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Kate Burkholder and Setting a Thriller Series in Amish Country
By Linda CastilloJune 1, 2018
I began my career writing romantic suspense novels, which I very much enjoyed and still read to this day. It was an interesting and sometimes arduous journey. During that time, I was in the unusual position of writing for not one but two major publishing houses simultaneously. Writing three books a year made for a pretty crazy work schedule, but I was a relatively new author, and I loved what I was doing. The procedure was: I would finish a manuscript, then turn it in to my editor, who would read it and, most often, make editorial suggestions. I had terrific relationships with both of my editors, and their insights always made the books better.
After a few years (and a number of successful novels), I began to see a pattern in the type of feedback I was getting from both of my editors. It went something like this: "Linda, these are romance novels, and you need to concentrate on the relationship between the hero and heroine." My editors were basically telling me to stop killing people and concentrate on the softer aspect of the story. That was the point when I realized I was writing the wrong genre. Yes, I adored writing romantic suspense, but much of that love was for the suspense elements of the book, not the romantic part. I felt as if I had a BIG thriller trapped inside me, and I'd realized the time had come to unleash it.
The idea of writing a thriller had always appealed to me. I was challenged to take my writing to another level and explore something new. I began writing Sworn to Silence and put my newly discovered creative freedom to work. For weeks, I diligently plotted. I crafted the kinds of characters I'd been pining to create for years. I conceived a high-concept plot. And I loved every minute of it. I was driven. I wanted to write a breakout book. But while I am a creative soul, by that point in my career, I'd been around the block enough times to know this project was going to have to be something special. Really special. As an experienced writer with more than a dozen novels under my belt, I knew there was something missing—but what?
A happenstance trip to Ohio with my sister brought all of it into sharp focus. My brother-in-law grew up in a 200-year-old farmhouse in the heart of Amish country. We visited family who still live in the old house. We toured the historic bank barn at the rear of the property—an architectural work of art. The day we left, it was ten degrees outside, and several inches of snow covered the ground. We were in the front yard saying our goodbyes when I heard the clip-clop of shod horse hooves. I turned and saw an Amish buggy coming down the road. The man wore a black coat, a flat-brimmed hat, and he sported a full beard. The sight of that horse and buggy and the Amish driver did a number on my imagination. And in that instant, I realized what was missing from that mystery novel I'd poured my heart into for the last few months. I knew I was going to set my story in Amish Country.
I couldn't think of a more fascinating setting, especially for a thriller. I was aware of inspirational romances and a few cozy mysteries that were set among the Amish. But as far as I knew, no one had set a thriller in that locale. No one had created a protagonist who had once been Amish, certainly not a female chief of police. I wanted to explore the culture. I wanted to write a character who could immerse us in that world—a woman torn between two cultures that sometimes clash. I wanted to tell her story. I asked myself: What would happen if I introduced something terrible into this bucolic little town? One of many things that drew me to a thriller set in Amish country was the juxtaposition of wholesome versus evil.
Writing Sworn to Silence tested me as a writer in every way. It forced me, as a storyteller, to dig into areas I didn't want to dig into, to explore topics that had previously been off-limits. The story covers myriad moral issues that are not cut and dried. The lines between right and wrong and good and evil are blurred. It was a book that put my mind to work, and there were scenes that stumped me for days. Any writer will tell you those moments of uncertainty are excruciating. It was worth every drop of sweat. That first novel, and the entirety of the Kate Burkholder series, is the most satisfying and exciting undertaking of my career. I hope to continue writing it and plan to do so as long as people are reading and loving the books.
I read and review books for authors wherever they choose or I do it on Amazon. Books a million and Goodreads. I do print or arc books only and would love to do A Gathering of Silence if you care to send me a print copy. I promote a lot of books for authors. Sue Lech, 1273 Strahan Rd., New Columbia, PA 17856
I have read all the books in the series so far looking forward to this one coming out.
I have read all of the books in the Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo. I really love this series & look forward to reading this new book "a Gathering of Silence."
I read. Gathering Secrets. I really enjoyed it. Have read the other ones also
Enjoyed all of them. Very engrossing.
I discovered this series quite some time ago and enjoyed the writing, set in the myterious world of the Amish. I
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It's been a long time since I've posted anything on my blog but after a year of writing with the SCConfigMgr team on a regular basis I thought it was time to give my roots a little bit of loving.
When creating a collection in ConfigMgr its really common that we use an Active Directory group to represent membership to that collection. While it's not so bad to use a method where you do something like importing a query rule from a saved query or copy pasting a query on a one off basis it's a little annoying if you need to attach a collection to say fifty or so AD groups. Let's start off with the requirements:
- Installed ConfigMgr Console – This requires the ConfigMgr PSCmdlets
- Connection to the ConfigMgr PSdrive – Gotta be attached to ConfigMgr
- An Active Directory Group – Kinda obvious
First we'll want to connect to the ConfigMgr drive – you can read the details on how to do that on my post at SCConfigMgr blog on "How to import the ConfigMgr PowerShell Cmdlets" For our purposes here just know you need to do import them and you can do so with this simple one liner:
Import-Module (Join-Path $(Split-Path $ENV:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH) ConfigurationManager.psd1) -Verbose:$false
Once we've got the CmdLets imported we get around our second hurdle by connecting to the ConfigMgr PSdrive this is pretty easy to do as well once we import the ConfigMgr cmdlets we can just run the following to connect:
Set-Location -Path (((Get-PSDrive -PSProvider CMSite).Name) + ":")
Great now that we've connected to the drive we need to do some actual work. First we need to know the WQL query for an Active Directory Group this one works fine:
select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemGroupName = "DOMAIN\\GROUPNAME"
Second we need to know the ConfigMgr PowerShell Cmdlet we are going to use: Add-CMDeviceCollectionQueryMembershipRule
Add-CMDeviceCollectionQueryMembershiprule -CollectionName "Test Collection" -RuleName "A collection Rule Name" -QueryExpression "select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemGroupName = 'DOMAIN\\GROUPNAME'"
Now while the above will work it's a little messy so it's time to make a function which then gives us a re-useable building block instead and with a little here string magic we get something that looks like this:
$group = "PROBRES\\MAINT - SERVER - PROD10W1"
$Collection = "MAINT - SERVER - PROD10W1"
function New-ADGroupQuery{
[parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
$Query = @"
select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemGroupName = "$groupName"
Add-CMDeviceCollectionQueryMembershiprule -CollectionName $CollectionName -RuleName "All devices that are a member of AD Group $($GroupName)" -QueryExpression $Query
New-ADGroupQuery -GroupName $group -CollectionName $Collection
Now that we've got a shiny function we can use this to do some cool things like import a whole CSV of groups and AD Group Names iterate through them.
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In 2017, Hamilton ticket prices reached up to $2,000. Yet Lori Miata has seen the Tony Award-winning musical more than 500 times and has been paid to do it. No, she's not related to Lin Manuel Miranda or Bill Gates. An usher at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, she watches the show six times a week from her post at the front of the orchestra, a seat some would kill for.
Having worked for 12 years as an usher, Miata says that this show is different from any other she's covered; Hamilton is a destination event and the audiences are thrilled to be at the theater. "Some people get so hysterical that they look like they are going to pass out," she told Broadway Spin. There's dancing and singing in the seats. It's also become a bucket list item. "There are those who, believe it or not, come just so they can tell their friends that they saw the show," she reveals. We know, we know.
Before the show starts, a prerecorded "King George" reminds the people, "This is your king. Please no use of cell phones, electronic devices and cameras." Despite his command, one of the biggest issues for Miata is that people try to record the show or take pictures.
Other times people come to the show drunk. They get loud and bother other patrons or they even get sick, "upon occasion even throwing up on people in front of them," Miata recalls. (So, umm, enter the Richard Rodgers Theatre at your own risk .)
Some people are so eager to get inside the room where it happens that they unknowingly purchase counterfeit tickets. Miata recalls one couple who she directed to their seats only to find others already in them. They'd paid $2000 for those tickets, but after telling Miata she "better doing something about it," they offered to stand in the back (that's some expensive standing room, but probably worth it).
Then there's the matter of the Playbills. Yes, those paper booklets many people throw away or leave in the theater. At Hamilton, Miata has to "hide them because people try to take them by the handfuls. They want souvenirs and even think they can sell them." You can, sometimes, but not for much. We checked.
When celebrities stop by, it's up to them whether to interact with the audience or not. Some, like Bruce Springsteen, are really nice to the audience as well as the staff, according to Miata. Others, like Barry Manilow, keep to themselves. "He didn't even make eye contact with me," she recalls. Selena Gomez was as star struck as the rest of the audience. Jennifer Garner has attended several times, each time with a different child – as an added bonus, apparently Garner even helped Miata direct the ladies' room line. And just because people are famous doesn't mean they always get premium seats. Poor Sting had to sit in Row T.
Miata enjoys watching new actors interpret the roles differently. She does admit that after two years, however, she's getting "Hamilton'd out." Still, she's grateful to be in the room where it happens night after night — at the very least, it's job security. When people ask her if she can get them tickets, she responds, "Maybe in 10 years."
Hamilton is playing at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and tickets are in play through Broadway Roulette.


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Comets streak past Blue Jays
The Bondurant-Farrar baseball team fell 11-2 to North Polk on Tuesday after a Comets' six-run first inning put the game out of reach early in Bondurant.
Senior left-hander Zack Dacken (0-1) made his first start for the Blue Jays this season after coming off of a nagging arm issue at the beginning of the year. The southpaw took the loss, allowing seven runs, six earned on eight hits and three walks in 1 2/3 innings. He struck out one batter.
"I think he missed up a couple of times," head coach Brad Hamilton said. "I told him that they didn't hit him hard…things happened and that's the game of baseball sometimes."
In the top half of the first, North Polk collected six of their 14 hits on the day, while also walking once and squeezing in a runner with a bunt.
The Comets scored again in the second before Dacken was replaced by sophomore right-hander Walter Long who got out of a bases-loaded jam by coaxing a fly out to right field, keeping the game 7-0.
"It was good for us to get his [Dacken's] pitch count up where we can get him hopefully going," Hamilton said. "He's one of the big ones we thought we'd have back."
It was 8-0 before Bondurant-Farrar (5-7, 3-0) scored one in the bottom of the third. Centerfielder Jarrid Clark led off the frame with a triple down the right field line and eventually scored on Payton Duit's sacrifice fly.
The Blue Jays put another small cut into the deficit, making it 8-2 on Austin Demers' sacrifice fly that drove in second baseman Hunter Kennedy who reached on a single.
An unearned run in the fifth and two in the sixth completed North Polk's scoring.
Sophomore relievers Walter Long and Dalton Meyer both showed promise for the Blue Jays in 5 1/3 combined innings of relief.
Long showed some run on his fastball, but allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks in 3 1/3 innings.
Meyer pitched two innings, allowing two runs, zero earned, on two hits. He walked one and struck out one batter on a sharp breaking curveball.
"We've seen Walter but we got to see Dalton there at the end," Hamilton said. "I like the things I saw…those guys are very capable of coming in and they both have a little velocity. The best part about it is that they're sophomores, so that'll lead to some varsity experience."
The offense was held to five hits as North Polk left hander Max Karpinske allowed just two runs on five hits and four walks in six innings to earn the win. He fanned two.
Karpinske also helped his cause with three RBI in the five spot.
Clark led the way with a two-for-four day, scoring once while recording a triple.
Six Comets' players had multi-hit nights, highlighted by Luke Leopold's three-for-four evening. Leadoff hitter Brett Haun scored three times.
Bondurant-Farrar was slated to face Perry and Carlisle team later in the week.
"We're back into conference with two tough teams," Hamilton said. "We are right in the thick of it with them. We'll run out Hunter [McIntosh] tomorrow and [Casey] Zarr on Thursday and see how things go."


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Dear Father, I read a report today of a man in Bihar, India who was forced at gunpoint to marry a woman. The region is said to have a long history of gang violence as families seek the help of organized crime to carry out abductions and forced marriage. Forced marriage is also prevalent in Pakistan, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, South Africa, Niger, Gambia, Afghanistan, Iran, Sri Lanka , and with the Roma populations in Europe. Why? Poor families often encourage their children into forced marriage because the family receives financial benefits or influence in return. Many cultures discriminate against those who never marry which leads families to take desperate steps to make sure their family member is married. There are cults in the US who have been charged with kidnapping girls to satisfy the needs of polygamous men. With the legal system and public opinion in these nations favorable to forced marriage, many victims view suicide as their only escape. Immigrants in societies where forced marriage are outlawed often transport a victim overseas and then return them married. Father, Your design for marriage is that it should be two people who both voluntarily and willingly enter into the relationship pledging faithfulness and devotion. You never intended marriage to be a tool for people to accumulate wealth, satisfying their desires for pleasure, or obtain power. I am asking for You to rescue men and women today who are targeted for forced marriage. Save them from the experience. Liberate those who are held captive in a forced marriage. Father, shower love upon the victims. Show them what true love is. Father, may there be victims of forced marriage all over the world today who find hope from You. Father, move Your church in every nation to minister to the victims and to fight for their justice. Father, please answer the prayers of all victims of forced marriage who cry out to you today. Amen.
Dear Father, we had a severe winter storm in New England yesterday. The storm consisted of heavy snow, strong winds, bitter cold temperatures, and coastal flooding. While most people were warm and safe in their homes, utility workers, snow removal workers, and first responders were braving the storm for the benefit of everyone else. Father, I believe in Your common grace. You love the entire human race so much that You have given us all blessings such as hospitals, fire departments, police departments, transportation systems, and public utilities. You use natural disasters to remind us what life would be like without all of these blessings. Father, thank You for all of these things. Thank You for the men and women who serve the public good. I pray that You will hear the prayers of these workers today. Have mercy on them. I ask that Your church will take the lead in expressing our appreciation for all that they do. May Your church in every state welcome these public servants into our communities. Amen.
Dear Father, the media is talking about Michael Wolff's new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. It is an an alleged expose of what insiders in the White House really think of Donald Trump and it is not flattering of his intelligence or character. The book provides "evidence" to back the beliefs of those who most dislike Donald Trump. President Trump has taken legal action against the book, the author, and the publisher. In fact, the author has admitted in the book that he is not 100% confident that his sources were reliable. Critics of the book believe the author manipulated "evidence" to support the narrative that Trump is unfit for office. Mr. Wolff, a former reporter for USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, and GQ, was accused in 2004 of using his imagination rather than knowledge of events in his reporting at The New Republic, a liberal progressive magazine. Father, how do I pray about this book? I ask that truth is victorious with this book. Whatever is true, right, and honorable defeats all that is false, wrong, and dishonorable. If there has been malicious character assasination, may it be exposed and may the impact be minimal. If the allegations against Trump asserted by the book are true, I ask that the public will long for political candidates in coming elections who have good characters and high morales. May the public long for candidates who don't use hyperbole in their campaigns but instead focus on logical and reasoned solutions for problems our society faces. Father, I ask that discussion about this book leads to a more mature and sophisticated populace who demands integrity and honor from not only their political candidates but also from the media. Father, Michael Wolff was created by You. He has insecurities and struggles like all of us. I ask You to use Michael's weaknesses to lead him to a personal relationship with You. May Michael's future writings detail his experience when His loving Creator transforms his life. Amen.


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16. Counting Trees
1. Introduction
We here consider two kinds of counting problems, and introduce a little algebra to help with them.
If we define some kind of structure, which has some kind of size parameter, N, we can always ask:
How many structures of size N are there?
Here are some questions of this kind:
How many subsets of an M element set are there of cardinality (size) N?
How many graphs are there on V vertices with N edges?
How many trees are there with N vertices?
How many trees on N vertices have exactly k leaves?
How many bipartite graphs are there on N vertices?
Another kind of of question arises when there is some sort of symmetry among the structures we want to consider.
For example, for graphs we can consider all possible permutations of their vertices as symmetry operations.
We can then ask, how many different patterns of structures with given parameter do we have, where two structures have the same pattern when one can be gotten from the other by a symmetry operation.
Thus, for example we can ask: how many different patterns of graphs with N edges on V vertices are there, with permutations of the vertices as symmetries?
Notice that the answer for N=1 or 2 is easy to find but quite different from what it is for the first king of problem
If we ask how many graphs on V vertices are there with 1 edge, the answer is V(V-1)/2, because that is the number of different edges of the form (i.j) with i<j that we can form.
On the other hand, they all have the same pattern, that of a single edge.
Similarly there are (V(V-1)(V(V-1)-1)/2 different pairs of edges, but only two patterns of them: namely two edges can be either disjoint or they can form a two length path. So the answer to the pattern question for N=2 is 2.
We first look at some ordinary counting problems, then consider how we represent symmetry operations, and then consider some pattern counting problems.
Of the counting questions listed at the beginning of this section, the first two are straightforward.
The number of subsets of an M element set of size N we have already seen to be the binomial coefficient C(M,N), which is M!/(N!(M-N)!).
By the way there a simpler notation for M!/(M-N)! which is the product of N factors, M*(M-1)* … *(M-N+1). It is M(N)., which denotes a descending product of N terms starting with M.
Similarly we can write M*(M+1)* … *(M+N-1) , which is an ascending product of N terms starting with M as M(N).
The number of graphs on V vertices and N edges is the number of ways of picking N edges out of the possible set of V(V-1)/2 of them.
Thus, it is the binomial coefficient, C(V(V-1)/2,N) or (V(V-1)/2)(N)/N!.
We now ask: How Many trees on N vertices are there?
2. Counting Trees
Before counting trees, let us recall what they are.
A graph on a vertex set is a collection of unordered pairs of vertices, called edges
A tree is a connected graph without cycles. That is, there is a path from any vertex to any other, but no path from a vertex to itself that does not traverse each edge on it an even number of times.
Without edges, the empty graph has |V| connected components. Each edge that can be added to a graph provides a path from one of its ends to the other.
If there already was a path with these ends, so that the ends were in the same connected component without the new edge, then the new edge completes a cycle, and we will not have a tree.
Otherwise, the new edge joins two previously connected components of the graph to which it is added, into one, and so, after |V|-1 edges are added to the empty graph, we will have a tree.
Thus every tree on n vertices has n-1 edges. We could have define trees as connected graphs with n-1 edges, or as graphs with n-1 edges without cycles. In other words, any two of the three properties, n-1 edges, connected and no cycles implies the third.
We now ask, how many trees are there on n vertices?
You can guess the answer by seeing what it is for small values of n. There is only one tree with two vertices.
With three vertices all trees are paths of length two; there are three of them, namely 12 23, 13 23 and 12 13.
With four vertices there are two patterns of trees; a path of length three and a "claw" consisting of one vertex linked to each of the others, as in 12 13 14.
There are 4 claws with each vertex as center; on the other hand there are 12 paths; there are 6 or C(4,2) pairs of endpoints for the paths, and two ways to arrange the intermediate vertices within it, for a total of 16 trees all together.
With 5 vertices there are 3 patterns: a claw, a Y (whose lower part is a path of length two) and a path of length 4.
There are 5 claws, and C(5,2)*3! paths, (C(5,2) possible endpoints and 3! ways to arrange the endpoints) and C(5,2)*3! Y's (C(5,2) ways to choose the top vertices of the Y and 3! ways to arrange the rest), for a total of 125 trees.
We therefore find, if we define the number of trees on n vertices to be F(n):
F(2) = 20, F(3) = 31, F(4) = 42 and F(5) = 53.
This suggests the hypothesis: F(n) = nn-2.
3. Proving that the number of trees on n vertices is nn-2
There are at least a dozen different ways to prove this fact.
We will do so by defining other structures whose number we know to be nn-2, and then show that we can assign a unique tree to each of them, and vice versa.
From this argument we conclude that there are at least as many trees as there are our structures, and vice versa, which is equivalent to our claim.
What then does nn-2 count?
Suppose we have n objects, O1, … On, and we pick one. There are n ways to do it.
If we throw it back and pick again, independently, a total of n-2 times, there will be a total of nn-2 ways to do all this.
There is a neat way to describe this. We can give a name to each choice, say xj to choosing the j-th object. If we define addition for the x's, we can describe each potential choice as
(x1 + x2 + , . . ., + xn),
where each term xj represents an individual choice, and the plus signs each represent the word "or".
Then repeating this choice n-2 times can be represented as
(x1 + x2 + , . . ., + xn)n-2,
where each monomial obtained by multiplying this out will represent a sequence of n-2 choices.
This expression loses some of the information about the choices, namely the ordering in which they are made, but it is quite useful in letting us keep track of how many times a given set of choices can be made, as we shall see.
Notice that if we replace all the xj 's by 1's, our expression counts the number of our possible choices, which is nn-2.
We will now describe a given sequence of choices graphically:
Let f(j) = xk indicate that we chose our k-th object on our j-th choice.
Then we can draw a directed graph, and put in a directed edge (j,k) from vertex j to vertex k, for each such choice. Remember that we make n-2 choices and each can be any object.
In the example pictured below we have f(1) = 2, f(2)= 3, f(3) = 1, and n=5. This graph corresponds to a monomial x1x2x3.
The resulting graph will have the following properties
1. There will be exactly one edge from each vertex with index up to n-2, and none from the last two vertices.
2. It can have directed cycles or even loops.
Our plan is to make each such graph into a tree in a reversible way.
Now a tree is different from one of our graphs in the following respects.
First it is an undirected graph.
We can change this by introducing a direction to each edge, namely toward the last vertex. If we do so every vertex other than the last will have an edge from it.
The difference between our graphs and trees is then the following:
Our graphs have no edge coming from vertex n-1 while a directed tree has one.
Our graphs can have loops and directed cycles, trees cannot.
There may be no edge coming into vertex n in one of our graphs, but there must be at least one in every directed tree.
And our graphs have n-2 edges while trees have n-1 of them.
We will convert one of our graphs into a tree by adding to it a directed path from vertex n-1 to vertex n that passes through and destroys every cycle in our graph.
This leaves us with three questions: how do we order the cycles on this path?
How do we pass through a cycle to destroy it? And, how do we reverse this process to regain our graph from the tree it creates?
We label each cycle in one of our graphs by the smallest index of the vertices in it. (thus the cycle 1 to 3 to 5 to 1 gets the label 1.) Then we order the cycles by their labels and traverse them in that order.
We destroy a cycle by entering it immediately after the label vertex and exiting at the label vertex, omitting the edge from the label vertex to its successor in the cycle.
In our example we enter at 3 go to 5 and then 1 and then leave the cycle, omitting the edge (1,3).
So we will have a path that goes from vertex n-1 to the first cycle then the next, etc. and finally ends at vertex n.
In the illustration the graph has edges 14, 23, 35, 41, 52, 68, and 77. The path from n-1 to n, here from 8 to 9, goes 84135279, so that edges 84, 13, 27 and 79 are added, and 14 23 and 77 are omitted.
The tree then has edges 13, 27, 35, 41, 52, 68, 79 and 84. From the tree we can find the path from n-1 to n, here 84135279 again, and deduce that the graph had a cycle 141 another 2352 and a 77 loop, which gives us the graph back again.
Do we really get a tree after introducing this path? Well, there are no cycles left and there are n-1 vertices, and that defines a tree.
Notice that the smallest vertex index on the path from n-1 to n in the resulting tree will mark the end of the first cycle destroyed, the smallest index beyond it marks the end of the next tree, and so on.
This means that given a tree, we can examine the path in it from vertex n-1 to n, find the smallest vertex in it and make it the end of the first cycle, and so on until we have reconstructed our original graph.
And that concludes our proof.
4. How many leaves has an average tree?
By the way, the function (x1 + . . . + xn)n-2 whose monomials obtained by the distributive law from this expression each correspond to one of our graphs, now has its monomials each corresponding to a tree.
And the monomial that corresponds to a tree retains valuable information about the tree. The power of xk that occurs on it represents the number of edges that a directed into the k-th vertex in our directed tree, and one less than that for the n-th vertex, since we added an edge directed to it in the path we used to convert a graph to a tree.
This is in every case, one less than the total degree of the k-th vertex in the tree. The difference of one comes from the edge coming out of each of the vertices except for the last two in the graph; and corresponds to an edge added in the tree-making path for the last two vertices.
Thus we conclude that (x1 + . . . + xn)n-2 is the sum over all trees T on the n vertices of the product over all of the vertices k of xkd(k,T)-1, where d(k,T) is the degree of vertex k in tree T.
If we set all the xk's to one we get our formula. But this expression contains lots more information than this.
For example suppose we want the probability that a given vertex, say the n-th, is a leaf of the tree. In trees with this property we have d(n,T)=1, or d(n.T)-1 = 0, and xn therefore does not appear in the corresponding monomial.
This means we can count all such trees by setting xn to 0, and all the other xk to 1. We get (n-1)n-2.
From this fact we can deduce that the proportion of trees for which vertex n is a leaf is
((n-1)/(n))n-2 or (1- (1/n))n-2.
For large n (1-1/n)n is very like 1/e so this expression is close to 1/e as well. It follows that on the average, a tree on n vertices has roughly n/e leaves for n reasonably large.
Exercise: 1. What is the expected number of vertices of degree 2 in a tree on n vertices? Of degree k? give exact expressions and estimates in terms of e. (Hint:differentiate k times and then set xn = 0.)
2. In how many trees are both vertices a and b leaves attached to the same other vertex? What is the expected number of such pairs among all trees? (Pretend the set of all trees is a uniform sample space.)


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- Thursday 12 November 2020
Eight schools, 262 students, teachers and parents, over eight days have picked up 121 kilograms or almost 4000 pieces of litter from Sunshine Coast beaches to get the sand ready for the arrival of nesting turtles as part of the annual Schools Beach Clean Up.
During the beach clean up, which took place from Monday 2 November to Monday 16 November, the students also brainstormed solutions to cut out litter at the source and stop it ending up on the beach in the first place.
Students from Coolum State School, Buderim Mountain State School, Maroochydore State High School, Buddina State School, St Johns College, Immanuel Lutheran College, Chancellor State College and Pacific Paradise State School all volunteered to clean up their local beach.
Single use plastics were the most common items found including plastic food packets, plastic straws and plastic takeaway drink cups.
Scoute Myer, a Year 7 student from Maroochydore State High School was surprised by the amount and variety of rubbish they found during their clean up of Maroochydore Beach.
"We found a huge bolt and we also found tissues and clothing items," Ms Myer said.
"I think people should reduce litter on the beach by looking for a bin or have a container they can put rubbish in so they can take it home to put it in the bin, so they aren't littering our beaches and oceans.
"My ideas to reduce single used plastics are to stop plastics at the source, like at the factories, or by using bio-degradable materials instead, like cardboard."
Environmental Operations Senior Project Officer Raeleen Draper thanked the students for contributing towards a clean marine environment.
"The response from the Schools Beach Clean Up event has been fantastic. We've got so many enthusiastic students, teachers and even parents coming along to clean up the beach for the turtles," Ms Draper said.
"These students are our future and at the schools beach clean-up event, they can see firsthand the impact rubbish has on the marine environment.
"Their passion, and innovative source reduction ideas and actions have been inspiring. They understand why it's so important to stop litter at the source, before it even reaches our environment.
"The 2020 Schools Beach Clean Up looked a little different this year, due to COVID. Usually we'd host one big clean up, but this year we had each school cleaning up different locations with health and safety in mind.
"This meant we were able to clean up eight different beaches along the coastline.
"All the litter has been counted and entered into the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI) database, recording the location, quantities and types of marine rubbish collected, to give an overview of the impact on each beach.
"This week, the learning has continued with the schools completing a Source Reduction Workshop, where students reflected on the data collected and discussed source reduction actions and solutions to some of our local marine debris issues."
Upcoming council-run beach clean up events include Clean Up for the Hatchlings and Clean Up Australia Day. Council's website will have full details including dates in coming months.
Groups nation-wide input their information into the AMDI database, recording the location, quantities and types of marine rubbish collected, to give an overview of the impact on beaches across the country.
Search Beach Clean-Up Program on council's website for more.


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If you ask a Cardiff Blues supporter to name their favourite player the likelihood is that the answers will come from a small group of names; Ellis Jenkins, Josh Navidi, Nick Williams, Gareth Anscombe, Willis Halaholo.
Without wishing to insult him right at the start of his 100 Club entry, there probably wouldn't be a huge amount of people who would answer Lewis Jones.
However, when it comes to importance within the squad, the scrum-half should by no means be overlooked.
When splitting the Guinness Pro14 season up into blocks it's easy to say every part of the season is crucial. Getting a good start, gaining momentum over the festive period and of course finishing the campaign well are key facets.
In truth though, seasons are made and lost in the international periods, both during the Autumn Internationals and Six Nations, when teams have to look to their squad depth to keep picking up the points when national team players are away.
Having guys like Jones, along with the likes of Rhys Gill, Scott Andrews, Macauley Cook, Steve Shingler and Dan Fish, who bring experience and a quality to the team when more recognisable faces are missing, is almost as important as making sure your first team has plenty of quality.
Individually though, the story of Lewis Jones' journey to 100 appearances for Cardiff Blues is a pretty inspiring one.
He started out at Beddau RFC before being picked up by the regional age grade system, playing at both U16 and U18 level alongside the WRU College League and representing Wales at age grade level, but was released in 2010 aged 18.
Immediately offered a Pontypridd contract, Jones went to Sardis Road and impressed with a solid 2010/11 campaign culminating in two tries at the Millennium Stadium as Ponty beat Aberavon 35-24 in the SWALEC Cup Final.
That spell in the Premiership saw him do enough to be offered a professional contract at Cardiff Blues, and after testing the waters in 2011/12, the next two seasons would see the scrum-half make a combined 49 appearances in all competitions, scoring his first try away at Connacht.
Unfortunately Jones would suffer a second setback during his career in September 2016, as a serious knee injury ruled him out of the entire 2016/17 season and as Tomos Williams emerged as a first team player, he found playing time restricted upon his return.
More Cardiff RFC than Cardiff Blues games would follow in 2017/18, but this campaign he has enjoyed more major game time to date, appearing three of the six Heineken Champions Cup games including starting as we pushed Saracens all the way at the Arms Park.
He brings the ability to control the pace of the game from scrum-half, with a keen eye for a gap on the fringe of a breakdown and a tenacity in defence that puts him into a leadership role without the ball as well as when in possession. He also hasn't lost that poacher's ability over the try line.
Over the next few weeks, with Tomos Williams on Team Wales duty, Lewis Jones will have a big role to play as Cardiff Blues look to earn important points against Conference A rivals in the search for a play-off place.
At just 26 he is not on the way out by any means, and although he has experience in his back pocket with 100 appearances, there is still growth to come in his game.
More than that though he is a lesson for young players out there that hurdles can be overcome, whether that is being released or suffering serious injury, and that every time he wears the jersey he has earned it through his own hard work.
The comeback kid reaches 100…


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Sioux Falls teen gets 10 years for assaulting officers
A Sioux Falls teen who led police on a high-speed chase through a crowded fairgrounds parking lot before assaulting two officers has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
David Lee Lund, adopted by Sioux Falls parents as a Haitian orphan at age 4 before spending most of his life in state care, was called "an explosion waiting to happen" by the sentencing judge.
Lund, 19, was initially charged last February with fourth-degree rape and sexual contact with a child younger than 16 after being caught with a 15-year-old girl at the Bowden Youth Center, where he had been placed to do community service.
On Oct. 25, while awaiting trial on that charge, Lund was pulled over for failure to use headlights. When approached by a trooper who had come to assist the Sioux Falls police officer who had made the stop, Lund took off.
The ensuing chase reached speeds of up to 50 miles an hour, ending at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds, where a haunted house event was taking place.
"There were families going to that haunted house. There were people walking out there," said Minnehaha County Deputy State's Attorney Bonnie Costain.
When the trooper approached Lund, the teen punched him in the face. When the Sioux Falls officer stepped in to help, Lund attacked him, breaking his nose and giving him injuries that left him with $7,000 in medical bills.
Minnehaha County Deputy Public Defender pointed out that Lund had lived in an orphanage in Haiti until his adoption, that he was in state Department of Social Services custody from age 6 through age 17 and in custody of the Department of Corrections from age 17 until his arrest on the rape charge.
"That's obviously had a significant impact on David's life," Eggert said. "He's never had a stable environment."
Eggert said Lund ought to have a chance on probation.
Costain said, however, that Lund was placed as a boy due to anger issues, and was placed with the DOC weeks after returning home to his adoptive parents at age 17.
"His mother said she thought it was only a matter of time before he hurt them," Costain said.
Judge Joseph Nieles said the boy's status as an orphan from an impoverished country was clearly an influence on the rage characterized by the events of Oct. 25.
"Whatever happened to you after your birth and up until the time that you were adopted and brought to this country had a large effect on you. It's something that's probably, to a large extent, beyond your control," Nieles said. "But clearly, you are an explosion waiting to happen."
Nieles sentenced Lund to 25 years in prison – the maximum allowed by law – for aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, but suspended 15 years under the terms of a plea deal with prosecutors.
Lund also was ordered to pay over $9,000 in medical bills and lost wages to the officer he hurt.
For the rape charge, Lund was given a sentence of one year in the county jail, with all that time suspended.


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Diagnostic Laboratories and Radiology will pay $19.4 million to the federal government and State of California for allegations it provided kickbacks to skilled nursing facilities.
The information was revealed by two former employees who became whistleblowers who also claim that they were fired from DLR after they reported the billing practices to the authorities.
In the suit, the former employees alleged that DLR would charge deeply discounted rates for lab and radiology services , sometime $1 per day per patient to skilled nursing facilities in return for the SNF's referral of additional out patient work to DLR who would charge the government the maximum allowable for the service.
The case is similar to cases currently pending against Quest and LabCorp in which it is also alleged that they provided deep discounts for lab work for patients with private insurance in order to induce billions of dollars worth of Medicare lab referrals.
Diagnostics Labs does business with many skilled nursing facilities.
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Shanghai Luxun Museum was built from a distinct folk residence of Southern China style in Luxun Park, No.200, Tianai road, Hongkou, Shanghai.The museum was founded in 1950 by Ministry of Culture, East China Military and Political Commission, and opened to the public in January, 1951. Former Prime Minister Mr. Zhou Enlai personally inscribed the name plate for this first celebrity memorial since the establishment of P.R.C.
After reviewing our past experience in celebrity museums as Dr.Sun Yat-Sen Museum Hong Kong and Shaoshan Mao Zedong Memorial Museum, Shanghai Luxun Museum entrusted their display to Relicase since 2015. In the following 3 years, we made our best in selecting materials, matching colors, and installing practical facilities. The Museum seemed impressed by our works.
The design concept for showcases in this museum incorporated three keywords: Celebrity, Luxun Personality, and memorial.
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Creating a Remedy
fter discussing dilutions and succussions, how remedies work on an energetic level, and how there is no original substance from the original plant/animal/mineral source in homeopathic remedies, I find that clients invariably ask the same question: "So how exactly are these remedies made anyway?" Patients are willing to take remedies on faith, but they do want to know exactly what they are taking. From experience I have found that the process does not lend itself well to a verbal explanation, at least not to my inadequate attempts to do so, because clients do tend to broach the same topic on subsequent visits.
The difficulty of getting one's head around how this process works is one that I can easily relate to. Even after considerable study to memorize the technique for exams, I still found that I did not fully understand
trituration, dilution and succussion worked to gradually enhance the healing power of a substance.
What follows is a step-by-step description of the process, called dynamization or potentization. Reputable manufacturers of homeopathic remedies follow the same steps without cutting any corners. The only difference is that now modern machinery does much of the work that used to be done laboriously by hand.
(potentization) the homeopathic process of serially diluting the remedy and
succussing (shaking) it with each dilution. This in turn imparts an 'intangible' energy to the
substance and/or releases innate healing power in the substance" (Yasgur).
(dynamization) the process of preparing a homeopathic remedy by repeated
dilution and succussion (shaking). It may be said that potentization involves the transfer of
information from one substance to another" (Yasgur).
[from LATIN
, power]. A multi-step process (involving dilution and
succussion, or trituration) by which the inner medicinal power of a crude substance is released
or increased. Synonym: dynamization. (
, Glossary by Wenda Brewster O'Reilly)
From Aphorisms 269-1,
Organon of the Medical Art
, 6th. ed., 1842:
"Potentization of Substances
For its own special purpose, the homeopathic medical art develops to a formerly unheard of degree the internal, spirit-like medicinal powers of crude substances. It does so by means of a procedure which belongs exclusively to it whereby these substances become altogether more than ever -- indeed, immeasurably -- penetratingly effective and helpful,
even those substances which, in their crude state do not manifest the lease medicinal power
in the human body...
In order to best produce this development of power, a small quantity of the substance to be dynamized (about one grain) [note: one grain is equivalent to approximately 65 milligrams] is first raised to the one-millionth powder-attenuation by means of a three-hour trituration process. Three one-hour triturations are done, each using 100 grains of milk sugar...
Trituration to the one-hundredth powder-attenuation:
Obtain milk sugar of that especially pure kind that is crystallized on threads and comes to us in the form of round bars.
Put one third of 100 grains of powdered milk sugar in a glazed porcelain mortar, the bottom of which has been roughened by rubbing it with fine, moist sand.
Put 1 grain of the powdered medicinal substance to be triturated on
of the powdered milk sugar.
Mix the medicine and the powder with a porcelain spatula for a moment.
Triturate the mixture rather strongly for 6 to 7 minutes, using a porcelain pestle that has been rubbed dull.
For 3 to 4 minutes, thoroughly scrape the mass from the bottom of the mortar and from the pestle, to make it homogeneous.
Continue the trituration (as described in step 5) for another 6 to 7 minutes.
Scrape the mass (as described in step 6) for another 3 to 4 minutes.
Add the second third of the milk sugar.
Repeat steps 4-8.
Add the last third of the milk sugar.
Repeat steps 4-8.
Put the powder in a well-corked vial that protects it from sunlight and daylight.
Label the vial with the name of the substance and the number 1/100 (to indicate the first centesimal trituration, 1C).
Trituration to the one ten-thousandth powder-attenuation;
Mix 1 grain of the 1/100 powder with 1/3 of 100 grains of powdered milk sugar.
Follow steps 4-13 above.
Label the vial with the name of the substance and the number 1/10,000 (to indicate the second centesimal trituration, 2C).
Trituration to the one millionth powder-attenuation:
Mix 1 grain of the 1/10,000 powder with one third of 100 grains of powdered milk sugar.
Follow steps 4-13 above.
Label it with the name of the substance and the number 1/1,000,000 (to indicate the third centesimal trituration, 3C). Each grain of this powder contains one millionth of a grain of the original substance.
Each of these three trituration procedures takes
one hour
... These are the three degrees of dry powder trituration which, if well executed, make a good beginning towards developing the power (dynamization) of the medicinal substance.
Preparation of medicine to the first degree of potency (LM1):
Dissolve 1 grain of the triturated powder (i.e., the substance triturated to the one-millionth attenuation) in 500 drops of a mixture that is 1 part brandywine (90 proof grain alcohol) and 4 parts distilled water.
a single drop
of this mixture in a vial.
Add 100 drops of a good wine spirit (90 proof grain alcohol) to the vial.
Give the tightly corked vial 100 strong succussions with the hand against a hard but elastic body, such as a leather-bound book. This is the first degree of dynamization.
Thoroughly moisten fine sugar globules with this liquid.
Rapidly spread the sugar globules on blotting paper to dry.
Store the globules in a tightly stoppered little vial with the sign of the first degree of potency.
Protect the bottle from heat and daylight.
Preparation of medicine to the second degree of potency (LM2):
Take 1 globule of the medicine potentized to the first degree (LM1) and put it in a new vial (with a drop of water in order to dissolve it).
Follow steps 3-8 above, labeling the bottle with the sign of the second degree of potency.
Preparation of medicine to the thirtieth degree of potency (LM30);
Continue the above procedure until the dissolved globule of the 29th degree of potency has formed a spiritized medicinal fluid with 100 drops of wine spirit, by means of 100 succussions, whereby globules that are moistened with this and dried are labeled the 30th degree of dynamization.
Only when crude medicinal substances are processed in this way, does one obtain preparations that have attained their full capability to aptly touch the suffering parts of the sick organism... By means of this mechanical processing (provided it is properly executed, as specified above) a given medicinal substance which, in its crude state, is only matter (in some cases, unmedicinal matter) is subtilized and transformed by these higher and higher dynamizations to become a spirit-like medicinal power.
This assertion will not appear improbable if one considers that with this method of dynamization -- which I have found after many laborious tests and counter-tests to be the most powerful and, at the same time, the mildest in action -- the material part of the medicine is attenuated about 50,000 times and yet it is incredibly increased in power. If we multiply by 50,000 at each progressive dynamization (following initial trituration which achieves a dilution ratio of 1,000,000 to 1) the material substance is already reduced to 125,000,000,000,000,000,000 at the third potency (1,000,000 x 50,000 x 50,000 x 50,000 = 125 x 10 to the 18th power). This is the dilution after triturating the substance to the one-millionth attenuation and then dynamizing it to the third potency (LM3). The thirtieth dynamization, prepared progressively in this way, gives a fraction of material substance almost impossible to express in numbers...
This medicinal power
in itself
no longer falls within our senses. The medicated globule becomes the
of this invisible power and, in this capacity, it documents the salutariness of that power in the sick body. The medicated globule carries this invisible power even when it is used dry, but far more when it is dissolved in water...
Physicians should prepare their own medicines until that day when the government (having attained insight as to the indispensability of perfectly prepared homeopathic medicines) has them manufactured by a capable, impartial person so that they may be given, free of charge, to homeopathic physicians of the land who are versed in cure, who have been trained in homeopathic hospitals, proven in both theory and practice, and thus certified. In this way, the physician will not only be assured of the intrinsic superior quality of these divine curative implements, he will also be able to give them free to his patients, rich and poor" (pp. 235-243)
An intriguing aspect of homeopathic remedies is that, when potentized, they
no longer obey ordinary chemical laws
. One can never predict what rabbit will pop out of the hat when a new, experimental remedy is prepared. The only way to ascertain its unique healing properties is to exhaustively test the prospective remedy in various potencies on healthy individuals (i.e., a proving).
I would like to conclude this section on remedies by sharing a very simple and elegant teaching experiment devised by John Sommerton, an instructor at the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine and a practicing homeopath in London ON, that illustrates the above concept. I have personally conducted this experiment with my class and the results have been consistently the same over many trials. Since it has been replicated many times, I can vouch for the reliability of the results.
Beyond Substance Experiment
Line up 24 empty 1 dram remedy bottles. Place one drop of
Acetic Acid
(pure white vinegar) in the first bottle, add 9 drops of distilled water, and succuss 40 times. Take one drop from the first bottle and place it in the second bottle. Add 9 drops of distilled water and succuss 40 times. Repeat this process until you reach the 24th bottle, at which time you have a 24X potency. A 24X dilution is the point at which one reaches Avogadro's number, i.e., where there is not a single molecule of the original vinegar in the dilution.
Next line up 3 empty vials. Pour pure white vinegar (
Acetic Acid
) in the first one, the 24X dilution remedy of vinegar in the second, and distilled water in the third vial. When pH indicator strips are placed in each of the vials, the pH readings are as follows:
Pure White Vinegar
Pure White Vinegar (24X)
Distilled Water
Initially: pH = 2.0 pH = 5.8 pH = 5.5
After 15 minutes: pH = 2.0 pH = 6.0 pH = 5.0
Now recall that pH is a measure of acidity and alkalinity. The lower the number, the more acidic the liquid being tested. The above readings indicate that the 24X dilution made from acetic acid has less acidity than distilled water! No chemist could have predicted this result beforehand. In fact, logical reasoning would lead one to assume that a dilution made from a strong acid would have more acid properties than pure water. But the remedy (for it is truly a remedy now) was not just diluted. It was potentized by serial dilutions
and succussions
. When substances, even inert ones such as silica, are homeopathically potentized, the normal rules of chemistry go out the window.
Acetic Acid
is a homeopathic remedy. Just for fun let us see what the Materia Medica has to say about its symptom complex when healthy provers took it and what ailments for which it has been found to be useful clinically. The information goes on for several pages, so I will only note a few items.
"Aceticum Acidum
This drug produces a condition of profound anaemia, with some dropsical symptoms, great debility, frequent fainting, dyspnoea, weak heart, vomiting, profuse urination and sweat.
Haemorrhage from any part. Acet-ac.
has the power to
liquefy albuminous and fibrinous deposits
. Epithelial cancer, internally and locally.
Emaciation, esp. of face, hands and thighs
. Great prostration: after injuries; after surgical shock; after anaesthetics. General: worse for cold drinks; lie like a load on the stomach.
Haemorrhages after labour
. Oedema of feet and legs; with diarrhoea. Intellect clouded, can hardly express herself..."
(Frans Vermeulen,
Concordant Materia Medica
, 3rd. ed., 2000).
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When Kayla Gann was designing her family's latest house in Mississippi, she stuck with her go-to decor motto — "less is more." The result is a perfectly minimalist space that mixes both Scandinavian and Bohemian elements in their cozy living area, chic kitchen, relaxing master bedroom, and serene nursery for their little boy, Beck. Keep scrolling to learn how Kayla's interior design shifted after she became a mom, her tips for styling kitchen items on open shelving, and how she channeled Joanna Gaines to add a touch of farmhouse decor to their new home in the South.
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Name: Kayla Gann
Location: Mississippi
Sq. Ft.: 1,475
Years Lived In: 1 1/2
Rent or Own: Own
Children: Beck, 9 months
What's your favorite thing about being a stay-at-home mom? What's the hardest part, and how do you overcome it?
There are so many things I love about it! Obviously, being able to spend my days with my son and just watch him grow and change is the best part. Another huge benefit is being able to run errands and get most of the household chores done during the day so that when my husband is home in the evenings and on weekends, we can just focus on each other and Beck! Or if I need a slow day to rest and focus on myself, I can do that too.
The hardest part, in the beginning, was the lack of socialization. I was a high school science teacher before I started staying home, so I was used to a LOT of interaction during the day. I'm an introvert, so I didn't think having more alone time would be an issue for me at all. But I've learned that even introverts need some social time! It has changed me in the best way and pushed me to be more social and intentional about spending time with people. Luckily I made a great friend who is also a stay-at-home mom; she lives just around the corner, so we spend a lot of time together with our boys! We have a great community here.
When your husband got a new job in a new city, you guys purchased a house that was under construction so you still got to add the finishing touches. How was it designing a house from 3 hours away?
I spent a lot of time on Pinterest, drawing inspiration and making mood boards for what I wanted our home to be. It was hard! I was only able to see our house in person a handful of times before we moved in. I chose virtually every aspect of our house except the floor plan, and it opened my eyes to how much work goes into designing a space. I definitely didn't get everything right the first time, so we've put a lot of work in ourselves. Being pregnant when we moved in really motivated us to get it done quickly!
Now that you've been in the home for over a year, is there anything you wish you would have done differently when you were originally designing?
Most of the things I was unhappy with have already been changed! My home environment is so important to me, so I get restless if something feels unfinished. We've repainted our kitchen cabinets, added porch railing and landscaping to our front yard, and most rooms have gone through a few different iterations of decor. I'm very content with everything now!
How would you describe your design style?
"Less is more." I always lean toward the most simplistic design that I can without a room feeling too modern or cold. I try to add the minimum amount of "stuff" so that our rooms feel cozy and lived-in but not so much that they look cluttered or become hard to clean.
Has this changed at all since having your son, Beck?
Absolutely. The biggest change is that I've added so much more color into our home. It still isn't "colorful" by most people's standards, but it was a huge step for this neutral lover. I've definitely had to loosen my grip a bit and find creative ways to store all of our baby gear! I keep a basket of his toys in most rooms so they're easy to access when he needs them and easy to clean up when he's done.
What's your favorite room in the house and why?
Probably our living room! It's where we hang out the most as a family, and where I relax and occasionally catch up on shows or have a cup of coffee while Beck is napping. We have huge windows in our living space, so I love all of the natural light it gets throughout the day. It's definitely the room that has taken me the most time to figure out, but I'm so happy with it now!
I love the family pictures on the shelf over the couch idea! Where do you get your design inspiration?
That is another thing about my style that has changed since becoming a mom — adding little sentimental touches like family photos!
I appreciate so many types of design. I love the simplicity and the whites and wood tones of Scandinavian design. I also love the pops of color and pattern in Bohemian design. And a little touch of modern farmhouse à la Joanna Gaines never hurt! I get most of my inspiration from images I scroll past on Instagram or Pinterest. I feel like they all meld together into my style.
Where is your go-to place to shop for decor?
I LOVE Target. I think they do a great job of offering affordable decor to suit so many different styles. I also love H&M, Urban Outfitters, and HomeGoods!
Keeping the walls white throughout the house gives it a light, airy feel. How do you still manage to bring in a level of warmth and coziness to the home?
That's something that has taken me a while to figure out, especially since my style is so minimalistic. I think adding a lot of texture to a space can really help bring warmth into it. I love experimenting with a lot of different textures in a room, like velvet, leather, faux fur, and linen.
How do you like living in an open concept kitchen, dining room, and living room? Do you have advice for styling and working with this floor plan?
I absolutely love it! I think the most important thing is to keep your design somewhat cohesive throughout. I've found that the best way to do this is to keep all of your big pieces neutral and add hints of color and texture with smaller pieces that can easily be changed out.
Do you have any tips for styling open shelving in the kitchen?
I'm all for functionality, so 90% of the things on our shelves are things we use daily. You can't go wrong with a nice set of dishes that you love! I also like to display our favorite mugs and wine glasses. Add a few plants, and it's done. I like to keep the open shelves pretty simple so that they don't feel too cluttered.
Every home has its own quirks and challenges – what were yours?
Honestly, it was the open floor plan at first, and now it's one of my favorite things about the house! Open floor plans can be freeing, but they can also feel very limiting in terms of laying out furniture when you're dealing with a smaller space. We downsized a bit when we moved, so functionality and utilizing storage space is huge for me in this home.
Beck's nursery looks so peaceful. How do you want him to feel when he's in it?
It really has the most calming vibe. I always want him to feel relaxed, safe, and at ease in any room of our home. With that in mind, I kept his nursery muted and simple.
As Beck grows, how do you anticipate his room will transform? Do you have any transitional pieces that he can continue to use as he gets older?
I definitely anticipate changes when he gets older and develops his own tastes and preferences. I hope to be able to create a space that he loves and has a say in while hopefully keeping it tasteful! His crib can convert into a toddler bed, and I'm really in love with his changing table, which is actually an IKEA dresser that I painted and added leather pulls to. I plan to use these as long as I can!
What are your favorite scents to burn throughout your home?
Our home usually smells like a bakery! I love vanilla and coffee scents. During the summer when I feel like those scents may be too heavy, I love Volcano scented candles from Anthropologie.
What are some of your favorite activities to do as a family?
We go on walks through our neighborhood every evening, and it's such a nice way to unwind together before Beck goes to bed. We also love to sit on our porch swing, and we're currently trying to create a fire pit area in our backyard. We really love to be outside together!
When it comes to motherhood, what are you most confident in? What do you still feel insecure about?
I feel like motherhood has made me more confident in so many ways! I love Beck immeasurably, so knowing that every decision I make regarding his care is made out of love makes me confident! It can be hard not to let insecurity creep in when so many people are quick to share what they think is the best way to parent. But I know that every child is different and every family is different, and there are SO many ways to parent that can all lead to a happy and healthy child! Just loving your child is the most important thing you can do for them.
What is your favorite moment of motherhood so far?
Just knowing that I'm his place of comfort and security is the best feeling. One of my favorite things is going into his room when he wakes up in the morning or from a nap. Seeing his face light up when he sees me makes me melt!
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Self-care activity you love?
A good face mask + a bubble bath.
Coffee order?
Iced latte with almond milk.
Favorite restaurant in your town?
Kermit's Outlaw Kitchen — the best burgers!
Ideal way to spend a Saturday?
A slow morning, some outside time, and cooking a meal together with my husband.
Favorite Instagram to follow?
Beauty item you recommend to everyone?
Drunk Elephant skincare.
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Construction Worker Falls to His Death From a Collapsed Scaffold Tower in New Jersey
New Jersey Case Report: 90NJ004 (formerly NJ9002)
DATE: November 2, 1990
On April 24, 1990, a 28-year-old construction worker in New Jersey was killed after falling 33 feet from a collapsed scaffold tower. The victim was a member of a crew that specialized in erection of steel storage tank. They were erecting waste water tanks in the site of a chemical company. Standing on top of a tubular welded steel scaffold tower, in the center of the tank under construction, the victim reached forward to adjust a section of the roof dome being assembled. As he did so, the unstable scaffold tipped backward and the worker fell 33 feet to his death. New Jersey Department of Health FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar occurrences in the future, employers and employees must:
- assess each job for potential hazards and plan according to this assessment;
- provide safety training to all employees that addresses all potential hazards to which workers mat be exposed;
- securely construct and stabilize all scaffolding to prevent tipping;
- ensure safety by fully planking and utilizing guardrails on scaffold towers;
- utilize alternate methods of construction when feasible.
FACE project personnel of the New Jersey Department of Health were informed on April 24,1990 of the fatality by an OSHA area safety supervisor. An OSHA safety compliance officer inspected the site immediately and New Jersey Department of Health FACE personnel conducted a joint investigation with OSHA on April 25, 1990. An expanded opening conference was conducted by the OSHA compliance officer. Also present were the employer, company foreman, chemical company representatives and FACE project personnel. Photographs of the site were taken. Information about co-workers' statements was derived from the OSHA file. The OSHA safety compliance officer supplied important background information.
The victim had been employed for more than two years as a boiler maker-welder by the company and had seven years of ironworking experience prior to his employment with them. The company has been installing storage tanks for 17 years and employs 15 people. There are a maximum of five workers at a construction site. The company has no written safety program. All instruction and training are done on-the-job by the foreman and co-workers. Several citations, related to the fall and other unsafe work practices, were issued by OSHA because of this incident.
The construction company crew, under contract to the chemical company, had been on-site for two months and had completed construction of three steel storage tanks at the plant site. The concrete pad on which the tanks are erected was constructed by another contractor. The construction crew planned to have fourth tank finished in the next week. The fourth tank has a 250,000 gallon capacity and measures 40 feet in diameter, 29 feet to the top of the rim and 35 feet to the peak of the dome.
The tank and dome are constructed by assembling pre-cut, numbered, sheets of steel. (See diagram number 1.) The steel dome sections are assembled by fitting them to a center steel "hanging ring" which rests on the scaffold tower. The dome sections are then tack welded at the outside perimeter of each sheet and further secured by key plates and bull pins. The center steel ring, the inside of which remains open when the roof is completed, is 4 feet in diameter with four 30 inch legs. The legs of the center ring are supported by planks on the scaffold tower, in the center of the tank, while the dome is being assembled. Using this method, the "hanging ring" cannot be secured to the planks because it has to be adjusted while the dome is being assembled; it is used as a template for the dome assembly. After the entire dome is assembled, the legs of the center ring are removed and permanent welding is done. All equipment used in the tank must be able to be disassembled to be moved in and out of the tank through a side opening 24 inches in diameter. This is also the only entrance to the tank interior for workers.
The crew had erected the steel floor and circular shell of the fourth tank and, on the day if the incident, began assembly of the dome. The first and second roof pieces had been tack welded into place and the crane swung the third piece into position. The foreman stood in an exterior perimeter scaffold with two other men and relayed signals from the victim to the crane operator. The victim stood on a single plank platform at the sixth frame of the center scaffold tower inside the 40 feet diameter tank. The scaffold tower was built of six bays of tubular welded steel, each of which measured five feet in height, plus a three foot guard rail frame. Each bay was five feet ten inches long and five feet two inches wide. The steel ring was placed on two planks at the top of the guardrail frame. The legs of the ring rested on the planks. The victim stood within the ring. (See diagram number 2.) Because the third roof section misaligned with the second, the victim attempted to push against it using both hands. He stood on one plank at the top of the scaffold tower with his head and shoulders through the center ring and pushed a section which was chest height. As he reached with his arms the unstable scaffold tower tipped backward and it collapsed against the inside wall. (See diagram number 3.)
As the tower tipped, the victim fell 33 feet and landed on the steel base on the concrete pad. The center ring also fell to the floor and one of its legs was broken off. The second roof sheet, previously welded in place, broke loose and fell, struck the inside wall and may have struck the victim. Each of the four legs of the scaffold had been set into base plates but were not attached by pins. When the scaffold tipped, two of the four legs came out of the base plates.
The foreman, still standing on the exterior scaffolding, immediately called the crane operator to have an ambulance summoned. Police arrived first on the scene in about 7 minutes followed by emergency services and paramedics. Rescue operations were very dangerous because the first dome section remained attached only at the rim of the tank with no other support. There was the possibility of it falling on rescue personnel. Co- workers returned to the site later that same day to remove the remaining roof section.
The cause of death was listed by the medical examiner as severe trauma to the head and chest.
Recommendation #1: The employer should perform a job hazard analysis to identify the safety hazards which may be encountered in each phase of the construction process.
Discussion: A job hazard analysis identifies the hazards faced by each worker in his particular role, in each phase of a project. Failure to adequately identify and control these hazards results in unnecessary employee exposure to harmful and potentially fatal occurrences. The analysis forces the construction team to evaluate their present methods of work procedures. As much as possible employees should be included in this process. Their participation may enhance their compliances with safe work practices.
Recommendation #2: Provide appropriate safety training to all employees.
Discussion: Job assessment and planning must be followed by employee education. Increased attention must be paid to safety and safety education by employer and employees. The OSHA inspection revealed that the employer was in violation of CFR 1926.21(b)(s)1 because he failed to provide adequate safety education to his employees.
Recommendation #3: The scaffold tower should have been securely constructed and stabilized.
Discussion: The scaffold tower was not sufficiently braced to prevent diagonal movement of its members. Horizontal diagonal braces should have been provided at sufficient intervals of the tower to keep it square and rigid. This would have prevented its collapse by preventing it from being force out of shape or plumb. In this instance, horizontal bracing at the bottom bay and the fourth bay (approximately 25 feet high) would have helped stabilize the scaffold. The tower should have been secured to the tank or some other structure at intervals no less than four times the minimum base dimension to stabilize it. This would have stabilized the tower and prevented tipping. The center of gravity was at the top center and any movement of the worker on the platform offset the center of gravity.
Outriggers could have increased the base dimensions and may have prevented its tipping when the victim rearranged the misaligned roof section. The scaffold was 33 feet tall with a base measuring 5 feet 10 inches by 5 feet 2 inches. If the structure is more than 4 times taller its smallest base dimension, outriggers provide increased stability.
Recommendation #4: Scaffold tower platforms must be fully planked and provided with guardrails.
Discussion: The victim stood on a single plank platform at the top of an unstable scaffold tower which had no access ladder (a violation of 29 CFR 1926.451(a)(13).) He was unprotected by guardrails. Even if the tower had not collapsed, the worker could have been injured because of the lack of any physical barrier to a fall.
Recommendation #5: The company should utilize alternate methods of construction.
Discussion: The company had previously constructed the dome of another tank by fabricating and welding it on the ground. The entire roof was then hoisted into place by the crane and permanently welded to the rim. Using this method no center scaffold tower is necessary. After the fatality the crew returned to the site and completed the roof in this manner.
To contact New Jersey State FACE program personnel regarding State-based FACE reports, please use information listed on the Contact Sheet on the NIOSH FACE web site. Please contact In-house FACE program personnel regarding In-house FACE reports and to gain assistance when State-FACE program personnel cannot be reached.


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The hardest decision Dania Vizzi made in her young life was to give up a lifelong dream of dancing professionally. She passed up a chance to attend The Juilliard School of dance to pursue something completely polar opposite.
Vizzi gave up ballet to take up, um, shotgun shooting competitions.
Once she was on the verge of studying with the best dancers in the world. Now at age 22 she's a world-class shooter taking aim at the shotgun world championships this week in Moscow.
"It was definitely one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make," Vizzi said. "Dance is a career that you can do until you're 27 or 28, and it's something where you get judged on what you look like. It's all about how thin you are, or your height. In shooting it doesn't matter, and it's a hit-or-miss sport. And shooting is something you can do forever."
Not long ago, no one would've guessed Vizzi would become a savvy markswoman. During a family vacation at age 13, she begged her dad to let her try shooting his shotgun. After one shot, she went to tears. Based on that one shot, Vizzi swore off the notion of shooting again.
"The gun didn't fit me and I was small, and I said I'm never doing this again," Vizzi said. "When I was 16 I tried again, and my dad got me a smaller gun. He taught me how to put it on my shoulder, put my face on it and concentrate. I got hooked."
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Then Vizzi started asking her father, A.J. Vizzi, to take her to the shooting range, which, much to her surprise, was only five minutes from her South Florida home.
She got pretty good at shooting, and then she got really good. She placed fourth at the 2011 junior national championships and then was a silver medalist at the 2012 Junior Olympic national championships. Her success at both dancing and shooting eventually intertwined. And that goes back into her beginnings in dance.
That career goes back to when she was 3 years old, when her parents signed her up as a means of introducing her to a new activity. By the time she was 6, she competed in jazz, tap, hip-hop, contemporary and ballet.
"I was real young when I started dreaming of going to The Juilliard School," Vizzi said.
She excelled to the point that she got a tryout with The Juilliard School in New York City the summer before her senior year of high school, and she got an invitation to attend their intensive camp.
Vizzi didn't shoot that summer because, well, she didn't take a shotgun to New York.
Going into her senior year of high school, she had a tough decision to make — shotgun or ballet. She consulted her parents, but the decision was ultimately hers.
"I always ask my parents' advice for everything, they're my best friends," Vizzi said. "They helped me see good and bad in both, but I made the decision myself."
No one's to say how successful she would have been in a dancing career, but it's undeniable she's proven to be a top shooter. She was a junior world champion in 2014, and she was the silver medalist at the 2016 U.S. championships. She followed that up with her first U.S. title in July, where she also set an American record with a score of 246 out of a possible 250
"My dad was so excited," she said. "I had no idea I was close to the record, and he didn't tell me."
Now, the athlete who sometimes gets called "Shooterina" will aim for a world title in Russia, or at least see how well she fares against the best on the planet.
In Moscow, the University of Florida senior will compete in her first international event as an open athlete. She plans on continuing her craft and vying for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and possibly 2024 in Paris as well.
She doesn't know how long she'll compete in shooting, but she has another venture in her sights.
"I want to be an NFL or hockey cheerleader," she said, indicating she'd prefer to be a Tampa Bay Buccaneers or Tampa Bay Lightning cheerleader.
But with her background, the sky's the limit.
Scott McDonald has 18 years experience in sports reporting. He was named the State Sports Writer of the Year in 2014 by the Texas High School Coaches Association. McDonald is a freelance contributor to TeamUSA.org on behalf of Red Line Editorial, Inc.


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"Unlike 99% of campaigns, the creatives' job here is simply not to blow the product's cool.
The campaign is simple and iconic, a subtle evolution of Apple's tried-and-tested formula. The only innovation is that it uses neon hues, rather than the traditional white backdrop.
Apple supremo Steve Jobs – who takes a hands-on approach to marketing – needed a little persuading to make even this revolutionary step, according to TBWA agency head Lee Clow."


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Holy Communion: Our Life in Christ
The Sacrament of Holy Communion is the third of the Sacraments of Initiation. Even though we are required to receive Communion at least once per year (our Easter Duty), and the Church urges us to receive Communion frequently (even daily, if possible). It is called a sacrament of initiation because, like Baptism and Confirmation, it brings us into the fullness of our life in Christ.
In Holy Communion, we are eating the True Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, without which "you shall not have life in you" (John 6:53)
At Our Parish, the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist is given to all second graders at both St. Bernadette School and St. Bernadette Parish School of Religion. It is also given to members new to the Catholic Religion on the Holy Saturday vigil.


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Aquaman has joined forces with the Heroes of Goo Jit Zu to become a Super Squishy Hero! He uses his goo filled body to defend the Earth's vast oceans and the underwater world! This Goo Jit Zu DC Hero can stretch, twist and squish his unique goo filling and move in a way like it never has before! With his extra squishy filling you can squeeze his body and reveal his gel bead filling moving inside him! Play with the Aquaman action figure and discover a new GOOEY way and help save the day - with NO mess! This awesome toy figure is super durable. Squeeze, squish and stretch his arms, legs and body! His amazing gooey body can stretch up to 3 times its size and then return to its original shape and size! Collect all the Goo Jit Zu DC Heroes in the Hero Pack size, including Batman, Superman and more! Each DC Hero has their own unique goo filling with a different texture and feel like you have never seen or felt before!
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The meeting called for measures to control obesity, including food regulations such as better labelling and a curb on the advertising and promotion of junk food.
It also recommended initiatives such as free public transport every second Monday and a lifestyle risk assessment in health checks for every four-year-old child. thestaronline


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Today is the last day of Pride month so its as good as any day to talk about one of my tshirt designs that is easy to be proud of.
That pride has nothing to do with the artwork, because it is just a map of the western hemisphere imbued with a rainbow that Adobe Illustrator installed for me.
Todos somos Americanos means we are all Americans.
That means every single human that lives on one of the American continents.
No matter your race. No matter your gender. If you live here you are an American. Buy the shirt, remind random people of this simple fact.
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Bollywood is all about making new pairs. Two new names have been cast together to bring a fresh pair for the audience, and that is the cutest duo possible in Bollywood now, Kartik Aryan and Diana Penty. Kartik Aryan is a well-known name after 'Pyar Ka Punchnama' and its sequel. Both the movies were successful, and now Kartik is getting all the benefits because of that. Played the role of cute "rajjo rani" Rajat who was tortured by her nagging girlfriend, now Kartik is going to be tortured by one of his uninvited relatives. Yes, Kartik Aryan and Diana Penty will be seen in the second movie of the Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge' series.
The first part of the movie, the 2010 release 'Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge' was a slice-of-life comedy produced by Madhur Bhandarkar. The movie had Ajay Devgn and Konkona Sen Sharma as the annoyed couple who were grilled by the presence of their uninvited uncle in their lives, played by Paresh Rawal. In the sequel of the movie has the couple Kartik and Diana, who will be tortured by Supriya Pathak and Paresh Rawal in their London residence. With such veteran stars who have made their marks in the comic genre and Kartik is well known for his comic timing, will come as a great treat to the audience.
Kartik Aryan is doing great, and his involvement in this movie with such big stars will definitely boost his career, and currently, he is enjoying his success and positive future. Diana Penty, on the other hand, was almost vanished from the industry, after her successful debut in Cocktail with Sif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Finally, her mysterious absent broke through Diana's gorgeous photoshoot for the fashion Magazine ELLE, with an apt tag "hello again." Diana is all set to start her journey in Bollywood after the thwarted past with her upcoming venture 'Happy Bhagh Jyegi' with Abhay Deol and Jimmy Shergil.
There are no details from the makers of the Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge' sequel about the starting of the shooting or the confirmed release date yet.


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Batman and Spider-Man composer Danny Elfman will score Sam Raimi's upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Elfman has scored some of the biggest films, dating back to 1982. Elfman's debut score for a major studio was Tim Burton's Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. His collaborative relationship with Burton would continue throughout the years, with Elfman scoring Beetlejuice, Batman, and Batman Returns for Burton.
Elfman has also worked with Raimi in the past. The composer worked on both Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. Elfman and Raimi's relationship soured between Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, though. The pair mended the relationship, though, and collaborated once again on 2011's Oz the Great and the Powerful. Elfman's most recent superhero venture was 2017's Justice League, on which he replaced director Zack Snyder's desired composer, Junkie XL. With this latest news, Elfman reenters the MCU after scoring Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015.
Elfman told Inverse that he was set to score the Doctor Strange sequel. He revealed that he is prepping some pieces that will be played on set during filming. Naturally, Elfman is sworn to secrecy when it comes to details on the film, but he did say that he will begin scoring the movie in just a few months.
"I am starting to do bits of pre-work for Doctor Strange 2 that Sam Raimi's directing. Even though I don't start it for some months, there's bits of recorded music they need for the sets."
The fact that Elfman plans on working on the film in a few months is a good sign that filming on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness may be back on track. In January, Elizabeth Olsen revealed that filming on the sequel in the UK had been paused because of a rise in COVID cases. With production also set to take place in New York City, Los Angeles, and Vancouver, production is likely ongoing somewhere, hence the need for Elfman's onset pieces. What's most interesting about Elfman's return is its implications, though.
With the MCU set to break open the Multiverse in Phase 4, Elfman's work on the film could signal that Raimi is looking to emulate his Spider-Man films in more ways than one. The untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel is rumored to be bringing back Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man. That film is set for a December 2021 release date, just a few short months before Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hits theaters in March 2022. It seems like Marvel is gearing up to reintroduce Maguire's Spider-Man, and that is likely to factor into the Doctor Strange Sequel, which will have massive implications for the MCU in the future.
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