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Pinebank I was built in 1802 by China trade merchant James Perkins (1761-1822) as a Federal country house on the banks of Jamaica Pond. Photograph courtesy of Anthony Mitchell Sammarco.
An old Jamaica Plain homestead is best known by the name of the former estate, over which it once presided: Pinebank, so called from its pine-surrounded rise on the north shore of Jamaica Pond. Now surrounded by a high chain-link fence, entirely overgrown with lofty weeds, and in ruinous state, the Ruskinian Gothic brick house hardly shows any trace of its former graciousness.
One claim to glory is that it is now the only house left of those that were taken by the City of Boston in 1892, when it was decided to create Jamaica (now Olmsted) Park. Taken for use as a refectory for those visiting the park (but only briefly used thus), the house's downfall began when the last Perkins was allowed to remove fireplace mantels and stained-glass windows.
Pinebank's name is often linked to the illustrious Perkins family of China merchants and philanthropists, who owned the area throughout the 19th century. Hence the name of the street that connects Roxbury, JP, Brookline, Newton and West Roxbury. This was the first Perkins county home in our vicinity. Brothers Samuel and Thomas had fancier ones reaching into Brookline.
The present remnants of the Ruskinian Gothic house seen today are of the third Perkins residence on the site, as attested by the three dates in tan terracotta work above the driveway entrance-something worth preservation. Fortunately, photographs of all three homes remain. Pinebank I, a 21/2 story wooden Federal style home with shutters and porch (more in the spirit of Holbrook Farm), was built in 1806 as a summer house by the scholarly James Perkins (1761-1822), senior member of the China trading firm.
His grandson, Edward N. Perkins, tore Pinebank I down in 1848 and built a year-round house. Pinebank II was a substantial three-storied affair with mansard roof by a French architect, Jean Lemoulnier, who worked in Boston in the 1840's. It faced the Pond with a small terrace and balconied front entrance with fancy grillwork along the roofline.
When Pinebank II burned out in 1868, Perkins started all over again on the still useable foundation. Sturgis & Brigham designed the once-glorious Pinebank III, Gothic in red brick and imported English tan terracotta-a theme they developed in their next project, the first home of the Museum of Fine Arts at Copley Square where the Copley Plaza Hotel now stands.
Pinebank II was built in 1848 on the site of the original house by Edward Newton Perkins. Photograph courtesy of Anthony Mitchell Sammarco.
The driveway entrance was made to commemorate all the Perkins homes with the dates they were built worked into the terracotta over the door, while the Pond entrance retained the prior balcony porch concept. Pinebank III seems not as elegant as its predecessor, but life there must have been pleasant. To the east the family had easy access to the Pond via their cove in the adjacent vale, filled in by the Park Commissioners early in this century.
To the west, easy access was had to the Pond via a set of sandstone steps installed in 1864 and purchased from the auction of the former John Hancock Mansion on Beacon Hill. Notable also were the giant cottonwood trees on either side of the house and its ivy, brought from England by the family.
After the Perkins family moved out, Pinebank III became the property of the Parks Department of the City of Boston. Fire visited the site in 1895, destroying the roof and much of the interior. Noted City architect Edmund Wheelwright designed a new roof, remodelled the interior, and added the present large terrace, perhaps inspired by the elegant look of Pinebank II.
Until July, 1913 the remodeled Pinebank served as headquarters for the Park Department, when it granted Pinebank's free use for ten years to the newly founded Children's Museum. The natural history and ethnological lectures and exhibits so well recalled by older JP residents were given here.
Nominal rent was arranged with the City, and the Museum prospered with the help of its neighbor, Mayor Curley. In 1935 came the end of the second ten-year lease, and the Museum Trustees confronted the question of renewal. Pinebank needed major repairs and was growing smaller day by day with every spaced pressed to the utmost. Automobiles were denied access.
Fortunately the Museum was able to purchase the former Morse/Milton estate on the Jamaicaway in January 1936 and after a gala program in March left Pinebank. On July 15 it was completely empty and officially returned to the Parks Department, which used it to store records. Henceforth it was a white elephant.
In the 1970's it became a center for arts courses in an Arts in the Park series run by the Parks Department, but a fire in 1978 gutted the interior, preventing any further use. A roof was hurriedly thrown up, but the house, standing secluded off the Jamaicaway, invited trouble. In 1982 another fire finished off any wood in the interior. Yet again another crude roof was hurriedly installed, and for good measure a chain link fence erected all around it. Thus the sorry picture at the present time.
Sources: Seaburg & Paterson, Merchant Prince of Boston, Cambridge, 1971 C. Zaitzevsky, "Pinebank: the History of a Site and a Building" in R. White, Feasibility Study- Pinebank Recreational Building, BRA, 1979 A. B. Sayles, The Story of the Children's Museum. Boston, 1937.
Reprinted with permission from the September 20, 1991 Jamaica Plain Gazette.Copyright © Gazette Publications, Inc. | {
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The music-streaming giant Spotify, moving aggressively to expand beyond its core service, said Wednesday it had agreed to buy two companies that will bolster its podcast roster and help to reduce its reliance on major record labels.
The acquisitions include Gimlet Media, the studio behind the popular podcasts "Crimetown," "Reply All" and "StartUp," and Anchor, which makes tools for recording and distributing podcasts.
Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed. The company said that it planned to make more acquisitions and had earmarked up to $500 million for deals this year.
In addition to helping Spotify diversity its offerings, the company hopes the deals will help it keep users on its platform longer. The company, which is based in Stockholm and went public last year, is already the market leader in streaming music, with a commanding lead over its nearest rival, Apple.
Spotify said on Wednesday that it now has 96 million monthly paid subscribers, nearly double the number recently reported by Apple Music, and 207 million active monthly users. The company said it lost 78 million euros, about $89 million, last year, compared with a €1.2 billion loss in 2017.
Despite its dominance among music listeners, Daniel Ek, Spotify's chief executive, sees other kinds of audio content as critical to the company's future success. In a corporate blog post announcing the acquisitions, he predicted that about 20 percent of all Spotify listening would involve something other than music.
"Ultimately, if we are successful, we will begin competing more broadly for time against all forms of entertainment and informational services, and not just music streaming services," Mr. Ek wrote.
In recent years, podcasts, which once accounted for a small slice of Spotify's offerings, have become a big focus for the company. Mr. Ek wrote that Spotify is now the second-biggest platform for podcasts, trailing only Apple.
Podcasts are good business for Spotify in other ways as well. The company said that offering more of them could help increase its profit margins, in part by reducing its dependence on licenses it must regularly negotiate with record labels.
Gimlet was started in 2014 by the public radio veterans Alex Blumberg and Matthew Lieber. "Homecoming," the company's first fictional podcast, has been adapted into an Amazon show starring Julia Roberts.
"Spotify is poised to become the largest audio platform in the world and we are excited for Gimlet's award-winning podcasts to connect with new audiences around the world," Mr. Blumberg and Mr. Lieber said in a statement in the news release announcing the deal.
Anchor, which was started in 2015, creates products that simplify the process of recording and earning money from podcasts. Its addition broadens Spotify's ability to cater to podcast creators.
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Home » Arteta Confirmed Jack Wilshere Training Return As He Sets To Help The Club's Younger Players
Arteta Confirmed Jack Wilshere Training Return As He Sets To Help The Club's Younger Players
October 7, 2021 No Comments By oladisquare
An Arsenal academy graduate who made 197 appearances in his first ten years as a professional footballer, Jack Wilshere is back training with Arsenal.
Wilshere, who has been plagued with injuries in recent years, is currently without a team.
After leaving Championship club Bournemouth at the end of last season.
He has joined up with his first club, where he was considered one of Arsenal's brightest prospects.
When he broke into the first team aged 16, to maintain his fitness and so that he can work towards his coaching badges.
Arteta insists the former England international will not be playing for Arsenal's first team anytime soon.
But believes he can be a very useful presence at the club's training ground.
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Arteta told Arsenal's official website.
"What you should believe is that we want to help Jack prepare for his next stage, physically, mentally."
"He wants to do his coaching badges again and we are prepared to fulfil all the needs that he wants.
That is basically the idea and it is no further than that.
"I am very happy to have him back.
We had a conversation with Jack and understand the needs that he has.
The period that he is going through and I think everyone at the club agreed it was the right moment to help him.
"We sat down with him and we listened to what he wanted to do.
And what stage he is and we are prepared to do anything we can to help him.
"He is going to be training sometimes with us, he is going to be around the place.
He is going to be continuing his coaching badges that he is very interested in.
Try to get him fit, try to get his experiences across to our players, our young players, our academy and I think it is great influence to have around."
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Hartthijs de Vries
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Fabio Jakobsen
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Edoardo Affini was invited to join Quick-Step Floors in their training camp in Calpe
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Cees Bol: "I am working hard to get in a better shape than ever before"
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Rasch: "The goal is clear, win races"
Strong: "Winning in my country's only UCI stage race is something that has always been on my bucket list"
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CSS :
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outline: 2px solid gray;
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In chrome browser screenshot looks like below
In IE looks like below :
I need same look as it displayed in chrome ? why the appearance different in IE browser.
i want to display the check box outline same in both browser.
Thanks,
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A: IE (except for 11) is adding 3px of padding around the checkbox:
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A: Try adding css reset code like this one
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Tech companies are billing products as AI-powered for that future-wow factor — even if artificial intelligence is only a small part of the equation. In The Guardian, Olivia Solon charts the rise of "pseudo-AI" products that have humans quietly do the dirty work.
Why it matters: Some experts warn of an impending "AI winter" if currently high expectations for the technology are disappointed and investment wanes. Revelations that AI is just underpaid people could spark just that kind of disillusionment.
Products that promise to scan your inbox and use algorithms to tease out discounts and travel itineraries are sometimes putting private emails in front of humans, a Wall Street Journal investigation found this month.
Expensify, the popular business-expense management system, paid people on the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform small amounts to decipher customers' receipts, but billed the system as automated, Ars Technica reported last year.
Facebook Messenger's virtual assistant, M, used people to fulfill customer requests that the bot itself couldn't, Recode reported in 2015. M was shut down earlier this year.
In 2016, Bloomberg profiled the overworked employees who impersonated AI chatbots and personal assistants, delivering services disguised as AI.
Reality check: Some AI experts, like Berkeley's Michael Jordan and Gary Marcus of NYU, argue that many overestimate what AI is currently capable of. For now, talking AI can only hold conversations under very constrained conditions, and small corruptions can throw off computer-vision algorithms.
Yes, but: Bullish researchers argue that a growth in three key areas — computing power, the quantity of available data, and creative new algorithms — will continue to propel AI development and stave off crisis. | {
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Bass, Foster Youth Caucus Co-Chairs, Urge Inclusion of Additional Supports in COVID-19 Response Package
"Foster youth may be particularly vulnerable to financial hardship and food and housing insecurity during this time," they wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
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Rep. Bass, Nadler Demand Answers from DOJ About Federal Bureau of Prisons & U.S. Marshals Service Response to Coronavirus
On March 12, 2020, Chairman Nadler originally requested information from DOJ about their handling of the health crisis. To date, he has not received a response. Given the urgency of the global health pandemic, Nadler and Bass are renewing the request.
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Rep. Bass Offices to Begin Serving Constituents Remotely
Effective Wednesday, March 18, 2020, Congressmember Karen Bass' team members will be principally working from home during normal business hours. Both offices have instituted continuity of operations procedures (COOP) to ensure constituent services are not interrupted during this extraordinary period.
Health Care, Local Issues
PASSED: Rep. Bass Resolution Encouraging Reunions of Divided Korean American Families Agreed To By House
March 9, 2020 Press Release
"Last year, I had the opportunity to meet with Kyung Joo Lee, a 90-year-old Korean American man who has not seen his three older brothers and his older sister since he fled North Korea more than 70 years ago," said Rep. Bass. "Tears streamed down his face during that meeting as he held my hands and urged me to do what I can to help Korean families to be reunited.
Rep. Bass Responds To Reports Regarding Immigration Hearing Protocol
"Imagine you're an 8 year old child in a country you've never been to hundreds of miles from a home you will never see again and you're walked into a courtroom with zero people in it. All that's there is a TV screen showing you a judge, an ICE attorney and your interpreter.
Bass Hosts Hearing Focusing On Returning Citizens
February 27, 2020 Press Release
Bass, Quiet Skies Caucus Disappointed with FAA Response on Noise
During a meeting with Administrator Dickson in October 2019, Caucus members expressed serious concerns about airplane and helicopter noise and the FAA's lack of responsiveness to impacted communities.
Airplane Noise, Local Issues, Transportation
Rep. Bass at the Kingdom Day Parade 2020
January 23, 2020 In The News
LOS ANGELES - Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) reflects on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King at the Kingdom Day Parade. Watch Below.
Foster Care & Adoption, Local Issues
Rep. Bass Talks War, Impeachment, and Black Caucus Summit with Trevor Noah
January 6, 2020 In The News
NEW YORK - Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined Trevor Noah on the Daily Show to discuss rising tensions in Iran, impeachment and the Congressional Black Caucus preparing for the census and voter outreach. Watch below.
Foreign Policy, Census 2020, U.S.-Africa Policy
Rep. Bass: "You cannot tell me that the federal government does not have money for toothpaste and soap."
WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) joined Alisyn Camerota on CNN's New Day to discuss the latest reports of family separation at our southern border. Watch the interview below:
Rep. Bass Slams NIMBYism on NBC 4
LOS ANGELES - Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) discussed impeachment, homelessness and Foster Youth Shadow Day with Conan Nolan on NBC 4. Watch the interview below.
Rep. Bass Talks Impeachment, Homelessness on Fox 11
LOS ANGELES - Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) joined Elex Michaelson on Fox 11 to discuss impeachment and homelessness. Watch the interview below.
Rep. Bass Marks 8th Annual Shadow Day On House Floor
WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) marked the 8th Annual Foster Youth Shadow Day on Capitol Hill. Each year, Rep. Bass brings current and former foster youth from more than 30 states ranging from Alaska to Maine to DC for them to shadow their Member of Congress. Watch her remarks below.
Rep. Bass Talks Foster Youth Shadow Day on MSNBC
WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Karen Bass and the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth brought current and former foster youth from more than 30 states ranging from Alaska to Maine to DC for them to shadow their Member of Congress. Watch her discuss this important event below.
Rep. Bass Talks International Impact Of Mueller Report & Path Forward For Dem Agenda
LOS ANGELES - Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) joined Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC's PoliticsNation to discuss the international impact of the Mueller Report and also what the next step was for the Democratic agenda. Watch the interview below.
Rep. Bass Responds To Trump's Reaction to New Zealand Attack
WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, responded to President Trump's lackluster condemnation of the terrorist attacks in New Zealand and his inability to criticize the rise of white nationalism.
Rep. Bass on New Zealand:
Rep. Bass discusses the impact on recent polling information:
Rep. Bass Discusses Family Separation with Rachel Maddow
February 26, 2019 In The News
WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, discussed the Trump administration's policy of family separation with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. Watch the interview below. | {
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Badridschani (von ) bezeichnet in Georgien generell ein Gericht, das auf der Basis von Auberginen zubereitet wird, die normalerweise mit etwas Öl angebraten werden. Innerhalb Georgiens erfreuen sich Badridschani großer Beliebtheit und sind in vielen Restaurants erhältlich.
Zubereitungsmethoden
Normalerweise werden vegetarische Variationen der Badridschani zubereitet. Der kulturelle Hintergrund liegt darin, dass die Orthodoxe Kirche, die in Georgien die größte Glaubensgemeinschaft darstellt, zahlreiche Fastenzeiten kennt, in denen je nach Fastenstufe keine tierischen Produkte bzw. kein Fleisch verzehrt werden soll. Aus diesem Grund kennt die georgische Küche zahlreiche vegetarische und vegane Gerichte, die keiner neuen Entwicklung, sondern einer sehr alten Tradition entsprechen.
Badridschani mit Knoblauch und Zwiebeln: Bei dieser Variante werden Auberginen in Öl von beiden Seiten angebraten und dann mit kleinen Zwiebelstückchen, Knoblauch und Essig abgeschmeckt.
Badridschani mit Walnüssen: In diesem Fall werden die Auberginen möglichst so gebraten, dass sie viel Flüssigkeit verlieren. Anschließend werden sie mit einer Knoblauch-Walnusspaste aus feinst gemahlenen Walnüssen, einer georgischen Safranart und Uzchuts suneli (Würzmischung) gefüllt, mit Granatapfelkernen und Kräutern garniert, und als Vorspeise serviert.
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Grundsätzlich wird zu Badridschani gerne ein Wein getrunken, vor allem trockener Weißwein, wie beispielsweise Zinandali. Wie zu allen anderen Gerichten auch, wird in Georgien zu Badridschani Brot gereicht. In der Fastenzeit werden Badridschani meistens mit Bohnengerichten (Lobios) verzehrt, ansonsten sind sie auch eine beliebte Beilage zu gegrilltem Fleisch.
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Nadine homes in on Hollywood
HUNKY Jesse Metcalfe has finally persuaded Nadine Coyle to become a Desperate Housewife in Tinseltown. The green-fingered hunk, 28, has met the Girls Aloud babe's folks and is now planning to buy a lovenest with her. But Nadine, 22, was reluctant to splash out on a home in Hollywood because she didn't want to quit Britain altogether.
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Jesse recently told us: "I'm trying to wear her down so she agrees to come back with me.
"We both love our homes. It's difficult to know what to do."
Our advice was to ditch Nadine and take one of us instead...
Sadly, the bubbly brunette's no fool and she's decided to stick with her telly totty and buy a posh new pad in the Hollywood Hills.
Our Wisteria Lane spy said: "They are absolutely besotted and it's come to the point where they need to live together.
"The only thing that bothered Nadine was living so far away from her family and bandmates.
"But Jesse's not asking her to choose between him and her career. They both feel strongly about their jobs, so she will come back to London regularly to work with Girls Aloud and see her friends.
"Now she's realised that, she can't wait to find somewhere and get settled in with him."
But Nadine had better take her time unpacking those boxes, because her very own Love Machine plans to get her down the aisle quicker than you can say: "Take one of the Goss Girls instead, Jesse."
He confessed: "I was seeing someone when I first met Nadine.
"But when we got serious, everyone else fell away. I want to get married and have kids."
However, Nadine is slightly more laid back about the whole affair. She yawned: "He's sweet but I don't like thinking about the future."
We guess he'll have to pack all the boxes and hire the removal men himself then.
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What is meant by 'social signals' is the votes, pins, views, shares, and likes on social media platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Facebook, and all the other social media platforms that work to filter the numerous search engine algorithms. That means, of course, that social signals will indicate just how much a particular brand is being talking about by potential customers. It goes without saying that this kind of interest and activity will definitely improve a brand's SERP ranking, since all search engines are programmed to view social signals as legitimate and dependable recommendations.
And just what do social signals do?
The connection between the proper social signals and a reduced bounce rate is making marketers who haven't invested in the theory and practice of social signals very nervous. It seems obvious to even the most traditional social media users that social signals are creating greater repeat visits to sites.
A single page with good social signals is able to impact many other pages in the same domain, which in turn is likely to improve the rankings criteria.
And when a web page is liked or voted for, this is guaranteed to start replacing backlinks. The tag team effect thus engendered is bound to increase brand visibility and move it higher in the SERP ratings.
The growing use of social media platforms to disperse information or merely to keep people and communities in touch is changing how the world communicates, and the new phenomenon of social signals are the logical outcome of this communication revolution. Experiences shows that most people now prefer to visit particular platforms not simply for their lofty search engine ranking, but because peer recommendations, especially through social signals, have led them there. This also means that websites that are socially linked can see an improvement in their conversion rates, with in turn means higher brand loyalty as well as better brand awareness. Once this loop is in place it only promotes more and better consumer reviews and other social signal messages that keep building the brand, with the potential to make it explode like a nuclear reactor gone critical — or, in this case, viral.
Companies that are in the thick of things when it comes to social media will have very little major work to do to start taking full advantage of social signals. Those companies that are still lagging behind on their social media engagement need to make a major effort to catch up with their competitors and contemporaries, try some other local marketing tactics like SEO or risk losing a major amount of business in 2019. | {
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EVALUATION OF GROUNDNUT GENOTYPES FOR CONFECTIONERY QUALITY CHARACTERS INCLUDING AFLATOXIN RESISTANCE
M. HEMANTH KUMAR*, G.L.K. REDDY AND M.R. SEKHAR
Agricultural Research Station, Perumallapalle, ANGRAU, AP 517 505 India
Fifty-four groundnut genotypes were evaluated for ten morphological and biochemical characters related to quality. For morphological characters like high kernel yield, high shelling percentage, high 100 seed weight, desirable testa colour and elongated shape, the genotype, TPT 4 along with ICGV 86584, TG 40, M 13 and ICG 7633 were adjudged as the best genotypes. Whereas, TPT 4 along with TCGS 584, ICG 1326 and ICG 3643 were identified as superior genotypes for biochemical characters like low aflatoxin content, low oil percentage, high protein and high non-reducing sugar content. Though combination of kernel yield with quality was difficult to find, in view of the relative desirability of quality characters vis-à-vis kernel yield the genotypes; TPT 4, M 13 and ICGV 86564 were identified as the best genotypes suitable for cultivation and trading as HPS varieties
Groundnut, quality, morphological, biochemical characters
It is predicted that in a liberalized economy the cropping pattern will shift in favour of rice, wheat, chickpea, cotton etc. and crops like groundnut face declension in their area expansion (Gulati and Sharma, 1997). It has to be accepted that crop scientists have failed to suggest an alternate crop to the dry land farmer who cannot dispense the cultivation of groundnut even in the near future. As there is no other alternative to groundnut in these areas, breeding for its improvement still shows promise. The liberalization promotes global trade, which warrants the production of quality produce. Though Indian groundnuts are price-competitive, they may not get access to markets of developed countries for non-compliance with the health and safety standards. The quality requirements for groundnut in the world food market are rather rigid and exacting. Natural Resources Institute of the U.K. Ministry for overseas development listed many quality requirements for groundnut pods and kernel and the over-riding consideration with regard to quality is without doubt freedom from aflatoxin. Aflatoxin, a toxic metabolite, contamination is of major concern in confectionary groundnuts. Aflatoxins are now known to be hepatotoxic, carcinogenic and teratogenic (Mehan et al., 1991). AFB1 is the most common and also the most toxic aflatoxin produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticum (Dube, 1990). Semi-arid tropics, of the developing countries from which most of groundnut produce is coming, are considered to be high-risk areas for aflatoxin contamination and India is no exception. Around 50 countries impose aflatoxin regulations and most countries have a separate maximum acceptable level for food and feed (Van Egmond, 1989). The changed scenario adds yet another objective of breeding for quality produce, which includes resistance to aflatoxin content also. Hence, a thorough search in the germplasm and its characterization is essential to pick up the genotypes for breeding for quality improvement in groundnut.
Fifty-four genotypes were grown in a randomized block design (RBD) with three replications in post rainy season. Each genotype was grown in two rows of 4.5 m length with a spacing of 45 cm between rows and 15 cm between plant to plant in a row. The experimental plot was supplied with fertilizers at the rate of 30 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 45 kg K2O per hectare. The crop was provided with irrigation at suitable intervals but was withheld between 80 and 100 days after sowing when the crop was experiencing moisture stress. Necessary plant protection measures were taken during crop growth period on the plant but not as soil application. Five random plants from each genotype per replication were used to record data on morphological and biochemical characters.
The virulent strain of the pathogen (Aspergillus flavus) made available by the Department of Plant Pathology, RARS, Tirupati was considered to be aggressive and toxigenic strain. The mass multiplied inoculum of A. flavus was applied at 45 days after sowing by opening a furrow on a side of the plant row. As a matter of fact the fungus was mass multiplied by organic-matrix method as per the modified procedure given by Will et al. (1994). The cracked pearl millet seeds treated with A. flavus inoculum were applied at the rate of 2.5 g per onemeter length of the crop to facilitate the infection of the pathogen to the crop. Care was taken to keep the soil wet at the time of application of the fungus. After harvest, the pods were shade dried for seven days and stored in a galvanized iron container. Aflatoxin content in groundnut kernels produced by A. flavus was estimated after one month of storage by indirect competitive Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) as per the procedure given by Reddy et al. (1988).
Shape of kernels, an important quality parameter was recorded as per the scale (1-5) suggested by Misra et al. (2000). An elongated shape was considered the best and was accordingly given a rating of 1 while round (spherical shape) was assigned the lowest rating. Seed size uniformity is a quality character and was measured as per the scale (1-10) provided by Misra et al. (2000). A rating of 1 was assigned to the genotype, which gave the maximum uniformity in size of kernels and a rating of 10 to that which showed maximum variation in size, i.e., a mixture of small-medium-large kernels. The colour code for testa was assigned to the genotypes by visually comparing the colour of testa with those given by Nigam et al. (2004). Pink to light brown testa colours were considered desirable (Nigam et al., 1989) and were given a rating of 1, where as dark red to purple as undesirable and were assigned a rating of 10. Oil in the seed was estimated with the help of NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Model New Port Analyser, Oxford Analytical Instruments, England) analyzer. The genotypes with low oil percentage were assigned the highest score. The method of Lowry et al. (1951) was adopted for estimating protein content with Folin-Ciacalteu reagent. Nonreducing sugars, which include sucrose, were extracted from alcohol and estimated by the method of Nelson (1944).
Besides high yield, the kernels of confectionary types should possess good morpho-biochemical characters. Higher values for 100 seed weight, kernels with elongated shape, tapering ends, and pink to light brown testa colours were considered desirable by Nigam et al. (1989). Misra et al. (2000) opined that high uniformity in kernel size, low oil, high protein and high sucrose contents were desirable to assess the export worthiness of hand picked and selected (HPS) genotypes. They also reported that tapering ends of kernels for easy blanching, low oil for better health, higher protein for more nutritional food value, sucrose (non-reducing sugar) from organoleptic point of view, were the most desirable attributes to the end user of confectionery groundnuts. As per the recommendations of Natural Resources Institute of UK Ministry for Overseas Development (Chandrasekhar, 1991) freedom from aflatoxin (< 5 ppb) was considered as the overriding principle in deciding the quality in groundnut.
With this back ground a comprehensive evaluation of genotypes for their net handpicked and selected worth with an integrated evaluation of morphological and biochemical characters were carried out. For this evaluation each genotype was ranked according to numerical value and desirability of the character. Among the morphological characters, high kernel yield, high shelling percentage, high 100-seed weight, maximum uniformity in seed size, light pink or light brown colour testa and elongated shape of kernels with tapering ends were considered desirable characters while among the biochemical characters, low aflatoxin content, low oil percentage, high protein content, and high non-reducing sugar content were considered desirable and accordingly the ranks were assigned (Table 1 and 2).
The genotype, TPT 4 with a rank total of 42 was adjudged the best for morphological characters. Furthermore, its kernel yield was the highest among the 54 genotypes tested. With a rank total of 43, the genotype ICGV 86584 ranked second. Next in order were TG 40, M 13, and ICG 7633 with rank totals of 50, 57 and 59, respectively. The genotype, M 13 recorded the second highest kernel yield per plant. Among the best five, except TG 40 all the genotypes recorded significantly higher kernel weight. Kernel weight was significantly higher in all the best five genotypes evaluated for morphological characters related to quality except TG 40 whose kernel weight was higher than mean but not significant. The best 18 (1/3 proportion of total genotypes) genotypes were superior for both kernel weight and the rest of the morphological characters related to quality.
For biochemical characters, TPT 4 with a rank total of 59 was identified as the best genotype. Its kernel weight was also the highest. It has recorded the second lowest aflatoxin content. The second best genotype, TPT 1 with a rank total of 60 recorded moderate kernel weight, which was at par with the average. Similarly, the genotype TCGS 584 stood third (60) but its kernel weight was inferior. However, both TPT 1 and TCGS 584 were susceptible to A. flavus. The genotypes, ICG 1326 and ICG 3643 ranked 4th and 5th respectively. Among these two genotypes, ICG 1326 has recorded the lowest aflatoxin content but their kernel weights were not significantly superior over mean. Hence TPT 4 was adjudged as the best genotype for biochemical characters related to quality. It was also observed that most of the high yielders were not superior for biochemical characters.
On the basis of a combined evaluation of genotypes for morpho-biochemical characters, the genotype, TPT 4 with a combined rank total of 101 and M 13 with 130 were identified as the I and II best genotypes respectively. Incidentally the former was the highest kernel yielder and the later also produced significantly higher kernel weight per plant. TPT 1 was identified as the third, ICGV 86564 the fourth and ICG 1326 as the fifth best genotypes with combined rank totals of 133, 144, and 147 respectively. However the kernel weight of ICG 1326 was low though resistant to aflatoxin production, that of TPT 1 was at par with mean but susceptible to aflatoxin production and that of ICGV 86564 was significantly superior over the average.
Thus a combination of kernel yield as well as superior quality characters was difficult to find. In view of the relative desirability of quality characters vis-à-vis kernel weight per plant, the genotypes TPT 4, M 13 and ICGV 86564 were identified for cultivation and trading as HPS varieties. The worthiness of M 13 (Varman and Senthil, 1998) and ICGV 86564 (Venkataravana et al., 2000) for many characters were also reported earlier. The best genotype that had recorded the lowest aflatoxin content was ICG 1326. The next best genotypes for aflatoxin resistance were TPT 4, K 134 and M 13. The other genotypes found superior for respective quality characters might be used in the breeding programs for gene pyramiding to produce genotypes with high yield and quality as well.
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Mehan, V.K., Mc Donald, D., Haravur, L.J and Jayanthi, S. 1991. The groundnut aflatoxin problem – Review and literature data base ICRISAT Patancheru. 139.
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Nelson, N. 1944. A photometric adaptation of the somogyi method in the determination of glucose. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 153: 375-380.
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Van Egmond, H.P. 1989. Current situation on regulations for mycotoxins. Overview of tolerances and Status of standard methods of sampling and analysis. Food additives and contaminants 6(2): 139-188.
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Brandon Marshall brings big body to Giants offense
Kristian Dyer Posted on August 8, 2017
Brandon Marshall was brought in by the New York Giants to be a difference maker.
It isn't too much of an ask considering the veteran wide receiver has had plenty of big moments during his career.
The former New York Jets wide receiver is already making an impression in his first training camp with his new team.
Just a year removed from a standout 1,000-yard season with the Jets in 2015, Marshall's addition to the Giants via free agency adds yet another dimension to a potentially potent offense. He's a possession receiver with a big body that brings a vertical threat down the field.
With a receiving corps that already includes Odell Beckham Jr., second-year standout Sterling Shepard and first round pick Evan Engram at tight end, the Giants have some lethal targets to stretch the field and in the red zone.
Along with the aforementioned Beckham, it is Marshall who will be expected to take this offense to the next level.
"He's a big man. When there's a lot of noise around him, he doesn't seem to flinch. We're not in a live environment at this point in time, but he's a guy that's made a living," Giants head coach Ben McAdoo said. "It seems the more traffic around him, the better he gets."
McAdoo won't make any bold statements about Marshall's impact on the offense to date, that just isn't in his nature. But he sees certain things in the player that have him feeling good about his proposed impact on the team.
He'll be counted on to help them score some points this year, something they struggled with last year.
Last year the Giants were very average, ranked No. 16 in the NFL in quarterback rating in the red zone. A major part of the reason was the lack of targets and big bodies for quarterback Eli Manning to hit.
And while it is just training camp, McAdoo has a good idea what Marshall can bring to his offense.
"Yeah. Again, we're just out here practicing right now. He's not live, he hasn't been tackled yet in practice," McAdoo said. "The film shows, the evidence shows year after year that the more traffic he's in, it seems like the better he plays."
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The victory leaves the Tangerines just a point off the top of the Championship.
"I think this was a very intensive game from both sides. Partick Thistle are just relegated and have a lot of good players who have Premier League experience.
"I think it was a game we deserved to win. If I reflect back on the game, they did not have many chances in front of our goal.
Midfielder Sam Stanton, meanwhile, is likely to have surgery to repair a hernia and be out for the next month.
He's been bothered by the problem for a couple of weeks or so but the 24-year-old was willing to play against the Jags.
Manager Csaba Laszlo, though, has decided he wants it cured as soon as possible and that's likely to mean surgery.
"The biggest punch for us is the news of Sam Stanton. He is fighting just now with a hernia," said Csaba.
"After the game at Queen of the South he told me that even if he is coughing he has a pain.
"We have told him he doesn't have to play with the pain.
"Maybe he will be out for four weeks but we have to fix this problem very quickly.
"I think maybe an operation will be the best solution. I am not a doctor or a physio so I cannot say definitely but I do want him sorted.
Striker Nicky Clark also sat out Saturday's win because of injury but the marksman is expected to be available for this weekend's trip to Alloa.
"We missed Nicky Clark because at Queen of the South he worked very well.
"He is always dangerous and he can score goals. He had a problem with his Achilles.
"This was from the artificial pitch at Queen of the South in the previous game.
"He trained last week but he told me he had pain.
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Marcello Albani (* 3. Mai 1905 in New York City; † 1980 in São Paulo, Brasilien) war ein italienischer Filmregisseur und Drehbuchautor.
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Der Journalist und Dramatiker Albani schrieb sein erstes Drehbuch 1936 für Gennaro Righellis Amazzoni bianche und debütierte drei Jahre später als Regisseur der italienischen Version des französischen Filmes Le père Lebonnard. Seine folgenden Arbeiten waren weder künstlerisch noch beim Publikum Erfolge. Seine loyale Haltung zur faschistischen Regierung unter Benito Mussolini ließ ihn nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges in Ungnade fallen; er konnte so lediglich noch als Drehbuchautor an zwei Filmen seiner Frau Maria Basaglia arbeiten, mit der er 1956 nach Brasilien auswanderte. Dort produzierte er noch zwei weitere Filme mit der von seiner Frau und Adone Fragado sowie ihm selbst gegründeten Gesellschaft Paulistánia Films. Wahrscheinlich starb er dort im Jahr 1980.
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10 things YOU need to know before you go to Macau. A comprehensive travel guide to bring you up to speed on the Language, Food, Casinos, and more! First, some basic knowledge on Macau: Macau was a Colony of Portugal from 1557-1999, and now it's a Special Administrative Region of China just like Hong Kong. Macau is small -- 30 sq km, or 11 sq miles. 640,000 people live there. In 2017 Macau had 30 million visitors… lots of people for such a tiny place. 64km (40 miles) west of Hong Kong. A great day trip from Hong Kong, but easily worth 2 nights Macau is best known as a gambling and shopping mecca, but it also has a really neat historic portuguese center Macau is the only place in China where you can gamble legally. It generates more revenue from gambling than anywhere else on the earth including more than about seven times the revenue generated by "The Strip" in La Vegas 4 main parts… the main part of Macau with the historic Portuguese core. This is called the Macau Peninsula Taipa Cotai Strip Colane 2. Getting In Ferry from Hong Kong Takes 40-60 Minutes 2 different operators Turbojet: The Red One Cotai Water Jet: The Blue One 4 Ferry Terminal in Hong Kong 2 Ferry Terminals in Macau - If you're going to the Cotai Strip, most convenient to take Cotai Water Jet Going to the Historic Portuguese section, take Turbojet Macau does have it's own airport, but not many flights There's a new bridge from HKG to Macau, you can take a bus on it Or cross the border by land from China. 4. Unlucky This number omitted because it's unlucky. 4 in Chinese sounds like the word for "Death." Most buildings typically omit this floor. 5. Getting Around Free Shuttle Service Macau's hotels offer free shuttle service from the airport, ferry terminals, and border gates. · The Venetian Macao Free Shuttle Schedule · The Parisian Macao Free Shuttle Schedule · Sands Cotai Central Free Shuttle Schedule Bus Public buses operate frequently throughout Macau, Taipa, and Coloane. Buses have onboard stop notifications in Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese and English. · Price: Within Macau or Taipa: MOP3.2, Macau-Taipa: MOP4.2, Macau-Coloane: MOP5, Airport service: MOP4.2. Taxi Macau's taxis come in two color schemes: one is yellow, the other is black and cream. Both color taxis charge the same fees. Taxis stands are located near hotel lobbies. Tips: ·Base price (first 1.6 km): MOP17, additional MOP2 for each 260 m afterwards. Extra fees: Taxi waiting fee is MOP2 for every minute. Taxis have a MOP3 luggage storing fee. There is a MOP2 fee from Taipa to Coloane, and a MOP5 fee from Macau to Coloane. There is an MOP5 fee for taxi trips to and from the airport. Uber operates in Macau 6. Money Macanese Pataca (MOP) Most shops and restaurants will accept HKG to pay, with a 1:1 exchange rate to MOP The exchange rate is fixed at HK$1 = MOP$1.03 But you'll typically get change back in MOP 7. Language Portuguese (but its own dialect) And Chinese (Cantonese) A little less english than Hong Kong, but enough to get by 8. Shopping In every hotel on the Cotai Strip 9. The rest of Macau outside the Casinos and Historic Districts 10. Food: Macanese cuisine' is a mix of southern Chinese and Portuguese ingredients and cooking techniques. With a history dating back over 400 years, the cuisine is often regarded as the world's first fusion cuisine. Egg Tart that is so popular in Dim Sum restaurants originated here.. Lord Stows cafe is the original located in Taipa. Most convenient location is the one in the Venetian Bifanas - Thin breaded pork Sandwich Really good high end Chinese food cheaper than Hong Kong. The Wynn hotel has some really good options. 11. I've got more videos! CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/yellowwsub You might enjoy watching some of these other videos: More on Macau in my Macau Travel Guide: https://youtu.be/VcHpih87Aec Or this Playlist to watch all of my videos from Hong Kong: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOVadUHX1B-JGIyM9Gi0318ipEZ3yHZER Yellow Productions on Social Media: FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/YellowProductionsTravel INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/yellowwproductions/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/chrisraney Check out my blog: http://yelloww.net My video gear: Sony FDR-AX53 4K Handycam: http://amzn.to/2hYePVc Sony ECMW1M Wireless Microphone: http://amzn.to/2gQKDGG GoPro Fusion 360 Camera: https://amzn.to/2NINKSz Pacsafe LS250 Anti-theft Shoulder Bag: http://amzn.to/2h0YCNt
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The final 4K footage of my drone flights in Macau with my DJI Phantom 4; project finished and uploaded on 2018-01-04 - enjoy! :-) Media data: This drone video (3:19min playtime) is an extraction of my 20.4GB Macau 4K Drone Video Footage. Footage on Sale. For inquiries, contact me via E-Mail or my Facebook Page. Macau Drone Flight: Macau, also spelled Macao and officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the western side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia. Macau is bordered by the city of Zhuhai in Mainland China to the north and the Pearl River Delta to the east and south. Hong Kong lies about 64 kilometres (40 mi) to its east across the Delta. With a population of 650,900 living in an area of 30.5 km2 (11.8 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world. A former Portuguese colony, it was returned to Chinese sovereignty on 20 December 1999. [wikipedia] Video taken with the DJI Phantom 4 Drone in January 2017 ##### One Man Wolf Pack - www.onemanwolfpack.de Facebook: www.facebook.com/onemanwolfpackFIT Instagram: www.instagram.com/onemanwolfpackdrone ##### Music [NCS]: Halcyon - Runaway (feat. Valentina Franco) https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds/runaway Copyright © One Man Wolf Pack 2018 - www.onemanwolfpack.de
Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Macau and Hong Kong, both located in China. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat) and Drew Gerber. Sources: http://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/compare/macau/hong-kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_River_Delta https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/hong-kong.macau https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/articles/why-it-literally-pays-to-live-in-macau/ https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/09/economist-explains-11 http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/06/news/macau-casino-gambling/index.html http://www.businessinsider.com/most-powerful-financial-centres-gfci-index-for-2017-2017-9#3-hong-kong-the-former-british-colony-takes-the-highest-spot-of-any-asian-city-as-both-a-well-developed-financial-hub-and-a-gateway-to-china-18 https://www.emporis.com/statistics/most-skyscraper-cities-worldwide Video credits: Jem Moore https://vimeo.com/144085681 Photo credits: Kewl.lu Michael Chan xiquinhosilva Gilberto Camacho 罗布泊 Clément Bucco-Lechat Kallerna Doraemon.tvb Namwageelup Foudeelau Nyx Ning Citobun F.SF T1NH0 Ralf Roletschek Kewl Brenden Brain Filip Maljković Tristan Schmurr Sound credits: Mike Koening Hong Kong and Macau Both are mostly self-governing territories within China, just 61 kilometers, or 38 miles apart. Both are cities- no they're not Mr. Beat you idiot! Ok Ok, both are special. Special administrative regions of China, that is., based on China's one country, two systems principle. According to CGP Grey, they are both "the most country-like countries that aren't countries." Confused yet? Basically, Hong Kong and Macau are a part of China, but both get a lot of leeway to decide how they want to do stuff compared to the rest of China. China takes care of their foreign affairs and military defense and they take care of everything else. Both have a presidential limited democracy, although Hong Kong seems more open to expand that democracy than Macau. Both are part of the Pearl River Delta, which is probably the biggest urban area in the world based on both its size and population. Some estimates put the population of the Pearl River Delta metropolitan area at 120 million! Oh my goodness. What? 120 million? No way. Russia has like just 24 million more people than that. Ok sorry, anyway, both are incredibly densely populated. Macau is the most densely populated territory in the world and Hong Kong is 4th. There are people everywhere, man! So maybe this makes sense, but the largest ethnic group in both regions is Chinese. However, Hong Kong has a significant Filipino and Indonesian minority and Macau has a significant Macanese minority, which is a mix of Portuguese and Asian ancestry. Wait, Portuguese? Huh? Yeah, well both Hong Kong and Macau are former colonies of Western empires. Until 1997, Great Britain controlled Hong Kong. Until 1999, Portugal controlled Macau. Because of that, the two were heavily influenced by foreign powers and not as much influenced by China. Actually, over time, the foreign powers left them both alone, too, and they thrived, probably because of that. In fact, both Hong Kong and Macau are two of the richest territories in the world due to free markets working their magic there. Indeed, both make a lot of money. Hong Kong's GDP per capita is about $45,000 a year, the 12th highest in the world, although it is dealing with some dramatic income inequality right now. Macau's GDP per capita is over $104,000 a year, making it the 3rd highest in the world. Macau is so rich that it doesn't know what to do with all the extra money, so its government gives it back directly to the citizens. Both have very low taxes compared to most of the world. However, residents of Hong Kong do pay about 25% more taxes than residents of Macau. Despite this, according to the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom, Hong Kong ranks number one in the world, and has been ranked number one every year since the list began 23 years ago. Macau is ranked 34th on that same list. The cost of living in both countries is pretty similar, although Macau is about 3% cheaper currently, mostly due to Hong Kong's higher housing costs. Both have low unemployment. Based on the latest numbers I could find, Hong Kong's unemployment rate is 2.9% and people were freaking out recently when Macau's unemployment went up from 1.8% all the way up to 1.9%. I'm obviously kidding. That's a ridiculously low unemployment rate. Speaking of ridiculous, both have a ridiculously high life expectancy.
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Macau is just a 50-minute ferry ride from Hong Kong. With incredible architecture and amazing unique cuisine, it's now become one of our favorite destinations in Asia. Subscribe! http://goo.gl/18SB8p Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/tabieats Check out our new Merch! More coming soon! https://teespring.com/stores/tabieats Find your Japanese snacks and ingredients here https://www.amazon.com/shop/TabiEats Merceria Long Fong Travessa Mastro No.3 Rc, Macao Lei Gei Dai Pai Dong *We could not find any info on the internet. Please try some of the other Dai Pai Dongs in the area. Sorry! Koi Kei Bakery Rua Felicidade No.70-72,R/C, Macau Restaurant Escada 8 R. da Se Avenida de Almeida New videos every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. Weekly livestream every Sunday at 1PM Japan Time. Recipes, food reviews, travel videos and more! Instagram : http://instagram.com/smine27?ref=badge Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Tabieats +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Intro Music by Matthijs den Daas [email protected] twitter @TiceTunes Music courtesy of Audio Network
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Macau is best known today for its casinos, but 20 years ago, it was a colony governed by the Portuguese, who had been there for over 400 years. Many of the Portuguese traders married Chinese women, and their children developed their own distinct food, culture, and language. But now this mixed-race group, known as the Macanese, makes up less than 1 percent of Macau's population, and their language, Patuá, is dying. For more stories about identity, check these out: Finding the Bob Marley of China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu2J4AeNpak Smangus: Taiwan's Most Remote Tribe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5sOilySuyc&t=15s **NEW VIDEOS EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY **FOLLOW US ON IG, TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK: http://instagram.com/goldthread2 http://twitter.com/goldthread2 http://facebook.com/goldthread2 Written, Produced, and Voiced by: Venus Wu Shot by: Mario Chui Edited by: Mario Chui and Nicholas Ko Animated by: Ray Ngan Mastered by: Victor Peña Music: Audio Network #macanese #macau #dyinglanguage
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Here are 10 TOP Places to visit in Macau, China. 10. The Parisian Macau A luxurious hotel located in the Cotai, Macau, with half scale 525 Foot Eiffel tower that made Macau so attractive to tourists. The Resort features a 1200 Seat Theatre and a large fountain giving a touch of modern france. It was built by Las Vegas Sand Company and has about 3000 hotel rooms and 170 shops. 9. Museum of Macau The most fantasy museum located on the hill of Fortaleza do Monte in Santo Antonio, Macau China. It represents the territory of the Portuguese and the city history. The Museum shows the face of most of nationalities happily living together. 8. Macau Fisherman's Wharf It is welled known constructed perk surrounded by water. Among other buildings are hotels, Resturants, integrated water front and entertainment complexes. 7. Taipa Houses – Museum This is a great museum complex housed by about five great green houses in Taipa. Four of these houses have in them artifacts always serving as an event venue. The house is build by the sea and considered a cultural heritage of the island. 6. Fortaleza Do Monte This is a very unique historical military centre of Macau and a UNESCO world Heritage. It is the oldest fort lying around the east side of the ruins of Saint Paul's. A prominent monument and a widely popular tourist centre visited by many hundreds travelers day by day. 5. A Ma Temple A temple to the people of China sea goddess 'Mazu' located in Sao Lourenco, Macau. It was built in 1488, one of the oldest temple and has six parts; the prayer hall, the memorial Arch, the hall of Guanyin, Gate pavilion, Buddhist Pavilion and Benevolence Hall which is the oldest part of the temple. 4. Macau Tower An attractive, entertainment and convention centre soar to breathtaking about 338 meters above the ground. Its observation deck includes panoranic views, resturants, theaters, shopping malls, and the skywalk X, a thilling walking tour around the outer rim. It offers the best view of Macau. 3. Senado Square A well built attractive building located in the Central area of Macau, it cover an area of 3,700 square meters. This building is designed like a wave shape, an elongated triangular shaped has been Macau urban centers and is the venue for holding large scale ceremonies. 2. Ruins of Saint Paul's The ruins of a 17 century complex located in Santo Antonio Complex, Macau. In this magnificent building is the Saint Paul's College and the Church of Saint Paul also known as Mater Dei. The great building was built with granites rich in ornamentation and with some special classical oriental characteristics. Behind the façade are remains of the original pillars and a shrine. 1. The venetian Macao A Casino resort and luxury hotel owned by an American Las Vegas Company sands. One of the most beautiful largest casinos in the world. The seventh largest building in the world by floor area and a 10.5 Million square foot. The hotel tower has about 2,965 suites and the accommodation floor is about 7 to 38 serve by guest lifts. Don't forget to Subscribe AttractionPedia for our New TouristAttraction Video
Venture capital (VC) is money provided to seed early-stage, emerging and emerging growth companies. Venture capital funds invest in companies in exchange for equity in the companies they invest in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as biotechnology and IT. The typical venture capital investment occurs after a seed funding round as the first round of institutional capital to fund growth (also referred to as Series A round) in the interest of generating a return through an eventual exit event, such as an IPO or trade sale of the company. Venture capital is a type of private equity.
In addition to angel investing, equity crowdfunding and other seed funding options, venture capital is attractive for new companies with limited operating history that are too small to raise capital in the public markets and have not reached the point where they are able to secure a bank loan or complete a debt offering. In exchange for the high risk that venture capitalists assume by investing in smaller and less mature companies, venture capitalists usually get significant control over company decisions, in addition to a significant portion of the companies' ownership (and consequently value).
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Macau (/məˈkaʊ/; 澳門; 澳门; "Bay gate"), also spelled Macao, officially known as the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is a special administrative region on the southern coast of the People's Republic of China. Macau lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta across from Hong Kong, which is about 64 kilometers to the east, and it is also bordered by Guangdong of Mainland China to the north and the South China Sea to the east and south. With an estimated population of around 636,200 living in an area of 30.3 km2 (11.6 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.
As Portuguese Macau, it was administered by the Portuguese Empire and its inheritor states from the mid-16th century until late 1999, when it was the last remaining European colony in Asia under Portugal. Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in the 1550s. In 1557, Macau was rented to Portugal from Ming China as a trading port. The Portuguese Empire administered the city under Chinese authority and sovereignty until 1887, when Macau became a colony. Sovereignty over Macau was transferred to China on 20 December 1999. The Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau and Macau Basic Law stipulate that Macau operate with a high degree of autonomy until at least 2049, fifty years after the transfer.
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Macau, also spelled Makaó or Macao, is a Hungarian version of Crazy Eights, where players play a single card in sequence in a manner similar to Uno. Unlike Uno, however, Makaó is played with a standard deck of 52 cards. Makaó also involves bluffing so that the players do not necessarily have to play a card if they wish to save it for higher points later. Cheating is encouraged in the game, and it can make for a lively evening.
2 or more players (up to 10) are dealt 5 cards each; the deck is then cut and the cut card becomes the first card in the discard pile. Play starts to the dealer's right.
The next card played must be a of the same suit or same value as the card on the top of the discard pile. If a 7 of spades was on the top of the discard pile, the player can play a 9 of spades or a 7 of clubs. Alternatively, an Ace or Joker can be played. If the player cannot play a card, he must draw from the deck.
Cards can be played in runs, i.e. 5 of Spades, 6 of Spades, 7 of Spades, 7 of Hearts, 8 of Hearts, 8 of Clubs, 7 of Clubs.
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Macau is a microregion in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte.
The microregion consists of the following municipalities:
Caiçara do Norte
Guamaré
São Bento do Norte
Coordinates: 5°06′54″S 36°38′02″W / 5.11500°S 36.63389°W / -5.11500; -36.63389
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My first time visiting Macau the Vegas of Asia. Macau food is known to be a combination of Portuguese, Chinese, and local Macanese Food. I started off with some of the most famous street food pork chop sandwiches, then went to try some local Portuguese inspired dishes as well as the popular egg tarts! Which were amazing! #macau #eggtart #hongkong Restaurants I went to: ✧ Sei Kee Cafe: 1 Largo dos Bombeiros, Macao ✧ ADEGA VELHA Portuguese Cuisine: 643 R. de Fernao Mendes Pinto, Macao ✧ Restaurante Litoral: 261 R. do Alm. Sergio, Macao ✧ Lord Stow's Bakery: Everywhere! ✧ Wong Chi Kei for shrimp roe noodles: Number 21 R. do Cunha, Macao ***MORE EXCLUSIVE Content on Instagram*** ✩ http://instagr.am/Mikexingchen ➔ Get tickets to the best show on earth!!! http://bit.ly/2gu7REI ✸ Strictly Dumpling T-Shirts HERE: http://bit.ly/2IVM2ts ➣ Subscribe for MORE videos about food! http://bit.ly/1hsxh41 ➣ Subscribe to my Vlog Channel! https://bit.ly/2FJOGo1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ★↓FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA!↓★ Facebook Show Page: https://www.facebook.com/strictlydumpling Facebook Mike Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/mikeychenx Personal Instagram: http://instagr.am/Mikexingchen Twitter: http://twitter.com/Mikexingchen Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/eatwithmikey ◈ Equipment I use for filming◈ : Sony RX100 Mark V: https://go.magik.ly/ml/cgc5/ PANASONIC LUMIX G85: https://go.magik.ly/ml/cgcd/ Wide Angle Lens: https://go.magik.ly/ml/cgck/ Camera Mic: https://go.magik.ly/ml/cgcn/ Camera Lights: https://go.magik.ly/ml/cgcq/ Handheld Audio Recorder: https://go.magik.ly/ml/cgcr/ Tripod: https://go.magik.ly/ml/cgcu/ Drone: https://go.magik.ly/ml/cgcx/ My Favorite Cookware! wok/pan http://amzn.to/2f5G0up Also this pan http://amzn.to/2f5Qnyi Pressure pan http://amzn.to/2wJIS7u Nonstick pot http://amzn.to/2wHRgq1 ------------------------------------- ✉ Send stuff to our P.O. Box! Mike Chen P.O. Box 610 Middletown, NY 10940 ------------------------------------- ♫ Music from: Epidemic Sound http://www.epidemicsound.com
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10 things YOU need to know before you go to Macau. A comprehensive travel guide to bring you up to speed on the Language, Food, Casinos, and more! First, some basic knowledge on Macau: Macau was a Colony of Portugal from 1557-1999, and now it's a Special Administrative Region of China just like Hong Kong. Macau is small -- 30 sq km, or 11 sq miles. 640,000 people live there. In 2017 Macau had 30 million visitors… lots of people for such a tiny place. 64km (40 miles) west of Hong Kong. A great day trip from Hong Kong, but easily worth 2 nights Macau is best known as a gambling and shopping mecca, but it also has a really neat historic portuguese center Macau is the only place in China where you can gamble legally. It generates more revenue from gambling than anywhere else on the earth in...
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The final 4K footage of my drone flights in Macau with my DJI Phantom 4; project finished and uploaded on 2018-01-04 - enjoy! :-) Media data: This drone video (3:19min playtime) is an extraction of my 20.4GB Macau 4K Drone Video Footage. Footage on Sale. For inquiries, contact me via E-Mail or my Facebook Page. Macau Drone Flight: Macau, also spelled Macao and officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the western side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia. Macau is bordered by the city of Zhuhai in Mainland China to the north and the Pearl River Delta to the east and south. Hong Kong lies about 64 kilometres (40 mi) to its east across the Delta. With a population of 650,900 living in an area of 30.5 km2 (11.8 sq ...
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Macau is best known today for its casinos, but 20 years ago, it was a colony governed by the Portuguese, who had been there for over 400 years. Many of the Portuguese traders married Chinese women, and their children developed their own distinct food, culture, and language. But now this mixed-race group, known as the Macanese, makes up less than 1 percent of Macau's population, and their language, Patuá, is dying. For more stories about identity, check these out: Finding the Bob Marley of China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu2J4AeNpak Smangus: Taiwan's Most Remote Tribe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5sOilySuyc&t=15s **NEW VIDEOS EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY **FOLLOW US ON IG, TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK: http://instagram.com/goldthread2 http://twitter.com/goldthread2 http:/...
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Makao online is a multiplayer card game similar to Uno, Crazy 8, Mau mau, combining rules like "Skip turn", "Draw cards", "Change suit" and so on... Why Maka...
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Application of data envelopment analysis to measure technical efficiency on a sample of Irish dairy farms
Kelly, Eoin; Shalloo, Laurence; Geary, Una; Kinsella, Anne; Wallace, Michael (Teagasc, 2012-12)
The aim of this study was to determine the levels of technical efficiency on a sample of Irish dairy farms utilizing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and to identify key management and production factors that differ between producers indentified as efficient and inefficient. DEA was used in this study to generate technical efficiency scores under assumptions of both constant returns to scale (CRS) and variable returns to scale (VRS). The average technical efficiency score was 0.785 under CRS and 0.833 under VRS. Key production characteristics of efficient and inefficient producers were compared using an analysis of variance. More technically efficient producers used less input per unit of output, had higher production per cow and per hectare and had a longer grazing season, a higher milk quality standard, were more likely to have participated in milk recording and had greater land quality compared to the inefficient producers.
The economics of reseeding on a dairy farm
Shalloo, Laurence; Creighton, P.; O'Donovan, Michael (Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority), Ireland, 2011)
Herbage production and utilization on Irish dairy farms is well below its potential. A number of factors influence herbage production and utilization, not least the level of annual reseeding (introduction of a new grass ley) on the farm. The potential farm performance is reduced by old permanent pasture due to the combined effects of reduced out-of-season herbage production and lower overall herbage yield when compared to perennial ryegrass. Based on the sales of grass seed, it is estimated that approximately 2% of the land area on dairy farms in Ireland is reseeded annually. This has created a situation where the overall percentage of perennial ryegrass in sward is low. The objective of the present study was to investigate the economic benefits of reseeding through simulating the consequences of reseeding different proportions of the farm on an annual basis. Four levels of an annual reseeding programme were evaluated: 1%, 5%, 10% and 15% of the farm reseeded annually; evaluated at three milk prices (20 c/L, 27c/L and 33 c/L). Increasing the level of reseeding resulted in an increase in total and seasonal herbage production and, when accompanied by an increased stocking rate, increased herbage utilization. At a milk price of 27 c/L, farm profitability was €20 764, €24 794, €30 073 and €33 515 on a 40 ha farm when 1%, 5%, 10% and 15%, respectively, of the farm was reseeded annually. Irrespective of milk price, increasing the level of reseeding had a positive effect on profitability and the highest gain was achieved at the highest milk price. Sensitivity analysis showed that sward persistency and, to a lesser extent, herbage utilization had significant effects on the benefit from reseeding.
The costs of seasonality and expansion in Ireland's milk production and processing
Heinschink, K.; Shalloo, Laurence; Wallace, Michael (Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority), Ireland, 2016-12-30)
Ireland's milk production sector relies on grass-based spring-calving systems, which facilitates cost advantages in milk production but entails a high degree of supply seasonality. Among other implications, this supply seasonality involves extra costs in the processing sector including elevated plant capacities and varying levels of resource utilisation throughout the year. If both the national raw milk production increased substantially (e.g. post-milk quota) and a high degree of seasonality persisted, extra processing capacities would be required to cope with peak supplies. Alternatively, existing capacities could be used more efficiently by distributing the milk volume more evenly during the year. In this analysis, an optimisation model was applied to analyse the costs and economies arising to an average Irish milk-processing business due to changes to the monthly distribution of milk deliveries and/or the total annual milk pool. Of the situations examined, changing from a seasonal supply prior to expansion to a smoother pattern combined with an increased milk pool emerged as the most beneficial option to the processor because both the processor's gross surplus and the marginal producer milk price increased. In practice, it may however be the case that the extra costs arising to the producer from smoothing the milk intake distribution exceed the processor's benefit. The interlinkages between the stages of the dairy supply chain mean that nationally, the seasonality trade-offs are complex and equivocal. Moreover, the prospective financial implications of such strategies will be dependent on the evolving and uncertain nature of international dairy markets in the post-quota environment.
Comparative performance and economic appraisal of Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and Jersey×Holstein-Friesian cows under seasonal pasture-based management
Prendiville, Robert; Shalloo, Laurence; Pierce, K.M.; Buckley, Frank (Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority), Ireland, 2011)
The objective of this study was to provide comparative performance data for Holstein- Friesian (HF), Jersey (J) and Jersey×Holstein-Friesian (F1) cows under a seasonal pasture-based management system and to simulate the effect of cow breed on farm profitability. Data for a total of 329 lactations, from 162 (65 HF, 48 J and 49 F1) cows, were available. Milk yield was highest for HF, intermediate for F1 and lowest for J, while milk fat and protein concentrations were highest for J, intermediate for F1 and lowest for HF. Yield of fat plus protein was highest for F1, intermediate for HF and lowest for J. Mean bodyweight was 523, 387 and 466 kg for HF, J and F1, respectively. Body condition score was greater for the J and F1 compared to HF. Reproductive efficiency was similar for the HF and J but superior for the F1. The Moorepark Dairy Systems Model was used to simulate a 40 ha farm integrating biological data for each breed group. Milk output was highest for systems based on HF cows. Total sales of milk solids and, consequently, milk receipts were higher with J and F1 compared to HF. Total costs were lowest with F1 cows, intermediate with HF and highest with J. Overall farm profitability was highest with F1 cows, intermediate with HF and lowest with J. Sensitivity analysis of milk price, fat to protein price ratio and differences in cost of replacement heifers showed no re-ranking of the breed groups for farm profit.
Meta-analysis to investigate relationships between somatic cell count and raw milk composition, Cheddar cheese processing characteristics and cheese composition
Geary, Una; Lopez-Villalobos, N.; O'Brien, Bernadette; Garrick, Dorian J.; Shalloo, Laurence (Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority), Ireland, 2013)
The relationship between elevated somatic cell count (SCC) and raw milk composition, cheese processing and cheese composition, was investigated by meta-analysis using available literature representing 45 scientific articles. With respect to raw milk composition there was a significant positive relationship between SCC and the protein and fat contents and a significant negative relationship between SCC and the lactose content. In relation to cheese processing, there was a significant negative relationship between SCC and recoveries of protein and fat. As SCC increased cheese protein content declined and cheese moisture content increased.
Examining the impact of mastitis on the profitability of the Irish dairy industry
Mastitis was identified as a priority disease within the Irish dairy industry by both dairy farmers and industry animal health experts, which led to the development of the CellCheck programme. In order to support this programme it was necessary to understand the extent to which mastitis affects farm profit, processor returns and ultimately industry profitability. To this end, an analysis of the impact of mastitis on farm, processor and the overall industry profitability was carried out. The impact of mastitis on farm costs, farm receipts and farm profitability is presented across a range of bulk milk somatic cell count (SCC) categories from <100,000 to >400,000 cells/mL. A meta-analysis of the relationship between SCC and raw milk composition, cheese processing characteristics and cheese composition was carried out and utilised to establish the impact of mastitis on processor returns. As SCC increased, the impact of mastitis on the volume of product that could be produced, net processor returns, milk price and the values per kg of fat and protein were calculated. The farm and processor analysis were then combined to estimate the impact of mastitis on the Irish dairy industry returns, accounting for both farm and processor costs. The analysis suggests that as cell count reduced from >400,000 to <100,000 cells/mL, overall returns to the farm should increase by 4.8 c/L, including the farm and processor related effects. Nationally, if the cell count was reduced by 10%, it would be worth €37.6 million for the Irish dairy industry.
Dairy product production and lactose demand in New Zealand and Ireland under different simulated milk product-processing portfolios
Sneddon, N.W.; Lopez-Villalobos, N.; Hickson, R.E.; Davis, S.R.; Geary, Una; Garrick, Dorian J.; Shalloo, Laurence (Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority), Ireland, 2016-12-30)
Maximising dairy industry profitability involves maximising product returns for a specific set of costs or minimising costs for a certain level of output. A strategy currently utilised by the New Zealand dairy industry to optimise the value of exports is to incorporate imported lactose along with local milk to maximise the production of whole milk powder (WMP) while complying with the Codex Alimentarius (Codex) standards, in addition to increasing the exported product for every litre of milk. This study investigated the impact of different product portfolio strategies on lactose requirements for the Irish and New Zealand dairy industries for current and predicted 2020 milk output projections. A mass balance processing sector model that accounts for all inputs, outputs and losses involved in dairy processing was used to simulate the processing of milk into WMP, skim milk powder (SMP), cheese, butter and fluid milk of different proportions. All scenarios investigated projected an increase in production and revenue from 2012 to 2020. Higher cheese production reduced industry lactose demand through whey processing, while scenarios reliant on an increase in the proportion of WMP were associated with increased lactose deficits. | {
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The authorities showed little political will to ensure that those responsible for human rights abuses committed during the post-election violence of 2007/8 were brought to justice and that victims received adequate reparations. Impunity for state security officials who carried out unlawful killings and torture was not addressed. Human rights defenders faced considerable risks and threats. Violence against women and girls remained widespread. Thousands of people were forcibly evicted from their homes. The President commuted to life imprisonment the sentences of more than 4,000 prisoners who had been on death row for prolonged periods. Courts continued to impose death sentences but there were no executions.
The government introduced several measures recommended in agreements reached during the political mediation – the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation – following the post-election violence of 2007/8. In February, a committee of experts was appointed to lead the process of redrafting and adopting a new Constitution. In November, the committee issued a draft Constitution for public comments. In April, the Interim Independent Electoral Review Commission was formed to oversee elections for two years until a permanent electoral body is established. In September, the government appointed members of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission mandated by a 2008 law to promote national integration. Overall, however, there was little progress in implementing fundamental reforms proposed under the agreements.
There were regular disagreements within government and between the two main political parties that formed the coalition government – the Party of National Unity and the Orange Democratic Movement. As a result, much-needed legal, constitutional, land, electoral and other reforms were delayed.
Dozens of people were killed in violence, particularly in central Kenya, involving armed community vigilante groups and members of the Mungiki vigilante group. The police failed to effectively enforce law and order.
No measures were implemented to ensure accountability for human rights violations, including possible crimes against humanity, committed during the post-election violence in 2007/8, when more than 1,000 people were killed.
In February Parliament rejected a Bill to establish a special tribunal to investigate and prosecute suspected perpetrators of these crimes. In July the cabinet rejected the tabling of a redrafted government version of the Bill. A private members' Bill seeking to establish a special tribunal was published in August and was pending in Parliament at the end of the year.
In July the government announced plans to use the truth, justice and reconciliation process and carry out "accelerated reforms of the judiciary, the police and the investigative arms of government" to deal with human rights abuses during the post-election violence, but no timeline was given.
In July, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) reiterated to the government that primary responsibility for investigations and prosecutions into crimes that may fall within the jurisdiction of the ICC lies with Kenyan authorities. At the end of the year, an application by the ICC Prosecutor filed in November to the Pre-Trial Chamber to authorize an investigation into possible crimes against humanity during the post-election violence was pending.
No individual police officers or security personnel were brought to justice for unlawful killings and other violations committed in the recent past.
In February, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions conducted a fact-finding mission to Kenya. His report issued in May confirmed systematic and widespread human rights violations by the police and other security personnel. It documented unlawful killings, torture and other human rights violations by the police during the post-election violence in 2007/8, in security operations against alleged members of the outlawed Mungiki vigilante group, and during a 2007 security operation in Mount Elgon in western Kenya.
In November, a government-formed task force recommended comprehensive police reform measures, including the establishment of an independent police oversight body mandated to investigate and act on complaints against the police. However, it was unclear by when and how the recommendations would be implemented.
In early March, Oscar Kingara and Paul Oulu were killed by unknown armed assailants in Nairobi. Both men worked for the Oscar Foundation, a legal aid and human rights advocacy organization, and had provided the visiting UN Rapporteur with information about alleged police killings. No progress with investigations into the two killings was reported.
Several human rights activists, including officials of NGOs working in Nairobi and local activists based in Mount Elgon area of western Kenya, fled the country after being threatened and harassed by police and other security personnel.
Most camps hosting the majority of thousands of families displaced during the post-election violence closed down. An estimated 200,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) returned to their homes. In September, the government ordered the resettlement of all IDPs who were in camps within two weeks and announced the provision of resettlement allowances. However, as of October thousands of IDPs remained displaced in transit camps and other areas. The UN estimated that 7,249 households were being hosted in 43 transit camps in the Rift Valley province. Many IDPs complained that they did not receive government assistance in their attempt to return home or resettle. Others said that government assistance was often inadequate. Hundreds of IDP families complained that they were being forced to leave camps to return home despite fears about their security.
Women and girls continued to face widespread gender-based violence and limited access to justice. In March, a study by the International Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya documented that women and girls with disabilities were three times more likely to be subjected to gender-based violence than those without disabilities, and that the violence was unlikely to be reported.
In July, the government appointed commissioners to the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC), established following the post-election violence, and the President approved amendments to the 2008 TJRC Act through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act, 2009. The 2009 law amended section 34 of the TJRC Act to stipulate that no amnesty may be recommended by the TJRC in respect of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross human rights violations. However, concerns remained about the failure of the TJRC law to provide for effective protection for victims and witnesses and for adequate reparations for victims.
Increasingly, the authorities forcibly returned asylum seekers to Somalia. The government did not formally reverse its January 2007 decision to close the Kenya/Somalia border, although more than 50,000 Somali refugees and asylum-seekers managed to cross into Kenya during 2009.
The humanitarian conditions in the Dadaab refugee camp hosting most Somali refugees continued to deteriorate; the camp's population was three times more than its intended capacity.
Despite concerns that the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill would lead to unjustified restrictions on freedom of expression, the Bill became law in January. In July another new media-related law repealed provisions in the January law that granted the government power to control media broadcast content. It also provided for an independent statutory body with the power to regulate the media.
Several journalists were intimidated and threatened by state officials over stories critical of government practice.
In January, Francis Kainda Nyaruri, a freelance journalist based in south-western Kenya, was killed by unidentified assailants. The local press reported that his killing was thought to be linked to articles he had written about alleged corruption and other malpractices by the local police. Two suspects were reportedly arrested but no prosecution followed. Witnesses to the killing were threatened, reportedly by police.
In September, Parliament adopted the report of the Task Force on the Mau Forest Complex, appointed by the government in 2008. The report recommends, among other things, the eviction of thousands of families who live in the forest complex. Subsequently, the government formed a unit to co-ordinate the rehabilitation of the forest, but had not issued a comprehensive plan on the recommended evictions that would avoid forced evictions as witnessed in the removal of thousands of people from parts of the forest between 2004 and 2006. The first phase of planned forest evictions in the Mau forest scheduled by the government for the coming years was carried out in November. It involved the eviction of 2,850 households comprising some 20,345 people, according to the authorities. Most evictees said they were denied adequate notice and had no alternative housing. Most ended up in temporary and makeshift displacement camps without proper access to emergency shelter and other services.
In July, almost 3,000 people were forcibly evicted from their homes in Githogoro Village, Nairobi. Police told residents that they had 72 hours to dismantle their homes before government bulldozers would move in. The evictions were ostensibly carried out as part of government plans to build a new road, the Northern Bypass.
At the end of the year, hundreds of families living in informal settlements close to the Nairobi River were still living under the immediate threat of forced eviction following a 2008 government announcement calling on residents to leave. There were no plans to ensure that any evictions would respect appropriate legal protections and other safeguards.
The government failed to fulfil its 2006 pledge to release national guidelines on evictions. It also failed to stop forced evictions until the guidelines were in place.
Some 2 million people – half of Nairobi's population – continued to live in slums and informal settlements, crammed into 5 per cent of the city's residential area. Residents suffered not only squalid conditions and lack of basic services, but also discrimination, insecurity and marginalization. Despite a national housing policy adopted in 2005 that promised the progressive realization of the right to housing, the government continued to fail to provide accessible, affordable housing. An ongoing slum upgrading process remained slow and under-resourced. Slum residents complained of being inadequately consulted about the programme's implementation.
In August, the President commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences of more than 4,000 prisoners. He stated that an "extended stay on death row causes undue mental anguish and suffering, psychological trauma, anxiety, while it may as well constitute inhuman treatment". He ordered a government study on whether the death penalty had any impact on the fight against crime. It was unclear whether this study was undertaken and no findings were published.
Courts continued to impose the death penalty; no executions were reported.
Amnesty International delegates visited Kenya in February, March, June, September and November. In June, Amnesty International's Secretary General led an Amnesty International high-level mission to Kenya. | {
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Hi, my name is Cindy Losekamp. Thank you for visiting my brand new Web site. This site is a dream come true. I hope you will visit often and see all the new things that will be coming in the near future. There will be free downloads, project ideas, pictures of my students from some of the places I teach, and all kinds of fun and exciting ideas for creating.
I have been sewing since I was a little girl, in fact, I can't remember not sewing. Of course, I come from a sewing family. My Grandmothers both sewed, my Mom sewed and…my Grandpa, my Dad and my Brother sewed…So it's no surprise that I married a man who sewed when he was young and I raised four sons who all know how to sew. You're right if you are thinking that I don't have any daughters. Five males and me…you can imagine that I was definitely outnumbered. I hope someday to have daughters-in-law to spoil and I've put my order in for granddaughters, too.
Okay, what is the reason for this wonderful web site? Many years ago I took a job in a sewing machine store (imagine that!) and after a little while, I became manager. Besides the day to day business of selling sewing machines, I was fortunate to be able to teach lots of classes in everything from basic applique to free motion embroidery.
The more I taught, the more classes I devised. Because of the nature of my job, I was able to attend most of the sewing machine conventions and study with many dynamic and creative instructors. Learning from the best just gave me more ideas about using the machine creatively.
After working with the company for awhile, it became my job to coordinate the classes and create and write the newsletter for the three stores where I worked. So naturally, I was always playing catch up…I think I thrive on pressure. In the fall of 1993, I designed a class called 'Trash Bag Quilting'…in my head of course…no time to make a sample until after I finished writing the mailer and then, I would create it. What I had in mind was, laying bits and pieces of fabric on a background and placing a sheer overlay over it and then practicing the techniques of creating and modifying stitches. Somewhere in the middle of the night, my trash bag quilting became landscape art. What do you think? After the class, I put the notes and the sample away and didn't teach it again.
Then in 1997, I was asked to teach at the Sewingly Yours, Pfaff retreat put on by Marilyn Bond in Canada. The first year I taught machine beading and, having been asked to bring samples of some of my other works, I took landscape art. Well, everyone wanted me to come back the following year and teach a class on the vest. Of course I accepted the invitation…but what was I going to do…I only had a few notes for a very involved project. Finally I decided that I would write a book, detailing the methods of it. I would print it on my home computer and have it bound…so I did.
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Ram Karan & Ors Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [1982] INSC 30 (4 March 1982)
FAZALALI, SYED MURTAZA FAZALALI, SYED MURTAZA DESAI, D.A.
VARADARAJAN, A. (J)
CITATION: 1982 AIR 1185 1982 SCR (3) 395 1982 SCC (2) 184 1982 SCALE (1)288
Sentencing-Imposition of appropriate sentence, under section 302 or 304 depends on the nature of offence of culpable homicide-Evidence showing homicide by both parties in a Civil Suit in a sudden fight in the heat of passion upon a quarrel-Appropriate sentence would be one under sections 304(1)/34 Indian Penal Code and not under sections 302/34 Indian Penal Code-Probability of culpability not proved by legal evidence-Benefit of doubt must ensue in such cases.
The five accused Ram Karan, his sons Sunil Kumar, Ved Prakash, Anil Kumar, Satish Kumar and deceased son Chhoteylal filed a Civil Suit 34 of 1967 against the decased Prakash Chandra, his brother Gopi Chandra and one Krishan Devi, alleging that while constructing their new house Prakash Chandra had encroached upon a portion of their land.
In that suit appellant Ram Karan got Commissioners appointed by the court on five or six occasions for taking measurements of the properties with the object of proving his case of encroachment by Prakash Chandra, the deceased.
But these Commissioners' reports were set aside on the objection raised by Prakash Chandra and the other defendants. The last Advocate Commissioner Mr. Mathur (C.W. 1) visited the spot on 6-9-1970, the day of occurrence, accompanied by Mr. Zafar Hussain (C.W. 2) who appeared for deceased Prakash Chandra and Mr. Mahesh Chandra (C.W. 3) who appeared for Ram Karan. After the completion of the survey work and measurements at about 1 P.M. when all the three lawyers were standing and talking in front of the house of the appellants deceased Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra came there to talk to the Commissioner, which interference was not liked by the appellants. This resulted in a sudden quarrel, exchange of hot words later followed by assault with knife etc., on the appellants which, according to prosecution, was in the exercise of right of self-defence by the prosecution party, particularly Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11). On the side of the appellants Ram Karan's son Chhotey Lal (accused) died and on the side of the prosecution Prakash Chandra and his son Umesh Chandra died and Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11) was grievously injured. All the five accused were tried and convicted by the Sessions Judge for offences under sections 302/149 I.P.C. (two counts) and 307/149 I.P.C. and were sentenced to imprisonment for life and rigorous imprisonment for four years respectively. Ram Karan was also convicted under section 147 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and his four sons were convicted under section 148 and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years. In appeal the 396 High Court acquitted Anil Kumar and Satish Kumar, set aside the conviction and sentence under sections 147 and 148 I.P.C. in respect of the rest and confirmed (a) their sentence of life imprisonment by altering the conviction one under sections 302/34 I.P.C. and (b) their sentence of four years rigorous imprisonment to one under sections 307/34 I.P.C. Hence the appeal by special leave by Ram Karan and his two sons.
Acquitting Ram Karan and allowing the appeal of the other two in part, the Court
HELD: Having regard to the age of the appellant Ram Karan who was about 70 years old at the time of the occurrence, there is a reasonable doubt as to whether he would have caught hold of the young man Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11) by his waist and whether he would have asked all his sons to attack and kill Prakash Chandra and his sons. The appellant Ram Karan is entitled to be set at liberty. [409 D-E] BY MAJORITY Per Fazal Ali, J. (and on behalf of D.A. Desai, J.) 1:1. Exception 4 to section 300 I.P.C. provides that culpable homicide is not murder if it is committed without pre-meditation in a sudden fight in the heat of passion upon a sudden quarrel and without the offenders having taken undue advantage or acted in a cruel or unusual manner. [399 D] 1:2. In this case, the incident occurred upon a sudden quarrel and no one took undue advantage or acted in a cruel or unusual manner on either side. Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra on the side of the prosecution died and Chhotey Lal on the side of the accused died and each of them met a homicidal death. Therefore exception 4 to section 300 Indian Penal Code is clearly attracted and the offence of murder would be reduced to culpable homicide in respect of Sushil Kumar and Ved Prakash and, therefore, they would be guilty of committing on offence under section 304(1)/34 I.P.C. A sentence of rigorous imprisonment for seven years would be appropriate; conviction and sentence under sections 307/34 I.P.C. being in order would run con currently.
[399 B-C, G-H, 400 A] Per Varadarajan, J. (contra).
Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash were the aggressors and they have been rightly convicted under section 302 read with section 34 I.P.C. for the offence of murder of Prakash Chandra land Umesh Chandra and under sections 307/34 I.P.C.
with reference to P.W. 11. Neither Exception 2 nor Exception 4 to section 300 I.P.C. would apply to the facts of the case and the offence cannot be brought under section 304 (Part I) I.P.C. The evidence of P.Ws. 1, 10 and 11 proves beyond reasonable doubt that these two appellants Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash attacked the deceased Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra with knives as a result of which both of them, who had no weapons died on the spot and these two appellants attacked P.W. 11 with knives with such intention that if he had died as a result of the injuries sustained by him they would be guilty of murder in furtherance of their common intention to murder. Their conviction under section 307/34 is proper. [408 F-H, 409 C-D] 397
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Criminal Appeal No. 329 of 1975.
From the Judgment & Order dated the 15th April, 1975 of the Allahabad High Court in Crl. A. No. 1144 of 1971.
R.L. Kohli and S.K. Sabharwal for the Appellants.
D.P. Uniyal and R.K. Bhatt for the Respondent.
The following Judgments were delivered:
FAZAL ALI, J. This appeal by special leave is directed against a judgment dated 15.4.1975 of the Allahabad High Court by which the Judges of the High Court while acquitting the accused, Anil Kumar and Satish Kumar, altered the conviction of Ram Karan, Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash from one under ss. 302 and 307 read with s. 149 I.P.C. to one under ss. 302 and 307 read with s. 34, I.P.C. and confirmed the sentences of imprisonment for life imposed on these appellants.
The prosecution case has been detailed in the judgment of the High Court as also in the judgment of our learned Brother Varadarajan J. and it is not necessary to repeat the same. So far as the question of occurrence is concerned that has been proved beyond reasonable doubt as pointed out by Brother Varadarajan, J. as also by the High Court. We also agree with the appreciation of the evidence by Brother Varadarajan, J. and his conclusion that the two deceased died at the hands of the appellants.
The entire occurrence seems to have been the result of a chronic land dispute between the parties in which several commissions were issued and which ultimately proved futile.
The prosecution has no doubt proved that the two persons were killed at the hands of the accused and that the occurrence had taken place while the Commissioners were present at the spot though they were not able to see the actual assault and were, therefore, not in a position to depose the detailed manner in which the assault had taken place.
The only serious question on which we would like to sound a discordant note from our Brother Varadarajan, J. is as to the actual nature of the offence which had been committed by the appellants, Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash. It would appear from the evidence 398 of CW 1 as also other eye-witnesses that the accused were also assaulted with knife and one of them, Chhotey Lal, died as a result of the injuries caused to him. The medical evidence as also the evidence of CW 1 clearly shows that there was exchange of hot words, followed by the assault on the appellants which, according to the prosecution, was a result of the exercise of self-defence by the prosecution party, particularly Dinesh Chandra.
In fact, the learned Sessions Judge and the High Court held that the accused were the aggressors and, therefore, they had no right of private defence. In order to ascertain whether the accused had the right of private defence, the genesis of the incident has to be traced. Now, in this case the prosecution witnesses being partisan, the only important injured witness Dinesh Chandra, PW 11 being the son of the deceased, it would be necessary to ascertain with accuracy the genesis of the quarrel as revealed from the evidence of Court witnesses not shown to be partisan. CW 1, Prem Narain Mathur is the practising advocate and was appointed as a Commissioner. He was accompanied by Mahesh Chandra, Vakil, CW 3, advocate appearing on behalf of the plaintiffs (accused Ram Karan) in the suit in which Commission was issued and Shri Jafar Imam, CW 2, learned advocate appearing for the defendants in the same suit. C.W. 1 and C.W. 3 were at the house of accused 1 Ram Karan. C.W. 1 says that several persons assembled at that time at the house of Ram Karan. He is a bit vague but he says that at that time after tea was served and he was about to leave that place he saw a person lying on the pavement of the road. This injured person was lying in front of the house of accused 1 Ram Karan. This statement has not been questioned in cross- examination nor adversely commented upon. It gives a clue to the genesis of the occurrence. After measurements were taken as directed by the Court, C.W. 1 and C.W. 3 came to the house of accused 1 Ram Karan. Some persons collected there.
According to C.W. 1 injured persons were seen lying in front of the house of accused 1 and that was none else than the deceased. If amongst those who collected at the house were the two deceased and P.W. 11 Dinesh Chandra, another injured witness on the side of the prosecution, it is crystal clear that the prosecution witnesses and the two deceased Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra had come to the house of accused 1 Ram Karan. How, if one of them was armed with a knife, they must have come with a view to either picking up quarrel or to guard themselves. The occurrence took place in front of the house of 399 accused 1. On the side of the prosecution Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra received fatal injuries and Dinesh Chandra was also injured. However, on the side of the accused Chhotelal, son of accused 1 Ram Karan, suffered six injuries one of which proved fatal and he died. Accused Ram Karan himself was also injured. Injuries on both sides appear to have been caused with sharp cutting weapon like knife. It is easy to infer the genesis of the dispute.
Both the parties were completely exasperated with the litigation. Accused 1 Ram Karan had summoned Commission on five to six occasions and his attempt to end the litigation was thwarted by objections being taken on the side of Prakash Chandra deceased. Therefore, both sides were in an exasperated mood. Suddenly at the spur of the moment there ensued a quarrel. Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra on the side of the prosecution died and Chhotelal on the side of the accused died and each of them met a homicidal death. On the side of the prosecution Dinesh Chandra was injured, on the side of accused Ram Karan was injured. From this an irresistible inference ensues that exception 4 to s. 300, I.P.C. would be attracted. The exception provides that culpable homicide is not murder, if it is committed without premeditation in a sudden fight in the heat of passion upon a sudden quarrel and without the offenders having taken undue advantage or acted in a cruel or unusual manner. All the ingredients of Exception 4 are satisfied. Prakash Chandra and his two sons and others came to the house of accused 1 to protest for the work of the Commissioner.
Dinesh Chandra amongst them was armed with a knife. May be, he may be usually carrying the same for his safety. The incident occurred in front of the house of accused 1 upon a sudden quarrel by this confrontation with eyebrows having been raised because of a persistent litigation, the occurrence took place. There is no clear evidence to show that any-one took undue advantage or acted in a cruel or unusual manner.
Taking an overall view of the situation, we find no evidence of any intention to kill the two deceased on the part of the accused because the occurrence itself had taken place suddenly when, to begin with, the entire episode started for the particular purpose of partitioning the land by the Commissioners who had visited the village. In these circumstances we are satisfied that Exception 4 of s. 300, I.P.C. is attracted and the offence of murder would be reduced to culpable homicide in respect of accused Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash and, therefore, they would be guilty of committing 400 an offence under s. 304(1)/34 I.P.C. and they should be convicted accordingly. To this extent, therefore, we are unable to agree with Brother Varadarajan, J. that the conviction of the appellants Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash under s. 302 read with s. 34 of the I.P.C. should be confirmed.
We, therefore, allow this appeal to the extent that the conviction of Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash are altered from one under s. 302 read with s. 34 of the I.P.C. to that under s. 304(1)/34 I.P.C. and they are sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for seven years. Conviction and sentences under s. 307/34, I.P.C. are maintained and sentences awarded have already been directed to run concurrently. We allow the appeal of Ram Karan as indicated by Brother Varadarajan, J. VARADARAJAN, J. This Criminal Appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 1144 of 1971, whereby the learned Judges, while acquitting two appellants Anil Kumar and Satish Kumar of the charges, altered the conviction of Ram Karan, Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash, appellants in this Criminal Appeal, under s. 302 and 307, both read with s. 149 I.P.C., into one under ss. 302 and 307 both read with s. 34 I.P.C. and confirmed the sentences of imprisonment for life for each of the two counts of murder of Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra and rigorous imprisonment for four years for attempt to murder Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11) to run concurrently and set aside the conviction of the appellant Ram Karan under s. 147 and the other two appellants under s. 148 I.P.C.
The first appellant Ram Karan is the father of other appellants Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash and also of Anil Kumar and Satish Kumar, who have been acquitted by the High Court as well as of deceased Chhotey Lal. The learned Sessions Judge who tried the case convicted Ram Karan and all his four sons, Sunil Kumar, Anil Kumar, Ved Prakash and Satish Kumar under s. 302 read with s. 149 I.P.C. (two counts) and s. 307 read with s. 149 I.P.C. and sentenced them to undergo imprisonment for life on each of the two counts under s. 302 read with s. 149 I.P.C. and to imprisonment for four years under s. 307 read with s. 149 I.P.C. He convicted Ram Karan under s. 147 and his aforesaid four sons under s. 148 I.P.C. and sentenced Ram Karan to undergo rigorous imprisonment 401 for one year and his sons to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years under s. 147 and s. 148 I.P.C. respectively.
The case of the prosecution was this:- The deceased Prakash Chandra was the father of the deceased Umesh Chandra and the injured witness Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11) as well as of Gyan Chand (P.W. 1). Prakash Chandra and his sons were living in Seohara town, Bijnor district. The appellant Ram Karan and his five sons including the deceased Chhotey Lal were living in another house in the same town as the neighbours of Prakash Chandra and his sons. Prakash Chandra and his sons built a new house on a vacant land which existed between these two houses about three years prior to the occurrence in this case which has taken place at about 1.00 p.m. on 6.9.1970. The appellant Ram Karan and five others filed Civil Suit No. 34 of 1967 in the court of the Munsif, Nagina against Prakash Chandra and his brother Gopi Chandra and one Krishna Devi, alleging that while constructing the new house Prakash Chandra had encroached upon a portion of their land. In that suit, Ram Karan got Commissioners appointed by the court on five or six occasions for taking measurements of the properties with the object of proving his case of encroachment by Prakash Chandra. But those Commissioners' reports were set aside on the objection raised by Prakash Chandra and the other defendents. The last Advocate Commissioner Mr. Mathur (C.W.1) visited the spot on 6.9.1970, accompanied by Mr. Zafar Hussain (C.W. 2) who appeared for Prakash Chandra and another and Mr. Mahesh Chand (C.W. 3) who appeared for Ram Karan. After the completion of the survey work at about 12.30 p.m. all the three lawyers were standing and talking in front of Ram Karan's baithak at about 1.00 p.m. Then Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra came there to talk with the Commissioner. Ram Karan, who was present there along with his five sons, did not like that interference of Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra with the Commissioner. He stated that he has spent thousands of rupees for taking out the commissions and that the reports of the Commissioners were set aside on the objection of Prakash Chandra. So saying, he instigated his sons to kill Prakash Chandra and his sons. Thereupon, Chhotey Lal and Ved Prakash attacked Prakash Chandra with knives while Sunil Kumar, Anil Kumar and Satish attacked Umesh Chandra with knives. On seeing Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11) who rushed meanwhile from the eastern side to help his father and brother, Ram Karan instigated his sons to attack him and caught hold of him by 402 his waist, and all his five sons attacked him and inflicted injuries. Then P.W. 11 took out a knife from his pent pocket and wielded it against Ram Karan and Chhotey Lal in self- defence and they sustained injuries. P.W. 11 received injuries and fell down. Gyan Chandra (P.W. 1), who was seeing the occurrence, ran to his house along with some others and bolted the door when Sunil Kumar, Anil Kumar and Satish chased him for attacking him. Abdul Wahid, P.W. 10, and others who were witnessing the occurrence raised an alarm, and Ram Karan and his sons ran away.
Gyan Chand, (P.W. 1) came out of his house sometime later and found his father Prakash Chandra and brother Umesh Chandra dead and Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11) lying with injuries. He prepared the report, Ex. Ka. 3 and proceeded in a jeep with his brother Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11), to Seohara Police Station situate about half a mile away and handed over that report at 1.30 p.m. Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11) was taken to Dhampur hospital after he was given first aid by a Doctor on the way. He was examined at the Dhampur hospital by Dr. Bagchi, P.W. 3 who found on his person an abrasion and nine incised wounds of which injury No. 7 on the right side of the chest through which blood and air were coming out was serious and the rest were simple.
The dead bodies of Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra which were found lying in front of their house where blood also was found, were later sent for autopsy. Ram Karan and Chhotey Lal went to the Government hospital, Bijnor where they were examined by Dr. Sarin (P.W. 2) at 4 p.m. and 4.15 p.m. respectively on 6.9.1970. P.W. 2 found one punctured wound and four incised wounds on Chhotey Lal and three incised wounds on Ram Karan. The injuries on both of them were fresh and those on Ram Karan were simple while injury No. 1 on Chhotey Lal, namely, a punctured wound which was lung-deep and anterior to the left nipple, was grievous and the rest were simple. The injuries on both could, in the opinion of P.W. 2, have been caused by knife. P.W. 2 issued the wound certificates Ex. Ka. 12 and Ka. 13. Ram Karan's report was lodged at the Police Station at 10.30 p.m. on 6.9.1970. Chhotey Lal died in the District hospital, Bijnor on 10.9.1970.
Dr. Zuber conducted autopsy on the bodies of Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra on 7.9.1970 and found nine antemortem, injuries, of which six were incised wounds, on the body of Prakash Chandra and six antemortem incised wounds on the body 403 of Umesh Chandra and he opined that the death of both of them was due to shock and haemorrhage resulting from the incised injuries. Ex. Ka. 1 and Ka. 2 are the postmortem certificates relating to Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra issued by Dr. Zuber who was examined as P.W. 1 in the Committing Magistrate's Court (Ex. Ka. 37). Dr. Dua (C.W. 4) conducted autopsy on the body of Chhotey Lal on 11.9.1970 and found an abrasion and five incised wounds which were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death.
The prosecution's case rests mainly on the evidence of Gyan Chand (P.W. 1), Abdul Wahid (P.W. 10) and Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11). As stated earlier P.Ws 1 and 11 are the sons of deceased Prakash Chandra and brothers of the other deceased Umesh Chandra. P.W. 11 had received injuries during the occurrence and P.W. 1 is the witness who had lodged the First Information Report (Ex. K. 3) in the Seohara Police Station at the earliest opportunity at 1.30 p.m. soon after the occurrence which had taken place at about 1.00 p.m.
These three witnesses were put forward as eyewitnesses and they have deposed in support of the case of the prosecution.
The accused put forward their version of the case.
According to the accused, after the Commissioner (C.W. 1) finished his work and went to the house of the appellant Ram Karan, Prakash Chandra and his sons Umesh Chandra and Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11) came to the baithak of Ram Karan and attacked Ram Karan and deceased Chhotey Lal with knives and thereupon they grappled with those three persons and wrested the knives from them and attacked them in self-defence. The accused examined D.W. 1 on their behalf. The court examined the Commissioner and the counsel of the parties in the civil suit as C. Ws. 1 to 3 and the Doctor who conducted autopsy on the body of Chhotey Lal as C.W. 4.
The evidence of C.W. 1 is that after he completed taking measurements he went along with Ram Karan's counsel Mr. Mahesh Chandra (C.W. 3) to the baithak of Ram Karan's house, that both of them came out of the house 8 or 10 minutes later, that when he advanced from the door of the baithak he saw a person lying injured on the pavement of the road and another injured person standing there, that a third person came and struck the injured person who was standing, and that he and C.W. 3 left the place thereafter. The evidence of C.W. 3 is that he and C.W. 1 who had gone to the baithak of Ram Karan's house after C.W. 1 had 404 taken the measurements, came out of the baithak 5 or 7 minutes later, and saw Chhotey Lal grappling with a young man, that in the course of grappling Chhotey Lal fell down bleeding, that Chhotey Lal managed to get up and snatched the weapon of the assailant and struck him with it, that Prakash Chandra came to the rescue of the young man and Chhotey Lal struck him with the same weapon and both the young-man and Prakash Chandra fell down after receiving injuries from Chhotey Lal, and that on account of the incident he went away along with C.W. 1. C.W. 3 has added that soon after he went and sat in the baithak of Ram Karan's house, Zafar Hussain (C.W. 2) came and said something to C.W. 1 from beyond the door of the baithak. The evidence of Zafar Hussain (C.W. 2) is that after measurements had been taken C. Ws. 1 and 3 went to the baithak of Ram Karan's house while he sat in the verandah of the old haveli of Prakash Chandra, that he and Prakash Chandra's son, who is now no more, thereafter went near the Commissioner (C.W 1) and he told C.W. 1 that he may hear what Prakash Chandra wanted to say, that after saying so he got back for meeting another person while Prakash Chandra and his son remained there, that after reaching the verandah of Prakash Chandra he went away with Mehboob Ali who was waiting for him to Mehboob Ali's house and that no quarrel took place when he was present there though when he was returning to the verandah of Prakash Chandra's house he heard some hot words being exchanged near the baithak of Ram Karan's house.
The learned Sessions Judge has observed in his judgment that the evidence of C.Ws. 1 to 3 is contradictory, unnatural and not truthful. He found that P.W. 1's report (Ka. 3) was lodged in the Police Station at 1.30 p.m. soon after the occurrence had taken place at about 1.00 p.m. and that there has been no attempt at concoction in this case.
He rejected the contention that Abdul Wahid, (P.W. 10) had any reason to depose falsely against the appellant Ved Prakash and found his evidence to be reliable. He observed that though Prakash Chandra had been working as an Engineer in a sugar mill at Seohara and P.W. 10 was employed in the engineering department, P.W. 10 was actually working under one Bachcha Lal and is an independent witness. P.W. 1 has stated in his evidence that Prakash Chandra, Umesh Chandra and Ram Karan did not have any weapon at the time of the occurrence. The evidence of the injured witness P.W. 11 is that when he returned home from Moradabad at about 12.30 p.m. on the day of occurrence 405 he saw his father Prakash Chandra and brother Umesh Chandra lying in a pool of blood and that on seeing him Ram Karan shouted that he also should be killed and caught hold of him by his waist and that he was attacked with knives by the accused persons including Ram Karan and he wielded in self- defence the knife which he had purchased on that day for his work.
The learned Sessions Judge accepted the evidence of P.Ws. 1, 10 and 11 and commented upon Ram Karan and Chhotey Lal going to the hospital at Bijnor without arranging for a report being given at the Police Station at Seohara in time and held that the accused were the aggressors and that Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11) caused injuries to Ram Karan and the deceased Chhotey Lal in the exercise of the right of private defence. Accordingly he found the accused guilty and convicted them and sentenced them as mentioned above.
The High Court also rejected the defence theory that Chhotey Lal was attacked by three persons armed with knife, chura and khukhri having regard to the fact that he had only one lung deep punctured wound and the other four wounds were only skin deep and of very minor dimensions.
The learned Judges of the High Court found that the name of Anil Kumar is not mentioned in the First Information Report (Ex. Ka. 3) but instead the name of one Virendra is mentioned and that it appears from the evidence of P.W. 1 that Virendra is the name of Prakash Chandra's brother. They found that in the statement of P.W. 11 recorded as dying declaration, Sushil Kumar is mentioned instead of Satish Kumar. In these circumstances the learned Judges found that there is reasonable doubt regarding the participation of the accused Anil Kumar and Satish Kumar and they gave the benefit of that doubt to those two appellants before them and acquitted them. In other respects, the learned Judges accepted the evidence of P.Ws. 1, 10 and 11 regarding the occurrence and rejected the defence version and held the appellants guilty under s. 302 read with s. 34 in respect of the murder of Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra and under s. 307 read with s. 34 in respect of Dinesh Chandra, (P.W. 11) and convicted them accordingly and sentenced them to undergo imprisonment for life under s. 302 read with s. 34 I.P.C. and rigorous imprisonment for four years under s. 307 read with s. 34 I.P.C. 406 We perused the records and the judgments of the learned Sessions Judge and of the learned Judges of the High Court and heard the arguments of Mr. R.L. Kohli, Senior Advocate who appeared for the appellants and of Mr. D.P. Uniyal, Senior Advocate who appeared for the respondent-State of U.P. We were taken through the evidence of P.Ws. 1, 10 and
11. The learned Sessions Judge has observed in his judgment that the evidence of the three lawyers C.Ws. 1 to 3 is contradictory, unnatural and not truthful and that if they had given honest evidence it would have been easier for the court to conclude which side was the aggressor. This observation of the learned Sessions Judge appears to be too sweeping and not correct at least with reference to C.W. 2 who has professed ignorance about the actual occurrence in the case and has stated that he left after asking C.W. 1 from outside the baithak of Ram Karan's house to hear what Prakash Chandra who had gone with him and his deceased son wanted to tell him because another person Mehboob Ali with whom he later went to his house was waiting for him in the verandah of Prakash Chandra's house. The evidence of C.W. 2 that no quarrel took place when he was present there though when he was returning to the verandah of Prakash Chandra's house he heard some hot words being exchanged near the baithak of Ram Karan's house, is, in a way, corroborated by the evidence of P.W. 1. P.W. 1 has stated that when exchange of hot words started the Commissioner and Vakils of the parties moved from there to the road and that just when Ram Karan's Vakil had gone a short distance from Ram Karan's house, Ram Karan and others stated that "they have got our thousands of rupees spent over litigation. We have become tired of getting commissions issued. Kill them today so that the trouble may be ended for ever. At that time all the five sons of Ram Karan, Chhotey Lal, Ved Prakash, Satish Kumar, Sunil Kumar and Anil Kumar were present, and when Ram Karan said so all five sons whipped out knives and started assulting.....". This portion of the evidence of P.W. 1 is to the effect that the lawyers C.Ws. 1-3 were not present at the time of the actual assault on the deceased Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra as a well as on P.W. 11. Even P.W. 10 has stated in his evidence that "when he reached near dharmshala at about 12.45 p.m. he heard the shouts of Ram Karan from his house situate at a distance of 30 paces, that when he reached the end of the road he was in a position to see the house of Ram Karan, that on hearing the shouts he proceeded towards the place from where they came and stood near 407 the wall and found three Vakils present and also Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra, that as soon as he reached the place, the Vakils left the place, that Ram Karan then stated that he got the Commissioner appointed 5 or 6 times and spent several thousands of rupees and he should be killed and that when Ram Karan said so his sons Chhotey Lal and Ved Prakash began to attack Prakash Chandra with knives, that Sunil Kumar and Ram Karan's other sons began to assault Umesh Chandra with knives, that during the marpit Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra fell down after receiving injuries, that thereafter Dinesh Chandra, son of Prakash Chandra came from the eastern direction, and on seeing him Ram Karan shouted that he should also be done to death, and he caught hold of Dinesh Chandra by his waist, and that all the four boys and deceased Chhotey Lal began to assault Dinesh Chandra with knives, and Dinesh Chandra wielded his knife in self-defence and caused injuries to Ram Karan and Chhotey Lal and thereafter fell down and became unconscious....". This portion of the evidence of P.W. 10 also shows that C.Ws. 1 to 3 left the place soon after exchange of hot words began between the two sides.
Therefore, I am of the opinion that there is no reason to reject the evidence of C.W. 2 that no quarrel took place when he was present near about the scene of occurrence. In the circumstances of the case, it is very probable that before serious trouble started from the exchange of hot words, C.Ws. 1 to 3. the Commissioner and the counsel for both the parties in the civil suit, left the place and were not present at the time of the actual occurrence as stated by P.Ws. 1 and 10.
Mr. R.L. Kohli drew our attention to some portions of the judgment of the learned Judges of the High Court and submitted that the observation of the learned Judges that from the side of the defence it was not suggested to any witness that Abdul Wahid (P.W. 10) was a different man and that he has been introduced because the real Abdul Wahid was not prepared to support the prosecution case is incorrect.
The learned counsel further submitted that the observation of the learned Judges that the presence of Gyan Chand (P.W. 1) at the time of the occurrence does not appear to have been challenged by the defence is also not correct. This criticism of the learned counsel for the appellants appears to be well-founded, for I find that a suggestion has been made to P.W. 10 in cross-examination and he has admitted that there is also 408 another person named Wahid son of Abdul Rehman in his mohalla and that that person was an accused in a rioting case. And in the cross-examination of P.W. 1 it has been clearly suggested that he was not present at the spot and that he prepared the report Ex. Ka. 3 afterwards with some consultation. P.W. 1 has no doubt denied that suggestion and stated that he was present at the spot and that he himself wrote the report Ex. Ka. 3 before he came out of the house by opening the door. The learned Judges have stated in their judgment that after Ram Karan stated that he has spent thousands of rupees on commissions and every time the report of the Commissioner was set aside on the objection of Prakash Chandra and he instigated his sons to kill Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra, all the five sons of Ram Karan started giving knife blows to Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra and both of them fell down. This portion of the judgment of the learned Judges is to the effect that all the five sons of Ram Karan including the deceased Chhotey Lal attacked the deceased Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra whereas it is the case of the prosecution as brought out in the evidence of P.W. 1 that after Ram Karan instigated his sons to open the attack only Chhotey Lal and Ved Prakash attacked Prakash Chandra with knives and only Sunil Kumar.
Anil Kumar and Satish Kumar attacked Umesh Chandra with knives. It is unfortunate that these inaccuracies have crept into the judgment of the learned Judges of the High Court.
But on an overall consideration of the entire material on record and the evidence in the case in the light of the arguments of the learned counsel for the parties I am of the opinion that the appreciation of the evidence of P.Ws. 1, 10 and 11 by the learned Sessions Judge and the learned Judges of the High Court in so far as the appellants Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash are concerned is correct and that the evidence of P.Ws. 1 and 10 proves beyond reasonable doubt that these two appellants Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash attacked the deceased Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra with knives as a result of which both of them, who had no weapons died on the spot, and the evidence of P.Ws. 10 and 11 proves satisfactorily and beyond any reasonable doubt that these two appellants attacked P.W. 11 with knives with such intention that if he had died as a result of the injuries sustained by him they would be guilty of murder in furtherance of their common intention to murder. The dead bodies of Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra and blood were found in front of the house of both the 409 deceased and P.W. 11. Both the deceased had no weapons and they had been attacked before P.W. 11 arrived and wield his knife against Ram Karan and Chhotey Lal. The main occurrence had taken place in front of the house of both the deceased and P.W. 11. Before the trial court it was not submitted that the attack by the accused persons on both the deceased Prakash Chandra and Umesh Chandra and P.W. 11 was without any pre-meditation in a sudden fight in the heat of passion upon a sudden quarrel. Nor is it a case in which it could be said that the offenders had not taken undue advantage or had not acted in a cruel or unusual manner. No such argument was put forward even before the High Court to bring the main occurrence under s. 304 (Part I) I.P.C. Since I have found that the occurrence has taken place in front of the house of the two deceased and P.W. 11 in this case and that the accused persons were the aggressors neither Exception 2 nor Exception 4 to s. 300 I.P.C. would apply to the facts of this case and the offence cannot be brought under s. 304 (Part I) I.P.C. In these circumstances, I agree with the learned Sessions Judge that the appellants Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash were the aggressors and find that they have been rightly convicted under s. 302 read with s. 34 I.P.C. for the offence of murder of those two persons and under s. 307 read with s. 34 I.P.C. with reference to P.W. 11. But I am of the opinion, having regard to the age of appellant Ram Karan, who was about 70 years old at the time of the occurrence that there is a reasonable doubt as to whether he would have caught hold of the young man Dinesh Chandra (P.W. 11) by his waist and whether he would have asked all his sons to attack and kill Prakash Chandra and his son. I therefore, give the benefit of this reasonable doubt to the appellant Ram Karan and set aside his conviction under s. 302 read with s.34 (two counts) and under s. 307 read with s. 34 and acquit him and direct him to be set at liberty forthwith if he is in custody and his presence is not required in connection with any other case. In other respects I dismiss the criminal appeal and confirm the conviction of Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash and the sentences awarded to them.
In accordance with the opinion of the majority, the appeal is allowed to the extent that the conviction of Ram Karan under s. 302 read with s. 34 (two counts) and under s. 307 read with s. 34 of the Indian Penal Code is set aside and he is acquitted and that convictions of the appellants, Sunil Kumar and Ved Prakash, are 410 altered from one under s. 302/34, I.P.C. to that under s. 304(1)/34, IPC and they are sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for seven years. Conviction and sentences under section 307/34, I.P.C. are maintained and sentences awarded have already been directed to run concurrently.
S.R. Appeal partly allowed. | {
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McConnell: Senate Should Not Tie Military's Hands Over Political Divisions At Home
'The Senate risks jeopardizing what we have gained with this strike if it ties the military's hands and tells Iran we have no stomach for this. America can hardly be defeated on the battlefield. But we can be defeated at home on the political front. We can allow ourselves to become divided and play into the hands of our adversaries. Our divisions at home are significant. Let us not allow them to pollute our judgment on foreign affairs.'
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Iran:
'Every day brings more repudiation of the conventional wisdom of the Democrat foreign policy establishment, breathlessly amplified by the mainstream media, that the strike on Qassem Soleimani would unite Iranians behind the regime.
'Proud Iranians continue to take to the streets – not to rage against America or Israel – but to vent their frustration against the corrupt, theocratic regime that has led Iran down a ruinous path.
'I spoke about these protests before the strike on Soleimani, and I will continue to speak about them.
'I have long believed the United States should care about human rights and democracy, whether in Russia, China, Hong Kong, Burma, Cuba, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Syria, or Iran.
'The promotion of human rights and defense of democracy should not necessarily be the driving force of our foreign policy, but it should be an important component.
'I ask my Democratic colleagues who share this view to set aside their hatred for Donald Trump -- even just for a moment -- and step back to look at what has been happening across Iran for years:
'The repression of women. The persecution of ethnic and religious minorities. The brutal suppression of dissent.
'Was the Obama administration right to meet the 2009 Green Revolution with silence?
'Consider the story of Iran's only female Olympic medalist, who this week defected from Iran and requested asylum. Or the Iranian State TV broadcasters who quit, apologizing to the public for years of lying on behalf of the mullahs. Or the innocent protesters who are being killed and wounded by agents of the state.
'These are well-known realities. They were well-known when, twelve days ago, the United States took the world's most dangerous terrorist off the battlefield.
'But mystifyingly, many voices here in Washington and in the media sought to blame escalating tensions in the region on President Trump.
'We heard from leading Democrats that the operation to eliminate Soleimani was one of the administration's, quote, "needless provocations". We heard the "cycle of violence" was America's responsibility.
'All of this flies in the face of the reasonable analysis some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle were offering before Donald Trump became President.
'In 2007, 30 Democrat Senators joined Republicans to support an amendment warning of the need to prevent, quote, "Iran from turning Shi'a militia extremists in Iraq into a Hizballah-like force that could serve its interests inside Iraq, including by overwhelming, subverting, or co-opting institutions of the legitimate Government of Iraq."
'Few more prescient warnings have been pronounced by this body. But unfortunately, it went unheeded by the Obama administration, which withdrew U.S. forces from Iraq, effectively abandoning it to Soleimani and his proxies.
'As recently as 2015, the Democratic Leader warned that the JCPOA failed to address Iran's destabilizing malign activities and that Iran would use its windfall to, quote: "redouble its efforts to create even more trouble in the Middle East and, perhaps, beyond."
'Senator Menendez hit the nail on the head as well. He warned, quote, "If there is a fear of war in the region, it will be one fueled by Iran and its proxies and exacerbated by an agreement that allows Iran to possess an industrial-sized nuclear program, and enough money in sanctions relief to significantly continue to fund its hegemonic intentions throughout the region." End quote.
'So many of our Democratic colleagues understood all this quite clearly when a Democrat occupied the White House. And it came true. Iran's aggression only accelerated after the Obama administration's deal.
'The question for us is not who to blame. That much is clear. The question is what to do about it.
'So, as Iran's aggression became focused on the United States, as the risk to our personnel and interests grew, after months of repeated warnings, President Trump took action.
'I am glad the strike against Soleimani has provided some justice to his countless victims – hundreds of Americans and many more across the Middle East.
'We don't yet know if Soleimani will prove irreplaceable. But his death will significantly disrupt Iran's death machine. And it will change Iran's long-held misconception that they could literally get away with the murder of Americans without a meaningful response.
'President Trump's strategy seems to have re-established deterrence.
'But the Senate risks jeopardizing what we have gained with this strike if it ties the military's hands and tells Iran we have no stomach for this.
'America can hardly be defeated on the battlefield. But we can be defeated at home on the political front. We can allow ourselves to become divided and play into the hands of our adversaries.
'Our divisions at home are significant. Let us not allow them to pollute our judgment on foreign affairs. Let's not make our adversaries' lives easier by tying our military's hands.'
Related Issues: Iraq, Iran, Senate Democrats, America's Military | {
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You can come across so many recipes that call for a pinch of black pepper to make the resulting dishes fiery and appetizing. Aside from being an excellent spice and garnish, black peppers also offer a handful of benefits to the health.
Black pepper is actually dried pepper berry. It is commonly ground although certain recipes call for the use of whole ones or peppercorns. Used as offerings to the deities and currency centuries ago, black pepper is now simply one of the most commonly used spices and garnishes. If you continue reading, you will find out why it is praise-worthy.
The moment your taste buds are tickled by black pepper, the brain instructs the stomach to produce enough acid to properly digest the food you are consuming. This is what makes black pepper effective in preventing an upset stomach.
Especially if you are bouncing back from sickness, your desire to eat may be absent. An excellent way to stimulate the appetite is to serve food garnished with black pepper. This also works for those suffering from mild anorexia.
Black pepper helps loosen thick respiratory tract secretions, allowing you to attain relief from the usual symptoms of cough and colds. Other than sprinkling black pepper onto soups and stews, it may also be added to a piping-hot cup of tea.
Since black pepper is a spice, it is capable of increasing your core body temperature and making you sweat a lot. This aids the skin, an organ of elimination, to effectively flush out accumulated toxins within the body. Black pepper has antibacterial properties too, making it helpful in ridding the intestinal tract of microorganisms that cause various digestive problems.
The consumption of black pepper is recommendable for those who wish to lose a little water weight because it acts as an effective diuretic. It may also help regulate blood pressure due to its ability to flush out excess water in the body.
Black pepper contains antioxidants, powerful components that neutralize excess amounts of free radicals. Thanks to these antioxidants, the consumption of dishes with black pepper may reduce your risk for cancer and even slow down aging.
You may sprinkle minor cuts with black pepper in order to immediately stop the bleeding. As earlier mentioned, this highly popular spice has antibacterial properties. It is for this reason why it can help ward off infection of minor wounds. | {
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There's something wonderful about waking up to a new destination every morning. Where else do you get the chance to wander off for an early breakfast, choosing from a wonderful spread featuring everything from crispy bacon sandwiches and scrambled egg to smoked salmon bagels, sipping a cup of steaming coffee while you watch the ship pull in at another brand new port? It's a fantastic way to start the day, just before you head off to change and pack a bag, ready to explore the day's port of call.
If that sounds like your cup of tea, there are plenty of cruise operators ready and willing to whisk you off for a sea-based voyage of adventure - none more so than Royal Caribbean International. You've probably seen their TV adverts, the ones where youngsters are rock-climbing miles out to sea or surfing on special simulators. That's why Royal Caribbean has become so popular - it's all to do with their innovative take on cruise holidays which is worlds away from the traditional cruise experience of old.
Take Adventure of the Seas for instance. This fabulous ship is home to a spectacular array of facilities such as a rock-climbing wall, an ice-skating rink, a basketball court and even an inline roller skating track, along with a mini golf course and simulator.
One of the best ways to compare ships, holidays and prices is to search via a travel agent. You can also widen your search and look for Royal Caribbean holidays on other ships, and filter by price to find the best combination of itinerary and value.
All in all, whatever you fancy, there's a cruise adventure out there with your name on it. Which one will you choose? | {
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soft enamel pin, available in House colours.
Pre-orders will ship in the week commencing April 15th.
Pre-order your Sweater That Lived soft enamel pin badge, due to ship in the week commencing April 15th.
Pins are approx 4 cm tall and 3cm wide.
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est un album de la chanteuse française Mireille Mathieu paru en en 1968 sous le label Barclay. Dans cet album se trouvent 4 chansons interprétées en anglais par Mireille et 8 autres chansons chantées par la chanteuse en français.
Chansons de l'album
Notes et références
Album musical sorti en 1968
Album de Mireille Mathieu | {
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Dr. Eytan Kreiner is the founder and CEO at the Israeli Pet Flight Agency Terminal4Pets. He has been providing unique advanced solutions to pet shipment for more than two decades. Here is some of his advice as a veterinarian when traveling internationally with your pet.
The first and foremost important aspect in planning a trip with your pet is their health. When you cross geographical borders into a new environment you are exposing them to new diseases and hazards that are unfamiliar to their immune system. When it comes down to medical procedures, there are musts (country requirements) and recommendations. You should consider different medical treatments that were not a necessity in your home but may be during travel and at your pet's final destination.
Most common vaccinations and preventive treatments are rabies, de-worming (including park worm), DHLP, cat flu and kennel cough. The type of vaccination depends on the environmental conditions and the dosage depends on your pet's weight and medical condition. Only a certified veterinarian can determine the kind of treatment and dosage that will meet your pet's medical needs. Therefore it is important to discuss with our vets what additional treatments and vaccinations are necessary for your pet prior to travel and at their destination.
If you're planning a trip which includes domestic or international flights, ask our vets to perform a flight related health assessment to ensure that they are healthy for flight and will not suffer from medical complication during the journey.
Many pet owners tend to think that it is in their pet's best interest to sedate them before the long drive or a flight but that is an urban myth according to Dr. Kreiner: "Every time a pet is sedated it is exposed to a medical risk and that is why we, the veterinarian community, perform anesthesia only when it's mandatory when performing an invasive procedure or when a pet experiences sever pain after an accident, a surgery etc."
According to Dr. Kreiner the low oxygen level and dry air inside the aircraft reduces blood circulation and may increase hypothermia, dizziness, stomach ache and more diverse side-effects. In that case, drugs are most likely to worsen the condition and may even create a threat. This is the reason that many airline policies prohibit sedating pets for flight.
It is advised to refrain from feeding your pet before the long drive or flight but to provide them plenty of water before and during the journey in order to prevent your pet from feeling unsettled.
While some pet owners refer to their local vets, more and more people are seeking pet traveling solutions by referring to flight veterinarians with an expertise in international pet travel. Terminal4pets veterinarians can assist you or coordinate with your personal veterinarian to ensure your pet is prepared for their travel. | {
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Enjoy "Ramen-fest 2017," a Winter Event at Ohi Racecourse!
Do you believe that "racecourses are for gambling"?
There's actually a racecourse that's practically a sightseeing location of its own, where you can enjoy fun events, gorgeous illuminations, and even amazing gourmet foods! That place is here, "Ohi Racecourse" in Tokyo's Shinagawa.
This article is for those of you who want to experience Tokyo's nighttime at the end of the year, or to couples, families, and friends who are planning to visit Tokyo!
The Appeals of Ohi Racecourse!
Let's Go to Ramen-fest 2017!
Tokyo is home to Fuchu City's Tokyo Racecourse and Shinagawa's Ohi Racecourse.
Tokyo Racecourse, one of the courses operated by the Japan Racing Association, holds races every Saturday and Sunday (potentially including public holidays).
Ohi Racecourse (nickname: TCK), a municipally operated racecourse, holds races on weekdays (potentially including public holidays).
Ohi Racecourse is located near the city center, so being able to avoid large crowds typical of the weekends when going to its weekday races is one of its points of appeal!
From April through December, Ohi Racecourse hosts Japan's first nighttime horse races, called "Twinkle Race." (From January through March, races are held during the day. For detailed schedules), see official site.
A Twinkle Race is more than just an exciting race to the finish line; it's also held alongside a bright and colorful illumination. There are also plenty of other fun events held, and the ability to enjoy a variety of types of entertainment at the same time as the race has had Ohi Racecourse recognized as a "new nighttime date spot in Tokyo"!
Photogenic Twinkle Race is Great for Social Media Posts!
Additionally, the illumination will undergo a large-scale renewal starting in April of 2018, and in October the venue will be the largest illumination in all of Kanto (8 million lights).
The stations nearest to Ohi Racecourse are Tokyo Monorail's Oi Keibajo-mae Station and Keikyu's Tachiaigawa Station. The racecourse can also easily be accessed by free shuttle bus from JR's Oimachi Station, Omori Station, and Kinshicho Station, so you can even save on travel costs.
2 Minutes on Foot from Tokyo Monorail's Oi Keibajo-mae Station!
There are plenty of foods and drinks to enjoy as well, from delicious cheap meals to dishes aimed at women!
In addition, a horserace spectating restaurant called "Diamond Turn" offers a full-fledged buffet, supervised by a famous French chef.
Watching a horserace while savoring some delicious food is a chic different way to enjoy a date!
Ramen-fest 2017 will be held at Ohi Racecourse!
There will even host restaurants famous for foods that pair well with ramen like gyoza and kara-age in addition to the ramen shops carefully selected by the famous Tokyo city magazine "Tokyo Walker"!
※Races December 25th-27th are night races, December 29th-30th are day races.
Omikuji betting tickets are available for 3 days, from December 29th through 31st! Usually "omikuji" are fortune slips that divine your luck. The omikuji betting tickets contain randomly selected horserace betting tickets, so whether or not you win is determined by luck!!
Furthermore, there are certain "omikuji" that will come with gifts!
This event features a lineup of Tokyo's leading ramen shops! You can enjoy a variety of different types of ramen, like shoyu, miso, tonkotsu, and shio; it's almost like being in a ramen museum!
This event features a lineup of Tokyo's leading ramen shops!
※Available stalls and their menus are subject to change without notice.
"BASSO Drill-Man" is an incredibly popular restaurant in Ikebukuro, a hot spot for ramen! They use no chemical seasonings, so their ramen is easy on your body. The line out the door and your chopsticks both refuse to stop!
"Kujira Shokudo" is located in Tokyo's Koganei City. Their ramen, made with Manila clams packed with seafood umami, is so popular that it's been featured in various forms of media!
"Nikusoba Keisuke," a ramen shop in Kinshicho, has amazingly delicious chashu pork! Even their portions of meat are huge! If you're a fan of meat, this is the ramen for you!
"Onisoba Fujiya" in Shibuya is so popular that it even sells its own cup ramen! Its clear, golden shio ramen gets rave reviews, and the restaurant is even often visited by celebrities and entertainers!
"Shinasoba Tanaka" offers up unique and delicious ramen thanks to its Italian owner! It's known for its mild and beautifully presented ramen!
"Tonkotsumen Ano Komiya" is a ramen shop near the Tokyu Toyoko Line's "Toritsu-Daigaku Station." It specializes in tonkotsu ramen, and its rich tonkotsu broth is widely acclaimed!
"Taisho Soba Toka" is a ramen shop near the Toei Subway Shinjuku Line's "Akebonobashi Station." This incredibly indulgent ramen brings out the best of luxurious Uwajima red snapper!
"Menya Nakagawakai" is located near Kinshicho Station. They make rich extracts from a variety of different ingredients, leading to a soulful ramen with essentially all of its imperfections and odors removed!
★Original Dishes Exclusively for Ohi Racecourse?!
In addition to their regular menus, each ramen shop will feature "Ohi Racecourse-exclusive dishes" that are only available at Ohi Racecourse, as well as some Instagram-ready ramen dishes!
"Dairen Gyoza Kichi DALIAN" is a famous shop located in Yokohama Chinatown. Each of their dishes are carefully made by hand, one by one.
You'll get a head-on taste of the deliciousness of the chewy wrapper and umami-packed filling made with crispy chicken wings.
You can try their delicious dishes without having to visit Chinatown at Ohi Racecourse!
Utsunomiya City is the place in Japan for gyoza!
Washo, located in Utsunomiya City, makes all of their gyoza by hand. Their enormous gyoza, packed with plenty of vegetables, weigh 50 grams each!
"Irokara" is a kara-age specialty shop that has original flavors you can't try anywhere else.
In addition to their genuine "umakara" for lovers of pickled plum and super-spicy food, they offer a variety of dishes, including miso kara-age made with their special malted rice miso!! Try their Tokyo-born "Tokyo-style kara-age" at Ohi Racecourse!
"Nakatsu Kara-age Kei" always takes home the prize at kara-age competitions. They take carefully selected Kyushu chicken and marinate it in a secret sauce for 2 days. Be sure to try this popular kara-age!
Ohi Racecourse is more of an entertainment facility than a place to gamble. Many people would certainly agree after they gave it a visit!
For this year's end in Tokyo, enjoy white-hot races and delicious ramen alongside your family, friends, or even your lover at Ohi Racecourse!
※Minors cannot enter the racecourse unaccompanied. | {
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Film featuring CDC director's heroism bags two int'l awards
posted December 03, 2020 at 08:12 pm by Manila Standard
Clark Freeport — A documentary film featuring the heroism and gallantry of special forces in the early 1990s as led then by one of the current directors of Clark Development Corporation (CDC), recently bagged two awards at the International Film Festival Manhattan (IFFM) 2020 in New York.
Captain Arturo Ortiz during his time in the Philippine Army and Commander of the 606th SF Company. (File photo courtesy of Philippine Army/ Army Journal Dec. 1990)
The movie titled "Kagitingan: A true story of Valor" was selected by IFFM and was awarded Best Screen Play and IFFM Most Popular Awards. The film narrates the heroic acts of then Captain Arturo Ortiz and his men from the 606th Special Forces Company in a firefight against a group of communist insurgents in Murcia, Negros Occidental in April 1990.
During the combat operations, the NPA who outnumbered the Philippine Army contingent lost 85 men while the government did not lose a single soldier in a fierce battle inside the lair and training camp of the insurgents.
With the successful military operations, Ortiz's bravery and gallantry was recognized as he was awarded Medal of Valor – the highest military honor given to Filipino soldiers. Only 41 recipients were given the said honor since 1935 and of this award, 18 were awarded posthumously.
Aside from this, Ortiz has also received various recognitions during his military service. Some of these are two Gold Cross Medals, four Military Merit Medals, Combat Commander's Badge, Military Parachutist Badge, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao Campaign Medals, as well as commendations such as Tagumpay award for Outstanding Soldier of Negros.
During his time at the Philippine Army, he handled positions such as Tactical Officer for Army Special Warfare Brigade, Team Leader of 10th Special Forces Company, Operations and Training Officer of the Combat Training Center in the Army Special Warfare Brigade, and Commander of 606 Special Forces Company. In 2003, he also served as the Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Command Center – General Head Quarters. He also became the Commander of Task Force "Libra", Commander of Special Forces Regiment, Commander of Special Operations Command, and Commanding General of the Philippine Army from 2010 to 2011.
Ortiz who hails from Pangasinan presently serves as one of the directors of CDC. He was appointed to the CDC Board on November 10, 2017.
Meanwhile, the documentary film written, directed, and edited by 1Lt. Balaram Tamayo outshined hundreds of other entries from various countries including United States of America (USA), Canada, Bulgaria, Estoria, India, Japan, Colombia, Spain, Germany, Macau, China, Russia, Italy, Myanmar, Tibet, Austria, and Switzerland. The IFFM hosted a "virtual" awarding through an online platform due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It can be viewed on Youtube.
Topics: International Film Festival Manhattan , Clark Development Corporation , Arturo Ortiz , Philippine Army
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Quirky Birds! A Mini Class with Tam. One of the most popular lessons published on Life Book 2013 is now available as a standalone lesson! These Quirky Birds are cute, funny, sweet, adorable and they want you to create them toooooo! ;) Seriously, they are such good fun to make: it's so playful and freeing to create these child-like creatures, I hope you'll join and create some, they'll bring a sparkle and a smile to your day! :D Includes almost 3 hours worth of video, a detailed PDF, no time limit on group access, downloadable videos, a boatload of fun!
This is a self study mini class – you will get access to the class membership area on this site where you can watch and download the class lessons and materials. Access to the is unlimited. Please note: you will not receive a DVD with this option.
Any kind of water-based paints like watersoluble cryaons/ pencils or paints.
What's included in this mini lesson? | {
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Raymond REAR
REAR Raymond Lester was born at Olds, Alberta, on July 7, 1929, and passed away peacefully on September 22, 2005, at the age of 76, surrounded by his family. He lived in the Wimborne and Trochu area all of his life. Raymond tried his hand at driving truck and was a founding partner of what became known as Guard Implements. But he was a farmer at heart and returned to take over the family farm, raising Maine Anjou cattle in addition to grain farming. He greatly enjoyed his hobby of restoring old John Deere tractors; his association with the Two Cylinder Club led him on many a trek with friends to show off his tractors, and to compete at tractor pulls. In October 2004 Raymond made the decision to leave the farm and move to Red Deer, taking up residence at Redwood Estates, where in his quiet and gentle manner, he developed many new friendships. Redwood was his home until his passing. He leaves to mourn his passing his brother Cecil (Donna) Rear of Red Deer, step-mother Violet Rear of Wimborne, 5 step sisters and brothers, nieces Sherry (Keith) Gummow of Ponoka, Susan Gail Rear of Bowden, Jeanette Morrison of Beaumont, Nora Lee Rear of Calgary, Sharon (Trevor) Hillis and nephew Bill Muncaster, both of Ponoka; 5 great nieces, 6 great nephews; one great-great niece and four great-great nephews. Raymond also leaves a large number of extended relatives and friends who mourn his passing. He was predeceased by his parents, Tom and Bernice Rear, sister Alverda Muncaster, brother-in-law Cecil Muncaster and sisters-in-law Joan Rear and Lorraine Flinn. Funeral Services were held Monday, September 26, 2005 at Wimborne Community Centre. Interment followed in Wimborne Cemetery. Arrangements in care of SUNSET FUNERAL SERVICE Linden, 403-546-3903. | {
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import json
from pybvc.controller.controller import Controller
from pybvc.netconfdev.vrouter.vrouter5600 import VRouter5600
from pybvc.common.status import STATUS
from pybvc.common.utils import load_dict_from_file
if __name__ == "__main__":
f = "cfg.yml"
d = {}
if(load_dict_from_file(f, d) is False):
print("Config file '%s' read error: " % f)
exit()
try:
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nodePswd = d['nodePswd']
except:
print ("Failed to get Controller device attributes")
exit(0)
ctrl = Controller(ctrlIpAddr, ctrlPortNum, ctrlUname, ctrlPswd)
vrouter = VRouter5600(ctrl, nodeName, nodeIpAddr,
nodePortNum, nodeUname, nodePswd)
print ("<<< 'Controller': %s, '%s': %s" %
(ctrlIpAddr, nodeName, nodeIpAddr))
result = vrouter.get_dataplane_interfaces_list()
status = result.get_status()
if(status.eq(STATUS.OK)):
print "Dataplane interfaces:"
dpIfList = result.get_data()
print json.dumps(dpIfList, indent=4)
else:
print ("\n")
print ("!!!Failed, reason: %s" % status.brief().lower())
print ("%s" % status.detailed())
exit(0)
print "\n"
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MPR Announces Capital Campaign to Make Transformative Investments to Deepen and Expand Its Public Service
Ambitious campaign – "Inspired by You" – slated to raise $75 million over five years
St. Paul, Minn., February 28, 2018 – As it begins its next 50 years of public service, Minnesota Public Radio has embarked on an ambitious capital campaign to invest in new programming, talented people, new technology, innovation and endowment that will enable it to serve more people who are consuming media in new ways. The campaign, "Inspired by You," is slated to raise $75 million by 2020 and, to date, has raised $63.4 million.
Emerging digital technologies are fueling a media revolution that's upending much of traditional broadcasting and journalism, to which MPR must respond. This campaign will address the demand for trusted content available anytime on an ever-expanding array of platforms and devices.
"Change has been a constant in our first 50 years and it continues to drive our innovation in the digital age," said Jon McTaggart, president and CEO of Minnesota Public Radio. "Our commitment to being an essential service for our changing audiences and communities compels us to make significant transformational investments, now, so we can serve more people in more ways. We're making investments in three areas – people with new talents, new programming, and new technology. This campaign is fueling the big changes that will ensure our future."
Funds Already at Work
The "Inspired by You" campaign already has supported more than $15 million in new work at Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media (APM) over the past three years, including investments in MPR News and Marketplace to expand journalism, especially on digital channels, and new storytelling, sense-making and civil discussions. The campaign has helped launch the new investigative journalism group, APM Reports, a team that recently earned a Peabody Award and a Murrow Award for the In The Dark podcast series.
Early campaign gifts are also amplifying the reach and impact of APM's award-winning science podcast for kids and curious adults, Brains On!, and exploring compelling ways to inspire a whole new generation to love great music through broadcast, in-person experiences and digital channels, including creating new kinds of online content.
"We are expanding Classical MPR for audiences who have listened for decades, and we're investing in new services from The Current for audiences who are the youngest listeners in all of public radio," McTaggart said. "We're working with partners across the state to help make Minnesota a place where more musicians and artists want to live and make their living."
As the "Inspired by You" campaign succeeds, MPR will increase its focus on issues most important to Minnesotans. Through multi-year, multi-channel initiatives focused on the topics of water, mental health and early childhood development, MPR will measurably raise the public's awareness and understanding of these complex issues through new reporting, storytelling, events, podcasts, cultural programming and online activities.
Donor investments in the campaign are funding a dedicated innovation center, the Glen Nelson Center, to invest in entrepreneurial ventures that serve new and diverse audiences while strengthening public media. Investing in a belief that trusted content comes from credible research and analysis, campaign gifts have established the APM Research Lab and Analyst Group. Because an important part of MPR's future is the ability to attract, nurture and retain diverse talent, campaign funds also are building a new, organization-wide internship and fellowship program.
Early Support Generates Success
Led by MPR trustees, Brad Anderson, Ian Friendly and Rick King, the campaign launched in late 2015 and is currently in the Leadership Phase, raising $63.4 million to date in outright gifts, planned gifts, and pledges. Lead gifts include a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor, and 20 gifts and grants of at least $1 million from individuals and foundations including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Saint Paul & Minnesota Community Foundations. Members of the MPR Board of Trustees have already pledged and given more than $24 million.
"Throughout our history, our listeners have believed in what we're doing and have expressed their confidence in us through their generous and sustaining support," McTaggart said. "Our audiences inspire us every day. So, as we look to the future, we're inspired by all those who have helped build MPR into what it is, today, and by those who will help transform MPR's essential public service for the next 50 years. That's what this campaign is all about."
MPR leaders hope to raise the remaining $11.6 million in cash and pledges by the end of 2020 to achieve campaign priorities and accelerate MPR's strategic plan. Learn more about the campaign at MPR.org/inspire.
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Turkish improvisations
By Nikos Konstandaras
The big question before Recep Tayyip Erdogan?s third successive electoral triumph on June 12 was whether the Turkish premier?s increasingly autocratic ways would strengthen his country or undermine it. In just three months, Erdogan appears to be turning away from the kind of cautious foreign policy he pursued in the past few years and is leading his country through a series of dangerous improvisations in the international arena.
At the same time, many Turks are worried about the quality of their democracy and the dangers faced by their developing yet volatile economy. At its apogee as a regional military and economic power, while its neighbors are shaken by revolution or economic woes, Ankara is jeopardizing the achievements of a decade.
It appears that Turkey?s relations with Israel are damaged irreparably. Both sides may share the blame, but it is also clear that Erdogan has done all he can to maintain the tension between the erstwhile allies. Before this, such was Ankara?s power that it managed to maintain good relations with Tel Aviv, Tehran and Damascus, without being ostracized by Arab and other Muslim countries for the partnership with Israel. By seeking to play a leading role in the Muslim world and trying to appear as the Palestinians? strongest ally, Erdogan has shaken his country?s relationship with the United States. (This is not the first time but things are different now: In 2003, Ankara prohibited the passage of part of the force that invaded Iraq, but the strength of Turkey?s alliance with Israel assured that Washington contained its fury).
In a new attempt at a trade-off, Turkey accepted the installation of part of the US anti-missile shield on its territory. The system is aimed against Iran, and is intended to help defend Israel. Turkey, however, in a bid to placate Iran, said that the information from the radar on its territory would not be shared with Israel. This was news to the US, which means the issue is far from closed.
The confusion is indicative of Turkey?s improvisations, which sometimes succeed and at others may prove an embarrassment. Erdogan?s warning to Israel that the Turkish navy will guarantee the safety of shipping in the Eastern Mediterranean, in addition to the threats against Cyprus, Israel and the US company exploring for natural gas off Cyprus, will oblige Turkey either to get involved in dangerous disputes or accept that it is bluffing.
This year?s Arab revolutions caught the Turks unprepared, as they did everyone else. What is interesting, though, is how easily Ankara changed tack. At first it tried to mediate with Bashir al Assad, but when the Syrian president persisted with his vain efforts to stifle the revolt, Turkey hosted the founding meeting of a major organization aimed at Assad?s overthrow. In Libya, Ankara opposed NATO?s involvement, but, after Gaddafi fell, Erdogan rushed to Tripoli to hail the revolution; he appeared at a public prayer meeting to show the crowd that he is a Muslim, one of them, not like French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British PM David Cameron whose victory lap, a day earlier, was overshadowed by the Turkish leader?s visit. In Egypt and Tunisia, as in Libya, there was strong popular support for Erdogan, but the political elites and the Muslim Brotherhood (in Egypt) made it clear that they were not keen on Turkish hegemony.
Turkey?s strength is based on the fact that it is a secular, democratic state with a Muslim population and a booming economy. In part, the nine years of Erdogan?s government have contributed to this: he met the challenges presented by Turkey?s deep state and, through major democratic reforms, he defeated it. Now, though, the genetically modified regime is imposing itself on all domestic fronts with an arrogant and underhand manner. At the same time, turmoil in the international economy and insecurity caused by Turkey?s new geostrategic fronts, are grave dangers to the Turkish economy. Erdogan is undermining all that he achieved at home and abroad. Only he knows why.
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"Soo this is only my 2nd day with my brand new Diva Cup.
Um... I always bleed PAST my tampon, like there will be some on the tampon but it will always be on the string as well.
Now... I just assumed that if I used the Diva Cup maybe it'll help. Like I said this is only my 2nd day... And I've checked, the cup is open (felt all around, even rotated it) and there is still leakage. I wore a pad with it when I slept and there was still blood on the pad and the cup was barely full... SO I'm a little confused... Help?
Update 2: Oh, and not a virgin "
"You've only been using the cup for two days, also bare in mind that Divacup is a long cup and given your issues with tampons you may have a shorter vaginal canal so it may not be the best brand for you. It sounds like your cup isn't directly under the cervix: check it's in position and make sure there's a seal, if you still struggle then try groups on Facebook or the menstrual cup community on Livejournal for more help."
And so I joined. Okay, I know where my cervix is located. And considering I'm on period, erm, it feels swollen and I guess open?? It feels like a triangle. I thought I knew what I was doing with the cup but apparently I don't, if it's supposd to sit directly underneath my cervix... And what seal? lol I have no idea what that means! I feel so out of touch with my personal area.. So yes, I need help!
So where is your cervix? How far in? That will help you get recommendations. Otherwise I'd suggest generic things like pointing it to the side your cervix is on, pushing it up with your fingers or muscles and checking to see if you can feel your cervix in the cup. Lots of cuppers have leakage until they work it out so don't despair! And if the diva still leaks try a cup with a wider top so it can catch your cervix better. I'm not sure the tampon experience really helps you choose a cup, but it might mean your cervix is dangly. That just means practice with your cup and some loss of capacity which isn't your issue now.
I mean... I can reach with my middle finger.
... This might be a really dumb question or I just wasn't taught enough about this, but why does it need to be by the cervix??
Not BY the cervix, AROUND it. Think of your cervix like a faucet and your cup as, well, a cup. Right now it sounds like you are positioning your cup to the side/above of the faucet instead of underneath it. I have a dangly cervix that points to the left. When I first started using cups I was opening the cup to the SIDE of the cervix, rather than underneath/around it.
After putting in the cup sweep/stir around the cup to feel if it is open and if you can feel the end of your cervix, if you can feel your cervix you need to reposition the cup. Pull it out slightly, then shove it in the direction of your cervix.
Any cup will sit around the cervix, not way under it like the drawings show.
And just to be clear...the blood comes out of the end of the cervix (cervical os), which is why you want to cup to be around it--to catch the flow.
Ohhh okay.. So it'll "seal" underneath/around the cervix..?
I mostly mention this because you mentioned tampons not working for you.
I think the "missing your cervix" part is correct. My cervix is pretty far to the left--meaning the hole points to the right--and I could never figure out why the left sides of my tampons were often dry but always had more blood on the right side. Same deal when I wore pads as a young teen. So your cervix is probably not pointing straight down. Do you remember if your tampons were often more soaked on one side than the other? Your cervix is probably toward the drier side and pointing to the soaked side.
Okay :) thanks for the adivce.
So, how do I know where the hole to my cervix is?
Yeah your cervix could totally move around as well, a lot of people's do. If you see more blood on the left sides of your pads/tampons you will want to insert cups towards the right. Once I figured out my cervix was on the left (thanks to a VERY pokey Lilycup stem that was stabbing my right vaginal wall on some days) I pretty much stopped having leaking issues.
congrats on making the change! :D im still a bit new to cups myself, but not new to finding my cervix. xD for probly the last few years (im 36 btw), before i made the switch, i almost always had to check where mine was every month, because it will go from pretty high, to soooo low. but i also have Gastritis, and from what my GI doctor told me, the tummy bloats pushes on other organs. kind of like a domino effect. if ones being pushed so will the others, which may have a hand in moving the cervix as well.
but i also bleed super heavy too, due to fibroids and cysts. but i just had to give up tampons unless they where super short, because my body would literally REFUSE entry, or push them right out. so the cup it was! xD and been so happy, thrilled even.
i had to come on boards and look all over too to see where its supposed to sit. for some i guess with longer vaginal canals, it can sit perfectly fine lower, and form a seal and catch everything. but for me, it has to be besties with my cervix. otherwise, its leak city. if you are bleeding heavy when you use it, (i use the diva cup v2.), remember just like tampons there will be residual blood after its inserted. not all of its going to come flowing out. just keep some liners around or light pads, or heavy, which ever is better for you. it will catch the left over blood.
sometimes youre cervix will feel like a pillow with a lil hole and a nub. xD just feel for the nub and hole, and aim. on my diva cup i had to cut the stem off. because when my cervix rides so low, i was feeling the stem on my g spot. hahaha. boy was that weird. plus not so comfy. i found at least with me, the more cramps and heavy it is, the lower it is. but mine seems to favor the back wall.i guess thats why they say some need to aim for the tailbone. | {
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require 'test/helper'
class Nanoc3::ItemTest < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
include Nanoc3::TestHelpers
def test_initialize_with_attributes_with_string_keys
item = Nanoc3::Item.new("foo", { 'abc' => 'xyz' }, '/foo/')
assert_equal nil, item.attributes['abc']
assert_equal 'xyz', item.attributes[:abc]
end
def test_initialize_with_unclean_identifier
item = Nanoc3::Item.new("foo", {}, '/foo')
assert_equal '/foo/', item.identifier
end
def test_lookup
# Create item
item = Nanoc3::Item.new(
"content",
{ :one => 'one in item' },
'/path/'
)
# Test finding one
assert_equal('one in item', item[:one])
# Test finding two
assert_equal(nil, item[:two])
end
def test_set_attribute
item = Nanoc3::Item.new("foo", {}, '/foo')
assert_equal nil, item[:motto]
item[:motto] = 'More human than human'
assert_equal 'More human than human', item[:motto]
end
def test_compiled_content_with_default_rep_and_default_snapshot
# Mock rep
rep = Object.new
def rep.name ; :default ; end
def rep.compiled_content(params)
"content at #{params[:snapshot].inspect}"
end
# Mock item
item = Nanoc3::Item.new("foo", {}, '/foo')
item.expects(:reps).returns([ rep ])
# Check
assert_equal 'content at nil', item.compiled_content
end
def test_compiled_content_with_custom_rep_and_default_snapshot
# Mock reps
rep = Object.new
def rep.name ; :foo ; end
def rep.compiled_content(params)
"content at #{params[:snapshot].inspect}"
end
# Mock item
item = Nanoc3::Item.new("foo", {}, '/foo')
item.expects(:reps).returns([ rep ])
# Check
assert_equal 'content at nil', item.compiled_content(:rep => :foo)
end
def test_compiled_content_with_default_rep_and_custom_snapshot
# Mock reps
rep = Object.new
def rep.name ; :default ; end
def rep.compiled_content(params)
"content at #{params[:snapshot].inspect}"
end
# Mock item
item = Nanoc3::Item.new("foo", {}, '/foo')
item.expects(:reps).returns([ rep ])
# Check
assert_equal 'content at :blah', item.compiled_content(:snapshot => :blah)
end
def test_compiled_content_with_custom_nonexistant_rep
# Mock item
item = Nanoc3::Item.new("foo", {}, '/foo')
item.expects(:reps).returns([])
# Check
assert_raises(Nanoc3::Errors::Generic) do
item.compiled_content(:rep => :lkasdhflahgwfe)
end
end
def test_path_with_default_rep
# Mock reps
rep = mock
rep.expects(:name).returns(:default)
rep.expects(:path).returns('the correct path')
# Mock item
item = Nanoc3::Item.new("foo", {}, '/foo')
item.expects(:reps).returns([ rep ])
# Check
assert_equal 'the correct path', item.path
end
def test_path_with_custom_rep
# Mock reps
rep = mock
rep.expects(:name).returns(:moo)
rep.expects(:path).returns('the correct path')
# Mock item
item = Nanoc3::Item.new("foo", {}, '/foo')
item.expects(:reps).returns([ rep ])
# Check
assert_equal 'the correct path', item.path(:rep => :moo)
end
def test_freeze_should_disallow_changes
item = Nanoc3::Item.new("foo", { :a => { :b => 123 }}, '/foo/')
item.freeze
raised = false
begin
item[:abc] = '123'
rescue => e
raised = true
assert_match /^can't modify frozen /, e.message
end
assert raised
raised = false
begin
item[:a][:b] = '456'
rescue => e
raised = true
assert_match /^can't modify frozen /, e.message
end
assert raised
end
end
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Theory of Economics – 19
"Islamic Economics" is of course an attractive term, not only for the pious who want to be governed by the Shariah but also for the non-Muslims who aim to cash in on the Muslim proclivities. We are living in a world where economic fundamentalism rules; it is an ideology based on the supremacy of economics in the world affairs. Now that the economic fundamentalism almost everywhere in the world is practiced as market economics, markets are the ultimate judges of what is good or bad for society. If something suits the markets, even the human weaknesses can be commercialized to the hilt; if something threatens the market, it cannot be allowed even if it protects society from medical and social hazards. Morality and healthiness have no standing in the face of profitability. When I penned "Islamic Model for Control of AIDS" in 1996 and included circumcision as part of the programme to control AIDS, along with an effective campaign against promiscuity, prostitution and pornography, I was ridiculously asked by a Hindu sociologist, "Do you now want to circumcise all Hindus?" "Yes I want", I replied, "because it can protect them against a killer disease." "No way", he retorted. "But my dear friend", I argued with him, "you will see that out of all the components of my programme, circumcision is the only one that will be accepted by the world bodies in due course of time. All others will be rejected." He looked amused and asked, "Why?" I told him that circumcision would be accepted because it was the only component not detrimental to the interests of the market; it could in fact open a new business. Other components like ban on prostitution and pornography would never be accepted because any such ban would mean a death blow to a number of trades. After about 8 years of the publication of that book, the WHO accepted circumcision as part of AIDS control programme. On the other hand, sex trade has grown ten times in that period.
Recently one of my friends had a long argument with me about my theory of economic fundamentalism. I was explaining to him how economic fundamentalism was fusing with different ventures to give rise to new programmes and concepts. He wanted some examples. I told him that the latest is what we were witnessing right now in India : fusing of economic fundamentalism with Cricket to produce IPL 20-20 bonanza. He asked me if there was any way religion that can be fused with economic fundamentalism. "Why not", I told him, "if you ask for the complete fusion of a religion with economic fundamentalism, the result is the fusion of Hinduism with economic fundamentalism leading to the religion of Rajneesh." "Can there be a fusion of Islam with that also. " "Yes, it is already in the progress at a partial level." He jumped in his chair, "where and how?" "Though there are many smaller examples" I said, "the most glaring one is what is being called Islamic Economics. It is no wonder that not only Muslim corporate are leaving no stone unturned in making it a hit, the non-Muslim market forces have realized its great potential, and one country after another is planning to introduce Islamic economics as soon as possible. Muslims after all are no small community. More than 1400 million people and more than half living in wealthy countries – how can such a big junk of consumers can be ignored?"
That "Islamic Economics" is a tiny part of the true Islamic Economics and is growing only because it befits globalization will be examined shortly. But the truth remains that, whatever the reasons may be, it is growing fast.. According to, Saleh Kamil, a prominent Saudi businessman and a pioneer in the field, Islamic banking is growing at an annual rate of 35 percent worldwide with assets of Islamic financial institutions amounting to a staggering $600 billion last year. There are more than 470 full-fledged Islamic banks and financial institutions around the world. "Their number rose from 276 in 2005 to over 470 in 2007, Islamic banking, which started as experiments of individuals like Prince Muhammad Al-Faisal and Kamil, the founding chairman of the Jordan Islamic Bank for Finance and Investments, the Arab Union Investment Company of Egypt and the Islamic Arab Insurance Company, has now become a full-blown industry recognized by international bankers and economists. There are more than 300000 employees working in the Islamic financial institutions. A report entitled Islamic Banking: Is It Really Kosher?by Aaron MacLean says:
"A. Hassan of Deutsche Bank predicts that Islamic finance will be the world's fastest-growing banking sector for years, based on what he calls a modest estimate of 20 percent annual increases in deposits…. Governments are getting in the game, too: Japan is planning to become the first non-Muslim country to issue sharia-compliant bonds; the UK, Gordon Brown announced last summer, is revising its laws to make London the "gateway" for Islamic finance in Europe; and Malaysia has proposed substantial tax incentives in its 2007 budget for its Islamic financial sector. …..Deutsche Bank, Chase, and HSBC, the giant London-based financial institution with an extensive presence in Asia , have all entered the sector within the last ten years. Their moves coincide with rising oil prices, echoing a phenomenon three decades ago. When the 1970s oil boom gave Muslims and their governments wealth that seemed barely countable, Islamic financial institutions bloomed: the Islamic Development Bank (1975), the Kuwait Finance house (1977), the Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt (1977), the Jordan Islamic Bank (1978), and others. In 1979, Bank Misr, a conventional financial house in Egypt, became the first mainstream bank to build a halal subsidiary, which in the late 1990s began to attract more capital than its chief domestic competitor, the Faisal Islamic Bank…..Oil prices and religious fervor are both on the rise again. This time, Western financial firms have noticed that you don't have to be Islamic to bank in accordance with sharia. All you need is a board of religious scholars to approve your operation. Muslim is as Muslim does."
The last remark in the report sums up what "Islamic Economics" is all about. As we will see below, "Islamic Economics" is only a tiny portion of True Islamic economics, the portion that is acceptable to Muslim and non-Muslim protagonists of globalization, and should better be called "Muslim Economics". True Islamic Economics has to be an economic system for the whole world, the current model of Islamic Economics is nothing more than a world economic system for Muslims. If Muslims are celebrating, it is only because it is helping some of them in reaping huge benefits and is satisfying the religious concerns of some others, for whom Islamic economics is nothing more than an interest-free economy.
To understand the true nature, scope and extent of the Islamic philosophy of economics however, we will have to discuss in detail what Quran intends and how the aims of Islamic philosophy are different from the current philosophy.
1. The current economic philosophy that rules the world revolves around economic fundamentalism, which dominates all the spheres of life. Its overriding influence can be seen in all the programmes at every level and in every field. Islamic economic philosophy is based on the supremacy of peace, which is a comprehensive state covering individuals, family and society; human peace, health, security and welfare are the guiding factors, and howsoever strong are the economic reasons, any activity that threatens comprehensive peace cannot be permitted.
2. In Islam, economics cannot be seen or developed separately from the grand objectives of the system; the economic system has not only to work within the framework of Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Fundamental Prohibitions but has to play a proactive role in achieving those objectives. In the current economic scenario, market forces rule and play the most decisive role in determining what is good or bad for society; their interests are often directly opposite to the interests of a healthy, secure and peaceful society.
3. In Islam, all actions are economic activities but it makes a clear distinction between prohibited, undesirable, desirable and highly desirable activities depending upon their effects on society. An activity that is prohibited cannot be allowed to take place; if it takes place, the culprits will have to be punished in accordance with the procedure of Law, the punishment being proportional to the dangers posed by the activity. In the current international system dominated by the market, only an activity that is supportive of the market interests is a desirable economic activity; other activities are either totally disregarded or are given minimal importance. I will give a few interesting examples. Suppose, a patient comes to a doctor friend and receives medical care worth 20 dollars. But the doctor obliges him by not taking any charges from him. In return, the patient, a Car mechanic, rectifies his car, an activity for which he would normally charge 20 dollars. But he obliges his doctor friend by not charging anything. Now, these activities will not find any place in the Gross Domestic Product of the country, as no currency has been exchanged. If on the other hand, the mechanic would have given the doctor 20 dollars and the doctor would have given the mechanic 20 dollars, an economic activity of 40 dollars would have been recorded. If a woman serves food to her husband, she performs no or an insignificant economic activity but if she serves food to a customer in a hotel, this becomes a significant economic activity. If one sleeps in one's own house, howsoever palatial it is, he does not perform a significant economic activity, but if he sleeps in a hotel, howsoever cheap it is, it again becomes a significant economic activity.
4. The aims and objectives of Islamic philosophy of economics are for the whole world, not just for the Muslim world. Its aims are: (1) To ensure the overall peace in society at every level: individual, family, national and international; (2) To ensure that no individual or group of individual indulges or is made to indulge in any activity that is dangerous to their own health or the health of others or for the general level of peace and security of society; (3) To ensure that all the activities are duly rewarded in accordance with their benefices for society or punished in accordance with their hazards. (4) To ensure that while individuals are given adequate freedom to engage in economic activities of their liking, society acts proactively to reverse any large scale disparities and prevent all forms of exploitation; (5) To ensure that the disabled, the less privileged, the needy and the ones who sacrifice themselves for larger aims are duly protected, socially and economically; (6) To ensure that the diverse abilities of individuals are given societal and economic support.
Unfortunately, "Islamic Economics" has been reduced to Islamic finanaces meant for Muslims and has failed to address the needs of the world. An article, " Islamic economic jurisprudence", appearing on Wikipedia and "Islamic Economics" says:
"Islamic economics is economics in accordance with Islamic law. Islamic economics can refer to the application of Islamic law to economic activity either where Islamic rule is in force or where it is not; i.e. it can refer to the creation of an Islamic economic system, or to simply following Islamic law in regards to spending, saving, investing, giving, etc. where the state does not follow Islamic law." The definition fails to capture the Quran's philosophy of economics and does nor indicate the basic aims of the Islamic economics. In the following definition, I have tried to capture the true nature of Islamic Economics:
"Islamic Economics refers to the establishment of a world order where people, individuals or groups, are free to earn their livelihood through rightful use of the provisions of God and their abilities, natural or acquired, without the violations of the true goal of Comprehensive Peace that Quran envisages, that is within the boundaries of the three-dimensional system of Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Fundamental prohibitions, and the establishent of a system that ensures comfortable living for each and every human being including those who are in a disadvantageous position, temparily or permanently, due to some reason."
It needs to be emphasised that economics is not just about the currency but isalso about the work and services; it is not just about the goods and services produced by the big idustry but also about the services of all kinds and goods of all kinds produced by all the individuals and all the groups, small or big; and it is not just about the calcualtion of Gross Domestic Product, Annual Growth and Per Capita Income but also about the effects produced on individual's health, family peace, social order and mational and international peace. The position taken in the above statement is quite different from the current international definitions of economics as well as from the so-called Islamic Economics. The modern economic system dominated by market economics is not ready to accept anything that restricts its functioning, does not care about the adverse effects of economic activities and is not interested in helping the needy at the cost of the interests of the market; if it makes any concessions it is only for political reasons so that their position does not face any substantial challenge from society. "Islamic Economics" on the other hand is nothing but the continuation of the modern economic system with minor adjustments to suit the religious requirements so that the money of Muslims can be attracted and the clerics are kept in good humour. Islamic finnace simply involves legal tricks to make it look compatible with Shariah in finer details without changing in any substantial degree the economic philosophy behind the system, which continues to be nearly the same as that of the market economics. It is only a legal exercise, nothing better than the other famous Shariah tricks like Halala and Tamleek. The effects of such a financial system, especially in absence of a coexistent fiscal policy based on the spirit behind the Quranic directives, are only marginally if at all different from that of the modern finnacing systems. In addition, it is an abysmal failure in influencing in any way the direction of the globalisation, which revolves around the commercialisation of not only human strengths but also of human weaknesses.
(Note: Tamlik is a dubious method used by Islamic clerics and madrasas to use the collected funds in a way that their use is justified on the basis of Sharaiah. The collected amount is packed in a bag and the bag is gifted to a poor but loyal person who knows in advance what is expected from him. He is then asked to sell the bag to the madrasa for a paltry sum. Now as the madrasa has purchased the bag, it can use the money the way it likes. Halala is another method to take back a divorced wife to justify the Quran's directive that after three divorces a woman cannot be taken back by her divorcing husband except if she happens to marry another man and he happens to divorce her. Now Halala is an exercise in which the divorced woman marries a man who knows what is expected from him. After some tine, often within days, he divorces her and thus makes her legally acceptable for her former husband. Similar legal tricks are used in Islamic Finances, which will be discussed later in this work. In short, all these are the legal tricks that follow the shariah in letter but kill the spirit behind the letter.)
We will return later to the full-fledged development of the Theory of Peace Economics based on the Quranic principles and its application in the current world. We will also see that the present day Islamic Economics is mainly related to microeconomics while macroeconomics is totally ignored; furthermore it is being presented for Muslims without any serious attempt to present an alternative Economic model for the world. First of all, we will focus on banking, stock market, tax system and the price mechanics. Rather than studying the technicalities, we will try to focus on the political aspects, hidden motives, ultimate aims and the effects of the systems. We will then try to develop the basic concepts of an alternative socio-economic system based on Quranic teachings.
Note of caution
I will like to clarify that I am not trying to undermine the positive developments taking in the field of Islamic Economics. However, if Quran's philosophy has to dominate, much bigger and more revolutionary steps will have to be taken without which Islamic Economics will only remain an eywash aimed at getting the support of clerics.
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At its meeting on 27 July, the Board of Directors of COFACE SA co-opted Isabelle Laforgue, Chief Transformation Officer of Econocom, and Nathalie Lomon, Chief Financial Officer of Ingenico, as independent directors of the Board of Directors of COFACE SA.
They take the place of Linda Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Citroën brand, and Martine Odillard, President, Gaumont Pathé Cinemas, who leave the Board to focus on their current professional responsibilities.
A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Mines de Paris, Isabelle Laforgue began her career at SFR in 2006, where she held several positions in strategy and finance, before being appointed Central Finance Director in 2011, in charge of controlling, accounting, financial communication, consolidation, insurance and treasury. In 2012, she was became Chief of Staff to the Chairman & CEO of SFR, where she was advisor, analyst and support for decision-making in a period of change and market consolidation. She joined Econocom, a European company specialising in digital transformation of businesses, in 2015.
Nathalie Lomon, a graduate of Neoma business school, began her career as an auditor at Mazars in 1995, before joining the International Audit department of BNP Paribas in 1999. In 2002 she joined Pechiney, where she held several positions, including Controller of the Rio Tinto Alcan Aerospace, Transportation and Industry business unit. In 2010 Nathalie joined Ingenico as Group Controlling Director, before her appointment as Chief Financial Officer of the Europe-SEPA region in 2014. She has been Chief Financial Officer of the Ingenico Group since October 2015. | {
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4 NEWS www.murraypioneer.com.au Friday, March 17, 2017 " Own a River Murray water licence? Big plans for your business? This is your last chance to access SARMS 3IP If you are an irrigator holding a SA River Murray water access entitlement you may be eligible for funding, under the South Australian River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program (SARMS 3IP). To find out more please visit: pir.sa.gov.au/sarms-iiip or call 1300 364 322 A series of information sessions for 3IP Round 4 will soon be held at a location near you. To register your interest to attend an information session call 1300 364 322 or go to pir.sa.gov.au/sarms-iiip The South Australian River Murray Sustainability Program is funded by the Australian Government and delivered by the Government of South Australia. Sandy Iosefellis and Bill Efrosinis, Glossop 3IP Round 1 The process made easy... Roger Davies: 0427 824 378 P: 08 8541 9139 E: [email protected] wz2899-v9 Continued from page 1 In one particular incident last week, the Berri resident – who did not wish to be named – heard swearing and death threats com- ing from the median strip in Vaughan Terrace. "It's making it uncomfortable for people who are coming into town to do their shopping," the resident said. The resident said a customer in the same store admitted they were hesitant to enter the area as they could hear noise from the alleged fight. "Others have said the same," the resident said. "It's unfortunate that the bot- tle shop has been put where it is, because people can purchase alcohol and go and sit on the lawn and drink it. "It's a bit scary and it's not doing the town any good." Murray Mallee Local Service Area officer in charge, Superintendent James Blandford, said police had received numer- ous reports in the past week of people drinking and causing a disturbance in Vaughan Terrace. "The incidents have generally happened in the afternoon," he said. "Local police are aware of the situation and continue to pay attention to the area and enforce dry zone regulations." According to the State Government's Consumer and Business Services, the entire length of Vaughan Terrace is a designated dry zone where the consumption and possession of liquor is prohibited unless author- ised for a specific event by Berri Barmera Council. Anyone who experiences issues with aggressive behaviour, begging or drinking in dry zones is encouraged to report it by calling 131 444 for police attendance. Hunter's 450GL water fight THE State Minister for the River Murray has made further calls to the Commonwealth to implement the Murray Darling Basin Plan in full. Ahead of a Ministerial Council meeting today in Mildura, State Minister for River Murray Ian Hunter said the full Basin Plan package, including the 450 gigalitres of water that has been debated in recent months, needed to be deliv- ered to ensure the health of the waterway. "Those who question the need to return the 450 gigalitres of water back to the system do not understand the risks to our environment if we fail to deliver, especially in light of the changing climate," he said. "Recent reports by other state governments suggest- ing a need to review the Basin Plan's socioeconomic impact on river communi- ties are not an argument to suspend the plan. "Rather, they are an argument to ensure river communities are properly supported during the plan implemented." At the COAG meeting in December, Prime Minister Turnbull recommitted the Federal Government to delivering the Basin Plan and asked state ministers to present a plan that provides a credible and balanced pathway to implement the package agreed on in 2012. The South Australian Government believes the 450GL of water is needed to ensure the Murray mouth remains open and reduce salinity in the river. The Basin Plan was agreed on by the Commonwealth and Basin states in 2012 and aims to recover 3200GL a year by 2024. State Minister for the River Murray Ian Hunter After hearing a heated, alcohol-fuelled argument – including death threats – a local resident has raised concerns over the safety of the dry zone area in Berri's main street. It's a bit scary and it's not doing the town any good... Berri street dry zone or drunk zone? | {
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Il singolare del torneo di tennis Johannesburg Indoor 1972, facente parte della categoria Grand Prix, ha avuto come vincitore John Newcombe che ha battuto in finale John Alexander 6-1, 7-6.
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VIII pielgrzymka Jana Pawła II do Polski odbywała się pod hasłem Bóg bogaty w miłosierdzie (Ef 2,4).
Odbywała się w dniach od 16 do 19 sierpnia 2002. W tym czasie papież odwiedził Kraków, Skawinę i Kalwarię Zebrzydowską.
Głównym celem tej czterodniowej wizyty było poświęcenie Sanktuarium Bożego Miłosierdzia w Krakowie-Łagiewnikach, w którym spoczywają prochy Faustyny Kowalskiej. Pielgrzymka ta ze względu na tematykę kultu Bożego Miłosierdzia miała charakter uniwersalny i budziła duże zainteresowanie całego świata, jak żadna z dotychczasowych.
Była to ostatnia podróż apostolska papieża Jana Pawła II do ojczyzny.
Program pielgrzymki
Piątek, 16 sierpnia 2002 r.
16:30 wylot z Rzymu do Krakowa
18:15 Kraków-Balice: przylot
Sobota, 17 sierpnia 2002 r.
10:00 msza i poświęcenie sanktuarium w Łagiewnikach
13:30 spotkanie ze środowiskiem akademickim w kampusie PAT
spotkanie papieża z władzami RP w pałacu arcybiskupim w Krakowie
18:00 spotkanie z prezydentem RP Aleksandrem Kwaśniewskim
18:30 spotkanie z premierem Leszkiem Millerem
Niedziela, 18 sierpnia 2002 r.
10:00 msza beatyfikacyjna s. Sancji Szymkowiak na krakowskich Błoniach
13:00 obiad z biskupami polskimi
18:00 prywatne nawiedzenie katedry na Wawelu
19:00 prywatne nawiedzenie grobu rodziny na Cmentarzu Rakowickim
Poniedziałek, 19 sierpnia 2002 r.
9:35 przyjazd do Skawiny, poświęcenie obrazu Jezusa Miłosiernego parafii Miłosierdzia Bożego w Skawinie-Ogrodach
10:30 msza w Kalwarii Zebrzydowskiej
13:00 obiad z franciszkanami
17:30 Kraków-Balice: ceremonia pożegnania
18:30 odlot
20:30 lądowanie w Rzymie
Nawiązania
W sierpniu 2012 z okazji 10. rocznicy pielgrzymki ukazał się nawiązujący do niej album Pożegnanie Ojczyzny z fotografiami z tej wizyty autorstwa Adama Bujaka i tekstami papieskich wystąpień.
Linki zewnętrzne
Teksty przemówień i homilii papieskich z pielgrzymki w 2002 na portalu JP2online.pl
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Political Correctness Politics
Women's college student president alerts police to 'Trump 2016' drawing, calls it 'racist act'
Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor •March 27, 2016
Scripps College's student president says she alerted campus police after "#trump2016" was found scrawled on a dorm room door, calling it "racist … violence," according to an email she sent to the campus community, a copy of which was circulated Saturday on social media.
"This morning, a Mexican-American Scripps student woke up to find her whiteboard vandalized with the phrase '#Trump 2016,'" Minjoo Kim, student body president, said in her March 26 email.
"This racist act is completely unacceptable," Kim continued. "Regardless of your political party, this intentional violence committed directly to a student of color proves to be another testament that racism continues to be an undeniable problem and alarming threat on our campuses."
Kim refers to the fact that Scripps College, a women's college, is part of the Claremont Colleges, a consortium of five undergraduate liberal arts colleges in Southern California.
Kim's email went on to say "campus safety has been notified and we hope to find the person responsible so they can be held accountable for their actions. … Mental and emotional health of our students are our top concern."
The consortium's Campus Safety Department is staffed with a lieutenant and six sergeants, among other officers who respond to campus emergencies.
"Actions and words have consequences," Kim wrote to conclude her email. "Think before you act."
After the memo went out, a screenshot of it began making the rounds. Some peers mocked it.
"@ScrippsCollege, are you trying to be the next Emory?!," tweeted Hannah Oh, a recent grad of Claremont McKenna College, also part of the consortium.
Oh refers to students at Emory University who said they were traumatized and in "pain" over numerous pro-Donald Trump "chalkings" found across campus recently, prompting nationwide scorn and mockery.
In a statement Saturday to The College Fix, Oh said she found Kim's reaction to the Scripps whiteboard message extreme.
"Minjoo's use of the word 'violence' is incorrect and only meant to incite anger and emotional responses from the student body. It's ironic that she talks about how we need to hunt down whoever wrote #Trump2016 to hold them accountable for such unacceptable speech all in the name of creating an 'inclusive, safe, and welcoming' community," Oh said. "Scripps is probably the least welcoming campus for anyone who isn't far left or an ultra third-wave feminist."
Minjoo did not immediately respond to an email sent late Saturday from The College Fix asking how writing "#Trump2016" on someone's dorm room whiteboard is a racist and violent act, and whether alerting campus police was necessary.
The victim in question highlighted the vandalism by making a poster next to her whiteboard stating "in case you think POC [people of color] are too sensitive nowadays and that racism doesn't exist anymore. I'm a Mexican-American student and someone wrote #trump2016 on my whiteboard. Racism is still a problem on these campuses."
The drawing allegedly appeared sometime late Friday or early Saturday during what amounts to a holiday weekend marking Easter for many. The lettering on the whiteboard and the poster has distinct similarities. Minjoo did not respond to a question of whether it was possible the incident could be a hoax.
RELATED: Emory University students 'in pain' after pro-Trump graffiti appears on campus
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Their compositions are both meticulous and volatile, while their live performances are lauded for explosive chemistry with cheeky curiosity. On their most recent full length, Numbers Game, the band rearranged the puzzle pieces of 90s-influenced rock and dissonant pop into something utterly their own. Now building on a landscape of polyrhythms and chromaticism that their fans have grown to cherish, they explore new sonic structures in their forthcoming EP, Scatter Plot. Across its six tracks, Grocer reiterates they are just as comfortable with glassy earworms as they are with angular dissonance. They remain giddy, furious and singularly themselves.
TEENAGE HALLOWEEN (9:45 PM)
Since their start in 2014, power pop group Teenage Halloween have nurtured DIY roots in the New Jersey punk scene. Teenage Halloween was founded by Asbury Park locals Luk Henderiks (lead vocals/guitar) and Brandon Hakim(sax) and had operated on a rotating cast of members. Over the past few years a solid lineup was established including Eli Frank(lead guitar), Jane Lai(keyboard), Tricia Marshall(bass/backing vocals), and Peter Gargano (drums). Their 2020 debut self-titled album "Teenage Halloween" was recorded by Evan Bernard at Big Mama's Recording Studio in Philadelphia, PA and released by NJ based label Don Giovanni. The songs pack punk, pop, and emo styles as well as themes of gender euphoria, mental illness, existential experience, and dreams of a world without government. The lyrics are politically charged and paired with high energy performances, but most importantly, these songs emphasize community for the marginalized. They make space for those who need it most while also granting listeners an opportunity to reflect on their own privileges. The debut album was enthusiastically received and made it onto multiple end of the year accolades. It was ranked in Stereogum's "The 40 Best New Bands of 2020," Brooklyn Vegan's "Top 55 Albums of 2020," and nominated for The Alternative's "Best Debut Album of the Year," among many others.
GREG ELECTRIC (9:00 PM)
Just who is Greg Electric, and more importantly, are they here to save us all from monotonous music? Welp, Greg Electric is a new band from Philadelphia, a DIY super-group of sorts, and yes... they most definitely are here for that. The band, which features current and former members of Nine of Swords, Ted Nguyent, and Loose Tooth, released their self-titled debut EP today, a furiously skronky beast of hardcore yelps and tangled chord progressions. Rachel Gordon's (Nine of Swords, Baby Mollusk) vocals offer that perfected bite and bark balanced with detached concern, teaming with disdain between a melodic and rhythmic approach. The band, Mike McGilloway (guitar), Dan Wolf (drums), and Kian Sorouri (bass) dart back and forth, guitars intertwining as the rhythms quake behind them. It's all delivered with an agile chaos, densely working up fits of sputtering rage and sludgy grooves. The band set up sing-song melodies just to shatter them with brutality moments later. It's all pretty menacing and abrasive, and it's a most impressive debut. | {
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Delhi, India's capital, and a city of over 15 million inhabitants, is where you begin your Golden Triangle with Udaipur tour. Overnight in Delhi.
After breakfast, depart for Agra by road (220 kms / 04 hrs). On your arrival in Agra check-in at Hotel Jaypee Palace. Afternoon sightseeing tour of Agra city visiting - The Taj Mahal and the Red Fort. The visit to the Taj Mahal will long be remembered by you as the highlight of your Golden Triangle with Udaipur tour. Overnight in Agra.
After breakfast, depart for Jaipur by road (250 kms / 05 hrs) en-route visiting Fatehpur Sikri. Jaipur, also called the Pink city, is the next stop of your Golden Triangle with Udaipur tour. On your arrival in Jaipur check-in at Hotel Alsisar Haveli. Overnight in Jaipur.
Breakfast at the hotel followed by a full day sightseeing tour of Jaipur visiting – the Hawa Mahal - The Palace of Winds, The Jantar Mantar, The City Palace and the Amber Fort. Your tour includes a ride up the Fort on an Elephant's back. Overnight in Jaipur.
After breakfast, depart for Udaipur by road (400 kms / 07 hrs). On your arrival in Udaipur, check-in at Hotel Udai Kothi. Overnight in Udaipur.
Breakfast at the hotel followed by a sightseeing tour of Udaipur visiting – the City Palace, Jagdish Temple and Saheliyon ki bari. Evening sunset boat cruise on Lake Pichola. Overnight in Udaipur.
After breakfast, transfer to airport in-time to board flight for Delhi to connect your further flight home.
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Ritratto di giovane donna (Retrato de una joven en español) es una pintura sobre tabla y al temple (61x40 cm) realizado por Sandro Botticelli en 1475 conservado en la Galleria Palatina de Florencia.
La identidad de la mujer podría tratarse de Clarice Orsini, esposa de Lorenzo el Magnífico, o de Fioretta Gorini, amante de Giuliano de' Medici, aunque también podría tratarse de Simonetta Vespucci, Alfonsina Orsini o Lucrezia Tornabuoni.
Referencias
Bibliografía
Bruno Santi, Botticelli, in I protagonisti dell'arte italiana, Scala Group, Firenze 2001. ISBN 8881170914
Enlaces externos
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create table teaching_request (
uniqueid decimal(20,0) primary key not null,
offering_id decimal(20,0) not null,
nbr_instructors decimal(10,0) not null,
teaching_load float not null,
same_course_pref decimal(20,0) null,
same_common_pref decimal(20,0) null,
responsibility_id decimal(20,0) null,
assign_coordinator int(1) not null
) engine = INNODB;
create table teachreq_class (
uniqueid decimal(20,0) primary key not null,
percent_share int(3) not null,
is_lead int(1) not null,
can_overlap int(1) not null,
request_id decimal(20,0) not null,
class_id decimal(20,0) not null,
assign_instructor int(1) not null,
common int(1) not null
) engine = INNODB;
create table teachreq_instructor (
request_id decimal(20,0) not null,
instructor_id decimal(20,0) not null,
primary key(request_id, instructor_id)
) engine = INNODB;
alter table offering_coordinator add request_id decimal(20,0) default null;
alter table class_instructor add request_id decimal(20,0) default null;
alter table teaching_request add constraint fk_teachreq_offering foreign key (offering_id)
references instructional_offering(uniqueid) on delete cascade;
alter table teaching_request add constraint fk_teachreq_same_course foreign key (same_course_pref)
references preference_level(uniqueid) on delete set null;
alter table teaching_request add constraint fk_teachreq_same_common foreign key (same_common_pref)
references preference_level(uniqueid) on delete set null;
alter table teachreq_instructor add constraint fk_teachreq_instructor foreign key (instructor_id)
references departmental_instructor(uniqueid) on delete cascade;
alter table teachreq_instructor add constraint fk_teachreq_request foreign key (request_id)
references teaching_request(uniqueid) on delete cascade;
alter table teaching_request add constraint fk_teachreq_responsibility foreign key (responsibility_id)
references teaching_responsibility(uniqueid) on delete set null;
alter table teachreq_class add constraint fk_teachreq_crequest foreign key (request_id)
references teaching_request(uniqueid) on delete cascade;
alter table teachreq_class add constraint fk_teachreq_class foreign key (class_id)
references class_(uniqueid) on delete cascade;
alter table offering_coordinator add constraint fk_coord_request foreign key (request_id)
references teaching_request (uniqueid) on delete set null;
alter table class_instructor add constraint fk_instr_request foreign key (request_id)
references teaching_request (uniqueid) on delete set null;
alter table scheduling_subpart drop teaching_load;
alter table scheduling_subpart drop nbr_instructors;
alter table class_ drop teaching_load;
alter table class_ drop nbr_instructors;
alter table class_instructor drop tentative;
alter table class_instructor drop assign_index;
/*
* Update database version
*/
update application_config set value='167' where name='tmtbl.db.version';
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Birdbaths are a huge seller for us because everyone loves birds in the garden, especially those who feed them through the winter – that's one of the most rewarding things you can do. We also have a range of decorative metalwork for walls.
We also carry a range of garden arches and obelisks – both are useful for adding interest and the vertical element in the garden to stop it looking flat and boring. Tall obelisks with climbing roses spilling out of them on each of a path gives colour for months and adds touch of style. | {
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'Best young winger since Lionel Messi' - how Spurs fans reacted to Jack Clarke signing
Leeds United sold and then loaned back their young winger from Tottenham Hotspur
Beren CrossDigital Sports Writer
Jack Clarke acknowledges the fans following the Championship play-off semi-final first leg match between Derby County and Leeds United at Pride Park on May 11, 2019 (Image: Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Jack Clarke's predictable transfer to Tottenham Hotspur from Leeds United was announced this morning.
Spurs fans have been waiting more than 500 days for a permanent transfer and, as such, there was an unusual mix of reaction to Clarke's signature.
While there was optimism around how good the 18-year-old may prove to be in the long-term future, there was some disappointment about his immediate return to Elland Road.
Tanguy Ndombele is the big name the London club are expected to recruit in the near therefore were a few disappointed the announcement was Clarke and not the Frenchman.
Here is a sample of how the Champions League finalists' fans reacted to the transfer announcement on Twitter.
Clarke has signed a four-year-deal and will spend the 2019/20 season with the Whites on loan.
Jack Clarke reaction - Curated tweets by BerenCross
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The Shopping Malls and Big Box Stores Gutted by E-Commerce
Laura Mallonee
Retail Apocalypse captures the end of a particular era in American retail.
Jesse Rieser
In 2015, Jesse Rieser became interested in e-commerce warehouses. Following their story backwards, he began shooting the abandoned retail infrastructure they replaced. He captures both in this new series.
Jesse Rieser's memories of growing up in Springfield, Missouri in the 1990s unfold against a familiar retail backdrop: storming the aisles of Toys R Us with his brother; meeting friends at the mall to flirt with girls and play videogames; hunting new bands in the CD racks of Best Buy.
Now the era of retail that defined Rieser's youth is waning. He documents the death spiral in Retail Apocalypse, capturing the ruins of big box stores and gutted malls where the scent of pretzels and perfumes has vanished along with the logos.
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"When you think of architectural ruins, you think of a civilization or a time that has passed," Rieser says, "but this wasn't a previous civilization. It was just a few years ago."
Shopping malls, discount retailers and big box stores emerged after World War II as middle class folks flocked to freshly built suburbs. The warmth of Main Street, where store clerks knew customers by name, gave way to uninspired strip plazas that delivered bang for buck. Now many are casualties of the same demand for comfort and affordability that spawned them, and that now lets you browse everything from stilettos to cat food in your PJs. Sure, shoppers still make most retail purchases in brick-and-mortar stores. But former staples like Circuit City, Blockbuster, and Toys R Us have shut their doors; department stores like Sears, Macy's, and JCPenney have shuttered hundreds of locations; and experts predict hundreds more low-tier malls will close.
Meanwhile, e-commerce shipping and distribution warehouses are going up faster than you can click "buy," with 243 million square feet of industrial real estate erected last year alone. Each of these massive rectangles can gobble up more than a million square feet, their windowless concrete walls towering up to four stories high. "When you're driving around these business parks, there's almost a level of mystery," Rieser says. "It's like, 'What's in here?' It's so faceless."
Rieser began photographing them in 2015 and soon followed the story backwards, to the brick-and-mortars collapsing in their wake. Cruising the suburbs of Arizona, New Mexico, and southern California, he stopped at more than 150 malls and big box stores that had either closed or were about to. He photographed with a Canon 5DS R, capturing entrances boarded with plywood, parking lots overtaken by weeds, and facades bearing the stubborn traces of removed signage. It's dreary stuff, but the way Rieser shoots it—playing up pastels and sunshine—lightens the mood. "It's finding this balance between beauty and despair—that dance," he says.
It's hard to mourn landscapes that were eyesores to begin with. But Rieser's project goes deeper, making you ponder how the internet has impacted public space and what society looks like when physical transactions become unnecessary. "I'm not saying that it's all going away," Rieser says, "but you can't help but wonder if things could get so easy that we limit our interactions and place in a community, or what that community even looks like when we're so autonomous and isolated."
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The Nuclear Power Beside Iraq: "It was at this time, in September 2004, that The Atlantic sponsored a "war game" to consider what choices the United States might have if the Iranian problem built to a crisis. War games are not a staple of this magazine's operation, but in light of difficulties in Iraq, we wanted to play out the long-term implications of possible U.S. moves and Iranian countermoves. So under the guidance of Sam Gardiner, a retired Air Force colonel who had conducted many real-world war games for the Pentagon, including those that shaped U.S. strategy for the first Gulf War, we assembled a panel of experts to ask "What then?" about the ways in which the United States might threaten, pressure, or entice the Iranians not to build a bomb. Some had been for and some against the invasion of Iraq; all had served in the Pentagon, intelligence agencies, or other parts of the nation's security apparatus, and many had dealt directly with Iran" | {
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Destiny 2's New Fall Expansion Called 'Forsaken,' Bungie Reveals Details In Livestream
Jean-Pierre Chigne, Tech Times 05 June 2018, 01:06 pm
Prior to E3, Bungie is revealing the details of the upcoming expansion titled Forsaken. Forsaken is the largest of Destiny 2's expansion and Bungie revealed a lot about the new DLC which was accompanied by a ViDoc.
Bungie revealed where it would take place but stopped short of announcing what the story will be about.
Before the live stream, Bungie posted a teaser video of a guardian with Cayde-6 in the Reef. The teaser was for the live stream where Bungie revealed a large number of details about the upcoming expansion. It started by showing a 10-minute ViDoc on the expansion which detailed many of the upcoming changes to Destiny 2.
The story of Forsaken will take place in the Reef which hasn't been explored since the original Destiny's House of Wolves expansion. It deals with capturing eight Fallen Barons who have escaped the Prison of Elders. Players will be exploring a new location in the Reef called the Tangled Shore which will host enemies. Developers said that they wanted it to feel gritty and have a western vibe
A new weapon system is going to be added to the game. Developers did say that players will be able to have three shotguns if they choose, meaning any weapon can be added to any slot. Random rolls on weapons were added once again, and they have reworked the mod system. A new weapon type was also added to the game which is a bow and arrow.
New supers will be added to the game just like in the original Destiny's The Taken King expansion. A super with fire knives was seen on the Hunter class, a super with a large hammer was seen on the Titan class, and the Warlock class will get a new super with void abilities that allows teleportation. An arc warlock class was also but Bungie didn't jump into details about specific supers.
A new raid will take place in the Reef in a location called the Dreaming City. It's a destination that was referred to as the homeland of the Awoken. Developers said that it will feature more bosses than all of the other raids. They weren't clear but said that players will change the Dreaming City as they play.
New Game Mode: Gambit
A new game mode that was teased previously is called Gambit. It is a combination of PvP and PvE. Players can see the team that they're playing against and then each team plays in their own arena. They will be attacked by enemies who release motes, these motes are banked and when enough of them are banked a new enemy will arise in the opposite team's arena.
This will block them from being able to collect motes until it is taken out. A player from the team who collected enough motes will be allowed to go into the other arena to take the other players out.
DLCs Out Of The Picture
Unlike the two previous DLC releases, Curse of Osiris and Warmind, Bungie announced that it will be changing the way that content is released in the game. It announced the introduction of an Annual Pass for the game. It was introduced as a premium content release and Bungie went out of its way not to call it a DLC.
Bungie says that each of the new seasons will introduce new activities, endgame content, and new weapons, armor, and gear. It named all three of the seasons in the live stream, Black Armory for winter 2018, Joker's Wild for spring 2019, and Penumbra for summer 2019. It also announced that all three will focus less on stories with cutscenes and the lore will be featured more in-game while the players are playing.
Forsaken will be released sometime in fall 2018.
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In a case that some have called a showdown over voting rights, a U.S. appeals court yesterday upheld an injunction barring the state of Georgia from enforcing a law requiring citizens to get government-issued photo identification in order to vote.
The ruling allows thousands of Georgians who do not have government-issued identification, such as driver's licenses and passports, to vote in the Nov. 8 municipal elections without obtaining a special digital identification card, which costs $20 for five years. In prior elections, Georgians could use any one of 17 types of identification that show the person's name and address, including a driver's license, utility bill, bank statement or a paycheck, to gain access to a voting booth.
You'll remember that one of the small problems with the law was that there are no offices that sold the new ID cards in the entire city of Atlanta. | {
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Until fairly recently, it was thought that nerves couldn't be repaired. Fortunately, science has shown that nerve damage may, in some cases, be reversed. Sometimes nerves can be repaired or regrown, supporting a healthy nervous system and better brain function over time. That's undeniably good news for those of us who have suffered injury or illness that has affected our nervous system.
Your thymus keeps your immune system operating. Consider adding foods that are rich in vitamin A to ensure that your thymus is healthy. Vitamin A can be found in dairy foods, carrots, and various fish.
Vitamin B12: Vitamin B12 might be at the top of the list for a reason. This vitamin is vital for protecting nerves, since it helps to build and maintain the myelin sheath that protects your nerves. This fatty covering fends off illness and damage that may otherwise occur. If you're striving to improve your nerve health, increasing your intake of vitamin B12 is a good place to start. You can find B12 in a number of fish, including tuna, cod, salmon, sardines, and mackerel. You'll also find a good source of B12 in yogurt.
Vitamin B1: Next up: vitamin B1. This vitamin helps store fuel for various cells in the body, including your muscular and nervous cells. This powerful vitamin ensures that your cells have what it takes to metabolize and expend energy. That means improved nerve response, and it could help your nerves to replicate and grow in strength. Since vitamin B1 isn't easily absorbed by the body, you should be sure to consume foods that have B1 consistently. Also, consider adding a B1 supplement to your diet for more benefits. You can find vitamin B1 in sunflower seeds, various beans, and peas, among other foods.
Vitamin B6: Before we boast about the benefits of B6, we'd like to note that you should moderate your intake of this vitamin. The National Academies Institute of Medicine suggests that men and women only consume 100 milligrams of B6 per day, at the most. Consuming more than 100 milligrams of vitamin B6 may be harmful.
That said, B6 is an essential part of a healthy diet. This vitamin actually aids the body in absorbing vitamin B12, and therefore, it works with B12 to provide the nerve protection that we mentioned earlier. Beyond that, B6 aids nerves in communicating with each other, since it's responsible for producing neurotransmitters. Plus, B6 aids in the metabolic process for cells, and it maintains your blood sugar levels — so, in short, it aids all of your body's cells in thriving. You can find vitamin B6 in fish, including tuna and salmon, as well as spinach, chicken, and other foods.
Vitamin B2: Vitamin B2 is similar to B6 in that your body relies on it to utilize vitamin B12. Yes, these three B vitamins work together to ensure that your body (and nerves) get what they need. Again, thanks to B2 and B6, vitamin B12 can help to protect your nerves by building their myelin sheath. You can find vitamin B2 in soybeans, spinach, almonds, asparagus, and beets.
As we mentioned before, your immune system protects your body, ensuring that all other systems thrive. Vitamin C is a crucial component for immune system functions. Add plenty of vitamin C to your diet to bolster your immunity, and to improve your nerve health. You can find vitamin C in most fruits and veggies. Plus, you can get cupfulls of vitamin C from green tea, one of the best sources!
If you suffer from an illness that is damaging your nerves, consume plenty of vitamin E to bolster your white blood cell count. White blood cells capture and kill infections and viruses that can harm your body and nervous system. You can find vitamin E in vegetable oils, seeds, nuts, and other foods.
If you suffer from nerve pain, then nature has a reliever in the form of food: ginger. Ginger heals nerves with a compound aptly named gingerol. This compound has anti-inflammatory qualities which help to soothe your nerves.
Potassium and magnesium work together to help your nerves function. While potassium is essential for neurotransmission, keeping the nerves active, magnesium is essential for relaxing your nerves and muscles. Without plenty of magnesium and potassium in your diet, you could suffer from cramps, spasms, fatigue, and weak muscles. You'll find both potassium and magnesium in spinach, pumpkin seeds, fruit, quinoa, beans, and peas.
Antioxidants, as you've probably heard, neutralize free radicals which can harm our cells and cause them to mutate. That makes antioxidants a valuable ingredient for a nerve-support diet. Antioxidants like CoQ10 and acetyl-l-carnitine can help to prevent or reverse nerve damage, and they help to reduce pain. Antioxidant packed foods include blueberries, fish, beans, walnuts, green veggies, and beans.
OK, water isn't really a food, but it provides a number of benefits for your whole-body health, as well as the health of your nerves. Water reduces nerve stress, and it can help to relax muscles. That can mean reduced pain, healthier nerves, and faster recovery from nerve damage. Be sure to drink plenty of water alongside your diet to keep your body and nerves hydrated.
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ZTE H298N router default password ?
Today I received a router from my ISP : ZTE H298N.
I've installed nany routers until today, but now I've managed to get a little nasty.
Where do I find the default username and password for this router?
I looked on the box, looked in the manual, looked in the contract … Nothing!
Bad behavior from my internet provider! How long did it take to print this information on the box? Surely less than it tooked to customise in advance a password and a username for Wi-Fi!
Care-i parola default pentru routerul ZTE H298N?
You did not need to be connected to the internet! … and when you entered the browser the first page was the router where you can change the password and the name!
It went with me: http://192.168.1.1/, see if you've got all the cables in good shape!
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Signing off with a super chill retro electro bump from Fabien Pianta of Feadz. This is the first track on Pianta's 2014 debut album called, "Instant Alpha." Needless to say, it's a rad album and worth a listen!
Born and raised in France, Pianta started to produce electronic and hip hop music in the early 90s. In 1999, he met Mr. Oizo and shortly thereafter they produced Oizo's very successful album, Analog Worms Attack. In 2001, Pianta was invited to join the German electro record label, BPitch Control. That same year, he released his debut EP called, "High-B." Pianta went on to release an additional three EPs under the BPitch Control label.
Several years later, Pianta teamed up with Uffie for a collaboration on his May 2005 Techno/Electro EP, "Forward 4." He produced Uffie's first single, Pop The Glock in late 2005 and the single caught the attention of the owner and founder of French electro record label, Ed Banger Records. Pianta signed on with Ed Banger Records alongside Uffie and together they produced her first five EPs from 2006 - 2010. As a result, both Pianta and Uffie enjoyed immense popularity in the international underground electronic music scene. Since then, Pianta has collaborated with myriad artists including, Justice. | {
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Aoi Morikawa met with SHIORI in Florence by chance.
A famous actress Aoi Morikawa belonging to the same office as SHIORI posted an instagram.
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Community College of Philadelphia is making news. With an award-winning faculty and staff, ongoing development of degree and certificate programs, cultural and athletic events, new educational opportunities for Philadelphians and lots more, there's always something exciting to share. Read all about it here.
Graduate Larry Thi was selected in July 2011 as one of 60 community college students nationwide to receive a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation transfer scholarship of up to $30,000 per year for up to three years to attend a top-tier, four-year college or university. Read more.
The National League for Nursing received a $400,000 grant in July 2011 from The Hearst Foundations to continue work with Community College of Philadelphia in developing and implementing a groundbreaking national initiative that integrates geriatric care into Nursing education. Read more.
Community College of Philadelphia was among six schools nationwide to receive a Center of Excellence designation from the National League for Nursing in October 2010 at the NLN's annual Education Summit in Las Vegas. It is the College's third consecutive Center of Excellence designation for "creating environments that enhance student learning and development." Read more.
On Aug., 17, 2011, NBC 10 Television's "Go Global Stay Local" features María Luisa Ortega Hernández, associate professor of Foreign Languages, showing NBC 10's Lu Ann Cahn how you can get away to Mexico, Spain or Latin America without having to leave Philadelphia. Watch it here.
On Aug. 30, 2011, visiting lecturer Massimo Musumeci took NBC 10's Lu Ann Cahn on a journey through the undiscovered lands of Italy right in our area. Watch it here.
Richard Frei, Ph.D., an associate professor of Behavioral Sciences at the College, was interviewed in October 2011 by The Kansas City Star about his research on the "don't snitch" phenomenon. Read more.
The College celebrated the formal opening of its renovated and expanded Northeast Regional Center with a weeklong series of events to highlight the bigger, better, greener facility. Read the April 20, 2011 Philadelphia Inquirer report here.
Coach Robert "Dondi" DeShields, who celebrated his 300th win as head basketball coach for the men's basketball team in January 2011, led a team of young area players from Philadelphia to London where they competed in an international tournament. Read the July 7, 2011 South Philly Review article here.
Peak Johnson, who received his Associate in Arts degree in 2011, reflects positively on his time as a student at Community College of Philadelphia. The North Philadelphia native, who has since transferred to Temple University, credited several faculty members for inspiring him to pursue his academic goals. Read his July 14 and Aug. 9, 2011 memoirs in The Philadelphia Public School Notebook. | {
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July 21, 1969: Man walks on the Moon for the 1st time?
The Anti-Archon
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RE: July 21, 1969: Man walks on the Moon for the 1st time?
For anyone who has never read Wagging the Moondoggie by Dave McGowan, do yourself a favor and do so: http://centerforaninformedamerica.com/moondoggie/
Demolishes it IMO, just like everything else Dave McGowan wrote. RIP.
"Reality denied comes back to haunt."
― Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
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^ long time no see AA
how have you been
HOw did we DO IT WITHOUT SPACE?
(08-15-2018 06:03 AM)The Anti-Archon Wrote: For anyone who has never read Wagging the Moondoggie by Dave McGowan, do yourself a favor and do so: http://centerforaninformedamerica.com/moondoggie/
Yes. it's also written in an entertaining way
it's weird. McGowan spoken interviews aren't that great, but his writing is very entertaining
Those who know, know!
excerpt from wagging the moondoggy
Quote: And yet, despite the fact that it was a relatively benign lie, there is a tremendous reluctance among the American people to let go of the notion that we sent men to the Moon. There are a couple of reasons for that, one of them being that there is a romanticized notion that those were great years – years when one was proud to be an American. And in this day and age, people need that kind of romanticized nostalgia to cling to.
But that is not the main reason that people cling so tenaciously, often even angrily, to what is essentially the adult version of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. What primarily motivates them is fear. But it is not the lie itself that scares people; it is what that lie says about the world around us and how it really functions. For if NASA was able to pull off such an outrageous hoax before the entire world, and then keep that lie in place for four decades, what does that say about the control of the information we receive? What does that say about the media, and the scientific community, and the educational community, and all the other institutions we depend on to tell us the truth? What does that say about the very nature of the world we live in?
That is what scares the hell out of people and prevents them from even considering the possibility that they could have been so thoroughly duped. It's not being lied to about the Moon landings that people have a problem with, it is the realization that comes with that revelation: if they could lie about that, they could lie about anything.
Yep. I've been saying this type of stuff for years.
I had a saying on the OG "WORLDVIEWS WILL BE BROKEN"
"YOU IDIOTS ARE BLIND DEAF AND DUMB"
the avg. person is not dumb.
they are WILLFULLY IGNORANT
admitting the truth will break their worldviews
if a lie this big could be CONCEALED for 50 years.. what else is a lie?
CONTRARY to what dupes think, it isn't conspiracy theorists who seek order in chaos. the avg. dupe seeks it even more
lies this big will cause people to QUESTION EVERYTHING.
their lives would be shattered. they wouldn't even trust their own moms.
it would cause so much cognitive dissonance it would unbelievable
I have no dog in this fight actually. I am only after the truth.
I am trying to be objective as I PUT PRO LANDING arguments down too.
Chaos Reigns
(08-15-2018 06:36 AM)pug-thug Wrote: the avg. person is not dumb.
I never questioned the manned Moon landing for 30 years. Then I decided to ask the question in an honest way, and tell myself I would look at the STRONGEST arguments by the 'other side', not the ones they tell you 'those kooky conspiracy theorists' believe.
My parents' generation, you know what they tell them? It has been 49 years since Apollo 11! Wow! If it was fake, don't you think someone would have come forward by now? There were 200k people involved!
So I sit there saying "No one has been back for 46+ years (counting from Apollo 17, not Apollo 11)" and the media already has given them a baked and ready response!
Of course the media doesn't tell them about the trail of bodies... Hell, this thread hasn't even gone there yet!
BTW, no one knows who Tom Mankiewicz was (who wrote the screenplay for Diamonds are Forever)?
i think the whole thing stinks to high heaven, but if someone put a gun to my head I would prob say I don't know
(08-15-2018 06:31 AM)pug-thug Wrote: "YOU IDIOTS ARE BLIND DEAF AND DUMB"
These were NASA's best and brightest.
I thought there was one like this, but haven't found it, so perhaps I have a vivid imagination.
Of course 'Gus' Grissom was famously outspoken about the Apollo Program's chances. He hung a lemon in the window of the Command Module, not long before the tragic Apollo 1 fire that claimed all three their lives ON THE LAUNCHPAD.
Gee, I wonder why no whistleblowers went public???
scary, famously he said the whole project was a lemon
F*ck it, I am going to blow this b!tch wide open.
Tom Mankiewicz is the SON of Joseph Mankiewicz. A famous Hollywood director. Joe directed a famous movie you may have heard of... CLEOPATRA.
He was also from New York City, of a certain subset, and a few years older than Kubrick. Almost 20 years older, so a generational gap. The one was established when the other was getting started. Kubrick was the Next Generation Prodigy.
Well... They are going to remove this from the internet so read it and download it while you can. You will find practically FUCK ALL connecting Kubrick and Joe Mankiewicz. I just checked. But try Google Books, for the biography by Tom Mankiewicz and...
A Clockwork Orange was filmed between "September 1970 and April 1971"... Uh oh.... Diamonds are Forever: "Filming began on 5 April 1971".
Thats a fuckin' wrap, folks. Stanley talks to Joe. Joe tells Tom what they talked about. He puts it in the script for Diamonds are Forever.
one of my favorite docs on the moon landing... Collier was very humorous
I will admit that I expected some recent revelations to cause more of a stir, but I guess most people have already made up their mind one way or the other, and I am mainly preaching to the choir.
But suffice it to say, I have established a clear connection that the manned Moon landing (specifically the 'manned' part) was already being mocked in the media back in late 1971! And that this wasn't followed by public skepticism for the same reason the Warren Report didn't receive public skepticism. Because it simply wasn't allowed to be published!
Bill Clinton has a famous anecdote in his autobiography I believe, easy enough to find, where he says a plumber or mechanic told him back in the 70s he didn't believe in the Moon landing because he didn't trust "those TV fellers".
So I have established that Diamonds are Forever pokes fun at the Moon landing, and that is was written by a guy, Tom Mankiewicz, with ONE degree of separation from Stanley Kubrick! And that an in-depth conversation is DOCUMENTED to have taken place at the same time as filming started for Diamonds are Forever.
Well...... There are (at least) two major aspects of this revelation left. Why did 'no one' come forward, and who filmed it, and why didn't they confess involvement, assuming they felt guilty, or were deceived in some way (the assumption is that they told the astronauts to fake it this time, then when we go back for real in 5-10 years you will be a part of it at that time also, so the deception was just a short term measure).
So why didn't any one come forward?
Well, it is fairly well known how critical 'Gus' Grissom was of the Apollo Program. He had major clout because of his history as a war veteran from the Korean War, and a member of Mercury, Gemini AND Apollo! This meant, to put it bluntly, he was famous, and could call a major press conference without NASA's involvement (and people would listen to what he had to say).
"on July 21, 1961.... The suborbital Project Mercury flight was launched with a Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, MRLV-8. The spacecraft, Mercury capsule #11, was nicknamed the Liberty Bell 7, and it was piloted by the astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom.
The spaceflight lasted 15 minutes 30 seconds, it reached an altitude of more than 102.8 nautical miles (190.4 km), and it flew 262.5 nautical miles (486.2 km) downrange"
That's an interesting date!
Well, good ole Gus hung a lemon in the window of the Apollo Command Module!
"lemon
A car that you buy that you think is good, but really it sucks like hell and will break right after you buy it."
I mean, this is documented. So any way, he is critical of the Program's development. REAL critical. So do you think if they told this guy to simulate the mission he would go along with it, or would he go public? He was supposed to be part of the first manned mission to the Moon (although I am not 100% sure if he would have walked on the Moon, or stayed in the Command Module).
So NASA administrators ask him and his crew to do a 'plugs out test':
"Plugs-out test
Chaffee, White, and Grissom training in a simulator of their Command Module cabin, January 19, 1967
The launch simulation on January 27, 1967, on pad 34, was a "plugs-out" test to determine whether the spacecraft would operate nominally on (simulated) internal power while detached from all cables and umbilicals. Passing this test was essential to making the February 21 launch date. "
Well, Gus asked one of the NASA administrators to get in the module with them for the test! But they refused! I wonder if he suspected something? Naah!
So they die in a fire. Gus Grissom's son, to this day, says he thinks his dad was murdered.
" "My father's death was no accident. He was murdered," Grissom, a commercial pilot, told Star.
Grissom said he recently was granted access to the charred capsule and discovered a "fabricated" metal plate located behind a control panel switch. The switch controlled the capsules' electrical power source from an outside source to the ship's batteries. Grissom argues that the placement of the metal plate was an act of sabotage. When one of the astronauts toggled the switch to transfer power to the ship's batteries, a spark was created that ignited a fireball.
Clark Mac Donald, a McDonnell-Douglas engineer hired by NASA to investigate the fire, offered corroborating evidence. Breaking more than three decades of silence, Mac Donald says he determined that an electrical short caused by the changeover to battery power had sparked the fire.
He says that NASA destroyed his report and interview tapes in an effort to stem public criticism of the space program.
"I have agonized for 31 years about revealing the truth, but I didn't want to hurt NASA's image or cause trouble," Mac Donald told the paper. "But I can't let one more day go by without the truth being known."
Grissom's widow, Betty, now 71, told Star she agrees with her son's claim that her husband had been murdered. "
Just like with JFK, when you assassinate someone, you don't just keep THAT person quiet. You intimidate a SLEW of others. Basically every astronaut would know "Holy shit, he was critical, and look what happened to him, accident or not."
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On Wednesday 27th February Oxford Squash's Men's Blues faced Imperial College London in the quarter-final of the BUCS Squash Championship. Having finished fourth in the prior league competition, Oxford were the marginal favourites going into the match, with Imperial having a strong second half of the season and finishing one place behind in fifth place.
On court first was Joe Sibley at number four, who came up against an opponent he had played as a fresher last year. It was his opponent who took the first game, but it was clear that this took a lot of effort, with the Imperial players not being used to the warm Iffley courts. Joe used this to his advantage and took the next three games with fairly close score-lines to set Oxford up 1-0.
Next on court was Mandela Patrick, Oxford's number one, who came up against an experienced and tough competitor in his Imperial counterpart. Mandela took a while to get going, losing the first game, but soon got into the swing of things, coming back to take the second game. Mandela's speed and skill has had the better of many opponents this season, but unfortunately his opponent was equal to it, and Mandela lost the next two games, losing the match 3-1 and seeing the score between the two sides back level.
On the next-door court, Tom Trott was playing a composed and controlling game at number five. Tom's opponent never really managed to trouble Tom, despite coming close in the score-line in certain games Tom maintained the pressure and stepped up his game when necessary. Tom saw out a comfortable 3-0 win and put Oxford ahead once more.
The second-string match saw Tom Paine play his perennial nemesis from Imperial. Always being a close match, this one also looked set to go down to the wire. Tom got off to a good start, winning the first 11-9. But not to be outdone, his opponent took the second 14-12. The next two games proceeded in similar fashion, with both players playing some very competitive squash, not to mention the psychological aspect that always seems to accompany this match-up. The fifth game was full of tension, and it was Tom's opponent who just managed to edge it, winning 15-13, and setting up the final match as the decider.
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Oxford Men's Blues finish the season at 4th in Men's Premier Division, 4th Men's Premier Division South and 4th Men's Premier Conference Cup.
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The Mazzi family, within one of its vineyards of 3 hectares, has restored an old country house to host, among vineyards and olive trees, those who wish to spend some time relaxing or getting to know all the beauty that embraces Valpolicella, Lake Garda, the natural park of Lessinia or the city of Verona.
Walking through the vineyards or sitting comfortably in the shade of the gazebo enjoying the view, you can appreciate the typical wines of Valpolicella produced by our farm which you can also visit at the end of a short but very scenic stroll.
There is also the fascinating historic watermill from the 1600s with the equipment from that time still inside.
Over the weekend (July and August excluded) the eno-agritourism restaurant "Antica Corte al Molino" is also open, where you can taste typical dishes from the area suggested by the Mazzi family in a very quaint and hospitable atmosphere.
Also, please note that due to its unique geographical position, from Verona you can reach cities of great cultural interest in a day, such as Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Mantua, Modena and Ferrara or Trento and Bolzano.
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Cole§law: Visualizing the US Legal Code
by Ryan Wold
To take a break from the routine and our official projects, the Sunlight Labs organized an internal "labs olympics", in which teams would compete for outrageous prizes by building an extracurricular project. This installment brings you the contribution from "Team Intern".
As team intern, we felt we had something to prove. Could four unseasoned new recruits withstand the blazing glory of the veteran sunlighters? On the team were Charlie DeTar (from MIT, working at Sunlight Labs on Transparency Data), Dan Schneiderman (from RIT, working on the Fifty State Project), Michael Stephens (from RPI, also with the Fifty State Project) and Ryan Wold (consultant, working on the National Data Catalog).
We started off on Monday morning with a couple of vague ideas of what we might work on (Some sort of direct message/twitter bot for RSS feeds? Something to do with mapping?). We kicked it off with a brain storming session for a couple of hours, putting ideas on post-it notes, sorting them into categories, pruning, and we eventually settled on a "Legalese Translator" service: a wiki which lets people annotate legalese documents – such as Terms of Service and Privacy Policies – with more human-readable summaries, and eye-catching icons indicating major problem areas (such as the company asserting they can change the TOS at any time). We started poking around the MediaWiki codebase to see what it would take to do a few extensions to suit our needs. After spending a couple of hours on this, we started to second guess ourselves: would we be able to pull something off with this worthy of a demo? Challenges included coming up with a taxonomy of legal problems (none of us are lawyers), coming up with enough seed data to make the wiki work, and a realization that the vast majority of the work in a project like this would involve community management, expectation setting, and organization, none of which were particularly strong points in any of our expertise.
So, at 1pm on Monday with 1/4 of the alloted time already consumed, we shifted gears. Gathered around a whiteboard, we almost instantly converged on another topic: mapping the complex references in bodies of law. Legal code tends to refer to itself, often in noodley, snakey paths that are hard to traverse, and most of the laws were written before such a thing as "hypertext" existed. This stayed in our general topic area of "legalese", but gave us a much more finite and concrete objective: visualizing and navigating references in laws. We started exploring a few different bodies of law to choose one for the project, and settled on the US Code – a gargantuan body comprising more than 50 titles broken into more than 60,000 sections with a decidedly complex subsection hierarchy. To get started, we made use of Cornell University's XML translation of the code. For the rest of the day, we worked on importing the code into a relational database from which we could generate the reference hierarchies necessary for our navigation and visualization tools. And a name…. we needed a name. Since we were dealing with the law in a shredded and stringy form, we decided to call it "Coleslaw", or if you prefer, "Cole§law".
The US code is awfully complex. Among the 50 titles of the US Code, there are 168,000 references – including those within and between sections. Now on to the eye candy.
U.S. Code browser
The first tool we created was a django application to import the code, and a simple view to browse the code. In order to make navigating the spaghetti structure of the code a little easier we support opening referenced sections in a pop-up frame. We also provide a list of outgoing and incoming references at the bottom of each section. The stub application is available at http://coleslaw.sunlightlabs.com. The code to the application as well as the python code to import the XML files is available on github.
Next, using exports of the relationship hierarchy between all the references of the code, we developed a set of visualizations. As an example, here are Graph Viz renderings of the relationships contained in titles 3, 11, and 41.
Title 11:
Here is another visualization for titles 11 and 28. Sections are laid out linearly on the X axis, and references are noted with a curve that connects the two corresponding points.
We also used the database we generated to do some statistical analysis of the code's reference structure. This led to some interesting but not altogether surprising insights – for example, 4 of the 10 most widely referenced sections of the code are within Title 26, the Internal Revenue Code. Also heavily referenced is Title 5, Section 552 – the Freedom of Information Act.
During the two and a half days from concept through development we came up with a lot of ideas to add onto Coleslaw. Unfortunately we were not able to implement all of them. Some possible future work includes adding a color code for specific titles or reference types to see how they relate on the arc visualization. Another idea was to create an interactive interface for browsing the code, jumping from one reference to another, within the context of a treemap visualization. Each additional reference would create a long line of visual nodes that would provide the text of the referenced code. A tool like Coleslaw could be adapted to compare changes made to laws, helping people to understand the repercussions of new legislation.
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Q: Selenium Javascript Early Exit (skip to catch, how) I'm using https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/WebDriverJs for my node.js project.
Please take a look at the following code:
driver.get(url).then(function() {
return driver.findElement(By.css('firstSelector'));
}.then(function() {
# element 1 was found, should early exit
}, function(err) {
# element 1 was not found, keep going
}).then(function() {
return driver.findElement(By.css('secondSelector'));
}.then(function() {
# element 2 was found, should early exit
}, function(err) {
# element 2 was not found, keep going
}).then(function() {
# some other big and long function
}).then(function() {
driver.quit();
# end
});
What I'm trying to do is in case element #1 was found, I want to skip to the end, basically skip over the "big and long function" but execute the driver.quit() part.
Now, I've read a lot about this and what people suggest is the following: issue an error at the point where you want the "skipping" to take place and have some sort of catch at the end that does what you want to do before finishing, in my case 'driver.quit()';
That makes sense, but for some reasons selenium in nodejs won't let me do that. Specifically I've tried this:
driver.get(url).then(function() {
return driver.findElement(By.css('firstSelector'));
}.then(function() {
# element 1 was found, should early exit
throw new Error('abort');
return null;
}, function(err) {
# element 1 was not found, keep going
}).then(function() {
return driver.findElement(By.css('secondSelector'));
}.then(function() {
# element 2 was found, should early exit
}, function(err) {
# element 2 was not found, keep going
}).then(function() {
# some other big and long function
}).then(function() {
driver.quit();
# end
}).catch(function(err) {
driver.quit();
});
But the catch part is never executed! I've also tried with the following line:
webdriver.promise.reject()
Again, nothing!
Basically what I'm interested in is - what code do I need to write in order for it to skip past to catch() and call that part?
Thanks!
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See _local.xml for a definition of each attribute
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About the Workshop:The topic of money is highly evocative. It can elicit an array of powerful responses – shame, guilt, hate, fear, hope, despair, resentment. Yet, discussions around money remain largely taboo. The subject of money is often ignored within the field of psychotherapy, both in the literature, in training programmes, and, consequently, in treatment conceptualizations. The aim of this workshop is to provide a platform to discuss balancing the financial and practical requirements for running a successful and ethical private practice, with therapeutic implications when dis/engaging with money matters.
Money conversations in therapy – What payment practices (setting the fee, cancellations, lowering the fee) reveal about the frame, transference, countertransference and the best interest of the client.
Course Material: A course handout containing the presentation slides will be provided at the start of each workshop, which will also include the reference list of course readings.
About the Facilitator: Penny Stopforth is a Clinical Psychologist based in Cape Town. After relocating to Cape Town, she joined the Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry Services at Valkenberg Hospital and opened a private practice. She has previously lectured at Rhodes University and has presented lectures at The South African College of Applied Psychology, the University of Cape Town, and most recently, at the 26thInternational Association for Forensic Psychotherapy Conference in Sicily. She has special interest in developing mindful business practices within the context of psychotherapy in private practice. | {
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The pieces are drawn, cut by laser, mounted and framed at the end. Not to mention Moss had thousands of fans that waited in line 24 hours before the exhibitions started, and of course all of his pieces are sold out. The artist himself couldn't believe what was happening; he was even tweeting: "Totally crazy, was not expecting that at all!". He also said in an interview that he is never going to stop with pop culture art, and that it has become an obsession that he simply loves. And we just hope he continues to have those feelings, because we love his work and can't wait for more. While waiting we recommend you to check out a little more detailed silhouettes of historical figures on toast sandwiches. | {
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Vukosava Vuka Velimirović (June 30, 1888 – December 12, 1965) was the first Serbian female sculptor, children's writer, illustrator, art critic and translator. She was among the most notable sculptors of 20th century, gaining international recognition between two world wars.
Biography
In her early youth, Vukosava Velimirović wrote songs, fairy tales, drew cartoons for children, rules of clay shape, which became clear at that time that her life would be marked by art.
She grew up in an intellectual and patriarchal family, and she had two older brothers who studied in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the other members of the family received letters about all kinds of events and novelties in the world of sciences and arts that they were interested in.
In 1911, the whole family moved to Belgrade, where Vukosava's father Miloš was transferred. Immediately after arriving in the Serbian capital, Vukosava enrolled at the Arts and Crafts School and there began her artistic life. It is told that Vukosava's generation of students was one of the most talented, such as Zora Petrović, Jelisaveta Petrović, Nada Đukanović, Olga Golemović, Dara Mićić, Jelena Radaković and many other great artists who attended the same school.
Patriarchal Belgrade society was changing at the turn of the century, providing a window of opportunity for the "creative power of women", whose rise was recognized by philosopher Ksenija Atanasijević in her 1924 essay. At the time Vukosava Velimirović, a woman sculptor was attracting great public attention. She was educated in Belgrade, Rome, and Paris, where she spent most of her life between 1918 and 1940 in the company of some great female sculptors, including Camille Claudel. She was a sculptor known for her energetic, small bronze sculptures depicting poor war orphans. As an artist, she had strong beliefs and felt a need for artists to create politically and socially conscious works of art that reflected current events and issues. She spent much of her life working toward equal rights for Serbian women and a widespread push for equality.
Around 1924, her most famous pieces, five decorative sculptures caused a sensation when they were permanently exhibited on the facade of the Vračar Holding Bank at 1 Krunska Street. Facade sculpture was considered a masculine applied discipline, though with Velimirović's creations that notion had to be put to rest for once and for all. Velimirovič also had a successful career as a portraitist of the European upper classes.
She was married to Count Lisjen de La Martinière, with whom she broke up after three years of marriage.
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At our R&D Competence Centre you will be an integral member of our team of technicians and engineers, playing a key role in the development of products and product ideas for our LD Systems brand. You will use modern measuring technology to develop audio products such as wireless microphone systems and in-ear monitoring systems for the professional market.
The Adam Hall Group is a leading German manufacturer and distribution company that provides event technology solutions to business customers worldwide. Its target groups include retailers, dealers, live event and rental companies, broadcast studios and AV and system integrators in both the private and public sector, as well as industrial manufacturers. The company offers a wide range of professional audio and lighting technology as well as stage equipment and flight case hardware under its own brands LD Systems®, Cameo®, Gravity®, Defender®, Palmer® and Adam Hall®.
Founded in 1975, the Adam Hall Group has developed into a collection of modern, innovative event technology companies. This includes an 14,000-square-metre warehouse and logistics centre at its corporate headquarters near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Through its focus on value and service orientation, the Adam Hall Group has been presented with a number of international awards for innovative product developments and pioneering product design from prestigious institutions such as "Red Dot", "German Design Award" and "iF Industrie Forum Design": In particular for the patented, first portable array system with high-definition sound, LD Systems CURV 500®, the radio microphone series LD Systems U500®, and the premium microphone stands from the brand Gravity®. Further information about the Adam Hall Group can be found online at www.adamhall.com.
Use the opportunity – Send us your detailed application by e-mail, stating your earliest start-date and salary expectation. We look forward to receiving your application!
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World renowned, Kaikoura is known for the variety of its marine mammals.
Whale Watch Kaikoura is one of the most popular tourist attractions and ranked in the top 101 must do's in New Zealand.
Dolphin Encounter and albatross encounter offer eco-friendly tours to see the local marine life including the dusky dolphins and a diverse array of seabirds. | {
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Year 3 have been studying how fossils are formed and today were visited by 'Mary Anning', a fossil hunter who became famous for discovering some of the most important fossils along the Jurassic coast in Dorset. The children were very excited to be able to handle fossils dating back over two hundred million years! They picked up top tips for finding fossils and are looking forward to trying some fossil hunting themselves. More photos in our gallery. | {
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Dallas Texas Attraction Tours
Dallas City Tours & Sightseeing
Presidential Limo
Downtown Dallas Tours
JFK Tour
Top Dallas Tourist Attractions
You will definitely want to take your time and enjoy all the attractions that the city of Dallas, TX has to offer. There are so many things to see and do that you will just be so happy. First, take a shopping spree and get everything you need for your stay in Dallas at the Grapevine Mills which has 200 of the best names in manufacturers and retail outlets and is about 30 minutes from Dallas. Now that you have everything that you need head on down to the Dallas Zoo which is Open Hours: 9am – 5pm daily; closed Christmas Day the Dallas Zoo has 95 acres of exotic and traditional zoo animals.
Next, you have to visit the Dallas White Rock Lake with Open Hours: 6am – midnight daily plus miles of waterfront trails. There are fishing, sailing and horseback riding. Now move on to The Swiss Avenue Historic District is Open Hours: 9am – 5pm daily. There are approximately 200 houses in Mediterranean, Spanish, Georgian, Prairie School and English Tudor styles for you to take a look at.
Then, you will want to take a look at all the museums. The Dallas Museum of Art, Legends of the Game Baseball Museum, Palace of Wax/Ripley's Believe It or Not, Oil City Park and the Conspiracy Museum. Here are our Dallas Top 10 Attractions:
3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway
Grapevine, TX 76051-2008
Open Hours: 10am-9pm Mon-Sat; Noon-6pm Sun the Grapevine Mills 200 of the best names in manufacturers and retail outlets and is about 30 minutes from Dallas. Places like Rainforest Cafe and Dick Clark's American Bandstand Grill are just some of the dining available and there is also entertainment there too.
650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway
Open Hours: 9am-5pm daily; closed Christmas Day the Dallas Zoo has 95 acres of exotic and traditional zoo animals. There are six natural habitats that are featured: forest, mountain, woodland, river, desert, and brush. There is also a 20-minute monorail ride. This is a great afternoon for the whole family.
West End MarketPlace
603 Munger Ave
Open Hours: 11am-10pm Mon-Thu; 11am-midnight Fri-Sat; noon-6pm Sun retail shops, restaurants, and a movie theater and there is a Planet Hollywood too. The complex contains nightclubs and outdoor stages for entertainment. You will want to spend the whole day and night there because there is just so much to do.
8300 Garland Road
Open Hours: 6am – midnight daily White Rock Lake 9 – plus miles of waterfront trails. There are fishing, sailing and horseback riding. There are several playgrounds and picnic areas are reservable and you will wish to spend the afternoon or evening on the grounds. Admission is free for all.
Swiss Avenue Historic District
Swiss Avenue and Fitzhugh
The Swiss Avenue Historic District is Open Hours: 9am – 5pm daily. There are approximately 200 houses in Mediterranean, Spanish, Georgian, Prairie School and English Tudor styles for you to take a look at. The Dallas Museum of Art offers a guided tour on cassette tape. You will just love the houses.
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza is open hours: 9am-6pm daily is an exhibit that leads up the events that killed President John F. Kennedy. You will definitely want to go and see this museum. There are also listings of all the accomplishments of the 35th President of the United States.
1717 North Harwood
Dallas Museum of Art is open hours: 11am-5pm Tue-Sun; 11am-9pm Thu is a feature of the Arts District. It houses timeless pieces of art. There are a restaurant and a café for your dining pleasure and a gift shop for souvenirs and gifts. You will spend hours mesmerized by art.
Legends of the Game Baseball Museum
1000 Ballpark Way
Arlington, TX 76011-5168
Open Hours: 9am – 5:30pm Tue – Sat; 11am – 4pm Sun The Legends of the Game Baseball Museum displays include bats, jerseys and trophies of the nations baseball legends. There is also a learning center to teach aspects of science, history and more. A great day will be had here.
Palace of Wax/Ripley's Believe It or Not
601 East Safari Parkway
The Palace of Wax/Ripley's Believe It or Not is open the hours: 10am-5pm Mon-Fri; 10 am-6pm Sat-Sun. A 7-foot Leaning Tower of Pisa, Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz are just some of the very interesting pieces in this museum. There are also wax replicas of your favorite celebrities.
Old City Park
1717 Gano St
Open Hours: Buildings: 10am-4pm Tue-Sat, noon-4pm Sun; Park Grounds: dawn-sunset daily at the Old City Park. Inside small buildings, visitors will see volunteers weaving, cooking, blacksmithing and other historic crafts of the era. There is a Candlelight Country Fair and an Old Fashioned Fourth of July and there are other special events too.
Conspiracy Museum
110 South Market St
Open Hours: 10am-6pm daily The Conspiracy Museum has exhibits and likes you to test your own theories on who killed President John F. Kennedy. There is also another assassination attempts information that is on display involving past American presidents. All say it is a very interesting museum and an afternoon of learning.
1 Grapevine Mills
2 Dallas Zoo
3 West End MarketPlace
4 White Rock Lake
5 Swiss Avenue Historic District
6 Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza
7 Dallas Museum of Art
8 Legends of the Game Baseball Museum
9 Palace of Wax/Ripley's Believe It or Not
10 Old City Park
11 Conspiracy Museum
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Q: Xamarin Android Notification Only Working Once In summary I'm using Firebase Messaging Service and I'm trying to get my messages to show when the app is closed/killed. The weird problem is this sort of works. If I close the application and press send in the Azure Messaging Portal I'll get a notification as you should, however, that is the only notification I'll receive until I open the app and close it again and then I can receive one more. If the app is open I can spam send and I'll get all of the Notifications.
[Service]
[IntentFilter(new[] { "com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT" })]
[IntentFilter(new string[] { "com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" },
Categories = new string[] { "PACKAGEIDENTIFIER" })]
public class MyFirebaseMessagingService : FirebaseMessagingService
{
const string TAG = "MyFirstBaseMessagingService";
private int Notification_ID = 2;
public override void OnMessageReceived(RemoteMessage message)
{
Log.Debug(TAG, "From: " + message.From);
if (message.GetNotification() != null)
{
Log.Debug(TAG, "Notification Message Body: " + message.GetNotification().Body);
SendNotification(message.Data);
}
else
{
SendNotification(message.Data);
}
}
void SendNotification(IDictionary<string,string> message)
{
Drawable drawable = ContextCompat.GetDrawable(this, Resource.Drawable.lsbu);
Bitmap bitmap = ((BitmapDrawable)drawable).Bitmap;
string title = message["title"];
string body = message["body"];
NotificationManager notificationManager = GetSystemService(NotificationService) as NotificationManager;
string ChannelID = GetString(Resource.String.LocalChannelID);
string AppName = GetString(Resource.String.AppName);
NotificationImportance Importance = NotificationImportance.Default;
NotificationChannel mChannel = new NotificationChannel(ChannelID, AppName, Importance);
notificationManager.CreateNotificationChannel(mChannel);
Notification.Builder builder = new Notification.Builder(this, ChannelID)
.SetWhen(DateTime.Now.Second)
.SetSmallIcon(Resource.Drawable.miniwozzad)
.SetLargeIcon(bitmap)
.SetContentTitle(title)
.SetContentText(body)
.SetChannelId(ChannelID);
var notification = builder.Build();
notificationManager.Notify(Notification_ID, notification);
Notification_ID++;
}
}
This being my payload in the Azure Test Portal
{"data":{"body": "Another big message", "test": 1, "title": "A Big Title2" }}
This is my FirebaseMessagingService class, I'm not sure what I'm missing here. Any help would be appreciated!
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'Free': Chronicle of a childhood in Albania during the fall of communism
Growing up in Albania, our guest had a childhood of two halves. One was lived in plain sight, since she was brought up at school to believe and love the communist doctrine of Albania's Enver Hoxha and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Childhood obesity in France: The fight against stigma and stereotypes
According to the latest figures, obesity levels are on the rise, especially among France's youngsters. They're up by at least 75 percent, with 34 percent of 2 to 7-year-olds currently considered overweight or obese. But what actually qualifies as childhood obesity, what stigma does it carry and how does it affect children and their health? We speak to Professor Patrick Tounian, an advisor to the Anti-Obesity League.
Eniola Badmus slammed for 'giveaway fee', Pres. Buhari's lockdown ease stirs controversy and more
Violet Johnson returns this week with the top four stories that made our week:
A portrait of Irish travellers: Childhood curtailed
Ireland's traveller communities live on the margins of society. They're often unable to access state services because they have no permanent address, and they're also physically pushed out of the country's urban centres. What's it like growing up as a traveller in modern-day Ireland? German photographer Tamara Eckhardt has been documenting daily life in a traveller community on the outskirts of Galway. She joined us for Perspective ahead of a group exhibition for young photographers here in Paris.
The trans woman who defied her mafia upbringing
Daniela Lourdes Falanga, her family's first male heir, was expected to follow the path of her mafia boss father. She overcame a brutal Naples childhood to become a prominent transgender rights activist.
Interview With a Dreamer: Alex Medrano
Alex Medrano, an account manager at Wells Fargo & Co. and a participant in the Deferred Action for Childhood arrivals program, talks about what it means to him. | {
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Suffolk Del. Chris Jones is making noise on the tolls that are scheduled to start in July on the Midtown and Downtown tunnels. The delegate is right: they need to slow down and see if there is another way to do this project and, if not, scrap the deal.
And the op-ed Tuesday from Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton was so laughable that I don't know where to start. Instead of trying to tell us what is not in the deal, why not simply release it and let us read it for ourselves? Oh, that's right. Proprietary.
In my book, there's no such thing as "proprietary" when you're talking about binding the taxpayers to a 58-year deal. | {
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Paul Grimmond's article on 'The gospel and the quiet time' was fabulous. I have noticed over the past few years that The Briefing encourages us in the week between Christmas and New Years of the need to start again in our Bible reading and praying (i.e. in time to get in on our New Years' resolution list). Paul's article does this very graciously. (I've got to admit, this is actually the best way to win me over; I don't usually respond well to the 'firm rebuke'.) So thank you, Paul!
More generally, I would like to thank you for (and encourage you to continue) including at least one article in The Briefing for which I don't require either a theological degree or a good night's sleep to be able to read. I am an educated woman who holds a Bachelor degree in Applied Science, and I run my own small business, but some of the big words and sentences are just too big for me. This is okay, because I'm sure that some of the small words and small sentences that are perfect for me are too small for many other people. Regarding the good night's sleep, my youngest child is now five. I am in no way the worst-suffering of people in this category, but sometimes nappy brain overrides the brain's fundamental functions of alertness and concentration. This makes the big sentences absolutely enormous! And then we don't have time to re-read the same section several times over because someone needs feeding or changing, and so on. So I want to say thank you for keeping at least one article at my level!
Does your church believe in the clarity of Scripture? | {
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Week ten of The Apprentice provided something of a shock as one of the best sales people was let go by Lord Sugar, despite outselling her teammate by almost 100 per cent on the day.
The task this week was for the candidates to create and run a tour around London and sell as many tickets as possible for it, with the winning team being the one which had the most money at the end of the day.
Each team also had the option to pitch to a visitor centre - a mini task won by the team of Chris, Joanna and Jamie and one which ultimately helped them to win overall, despite Chris promising the centre a massive 20 per cent cut of all their proceeds on the day.
In the boardroom, Lord Sugar acknowledged Liz's sales acumen but noted that she was partly responsible for not securing the facilities of the visitor centre and also pointed out that she was missing the "spark" needed to become his next apprentice.
Commenting on the show, Andy Smith, writing on the blog of motivational speaker and seminar leader Gavin Ingham, said that Liz did not do enough to highlight her achievements, unlike Stuart, whose plea to Lord Sugar impressed him.
"This is actually more of a career tip. Everything you do is evaluated by bosses, customers and colleagues in the light of a story about you that people stitch together in their own minds from what you've done previously," Mr Smith stated.
He said that sales professionals need to consider how they are seen by others, and aim to tell a better 'story' about themselves which will help others to judge their track record in a more favourable way. | {
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Since its inception, Autodesk Inventor has laid down the gauntlet in the mid-range 3D CAD space. Here's how Inventor 2018 stacks up.
Autodesk began work on Inventor as a reaction to the run-away success of Solidworks. Self-funded by its programmers, this brand-new, mid-priced (roughly $5,000) parametric MCAD program seemed to "come out of nowhere." In a couple of years, Solidworks had become the best selling Windows-based MCAD program, undercutting the high-end ($10,000+) market of Pro/Engineer, UGS and Catia. To this day, it remains such.
At the time, Autodesk offered two AutoCAD-based packages to MCAD designers – Mechanical Desktop (MDT) for 3D modeling and AutoCAD Mechanical for 2D detailing. The AutoCAD engine lacked MCAD necessities like constraints and assemblies and, in any case, it made MDT a hard sell to non-AutoCAD users.
To compete with the Solidworks juggernaut, Autodesk first tried buying them, but lost to Dassault Systemes. So, instead, it launched "Project Rubicon" – a new MCAD system written from scratch.
The word Rubicon refers the shallow river that, in Ancient Rome, marked the northern border of Italy proper. It was made famous when Julius Caesar, and the army he led, crossed it in 49BC, and thereby broke Roman law and irrevocably began a civil war that led to him becoming dictator of the empire.
Since then, "crossing the Rubicon" has become an idiom for committing to a course of action past the point of no return. In the same way, Autodesk committed to challenging Solidworks' dominance of the mid-priced MCAD market by launching Project Rubicon (now known as Inventor) in 1999. The launch was followed by an aggressive twice-yearly update schedule designed to bring Inventor's feature set in line with Solidworks'.
Ultimately, the three-pronged Rubicon tactic failed. Today, analysts believe Inventor might be in second or third place after Solidworks and Solid Edge, maybe. We don't really know, as CAD vendors no longer report exact seat numbers. Analysts estimate that Inventor sold 24,000 seats last year and Solidworks 70,000 seats.
Flash forward nearly a decade and now Inventor needs to be killed off, just as MDT was. Ultimately, Autodesk wants all its software running on the cloud, but Inventor is tied so tightly to Microsoft's proprietary codebase that porting it to another computing environment is neigh impossible. In other words, we'll never see an Inventor 360.
The designated replacement for Inventor is Fusion 360…eventually. Even though Autodesk touts it as a "cloud-based platform," Fusion runs on MacOS and Windows desktop computers with some links to Autodesk's proprietary cloud. Fusion lacks some of the basics that mechanical designers expect from MCAD systems, although it is admired for its HSM CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) component. Fusion files are not compatible with Inventor, or Vault even, with users reduced to exporting non-associative STEP files from Fusion.
To be fair, Dassault Systemes has faced an even more difficult path bringing Solidworks customers to its 3DExperience cloud platform. After ten years of programming effort, it has no cloud-based replacement that Solidworks users want.
At last winter's Autodesk University, Autodesk affirmed that it expects Inventor to keep going for another five to ten years and plans to keep enhancing its functions. Inventor always was strong at industrial machinery design, and that emphasis will continue, the company says.
Inventor 2018 also adds tweaks to reduce delays. Some of these include the following: When parts are not loaded, we still need to see them as 3D bounding boxes; in 2018, we can force the display of bounding boxes even of parts that are loaded. There's faster hidden-line removal and view changes. Two-dimensional elements like sketches, drawing views and raster underlays are displayed faster.
MBD: Model-based design (and its superior cousin MBE, Model-Based Enterprise) is a way to integrate manufacturing information into 3D model files. This lets CNC tools read the 3D model, then produce the part. The idea is to avoid generating 2D plans, which nevertheless remains the common practice.
MBD isn't terribly complex; it's just a 3D model attached with leaders tagged with information the CNC machine needs, like finishes and tolerances. Inventor 2018 integrates this capability, along with a Tolerance Advisor palette that warns which aspects still need MBD data (see Figure 2).
Once we've attached GD&T and other manufacturing data, we export the model as a 3D PDF file or as a STEP file using AP217 standards. If we still work with 2D drawings, then we ask Inventor to add MBD leaders to the layouts automatically.
AutoCAD: In most design firms, a few seats of Inventor are supplemented by dozens of seats of lower cost CAD software for making detail drawings. So it's important that Inventor have access to DWG files, and here 2018 makes things better when we place DWG files as underlays, like raster images.
When it comes to non-Autodesk 3D models, Inventor's AnyCAD function now lets us edit the foreign parts and then update the native assembly. The same AnyCAD system allows Inventor 2017.4 users to natively edit 2018 files.
Autodesk hopes to sacrifice Inventor in five to ten years to the greater good of subscription-only, cloud-based utopia. This may, however, be difficult to execute, given Fusion and Inventor's inability to work inside each other's workspaces. Autodesk suggests using their online A360 project collaboration system, but this isn't an effective workaround. The transition to the future needs to be made clearer to Inventor users; perhaps it will take Autodesk those 5-10 years to accomplish a transition.
Then there is the problem of Autodesk's buy-or-die subscription plan, which all new customers are required to adopt. In theory, Autodesk could turn off subscription versions of Inventor to force customers onto Fusion. There is some evidence Autodesk's subscription plan is giving potential customers pause, as Dassault Systemes credits Inventor's switch to subscriptions for last year's 12% increase in Solidworks revenues.
There are design firms that engage in projects that take years to complete; additionally, access to archival data is required for decades to come. They expect long-range certainty from Autodesk. Even as Inventor users continue to enthusiastically design with "their" software, its future in their livelihoods is precarious. Inventor is being squeezed between a Solidworks of the past and a Fusion of the future. | {
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How can my students change their password or email address?
Students are able to change their password and add or change their email address from the Student Dashboard.
Students who have forgotten their password or username should use the Forgot password? page from the login screen and follow the steps prompted to reset their details. As a teacher, you can reset a student's password or change their email address from the Manage Accounts page in the Control Panel.
To change your password or email address, log in to your account and click on your name in the upper right-hand corner of the Student Dashboard. From there, select Account from the drop-down menu that appears.
You will be brought to a page where you can input the details you would like to be updated.
To update your password, enter your current password in the appropriate field, then input your new password twice to confirm. Finally, select the Update password button to save these changes.
Your new password will need to be at least 6 characters long, and cannot be the same as your current password.
To update your email address, input a valid email address in the Email field from your Account page and select the Update Email button to save. | {
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YNaija Editorial: "No one" is YNaija Person of the Year 2011 … Let's tell you why
December 31, 2011 | Oluwapelumi
Oluwapelumi
We always knew it was going to be a tough one; but who knew how tough? Our search was for the one person, living and working in Nigeria, whose influence on our lives was pervasive, for good or bad, but ultimately decided that the stakes are too high for anything but the positive – this year.
Still, our editors ended up dissatisfied with the nominees we were left with, even after a long debate.
In selecting the final winner however, our job became considerably harder – so hard in fact, that the result was inconclusive.
He has made history as a minority Nigerian who became president, dismantling an old bloc of power players, presenting Nigerians with world-acclaimed elections, and remarkably opening up several democratic spaces; still we find it inappropriate to grant Goodluck Jonathan this title when the country is gripped by debilitating insecurity. We can ignore the perception of leadership defaults, but to ignore the bombs that keep us in fear; the deaths that face us with certainty is impossible. And taking strong and effective measures to end this national siege is his responsibility.
Dr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is a remarkable man; an inspiration to many professional Nigerians and a public official whose candour is well-regarded, but his relentless populism is yet to deliver anything close to economic regeneration. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is an inspirational figure who, despite scattershot criticism, has taken a globally praised move to find some method in her nation's madness; but her unpopular policy directions have yet to be proven correct. And, hailed as the "new Fashola", Governor Rotimi Amaechi, while a refreshing political persona with giant strides in his state, still has a few more steps to go to truly qualify for this national title beyond the bursts of brilliance.
Our reader votes have slanted towards Dr. Sanusi, but if we absolutely had to choose then the choice would quickly, and very easily, be Aliko Dangote. Seen as Nigeria's "Golden Boy" of business, he is without a doubt an inspiration to young entrepreneurs and professionals not just in Nigeria but across the continent courtesy of the single-mindedness with which he has set about building an empire and a legacy. But is that enough? For us, as part of a new generation of Nigerians who desire a difference, we want something more inspiring than topping the list of Africa's richest men.
We could have taken the easy route from the beginning, and indeed we tried, to toe the line of Time, and reward 'The Protester'.
Unfortunately, that would be deception. The last really successful protests Nigeria has had were the EnoughisEnough and Save Nigeria rallies in 2010. The Lekki Toll protesters, while their hearts were in the right place, made negligible impact; and we are yet unsure of the motives of the unsuccessful hunger strike champions. This year, the Nigerian protester did not make impact.
We took an entire edition of our magazine's Issue 5, to pay tribute to the young corps members who lost their lives serving their nation, and so we considered nominating 'The Corper', just as we considered nominating the several victims of bomb blasts, or The Voter; whose intense desire for good government helped Nigeria deliver solid elections this year.
But, again, we resisted the temptation to cuddle ourselves. Yes, the Nigerian voter did vote, but what else after that? The idea of being part of the electorate is not just the act of ballot casting, but also one of vigilance.
How have we held our leaders accountable? How have we held them to higher standards? While we are all angry and frustrated, what have we done beyond the loud criticism to ensure the desires of our hearts are met? It cannot be enough to be a voter. We need to be active citizens, demanding good governance impactful and sustained ways.
We also considered young people, and there were those like the music entrepreneur Don Jazzy, who inspires young Nigerians across the world with his relentless industry and his seemingly endless ability to push boundaries. We are hopeful that the fruits of his vision will begin to bear fruit in 2012. There are also a large number of young people beyond entertainment and the media, for whom the past one year has been one of inspiration, and our January 'The New Establishment' issue will present some of these gems to the world.
Unfortunately, no one of these people can be said to be, for instance, Nigeria's Zuckerberg; affecting our lives pervasively. We blame Nigeria for this – for refusing to rise up to the challenge of being a country where its citizens shine as bright as can be and inspiration is plenteous. In our little way – and of course we are fallible – we decided that reminding Nigerians of the hard truths about our collective lack of distinction is perhaps the biggest favour this exercise can provide.
This year, we decided to search for the positive, because our nation desperately needs the positive; and we are sad to report that there is a scarcity of that which we seek, and that which we need. There are pockets of good, but they are not enough; nay not even nearly enough. And it saddens us.
As we "cross-over" into the New Year, it is our fervent hope, prayer even, that Nigerians – collectively – can take up this challenge and work to change this reality, so that next year we won't need to look so hard to find that one person, who, for good, can unanimously be declared 2012's YNaija Person of the Year.
Happy New Year, and New Nigeria, in advance.
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Thank you YNaija. Very sensible.
December 31, 2011 - 9:30 pm Reply
Chi ibe
I wondered when I saw failure, sorry Jonathan on the list but I respet the analysis and of course heavy a sigh of relief he didn't win.
pwinces
I support this decision totally…
Dipo Mohammed
I believe this decision is wise. This year, i have had cause for concern at the nominees and eventual winners of "man of the year" award through different platforms. It seem to me that our concentration on coming to conclusions of those who win these prizes are not very objective. besides, there are always no clear explanations for the average nigerian who hasn't followed the works of such people through the year on how his welfare has been affected. sincerely, i agree with your decision.
Olumydo
God bless u guys
Gbam.
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If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Hundreds of Nigerian journalists and writers across the country ... | {
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Q: 413 Payload Too Large in ionic api calling I'm new to ionic. I am trying to make app in ionic and api's in laravel. I am trying to send base64 in body but it's giving me 413 Payload Too Large. If i don't send base64 then it's retuning 201 created
A: According to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/413 :
The HTTP 413 Payload Too Large response status code indicates that the
request entity is larger than limits defined by server
So this issue is not related to your Ionic application, neither to the laravel API. Your server may have file upload size limits. By default the max size is 2MB.
You can edit this value by editing your php.ini :
; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize = 40M
; Must be greater than or equal to upload_max_filesize
post_max_size = 40M
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We are enjoying beautiful, spring-like weather here is Big Bear, and while that means Mother Nature is still being stingy with the snow this season, it also means that you can enjoy our beautiful mountains in many different ways! The ski and tubing resorts are making snow every chance they get, so you can still come on up and enjoy the white stuff! You can also take a hike, go on a mountain bike ride, walk or bike around the lake, go bald eagle watching, take a stroll though the Village, and so much more!!
We have added a couple of great specials to our website so whether you are coming up for a quick last-minute getaway or want to plan a long weekend, we've got you covered. Head over to RSVacations.net and book your Big Bear Getaway today!!
They bring the full KISS Concert Experience with costumes, makeup, stage show & 40 years of ROCK & ROLL!
KISS is the most successful American rock band of all time.
KISSED ALIVE honors this legacy by performing material from the band's entire catalog-from the 1st album to it's most recent releases!
Onstage, you'll see the classic costumed characters-The Spaceman, The Demon, The Starchild & The Catman!
Watch as teams from some of the ski and snowboarding biggest industry's companies face off in a one-of-a-kind competition to determine who will take home the coveted Bear Bowl trophy and be named the masters of the mountain for 2018.
Wild Wednesday: Winter Specials on Big Bear Cabins!
If you are looking for last-minute accommodations in Big Bear this weekend, or if you are looking for a longer stay, you have come to the right place! RS Vacations has some Hot Winter Specials happening right now so head over to RSVacations.net to book a cute and comfy cabin for your winter getaway!
Last Minute Winter Special: 20% off on Last-Minute Bookings!
Why not head up now and enjoy the Winter beauty of Big Bear? The slopes are open! Save 20% on the rent when you book for the coming week within 5 days of arrival. The special will automatically apply, but cannot be used with any other discounts or specials. Offer good on new reservations only. NOT AVAILABLE FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY WEEKEND.
Mid-Winter 3 Nights for the Price of 2!
Get 1 Night FREE when you stay 3 or more nights this winter. Good on new reservations only and cannot be combined with any other offers/discounts. NOT available for President's Day Weekend.
Late-Winter 3 Nights for the Price of 2!
Fun-Fact Friday: Southern California's Largest Snow Play Resort is Right Here in Big Bear!
Are you looking for a great place to spend the day bonding with the kids? Big Bear Snowplay is where you want to go!
Playing in the snow is one of the greatest ways to bond families together and create memories that last a lifetime. Families that seek to capture memories in the snow are in good hands because Big Bear Snow Play guarantees snow-covered hills for tubing all winter long and into spring break. Families return year after year because the Magic Carpet lifts make it very convenient to get up the hill for more downhill fun. Come on up!!
Visit BigBearSnowPlay.com to start your fun-filled family getaway in the snow.
Head over to RSVacations.net to pick out the perfect comfy cabin for your family. See you soon!
We continue our mild winter here in beautiful Big Bear Lake with daytime temps in the 50's and lows in the 20's. Clear blue skies and pleasant temps mean you don't have to freeze when enjoying skiing and boarding on the slopes or tubing the snow play hills! Here in Big Bear, we have become very good at outsmarting Mother Nature! Our ski and tubing resorts make snow every chance they get so even when Ms. Nature is being difficult, our visitors still have plenty of snow to enjoy!
If sliding down snow isn't your thing, remember that we have tons more activities and events happening every weekend (and weekday!). From hiking and biking to shopping and night life, we have something that everyone will enjoy!
We do have a few cabins left for this weekend and through the rest of the winter season, and pricing has been lowered to fill in dates. Head over to RSVacations.net and check out our cute and clean cabins. We provide top-notch customer service and our cozy cabins are clean and ready for your arrival! Book your Big Bear Cabin today!
Descended from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees and 2016 GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients Jefferson Airplane.
The members of Jefferson Starship past and present have been exploring the mysteries of music for more than 1000 collective years. Give or take. But who's counting?
Fun-Fact Friday: Outsmarting Mother Nature!
Man-made snow is real snow (not "artificial") made by "guns" spraying atomized water particles under high pressure into the cold dry atmosphere, which freeze into snow particles before they hit the ground. The colder and drier the air, the more water can be put through the gun. No additive or chemical is put in the water. The only difference between natural and man-made snow is that the latter falls as small round pellets due to the air turbulence, while natural usually comes in the form of small to large flakes. However, in windy conditions even natural snow will be blown into small pellets or even marble-sized balls called "grapple". Natural snow can be very wet or dry, depending on its water content, the same as with man-made. After two or three days on the ski runs, natural snow becomes indistinguishable from man-made as both are subject to skier traffic, grooming, and the freeze/thaw cycle.
Many miles of buried steel air and water pipe lines, from 2 inches to 2 feet in diameter, deliver the high pressure water and air throughout the mountain. Attached to the main lines are hydrants placed on the sides of runs, every 50 to 150 feet or so. Each resort has about 500 hydrants lining its runs. The "air" guns are attached to the hydrants by air and water hoses and the "fan" guns by water hoses and electrical lines. The guns are placed exactly where the snow is to be made and when enough snow is made at one location, they are moved to another.
We use two types of snowmaking guns. One uses compressed air mixed with water at the gun (which is really just a tube with a small nozzle at the end) to atomize the water into particles small enough to freeze quickly. The other "airless" type uses an electric fan in a 5 foot long by 2 ½ foot wide tube that pushes an air stream into which small particles of water are sprayed by dozens of tiny nozzles on the rim of the tube. (Fan guns aren't completely "airless"; there is a small on-board compressor that helps to atomize the water at the nozzles.) If we just sprayed water straight out from a hose, without atomizing the water, it would be like rain water droplets that are too big to freeze before they hit the ground, which would then freeze on the ground as ordinary ice.
The colder and drier the air, the more snow can be made at each gun since more water can be introduced into the outside air mass because it can freeze faster. In 2006, about 70 "airless" fan guns and about 80 "air" guns can operate at one time at Snow Summit alone. Bear Mountain operates about 45 fans and 90 air guns respectively. (We actually have several types of air guns, but they all function basically the same way.) A number of both types of guns are mounted on towers, from 6 to 20 feet high. While they can't be moved to put the snow exactly where desired, they produce more snow than guns close to the surface because there is more "hang time" for the water particles to freeze before they hit the ground.
Each gun can produce an amazing amount of snow in good conditions (5% to 20% humidity and 10° to 20° F), much faster than Mother Nature. A compressed air gun can convert about 70 gallons per minute (gpm) into snow while a fan gun can convert up to 200 gpm in those conditions. (Consider that a garden hose puts out about 3 to 5 gpm.) So, in ideal conditions, each resort's system can convert about 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of water per minute into snow! That's a good sized stream flow that could fill a backyard pool in about 5 minutes! If a gun is left unmoved in those conditions, it can make several feet in front of it in a few hours, sometimes burying itself.
We can't put 5,000 gallons per minute worth of snow on just one run at a time due to the limitations of pipe sizes and number of hydrants, so instead, we make snow on several runs at one time and might put an average of one foot of snow down on each. In normal snowmaking conditions we can open a run in about 48 hours of snowmaking over bare ground. At the start of the season, we typically open several runs and lifts after a couple of days and nights of snowmaking, and open still more soon after that.
The practically unlimited water source for Big Bear Mountain Resort's large scale snowmaking is Big Bear Lake. It's pumped from the lake to the resorts and then up the mountains. Multi-million gallon reservoirs on the resorts store water for heavy production because the lines from the lake can't flow enough water at those times. This lake water supply is the main reason Big Bear's resorts can virtually guarantee skiing on most runs all winter long, even in the driest winter. Throughout the season, Summit and Bear each can produce at least twice the snow of any other local resort, which rely on limited amounts of on-site well water.
We have an annual allotment from the lake that we have never needed to exceed. If used entirely, it would draw the lake level, when full, down only about 4 inches – and at least 50% of that runs back into the lake during the spring snowmelt!
Grooming by snowcats pushing and tilling the man-made snow is an important element in providing good skiing. While the snowmaking guns are moved frequently, there typically will be piles left in front of each gun which must be graded into a smooth, relatively flat surface before operations. After a good period of snowmaking some of these snow mounds may be as big as a small bus and are called "whales" by the crew. After the new snow is spread evenly, the surface is gone over with a tiller on the back of the cat, which is a sort of grinder that pulverizes the top 3 to 6 inches of the snow to give it the ideal texture for skiing or boarding. Grooming is a real art to know when and how to push the snow around and condition it into a good grippy surface preferred by skiers and snowboarders. Fresh man-made snow is nearly always groomed into a consistently good surface prior to opening. | {
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Q: $\mathbb{C}$ is the smallest algebraically closed field containing $\mathbb{R}$ How can I prove that $\mathbb{C}$ is the smallest algebraically closed field containing $\mathbb{R}?$
I know that the field $F$ is algebraically closed if every polynomial with complex coefficients have a root in F.
A: Any field is a linear space over any subfield, but we know that
$$\;\dim_{\Bbb R}\Bbb C=2\;\implies \;$$
there can't be any other field $\;K\;$ s.t. $\;\Bbb R\subsetneqq K\subsetneqq\Bbb C\;$ by plain linear algebra...and this is even stronger than what you need.
A: If $\mathbb{R} \subset F$ and $F$ is algebraically closed, then all roots of $z^2+1$ should belong to $F$.
A: An even stronger true statement is that there are no intermediary fields $F$ such that $\mathbb R \subsetneq F \subsetneq \mathbb C$.
Proof: Let $z \in F \setminus \mathbb R$. Then $z$ is of the form $x + iy$ for some $x, y \in \mathbb R$, and since $z \notin \mathbb R$, $y$ must be nonzero. Then since $F$ is a field containing $\mathbb R$, we may perform some operations on $z$ using real numbers and stay within $F$:
$$i = \frac{z - x}{y}$$
And thus for any $x' + i y' \in \mathbb C$,
$$x' + i y' = x' + (\frac{z - x}{y})y'$$
Hence $x' + i y' \in F$, and hence $F$ contains all of $\mathbb C$.
A: The fact that $\mathbb{C}$ is algebraically closed is the fundamental theorem of algebra. Any algebraically closed field $F$ containing $\mathbb{R}$ must contain $i$, because the polynomial $x^2 + 1 = 0$ must have a root. Then since $\mathbb{R} \subseteq F$ we must have $a + bi \in F$ for all $a, b \in \mathbb{R}$. Hence $\mathbb{C} \subseteq F$.
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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.partition;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf.ConfVars;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ErrorMsg;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FunctionRegistry;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.hooks.WriteEntity;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Partition;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Table;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.plan.ExprNodeDesc;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.plan.ExprNodeGenericFuncDesc;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.typeinfo.TypeInfoFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
/**
* Utilities for partition related DDL operations.
*/
public final class PartitionUtils {
private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PartitionUtils.class);
private PartitionUtils() {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("PartitionUtils should not be instantiated");
}
/**
* Certain partition values are are used by hive. e.g. the default partition in dynamic partitioning and the
* intermediate partition values used in the archiving process. Naturally, prohibit the user from creating partitions
* with these reserved values. The check that this function is more restrictive than the actual limitation, but it's
* simpler. Should be okay since the reserved names are fairly long and uncommon.
*/
public static void validatePartitions(HiveConf conf, Map<String, String> partitionSpec) throws SemanticException {
Set<String> reservedPartitionValues = new HashSet<>();
// Partition can't have this name
reservedPartitionValues.add(HiveConf.getVar(conf, ConfVars.DEFAULTPARTITIONNAME));
reservedPartitionValues.add(HiveConf.getVar(conf, ConfVars.DEFAULT_ZOOKEEPER_PARTITION_NAME));
// Partition value can't end in this suffix
reservedPartitionValues.add(HiveConf.getVar(conf, ConfVars.METASTORE_INT_ORIGINAL));
reservedPartitionValues.add(HiveConf.getVar(conf, ConfVars.METASTORE_INT_ARCHIVED));
reservedPartitionValues.add(HiveConf.getVar(conf, ConfVars.METASTORE_INT_EXTRACTED));
for (Entry<String, String> e : partitionSpec.entrySet()) {
for (String s : reservedPartitionValues) {
String value = e.getValue();
if (value != null && value.contains(s)) {
throw new SemanticException(ErrorMsg.RESERVED_PART_VAL.getMsg(
"(User value: " + e.getValue() + " Reserved substring: " + s + ")"));
}
}
}
}
public static ExprNodeGenericFuncDesc makeBinaryPredicate(String fn, ExprNodeDesc left, ExprNodeDesc right)
throws SemanticException {
return new ExprNodeGenericFuncDesc(TypeInfoFactory.booleanTypeInfo,
FunctionRegistry.getFunctionInfo(fn).getGenericUDF(), Lists.newArrayList(left, right));
}
public static ExprNodeGenericFuncDesc makeUnaryPredicate(String fn, ExprNodeDesc arg) throws SemanticException {
return new ExprNodeGenericFuncDesc(TypeInfoFactory.booleanTypeInfo,
FunctionRegistry.getFunctionInfo(fn).getGenericUDF(), Lists.newArrayList(arg));
}
public static Partition getPartition(Hive db, Table table, Map<String, String> partitionSpec, boolean throwException)
throws SemanticException {
Partition partition;
try {
partition = db.getPartition(table, partitionSpec, false);
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new SemanticException(toMessage(ErrorMsg.INVALID_PARTITION, partitionSpec), e);
}
if (partition == null && throwException) {
throw new SemanticException(toMessage(ErrorMsg.INVALID_PARTITION, partitionSpec));
}
return partition;
}
public static List<Partition> getPartitions(Hive db, Table table, Map<String, String> partitionSpec,
boolean throwException) throws SemanticException {
List<Partition> partitions;
try {
partitions = partitionSpec == null ? db.getPartitions(table) : db.getPartitions(table, partitionSpec);
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new SemanticException(toMessage(ErrorMsg.INVALID_PARTITION, partitionSpec), e);
}
if (partitions.isEmpty() && throwException) {
throw new SemanticException(toMessage(ErrorMsg.INVALID_PARTITION, partitionSpec));
}
return partitions;
}
private static String toMessage(ErrorMsg message, Object detail) {
return detail == null ? message.getMsg() : message.getMsg(detail.toString());
}
/**
* Add the table partitions to be modified in the output, so that it is available for the pre-execution hook.
*/
public static void addTablePartsOutputs(Hive db, Set<WriteEntity> outputs, Table table,
List<Map<String, String>> partitionSpecs, boolean allowMany, WriteEntity.WriteType writeType)
throws SemanticException {
for (Map<String, String> partitionSpec : partitionSpecs) {
List<Partition> parts = null;
if (allowMany) {
try {
parts = db.getPartitions(table, partitionSpec);
} catch (HiveException e) {
LOG.error("Got HiveException during obtaining list of partitions" + StringUtils.stringifyException(e));
throw new SemanticException(e.getMessage(), e);
}
} else {
parts = new ArrayList<Partition>();
try {
Partition p = db.getPartition(table, partitionSpec, false);
if (p != null) {
parts.add(p);
}
} catch (HiveException e) {
LOG.debug("Wrong specification" + StringUtils.stringifyException(e));
throw new SemanticException(e.getMessage(), e);
}
}
for (Partition p : parts) {
// Don't request any locks here, as the table has already been locked.
outputs.add(new WriteEntity(p, writeType));
}
}
}
}
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As the detectives start to piece together the clues, Chloe realises that she too is in danger – as she uncovers secrets about her own brother's death which someone will kill to keep hidden.
Cover love, here we meet again! I have a thing for anything red. Shoes, blood, titles. And this beautiful contrast of blue and red grabbed my heart. And for once, I was starting a detective series with the first installment! What more could I ask for?
When you read as many crime as I do (or more for some of my blogger friends!!!) you discern a certain pattern. A gripping prologue, complicated detectives, grisly murders. This is what you are looking for. Welcome to The Girls in the Water! The book checks off all the boxes!
And you know what? It adds something more. Something that makes you coming back again even when a niggle appears. Something you are keen to explore. I'm talking about the relationship between the two detectives working together on this wet case!
I'm used to strong characters with complicated lives, and neither Alex nor Chloe escape this description. One older, one younger, both plagued by a past that is clinging at their heels.
While we do get a real team effort here and get to meet different persons, the focus is definitely on those ladies and I couldn't have been happier about it.
It wasn't hard imagining them grabbing something to it, discussing the progress they were making, but beyond this was building a stronger connection. Alex, as a DI, had decisions to make and Chloe, young and promising DC, was the fresh breeze and clear eyes every intricate inquiry requires. Subtly, the author hinted at a relationship that was stronger than one of simple colleagues'. Alex's need to protect Chloe, Chloe's will to find answers by herself without disrespecting her superior. The way some things were natural between them and others so difficult reminded me of the bound between a mentor and a student. That pride, that fear to disappoint, that protective feeling, that need to prove oneself. The trust, stuck between the work, the heavy background of each women, and their personalities. It is absolutely refreshing to find such a female friendship in a crime series!
The fact that this special and original point completely blends into the investigation and adds to it one thin layer after another makes this story so compelling. I will admit that while the plot was interesting and well-crafted, my attention was captured by the characterization and an unhealthy curiosity as to what was going to happen to those women!
Weirdly, none of the facts you learn about her make them very likeable, but as I neared the book, I found I was being less harsh on them. Yes, I still did find Chloe a little bit childish, but her intentions were good. I warmed up a little to Alex in her big house, all alone. Loneliness is something their career often brings, but there are different kinds of loneliness and Alex and Chloe were both stuck in a glass bowl for different reasons. So I can't say I love them, but I do admire what the author managed to do and I am so thankful to see women sticking together instead of hating each other!
I might have noticed something happening, catching a hint here and there about where the story was going, but I was far from discovering what the author had planned. The investigation dragged a little at some point and I remember thinking Alex King did not really act as a seasoned detective, but at least she wasn't jaded with her job! The victims and the killer took a backstage place for me, as Chloe's own thread took more and more room and nothing seemed to progress until a certain point was reached. Still, the stories were believable, the cruelty and blood very present, and the case was good enough to satisfy readers looking for a crime story that doesn't require too much work on their part!
The Girls in the Water is a promising first book in a series that brings a refreshing and needed angle on its detective characters.
I would like to thank Kim at Bookouture for inviting me to be a part of this blog tour!
You can find the book on Amazon UK, Amazon US or whichever works for you!
and Detective Constable Chloe Lane. The second book in theseries will be published in late 2017.
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I'm glad you enjoyed this one, Meggy!
The relationship between the two detectives sure seems interesting and unique, reminiscent of the one between Rizzoli and Isles (though in different ways), for instance.
Love the cover as well 😊 Amazing review!
I haven't watched enough of Rizolli and Isles (or read, I think there are book too!) to know but it was nice to have something different 🙂 Thanks a lot!
Very good review with a brilliant opening. I love everything red too 😉 with so many series available, I have to be picky so I think I'll give this one a miss.
Red parts on these crime thriller books really stand out and call out to us don't they. This sounds like a good book, and nice that you could start from the series beginning! I love that when I find the start of a crime series I will enjoy. The 2 detectives sound like they add as much to the story as the plot. Great review, without giving too much away.
Yeah, for once, I'm taking on a series from the beginning… Is it why I did not enjoy it as much as I thought? :p Thanks so much, Amanda 🙂 I really wanted to put the emphasis on the detectives' relationship as it's the only part I really loved!
I totally see what you mean. I sometimes wish I did not have a cover to look at for choosing books!
Yeah, I wonder what books I'm missing out on because I'm not a fan of the cover.
I won't put it on top of the list, but I am curious about what happens to Alex and Chloe!
Awesome review.I love the cover too with all the red.This sounds good though the slow parts worry me.I might consider the series in future though.
Ah yes cover love gets me every time!! Yeah friendship in crime is really uncommon- that's different for sure! Great review!!
That friendship between those two really sounds like the best part of this book. I do love when the chemistry is well-developed between cop buddies. Glad to hear this turned out to be a pretty good debut though!
Yep, their relationship is what really kept me going because the case in itself was not as gripping as I expected, without being too boring. I'm looking forward to the second book to see if I keep going or not with this series! | {
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