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Balanga is the capital town of Bataan. It is said to be one of the richest towns in Bataan, and it is here you will discover the stunning beauty of Plaza Mayor de Ciudad de Balanga. The structures here are inspired by the Spanish Colonial architecture, and every corner here is just astounding.
The Plaza Hotel is one of the most beautiful hotels in Balanga, Bataan. We spent our night here after a day of exploring. We stayed in a deluxe room which is equipped with LCD TV, in-room coffee facility, mini fridge, Wi-Fi access, and a hot and cold shower. It is clean, spacious, and well-maintained. And the rates are very reasonable. Overall, a comfortable and relaxing stay.
Visit Balanga City Wetland and Nature Park – great for bird-watching and picnics.
Pray at Balanga Cathedral – Formerly known as St. Joseph Cathedral.
From Cubao, take a bus bound for Balanga, Bataan. Travel time is around 2 hours.
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Сніжки́ — село в Україні, у Білоцерківському районі Київської області, у складі Ставищенської селищної громади. Розташоване на обох берегах річки Гнилий Тікич (притока Тікичу) за 6,5 км на південний захід від смт Ставище та за 15 км від залізничної станції Жашків. Через село проходить автошлях . Населення становить 417 осіб.
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Походження назви села
Щодо походження назви села Сніжки існує кілька версій:
1. За одним з місцевих переказів, село заснував у 16 ст. один з трьох братів — Сніжко. Під час одного з набігів татари спалили село і знищили всіх жителів, які сховались у місцевій церкві. Але від загибелі врятувалося троє братів — Тишко, Юрко і Сніжко, які згодом заснували на трьох пагорбах три хутори — Тихий Хутір, Юрківку і Сніжки, які пізніше стали селами.
2. За іншою легендою, на початку 18 ст. землі нинішніх Сніжок належали феодалу Сніжку. Сам Сніжко жив на іншому наділі, а на ці землі, щоб мати з них доходи, поселив своїх підлеглих.
3. Назва села може бути пов'язана з тим, що у численних ярах, розташованих на території села та навколо нього, навесні надовго затримується і не тане сніг, або з білосніжним цвітом плодових дерев у садах місцевих жителів навесні.
Географія
Село розташоване на Придніпровській височині. Поверхня погорбована, з густою яружно-балковою сіткою. У балках беруть початок численні струмки. Головна водойма — річка Гнилий Тікич, яка в межах села має три витоки та струмки — притоки Тікича. За течією Тікича в межах села споруджено 10 ставків. З північного, західного та східного боку село оточене лісовими масивами. Також невеликі за площею штучні лісопосадки є на південь від села. Ґрунти — темно-сірі опідзолені, сірі опідзолені, ясно-сірі опідзолені та чорноземи опідзолені. Природна рослинність лісова, а на схилах балок та долин витоків Гнилого Тікича — лучно-степова. Серед видів рослин занесених до Червоної книги зустрічаються зозулинці, підсніжник білосніжний, лілія лісова, цибуля ведмежа (черемша) тощо. На схід від села, в долині Гнилого Тікича було виявлено популяцію аруму Бессера, яка на сьогодні вважається найбільш східним місцезростанням даного виду в Україні. На території поблизу села розташовано ботанічні заказники місцевого значення «Урочище Дубина» площею 29 га та «Урочище Ревуха» площею 56,2 га. Є дані щодо існування на території, що перебуває у підпорядкуванні Сніжківської сільської ради гідрологічного заказника місцевого значення «Витоки Гнилого Тікича», але на місцевості жодних позначень території і меж даного заказника не встановлено. Планується створення заказника Сніжківський ліс.
Історія села
Перші ознаки проживання людей на території Сніжок датуються доісторичним часом. Це підтверджується знахідкою бивня мамонта в 1938 р. при видобутку глини у селі (зараз цей бивень експонується у Білоцерківському історико-краєзнавчому музеї). Крім того, за 2-3 кілометри на південний захід від села учень місцевої школи знайшов кам'яну сокиру. Згодом у цій місцевості було знайдено відшліфований кам'яний молот і кам'яне рубило.
Іншим свідченням проживання людей на території села є знахідки польських срібних монет «півтораків», «трояків» і «чеків», датованих першою половиною 17 ст. Знахідки виявляли сніжчани під час копання льохів, криниць, роботи на городах,.
У 15 столітті на схід від села на межі з сучасними селом Розкішна існувало місто Любомир, засноване білоцерківським старостою С. Любомирським. Є припущення, що саме в цій місцевості приблизно у 1355—1356 рр. між литовським князем Любартом та ординським ханом було укладено угоду про мир. Із грамот польського короля відомо, що місто було пограбоване кримськими татарами (можливо, Менглі-Гіреєм у 1482 р.) і довгий час залишалося безлюдним. За місцевими переказами, місто мало численні підземні ходи, завдяки яким його жителі могли отримувати провізію. Це допомогло їм витримати тримісячну облогу. Не зважаючи на це, згідно переказу, місто було захоплене татарами, а підземні ходи, якими тікали з нього вцілілі мешканці засипані землею. Як свідчить переказ, люди шукаючи вихід з підземних ходів, голосно кричали. Від цього крику (реву) отримав свою назву довколишній ліс — Ревиха та окрема місцевість у цьому лісі — урочище Ревуха (на сьогодні — ботанічний заказник місцевого значення).
Перші точні історичні дати, які засвідчують існування села Сніжки наведено у книзі видатного історика та етнографа Л. І. Похилевича «Сказания о населенных местностях Киевской губернии» (1864 р.). Так, згідно даної книги, Сніжки — село у лісистій місцевості у верхів'ях річки Гнилий Тікич, яка тут бере початок, в чотирьох верстах на захід від Ставища. Похилевич вказує, що у у 1730 р. в селі було побудовано дерев'яну Свято-Михайлівську церкву з двома банями, без притвору, без дзвіниці і дзвонів, замість яких використовувалося залізне клепало. Після пожежі у 1774 р. було споруджено нову церкву (яку згодом було зруйновано в 1935 р.), зачислену за штатами до 7-го класу. На цей час село налічувало 769 мешканців (з них частина проживала у 17 прихідських дворах).
Сніжки як село були згадані у переписі населення 1765-69 р..
У 1776 р. Сніжки належали шляхтичу Степану Баранівському, а навколишній ліс — війтові села Зарубинці Дем'яну. Втрата незалежності, розбазарювання поміщиками природних багатств викликали в місцевих селян невдоволення. Вони з метою помсти спустошили ліс, на що Степан Баранівський швидко відреагував, наказавши війтові заборонити вирубування лісу.
У кінці 18 століття Сніжки переходять у володіння польського шляхетського роду Браницьких.
У період Коліївщини, згідно з архівними даними, гайдамаки загону Максима Залізняка, які йшли на Умань, проходили через Сніжки. Поблизу села знаходився табір повстанців. Згідно з місцевими переказами, на схід від села, між Юхимовим та Кимаковим ярами відбулася сутичка повстанців з польським каральним загоном. За легендою, постанці заманили поляків у засідку та підпалили довколишні чагарники у лісі. Потрапивши до пастки, польські жовніри голосно кричали (ревли). За однією з версій від цього реву походить назва лісу Ревихи. Також свідченням сутички є два невисоких насипи на околиці Ревихи поблизу Юхимового яру. Селяни називають їх «могилки». За свідченнями місцевих жителів, ще у 20-ті роки 20 століття ці насипи сягали 2 м заввишки. Вважається. що це поховання загиблих у сутичці повстанців.
В 19 столітті, після Другого поділу Речі Посполитої Сніжки відходять до Російської імперії і з 1800 р. входять до Ставищенської волості Таращанського повіту Київської губернії. В цей час на південь від села у місцевості відомій під назвою Огруд (ogrud-сад з польської) існувала економія Браницьких, якій підпорядковувалися Сніжки та інші довколишні села.
На захід від села, у лісі, поблизу одного з витоків Гнилого Тікича (між Сніжками та виселком Парнею (нині місцевість Прогарі на околиці села Винарівки)) знаходилася так звана Гута. Ця назва походить від склозаводу, який там був. Браницький перегнав деяких непокірних селян з Гути у ліс, через що вони одержали прізвище Перегон. На Гнилому Тікичі було споруджено 3 водяних млини у межах села (один — поблизу сучасного Сільського ставка, другий — на Самаровому ставку, третій — в місцевості під назвою Фелонова гора; всі вони були зруйновані в роки Громадянської війни), а також каскад з 6 ставків біля витоків річки на південь від села (ставки належали Браницьким) (ці ставки були спущені внаслідок повені в 1939 р. і до сьогодні 4 з них відновлено). Також на південно-західній околиці села (біля Антиповичевого яру) знаходились печі, в яких випалювали цеглу, виготовлену з видобутої в місцевому кар'єрі глини. 1855 року жителі Сніжків брали участь у Київській козаччині.
У 10 томі польського багатотомника «Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich», виданного у 1880—1914 р. наведено дані щодо чисельності населення Сніжок у XIX — на початку XX ст. Так, у 1863 р. в селі проживало 769 чоловік, а до 1913—1060 чоловік. В 1905—1907 рр. у селі налічувалося 200 дворів,.
В 1915 р. при церкві почала діяти школа.
За свідченням очевидців, у 1918 р. через Сніжки пройшов один з загонів німецької армії, яка була введена на територію України для допомоги Центральній Раді у боротьбі з більшовиками згідно умов Брестської мирної угоди. Протягом 1918-20 р. через територію села проходили загони місцевих повстанців. В роки громадянської війни у Сніжках і навколишніх селах діяв партизанський загін під командуванням П. І. Кравченка, влітку 1918 року він розташовувався в урочищі Ревуха. До загону входили мешканці Сніжок, Винарівки та Юрківки. Під час одного з боїв солдати армії Скоропадського оточили хату, у якій знаходився Кравченко, і вбили його. Протягом цього року поблизу села точилися жорстокі бої між місцевими партизанами, німецькими військами та військами Української держави гетьмана Скоропадського. За свідченнями старожилів, на південній околиці села існувала криниця, до якої в 1920 р. з встановленням радянської влади в селі місцеві мешканці переховували залишену з часів громадянської війни зброю.
В 1918 р. у Сніжках було утворено сільську раду. Її головою став І. Войнівський, якому довелося розподіляти землі, відібрані у поміщиків Браницьких, а також церковні землі та передавати їх селянам. Це привело до покращення якості життя та добробуту сніжчан, збільшилась кількість худоби у їх власності, з'явилися механізовані засоби виробництва, які значно покращили працю.
В 1920 р. у церковній школі навчалися учні чотирьох класів. В 1922 р. її було перенесено до окремої будівлі. В 1923 р. у школі було створено піонерську організацію. В 1925—1927 рр. у ній працювали спочатку 2, а потім 3 вчителі.
В 1929 р. було засновано колективне господарство «Червоний партизан». Організація колгоспу почалася з конфіскації майна заможних селян (худоби та засобів виробництва). Розбиралися також будинки та господарські будівлі, а отримані з них будівельні матеріали використовувалися для зведення будівель колгоспу. Селян, які не бажали добровільно вступати до колгоспу та працювати в ньому, висилали до Сибіру. В 1931 р. у колгоспі з'явився перший трактор «Fordson».
В 1932—1933 рр. внаслідок штучного голоду, організованого радянською владою, у Сніжках загинуло 800 селян, яких було поховано у двох кагатах на місцевому цвинтарі. 24 листопада 2006 р. на цвинтарі було встановлено хрест до Дня вшанування пам'яті жертв Голодомору.
Протягом 1930-х років було репресовано 10 сніжчан.
В 1935 р. було зруйновано церкву, а її залишки використано для спорудження колгоспних будівель.
В 1937 р. початкову школу було перетворено на семирічну. Перший випуск учнів сьомого класу відбувся в 1940 р..
У ході Великої вітчизняної війни ніяких боїв на території села не відбувалося, у селі майже не було постійного розміщення нацистських частин. 17 липня 1941 р. селище окупували нацистські загарбники. За свідоцтвами місцевих жителів, німецько-нацистські війська увійшли до Сніжок з південного напрямку, з села Юрківки. При цьому, на південній околиці села вони без бою захопили в полон групу радянських солдатів, які відступали. Після цього нацистами було організовано контроль за збором селянами урожаю на полях колективного господарства. Згодом, через два тижні після захоплення селища Ставище, в урочищі Ревуха поблизу Сніжок нацисти розстрілювали місцевих євреїв. За період з 1941 по початок 1944 р. село не зазнало німецьких бомбардувань та обстрілів.
Протягом німецької окупації місцеві поліцаї проводили забір молоді для вивезення до Німеччини.
Протягом усього часу німецької окупації на території Сніжок діяв партизанський загін імені Чкалова. У боротьбі протии ворога брали активну участь 178 жителів села. На фронтах війни 1941- 45 р. загинуло 73 сніжчанина. За бойові заслуги в роки війни було нагороджено орденами та медалями 83 особи.
Село було визволено від окупації протягом 10-11 січня 1944 р. у ході Дніпровсько — Карпатської наступальної операції радянських військ, коли передові частини 38-ї, 40-ї и 1-ї танкових армій вийшли на підступи до Вінниці, Жмеринки, Умані та Жашкова.
Після закінчення Великої вітчизняної війни у Сніжках проживало 1170 жителів (станом на 1947 рік).
В 1952 р. біля школи було посаджено парк, а в 1957 р. було закладено фундамент нового сільського клубу.
В 1959 р. відновлений після війни колгосп було знищено внаслідок великої пожежі. В 1960 р. у зв'язку з укрупненням колективних господарств, сніжківський колгосп «Червоний партизан» було об'єднано колгоспами сіл Юрківка та Торчицький Степок і на їх базі створено колективне господарство «Дружба» (управління новоствореним колгоспом здійснювалося з Юрківки).
У період з 1960 по 1980 р. на території господарства було споруджено нові цегляні будівлі, корівники, телятники та інші господарські споруди. У селі зведено нову школу (1963 р.), клуб (1967 р.), магазин, будинок сільської ради (1984 р.).
В 1976 р. у Сніжках налічувалося 270 дворів.
В 1977 р. було проведено буріння артезіанської свердловини та спорудження нової водонапірної башти № 1, а також проведено центральне водопостачання господарства.
В 1984 р. в селі було відкрито обеліск Слави.
В 1986—1988 рр. деякі вулиці села було вимощено бруківкою.
В 1989 р. колгосп «Дружба» було роз'єднано, а на його базі у Сніжках створено колективне сільськогосподарське підприємство «Зоря» під керівництвом М. С. Вознюка. За короткий час його головування зміцніла і примножилася технічна база КСП, було збудовано зерноочисний комплекс, тік, комори, корівник на 200 голів великої рогатої худоби, а також пилораму. У селі було заасфальтовано центральні вулиці, пробурено другу артезіанську свердловину та споруджено водонапірну башту № 2 (забезпечує водою східну частину села) проведено централізоване водопостачання, телефонізовано та розпочато газифікацію села, розроблено документацію на будівництво цегельного заводу. Але після звільнення Вознюка з посади голови КСП, господарство почало занепадати.
В 1996 р. пройшло розпаювання земель КСП «Зоря», 328 осіб отримали земельні паї.
У 2001 р. КСП «Зоря» було реорганізовано у приватне сільськогосподарське підприємство «Сніжки». У результаті технічна база ПСП почала поступово руйнуватися, а земельні паї стали здаватися їх власниками в оренду.
21 листопада у Сніжках було відкрито храм Архистратига Михаїла, у 2007 р. встановлено купол на храмі, також у селі було відкрито новий фельдшерсько-акушерський пункт, зареєстровано випуск місцевої газети «Пролісок», заасфальтовано вулицю 40-річчя Перемоги, легалізовано та зареєстровано спілку громадян-співвласників майна КСП, розпайовано майно спілки.
У 2008 р. у Сніжках було проведено газифікацію ФАПу та чотирьох вулиць.
У 2009 р. в селі було прокладено та введено в експлуатацію газопровід по вулиці Ставищенській. 21 листопада цього ж року при сільській раді було відкрито краєзнавчий музей.
Станом на 2011 р. у Сніжках нараховується 417 жителів і 270 дворів.
У 2013 році поряд з каплицею було споруджено дзвіницю.
У 2016 було поставлено 6 шт. пластикових вікон у школу .
Сучасний стан
На сьогодні у селі діють Сніжківське НВО «ЗОШ 1-2 ступенів — дитячий садок» , ФАП, Будинок культури з бібліотекою, сільська рада, відділення зв'язку, 3 магазини та 7 кафе. На території, підпорядкованій сільській раді, здійснюють господарську діяльність з обробітку землі ТОВ «Інтерагроінвест» (орендує земельні паї співвласників колишнього КСП «Зоря») та три фермерських господарства. Також діє деревообробний цех, який належить державному підприємству «Білоцерківський лісгосп». 1400 гектарів землі вкриті лісом і перебувають у постійному користуванні Ставищенського лісництва. В оренді перебувають 10 ставків.
Див. також
Перелік населених пунктів, що постраждали від Голодомору 1932—1933 (Київська область)
Історія села Сніжки: відеосюжет до 95-річчя Ставищенського району (2018)
Село Сніжки 1971 року: Глиняні хати, солом'яні стріхи, сцени побуту селян
Примітки
Села Київської області
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A commission from the festival Nevers les Orgues, et qu'ils peuplent en abondance la terre is my first sacred piece based on Genesis 8:17 in the French translation of the Bible.
Fais sortir avec toi tous les animaux qui sont avec toi, de toute chair, tant des oiseaux que des bêtes, et de tous les reptiles qui rampent sur la terre; et qu'ils peuplent en abondance la terre, et qu'ils croissent et multiplient sur la terre.
Composed and performed during a residency at Alice Bénévise's in connection with the festival, I recoreded the ensemble 101 making a lot of animal sounds and used SuperCollider to create the tape part. The full piece includes the ensemble walking around the church following and animated score that specifies which animal noises to make when and with whom as well as an organ improvisation based on certain key moments in the ensemble's deambulation.
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Becoming An Ancestor In Another World From This Day On - Chapter 316 - Divine Sky Battle, Third Transformation
Becoming An Ancestor In Another World From This Day On
Chapter 316 - Divine Sky Battle, Third Transformation
Chapter 316 – Divine Sky Battle, Third Transformation
When Corsia's Nine Heavens Goddess Sword was borrowed by someone, Romo had guessed that the green-robed person should be related to the Divine Mountain Immortal Island.
Now that he heard Corsia shouting uncontrollably, he raised his eyebrows and turned to look at her.
Corsia was very excited. Seeing Romo look over, she took the initiative to explain, "That's our grandmaster from the Divine Mountain Immortal Island! She has disappeared for more than 6,000 years. The last trace of her appearance was in the Lost Spirit Sea, and she had actually been trapped here…"
In several rumors about the Lost Spirit Sea, there was a legend that even a Divine Mage would tremble in fear. Legend had it that a Heavenly Divine Mage had disappeared in the depths of the Lost Spirit Sea. Unexpectedly, this was true. Moreover, this Heavenly Divine Mage was the only one that was currently confirmed. It was hard to tell exactly how many there were.
From the moment the green light had rushed out from the tree roots to this moment, only tens of seconds had passed. Romo had his own thoughts and did not make any rash moves for the time being.
The two sides fighting in the sky were one Heavenly Divine Mage against another Heavenly Divine Mage, and the enemy looked stronger.
Even if Romo wanted to intervene, he would have to obtain some information about his opponent before he could intervene.
At this moment, the Nine Heavens Goddess Sword had been restrained by the huge black shadow in the sky. The huge black chain, which had been severed earlier, appeared again, imprisoning the green-robed Nolan, who was just one step away from charging out of the sealed area!
Nolan Samo was shocked, furious, and anxious. A hint of despair had even appeared in her eyes. She looked down at Corsia and shouted, "Leave quickly!!"
Before she could finish her sentence, Nolan raised her right hand, formed a sword with her fingers, and waved it forward. Instantly, a sharp sword aura slashed at the giant chain sealing barrier in front of her. At the same time, the Nine Heavens Goddess Sword outside suddenly returned and slashed down at the same place!
With the two of them exerting their strength, a small crack appeared in the barrier. Nolan still could not get out, but her ring could slip out.
The Nine Heavens Goddess Sword circled in the air, and with the sword light, it carried the small and exquisite storage ring and charged directly at Corsia!
Nolan knew that she could no longer escape, but she had to at least protect her junior so she could leave and help her bring the items back to the Divine Mountain Immortal Island.
With the Nine Heavens Goddess Sword, which was Nolan's last hope, the sword's momentum swept back like a rainbow, but it was suddenly intercepted in mid-air by a powerful dark light. A sinister black aura spread out, locking the Goddess Sword in the air like a cage!!
The huge black figure in the sky laughed even more strangely. His laughter was like an ice blade scraping at one's skin and bones. Then, he let out a sound of death that could destroy one's mind.
"You don't think they can escape, do you?"
When the sky shook, the entrance-like spatial vortex disappeared without a trace!!
"No, no!!"
A panic-stricken cry suddenly sounded. It was the gray-haired old man who had secretly fled behind Romo and the other two. The vortex, which had carried the hope of survival, had suddenly disappeared. How could it not make him despair?
Seeing this scene, Nolan's heart turned even colder. She immediately understood.
The exit of the mystic realm vortex, which had originally appeared, was a bait to lure her out!
If not for this, Corsia and the others would not have been able to escape earlier!
After Nolan had come to this world more than 6,000 years ago, she was immediately ambushed by this strange black shadow. In the end, she relied on a secret treasure to survive. She had escaped once, but she had failed. In the end, she had no choice but to use her secret treasure to hold out bitterly in the roots of the giant tree for 6,000 years!!
Until today, Nolan had thought that the time she had waited so hard for had finally come, but she still could not escape!
She had wanted to let her junior from the Divine Mountain Immortal Island leave with the inheritance, but her hope was dashed again!
The despair in Nolan's eyes turned into determination. Since she was destined to die here, then…
Just as she had the thought of perishing together, thin sickle hooks suddenly appeared in the void around her and swept over instantly!!
Nolan was shocked. She wanted to erupt her magical power to strengthen her defense, but these thin sickle hooks seemed to have sacrificed their size to increase their power. Their power far exceeded her expectations. Instantly, they pierced through the energy shield and locked her in place, making her unable to move!!
While being locked, the magical power and soul in Nolan's body were also sealed, making it impossible for her to even self-destruct!!
The giant shadow in the sky sneered. "Hehehe… you just thought of self-destructing? It's too late…"
In the distance, when Corsia saw this chilling scene, she exclaimed in shock, "Grandmaster Samo!!"
Beside her, Romo's eyes lit up. He suddenly erupted with the magical power in his body and charged forward with Corsia!
Corsia looked at him in surprise and asked, "Romo, you…"
Romo's eyes lit up. The corners of his mouth curled up into a relaxed smile. "Don't worry, I'm here."
Clearly, she was already in deep danger, so she did not understand why he was still smiling. She was clearly not sure where Romo's confidence came from, but the gloominess in her heart inexplicably dissipated a little. Her initial panic and confusion also inexplicably dissipated, and her shaken mind suddenly calmed down.
As he spoke, the powerful aura in Romo's body suddenly rose at a crazy speed!
Skyfiend Three Transformations, Third Transformation!!
The last time he used the third transformation was in the Calamity Mountain Range with the Innate Spirit Body. At that time, he was a top Great Archmage, and after using this move, his level was half a step into the Divine Realm.
This time, Romo had used the Inviolable Soul Body. With the powerful inviolable effect, the maximum strength this body could withstand far surpassed the Innate Spirit Body!
Earlier, when he erupted with the second transformation to resist the sound of death, Romo's level was already infinitely close to the Heavenly Divine Realm. Now that he had erupted with the third transformation, the aura of magical power instantly crossed that slight boundary and entered half step into the Heavenly Divine Realm!
And this… was just the beginning!!
The aura of the magical power was still surging at an unbelievable speed. The half step was also advancing infinitely close to fully Heavenly Divine Realm!!
Romo's sudden eruption of magical power caused the huge black figure in the sky to look over!
Even Nolan, who had already lost all hope, could not help but feel a hint of hope!
The two Heavenly Divine Magi present were both shocked by the commotion caused by the inexplicable increase of magical power infinitely close to the Heavenly Divine Realm!!
All this happened faster than it could be recounted. This earth-shaking increase in strength had happened in an instant. When the magical power erupted, lightning flashed beneath Romo's feet, and he traversed 500 kilometers in a single step. With a raise of his hand, he attracted a Western Netherworld Fire Dragon. It spread its wings and roared for 5000 kilometers!!
Previously, when he used the Soul-Devouring Nether Flame, the power he had displayed was only the tip of the iceberg. At this moment, when Romo, who was infinitely close to fully Heavenly Divine Realm, used it again, the true power of the Strange Sacred Flame was revealed.
The moment the Western Netherworld Fire Dragon appeared, the entire mystic realm space shook violently. The area where the Western Netherworld Fire Dragon had swept past was left with the trail of a space distorted from the eclipse!
In the blink of an eye, the huge dragon formed by the Soul-Devouring Nether Flame flew into the sky and collided directly with the huge black shadow that was like a deity of this world!!
In the next moment, the Western Netherworld Fire Dragon suddenly exploded, turning into an endless nether flame that instantly drowned the entire Laha Island mystic realm in the sea of the netherworld!!
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Martiany (niem. Mertenheim) – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie warmińsko-mazurskim, w powiecie kętrzyńskim, w gminie Kętrzyn, sołectwo Pożarki. W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa olsztyńskiego.
Wieś położona jest przy drodze Kętrzyn – Giżycko. Przez wieś na tym samym odcinku przebiega linia kolejowa na której jest tu przystanek. Między drogą, a linią kolejową znajduje się jezioro Martiany, a na południe od wsi Jezioro Wersminia. Przez Martiany dojeżdża się do Jez. Iławki, położonego na południowy wschód od tej miejscowości. W Martianach zachował się jedyny, niezniszczony schron bojowy Giżyckiego Rejonu Umocnionego (lata 30. XX w.).
Historia
Przed 1945 istniał we wsi majątek ziemski o powierzchni 315 ha, należący do rodziny Krause. We wsi znajdowały się także gospodarstwa chłopskie.
23 stycznia 1945 wieś zajęły wojska radzieckie, zabijając 52 osoby, w tym 32 mieszkańców wsi. Na mocy porozumień między Aliantami wieś została włączona do Polski, a w sierpniu 1945 jej niemieckich mieszkańców wysiedlono. Państwo polskie znacjonalizowało majątek ziemski, w którym utworzono PGR. Przed likwidacją PGR Martiany jako samodzielny zakład rolny wchodził w skład wielozakładowego przedsiębiorstwa PPGR Nakomiady.
W roku 2000 we wsi mieszkało 149 osób.
Zabytki
Dwór w Martianach wybudowany został w drugiej połowie XIX wieku. Parterowy dwór założony na rzucie prostokąta posiada dwupoziomowe ryzality znajdujące się na osi elewacji wzdłużnych. Dwór przykryty jest dachem dwuspadowym. Po II wojnie światowej dwór wykorzystywany był na biura i mieszkania pracowników PGR. Po likwidacji PGR dwór został sprzedany osobie fizycznej.
Schron bojowy dowodzenia kompanii Giżyckiego Rejonu Umocnionego, wybudowany w 1939 r., nieukończony Regelbau 105a, przystosowany do prowadzenia ognia flankującego z dwóch stanowisk ciężkich karabinów maszynowych. Schron zamaskowany jest drewniana stodołą (do 1945 r.), ściany wewnętrzne z wymalowanymi instrukcjami.
Przypisy
Bibliografia
Kętrzyn. Z dziejów miasta i okolic, Pojezierze, Olsztyn, 1978
Małgorzata Jackiewicz-Garniec, Mirosław Garniec, Pałace i dwory dawnych Prus Wschodnich, (Wydanie III poszerzone i uzupełnione) Studio ARTA, Olsztyn, 2001, (str. 315 dwór).
Waldemar Mierzwa (red.): Mazury - słownik stronniczy, ilustrowany. Dąbrówno, Retman, 2008, 245 str.,
Martiany
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What Steps are Necessary to Enter a Valid Premarital Agreement in Kentucky?
Kentucky premarital agreements should be in writing and signed by both parties. The document should be filed with the County Clerk's Office. Each party should have access to independent counsel and must make a full and complete disclosure of financial assets and liabilities to the other party before the document is executed.
In Kentucky, can a Spouse Give Up His or Her Right to Alimony in a Premarital Agreement?
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Tired of ordinary treats? Try these unique places that will not only satisfy your sweet tooth but may change the way you imagine your after-meal indulgences.
There's a plethora of fantastic snow cone places in Austin, but for those looking to try something a little more unconventional, check out SnoMo. Started by Univesity of Texas engineering alumni Ming Chen and John Sun, the team aims to bring traditional Taiwanese desserts to Austin. Their most popular offering, Snow Ice, gets its creaminess and flavor from fresh milk and fruit extracts. The result: finely-shaved, fluffy ribbons of snow ice.
Bananas dipped in chocolate—yum! Stop by Austin's renowned dessert food truck Bananarchy. The combinations are limitless. Order bananas covered in chocolate, peanut butter, M&Ms, and more. Be sure to try their specialty items, including the "Joe Banana" or the "Milly Vanilly." These treats are definitely something worth going bananas for.
Ice cream is a classic dessert. But have you ever tried Roasted Beets & Fresh Mint flavor or a cone with Goat Cheese, Thyme & Honey? These far from ordinary scoops will have you coming back for more. Lick also offers ice cream sandwiches and rich sauces as well. Indulge in the variety of unique yet delicious flavors—all made with fresh ingredients—no artificial colors or flavors used here!
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If Our Laws Really Are "God-Given," We Should All Be Freaked Out April 1, 2015 Rachel Ford
If Our Laws Really Are "God-Given," We Should All Be Freaked Out
By Rachel Ford
Writing for The Week last Friday, Matt K. Lewis discussed what he considers the "troubling implications of believing our rights don't come from God." He says he's "astounded" that people don't believe our rights come from God or that people are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights" as indicated in the Declaration of Independence.
But, it is not just astounding, in Lewis' view; it's worrying.
Rejection of this foundational principle of God-given law would inexorably lead someone to come to vastly different conclusions about any number of things compared to someone like me who embraces this premise. When liberals and conservatives differ over whether or not the state has the right to usurp this or that right, dig deep enough, and you will often find the root of the disagreement lies here.
The state is not particularly moral or special or better than people. The state is people. If they don't have some larger, higher moral code that guides them, then assumptions about what constitutes the "good" are, at least to some degree, arbitrary. Absent an immutable standard, why wouldn't the law of the jungle rule? In nature, predators prey on the weak. Can we honestly convince ourselves that people are better than that? Some are, sure. But many are not.
The issue, of course, with claims of "God-given" law is that they are no more than that — claims. As soon as you start asking "which God?" or "what rights?" you are going to get answers as wildly divergent and interpretations as arbitrary as the differences Lewis finds so troubling.
Remember: the man who drafted that same Declaration of Independence that Lewis cites owned slaves, as did the document's other signatories and supporters. Whatever unalienable rights they felt they were granted by a Creator, they clearly did not apply quite as broadly as one might guess by the use of terms like "all men."
And the trend hasn't changed. The "right to life" means entirely different things and extends to entirely different groups, depending on who you talk to; so, too, the right to "equal protection" under the law, the right to free speech, etc. Speaking specifically to Christianity, many of the rights we hold quasi-sacred today are either not mentioned in or directly contradicted by the Bible; and while Lewis would probably contend that they are in some way derived from, inspired by, or otherwise divined from that source, the process is far from clear or universally accepted. Even within Christianity.
In practical terms, then, a God-given set of rights is fairly useless since there is no clear and incontrovertible evidence to establish which God, which rights, and for whom; and there are no measurable penalties for disregarding those rights. In other words, there is no certain way to tell what the rights are and if they're being violated.
Even among traditionally like-minded people, there is nothing like conformity on these issues. Believers aren't even able to agree on those immutable rights — not today, not across religions, not within the same religions, and not throughout history.
So if a God somewhere has indeed granted a set of rights, they would be of little actual use since He has chosen to convey knowledge of them in such a muddled fashion as to consistently bring into conflict even his most ardent followers. No doubt for some mysterious reason of his own.
Ultimately, we are still left to figure out which rights should exist — either for a good, defensible reason, or because we accept that a deity commanded it, and so we do not question further. A clear set of rules might simplify the process, but we just don't have it.
Which brings me to what I see as the real issue with assuming our rights are given by God. Aside from the fact that, in the simplest terms, they're not — human beings, not gods, write our laws — it's a lazy approach toward lawmaking that both shields a person from the responsibility of the law he's supporting ("It's not that I hate gays, but God says…") and stunts examination of the proposal ("It doesn't matter what you say, because the Bible is very clear that…").
Lewis worries that the law of the jungle will rule if it was left up to us, but it is to avoid that result that we create (and revise) laws, grant rights, and restrict behavior. Sometimes, those laws — religious or secular — are better than others. Hopefully, we learn from the bad ones and improve the rest. The fact that we have, in general, moved away from slavery, stoning rape victims who didn't cry out loudly enough, executing disrespectful children, etc. as the God of the Bible suggested (presumably, as some reflection of whatever "immutable standard" He represents) indicates that we are capable of moving toward a fairer system of justice.
But shutting the conversation down with "because God" isn't going to help that process. On the contrary, that's the sort of thing that stagnates human progress and keeps us killing witches for century upon century… because God, and His constant and just law, tells us to! (Until we decide it doesn't and, in fact, never did, and those witch burning people were just fallible humans messing up God's constant and just law…)
That a clear and absolute moral code, a "because God" trump card, might simplify questions of human morality doesn't mean it exists. And short of very, very good evidence of its existence, there is no reason to embrace it — and every reason to avoid it.
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Alexis Sanchez has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after he admitted defrauding the tax authorities in Spain.
The new Manchester United forward was accused of defrauding the treasury of €1million between 2012 and 2013 while he was at Barcelona.
The Chile star has agreed to pay the money he owes with interest and he will not face jail, unless he commits any other offences in the next two years.
Due to Sanchez being a first offender and the sentence being less than two years, he has escaped a custodial sentence.
Sanchez apparently had hidden image rights money from the authorities back in 2012/13 whilst playing at the Camp Nou.
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As reported on MLB.com last week, the Chicago White Sox announced Monday the signing of infielder Omar Vizquel to a one-year contract. Vizquel, who turns 43 on April 24, follows the likes of legendary Venezuelans up the middle for the White Sox, such as Chico Carrasquel (1950-55), Luis Aparicio (1956-62, 1968-70) and current manager Ozzie Guillen, who was the team's starting shortstop from 1985-97.
The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with outfielder Andruw Jones, a 10-time Gold Glove Award winner and five-time All-Star. Jones had 17 home runs and 43 RBI in 82 games with Texas in 2009 while making 53 starts as the designated hitter, 12 in left field, five in right field and four at first base.
Jones has hit 30 or more home runs seven times, including a career-high 51 in 2005, and has recorded 100-plus RBI five times, most recently with a career-best 129 in 2006. Among players active in 2009, Jones ranks 10th in home runs, 15th in RBI and 19th in runs scored. His 388 home runs rank 52nd all-time.
Mark Teahen, 28, who was acquired by the White Sox from Kansas City on Nov. 6 in exchange for infielders Chris Getz and Josh Fields and was eligible to become a free agent following the 2011 season, will earn $3.75 million in 2010, $4.75 million in 2011 and $5.5 million in 2012.
The White Sox signed right-handed reliever J.J. Putz to a one-year contract on Friday. Putz, 32, went 1-4 with a 5.22 ERA in 29 games for the Mets in 2009 before undergoing season-ending elbow surgery on June 9. In seven seasons in the big leagues – six of which came with the Mariners – Putz is 23-19 with a 3.24 ERA and 103 saves.
The Chicago White Sox have acquired outfielder Juan Pierre and cash considerations from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for right-handed pitchers John Ely and Jon Link.
Pierre, 32, hit .308 (117-380) with 30 stolen bases, 57 runs scored and a .365 on-base percentage in 145 games with the Dodgers in 2009. He ranked fifth in the National League in steals despite starting just 76 games (63 in left field and 13 in center). Pierre also ranked sixth in the major leagues with a .326 (14-43) average as a pinch-hitter.
Jim Thome will not be returning to the White Sox as the team's 2010 designated hitter, manager Ozzie Guillen confirmed during a Monday night conference call.
Guillen's high level of respect for Thome caused him to reconsider bringing back the prolific slugger, although the White Sox skipper pretty much had decided to go with a DH-by-committee situation, which includes Mark Kotsay, Andruw Jones and Jayson Nix. It was this same respect that led Guillen to make the final call regarding Thome, a decision he conveyed to the popular veteran during a phone conversation on Sunday.
"I make clear how it was going to work with the ballclub," said Guillen of his talk with Thome. "And I just don't see him getting that many at-bats.
The Chicago White Sox have un-retired uniform No. 11, the number worn by Hall of Fame shortstop Luis Aparicio, for the 2010 season, during which it will be worn by Omar Vizquel, the team's newly acquired 11-time Gold Glove infielder. Vizquel, a native of Venezuela, will don the number as a tribute to Aparicio, who is the first and only Venezuelan to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Frank Thomas, two-time Most Valuable Player with the Chicago White Sox and one of baseball's greatest offensive players during his playing career, will be honored by the franchise by having his uniform No. 35 retired during an on-field ceremony on "Frank Thomas Day," August 29, when the White Sox take on the New York Yankees (1:05 p.m.).
The announcement by the White Sox comes one day after Thomas announced his retirement at Thursday night's annual Comcast SportsNet Awards dinner to benefit March of Dimes. Thomas, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the fundraising event, meets with the Chicago media Friday morning at U.S. Cellular Field.
Thomas' No. 35 becomes the 10th uniform number to be retired by the White Sox, joining No. 2 (Nellie Fox), No. 3 (Harold Baines), No. 4 (Luke Appling), No. 9 (Minnie Minoso), No. 11 (Luis Aparicio, currently un-retired for the 2010 season), No. 16 (Ted Lyons), No. 19 (Billy Pierce), No. 42 (Jackie Robinson) and No. 72 (Carlton Fisk).
Ozzie Guillen had given Sergio Santos his official managerial blessing this past weekend as the seventh and final reliever on the 2010 White Sox staff.
Santos certainly earned that nod with the way he had pitched during Spring Training, not to mention the raw talent coming from his arm in the form of a 98-mph fastball. But the converted infielder still wasn't convinced how Tuesday would play out, when the White Sox announced their final cuts. Not with one year of pitching experience under his belt.
Just one year ago, Santos was a Minor League infielder with the Giants, having been acquired from the White Sox in an end of Spring Training deal. The 2009 non-roster invite to White Sox camp returned to the Chicago organization through a trade back on April 1, at which point Minor League Director Buddy Bell recommended Santos' move to the mound.
The Chicago White Sox have acquired veteran right-handed pitcher Edwin Jackson from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for right-hander Daniel Hudson and lefty David Holmberg.
Jackson, 26, is 6-10 with a 5.16 ERA (77 ER/134.1 IP) and 104 strikeouts in 21 starts this season, his first with Arizona. The 6-foot-3, 210-pounder threw the second no-hitter in Diamondbacks history on June 25 at Tampa Bay, striking out eight batters. Jackson has thrown 7.0 IP or more nine times this season and struck out a career-high 12 batters on May 17 at Florida.
Jackson is 44-49 with a 4.74 ERA (424 ER/804.1 IP) and 576 strikeouts in 160 career games (131 starts) with the Dodgers (2003-05), Tampa Bay (2006-08), Detroit (2009) and Arizona.
The Chicago White Sox claimed 12-time All-Star and nine-time Silver Slugger Award winner Manny Ramirez off waivers today from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ramirez, 38, is hitting .311 (61-196) with eight home runs and 40 RBI in 66 games with the Dodgers in 2010. A career .313 hitter with 554 home home runs, 1,828 RBI and 1,538 runs scored over an 18-year career, Ramirez has played in 2,273 games with Cleveland (1993-2000), Boston (2001-08) and the Dodgers (2008-10). An American League All-Star in 1995 and from 1998-2008, and the Silver Slugger Award recipient in 1995 and from 1999-2006, Ramirez was a member of Boston's World Series championship teams in 2004 and 2007, earning Most Valuable Player honors at the 2004 Fall Classic.
Yes, you read correcty. I played for the White Sox…. in my dream! Isn't that crazy? I was shortstop, but I was nervous because usually I'm the designated hitter. I knew I wouldn't be able to work the infield, so when I realized Ozzie switched up the roster and didn't let me know my heart was beating quickly and I was really frantic.
I kept making all sorts of errors. There was one point where I ran from afar and caught the ball, but the ump still counted it as a base hit for the opposing team. I was really annoyed so I walked up to him and asked what the deal was. He said it didn't count cause I caught it with my bare hands as opposed to in the glove! He then said if you needed to break in your glove you should have done that at home!
Annoyed, I walked away, but before I went back on the field, I looked up to the fans. There was this pretty, middle aged woman with a nice smile and dark brown short hair looking and smiling at me so I reached to her hands and gave her the ball I caught. She was so happy and continued to hold on to my hand as I walked away.
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El glucal es el glical formado a partir de glucosa, siendo así un tipo de monosacárido. Es un intermediario químico en la síntesis de varios oligosacáridos.
El glucal y sus derivados pueden ser convertidos en otros azúcares químicamente útiles mediante una reacción de transposición.
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Over the course of these last 20+ years, I have personally made use of every single one of these transformational products whilst on my spiritual journey.
It helps to know that whenever I need a quick pick-me-up, I have a complete array of tools from which to choose.
Scientists have recently made some amazing discoveries about the human bio-energy field and the major energy centers in the body. These energy centers literally determine how good (or bad) you feel each day, and of course, the better you feel, the more you are able to attract the good things you want into your life. Kevin Schoeninger (certified holistic fitness trainer, meditation instructor and Reiki Master/Trainer) has developed a 20-minute practice that will balance all your major energy centers; a short daily practice that allows you to balance and energize every aspect of your being; a practice that better enables you to feel healthy and happy (which is all part of your life purpose). Kevin's Core Energy Meditation system also gives you a blueprint for tapping into your personal guidance system. When you feel connected to Source, you know when you are taking the right action for your life in the here and now.
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Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. These words were spoken by Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich.
For people, like me, who have an extremely difficult time with the visualization process, you have finally come to the right place.
This creation of Ryan Higgins was denoted the Best Manifestation Tool for 2007 and after watching the intro video, it was easy to see why.
If you can create with a joyful and passionate feeling, you are going to accomplish whatever it is that you desire a whole lot faster.
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Scientists and quantum physicists have told us that everything is made up of energy. We measure every form of energy as a frequency. Light has a frequency, smells have a frequency, thoughts have a frequency. You have thought patterns in different brainwave states, all of which can be measured in frequency.
When it comes to manifestation, making, and maintaining, the change from a negative state (frustrations, worries, doubts, fears, anxieties) to a positive state (total self confidence, high self esteem) is of utmost importance because until you change the way you think, you will simply continue to manifest more of the same (which is usually what you do not want). it seems that we have been programmed to struggle; hence, the necessity for changing the negative brainwave patterns that we have existed with, until now.
Morry Zelcovitch has created the Quantum Confidence system. Engineered in a responsible, scientific and considerate way, this system helps people identify and deal with what may be holding them back. in truth, the Quantum Confidence system may also be useful for any number of conditions and mind states, all of which are associated with self help and personal growth.
Using the Quantum Confidence system is very similar to sticking to an exercise regimen or even a proper diet that includes a change in eating habits. Once you get to the point where you want to be, it is important that you keep up a maintenance routine in order to maintain your achieved results.
The affirmations are designed for each hemisphere of the brain. So, too, are they designed to be accepted by your mind so that change, real change, may occur in the most efficient and effective way possible. All affirmations are also listed in the manual so that you may look at them and know exactly what is being directed towards your subconscious mind. Each affirmation is tried and true, designed for ease of acceptance and effectiveness.
For those of you who have never used this system (which involves brainwave entrainment), there is something that you should be made aware of. Brainwave entrainment, when properly engineered, has been shown to allow for the release of deep trauma that has been buried. Please consider having someone nearby (a professional, a trusted friend, a family member) with whom you can discuss these issues as they arise. In many cases, repressed emotions and events clear themselves easily, but occasionally they may be difficult.
As people are listening to TMM recording systems, they find that random thoughts continue to pop out of nowhere. Do not fight these thoughts. Simply allow them to be. It is important to keep remembering that when you resist something, you are engaging in a state of stress. This program is all about natural states of relaxation, peace and bliss.
Quantum Jumping is a meditation and visualization technique for 'jumping' into alternate universes, meeting alternate versions of yourself, and using their wisdom and skills to live your ideal life, created by Burt Goldman (who was actually about 80 years old at the time). With over 40,000 students worldwide, it is one of the most powerful mind power development programs available on the planet today.
The Quantum Mind Power (with TMM) system uses various "sculpted" tones and embedded frequencies in order to get the brain to go into altered (but very natural) states of consciousness. When the brain reacts to these tones, various and beneficial neurotransmitters and endorphins are released (which are necessary neuro-chemicals that our brain and body need to function properly, healthfully and naturally). When the brain is stimulated with pulses, the overall activity of the brain will respond to, and align with, these pulses. By selecting the desired rate, the brain, via the frequency following response (entrainment), can be naturally induced towards the selected brainwave state. It is also because of the frequency following response, or entrainment, that these pulsed sounds often produce benefits similarly found with deep meditation.
Neural Synergy was specifically designed to help to re-organize the brain to a higher level; allowing it to process more complicated stimuli easier than before. An integral part of a fitness regimen for the brain, this recording should be listened to once a day.
Eden Energy Wave Dynamics is designed to pump up your energy levels, while silencing the "voices" that tend to make you stagnate and stop moving forward (because they make you think too much, or cause you to fear something). This recording may be rotated with Neural Synergy on alternate days for variety and/or whenever you feel the need for a quick "pick me up".
Whole Brain Gratitude Meditation was designed as a gratitude building meditation. This recording helps you with direction and intent, thereby enabling you to change your current view of the world (which then changes your reality as well). How you look at things and interpret their meaning can be everything, and amazing changes can occur when you change how you look at life. This recording is intended to be listened to twice a week.
Emotive Brain Wave Hypnosis was designed to help guide you to balance your emotions and experience happiness, allowing you to tap into the deep wiring of your subconscious mind (so that you can better deal with the matters that are most affecting your life). It is intended to be listened to twice a week.
Your stress, pain, and money problems are not caused by what you´ve been told and the solution is not what you think. We've been taught the exact REVERSE of how life works. Did you know that stress and emotional pain is NOT caused by external issues, but by the battle between who you really are and the false ideas you've been brainwashed to believe about yourself? Did you know financial problems are NOT caused by a lack of what's coming to you, but a lack of what you're allowing to come through you – because you've been conditioned to believe you're not enough, don't have enough, or need something outside to 'complete you'? Did you know most relationships issues (feeling unloved, unappreciated, resentful, alone) are directly related to being disconnected from your soul's purpose – which is the seat of your self-worth, authentic power, and indestructible value? You've been bombarded by messages from the moment you were born, telling you what you can't do, who you can't be, and what's not possible – and as a coping mechanism to protect this precious core you began to close off parts of your authentic, powerful, brilliant, gorgeously outrageous self! So is it any wonder that you've struggled to know who and what you are and the great purpose you were born for? And even when you've become aware of what might be possible, is it any wonder why you've had a hard time accepting your potential and really going for it? So is it any wonder that you've struggled to know who and what you are and the great purpose you were born for? And even when you've become aware of what might be possible, is it any wonder why you've had a hard time accepting your potential and really going for it? Re-connecting to your Soul Purpose Blueprint – that divine DNA — and bringing your life back into alignment with it will heal those lifelong traumas, and re-integrate those buried treasures, so that you'll never be a victim of circumstances again.
Since Einstein has proven that energy and mass are interchangeable, various universities and laboratories have been able to either measure or calculate the force generated by a human mind (as in psychokinetic experiments). The obvious conclusion here is that, as mass and energy are interchangeable, the energy generated by human consciousness can be converted into its mass equivalent, the format of which is controlled and directed by the most extraordinary of higher-consciousness processes; namely, visualization. When a human mind clearly, and continually, visualizes an end result, with deep emotion and concentrated intent, then the formatted energy generated is converted into its mass equivalent (meaning the desired result).
Jim Francis, a serious researcher, has a background in both hypnosis and electronic design. The founder of the Australasian Lateral Thinking Newsletter, he has been its editor for the past twelve years. Having undertaken training in various forms of remote viewing, Jim shows how this medium technique can easily be learned. Apart from Jim's description of his mind discoveries and their application, he also points to the serious science that supports his concepts, describing how individuals can take advantage of these scientific suppositions, thereby moving towards a better understanding of how the intuitive mind works.
The substantiated research of Jim Francis, over the course of the last 10 years, was combined with the latest cutting edge brain audio technology. As a result, the Super Mind Evolution System was born. The entire system is available in 21 PDF reports and 20 audio mp3 files, all accessible via instant download.
If you've been struggling to fix, heal, or improve yourself, including your life, now is the TIME TO STOP. Most of what you've learned is making your problems worse. The Law of Emergence: A Revolutionary Principle for Achieving Your Full Potential, is the first program to fully explain this evolutionary process. It will free you from the need to look outside for answers and authorities, from trying to add something to yourself, fill up places you perceive are empty, or even 'attract' things to you. It will reveal the secret of your true power, the fundamental principle great mystics have tried to teach, but that has been largely lost; a principle great leaders in every field have utilized to create masterpieces, build empires, and ignite revolutionary forces that have propelled society forward, yet it has rarely been understood or easily repeated. Now, more than ever, people are looking for answers, looking for a way to stabilize their life and achieve a level of freedom from outside sources. This program will show you how to find the solid ground and abundance you seek, in the only place the world can never touch – within yourself.
The Morry Method™ is a breakthrough new technology, resulting after 15 years of scientific research and development. Having been trained by the world's foremost expert (David Siever) in the field of Brainwave Entrainment, Morry Zelcovitch is one of the few in the world who can lay claim to being a certified Brainwave Entrainment Engineer. The Morry Method™ uses a proprietary protocol developed for presenting various stimuli to the brain and mind, with the end result being a method that is much "softer" towards the brain body system because it offers a more natural incorporation of the brain beats as well as any presented information (meditations, hypnosis, affirmations, reading or studying).
Both Quantum Mind Power and Quantum Confidence (discussed within this section), make use of The Morry Method™, a system that has been purposely designed to help ease the entrainment process.
If you have had any kind of trouble making The Law of Attraction work in your life, you may be missing one key ingredient, as is shared by Mind-Body Training expert Kevin Schoeninger. This is the program wherein you will discover the one word never mentioned in The Secret, a concept that is crucial for your happiness and success with the Law of Attraction. Kevin calls this the Master Tool as used by Oprah, Donald Trump, and all of the great spiritual masters that live their soul's purpose, while also manifesting spectacular results.
Having manifested a dream lifestyle over the past 20 years, Bradley Thompson knows the two missing steps that The Secret does not tell you. He will prove to you that manifesting works brilliantly when you follow his 6 step program. Not only that, but he will hand over $150 if it does not work for you. This just might be something that you also want to check out for yourself.
This program is a dynamite combination of The Da Vinci Code, The Secret and Think and Grow Rich. Mysterious, suspenseful, and powerfully persuasive, it is now available in a considerably discounted (of over $100) and fully downloadable version. What Dr. Robert Anthony does in The Secret of Deliberate Creation is show you how the natural laws of Quantum Physics, the Law of Attraction, and Cause and Effect can either work for you or against you. As a conscious and deliberate creator, you, too, will want these laws working for you, 100% of the time.
is a comprehensive introduction to meditation, breathing, energy work and manifestation. What many do not realize is that there are meditation and breathing exercises you can use to reduce stress as well as improve your health, thereby increasing your level of energy and enjoyment of life. These secrets are simple and yet tremendously powerful. Doing these exercises on a daily basis, as simple as they are, will change your life. These secrets include how to develop control over your own mind and body, supercharge your energy level and feel great on a day-to-day basis, and work with the power of your subconscious mind to move you toward what would truly fulfill you in your life.
Matt Clarkson has created a complimentary course to help you get started. With each installment, you will get an exercise, inspirational message or tip, to help you calm the mind and reduce stress. This is an ideal program for anyone with an interest in meditation, self-growth and personal development, as well as for anyone suffering from stress, anxiety or depression.
People everywhere are searching for well-being (meaning, purpose, fulfillment, health and happiness). For life to be good, we need to feel useful and appreciated. Taking a spiritual growth journey called The Soul Journey will enable you to grasp the bigger picture of who you are. You will discover how to distinguish your personality from soul. You will learn practical ways to develop and express soul for a life of meaning and purpose. In changing your consciousness, you will change your life.
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Praia da Adraga
Praia da Adraga is dotted with dark rocks
Known for its scenic beauty, this wild and sandy beach close to Cabo da Roca is protected by cliffs and dotted with formations of dark, jagged rocks. It was once considered one of the top 20 European beaches by the Sunday Times, but remains somewhat of a secret, although much less so each year, as it can also be crowded on summer days (avoid it on weekends). Still, it's far from being as popular as the other beaches around Sintra, and the northern section (accessible at low tide) still offers some privacy to naturists.
Praia da Adraga has been listed as one of Europe's best beaches
Close to the southern end (to the left as you arrive at the beach) is the Pedra de Alvidrar (the "Rock of Reason"), a huge rock that drops vertically to the sea, which in the past was used for a local rite of passage for young men, who showed their bravery by climbing it.
An arch carved by nature at the entrance to Praia da Adraga
Nearby is the Fojo natural well, which resulted from the erosion of the limestone rocks that also created caves, tunnels and grottoes. The bottom of the well leads to the sea, and a Roman myth says that it's home to a 90-meter Tritan who plays a conch shell (in reality, the sound is caused by the waves).
Cave on the southern side of Praia da Adraga
The water is very clean (this is a Blue Flag beach), but the waves are often quite strong, so it's not the best for swimming. But if you're looking for a beach of stunning beauty for photos or romantic walks along the shore, this is it.
Praia da Adraga has grown in popularity thanks to word of mouth and its restaurant
At low tide you can explore a string of caves on the southern end.
There's a good restaurant right on the beach, with sea views. It specializes in fish, but lists other options on the menu.
The northern section of the beach usually offers enough seclusion for naturists
Beach for: Couples, Instagram
Showers: Yes
Rentals: No
Accessible: Yes
Transportation: Bus from Sintra
Praia da Adraga has lifeguard supervision in the summer
How to Get to Praia da Adraga
There's no direct public transportation to this beach, but it's between Praia da Ursa and Praia Grande, and not difficult to reach by car. It has a parking lot, but on summer days make sure you go early or you may not find a spot.
Scotturb bus 439 that departs from the Portela de Sintra terminal to Praia Grande stops in Almoçageme, which is about a 20-minute walk from the beach (the stop is called "Almoçageme Largo" -- walk all the way down Rua da Praia da Adraga from there).
Bus 403 that departs from outside Sintra's train station to Cabo da Roca and Cascais, also stops in Almoçageme Largo in about 25 minutes.
If you like to hike, you can also follow a trail that starts by the road to Cabo da Roca and Praia da Ursa all the way to Praia da Adraga. It's a pleasant walk through nature, with signs along the way and taking about 45 minutes. If you're in Praia Grande, there's also a trail to Praia da Adraga through a pine forest. This trail isn't as easy to follow as the one from Cabo da Roca, but if you follow the signs on poles and tree trunks, you can reach the beach in about 40 minutes.
Attractions by Praia da Adraga
Praia da Adraga is just a 15-minute drive from Cabo da Roca, a cape that marks the westernmost point in mainland Europe. It's a popular pilgrimage site for tourists, who take selfies surrounded by the beauty of the natural landscape. You can also walk there -- on the road to the beach, just before the parking lot, you'll see a sign pointing to Cabo da Roca. This indicates the aforementioned trail for walkers, which is quite easy and pleasant to follow, and takes you to the road to Cabo da Roca and Praia da Ursa in about 45 minutes.
Another path, accessed from the parking lot, leads to Praia Grande, in the opposite direction.
Hotel by Praia da Adraga
Arribas Sintra Hotel
There are no hotels right on Adraga Beach, but this one is less than a 10-minute drive to the north, on Praia Grande. It's known for its huge seawater pool overlooking the Atlantic, on a large terrace with sun loungers. The spacious rooms have balconies with sea views.
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A seizure is an outward sign of a temporary electrical dysfunction of the controls of the brain. The seizure may be a convulsion, a brief stare, muscle spasms, odd sensations, automatic behaviour, or altered consciousness. If you or an observer believe that you have experienced a seizure then you should consult your physician as soon as possible. Your doctor will perform some diagnostic tests and be able to tell you exactly what kind of seizure you have.
was the seizure caused by a short term problem (like fever or infection) that can be corrected?
was it caused by a continuing problem in the brain?
is there anything about the structure of the brain that could cause seizures?
was the seizure an isolated event, or does it mean that the person has epilepsy?
a thorough physical examination, especially of the nervous system.
analysis of blood and other body fluids.
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or computerized tomography (CT) scans.
Feel free to ask your physician any questions you may have about your diagnosis. It is important to have a good line of communication with your doctor. This is extremely important. It will help avoid miscommunication and misunderstandings with respect to your understanding of epilepsy as well as the treatment prescribed by your doctor.
Is it really necessary to take antiepileptic (AED) medication?
What might have caused these seizures?
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Spies do spying, part 97: Shock horror as CIA turn phones, TVs, computers into surveillance bugs
Nothing to fear, citizens. Keep consuming. Keep smiling.
WikiLeaks has dumped online what appears to be a trove of CIA documents outlining the American murder-snoops' ability to spy on people.
The leaked files describe security exploits used to compromise vulnerable Android handhelds, Apple iPhones, Samsung TVs, Windows PCs, Macs, and other devices, and remote-control them to read messages, listen in via built-in microphones, and so on. The dossiers discuss malware that can infect CD and DVD disc file systems, and USB sticks, to jump air-gaps and compromise sensitive and protected machines – plus loads more spying techniques and tools.
Yes, government surveillance has a chilling effect on freedom of expression. But, no, none of this cyber-spying should be a surprise. Meanwhile, tech giants keep putting exploitable microphone-fitted, always-connected devices into people's homes.
The tranche of CIA documents – a mammoth 8,761 files dubbed "Year Zero" – accounts for "the entire hacking capacity of the CIA," WikiLeaker-in-chief Julian Assange boasted today. He said the documents show the intelligence agency had lost "control of its arsenal" of exploits and hacking tools, suggesting they were passed to the website by a rogue operative.
"'Year Zero' introduces the scope and direction of the CIA's global covert hacking program, its malware arsenal, and dozens of 'zero day' weaponized exploits against a wide range of US and European company products, [including] Apple's iPhone, Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows and even Samsung's TVs, which are turned into covert microphones," the WikiLeaks team said in a statement.
"The archive appears to have been circulated among former US government hackers and contractors in an unauthorized manner, one of whom has provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive," it added.
We're still poring over the files. So far, from what we can tell, these "zero days" are said to affect older versions of Android and iOS. In any case, WikiLeaks wants to spur public debate over the CIA's capabilities:
By the end of 2016, the CIA's hacking division, which formally falls under the agency's Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI), had over 5,000 registered users and had produced more than a thousand hacking systems, trojans, viruses, and other 'weaponized' malware. Such is the scale of the CIA's undertaking that by 2016, its hackers had utilized more code than that used to run Facebook. The CIA had created, in effect, its 'own NSA' with even less accountability and without publicly answering the question as to whether such a massive budgetary spend on duplicating the capacities of a rival agency could be justified.
When NSA techie Edward Snowden leaked documents from his agency, he got journalists to screen and, where necessary, redact portions of his vast PowerPoint slide dump. For today's Vault 7 leaks, WikiLeaks said it had done this work itself:
WikiLeaks has carefully reviewed the 'Year Zero' disclosure and published substantive CIA documentation while avoiding the distribution of 'armed' cyberweapons until a consensus emerges on the technical and political nature of the CIA's program and how such 'weapons' should be analyzed, disarmed and published.
WikiLeaks has also decided to redact and anonymize some identifying information in 'Year Zero' for in-depth analysis. These redactions include tens of thousands of CIA targets and attack machines throughout Latin America, Europe and the United States.
Despite these stated precautions, WikiLeaks is likely to come under fire. The general public will probably quickly lose interest in the spying tools; the code is more likely to pique the interest of shady software developers, who can exploit any remaining unpatched bugs uncovered by the CIA to develop spyware.
One silver lining is that this demonstrates that it is so difficult to crack today's end-to-end encryption apps, such as Signal and WhatsApp, that spies have to drill into the underlying devices and computers to snoop on people. That's a lot of effort, cost, and risk, compared to tapping into communications over the wire, which strong end-to-end cryptography comfortably thwarts. Agents are therefore forced to carry out targeted snooping rather than mass blanket surveillance.
Meanwhile, some folks are speculating that the source of the leak could be the Russians, and its true purpose is to derail the CIA for political gain.
Year Zero is the first part of a larger release of information codenamed "Vault 7" by WikiLeaks, and is touted as the largest-ever publication of confidential documents on the intelligence agency.
Source:https://www.theregister.co.uk
Alisa Esage G
Working as a cyber security solutions architect, Alisa focuses on application and network security. Before joining us she held a cyber security researcher positions within a variety of cyber security start-ups. She also experience in different industry domains like finance, healthcare and consumer products.
In: Incidents, Vulnerabilities
Tagged: CIA, Spying, Wikileaks
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Matt Pritchard is a geophysicist who measures changes in the shape of the Earth and develops models of the myriad processes that cause these changes including: earthquakes, volcanoes, groundwater, landslides, and glaciers. Prior to arriving at Cornell in 2005, Pritchard was a Harry Hess Postdoctoral Scholar at Princeton University, a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, and an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago.
Geophysics, glaciology, geodesy, tectonics, and volcanology; Optical and radar satellite remote sensing, subsurface energy systems.
Space Science and Engineering
Geophysics and Seismology
Geochemistry, Petrology and Volcanology
Paleontology, Sedimentary Basins & Surface Processes
Space and Planetary Sciences
Tectonics and Structural Geology
Research Group Members
Global geophysics, active tectonics, planetary surfaces and geophysics, remote sensing, glaciers, lunar geology, and subsurface energy systems.
Durkin W. J. IV, S. Kachuck, and M. E. Pritchard (2019) The importance of the inelastic and elastic structure of the crust in constraining glacial density, mass change, and isostatic adjustment from geodetic observations in southeast Alaska, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 124, 1106-1119, doi: 10.1029/2018jb016399.
Pritchard, M. E., T. A. Mather, S. R. McNutt, F. J. Delgado, and K. Reath (2019) Thoughts on the criteria to determine the origin of volcanic unrest as magmatic or non-magmatic, Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society, A377:2018008, doi: 10.1098/rsta.2018.0008.
Reath, K., M. Pritchard, M. Poland, F. Delgado, S. Carn, D. Coppola, B Andrews, S. K. Ebmeier, E. Rumpf, S. Henderson, S. Baker, P. Lundgren, R. Wright, J. Biggs, T. Lopez, C. Wauthier, S. Moruzzi, A. Alcott, R. Wessels, J. Griswold, S. Ogburn, S. Loughlin, F. Meyer, G. Vaughan, and M. Bagnardi (2019) Thermal, deformation, and degassing remote sensing time series (A.D. 2000-2017) at the 47 most active volcanoes in Latin America: Implications for Volcanic Systems, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016199
Willis, M. J., W. Zheng, W. J. Durkin IV, M. E. Pritchard, J. M. Ramage, J. A. Dowdeswell, T. J. Benham, R. P. Bassford, L. A. Stearns, A. F. Glazovsky, Y. Y. Macheret, C. C. Porter (2018) Massive destabilization of an Arctic ice cap, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 502, p. 146-155.
Pritchard, M. E., and S.-H. Yun (2018) Satellite radar imaging and its application to natural hazards, Natural Hazards: Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Landslides, edited by R. S. Singh and D. Bartlett, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 95-114.
Geodesy Section Award (American Geophysical Union) 2015
Kavli Fellow and speaker at the Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium (Kavli Foundation) 2015
Editor's citation for Excellence in Refereeing (American Geophysical Union) 2013
National Earthscope Speaker (Earthscope National Office) 2012
Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award (Illinois Math & Science Academy) 2011
BA (Physics), University of Chicago, 1997
MS (Geophysics), California Institute of Engineering, 2000
Ph D (Geophysics & Seismology), California Institute of Technology, 2003
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Prof. Matt Pritchard and docoral student Whyjay Zheng detect rapid 'ice stream' at Arctic glacier.
Cornell geologists, examining the desolate Vavilov ice cap on the northern fringe of Siberia in the Arctic Circle, have for the first time observed the rapid ice loss from an improbable new river of... Read more about Prof. Matt Pritchard and docoral student Whyjay Zheng detect rapid 'ice stream' at Arctic glacier.
Colleagues collaborate to finish late geologist's book
When Art Bloom died a year ago, five of the late geology professor's colleagues collaborated with his family, local artists and others to finish his book that explains Ithaca and the Finger Lakes... Read more about Colleagues collaborate to finish late geologist's book
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Q: Querying Azure Log Analytics from C# application I am struggling for the past few days to query custom logs from Azure Log Analytics. I've been following the tutorial provided by Microsoft from https://dev.int.loganalytics.io/documentation/1-Tutorials/Direct-API but I keep getting 403. I granted all permission on the workspace to my Azure Application
[![Azure Application permissions on the ALA Workspace][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/xxT2A.png
Here is a simple application code I am using to try to query ALA Workspace
static async Task Main(string[] args)
{
String tenantId = "??????????????????????????????????";
String applicationId = "??????????????????????????????????";";
String applictionSecretKey = "??????????????????????????????????";;
String token;
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
Dictionary<String, String> requestData = new Dictionary<String, String>();
requestData.Add("grant_type", "client_credentials");
requestData.Add("client_id", applicationId);
requestData.Add("client_secret", applictionSecretKey);
requestData.Add("resource", "https://api.loganalytics.io/");
FormUrlEncodedContent requestBody = new FormUrlEncodedContent(requestData);
var request = await client.PostAsync($"https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}/oauth2/token", requestBody);
var response = await request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
token = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(response).access_token;
}
String workspaceId = "??????????????????????????????????";;
String query = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
{
query = "ApplicationLog_CL | take 10",
timespan = "PT12H"
});
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);
var postContent = new StringContent(query, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
var response = await client.PostAsync($"https://api.loganalytics.io/v1/workspaces/{workspaceId}/query", postContent);
HttpContent responseContent = response.Content;
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
I keep getting 403 response from ALA API. Any clue what I am missing here?
A: According to the tutorial you provided, I test in my site and it works very well.
Here are some ways you could troubleshooting.
1.When you add role in Access control, you could add the AAD registered app which name is AIDemoApp like tutorial.
And the Log Analytics API permission is add in AAD.
2.Change new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json") to new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded").
3.After adding Permission in the registered app in AAD, click Grant Permission.
A: The problem is with the string content
var postContent = new StringContent(query, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
Log analytics API is expecting the charset to be empty
Add the below line to make it work.
postContent.Headers.ContentType.CharSet = string.Empty;
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Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden has said that running back Matt Jones is "doing a good job of competing for a spot at running back." Recurring fumbling issues led to Jones' benching in week 7 of the 2016 season, and Jones remained inactive for the remaining nine weeks of the campaign.
In 2015, he was given the ball 144 times and amassed 490 rushing yards. He led all Redskins running backs in touchdowns (three), missed tackles forced (21), and his elusive rating of 36.0 ranked fifth of 12 rookie running backs with at least 85 rushing attempts.
Jones handled 64.2% of the Redskins carries from weeks 1-7, and averaged 2.8 yards after contact per attempt, which ranked fourth of 25 backs with at least 35 attempts during that time. Jones will have a strong chance of earning a roster spot if he can improve his ball security. Over the last two years, Jones has averaged a fumble once every 34.7 carries, the most frequent among backs with at least 100 rush attempts.
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Work is now well advanced to enable trains to start using the second platform at Charlbury station on 6th June 2011. The actual first train for almost 40 years to pass through the station's "down" platform ran early on Monday 30th May and a photo of it (courtesy of Network Rail) is included.
The library service consultation has started at long last and continues until 30 September. To take part go to www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/libraryserviceconsultation .
Charlbury library is in a group of libraries that the County Council is proposing should be run by volunteers 2/3 of the time. It is not clear who is expected to take responsibility for recruiting volunteers, managing the rota, stepping in when things go wrong etc - all the things that we who are volunteers in different organisations understand. One of the key questions in the consultation is 'Would you be interested in volunteering?', so be honest. Volunteering is a serious commitment not a passing fancy or something you can do as and when it suits you. Please take part in the consultation and show our community's concern for the future of our library.
CHILDREN?S charity the NSPCC has urged people to pull on their walking boots and take part in their annual fundraising walk. Taking place on Saturday 24 September, it will feature a 12-mile and a 22-mile walk.
Both walks start and finish at Cornbury Park, taking in Spelsbury and Ditchley Park. The 22-mile route will also take walkers through Stonesfield and Wilcote.
First Great Western has published the timetable for services through Charlbury next week, when buses will replace all trains between Oxford and Kingham. The bus journey takes 45 minutes to Oxford, making the total journey time from Charlbury to Paddington is typically two hours.
The first bus leaves Charlbury at 5.30am, and the last one leaves Oxford at 11.05pm. See here for the full timetable.
The CSA were offered the fantastic opportunity to be involved in a new event happening in Cornbury Park - The Rally Show. We decided that tea & cake was something we are quite good at now, and together with Charlbury Pre-School we embarked on this venture. It was defnitely a voyage into the unknown, as it was a new venue for The Rally Show and a whole new group of customers for us. A small, but dedicated team baked over 100 cakes and, together with flapjack baked by Pre-School, we offered a delicious selection of refrehsments during the afternoons of both days of The Rally Show. We had a fantastic team of volunteers who made the event work effectively over the weekend and over £550 was raised. Massive thanks go to all those who baked cakes or flapjack, helped move, put up or take down the marquee, transported things, lent us things or helped out on the Saturday or Sunday. It wouldn?t have been possible without that help.
Picture: Syd Wall, www.rallygallery.com .
Oxfordshire County Council e petition for Dean Pit now open.
Oxfordshire County Council has now created an e petition on their website for Dean Pit. Even if you have already signed our petition, please consider going to this one too, because they commit to investigating the matter further if 9 or more people sign on their site.
On Tuesday 17 May, Cornbury Park welcomed over 100 pupils from local primary schools on a special day organised by the Countryside Foundation for Education. Specialist managers from the Estate gave talks and demonstrations, introducing the children to deer management, game keeping, vermin control, parkland maintenance, forest management, lake management & fishing, quarrying & dry stone walling and arable farming. The Key Stage 2 pupils were from primary schools in Charlbury, Great Tew, Tackley and Coombe.
The petition to keep Dean Pit open has now spread to Chipping Norton, and is gathering momentum.
We have a date for presentation of the petition to the Oxfordshire County Council Planning and Regulation Committee meeting. If you haven't yet signed and would like to, you can do so online by going to www.witney-libdems.org.uk/en/petition/keep-dean-pit-open, where you can also download a petition form for collecting more signatures.
where the interview runs from 1 hr 39 mins into the programme. Alternatively, go to www.charlburybeerfestival.org for further details.
On Friday The David Cameron oficially opened the new sports pavillion on Nine Acres receation ground. to his right is Robert Caston Chairman of The Nine Acres Committee, and on his left is Gareth Miller Vice Chair of the Town Council.
Around £1000 worth of plants will be on sale next Saturday (21st) at the Garden Society's annual Memorial Hall event. Doors open 9.30. Excellent value, as ever.
Charlbury charity SpecialEffect, which won the West Oxfordshire Business Awards 'Charity and Community' category in March, has this week been given the news that it is a finalist in the forthcoming Business Awards that cover the whole of Oxfordshire.
SpecialEffect very much appreciate the fantastic support from the Charlbury community that has ranged from the forthcoming masked ball at Cornbury Park through to quiz nights, coffee mornings, and much more. SpecialEffect is only a small charity and is only able to have a positive impact on the lives of disabled people thanks to its supporters.
Thanks to the small but valiant team who turned up today to give the town a spring clean. We cleared litter from the town centre, Spendlove site, Mill Field, Hixet Wood and Cornbury/Park Street area and from the Skate Board Park. Every small effort helps, and I am also very grateful to the many people who regularly pick up litter on their daily walks. Please continue to do so, and remind your family to take theirs home or put it in a bin.
RAIL operator First Great Western has this morning announced it will not seek an extension to its franchise in Oxford.
The company was awarded a seven-year contract to run services between Oxford and London in 2006 but has said it will not trigger an optional three-year addition when the initial period runs out in March 2013.
Managing director Mark Hopwood said FGW wanted to signal its intentions early to provide ?clarity? to the Government.
The decision not to go for the three-year extension, which would have been offered if this year?s performance targets are met, will put the franchise out to tender and Mr Hopwood said FGW would be looking to secure a longer-term deal after 2013.
He said today?s announcement was "about the franchise and the relationship it has with government, it?s not about the service offered day to day to customers? and stressed it did not change electrification plans.
As Enstone Road and Browns Lane at Charlbury will be closed for roadworks during the above dates the bus stops at The Bell,Church Street and opposite the Co-op will be out of use. Alternative bus stops will be on Nine Acres Lane and the Slade at the times normally shown for The Bell,Church Street.
Bus services will run along the Slade and Nine Acres Lane during the disruption missing out Charlbury town centre. Please note that there will be no change to the normal time table and does not affect any other part of the route.
Local residents wishing to get their hands on tickets to the pioneering new multi-arts festival, Wilderness, can do so from Thursday 12 May from Charlbury Post Office.
The concessionary tickets are available for those residents with an OX7 postcode and will cost £80 for a weekend adult ticket, £40 for a weekend young person ticket, £35 for an adult day ticket and £17.50 for a young person day ticket.
People must have with them one form of ID and a local postcode services bill. Tickets will be restricted to a maximum of two adult and three child tickets per person.
Wilderness is set to take place on August 12-14 among the lakes, forests and parkland of the Cornbury Estate. It will bring together music, food, theatre, literary debate and outdoor pursuits, with such names as Antony and the Johnsons, Laura Marling, Skye Gyngell, The Old Vic and Intelligence Squared all appearing.
Visit www.wildernessfestival.com for further information.
The Conservatives have taken one of the two District Council seats for the Charlbury & Finstock ward.
The turn-out of 59.27% was the highest in West Oxfordshire. The seat was previously held by LibDem Mike Breakell.
The other seat in the ward, currently held by LibDem councillor Glena Chadwick, will be up for election next year.
The appeal by Mark Hofman against West Oxfordshire District Council?s decision to award Cornbury Park a premises licence took place today, 5 May 2011, at Banbury Magistrates Court. Eleventh hour negotiations led to the hearing being delayed and a mutually agreeable compromise being reached.
?We are relieved that this process has finally come to an end, as I?m sure the vast majority of Charlbury residents who have given us such overwhelming support will be. We applied for a premises licence through the only mechanism available to us and it was duly granted by West Oxfordshire District Council in January. By arriving at a negotiated result which involves putting the Safety Advisory Group conditions into the wording of the licence, we will still be able to host all our planned events. The whole legal process has been very costly in time and legal fees for both Cornbury Estate and for WODC. We only wish that Mark Hofman could have placed his trust in the Safety Advisory Group and WODC in the first place.?
The Tennis Club has recently updated it's page on the website, and is keen to encourage new members to join. We also now have our own website at sites.google.com/site/charlburytennis/ .
Junior members would be especially welcome at the coaching sessions that continue on Monday evenings from 9th May.
Contact John Werner on 07825381725 or at [email protected] if you are interested in the Junior sessions or individual or group adult coaching.
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NIBP extension hose for Zoll M Series and E Series defibrillators.
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8900-0195: Includes one training cable with CPR sensor, Y connector for simulator connection, and one pair of replacement training electrodes.
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Pedro Guzmán García (Madrid, 26 de setembre de 1925) va ser un ciclista espanyol que fou professional entre 1956 i 1959.
Palmarès
1957
Vencedor d'una etapa de la Volta a Portugal
Resultats a la Volta a Espanya
1956. Abandona
1957. 50è de la classificació general.
Enllaços externs
Fitxa a museociclismo.it
Fitxa a cyclebase.nl
Fitxa a sitiodeciclismo.net
Ciclistes madrilenys
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The MLB post-season kicks off tonight.
The MLB Playoffs get underway tonight, featuring a win or go home American League Wild-Card game between the Minnesota Twins and New York Yankees.
The Twins finished the season with an 85-77 record, and are the first team in baseball history to reach the postseason one season after losing 100 games. The Yankees, on the other hand, went 91-71 to secure the top Wild-Card spot and home field advantage for tonight's matchup.
The Yanks will be throwing right-handed pitcher, Luis Severino (14-8, 2.98 ERA) against Minnesota's right hander Ervin Santana (16-8, 3.28 ERA). New York won four of their six games against Minnesota this season.
It will all go down at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx tonight, first pitch is scheduled for 8:09 pm ET. The game will air on ESPN as well as the WatchESPN app.
The winner of tonight's game will travel to Cleveland for a seven-game series against the defending American League champs. The Indians had the best record in the American League this season, going 102-60.
The first game of the American League Division Series will take place on Thursday, October 5th. In the other American League Division Series, the Boston Red Sox (93-69) will take on the Houston Astros (101-61).
As for the National League, the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks will face off in the National League Wild-Card game tomorrow night in Arizona. That game is scheduled to get underway at 8:08pm ET, and will air on TBS.
The winner of the National League Wild-Card game will take on the team that had the best record in baseball this year, the Los Angeles Dodgers, who finished the season with a 104-58 record.
The other National League Division Series pits the reigning World Series champion Chicago Cubs against the Washington Nationals. Both NLDS series will kick off on Friday, October 6th.
Joe Budden Talks Migos On "The Therapist": "F*ck These Ni**as"
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I have always been a "large" lad, ever since I was in primary school.
Growing up as an Italian, food played (and still plays) an important part of our social gatherings and a Nonna's (Italian grandmother) key phrase is "mangia mangia" which means to eat.
Feeling happy? EAT! Feeling sad? EAT! Feeling angry? EAT. Feeling annoyed? EAT. This was the Italian way of our family.
I have been a comfort eater for many years. At first it started when I moved away from home and from my city to attend university in London. This was the first time that I could cook and eat whatever I wanted and like any student, this wasn't always the healthiest food possible.
After four years at university, food then brought comfort when I decided to change my career path and move away from what I studied at university to start a very stressful but rewarding career.
It then continued as a reward system for getting through the week after having very early starts and late finishes at work, finishing all of my work and for relaxing and socialising with friends at the weekend.
I feel that what made me look at my diet and lifestyle in a different way was two main things.
The first was a photograph that a Facebook friend posted a few months ago of us in year 6 at primary school.
In England, this is when you are around 10-11 years old.
Looking at myself, I couldn't quite believe how large I was at such a young age and felt embarrassed.
The second thing which helped me to start making a change to my lifestyle was hearing of friends embarking on a Juice Plus + journey and seeing great benefits.
At first, I thought it was a pyramid scheme where you joined the company, tried to sell their "fad" and not get any money or health benefits back in return.
However, after really taking the time to research the product, explore the health benefits and scientific research behind it, I decided to give it a go!
Luckily, I had a month off from work and decided that this would be the time to test out the product.
From the first week I noticed massive changes.
Weight started to drop off, my eating habits started to change, I had more energy and was having less coffee and my skin, teeth and nails were becoming stronger.
To date, I have lost nearly 2 stone and my Body Mass Index score and body fat percentage have decreased rapidly.
I can't believe the amazing changes that have happened in less than two months and I know this is down to Juice Plus + and my amazing support network.
Please take a look around my website, contact me if you have any questions and if you would like to make simple changes to lead a better lifestyle, then speak to me and join the Juice Plus + journey today!
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Model Air Vallejo offers some qualities not been available until now in a water-based acrylic. His strength, toughness and power of mating is optimal for airbrushing.
The grinding of the pigments in Model Air provides the modeller technical security and a high finesse to apply them in their models.
- Coating: Recommended (matte, satin or gloss) to resist oils, enamels, turpentine, and even washed with alcohol.
- Format: Bottles of 17ml with an account drops.
SELECTION OF COLOURS: download the pdf with the color chart of Model Air, select as many units as you want and proceed in the purchase process, you will see a space to write the references (in the comments/observations of the order) and now this!
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Top FTTP/FTTH Resolutions for 2022
January/February 2022 •
By Stéphane Chabot |
If service providers pay attention to the best test and measurement solutions to ensure success, 2022 can be a great year to extend fiber everywhere reliably.
For businesses and consumers, reliable access to mission-critical communications services in an increasingly connected world has never been more critical. The rapid evolution of technologies – including live streaming of events, videoconferencing and collaboration, gaming and cloud storage – is driving the need for high-speed, ultra-available connectivity. The experience of remote business operations, telecommuting and distance learning necessitated by the global pandemic has further escalated demand for service, especially for residential end users.
Communications service providers feel the pressure of these expectations, and optical fiber is being deployed everywhere as the essential foundation for today's and tomorrow's networks. Look no further than the newspaper headlines to see that this is a priority for governments throughout North America and worldwide, with increasing pressure and funding to expand broadband infrastructure.
Network Provider Challenges
Fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks extend connectivity beyond core and aggregation networks to cell towers and end users. However, the path to successful FTTH deployment is not without roadblocks. Service providers and contractors working to extend the reach of fiber optic networks to the home quickly and cost-effectively must also be aware of maintaining high quality and reliability. In some cases, they integrate new builds with legacy networks, which can be challenging.
More deployments also increase the pressure to rapidly expand the pool of qualified installers and technicians who can support and validate fiber deployments.
EXFO test and measurement solutions are aligned with service provider FTTP and FTTH application.
Top 2022 FTTP/FTTH Resolutions
Fortunately, recent innovations in test technology – both in-the-field and remote testing – have emerged to enhance the quality of access network buildouts and meet service expectations. With attention to the best test and measurement solutions to ensure success, 2022 can be a great year to extend fiber everywhere reliably.
Resolution 1: Get it right the first time. For providers focused on fast, high-quality rollouts, "first-time-right" deployment of FTTH is essential. Return visits to fix problems are costly and time-consuming. Additional truck rolls to address connection problems can double typical testing costs.
Multiple test equipment vendors provide optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) test equipment to deliver greater accuracy and insight for installers, which can help avoid costly repeat service visits.
Though assuming that equipment was pre-tested in a manufacturing facility is tempting, interconnectivity needs to be checked on-site.
A sophisticated OTDR-based solution with intelligence and automation can provide visibility to every element in a fiber link. Technicians can access information that helps them fix issues faster, with a precise pass-fail diagnosis to address faults without delay.
Ensuring the suitable investments for end-to-end visibility with intelligence and automation are critical to the No. 1 resolution of getting it first-time-right.
Resolution 2: Solve the talent shortfall with a better mousetrap. One new reality of today's FTTH networks and within increasingly complex data centers is the high density of cables and fibers being deployed. Instead of the traditional 864-fiber line, next-generation versions now include 6,912 fibers to be validated and monitored. The high-density, high-fiber count poses a distinct hurdle, especially when a shortfall of trained field testers and technicians makes keeping pace with burgeoning deployments difficult.
To address this challenge, easy-to-use test inspection solutions that automate processes have come to market, enabling accurate testing with minimal training and providing fast, reliable testing of single-fiber and multi-fiber connectors. With an easy-to-use, automated device, even a new technician can work like an experienced professional. Now that's a better mousetrap!
Enabling new technicians to come on board with less training time, equipped with the suitable test tools to handle the job, makes resolution No. 2 doable for fiber everywhere.
Resolution 3: Inspect, inspect, inspect! A critical aspect of deploying FTTH is checking connections in the field where poor splicing, contaminated connectors or microbeads in the fiber can all impede the signal, causing loss of signal strength and degraded service.
Connectors are known to have high failure rates if not tested properly. Research has shown that 80 percent of network owners report having issues linked to bad connectors, negatively impacting network performance. NTT Advanced Technology Corporation names contaminated connectors as the No. 1 cause of network failure.
Fault detection and isolation are critical in every fiber optic network life cycle stage. Testing consistently and accurately can reduce the cost and complexity of FTTH implementation, enabling network operators to qualify and troubleshoot their fiber networks to ensure high quality of service (QoS).
Resolution 4: Prioritize QoS. Once turned up live, FTTH or FTTP links can carry enormous amounts of potentially mission-critical data, making ongoing monitoring and maintenance a necessity for continued QoS. That's why providers increasingly rely on automated monitoring solutions to ensure optimum performance.
OTDR testing can provide ongoing oversight using end-to-end link testing, diagnostics and proactive monitoring for any fiber network, including passive optical networks (PON) in HTTP. OTDR test solutions with built-in intelligence and automation can provide greater efficiency and ease of use.
Ensuring that field technicians can remotely trigger OTDR tests using a mobile application supported via a cloud-native application server will ensure that everything from end-to-end link loss measurements to link continuity can be quality checked at the touch of a button.
Resolution No. 4 will help ensure reliable connections for positive end-user experiences.
2022 FTTH Opportunities
The accelerated pace of innovation and demand for ultra-fast, data-intensive services will continue to challenge the scope and responsiveness of providers. But with the use of advanced test technologies, deploying a solid fiber foundation and extending fiber reach to the home can be faster, less costly and reliable.
Communications providers who stick to their 2022 resolutions will have fewer challenges deploying fiber everywhere and providing high QoS to their customers.
Stéphane Chabot is the vice president of test and measurement at EXFO, which develops test, monitoring and analytics solutions for the global communications industry. More information on EXFO field tests and measurement solutions is available at www.exfo.com/en/products.
Stéphane Chabot
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Drone Laws Promised After Airport Chaos
The chaos caused to flights from Gatwick just before Christmas (and latterly, Heathrow) by drone sightings near the airports has prompted Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, to announce new counter-drone measures to be taken to protect UK airports.
Increased Exclusion Zone
Mr Grayling, speaking in the House of Commons as the government published its response to its consultation on the future of drones in the UK, and in the wake of the three-day shutdown of Gatwick by unauthorised drone activity in December, announced that the UK government would increase drone exclusion zones around airports from 1km to 5km, and further from the ends of runways.
Following the three-day Gatwick (1000+ flight cancellations) issue that caused a national outcry, disrupted the travel plans of 140,000 people, and may have cost the airport more than £120 million, it has reported that Gatwick has spent £5m on anti-drone equipment. The equipment, which uses advanced technology, is believed to be of the same level as was originally supplied for the armed forces.
Heathrow (the world's busiest airport) is also reported to have invested in anti- drone technology, although it appears unlikely that this is fully operational as the north runway was forced to close for an hour on Tuesday 8th January after reports of possible (unconfirmed) drone sightings in the area.
New Laws Too
Part of the anti-drone measures will include new laws that could see drone users who break the rules being fined or jailed, and police being granted new powers e.g. to be able to 'down' drones in certain restricted areas.
Also, from November this year, operators of drones weighing between 250g and 20kg will have to register their drones and take an online safety test.
Big Problem
The problems caused by drones are not limited to just a few prominent incidents. In fact, 117 near misses between manned aircraft and drones were recorded up to November in 2018.
Gatwick was also the scene of a near miss with a drone last summer that put 130 lives at risk, and the airport was also closed for around 20 minutes back in 2017 due to drone activity nearby.
Other Countries – Drones Also A Problem
The UK is by no means the only country suffering problems caused by drones being flown near airports / in the path of aircraft. For example, back in 2017 a remotely piloted drone struck a Skyjet turboprop passenger plane as it made its approach to land at Jean Lesage Airport in Quebec, Canada, flying at a height of about 450 metres / 1,500 feet and at an estimated 3,000 metres from the runway at the airport. Thankfully, only minor damage was caused to the aircraft which was carrying 8 passengers and was able to land safely.
What Does This Mean For Your Business?
Drones are part of a new industry where the technology and products have been developing before the law has had an opportunity to catch up. Drones clearly have many productive, value-adding, and innovative business uses, and they have been tested and tipped for wider use by brands such as Amazon for parcel deliveries. A move towards autonomous vehicles and new transport technologies means that drones currently have a bright future when used responsibly and professionally. The fact that drones are widely and easily available (with minimal restrictions) to individuals as well as companies, as shown by the many aircraft near misses, and the huge disruption and cost of incidents such as the one at Gatwick in December 2018, indicate that most people would now welcome the introduction of regulations and the investment in technology that contribute to public safety. It is important, however, that any new laws take account of the rights of the majority of responsible drone users, and don't restrict the commercial potential of drones.
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#pragma once
//std
#include <string>
#include <vector>
//core
#include <core/common/source/Color.hpp>
#include <core/common/source/Keeper.hpp>
#include <core/common/source/Lent.hpp>
//multicolor
#include <multicolor/source/CameraTransformation.hpp>
#include <multicolor/source/Light.hpp>
#include <multicolor/source/ModelTransformation.hpp>
#include <multicolor/source/gpu/Device.hpp>
#include <multicolor/source/gpu/ShaderProgram.hpp>
namespace multicolor {
struct Material;
struct RenderingTechnique : public core::common::Keeper
{
struct Settings : public core::common::Keeper
{
enum
{
SPOT_LIGHTS_BUFFER_SIZE = 8,
POINT_LIGHTS_BUFFER_SIZE = 8,
DIRECTIONAL_LIGHTS_BUFFER_SIZE = 3
};
};
class ATechnique
{
protected:
struct BasicTransformationUniform
{
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID pvm;
};
struct BasicMaterialUniforms
{
struct Albedo
{
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID map;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID color;
};
Albedo albedo;
};
public:
ATechnique(const std::vector<std::string>& a_vertex_shader_sources,
const std::vector<std::string>& a_fragment_shader_sources,
const std::vector<std::string>& a_uniforms,
core::common::Lent<gpu::Device> a_device);
virtual ~ATechnique()
{
}
virtual void setTransformation(const ModelTransformation<float>& a_model_transformation,
const CameraTransformation<float>& a_camera_transformation) = 0;
virtual void setMaterial(const Material& material) = 0;
bool isCreated() const
{
return this->created;
}
const gpu::ShaderProgram& getProgram() const
{
return this->shader_program;
}
ATechnique* getSuper()
{
return this;
}
const ATechnique* getSuper() const
{
return this;
}
protected:
std::vector<gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID> obtainArrayUniform(const std::string& name);
protected:
core::common::Lent<gpu::Device> device;
bool created;
gpu::ShaderProgram shader_program;
std::vector<std::string> uniform_names;
std::vector<std::string> array_uniform_names;
};
class Flat : public ATechnique
{
private:
struct Uniforms
{
BasicTransformationUniform transformations;
BasicMaterialUniforms material;
};
public:
Flat(core::common::Lent<gpu::Device> a_device);
void setTransformation(const ModelTransformation<float>& a_model_transformation,
const CameraTransformation<float>& a_camera_transformation);
void setMaterial(const Material& a_material);
protected:
Uniforms uniforms;
};
class Lighted : public ATechnique
{
private:
struct TransformationsUniforms : public BasicTransformationUniform
{
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID v;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID vm;
};
struct LightedMaterialUniforms : public BasicMaterialUniforms
{
struct Specular
{
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID map;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID color;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID shininess;
};
Specular specular;
};
struct SpotLightUniforms
{
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID position;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID direction;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID color;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID attenuation;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID inner_cut_off;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID outer_cut_off;
};
struct PointLightUniforms
{
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID position;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID color;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID attenuation;
};
struct DirectionalLightUniforms
{
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID direction;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID color;
};
struct Uniforms
{
TransformationsUniforms transformations;
LightedMaterialUniforms material;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID camera_position;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID spot_lights_count;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID point_lights_count;
gpu::ShaderProgram::UniformID directional_lights_count;
std::vector<SpotLightUniforms> spot_lights;
std::vector<PointLightUniforms> point_lights;
std::vector<DirectionalLightUniforms> directional_lights;
};
public:
Lighted(core::common::Lent<gpu::Device> a_device);
void setTransformation(const ModelTransformation<float>& a_model_transformation,
const CameraTransformation<float>& a_camera_transformation);
void setMaterial(const Material& a_material);
bool setLights(const std::vector<Light::Spot*>& a_lights);
bool setLights(const std::vector<Light::Point*>& a_lights);
bool setLights(const std::vector<Light::Directional*>& lights);
private:
std::vector<SpotLightUniforms> obtainSpotLightUniforms(const std::string& a_position_uniform_name,
const std::string& a_direction_uniform_name,
const std::string& a_color_uniform_name,
const std::string& a_attenuation_uniform_name,
const std::string& a_inner_cut_off,
const std::string& a_outer_cut_off);
std::vector<PointLightUniforms> obtainPointLightUniforms(const std::string& a_position_uniform_name,
const std::string& a_color_uniform_name,
const std::string& a_attenuation_uniform_name);
std::vector<DirectionalLightUniforms> obtainDirectionalLightUniforms(const std::string& a_direction_uniform_name,
const std::string& a_color_uniform_name);
private:
Uniforms uniforms;
};
};
} // namespace multicolor
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Chris Warren our Managing Director shares his inspiration behind the philosophy of Rocks Lane.
It all started on a chilly Saturday in Yorkshire when I was 9 years old.
I'd just finished playing for my school team and I headed down to the local park with some mates.
We arrived at the park and there in the distance were 6 massive football pitches with big goalposts and even more exciting …… something we'd only seen on TV …. NETS!
So we sprinted over to the nets and smashed the ball in to the back of the net, what a thrill seeing the net bulge and then recoiling, arm in the air and my index finger pointing to the sky in celebration ( just like Alan Clarke on Match of the Day).
Then, all of a sudden, we hear a shout "Oi, get off of that pitch!' and a man in a donkey jacket is running our way.
So we all leg it as fast as we can in to the woods and then sneak back on at half-time, while they are distracted eating their oranges, to re-live some more of our goal scoring dreams.
The full time whistle goes and we can get our last 5 minutes of fantasy football before the groundsman comes along and takes the nets away ….. and the goals don't seem special anymore, so we wander off in the twilight for our tea.
When summer arrives the groundsman takes the goals down for the whole summer and begins marking out a little pitch on the grass, with little goals and shiny white nets.
Perfect for us, we think.
So we run on to the pitch and try out a few moves and dribbles. But, before long an irate groundsman comes running up to us and tells us to 'Get out of here'.
So we reluctantly wander off and throw our jumpers on the ground waiting for a chance to sneak back on and score the winner in the Cup Final!
We have based our philosophy at rocks lane on those feelings, desires, hopes and dreams of that 9 year old boy.
So you can Play, Learn, Compete and Have Fun at all of our centres whenever you feel like it and I promise that no irate parky will chase you off when you're about to win the Cup!
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The New Windsor Post Office is located in the state of Illinois within Mercer County. This location serves 1,213 New Windsor residents with a median income of $60,750. It's estimated that approximately 1,936 packages pass through this post office each year.
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First Date the Musical is a musical with a book by Austin Winsberg and music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. Based around the concept of a Blind date, the musical made its world premiere during 2012 at Seattle's ACT Theatre in a 5th Avenue Theatre co-production and made its Broadway debut August 8, 2013 at the Longacre Theatre.
When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner. As the date unfolds in real time, the couple quickly finds that they are not alone on this unpredictable evening. In a delightful and unexpected twist, Casey and Aaron's inner critics take on a life of their own when other restaurant patrons transform into supportive best friends, manipulative exes and protective parents, who sing and dance them through ice-breakers, appetizers and potential conversational land mines. Can this couple turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives? FIRST DATE is a hysterical new hit Broadway musical about the chances we all take to find love.
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Today I've rounded up quite a few Valentine Printables, all of which, just happen to be free. Get your printer loaded up with ink and paper and lets print!
Cupcake toppers and labels from Iced Gems.
From my own website, www.ewenmeprintables.com, free printable valentine hang tags. These look awesome printed on cream or tan parchment paper.
Hope you enjoy some of these printables!
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Summer may be the season of fun but for fur babies, it can pose extra risks. Dr Louisa Fenny, a veterinarian at app-based home vet visit booking service Pawssum Vets, said a range of health issues became more of a problem in Australia's warmest months and pet owners needed to be vigilant to guard against them.
Dogs and cats don't sweat as humans do; they only pant and so are prone to overheating, especially during summer.
Signs of heatstroke include excessive panting, weakness, high fever, lethargy, vomiting and unresponsiveness.
Ensure you have enough shade in outside areas (shade cloth may not suffice).
Most cats and many dogs are lactose intolerant so regular chocolate is a 'no no'. In fact, chocolate is toxic for dogs because they don't have the biological mechanism to process it. Dark and cooking chocolateis more dangerous than mild chocolate but if a dog ingests any chocolate, it needs to be seen by a vet fast.
Pawssum enables vets to make home visits and then refers cases needing surgery to trusted and selected Pawssum referral vet clinics around Australia.
Pawssum's on-demand veterinarians can deliver 80% of a pet's health care needs in the home – or office – including vaccinations, health checks, dental checks, behaviourist consultations and peaceful at-home euthanasia for increased comfort and privacy.
Head to pawssum.com.au for more details.
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January 16, 2021 | 8 Saraswati murtis vandalised in Bangladesh temple
Hindu woman who converted to Islam murdered by husband's first wife in Moradabad
TOPICS:Love JihadMoradabadMurderUttar Pradesh
BY: HinduPost Desk June 10, 2020
In a shocking incident, a woman shot dead her husband's pregnant second wife in broad daylight. Dainik Bhaskar reports that the incident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad on Monday evening. The accused Shabana shot dead seven months pregnant Alia, who got married to Jafar about a year and a half ago, with a 9 mm pistol. The people around remained mute spectators and one of them even made a video recording of the incident. Shabana kept circling around the dead Alia until the police arrived and arrested her. It is important to state here that Alia was Mansi Sharma before marriage and converted to Islam to become Jaffar's second wife.
यूपी में सनसनीखेज वारदात / महिला ने गर्भवती सौतन की गोली मारकर हत्या की, फिर पिस्टल लहराती हुई शव के चारों तरफ घूमती रहीhttps://t.co/5La9gH0qoR @moradabadpolice @Uppolice @UPGovt pic.twitter.com/RiNQpFzsJf
— Dainik Bhaskar (@DainikBhaskar) June 9, 2020
The incident took place at Vidya Nagar Colony of Civil Line Area where transport businessman Jafar resides with his first wife Shabana. Jaffar's second wife Alia resides in a rental house close by. One and half years ago Jaffar married Mansi Sharma who converted to Islam and changed her name to Alia.
Shabana was waiting for the right opportunity to exact revenge from Alia ever since she got married to Jaffar. The two ladies used to brawl frequently as well. On Monday evening Alia was returning from the medical store at around 7 in the evening with her niece Muskan when Shabana confronted them. At first, Shabana fired at Muskan but missed the mark. Alia then stepped forward to save Muskan when Shabana fired four bullets at her.
A blood-soaked Alia fell to the ground but Shabana continued talking to her waving a pistol. Alia succumbed to her injuries after some time. According to the police, the 9 mm pistol that Shabana had was the one her husband Zafar had given to her after there had been a theft attempt at their home. However, Shabana, a mother of five, used this to her advantage and began learning to use it by watching YouTube. She got her revenge on Monday. It has been learned that Zafar and his entire family are absconding after the murder. The police officials are on the lookout for Zafar and other family members.
(Featured Image Source: Dainik Jagran)
8 Saraswati murtis vandalised in Bangladesh temple
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Q: TCL_REGEXP::How to grep 5 diifferent words from a variable using TCL regexp. And how to send greeped output to each column of excel sheet? My TCL script:
set line {
Jul 24 21:06:40 2014: %AUTH-6-INFO: login[1765]: user 'admin' on 'pts/1' logged
Jul 24 21:05:15 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-: Unrecognized HTTP URL www.58.net. Flow: 0x2
Jul 24 21:04:39 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-: Unrecognized HTTP URL static.58.com. Flow:
Jul 24 21:04:38 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-: Unrecognized HTTP URL www.google-analytics.
com. Flow: 0x2265394048.
Jul 24 21:04:36 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-: Unrecognized HTTP URL track.58.co.in. Flow: 0
Jul 24 21:04:38 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-:Unrecognized HTTP URL www.google.co.in. Flow: 0x87078800
Jul 24 21:04:38 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-:CCB:44:Unrecognized Client Hello ServerName www.google.co.in. Flow: 0x87073880. len_analyzed: 183
Jul 24 21:04:38 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-:CCB:44:Unrecognized Server Hello ServerName test1. Flow: 0x87073880, len_analyzed 99
Jul 24 21:04:38 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-:CCB:44:Unrecognized Server Cert CommonName *.google.com. Flow: 0x87073880
Jul 24 21:04:38 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-:CCB:44:Searching rname(TYPE_A) cs50.wac.edgecastcdn.net in dns_hash_table
Jul 24 21:04:38 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-:Unrecognized HTTP URL www.facebook.com. Flow: 0x87078800
Jul 24 21:04:38 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-:CCB:44:Unrecognized Client Hello ServerName www.fb.com. Flow: 0x87073880. len_analyzed: 183
Jul 24 21:05:38 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-:CCB:44:Unrecognized Server Hello ServerName test. Flow: 0x87073880, len_analyzed 99
Jul 24 21:04:38 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-:CCB:44:Unrecognized Server Cert CommonName *.facebook.com. Flow: 0x87073880
Jul 24 21:05:39 2014: %DATAPLANE-5-:CCB:44:Searching rname(TYPE_A) cs50.wac.facebook.net in dns_hash_table
}
set urls [list]
foreach item [regexp -all -inline {URL\s+\S+} $line] {
lappend urls [lindex $item 1]
}
#puts $res
set s "*****************************************************"
set f {}
set f [open output.txt a]
if {$f ne {}} {
foreach url $urls {
chan puts $f $url
}
chan puts $f $s
chan close $f
}
My Requirement:
REQ 1. I need to grep the following things from $line variable.
*
*URL www.58.net
*Client Hello ServerName www.google.co.in.
*Server Hello ServerName test1
*Server Cert CommonName *.google.com.
*rname(TYPE_A) cs50.wac.edgecastcdn.net
URL, Client Hello ServerName, Server Hello ServerName, Server Cert CommonName, rname are the common fields. Need to grep the words whatever appearing after that as shown above.
REQ 2. When I browse a URL, Iam getting the contents of $line. When I open a URL, my script should automatically grep the above things, and store in MS Excel file.There should be 5 columns in excel sheet each for one field. When "URL" found in a $line, it should Go and sit into column 1 of excel sheet. When "Client Hello ServerName" found, it should be moved to column 2 of excel sheet. Like this I want to upload all 5 datas to excel sheet.
Using my script provided above, I am able to grep URL's and able to upload into an .txt file.
Please guide me your ideas. Thanks a lot in advance.
Thanks,
Balu P.
A: Like most RE engines, Tcl's allows alternation through the use of the | operator. This lets you do:
# This is using expanded syntax
foreach {whole type payload} [regexp -all -inline {(?x)
\y ( URL
| (?: Client | Server)[ ]Hello[ ]ServerName
| Server[ ]Cert[ ]CommonName
| rname\(TYPE_A\) )
\s+ (\S+)
} $line] {
puts "type = $type"
puts "payload = [string trimright $payload .]"
}
(The tricky bits: \y means "word boundary", and real spaces have to be written as [ ] because of expanded mode swallowing whitespace otherwise.)
When I try with your data, I get this output (two output lines per matched input line):
type = URL
payload = www.58.net
type = URL
payload = static.58.com
type = URL
payload = www.google-analytics
type = URL
payload = track.58.co.in
type = URL
payload = www.google.co.in
type = Client Hello ServerName
payload = www.google.co.in
type = Server Hello ServerName
payload = test1
type = Server Cert CommonName
payload = *.google.com
type = rname(TYPE_A)
payload = cs50.wac.edgecastcdn.net
type = URL
payload = www.facebook.com
type = Client Hello ServerName
payload = www.fb.com
type = Server Hello ServerName
payload = test
type = Server Cert CommonName
payload = *.facebook.com
type = rname(TYPE_A)
payload = cs50.wac.facebook.net
I don't know if this is exactly what you want, but it's very close.
For the second question, you need to either generate a CSV file (Tcl's got a package for that in the community library, tcllib) or to use COM to talk to Excel and manipulate things in there directly (the Tcom package is the generally recommended approach there). Which is best will depend on factors that you are not telling us; you should ask that as a separate question while explaining what the situation is (e.g., is there an existing spreadsheet or will the spreadsheet be created de novo.)
A: you can write a procedure & pass the type as filename & payload as data to be written. I have wrote one below.
proc type2file {filename payload} {
set name [string trim $filename].txt
set fp [open $name a]
puts $fp $payload
close $fp
}
call this inside for loop. Please let me know if it works for you.
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More of the same is not an option when it comes to traffic in the centre of Edinburgh. We are much more aware now of the dangers of air pollution from vehicles – it can be a silent killer.
Improvements have been made in vehicle technology, but the increase in the number of vehicles takes away some of the gains. I doubt any reader would disagree with the city council's commitment to "improve Edinburgh's air quality and reduce carbon emissions [and] explore the implementation of low emission zones". To take no action puts us on a trajectory to worse air quality and increased carbon emissions.
The consultation on options for traffic in the city centre is therefore welcome. The idea of making our great city more pedestrian-friendly is appealing. Edinburgh has lagged behind most European capitals in this respect.
In 1962, Copenhagen made Strøget a pedestrian street – it links the city's two main squares, think Saint Andrew Square and Charlotte Square. From that beginning an interlinked pedestrian zone grew. Today, when more tourists seek an "authentic" experience, and creative young professionals are a key demographic for business growth, making cities pedestrian and cycle friendly has become part of their branding.
In contrast, Edinburgh has struggled persistently with how to handle city centre traffic. In 1949, the super-star planner of his day, Sir Patrick Abercrombie, was sent packing after proposing an inner ring road. A similar fate befell urban motorway proposals in the 1960s, and the plans that followed from Sir Colin Buchanan: knighthoods are not enough to sway the affections of our citizens.
More recently, councillors thought that reducing city centre traffic seemed a good idea, and that congestion charging was the way to do it. Then they panicked and put the idea out to a referendum in 2005: the plan was ditched after 75 per cent of voters rejected it. There were also a few problems with plans for a tram system.
So can we get it right this time? Consultation is a good start, provided that it is about listening, not an exercise in marketing like the current consultation on West Princes Street Gardens. There also needs to be high-quality professional leadership informed by best practice elsewhere but sensitive to the local detail. Movement of people and goods in a city is complex, and is linked to important concerns such as safety, competitiveness, health and social inclusion. An integrated approach is needed, not just traffic engineering.
This contrasts with what has happened at Picardy Place, where traffic flow, rather than urban design, has been given top priority at a key gateway, speeding the flow of cars into the centre. If deterring vehicles from driving through the centre is the aim, the scheme for Picardy Place makes no sense.
Residents in the city centre make Edinburgh a vibrant place. Their needs have to be taken into account: the city's track record on sensitivity to potential impacts on city centre residents and shopkeeper experiences is not the best.
Crucially, traffic displacement must be properly addressed. Corstorphine already suffers from poor air quality: a low emission zone in the centre but peak emissions in surrounding neighbourhoods is no solution.
A real rethink on traffic in the centre is overdue, and so the Cockburn Association welcomes this initiative by the council. Wider streets, a pedestrianised High Street (at last!), safer cycling and reduced emissions are all much to be desired. But the detail matters, not least to sustain the quality of the bus services into and through the city centre.
Cliff Hague is chair of the Cockburn Association.
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WooCommerce is a great shopping cart, but it doesn't do much without buying plugins to extend it's basic functions. For example, there's no way to Create a Donation Page with WooCommerce.
If you are a non-profit organization and want to collect donations of any amount, there's no way to do it. Sure, you can create a variable product with predefined donation options; eg, $10, $20, $50, $100. But what if you want the user to be able to enter ANY amount?
With the Product Add-ons Extension, you can Create a Donation Page with WooCommerce.
Buy and install the WooCommerce extension Product Add-Ons. It's $49 for the extension, but WooCommerce is free, so not a bad deal. How to install WordPress plugins.
Go to Products and click Add Product.
WooCommerce displays the Edit Product screen.
Enter a title of Donations.
Product Categories: If you don't want to see related products below the donation product, don't add the donations product to a category.
From the Product Data menu, click General.
From the Tax Status field, select None.
From the Product Data menu, click Advanced.
Uncheck Enable Reviews. Most likely, you don't want reviews on a donation page.
Under Inventory check Sold Individually. This removes the number field next to the product.
From the Group list, select Custom Price.
If you have a minimum or maximum donation amount, enter in it the Min or Max field.
Check Global Addon Exclusion. The option excludes any global Product Add0ons you created for other products.
Click Set Featured image to add a product image for donations. If you don't specify a featured image, WooCommerce will use the default product image.
Click Publish and review the donation product.
Notice that the Donate product shows "Free!" on the single product page and on the category page.
That's it. You now have a donation page. Make sure you create a test donation to make sure everything works.
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Bad video quality is a huge distraction and comes off as amateurish. Investing in the right camera for videos should be at the top of your list of what to do to become a great vlogger. Read on for some important things to consider.
Video Resolution: It matters as we just said. There's 720p, 1080p, and 4K in most descriptions for video recorders today. They escalate in quality starting with HD ready, Full HD, to Ultra HD.
Microphone: Part of video quality is sound. You can't have a great video quality and then not care about the sound. Choose a camera that lets you connect an external mic so you can upgrade whenever you want.
Built-In WiFi: Save yourself some time by getting a camera with built-in WiFi so you can easily or automatically send a video to your smartphone or PC. Otherwise, expect to spend the time to transfer files via a USB cable. Why waste time on that?
Stabilization: Built-in optical image stabilization is a must, no matter what kinds of video you plan to shoot. It helps ensure that videos come out smoothly. So do tripods, so we think it's worth investing in one of those as well!
Flash: Skip the worries associated with using flash. We suggest shooting in well-lit environments using as much natural light as possible. Not only will the video probably look better, but it also saves you needing to worry about fussing around with lighting.
Megapixels: A video isn't quite the same as a picture, so don't worry about megapixels unless you're also shooting photos with the camera.
Zoom: Assuming that as a vlogger you'll be filming yourself from relatively close-up, you don't necessarily need an extensive zoom.
This is Nikon's first DSLR with WiFi. If you're shooting your vlog on the go, this is a great choice. It has an ultra-high resolution Vari-angle display that swivels to nearly any position. It has an exceptional 24.2 MP DX-format CMOS sensor.
It offers advanced imaging capabilities along with a convenient range of controls and connectivity. It uses a 24.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor and DIGIC 7 image processor for excellent high-resolution stills and video.
The sensor's design facilitates Dual Pixel CMOS AF, which uses phase-detection autofocus for fast, accurate, and smooth focusing performance when recording movies or shooting stills in live view.
This newly developed mirrorless camera can film in full 4k video and use Bluetooth to send it to your smartphone. This is a very good mid-range camera ideal for the entry-level beginner. Its newly developed image processing engine is 1 ½ times faster than previous models. Fuji is known for its image quality thanks to its proprietary color reproduction technology.
Newly developed 24.2-megapixel APS-C sensor which outperforms previous models in its scene recognition accuracy.
Bluetooth technology means a quick, easy and automatic transfer of still images and videos.
This is actually better than point and shoot but without the bulk of a DSLR. It's very fast autofocusing (179 AF points and 6 fps) makes it very attractive to anyone looking for a superb point and shoot. Share photos to your smartphone through built-in Wi-Fi.
Record Full HD 1080/24/60P video3 up to 50MB/s.
This Handy-cam comes chock-block full of features you'll appreciate. To start with, there's an extremely high resolution that produces superbly vibrant and realistic images. The equally impressive image processor is fast and the same one found in professional Sony models. You'll be able to record 30p movies in 4k and 60p in full HD 1080 resolution. This camera offers the ultimate in image stabilization.
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Cognos Business intelligence is IBM's flagship BI solution and a cornerstone of their business analytics practice. They acquired it in the big BI purchasing spree in the last few years.
For years, Cognos was a standalone company based in Ottawa. In 2007, IBM purchased them and immediately rolled them under their business intelligence portfolio. It was speculated that this was in response to Oracle's acquisition of Hyperion. The industry trend for the big software and hardware vendors has been to offer everything under one roof.
They have several different products underneath the Cognos BI and Financial Performance Management umbrella. The main software for enterprise BI is now version 10.1. For many years they had been within the version 8 platform. Apparently the change was so drastic as to require skipping a version! With all of the acquisitions over the years the push was to more tightly integrate the functionality.
They also have many niche products for specific analysis and functions. As a result, there's been an extensive interest training and consulting as well.
Cognos TM1 - This is the product designated for planning and analysis. It uses the TM1 engine, which was originally created by Applix until they were acquired in 2007. It also allows for forecasting and budgeting.
Cognos Planning – This is a legacy enterprise planning and business performance management tool, but not using the TM1 functionality.
Cognos Controller – The consolidation and close process software. It's part of the financial performance management group. It's a competitor to the Hyperion Financial Management products.
Business Insight - Yes, its actually a different tool and is partially a replacement of the old Report and Analysis Studios.
IBM Performance Analytics – Similar to the Hyperion Analytics products, this allows for review of performance across sales, workforce, supply chain, and other functions.
Cognos Mobile – This allows for BI functionality to be pushed to mobile devices, such as iPads and iPhones, Blackberries, and other supported technologies.
Cognos Express – this is the product geared toward small and mid-sized businesses, released in 2009. It's marketed as the same type of functionality as the full-fledged BI suite, but built around the TM1 engine.
Get our full review of Cognos BI here.
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using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Quartz.Web.Api.Dto
{
public class JobHistoryViewModel
{
public JobHistoryViewModel(IReadOnlyList<JobHistoryEntryDto> entries, string errorMessage)
{
HistoryEntries = entries;
ErrorMessage = errorMessage;
}
public IReadOnlyList<JobHistoryEntryDto> HistoryEntries { get; }
public string ErrorMessage { get; }
}
}
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DRDC helps advocate for people with disabilities to get medical equipment through DC Medicaid and other DC government programs: wheelchairs (manual or power), walkers, canes, shower chairs, hospital beds, hoyer lifts.
DRDC also helps advocate for people to get Assistive Technology such as communication devices, readers, and speech-activated software.
THE MISSION of Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services (DRDC) is to ensure that District of Columbia residents with disabilities have the legal rights to which they are entitled, including the right to be free from harm, the right to individual choice and the right to full inclusion in the community.
Ensure that people with disabilities receive access to assistive technology that meets their needs and promotes their choices and inclusion in community life.
1. Advocate for people with disabilities to obtain properly fitted wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment and assistive technology that maximizes their independence through the DC Medicaid Program and other DC government programs.
2. Advocate for full access for people with disabilities using assistive technology and other accommodations at polling places, governmental facilities, and public accommodations including health care facilities.
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Gabriela Dabrowski e Xu Yifan erano le detentrici del titolo, ma sono state eliminate ai quarti di finale da Aleksandra Krunić e Kateřina Siniaková.
In finale Krunić e Siniaková hanno battuto Eri Hozumi e Alicja Rosolska con il punteggio di 6-1, 7-63.
Teste di serie
Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (quarti di finale)
Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke (primo turno)
<li> Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (semifinale)
Nadiia Kichenok / Barbora Strýcová (quarti di finale)
Wildcard
Priscilla Hon / Ajla Tomljanović (primo turno)
Tabellone
Collegamenti esterni
Sydney International 2019
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Ironic, Move, and This: I keep watching this The move at the end tho..
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Jimmy took some time during the show to thank the one thing we'll be with all weekend: Netflix!
Jimmy takes some time to write his weekly thank you notes!
jesusisthekey: hicksterlife: i need to read this daily so that my eyes stay on Him. reblogging every day. I need it.
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"Not a bone of him shall be broken"
Meditation: The Jews showed more mercy than the Romans in their treatment of criminals who suffered the death penalty. It was Roman practice to leave a crucified man on the cross until he died. It was not unusual for a man to hang for days on the cross before he expired. And after he died he was not given a burial, but the body was left exposed for the vultures and dogs to feed upon. The law of Moses, however, treated crucifixion differently: "And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall bury him the same day" (Deut.21:22-23). On this occasion it was even more important that the bodies be buried before evening since the Sabbath of the Passover was about to begin. The Jewish leaders had the Romans break the legs of crucified Jews at the end of the day to ensure that they could be buried before sundown. Fortunately for Jesus, he was spared this further indignity since he had already expired by mid-afternoon.
John sees a prophetic fulfillment in the fact that none of Jesus' bones were broken. The law of Moses stated that the lamb sacrificed for the Passover feast must not have any bones broken. "They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the passover they shall keep it." (Numbers 9:12). Jesus is the true Passover Lamb who delivers his people from death and who takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29).
"The cross of Christ is the door to heaven, the key to paradise, the downfall of the devil, the uplifting of mankind, the consolation of our imprisonment, the prize for our freedom" (Abbot Rupert of Deutz, early 12th century). The Cross of Christ is the safeguard of our faith, the assurance of our hope, and the throne of love. It is also the sign of God's mercy and the proof of forgiveness. By his cross Jesus has redeemed our sin and atoned for our punishment. The way to peace, joy, and righteousness in the kingdom of God and the way to victory over sin, despair, and death is through the cross of Jesus Christ. Do you willingly follow Jesus in his way of the cross with joy, hope, and confidence?
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China bids for supercomputer dominance, with a little help from abroad
SHENZHEN -- China's government is investing heavily in supercomputing, but the country's supercomputers are still mostly dependent on foreign processors.
Written by Tom Hancock, Contributor
Tom Hancock Contributor
on January 9, 2012 | Topic: Innovation
SHENZHEN -- A newly built supercomputing center in the city of Shenzhen, next to China's border with Hong Kong, is home to the world's fourth fastest supercomputer. Housed in sleek looking black containers, the Nebulae supercomputer runs at over 1.2 petaflops per second, and has a storage capacity of 1.7 Petabytes, the largest of a single machine in the world, according to Lu Chuan, an engineer at Shenzhen's supercomputing center.
The Nebulae was built by Dawning Information Industry, a partly government-owned company which claims to manufacture a third of China's supercomputers. Dawning sees the Nebulae as a business venture, Lu said. "We make money by renting the Nebulae's processing abilities to other companies," he said. Local automobile firm BYD has used the Nebulae to run crash simulations, and Beijing Genomics, a local biotech firm, used the computer for genome sequencing. But the company needs to attract more customers, as less than 50% of Nebulae's processing capacity is usually in use at any one time, Lu said.
Lu is one of forty engineers who operate the Nebulae. Most of the engineers are recent post-graduates in their twenties. "As far as I know, there aren't any women working here," Lu said. Despite the commercial ambitions of the center, the government is heavily involved in leading the project "A Shenzhen city government official is head of the center," Lu said.
The Nebulae is China's second fastest supercomputer.
Most of the computers processing chips were made by Intel, alongside Graphics Processors made by US firm NVIDIA. Chinese Chips, account for about one percent of the computer's processors, Lu said. "Greater use of Chinese made chips is the future of supercomputer development," he said.
That seems to have been proved already by China's newest supercomputer, The Tianhe-A1, unveiled last October. The Tianhe-A1 runs on Chinese-made "Shenwei 1600" chips, and has about one third more processing power than the Nebulae. But the Shenwei chips are based on decade-old US technology, according to a recent report in Science magazine. "Chinese chips are still behind foreign chips technologically," Lu said.
China has made fast progress in supercomputer development, and is now home to more supercomputers than any other country. As well as Shenzhen, there are three other supercomputing centers in China, one in Shanghai, and two the Northern Chinese cities of Tianjin and Jinan. Another is currently under construction in the central Chinese city of Changsha. "Since our center is close to Hong Kong and Macau, we want to attract customers from outside the mainland" Lu said.
Cloud Computing is one possible use for the Nebulae's processing power, and Dawning has developed its
The Nebulae partly water cooled, using less energy than traditional fan-cooling.
own cloud operating system in the hope of attracting customers. The Company's CEO announced his plan to change the direction of his firm away from hardware to cloud computing, which he calls "the fourth IT revolution," a measure of how much faith Chinese IT leaders are putting in the cloud.
Tons of water used to cool the Nebulae's metal housing are stored in tanks on the supercomputing center's roof. At lunchtime, the engineers tramp over to a university-style dining hall, piling their trays with meat and rice, and slurping from cartons of milk. "Within 2 years, China will have a computer twice as fast as the Nebulae," Lu said. That still won't be as fast as the world's current top supercomputer, based in Japan. But the center of the supercomputing world has, in terms of numbers at least, moved east.
Pictures: Tom Hancock.
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Empty Hearts supergroup brings together musicians from '80s pop groups
Sure, The Empty Hearts' members came from Blondie, The Cars, The Romantics and The Chesterfield Kings. But they'd rather just have you focus on the music.
When familiar musicians from established bands join forces to start a new group, it almost always looks great on paper.
But what the finished product sounds like on tape (or whatever recording-playback medium is in use) can often tell a very different story.
Clem Burke is confident that what he and his fellow Empty Hearts — Wally Palmar, Elliot Easton and Andy Babiuk — have promised on paper is fulfilled on polycarbonate.
"Every track is great," he says.
While members of The Empty Hearts would rather have you think of them as journeymen musicians than a super group, there are a few hints that project is a little higher profile than your average jam band. First, its membership drew from the ranks of The Chesterfield Kings (Andy Babiuk), The Cars (Elliot Easton), The Romantics (Wally Palmar) and Blondie (Clem Burke). Second, E Street Band alum Steven Van Zandt gave the outfit its name. And the band got a boost from a fellow "journeyman" — Ian McLagan of Small Faces fame.
But The Empty Hearts' eponymous debut is the epitome of the old-school album; it is meant to be savored as a sum of the whole, not chopped up into two-minute pieces.
"It's not for people with short attention spans," Burke says. "The album really flows, and we're all proud of it."
(RELATED: Album review of "The Empty Hearts)
The band brings together artists representative of some of the best of 1980s pop: Blondie drummer Burke, Romantics singer-guitarist Palmar, Cars guitarist Easton and Chesterfield Kings bassist Babiuk. The quartet convened in March 2013 to record The Empty Hearts' self-titled debut, but the album stayed in the vault until Aug. 5, 2014, when it was released by 429 Records.
Palmar and Burke discuss a variety of topics, including how they became members of The Empty Hearts and what fans can expect at the band's upcoming concerts (check theemptyhearts.com for details).
GOLDMINE: The term "super group" — is it appropriate for a band of well-known individuals such as The Empty Hearts, or do you find that label to be misleading or even archaic?
WALLY PALMAR: People are going to coin the band whatever way they want. When we put the band together, [that term] wasn't at the top of the list because we never considered ourselves to be any form of "super group." The Empty Hearts, we are who we are. We're four individuals from other bands, and those bands are fairly well known. It's one of those things that is going to describe itself, essentially.
CLEM BURKE: I find it somewhat intimidating. I would say that we are journeymen. We're professional musicians who have been in the music business for a long time now. I like the word "journeymen" — it sounds better than "veteran;" it wasn't like we went to war or anything. And "survivors" is kind of a dramatic word to use, although a lot of people have fallen by the wayside, both physically and many other ways through being in the music business. But I think journeymen sums it up. To me, a supergroup was Blind Faith. So is Andy Babiuk the Ric Grech of The Empty Hearts? I don't know.
GOLDMINE: Talk about getting the call from Andy Babiuk for this project. What did he say in pitching his band idea to you, and what was your immediate reaction and response?
WALLY PALMAR: He called me up a few years ago, and at that point, I was finishing up my tour of duty with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band. Andy had an interesting prospect: "Wouldn't it be nice to put a band together of guys who all get along, they're on the same wavelength, with no attitudes?" I said, "All that sounds good on paper. Who do you have in mind?" And he mentioned Clem, then he mentioned Elliot. I said, "All these guys are busy with projects, and I have The Romantics. How about yourself?" And he said, "Well, I just finished up stuff with The Chesterfield Kings, and I'm right in the middle of this Rolling Stones gear book." I go, "Then you've got your hands full. How are you going to make this work?" And he said, "Well, I got some ideas. Any way you might be able to help finish up some songs?" So it started as simple as that. From that point, it was just a matter of phone calls. We took the song ideas that we had, then we put everybody in one room after Clem and Elliot [got involved].
CLEM BURKE: I've known Andy for a long time. I was playing with Hugh Cornwell from The Stranglers at a little club in Rochester, New York, and Andy and his wife showed up at one of the shows. We started talking about collaborating on something at some point. I've known Elliot for a long time, and we were trying to put a band together with Doug Fieger [The Knack] before Doug passed. So it was the axis of Andy and Wally being good friends and wanting to do something, and Elliot and I being friends and wanting to work together in a band.
GOLDMINE: Whether it's a sports team or a band, fans like to talk about the hard-to-qualify element known as chemistry and how it contributes to success. That said, how much bonding — personally and musically — was there within The Empty Hearts leading up to the recording sessions?
CLEM BURKE: It's like that Bruce Springsteen song "Bobby Jean": "We liked the same bands/We liked the same clothes." We had common ground based on those types of things. No one answered an ad to be in this band. I played with Wally in The Romantics for about 10 years, so we have history. The only person that I hadn't really worked with before was Andy. We were able to carve out the time, and every time we got into the studio, there was chemistry and a musical bond, and a friendship was forming amongst the four of us.
GOLDMINE: Clem, how did you approach this material as compared with coming up with drum parts for a Blondie album?
CLEM BURKE: There was a lot of spontaneity in this record. Modern-day pop music is a lot of programming and a lot of studio manipulation and computer science going on. This record is the antithesis of that. The first mandate that [producer] Ed Stasium had when he came into the studio on the first day was no click tracks on the drums. Not everybody is going to get into a room and play like a band like we did when we were 15 years old in somebody's garage or front room. And that's basically what we did, but of course we were a lot better on our instruments than we were back then (laughs). It just kind of exploded from there. Andy has a great studio room, a big, open loft space, and the atmosphere was very conducive to just getting in there and playing.
GOLDMINE: The album was recorded in March 2013, and both its existence and that of the band were kept under wraps. That's difficult to do in the age of the Internet. Were any special steps taken to keep everything quiet?
WALLY PALMAR: It was very tight-lipped. It just worked out the way it did. It's not like there was any real special plan for this. A lot of things we just let happen because it was out of our hands. We were dictated to by each individual's schedules — and that includes Ed, too. It was just one of those things that developed when the time was right. We slowly started to add to it. And how about this for timing? It just so happened that Clem had done a project with Ian McLagan, and while I'm in Rochester (New York) doing vocals, Ian is in Rochester and Buffalo that same weekend. So all of a sudden, there's a phone call to Ian: "We'd be honored if you wanted to even come by and possibly lay down some tracks." So Ian comes by and does his part.
CLEM BURKE: I just think the people we were working with were all people who can keep their word. I mean, our friends knew about the band, but we didn't want to make any announcement about it until we were able to place the record. There were a couple of options, but we're happy with 429, given its roster of artists and the background of that label.
GOLDMINE: How do you envision the breakdown of the set list each night when The Empty Hearts tour this fall? Will the signature bands of each member be represented by a few songs?
WALLY PALMAR: At one point, we said, "Let's put the album together so it has a flow like a live show," so a large percentage of the sequencing came out of that. I can easily see us doing the album from front to back and having a really good flow during the set. [Also performing songs by our main bands] would play into our favor (laughs).
CLEM BURKE: I think the set list is going to be dictated by the venue. We are kind of operating on all fronts with this band, but perhaps ultimately the band might be the type of band people want to see in maybe a soft-ticket environment, as they call it in the business — playing casinos and things like that. But if we're playing a rock club, the set list would most likely consist of the album with a few choice covers. I think The Romantics' material would be the easiest to focus on because they are a great, traditional rock band. The Cars and Blondie stuff takes a little more adapting. But I don't think that's our primary motive at all. The primary motive was to make this record, go out and play and have people recognize The Empty Hearts as a great live band. GM
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Thomas Nelson Student Government Association (SGA) leaders and advisors joined more than 400 students from across Virginia's Community Colleges at the 2018 Student Leadership Conference. The Nov. 16-18 event took place in Virginia Beach at the Founders Inn and Spa.
Titled "Unleash Your Super Leader," this year's conference gave students an opportunity to learn different leadership styles, various leadership strategies to use in college and beyond, ice breakers, team-building activities and more.
Thomas Nelson's team of 14 included advisors and 12 students. Among those was SGA President Elizabeth "Liz" Axberg, who looked forward to the conference as a way to get motivated, inspired and network with other VCCS student leaders.
In addition to hearing from nationally-known leadership coaches and influencers throughout the week, participants also volunteered with Rise Against Hunger, an international hunger relief organization that distributes food to pack 10,000 meals for those in need.
Keep up with SGA by following them on Instagram @thomasnelsonsga. Review images and videos from their weekend there as well as information regarding upcoming events.
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Who needs hype? Kenin emerges to secure spot in Australian Open semis
Embiid: Barkley and Shaq criticism justified
1:29 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Joel Embiid heard the criticism directed at him by Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal. And, according to Embiid, they are right. "Maybe they're right. Maybe. I do think they're right. I think I need to be more aggressive, and just look to impose myself and look to dominate,"
Tim BontempsESPN
BOSTON — Joel Embiid heard the criticism directed at him by Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal.
And, according to Embiid, they are right.
"Maybe they're right. Maybe. I do think they're right. I think I need to be more aggressive, and just look to impose myself and look to dominate," he said.
"I think the whole season I haven't done that, and you can see the way it has affected my efficiency and my stats, so I guess I need to go back to having fun and just dominating. But I get what they are saying and I think they are right, man. I have to make a change."
Joel Embiid had 15 points and 13 rebounds in a season-opening 107-93 win over Boston. Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images
While Embiid had 22 points, 10 rebounds and six assists going up against fellow All-NBA center Nikola Jokic Tuesday night, that wasn't good enough in the eyes of Barkley and O'Neal, as they both criticized Embiid for his effort and failing to dominate games in the way they think he should.
"He's the toughest player in the league to match up with," Barkley said on TNT after it showed the game Tuesday. "But we don't talk about him the way we talk about Luka [Doncic], Giannis [Antetokounmpo], Anthony Davis, James [Harden]. We don't ever say that about him.
"It's frustrating for me, because I picked the Sixers to get to the Finals."
As for O'Neal, he said, "We're telling you, 'You can be great. You ain't playing hard enough.' Twenty-two [points] ain't enough to get you to the next level.
"Do you want to be great or do you want to be good? If you want to be good, keep doing 22 points. You want to be great, give me 28, give me 30. You want to be great, watch Giannis — he wants to be great."
Embiid's averages this season are still eye-popping — 22 points, 12.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists entering Thursday night's nationally televised game here against the Celtics — but his shooting percentage (45.8) is lower than last season, and he's clearly been impacted by the way the Sixers chose to remake their team in the offseason.
By moving on from J.J. Redick — who had brilliant chemistry with Embiid during their two seasons together in Philadelphia — and signing Al Horford, an already spacing-challenged offense became even more so. That, coupled with Embiid playing less minutes than he did last season in an effort to stay healthy for the playoffs, has left him trying to find a rhythm in a new environment.
"I mean, I said earlier that I want to get to the playoffs healthy," Embiid said. "The last two years I was not healthy. Two years ago it was my face, and then last year it was my knee and I was sick. This year, I kind of told myself I want to get there healthy.
"We got a new group. I'm still trying to get used to it. It's different. It's completely different. The way I'm being guarded this year, every time I touch the ball, heavy double-, triple-teams.
"[I'm] just trying to navigate through it. Just be a basketball player, make the right plays, if I get double-teamed my teammates know I'm going to pass it, so it's about balancing between trying to make something happen for your team and making the right play."
On a team with shooters around him, perhaps Embiid would have the kind of spacing that would allow him to relentlessly attack single coverage inside. But that isn't what his life in Philadelphia is like for Embiid. Instead, Philadelphia is the biggest team in the league across the board, leaning into the strengths of its best player and trying to beat its opponents into submission at both ends of the court.
That begins with Embiid, one of the league's best defensive players and its most dominant force in the post. But, he said, he knows that if he has an off game, people will look at him — like Barkley and O'Neal did — and expect more.
"That's the high standard that I guess that I set," he said. "It just feels like if I don't score 35 points or, I don't know, 40 points, it feels like it's a down game, even when I have 30. It's just the way it is. I signed up for it.
"I want to be great. I put the work in to be at this level and to be better, and I still feel like I have a lot of potential, and people feel the same way so it's only right for people to expect me to, like Shaq and Charles said, to drop 35 a night.
"I'm not a selfish player, I take whatever the defense gives me, if they're going to double-team me all night and I only take two shots, I'll do that, too. I've got to play within the concept of the game and follow whatever the team wants me to do. I've been following it, and if it takes me taking five shots a game I guess I've got to do it."
Gordon Hayward took a hit to the face Wednesday night in a loss to the Indiana Pacers, but the Boston Celtics said he is probable to play against the Sixers. Marcus Smart (eye infection) and Robert Williams (hip) remain out.
For Philadelphia, Horford — who is back here for the first time since he left the Celtics to sign with the Sixers as a free agent this summer — is questionable to play with a sore left knee and left hamstring tightness.
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Bite-Sized: Has Google stopped selling the Pixel 2?
Home /Bite-Sized, Hardware/Bite-Sized: Has Google stopped selling the Pixel 2?
Google has apparently stopped selling the Pixel 2, judging by the fact that users are being redirected to the Pixel 3 landing page when using the URLs.
Google launched the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL in late October 2017 and while users have reported some issues with their colour display on the larger 2 XL in the past, the range has been received positively overall, still holding its own when compared to flagships of 2018 as well as 2019.
The devices are also reportedly getting the Android Q update later this year and while it's official selling days are over we're sure to see them around for another few years at least.
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French literature summaries - 2021
Short summary - Confessions
"I told the truth. If anyone knows anything contrary to what is told here, he knows only lies and slander. "
The author of these lines calls his first misfortune his own birth, which cost the life of his mother. The child grows up, showing the defects inherent in his age; "I was a chatterbox, a gourmand, a liar sometimes," Jean-Jacques admits. Separated from his father since childhood, he falls under the care of his uncle, and he gives him to study. From the punishments of the mentor, an early sensuality awakens in an eight-year-old boy, which left an imprint on all his subsequent relationships with the fair sex. "All my life I longed for and remained silent in front of the women whom I loved most," the author writes, making "the first and most painful step in the dark and dirty labyrinth" of his confessions. The teenager is given to the engraver as an apprentice; at this time, for the first time, he shows a thirst for theft. "In essence, these thefts were very innocent, since everything that I carried from the owner was used by me to work for him," Jean-Jacques chides himself. Simultaneously with addictions, a passion for reading awakens in him, and he reads everything. At sixteen, Jean-Jacques is a young man "restless, dissatisfied with everything and himself, without affection for his craft."
Suddenly, the young man drops everything and goes to wander. Fate brings him to the charming twenty-eight-year-old Madame de Varence, between them a relationship is struck, which largely determined the life of Jean-Jacques. Madame de Varence convinces the young man to convert from Protestantism to Catholicism, and he goes to Turin, in a refuge for new converts. Having escaped after the completion of the ceremony, he leads a carefree life, walks around the city and its environs and falls in love with all pretty women. "Never before have the passions been so strong and so pure as mine; love has never been more tender, more disinterested, "he recalls. When he runs out of money, he goes to a certain countess as a lackey. In her service, Jean-Jacques commits an offense, which he then regrets all his life: taking a silver ribbon from the mistress, he accuses the young servant of this theft. The girl is kicked out, her reputation is irreparably damaged. The desire to finally confess this sin is one of the reasons that prompted him to write this confession. Jean-Jacques' mistress dies; a young man joins a wealthy family as a secretary. He studies a lot and diligently, and avenues for further career advancement are opening up for him. However, the desire for vagrancy overpowers, and he is sent back to Switzerland. Having reached his native land, he appears to Madame de Varence. She happily accepts him, and he settles in her house. Madame de Varence puts him in a singing school, where he thoroughly studies music. But the very first concert, which young Jean-Jacques dares to give, fails miserably. Of course, no one even suspects that time will pass, and the works of today's loser will be performed in the presence of the king, and all the courtiers will sigh and say: "Oh, what magic music!" In the meantime, upset Jean-Jacques starts wandering again.
Returning to his "mother," as he calls Mme. De Varens, Jean-Jacques continues his music studies. At this time, his final rapprochement with Madame de Varens takes place. Their close relationship prompts this middle-aged woman to take up the secular education of a young man. But everything she does for him in this direction is, in his own words, "lost work."
The manager of Madame de Varence dies unexpectedly, and Jean-Jacques unsuccessfully tries to fulfill his duties. Overwhelmed with good intentions, he begins to hide money from Madame de Varens. However, to his shame, these hiding places are almost always found. Finally, he decides to start working in order to provide "mom" with a piece of bread. Of all the possible occupations, he chooses music, and for a start he takes money from Madame de Varens to travel to Paris in order to improve his skills. But life in Paris does not work, and, returning to Madame de Varence, Jean-Jacques becomes seriously ill. After recovering, they together with "mom" leave for the village. "Here begins a short period of happiness in my life; here comes peaceful, but fleeting moments for me, giving me the right to say that I lived, too, "the author writes. Rural work alternates with hard work - history, geography, Latin. But despite the thirst for knowledge overwhelming him, Jean-Jacques falls ill again - now from a sedentary life. At the insistence of Madame de Varans it is sent for treatment in Montpellier, and the road becomes the lover of his random fellow traveler ...
Returning, Jean-Jacques discovers that eliminated from the heart of Madame de Varans "high colorless blond" with farcical manner handsome ... Confused and embarrassed, Jean-Jacques with a pain in his heart yields to him his place next to Madame de Varence and from that moment looks at "his dear mother only through the eyes of a real son." Very quickly, the newcomer settles life in the house of Madame de Varens in his own way. Feeling out of place, Jean-Jacques leaves for Lyon and is hired as a governor.
In the fall of 1715 he arrived in Paris "with 15 louis in his pocket, the comedy" Narcissus "and a musical project as a means of subsistence." Suddenly, the young man is offered the post of secretary of the embassy in Venice, he agrees and leaves France. In a new place, he likes everything - both the city and work. But the ambassador, unable to come to terms with the plebeian origin of the secretary, begins to survive him and eventually reaches his goal. Returning to Paris, Jean-Jacques tries to get justice, but he is told that his quarrel with the ambassador is a private matter, because he is only a secretary, and besides, not a citizen of France.
Realizing that he will not get justice, Russo settles in a quiet hotel and works on the completion of the opera. At this time, he finds "the only real consolation": he meets Teresa Levasseur. "The likeness of our hearts, the conformity of our characters, soon led to the usual result. She decided that she had found a decent person in me, and she was not mistaken. I decided that I found in her a warm-hearted girl, simple, without coquetry, and I was not mistaken either. I announced to her in advance that I would never leave her, but I would not marry her either. Love, respect, sincere honesty were the creators of my celebration, "Jean-Jacques describes his meeting with a girl who has become his faithful and devoted friend.
Teresa is kind, intelligent, quick-witted, endowed with common sense, but strikingly ignorant. All attempts by Jean-Jacques to develop her mind fail: the girl has not even learned to tell the time by the clock. Nevertheless, her company is enough for Jean-Jacques; without being distracted by vain affairs, he works hard, and soon the opera is ready. But in order to promote her on the stage, it is necessary to have the talents of a court intriguer, and Jean-Jacques does not have them, and he again suffers a fiasco in the musical field.
Life demands its own: now he is obliged to provide food not only for himself, but also for Teresa, and at the same time for her numerous relatives, led by a greedy mother, who is used to living at the expense of her eldest daughter. For the sake of earnings, Jean-Jacques enters the secretaries of a noble nobleman and leaves Paris for a while. When he returns, he discovers that Teresa is pregnant. From the conversations of his companions at the table d'hôte, Jean-Jacques learns that in France unwanted babies are handed over to the Orphanage; deciding to follow the customs of this country, he persuades Teresa to give the baby. The next year, history repeats itself, and so on five times. Teresa "obeyed, sighing bitterly." Jean-Jacques sincerely believes that "he chose the best for his children, or what he considered to be." However, the author "promised to write a confession, not a self-justification."
Jean-Jacques is close to Diderot. Like Jean-Jacques, Diderot has "his own Nanette", the only difference is that Teresa is meek and kind, and Nanette is quarrelsome and spiteful.
Learning that the Dijon Academy has announced a competition on the topic "Has the development of the arts and sciences contributed to the deterioration or purification of morals?" Jean-Jacques enthusiastically takes up the pen. He shows the finished work to Diderot and receives his sincere approval. Soon the essay is published, noise rises around it, Jean-Jacques becomes fashionable. But his unwillingness to find a patron for himself earns him a reputation as an eccentric. "I was a person they were trying to look at, but the next day they didn't find anything new in him," he notes with bitterness.
The need for constant earnings and failing health prevent him from writing. Nevertheless, he achieves a production of his opera "The Village Sorcerer", at the premiere of which there is a court led by the king. The king likes the opera, and he, wishing to reward the author, appoints him an audience. But Jean-Jacques, wanting to preserve his independence, refuses to meet with the king and, therefore, from the royal pension. His act causes universal condemnation. Even Diderot, approving in principle an indifferent attitude towards the king, does not consider it possible to refuse a pension. The views of Jean-Jacques and Diderot diverge further and further.
Soon, the Dijon Academy announces a new topic: "On the origin of inequality among people", and Jean-Jacques again passionately takes up the pen. Political clouds begin to gather over the freedom-loving author, he leaves Paris and goes to Switzerland. There he is honored as a champion of freedom. He meets with "mom": she became poorer and sank. Jean-Jacques realizes that it is his duty to take care of her, but he shamefully admits that a new affection has pushed Madame de Varence out of his heart. Arriving in Geneva, Jean-Jacques returns to the fold of the Protestant church and again becomes a full citizen of his native city.
Back in Paris, Jean-Jacques continues to earn his living by writing notes, because he cannot write for money - "it is too difficult to think nobly when you think in order to live". After giving his compositions to the public, he is sure that he is doing it for the common good. In 1756 Jean-Jacques left Paris and settled in the Hermitage. "The changes in me began as soon as I left Paris, as soon as I got rid of the sight of the vices of this big city that caused my indignation," he says.
In the midst of village dreams, Jean-Jacques is visited by Madame d? Udeto, and love flares up in his soul - "the first and only". "This time it was love - love in all its strength and in all its frenzy." Jean-Jacques accompanies Madame d? Udeto on walks, ready to faint from her tender kisses, but their relationship does not go beyond the boundaries of tender friendship. Madame d? Udeto served as the prototype for Julia from New Heloise. The novel was a resounding success, and the author even improved his financial affairs.
Forced to leave the Hermitage, Jean-Jacques moved to Montmorency, where he began to write Emile. He also continues to work on Political Institutions; the result of this hard work is the famous Social Contract. Many aristocrats begin to seek the favor of Jean-Jacques: Prince de Conti, Duchess of Luxembourg ... But "I did not want to be sent to the pantry, and did not value the table of nobles. I would prefer that they leave me alone, not honoring or humiliating me, "says the philosopher.
After the publication of the "Social Contract" Jean-Jacques feels how the number of his enemies - secret and overt - increases dramatically, and he leaves for Geneva. But even there he has no rest: his book was burned, and he himself faces arrest. All Europe casts its curses on him, as soon as they do not call him: "possessed, possessed, predatory beast, wolf" ... Teresa voluntarily shares the fate of the freedom-loving exile.
In the end, Jean-Jacques settles on the island of Saint-Pierre, located in the middle of Lake Bienne. "In a sense, I said goodbye to the light, intending to shut up on this island until my last days," he writes. Jean-Jacques admires the beauty of the island and its surrounding landscapes; "Oh nature! oh my mother! " He exclaims in delight. Suddenly, he receives an order to leave the island. The question arises: where to go? First, Berlin was declared the destination of his journey. But, he writes, "in the third part, if I only have the strength to write it one day, it will be seen why, intending to go to Berlin, I actually went to England" ...
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How to Travel Internationally: Where to Begin?
Everyone who has done something, even very successfully, had to start from the beginning. No one is born an expert, and everyone's path to success has a day one. Travel is no different; even the most well-traveled backpackers had their first trip abroad at some point. Partaking in the act of travel can be intimidating because you are willingly lifting yourself out of your comfort zone and exploring the unfamiliar. No amount of books, blogs, or podcasts can take away the feeling of stepping into a new place and feeling the rush of excitement that comes with the unknown. That's why we love to travel! Follow along and learn the basics for how to travel internationally for the first time.
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When you are starting out, choosing a destination can be overwhelming. There are so many amazing places in the world with so many different metrics to play around with. Should you go to a region that is generally cheaper, like South America or Southeast Asia, or do you take the romantic getaway to Paris? Should you head to a beach and kick back in the sand for a week or should you go to Spain and hike the El Camino? The list goes on and on, and any source you look at will base their list on different metrics. While this research can be useful, try to avoid overloading yourself with information. When it's all new to you, doing excessive research can just be off-putting because the world will feel too immense.
Instead, choosing the location for your first international trip should really be based on a combination of what you are comfortable with and what gets you excited. While embarking on a three month backpacking trip sounds really exciting, maybe it's not in your comfort zone. Or anywhere close to your comfort zone. That's perfectly fine! There are a million ways to travel, and as long as you're excited about your trip and ready to embrace a new country, that's all that matters.
That being said, traveling to a country where you speak the language is a much easier undertaking. From taxis to restaurants, and even when you're trying to find a restroom, it's helpful when you can communicate easily with locals. If you are particularly nervous about this side of the venture, travel to a country where you speak the language. You will still experience plenty of culture shock while having the safety net of communication to ease your mind on your first adventure.
Even if you are going to a country that presents a language barrier, in the major tourist centers you will be able find people who speak English in most countries in the world. If you are looking for a challenge and intentionally want to head to a country that doesn't speak English, then go for it! To make the experience more enjoyable, learn a few common phrases in the local language before going. Download Duolingo for free language lessons that will teach you the basics in no time. Another useful tool for language learning and my personal favorite is Pimsleur. The quick, 30 minute daily lessons have you speaking the language of your choice, an area I have always struggled with. A little effort can go a long way; you'll never know what relationships or experiences will come from attempting to communicate with locals in their own language!
Choosing a location can be difficult, but go with your gut. You know what you're ready for and how far you can push yourself. Just keep in mind that this is just the first trip – if you're like us, you'll love it so much that you'll be booking the next adventure before you even get home.
The best way to find out how you like to travel is to give different options a try. Everyone has a range of different travel needs, and thankfully there are options available for all different types of travelers.
If you are looking for a relaxing, hands-off style trip, you should be looking into all-inclusive resorts and cruises. Both of these can range from luxurious to affordable and can suit all price ranges if you look hard enough for the deals. Cruises are great if this is the style you are looking for because you can bounce between destinations while your travel, food, and entertainment are taken care of for you. Fun fact, Erin and I actually met on a cruise! All-inclusive resorts are the ultimate break from reality – all the food and beverages are paid for ahead of time, it's just time to lay back on a beautiful beach and unwind.
For those of you who are feeling more adventurous, luckily now there are a litany of options that fall in-between all-inclusive resort and backpacking. Especially for your first international experience, traveling with a tour company can be a wonderful, stress free introduction to travel. Tour companies generally take care of all of the logistics, such as booking your flights, ground transportation between locations (often on a bus), meals, and day-to-day sightseeing. The itinerary is completely taken care of so that you can focus your efforts on enjoying the ride. Whether you are traveling with a group or solo, this can be a great chance to make friends while you travel because you are all on the tour together. This is also a great option for families because the kids and parents alike will find friends in the group and have a more enjoyable experience.
If you are young and want a hostel experience in a group setting for your first trip, EF Ultimate Break is the way to go. With age restrictions limiting the experience to participants between the ages of 18 – 29, EF Ultimate Break offers trips to awesome locations all around the globe. Everything is taken care of logistically, even down to your flights, but you have a more rugged experience, often staying in hostels and sharing rooms with other travelers. It's a great way to meet people while learning the ropes of international travel. I traveled with EF Ultimate Break on my first independent international trip and it was an incredible experience. I made friends on my 12 day trip through Spain several years ago that I am still in contact with to this day.
Roughing it really just means that you are independently taking care of all of the preparations, planning, and logistics for your trip. The level of "extremity" could vary tremendously. However, if you have it in your mind that you want to rough it, then it's likely that you already know your comfort level and what you are excited about. This requires a certain level of organization and research to make sure you cover all of the essentials when planning and jumping from destination to destination.
The best advice I can give to those brave souls who are jumping into the world of travel independently is to roll with the punches. As much of a cliché as that sounds, it's the most important thing to remember when you hit adversity in your trip. The reason I say "when" is that no matter how experienced you are issues of some nature will always arise. These difficulties often end up forcing us into uncomfortable situations that form the basis for our best travel stories.
If you are going the relaxing or even the semi-adventurous route, the planning phase is pretty simple. Once you have figured out your location, then the research transitions to finding the right company that suits your needs. Look at customer reviews, both good and bad, to try to gain an unbiased opinion of a company to try to judge if it's the right fit for you. Often, your budget can make this decision process easier for you.
Once you are set on a trip, hold off before you pull the trigger! Search high and low for deals because I guarantee they are out there. Research deals that the company has offered in previous years and see if there is a time when they always seem to offer large discounts. Join the email lists for the companies you are looking at; while no one enjoys being spammed on their email, this is often the way that companies offer flash deals to their loyal consumer base. You want to be able to jump on a deal right when they send it out. However, once you have booked the trip, your planning phase is essentially finished!
For those taking the "Roughing it" road, the planning is multifaceted. Not only will you have to book all travel and accommodations, you will have to do research into what you want to do in each place. You will have to make sure you do your homework on visas which depending on the length of your trip could be very important. The name of the game is research, research, research! We will be covering all different planning aspects while roughing it in a future post, so sign up for the email list so you don't miss it!
Unfortunately, travel is rarely free and therefore financial considerations become very important when planning a trip. If you are booking a package deal vacation that is all-inclusive, you have a pretty good idea what you are going to spend up front. If you are roughing it, you'll have to make a budget before you travel to make sure that you have enough money put aside to cover all of your activities. However, a common misconception about travel is that it's too expensive. If you travel smart and plan accordingly you can budget travel and save a lot of money. For instance, staying in hostels and using public transportation will help you save immensely while on the road. It definitely can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be!
The most important financial aspect about traveling is making sure you have access to your money while you're abroad. First of all, you will want to have a travel credit card that does not incur foreign transaction fees. Pretty much any travel credit card you get in this day and age will state specifically that it won't have these fees, just read the fine print to be sure. Also, with many credit card companies you need to set a travel notice with them ahead of time for the dates you will be traveling or else they will freeze your card. Having no access to funds when you're abroad can be an awful experience, and sometimes even if you set a travel notification your card is liable to be frozen. If you like to err on the side of caution, bring two travel credit cards.
Whenever you are traveling to another country, bring a couple hundred dollars' worth of the local currency in cash. That way, if you have issues with your credit card, you won't be stranded in a foreign country with no way to buy a meal or buy a place to stay for the night. In some countries, like Cuba, American credit cards will not work at all. Do your homework to try to avoid the small mistakes that can really put a damper on your first international experience.
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Pack lightly. I repeat, pack lightly! You will regret every ounce of extra luggage you bring on a trip, especially if you are on the move constantly. This extra weight will just weigh you down and frustrate you along the way. If you need a carry-on backpack, I highly recommend Tortuga Backpacks. If you use the promo code "TRAVEL", you will receive 10% off your order! I personally have the V2 which is an older style, but I have had my eye on their newest backpack, the Setout. Through travel, you will learn that we really don't need as much as we think we do; I promise that you don't need 20 pairs of underwear for a week-long trip. Shed the extra weight, and if at all possible, travel with just a carry-on. Don't give the airline a chance to lose your luggage and ruin your trip; keep your belongings as close to you as possible.
Unfortunately, when electricity was becoming widespread, the world didn't get together and decide to choose one universal outlet to draw power from. All over the world outlets vary widely in style and in voltage. There are adapters you can find on Amazon that not only serve as an adapter, but convert the voltage so it doesn't fry your devices. I highly suggest investing in a nice adapter because there is nothing worse than being in another country with a dead phone and no way to charge up. There are many other gadgets and tips when it comes to packing, but the details will be shared in another post. Make sure to subscribe to our mailing list so you don't miss any exciting new content!
Just like life is messy, travel is messy too. Things will inevitably and predictably go wrong; I can personally guarantee it! However, these are the moments that turn into the best stories. Roll with the punches and try to laugh through the hard times. Try to assimilate to the culture as much as possible and if the language is different, try your hand at a few phrases. Take lots of pictures but try to avoid living through the screen; put down your camera and phone and have real encounters with locals. Embrace the moment for what it is; you are an adventurer in strange, exciting new land. Sure beats being at work, right?
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Make a date for "Gettin' Frisky on the Wisky"
The first "Gettin' Frisky on the Wisky," an evening of Yacht Rock and boat shoes to benefit Sail Nauticus, will be held 7 p.m. May 17 on the fantail of the Battleship Wisconsin.
Yacht Rock tribute band Three Sheets to the Wind will perform, and a dance floor will be made of the battleship's helipad. Food and drinks, including a signature drink, will be served.
Attendees, who must be 21 or older, are encouraged to wear "Nautical Chic Attire." Boat shoes or flats are strongly recommended.
Tickets are $75 per person at sailnauticus.org. For more information, call 757-664-1046.
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Myanmar needs to establish a regulatory roadmap for the banking sector. This will give the local banks more clarity on the progress and timing of upcoming regulations, allowing them to gear up for further reform and growth.
"Carrying out regulatory reform at an unmeasured pace can cause trouble," said Azeem Azimuddin, CFO of Ayeyarwady Bank, during a panel at the 2017 Myanmar Global Investment Forum in Nay Pyi Taw today.
In Myanmar, the speed at which new financial regulations were meted out by the Central Bank since 2013 had been exacerbated by the Global Financial Crisis. That resulted in mistakes that have inhibited growth.
"For example, the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) could have easily also been a debt capital exchange or a foreign equity exchange," said Mr Azimuddin.
Today though, only four companies have listed on the YSX since its launch less than two years ago. Meanwhile, poor trading liquidity and falling share prices have deterred new companies from listing.
The absence of foreign participation on the exchange is one reason for the bourse's poor performance. However, it is expected that the new Companies' Act, which is now in the process of being reviewed and approved, will enable foreigners to trade on the exchange.
Of course, regulating the banking sector is necessary to protect consumers. But it is the timing of the regulations that has inhibited growth. "The issue is the timing of the regulations in recent years, not the regulations themselves," said Mr Azimuddin. "If regulations are implemented when the economy is slowing, it will be deflationary," he said.
For example, Myanmar's new Financial Institutions Law, which requires banks to maintain five percent of all deposits as cash reserves and imposes a K20 billion capital requirement on licensees, was enacted in 2015.
The legislation was drafted to meet international standards enacted by the Basel Committee following the 2008 global financial crisis. It was drafted by the previous government with the assistance of the World Bank.
In July, the Central Bank issued the regulations to govern the conduct of the domestic banking sector. They stated that all banks must maintain a liquidity ratio above 20pc. Meanwhile, new rules on large exposure loans will cap lending to a single party at 20pc of shareholder equity. Banks will also be required to keep unsecured large exposure loan portfolios at a cumulative value below total shareholder equity.
That effectively pulled billions out of circulation at a time when businesses needed the funds to expand to meet the growing demands of its economy.
Nevertheless, the banking sector has come a long way since 2015 and after the New Central Bank Law was enacted in 2013. For example, the number of bank accounts and ATMs is rising, while mobile banking is becoming more commonplace.
He pointed out that businesses today just need access to funds and are less worried about the cost of funding. "Even at 30pc under the microfinance institutions, people are still borrowing. We need more financial inclusion, which means providing more access to funds for people to borrow," he said.
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Are you looking for financial assistance from Orange City Council?
Each year, Orange City Council asks for applications from community groups who want to access Council's financial assistance program. The aim of the program is to provide financial assistance to community groups who provide direct benefit to the community.
The donations and grants policy includes guidelines on how to make an application for donations/financial support. Some donation types are only considered once a year. Others are considered once a quarter.
Funding is not available retrospectively (for activities that have already happened in past years).
Being successful with a grant application in one year doesn't lead automatically to recurrent funding in following years. Organisation must make a fresh applications in each future year, if ongoing funding is required.
Improve sporting and recreational facilities for local sporting organisations and the local community.
To create partnerships between Council and sporting groups in the development of sport and recreation facilities in the City.
Improve opportunities for local sporting organisations to host major sporting events.
Improve resources available to local sporting organisations.
To enhance the long term sustainability of the sport.
Funding for activities, special events and sports equipment (bats, balls, uniforms, etc) will not be considered under this program. Individual grants to a maximum of $15,000 are available on a dollar-for-dollar basis with in-kind support and voluntary labour considered as part of an applicant's contribution.
As part of the application process, there is a focus on identifying the local benefit the event/project will bring to the Orange community. For this reason, applicants need to specify which strategy their project aligns to in Orange City Council's Community Strategic Plan. The Community Strategic Plan can be found on this page.
In some of the application forms, there is also a section for applicants to identify which local businesses they will use – so Council can try to track the broader benefit and impact of this program.
Each year, when new applications open, Council sends a Letter to previous applications for council grants advising that new applications are being invited.
Council encourages members of the community to make written application (using the relevant application form) by 4.00 pm on Friday, 23 February 2018 – so they can all be considered at the same time as part of the annual budget deliberations.
The budget allocations for grants are limited and the grants and most donations are made during the annual budget deliberations. Applications can be made throughout the year but applicants need to be aware that as the financial year progresses, less money will be available for financial assistance.
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.... In the first classic Western, John Ford's Stagecoach (1939), John Wayne's Ringo Kid is the only man who treats prostitute Claire Trevor as a lady, shaming others into doing the same. In Ford's next Western gem, My Darling Clementine (1946), Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) realizes Doc Holliday's genteel ex-girlfriend, Clementine, is more vital to pacifying Tombstone than his gun. Shane and his farmer employer's wife, Marion, never act on their growing mutual attraction, out of respect for her role of wife and mother. An older John Wayne as Sheriff John Chance in Rio Bravo (1959) gets repeatedly flummoxed by Angie Dickinson's sexual candidness. The Magnificent Seven risk their lives, and ultimate lose four, defending a dirt poor Mexican farm village. One of the seven, Charles Bronson, delivers the greatest speech about fatherhood in all of cinema, lecturing a group of hero-worshiping young boys.
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Beautiful track, just the way we like them. The staff was wonderful.
Our group of 8 had an early morning tee time and had a great day at a very nice course. The layout was challenging but fair and the course was in great shape. Pace was good and all staff were gracious. Definitely would play again.
My round started on the first hole where I was greeted by a bobcat, I couldn't believe it! Starter said it was the local bobcat, has been there a couple of years. Spectacular View. Was able to take my time and relax. The fairways were in excellent condition. The greens were also great and gave a challenge once in a while.
Loved it!! The new patio looked wonderful - we were hoping to catch sunset from there but it was cloudy and blowing - otherwise would have been one of the best views!! Tee Times USA worked flawlessly and was by far the best rates - thank you!!
Wow! Beautiful course, club house and very nice staff. Some deceptively easy looking holes that added to the challenge of the game quite nicely. Excellent - would not miss this course on future Phoenix visits!
If you have played McDowell Mountain Golf Club, we would like to hear from you.
Built on the foothills of Scottsdale's McDowell Mountains and adjacent to the nationally recognized Westworld equestrian center, this outstanding Scottsdale golf course now stretches to a 7,072-yards and delivers a stunning Scottsdale golf experiences that will keep you coming back for more. Make sure your next Scottsdale golf vacation includes McDowell Mountain Golf Club!
Course is built on the western slope of McDowell Mtns.
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This building is located in the beautiful Kuaotunu, The house faces North and to the ocean so the floor layout was arranged to make the best use of the views from each room and orientation to the sun. It was important the owners to be able to retreat from the prevailing winds. So by building an internal courtyard it allows the owners to sit outside whilst being sheltered from the wind and giving privacy at the same time. Another sensational build by the team at Cove Construction Ltd.
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St Monan's Emporium is thrilled to offer a new range of premium leather handbags individually handmade by renowned Melbourne-based manufacturer Louis Ferrier.
Louis Ferrier's reputation has been built on producing high quality, handcrafted, Australian-made leathergoods. Premium leather is carefully selected for each item and all seams are stitched by hand. This attention to detail is apparent in the beautiful handbags created for St Monan's Emporium.
Our initial collection comprises an elegant clutch, 2 shoulder bags and an everyday tote. Each style is available in a range of classic colours.
Customisation service available - Louis Ferrier is happy to handcraft individual creations to suit your special outfit or design. Please contact us with your individual requirements.
St Monan's Emporium is proud to support this Australian manufacturer.
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This page outlines the billing and payment procedure for RIPE NCC members. The information below forms an integral part of the RIPE NCC Standard Service Agreement and is complementary to the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2017.
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The RIPE NCC service fee is charged annually. All RIPE NCC members will be charged an annual fee of EUR 1,400 (fourteen hundred euro) for each LIR account they hold in 2017.
A EUR 50 fee will also apply for each Provider Independent (PI) number resource assigned to or sponsored by the LIR. PI number resources include Provider Independent IPv4 and IPv6 address assignments, anycasting assignments and IXP IPv6 assignments. We calculate the PI number resources assigned to or via your LIR accounts based on the resources held on 30 September 2016.
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Online payments should be made against thefull invoice amount. It is not possible to make partial payments via the online payment system.
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DemTect (Demenz-Detektion) ist ein Testverfahren auf Demenz-Erkrankungen. Der Test wurde im Jahr 2000 von Pasquale Calabrese (Universitätsklinik Bochum), Josef Kessler (AG: Neuropsychologie, Uniklinik Köln) und Elke Kalbe (Medizinische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies, Uniklinik Köln) entwickelt.
Durchführung und Auswertung
Der DemTect wird in Form einer mündlichen und schriftlichen Befragung durchgeführt und die Leistungen des Patienten werden vom Untersucher auf einem Testbogen protokolliert. Er enthält fünf Aufgaben zu den Funktionen verbales Gedächtnis, Wortflüssigkeit, intellektuelle Flexibilität und Aufmerksamkeit. Die Durchführung geht sehr schnell (8–10 Minuten). Inhalt:
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Die Rohwerte des Test werden in Testwerte umkodiert (für unter und über 60-Jährige getrennt) und dann aufsummiert, so dass die endgültig resultierenden Testwerte unabhängig vom Alter vergleichbar sind. Die Skala reicht von 0 bis 18 Punkten: Werte ab 13 Punkten sprechen für eine angemessene kognitive Leistung, zwischen 9 und 12 Punkten ist von einer milden kognitiven Beeinträchtigung und bei Werten unter 8 von einer Demenz auszugehen. Die Testwerte sollen nicht nur unabhängig von der altersgemäßen Abnahme kognitiver Fähigkeiten, sondern auch unabhängig vom Bildungsgrad sein.
Normierung und Forschung
Die Autoren des Tests berichten sehr gute Validität und hohe Beurteilerübereinstimmung für ihr Instrument. Normiert wurde der Test an insgesamt 363 Personen (145 Gesunden, 97 Patienten mit milden kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen, 121 mit Verdacht auf Alzheimer) und mit dem Mini-Mental-Status-Test (MMST) verglichen.
Zum Test liegen eine Vielzahl von wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen vor, die ihm durchweg gute testpsychologische Werte belegen. Kohn, Kalbe, Georg und Kessler konnten zum Beispiel 2007 erneut die hohe Sensitivität (97 Prozent) und Spezifität (93 Prozent) des DemTect nachweisen. Dabei fanden sie auch, dass der DemTect im Bereich des jeweiligen Cut-Off-Wertes sogar dem beliebten MMST überlegen ist. Optimistisch schlussfolgern sie: "Gerade im Bereich beginnender und nur wenig fortgeschrittener kognitiver Störungen ist der DemTect dem MMST weit überlegen." Da es sich beim DemTect um einen noch relativ "jungen" Test handelt, liegen weniger Erfahrungen aus dem klinischen Alltag vor. Er fand jedoch schnell eine breite Akzeptanz und sogar bereits Eingang in psychiatrische Lehrbücher.
Bewertung
Insgesamt ist der DemTect ein guter Test zur Früherkennung einer Demenz, wobei er mehr Betroffene korrekt erkennt als der weiter verbreitete MMST. Der DemTect ist ökonomisch durchzuführen und liegt sowohl in einer deutschen als auch in einer englischen Fassung vor.
Einige Einschränkungen müssen jedoch bedacht werden: Anders als der MMST können die visuell-konstruktiven Fähigkeiten anhand des DemTect nicht überprüft werden. Diese können zum Beispiel durch Hinzunahme des Uhren-Zeichen-Tests überprüft werden. Auch muss bei der Interpretation der Testwerte das prämorbide intellektuelle Niveau berücksichtigt werden. Darüber hinaus liegen bisher noch keine Untersuchungen darüber vor, wie die Ergebnisse des DemTect bei Pseudodemenzen (Minderung der kognitiven Fähigkeiten zum Beispiel durch Altersdepression) aussehen.
Wichtigste Einschränkung: Der DemTect ist ein Screening-Verfahren. Die Sicherung der Demenz-Diagnose durch ausführlichere testpsychologische Untersuchung und die differentialdiagnostische Einordnung der Demenz durch strukturelle Bildgebung (CT, MRT, PET) und Labordiagnostik (Blutbild, Vitamin B12-Spiegel, Blutzucker, Leberwerte, Nierenwerte, Elektrolyte, Schilddrüsenhormone, CRP) ist unumgänglich.
Literatur
Stefan Brunnhuber, Sabine Frauenknecht, Klaus Lieb: Intensivkurs Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. Elsevier, Urban & Fischer, München / Jena 2005, ISBN 3-437-42131-X, S. 122 f.
Elke Kalbe, Josef Kessler, Pasquale Calabrese, R. Smith, A. Peter Passmore, Matthias Brand, R. Bullock: DemTect: a new, sensitive cognitive screening test to support the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 19, 2004, S. 136–143, , PMID 14758579.
Josef Kessler, Pasquale Calabrese, Elke Kalbe, F. Berger: DemTect. Ein neues Screening-Verfahren zur Unterstützung der Demenzdiagnostik. In: Psycho. 6, 2000, S. 343–347.
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Over-the-counter drugs and prescription drugs exist to help us treat symptoms of medical conditions as well as the underlying conditions themselves. From taking ibuprofen to taking a daily regimen of prescription drugs, people across South Carolina and the United States regularly rely on drugs to help them get through the day. In fact, statistics indicate that more than 4 billion prescriptions were filled in pharmacies across the U.S. in a single year, and that does not even count the millions of drugs dispensed in hospitals and doctors offices.
While many over-the-counter and prescription drugs are incredibly helpful and even help save users' lives, there are certain drugs that actually cause additional injuries to users. Some side effects are to be expected, especially if a drug is significantly affecting the way your body works. However, in some cases, the injuries and complications caused by the drugs are in themselves extremely serious and may require extensive and costly medical treatment.
If you have suffered a serious and unnecessary injury from a dangerous pharmaceutical, you should consult with a highly skilled drug injury attorney in Myrtle Beach as soon as possible. Though these cases are unfortunately common, they can be complicated, so please contact our office call today so we can begin evaluating your case.
There are a shocking number of prescription drugs that are the center of lawsuits due to dangerous side effects or medical conditions that developed as a result of taking the drug.
You should also note that many medical devices have also caused injuries and are the subject of lawsuits. Such devices can include certain hip and knee replacements, proton pump inhibitors, and more.
As mentioned above, you should expect a prescribed pharmaceutical to make you feel better, not to cause conditions and injuries that are even more serious than your initial condition.
Birth defects in children being carried by mothers taking certain drugs.
As you can see, the effects of certain drugs are far more dangerous than the standard side effects of headache or nausea that may come with most pharmaceuticals. The above conditions all require extensive medical treatment to control the condition. Some treatments for cancer and similar illnesses include chemotherapy and other treatments that can cause constant illness, pain, and serious side effects of its own. In addition, many of the above conditions cannot be reversed, even with costly and aggressive treatments. Unfortunately, many victims of drug injuries do not survive and end up succumbing to the dangerous effects of their prescription drugs.
Wrongful death if the drug user did not survive their injury.
In some cases, drug injury losses can extend into the hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. Because there is so much at stake, you want to make sure that your attorney has specific experience in successfully handling this type of case.
In many cases, pharmaceutical companies are aware of the possible risks of taking certain drugs. However, if a drug is a huge money-maker, the company may choose to leave the drug on the market despite the risks. In such a situation, the FDA requires that the companies provide clear and complete warnings to potential patients regarding the risks of taking these drugs. This way, a user can decide whether treating their underlying condition with the drug is worth taking the risks of the possible side effects and injuries.
Unfortunately, many pharmaceutical companies do not want consumers to know of the risks for obvious reasons. To avoid sales from plummeting, these companies often downplay the possible effects or even fail to warn of them at all. This is extraordinarily dangerous behavior and every drug company that fails to warn of dangerous effects should be held responsible for the injuries suffered by unknowing patients. In addition, if a drug company is aware that the possible effects of a drug are just too dangerous, they should pull the drug from the market altogether.
Many large pharmaceutical companies care more about profits than they do about the safety of consumers. However, these corporate giants also have huge legal teams constantly working to avoid liability for injuries the companies cause. The good news is that our experienced drug injury attorneys have the resources and skill to stand up to these big pharma companies to seek the recovery that you deserve if you have been injured by a dangerous drug. These cases can be intimidating for you, but with our lawyers on your side, you can seek the full compensation you need to cover your losses.
At the Joye Law Firm, we have represented the rights of many people in and around Myrtle Beach, South Carolina who have sustained serious injuries from defective or dangerous drugs. These cases are complicated, so you want to ensure you are represented by a highly experienced attorney who understands how pharmaceutical cases work. Please do not hesitate to call our drug injury attorneys at 877-936-9707 for a free consultation today.
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30 Nov 2021 / business Print
Niche work is key strategy for majority of firms
Most firms see focusing on specialist sectors as a key strategic opportunity for them in the next two to three years, this week's Smith Williamson survey shows.
A full 59% identified it as a top area of opportunity.
Meanwhile, almost one in two identified investing in business development and marketing as a key opportunity for their firm.
This ranked as the highest opportunity by 56% of regional firms. Almost one in two firms (44%) recognised investment in technology as important for their firms.
Many firms continue to see expanding their service offering as a key tenet of their strategy to retain client work (42%).
For top 20 firms, lateral hires continue to be seen as the major opportunity for their firms (80%), while 73% of these firms also see a focus on specialist sectors as a key strategy.
While mergers and acquisitions were off the agenda for top 20 firms in 2020 (7%), it is now seen as a strategic option for one in three of these firms.
'Big Four' accountancy firms
One in three top 20 firms have identified new competition from international and UK law firms, plus the 'Big Four' accounting firms, as a key issue for them into the future.
Downward pressure on fees (42%) is a key concern for non-top 20 firms in Dublin and regional firms in the survey.
Managing succession (26%) also has been referenced as a key challenge for these firms.
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Fine Dining in The Digital Age
BYFine Dining Lovers,
The world of fine dining is a world in constant motion, a world of creative chefs who set trends, develop new techniques, new styles of plating, presentation and service. Just think of the shifts in cuisine that have taken place within the fine dining stratosphere: from the French powerhouses of cuisine to the modern days of Ferran Adrià, New Nordic Cuisine met by the emergence of exciting gastronomic styles in countries like Peru and Mexico.
For all the change that takes place on the plate, many still see fine dining as a slow moving style rooted in stiff-collared service, ironed white linen and miniature shovels for sweeping breadcrumbs, however, spend any time looking in detail at the scene and you'll see this couldn't be further from the truth. Fine dining restaurants are the testing ground for new ideas and they often develop new models of play that set trends for restaurants further down the chain, it was fine dining and Auguste Escoffier that created the first kitchen brigade system, an idea that to this day still allows you to order the fish and your dining companion to order steak and both be served at the same time. Right now look at the likes of Danny Meyer and his attempts to change the style of pay within fine dining restaurants.
Anyone still not convinced by this idea should take note of a recent debate that took place in New York between some of the most respected figures in the fine dining industry. Organised by Les Grandes Tables Du Monde, James Beard Foudation and the The New School, and supported by S.Pellegrino, the debate, which also included a screening from the Italian master of fine dining Gualtiero Marchesi, focused on Fine Dining in The Digital Age.
Talks were spread across three different areas with the likes of André Terrail, Raffaele Alajmo, Julien Royer, Danny Meyer, Will Guidara, Alex Stupack, Soa Davis and Julien Royer all sitting down to contribute to a debate on the current state and future of fine dining. There were many ideas and issues discussed, the full talks can be viewed here, and below is a round up of some of hot topics and themes that emerged.
TIME IS CRITICAL
An interesting trend we have noted in fine dining and one that was dicussed almost immiedietly during the event was the matter of time, or reducing amount of time that customers are willing to dedicate to a dining experience.
As Julien Royer, owner of the Odette restaurant in Singapore, said in his opening speech: "I think for me as a young chef and young restaurateur, what really surprised me over the past few years is that things are moving fast and the expectation of people is changing... One main notion I have personally noticed is that the time is crucial in our industry... Even though we serve fine dining food with fine dining service, trying to create experiences, the time is crucial, basically people don't have time anymore... The expectation of people is high but the time is an issue we need to control as a chef... We have to restructure our offers, we have to restructure our menus, reduce the number of courses and make sure we can deliver what we try to deliver, with the DNA of the cuisine we want to show to people, but in a limited amount of time."
The idea of watching your calorie intake while eating at a fine dining restaurant is something that would have been laughed at 10 years ago, many top restaurants today still don't print calories on tasting menus but this is something that is changing largely thanks to demand from health conscious consumers.
As Royer showed: "To be very honest we don't calculate how many calories or vitamins that go into the menu but we can see clearly that there is a demand for health conscious fine dining. Just recently we had people calling the restaurant to ask how many calories are in our tasting menu – we didn't know."
Alex Stupak, who operates two restaurants in New York, was very strong in his opinion on the matter. "In this market place I think you have to consider health at every level, I may eat at a three Michelin star restaurant for a special occasion but in New York city that might just be their restaurant... I think it's critical to be able to do different thing for the same person at different times."
Soa Davis, from Maple, cemented the idea: "More and more people asking about the healthiness of their food is going to be a bigger part of fine dining and gastronomy, people want to be healthier, people want to feel like they're eating better. I think the next step, the evolution of gastronomy, is trying to connect more to what people want to experience."
CASUAL TALK
While time, health, social sharing, sustainability and technology were all discussed during the talks, one of the most relevant discussions centred on fine dining restaurants and formality, particularly how many are looking to create dining experiences that are more casual.
Will Guidara, one half of the winning team behind Eleven Madison Park, spoke a lot on the topic, explaining how with the recent redesign of his world famous restaurant the team were made to "double down on the casual".
As he explained: "We just redesigned our restaurant and it is beautiful...the food is probably more perfect in its plating right now than it's ever been. We sat down the day before we opened to the public and we had a meal, every single I was dotted and every single T was crossed and we were nervous. We were nervous that fine dining can already be so overwhelming and intimidating to our guests that people now were going to walk into an even more beautiful, even more perfect room, seeing even more perfect food and they would have an inability to relax, they would have an inability to open up... The conversation me and Daniel Humm had that first day was, 'hey, we need to go deeper in the casualness of our service'."
Guidara spoke a lot about this new approach, how the team at his restaurant go about reading their guests, earning informality and how one of their newest approaches is that servers in the dining room speak louder than they used to. For Guidara, this more casual style of service is something that customers are crying out for. "We believe that people do not want to be served by the people from Downton Abbey - that old school, uber formal, ultra serious approach to service, it just doesn't work anymore. We believe that people want to be served by awesome people who just know more about whatever they are experiencing than they do – and that's what we try to encourage… Genuine connection does not come when you're in an environment that is overly formal."
Watch the full conference online for a more detailed look at each of the topics mentioned above.
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"A small community east of Pueblo"
Swink is a small town east of Pueblo with only 618 residents. It lies in a fertile area known for agriculture and the produce it grows. Although there really aren't many jobs here, there are many in the agricultural towns nearby and residents can also drive to Pueblo. The median household income here is $35,900 which is a bit below the Colorado average of $55,430. However, you can find a median priced home here for less too. At an average of $117,122 the homes are much less than the state average of $237,800. 70% of the town is white, followed by 27% Hispanic. The largest industry here is public administration followed by construction.
For people who enjoy small town living and have children, this would be a great town. The schools all rank very high when it comes to state testing standards. Parents who have taken the time to rate the schools also rate them very high.
Although there are no stores or restaurants here, there are many close by in the towns of Rocky Ford and La Junta, both of which are very close.
"Swink is a pretty little town along the Arkansas River"
Located about 50 miles east of Pueblo along HW 50, Swink is a small farming community between the towns of Rocky Ford and La Junta. The highway makes it way along the Arkansas River where the towns sit in the pretty green valley giving the life blood/water to the farms and its communities. Swink has only 700 residents and is a modest place with few stores or restaurants. The average household income is about $35,000 per year.
Some make the hour commute west to Pueblo or even the Springs to work but most are employed in the agricultural industry, the nearby cities or public school systems. There are traditional irrigated farm crops as well as cattle and sheep ranches.
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All I know is that Don Winslow's BOONE DANIELS (and give Winslow a high five for that monicker) is one righteous San Diego private eye.
Sure, he's a suitably laid back dude, and there's no doubt he lives to surf, and Winslow tosses in plenty on the fading California dream of endless summers and fun, fun, fun.
But it's Boone himself that ultimately drags you back.
He's just a fascinating character, a slacker and aging beach boy determined to hold on to what he can of his own dreams and his own sense of self, even as the world around him morphs and mutates into something far nastier than anything the Beach Boys ever sang about.
Don Winslow is the writer of the Neal Carey series, about a globe-trotting private eye who works for a rather murky New York organization, as well as several other best-selling novels, including The Winter of Frankie Machine, California Fire and Life, and The Death and Life of Bobby Z. He's worked as a movie theater manager, documentary film production assistant, and as a private investigator, specializing in arson, and lately he's become the go-to guy when it comes to novels about the Mexican drug cartels, in such acclaimed works as Savages and The Cartel. He lives in Southern California.
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Upbound seeks to capitalize on Kubernetes' growing role as an operating system for the cloud
Can a five-year old startup with $69 million in funding emerge as the solution of choice in the multicloud management space? This is the key question surrounding Upbound Inc. and its Crossplane open-source initiative.
The release of Crossplane in May 2020 represented a major step in multicloud management. With one declarative API, Crossplane offered a unified solution to address cloud resources and infrastructure across multiple vendors.
The approach leveraged an intriguing set of cloud-native technologies to centralize control, including the Kubernetes container orchestration tool and infrastructure-as-code. Much as the enterprise computing industry converged around Linux and Kubernetes in years past, Upbound is banking on a similar impact for Crossplane.
"People want a centralized point of control, and they do that around a control plane regardless of the workload," said Bassam Tabbara, founder and chief executive officer of Upbound, in an exclusive interview with SiliconANGLE. "The best-kept secret in cloud is the control plane."
Opening multicloud management
Upbound's focus on the control plane highlights the growing role of Kubernetes as a platform for building platforms. Crossplane exposes workload abstractions on top of Kubernetes to facilitate cross-cloud migration.
In a whitepaper published nearly four years ago by Tabbara and two colleagues to introduce Crossplane, the technologists made the case that cloud computing needed an open-source tool that was not proprietary "to a small set of cloud providers." By leveraging Kubernetes, users can essentially employ a high-level orchestrator across clouds.
"Crossplane enables platform teams to assemble infrastructure from multiple vendors and expose higher-level self-service APIs for application teams to consume, without having to write a lot of code," said Arun Chandrasekaran, distinguished vice president and analyst at Gartner Research, in an interview for this story. "A common challenge with multicloud deployments is that each cloud provider has its own proprietary control planes, APIs, tools and UI. Crossplane's control plane reduces the friction in multicloud management through an open approach."
Since the initial preview of Crossplane in 2019, the technology has made steady progress in attracting the interest of major firms. At the end of 2020, IBM announced it would make an experimental edition of Crossplane available on IBM Cloud.
Originally a Cloud Native Computing Foundation sandbox project, Crossplane was elevated to incubation status last year, a step before graduation. Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services Inc. engineering teams share code generation pipelines with the Crossplane community, and Red Hat Inc. has partnered with Crossplane for infrastructure provisioning.
Customer use cases have begun to illustrate the impact of Crossplane in enterprise operations. Accenture consultants employed Crossplane for building a DevOps platform as part of a project with Deutsche Bahn, a German rail operator. The European particle physics research center CERN is using Crossplane to transition from the infrastructure-as code tool Puppet.
Upbound, with its Crossplane technology, does not have the multicloud management space to itself. A number of companies are bringing various cloud governance and infrastructure management technologies to the market.
Humanitec GmbH has been billed as the "Platform Orchestrator" to power internal developer resources and joined the CNCF in September. Massdriver Inc. offers a development environment to connect production-ready cloud architectures. It is a Y Combinator-backed startup that recently garnered $4 million in seed capital.
There is also a set of fledgling cloud computing vendors targeting the multicloud management space. These include Prosimo Inc., which delivers multicloud infrastructure for the distributed enterprise cloud; Stacklet Inc., a cloud governance platform; and Stateless, which offers network automation tech for the hybrid and multicloud world.
Then there is VMware Inc., the virtualization giant that is clearly interested in building control plane solutions. The company introduced Project Pacific in 2019 as a re-architecture of vSphere with Kubernetes as the control plane. With the release of vSphere 7, the same VMware model exposed the Kubernetes control plane and traditional vSphere APIs. Recent updates surrounding vSphere8 and vSAN 8 included a new control plane to provide users with application management in a private cloud or on-premises.
"VMware's release of a cloud consumption interface uses the Kubernetes control plane to manage vSphere," said Gary Chen, research director of software-defined compute at IDC, in an interview with SiliconANGLE for this story. "That is very much in line with what Crossplane is doing with Kubernetes."
Moving beyond containers
The rise of Upbound and other firms with a focus on multicloud management signals the movement of Kubernetes into a new phase; the container orchestration tool has ushered in a dawn of the cloud operator. This has led to what some have referred to as a "bifurcation" in the Kubernetes space. While the major cloud providers built platforms for container orchestration, such as Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, Azure Kubernetes Service and Google Kubernetes Engine, enterprises needed a broader operational layer. As Upbound is demonstrating, Kubernetes can handle this as well.
"There is so much functionality to manage and govern in multicloud," Chen said. "There's compliance, security, many different angles. There is a trend with Kubernetes to manage things that aren't containers."
Not to be ignored in this trend is the significant role that the CNCF is playing to support this shifting landscape. There were more than 65 organizations that joined the foundation last September, and at least a third of these notably provide cloud infrastructure and operational orchestration services. In addition, there are a number of sandbox projects currently in CNCF poised to add new orchestration functionality derived from the Kubernetes platform.
Karmada enables enterprises to migrate applications across clusters and clouds without requiring code changes. KubeVela performs a similar service that is application, programmable and infrastructure agnostic. Meshery is a service mesh management plane deployed on a Kubernetes cluster to manage application microservices communication.
"There will be a whole generation of developers who have grown up with Kubernetes," Chen noted. "It could help democratize the control plane in the cloud."
Industry experts believe that what Upbound is doing to facilitate Crossplane as a key part of the multicloud story could grow in significance. But despite being named as one of four "Cool Vendors in Cloud Computing" by Gartner this year, there is also a feeling that the presence of so many CNCF projects and startups building on the Kubernetes platform could result in a very fractured space. While the early returns point to the potential disruption of much bigger cloud-based firms, the market reality is that Crossplane may ultimately need adoption by one of them to truly reach exit velocity.
"The broader support that Crossplane can gain is an important factor here," said Gartner's Chandrasekaran. "The current status quo is it is pretty fractured, but if any of the large vendors adopt Crossplane – it can become influential."
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The singularity (or at least a singular new tech bubble) is finally here
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Healthcare, Liberty & Justice
High alcohol taxes are self-defeating
Not too long ago I wrote about the HMRC's 'most wanted' tax evaders list. As I pointed out, most of the criminals concerned were being given an opportunity to exploit high rates of duty and VAT on alcohol and cigarettes by smuggling. Similarly, this very revealing programme by BBC's File on 4 traces some of the types of and scales of frauds carried out in the alcohol trade. Unfortunately, the programme focuses on the types of frauds conducted and ignores some rather more important issues.
Duty on alcohol was substantially increased by March 2008 by the then-Chancellor Alistair Darling who introduced a four year tax escalator due to last until 2014, under which the duty rate on all alcoholic drinks was set to increase by two per cent above the rate of inflation. High taxes on alcohol must be seen as a regressive tax (of about 1.6% of disposable income) on lower income groups as it constitutes a greater percentage of their disposable income than the better off. HMRC reckon that £1.2 billion a year is being 'lost' to the Treasury due to these frauds, up from £400 million in 2001, which points to a significant and growing level of criminal activity. One of the interviewed police officers investigating these frauds, however, suggests that this may be a substantial under-estimate.
Aside from the loss of revenue to the UK Treasury, it would be interesting to know how much the enforcement activities demonstrated in the programme are also costing the police and HMRC, not to mention the costs which they impose on legitimate businesses. Surely this suggests that rates of taxation have exceeded their revenue maximising point (to say nothing of their growth maximising point, although this is clearly a contentious issue where alcohol is concerned) and it is quite possible that a cut in duty would be self-funding, not only from a tax but also an enforcement perspective. Quite simply, lower rates of duty mean lower profits for smugglers and therefore less smuggling.
Contrastingly, the conclusions of Richard Bacon MP given on the programme are - given that rates of duty are unlikely to be reduced - that enforcement should be stricter, which would surely only increase the costs to the taxpayer. Mr Bacon believes that reduction in duty is unlikely because of the UK's parlous fiscal circumstances, but one wonders if this is supportable in view of the Laffer curve effects outlined above. He also suggests that the high rates of duty exist because of the desire to discourage alcohol consumption. This is contrary to evidence that alcohol consumption in the UK is actually declining, except among certain groups who are probably extremely price inelastic anyway or who, one suspects, are actually buying the smuggled booze itself! It is also the case that differential rates of VAT on off-premises versus on-premises sales are helping to encourage people to drink at home rather than in pubs. Availability of cheaper smuggled alcohol may also be a factor in this trend which has so seriously damaged the UK pub sector and is reckoned to have cost about 5,000 jobs here.
However, the programme also makes the point (which it does not go on to explore in depth) that the availability of illicit alcohol is actually pressurising legitimate retailers to drive down the price at which they sell. How much this is a factor in retailers' efforts to sell alcohol at below-cost prices and the resultant emergence of minimum unit pricing policies, which simply represent additional profits for retailers and smugglers, is hard to say. What is clear is that with alcohol, as with so many areas of public policy, government spends a great deal of money and resources attempting to correct the impact of problems is has created itself. It is also clear that rates of tax on alcohol, and much else besides, must come down - even the EU is arguing for that!
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Updated June 8, 2020
Members of Maine's congressional delegation criticize Trump's response to protests
Rep. Pingree says the president abused his power, while Sen. King lists 'many things wrong' and Sen. Collins says Trump's use of force against D.C. protesters wasn't justified. Rep. Jared Golden cautioned the president about deploying U.S. troops on American soil.
By Scott ThistlePortland Press Herald
Maine's Democratic U.S. 1st District Rep. Chellie Pingree reacted harshly Tuesday to escalating rhetoric from President Trump and his threat to use the military against those protesting the death of George Floyd.
The Democratic congresswoman from North Haven was joined in her criticism by the three other members of Maine's congressional delegation, who said the president had gone too far and was not acting to unify and heal the nation.
Clockwise from top left: Sen. Angus King, Sen. Susan Collins, Rep. Jared Golden and Rep. Chellie Pingree
Pingree said Trump committed "a stunning abuse of power" when he authorized military troops to clear a path using rubber bullets and tear gas on peaceful protesters outside the White House so he could pose before a nearby church with a Bible.
"That it was done so Mr. Trump could have a photo-op across the street in front of a church while holding a religious text as a prop was disgraceful beyond measure," Pingree said. "It was a shameful moment for our nation I won't soon forget."
She also said if Trump uses military force to end the protests, as he has threatened to do, it would only exacerbate them.
"Sending tanks and soldiers into American cities and towns is absolutely unacceptable," she said. "The President may believe that doing so would project strength, but it would do the exact opposite and amplify a terrifying message of lawlessness to our nation. The streets of Portland, Lewiston, and Bangor are not a war zone. State and local governments can and must manage our own communities."
Sens. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Angus King, an independent, also were critical of Trump.
King was the first in the delegation to react to Trump's actions, issuing a series of tweets Monday night.
"There are many things wrong about the president's actions this afternoon – his lack of appreciation of the deep and legitimate grievance of black people after the killing of George Floyd and thousands of others over the years, the gratuitous mention of the Second Amendment," King tweeted " … the threat to deploy federal troops on U.S. soil against U.S. citizens, among others – and finally, his callous use of a church and the Christian Bible as props in a political stunt which demeaned people of faith, degraded the office of the presidency, and insulted the American people."
CNN's Lauren Fox also spoke with Collins on Monday and in a series of tweets quoted Collins as saying: "It was painful to watch peaceful protesters be subjected to tear gas in order for the President to go across the street to a church I believe he's attended only once."
In a statement from her office Tuesday, Collins said she didn't believe Trump's use of force against the protesters was justified.
"As Americans, we all need to frankly acknowledge and work to resolve our longstanding, ongoing struggles with racial inequality," Collins said. "It is at times like this that a President needs to speak to the Nation, to pledge to right wrongs, and to calm inflamed passions. The President should help to heal the racial divisions in this country. The event at the church didn't advance that effort."
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden responded to questions from the Portland Press Herald on Tuesday evening, saying, "There is a constitutional right to protest and it is unacceptable to use force to clear out peaceful protesters, especially to assist a political stunt. These were peaceful protests and the decision to use military and police forces to move them showed weakness rather than strength, and demonstrated a lack of judgment and leadership. It was an abuse of power."
Asked if it is appropriate for the president to invoke a federal law that allows him to use the military to put down riots and protests around the country, Golden said, "The president should be very careful about deploying federal military forces on American soil without the consent of the governed. He is walking a dangerous line between the rights of constitutionally protected protestors and his desire to crack down on unlawful rioters who are taking advantage of the situation. He clearly misjudged that line yesterday in the nation's capital."
Golden is a Marine Corps combat veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Trump's actions and words came the same day a dust-up between Trump and Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, developed over Trump's plan to visit a manufacturing plant in Guilford that makes medical swabs, used to test for the coronavirus.
Regarding Trump's announced plan to visit Maine, Golden said, "The hard-working men and women at Puritan (Medical) deserve recognition for the important contribution they are making to the national response to the coronavirus. What they are doing is critically important to expand our testing capacity across the country and I am glad that the President is acknowledging their hard work."
Mills expressed her concerns to Trump that his visit to Maine would only incite additional protests and possibly bring violence to the state, which had so far avoided that reaction. Thousands of Mainers have joined in protests in Portland and other Maine cities in the days since video emerged of a white Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the back of a black man's neck for nine minutes while he was handcuffed and face down on the ground.
Floyd was killed in the incident and the officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with murder.
King, the independent senator and a former Maine governor, sided with Mills in a statement issued by his communications director Tuesday.
"Right now, our state and nation are in a fragile moment, which must be handled carefully," King said. "Gov. Mills was elected by the people of Maine to manage these situations, and if she believes the President's trip (while normally welcomed) would either hinder our state's gradual, science-based reopening plan or inflame tensions at what have been peaceful protests, I respect her judgment."
Collins said the destructive and violent actions by protesters should not be condoned, but it was preferable that state and local authorities handle those situations instead of the military.
"We cannot allow the destruction of property, rioting, and looting, but neither can that distract us from truly confronting the underlying racial problems that we have in this country," she said.
Republicans' criticism muted on Trump's handling of protests
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We entered the competition alongside Robin Partington and Partners, the project architects, and were delighted to see it recognised as a significant introduction to the London skyline.
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Richard Hell on Donkey Breasts, Poo Paper and Why the Beatles Were Terrible
Eric Spitznagel 04/19/2013
[caption id="attachment_72555" align="alignnone" width="640"] Photo: Roberta Bayley/Redferns[/caption]
Here's something that's not often said about rock star memoirs: "Wow, that was really well written." Which isn't a complaint. Most rock stars with a track record worthy of a memoir are lucky to remember their own names anymore. Nobody picked up Keith Richard's Life or Mötley Crüe: The Dirt for the wordplay or literary symbolism. They just want to know about Mick Jagger's penis or Tommy Lee's lack of personal hygiene. For those stories alone, we're grateful, even if they sometimes read like they were written by a gorilla who'd just learned sign language.
Richard Hell's I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp is a very different animal. It's got tales of cartoonish excess and sexual tomfoolery, and it follows the perfunctory rock junkie narrative arc -- "guy meets drugs, guy does way too many drugs, guy stops using drugs just shy of offing himself." But unlike other books in its genre, the prose crackles with creativity and wit that would be entertaining even if you don't know (or care) who Richard Hell is. His descriptions of female sexual anatomy could be its own Iowa Writers' Workshop. He compares a girlfriend's lady business to "a squeaky rubber duck," and another's breasts to "twin Eeyores." He has unromantic memories of the '70s punk scene in New York ("the first thing I noticed [about CBGB] is that it smelled like dogshit") and over-romantic memories of his ridiculous sex escapades ("My introduction to the real, complex pleasures of slave ownership began on a hot summer night in 1979, at the loft of my crystal meth dealer.")
For those unfamiliar, Richard Hell was the guy who invented punk music, or at least the uniform (spiky hair, torn clothes held together with safety pins, snarl) that everyone associates with punk music. He played bass and sometimes sang for seminal punk bands like Television, the Heartbreakers (with Johnny Thunders, not fucking Tom Petty), and Richard Hell and the Voidoids. He gave the world "Blank Generation," a song you should be forced to listen to before you're allowed to buy anything by Green Day. Back in 1977, Time magazine predicted he'd become "the Mick Jagger of punk." At around the same time, the Village Voice called him a "no-talent" with an "oily rubber voice constantly on the verge of hysteria." Depending on who you believe, he either exceeded expectations, or didn't come close.
I called Hell to talk about his new book. He sounded like he'd just woken up, a little frazzled and gruff. But after reading Clean Tramp, it's hard to imagine he doesn't always sound like that.
Rock memoirs don't typically get a lot of respect. But I'm not sure if you'd even call your book a memoir.
I wouldn't. To me it's an autobiography. And it's not necessarily a rock autobiography either. I spent maybe 10 years as a musician out of the 34 years covered in the book. I don't pick up a guitar until 100 pages in, the first third of the book. But I know it's inevitable that the music parts are going to get all the attention.
My point is, you pick up a nonfiction book by a punk icon, you expect to walk away saying "Oh my god, that dude did a lot of drugs," not "Oh my god, that guy knows his way around a metaphor."
You don't expect a certain quality of writing?
You don't. And your book is quite good.
Not everybody agrees with you. Some people say it's badly written.
Like who?
Well it's funny actually. I got reviewed in the New York Times twice. I got a daily review and then a Sunday book section review. In the first review, the guy nodded perfunctorily to my capabilities as a writer. It's at least in a different class from books by musicians with no writing experience. But then he also pulled out a passage to demonstrate my weaknesses as a writer. It's the part when I'm 17 and I came to New York on my own, and I described my girlfriend at the time as "a sad, hysterical girl with red capillaries on her nose and cheekbones, and large breasts that looked like twin Eeyores."
What? A weakness? That may be my favorite sentence in the whole goddamn book.
Thank you. Frankly, I thought it was brilliant. But he thought he was making fun of me. Then a review comes out in Book Forum, and the writer cited that exact same sentence as an example of how cool my writing is.
Reviews matter to you?
They absolutely do. And like any writer, I'm never satisfied. I'm probably a worse case as far as that goes. I cannot get enough adulation. And I don't think the critics have given me my due, for the most part. Except Luc Sante. He's a really great prose stylist. There's a blurb by him on the back of my book, where he says that I "wield prose keen as a diamond knife, sharpened by the light of the moon." [Laughs.] I want everybody to equal that. I want to hear that from every fucking reviewer.
Can we go back to the breasts like twin Eeyores?
[Laughs.] Sure, yeah.
That's just such an amazing simile. Did you have it in your back pocket, just waiting for an opportunity to use it? Or were you at your desk, thinking about your ex-girlfriend's breasts, and all of a sudden it hits you? "Of course, the donkey from Winnie the Pooh! Nailed it."
It just came to me. You just try to bring stuff alive on the page. You reach down and see what common experience equivalent you can use to make it vivid.
And you decided on a children's classic.
The Book Forum review actually suggested that people Google Eeyore if they were unfamiliar. I read that and decided to follow his advice. Because when I wrote it, it was all from the memories and imagery in my head. So I Googled it and brought up all these pictures of Eeyores. I'm telling you, I was right on the mark. Her breasts looked exactly like twin Eeyores.
You've written fiction and non-fiction. Do you have a preference?
I just like writing books. I basically regard myself as a novelist. The next book I write will be a novel, I'm 99% sure. I have a couple of ideas I'm kicking around. But I also like doing non-fiction, even though it's a little more difficult.
[caption id="attachment_72628" align="alignnone" width="640"] Richard Hell and Elvis Costello, being badasses at CBGBs. Photo: Roberta Bayley/Redferns[/caption]
Because you're expected to tell the truth?
Yes, but that's just part of what's interesting about it. Talking about your own experience and what you've observed is easier in fiction, because you don't have those constraints. With non-fiction, I'm really scrupulous. I've always been neurotically serious that way. I've read so many non-fiction books, and if it covers any area where I have any knowledge whatsoever, I can spot so much casual misinformation. And by writers that I really admire.
Well, memories can be fallible.
Yeah, and when I write non-fiction it's inevitable that I make a few mistakes. On every page you're saying ten things that are specific, and sometimes you'll get some of it wrong, or you'll have to trust your memory, which as you say is unreliable. I just don't like it when writers distort facts to serve their own interests. I think that's usually what happens. People put things in a light that makes them look the best.
There was one moment in the book, almost a throwaway, that I can't stop thinking about. It's the late '70s, and you're self-publishing a magazine called Genesis: Grasp. You get a contribution from a sculptor named Joel Fisher.
[Laughs.]
You want to finish this for me?
He was an artist who was interested in paper. Paper was his medium; not drawing on paper, just paper itself. He would exhibit these pieces of paper, where you'd look at it and it'd have an interesting texture and that would be the work. When I was doing a magazine, I realized it would be easy to include Joel's original artwork. We could just staple in a tiny scrap of paper in every issue. This was around the time he was creating paper in his digestive system.
He'd eat paper.
Right. He would go for a few days eating nothing but paper, and then make a fresh sheet out of what came from his butt.
That story just makes me so happy.
[Laughs.] Does it? Why?
I don't know. Maybe with print being a dying medium, and everybody getting their information online these days, a magazine with butt paper just seems so ... quaint.
I guess it does.
There'll never be anything like that anymore. Nobody's ever going to touch paper and realize too late, "Oh crap, this came out of a person!"
Well, maybe the account of Joel will inspire some people to make homemade paper.
You gave up on music in 1984. Did you think it was a career dead end, or did you just have nothing left to say?
I had plenty more to say. I'd love to be writing more songs. Sometimes I get wistful about all the songs that didn't get written, because I didn't have a benefactor who'd give me $50,000 to make a record. At the same time, I'd gotten pretty fed up and disillusioned with the music business years before I actually stopped.
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Like how long?
After my first album came out, within six months of that, I pretty much felt like I had lost interest and was ready to move on. But by then I was a junkie. I was just kind of useless. I didn't know what to do with myself, so I crawled on for whatever number of years, five or six, before I finally cut music out. It's not like I had some obsessive fascination with songs, or I was driven to play guitar or anything like that.
Music was just something to do?
It was. It was something new and interesting. I got a record contract three years after I'd picked up a guitar, and I went through three bands kinda quickly. I accomplished what I set out to do, and I also found that I didn't like the lifestyle.
You wrote in Clean Tramp that being a rock frontman "takes indestructible certainty of one's own irresistibility." Did you lose some of that certainty?
I don't know that I lost it as much as realized it was becoming a problem. Because it develops slowly. Some people come to the rock lifestyle with that pure confidence and pleasure in exhibitionism. But if you don't have that, it slowly overtakes you and starts to effect your conception of yourself. Keith Richards had this great observation about what it's like. He said at first you feel like a god onstage. And then after awhile you still think you're a god in the limousine. And then you still think you're a god back at the hotel. Until one day, you're just completely convinced you're a god. That's what happened to me.
It must've been a shock to make the transition to writer. Not many writers are made to feel like gods.
I just read something you wrote about Lester Bangs for the Village Voice a decade ago. Comparing yourself to writers, and rock critics specifically, you said "my life is more fun than theirs."
[Laughs.] Yeah.
Having spent some time on the other side of the wall, as a writer, do you still believe that's true?
Well, the life of a rock critic is pretty nasty. There's not many rewards for being a rock critic. You don't have to be a rock star to have a better life than a critic. You can be a professional bowler and have a better life than a rock critic. But a writer in general? [Long pause.] I don't know. One life is about excess and being loved by strangers and doing drugs for free and never sleeping. The other is all solitude and coffee and obscurity. Honestly, giving up that life of excess and being loved by strangers and drugs, it was a complete relief. And I feel very lucky, because I made it work. I still get record royalties, so I have a little supplement. But my needs aren't great or many, and basically I write my own ticket. I have no regrets about leaving the life of a rock musician for the life of a writer. It was in my nature.
I have a question about "Blank Generation."
The song or the album?
The song. I listened to it a lot when I was younger, and I always kinda assumed it was about nihilism. That ultimate punk expression of "Fuck it, nothing means anything, we're all screwed." But now, as I get older, I wonder if I was misreading it. Maybe it was meant to be more hopeful. How far off was I?
Well, the whole thrust of it is to leave room for whatever interpretation you want to make. But yeah, your first analysis was correct.
[caption id="attachment_72636" align="alignnone" width="640"] Photo: Getty Images[/caption]
The world's fucked?
Yeah. But I also intended it to include this whole notion of self-invention as an alternative. It's a piece of work that makes its own world, just like every piece of work does. Anything I say about it is limiting. It speaks for itself.
When you were writing it, were you in a happy place?
No. Not at all. It was a reaction against all the insipid smiley faces leftover from the '60s, for sure.
Like the Beatles?
Yeah. I can't listen to their music. I never could. I don't like that shit at all.
In Clean Tramp you wrote that the Beatles "homogenized and corrupted everything." You compare them to the Academy Awards, "glitzy but dull." Do you honestly hate their music, or just the fame that surrounded them?
The music is terrible.
But what if they'd been some obscure band that never made it? What if they put out little indie records and had a small cult following? Would you have liked them then?
I don't know. It's a funny thing, because I do like the Everly Brothers. I do like Buddy Holly. The Beatles named themselves after Buddy Holly's band, basically.
The Crickets.
Yeah, the Crickets. All those guys were just doing pop songs with pretty harmonies. But the Beatles, I don't know, they always struck me as being saccharine. They did watered-down versions of really great numbers. If you had access to Little Richard records, why would you want to hear the Beatles doing "Long Tall Sally"? Then they became really serious, self-important social commenters, and they were out of their depth. It was stupid. Like that "Day in the Life" nonsense.
I read the news today, oh boy!
Oh god, it's just so awful. The huge productions they gave to that stuff, it was wrongheaded. It wasn't clever, and it wasn't interesting. People give them too much credit. They never cut to the heart of things.
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp is out now on ECCO Books.
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How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
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I really enjoyed the new series of translations that Princeton University Press has done of Cicero and Epictetus and Seneca. They are worth reading for sure.
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A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism―translated by one of the world's leading authorities on Stoic philosophy.
Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55–135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How to Be Free, A. A. Long―one of the world's leading authorities on Stoicism and a pioneer in its remarkable contemporary revival―provides a superb new edition of Epictetus's celebrated guide to the Stoic philosophy of life (the Encheiridion) along with a selection of related reflections in his Discourses.
Freedom, for Epictetus, is not a human right or a political prerogative but a psychological and ethical achievement, a gift that we alone can bestow on ourselves. We can all be free, but only if we learn to assign paramount value to what we can control (our motivations and reactions), treat what we cannot control with equanimity, and view our circumstances as opportunities to do well and be well, no matter what happens to us through misfortune or the actions of other people.
How to Be Free features splendid new translations and the original Greek on facing pages, a compelling introduction that sets Epictetus in context and describes the importance of Stoic freedom today, and an invaluable glossary of key words and concepts. The result is an unmatched introduction to this powerful method of managing emotions and handling life's situations, from the most ordinary to the most demanding.
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Three Cups Later – Page 10 – What's in the cup? Whatever you want it to be.
I wanted to write tonight, but instead I came down with a sinus headache that four Advil, two aspirin, and 5mg of Vicodin couldn't take care of. I spent most of the day on my couch feeling like I had to throw up and wanting to stab Rachael Rae in the eyes for having such a perky voice when I, obviously, could not be half as perky. EVOO OMG WTF LOL!
I'll be taking it easy tomorrow. The headache has subsided a whole lot as of now, and on that note I decided to jot down some notes for outlining since this seems to be what I want to write. I'm also changing Kate's name to Andi.
I have a thing for female leads whose names don't end in -a. Old habit. Dies hard.
500 words of outline. Bed now. Hopefully I won't have a headache when I wake up.
A mere 500 words tonight, but to my credit I did rip out some wordage and replace it with new stuff. And it was meeting night.
How it's going: Jake tracks down Kate.
Where it's going: Emo girls.
Where it's been: Kate ruminating on her vulnerabilities.
Item(s) of note: I took Kate's money away. She needs to be hungry for a little longer. The world just isn't that nice.
I appear to still be awake. That can't be good. At least it's not 3 AM….YET.
How it's going: Kate just got moneys.
Where it's been: Coffee, bionic mosquitoes, and a visit from Mr. Hughes.
Item(s) of note: Bayside's Walking Wounded is my music of choice for writing Kate's scenes. I haven't yet fixed on anything for Jake, but I suspect it's going to be a playlist mash of Panic! At the Disco and Fall Out Boy (they're essentially the same band anyway, amiright?).
as a cowardly little child?
It felt like climbing out of a grave in winter.
Little less than 900 words.
How it's going: Jake is enjoying the morning.
Where it's going: Kate using the internets.
Where it's been: Birds and sleep.
Item(s) of note: Browser-based spell-checkers don't like the word "corvine", but are okay with lupine and bovine. Also: crow feeding habits.
Not much to say. I've been exercising and eating correctly, as well as getting work done at work, writing this thing (I won't call it a book until I get to 10k words), playing WoW, and going to the dojo. Hunh.
It didn't seem like a lot, but I guess 700 words is. Hunh. That warrants an entry.
How it's going: Noise investigated. Munin's magic smells like axle grease.
Where it's going: Kate's missive.
Where it's been: Sleeping on the couch.
Item of note: I didn't know how to properly spell "axle" until today. I always spelled it "axel". I am informed by Merriam-Webster that this is not the correct spelling, no matter what Wikipedia may think.
I couldn't help but think of that as I wrote about Jake stalking around his apartment with his gun. I very nearly had him hum the "I'm a Little Teapot" song. I contained myself.
I'm going to have to do some research and decide what kind of gun to give him. Probably a 9 MM…thingie. I'm a noob, so they stovepipe on me, but they're so peeeertyyyy.
Also, magazine clips: double plus good for our boy.
How it's going: Jake has heard a noise, and must investigate.
Where it's going: A false alarm.
Where it's been: Crackhead the Friendly Ghost, and cheese-and-apple sandwiches. Could it be that Jake is a vegetarian?
Item of note: Jake's a vegetarian? News to me. Goddamn characters.
Lunch hours are for writing. 1200 words, to be exact. I am a typing machine when I want to be.
How it's going: Kate is digesting, but unable to eat, drink, or sleep. The ramifications of magic are severe.
Where it's going: Jake next, I suspect.
Where it's been: A silent ride to the diner.
Item of note: This is my first conscious attempt at suspense/horror. All previous writings I've done have incorporated the concept — I am of the feeling that the best fantasy has some horror to it — but this is a real attempt to balance a story on the knife edge of tension here.
Not so coincidentally, I finished 'salem's Lot last night. Next up for the nightstand readings: Night Lost by the lovely and talented Lynn "She of a Thousand Names" Viehl.
you've been saving for his mattress?
How it's going: Kate is miserable, Jake is bidness.
Where it's going: To a diner.
Where it's been: On a footbridge, with a dead girl.
Item of note: The other WIP. This is for when I feel like writing modern and cussing a lot. If the other book has inspiration from my professional life, this is all based on my so-called romantic life.
Nearly done reading 'Salem's Lot. It has the kind of vampires I like and rarely see: scary as hell.
How it's going: I have no idea what my characters are doing.
Where it's going: Hot water, stat.
Where it's been: Kai and Rain's roles re-purposed to star-crossed lovers, Myr is now the Woman With No Name. OH LOOK, SOMEONE LIKES A GENRE.
Item of note: Written entirely using Google's Doc program. Makes it very easy to write a chunk at work when I'm on break, and none of the feature creep of Word. Awesome.
Modern? Epic? Revise something? Revisit something?
But, hey, it's not like anyone is expecting anything from me at this time.
This morning I did have a great idea for a lead-in line, that all-important "hook". I freaking hate hooks, but I think this was is sufficiently quirky. Hopefully I'll still feel that way six months from now.
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Scotland's TRNSMT festival permitted to go ahead
Scotland's biggest music festival, Glasgow's Trnsmt, has been permitted to go ahead this September with up to 50,000 non-socially distanced fans per day.
The festival has been awarded the status of 'gateway event' by the Scottish government because of its place as 'an internationally significant flagship event'.
This status exempts Trnsmt from the current 5,000-person capacity limit on outdoor events.
The three-day music festival will take place at Glasgow Green between 10–12 September with headliners Courteeners, Liam Gallagher and The Chemical Brothers.
The festival, which would usually take place with up to 150,000 people in July, has not been held since 2019. The 2020 event was cancelled in April last year, a month after the first Covid lockdown was announced.
"I'm delighted to confirm that Trnsmt has been given approval to take place this year due to its status as a gateway event"
This year, promoter DF concerts is working with the Scottish government and Glasgow City Council to deliver the event.
Geoff Ellis, chief executive at Trnsmt and CEO at DF Concerts, says: "I'm delighted to confirm that cinch presents Trnsmt has been given approval to take place this year due to its status as a gateway event, with permission to host up to 50,000 fans per day over the weekend of 10–12 September. We're looking forward to working in partnership with the Scottish government and Glasgow City Council in delivering the festival."
The news comes after the first minister announced on Tuesday (3 August) that most Covid restrictions would be lifted from Monday 9 August.
Capacity limits of 2,000 people indoors and 5,000 people outdoors will remain in place beyond Monday although some exceptions may be possible on a case by case basis.
"This will allow us and local authorities to be assured of the arrangements in place to reduce risk," the Scottish government said in a statement.
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St. Charles cracks down on early parade squatters
St. Charles residents apparently really, really like their Krewe of Lul Parade. Months - yes, months - in advance, fans stake out their spot along the route with tape, cable, rope, ladders or even par…
St. Charles residents apparently really, really like their Krewe of Lul Parade. Months – yes, months – in advance, fans stake out their spot along the route with tape, cable, rope, ladders or even parked vehicles. But the parish council is putting the nix on these extreme early-bird squatters. A new law that takes effect this season allows parade-goers to set up ladders, tarps, blankets, benches or chairs on the day of the parade, but bars them from ever roping off or otherwise reserving sections or parcels of public lands. Business owners and homeowners can't fence rights-of-ways in front of their homes or businesses anymore on parade day, either. Violators face fines of up to $500. Councilman Shelley Tastet, who proposed the ordinance, says crews last week started taking down ropes and other attempts to block off the area for the Feb. 21 parade. Planning and zoning authorities also will post signs in the area to educate the public about the ban. "Almost everyone I talk to thinks the ordinance is very needed. Most of the people who are against it have been involved in roping off the public rights-of-way," Tastet says. "With the ordinance in place, crews are able to trim the area before the parade, making it better for all parade watchers." – PBF
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by Sige Weisman, MFT | Feb 28, 2018
How do we really be with grief and loss?
"What has to die is your refusal for things to die. Your refusal for things to end. If that dies life can be fed by that." — Stephen Jenkenson, Orphan Wisdom School
The harsh truth is: everything we love we will lose.
Whether by unexpected death, or passing from old age, or simply because the relationship we committed to is not meant to be – grief and loss is inevitable. Death, in all of its forms, is unavoidable.
Just as the change of seasons is essential to nature, the cycle of life and death is essential to our human experience.
Why is something so natural and universal so painful? Why do we turn away from our grief and sorrow?
Why does our culture collectively cower in the face of the only thing we know for certain — that everything and everyone will die at some point?
Too Busy to Grieve
We live in a culture that relishes constant busyness over deep emotions. We're taught to bottle up our emotions, especially the darker ones.
Our grief, which by definition is deep sorrow over loss, is compartmentalized. Even the deepest grief for the death of a loved one is often confined to a few hours of public grief at a funeral home.
As long as we keep grief and loss within those walls, it won't swallow us whole. That's what we think.
In the book, Entering the Healing Ground: Grief, Ritual and the Soul of the World, Francis Weller calls our Western culture a "flatline."
We're too busy to feel much of anything really, Weller writes. Those "negative" emotions, we avoid at all costs, causing a type of chronic grief that shows itself as depression. We function at this steady, monotone flatline of emotions.
Weller pins this denial of grief on the fear of never coming back, of never recovering if we allow ourselves to go there.
But here's the truth: In order to truly feel alive, to feel joy, we must feel pain. We must grieve and come out on the other side. Otherwise, we exist in a shadow life — a shadow of what it could be if we fully lived.
It's the shadow life of denial that consumes us, not the experience of grief.
"Grief asks that we honor the loss and in so doing, deepen our capacity for compassion," Weller writes. "When grief remains unexpressed, however, it hardens, becomes solid like a stone. We in turn become rigid and stop moving in the rhythm of the soul."
Avoiding the D Word (Death)
Our American culture is in denial. Just as we live this very moment, not one of us is guaranteed the next breath. You and I, all of us, will die in our bodily forms someday.
Despite this solemn truth, we skirt the issue, hide it, minimize it, and deny it at every turn. We reject the idea of death, of aging, of fading away into the earth. How do we do this?
By searching for the wellspring of eternal life, we fantasize about avoiding death.
By grasping for youth and beauty, rather than showing reverence for aging and elderhood, we deny aging in its natural form.
By mandating that grief and loss be a solitary practice rather than a communal one, we hide from it.
Think about our culture. The funeral is our only real ritual involving death, and it's more about honoring the deceased than acknowledging and holding the bereaved.
Even large-scale tragedies hold our attention for a few days, a week at most. Then what? The grief goes behind closed doors.
We're shamed for our grief, chided for public displays of heartbreak. Told to:
"It's been long enough. Move on."
"Remember the good times."
"Go cry in the bathroom stall."
But for the grieving, life doesn't go on. It is forever changed. What could be more hurtful than the advice to move on, when your heart is broken?
Why can't we simply acknowledge that…life doesn't just "go on." That we can't just "get over it." That it will never be "long enough." And if we want to sit in the open-space of our office, a bus station, a waiting room, and sob, we damn well can.
Why is this culture so offended by the expression of grief? Why do we so stubbornly deny death?
How Other Cultures Express Grief and Loss
Early on my spiritual path, I learned about Buddhist monks who spent long stretches of time in burial sites, studying decomposing bodies as a contemplation on death and impermanence. Now, I'm not asking anyone to do that. But the point is the reason monks engaged in this practice.
Buddhists believe that only by recognizing how short and precious life is, can we make it meaningful and live fully in the present. They also believe that by familiarizing ourselves with the natural process of death, can we remove our fear of it, thereby ensuring a good rebirth.
The Jewish ritual of sitting shiva is another example of a profound embracing of death and grief. For seven days after the death of a close relative, the family observes a shiva. They gather in the same place to grieve and comfort each other, as well as honor the deceased.
While not formalized like shiva, many families do come together in one way or another to support the mourner. But so often, each mourner retreats to his or her own private misery.
What if we turn toward the grief instead? To sit by the river of sorrow, gazing, dipping our toes in, swimming but not swept away, for as long as we need to.
What might we learn about life and the living of it, if we embrace death and the end of it?
Other Forms of Grief and Loss
If grieving the death of a loved one too hard, too publicly, or for too long is shunned, imagine the cold shoulder given to any other type of grieving.
We feel the pangs of grief and loss when:
A romantic relationship ends.
A friendship ends.
A career ends.
A childhood or youth ends
Some kinds of grief are more accepted by society than others. But it's your grief. Shouldn't you be able to experience it?
Of course, you should. In part two of this series, we'll delve into grief over the end of a relationship and how to fully grieve for your loss.
We'd love to help guide you through the natural grieving process.
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Seems like just yesterday you were closing in on 30. You may have thought about having a child. Or it may have been the furthest thing from your mind. After all, you had plenty of time.
Perhaps you were still single. Perhaps you were pursuing your career or furthering your education.
We often associate grief with the death of a loved one. But what about the death of a love? Breaking up with a romantic partner can certainly feel like death!
People change. We're not static beings by any means. Even our cells die away and are replaced. We're ever-changing and always renewing at our core.
So why expect a romantic partner to remain the same?
Our grief, which by definition is deep sorrow over loss, is often compartmentalized. Even the deepest grief for the death of a loved can be confined to a few hours of public grief at a funeral home.
As long as we keep grief within those walls, it won't swallow us whole. That's what we think.
A few years back, I found myself falling head-over-heals for a new man in town.
He was strikingly handsome, sensitive yet strong, and well attuned to the tones and shifts of my inner world. His sexy British accent melted me and his is dry humor sent me into stitches with laughter. I quickly opened my heart to him and felt ecstatic when he chose to enter.
With him in my life, I shined in full glow.
Then one horrible night . . . he turned around and walked right out . . .
Did you know that marriage wasn't always about love?
In fact, it used to be more of a first natural step into adulthood, a practical economic partnership, and a societal expectation, than any epic love story.
It wasn't so long ago that marriage was as a matter of convenience, built on economic and political security, patrimony, and lineage — the power balance tipped nearly completely to the male side.
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Meatballs might be my favorite food in the entire world. I strive to eat them ALL THE TIME. It doesn't always work out but I really do try.
I eat healthy ones when I'm vibing that paleo/Whole 30 lifestyle.
I like legit ones that I like to think I would eat if I lived in the movie Goodfellas.
And then there are these fine things: eggplant veggie meatballs.
You can serve them to all your friends who don't like meat but also don't like fake meat. Also people who like meat love them too.
If you know me then you know that I was LATE to the eggplant game. I lived my life for years hating it but I love it SO much now. This sabich is still one of my favorite things to eat and the thing I love most on that sandwich is the deng harissa eggplant—it's too good!
These meatballs come together pretty easily.
We do have an extra step and that's cooking the eggplant down a bit and then blending it all up in a food processor with a bunch of other delicious things.
I like to use a non-stick pan for this so that I don't end up with crumbly-broken meatballs. These are definitely more fragile than your traditional meatball.
I served this over cauliflower puree and pesto and it was the perfect healthy meal. If you're looking to cut down on some time, serve it with store-bought pesto and some sautéed cauliflower rice.
In a large saute pan, set over medium-low heat, add the olive oil. When the oil is warmed, add the eggplant, a few pinches of salt and water. Cover the pan and cook for about 5 minutes, until softened. Give it a good mix and then add the garlic and shallot or onion. Cook for an additional 5 minutes. Transfer to a food processor and pulse until mostly smooth.
Transfer to a bowl, along with the crushed red pepper, oregano, 1/2 teaspoon salt, basil, Italian parsley, bread crumbs, cheese and beaten egg. Mix until combined. Cover with plastic wrap and transfer to the fridge to chill for about 20 to 30 minutes. This will make it easier to scoop.
Meanwhile, make the cauliflower puree. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the cauliflower florets and cook until softened about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove about 1/2 cup of the cauliflower water and set aside. Drain the cauliflower and transfer to a high-powered blender. Add the butter and creme fraiche (or yogurt) and a splash or two of the cauliflower broth. Pulse until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. Give it a taste and add salt. I added about 1/2 teaspoon. You may need to give it a stir just before serving.
To a blender, add all of the pesto ingredients and pulse until smooth, scraping down the sides of the blender as needed. Salt to taste. I added about 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
In a non-stick skillet or medium skillet, set over medium heat, add a teaspoon or two of oil. Using a cookie scoop or tablespoon, scoop out meatballs, dropping them on the warm skillet. Repeat until you've filled up with the skillet. Cook on each side for abut 2 to 3 minutes, until seared on two sides. Remove from skillet and set aside and repeat with the remaining mixture.
Divide the puree amongst bowls.
*Feel free to use store-bought pesto, if you're looking for a short cut feel free to use store-bought pesto OR tomato sauce.
*If you don't want to make the cauliflower puree, I bet this would be delicious over polenta or rice or couscous or pasta or spaghetti squash.
I am so making these! Do you think they would freeze ok (and at what stage)? I also love meatballs but especially love making big batches to have on hand. I also have a TON of eggplant in my garden rn!
I feel like eggplant is easily hatable. It took me years to come around but now it's my obsession!
awww that's so awesome to hear! trickery is the way to go! haha.
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State Historical Society hosting outdoor concert, ice cream social on Friday, July 21
The Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society will host a special outdoor concert called "Smithsonian Remembers" featuring traditional music artists Bob and Sheila Everhart on Friday, July 21, at 7 p.m. CDT near the Capitol Lake Visitor Center in Pierre.
The museum is also hosting its annual ice cream social that evening, featuring several flavors from the South Dakota State University Dairy Barn. There is no fee to attend the concert or for ice cream.
The Everharts have recorded several albums of traditional, folk and country music, and earned a Grammy nomination for one of their Smithsonian recordings. They have appeared alongside such performers as Patti Page, Ray Price and Jimmy Buffet, earning accolades all over the world including the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from World Music Events in Austria. They have appeared on "The Today Show" and the "Louisiana Hayride."
"This is going to be a terrific event for the entire family," said Jay Smith, museum director. "Bob and Sheila Everhart have performed for us before, and they are great entertainers who will put on an enjoyable show filled with classic materials and a few surprises. Bob and Sheila are from nearby Anita, Iowa, where some of our audience may have heard their radio program or attended one of the festivals they periodically sponsor. Bob is an accomplished author as well, with five books, including his biography entitled 'What I Saw,' released in 2010."
Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets or any other comfortable outdoor gear for the free concert. Restrooms will be available for those in attendance. In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved inside the Capitol Lake Visitor Center.
For questions about the concert, call (605) 773-3798.
About the South Dakota State Historical Society
The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Department of Education. The State Historical Society, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is headquartered at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. The center houses the society's world-class museum, the archives, and the historic preservation, publishing and administrative/development offices. Call (605) 773-3458 or visit www.history.sd.gov for more information. The society also has an archaeology office in Rapid City; call (605) 394-1936 for more information.
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Home > Products > Jihad: The Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan by Murray S. Fradin
Jihad: The Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan by Murray S. Fradin
The Book You MUST Read to Understand JIHAD and America's Challenge in the Middle East Murray S. Fradin, B.A., M.A., an historian and Middle East Specialist, has drawn upon his research to bring out a new edition of Jihad: The Mahdi Rebllion in the Sudan.In it he hopes to show uncanny parallels between this century-old war and the events occurring today in the Middle East-including the rise of radical Islamic movements and the Iraqi crisis.It is Mr. Fradin's thesis that long-standing differences in the Middle East can eventually be replaced by more powerful democratic forces at the birth of the 21st century.Are these the questions you want answers to?Why is the Arab world turning against Europe and the United States?How are the forces of religion, politics, and culture being twisted to suit the aspirations of would-be tyrants and dictators?Why do "messianic" leaders preaching jihad or "holy war" hold center stage today?Is America ahead or behind the curve in Middle East politics?Is the Iraqi conflict only about oil?If you would like answers to all or any of these questions, then you must read JIHAD: The Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
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When a child receives a truancy ticket it can require the child and the child's parent to appear before the principal or possibly be referred to law enforcement, causing the child and the parent to appear in court.
Another result of receiving a truancy ticket can be that the school develops an intervention plan for the child to try to keep the child in school. The court may order the parent to attend parenting classes or to attend school with the child. The court can also order the child to attend school. The ticket can result in fines of up to $250 plus court fees.
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The Wonderful Wildlife Hidden in the Depths of the Coast of Las Canteras Beach – Part 25: As Jeff Golblum says in Jurassic Park: "Life finds a way".
The scientist in the film thought that any attempt to stop evolution would be pointless, and, to prove it, we can take our beach as an example and see how life finds a way through many odd situations.
Take a look at the first photo. It's a hermit crab; it uses stinging seaweed in order to protect itself from possible predators. It's incredible to see how a little shell can become a fertile place for seaweed to grow!
Now look at this Verongia sponge, one of the most common invertebrates of Las Canteras' seabed. Notice how the green seaweeds climb up the surface of the sponge, using it to feed on and to grow.
And have you ever noticed those buoys near La Barra (the reef), right in front of Loopy's? Now that's a varied habitat! Their ropes, exposed to the ebb and flow of the tides are completely covered in seaweeds, like the brown padina pavonica that you can see in the photograph above. If you dive there and look carefully along the rope (almost 3m in length) you will find other details that might surprise you, like the hermit crab in the next photo, which uses the rope as a slide to reach the sandy seabed.
Young fish are often attracted by floating objects with bright colours, like these buoys. This gives us the opportunity to enjoy the company of unique species, like this 'loquillo' (senda fasciata small fry), which is having a great time swimming around the buoys. It's almost impossible to take a good shot of this restless fish, but this time we caught it. A picture for our collection!
Let's close this article with a wonderful shot, taken few years ago, when there was only one buoy. Here we have a great showcase of life: a group of young fish swimming excitedly in this exceptional habitat. Once more, life finds a way in the waters of Las Canteras.
P.S. Special thanks to our friend Alberto Amézaga, who gave us accurate information about the buoys through our forums.
Next article The Wonderful Wildlife Hidden in the Depths of the Coast of Las Canteras Beach - Part 30: Hidden life.
Previous article The Wonderful Wildlife Hidden in the Depths of the Coast of Las Canteras Beach - Part 20: Two of a Kind.
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Luis Heredia ist der Name folgender Personen:
* Luis Heredia (Schauspieler) († 1967), spanischer Schauspieler
Luis Heredia Amaya (1920–1985), spanischer Bildhauer
Luis Bernabé Heredia (um 1920–1951), argentinischer Fußballtorhüter
Luis Eduardo Heredia (* 1994), mexikanischer Baseballspieler
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THE JOHN ROBERTS (FOUNDER AO.COM) CHARITY BUSINESS LUNCH
Date: Friday 29th June 2018
Time: 12:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Location: Principal Hotel, Oxford Street, Manchester City Centre, M60 7HA
Please join us for a very special Charity Business Lunch featuring John Roberts, founder of AO.com, in aid of The SMA Trust and The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. John will be interviewed by Matt Davies. Matt is the former CEO of Tesco, and current Chairman of N Brown Group plc. The host will be the comedian Alun Cochrane.
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Ticket prices include a drinks reception, 2 course lunch with coffee
Individual Ticket Price: £55.00 + VAT
Tables of 10 are available: £550.00 + VAT
Certified Kosher Meals are available at an additional cost
Tables of 10: £850.00 + VAT
The booking system allows for only credit card payments only.
Please email [email protected] for more details or enquiries about the event.
John Roberts Founder - AO.com
John founded online electrical retailer AO.com in 2000 following a £1 bet with his friend that he couldn't change the face of the white goods market. Twenty years later, with the industry changed, it has proven to be a valuable bet: AO has gone from three people to nearly 3,000, was valued at £1.2bn at IPO in 2014, and has won numerous awards including Retail Week's 'Best Employer' and Which? magazine's 'Best Online Shop'.
John's obsession with culture and customer service through innovation for structural advantage has been the driver of that success. His 'AO Way' ethos has seen him recognised for his leadership, coming second in the Sunday Times's most inspirational leader and ranked in the top 10 CEOs to work for by Glassdoor.
Matt Davies Chairman - N Brown Group plc
Matt is a former Chief Executive of Tesco, Pets at Home and Halfords. He is currently CEO of N Brown plc .
Alun Cochrane - Comedian
Award-winning stand-up comedian Alun Cochrane has appeared on numerous TV shows including Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Russell Howard's Good News, Mock The Week, Dave's One Night Stand, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Have I Got News For You and 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
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What a Comeback! Charge Use Big Second Half to Down Boyertown 5-3
Sept. 15, 2019 -- Sometimes it's not how you start, but how you finish that matters. That was certainly true Sunday at Douglass Park, as the Methacton United Charge overcame a 3-0 deficit to stun Boyertown 5-3.
Things looked bleak early for the Charge, as Boyertown scored a goal in the first minute of play off the opening tap. Eight minutes later, they struck again to go up 2-0. Grace and Ava both had shots on goal, but the Charge struggled to sustain pressure on offense. When Boyertown went up 3-0 midway through the half, it looked like it may not be the Charge's day.
However, Tessa, Riley and Sophia all made great hustle plays to sprint back on defense and stop potential Boyertown breakaways, and Jessa made a good two-handed save in goal to give the Charge some momentum.
The Charge slowly began to mount their attack as the half progressed. With under a minute to go, Bryce hustled back to get the ball on defense, moving it up to Tessa, who passed ahead to Grace. Grace took one touch and buried a shot in the back of the net just before time expired. It was just the spark the Charge needed.
In what is becoming a pattern, the Charge came out of the break with plenty of energy and dominated the second half. The shots on goal came fast and furious. First it was Violet. Then Brooke sent a shot over the crossbar off a pass from Cailyn. Brooke out-sprinted the Boyertown defense and hit a shot off the post. A great ball from Tessa found Jessa alone at the top of the box, and Jessa's shot also went off the post. Despite the near-misses, the Charge didn't let up.
Minutes later, Jessa got another chance and left no doubt about it, blasting a shot past the goalie to make the score 3-2. Tessa and Jessa teamed up once again, with Tessa hitting a wide open Jessa at midfield. Jessa dribbled in and drilled a goal that tied the game.
With the Charge seemingly always on the attack, some nice passing between Grace, Sophia and Brooke resulted in an own goal by Boyertown to give the Charge a 4-3 lead. Grace one-timed a beautiful cross from Brooke to put the exclamation point on an exciting second-half comeback and 5-3 victory.
Boyertown tried to stage a comeback of their own late in the second half, but the Charge's defense was stout. Sam stepped up a couple times from her defensive position to clear the ball, and Penny played well in goal to keep Boyertown off the board.
With the win, the Charge improved to 2-0 in the Central League heading into a rematch against Marple Newtown in the Charge's home opener Sept. 22.
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Final day looming in Spain, France to decide Champions League places
By fulhamsfinestMay 21, 2015, 1:50 PM EDT
While the top of the Premier League table is almost certainly decided, other top European leagues still have fierce battles for very important spots, with most countries wrapping up their domestic leagues on Saturday.
The most heated is in France, where Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon have both wrapped up top-2 spots, but the battle for third is lasting until the final day. In Ligue 1, only three Champions League places are handed out, Monaco, Marseille, and St. Etienne are all in serious contention.
Monaco has the inside track, with a two-point head start over the other two clubs and a last-day match on the road at 16th-placed Lorient. The hosts will have little to play for in that match, having assured themselves of Ligue 1 survival. However, Monaco did fall to Lorient in the reverse fixture, a 2-1 final all the way back on August 10 in the opening week of the season.
In that match, Monaco must remember a draw against Lorient may not be enough to secure a place in the Champions League. Despite their two-point advantage in the table, Marseille has a vastly superior goal differential, so should the two sides wind up level, Marseille would almost certainly earn the spot.
Marseille will be taking on 11th placed SC Bastia at home on the final day, a rematch of a 3-3 draw also from the first week of the Ligue 1 season. Marseille will need to do better than that, as they'll need a win plus a Monaco draw or loss to earn the place. OM's disastrous April, complete with four straight embarrassing losses, looked to have torpedoed their chance at a Champions League place, but there's still hope as they've since rattled off three in a row, and Ligue 1's second-leading scorer Andre-Pierre Gignac has put himself back in good goalscoring form.
St. Etienne also has a shot at the position, but they'll need lots of help. They have a home date with 10th-placed Guingamp, and will need a win plus dropped points from both Monaco and Marseille to take the Champions League position.
The race in Spain is also still alive, albeit not as exciting as the one in France. With the Big 3 already safe in their spots for next year, the final Champions League position comes down to Valencia and Sevilla on Saturday. The former has a point advantage and the head-to-head points tiebreaker, so they just need to best or equal Sevilla's final match haul and they go through to the big dance.
Valencia will host 19th-placed Almeria, no easy task as the Rojiblancos are battling relegation and still have a chance to sneak off the bottom; the last thing anyone battling for a Champions League spot wants to do is take on a team fighting for its lives. Sevilla, meanwhile, has a tough task of its own on the road against eighth-placed Malaga. They did win this reverse fixture 2-0 back on January 18, and are in good form having lost just once since the beginning of March, with draws against Atletico Madrid and Barcelona during that span.
Italy's Serie A has a fight as well, although there are still two matches left in their season. Roma, Lazio, and Napoli are battling for the second and third and final Champions League spot behind champions Juventus, and all three can still fall out. Roma is sitting in second on 67 points, while Lazio is just one behind and Napoli is four back. The latter will have a very tough task to make up ground, with a matchup against Juventus this weekend before what could be a massive last-round matchup with Lazio on the final day.
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Ferrari races into eSports
by Jordan Harry June 1 2019 402 AMORE?
FDA – Ferrari joins the world of esports
Ferrari is entering the world of esports with a complete programme that will involve several areas of the company and which will run across various projects.
Interesting Platform. esports is one of the fastest growing entertainment platforms, especially in the field of car racing and will attract Sim Racers and fans who are growing rapidly in number, especially among the young. This area includes open and closed-wheel racing.
New section. To get its participation underway in the F1 esports Series, the Maranello marque has decided to establish a special Ferrari Driver Academy esports Team section within the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA.) The actual competition starts in July and the drivers will be announced shortly.
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When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when she disappeared-a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus forever.
Completely entertaining with heart-pounding action and a couple of rib-cracking gags thrown in!
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Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) Diversified conglomerate ITC Ltd is looking to expand its portfolio in dairy segment and plans to launch paneer and milk beverages in the next couple of months, an official said here on Tuesday.
The company on Tuesday launched its pouch milk under the brand "Aashirvaad Svasti" and curd under "Aashirvaad Svasti Dahi" in the city.
"We have launched ghee, milk and getting into curd. We will be launching paneer as well. We are also entering into the markets of milk beverages in the next couple of months," company's Divisional Chief Executive (Foods) Hemant Malik said here.
He said the company will be launching paneer in Kolkata, while the launches of value-added dairy beverages will be pan-India.
He said the diversified conglomerate is also looking to start procuring milk from West Bengal.
"Our team is already on the ground and looking at how we will be procuring milk from the state (West Bengal). The challenge that we are facing is quality of sourcing. In a month's time, we will start sourcing milk from the districts (of West Bengal)," Malik said, adding that it is currently procuring milk in and around Bihar's Munger.
Notably, the FMCG major forayed into the pouch milk category earlier this year in Bihar.
"In a couple of years time, maybe we are looking at Rs 400-500 crore in terms of consumer spends (from the dairy business)," he said.
He said the market for pouch milk for organised players is estimated at Rs 72,000 crore in India and it is growing at 15 per cent annually.
According to him, the company's focus for now will be on markets Bihar and Bengal for pouch milk segment.
The curd market is estimated about Rs 4,500 crore and growing at 30 per cent annually, Malik added.
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Countdown to the 2016 Worlds: the thrills, the drama and the most amazing pictures of last year's edition
With the 2016 World Jiu-Jitsu championship rapidly approaching we still have time to look back into last year's edition. As always, there were all…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQcI_0hNyc8 The 2015 ADCC was a never-ending rush of thrills at the end of August, in Brazil. Filmmaker Stuart Cooper was able to extract…
Watch the highlights of Rodolfo vs. Ben Henderson at the 2015 ADCC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGCKi7js7g Rodolfo Vieira and Ben Henderson met at the first round of the open class division of the 2015 ADCC. Watch how the duel…
2015 ADCC: a brief analysis of each division and a daring attempt to point out favorites
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2015 ADCC: athletes put final touches on preparation for two days of war in São Paulo
Scheduled August 29-30 in São Paulo, the 2015 ADCC is less than 10 days away. Many athletes already made their way to Brazil, as their…
Watch Braulio Estima and Rodolfo Vieira on a light roll a month before the 2015 ADCC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsRq3wf1z-c The 2015 ADCC is one month away. Scheduled August 29-30, in São Paulo, Brazil, the event will be the setting for some exciting…
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