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The Patty Fairfield Series, by Carolyn Wells: a sort of reference page.
#1 Patty Fairfield (1901) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ)
Patty Fairfield leaves her home with her father to spend a year visiting four sets of aunts, uncles and cousins and to learn about proportion.
#2 Patty at Home (1904) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ) (Illustrations)
Patty and her father settle down in Vernondale and Patty learns about housekeeping. First appearances of Kenneth Harper and Mr. Hepworth.
#3 Patty in the City (1905) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ)
Patty moves to New York City and enrolls in the Oliphant School. First appearance of the Farringtons.
#4 Patty's Summer Days (1906) (Text at PG) (Text at GoogleBooks) (Review at RQ)
Mr. Fairfield and Nan get married. Patty graduates from the Oliphant School and spends the summer traveling with the Farringtons and at Sandy Cove on Long Island.
#5 Patty in Paris (1907) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ) (Illustrations)
The Farringtons take Patty to Paris with them.
#6 Patty's Friends (1908) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ)
Patty makes friends in England, and helps some of them find a lost family fortune.
#7 Patty's Pleasure Trip (1909) (Text at PG) (Text at GoogleBooks) (Review at RQ)
Patty gallivants around Italy and buys lots of souvenirs.
#8 Patty's Success (1910) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ)
Patty manages to earn fifteen dollars all by herself. First appearance of Phil Van Reypen.
#9 Patty's Motor Car (1911) (Text at PG) (Text at GoogleBooks) (Review at RQ)
Patty enters a contest and wins an electric car, which she names The Swift Camilla. First appearance of Mona Galbraith.
#10 Patty's Butterfly Days (1912) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ)
Patty spends the summer at Spring Beach with Mona Galbraith. First appearance of Bill Farnsworth.
#11 Patty's Social Season (1913) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ)
Patty makes her debut into society.
#12 Patty's Suitors (1914) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ)
Patty doesn't do a whole lot besides going to parties. First appearance of Kit Cameron.
#13 Patty's Romance (1915) (Text at IA) (Review at RQ)
Patty is kidnapped! Also she goes on a trip with Phil Van Reypen and his aunt.
#14 Patty's Fortune (1916) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ)
Aunty Van dies and Patty becomes very ill.
#15 Patty Blossom (1917) (Text at PG) (Review at RQ)
Patty gets involved with disreputable artistic types. Then she gets engaged.
#16 Patty-Bride (1918) (Text at PG)
Patty gets married during World War I.
#17 Patty and Azalea (1919) (Text at PG)
Patty's husband's cousin Azalea is a wild western girl, given to stunt riding and baby-kidnapping.
64 comments
I LOVE LOVE LOVE tha patty fairfield series and have all but two!by devin April 29, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I have all the Patty books and have read them since I was a liitle girl. My mother had them in the 30's and I ended up with them and still read them at age 58. I love all the descriptions of her clothes. I always thought perhaps the last 2, Patty Bride and Patty and Azalea were written by someone else. I see a lot of readers felt something was a little wierd about them. Maybe Caroln Welles was trying to write more seriously due to the war, but the character of Azalea was crudely developed like the author did not know how to describe a rude person in a realistic way.by Leslie December 13, 2011 at 4:13 pm
I once had the entire set, compliments of my mom, who got them in the 30's probably from her mom. i adored those books…and was so heartbroken when the moving company lost an entire book collection (still skeptical about the "lost" part there) along with a beautiful hardwood bookcase. Anyway, i'm thinking seriously about investing in a set, and so appreciate this list!!!by Linda July 29, 2014 at 8:55 pm
wish i had a daughter to pass them along to!
I demand reviews of the rest of the series! I bought the whole series on the strength of the first reviews and loved them. I've already re-read all of the ones from the introduction of Bill, since that was my favorite storyline. Minus Patty and Azalea, which is sort of bizarre and out of place.by Jenna August 13, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Patty and Azalea is pretty weird, but — stunt riding! baby-kidnapping! The one I find sort of out of place is Patty-Bride, because somehow Patty and Bill don't act very much like themselves.
Eventually there will be reviews of the whole series up. I reread all the books occasionally, and I just stopped reviewing halfway through on the most recent pass.by Melody August 15, 2008 at 5:08 am
To me the most bizarre part of Patty and Azalea is Phil the aristocrat getting with "Azalea." Everyone's flabbergasted that Patty would consider the indecency of light opera, while "Azalea" has been seen by the whole country in a Western. Plus she's abrasive and completely lacking in social graces. I hope his aunt haunts him for that.
The second weirdest part is my main problem with Patty-Bride, which is that Bill stops being blunt and fun and unconventional and turns into a humorless middle-aged man. Who forbids (?!) Patty to hang out with Bohemians, dance barefoot, appear on stage, and, most ridiculously, ride in airplanes. I think he's supposed to be seen as rescuing her from these foolish scrapes, but it comes off as controlling and presumptive.
As a huge fan of the Beverly Gray, Adventure Girls, and Doris Force series, I couldn't really get or support the anti-flying stance. It also seems out of step with the times (all these other series books fawn over pilots)–or maybe there was a shift in perception between the '10s and the '30s? I tend to forget how early the Patty books were.by Jenna August 21, 2008 at 8:15 am
Azalea was supposed to be unconventional and cool, which totally works for, say, L.T. Meade, but not for Carolyn Wells. One of the things I love about Patty is that while she's always fun to read about, she's also always completely within the bounds of good taste. But I can't say I feel too sorry for Phil, because I never liked him very much. Actually, though, Phil and Azalea starting married life haunted by the ghost of Mrs. Van Reypen is a cool concept, in a sitcom-ish way.
All the fun goes out of Patty and Bill's relationship when they get engaged. I adore Bill, and I'm okay with him being overbearing when he's, say, carrying Patty away from Sam Blaney & Co. because she danced barefoot, but when he's all disapproving of her when they're married, it comes off a bit creepy.
It's early for airplanes, but not that early. I think L. Frank Baum had already done his girl pilot series by then. That part did bother me, but more because of Patty's lack of adventurousness than because of Bill's objections. But riding in an airplane was certainly more socially acceptable than going on stage, which was totally out of the question for a wealthy, unmarried society girl in the teens.by Melody August 28, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I mentioned these books to a friend the other day and she sent me the link to this site. The Patty Fairfield books were my favorites when I was a girl–I had an almost-complete set (missing only Patty's Motor Car and Patty and Azalea) that had been my mother's when she was young. We didn't have a lot of books in our house and I read these over and over. Decades later, I'm confident that I could quote most of the last chapter of "Patty Blossom" from memory! In my thirties I had a used bookstore find me copies of the two books that I was missing.
I loved that stuffy old Phil fell in love with the highly unconventional Azalea–and thought it a bit of a cheat that she was revealed at the end to be a Boston Adams, and not Bill's cousin at all.
I loved Bill throughout, although I thought he was a bit stuffy about the barefoot dancing. His forbidding airplane-riding was because it was dangerous (and indeed, Patty's scarf gets tangled in the propellor and she nearly strangles).
For me the best part about these books is that they reveal details about life in their era–in the first book telephones and automobiles are rarities (the girls get about in a pony cart). You can see society changing as the books go along.
You should also know that Carolyn Wells was best known as a satirist, so who knows how much of these books was written tongue-in-cheek. Patty is rather too good to be true!by Kathy September 12, 2008 at 5:37 pm
I agree that Azalea's real origins were a cop-out, but I didn't like her very much, and I was never really a fan of Phil, so I thought they deserved each other. I also adore Bill, complete with stuffiness, right up until Patty-Bride. Somehow the absent fiance isn't as romantic as the the suitor who is always on his way in or out of town.
The historical detail is fun, isn't it? In one — maybe Patty Blossom, when Patty goes with Mona and Roger and Phil to check out Mona's Spring Beach house? — they take a thermos with them on a picnic and they'd only been invented a couple of years before. Also, isn't it awesome when the accessories for Patty's car include a flower vase?
I do know that Carolyn Wells was a satirist. She had three almost separate and overlapping writing careers — one as a humorist, one as a writer of children's fiction, and one as a mystery novelist. Her children's books actually brought her the least fame, while her nonsense verse made her America's foremost female humorist and her mysteries made her "the dean of American mystery writers" in the 1930s.
I think she less serious about the Patty books than about almost anything else she wrote. Her Marjorie books are a little bit autobiographical sometimes, and the Two Little Women books tend toward the moral, but with the Patty books she definitely plays around with the conventions of girls' literature.by Melody September 15, 2008 at 11:36 am
I also have most of the Marjorie books and maybe a couple of dozen of her mysteries–courtesy of the used-book dealer who, after I had her find the two Patty books I was missing, decided that I must want every book Carolyn Wells ever wrote! The mysteries are also interesting from a historical perspective. For instance, I recall that one plot revolves around a girl who, because she was adopted, was not eligible to inherit her parents' estate when they died without wills. I have to assume that this was true at the time although it seems like an odd distinction to make.by Kathy September 21, 2008 at 8:54 pm
It does seem like an odd distinction, but maybe the issue was that she wasn't legally adopted? I think the difference has less to do with inheritance laws than that people could have a kid brought to live with them without making any legal arrangements. Another thing I find interesting is that usually the murder releases a young woman from some sort of unpleasant position, although I guess the one you're talking about presents an opposite scenario.
I kind of do want every book Carolyn Wells ever wrote, except for the nonsense verse ones, which don't really do much for me, but I've never come across one of her mystery novels in a used bookstore. The only ones I've read are the ones available online. Which ones have you got?by Melody September 22, 2008 at 10:16 am
Oh you glorious people! To have finally found fellow Patty aficionados! My story is that we had one book, "Butterfly Days," that my mom had carried with her from childhood. I read it so many times, and would spend hours looking at the page that listed the rest of the series and try to figure out from the titles what happened to Patty.
One day we were in an antique shop and there they were- the whole delicious set of 'em for like a buck a piece. I guess I was in 9th or 10th grade. I read them so many times they fell apart, and I have been working to replace them since.
I am so much of who I am because of Pattty! What a totally cool chick she was for the times, and I have so often (even today at age 44) found myself when in a quandary wondering, WWPD (what would Patty do?!)
I think I have never been truly happy in love because I have not yet found my Bill. I have had my Phillip, and my Kenneth and even my Mr. Hepworth, but no Bill. I even once dated a Texan just to see if maybe…
Ok, so obviously I am obsessed; I have even had dreams that the books were made into a movie that I was watching! But the rest of you sound pretty ga ga too, and I love it!
I have a number of Carolyn Well's other books as well. One of my favourites is "Ask Me a Question." It is 180 pages of questions to be answered such as:
Does lion-farming pay?
Who is reported to have fiddled while Rome burned?
What is threnody?
and the answers can be found in the back of the book. Of course, many of the questions are based around popular topics of the time, which makes it all the more fascinating.
Rock on Patty lovers! i am so happy to have found you!by Lyn October 12, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I love the Patty Fairfield books too! I read them over and over again from 5th grade through high school! It is a pleasure to find other people just as thrilled with the books. I thought Bill..Little Billy was just the sort of man I would marry! He wasn't controlling – just proper and wanted Patty to have self-control. Okay, so they were a bit old fashioned, but I like that! The best part is that he treasured her and THAT'S ROMANTIC! :)by Saralyn October 4, 2010 at 11:19 pm
For me, one of the coolest things about this blog is that it has become the corner of the the internet for Patty Fairfield fans. I'm really glad you've found it, and I'd love any suggestions about additional content that you may have.
Also, while it never would have occurred to me to refer to Patty as "a totally cool chick," it's kind of wonderfully appropriate. There may be no cooler girl anywhere in children's literature.by Melody October 14, 2008 at 10:00 am
if it is of any interest to anyone, I was able to obtain this signature of Carolyn Wells in an auction. I have it framed and on my desk. She uses her full (married) name to include the Houghton. It is dated 1923.by Lyn October 15, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I am wanting to find the whole set for my wife , if that is possible. Is there someone who can point me toward that goal?
firstname.lastname@example.com if so
Thanksby magicmann0 December 14, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Being a fan of both Patty (and Marjorie) … thought I'd pop in and say how great to find all these Patty books in one spot. I started with the fourth one that I picked up at some book sale… and have since tracked down some of the others to read, but there are ones here I have yet to explore.
this is so great!by Effie February 21, 2009 at 6:02 pm
"Phil butter and eggs" ;) OMG, I can't believe I found this! I used to read these every summer when I was visiting my grandmother in New York. I loved the scene when Patty had to keep the letter secret from the spy trying to coerce her into revealing it. Lots of good memories from these books. Wow.by SandyC March 3, 2009 at 8:25 pm
I had almost all of these books 1st edition as a child. I loved them very much and it breaks my heart that the box they were in got lost during a move. I just hope they went to a good home. I'd forgotten all about them until now and I want the collection again, though I know I probably can't afford to buy all 1st editions :(by Elizabeth May 8, 2010 at 1:12 pm
I've read almost all patty bookks online..but the one that's missing is patty bride..could some one PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE put it up on project gutenberg or something..i'd sell my soul to read it…by anshika May 14, 2010 at 12:06 pm
It looks like you can read most of it here. And it shouldn't be that hard to find a copy for sale.by Melody May 17, 2010 at 10:53 am
You can read this one on line. it's Patty-Bride.by Amy October 2, 2011 at 8:20 pm
i've been looking everywhere, but I can't find a list of the marjorie books. I only recently found out about the patty series, and I'm very interested in it, it sounds great and I will start reading them as soon as I can. But I can't seem to find any information about her other marjorie series. Can anyone tell me how many books there are in that series and their titles in order? So far I've found 6 but not sure what orderby Rae Lee July 7, 2010 at 1:31 am
Check out the amazing Girls' Series Books Checklist. It lists the six books of the Marjorie series in order.by Melody July 10, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Wow. It's good to see so many "Patty" fans! I have 8 of the Patty books, and love all of them. Some were given to me by my mother, who I think had them when she was a kid. They have the blue sort of fabric covers and some of them have a paper picture of Patty glued to the front cover. I would be happy to lend mine to someone in exchange for the ones I haven't read yet, or (am I allowed to say this?) sell mine, although I have no idea what they are worth, mostly in good but not excellent condition. I would keep them, but my daughter isn't a reader :(by Andrea July 21, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I'm a Patty-Come-Lately to this forum but had to say how delighted I am that there are others who have experienced PattyLove! I am just re-reading them. Again. I used to borrow the entire set from the grandmother of a friend when I was maybe 10 or 11 (hated to give them back…) and have loved them for lo these many years (50!) I was just thinking that since I read and re-read them so many times, how much they influenced my outlook and personality. Didn't even have a set of my own until I began collecting them from internet sources about 12-15 years ago. Thanks for letting me ramble and gush. I've never known others who even read them, let alone loved them as I do! I agree with Lyn: "O you glorious people!"by Karen July 9, 2011 at 6:56 am
I can read these on my phone! I'm so happy.
Discovered the PF series by accident ages ago, with Patty's Social Season. It was in a junk and art supplies store run by a real character, and he would insult his customers in a friendly way… I really fell for the book, never found another 'real' copy, and to re-discoverby Oak Evolution February 1, 2012 at 4:40 pm
the series now is like getting a present every day.
Just wondering, but do you have any idea what these books are worth? My sister and I grew up having our mom read the series to us, but she's missing #7- Patty's Pleasure Trip. I'm going to try to find it in order to complete her series. All three of us have loved the series!by Heather April 1, 2012 at 11:59 pm
I don't know what they're worth, but when I was completing my set about five years ago, they weren't hard to find and they weren't all that expensive — especially if you're just looking for a reading copy.by Melody April 4, 2012 at 8:50 am
I started reading the Patty Fairfield series a few weeks ago. I have most of them on my kindle but I am at the Patty's Romance book anx now I can't fi d it for my kindle. in fact I can't find it on line at all. this is the book I have been waiting for for weeks. now that I am here I am dissapointed I can't find it.by dori chatelain April 15, 2012 at 9:45 pm
My sister and I were just discussing our Patty love this past weekend. (She is 80 and I am 75!) Our copies were mostly our mother's, and we read them to pieces. Several of them we never found, but my son found Patty's Motor Car and Patty's Butterfly Days a few years ago. What a treat to finally get to read them! My sister couldn't wait to visit me!by Anonymous August 23, 2012 at 4:18 pm
BTW, a propos of someone's comment about adopted children not being able to inherit as heirs without being mentioned in their adoptive parents' wills–it was true in many states until the 20th century. In fact, I believe at one p oint only Louisiana (its laws are based on French Civil Law rather than English Common Law) allowed adptees to inherit as "heirs" or "issue." So Carolyn knew what she was talking about. Not surprising, she seemed very savvy to me from the books.
So glad to have found you all!
Thanks for dropping by — I always love hearing from fellow Patty fans.
Also, that's a really interesting note about adopted children, and yeah, Carolyn Wells was definitely super smart and aware of the relevant facts. And her mysteries often have young women left in uncomfortable positions, so it's no surprise that she would have used this legal loophole as material.by Melody August 24, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Oh, the joy of finding people who understand my love for Patty! I keep to complete sets: one to read, and one to sit pretty with dust jackets intact. Party Blossom is my favorite :) I use an ephemera comic Valentine by Carolyn Wells as my book marker for them. Found by accident, but love it.by Amanda November 24, 2012 at 11:47 pm
I have a complete set of the Patty Books that belonged to my Mom in the 1920's. I would be interested in selling these only as a complete set.by Wendy September 3, 2013 at 7:03 pm
So nice to know so many people enjoyed the Patty books, my sister who is 65 and myself 71 enjoy reading them every few years, have the complete orignal set that belonged to our mother. Does anyone know the worth of them?by Elvita Maness August 24, 2014 at 10:06 pm
Hi, I am pricing books for our Library Book Sale fundraiser and we have an almost complete set of the Patty books published by Dodd, Mead & Company from 1911 through 1920 with the very stylized woodblock style illustrations on the front (approx 2.25″ x 3″) on beige cloth boards. I am having trouble pricing them as the blue Grosset & Dunlap ones are much more widely available. Any advice you can provide on their rarity or desirability would be most appreciated! Thank you.by Claire Bertrand August 10, 2016 at 1:03 pm
Thank you for listing all the titles and links. We had Patty Fairfield, Patty's Success and Patty and Azalea when I was a kid – my mother got them in yard sales when she was young. I don't remember the plot of P&A at all, but I reread the other ones when I was old enough to appreciate them. Now I can reread them!by Anemone August 22, 2016 at 10:27 pm
After all these years, all 17 books are now available in the public domain for free online! :D
Here are the links to all 17:
01) Patty Fairfield
02) Patty at Home
03) Patty in the City
04) Patty's Summer Days
05) Patty in Paris
06) Patty's Friends
07) Patty's Pleasure Trip
08) Patty's Success
09) Patty's Motor Car
10) Patty's Butterfly Days
11) Patty's Social Season
12) Patty's Suitors
13) Patty's Romance
14) Patty's Fortune
15) Patty Blossom
16) Patty—Bride
17) Patty and Azalea
Enjoy them! :)by Reader Of Old Ebooks February 27, 2018 at 5:05 pm
Thanks! I've been meaning to update the links here, and now I have no excuse not to.by Melody February 28, 2018 at 11:50 am
My Patty Fairfield book #1 says copyright Feb 1929 (as opposed to 1901 on this list)by Lenore December 23, 2018 at 6:20 pm
They were reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap around that time. I grew up with some of those reprints and assumed as a kid that they were set in the 30s–it was weird to realize that they were written much earlier and I was picturing the wrong kinds of clothes.
Basically, printing copyright dates on books wasn't standardized then. What you're seeing is often just the date of the edition.by Melody December 23, 2018 at 6:43 pm
I love the Patty Fairfield books, and have just finished re-reading them all while staying home. Like the early ones best, before the author forgets about certain key characters like the Vernondale cousins, and introduces others that seem more one-dimensional. Great reads to be immersed in while stuck in the here and now!by Lucy Washburne April 24, 2020 at 10:08 pm
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John Burciaga: A Rush to judgment
When a certain Mr. Limbaugh said of President Obama, "I hope he fails," he was "Rush-ing" to save his radio audience and keep himself in the public eye. His long insistence that he is merely an "entertainer" is far too modest and, as such, so unlike him.
Forget Al Franken, Limbaugh is the real comedian or, in truth, a bad joke. I have hurt so many feelings in the hometown that he and I share by calling him a "demagogue," but for some reason, it's okay in those parts to wish doom on the president, and thereby on all of us.
Our families knew each other, a la all small towns, and theirs was nice (a trait lost on Rusty, as he was called) and, yes, conservative (whereas he is somewhere to the Right of the Sheriff of Nottingham). Men in the family tended to law as a profession (Rusty excepted). Granddad Rush Sr. was a smallish man who practiced till his death at 102. Rush Jr. was a fighter pilot who, on squeezing from the cockpit, burgeoned to considerable proportions, as has Rusty, who was one of the few I didn't know of.
By the time I left our river town, he was but 7 years old. I could tell by his voice on radio that he was a Limbaugh but was appalled at the nonsense he spewed and assumed it would come to naught. As time proved me wrong and I wrote a feature on him that led to a phone call with his wonderful mom, I asked her what she really thought when first hearing him on radio.
"I was shocked and embarrassed," she admitted, and called him to say, "Rusty, your daddy and granddaddy were conservative, but they weren't mean like you."
In ancient times, demagogues were populists, but in these latter days have shrunk to Webster's definition of those who use popular prejudices and false claims to gain power of sorts. That fits Rush, as it did one Father Charles Coughlin. The few of you who know of or remember Coughlin either were alive in that era, or take time to read a book once in a while, and that will be Rush's fate as well. Meantime, he'll take his money and run, since that's the American Way, but there's a lot of it to be lost if the political game changes enough to make him a dinosaur of the airwaves.
Fr. Coughlin led a Depression-era church near Detroit called the Shrine of the Little Flower. Don't let that harmless-sounding moniker fool you: Like Rush, his Pentium-chip was out of whack, and he turned to schemes far from sweetness and light. I suggest that Limbaugh is taking pages from Coughlin's book during this economic crisis.
Till now, Rush lived off the fat of the land – and fattened himself in the process while the GOP ruled, money flowed, and Rush's supporters imagined he made it all happen. Silly them. They're called "ditto-heads" for their blind allegiance; no one has told them that when two people think exactly alike, one of them isn't thinking. Multiply that by their present number to arrive at a scary sum of mindlessness.
Coughlin took it as his mission in life to spit unholy venom at a popular new president who was quickly raising hopes amid the Great Depression none other than FDR – and, please note, familiar themes here, as history has an annoying tendency to repeat itself. The good Reverend demonized the New Deal and was expert at manipulating the rhetoric of hate and fear, thereby gaining a great hearing from those who most felt the economic pinch. Out of it sprang his infamous movement that had more clout than Rush and his minions could ever hope for.
Whatever Rush's audience now, in 1936, Coughlin's was 10 million, absolutely huge for the time.
Historians say that were it not for Roosevelt's political mastery, Coughlin could have shaken the country off course in that election and left us in a sorry state to face Hitler and, later, Pearl Harbor.
Instead his party fell apart and Coughlin shuffled off to history's junk heap.
A final note: Coughlin's slogan was, "Roosevelt or Ruin." Sounds a lot like Rush's slap at Obama: "I hope he fails."
Are you listening, Rusty? Of course not; he is rush-ing to judgment with his eye on his ratings.
John Burciaga lives in Newburyport, Mass., and writes on a variety of topics, including religion, politics and social issues.

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Official Number
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Registered 27 September 1889
Renamed: TANTA(H) (1906); JEAN (1923); JEAN M (1924); MALTANA (1925); ANNA (1928); EKATERINI PEPPA (1937)
December 1906: Sold to Khedivial Steamship & Graving Dock Co. Ltd London and renamed TANTAH. Used on Red Sea and Levant services.
1910/11: TANTA; Owner Khedivial Mail Steamship and Graving Dock Co. London.
1914/15: TANTA; Owner Khedivial Mail Steamship and Graving Dock Co. London.
1920/21: TANTA; Owner Khedivial Mail Steamship and Graving Dock Co. London.
August 1923: Sold to Italians and renamed JEAN; Owner W. J. Hutchison, London.
January 1924: Renamed JEAN M.
January 1925: Sold to William John Hutchison, Piraeus and registered at London.
December 1925: Sold to Joseph Gasan, Malta and renamed MALTANA.
August 1928: Sold to Oscar Daring, Kalchis and renamed ANNA.
1930/31: ANNA; Owner Oscar Daring, Kalchis (Greece)
1934: Sold to L Teryazos, Piraeus.
1937: Sold to Christos Peppas & partners, Piraeus and renamed EKATERINI PEPPA.
7 February 1938: Sunk in collision with K. N. S. M.s PLUTO half a mile northwest of the Adlergrund Light Vessel (south of Bornholm Island) on voyage from Danzig to Oran with a cargo of coal.
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 9/9/1889:
Launched from Hall Russell & Co.'s Footdee yard, finely modelled screw steamer IFAFA, built to order of J. T. Rennie and Son, Aberdeen & London. Is fitted out on most approved principles re: machinery and cabin accommodation. Intended fro Natal trade and will be commanded by Capt. Stuart. Christening ceremony performed by Master Gordon Rennie, son of one of the owners, Mr. T. Rennie, lately home from Natal. After launch a number of the company adjourned to one of the brawing lofts in the yard, where cake and wine served and toasts pledged.
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 28/9/1889:
Trial trip of steamer IFAFA to take place this morning.
The Standard, 5/10/1889:
South African gold fields - Aberdeen line of steamers for Natal direct - magnificent new steamer IFAFA, Charles Stuart commander, fitted with electric light and bells, piano and all modern conveniences for 1st class passengers, surgeen and stewardess carried. Will sail from London docks 10 October, calling at Tenerife. John T. Rennie, Son & Co., 4 East India Avenue, E.C.
Standard, 16/1/1890:
Will sail from London docks 25 Jan.
Daily News, 24/4/1890:
Will sail ex London docks 1 May.
Daily News, 17/12/1890:
Port Natal - Splendid full powered steamer IFAFA, Capt. J. G. H. Flint, will embark passengers at the jetty, London docks, 2 January, 1st class passengers only.
Standard, 9/4/1891:
Arrived London docks from Natal.
Standard, 9/5/1891:
To embark passengers London docks 28 May.
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 26/10/1891:
Passed Portland Bill for Natal.
Freeman's Journal, 13/4/1893:
IFAFA, Port Natal for London, left Madrid.
Freeman's Journal, 11/10/1893:
Steamer IFAFA, Smyrna for London, left Algiers.
Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 19/1/1895:
IFAFA, London for Natal, arrived Tenerife 2 and a half days overdue, reports fearful weather.
Northern Echo, 7/5/1896:
IFAFA towed British ship CITY OF YORK (Which had been ashore) into Lorenzo Marques.
Morning Post, 14/5/1900:
IFAFA landed at Natal. Captain, officers and crew of steamer CRAIGELLACHIE, ashore and total loss at Reit Point.
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(ARA) – Hearing loss affects more than 34 million Americans. If detected early, it may be a preventable chronic disease. Here are 10 ways to help prevent, delay or reduce the extent of hearing loss.
1. Noise exposure. Are you one of the more than 22 million American workers exposed to excessive levels of noise in the workplace? Are you one of those listening to iPods, shooting firearms, riding motorbikes, or working with lawn and garden tools? These devices are causing hearing loss at alarmingly high rates. Most noise is painless, progressive, permanent and preventable. Noise exposure is the second most common cause of hearing loss worldwide and is the most preventable. You should wear hearing protectors or avoid exposure to loud sounds. Turn down the volume and reduce the length of time you listen to your iPod or mp3 player. Studies show that people who wear noise canceling or noise reduction earphones with iPod or mp3 players typically listen to music at safer levels.
2. Cotton swabs. Why take a chance on making matters worse? Cotton swabs and ear candling are unhealthy practices to remove earwax, to clean or scratch your ear canals. Don't use cotton swabs to clean inside your ear canal. It can push the earwax in further and you could puncture your eardrum.
3. Smoking. Smoking tobacco and second-hand smoke can contribute to hearing loss. Studies suggest that chronic nicotine exposure impairs the brain's ability to "hear" and interpret sound. Along with the other reasons to stop smoking, you can reduce your likelihood of greater hearing loss if you quit or stay out of smoky places.
4. Diabetes. Diabetics are twice as likely to have hearing loss. Eating a healthy diet, maintaining proper weight and daily exercise can help you avoid type 2 diabetes.
5. Alcohol. Too much alcohol can contribute to permanent hearing loss. Recently, researchers found that drinking 2 beers in a half an hour can cause temporary hearing loss for up to 16 hours.
6. Solvents. Avoid organic solvents. Organic solvents (such as styrene and toluene) are commonly found in paints, lacquers and industrial printing inks. Studies have shown that these substances have a negative effect on your hearing.
7. Medications. There are at least 96 different drugs that may cause permanent or temporary hearing loss. When you stop taking aspirin and aspirin-containing drugs, your hearing may come back. Excessive use of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS), cisplatin (a cancer drug) and erectile dysfunction drugs can also cause hearing loss.
8. Antioxidants. Antioxidants and vitamin supplements may help prevent hearing loss. Hearing loss due to aging may be prevented with a combination of antioxidants, mineral and vitamin supplements such as folic acid and magnesium. A healthy diet of fruits and vegetables and meats may protect hearing in later life.
9. Your heart. Maintain a healthy cardiovascular system. There is a strong correlation between heart health and good hearing. Newly published reports show that a healthy cardiovascular system increases the likelihood of maintaining hearing, particularly among older adults.
10. See an audiologist. If you think you may have hearing loss, an audiologist will test, monitor and offer solutions to help you function better. An audiologist is a licensed health care provider who is trained to diagnose and manage your loss, as well as offer preventative measures. To find an audiologist in your area go to www.audiologyawareness.com or call (888) 833-EARS (3277).
The Audiology Awareness Campaign, a nonprofit foundation aimed at providing the public with information on hearing loss, is sponsoring the 4th Annual "Listen Up America Week" May 9 to 13, 2011, where audiologists will offer free hearing screenings nationwide.
"By offering free hearing screenings throughout the United States, we have the ability to reach many Americans who might otherwise not have access to licensed audiologists," says Dr. Kathy Landau Goodman, chairperson of the Audiology Awareness Campaign. "Now these individuals will have access to audiologists who can evaluate their hearing, determine whether they have hearing loss, and then make appropriate recommendations for treating their hearing problems."


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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Welcome back to Hidebound Hump Day, and another episode of Copper, the Alchemist, and the Woman in Trousers. My blog-writing time is limited to the weekend, and it was a very busy one. So without further ado, here's chapter 12.
Previously with Copper, the Alchemist, and the Woman in Trousers
Chapter 11.
Felicity thought one of the voices she heard back at the Hixon estate could have belonged to Sheriff Alvin Bullard. Thanks to the magically juiced road locomotive, Copper, the alchemist, and the woman in trousers outdistanced the three presumably hostile groups that pursued them. However, when the speeding engine took a turn too fast, the woman and the skull of the alchemist ended up in the frigid waters of the river. The resultant head colds for those two temporarily stalled their adventure. Not to mention the strange things that rained down when the alchemist sneezed.
Do you think we need to open our umbrellas before we join them?
All aboard!
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12 — Short Ribs, Eggplant, Red Pepper
Cornelis Drebbel rolled his watery eyes up toward the frog that sat atop his head.
"Huh. Huh—" Cornelis began and quickly put his finger under his nose in attempt to forestall yet another sneeze. The frog wisely jumped down from his head.
"For pity's sake! There's no telling what will rain down on us if you sneeze again!" I said, though I knew the alchemist couldn't help himself.
"Ah-choo!" was the answer to my plea.
Another wet splat soon came. What smelled like a very savory reddish-brown sauce splashed onto the legs of my trousers. I drew back, annoyed. I finally had been able to put on clean dry clothes, and they'd already been stained. Cornelis bent down with a curious expression on his face. Copper left off playing with the frogs to see what new wonder was produced by the sneeze of the alchemist.
He picked up the sauce covered thing that made the wet splat. I asked what it was as I tried to clean the warm goo from my pant legs.
"It appears to be the short ribs of a swine," he said as he pulled the meat into two pieces and licked the sauce from one. "Umm. Tasty," he commented.
I made a disgusted face. "Since that is the product of your sneeze, isn't it rather like the equivalent of eating your own buggers?" I asked; just to see how he would react.
Copper burst out in a gale of laughter. Cornelis looked at me. One side of his mouth turned down in an expression of contempt. Cornelis raised an eyebrow and cast his eyes downward at the ribs. Then he shot a glare at me and took a big bite of the meat, licking his fingers for good measure.
Then the second wave came. Short ribs fell all around us. They landed on my shoulder and in my hair. They pelted the alchemist, who suddenly had sauce smeared across his nose. Even Copper wasn't spared — nor were the frogs. Riotous ribbits ensued as the amphibians leapt for cover from the rain of ribs.
After calm returned, Cornelis and I discussed the three groups who converged on the Hixon estate. We both agreed that their only logical purpose would have been to abduct Copper. I supposed that was good at least in as far as it should mean her father was still alive. Of course that was no guarantee, as Cornelis quickly pointed out. Fortunately the girl had gone back to playing with the frogs and didn't hear that comment.
Suddenly I beheld the strangest sight, and mind you, I have seen some very bizarre things since the alchemist came into my life. Hundreds of frogs made a procession toward the huge wrent in the building's wall. Several hopped huddled together as they balanced an eggplant on their backs and heads.
Copper skipped along beside the strange spectacle. I told her not to go outside. She stopped and nodded regretfully as the frogs carried their eggplant away. I asked Cornelis what that could possibly be about.
"One sneeze doesn't always produce a singular effect. The eggplant could have come from the same accident of alchemy that created the frogs," he said.
The Dutchman shrugged it off. Even so, something nagged at me.
The frogs continued to stream out of the building. I followed in the opposite direction, tracing the line of amphibians to their source. Cornelis followed my lead. Ever curious, Copper came along too. With a ribbit, a last frog hopped out of a crate. The large wooden box was almost intact. Only one corner of it was broken.
I started to try and pry the crate further open to get a better look. Then, eyes bulging, Cornelis tapped his finger on the label he'd found on the container.
It was marked κόκκινο πιπέρι, and I thought the address was Macedonia, but I wasn't sure. "What's wrong? I don't recognize the language," I said.
Cornelis shook his head and pursed his lips. "Your education was sorely lacking," he complained.
"It was not," I countered.
"This, κόκκινο πιπέρι or kókkino pipéri if you will, is Greek," he informed me. "It means red pepper. So show a bit of mercy and do not open that crate. I don't think I can bear another sneeze!"
"Then move away, old thing," I told him with a motion of my arm. "There might be good provisions in that crate. Clearly we can't depend on your sneezes to always provide food."
The truth was, having spotted that strange writing, I secretly hoped I would find a clue about something, anything in the crate.
I had removed the priceless Leonardo da Vinci papers from the owl-shaped lamp. I relished learning something before Cornelis figured it out, and I itched to do it again.
Who knows secrets might hide in a huge wooden crate? I thought with anticipation.
Yet, I didn't want the Dutchman to know that lest he tease me if there was nothing of interest in the wooden box. Unfortunately, it did not yield anything that appeared to be a clue.
Cornelis Drebbel and I argued. Again.
"This is a perfectly good place to make a stand and fight," I said. "We can't just keep running away to who knows where. Especially when we aren't even sure who we're running from. That will lead to us walking right into their clutches! We have to know who the enemy is. One of us should circle 'round and come up behind them and at least find out who they are."
The alchemist rolled his eyes heavenward.
"They were coming from three different directions – which group do you want to get behind?" he asked in a testy voice. "And how far back do you want to go to get behind one of the groups, if you can even find them. You know we out distanced them by a long way," Cornelis reminded me.
"And just how do you propose we make a stand?" the alchemist acerbically retorted. "We don't know how many of them there are, but the one thing we do know is that we are sorely outnumbered. Knowing their identifies is of no use if we are overwhelmed by our foes in the process of learning who they are," Cornelis said with exaggerated patience.
I realized he had a point, though I hated to admit it.
A frantic honking noise interrupted our disagreement.
"Where is Copper?" I asked, suddenly worried.
While I knew nothing about children, abhorrent as it was to Victorian society for a woman to be unacquainted with child-rearing, I did have good insights into human nature. When people argued it had an effect on those around them. That was even more true of children. Copper had been through unimaginable upheaval, and taken away from every familiar thing and person.
Had the argument between the alchemist and me caused her to run away?
To be continued…
Could our little moppet have run away? Even if she only got bored and went to explore, is it safe for Copper to wander around the abandoned compound? They seem to have eluded their pursuers. Yet have they really?
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A large scale randomized control trial, just released in the American Journal of Psychiatry (the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association) shows Schema Therapy to be significantly more effective than two major alternative approaches to the treatment of a broad range of personality disorders (avoidant, obsessive compulsive, dependent, paranoid, histrionic, and narcissistic). Schema Therapy resulted in a higher rate of recovery, greater declines in depression, greater increases in general and social functioning and had a lower drop out rate. The results also suggest Schema Therapy is more cost-effective, achieving these results in a total of 50 sessions, and that it can be readily implemented in regular clinical settings.
This is an important extension of Schema Therapy's unprecedented outcomes in the treatment of borderline personality disorder. Three major outcome studies (Farrell et al., 2009; Nadort et al., 2009; Giesn-Bloo et al., 2006) have shown that many patients with Borderline Personality Disorder can achieve full recovery across the complete range of symptoms and that it is twice as effective as a popular alternative, Transference Focused Psychotherapy. This study extends these impressive findings by including a broad range of understudied personality disorders and suggests that Schema Therapy is the most effective means currently available to alleviate the high societal and personal costs of these prevalent disorders. While rapidly gaining popularity in Europe, Schema Therapy is virtually unknown in the United States.
What sets Schema Therapy apart from all the other major treatments for personality disorders, including treatments like Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, is its use of limited reparenting. This involves the therapist doing more to directly meet the early core emotional needs of the patient. Limited reparenting is organized around modes, or parts of the self. The therapist works to get past modes like the Detached Protector and Punitive Parent Mode to reach the Vulnerable Child Mode. Direct access to the Vulnerable Child is the key to the therapist being able to meet these needs and is the cornerstone of treatment. All the major alternatives involve the therapist talking to the adult patient about their vulnerabilities and thus are more focused on adult to adult interactions. Schema therapy focuses on direct contact between the therapist and this vulnerable or child part of the self. This sets a very different tone to the treatment; one that patients respond readily to and that is believed to be the reason for the unusually low drop out rate. The adult side of the patient is gradually brought in as it becomes healthy enough to take over for the therapist.
Personality disorders are common (3-15% of the general population) and are associated with high personal suffering for those with the disorder and for those in their life. They also result in high societal costs. Psychotherapy is considered the primary treatment for personality disorders however research into its effectiveness with this population is still in its infancy.
In this study Schema Therapy was compared with Clarification-Oriented Psychotherapy (a variation on client-centered therapy developed specifically for personality disorders) and "treatment as usual" (TAU). TAU consisted of the typical treatment provided for these patients and consisted primarily of insight-oriented psychotherapy by highly experienced psychotherapists. Patients receiving Schema Therapy showed statistically significant greater improvement in recovery from personality disorders. Based on the primary outcome measure, roughly 80% recovered in Schema Therapy, 60% in Clarification-Oriented Psychotherapy and 50% in TAU. The dropout rate was also lowest among the patients receiving Schema Therapy, suggesting that Schema Therapy is more readily accepted by patients. All measures were made three years after treatment started. The study design is noteworthy in that it compares two specialized treatments (Schema Therapy and Clarification-Oriented Psychotherapy) and treatment as usual, thus pointing out differences in therapies and perhaps providing suggestions about their "active ingredients." This was a large, multi-site study (323 patients in 12 Dutch mental health institutes).
Schema Therapy was delivered weekly for 40 sessions in the first year and then with 10 booster sessions in the second year. Clarification-Oriented Psychotherapy and TAU were weekly with an open ended number of sessions.
Schema Therapy is a relatively new approach developed by Dr. Jeffrey Young of New York City and Columbia University in large part explicitly to treat personality disorders. It is an integrative psychotherapy drawing on CBT, Gestalt, and psychoanalytic psychotherapies to create a unique, structured therapy with a cohesive model of etiology and treatment.
This present study investigated typical treatment settings rather than rare expert, highly structured, specialized situations. The therapists using Schema Therapy in the study were not experts in Schema Therapy. In fact, they were therapists already employed in Dutch community mental health centers who expressed interest in Schema Therapy, received four days of training, and then peer supervision throughout the study (as well as yearly expert supervision). This study suggests that Schema Therapy can realistically be implemented effectively in typical therapy settings.
An important additional finding of this study is that therapists trained in Schema Therapy by actively practicing techniques in their training sessions and receiving immediate feedback did significantly better than therapists trained in Schema Therapy primarily by readings, lecture and video examples of techniques. This is rare and important data in the literature. Being able to compare treatment outcomes based on style of therapist training can guide future training in Schema Therapy and perhaps psychotherapy more generally.
Some of the primary investigators conducting this study will be presenting and discussing this research in detail at the bi-annual international Schema Therapy conference this June in Istanbul.
One of the most recent developments is a group version of Schema Therapy developed by Farrell & Shaw (2012) in the Midwest USA. Outcome studies on group demonstrate even larger effect sizes than individual for BPD (Farrell, et al, 2009; Reiss, Lieb, Arntz, Shaw & Farrell (2012). An international randomized controlled trial led by Arntz and Farrell is underway at 14 sites in six countries comparing varying doses of combined group and individual schema therapy to the usual community treatment provided for patients with BPD. The group model (Farrell, Reiss & Shaw, 2014) is also being tested for other personality disorders in ongoing studies in Europe.
Schema Therapy has spread quickly around the world spurred, in part, by the impressive series of findings in recent outcome studies. Since its adoption in the United States lags far behind the rest of the world, the investigators are especially interested in disseminating this information to the many patients and professionals who would benefit from this important advance.
Farrell, J.; Shaw, I.; and Webber, M. A schema-focused approach to group psychotherapy for outpatients with borderline personality disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry Volume 40, Issue 2, June 2009, Pages 317-328
Josephine Giesen-Bloo, MSc; Richard van Dyck, MD, PhD; Philip Spinhoven PhD; Willem van Tilburg MD, PhD; Carmen Dirksen, PhD; Thea van Asselt, Msc; Ismay Kremers, PhD; Marjon Nadort, MSc; and Arnoud Arntz, PhD. Outpatient Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: a randomized trial of Schema focused therapy versus Transference focused therapy. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2006, Vol. 63, No. 6, pp. 649-658.
Nadort, M.; Arntz, A.; Smit, J.; Giesen-Bloo, J.; Eikelenbooma, M.; Spinhoven,P.; vanAsselt, T.; Wensing, M.; vanDyck, R.; Implementation of out patient schema therapy for borderline personality Disorder with versus without crisis support by the therapist outside office hours: A randomized trial Behaviour Research and Therapy xxx (2009 )1
For further information about Schema Therapy, contact George Lockwood, Ph.D., at the Schema Therapy Institute Midwest: 269-345-8100, or e-mail at: email@example.com For information about Group Schema Therapy contact Joan Farrell, Ph.D at Indiana University School of Medicine Center for BPD Treatment & Research, 317-283-3623 or email email@example.com .
For further information about the research studies, contact Arnoud Arntz, tel. +31 43 388 1228, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, Josephine Giesen-Bloo, tel. +31 478 635 200, e-mail email@example.com, Marjon Nadort, e-mail email@example.com and Joan Farrell, tel. 317-283-3623, e-mail email@example.com
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CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks A 39-year-old Roswell man with the Department of Transportation was killed Thursday afternoon while doing road work northwest of St. Vrain.
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A 39-year-old Roswell man with the state Department of Transportation died Thursday northwest of St. Vrain when he was run over by a piece of heavy machinery.
He was one of two workers killed on state roads Thursday.
Steve Vigil was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 12:30 p.m., State Police Capt. Jimmy Glascock said.
The road crew was working on N.M. 224 about nine miles northwest of St. Vrain.
Glascock said Vigil was riding on a chip spreader machine, positioned near the front to monitor gravel disbursement when the machine shifted to a higher gear and lurched forward.
Vigil lost his hold and fell into the path of the machine, Glascock said.
Vigil's brother-in-law, also working at the site, returned to Roswell Thursday afternoon to notify other family members, Glascock said.
Workers told police the machine had spontaneously shifted into higher gears in the past.
About an hour later, a contractor working as a flagperson, was killed near Prewitt west of Albuquerque.
According to a press release from New Mexico Department of Transportation, she died when struck by a motorist at a bridge on Interstate 40.
A suspect was arrested.
"This is a loss to the NMDOT family and the construction community," said Transportation Secretary Gary L.J. Giron in a press release.
"We know our workers put their lives on the line each day while working to improve our roadways. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to the families whose lives will be forever changed by these tragic incidents."
According to NMDOT, Vigil had been with the department since May 2008.
"I am saddened to learn of these tragic accidents," Gov. Bill Richardson said in the release.
"On behalf of First Lady Barbara Richardson and myself, I offer our sincere condolences to their family, friends and co-workers."
Two New Mexico Department of Transportation employees died while working on New Mexico highways in nine years prior to Thursday's deaths, officials said.


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During the recent Cattle Industry Convention, I sat in on a meeting where the crux of the discussion was how best to improve reproductive efficiency in the nation's cowherd.
Economists tell us the very best way to reduce production costs is to increase reproductive-efficiency rate – fewer replacements, more longevity, more pounds, etc. The economic impacts of these are staggering. On individual operations, reproductive rates are easy to quantify and the impacts easy to measure; from an industry standpoint, however, it's more complicated. Yet, I don't think it's hard to get an idea of the impact by looking at the seedstock industry.
One thing we know is that one way to reduce reproductive problems is to increase inputs, whether it be via better synchronization or better nutrition. The seedstock industry has been able to do that; for the most part, so has the cow-calf sector.
Under a typical heifer development program, nearly any heifer should have the opportunity to breed, regardless of her maintenance requirements. Science tells us we can't increase growth, mature size and milk production without increasing maintenance requirements. The only way to moderate the impact is to feed more, or improve inherent fertility.
The seedstock industry has tools to help it improve fertility, but I'd wager that the impact of increased maintenance requirements has largely been mitigated through additional feed.
I've heard dozens of seedstock producers discuss their concerns in these areas. But, they also are being dictated to by the marketplace, which puts a premium on the very trait that runs contrary to one of the most economically relevant traits of all –reproductive rate. With record prices, the incentive to produce as many pounds as possible has never been greater.
The real problem is that after implementing the easiest solution to increasing reproduction – the planned application of heterosis – it becomes a very complicated matter to determine the optimum levels for various traits in varying environments. The industry desperately needs a tool to help producers define the appropriate biological type/genetics for their given operation. Yet, at this time, the best barometer for producers is their own personal experience.
Perhaps the tool we're looking for is something that simply helps us quantify what we're seeing in a manner that allows us to use it to move our operations forward. Sadly, we have the best tools in the world to make genetic change, but the tools to determine what change should be made don't exist.
I recently watched a very good producer pay over $6,000 each on 10 bulls. His comment to me was: "I know I'm going to make genetic progress, but it will take 6-10 years to know if it was in the right direction."


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Prohibited acts
Except as provided in section 973d of this title, it is unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States—
to violate any provision of this chapter or any regulation or order issued pursuant to this chapter;
to use a vessel for fishing in violation of an applicable national law;
who has entered into a fishing arrangement under paragraph 3 of Article 3 of the Treaty, to violate the terms and conditions of such fishing arrangement if the Secretary of State has decided under section 973p of this title that Article 4 and paragraph 6 of Article 5 of the Treaty shall apply to the arrangement;
to use a vessel for fishing in any Limited Area in violation of any requirement in Schedule 3 of Annex I of the Treaty;
to use a vessel for fishing in any Closed Area;
to falsify any information required to be reported, notified, communicated, or recorded pursuant to a requirement of this chapter, or to fail to submit any required information, or to fail to report to the Secretary immediately any change in circumstances which has the effect of rendering any such information false, incomplete, or misleading;
to intentionally destroy evidence which could be used to determine if a violation of this chapter or the Treaty has occurred;
to refuse to permit any Authorized Officer or Authorized Party Officer to board a fishing vessel for purposes of conducting a search or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this chapter or the Treaty;
to refuse to comply with the instructions of an Authorized Officer or Authorized Party Officer relating to fishing activities under the Treaty;
to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with—
any Authorized Officer or Authorized Party Officer in the conduct of a search or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this chapter or the Treaty; or
an observer in the conduct of observer duties under the Treaty;
to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this section;
to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the apprehension or arrest of another person, knowing that such other person has committed any act prohibited by this section; or
to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have custody, control, or possession of, any fish taken or retained in violation of this chapter or any regulation, permit, or the Treaty, with the knowledge that the fish were so taken or retained.
Except as provided in section 973d of this title, it is unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States when in the Licensing Area—
to use a vessel to fish unless validly licensed as required by the Administrator;
to use a vessel for directed fishing for southern bluefin tuna or for fishing for any kinds of fish other than tunas, except that fish may be caught as an incidental by-catch;
to use a vessel for fishing by any method other than the purse-seine method;
to use any vessel to engage in fishing after the revocation of its license, or during the period of suspension of an applicable license;
to operate a vessel in such a way as to disrupt or in any other way adversely affect the activities of traditional and locally based fishermen and fishing vessels;
to use a vessel to fish in a manner inconsistent with an order issued by the Secretary under section 973i of this title; or
except for circumstances involving force majeure and other emergencies involving the health or safety of crew members or the safety of the vessel, to use an aircraft in association with the fishing activities of a vessel unless it is identified in the license application for the vessel, or any amendment thereto.
(Pub. L. 100–330, § 5,
June 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 592.)
cite as: 16 USC 973c


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(Cosmic Poetry in Motion)
We're going in!!
And so I wrote,* back in 2016 regarding the Juno Mission
".. the hand of the unseen Conductor waved them onward into the vibrating strings of a solar wind and I cried out, "Yes! The whole cosmos is a grand opus! Let those who have ears, hear!…"
I am so incredibly moved and awed by this wonderful science fiction in our time!! After the original launch in 2011 –
Juno Orbit Insertion -July 4, 2016
"We're going in"
From the moment in 1610 when Galileo (with his home made telescope) first realized that there were bodies orbiting this "wandering star," our whole belief system was to be forever changed. Galileo was threatened with excommunication from the church and died a heart-broken man. Today he is vindicated. Tiny Lego figurines of Galileo, Juno and Jupiter ride this craft as it now orbits the giant and sends back data that will help unlock the secrets of our beginnings in our endless quest to understand the wonders and mystery of creation.
Juno's camera has captured in time lapse the marvelous ballet of the moons as they dance in homage around the King of the solar system.
We are created from stardust, and- "we are golden"- (says Joni Mitchell)
thrilling time lapse photography:
with music by Vangelis that will transport you!
Jupiter's moons are Io, Europa, Ganymede and the outermost,Callisto. Juno in mythology is the wife of Jupiter- the Roman equivalent of Hera and Zeus in the Greek pantheon.
When I saw the dusty Hale- Bopp and Hayakutake comets streaming past our solar system in the nineties and realized these visitors were both on journeys of thousands of years from afar (the Oort cloud ) and won't return for thousands of years, I was totally awestruck and bought my first reflector telescope. I was thrilled to witness the two giants (Jupiter and Saturn) as they passed closest to earth in 2001.
Another wonderful video from a few years back is called "Galileo's Sons"- the story of the astronomer priests of the modern Vatican as they study the cosmos in the spirit of Galileo and an "enlightened" faith and science.
..and here is another of my own photos of the transit of Venus across the sun in 2013, taken through telescope, Cattle Point, Victoria- she will not eclipse again for another 100 years
* and my own "transcendent dance" into the cosmos in a spirit of fun and story is here


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AMERICAN IDOL, television's No. 1 show, begins its next nationwide search for the best undiscovered talent in the country in Los Angeles, CA, on Thursday, June 7. The search for the next singing superstar continues in San Antonio, TX, on Thursday, June 14; Charlotte, NC, on Tuesday, June 19; Newark, NJ, on Saturday, June 23; Chicago, IL, on Thursday, July 12; New Orleans, LA, on Tuesday, July 17; and Oklahoma City, OK, on Friday, July 20.
AMERICAN IDOL auditions will be held as follows:
Cities Dates Venues
Los Angeles, CA Thursday, June 7 Dodger Stadium
San Antonio, TX Thursday, June 14 Alamodome
Charlotte, NC Tuesday, June 19 Time Warner Cable Arena
Newark, NJ Saturday, June 23 Prudential Center
Chicago, IL Thursday, July 12 United Center
New Orleans, LA Tuesday, July 17 New Orleans Arena
Oklahoma City, OK Friday, July 20 Chesapeake Energy Arena
Full details regarding the Los Angeles auditions are below.
Los Angeles AMERICAN IDOL Audition Information
WHO: Men and women 15-28 years old as of June 5, 2012, who are eligible to work in the U.S. Some restrictions apply – please visit www.americanidol.com for specific information.
WHEN: Thursday, June 7
WHERE: Dodger Stadium
1000 Elysian Park Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
HOW: Wristbands will be distributed from approximately 7:00 AM on Tuesday, June 5 until approximately 8:00 AM on Thursday, June 7. Auditioners will not be permitted to camp out. Once auditioners obtain their wristbands, they will be asked to return to Dodger Stadium by 5:00 AM on Thursday, June 7.
Audition information, including forms and requirements, are available online at www.americanidol.com. Visit www.americanidol.com for exclusive videos, interviews and photos from auditions, as well as special behind-the-scenes information and all of your AMERICAN IDOL news.
Emmy Award-winning AMERICAN IDOL is produced by 19 Entertainment, a division of CKX, Inc. and FremantleMedia North America. The series is created and executive-produced by Simon Fuller, CEO, XIX Entertainment, and executive-produced by Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia North America; Ken Warwick, Executive Producer, FremantleMedia North America; and Nigel Lythgoe, CEO, Nigel Lythgoe Productions. "Like" AMERICAN IDOL on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AmericanIdol. Follow the series on Twitter @AmericanIdol and join the audition discussions at #IdolAuditions.


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The British are very polite. There's no way you're going to catch them peeing on the street like some Spaniard. But you will, luckily for us, see them vomiting up a booze storm in broad daylight.
Two things. One, it's obviously Christmastime. Unless, of course, it's Halloween and Reindeer Man's wearing the world's laziest costume. Two, what's his friend doing? Holding his hair? Holding his head down so he doesn't splatter on his shoes? Google Street View should really stop and ask for clarification when they pass by scenes like this. [Google Maps UK via T3]
Update: British people are saying it's after a stag party, not at Christmas time. A thousand pardons, drunkards.


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Furloughed attorney waits and worries that Social Security appeals will be delayed
Ken Scarboro/KPCC
Elisa Wayne, a furloughed SSA attorney, holding the letter she was given to provide creditors – notifying them of her status and requesting leniency.
The Social Security Administration announced that during the partial shutdown of the federal government, benefits checks will still go out — a big relief to millions of people who depend on that income. But the agency has still had to furlough some of its employees.
Elisa Wayne is one of them. Wayne works as an attorney in the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of Disability Adjudication and Review.
But on the first day of the shutdown, she was in her downtown LA office for just an hour. She left on furlough with a letter provided by her supervisor, explaining why she might not be able to make timely payments on her bills.
"They said, 'here, make a bunch of copies, and if you need it, give it to whoever you need to, you know, to whoever your creditors are,'" Wayne told KPCC. Then she read some lines from the letter:
To whom this may concern: I am writing to you on behalf of the Social Security Association employees to ask for your assistance at a time of personal financial hardship,
Congress and the president have not reached agreement on the appropriations bill for SSA. Since SSA has no funding at this time to pay employee salaries, we have been required to furlough employees. This action will make it exceedingly difficult for many employees to meet their financial obligations
I would appreciate any assistance you can provide in arranging the postponement, temporary reduction or rescheduling of payments for any current financial obligation with your organization.
'Less Freaked Out'
Wayne was also furloughed when the federal government shut down during the Clinton Administration in 1995 and 1996. After missing a few weeks of work, she says she was paid retroactively. She hopes that will be the case this go-round.
"I'm less freaked out than some of the new hirees who don't really know what to expect," Wayne said.
An attorney with more than twenty years of government service, Wayne earns more than $100,000 a year. She's on her own and her monthly expenses include an apartment in Brentwood. She paid her monthly rent of $2500 the day government shutdown began and hopes she won't have to send one of those letters to her landlord next month.
"I don't have a big cushion between paychecks, like maybe a couple hundred dollars that I can squirrel away somewhere," Wayne says.
Shutdown makes 'a farce' of disability hearings
Wayne knows she's lucky compared to the people who depend on her work. When Social Security disability benefits are denied, applicants can appeal the decision in hearings held before judges in her office. But Wayne says she and nine other attorneys working in the downtown LA office are furloughed.
On its web site, the SSA says during the shutdown, hearings offices remain open to conduct hearings before an Administrative Law Judge. There are 18 hearing offices in California, including locations in Los Angeles, Downey, San Bernardino, Long Beach, San Diego, Orange, and Pasadena.
Wayne says while the judges are still working and supposed to be running hearings, "it's really a farce, because there is nobody there to write the decisions, which I do. "
Wayne says that the furloughs are bound to delay an already slow decision-making process for people who are counting on their appeal, and might really need government assistance.
"This is life or death for them, waiting to hear," Wayne says of the applicants. (Brian Watt)


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Iceland volcano eruption feared by scientists
Scientists are monitoring unusual underground activity that could signal an eruption at the Hekla volcano in southern Iceland.
University of Iceland geophysicist Pall Einarsson said Wednesday that magma appears to be moving deep beneath the volcano.
He says that does not necessarily mean an eruption is imminent.
But scientists expect Hekla, one of Iceland's most active volcanoes, to erupt soon.
In the past few decades, Hekla has erupted about every 10 years, most recently in February 2000.
Iceland, in the remote North Atlantic, is a volcanic hotspot.
In April 2010, ash from an eruption of its Eyjafjallajokul volcano grounded flights across Europe for days, disrupting travel for 10 million people.
In May, the Grimsvotn volcano erupted, causing minor disruption to air travel.


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The reason for the note is irrelevant. The message is abundantly clear. It was crushing for a First Nations cancer patient who went there looking for pain management.
Was it racist? Yes. Insensitive? Yes. The symptom of a disturbing attitude towards indigenous peoples? Apparently so.
The Eel Ground First Nation rightfully sought an apology because the note labelled the entire aboriginal community as chronic prescription drug abusers. It marginalized one group of people, even though all cultures and communities are plagued with addictions and opioid abuse.
The sign denied certain medications based on race. First Nations people are being stigmatized from seeking medical help.
And the note is a clear indication that many Canadians have a long way to go before the recommendations and goals of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission are achieved.
It was apparently posted after Health Canada sent a letter to the doctor advising caution about a program that funds medications for First Nations residents. But shouldn't there be a need for caution when prescribing any potentially addictive drug to any Canadian? Are physicians treating some patients differently than others? That's clear discrimination.
The timing of the story made the incident even more outrageous, less than a week before National Aboriginal Day, June 21, as indigenous people across Canada celebrated their culture, achievements and history.
Our political leaders often stumble their way around indigenous issues.
At a June 19 ceremony in Ottawa honouring First Nations achievers, Gov. Gen. David Johnston suggested that indigenous people were immigrants to Canada, saying, "We're a country based on immigration, going right back to our indigenous people who were immigrants as well, 10,000, 12,000 14,000 years ago."
His remarks sparked a firestorm of criticism because the comment reflected a deep-seated, colonial mentality. Johnston apologized soon after.
There are, however, positive signs of change.
On Wednesday, a thorn in the side of many First Nations leaders was removed when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his office building would no longer bear the name of Hector-Louis Langevin, a father of Confederation and an architect of the much-hated "Indian" residential school system.
Trudeau was reacting to concerns from many indigenous communities and acknowledging their deep pain about a building that carries a name so closely associated with the horrors of residential schools.
Trudeau also announced that National Aboriginal Day would now be referred to as the more inclusive National Indigenous Peoples Day.
And Nova Scotia is considering a suggestion that it might be time for a Mi'kmaq seat in the provincial legislature.
These might be baby steps, but they are steps forward as we try to reach the goal of being an inclusive country for all Canadians.


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Michael Miller: Rise of the Christian fraternity
When a young man pledges membership to Sigma Theta Epsilon fraternity at Bradley University, his initiation is a bit different than the normal experience.
Rather than performing an embarrassing stunt, he may have to put on a social event or work on a community service project. Instead of singing a silly song in front of his future brothers, he may have to lead worship.
STE is a Christian fraternity. The 22-member Bradley chapter -- there are 11 chapters nationally -- has been organized at BU since 2000. A member is expected to agree with the fraternity's statement of faith and remain accountable to the other members.
"The ultimate goal of the fraternity is to give glory to God," BU chapter president and senior Marty Weiss of Highland said. "We hope to develop godly leaders."
STE also gives Christian students an opportunity to experience the positive aspects of fraternity life without having to deal with what some would consider negatives. Weiss, for example, joined the frat because he wanted to "branch out socially" but didn't want the stigma associated, rightly or wrongly, with typical frat life.
STE isn't part of BU's Interfraternity Council. It does, however, get involved with other frats by taking part in such activities as the Greek games or helping freshmen move into dorms on Move-In Day.
"Those relationships (with other fraternities) are starting to get a lot better," said STE member Ryan Jones, a junior from Metamora.
Frat members also are involved with other Christian organizations on campus like Chi Rho and Worship at Full Volume.
In the meantime, STE is busy with its own activities. It will host a dodgeball tournament later this semester to benefit Great Oaks Christian Camp, a summer facility near Lacon for low-income kids from Peoria. Members regularly engage in cleanup projects for neighborhood homes. Last winter, STE sent out a shoveling brigade to help snowed-in neighbors. The fraternity also volunteers at Morton's Grace Church for its Harvest of Family Fun event. Members attend various churches but meet for weekly fraternity Bible studies.
It's a dry frat as well.
"IBC (root beer) is our drink of choice," Jones said.
The junior religious studies and philosophy major said he was happy to move off a freshman dorm floor that saw "a lot of drinking."
"The opportunity to move out of the dorm presented itself, and I was very grateful for that," Jones said.
Seven members of the frat, including Weiss and Jones, live in a rented house at the corner of Bradley Avenue and Rebecca Place. STE tried to buy its own building this summer, but zoning problems frustrated that effort. The fraternity was hoping to turn the former Christian Family Center Church at 1800 Bradley Ave. into a residential facility for members, but the move would have required the rezoning of most of that block, something to which neighborhood associations were opposed, Weiss and Jones said.
"We're kind of in a bind right now," Jones said.
Being in STE, the two said, helps members in their Christian life and student life. Challenges for Christians during college include "remembering to be intentional in my relationship with God," Weiss said.
Such challenges don't just present themselves in social life; they're also in the classroom, where a variety of opinions that may be at variance with the Bible tempt Christian students.
"It's easy to get a head-heart conflict going," Jones said.
However, Bradley overall doesn't have much religious conflict, Weiss and Jones said.
"There's a tolerance of religious activities," Jones said. "I find it unique about Bradley and Peoria in general."
So far, there's no chapter of a Christian sorority at Bradley, though several exist nationally.
Michael Miller covers religion for the Journal Star. Write to him in care of the Journal Star, 1 News Plaza, Peoria, IL 61643, or send e-mail to email@example.com. Comments may be published.


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So, although I feel a *little* bit like a widow who has gotten remarried about a week later, I have found myself another dog. I am also pretty sure for several reasons that I'll keep to myself (you're welcome) that my Dad and Gemma picked her out for me. She is an 8-year-old Cavalier—the same breed and coloring as Gemma was—who has had a very difficult life at the hands of so-called "human beings."
She was used as a breeding dog in a puppy mill for 6 years: kept in a cage with no medical attention, half-starved,
vocal cords cut (just discovered from her foster mom that they weren't cut although her medical record says they were) and God knows what else, giving birth endlessly to puppies which were taken away from her almost immediately. She was finally rescued two years ago and has been in a foster home with a wonderful, amazing woman named RJ who works on the front lines of rescue, helping animals who have been cruelly abused. All glory to her and those like her, because I don't think I could do it; she sees the very worst of human nature through the suffering creatures she takes in and tends to.
Although she clearly adores Callie herself, RJ decided a couple of weeks ago that it was time to give her a new home where she would be the center of attention (her foster home is crowded, since there are so many awful people out there).
Serendipity! She was listed on an online adoption site and I found her almost immediately. I brought her home yesterday and fell in love with her instantly.
She is still very shy and timid; it is a lot for her to adjust to, but she's also very curious and alert…um, except when she's sleeping. I think once she figures out that I am utterly and completely her slave she will very happily boss me around. As you can see from the photos, she has already staked out her claim to the sofa!
She comes with the name Callie and I will call her that, but naturally I also think she needs something more grandiose and dramatic (she is a tiny little thing, about 10 pounds—less than half the size Gemma was!).
Help me pick a new name for her, keeping in mind that her nickname will still be Callie and also that I might just ignore the poll results if they don't suit me.
And yes, I will be getting back to the point of this blog very soon, I promise!


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let me explain how do i set and use a squeeze box1. add the device to lan, restart2. on 1 orbiter you'll get a message asking to choose a device template: squeezeboxes3. choose a new room for it!4. reload router to register the device and regen all screens5. now change the room and go to squeeze box room6. music -> choose filesthat's it.


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CASSELBERRY, Fla. (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a central Florida beauty salon Thursday, killing three women and wounding the manager, who had asked for a restraining order against him, police said. After the rampage, the gunman went to a friend's house and killed himself.
Authorities said the shooting was part of a domestic dispute, but did not elaborate. The gunman, identified by police as Bradford Baumet, was served with a domestic violence injunction Oct. 9 and scheduled to be in court Thursday for a hearing with the salon's manager, Marcia Santiago. Their relationship was not immediately clear.
About two hours before the hearing, Baumet, 36, entered Las Dominicanas M & M Salon in Casselberry and started shooting, police spokeswoman Sara Brady said. Two women hid inside a bathroom and one ran outside through a back door.
Santiago, 44, was in serious condition at a hospital. She was shot five times, according to her ex-husband, William Ayala, who spoke to her sister. Ayala said he had a daughter with Santiago and the girl lived with him.
"I heard he was violent and had a criminal record," he told The Associated Press.
Records in Florida and Rhode Island show Baumet has been previously arrested for domestic assault, felony assault, stalking, burglary and drug possession.
Police identified two other victims as 52-year-old Gladys Cabrera, a customer and 29-year-old Noelia Gonzalez-Brito, a salon employee. Authorities did not immediately identify the fourth woman who died.
Shortly after the shooting, about two dozen mourners gathered near the salon, located in a strip mall. Police taped off the parking lot and officers stood guard outside the business. Yellow paper covered up some of the glass windows. A Dominican Republic flag hung in the storefront along with a neon sign that read: Hair Cut. Color. Perm.
Calls to the salon's owner also went unanswered. A video posted on the salon's website shows a woman explaining in Spanish the services offered at the salon for men and women.
Casselberry is about 15 miles northeast of Orlando.
A witness to the salon shooting told the Orlando Sentinel (http://thesent.nl/WsxRBn) he heard gunshots before seeing the gunman flee.
"We saw the guy with the gun in his hand ... coming this way ... on foot with the gun in his hand," said Juan Diaz, who was at a nearby store at the time of the shooting. He said he went into the salon once the gunman left and saw "a bunch of dead bodies."
When Baumet went to his friends' house, he did not threaten them, but said "he had some problems, problems he could not remedy," Seminole County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Heather Smith said.
Baumet was jailed in Orange County on Oct. 14 after an arrest for driving on a suspended license. He was released the following day after posting $250 bond and sentenced to time-served.
A phone number listed for Baumet was disconnected.
A year ago in Orange County in Southern California, an angry ex-husband donned a bulletproof vest before killing his ex-wife and six of her fellow stylists and patrons at a hair salon, police said. Scott Dekraai is also accused of killing a man in the parking lot. He is awaiting trial on murder charges.


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… Chrissy Polis arrested after saying she had been robbed …
By Peter Hermann
10:31 AM EST, December 7, 2011
The 23-year-old transgendered woman whose videotaped
beating in a Rosedale McDonald's went viral over the Internet is facing a disorderly conduct charge after an argument with a police officer in Baltimore County.
Chrissy Lee Polis, free on $7,500 bail, faces a trial in District Court in February. She did not return calls to a phone number listed in court documents.
A Baltimore County police officer arrested Polis at her Essex apartment on Dec. 3, alleging in court charging documents that she became disorderly and shouted obscenities when she became dissatisfied with the way he handled her complaint. Polis had called police saying that her Chocolate brand purse, cell phone and $800 in cash had been taken in a robbery.
Polis was charged as Christopher Lee Polis. Baltimore County's top prosecutor and a county police spokeswoman confirmed that the suspect is the same person who was assaulted at the McDonald's in April after she tried to use the woman's bathroom.
That case attracted national attention and prompted changes in hate crime statutes in jurisdictions across Maryland. On Monday, the Howard County Council toughened its hate crime laws as part of a law proposed after the Polis case.
A 19-year-old woman pleaded guilty to assault and a hate crime count for beating Polis at the McDonald's and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all but five years suspended. A 14-year-old girl was found responsible in juvenile court.
The latest incident occurred Dec. 3 near Polis' Essex apartment. Polis told the officer that she was walking home and attacked outside her apartment building by a man wearing a black and white striped hooded sweatshirt.
She told police the man hit her in the head with an unknown object and stole her purse. But the officer taking the report said Polis "gave several different variations of his recollection of the events" and "became very agitated."
The officer wrote in charging documents that Polis screamed profanities and disrupted the neighborhood. The officer said Polis let him into her apartment, which he described as having a mattress but no furniture.
The officer said in the court documents that one neighbor saw a man in a black and white striped hooded sweatshirt knocking on Polis' door, but that she did not open it. Several other neighbors said they did not hear an attack or screaming. Polis told the officer that "as the robbery was occurring [she] was screaming and even chased the suspect," according to the report.
Charging documents say that Polis became agitated again and "was causing a major disturbance in the neighborhood and would not lower his voice even though I was continually advising him to do so. … [she] continued to scream, 'You don't know who I am. I will have you fired …"
Det. Cathy Batton, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore County Police Department, said this morning that detectives are investigating Polis' complaint of being robbed.
Copyright © 2011, The Baltimore Sun


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