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Library: Spanish | California's Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program (Spanish) El Estado de California ha desarrollado este programa para ofrecer un seguro de automóvil accesible a buenos conductores con niveles de ingresos elegibles. Las pólizas son emitadas por compañías aseguradoras acreditadas en California. La ley estatal de California requiere que una póliza de seguro de automóvil de bajo costo de California cumple con las leyes de responsabilidad financiera. Filed Under: Automobiles Insurance on Apr 24, 2017
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And a commute through heavy traffic or even a long one is just a killer.
The first time I saw someone on my morning commute reading a copy.
For the morning commuter with a cravingPassenger Rail Transport, China Wish you could have a cigarette on your morning commute?
I drove past the street it happened on during my daily commute home.
Or put tracks along crowded bike trails to commute to work.
A fresh step towards freedom was made by the growing tendency to commute labour-services for money-payments.
The Governor refuses him a pardon, nor will he commute my son's sentence.
Cannot she find a womanly feeling in her heart and ask the Cabinet to commute the punishment?
It is evident that the man who passed the sentence could commute it, he said.
McAllen didn't look in the least like a man who could afford nowadays to commute by air between the Mediterranean and California.
mid-15c., "to change, transform," from Latin commutare "to often change, to change altogether," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + mutare "to change" (see mutable). Sense of "make less severe" is 1630s. Sense of "go back and forth to work" is 1889, from commutation ticket "season pass" (on a railroad, streetcar line, etc.), from commute in its sense of "to change one kind of payment into another" (1795), especially "to combine a number of payments into a single one." Related: Commuted; commuting.

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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein is accusing the Central Intelligence Agency of spying on the Senate. Source: mailto:email@example.com
She's saying that the CIA searched Senate committee computers without any prior notification. The agency allegedly tapped into files that aides were using to securely review CIA documents on its secret detention program.
"I have grave concerns that the CIA's search may well have violated the separation-of-powers principles embodied in the U.S. Constitution," Dianne Feinstein said in a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday. Read


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He is alleged to have packed explosives into the heels of his trainers and then tried to set them off before being overpowered.
He was charged by America's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with assault and threatening the members of the plane's crew.
It took 10-12 men to stop him
Reid was stopped by the crew and passengers on board the plane from lighting the explosives, during the flight from Paris to Miami.
An air hostess tried to stop him after smelling burning, but he was too strong. Then 10-12 men helped and managed to tie him to a seat with ties, belts and even headphones.
Police in America, Britain and France are all trying to find out more about Reid, including whether he was using a fake passport.


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Run tests
From ATK Wiki
Hier hoort informatie over automatische tests voor het SimpleTest framework voor Platform (>M6) en ATK (>5)
Run tests
Tests can be executed by browsing to test.php (same folder where index.php is).
So for browsing a site you go to http://www.relaxnow.nl/ And for the admin you go to http://www.relaxnow.nl/platform/admin/ then you can find the test on http://www.relaxnow.nl/test.php
ATK will search the entire application for .php and .inc files with 'test_' in the filename, execute the setUp() function, run the 'test_' functions and finally execute the tearDown() function.
Run Selective
If you want to test a single module, you can use the atkmodule parameter:
ATK will execute only the tests it can find in that module.
If you want to execute the tests of a single testcase you can do something like this:
The test framework will only execute the 'test_' functions in this single testcase.
TIP: If you use the include option the framework must still search the entire application for this testcase, since it does not keep track of their locations. This might take several valuable seconds and use quite some memory. This is why there is another test option for running a single testcase where you can include the location:
This will load ./platform/atk/db/testcases/class.test_atkdb.inc and perform its tests.
The class option also works for files that would not be found because they don't have 'test_' in the filename. Since the test framework does not need to search for testcases, it will simply load any given testcase.
Writing tests
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Friday, August 6, 2010
Zynga Confirms Unoh Buy
San Francisco-based Zynga confirmed Thursday that it has bought Unoh, a Japanese developer of social games. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Zynga said that it will use the acquisition of Unoh to accelerate its entry into the Japanese social gaming market. Unoh was founded in 2001. As part of the acquisition, Zynga said that Unoh's team will alos localize Zynga's games and develop new games for the Japanese Market. Unoh was founded and headed by Shintaro Yamada.


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Michael Johnston
Territory Sales Manager
Tampa/Orlando, FL
Phone: 407-963-2519
Fax: 770-801-5539
Darrell Ball
Territory Sales Manager
Jacksonville, FL
Phone: 904-472-8202
Fax: 770-801-5539
Mark C. Pope Associates, Inc. is your best resource for Cleaning Equipment. We have a large inventory of late model floor sweepers and floor scrubbers that are well maintained and available for rent. We offer several programs, but our most common solution is a short-term rental (month or less) or a long-term rental (month to year+). Both choices are great alternatives to machine ownership. The rental agreements include scheduled maintenance, which limits the cost of unscheduled repairs and provides a fixed cost to your cleaning objective. Call one of our associates today and we will help you find the best solution for your budget and facility.
The Warrior floor scrubber is perfect for smaller areas with no debris on the floor. The machine can be delivered with scrub brushes or pads that are selected specifically for your application.
|Warrior Specifications
|Scrub Path:
|34 Inches
|Power Source:
|36 Volt, 305A Battery
|Recovery/Solution Tank:
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|3-4 Hours
|1,245 lbs.
|Productivity @ 1.5 mph:
|22,440 ft.²/hr.
The Adgressor is a small, maneuverable floor scrubber with a 32 inch scrub deck. It is great in small warehouses and manufacturing facilities and is a great upgrade from the walk-behind scrubber. The Adgressor can be rented in a cylindrical or disk deck; ask a rental representative which would be best for your application.
|Adgressor Specifications
|Scrub Path:
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|Power Source:
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The Exterra is the right choice when all you need is a great dry sweeper. The large hopper and dust suppression system make debris pickup easy. The Exterra is powered by a 1.6L GM propane engine and features a high-dump feature that allows you to empty the hopper while seated.
|Exterra Specifications
|Sweep Path:
|75 Inches
|Power Source:
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|Hopper Capacity:
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|8+ Hours
|2,700 lbs.
|Productivity @ 2.5 mph:
|71,500 ft.²/hr.
The Condor XL is the newest addition to the rental fleet and features a 62" cleaning path and debris hopper for light debris pickup. It is powered by a 1.6L GM propane engine. The Condor XL is the best fit for facilities that need to be thoroughly cleaned but have minimal amount of debris on the floor.
|Condor XL Specifications
|Cleaning Path:
|62 Inches
|Power Source:
|1.6L GM Propane Engine
|Hopper Capacity:
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|Recovery/Solution Tank:
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|8+ Hours
|4,200 lbs.
|Productivity @ 3.5 mph:
|95,500 ft.²/hr.
The Captor can tackle almost any cleaning challenge. It is a true sweeper/scrubber and can perform either function independently or simultaneously. The down-pressure provided by the disk brushes and large capacity of the debris hopper greatly increase effectiveness and efficiency.
|Captor Specifications
|Sweeping Path/Scrub Path:
|62 Inches/48 Inches
|Power Source:
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|Hopper Capacity:
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|Recovery/Solution Tank:
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|8+ Hours
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|Productivity @ 3.5 mph:
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Operator training will be provided at the time of pick-up or drop off. A full battery charge or propane tank will be provided at the time of delivery. A charger will be provided with all battery units and extra propane tanks are available at a nominal rate. Rentals are based on a one day minimum, eight hour/day total run time. Weekly rates are based on a seven day week, 56 hours total run time. All hours over allotted amount will be pro-rated and invoiced. The delivery and pick-up services are available at a rate that is variable by the distance from the rental branch. Rental rates include routine maintenance service with no additional charge for repairs associated with failure due to equipment defect. Cleaning solutions are offered in 5 and 55 gallon drums and returns are allowed for any container that is unopened.
Any damages through accident or neglect will be invoiced to the renter. The use of acid etches and extremely caustic strippers can cause damage to the equipment which will result in additional charges. Scrubber tanks and sweeper hoppers must be emptied prior to return or a $100.00 disposal fee will apply. If an LP machine is rented, the aluminum propane that comes with the rental must be returned, or a $125.00 fee will apply. A steel tank can not be returned in its place. Missing items, due to theft, misplacement or neglect, will result in an invoice for the value of the item. The use of rental equipment on extremely abrasive surfaces will result in accelerated wear. Please ask in advance for a quotation on wear items associated with this type of use.


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Spurs culture overtakes us and hard to let go
Published 12:00 am, Wednesday, June 25, 2014
She's trying. But when she sits on her couch, she always ends up flipping through the Sports Illustrated issue with Kawhi on the cover. She can't leave the house without passing that big championship trophy made of cardboard she bought for $10 the day of the parade. And laundry? Why, oh, why, did she buy such a big container of Bravo plus?
Anda todo aguitada. It hasn't been this bad since "The Sopranos" ended, although she came pretty close when that place that sold the giant raspas on Nacogdoches closed its doors for good.
"Is it just me?" she asked. "I know, ni lo conozco al Tim Duncan. And I know that they'll be back in a few months, and this time I won't take them for granted and ignore the early season. But the past few weeks have been so much fun!"
Part of the problem is that she's not an NBA fan. She's not even a sports fan. She's a consumer of cool, and she's hooked on the coolness of the Spurs culture.
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You know that feeling you get when you show up at a party wearing your Parker jersey and your primo's new girlfriend is wearing one too? Unless she's a total gruesa, you've got an instant friend! You know that happy, knowing feeling you get when you're in, say, a bowling alley and you hear someone yell, "Go for four!" in Manu voice? You know how neat you feel when you cross paths with a really nice guy who looks just like Boris Diaw — then you do a double take and realize it IS Boris Diaw?
The Spurs culture doesn't put on airs. It reminds us of past coolness and it shows us that we have something in common with friends we haven't met. And you know when it's at its strongest? Right before the end of the season, when we have to put it on hold.
You get wrapped up y se te van las patas. It causes normally responsible dads to let their toddlers sit on a scary ledge overlooking the River Walk during the parade. It makes usually thrifty women stand in line and pay $35 for a T-shirt that will be covered in salsa stains by the end of the summer. The Spurs culture feels so good, which why it's so hard to let go.
"In time, I'll get over it," she said, taking a swig of Mootopia right from the carton as she headed out to do another load of laundry.


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Super Mash Bros. @ College Snowfest
Sugarloaf Mountain
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 5:00 PM - Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 5:40 AM (EST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Wednesday, January 9
Super Mash Bros with guests The Lynguistic Civilians
King Pine Room. 18+ to enter, 21+ to drink. $5 cover, or FREE with a wristband!
Hailing from the green hills of Burlington Vermont, the Lynguistic Civilians have been making music together since 2009 to bring a new electrifying, engaging and authentic sound to the world of Hip-Hop. Comprised of 5 witty emcee's (LC, Walshie Steeze, Mike Fulton, T-Noonz, Monty Burns) a DJ (DJ BP) and a producer (Monty Burns). The Civilians have been hard at work, rocking over 100 shows some with such heavyweights as Killah Priest, Inspectah Deck and GZA (of Wu-Tang Clan) DJ Rob Swift, Lyrics Born, Keith Murray, Break Science, Chali 2na and Lil' Kim. With six diverse personalities all mixed into one group the outcome of the music is like none other. Taking everyday life from five points of view and turning it into original songs comes naturally for this crew, and they will stay telling you their life for years to come.
Mash-Up Artists, DJ's, Computer Musicians, Video Artists, call them what you will. They don't care as long as it makes you want to party that much harder. Nicolas Fenmore, Dick Fink and Ethan Dawes collectively known as Super Mash Bros., grew up in LA. Somehow, the trio simultaneously manages to be full time college students as well as full time touring artists. It's the story of 3 kids with a passion for music and media. Dick: the software, tech, computer geek, semi-pro snowboarding, PBR drinking bro. Nick: the classically trained musician, stock trading, Johnny Walker Blue drinking bro. Along with new addition, Ethan Dawes: The digital pyrotechnician who incorporates viral content, projections, and the web world into their set. The 3 have established a strong friendship and musical synergy that gives way to their ass shaking, foot stomping mixtapes and performances. The Super Mash Bros. have managed to take their career from the basement to the masses. Due to their very well received releases "Fuck Bitches. Get Euros." and "All About The Scrillions" they've been able to take their party across the country…as long as they're back in time for class.
When & Where
5092 Access Rd
Carrabassett Valley,
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 5:00 PM - Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 5:40 AM (EST)
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Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL and author of "American Sniper," was murdered Saturday afternoon at a gun range 53 miles outside Fort Worth, Tex. While many in the country mourned his loss, Twitchy reported Sunday that a number of anti-gun liberals on Twitter mocked and celebrated his murder.
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BAGHDAD (AP) At least 25 people working in Iraq's Ministry of the Interior have been arrested on accusations of participating in a plot to restore Saddam Hussein's outlawed party, a government investigator said Thursday.
The 25 people include a brigadier general but are mostly low-level ministry employees who were taken into custody over the last three days, said the official, who has access to the investigative file.
He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the matter to media.
Those arrested are accused of trying to recruit people to restore the party, the official said. The investigation is continuing and more arrests are possible, he said.
The U.S. military said it had no comment, and referred all inquiries to the Iraqi government.
The Baath Party ruled Iraq for 35 years until the regime was ousted by a U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
The decision to outlaw the Baath party was the first official act of L. Paul Bremer's Coalition Provisional Authority, and along with his order to disband the Iraqi army has been widely blamed for setting in motion the Sunni insurgency in the fall of 2003.
The strict implementation of so-called de-Baathification rules meant that many senior bureaucrats who knew how to run ministries, university departments and state companies were fired.
But in February, Iraq's presidency council issued a controversial law that allowed lower-ranking former Baath party members to reclaim government jobs.
The measure was thought to effect about 38,000 members of Saddam's political apparatus, giving them a chance to go back to government jobs. It was also meant to allow those who have reached retirement age to claim government pensions.
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iCollege: Creating Content
PC ideaSPOT
Monday, May 19, 2014 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM (EDT)
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By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the various workflows for adding content to a course
- Navigate with the D2L environment
- Use the Manage Files area to add content
- Use the Content Tool to add content
- Use the Course Builder to add content
- Create a Course Information Widget
- Create a Checklist
- Use the Links tool
- Personalize content using replace strings
- Copy Content from another course
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on Jun 6, 2012 at 7:27 am
Many thanks to Fire Chief Dan Ghiorso of the Woodside Fire Protection District and the 71 firefighters from 7 agencies who successfully contained the fire on Bear Gulch Road. It is tragic that one home was completely destroyed. But it is almost a miracle that the fire did not spread to many more homes on the hill and to the surrounding forest. This is a tribute to the intelligent, determined and well-executed work of our local team of professionals. As home owners on Bear Gulch, my husband and I sincerely appreciate the work done by the firefighters. We are lucky to have all of you on the job!
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Feel sad for the family who lost their house, also feel gratitude to the firefighters who contained the fire without more widespread damage.
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by Jennifer Loftus
Smart compensation pros can use this recession as an opportunity to re-evaluate how they pay employees.
You might be surprised what you find when you start taking a close look at your compensation systems. You could discover that you haven't been spending your merit pay budget as efficiently as you could. Now that the economy is forcing you to, you may learn that you can get better performance from employees if you're smarter about the way you reward them.
Here are four recession-smart compensation strategies that you might decide to continue even after the economy rebounds:
1. Concentrate pay raises on your superstars. We all have A, B and even C players among our employees. Typically, we pay the all-stars more. But we don't always give them bigger raises than the rest of the crew. We should.
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It seems like everybody's got their favorite "hot" team in the Pac-10.
By that we mean a team outside the Oregon-USC-Oregon State triumvirate that most folks pencil in atop the conference, an interloper that might break into the top-third.
Sports Illustrated's Andy Staples thinks it's Arizona. The L.A. Times Chris Dufresne ranked Washington No. 25 in his preseason national poll, the same program that went winless in 2008.
But the Pac-10 blog is tapping Stanford.
Why? Couple of reasons.
Traditionally in Pac-10 play, experience at quarterback is vital. Stanford has that. It doesn't hurt that its experienced quarterback, Andrew Luck, might be the top overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft.
Further, "offensive-line experience is one of the telltale predictors of success in college football," says no less than the Wall Street Journal. Stanford has four starters back on its offensive line. And it doesn't hurt that the crew might be the best unit in the Pac-10.
Luck and his line have plenty of help: There's solid talent at receiver and tight end. The loss of Toby Gerhart? That's big, but the backfield-by-committee we're likely to see appears at least passable.
The big question, of course, is the defense. It was pretty bad in 2009. But a switch to a 3-4 look, seven returning starters, some intriguing young talent and a decent performance last spring suggest the D can at least improve to mediocre. That might be enough for 10 wins.
Finally, coach Jim Harbaugh has changed the culture at Stanford. There's a bit of a swagger now. There's certainly confidence. And there's a notable edginess. It wouldn't be surprising if a few of the guys brawled at biker bars after a tough afternoon in Philosophy 160A: "First Order Logic" and Computer Science 154: "Automata and Complexity Theory."
As it is: If you're looking for a Pac-10 team that could mount a darkhorse charge: Among several candidates, Stanford might be your best bet.
At least this week.


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1982: Queensland 10 NSW 5
Remembered for the famous mix-up between Phil Sigsworth and Phil Duke. Under pressure, Sigsworth passed to Duke in the in-goal and the winger fumbled the ball, allowing Wally Lewis to score and seal victory.
1983: Queensland 43 NSW 22
Lewis inspired the Maroons to a 21-point thumping. Queensland surged to a 21-0 half-time lead and never looked back.
1987: Queensland 10 NSW 8
Queensland's Dale Shearer kicked a penalty goal after referee Barry Gomersall ruled Michael O'Connor offside, handing the Maroons a two-point win.
1991: Queensland 14 NSW 12
Mal Meninga landed a sideline conversion to seal victory after a Shearer try. It was Lewis's last match and he was sent out a winner in his last Origin game.
1992: NSW 16 Queensland 4
At the age of 21, Balmain's Tim Brasher starred on debut after coming on to replace injured Blues winger Rod Wishart. Brasher made a couple of heroic cover tackles as the Maroons pressed late in the match.
1994: NSW 27 Queensland 12
Mark Coyne scored Queensland's miracle long-range try to win game one, but they were no match for a rampant Blues in the decider. The Blues kicked three field goals to seal victory and ruin Meninga's Origin farewell.
1998: Queensland 19 NSW 4
Queensland marched to victory against a depleted Blues team without Paul Harragon, Rodney Howe and Geoff Toovey. Queenslander Shane Webcke took advantage of the missing muscle, winning man of the match.
1999: Queensland 10 NSW 10
Queensland retained the trophy in the closest series in history. The Maroons won game one 9-8, before NSW levelled the series with a 12-8 win. Matt Geyer scored to square the game.
2001: Queensland 40 NSW 14
Wayne Bennett enlisted Allan Langer to return from England to play in the decider, combining with captain, then at fullback, Darren Lockyer to inspire the Maroons to a thumping win.
2002: Queensland 18 NSW 18
Again Queensland held on to the trophy after a drawn decider, in the clash made famous for Gorden Tallis's tackle on Brett Hodgson when he dragged him over the sideline by the collar.
2004: NSW 36 Queensland 14
Brad Fittler, who had bowed out of Origin in 2001, was asked by coach Phil Gould to make a comeback, and fittingly scored the last try in the victory.
2005: NSW 32 Queensland 10
Current NSW fullback Anthony Minichiello was man of the match in the Blues' crushing triumph in Brisbane. Halfback Andrew Johns overcame injury to play in game two, helping NSW to come back from one-nil down.
2006: Queensland 16 NSW 14
Queensland stormed back from 14-4 down to win in Melbourne, in the only decider played at a neutral venue.
2008: Queensland 16 NSW 10
Israel Folau scored two tries, with Johnathan Thurston setting up Billy Slater to cross for the match-winner.
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I really love silverstripe but the current image/file window doesent look very usefull to me..
I would like to see the images I have uploaded be listed in thumbnails next to each other and also use this same view as a popup when inserting images on a page when using the tinymce editor.
Are there any modules that make this available or should this become a custom code modification?
Perhaps there should be 2 small tabs on the top, images, flash, etc to seperate the different file formats, showing the images in thumbnail format and the other file types in listing view as currently.
If you now want to see an image preview you have to do several clicks to get a thumbnail version of it, this could be improved!


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Aleks Danko's installations are well-intentioned and topical. At NGV Australia, you enter a room containing another room with walls roughly painted in red ochre. You enter this forbidding place and behold: a further edifice, with flashing lights inside and a soundtrack. You peer inside, against the floodlights, and see very little.
An oppressive ambulatory is formed between the house and the wall, in which you view many works on paper. They all show a schematised house in red, a generic child's rendition of the family home, seen as a symmetrical elevation of naive proportions. Superimposed on each image is a saying, always banal, representing the mediocre thoughts that are conditioned by manipulative politicians. The maxims are rehearsed in a suave Sydney accent on the soundtrack.
Most boil down to statements of complacency, such as "everything that is normal is beautiful" and "everything that is beautiful is normal". Other catechisms of inertia are "I hate to think" or "nobody told me". Or the expression "Mate!" Some examples are ironic: "life (cricket) is nine parts boredom and one part terror" as opposed to "life (now) is nine parts terror and one part boredom".
A subtext is that many people in Australia (like refugees) do not enjoy the same access to the democratic roof, in spite of the slogan over the house saying: "for all of us". Meanwhile, the sentimental ownership of sports stars by heads of state is suggested in "y(our) Don y(our) John". The dob-in theme of the title is expressed in "a $20 million dollar fridge magnet".
I sympathise with these sentiments and applaud the political bias. In a catalogue essay, Kelly Gellatly correctly notes that Danko's critique of middle-Australian values is as apt today as it would have been in the 1950s, a sad acknowledgement of renewed political parochialism and fear that have been cultivated for political expedience. Our multiculturalism might appear to some like a thin (brick) veneer.
The implicit polemic against the suburbs as the seat of mediocrity is unworthy.
But here is the problem. How do you symbolise spiritual meanness through the material world? Which icons do you hold up for satirical scorn? In Danko's work, there's an implicit target - the family home, the red-brick postwar bungalow - as the receptacle of "comfortable indifference, complacent belligerence, arrogant dwarfism and proud racism", in the words of Nikos Papastergiadis. But why the home?
At Sutton Gallery, red houses are turned out in three dimensions, tumbling over the floor. They're stigmatised with the same uninspiring adages, perhaps exemplifying the idea: "ordinary Australian ordinary Australia". The link between little houses and little minds strikes me as unpoetic.
The house - if I can mix metaphors - is a red herring. It is neither responsible for complacency nor bigotry; nor is it a logical centre of alienation. A house can be a vessel of trashy sentiment and bile or enlightenment and compassion. It depends on the tenant. The building stock and the institution of the family are irrelevant to the discourse of national priorities to which Danko addresses himself. Our little boxes in Box Hill are no more alienating than the flats of Munich or Moscow.
Without a direct sociological rationale, the icon of the house as incubator of social obtuseness defaults to a snobbish cliche.
An artist who wants to run down the government and media for their promotion of self-satisfied cant needs to be careful about where the blame ends up. To let the contempt accrue to the typecast wooden-headed suburban battlers is disagreeable.
The implicit polemic against the suburbs as the seat of mediocrity is unworthy. The subtitle of the exhibition, "shhh, go back to sleep", adds a note of condescension. This countervails the humour that is somewhat zealously spelt out in the catalogue.
If there is poetic content in these rancid works it would lie more cryptically in an Oedipal relationship that the artist may have with a childhood memory of authority. As a recollection of anxiety, the subtitle "shhh, go back to sleep" has a fine absurdity, which Danko has explored well in past works. But, in going for the king-hit of political satire, a well-meaning critique can be read as merely kicking against the archetype of mum and dad and their little house - to which the parental response would be: grow up.
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Social media and hard work by Charlottetown police helped recover all but one guitar of seven instruments stolen Friday from the band Coyote.
"Things are looking up," said lead guitarist Bruce Rooney as he took the newly recovered instruments out of the band's vehicle.
The story began Friday as Coyote prepared to travel to Georgetown for the Cloggeroo Island Folk Festival.
"We were billed to play that so we jumped in the van, me and our drummer Mike (King) sometime (Friday) evening, probably around 6, 6:30 and not all the gear was missing so when we jumped in, there was stuff in there," said Rooney.
By the time they picked up another band member they were starting to realize something was terribly wrong.
Turns out that a thief had taken four guitars and three keyboards out of the vehicle sometime early Friday.
Rooney suspects it was by bad luck and chance they had forgotten to lock the vehicle as they usually do.
The discovery threw the band into frantic mode. They called police and launched a social media blitz. They had serial numbers and photos of the equipment.
They went to Long & McQuade which allowed them to afforably rent replacement instruments to still play the Georgetown Cloggeroo and a wedding gig this past weekend.
Meanwhile, tips were coming in.
A member of a local radio station remembers seeing an odd sight early Friday on his way to work. A person wearing a hoodie was struggling to carry a long, heavy bag near where the items had been stolen.
People were reporting a man offering instruments for sale on Queen Street.
"Lots of people reaching out," said Rooney. "A really big thank you to P.E.I. Pretty moving when you get emails from people you have never met in your life, offering up everything they have, saying 'take it, take it on tour.' "
A name emerged from the tips, followed by an address for a street right around the corner from the location of the theft.
"It turns out the guy was taking stuff right down the street and loading it into a sketchy house," said Rooney.
Police told him that there wasn't enough good information for a search warrant of that house, but the name of the alleged thief had an outstanding warrant for failure to attend a weekend jail term.
Police went calling, and followed leads and contacts to four homes and one car, picking up items of the stolen gear as they went.
Still missing, however, is a Gibson Midtown electric guitar.
"That's my main guitar but I'm pretty sure we are going to find it," said Rooney.
"The two officers that were helping me (Sunday) night just went above and beyond," said Rooney. "Charlottetown Police have five gold stars in my book."
Coyote has been playing for about four years on the Island with original tunes in the pop and rock genre.
"It's very current sounding but we draw a lot from 70s and 80s popular rock music," said Rooney. "It's light-hearted, up-lifting, up-beat with lyrics that can relate to everyday life."
Coyote is composed of Rooney who plays lead guitar with background vocals, brother Bradford, Josh Carter, Evan McCosham and Mike King.
The band will play Fishbones Sept. 5 then load into a van and drive across Canada to play in Victoria, B.C. followed by tour stops across the country on the way back.
The band will release its second album titled Proof of Life before they go.
They plan to make sure the tour vehicle is fully locked all the time, said Rooney. He says many are asking if a song will be forthcoming about the experience, but he's a long way off from that as the band tries to get back on focus from the experience.


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To mark World Environment Day, Environment Minister Amy Adams has today announced the finalists for the 2014 Green Ribbon Awards, which honour outstanding contributions to protecting New Zealand's environment.
"Over the 24 years of the Green Ribbon Awards, more than 150 environmental champions have been recognised for their initiative, commitment and dedication to tackling environmental issues," Ms Adams says.
"For this year's awards, 113 nominations were received across 12 categories. The finalists come from a range of backgrounds and the work they do is challenging, time-consuming and sometimes unrewarded.
"World Environment Day is an ideal occasion to show the human face of environmental issues, and promote the fantastic work that is happening in our communities
"Tackling environmental issues is not easy. The Green Ribbon Awards provide an important opportunity to appreciate and showcase the diverse, innovative and interesting environmental activities that are happening around New Zealand.
"New Zealanders have always valued and taken part in voluntary activities, but it is also great to see the range of private and public sector groups that are now making sustainability an integral part of their business."
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London, 1881
Once the flames are ignited...
Miranda Ellis is a woman tormented. Plagued since birth by a strange and powerful gift, she has spent her entire life struggling to control her exceptional abilities. Yet one innocent but irreversible mistake has left her family's fortune decimated and forced her to wed London's most nefarious nobleman.
They will burn for eternity...
Lord Benjamin Archer is no ordinary man. Doomed to hide his disfigured face behind masks, Archer knows it's selfish to take Miranda as his bride. Yet he can't help being drawn to the flame-haired beauty whose touch sparks a passion he hasn't felt in a lifetime. When Archer is accused of a series of gruesome murders, he gives in to the beastly nature he has fought so hard to hide from the world. But the curse that haunts him cannot be denied. Now, to save his soul, Miranda will enter a world of dark magic and darker intrigue. For only she can see the man hiding behind the mask.
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"What's behind the mask?"
The story is about a beautiful woman, Miranda, forced into marriage by her father. She has the power to create fire but refuses to use it or tell anyone about it. She also has an identity in the underworld of London as Pan. This is where our main characters first meet. Ben hides behind a mask, like in the Phantom of the Opera, not letting anyone see him. They don't even have sex for the longest time because of it. Miranda said it the best...she was his partner but not his wife. So it is quite obvious that they both have trust issues to work through.

The weakest part of the book, for me, was the romance. It was easy to identify the systematic formula used to lead us into the passionate moments. Each time the characters came together they moved to a new base, until they finally reached home. I wanted to scream "About time!" Talk about being teased.

When we finally get to the unveiling of the mask, I didn't guess 100% correct, but I was on the right track. That was a neat twist and the solution to the problem took on two point of views. It was interesting to listen to Miranda's view and then take a moment to know what Ben was experiencing too.

I wasn't expecting the villan to be who I thought it would be...although, looking back, I didn't like the person in question, but I didn't know how they fit in to the over all mystery...all the clues lead to that person tho. I don't read alot of mysteries, but I think that is what a reader is suppose to do...keep guessing. And if you can guess who did it the author didn't do a very good job of writing. So good job!
"A Perfect Book"
This book is one of the best that I've listened to. Great story with well paced action. Absolutely no slow spots. A Historical/Paranormal Romance that doesn't seem forced at all. And Moira Quirk's narration was flawless. I gave serious thought to listening to this book again half an hour after finishing it the first time. It's a book I'm glad to have on those occasions when I'm out of credits. Miranda's very entertaining sisters have their own books coming out. This is a no-brainer, auto-buy series. Very well done.
"I wear a fez now, fez's are cool"
The author tells a good tale. The reader was a bit on the breathy side, kind of airy, but she did a good job and was worth listening to.
I tend to read romance's for the interaction between the hero and heroine, this was missing a bit of that. The murderer is kind of easy to figure out. The lying and hiding between the two is a bit off putting and kind of made it hard to finish.
Breathy, Quiet, Solid
More interaction between the two main characters, more dialogue and chemistry.
This is an entertaining book, not something I was expecting. I did enjoy most of it and found it worth the listen. I wish it had more romance as it is a romance and less focus on other characters or the non-mysterious murder. But it is worth the listen.
"Loved the British accent"
Firelight was highly addictive. Right from the beginning this book/audio drew me in. It made me INSTANTLY miss reading historicals. I'm picky with the historical romance books that I read since they aren't my favorite genre but I do enjoy them. Firelight had the perfect mixture of historical with a paranormal twist, a touch of mystery and romance.
The story is about Miranda and Archer, their tumultuous relationship. Both of them are holding back secrets from each other. Archer will not reveal what he looks like, not many people know why, but you can imagine in London 1881 there is tons of gossip about him. Miranda holds powers that only her family knows about and have no clue of it's origin. Miranda and Archer hit it off from the start. Miranda being slightly different herself will not shun Archer like others do.
Miranda is one tough cookie, she is not the typical meek young lady that will sit back and do as her father or husband says. She always speaks her mind and will not wait idly for anything, whenever action need to be taken SHE WILL take care of it.
Archer is an old soul. He is dark and sexy and very far out of the norm. Like Miranda, I was falling in love with Archer throughout the book without even knowing what he looked like.
Their love for each other build through out the book. It was serious torture witnessing the sexual chemistry that crackled between them.
Callihan told Firelight from several point of views, although it was primarily through Archer and Miranda. Several other characters held the reins quickly but it was more so to enhance the story in my opinion not to take away from the main couple.
I think I would have enjoyed the book a little bit more if I had more info on how or why Miranda had her powers. But, I very much liked this book and can't wait to hear more from Kristen Callihan and this Darkest London series.
Narrator Note: I heard some of my friends didn't like this narration that much and was hesitant to start this one. I will say that I LOVED the narration in this audio. I'm a sucker for accents and her British accent I thought was right on. She also had very distinctive voices for each character, either male or female, boy or girl. I can't wait to hear more of her narrations.
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"Fantastic book"
I found this book in my library and had forgotten i had it. I have just finished listening to this amazing author and narrator. The story has everything, suspense, excitement, love, lust, danger and much more. I thoroughly enjoyed this story so much i must say it is the best book i have read for a long time. Defiantly in my top 10. So very GOOD :)
"Fiery Start to a New Series"
I prefer audio books to reading so I don't know
The interesting paranormal creatures
She was okay, I think she did a good job with Miranda's voice, but needs to work on the emotional undertones of the characters in the story. So she is not bad but she could do better.
I thought the story was well written or told It keeps you engaged throughout. The romantic connection between the two main characters, but it also leads you to want to know more about their world and the people who in habit it.
"A fun, mysterious adventure!"
Yes! Very well written and read! The story was well paced and revealed just enough detail to keep the mind wondering about the rest of the mystery. The narrator was fantastic and actually enhanced the story with different accents and speech patterns that were very well done. Her interpretation of male voices was seamless and believable.
It is kind of a fairy tale. I wouldn't compare it to a single one--though it clearly has La Belle et la Bete overtones--because this story gives strength and power to the female lead. It was fun!
Nope. This was my first one. Wouldn't hesitate to listen to her again though! One of my new favorites!
I have 3 kids that occupy all the TV's in the house...enough said...addicted to audiobook ....shhhh don't tell my husband ;-)
"Pleasantly surprised"
I didn't have any high expectations for this book but I was pleasantly surprised, I really liked the story and was completely sucked in. Paranormal lore creatures running into each other in the 19th century with a side of lust and passion...what's not to love? Firelight's heroine is Miranda a beautiful fiery red head with green eyes, she is the youngest sister out of three sisters, with a special secret ability. Miranda's father is ruined in the world of business and is completely broke and so her father sells her hand in marriage to Lord Archer who literally hides behind a mask because he has a dark secret of his own. The book is very mysterious and alluring, which I completely love in a story.
This book is credit worthy in my opinion.
"This is the most frustrating book I ever read!!"
I am not sure how to rate this book the story was great but the writer just took too long to get to the point. A few times I just wanted to tear my hair out. I stopped listening few times.
Get to the point !!! it was frustrating !!!
I'm mostly a stay at home mother with some wishes to be back in the studio.
"...long to warm up..."
This was like reading in the dark. I hoped by reading the first book in the series it would build the premise of the magic of the series. I felt that it was just assumed in many instances that the reader understood the authors ideas. By the end of the book I think I understood the storyline, but it would have made more interesting reading if we had more of the characters powers of magic up front. I felt the whole story was out of rhythm, written maybe as a form book without a clear vision from the author. Possibly the next books ripen, but I am waiting for the reviews before I invest.
"Dark undertones..."
This début novel combines Victorian London, the paranormal & romance with dark undertones interwoven with mystery and suspense.Kristen Calihan gives a breath of fresh air to the saturated and flagging paranormal genre, I found it refreshing and it fast became my guilty pleasure over two days, instead of doing household chores I hid myself away to finish the book.
The characters are well drawn and the chemistry between Miranda and Archer I found captivating but not in an obvious way. Archer is a damned tortured soul, whereas Miranda is determined not to be hidden away to get to the bottom of the mystery, with or without Archers help. Guaranteed read ...
Will definately be reading book two in the series :)
"absolutely loved this!!"
I throughly enjoyed this to the point I didn't want it to end, It had just the right balance between normality and supernatural, The characters are fantastic and I really enjoyed the relationship between Archer and Miranda, It had a nice Gothic feel to it So brilliant! I brought the follow on Moonglow and am currently listening to it.
I cannot recommend this enough.
"Great characters, great story"
Moria Quirk's reading was brilliant but it was the characters that really made this so much fun to listen to
I think what I loved best was that despite being a not necessarily unique plot, it was still incredibly different to everything I have ever read. It's almost in it's own genre, kind of steampunk style but without the steam technology that makes steampunk what it is. I also really loved how inventive the author was. Through the whole book you basically know nothing about anyone, she holds all the cards & tiny dribbles of information slip out & even at the end there are things you think you know that haven't been confirmed yet. Brilliant author!
You probably want to get headphones if you are going to listen to this because even when people aren't actually getting amorous, they are thinking about it....not that it's bad necessarily, it's classily written, but it can be a little bit awkward if you think people might overhear....
"Dont bother"
Complete and utter tosh.
Stopped repeating the same thing over and over, miranda looked at the box, archer looked at the box, the butler looked at the box, the box lay on the table, the box was in the palm of archers hand, oh miranda gasped at the box, get my drift, the box had a silver ribbon, oh look at the silver ribbon on the box, same same long and drawn out drivel!
Nice pleasant voice
Nothing supernatural about this story at all. I always read reviews before buying a book and this sounded soooo good, its not, its boring!
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- In 2011, an estimated 49,273 people were diagnosed with HIV in the United States.
- An estimated 1,155,792 people in the United States have been diagnosed with HIV and AIDS.
- Some populations are disproportionally affected by HIV and AIDS including: people who identify as gay, bisexual, men who have sex with men (MSM) of all races and ethnicities. In 2010, an estimated 29,800 new HIV cases were among MSM.
- African Americans account for 44% and Latinos account for 21% of new infections in 2010.
- As many as one third of those infected with HIV do not know they are positive.
- CDC estimates more than 500,000 Americans with AIDS already have died.
- Half of all new HIV infections are among those under the age of 25.
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Sort of an odd question...?
Right near the moved out side of my jaw/moth area(diagnol from ear to jaw line) there is a small... globe? inside, it feels like a moment or two stone about the size of a dime. I saw a doctor about this a long time ago and he thought conceivably it was an extra salvitory gland, lymph node, or benign tumor.
Now, it's not IN my mouth, and Ican move it around, but not very much.
Does anyone know what this is or does anyone enjoy it?
Answer: Not an odd question at adjectives, as a matter of fact.
Sounds resembling a salivary stone, or maybe a calcified lymph node. But you should really go see an Eye/Ear/Nose/Throat (EENT) medical doctor specialist to be sure. Salivary gland cancer is nil to play around with.
Good Luck.
Sounds like a lymph node I also hold one there to. My son has one right underneath his ear on his neck and every time he gets sick it swells up somewhat. The first time he got it, it swelled up to golf ball size it hurt him so unpromising he missed school for a week. go to the doctor.
it may simply be a big "puss" pocket...or it could also be a ball of actual fatty tissue. Maybe a cyst or calcium deposit. I'd see your dentist. I know it's not in your mouth, but dental x-rays might reveal more..
I don't hold one however, I would suggest up back to the doctor and request an exam an Xray done. It sounds like Cancer to me! To it ASAP! Cancers grow vigorous if it is! Weird..go to the doc again. Kind of hard to recount simply by descriptions..
I remember my brother had the same entry..... They said it was a sist, It may not be the same piece I just thought maybe... be in motion bak 2 the doctor i think...
have it rechecked why not you see and consult a doctor?


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This year-long seminar will study the social, cultural, religious, and historical aspects of constitutional design in the Muslim world, including countries such as Iran, Egypt, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Early classes will focus on classic jurisprudential debates-what is a constitution and what is its purpose-and will provide background on various forms of constitutionalism in general and in the Muslim world in particular. After these introductory sessions, classes will take on the nature of a colloquium: Invited speakers will present papers contextualizing constitutional design by drawing on deep knowledge of individual countries. Invited commentators will engage with the material and explore the course's broader themes. Students will read these papers in advance, prepare commentaries, and then participate actively in the discussion when the invited speaker comes to class. In the final four weeks of the course, students will present their own substantial papers on a topic related to the themes of the course. Students in this seminar will receive detailed and extensive comments on their writing projects, which will involve a process of three drafts. Professors Delaney and Stilt will assist students in finding appropriate outlets for publication if (as they hope) the final work is of sufficient quality. There is no required textbook for this course. Reading material for the course will be posted to Blackboard and will consist of various articles and book chapters, as well as the specific colloquium papers presented by the invited speakers.
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In July, Indonesian officials discovered twenty boxes filled with illegal pangolin meat and scales being shipped to China. MSNBC reports, "Eight tons of meat and scales, worth $269,000, were found in the boxes at Jakarta airport and at a warehouse raided the following day."
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Another superb malt from the Macallan. It's quietly understated, sophisticated, and eminently smooth.
This product is the worst smelling whiskey I've ever encountered. The smell is of smelly feet. Although it's smooth on the palate it just doesn't impress.
Nice taste got a 1l in the duty free in Manchester going to egypt just wish I got myself another bottle to go by with my cohiba's
Hazelnut and vanilla immediately came to mind. Great nose. Lolloping over the tongue produced a very warm smooth drop which simply lingered for a very long time. I'm an Islay fan - this is so different but it is a vast point of difference I enjoyed immensely. I will be sharing the bottle I have with my scotch drinking friends and will be buying another when the opportunity presents itself.
absolutely fantastic, second bottle purchased Duty free in El Salvadore, small increase in price and huge flavoure difference above 10 yr, 12 yr even the 15yr Macallan in my circle of Scottish tasters !
Doesn't compare to the 12yr sherry, but still very nice nonetheless. Nice raisin aroma and smooth start with an almost ginger or rum cake finish. Could compete with Glenlevit French oak. JG
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There is much that is entirely surreal about the modern administrative state, with its systematic tendency to overreach the bounds of law and of common sense. No where is this more painfully evident than in the Environmental Protection Agency's zealous enforcement of the Clean Water Act, which was, thankfully, slapped down this week by a unanimous Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA.
On its face the key provisions of the CWA are the soul of good sense. The provision makes it illegal for any person to "discharge " a pollutant into "navigable waters" of the United States. It is easy in the abstract to applaud a statute that seeks to strengthen the ordinary private remedies against pollution, at least if it's directed against clandestine maneuvers of shady operators to dump drums of waste oil in a river in the dark of night.
But the EPA does not stop with the obvious and useful. Instead it has relentlessly sought to expand its own scope by a two-pronged attack. The first was to expand by regulation the definition of navigable waters so that it includes any wetland adjacent to a navigable body of water. Pursuant to that elastic definition, the EPA told the Sacketts that they were sitting on top of a wetland when they sought to build a house on 2/3- acre plot in northern Idaho separated by several other lots from a local lake. Adding rock and dirt fill to their property was absurdly construed as a discharge of pollutants by a set of pro forma charges that neglected to allege how rock or dirt fill constituted so much as a single particle of anything from which the nearby Priest Lake needed protection.


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Vladislav Ardzinba: man and legend
The first president of the republic of Abkhazia remains a part of the national myth
Vladislav Ardzinba, the first president of Abkhazia, who played decisive role in history of Abkhazia, Georgia, and probably the whole Caucasus, is dead. His death was long and painful. According to some reports, the leader of Abkhazian national movement suffered from Parkinson's disease. According to others, from Alzheimer's disease. In 1997, the author of these lines accompanied the deputy head of Russia's Security Council, Boris Berezovsky, on a visit to Abkhazia. Ardzinba received the guests in the former dacha of Lavrentiy Beria not far from New Athos. His facial and neck muscles already that time were twitching, betraying his illness. At the beginning of the 2000s the illness deepened and the first president of Abkhazia became disabled. He lost the power of speech and the ability to move, although he kept his mental acuity. Until 2004, the republic was governed by his closest confidants, including Prime Minister Raul Khajimba. Nevertheless, the absolute majority of Abkhazians considers Ardzinba a national hero because exactly the idea of national independence is associated with him, even though Abkhazia's independence was recognized only years after the first president had left the political arena. Nevertheless, Ardzinba from the beginning lead the movement and then the war for independence from Georgia and achieved the victory by which Abkhazia acquired its unrecognized but real independence.
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Vladislav Grigoryevich Ardzinba was born in 1945 in the Abkhazian village of Eshera. He spent a considerable part of his life in Moscow. He was a historian by education and was considered one of the best specialists on the history and culture of ancient Asia Minor, including the history of Hittites. At the beginning of the 1980s, Ardzinba tried to defend a doctoral dissertation "Rituals and myths of ancient Anatolia" in the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. But the director of the institute was then native of Tbilisi and a great friend of the Georgian intelligentsia (and of the first secretary of central committee of Communist party of Georgia Eduard Shevarnadze), Yevgeny Primakov. So as not to offend his Tbilisi friends, Primakov advised Vladislav to defend his dissertation in the Tbilisi Institute of History, Ethnography and Archeology, which was he exactly what did in 1985.
The son of famous Georgian historian Rismag Gordeziany described to me his meeting with the future Abkhazian president like this: "I saw a swarthy man with the characteristic red-tinged face of the Abkhaz standing in the hall, dumping onto the floor a huge bag of mandarins he had brought from Abkhazia as a present. Before he came to Tbilisi he phoned to ask if he would be killed in Georgia. Ardzinba was at that time already known as a radical supporter of Abkhazian separatism. In 1978, as a young scientist, he led a movement to give the Abkhazian language official status in Abkhazia (in response to the Georgian language being given this status over the whole territory of the Georgian SSR). Nevertheless Ardzinba has successfully defended his dissertation in Tbilisi (according to the generally accepted view his work was excellent) and headed Abkhazian Institute of Language, Literature and History".
In 1989, Ardzinba became a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. It was he who was the author and conductor of idea of "equalization of rights of union and autonomous Republics" which according to the opinion of several historians played important role in collapse of Soviet Union because it was inadmissible not only for Georgia (which by this way "became equal" with its autonomy) but also for national elites of all other union Republics. In the autumn of 1990, Ardzinba became the head of the Supreme Soviet of Abkhazia. And his election happened as a result of a difficult compromise with the first Georgian president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Georgians were at that time 44% of population of the autonomous republic and Abkhaz just 18%, but Ardzinba managed to persuade Zviad to agree to the formula 28-26-11. That means that Abkhaz received the largest part of the seats in the newly elected Supreme Soviet. Georgians got 26 places and 11 went to representatives of other nations, including Russians, Armenians and Greeks. Then, taking its cue from the civil war in Georgia that started right after the overthrow of Gamsakhurdia in January 1992, the Supreme Council of Abkhazia on June 24, 1992, declared the restoration of the Abkhazian Constitution of 1924, when Abkhazia was independent from Georgia.
In August of the same year, the state council of Georgia led by Shevardnadze brought troops in Abkhazia seeking on the one hand to prevent acquisition of independence by Abkhazia and on the other hand to discredit the followers of Zviad, the majority of whom were in hiding in Abkhazia. Vladislav Ardzinba headed Abkhasia's defense committee and with the support of forces from the confederation of mountain peoples of the Caucasus managed to drive the Georgian armed forces out of Abkhazia by September 30, 1993. At the same time, the large part of the Georgian population left Abkhazia. Later, a certain number of Georgians returned to the border Gallsky district. In 1994, the Abkhazian parliament elected Ardzinba president. National elections took place later – in 1999, when Abkhazia also held a referendum on independence. The five-year "transition period" is explained by the fact that between Russia, Georgia and Abkhazia in 1990s was going on a difficult play – Moscow didn't lose hope that it could keep Georgia within its sphere of influence and in Tbilisi they hoped to restore what was lost through compromises with Moscow. Nevertheless, compromise wasn't achieved because "surrender" of Abkhazia by Russia would destabilize the situation in the North Caucasus, where the Abkhaz' fellow Circassians, the Adyghe, live. Therefore Russia made an unequivocal choice – as early as the beginning of the 2000s it removed all restrictions for crossing the Russian-Abkhazian boundary (which were introduced in 1994) and began to develop relations with Abkhazia in spite of Georgia's protests.
In spite of leaving the political arena as far bask as 2000-2001 and his protege Raul Khajimba's defeat in the 2004 presidential elections, Vladislav Ardzinba remains for Abkhazians a symbol of independence, having become an integral part of the national myth.
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