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Get in line before the Methodists
by Ed Collins/October, 1996
You're welcome to join me on an annual pilgramage to Kankakee County, Illinois, locale of my mother's family. My mother's parents were raised here; they raised their three daughters here; my Aunt Wave and Uncle Joe live here now, in Irwin, Illinois, a one-bar, one-church, no-gas station, no-convenience store "town," located about 90 miles south of Chicago, on the prairie, smack dab in the middle of America's breadbasket, a place where John Deere is iconic and corn cobs outnumber people millions to one.
This yearly trip first began ten years ago, when we attended Wave and Joe's 50th wedding anniversary. Prior to that I had been here only twice before––once as a child with my folks, and once in 1971, when Judy and I were on a ten thousand-mile cross-country motor trip. Both times we stayed with Wave and Joe in their modest two-story white wooden house on Main Street––the same house my uncle was raised in.
Two blocks north of their house is the St. James Catholic Church. That's where today's activities start. Although I'm not a Catholic, Wave decided that we'll all go to early Mass.
While everyone kneels, crosses themselves, recites scripture and sings hymns, I spend the morning looking at people.
Particularly noteworthy (to me, anyway) is a family of five sitting in the pew in front of us. At one end is the father, a stern-faced man in his late-30s, who looks to be an enterprising farmer; at the other end of the pew sit his short, plain-as-can-be, blond-haired, small-boned wife who wears the pre-occupied look of a mother of the three children sitting along side her. Next to the father is a nine/ten-year old boy wearing a Chicago Bulls tee shirt; next to the mother is a cute 14/15-year-old girl wearing her high school letterman's jacket (I'm guessing soccer, but from behind I can't see); in the middle is the oldest son, a 16/17-year old who bears an exact image and demeanor as the father.
After communion, when the family walks self-consciously back to their pew, I notice that the oldest son is wearing a belt buckle the size of a grapefruit. I take it that the belt buckle distinguishes him as a farm boy––a card-carrying member of the local 4H Club and FFA (Future Farmers of America). I imagine that many teenage boys already have their sights set on city life, as far away from the farm as possible; the belt buckle must be this boy's way of expressing his wish to one day run his dad's farm, or maybe he wears it to please his father, but in his mind he's already bar-hopping in Springfield or Chicago.
After church, without being asked, I take the wheel of Wave's new Buick La Sabre.
"Not so fast on the corners," Wave barks from the back seat, her piercing voice seems to come from right behind her dentures. It's a voice that serves her well in a crowded room, but one that has an after-effect as it rattles around in a nearby receiver's head for an uncomfortably long while.
As I come to intersections of the two-lane country roads, I slow to a crawl; I had been forewarned to be on the alert for inexperienced teenage country drivers. Corn stalks still stand tall in the fields; until you reach the corner, you can't see what's coming.
I'm getting pleanty of navigational advice from the back seat, but on prior solo trips, driving has been nerve-wracking. There are no landmarks to speak of, save for the occasional big red barn or the tall silver silo; otherwise, this part of the world is flat as a corn tortilla, and each and every dirt, gravel and asphalt road has been laid out by a yardstick, all at 90-degree angles, directional decisions to be made exactly one mile apart.
In a matter of minutes we've reached Herscher (pop. 1345, a bank and a video store, even). We're here to take part in a monthly event that draws people from farm houses near and far.
On the first Sunday of the month the Country Table Restaurant serves Sunday brunch: Two kinds of scrambled eggs (one with bell peppers and onions, one without), bacon, sausage, biscuits––and gravy, of course––fruit, fruit salad (bananas and pineapple suspended in cherry jello), cream puffs, coffee cake and hot raspberry strudel.
While everyone in our party heads for the buffet line, I take a seat.
Bashful, red-faced farmers with pale forehands walk in slowly ahead of their normally chubby wives, some with kids and grandparents in tow. Until they're seated and eating, they look around the room, greet one another with a nod or by calling each other's name.
"You better get in line before the Methodists get here or there won't be any food left," cautions my cousin Patty. I look around at what I took to be the Catholics, and they all had their heads a few inches from their plates, eating as though they hadn't in a while.
At one table sits Patty, her farmer husband Leon, her twin sister Judy, Joe, Wave, my sister Pam, my wife Judy and me; at another table sits Judy's husband Bob, their kids John, Amy, Beth and Beth's husband Jason, Patty's daughters Judy and JoAn, and her husband John.
After breakfast, with my Aunt Wave at the wheel, we ever-so-slowly pull out of Herscher. When Wave turns left on Route 115 my Uncle Joe speaks. "Where ya goin' ma?"
"To Patty's," she answers. (Patty and Leon live on a farm in nearby Reddick.)
"What for?" asks Joe.
"Cuz that's where we're all meeting," she says.
"But the Bears are on pretty soon," Joe says.
From the back seat I size up the situation: Joe is a Bears' fan and he wants to watch the game on TV. I've been to Patty's before, and the TV reception is, how should I put it, unreceptive; on a good day they pull in a couple fuzzy stations from Kankakee; I'm guessing that the Bears game isn't broadcast on one of those stations.
Thirty minutes later the women are in the house, probably talking about food preparation and quilt-making. Leon, Uncle Joe and I sit on aluminum folding chairs in front of the garage, listening to the game on the portable radio. A not too strong sun, combined with the gentliest of intermittant breezes, make for a perfect Fall day. These are ideal conditions for a snooze; I am comfortably stuffed and care less who wins the football game.
With the harvest season a few weeks away, Patty and Leon's modest two-bedroom farm house is surrounded by an ocean of seed corn and soy beans. Adjacent to the house is a two-car garage, one corrigated tin-roof barn, one hundred-year-old wooden corn crib, and two shining-in-the-sun silver steel grain bins. It's all so neat and orderly, somehow pleasing to the eye, and I'm not sure how to explain it, but it just feels good to be in the middle of such stark and practical simplicity, out of view of boxy RVs parked on cluttered streets next to Geico billboards and so many traffic lights, curbs and sidewalks and those banks and medical offices with all that landscaping and those asphalt parking lots and even water fountains. Plus there's something about having space around you, and you being taller than most of what you see. I don't know about anyone else, but it makes me feel more confident or something.
Leon rarely speaks unless spoken to, and he somehow manages to respond to most questions with one-word answers. It especially amuses me when he explains how and why things work or don't work. "Shit happens," he says.
I ask what he does with himself in the winter months, when the crops are out and the fields have been plowed. "Read," he answers.
"Books?" I ask.
"Farm magazines, mostly," he says.
"Don't you get kind of antsy after the hectic harvest season? All that intense work and then nothing."
"Just relax, that's all," he says.
While Joe and I take a series of cat naps, Leon sits quietly, staring out at his crops. He never makes a comment about the game and I'm certain he's unaware of the score. I'd like to know what he's thinking.
I remember asking Patti about Reddick, the nearest village to their farm, about what was there, what, if anything, there was to do. A part of her answer made me laugh: "When someone goes to the hospital they post a note on a bulletin board at the post office."
There's an apparent sameness to everything and everybody here. The farm houses look more or less the same, the barns and grain bins look the same, the farmers and their wives all dress alike. If there's a status symbol among farmers it's their combines and their pickups. If true, Leon is one of the have-nots. His combine is nearly antique (no air conditioning, no stereo system) and he owns a 1972 Chevy that's got character but not much shine, along with a couple rust spots under the fenders and a dusty bottle of antifreeze that sits, permanently, it seems, on the front seat.
If I can locate it, I'm going to insert a photo of the truck that was taken on a previous visit. Leon had parked it up against the cab-high corn stalks on his lawn. If I remember correctly, his name is professionally printed on passenger's door.
Leon Kersch Reddick, Ill.
During our pilgramage last year Leon proudly took us up into his new $35, 000 grain bin. Inside there was a contraption that continually brought the grain from the bottom to the top (to dry it, I think). When Leon sat on top of all that corn I think I saw what one could correctly call a proud and satisfied man. His corn on his property. He was literally sitting on it, until the price rose high enough to sell it down the river, where it's either exported for livestock feed or turned into soda's high-fructose corn syrup or fuel alcohol, or Kellogg's corn flakes, so I learn.
On Sunday outings Leon wears a fancy seed-corn cap. A navy bill and a tan top with a corn field scene embroidered on the crown––that, I reckon, is about as close to pretense as Leon gets.
On his day off he wears a pair of Levi Dockers and Nike tennis shoes. He plays golf, he says, but I can't see it. I can see him out in his freshly plowed field chipping golf balls against his barn.
Standing inside a dusty tin barn, white light streaks through hundreds of tiny holes in the roof. "That's what hail does to you," says Leon. The tiny holes look like stars. Daytime becomes nighttime.
The block-long road into Leon's farmhouse is one-lane gravel. Cars coming up the lane leave a trail of dust.
In front of the garage is a cold, uncomfortable, yet somehow inviting bench. Thick pieces of unpainted wood are held in place by two huge slabs of concrete. I'm told it came from a mental hospital in Kankakee.
A few hours after kickoff I awake to learn that the game was over and that Wave has decided we will all go to see JoAn and John's vacant lot.
Where everything else on this Sunday is moving in syrupy slow-motion, Wave keeps up her everyday whirlwind pace. Before I am fully awake, I'm in the car and on the way to the lot.
On the road I ask Leon who inhabits the remote farm houses I see. Without hesitation, he identifies each and every one of the residents.
When we cross Route 17 I ask about the farm house on the corner. "I don't know anyone on this side of 17," he says.
Interesting how a road can create a boundary of familiarity.
After the 25-minute drive to Joliet, Illinois, a leisurely walk around the subdivision that will be home to JoAn and John's new house, we're back on the road.
Dinner (or supper as everyone around here calls it) is in Braidwood, Illinois, at the Polkadot Drive In on Historic Route 66. The 50s diner advertises hamburgers, shakes and fries.
Last to be seated was Patty's daughter JoAn and my Uncle Joe. JoAn is a full nine-months pregnant; her baby was five days overdue.
As I sit amongst photos of Elvis, Marilyn and Buddy, I watch Joe get out of the car and push his walker. Slowly and deliberately he places the walker in front of him, taking two short steps at a time, pausing, then taking two more. Just after he sits down, he sighs heavily, looks at JoAn, then says to no one in particular, "One coming and one going."
An educated man with a wonderfully dry sense of humor, Joe suffered a near-fatal stroke five years ago; nowadays he speaks and moves in slow motion––he's become the antithesis to his nimble and fast-talking wife.
"What's good?" I ask JoAn.
"Everything," she says.
I order a hoagie, assuming that it's some kind of submarine sandwich, piled high with three kinds of sliced meats, provolone cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.
It isn't.
After pretending to enjoy two-thirds of a suspicious-looking sausage sandwich dripping with garlic butter, followed by a disappointing banana split without strawberry or chocolate ice cream, we pile in the cars and head to John's parent's house. (That's my cousin's daughter's husband's parent's.)
After driving through the sparsley inhabited countryside we arrive at a grand house that sits in the middle of four acres of well- manicured grass (someone obviously takes pride in its appearance). It's dark and dead quiet outside, but at once everything changes; inside the spacious and well-appointed home is the biggest TV set I've ever seen.
In a few feet I've gone from one atmospheric extreme to another. I enter the house expecting to be greeted by soft classical music and a cat or two napping next to the fireplace. But the TV is so large, and the volume set so high, that it dominates all potential conversations, let alone private thoughts. The effect is more akin to a sports bar than a secluded country home.
After standing to greet us, John's mother immediately sits back down in a chair that looks so comfortable I'm envious. Not only does the chair rock, but the foot stool in front of her moves also. During our hour-long visit the lady sits, rocks and crochets, only occasionally looking up to monitor the TV, and rarely to look at her guests.
On the way back to Irwin I sit upright in the back seat, stiff and alert, watching the road. Although I could use another nap, Wave is driving and she can barely see over the wheel.
Back at Wave and Joe's house, we watch the Clinton-Dole Presidential debate. With nothing really being said, it's a fitting end to the day. At 9:30, in the middle of a long, rhetorically uninspired Dole rambling about balance budget amendments and middle-class tax cuts, Wave jumps up from the sofa and says in a voice more appropriate for a wake-up call, "Time for bed everybody."
I'm not really tired, what with all my naps, and I would prefer to watch another hour of TV, even the debate, but I obediently rise to follow Wave's orders.
"Yes boss, goodnight now," I say. ◆


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Transgender cricket players will face testosterone tests before playing in the Hundred.
According to reports, the soon-to-be rules introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will fall in line with policies adopted by the International Cricket Council as well as Cricket Australia.
Although the rules are unlikely to be utilised in the tournament this season - no transgender women have been selected by the eight franchises in the first iteration of the tournament - the ECB are expected to have guidelines in place, according to the Mail Online.
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As it currently stands, players eligible for women's domestic cricket is determined by a player's self-identified gender.
The Hundred competition - which will see both sides bowl 100 balls each in the new limited overs format - will be one of the formats which utilises the revamped criteria for eligibility.
These criteria are expected to mirror the ICC rules and will be introduced in 'elite' cricket, although self-identification is expected to remain the same in county and recreational cricket.
Existing standards set by the ICC require players to show a concentration of testosterone less than five nanomoles per litre continuously for 12 months or more
By comparison, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) utilise the same 5nmol per litre limit for adult players, while the Football Association rely on self-identification.
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About this Cottage
Roughly equidistant between the north and south coasts of Gower, Three Crosses lies in Britain's first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and forms the setting for these lovingly renovated, listed 18th-century properties which have won prestigious awards, namely the Lord Mayor Design Award, Wales regional winner for Built in Quality Design Award and the Gower Society Award. Originally comprising the buildings of the only farm in the village, they offer holiday accommodation of a very high standard, blending modern facilities with old world charm, have wi-fi internet access, and lie close to the 18th-century village pub serving good food.
Stretching from the pretty thriving village of Mumbles on the western edge of Swansea Bay, the south coast offers many opportunities for water sports, with beautiful sandy beaches further along the coast to the jewel of Rhossilli, and a 22-mile coastal path rewards walkers with some of the most stunning scenery in Wales. Taking on a more wild and rugged look, the north coast stretches from Llangennith along miles of deserted sandy beaches, and follows the Loughor Estuary. Beautiful walks abound in inland Gower, which boasts three Norman castles, and spectacular views of the north and south coasts can be admired from Cefyn Bryn – the spine of Gower. The Rhossilli Downs overlook the beach towards Worms Head – reached by a causeway at low tide. Home to 4 golf courses (one a few hundred yards from Crwys Farm), Gower also has surfing beaches at Llangennith and Langland, pony trekking and excellent fishing. For a change of tempo, the city of Swansea beckons. Home of Dylan Thomas, Swansea (with its cinema, bowling, indoor leisure facilities) has the largest indoor market in Wales and boasts an excellent maritime quarter containing the Welsh Maritime Museum, as well Plantasia. Travelling west towards the rugby town of Llanelli, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is a must for bird-watchers, and the Millennium Coastal Park makes an excellent cycling venue, leading to Pembrey Country Park, with woodland and 7-mile sandy beach. Further afield are Cardiff, Tenby, Dan yr Ogof Caves and the Brecon Beacons, with the Pembrokeshire coast also easily accessible. Shop 500 yards.
With green oak frame and oak floors, this detached barn has a mezzanine viewing gallery and easy walking access. Spacious beamed open-plan living/dining room with wood-burning stove, feature fireplace, open mezzanine gallery above, rugs on oak floor and well-equipped modern fitted kitchen area. Utility. Twin bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Master double bedroom with sleigh bed and en-suite bathroom with Jacuzzi, shower cubicle and toilet. Open-tread stairs to first floor: Two double beamed bedrooms, one with 5ft double bed. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet.
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How to Get Hard-Water Lime off a Rock Fountain
Aside from creating an unsightly layer of scum on a rock fountain, lime scale makes cleaning the fountain more labor-intensive than normal and eventually reduces the water feature's functionality. Lime scale occurs in water when lime rock and chalk degrade and make it into groundwater. Remove the hard-water stains from a rock fountain without damaging the structure by using safe products usually found in a pantry and medicine cabinet.
Create a mixture containing 1 cup of baking soda, 1/4 cup of white vinegar and 1 tablespoon of a mild dish detergent. Stir the ingredients, and add baking soda or white vinegar as needed to give the mixture the consistency of paste.
Spread the paste mixture over the hard-water deposits on your rock fountain. Wait while the paste penetrates the surface for 30 minutes. Work the penetrated paste further into the rock by scrubbing in small, overlapping circles with a plastic scrub brush. Use an unwanted toothbrush to work the paste into hard-to-reach and tight areas.
Scrub until you eliminate the majority of lime deposits. Rinse the paste off the fountain with water from a garden hose that has a sprayer attachment.
Repeat the process of spreading the paste on the hard-water stains if necessary. Wait for the paste to remain on the stains for 30 minutes before working it into the rock fountain with the scrub brush and toothbrush. Rinse the paste from the fountain with water from the garden hose.
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An Ontario eatery has been targeted by supporters of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who likely mistook the establishment for the Virginia restaurant the White House press secretary was asked to leave on Friday.
The negative comments on the Facebook page belonging to The Olde Red Hen in Collingwood, Ont., are likely due to the two restaurant's similar names. Sanders tweeted on Saturday that the owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Va. told her to leave because she works for U.S. President Donald Trump.
Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 23, 2018
Meanwhile in Collingwood, Ont., the Olde Red Hen's Facebook page has been inundated with angry comments and bad reviews.
"Hope you go out of business you liberal trash. Clean up this dump," commented Thomas Collins, whose Facebook profile indicates that he lives in Maryland, on Sunday.
"I wonder how long before the Red Hen slop house folds and goes bankrupt?," wrote Albert Holland.
"Shame on you," wrote Connie Szczepanik. "Bigots and hypocrites!"
The case of mistaken identity did not go unnoticed by a number of users who rushed to advise others that they are directing their comments at an unrelated Canadian business.
Diane Smith, the owner of the Collingwood business, said she was initially baffled by the avalanche of Facebook notifications that started on Friday night. She called her restaurant to make sure everything was OK. The staff was equally confused.
"My phone lit up with notifications," Smith told CTV News Channel on Monday. "'Don't go to this restaurant.' 'Their political views aren't right.' 'I won't eat in a place like that.' I didn't know what was happening."
A quick internet search revealed the root of the problem. She asked several users to remove their erroneous comments from her page.
"They were all Americans. We had to straighten it out," Smith said. "My restaurant was really attacked about bad service."
People from both sides of the border expressed support for The Olde Red Hen, and apologized for the abuse from others.
"Many of your comments are posted on the Wrong Red Hen! If your (sic) ever in Collingwood, Ontario, stop in, you wouldn't be disappointed!," wrote Sue Clements, whose Facebook profile says she lives in Collingwood. "I work at The Old Red Hen in Collingwood, This restaurant has been around for 80 years, Great food and service! Busiest place in Collingwood."
"I apologize on behalf of my country. I hope Canadians realize this is a minority," wrote Steve Guillot from Plano, Tex.
Smith hopes the online chatter about her restaurant will turn to the fresh ingredients and "old school diner" charm. She's grateful to her real patrons that came to her defence online.
"I'm very blessed that the customers and our loyal fan base, they were very supportive of us," she said. "My husband has been in the business for 50 years. He takes pride in quality and customer service."
Trump added to the online backlash against the Lexington, Va., Red Hen restaurant on Monday, tweeting, "The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside!"
The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 25, 2018
Business and travel review websites Yelp and TripAdvisor are combating misleading reviews of the Red Hen.
TripAdvisor has suspended new reviews, citing "a recent event that has attracted media attention and has caused an influx of review submissions that do not describe a first-hand experience."
Yelp said it started a "cleanup process" on Saturday, noting that some posts may be removed. The Red Hen has nearly 15,000 reviews on the website. The population of Lexington, Va. is 7,042, according to 2010 census figures.
Another Red Hen restaurant impacted
Collingwood isn't the only city to have the reputation of one of its restaurants mistakenly fouled online.
A New Jersey establishment, also called the Red Hen, reportedly received at least 600 phone calls threatening the restaurant and its staff.


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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the USA has published Treating Contaminants Of Emerging Concern, an extensive review of recent literature on wastewater treatment technologies and their ability to remove a number of chemical contaminants of emerging concern (CECs).
San Diego's IPR demonstration project now has web page
The City of San Diego, which could be the first city in the USA to use indirect potable water reuse for drinking water, has updated the reuse information on its website and added a page for the renamed Water Purification Demonstration Project.
Wave-powered desalination about to be installed
A company in Texas, USA, is preparing to demonstrate the use of desalination with the wave-power facility it is about to install in the Gulf of Mexico.
Yuma desalination plant restarted for pilot run
Representatives from the US Department of the Interior and three municipal water agencies gathered on 28 April 2010 to launch a one-year pilot run of the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma Desalting Plant.
West Basin demonstrating desalination intake and outfall technologies
One of the first seawater desalination demonstration facilities to employ ocean-protection technology at the source of intake and discharge has begun construction in Southern California, USA.
Santa Cruz seawater desalination edges forward
The Santa Cruz City Council in California, USA, unanimously agreed in the middle of March to an operational framework for sharing a desalination plant with the neighboring Soquel Creek Water District if plans are eventually approved.
Santa Clara votes for advanced wastewater reuse plant
The directors of the Santa Clara Valley Water District in California, USA, approved two agreements with the City of San Jose on 23 February 2010 to build a new advanced water treatment facility involving microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet disinfection.
Tampa finally hits its marks
Originally commissioned in 2003, the Tampa Bay seawater desalination plant in Florida, USA, has finally met the targets for which it was designed.
El Paso to explore solar power for desalination plant
The City of El Paso Public Service Board voted on 10 February 2010 to explore the possibility of using solar power at the Kay Bailey Hutchison desalination plant in Texas, USA.
New Mexico BWRO seeking waste revenue stream
Processing residual wastes from a proposed brackish-groundwater desalination plant in New Mexico, USA, could provide a revenue of around US$ 4.6 million/year, according to a preliminary engineer report just completed.
Orange County issues RFP for desalination pilot-plant operation
The Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) in California, USA, issued a request for proposals on 23 October 2009 for professional engineering services for the South Orange Coastal Ocean Desalination Project - Phase 3. Deadline is 19 November 2009.
Poseidon signs two VPs and construction director
Three experienced US water industry personnel have joined Poseidon Resources, following the departure of Nikolay Voutchkov earlier this year, the company announced on 20 July 2009.
Biwater finishes first half of Changi performance tests
The first half of the Sembcorp Changi NEWater Plant (SCNP) in Singapore completed performance tests on 14 July, contractor Biwater AEWT told D&WR. No date has been set for plant commissioning, says Biwater.
Chino Desalter expansion to start in late summer
The Western Municipal Water District in California, USA, accepted US$ 4.5 million of federal government funds on 18 May 2009 towards the Chino II Desalter expansion project, which expected to start in late summer.
Masdar picks four firms to test new desalination techniques
Abu Dhabi clean energy company, Masdar, has selected four international water technology firms to test techniques that could reduce the energy intensity of desalination and lead to a large renewably powered water purification station.
Santa Cruz pilot desalination results in 3-4 months
The Water Department of the City of Santa Cruz (SCWD), California, USA, confirmed on 23 March 2009 that its year-long seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) pilot plant test will be ended in mid-April with a report due in June or July 2009.
Brownsville pilot study published
Pilot study results from consultant NRS Consulting Engineers have confirmed that seawater desalination on the shore of the Ship Channel in Brownsville, Texas, USA, is technically feasible.
Wichita Falls set to start up DPR plant in May
Direct potable reuse of wastewater could be making its debut in Texas, USA, in early May 2014, as testing of water produced by the Temporary Water Reuse Project at the City of Wichita Falls continues to show the water is safe to drink.
ERI to provide pressure-exchangers for Carlsbad SWRO
IDE Technologies has selected pressure-exchangers from Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) for the 189,000 m³/d Carlsbad seawater desalination plant in California, USA.
Chinese licensee joins Dow residential Filmtec program
Haier Group of China, a leading multinational home appliances and consumer electronics company, has become the latest official licensee to partner with Dow Water & Process Solutions in its newly launched Filmtec reverse osmosis (RO) ingredient branding program.
Aquatech wins ZLD job in Turkmenistan
Aquatech has been awarded a contract to design and supply a zero‑liquid discharge ZLD wastewater-reuse system in a gas‑field development project in Turkmenistan.
BEL hooks up with Strand for RO pressure-vessels in US
Desalination pressure-vessel manufacturer BEL Group Ltd, through BEL Composite America Inc, announced a strategic partnership on 30 July 2011 with Strand Composite Engineering & Construction LLC of Harrison, Arkansas, USA.
Toray UF membranes online in North Dakota
An ultrafiltration UF system in North Dakota, USA, has become the first large municipal drinking-water system in the US to use Toray HFS-2020 UF membrane modules.
Miller Truby joins Professional Water Technologies
Miller Truby has joined Professional Water Technologies (PWT) in the USA as regional account manager.
RO desalination plant completed in Lake Worth
A 4.5 MGD (17,000 m³/d) reverse-osmosis drinking-water plant for Lake Worth, Florida, USA, began a month of testing in late July following completion earlier in the month.
New contracts end H2O Innovation's year strongly
Canada's H2O Innovation Inc is to supply membrane nanofiltration (NF) water supply systems to two municipalities in Canada and expand an existing system in a third, among contracts totaling Can$ 8 million (US$ 8.25 million) announced on 6 July 2011.
Degrémont completes AmeriWater acquisition
Suez group member Degrémont announced on 14 June 2011 completion of its acquisition of AmeriWater of Ohio, USA, which will be integrated into the French company's equipment business line.
Consolidated bidding for Mexican SWRO desalination
Consolidated Water Co (CWCO) has declared itself to be one of the tenderers for the El Salitral desalination plant in Baja California, Mexico. Bids are due by June.
Drought stricken California county looks to nuclear plant desalination plant
California's San Luis Obispo County board of supervisors has approved a sewage reclamation project that could add treated wastewater to an aquifer and the expansion of a desalination facility at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant as emergency water supply options.
California county mulls tapping into nuclear plant desalination
As part of its plans to combat ongoing severe drought, California's San Luis Obispo County (SLO) is considering the construction of a 10 km pipeline to tap into the spare capacity of a desalination plant currently providing only the needs of a nuclear power plant.
Woongjin opens all-Americas headquarters and factory
A new American headquarters and membrane manufacturing facility was opened on 5 April 2011 in Anaheim, California, by Woongjin Chemical America Inc, manufacturer of CSM reverse-osmosis and nanofiltration membranes for desalination and water treatment.
RO-based advanced treatment plant for West Virginia mines
A 5 MGD (19,000 m³/d) membrane-based wastewater treatment plant is to be built to serve a number of coal mines in West Virginia, USA, as a result of government action following pollution violations.
Chinese desalination import ratio to fall, says report
Localisation of desalination products and systems in China is targeted to rise from 60% to 90% by 2020, according to market researchers Frost & Sullivan.
Toray expands California membrane manufacturing site
Desalination membrane manufacturer Toray Membrane USA Inc has bought a third building located adjacent to its existing two-building manufacturing facility in Poway, California, USA.
Further funding for San Antonio BWRO desalination project
Initial project construction for the brackish groundwater desalination program planned by San Antonio Water System (SAWS) in the USA will now be possible following a US$ 24.6 million loan from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB).
Permit sought for RO discharge to Great Salt Lake
A proposal from the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (JCWCD) in Utah, USA, to discharge reject brine from a 7-14 MGD (26,000-53,000 m³/d) reverse-osmosis desalination (RO) plant into the Great Salt Lake is out for public comment from 1 December 2010 as part of the permit process.
Aquatech wins Oman MED deal
Water and wastewater technology firm, Aquatech, has won a contract to design and supply a multiple effect distillation (MED) seawater desalination system for Oman's Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic).
Kuwait invites bids for Doha desalination plant as Az-Zour is 65% finished
Kuwait's ministry of electricity and water plans to invite bids for the first phase of a new desalination plant at Doha. Separately, construction of the first phase of a US$ 1.4 billion power and water plant at Az-Zour is close to twp-thirds complete.
AquaSwiss to market IDE's MED technology in MENA and SE Asia
Desalination system manufacturer IDE Technologies announced on 4 May 2010 that it had signed a technology transfer agreement with AquaSwiss AG, a Switzerland-based provider of advanced water solutions
Germans delivering small MVC/MED units to Saudi Arabia
Medesa GmbH of Germany has delivered a 180 m³/d desalination unit to the Al Marshad Group for the industrial area in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
Prince launches Ras Girtas desalination construction
Crown prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar took part in a ceremony on 4 May 2009 to mark the start of construction of the Ras Girtas Power & Water Project in the Ras Laffan industrial zone.
Entropie wins Algerian MED desalination units
Sidem subsidiary Entropie has been awarded a contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the supply of three multiple-effect distillation (MED) desalination units with a net capacity of 3,600 m³/d each.
Biwater Florida RO project has manipulated ER unit
Acceptance testing has been successfully completed for a I.5 MGD (5,680 m³/d) reverse osmosis (RO) system being built by Biwater at the Springtree Water Treatment Plant in Sunrise, Florida, USA.
H2O Innovation to buy Piedmont Pacific
Canada's H2O Innovation Inc announced on 25 November 2013 the signing of an agreement to purchase all of the issued and outstanding common stock shares of Piedmont Pacific Corporation, the Oakland-based flexible pipe couplings manufacturer, for a total consideration of approximately Can$ 4.0 million (US$ 3.8 million).
IDA finalises Huntington Beach desalination energy conference topics
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has finalised the speakers and topics for its new-style conference Desalination: An Energy Solution, which is being held on 2-3 November 2010 in Huntington Beach, California, the city likely to host the USA's next large desalination plant after Carlsbad.
Bank lends US$ 22 million to Korean firm to fund Mexican desalination project
The North American Development Bank has provided a U$ 22 million loan to South Korean company GS Inima Environment which is building a US$ 48 million, 28.5 Ml/d reverse osmosis desalination plant in Ensenada, Mexico.
Jason Deal to represent PWT in south-west USA
Membrane filtration specialist Professional Water Technologies (PWT) announced on 30 July 2013 the appointment of Jason Deal as regional sales manager, based in Florida.
IDA chooses San Diego for 2015 World Congress
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has selected San Diego, California, USA, as the site for its 2015 World Congress.
Parsons lands SAWS brackish water desalination job
Parsons Corporation is leading a joint venture to serve as the construction manager at risk for the San Antonio groundwater desalination program in Texas, USA.
Membrane 'summit' will precede AMTA conference
The 2nd Osmosis Membrane Summit will precede this year's annual conference of the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) in San Diego.
Regulator blocks New York desalination proposal
A US regional regulator recently dashed a bid by utility, United Water New York to build a desalination plant after customers rejected the water firm's proposed up-front price hikes to meet the cost of the plant.
China's Tri-Tech acquires Wisconsin desalination provider
Desalination and wastewater treatment provider J&Y International Inc, based in Wisconsin, USA, was acquired by subsidiaries of Tri-Tech Holding Inc of China on 9 June 2011.
H2O Innovation supplies US city with UF, NF and RO
The City of Delaware in Ohio, USA, has awarded a contract to Canada's H2O Innovation Inc for a drinking-water production system involving ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO).
Truby to direct NanoH2O's global sales
Membrane veteran Randy Truby, who formerly looked after global marketing and sales at Toray Membrane USA, has joined NanoH2O Inc as director of global sales.
Desalination divides North Carolina neighbours
Two towns in Michigan, USA have demonstrated the full extent of divided public reaction to the prospect of a desalination plant in their midst.
Veolia sells boiler-feed pretreatment to 3 US refineries
Pretreatment for high-purity boiler feedwater is to be supplied to three refineries on the Gulf of Mexico in the USA by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies.
Yuma salinity/desalination conference - abstract deadline nears
Abstracts for the Salinity & Desalination in the Southwest conference in Yuma, Arizona, USA, on 26-27 April 2011 must be in by the end of February.
H2O Innovation lands San Jose WTP ultrafiltration contract
A 30 MGD (113,562 m³/d) hollow-fiber ultrafiltration (UF) membrane water treatment system in California is one of three new contracts totaling Can$ 8.8 million (US$ 8.1 million) announced on 21 May 2014 by H2O Innovation.
US export finance boost for water and energy projects
US exports for renewable-energy, water and nuclear-power projects approved after 1 July 2009 are eligible for a maximum repayment term of up to 18 years under export financing provided by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank).
MECO wins US Navy desalination contracts
Louisiana-based MECO has been awarded the design and development of advanced shipboard desalination units for the US Navy under contracts with the Office of Naval Research.
Biwater delivers Jacksonville desalination
Water and wastewater management company Biwater has delivered a custom 15 Ml/d reverse osmosis desalination system for Onslow Water and Sewer Authority near the USA city of Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Almogordo trial for commercial-size solar desalination still
Indiana-based Suns River is nearing completion of a commercial-sized solar still at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Almogordo, New Mexico, USA, following the issue of a patent on its process (US #8,088,257) on 3 January 2012.
Agnihotri elected to board of ThermoEnergy Corp
Dr Dileep Agnihotri, the CEO and president of Advanced Hydro Inc, a company set up to commercialise a novel antifouling membrane coating technology at the University of Texas - Austin, has joined the board of ThermoEnergy Corp, a Massachusetts-based company engaged in development and sales of municipal and industrial wastewater-recovery and clean power-generation technologies.
Marin board approves EIR for desalination plant
The board of the Marin Metropolitan Water District in California, USA, voted to accept the environmental impact report on a possible desalination plant (see D&WR technical article August/September 2008).
SAWS board goes for expanded desalination project
The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) board in Texas, USA, decided on 10 February 2012 to go for expanded desalination rather than importing groundwater.
Studies start for Jordan's first desalination plant
Jordan's first desalination plant is expected to be operational by 2010, supplying the port city of Aqaba with 10 million m³/year, Aqaba Water Company (AWC) announced in August. The AWC has signed an agreement with Bank Muscat to study siting a plant on Aqaba's southern coast to desalinate Red Sea water.
IDE Technologies sells RO system to Russia's Oteko
IDE Technologies is to provide a reverse osmosis desalination system to Russian oil transporter Oteko for a plant on the shores of the Black Sea.
IDE lands big Australian mining RO contract
IDE Technologies has been awarded the design and supply contract for a 140,000 m³/d desalination plant for the Sino Iron Project in Western Australia by CITIC Pacific Mining.
Namibian government poised to table offer for Areva desalination plant
Namibia's government is poised to table an offer to buy Areva's seawater desalination plant at Trekkopje and to use the 20 million m³-a-year facility to supply the country's semi-arid Erongo region.
Bahrain MoU signed for wind-powered desalination technology
Wind-powered desalination technology is to be promoted in Bahrain under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on 31 January 2011 between Jade Consultancy of Bahrain and Synlift Systems GmbH of Germany.
H2O Innovation commissions pathfinding Indian membrane plant
Canada's H2O Innovation announced on 31 January 2011 that its Indian joint venture, H2O Innovation India Ltd, had commissioned the 7,000 m³/d membrane water treatment system it had designed for Larsen & Toubro Heavy Engineering (L&T) in Gujarat state.
Morocco's first solar-powered desalination starts up
Morocco's first solar-powered desalination plant has started operations near Marrakech.
Innovations in IDA Congress technical program
Round-table sessions and touch-screen availability of poster presentations will be used for the first time in the International Desalination Association's World Congress in Dubai on 7-12 November 2009, IDA announced on 19 October 2009.


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Steiff Studio Baby Penguin is made from the finest soft cuddly plush in a glorious mixture of grey and brown.
Shiny black eyes, little beak and black and white head make this animal so loveable.
Normally Steiff bear and animals have the famous 'button in the ear' - but as penguins do not have ears you will find his button in one of his wings!
Machine washable in a laundry bag/net.
Steiff teddy bear make lovely animals.
Machine washable @ 30°, and is suitable for all ages.
Yellow label with famous Steiff button in the ear.
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This item is part of our Steiff bears archive, and as such is no longer available for sale.
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A dog walker tells police she had left the six missing dogs in the back of her pickup truck with a canopy in the 4400-block of 206 Street, Langley, BC, saying she put the animals there so she could use the washroom for about 10 minutes.
An outpouring of sympathy and rage flood the media. Where are the dogs? Who took them? Why were they taken? Searches are formed, emotional owners of the missing dogs plea for answers for two days on TV and in print, social media in a frenzy.
But the story of the missing dogs was a lie. The dog walker has allegedly told a pet detective she found the six dogs dead in the back of her truck and proceeded to dispose of their bodies in a ditch.
The death of these dogs was probably an accident. The dog walker left the animals in the back of a truck with a canopy and the dogs probably died of heat exhaustion. A necropsy is being performed.
But this dog walker probably didn't intentionally kill the dogs, unlike this woman pictured below.
This woman took another persons dog to the South Burnaby Veterinary Hospital and told an out and out lie in order to have the dog killed.
The South Burnaby Veterinary Hospital didn't bother to check with the actual owner of the dog, the one who had paid for the Rottweiler/German Shepard cross at the local dog pound and was the registered own and who paid for the various hospital visits and treatments for that dog and other animals he cared for at the South Burnaby Veterinary Hospital.
The South Burnaby Veterinary Hospital didn't check with the local post office to see if an order to put the dog down had actually been issued.
The South Burnaby Veterinary Hospital simply took the word of the woman shown above – who had secretly removed the dog from the family house before the divorce and refused multiple requests for information on where the animal was – and upon receipt of payment from the dog-napper carried out the killing of an innocent animal.
Why did this woman purposely kill an innocent animal? Events suggest it was for a very large sum of money. She was going through a divorce and had refused to comply with numerous court orders to turn over financial records concerning a very large sum of money she removed from a joint bank account shortly before filing for divorce.
It was while the courts were hounding her for the missing money she had her husbands' dog killed by the South Burnaby Veterinary Hospital. Killing her husbands' pet was a deliberate act by her. The reason for her action I leave to you.
The dog walker probably didn't set out to kill the six dogs, but should be punished. The woman who took another person's pet and had him killed went unpunished.
The woman teaches children in the lower mainland of British Columbia, teaching them arts and crafts, puppetry, heritage hat making and other lessons through events and classes at local communities and local libraries.
Her name is Liz Summerfield, and here is the link to the letter my lawyer prepared for me to send to the BCSPCA regarding the death of my beloved Punzhu.
Parents should be aware of who is teaching their children. Some organizations like the Place des Arts don't always list who the instructor is, perhaps for a feeling of protecting the public by not publishing who is actually teaching young children or some other reason.
Parents should verify the character of anyone teaching or coming into contact with their children. A quick search on the Internet will often turn up information. If an organization like the Place des Arts doesn't list who is teaching your child or children then phone and find out who will be in contact with your child or children.
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First Lisburn is a congregation aware of the needs of the developing world and is a founder member of the local Christian Aid Support Group made up of 18 churches. Many members give generously to the Presbyterian Church in Ireland's annual World Development Appeal each Christmas which is shared equally between Christian Aid and Tearfund. Our members subscribe to the Christian Aid slogan 'We believe in life before death'. Some also commit to direct action by becoming Christian Aid volunteers, collecting door-to-door during Christian Aid Week or in Lisburn City centre on Flag Day. Some help out at the Bread and Cheese Lunches held each Tuesday in the Main Hall making approximately £5,000 each year. At present we are raising awareness for the Make Poverty History campaign which is calling for more debt relief, better aid and fairer trade rules.
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This week, I caught up at last with To Walk Invisible, the television drama about the Brontës – the three sisters who famously published their novels and poetry under pseudonyms that had the London literary scene fooled. Charlotte, Emily and Anne had been writing for most of their young lives when they eventually achieved success – although their stormy home life was anything but conducive to creativity. Sending their manuscripts off to a succession of publishers – without telling either their father or their brother Branwell – they were able to share in each other's disappointment when they were rejected. Only when the publisher Thomas Newby insisted that Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell were one and the same writer did Charlotte and Anne present themselves at the offices of Smith, Elder & Co and explain who they really were.
Life at Haworth Parsonage must have been difficult, the three motherless sisters doing their best to look after an ailing father and Branwell, their ambitious but ultimately unfulfilled brother. It's hard to imagine any one of the sisters succeeding on her own without the support of the others. Although they collaborated in some of their early story marking, they soon emerged as three very different writers – inevitably spurred on by sisterly competitiveness!
The Brontë sisters were born two hundred years ago but today there are plenty of opportunities to get help with your writing, whether you're crafting a romance set in the wilds of Yorkshire or honing your skills as a poet. Frome Writers' Collective is exactly what it sounds like: a group of writers who've come together to help other writers, whether they're published or not. FWC has been listening to people who've tried to find an agent , illustrator or editor, to people who've completed a manuscript but aren't sure what to do next. The natural outcome has been Silver Crow Books, a service that offers a stepping stone to publication for writers in the Frome area. You may not be the new Charlotte Brontë, but if you think you might be, don't keep it to yourself!
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This fair trade Guatemalan bag is handmade by the artisan group Ruth and Noami. Ruth and Noami was founded in 1986 after the bombings in the community of Chontala, near Chichicastenango by a Methodist pastor and tailor. By using the weavings from the war widows and by teaching their sons to sew, the whole family benefited. The boys received scholarships to attend school, and the widows received improvements to their homes and were able to send their children to school with their increased income. This group supports several artisan groups and community projects with the profits from the sale of their products.


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Barley and shiitake mushrooms add a nutty flavor to this high-fiber take on rice pilaf.
How to Make It
Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add barley; cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 45 minutes.
Remove from heat, and let stand, covered, 5 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350°.
Remove and discard stems from mushrooms, and slice mushroom caps. Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat until hot. Add mushrooms, and sauté 3 minutes. Remove from skillet. Heat oil in skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion; cover and cook 6 minutes. Add bell peppers; cover and cook 2 minutes. Stir in the cooked barley, mushrooms, broth, and next 4 ingredients (broth through black pepper).
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Marian Wright Edelman on Dr. King's Call to Action
From Marian Wright Edelman writing over at the Huffington Post:
With the economy slipping into recession and more than 160,000 American fighting men and women in Iraq combat zones and no end to the war in sight, these are trying times for our nation. Unemployment, underemployment and poverty are afflicting more and more American families who face rising costs for food, health care, gas, heating oil and other expenses. Working families have been hit hard by the skyrocketing costs of sending their children to college and the subprime mortgage crisis while the rich keep getting richer and the poor poorer. Almost 13 million children are poor, with 5.6 million living in extreme poverty. Since 2000, child poverty has increased by 10.7 percent. Currently 9.4 million children lack health insurance; nearly 90 percent of them live in working families. Over the past two years the number of uninsured children has increased by more than one million.
As we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and as we commemorate the 40th anniversary of his Poor People's Campaign for which I was privileged to serve as counsel and Congressional liaison, it's instructive to look back at what Dr. King has to tell us. In his sermon, "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution," delivered at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 1968, the Sunday before his assassination, he warned us again of the triple threats of racism, excessive materialism and militarism, and called on our rich nation to end poverty.
He told the story of the rich man Dives and the poor man Lazarus and said Dives didn't go to hell because he was rich; he went to hell because he refused to see and help Lazarus. Dr. King feared America might make the same mistake and said our wealth could be our salvation or our downfall. He said the U.S. had the resources to get rid of poverty. The real question is if we have the will.
"This," he said, "is America's opportunity to help bridge the gulf between the haves and the have-nots.... There is nothing new about poverty. What is new is that we now have the techniques and the resources to get rid of poverty. The real question is whether we have the will."
"In a few weeks some of us are coming to Washington to see if the will is still alive or if it is alive in this nation. We are coming to Washington in a Poor Peoples Campaign. Yes, we are going to bring the tired, the poor, the huddled masses. We are going to bring those who have known long years of hurt and neglect...."
"We are coming to demand that the government address itself to the problem of poverty. We read one day, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.' But if a man doesn't have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists...."
"And we are coming to engage in dramatic nonviolent action, to call attention to the gulf between promise and fulfillment; to make the invisible visible."
"We do it this way because it is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for Black people until it is confronted massively, dramatically, in terms of direct action."
Read the rest at the Huffington Post and discuss over there.
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Witches (魔女, Majo) are manipulators of magic with a natural destructive instinct.[2]
The appearance of a witch varies, though they generally look like human females.[3] However, some witches can have an appearance based on distinct, animal-like qualities of their animal theme.[4] The soul wavelength of a witch is also distinguishable, though this cannot be physically seen.[4]
Witches are capable of engaging in sexual reproduction like that of a human. Despite the strife between humans & witchkind, witches may still engaged and produce offspring with them. From the example of Crona, it is entirely possible for a union between a witch and another to result in a completely human child.[5]
The average age in which a witch loses their virginity in the Witch Order is expressed to be 50 years old.[6]
Racial Strife
Eight hundred years ago, the Witches' control in general was far more spread with them using their power to cause great destruction, especially among humans. However, the DWMA's efforts as well as the creation and usage of Demon Weapons to even the playing field by using their own power against them have caused the Witches to later lose the upper-hand for a long time and as a result, have made them shunned and resorted to being trapped in an isolated space: the Witches' Realm. The destruction from the Witches has caused a strife between both Humans and Witch-Kind alike that has lasted for over eight centuries.[7]
Death the Kid himself stated that in reality, the racial feud is the result of the generational hatred from the Witches. The hatred, in addition, stems mostly from the older generation rather than the new generation of Witches.[8]
The general population of Humans are extremely distrustful of witches from their previous attempts of causing destruction centuries ago, labeled them as powerful, intimidating, and cunning. This not only applies to general humans, but even the ordinary members of DWMA's personnel seem to discriminate Witches. This distrustful nature causes Witches (such as Kim Diehl) to even avoid/hide their Witch heritage with soul protect. The only exceptions of these rule seem to apply to the higher up members of the DWMA (i.e., Death Scythes), whom are aware of the history behind the Witch Order.[9]
However, Witches in general hold neither humans (demon Weapons included) nor Death Gods in that high regard. General witches harbor an immense hatred of Humans and Reapers alike, attributing to the fact that they're unable to co-exist with one another due to their instinct for destruction. Under the Witch Order's laws, it's stated that being a Death God itself is a crime punishable with a million deaths. As explained by Tezca Tlipoca and Death himself, the usage of their own power and Witch souls against them also deepened their hatred as well as their control and power not only being taken away but force into isolation.[8][10] Kim Diehl's comments also show that witches have doubts about a Death God's judgement, being unaware that even Death Gods themselves do not believe their powers to be completely infallible though their touch on order itself unwavering.[11] Medusa Gorgon once claimed that blasphemy is the "job" of witches.[12]
After the battle on the Moon and the Clown Army in which marked the first time humans and witches banded together against a common threat, Death the Kid sought to improve relation between witches and humans alike.[13]
Countermeasures against Witches
Eight hundred years ago and prior to the founding of Death Weapon Meister Academy Academy, evil witches that threatened order were occasionally hunted by Death himself and (later) the Eight Shinigami Legions similarly to evil humans.[14]
After the dissolution of the Eight Shinigami Legions and founding of Death Weapon Meister Academy Academy, the hunting of witches changed. Because inclusion of the demon weapons in their ranks, the academy began using the souls of evil witches in order to make demon weapons into death scythe (or "true demon weapons) in order to better fight back against the threats of other witches, a decision that deepened the hatred between the Witch Order and Death Weapon Meister Academy Academy.[15]
Within the current academy's establishment and heirarchy, countermeasures against witches are headed by DWMA Central Intelligence Agency[16] and formerly Death the Kid[17] though executing a witch was only officially sanctioned by obtaining a execution order by the headmaster himself, in which case proof has to be presented.[18]
Types of Witches
Witches are classified by their type and capability:
- Necromancer (死霊使い, Nekuromansā): A Witch who specializes in reviving the dead as a Mummy or Evil Spirit. Only Samantha is a known Necromancer.[19]
- Tanuki Witch (タヌキの魔女, Tanuki no Majo): Tanuki Witches are Witches whose themes are tanukis, Japanese raccoon dogs. Tanuki are known to be "Masters of Regeneration" and as such, Tanuki Witches are users of Regeneration Magic. These Witches are looked down upon by the Witch Order due to lacking the Pull of Magic. Kimial Diehl is the only known Tanuki Witch.[20]
- High Level Witch (上級魔女, Jōkyū Majo): A witch with high magical power and and is capable of contending with other, high caliber opponents.[21]
- Short-Range Witch (近距離型魔女, Kinkyori-Gata Majo): Witches capable of fighting in close combat. Medusa is the only known short-range witch.[22]
- Little Witch (チビ魔女, Chibi Majo): A type of Witch who is young and inexperienced, thus still developing her magical power.[23]
Throughout the world, there are various groups and clans consisting of witches with each having different goals, ideologies, and even possess their own standards for society. Some of these groups either are exclusively witch or have accepted witches among their ranks.[24]
Special Abilities
Although many witches possess various unique traits and abilities, the majority share common abilities.
- Magic (魔法, Mahō): Witches are most renowned for their ability to manipulate the almost limitless energy known as magic.[25]
- Transform (変身, Henshin): Many witches possess the ability to transform into animals of their according theme (often employing Transformation Magic).[26] However, this is not an ability all witches share, such as Medusa Gorgon, who utilizes other means to enter animals.[27]
- Magic Sense: Some witches have shown proficiency in sensing the magical power within other beings possessing magic.[28]
- Longevity: Witches are far more "long-lived" then humans, with many surpassing the century mark. Because of this, it's often difficult to gauge a witch's actual age from her appearance.[29] It seems that witches age at a normal rate until a certain point in age before slowing down.[30] Even witches over 800 years old, such as Arachne, can retain a youthful appearance. Despite appearance, however, the effects of aging is still apparent on the body.[31]
Common Magics
Certain magics are independent from the theme of a witches and are learned among the race:
- Manipulation Magic (操作系の魔法, Sōsakei no Mahō): Many witches are skilled in using manipulation magic one way or another, enabling them to perform mind control with their magic. The usage is common enough for DWMA Central Intelligence Agency to have a archive of known witches specializing in mind control.[32]
- Calculation Spells (演算魔法, Enzan Mahō): Mathematics-related magic in which creates "place-makers" for positioning specific magics such as spatial magic.[33] This magic was founded upon by the Sorcerer, Rerené Descartes[34] and witches vary in skill according to their skills in using math.[35]
- Magic Calculation (マジックカリキュレーション, Majikku Karikureshon): The spell that evokes the effects of calculation spells.[36]
- Transformation Magic (変身魔法, Henshin Mahō): Magic that allows witches to transform their appearance. Witches uses this particular skill to transform themselves into their general animal theme.[37]
Advance Magic
Among witches, there are magics considered advance. Depending on the scale of magics, the most powerful of advance magics come with a drawback of being only to be potentially held at an hour max:[38]
- Independent Cube (無干渉領域, Indipendento Kyūbu):A high-level spell in which allows a Witch with spatial magic to be able to cut off space within a given area from all other worlds. However, due to the power needed to perform this spell, a practitioner can only hold the magic in place for an hour at max.[38]
- Soul Protect (ソウルプロテクト, Souru Purotekuto):A High-Level Spell capable of disguising a witch's soul to that of an ordinary good human. The spell was created to counter the technique, soul perception.[39]
Rare Magic
- Regeneration Magic (再生魔法, Saisei Mahō): Magic that specializes in healing.[40] Due to the magic's nature being opposite of the witches' destructive-inclination instinct known as the "pull of magic", the magic is considered to be taboo among witches. Tanuki witches are known for performing this magic.[40]
Specialized Soul Wavelengths
Even among witches, these beings can attain a certain specialized Soul Wavelengths:
- Madness Wavelength (狂気の波長, Kyōki no hachō): A madness wavelength is a special wavelength that is a powerful draw towards Madness.[41] A witch that develops a madness wavelength will facilitate their own variant of madness "force" based on personality. (e.x Arachne's own variant of madness invades other's mind and insecurities. This sensation is described as spiders eating away at the mind.)[42]
Techniques originating from the Great Traditional Techniques of the Scythe-Meister, such as the Witch-Hunt, are moves tailored to kill witches, especially the evil ones.[43] When captured, witches are also gagged to prevent the usage of spells, especially those who require chants or are already under Soul Protect.[44] When forcing witches to cooperate, the DWMA also employs the usage of a special Collar which is set to explode and kill the wearer should they try anything against the DWMA's wishes.[45]
List of known witches
|Angela Leon
|Witches' Realm
|Little Witch
|Arachne Gorgon
|Witches' Realm
|Eruka Frog
|Witches' Realm
|Kimial Diehl
|Witches' Realm
|Tanuki Witch
|Witches' Realm
|High-Level Witch
|Medusa Gorgon
|Witches' Realm
|High Level/Short Range
|Mizune Family
|Witches' Realm
|Death City
|Shaula Gorgon
|Witches' Realm
|Tabatha Butterfly
|Witches' Realm
|Taruho Firefly
|Witches' Realm
|Unnamed Curly-Tailed Lizard Witch
|Witches' Realm
|Unnamed Fox Witch
|Witches' Realm
|Considered a witch via Demon Eye
|Witch ancestry from maternal side
- The written language used by Witches is known as "Witch Text".[46]
- In the Yen Press English translation, Tezca Tlipoca refers to a "Fifth Power," later revealed to be the witches.[1] A fifth power, or "quintessence," may refer to the Fifth Element or the Aether, an element beyond the conventional four: air, fire, earth, and water. The quintessence also may refer to a hypothetical form of dark energy.[47] Based on witches' closeness to dark magic and their operation outside of a normal world, Tezca's potentially unintentional comparison of witches to the Aether and Dark Energy is apt.
- Part of a duty of a Death God seems to include investigating Witch-related incidents. While Death himself was the individual who performed this task, it has since been delegated to Death the Kid.[48]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Soul Eater Volume 22 English translation: Chapter 96 Page 123
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 99
- ↑ Through-out Soul Eater
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 7
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 47
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 98
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 23, Chapter 98, page 33
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- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 69, page 55 (eBook)
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 113
- ↑ Soul Eater Super Guidebook: How the Make a Death Scythe
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 23; Chapter 99, page 62
- ↑ Soul Eater Not! Volume 4.5 Official Fanbook ~Need to Know~
- ↑ Soul Eater Super Guidebook: How to Make a Death Scythe
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 4, Chapter 14, page 193
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Prologue 3
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 13; Chapter 51, page 104
- ↑ Soul Eater Guidebook: How to Make a Death Scythe
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 17
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 1; Prologue 2, page 88
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 8, Chapter 16
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Prologue 1, Chapter 98
- ↑ Soul Eater NOT! Volume 4 JOT 7
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 3; Chapter 9, page 158
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 6; Chapter 22, page 180
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 3; JOT! 2
- ↑ Soul Eater NOT Manga: JOT! 2 - Kim Diehl, a witch, is revealed to be sixteen.
- ↑ Soul Eater Anime: Episode 26
- ↑ Soul Eater NOT! Manga: Chapter 30
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 15
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 72
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 71
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 101
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 9
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 16
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 5; Chapter 16, page 55
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 51
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 23
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 58
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 1
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 11; Chapter 44, page 156
- ↑ Soul Eater Volume 17; Chapter 72, page 141
- ↑ Soul Eater Manga: Chapter 66
- ↑ "Quintessence." Wikipedia. WiKimialedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintessence. Accessed 28 Mar. 2015.
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This was a quite ambitious project. The City of Wichita Parks and Recreation department decided that it was time do change the formatting of their seasonal activities guide from a newspaper format to a magazine style format. For decades they used that newspaper layout so not everyone was thrilled with the daunting task of a whole new re-design.
I, on the other hand, was very excited! I almost could not believe it when they approached me to design the cover. Thousands of people would see not only my graphic design skills but also my photography skills. So the pressure was on! It was a blast shooting the cover at Boston Recreation gym! Although the layout went through several concept revisions we finally landed on this concept. The City of Wichita loved it and the patrons of the Parks and Recreation department were very pleased with the new format. Overall a big risk with a successful outcome!
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The newest 'global apocalypse' date is tomorrow
WXMI -- If you keep predicting something — maybe you'll get it right someday?
End Times Prophecies has declared the world will end on July 29 in a chain of events caused by the "polar flip" phenomenon.
The group says the polar shift will trigger worldwide tremors setting off multiple earthquakes and a "rolling cloud" that will destroy the world.
A bit of a bummer, huh?
However, this is not the first time people have worried a polar shift could destroy the planet.
In 2011, NASA issued a statement to calm fears that the polar shift would destroy the planet in 2012.
This just in: It didn't.
Scientists understand that Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. In other words, if you were alive about 800,000 years ago, and facing what we call north with a magnetic compass in your hand, the needle would point to 'south.' This is because a magnetic compass is calibrated based on Earth's poles. The N-S markings of a compass would be 180 degrees wrong if the polarity of today's magnetic field were reversed. Many doomsday theorists have tried to take this natural geological occurrence and suggest it could lead to Earth's destruction. But would there be any dramatic effects? The answer, from the geologic and fossil records we have from hundreds of past magnetic polarity reversals, seems to be 'no.'
This year's polar shift will speed-up slightly between July 14 and August 19, which is triggering recent online discussions.
"The polar flip will make the stars race across the sky, and the vacuum from the reeling of the Earth will pull the atmosphere along the ground, trying to catch up, creating what is known as a roll cloud," according to the Armageddon News video.
The 17-minute video posted to YouTube earlier this month attempts to explain why the world will end on Friday. It has been viewed over 4 million times.
It's probably worth noting — the group also predicted a giant asteroid would collide with earth back in May.
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A Michigan Vietnam veteran who dedicated his later life to honoring those who served has passed away. He had no known family so the funeral home handing his arrangements is asking any one who can make it to support his burial.


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Boom Bah!
"Ting! " a kitchen mouse discovers that striking a teacup with a spoon makes the most marvelous sound. Soon, a bevy of farm animals are raiding the cupboards to create their own homemade instruments ("A box, a bowl/ A spoon, a stick./ Tap! Tap! / Clickety-click! "), and the ensemble is off and strutting: "BOOM BAH! Here we go!" A bona fide band with spiffy uniforms and real instruments (but still staffed by animals) suddenly appears; the amateurs, far from being, um, cowed, join in the parade and seem to beckon readers to come along. There's no real story—it's basically a flash mob assembled by sound rather than cellphones—and first-time author Cummings's simple, exclamatory rhymes are like blasts from a trumpet. The infectious joy of spontaneous music making comes through loud and clear, thanks to newcomer Rycroft's effervescent watercolor and pencil drawings. Composing all her images along the same stagelike plane, Rycroft creates a sense of a genuine happening, driven by giddy energy and unstoppable momentum. Readers will want to keep turning the pages and see who's with the band next. Ages 2–5. (Mar.)
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American Phil Mickelson has pulled off a dramatic last hole win at the final major golf tournament of the year. Mickelson won the 87th PGA Championship in Springfield, New Jersey by one stroke to win his second major and lift the Wanamaker Trophy.
Twelve players had to come back to the Baltusrol Golf Club for a fifth day of play Monday. They had to finish the last few holes after rain and lightning caused organizers to halt play Sunday late in the final round.
Phil Mickelson returned to the 14th hole and made a one-meter par putt to hold onto his one shot lead. But he bogeyed the 16th to fall into a three-way tie with Steve Elkington of Australia and Thomas Bjorn of Denmark.
Mickelson came to the par-five 18th hole needing a birdie to win. He talks about his thoughts as he walked up the fairway after making his tee shot.
"I knew that I needed to make birdie, I thought probably to tie," he said. "And then as I walked off the tee I saw that Elkington had made par. I did not know what Thomas Bjorn, who was also at three-under, had done. So I asked as I was coming up and when I hit the second shot I knew that I needed a birdie to win."
Phil Mickelson's second shot went into the deep rough surrounding the 18th green, but his perfect chip out landed just 60 centimeters from the cup.
"You know, I've struggled with [getting] out of the rough here this week because it is very difficult," he added. "But I tried to just remember some of the shots that I hit as a kid in my back yard out of the thick stuff. And I went in aggressive, I hit it aggressively, the ball popped up beautifully and landed softly and rolled up there within a couple of feet."
Mickelson calmly tapped in the winning putt to claim the second major tournament of his career, after last year's Masters victory.
The American ended the day with a two-over-par 72, for a four-under total of 276. Bjorn also finished with a 72, while Elkington carded a final round of 71. They tied for second place one stroke back. World number-one Tiger Woods fired a 68 to finish another shot back in a fourth place tie with fellow American Davis Love III.


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Sponsor partnerships are a pillar of the Infinity Park experience, an essential element of what makes Glendale the focal point of rugby in the United States. Though the venue has many sponsor partners, few have as lasting and mutually beneficial history as Hampton Inn & Suites Denver-Cherry Creek. Just as Infinity Park celebrated the first decade of its existence in September of 2017, 2018 will mark ten years of fruitful partnership with Hampton. Erica Olenick, General Manager of the hotel reports that being the official partner hotel to the Glendale Raptors "makes the Hampton Inn & Suites a place to go to not just through."
With more than 2,000 locations across the globe, Hampton by Hilton, the company that owns and operates Hampton travel destinations, is a truly international operation. Opening its doors in the heart of Glendale in 1999, the Hampton Inn & Suites Denver-Cherry Creek features 133 spacious guest rooms and suites, all well-suited to provide great value and comfort to both leisure and business travelers. General Manager Olenick reports that in addition to the hotel's excellent location, it offers the chain's signature Clean and Fresh Hampton Bed, alongside generous complimentary extras like a hot breakfast, WiFi, and all-day coffee. The Glendale location is also eagerly anticipating the completion of renovations to its indoor pool, hot tub, and scenic deck.
Alongside the rest of Glendale, and rugby fans nationally, the hotel is also looking forward to next year's arrival of Major League Rugby and the emergence of the Raptors as a founding member of the new professional organization. Olenick reports that the hotel's original partnership with Glendale's flagship sporting venue was based on proximity to the facility (some guest rooms even feature a view of the pitch and Jumbo screen), but that the relationship blossomed over the years as the hotel recognized that sponsorship possibilities at Infinity Park were endless.
New for 2018, Hampton Inn & Suites will become the official hotel partner for the Glendale Raptors professional team, housing not just fans and visitors, but also rival teams and coaches. Olenick anticipates that the hotel's historic successes in this long-term partnership will compound in the coming year: "Based on a successful tenure sponsoring Infinity Park, the Raptors, the Merlins, and great events like the RugbyTown Sevens tournament, our additional sponsorship will continue to foster the relationship we have with the players and visitors who stay with us each year."
Olenick noted that the energy from local and visiting teams is contagious, and the Hampton staff has found how easy it is to become major fans of the sport. "We are thrilled to be an official partner of the Glendale Raptors. We support our local community – we are driving pride and team spirit within the hotel. When teams stay with us, their energy brings the excitement of rugby not just to the city of Glendale, but also to our staff and guests." Glendale's Hampton is poised to make waves in 2018 as Major League Rugby bursts onto the American professional sports scene, further capitalizing on the ten-year partnership.
A trusted travel haven, Glendale's Hampton Inn & Suites offers guaranteed service and comfort, just as Glendale rugby assures its fans of competition at the highest level. Asked about the hotel's relationship with Infinity Park, Olenick offered this final reflection: "We are proud to have been a sponsor of Infinity Park from the very beginning. It has been rewarding to see the organization's hard work and dedication pay off. The possibilities of what Major League Rugby could bring to Glendale are endless, and we could not be more excited for what's to come." Alongside Olenick and her team, anticipation in Glendale and the rest of the world is high for the arrival of professional rugby in the United States. With all eyes on the future, Glendale and Hampton will continue their lasting and meaningful partnership, ushering one another into a new era of success.


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