Segregation Law Prevents Missouri 3rd Grader From Attending Charter School Because He’s Black
Zon D'Amour
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In 2016 a segregation law is affecting the education of a 9-year-old Missouri boy. Edmund Lee is an African-American, honors student at Gateway Science Academy, a charter school in south St. Louis.
Next school year, his family is moving outside of the school district to the neighboring St. Louis County. Unfortunately, this move also means that Edmund will have to find a new school to attend.
According to FOX 2 in St. Louis, “state law allows some county residents the opportunity to attend a city charter school, but they must live in a district participating in transfer programs, and can not be an African-American.”
In 1954, Brown vs. Board of Education declared the racial segregation of public schools was unequal. Unfortunately, Edmund attends a charter school and officials claim that they must adhere to the state regulations until the rules are changed.
“When I read the guidelines I was in shock,” said La’Shieka White, Edmund’s mother. “I was crying.”
The school administrators have expressed their support of revising the law.
“If this helps us start a conversation about maybe some things that could be different with the law, then that is a good thing,” said Gateway’s Assistant Principal Janet Moak.
Apparently, there are also some programs designed to benefit African Americans where Caucasians students are prevented from attending certain schools if they live out of the area. As a result, White has started a petition in hopes of having these antiquated rules dismantled.
“I don’t want it to be just about an African-American boy,” said White. “I want it to be about all children.” Several of the school’s staff members have signed White’s petition including the boy’s 3rd grade teacher Tiffany Luis.
“It ABSOLUTELY breaks my heart that I may not be seeing Edmund’s beautiful face in the GSA halls next year. Edmund is a WONDERFUL student and is exactly what our school stands for” said Louis on the Change.org petition which has already garnered 1,500 of the 2,500 signatures requested.
She added, “We would be SO LUCKY to have Edmund and his family stay here at GSA. The state really needs to reevaluate their guidelines on out of district students. You have my support!”
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Blue Collar Hustle
Written by: Alonge Hawes | Directed by: Geoffrey Henderson (S1), Jairus Burks, Alonge Hawes (S2) | Genre: Drama | Length: Varies
"Blue Collar Hustle" is about finding that perfect balance of life and art - and if that fails? It's about going for the gold and chasing your dream.
The general season 2 & 1 review of "Blue Collar Hustle" can be read below this current review. The rating of 4 stars is the overall rating of the series thus far.
After watching the final episode of season 2 I took some time to reflect on the season. Season 2 saw a slight departure from the music arc; replacing it with more personal character driven episodes. "Blue Collar Hustle" didn't shy away from domestic situations. Relationships. Sexual misconduct and even death. I had witnessed a little bit of character pasts, some faith and religion, and even met a few new potential regular characters along the way. All this before diving back into the what started this whole show. The music, the friendships and finally change.
Hawes and Burks have used the situational drama of "Blue Collar Hustle" to create a great dramatic story and if things continue, season 3 will be fantastic. It's all really something to take in and consider. BCH may not be the image of perfection in the production department, but has elevated the visual and audio aspects of the show considerably. The story has always been great, but now the vehicle telling it is getting better and better. The story, the characters and even the music are just fitting more snugly together. I also can't deny a certain amount of head bobbing swagger when I hear the killer tracks mixed in the show. These guys should create a playlist if not already.
Introduced in the last 2 episodes were some colorful characters. Harvey Harvey (Scott Piehler) and Roxzane T. Mims as Teyana. Both characters represent record execs, and I truly hope a continued place is found for them in the upcoming season. Both these characters represent success in the business, and that's a nice counter balance to the struggle of becoming successful. I also enjoyed how both characters are 2 completely different personality types.
You may find yourself asking how they fit in? Teyana represents The Core's potential future if things turn out good. Harvey represents the competition. It's all about decisions and living with the ones you make - and especially living with the ones that are made for you. Mirroring life once again.
Season 2 concludes with the big event that The Core has been planning. The show! I would have liked to see a little more of this event but understand that putting to screen something, that was supposed to be this massive, would have been hard. What was shown onscreen does work to show the success of the venture. I also liked the end scene where Ajani nods and walks out. Closing the door? It's hard to know for sure, and that's the point. The future of all the characters is different now. But that doesn't mean things can't come back together, or that each person won't still be a success. Change is good they say.
So this concludes a much better than expected season. One that will be tough to top plot-wise. The production can get better and better, but it's the writing that will determine the show. From what I've seen so far that doesn't appear to be a problem. If you haven't given "Blue Collar Hustle" a try yet now is the perfect time. You have 2 seasons to binge out on and watch these characters, and the show, grow. Thanks for reading.
Episode 5 of "Blue Collar Hustle" arrived on my desk and I happily dove in. A mere 10 seconds in I knew this was going to be a good one; maybe even the best one so far - and I'm not surprised. As a micro budget title, "Blue Collar Hustle" has had a steady increase in perceived production value since it began. Sometimes some glitchy video or audio will dip the production down a little, but when it recovers it passes the previous points in production standards. "Justify My Thug" had a certain ring to it even just reading the title. A little grittier sounding and certainly after watching it, I'll stand by that term. Episode 5 is definitely grittier than many of the previous episodes. But sooo good.
Jose Torres (Roberto Cruz) has a shady past. Growing up in the hood as Jose (Strong Arm) Torres was a title he earned. Him and childhood friend Luke (Quick Hands) had always been tough; but together the 2 rose up and ruled their hood. It's a backstory that could be a series in itself. A bloody and violent world where loyalty rules. Jose got himself out, and grew up. His friend Luke, after serving a lengthy prison term, wants back into the game. Now though, he wants to target a new area. Jose's home turf. He also expects to rekindle the duos old alter egos as Strong Arm and Quick Hands. Although agreeing to meet up with Luke, Jose has no intentions of traveling that road again; but Luke doesn't want to take no for an answer.
Without major spoilers, that pretty much sums up the plot of episode 5 and it was a good episode. A chunk of screen time is dedicated to Jose's youth in the form of collages. It's a slight departure from the normal episodic format but a welcome one. Seeing the past of some of these characters adds an extra layer of depth to the show. Depth that will translate to a better overall story. Dedicating an episode to one such backstory does wonders for the series, helping to cover up any sense of shallowness that could occur. "Blue Collar Hustle" is growing up.
This episode doesn't move the current story forward all that much, leaving a lot of room for more episodes. We still don't get to see how the new addition to the group will fare, and don't hear much on bookings for Quan, although there is a very brief moment where the crew is together and discussing things. Alonge Hawes has chosen to flesh out some of the characters before moving forward. Perhaps there will be a future connection to this episode later on? We'll just have to wait and see.
Season 2 of "Blue Collar Hustle" arrived here on the street and 4 episodes in, there is little doubt this micro series has some really talented minds backing it. As we left the guys last season, everything was coming together and that work / life balance was tough, but completely doable. Season 2 kicks in and almost right away, Ajani (Alonge Hawes) has had enough. During a meeting he abruptly decides to quit his job. The idea is to dedicate himself to the music, but he quickly finds it's not 'quite' that simple.
With his wife planning on working less to stay home with their baby, Ajani's timing couldn't be worse. Eventually when things start getting tight, he begins looking for, and finding a menial job. With the music still being priority number 1, eventually Ajani finds suitable work that fits with his ambitions and schedule.
The job / work life balance issues are not the only problems explored in season 2. The issues of racism, particularly for black men and woman, was dabbled with in the previous season. Season 2 thrusts these issues right in your face from the first act. Ajani wants to send a message. To stand for something. Quan (Quentin Banneker) on the other hand, wants to make a name for himself first. Only after that's happened does he want to brand himself with Ajani's message. This continues on and during one touching scene with Quan and his daughter, the series really begins it's shift.
"Blue Collar Hustle" season 2 is quite different from season 1. With the creating and recording finished, I had expected this title to focus on the promotion and rise of Quan and the label; and it does, just not as much as I thought it would. Season 2 is more about that ever important message that always seems to get swept under the rug in real life. Racism. Perhaps even politics. Season 2 'does' remain about the music. It 'does' remain about family and life balance, but seems to shift it's priorities. That's all fine and dandy with me. The politics of being black in America open up a trove of dramatic possibilities. I'm just curious where the rest of the series will go from here. What direction will Hawes face and strive towards.
The presentation of season 2 compared to season 1 is improved upon, but just. Regarding the script, after Ajani, Quan, Jose (Roberto Cruz) and Anthony (Howard Woodburn) marched into the sunset preparing to hit the big time, I was really rooting for them. With this season I'm torn. The musical progress is here, but just didn't have the impact it did with season 1. In it's place is the true message "Blue Collar Hustle" is delivering. The problem is that plenty of shows tackle racism and being black. This title had that little bit extra, the music to keep things fresh. It 'still' does, but I can see a shift happening. It will be amazing if Hawes and the production crew can maintain the balance in the future. Time will tell.
The cinematography has improved. Not perfect, but better. That's to be expected as everyone becomes more familiar with the production. Where things didn't improve much is the audio. I'm not writing about the backing tracks spread throughout the series. I'm talking about the dialog. Fading in and out. Cracks. Pops. I'm hoping the audio will be sorted soon as it really downplays the great story being told. If it can't be fixed cut it right out. I'd rather see a shorter episode then one I have to strain to hear.
Season 2 keeps things going and sometimes, the end result is nothing less than brilliant. Some great scenes backing a great story. But can the show be maintained and grow? I don't see why not because it's set some great ground work.
Season 2 Ep 6 & 7
Having just watched Me and Your Mama and They'll Reminisce Over You, I'm left thinking about how far this web series has come. It started off as a contender with a possible bright future. Only held back by budgets and possibly some experience. As the end credits rolled for episode 7 in the second season, I was slightly smiling. Not because of the content. Lord no. I was slightly smiling because to compare the 2 seasons so far is to compare night and day. Things still are not perfect, mainly with the audio, but the direction and stories being told have become excellent. The upgraded video and editing capabilities also play a huge roll - you could mute the sound and almost think this was 'not' a micro budget indie series. I can't help but think about how different the entire series would have been, if season 1 was started now. With the experience gained while creating this series. Season 2 has been a vast improvement since episode 1. These latest 2 episodes so far, take the cake as reflected in my individual rating for these 2 episodes.
Episode 6 continues with the unfolding story, but delves into the past of Quan, played by Quentin WIlliams. It's a flashback involving his Ex Brianna (Kiara Woods) who also happens to be the mother of his child. Essentially, we get to see the moral growth of the character during the episode. A scene a little later in the episode shows us that, and it's surprisingly effective.
This isn't all episode 6 contains. Hawes and Burks as a writer director power team, easily shift gears to a complete opposite. Sexual harassment. This scene unfolds during an acting class and recent promotion of Anaya, to a headlining acting role. The implications of the episode are gross and her teacher, does an excellent job 'acting' the part. Attempting to blame her for his transgressions. The closing scene as she lay in bed digesting what has happened is a haunting one.
Episode 7 is just as sad and surprising. Just not in the same way. The death of one of the characters parents is the story - pretty much the only story of this episode. But it's not just about death. It's about life. Flashbacks play a key role here, as well as a very smart way to showcase the dead character in the funeral home. Life lessons are reflected on. Teachings are reflected on and so is life in general. Wrapping up the episode is a touching speech and a very muted ending. The perfect fit for the episode.
I'm really hoping that season 2 finished it's run the same way it started it. Better and better. I'm not sure if I'm just getting used to seeing this cast onscreen, but I do know one thing: I'm feeling at home watching these guys. Like an old worn in glove. A lot of touchy topics have come up in this season and I look forward to where things are headed. These 2 episodes in particular were great. A tribute to the series. Watcher beware! You may start this show with very little expectations. If you keep up with it though, it will surprise the hell out of you.
Season 1, original review.
Having just wrapped up it's first season, "Blue Collar Hustle" is a web series with some serious ambitions. Ajani (Alonge Hawes) is the poster boy of success at work. Having moved up the corporate ranks, when the show begins, he is running things locally and improving the companies bottom line considerably. Lifting the spirits of the people working under him, showing them that good things are possible if you work for them. Work life is good, home life is better. Beautiful supportive wife, new baby and that good job with some serious potential. What more could a young black man ask for in life? Shortly in, the answer to that question is revealed. Ajani's passion is music. Rhymes and hip-hop. It's at this point the rest of the main cast are "really" introduced and "Blue Collar Hustle" shifts from a life drama, to one of the arts. The juggling act becomes real as the crew burn the candle from both ends. Working, financing and recording, family life, relationships, it's all represented. Then of course, they have the strategies to come up with. "Blue Collar Hustle" is about finding that perfect balance of life and art - and if that fails? It's about going for the gold and chasing your dream. By the season finale the crew have their recordings. Mission accomplished. That's no real spoiler. Anyone who watches for more than five minutes will assume they would finish it. As much as this series promotes itself as being "about" the music, the music is usually just the connecting plot point. More-so later on. The real point is the choices themselves. Deciding the road you want to take. Is your/Ajani's true passion the idea of being successful at work? Or does it lie in the music? How much slack will your "true" friends give you, and how much will they take off your shoulders in support of you, doing what you love? Hawes has written a series that promotes music, questions the accepted idea of a successful black man and their families, and generally attempts to capture some of the magic of the industry. At the same time dramatically showing us that dreams and passion are not cheap, and don't happen without some real commitment. It doesn't hurt that the featured tracks kick ass either. Just saying.
But... Things are not perfect. They rarely are with low budget endeavors. The first episode struggled a little to find it's footing, but things do improve. Considerably. The problem is when things do start to get technically better, they have a tendency to slip back a few rungs. Then climb a little higher and slip again. All the technical woes rear their heads at some point or another. Weak audio. Weak video. What always does manage to feel top notch is the score itself. The songs never feel cheap and really add some credibility to the show.
Another area of concern was with the episodic content itself. The overall story of the series is clear, and the characters and their personalities are "reasonably" clear. It's the lack of drama that gets me. I don't mean within the main arc itself, I mean the little stories contained in each episode. In this case, the lack of them. "Blue Collar Hustle" remains focused on the main goal of the characters. The seasonal arc. The individual episodes "should" be individual stories with their own goals and drama. That doesn't really happen here. To some extent we get the sort of cliff-hanger ending, relating to the overall story, sometimes, but we never get a real conclusion to the individual episode - because there was never really anything to conclude. The main story just continues on with no mini stories filling the gaps. Maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but not by much. The best shows have mini stories that relate, sometimes indirectly to the main arc. This is the weakest production element of "Blue Collar Hustle" that these guys have to fix. It really does make a difference. The people like me, who watch this stuff, need to feel some kind of conclusion to each episode to keep us going. Even if that conclusion ends up being the acquisition of a bag of chips. There needs to be something.
Another thing I found myself noticing was the extreme amounts of talking in the show. Normally, when the actors are good this isn't a problem. Since the cast of "Blue Collar Hustle" happen to be good, you may be asking what the hell am I talking about? I'm talking about loads and loads of dialog that isn't needed. Filler lines I call them. There are conversations that go on for minutes and minutes - and those same conversations could probably be wrapped up in one minute or less. Maybe not all of them, but a good bunch. The focus should be on us seeing, not hearing.
This show has a lot of potential. I noticed a new trailer for season two and it looked technically superior. These guys are determined to make this show the best it can be. The first season wasn't perfect but damn well good enough to enjoy. I urge anyone reading this to click on over and check this show out. Season two looks like it's going to kick some serious ass. I'm really looking forward to that.
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Anthera Issues First Quarter 2010 Financial Report
May 6, 2010 at 4:15 PM EDT
Anthera Issues First Quarter 2010 Financial Report 27.7 KB
HAYWARD, Calif., May 6, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANTH), today issued its first quarter 2010 financial report.
Total operating expenses for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010, were $6.5 million, as compared to $3.8 million for the same period in 2009. The increase in operating expenses was primarily the result of a $3.5 million non-cash charge related to milestone payments recorded in connection with the initiation of the Company's Phase 3 clinical study of A-002 - VISTA-16 (Vascular Inflammation Suppression to Treat Acute Coronary Syndrome - 16 Weeks), which were paid through the issuance of 531,914 shares of common stock. Anthera's operating expenses also were driven by an increase in professional service expenses related to the Company's financial audit and other costs associated with operating as a public company. The increases in milestone payments and G&A expense were offset by a decrease in clinical study expenses due to the completion of Anthera's Phase 2b clinical study of A-002 - FRANCIS (Fewer Recurrent Acute Coronary Events with Near-term Cardiovascular Inflammation Suppression) in acute coronary syndrome patients with high levels of inflammation and dislipidemia.
For the first quarter ended March 31, 2010, Anthera reported a net loss of $11.1 million, or $0.83 per share, as compared to a net loss of $3.8 million, or $2.57 per share, for the same period in 2009. The increase in net loss was primarily the result of $8.0 million in non-cash charges consisting of the $3.5 million milestone payment noted above and a $4.5 million non-cash charge recorded as part of interest and other expense related to the amortization of discounts on the Company's convertible promissory notes and the mark- to-market adjustment relating to warrants and embedded derivative connected to the Company's convertible promissory notes. These convertible promissory notes were converted into shares of Anthera's common stock upon the completion of the Company's initial public offering (IPO) at a 25% discount to the IPO price. The conversion discount is the primary driver for the $4.5 million non-cash charge recorded in the current quarter.
Anthera ended the first quarter of 2010 with $56.7 million in cash and cash equivalents, primarily as a result of completing its IPO on March 4, 2010 and a private placement of common stock to certain existing investors.
Recent Business Highlights
Anthera raised $54.2 million in the first quarter of 2010 through the public and private markets. The net proceeds from the Company's IPO of 6.0 million shares were approximately $37.1 million. Anthera completed a private placement of 2.6 million shares of common stock to certain of its existing investors, raising an additional $17.1 million.
On April 6, 2010, the underwriters of the IPO purchased 604,492 shares of Anthera's common stock at a price of $7.00 per share through the exercise of an over-allotment option, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $4.0 million.
A-002: In February, Anthera and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reached an agreement on the VISTA-16 Special Protocol Assessment (SPA). VISTA-16 will enroll up to 6,500 acute coronary syndrome patients who will be randomized to treatment with A-002, an oral secretory phospholipase A2 or sPLA2 inhibitor, or placebo in combination with any dose of atorvastatin plus standard of care for 16 weeks. After at least 1,000 patients have completed treatment, an independent panel will conduct a blinded biomarker futility analysis to examine the pharmacological impact of A-002 on known measures of cardiovascular (CV) risk, including C-reactive protein or CRP, interleukin-6 or IL-6, lower-density lipoprotein cholesterol or LDL-C and sPLA2.
A-623: Anthera continues to make progress to re-activate the Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for A-623, which would allow the start of the PEARL-SC (A Randomized, Double-Blind Phase 2b Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of A623 AdministRation in Subjects with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) study. The Company has received an IND advice letter from the FDA and remains on track for beginning enrollment in the second half of 2010.
Anthera and its global clinical research organization (CRO) partner initiated site selection for the VISTA-16 Phase 3 study. The Company anticipates enrolling the first patient during the second quarter of 2010. Stephen Nicholls, MD, John Kastelein, MD, and Greg Schwartz, MD, along with the Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research (C5) will provide executive oversight of the study.
Anthera and its global CRO partner initiated site selection for the PEARL-SC study, which will examine the therapeutic benefit of A-623 in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The Company anticipates enrolling the first patient during the second half of 2010.
Anthera began labeling the initial clinical A-002 tablets for the VISTA-16 Phase 3 study. This inventory is sufficient for completion of the biomarker futility analysis.
The Company began transfer of A-623 material from Amgen for conversion into clinical study product. Initial product conversion is expected to be sufficient to complete enrollment and treatment of the first 120 patients.
Scale up planning for 100 Liter scale fermentation of A-623 product was initiated.
Anthera elected Daniel K. Spiegelman to its Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Spiegelman has served in executive roles at CV Therapeutics, Inc., and Genentech, Inc. Mr. Spiegelman serves on the Boards of Directors of Affymax, Inc., Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Omeros Corporation and Oncothyreon, Inc.
Anthera announced Georgina Kilfoil joined the Company in the newly created position of Senior Vice President of Product Development and Clinical Operations. Ms. Kilfoil joins the Company from InClin, Inc. Ms. Kilfoil's relationship with the Anthera management team reaches back to her position as Vice President of Alliances and Project Management at Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, a company founded by Anthera's Chief Executive Officer.
In conjunction with the release of the first quarter 2010 financial report, Anthera will host a conference call at 5 pm Eastern Time today, May 6, 2010. U.S. and Canadian participants may dial (877) 312-8807; international participants may dial (253) 237-1190. The conference passcode is 70784350. To access the 24-hour audio replay, U.S. and Canadian participants may dial (800) 642-1687; international participants may dial (706) 645-9291. The conference ID for the replay is 70784350. The audio replay will be available until May 13, 2010. This conference call will be webcast live and archived on Anthera's website until May 6, 2011, www.anthera.com.
About Anthera Pharmaceuticals
Anthera Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat serious diseases associated with inflammation, including cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. Anthera has one Phase 3-ready clinical program, A-002, and two Phase 2 clinical programs, A-623 and A-001. A-002 and A-001 inhibit a novel enzyme target known as sPLA2. Elevated levels of sPLA2 have been implicated in a variety of acute inflammatory conditions, including acute coronary syndrome and acute chest syndrome, as well as chronic diseases such as stable coronary artery disease (CAD). Anthera's Phase 2 product candidate, A-623, targets elevated levels of B-lymphocyte stimulator, or BLyS, which has been associated with a variety of B-cell mediated autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, or lupus. For more information, please visit www.anthera.com.
Any statements contained in this press release that refer to future events or other non-historical matters are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the anticipated initiation of Anthera's clinical studies, anticipated duration and expected results of these studies, and the progression of Anthera's products through future stages of clinical development. These forward-looking statements are based on Anthera's expectations as of the date of this press release and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially as set forth in the Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Anthera's final prospectus relating to its initial public offering filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on March 2, 2010. Anthera disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
CONTACT: Juliane Snowden of Burns McClellan, Inc., jsnowden@burnsmc.com or 212.213.0006.
ANTHERA PHARMACEUTICALS,
A Development Stage
Three Months Ended March
2010               2009
----               ----
Research and development       $5,241,814         $2,914,766
General and administrative      1,224,110            846,243
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Total operating expense         6,465,924          3,761,009
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LOSS FROM OPERATIONS:                     (6,465,924)        (3,761,009)
----------         ----------
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest and other income           3,301             13,046
Interest and other expense     (4,641,169)           (37,397)
----------            -------
Total other income
(expense)                     (4,637,868)           (24,351)
NET LOSS                                $(11,103,792)       $(3,785,360)
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Net loss per share--
basic and diluted                 $(0.83)            $(2.57)
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Weighted-average number
of shares used in             13,344,231          1,470,722
per share calculation--
basic and diluted             ==========          =========
BALANCE SHEET DATA
March 31,        December 31,
Cash and cash equivalents                $56,661,609         $3,803,384
Total assets                             $57,036,331         $5,888,789
Total notes payable                               $-        $13,129,877
Total warrant and
derivative liabilities                           $-           $406,130
Total current liabilities                 $4,304,457        $18,167,645
Deficit accumulated during
development stage                      $(76,333,744)      $(65,229,952)
Total shareholders' equity
(deficit)                               $52,731,874       $(12,278,856)
Common shares outstanding                 21,589,588          1,566,199
outstanding                                       -          8,146,308
SOURCE Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.


The Who Announce Return To Cincinnati Area 40 Years After Fatal Stampede
posted by Andrew Magnotta @AndrewMagnotta - Dec 4, 2019
Just days ahead of the release the band's first new album since 2006, The Who have announced a new round of tour dates in the U.S. in 2020.
The newly announced concerts make good on a promise guitarist Pete Townshend's made in September after the band canceled a trio of U.S. shows due to an illness affecting front man Roger Daltrey.
The dates also include the band's return to the Cincinnati, Ohio-area for the first time since the fatal Riverfront Coliseum stampede 40 years ago.
The Who last performed in Cincinnati on December 3, 1979, in an ill-fated concert where 11 fans died in a stampede trying to get into the Riverfront Coliseum (now the Heritage Bank Center). More than 18,000 tickets to the show were sold as general admission seating, which caused the mass of fans to surge forward in a free-for-all rush to the front rows as doors opened. In addition to the 11 deaths, more than 40 people were hurt trying to enter the coliseum.
The incident caused a public relations nightmare that followed The Who for years afterwards. The band was not told about the deaths until after the show and didn't address the incident publicly until the following day.
Townshend says he's still traumatized by seeing the bodies laid out on the ground as the band left that evening for Buffalo, New York, in what he believes was The Who's greatest mistake.
But he recently told the Associated Press that he's "not forgiving us. We should have stayed [to mourn]."
In the same interview, he recalled the rage he felt towards manager Bill Curbishley for waiting until after the concert to tell the band what had happened. The band "wanted to kill him," Townshend added. "You could at least give [us] a choice as to whether or not to go on," Townshend said.
But as angry as he was at how Curbishley handled the situation, Townshend adds that the band made a choice that "was equally dim ... we left the building. You know, we should have stayed."
Curbishley, who still works with the band, said in an interview with WCPO Cincinnati that he didn't tell The Who about the deaths because he was afraid there would be more bloodshed or rioting that night if the band refused to perform.
Daltrey, who visited Cincinnati last year, added that the concert was "one of the worst dreams I've had in my life."
The Who also announced Tuesday that the band will make a donation from the concert proceeds to the P.E.M. Memorial, which was founded to honor teens who died trying to get into the concert by providing scholarships for students at the local Finneytown High School.
For tickets and more details on all The Who's upcoming dates, go here.
The Who 'Moving On!' 2020 U.S. Tour Dates
4/21 - Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FL
4/23 - BB&T Arena Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
4/27 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX (Rescheduled)
4/30 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX (Rescheduled)
5/2 - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO (Rescheduled)
5/5 - The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV
5/12 - The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV


Here's what to know about the 2019 Met Gala
There's the Oscars, the Emmys, the Tonys, all celebrating entertainment with a side of red carpet fashion.
And then there's the yearly Met Gala, where everything is about the fashion.
The Met Gala is arguably fashion's biggest night, an annual fundraising gala for the Metropolitan Museum of Art where invited celebrities walk the red carpet and celebrate Costume Institute’s newest exhibition at the museum. This year's exhibit: “Camp: Notes on Fashion.”
What happens inside the Gala is a closely guarded secret. The main event for the public is the red carpet outside.
Here's what to know about this year's Met Gala.
Who hosts the Met Gala? The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Costume Institute are the hosts, while the event is organized by Vogue Magazine. Want to attend? Good luck. Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of Vogue Magazine, has the final say on who gets to go — one must be invited by Wintour and tickets are $35,000 apiece. Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Serena Williams and Alessandro Michele of Gucci will serve as co-chairs.
The theme. This year's theme is "Camp: Notes on Fashion." Not the tents and s'mores kind of camping, but the "anti-serious, playful" stuff we all love. Expect some over-the-top looks, as guest are instructed to dress on-theme. Last year's theme was "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and The Catholic Imagination."
“Camp: Notes on Fashion” explores the origins of camp’s exuberant aesthetic and how the sensibility evolved from a place of marginality to become an important influence on mainstream culture.#MetCamppic.twitter.com/hoiLo9Djv4
— The Met (@metmuseum)May 6, 2019
When does it start? The Met Gala starts at 5:30 p.m. EST.
How to watch. While you can't actually stream the Met Gala, Vogue is planning some extensive coverage. Vogue (@voguemagazine) will stream an Instagram Live and Vogue Snapchat My Stories with celebrity interviews and red carpet views. Vogue's Twitter account will offer frequent updates as the guests arrive.
Why does it matter? A hard question — most will say it doesn't matter at all. But those in the fashion industry count on the Met Gala as one of the year's most significant events, the "Oscars of the East Coast" if you will. If anything, it gives the rest of us non-celebrities a chance to play fashion critic for a night.
Pay attention to Rihanna. That's all. She wins the Met Gala every year, even though there are no real winners.
hope the queen of the#MetGala is having a wonderful day @rihannapic.twitter.com/2b2b6OPvdl
— The FADER (@thefader)May 6, 2019


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Philosophy of Science [1]
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Philosophy of science is the study of assumptions, foundations, and the implications of science.
It investigates the different branches of science and its underlying structure. Central questions are "What is science?" and "What is not science?", as well as "What characterizes science?" and "How to achieve scientific progress?".
The history of the philosophy of science [3] has its roots in philosophy, and emerged as an autonomous discipline sometime in the nineteenth century.
Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill can be seen as important people during its origins, even though philosophers like Copernicus, Bacon, Galileo and Kepler had developed thoughts regarding related issues.
Truth and Reality
Philosophy of science [4] can be viewed as a way of describing how research [5] is conducted, and a way of deciding how it should be carried out.
How do the real world, empirical data [6], models and theories relate to each other, and what can be done to improve their relationship?
The relationship between truth and theory [7] is at the very heart of science, determining when, and if, a theory becomes accepted as reality. The realism and antirealism-debate [8] is a philosophical debate, which explores the basis of commonly accepted scientific truth.
Scientific reductionism [9] is a much debated idea in philosophy of science, where science reduces complex interactions and entities to the sum of their constituent parts.
A scientific paradigm [10] is a framework containing all of the commonly accepted views about a subject.
The philosopher, Thomas Kuhn [11], suggested that scientific research does not progress towards truths, but is subject to dogma and a futile clinging to old theories.
Scientific revolution, a shift that completely changes the way in which science looks at the world, is often referred to as a paradigm shifts [12]. One example of a paradigm shift is the discovery of the relativity theory, which revolutionized the way that humans understand physics.
Constructing Theories
Occam's razor [13] is commonly described as 'the simplest answer is most often correct'. It is the process of paring down information to make finding the truth easier. Using Occam's razor helps the researcher to investigate the simplest theory first.
It is natural to gather data that supports the theory when conducting research. Sometimes researchers are so busy verifying their theory that they forget to look at observations that contradict the theory. This is often referred to as verification error [14]. It can happen when a scientist feels too attached to a theory, often because they "invented" it.
It is often seen as better to try to falsify [15] the theory. The scientist tries to develop the theory with bold predictions, which are testable [16]. Scientists are more likely to try to falsify their theory and tend to adapt the theory to reality, instead of "adapting the reality to their theories". When doing the latter, you often end up with theories which are formulated in such a way that they confirm "everything".
Researchers often use a research hypothesis [17] to make their science testable. An ad hoc analysis [18] however, is an extra type of hypothesis added to the results of an experiment to try to explain away contrary evidence.
When researching, it can be useful to remember that the accuracy of a theory does not depend on the researchers' beliefs - it is not more or less true, no matter how much you believe it.
Philosophy of science tries to distinguish science from religion and pseudoscience. The methods above (such as Occam's Razor, falsifiability and testability) are all attempts to separate the science from "non-science".
The religion vs science debate [19] has in recent years started to dominate the news more than ever before. The schism between science and religion [20] began in the 17th century. It was a necessary stage in the advancement of human knowledge.
Fringe science [21] is a branch of science that departs from the established scientific theories. Unlike pseudoscience [22], it still uses the scientific method, but is highly speculative, at least for the common beliefs of the time. Junk science [23] is the anti-thesis of fringe science, often practiced when politics and businesses influence research too much.
Misconceptions [24] in science are a common belief, where a semi-truth or falsehood is perpetuated as scientific fact.
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25 Pics Of Guests Who Definitely Overstayed Their Welcome
by Ursula Nizalowski
Because vacations are time-consuming and take a lot of energy to prepare for, one would expect that they’re worth all the stress for the sake of relaxation. But even on vacation, there are the pressures of being courteous to others including the people one is staying with. Whether it’s at a family home or in a hotel, taking other people’s feelings into consideration is a good way to not only get along with those who are taking the time and energy out of their day to host guests that are staying with them but also be a good guest in general. This is especially important when one is in a foreign country, as there is the additional pressure of respecting a culture that’s different from one’s own as well as representing one’s own culture in a positive light by being polite.
Yet some people who are traveling don’t show respect or common courtesy to others, because somehow they think they’re entitled to do whatever they want in a place that’s not their home. This can range from leaving a hotel room in a messier state than it was before, to completely decimating an entire home that was rented via Airbnb. Now who would do such a thing? Well, these people sure thought it was a good idea even if some of them weren’t in the right state of mind at the time.
25 A whole lot of trash
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In another charitable act that quickly went sour, a woman and her husband offered their rental place in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to a family that, “Had nowhere to go” according to KPLC 7 who reported the story March of last year. Then after the family started living there, several complaints from the neighbors started cropping up. Among them, they complained about the stench and large amount of rubbish that had been accumulating around the place. These were reported to the city which in turn sent letters to the woman, and so she “Had to evict the family” KPLC 7 reported.
24 An unpleasant stench left behind
As indicated by the woman in this picture who’s plugging her nose, and the picture’s title, this room inside a hostel was particularly smelly. This is despite the fact that there’s a fan between the two beds in this room, which doesn’t appear to be turned on as indicated by the fan’s blades not spinning (though it’s possible the camera caught the blades mid-spin but the overall quality of the picture indicates this was not a very sophisticated camera). Also, there’s a random towel hanging on a string which could be the source of the smell but it's unclear.
23 Women are just as messy
www.stuff.co.nz
In Christchurch, New Zealand, the Pavilions Hotel was struck by three female guests in 2016 who left their room in a messy state (as shown above) and bothered the nearby residents with a party they were having. According to Stuff, they were extremely loud and threw eggs at the cars in the parking lot by the hotel. So the hotel posted about the incident on social media, though the women denied what happened. Instead, they claimed it was a man who was responsible for the messy room, Stuff says, but this turned out to be false.
22 A messy tenant
In this picture, we see a typical example of a messy hotel room that happens to be in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. Apart from the unmade bed with the sheets and pillows strewn about, we also have a towel hanging over a mirror with a couple of stray pillows on the floor and armchair. Then there are the random articles of clothing scattered about, like the slippers on the floor and the jacket on the chair next to the desk with the cup on it that appears to be empty (though from this distance it’s hard to tell).
21 A gym left in a worse state than before
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While the previous hostel might have just been smelly but otherwise pretty average as far as hostels are concerned, it’s nothing compared to this one. Located in Prague, as the title implies, this hostel is clearly not up to standards as far as maintenance is concerned. Not only is the carpeted floor dirty, but the lockers on either side look worn out implying that this hostel was formerly a gym which is confirmed by the blogger Travel With Ashley who took this picture. Plus, the close proximity of the bunkbeds indicates that there’s not a lot of privacy here either.
20 From bad to worse
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According to realtor.com, this house in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, was “Built in 1887” meaning it’s quite old by today’s standards. Despite the house’s small size, it has apparently gone up in value for the past few years. This is despite the fact that in 2014, the house was busted by renters (as shown in the picture above) as documented by the WordPress blogger saintpaulbybike. It’s amazing that the value went up on this place at all, given the state it’s clearly in, yet that might be a good thing to keep unruly renters like these out.
19 Suspicious activity
www.starweekly.com.au
While the previous incident may not have been the man’s fault entirely, the same cannot be said for this incident. In the seaside part of Melbourne, Australia, there is a settlement called Williamstown which became the location of several arrests this year. As stated by Star Weekly magazine, it began when two people were caught trespassing onto a house listed on Airbnb which they illegally entered using “A stolen credit card”. From there, the police swept the area and confronted other young people. Then in Esplanade Altona VIC, a similar incident happened though the house was left a total wreck.
18 Shattered Glass
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If anyone thought places like New York City couldn’t be touched by the horrors of Airbnb, this story proves otherwise. In the Rockland County area, there is a small riverside community to the north of the main city that is appropriately called Grand View-on-Hudson. Here, a man rented his “River Road home” out to Airbnb early this year according to abc7NY only to return after New Year’s Day to find the aftermath of a wild New Year’s party even though he made it clear parties weren’t allowed. Among the damage included a shattered glass staircase (as shown above).
17 A suitcase full of pepperoni
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So here’s an interesting tale: seventeen years prior, a man from Nova Scotia, Canada, went to British Columbia and stayed at a hotel in the city of Victoria called the Fairmont Empress. According to The Washington Post, “He brought a suitcase full of pepperoni” as a gift for some friends of his. But when he left the pepperoni outside, due to the hotel room not having a fridge, a bunch of seagulls not only devoured it but they also flew around the room. This in turn created a huge mess, and got the man banned from the hotel until now.
16 Not acting like a true guest
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While Airbnb is relatively new as far as house rental services are concerned, it’s already racked up quite a bit of notoriety due to the large number of incidents where renters don’t respect the hosts’ living spaces and Airbnb itself isn’t quick to compensate the hosts for what happened. Take this image, for example, from an Airbnb host named Ryan who came back to his condo and found lots of things broken or warped like the bottom of this door which apparently had liquid spilled on it (though what type of liquid it was is uncertain) causing it to warp.
15 “New Years Party” - What a Mess!
www.travelandleisure.com
Following the transition from 2015 to 2016, a woman who designs magazines for a living came back to her home in London, England, and found it in a state of disarray after renting it out through Airbnb according to the Travel + Leisure magazine. It turned out that the guests had been throwing a New Year’s Eve party which was apparently large in size. As a result, some damage occurred as a TV had been “Ripped off the wall” as stated by Travel + Leisure. Afterwards, Airbnb took action and removed the account of the person who rented the place that night.
14 “Landlord wants more protections” - Gotta Have Insurance
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Within the city of Sioux Falls in the state of South Dakota, there are certain houses for rent that can be afforded by people with “Low and fixed incomes” through a special voucher according to the local Argus Leader newspaper. But two years ago, the landlord of one such house was stuck dealing with the mess left behind by a renter who also had several children under her care. While the renter claimed the landlord “Allowed the place to deteriorate,” Argus Leader states, the landlord was less sympathetic about the whole matter despite what he’s done to aid the program.
13 “Generous” - An Act of Charity Gone Bad
www.real-fix.com
As a result of the ever-widening gap of income, the number of homeless people seems to increase every year. While most of us are taught to ignore their pleas for money, since many a homeless person winds up spending it on drugs instead of food, there are a few charitable souls who will go out of their way to help the homeless. Such was the case for a woman named Louise Elliott who raised money to give a homeless couple a hotel room to stay in for Christmas 2016, real-fix says, who wound up leaving it a mess.
12 A party gone very wrong
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Though the image above may seem like the inside of a messy garage, it’s actually the inside of a house that became the center of an arduous legal battle. This began last year in Anchorage, Alaska, within an area called Lake Otis Pkwy where a woman had been renting out a place she used to live in when one renter came along. According to the Anchorage Daily News, he started having tons of people over which disturbed the neighbors and got the police’s attention. So the woman was forced to evict the man and deal with the mess left behind.
11 “Renters” - Costly Memories
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Whether a house is rented or not, it does have history. With that, there are various memories associated with the place. While some are good, there can be bad ones as well. In the case of this landlord in Epsom, England, she was renting her family home out to two people. After staying there for a couple of years, they caused a lot of “Damage to the interior” as stated in an article by Bendigo Advertiser. After they were evicted, though, the two renters caused damage to another house they rented causing them to get kicked out from there too.
10 Super Bowl Gone Wild
Though the next Super Bowl won’t be for another few months, it wouldn’t be surprising if fans of this event are already planning their future parties for it. While some are a little loud but mostly harmless, some can get out of hand. Such was the case for this rented Airbnb home in Minneapolis, where a woman and her partner ended up having to clean their place up after the guests threw a big Super Bowl party with other people as reported by Kare 11. On top of that, the guests stole a bunch of things from the house itself.
9 “Over 6000$ in damage”
Here’s another bad Airbnb story: a man named Raphaël and his wife came home after a trip only to find their home in ruins after a wild party was held by the person renting it. Though the couple made it clear that parties weren’t allowed along with smoking, there were cigarette buds all over the floor. On top of that, their electrical equipment was busted thus adding up to about 6,000 dollars' worth of damage, Raphaël says. Yet when he tried contacting Airbnb about getting covered for the amount of damage caused by the renter, they couldn’t give him much.
8 Acting like children
www.livingthedreamrtw.com
When in Brisbane, Australia, one should be wary of the hostel described in this article posted on Living the Dream’s website. As the picture above clearly shows, it’s certainly a mess which is partially due to the people living here. According to Kendrick, the author of this article, a lot of the occupants were from Germany and quite young on top of that. So as a result, they were rowdy loud and obnoxious to be around. Plus there was a lot of “Clutter in one place,” Kendrick says, and there was this lingering smell that made the whole thing unpleasant.
7 “When Airbnb goes wrong” - Trouble in Paradise
www.naplesnews.com
While the state of Florida is known for having all kinds of crazy stories coming from it, this one takes the cake. In a close-knit community in Miami, a homeowner decided to rent her place out to Airbnb according to the Naples Daily News. While this did help her financially, it turned into quite a literal and metaphorical mess when a party got out of hand at the house. This in turn led to an eviction, “Tax fraud investigation,” says Naples Daily News, and a legal battle between Airbnb and the mayor of Miami himself. Boy, that escalated quickly!
6 “Airbnb House in Mexico” - Unexpected Company
www.airbnbhell.com
While we’ve heard scathing testimonies from Airbnb hosts who’ve had less than pleasant guests staying in their home, let’s hear what the guests have to say about their experiences at the rented houses they’ve stayed at. Last year, for instance, a large family rented an Airbnb home in Mexico near the city of Puerto Vallarta. According to Airbnb Hell, things were bad right off the bat when they found out that the house didn’t come with a stove microwave or fridge. On top that, random people started showing up at the house and even had a party on the premises.
5 “Airbnb nightmare” - Didn’t Get Permission
www.cnbc.com
On top of bad Airbnb guests, the site has also been used by scammers to put up illegal house listings as was the case for this man in Miami Beach, Florida. It began when he started receiving fines from the city due to unruly behavior by renters at a house he used to rent through Airbnb, even though he hadn’t used it for many years according to CNBC. Then it turned out that his house had been listed on Airbnb without his permission by another rental service called Vacayo, and had to make several inquiries to have it taken down.
4 “No response from Airbnb” - That’s Too Bad
As bad as 6,000 dollars’ worth of damage sounds, that’s nothing compared to this! In Melbourne, Australia, a man named Linye and his partner rented their house to Airbnb in April of this year. When they came home, there was a severe amount of damage done including holes in the walls and broken things such as the glass-like fragments shown in the above picture. In the end, the amount in repairs totaled up to over 10,000 dollars according to Linye. On top of that, there were other future bookings for the home on Airbnb making this incident more unfortunate.
3 “Hotel room” - Overreaction
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Like the hotel in Shanghai, this room doesn’t seem nearly as messy compared to the others we’ve encountered in this article thus far. Yet what makes this one different is that this isn’t the guest’s own mess, but someone else’s. According to Deskgram user colleenlouise70, this room in the BelleVue Club on the Balearic Islands off the coast of Spain wasn’t properly cleaned and had to be moved to a different room instead. Now while this does sound inconvenient, even annoying regarding the incompetence of the hotel’s staff, it’s comparatively tame in relation to these other stories about unruly guests.
2 Not messy, but rude
www.estateagentslondon.co.uk
Now here’s an example of an Airbnb host who worked hard to make her place presentable only for the would-be renters to behave rudely. In an article posted by Estate Agents London, a woman recounts an incident that happened two years ago where a family showed up after she had gotten it spruced up for them. However, they didn’t seem to like the place and claimed they weren’t planning to stay yet made no inclination to leave. So the woman asked them to go, and they called the police. Fortunately, though, everything got straightened out and the family left.
1 “Party for more than 100 teens” - Classic Teen Delinquency
So here’s a real-life version of the movie Project X: in Dunedin, Florida, a teen of 14 years old used his own credit card to rent a house through Airbnb, even though the minimum age for Airbnb users is 18 years old according to Stuff. The purpose of this was for a party which involved hundreds of teens underaged drinking and property damage. Naturally, the house's owner wasn’t too happy. Fortunately, the damage was minimal, Stuff states, and some of the kids including the teen "Who organized the party" came over to the house to help with the cleaning.
Resources: community.withairbnb.com, travelwithashley.com, realtor.com, stuff.co.nz, livingthedreamrtw.com, naplesnews.com, airbnbhell.com, estateagentslondon.co.uk, travelandleisure.com, cnbc.com, washingtonpost.com, starweekly.com.au
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Bumbo (also known as Bombo or Bumboo)
Bumbo is a drink made from rum, water, sugar and nutmeg. Cinnamon is sometimes substituted for or added to the nutmeg. Modern Bumbo is often made with dark rum, citrus juice, Grenadine, and nutmeg.
Bumbo was popular in the Caribbean during the era of piracy, largely because it tasted better than Royal Navy Grog. Pirates and short-haul merchantmen did not suffer from scurvy as often as British sailors, largely because their voyages were shorter and their diet included plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. This meant that citrus juice could be dropped from the grog recipe, and sugar and Nutmeg sweetened the mix.
Bumbo was commonly used during election campaigns in colonial British America, to the extent that treating voters to gifts and other freebies during election campaigns was referred to as "swilling the planters with bumbo". George Washington was particularly noted for using this technique. His papers state that he used 160 gallons of rum to treat 391 voters to bumbo during campaigning for the Virginia House of Burgesses in July 1758.
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Primary alcohol by volume:
Served:
"Straight up"; without ice
Standard garnish:
Standard drinkware:
Commonly used ingredients: (pirate recipe)
2 parts rum
1 parts water
2 sugar cubes
Sprinkle cinnamon
Sprinkle nutmeg
Preparation: Mix together and garnish.
"Let's "splice the mainbrace," as Blackbeard would have ordered when he was looking to get drunk enough to kindle his own hell."
Bumboo (modern recipe)
2 oz dark rum
1 oz lemon juice
1/2 tsp grenadine syrup
1/4 tsp grated nutmeg or cinnamon
Combine all ingredients in a shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass.
What Did Pirates Drink?
Below we have listed some of the most popular drinks that Pirates were known to make part of their daily nurishment. Not only did they drink Bumbo, but they drank these as well
Grog (water and run mixed together)
Glögg (scandinavian, early medieval origin)
Sangaree: (is now known as sangria)
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Contempt Is the Remedy to Enforce Injunctions regarding Easements
Parties to court proceedings involving private rights of way or trespass sometimes question the power of a judge to tell them to do something. Sometimes people do not take the orders of a court seriously and act in a recalcitrant manner to test whether a judge will enforce his order. However, a Georgia Superior Court Judge is one of the most powerful officials in Georgia and has the power to fine and incarcerate parties who do not violate his orders.
The means of enforcement of an equitable order in Georgia is through a petition for contempt. Contempt is a legal proceeding filed to enforce the terms of an injunction or restraining order. The remedy is invoked by filing a motion or new petition raising the issue of the violation of a prior order with a request that the court issue a new order to require compliance. The injunction is Stage 1. Contempt is Stage 2. Most people do not get to State 2, but when they do, the result can be harsh.
A contempt proceeding can be either criminal or civil.
The difference between criminal and civil contempt depends on the purpose for which the power is exercised. Ensley v. Ensley, 239 Ga. 860, 861, 238 S.E.2d 920 (1977). “The distinction between the two is that criminal contempt imposes unconditional punishment for prior acts of contumacy, whereas civil contempt imposes conditional punishment as a means of coercing future compliance with a prior court order.” Carey Canada, Inc. v. Hinely, 257 Ga. 150, 151, 356 S.E.2d 202, cert. denied, 484 U.S. 898, 108 S.Ct. 233, 98 L.Ed.2d 192 (1987).
Alexander v. DeKalb County, 264 Ga. 362, 364, 444 S.E.2d 743, 745 (1994).
Contempt as a remedy can arise in different types of cases. In a case involving a continuing trespass to real property that violates the legal title owner's rights, an injunction is often sought to force a party to honor the rights of the landowner. An injunction may be all that is required provided the parties adhere to its terms. Where they refuse to comply, the court turns to contempt to enforce its orders.
A contempt motion is a proper way to require a party to adhere to the terms of a prior order regarding easement rights to a road or private right of way. Harvey v. Lindsey, 251 Ga. App. 387, 390, 554 S.E.2d 523, 526 (2001). The court looks to the intent of the prior order in determining whether the parties have violated it.
In a contempt proceeding, a court may interpret and clarify an existing order but may not modify the terms and obligations already set forth.2 To determine whether an order has been clarified, as opposed to being modified, the test is whether the new order is a reasonable clarification or so contrary to the apparent intent of the original order as to constitute a modification.3 The intent is found by looking at the content of the order and the context in which it was created.4
Ultimately, the court hearing a contempt motion can fine the party in violation until he complies with the prior order. The court can enter an order of incarceration if the judge finds that the violation of the prior order was willful. Alexander, supra.
A contempt proceeding involving roads, rights of way, streets, or easements can arise in a number of ways. For example, a party ("A") may obtain an order restraining another person ("B") from interfering with his rights to access A's land over an easement across B's land. If A or B disregard the terms and limitations of the order, the party seeking compliance can proceed by petition for contempt. So if B were to fail to allow A to travel over the path of an easement under the terms of an order issued by a Georgia Superior Court Judge, A could then ask the judge to hold B in contempt, and upon a finding that B did not comply with the order, the judge could fine B until B allows the access. Upon a finding of a willful violation of the prior order, the judge could even incarcerate B.
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In dinghy racing in the ’50s and 60s, there were smart sailing clubs and there were the new clubs emerging on gravel pits, canals and reservoirs to sail Jack Holt’s budget boats. It was a very stratified world, which can still be seen on the shore at Cowes, where the clubs are in marshalled in order of rank, starting at the seaward end: the exclusive Royal Yacht Squadron, the Royal Corinthian and the Royal Thames, the Island Sailing Club and – originally for the local working boatmen of the town – the Cowes Corinthians.
My first boat and club were at the other end of the sailing spectrum from the smart clubs. Our neighbour, the former naval officer who helped me build my first boat, ran a boys’ sailing club based on the grimy Lee Navigation in North London, and he encouraged me to join.
The club had been set up to introduce urban boys to the pleasures and rigours of boats and the water. The thinking behind the sponsorship of such clubs was not a million miles away from the intentions of those who financed the sail training ships of the Ocean Youth Club, the London Sailing Project and the Ocean Youth Club in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and indeed the famous Outward Bound courses on land in the same postwar years; all were designed quite explicitly to keep young men fit and off the streets. I’m not sure my parents saw me quite in that context, as a wild kid needing to be kept off the streets, but I joined anyway.
The Lee ran between a sewage works (now gone, and reclaimed as a sports field) and a reservoir, the King George V. We had a tiny clubhouse with bunk beds for overnight stays and a room to make tea and sandwiches. We certainly learnt to tack our boats efficiently, because it was rare that the wind was in the right direction to sail a straight line up and down our narrow 1 mile stretch of water between two locks.
The wind was a bit of an issue, or rather the smell of it. We could just about acclimatise after a while to the foul air from the summer sewage, but it could never be ignored. The great incentive for staying in these surroundings was that the club was trying, by its presence on the site, to persuade the Metropolitan Water Board to allow it to move to the enormous King George V reservoir a few hundred yards away. In the longer term, the water board was persuaded, and sailing was allowed on the reservoir, which is the best stretch of water in London (now the sewage works has gone). Sadly, the new King George club was not set up until more than a decade after I had taken my boat to the tidal waters of the River Crouch in Essex, helped by some friends who sailed there, and enticed by the pleasanter tang of the sea and the saltings.
News Chronicle Enterprise number 2 in the National Maritime Museum…
I was tall for my age, and quickly outgrew the little Heron, which I sold at a small profit, using the money to buy a News Chronicle Enterprise.
I bought a second-hand one, identical to the boat now in the entrance to the maritime museum in Greenwich, which I sailed on the Crouch. We also took it on holiday with a road trailer. After I sold the Enterprise, I was sad to hear that it had been wrecked on rocks while being sailed by its new owner in the West Country.
… and Sisters Sue, Frances and Caroline in number 817 in Devon
Many years later, when our children were old enough to sail, we bought and restored an old Mirror dinghy, so altogether we have owned three of the Jack Holt budget boats of the early postwar sailing revival.
I have a favourite, the Mirror. It could be sailed, rowed, motored with an outboard, worked as a yacht tender, taken on the top of the car to holidays in Cornwall and Britanny, used for gentle river picnics for up to six adults and children, and in one memorable weekend rowed the whole navigable length of the River Stour in Suffolk, from Sudbury to Cattawade. That involved dragging it round 15 portages at weirs and broken-down locks, which gave the hull a battering that truly tested what must now rank as a great classic of design of any kind.


Shell releases Energy Transition Report: commits to 50% lower emissions by 2050, biofuels to top oil by 2100 in “Sky” scenario
April 17, 2018	| Jim Lane
In the Netherlands and England, Shell released its most definitive statement yet on its low-carbon future and committed to 50% lower emissions by 2050 and net zero by 2070 in its operations and emissions from its fuels. The road, to Shell, is apparently paved with good intentions.
In its analysis of future energy demand, Shell noted that the global energy demand is set to increase from 570 exajoules to 1000 by 2070 and it will take extraordinary measures to meet the stringent carbon-reduction goals set in the Paris Agreement, while the world is increasing energy usage at the same time. But Shell reaffirmed its support for the Paris Agreement, while noting certain extraordinary consequences of the required re-shaping of energy supply, including biofuels supply exceeding petroleum by 2100 in the company’s “Sky” scenario.
In the new Shell Energy Transition Report, available here for download, the company updated what it calls its Mountains and Oceans scenarios and introduces a third, Sky. The company was at pains to present scenarios rather than projections about the long-term future.
As Shell notes:
For example, in Mountains, strong governments and powerful economic actors work together to create stability and maintain their own interests. This enables big initiatives like the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) at scale or the building of widespread gas and hydrogen infrastructure. In contrast, in Oceans, competitive markets and a strong private sector are the main engines of change. There is major technology innovation, but big coordinated initiatives are more difficult to achieve. Energy needs are increasingly delivered through a patchwork of initiatives.
Both Mountains and Oceans deliver net-zero emissions (NZE) from the energy system by the end of the century. But they fall short of the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. Sky builds on this earlier work and assumes that society takes actions so as to meet the Paris goal. It requires unprecedented and sustained collaboration across all sectors of society, supported by highly effective government policy.
Carbon goals
Shell acknowledges a global economy in sharp transition on carbon:
We believe society will have to achieve net zero additional CO2 equivalent emissions from energy by 2070. That will likely require the world to reduce the amount of CO2e produced for each unit of energy consumed from today’s level of around 74 grams to around 43 grams of CO2e per megajoule by 2050
By 2050 we intend to match the Net Carbon Footprint of the global energy system. To achieve this we need to go even faster than society because our starting point is higher. It will likely mean we need to reduce the Net Carbon Footprint of our portfolio of energy products by around half from its current value of around 83 grams of CO2e per megajoule, to around 43 grams of CO2e per megajoule by the middle of the century. We plan to reduce our Net Carbon Footprint by around 20% by 2035 as an interim measure.
25X increase in biofuels production by 2050
Given the gigantic and global nature of Shells’s business, they note how dramatic the energy transition would have to be at Shell “to match the energy system by 2050”. They illustrate with six examples and note that meeting the Sky scenario could mean achieving not some, but all of them:
■ Selling the fuel produced by 25 biofuel companies the size of our joint venture Raízen in Brazil.
■ Selling the output from 200 large offshore wind farms the size of our planned Borssele wind farm in the North Sea.
■ Changing the proportion of gas in the total amount of oil and gas we produce, so that natural gas increases from 50% to 75%.
■ Selling enough electricity on our forecourts around the world to meet three times the total demand for power in the Netherlands.
■ Developing the capacity of 20 CCS plants the size of our Quest CCS plant in Canada.
■ Planting forests the size of Spain to act a carbon sink for emissions that still exist.
Today’s energy system is the result of many decades of choices by consumers, energy suppliers and governments. Societies want energy that is reliable, widely available and affordable. As a result, hydrocarbons account for more than 80% of the energy mix.
Capital investment in the trillions; solutions vary by sector
Shell noted that “capital investment measured in trillions of dollars over decades will be necessary to finance both new sources of energy, and to adjust existing infrastructure. It will also be necessary to change how energy is consumed, as a vast range of capital assets that consume energy – from homes, domestic appliances, vehicles, machinery and entire industries – will need to be adapted or replaced.”
The investment will vary by sector. “Some, like clothes and food manufacturing, require low temperature processes and mechanical activities, which electricity is well suited to deliver,” the report found. But electrification is not universally easy to achieve. “Other sectors, such as the iron, steel, cement, plastic and chemical industries, and certain types of transport, currently rely on the unique ability of hydrocarbons to provide extremely high temperatures, chemical reactions or dense energy storage. Today, many of these cannot be electrified at all, or only at a prohibitively high cost.”
Shell’s Sky scenario
Turning to more specific actions and consequences, the company went deep into the changes that would come from meeting the net-zero CO2 emission goals of the Paris Agreement, as contemplated in the Sky scenario. The five highlights were:
Mobility: The percentage of internal combustion engines (ICE)in passenger cars falls from 100% in 2010 to around 75% by 2030. By 2050, it is impossible to buy a new passenger vehicle powered by an ICE anywhere in the world.
Electricity: The share of electricity in final energy consumption rises from 18% today to 26% by 2030 and grows to as much as 50% by 2060. Renewable energy overtakes fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal as the primary source of energy in the 2050s. The world uses hardly any fossil fuels in the power sector after 2060. The share of nuclear in the global electricity mix remains steady at around 10% to 2070. A new addition to the sector is generation from biomass combustion, which is linked with CCS to offer an important carbon sink.
Industry: Sky assumes that industrial applications are electrified where possible. To provide the negative emissions required to achieve net-zero emissions from the energy system, Sky requires the construction of around 10,000 large CCS plants by 2070, compared to fewer than 50 in operation in 2020.
Land use: Sky achieves net-zero global deforestation by 2070. In addition, an area the size of Brazil being reforested offers the possibility of limiting warming to 1.5°C, the ultimate ambition of the Paris Agreement.
Hydrogen: The share of hydrogen in total final energy consumption rises from less than 1% before 2040, to 6% by 2070. It is used as a high-density and storable energy source in transport and industry. Importantly in Sky, it is produced from water electrolysis using mainly renewable power.
Reshaping the Shell portfolio: Shell New Energies
The Shell portfolio is, thereby, on the verge of a major shift. The “New Energies business is exploring new fuels for transport, where our activities range from developing advanced biofuels, made from waste and non-food plants, to launching hydrogen refueling stations and recharging for electric vehicles,” the company said. So, a sort of “All of the Above” ambition.
Primarily, expect a ramping up in Shell’s gas and electricity businesses — and to a lesser extent investment in biofuels and hydrogen. And they foresee “a range of between $40 and $100 dollars per barrel of oil to 2030 to be likely.”
The surprising attraction is renewable power. As Shell notes, “The decline in costs of solar and wind generation, along with the electrification of the energy system, make the development of renewable energy resources increasingly attractive for society, and an attractive investment opportunity for Shell. “ But for the time present, the investment will be relatively limited for Shell compared to the ongoing investment in convention fossil fuels. “We expect our capital investment in New Energies to be between $1 billion to $2 billion a year, on average, until 2020,” they noted. “ We expect the largest part of our investments to be in power, where we will invest to gain access to customers, and in generation powered by solar, wind and gas.”
Establishing a higher ROI hurdle for new fuels than power
As we have seen elsewhere, the world is turning toward a double standard on investment in renewables, and Shell is no exception. In committing the bulk of its investment attention to power, it frankly confesses that it is seeking “equity returns of between 8% and 12%” from power projects. However, for new fuels, the company only noted in its forecast that it would “expect returns on capital similar to those in the Downstream business.”
It’s Shell’s disingenuous moment, because only three weeks ago they updated financial markets on those Downstream return ambitions. As NASDAQ.com reported here, “Shell plans to make a yearly investment of around $7-$9 billion in its downstream segment, forecasting a return on average capital employed (ROACE) of more than 15%.”
One is left to imagine how the investment options and decisions would look if the company decided that it needed only the same returns in advanced liquid fuels that it expects from new power investments, instead of expecting advanced fuel projects to be 100% competitive with established fossil fuel technologies from the get-go.
Developing conventional and advanced biofuels
“Biofuels today make up around 3% of global transport fuels and we expect their share to grow as the world shifts to lower-carbon energy. Shell is one of the world’s largest producers of biofuels made from sugar cane, through our joint venture in Brazil called Raízen. Raízen (Shell interest 50%) produces low-carbon biofuel from sugar cane. This Brazilian sugar cane ethanol can emit around 70% less CO2 compared with gasoline, from cultivation of the sugar cane to using the ethanol as fuel. In 2017, Raízen produced around 2 billion liters of low-carbon ethanol from Brazilian sugar cane. Shell is also one of the largest blenders and distributors of biofuels worldwide. We purchase biofuels to blend into our fuels to comply with country regulations and mandates.
“We are active in the development of advanced biofuels made from alternative feedstocks such as waste and cellulosic biomass from non-food plants. In 2015, Raízen opened its first advanced biofuels plant at its Costa Pinto mill in Brazil. In 2017, the plant produced 10 million liters of cellulosic ethanol from sugar-cane residues. It is expected to produce 40 million liters per year once fully operational.
“In Bangalore, India, we have built a demonstration plant that will turn waste – including food, cardboard, plastics and paper – into petrol or diesel that can power cars. This provides the final stage of the R&D process we will need to see if it is successful to scale up and support the commercialization of this waste-to-fuel process. The process has been developed by a USA-based research centre, the Gas Technology Institute, and is called IH2. The IH2 process uses heat, hydrogen and catalysts to convert large molecules of the sort found in waste into smaller fragments. Oxygen and other contaminants are removed to create two pure elements: hydrogen and carbon. The two are then combined to create hydrocarbon molecules: petrol, diesel and jet fuel.”
The Digest noted the absence of any specific mention of VIrent technology — although Virent’s approach certainly fits under “advanced biofuels made from alternative feedstocks such as waste and cellulosic biomass from non-food plants.” But we also wonder whether there will be emphasis on technologies like Virent to deliver renewable chemicals, because Shell’s ambitions in chemicals are increasing substantially even as it looks to reduce its petrochemical dependencies.
Shell notes:
“We plan to increase earnings in our Chemicals business from $2.6 billion in 2017 to between $3.5 billion and $4.0 billion per year by 2025. We expect strong demand growth for chemicals in the medium term, mostly because of economic growth and demand for the everyday products that petrochemicals help produce. Chemicals can also help deliver some of the materials that will help the energy transition – such as high-performance insulation for homes and light plastic parts in cars and planes that can help save energy. Petrochemicals are also ingredients for components in energy-efficient lighting and low-temperature detergents.”
“By 2050, consumers in this scenario will not be able to buy an internal combustion engine (ICE) anywhere in the world”
The various Shell scenarios each show “a rise in demand for electric vehicles in the next few decades,” but it gets dramatic in the Sky scenario, which foresees that “more than half of global new passenger car sales are electric by 2030. 100% of new car sales will be electric by 2030 in places such as China and Western Europe, and by 2035 in North America and some other parts of the Asia Pacific region.”
By 2050, consumers in this scenario will not be able to buy an internal combustion engine (ICE) anywhere in the world. The result? In the Sky scenario, “global consumption of liquid hydrocarbon fuels in the passenger segment falls by 1.5-2 million barrels per day by 2030 compared with today.”
Hydrogen Council and the Energy Transitions Commission
There are two global collaborations that Shell highlighted in the Energy Transition Report that merit special attention, and they are the Hydrogen Council and the Energy Transitions Commission. As Shell describes them:
Hydrogen Council In January 2017, Shell and other companies launched the Hydrogen Council, a global coalition of chief executives working to raise the profile of hydrogen’s role in the transition to a low-carbon energy system. The council seeks to accelerate investment in the development and commercialization of the hydrogen and fuel-cell sectors. It provides recommendations to ensure appropriate conditions are in place to facilitate the deployment of hydrogen technologies. The council comprises 18 CEOs of energy, transport and industrial multinationals. In January 2017, the council published a report: “How hydrogen empowers the energy transition“ which further details hydrogen’s potential. In November 2017, the group launched a second report, called “Hydrogen, scaling up,” outlining a path to greater hydrogen deployment and its role in the energy transition.
Energy Transitions Commission. In 2015, Shell helped establish the Energy Transitions Commission which aims to accelerate change towards low-carbon energy systems that enable robust economic development and limit the rise in global temperature to well below 2°C. The ETC brings together leaders representing a wide range of sectors and interests: investors, energy companies, innovators, industrial energy users, nonprofit organizations and research institutes. As of October 2017, the ETC had 29 members. It is chaired by Lord Adair Turner and Dr Ajay Mathur. Chad Holliday serves as Shell’s Commissioner.
There are scenarios, Scarenarios, and there is the real world to come that will likely be neither. Let’s put that into perspective, these are not projections, these are estimates of likely situations and Shell is making business decisions based on them.
In the long-term, these are striking changes but they are evolutionary. In some ways, this is an attempt to put Shell’s investments into context for potential critics adopting a “hurry up” posture. The biggest changes in Shell’s business come between 2030 and 2050, in which it turns sharply towards renewables as hydrocarbon demand slows. For those welcoming a low-carbon future, it’s good news. For those looking for energy companies to maintain earnings, it’s good news. But not tomorrow.
We note the appetite for power projects with an 8-12% return while requiring 15% for advanced fuels. That clearly reflects the hurry-up in this document, which is less about Paris and more about a desire to get into the business of producing and delivering electricity as a world-scale replacement for producing and delivering fuels. Lower returns for strategically vital projects — that’s been accepted at big companies for a long time.
Advanced fuels? To the extent that they compete head-to-head with conventional fuels, Shell will be delighted to do them, and is investing in technologies that it believes will achieve that.
But Shell hardly needed an Energy Transition report to justify fuel projects that meet current investment hurdles — that’s energy-as-usual, not energy transition. The Energy Transition that is leading to this report comes in the form of electrons. The company is advising regulators that electricity will lead Shell towards meeting its Paris Agreement goals. Meanwhile, the company is advising shareholders that it sees not only “freedom to operate” in a future dominated by electric power, it sees good business too.
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‘I will not let criminals hold my community hostage’
We as a community need to address the issues that lead to drug, gun and gang violence.
‘I will not let criminals hold my community hostage’ We as a community need to address the issues that lead to drug, gun and gang violence. Check out this story on thedailyjournal.com: https://vineland.dj/2vWRaJq
Jennifer Webb-McRae Published 9:16 p.m. ET Aug. 11, 2018 | Updated 1:49 p.m. ET Aug. 12, 2018
Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae speaks during a press conference regarding the death of 9-year-old Jennifer Trejo Tuesday, July 17, 2018 in Bridgeton, N.J. Trejo was killed by a stray bullet that went through a wall of her home at approximately 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.(Photo: Joe Lamberti/Staff Photographer)Buy Photo
After spending 24 years of my professional life practicing law in the field of criminal justice, I have seen my fair share of the carnage left behind by gun violence. While every shooting takes its toll, I have to say that the killing of 9-year-old Jennifer Trejo in her bedroom by a random shooting outside her home on July 17 in Bridgeton, and having over 100 children and parents witness the violent shooting death of a man at the end of a football practice in Millville on Aug. 9, have deeply moved and shocked me.
As I spoke to over 100 kids and parents of the football association and offered grief counseling services to help them deal with the trauma of witnessing a violent shooting, I realized that we are all feeling traumatized by the senseless acts of violence that are occurring in our community.
Prosecutors are supposed to project strength and resolution in our quest to seek justice for individuals and the community. In that regard, I want to assure the community that investigators from both cities as well as from my office are doing everything in their power to solve these heinous crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice.
A flier announces a $10,000 reward for information in the shooting death of 9-year-old Jennifer "Chikis" Trejo in Bridgeton. (Photo: The Daily Journal)
However, if I am willing to tell babies that it's OK to feel sad and get help because they have experienced a traumatic event, then it is OK to tell the community that as a parent and a life-long community member, I too am experiencing grief and stress due to these traumatic events. I know that some are saying that Cumberland County is a “war zone” and that they don’t wish to live here anymore. To that, I would say, I could have chosen to live anywhere and prospered but I chose to return here and raise a family because of all the great things and people Cumberland County has to offer. I will not let criminals hold my community hostage.
Evil can only flourish when good men remain silent. We need witnesses to prove cases in court. A police officer on every corner is not what makes a community safe. It is people coming together, helping one another, and dictating acceptable cultural and social norms for where they live. We as a community need to say: “NOT ON MY BLOCK, NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT IN MY CITY, NOT IN MY COUNTY.”
We as a community need to address the issues that lead to drug, gun and gang violence. It doesn’t start with crime, it starts with poverty, lack of resources, lack of jobs, lack of mental health and drug treatment services, etc.
Although it doesn’t get the attention from news media, we have been working on these issues for years. We have the Cumberland County Positive Youth Coalition that works on reducing juvenile delinquency and keeping kids out of the school to prison pipeline. (Learn more at ccpydc.com.) We have CC THRIVE (Cumberland Collective To Help Reverse Inequality and Violence Everywhere), which will pump over $500,000 into our community for projects that reduce gang and gun violence in 2019. (Learn more at njccpo.org/thrive.) We have three active Police Athletic Leagues in Bridgeton, Vineland and Millville that not only focus on sports but focus on life skills. Do a google search or scroll through our Facebook page and you will see the countless ways we are working to combat youth gang and gun violence.
In closing, death and life are in the power of the tongue. I choose to speak life into my community rather than death. When you hear someone speak ill of Cumberland County, counter with the positive things that are happening here. Focus your time and energy on just one little thing that improves the quality of life in Cumberland County rather than the things that bring us down. Together we can make Cumberland County what we want it to be ... even though we have to stop and cry sometime.
Jennifer Webb-McRae is the Cumberland County prosecutor.
A small makeshift memorial outside Lakeside Middle School in Millville, where Joseph L. Jones was fatally shot on Thursday night, Aug. 9, 2018. (Photo: Anthony Coppola/Staff Photographer)
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Budapest, an old-world city with a throbbing urban pulse, is a must-stop on any trip to Central Europe. Szentendre and Eger have their own charms, including majestic hilltop castles and cobblestone streets winding among lovely baroque buildings. All this, and the generosity of the Magyar soul, sustains visitors to this land of vital spirit and beauty.
Hungary sits at the crossroads of Central Europe, having retained its own identity by absorbing countless invasions and foreign occupations. Its industrious, resilient people have a history of brave but unfortunate uprisings: against the Turks in the 17th century, the Habsburgs in 1848, and the Soviet Union in 1956. With the withdrawal of the last Soviet soldiers from Hungarian soil in 1991, Hungary embarked on a decade of sweeping changes. The adjustment to a free-market economy has not all been easy sailing, but Hungary at long last has regained self-determination and a chance to rebuild an economy devastated by years of communist misrule.
Hungary joined NATO in 1999, and the country joined the European Union (EU) in May 2004. In 2002, then 39-year-old Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was the subject of gentle mockery when he suggested that the Hungarian economy was like a guided missile that had taken off and which could not be shot down. Orbán's increasingly right-wing FIDESZ party won the 2010 parliamentary elections, achieving a supermajority, and the party has since redrawn the Hungarian constitution.
Two rivers cross the country: the famous Duna (Danube) flows from the west through Budapest on its way to the southern frontier, and the smaller Tisza flows from the northeast across the Nagyalföld (Great Plain). What Hungary lacks in size it makes up for in beauty and charm. Hungarians are known for their hospitality. Although their unusual and difficult language is anything but a quick study, English is fast becoming the second language of Hungary, even superseding German. But what all Hungarians share is a deep love of music, and the calendar is studded with it, from Budapest's famous opera to its annual spring music festival. And at many more touristy restaurants Gypsy violinists serenade you during your evening meal.
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