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Margery started her career as a playwright in 1985 with the Cable Car Award-nominated comedy Please Wait for the Beep, produced in San Francisco by Theatre Rhinoceros, The 5th Estate Theater in Los Angeles, The Stonewall Repertory Theater in New York City. Other full-length plays include the Jane Chambers Award winner, Picture Me produced by Theatre Rhinoceros, and the critically acclaimed lesblan comedy, Sax and the Single Dyke produced by Theatre Rhinoceros.
Her solo shows are: Phenomenal Dread Of Intimacy, Home Plates, which received two Dean Goodman Choice Awards (formerly Dramalogue), Mug Shots, and Thirty Years Later, which were produced in San Francisco at The Exit Theatre, Venue Nine and The New Conservatory Theatre. Bouncing received two staged readings, one at the Magic Theatre, the other at the O'Hanlon Center for the Arts. Other solo works include Payday At Pukalani (a Maui Fringe Festival winner), and A Singular Story, produced by 3Girls Theatre Company at The Thick House, and will also be producing Holding, coming up at the Phoenix Theater December 2012.
Margery co-wrote and performed in the two-woman comedy Digitally Yours, and Digitally Yours Upgrade 98, produced by Theatre Rhinoceros and The New Conservatory Theatre.
Margery's work has been produced, performed and read at Brava, Theatre of Yugen, Jon Sims, The Phoenix Theater, Noh Space, CounterPulse, StageWerx, The Marsh, The Marsh Berkeley, The Magic Theater, Venue Nine, and The Plush Room.
One acts and short plays include: I'm Leaving produced by BareBones Theatre, and The Absolute Theater at the Bernice Street Playhouse and The New Conservatory Theatre; Cat Nip, produced by The New Conservatory Theatre; Holiday on Ice, Woman's Will Productions; Holding produced by Three Wise Monkeys at The Exit, and Theatre of Yugen; and It's Your America, produced by Theatre Rhinoceros.
She has been a member of the teaching faculties at ACT's Young Conservatory, The Academy of Art College, and The New Conservatory Theatre. She has also taught theater at Bay Area public and private schools, and free-lance as a teacher of improvisation and writing.
She was the creator and director of two writing and performance groups: "Positive Spirit" for young adults with HIV, and "Visible Proof ", for women with HIV. Margery also taught acting at the San Bruno Senior Center and created with the class an original film, a story centering on seniors and alcoholism.
Her short stories have appeared in Pisgah, Rockhurst Review, Gargoyle, Dos Passos Review, and Clackamas. Her work also appears in Scenes and Monologues for Young Actors, published by Smith and Kraus.
She has worked with Jayne Wenger, who has been her dramaturg, director and hand-holder on many of her solo productions. She has also worked with Charlie Varon at The Marsh developing her solo work. She has also worked with Corey Fischer, and a host of other wonderful teachers and directors, including Billy Cunningham, Arturo Catricala, John Moreno, and Amy Mueller.
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Israelite Writings Are the Base of Man-Made, Fabricated Creeds of the Muhammadans
Was published in Arabic in October 31, 2015
Translated by Ahmed Fathy
Firstly: a generality in human history
1- There is one celestial religion that has been descended from God to all prophets, with different tongues: "We never sent any messenger except in the language of his people, to make things clear for them…"(14:4). The Quran is the last divine message from God, brought down by the archangel Gabriel to the seal of prophets: Muhammad, to affirm and fulfill the other previous divine messages: "It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. The Honest Spirit came down with it. Upon your heart, that you may be one of the warners. In a clear Arabic tongue. And it is in the scriptures of the ancients."(26:192-196). All the divine message had but one aim, apart from worshipping the Almighty alone with no other gods/deities, to urge people to cooperate to realize justice and peaceful existence. Otherwise, iron, i.e. arms, are reigning in the relations among the nations: God has revealed unto His prophets the divine messages and also has given us iron in the core of the Earth; this is a scientific fact: "We sent Our messengers with the clear proofs, and We sent down with them the Book and the Balance, that humanity may uphold justice. And We sent down iron, in which is violent force, and benefits for humanity. That God may know who supports Him and His messengers invisibly. God is Strong and Powerful."(57:25).
2- The term ''village'' in the Quranic terminology means the nation, the State, or society: that is, lands, individuals, and a political regime that rules. In most cases, past and present, people are divided into two groups: a vast majority of the weak and helpless and a minority of the filthily rich with power, authority, rule, injustice, and criminal actions against the majority. Of the Quranic facts the notion of this criminal minority that use its cunning ways and evildoing manners to control and rule the State, society, or ''village''. Individuals of such a minority struggle and have conflicts amongst themselves so often, but they stand unified against all prophets and messengers of God and all who call for justice and reform on all levels. Such a minority feel spiteful and hateful towards reformers who do not emerge from the social strata of this minority. This minority imagines that it monopolizes all leadership positions in all fields; yet, they do not realize that corrupt people can never be among the reformers. Reform entails marginalizing corruption and the authority of corrupt persons or keeping such evil to a minimum. The fate of corrupt people in a given society is Hell in the Afterlife, however high is their stature, grand is their wealth, and severe is their injustice. "And thus We set up in every city its leading wicked sinners, to conspire in it, but they conspire only against themselves, and they do not realize it.When a sign comes to them, they say, "We will not believe unless we are given the like of what was given to God's messengers." God knows best where to place His message. Humiliation from God and severe torment will afflict the criminals for their scheming."(6:123-124)
3- This opulent minority that monopolizes wealth, authority, and power hate any type of reform and adhere to the inherited rules and ways from the ancestors in all fields to maintain their stature and position: "Likewise, We sent no warner before you to any town, but the wealthy among them said, "We found our parents on a course, and we are following in their footsteps.""(43:23). All ancestral notions of the forefathers must be maintained by such a minority using fashioned-on-purpose (quasi)religious mottos and notions from the earthly, human-made, fabricated creeds that oppose the divine religion of God that advocate justice. Such human-made creeds apply, justify, and maintain injustices in life. Conflicts and struggle exist between the minority and the vast majority in a given society, apart from the conflicts among the criminal persons in the minority for gaining more wealth and power. That is why human-fashioned creeds vary and increase in number and in different views; they are based on whims, caprices, and common bonds of interests and ambitions.
4- Justice is called for in the Quran on all levels, but in the varied man-made creeds that wage wars on one another, we find that their gods/imams unite in their vehement support for injustice on all levels toward the weak vast majority. They render injustice to God by claiming that their creeds (Sunnite, Wahabi, Salafi, Shiite, and Sufi) are Islam; God does not want injustice to all people: "…God desires no injustice for humankind."(3:108) and "God wants no injustice for His servants."(40:31).
5- Violence and severe action towards others are the epitome of man-made creeds and the exact opposite of the divine message of the Quran; in 57:25, we find in one verse the divine books and iron: one stands for justice and the other for arms and violence used by the tyrant unjust ones toward the weak ones to impose a certain regime or rule on the latter, and especially to abort any possible reform that aims at imposing justice peacefully. Reformers are forced to use arms in defense.
6- Divine will used to intervene to kill all tyrants and their followers as we know from Quranic stories, and saved were a prophet and his followers. The last story of the kind was Moses' Pharaoh. Another stage of human history emerged; injustice and tyrants still exist who follow the route of Moses' Pharaoh as their example: (see 2:11, 8:52-54, 43:56, and 28:41), but civil war atrocities occurred (see 6:65-67) along with self-defense wars (see 2:190-194 , 22:38-40, and 60:8-9) to face armed tyranny of the unjust.
7- Let us remember that divine messages have come successively to the Israelites, but injustice and tyranny went on along with man-made creeds of whims. Jews even dared to kill some prophets, and they have been punished accordingly: "…They were struck with humiliation and poverty, and incurred wrath from God. That was because they rejected God's revelations and wrongfully killed the prophets. That was because they disobeyed and transgressed."(2:61). Their killing has extended to those calling for justice, and thus, as a rule in the Quran, their punishment is severe in Hell: "As for those who defy God's revelations, and kill the prophets unjustly, and kill those who advocate justice among the people-promise them a painful retribution. They are those whose deeds will come to nothing, in this world and in the Hereafter; and they will have no saviors."(3:21-22). We notice the use of the present tense in these verses, despite the fact that killing prophets has been done in the past; this indicates that killing of reformers goes on until now. The divine message is one religion of peace and justice that is opposed by evildoers everywhere and in every era.
Secondly: The Muhammadans and the West countries
1- An overview of the current state of affairs fills one with wonder: the Muhammadans (Shiites, Sunnites, Wahabis, Salafis, Sufis, etc.) who are Arabophones and can read the Quran easily, that is preserved by the Almighty, are the ones whose countries are where tyranny and injustice reign supreme on all levels with the supremacy of fabricated creeds supporting tyranny and injustice, and blind following to the footsteps, ways, notions, and tomes of the forefathers. In contrast, in Western countries who do not know the message of the Quran, but due to their horrid experience in the past with Church tyranny and support of all sorts of injustice, have decided to confine religion to houses of worship, not to mingle with worldly affairs. Since that decision, the Western people have explored the planet and made scientific advances. Thus, the West has applied unawares the Quranic commands of contemplating the creatures and the universe: see 10-101, 12:105-109, and 29:56-57. In the meanwhile, the ignorant Muhammadans are still concerned with veil, niqab, beards, clothes, jihad by having sex like ISIS terrorists, breastfeeding the adults, raping female children under the guise of marriage, and historical mortal deities/devils dichotomies: Ali & Mu'aweiya and Al-Hussein & Yazeed, etc.
2- The West reached the Quranic truths by reasoning despite the fact that it does not know about the Quran, whereas the Arabs who know its language (see 12:2 and 43:3), never read, understand, contemplate, or reflect on it. Although the Quran contains so many commands of reasoning, thinking, contemplating, reflecting, perceiving, and the like, the Muhammadans never do that, and thus, these verses apply to them: "Have you seen him who chose his desire as his god? Would you be an agent for him? Or do you assume that most of them hear or understand? They are just like cattle, but even more errant in their way."(25:43-44).
3- Prophet Muhammad used to feel sad when his people shunned the message he came with, and God has said to him to consider them as the following: "And if you call them to guidance, they will not hear. And you see them looking at you, yet they do not see."(7:198) and "Nor are equal the living and the dead. God causes whomever He wills to hear, but you cannot make those in the graves hear. You are only a warner."(35:22-23). The Quran has commanded Muhammad not to feel sorry for them: "What of him whose evil deed was made attractive to him, and so he regards it as good? God leads astray whomever He wills, and He guides whomever He wills. Therefore, do not waste yourself sorrowing over them. God knows exactly what they do."(35:8) and "Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not believe in this discourse."(18:6). All the previous verses apply to the state of the Muhammadans of our days.
4- human beings when deprived of awareness are similar to animals. Reasoning mind is the light of one's soul and heart: "Is he who was dead, then We gave him life, and made for him a light by which he walks among the people, like he who is in total darkness, and cannot get out of it? Thus the doings of disbelievers are made to appear good to them."(6:122). Unbelievers who sanctify tomes of forefathers and prefer it to the Quran are in deep darkness and think they are guided in the best manner.
5- The Muhammadans are so unconscious of their era, lack awareness, and backwardness reigns supreme in their minds; they live in the darkness of the Middle-ages notions and ways until now: with the tomes and volumes of Al-Bokhary, Ibn Hanbal, etc. among other mortal gods. They are still arguing over dichotomies of Yazeed and Al-Hussein, among others. They think of nothing but these dead deities: their so-called saints and imams and scholars. The Muhammadans are dead arguing most of the time about the dead persons. How could we possibly expect them to use their reason in such a mode of life? As long as this goes on, tyranny, clergy, and injustice remain controlling everything, while justice is absent. Conflicts and struggles never end among the Muhammadans for the sake of transient possessions and power. They destroy one another's lives; the Quran will be a tool/instrument witnessing against them against them in this world and in the Afterlife.
Lastly: Israelite writings are the base of man-made, fabricated creeds of the Muhammadans
1- God says in the Quran: "We made a covenant with the Children of Israel: "Worship none but God; and be good to parents, and relatives, and orphans, and the needy; and speak nicely to people; and pray regularly, and give alms." Then you turned away, except for a few of you, recanting. And We made a covenant with you: "You shall not shed the blood of your own, nor shall you evict your own from your homes." You agreed, and were all witnesses.But here you are, killing your own, and expelling a group of your own from their homes-conspiring against them in wrongdoing and hostility. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although it was forbidden to you. Is it that you believe in part of the Scripture, and disbelieve in part? What is the reward for those among you who do that but humiliation in this life? And on the Day of Resurrection, they will be assigned to the most severe torment. God is not unaware of what you do. Those are they who bought the present life for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be helped."(2:83-86). One might wonder: why God mentions this history of the Israelites in the Quran? Why the Quran is filled with their stories? What is the aim of that?
2- The Quranic discourse has no room for chatting, reiterations, and redundancy, for it is a: "... A Scripture whose Verses were perfected, then elaborated, from One who is Wise and Informed."(11:1), "A revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A Scripture whose Verses are detailed, a Quran in Arabic for people who know."(41:2-3), "…it is an invincible Book. Falsehood cannot approach it, from before it or behind it. It is a revelation from One Wise and Praiseworthy. "(41:41-42), and "We have given them a Scripture, which We detailed with knowledge-guidance and mercy for people who believe."(7:52). Accordingly, all discourse concerning the Jews or the Israelites is addressed to us; such a discourse is a warning to us so as not to imitate them in sins. This is a Quranic miraculous prediction; this is what the Muhammadans do now: they follow the footsteps of the Israelites.
3- It is commonly known that the Israelite writings are part and parcel of the Muhammadans tomes and volumes within every corner and page of them; i.e., in the books of the so-called interpretation of the Quran and the endless books the so-called hadiths (sayings) ascribed falsely to Muhammad after his death. It is a well-known fact that the leaders of the rise of theology are mostly non-Arabs in the history of the early Muslims. Hence, such non-Arabs are the founders of the earthly man-made creeds (Sunnite, Shiite, and Sufi creeds as well as their branches and subdivisions) that oppose real Islam (the Quran alone). Early Arab Muslims were taught by such people and learnt all about the Torah and translated freely the stories of the Israelite doubtful accounts of the prophets to be used in the so-called interpretations of the Quran and fabrications of the so-called hadiths. What worsened matters gravely is the fact that the real founder of the Sunnite creed was the (former?) Jewish man called Ibn Saba', of Yemeni origin, and later on, the devilish endeavor was continued by another Jew of Yemeni origin whose surname was Kaab Al-Ahbar (i.e., the highest Rabbi). This person joined the first Umayyad caliph, Mu'aweiya, and became the master and teacher of Abou Hurayrah, the most famous narrator of lies and fabrications that came to be called as hadiths ascribed falsely to Prophet Muhammad after his death. Hence, Yemen produced the first two leaders of the Sunnite propagation and both were (former?) Jews, who emerged in the era of the caliph Omar Ibn Al-Khattab. One of them joined the first Umayyad caliph and the other, Ibn Saba', supported Ali Ibn Abou Talib his rival and the previous caliph. Both Yemeni men called for a revolt against the caliph Othman Ibn Affan that came before Ali. It was Ibn Saba' who first called for the deification of caliph Ali shortly before Ali's death. We must conclude then that Shiite and Sunnite creeds are both founded by two Jewish clergymen of Yemeni origin, who converted to Islam as a type of disguise, of course, to infiltrate into the caliphate regime with political aims. The Shiites later on suffered throughout history from severe persecution politically and socially, and hence, its leaders founded the Sufi creed to disguise their line of thought and theology. One of the main founders of the Sufi creed is a historical figure called Maarouf Al-Karkhy (i.e., of Al-Kerak region in the Levant), who was a former Christian converted to the Shiite creed. Thus, when most Jews and Christians converted within two centuries gradually to Sunnite and Shiite and Sufi creeds, they carried with them all theological lines of thought pertaining to their former creeds fashioned by the ancients, not related to the Almighty, of course, but with a change in terminology and labels.
4- It is a Quranic miracle of prediction that the Quranic text mentions the Israelites and addresses them so often. This discourse and stories are addressed to the Muhamadans as well whose Israelite writings are so revered, honored, and sanctified by them more than the Quran; because Israelite writings are the base of all theological reference of the fashioned, man-made, earthly creeds of the Muhammadans, past and present. Please refer to 2:83-86 in the Quran and you will perceive that with little contemplation, these verses apply to the Muhammadans of today.


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I feel so sorry for Annie. Hope she will meet someone better soon. Please update.
I feel so sorry for Annie. Hope she will meet someone better soon. Please update.
omg, i felt so sorry for annie. keep update!!
Oops, read over it and I meant, halfway to sleep, watching green hope!! Sorry!!
Hehe, thanx Cece, guess watching movies does come in handy...
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A Shocking Home Coming
Today was a special day for Louis. Jessica was able to return home. He was on his way home with Jess he was thinking, How am I going to break the news to her. Louis has been lying to Jess about Annie all this time, and how shes been acting lately. Louis not wanting Jess to get worried while she was in the hospital told her that Annie has been treating the situation quite maturely after the day of the burial. But on the inside he knew that Jess knew the truth by understanding and knowing her sister too well, she knew Annie was deeply hurt.
Louis, you want to tell me the truth yet? How is she? How bad is the situation? Jess asked.
Louis took a deep breath and answered Shes shes actually in a terrible situation but Bernice has been trying to cheer her up lately and
AND? Jess asked with concern in her eyes.
Well the good thing is Bernice said she found a new solution to cure Annies problems and she says its going to work Louis announced.
What kind of cure? Jess asked suspiciously.
Im actually not sure she didnt tell me Louis replied.
Theyve finally reached the house. The house, which Annie, Bernice and Jess all live in. Louis was helping Jess with one arm supporting her while she was using her crutches and in the other arm holding her baggage. He opened the door and they both smelt a severe odor. Alcohol filled the scent of the house; the house smelt nothing different from their bar. Jess looked around her supposedly nice clean house and found it a pig style. The coffee table was knocked over; pillows were all over the floor in the living room and the family room. The worst thing was cans of root beer and bottles of all different kinds of wine and beer were all scattered over the floor.
This was the marvelous plan wasnt it? Jess asked in disbelief of the look of her pig style house.
I swear I knew nothing of this plan the house looked fine yesterday when I came to visit Annie and Bernice. Louis said assuring her he had nothing to do with this.
BERNICE!!! Jess screamed at the top of her lungs.
OVER HERE! Bernice screamed at the top of the stairs. She started to wave frantically at Jess and Louis. Bernice started to walk step-by-step down the stairs started to loose her balance. Her right foot suddenly missed the next step, which made her roll all the way down the flight of stairs.
Jess and Louis both knew; Bernice was drunk. Louis walked over to Bernice and knelt down beside her.
Are you okay? Wheres Annie? Louis asked in concern.
Did someone call me? a voice asked crawling out of the couch.
Annie! Jess exclaimed.
Jess limped her way across all the cans and bottles of alcohol to her sister. She knew that Annie and Bernice have at least drank gallons of alcohol to get themselves this drunk. Annie and Bernice were both known as The Queens of Hearts Bar. Hearts Bar is a bar that Jess owns. Annie and Bernice work there time-to-time as a part time job or just to help Jess out. Annie, Bernice and Jess can hardly ever get drunk since they are so used to the large amount of alcohol that they drink nearly everyday from drinking with the costumers at the bar.
Louis helped Jess pick up the girls and brought them to their rooms. Jess and Louis made sure that Annie was asleep and then they left her room. Jess walked slowly to Bernices room and knelt down beside her bed in concern. Jess rested her hands on Bernices and whispered, Why did you drink so much? I understand that Annie is heartbroken and you being a friend lending her support but why did you drink so much? Is there something wrong ?
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owww, another new thing we know about the characters...."The Queens of Hearts Bar" I'm curious of why Bernise drank so much! Please update soon!
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail".
What a great plan I wonder what happened to Bernice. Update soon.
hmm, i wonder why she drink. hope u update soon, i'll be waiting.
sorry...i havnt been updating in hmm,,, a LONG while...i will start updating VERY soon once i start setling down with school...which will be soon...lol...anyways...i hope u'll still be reading...
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Ch 8: What should I do?
Bernice sat on her bed, as her head leans against a pile of pillows. She slowly turns her body around resting her face into the pillows on her bed. What should I do? she kept asking herself as a tone of answers were floating in her head waiting for her to choose one; but this choice cant easily be made, especially with a headache so big, she feels like her brain is going to blow up any minute now inside of her.
Bernice knows she has to make a decision to her question and fast but every time she decides to choose one of the answers to her problem her stomach does a flip-flop causing her to change her mind. These flip- flops has been happening for days causing her to be really uncomfortable.
Suddenly someone she could hear a knock on her door, which disturbed her thoughts. Bernice got up and opened the door and at her surprise, it was Louis.
What are you doing here? Arent you at work? Bernice asked slowly and coolly, as she is still half asleep with a huge headache.
Louis gives Bernice a hello smile and tells her that breakfast is ready downstairs with Annie and Jess waiting for her.
Ill be there in a minute, she yelled downstairs to the two girls.
Bernice quickly ran to the washroom, brushed her teeth and then took a shower. As she was getting dressed she realized some bruises on her body, which she did not see before. I wonder how those got here, Bernice asked herself. Bernice went downstairs and joined the others at the table. As she picked up her glass of milk she looked at Jess and asked Do you know how I got 5 bruises on my body?
Jess looked at Louis and they both started to laugh out loud. As those two were laughing hysterically Bernice and Annie gave each other a confused look. Finally after a few minutes they cooled down and stopped.
You rolled down the stairs yesterday Bern Jess told her.
Ouch, that must of hurt! Annie commented.
Of course it did! Its a half wooden staircase! Bernice exclaimed while rubbing her bruise on her hip.
Louis, arent you suppose to be at work? Annie asked him.
Louis checked his watch for the time and said Nope, I start at 1pm today.
Bernice looked at Louis and she realized he looks just the same as all the other days she has known him, but to her, he does not feel the same as before after the scene she saw at his office two days ago. She looked at Jess who was smiling happily at Louis and Bernice thoughts were going through her head again Should I tell her? If I do, will that smile fade away and if I dont, what will happen if she finds out on her own, and will she forgive me for not telling as another flip-flop rolled into her stomach and took over her thoughts
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Ch9: Unexpected Viewers
'Three days ago I was still hesitating but today Im going to do it. Im going to tell Jess and nothing can stop me; not even u stomach flip-flop-ers! Bernice told herself. Today the three ladies had a half day off, they were all going to go on a shopping trip together as a cheering up present to Annie, since Annie adores shopping when she feels depressed.
My feet are aching, my arms feel like their going to fall off, and I am so tired, can we take a break Jess begged.
Who told you to wear a pair of four inch heels on a shopping trip Annie said with a little laugh at the end of her comment.
Looks like Miss Frowny here is feeling a lot better today Bernice said with a smile in her heart with relief. Jess, lets finish with that shop over there and then we can take a break, okay? Bernice announced.
Fine Jess moaned.
The three girls were all exhausted by the time they finished that last shop Bernice pointed to. They had bought tones of the newest fashions to add to their wardrobes. Now came a time to sit down, loosen up their legs and restore their calories so they can start preparing to go back to work.
Guys...I had a great time today...thanks Annie told her two best friends with a smile as she took a bite of her ice cream.
No problem! Bernice told Annie, We had a great time, and Ive never bought so much stuff all at once! Bernice said as she kicked Jess leg under the table to bring her back to earth.
Ouch! What was that for? Jess said as she gave an evil stare at Bernice.
Just wanted to know if you were still here and not in dreamland Bernice told her.
Yeah sis, is there something wrong? I mean look at you compared to us, you just bought five items during this whole shopping trip! Annie said as she looked down at her dozen of bags.
Im okay, its just that Louis hasnt been around during these three days, you know... Jess said drearily.
After they were done with their snacks they decided to head home. The three girls put their bags in the trunk and got into Jess car. The car ride was nice and calm with not much traffic on the roads. Suddenly their car started to slow down and eventually stopped on its own on the side of the road.
What happened? Bernice asked from the back seat.
Arggg, I forgot to put some oil in the car! Jess said as she opened her door and stepped out of the car. She looked around the road and saw no taxis around. She picked up her cell phone and called the tow-car to drag the car away. Annie and Bernice stepped out of the car as well to keep an eye out for a taxi.
Two hours ago Bernice, Jess and Annie were standing on the sidewalk waiting for a taxi. Luckily, a passerby who was walking his dog noticed them. He told them they wouldnt find a taxi today; all the taxi workers are on strike. It was pure luck that their car broke down near Louis office. They took the elevator up to the 5th floor of the building knowing even if the door to the his office wasnt open; there are still some couches outside of the elevator that they can rest in. As they reached the 5th floor they noticed that the door and the lights to his office was still open.
Louis found himself a good secretary, she even works this late when hes out of town! Annie announced.
As they slowly walked into the office, they noticed that there was no one around. They kept wondering around until they reached Louis office and they saw...
so here the 9th chapter! what do you think? leav me comments all!!! I dont mind if you leave me more than one...hehehe...lol
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omg, what they saw, i hope its something bad. i hate louise's charracter!
sorry for the long wait.....been really busy
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Ch11: Puzzled
Annies jaw dropped ten feet as she saw her sisters boyfriend being kissed by a girl, and that girl wasnt her sister. Jess eyes were starting to be filled with tears and fury at the sight of Louis cheating on her.
Jess stormed to his offices door and shouted, What are you two doing?
Louis eyes opened wide as he knew that kiss that was just given to him by Anne was hard to explain. Bernice walked up beside Jess trying to calm her down before she does something that she might regret afterward.
Bern, why are you helping him? Did you know about this? Jess asked furiously.
I Bernice murmured.
Jess looked back and forth, from Bern to Louis and Anne. Jess couldnt handle the pressure and the stress and stormed out of the office. She ran down the flights of stairs, the streets, past buildings, parks and onto her block. After her one-hour sprint, she finally stopped. She lay down on the grass at a park. She took deep breaths in and out trying to get rid of the pain; not just the cramp she got from her sprint, but from the arrow that Louis shot to hit her heart. Jess was devastated. Her heart ached even more than her cramp. Bern and Louis, two of the people she trusted the most let her down and broke her heart.
In the meantime, Annie and Bernice are looking everywhere for Jess.
Annie, you got to believe me, I really did want to tell Jess, and its just that I didnt know how to say it and Bernice said inarticulately.
Wow, calm down Annie said. Youve been saying this for the past hour, I know you wanted to tell Jess, I know! Annie proclaimed.
You really believe me? Bernice asked.
Yes Annie reassured her.
Why Bernice questioned.
You were sleep talking yesterday Annie said while giving Bernice a funny look.
No way- Bernice announced.
Bernice was cut off by a cars honk.
Guys, hop on, well find her quicker this way Louis told them, for the tenth time.
No thank you Annie responded harshly and looked at Louis and then at Anne who was sitting on the passenger seat, while giving him a look of perfect person to bring in the car while looking for Jess
After a while, they finally found Jess, lying on the grass at the park. Bernice and Annie slowly sat down beside her. Jess heard their movements and opened her eyes. She looked at her girlfriends and hugged them tightly, not wanting to loose them too.
Jess I- Bernice whispered regretfully.
I understand Jess reassured her.
Jess...I... Louis tried to explain, but he has no confidence on what he would say, or how to say it, the truth is, he loves Jess, but what he did cannot be forgiven or forgotten.
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Ch11-Seeking the Answer
Straggling my footsteps, I walked outside. I sat down at the foot of The Tree and looked up at the sun. I put my palm against the ground where all the buried boxes are. Tears started to form in my eyes as I felt the pain rushing from beneath the ground into my palms, up my arm and into my heart. Gushes of pain suddenly stroke me as I thought about Jess and what shes going through. I looked around the yard, and I saw her. She was sitting up on the tree that Louis and her planted when they started going out. I slowly got up and walked towards her and the tree, leaving my spot of pain.
Jess? I cried.
Hey Jess said as she forced a smile.
I climbed up the tree and leaned against a branch. We just sat there, gazing up to the skies, not saying a word.
A full moon came out with all its stars shimmering flawlessly against the black sky.
The skys beautiful tonight, isnt it? Jess spoke.
It sure is I responded.
You have anything you want to ask me? Jess questioned.
I do. Whats going to happen?
Jess took a deep breath and said, I dont know I want to forgive and forget, I really do, but I dont know how. He was drunk, he didnt know what he was doing and it happened; he slept with her. At the office, he said that was just a good-bye kiss and nothing more what should I do Annie?
I looked up at the sky, hoping the answer to that question was written somewhere, but it wasnt. I asked myself, How am I suppose to answer Jess, when I still dont know the answer to my own problems?
A shadow was walking up towards us as a little call asked, Can I join you two?
Without an answer she climbed up beside us and sat down. Im sorry I didnt tell you earlier Bernice spoke softly to both of them.
Jess gave Bernice a little smile and said, Its ok.
Bern, what did you see? I asked as I looked at Jess to see if she minds knowing a bit more (even thought there is not much more she can be acquainted with).
Jess gave a little nod to Bern gesturing that she go ahead and say it.
I saw Louis and Anne coming out of an apartment together, Bernice slowly replied which led to another long moment of silence as the three girls sat up on the tree and gazed at the beauty of the moon and stars.
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Port Purchases Property Adjacent to Airport for Buffer
Posted in General | Economic Development | Bayview Business Park | Nature Trails/Environmental | Skagit Regional Airport on August 3, 2011
Burlington – The Port of Skagit has purchased a 95-acre parcel abutting port property on the east side of Skagit Regional Airport and backing up on the Skagit Golf and Country Club.
The land, purchased from Idaho resident Henry Van Pelt for $485,100, will help to secure the airport from encroachment of residential development under the landing pattern, said Patsy Martin, executive director of the Port of Skagit. Further benefits from the purchase include the following:
- The Van Pelt property is under two safety zones for the airport's main runway. The area needs to be kept clear of development that might create potential hazards to flight, such as bird strikes, smoke or electronic interference with air navigation.
- The property also needs to be protected from development that is particularly sensitive to noise, including residential housing, in compliance with the FAA Integrated Noise Model, a part of the Skagit Regional Airport Master Plan Update, adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2007.
- The property currently is zoned for industrial use, which fits the port's mission and purpose. Under port ownership, it would not be subject to potential rezoning to allow residential development or other uses incompatible with the airport's continued operation.
- Acquiring the property would give the port the potential use of about 13 acres for wetland restoration. This could be used for mitigation to open more suitable property at the airport for development.
Current port plans call for developing Skagit Regional Airport as a hub for corporate and private business aviation. The port does not expect to pursue regularly scheduled airline service at the airport in the foreseeable future. But it is likely that air traffic – including corporate jets – will increase in the coming years.
With increased operations at the airport, it is also likely that further build-out of the airport and adjacent Bayview Business Park properties will occur, producing increased employment opportunities in Skagit County.


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Size matters: Can a 600-sq-ft house turn into a bigger unit?
All's not well in Noida Extension. Buyers of 600-sq-ft flats are being asked to shift to 1405-sq-ft units and pay extra. Others are being asked to pick up the tab for hiked prices of steel and labour etcrealestate Updated: Apr 04, 2013, 13:56 IST
The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) had given the go-ahead to the Master Plan 2021 submitted by the Greater Noida Authority last year, but buyers in the controversy-generating Noida Extension continue to be short-changed. Their woes began when the Supreme Court struck down the acquisition of 156 hectares in Noida Extension as illegal way back in 2011, but now, when builders have begun work on projects, a number of issues are cropping up which indicate that the buyers' troubles are far from over.
Take the case of Mukesh Sharma who invested in a 600-sq-ft apartment in Rudra's Palace Heights in Noida Extension, now Noida West. He had already paid up 20% when earlier this month the developer scrapped plans for the apartment, which had been sold for R1900 per sq ft. Sharma received a letter offering him a unit of size 1405 sq ft at the new rate of R3050. "They are now asking me to buy the extra 800 sq ft at the current rate. This is beyond my budget of R11.5 lakh. The 1405-sq-ft apartment will cost me over R36 lakh. I simply cannot afford it," says Sharma.
When HT Estates approached Mukesh Khurana, managing director, Rudra Buildwell Realty Pvt Ltd, he said apart from the 30-odd buyers who had refused their offer, others who had initially booked the 600-sq-ft units had been 'adjusted' and given the option of 985-sq-ft and 1360-sq-ft units in the Palace Heights project. "We have also given buyers the option to shift to our 475-sq-ft and 685-sq-ft units available in our Yamuna Expressway project called SkyWalk. Once the FAR is revised from 2.75 to 3.5, we are also planning to launch a tower with units of 750 sq ft in Noida Extension to accommodate these buyers and hope to hand over possession within 36 months."
People in another project in Noida Extension allege that they are being made to sign on an addendum, an addition to the allotment agreement, that includes a new escalation clause. "The allottee agrees and gives his/her unconditional consent that if there is an increase/decrease in the price of the construction materials and/or labour cost (hereafter referred to as escalation charges) during the course of construction, then the same shall be paid by the allottee to the company over and above the allotted amount," it says. (See copy of the agreement above).
Upgrading to a bigger unit is not admissible under law, says Pankaj Bajaj, president, Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India, CREDAI NCR. "The builder needs to honour the original allotment. Variation in size, too, cannot be more than 10% but that needs to be done at the old rate," he says.
Referring to the addendum, he says a new possession date for completion of the project is fine if one takes into account delays which were beyond a builder's control, such as litigation related to a project etc. In such a case, builders and buyers should mutually agree to an extended date. However, under the CREDAI code of conduct no hidden/new conditions should be sprung on the buyer at a later stage, especially after the booking has taken place. The builder cannot come up with new terms and conditions at this stage.
If the builder has not shifted the buyer to an alternative site after the Supreme Court struck down the acquisition of 156 hectares in Noida Extension as illegal, it is not a "serious" issue as he is not duty bound to do so if the said land does not exist after being taken away, points out Bajaj. It's not mandatory for him to transfer buyers to the alternative site as he may have a different financial arrangement with it. That's not unethical behaviour as long as he is returning the booking amount with interest. If some builders have adjusted their buyers, that's a business call, a goodwill gesture on their part," says Bajaj.
S K Pal, advocate, Supreme Court, points out that under the UP apartment act, possession should be handed over to the buyer two years from the date of signing the agreement. The time consumed in the legal battle should be adjusted and a new date for possession should be given.
Also, under the law a developer cannot scrap a scheme after valid allotment is done and money has been collected for it. Shifting a buyer to a different, bigger unit is unethical and grossly illegal as per statutory provisions.
However, beleaguered Noida Extension buyers still have some hope after Greater Noida Authority chief Rama Raman's meeting with them and builders in the area last week. He had assured the buyers that all of their issues would be taken care of. "It was decided that builders should address specific complaints of the buyers and settle their issues," says Raman.


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"Does Test Preparation Mean Low-Quality Instruction?"
Merely getting rid of standardized tests is unlikely to significantly elevate the quality of teachers' lessons without other reforms, finds a study in the journal Educational Researcher.
In an analysis of hundreds of videotaped teacher lessons, a pair of researchers found that explicit test-prep strategies were linked to declines in instructional quality—but not consistently across several school districts, and generally, not severely.
But the study throws cold water on the idea that better tests will lead to more-consistent, higher-level instruction in classrooms—a common refrain among testing advocates. In fact, teachers working in districts with more-sophisticated testing regimes also taught weaker lessons when they engaged in test prep. The study drew on surveys of about 300 4th and 5th grade teachers, each of whom had submitted three to 10 lessons for analysis.
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Jewish World Review June 11, 2012/ 21 Sivan, 5772
Paying for the hits they took in the NFL . . . three decades ago
By Mitch Albom
Like a lot of former
This past week, a lawsuit was filed consolidating scores of complaints from former players who claim the
Rubick, who says he was not part of the suit, understands their issues. He played tight end for seven seasons with the Lions, from 1982-88, and remembers at least six documented concussions he suffered in his career. Today, if a player has six concussions, he almost certainly is retired.
Rubick played on.
"It was always memory loss," he says. "I would lose 36 hours of my life. I'd come off the field and see my parents and I'd say, 'Hey, when did you guys get here?' And they'd say, 'Rob, we've been staying at your apartment for the last day and a half.'"
The brain is an amazing, awe-inspiring thing. It is also delicate. Slamming it into the turf -- even protected by a helmet and a cranium -- cannot be healthy.
But the damage caused is a matter of debate. We still are learning about how truly dangerous concussions are. Most new evidence suggests we never took them seriously enough. This is why you see tighter rules on helmet-to-helmet hits, and more caution before a player returns to action.
But that is now. What about back then? Does the league have a responsibility to former players who were pushed back out after the birdies stopped chirping?
The players' lawsuit says, in part: "The
"Despite its knowledge ... the
The league, of course, denies culpability and says it does all it can to keep the sport safe. But more and more players are discovering stumbles in their day-to-day life that may well be traced to the pounding they took. Headaches. Dementia.
"One preseason game, I was on punt coverage," Rubick recalls, "and I take five steps and I don't see this guy and he earholes me, side of my head. Just flattens me. I'm dizzy. I walk to the sidelines. And
The costs for retired players
Rubick, who was born in
He is not alone. Plenty of players from the '80s, '70s and earlier never made enough money to live off once football was over. And many now cannot afford the medical coverage required for issues that are popping up.
Rubick and others feel the
Meanwhile, when you talk to guys like Rubick, you hear fear. They wonder what lies ahead. "I try and joke with my kids about it, but they don't think it's funny," Rubick says.
They are gladiators in their 20s, veterans in their 30s, retired in the 40s -- and worried in their 50s.
I ask Rubick if he had it to do all over again, would he play in the
"Ask me in 20 years," he says. "If I'm still here, I'd say yes. If not ..."
You know what they call that?
The other side of glory.
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Of all the Guernsey cattle that can claim Cow Island, N.H., as their ancestral home, Iceberg is perhaps the most celebrated. Iceberg was a bull calf born 275 miles north of the Antarctic Circle during Admiral Richard Byrd's second trip to Antarctica.
Byrd took three Guernsey cows and a milking machine on his expedition. One of the cows, Klondike, was pregnant, and Byrd hoped she would give birth on Antarctica. It wasn't to be. Still, the cows' voyage inspired news stories, a commemorative medal, a children's book Something To Tell the Grandcows and a metal campaign button printed with a picture of Iceberg. On the back were stamped the words, 'Born December 19, 1933, on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II The Farthest South of Any Dairy Animal.'
Iceberg's ancestors had also traveled thousands of miles on an ocean voyage. Guernseys were bred on the Isle of Guernsey in the English Channel. Militant monks had brought the best bloodlines of French cattle with them around 960 A.D. They had come to help the inhabitants defend themselves against buccaneers and to cultivate the soil. The monks bred their Froment du Leons and Brindles or Alderneys, according to the American Guernsey Association.
The Guernsey Cow
In 1830 or 1831, a merchant captain named Prince brought a bull and two heifers from Britain to Boston. (The records were destroyed in a fire.) Prince, who lived in Roxbury, sent a bull and a heifer to his farm on the 520-acre island now named Cow Island in Lake Winnipesaukee. Paul Pillsbury cared for the cows, which grew to a herd of 40.
From the Pillsbury Cow and the Pillsbury Bull, Guernseys multiplied and spread to Boscawen, Hopkinton and the Shakers at Canterbury. By 1899, the Guernsey developed a following that can only be described as passionate.
The Guernsey Cattle Club, which moved to Peterborough, N.H., in 1894, produced the Guernsey Breeders' Year Book. The book proclaimed, "The time has come when the Guernsey takes her place among the dairy cattle, second to none in the production of the richest, golden colored milk, cream or butter." The Guernsey didn't prove herself in the flashy seven-day butter trials 'where fresh cows heavily fed appeal to a sportive crowd.' She proved herself over the long term, where she could reasonably be expected to set records for annual butter production.
Cow Island
Her fame only grew. According to Guernsey historian William H. Caldwell, 90 Guernsey enthusiasts in 1933 made a pilgrimage to Cow Island. They decided to permanently mark the island as the home of the first Guernseys with a model of the old gristmill. The Guernsey Breeders of America cheerfully agreed to pay for the mill. In September 1935, more pilgrims went to the island. Then Gov. Styles Bridges officiated at the formal dedication of the mill.
Two years earlier, Admiral Byrd had taken the three Guernsey cows with him to Antarctica. Deerfoot came from Southborough, Mass., Emmadine came from Hopewell, N.Y., and Klondike came from Ellan, N.C. Klondike had given birth to iceberg but suffered from frostbite. A crewman named Cox had to put her down.
"I've put away a lot of 'em, Admiral," he told Byrd, "but it never got me before. I guess I got pretty fond of that cow." Joe Merriam was one of eight or 10 children who in 1942 worked on the farm in Southboro where Deerfoot lived. It had 200 cows, including Guernseys, Holsteins and Jerseys. In a letter, he wrote,
Pride of place in the first cowshed belonged to an old Guernsey cow who had spent 1930 with Admiral Byrd in Little America. She had grown a shaggy coat in the severe Antarctic conditions, and had never lost it. A placard gave her history and name; I can't recall the name [Deerfoot] but she was referred to, disrespectfully, by the barn-workers as "Lady Deerfoot," being old and rather wilfull.
There are now 3 million Guernsey cows in the United States.
This story about Iceberg was updated in 2019.
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The DLP
In 1951, prime minister Robert Menzies held a referendum to ban the Communist Party of Australia. The Australian Labor Party (ALP) led by Dr Herbert Vere 'Doc' Evatt (1894–1965) a strong advocate for the 'rights of the individual' campaigned against it. The referendum was narrowly defeated but the fear of communism did not disappear from federal politics.
In 1954, Vladimir Petrov, a Canberra-based Soviet diplomat, defected to Australia. At the next election, Menzies campaigned on a strong anti-communist platform, narrowly winning when the ALP was expected to win. Dr Evatt later accused the (largely Catholic) right wing of his own party of a conspiracy against him due to its anti-communist sentiment. Subsequently, the ALP split in 1955, the right wing creating the Democratic Labor Party (DLP), which was strongly anti-ALP and directed all its preferences to the conservative Liberal-Country Party coalition. This division helped ensure that Labor remained out of power until 1972.
Prime minister Robert Menzies, 1953
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Christine E. Schmidt, PhD
Christine E. Schmidt, PhD
Professor and Chair
J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida
Research Interests
Dr. Schmidt's research is focused on engineering novel materials and therapeutic systems to stimulate damaged peripheral and spinal neurons to regenerate. They take a unique approach to this problem using electrically conducting polymers and natural-based materials (e.g., hyaluronic acid-based biomaterials, decellularized tissues) to create therapies that can electrically, chemically, biologically and mechanically trigger neurons, at both the macroscopic and nanometer-scales.
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This morning was absolutely beautiful with hoar frost covering everything including the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) above and spider web at the top! The frost melted off quickly and we had a decent day for late season gardening, indoor projects and continued progress toward the completion of set-up for the Holiday Light Show (HLS). We hope to be done by the end of the week! The entire grounds staff of Big John, Terry, Larry H., Cindy, Larry O. and myself all worked on HLS related tasks. Our volunteers of Kathy, Eva, Bob K., Alan, Dennis, Steve E. Ron Y., Vern, Jim, Dave T., Steve, Dick H., Dr. Gredler, Maury, Rollie, Bill O. and some others all had a wide range of duties both inside and outside. We also saw Vicki O., Maryam and some others. While our gardening season may be coming to an end, facilitating and ultimately taking down the HLS will become the next monumental task extending well in to 2018!
'Aurea Jakobsen' Norway spruce (Picea abies) this morning – woody tree
the prairie this morning!
above and below are arrangements that Cindy B. put together about 10 days ago and they looked great with frost this morning!
'Border Bandit' Japanese silver grass (Miscanthus sinensis) – perennial
Bob K. (left) and Alan keeping busy today
Big John hanging "light balls" today
'Summer Cascade' weeping river birch (Betula nigra) – woody tree
Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) with some frost this morning – perennial
Goldspire™ ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba 'Blagon') after leaf drop! – woody tree
crabapple (Malus) with maiden grass (Miscanthus sp.) on a frosty morning
end of the season for 'Indian Summer' gloriosa daisy (Rudbeckia hirta) – annual
'Fire Frost' foamy bells (xHeucherella) – perennial
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text: birds A Chain Reaction Brought Gulls To The Bay... Now, They Are Eating Other Birds By Marissa Ortega-Welch • Aug 15, 2019 Marissa Ortega-Welch / KALW Listen Listening... / 10:57 A statewide story about L.A.'s water use, Bay Area's trash, and a whole lot of gulls. Will Oakland's herons ever leave downtown for a new home at Lake Merritt? By Marissa Ortega-Welch • Apr 4, 2019 Marissa Ortega-Welch Listen Listening... / 9:06 Biologists are trying to lure herons that have been nesting in downtown Oakland to move to Lake Merritt instead. Will it work? Is the Salesforce Tower dangerous for birds and other wildlife? By Sara Harrison • Feb 12, 2019 Flickr user rulenumberone2, used under CC BY 2.0 / cropped Listen Listening... / 2:00 Listener Chris Macintosh wanted to know: How will the SalesForce Tower affect birds and other animals? But as KALW's Sara Harrison found out, the answer isn't clear. The bird man of San Quentin By Miguel Sifuentes • Jun 6, 2018 "Pigeon" by CC Flickr user jans canon, resized and recropped Listen Listening... / 4:59 With San Quentin has dozens of self-help programs for inmates. But one man foregoes them all, creating his own form of therapy through feeding birds. Your Call's One Planet Series: What birds tell us about ourselves, and our planet By Malihe Razazan • Dec 10, 2017 Listen Listening... / 51:57 The Monday December 11, 2017 broadcast of Your Call What do we need to know about the relationship between birds and humans? On the next Your Call's One Planet Series, we'll speak with New York Times writer Jim Robbins about his new book The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future. Your Call: What do tracking technologies reveal about where the animals go? By Sana Saleem & Rose Aguilar • Sep 25, 2017 Listen Listening... / 53:01 Tuesday September 26, 2017 broadcast of Your Call Technology has transformed the way scientists and researchers track animals around the globe. In their new book, Where The Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics, designer Oliver Uberti and geographer James Cheshire explore the animal tracking revolution. Guests flock to San Francisco's Bird Hotel By Ariel Plotnick • Aug 24, 2017 courtesy of Birgit Soyka Listen Listening... / 6:38 Birgit Soyka stands in a large warehouse amongst 68 bird cages, each holding an exotic bird. The walls are covered in photos of brightly colored parrots, and bird-shaped tchotchkes dot the room. She cradles Boogie, a Congo African gray, and a regular guest at the San Francisco Bird Hotel, a spa and resort for birds. Hey Area: Has the population of urban crows mushrooomed? By Jürgen Klemm • Apr 17, 2017 Listen Listening... / 2:00 Are there more crows in the Bay Area than there used to be? The answer is yes. For this short-answer segment, reporter Jurgen Klemm teamed up with veteran birder Alan Hopkins to learn why. Click the player above to hear the story. Hey Area: What are those giant bird nests in McLaren Park? By Jürgen Klemm • Mar 20, 2017 Listen Listening... / 2:00 McLaren Park in southeastern San Francisco is home to an amphitheater, seven miles of walking trails, sweeping views of San Bruno Mountain and — according to listener Danny Yanow — some "giant birds nests." Yanow wrote into KALW's collaborative reporting project Hey Area asking what kind of birds built them. Weekend Go-Tos for February 19, 2016 By Ashleyanne Krigbaum • Feb 19, 2016 Happy Friday, everybody! We have a few recommendations of what to do around the Bay Area this weekend. 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Apache::AuthDigest::API - mod_perl API for Digest authentication
PerlModule Apache::AuthDigest::API
PerlModule My::DigestAuthenticator
<Location /protected>
PerlAuthenHandler My::DigestAuthenticator
Require valid-user
AuthType Digest
AuthName "cookbook"
Apache::AuthDigest::API is a simple API for interacting with Digest authentication. For more information on Digest authentication, see RFC 2617: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2617.txt
The API itself is very similar to the API mod_perl offers natively for Basic authentication:
mod_perl's Basic support AuthDigest::API equivalent
my $r = shift; $r = Apache::AuthDigest::API->new(shift)
$r->get_basic_auth_pw() $r->get_digest_auth_response()
$r->note_basic_auth_failure $r->note_digest_auth_failure()
[none] $r->compare_digest_response()
see Recipe 13.8 in the mod_perl Developer's Cookbook for a far more detailed explanantion than will be covered here.
- new()
creates a new Apache::AuthDigest::API object. Apache::AuthDigest::API is a subclass of the Apache class so, with the exception of the addition of new methods, $r can be used the same as if it were a normal Apache object
my $r = Apache::AuthDigest::API->new(Apache->request);
- get_digest_auth_response()
this parses out the authentication header sent by the client. it returns a status and a reference to a hash representing the client Digest request (if any).
my ($status, $response) = $r->get_digest_auth_response; return $status unless $status == OK;
- note_digest_auth_failure()
sets the proper authentication headers which prompt a client to send a proper Digest request in order to access the requested resource.
$r->note_digest_auth_failure; return AUTH_REQUIRED;
- compare_digest_response()
this method represents a shortcut for comparing a client Digest request with whatever credentials are stored on the server. the first argument is the hash reference returned by get_digest_auth_response(). the second argument is a MD5 digest of the user credentials. the credentials should be in the form
before they are hashed. the following Perl one-liner will generate a suitable digest:
$ perl -MDigest::MD5 -e'print Digest::MD5::md5_hex("user:realm:password"),"\n"'
for a complete example, see the My/DigestAuthenticator.pm file in the test suite for this package, as well as AuthDigest.pm. In general, the steps are the same as for Basic authentication, examples of which abound on CPAN, the Eagle book, and the Cookbook:
use Apache::AuthDigest::API;
sub handler {
my $r = Apache::AuthDigest::API->new(shift);
my ($status, $response) = $r->get_digest_auth_response;
return $status unless $status == OK;
my $digest = my_get_user_credentials_routine($r->user, $r->auth_name);
return OK if $r->compare_digest_response($response, $digest);
return AUTH_REQUIRED;
this module essentially mimics the Digest implementation provided by mod_digest.c that ships with Apache. there is another implementation, classified as "experimental" that also ships with Apache, mod_auth_digest.c, which is more complete wrt RFC 2617. of particular interest is that the mod_digest implementation does not work with MSIE (so neither does this implemenation). at some point, Apache::AuthDigest::API::Full will implement a completely compliant API - this will have to do for now.
none that I know of yet, but consider this alphaware.
perl(1), mod_perl(1), Apache(3), Apache::AuthDigest(3)
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Copyright (c) 2002, Geoffrey Young, Paul Lindner, Randy Kobes.
All rights reserved.
This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.
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The new school year is just around the corner. Have you started planning your Writing Workshop?
Inherent in Writing Workshop is the use of formative assessment—watching your kids after you teach and then revising your teaching based upon what you see.
Many of the teachers I work with are asked to write a day-to-day detailed plan for what their Writing Workshop will look like. This kind of detailed planning can eat up lots of teacher time and doesn't support formative assessment because when you spend that kind of time writing a lesson, you feel obliged to do that lesson whether or not your kids need it.
Instead of writing a detailed day-to-day plan, why not start with a more general plan (i.e. what unit of study you are in and the types of lessons you think you might do)? Then. after you do some of the lessons, write a more detailed reflection about what actually happened, how/why you tweaked your plans and how/why you would tweak future lessons to meet the needs of the kids.
This would benefit everyone. Principals would be able to see that you had a plan, but now they could also get a glimpse into how you were able to assess kids and revise curriculum as needed. You would spend less time writing lessons that you may or may not teach and more time on formative assessment.
Teachers and principals, I would love to hear your thoughts on this tip in the comments below. What questions or concerns do you have about planning in this way?
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Measurements Of Radon Permeability Through Some Membranes
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The diffusion of 222Rn through different types of membranes has been studied by an equilibrium method using a Si surface barrier a-detector with a resolution of 14 keV FWHM for ^'Am. The permeability constant for Aluminized mylar, Aluminized polycarbonate, Polyethylene, Cellulose nitrate, Bisphenol-A polycarbonate and different types of wall paper have been evaluated and compared with previous data. The effect of membrane thickness on the permeability constant of Bisphenol-A polycarbonate is discussed.
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"Extra's" Mark Wright caught up with Nikki and Brie Bella to talk about "Total Divas" Season 7, Brie's new baby, and Nikki's wedding plans with John Cena.
Nikki reveals that she has changed the date and venue for her wedding, adding that she is hoping for an "amazing first dance"… with backup dancers!
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Simple Cooked Cabbage
1 head green cabbage, coreD and cut into four pieces, then in 1/2" ribbons
1 medium or large red bell pepper, sliced in 1/4" to 1/2" strips
1 medium orange bell pepper, sliced in 1/4" to 1/2" strips
1 medium yellow bell pepper, sliced in 1/4" to 1/2" strips
1 large red onion, cut in half, then sliced into 1/4" strips
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 quart veggie broth
salt and pepper, to taste
1. To a pot, add cabbage, red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, red onion, and garlic.
2. Add the veggie broth. The broth should come about half way up the veggies. Turn the stove to high heat to get the broth boiling.
3. Turn the heat down to medium and cover the veggies, stirring occasionally.
4. The cabbage is done when it is tender and the peppers are soft. Add salt and pepper, to taste.
This cabbage is good by itself. It can also be used it in my recipe for a roti wrap. I also saved all the extra broth to use in other recipes that call for veggie broth. I had a lot extra so I froze it in an ice cube tray. Enjoy!
Source of recipe: My husband doesn't eat carrots and all the cabbage at restaurants has carrots in it so I came up with this way of making cabbage for him. There are no carrots but it is still colorful and tasty.
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I'm gonna go ahead and nip this in the bud.
Dan the Snowman does actually have lore (that we've already hinted at a couple of times), but it is not "Earth in the far future." I love fan theories more than I love my cats, but I rank that one on the top of the list of boring twists and fan theory cliches along with "it was all a dream" and "actor is in two different things, so they're secretly the same character in both things." It's also not a Dark Tower situation where "Sunglasses at Night" sorta bled into their universe. It's more like The Adventure Zone, where Pringles' and Tom Bodett's existence is canon without a lot of explanation, but not super-duper important to the story.
Am I over-explaining this? I'm probably over-explaining this. Anyway, Corey Hart, ladies and gentlemen.


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FLSmidth wins the global Top 100 R&D award at the R&D 100s for the Rapid Oxidative Leach process (ROL), allowing copper producers with low to mid-grade copper ore to bypass smelting.
For the past 50 years the R&D 100s has been the Who's Who for cutting edge R&D, celebrating the brightest innovations of the year with several thousand contestants from all types of industries. FLSmidth won the global Top 100 for our Rapid Oxidative Leach process. Accompanying us on the winning podium were NASA, Johnson & Johnson, MIT, and several national laboratories like Sandia and Berkeley.
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Trans Texas Corridor renamed, not dead
TURF supporters demand ACTION, not rhetoric
TURF reaction to TxDOT announcement:
The announcement by TxDOT Executive Director Amadeo Saenz at the Texas Transportation Forum that the "Trans Texas Corridor, as it was originally envisioned, is no more," is just another in a series of comments to lead opponents into believing the Trans Texas Corridor is indeed dead. TURF believes this is a deliberate move to dupe opponents into complacency, and we expect iron-clad action before we begin celebrating victory.
It's clear from the TxDOT Director's speech, that it's only a name change and the Trans Texas Corridor is, in reality, going underground.
This fact is evident in just about every news source across the state:
"'Amadeo told folks at the forum that the Trans-Texas Corridor, as it was originally envisioned, is no more,' Amacker (Saenz spokesperson) said. 'Instead, what we've got is a series of smaller projects.'
Those 'smaller projects' will apparently include the 300-plus miles of what has been called TTC-35 from San Antonio to the Oklahoma border and the I-69 project from the Rio Grande Valley to Texarkana. But they will not be called the Trans-Texas Corridor." -- Austin American Statesman
"Other than backpedaling from the Trans-Texas Corridor brand, and the goals and priorities set over the years, the Trans-Texas Corridor remains intact.
TxDOT still plans to partner with private corporations to build and lease projects. Toll roads, truck-only lanes and rail lanes are also still on the table.
Environmental studies for the I-35 and East Texas corridor segments still chug through the pipeline. And a development contract with Cintra of Spain and Zachry Construction Co. of San Antonio, for projects paralleling I-35, is still valid." -- San Antonio Express-News
"The renewed effort now will operate under the name 'Innovative Connectivity Plan.'" -- Houston Chronicle
No law has been changed, no minute order rescinded, no environmental document re-done (as is required by federal law), and there are still two contracts signed giving two Spanish companies the right of first refusal on segments of the corridor previously known as TTC-35 & TTC-69. So by every real measure, the Trans Texas Corridor goes on full steam ahead. What today's hype was about is a political ploy to make the public go back to sleep while it gets built under a different name. While we welcome genuine responsiveness from TxDOT and a true repeal of the Trans Texas Corridor, this hardly qualifies.
Lets just say, we agree with Senator Robert Nichols' statement in the Dallas Morning News:
"If it is just a name change, and nothing more, I don't think that is going to do much to appease lawmakers," said Nichols, R-Jacksonville.


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I was a model for the nurses to get their re-certification. They were super friendly when I came in and didn't mind at all that I had my two other children there with me. I was a little disappointed that they could not give me a definite answer as to the gender of the baby, but they were able to get some good pictures of the "area" so I could make my own guess.
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