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Forest City Ratner has signed private high school the Brooklyn Friends School to MetroTech Center, the developer announced today. Brooklyn Friends, a Quaker school headquartered at 375 Pearl Street in Downtown Brooklyn, will move its upper school to a new 45,000-square-foot space being designed by FXFOWLE architects at the center, located at 116 Lawrence Street.
"First class academics and thriving commerce have had a long and successful history at MetroTech," said MaryAnne Gilmartin, president and CEO of Forest City Ratner. "The Brooklyn Friends School, a venerable and beloved local institution, carries forth that great tradition."
The school was represented in the deal by Brian Leary of CPEX Real Estate Services and Forest City was represented in-house by Ali Esmaeilzadeh, according to the release.
"The new upper school building, a complete, building-in-building high school that is a five-minute walk from our Pearl Street school, represents a dramatic step forward," said head of school Larry Weiss.
The new upper school space will include four science labs, three art studios, a black box theater and dance and music studios, according to the release. It will welcome its first students in September 2015. – Hiten Samtani

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During her childhood and young adulthood, Mildred D. Taylor experienced and understood the south—where most of her books are set—in light of her life in the north. Born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1943, she and her family moved to Ohio after her birth because of her father's impassioned refusal to raise his daughters in a racist society. Though they lived in the north, Taylor and her family never left the south behind, and every year they traveled there to visit family.
Taylor grew to understand and even dread the encounters with bigotry characteristic of her trips to the south—in Something About the Author, she describes being overcome by nausea while crossing over the Ohio River into Kentucky. However, while her northern town more subtly harbored racist biases, they were no less hurtful than the biases of the south. For example, according to Phyllis Fogelman in The Horn Book, Toledo's high schools, nominally open to both black and white students, used an admission standard that made acceptance into the stronger schools difficult for black children. Most of the black students came from neighborhood schools inferior to the schools of their white counterparts. Consequently, Taylor often found herself in the dubious position of being the only African American in her class, where she experienced the pressure of being the first example of her race her classmates had ever known. Also troubling were the versions of history and black heritage presented in her textbooks, which perpetuated a subtle brand of racism: they ignored the suffering of African Americans under the white-dominated system of slavery, and they glossed over the tremendous struggle African Americans waged for freedom. No one, Taylor's teacher included, believed her when she tried to explain the truth.
These experiences fired Taylor's desire to write. In The Horn Book, she explains: "By the time I entered high school, I had a driving compulsion to paint a truer picture of Black people." After Taylor completed her college education, she worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia and as a teacher, recruiter, and editor around the country. In 1973, she wrote her first book, Song of the Trees.Song of the Trees introduced the Logan family, the heroes of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, and won the contest for which she wrote it. Continuing to draw on her family history and the stories her family shared when she was growing up, she completed Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry in 1977, which was awarded the Newbery Medal. She continued to develop the story of the Logan family in Let the Circle Be Unbroken,The Road to Memphis,The Well: David's Story, and The Land.
Taylor based her writing not only on her firsthand experiences in the South, but also on the stories of the past her family loved to tell. The Land, for example, is based on her great-grandfather's experiences during Reconstruction in the south. The story portrays the economic and social upheaval of the years between the Civil War and the Depression, and the increasingly virulent racism of southern whites. During the war, the south had sustained great damage to crops, animals, and railroads, on top of losing the foundation upon which their economy rested: slave labor. The north tried to impose a government on the southern states, in the form of coalitions of African Americans, Northerners, and pro-abolition southerners. In response to the deterioration of their economic and social power, a political backlash rose up in the south in the form of the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow laws, which denied African Americans the rights of citizenship and equal treatment guaranteed to them by the Fourteenth Amendment. Also, Reconstruction and its attendant political changes failed to provide blacks with access to land, which was the economic base they would need to fully realize their newly-won freedoms. As a result, blacks were forced to become sharecroppers—they worked the land of another and paid him part, often almost all, of their crops as compensation. Sharecropping, which virtually enslaved black farmers to white landowners, along with a strict social policy of racial segregation, in effect, created a system that retained the structures of slavery while still nominally following the Fourteenth Amendment. Paul-Edward, the protagonist of The Land, understands the importance of owning the land on which he farms, and the book centers on his struggle to obtain the piece of land that will guarantee his family true freedom. Taylor's own family, like the Logans, relied on and took fierce pride in the patch of land they bought during Reconstruction. The fate of this land, their one claim to self- sufficiency, is inextricably linked with the fate of the family.
Critics have accused Taylor of displaying bias against whites, and censors shudder at her use of the word "nigger." But Taylor staunchly stands by her stories and her choice of language. She simply affirms that the incidents she describes are based on fact and that the painful language she uses reflects a painful and shameful part of American history that should not be glossed over. She sees the lives of people, such as the Logans, as an indelible part of American history and a crucial link between slavery and the Civil Rights movement—a story that must be told, heard, and understood. The story of the Logans, fraught with instances of defeat, loss, and cruelty, represents the strength, determination, and unwavering dignity of its protagonists.


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In an attempt to raise myself from the stupor I was in at the end of 2012, I've been trying to re-immerse myself in the junk food scene. I've been cruising the Japanese import sites, snagging what I think are the most interesting jewels. I've been dreaming up some ideas for some future thematic post series that may or may not ever see the light of day. I've been catching up with all of my favorite blogs. And yesterday, I spent two hours at Starbucks researching Kool-Aid and its collecting culture. (At Starbucks I sat near two be-gothed college drama students, so to catch you up, Craig doesn't seem gay, but he is totally gay.)
Just when I thought I was nearing the current edge of the foodoblogosphere, I stumble upon this bag of chips as I was exiting a grocery store. Not only did I not know these Jumpin' Jack Doritos were being re-released, but I did not know Jumpin' Jack Doritos were even a thing in the first place. I bet Craig knew about them. He's always up on stuff like that.
These Doritos were originally released in the early 90s. 1990 if Wikipedia is to be believed. My research ultimately yielded very little save a commercial starring Jay Leno filmed at the painful nexus of late 80s and early 90s youth fashion. So many jackets.
The last time I attempted to research a re-released Dorito variant was when Frito-Lay released Sour Cream and Onion. I didn't find much then either. I even emailed Frito-Lay to ask a few questions for that post, but I didn't get a response. Not even an automated one. I bet Craig would've gotten a response (or Marvo). Probably a phone call.
I'm bothered by the lack of historical resources for many junk foods, especially in the way of specific varieties and their release dates and production runs. Someone should write a book about that sort of thing. They could easily sell ten copies. I'd buy one. Seriously, I would.
But added bonus, during my research I discovered that Doritos were invented at Disneyland! At the Casa de Fritos in Frontierland! I'm filing that away in my mental minutiae banks. That could very well win me the next Trivial Pursuit night. Though I do feel like I should have known that and that everyone probably does know that already. Did you all know that? Am I the last one on the safari boat again? You guys are so smart. That's why I hang out with you.
These Jumpin' Jack Doritos are great. I mean besides the retro packaging and my love for the old Doritos logo, these things really put the snack in my midnight snack! (I'm sorry. I don't know what I was going for there.)
The ingredients litany lists the cheese coating as a mix of cheddar and Monterey Jack. The chips start cheddary but then definitely lean more towards the Monterey Jack. The cheesiness is a nice departure from the regular Nacho Cheese variety. They also weren't as heavily dredged in flavor powder as the Nacho Cheeses. They were dusted more along the lines of Cool Ranch. Not a complaint.
The level of spice is also spot on. It's not a heat, just a subtle level of pepperiness that coats the tongue towards the second half of the chew interval. Very nice.
Jumpin' Jack Doritos are an excellent addition, or re-addition, to the Doritos lineup. Keep an eye out for these. Pick up a bag for your next sports watching party. People will be pleased. But if you invite Craig, make sure you get some vegan chips, too. You know how he is. And with the stress of the new Joseph production he's in, ugh, he's been a nightmare.
Casa de Fritos.


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How to Get Recruited & Position Yourself for a Football Scholarship
What Are My First Steps in Getting Recruited?
1) Get yourself educated on the recruiting process. There are many ways to accomplish this. You can do your own research. You can seek guidance and council from a Recruiting Professional. You can get a membership with Recruiting Service. All can be effective depending on what you need and how much time you have.
2) Develop a Game Plan. Once you have the knowledge or guidance it is time for you to put together a Recruiting Game Plan. What is your strategy? What are you specifically trying to accomplish? How much time can you or will you put into this process? When is the best time to begin? RIGHT NOW!
3) Execute your Game Plan. Be persistent and consistent. Stay focused and stay with it. This is not a race it is a marathon. This will be time consuming, frustrating, irritating, disappointing and a lot of hard work. BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT!
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Things You Will Need to Be Recruited
*Now that you have a Game Plan for Recruiting what things will college coaches want to see from you? Do not assume that College Coaches will find you because more than likely they won't. So it is critical that you introduce yourself to these College Coaches and get them the things they will need to potentially recruit you.
Once again, get professionally evaluated so you are not wasting time reaching out to the wrong coaches. You will be going to school full time, lifting weights, going to practice, playing in games, doing homework and participating in high school student activities. You don't have time to waste reaching out to the wrong College Coaches. Here are the basic things you will need.
1) High School Transcripts so a College Coach will know if you are on track academically to gain admission into their school. If you aren't he will be able to tell you what you need to do to get there.
2) Football Highlight Video so a College Coach can see you in action on the football field live against other players. A high-quality Highlight Video put together the right way and in order is critical to your success.
3) Fill out the College Football Team's Recruiting Questionnaire so that they have the information they need to potentially recruit you. Make sure that you give them your contact information so that they will know how to find you.
4) A list of your Measurables so College Coaches will know what type of Athlete you are. You will need your Height, Weight, 40 Time, 5-10-5 Shuttle Time, L Drill Time, Bench Press Max, Squat Max, Vertical Jump and Broad Jump. There are several ways to gather these but the best way is with a trusted source so that College Coaches can verify the accuracy.
5) Ask your High School Football Coach for help. It is NOT your High School Coaches responsibility to get you a scholarship. He just doesn't have enough time in his day to take care of your recruiting needs. However, he can sure help you a lot if you keep him in the loop and let him know what your Recruiting Goals are.
*Getting an early start on your recruiting process will change the game for any student-athlete wanting a football scholarship. A helpful is to attend camps and combines. Camps and combines will NOT get you a scholarship contrary to popular belief. Basically, they are there to gauge yourself against other same-caliber athletes. They will help, but getting national exposure is the most important key to success.
*The most important aspect of being recruited might be exposure. It's true you need talent, size, speed and strength but even if you rate very high in these attributes if the college coaches don't know about you they can't recruit you!
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $2.9 million in funding for research to improve biorefinery technologies. The Integrated Biorefinery Optimization program is coordinated and co-funded jointly between NIFA and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office.
Biofuels and bioproducts can be created from a range of renewable energy sources, such as wood waste, short rotation crops and non-food grasses. Currently, there are only a few integrated biorefineries that work with new energy sources and across the entire supply chain from raw material to finished product. NIFA and DOE support technology development and engineering solutions to overcome barriers to their operational success and economic growth. This research helps integrated biorefineries reduce costs and improve performance to enhance U.S. energy security by reducing dependence on foreign oil and fostering economic growth through the latest advances in biotechnology.
Eligible applicants include state agricultural experiment stations, colleges and universities, and other public and private U.S. research organizations. Research funded through this program will support projects that address the challenges surrounding the successful scale-up and reliable continuous operation of integrated biorefineries. Funding may be used to reduce risk and provide resources to accelerate commercialization of advanced or cellulosic biofuels and bioproducts.
Applications are due by April 3, 2017.
For more details, see the request for applications on the NIFA website.
NIFA has invested in a range of projects to expand the regional biofuel and bioproduct industries and foster the scientific corps and workforce that support the bioeconomy. One recent example is a five-year investment to the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA), which has advanced research into biofuels and biochemicals, fostered the Northwest regional biofuel industry and helped educate tomorrow's workforce on renewable energy. In November, Alaska Airlines landed the first commercial flight powered in part by a new renewable fuel made of wood waste developed through this initiative.
NIFA invests in and advances innovative and transformative research, education and extension to solve societal challenges and ensure the long-term viability of agriculture. NIFA support for the best and brightest scientists and extension personnel have resulted in user-inspired, groundbreaking discoveries that are combating childhood obesity, improving and sustaining rural economic growth, addressing water availability issues, increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability and ensuring food safety.
To learn more about NIFA's impact on agricultural science, visit https://nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for email updates or follow us on Twitter @usda_NIFA, #NIFAimpacts
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By Mona Ghani
The following tips for English Language Instructors are provided by Mona A. Ghani, Editor/Teen Stuff; He Said She Said; MENA Special Olympics.
If you're an instructor, you most likely feel as if you're on stage, during any particular lesson; all eyes are on you and all ears are ready and waiting to hear what you've got to say. This can be rather stressful on an instructor. Being a foreign language instructor, there are some things that I must particularly look out for, and there are always general things that any instructor must watch out for. So, let's look at a couple of things that you can enhance because if you don't notice them… students will notice them.
Day one is definitely make it or break it. Walk in confident, yet friendly and don't hit the syllabus from the start. Take your time to get to know your students, and let them get to know you. Show genuine interest on why those students have enrolled in that particular course. Consider it a 'me, me, me' day, and let students talk about themselves for a while. Because if anything interests anybody, it's themselves!
Show your energy. Students want to see and feel robust energy coming out of you. The more energetic you are, the more interest they will take in you, and later on, in the material you're teaching. Walk around the class, use your body language, even if it's just a smile and don't sit stagnant behind a desk, reminding every student of their nightmarish school days!
Your voice is something that every student will take back home. So, make sure there is energy in your voice; and energy does not equal volume. Energy in the voice shows your enthusiasm. Avoid any monotone flat sounding voice, that will put students to sleep if not monitored properly.
Set your class rules from day one. Be friendly yes, but not too friendly that your students don't know who's boss! If you have any particular rules that you expect them to follow, state them loud and clear, so there is no room for debate later on.
By Mona A. Ghani
By nature of their work and their knowledge, an instructor can be quite intimidating for students. Supposedly, you, as an instructor, should know more than your students (which by the way, isn't always the case!). But besides your knowledge, a trainer is also trained on how to manage a class, and it's here where he must decide which type of learning is less intimidating for the students. Basically, you have three choices; each with its advantages and drawbacks.
Going Solo: Definitely, a student working solo would be the best choice for the instructor to know exactly how well or how poorly that student is doing. The work presented will not reflect anyone else's work except that student, making it easier for the instructor to pin-point strong points and weak points of that student. But as any instructor will tell you, the solo experience for a student is just so nerve wracking that they actually present you with work far less than their actual capabilities. Students find the idea of being 'alone' very distasteful and if it were up to them, they would even like to take their tests, quizzes and exams with another partner, if only they could!
Pair Work: Many instructors, at least language instructors, are usually trained to have students work in pairs. Pair work is more comfortable for students, knowing that someone else is there for them to lean on. But pair work should be monitored in the sense that pairing up doesn't mean always putting a student with his closest friend in the class. There must be a variety in the pairing, so that you don't always have one very strong pair of students, while another pair is like the blind leading the blind. A good pair would be one weaker student paired up with a stronger one. This forces the weaker student to pick up his performance, plus also helps the stronger student by correcting some mistakes of the weaker one. Or maybe that sounds too much like paradise?
Group Work: By far, it's the most fun way to run a classroom; fun for the students and the instructor. This doesn't mean amusement park type of fun; but rather a way where a sense of competition is created amongst students, leading to more enthusiastic work. It also works well with large classes. But alas! Nothing is ever perfect! In group work, most likely you will find 2 or 3 students doing all the work, while the rest just look on as if watching a movie or soccer match. Again, strict monitoring must be done, and the instructor should make it clear that he knows who is working and who is sunbathing on the beach!
The management of any class should have students in a rotation form, where they get to know other students and learn from others. According to the task at hand, an instructor should know which method is better or needed. Either way, an instructor should unglue those students who always seem to be glued together.
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The Hillsboro family trio of Jenna and Jeff Horick and their daughter Emma Horick are directing 62 children from eight area schools in a summer children's theatre program that will culminate this weekend with the production of Disney's "Frozen Jr." at the Paxton Theatre in Bainbridge.
The kids in the Paxton Theatre Foundation's Summer Children's Theatre program range in age from first through the 12th grades.
Emma Horick is a theatre veteran who participated in the children's theatre program herself before graduating from high school. Her parents also have a deep theatre background and have helped with Hillsboro High School theatrical productions in recent years.
"Frozen Jr." is based on the 2018 Broadway musical, and brings Elsa, Anna and the magical land of Arendelle to life on stage. The show features all of the memorable songs from the animated film, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, plus five new songs written for the Broadway production.
"'Frozen Jr.' is a story of true love and acceptance between sisters. When faced with danger, the two discover their hidden potential and the powerful bond of sisterhood," the theatre said in a news release.
Doors and the box office open at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday with performances starting at 7 p.m. Doors open at 2 p.m. on Sunday with the performance starting at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors age 65-plus and veterans, and $7 for children 12 and under.
Tickets and additional information are available online at paxtontheatre.org, or by calling 740-634-3333.
The Paxton Theatre is located at 133 E. Main St. in Bainbridge. For more information visit www.PaxtonTheatre.org.
The new Paxton Township Hall, built in 1909, featured a large theatre seating more than 500. Early shows included live theatre, movies, minstrels, vaudevilles, magic shows and other entertainment. The early '60s brought the start of the Paint Valley Jamboree, currently operating in its 54th continuous season. Today, the Paxton Theatre offers a variety of live, family-friendly entertainment to audiences young and old.


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As for me...I went home and kena Mamarazzi sumbat with fever medicine, and the next day was okay already. Can go to school.
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Sunday, 17 June 2012
Chilling Evening at Chilis'
As for me...I went home and kena Mamarazzi sumbat with fever medicine, and the next day was okay already. Can go to school.
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How can he not like cheese! And macaroni and cheese! They have a cute commercial running here for Kraft macaroni and cheese, where the kids have the adults stealing theirs, and they can buy insurance for protection...it's cute and funny;)ReplyDelete
Caesar salad is not exactly the healthiest salad ever, because of the dressing. But there are less healthier salads, I guess...ReplyDelete
Why is he being fed? I really hate tomato juice, or maybe i have not tasted the good one..That ceasar salad looks really good..ReplyDelete
Stopping by to wish you a wonderful weekend..
- Anonymous17 June 2012 at 05:24
I like!!! Mexicano food! You went to the one at Mid Valley or where?ReplyDelete
I would love the salad..ReplyDelete
but I don't take beef..ReplyDelete
I prefer raw tomato than the juice.ReplyDelete
wah i just love steaks :) .. nom nom nom..ReplyDelete
was kind of away from the blog recently, but hey I am back!
Have a good sunday ya!
We have Chilis here in S'pore too but I haven't been there. Looks like my son's kinda place :)ReplyDelete
hahaha nice to be spoon feed ya! starting with mum, then later on will be your wife when you grew up! hahaReplyDelete
Happy Papa's Day to Small Kucing's papa :)))) Great time chilling out at Chillis :) Have a great day Kucing family !ReplyDelete
LOL...Auntie oso terkena that buang tabiat penyakit somewhere around last month. Weather too hot la... craved for all things cool, juicy and green. Last month auntie stocked up on so much salad and cherry tomatoes to snack on and makan only that for days and wants nothing else. Too hot, body went sotplug.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 June 2012 at 23:50
Weird temptation in the middle of the nite. hehe... By the way it looks delicious. Happy father's Day to Paparazzi.ReplyDelete
Was just there yesterday for Father's Day..Kids eat for free...so its a worth it place to dine for lots of kids.ReplyDelete
I have nothing to complain about the food here but nothing great to shout about too. Sometimes I wonder why the need to pay so much having salad here when I can have the same at home for a very much cheaper cost.ReplyDelete
Tengah malam buta eat so heavy, can sleep ka after that? :pReplyDelete
LOL...mamarazzi also dont like cheese
at least got some greens
coz he was cold. asked to be fed
nah....Midvalley! so jam leh. tak mau. went to Citta Mall nearby
ya lovce their salad
their chicken also good
Mamarazzi and me dun like tomato in any form at all LOL
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coz they gave him things to play with
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In this page you find:
System status - services, resources, uptime, kernel
Network status - configuration of network interfaces, routing table, ARP cache
System graphs - graphs of resource usage
Traffic Graphs - graphs of bandwidth usage
Connections - list of all open TCP/IP connections
OpenVPN connections - list of all OpenVPN connections
The default page that opens when clicking on Menubar ‣ Status is the System status page, which gives a quick overview of the running services, memory, disk usage, uptime and users, loaded modules, and the kernel version, each in its own box. At the top of the page, there are hyperlinks to each box. In more details, these are the information presented in each box, which are usually the output of some Linux command.
The status -marked as either Stopped or Running by a red or green square- of each service installed on the Endian 4i Edge Appliance is shown here. A service might appear as stopped because the corresponding daemon or script is not enabled.
New in version 3.0.5-2015-July: The wireless status is now shown among the services.
The output of the Linux free command supplies the data shown here. All data are represented with the real amount in kilobytes, and with a bar to ease the visualisation of the memory used. The first line shows the total used RAM memory, for which is normal to be close to 100% for a long time running system, since the Linux kernel uses all available RAM as disk cache to speed up I/O operations. The second line shows the memory actually used by processes: Ideally this value should be below 80% to keep some memory available for disk caching. If this value approaches 100%, the system will slow down because active processes are swapped to disk. If the memory usage remains for long periods of time over 80%, RAM should be added to improve performances. The third bar indicates the swap usage. For a long running system it is normal to see moderate swap usage (the value should be below 20%), especially if not all the services are used all the time.
The output of the Linux df command shows the disk devices -phisycal disks and partitions, their mount point and the space of each disk partition. Depending on the type of the Endian 4i Edge Appliance, the data displayed in this box differ. Usually, they are:
The main disk
The data disk
The configuration disk, where all the Endian 4i Edge Appliance settings are stored
The log disk
The shared memory,
The data disk and the log disk may grow over time, so there should be reserved enough space for them - especially the log disk. Remember also that disks shall never be full above the 95%, since this may hinder the correct working of the system.
This box shows the output of the Linux w command, which reports the current time, information about how long the system has been running since last reboot, the number of console users that are currently logged into the system (though normally there should be none) and the system load average for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes. Additionally, if any console user is logged into the system, some information about the user is displayed (like the remote host from which she is logged in or what is she doing). More details can be found on the w(1) manual page.
The output of the Linux lsmod command. It shows the kernel modules currently loaded into memory. This information should be useful to advanced users only.
The output of the Linux uname -r command, which shows the current kernel version.
This page contains several information about the running state of the network interfaces. Four boxes are present on the page, and, like for the System status, hyperlinks are provided at the top of the page for a quicker access. The boxes contain the following information, representing the output of different shell commands.
The first box reports the output of the ip addr show command which provides for each network interface the associated MAC address, IP address, and additional communication parameters. The active interfaces are highlighted with the colour of the zone they are serving. The interface can be an ethernet interfaces, a bridge, or a virtual device.
The running configuration and capabilities of each of the NIC are shown here. Each interface is highlighted with the colour of the zone it is serving and is labelled as [Link OK] to indicate that it is working. Interfaces that are not used are labelled with '[NO Link]'. The command providing the output is ip link show.
The kernel routing table, as provided by the route -n command. Typically, there should be one line per active interface, which correctly routes the traffic within the zones served by the Endian 4i Edge Appliance, plus a default route (recognisable by the 0.0.0.0 Destination field) that allow the traffic to reach the Internet.
The last box shows the output of the arp -n command and shows the ARP table, i.e., a table containing the MAC address associated to each known IP address in the local network.
Changed in version 2.5: Disk graphs.
The graphs displayed in this page present the usage of resources during the last 24 hours: CPU, memory, swap, and disk usage, each accompanied with a legend of the data included in the graph, their associated colour, and a summary of the maximum, average, and current percentage of use. Moreover, a message informs of the time and date of the last update to the graphs, which matches the last access to the page.
When clicking on one of the graphs, a new page will open, with summaries of the usage graphs for the last day, week, month, and year. In these pages, a click on the BACK button allows to return to the previous page.
The nan (short for "Not A Number") string that may appear in the summaries designate that there are not enough data to calculate the usage of the selected resource. It can appear for example in the "per year usage" when the Endian 4i Edge Appliance is used for only a few weeks.
In this box is shown the CPU usage per day of the Endian 4i Edge Appliance, measured in percentage of the CPU time used by the various processes. The output is provided by the top command. Different colors are used to denote the type of running processes:
White - idle, i.e., time the CPU is not used by any process.
Green - nice processes, i.e., user processes which have changed their default priority.
Blue - user processes with default priority.
Orange - time spent by the CPU waiting for I/O tasks to complete.
Red - system (kernel) processes
Pink - softirq, i.e., the time spent for software interrupts
Brown - interrupt, i.e., is the time spent for hardware interrupts
Black - steal meaningful only if running as a virtual machine, is the time used by the hypervisor to run the VM.
This graph shows the memory usage during the last 24 hours. The following colours are used to denote the types of memory:
Green - unallocated memory, that can be allocated to new processes.
Blue - cache memory, copy of recent data used by processes.
Orange - buffer memory, a temporary portion of memory that stores data to be sent to -or received from- external devices.
Red - used memory.
The usage of the swap area, located on the hard disk, is displayed in this box.
Green - unallocated swap.
Blue - cached swap.
Red - swap space used.
Graphs showing the usage of the disk are split into four boxes, each showing the usage of a partition. In each of them, the green colour shows the free space, while the red colour shows the disk space used.
Changed in version 2.5: Disk graphs has been split into four Disk usage graph boxes.
The four boxes show the free and allocated space in the four hard disk's partitions: Main disk, configuration disk, log disk, and data disk. For each of them, those colours are used.
Green - space available.
Red - space used.
In older 2.5 Endian 4i Edge Appliance, the disk graph was slightly different, since the data shown was not the disk usage, but the hard disk accesses, denoted by two colours:
Blue is used to show sectors read per second on the hard disk.
Green is used to show the sectors written per second on disk.
This page contains the traffic graphs for the last 24 hours, divided by zone. Hence, depending on the zones enabled and configured, this page will contain 2, 3, or 4 boxes, each with one graphs. Like for the System graphs, the graphs are accompanied with a legend of the data displayed:
Green - the outgoing traffic.
Blue - the incoming traffic
Below the graphs, also the summary of the average, maximum, and current amount of data transmitted and received is displayed and updated in real time.
When clicking on one of the graphs, a new page will open, with summaries of the data flown through the Endian 4i Edge Appliance for the last day, week, month, and year. The data shown are the same in all the graphs: Incoming and outgoing traffic in blue and green respectively. In
To go back to the page with all the zone's graphs, click on the BACK hyperlink on the bottom of the page.
This page shows a table containing the list of current connections from, to, or going through the Endian 4i Edge Appliance. The data shown here are devised by the kernel conntrack table. The following colours are employed in the table and used as the background of the cells in the table to denote the source and destination of the connection.
Green, red, orange, and blue are the zones governed by the Endian 4i Edge Appliance.
Black is used for connections involving the firewall, including daemons and services, like e.g., SSH or web accesses).
Purple shows connections using VPN or IPsec.
The data displayed in the table are the following.
The IP from which the connection has originated.
The port from which the connection has originated.
The IP to which the connection is directed.
The port to which the connection is directed.
The protocol used in the connection, which is typically tcp or udp.
The current status of the connection, meaningful only for TCP connections. They are defined in RFC 793, significant states are ESTABLISHED (connection is active) and CLOSE (no connection).
How long will the connection remain in that particular status.
The page refreshes automatically every 5 seconds.
Each IP address and each IP port in the table can be clicked to obtain useful information. Clicking on the IP address will launch a whois query that will display who the owner of the IP address is and where it is located. Clicking on the port number will open the Internet Storm Center web page, with information about the port (i.e., the purpose for which it is used) and about which services or malware (e.g., Trojans, viruses) may exploit that port and the number of attacks received on those ports by various servers worldwide.
Changed in version 3.0: The box displays not only OpenVPN users, but also those connected using IPsec.
When yon the Endian 4i Edge Appliance there are OpenVPN or IPsec servers running, this page shows the connected users, along with the service they rely on for the connection (OpenVPN, L2TP, IPsec Xauth), the time stamp since they are connected, and the possible actions that can be carried out. Currently, only to disconnect the user.
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May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the Sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May Love hold you in the palm of Her hand.
May Love be with you and Bless you,
May you see your children's children.
May you be poor in misfortune,
Rich in blessings,
May you know nothing but happiness,
From this day forward…
May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the warm rays of Sun fall upon your home,
And may the hand of a friend always be near.
May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you,
May pure be the joys that surround you,
May true be the hearts that love you.
We are one Earth. Bless each other…


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I've written before about my great fascination with spoken language, and how I love capturing its nuances and specifics. The starts and restarts, the repetition, the interruptions– quite different from much fictional dialogue, wherein characters patiently wait for each other to finish talking and express complete thoughts in organized, structured bursts of brilliance.
The linguistic enthusiasts among you will perhaps know that the Nixon tapes are the largest existing document of the same people talking. Think about that for a moment. It's a dialectic gold mine. The resulting transcripts are invaluable examples of what spoken interactions actually look like on paper. The recent 800-page brick of a publication, The Nixon Tapes, culled from 3,000 hours of backroom dealings and private conversations, focuses mostly on early-term material (we've all heard the Watergate tapes). Aside from the obvious historical value and disturbing Shakespearean undertones– perhaps overtones is more like it– the transcripts are revelatory in their unadorned depiction of human speech.
You realize people don't talk in paragraphs, let alone complete sentences. Page after page goes by of oddly rhythmic, staccato interruptions and roundabout developments of thoughts, like intercutting storyline threads in a Robert Altman movie. Read here as Nixon, John Connally, and other cronies discuss bribing dairy farmers. The subject only comes to light glancingly, gradually, a sum revealed only by taking it all in. It's a beautiful dance of sorts, the type we all engage in every day.
It is this fascination which compels me to document so many bus conversations in such detail. People reveal volumes of themselves in how they choose to phrase things, and how thoughts come to light through a progression of two people interacting. I aim to capture the dialogue of the bus conversations with as much accuracy as possible. I'll scribble down down everything on transfers or paper towels as soon as it's safe to do so. I can fill in context later; at the outset all I care about is getting down the actual words. Keywords come first, quickly followed by word choice and structural details. When you do this enough times, your recall develops and remembering the idiosyncrasies of speech becomes an ingrained habit. Generally I start with the last (most recent) sentence of an exchange and work my way back through the conversation from there.
However, I can't get it all down every time. Many's the time when the conversation was so compelling– but so fast– that retaining it all was simply impossible. I'd sit there at a red light, thinking, what just happened? If I can't remember a conversation with confidence, it doesn't go on the blog. After all, if it isn't truthful, what's the point of telling it?
Today was one of those days. Over the course of a seven-hour shift, at least four hours were spent talking with friends. It was a cavalcade, a hit parade, a stream of delighted faces. Usually I see a few people I recognize, but never in such an all-at-once overload. While I don't remember the words themselves– almost immediately I realized that would be an absurd task– perhaps that's not what matters so much as the feeling, the living reality of it all. Of course. In the same way the act of photography takes us out of the present, so too does the conscious effort to memorize and document words. I wonder if I was more there, more unwaveringly present as a result. I'm grateful for having gotten to experience any of it at all.
It began with Paul and I gabbing away at my first break. It's about to be The Great Paul's last round trip of the 7 for the day (read here for how Paul and I celebrate New Years'; here for a humbling moment on Paul's bus). It'll be my first, following right behind him. Maybe you know him. Picture a beard which manages to combine Duck Dynasty, the best 'fros on Rainier, and Charlton Heston's take on Moses.
He's one of those men who's exceptionally good at what he does, but not because it's his only interest; his curiosity and capability for life are such he'd be good at anything he chose to do. This is more rare than it sounds. Today's his last day before heading to New York with family to take down an art installation. We talk about last days, road trips, weight loss on trips, his son, the Badlands and more. We're off– two 7's in a row with drivers very happy to be there. He drives his bus while drinking coffee out of a ceramic mug– that is to say, in style.
That's just the beginning– to be continued shortly!


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State Rep. Kelly Townsend says mandatory vaccinations are 'Communist'
Signing her post, "live free or die," state Rep. Kelly Townsend went on Facebook Thursday to decry mandatory vaccinations as a communist idea.
One day after Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said he was "pro-vaccination," Townsend, a Mesa Republican, wrote that she'd heard about proposals to "force" people in Arizona to be vaccinated.
"The idea that we force someone to give up their liberty for the sake of the collective is not based on American values but rather, Communist (sic)," she wrote.
Disregarding warnings from health officials, the state House Health and Human Services Committee last week endorsed three bills that could lead to lower immunization coverage among Arizona's schoolchildren.
The action attracted national attention, as health officials across the country are increasingly worried about measles outbreaks due to declining vaccination rates among children.
"Our country is sovereign, our State is sovereign, our family is sovereign, our God is sovereign and the most holy and sacred last frontier of sovereignty is our own body," Townsend wrote. "Folks, I am going to ask you to educate your children, educate your family, educate those around you about the fundamentals of liberty and what that means. It seems we have lost those fundamentals along the way and are chasing our fears."
Vaccines are endorsed by every major public health organization in the world, including the World Health Organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ROBERTS:Is there a vaccine for Townsend's communist conspiracy?
The World Health Organization cited "vaccine hesitancy" as one of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019, saying it threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases.
"Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective ways of avoiding disease – it currently prevents two to three million deaths a year, and a further 1.5 million could be avoided if global coverage of vaccinations improved," a WHO statement says.
Townsend, who served in the U.S.Navy and was once a birth doula, wrote that she is going to insist that more money and time be spent "on discovering what in these vaccines is causing so much injury."
The California Legislature in 2015 eliminated all non-medical vaccine exemptions following a measles outbreak at Disneyland that affected seven Arizona residents. The rate of vaccinated schoolchildren in California has since increased.
A similar measure introduced this session in the Arizona Legislature by Rep. Alma Hernandez, D-Tucson, did not get assigned to a committee and appears to have died.
Reach the reporter at email@example.com or follow her on Twitter: @stephanieinnes


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When news broke that Bank of America Corp. was testing a new credit card available to customers who may be illegal immigrants, the reaction was predictably harsh.
Outspoken critics of illegal immigration called for a boycott and said the bank could be supporting terrorists and drug traffickers. Some outraged customers closed accounts and sent back their cards, chopped into little pieces. The bank's chief executive, Ken Lewis, admitted that "finding oneself in the middle of a heated national debate is never pleasant."
But Bank of America isn't the first to offer such a card: Citigroup Inc. said it has done so for years, and San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. says it's thinking about it. The cards are merely the latest progression for an industry that has spent millions to attract customers in the country's growing Latino community — and among the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States.
They also reflect a fact faced by every retail business in the United States. While they can't legally employ undocumented workers, there are few, if any, restrictions on welcoming them as customers.
"As a business owner, you sell to whomever comes into your store. You sell to whomever buys from you online. It's easy, normally," said Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington. "Just in some cases where specific identification is needed, like in financial services, it's more complicated."
But getting less so. Last month, Bank of America said it had started a pilot program in the Los Angeles area late last year that didn't require a Social Security number to sign up for a credit card. The Charlotte-based bank insists the card isn't specifically designed to attract illegal immigrants, and says that so far, it has not.
The bank hasn't decided if it will offer the card elsewhere, but it would likely be popular with a population that generally lacks access to something as common in most American wallets as the dollar bill and a driver's license.
"It's a no brainer. It's a very large market," said Jim Johnson, director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "The bank is just the latest example of a major corporation recognizing the impact of doing business with Hispanics."
In 2005, the nation's 6.6 million illegal immigrant families had an average annual income of $29,500 and accounted for nearly $200 billion in purchasing power, a figure that's only expected to grow, said Pew Hispanic Center demographer Jeff Passel.
"They are impacting the economy," Passel said. "The unauthorized are explicitly coming for an economic basis."
While credit card use among the nation's 42 million Hispanics is on the rise, a substantial number of Latino households don't have access to credit, according a survey conducted by the National Council of La Raza, which found that 80 percent of American households use credit cards compared with only 56 percent of Hispanic households.
For years, U.S. banks have made attracting immigrants a major focus of their business strategy, working to sell services that include everything from traditional checking accounts to wire transfers used to send money to relatives back home.
Customers don't typically need a Social Security number to open a standard banking account. Instead, they can identify themselves by using an ID card provided by the Mexican Consulate to its citizens, known as a matricula consular, or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) issued by the Internal Revenue Service.
At Bank of America, the pilot program in Los Angeles allows customers to use such forms of identification to also sign up for a credit card.
The card is similar to secured cards offered to those with poor credit: it requires customers to have an account with the bank that's been in good standing for at least three months and comes with a reimbursable upfront fee of $99.
"This initiative lets customers build a solid credit history with a leading bank," Bank of America spokeswoman Betsy Weinberger said.
Still, Camarota said most Americans don't think businesses should go out of their way to cater to illegal immigrants. "Some say it's bad corporate citizenship," he said.
Critics of illegal immigration have said providing credit to illegal immigrants further embeds the population into American society. Many worry that without a Social Security number, the bank can't be sure the card's customers won't use the credit for criminal activity, such as terrorism or drug trafficking.
"We just see this as another step to put our country at risk so they can make a few extra dollars," said Rod Woodard, director of NC Listen, an immigration reform organization based in Cary, N.C.
The attention has rattled America's largest retail bank. Lewis responded to the controversy in a column in The Wall Street Journal, writing the bank is complying with the provisions of the USA Patriot Act, which set up the guidelines that allows the bank to accept official identification sources issued by foreign governments — including the matricula consular.
"And I observe no shortage of irony in the efforts of those whose first concern is national security, but who seek to undermine a regulatory structure that was designed in large part to thwart terrorism," Lewis wrote. He said only 16 percent of customers to sign up for the card so far lack a Social Security number.
"We believe we have an obligation to serve all those in our country who are legally eligible to receive services," Lewis wrote. "To do less would be discriminatory and unfair."
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King Pitches Saints to Split at Hutch
Brock Kappelmann - April 19, 2019 1:35 pm
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Seward County Community College split a doubleheader with Hutchinson Community College, winning the opener in extra innings, 7-0, but losing the nightcap, 4-3. The Saints are 16-10 in the Jayhawk West and 25-19 overall.
The teams play again in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Brent Gould Field.
Tanner King pitched eight shutout innings and the Saints scored seven times in the ninth inning to win in extra innings in the opener.
King scattered three hits, struck out 10 and walked two in winning for the fourth time in five starts. He improved to 4-1 and has not lost since March 15 against Cloud County.
It was a good thing that King pitched as well as he did because the Saints offense could do nothing against Hutchinson pitching for the first eight innings.
Hutchinson starter Jake Bunz was equally as impressive as King, allowing just three hits, striking out eight and walking two over seven scoreless innings.
Seward finally broke through in the ninth. Cayde Ward led off the inning with a single and moved to second on a wild pitch. After Benny Ayala lined out to center, the rains came and the game was delayed for about an hour.
When the game resumed, Jose Caraballo drove in the first run of the game with a single, scoring Jordan Kennedy, who pinch ran for Ward. Zane Alexander reached second on an error and Caraballo scored the second run of the inning.
After a ground out by Ben Tsui, Joe Kuhn walked and Braxton Allen followed with an RBI single, scoring Alexander and moving Kuhn to third. A single by Cruz Shope loaded the bases and KP Werner cleared the bases with a three-run double to give Seward a 6-0 lead. Kennedy capped with a run-scoring double.
Ryan Thomas relieved King and sealed the game by setting the Blue Dragons down in order.
Seward showed resilience and rallied in the nightcap, but came up short in the loss.
The Saints took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning on a defensive lapse by Hutchinson. With one out, Kasson Haggard singled and advanced to second on a ground out. While KP Werner drew ball four, the Hutchinson catcher snapped a throw to second, but no one covered the base and Haggard scored.
The Blue Dragons scored a pair of runs to take a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. Seward answered back in the top of the fifth to tie it when Joe Kuhn was hit by a pitch to force in a run.
Hutchinson took the lead again with a run in the bottom of the fifth, but Seward again tied it up at 3-3 with a run in the top of the sixth on a Kuhn RBI single.
The score remained deadlocked until the bottom of the seventh when Hutchinson won it on a walk-off single by Riley Metzger.
The teams only played seven innings in the second game because the first game went into extra innings.
Cayde Ward, Haggard and Kuhn had the only hits for Seward.
Cole Evans started for the Saints, allowing three runs on six hits, struck out seven, walked two and hit two batters over 5 1/3 innings for a no-decision.
Braedon Gould (2-5) took the loss, yielding an unearned run on two hits, struck out one and walked none in one inning of work.
Seward hosts Hutchinson Saturday at 1 with pre-game at 12:45 on 1270 and kscbnews.net.


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28 January,1932
No painter or sculptor can be wholly abstract. We cannot imagine forms not already existing in nature -we know nothing else. Take the extreme abstractions of Brancusi; they are all based on natural forms. I have often been accused of imitating his work -and I most assuredly admire, and may have been 'inspired' by it -which really means I have the same kind of (inner) eye, otherwise Rodin or Paul Manship might have influenced me. Actually I have proved, through photography, that Nature has all the 'abstract' (simplified) forms, Brancusi or any other artist can imagine. With my camera I go direct to Brancusi's source. I find ready to use, select and isolate, what he has to 'create'.
But photography is not all seeing in the sense that the eyes see. Our vision, a binocular one, is in a continuous state of flux, while the camera captures and fixes forever (unless the damn prints fade!) a single, isolated, condition of the moment. Besides, we use lenses of various focal lengths to purposely exaggerate actual seeing, and we often 'overcorrect' colour for the same reason. In printing we carry on our wilful distortion of fact by using contrasty papers which give results quite different from the scene or object as it was in nature.
This, we must agree, is all legitimate procedure: but it is not 'seeing' literally, it is done with a reason, with creative imagination.
I never try to limit myself by theories, I do not question right or wrong approach when I am interested or amazed -impelled to work. I do not fear logic, I dare to be irrational, or really never consider whether I am or not. This keeps me fluid, open to fresh impulse, free from formulae; and precisely because I have no formulae -the public who know my work is often surprised, the critics, who all, or most of them, have their pet formulae are disturbed. and my friends distressed.
I would say to any artist -don't be repressed in your work -dare to experiment -Consider any urge -if in a new direction all the better -as a gift from the Gods not to be lightly denied by convention or a priori concept. Our time is becoming more and more bound by logic, absolute rationalism; this is a straitjacket I -it is the boredom and narrowness which rises directly from mediocre mass thinking.
The great scientist dares to differ from accepted 'facts' -think irrationally -let the artist do likewise. And photographers, even those, or especially those, taking new or different paths should never become crystallised in the theories through which they advance. Let the eyes work from inside out -do not imitate 'photographic painting', in a desire to be photographic !
Has this sounded like a sermon? I despise, sermons, preachers, so I hope not. Perhaps I am really talking to myself. I have done some dangerous reasoning at times, but fortunately something beyond reason steps in to save me.
— edward Weston, Daybooks"


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1. Monaco 30/60-Minute Ferrari Driving Experience
Enjoy an exhilarating 30-minute or 1-hour drive at the wheel of a Ferrari F458 sports car in the French Riviera. Cruise on the famous panoramic roads and corniches of côte d'azur, overlooking Monaco and blue Mediterranean sea. Whether you choose to drive yourself or be driven, tours are available all year round. Once you are on board, listen to the thunderous roar of the perfectly tuned V8 engine of this legendary car. It is an almost mythical experience. From Monaco, in a car that truly turns heads with its unrivaled beauty, you can drive along some of the streets of the famous F1 Grand Prix circuit depending on traffic. Then after a short drive out of the principality, find yourself on the panoramic roads above Monaco. You can get a video souvenir of your Ferrari Experience on request, or receive a Ferrari Experience Certificate to take home as gift at the end of your tour. (Video must be arranged with the instructor before starting the tour).


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Apple Cinnamon Fruit Compote Recipe
2 Apples
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp Corn Starch
1/4 Cup Cold Water
Dice apples into small 1/4" – 1/2" pieces.
In a small sauce pan, stir together the apples, cinnamon, 1/2 Cup water and brown sugar.
Bring to a boil.
Boil for 5 minutes, then reduce to a simmer.
Cook on low for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
In a small bowl, mix together the corn starch and 1/4 Cup Cold Water, until milky without any clumps.
Pour corn starch water into the sauce pan with the apples.
Stir together, and increase the heat to bring the sauce to a boil.
Boil for 1-2 minutes, until the sauce is no longer 'milky' from the cornstarch.
Remove from heat and enjoy as a topping on anything from pancakes to ice cream – the possibilities are endless.
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The City of Gulf Shores would like to make all residents and visitors aware that no dogs or animals are allowed on any of the public sand beaches or at any part of the public beach accesses, including the newly renovated Gulf Place, as in the Code of Ordinances – Section 6-8.Beach Inspectors regularly patrol the public beaches and public beach accesses and will enforce all beach safety rules, including no dogs or animals allowed on any public beach area. Visitors renting a vacation home or condominium, or staying at any accommodation within the City of Gulf Shores should contact the property management organization or home owner for additional information related to rules and regulations of the private beach area associated with the location.As an alternative, the Gulf Shores Dog Park and Dog Pond at Lake Shelby offers the perfect location to enjoy a day outside with your pet. The Dog Park, located at 308 Clubhouse Drive, is open to the general public seven days a week from sunrise to sunset. For more information on the Gulf Shores Dog Park, please click here. The Dog Pond at Lake Shelby, located at the Lake Shelby Picnic Area at Highway 135 and Highway 182, is open to the general public from 8 a.m. to sunset. For more information on the Dog Pond at Lake Shelby, please click here. For more information regarding pet laws in Gulf Shores, view the Code of Ordinances for the City of Gulf Shores by clicking here. For more information on Gulf Shores public beach rules and regulations, please click here.
Copyright 2017 City of Gulf Shores. All Rights Reserved.
1905 West 1st Street, Gulf Shores, AL 36542


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The cover of THE GINGERBREAD SHOP A STORY FROM "MARY POPPINS," copyright 1952 by Simon and Schuster, Inc., and Artists and Writers Guild, Inc.
This 1952 Golden Book, based on a chapter of the MARY POPPINS book by P.L. Travers, caught my eye at the Arundel, ME flea market a couple of weeks ago. I actually looked thru the book, then put it down and walked away. I went to the opposite end of the market, and had second thoughts and came back to buy it.
The pictures by Gertrude Elliott were like something I had never seen in a mainstream kiddie book. They were well drawn, with a great sense of perspective and proportion and layout. But they weren't cute. No cute bunnies or rosy cheeked cherubs. And, looking at it, most of the time, I wanted to peek around the page because the characters of Mary, Michael and Jane were looking away from me, in three-quarters view.
I mean, look at the cover. Mary Poppins is almost completely turned away from us. She's striding so fast into the title shop that she's about to run into Jane Banks. And Michael is looking up, questioningly. Well, if the little dude has a question for her, he better pick up the pace. Another moment and Mary Poppins won't be on the cover of the book she's walking so fast.
So, here she is, looking up and away. We see more of her jawline than the front of her face. We never see her straight on, looking at the audience, in any of the drawings. And Gertrude Elliott decided to do this to help make Mary Poppins more mysterious. This is what registered and this is why I walked back from the other side of the flea market.
There is little about the life of Gertrude Elliott on the web. She was a prolific illustrator of kids' books, with many of editions commanding high prices today.
The most about her I was able to find was this small bio in THE GINGERBREAD SHOP:
Gertrude Elliott illustrated one of the most popular of modern children's books, The Golden Dictionary, as well as The Golden Song Book, The Golden Book of Poetry, and eight Little Golden books. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter.
-- This was an edited version of an August 12, 2016 blog entry.


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1.Niranjan Mukundan is related to which Sport ?
a) Badminton
b) Shooting
c) Swimming
d) Wrestling
2.Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary related to which state ?
a) Assam
b) Karnataka
c) Odisha
d) West Bengal
3.Who among the following has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Sweden?
a) Aditya Puri
b) Anita Singh
c) Sweta Thakur
d) Monika Kapil Mohta
4.Who has been honored with the prestigious 2016 Sustainable Development Leadership Award (SDLA)?
a) Mukul Sangma
b) Pawan Chamling
c) Sarbananda Sonowal
d) Mamata Banerjee
5.What is the capital and currency of Paraguay?
a) Asuncion, Guarani
b) Male, Rufiyaa
c) Baghdad, Dinar
d) Tokyo, Yen
6.World Heart Day has been celebrated on ____ .
a) 25th September
b) 22th September
c) 29th September
d) 30th September
7.Who has won the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix?
a) Sergio Pérez
b) Kevin Magnussen
c) Daniel Ricciardo
d) Marcus Ericsson
8.The author of the book "India Rising: Fresh Hope, New Fears" ____.
a) Ravi Velloor
b) Arun Shourie
c) Vikram Seth
d) Abul Fazal
9.who has appointed as the brand ambassador of UP govt. flagship programme "Samajwadi Kisan Beema Yojana"?
a) Nawazuddin Siddiqui
b) Chetan Bhagat
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Inder Malhotra
10. India has ranked which spot in the 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII)?
a) 66th
b) 25th
c) 45th
d) 84th