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Director of Oval Office Operations Jordan Karem, left, and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly stand in the door of the Oval Office before a news conference with President Trump and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the White House in Washington, April 30, 2018.

White House chief of staff John Kelly strongly denied news media reports alleging he called President Trump "an idiot" last year and threatened to resign several times.

"I spend more time with the President than anyone else and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship," Kelly said in a statement Monday. "He always knows where I stand and he and I both know this story is total BS. I am committed to the President, his agenda, and our country. This is another pathetic attempt to smear people close to President Trump and distract from the administration's many successes."

Kelly was responding to reports that first appeared on NBC News, which said there was tension between Trump and his chief of staff. The report, citing eight unnamed current and former White House officials, said Kelly was expected to be gone by July.

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"The officials said Kelly portrays himself to Trump administration aides as the lone bulwark against catastrophe, curbing the erratic urges of a president who has a questionable grasp on policy issues and the functions of government," NBC reported. "He has referred to Trump as 'an idiot' multiple times to underscore his point, according to four officials who say they've witnessed the comments."

A former official confirmed Kelly's insult to the Associated Press and said it occurred "as his clashes with Trump over policy and personnel grew louder and more frequent. Kelly, who has cast himself as safeguarding the public from the president, has also threatened to quit the White House on several occasions."

Three White House representatives told NBC News they don't believe the report and that they never witnessed Kelly call Trump "an idiot."

Trump appeared to address the reports in a pair of tweets Monday night.

In the first, Trump said the "Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don't exist)."

"The White House is running very smoothly despite phone Witch Hunts etc.," Trump said in the second tweet. "We are accomplishing the unthinkable and setting positive records while doing so! Fake News is going 'bonkers!'"


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USA Today sat down with two DNR policemen who admitted they cannot implement law and order in the city. Photo by Matthew Vickery for USA TODAY

DONETSK, Ukraine — This once-booming industrial city of 1 million is now largely a lawless and lifeless center of eastern Ukraine's separatist movement, where residents live under constant threat from marauding militias.

Although pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian armed forces agreed to a cease-fire last February, the sounds of artillery fire and shelling have never ceased to echo through the war-torn city. The fighting has slowed, but not stopped.

For the past year, Russian-backed separatists have controlled the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR). Most stores have shut down, and only a few restaurants remain open, filled mainly with young separatist militia fighters in dark green fatigues who rampage through the city as if it were their own playground, civilian residents say.

Olexandra Matviichuk, who heads the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine, said confrontations among varied militias are common at the expense of law and order. "No functioning legal mechanisms (exist) in these territories," Matviichuk said. As a result, "any person can become a victim of looting, torture, hostage-taking and execution."

Off a main street in the city center as dusk starts to fall, two DNR policemen, Bogdan Kvetka and Ruslan Ivanov, agreed to sit down with USA TODAY in a small closed cafe to describe the lawlessness that has gripped their city. Because of their fear of retribution from fellow separatists, the café owner — a trusted friend of the men — locked the doors as the pair, still in military fatigues, nervously recounted what life is now like here.

Militia fighters, they explained, are able to carry out criminal acts with impunity. Fighters ignore the law, knowing they have the support of their own paramilitary group that can stir up trouble if one of its members is confronted. Both Kvetka and Ivanov said they are unable to enforce order.

Pro-Russian separatists of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic sit atop a self-propelled gun during the Victory Day parade in Donetsk on May 9, 2015.

"We support the DNR, and not all of the fighters are bad, but 15% of the fighters in Donetsk are, and that's in every militia group here," Kvetka said in a hushed tone despite the secure environment. "The bad ones are the ones at the top, the most powerful members. They steal cars and property, and they have killed civilians they don't like. They control the city. They do what they want, and no one can stop them. No one can touch them."

Both policemen said they fully support the separatist movement and proudly wear the words Novorossiya, or "New Russia," on their shoulder. They don't believe it is the DNR government that is to blame, but the gang mentality of rogue militia members.

Since the war began a year ago, Donetsk's population has fallen by more than half. Those that remain fear not just a barrage of shells from the Ukrainian army but also their new self-appointed defenders of the region.

Khaled Sijer, a restaurant owner in the center of Donetsk, told USA TODAY he would never consider calling the police for help if he needed it, even if the problem was unrelated to the militias. At this point, he said, everyone has some connection to a militia that could cause a much larger problem.

"The militias run this city now," Sijer said. "There is no law here. The police are powerless. Everyone knows that."

The policemen who spoke with USA TODAY said they are aware residents feel that way. While both hold the rank of captain — allowing each to command two dozen officers — they said they still remain powerless on the streets.

A local man walks on a damaged street after last month's shelling in Oktiabrskiy village near the International Airport in Donetsk, Ukraine. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko lashed out against Russia as he oversaw the beginning of a US military training mission in his country. Speaking at the opening ceremony on a military base in western Ukraine, Poroshenko accused Russia of unleashing the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

"Civilians have been killed, and executions happen here," Ivanov said. "We know of them and have heard of them. But there is nothing we can do. If any police or any person tries to investigate or accuses a fighter of a group, then they will be killed. It is my work to stop these people, but right now, we can't do anything."

While speaking to residents in Donetsk, USA TODAY witnessed two men in green military fatigues attack a young man in civilian clothes with a beer bottle outside a café frequented by militia members. The young man fell to the ground in front of eight other civilians, but no one moved to help as blood ran from his head onto the cold pavement.

Both militiamen flicked their cigarettes onto the victim's limp body and walked away from the scene. After they left, one onlooker helped the young man to his feet, pressing a napkin to his head. Bloodied and in a state of confusion, he stumbled away alone. One woman from the café quickly fetched a bucket of water, splashing away the blood from the concrete. Other onlookers moved on without comment.

A resident carries out belongings from an apartment damaged recently by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, on April 23, 2015.

"Unfortunately, this is a widespread practice," civil liberties activist Matviichuk said when told about the incident. "Representatives of the illegal military groups seemingly have a mandate to make decisions on property, personal freedom and even on the life of any person."

The two police officers confirmed Matviichuk's assessment. When civilian police arrest someone associated with a militia, it's only a few hours before other militia members show up and force the police to release the arrested man.

"The problem is there are two wars the DNR government is fighting now: the war against Ukraine and the war here against our own soldiers," Kvetka said. "It's not easy for the DNR government to fight both. The city here is not safe from both wars."

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What happens when you set aside a day for gratitude?  You learn there are hundreds of colorful ways to say thank you.  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley community showed appreciation for UTRGV’s generous donors during We Love Our Donors Day.  Participants wrote thoughtful thank you notes, designed posters and recorded heartfelt video messages.  We Love Our Donors Day, hosted by the Division of Institutional Advancement, was held on Valentine’s Day, February 14 at the Student Union in Edinburg, and February 16 on the Student Union Lawn in Brownsville.

Andrea Navarro, a College of Education and P-16 Integration junior, enjoyed the chance to thank the kind donors enhancing her education.  “Their donations give us the opportunity to look forward to our future and make a difference,” said the English teacher-in-training.  “We get to show that we are appreciative of what these donors have done for us.”

UTRGV donors impact all areas of the university including student scholarships, research, special programs, the School of Medicine, all colleges and Athletics.  UTRGV Head Women’s Basketball Coach Larry Tidwell couldn’t pass on the chance to attend the event.  He wrote and recorded a message of gratitude. “Our donors are always there for our student athletes.  Thank you,” said Tidwell.  “I’d also like to tell our donors two dash two dash zero (2-2-0).  Which simply means our donors are second to none.”

Jaqueline Torres is a UTRGV senior, majoring in social work.  Donors are supporting her education through a scholarship.  “They have helped me with everything from meals to books.  It is a great help,” said Torres.  She was happy to participate in We Love Our Donors Day.  “This is a great opportunity for us to say thank you.”

For some participants, We Love our Donors Day was the first time they learned about the important difference donors make across UTRGV campuses. UTRGV College of Fine Arts freshman Jonathan Barrera attended the Brownsville event.  “When I was told there are people actually behind all this that help us financially, I wanted to thank them,” Barrera said.  “They opened a gateway, a door for me to be here and I just love that.”

DeAnna Garza, director of stewardship and donor relations, organized We Love our Donors Day on both campuses.  She says the goal was awareness and gratitude. “The purpose of We Love Our Donors Day is to encourage all our faculty, staff, and especially students to be aware of the generosity that our donors show us each and every day,” Garza said.  “Even though we are celebrating today, it’s every day that we recognize our donors and thank them for the generosity they show our university.”

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Ford's Transit Connect is a small van - with big ideas. It must suit buyers in both small and compact sectors of the LCV market - and does so thanks to the choice of both short and long wheelbase bodystyles and a versatile loadbay. This revised version gets a smarter look, a classier cabin and a more efficient 1.5-litre EcoBlue diesel engine. Overall, there may be prettier little vans, but there are few more practical ones.

It was the Transit Connect that really galvanised the small van sector when it was launched in the UK back in 2003. A whole host of copycat rivals - Citroen's Nemo, Peugeot's Bipper and Fiat's Fiorino - quickly followed. But despite tough competition, this Ford has continued to find a ready band of buyers. The Blue Oval brand says that's because, unless its competitors, it uses fewer car-derived components in its construction, leading to a less compromised commercial vehicle result. Originally, this design had to cover both small (think Peugeot Bipper or Citroen Nemo) and compact (think Citroen Berlingo or Renault Kangoo) sectors of the LCV market, segments covered by other brands with two separate models. That was a bit of a stretch. These days though, Ford too, has separate models to offer, with the little Transit Courier slotting in beneath this Transit Connect to form a four-strong Transit offering for UK van buyers.

Driving Experience

You don't buy any van prioritising ride and handling but with Ford's strong reputation in this department when it comes to passenger cars, then it's fair to expect this Transit Connect to dynamically, be one of the class leaders. Which broadly, it is. Like any LCV, this one handles better fully loaded, but even in the unladen state, cornering response is predictable and bodyroll well controlled. Once you've dropped off your load, you could even imagine rather enjoying yourself on the way home around the twisty stuff in one of these. To a point. Of course, to a certain extent, you'll be limited by the modest output of the new 1.5-litre EcoBlue diesel powerplant that most Transit Connect customers go for. There's also an improved 1.0 Ecooost petrol engine option with 100PS. An upgraded six-speed manual transmission is now fitted to all engines as standard and the 1.5-litre EcoBlue engine (offered with 75, 100 or 120PS) can also be specified with an advanced new eight-speed automatic transmission, which has been engineered to deliver smooth, swift gearshifts. If you're towing, then the top diesel's the variant to choose, offering a braked trailer towing capacity of up to 800kg. Depending on the variant you choose, the turning circle is between 11 and 11.9m. There's plenty of hi-tech here as well. Safety-wise, the Electronic Stability Program (ESP) is standard across the entire range, plus there's Hill Launch Assist to stop you drifting backwards on uphill junctions, Anti Lock Brakes with Hydraulic Brake Assist, Active Yaw Control (that assists with oversteer and understeer), Roll Movement Intervention (to reduce body roll) and, if the worst comes to the worst, Roll Over Mitigation.

Design and Build

From the outside, it's clear that Ford's development team have prioritised function over form in this design. So though the front end is these days sleeker and smarter, the overall look is still very boxy and practical-looking. Styling changes made to this revised model adopt the latest Ford design DNA. An imposing three-bar Transit grille combined with slimmer headlamps - with powerful HID Xenon lamps and LED daytime running lights available on high series models - combine with a more aerodynamic lower fascia and front spoiler to deliver a fresher look. Inside, where build quality from the Turkish factory remains solid, it's much as before, though there's now a wider use of switchgear and design cues from plush Ford passenger car models like the S-MAX. The upgraded cabin features a revised instrument panel with a new central control area that incorporates a floating, tablet-inspired six-inch colour touchscreen on high series models, featuring Ford's SYNC 3 communications and entertainment system. New trim materials provide a stylish and hard-wearing working environment for long working days in the cab. Getting comfortable at the wheel is easy thanks to a steering wheel adjustable for both reach and rake. And there's plenty of cabin storage space. Though it's difficult to know where you would put a sandwich box, a flask or a big bottle of water, there are compartments both in front of the gearstick and behind the handbrake, then between them in the centre area between the seats, a holder for coins and tokens and two large cupholders, narrow bins in each door, a lidded glovebox, an optional tray under the front passenger seat and a shelf at the top of the facia capable of holding A4 documents. Oh and a curry hook for your Friday night takeaway. A load-through hatch in the bulkhead and fold-flat passenger seat enable long loads up to 3.0m (L1) and 3.4m (L2) to be safely carried in the vehicle. In addition, a multi-fold dual passenger seat now enables van models to carry up to three people in the cab.

Market and Model

Pricing starts at around £16,000 excluding VAT and there's a premium of around £1,000 to go from the 'L1' short wheelbase bodystyle to the 'L2' long wheelbase version. If you're looking to carry people as well as packages, there's a 'Double Cab-in-Van' option with a fold-out rear bench. Or you could go for a full Kombi version with proper rear seats. Trim levels run from 'Base' (where there's the option of a frugal 'ECOnetic version) to 'Trend' and on to 'Limited' and 'Sport'. Whichever Transit Connect you choose, equipment levels run to a reach and rake-adjustable steering wheel, see-you-home lights that stay on at night to guide you to your front door, remote central locking that allows you to lock and unlock the cab and load area separately, Hill-Start Assist to stop you drifting backwards on uphill junctions, a full steel bulkhead and a sliding side door. There's also a DAB digital radio, a trip computer and steering wheel stereo controls. This revised model introduces a comprehensive range of segment-first driver assistance features, including an Intelligent Speed Limiter - that enables automatic adjustment of maximum vehicle speed to remain within legal limits. There's also a Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection emergency braking system, Side Wind Stabilisation and Active Park Assist that helps to steer the vehicle into both parallel and perpendicular parking spaces.

Practicalities and Costs

Transit Connect models come as standard with conventionally hinged side-opening twin rear doors that can be specified to swing through 250-degrees and latched against the vehicle's sides. There is the option of a hatchback-like single top-hinged rear door, but if you go for that, then you're going to have trouble getting a forklift close enough to the back of the vehicle to fully fill the space available. That said, the loading height can be as little as 598mm from the ground. Even bulky stuff should go in OK, even in the short wheelbase lowroof version which has a rear door aperture 1145mm high and 1293mm wide. Beyond that, there's a 2.9m3 space - or 3.6m3 if you specify the fold-flat front passenger seat. There's a loadspace length of 1739mm and a loadspace width of 1490mm, narrowing to 1226mm between the wheelarches, wide enough to take a Europallet. Oh and 1193mm of loadspace height. If you're planning to make use of all that capacity, then you'll want to know that the payload capacity can be as high as 1,000kgs. But, you know what it's like, there are always going to be occasions when all that won't be quite enough. And if one of those occurs, then you may wish you'd opted for the long wheelbase high roof model, a variant that's 25cm longer overall. Here, the rear door aperture height rises to 1316mm, while the total loadspace volume rises to 3.7m3 - or 4.4m if you specify the fold-flat front passenger seat. That's thanks to a loadspace height increase to 1364mm and a load length increase to 1986mm - which means that you could accommodate pipes of up to 3m long. Smaller loads of course can be loaded in through the sliding side door. One of these is standard, with a second on the options list. In the short wheelbase model, the sliding side door offers an aperture 606mm wide and 1040mm high, but on the longer long wheelbase variant, the width rises to 809mm and the height to 1181mm. To minimise overall cost of ownership, service intervals have been extended on both diesel and petrol variants, with manual diesel vehicles now offering best-in-class variable intervals of up to two years/25,000 miles. The longer service intervals contribute to scheduled maintenance and non-scheduled repair costs that are significantly lower than the primary competition, according to Ford analysis. The latest version of the 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine incorporates significant changes to the cylinder head, fuel injection and emission-control systems to provide further improvements in fuel-efficiency. New technologies also include cylinder deactivation, which enables the engine to run on two cylinders at low loads, to reduce pumping losses and improve frugality.

The improved Transit Connect remains a practical, no-nonsense, well-rounded package that still does a very effective job for Ford in appealing to business customers in both the small and not so small panel van sectors. The practicalities still stack up well against obvious rivals in both segments who clearly looked very carefully at what this model has to offer but in many respects, failed to improve upon it. It was just as well though, that the changes wrought upon this improved model were introduced. The introduction of a greener, more refined 1.5-litre EcoBlue diesel is welcome, as is the availability of an improved version of Ford's clever 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol unit. With electric power in its future, this Connect will continue as an alternative that all small and compact van buyers need to consider. Tough, practical and ready for anything. Just as any Transit should be.

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Interior Features

  • 6 Lashing Points For Securing Loads
  • 8 Way Adjustable Drivers Seat
  • Bulkhead - Load Through Hatch
  • Cloth Upholstery
  • Dual Fold Flat Passenger Seat With Storage Box
  • Glovebox With Lid
  • Heated Driver's Seat
  • Leather Steering Wheel
  • Load Compartment Led Lights
  • Overhead Stowage
  • Plastic Cargo Area Lining
  • Reach And Rake Adjustable Steering Column
  • Manual air conditioning

Driver Convenience

  • Bluetooth With Usb Box
  • Cruise Control With Speed Limiter
  • Easy Fuel Capless Refuelling System
  • Pas
  • Reverse Parking Sensor
  • Trip Computer
  • Voice Control System
  • SYNC Emergency Assistance

Exterior Features

  • Automatic Lights And Wipers
  • Body Colour Side Protection Mouldings
  • Body Coloured Door Handles
  • Body Coloured Door Mirrors
  • Body Coloured Front Bumper
  • Chrome Front Grille
  • Chrome Head Lamp Bezels
  • Electrically Folding And Heated Door Mirrors
  • Front Electric Windows With Anti-Trap And Driver's One Touch Function
  • Heated Windscreen With Heated Door Mirrors And Washer Jets
  • Cornering front fog lights and head lights
  • Side loading door - left
  • Solid paint
  • Unglazed rear doors

Vehicle Dimensions

  • Front Overhang 878
  • Height 1861
  • Length 4418
  • Load Deck Height 599
  • Load Height 1269
  • Load Length 1817
  • Load Space Width Between Wheel Arches 1226
  • Load Width 1538
  • Lower Rear Door Width 1248
  • Rear Door Height 1136
  • Rear Overhang 878
  • Side Load Door Height 1228
  • Side Load Door Width 612
  • Turning Circle - Kerb To Kerb 11.3
  • Turning Circle - Wall To Wall 11.7
  • Wheelbase 2662
  • Width (Excluding Mirrors) 1835
  • Width (Including Mirrors) 2137

Weight and Capacities

  • Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres) 60
  • Gross Train Weight 2925
  • Gross Vehicle Weight 2005
  • Max. Roof Load 75
  • Max. Towing Weight - Braked 1200
  • Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked 725
  • Minimum Kerbweight 1420
  • No. Of Seats 2
  • Payload 585
  • Plated 2Nd Axle 1050
  • Plated Front Axle 1125

  • Bhp 120
  • Engine Power Kw 88

  • Badge Engine Cc 1.5
  • Badge Power 120
  • Clutch Single Dry Plate
  • Exhaust System Catalytic Converter
  • Front Brakes Discs
  • Front Suspension Macpherson Struts
  • Ghost Model For Valuation Purposes No
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  • Manufacturers Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years 12
  • Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years 3
  • Rear Brakes Drum
  • Rear Suspension Single Leaf Springs
  • Service Interval Frequency - Months 12
  • Service Interval Mileage 20000
  • Special Edition No
  • Special Order No
  • Standard Manufacturers Warranty - Mileage 100000
  • Standard Manufacturers Warranty - Years 3
  • Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months 120
  • Timing Belt Interval Mileage 150000
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Hi there, if the vehicle was to break down what would happen? Do you offer another van to use until it's fixed? I'm a courier. Kind regards, James.

Hi James, thanks for your question. If your vehicle was to break down and be off the road, we are able to provide you with a replacement vehicle through a product called RAC Plus. This product will cover you for break down recovery, home start and onward travel. This is a cover that we can supply to you at the point of ordering your vehicle and will cover you for the full duration of your contract at a small monthly cost which can be built in to your lease agreement. For further details regarding RAC Plus please contact one of our specialists on 01442 838193. Thanks again for making contact with us. Kind regards, Mike Daly.

I am looking to lease a ford transit connect, would I or yourselves be able to ply board the back out rather than having the metal ?

Hi Sam, Yes we can ply line the Ford Transit Connect. In fact we recommend all our vans are ply lined as this will help protect the interior of the van.

How long will it take to get the vehicle?

We have the Ford Transit Connect in stock and available for delivery within 2-3 weeks.

How many miles per gallon can I get from this van?

The manufacturer states that the Ford Transit Connect returns 58.9 mpg.

Do I get breakdown recovery?

The Ford Transit Connect comes with one year of breakdown recovery.

What are the service intervals for this van?

The service intervals for the Ford Transit Connect are one year or 20,000 miles.

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The National Investigation court has sent Pakistan sponsored terrorist Asiya Andrabi, head of the banned outfit Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) and her two associates to Tihar Central jail for waging war against the country with the support of Pakistan.

Asiya Andrabi and her aides Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen were all presented by the NIA, before Special NIA judge Poonam Bamba. Earlier they were sent to 10 days judicial custody in connection with a sedition case filed by NIA.

The NIA judge has now sent to 30 days judicial custody in relation with her anti-national activities. The NIA probe had revealed that these Pakistan backed terrorists were running a campaign to destabilize the sovereignty and integrity of the country, by receiving support from the neighbouring country.

Andrabi and her aides were arrested earlier in April after a case had been registered against them for waging war against the country. Now they will be shifted from Srinagar prison to Tihar Central Jail.

The National Investigative Agency, on the directions of the Union Home Ministry, has registered cases against these Pakistan-sponsored terrorists and their organization. They were banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

The FIR states that they had extensively campaigned against India and published numerous materials that resulted in hatred and contempt towards the country. It also states that Asiya Andrabi and her associates were running a terrorist organization Dukhtaran-e-Milat, with the support of Pakistan.

Recently, it was reported that action against Andrabi and other terrorists were recommended during a high-level security meeting, chaired by the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

Asiya Andrabi is known for her anti-national activities and had gone even to the extent of celebrating the Pakistan national day and hoisting the Pakistani flag in Srinagar. She had also claimed that all Muslims living in India are Pakistanis by default.

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The fourth play was set in a dance studio with Davon ’20 starring as the dance coach. The final play,  “Ranch,” was set on the Sturtevant Porch and featured Eliza ’20, Science Teacher Ms. Armiger and Corey ’20 all drinking ranch dressing.

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Writers: Ms. Merideth Friel, Maggie Adams ’20, Maggie Hodgson ’21, Jenna Powers, Lexi Farwell ’22, Grace Boynton ’21, Hannah Sethi ’20, Lexi Filler ’21, Logan McAllister ’20, Alex Paluszek ’20, Jordan Loya ’20, Jessica Sujishi ’22, Caroline Keller ’20, Cam Feloney ’20, Aaron Brown ’20, Ali Lakhani ’21.
Directors: Skye Ryan ’21, Mia Henum ’22, Eliza Asante ’22, Lauren Eppinger ’20, Edward Ahn ’20
Actors: Patrick Wu ’21, Izzy Segui ’21, Danielle Mcarthy ’22, Mr. Will Norton, Lee Issacs ’21, Ms. Cynthia Murphy, Eva Wu ’21, Ella Yang ’23, Susannah Pennell ’23, Ms. Robin Patch, Siyang Wang ’20,  Drew Choos, Andy Jeon ’22, Corey Dunn ’20, Candy Li ’21, Sydney Chute, Ms. Christine Armiger, Elliott Carr, Liv Brooks ’23, Julia Small ’23, Grace Bazin ’22, Davon Johnson ’20.
Sound: Cedar Jones ’20
Stage Crew: Trevon Palmiotto ’21, Matt Sorensen ’21, Hale Goodnow ’21, Ms. Amy Lanterman
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U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan is a self-made businessman. He knows what it means to balance a budget, meet a payroll, and to exercise fiscal discipline that keeps a business moving forward. Giving small businesses the resources they need to create jobs, making sure our government spends no more than what it takes in, and keeping taxes low will ultimately mean greater economic growth and prosperity for everyone.

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After a rain,
the weeds yield
to the gentlest tug,

even the deep-rooted dock
& the brittle rhizomes
of brome grass:

they let go, they give up
their fistfuls of dirt to
a few hard shakes,

& for at least
one morning out of
all those that are left to me

it feels as if I am winning
this tug-of-war
with the earth.

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  1. I love the way this flows through from start to finish – an easy, fluid quality of release and all being right with a little bit of the world.

    1. Thanks. I wanted to see what would happen if I tried to write a love poem, but not being in love with anyone, I guess I turned it into a mortality poem instead.

  2. don’t stop! next battle: the flowerbeds in the sherwoods’ front and back yards! :)

    i love this: “one morning out of/ all those that are left to me/ i feel as if i am winning …”

    1. Thanks, Carolee! I was reading some Jean Follain this morning (W.S. Merwin’s translation, The Transparence of the World) and I think a little of his language crept in there.

      Don’t you have three boys? They should be weeding your gardens for you. Bribes might work.

  3. I get a feeling like that too sometimes. Weeding feels different than pruning for me. I especially like the second stanza and those consonants, the brittleness they bring. I am enjoying Odes to Tools, by the way. Ordered it new from Amazon.

    1. Yeah, pruning can be satisfying in its own way but it’s a more cerebral kind of satisfaction, I think.

      I really wanted “dock” to be “yellow dock,” but it was just too many syllables. Glad you like the result.

      Thanks for ordering the Odes!

    1. Thanks. I’d be surprised if someone hasn’t already thought of everything here, actually — and that doesn’t bother me. I aim for originality, not for novelty.

  4. I love this one, Dave. Sadly my gardening tools are not gifted with speech as are yours. I have this seedy weedy tug of war daily, and in not such post rain favorable conditions.

    The earth does seem to be fighting back with a vengeance lately though, since we punched a big hole in its undersea crust. Perhaps, though, it’s bleeding more than fighting.

    1. Thanks, Joan. The earth will win in the end, but if past mass extinctions are any guide, it may take as long as 10 million years to regain the same degree of biological diversity and ecosystem resilience it had before humans went viral.

  5. Yes, as Jean says in the first comment, it has a gentle flow. That sense of the rhythm of the work. Grasp and pull and a soft avalanche of soil giving way. I like the sense of ease in that. Weeding can be relaxing when you’re not having to fight, and the ground willingly yields the invading crop.

    But here in Wales we must wait for the next rain… whenever that may be… because right now the earth is concrete hard and the weeds will resist or snap off at the ground.

    A lovely piece Dave.

  6. Good one, Dave! The poem captures in simple language a human experience ten thousand years old. The reference to your mortality after referring to the mortality of weeds on weeding day is particularly effective, as others have remarked. A very satisfying poem, this coming from someone who has spent hundreds of hours weeding over the years.

    I’m reminded of Henry Thoreau’s passage in Walden concerning his thoughts about weeding his bean-field: “Many a lusty crest-waving Hector, that towered a whole foot above his crowding comrades, fell before my weapon and rolled in the dust.”

    1. I forgot about that part of Walden. I’m impressed that you can quote it from memory! And I’m glad that my poem resonated with your own experience. Thanks for commenting.

  7. That was a lovely weed metaphor from Walden, Larry : “Many a lusty crest-waving Hector, that towered a whole foot above his crowding comrades, fell before my weapon and rolled in the dust.”

    It reminded me of Dave’s Scythes poem where the Scythes have flashbacks of harvesting. I’m assuming these ‘crowds’ are wheat but in my patch, the ‘crowds’ are weed grasses, which do not respond to a scythe. Only yanking.

    Do you remember?
    they murmur, how
    the crowds
    would lose their heads
    & stand like soldiers,
    stiff, when the wind
    moved through?

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The Capital Regional District’s deer advisory committee is seeking public input as it continues to look at options towards a deer management strategy.

The 11-member citizen’s advisory group (CAG) has started assessing different techniques regarding conflict reduction, population reduction, fertility control, and administrative or bylaw options, and is inviting people to provide their input through online surveys.

Questions about possible strategies will be posted on the CRD website as they are discussed by the group. Each survey will be open to the public for about a week.

“With the feedback we get from this source, the CAG will then be able to refine the principles, goals, and objectives, as well as the evaluation criteria and management options,” Jocelyn Skrlac, chair of the CAG, said in an email.

“It’s a slow and complicated process. We’re all working very hard to find appropriate ways and means to address this challenging situation.”

Surveys will examine hazing and frightening; repellants; fencing; landscaping alternatives; capture and relocation; capture and euthanize; controlled public hunting; professional sharp shooting; and capture and sterilization.

The CAG is also looking at the study of deer-vehicle collisions, and public education and outreach to help lead the group toward its recommendations.

Each of the options will be discussed at the group’s regular public meetings, taking into consideration how each method would apply in agricultural, rural and urban areas, Skrlac said.

“Because the CRD covers a variety of geographies the options within the four categories need to be looked at in different ways,” she said.

The CAG will study the effectiveness, feasibility, capability, cost and economic impact, time factors, community support or enthusiasm, and community impacts, such as health, safety and environment, of each technique and form an evaluation matrix.

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Purists might scoff at DISCOVERY WINES (10 Avenue A, 212-674-7833)—it’s too clean, too bright, too well-organized, they’d grumble. Give them a dusty cellar or a labeling system based on soil alkalinity anytime. But for oenophiles who just want a little guidance as to which white to serve at a dinner party or which red will get them to third base, this Avenue A newcomer has a solution that doesn’t require years of gurgling and spitting: Ask their computer. Grab a bottle—likely to cost less than $20—and hold it under the oscillating laser of a scanner. Up pop the vitals: year, origin, taste, vintage, and what it goes well with. On-staff wine experts complement the database with wisdom that’ll impress even cave curmudgeons. After a few glasses during one of the daily wine tastings you might work up the courage to pay almost $400 for a special bottle of, say, 2001 Château Beaucastel Hommage Jacques Perrin, which certainly doesn’t go well with chicken.

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On Both Page and Screen, Polish Master Stanislaw Lem Makes You Question Reality

Like a lot of kids, I was hipped to Stanislaw Lem, the Polish master of genre fiction, by a bespectacled, pony-tailed fellow-traveler among the self-segregated literary geeks who congregated at one end of my high school’s third floor By then, I was already heavy into Neuromancer and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Dune, but reading Stanislaw Lem for the first time was like discovering a secret treasure chest hoarding everything I loved. Here was where Terry Gilliam got the mixture of laughter and terror that makes Brazil so vital; here was Philip K. Dick’s paranoia stripped of its psychedelic wallpaper and painted over with a droll half-smile. Whether reading about The Cyberiad’s Trurl and Klapaucius, hapless robot inventors traveling the universe solving problems that they usually had caused in the first place, or Eden, in which a Star Trek–like interstellar mission discovers a planet with a domineering and invisible totalitarian government, each successive Lem work felt like it was expanding the idea of the possible.

Lem is probably best known in the United States for his novel Solaris, which inspired films of the same name by directors on the order of Andrei Tarkovsky and Steven Soderbergh. Had he only done that, dayenu, but Lem’s dozens of novels and short stories have proven massively influential — an influence that’s now on full view at “Stanisław Lem on Film,” a series of screen adaptations of the author’s work running through November 11 at Anthology.

Although known first and foremost as a science-fiction writer, Lem dabbled in a variety of modes: horror, detective procedurals, semi-autobiographical realism. But there are certain hallmarks that recur throughout his novels and the films inspired by them. In a typical Lem story, an everyman confronts the limits of rationality and empiricism, whether he’s butting heads with a scheming artificial intelligence, a faceless bureaucracy, or a truly alien being. Through these close encounters, Lem asks confounding — and often hilarious — questions about the nature of intelligence, humanity, and the self.

The premise of Solaris, for instance, is explosively personal: The characters, scientists seeking — and failing — to understand a planet covered in a mysterious sentient ocean of goo, are visited by avatars of people they’ve wronged in the past. The visitations appear to be the planet’s method of communicating with the scientists, but what is being communicated, and why, is never determined. The avatars, formed out of the memories of the scientists, don’t know they aren’t real, and don’t understand the hostility and fear they’ve provoked. Just as Solaris the planet presents each of the visitors with a different companion, Solaris the novel presents each reader with a different facet of itself. Is it a horror novel? A philosophical treatise? An autopsy of grief, regret, and obsession? A slamming-door farce of scientific bumbling? It’s somehow all of these, and more.

It’s no surprise, then, that the three feature-length adaptations of Solaris presented in “Stanisław Lem on Film” are so thoroughly distinct from one another. If you’re a Solaris completist, you’ll want to check out the earliest and most faithful of the trio, Lidiya Ishimbaeva and Boris Nirenburg’s Solyaris (1968), which is rarely screened in the United States. A television movie originally produced by Soviet Central Television, Solyaris adapts the novel like a filmed play, giving us a series of extended two- and three-person scenes as the crew of the Prometheus tries to understand what is happening to them. Andrei Tarkovsky’s legendary 1972 version takes the opposite strategy, using nonlinear storytelling, inventive visuals, and mysterious longueurs that ache with meaning (or, if you’re one of its detractors, lull you to sleep). Either way, on the big screen it is an experience one submits to, rather than a film one watches. Soderbergh’s Solaris (2002), the best of the three, balances the sense of sci-fi mystery with a humane and affecting examination of survivor’s guilt. Despite its outerspace setting, Solaris feels like one of Soderbergh’s most personal films. Anchored by one of George Clooney’s best performances, it also features a then-underappreciated Viola Davis and a manic Jeremy Davies, who adds some much-needed humor to the proceedings.

A sense of humor is what’s missing from the series’ biggest disappointment, Ari Folman’s The Congress (2013), an adaptation of Lem’s greatest novel, The Futurological Congress (1971). The novel is Lem’s take on Candide, a wild, mordantly satiric romp through a fauxtopian future where every problem has been solved by psychopharmacology and the government drops “Love Thy Neighbor” bombs that disperse mind-altering, romance-inspiring chemicals on dissidents. Folman’s film takes some of the basic world-building of Lem’s novel and bogs it down with meditations on the nature of celebrity and a nearly incoherent tragic plotline starring Robin Wright as a fictionalized — and eventually animated — version of herself. Despite a recurring visual motif showing a box kite hovering in the air, The Congress remains resolutely earthbound. As an adaptation, it’s the worst of both worlds: incomprehensible if you haven’t read the book, but deeply unsatisfying if you have.

Humor, after all, is Lem’s secret weapon. There’s a delightful haplessness to his characters: They’re often very normal people trying to make sense out of the absurd and menacing worlds into which they’ve been thrust, and through them, Lem slyly suggests all the ways we’ve made unquestioning peace with our own absurd and menacing lives. Take Andrzej Wajda’s daffy short film Roly Poly (1968), for which Lem wrote the screenplay. Roly Poly explores the basic philosophical question of what makes us who we are through a set-up straight out of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. In it, brothers Richard and Thomas Fox are rally car drivers, but when an accident leaves Thomas dead and Richard in possession of nearly half of his brother’s organs, their family lawyer finds himself in a madcap world of piecemeal people and soul transference. The brothers’ life insurance company refuses to pay out, ruling that Thomas is 48 percent alive. Richard, hard up for cash, keeps entering races, crashing into crowds of people, and receiving the organs of his victims until he becomes equal parts man, woman, and dog, with the personalities of all three.

Anchored by a delightful comic turn from Bogumil Kobiela as Richard, and propelled by a jaunty space-jazz score, Roly Poly is reason enough to check out the “Shorts Program” (on November 11). It’s paired with two films by Marek Nowicki and Jerzy Stawicki featuring Piotr Kurowski as Ijon Tichy. Ijon, who narrates many of Lem’s stories and novels, is a Lem hero in a nutshell: a straightforward, optimistic, accident-prone scientist who can’t help but find himself in situations as bemusing as they are dangerous. You can watch him run afoul of a mad scientist in Professor Zazul (1962), and a malevolent artificial intelligence in The Friend (1965). The somewhat-dated look of midcentury black-and-white sci-fi in those films is a perfect match for Lem, who didn’t transcend genre so much as revel in it. At its best, Lem’s fiction, and the films in this series, use the familiar mechanics and disarming goofiness of genre storytelling to leave us feeling like his protagonists: seeing the world, and the limits of our understanding of it, in a whole new way.

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Let’s just come out and say it: The Growlers are the biggest band you’ve never heard of. Icons of the Los Angeles underground music scene and fan favorites the world over, the band managed to fly under the radar of mainstream attention while building a passionate following that rivals some of the biggest acts on the festival circuit.

Led by singer Brooks Nielsen and music director/guitarist Matt Taylor, The Growlers have forged their own twisted path on the global music scene since their founding in 2006 in Dana Point, California. They’re the party band that grew into a traveling circus, spawning their own annual event (Beach Goth) and growing an international fanbase, while releasing six studio records that trace a line from garage psych ballads to edgy radio pop.

On their first three records – Are You In Or Out? (2009), Hot Tropics (2010), and Hung at Heart (2013) – The Growlers combined reverb-rich waves of vintage surf rock with the dark, slow-burn melancholy of outlaw country. Chinese Fountain (2014) introduced a new, disco-infused direction that saw them move away from their swampy roots and relocate to Los Angeles. The band teamed up with producer Julian Casablancas (and frontman of The Strokes) to make City Club (2016), infusing their sound with Casablancas’ angular melodies and speaker-popping mixes. 2018 brought Casual Acquaintances, a raw collection of City Club-era demos and outtakes that – even as b-sides – ranks with the band’s finest material.

On their latest, self-produced record Natural Affair (2019), The Growlers move their DIY aesthetic into an even sturdier, synthier, dancier sound, bolstered by Nielsen’s finest lyrics to date: social commentary, rhymes, and ruminations on the pleasures (and perils) of modern love.

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VMware VSAN on Intel NUC - Mobile Cluster for $2000

Small, silent, transportable and a very low power consumption. That's the Intel NUC. It's not only a great system for Homelabs, or Homeservers - It can also be used to build a portable Virtual SAN Cluster. I ordered 3 NUCs to build a VMware Virtual SAN enabled Cluster.

Hardware Configuration
The NUC has been explained in more detail at my vSphere Homelab on 4th Gen NUC post. For my VMware Virtual SAN Mobile Lab I ordered 3 NUCs with the following configuration:

No VMware Support
VMware does only support enterprise hardware. Intel NUC is not on their HCL so you won't get support in case of failures. Do not put sensitive data to your NUC Virtual SAN without backup and do not run productive systems on it.

ESXi Installation
Installation with the images provided by VMware fails with an "No Network Adapters" error messsage. Due to the missing drivers you have to create a Customized ESXi Image.

VMware Virtual SAN Configuration

  1. Deploy vCenter Server 5.5 and 3x ESXi 5.5 on your NUC
  2. Add the 3 ESXi Hosts to the vCenter inventory
  3. Create a Cluster and add the 3 hosts
  4. Enable Virtual SAN traffic on all 3 ESXi hosts (Hosts > Your ESXi > Manage > Networking > VMkernel adapters > vmk0 > Edit settings > Virtual SAN traffic)
  5. Enable Virtual SAN in Automatic Mode within the Cluster configuration (Clusters > Your Cluster > Manage > Settings > Virtual SAN > General > Edit...)

That's all. Virtual SAN will now be configured automatically. After a few minutes you have your 3 TB vsanDatastore:vsan-on-nuc-datastorevsan-nuc-disk-groups

Each NUC has a Core i5-4250U CPU (2x 2.6 GHz) and 16GB of RAM. This should be enough for a couple of Virtual Machines. The limiting factor will be of course the 1Gb Ethernet Adapter. Write performance will not be great because all disk traffic has to pass the 1Gb NIC. 3 Windows and 9 Linux Virtual Machines are currently active at my NUC Cluster. They do perform without issues.

Power Consumption
The total power consumption of the lab (3 NUCs and 8Port Switch) is about 150W.

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  1. Those Intel NUCs are really nice; if I had some spare money I would buy me one for my Home lab :wink:

  2. you're gonna have trouble with that AHCI controller eventually - queuing problems will eventually knock nodes offline, so watch carefully.

  3. Actually if I remember correctly there is a Thunderbolt switch that could be used as a 10GB ethernet connection between these devices. I don't have links but I remember someone mentioning it.

    • As far as i know, the only NUC with Thunderbolt is the DC3217BY. It is a Gen3 NUC (Ivy Bridge) reviewed here.
      The new NUCs do not have a Thunderbolt port.

  4. I do have 2 nuc's with the ssd and hgst drive.
    Activating virtual san requires both disks.
    You can only use the ssd when it's empty , but 120 GB for only cache
    is maybe too much.

    Can the 120 GB ssd only be used for the caching or can we tweak it so we
    can add a local datastore to it too? having cache and some local vmguests too ...

  5. Preview on 5th Gen Intel NUC for VMware ESXi | Virten.net - pingback on February 17, 2015 at 7:11 pm
  6. Am I correct, after your vmware trial expires, you'll need a vCenter server license?

  7. Any way to get vsan running with one ssd per host, or are two drives absolutely required?

  8. I wonder if anyone have tried 6.5.0 update 1 on a 3-node NUC cluster.

    I did on my side and realized that the memory usage is about 14.5G on each VSAN nodes without any VM running. Leaving almost nothing to run VMs. Fortunately I have 32G ram on my NUC7i3 nodes. Still, VSAN consume nearly half of the available ram on my cluster...

    Meanwhile, none-VSAN node consume only 1.5G Ram.

  9. Great Post :) Thank you for review.

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