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I recently received an advance copy of Rockstar's highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V, and have been given the opportunity to provide the game's very first review. After playing nearly ten hours, I can safely say I am well-versed and able to deliver an extensive review. Unfortunately for gamers everywhere, this reviewer is dismayed and downright confused with fifth iteration of this classic franchise.
Allow me to preface my review with a little background; I grew up on the Grand Theft Auto games, traversing the regions of Liberty and Vice City, but was quite excited with the prospects of returning to San Andreas, arguably Rockstar's deepest territory. V promises a return to the last generation's parody of Southern California, and this is its first mistake. Gone are the beaches, hookers, and crime syndicates, replaced exclusively with racetracks. Don't get me wrong; I love racing. Vehicles have always been a major focus of the GTA franchise. What irks this reviewer, however, is the focus on racing in V. After popping in the game for the first time and selecting a race from the main menu, I was asked to select my car then immediately thrown into a race. Where was the introductory video, the character development, and the traveling to/from missions?
"Relax," I thought to myself. "Maybe this is something new." Little did I know how correct I was. With the wave of the checkered flag, I was off to the races. But the race got fairly monotonous quickly, and I decided this mission was not for me. Bailing on the race, I decided to hit triangle on my dualshock. "Huh? No I don't want to go in reverse. I wanna get out of this 'rari and bash in some bangers!" I thought they had changed the controls, but I was dead wrong. In V, they've done away with extra-vehicular activity. You can no longer get out of the car.
"That's fine," I suggested timidly to myself. "Drive-bys will have to do." Guess what, folks: no guns either. It seems Rockstar, in an effort to appease various media outlets and concerned parents, have completely altered the game to enforce family values. The most havoc I caused during my gameplay was throwing on the horn and causing a public disturbance, and still did not see any sign of a wanted level. It's clear public pressure has transitioned the series from a "Mature" rating towards an "E for Everyone" (seen on the right side of this column).
The positives? I guess the graphics were pretty solid. And Rockstar has arguably improved its racing mechanics. These improvements, however, pale in comparison to the vast demotions its developers have chiseled away. I, admittedly, did not so much receive the game directly from Rockstar as much as I walked into EB games and bought a copy early. I was curious why none of my friends were able to buy the game, and how nobody had written a review of the game. If there is one other thing to take away from Rockstar's latest installment, we must appreciate the developer's time-saving strategies. People used to complain how long it would take to drive back to a mission point should a gamer have died prematurely. GTA heeded said complaints, and certainly removed any chance of death during a race. They also, however, saved time in the game's shortened title; "GTA" has apparently been shortened to "GT", but its focus on "Auto" still reigns supreme in this video game giant.
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A numerical method for setting the gain of a linear control system to obtain a specified peak closed-loop frequency response amplitude is presented. The essential computational step in the algorithm is the calculation of all positive roots of a polynomial. This step provides the set of all possible resonant frequencies. A gain constant for each of these frequencies is then found by a simple function evaluation. The possibility of multiple solutions is demonstrated by an example.
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Lake Paika, Outback NSW
Take a step back in time, unwind, relax and enjoy unique accommodation in the restored self-contained workmans' quarters. Experience this natural wetland, reinstated in 2012, after more than 100 years of being stranded from its lifeline, the Murrumbidgee River.
Lake Paika Station is one of the oldest properties in the area. The first European squatter was George Hobler in 1846. Burke & Wills also camped in the Paika stables.
In 1899, Lake Paika & Paika Creek became the site of Australia's first environmental movement to protect a wetland.
Lake Paika Accommodation
Workman's Quarters:
- Enjoy unique accommodation in the recently restored Workman's Quarters.
- Completely self contained, the accommodation offers 4 twin share bedrooms and 1 double bedroom, with two shared bathrooms.
- A spacious Kitchen and Dining room, complete with open fire for those chilly winter evenings.
- All rooms are equipped with reverse cycle air conditioning, ceiling fans and electric blankets. A BBQ and camp oven cooking facility is provided for guest use.
- We also have camp ovens available for Guest use.
- Rates are $60/person/night/twin share with all linen provided, or $50/person/night/twin share no linen provided. $70/person/night - single rate.
- The Workman's Quarters are ideal for small Corporate Functions, training, presentations etc. With catering available upon request.
Unpowered Camp Sites :
- Unpowered camp sites are available at $30/night. Please provide own wood for camp sites when fires are permitted.
- Breakfast Hampers and BBQ packs are available by arrangement.
- Full catering is available, delivered to you, also by prior arrangement.
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Lake Paika Location:
Getting to Lake Paika:
- Lake Paika Accommodation is 17 kms north of Balranald on the Ivanhoe Road.
- Our entranced is maked by a steam engine on the left.
Driving to Balranald
There are many different routes that can be taken when driving from any of the capital cities to Balranald. The following is an overview of the routes from Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide that may help you in planning your outback experience.
From Brisbane:
Warrego Highway <> Newell Highway <> Sturt Highway: Distance = 1,490km approx
From Sydney:
Hume Highway <> Sturt Highway: Distance = 885km approx
From Melbourne:
Calder Freeway <> Murray Valley Highway <> Mallee Hwy <> Sturt Highway: Distance = 437km aprox
From Adelaide:
Mallee Highway <> Sturt Highway: Distance = 528km approx
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Lake Paika & Balranald See and Do
Lake Paika:
- Guests are invited to fish, yabby, (fishing rods, tackle and yabby nets available free of charge, BYO bait) swim (the swimming pool in Homestead gardens available), bird watch, bush walk, cycle we have bicycles available free of charge for guest use, canoe (BYO) and photograph the historic buildings and diverse birdlife.
- Alternatively, relax lakeside with a good book and a pair of binoculars!
- We are situated between Yanga National Park and Mungo National Parks and we are just five minutes by car from the historic Homebush Hotel, where you can experience a yarn with the locals, cold beers and great meals.
- Lake Paika Homestead Gardens are fast becoming a popular Wedding & Function Venue.
- Catering for groups of up to 40 available by request, including Christmas parties, luncheons, morning & afternoon teas.
- Coaches welcome but booking essential.
- Visit the Interpretative Pavilion, The Museum, The Old Gaol, the Wintong School and the skate park all at the Discovery Centre.
- See Aboriginal art and craft at the Discovery Centre and gallery
- Walk the Heritage and Military Trails and see the Swing Bridge
- Visit the Royal Theatre
- Ben Scott Memorial Bird Trail.
- Take an outback Geo Adventure's tour to Yanga and Mungo
- Of course, Balranald also offers wonderful parks with playground equipment for those travelling with children, or the young at heart.
- See interesting shops and enjoy the town's restaurants and eateries
More About Our Place
Lake Paika (cont)
Your Hosts, Dianne, Duff, & Iain invite you to experience Lake Paika Accommodation, which is nestled on a peninsula of Lake Paika. This 450ha natural wetland, recently reinstated after more than a 100 years of being "stranded" from its Murrumbidgee "lifeline" is quickly responding. Improved biodiversity of wildlife and vegetation regeneration has already occurred in response to watering.
Witness breathtaking sunsets and amazing birdlife. Guests are invited to fish, swim, bushwalk and birdwatch. Bring along your own canoe or fishing boat. Caravaning & camping is also available.
A bird watcher's and photographer's paradise, with over 20,000 waterbirds of more than 35 species having been observed. In November 2015 the endangered Little Bittern nested and hatched chicks in the surrounding wetlands!
Replace your alarm clock with the gentle sound of bird calls, bask in amazing sunsets that become star studded skies, and arise to clear sunrises signalling the start of your day!
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I'm sorry to inform you that Sæming is not a female character. He is the mythical demi-god king of the Háleygr people of Hálogaland which was an old kingdom that's now northern Norway, where I live. I still find it cool that someone actually drew the character at all though. It's not a figure that's given much attention.ReplyDelete
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Teresa earned her degrees from Missouri State University and Missouri Baptist University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist and is a member of both the American Association of Christian Counselors and the Association for Play Therapy.
Having three children of her own and many years' experience as a Licensed Daycare Provider, Teresa maintains a special focus on children and family dynamics, utilizing numerous types of play therapy. Sandtray Therapy focuses on bringing unconscious thoughts to the conscious part of the brain to help those who are struggling with depression, anxiety, bullying, self-harm, ADHD, grief, OCD, sexual abuse, behavioral problems and for blended families. She also frequently utilizes Theraplay to better assist children and families who are struggling with attachment problems. Autplay therapy focuses on support for anxiety, social skills, communication problems and dysregulation is utilized with those who have Autism Spectrum Disorder. She assesses for sensory issues with children generally, as well as using mindfulness techniques with clients when appropriate.
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Bail-in roundtable: Address the boom
- Jan 29th 2010, 16:55 by Avinash Persaud | Intelligence Capital Limited
Avinash Persaud is Chairman of Intelligence Capital Limited, and Chairman of the Warwick Commission on Financial Regulation. For an explanation of this roundtable, click here.
DESPITE the mantra that banking is a global industry needing global regulation, what has emerged instead has been a series of national responses and regional perspectives. In Europe, perhaps belying an instinctive mistrust of markets, the emphasis has been on how to regulate financial markets to avoid future crises. Credit mistakes are made during the boom, not during the crash. Besides, it is impossible to do good policy during a crash. Ideas around counter-cyclical charges and minimum liquidity buffers have traction. In the US, perhaps reflecting an instinctive mistrust of government, the emphasis is on resolving a crisis only once it has emerged. Booms are impossible to stop, so lets minimise the impact of the inevitable bust. Dominating the US debate are issues of "TBTF" (too big to fail) and "contingent capital". Paul Callello's and Wilson Ervin's interesting "bail-in" proposals fit most neatly with this "American perspective".
Messrs Callello and Ervin have focused on how we avoid an enormous liquidity crisis that stems from a more modest capital shortage. Quickly forcing the conversion of a limited amount of unsecured debt into equity might shore up capital and so forestall a liquidity crisis that, left unchecked, would create a bigger capital problem. There is merit in this idea from the perspective of the individual firm and its stakeholders. Instead of a bankruptcy that would wipe out the shareholders and much of the unsecured lenders, a middle path is chosen, of organised haircuts of the unsecured creditors, that allows everyone to survive. This is not dissimilar to provisions in the US bankruptcy code for industrial companies. However Messrs Callello and Ervin rightly argue that financial firms need a more immediate response. It is also not dissimilar from the idea of contingent capital, but Mr Callello and Mr Ervin believe the voluntary market for debt-that-can-become-equity would not be sufficiently large—which should give us pause for thought.
The problem with these and other contingent instruments are clearer from a macro perspective. What we are essentially doing is adding a forced option to unsecured lenders to banks, to convert their credit into something they do not want (a piece of equity), at some future date. In market parlance we are forcing a "put" onto unsecured debt. Markets and private rating agencies are better than governments at most things, but one thing they have consistently proven to be bad at is pricing risk through the economic cycle. Recall that the markets gave Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers and Northern Rock higher equity ratings (p/e ratios) than they gave HSBC, JPMorgan and other survivors. This "put" will be underpriced during the boom, but when the first whiffs of bust are smelled, the price will shoot up and short-term subordinated credit to banks will dry up. This could bring forward a crisis.
One way to address this may be to give a pre-determined limit to the size of the put—perhaps a maximum of 15% of the unsecured debt can be forced to be converted into equity, limiting the panic in the unsecured market when it becomes clear that these options will be exercised by the regulators. The unsecured creditor is essentially now providing a limited facility to allow a bank to work through its problem. Should the bank survive, this equity could be re-converted into debt.
But there is a second more fundamental problem with these market mechanisms. Crashes are not random. They always follow booms. Appropriately defined, busts cannot be systematically smaller than the preceding booms. Consequently, proposals to reduce the severity of the crash will always be inadequate if they do nothing to address the boom. This proposal does nothing to the boom at best and potentially makes it worse. Booms are both caused and prolonged by the market's underestimation of risk—often triggered by a new technology that appears to permanently improve the risk-return trade-off, such as railways, motor cars, electricity, the Internet and financial innovation. In the boom, the risk of unsecured debt is and will be systematically underestimated. The rise of under-priced unsecured debt could be perceived as less of a risk to the bank because it is now a form of contingent capital. This allows a bank to expand its balance sheet even more than otherwise. It will not curb the boom and could even add fuel to its flames. By doing nothing to the boom, all we may be doing is lessening the immediate severity of the crash by prolonging the downturn as banks find it very costly to raise unsecured debt in the aftermath of the crash. The history of financial crises is littered with good intentions.
The problem we need to address is a market underestimation of risk that feeds the boom. We require non-market mechanisms that raise the amount of capital banks are carrying as the boom progresses. Having more capital will be far more expensive for banks than this form of convertible debt, but it would provide the same buffer for the emergence of boom-fed credit mistakes and better constrain the boom in the first place. These non-market mechanisms can include the minimum funding liquidity and time varying capital adequacy requirements currently being worked on by the Financial Stability Board and Basel Committee. Alongside these initiatives, improving the power, scope and speed of resolution authorities may help to contain a crisis, but doing this on its own is not an adequate alternative to the main task of offsetting the market's systematic underestimation of risk in booms.


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The four letter domain marketplace might have gone south, but domain theft involving such assets still persists. A new incident involving domains registered with Namesilo has been shared at NamePros: Yesterday, I was checking domain list in my namesilo account. Found that my 4L.com's were missing. Immediately I've sent mail to namesilo and got a […]Copyright © 2018 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.
#GDPR chaos prelude : More than two dozen valuable #domains stolen from #GoDaddy account
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#Domain crime : ASZ.com has been stolen since 2007
The three letter domain ASZ.com is still stolen, and the thief has set up a page faking its recovery. The stupid scheme to legitimize the domain's status was uncovered thanks to the registrant's attempts to sell the domain on various domain venues, and getting blocked. Flippa suspended the seller's account debizetplimus, while NamePros confirmed that […]Copyright © 2018 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.
Chinese #domain thieves or misguided domain owners?
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#Domain scammer in MCV .com theft case used grocery store address!
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Premium three letter .com domain name, SOT.com, is no longer stolen
It's great news for the Finnish owner of the premium three letter .com domain, SOT.com. The domain was stolen from Wille Kuutti's Dotster account a few days ago, by a cybercriminal who has been involved in numerous domain thefts. Mr. Kuutti has confirmed that SOT.com is no longer stolen, as the gaining registrar, Nominalia, transferred […]Copyright © 2018 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.
Caution : Domain owner impersonation might cost you
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For more months than I'd like to think, I've had this sleep impairment that not only leaves me sleeping 12-16 hours a day, but has left me with very few words in the rhetoric machine...which leaves me way too much time to think about my writing.
All my life I've wanted to write serious fiction -- Gabriel Marquez, Steinbeck, Robertson Davies, and many others, but, let's face it boys & girls, I can't do it. I've got two finished novels that've been read by two relatively neutral parties & they agree that the more serious one has no focus--as if it doesn't know what it wants to be, and the absurd one is wonderful but hampered by a couple of over-serious passages where the main character reveals his flaws and is...well, not reborn, but at least put back on the path of righteousness.
What's weird is that when I write something serious in essay form, such as 3 Steps from the Cave, people seem to be very attracted to the serious side of my writing.
What to do? I always hated it when Woody Allen decided to become Igmar Bergman. Anyway, ol' Woody didn't appreciate the value of humor in the human equation. Worse, he didn't see that serious stuff lived in a castle for which he had neither the key nor the invitation.
Two men die at the same time and appear at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter's sitting there, gnawing on his pencil, and the first man says, "St. Peter, all my life I helped others. I was a priest, a rabbi, a minister, a (oh fill in the fucking blanks so I'm not not PC). I hope I merit a welcome into heaven."
St. Peter looks at him and says, "Dime a dozen. Yeah, go find a flock of sheep to tend."
The second guy figures he's toast. He hems and haws, and finally St. Peter gets pissed and says, "Buddy, out with or you're going to be lighting your butts with your butt."
"Sir, I was just a comedian."
"Harumph. Did you make people laugh?"
"Yes sir.
"When they left where you were playing, were they happy?"
"I believe so, sir."
St. Peter shakes his head back and forth.
"Man, have we been waiting for you. Go see the guy all in white up there; you play the Palace in 20 minutes."
I just made that up -- in case you were asleep. If I can't be Buddha -- and believe me, I can't -- at least give me the tools to make people smile, to make them laugh.
So,why is that important? Because I rank comedian right under St. Teresa? Yup. Why? (Imagine echo chamber on the why.)
Every philosophy, every religion I've ever studied (with a few bizarre, drug-infested exceptions) had us focusing on the bad, the corrupt, the evil, the sins that human beings bring upon the world with the best of intentions. Gimme a break. I'm sorry but those religions are just wrong. It's stupid.
If you think about it rather than get all spiritual, why in the hell would God create a world where a good life was equivalent to a life of pain, sorrrow, self-denial, blah blah blah. If I were God, I wouldn't do that? Would you? I mean, isn't that a stupid thing for a God to do?
But, like most writers, I don't have a choice, I have to write. I think I'm discovered that I'm very lucky--no thanks to You Know Who. I can write fiction that's funny and absurd and write non-fiction that people don't throw up all over.
It doesn't make up for all the junk God dumped on us, but, for one miserable little creature, I gotta say thanks.
...but I'm not ready to give up...someday I'm going to write a serious novel...right after I grow hair on my bald head.
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Kannada audiences are very lucky! The small screen audiences will now watch back to back TV shows. After hearing about the talk show 'Weekend With Ramesh', here is yet another exciting news.
The update is much-talked game show 'Kannadada Kotyadhipati' Season 3 is all set to go on the floors. As earlier, Suvarna TV channel have bought the official rights of the show and there are now in search of a Host, says closed sources.
Puneeth Rajkumar Is A Doubtful In Season 3?
Earlier the 2 Seasons of 'Kannadada Kotyadhipari' was hosted by Powerstar Puneeth Rajkumar and audiences are in love with him for taking the show to the next level! But, sadly, Puneeth aka Appu may not host the Season 3 of the show!
If the reports have to be believed, Puneeth Rajkumar demanded Rs 5 Crores to Host the Season 3 of the game show, which is a huge sum of money. So, the channel members are in search of a new Host.
Who Will Host Season 3 Of 'Kannadada Kotyadipathi'?
After Puneet Rajkumar's doubtful inclusion, the channels members have approached Upendra, Yash and Ramya to host one of the best TV game show.
Did any of them agree to it? How much is the actor being paid as a host? Well, no official information gas been revealed, but the many rumors are making rounds in social media platforms. The rumors are listed below..
3 Shortlisted Hosts
Earlier the channel members have decided Ramya or Yash to Host the game show. Since the star actors demanded huge remuneration, Suvarna TV channel had to let go both the actors.
The new twist in the tale is, Real Star Upendra is rumoured to be the new Host of Season 3 'Kannadada Kotyadipathi'. We are not sure, how will the actor manage with acting, direction and also hosting the show?
However, the audiences are addicted to the style of Puneeth Rajkumar are they want him in Season 3 'Kannadada Kotyadipathi as well
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Zappiti NAS RIP Audio Video Edition Launched
More than just storage
Tech NewsThe idea of keeping all your digital media in one place is appealing to many but the process of ripping and storing it can be daunting – enter the Zappiti NAS RIP which aims to take some of the pain away.
It's an 8-bay NAS (Network Attached Storage) device with, as the name suggests, a RIP function to back up your CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs, designed for you to enjoy multi room audio and video throughout your whole home.
With high performance video processing technology – we can attest to that - and a rich media centre application, the Zappiti NAS RIP Audio Video Edition is designed to provide an ideal audio / video library storage and feature rich entertainment hub. The Zappiti NAS RIP Audio Video Edition was designed from the ground up to store movies reliably on a modern array of hard disk drives without compression or loss of quality. Designed and assembled in France, the Zappiti NAS RIP Audio Video Edition is scalable and able to continue operating even after a drive failure, without losing any content.
The Zappiti movie database (Zappiti Db) contains data for more than 1,200,000 DVD and Blu-ray titles and 2,000,000 CDs from around the world.
As your collection grows, you can add additional disks to increase storage capacity for your video and audio content. A single Zappiti NAS RIP Audio Video Edition provides storage capacity for up to 120,000 CDs, 12,000 DVDs or 2,000 Blu-ray Discs. Several Zappiti NAS servers can be grouped into a single system to store thousands of movies.
The Zappiti NAS RIP Audio Video Edition provides fail-safe storage for your collection using professional disk storage technology called RAID-5. If a drive fails, data is automatically restored to the hot spare disk, without loss of any content. The failed drive is replaced without turning off the server or disrupting playbacks in progress.
The Zappiti NAS RIP Audio Video Edition delivers movies and music, over a standard residential network, simultaneously to Zappiti players throughout the home. Once movies are stored on the Zappiti NAS RIP Audio Video Edition, they can be enjoyed immediately from any Zappiti player.
For your music, Zappiti collects the album covers and artist thumbnails. Then you can access to your music from any room of your home, equipped with a Zappiti media player and also from most audio players or connected speakers available on the market. You can then control it through your tablet or smartphone or your computer. The artist photos and album covers are downloaded as "folder.jpg" in resolutions 300x300 and 500x500 for wide compatibility with most connected audio systems. The CD tracks are converted in FLAC and ALAC for high fidelity quality (lossless) but also in MP3 for wider compatibility
You can back-up 4 Blu-ray, DVD or CD discs simultaneously by plugging in an external Blu-ray drive connected via USB to the device. Then you will be able to back-up your discs 4 by 4! (1 internal and 3 external).
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This handy and elegant leather card holder wallet is designed in minimalist design to be highly practical and to last a lifetime. His functional design is meant to make you feel special and emphasize your unique style.This card holder features 4 slots which can fit up to 12 cards. There is absolutely nothing excessive in this model. Natural leather and 100% handmade approach will make sure that wallet will serve you for a long time.The hand-sewn and finished with wax, hand-rolled edges, the sleeves are understated in a minimal-yet-luxurious sort of way.
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I bought this.
I loved my first Macy's Beauty Box so much, that I didn't cancel the subscription. And September's box arrived the first full week of the month!
I forgot how much I love subscription sample services; I never know what I'm going to get (actually, I believe Macy's does tell you on their site, but I choose to stay surprised!)
This month's box – or bag, I should say – included:
- Ahava Purifying Mud Mask (Full size, $35, travel size, $10)
- Laura Mercier Foundation Primer – Radiance (Full size, $38, travel size, $22)
- Burt's Bees Hand Salve ($9)
- Vince Camuto Ciao eau de parfum sample (3.4 oz $85, Rollerball, $22)
- Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief (2.5 oz $52, 1.7 oz $39. travel size $12)
- Dermablend Loose Setting Powder (Full size $27)
It all came in a small baby blue bag with a travel theme to it. There were big threads coming off of it inside so it isn't the nicest bag, but cute and possibly more useful than last month's small dome-shaped bag. Also, there's a Macy's label sewn inside.
First product I tried was the Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief. The consistency of this moisturizer is wonderful – it's a cool gel (although not meant to be "cooling," it just felt cool because it was stored in a cool place) that felt nice going on. I had no reaction to it and have continued using it each morning as my moisturizer, until I use it up! I remain a little skeptical that this will help me in the dead of winter so if I buy it, it will be in spring, as my spring/summer moisturizer.
I love love love perfume samples. I hoard them, I really do. I take them on trips or I spritz them on me when I'm feeling like a change from my usual! Vince Camuto Ciao is a pleasant scent – and my husband complimented me when I wore it, which was nice! It wasn't heady or overbearing. It has floral and citrus notes with "a rich dry down of glowing amber and vanilla," according to Macys.com.
Laura Mercier Foundation Primer – Radiance was another product I immediately used! To be honest, I'm not a huge believer in primers, unless they're mattifying. But even then, I'm super picky because not a lot will live up to their promise with my skin (Make Up For Ever is an exception, for sure!). I usually do my makeup in the car before I head into work. I know, so glamorous. So I applied this primer before leaving the house and it gave me a nice glow to my skin so that when I dropped off my daughter at daycare, I didn't look like death. As soon as I put foundation and powder and blush and highlighter on…you couldn't tell that I had a radiant primer on. What I DO like about this primer is that it isn't loaded with silicone, so it feels like you're applying a moisturizer vs. a primer. I didn't notice my skin any smoother when I applied my foundation, but that's OK. I'll likely pass on a full size, just because I hardly ever prime now that it's cooler out.
I tried the Ahava Purifying Mud Mask as I went through my shower routine. I usually let my conditioner sit in my hair while I wash the rest of my body so I added conditioner to my hair and then this to my face, letting it sit for the recommended two minutes before washing off. My face was clean; I didn't notice anything else extraordinary, although my skin was not as red when I caught a look at myself as I did my hair and added deodorant and scent to my body.
It doesn't matter what the time of year, my hands are always in need of TLC. Whether I'm swatching nail polish for a blog review, not getting enough water, or just living life…my hands get dry and my cuticles gross. Burt's Bees Hand Salve is thick and greasy at first but absorbs nicely leaving a soft, velvety feeling behind. It's got a super strong herbal scent, though, which is not unpleasant, unless you are averse to strong smells or herbal scents.
Dermablend Loose Setting Powder is the only product I haven't tried yet, because I've been wear-testing a foundation and setting powder duo! But I can't wait to dig in!
I can't wait to see what comes in October's box – I'm not looking at the site because I like the surprise!


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Our attorneys have represented clients in claims for both medical malpractice and for other professional negligence. Medical malpractice claims can be extremely difficult claims to prosecute, and often require specific pre-suit notices. The attorneys at Woods, Weidenmiller, Michetti & Rudnick, LLP understand the complexities of such issues, and are here for you in the event you need a firm capable of navigate the intricacies of a professional negligence claim. Our attorneys have been involved in cases involving failure to timely perform a C-section procedure, HIV through blood transfusion, failure to timely perform surgery, and other related matters.
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Lawyer Suspended for Inventing Racist Cop
(CN) – A New York lawyer will face six months of suspension for lying to get out of a speeding ticket and falsely claiming that the state trooper made anti-Semitic comments.
Eliott Dear, an orthodox Jew, was pulled over in July 2007 by a New Jersey state trooper and cited for allegedly driving 84 mph in a 55-mph zone.
Six days later, Dear wrote to the traffic court on his law firm's letterhead, accusing the trooper of calling him a "Jew kike."
After ducking an Internal Affairs investigator for two months, Dear finally gave a telephone interview and repeated his claims of anti-Semitic behavior. Dear also said the trooper had been dismissive when to his explanation for speeding: that his pregnant wife needed a bathroom.
Unknown to Dear, however, the trooper's car and uniform were rigged to videotape and audio record the stop, respectively. Neither of the recordings supported Dear's version of events.
After Internal Affairs cleared the trooper of wrongdoing, the state police lodged a complaint against Dear and revealed its recorded evidence.
Dear finally paid the $265 ticket more than a year after the traffic stop, and he later admitted that the trooper had not used an ethnic slur against him. A disciplinary committee for the New York appellate court's Manhattan-based first department made five charges against Dear, and the lawyer admitted to them.
A psychiatrist also testified that Dear suffered from "borderline personality disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, attention deficit disorder, major depression and narcissistic personality."
Dear also called three witnesses who talked about his character, integrity and honesty.
Though Dear asked for a censure or reprimand, the hearing panel recommended a six-month suspension, which the appellate division granted on Dec. 8.
"Respondent cavalierly attributed anti-Semitic slurs to an innocent person, which could have had devastating consequences to that person's career," the unsigned opinion states. "This act alone warrants a harsh sanction, not to mention that it was done to gain an advantage in an administrative proceeding."
"Notwithstanding the mitigating evidence and respondent's apparently sincere remorse, his behavior was reckless and reflects poorly on the bar. Under the circumstances, censure or admonition is simply too lenient a penalty," they added.


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InterAction's 'Together Project' to Protect Vulnerable NGOs
In January 2017, in partnership with a group of founding members (list below) and supported by leaders across our community, InterAction launched the Together Project. This endeavor represents a hub of advocacy and solidarity for U.S. based NGOs that provide vital development and humanitarian relief around the world and confront discrimination or targeted prejudicial regulations in the U.S. due to their operating principles or religious faith. The Together Project enables us to share information and develop strategies in response to shrinking civil society space experienced by these NGOs.
Through the Together Project, InterAction actively represents its members, particularly organizations that are most vulnerable to any direct attacks, or indirect impacts of laws, regulations, or policies that have a chilling effect on their ability to function. The most recent activity of the initiative was supporting the testimony of InterAction CEO Sam Worthington at a Senate Hearing on International Development last week. In his testimony (PDF), Worthington discussed the impact of bank de-risking on humanitarian organizations. He explained that "We operate in the neediest parts of the world and unfortunately, those are the countries that are most often associated with 'risk' regarding anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terror… Banks' efforts to 'de-risk' themselves can lead to 'de-banking' of NGOs, making it more difficult for NGOs to put the philanthropy of the American public to its intended purpose in deeply poor communities abroad."
The Together Project protects the ability of all international development and relief organizations to access financial services and respond to changes in the regulatory environment as they provide services in diverse locations, including conflict and high-risk areas. As outlined in Worthington's testimony, these impediments are, in part, caused by an unforgiving regulatory environment and an inaccurate risk perception and risk calculation on the part of the financial services sector, exacerbated by a growing volume of hate speech within U.S. public discourse. The Together Project brings attention to these issues, educates relevant policymakers and officials, convenes and facilitates conversations to explore and identify solutions, connects NGOs with each other, and builds solidarity.
InterAction fosters a cooperative environment among its members to facilitate closer collaboration and information-sharing with our more vulnerable members. Through this initiative, InterAction will facilitate a "Together Project Working Group" to address common issues, and tackle risk assessment and mitigation strategies. The new working group will be open to all InterAction members and will actively engage a diverse array of organizations, across different faith-based and non-sectarian perspectives.
For more information about the Together Project or to join the upcoming working group, please contact Princess Bazley-Bethea at email@example.com.
Founding organizations of the Together Project include: Islamic Relief USA, American Relief Agency for the Horn of Africa (ARAHA), Helping Hands for Relief & Development, Zakat Foundation of America, United Muslim Relief, and InterAction.
Princess Bazley-Bethea is manager of the Together Project.


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Higher Fluid Balance Increases the Risk of Death From Sepsis: Results From a Large International Audit
Critical Care Medicine
Excessive fluid therapy in patients with sepsis may be associated with risks that outweigh any benefit. In an observational cohort study (seven hundred and thirty ICUs in 84 countries), the Authors investigated the possible influence of early fluid balance on outcome in a large international database of ICU patients with sepsis.
In 1,808 patients with an admission diagnosis of sepsis, higher cumulative fluid balance at day 3 but (not in the first 24 hours) after ICU admission results independently associated with an increase in the hazard of death.
- Sakr Y, Rubatto Birri PN, Kotfis K, Nanchal R, Shah B, Kluge S, Schroeder ME, Marshall JC, Vincent JL; Intensive Care Over Nations Investigators. Sisillo E tra i collaboratori.
Higher Fluid Balance Increases the Risk of Death From Sepsis: Results From a Large International Audit. Crit Care Med 2017;45(3):386-394. Go to PubMed


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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Elma 9-3-2014 by L.L. No. 4-2014. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Town Board of the Town of Elma recognizes that the Constitution of the State of New York and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York afford towns the ability to structure their local governments as needed to promote the efficiency of Town operations. The Municipal Home Rule Law specifically authorizes a Town to create or discontinue departments; to prescribe or modify the powers and duties of such departments; and to specify the powers, duties, qualifications, number and mode of selection of its officers and employees. The Municipal Home Rule Law also authorizes a Town to supersede any provision of the Town Law relating to the property, affairs or government of the Town or to other matters in relation to which and to the extent to which it is authorized to adopt local laws, subject to the limitations provided therein. The Town Board accordingly intends to exercise those powers to hereby constitute the Town of Elma Police Department as a department of Town government under the immediate supervision of the Town Supervisor.
This legislation is intended to improve the Town's ability to provide for the safety of persons who live in, work in and visit the Town of Elma. To that end, the Town Board seeks to encourage traditional and nontraditional approaches to public safety, including the expansion of cooperative efforts with other Town departments, with outside law enforcement agencies and other municipal entities at the local, county, state and federal level.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
- The Town of Elma Police Department.
- The Town Supervisor of the Town of Elma.
- The Town Board of the Town of Elma.
The Town of Elma Police Department is hereby constituted as a department of Town government.
The Town Board shall determine the number of officers and employees in all positions within the Department, all of whom shall be appointed by the Town Board.
All Department personnel shall be under the immediate supervision of Town Supervisor, who shall ultimately be subject to the direction and supervision of the Town Board.
The Town Board will have overall responsibility for the planning, management and administration of the operations and activities of the Police Department, including budgetary and financial management of the Department, and external contacts with other agencies, jurisdictions, the media and Town residents.
The Town Board shall have such powers and shall execute such duties as would otherwise be exercised by a Board of Police Commissioners as specified in Town Law § 150, Subdivision 2. Without limitation, the Board shall:
Develop, implement and enforce policies and procedures for the administration of all Police Department operations;
Plan, organize, direct, coordinate and supervise on an overall basis all activities of the Police Department;
Coordinate financial planning for the Department, including preparation of budgets, maintenance of fiscal control, and submission of required reports to other agencies as required;
Coordinate and approve departmental budgetary planning and procedures;
Approve all contracts for coordination and/or cooperation with other agencies and municipal entities for the provision of law enforcement within the Town of Elma;
Determine staffing and changes in the employment, promotion, removal and status of any member of the Police Department (civilian and noncivilian), subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Law, and as recommended by the Supervisor;
Subject to the advice of the Supervisor, approve the training of police personnel in legal aspects of police duties and responsibilities;
Have such authority and perform such other duties as are required and/or customarily performed by a Board of Police Commissioners.
Subject to the Town Board's overall authority as described in § 31-1, immediate supervision over Police Department employees, and immediate administration of Police Department operations, shall be exercised by the Town Supervisor, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law § 10(1)(ii)(d)(3).
The Supervisor shall have such powers and shall execute such duties as would otherwise be exercised by a Police Chief as specified in Town Law § 150, Subdivision 2, subject to the limitations set forth in § 31-1, which duties shall include:
Adopt policies and procedures for the administration of all Department operations;
Plan, organize, direct, coordinate and supervise all activities of the Department;
Coordinate preparation of reports and make recommendations for financial planning for the Department, including the Department's budget;
Advise and recommend staffing and changes in the employment, promotion, removal and status of any member of the Department (civilian and noncivilian);
Prepare all reports required to be submitted on behalf of the Department or the Town of Elma to other agencies;
Carry out police enforcement of all laws and ordinances applicable to the Town of Elma;
Implement any changes required by law in the administration of Department operations, or any other changes that are consistent with law and in the best interests of the Department, the Town of Elma and/or the Town of Elma's residents;
Supervise the training of police personnel in legal aspects of police duties and responsibilities;
Undertake the formulation and implementation of performance standards by which to measure departmental and employee productivity;
Coordinate departmental activities and operations with other agencies, municipal entities and officials;
Assist the Town Attorney, as requested, with regard to Department matters;
In coordination with the Town Board, establish and maintain effective communications with the media regarding the Department;
Meet with individuals, groups, associations, organizations and commissions on behalf of the Department;
Represent the Department at police and municipal functions;
In coordination with the Town Board, serve as the Department's representative and spokesperson on all matters concerning the Police Department;
Coordinate law enforcement efforts with other Town departments and with other municipal agencies;
Have such authority and perform such other duties as are required and/or customarily performed by a Police Chief of a municipal police department in New York State.


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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is looking to block a key portion of $110 billion Saudi Arabia arms deal and is finding support from the other side of the aisle.
The Republican lawmaker could introduce the resolution as early as Wednesday evening, according to a source familiar with the matter. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is expected to be one of the co-sponsors of Paul's resolution.
The measure would force a vote on the munitions portion of the defense package, but not the entire arms deal.
The Arms Export Control Act gives Congress a 30-day period to review arms deals to non-NATO countries. The arms package was formally announced over the weekend during President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia.
Paul is known to oppose the Saudi sale because of concerns over the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Also, the lawmaker has expressed concern that the massive defense package could lead to an arms race in the region.


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On-form Irishman Paul Dunne went into today's second day of play at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship with a share of the lead along with Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts.
Dunne is aiming to win his second straight professional tournament, following his success in the British Masters last week.
After his 67 at the Old Course yesterday, he will go out for his second round at Carnoustie today in a positive frame of mind.
Dunne had four birdies and an eagle at the 9th, where he drove the green and sank a 30-foot putt. His only blemish was a dropped shot at the 17th Road Hole.
Colsaerts' 67 at Kingsbarns proved eventful. He had a triple bogey seven at the third but fought back with seven birdies, including a birdie, birdie finish.
Five players are tied one shot back: defending champion Tyrrell Hatton, Oliver Fisher, Ryan Fox and Shane Lowry, who were at St Andrews, and Joel Stalter at Kingsbarns.
Scotland's David Drysdale (pictured) leads the home challenge after a 69 at Carnoustie, while former US Open champion Graeme McDowell will be happy with his 69 at St Andrews.
Pre-tournament favourite Rory McIlory, playing with father Gerry in the Team Championship, began impressively with a birdie on the first hole on the Old Course, but eventually finished one-over-par.
Drumoig's Connor Syme got off to a steady start, returning to the clubhouse with a score of even par following his round at Carnoustie.
Entry is free for all spectators over the first three days with final day tickets on Sunday, October 8 available to purchase at the entrance gates for £20 (seniors £15).


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Leeds United have teamed up with one of the city's best-known shopping destinations to launch a new merchandising store.
The store is based in the Merrion Centre and will be open to customers from 10am this Monday.
A launch event running from 6.30pm to 7.30pm on Thursday will be attended by Leeds manager Garry Monk and a number of first-team players.
The store will be United's first permanent retail presence in the city centre since their Albion Street shop closed in 2007.
Leeds executive director Paul Bell said: "We've experienced strong retail sales so far this season with both home and away replica shirts performing really well.
"It's incredibly important for us to be coming back to the city centre as it will allow many Leeds United fans the opportunity to purchase official Leeds United merchandise conveniently without the need to make a specific trip to the Elland Road superstore.
"The Merrion Centre and the arena quarter are undergoing a huge redevelopment programme and we believe the centre provides a strong retail proposition for the club away from Elland Road."
Edward Ziff, chairman and chief executive of Merrion owner Town Centre Securities, said: "We work hard to bring Merrion Centre visitors the very best shops, bars and restaurants and to have the only official store in the centre of the city dedicated to Leeds United is a great achievement and testament to the big role the shopping centre plays.
"We are extremely proud to be adding the biggest club in Yorkshire, Leeds United, to our list of tenants.
"We want to welcome the club to the Merrion Centre in the best way possible and hope lots of fans will visit the store and join us for the official opening next week."


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XP Antispyware Pro 2013. How to remove (video guide)
XP Antispyware Pro 2013 is a fake antivirus from Braviax malware family, also correctly understood as a part of MultiRogue 2013 scam. This virus clan is known to produce and multiply various names of similar malwares depending on the type of the operating system installed on the infected PC. The program has in mind to trick users into purchasing its fake registration key as a solution to fix all fake threats and viruses reported by it.
XP Antispyware Pro 2013 installs itself onto the targeted PC without user's consent or permission. This process is hidden from your attention. Plus, the scam modifies your PC in order to be started automatically together with Windows. Once you start your system XP Antispyware Pro 2013 will appear and begin to implements its malicious activities on your system. First, it runs the fake scan of your PC that takes quite a long time, by the way (compared to many other poorly designed rogues). Once the scan is over the hoax reports various system threats supposedly revealed by it. The purpose of such bogus virus report is to make users scared for the condition of their workstations. The malware wants users to buy its fake license that is not able to neutralize real infections once they do enter the PC.
The fact of XP Antispyware Pro 2013 virus presence is very annoying. You have to face the bunch of its fake and scary security warnings, popups and notifications on a permanent basis. The malware slows down your PC considerably, and we've been able to experience this major slowdown on our own test PC that we've used for testing this scam. It has been revealed that this virus also blocks launching of legitimate security software, browsers, Task Manager and Registry Editor – all programs that could facilitate the removal process of this fake antispyware utility. The best idea to bypass the blockage on the part of XP Antispyware Pro 2013 virus is to use the fake registration key of it. Please try this code – 3425-814615-3990 . However, remember that doing so doesn't neutralize the virus. It is still present on your machine. To remove this scam completely, please follow the removal instructions that we've recently prepared for you to assist you in getting rid of this hoax. The video guide available at YouTube also explains very well how this can be done with the help of GridinSoft Trojan Killer.
XP Antispyware Pro 2013 removal video guide:
XP Antispyware Pro 2013 step-by-step removal instructions from GridinSoft Trojan Killer anti-virus Lab
Step 1.
Run GridinSoft Trojan Killer. Click Win+R and type the direct link for the program's downloading.
If it does not work, download GridinSoft Trojan Killer from another uninfected machine and transfer it with the help of a flash drive.
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Install GridinSoft Trojan Killer. Right click – Run as administrator.
Don't uncheck the Start Trojan Killer checkbox at the end of installation!
Manual removal guide of XP Antispyware Pro 2013 virus:
Delete XP Antispyware Pro 2013 files:
- %LocalAppData%\[rnd_2]
- %Temp%\[rnd_2]
- %UserProfile%\Templates\[rnd_2]
- %CommonApplData%\[rnd_2]
Delete XP Antispyware Pro 2013 registry entries:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\ [rnd_0]
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\Content Type application/x-msdownload
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon\ %1
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command\ "[rnd_1].exe" -a "%1″ %*
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command\IsolatedCommand "%1″ %*
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command\ "%1″ %*
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- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\[rnd_0]
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We're back (and a little behind schedule, as I'm sure you're aware)! Our period of interest for 1959 is actually the very beginning of June, and here we find Peterborians talking missile defence systems, provincial election politics, and — loudly and often — issues related to local traffic. Read on, for those matters and also an outbreak of Greek gods in Peterborough's lacrosse scene!
The main geopolitical issue as May of 1959 turned into June was actually a Canadian one; we were in the early days of what would become known as the Bomarc Missile Crisis. This affair would later turn into a national debate over Canada's willingness to host nuclear weapons on her territory, but at this point most of the talk was over whether the missiles represented an improvement, in capability and cost-benefit ratio, over the controversially-cancelled Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow interceptor aircraft. The Peterborough Examiner, in a fiery June 1st editorial, held firmly to the notion that the Arrow was the preferable option. This was a most interesting period in the history of the Cold War in Canada, but to explore it in more depth is beyond the scope of this particular post. We will look at the situation, and that Examiner editorial, more closely another time.
The Province of Ontario was in an election ferment as June of 1959 got underway, although there does not seem to have been a lot of doubt about who was going to win. The Progressive Conservative government of Premier Leslie Frost held 83 out of 97 seats in the Provincial Parliament at dissolution, and the only question was whether the popular Frost would maintain that size of majority when the votes were counted on June 11th. Nonetheless, there was some interest to be found in the campaigning, as the Peterborough Examiner editorialized on June 2nd:
"The campaign is a lively one. Mr. Frost is obviously worried that his record is not enough to win his Party the number of seats it held… Otherwise, his tactics would not include the making of personal attacks in an attempt to discredit the opposing parties. [CCF leader] Donald McDonald is desperately trying to retain the few seats he has… by attacking without caution, the actual and imaginary shortcomings of the Frost Cabinet. [Liberal Party leader John] Wintermeyer, who has put forward a detailed platform, is doubtless making capital out of his opponents' excesses."
As matters turned out, the Examiner was pretty much on the mark with that analysis. Frost's Progressive Conservatives did indeed win another majority in the 1959 election, but it was somewhat reduced: only 71 of 98 seats went to the PCs. Wintermeyer's Liberals went from 11 to 22 MPPs, and the CCF actually gained seats as well, moving from three to five. In Peterborough, Keith Brown won the seat for the governing party and held it until 1967.
Apart from the election, the big issue around Peterborough at this time in 1959 was… traffic. The city had adopted, in 1957, the current system of one-way streets downtown in an effort to get the traffic moving better, but local merchants were unhappy with the results and were calling for a re-think of the whole business. The Examiner felt they were barking up the wrong tree, as the newspaper discussed in an editorial on June 3rd:
"No, the problem will not be solved by tinkering around with traffic flow. Motor vehicle traffic has grown alarmingly; it will continue to grow and as it does… motorists will avoid the downtown section for their weekly shopping; even Friday night opening will not correct the loss of business to peripheral supermarkets."
Increased attention to the issue of off-street parking, the newspaper felt, was the solution to the downtown woes.
Speaking of peripheral supermarkets (although not terribly peripheral in this case), the brand new Grand Union grocery store opened its doors in early June of 1959, at the Market Plaza on George Street across from the marina. It was to be a technologically advanced operation; the June 3rd Examiner glowingly described the Grand Union's Food-O-Mat, "a device which stocks shelves from the rear of the counter. Gravity feed conveys tins and packages to the customer." The new supermarket would also include a snack bar and a "cosmopolitan section with a large range of specialty foods."
The Grand Union's parking lot was in the news as well this week 57 years ago, and here we return to the issue of traffic. On May 31st, the supermarket lot hosted a driving skills competition for local motorists. Drivers faced an obstacle course, and were graded on "acceleration and braking… and serpentine control and garage parking," as the next day's newspaper reported. Mr. Barry Philp, driving an Austin Healey Sprite, won the men's competition, while the women's honours went to Mrs. Jill Choate (at right) in a Mercury Minor. The Examiner also felt that some of Peterborough's younger drivers could have used a run through the obstacle course, as the paper argued in an editorial on June 3rd:
"We refer to the young drivers of chromium-plated, raccoon-tail-decorated recent-model cars, who consider the one-way street system to be their own especial obstacle course early in the evening and late at night… [N]o other motorist in the vicinity is willing to put his faith in the skill of a driver with his engine racing and his brakes screaming at every stoplight. Consequently some young motorists fancy themselves as daredevils to whom all must yield."
It was not just motorists who were coming for scrutiny from the press and others. "City policemen have been given orders to start thinning out the bad cyclists from the horde now swarming the streets of Peterborough," wrote the Examiner on June 3rd. Measures up to and including confiscation of bicycles were to be the tools employed by the police in this campaign.
Away from the two- and four-wheeled perils of the city streets, Peterborians were taking in the beginning of the Ontario Lacrosse Association season. The local side, formerly the Petes, were now known as the Peterborough Petes' Mercurys, and sportswriter Cec Perdue waxed mythological on the topic in his June 1st column in the Examiner:
"The Petes' Mercurys move about on winged feet, they have plenty of skill and dexterity, they carry the message, tote those sleep-producing wands and produce music with those corded sticks along the pattern of the ancient lyre. Whether they will prove to be gods among the mere mortals who inhabit such centres as Welland, Brampton and Long Branch only time and the senior OLA schedule will disclose."
So far, at least, the Petes' Mercurys were living up to the divinity of their name. On June 1st, they defeated the Long Branch Dixie Castrols 16-9 to take over first place in the OLA.
That will do, I think for the beginning of June in 1959. As noted, we are a bit behind in this series; Monday will see our look at early to mid-June in 1960, and on Wednesday, all being well, we will catch up with the middle of the month in 1961. In the meantime, however, you can catch up on what was happening around here at the beginning of this month back in 1907, when motor traffic was so light that every new car in town warranted a newspaper story. Thank you for reading!


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A Springfield office of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus – a building not far from the Statehouse – was marked with racial graffiti discovered July 24.
A Springfield office of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus – a building not far from the Statehouse – was marked with racial graffiti discovered July 24.
The messages – a single word in one area and a phrase in another – were discovered as the organization's secretary left work, said state Rep. Esther Golar, D-Chicago.
Clay Dowis, deputy chief of Springfield Police, said the incident, listed as a criminal defacement and hate crime, occurred between July 22 and 24. He said it is under investigation and may be publicized through the CrimeStoppers program to get information.
Golar, House chair of the black caucus, said the full caucus has 30 members, including 20 from the House and 10 from the Senate. Golar said the building, in the 600 block of South College Street, is owned by a foundation associated with the caucus and is used for meetings and events.
"We feel that it was probably young people that did it," Golar said, because adults might have left more extensive messages.
"It could be just a prank," she added, without the building targeted because of its owner. "We've never had any problem. It could have been random. It could have been a message that they're sending (to the black community at large) because we now have a black president."
Golar said her group was working to have the graffiti removed.
She said the incident illustrates that racism is alive.
"It is something that we live with as African-Americans daily," she said.