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Most residential structures are insulated with either fiberglass batts or cellulose because both are cheap sources of added R-value. But there's more to insulation than R-value. For best results, the insulation must be accurately cut to fit the joist or stud cavities, and an effective air barrier is needed to keep unconditioned outdoor air from penetrating the insulation like wind blowing through a sweater. In most climates, a poly or kraft-paper vapor retarder is also needed to limit the flow of moisture-laden air and prevent condensation from forming within the insulation.

None of that is exactly rocket science, but doing the job right does take some care and attention to detail. Unfortunately, because both fiberglass and cellulose installations are typically subbed out to the lowest bidder, vapor retarders, air barriers, and the insulation itself are often thrown into place with little regard to quality.

When quality is a more important consideration than price, spray-applied polyurethane foam is emerging as the first choice of a growing number of builders. Although it costs up to several times as much as its competitors — an R-11 application of low-density foam goes for at least $1.00 per square foot of wall, compared to about 65¢ for spray cellulose, and 25¢ to 55¢ for fiberglass batts — foam eliminates many of the installation headaches associated with fibrous insulating materials.

First, foam has exceptional air-sealing ability. When sprayed or injected into a framing cavity, it sticks tight to the sheathing and framing and rapidly expands to fill every crack and opening in the exterior shell. This is especially valuable around rim joists and other difficult-to-seal areas. Some types of foam are also effective vapor retarders, so it's often possible to omit the separate poly or kraft-paper vapor retarder.

Finally, going with foam can provide added flexibility in designing a framing package: Because dense varieties of foam offer a lot of insulating value per inch of thickness, it's often possible to size studs and rafters based on structural loads rather than the amount of space needed for insulation.

Polyurethane Basics

Foamed-in-place polyurethane was developed in Europe. It was first used in North America during the 1960s, first as an insulator for commercial cold-storage buildings and later as a commercial roofing material.

Polyurethane foam has had a harder time penetrating the residential market. During the 1970s and early '80s, a foamed-in-place product known as UFFI — an abbreviation for urea formaldehyde foam insulation — was widely used for retrofitting uninsulated houses but was later found to offgas potentially harmful amounts of formaldehyde into living spaces. The resulting uproar left all foamed-in-place insulating materials with an image problem that they have only recently overcome.

Today's foamed-in-place insulation does not contain urea formaldehyde. Current products are made from isocyanate — a material derived from petroleum — and urethane resins, which are often made from sugar cane or soybeans. Potentially toxic vapors may be present while the foam is actually being applied, but the cured material is nontoxic and will not offgas harmful chemicals.

Equipment and materials. Application methods vary somewhat depending on the proprietary product used, but most residential foam contractors arrive on the site in a small box truck that contains the necessary drums of chemicals, a pumping machine, and several feet of hose. The pumping machine precisely meters out the two components of the foam and heats them to accelerate the chemical reaction that causes them to foam when combined.

The chemicals pass through separate lines that are combined in a single hose until they mix at the nozzle. The liquid that emerges expands almost instantly from a paint-like consistency to a thick foam that sets up into a durable solid.

Density and R-value. There are many brands of proprietary foams on the market, and they vary widely in density and insulating power. Commercial flat roofs, for example, are often insulated with a high-density material that weighs about 3 pounds per cubic foot, which makes it hard and strong enough to walk on without damage. But most residential foam insulation weighs between .5 and 2.0 pounds per cubic foot.

With most common building materials, lower density translates into higher insulating value. That's why fiberglass batts insulate better than wood and wood insulates better than concrete. But the opposite is true of foam. A 1/2-pound foam such as Icynene, for example, has an R-value of about 3.5 per inch — roughly the same as fiberglass batts or loose-fill cellulose.

A denser, 1.8-pound foam, on the other hand, has an R-value of about 7. But because the 1.8-pound foam contains nearly four times the amount of chemicals per unit of volume as the 1/2-pound material, the square-foot cost is substantially higher.

Trimming the foam. High-density foams are usually applied to a total thickness that's significantly less than the depth of the framing. An experienced applicator will take care to avoid getting much foam on the exposed edges of the studs, since any stray drops or spatters have to be scraped off before the drywall goes on. Low-density foams, by contrast, expand much more and usually bulge out beyond the framing. This excess material must be trimmed off with a long, flexible saw blade before the wall or ceiling finish can be applied.

Framing dimensions. With low- density foam, as with fiberglass batts or cellulose, the dimensions of the framing are driven more by the insulation value required than by structural considerations. For example, the 2x6 wall studs used on so many residential jobs are overkill from the standpoint of supporting the weight of the building. The real reason for using them is that they provide stud bays deep enough to accommodate R-19 fiberglass batts. Because the R-value of low-density foam is comparable to that of fiberglass, the framing requirements are also similar.

But when a denser foam is used, it's possible to pack more R-value into a shallower bay. With 1.8-pound foam, you can frame walls with 2x4s and still achieve an R-value of 24 (see Figure 1). Another option is to frame with 2x6s and fill the cavities only partially, leaving an open space for running pipes or wires.

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Figure 1.Polyurethane foam expands to between 30 and 100 times its wet volume. Dense, closed-cell material such as this has twice the R-value per inch of light, open-cell material.

Moisture Control

In walls or ceilings insulated with porous insulating materials such as fiberglass, a poly or kraft-paper vapor retarder is usually installed on the warm side of the insulation (that is, on the inside in heating climates and on the outside in cooling climates) to prevent condensed moisture from wetting the insulation. But because foam itself is resistant to water vapor, it may be possible to omit this added step. The question of whether to install a separate vapor retarder will depend partly on the specific foam you choose and partly on your local building inspector.

Tiny bubbles. Dense foams have what's known as a closed-cell structure, which means that the gas bubbles that form during the application process remain permanently locked into the cured foam. The result is something like a three-dimensional bubble wrap with extremely tiny bubbles. Because there are no interconnections between individual bubbles, the foam absorbs little water and also resists the passage of water vapor. According to most building codes, a vapor retarder must have a perm rating of less than 1.0, and some dense foams meet this standard.

Low-density open-cell foams, on the other hand, have a structure more like a very fine-grained sponge. The cured material consists of a series of tiny interconnected passageways. These open cells are too small to permit the passage of much air, but they are more permeable to water vapor than closed-cell foams. Unless there's an exceptional amount of vapor drive, though, that isn't usually a problem. Most condensation in framing cavities is caused by leakage of moist air, not differences in vapor pressure, and even low-density foams block air movement so effectively that problems are unlikely. Some building inspectors will allow you to omit the vapor retarder even if the perm rating of the foam is above the required minimum value (Figure 2).

Figure 2.Open-cell foam is more permeable to vapor than closed-cell material. All foam is designed to be used without a vapor barrier, but some inspectors will make you use it, as in this kitchen that was insulated with 1/2-pound foam.

Trading places. Proponents of foam claim that it's an ideal insulating material for mixed climates, where the warm and cold sides of the building envelope reverse during the year. During the heating season, the vapor retarder belongs on the inside of the wall, but when the air conditioning kicks on during the summer, it belongs on the outside. This is a practical impossibility with permeable insulating materials. But because foam is uniformly solid, it resists the passage of vapor equally well in either direction.

Roofs and Attics

Cathedral ceilings are notoriously difficult to insulate effectively. Unlike walls, ceilings don't have air barriers like Tyvek and are usually vented to maintain a cool roof surface and prevent ice dams. But venting makes it easier for cold air to infiltrate batt insulation, which reduces its effective R-value. Ceiling penetrations like recessed lights are also common sources of air leakage.

Cold roofs and foam. One way to deal with these sorts of troublesome leaks is to fill the ceiling with spray foam. According to Matt Momper — whose Indiana-based company is one of the region's largest installers of foam, fiberglass batts, and other materials — foamed cathedral ceilings should be vented if possible.

"Some roofing manufacturers won't warrant their shingles if the roof isn't vented," he says. Before spraying the closed-cell foam, Momper installs polystyrene baffles below the sheathing to create a channel connected to soffit vents and a continuous ridge vent.

But if the rafters aren't deep enough to leave room for a vent channel, or if the design of the roof makes it impractical to install a ridge vent, Momper has found that unvented ceilings also work well.

Unvented attics. Foam is also effective in areas where codes permit unvented attics. This technique is especially popular in parts of the South, where the humidity is high and it's common to put air handlers in the attic. Spraying the underside of the sheathing and the gable-end walls turns the attic into a conditioned space and prevents humid air from entering and condensing on cold ductwork (Figure 3).

Figure 3.Spray-applied foam insulation allows you to build cathedral ceilings without venting or vapor barriers. It also allows you to build unvented attics.

Placing the air handler in the relatively cool environment of a sealed attic also decreases the load on the hvac system and may allow you to install smaller, less expensive equipment. Finally, any air that leaks from ductwork located in the attic will help cool the conditioned space rather than escaping uselessly to the outdoors.

Other Applications

Spray foam works well under floors because it won't sag or fall down the way batts sometimes do. This makes it a good choice for rooms over exterior porches or small additions built on elevated piers. Foam is especially useful for insulating truss-framed assemblies and other areas that are difficult or impossible to insulate with batts (Figure 4).

Figure 4.Rim joists are difficult to insulate and nearly impossible to fully seal with traditional insulation and vapor barriers. Foam allows you to do a much better job insulating areas that are often poorly done.

Unvented crawlspaces. Spray foam adheres well to masonry of all kinds, including the irregular stone foundations sometimes encountered in old houses. As a result, it's becoming a popular choice for sealing and insulating the perimeter walls of crawlspaces, especially in areas where unvented crawlspaces are permitted by code.

Like unvented attics, unvented crawlspaces aim to prevent condensation and moisture problems by keeping humid air outside the conditioned envelope. The air-sealing properties prevent the entry of airborne moisture, but it's also important to seal out moisture in the soil. The usual way of doing this is to cover the dirt floor of the crawlspace with a continuous poly vapor retarder

Foam and batts: hybrid or bastard? Some insulation contractors install foam and batts in the same framing cavity in order to combine the air- sealing and vapor-resistant properties of foam with the economy of fiberglass. Momper uses this technique regularly. The framing cavities are first sprayed with a 1/2-inch layer of closed-cell foam before the rest of the cavity is filled with batt insulation to beef up the overall R-value.

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Foam and structural strength. There's both anecdotal and scientific evidence to suggest that spray-in-place foam also adds strength and stiffness to wood-framed buildings. Builder Joseph Jackson, of Faust Contracting in Little Silver, N.J., recalls framing a house that moved slightly every time the wind blew. Once the walls were sprayed with 2-pound foam, Jackson reports, the structure felt absolutely rigid.

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It’s probably a futile endeavour to try to define what it is that spearates great photography from not-so-great photography. Often, great photography shows you something that you haven’t seen before. But there’s also great photography that shows you something that you haven’t seen that way before. Andrew Moore’s Russia is a book that does the latter.

As the title indicates, it’s a book about Russia, with more than one hundred photos taken with a large-format camera in Russia. Technicalities first, because - to some extent - they do matter: The book’s print quality is outstanding, and most photos are basically contact prints: The prints have the same size as the original negative. The detail in the photos is at times overwhelming, and the range of colours is unbelievable.

But it isn’t just the sheer beauty of the prints, it is what they depict and the way they do it. If you have any kinds of expectations about what you will see, you will be in for a surprise - both as far as the photography is concerned and the topic. Don’t we know Russia? That struggling democracy, run by a president who is, at best, half-heartedly devoted to democracy; that cold, grey country of hardship; and whatever else all those steretypes are that we are being spoonfed.

The sheer power of all the colours in the photos tell us about the essence of stereotypes: They’re a big fat, yet convenient, lies on top of what sometimes (and only sometimes) is a grain of truth. That adds another layer of satisfaction to the pleasure one gets from looking at the photography. Russia also teaches us about how a lot of what we think we know about that country isn’t true.

Sure, there is a lot of decay in Russia, but isn’t that also true for lots of places in our “rich”, so-called First World? The presence of decay and industrial decline doesn’t really say much about a place. (Ever been to Pittsburgh?)

I think what struck me the most about what I saw in many of those photos was how so much history is compressed into single spaces. You get to see all kinds of places that, over the course of the past one hundred years, were used for completely different purposes, like churches converted into storerooms, converted into hip-hop studios. And because it seems Andrew Moore was not trying to limit himself to any kind of locality, there is an amazing variety of places in the book, ranging from people’s apartments to Stalin’s office on Yalta.

So this is not just a book filled with great photography, it is also a book that will broaden your horizon a little bit. What else would you expect from a photography book?

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MySpace. The biggest thing on the net since Instant Messenger. MySpace. The #1 destination on the web if you chop up Yahoo! into separate domains and services. MySpace, where dancing bears and shoveling construction workers can’t hold a candle to embedded video clips and simultaneous ring tone wavs blaring out from dark gray on black text with a red-hearts-on-black bg gif. Only the 35+ webmasters will get the “dancing bears” joke. That’s ok. MySpace is not for 35 year olds. MySpace is for those other people. The ones everyone has always ignored. You know, the younger crowd.

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Christine quickly established herself as an icon with looks that kill, great style and personality to match. Dubbed as the “Queen of Myspace” in a feature story in March’s issue of Vanity Fair Magazine, with over 30 million profile views and 900,000 “friends”, Christine is one of the top 3 popular out of the 80 million profiles on the site.

And those stats are old. She has since become MySpace “friends” with more than 1 million MySpace users, has launched a clothing line, modeled for Playboy, and generally replaced al lthose other blondes on the publicity circuit. Remember the “Slimfast, baby” blond star? What was her name again? See?

Chrstina Dolce didn’t get there by kismet. She didn’t get all that early attention with your typical Mash-up MySpace page. She had Baker Media setting her up. Pros at MySpace. Handlers, you might say. In the Web 1.0 SEO world on the Internet, the “SEO Rock Stars” are all in their 30’s and forties. Their classic moves are classic like in “classic rock”. Sure there are youngsters, but the real action follows on the hip hop revolution into MySpace, and the MySpace generation.

But all SEO’s know it’s never too late to adapt, and I found a blog article that presents that very, very nicely. In “Secrets to Launching Your Empire (or how to become an A-Lister overnight) Part Two“, Cowboy says this deep inside an excellent pesonal review of MySpace, in the section called “Speak Their Language”:

The Myspace crowd is a lovey dovey population, its also a hate filled population. It’s a young population that is much different than our parents. The MySpace generation has been exposed to more in a shorter period of time. Consider all the school shootings. Consider 9/11, the first attack on the mainland in our history. Consider all the useless wars we are fighting, the taking away of our rights, consider our socio-economic dumbing down. The MySpace is the Underground America. It’s where the future wars will be fought for the minds and hearts of Americans. The MySpace generation is highly emotional. It’s very real. Many people on MySpace communicate on Myspace better than in real life. To them MySpace is a reality….It’s friends without borders. Many people on Myspace use it to communicate with people they have been friends with but are separated with. Many people on MySpace could care less about commercialization of society but desire to recreate some community that they most definetly have lost due to broken relationships at home, a bitter war, and a fucked up reality being drowned out by commercialization.

I added the bolds and fixed a typo or two, and ellipses (…) mean I skipped some. But all of it is good. You should read it. Especially the part that goes

it’s time to simplify your business and begin to communicate with your customers. Blogs are a great way to do this. Like wise your blog is a great place to launch a business. Even if your blog only has a handful of readers. I would much rather have a business launch with a handful of customers who believe in my brand than launch a business with 10 million dollars in extra cash. And that’s what Web 3.0 really is. It’s about communicating and leveraging your friends into developing the only the brand that matters and that’s yours.

Did you see it? I know you did. You definitely saw it. Web 3.0. That’s right, we can now happily skip right over that useless, unremarkable industrial era of tool development known as Web 2.0, and jump right into the culturally immense upside-down anarchy of MySpace and community development. Whew. I thought it would never get here.


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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been charged with kidnapping and two counts of murder in the slaying of a pregnant woman at a Mississippi casino hotel.

Authorities say 25-year-old Brandi Nicole Floyd was five- to six-months pregnant when she was killed April 5 with a sharp object at Hollywood Casino's hotel in Tunica County, Miss.

Authorities said Monday that Nathaniel Yates III was charged Saturday after being released from a hospital where he was treated for injuries sustained when he jumped through the glass window of the hotel room.

Floyd and Yates, both from Collierville, Tenn., are believed to have been in a relationship. They checked into the hotel together.

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"We are collaborating with them and want to continue to work with them," she said.

Bharara's office has also been active in repatriating high-profile stolen artwork to foreign governments and individuals.

Last year, Bharara's prosecutors returned a nearly complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar dinosaur to Mongolia, following the 2012 prosecution of a Florida paleontologist for smuggling the bones out of Mongolia's Gobi desert in multiple shipments.


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One-third of Yeshiva’s High School Students Win N. Y. Scholarships

Yeshiva University disclosed today that 48 students-more than one-third of the eligible seniors in the University’s three high schools in New York City–had been awarded New York State Regents Scholarships beginning next Fall.

The scholarships are awarded for four years and pay between $200 and $700 a year. Seventeen boys received Regents science and mathematics scholarships, which provide an annual stipend of $300 to $850. Only 300 of these scholarships are awarded in the entire state.


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Jews Come to Budapest from Afar to Mark End to the Deportations

Several hundred people, mostly Holocaust survivors, gathered Sunday at the Budapest Holocaust Memorial to mark the 47th anniversary of the day Hungary officially called off the deportations of Jews.

The event, attended by Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Marom and the deputy mayor of Budapest, Gabor Szekely, marked the memorial day for the 600,000 Hungarian Jews who perished in Nazi death camps between 1940 and 1944.

Hungary’s president solemnly promised it would be an annual observance when he, the prime minister and virtually the entire government attended the memorial’s unveiling a year ago.

But this year, the government was represented by a relatively junior Cabinet member, Tourism Minister Kazmer Kardos.

That did not escape the eye of at least one Hungarian daily, which criticized the government for not making a more meaningful gesture toward the remaining Jews on this sorrowful occasion.

Szekely, who happens to be Jewish, represented the newly elected mayor, Gabor Demszky, a young politician who opposed the Communist regime before it was ousted in 1989.

The Holocaust memorial, which stands behind the Dohany Street Synagogue, on the site where the Jewish ghetto once stood, is a unique granite and steel structure in the shape of a huge weeping willow tree, designed by Hungarian sculptor Imre Varga. Each silvery frond has the name of a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust victim inscribed on it.

Thousands of Jews paid $125 for each inscription.

Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany during World War II. On July 7, 1944, its pro-Nazi dictator, Admiral Miklos Horthy, beset by demands from the king of Sweden, the pope and the International Red Cross, as well as from Britain and the United States, agreed to call off the deportations of Hungary’s Jews.

The following day, the deportations were stopped.

By that time, some 437,000 Hungarian Jews had been deported, according to Martin Gilbert’s “Holocaust.”

An estimated 80,000 Jews now live in Hungary, comprising the second-largest Jewish community in Eastern Europe after the Soviet Union.

The annual memorial ceremony was actually begun three years ago at the groundbreaking for the monument, which was commissioned by the Emanuel Foundation for Hungarian Culture.

The U.S.-based foundation, named for Emanuel Schwartz, the Hungarian-born father of actor Tony Curtis, helps Hungarian Jews and is affiliated with the World Jewish Congress.

At this year’s commemoration, the foundation was represented by its president, Leslie Keller, and Andor Weiss, its executive vice president. Both men lost their families in the Holocaust.

Also present was Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem, who told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency he was on a private visit. Kollek was born in Vienna in what was at the time the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He had not been back here since 1933, he said.

Kollek was scheduled to meet Monday with Mayor Demszky.


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Secular Israelis forge new ways to connect with Judaism

Israeli familes from Gan Yavneh re-enact the story of Exodus along the sand dunes on Israel's southern coast in the spring of 2008. (Eitan Kenneth)

Israeli familes from Gan Yavneh re-enact the story of Exodus along the sand dunes on Israel’s southern coast in the spring of 2008. (Eitan Kenneth)

Israeli familes from Gan Yavneh re-enact the story of Exodus along the sand dunes on Israel's southern coast in the spring of 2008. (Eitan Kenneth)

Israeli familes from Gan Yavneh re-enact the story of Exodus along the sand dunes on Israel’s southern coast in the spring of 2008. (Eitan Kenneth)

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Every spring in the sand dunes along Israel’s southern coast, the story of Exodus comes to life.

Families play in the sand building replicas of pyramids until they are liberated by Moses, usually played by a local teenager, who leads them to the Promised Land.

Along the way there is manna (chicken wings baked in aluminum foil), a spray-painted golden calf and even a presentation of the Ten Commandments.

The re-enactment is the work of the appxoximately 100 members of a secular prayer community in the town of Gan Yavneh, an Ashkelon suburb. It’s one of a fast-growing number of secular-oriented spiritual communities that have sprung up around Israel in the past decade or so, tapping into a desire by more and more Israelis to connect, in some cases for the first time, with Jewish culture and heritage.

“Our generation represents those whose grandparents were connected to Judaism, and that is what brought them to Israel," said Orly Kenneth, one of the founders of the Gan Yavneh community. "But our parents were less connected to Judaism and more to the business of building the country. When we had our children, we started thinking about our own Judaism.”

There are as many as 50 such spiritual communities in Israel in places from kibbutzim in the Galilee to towns in the South. The largest, in Tel Aviv, sometimes draws as many as 700 people for summertime Kabbalat Shabbat services at the city’s port along the Mediterranean Sea.

Esteban Gottfried, a founder of Tel Aviv’s Beit Tefilah Israeli, said the energy for the group’s work comes from mixing existing traditions with their own new ones.

“Here we are trying to build an Israeli type of Judaism,” Gottfried told JTA. “We are challenging the old categories of religious and secular because there is a lot in the middle and we are that middle.”

Bringing an Israeli flavor to their prayer, communities often incorporate Hebrew poems and Israeli folk songs into their services. Participants may even write their own prayers reflective of their world and concerns. This year, such prayers have included entreaties for the release of captive Israeli solider Gilad Shalit and pleas for rain in yet another year of drought.

To help members make the instantaneous and often bewildering transition from mourning on Israel’s Memorial Day to that night’s celebration of Independence Day — a transition that takes place as the sun sets — the Beit Tefilah Israeli community introduced a special ceremony based on the Havdalah ritual to act as a spiritual bridge.

The founders of the first secular-oriented spiritual community in the country, Nigun Ha’Lev in Nahalal, a town in the Jezreel Valley, say they drew inspiration not just from their Israeli surroundings but from the popular New York City synagogue B’nai Jeshurun, celebrated for attracting younger Jews with energetic and musical services.

“They see us as their Israeli branch,” joked Shay Zarchi, a leader of Nigun Ha’Lev.

Zarchi said many members of his community came from kibbutz or youth movement backgrounds and found themselves craving new communal bonds.

“People often feel isolated and something lacking as they go through their weeks earning a living,” he said. “They are looking to fill that spiritual void more and more now with Jewish content.”

Zarchi and others involved trace the surge of interest to practice an organic, Israeli form of Judaism back to the 1990s, when centers of pluralistic Jewish learning for secular Israelis began to take root. At the same time, the 1995 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin highlighted the schism between secular and religious Israelis and was followed by a wave of reconciliation efforts.

These meetings helped further spark the curiosity of secular Israelis interested in learning more about the Jewish tradition, which was largely abandoned on the religious or devotional level by Israel’s founders.

As these Israelis began studying Jewish texts such as the Talmud and Mishnah, “They started saying, ‘Wait, we don’t just want to study at an intellectual level. We want to bring this into our personal lives,’” Kenneth said.

Instead of tapping into the small pool of Reform and Conservative congregations in Israel — which they say they have trouble connecting to — the secular Israelis set out to form their own communities focused on a mix of the Jewish, Israeli and Zionist experience. The communities are independent and non-denominational. Until recently they were scarcely even connected to each other.

It was the UJA-Federation of New York that identified them as a movement of sorts and has been working with them to help support their work. The federation financed an organizational consultant and coordinator to help them learn and expand by working together.

“Many of the leaders are coming through the system of study houses that we helped fund in the last 10 years, and they now feel confident and secure enough in themselves to take their own journey and share it with the people they live with,” said Eli Gur, who heads the Jewish Identity and Renewal department at UJA-Federation of New York’s Israel office.

In 2006, the federation started mapping the communities.

“We wanted to see if it’s not a fad but something ongoing that has a firm grip in Israeli society,” Gur said. “We are trying to help them get organized in a network and define this movement.”

The effort helped spur new ties between the communities. So, for example, when southern Israel came under rocket fire from Gaza during Israel’s military operation there in January, several communities took shelter with their counterparts in the North. Members from Gan Yavneh spent a Shabbat in Shimsheet, a town in northern Israel.

So the Gan Yavneh community invited their counterparts in Shimsheet to join them this year for the Passover re-enactment.

“It was so good to have a break from the sirens and safe rooms,” Kenneth said. “We decided it would be a good thing to see them when there was no war going on, too.”


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Meet the Chief Marshal for the 228th 4th of July Celebration

Louis P. Cirillo

Last year I pointed out that there are many people who warrant selection as Chief Marshal. Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately I will not be General Chairman enough years to have the honor of selecting them all.

This year I invited an individual whose commitment and service to the community is extensive and well known. In my experience he exhibits one of my favorite management approaches; the answer is yes, what is the question. That is, he is always willing and ready to assist if it is all possible.

While in Florida swimming in the pool, relaxing in the hot tub, supporting Red Sox Spring training, as I blocked out the Yankees, I considered how I could introduce the 228th Chief Marshal without all knowing within a few sentences. You probably know already.

The 228th Celebration Chief Marshal has traveled to many places in the world for both business and pleasure and declares adamantly that he would never wish to live anywhere but in Bristol. He has spent all of his life and most of his career in this town and has lived, more-or-less, in an area encompassing just a few blocks his entire life. He is a sixth generation Bristolian whose great-great-great grandfather served in the Civil War from Bristol and whose name, James Lowery, is listed on the stone plaque in this room.

He entered kindergarten in Oliver School for the morning session in September of 1958 with Louise Ruggiero Hunter as his teacher, and about 1963, as an altar boy, was taught to speak Latin by Father Francis Fiorentin. He attended YMCA day camp on Hog Island and lists one of his biggest disappointments as learning that Hog Island is part of Portsmouth and not Bristol. He was a member of Bristol Boy Scout Troop 5 and has served as local fundraising chairman for the Narragansett Council for the past four years

He remembers his first job as filling egg cartons in his grandparent’s grocery market at age five, and for twenty-five years made his living at a Bristol-based company in manufacturing, customer service, and marketing, and finally as the manager of a world-renowned Bristol-originated product line; responsible for its marketing and product application development in the United States around the globe.

His family owns a house on the Fourth of July parade route and has entertained scores of out of town guests, every year for our annual parade, since the 1950s.

He was first elected in public office in November of 1982, and counts among the most gratifying accomplishments occurring during his tenure; the establishment of the Town’s paramedic program, the hiring of a full-time professional fire chief, and the purchase of the land on Bristol Harbor now known as Walley Park

He has read nearly everything that has been written about Bristol and has presented speaking programs about our Town’s history for over thirty years. One humorous program entitled “Bristol’s Unique” appeared all over the State on cable television. He has been a frequent public speaker and delivered the firemen’s memorial address in 1985 and 2005, the Bristol Memorial Day address in 2007, and was 4th of July Interfaith speaker in 2008. A very moving line from that speech is quoted in the recently published “The Faces of Bristol’s Spirit.” A prolific writer, he was a principal contributor to Bristol, Three Hundred Years in 1980, authored numerous articles appearing in the East Bay Newspapers, and was a regular columnist for the now-defunct East Bay Living magazine. His publication entitled “Learning about Bristol” has been provided by him to our public schools to teach third and fourth graders about our Town for the past eleven years.

The 228th Celebration Chief Marshal is in his ninth year at his current job and earned it in one of the closest elections in recent Bristol history; winning his seat by a mere 38 votes. Since that time he has run unopposed and has been reelected four times.

He has been married to Susan, his best friend, for over forty years, and the couple has one son, William and one grandson Brendan.

His present job titles include, Registrar of Vital Records, Recorder of Deeds, Custodian of the Town Seal, Clerk of the Board of Canvassers, Clerk/Magistrate of the Municipal Court, Clerk of the Probate Court, Clerk of the Board of Licensing, and Town Council Clerk.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor and privilege for me to introduce the 2013 Bristol 4th of July Celebration Chief Marshal, Louis P. Cirillo.

Chief of Staff

Susan E. Cirillo

Honorary Chief of Staff

Louis J. Cirillo

Chief Aides

Paul A. Cirillo, Sr.
William D. Cirillo
Norma Cirillo Floyd

Junior Chief Aides

Brendan William Cirillo

Military Aides

CW3 Joseph P. Alfano
Capt. Anthony Bisbano, Jr. (Posthumous)
1st Sgt. Richard Enos
MG Kevin R. McBride -
Adjutant General

Honorary Military Aides

Louis P. Alfano, Jr.
Ralph E. Cirillo
Joseph R. Medeiros

Civilian Aides

Charles Alexandre
Denise Asciola
John Balzano
David Barboza
Albert Benevides
Charlotte Burnham
H. Bennett Burnham
Sarah Caizzi
Matthew Calderiso
Josue Canario
Thomas Carroll
Jane Centazzo
Armand Centazzo
Bryan Cirillo
Courtney Cirillo
Ligia Cirillo
Paul Cirillo, Jr.
Julie Coelho
Barbara Contente
Ilidio Contente
Jose DaSilva
Nancy Davis
John Day
Janet DeMatos
Manuel DeMatos
Dana Dempsey
Renee Dempsey
Lorraine Derois
Stan Dimock
K. Brewer Doran
Jack Duff
John Faria
Jim Galuska
Julie Goucher
Lindsay Green
Michael Grilli
Michael Hoffman
Kevin Jordan

Civilian Aides

Linda Jordan
Ann Leary
William Leary
Diane Lusignan
James Lusignan
Megan Lusignan
Benjamin Lusignan
Beth Marshall
Robert Martin
Michele Martins
Diane Mederos
Terri Messa
Anthony Messa
Charles Millard
Mary Millard
Sara Morrison
Laurie Mulgrew
Dee-Ann Netto
Frances O’Donnell
Daniel Ortiz
Lombard Pozzi
Susan Proto
Michael Rielly
Derry Riding
Jayson Rogers
Melissa Salvaggio
Joseph Salema
Jo-Ann Simmons
Steven Skuba
Michael Smith
Evelyn Spagnolo
Sandrea Speroni
Lee Ann Sylvia
Andrew Teitz
Michael Ursillo
Jennifer Walsh
John White
Victoria White
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This question is in relation to Illinois divorce procedures. I am inquiring because my mother is looking to divorce her current husband, but is worried (as she was informed by prior consultants) that because she is still employed and now the primary income generator (her husband is now retired), that she will basically be forfeiting half of her property and will have to basically support him in addition. Is there a way out of this if accurate? Also, do other issues come into play such as infidelity, verbal abuse, etc.?
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Illinois is an equitable distribution state, meaning that in a divorce, marital property shall be divided equitably, not necessarily equally. For purposes of distribution of property, all property acquired by either spouse after the marriage and before a judgment of dissolution of marriage is presumed to be marital property, regardless of whether title is held individually or by the spouses in some form of co-ownership such as joint tenancy, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entirety,etc. Marital property shall be divided, without regard to marital misconduct, considering all relevant factors, including:

  • The contribution of each party to the acquisition, preservation, or increase or decrease in value of the marital or non-marital property, including the contribution of a spouse as a homemaker or to the family unit.
  • The dissipation by each party of the marital or non-marital property.
  • The value of the property assigned to each spouse.
  • The duration of the marriage.
  • The relevant economic circumstances of each spouse when the division of property is to become effective, including the desirability of awarding the family home, or the right to live therein for reasonable periods, to the spouse having custody of the children.
  • Any obligations and rights arising from a prior marriage of either party.
  • Any post-nuptial agreement of the parties.
  • The age, health, station, occupation, amount and sources of income, vocational skills, employability, estate, liabilities, and needs of each of the parties.
  • The custodial provisions for any children.
  • Whether the apportionment is in lieu of or in addition to maintenance.
  • The reasonable opportunity of each spouse for future acquisition of capital assets and income.
  • The tax consequences of the property division upon the respective economic circumstances of the parties.

Therefore, a blanket statement that she will "lose half her possessions" really isn't correct. Assuming the parties cannot come to their own agreement, marital property will be divided by the court, but it is not necessarily divided 50/50, especially if the disparity in incomes or the needs of one party are greater than the other. All of the above comes directly from the Illinois statutes; as you can see, marital fault, such as infidelity, is not considered when it comes to distribution of property. Non-marital property, that is, property/assets acquired before marriage and kept separate, or even property like an inheritance received during the marriage that was kept separate, would not be divided.

As to spousal support, again, the statutes provide guidance. Spousal support isn't mandatory in any marriage, and either spouse can get it, either temporarily, or on a permanent basis. The court will consider all relevant factors, without regard for marital misconduct, including: (1) the income and property of each party, including marital property apportioned and non-marital property assigned to the party seeking maintenance; (2) the needs of each party; (3) the present and future earning capacity of each party; (4) any impairment of the present and future earning capacity of the party seeking maintenance due to that party devoting time to domestic duties or having forgone or delayed education, training, employment, or career opportunities due to the marriage; (5) the time necessary to enable the party seeking maintenance to acquire appropriate education, training, and employment, and whether that party is able to support himself or herself through appropriate employment or is the custodian of a child making it appropriate that the custodian not seek employment; (6) the standard of living established during the marriage; (7) the duration of the marriage; (8) the age and the physical and emotional condition of both parties; (9) the tax consequences of the property division upon the respective economic circumstances of the parties; (10) contributions and services by the party seeking maintenance to the education, training, career or career potential, or license of the other spouse; (11) any valid agreement of the parties; and (12) any other factor that the court expressly finds relevant.

To say that she will HAVE to pay spousal support is again too general a statement. The goal of the court, however, is to put both parties in a position where they are single, but can maintain a lifestyle that they have become accustomed to during marriage. In a shorter (<10 year) marriage, where there is gross disparity of income, it is possible that she may have to pay some support for a period of time until he gets onto his feet; if the marriage has been long term and the court finds she is in a better position to support him, it is possible they will award permanent alimony.

I simply don't know enough about her personal situation and the marriage to tell you more; this is definitely something she needs to discuss in a consultation with a local family law attorney who can review their financial documents and give a more in depth analysis.

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Today at PAX East Capcom announced a remastered version of the 1989 NES game, DuckTales. Being one of the most beloved titles for the NES, this came as a welcomed surprise to fans of the game. As you might expect from a remastered version of the game, both the visuals and sounds are being redone, so it’s far more than your basic port. In addition to the upgraded look, a new tutorial is being added to introduce the pogo mechanics, plus a mode called Scroogie’s Money Bin, which allows you to swim in gold coins like seen in the show.

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MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University fans are planning to turn Arrowhead Stadium purple this Saturday, Oct. 3, as the Cats play the Iowa State Cyclones at 2 p.m. K-Staters are planning lots of activities and attractions to add to the fun of a Kansas City-based K-State family reunion.

"We are excited to have our football team playing at Arrowhead," said K-State President Kirk Schulz. "This is a great opportunity to spotlight K-State and have a family reunion in Kansas City for the 28,000 alumni who live in the Greater Kansas City area, along with those traveling from all over the country. And because a great university is all about teaching, research and engagement, we are bringing many displays so people can see some of the very exciting work going on at our campuses in Manhattan and Salina."

K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine invites K-State alumni and friends to take a tour of the Wildcat Express, a 24-foot motor coach used by the K-State Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. In addition to a general information booth about the college, K-State fans will be able to take pictures of themselves as "Dr. Willie Wildcat" at a special photo display.

Veterinary Dean Ralph Richardson said, "Being at Arrowhead Stadium allows us to celebrate our nearby K-State Olathe Campus as well as the tremendous relationship we enjoy with the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, so named for the many specialized companies and institutions in the area."

K-State at Salina will display Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles from their Unmanned Aircraft Systems program, their Cat Cannon, and their Baja SAE car. The UAVs on display will include the Powercat and the Wildcat, which are produced by K-State at Salina's Unmanned Aircraft Systems partner Flint Hills Solutions. They are fully autonomous helicopters with payload capabilities that are flown from the ground by a specially trained pilot.

The Cat Cannon and the Baja SAE car are student organization projects, each conceptualized, designed, built and maintained by K-State at Salina students. The Cat Cannon is used to launch T-shirts into the stands during K-State sporting events. Students in the Baja SAE Club take the car to a national competition sponsored by Society of Automotive Engineers International.

"These three displays are only a small sampling of what the College of Technology and Aviation has to offer current and future members of the K-State family," said Dennis Kuhlman, dean.

The College of Engineering is spotlighting the SAE Formula car team, said team president Tim Mourlam, senior in mechanical engineering from Mission, Kan., with 10 members of his team presenting the car at Arrowhead.

"Members of our Engineering Ambassadors will also be on hand to greet attendees and answer questions," said Tom Roberts, assistant dean of the College of Engineering. "These students promote the college and its programs and the engineering profession throughout the year, both as on-campus hosts and off-campus ambassadors."

The College of Human Ecology will feature the college's athletic training program. Visitors can participate in wrapping and taping demonstrations, try out the rehabilitation toys used by the K-State athletic teams, and kids can try on a K-State football helmet and shoulder pads.

College of Arts and Sciences student Ambassadors will be on hand to provide information about the college they believe serves as the intellectual heart of K-State. Ambassadors will describe the myriad of majors offered by diverse departments ranging from art to physics.

The College of Business Administration will host a display introducing its new major in Entrepreneurship and highlighting recent accomplishments of its students, faculty and also the national rankings success of accounting graduates passing the CPA exam.

Other K-State colleges that will staff tables and displays include the Colleges of Agriculture and Architecture Planning and Design. Also, K-State Libraries, K-State's Olathe Innovation Campus, the Graduate School and Division of Continuing Education plan a presence at the pre-game event.

Game tickets are still available starting at $25. Order online for pickup at the game by visiting The game will be televised on Fox College Sports and in Kansas on Cox 22 for all Cox subscribers.

A Friday night pep rally is sponsored by the KC Catbackers at The Other Place in downtown Old Overland Park, in the Farmer’s Market area, 7324 W. 80th St. Speakers at 6:30 p.m. include Wyatt Thompson, Stan Weber, Marcus Watts and others. For more information, visit


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Next on stage: Technology, human relationships count for drama in 'The Adding Machine'

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"The Adding Machine," a satiric, fantastical look at the advance of technology and its effect on human relationships, adds up to the next production by Kansas State University's theater program. The play will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10-12 in McCain Auditorium.

"The Adding Machine" follows Mr. Zero, a white-collar worker tied to a monotonous job and a nagging wife for 25 years. After being replaced by a machine at work, Mr. Zero snaps and kills his boss. He is sentenced to death for the crime and finds himself in the afterlife where his fears and frustrations become obstacles to his eternal happiness.

Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Elmer Rice, "The Adding Machine" is the first Kansas State University theater production directed by Jennifer Vellenga, assistant professor of theater and a new faculty member.

"The play employs several methods of the expressionistic theater movement including a nonrealistic setting, video projections and a stylized, physical approach to the acting in order to convey meaning over reality," Vellenga said.

Tickets cost $9 to $14, with a variety of discounts available for university students, faculty and staff, seniors and military families. They can be purchased at the McCain Auditorium box office from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by calling 785-532-6428 during box office hours. Tickets also may be purchased at the Little Theater box office in the K-State Student Union from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. Groups of 10 or more may receive a discount rate. For more information or assistance in planning a theater party, contact Marci Maullar at 785-532-6878.

Prior to her position at K-State, Vellenga worked in numerous professional theaters around the country, including the renowned Lincoln Center, where she served as the assistant director on the Broadway production of "Cymbeline." Additionally, she served as the assistant director at both the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minn., and the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, Calif., working on shows such as "Antony and Cleopatra" and "Compleat Female Stage Beauty." A professional actress, Vellenga is also a member of the Actors Equity Association.

She earned her bachelor of fine arts in acting from the University of Miami and her master of fine arts in directing from Ohio University. While employed as the assistant professor of acting and directing at the University of Miami, Vellenga directed several productions, including "Brighton Beach Memoirs," "Hello, Dolly!" and "Big Love."

In addition to Vellenga, K-State theater faculty, artistic staff and faculty designers for "The Adding Machine" include: Kathy Voecks, associate professor of theater, set design; Dana Pinkston, associate professor of theater, costume design; John Uthoff, associate professor of theater, sound reinforcement and design; and Darren Levin, assistant technical director/lighting supervisor for McCain Auditorium, lighting design.

K-State students in the cast or crew for "The Adding Machine" include:

Ben Deghand, sophomore in theater, Berryton, as Shrdlu, Mr. Four, juror seven and mother.

From Greater Kansas City: Abbey Briscoe, senior in theater, Kansas City, Kan., as Mrs. One and juror two; Nahshon Ruffin, junior in theater, as Mrs. Four, stout woman and juror eight, and Olivia Sieck, junior in theater, as Mrs. Two, Charley and juror four, both from Overland Park; and Michael Allen, freshman in theater, Shawnee, as Mr. Three, father, guard one and juror five.

Eric Brown, junior in political science, Liberal, as Lt. Charles, Mr. Six and juror one.

From Manhattan: Isabella Alonso, sophomore in apparel and textiles and theater, as the boss and Judy O'Grady; Chelsey Eimer, senior in mass communications and theater, sound reinforcement and design; and Diana Watts, junior in theater, as Mrs. Zero.

Kevin Payton, junior in theater, Munjor, as policeman one, guard two and the head; Joey Boos, sophomore in theater, Salina, as Mr. Zero; Amanda Garvey, freshman in theater, as Mrs. Five and juror 10, and Kaity Martin, freshman in theater, as Mrs. Three, the youth and juror six, both from Topeka; Matthew Ellis, sophomore in theater, Ulysses, as Mr. Two, the young man, boy of 14 and juror three; and Tegan Perkins, junior in theater, Wichita, as Mrs. Six, tall woman and juror 12.

From out of state: J.C. Joson, freshman in theater, Anchorage, Alaska, as Mr. One, Eustace, Joe and juror one; Sissy Anne Quaranta, senior in theater, Denver, Colo., as Daisy Devore; and Deontae' Hayden, sophomore in theater, Fort Worth, Texas, as The Fixer, Mr. Five and juror nine.


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Introduction to Supervision course starts Oct. 8

By Gina Lowe

The Introduction to Supervision course, coordinated by the Division of Human Resources, provides new supervisors with practical leadership skills and an increased awareness of university policies and procedures. Topics covered are:

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  • Evaluating classified work performance and coaching
  • Discipline and absenteeism.

Supervisors of state classified employees and lead workers are invited to attend, including faculty and unclassified staff who supervise classified staff. This program is mandated by the state of Kansas and Kansas State University for all classified supervisory personnel who must complete the program within the first six months of the original appointment in order to be granted "permanent" status.

For the complete schedule, go to the training Web page.

You may enroll through HRIS Self Enrollment or email training@k-state.edu.

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MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) - A new version of the classic Broadway musical "The Music Man" will premiere in the Iowa hometown of the show's creator.

Meredith Willson was born in Mason City and he wrote the book, music and lyrics for the original show.

Officials said during a news conference Wednesday that the show will run Sept. 18-19 at the North Iowa Community Auditorium.

The new version is called "The Music Man-In Concert." One of the featured players will be Shirley Jones, who starred as Marian the librarian in the movie version. She'll portray Marian's mother. Jones' son Patrick Cassidy will lead the cast as Harold Hill, who brought music to fictional River City and found love there.

The production will feature a cast from New York but be supplemented by local talent.

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 05:40 PM

Local grocery has choice whole packer briskets for $2.29/ lb
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Depends on how big the brisket is. ;-)
I highly suggest trimming the brisket, I think John has a video for that. It makes for even cooking and a better brisket getting the excess fat off, which makes it fit better on the grill.

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I was able to fit a 14 lb. full packer's brisket on mine last weekend. That was the weight before trimming.
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FBI agent Max Carpenter is assigned to protect irresistible DEA agent Rio Marshall. Babysitting duty. But for this mission, they’ll be whisked away to Hawaii–for security purposes, of course–for sun, sand and plenty of hot, sweet sex…

What Max doesn’t know is that Rio has been assigned a task of her own. A task that will require using every asset in her considerable arsenal.

However, when a real threat occurs, seduction is put on the back burner. But nothing–not even fear for their lives–can keep this scorching duo apart for long….

The woman was the first thing Special Agent Max Carpenter noticed when he powered into the FBI conference room breathing fire.

The sight of her reversed his own burning anger on himself like a backdraft.

She stood by the window that overlooked downtown Los Angeles illuminated by the light that caught the highlights in her mahogany hair, intensifying every fiery strand.

Cut in layers around her face, it fell in long waves across her shoulders and down to the middle of her back. Her almond eyes, a striking amber color that swirled with remembered pain, peered at him. Her face had a wild, out-there beauty and the cuts and bruises on her face and arms did nothing to detract from her loveliness. As soon as he saw the injuries she’d suffered, he went all tight inside, his fists clenching.

Had the Ghost done this to her?

He could see the abuse she’d suffered in the smudges beneath her eyes and the pinch in her full, soft-looking lips.

One of her graceful hands was wrapped around her rib cage as if to support her torso. The other was braced against the frame of the window.

Large enough to hold twenty people, the room served as a gathering place for staff meetings and high-level conferences. The elegance of the room always surprised him. Comfortable black chairs lined up like soldiers around the long, polished maple table. A credenza with a water pitcher and glasses stood at one end of the room and a state-of-the-art wide-screen monitor and projector at the other.

The only other man in the room was someone Max recognized as the director of the DEA, Russell Sanford. What could the DEA director want with him and what did it have to do with this woman?

In the world fight against terror, it was now common for the DEA and FBI to work closely together on matters that affected national security, so interagency collaboration wasn’t a new concept to Max. The timing was bad because he was so close to a breakthrough on the Ghost, a notorious arms dealer and number one on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List. But for Max, apprehending the Ghost was personal. The Ghost had recently put his sister, Allie Carpenter, in mortal danger and now her twin, Callie, intended to go undercover to bring him to justice. Callie worked for a top secret branch of Homeland Security called Watchdog.

Max wasn’t willing to take the chance his completely competent sister wouldn’t become another victim of the Ghost.

Max’s supervisor, Michael Drake, had escorted him to the conference room and now stood near the door like a sentinel. Whatever the director wanted, Max was sure Michael was here to guarantee Max agreed. In fact, Michael had ordered him to the meeting when Max was hell-bent on following up on the last lead he’d had for the Ghost.

“Agent Carpenter, I’m Russell Sanford, Director of the DEA.”

“A pleasure to meet you, sir,” Max replied. He kept the woman in his sight, not only because his awareness of her was like a buzz in his brain, trailing down his spine like the whine of a chain saw set on high, but also because she looked like a stiff wind could blow her away at any minute.

“I want you to protect one of my best agents, Rio Marshall.”

Max turned toward her again. This delicate, stunning woman was a DEA agent? She was about one hundred and ten pounds soaking wet. He couldn’t imagine her elegant hand wrapped around a Glock, let alone taking down a man with her bare hands. But he could imagine her hand wrapped around him. Those soft hands could cause a lot of friction moving over his flesh. Bad thoughts. Bad, bad thoughts.

She focused on him, but almost as an afterthought. She didn’t want to be here any more than he did.

“With all due respect, sir, why the FBI?”

“We believe there’s a mole in the DEA and we don’t want to take the risk that whoever is leaking information will give away Agent Marshall’s position. She’s still recovering from her injuries and is at risk.”

The woman snorted but said nothing.

“Why me?” Max asked, breaking the suddenly tense silence.

“You come recommended.”

Max just didn’t buy it. There were agents at the bureau who had more experience and others who would be better suited as a bodyguard. And why was the DEA director here instead of her division boss? The chain of command had been breached, but Max didn’t know why. He kept his questions to himself, well aware he could jeopardize his job if he decided to rock the boat just a little bit more.

“What happened?” Max addressed the question to Rio, but she turned toward the window.

Sanford answered for her. “She was on a mission in Colombia and it went down bad. We rescued her last week. Unfortunately, her memory is sketchy regarding the incident, but she remembers seeing the Ghost. At this time, she can’t recall any details of his face, but in time we’re hoping she regains her memory.”

At first Max had been totally against babysitting, but now he realized who she was and what the Ghost had done to her, he couldn’t say no to protecting her from harm. The information she had locked in her head would be valuable in tracking down and eliminating the Ghost once and for all. The Ghost would cease to be a threat to Callie and Max would get justice for what he’d put Allie through.

“What is the plan?”

“We booked you into a private hotel for the next two weeks,” Sanford said.

“In L.A.?” Max asked.

“No, Hawaii. We’d like you off the radar and out of California altogether.”

“So you think the Ghost will try to kill her?”

“Yes, we do. No one’s ever seen his face. He’s taken great pains to keep his identity a secret. We know he’s courting Eduardo Fuentes and Agent Marshall was just recently a prisoner of Fuentes’s,” Sanford said, pouring himself a glass of water and taking a sip.

Max stared at Sanford and let that bit of 411, with all its implications, sink in to his suspicious mind.

“Two weeks?” Max said. A private hotel, for cripes sake. An island retreat with Rio Marshall? What would be the hard part?

Oh, yeah, keeping her alive and keeping his hands off her.


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In Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller braids a multilayered narrative around the perfectly lit, Happy Valley-era Africa of her mother's childhood; the boiled cabbage grimness of her father's English childhood; and the darker, civil war- torn Africa of her own childhood. At its heart, this is the story of Fuller's mother, Nicola. Born on the Scottish Isle of Skye and raised in Kenya, Nicola holds dear the kinds of values most likely to get you hurt or killed in Africa: loyalty to blood, passion for land, and a holy belief in the restorative power of all animals. Fuller interviewed her mother at length and has captured her inimitable voice with remarkable precision. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is as funny, terrifying, exotic, and unselfconscious as Nicola herself.

We see Nicola and Tim Fuller in their lavender-colored honeymoon period, when east Africa lies before them with all the promise of its liquid equatorial light, even as the British empire in which they both believe wanes. But in short order, an accumulation of mishaps and tragedies bump up against history until the couple finds themselves in a world they hardly recognize. We follow the Fullers as they hopscotch the continent, running from war and unspeakable heartbreak, from Kenya to Rhodesia to Zambia, even returning to England briefly. But just when it seems that Nicola has been broken entirely by Africa, it is the African earth itself that revives her.

A story of survival and madness, love and war, loyalty and forgiveness, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is an intimate exploration of the author's family. In the end we find Nicola and Tim at a coffee table under their Tree of Forgetfulness on the banana and fish farm where they plan to spend their final days. In local custom, the Tree of Forgetfulness is where villagers meet to resolve disputes and it is here that the Fullers at last find an African kind of peace. Following the ghosts and dreams of memory, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is Alexandra Fuller at her very best.

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