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Magnificent 5 piece apartment near the top of the Odeon Tour with 3 beautiful en-suite bedrooms, walk in closets, breath-taking sea views, peaceful and quiet, with superb living areas, a state of the art kitchen, air-conditioning and a sophisticated electronic system, exceptional security and the finest and most beautiful interiors throughout.
Valet service from 7 am to 11 pm daily, the valet team will park your own and guest vehicles. If required, they will also take your car to the car wash located on parking level -5.
The concierge service ensures an on-request limousine service for full or half-day hire.
The 230 sqm Business Center is a unique and luxurious space available for professional purposes or simply for relaxing. Take advantage of the high-tech equipment with a meeting room to run your seminars or conferences, or just enjoy the entertainment area with its bar, lounge, pool table and private cinema.
The 1800 sqm Odéon Spa is open every day and offers a calm and relaxing experience. It is located over three levels and is a haven of light that is dedicated to well-being.
A fitness area, a strength training room, a cardio room, a spinning studio as well as a private room with personal trainer, are part of the wellness package of the Odéon Spa.
The Odeon has a shuttle service that is available for guests that need to move around Monaco to schools, to restaurants, functions, friends and shops.
The Cipriani Cafe and dry cleaner, complete a perfect environment with a full set of lifestyle services and facilities for busy international people.
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I want to perform a task that when i click the button PRINT DIAGRAM iwill get a print copy of selected sheet (not the whole workbook)I want to know also how to add button in worksheetis it be done? with or without macro?
Try recording a macro.do a "quick print" of the sheet.Stop recording.Add the button (using the control toolbox).Assign the macro to the button.Is that what you're looking for? Do you need detailed instructions?
printing a hidden worksheetI have a spreadsheet with 4 worksheets, 3 of these are hidden. I wish to printone of them out by having a print button on the visible sheet. Is this possible?The hidden sheet I wish to print is called 'Action Plan'.

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Kill the LMS Part 1 of 5: The LMS is dead. Long live the LMS
David Becker elearning, learning, LMS, MLS, performance, Rethinking Learning, training
Over this series of articles, I'll examine the flaws in the learning management system and explore the ideas and technologies pointing the way to a superior approach. Then, in my final article, I'll meld these ideas into a model and re-examine the LMS in light of these ideas to see if it can be reborn, or if it really is time to kill the LMS.
I believe that LMSs are a high friction, business centric experience, founded on a top down, server side, reductionist worldview that assumes humans are primarily rational beings needing to comply, follow procedures and achieve competencies. As such they fail to nurture higher order thinking skills and create prisons for content, experiences and learners, taking the immense complexity of a learning human and reducing it to the status of a competency achieved, a quiz passed, an activity ticked or a class attended. Sure your LMS might be designed responsively, hosted in the cloud, generate insightful analytics, be gamified and embed social features. But it's still a gilded cage.
So the question is how do you break out of that cage? Before I answer that, I want to talk about my children. Sam is seven, he has learning difficulties and loves to test boundaries – by arguing, by seeking exceptions, by manipulating concepts and rules to fit his momentary desires. His flow is chaotic, emotive and self-involved. Riley on the other hand is five and he is unquenchably curious, he takes new information, creates connections, builds mental models and tests his ideas. His flow is sequential, analytical and reflective. Our youngest Sally is three. She loves to play and laugh, learning organically through experience and from what pleases her. Her flow is very experiential and joyful.
Sam, Riley and Sally all learn through the unique and natural lense of their personalities, using a vast grab bag of cognitive tools within the stream of their daily activity. They are not receivers of information, but agents of their own transformation. Most importantly, they are intrinsically motivated to learn - for argument, from curiosity or through pleasure.
The development of the LMS and an organisation's decision to buy one, springs from constrained thinking about how we are supposed to learn, acquired from a school system developed to feed the industrial revolution. This worldview positions us as receivers of information and so it narrows our personal lense to a rational approach, supports only a small set of thinking tools and ignores most of the naturally occurring and richest learning opportunities we experience in our daily lives.
This generates unnecessary friction between the motivations and desires of the individual and the needs of the business. So people end up learning despite and outside the LMS, viewing it as a chore to be tolerated.
So what can you do right now to start the break out? Well our first step has been to establish an architecture founded on xAPI, a learning record store (LRS) and a repository. This has allowed us to eliminate the LMS, deliver content and record activity wherever the learner is, from out in the field, to updating a customer record in their CRM or watching a video on their phone.
But to more deeply break out of the cage we need to ask some deeper questions. How do you support learning of a higher order, through nurturing the emotional, egoic, cognitive, complex state that is human consciousness? How do you enable this, not as a thing to do, but as a state of being, a frictionless part of our flow? Most importantly, how do you make it a deeply meaningful, intrinsically motivated experience?
In my next article, I'll discuss the potential for the LMS as a coach, not a manager and explore advances in adaptive learning, affective systems and psychometric analytics.
Click here to learn more about this workshop, or to book a free one hour phone conversation with David. You might also like to join David's Linkedin group, exploring these issues in greater depth or follow the Obvious Choice page on linkedin for more great posts.


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The Perfect Spectacles For Your Child
We are always very careful when handling a matter related to our children. We want them to have the best things in life. Therefore, when our child needs to wear spectacles we make sure to provide them with the best spectacles for their need. You should remember there are good providers of spectacles as well as bad providers of spectacles. For your children you should definitely go to the good providers of spectacles.
Whenever you buy kids glasses you have to make sure what you purchase comes with all the right qualities of spectacles. Your child will be the one suffering if you make the wrong choice.
Spectacles That Follow the Prescription
It is very important for anyone to wear spectacles which follow the prescription given by a medical professional. That is the only way we can get help to improve our vision. It is also the only way we can prevent our vision related problem from increasing further. Therefore, if you really care about your children the moment they need to wear spectacles you will go to the provider of spectacles who is known to provide the right spectacles following the prescription. They are not going to get a prescription wrong as they are going to be paying their full attention to each order of spectacles they get.
Spectacles That Are Easy to Wear
Especially, when it comes to children we have to buy kids sports glasses as well as normal spectacles which are easy for them to wear. If they have to be very careful about wearing them and make sure they are at the right place all the time it will be very difficult for them to use them. Particularly, quite young children do not understand about being too careful with spectacles. They also do not have the patience of adults. Therefore, we have to choose spectacles which are easy for them to wear.
Spectacles That Last Long
As children are going to be wearing them the spectacles have to be resistant to scratches and impact making them last longer. If not, you will be purchasing spectacles for your children all the time.
Spectacles That Are Good Looking
Wearing spectacles is often a reason for making fun of the wearer. Therefore, you have to make sure the spectacles you choose for your children are actually good looking. It will help with your child's confidence.
You can find spectacles with all of these qualities at the best provider of spectacles out there. With the best spectacles you get from them, your children will be happy.


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One of the most fascinating aspects of Belize is its population, or rather the ethnic mix in such a small territory. The population of Belize is only about 300,000 in a country the size of Massachusetts but diversity is the key here.
Take a chicken bus, one of these old U.S. school buses painted blue, purple, red or any bright colour. Listen to reggae music blasting through the loudspeakers—by the end of the trip, you will know the lyrics to every Bob Marley songs, resistance is futile. Observe the people as the hail the bus on the side of the road or as they get off in the middle of nowhere. That's Belize for you.
From Dangriga to Belize City, I took a few quick snapshots of the other passengers during the three-hour long bus ride. Funny enough, pretty much all of the ethnic groups were represented.
First, the mestizos, those of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry. This group often speaks Spanish and they take you back to Guatemala or Southern Mexico. There are also a sizable group of Maya people, who live close to the border with Mexico and the border with Guatemala.
Creoles, descendants of African slaves and British pirates, are the largest population group and often strongly identify with the Black Caribbean culture, which makes Belize so different than other countries in Latin America.
If you spot a family with blond hair, modest clothes and many children, no, you aren't hallucinating. Belize has a small but easy-to-spot Mennonite community which is the backbone of the country's agricultural sector.
Respect is the keyword in Belize. I found people beautiful, mostly because of their diversity and the way they interact with each other's. And observing them makes bus rides interesting!


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Thousands of Muslims in the Indian capital, New Delhi, have held protests against a possible U.S.-led attack on Iraq.
The protesters chanted anti-American slogans and waved pictures of Saddam Hussein outside the city's main mosque after Friday prayers. The head cleric of Jama Masjid mosque, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, told the rally any attack on Iraq is an attack on Islam.
India's government has opposed war in Iraq, saying United Nations weapons inspectors should be able to continue searching the country for weapons of mass destruction and Iraq should fully comply with the U.N. resolution.
There are more than 120 million Muslims in India, about 12 percent of the country's population.
Some information for this report provided by AP and Reuters


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Luxi Polishing Paste
Our polishing compound comes in paste form too! The paste form polishing compound is specially made for individuals looking to polish their jewellery and other precious collections easily in a home setup. Similar to our solid form polishing compound, it also comes with various colours to suit different applications and materials. Inquire from us to find out more!


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Beqa Lagoon Resort is the perfect getaway to a paradise in Fiji. Rid your busy life on this romantic, relaxing and low key resort. Enjoy a vacation featuring deluxe accommodations, world class diving, delicious food and terrific service. An atmosphere far flung from the western world, no TVs, telephones, crowds or vehicles. Take pleasure in the astonishing dive sites and explore the effervescent underwater world. Activities for everyone, wrecks, walls, reefs, swim-through and shark dives. Don't miss out on the magnificent night dive, with the proficient, helpful and friendly dive crew. Clear waters surround the front beach, perfect for swimming, snorkeling and kayaking. Surf out at the Fridget passage (Fiji Pipeline) just a short distance from Beqa Lagoon Resort. Witness the Fijian Fire Walking Ceremony performed only by the Sawau tribe of Beqa Island. Come the end of the day, lounge around the pool, or take advantage of the hammocks and soothing massage services either in your bure or in the hut on the beach.
Meals are served in the spacious and open air Bure Kalou. There are a wide variety of wonderful dishes and also plenty of choices to quench your thirst including imported wines, Fijian beer, freshly squeezed juice or just refreshing spring water. Breakfast is served buffet style and includes fresh fruit, cereals as well as eggs any way you like them, French toast and pancakes. Casual lunch includes fish tacos, hamburgers, and beef skewer to name a few. Enjoy fine dinning in the evening with an entrée, a main dish capped off with an incredible dessert.


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Kid Care in the Kids' Zone
The Kids' Zone offers fun, safe, and reliable babysitting for children from 6 weeks to 10 years old. Members may establish care for their children in the Kids' Zone while they participate in EQT REC Center onsite activities. Our daily and weekly theme-filled schedules include activities like storytelling, arts & crafts, games, and sing-alongs.
Setting Up Kids' Zone Care
Your first visit to the Kids' Zone, allow a few extra minutes to fill out a babysitting agreement, pose for identifying photos with your child(ren), and help acclimate your child(ren) to our staff and facility. Present your EQT REC Center membership card each time you check your child(ren) in or out of the Kids' Zone.
Additional Kids' Zone requirements include:
- Children must wear appropriate play clothing, with coats and shoes labeled.
- Participation in scheduled activities, or safe and supervised "free play," is required.
- No personal electronics or toys brought into the Kids' Zone.
- No snacks, gum, or candy in the Kids' Zone. Water in sippy cups will be permitted.
- Parent/ guardian is responsible for all diaper changes.
- Prompt pick-up is required for ill or inconsolable children.
- Adherence to behavior policies outlined in the Kids' Zone agreement is mandatory.
Hours of Operation
Monday – Thursday 8:00am-12:00pm & 3:00pm-7:30pm
Friday: 8:00am-12:00pm & 3:00pm-6:30pm
Sunday: CLOSED
Holiday Hours will coincide with EQT REC Center holiday hours and closings.


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As promised, today's tip is about macros. What are they? These are actions which are recorded according to what you do in the editor. Depending how good you are, you can create even such action such as surround with try-catch, comment a piece of code, etc.
You can record the macros by pressing the red button in editor toolbar, perform the actions and then end recording by pressing the grey square next to the button. Then you name the macro and assign a shorcut to it. To execute the macro, you just need to press the shortcut you've assigned.
Here are the available macros:
- Ctrl-J I- Surround with if()
- Ctrl-J T- Surround with try-catch
- Ctrl-J L- Add debug code
- Ctrl-N P- Create property
- Ctrl-J {- Add a block
- Ctrl-J H- Comment code
- Ctrl-N F- Define identifier by previous class
- Ctrl-N S- Delete two words
- Ctrl-J C- Trim
- Alt-U Q- Toggle case of identifier
- Ctrl-J [- Format code
- Ctrl-J D- Debug variable
- Ctrl-J F - Add editor fold
Most of these macros require to have selected a piece of code in the clipboard. You may not use all of these, but they're a good source of inspiration for creating your own macros. Actually this way you can add simple features to your IDE. How cool is that? :-)
Source: Roumen's Weblog


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Catholic Charities of East Tennessee, Inc.'s mission statement is "Empowered by the grace of Jesus Christ, Catholic Charities of East Tennessee fosters human dignity of the vulnerable in our region through shelter, counseling, educación, Abogacía, and reverence for life." Some of their services are:
The Pregnancy Center: Along with providing free pregnancy testing, birth options, and informational & community referrals, they have added the "Earn While You Learn" Program. Once classes are completed, the parents are given "Baby Bucks" to purchase new baby items such as car seats, cribs, diapers, etc, from their Baby Store. Eligible ages – a luz a 2 años.
The Office of Immigrant Services: Fostering family unity and self-sufficiency of immigrants in our area, this program assists families in navigating the complicated U.S. immigration system & works to connect them with needed resources. CCETN is the only low-cost provider of immigration legal services accredited by the U.S. Bureau of Immigration Appeals in all of East Tennessee.
The Home Place: A residential facility, the Home Place provides a stable, healthy environment and case management services for individuals with limited income who are living with HIV/AIDS.
Therapeutic Counseling and Education: Counseling services by a licensed counselor are available to anyone in need, regardless of religious affiliation. They accept clients on a volunteer basis only and offer a sliding fee scale for those with limited income. They provide counseling to people who are having emotional., behavioral, relational and/or adjustment problems.
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Darius McCollum
Darius McCollum
|March 28, 1965
Darius McCollum (born March 28, 1965[1]) is primarily known for posing as New York City Subway motorman and bus driver and operating subway trains and buses for joyrides. McCollum is a New York City resident with a lengthy arrest record for crimes related to the transit system operated by the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). He has been fascinated with trains since his childhood, and has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.
McCollum has been interested in trains from an early age, frequently riding the New York City Subway for days at a time. His fixation with trains has led McCollum to frequently impersonate MTA employees or a related entity, for which he has been jailed numerous times. McCollum has been rejected for employment by MTA on numerous occasions, although he is reported to know more about the trains, schedules, procedures and rail operations than any current employee.[2]
A prison psychiatrist who did an evaluation diagnosed him with Asperger syndrome.[3] McCollum is said to have memorized the New York City Subway map by age 8.[4]
Notable arrests[edit]
According to McCollum's mother, his interest with the New York City Subway system started in his youth, when subway motormen permitted him to drive trains.[5] McCollum was first arrested in 1980,[6] at age 15, when he drove an in-service New York City Subway E train for six stops.[5] While he was in jail at Rikers Island, he wrote to the New York City Department of Correction and asked if he could drive one of their buses.[5] By the mid-1990s, McCollum "had become a minor cult figure", particularly after the MTA posted thousands of wanted posters in trains and stations so that riders could report sightings. Occasionally, McCollum would appear as transit employees named "Morning" or "Manning", who riders invariably experienced as friendly and helpful.[7]
By 2000, McCollum had been jailed 19 times for transit-related crimes. That year he pleaded guilty to charges of forgery and burglary for signing out a train according to proper MTA procedure to perform customary duties (extinguishing track fires, supervising maintenance), and then signing it back in. He was sentenced to a minimum of 2 1⁄2 to 5 years in prison.[8] In 2005, McCollum was apprehended at a Long Island Rail Road yard with the keys to an M-7 railcar in his pocket. They had been given to him by his MTA friends who had given him their shifts, but he pleaded guilty to attempting to steal a locomotive and was sentenced to three years in prison.[9] Although he was released from Sing Sing in 2006, he was reimprisoned for breaking parole after he was found in possession of railroad property.[10]
On June 13, 2008, McCollum, now 43, was arrested again. He was wearing a hardhat and carrying a knapsack, flashlight and gloves with an MTA logo. He was dressed in the blue T-shirt and work pants typically worn by track workers and was arrested as he tried to enter a restricted area of a midtown station.[11][12] McCollum was charged with criminal impersonation, criminal trespass and possession of burglary tools—a hammer and screwdriver tucked in his backpack. These "burglary tools" are also the typical repair equipment that all MTA maintenance workers carry.[11][12] When his mother was interviewed over the telephone, she said, "Any time Darius wears anything remotely resembling the transit uniform, he gets arrested."[11][12]
McCollum was released from the Downstate Correctional Facility on July 3, 2007—nine months after his arrest for violating parole by returning to the city from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[11][12] He was arrested at Penn Station on October 5, 2008, for impersonating a Long Island Rail Road employee and answering passengers' questions.[13]
On August 31, 2010, McCollum was arrested for the 27th time and charged with grand larceny and possession of stolen property in connection with the theft of a private bus from a Trailways of New York terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey.[14] According to police, McCollum allegedly boarded the bus at approximately 6:30 a.m. that morning and discovered the keys left in the ignition. McCollum is accused of then commandeering the bus, with the theft reportedly going unnoticed for two hours as McCollum drove around John F. Kennedy International Airport and Jamaica, Queens. McCollum was taken into custody without incident. Police stated McCollum is "very smart, he's not a dumb guy" and that he was a "gentleman" during arrest and processing.[14][15] At the time of his arrest, he had spent 18 years—more than a third of his life—in jail for transit-related offenses.[15][5] In 2013, McCollum pleaded guilty to stealing the Trailways bus. On December 24 of that year, McCollum was released on parole and was to voluntarily enter cognitive behavioral therapy.[16] The terms of the parole, which lasted until August 24, 2015, required that he does not operate a motor vehicle.[5]
On November 11, 2015, McCollum was arrested for stealing a Greyhound bus from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan. He drove the GPS-equipped bus for approximately 2 hours until his arrest at approximately 4 p.m. in Gowanus, Brooklyn. According to The New York Times, McCollum said, "I'm stealing a plane next" after his arrest.[17]
Although his parents, who moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, believe McCollum should leave New York to avoid the temptation of the trains,[18] parole conditions have until recently repeatedly restricted McCollum to remain in New York City.[19] Suggestions from his parents and autism advocates that the MTA find a way to hire McCollum in some capacity, in the manner of Frank Abagnale, are rejected by transit officials, who fear legal liability.[18] In January 2018, McCollum took a plea bargain in which he agreed to go to a psychiatric institution for an "indefinite" period of time.[20]
In popular culture[edit]
After McCollum used an insanity defense based on Asperger's, he became a folk hero to people with autism spectrum disorder, especially children, celebrated for his "rebellion against what autistics often call the dreary world of the 'neurotypicals'". In spite of his diagnosis from several psychiatrists, during at least two criminal proceedings, this defense was denied as the judge ruled he was "capable of controlling his impulses".[7]
A Harper's Magazine article on McCollum by Jeff Tietz was a finalist in profile writing for the 2003 American Society of Magazine Editors awards.[21] At the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe, Paperhat Productions of New York mounted a play by Director Jude Domski called Boy Steals Train, based on McCollum's life and letters McCollum wrote to Domski, and described as "pointing a shaming collective finger at a judiciary that refuses to recognize Darius's condition".[22][23] The play was awarded a Fringe First by The Scotsman[24] and the troupe won a Best Ensemble Acting Award.[25] His story was also made into a BBC radio play, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.[26]
McCollum appears in Episode 2 of "The Dark End of The Spectrum," a two-hour, two-part, radio documentary that aired on CBC's radio show Ideas on June 2, 2008 and again on July 24 (Part 1) and July 31 (Part 2), 2009.[27]
A documentary film about McCollum, Off the Rails: The Darius McCollum Story, directed by Adam Irving, premiered on April 7, 2016 at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina.[28]
See also[edit]
- Keron Thomas, another train motorman impersonator
- Neurolaw
- Railfan
- Off the Rails: The Darius McCollum Story
- ^ https://www.freedariusnow.com/darius-mccollum/
- ^ Murphy, Wendy B (2002). "Orphan Diseases: New Hope for Rare Medical Conditions". Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-7613-1919-0.
- ^ Tietz, Jeff (May 2002). "The boy who loved transit: how the system failed an obsession". Harper's Magazine. Gale Group. Archived from the original on September 27, 2003. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
- ^ "Man Known For Posing As Transit Worker Steals Greyhound Bus: Cops « CBS New York". cbslocal.com. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Donohue, Pete; Moore, Tina (December 25, 2013). "Transit bus thief released from prison after 2010 swipe". NY Daily News. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ "Top 10 Imposters". TIME.com. May 26, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ a b Osborne, Lawrence (2002). American Normal: The Hidden World of Asperger Syndrome. Copernicus. p. 3. ISBN 0-387-95307-8.
- ^ Murphy, Dean E. (March 31, 2001). "Judge, Clearly Not Amused, Sentences..." The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ "Darius McCollum sentencing release". Queens District Attorney's Office. April 6, 2005. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
- ^ Landry, Bernice (July 31, 2009). "CBC Ideas: The Dark End of The Spectrum, Part II". CBC. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ a b c d ""City's great train robber at it again: Serial subway imposter caught," New York Daily News, June 14, 2008". Nydailynews.com. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ a b c d ""Queens Man Obsessed With Trains Is Arrested Again," New York Times, June 15, 2008". Nytimes.com. June 15, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ Donohue, Pete (October 6, 2008). "Railroad buff derailed again, 26th bust for man cops say impersonated fed". New York Daily News. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
- ^ a b Cartwright, Lachlan (August 31, 2010). "Transit bandit busted for stealing bus, cuffed carrying Koran". New York Post. Archived from the original on September 5, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Ben Yakas (August 31, 2010). "#1 Subway Superfan Darius McCollum Arrested For Stealing Bus". Gothamist. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ ABC News. "U.S. News - National News". ABC News. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ Rojas, Rick (November 11, 2015). "Repeat Train Thief Steals Bus at Port Authority, Police Say". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ a b Haberman, Clyde (April 12, 2005). "Back in Prison, Guilty Mainly of a Fixation". The New York Times. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
- ^ Knight, Sam (April 18, 2005). "On the wrong track". The Times. London. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
- ^ "Transit bandit agrees to plea deal, will head to psych ward". New York Post. January 8, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ^ American Society of Magazine Editors, ed. (2003). "The Boy Who Loved Transit". The Best American Magazine Writing 2003. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-056775-9.
- ^ "Reviews from the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe" Archived July 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine,
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (August 19, 2003). "Edinburgh reports: American dreamers". London: Daily Telegraph. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
- ^ Eaton, Andrew (August 8, 2003). "Winners in the limelight". The Scotsman. Edinburgh Festivals. Retrieved November 8, 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Weinert, Laura (August 2003). "Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2003, Bravehearts Only". BackStageWest. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
- ^ ""RADIO CHOICE: Afternoon Play: Boy Steals Train Monday, 2.15pm BBC", Independent on Sunday (London), August 14, 2005". Findarticles.com. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ "The Dark End of The Spectrum". CBC Radio One. Archived from the original on January 27, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ Kiah Fields, "'Off the Rails' Director Adam Irving Talks Darius McCollum, New York's Notorious Transit Imposter," The Source, April 27, 2016.


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If you have been using Google Chrome, you might come across the lack of an option to set any image as a wallpaper in Chrome. This has been an annoyance for hundreds and thousands of users and as MG from TechCrunch points out, a bug filed with Chromium about the issue has tons and tons of comments.
So how do you set an image as a wallpaper in Google Chrome? Quite simple, just use a new Chrome extension created by one of the Chromium developers to add this feature to Google Chrome. The extension is called, Set Image as Wallpaper and can be downloaded from here.
Once you download and install the extension you will get an option to set any image you come across in Google Chrome as a desktop wallpaper. Have fun. This only works in Windows right now with a Linux and Mac version under works.
If you are expecting this feature to be part of Google Chrome out of the box, you are in for a disappointment, it's not going to happen. And it hardly matters anyways. Look at me, I didn't even notice that it had been missing for past two years .


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On this very special evening, trumpeter Mark Rapp will present a concert performance of his extended jazz suite, "A Soul's Journey" - a 90- minute work celebrating the common threads of humanity - life's hardships and victories. Having premiered the piece in New Orleans with Ellis Marsalis on the piano and Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson on the saxophone at world-famous Snug Harbor, the Laurie Beechman Theatre is proud to present its NY debut.
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The Social Music Network: Napster Documentary in the Works
The story of Napster, the peer-to-peer file-sharing service that disrupted the music industry, will soon be told in documentary form.
The documentary will track the rise and fall of the music network launched by college student Shawn Fanning in 1999. Alex Winter, Bill from the Bill and Ted films, will direct it.
As Deadline reports, Winter originally signed a deal with MTV Films to make a narrative, scripted version of the story in 2002. A decade later, Winter is still passionate about the project. VH1, which backed Winter's 2008 film Anvil: The Story of Anvil is financing the film.
Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker will both be participating in the project. Fanning created Napster from his dorm room at Northeastern University. Parker, an early employee at the company, was featured prominently in The Social Network, which inaccurately identified him as Napster's creator. Parker is now an investor in the legal music-streaming service Spotify.
Speaking with Deadline about his interest in the Napster story, Winter said:
"The rise and fall of Napster and the birth of peer-to-peer file-sharing technology created by Shawn Fanning when he was a college student, changed music to movies, and made possible everything from Julian Assange, WikiLeaks to the iPod and Facebook."
He added that "it is a fascinating human story, where this 18-year-old kid invents a peer-to-peer file-sharing system, and brings it to the world six months later."
Aside from the 2004 documentary, Some Kind of Monster, which touches on the impact that Napster and backlash from lawsuits filed against the P2P service had on the band Metallica, this is a story that hasn't been explored in the cinema.
Considering Napster's significance to the music industry and to the tech industry as a whole, not to mention the success of The Social Network, it's about time. We look forward to learning more about this film.


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Maize genes amaze scientists
Scientists have moved a step closer to learning the genetic secrets of maize, one of the world's most important food crops, and using this knowledge to boost crop yields.
The researchers, led by Joachim Messing, director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University in New Jersey, United States, have published a series of papers providing the most comprehensive picture yet of the crop's evolution and genetic structure.
"This research will help enable scientists and farmers to make major improvements in one of the world's most significant crops," says Messing.
"More nutritious maize is critical for Africa," he says, adding that it should be possible to boost the crop's nutritional value because "it already has all the genes necessary".
According to Messing, the richness of the maize genome means that increasing its nutritive value would not require adding genes from other species, but only changing the way existing genes function.
"One example is amino acids, which are stored as proteins in the seeds that we eat," says Messing. Some maize varieties have more nutritious proteins, but the genes controlling their production can be 'silenced' when the variety is crossed with other strains. Messing anticipates being able to prevent this silencing by moving a short sequence of genetic material called a 'regulator' from a gene that is not silenced to the one that is.
The research also revealed that the maize genome is highly complex because many of its genes have moved to different locations on chromosomes during its evolution. This phenomenon – unknown in any other species – has implications for genetic engineering.
According to Messing, it means that fears that genetic modification could lead to instability in a species' genetic material are unfounded.
Messing's team's findings are presented in three papers in the journal Genome Research and one in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Link to abstract of paper by Lai et al in Genome Research
Link to abstract of paper by Lai et al in Genome Research
Link to abstract of paper by Swigonová et al in Genome Research
Link to abstract of paper by Messing et al in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Just in time for Halloween, Seattle singer-songwriter and music educator Brian Vogan has released a video for the track "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" from his 2008 album Little Songs. Directed and illustrated by Alberto Cerriteno and animated by Fashionbudda Studio, it's adds beautiful visuals to a truly charming piece of kids' music.
You can pick up Little Songs from CDBaby, and learn more about the music of Brian Vogan at his official site. On a related note, early word from the Vogan camp assures me that, with Brian currently in the studio, a second children's CD forthcoming.
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Inexpensive hotel in city centre? Do they exist?
My boyfriend and I are going to Paris in March for a very well due holiday and while I am jazzed to go, finding a hotel is becoming a nightmare. Everything is either hostels (and I do love them, but not this time: it's a romantical weekend) or luxurious. Does anyone know any 100E a night or less places that aren't in squalor and are in city centre? Or near enough to a metro stop?
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I've used this website earlier this year to find a cheap hotel in Paris..
If you click the map on the left you can see the hotels on the map, it's quite helpful.
Hope that helps! about 11 years agoAnswered by Ian C via Travellr.com
It depends on what you call cheap, but there are some on the outskirts of the centre zone of Paris.
I stayed at
France Hotel Du Parc
14 Rue Laforest , Malakoff, Paris
for €36.00 per night in total
I booked it through hostelworld.com about 11 years agoAnswered by Nicholas Roberts via Travellr.com
I've used this site with great success for an upcoming trip to Argenitna, and they cover the world: http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/
Check out Priceline of they cover Paris hotels. I swear by it! about 11 years agoAnswered by Tunnsey via Travellr.com
Have you thought about vacation rentals? Sites like homeaway.com are great. You also have NYHabitat.com . They all have very nice apt to rent. You will feel more at home than at a hotel and will be able to have a much better parisian experience! almost 11 years agoAnswered by Loic Dupont via Travellr.com
http://www.eurocheapo.com/ is a good website. Also look at renting an apartment as this can prove very cost effective.
Or ring up a chain such as Novotel and see what deal they could do you. http://www.novotel.com/gb/reservation/liste_hotels.shtml# if you book in advance you could get something for 100 E a night. almost 11 years agoAnswered by Sam Richards via Travellr.com
Hey dudefaces and awesome people! Thank you so much for the recommendations. Cian and I found a perfect hotel to call our own in Paris with your help. almost 11 years agoAnswered by Courtney Harre via Travellr.com


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Worldwide, amphibians have been declining at an alarming rate, faster than other vertebrate groups, such as mammals, birds or reptiles.
In the UK, there are fewer species compared to warmer climates but, even so, the UK has very important populations at a European level for some species, such as great crested newts.
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The Garden Classroom delivers high-quality outdoor education and recreation in natural environments to inner-city people, focusing mainly on children, young people and families.
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Cross-Reactivity between Trypanosoma Cruzi and Insect Trypanosomatids as a Basis for the Diagnosis of Chagas' Disease *
Immunological cross-reactivity between Trypanosoma cruzi and insect trypanosomatids was demonstrated by immunofluorescence and confirmed by complement fixation, direct agglutination and cross-absorption experiments. As antigens, the following organisms were surveyed: Crithidia deanei, Crithidia fasciculata, Crithidia luciliae, Herpetomonas samuelpessoai, Herpetomonas megaseliae, Herpetomonas muscarum muscarum, Leptomonas seymouri and Blastocrithidia culicis. Sera from patients with Chagas' disease or sera from rabbits immunized against various trypanosomatids were used as sources of antibodies. The demonstration of cross-reactivity was followed by a survey of 500 human sera (from normal persons or Chagas' disease patients) by immunofluorescence using insect trypanosomatids (H. muscarum muscarum, C. fasciculata and L. seymouri) as antigens. With H. muscarum muscarum 98.7% coincident positive results and 100% of coincident negative results were obtained. These findings may validate the use of insect trypanosomatids as an alternative source of antigen in the serodiagnosis of Chagas' disease by indirect immunofluorescence.


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8.110061-62 - MASSENET: Werther (Thill, Vallin) (1931)
Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
At the age of nine the French composer Jules Massenet was admitted to the Paris Conservatory and by the time he was seventeen he had won first prizes for both piano playing and fugue He won the Grand Prix du Rome in 1863 and was appointed Professor of Composition at the Paris Conservatoire in 1878, where he continued to teach until his death. Massenet was one of many late nineteenth century composers responding to the revolution that Richard Wagner had created with his "music dramas" and was referred to at one point as "Mademoiselle Wagner." But he was no mere copy-cat; in fact, along with Charles Gounod (the composer of Faust), he determined the outline of what truly is the French tradition in opera His melodies are graceful and heart-felt, his music has an innate charm, he is an elegant orchestrator, and his operas –particularly his best operas, Manon and Werther - are imbued with a natural sense of the theatrical. He has been accused of being shallow and merely creating beautiful music; the composer Vincent d'Indy referred to his "discreet and semi-religious eroticism" which is both appealing and easy to dismiss And indeed, Massenet responded to the accusation by saying "I don't believe in all that creeping Jesus stuff, but the public likes it and we must always agree with the public." Massenet's popularity began to wane under Debussy's growing influence and he was seen as old-fashioned by the time he died. But in addition to the very popular Manon and Werther, his operas Le Cid, Esclarmonde, Don Quichotte and Herodiade still occasionally show up in major opera houses around the world and the "Meditation" from his opera Thais for violin is a great concert favourite.
Werther, which was first staged in 1892 in Vienna, was not an immediate success, but once it caught on, there was no stopping it. Its first production in Paris was the following year, and it was heard in Milan, New Orleans, Louisiana and New York in 1894. It has been performed over 1300 times in Paris alone.
Massenet's passion for melody infused with tenderness and sensuality found the perfect outlet in Goethe's romantic novel, formed into a libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet and George Hartman. The lovelorn, pessimistic, melodramatic poet Werther and his adored and unavailable-though-truly-concerned Charlotte fit right into Massenet's world-view and arch-romanticism. (The novelist Thackeray nastily wrote the following about Charlotte after reading Goethe's novel' Charlotte, having seen his body/Borne before her on a shutter,/Like a well-conducted person,/Went on cutting bread and butter) Massenet perfectly captures these characters' emotions in his music without ever becoming more florid than his hero. Words are invariably wed to music and the transitions from informal recitative to arioso and, at times, compete aria are absolutely natural. The orchestration is generally quite dark as befits its gloom-and-doom-laden subject matter, with low brass and winds pervasive.
In all, Massenet, as Rodney Milnes eloquently writes in the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, "wrote nothing greater or more heartfelt than Werther"
The recording and cast
Now almost seventy years old (it was recorded in March of 1931), this Werther, despite nearly a dozen other recorded versions available, remains the finest. The orchestra, chorus, soloists and conductor are steeped in the French style and there is a smoothness of orchestral line which is unique Conductor Elie Cohen finds the ideal harmony of refinement and fire and the Opera-Comique Orchestra, with its wooden flutes, gut strings and French bassoons rejoice in their own lyrical, resonant ensemble. There seems not to be a dishonest or unnatural bit of rubato or other effect throughout - the drama is always served without exaggeration and Massenet's lyricism, at times airy, at times tortured, is allowed to speak for itself. Ardour and excitement grow organically from the music, there are no sharp edges, just perfectly-drawn feelings. This is Massenet unadulterated, unsweetened and potent.
The singers are ideal. Those curious to hear the French language sung perfectly need go no further - these are the models against whom all others since have been measured. Tenor Georges Thill as Werther manages to combine a heroic timbre with a pleading demeanour - no small feat indeed. The voice is luxurious, big and free, absolutely even from top to bottom. He can ride over the orchestra with ease and soft phrases are perfectly poised and controlled. He chooses to underplay Werther's death scene, and what a relief - and how effective - it is to hear this gorgeous music without sobbing and moaning. He refuses to magnify Werther's already dreadful dilemma and by so doing, makes us empathize with the character. The one imperfect note in the whole recording is his big A sharp near the close of "Pourquoi me reveiller?" and leaving it as it was sung (it easily could have been re- recorded), rather than detracting from the performance, lends Thill's performance a genuine feel of the stage This is a monumental, noble portrayal from one of the twentieth century's great tenors.
And opposite Thill, as Charlotte, soprano Ninon Vallin is no less fine. The role is more often taken by a mezzo-soprano, but Vallin, by understating most of the recitatives and keeping her tone warm and poised, never sounds too light or bright. The voice itself is beautiful and full; her singing is as natural as speech. Her singular style, hesitant yet pulsing and pressing with feeling, makes her Charlotte a classic: she is a very proper woman, who, though filled with emotions for Werther, not only sacrifices love for comfort and duty, but hands her husband, Albert, the pistols with which poor Werther is going to commit suicide, Vallin brilliantly remains involved and aloof at once: her big numbers in the third act begin with great reserve but soon burst wide open. It is a glorious, probing performance, stunningly sung.
The far lesser roles of Sophie and Albert are well taken. The soprano Germaine Feraldy is rather mature for Sophie, but her liveliness and glistening tone provide the perfect counterpoint to Charlotte. The equally little-known Marcel Roque sings Albert with just the right combination of warmth and stiffness - perfect for the character - and also manages to get a sting into his tone when, at the close of the third act, he more or less orders Charlotte to send Werther the objects of the latter's own demise. As a whole, then, there is not an unconvincing, uncommitted performance here
Bob Levine
Act I: The Bailiff's House
[1] The opera opens with an initially ominous Prelude. The first act is set in the garden of the Bailiff, Charlotte's widowed father He is sitting on the garden terrace, with his six younger children round him, as he teaches them to sing [Assez! Assez! (Enough! Enough!)]. [2] They sing their Christmas carol [Noel! Jesus vient de naitre (Noel! Jesus is born)], overheard by the Bailiff's friends Johann and Schmidt. [3] They congratulate the children on their performance [Bravo pour les enfants! (Well done, children!)] but gently mock the Bailiff for practising carols in July. They are joined by Sophie, the Bailiff's second daughter, and talk of the ball to be held at nearby Wetzlar, of Werther, the melancholy young man who is to partner Charlotte to the ball, and of Albert, Charlotte's fiancé, who is away. The Bailiff promises to meet his friends at the inn that evening, as they take their leave. Sophie leaves and the Bailiff goes into the house, with some of the younger children settled round him.
[4] Werther, accompanied by a young peasant, comes into the courtyard and looks at the house [Alors c'est bien ici, la maison du bailli. Merci. Je ne sais si je veille ou si je reve encore (So this is the Bailiff's house. Thank you. I do not know whether I am awake or dreaming)]. He is enchanted by what he sees and by the sound of the children's carol from inside the house. Charlotte comes down, dressed for the ball, and, as the Bailiff sees Werther, he greets him and introduces Charlotte, the eldest daughter, who has managed the family since her mother's death. [5] While Charlotte says goodbye to the children, leaving Sophie to look after them, Werther admires this picture of love and innocence [O spectacle ideal d'amour et d'innocence (O ideal picture of love and innocence)]. Charlotte and Werther set out for the ball, joined now by other couples, while Sophie takes the children into the house and the Bailiff prepares to join his friends at the tavern. As night falls, Albert appears, greeted by Sophie and explaining that he has come unannounced to surprise them. They talk of his coming wedding. [6] As he leaves, he muses on Charlotte's love for him [Elle m'aime... elle pense a moi! (She loves me... she thinks of me!]. [7] An orchestral interlude accompanies the rise of the moon, now night has fallen.
[8] Charlotte and Werther appear at the garden gate, returning from the ball. They must part here, she tells him [Il taut nous separer. Voici notre maison (We must part here. This is our house)]. Werther, however, cannot leave so easily, and expresses his love for Charlotte, although they have only just met. [9] Nevertheless, he assures her that he knows her well [Mon ame a reconnu votre time (My soul has recognised your soul)]. [10] Mention of her children, reminds Charlotte of her mother, whose place she has taken, and whom she still seems to see, looking over their family [Vous avez dit vrai! C'est que l'image de ma mere est presente (You have spoken truly! The image of my mother is always here)]. [11] Werther is further enchanted by Charlotte's simple goodness [Revel Extase! Bonheur! (Dream! Ecstasy! Joy!)], but they are interrupted by the Bailiff, who has returned and now calls to Charlotte from the house, telling her that Albert has come back. She explains to Werther that Albert is the one that she swore to her mother that she would marry She goes into the house, leaving Werther in despair at the news.
Act II: The Lime - Trees
[12] A Prelude marks the passage of time between the two acts. [13] The scene is set in Wetzlar. It is now September and Johann and Schmidt are sitting at a table in front of an inn, enjoying the autumn sunshine [Vivat Bacchus! Semper vivat! C'est dimanche! (Long live Bacchus! May he live for ever! It is Sunday!)]. People are gathering on the way to the church, where the minister celebrates fifty years of marriage. [14] Albert and Charlotte are seen, now married already for three months [Trois mois! Voici trois mois que nous sommes unis! (Three months! It is now three months that we have been together)] and gently happy together. [15] They are observed by Werther, desperate that he has lost Charlotte to another [Un autre est son epoux! (Another is her husband!). Johann and Schmidt return, comforting their friend Bruhlmann, who has lost his Kathchen after a seven-year engagement, and followed by Albert. [16] Seeing Werther, despondent at an inn table, Albert lays his hand on his shoulder and tries to comfort his rival, who responds with apparent understanding [Mais celle qui devint ma femme vous apparut au jour qu'elle etait libre encore (But she who became my wife met you when she was still free)] [17] Sophie runs in happily, carrying a bouquet and full of the joy that the fine weather brings [Frere, voyez le beau bouquet! (Brother, look at my fine bouquet!)]. She chides Werther for his long face [18] but he, in an aside, admits that he can never be happy [Heureux! Pourrai-je l'etre encore! (Happy! Can I be happy again!)]. Albert does his best to comfort Werther, while Sophie, as she goes, calls Albert to follow her Charlotte comes out of the church, where she has sought strength in prayer, while Werther has resolved to go away. [19] She sees him and asks if he is coming to the minister's, but he can only speak of his love for her [Ah! qu'il est loin ce jour plein d'intime douceur (Ah! How far away is that day, full of intimate sweetness)] She reproves him, for she is now married to another, and tells him he must go, but he may return, if he will, at Christmas. Left alone, he resolves to obey her, but is haunted by thoughts of death, if he cannot overcome his feelings. [20] He thinks of a child returning home before he is expected and embraced by his loving father [Lorsque I'enfant revient d'un voyage avant I'heure (When a child returns early from a journey)], finding here consolation for suicide. Sophie returns, calling cheerfully on Werther to join the bridal procession, but he abruptly leaves, telling her he will never come back. In a moment Sophie's joy is dissipated, and Charlotte and Albert, who enter with the procession, understand well enough what has happened. Charlotte is daunted by the idea that Werther has gone for ever, while Albert knows that the reason is his love for Charlotte.
Act III: Charlotte and Werther
[1] A Prelude marks the further passing of time. Now it is five o'clock on Christmas Eve in the house of Albert and Charlotte. [2] She sits at the writing-desk in the drawing-room and is still obsessed with thoughts of Werther [Werther! Werther! Qui m'aurait dit la place que dans mon coeur il occupe aujourd' hui! (Werther! Werther! Who would have told me the place that he has in my heart today)]. [3] She has read his letters again and again [Ces lettres ... ah! je les relis sans cesse (These letters. ... ah! I read them again and again)]. In one of them he has told her to mourn for his death, if he does not return at Christmas. [4] Sophie appears, greeting her elder sister and asking what troubles her, in Albert's absence [Bonjour, grande soeur! Je viens aux nouvelles (Good day, elder sister! I have come for your news)]. [5] Charlotte is induced to smile but Sophie wishes that her sister would laugh again, as once she used to [Ah! le rire est beni, joyeux, leger, sonore! (Ah! Laughter is blessed, joyful, light, full- sounding!)]. She goes on to regret Werther's absence, which seems to have changed everything. [6] Now Charlotte can no longer hold back her tears and Sophie begs her to come home again. Charlotte almost agrees, but worries about Werther's implied threat of suicide, if she does not see him by Christmas. [7] Sophie leaves her and Charlotte prays that she may remain steadfast, seeking strength to perform her duty [Ah! mon courage m'abandonne! (Ah! My courage deserts me!)]. [8] Suddenly the door of the room opens and Werther is seen. In spite of his earlier threat to die rather than see Charlotte again, he has been unable to resist [Qui, c'est moi! le reviens (Yes, it is I! I have returned)]. Everything is as he left it, except their hearts. [9] He goes on to read verses of Ossian that they had once read together on the vain return of spring, soon to be followed by despair and death [Toute mon ame est la . ..'Pourquoi me reveiller, o souffle du printemps?' (My whole soul is there... 'Why awaken me, O breath of spring?')]. [10] Charlotte bids him stop and her voice falters, giving Werther hope [Ciel! ai-je compris? (Heavens! Have I understood?)]. Werther reminds her of their love and urges her to admit her continuing feelings, while Charlotte attempts to resist. [11] In the end she can withstand no longer, and finds herself in Werther's arms [Ah! Moi! Moi! Dans ses bras! (Ah! I! I! In his arms)], only to come to herself and reject his advances, forbidding him her sight, as she flees from the room. [12] Werther tries at first to call her back, but then resigns himself to separation and death [Soit! Adieu donc! Charlotte a dicte mon arret! (So be it! Farewell then! Charlotte has decreed my death!)]. [13] Albert now appears, preoccupied and anxious, having heard that Werther has returned and finding the street-door open and the room empty [Werther est de retour (Werther has returned)]. He is joined by Charlotte, agitated at what has passed and afraid, when she sees her husband. A servant brings a note from Werther, about to set out on a long journey and seeking to borrow Albert's pistols that he has seen in the room. Albert grimly tells Charlotte to give the servant the pistols, which she reluctantly does, as he crumples Werther's note and throws it down, leaving the room. Charlotte, praying that she is not too late, rushes out
Act IV
Scene 1: Christmas Eve
[14] An orchestral interlude sets the new scene, the little town of Wetzlar on Christmas Eve. The moon is shining and snow is falling
Scene 2: The Death of Werther
[15] The scene changes to Werther's study, with its table covered by books and papers. The town square is seen through the large open window, with the Bailiffs house and the roofs covered with snow, under the moonlight Werther is lying, mortally wounded, as Charlotte rushes in, calling his name [Werther! Werther! Werther!]. Suddenly she sees him and throws herself on him. He is able to speak and seeks Charlotte's forgiveness, but she tells him that she is the one to blame She wants to seek help, but he restrains her, holding her hand, as he dies [16] Now Charlotte can admit that she loves him [Et moi, Werther, et moi je tames! (And I, Werther, and I love you!)], seeking a last kiss to forget all sorrows. The children's carol is heard, suggesting a hymn of forgiveness, as Werther nears his end, in spite of Charlotte, who seeks to revive him. [17] He can only tell her where he wishes to be buried [La-bas, au fond du cimetiere (There, at the far end of the cemetery)], if he is allowed Christian burial. Otherwise he must lie in unhallowed ground, sanctified only by a woman who will visit his grave and weep over it. [18] He dies, while from outside the children are heard singing of Christ's birth [Jesus vient de naitre(Jesus is born)] and laughing in their delight.
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The year was 2012. It was a Saturday in February, and I was nestled in my warm, comfy bed. Asleep. Deep, unbothered-by-dreams-or-stirring sleep.
When all of a sudden, I wasn't.
There was a siren! I was under attack! This was the end!
I am not a fast human by nature, but in that moment I was a jungle cat. Out of the bed, down the hall, by my parents' bedside in just a few bounds. My parents were out of town, and my dad had forgotten to turn off his no nonsense alarm set for 5 A.M.
On a Saturday.
It was one of those obstinate alarms that grows more infuriated every second that passes without silencing it. Its volume steadily ticks upward until you start to believe you've been transported right inside the machine and are standing directly next to the noise-making mechanism.
I hit buttons, turned knobs, and finally just ripped the stupid cord from its secure spot in the wall socket.
I walked slowly back to my bed, but not before texting my parents a long message dripping with sarcasm and irritation.
For as long as I can remember, John T. Brock has set his alarm to ring at 4:30A.M. If ever there was a day when I was awake before my dad, chances are I hadn't yet been to sleep. He cuts himself some slack on Saturdays and will sleep an indulgent half hour more.
He fixes the coffee the night before and sets a timer on the pot so it will wake when he does. He pours himself the first cup of the day. Sometimes, he'll walk to the back room, flip on the television, and stand a few minutes in the bright glow of the breaking headlines.
By 4:45, he's settled into his chair and has already made a significant dent in his first round of caffeine.
His chair. It sits firmly by the fireplace. Beside the left arm there sits an ever-changing stack of leadership books, commentaries, and sermon notes. To its right, a small table stands at attention holding a pair of glasses and the aforementioned cup of coffee.
This is where he sits. Day after day, month after month, year after year.
The rest of the house is asleep, but my dad is awake. And he's there at this time, in this chair, every day to meet with Jesus.
I've always known about his habit of waking early in the morning. I knew how he spent that time. I knew he'd be there every day. Without fail.
Our house is laid out in such a way that when I walk from my room to the bathroom down the hall, I walk past the staircase on my left. And if I make that trek at anytime between the hours of 4:30 and 6:30 A.M., I can catch a glimpse of my dad's knees and feet. Sitting in that chair. Talking to Jesus.
On another dark morning a few years ago, I again emerged from the comfort of my bed, slow and groggy this time, annoyed that my sleep had been interrupted by my need for the bathroom.
When I rounded the corner of my doorway and walked past that familiar first step, I caught a glimpse of a different image at the bottom of the stairs.
And I won't ever forget it.
Knees, not crossed gingerly in his normal seated position, but pressed to the floor in front of the chair, long legs stretched out behind him. His larger-than-life, 6'4" frame bent at a ninety-degree angle. His elbows in the chair's seat, his hands resting on his shoulders, his forehead pressed to the fabric. Praying. Interceding. Having an all-encompassing conversation with his Savior.
Until today, he never knew I saw him in that moment. He didn't hear me get up. Didn't hear my feet pad across the floor. Never knew for a second that someone was watching him.
But this isn't the first time I've told it.
Not long after moving to Nashville, I found myself in the middle of a conversation about parents. About our relationships to them. About how frustrating those relationships can be. I heard story after story about damaged paternal relationships, wounded and scarred by broken promises and sinful choices.
And suddenly everyone was looking at me. It was my turn. What was my father like?
"Well," I said, "he's like this," and I pointed to that moment. That image. That dark morning when I caught the most beautiful glimpse of my dad's heart.
I won't ever stop being grateful that the Lord woke me up at just the right time, at just the right moment for me to take that mental picture.
Because that is a picture of my dad. Not just in that moment, but in every moment. That is the physical posture of his heart. He kneels daily to seek his God and to serve the people who have been entrusted to him.
The long list of characteristics I love most about my dad all stem from and grow out of those moments. His kindness, his sacrifice, his love and devotion to his wife, his kids, his church are all marks of a man of God. But those qualities did not arise simply because he is a pastor. They didn't come as a packaged deal when he became a Christian. They did not manifest within him because he is what the world calls "good."
No. They did not appear by magic or happenstance.
They came with the morning. They rode in on the sun's tide. Day after day, new mercy after new mercy, they were carved into the fabric of his DNA. He is kind because he has a standing appointment with Kindness Himself. He is devoted because he has never gotten over the devotion of a Jewish King who came to rescue him. He is sacrificial because, time after time, he has shown up and put his knees in the dust at the foot of a Roman cross and looked up at the most beautiful sacrifice this world has ever known.
He is a good father not because he is perfect or without flaw or failure, but because he starts every day at the feet of Jesus. And of all the things I've learned from him, this is, without a doubt, the most important lesson, and the one I am most grateful for.
Happy Father's Day, Daddy. I love you, and I'll never be able to tell you exactly how proud I am to be your kid.


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Make: Ceiling Mounted Drying Rack
Our laundry / utility room isn't large, but we consider it to be a gem given that most bay area homes seem to have their laundry in the garage!
Thus, space is a premium and that makes dealing with the handful of items that need to be air dried on a flat surface a challenge. A drying rack that sits around on the floor unused 90% of the time is guaranteed to be in the way 90% of the time!
Thus, a solution that can easily get out of the way was sorely needed!
Having scored a cheap bicycle ceiling lift off of Amazon, I added a couple of metro-cart shelves ($20/each at most hardware stores) held together by four 12″ bolts. the bolts hold the bottom shelf tightly sandwiched between two washers and two nuts on each bolt. The bolts hang from the holes in the top shelf (more washers!) and the top shelf hangs from the bicycle hoist.
Conceptually, it works really really well. Perfectly, in fact. And the metro-cart shelves allow for stuff to be hung from below, too.
The only complaint is that the bicycle lift works exactly as you might expect for $10-$15. Expect to have to keep the shelf level as it goes up/down. No big deal, but I will be replacing the rope in the near future.
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Texas Haunts
Metz Elementary School in Austin, Texas
This large school building was built in 1916 in Austin, Texas. For the most part, it was an unremarkable building, and nothing of significance took place there other than a brief disagreement between the community and the school board regarding whether or not to send Spanish-speaking children at the school to a different school nearby that could focus on Spanish-based learning. The matter never progressed beyond discussion, and the students remained. Metz Elementary school educated students in the community for decades until it was shut down in 1989 for being too small for the community's growing needs. Nothing strange was ever mentioned or witnessed at the school until the day the construction crew showed up to demolish the building in order to build a newer, larger building in its place.The construction crew immediately started experiencing unsettling paranormal activity. It was almost as though the building itself had its own spirit and was actively rebelling against the demolition crew. The workers could hear the sound of children's laughter and noticed writing appear on the chalkboards. The crew ignored the activity, and the poltergeist began to escalate its reaction. Suddenly construction equipment began stalling for no apparent reason, and the crew reported that their watches stopped as they attempted to demolish the school's walls. The crew started to lose workers who were frightened by the unexplainable activity inside the school. Unfortunately, the poltergeist or violent spirit activity turned fatal. One worker was killed when a wall collapsed on top of him. The death put this haunted school in the spotlight of the national media. Even after the school was eventually completely demolished, investigators and researchers continue to search for answers regarding what could have caused the haunting at Metz Elementary School.
The Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas
considered by many to be the most active as far as unexplained phenomenon in all of the area.
Opened for the very first time in the year of 1886 on the 20th day of December, this was considered to be the "Hotel of Dreams" for the ever-popular cattle professional by the name of Jesse Lincoln Driskill. Driskill had purchased the property space where the hotel would be constructed just a year earlier for less than $8,000. By the time this spectacular hotel was completed, it ended up resulting in over $400,000 as far as expenses. Here, you will learn some facts about the haunted Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas.
The Driskill Hotel has been considered to be one of the most popular locations for well established figures in and around the area. Politicians, celebrities, and more have conducted business within the walls of this spectacular hotel. Driskill himself truly loved the luxurious hotel that he created in Austin, Texas. Upon his passing from this life to the next, it is believed that the business guru remained in the structure – in spirit that is – literally. Several individuals who worked in the hotel before and after Jesse Lincoln Driskill's death have claimed to continue to feel his presence even after he was laid to rest. The following indicates some of the other hauntings that seem to occur within this spectacular hotel:
1. There is a room, referred to as that of 525 that is rumored to be one of the most haunted in all of the structure. There is a story of tragedy and despair that surrounds the room, though it is unknown if the stories are true, historically. This is the story that is often referred to as the "suicide brides". It is believed that two young women, who were on their honeymoon in the hotel twenty years apart, took their own lives in the bathroom of the room. As a result, the hotel staff blocked off the bathroom area, and shut down the room completely. When reconstruction efforts began in the year of 1998, this room was allowed to be opened. Several strange occurrences made themselves evident when this occurred – all the way from unexplained leaks to visions and sensations of apparitions!
2. There was a lady who committed suicide on the fourth floor of the Driskill Hotel. Many individuals claim to have observed what appears to be a spirit of a female out of the corner of their eye while on this floor, but when they look to see who is standing there, there is actually no one available at all. In addition to this, it often sounds as if a female is whispering on the floor. While very faint, those who have heard it do not forget it very easily. In some instances, a woman has been heard crying on the fourth floor by hotel staff – even when no one is staying on that particular floor. It is believed that all of these occurrences are related to the woman who took her own life on the floor.
3. There is a story documented in history in which the young girl of a popular Senator of the time met her fate while chasing a ball along the "Grand" staircase in the hotel. This occurred in the year of 1887. It was reported a week after her death that she was up and playing at the hotel with her little ball. This incident was actually the first recording of the paranormal at the rumored haunted Driskill Hotel.
As you can see, there are many recordings of hauntings at this spectacular hotel. While there are many different paranormal events that have taken place at this hotel, this lists the most popular cases. If you are interested in unexplained phenomenon, visiting the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas is sure to amuse you!


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The Tami Islands are a small island group located seven nautical miles SSE of Finschhafen in the Huon Gulf (see also Solomon Sea). It is part of today's Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
In the days before European contact, its natives were known throughout the Solomon and South Sea islands for their distinctive wooden bowls, their cult figure carvings, and their ceremonial masks. During World War II, the islands were briefly occupied by the Japanese; Tami Islands were secured after the landings and Nassau Bay, Lae and Nadzab.
The Tami Islands include four atolls, two of which are very small, and one so small it is not much larger than a strip of sand. On the two largest islands there are two villages that face each other across a volcanic cove.[1] The islands form a circle around a lagoon, which at its center is 21 metres (69 ft) deep.[2] The cove attracts snorkelers and divers who explore the reefs, including day-trippers from nearby Lae, on the main island of Papua New Guinea.[3] The reefs contain Spanish Dancer jellyfish, Blue See Stars and varieties of colorful Pelagic fish, both predators and prey.[4] At its widest, the largest island is not more than two city blocks wide (approximately 80 metres (262 ft)).[5]
Regional tradeEdit
Islanders specialized in elaborately carved bowls. These were often used for bridal wealth payments throughout the islands, part of a 200 miles (322 km) regional exchange reaching as far as the Caroline and Solomon Islands.[6] The islanders still make their livings in fishing and the production of these bowls, intricately woven sleeping mats, and delicate carvings, and tourism. The evidence of the regional trade is visible in the physiognomy of the inhabitants, who resemble in their facial structure the islanders of New Britain. Islanders will typically paint themselves with blue and pink paint.[4]
The Tami role in the trading cycle is evident from the bowls, which appear throughout the archipelago, and the Siassi islands.[7] Bowls would be exchanged for dogs' teeth (used for carving and wood working, as well as for jewelry), sweet potatoes, reeds, pigs, bows, arrows, feathers and the betel nut.[8] The Tami bowls are distinctive not only for their specific decorative designs, but because they are made of wood, not of clay; most Papua New Guinea pottery is clay, but the Tami Islands have no clay deposits.[9]
In addition to the rectangular bowls, Tami art also appears in representations of religious figures — cult figures, some of them massive. Images are full-length and standing, and the head is placed directly on the torso (no neck). The head usually has a headdress, often very ornate, and the arms fall to the side, like a figure almost at attention. Tami carving places circular eyes directly under the forehead. Tami sculpture also has two incised triangles pointing t the center of the face. Tami masks also appear as products of trade. The depiction of facial figures resembles the style of carving found on the human figures. Tamis depict a variety of animal figures, equally as stylized as the human ones, on wooden bowls, hooks, spatulas, canoe prows, paddles, and other useful tools.[10] Tami canoes, although outriggers like most of the neighboring styles, but which are unique in design and decoration.
"It was about 30 feet long, carved from a very straight log, with ...curved ends and carved heads... The sides were built up with wide, hand–hewn boards, each board at least 20 inches wide and running the length of the canoe in a single piece. These sides were painted in interesting designs of red and white, and the whole canoe bound together with plant fiber of some sort and the joints filled with tree gum. The outrigger was bound with the same strong fiber, and there was not a nail or a piece of metal in the whole job. Neither did any of the parts show marks I could recognize as having been made with modern tools."[11]
The distinctive Tami Island outrigger canoe prows have finer and more rectangular structure than those of other south Milne Bay islanders, although they are similarly painted with shields.[4]
European missions and regional tradeEdit
The islands' position in the larger trading ecology of the eastern islands attracted Johann Flierl, in 1888, who established a Lutheran mission there.[12] Flierl hoped not only to gain the confidence of the Tamis, and convert them to Lutheranism, but also to integrate the mission goals into the island groups with which the Tamis had contact.[13] The process did not work as Flierl planned: instead, the Tami islanders became incorporated into a western-style material culture. As cash-based jobs became available, often working for the Mission itself, they decreased the product of bowls and cult figures. As a result, the Siassi learned to make the wood bowls, taught by Tami island catechists who went to the Siassi Island to help the missionaries.[14]
World War IIEdit
During the war, most of the Tamis were evacuated to the main island, and they returned in May 1944.[15] The islands were the target of three raids by the United States Air Corp. On 25 November 1942, a B-25 hit a Japanese cruiser off one of the main islands. On 18 September 1943, a flight of A-20sdisambiguation needed hit installations on the island itself, and on 21 September 1943, flights of A-20s, B-26s, and the RAAF also targeted installations there.[16] According to the natives, however, the bombings occurred after the Japanese had left.[17] As a consequence of the bombings, there were large craters in the center of the villages, and in the betel nut grove, and many of the palm trees were ripped apart.[18] Today the Tami Islands are protected by the Papua New Guinea National Seas Act 1977.
- ↑ Tami Islands. Tami
- ↑ John Gaitha Browning and Oleta Stewart Toliver, An artist at war: the journal of John Gaitha Browning, Texas, University of Texas, 1994. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-929398-76-1
- ↑ Nancy Sullivan, Day Trip to Tami, Consultancy Services for Anthropology, 1999-2009, Madang, PNG.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sullivan.
- ↑ Browning, 172.
- ↑ Thomas G. Harding, Cultures of the Pacific. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1970. ISBN 978-0-02-913800-7. p. 95-102.
- ↑ Patricia May et al. The Traditional Pottery of Papua New Guinea. University of Hawaii Press, 2000. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-8248-2344-3
- ↑ May, p. 148, p. 151.
- ↑ May, 147.
- ↑ "Tami style." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 13 September 2009.
- ↑ Browning, pp. 172-3.
- ↑ John Garrett, Footsteps on the Sea: Christianity in Oceania to World War II. Institute of Pacific Studies, World Council of Churches, 1992, ISBN 978-982-02-0068-5, pp 2-15, p. 2.
- ↑ Pieter ter Keurs, Condensed reality: a study of material culture, case studies from Siassi. Leiden, CNWS Publications, 2006. p. 90.
- ↑ Keurs, p. 90 (fn).
- ↑ Browning p. 147.
- ↑ Pacific Wrecks. WWII
- ↑ Browning, p. 173.
- ↑ Browning, p. 147.
- Browning, John Gaitha and Oleta Stewart Toliver, An artist at war: the journal of John Gaitha Browning, Texas, University of Texas, 1994. IS.BN 9780929398761
- Encyclopædia Britannica. "Tami style." Encyclopædia Britannica Online 2009. 13 September 2009.
- Garrett, John. Footsteps on the Sea: Christianity in Oceania to World War II. Institute of Pacific Studies, World Council of Churches, 1992, ISBN 978-982-02-0068-5
- Harding, Thomas G. Cultures of the Pacific. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1970. ISBN 978-0-02-913800-7.
- Keurs, Pieter ter. Condensed reality: a study of material culture, case studies from Siassi. Leiden, CNWS Publications, 2006.
- May, Patricia et al. The Traditional Pottery of Papua New Guinea. University of Hawaii Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-8248-2344-3
- Pacific Wrecks. WWII Accessed 21 September 2009.
- Sullivan, Nancy. Day Trip to Tami, Consultancy Services for Anthropology, 1999–2009, Madang, PNG.Accessed 13 September 2009.
- Tami Islands. Tami. Accessed 13 September 2009.
Coordinates: 6°46′S 147°55′E / 6.767°S 147.917°E
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