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Maggie's 14.4Km
Bed and Continental Breakfast. Evening meal or BBQ available in a traditional French house, in a rural Breton village. 3 double en-suite. Lounge with Wi-Fi, TV, DVD, VCR and book library. Generally open throughout the year. Pets welcome, On site car parking with garage parking for motorcycles.
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L'Etable Du Moulin,.. 16.1Km
In the village of Mohon, 10 minutes from Josselin, comfortable double room in the annex of our farmhouse. Private shower room adjacent to the room. Private entrance. Tea/coffee making facilities. Terrace area with patio furniture. Garden view. Ground floor. Free Wifi and parking. Use of large recreational room with private dining area, free use of 1976 pub Juke-Box and Pool table. Mini-fridge for drinks and snacks to purchase. Mohon has a baker's, bar, general store and bank with ATM. We speak English & French Continental breakfast available at 6 per person
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La Mangeoire 21.6Km
We are pleased to welcome you to this breton farmhouse which has been renovated, guaranteeing comfort and authenticity. It is situated 2km from the medieval town of Josselin, where you can find shops, restaurants, crêperies and a cinéma.
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Pear Blossom House 22.0Km
Open all year. Near Lac de Guerlédan. A beautiful Maison de Maitre with lots of original character. Accommodation is en suite, Breakfast included. Nice views over the valley. Within walking distance of the Lac de Guerledan ( largest lake in Brittany ) with its pretty beaches and restaurants; nearby is horse riding, swimming, go carting, water sports, markets, etc. Breakfast is organic, milk, butter, OJ, etc. Jams and confitures all made with our own organic fruit. WiFi is available free. Short walk into the town for restaurants, bars, shops etc.
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Maison de L'Oiseau 22.7Km
A beautifully restored Breton cottage situated on the Nantes-Brest canal and just a few minutes from the center of the medieval market town of Josselin
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Gourvenec 23.5Km
bedroom in a "penty" (small house)independant renoved with charm.swimming pool it's compose with a bed 2 personns and a bed one personn, and a baby bed, a private bathroom, frigo, micro ondes..a big park and a swimming pool with aquabike loc.it's between josselin and Ploërmel next to broceliande's forest. 50 euros the night for 2 personns with breakfast resa by telephone.
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Le Prébédao 23.8Km
Ploeuc Sur Lié
Guestroom in a wooden house near the village. Large garden.
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58 Brambuan 24.4Km
5 minutes from the beautiful city of Josselin and the Nantes-Brest Canal. You now have the choice of 2 apartments: Stay in our ground floor apartment with its own entrance; ensuite shower room, private terrace and kitchenette. Suitable for guests with mobility problems. Dogs also welcome; Or, stay in "Le Grenier" - renovated in 2015 to create a large, airy and light apartment across the whole of the 2nd floor with a shower room, kitchenette and great views across the countryside. Free wifi, parking, bedding, towels and breakfast is included in the room price.
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Un Jardin à Moncont.. 25.5Km
Un Jardin à Moncontour : a guest house and a garden in front of Moncontour of Brittany (Côtes d'Armor), in lands and not too much far from the sea. The house of architect, contemporary, is particulary quiet. It is widely opened on the garden and on the medieval city. Your hosts, Christine and Daniel, are fascinated by art, by garden, and lover of Japan.
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La Vieille Boulange.. 26.8Km
The Old Bakery lies in 1 acre of grounds on the edge of the pretty Breton village of Langourla, just 15 minutes drive to the medieval town of Jugon les Lacs. The main house has 4 double & 1 twin bedrooms with private facilities offering a welcome drink on arrival and rates are inclusive of Continental Breakfast. Evening dinner can be arranged with advance notice.
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Lanmeur gite, St Ai.. 27.5Km
This modern house is located beside the Quenecan forest (3000ha, with many public footpaths), in a tranquil location yet within 5km of Cleguerec and St Aignan. The 2 bedroom property has a large enclosed south facing garden, with garden furniture, sun loungers,BBQ. The B&B is not just a bedroom, you get a lounge, kitchen /dining room! The nearby Guerledan lake and Nantes-Brest canal are ideal for walks, cycling, fishing, water sports, and the nearest town is the historical town of Pontivy.
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Au Domaine des Camé.. 28.0Km
Firstly, you will like the quietness of the property and the comfort of the rooms. We are situated in the middle of the south of Brittany, where the countryside will provide you well-being with its covered & heated pool from april to october
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Villa Tranquillité 8.7Km
Villa Tranquillité is well located in Brittany, near Pontivy (56) midway between Vannes and the south coast, and Saint-Brieuc and the north coast, with easy access to many famous sites: The Gulf of Morbihan and its islands ; the ocean beaches of Carnac and Erdeven ; the coast around Saint Brieuc and the Côte de Granit Rose ; St. Malo, and Mont St. Michel. The charm of the Nantes/ Brest Canal attracts many hikers, cyclists and recreational boat users. You will delight in its calm waters and mysteries. Our five guest rooms all have canal views, with either a bath or shower. They all include tea and coffee making facilities, with a wide selection of teas, coffees and infusions.
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Le Moulin de Bonamo.. 12.4Km
On the banks of the Oust in a magical and enchanting Bonamour the Mill welcomes you in its guest rooms theme.
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La Grande Maison 13.0Km
Restored farmhouse Within walking distance from the village facilities, Two Restaurant, village shop. Guests are accommodated in the farmhouse, owners live next door. The accommodation is private, Separate from the owners, with en-suite bathroom and use of the large farmhouse, open fire, central heating, living room with Satellite TV
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Maison Joseph 14.4Km
Traditional French chambres d'hotes in centre of a tranquil village. Charming old French house with a large garden, and secure off road parking for cars. A garage is available for motorbikes. The village has a bar, bakers, internet cafe/ library, and is 5 minutes from several restaurants. Pontivy is 10km from the village.
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Calmansac 16.3Km
Beautiful property comprising of 3 cottages, 3 bedrooms 2 and 1 bedroom all heated set in beautiful botanical gardens. we are located 50mins from the coast and central to many lovely locations to visit. we have a heated covered swimming pool. breakfast can be served to your cottage or enjoyed in our beautiful farmhouse kitchen plan a short break or your holiday for 2010 contact us for special prices.
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Gîtes de Kerlabo 17.3Km
We will be happy to make you discover our site, Kerlabo, located in the charming Brittany countryside. We have two gîtes that are part of an old XVIIIth farm. We have renovated them respecting the traditional construction techniques in order to respect the original architecture. Our cosy gîtes are ideal to spend relaxing times during one week-end or holidays. They will bring you all the comfort you need. Our first gîtes, la maison des charretiers can welcome five persons with one bedroom for two persons (1 bed of 160) and one bedroom for three persons (1 bed of 140 and one bed of 90). Our second gîtes, lécurie, can welcome four persons with one bedroom for two persons (bed of 140) and one bedroom for two persons (2 beds of 90).
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Apartment La Muloti.. 17.4Km
Located 43 km from Saint-Barthélemy, Apartment La Mulotiere I-730 offers accommodation in Mohon. The property is 48 km from Vannes and free private parking is provided. Composed of 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom with bath and shower, this holiday home features a TV. Other facilities at Apartment La Mulotiere I-730 include an outdoor pool. The nearest airport is St Jacques Airport, 57 km from Apartment La Mulotiere I-730.
Domaine des 2 Mers .. 18.1Km
Need to recharge your batteries, a change of scenery, consider the invigorating air of Brittany. We will be happy to welcome you to our beautiful Neo-Breton, nestled on a fenced and trees of 6000 m².
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Le Guily Farmhouse .. 18.3Km
Set in the heart of unspoilt countryside Le Guily (pronounced Gilly) offers superb holiday cottages and is ideally situated for exploring Brittany and further afield in France. With its own unique atmosphere Le Guily is a wonderful place to ensure a tranquil, relaxing but not isolated French holiday. We have two cottages; La Maison du Jardin with 5 bedrooms and Les Marrons with 4.
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Merveilleuses Vacan.. 18.8Km
In summer 2016 we expanded our business with the opening of a charming cottage vacation. It is carefully that we renovated the farmhouse, which now can accommodate up to 4 people. You share the rest of the garden with customers of B & Bs, but can admire the beautiful countryside from a private terrace.
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"la Clôture" 19.2Km
"La Clôture" is a small Bed&Breakfast/Studio. As a B&B we propose a minimum stay of 2 nights with includes breakfast. It is also possible to rent the studio for a whole week with a minimum of 5 days. In the summer kitchen I created the possibility to prepare your own breakfast or a simple meal.
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Ty Mylene 20.8Km
At the heart of Brittany, between Josselin and the forest of Brocéliande, Anne and Philippe welcome you in a XVIIIth century farmhouse, old cider dinner served for residents at night.
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Maison de Vacances .. 21.5Km
Mur de Bretagne is located in Brittany Centre 2 km from Lake Guerledan. This ideal location will allow you access to the whole of Britain to discover the richness of its heritage and its different landscapes. This is one of the most beautiful regions of Argoat near Lake Guerledan and beaches, equidistant from the Gulf of Morbihan and the pink granite coast.
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Gitedegroupebretagn.. 21.6Km
La mangeoire Gîte de groupe - gîte d'étape près de JOSSELIN dans le MORBIHAN - BRETAGNE SUD accueil de groupes en chambres individuelles tout confort jusqu'à 20 personnes pour vos randonnées à pied ou à bicyclette , à 2 kms du canal de Nantes à Brest et son chemin de halage raccordé aux voies vertes bretonnes.
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Le Val de Landrouet 21.7Km
Holiday Village mobile home, in the Val de Landrouet Merdrignac -50% discount on bed and breakfasts and mobile homes for the week from 4 to 11 July
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Le Clos des Hortens.. 22.1Km
In a 19th century house in Granite completely transformed, Isabelle and Pascal welcome you with their four guest rooms, all with sd water and toilet with a cottage for 2 persons (weekend or week rental), a relaxation area , a wooden terrace with loungers, enclosed garden at the center of the old town
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Gîte de France Cote.. 22.8Km
Lodging located in the center of Brittany in the Cote D'Armor at the edge of Morbihan and Ille Et VilaineE on the town of 2830 inhabitants Merdrignac you will find shops and different activities. It is located about an hour from both coasts HANDLE (Pléneuf Val André, Erquy, Cape Freels, Cancale, Dinard, St Malo) and Atlantic (Gulf of Morbihan, Vannes, Lorient, Belle Ile en Mer, Quibron). You can discover the local heritage, the medieval city of Moncontour, Dinan and its walls, the Forla latte and the Broceliande forest and its legends.
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L'ecrin De Bois 22.9Km
Located in central Brittany, you will love the green wood, with its calm and relaxing environment. Ideally located 800 m from Lake Guerlédan and close to the greenway, you can indulge in walking, biking, running, horse riding, fishing ....
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Chambre d'hotes de .. 23.0Km
In South Brittany in the Morbihan near Vannes, our guest house of character in the campaign. Spacious rooms, table d'hote copious, Spa Jacuzzi, massages, are available for stays well-being, relaxation weekend, relaxing holiday.
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Maison Du Xvième au.. 23.3Km
Charming house of the XVIth century listed historical monuments in the heart of the historic town of Josselin. 2 bedrooms (sleeps 5), 1 bathroom, 1 living room / kitchen, possibility of 2 additional beds in the sofa. Kitchen: oven, microwave, ceramic hob 4 burners, refrigerator, robot, mixer, toaster, coffee maker, kettle, rice maker. 2 TVs (living room, 1 bedroom). Linen provided (sheets and towels - bring your beach towels).
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Les Logis de Ste Cr.. 23.4Km
The Logis de Ste Croix it is a bed and breakfast of charm for two people to have breakfast house and/or a family room for 4 people in the former old priory of the XIth century; two houses of 75 m2, high tide foot, an accommodation of 40 m2, the whole in a 2 hectare park, on a natural and historic site in south Morbihan in the small medieval city of Josselin between Rennes and Lorient. You can visit the castle of Dukes de Rohan and walk along the canal from Nantes to Brest. Visit the web site you will find all the details, the visitor
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Les Cèdres Bleus 23.4Km
- Rent 3 guest rooms bright and spacious in quiet countryside - flowery place, private parking, private entrance - very touristy location (20 minutes from Vannes and 20 minutes from the Dark Forest)
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Bienvenue à la Ferm.. 24.5Km
We are farmers and Breton Cléguérec for generations. . . We are very pleased to open the doors of our home and welcome you in one of our cottages in our recently converted granite farmhouse surrounded by greenery
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Manoir Desnachez 24.9Km
The Manor Desnachez is the peace and quiet in the countryside, in the center of Brittany, between the forest of Brocéliande and Josselin. Le Manoir Desnachez be your stop where you can touring through the Brittany. This beautiful 15th century's guets house has a park, with waterfall, several terraces at different heights. Enjoy around our Guest Table our cuisine mainly based on local products and from our garden. In the evening, guests can relax in the Jacuzzi and sauna. And let Carole take care of you: modeling, makeup, hair removal ...
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Beau Maison 26.4Km
Beau Maison is a family holiday cottage situated in the small hamlet of Couroussaine in the village of Guilliers. Its quiet countryside location makes it an ideal retreat for families and friends and its ideally situated in the heart of Brittany to explore the surrounding areas & coast. There is lots of beautiful countryside on its doorstep to explore on foot or by bicycle, surrounded by woodlands and farmland. The village of Guilliers has all the essentials youd expect to find in a typical Breton village, a boulangerie, boucherie, pharmacy, post office & church.
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La Grange au Son 26.5Km
Ecological bed and breakfast cob cottage in brittany near the forest of broceliande renovated by some lovers of nature.
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Frairie du Divit 26.5Km
On the hills of the Blavet valley, next to the Golf of Rimaison, between Pontivy and Baud, the Frairie welcomes you in the calm countryside. Situated in a big garden the Frairie proposes 3 B&B rooms in a traditional britanny longhouse from the 16th century. Things to do: hiking, gold, horseback riding, fishing, art in the chapels and in 2015 the empty lake of Guerledan
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Petit Guemene 26.9Km
Guemene sur Scorff Morbihan
Southern Brittany, charming 6-bed cottage with exposed stone walls, original beams, chestnut floors and private garden, in a bustling medieval village - Guemene - was beautifully renovated in 2008 to a very high standard. Fabulous location for golfing and cycling along the nearby canals.
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Pont Ar Bail 26.9Km
Pleumeur Bodou
In the heart of Côte de Granit Rose, between the Radome and the beach, a character cottage awaits you. This former Breton farm, all of stone, wood, lime and hemp will seduce you with its comfortable interior. can accommodate six people, enclosed garden, patio, parking, separate entrance.
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Botponal 27.1Km
House-Botponal is a lodge and stay with B & B in the heart of Brittany, just steps from Lake Guerledan and not far from the Abbey of Bon Repos and the canal from Nantes to Brest .
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Ty Skol (the School.. 27.3Km
Stay at Ty Skol and you can have a peaceful holiday. In the calm of this old country schoolhouse you can relax and recharge your batteries, take a break from the pressures of work. You can explore the wonderful countryside, pretty towns and villages of Morbihan. The GR37, Lac du Guerlédan and Nantes-Brest canal are all nearby. There are 2 double bedrooms available, and a large single. All bedlinen and towels in 100% cotton. We are happy to accept children over ten years
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Kirnanogh 27.6Km
Guest rooms in a former post house tastefully renovated near Cléguérec and Lake Guerlédan . The property is located 3 km from the village, near the forest Quénécan , the Nantes- Brest canal and less than an hour north and south beaches of Brittany. Private land with pool, terrace , garden furniture , barbecue.
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Merlinange 28.3Km
We welcome you to our farmhouse "standing" on a field 50ares wooded and fenced where your children can find the outdoor games at their disposal to have fun safely. Located in the Dark Forest, 10 minutes from the castle of Comper (Arthurian center), Val sans Retour, the Fountain of Barenton, you can explore the regions of Merlin and King Arthur and discover many marvels of nature. Welcome to the land of fairies and magic.
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Poterie de Lezerhy 28.7Km
Bieuzy les Eaux
Welcome to Lezerhy a hamlet in the heart of the Blavet Valley Martine and Philippe welcome you in their house, an old farmhouse from the 18th century. Two double rooms with shower and W. Private C, a living room overlooking the garden and a small kitchen are available. You will find rest and peace, maybe you will see during a walk along the water a few herons and kingfishers.
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Gite Le Rose - Gite.. 28.7Km
Beautiful cottage near the lake, Lac de Guerledan
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Ty Ru Vraz 29.2Km
I offer 2 guest rooms with bathroom and toilet in a village of central Brittany. Calm, rest, hikes and walks, visits of cultural heritage, many local celebrations and festivals .... will be waiting for you to stay.
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Chambres d'Hôtes de.. 29.7Km
THE PEACE AND THE CHARM OF CENTRAL BRITTANY for a " bath of chlorophyle " Our house of the XVIIéme welcomes you at 500 metres of prestigious basilica of Quelven and its baroque organs. We can also make you discover our horses, our passion of the history of Brittany... 5 certified bedrooms 3 spurs Gites of France. Each of the rooms propose you a different théme.
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Re: Re: Re: st: pick maximum,minimum, mode and median among scalars
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:35:00 -0400
Hi, Nick,
You are right that the definition for indexes of min, max and median
are unclear when a set of number has repeated (tied) values. In my
case, the chace to have repreated values in a set of number is very
slim because this set is coefficients of the same indepdendent
variable in 81 different regression under different assumption. When
this set has 81 unique values (hopefully), it should be able to
identify the median of these 81 values. I want to see what the
assumption is when the coeficient reaches its min, median and max.

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Codex Junius 11 HTML version
Liber I.39
(ll. 2691-2716) And Abraham answered: "I did it not in guile or hatred, nor yet to
work thee any woe. But I was far from mine own people, prince of men, and
shielded me by craft from, violence and death. Since Holy God first led me forth
of old from the home of my lord and father, desolate of friends, I have visited
many a people, many an alien race, and this woman with me. And ever this fear
was in my heart, seeing I was a stranger, lest some foe should slay me, and take
this woman to himself. Wherefore I said that Sarah was my sister, and this I told
the war-smiths everywhere on earth where we two homeless needs must dwell
with strangers. And so I did in this land also, mighty prince, when I came under
thy protection. I knew not if the fear of God Almighty was among this people,
when first I came here. Therefore, with care, I hid from thee and from thy thanes
the truth, that Sarah was my wife and shared my bed."
(ll. 2717-2722) Then Abimelech began to endow Abraham with treasure, and
gave him his wife again; and because he had taken his wife he gave him, to boot,
wandering herds and servants and gleaming silver. And the lord of men said also
unto Abraham:
(ll. 2723-2726) "Abide with us and choose thee a dwelling in this land, and an
abode whereso it pleaseth thee; thee must I keep. Be thou a faithful friend, and
we will give thee riches."
(ll. 2727-2735) And the dispenser of treasure spake also unto Sarah, and said:
"No need hath Abraham, thy lord, to reproach thee, O maiden of elfin beauty,
because thou hast trod my halls. With gleaming silver will I make requital for this
wrong. Care not to go forth from this folk-land, seeking elsewhere unknown
friends, but dwell ye here."
(ll. 2736-2741) And Abraham did according to the bidding of the prince, accepting
the friendship offered by his lord, with love and favour. Dear was he unto God;
knowing great blessedness and peace, and walking in his Lord's protection and
under the shelter of His wings, so long as his life endured.
(ll. 2742-2759) Yet was God still angered against Abimelech for the wrong he
had wrought against Sarah and against Abraham, in severing the bonds of these
beloved, man and wife. He suffered woe and bitter punishment; the maidens,
slave nor free, might not bear children to their lords, but God denied them, till
holy Abraham prayed his Lord, Eternal God, for mercy. And the Lord of angels
granted him his prayer, and for the king restored fertility to man and maid, to
slave and free. The Lord of heaven suffered again their number to increase, their
riches and possessions; and the Almighty Warden of mankind was merciful of
heart unto Abimelech, as Abraham besought Him.


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Weary Palestinians cautious about change
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Women in the centre of Ramallah beside election posters for Mahmoud Abbas, who said Palestinians would start carrying out their security commitments under the US-backed peace plan.
Photo: Reuters
The pundits and politicians may yet prove right and this week's election of a new Palestinian president may usher in a new era of peace and progress in the Middle East.
But in the Palestinian territories this week, ordinary people were going quietly about their business, war-weary and resigned, shielding their hopes with their caution.
"We hope that it will achieve security and more job opportunities for people and such things," said Randa Abu Daher, 31, a mother of seven out shopping in Ramallah.
"But the problem is if Israel starts to demand things like asking Abu Mazen to suppress Hamas for it. Then it will go wrong. Everybody is tired and fed up and would like to have a nicer life, especially in Gaza where people have been under pressure for so long. We hope that in the end Egypt and the US will force Israel to make peace."
She hoped for a renewal of the short-lived unilateral Palestinian ceasefire of 2003.
"The problem is whether Israel will keep their promises by withdrawing (from Gaza). As a mother of children, I'd like another ceasefire for their sake, so they can grow up safe."
Another Ramallah mother, Ferial Zahran, said she would be in favour of any agreement that would make daily life easier.
"It doesn't matter who won the election," she said. "The important thing is that we should have more work and we can move about and have a nicer life. Me, I can't even go to Jerusalem. My ear doctor is there and I can't go to see him because of the checkpoints."
Mohammed Kader, 36, a sound engineer and teacher at Bir Zeit University, was almost optimistic.
"I think President Abu Mazen has long political experience and he talked through things on the Arab level and the international level. The most important thing is he has a name for negotiating and talking. I think there will be changes - they could be good or bad, but there will be change."
He agreed with Mahmoud Abbas' calls for a halt to Palestinian attacks against Israel.
"It gave so many impressions of us to the world. But I'm not against fighting Israel. It's our right, but not in this way. If we made our problem a humanitarian issue in the eyes of the world, then we could win. We have the United Nations, the Arab League, the Europeans, we can go to these and ask them for help."
Mohammed Abu Barra, 28, a father of two and Hamas supporter, was helping his cousin watch a clothes stall by the side of the road. He had no welcome for the new Palestinian President.
"Abu Mazen was elected by America and Israel and he didn't need my vote," he said.
"I was part of the resistance and I was shot with seven bullets by the Israelis. When Abu Mazen said that resistance is like terrorism, then there was no chance of any in my group voting for him. I want somebody to defend my dignity and my honour and right to resist the occupation. I want somebody who can bring us back to the 1967 borders."
But didn't Hamas officially demand the reconquest of all of historic Palestine, including Israel?
"I know that the 1948 borders are not something we are going to get, but we should have all of 1967."
He thought that Mr Abbas would face even more pressure than the late Yasser Arafat to make concessions and have less room to manoeuvre.
"It's not in Israel's interests to have peace," he said. "If they want peace they can make it.
"The problem is that what they really want is to transfer all of us out of this country and have only Jews here. That's been their aim since 1948 and it's still their aim."


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Herman Miller wins RPA Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award
Company saved $46,000 by using reusables on one component.
in the NewsDorner expands internationalreach with acquisition of Mexico-based Sautem Material Handling Education Foundation establishes Willard P. Heddles Memorial Scholarship Fund Unlock the Value of Your Supply Chain Through Embedded Analytics Freightos report takes deep dive into the 'digitization' of freight forwarding Making the Case: A Modern-Day Transportation Management System More News
Herman Miller Inc. is the winner of the Reusable Packaging Association's first annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award. The winner was announced and the award was presented at PACK EXPO in Chicago. Herman Miller won the award for using reusable packaging for the shipping and handling of a component on a chair assembly line, saving the company $46,000 annually in material and labor.
"Herman Miller has been using returnable packaging throughout the company for more than 20 years as a step toward environmental sustainability," said Cindy Doman, packaging engineer at Herman Miller. "As we understand better the positive financial impact it can also have on our manufacturing process, we are looking for other opportunities to use reusable packaging. We applaud the RPA for its work in educating companies about the positive impact that well-designed returnable packaging can have on people and profitability as well as the environment."
"We were really pleased with the strength and number of entries for the award. And all the submissions will strengthen our growing library of best practices to help educate other companies," said Mike Hachtman, RPA chairman of the board and president of ReLogistics. "We congratulate Herman Miller for winning the award, and for its innovative and beneficial use of reusable packaging."
Herman Miller's entry detailed the benefits gained when the company switched from expendable packaging to a returnable filler with crosslink foam for the shipping and handling of an office chair component. The part is a "Y" shaped plastic part called a "spine" that is assembled on its SAYL office chair.
The part was being shipped into Herman Miller Greenhouse in corrugated boxes that would be re-used several times before being recycled. By switching to the reusable solution, the company has gained the following measurable outcomes:
• Saved 63 minutes per day in handling of the parts; this equates yearly to 266 hours
• Using 4,300 fewer boxes saving 24,645 pounds of corrugated per year
• Achieved a combined material and labor saving of $46,000
• Eliminated the need for two warehouse skid locations
• Eliminated movement of heavy boxes from skid to roller conveyor by a material handler, and eliminated need to cut them open with a knife
• Eliminated handling of boxes by part supplier
"We always consider the role of returnable packaging in new product launches because we understand the benefits of using it," said Doman. "This project alone eliminated 24,645 pounds of corrugated per year. It might not sound like a lot, but this is only one case study of one part. There are hundreds of other case studies that would have similar results at Herman Miller. We will continue to be stewards of the environment for years to come."
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Pay Day (board game)
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Box cover and game layout, Winning Moves 30th Anniversary edition
|Paul J. Gruen
|Parker Brothers
Winning Moves
|2 to 4
|Age range
|8 and up
|Setup time
|5 minutes
|Playing time
|45-60 minutes
|Random chance
|Skill(s) required
Money Management
Pay Day is a board game originally made by Parker Brothers (now a subsidiary of Hasbro) in 1975. It was invented by Paul J. Gruen of West Newbury, Massachusetts, United States, one of the era's top board game designers. It was Gruen's most successful game, outselling Monopoly in its first production year. Pay Day is currently marketed by Winning Moves.
- This section is based on the 1975-era rules.
The object is to be the player who has the most cash and savings at the end of the game. The length of the game is decided by the players. With four players, a 3 month game takes about an hour and a 6 month game takes about 2 hours.
The game is played with game board, one die, four playing pieces, play money (denominations of £100, £500, £1000, £5000, £10000), 16 "Deal" cards, 72 "Mail" cards (some editions have 64), and a "Savings and Loan Calculator" (older versions have a "Savings and Loan" pad plus a table to calculate savings interest at 10% or loan interest at 20%), and four purple pegs for "savings and loans" pad (if old version).
Each player starts with $325 (or one $100 bill, two $50's, three $20's, four $10's, and five $5's). One player is selected to go first. Players roll the die and advances their playing piece from 1 to 6 spaces as indicated on the die. The player follows the instructions shown on the calendar space on the game board. There are 31 days in a Pay Day month.
Deal and Mail cards[edit]
If a player lands on either a "Deal" or "Mail" space, they will then select the appropriate card(s) from the top of the specified deck.
Deal Cards[edit]
The player has the option of purchasing the "Deal" for the cost indicated immediately or returning the card to the bottom of the deck. (One may take out a loan to pay for the deal.) The "Deal" is held until that player lands on a "Buyer" space at any time during the duration of the game. A "Deal" card has no value if it remains unsold at the end of the game. Whenever a "Deal" is purchased, all players have an opportunity to win the "Commission" indicated on the "Deal" card. Each player in turn rolls the die, with the highest roller collecting the "Commission" from the bank.
Mail Cards[edit]
Mail cards have varying content, just like real mail. Some mail cards are bills, some are fortuitous collections, and some are just entertaining (postcards and advertisements.)
Bills are due at the end of the month (unless cancelled by Insurance, see below), while collections (except for Lottery Tickets) are payable immediately. Postcards and junk mail are immediately discarded.
Three types of mail cards are "special" mail cards which have unique rules:
- Lottery Ticket
- If a player gets a lottery ticket in the mail, that player can cash in the value of the ticket only if that player lands on the Lottery Draw space during the month they receive it in the mail. After the end of the month, if it is not redeemed, it becomes void and must be returned to the bottom of the Mail pile.
- Swellfare
- If a player's loan, plus loan interest due, plus bills are greater than their total amount of cash, they are in debt. That player may bet up to $100, then if that player rolls a 5 or a 6, they collect 10 times the amount bet; otherwise, the amount bet goes into the pot. Swellfare cards not used are immediately discarded.
- Insurance
- If a player receives a mailing for either auto insurance ("Carr Insurance Co.") or health insurance ("Aches & Pains Insurance Co."), the player may purchase insurance at their option. If purchased, the insurance is good for the entire game and will automatically cancel any related bills (including those already held by the player). Insurance cards not used are immediately discarded.
Daylight Savings[edit]
Each player in turn, starting with the player who landed there, moves their token back one space and follows the instructions as in a regular turn. If a player's game piece is on the "Start" space when another player lands on "Daylight Savings", they simply collect another $325 and leave the game piece on "Start." The "Daylight Savings" process takes place only once on any turn and should not be repeated if a player lands there as a result of another player having landed there first.
Town election[edit]
All players must contribute to the town election. ($50 per person.)If a player does not have the cash, they must withdraw from their savings, or take out or increase a loan. The next player to roll a 6 during the course of the game wins the Pot (including any "Swellfare" money that may already be in there).
Poker game[edit]
Each player has the option of placing $100 on the board. All poker game participants roll the die. The highest roller collects all of the money.
When a player lands on Buyer, if they have a Deal card, they put it back in the Deal deck and get the value of what the card says. If the player has more than one Deal card, they put one back.
Savings and loans[edit]
A player may have either a savings account or a loan, but never both at the same time.
- Savings
- Players may start or add to their savings only on Pay Day. Players may withdraw all or part of their savings only on Pay Day (if the player wishes to withdraw at another time, they must pay a $50 fee). A player receives 10% interest on the balance in his/her savings account every time he lands on Pay Day. For easy calculation of interest on savings or loans refer to the Interest Table.
- Loans
- A loan may be taken out or increased at any time in $100 increments. A player must pay 20% interest on his/her outstanding loan balance every time they land on Pay Day. Loans may only be paid off on Pay Day.
Sweet Sunday[edit]
As the name indicates, Sweet Sunday spaces have neither an award nor a penalty, just a space to "rest".
Pay Day[edit]
Stop here, regardless of additional counts on the die. When you reach "Pay Day," go through the following steps in this order:
- Collect monthly wages of $325.00.(Except on the last month.)
- Collect 10% interest on any savings account, or pay 20% interest due on any outstanding loan.
- Pay all bills received during the month and place them in the discarded mail stack. If a player does not have enough cash, they must withdraw money from their savings account. If one does not have a savings account, then that player must take out or increase a loan. The banker must show these changes in that player's section of the savings and loan calculator.
- OPTIONAL: A player may pay off all or any part of their loan, remove money from their savings without paying a fine, or add to their savings account. Any such transaction can only be in $100 increments.
- Discard any unused Lottery Tickets. At the end of the last month of play you must also discard all "Deal" cards.
- Have the banker note what month that player is starting. Place their game piece on the "Start" space unless they have finished their last month of play. If continuing, they will start off again on their next turn.
The player who finishes the game with the most money (cash plus savings or cash minus loans) after all players clearing the set number of months before the play starts is the winner. If all players are "in the negative" (all have loans exceeding their cash), then whoever is the least "in the negative" wins.
External links[edit]
- Pay Day at BoardGameGeek
- Pay Day - rules on the revised 1994–present edition


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|Sand Hutton
"Some water, coal, and oil is all we ask,
And a thousandth of an inch to give us play
And now if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four-and-twenty hours a day"
"The Secret of the Machines" (Kipling)
At the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds, not far from Stamford Bridge, where once a great battle was fought between Harold, the last Saxon King, and Harold of Norway, lies Sand Hutton Hall, nestling in one of the prettiest spots to be found in the County of York. Surrounded by a wealth of trees in a large park, the Hall, the residence of Major Sir Robert Walker, Bart., can only be seen when close to it. The house originally was early Georgian, but it has been so added to from time to time that, externally, it does not appear to belong to any particular period, although the unusual thickness of the walls and evidence of the presence of the Adam Brothers inclines one to think it was built about 1700. The new part of the house was built by the second Baronet, 1887. At all events it has a very pleasing appearance from whichever angle it is viewed. To the right green meadows stretch (in which there is a perfect cricket pitch) as far as the eye can see, and from the front of the house one sees in the foreground the lake, further away, woodland, and still further the white chalk of the Yorkshire Wolds, with the road winding up through the trees to Garrowby Hill Top in the distance.
It is rather interesting to remark that the existence of the lake is evidence of two thoughts, one that the unemployment problem was by no means unknown a hundred years ago, and the other is that the sound practical way of relieving the unemployment was not to give them the dole but to give them work. When unemployment was rife in the East Riding, ** Walker immediately engaged a large number of men to improve his estates, one of the results being the creation of an artificial, but nevertheless very pretty piece of water. The chalk hills in the distance mark the Yorkshire residence of the present Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin.
No one, once having put his foot inside the Hall at Sand Hutton, comes away without being impressed with the feeling of an honest hospitality which pervades the whole house. Hospitality seems to be the ultima thule of a Walker's existence. There is in the dining room, a large oil painting of a cheerful looking gentleman in military uniform. His name was Colonel Childers. In his day it was - before the advent of railways - the custom of people in his position to stay with their friends for a considerable period when they paid each other visits - a length of time which would wear present day hospitality absolutely threadbare. Colonel Childers drove up one day in his coach-and-four to stay at Sand Hutton Hall for the month for which he was invited. A month went by, then another, and Xmas cheer succeeded shooting and hunting. A year rolled by, season following season, the host the essence of hospitality and the guests fully satisfied with his fare. Eventually the time came for the Colonel to shake off the trammels of this earth and to seek the hospitality of the land beyond the Styx. Yes, he died, an honoured guest to the end, and he was buried by his host at Sand Hutton with all reverence after having stayed with him for twenty-five years!!!
I believe the progeny of one of the Colonel's mares, which he "tooled" up the drive when he went to stay a month as a guest of the first Baronet, are still at Sand Hutton, such is the hospitality of that hospitable house. I don not know who painted the Colonel's portrait, but I have no doubt whatever that his host paid for it! And the hospitality of the present Baronet shows no diminution whatsoever in the time-honoured traditions of Sand Hutton. Amongst the noted guests was the late lamented Duke of Clarence, when he was an office in the 10th Hussars, then quartered in York in the nineties. He spent much of his time when he was off-duty at Sand Hutton, and there is a window in the Parish Church dedicated to his memory.
The Walkers originated in Lancashire, one James Walker being a prominent merchant in Manchester where he died in the year 1690. Later on, it is interesting to note a descendant, James Walker, a Fellow of the Royal Society, acquired the Manor of what is now called Springhead near Hull, from whence this city obtains its mains water supply, and the old Manorhouse is, to this day, the property of the present Baronet of Sand Hutton. This James Walker, F.R.S., was succeeded by his son, also a James, who acquired property in Beverley, and is described in the family records as "of Springhead and Beverley." This son married the only daughter and heiress of John Porter, of Kingston-upon-Hull, after whom a street in this city is now called. This James Walker, who died in 1829, was succeeded in due course to the estates by his son, James, who was created a Baronet in 1863, and thus became the first Baronet.
Sir James became possessed of Sand Hutton and other property not only in Yorkshire, but in Buckinghamshire. He was an M.A., a Justice of the Peace, a Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire, and was High Sheriff of the county in 1846. He married in 1829 the daughter of Robert Denison, of Kilnwick Percy, by whom he had one son, James, who eventually became the second baronet. Sir James Walker, first baronet, married secondly the daughter of the Rev. Robert Stephen Thompson, of Bilbrough, Yorks., by whom he had some notable sons, who have written their names in large letters in the annals of Yorkshire. I may remark, incidentally, that the Thompson's, through marriage with an heiress of the De Meysey's, eventually became Meysey-Thompson, a well-known name in Yorkshire - head of the family being the present Lord Knaresborough.
Sir James' eldest son, by his second marriage, was Frederick James, M.V.O., M.A., D.L. for the North Riding of Yorkshire. His second son was the famous Admiral of the Hall, Beverley, who has but recently passed away. This son, Charles Francis Walker, Rear Admiral, married the daughter of the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, brother of the Earl of Feversham. The third son by Sir James' second marriage was Edwin, who married the daughter of the late Mr William Belbell, of Risa Park. The fourth son, Gerald, married the daughter of the late Mr Henry Darley, of Aldby Park. The next son died unmarried, but the sixth son, Henry Stephen Walker, married the eldest daughter of Mr Henry Mason, once of Kingston-upon- Hull. The seventh son married the daughter of a well-remembered Yorkshire ecclesiastic, the "Venerable" James Palmes, Doctor of Divinity and Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It can therefore be seen that the Walker family is as much an integral part of the county of broad acres as the soil itself.
To return to Sir James Walker, second Baronet, the first Baronet's son by his first marriage, was, like his father, a Deputy Lieutenant, and a J.P. of Yorkshire and was a Member for Beverley from 1859 to 1865. In 1863 he married the daughter of Sir John Heron Maxwell, Baronet of Springkell, and died in 1699? being succeeded to the vast estates by his eldest son, James Heron Walker. This Sir James, the third baronet of Sand Hutton, married the daughter of Major General St. John Ives and by her had four sons and one daughter. The eldest son of this marriage is the present gallant and genial Major Sir Robert James Milo, fourth Baronet, the owner of Sand Hutton and other extensive properties.
Sir Robert James Milo Walker, fourth Baronet, was born on the 18th March 1899. After being educated at Eton as a boy, he went on to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of Master of Arts, as well as an Honours degree in History and became a member of the University Senate. In due course he passed from his college into the Regular Army as a University Candidate and immediately joined that splendid regiment, the Coldstream Guards, a regiment for which Sir Robert has undying affection. He was on leave at home when war broke out in 1914, but immediately (on the 4th of August, the day it commenced) he rejoined the Coldstream Guards and all his eligible men - about forty five - who had had six years military training ******** the Green Howards. Sir Robert had previously founded the local detachment when Lord Haldane's Territorial scheme came into execution, being one of the first landowners to place the scheme on a sound military footing.
After serving as Adjutant of the 21st Battalion Royal Fusiliers, to which he was appointed by the late General Sir Francis Lloyd, he proceeded on active service, but after a comparatively short time, he was invalided home on account of appendicitis, and never being passed for further active service, he was elected one of four officers to proceed to New Zealand and assist in the training of their Forces. Incidentally, he had the honour of assisting to train the present Prime Minister of that great Dominion, Major Coates, M.C., and for his services received the thanks of the New Zealand parliament.
Following his return from New Zealand he left the Coldstream Guards for a short period and became second in command of his old Territorial Regiment, 5th Battalion Green Howards. Afterwards he rejoined the Coldstream Guards as a Major, is also the Founder and President of the Old Coldstreamers Club, situate in Park Street, Hull, which is a well known feature in the military life of the city.
With regard to the Old Coldstreamers Club at Hull, I believe the branch of the association was the first to be formed, and at the request of Sir Robert, this was done in 1913. The title "Old" Coldstreamers is a misnomer, as every serving officer and man in the regiment is entitled to join at once. The Great War intervened; and it was not until 1919, when a suitable house was acquired, and the club premises obtained. As the Coldstream Guards recruit largely in Hull, there has always been satisfactory membership, many of the men joining the Hull city police after their three years service.
Sir Robert Walker succeeded his father as fourth baronet in 1900 and in 1913 married Mrs Synolda Emily, the daughter of Mr Augustine Harvey, (of) Thursby Pelham, by whom he has two sons, James Heron, born in 1914, who is his heir apparent. He married secondly in 1923 Miss Esme Ethel Al**, [AK there is a black line down the right hand side of the column which obscures 2 or 3 letters of words on this side - some I can decipher, others I cannot] daughter of the late Capt. Granville Montmorency de Beaumont, the present gracious lady, whose portrait, painted by the late Mr C, Sims, adorns the walls of Sand Hutton and is here specially reproduced by the kind permission of Sir Robert.
Lady Walker is, I regret to write, at present seriously ill in a London nursing home. There are a number of large photographs of her in Sir Robert's rooms, taken, of course, from life, all of them being so extraordinarily like a painting that the latter must be a good p** of portraiture. One cannot, alas, say that of the majority of portraits! It will be recalled that Mr Sims (who has recently died) sent some particularly weird pictures to the Royal Academy which attracted a considerable amount of notice. This picture of Lady Walker, and also his of Sir Robert, is considered one of the best examples of his work.
Perhaps the most interesting of the pictures is a wonderful collection of prints in connection with the Baronet's old regiment, the Coldstream Guards. They are all valuable coloured prints showing the evolution of the regimental equipment of all ranks from the inception of this celebrated unit in His Majesty's Fighting Forces. This collection must be unique, for a number of these most interesting studies are the only known originals in the world. The whole of two sides of Sir Robert's study is taken up with these prints which commence with one of two soldiers showing how the men were dressed years ago, and going on step by step, year by year, until we come to the present day. A great number have been painted by the late Mr A.P. Simpkins, the well-known painter of army types. In the dining room are some really very fine paintings, the most striking being the one on the walls of Lady Walker, by C. Sims, which is here reproduced.
[Photo in middle of article of Lady Walker, by Herbert Speed, York. She is dressed in a summer dress, holding a sun hat, and seems to be in front of Sand Hutton Hall, but it is very faint, and the building is mostly obscured.]
On the left is a full-length portrait, also by Sims, of Sir Robert, the present baronet. There is also a painting of Sir Robert's great-great grandfather, James Walker, Esq., and one of the third Baronet, the father of the present holder of the **** in his uniform. There is one of the Hon. Mrs Ives, who married the Major-General Ives of the Horse Guards, upon whom I have previously remarked. This portrait is by Clauson. The second Baronet, Sir James Robert Walker, is here in the handsome uniform of the Yorkshire Hussars, and his wife - who was a Heron-Maxwell - these latter two fine portraits were painted by the President of the Royal Academy.
It is in this room, the dining room, where the portrait of Colonel Childers, who made a lengthy stay at Sand Hutton is hung, a very suitable room for it to be in! Passing out of this room into the hall one's eye is attracted by one of the largest and finest heads of a Cape Buffalo it is possible to find and then we look at the representatives in two glass cases of two enormous poke caught in the lake in front of the house by Major Percy Stewart, who has shot and fished in every part of the world. The fine chairs in the hall have recently come from Beverley Hall, the residence of "the Admiral," who died not long ago. There is also in the hall a painting of His Majesty's ship "Walker," a destroyer named by the Admiralty after him, which is regarded as a great compliment.
Mounting the handsome oak staircase we find more portraits. One of the first baronet, one of Alice Walker (nee Goodwin), wife of James Walker Esq., F.R.S., of Springhead, Hull (by Allan Ramsey), one of the same gentleman, painted, in 1768, by Pickering. One of W. Thornton Esq., brother-in-law of Mr John Porter, of Kingston-upon-Hull, and one of Sarah Thornton, his wife. A very striking portrait is of James Walker, Springhead and Beverley, who was born 1753, and died in 1829, as a boy. He is wearing a beautiful painted scarlet coat, which almost tells you the texture of it, and is carrying an old-fashioned hunting crop.
Sir Robert Walker has a number of interests in his estate, but there are two outstanding features - his Fire Brigade and his light railway. In the former he takes the liveliest interest, the Sand Hutton Fire Brigade was originally commenced as a hobby by his father, the late Sir James Walker, 3rd Baronet, who after returning from an active career took up the subject to benefit those who were beyond the ordinary radius of a fire station.
[At bottom of page is a photograph entitled "Sand Hutton Fire Brigade" by Herbert Speed, York. The caption says, "Major Sir Robert Walker, Bart., is centre". The photo is faint, but shows the fire brigade - about 20 men - and what looks like two fire engines outside Sand Hutton Hall.]
Sir Robert has followed in his father's footsteps in this respect, and has organised what is probably the most efficient local fire brigade in this country. He has built, in close proximity to his house, not more than fifty yards from it - a large garage in which he keeps three fire engines with all the proper equipment for immediate service.
The three fire engines are typical of the advance made in the science of engineering and are all made by the famous firm of Merryweathers, of London, the oldest, and, I believe, the original, bears the date 1899, and was used by Sir Robert's father. It is of the twist bar type and consumes coal, but nevertheless a perfectly safe reserve engine. The next in age is one bearing the date 1915, which is also a coal steamer, but with much greater lifting power, and is, like its predecessor, kept as a reserve engine. The one in regular use is fitted with an oil driven Diesel engine, which is the acme of perfection for the purposes for which it is intended. All the firemen are directly employed by Sir Robert Walker on his estate and to use his own words "If I was to blow my whistle, before you could say a word, they would be round here like bluebottles"!
To give you some idea of the interest he takes in his fire brigade, I may say that he has lately been awarded the twenty years' long service medal for fire brigade work. Everything for quick service is maintained at Sand Hutton, men are always working in the garage so that in a fraction of a second the prepared fuel is ready for ignition. The motor lorry is kept tuned up ready to draw the engine up the steep banks of the Yorkshire Wolds and as if to leave nothing to chance, each fire engine is fitted to take a pole so that the harnessed horses can be with equal facility attached to any of the three engines.
In the year 1924 some important changes took place concerning the local fire brigade organisation in Yorkshire. A large meeting was held in Leeds, in December that year, at which it was decided, on the proposal of Sir Robert Walker, to divide Yorkshire into two districts, the West and the East and North Ridings, which scheme was immediately approved. At a second meeting, at York, in the same year, the North and East Riding District was officially inaugurated, Sir Robert Walker being elected President and the representative on the National Central Council. At the present time Sir Robert represents the whole of Yorkshire in this latter capacity.
Sir Robert takes a tremendous amount of interest in every department of the Headquarters Committee of the N.F.B.A. He is in every sub-committee, Widows' and Orphans' Funds, "Fire Protection" etc. The Sand Hutton Fire Brigade turns out for practice every week, which is, I am told, three times a month more than the majority of local fire brigades, and a map showing the large area from which it can be summoned is hung in a prominent position. This area has been considerably increased since Lord Irwin, who owns the large estate on the Wolds at Garrowby, left this country to take up his onerous duties as Viceroy of India. One of his latest thoughts for his own mansion, and those humbler ones of his numerous tenants, before leaving England, was to place his property , so far as fire is concerned, in the hands of Major Sir Robert Walker for safe keeping.
Altogether there are now fewer than eight miles of this eighteen-inch gauge railway, the S.H.L.R. as it is proudly called. It runs in many directions over the estate and has termini at Sand Hutton and at Warthill, adjoining the London and North Eastern Railway Station at that station, with branches to Claxton, Barnby Farm, and Sand Hutton Hall, and a complete system of sidings to help all tenants.
Four locomotives are used and there are not less than seventy-five waggons and a brake van, each of the trucks having a capacity of two tons tare weight.
The most astonishing thing about this railway is that is has a passenger coach of just over thirty-one feet long and has a width of four-and-a- half feet, is divided into three compartments and will accommodate thirty-six people! It is fitted with vacuum brakes, and altogether forms and ideal method of travelling. This line, which is run under the approval of the Ministry of Transport, conveys market produce from various places on the estate to Warthill Station or Claxton, and is used by the busy brickyard on the property to convey every brick manufactured there to Warthill, most of the consignments coming from there direct into Hull and elsewhere for building purposes.
Needless to remark, Sir Robert Walker, in recognition of his interests in railway affairs, is an active member of the Institute of Transport. What is a marvel to me, after seeing all these things at Sand Hutton, is that Sir Robert has not a fleet of miniature aeroplanes for the convenience of his tenants. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, and on the Committee of the Empire Settlement Scheme.
Never before has it been my good fortune to meet a more versatile landowner. Anything which interests him he thoroughly masters and there are few things upon which he is not an expert. As one more example of his capabilities, a March "The Esmerelda" composed by Sir Robert Walker has been constantly played in Shanghai by the bans of the 1st Green Howards, and the drums of Sir Robert's old battalion of the Coldstream Guards when they were stationed in China. Moreover, as this composition can also be played as a dance, it has also proved one of the most popular tunes played at Biarritz in sunny France, owing to its Franco-Spanish theme.
Sir Robert is also a water colour painter of considerable merit.
A fine example as a landowner has been set at Sand Hutton to meet the housing shortage in rural districts. During the last four years Sir Robert has built at Sand Hutton no less than eleven new cottages, and is hoping to building more at his other village of Claxton.
In addition to the ownership of Sand Hutton and Claxton, Sir Robert also owns the Scoresby Estate, and property at Bossall, North Dalton, Dunnington, Holtby, Gate Helmsley, Kexby, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Warthill, and the Springhead Estate near Hull, together with property in Manchester. It is impossible to enumerate the population of these different places, but Sand Hutton and Claxton number somewhere about 500.
Needless to remark that there must be a "Sand Hutton and Claxton Chronicle", published quarterly so as not to compete with the Hull "Times". In this periodical is recorded the doings of the Church, Chapel and Parochial news, cricket, football, hockey, rifle shooting - there is a fine open-air miniature rifle range in a quarry on the estate. The Fire Brigade's activities are chronicled as are also those of the light railway. There is a Sand Hutton and Claxton Women's Institute under the presidency of Lady Walker and a Sand Hutton Ladies' Athletics Club. The cricket ground at Sand Hutton is quite one of the finest and best kept private pitches in the county. Lady Walker's great personal interest in the Women's Club, Nursing Association and many other branches of local welfare work is of untold value to the community.
I will end my comments on Sand Hutton Hall with a quotation from Shakespeare ("Hamlet"), which seems most applicable to one so interested in fire brigade work:-
"And then it started like a guilty thing
Upon a fearful summons. I have heard
The cock, that trumpet to the morn,
Doth with his lofty and shrill sounding throat
Awake the god of day, and at his warning,
Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
The extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine; and of the truth herein
This present object made probation."


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I might not be the best person to comment on Martin Earl's account of expatriatism and poetry (A.E. Stallings probably has a deeper perspective, after a decade in Athens). Spending a year abroad here and there can't compare to spending a decade, or two or three. I have met people who did indeed bear signs of a kind of social deformity after a restive career around the globe. My own extended family suffered quite a bit of psychic damage as refugees and immigrants. But I have also found the New York-centrism of poets deadening. I agree that Modernism could not have happened without expat perspectives (I wrote about that here). But I also find I prefer the American Modernism of those who stayed behind—Williams, Stevens, Moore. I know about the coldness of "English as the language of business" and the joys of bilingualism (I wrote about these here and here). But I find that having English ambient around me informs my prosody, and not having it around me untethers it. I miss humor in language: when I was in the U.S. these past two weeks, nothing pleased me more than American verbal comedy, from Tina Fey to Stephen Colbert. (The brain decodes metaphors and jokes in the same area of the right brain, neuroscientists tell us.) I can say, after living abroad, that the cliche that Mediterranean peoples "know how to live" is correct: they still prefer children to pets; their food is better; their wine is better; they socialize rather than watch screens; they still have bookshops. Beirut has a poignancy and natural beauty lacking in U.S. cities. Yet I hang by a thread to the place. The ambivalent saudade of Martin Earl's post rings true ….
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This is a discussion on A little help from my friends within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir." The driver says, "Gee, officer ...
A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, I
clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir."
The driver says, "Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at
60 perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating.
Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: "Now don't be
silly dear, you know that this car doesn't have cruise control"
As the officer writes out the ticket, the driver looks over at his
wife and growls, "Can't you please keep your mouth shut for once?"
The wife smiles demurely and says, "You should be thankful your
radar detector went off when it did"
As the officer makes out the second ticket for the illegal radar
detector unit, the man glowers at his wife and says through
clenched teeth, "Darn it, woman, can't you keep your mouth shut?"
The officer frowns and says, "And I notice that you're not wearing
your seat belt, sir. That's an automatic $75 fine."
The driver says, "Yeah, well, you see officer, I had it on,
but took it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of
my back pocket."
The wife says, "Now, dear, you know very well that you didn't
have your seat belt on. You never wear your seat belt when you're driving."
And as the police officer is writing out the third ticket the
driver turns to his wife and barks, "WHY DON'T YOU PLEASE SHUT UP??"
The officer looks over at the woman and asks, "Does your husband
always talk to you this way, Ma'am?"
I love this part....
"Only when he's been drinking."
My turn....
The top 20 things not to say to a cop when he pulls you over.
20. I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer.
19. Sorry officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't plugged in.
18. Aren't you the guy from the villiage people?
17. Hey, you must have been doing 125 to keep up with me, good job.
16. I thought you had to be in relatively good physical shape to be a police officer.
15. I was going to be a cop, but I decided to finish high school instead.
14. Bad cop. No donut.
13. You're not going to check the trunk, are you?
12. Gee, that gut sure doesn't inspire confidence.
11. Didn't I see you get your butt kicked on cops?
10. Is it true that people become cops because they are too dumb to work at McDonalds?
9. I pay your salary
8. So uh, you on the take or what?
7. Gee officer, that's terrific. The last officer only gave me a warning.
6. Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay, just so one of us does.
5. I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there is no other cars around, that's how far they are ahead of me.
4. What do you mean have I been drinking? You are the trained specialist.
3. Well, when I reached down to pick up my bag of crack, my gun fell off of my lap and got lodged between the brake and the gas pedal, forcing me to speed out of control.
2. Hey, is that a 9mm? That's nothing compared to this 44 magnum.
1. Hey, can you give me another one of those full cavity searches?


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Dendroid under the hood – A look inside an Android RAT kit
Dendroid under the hood – A look inside an Android RAT kit
Recently , Symantec and Lookout blogged about an Android malware creation kit that was advertised in malware forums: Dendroid. Dendroid consists of a web-based administration panel and a builder that can add "Remote Administration Toolkit" (RAT) functionality by repackaging it with existing applications.
Researchers have discussed how easy it is to patch Dendroid into existing apps, which is scary enough given how quick users are to download new apps. What caught our interest, though, is the variety of malicious functionality. One of the scariest examples is that it can secretly record all of your phone calls or silently listen in on the built-in microphone whenever it wants. And who doesn't take their phone to meetings?
The malware can also surreptitiously upload all pictures on the phone – a big privacy violation that, on the harmless side, could result in unflattering pictures of you on vacation. More costly, though, is the uploading of pictures of notes from brainstorming sessions or pictures of your family and loved ones. Like earlier versions of Android malware, Dendroid can also send SMS messages to premium-rate numbers. Because the phone owner doesn't know this is happening, it can become incredibly costly.
Dendroid under the hood – A look inside an Android RAT kit-
In addition to all its evil functionality—secret recording, ability to upload photos and send SMS messages to premium-rate numbers, the Dendroid authors claim to have "Google Play Bypass" functionality.
Google Play Bypass functionality
A hardcoded flag determines if Dendroid should check if it is running in Google's Bouncer. Previous research by Jon Oberheide and Charlie Miller highlights several ways to identify if an app is running in Google's sandboxes.
The technique used by Dendroid does not only identify Bouncer but any type of Android emulator. The actual check is not very sophisticated, checking only the DEVICE, BRAND, PRODUCT, MODEL, and CPU (HARDWARE) of the system. If any of these match to that of an emulator, the service sleeps for one hour.
A typical emulator reports the following values compared to a real phone (example):
HTC phone
In case there is no indication of the emulator, the "Start" flag is set and a background thread is started that communicates with the C&C server.
Network fingerprint
Upon start, Dendroid first checks general Internet connectivity and then the availability of its primary and backup URLs. As a first steps, it sends a heartbeat with information about its environment.
The information is gathered with a best effort approach. That means that unavailable information, like when GPS is turned off, is not filled in. Since all parameters are passed as GET parameters, it can be used to fingerprint infections in the network. A proxy server or IDS can be used for that.
A very convenient feature is that Dendroid includes the Android device ID in the requests. This can be used by administrators to identify infected devices right from the network stream.
After the device has identified itself to the server, it retrieves the functions that are to be executed. The URL for this is
The server returns a list of commands (called functions) that are to be executed on the device. There is a hard-coded 2 second delay between the execution of each command. Once all commands have been executed, the service sleeps for the amount of milliseconds initially defined in the "timeout" configuration parameter. In this case, 10 seconds. This parameter can be changed by one of the functions available for the C&C server.
More Nasty Tricks—Parental Control
I came across a sample that was created in November 2013, but not found in the wild until late December 2013. This sample included an activity that even identified itself as "com.connect.Dendroid." It is packaged inside an application called "com.parental.control.v4."
MD5: db01f96d5e66d82f7eb61b85eb96ef6e
349252 2013-11-30 12:13 assets/android-support-v4.jar
708 2013-11-30 12:13 res/layout/cameraview.xml
404 2013-11-30 12:13 res/layout/main.xml
568 2013-11-30 12:13 res/layout/videoview.xml
228 2013-11-30 12:13 res/menu/connect_layout.xml
7968 2013-11-30 12:13 AndroidManifest.xml
2404 2013-11-30 12:13 resources.arsc
114450 2013-10-26 01:31 res/drawable-hdpi/launcher.png
114450 2013-10-26 01:31 res/drawable-ldpi/launcher.png
114450 2013-10-26 01:31 res/drawable-mdpi/launcher.png
114450 2013-10-26 01:31 res/drawable-xhdpi/launcher.png
694556 2013-11-30 12:13 classes.dex
Hiding it as a parental control tool is a smart move. Parental control apps need several of the same privileges as the RAT like accessing GPS coordinates or checking installed apps. This way the app is less likely to raise suspicion, even with manual inspection.
This social engineering move is important as the app requests plenty of suspicious permissions when installed on a device, including:
The RAT client needs these permissions in order to get access to the various data sources. Android only allows access to these if the user approves it.
Obfuscated configuration
A first look into the internal code structure reveals that relevant parts of the configuration data are obfuscated. The URL to the command and control (C&C) server is base64 encoded in order to bypass heuristics in static analysis environments. Several analysis tools automatically extract strings that look like URLs, but base64-encoded URLs are often missed.
Dendroid also includes a backup URL in case the main server is not reachable anymore. In addition to that, a password is encoded. This password is sent in plain text to the server and is used as a campaign identifier.
Other configuration parameters are not obfuscated. Interesting in this case are the URL extensions. They are used for uploading files, sending latest status updates, or receiving new commands. Very interesting is the flag called "GPlayBypass", which stands for "Google Play Bypass." This functionality is used to evade detection by Google's sandbox "Bouncer," through which almost every app has to run before it is allowed into the Google Play store.
The overall functionality is implemented as a background service by the name "com.connect.MyService." This allows for the compiled code to be added to existing apps without having to significantly patch their code.
Available commands/functions
The wide variety of available commands is probably the most impressive part of Dendroid. After every successful command execution, the server is notified with a message
The "Data" field contains more information about each executed command and helps the bot master to identify problems and to get telemetry about the execution. It is also used to receive specific data collected by the individual commands.
The following commands are available and can be triggered by the C&C server in arbitrary order:
- mediavolumedown – Decrease the media volume
- ringervolumeup – Increase the ringer volume
- ringervolumedown – Decrease the ringer volume
- screenon – Activate the screen
- recordcalls – Record calls to file
- intercept – Intercept incoming SMS and forward them to C&C server
- blocksms – Block incoming SMS
- recordaudio – Record audio from microphone and save to file
- takevideo – Record a video and save it to a file
- takephoto – Take a photo with the local camera and save it to a file
- settimeout – Change the delay for retrieving the next set of commands/functions
- sendtext – Send an SMS
- sendcontacts – Send all contacts to the C&C server. Each individual entry is sent as a separate query and therefore very noisy.
- callnumber – Call a given number using the phone
- deletecalllognumber – Delete all calls to a given number from the call log
- openwebpage – Open a web-page with the default browser
- updateapp – Checks if available versions are newer than the current one and downloads a new APK file to "/mnt/sdcard/Download/update.apk". The installation is triggered by using default mechanisms on the phone and likely requires user interaction.
- promptupdate – Repeats the installation of the update. This behavior can be used to nag the user in case he cancels the update prompt the first (few) times.
- promptuninstall – Uninstalls itself. This, again, requires user interaction
- uploadfiles – Uploads all files in a given file path. Each file is uploaded as a separate HTTP form-data post. This is very likely to create a lot of traffic and connections.
- changedirectory – Randomly changes the external storage of collected data between «System», «System Media», «Saved Files», «Recent Media», and «Temporary»
- deletefiles – Delete all files in a given folder
- getbrowserhistory – Retrieve the history of the default browser (noisy because every bookmark is a separate request)
- getbrowserbookmarks – Retrieve the bookmarks of the default browser (noisy because every bookmark is a separate request)
- getcallhistory – Upload the full call history (very noisy)
- getcontacts – Redundant implementation of the same functionality as "sendcontacts" using different URL parameters :)
- getinboxsms – Uploads all SMS found inside the SMS inbox
- getsentsms – Uploads all SMS that are inside the SMS "sent" folder
- deletesms – Delete an SMS with a given ID
- getuseraccounts – Get all user accounts registered on the device
- getinstalledapps – Get information about all installed applications. This can be used to identify e.g. installed security products
- httpflood – Poorly implemented HTTP flooder. Basically simple (D)DoS functionality to attack remote servers. The implementation is single threaded and closes the connection.
- openapp – Start an installed application
- opendialog – Open a popup for the user
- uploadpictures – Upload information about all pictures from the device's media store to the C&C server
- setbackupurl – change the backup URL of the C&C server
- transferbot – change the main URL of the C&C server
Each command can come with a number of parameters that are separated by "~~". E.g. the "takevideo" command has 2 parameters: One that specifies the camera (in case the device has multiple), and one that specifies the time of the recording.
Each command is executed in a separate thread. All of the commands that submit multiple pieces of information are very noisy as most functions result in an HTTP request for every single piece of information. Thus, activity profiles of specific devices can be used to identify infected devices on the network.
Source code for Sale
The author also advertised selling the source code for both the panel and the builder in a forum in October 2013. According to that post, it took him/her "1.3" years to finalize Dendroid.
In another forum post, the author asks for advice on pricing and making his creation available. This is a small, yet interesting, discussion around building up a business model for this RAT kit.
All in all, this is a very interesting piece of malware. The large variety of available commands shows the full threat potential that an infected phone can have. The emulator detection is simple but is likely to work in various analysis environments. Since the kit includes components to repackage existing apps, we can expect to see more of Dendroid in the future.
The variety of functionality is also the weak point of Dendroid and can be used to detect it. The HTTP requests are very verbose and have unique characteristics. Users of Android devices should be extremely careful when an app requests such a wide variety of suspicious permissions.
Users of networks forensics appliances, like Blue Coat's Security Analytics Platform, should look for indications of the traffic patterns given above. Specifically when all of the Android device IDs are known it is a good idea to look for these in URLs.


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1999 grounding cable
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I have a 1999 JGC with the 4.7L that I bought used and found a ground cable that has two leads unattached that is mounted to the fire wall in the engine compartment just in front of the passenger side. Can anyone tell me where these two ends attach?
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I would have to look under the hood to be sure. What i remember however is that i had to remove a bonding cable i think on the most aft ignitor coil under the nut. This one is easy to forget to put back on.
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Yep, mine too except I only have 1 and it was off at the firewall
Re: 1999 grounding cable
Yep, my '99 4.7 has two, one for each bank, and they are fitted under the hold down nut for the last coil pack.
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Sounds good to me, I'm going run with it. Thanks everyone for your replies.
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Someone obviously thought Pania of the Reef needed a little help to ward off the cold.
Insecure security
Wayne was filling up at a Mobil station on the North Shore when a truck belonging to a well-known security firm pulled up outside. Two uniformed guards got out and went inside to collect the takings. "I filled up and as I walked past the truck to go and pay, I noticed they had left the keys in the ignition. Inside, the guards were nowhere to be seen. Should I have driven it away to teach them a lesson ...?"
Laugh ... we didn't
"I'm an Aucklander and do a lot of hiking all over New Zealand with friends," writes Ben Edwards. "A few years ago, we were walking the remote Milford Track and came across some DoC workers doing track maintenance. As they saw us coming, one shouted out, 'Look, here come some Aucklanders; we could do with some more landfill.' We didn't know whether to laugh or cry (or run) so just kept on walking with our heads down. I still don't know how to feel about that joke."
Inside info
Tweet of the day: Don't know if he has the inside word, but TV3 funnyman Ali Ikram speculates about the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony: "John Key hatches from an egg [and] leads a troupe of breakdancing Hobbits in a chorus of Born This Way."
Our non-rugby culture
Pork Pie, Boy, Gloss, Billy T, Hillary and Snell, the Topps, the Wests, Warriors, Whale Riders and Fastest Indians - these Kiwi icons will all be on show at Queens Wharf in Auckland at the New Zealand on Screen container installation, as part of the Real New Zealand Festival - running alongside the Rugby World Cup. It's a free interactive exhibition for locals and tourists to explore our screen history.
Cultural overload
Derek MacMenigall is not happy with the pictures of the overloaded cars: "Aren't we so bloody clever and superior. We don't overload our cars. Only because we are lucky enough to live in a country where our living is not nearly as hard as theirs. This is like putting up a picture of a starving African with a distended stomach and comparing it to our beer bellies and saying our bellies are smaller." No, Derek, it's like putting a picture of a car piled precariously high with mattresses/bikes/other goods and going, "Whoa! Hope they don't fall off on the road and cause carnage".


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Saudi Arabia jails two prominent rights activists for 10 years
A Saudi Arabian court sentenced two prominent political and human rights activists yesterday to at least 10 years in prison for offences that included sedition and giving inaccurate information to foreign media.
Mohammed Fahd al-Qahtani and Abdullah Hamad are founding members of the banned Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, known as Acpra, that documents human rights abuses and has called for a constitutional monarchy and elections.
Riyadh, Washington's main Gulf ally, does not allow protests, political parties and trade unions. Most power is wielded by senior members of the ruling family and clerics of the ultra-conservative Wahhabi school of Sunni Islam.
The case has drawn attention from international rights groups, which accuse the conservative Islamic kingdom of using its campaign against religious militants to stomp on political dissent.
Saudi Arabia has denied that charge and says it does not practise torture and has no political prisoners.
In an interview with Reuters in January, Qahtani said he anticipated being sent to prison and described a sentence of five years or more as "heavy".
Last year, Acpra issued a statement demanding that King Abdullah sack his heir and Interior Minister, Crown Prince Nayef, who they held responsible for rights abuses. Nayef died shortly afterwards.
Qahtani was sentenced to 10 years. Hamad was told he must complete the remaining six years of a previous jail term for his political activities and serve an additional five years. They will remain in detention until a judge rules on their appeal next month.
Acpra will also be disbanded and its funds confiscated, the judge ruled. Last year a court in Jeddah sentenced Acpra member Mohammad al-Bajadi to four years in prison. Another of the group's founders, Abdulkarim al-Khathar is on trial in Buraidah.
Unlike in most previous cases, the trial of Qahtani and Hamad was opened to the press and public, in what Saudi activists had described as a step forward for rights even as they decried the verdict.
More than 100 people attended the hearing yesterday morning, mostly supporters and relatives of the defendants. More than 20 security officers with truncheons hanging from their belts were also present in the room, prompting a protest from the defendants' lawyer.
After the verdict, the police cleared the public from the court room as supporters of Qahtani and Hamad shouted that the trial was politically motivated.
On Thursday, an Interior Ministry spokesman said that activists, whom he did not name, had tried to stir up protests in the world's top oil exporting country by spreading "false information" on social media.
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Investors often mistakenly believe that bonds and stocks trade inversely to one another. Bonds, particularly Treasury Bonds, have been called "safe haven" assets, and we have seen recently that when stock prices have weakened, Treasury Bond prices have strengthened. But this short-term negative correlation is misleading. Bonds and stocks often trade together in the longer term. For instance, both stocks and bonds were in a bear market in the 1970s and they entered a bull market in the early 1980s simultaneously.
There are good reasons that investors should expect a correlation between bonds and stocks. For starters, investors value stocks based on the return that they can get by owning them. This return is often measured by a company's earnings, and a stock is valued based on its price relative to these earnings. If bond prices rise and interest rates fall then investors, who are getting a lower return in the bond market, will come to accept lower returns in the stock market. Similarly, if bond prices fall, stocks become less enticing as investors can get similar returns in bonds without the risk that comes with stock ownership (e.g. earnings fluctuation.)
Second, in a low interest rate environment not only are stocks inherently worth more in relation to bonds, but companies are more valuable insofar as they can borrow money at a lower rate. When bond prices rise and interest rates fall this usually takes place across the entire bond market. Thus, companies who can access the debt markets can borrow at a lower rate when bond prices are low. This gives these companies more money with which to invest.


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DENVER >> The Denver Nuggets will be without versatile forward Danilo Gallinari for the rest of the season after tests Friday showed he tore his left ACL against Dallas the previous night.
The team said an MRI showed no other signs of ligament or meniscus damage, adding Gallinari will have season-ending surgery soon and "a prognosis for a full recovery is excellent."
"We're extremely disappointed for Gallo. He was having a career year in scoring and rebounding and was a huge reason for our success," said Masai Ujiri, Nuggets executive vice president of basketball operations. "We will obviously support him and be there for him throughout his recovery.
"Knowing his work ethic and commitment to getting back on the floor, we are confident he will come back stronger than ever next season."
Gallinari planted his left leg awkwardly while going for a layup in the first half of Denver's 95-94 win Thursday night, its 19th straight at home. His knee buckled and he went down, screaming in pain.
The Nuggets sent him for an MRI on Friday and it confirmed their fears of a serious injury that will require a long rehabilitation.
The 24-year-old Italian forward averaged 16.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 71 games this season for Denver, which has clinched a playoff berth.
Acquired from the New York Knicks in the blockbuster trade of Carmelo Anthony two years ago, Gallinari signed a four-year, $42 million extension last season.
Gallinari is the Nuggets' second-leading scorer, and their top scorer, Ty Lawson (16.7) is out indefinitely with a torn right heel.


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"Injustice Strikes Twice!": The Injustice Society has captured Hourman and Wildcat, and challenges the Justice Society to free them in battle.
- And just what do you think you're doing, you Romper Room Romeo?
- -- Power Girl
Appearing in "Injustice Strikes Twice!"
Featured Characters:
- Justice Society of America
Supporting Characters:
- Injustice Society
- Psycho-Pirate (Roger Hayden)
Other Characters:
- Robin
- Inza Nelson
- Bruce Wayne
- James Gordon (Dies)
- JSA Headquarters II
- Abu Dhabi
- Africa
- Alaska
- Prudhoe Bay
- Prudhoe Bay
- Amulet of Anubis
- Cloak of Destiny
- Cosmic Converter Belt
- Green Lantern Ring
- Helmet of Fate
- Icicle's Cold Gun
- Nth Metal Wings
- Thinking Cap
Synopsis for "Injustice Strikes Twice!"
The Injustice Society has captured Hourman and Wildcat, and challenges the Justice Society to free them in battle.
- This issue is reprinted in Justice Society Vol. 1 and Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics Vol. 1.
- No trivia.
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