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For 22 years, Katherine Bouton had a secret that grew harder to keep every day.
Bouton, an editor at the New York Times, couldn't hear what her colleagues were saying at daily editorial meetings. She had gone profoundly deaf in her left ear; her right was getting worse.
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Many people think that hiring an accident attorney will mean that they must go to court. Although it is impossible to make any guarantees, most client's cases settle out-of-court, saving you the stress and expense of trial. Since any "estimate" to the value of a case and/or the time it will take to settle stands a good chance of being in error, it is inappropriate to predict these things. However, it is to your lawyer's advantage to obtain the best possible settlement in the shortest period of time – since his or her fee is contingent on the settlement — but an attorney should never commit you to a settlement without your consent.
Your Insurance Coverage
It is usually advisable to utilize your health insurance or automobile medical payments coverage applicable to the accident. This coverage can be used to pay medical bills within a reasonable time after they are incurred rather than asking health care providers to wait until the case is settled. If you possess this kind of insurance coverage, any benefits payable will not count against you or cause your rates to increase. Health coverage and automobile medical payments coverage do not require someone to be negligent in order for the benefits to be payable.
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Due to the nature of this specialized field, the efforts expended by your lawyer may be sporadic – you may not hear from your lawyer's office on a regular basis. Even so, you should be able to call and receive reasonably timely response – your lawyer shouldn't leave you in the dark about your own case. Many factors affect the time it takes to obtain a settlement and the following is a brief summary of the most common ones:
Initially, a lot of work may be done such as obtaining witness statements, photographs, official reports, etc., in order to gather whatever evidence is necessary to verify how the accident occurred and to help establish who was at fault.
An attorney cannot proceed until he or she is advised that you have been released by your doctor and have recovered from your injuries — or have been advised that your physical condition has stabilized. At that point your lawyer can begin assembling medical reports, records and bills, employment reports and other items necessary to document each element of your damages. This process takes time since some health care providers and employers are slow in preparing the reports.
The next step is to solicit an offer from the insurance company involved. This is another source of delay since each case is generally reviewed by a number of insurance company employees. When an offer is received, it should promptly be sent to you for review and your lawyer will discuss possible courses of action.
If your attorney is unable to obtain a fair settlement with the insurance company through negotiations, he or she will file a lawsuit and/or demand arbitration. The defendants brought into the case typically have thirty days from the time they are served in which to file their response to the lawsuit. Sometimes there are several defendants and some may be difficult to locate. Sometimes one defendant will bring other defendants into the lawsuit.
After all defendants have filed their respective "answers," "discovery" proceedings are started which may include depositions of parties, witnesses and experts. Your lawyer will assist and instruct you at every step and may utilize the same discovery devices to substantiate your claim. Discovery can be very time-consuming and expensive depending upon the complexity of any given case. For some tips on what to expect, see Getting Ready for Your Personal Injury Lawsuit
After discovery is completed, a trial date is requested. The assignment of the trial date is completely beyond the control of any party to the lawsuit, but is dependent upon how busy the Court is where the lawsuit is filed.
If You Have Problems With Creditors During Your Case
When a person is involved in an accident, it is not unusual for financial disruption to occur. Not only is the injured person unable to work, but at the same time may have an increase in financial obligations. If it is fairly obvious that you will be unable to meet your financial obligations, you should immediately notify your various creditors before you become greatly in arrears on your required payments and ask them to suspend your payments until such time as you have returned to work. Usually creditors will understand if they're told what to expect in advance, and will make reasonable arrangements for payments to be delayed. If necessary, your attorney can contact your creditors for the purpose of verifying the accident and, if requested, agree to protect your creditor's claim out of the proceeds of any settlement. When checking with your creditors, you should check to see if you have Credit Disability Insurance which makes your loan payments while you are disabled.
Your Part in the Case
Proper health care is essential for 3 crucial reasons:
A "minor" injury could be more serious than you think;
It will be difficult to convince anyone that you had discomfort but chose to "suffer in silence" rather than seek appropriate treatment;
By not obtaining adequate health care or by returning to your normal work and normal activities too soon, the other side may allege that you failed to comply with you "duty to Mitigate damages" (the law imposes upon every injured person the duty to prevent his/her injuries from becoming worse), and that they should not be financially responsible for some.
Rental Cars
In a car accident case, when the other party is at fault their liability insurance company is responsible for providing you with a rental car while your vehicle is being repaired. Normally, you will have to rent the car and pay for it first. You are also responsible for insurance, tax, and gas on the rental car. The insurance company will then reimburse you after they receive the rental bill.
Avoid Discussing Your Case
Do not discuss the accident with anyone other than your lawyer and your doctors. If anyone questions you about your case, tell them that you've been instructed not to discuss your case. Refer all inquiries to your lawyer.
Other Important Instructions
Your lawyer will instruct you on a variety of things you can do (or avoid doing) to help protect your personal injury case. Usually, the following types of recommendations are given:
Do not sign any document relative to your case without discussing it with your lawyer first.
Send your attorney copies for all bills you incur relative to the accident, even if your own insurance company is paying them.
Notify your lawyer immediately when your doctor has released you from further care and when you have returned to work.
Notify your lawyer immediately if you have a change of address or phone number.
Do not change doctors without advising your attorney.
Having an experienced lawyer handle your injury case not only ensures that you are compensated to the extent required by law, but should also relieve much of the burden of dealing with insurance companies and creditors. If you have yet to hire a lawyer and are considering it, see this series on finding and choosing the right injury lawyer.

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I couldn't pass this one up. I would now like to officially take credit for the Internet…wait Al Gore already did. I'm not sure what else I can take credit for….iPhone, Android?
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Sen. John McCain's senior domestic policy adviser said Tuesday that the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a "miracle that John McCain helped create."
The adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, discussing the nation's economic woes with reporters, said that McCain — who has struggled to stress his economic credentials — did have experience dealing with the economy, pointing to his time on the Senate Commerce Committee.
Pressed to provide an example of what McCain had accomplished on that committee, Holtz-Eakin said the senator did not have jurisdiction over financial markets, then he held up his Blackberry, telling reporters: "He did this."
"Telecommunications of the United States, the premiere innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce Committee. So you're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create," Holtz-Eakin said. "And that's what he did. He both regulated and deregulated the industry."
During the 2000 presidential campaign, Vice President Al Gore drew controversy when he said that during his time in Congress, he "took the initiative in creating the Internet" — based on his work promoting funding and early research in that area.
The Obama campaign responded to the McCain adviser's comments Tuesday shortly after they were reported.
"If John McCain hadn't said that 'the fundamentals of our economy are strong' on the day of one of our nation's worst financial crises, the claim that he invented the BlackBerry would have been the most preposterous thing said all week," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
From the New York Times:
One of Senator John McCain's top economic advisers seemed to credit Mr. McCain with helping "create" the BlackBerry in a briefing with reporters here Tuesday – a remark that the McCain campaign quickly stepped back from.
The adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, was briefing reporters on Mr. McCain's prescriptions for the meltdown on Wall Street, and citing his experience as the chairman of the commerce committee, when he was asked what Mr. McCain had done on the commerce committee that would show Americans that he understands financial markets.
"He didn't have jurisdiction over financial markets, first and foremost,'' Mr. Holtz-Eakin said, before wandering into more politically perilous ground.
"But he did this,'' he said, holding up what looked like a BlackBerry. "The telecommunications of the United States, the premier innovation of the past 15 years, comes right through the commerce committee. So you're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create. And that's what he did.''
A senior aide to Mr. McCain, Matt McDonald later said that Mr. McCain "laughed" when he heard the comment, according to a pool report. "He would not claim to be the inventor of anything, much less the BlackBerry,'' he said. "This was obviously a boneheaded joke by a staffer."


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The Derelict Dilemma
By Ryck Lydecker
Exodus, removed in 2008, is one of 10 abandoned, derelict or trespassing vessels taken out of small bays on Puget Sound. Five were removed by owners while the Derelict Vessel Program paid for the other five. (Photo: Washington State DNR)
With the exchange (right) by radio in 1940, the 76-foot Monterey sardine seiner Western Flyer headed on a 4,000-mile expedition to the Gulf of California carrying novelist John Steinbeck and his marine biologist buddy, Ed Ricketts. The resulting co-authored book, The Sea of Cortez, published the following year, is noted today as "a useful work of travel literature [and a] pioneering work of intertidal ecology," according to Steinbeck scholar Richard Astro of Drexel University.
Today the port that saw Western Flyer launched in 1937, Tacoma, Washington, celebrates the vessel's history and role in a seminal work of nonfiction in an exhibit at the Foss Waterway Seaport. But in the spring of 2013, Western Flyer herself, renamed the Gemini, lay 80 miles to the north, near La Conner, Washington, again collecting "bugs" and other marine growth, but this time all over her hull, deck, and superstructure as she lay underwater in the Swinomish Channel. Since raised, with a new owner and reportedly headed for restoration and return to California, the ship came close to becoming one of the 140 or so derelict vessels scattered about the backwaters of the Evergreen State, creating potential pollution and navigation hazards, not to mention putting financial pressure on its modest Derelict Vessel Removal Program. Established in 2002, the program has successfully removed 495 vessels, both commercial and recreational, in the decade since.
Washington's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) operates the program using $3 of the annual fee that boaters pay to register a recreational boat in Washington, which generates about $800,000 annually. But the state has roughly 45 derelicts over 100 feet in length in its database — hardly "recreational" by most definitions — and disposing of any one of these vessels could sink the budget, according to DNR. To add insult to injury, commercial vessels — roughly 45 of the current derelict backlog — pay nothing into the removal program, although a law change enacted last July aims to fix that and make other improvements in the program.
"Recreational boaters foot the bill for the smaller commercial, or formerly commercial, vessels that we remove," reports Melissa Ferris, who manages the program for DNR. "But the line is blurred because if the vessel is not an active commercial vessel, it's required to be registered as recreational, and most of the vessels that we remove are not active commercial vessels. In 2012, the agency spent $188,364 on what I'd consider commercial vessels and about $560,000 on recreational vessels. That includes former military vessels and other commercial vessels that were most recently registered as recreational vessels."
Two years ago a former Alaskan crabber, the 140-foot Deep Sea, put the derelict problem in perspective. Over the previous eight or so years, the vessel, built in 1947, had a succession of owners and in the process went from iconic "Deadliest Catch" status to becoming one of the costliest headaches in the derelict vessel program's history. Abandoned by its most recent owner, whose plans to scrap the vessel fell through, the ship lay at anchor in a Whidbey Island cove when it caught fire and sank in May of 2012, spilling thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into prime shellfish beds. It cost the government some $3 million to remediate the environmental damage and finally scrap the vessel.
Deep Sea was lifted to the surface last June. Yellow booming surrounds the vessel to contain any hazardous liquids that leaked out after raising. (Photo: Washington State DNR)
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While the Western Flyer's literary pedigree ultimately may save her from similar ignominy, the two vessels illustrate a nagging problem seen in other states nationwide: what to do with larger commercial vessels that are abandoned and derelict? And more to the point, who foots the bill when an owner can't or won't pay, or can't be found at all? At present only a handful of states set aside money for derelict vessel removal. In Maryland, for example, the state's Waterway Improvement Fund is used for dredging, aids to navigation, pumpouts, and a variety of other purposes in addition to derelict vessel removal. A one-time, five-percent excise tax levied when a boat is purchased and titled in the state goes into the fund, and the tax does apply to commercial as well as to recreational boats. The fund provides grants of up to $50,000 to local jurisdictions for removing abandoned vessels.
Back in 1997, California created the Abandoned Watercraft Abatement Fund that provides money to public agencies to dispose of abandoned, wrecked, or dismantled vessels (or other navigation hazards) from navigable waterways. The money comes from recreational boat registrations through the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund, although the grants require agencies to provide a 10-percent match. In January 2010, California added a pilot Vessel Turn-In Program that allows boat owners to surrender an unwanted recreational vessel to participating local agencies for disposal. It costs the state, on average, $4,400 to dispose of an abandoned boat. But under the voluntary turn-in program, the cost dropped to $1,700, and it proved so successful that in August of last year the General Assembly passed legislation, supported by the Recreational Boaters of California, that made it permanent.
In Massachusetts, the Abandoned Vessel Trust Fund gets partial funding from the state's general legislative appropriations but also raises additional money for the program by selling once-abandoned vessels to the public. Two years ago Florida began an aggressive intervention program to help prevent any boat, commercial or recreational, from going derelict in the first place. That, with other removal efforts, has cut the nautical junk pile from some 1,500 vessels to about 950 today, only about two percent of which are commercial vessels. Boat registration fees contribute to that program, along with some funds from the state's two public navigation districts. Volunteer organizations such as Palm Beach County's nonprofit Lagoon Keepers even help pay for removals. In fact, last September Lagoon Keepers marked its 190th successful removal, a sunken 33-foot sailboat.
Palm Beach County, Florida's volunteer Lagoon Keepers has removed 190 abandoned and derelict vessels. (Photo: Lagoon Keepers)
Back in Washington state, the derelict law that went into effect in July 2013 gives officials authority to board known derelicts, or vessels presumed abandoned, to take pre-emptive measures against spills, going adrift, sinking, and like hazards. It also requires owners of vessels 65 feet and up and older than 40 years, to have the boat inspected by a qualified surveyor before transferring ownership. In addition, the law called on DNR to create a work group to delve deeper into the state's derelict problem and recommend additional solutions.
One person the agency called upon for advice is Capt. Roger Slade, who operates BoatUS Vessel Assist Port Townsend, and he has seen his share of problems with derelict and abandoned commercial vessels. As a Derelict Vessel Program contractor since it started, Slade has assisted in removal of around 30 vessels, about half of them commercial vessels. "Those tend to be more expensive removal projects and much riskier," Slade notes, "because these older commercial vessels involve hazardous materials like asbestos and lead paint, not to mention oil and diesel fuel aboard. So, proportionately, it costs a lot more money to handle them than recreational boats. A vessel like Deep Sea can really tap the fund."
Picking Up The Tab
If there's any good news in the Deep Sea story, it's that relatively little of the removal money came out of the recreational boater-generated derelict vessel fund, according to Peter Schrappen, government affairs director of the Northwest Marine Trade Association in Seattle. "A special appropriation of $3 million from the legislature paid for that, and we've had federal money to take care of two other huge commercial vessel headaches, but these situations also helped us get more teeth into Washington's derelict vessel laws."
His organization, as well as the Recreational Boating Association of Washington, helped convince the legislature to sharpen those teeth. "Boaters already pay $3 into the Derelict Vessel Program every time they register. We helped the Department of Natural Resources to make the case that this money is needed to continue to chip away at the backlog of derelict vessels in the state," adds Schrappen, who's also serving on the work group. "The real sticking point remains that commercial and ex-military vessels are drains on this fund. They don't pay a dime into the derelict vessel program. But that's going to change because written into the new law is direction to devise a framework to have these freeloaders pony up."
Under the amended law, the work group was to make its report to the legislature by December 15. At press time, the committee had yet to complete its tasks. (As details become available, they will be posted at www.BoatUS.com/gov)
Postscript: As we go to press, Gemini nee Western Flyer lay hauled out at Port Townsend, Washington, for restoration. An article in the Peninsula Daily News last October reported that the current owner, a Salinas, California businessman, plans to restore Western Flyer and take her to Salinas, Steinbeck's hometown. The newspaper's David G. Sellars described her as "a barnacle-encrusted derelict that's about a million dollars away from floating in saltwater again."
Ryck Lydecker recently retired after almost 18 years as part of the BoatUS Government Affairs and magazine teams.
— Published: February/March 2014
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An old Salvation Army musical production — the kind of church entertainment often aimed at youngsters and teen-agers — had a catchy little chorus about that Christian group's fabled "slum sisters" of years ago, whose work in tenements was legendary:
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Those words came to mind as I read a rather astonishing Time magazine online piece that seems to put a whole lot of, well, faith in a survey undertaken by the Barna Group for the American Bible Society:
America, you may have a new Sodom and Gomorrah.
The two least "Bible-minded" cities in the United States are the adjacent metros of Providence, R.I., and New Bedford, Mass., according to a study out Wednesday from the American Bible Society.
The study defines "Bible-mindedness" as a combination of how often respondents read the Bible and how accurate they think the Bible is. "Respondents who report reading the bible within the past seven days and who agree strongly in the accuracy of the Bible are classified as 'Bible Minded,'" says the study's methodology.
Yowza! If there isn't "enough" Bible reading in New Bedford, watch out for the brimstone! Oh, and don't look back, or you could become a true pillar of the community. (Cue snare drum!)
While I don't want to demean the American Bible Society, a nobile group that has had its ups and downs recently, or belittle the research that the Barna folks have done, I was struck both by the research results — more on that in a moment — and Time's interpretation of the data.
Providence and New Bedford are noted for many things, but a modern day Sodom-and-Gomorrah — when it comes to moral conduct — isn't the first thing that comes to mind, or even the second or third.
In other words, did anyone ask this basic question: Is Bible-less-ness really an indicator of rampant sinning?I'm not saying folks shouldn't read the Scriptures — I'm all for it — but might we have a little more here on the part of Time to make the connection? You know, some, er, data or facts perhaps?
Instead, I get the feeling that this piece was intended to generate heat, and not light. The snark from the lede morphs into hair-splitting later on:
Surprisingly, that den of sin called New York City didn't make the top ten least Bible-minded cities, coming in at 89th in the list of 100. Suspecting New York's large Jewish population may have rescued it from the bottom ten, TIME inquired as to whether the Torah counted as the Bible for the purposes of the survey. A spokesperson said questioners left it up to respondents to determine what they considered to be the sacred text, but the question asked was, "How many times do you read the bible outside of church or a synagogue?"
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My overall impression is that Time wanted to have a chuckle at the expense of those who might actually take the Bible seriously, such as, well, the magazine's late co-founder Henry Luce, the son of missionaries to China. But perhaps I'm too cynical.
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I'm rather uncertain about the Barna numbers, and wonder if more digging — as opposed to more snark from Time — would have yielded greater understanding.


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At least 1 in 20 adults and 1 in 10 children in India suffer from asthma. A condition where people find it difficult to breathe because the air tubes in their lungs become swollen, the symptoms of asthma include coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. If asthma is not treated quickly, it can even lead to death.
Asthma may occur due to genetic reasons or due to exposure to allergens like dust, pollution, smoke, etc.
One of the most effective treatments for asthma in recent times is the use of inhaled steroids. Medically known as inhaled corticosteroids, these steroids reduce inflammation in the airways (bronchial tubes) that connect our nose to the lungs. They also help reduce the mucus, making breathing easier and obstruction-free.
Corticosteroids are nothing but a clone of the naturally produced steroids in our body. Due to the inhalation process, they work directly on the lungs and mainly in the airway. They are not absorbed by the body and, hence, there are fewer side-effects. Regular use can often keep asthma patients totally away from hospitalization.
In certain cases though, due to prolonged usage, inhaled steroids could lead to a few side-effects as mentioned below, but these can be easily overcome if proper precautions are followed:
- Sore throat
- Hoarse voice
- Throat infection
- Cough
- Decreased bone thickness (only when used in high doses)
- Eye problems like cataract or glaucoma (only when used in high doses)
One must make sure to rinse the mouth after every intake in order to minimize the side-effects. Using a spacer device (an additional tube like device that slows down the delivery of medication) can also help.
A lot of people get confused between inhaled steroids and anabolic steroids that are used by athletes to boost their performance. Both are different. Inhaled steroids (corticosteroids) can actually be beneficial for those suffering from asthma and have minimal side-effects, unlike the steroids used by athletes.
In addition to using these steroids, some of the general practises that can help manage asthma effectively are:
- Getting proper sleep
- Exercising on a regular basis
- Completely avoiding smoking
- Following a balanced diet
- Staying away from allergens or triggers
Inhaled steroids are the most preferred treatment for mild or severe asthma in children and adults. It's a myth that these steroids can be dangerous or addictive. Many people believe that using these can lead to weight gain but that's false. The dosage used in the inhaler is in micrograms and is the least amount of medication used to control asthma. They are completely safe and medically approved.


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Campus Carry
The law allowing concealed carry of handguns by licensed individuals goes into effect August 1, 2017 at North Central Texas College.
In 2015, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 11, which states the following:
A license holder may carry a concealed handgun on or about the license holder's person while the license holder is on the campus of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education in this state.
All public colleges and universities in Texas are required to comply with this law. Four-year institutions began implementation in August 2016 and two-year colleges are effective August 2017. Each institution is granted the ability to establish reasonable rules and regulations for carrying a concealed handgun on campus:
After consulting with students, staff, and faculty of the institution regarding the nature of the student population, specific safety considerations, and the uniqueness of the campus environment, the president or other chief executive officer of an institution of higher education in this state shall establish reasonable rules, regulations, or other provisions regarding the carrying of concealed handguns by license holders on the campus of the institution or on premises located on the campus of the institution.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Campus carry does not equal Open Carry. House Bill 910 legalized the open carry of handguns in Texas for those who have a license to carry for, but the open carry law prohibits the open carry of handguns on the premises of institutions of higher education. Therefore, openly carrying a gun on any North Central Texas College campus is illegal.
Senate Bill 11 (2015) for Reference
NCTC Campus Carry Policy
The full campus carry policy is available as presented to the Board of Regents in June 2016. Please refer to this document for detailed information on the policies and procedures of North Central Texas College as they related to campus carry.
NCTC Campus Carry Policy (As Presented June 2016)
Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: "Campus carry" refers to Texas Senate Bill 11, which allows individuals who are licensed to carry a handgun to carry the concealed weapon on college and university campuses in Texas. A handgun must be within immediate reach and under the licensed individual's control at all times and never made visible or left unattended. Review the NCTC Campus Carry Policy for additional details.
"Concealed carry" means the weapon is concealed from view. The handgun must be carried on or about the license holder's body at all times and the handgun cannot be openly discernible to the ordinary observation of a reasonable person. The campus carry bill only allows for concealed carry.
Answer: Those who obtain a License to Carry (LTC) issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety. This was previously known as a Concealed Handgun License (CHL).
According to the Department of Public Safety:
To obtain a license, applicants must be at least 21 years of age (unless active duty military) and must meet Federal qualifications to purchase a handgun. A number of factors may make individuals ineligible to obtain a license, such as: felony convictions, some misdemeanor convictions, including charges that resulted in probation or deferred adjudication; certain pending criminal charges; chemical or alcohol dependency; certain types of psychological diagnoses, and protective or restraining orders. The state eligibility requirements can be found in GC §411.172. The federal firearms disqualifiers can be found in 18 USC 44 §922.
Applicants must also submit a completed application, pay the required fees, complete all required training and submit required supplemental forms and materials. Applicants for an original (first-time) LTC should submit an online application, and schedule an appointment for fingerprinting. Applicants must also complete four to six hours of classroom training, pass a written examination and pass a proficiency demonstration (shooting). All classroom and proficiency must be conducted in Texas by a LTC instructor certified by DPS.
Campus Carry Task Force
The College District may establish reasonable rules for the carrying of concealed weapons on campus as part of Senate Bill 11 (2015) in consultation with students, faculty, and staff. To accomplish this, the District established a representative task force from all campuses to discuss these matters along with a system-wide electronic survey.
Task Force Membership
|Chris McLaughlin
|Director of Emergency Management
Student Representatives
|Rodolfo Gomez
|Student Government President
|Amanda Campbell
|Jose Rivera
|Zechariah Morgan
|Flower Mound
|Adriannah Fine
Faculty Representatives
|Dr. Cherly Furdge
|Faculty Senate President
|Criminal Justice
|Jahue Anderson
|Cliff Downey
|Criminal Justice
|Stacie Stoutmeyer
|Flower Mound
|Linda Janoe
|Computer Tech.
Staff Representatives
|Debbie Frost
|Support Staff Association
|Marketing PR
|Wayne Smith
|Charise Bewley
|Robin Studdard
|Brianna Graham
|Police Officer
|Public Safety
|Flower Mound
Administration Representatives
|Robbie Baugh
|Vice President
|Admin Affairs
|Roy Culberson
|Dean of Denton County Campuses
|Admin Affairs
|Corinth & FM
|Karen Davis
|Campus Coordinator
|Admin Affairs
|Kim Birdwell
|Campus Director
|Admin Affairs
|Jessica Deroche
|Campus Director
|Admin Affairs
|Flower Mound


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Release date: 3 January 2018
An apprentice has been speaking about her positive experience to inspire others to find out more at an Apprenticeship Jobs Fair.
Emma Mitchell, 21, is doing an 18-month placement as a communications apprentice.
She said: "Right from the beginning of my apprenticeship, I've enjoyed the responsibilities of the role.
"I'm treated like any other employee and not just an apprentice, making me feel like what I do matters and makes a difference to the organisation."
Emma was undecided on her career path after finishing school and was working part-time when she heard about the apprenticeship at Crawley Borough Council.
She said: "Being out of education was a liberating experience, although I knew if I wanted to start a new career, I would need more relevant training. An apprenticeship would not only give me the qualifications I required but would also allow me to stay in the world of work, which I didn't plan on leaving."
Emma said: "I'd recommend anyone to consider an apprenticeship when deciding what to do after college, it's ideal if you want to continue collecting qualifications while earning a decent wage.
"The experience you gain from being in a work place environment is, in my opinion, more valuable than what you learn in further education and employers think so too!"
Emma hopes her story will inspire others to find out more at an Apprenticeship Jobs Fair on Tuesday 16 January from 3:30pm until 6:00pm at the Civic Hall, part of the Town Hall, in The Boulevard, Crawley.
Richard Burrett, West Sussex County Council Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, said: "It is great to hear of Emma's experience as an apprentice and I hope others will come along to the Fair to find out more.
"Apprenticeships are a hugely valuable career path for young people, offering genuine skills and in work training that can catapult an ambitious employee ahead."
Peter Smith, Crawley Borough Council Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development, said: "It's encouraging to hear Emma's placement at Crawley Borough Council is working so well. We've had more than 25 apprentices at the council over the past few years and are committed to providing even more.
"The upcoming fair will be a great opportunity for young people to explore their desired career path and have any questions answered by experts. I recommend that anyone wanting to find out more about apprenticeships attends the fair in the Civic Hall on Tuesday 16 January."
For more information about the fair, email firstname.lastname@example.com or to find out more about apprenticeships in West Sussex, visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/apprenticeships.
Photo caption: Emma at work as a communications apprentice.


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PERU - The Trailfinders Snowmobile Club of Peru hosted its 8th annual Vintage Sled Show at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 309 Jan. 4, with what organizers believed to be the largest turnout in the event's history.
The following participants received trophies at this year's event:
Class A: 1966 and Older - Dwayne Gillingham, first place; Frank Yulonovich, second place; Larry Chase, third place.
Class B: 1967-1969 - Mike Wells Jr., first place; Eric Jarvis, second place; Randy Goss, third place.
Class C: 1970-1973 - David Babbie, first place; Andy Tracy, second place; Mike Wells Sr., third place.
Class D: 1974 and Newer - David Babbie, first place; Paul Sayah, second place; Bob Stiles, third place.
Class E: Muscle Sled - Frank Yulonovich, first place; Paul Sayah, second place; Philip Winter, third place.
Class F: Mini Sled - Logan Jarvis, first place; David Babbie, second place; Larry Chase, third place.
Show Favorite - David Babbie.
Youngest Participant - Alex Marrant.


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Lake Wales Museum Association
The Bright Future of an Amazing Past
For the latest Museum News and Events, click on our Blog Button...
There's always something new happening at the Lake Wales Museum!
Our collection and interpretive materials serve as an educational resource for tens of thousands of area elementary, high school, and university students and teachers, as well as an educational and entertaining resource for area residents and visitors.
We invite you to pay a visit to our museum, and enjoy the wealth of information offered.
The Lake Wales Museum Association is committed to creating an outstanding public museum to share the captivating natural and human history of the Lake Wales Ridge and its environs.
The ancient geology, the prehistoric megafauna, the highly-evolved and adapted species, the first human cultures, and the settlement and development of an urban lifestyle are reflected in the artifacts and documents conserved in our museum.
Florida History Comes Alive at our Museum
The history of the Lake Wales Ridge is the story of North America's oldest undistrurbed land form. From submerged corals dense limestone formed, emerging to become the land mass of Florida. The rise and fall of the oceans over three milllion years repeatedly submerged most of the peninsula, reducing it to a chain of "Ancient Islands," the Lake Wales Ridge. Humans have lived here for perhaps 20,000 years, and their lives once revolved around the mega-fauna they found: giant sloths, mastodons,
ancient native camels, and prehistoric horses.
The First Floridians
Early native cultures learned to use the resources of Florida in sustainable ways, and used our plethora of waterways as avenues of transportation. Our ancient canoe, recovered from a lake-bottom, bears the marks of the craftsman who shaped it.
Cow Hunters Followed the Seminoles to the Ridge
Chasing the valuable wild cattle descended from those escaped from early Spanish settlements, Cow-hunters were America's first real 'cowboys," wandering the ranges of the Kissimmee Valley just east of the Ridge. Their stories helped to draw in the first permanent settlers to what had long been Seminole land. The Lake Wales Land Company laid out the future town, and settlement began in earnest. The town was incorporated in 1917.
Railroads Opened up the Lake Wales Ridge
The 'Iron Way' was the preferred means of travel in America for nearly a century before the rails finally arrived on the Lake Wales Ridge, but when they did, a boom followed. Immigrants poured in from northern states and foreign countries, and within a few short years they built a bustling town.
From the first clap-board buildings the town blossomed into blocks of solid masonry structures in less than 15 years. Don't miss the opportunity to take a narrated walking tour of the well-preserved 1920's-era architecture of the "Great Florida Land Boom" using our free app on your smart phone or tablet. Ear-buds are also available in the museum gift shop.
Citrus Becomes 'King' of the Ridge and the Major Industry
From the first tentative plantings through the 'Mammoth Grove,' native scrub was quickly replaced by expansive groves of oranges, grapefruit, and tangerines, shipped rapidly by rail to northern markets. Fortunes often turned on the weather, as severe freezes sometimes destroyed both fruit and mature trees. Today, the industry's greatest threat comes not from cold, but from invasive pests and diseases.


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So, as a true Brit, I have been complaining about the cold weather and wishing summer would finally arrive! And also as a true Brit, I have then complained now the warm weather is here because it's so flipping hot!lol!
Now, if I had a beach gorgeous body, time to read a book in the sun, perhaps perfect some lovely Nigella summer recipes, or even make my own summery cocktails then I wouldn't be complaining. I would have time to visit the beach and enjoy our life near the sea. Instead, I have the following to contend with:
- I am 6 months pregnant.
- I am therefore hot, and feel like a hermit trying to stay out of the warm weather in the cool of the house.
- I have swelling feet... and that's just not pretty!
- I have two toddlers who are equally hot and fed up of being inside.
- I have just potty trained my eldest toddler (YAY!) but I am too paranoid to make trips too far, let alone go out in the car for more than 10 minutes.
- My eldest toddler has also now found a new independence from ditching the nappies and therefore won't follow any request or guidelines I set.
- My youngest toddler is in the copying phase, mostly copying all of the non-compliance as above, and will just cry if she's not getting what she wants.
- Oh, did I add I'm 6 months pregnant and hot...!lol!
- My housework list is unbelievable and I haven't got the motivation or energy to do it at the moment.
- My toddlers are bored and don't know what to do with themselves because the best thing at the moment for all of us is to stay out of the heat.
I have a number of sewing projects I want to complete before the baby arrives ready for Christmas, and have successfully written most of our Christmas cards with a blank area for the new baby's name!
This weekend myself and Mr Strong will be tackling the bedrooms - Erin will be moving into Lara's room, so we have time to de-pink Erin's old room and get the girls used to sharing before the baby arrives. Plus this will also solve the problem of the girls bouncing on the bed!! They will be moving to the downstairs bedroom - which is the best we can do with the house room layout. The lounge is upstairs so in the daytime I won't be, for the millionth time, shouting "STOP BOUNCING ON THE BED!". I dread to think what passers by think with me raising my voice so often! We may have to introduce a different method of discipline fairly soon!!
Erin starts nursery in January with her free 15 hours a week, which I am thoroughly looking forward to! She is bored being at home, we don't have a garden which is proving an issue at the moment, and I can't stimulate her enough with activities at home with a younger toddler and limited energy reserves.
I keep reading in the media about all these celebrities glowing with pregnancy, with their "tea dresses" and seemingly perfect complexions. I however, am red-faced and puffy, have swollen ankles by the end of the day, and I am trying to manage with a limited maternity wardrobe - none of which fits perfectly and I have one maxi dress which I could happily live in. I can't afford to go and buy nice new things perfect for any weather when the reality is this is my last pregnancy, and there are other more important things to buy at the moment like shoes for the girls etc.
We have been really busy with a number of things recently, and I don't feel like we've really stopped for months. However, we are now at a breathing point - although we have jobs to do, we only have a few things booked in for weekends in the next month or so and I am consciously trying to wind down. I would love to "nest" but as any of you with young children know, it's not always possible!
One day, somehow, I will get around to having some "me" time, and Mr Strong and I might actually have some spare cash to go out to the cinema or for a meal. But for now, I have to be content with what I have.
I am thoroughly looking forward to having three children, a bustling household, and when they are older, a house that is never empty. I love the idea of having our children's friends in and out of our house, it being open for people to pop in whenever they want, for cake to always be at the ready and the kettle always on! Of a childhood for my children that is plentiful - ok, it isn't always going to be plain sailing, and it isn't always going to be financially comfortable - but life would be boring if it wasn't challenging at times! I just have to keep reminding myself that the challenges are a good thing! Haha!
Enjoy the rest of your summers day!


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At McDonald's Malta ("McDonald's") we strongly believe in protecting the privacy of our customers. This privacy policy describes McDonald's current policies and practices relating to the personal data of customers who visit www.mcdonalds.com.mt ("McDonald's Malta Website") and make use of our online facilities. McDonald's uses its best endeavours to protect the privacy of visitors to McDonald's Malta Website and of customers who provide personal information through such means. McDonald's assures you that it will only use and disclose any personal data collected from you in accordance with the manner set out in this policy. This privacy policy is independent from McDonald's Malta offline personal data collection practices.
Changes to our privacy policy
McDonald's Malta Website is continually improving – new functions and features are periodically added and improved to our existing products, services and programs thus changes to our privacy policy may be required from time to time. We therefore encourage you to check our privacy policy frequently to be aware of such changes but rest assured that any changes will not apply retroactively and personal data previously collected will not be affected by such changes.
Information we collect
We only collect personal information through McDonald's Malta Website that is voluntarily submitted by you, for instance first and last names, email address and contact numbers. Such personal information may be requested when filling in a Contact Us form with your questions and comments or any other form or application downloaded through or from McDonald's Malta Website.
No one is obliged to provide personal information, however failure to do so will not enable us to update you with any promotional offers, upcoming events and other relevant information about our activities.
Use of the information collected by us
We use the personal data information you provide predominantly to answer queries previously submitted by you through our McDonald's Malta Website. The information collected is also used by McDonald's and its related entities and subsidiaries to help us improve the content and functionality of our websites, to better understand our customers and markets, and to improve our products and services. McDonald's together with our related entities and subsidiaries may also use the information collected to contact you in the future for the purpose of updating you about our new products and services. If we do so, each communication we send you will contain instructions allowing you to "opt-out" of receiving future communications.
Similarly, we may provide you with the option of subscribing to our email services, either directly or through our related entities or subsidiaries, which will enable you to receive current news about McDonald's and its business. For all such services, we will provide you with the opportunity to "opt-out" of, or cancel, the subscription.
Requirements and Criteria for processing personal data
McDonald's ensures all its customers that personal data will be collected, processed and stored strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Act (Chapter 440 of the Laws of Malta). McDonald's will only disclose your personal details if and when it is required to do so under any applicable law.
Passive information collected through McDonald's Malta Website
Apart from the information you provide us with when using McDonald's Malta Website, other information is passively collected from you (without you actively furnishing such information) when you navigate through such website. We use various technologies and navigational data collection methods to gather such passive information for various reasons, for example to track how many visitors access our website, the date and time of their visit, the length of their stay and which pages they view. The passive information also aids us to determine which web browsers our visitors use and the address from which they accessed our website – for instance if they connect to McDonald's Malta Website through clicking on one of our banner ads. This technology does not identify you personally.
Such passively collected information may be used and combined to improve our services to website visitors, customise the website based on your preferences, compile and analyse statistics and trends of our visitors and their use of the sites operated by us and our related entities or subsidiaries. Together with our related entities and subsidiaries we will use this information and share it with third parties to improve the content, functionality and administration of our websites, to better understand our customers and markets, and to improve our products and services. We assure you that, unless you have consented, such passive information shall not be combined with personally identifiable information collected elsewhere on the McDonald's Malta Website or respective sites operated by our related entities or subsidiaries.
Disclosure of your Personal Data
We may share some or all of your personal data collected through the McDonald's Malta Website with our related entities and subsidiaries located in Malta, the European Economic Area ("EEA") as well as outside the EEA but rest assured that any use of your personal data by such related entities and subsidiaries will be in compliance with this privacy policy. By submitting your personal data to us, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing by such related entities and subsidiaries.
Other companies may be engaged by McDonald's or our related entities or subsidiaries to perform particular functions such as support services, data processing services as well as marketing services for the products and services offered by us. These third party companies may need information about you in order to perform their functions and may therefore have access to your personal information. Such companies may not use the information we share with them for any other purpose other than that for performing their functions.
McDonald's and our related entities or subsidiaries reserve the right to use or transfer your personal data in other limited circumstances, for example, to comply with legal requirements and satisfy any legal request, for the proper administration of justice, to protect your vital interests, to fulfil your requests, to safeguard the integrity of the relevant websites operated by us or by such related entities or subsidiaries, or in the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganisation, dissolution or similar event involving us and/or our subsidiaries and related entities.
While no method of data transmission is guaranteed against unlawful third party interception or other misuse, we use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure protection of your data including industry-standard encryption and offline security methods in our physical facilities.
Link to other sites
This privacy policy only applies to McDonald's Malta Website. Our related entities and subsidiaries operate other websites for different purposes and in different countries which may be subject to different local customs, practices or laws.
McDonald's Malta Website may contain links to websites that are not operated by McDonald's or by one of our related entities and subsidiaries. These links are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the activities of these third-party websites or any association with their operators - we do not control these websites and are not responsible for their data practices. Note that upon linking to another site, you are no longer on McDonald's Malta Website and you therefore become subject to the privacy policy of the new site. We advise you to review the privacy policy posted on any site you visit which collects personal data.
Modification and Deletion of Personal Data
You have the right to request the rectification, blocking or erasure of your personal data that has not been processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act or any regulation thereunder. We shall act upon such requests immediately.
It is our responsibility to notify any third party to whom the data has been disclosed about any measures taken as mentioned above. Provided however that we will not provide such notification if it is shown to be impossible or it will involve a disproportionate effect.
Subject Access Policy
We will provide you with information in response to any reasonable access request made by you as the data subject (being the person to whom the personal data refers). We shall ensure data is kept in an accessible form to facilitate access thereto. Upon request by the data subject, we shall provide without excessive delay and without expense, written information as to whether personal data concerning the data subject is processed, provided such request is made by the data subject at reasonable intervals. Any such request application shall be made in writing to McDonald's and is to be signed by the data subject and delivered at the postal address indicated in clause 13 below.
If such information is processed by us, we shall provide the data subject with written information in an intelligible form about:
a. The actual information that has been processed;
b. Where this information has been collected from;
c. The purpose of such processing;
d. To which recipients or categories of recipients the information is disclosed; and
e. Knowledge of the logic involved in any automatic processing of data concerning the data subject.
McDonald's is very sensitive to privacy issues and we are especially careful in any communications with one of our most treasured customers - children.
On our McDonald's Malta Website, we offer various features, such as games and magazines, which do not require a child to provide any personal information. We collect only limited personal information from children (such as their email address) to enable us to respond to their online requests. We may also ask a child to provide an email address of a parent so we can notify the parent or seek consent. We might request children to provide a postal address or a telephone number for example when submitting their membership form to join a fun club. McDonald's will not condition a child's participation in any online activity to the child's disclosure of more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in that activity.
We urge parents to regularly monitor and supervise their children's on-line activities.
Cookies are pieces of information which are transferred from a website onto your computer's hard disk and stored. Cookies in themselves do not personally identify the individual user, but merely the user's browser. McDonald's may use cookies to enable us to obtain information about your use of our McDonald's Malta Website, such as whether you have visited our site more than once, how you found us and also records how many people are using the different parts of the website. This information allows us to make the site easier to use.
Governing Law
This privacy policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Malta, particularly the Data Protection Act, and other relevant EU legislation.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to make a complaint about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us at:
Premier Restaurants Malta Limited
Nineteen Twenty Three
Valletta Road
Marsa MRS 3000 Malta
[email protected]


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By Bob Schwabach
First published in the Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday "Today" magazine, July 26, 1981
They ran blindly, the corridor behind them stretching into darkness, their torches throwing flickering shadows against the dank walls. At last the sounds of pursuit faded in the distance, and they stopped to catch their breaths, hoping that the torchlight could not be seen by enemies.
They were hopelessly lost now; there had been too many twists and turns in their wild dash for safety. It was a miracle they had managed to stay together: Cugel the Clever, Thed the Cleric and Baldar the Baleful. Behind them, they knew, a band of troglodytes –large lizard men with crocodile jaws and a yen to kill anything that resembled a human — would be sniffing out their trail. And no matter how faint that trail might become, eventually the troglodytes would find and follow it. With no food and only one day's supply of water, things looked grim. In desperation, the fugitives turned to the dungeon master for help. Continue reading
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The Museum of London documents the history of London from prehistoric to modern times. The museum is located on London Wall, close to the Barbican Centre.
The Museum of London Docklands is a museum on the Isle of Dogs, east London that tells the history of London's River Thames and the growth of Docklands.
If you had to pick one thing to reflect all of London's history, what would it be? Our curators decide on their personal highlights.
A newly displayed vintage wedding dress hides an intriguing story.
In 1918, women won the right to vote for the first time. What happened next?
What killed a booted man founded buried in the Thames?
Explore the stories of the world's greatest city and uncover the hidden treasures of our collections.
We have a range of items that are popular that you may be interested in
Find exclusive and unique gifts from our collections and exhibition related products
We have a range of books on offer telling the stories of London, from our publications to those published by other significant historical figures
Stay up to date with all the latest information for groups and the travel trade, including special offers and invites to previews.
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Milan is its usual home, and its design heart lies in typically Italian glitz and humour. But on UK soil, it suddenly strikes as being remarkably British too.
Those photographic painted lips, the powdery shades on pearl collared prom dresses and patchwork lace reminded us of Mulberry and Luellas London girl. The type that throws a slogan tee (Smile, kiss, eat... in this case) over some 60s silk Capri pants and borrows Grannys homespun knit to wear over a hot pink skirt. Sound familiar? Right on cue, theres Alexa Chung, the protagonist of that style, sitting front row and tweeting Moschino Cheap and Chic killing it. So so good!! 60s dreammmmmm. Fully expect to see Ms Chung in the orange collared sequin dress with fur hemline and kitten heels before the week is out.
Make up your life! And mash up your clothes! was the title of the show. Italians do love exclamation marks. And with Cheap & Chics autumn winter 2012 collection, creative director Rossella Jardini has managed to merge the hotch potch London style that shouldnt work but really does. Greeting guests after the show Jardini added that Queen Elizabeth was also an inspiration which well pin on the blush, drop-waist coat dress with fur collar. Moschino in London, long may she reign.


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I have made every effort and taken great care in making sure that the material included on my web site is technically accurate, but I disclaim any and all responsibility for any loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise from relying on it. I will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from such loss, damage or destruction.


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Grapes of Wrath Quotes
Quote 1: "The women studied the men's faces secretly, for the corn could go as long as something else remained." Chapter 1, pg. 4
Quote 2: "The men sat still - thinking - figuring." Chapter 1, pg. 5
Quote 3: "His upper lip was long, and since his teeth protruded, the lip stretched to cover them, for this man kept his lips closed." Chapter 2, pg. 7
Quote 4: " They fix'em so you can't win nothing," Chapter 2, pg. 8
Quote 5: "Sure - I seen it. But sometimes a guy'll be a good guy even if some rich bastard makes him carry a sticker." Chapter 2, pg. 9
Quote 6: "You been a good guy. But look, when you been in stir a little while, you can smell a question comin' from hell to breakfast. You telegraphed you're the first time you opened your trap." Chapter 2, pg. 16
Quote 7: "sleeping life waiting to be spread and dispersed." Chapter 3, pg. 17
Quote 8: " there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There is just stuff people do." Chapter 4, pg. 28
Quote 9: "When Uncle John wanted pork he ate pork. He had her." Chapter 4, pg. 37
Quote 10: "The tenants, from their sunbeaten dooryards, watched uneasily when the closed cars drove along the fields. And at last the owner men drove into the dooryards and sat in their cars to talk out of the windows." Chapter 5, pg. 38
Quote 11: Banks "breathe profits; they eat interest on money. If they don't get it, they die the way you die without air, without side-meat." Chapter 5, pg. 39
Quote 12: "What are you doing this kind of work for - against your own people?" Chapter 5, pg. 45
Quote 13: "Muley's got a-holt of somepin, an' it's too big for him, an' it's too big for me." Chapter 6 , pg. 61
Quote 14: "You don't look for no sense when lightnin' kills a cow, or it comes up a flood. That's jus' the way things is. But when a bunch of men take an' lock you up four years, it ought to have some meaning." Chapter 6 pg. 68
Quote 15: "It won't do no good. Jus' a waste. We got to get thinkin' about doin' stuff that means somepin." Chapter 6, pg, 74
Quote 16: "Salesmen, neat, deadly, small intent eyes watching for weakness." Chapter 7, pg. 77
Quote 17: "Guarantee? We guaranteed it to be an automobile. We didn't guarantee to wet-nurse it." Chapter 7, pg. 82
Quote 18: "Soften 'em up Joe. Jesus, I wisht I had a thousand jalopies." Chapter 8, pg. 83
Quote 19: "He'd come to our house in the night sometimes, an' we knowed he come 'cause jus' as sure as he come there'd be a pack of gum in the bed right beside ever' one of us. We thought he was Jesus Christ Awmighty." Chapter 8, pg. 87
Quote 20: "Pur-raise Gawd fur vittory!" Chapter 8, pg. 97
Quote 21: "Gonna get me a whole big bunch of grapes off a bush, or whatever, an' I'm gonna squash 'em on my face an' let 'em run offen my chin." Chapter 8 pg. 105
Quote 22: "You're not buying only junk, you're buying junked lives. And more - you'll see - you're buying bitterness. Buying a plow to plow your own children under, buying the arms and spirits that might have saved you." Chapter 9, pg. 110
Quote 23: "...someday - the armies of bitterness will all be going the same way. And they'll all walk together, and there'll be a dead terror from it." Chapter 9, pg. 111
Quote 24: " How can we live without our lives? How will we know it's us without our past? No. Leave it. Burn it." Chapter 9, pg. 112
Quote 25: "They met at the most important place, near the truck...this was the new hearth, the living center of the family." Chapter 10, pg. 127
Quote 26: "It ain't kin we? It's will we... As far as 'kin.' We can't do nothin', not go to California or nothin'; but as far as "will,' why, we'll do what we will." Chapter 10, pg. 130
Quote 27: "This here is my country. I b'long here. An' I don't give a goddamn if they's oranges an' grapes crowdin' a fella outa bed even. I ain't a-goin." Chapter 10, pg. 142
Quote 28: "So easy, that the wonder goes out of the work, so efficient that the wonder goes out of the land and the working of it, and with the wonder the deep understanding and the relation." Chapter 11, pg. 147
Quote 29: "That man who is more than his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis. But the machine man, driving the dead tractor on land he does not know and love, understands only chemistry." Chapter 11, pg. 148
Quote 30: "The houses were vacant, and a vacant house falls quickly apart." Chapter 11, pg. 149
Quote 31: "66 is the path of a people in flight, refugees from dust and shrinking land, from the thunder of tractors and invasion, from the twisting winds that howl up out of Texas, from floods that bring no richness to the lnad and steal what little richness is there." Chapter 12, pg. 150
Quote 32: "Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else...You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business." Chapter 12, pg. 154
Quote 33: "refire the faith forever." Chapter 12, pg. 155
Quote 34: "Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes it'll on'y be one." Chapter 13, pg. 157
Quote 35: "Ever'body is askin' that. What we comin' to? Seems to me we don't never come to nothin'. Always on the way. " Chapter 13, pg. 162
Quote 36: "All that lives is holy." Chapter 13, pg. 184
Quote 37: "Grampa didn't die tonight. He died the minute you took 'm off the place." Chapter 13, pg. 186
Quote 38: "Fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe." Chapter 14, pg. 192
Quote 39: "This is the zygote. For here 'I lost my land' is changed; a cell is split and from its splitting grows the thing you hate - 'We lost our land.'" Chapter 14, pg. 193
Quote 40: "the quality of owning freezes you forever into 'I,' and cuts you off forever from the 'we.'" Chapter 14, pg. 193
Quote 41: "All we got is the family unbroke." Chapter 16, pg. 217
Quote 42: "Now look-a-here, fella. You got that eye wide open. An' ya dirty, ya stink. Ya jus' askin' for it. Ya like it. Lets ya feel sorry for yaself. 'Course ya can't get no woman with that empty eye flappin' aroun'. Put somepin over it an' wash ya face." Chapter 16, pg. 229
Quote 43: "On'y I wisht they was some way to make her 'thout takin' her away from somebody else." Chapter 16, pg. 239
Quote 44: "Thus they changed their social life - changed as in the whole universe only man can change. They were not farm men any more, but migrant men." Chapter 17, pg. 250
Quote 45: "They hate you 'cause they're scairt. They know a hungry fella gonna get food even if he got to take it. They know that fallow lan' s a sin an' somebody' gonna take it." Chapter 18, pg. 262
Quote 46: "If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it 'cause he feels awful poor inside hisself, and if he's poor in hisself, there ain't no million acres gonna make him feel rich, an' maybe he's disappointed that nothin' he can do 'll make him feel rich." Chapter 18, pg. 264
Quote 47: "They's a time of change, an' when that comes, dyin' is a piece of all dyin', and bearin' is a piece of all bearin', an' bearin' an' dyin' is two pieces of the same thing. An' then things ain't so lonely anymore. An' then a hurt don't hurt so bad." Chapter 18, pg. 268
Quote 48: "family's fallin' apart." Chapter 18, pg. 276
Quote 49: "The cop was right. A crop raised - why, that makes ownership. Land howed and carrots eaten - a man might fight for land he's taken food from." Chapter 19, pg. 302
Quote 50: "So you're lookin' for work. What ya think ever'body else is lookin' for? Di'monds? What you think I wore my ass down to a nub lookin' for? Chapter 20, pg. 312
Quote 51: "Well, s'pose them people got together an' says , 'Let 'em rot.' Wouldn' be long 'fore the price went up, by God!" Chapter 20, pg. 315
Quote 52: " If it was the law they was workin' with, why we could take it. But it ain't the law. They're a-workin' away at out spirits...they're workin' away at our decency." Chapter 20, pg. 357
Quote 53: " Why, Tom - us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people - we go on." Chapter 20, pg. 359
Quote 54: "Men who had never waver wanted anything very much saw the flare of want in the eyes of the migrants." Chapter 21, pg. 362
Quote 55: "And now the great owners and the companies invented a new method. A great owner bought a cannery. And when the peaches and the pears were ripe he cut the price of fruit below the price of raising it. And as cannery owner he paid himself a low price for the fruit and kept the price of canned goods up and took his profit." Chapter 21, pg. 363
Quote 56: "On the highways the people moved like ants and searched for work, for food. And the anger began to ferment." Chapter 21, pg. 363
Quote 57: "The Association don't like government camps. Can't get a deputy in there. The people make their own laws, I hear, and you can't arrest a man without a warrant. Now if there was a big fight and maybe shooting - a bunch of deputies could go in and clean out the camp." Chapter 22, pg. 378
Quote 58: "We're Joads. We don't look up to nobody...We was farm people till the debt. And then - them people. They done sompin' to us. Ever' time they come seemed like they was a-whippin' me - all of us...Made me feel ashamed. An' now I ain't ashamed. These folks is our folks." Chapter 22, pg. 393
Quote 59: "clutch-an'-hug dancin'" Chapter 22, pg. 394
Quote 60: "I can see your black soul a-burnin'. I see that innocent child in that there girl's belly a-burnin'." Chapter 22, pg. 409
Quote 61: "The migrant people, scuttling for work, scrabbling to live, looked always for pleasure, dug for pleasure, manufactured pleasure, and they were hungry for amusement." Chapter 23, pg. 415
Quote 62: "brotherhood of worlds," Chapter 23, pg, 418
Quote 63: "Wisht I knowed what all the sins was, so I could do 'em. The migrants looked humbly for pleasure on the roads." Chapter 23, pg. 421
Quote 64: "We're tryin' to get along, havin' fun an' keepin' order. Don't tear all that down. Jes' think about it. You're jes' harmin' yourself." Chapter 24. pg. 439
Quote 65: " I been thinkin' maybe we ought to git up a turkey shootin' club an' have meetin's ever' Sunday." Chapter 24, pg. 440
Quote 66: "All of California quickens with produce, and the fruit grows heavy." Chapter 25, pg. 441
Quote 67: "The year is heavy with produce. And men are proud, for of their knowledge they can make the year heavy. They have transformed the world with their knowledge." Chapter 25, pg. 442
Quote 68: "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." Chapter 25, pg. 445
Quote 69: " They ain't rainsin' hell with no two hundred men. They're pickin' on one man." Chapter 26, pg. 456
Quote 70: "I'm learin' one thing good...If you're in trouble or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones." Chapter 26, pg. 479
Quote 71: "You fellas don' know what you're doin'." Chapter 26, pg. 491
Quote 72: "Goin' away ain't gona ease us. It's gonna bear us down...They was the time when we was on the lan'. They was a boundary to us then. Ol' folks dies off, an' little fellas come, an' we was one thing - we was the fambly - kinda whole and clear. An' we ain't clear no more." Chapter 26, pg. 500
Quote 73: "Well, this fella don' want no hangin', 'cause he'd do it again. An' same time, he don't aim to bring trouble down on his folks. Ma - I got to go." Chapter 26, pg. 509
Quote 74: "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up." Chapter 28, pg. 533
Quote 75: "A fella ain't got a soul of his own, but on'y a piece of a big one...then I'll be around in the dark. I'll be ever'where - wherever you look." Chapter 28, pg. 534
Quote 76: "Little fella like me can't do anything. The Association sets the rate, and we got to mind. If we don't - we ain't go to farm. The little fella gets crowded all the time." Chapter 28, pg. 536
Quote 77: "I ain't no good no more. Spen' all my time thinkin' of home, an' I ain't never gonna see it no more." Chapter 28, pg. 538
Quote 78: "Fella had a team of horses, had to use 'em to plow an' cultivate an' mow, wouldn' think a turnin' 'em out to starve when they wasn't workin'. Them's horses - we're men." Chapter 29, pg. 553
Quote 79: "No. They was on'y one thing to do - ever - an' we done it." Chapter 30, pg. 564
Quote 80: "Use' ta be the fambly was fust. It ain't so now. It's anybody. Worse off we get, the more we got to do." Chapter 30, pg. 566
Quote 81: "Go down the stream an' tell 'em. Go down the stream an' rot an' tell 'em that way. That's the way you can talk." Chapter 30, pg. 569
Quote 82: "She looked up and across the barn, and her lips came together and smiled mysteriously." Chapter 30, pg. 578


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Police Log
Man faces DWI, possession charges
RINGGOLD - A 35-year-old man was arrested early Sunday after police found him passed out in his car on Smithsburg Pike, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Department.
Michael Harold Heiston, address unavailable, was found behind the wheel of a stopped 1981 Toyota Corolla station wagon facing west in the middle of the eastbound lane about a quarter-mile west of Ringgold Pike, deputies said.
Police found suspected marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia in the car, deputies said.
He was charged with driving while intoxicated, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of paraphernalia, deputies said.
Victims of accident still in hospital
SHARPSBURG - A Sharpsburg woman and a Colorado man were still hospitalized Sunday as the result of a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on Sharpsburg Pike, according to a hospital clerk.


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It Begins
After 3 months of purgatory, we are back. Strap yourselves in. We're about to plunge down the other side of the rollercoaster.
Any discussion of our chances this season seems to be based around how well Man City are going to do. Personally, I think their transfer activity this season is some kind of cruel joke. Has their ever been a more colossal waste of £150 mil? Who exactly has made these transfer decisions? Because you can pretty much guarantee Mancini wouldn't have spent £5 mil on Ray Houghton, let alone £30 mil on James Milner.
I can hardly think this without guffawing out loud, like some nutcase, but is it actually Brian Marwood buying these players? Really? Brian Marwood? Sky Sports League 1 co-commentator extraordinaire? That explains a few things then. Yaya Toure is a poor man's Seydou Keita. James Milner is Steve Guppy on shedloads of creatine. David Silva was only ever any use as David Villa's lickspittle. Jerome Boateng - what are you actually buying here? A right back? A centre back? Helloooo!! Anyone at home??? Balotelli is going to be the black, attacking version of Marco Matterazzi. The PL will be too much for him, and he will be reduced to a foaming bucket of tears with alarming regularity.
Liverpool will be more of a threat. And that's not saying much. Jovanovic is a decent player, but really nowhere near the standard required for what Liverpool want to achieve. He will be like a slightly less clumsy Dirk Kuyt. Everton will be useful, but will ultimately be crippled by their manager's simplistic, conservative playing style.
This just leaves Super Spurs. Transfer activity has been quiet, but I can't help but feel that's a good thing. The prospect of Micah Richards and Scott Parker left me cold inside. I've seen enough from the Kyles to suggest that both will be pretty decent players for us this season. Naughton looks ridiculously comfortable on the ball, and is a proper defender to boot. Walker looks like a truly awesome product, someone who will probably end up playing CB or CM. With some of Jordsy and Bondsy's magic coaching juice, I can see these players both making great strides this season, and not ending up drifting, aimlessly....like Micah Richards.
Sandro will soon be arriving, and interestingly enough O'Hara remains on the scene. I can't believe there have been no loan offers for him yet, but I also can't believe that Harry plans to actually play him. Maybe he is waiting to use the lad as a makeweight in a future transfer deal.
I like to think that Levy is playing an influential role in transfer dealings. I like to think he has told Harry he's not wasting 10-15 mil on mid-level domestic players. Ultimately, our best players (Gomes, Bale, Modric, Hudd) have not been established, PL players. They have been foreign imports or Championship wunderkids. I like to think Levy has realised this. Having said all that, the more the summer has gone on, the more I've warmed to the idea of getting Bellamy in. But to do so, Keane would have to leave. Levy's business mind probably won't allow him to let Keane leave for less that his value, but I have a feeling he will be off before the window closes.
Harry knows something is missing up top. We heard his slightly uncharacteristic dressing down of Defoe on more than one occasion last season. It's almost fate that Dos Santos played his way back into the reckoning in Africa. I for one, and Harry for two, must be excited about the prospect of pairing him with Big Pav. Expect Defoe to start, but don't be surprised to see him yanked for Dos Santos at the first sign of stagnation. Playing Dos Santos in an inevitably more withdrawn role will also probably necessitate playing Bale on the left, as his penetration up front will be much needed.
But it seems Harry is set on playing young Gareth at left back. Probably they key to all this will be how well Sandro plays in the centre of midfield. If he turns out to be the player we all hope and dream of, then Modric will play on the left, and Bale at left back. If he doesn't, then it's Modric in CM and everyone favourite hairstyle, Benoit, at LB. I have implored Harry to buy another left back, but I suppose if you intend Sandro to be a first team regular, you don't need another left back. But we'll see. One of our strongest aspects last season was our ability to adapt and change and think on our feet, so if Harry has to make some tough choices, he'll make them.
I think a vast majority of our transfer activity will take place after Tuesday night. If we win, expect Crouch, Keane, or even both to leave, and some heavenly being to ride into town to lead us to the Promised Land. I haven't given up hope on Forlan yet. I'm half suspicious that some kind of deal has already been struck. We can dream can't we? Didn't do us any harm last season did it.....
Harry has already laid down his marker for the season, much in the same way as he did last season. We all recoiled in horror when he boldly proclaimed 4th was well within our grasp. I suspect that due to the success of his wild talk last season, we were all slightly less horrified than we might have been to hear him talk up our title chances. But bear in mind, this boast is also a veiled threat to the squad. He's saying 'you lot are good enough to mix it with the best, and if you don't, I'll ruthlessly root out those who are holding us back'. Some players will take it as a threat. Some will use it as motivation. Some will feel the proverbial ten feet tall. This is who it's really aimed at. The likes of Gomes, Bale, Modric, Hudd and King. They know what is expected of them, and to be honest it's no less than they expect of themselves.
Game on.
by guest-blogger Chrisman.


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Engagement parties are not necessary, but honestly – why not? It's an excuse to spread your joy and excitement!
Often times, the thought of planning one.more.thing is just too much. Sure, it's early – you just got engaged and probably haven't even begun discussing the wedding. Overall, you will be planning one of the biggest events of your life, which could take up to two full years to prepare for.
Don't fret – Let your friends or close family member plan it for you.
I happen to have a friend who is an overachiever. She enjoys planning and putting things together. It's like Christmas morning when she hears someone new is engaged.
No, seriously.
The second she hears "I'm engaged!" she's pulling out her spreadsheet and opening up her Pintrest page. Luckily, she's already married so she can plan with experience. And the fact that she actually enjoys this stuff makes it a fun for even the worst of planners.
Taking the pressure off of you and your new fiancée will be a great start to your engagement. After all, you have a winery wedding to plan for right?
(That's what she said)
If you have a friend or family member you can trust, pass the ball on so you can enjoy yourself – and each other – at this special event. Be it at a restaurant or in your backyard, letting someone else fuss over you just this once will be a great idea. (Yes, I do realize people will fuss over you during the bridal shower and bachelorette party, but this is something you will be sharing together before the big day!)
More tips to come!


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With time running out on the 2016 season Miguel Pupo has some work to do in order to keep his Championship Tour life alive. Heading into the MEO Rip Curl Pro he was sitting No. 23, one spot outside the crucial cutoff. In desperate need of a solid result he had quite the Round Three obstacle with Kelly Slater.
Pupo, the Brazilian journeyman, was unfazed by the specter of the greatest of all time. He had Slater on his heels within minutes after nabbing a few solid scores, and held the lead through Slater's last-gasp charge. Miguel's CT survival is still far from secure, but this win was a big step in the right direction.


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Not your average campaign email system! Professionally designed templates with a user friendly drag and drop editor. With spreadsheet functionality to easily build, manage and segment your database. There's built in event notifications, surveys and more.
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Nathalie Hambro
Nathalie Hambro is an artist/curator and author.
Nathalie Hambro is a former contributing editor to British Vogue and Elle Decoration; and worked regularly with the Sunday Times Magazine. Over five consecutive years she participated to Sothebys's Contemporary Decorative Arts, a selling exhibition, showcasing her jewellery. Her designs, (handbags and clothes), are housed in the permanent collections of the V&A museum, London, and FIT Museum, New York. Hambro's self-published My London, was launched at Frieze Art Fair 2006, a book about the city and people. Recently she had an exhibition of her work: TOOLS, (sculptures and photography), as well as launching her own artist's book Sin-Unseen at the Venice Biennale 2013. Her first cookery book Particular Delights won the prestigious Glenfiddich Award, and had several reprints, the last one in 2013 as a hardback. The book was listed on A Book for Cooks: 101 Classic Cookbooks as one of the best cookery books ever written.She worked as an independent curator and art advisor for auction house Phillips, as well as for private clients. All the while, Hambro has been producing her online cultish Art Diary, and written for the FT's HTSI: Diary of a Somebody*. In 2014 Hambro was commissioned to create monumental sculptures for the Chelsea Flower Show, and later that year launched her second artist book, Up & Down in the Art World, available from Louis Vuitton art bookshop in London.
* Hambro's DIARY OF A SOMEBODY in the FINANCIAL TIMES HTSI, (July/August, 2013, 2014), has topped all viewings as "most popular"


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When you build public facing APIs, there are operations that could not fit enough into request-response cycle. Especially, when it involves user interaction.
Take an example of sending email. You can expose an API endpoint for clients to send email. But whenever the email is opened, the client want to do some action. They can keep polling you and get the status of the email of course. But, that's suboptimal on both sides. So you want to tell the client when the email is opened. Now, that's when you do webhooks (ref).
Webhooks are easier to build. After all, it's just one http call you will have to make.
But, testing it is not so.


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