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The very thought of seeing the mighty Killing Joke at the Royal Festival Hall on All Fools Day is something, initially, to be taken with a sense of humour. After a successful afternoon touring Samuel Smith's establishments, we arrived at the prestigious and luxurious venue just in time to miss the support band, but took our seats and awaited Killing Joke's emergence.
On the large backdrop screen, the cover of their latest release Absolute Dissent was displayed in all it's glory. The massive crucifix adorned with tannoy speakers, surrounded by billowing explosions was accompanied by a Bladerunner intro soundtrack. The atmosphere, despite being a restrained seated venue, was electric. The calm before the storm!
With over 30 years of experience and material under their belts, Killing Joke are never bound to fail to please, and in front of an almost full house, the founding four members made their way onstage and let rip in to Unspeakable from the What's THIS For...! album. To the solid barrage of Big Paul Ferguson's drums and Youth's bass, Geordie's guitar cut through like a slightly rusty sabre, right to the very heart of the machine. Jaz Coleman, dressed in full camouflage uniform and trademark warpaint, paced the stage like a terrorist of noise, a commander of the mass, his voice never strained or faltering. On a busman's holiday from Inertia, keyboardist Reza supplied some razor sharp melodies whilst looking almost like Dave Gahan's long lost brother with his red and black quiff intact. This band somehow manage to create a sound larger than the universe, without being just an assault of ear-shattering noise, more powerful than any metal band, more commanding than any battlefield General, and still keep you dancing.
Throughout the show, the video backdrop kept in faith with the songs, adding to the atmosphere of each track whether it be scenes of war, Fred Astaire dancing to Wardance, or the iron Thatcher dictating the Eighties. The set was a good mixture from over the 30 years of Killing Joke, and of course featured songs from their latest album. It was a slight surprise to get Love Like Blood as the second song in the set, but it did make you aware that there must be more gems to come. And there were!
The complete setlist ran thus: Unspeakable, Love Like Blood, Change, Wardance, Communion, Bloodsport, European Super State, This World Hell, Fall of Because, Ghost of Ladbroke Grove, Madness, Requiem, Primitive, The Great Cull, Asteroid, Depth Charge, The Wait and Psyche. As an encore, two more crowd pleasers in the form of Eighties, and Pandemonium.
After the 80 minute non-stop ride the auditorium lights came back on, and we suddenly realised that the voodoo trance was over. For nearly an hour and a half we had been totally under the spell of the mighty Killing Joke, oblivious to external problems, war, disasters, and stresses. This is a band that cannot be ignored, and should not be ignored. It's no wonder that their influence has spread far and wide, from NIN to Franz Ferdinand to Nirvana to my very own band. One more pub followed, and the last train home at midnight, content in the fact that the gig exceeded all expectations tied to a seated theatre. We lived like Kings and Queens. 9/10
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Professional Scientists share their favorite thing
How would our professional scientists at SciAll describe their favorite thing about "science-ing" in 1 word?
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Dr. Mike Gil – "Unknown" (in an oddly ominous tone…)
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Dr. Joe Pfaller – "Collaborating" and "Fieldwork"
Rossana Maguiña – "Experiments"
Amelia Munson – "Discovery", is something she should say something about, but really it's "Monotony". It will take a longer video to explain why that's her favorite though.
Dr. Jennan Kharbush – the "People", technically 2 words but she's met such cool people being in science that when things aren't going well it's the interactions with people that keeps her going. Whether that's with students, or well established researchers in the field she really enjoys interactions with other people.
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Managing the Operating System
Note: Any changes to files related to Delphix may result in an unusable system. These files are stored in the following locations:
To manage the appliance or the Operation System or to upgrade, you must have root access. The default root password is delphix. You should change this as soon as possible.
To navigate to the System screen, as seen below:
On the right-hand side of the toolbar, click the configuration icon.
Click System.
Here you can view the current version of Delphix Reporting.
System Tab
Delphix Reporting 126.96.36.199 Upgrade instructions
Delphix Reporting 188.8.131.52 was released to fix some security issues and bugs. One bug that we found in the 18.104.22.168 version is the upgrade functionality from UI is not working properly. Thus, customers using 220.127.116.11 cannot upgrade to 18.104.22.168 from the UI. Here are the instructions and requirements for upgrading to Delphix Reporting 184.108.40.206.
The upgrade instruction provided below assumes the Reporting VM has external network (internet) access. If this is not available, the install script may fail. An alternative method to complete upgrade is documented in the following KB article.
- Download delphix-reporting-installer-18.104.22.168.sh and delphix-reporting-installer-184.108.40.206.sh.md5 from Delphix download site
- Copy the delphix-reporting-installer-22.214.171.124.sh to the server that hosts Delphix Reporting. Here we assume the file is copied to directory /tmp on the server.
- SSH to the Delphix Reporting server with the username root and its password. The default password is delphix.
- Run command sha256sum /tmp/delphix-reporting-installer-126.96.36.199.sh and make sure its output is the same as the content of delphix-reporting-installer-220.127.116.11.sh.md5
- Run command sh /tmp/delphix-reporting-installer-18.104.22.168.sh
After step 5, users can verify the state of the services by running commands service delphix-collector status and service delphix-webapp status
Activity Eleven: Generate and Upload MC Support Bundles
On the right-hand side of the toolbar, click the configuration icon.
Click System.
Scroll down to the Support section.
Enter the case number if provided by Delphix support.
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Maintenance Technicians in High Demand as TA Truck Service Expands Operations
Company to grow by over 250 technicians
TravelCenters of America is expanding its team of expert technicians at its nearly 250 TA Truck Service centers nationwide. The company is inviting interested candidates to apply at in-person open interviews held at TA Truck Service centers across the country, now through Apr. 28.
The need for the additional team members is a result, in part, of the expansion of TA's TechOn-SITE™ mobile truck maintenance team. TA is adding over 50 new OnSite vehicles this year to provide maintenance and repair to drivers in their distribution lots or home bases, before departing to haul their freight.
"As we continue to build the trust of more and more professional drivers and fleets to keep their equipment rolling, we have seen increased demand for our services," said Brian Lukavich, divisional vice president, TA Truck Service. "In addition, we are revamping the entire TA Truck Service experience, and adding technicians is a key piece of the puzzle; it will allow drivers to get our expert service even faster."
The team is going to grow by over 250 full and part-time Tire & Lube Technicians, In-Bay Technicians and TechOn-SITE Technicians. Open interviews will be held for all levels of technicians every Monday and Wednesday from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. (local time) at all TA Truck Service centers nationwide (inside the travel centers). Candidates can also apply online at www.tapetrocareers.com.
Full-time positions offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance and paid vacation and holidays. Benefits also include tuition reimbursement, a student loan payment program and the diesel technician apprenticeship program. There are also extensive paid training and career growth opportunities
In an annual Voted Best survey conducted by an independent party, TA Truck Service is continuously voted best among competitors in categories including Best Overall Maintenance Shops, Most Competent Technicians and Best Roadside Assistance.
TravelCenters of America Inc. is the nation's largest publicly traded full-service travel center network. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, its nearly 20,000 employees serve customers in over 270 locations in 44 states and Canada, principally under the TA®, Petro Stopping Centers® and TA Express® brands. Offerings include diesel and gasoline fuel, truck maintenance and repair, convenience stores, full-service and quick-service restaurants, car and truck parking and other services and amenities dedicated to providing great experiences for professional drivers and the general motoring public. TravelCenters of America operates nearly 650 full-service and quick-service restaurants and 10 proprietary brands, including Quaker Steak and Lube®, Iron Skillet® and Country Pride®. For more information, visit www.ta-petro.com.


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Germany, in the Time of Corona
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who holds a doctorate in Quantum Chemistry, has dealt with the crisis with calm and composure. Her scientific background and honesty in stating both known and difficult facts earned her respect not only in Germany but across the globe.
- Gutta Murali Bonn, Germany
The Corona Pandemic has posed a real challenge to Humanity. The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, went to the extent of saying that the Corona Virus is the biggest challenge for Germany since World War 2. That came as a surprise to many including Indians like me living in Germany. But a leader of her Stature cannot go wrong since she is the second longest-serving Chancellor after Helmut Kohl.
Corona in Europe
The first case of novel coronavirus was reported in France, with two confirmed cases, where both patients had travelled to China, where the fatal infection originated. Italy and Spain were the worst hit. As hospitals were overwhelmed with the number of daily confirmed cases, the doctors had to make tough calls, as to whom they should attend first. Those who already crossed 80 years were not treated so that younger people would get treated first. Many experts called it the Tsunami of the West. The Army was deployed to help cremate the corpses that piled up during the peak infection period.
Corona in Germany and its relatively Low Mortality
In Germany, the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in the heavily industrialized state of Bavaria on January 27, 2020. (The B in BMW refers to Bavaria-Bayerish in German and BMW literally means Bavarian Motor Works). Soon Germany became the World's 4th and Europe's 3rd worst-hit country in terms of total cases. However, the mortality rate is comparatively lesser at 1.3%, ranking 8th in the World and 5th in Europe, much to the surprise of many experts.
While there's no empirical evidence to infer what the reasons are behind the low mortality rate, the German officials are quick to insist that it is due to the early and prompt preventive measures taken by the state authorities. Within three weeks of imposing the restrictions, the infection-rate curve has started to flatten out. But unlike most of the neighbouring countries, Germany did not impose strict restrictions on the movement of its citizens in general.
Germany was even able to extend a helping hand to the other EU countries by airlifting some patients from their countries and treating them in cities like Bonn and Dusseldorf.
West and East Germany
The difference between the former East and West Germany are many, including Cultural and Economical. No one could have imagined that the difference could be observed even in the rate of Infection.
The highly industrialized western states saw more cases compared to the relatively "backward" Eastern states. The picture shows the number of infected per 1 lakh residents. Maybe this is another fallout of heavy business and travelling required by big industries that dot across West Germany.
The scientist in Chief
Some people have observed that Women head of states has handled the crisis better than their male counterparts. Countries led by women were able to effectively control the SARS -COV2 virus that threatened humanity a decade back.
Note: A German state finance minister, Thomas Schäfer committed suicide on 28 March 2020. News reports about his death cited stress and worries over the state of the country's economic situation due to Corona and handling the developing pandemic, as causes for his decision to end his life.
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who holds a doctorate in Quantum Chemistry, has dealt with the crisis with calm and composure. Her scientific background and honesty in stating both known and difficult facts earned her respect not only in Germany but across the globe. Acting more like a scientist in chief, rather than a head of state, she took rational and cautious decisions after regular consultations with experts. In December 2021 she will overtake Kohl as the longest-standing Chancellor. But that is unlikely, as she already declared that she will not seek another term in office.


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Jimactor's China Vacation (Part 4)
If you have not see the first, second and third part, you can click this to view the part one, part two, part three before this part four.
By Jimactor
Summary: In the morning, we visited the Summer Palace, set amid parkhike grounds with an expansive lake. Explore one of Beijing's oldest neighborhoods, as we went on a fascinating trishaw (bicycle-powered rickshaw) rode through the narrow lanes of a hutong, one of Beijing's traditional neighborhoods. We visited local family for lunch in their home. Later, we stopped to visit a local family for tea, with an opportunity to chat and ask questions.
June 4, 2008 at 4:35 pm
My dream is to go back to China some day. I lived here many moons ago when dad was in the forces and I was to young to remember, however old enough to enjoy Chinese food.
June 17, 2008 at 8:55 am
After watch all the movies, I feel like I am in there LOL Good story!
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The Kitchen Table Devotions
Day 30
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? Matthew 16:24-26
Always remember that God is interested in our "will" more than our "walk". We can walk ourselves to church, to the corner, and across the country to be good but that doesn't necessarily mean that we are in God's will. People have changed careers, changed jobs, changed neighborhoods and changed churches and have pointed to God's will when they did it, but they never changed their will for His will. We'll even bring in and blame the devil in defending our life's choices BUT unless we surrender our will for God's will it won't really matter. Peter, in this passage, had just confessed Jesus as the Christ and then tried to persuade Jesus out of the cross. If Jesus would have listened, we all would have missed out on the will of God. Denying ourselves involves dying to our will in order to discover His will. Making this decision is an inside job where we decide in our hearts to live for God's will rather than our will. The will of God is a beautiful thing that saves the soul, giving us the right mind with the right motive and the right morals we need to live a fulfilled life.


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Letters between Britain's secret service and a flamboyant Hungarian professor said to be the model for the vampire-hunter Abraham van Helsing in Bram Stoker's Dracula are among hundreds of documents on British spies disclosed for the first time today.
They include details of how a Middle Eastern arms dealer persuaded the government to part with millions of pounds in the first world war and then honour him with a knighthood.
The papers, released today at the National Archives, also reveal that arguments over the veracity of reports - thrust into the open by the Iraqi weapons dossier - are not a new phenomenon.
One of the secret service's first foreign agents - before MI6 was established - was Arminius Vambery, professor of oriental languages at the Budapest university at the end of the 19th century. Traveller, translator and adventurer, he is said to have introduced Stoker to the Dracula legend during a dinner at London's Beefsteak Club in 1890.
His putative usefulness for the British was that he had the ear of the sultan of Turkey, "your friend in Constantinople", as his controller in London described him.
He provided information about the weakening Ottoman empire and its relations with the Austro-Hungarian empire and Russia at the time of what Keith Hamilton, a Foreign Office historian, yesterday called a "new round in the Great Game, the Anglo-Russian struggle for power in Asia".
The papers include letters to Vambery from his Foreign Office handlers, though none of his replies. One, dated 1893, refers to concern in the Commons about the Turkish treatment of Armenians. "Our humanitarian zealots, like our missionaries, are politically inconvenient, but they are not to be suppressed", Vambery was told.
In 1897, the Foreign Office expressed concern about the sultan's "manoeuvres for the encouragement of Musselman [Muslim] agitation in India and Afghanistan".
Vambery was always after money and most of the Foreign Office's messages to him refer to arrangements for sending him batches of £50, or £120 in bank notes. Eventually he was given a fixed annuity of £140 plus a pension, despite the view of Lord Salisbury, the Conservative foreign secretary, that a lot of what Vambery had to say was "alarmist" and "had done us more harm than good". Gill Bennett, the Foreign Office chief historian, described him yesterday as "a sort of near eastern pimp".
But the Foreign Office entrusted much more money - millions of pounds - to the arms dealer Basil Zaharoff. Zaharoff, who was brought up in Constantinople, wheeled and dealt before buying shares in the Maxim gun company, later bought by the British company Vickers. Papers show that his main supporter in London was Sir Vincent Caillard, a member of the Vickers board.
Zaharoff pestered London for an award, telling Caillard in 1917: "I would like to have the Grand X of the new order [Order of the British Empire]", saying he risked his hide sufficiently to merit it. He added later: "I am like a child who has been promised chocolate".
The papers reveal divided views within the Foreign Office about the worth of reports from the agents of the Secret Service, which was to become MI6. Sir Alexander Cadogan, the FO's permanent secretary, noted in 1939: "I am now in the position where I am exposed to the whole barrage of them. But I cannot ignore that they did warn us of the September crisis [Germany's accession of the Sudetenland in 1938], and they did not give any colour to the ridiculous optimism that prevailed up to the rape of Czechoslovakia".


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Human Society
My experiences with people
In my past, I've had experiences that have had me thinking. My experiences have been mostly in the South Asian Indian Sub-Continent, so may not be fair to generalize it. Help with finding a job: I've learnt many times, that when people reach out asking for help, say, for helping them with finding a job; it isn't about you making a recommendation/referral for them. It, instead, implies that you are indirectly being asked to find and arrange them a job. [Read More]


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A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy . Twins can either be identical ( in scientific usage , monozygotic ) meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos or fraternal ( dizygotic ) because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two seperate sperms . The twin birth rate is about 35 live births per 1000 . It becomes imperative for the astrologers to fix correct position of ascendant and other cuspal positions for twins to ensure that the individual charts satisfy all conditions .
In addition we need to look for special conditions that need to be satisfied for twin charts . One born a little earlier than the other is called elder twin and the other born a little later is called the younger one . The sub sub lord of each chart should establish link with the moon star that is common for both . the sub sub lord of ascendant of both may be different to indicate two different persons . Sub sub lord of ascendant and ss arc of ascendant of each twin should indicate the sex of the individual twin .
The sub sub lord of the ascendant of the elder twin should be linked with the third cusp to promise the birth of the younger co born sub lord of 11 th cusp should be linked with ascendant to promise the birth of elder co – born . In the chart of the elder co- born the sub sub lord of the 3rd cusp should be linked with the planet that is the common moon star for the twins . Similarly the ssl of 11th cusp in the chart of the younger twin should be linked with the planet that is common moon star for both the twins .


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'Ashamed' of war, Russian diplomat resigns; Russian POW sentenced to life for killing civilian: Live updates
A veteran Russian diplomat to the U.N. Office at Geneva resigned his post Monday, saying he is "ashamed" of his country's invasion of Ukraine.
Boris Bondarev, 41, confirmed his resignation in a letter delivered Monday at the Russian diplomatic mission blasting the "aggressive war unleashed" by President Vladimir Putin.
"For twenty years of my diplomatic career I have seen different turns of our foreign policy, but never have I been so ashamed of my country as on Feb. 24 of this year," he wrote, referencing the date the invasion began.
Bondarev, who has recently worked on Russia's role in the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, told the Associated Press he is concerned about Moscow's response to his letter and that he has no plans to leave Switzerland. His letter and statement take aim at Russian oligarchs who have grown rich under the Putin regime.
"Those who conceived this war want only one thing – to remain in power forever, live in pompous tasteless palaces, sail on yachts comparable in tonnage and cost to the entire Russian navy, enjoying unlimited power and complete impunity," Bondarev wrote. "To achieve that they are willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes."
U.N. Watch executive director Hillel Neuer called on other Russian diplomats worldwide to follow Bondarev's "moral example" and resign. "Boris Bondarev is a hero," Neuer said.
Latest developments:
►Vladimir Saldo, installed by Russia as governor of Ukraine's southern Kherson region, said the area will have dual currency — Russian rubles and Ukrainian hryvnyas -- starting Monday.
►Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Pentagon remains committed to avoiding escalating the war with Russia. A call last week with his Russian counterpart was "purposeful and worthwhile," Milley said.
►Russia has forcibly deported more than 1.4 million Ukrainian citizens, including 240,000 children, to the Russian Federation, said Liudmyla Denisova, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.
►Russian forces are stepping up their bombardment of the Donbas region, killing three civilians Monday, Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said, adding that heavy fighting was continuing near Luhansk and that the front line was under continuous shelling. Of 1.6 million people who lived in the region before the invasion, there are "not more than 320,000 people" remaining, he said.
►Starbucks is closing its 130 stores in Russia and no will longer have a brand presence there. The company said it will continue to pay its nearly 2,000 Russian employees for six months and help them transition to new jobs.
West pledges sophisticated weaponry to aid Ukraine's fight
Western allies have promised new, sophisticated weaponry to support Ukraine as it resists Russia's invasion, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday. Denmark will send Harpoon anti-ship missile systems to help Ukraine defend its Black Sea coastline, Austin said. The missiles will pose a significant threat to Russian ships in the event of an attack on the key port city of Odesa, or an amphibious landing by Russian forces on the Ukrainian coast, he said.
In all, 20 countries pledged military aid to Ukraine at a meeting of allies Monday morning, Austin said. Italy, Greece, Norway and Poland have agreed to send artillery cannons and ammunition, which have been in demand as the war rages in eastern Ukraine.
There have been "serious exchanges of artillery fires over the last several weeks," Austin said.
Zelenskyy says war will decide 'if brute force will rule the world'
Countries, large cities and even large companies can stake out a section of Ukraine to lead rebuilding after the war, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video speech to global business and political leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Zelenskyy said the world had reached a "turning point" on freedom.
"This is really the moment when it is decided if brute force will rule the world," he said. "If so, there is no need for further meetings in Davos."
Zelenskyy also urged international corporations to shun Russia and set up shop in Ukraine. "Set a precedent so that your brands will not be associated with war crimes," Zelenskyy said through an interpreter.
Russian POW sentenced to life in prison for killing Ukrainian civilian
Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old from Siberia, was sentenced to life in prison Monday for premeditated murder and violating international laws for war in the first trial of a Russian soldier for war crimes in Ukraine during the invasion.
Shishimarin, a captured Russian tank-unit sergeant, fatally shot Oleksandr Shelipov, a 62-year-old civilian, in the head in late February. Shishimarin had pleaded guilty, but his defense argued he was carrying out a direct order that he initially disobeyed.
Last week Shishimarin asked Shelipov's widow, Kateryna, for forgiveness. She said she wanted a life sentence for him, but also that she would be willing to see Shishimarin returned to Russia in exchange for Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
During the trial the three-judge panel heard that Shishimarin was ordered to kill the man so he wouldn't be able to report the presence of Russian soldiers to Ukrainian military authorities. Shishimarin fired his Kalashnikov rifle at the victim through the open window of a car.
"I was nervous about what was going on. I didn't want to kill," Shishimarin said at the hearing in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. Judge Serhiy Ahafonov said he did not consider the defendant's remorse sincere.
Russian attack outside Kyiv killed 87, Zelenskyy says
Four Russian missiles killed 87 people during an attack last week in the town of Desna, 34 miles north of Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday without specifying how many of the victims were civilian.
In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said Russia is waging a campaign of "total war'' that includes inflicting as many casualties and as much infrastructure destruction as possible.
"There has not been such a war on the European continent for 77 years," he said, noting that the majority of the nearly 2,300 missiles Russia has launched hit civilian targets.
The Russian war effort is now focused on Donbas cities like Bakhmut, Popasnaya and Sievierodonetsk, Zelenskyy said.
Mariupol under threat of epidemic from 'rotting garbage and corpse poison'
Rainstorms are spreading "rotting garbage and corpse poison" in Mariupol, increasing the threat of an epidemic in the ravaged port city now under Russian control, a city official said.
"The threat of an epidemic becomes a reality with each thunderstorm," Mayor advisor Petro Andryushchenko wrote on Telegram, adding that the Russian forces in the city "continue to ignore sanitary challenges and are only engaged arranging 'good photos' depicting fictional 'life improvements'."
Mariupol, which had a population of 450,000 before the war, "desperately needs a new wave of evacuations," Andryushchenko said. After weeks of constant Russian shelling, the last holdouts in the city's Azovstal steel mill surrendered last week. An estimated 20,000 Mariupol residents have been killed since the war began.
Swedish PM cites 'positive' call with Erdogan over NATO membership
Negotiations with Turkey on Sweden's membership to NATO will take more time, but a recent phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was "good and positive," the Swedish prime minister said Monday. Magdalena Andersson told Swedish official news agency TT she was looking forward to the upcoming negotiations with Ankara. Erdogan has taken issue with Sweden and Finland, citing their alleged support for the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, and other groups that Turkey views as terrorists. Andersson said Sweden was one of the first countries to classify the PKK as terrorists.
Sweden and Finland formally applied to join NATO last week – a decision spurred by Russia's war on Ukraine. Unanimous consent of all NATO members is required for new members. Erdogan has made few references to Finland amid reports that most of Turkey's grievances are directed at Sweden, which has a large community of Kurdish exiles.
Russian casualty rate high – and rising, British assessment says
In the first three months of its "special military operation," Russia has likely suffered a similar death toll to that experienced by the Soviet Union during its entire nine-year war in Afghanistan, the British Defense Ministry said in its latest assessment of the war in Ukraine. About 15,000 Russians died in the Afghan war that ended in 1989.
"Poor low-level tactics, limited air cover, a lack of flexibility, and a command approach which is prepared to reinforce failure and repeat mistakes has led to this high casualty rate (in Ukraine), which continues to rise in the Donbas offensive," the assessment says.
The Russian public has, in the past, "proven sensitive to casualties suffered during wars of choice," the assessment says. As the death toll rises and the human cost becomes more apparent, public dissatisfaction with the war and a willingness to voice it may grow, it says.
Fighters who surrendered at steel mill to face 'international tribunal'
The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine says almost 2,500 fighters from the Azovstal steel mill captured by the Russian forces will face an "international tribunal" there. Denis Pushilin was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that "at the moment the charter for the tribunal is being worked out."
Family members of the fighters taken prisoner at the mill have pleaded for them to be given rights as prisoners of war and eventually returned to Ukraine.
Ex-Defense Secretary: Russia unlikely to use nuclear weapons
Even with the war in Ukraine going much worse than expected for Russia, the probability of Russian President Vladimir Putin deploying a nuclear weapon is "low but not zero,'' former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Robert Gates said Sunday. Speaking on CBS's "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Gates said Russia's use of a tactical weapon would prompt a strong response from the West.
"The other thing that I hope somebody around Putin is reminding him is that, in that part of the world, and particularly in eastern Ukraine, the winds tend to blow from the west,'' Gates said. "If you set off a tactical nuclear weapon in eastern Ukraine, the radiation is going to go into Russia.''
Gates, who served as defense secretary under Republican President George W. Bush and Democratic President Barack Obama from 2006-2011, said the Biden administration should have started arming Ukraine for a conflict with the Russians months earlier. But he gives President Joe Biden high marks for rallying the U.S. allies and assembling a coalition to confront Russia, resisting calls for a no-fly zone – which would require deeper intervention – and for refusing to bite on Putin's nuclear threats.
Gates pointed out that sanctions from the West and failures on the battlefield have dealt a major blow to Russia and its global standing. "Putin will remain a pariah,'' Gates said: "He has put Russia really behind the eight ball economically, militarily, and because now people are going to look at the Russian military and say, 'You know, this was supposed to be this fantastic military. Well, they give a good parade, but in actual combat, not so hot.'"
Biden, Harris on Russia's banned list, but not Trump
Russia has permanently barred nearly 1,000 Americans from entering the country in response to the United States' support of Ukraine in the war, and the list includes numerous elected leaders but conspicuously leaves out a prominent one – former President Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were among the 963 banned by Russia, a largely symbolic gesture.
Recent living former presidents like Barack Obama and George W. Bush were not on the banned list, but Trump's name stands out as he has frequently been accused of being too cozy with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Two days before the Feb. 24 invasion, Trump referred to Putin's strategy toward Ukraine as "genius'' and "savvy.''
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MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia's second-biggest oil producer Lukoil has suspended gas exports to China from its projects in Uzbekistan, a company official told a conference call on Friday, due to weak demand.
Blocked from exporting gas from Russia, Lukoil has been betting on its gas projects in neighboring Uzbekistan, where it has invested as much as $10 billion in the hope of making returns from exports to China.
But the COVID-19 pandemic has hit both demand and gas prices, making liquefied natural gas (LNG) cheaper than gas exported via pipelines, where prices are often fixed.
As a result, Lukoil has had to suspend gas exports from its projects in Uzbekistan to China and re-direct as much as 5 billion cubic meters of gas to the domestic Uzbek market, Pavel Zhdanov, vice-president at Lukoil, told the conference call.
"Everything depends on when the demand will start to recover," he said. "LNG became cheaper than the pipeline gas, including from Uzbekistan, and we hope that it will again become the opposite at some point."
Zhdanov did not forecast when that might happen but said there were signs of demand recovering in China, the world's top energy consumer, and his company was continuing talks to resume supplies.
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On Sunday, Marcela discovered that she had a problem with her handbrake on the Logan, she took it to a mechanic whilst she was out, who said one of the cables had snapped, but the \'brake guy\' was out, so I suggested she contact Javier, our mechanic, as a result we took it yesterday morning for new cables, but he rang shortly after our return, to say, the cable had just come out of it\'s housing, it was not broken, however he had found that the brake wheel cylinder was leaking and needed replacing, so we told him to get on with it, and later I took Marcela back to collect it before she went on to work.
Last night the gate bell went, and it was one of the three witches who live below us, with a copy of a \'Demanda\' stating I had to attend a conciliation meeting at the Town Hall Inspection of Police (not sure why it is called that, it is nothing to do with the police, it is just a Dept that enforces Town Hall rules and regulations) on March 6th, it didn\'t say what it was about, so I asked, and she said it was to do with their cars.
This is strange, because although I have complained to the town hall regarding parking in general on our stretch of road, I have made no particular complaints about these neighbours, mainly because I know how vindictive they can be.
Anyway unbeknown to me, when Marcela left work, she went to see the three Witches, mum and two of the Daughters, and asked them what it was about, apparently someone, has phoned the Transito (Traffic Police) twice recently, and asked for a Grua (breakdown Truck) to come and remove their two cars, which were causing an obstruction, fortunately for them on it\'s arrival, their cars were not there.
As a result, they spent two days trying to find out who had made the calls, as they believed they were malicious, and because they couldn\'t establish the source, they put two and two together and made five, thinking it had to be me, so they made the \'Demanda\', without any evidence…I have to say that I am not guilty, because unlike Spain, where people took the time to listen to you, here they don\'t, and no one understands me, unless we all talk slowly, so there would have been no point in me phoning anyone, all my communication is written. The Mother admitted that she didn\'t understand me, and Marcela said she would speak to them again, once she had spoken with me.
The family also said they were going to stop myself and a neighbour accessing their lane to cut our hedge, by installing a gate to close it off, but they didn\'t want the hedge growing out into their lane, or they would issue another \'Demanda\', that really leaves only one option, to extend the white panels right along the fence line, which will look fine, but be costly, still once it is done it should make things easier.
This morning Marcela went back to see \'Mum\' witch, she accepted the explanation, and said they would try to cancel the appointment, if not they would see me at the office on March 6th…and will they be in for a surprise, as soon as they admit, they have no evidence it was me that made the calls, I will inform them that I will be going into the City to the Fiscaleria, to take out a \'Demanda\' against them with damages, for defamation, the difference being, I shall donate any money received to the local school.
First thing this morning I had my annual prostate check, I had the blood test a couple of weeks ago, which came back well within limits, today was the undignified but necessary physical check, again all was well, so that\'s something else to cross of my \'To Do List\'.
Back home and it was gardening time, I was going to cut the grass, but the brushcutter refused to start yet again, so it looks as if it will be visiting the garden machinery engineer tomorrow, I had also planned on trimming the inside hedge, but in view of the new arrangement in the lane, I decided to go further, and cut off any bougainvillea going through to the other side, I got ripped to bits.
That done, it was time for a shower and lunch…that\'s the beauty of being retired, my day is done!


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Planning a wedding is a stressful and expensive undertaking and with affordability at the top of the list, many couples rely on the experience of others for suggestions for their honeymoon destination. Livability.com has named the 2019 Best Affordable Honeymoon Spots in the U.S. While many couples tend to focus on honeymoon destinations in Europe or the Caribbean that are extremely expensive, Livability.com encourages newlyweds not to overlook the amazing honeymoon spots in the United States, many of which are extremely affordable and eager to welcome honeymooners.
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|Teryle Allen of Baltimore brightened up the day for several Social Security Administration co-workers with news that she had just scratched off a $10,000 winning 10x Cash scratch-off.
Baltimore mom claims top prize on 10x Cash scratch-off
What a happy Friday! Teryle Allen of Baltimore brightened up the day for several Social Security Administration co-workers with her unexpected news – she had just scratched off a $10,000 win on a Maryland Lottery 10X Cash game!
The federal government employees can thank Teryle's brother for making their day so exciting. The siblings work in the same building at 1500 Woodlawn Drive. While walking into work with her on Friday, he suggested she try her Lottery luck.
"We were walking past the Lottery kiosk at the office and he pointed out this specific ticket, 10x Cash," Teryle said. The 45-year-old, who plays Lottery scratch-offs now and then, bought the ticket and took it to her office to enjoy during a break. The fun began as soon as she started scratching off the $10 ticket.
"I started with the top of the column and found two matches, each worth $1,000. I then scratched the bottom and then the middle – all $1,000 matches, a total of 10!" she said. "I could not believe it, $10,000!"
Teryle's joy, constrained by the demands of office etiquette, was visible to her co-workers. "When I told them what had just happened they were very happy for me," the working mom said. They gave her "lots of smiles and high fives."
Several hours after her big moment, the mother of three claimed her prize at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. She had not yet decided how to spend her winnings but her busy family may help her with that! Her daughter has a big ballet recital coming up and her son, who plays for a travel basketball team, has an out-of-town tournament scheduled.
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DRAGONS ABOUND IN NEW Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME 2015 MEGA-TINS
El Segundo, Calif. (September 9, 2015) – Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Duelists clamoring for more awesome cards to add to their portfolios are in luck as Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI), the manufacturer of the multiple world record-holding Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, unveils the 2015 Mega-Tins on September 18. Back by popular demand, the 2015 Mega-Tins deliver a fantastic compilation of cards, featuring cards taken from a year's worth of booster sets, several brand-new cards, and a handful of valuable variant cards – making this a set that is perfect for both beginning players and for seasoned Duelists.
Two cool Tin designs will be available for players, one featuring Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and the other featuring Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Both monsters are from the newest generation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TV series, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, and are each available in their respective Tins as a valuable Platinum Secret Rare!
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Kirk Franklin is back like he never left.
With his last studio album releasing almost five years ago in 2011, the gospel music maven is back with, Losing My Religion.
In the album's first single, "Wanna Be Happy?," begins with Franklin poignantly asking, "The truth can hurt you, the truth can change you, what will truth do to you?" The song is a soul stirring reminder to seek happiness and is currently No. 1 on the Billboard's Hot Gospel Songs chart after a digital debut in the number 1 spot.
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The album is a product of Franklin and RCA Records joint venture, Fo Yo Soul Recordings includes features from fellow gospel superstars, Kim Burell, Tamela Mann, and Tasha Page Lockhart.
Losing My Religion is out on November 13, but you can pre-order now.
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Eco-Bag, Eco-Life
Ontarians use 2.5 billion plastic grocery bags a year and while the sheer amount of plastic bags that end up in landfills is grotesque, it seems like consumers are finally getting the message.
The Keep Six Contemporary Gallery and Project Space is currently hosting their Eco-Bag, Eco-Life exhibit and I have to admit that while I myself own a variety of eco-friendly cloth bags, they spend more time collecting dust than they do slung over my shoulder. But does a greener lifestyle really begin with being diligent about the use of an eco-friendly bag?
Traditionally, cloth bags were bargain-bin items - sandpaper-smooth squares with cheesy tree-hugger messages on them and came in cliched earth-tone colours; however, the Keep Six Contemporary Gallery intends to change people's perception of our favourite eco-accessory.
I took the time to get up close and personal to check out the magnificent hand detailing and playfully creative designs. People seemed very responsive towards the fresh new perspective on the cloth bag.
All the works featured at the gallery are currently on sale. But remember to get yours while they last, as the exhibit will be packing its bags on July the 7th to showcase home-grown Canadian talent around the world.
And if you can't make it out to the event, you can create your own eco-bag with this great template.
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Daniel Pujol says he's impressed by young Memphis bands
Daniel Pujol, lead singer of Nashville band Pujol, didn't just randomly put together a couple of opening bands to play with him March 15 at the Hi-Tone Cafe. He wanted Memphis bands Small and Harlan.
Daniel said he's impressed with several bands composed of performers ages 20 to 25 or younger. "A vast majority of them seem to be interested in being good at music predominantly before any of these mythologized ideas of what it means to be in X-type of bands," Daniel said. "They have a general enthusiasm for the art as well as the craft of the music. They want to be good. If you go through and look at how young they are and how succinct they are in terms of what they're composing, there's a high degree of taste involved in all those compositions."
Of Small's drummer Chris Zeip, Daniel said, " You don't see a lot of people be conservative and tasteful at the same time."
Griffin Rone, who is in both Small and Harlan, is "a crazy good bass player."
The performers are "all so good for how young they are in terms of having taste and being able to back it up with craft they can execute. Not just young kids talking trash with their amps turned up to 11."
The band members "want to be a good at music. And they enjoy playing and getting better."
And, Daniel said, "I find the majority of all their music interesting. I enjoy playing shows with them. They're not just 'garage-rock press-kit-band insert-name-here.'"
They're not "bar bands," he said. "It's so much more fun to be able to play shows with people that are not just like writing lifestyle journalism to music that you can shop to and saying it's rock and roll music."
'Welcome Home'
Explaining the title of his show, "Welcome Home," at Marshall Arts, Adam Farmer said, "I closed up the doors at Glitch last year, and I wanted to share with people what I've been up to since."
Glitch was a monthly indoor/outdoor art and music gathering held at Adam's Midtown home. "Even when curating shows out of the house every month, I was tucking away work, keeping it kind of hidden. I needed to to do this — to find a way to have people over, have art and music. I just needed to have people over without having them at the house."
Glitch, which closed last July, actually was a piece of art, Adam said. "It wasn't a gallery. This is just the next step in carrying on that aesthetic of the hybrid art experience."
Some pieces in his "Welcome Home" show, which opened March 17 with a reception, were "reminiscent of the shrines or altar pieces in my backyard. I did kind of miniature ones of those. Assemblages. Right when you come in the door, there was a grouping of three totem poles with improvisational pieces along the ground. I basically dropped them there when I went in because I had my hands full and just left them there."
Some of the works were paintings he worked on for eight years. Some canvases, which he calls "artful surgeries," had been cut up and then put back together again. "A lot of destruction and creation going on there."
And, he added, "The whole show is a jigsaw puzzle of elements."
Marcella Simien and Chris Owen and deejay Franklin Doggrell performed.
Images of 'Memphis'
"Memphis" — Dwayne Butcher's exhibit of artwork at David Lusk Gallery — is an homage to his hometown. The show opened with a reception March 17.
In 2013, Dwayne and his wife, Georgia Creson, moved from Memphis to Baltimore for three years. Georgia took a job at Maryland Institute College of Art. They returned to Memphis in 2016. "Her contract was up and our lease was up, so we were trying to think what we would do. Memphis is home."
When David Lusk told him he was going to have a show in Memphis, Dwayne tried to think of a theme. "I thought, 'I've got to rekindle my love for the South. I've been in Baltimore for so long.' I decided to make a show about Memphis. Memphis is a hell of a place. Rock and roll was invented in Memphis. I don't think most Memphians are aware of so many great, awesome things that happen: International Paper, AutoZone, FedEx, ServiceMaster. I don't think Memphians think about that."
The show features 39 works. "I've always been a text space artist. I only use words or 'text' in the painting. I was trying to think about how to translate a lot of these experiences with these phrases. One-liners."
In big block letters he wrote phrases, including "Make Memphis Great Again," "Tony Allen for Mayor," "Al Kapone can have my Babies" and "Why is Willie Herenton always at Houston's Restaurant."..
He made maps of Midtown, the Parkways and 38104. "I'd outline the street on the map and paint over the tape and remove the tape. That's how the white was revealed. I'd essentially let it bleed and be messy."
Butcher obviously is proud of Memphis. "There are so many cities in the world and Memphis is one of those cities that just happens to be culturally significant."
"Memphis" is on view through April 22.
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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said his words about the fact that Russia lags behind the United States in the space sector nine times. According to the politician, it is misquoted by the media, because he was not referring to the overall state of the industry, and the backlog is only one indicator — labour productivity.
"Wrong quote. I said that with our ambitious plans for the growth of labour productivity in the space industry we are Americans, which according to THIS INDICATOR are lagging behind in 9 times, never catch up. But this does not mean that we are in space far behind the rest. In some cases, for example, the aerospace engine manufacturing, we're ahead of them", — Rogozin wrote in his Facebook.
About this Rogozin wrote in his Twitter.
Rogozin issued a clarification a few hours after his speech at the Collegium of the Ministry of industry and trade. Deputy Prime Minister evaluated the situation in the space industry. Agency RIA Novosti quoted Rogozin so: "today, We in the space industry lag behind the Americans nine times. And all our ambitious projects suggests that we should improve this performance in half. Well let's raise one and a half times, but still they never catch up".
"And then we watch the news NASA or Elon musk and lick, to explain to myself why we do not need it — what they do", — said Rogozin.
Vice Prime Minister also called for ways of improving the situation. According to him we need to facilitate the procedures of decision-making, reduce paperwork, and ensure that the check went through one window.
28 APR Rogozin has received a reprimand from President Vladimir Putin, the reason for which was the problem during start up of the carrier rocket "Soyuz-2.1 a from Baikonur East. The missile, which was first on the spaceport, had to be postponed due to an outage. A severe reprimand was then received also by the head of state Corporation "Roscosmos Igor Komarov, the head of NPO Avtomatiki, Leonid Shalimov was issued about incomplete official compliance.


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Because of CoVid-19 St. Francis by the Sea's Service was again broadcast via Zoom. This week Rector The Rev. Dr. Brent Was is on Vacation so this week we were graced with the presence of The Rev. Tom Mousin via Zoom
As Judy Rountree wrote in a recent eClare (the St. Francis Newsletter) : "The Rev. Thomas Mousin is an Episcopal priest, currently serving as a chaplain with Hospice of Southern Maine. He also provides pulpit supply for churches throughout the diocese. Before moving to Maine, Tom was the rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Prior to his ordination in the Episcopal Church, he served several churches in Vermont as a United Methodist pastor, and also worked there as an elementary school teacher. He lives in Portland with his spouse, the Rt. Rev. Thomas Brown"


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A faulty disc whether Blu ray disc, DVD or even game disc can be quite annoying. But even more annoying is the fact that regardless of our very best efforts, discs always seem to develop faults at one point or another. Several faults could develop. Most times, these faults can be fixed and the disc does not need to be disposed of. How to recognize these faults and fix them yourself is the major point of discussion. The processes involved in dealing with these faults are quite straightforward. So much so that just about anyone could do it (as long as you are meticulous enough). The step by step guide which we will outline later should be able to assist you in dealing with any faults your discs might have.
Identifying Faults
To correctly identify faults, we should first know that a lot of the warnings we see at times, actually do not refer to faulty discs. Such responses as No Disc, Invalid File Structure, Disc Error, etc. usually are just already written messages of error. They could appear randomly from within the software as long as any kind of problem occurs. So, one could reasonably conclude that these error messages could be quite meaningless and have just about nothing to do with the actual problem. Hence, you do not have to worry that they are the result of a serious technical diagnostics carried out by the software.
So how then can one identify faults on a disc? Well, if you have one such disc that does not play in a specific machine or player, it is best to inspect the disc yourself. This inspection is carried out in good light. During this inspection, you should position the disc in such a way that you see the entire surface clearly and not just reflections of it. While looking at the disc under a good light source, you should be looking for scratches, heavy or prominent fingerprints, dirty areas or just about any form of an unnatural mark (a mark which is not meant to be on a disc). Most importantly, you should pay more attention to the center of the disc where most of the data originate.
A fun fact about discs is that regardless of the types of the disc in question and regardless of the information recorded within, the inner part is where the writing of the data begins and slowly moves toward the outer edges. Hence, that inner area is especially important because it houses the necessary information for the reader to recognize what type of disc is being played. It also helps the player recognize the exact location of the beginning data. This means that any sort of problem here such as marks or scratches could give the player the impression that the entire disc is inaccessible or even empty.
Types of Actual Disc related Errors
There are two types of errors. They are:
Physical damage is done to disc: Physical damage here refers to the presence of foreign substances on the surface of the disc, scratches or marks of any kind. If this kind of damage occurs on a video disc, the repercussions include jumping, skipping or even macro blocking. These occur because the software uses the excess time to attempt rereading the faulty or difficult section. On occasion, the player might ignore or not detect the presence of the disc.
Data error: This, on the other hand, occurs right from the inputting of the information into the disc. It might occur as a result of incorrect referencing. That is to say that one of the folders or directories contained would have incorrect references to others. So on a structural level, the disc is flawed.
How to Repair Physical Damage Yourself
So, when you notice specks of dust or fingerprints or marks on your disc, it is recommended that you use a soft cloth to wipe the disc. This should be done in straight lines starting from the center to the edge. The disc is cleaned round this way. If after the cleaning, the problem persists, you might want to try your disc on another player or reader. If others read or play the disc, you should purchase a DVD or CD player lens cleaner for yours. However, if no player can play the disc, then you have a much more complicated situation on your hands and might want to opt for a data recovery procedure.
In most cases, simply cleaning the disc in the way mentioned above should solve the problem. But remember that all discs (whether burned at home or properly produced commercially) have a certain degree of error. The players and software used to read these discs are designed in a way that they overlook these inevitable errors or make up for them. However, when the error becomes much, then even the player could become helpless.


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This space age edifice is one of my favorite buildings in Los Angeles. It's called by the unfortunate plain wrap name, the "Theme Building", which for me asks more questions than it answers. Since 1961 it has greeted travelers to LAX but is now an unsecure building at the airport and underutilized. In simpler times it was a restaurant where travelers, who had time between flights, could enjoy a civilized sit-down meal with commanding views of the airport. (No. It doesn't revolve.) Nowadays to do that, you'd have to repeat the TSA nightmare again when you reenter the terminal for your flights. Even as a local, just to visit it, you have to run the incredibly frustrating traffic and parking gauntlet that is LAX. It's simply too much trouble for the public to get to. Too bad.
This image, taken a few years back, was when Disney was operating it and the lighting changed colors all night long. For me, it is one of the most striking examples of mid-century design ever and I'm very happy it's still there. Hopefully, with airport improvements going on, there is a plan to incorporate it back into the fabric of LAX. And maybe while they are at it they can come up with a better name!
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Krönikan i arjeplog Times nr 7
The Return of the Light
It is amazing to see how fast the light is returning to our area now at the beginning of the spring-winter season. You can almost see from day to day that the brighter part of the day is getting longer. At least you can feel it mentally, and as the daylight returns you start feeling stronger as the level of your energy rises. In many ways it feels like the awakening of Nature also awakens us human beings as well.
But most of all the return of the light is like a promise to us - a promise that spring will give birth to everything around us that is resting and waiting to blossom. It is also the promise of a coming summer which will give us the opportunity to charge our own personal batteries and to gather strength so we are able to make the best of everything.
Here in the north, the return of daylight is mainly a promise of the coming season of spring-winter. The fifth season is the best of all the seasons. It is when the days get warmer and sunnier but the nights are still cold enough to preserve the snow from melting too fast, so you can go out and enjoy the countryside.
The knowledge of what is coming makes us all expectant, almost like children at Christmas time. We are longing and yearning for the beautiful days we are used to in spring-winter, when the sky is almost unnaturally blue, the sun shines and the snow is incredibly white. All this creates a sparkling and breath-taking brightness that overwhelms you.
Anyhow, enjoy the return of the light and let the brightness embrace you!