curious to learn more, they accepted the Maharishi's invitation to visit his retreat in India.
The Beatles, including John and his then wife Cynthia, and other Western artists left for India in February, 1968, where Mahesh Yogi had built his 'International Academy of Meditation', a 14 acre compound near Rishikesh in the north of the country. The region was already known as 'the yoga capital of the world' and was home to many ashrams – places where people go to meditate in peaceful surroundings.
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The sessions at Rishikesh were received well initially, but after a few weeks tensions began to grow – Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney left early amid speculations about a falling-out with the Maharishi over alleged drug use by The Beatles at the ashram (and Ringo didn't make any new friends when he compared the place to a Butlin's holiday camp back in the UK).
Also, John and Cynthia – whose relationship was already rocky – felt they had grown apart, especially due to John's burgeoning relationship with Yoko Ono (who was not present in India).
George and John finally left abruptly in April, apparently because they felt the Maharishi only wanted them there for the publicity and for his own gain.
'Sexy Sadie'
Creatively, however, the time in Rishikesh was one of the most rewarding periods in the Beatles' career. John and Paul wrote dozens of songs, many of which ended up on the final three Beatles albums The Beatles, Abbey Road and Let It Be, with some songs heavily influenced by the Indian surroundings: 'Dear Prudence', 'Julia', 'Sexy Sadie' (a direct dig at the Maharishi) and 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road' (apparently inspired by monkeys mating in the road).
Newly discovered song
The Beatles' time in India has often been ridiculed, but the four members shared fond memories of the period with the Maharishi. Years later, after the Beatles had disbanded and John Lennon had moved to New York with his new wife Yoko Ono, Lennon described his memories in a song called 'India, India', which he wrote for a play that never saw the light of day. Hidden in Lennon's personal archives for years, the song was discovered only recently.
In the lyrics, John says: "India, take me to your heart / Reveal your ancient mysteries to me" and "I sit here at your feet so patiently". He then goes on to say: "I'm waiting by the river but somewhere in my mind / I left my heart in England with the girl I left behind", probably referring to his ex-wife Cynthia.
Watch a clip featuring the song 'India, India' (Story continues below):
'India, India' has never been released officially, but it shows John's fond memories of that short period he spent in the Rishikesh ashrams. Although the compound fell into disrepair, after the Maharishi left India in the 1970s, the legacy of that period can still be heard in the songs on The Beatles or Abbey Road – and in dozens of other songs written by other Western artists who finally discovered, through Lennon & McCartney's songs, that India's music had so much to offer.