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Q: Preprocessor macro and BOOL weirdness Code below yields the output "yes defined", "no defined" and "yes". Why?
#define FOOBAR NO
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
#ifdef YES
NSLog(@"yes defined");
#endif
#ifdef NO
NSLog(@"no defined");
#endif
#if FOOBAR == YES
NSLog(@"yes");
#else
NSLog(@"no");
#endif
// ...
}
YES and NO are not undefined, objc.h defines them as:
typedef signed char BOOL;
#define YES (BOOL)1
#define NO (BOOL)0
A: What is the value of NO? If it's undefined (like YES), they will both evaluate to 0.
This means your expression is essentially
#if 0 == 0
which is of course true, and thus causes the first call to be compiled.
UPDATE: Not sure how BOOL is defined, but casting to what might be a typedef:ed type is not a very good idea when dealing with the preprocessor. Remember that the the #if is evaluated by the preprocessor, not by the compiler. Read something like this for more information about expressions in the preprocessor. Especially:
The preprocessor does not know anything about types in the language.
A: All identifieres that the preprocessor doesn't know of are replaced with 0 for evaluation in #if directives. If you don't have defined YES and NO both are 0 (and thus equal).
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import android.net.Uri;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
import hrv.band.app.R;
import hrv.band.app.ui.view.activity.IWebView;
import static hrv.band.app.ui.view.activity.web.WebsiteUrls.GOOGLE_FORMS_HOST_URL;
import static hrv.band.app.ui.view.activity.web.WebsiteUrls.HRVBAND_HOST_URL;
import static hrv.band.app.ui.view.activity.web.WebsiteUrls.SURVEY_URL;
import static hrv.band.app.ui.view.activity.web.WebsiteUrls.WEBSITE_ABOUT_URL;
import static hrv.band.app.ui.view.activity.web.WebsiteUrls.WEBSITE_FAQ_URL;
import static hrv.band.app.ui.view.activity.web.WebsiteUrls.WEBSITE_PARAMETER_URL;
import static hrv.band.app.ui.view.activity.web.WebsiteUrls.WEBSITE_PRIVACY_URL;
import static hrv.band.app.ui.view.activity.web.WebsiteUrls.WEBSITE_URL;
public class WebPresenter implements IWebPresenter {
private IWebView webView;
private WebViewClient webViewClient;
public WebPresenter(IWebView webView) {
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break;
case R.id.web_nav_survey:
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default: webView.loadUrl(WEBSITE_URL);
}
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public WebViewClient getWebViewClient() {
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* Checks if the url belongs to the app website. If not it asks the user to open his browser
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webView.openBrowserIntent(url);
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For birdwatchers, Al-Diwaniyah is a ceety wi a rich bird list, as the ceety haes a wide range o biodiversity. Al-Qadisiyah consists o vast agricultural auries, wetlands, arid zones, an semi-desert auries.
The toun is the steid o a tyre manufacturin plant that ance provided tires for much o Iraq. The plant is currently active.
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↑ Gordon, Michael (2008-08-03). "The Last Battle". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
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Recreational amphibious vehicles are nothing new, but most are one-offs, and most tend to be boats that can creep on land, or cars that slosh slowly through water. There are exceptions, notably entries from Gibbs, but arguably, amphibious vehicles have not made the grade as true all-round vehicles that can be driven to work during the week, and on the lake on weekends. WaterCar's new Panther straddles the divide.
Take a Jeep CJ-8, put a Honda Acura 3.7-liter V6 in the back to provide 305 hp, add a fiberglass hull, retracting wheels, and a jet boat drive and you've got the new Panther from WaterCar, which it claims is the world's fastest amphibious car. Capable of doing over 80 mph (127 km/h) on the road and 44 mph (70 km/h) on the water, the Panther is equipped with a long-travel off-road suspension that allows access to less user-friendly lakes. The appearance of the Panther takes after the Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler, with a stretched wheelbase that provides extra interior room.
Because the Jeep chassis proved too heavy, so WaterCar designed a lightweight chassis made of chromoly steel. Having properties (weldability, formability, strength, ductility and toughness) that greatly exceed those of regular carbon steel, the choice of chromoly steel, while pricey, solved the Panther's weight problem.
The Panther's chassis was designed to slip neatly into a fiberglass hull, and is secured therein by modern epoxies, thereby reducing noise and shimmy during hard handling. The hull and chassis incorporate advanced composites where extra strength and toughness is required, and the hull is filled with closed-cell styrofoam, rendering the Panther nearly unsinkable.
What goes inside the hull and chassis includes a powerful powertrain that provides motive force both on land and water. The engine for the Panther is the latest-generation Acura 3.7-liter VTEC V-6 engine. An all-aluminum powerplant, the V-6 is equipped with single overhead camshaft cylinder heads and 24 valves. Both intake and exhaust valves are controlled by Acura's Variable valve Timing and lift Electronic Control (VTEC) system.
This 3.7-liter engine is a bored and stroked version of the Acura 3.5-liter engine. As this left little clearance between the cylinders, the cast-in iron cylinder liners of the 3.5 liter were replaced by high-silicon aluminum liners. This results in better cooling and tighter piston ring seals. The compact and efficient 3.7-liter engine produces 305 horsepower at 6,300 rpm with special emphasis on mid-range torque giving this VTEC a peak torque of 274 lb-ft (371 Nm) at 4,500 rpm.
The Panther uses WaterCar's own transfer case with Winter's Quick Change gears and components to transfer power between a model 091 VW Vanagon bus four-speed manual transaxle driving the rear wheels, and the H450 Panther Jet drive. WaterCar's transfer case is rated at 1,000 hp, so should have a long service life in the Panther. The H450 Panther Jet drive is rated to 500 hp input.
Enough tech specs – how does the Panther perform? On the road the Panther is capable of a maximum speed somewhere north of 80 mph (128 km/h). Acceleration times are not yet available, but with 305 hp (232 kW) driving a car weighing just under 3,000 lb (1,340 kg), it is reasonable to expect snappy, if not extreme, acceleration. The VTEC engine has a compression ratio of 11.1:1, and requires 91-octane premium gasoline to avoid detonation.
Entering the water can be done at speeds up to 15 mph (24 km/h) if there is no step higher than about six inches (15 cm) and the beach is sufficiently firm. Some spectacular entries and exits from the water appear on the video below. Once in the water, the pilot places the four-speed in neutral, pulls a knob to switch the transfer case over to jet drive, pushes a knob to hydraulically lift the wheels and tires out of the water, and start boating. The entire procedure takes less than 15 seconds.
Once in the water, the Panther is remarkably stable for a boat that is only 15 ft (4.6 m) in length. It leans a bit in tight turns, but makes the most of the low center of gravity resulting from having both automotive and marine drive systems. This also renders the Panther a bit reluctant to get out of the hole to planing speed, but the amphib appears to handle well at its top speed of nearly 45 mph (72 km/h).
Remarkably, the Panther maintains an even keel on the water even when stopped. It appears to be slightly low at the stern, but at most by an inch or two. The video shows a person diving from the Panther, which again appears to take the sudden shift of weight in stride. The Panther has all the power and speed needed to pull water skiers or wakeboarders, with the vehicles getting up to enough speed to let even most barefoot skiers to get on top of the water.
The Panther's design also allows it to function well as an off-road vehicle. This is due in part to the Jeep heritage together with the wide 30X9.50R15 tires, but is mainly the result of WaterCars designing a long-travel suspension system for the Panther. The primary purpose for this suspension was to allow the Panther to drive directly in and out of the water without requiring a slipway, but in the end it also gives the Panther a chance to shine on, for example, Arizona sand dunes.
As a rear wheel drive, it is probably best to go off-road only in locations with which you are familiar, or together with a four-wheel drive vehicle that can tow you out of soft spots. Despite that, there are many situations in which off-roading just adds to the Panther's potential for fun.
All in all, early descriptions of WaterCar's Panther suggest that it will provide real enjoyment to anyone living on or near water. The Panther is pricey, starting at US$76,000 for a "Rolling chassis", $106,000 for a "Turn-key minus" version, and $135,000 for a complete Panther. The reason for the uncompleted models is that WaterCar's legal and regulatory requirements are far less if they sell kits instead of completed vehicles.
The rolling chassis requires a good bit of work and additional components, but the components can be bought off the shelf. The Turn-key minus version lacks the engine and automobile side of the powertrain. If buying a complete Panther, WaterCar's approach will be to find an outside firm that will complete your amphib for you.
Perhaps the fairest price comparison for the Panther is with separate vehicles. A decent off-road capable car that will tow a boat trailer that carries a 45 mph (72 km/h) boat. When you look at it that way, the price seems a bit more in line. Besides, being able to drive to a lake, drive into the lake, speed past gawking landlubbers, go back to ground for a nice meal, and then slipping into the water to enjoy a slow twilight cruise through the span of London Bridge (now in Lake Havasu, Arizona) before returning to the road home is surely worth a bit of sticker shock. | {
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More than one fifth of the world's population consists of women of reproductive age. On average, a woman spends seven years of her life menstruating, making menstruation a natural and essential part of the reproductive cycle. In addition to menstruation, women also experience other forms of vaginal bleeding and at the end of the reproductive cycle they experience menopause. It is an essential human right to have the ability to manage menstrual health and all other forms of vaginal bleeding with adequate knowledge, safety, and dignity and without stigma. Menstruation is a highly relevant theme in Bangladesh as it plays a role in the interplay between health, hygiene and development issues.
Though MH has recently gained attention in the global development agenda, it is still a taboo topic in many countries, including Bangladesh, where cultural beliefs and social norms restrict the participation of women and girls in society during menstruation. Furthermore, women and girls lack access to the information, products and infrastructure that is needed to manage menstruation with dignity. This has a severe impact on their health, well-being, and the realisation of their rights. It should be noted that adolescent girls, and girls and women living with a disability, are especially vulnerable to negative outcomes related to menstruation, including effects on their overall self-esteem and confidence.
Bangladesh is currently experiencing rapid economic growth and industrialisation. As well as the rest of the country, this also has a positive impact on the situation of Bangladeshi women and girls, as shown by more girls enrolling in junior secondary school, girls and women's improved academic performance, and more young women participating in (formal) employment.
At the same time, Bangladesh remains a country with deep-rooted cultural traditions that determine gender roles and form the basis of gender discrimination against girls and women. Many Bangladeshi girls and women face malnutrition and gender based violence, while child maternal mortality rates are high. The Ritu programme is positioned within this contrast of steady economic growth and regressive social and cultural barriers that prevent girls and women from exercising their basic rights.
The Ritu programme
Ritu is a girls 'name and means 'season' in Bengali and is also used to indicate menstruation in Bangladesh. A suitable name for a programme that aims to promote improved Menstrual Health (MH) among school-going girls in Bangladesh.
Read the study protocol here.
continue to objectives
• Improved health and well-being of girls between 10 and 13 years in Netrakona, Bangladesh.
• Improve menstrual hygiene and related well-being of girls between 10 and 13 years in Netrakona, Bangladesh.
• Increased knowledge and improved attitudes and practice on menstrual hygiene of girls, boys, men and women.
• Increased commitment towards menstrual hygiene management by the government and civil society in Bangladesh.
• Women and girls have access to better MHM facilities at schools and affordable (biodegradable) sanitary napkins.
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Together with RedOrange -a Bangladeshi media and communication agency-, knowledge institute TNO, and with support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN), Simavi implements the Ritu programme to promote menstrual health in Bangladesh. Our main goal is to structurally improve the health, wellbeing, and social and economic participation of girls between 10 and 13 years old.
The Ritu Programme consists of three main elements: 1) the interventions in Netrakona that are directly targeted at school girls, 2) a national communication and advocacy campaign, and 3) the development of a biodegradable sanitary pad.
The programme started with a six month inception phase, that provided us with the opportunity to consult existing rigorous evidence on menstrual health programming in Bangladesh and on a global level. Based on this information, gaps were identified and used to design our formative research. Based on the information gathered, the final mix was further defined in a series of workshops with the partners and with the support of the Impact Centre Erasmus University (more information on Evidence Informed Programming can be found here).
Empower girls, women, men and boys (communities) to have a better understanding of MHM and engage in healthy behaviour, including accessing safe and quality MHM services.
In Netrokona, Bangladesh, Simavi combines WASH and SRHR interventions in schools and communities to improve overall well-being of girls during their menstrual health as part Ritu programme. Simavi works with two local partners: BNPS, that implements the training of teachers and parents on menstrual health and DORP, that realizes gender sensitive toilets through a resource mobilisation method.
The programme in Netrakona consists of an evidence informed mix of interventions that is carefully sequenced. Based on the idea that toilets need to be in place in order for girls to practice their newly learned behaviour, our interventions in schools are sequenced as follows: 1) kick-off in schools to inform teachers and students about the programme, 2) budget tapping process with students and School Management Committee to realize toilets, 3) training of head master and 10 teachers and parents of the school girls.
To ensure a conducive menstrual health environment in schools, BNPS trains an average of 10 teachers per school, in addition to the headmaster. The comprehensive manual that is used for the training of both teachers and parents is rights-based, is based on WASH and SRHR information and combines key information with interactive exercises. Topics range from the reproductive cycle, gender, the role of men, influence of contraceptive use on menstruation, to negotiation skills, good practices to maintain hygiene, guidelines for girl friendly toilets and nutrition. As part of the training, BNPS works with teachers to integrate the different sections of the manual in the existing lesson plan in correspondence with the national curriculum. The quality and progress of the training of teachers and the implementation of the new knowledge and skills in the class room is carefully monitored by the partners and Simavi's Ritu team. Support systems and refresher trainings are designed based on the progress of teachers and the overall school environment against the set indicators.
Menstrual Health Training Manual
To ensure that in addition to the school environment, girls are supported to improve their menstrual health at home, BNPS trains the parents of the girls following the same manual as is used to train the teachers. The sessions are supported with printed information and education materials that RedOrange developed together with Simavi.
Build an enabling environment in which government and civil society actors show more commitment towards MHM.
As part of their communication strategy, our partner RedOrange developed and implemented a range of edutainment materials and events that aim to influence the national discourse on menstrual health. This includes the Ritu website and Facebook Page. RedOrange also produced a successful TV Series called The Best School for Girls. Together with Simavi, RedOrange also organised the launch of the Ritu programme and the yearly celebration of MHM Day.
RituOnline: http://rituonline.org/
Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/RituKothon)
and "Best school for girls'' (https://www.facebook.com/MeyederSheraSchool)
As part of the Simavi programme, Simavi brought together a range of different stakeholders from SRHR, WASH, Education, Government and the Private Sector, working on menstrual health in Bangladesh. Together, these stakeholders formed the MHM Platform that is chaired by our partner BNPS. The members of the platform jointly advocate for integration of menstrual health in the Teacher Training and Secondary School curricula as well as for the implementation of gender sensitive WASH in schools.
Simavi has also trained local NGOs on menstrual health to strengthen their capacity following our MH manual.
Ensure that affordable and sustainable MHM services are in place and utilised.
Our local WASH partner DORP works closely with School Management Committees and groups of parents in communities to realise gender sensitive toilets. To realize these toilets, DORP implements a social accountability approach named budget tapping. This approach builds on a joint budget tapping exercise where DORP mapped budget available for sanitation in schools at different government levels in Bangladesh. This exercise identified a discrepancy between budget allocated by the national government and the actual expenditure on district an union level. Through the budget tapping approach, DORP works with schools to allocate money for MHM friendly toilets from school and where needed to access available government budget. School Management Committees and students are empowered to use social accountability methods to voice their demands to Union or District level government representatives. At the same time, DORP raises awareness of local government representatives on the importance of MHM friendly toilets and supports the budget allocation process.
As partner in the Ritu project TNO took the necessary actions to ensure that biodegradable sanitary napkins will become available in Bangladesh. The collaboration of TNO and the Dutch company Rodenburg Biopolymers since 2016 resulted in coming to a successful recipe for the industrial production of biodegradable thin foil at an affordable price. This foil is made of an innovative blend of potato starch and clay and can be used as water resistant ant-leakage layer in sanitary pads. Based on this business case analysis it is shown that biodegradable sanitary napkins can be sold for 0,05 US dollar per napkin which is equal to the current lowest price for which basic napkins are available in Bangladesh at the moment. TNO is working with a Bangladeshi sanitary pad producer to produce biodegradable sanitary pads using the foil.
Ensuring programme quality
Simavi works closely with Impact Centre Erasmus University to ensure programme quality. For example, the different trainings that are part of the programme have all been piloted to ensure that these resulted in the wanted change in knowledge and skills. Furthermore, the quality and progress of the training of teachers and the implementation of the new knowledge and skills in the class room is carefully monitored by the partners and Simavi's Ritu team. This means that Simavi also monitors the capacity of staff that implement the trainings. Support systems and refresher trainings are designed based on the progress of teachers and the overall school environment against the set indicators.
In addition to in-depth monitoring of quality and progress, the programme is evaluated through a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in close collaboration with the Maastricht University and Johns Hopkins University. With this RCT we aim to contribute to the current evidence base of MH programs by conducting the first large scale RCT study on the impact of a MH program. We aim to i) compare the school attainment and psychosocial wellbeing of girls across our control and treatment groups, ii) analyze the exact costs per treatment and its cost-effectiveness and iii) explore how the school-level and household-level intervention components affect the lives of girls and iv) analyze the change in perceptions of MHM among pupils, teaching staff and parents.
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This programme is still running up to March 2020. A thorough needs assessment , a baseline as well as a programme evaluation have been conducted. The final programme report including the RCT findings follow after the end of the programme.
Situation Approach Result
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Overal Budget
Bangladesh. The exact location will be decided after the baseline and analysis carried out during the inception phase.
School-going girls from grade 5 – grade 8, in the age from 10-13.
Secondary target groups: girls and boys at school; men (fathers, brohers, fathers in law, etc.) and women (mothers, mothers in law, sisters, etc.); community and religious leaders; general society; schoolteachers; NGOs working in youth SRHR (including MHM); decision-makers at governmental level (local government as well as relevant ministries, e.g. MoE, NCTB); private sector; journalists.
The programme is designed and implemented by Simavi (a Dutch Health NGO), RedOrange (a social media company) and TNO (a Dutch technology and research company). Simavi works with its partners BNPS and DORP in the implementation of the Ritu programme in Netrakona, Bangladesh. The programme is funded by the Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
BNPS and DORP
Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands in Bangladesh (EKN).
Role of Simavi
Simavi and RedOrange will be mainly responsible for project implementation in Bangladesh. Simavi is project manager and will work with local partners on activities for capacity-building in MHM for girls, key individuals in their communities and other stakeholders.
Hilda Alberda
Hilda Alberda is Simavi's Director Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and an expert on Menstrual Health. In 2016, she was invited by Léo Heller, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, to take part in an expert consultation on 'Gender equality in the realisation of the human rights to water and sanitation'. Together with a group of experts, Hilda discussed topics such as menstruation, specific challenges that women face in accessing WASH, and how to combat gender-based violence related to water and sanitation – in short, a lot of issues close to Simavi's heart.
Do you want to know more about Ritu?
Please contact our colleague Hilda Alberda.
[email protected]
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Ritu: improving Menstrual Health of girls in Bangladesh
Study protocol Ritu
Ritu needs assessment
Promoting Menstrual Hygiene Management in Bangladesh
Presentations of RHCS's webinar available online
Increasing independence in young women by ensuring access to safe menstrual products'
Simavi's key programme area
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Crop yield estimates to highlight annual state fair report
By Steve Leer, Ag Communications
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A slow start to spring planting led to a mad dash by farmers to finish in June, followed by cool and wet weather that hampered crop development. Those wild fluctuations in the 2009 crop season will provide the backdrop for fall crop yield projections that will be presented Aug. 12 at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis.
The annual crop report takes place at 9:30 a.m. in the Pioneer Our Land Pavilion and is open to the public. Speakers include Chris Hurt, Purdue University agricultural economist; Greg Preston, Indiana director of the National Agricultural Statistics Service; and Anne Hazlett, director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. Jay Akridge, Purdue's Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture, will moderate the panel discussion.
Crop report panelists will analyze that morning's U.S. Department of Agriculture crop production numbers and what that data means for Indiana.
"The August crop report is one of the most anticipated in years," Hurt said. "It will provide an evaluation of the actual acres that finally got planted this spring and what the cool summer means to yield potential.
"Just one year ago, the world was fearfully short of basic foodstuffs. This year, much better world harvest and improved prospects for U.S. production appear to have reduced the fear of supply shortages. Large crops will help reduce food price inflation, which has been a concern over the past year."
Preston said spring planting started late across much of Indiana.
"On June 1, the amount of corn planted was 17 days behind the average five-year pace," he said. "For soybeans, on June 1 we were 14 days behind for the five-year average."
Lower-than-average temperatures after planting extended corn and soybean crop development, Preston said.
"By the end of July, crop development was still behind last year's pace and about half as far along as where we would be for the five-year average," he said.
The crop report starts 30 minutes before the Pioneer Our Land Pavilion officially opens. Those attending the meeting should enter at the main entrance on the building's south side.
Those with Internet access also can follow the report on Twitter, the social networking Web site. Regular "tweets" will be posted throughout the meeting on the Purdue Extension Twitter feed. To receive the Twitter posts, visit http://twitter.com/PurdueExtension and request to "follow" the feed. Users must already have set up a free Twitter account.
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Zaha Hadid, founder of Zaha Hadid Architects, was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize (considered the Nobel Prize of architecture) in 2004 and is internationally known for her built, theoretical and academic work. Each of her projects builds on over thirty years of exploration and research in the interrelated fields of urbanism, architecture and design.
Born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1950, Hadid studied mathematics at the American University of Beirut before moving to London in 1972 to attend the Architectural Association (AA) School where she was awarded the Diploma Prize in 1977. Hadid founded Zaha Hadid Architects in 1979 and completed her first building, the Vitra Fire Station, Germany in 1993.
Hadid taught at the AA School until 1987 and held numerous chairs and guest professorships at universities around the world including Columbia, Harvard, Yale and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Working with senior office partner, Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid's architecture arranges form and space into breath-taking spatial compositions.
The MAXXI: Italian National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome, the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympic Games and the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku are built manifestos of Hadid's quest for complex, fluid space. Previous seminal buildings such as the Guangzhou Opera House and Contemporary Arts Centre in Cincinnati have also been hailed as architecture that transforms our ideas of the future with visionary spatial concepts defined by advanced design, material and construction processes.
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And That Happened: Sunday's Scores and Highlights
By Craig CalcaterraAug 28, 2017, 7:49 AM EDT
Here are the scores. Here are the highlights:
Twins 7, Blue Jays 2: Byron Buxton had tons of hype when he was a top prospect and then got a slow start in the bigs, causing some to think of him as a bust. He's still only 23, however — over a year and a half younger than Aaron Judge — and the second half of 2017 is showing everyone that he is anything but a failed prospect. Yesterday he went 4-for-5 with three homers and five driven in. In the second half he's hitting .333/.370/.657 with eight homers and 21 driven in. All season he has been basically the best center fielder in baseball. I think it's safe to say Buxton has arrived.
Yankees 10, Mariners 1: The M's made five errors in the first and the Yankees scored six runs in the first and at that point the game was basically over. Watch them all here, in their infamy. Masahiro Tanaka could've won a game the other team didn't hand him, however, as he allowed one run over seven and struck out ten.
Indians 12, Royals 0: Kansas City gets shut out for the entire weekend — they were outscored 20-0 in three games — with homers from Francisco Lindor, Carlos Santana, and Yan Gomes doing them in yesterday. Gomes' blast was a grand slam. Carlos Carrasco tossed seven shutout innings. The Royals looked like they were going to give the Indians a run for a little while this season. Now they're a game under .500, nine games behind Cleveland in the AL Central and stuck in the muck of teams battling for a second Wild Card spot. And they're looking bad heading into the home stretch.
Pirates 5, Reds 2: John Jaso and Starling Marte each drove in two for the Pirates and five pitchers bent — issuing seven walks — but kept the Reds from capitalizing on 13 base runners.
Marlins 6, Padres 2: Giancarlo Stanton hit homer number 50 on the year. It's August. People are really gonna start up the "what if he hits 62 homers?" talk now, arguing that Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire's higher totals are someone not the higher totals. Don't fall for that jazz. You can be more impressed with Stanton's home run total than those guys' higher totals if you'd like, but there is a difference between records, which are objective things, and feats, which are subjective. Barry Bonds is the single season home run record holder. If Giancarlo Stanton hits 62, he will have the seventh most homers in a season of all time. That's how match and records work.
Orioles 2, Red Sox 1: The Red Sox have now lost four in a row and, while they weren't shut out like the Royals were all weekend, they were outscored 25-4 by Baltimore, so it's not really any better. It was at least close yesterday, as Adam Jones and Trey Mancini hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the first and then held on for the rest of the day. Boston stranded 13 runners and went 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position. Their lead in the AL East is now down to two and a half games over the Yankees.
Rockies 3, Braves 0: Jon Gray tossed six shutout innings and the pen did the rest, with a Mark Reynolds two-run homer and a Trevor Story double accounting for all of the runs.
Phillies 6, Cubs 3: Rhys Hoskins continues his rampage, hitting yet another homer. It was his 11th in his first 18 games. He started a triple play too, albeit a sort of ugly one.
Mets 6, Nationals 5; Nationals 5, Mets 4: The split doubleheader. For years they've amused me as the teams go to sleep having spent, like, 12 hours at the ballpark having made no progress nor suffered no setbacks in the standings. I've often though I should come up with a name for these beasts, but I always forget to put thought to it. Something with "zero velocity" in the title, if for no other reason than it messes with people who think velocity and speed are the same thing. I dunno. Any ideas?
White Sox 7, Tigers 1: Lucas Giolito first game up over a year ago but yesterday he got his first win. That's misleading of course, as he's only made six starts, but it's still weird to say out loud. He tossed seven scoreless innings to get it and was backed by a Matt Davidson three-run homer. The White Sox have won four of five and took two of three from Detroit.The Sox are only four games behind the Tigers in the AL Central with a little over a month to play. It's not the sort of thing players would crow to the press about, but I bet they've made it a goal to try to catch them and not finish in last place. Given where the Sox are at the moment — a rebuild, having cast off most of their veteran players — that would be quite an accomplishment. And quit an embarrassment for the Tigers, though a well-earned one.
Rays 3, Cardinals 2: Logan Morrison hit two homers: one in the fourth and one for the go-ahead run in the tenth, giving him 30 and then 31 on the season. Chris Archer (7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER 8K) and Lance Lynn (7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 8K) had a nice little duel but didn't figure in the decision due to it going extras.
Astros 7, Angels 5: Brian McCann tripled with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to rally the Astros back from a one-run deficit after earlier blowing a 4-0 lead. Quite an effort on a day when their minds were understandably not fully focused on baseball thanks to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey wreaking havoc back home. After this game they could only fly as far back as Dallas due to airport closures in Houston. They'll make a decision today about whether tomorrow's game in Minute Maid Park will go forward.
Athletics 8, Rangers 3: The sweep. Jharel Cotton allowed two runs — one earned — over six innings and struck out nine. Marcus Semien drove in three.
Brewers 3, Dodgers 2: The Brewers did what no other team has done since June 5-7: take a series from the Dodgers. Jimmy Nelson took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and Hernan Perez homered and Domingo Santana had two hits and an RBI. More important than simply taking two of three from Los Angeles, the Brewers pull to two games back of the Cubs.
Diamondbacks 11, Giants 0: This was a close one until the eighth inning. That's when Matt Cain came in in relief for the Giants and was shelled for eight runs on five hits and walked two in two-thirds of an inning. Paul Goldschmidt's three run homer was the big blow. Normally I'd make some jokes about a rout like this, but I'm pretty sure we're watching the end of Matt Cain's once excellent career, and it's hard to see guys go out like this.
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Study reveals how a bioterrorism attack could spread to several continents before it's even detected
By Hayley Peterson
Published: 22:48 EST, 24 July 2013 | Updated: 05:28 EST, 25 July 2013
A bioterrorism attack could spread to several continents before it is even detected, according to a startling new scientific study.
The study found that if a small group of terrorists infected themselves with a disease such as smallpox and walked around London, then the pathogens could spread to up to four nations before doctors managed to diagnose it.
'A deliberate smallpox release is likely to assume an international dimension even before the epidemic is identified,' the researchers wrote in the study, which was published in this month's Scientific Reports, a trade publication.
In the case that a biological attack were released in London, this map shows the level of probability that certain areas would become immediately infected
'We show through large-scale individual-based simulations that biological targeted attacks on a single city can result in the presence of exposed individuals in several countries before the health system is aware of the release and the ensuing outbreak.'
Developed nations have contingency plans to contain biological attacks, but the study points out that the pathogens could rapidly overtake less developed nations that don't have the same resources.
'Some of the countries that could be affected may not have health infrastructures able to timely cope efficiently with the emergency dictated by a highly pathogenic virus outbreak,' the study notes.
The researchers who conducted the study recommend that international health organizations better prepare for the possibility of a biological attack that originates in a remote location.
This map shows the probability of infection globally two weeks after an attack originating in London
'They need to think about sharing resources,' one of the researchers, Alessandro Vespignani, told Quartz. Vespignani is a health sciences professor at Northeastern University.
Parts of the study were not published due to international security concerns.
'According to the comments of biosafety reviewers, we have removed quantitative data on risk probability and outbreak size in different scenarios,' the researchers wrote. 'Those additional outputs can be shared with government officials and biosecurity researchers upon request.'
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Namibia's economy is heavily dependent on the extraction and processing of minerals for export. Although the mining sector employs only about 3% of the population, mining accounts for 20% of GDP. Rich alluvial diamond deposits make Namibia a primary source for gem-quality diamonds. Namibia is the fourth-largest exporter of non-fuel minerals in Africa, the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium, and the producer of large quantities of lead, zinc, tin, silver, and tungsten.
According to David Bristow's article in the December 1994 issue of Getaway magazine: "When it comes to seaside resorts it's hard to beat Swakopmund, the holiday centre of Namibia: that's because it has the largest beach in the world. Its sandy sea front stretches, almost unbroken, from the Orange to the Kunene River Mouth - an incredible 1 500 kilometres. The beach varies between about 50 to 100 kilometres wide, prompting many people to call it a desert. It is, according to scientists, the oldest, and rivals Chile's Atacama Desert coastline as the most arid place on earth. Others call it a sand sea, which is understandable in a country that has only one permanent water course between its northerly, and southerly riverine borders."
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Ministers McEntee & Coveney Welcome 4th Report Of Independent Reporting Commission.
The Minister for Justice, Mrs Helen McEntee TD, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Simon Coveney TD, welcomed the publication today of the fourth report of the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC).
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Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Simon Coveney
The Fourth Report sets out the Commission's further assessment of progress to date on the implementation of the provisions of the 2015 Fresh Start Agreement that are designed to tackle paramilitary activity and associated criminality, and bringing an end to paramilitarism in Northern Ireland.
The Commission reports that paramilitary activity remains a stark reality of life in Northern Ireland and describes it as a clear and present danger.
The Reports of the Commission provide an invaluable insight into the work that is being done to tackle paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland and they set out a pathway to achieving progress, both through the policing and criminal justice response and a response to the wider socio-economic factors that exist in the communities where paramilitaries continue to operate.
This year the Commission highlights that as a result of the major focus that has been brought to bear on tackling paramilitarism following the Fresh Start Agreement, there are now a whole range of actions and initiatives in place that simply did not exist before and that these are now beginning to have real effect on the ground. There is of course still work to be done and the IRC sets out some further recommendations, building on their previous reports.
Speaking on the Report's publication, Minister McEntee said,
"This fourth report of the Independent Reporting Commission sets out the stark reality that paramilitary activity remains a clear and present danger in Northern Ireland.
These groups carry out horrendous crimes such as paramilitary style shootings, attacks on police officers and attacks in their own communities. As well as this appalling physical violence, the Commission focuses on coercive control in this Report and the harm that it causes to the communities that are in the grip of this fearful reality.
Paramilitarism, and the associated criminality that we witness, is simply unacceptable and something that our communities should not have to endure. We need to ensure pressure is maintained to bring this activity to an end.
I welcome that the IRC reports that the range of actions and initiatives commenced on foot of Fresh Start are now beginning to have real effect on the ground. There is of course still work to be done and we will continue working with our UK and Northern Ireland counterparts, and the Independent Reporting Commission on tackling this ingrained problem."
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Simon Coveney T.D. said,
"I welcome the fourth report of the Independent Reporting Commission.
The Commission continues to provide an invaluable and comprehensive overview of efforts to end continuing paramilitary activity.
The report makes clear that, while some progress has been made, many challenges remain. As the Commissioners recognise, the twin track approach – incorporating policing and justice measures and a wider approach that deals with systemic issues – is crucial. The Commissioners have highlighted the complex issues required in ending paramilitarism and I look forward to continuing to engage with them on this in the coming year."
Ministers McEntee and Coveney expressed thanks to the Commissioners and officials for this Report and their work to date.
The full report is available to view HERE.
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Australia's property and construction industry has achieved a unique milestone with the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) certifying its 1000th Green Star project.
GBCA's Chief Executive Officer, Romilly Madew observes that GBCA has certified more than 14 million square metres of building and precinct space since the Green Star program was launched in 2003. She commented that the industry has delivered 1000 remarkable, sustainable Green Star projects all over Australia through innovation, technology and knowledge sharing.
According to Madew, these Green Star certified projects include more than 8.1 million square metres of office space, equivalent to all the existing Premium and A Grade office space in the Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide CBDs combined.
She noted that more than half a million Australians now work in Green Star-rated offices, representing 4.5 per cent of the country's total workforce, or more people than the populations of Canberra or Newcastle. These people now enjoy workplaces that are better for their health as well as for the environment.
Additionally, more than 4,400 people now live in Green Star-rated apartments and upwards of 16,800 students learn in Green Star-certified schools. GBCA has also certified a growing number of Green Star – Communities projects, which will be home to more than 80,000 people, exceeding the population of Rockhampton.
GBCA also applauded the efforts of every person who specified, commissioned, designed, constructed, manufactured products for, occupied or managed a Green Star building or community for their commitment to transforming Australia's buildings, cities and communities.
In terms of environmental benefits, these 1000 Green Star certifications save the equivalent of 128,000 average households' electricity use, and 625,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year, equivalent to removing 175,000 cars from the roads.
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Q: How can I scrape a child span class using VBA? I would like to use the below code to scrape the ranking position in one of amazon's sub categories (Candy & Chocolate Bars). Please see attached picture for the html code. Referring to "a-list-item" gives me a lot of results, however, the "#204" is not part of it. Thus, my question is two-fold: (i) is there a way to get all the items labeled "a-list-item" and (ii) is there a way that just gives me back the ranking position without pulling all other items. Option (ii) would be superior for my purposes.
Thanks for your time and efforts.
html code with target value
Public Sub social()
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dim WSactive As Worksheet
Dim IE As New InternetExplorer
Set WBactive = ActiveWorkbook
Set WSactive = WBactive.Sheets("Tabelle1")
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Error Resume Next
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------
With WSactive
Dim results(0 To 4) ', counter As Long, i As Long
With IE
.Visible = False
'If TBLurl.DataBodyRange.Cells(i, w).Value <> "" Then
url = "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08X19ZCHS?ref=myi_title_dp"
.navigate url
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------
While .Busy Or .readyState < 4: DoEvents: Wend
Dim aNodeList As Object, ele As Object, t As Date
Const MAX_WAIT_SEC As Long = 5
t = Timer
Do
DoEvents
On Error Resume Next
Set ele = .document.querySelector(".rhpdm")
On Error GoTo 0
If Timer - t > MAX_WAIT_SEC Then Exit Do
Loop While ele Is Nothing
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Set aNodeList = .document.querySelectorAll(".a-list-item")
Dim j As Long
For j = 0 To aNodeList.Length - 1
Debug.Print aNodeList.Item(j).innerText
Next j
Set aNodeList = Nothing: Set ele = Nothing
.Quit 'close IE
End With
End With
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------
End Sub
A: There is only 1 Url shown and a css path to that node can be
Debug.Print .document.querySelector('#detailBulletsWrapper_feature_div #detailBullets_feature_div + ul .a-list-item .a-list-item').innerText
The + is an adjacent sibling combinator specifying ul that follows at same level an element with id detailBullets_feature_div. The spaces are descendant combinators, meaning elements on right are children of elements on left of space. The . are class selectors for the class names of elements.
The html in your image appears to be slightly different from the provided url however. Your mileage with the above solution may vary. I have gone for positional matching on assumption other pages will have similar layout.
Even if you were doing a loop over different pages, pages as per the provided url would have only that one ranking to pick up (if as shown in your image).
You don't need the overhead of the browser. The following shows you how to get both rankings on the page (not just the one you showed) using xhr:
Option Explicit
Public Sub PrintRankings()
'tools > references > Microsoft HTML Object Library
Dim html As MSHTML.HTMLDocument, xhr As Object
Set xhr = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
Set html = New MSHTML.HTMLDocument
With xhr
.Open "GET", "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YG6MTD3?ref=myi_title_dp&th=1", False
.setRequestHeader "User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0"
.send
html.body.innerHTML = .responseText
End With
Debug.Print html.querySelector("#detailBullets_feature_div + ul span > span").NextSibling.NodeValue
Debug.Print html.querySelector("#detailBulletsWrapper_feature_div #detailBullets_feature_div + ul .a-list-item .a-list-item").innerText
End Sub
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Klopp, Liverpool Manager Hits Back at Guardiola
Author: index Published Date: November 19, 2019
Jurgen Klopp, the manager of Liverpool couldn't believe the claim made by Pep Guardiola that the player of his players dives and has also hit back at the manager of Man City with a jibe regarding tactical fouling. On Saturday Guardiola has suggested that the string of current late wins of Liverpool that has given them a lead by 6 points at the Premier League table is partly because of the conning of the referee.
The comment of the City manager was taken to be about Sadio Mane who managed to win important late penalties against Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City, last month. As a matter of fact, Mane had also been booked for simulation in the first half of the 2-1 win for Liverpool during the weekend at Aston Villa. Thereon he went on to score the match-winning header.
Initially, Klopp had been reluctant to discuss about the remarks of Guardiola and stated that he didn't wish to pour oil on burning flame before the Premier League visit of Manchester City to Anfield. However, he made a playful reference to the allegation of tactical fouling that has been leveled at City. Pep Guardiola has always denied instructing his players about fouling opponents.
Klopp said that he couldn't really believe it and then he saw it when he had been asked about the comments made by Guardiola. He says that he is not sure if Guardiola has actually spoken about it in that manner about the team or Sadio, both aren't too nice. He said he would like to put oil on the fire because he is not interested in those kinds of things. Klopp promises not to talk about the tactical foul.
The remarks of Guardiola have been made in an interview shortly after a win against a Southampton match. Klopp had been surprised the City counterpart had commented about another team just after the game.
Tagged Pep Guardiola
Author: index
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Kz Kitchen Cabinets Mountain View – Have you been shopping for kitchen cabinetry and been dissatisfied with the choice of the big box stores and import cupboard dealers? Well maybe you should really have a good look at contemplating custom built kitchen cabinets as a substitute for the kitchen remodel project. Here I will go over some of the benefits and disadvantages of both custom and stock cabinetry.
What are kitchen cabinetry? Stock kitchen cabinets have been cabinetry that are pre-built to a specific size and then resold by a cabinetry seller. Stock cabinets are typically made in two inch increments. In certain basic kitchen designs such as an L shaped kitchen you'll be able to lay cabinets outside without much issue. However, what can you do if you're fitting cabinets between two partitions? Well in this instance the cupboard dealer can supply you with filler pieces to take up any large gaps that will gradually occur using cabinets that are constructed inside 2 inch increments. These cabinet filler pieces can be trimmed to match the remaining gap relatively nicely. The main disadvantage with stock kitchen cabinets is the above incremental sizing but also the quality. There are a couple benefits with using stock cabinetry the very first one that comes to mind is cost. Since stock cabinets are mass produced they can be quite affordable. Another advantage is speed, in the majority of cases traders have access to larger warehouses where the cabinets are saved, and you may have your stock cupboard order within a few short weeks or in some cases days.
Custom kitchen cabinets are cupboards that are built only for your kitchen design, design taste and requirements. Custom kitchen cabinetry can readily be constructed to match between two partitions or to match odd angles, something impossible with stock kitchen cabinets. There are various benefits with custom cabinets that may not be obtained with stock cabinetry. The benefits that are at the top of the list are choice. Since a custom cabinet manufacturer will be producing your brand new kitchen cabinets you can have them create just about any fashion that is imaginable. You might also have them create cabinets that are in exotic or rare forests. You can also have a much larger choice of cupboard doors and drawer fronts. Some custom cabinet makers do opt to outsource their doors and drawer fronts, in this situation they will normally have a very large catalog of doors that you make your choice. With custom built cabinets it is possible to select the sort of hardware such as cabinet door hinges in addition to drawer slides. Most are currently choosing hinges and drawer slides with the soft close feature. This is not only popular but I would not be surprise if that becomes the norm in the next few decades.
Custom Cabinet Price. Most people want to know how much more custom cabinetry will probably cost compared to stock cabinets. This is all but impossible to answer with any degree of precision. The actual fact of the matter is that custom cabinets will cost more that the lower lines of similar stock cabinetry. However, we've observed custom cabinets be quite aggressive with the mid to high range stock cabinets. Despite the higher prices of kitchen cabinets it's almost always worth the extra cost. The cabinets are built in a much more solid fashion too as most custom cabinetmakers will utilize a 3/4 inch thick cabinet case substance, it doesn't get a whole lot more solid than that. All cabinet shops will have varying prices, thus we do recommend you constantly compare the exact same exact kitchen design from store to search for the most precise estimations. | {
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This week is Road Safety Week, coordinated by the road safety charity Brake.
It's the UK's biggest road safety event with thousands of schools, communities and organisations getting involved each year. Road Safety Week strives to inspire communities to promote road safety both during the week and beyond.
The theme this year is 'Look out for each other', focusing particularly on encouraging drivers to drive 20mph or lower in communities, giving road users plenty of room and looking for longer at junctions.
Being discourteous on the roads can lead to tragedy, with many people getting injured or even killed because a driver was going too fast or because they didn't look for long enough at a junction.
Make the Brake Pledge to protect you and the people around you, build safer communities, and help save the planet.
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Like Brake on Facebook or follow them on Twitter – use the hashtag #RoadSafetyWeek to tweet your support.
Ask your MP to sign an early day motion in support of Road Safety Week and encourage them to support Brake's campaign for 20mph limits.
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Get fundraising – help prevent deaths and injuries on roads and support victims of road accidents by raising money for Brake charity.
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"Like David Lynch Directed a Remake of Office Space"
A site that perfectly captures the existential despair of the conference call.
Jan 24, 20149:09 AM
Animation by Zach Scott
Is there a form of modern communication more frustrating and alienating than the conference call? The inevitable technical glitches, the mysterious background sounds and missed connections, the uncertainty of just who's on the other end, the jokes that seem hilarious on one end but are met with dead silence on the other—it all combines to create a very particular and identifiable type of white-collar existential dread.
This sensation is captured perfectly by the innocuous-sounding site ConferenceCall.biz, created by Washington, D.C.-based GIF artist Zach Scott. Click through and you'll be taken into a simulated conference call in which the participants seem perpetually talking at cross purposes, coming into the conversation late, and expressing frustration that they're discussing material they've already covered. (A dog barking in the background has a memorable cameo.)
The dialogue is randomized so that you never listen to exactly the same meeting twice; this effect also adds to the feeling of disconnection between the participants but somehow still feels entirely believable. Sometimes—particularly if you're listening at work—it can feel eerily realistic. As Scott tells me via email, "It always makes me laugh when the first randomly selected audio clip that plays is 'Did someone just join the call?' because it makes the website visitor feel like they're being addressed directly."
According to Scott, there are about 75 lines of dialogue and 15 participants in the call. "The voices on ConferenceCall.biz are all vaguely addressing the same handful of topics, but they'll never get around to making any substantial progress," Scott says. "I created the script with randomization in mind. Occasionally a few clips will play back-to-back and respond directly to each other, while at other times the audio clips bounce from one person addressing a technical problem to another."
All of it's accompanied by an eerie electronic soundtrack and washed-out office imagery that another blog has described as "what would happen if David Lynch directed a re-make of Office Space." One friend of mine has also compared the aesthetic to "Fitter Happier"-era Radiohead.
What makes conference calling such perfect material for this type of project? "I think conference calls provoke such a negative reaction because they allow people and technology to frustrate us simultaneously," says Scott. "The human failure is easy to recognize—people talking over each other, calling in 10 minutes late and interrupting, forgetting to unmute before speaking. On the technology side, conference calls are in an Uncanny Valley–like stage where they manage to serve the basic purpose of allowing numerous people to speak with each other, but are still far away from providing a smooth experience that feels as practical as being in the same room with other people."
Reactions to the site have varied from amusement to near despair. (The Russian edition of Esquire is currently linking to ConferenceCall.biz from its homepage with the caption "useless site.")
"Before I launched the website, I expected that those who were more familiar with conference calls would respond to the more humorous elements in it, while those who were unfamiliar might react more to the melancholy elements," Scott says. "While I intended for ConferenceCall.biz to be surreal, somewhat melancholy, but also funny, a lot of the reactions I've seen have viewed it as a documentation of a certain kind of hell. Some people seem to view it only as a true attempt at a simulation of conference calls, while others approach it more as an artistic expression. I also know of some people who use it as an ambient relaxation tool to play in the background."
I have a hard time imagining blissfully grooving to ConferenceCall.biz—but it does make you wonder how many office workers are using real conference calls this way. | {
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Q: Random forest regression from scratch I want to know is there any link where I can find the scratch code of RANDOM FOREST REGRESSION in python? If yes please share the link with me.
A: Here's one: https://github.com/amstuta/random-forest
But you'll have better luck searching GitHub directly
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AFSC Urges Congress to Vote "No" on Funding Increase for DHS
Photo: Nathaniel Doubleday / AFSC
WASHINGTON DC (February 13, 2019) The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) – a Quaker organization that has worked with immigrants and refugees for over 100 years – is urging members of Congress to vote no on any funding bill that increases funding for border walls, border militarization, or immigrant detention.
AFSC spoke out against reports that a compromise bill may be released tomorrow that includes $1.375 billion for additional walls at our southern border and a substantial increase in the number of immigrants held in detention every day.
"We cannot compromise on human rights, on family separation, or on the wellbeing of our border communities," said Kathryn Johnson, Policy Advocacy Coordinator for AFSC. "We are calling on Congress to reject any bill that increases funding for detention, deportation, and the deadly and destructive militarization of our border communities."
While some lawmakers touted the compromise as a decrease in detention, in actuality it would dramatically increase the number of people ICE can detain every night. This deal includes funding for an annual average daily detention population of 45,274, which is a 12% increase over 2018. It also fails to provide a cap on the number of people in detention, and does nothing to limit reprogramming and transfer authority, which means that ICE can continue to raid funds from other accounts to increase its budget throughout the year.
"AFSC has worked for years with people in detention, and we have seen firsthand the cruelty, poor conditions, and human rights abuses that take place within detention centers," said Kristin Kumpf, AFSC's Director of Human Mobility and Migration. "These funding levels would mean tens of thousands more immigrants torn from their families and communities and could lead to additional deaths in dangerous and poorly monitored detention facilities."
AFSC also spoke out against the allocation of $1.375 billion for wall construction. "Instead of endangering our communities and driving migrants to their deaths with more border militarization, U.S. authorities should concentrate their resources on expediting asylum requests and safeguarding human rights," said Pedro Rios, director of AFSC's U.S.-Mexico Border Program.
AFSC is part of a large and growing movement calling on congress to defund ICE and CBP. Hundreds of thousands of people have signed petitions in recent weeks demanding cuts to the budgets of both agencies, and in Washington, DC and across the country people are mobilizing to tell lawmakers this deal is unacceptable.
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the belief in the worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.
Sign the petition: No funding for walls or border militarization!
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Gojira je francuski heavy metal sastav osnovan 1996. u Bayonneu. Do 2001., sastav je nosio ime Godzilla.
Još od osnutka, postavu čine ista četiri člana; braća Joe i Mario Duplantier, Christian Andreu i Jean-Michel Labadie. Do
sada su objavili četiri studijska albuma, a tekstovi njihovih pjesama najčešće su vezani uz ekologiju.
Povijest sastava
Počeci i Terra Incognita (1996.−2002.)
Sastav su 1996. pod imenom Godzilla u Bayonneu osnovali pjevač i gitarist Joe Duplantier, njegov brat bubnjar Mario, gitarist Christian Andreu, te basist Jean-Michel Labadie. Nakon nekoliko turneja, 1998. godine objavljuju svoju prvu demosnimku
Possessed.
Ubrzo su počeli nasupati sa sastavima Cannibal Corpse, Edge of Sanity, Impaled Nazarene i Immortal. Zbog autorskih prava, 2001. su morali promijenti ime. Sastav se odlučio za ime Gojira, rōmaji transliteraciju imena
fiktivnog čudovišta Godzilla. Iste godine, pod novim imenom objavljuju svoj debitantski studijski album Terra Incognita.
The Link i From Mars to Sirius (2003.−2007.)
Godine 2003. objavljuju svoj drugi studijski album The Link, koji je reizdan 2007. Nakon uspjeha prva dva albuma, 19. svibnja 2004. objavljuju DVD The Link Alive s nastupa u Bordeauxu.
Sastav 2005. potpisuje za izdavačku kuću Listenable Records, te objavljuju svoj treći studijski album From Mars to Sirius.
Krajem 2006., nastupali su uz sastav Children of Bodom na njihovoj američkoj turneji, te uz sastav Trivium na njihovoj europskoj turneji 2007.
Cavalera Conspiracy, The Way of All Flesh i L'Enfant sauvage (2008.−danas)
Godine 2008., Joea Duplaniteara su osnivači brazilskog metal sastava Sepultura, braća Max i Igor Cavalera, pozvali da se pridruži njihovom novom sastavu Cavalera Conspiracy kao basist. Duplaniter je prihvatio, te je s njima snimio album Inflikted, koji je objavljen u ožujku 2008., te je nastupao na nadolazećoj turneji.
Svoj zasada posljednji studijski album The Way of All Flesh objavljuju 14. listopada 2008. Joe Duplantier je izjavio da je album "mnogo mračniji i nasilniji od prethodnih". Dana 17. ožujka 2009. sastav je objavio da kreće na svoju prvu sjevernoameričku turneju, koja je započela 1. svibnja u Springfieldu u Virginiji, a završila 28. svibnja u Dallasu. Uz njih su nastupali sastavi The Chariot i Car Bomb. Godine 2012. povodom europske turneje, po prvi put su nastupili u Hrvatskoj, na Rokaj Festu u Zagrebu, a nedugo nakon toga objavljuju svoj peti studijski album L'Enfant sauvage, a 2013. split album uživo sa Kvelertakom. Svoj zasada posljednji album, nazvan Magma, objavili su 2016. godine.
Žanr i teme pjesama
Zbog miješanja mnogih stilova, žanr Gojire je teško klasificirati. Najčešće ih se povezuje s death thrash, progresivnim i groove metalom. Također, uspoređuje ih se sa sastavima Meshuggah, Mastodon, Sepultura, Neurosis i Morbid Angel. Na sastav su utjecali i heavy metal sastavi Death, Morbid Angel, Meshuggah, Metallica, Tool, i Neurosis.
Zanimanje članovi sastava za prirodu potaklo je to što su odrasli u gradiću Bayonneu, kojeg okružuju seoski pejzaži te razvedena obala. U svojim pjesmama iskazuju svoj duhovna uvjerenja, te zabrinutost za okoliš.
Članovi sastava
Joe Duplantier − vokal, gitara (1996.-)
Mario Duplantier − bubnjevi (1996.-)
Christian Andreu − gitara (1996.-)
Jean-Michel Labadie − bas-gitara (1996.-)
Diskografija
Studijski albumi
Terra Incognita (2001.)
The Link (2003.)
From Mars to Sirius (2005.)
The Way of All Flesh (2008.)
L'Enfant sauvage (2012.)
Magma (2016.)
Fortitude (2021.)
Koncertni albumi
The Link Alive (2004.)
The Flesh Alive (2012.)
Les Enfants sauvages (2014.)
Demo uradci
Victim (1996.)
Possessed (1997.)
Saturate (1999.)
Wisdom Comes (1999.)
Izvori
Vanjske poveznice
Službena stranica
Gojira na MySpace-u
Francuski sastavi heavy metala
Sastavi death metala
Sastavi thrash metala
Sastavi groove metala
Sastavi progresivnog metala | {
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According to Ravi Mayuram, senior vice president of engineering and products, Couchbase, businesses are expending considerable effort to get insights into their operational data, with data typically having to be extracted from its operational database and then transformed and loaded into a data warehouse or a Hadoop cluster.
The combination of operational, search, and real-time analytical functionality in a single platform, the company says, enables digital businesses to now create intelligent and data-intensive applications without the complexity of mapping and moving data between disparate systems or the difficulty of managing multiple technologies.
Couchbase also introduced the latest release of Couchbase Server, version 4.6, which adds multi-data center awareness, globally-ordered conflict resolution, and other developer-centric features to speed up and simplify app development.
In addition, the company announced new Couchbase Spark 2.0 and Kafka 3.0 Connectors that enable developers to continuously stream and analyze data changes in order to build more intelligent, responsive applications.
With the elimination of ETL, jobs, and reduced dependency on other technologies, Couchbase Analytics simplifies the ability for digital businesses to develop highly-customized apps. The Couchbase Analytics developer preview release enables developers to run complex, ad hoc queries on operational JSON data stored in Couchbase to get real-time insights using the new distributed parallel analytics engine. This analytics engine is delivered as an independently-scalable service using Couchbase's Multi-Dimensional Scaling technology, enabling users to run analytics on the same data platform without any impact to their business operations.
The new Couchbase Full Text Search capability, in developer preview, is built on the open source project Bleve and is now integrated with Couchbase, providing functionality that enables developers to add rich text search features such as faceting and relevance-based scoring to their apps without replicating data to a separate search system. The capability extends Couchbase management capabilities such as auto data distribution, rebalance and node failover, to the text search service.
Addressing the needs of digital businesses that are increasingly dealing with interactions across a geographically-distributed customer base, Couchbase Server 4.6 builds on capabilities including Cross Data Center Replication (XDCR) to add multi-data center awareness, globally-ordered conflict resolution, and a range of other developer-centric features to speed up and simplify app development.
Couchbase has also added the Couchbase Spark Connector 2.0, with support for Spark 2.0 and its structured streaming API, enabling continuous analysis of operational data, and the Couchbase Kafka Connector 3.0, with support for Kafka Connect, a framework for building stream pipelines with Kafka. | {
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Ask the author: Julia Abel Smith on Lady Augusta Murray
Prince Augustus Frederick, George III's sixth son, caused a royal scandal when he married Lady Augusta Murray in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772. Upon the couple's eventual split, Augusta went from socialite to social outcast and has been largely forgotten by history – until now. We spoke to Julia Abel Smith, author of Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray, about her research.
What first drew you to Augusta's story?
Lady Augusta Murray's tragic story captivated me because it appeared to be entirely unknown. It seemed unbelievable that her tale of tragic love set against the background of the American and French revolutions remained unresearched.
Augusta herself was a delightful character - lively, intelligent and tenacious. Prince Augustus - sensitive, warm-hearted and cultured - was the most attractive of the George III's sons.
The Georgian period fascinates me and Augusta's lifetime (1761-1830) fits neatly into the reigns of George III and IV. I loved the prospect of discovering the details of her life from letters, commonplace books and accounts.
Why do you think Augusta's story has slipped through the cracks of Britain's royal history?
Her son and daughter had no known descendants and her husband was the least known of George III's sons. Prince Augustus went to Göttingen University aged 13 in 1786 and, due to his delicate health, did not return home for good until 1804. After that he led a quiet life building up his library at Kensington Palace and speaking in the House of Lords.
Augusta's family seat at Dunmore near Stirling is in ruins. There is no National Trust for Scotland or Historic Houses to welcome the public to her former home where they can study her life and family history, and no portrait of Augusta, researched and restored, hangs in a major British collection. Her picture by George Romney is untraced, a miniature by Richard Cosway is in Colorado State University and another portrait of her is held privately in Washington D.C.
Mount Albion, her home in Ramsgate, once set in 16 acres of carefully tended gardens, has been developed. Her mausoleum is in a dark corner of a Ramsgate churchyard and has been woefully vandalised.
What was the most difficult part of the research process?
The most challenging part of the process was also the most interesting. Augusta lived in Italy and America, as well as Scotland, London and Kent and for a short time in Teignmouth and Paris. She was also a keen traveller. My research therefore took me to many different archives. I looked at her papers in the Royal Archives, in Edinburgh, in the Adam archives near Kinross, archives in Canterbury and Dover, Exeter, the National Archives at Kew, and at Williamsburg in Virginia. I also visited Augusta Street in Nassau, named in her honour by her father.
Do you think Augusta and Augustus could have done anything differently to convince George III to give them his blessing?
Categorically not. A bill 'for the better regulation the future Marriages of the Royal Family' was given royal assent in 1772, the year before the birth of Prince Augustus. It required members of the Royal Family to receive the monarch's permission before entering into marriage. King George III believed that his sons should marry protestant princesses in order to maintain 'the honour and dignity of His Crown'.
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with thousands of vinyl offerings crossing all genres. A massive, electrifying entertainment line-up features�Dallas Frasca�(Melbourne),�Frank Sultana & the Sinister Kids,�The Satellites�(SA) and�The Hellcat III, plus DJs.
As always, punters will be dazzled by an amazing�array of unique stalls featuring fashion galore, rock 'n' roll, alternative, vintage, handmade and unique clothing for men, women and children, jewellery, accessories, cult DVDs, artwork, homewares, collectables and more, plus over 50,000 LPs, 45s and CDs covering rock, punk, metal, rockabilly, blues, jazz, country, reggae, club, hip hop and every other genre since the dawn of rock 'n' roll. The Record Fair is presented by Revolve Records (Erskineville) and Egg Records (Newtown).�You'll also find a caf�, bars, international food, giant kids' games, classic and vintage vehicle display plus more.
Dallas Frasca:�This thrilling�Melbourne trio have earned accolades and chart success worldwide for their powerful sound that's been likened to The Black Keys meets Janis Joplin. Their songs are catchy, huge and you can feel the truth in their tales. Dallas Frasca have over 800 shows and eight international tours under their belts but their best has come with their latest EP,�Dirt Buzz.
The Satellites:�Flying in from SA exclusively for the Market, The Satellites are renowned for their wild, cool and crazy performances. Playing rockabilly and rock 'n' roll in its rawest form, they have been voted 'Australia's Best Rockabilly Band' (Wintersun Festival), have appeared at countless festivals and played with many touring greats.
The Hellcat III:�Since their debut in 2015, these seasoned musos have raised hell before thousands of rockabilly, dance and kustom kulture enthusiasts offering an exciting blend of traditional, new and unique rockabilly. There'll be a whole lotta shakin' goin' on. | {
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Taxenbach ist ein geographischer Name in Österreich:
Taxenbach, Marktgemeinde im Bezirk Zell am See, Land Salzburg
Taxenbach (Fluss), linker Zufluss der Deutschen Thaya nach Oberedlitz (Gemeinde Thaya), Bezirk Waidhofen an der Thaya, Niederösterreich
Siehe auch:
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A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It's home to seven billion people—with all manner of faiths, beliefs, and customs, divided by bigotry and misunderstanding—who will soon be told they are not alone in the universe. Anyone watching from the outside would pass by this fractured and tumultuous world, unless they had no other choice. Todd Landon is one of these people, living and working in a section of the world called the United States of America. His life is similar to those around him: home, family, work, friends, and a husband. On the cusp of the greatest announcement humankind has ever witnessed, Todd's personal world is thrown into turmoil when his estranged brother shows up on his front porch with news of ships heading for Earth's orbit. The ships are holding the Nentraee, a humanoid race who have come to Earth in need of help after fleeing the destruction of their homeworld. How will one man bridge the gap for both the Humans and Nentraee, amongst mistrust, terrorist attacks, and personal loss? Will this be the start of a new age of man or will bigotry and miscommunication bring this small world to its knees and final end? | {
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The Sheriff And The Cookie Mom To The Top
Date: August 16, 2020 Posted By:LeonCategory:NASCAR, NASCAR news, NASCAR recap, The Redneck Fantasy League, TRFL news, TRFL opinion, TRFL recapTag:chase elliott, daytona international speedway, go bowling 235, leon your most humble sheriff
William Clyde Elliott, Jr. scored a historic triumph Sunday, prevailing in his third straight road-course event to win the first NASCAR Cup Series race on the Daytona International Speedway Road Course. The dream has come true!
Elliott led a race-high 34 of the 65 laps in the inaugural Go Bowling 235 on the 3.61-mile road circuit. Chase drove the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevolet to his second win of the season and the eighth of his Cup Series career.
Denny Hamlin clinched second place in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, just a car-length behind at the checkered flag. Martin Truex Jr. took third with Jimmie Johnson fourth and Chris Buescher completing the top five.
Elliott won Stage 1, and Hamlin prevailed in the second stage.
Points leader and pole-starter Kevin Harvick spun from fifth place after the start of Stage 3 when his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford was bumped from behind by the No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Toyota of rookie Christopher Bell. Harvick slid to a stop in Turn 3 and continued on, but in 37th place — last on the lead lap.
He spun again on Lap 43, continuing after looping the No. 4 car in Turn 6. Harvick rallied to finish 17th, ending a streak of 10 straight top-10 results.
Kyle Busch had adventurous day, even before a brake issue sent his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota behind the wall for lengthy repairs. He locked up the brakes entering the frontstretch chicane on Lap 2, forcing an unscheduled pit stop to change tires. He also spun in Turn 6, and the brief off-course excursion knocked him back to 13th on Lap 25. When his brakes gave out with 17 laps to go, Busch steered the No. 18 to the Cup Series garage, where he lost six laps to the front-runners while his crew worked. His return to the track was a brief one, and he retired after blowouts of both rear tires forced him to crash with five laps left in regulation. Busch placed 37th, his fifth finish outside the top 30 this year.
Kaz Grala finished an impressive seventh in his Cup Series debut, leading three laps during a pit-stop cycle in the final stage. He was picked by Richard Childress Racing as a late replacement in the No. 3 Chevrolet for Austin Dillon, who was sidelined after reporting a positive COVID-19 test Saturday.
The race was halted by a roughly 30-minute delay for a late-afternoon lightning strike in the vicinity of the speedway.
THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE GO FAST
Well, to start off this 3rd segment Leon Your Most Humble Sheriff and Linda The Cookie Mom looks as though they were shot out of a cannon! Both players were all in and most definitely betting the farm that Chase Elliott could make it three in a row road course victories for the HMS No. 9 crew. For their loyal support at the Daytona road course these two players deposited a cool 54 points into their bucket. No, Chase Elliott was not dreamin', but if he was dreamin' then he may want to "dream on"!
THE MOVERS AND THE SHAKERS
Doing almost as good as The Cookie Mom and Your Most Humble Sheriff this week was Jim, aka Chiefy, and Bernie the Bay Area Bandit. This unlikely pair were riding tall in the saddle with The Delivernator Sunday. I guess both players thought that, just because Denny Hamlin won the last two Daytona 500's, that he could pull off the first Cup road course victory as well. They dang near were successful with their expectations! Hamlin stalked Elliott for more than the last dozen plus laps, getting to Elliott's rear bumper on several occasions, but was unable to surpass him. Nonetheless, this pair put a nifty 45 points into their bucket to start off this segment.
Meanwhile, Amber the Extremely Lucky Cheddar Head continues to amaze the entire fantasy league with her run of great luck this season. It seems like she just keeps getting it right week in and week out! Does anybody else think that maybe she is involved in some underworld or covert operations this season? I mean think about it. She won the first segment. She is leading the second segment with just one race left in that segment, and starting out the 3rd segment The Cheddar Head is the 3rd highest scorer. (I'm asking for a friend)
Carole, aka Rudy, really lit it up at Daytona! Rudy was the only player who was hanging with Sliced Bread this race. Joey Logano really flew way below the radar for most of the race, but when the pay window opened up he "let the big dog eat" and finished up in 9th place, rewarding Rudy with 37 points.
Rounding up the top five scorers this week is Jeremy The Coach. In spite of his 2nd segment nose dive, The Coach walked away with 32 points today with his man Clint Bowyer's 6th place finish.
STRAIGHT FROM THE CRAPPER
As it always happens at the beginning of a segment the player(s) who are awarded The Crappiest Pick of The Week will alway get a two-fer! That two-fer includes a weeks all expense paid trip, including room and board, to our luxurious Outhouse, which I keep repeating for those who have not experienced The Outhouse yet, is located down at the end of Lonely Street across the street from The Heartbreak Hotel! This week the husband and wife team of Snoopy Dawn and Carlton The Doorman begins the 3rd segment as roommates in The Outhouse because of their microscopic one (1) point score!
Check out the results of The Go Bowling 235 at Daytona.
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2 died before political donor's arrest. Some question delay
by: BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press
Posted: Sep 29, 2019 / 11:17 PM CDT / Updated: Sep 30, 2019 / 12:32 PM CDT
FILE – In this Sept. 22, 2010 file photo, Ed Buck crashes a campaign appearance for Meg Whitman, not shown, then a Republican candidate for governor of California, in Los Angeles. It took more than two years from the first overdose death in political donor Buck's apartment until his arrest this month. In the time in between, another man died in the West Hollywood home, another had a close brush with death and several others reporting harrowing encounters with the gay white man who preyed on young black men to satisfy a drug-fueled sexual fetish. Activists who pushed for Buck's arrest wonder why it took so long to lock him up. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — When a dead man was carried out of Ed Buck's apartment two years ago, members of the gay political club he lavished with thousands of dollars in political donations swiftly ousted him.
Buck attempted a comeback in early January, less than six months after prosecutors declined to bring charges in the overdose death. He tried to crash the Stonewall Democratic Club's holiday party at a Los Angeles-area wine bar, telling members he had been exonerated, club president Lester Aponte said.
"When somebody dies at your house, wouldn't you think that's the kind of event that will make you re-examine your life choices?" Aponte told The Associated Press. "It doesn't seem like it registered with him at all."
Two days after Buck was escorted out of the bash, another gay man was found dead in his West Hollywood apartment — again from a methamphetamine overdose. Buck is white, and both dead men were black.
He wasn't stopped until authorities said a third black man nearly died. It's what victims' families and their supporters warned about for two years as they tried to get prosecutors to bring charges.
"I said it the last time we were down here that there's going to be a third victim," said LaTisha Nixon, whose 26-year-old son, Gemmel Moore, was the first to die. "We said there's gonna be a second victim. We kept saying it because we all knew … Ed Buck didn't stop doing what he was doing."
Nixon and her supporters welcomed the arrest but criticized the time it took to put Buck behind bars and renewed their questions about whether a wealthy, white Democratic donor benefited because the victims were mostly gay black men and drug users, some of whom were sex workers and homeless.
"If white gay men had been dying in a black man's house or anybody's house, rather, this case would have been taken a lot more seriously," said Jasmyne Cannick, a communications strategist who spearheaded the effort to get justice for Moore. "Ed Buck knew who he was preying on, and he knew that people would not care. Or he thought that people would not care."
Buck, 65, was arrested Sept. 17 after the third man was hospitalized for an overdose.
The Los Angeles County district attorney charged Buck with running a drug house. Two days later, U.S. prosecutors charged him with distributing methamphetamine resulting in Moore's death.
Buck is being held without bail and has yet to enter a plea in either case. His attorneys declined to comment, but one defense lawyer, Seymour Amster, previously said Buck denied any role in the deaths of Moore or Timothy Dean, 55, who overdosed Jan. 7.
Moore was found naked on a mattress on Buck's living room floor on July 27, 2017. Two dozen syringes and five glass pipes were found, along with meth stored in a toolbox with sex toys.
Prosecutors said Buck paid men with drugs and money to feed a sexual fetish that included having them pose in underwear and injecting some of them with large doses of drugs.
District Attorney Jackie Lacey has defended her decision not to bring a case sooner or file homicide charges. She said there was insufficient evidence to charge Buck in the deaths and that it made more sense to proceed with a federal prosecution that would bring a minimum 20-year sentence if he's convicted.
Lacey, who is black, denied that Buck, who had given her a $100 donation that she later returned, received any favoritism. She said investigators didn't have the necessary witnesses to make an arrest until the latest victim provided the account that gave them their big break.
"We did not have other victims that were willing to talk to the prosecutors to tell us what happened, to tell us they were injected by Mr. Buck," Lacey said.
The federal criminal complaint, however, said eight men had provided harrowing accounts about encounters with Buck before the latest alleged victim survived overdosing twice in a week this month. That man said he lived with Buck for weeks this summer and Buck regularly injected him with meth.
Several of those men said Buck encouraged them to take drugs or injected them himself — some against their will and others who said they woke up to being injected or suspected they had been given a powerful drug before passing out.
One man, who was homeless and worked as a prostitute, told investigators in March that Buck was known as Dr. Kevorkian, a reference to the late doctor imprisoned for helping terminally ill patients end their lives. The man said Buck injected him twice with meth in 2011 and he lost consciousness each time.
"Buck insists on injecting prostitutes with methamphetamine and … would dismiss anyone who would not permit it without compensation," according to an affidavit by Drug Enforcement Administration agent John Mundell.
Lacey, the district attorney, said witnesses were reluctant or had "lawyered up" and wouldn't speak, while others didn't have firsthand encounters with Buck.
Cannick, the communications strategist, and two lawyers representing Moore's mother in a lawsuit against Buck, the district attorney and Sheriff's Department, disputed the prosecutor's assertions. They said they accompanied victims mentioned in the criminal complaint to interviews with sheriff's deputies and provided text messages, photos, videos and receipts of electronic payments Buck made.
The witnesses all spoke with Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators, who consulted frequently with county prosecutors, said Lt. Derrick Alfred, who oversaw the team of detectives who investigated Dean's death. He said the activists were integral by finding witnesses.
Moore's death was originally listed as an accidental overdose. A criminal investigation wasn't launched for about three weeks, after Cannick said she published excerpts from a journal Moore kept that said he had become addicted to drugs and "Ed Buck is the one to thank."
Prosecutors declined to bring charges a year after Moore's death, but another investigation began after Dean died. In July, deputies approached a federal-state task force on opioid overdoses, which agreed to take the case, DEA spokesman Kyle Mori said.
Attorney Ambrosio Rodriguez, a former Riverside County prosecutor, said it was unusual for federal prosecutors to take over a state investigation. He said he didn't buy Lacey's statements about a lack of admissible evidence and that her explanation for passing the case to federal prosecutors was "disingenuous."
"No one is pickier about what cases they file than the federal government," Rodriguez said. "It's a known thing in criminal law that the federal government only files perfect cases. … They want two helpings of all the evidence in the world."
Before Buck could be charged in federal court, investigators learned of the latest overdose and finally made an arrest.
When Buck was taken into custody, "he acted confused, seemingly wondering why we were there and what was going on," Alfred said.
A small crowd, including Cannick, gathered across the street from the building where protesters had once posted signs saying, "Justice 4 Gemmel" and "Ed Buck is a Predator!"
Within a week, an eviction notice was posted on Buck's door. It cited the illegal drugs and the deaths of two men found inside.
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Fall in CPI inflation providing big relief to public.
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Le Medaglie Andrew Carnegie per l'eccellenza nella narrativa e nella saggistica (Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction) sono due riconoscimenti letterari statunitensi assegnati al miglior libro di narrativa e alla migliora opera di saggistica pubblicati negli stati Uniti l'anno precedente.
Istituito nel 2012 in onore del filantropo e imprenditore Andrew Carnegie che credeva nel potere dei libri e dell'apprendimento per cambiare il mondo, riconosce a ciascun vincitore 5000 dollari mentre a ciascun finalista ne vanno 1500.
Il premio è amministrato dall'American Library Association in collaborazione con la Carnegie Corporation, la rivista Booklist e la Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).
Nel 2018 il premio per la saggistica inizialmente assegnato a Sherman Alexie per il memoir Non devi dirmi che mi ami, è stato rifiutato dallo scrittore all'epoca alle prese con molteplici accuse di molestie sessuali.
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A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala has died of dehydration and shock after she was taken into Border Patrol custody last week for crossing from Mexico into the United States illegally with her father and a large group of migrants along a remote span of New Mexico desert.
The child's death is likely to intensify scrutiny of detention conditions at Border Patrol stations and CBP facilities that are increasingly overwhelmed by large numbers of families seeking asylum in the United States.
According to CBP records, the girl and her father were taken into custody about 10 p.m. on December 6th south of Lordsburg, N.M., as part of a group of 163 people who approached U.S. agents to turn themselves in.
After a helicopter flight to Providence Children's Hospital in El Paso, the child went into cardiac arrest and "was revived. However, the child did not recover and died at the hospital less than 24 hours after being transported," CBP said.
The agency did not release the name of the girl or her father, but the father remains in El Paso awaiting a meeting with Guatemalan consular officials, according to CBP. The agency is investigating the incident to ensure appropriate policies were followed, it said. | {
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What We Learned About Today Back Then
Author: James Pellegrin '69
Published: Autumn 2020
In the fall of 1968, four college kids, myself included, drove a brand new white Pontiac from South Bend, Indiana, to a tiny agricultural town on the Texas-Mexico border called Rio Grande City. It was the days of the United Farm Workers' grape boycott, and though the local crop was melons, not grapes, a strike had somehow been organized in that godforsaken town on that godforsaken border.
When our professor-friend Ernie heard about this action, he sent the four of us down there to check it out and support the farm workers. He supplied the Pontiac from his dad's car dealership.
"Try to learn something," he said, smiling, "and try not to wreck the damned car."
So we drove day and night all the way from South Bend to the Rio Grande. Four white college guys with empty wallets, heads full of big ideas and nothing better to do. Quite often whoever was driving would fall asleep at the wheel, and the car would swerve onto the rough median and wake us all up. We referred to this as "graveling." For food, we bought big bags of cheap hamburgers, which we called "gut bombs." The car became the White Whale. We laughed and slept and joked and sang as we rolled along; we were happy and free, and more important, we were on a mission from God.
At some point we stopped for gas in Austin, Texas, and wound up resting there on the state university's campus. It was a balmy evening, and hundreds of students, beautiful young men with golden hair and blue eyes and beautiful young women with long, shapely legs, were lolling around dreamily on the cool grass.
It occurred to me that this was heaven, and if we succeeded in our mission, we would get to loll in that cool grass for eternity.
We never did make it back to that cool grass. Instead we got back in the car and drove through another night, graveling and gulping down gutburgers and sleeping in snatches.
In the morning we pulled into Rio Grande City, a dot on the map of southern Texas just barely hanging onto the north shore of the river. Whoa, the middle of nowhere, someone said, which was where we were. A crossroads in a vast, empty expanse of dusty ranches and cactus spines and rattlesnakes. A grange hall, two or three empty storefronts, a few houses, and that was it.
Dazed and dirty, we walked to a neglected park and sat on a bench watching a column of fire ants bumbling across the dirt. There was something menacing about them, primal and violent. Some of them carried carcasses of other, smaller ants. Sitting there, you could feel the stultifying heat building up, minute by minute.
Then they found us. A small group of Latino children, brown grade-school kids, the boys with shiny black hair and wide smiles, the girls with toddlers on their hips, the whole bunch of them wearing plastic sandals and baseball caps. They said nothing, literally took us by the hand and led us across the street to what I thought was a grange hall.
Illustration by David Pohl
Inside it was cool and clean, and we were greeted by a group of Latino men who welcomed us warmly and told us briefly how the strike was going. It was not going well for the workers, and you could see the stoic sadness welling up in their eyes. Heads were shaking and there was some silent staring off into the future, then one of the men said we could talk all day, but he was going to show us what was going on.
This man, I'll call him Jorge, simply walked us back to the White Whale and asked for the keys. Best to go see before it gets too hot, he said, then he drove us, very fast, first to a ranch and then to the river, a huge plume of dust rising up into the sky behind us, so that anyone could see us coming for miles and miles and miles.
We finally arrived at a modest house, and Jorge motioned us toward it, while he stayed in the car. A very polite woman met us at the door and directed us to a room where a tall, stocky, sun-blasted man was sitting at his desk. He was formally dressed in a Western snap-button shirt and a spotless white cowboy hat, and he introduced himself, without standing up or offering his hand, as the owner of the ranch we were standing in.
After he asked who we might be, we launched into boilerplate college-kid talk about how he really ought to negotiate with the farm workers for a fair wage et cetera.
He tolerated this for a minute or two, then abruptly stood up behind his desk, silencing our rant with the sight of the pistol in his belt. "You boys look here," he said. "All I know is I got to get them melons picked. You'll be leaving my house now, and I wouldn't be coming back if I was you."
So that was the end of our interview with the rancher. His wife politely closed the door behind us, and we shrugged our shoulders at Jorge as we got back in the car.
"Somehow, I don't think he came around to our way of thinking," I said. "Not surprised," said Jorge. "Next stop, the river."
With that, we sped off down the dirt roads, kicking up more dust, Jorge gunning the car as if we were cruising the interstate. He, too, seemed to be on a mission from God.
In a matter of minutes we arrived at the river. I guess I'd been expecting a wide expanse of deep water, but when we got out of the car we were standing before little more than a shallow creek overarched by a modern, iron footbridge.
A highway patrolman stood facing us in front of the United States side of the bridge. With his khaki uniform and his knee-high boots and opaque sunglasses, he had the look of an anonymous soldier standing guard, the shotgun cradled in his arms answering any questions.
Behind the highway patrolman, a silent, steady stream of Mexican men walked over the bridge and filed into trucks waiting to take them to the melon fields to pick the melons. It was as simple as that.
We stood and watched, stunned by the heat and the violence. After a few minutes Jorge said, "That's enough, you've seen it," and then he drove us, in a furious silence, back to town, faster than I thought anyone could possibly drive on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere.
That night we slept in sleeping bags on the floor of a small stage at one end of the hall. We were, after all, minor actors in a short, sad play, a tragedy with no audience, really, that spooled out in the desert over a few hot days.
In the end, the strike was easily broken, the melons got picked, and the farm workers were paid nothing. It wasn't in any newspaper, it wasn't on TV. Nobody except the people in that small town would ever know about it, but we knew about it.
The next morning, our hosts saw us off with the best breakfast I have ever eaten in my life. There were warm tortillas the women shaped from tiny balls of dough, pressing them and tossing them from hand to hand and baking them on a large, flat grill, and fresh fried eggs and green salsa and grits and butter and good coffee. We were very moved by such a generous gesture from people who had just lost so much, and when we were ready to leave, people lined up and shook our hands and thanked us, grateful and amazed, it seemed, that someone from the larger world had witnessed their struggle, had seen their lives as proud and brave.
"Well," Ernie asked when we got back, "learn anything?"
"Yep," somebody said, "we did. If you want to help people getting a raw deal, be smart about it. If you're not smart about it, you're just going to hurt them even more. What could be dumber than convincing those poor people to stage a strike right on the border, with millions of workers waiting to walk over that bridge and pick those crops? Dumb, dumb, dumb!"
"Well, that's very good," said Ernie, "Don't be dumb, ha! You get an A-plus for that. But you know what?"
"No, what?"
"I bet those farm-worker folks were glad to see you, all the same."
"Yep, they sure were. "
"And I bet you won't forget them."
"Nope, I bet we won't. Oh, and sorry about the car."
Jim Pellegrin, a retired physician and former volunteer in the Council for the International Lay Apostolate, lives in Point Reyes Station, California, with his wife, Sally Jones, as well as a rooster and four hens. He dedicates this story to the memory of Rev. Ernest Bartell, CSC, '53, teacher, mentor and friend. | {
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package org.sistemafinanciero.entity;
// Generated 02-may-2014 11:48:28 by Hibernate Tools 4.0.0
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.FetchType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
import javax.persistence.Table;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlTransient;
/**
* TipoDocumento generated by hbm2java
*/
@Entity
@Table(name = "DEPARTAMENTO", schema = "C##BDSISTEMAFINANCIERO")
@XmlRootElement(name = "departamento")
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
public class Departamento implements java.io.Serializable {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private BigInteger idDepartamento;
private String denominacion;
private String abreviatura;
private String codigo;
private Set provincias = new HashSet(0);
public Departamento() {
}
@XmlElement(name = "id")
@Id
@Column(name = "ID_DEPARTAMENTO", unique = true, nullable = false, precision = 22, scale = 0)
public BigInteger getIdDepartamento() {
return this.idDepartamento;
}
public void setIdDepartamento(BigInteger idDepartamento) {
this.idDepartamento = idDepartamento;
}
@XmlElement
@Column(name = "DENOMINACION", length = 100, columnDefinition = "nvarchar2")
public String getDenominacion() {
return this.denominacion;
}
public void setDenominacion(String denominacion) {
this.denominacion = denominacion;
}
@XmlElement
@Column(name = "ABREVIATURA", length = 5, columnDefinition = "nvarchar2")
public String getAbreviatura() {
return this.abreviatura;
}
public void setAbreviatura(String abreviatura) {
this.abreviatura = abreviatura;
}
@XmlElement
@Column(name = "CODIGO", length = 3, columnDefinition = "nvarchar2")
public String getCodigo() {
return this.codigo;
}
public void setCodigo(String codigo) {
this.codigo = codigo;
}
@XmlTransient
@OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.LAZY, mappedBy = "departamento")
public Set<Provincia> getProvincias() {
return provincias;
}
public void setProvincias(Set provincias) {
this.provincias = provincias;
}
}
| {
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The economic model of law firms has changed.
Firms that once hired students straight out of law school are now forced to reevaluate efficiencies. Training young lawyers takes time and costs money that is increasingly difficult to justify. As a result, firms are pleading with law schools to introduce practical training.
For years, Baylor Law has been ahead of the curve, training its students to practice law the moment they walk out the door. From the first minute of orientation—the language used, the expectations set—it is all about becoming a professional. Here, students learn to write contracts, do trademark applications, craft sales agreements, and negotiate on behalf of their client—just like in practice. So on day one of their first job, they not only find themselves significantly ahead of other graduates, they hit the ground running. | {
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} |
For whatever reason, an alarming amount of UK citizens do not do enough to save up for their retirement. This may be as a result of their company not offering a pension or just simply not applying for the pension plan that their company offers. To help change this, the government in the UK has created an initiative for pension auto enrolment. Payroll services like this are meant to offer a good solution for employees so they will have more money when they retire. Retirement can be an incredible struggle if you do not have enough saved up to enjoy this next chapter of your life. Here are some facts about this program.
The first thing that you may want to know is what this program actually is. What this means is that most of the employers in the UK are going to be required to put into effect a pension scheme within the workplace. After they put this pension scheme into effect, they are expected to automatically enroll their qualified workers into this plan. Additionally, the employers are expected to contribute to the pension plan. This is a plan that will begin its rollout with some of the largest companies in the UK. At the very latest, every eligible employee should be auto enrolled by February 2018. The implementation of this program is referred to as your staging date and this date will depend on the size of your business.
Entitled workers also have the option to be a part of this program, but you will not have to pay a minimum contribution for them. An entitled worker is one that is aged between 16 and 74 and makes less than £5,824.
Employees are able to opt out of this program but it is illegal to force your employees to opt out of these plans. An employee can opt out within a month of enrollment but you will need to pay back any of the contributions that you have taken from their paycheck. After this time period, an employee can't opt out but they are able to choose to stop paying their contribution. If this happens, all the money that is in the pension stays invested in the scheme.
Please consider Payroll Service (UK) Ltd for all your pension auto enrolment needs. | {
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} |
John Hitchen was welcomed as a new BPA Vice President on his retirement as National Coach & Safety Officer after 31 years of sterling service. Over 130 of his friends and colleagues from the world of skydiving, from the UK and beyond, gathered in Leicester on 7 October for a retirement dinner in his honour, organised by Council Member and STC Vice Chair Geordie Page. Among many tributes and presentations, Riggers' Chair Paul Applegate, on behalf of the riggers, presented Hitch with the splendid timepiece pictured - complete with a chain made out of 31 connector links, one for each of his years on the staff.
John Hitchen – How did it all begin?
John was enlisted into the Parachute Regiment in 1956. He did his first jump at Weston and went on to serve in Cyprus and Jordan, but he did his first sport parachute jump 40 years ago.
It was at an 'Old Comrades' meeting in 1973 when John first heard about sport parachuting from someone who had jumped at 'East Midlands Skydiving Centre' in Ashbourne. So, on 27 April, John went to Ashbourne and met Tom Sawyer.
No doubt all of us can remember our first jump - but probably not so many were quite like John's. Having downed five pints in the local pub with Tom, followed by 10 minutes 'training', John was in the aircraft - apparently he didn't need any training as a former para! He had to climb over a refusal and after an uneventful descent he managed to break his coccyx on landing, thanks to his rubbish PLF!
On his second jump at Ashbourne, some six weeks later, John's young son was in the Cessna 182 to watch his Dad - they literally held out of the aircraft door without any safety harness!
After one more jump at Ashbourne, John discovered Grindale in June 1973 and CCI Ronnie O'Brien. His second and third free-fall descents were once again probably more memorable than most, as he landed under his reserve on both of them on the same day. Rather than risk a third malfunction, he accepted Arthur Lowthorpe's invitation to retire to the pub for the rest of the day!
John's first log book contains quite a few interesting 'remarks' from his instructors at Grindale: Jump 74, first PC jump - "Incompetent Little Toad".
Jump 86, PC cut-away jump - "Bust leg -well done wa**ker".
Jump 92, RW base - "Must work on your position - you fall like a pregnant toad".
John's most memorable jump, however, must surely have been number 223 at Grindale on 8 August 1975, recorded in his log book as "Nearly Head Office!" For anyone here who doesn't know what happened on that day, it's the day his 'Protector' reserve blew every panel. It was later discovered the reserve had been refused by the military having failed under test, but was left on the civilian market.
But John couldn't stay away from skydiving and his mates at Grindale, so most weekends he would be transported to the DZ laid flat on his back on a mattress in the back of an estate car.
John resumed jumping on 11 July 1976 and two jumps later he was on a demo into a Sheffield School.
John started the 'Sheffield School of Freefall Parachuting' and spent many years at Wickenby, Elvington and Sturgate before starting his career with the BPA in 1981.
Before taking on the role of NCSO, John had previously been a BPA Council Member for several years, and had also taken a keen interest in the BPA Instructor rating system.
He was also a BPA and FAI judge in Style, Accuracy, Relative Work and Canopy Relative Work (FS and CF as we now know them) and served as Chief Judge at the British Nationals and also internationally at World Cups and a CF WPC.
John also became active at IPC as one of the BPA delegates from the early 80s and recently stood down as Chair of the Style and Accuracy committee, a position he had held for many years. Many of you will have seen John at a variety of World Championships as FAI Controller; a role that he found particularly enjoyable though at times, challenging. | {
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Finding any quantity of Napoleon Bonaparte 20 Francs is a daunting task today. With much effort from our buying team, we have only been able to stock a limited supply of vintage 20 Francs struck from 1803-1815. Even though these circulated very heavily, each of our coins is deemed authentic and genuine by NGC and certified AU. | {
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} |
Whether you've taken psychedelics in the past, recreationally or as a panacea, there was a profound sacredness to this medicine that united me with all that lived and breathed. The trees emanated a force of energy that mesmerised me during my second ceremony. I had taken myself outside for the first time and sat in solitude on a bench looking up at a marquis of green and black prints, the inside of a circus. I had anticipated having to face some of my deepest fears on this retreat; I knew that I was there to process severe childhood traumas and the thought of revisiting them frightened me. However, on that second night, the darkness didn't frighten me. Instead it invited me to sit with it, a mesh of life all as one, outside the wooden Maloka hut on that bench. It was really something else. I was a part of nature: the light and the dark.
I had spent the whole of my first ceremony sweating, vomiting, purging, crying. Twenty years of on-going trauma had left me with complex PTSD and a pit so deep I barely identified with myself when I looked in the mirror. But, like the phoenix, I was determined to rise again. And Ayahuasca showed me the way. Of course, she works with you, so she will only give you what you are able to process at that time. For me, it took three ceremonies until I experienced any visuals with the medicine. And when I did, they came all as one: a wave of black bats washed over me and I stood rooted to the ground on the way out of the bathroom. I had taken myself in there to cry my eyes out. I sobbed and sobbed as I forgave all those who had hurt me from the past. And when I finished sobbing, what felt like a bolt or a brick lodged in the back of my head, was released…and then in came the bats. I sank down to the ground to take it all in and was helped back to my bed by one of the beautiful volunteers working there. The rest of that night took me somewhere very hard to describe: a spiritual world that was so real and yet so removed from reality as we know it. A part of me identified with this aspect of my psyche – the aspect that she was showing to me – and it scared me to think I had this tyrant or sultan in me. I've always considered myself as an open, bright, loving, kind person but this side of me was sinister, stubborn, derisive. It is a side of me that I needed to see. A side of me that I needed to be aware of so that I can manage it in my daily life with consciousness and love. It was a part of me that may have developed due to my childhood difficulties and, since becoming aware of it, I have invited other forms of healing into my life to balance out this aspect of my psyche. They include a lot of heart-opening meditations, yoga and Reiki energy healing. That night lasted for what seemed like a spiritual eternity and it did frighten me, I won't lie, but I needed to see it. It opened up a new portal for me that has stayed with me ever since.
The fourth ceremony was full of love, beauty and acceptance – much of what I had hoped to experience at this retreat overall. We had created this batch of ayahuasca ourselves on our first day of arriving and it had been brewing ever since. It was a more delicate taste, dissimilar to the bitterness of the previous three and I had the feeling that most of the other participants on the retreat also experienced a much softer, more gentle experience during this ceremony. It was a good way for me to finish. I knew I had more to see with this medicine so I have intention of doing it again in the near future and I know for sure that, when I do, I will choose to go back to the beauty of the jungle at Nimea Kaya where I felt loved, safe and cared for throughout my entire healing journey. | {
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} |
May 7 Organized at New Haven under Colonel Alfred H. Terry, Lieutenant Colonel Young and Major Colburn.
May 14 Arrived in Washington, camping at Meridian Hill, and assigned to the Department of Washington.
May 16 Crossed the Long Bridge into Virginia and continued to Taylor's Tavern on Oak Hill.
The regiment lost 2 men killed or mortally wounded and 16 men captured. After the battle the regiment fell back in good order to Centreville and continued on to Oak Hill.
July 22-23 The regiment worked with the 1st and 3rd Connecticut Infantry Regiments to strike the deserted camps of other regiments, saving large quantities of arms and equipment. | {
"redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4"
} |
Many countries tax tourists when they leave. The United States has done it for years — including international visitors leaving Hawaii. But in one Asian country, this is the first week for that practice.
For the first time in nearly thirty years, there's a new tax in Japan.
It's a departure tax, a thousand yen, about nine dollars already priced into tickets for airlines or cruise ships.
By the way, that's a little cheaper than what the United States charges — which is about 18 dollars. The U.S. gets travelers coming and going by the way — there's also an international arrival tax.
Japan's new charge is a lot cheaper than in some other countries — the United Kingdom charges nearly 200 dollars for some travelers. Australia's "passenger movement charge" is about 43 U.S. dollars.
In the Philippines, it can be a little more than 13 dollars – 700 Philippine pesos — but you do have to pay in cash.
Not everyone thinks the tax is a good idea. The International Air Transport Association for one says that it can hurt tourism growth.
All of which is of course ultimately aimed at boosting the number of tourists. | {
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} |
use super::shapes::*;
use super::well::Y_OFFSET;
use super::BLOCK_SIZE;
use ggez::graphics::{Color, DrawParam, Point2};
use ggez::{graphics, Context, GameResult};
/// A `PieceShape` is a 4x4 array that represents the shape of a piece. A 0 is
/// an empty space while a 1 is solid.
pub type PieceShape = [[u32; 4]; 4];
/// All the possible piece types that can be taken out of `PieceBag`.
#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
pub enum PieceType {
L,
T,
I,
Z,
J,
S,
O,
}
/// The tetromino piece that the player controls.
pub struct Piece {
shape: PieceShape,
shape_type: PieceType,
current_rotation_index: u32,
pub top_left: Point2,
pub potential_top_left: Point2,
shadow_position: Point2,
}
impl Piece {
/// Creates a new piece of type `PieceType`.
pub fn new(shape_type: PieceType) -> Self {
let shape = piece_type_to_shape(shape_type, 0);
Piece {
shape,
shape_type,
top_left: Point2::new(3.0, 0.0),
potential_top_left: Point2::new(3.0, 0.0),
shadow_position: Point2::new(3.0, 0.0),
current_rotation_index: 0,
}
}
// I don't remember why I did this.
/// Create a new piece from a reference of a `PieceType`.
pub fn new_from_ref(shape_type: PieceType) -> Self {
let shape = piece_type_to_shape(shape_type, 0);
Piece {
shape,
shape_type,
top_left: Point2::new(3.0, 0.0),
potential_top_left: Point2::new(3.0, 0.0),
shadow_position: Point2::new(3.0, 0.0),
current_rotation_index: 0,
}
}
/// Draw the current piece.
pub fn draw(&self, ctx: &mut Context, image: &graphics::Image) -> GameResult<()> {
// get starting position to draw window
// TODO: doing all of this work every frame seems bad
let width = graphics::get_screen_coordinates(ctx).w;
let middle = width / 2.0;
let starting_pos = middle - ((BLOCK_SIZE as f32 * 10.0) / 2.0);
for (r, _) in self.shape.iter().enumerate() {
for (c, _) in self.shape[r].iter().enumerate() {
if self.shape[r][c] != 0 {
if r + (self.top_left.y as usize) < 2 {
// don't draw in vanish zone
continue;
}
let colour = block_to_colour(self.shape[r][c], false);
graphics::set_color(ctx, colour)?;
let x = starting_pos + ((c as f32 + self.top_left.x as f32) * BLOCK_SIZE);
let y = Y_OFFSET + ((r as f32 + self.top_left.y as f32) * BLOCK_SIZE) as f32;
graphics::draw(ctx, image, Point2::new(x, y), 0.0)?;
}
}
}
Ok(())
}
/// Draw the current piece's shadow.
pub fn draw_shadow(
&self,
ctx: &mut Context,
image: &graphics::Image,
shadow_position: Point2,
) -> GameResult<()> {
// get starting position to draw window
// TODO: doing all of this work every frame seems bad
let width = graphics::get_screen_coordinates(ctx).w;
let middle = width / 2.0;
let starting_pos = middle - ((BLOCK_SIZE as f32 * 10.0) / 2.0);
for (r, _) in self.shape.iter().enumerate() {
for (c, _) in self.shape[r].iter().enumerate() {
if self.shape[r][c] != 0 {
let colour = block_to_colour(self.shape[r][c], true);
graphics::set_color(ctx, colour)?;
let x = starting_pos + ((c as f32 + shadow_position.x as f32) * BLOCK_SIZE);
let y = Y_OFFSET + ((r as f32 + shadow_position.y as f32) * BLOCK_SIZE) as f32;
graphics::draw(ctx, image, Point2::new(x, y), 0.0)?;
}
}
}
Ok(())
}
/// Draw the current piece outside of the grid at a given point.
pub fn draw_at_point(
&self,
ctx: &mut Context,
image: &graphics::Image,
top_left: Point2,
rotation: f64,
) -> GameResult<()> {
let starting_pos = top_left;
// get the centre of our complex object in order to rotate around it
let centre = Point2::new(
starting_pos.x + (BLOCK_SIZE * 8.0) / 2.0,
starting_pos.y + (BLOCK_SIZE * 8.0) / 2.0,
);
for (r, _) in self.shape.iter().enumerate() {
for (c, _) in self.shape[r].iter().enumerate() {
if self.shape[r][c] != 0 {
let colour = block_to_colour(self.shape[r][c], false);
graphics::set_color(ctx, colour)?;
let mut x = starting_pos.x as f32 + ((c as f32 + 1.0) * BLOCK_SIZE);
let mut y = starting_pos.y as f32 + (r as f32 * BLOCK_SIZE);
let sin = rotation.sin() as f32;
let cos = rotation.cos() as f32;
// translate to origin
x -= centre.x;
y -= centre.y;
// rotate
let xnew = x * cos - y * sin;
let ynew = x * sin + y * cos;
// translate point back
x = xnew + centre.x;
y = ynew + centre.y;
let draw_param = DrawParam {
dest: Point2::new(x, y),
rotation: rotation as f32,
..Default::default()
};
graphics::draw_ex(ctx, image, draw_param)?;
}
}
}
// TODO: global debug flag to control whether this appears or not,
// should be able to toggle via an environmental variable for ease-of-use
// graphics::set_color(ctx, Color::new(255.0, 0.0, 0.0, 255.0))?;
// graphics::circle(ctx, graphics::DrawMode::Fill, centre, 2.0, 22)?;
// graphics::set_color(ctx, Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 255.0, 255.0))?;
// graphics::circle(ctx, graphics::DrawMode::Fill, top_left, 2.0, 22)?;
Ok(())
}
/// Return what the next shape of the current piece would be given a
/// particular rotation `direction` (-1 for left, 1 for right)
pub fn get_next_shape(&self, direction: i32) -> PieceShape {
let next_index = next_rotation_index(self.current_rotation_index, direction);
piece_type_to_shape(self.shape_type, next_index as usize)
}
/// Returns the current piece's shape.
pub fn get_shape(&self) -> PieceShape {
self.shape
}
/// Returns the current piece's type.
pub fn get_type(&self) -> PieceType {
self.shape_type
}
/// Given a direction, change the current piece's shape.
pub fn change_shape(&mut self, direction: i32) {
let next_index = next_rotation_index(self.current_rotation_index, direction);
self.shape = piece_type_to_shape(self.shape_type, next_index as usize);
self.current_rotation_index = next_index;
}
/// Set the current piece's shadow position.
pub fn set_shadow_position(&mut self, shadow_pos: Point2) {
self.shadow_position = shadow_pos;
}
/// Get the current piece's shadow position.
pub fn get_shadow_position(&self) -> Point2 {
self.shadow_position
}
}
/*
* Utility methods
*/
/// Given a type of piece, return the shape at the given rotation index.
pub fn piece_type_to_shape(shape: PieceType, index: usize) -> PieceShape {
match shape {
PieceType::O => O_SHAPES[index],
PieceType::J => J_SHAPES[index],
PieceType::I => I_SHAPES[index],
PieceType::S => S_SHAPES[index],
PieceType::Z => Z_SHAPES[index],
PieceType::L => L_SHAPES[index],
PieceType::T => T_SHAPES[index],
}
}
/// Given an integer that represents a type of piece, return the `PieceType`.
pub fn u8_to_piece_type(num: u8) -> Option<PieceType> {
match num {
0 => Some(PieceType::I),
1 => Some(PieceType::J),
2 => Some(PieceType::L),
3 => Some(PieceType::O),
4 => Some(PieceType::S),
5 => Some(PieceType::T),
6 => Some(PieceType::Z),
_ => unreachable!(),
}
}
/// Get the block colour depending on the shape. If `shadow` is true, the
/// colour's alpha channel is reduced.
pub fn block_to_colour(num: u32, shadow: bool) -> Color {
if shadow {
match num {
1 => Color::from((0, 255, 255, 75)), // I
2 => Color::from((128, 70, 255, 130)), // J
3 => Color::from((255, 165, 0, 75)), // L
4 => Color::from((255, 255, 0, 75)), // O
5 => Color::from((128, 255, 0, 75)), // S
6 => Color::from((255, 128, 128, 75)), // T
7 => Color::from((255, 0, 0, 75)), // Z
_ => unreachable!(),
}
} else {
match num {
1 => Color::from((0, 255, 255, 255)), // I
2 => Color::from((128, 70, 255, 255)), // J
3 => Color::from((255, 165, 0, 255)), // L
4 => Color::from((255, 255, 0, 255)), // O
5 => Color::from((128, 255, 0, 255)), // S
6 => Color::from((255, 128, 128, 255)), // T
7 => Color::from((255, 0, 0, 255)), // Z
_ => unreachable!(),
}
}
}
/// Return the index of the next rotation shape, given the current rotation
/// shape's index and a direction.
pub fn next_rotation_index(current_index: u32, direction: i32) -> u32 {
if direction == -1 {
match current_index {
0 => 1,
1 => 2,
2 => 3,
3 => 0,
_ => unreachable!(),
}
} else {
match current_index {
0 => 3,
1 => 0,
2 => 1,
3 => 2,
_ => unreachable!(),
}
}
}
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The Week That Was … the Week to Come: Post-FOMC Edition
By Dr. Brian Jacobsen, CFA®, CFP
Brian Jacobsen provides perspective on this week's key topics, including the Fed's 75-basis-point hike in the federal funds rate—plus, his thoughts on what the week ahead may hold. Here's his report for the week of June 11–17, 2022.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) hiked its target for the federal funds rate by 75 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%). In the FOMC's Summary of Economic Projections, the median forecast has the federal funds rate at 3.4% by the end of 2022. With four more FOMC meetings scheduled this year, getting to that rate works out to 50-bp hikes at each remaining meeting.
There was an important change in the language of the FOMC members' statement. Instead of saying they "expect" inflation to come down, they said they're "committed" to making it happen. What this means: Even if making a series of rate hikes risks a recession or a further slowdown, they won't stop hiking until it hurts.
Kansas City Fed President Esther George, typically one of the more hawkish members of the Fed, dissented, preferring a 50-bp hike instead.
Compared with the projections the FOMC made in March, it expects a slowdown in the economy. The March projection was for 2.8% growth for 2022, but now it's 1.7%. The committee ramped up its inflation forecast from 4.3% to 5.2% for 2022 but anticipates it will decelerate quickly in 2023 to 2.6% and get to 2.2% by the end of 2024.
The median forecast from the Fed calls for the federal funds rate to end 2022 at 3.4% (it's currently between 1.5% and 1.75%) and end 2023 at 3.8%. Then, the Fed expects to start cutting rates, with the 2024 end-of-year rate at 3.4% and the longer-term rate at 2.5%.
It's quite likely the Fed felt it was safe to go with 75 bps since the market was already pricing that in. The mentality could be, "Hey, if the market will let us, why not?"
There were a lot of other central bank moves this week. Switzerland's central bank hiked rates by 50 bps, its first rate hike in 15 years. Taiwan's central bank hiked rates by 12.5 bps. The Bank of England hiked its policy rate by 25 bps (three voting members of its Monetary Policy Committee wanted a 50-bp hike).
Economics:
Just a few days after reopening cities in China, the government started conducting mass testing due to a COVID-19 outbreak. China's industrial production rose a better-than-expected 0.7% year over year in May. Year-over-year retail sales were down 6.7%, showing the weight of COVID-19 lockdowns. However, this report was slightly better than April's 11.1% year-over-year decline. In June, the government started reopening locked-down areas, so we should see the retail sales numbers bounce sharply.
The Bank of Japan intervened in the market for Japanese debt to keep the yield on the 10-year Japanese government bond at or below 25 bps. At the central bank's policy meeting, it made no changes to the stance of monetary policy, reaffirming its commitment to low rates.
The European Central Bank held an emergency meeting to discuss what it can do about the growing divide between German government bond yields and Italian government bond yields. This "fragmentation" of yields is a worry of policymakers, so they have a plan to reinvest proceeds from their massive bond portfolio more toward those higher-yielding countries than toward the lower-yielding countries.
U.S. retail sales fell in May as spending on big-ticket items declined while gasoline spending rose. Tighter financial conditions hurt spending on things that need to be financed, but high gasoline prices can also be a drag as consumers wait to spend on these items in favor of filling the tank.
Politics:
Russia-Ukraine update:
Russia closed off the bridges of Severodonetsk, a city in Ukraine with the most intense fighting. This cuts off civilian evacuation routes.
Russia has been cutting its gas shipments to Europe, pushing natural gas prices even higher. Gazprom, the Russian-owned supplier, claimed the reduction was due to technical issues, but it's an interesting coincidence that the cuts coincided with a visit by German Chancellor Scholz, French President Macron, and Italian Prime Minister Draghi to Ukraine. Austria's energy regulator did say the timing is likely just a coincidence.
The European Commission recommended Ukraine be granted candidate status to become a member of the European Union.
President Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia in July.
The week to come
Now that we have a bunch of central bank meetings out of the way, we're likely to get a bunch of Fed speakers—so we can parse their every word to figure out what they really think.
In the U.S., we get existing-home sales data for May on Tuesday and then new-home sales data for May on Friday.
The biggest data releases will likely be on Thursday, with the preliminary June survey results from various purchasing manager surveys for eurozone countries and for the U.S.
Thanks for reading, stay informed!
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Tagged week in review
The Fed Goes Big
Henri Proutt and Jeff Weaver
On Wednesday, June 15, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds rate by 75 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) to a new range of 1.50%‒1.75% by a vote of 10-1—an outcome that was very far from consensus as recently as Friday, June 10.
Tagged federal reserve, FOMC, interest rates, rate hike
The Fed: Boring Is Great
The Federal Open Market Committee just hiked its federal funds rate target another 75 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%), to a range between 3.00% and 3.25%. Hiking rates aggressively is risky when housing is already struggling and when what the Federal Reserve (Fed) does today might not be fully felt for dozens of months into the future.
Tagged federal funds rate, federal reserve, FOMC, inflation
May 4 FOMC Meeting: 50-bp Rate Hike Now, More On the Table
Jeffrey Weaver, CFA and Henri Proutt
On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds rate by 50 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) to a new range of 0.75%‒1.00%. This was widely expected by the market, and the vote was 10-0.
Tagged balance sheet, federal reserve, FOMC, interest rates, rate hike | {
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Sept. 12, 2001, the day after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, someone in Afghanistan using the name "newboy1" registered at a NASA website that publicly distributes Air Force satellite tracking data.
That same day, and again on Sept. 18, 2001, two other computer users in China, again giving the name "newboy," also signed up to access NASA's Orbital Information Group website, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Even though the spacecraft in the OIG database were unclassified and as such, U.S. military spycraft were not listed, the newboys and other questionable users stood out like red flags in a review to determine if the website posed any threat to national security.
Air Force Space Command, using a network of more than 40 radars, optical sensors and radio monitoring stations around the world, routinely tracks some 10,000 objects in Earth orbit, including active and dead satellites, rocket bodies and pieces of spacecraft debris.
Since the early days of the space program, NASA, with Air Force assistance, has made unclassified tracking data available to academics, commercial users and hobbyists. Those data include presumed spy satellites launched by Russia and other nations, but not those operated by the United States.
Commercial satellite operators use the data to monitor civilian spacecraft, to predict - and avoid - collisions or close encounters, to determine when maneuvers might be required and to monitor space debris.
Researchers and educators use the information to train future satellite operators, to develop more efficient tracking techniques and to monitor space debris, which poses a threat to all satellites. Radio enthusiasts need it to determine when amateur satellites will be above their horizons.
And in the internet age, even casual hobbyists using widely available Macintosh and PC tracking software can find out when a given satellite will be visible from their location.
Satellites can be seen just after sunset and just before dawn when the spacecraft are still in sunlight but the viewer is in shadow. The international space station, which can be as bright as Jupiter or even Venus, is a popular target.
Mainstream astronomy programs now automatically retrieve satellite data over the internet and plot a spacecraft's path across the sky. Hobbyists who don't want to bother with even that minimal level of effort can simply visit a website like Heavens-Above in Germany (http://www.heavens-above.com), which uses NASA-supplied data to provide pass predictions for virtually any town or city on Earth. Tens of thousands of users access Heavens-Above every day.
NASA managers have never seen the OIG data as a security risk and even the Air Force, in a 1999 review, "assessed the NASA web site data and found no threat to national security," the GAO observed.
But at least one unidentified intelligence agency apparently disagreed and in the post-9/11 environment, NASA and the Department of Defense agreed a more thorough review was in order.
"DOD officials told us that users who have access to certain space surveillance data could have enough information to attempt to damage or jam satellites or move military and other assets at appropriate times to avoid detection," the GAO said in a letter to Rep. Christopher Shays, chairman of the House subcommittee on national security.
How an adversary might damage a spacecraft more than 100 miles up and moving at five miles per second - eight times faster than a rifle bullet - was not specified.
But unclassified military or civilian communications satellites could, in theory, be jammed. And an adversary could use the unclassified data to know when a commercial imaging satellite, possibly operating under contract to the Department of Defense, would be flying overhead.
It might even be possible, through the process of elimination, for knowledgeable amateurs to ferret out the orbit of a classified spacecraft by comparing actual observations with the list of known, unclassified satellites.
Even so, many in the amateur and commercial tracking community viewed the Air Force concern as misguided. While a small group of sophisticated amateurs do, in fact, track presumably "classified" spy satellites, they do it the old fashioned way: by monitoring military launches, looking for new satellites in the night sky and computing their orbits.
"At one level, most of us are trying to be responsible," said Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist who provides data on unclassified satellites to a broad internet audience. "On the other hand, there's not a lot of understanding within the military establishment, the political establishment, about how much of this stuff is obvious anyway."
In the post-9/11 environment, "there's this idea that if a piece of information is dangerous for the bad guys to know, we should be able to make it secret," he said. "And that's just not true, because sometimes a piece of information, like the bright satellites, they go overhead. It's futile to try to hide it."
"So sometimes you go through these big hurdles trying to make things secret that are, in an open society, things you just can't. All you end up doing is gumming up the works for everybody living ordinary lives, which makes the terrorists win."
The government is not attempting to black out data on unclassified satellites, Air Force officials say. But based on feedback from the Pentagon and the intelligence community during the OIG review process, the government is making major changes to more tightly monitor and oversee how those data are used.
Public Law 108-136, Section 913, a provision in the 2004 Defense Authorization Act, called for a three-year pilot program "to determine the feasibility and desirability of providing to non-United States Government entities space surveillance data support."
The result was a new Air Force website known as Space Track (http://www.space-track.org), which went on line Jan. 3. The original plan called for a three-month transition period, running through March 31, after which the OIG site would cease operations.
But NASA's computer system at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., suffered a crippling failure in early February and while it is still in operation, its capabilities are limited. For most users, Space Track is now the only game in town. | {
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Outdoors in the evening in Spokane, WA.
Copyright for this gallery photo belongs solely to Dawna L. Stafford. Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer. | {
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Q: Single Phase Diode Bridge Rectifier - Inductive Smoothing Question
So I don't understand how the answer is 2.124 volt-seconds when if you put the equation through a calculator it comes out as -0.174. Is there an additional mathematical step to do on the cosines in square brackets?
A: You are solving the equation correctly, except that your calculator is in radian mode. Switch it to degree mode, and you should get the correct answer (= 2.124).
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Q: Copy the contents of a cell if the value of another cell is equal to a third I have updated the document Google Drive
The problem, with a clearer explanation, is; On my C-D-E-F tab I have , in E12:E14, The VIP numbers. Next cell, F12:F14, labeled "Bulk" are empty. In these cells I want the value from the Data tab, cells T58 in F12, T61 in F13, and T64 in F14.
The bad news is this column will change every day with updated values, the good news is that the order will stay the same. So the lowest VIP tag 16001669, will be the first VIP total, middle is next, and last is last.
Then, I need the number of "Caged Tote's", under the number copied to the C-D-E-F tab, copied to the next cell.
Right now I have:
E11 F11 G11
VIP Bulk Totes
16001669
16001670
16001671
The output I am looking for is:
E11 F11 G11
VIP Bulk Totes
16001669 4 1
16001670 1 1
16001671 4 1
A: Can you not just use a VLookup formula?
=vlookup(value_looking for, range_table_to_look_in, column_to_return, false)
Failing that, if you're trying to achive in code (and can't just use application worksheetfunction vlookup() ) use the find method of range object.
Let rgSearch = the cell with the value you're looking for= 1234, 4567 etc, rgSearchList = the first column of that table you've listed, intCol = the column you want to return, i.e. three
Function GetThingy(rgSearch as range, rgSearchList as range, intCol as integer) as range
set rgMatch = rgSearchList.find(rgSearch.value, rgSearchList.cells(1,1), xlValues, xlWhole)
if not rgMatch is nothing then 'i.e. "if found"
GetThingy = rgMatch.offset(0, intCol - 1) ' have to remove one because this is an offset from rgMatch, not an absolute from left edge
else
GetThingy = nothing
end if
end function
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by Victoria L. Valentine on May 9, 2019 • No Comments
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Talking about his work at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in New York, French-born artist Henri Abraham Univers said he uses a series of repeating elements that unify his paintings. Whether his subject is a child soldier in the Ivory Coast, where he grew up, or more mundane themes,...
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SOTHEBY'S LONDON has held four sales dedicated to modern and contemporary African art and tapestries by El Anatsui have topped three of them, including the most recent on April 2. A 10-foot sculptural tapestry composed of aluminum bottle caps and copper wire, "Zebra Crossing 2" (shown above) was made in 2007 and exceeded expectations....
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RECLINING IN THE NUDE or posed upright on sofas, Mickalene Thomas's female subjects are always surrounded by a dynamic mix of patterned textiles. Mixed-media paintings and photographs, her portraits of African American women are inspired in part by the practice of Malian photographer Seydou Keita (1921-2001), whose work is shown above. "I wasn't trained...
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The term "gentleman" given by Sir Edmund Coke of England distinguished persons who were not entitled to a coat-of arms. Nevertheless, it appears that a substantial number of persons legally entitled to display coats-of-arms on deeds and other documents was in wide use by at least forty-seven families who resided in Essex, Lancaster and Middlesex Counties. In other words, the descendants of ancient nobility who were not the eldest son and thus did not inherit the family seat, became adventurers to the plantations. An examination of 17th century court house documents reveals the impression of the family "seal". In fact, those adventurers occupying the highest positions in the Colony were natives of England. Just as families of the same rank in England acknowledged the leading families in the surrounding shires, the prominent families of Virginia were well acquainted with the social antecedents of each other in the Mother Country. Before departing England, some of the emigrants took care to have their coats-of-arms confirmed. In 1633, Moore Fauntleroy obtained such a confirmation from the Office of the English Heralds, who reported that this coat-of-arms had been enjoyed by the Fauntleroys "time out of mind." Source: Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. I, page 224. | {
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The Shark Is Damaged: How notorious feud between the celebrities of Jaws turned the topic of a West Finish play – Sky Information
October 17, 2021 October 17, 2021 6 min read
Jaws is likely one of the cinematic greats.
Steven Spielberg's 1975 shark assault flick obtained huge important acclaim upon its launch, profitable reward for its storytelling, visible results and the actors' performances.
And whereas issues seemed nice on the display screen, behind the scenes, the lead actors had been trapped in an notorious feud – the topic of a brand new West Finish play.
Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss on the set of Jaws in 1975. Pic: Common/Kobal/Shutterstock
For the uninitiated, Jaws is ready within the seaside city of Amity Island, and kicks off when a younger lady heads out for a swim within the ocean.
However chaos ensues when she is brutally attacked and her stays are dumped on the shore.
After prolonged discussions (and one other demise in plain view of the seaside), the blame is positioned on the fins of an enormous shark, and a bounty is positioned on it.
An novice shark hunt ensues, with fisherman Quint (performed by Robert Shaw) providing his companies to police chief Brody (Roy Scheider) and oceanographer Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) who band collectively to attempt to kill the blood-thirsty shark.
It was on this boat, The Orca, that the actors, who weren't precisely one of the best of associates, had been compelled into shut quarters throughout a pause in taking pictures because of the awful climate out at sea and a mechanical, toothy co-star that refused to play ball.
Like father like son – Robert Shaw is being performed by his son, Ian. Pics: Common/Kobal/Shutterstock & Helen Maybanks
It is also the place play The Shark Is Damaged begins.
"It is type of gone into legend actually, as a result of the difficulties they'd with the mechanical shark had been in depth," Ian Shaw informed Sky Information – the present's co-writer who additionally stars as his father, Robert.
"These three actors, with very distinctive personalities and at totally different phases of their careers, had been type of caught collectively.
"Everyone knows what it is wish to be in confined areas, you understand? And with totally different personalities, there will be fairly a conflict, and there definitely was between Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw.
"My father was a longtime actor, had seen all of it and was additionally a distinguished author – I feel that him and Richard simply did not get on, however Richard does say that every now and then, in non-public, that they did.
"So then it is fascinating as as to whether my father was doing it partly to get a greater efficiency out of Richard."
The warring on set is sort of as well-known because the movie itself, and added to the manufacturing's woes – it was had gone approach over finances and filming took 3 times longer than scheduled.
Liam Murray Scott (Richard Dreyfuss) and Ian Shaw (Robert Shaw) will play out the actors' spat on stage. Pic: Helen Maybanks
"I feel there was a little bit little bit of edge in actual life between Robert and Richard, and that does present on the display screen," Shaw added.
So what's it like having a mixture of your father, a block-busting traditional movie, and a legendary actors' feud as supply materials?
"I did not need to do it initially," Shaw admitted.
"After I first mooted the concept, which I believed was presumably a good suggestion, I believed 'I am studiously attempting to keep away from affiliation with my father within the first place', after which to jot down one thing about my dad, which could not present him in his biggest mild was a priority.
"I felt very reluctant to to interact upon it. However I do suppose it is a good story.
Capturing was stalled within the movie because of some issues with a mechanical co-star… Pic: Helen Maybanks
"I feel that as we (Shaw, with fellow author Joseph Nixon) had been going by means of the method, we discovered that it turned a bit extra common. One of many themes is fathers and sons, which all of them discuss in within the play, after which it stopped being about me and my dad, and it began to turn into extra of a dialog about fathers and sons normally – in order that put me comfy."
In The Shark Is Damaged, The Orca is simply as a lot as a part of the story because the feuding thespians, with the problem to carry the vessel to stage given to Duncan Henderson.
The boat (of "you are gonna want a much bigger boat" fame) options closely within the latter a part of Jaws, however because of some artistic license, within the play it's the solely location – and the place the celebrities started to reveal their tooth, fuelled by booze and ambition.
It is a formidable construction sat on the stage of London's Ambassadors Theatre, with a small cabin, a desk and a group of seafaring trash that the group would have ended up with on their travels.
The Orca turns into the setting for the London play. Pic: Helen Maybanks
"We wished the boat, we wished extra than simply the cabin and we wished to get it as wealthy as doable," Henderson defined to Sky Information.
"We stuff the ahead cabin filled with detritus from the movie… they're all questioning their self-worth of their varied methods, their worth to the world and their worth to the movie business particularly, so if we're packing them to the gunnels with all this detritus, it is extra prone to enhance this sense of claustrophobia."
It is necessary to say The Orca within the stage play, is totally different to The Orca within the movie – which underlines a degree the artistic group desires to make: this is not Jaws on stage.
Henderson says: "Our expertise on the Edinburgh Competition (the place the play first ran) was that a number of the individuals within the viewers are there as a result of they simply love the movie and so they actually need to see what we have completed, however there are additionally individuals there that love human beings, and so they need to see the character of that enjoying out and every thing in between.
"Movie followers usually love seeing a little bit little bit of behind the scenes of the friction between [the actors], so it caters for everybody, this explicit factor and it isn't precise."
Demetri Goritsas (Roy Scheider) and Ian Shaw (Robert Shaw) in The Shark is Damaged. Pic: Helen Maybanks
Shaw provides: "It does not require a watching of Jaws.
"It is a comedy, at first… I feel it is every now and then shifting, however predominantly it's a comedy – so I feel audiences will hopefully snigger and be entertained and stimulated."
The Shark Is Damaged runs till January on the Ambassadors Theatre in London, with tickets out there now.
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THE LENS: New Orleans Police Department to end 'informational' checkpoints
[email protected] Send an email April 30, 2020
The New Orleans Police Department is ending the use of "informational vehicle checkpoints" that were announced last week, NOPD spokesperson Ken Jones told The Lens late Wednesday.
"The checkpoints stop tomorrow," Jones said. "Tomorrow is the last one."
The NOPD announced the checkpoint program on April 20. According to a press release, they were used "to verbally provide information regarding the current stay-at-home order in place within Orleans Parish due to the current COVID-19 public health crisis" as well as check that vehicle occupants were wearing seatbelts and that drivers had a registration and proof of insurance.
The April 20 press release said the police department planned to continue the checkpoints until the end of the city's stay at home order, which lasts until 6 a.m. on May 16. But Jones said they moved up the date to May 1 "because of the easing of restrictions in surrounding parishes."
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We take on powerful companies—from giant oil corporations to mining conglomerates—when they contaminate the air or dump toxic waste. And we help to assure justice to people living next door to dangerous pollution. We develop novel cases and train new generations of lawyers in all aspects of litigation. In the spirit of transparency, we protect and expand public access to the courts and government records. And we collaborate closely with policy experts and scientists to determine how litigation can assist broader advocacy campaigns, such as removing antibiotics from livestock feed or preventing oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean.
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Discover 377 original sculpture artworks for sale between $5000 - $10000. Contemporary emerging artists: Beatriz Cunha, Andrew Kasper, Gary Chris Christopherson, William Nelson, Julia Cake, Oksana Steplyuk, Ana Marin, John Searles, Roland Boren, Vladimir Gavronsky, Denis Isakov, Leonard Bey, Angelo Mazzoleni, Burhan Sabir, Yucel Donmez, Remo Belletti, Richard Pitts, Sherman Hay, Phil Parkes are exhibiting their affordable original art. You can buy artwork online and browse 13 pages for more originals at the end of this page. To view detailed information for any of these artworks click the image or browse the artist's portfolio website.
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Andrew Kasper
Tribe, 2009
Abstract - Sculpture
0 x 0 inches (0.0 x 0.0 cm)
Gary Chris Christopherson
Thriving Through Lifes Chaos, 2008
5 x 5 feet (1.52 x 1.52 m)
Creative Blackspace, 2008
William Nelson
Sun Flower, 2009
Abstract Figurative - Sculpture
Julia Cake
Evasion, 2007
Transportation - Sculpture
Oksana Steplyuk
In Between Spaces, 2008
Conceptual - Sculpture
45 x 180 cm (17.7 x 70.9 inches)
Ana Marin
Cosmos, 2006
Cosmic - Sculpture
10 x 10 cm (3.9 x 3.9 inches)
L Homme , 2007
Abstract Landscape - Sculpture
21 x 34 cm (8.3 x 13.4 inches)
Snow Bird, 2015
Animals - Sculpture
Le Visage Auto Portrait, 2015
People - Sculpture
John Searles
Rotating Triangles, 2007
Geometric - Sculpture
55 x 55 inches (139.7 x 139.7 cm)
Thunderbird, 2007
Roland Boren
Ftlj, 2000
Figurative - Sculpture
104 x 78 cm (40.9 x 30.7 inches)
Vladimir Gavronsky
Wall, 2007
undecided - Sculpture
Sumo, 2005
Denis Isakov
The Crucifixion, 2007
Religious - Sculpture
Leonard Bey
Roots Of Stone, 2008
Other - Sculpture
8 x 12 inches (20.3 x 30.5 cm)
Angelo Mazzoleni
Linea Di Confine, 2008
Burhan Sabir
Man, 2008
Yucel Donmez
The Women, 2006
Representational - Sculpture
Remo Belletti
Chrisalid 2006, 2006
120 x 230 cm (47.2 x 90.6 inches)
Richard Pitts
Hood River, 2007
30 x 48 inches (76.2 x 121.9 cm)
Amazon, 2006
Gaia, 2007
One Becoming Whole, 1990
Sherman Hay
Rivers Edge, 2007
Phil Parkes
When Two Worlds Collide White And , 2007
16 x 21 inches (40.6 x 53.3 cm)
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Artists Describing Their Art:
Beatriz Cunha - The creation of my pieces starts with the observation of the complex relations established between phenomena as diverse as nature's fertility, man made objects or art history. It's an intimate work in search of integrating conflicting forces, ultimately leading to the transmutation of the parts in to a transcending whole. The shape contains in it self the memory of the evolution from one condition to another in a process of transformation that is at the same time natural, personal and cultural. ...
Gary Chris Christopherson - Abstract sculpture by GChris is what he terms "progressive art" and is mission-driven. Progressive art is art with a purpose and artist as advocate. "Art as advocacy; advocacy as art." The call to artists and people generally is to embrace both art and advocacy, use their synergy, and advance progressive values. Advanced by the art are core progressive values - reducing human vulnerability, maximizing human potential, saving our environment, and living at "peace on and with the earth." Underlying it all is the driving desire to "save the world", as best as we as people can. Toward that end, GChris abstract mobiles and stabiles help drive toward a positive progressive vision of the future. They portray strong driving forces -- the desire for knowledge, spirit and justice. High level thought, being, and positive interrelationships are not ends but new foundations from which progress springs. Progressive art supports the continuous striving for absolute knowledge, absolute spirit and perfected being with full recognition this is an inevitable, unending, inspiring and liberating human enterprise. To achieve the vision, they also help explore threats of vulnerability, conflict, and chaos. The mobiles and stabiles address these threats, glean whatever positives they contain, and advocate major progression...
William Nelson - The Corporate Lease Program, initiated in 1994, leases one of a kind fine art and limited addition fine art prints to the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia community on a monthly basis. Businesses may choose from a variety of works or have custom art created for them. The works vary from realism to abstraction, reflecting in its variety of techniques and styles the evolution in fine art. Leasing has many benefits. While businesses obtain quality art at a fraction of the cost of purchasing their own, the lease fees are used to purchase supplies each year, helping the struggling artist community stay creative. In addition, by placing art in the community, businesses help our collection serve as an outreach program to educate and familiarize the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia community with America's leading contemporary artists and the Where Art Thou family. The lease fees of the matted and framed prints range from $25 to $500 per month including insurance, delivery and installation in the company's office. After the 23-month leasing period, the works are collected and returned to the Where Art Thou gallery where the entire collection is again made available for lease to businesses ...
Julia Cake - Julia Cake: Sculptress Born: 1973 in Monaco Currently Living in England Introduction Julia's passion for sculpting began when she was 16 after an accident cut short a holiday from another of her true passions, skiing. She enrolled in the famous Beaux Art academy in France to more fully express what was already an over whelming artistic flair. She decided to move into the three-dimensional world of sculpting. This dynamic gave Julia the release she needed to allow her artistic ideas to flow. These ideas when suppressed in earlier years were sometimes misunderstood by those around her, who would comment that Julia's introspective behavior perhap's required a quite different therapy. Her first ever piece "Trois Elephants" was judged 2nd place at an international exhibition in Cannes. She was just 17 years old. From clay she moved into marble, which soon became the stone for which Julia's passion raged. Born in Monaco and growing up in the French Riviera, Julia was able to drive into Italy to hand pick the most beautiful pieces of naturally formed marble to work with. This is what developed her most sought after talent; the ability to take a stone and transform ...
John Searles - John Searles is a metal artist & sculptor with work in more than 2000 collections across the country, including hotels, businesses and homes. His experience includes working with aluminum, copper, bronze, steel and stainless steel. His body of work includes sculptures, metal weavings, metal art tiles, wall sculptures, photography, paintings and websites. The metal wall sculptures of John Searles reflect his enduring interests in mathematical patterns, design, movement, energy and freedom and are an expression of his on-going dialogue with the metals he works with - aluminum, steel, stainless steel, copper and bronze. John Searles' background in poetry, painting and photography has heavily influenced his focus on shape and design. At times his artwork appears to depict the fluid movements of a Kung Fu master, or the flight patterns of a bird catching insects in the summer evening air. Other times, the metal represents dancers intertwined. John Searles lives and works in a converted 5600 square foot factory on three acres of land near Lake Michigan. The front third of the building is a light-filled gallery. The back part is a tool- and work table-filled space with two garage doors and a view out over the property to the ...
Leonard Bey - The urge to know self has been the key role to explore the real and unrealworld.Through this exploration I have come across so many people,nature,culture etc. of the world and thus has become part of my works either in the form of paintings or in sculptures.......
Angelo Mazzoleni - ARTISTS ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY: BIOGRAPHY ESSENTIAL ARTIST Angelo Mazzoleni was born in Florence on June 7, 1952 .. It starts soon his artistic activity, cultivated already in the youth, under the guidance of some teachers and attending courses at the Accademia Carrara Bergamo.In these years, participates in the first exhibitions painting in Lombardy and in other Italian regions. Some travel, particularly in Germany and Paris, enrich his artistic and cultural baggage and affect its first part of pittorica.Si also interested in discovering paleontology in particular some important fossils, donated to museums in Milan and Bergamo, including a erionide a generally still unknown and which was given its name in the relevant publications scientifiche.L'interest in the mystery of the past, for history, especially early in his ancestral size, is one of the other elements that characterize the His research also in the field of painting, even before the foundation, with other artists, the group "NEW ART SINCRETICA." "The evolutionary path of the artist, now thirty years, is marked by a personal search for the origins of the world of its vital forces Which, despite the variety of themes and techniques, appears as a single inner journey through time and ...
Yucel Donmez - Yucel Donmez's place in Turkish and American Art History: Yucel Donmez has been continuing his artistic work in Chicago since 1980. He has staged many exhibitions both in Turkey and in the States and was accepted into one of the most influential art encyclopaedias to shape American art history, 'Who is Who in American Art' in 2000. His inclusion in the 'Biographical Encyclopaedia of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers of the U.S.' in 2002, followed by the 'Devonport's Art Reference' encyclopaedia, Donmez has secured a permanent place in American art history. Yucel Donmez also appears among the 63 artists from Chicago to have entered the renowned art reference book, 'Art Diary International', published every year by the famous 'Flash Art' magazine in Italy. Awards: 2003 'Who is Who in American Art' prize plaquette Donmez has been recognised by American art critics (Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, 1989) as an artist who has shed new light upon the art of painting with his self-developed painting techniques. He obtained 'The National Medal of Art' one of the most important awards in the United States in 1995, for his 11-year-long ...
Richard Pitts - My work ,as the totem format may indicate, digs deep withing certain traditional forms of art. Ancient cave art forms a space orientation not dissimilar to the space of a temple or of a cathedral. The sculptural direction in my work establish and reflect a felt environment and evoke a staged space. Like columns in a temple or cathedral, they make space for a kind of thought. My totems reflect space. They are about making viable the invisible that surround them. A single fragment of sculpture like a single Greek column makes visible the wonder of a whole building. This wonder is the space, the building block of scared thoughts not just about making visable the invisible but emphasizing that which is not seen as most important and without boundaries. In fact this obelisk, totem like format condenses and implodes, drawing in the invisible and showing for a brief moment the visible cathedral of natural forms within a new pictorial format without boundaries and briefly holding time still. www.richardpitts.com ... | {
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require 'spec_helper'
module LAME
module Decoding
describe StreamDecoder do
subject(:decoder) { StreamDecoder.new(decode_flags, mp3_data, stream) }
let(:decode_flags) { double("decode flags") }
let(:mp3_data) { double("mp3 data") }
let(:stream) { StringIO.new(stream_string) }
let(:stream_string) { "a" * 1024 + "b" * 1024}
it "creates a single frame decoder" do
expect(SingleFrameDecoder).to receive(:new).with(decode_flags, mp3_data)
decoder
end
it "it passes chunks of stream into the single frame decoder" do
single_frame_decoder = double("single_frame_decoder")
allow(SingleFrameDecoder).to receive(:new).and_return(single_frame_decoder)
expect(single_frame_decoder).to receive(:decode).exactly(:twice)
decoder.each_decoded_frame
end
it "yields the decoded frame" do
single_frame_decoder = double("single frame decoder")
allow(SingleFrameDecoder).to receive(:new).and_return(single_frame_decoder)
allow(single_frame_decoder).to receive(:decode).with("a"*1024).and_yield(:one)
allow(single_frame_decoder).to receive(:decode).with("b"*1024).and_yield(:two).and_yield(:three)
expect { |block|
decoder.each_decoded_frame(&block)
}.to yield_successive_args(:one, :two, :three)
end
end
end
end
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• "Navalny," the riveting documentary about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been making the rounds in theaters and on CNN, but starting Thursday it'll be available on HBO Max as well. Taut and suspenseful, Daniel Roher's film plays more like a John le Carré thriller than a true story. It has taken on even greater significance since the Russian war on Ukraine, too, according to many of the people involved. "It gives so much context to what's happening now in Ukraine," Maria Pevchikh, head of the investigative unit for Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation and an executive producer on the film, told the AP.
• While we sit and wait to see what the big breakouts will be at the Cannes Film Festival this year, the film streaming platform MUBI has one of the festival's all-timers coming on Friday: David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive," which won Lynch the directing prize at the festival in 2001 (shared with Joel Coen for "The Man Who Wasn't There"). And when you're done wandering around the fringes of Hollywood with Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harding, MUBI has an entire Cannes takeover section to explore with films like Andrea Arnold's "Fish Tank," Joachim Trier's "Oslo, August 31st" (for new Trier fans thanks to "The Worst Person in the World"), as well as Ruben Östlund's "The Square" and "Force Majeure."
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• The weekend's big movie is also a place for new music. The soundtrack from "Top Gun: Maverick" features the singles "Hold My Hand" by Lady Gaga and "I Ain't Worried" by OneRepublic. There's the return of "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins, while Miles Teller, who plays Goose's son, recorded a live rendition of "Great Balls of Fire." The album also features original tracks by the movie's composers, but there's no reprise of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" -- perhaps that would have been a step too far into the danger zone.
• The good old days for dinosaurs concluded some 60 million years ago, when they owned the ancient Earth in all its glory. That's where "Prehistoric Planet" is set, using a mix of wildlife filmmaking, paleontology findings and visual effects for a promised "one-of-a-kind immersive experience." Among the stars: the Mongolian Titan and the frightfully clawed Therizinosaurus, who along with other dinos are introduced in their respective land, sea and air habitats. The five-part Apple TV+ series boasts narrator David Attenborough and music by Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer.
• Martin Freeman keeps proving he can play anything. The "Sherlock" and "Breeders" actor stars as a deeply troubled English police officer in "The Responder," debuting today on the Britbox streaming service. Demoted from inspector, Chris Carson is patrolling the streets of his Liverpool, England, hometown, confronting crime and his own angst. He's also reluctant partner to a rookie, played by Adelayo Adedayo, and his marriage is at risk. The series, inspired by the experiences of its creator and producer, Tony Schumacher, unfolds over a week of night shifts as Chris tries to rescue a young addict from deadly jeopardy.
• "Keeping Company with Sondheim" follows the creation of Broadway's reimagined, gender-swapping version of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical "Company." The documentary, filmed over a two-year period during the pandemic, also looks back at the original production's debut during a bleak time for New York City. Marianne Elliott, director of the new production, and members of the original 1970 cast were among those interviewed for the film airing Friday as part of PBS' "Great Performances." So was Sondheim, the theater giant who died last November at age 91. | {
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"In our 'cities within cities' we shall turn our streets up into the air, and stack the daytime and nighttime use of our land." —Bertrand Goldberg
Downtown Chicago (sometimes referred to as the Loop) is now one of the fastest growing residential neighborhoods in the Chicagoland area. But downtown living hasn't always been so trendy. When architect Bertrand Goldberg envisioned Marina City, it was an urban experiment designed to draw middle-class Chicagoans back to the city after more than a decade of suburban migration.
By creating a city within a city, Goldberg hoped the convenience of living and playing close to work would help make Marina City a success. After all, the mixed-use development was so much more than just those two "corncob towers." When completed in 1967, it included two residential towers, plus an office building, a theater, parking for your car or boat and plenty of retail space. But were Chicagoans ready to move back to the city from the outlying suburbs?
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If Goldberg's intention for Marina City was to get residents living close to work, it should be considered a wild success. When the development opened, eight percent of residents worked within the development and 80 percent could walk to work.
Marina City was certainly a vision for a new way of living in the 1960s. And the vision was one Chicagoans embraced then and still do today. There are now many residential mixed-use developments in the Loop. Marina City was a concept and development very much ahead of its time.
1967 Marina City Amenities
19-floor Parking Garage
Retail Shopping and Restaurants
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Architect Bertrand Goldberg famously considered architectural glass boxes to be "psychological slums."
The towers' central cores were built to full height before most of the habitable structure was raised around them.
The petal-shaped garage floors and balconies are cantilevered from perimeter columns.
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Forward-thinking architect Bertrand Goldberg was a student of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and the influence of Mies' Modernist principles can be seen in his work. But his own ideas of modular, prefabricated, curved forms are also highlighted in the design of Marina City. Goldberg believed that since no right angles exist in nature, none should exist in architecture. That belief is clearly at work in the 65-story residential towers' design.
Goldberg compared the bays on Marina Towers to the petals of a sunflower. They radiate from the building's strong central core and provide stunning balcony views for each wedge-shaped residential unit. The curvilinear reinforced concrete forms became a trademark of Goldberg's style.
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Mike Fitzpatrick
Published: July 18, 2021, 11:18 PM
Updated: July 19, 2021, 1:09 AM
Tags: Danny Santana, DJ LeMahieu, Sports, Mike Fitzpatrick, Gleyber Torres, Alex Cora, Greg Allen, Christian Arroyo, Chad Green, Aaron Boone, Nick Pivetta, Xander Bogaerts, Jonathan Loaisiga, Luis Severino, Rougned Odor, Aaron Nola, Jameson Taillon, Tim Locastro, Aaron Judge, Brett Gardner, Ross Stripling, Michael King, Bobby Dalbec
Torres, Odor homer to back Taillon as Yanks beat Red Sox 9-1
Published: July 18, 2021, 11:18 PM Updated: July 19, 2021, 1:09 AM
New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres watches his solo home run during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, July 18, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
NEW YORK – Ryan LaMarre, Greg Allen and Trey Amburgey.
That was the New York Yankees' starting outfield Sunday night for a critical game against rival Boston.
Not exactly the Bronx Bombers of Mantle, Maris and Berra. But not to be taken lightly, either.
Gleyber Torres, Rougned Odor and LaMarre homered to back another strong start from Jameson Taillon as the depleted Yankees pulled away for a 9-1 victory over the scuffling Red Sox.
Playing without All-Star slugger Aaron Judge and five of his teammates who also tested positive for COVID-19 recently, the Yankees took their second straight from Boston after dropping the first seven meetings this year.
"It would have been easy for us to roll over after everything that's happened," Taillon said.
Taillon (5-4) pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in his 100th major league start, improving to 4-0 in his past five outings. Chad Green escaped a jam in the sixth to protect a three-run cushion.
New York won two of three in a series originally set for four games before Thursday's scheduled opener was postponed for testing and contact tracing.
Boston, which has lost six of eight overall, left town with a half-game lead in the AL East over Tampa Bay, and seven in front of the fourth-place Yankees.
"We haven't hit," manager Alex Cora said. "We've been chasing pitches."
DJ LeMahieu extended his on-base streak to 30 games, longest in the big leagues this season, with a single that set up a third-inning run for New York.
LaMarre, just called up from the minors, added a two-run homer in the eighth — his first with the Yankees and first in the majors since September 2019.
New York's no-name outfield began the night with 12 career home runs — fewest for a Yankees starting trio since June 10, 1991.
"It's kind of weird not seeing certain guys' faces around here, but we have a good environment in there," Taillon said.
Torres hit his fifth homer on an 0-2 pitch from Martín Pérez (7-6) leading off the second. Torres also homered his last time up Saturday night in a 3-1 victory that was called after six innings because of heavy rain. That gave him long balls in consecutive games for the first time since a three-game streak in June 2019.
Odor reached on a bunt single leading off the fifth and scored on Allen's sacrifice fly. He added a two-run homer to make it 5-0 in a four-run seventh that featured five walks, including three in a row — two with the bases loaded.
"I think we're OK," Pérez said. "We're one of the best teams in the big leagues."
BEST BEHAVIOR
There was no visible trouble between Red Sox players and unruly fans, one night after Boston left fielder Alex Verdugo was hit by a baseball thrown from the Yankee Stadium stands. The fan who threw the ball was banned for life from attending big league games.
COUNTING ON YOU
Struggling closer Aroldis Chapman worked a 1-2-3 ninth after his first pitch sailed to the backstop. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he would have called on Chapman in a save situation, too.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: 1B Christian Arroyo strained his left hamstring when he went into a split stretching for a throw and is most likely headed to the injured list, Cora said. It was the first career appearance at first base for Arroyo, who was replaced by Bobby Dalbec. ... OF/1B Danny Santana (left quadriceps strain) is expected to come off the injured list Monday. ... All-Star SS Xander Bogaerts doubled twice after sitting out Saturday night with a sore left wrist. He was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth with Boston trailing 7-0.
Yankees: RHP Luis Severino threw 30 pitches to hitters, simulating two innings. "I thought he threw the ball really well. Looks strong, healthy," Boone said. Severino will likely face hitters again in five or six days before potentially beginning another minor league rehab assignment. He hasn't pitched in the majors since 2019 after having Tommy John surgery, and his return was slowed because of a groin injured sustained June 12 in a rehab outing. ... Boone said RHP Darren O'Day's season is likely over due to a left hamstring injury. ... Boone said all six Yankees players who recently tested positive for the coronavirus are doing pretty well as far as symptoms are concerned. RHP Jonathan Loaisiga, one of those players on the COVID-19 injured list, was expected to fly to New York and rejoin the team by Tuesday. ... RHP Michael King (bruised right middle finger) still feels discomfort and won't throw for another five to seven days. ... Amburgey exited after four innings with a right hamstring cramp and was replaced in the lineup by Brett Gardner.
WITH A BANG
A leaping LaMarre hit the right field wall with a loud thud trying to catch Christian Vázquez's fifth-inning double and was shaken up. He was checked by Boone and two athletic trainers, but remained in the game.
"I told Boonie, `I'm not coming out,'" LaMarre said. "You don't get too many chances to wear pinstripes."
LaMarre was called up from Triple-A before the game to replace outfielder Tim Locastro, put on the 10-day injured list with a torn right ACL.
Red Sox: Shuffle off to Buffalo for the opener of a three-game series Monday night against the division-rival Blue Jays. RHP Nick Pivetta (7-4, 4.30 ERA) faces Toronto RHP Ross Stripling (3-5, 4.34).
Yankees: Following an off day, RHP Domingo Germán (4-5, 4.72 ERA) starts Tuesday night at home against Philadelphia RHP Aaron Nola (6-5, 4.53). | {
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We must do all we can to limit exposure and stop the spread of COVID-19, but we cannot do that at the expenses of human rights, informed consent, and the health and wellbeing of mothers and babies. While we have limited evidence on the spread of COVID-19 from mother to baby, we have ample evidence of the harm separating babies from their mother has on both mother and baby. The World Health Organization and Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists advise keeping mother and baby together, encouraging skin-to-skin contact, and breastfeeding, even for mothers with a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19.
While banning doulas might limit the spread of COVID-19, evidence shows the support provided by a doula decreases a birthing patient's likelihood of having medical interventions, including a C-section, which can lead to other lifelong health complications and risks. Last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York issued an executive order requiring all hospitals in New York to allow doulas and consider them part of the health care team, among implementing other critical recommendations from a maternal health task force.
If New York, arguably one of the hardest-hit areas by COVID-19, could consider doulas an essential part of the care team a month ago, Iowa's hospitals should reconsider their policies as they start opening up for elective surgeries and as the governor is reopening businesses across the state.
Earlier this month, Oklahoma passed legislation licensing certified professional midwives, making it the 36th state to do so. Iowa is now one of only 14 states and three territories that do not license certified professional midwives. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oklahoma Legislature saw the bill as a priority because of the increased demand for home birth. Iowa had a similar bill proposed earlier this session (pre-COVID-19), but it stalled in subcommittee because of opposition from Iowa-based hospitals and physician lobbyist groups, even though the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has supported similar legislation in other states.
We are all learning as we go throughout COVID-19, and our health care systems are well-intentioned. The intentions of these policies may be good, but the impacts can be devastating, especially for black women who are six times more likely to experience a maternal death than white women in Iowa. We have a long ways to go to improve maternal and infant health in our state and country. As we start reopening our state, we need to re-examine maternity care in our state to ensure evidence-based and respectful care for all patients.
Rachel Manuel Bruns lives in Des Moines with her partner Jordan and two children. Rachel works as deputy director of America's Service Commissions and is a volunteer chapter leader for the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) of Central Iowa. | {
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Hayley and Andy captured a warm Christmas spirit for their nuptials.
Hayley and Andy Gore met through mutual friend Steve. "It was seven years before he decided to introduce us," Hayley says. "Once we met, we were inseparable." A few years later, Steve would be best man at the couple's big day.
We chose Kings Weston House because we loved the variety of beautiful rooms in this Grade I listed building. The suspended staircase in the Great Hall provided a dramatic backdrop for the evening, while the graceful Portrait Gallery that overlooks the grounds was perfect for our drinks reception. I visited the estate a lot when I was growing up, so I loved having that connection to it.
We created a fabulously festive feel – think soft candlelight , logs burning in fireplaces and the Christmassy smell of pine cones and mulled wine. We opted for a red palette highlighted with gold accents. This was reflected in our deep-red roses, winter berries and gypsophila layered in gorgeous greenery.
Our table plan was a large multi-aperture photo frame. We chose the theme of The 12 Days of Christmas for our table names. It's now hung in our home with our wedding photographs in it.
Andy made the centrepieces b y cutting large circular discs with a jigsaw and securing wooden logs on ea ch one. We then decorated them with pine cones, tea light holders and fresh foliage from my mum's garden.
Our place name holders were small wooden reindeers. Lots of our guests took them home and sent us photos a week later of their Christmas dinner tables with the place names on display.
Anna Cake Couture made a gorgeous four-tier cake with delicate gold detailing. We added lace-embellished hessian around the base of each tier and wintr y florals to complement my bouquet.
Andy and his groomsmen looked handsome in charcoal three-piece suits from Next. They tied in with the bridesmaids' deep-red floor-length gowns. The V-neck backs, sweethear t necklines and ruched detail looked so elegant.
As the venue is quite large, we made a map to guide our guests to where things were happening and at what time. We also hid gold envelopes around the building, containing prizes such as lottery tickets, drinks from the bar and even a dance with the bes t man! The last one went down particularly well with one of Andy's cousins!
My strapless Sincerity Bridal dress had intricate lace detailing on the bodice and romantic button fastenings. I teamed this with a pearl-embroidered veil and a delicate tiara by Jon Richards. I also wore the earrings my mum wore on her wedding day and my nan's engagement ring.
We sang carols in church and a pianist played seasonal songs during the drinks reception to put ever yone in the Christmas spirit. The casino went down a treat in the evening, and that was followed by a live four-piece band called Modern Vintage. The group played a great mix of tunes to get ever yone on their feet.
I've always admired brides who speak during the toa sts, so I wrote a poem the week before our wedding. Even on the day, I wasn't sure whether I would read it, but I'm incredibly glad that I decided to.
After the service, we served mulled wine and macaroons. We were incredibly lucky to have beautiful blue skies and bright sunshine, but it was icy cold, so the drinks did the trick and warmed everyone up.
We were both nervous before the event because we had been planning it for two years, but on the day, we just relaxed and enjoyed every moment. We have so many special memories, like coming out of church and being showered in confetti while the church bells rang for us. It was magical seeing all our loved ones' smiling faces.
Our best man's mum is one of the Knutty Knitters, a group of friends who knitted a life-size nativity scene to raise money for St Peter's Hospice. It was touring local shopping centres and supermarkets to raise money, so Steve arranged for it to be at our reception. Our generous guests raised £500 for the charity. | {
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Jerusalem Post Blog Home The Jewish Problem - From anti-Judaism to anti-Semitism
Is Israel the Jewish Solution to Christendom's Jewish Problem?
By DAVID TURNER
"The Jews such as they are today are our work, the work of our 1,800 years of idiotic persecution." (Emile Zola 1897)
"The State of Israel will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles" (Israel's Declaration of Independence)
The Jewish Problem: To this point in our discussion the history of Jew and Judaism through our history dispersed in Christendom has described a clear trajectory: antisemitism is a self-perpetuating and unalterable reality embedded in the fabric of Christian religion and society and passed on to its successor secular states. Where previously pogroms were limited to local or regional Jewish communities, with the technological revolution in 20th century communications, computation and manufacturing the possibility of achieving a final solution to the West's eternal Jewish Problem became an achievable reality.
Almost immediately following the "legal" emancipation of the Jews reaction set in. Pogroms in Russia intensified, spread to Germany. In France, home of the revolution and "cradle" parliament sought to deny, the reverse equality. Pinsker followed fifteen years later by Herzl, apparently independently, reached the same conclusion: so long as Jews remained in Christian society they would be at risk. Of course not even these prophets of Zionism could have foreseen just how dangerous the Diaspora is to Jewish survival. In the 19th century there was no historical precedent for one group to set the goal of exterminating another: who before the Holocaust could have even imagined that the "civilized" West was capable of mass murder, of solving its Jewish "problem" by attempting to murder each and every living Jew from aged to infant?
Is it easier today, the Holocaust barely seventy years past, for the Jewish People, in Diaspora and even Israel, to comprehend that the Final Solution intended to murder all Jews, everywhere? How is it that we have never accepted that, had Germany won the war which seemed very possible before 1941, that it is likely there would today be no Israel, no Jew to write a blog about Christianity's Jewish Problem and its solution. That which Pinsker and Herzl concluded on much less evidence still fails to pass the walls of 21st century Jewish denial.
Dreyfus burned in effigy during antisemitic riots in Paris. (Wikipedia)
The Zionist response: Leon Pinsker, was a physician dedicated to assimilation. Relatively unknown today, his short 1882 volume, Auto-Emancipation, anticipating Herzl's Der Judenstadt by a decade and a half, remains, in my eyes, the better description of antisemitism as historical process than the younger man. As with Herzl his language and use of categories reflects the 19th century and his medical background described antisemitism as a disease. Yet even a "disease" implies an etiology, an underlying historical process from the 1st to the 21st century and beyond. With our experience of a Holocaust even he and Herzl could never have anticipated Pinsker's essay remains as relevant today, more so since it was hardly read during his lifetime, as when it was written. What follows is a brief introduction to this forgotten father of Zionism, an introduction to Zionism as the Jewish Solution to Christendom's Jewish Problem:
"Judeophobia is a psychic aberration. As a psychic aberration it is hereditary, and as a disease transmitted for two thousand years it is incurable." (all emphases added)
Pinsker is intent on breaking through Jewish Denial, returns repeatedly to that forlorn Jewish faith in "education" as the instrument to change our tragic destiny:
"Prejudice or instinctive ill-will is not moved by rational argument, however forceful and clear."
All the "education" in the world changes not one whit the status of Jews as "Other" living in a Christian world:
"Since the Jew is nowhere at home, nowhere regarded as a native, he remains an alien everywhere. That he himself and his ancestors as well are born in the country does not alter this fact in the least."
Even in "normal" times "the Jew" is Other. America continues today to be described by its Christian majority "a Christian country." But under economic and social stress antisemitism rises to the surface. This is clearly represented by, for example, polling taken from 1938 until well after the Holocaust. Antisemitism was reflected in America's "closed door policy towards Jewish refugees" which trapped millions in Europe to gas and flame in Auschwitz.
It is against this backdrop, the place of Jews in history-inspired popular culture, antisemitic stereotypes, that we approach Pinsker:
"To the living the Jew is a corpse, to the native a foreigner… to the poor an exploiter and a millionaire, to the patriot a man without a country: for all a [feared and] hated rival… the prejudice of [Christendom] against us rests upon anthropological and social principles, innate and ineradicable... The time has come for a sober and dispassionate realization of our true position."
And so Pinsker introduces the Zionist position, a solution by the Jewish people to Christendom's unfolding and, at that time, unexpected final solution to its Jewish Problem:
"We must seek our… salvation not in self-deceptions, but in the restoration of our national ties… We must set vigorously to work to complete the great task of self-liberation.
Throughout Autoemancipation! Pinsker anticipates Herzl. Both were pragmatists, preferred Palestine for historical and sentimental reasons. But they were not opposed to an alternate site for Jewish refuge should Palestine not be achievable. Pinsker and Herzl both seriously considered Argentina, a state in the 19th century seeking immigration and, at the time even hospitable to Jews (a century later the Argentinean junta would arrest Jews; suspect a plot to take over Patagonia). Despairing of securing Palestine Herzl proposed prioritizing Uganda at the Sixth Zionist congress in 1903.
Neither Herzl nor Pinsker held out hope for a Jewish future in Christendom. According to Pinsker it is unrealistic to expect two-thousand years of anti-Jewish history to just disappear. In fact,
"our future will remain insecure and precarious unless a radical change in our position is made by the auto-emancipation of the Jewish people as a nation, the foundation of a community belonging to the Jews, which is some day to become our inalienable home, our country.
"Woe to our descendants, woe to the memory of our Jewish contemporaries, [shades of Auschwitz] if we let this moment pass by!"
"David Ben-Gurion proclaiming independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism" (Wikipedia)
Zionism and Israel: In the end British "Zionism" and imperial realpolitik combined to create conditions favorable to the Balfour Declaration, and Jewish immigration to the British "protectorate" was opened (but only so long as it served British interests).
While the inspiration for Political Zionism was secular (both Pinsker and Herzl) the movement represented the entire universe of Jewish identity from Orthodox to Reform to atheist; cultural to religious to nationalist! But the main ideological force behind the nuts and bolts creation of the state was socialist and secular. And from that wing emerged the David Ben-Gurion, "Israel's founding father."
"Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger – and we will complete the message… the unity of the human race."
Ben-Gurion, as leader of the Jewish Agency, was de-facto head of the Yishuv, the Jewish community in pre-independence Israel. He was also a primary drafter of the Declaration of Independence that defined Israel in the context of Zionism:
"In the year 5657 (1897), at the summons of the spiritual father of the Jewish State, Theodore Herzl, the First Zionist Congress convened and proclaimed the right of the Jewish people to national rebirth in its own country.
"The catastrophe which recently befell the Jewish people — the massacre of millions of Jews in Europe — was another clear demonstration of the urgency of solving the problem of its homelessness by re-establishing in Eretz-Israel the Jewish State, which would open the gates of the homeland wide to every Jew and confer upon the Jewish people the status of a fully privileged member of the community of nations.
"THE STATE OF ISRAEL will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles;
"WE APPEAL to the Jewish people throughout the Diaspora to rally round the Jews of Eretz-Israel in the tasks of immigration and upbuilding and to stand by them in the great struggle for the realization of the age-old dream — the redemption of Israel.
The Declaration was written in the midst of the War for Independence. It appealed to the Arabs living in newly-independent Israel to remain and "enjoy full benefits of and participate in the building of the state." To the Arab nations it pledged "a common effort for the advancement of the entire Middle East." For a complex of reasons many Palestinians left to create its own diaspora and the relationship between Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab states remains, for the most part, unbridgeable.
Israel's Basic Laws are a step towards a constitution for the state. The first Law, for example, defines the role of Knesset. And as the 33rd governing coalition was sworn in on 18 March, 2013 one issue to be discussed is a proposal for a new, Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People. By its title, at least, it appears to reinforce Israel's Zionist identity as did another Basic Law: the Law of Return passed in 1950. An Amendment clarifying the Zionist intent of the Law of Return, the Grandparent Clause providing refuge to the grandchild of a convert to Christianity would also be granted refuge. This amendment was intended a direct response to the 1935 Nuremberg Laws classifying as "Jew" a person with a single grandparent.
The pioneers and leaders of the pre-state Yishuv clearly intended a secular and democratic state to serve the entire Jewish People as home and refuge. Since Ben-Gurion's 1947 invitation to two Orthodox parties to participate in the first Knesset there has been a struggle over Israel's identity as "religious" or secular. In recent years even members of the "secular elite" have challenged the Law of Return as too liberal regarding Jewish identity. Our discussion will now turn to the identity of Israel: Jewish state, of State of the Jews.
Recent writings in this Series:
1. An American Holocaust? Assessing the threat
2. America's Prisoner of Zion: The Pollard Affair explained
3. America after the Holocaust: "the Jews", Red Scare and a congressional witch hunt
4. America after the Holocaust: Exceptionality" and its Discontents | {
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nginx-php-fp-in-openshift
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Usage
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To get your custom PHP version working at OpenShift, you have to do the following:
1. Create a new Openshift "Do-It-Yourself" application.
2. Clone this repository.
* ! Optionally you might want to change to a different branch to get a different PHP version.
3. Add a new remote "openshift" (You can find the URL to your git repository on the Openshift application page)
4. Run `git push --force "openshift" master:master`
5. SSH into your gear
6. `cd $OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR && rm -rf misc* && rm -rf www && rm -rf nginx-php-fp-in-openshift-tornado-added `
7. `git clone https://github.com/power-electro/nginx-php-fp-in-openshift-tornado-added.git`
8. `chmod 755 $OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR/nginx-php-fp-in-openshift-tornado-added/install-nginx-php.sh`
9. Wait (This may take at least an hour)
If you want to see "what's going on, you may tail the log file and watch some shell movie ;)
10. `nohup $OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR/nginx-php-fp-in-openshift-tornado-added/install-nginx-php.sh > $OPENSHIFT_LOG_DIR/install.log & `
`tail -f $OPENSHIFT_DIY_LOG_DIR/install.log`
11. Open http://appname-namespace.rhcloud.com/phpinfo.php to verify running
apache
12. You can remove the misc content
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UN Special Envoy Calls Upon The Coalition Forces In Afghanistan To Take Measures To Ensure The Protection Of Children
Stephanie Tremblay2003-12-10T00:00:00-05:00Wednesday, 10 December 2003|
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara A. Otunnu, expressed deep concern and sadness over the terrible news that 6 children have been killed in attacks by Coalition troops, last Friday in Gardez, south west of Kabul.
Mr. Otunnu calls upon the Coalition forces in Afghanistan to "take measures to ensure fuller protection of children, and prevent the occurrence of this kind of tragedies in the future". "Children deserve special protection by all parties in situations of armed conflict", he added.
The attack in Gardez happened only one day before another tragic incident where nine children died following a Coalition air strike in the village of Petaw. Mr. Otunnu reiterated his earlier request that "all parties must apply and fully respect international instruments pertaining to the protection of war-affected children, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and the Security Council Resolutions 1261 (1999), 1314 (2000), 1379 (2001) and 1460 (2003)".
The Special Representative conveyed his deepest condolences to the families of the six children. He also called for a full investigation of the tragic incident.
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Become a Finisher — Finally
"I am a 35-year-old woman diagnosed with ADHD. I start several things at the same time and don't finish any of them. Can you help me be a finisher?"
By Beth Main Verified Updated on April 5, 2018
A woman's work is never done! That adage is especially true if the woman has ADHD.
There are two ADHD factors at play: 1) difficulty with prioritization and 2) distraction. Start by being intentional about how you want to spend your time. What do you want to do first? Second? Third? Make a list and prioritize it. It's best if you can have a single task management system with "everything you want/need to do" in it. That way, you won't be derailed by the inevitable "oh, crap, I forgot to…" moment. I like to-do list apps that let you drag and drop tasks into the order you want: GTasks and Todoist are my faves.
The second issue is distraction. How to stick to your good intentions? It starts with being aware that you're no longer following the plan. My colleague, Alan Brown, has a solution he calls "labeling." The idea is that you have selected a task ("what you're doing now"), and at periodic intervals you check in with yourself to see if you're doing it. There are three possibilities:
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The search for the genetic contribution to autoimmune thyroid disease: The never ending story?
Simmonds, Matthew J. and Gough, Stephen C. L. (2011) The search for the genetic contribution to autoimmune thyroid disease: The never ending story? Briefings in Functional Genomics, 10 (2). pp. 77-90. ISSN 2041-2649
Full content URL: http://bfg.oxfordjournals.org/content/10/2/77.full
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Unlocking the genetic contribution to autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) will hold one of the keys to understanding disease pathogenesis and developing improved treatments. Significant increases in our understanding of the human genome combined with methodological advances in our ability to search for genetic variation have transformed the way in which we screen the genome for susceptibility loci. From early linkage analysis through to candidate gene studies and most recently genome-wide association screening, each methodology has revealed important insights into not just the heritability of AITD but also the best way of identifying disease causing DNA variants. This review will examine each of the different genome screening techniques, highlighting the successes and failures of each methodology and the lessons learnt which have helped inform the next phase of the disease-gene identification process.We will also look to see where we should be focusing our research efforts in the future. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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you gotta watch where you zip to, mizuki!
Haha saved by luney antics mr sword !
Fireproof cape has its benefits.
Probably gonna cause a lump in the morning though.
just needs some extra belts to hit the full combo!
She's just gotta zip back up... ...Right?
Or use wind to get herself back up. Or use Gynu's fire as a rocket. Or use a Knockoff Cannon.
Mizuki has a lot of options before Zuzu takes the reigns.
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2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness — Refined Toughness
Model tested: 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness
Engine: 2.4-liter DOHC 4-cylinder turbocharged boxer
Transmission: High-torque Lineartronic CVT with 8-speed manual mode
Overview: Subaru is affectionately known as the "Official Car of the Pacific Northwest" for lots of good reasons — like standard all-wheel drive on all models. The Outback, which comes in eight models, is probably the bestselling vehicle of the Subaru lineup. Our test driver was the new Wilderness model, and this review will focus on that vehicle.
Walkaround: Styling isn't ground-breaking, but has seemingly evolved over the years. No matter what year it is, you immediately recognize it as an Outback. The evolution includes such details as discreet body cladding and trim LED headlights. The front end is clean and simple, as are the flowing lines down the side. It has been suggested the Outback's profile resembles a hiking boot — perhaps on purpose? The new Wilderness model features copper-colored trim and flat black fender flares protecting big all-terrain tires, plus black roof rails that will hold 700 pounds — making it look rugged, sporty and fun, which it is. The Wilderness also boasts 9.5 inches of ground clearance.
Interior: The interior has evolved as well, with continual improvements in refinement and comfort from its bare-bones origins. The instrumentation features digital displays in the center for an updated look. The Wilderness has an 11.6-inch vertical screen that's the main attraction in a simple wall of controls. The Outback can carry five passengers in comfort over long distances, with good headroom and 32.5 cubic feet of cargo space for outdoor gear that expands to 75 with the seats folded. The load floor is flat, with tie-down points. The bucket seats have great bolstering with a manual adjustment. There're power adjustments for the driver seat, heating and cooling, and nappa leather upholstery. The Wilderness features brushed aluminum pedals, front headrests and all-weather floormats with the Wilderness logo embossed.
Behind the Wheel: Our test driver was equipped with the 260-horse, 2.4-liter turbo-4 — which is standard on the Wilderness. Acceleration is strong enough for passing on two-lane roads. With simulated gear changes, the transmission avoids that whiny CVT feel. The handling is sharper than we imagined, and the Outback corners without much body lean. However, steering is light and somewhat numb. The ride is firm without being punishing like some SUVs. The suspension is softened, giving the Wilderness a gentler ride on its all-terrain tires, but works well on all kinds of roads, including muddy trails and dirt roads. Our test rotation was during a snowstorm and the Wilderness conducted itself quite well on snow, too.
Bottom Line: The 2022 Wilderness stretches the Outback and moves it closer to more rugged off-roaders like the Toyota 4Runner and Jeep Wrangler. But it's a better daily compromise than either of those rivals — and less money.
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Preserving The Seventh Day Baptist Legacy
The work of historic preservation and promotion among Seventh Day Baptists in the USA & Canada is carried out by the Council on History.
The Council's mission is to "remember our past to inform the present and envision the future." It inherited this mission from the SDB Historical Society, which merged with the General Conference in 2016.
The work of the Council is in two primary areas: maintaining the Historical Library and Archives (SDBHLA) at the SDB Center in Janesville, WI, and facilitating the telling of stories using the collected resources of that collection.
Access to the Historical Library & Archives is available at www.sdbhistory.org. Those who join a supporters group for the library are eligible for access to the full collection at the website. Researchers looking for additional access are invited to contact Director of Education & History, Nick Kersten.
Those interested in genealogical research, please note that the library is not primarily a genealogical library and does not directly provide reference assistance to genealogists, but volunteers are available to aid with requests as they have time available. To begin a genealogy request, inquire at [email protected].
Meet the Director: Rev. Nicholas Kersten
Nick Kersten is the Director of Education and History for the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference of the United States and Canada. He also serves as an elected elder at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church. Prior to his current role, he served as Librarian-Historian of the Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society for nearly ten years from 2005-2014. Nick and his wife Brittany have four young children. Nick is passionate for equipping the church to make fully formed disciples who take their kingdom advancement responsibilities thoughtfully and seriously in this generation, and in light of the lessons that history teaches.
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America today is a mobile society. Many of us travel abroad, and few of us live in the towns or cities where we were born. It wasn't always so. "Travel from America to Europe became a commonplace, an ordinary commodity, some time ago, but when I first went such departure was still surrounded with an atmosphere of adventure and improvisation, and my youth and inexperience and my all but complete lack of money heightened that vertiginous sensation," writes W. S. Merwin. Twenty–one, married and graduated from Princeton, the poet embarked on his first visit to Europe in 1948 when life and traditions on the continent were still adjusting to the postwar landscape. Summer Doorways captures Merwin at a similarly pivotal time before he won the Yale Younger Poets Award in 1952 for his first book, A Mask for Janus—the moment was, as the author writes, "an entire age just before it was gone, like a summer."
Fred Bodsworth is an esteemed ornithologist, a former reporter, and the author of six books. Last of the Curlews was his first novel. He lives in Toronto.
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The Cippus Perusinus is a stone tablet (cippus) discovered on the hill of San Marco, near Perugia, Italy, in 1822. The tablet bears 46 lines of incised Etruscan text, about 130 words. The cippus is assumed to be a text dedicating a legal contract between the Etruscan families of Velthina (from Perugia) and Afuna (from Chiusi), regarding the sharing or use of a property upon which there was a tomb belonging to the noble Velthinas.
The date of the inscription is considered to be 3rd or 2nd century BC. The Cippus is conserved in the National Archeological Museum of Perugia.
Original text
Formatted according to latest theory by F. Roncalli for the original lines, distorted when they were copied onto this stone. There are no capital letters in the original, but known and certain names are capitalized below. Lines in parentheses are those of the actual cippus. Word spacing is mostly hypothetical.
Front:
(1) eurat . tanna . Larezul /(2) ame vaχr lautn .
Velθinaś e/(3)śtla Afunas slel eθ caru/
(4) tezan fuśleri tesnśteiś /(5) raśneś ipa ama
hen naper /(6) XII ( twelve ) Velθinaθuraś araś pe/(7)raśc
emulm lescul zu ci en/(8)es ci epl tularu/
(9) Aulesi Velθinas Arznal cl/(10)ensi . θii . θil
ścuna . cenu e/(11)plc felic Larθalś Afuneś/
(13!) falaś χiem fuśle Velθina /(12!)clen θunχulθe/
(14) hinθa cape municlet masu / (15) naper śran czl
θii falaśt V/(16)elθina hut naper pen ezś/
(17) masu acnina . clel . Afuna Vel/(18)θina mler
zinia inte mame/(19)r cnl Velθina zia śatene/
(20) tesne eca Velθina θuraś θ/(21)aura helu
tesne raśne cei /(22) tesnś teiś raśneś
χimθ śp/(23)el θuta ścuna Afuna mena /(24) hen
naper ci cnl hare utuśe /...
Side:
(25)...Velθina ś/(26)atena
zuc/(27)i enesci. i/(28)pa. śpelane/(29)θi. fulumχ/(30)va.
śpelθi. /(31) reneθi. eśt/(32)ac Velθina /(34) acilune.
turune. śc/(35)une. zea. zuc/(36)i. enesci. aθ/(37)umicś.
Afu/(38)naś. penθn/(39)a. ama. Velθ/(40)ina. Afun(a) /(41)
θuruni. ein /(42) zeri una. cl/(43)a. θil. θunχ/(44)ulθl.
iχ. ca /(45) ceχa. ziχuχ/(46)e
Notes: The last word in the text, ziχuχe means 'was written.' In line 10, θi-i and θi-l are respectively dative/instrumental and genitive for "water," and according to Facchetti (and approved by Wylin) the form cenu means "(is) obtained." Wylin translastes the phrase (9-11) Aulesi Velθinas Arznal clensi/ θii θil ścuna cenu e/pl-c feli-c Larθal-ś Afun-e as "'With respect to the water of Aule Velthina, son of Arznei, the use (ścuna) of water is obtained bothepl and feli by Larth Afuna." And Wylin points out that the tricolon in lines 33-34 acilune. turune. ścune probably corresponds to the Latin legal phrase facere, dare, praestare "to do, to give, and to make good," a phrase used with respect to personal obligations rather than legal rights."
Some phrases identified and partly translated by van Heems include: (1-2) eurat tanna larezul ame --"Larezul is the arbitrator tanna (of what follows?)"; (2-3) vaχr lautn Velθinaś eśtla Afunas slel eθ caru -- "An agreement of the Velthina tribe with that of Afuna, by his own (accord) was concluded (car-u ?)"; (3-5) tezan fuśle-ri tesnś-teiś raśneś -- "Complying (tezan ?) to the ordinances (fuśle-ri ?) from the public/Etruscan law"; (5-7) ipa ama hen naper XII Velθina-θur-aś araś peraś-c -- "that 12 hen (arable?) acres of Velthinas shall be dedicated and pera -ed." (18-21) inte mamer cnl Velθina zia śatene tesne, eca Velθina θuraś θaura helu --"To the (tomb) which Velthina zi-ed on the mamer according to the satena law, this has been hel -ed as the tomb of Velthina". (36-46)aθumicś Afunaś. penθna. ama. Velθina. Afuna θuruni. ein zeriuna. cla. θil. θunχulθl. iχ. ca ceχa. ziχuχe -- "The cippus of Afuna is aθumicś. Velthina (and) Afuna together (θuruni ?) shall not zerina (violate?) the accord concernting the water (rights), as this is written above."
See also
Tyrrhenian languages
Other Etruscan inscriptions:
Liber Linteus
Tabula Cortonensis
Notes
References
Materials for the study of the Etruscan Language prepared by Murray Fowler and Richard George Wolfe
Rix, Helmut (1985) "Sul testo del 'cippo di Perugia'" in Studi Etruschi 53 [1987], pp. 161-170.
2 vols.
External links
The Etruscan Texts Project A searchable database of Etruscan texts.
3rd-century BC steles
2nd-century BC steles
1822 archaeological discoveries
Etruscan inscriptions
Perugia
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Every parent wants the best for their child, and teeth are no exception. Here are some reasons why you should only trust your child's smile to an orthodontist.
Orthodontists are specially trained and experienced in teeth and jaw alignment. Unlike a general dentist, an orthodontist takes two to three additional years of training in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment planning of bad bites. So not only do they understand dental health, but they're also trained how to best alter your child's unique facial structure.
Each day, they focus on orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics. Just like a pediatrician can provide specialized care for your child's health, an orthodontist can provide specialized care for tooth alignment. When you take your child to an orthodontist, you're taking them to the most experienced professionals in the field.
Our orthodontists are Board Certified.
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After five long years in development, after cancellation scares, and after all the left and right updates for Square Enix's highly anticipated game of 2019, Kingdom Hearts III, has now finally gone gold! Meaning, the development of the game is now completed and is ready for mass production.
To celebrate, the studio released a new trailer to recap all of the Disney characters that'll be included in the game and the greatness that awaits in Kingdom Hearts III.
Bet you are all excited as Game Director Tetsuya Nomura! In fact, he took the game's official Twitter account to let everyone know about the good news. Check it out below.
Are you ready for it? Watch the trailer below.
Let's see who's crying out for joy with this Kingdom Hearts III good news!
I'm shaken by one sentence: "Kingdom Hearts III's development is officially done."
The game has gone GOLD!!!
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Q: copying files without rewriting I am using two HDDs in my small server and I copied HDD1 to HDD2 using dd. HDD2 is my backup and I want to keep it up-to-date, but I don't want to dd every time. I'd like to regularly copy all new files to HDD2, without rewriting everything (because it takes a really long time). All files = config files, data etc.
How can i do it? I tried
rsync -avxHAX --numeric-ids --progress / /media/ken/asdasdx --exclude={/dev/*,/mnt/*,/media/*} > ~/rsync.out
But that seems to rewrite all the files as well.
A: I just stumbled across the answer...
man rsync
--ignore-existing skip updating files that exist on receiver
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It's pretty much the biggest night in fashion, bar none, and so it comes as no surprise the stars put as much prep time into their red carpet appearance as they would the Oscars.
From face masks to mirror selfies to mani close-ups in the limo, here are the best behind-the-scenes 'grams and Snapchats in the lead-up to the 2017 Met Gala.
Gisele Bundchen and husband Tom Brady, who are co-hosting this year's Met Gala, share a kiss as they get ready for the event.
Gisele shows off her backless Stella McCartney gown.
Kate Hudson and Stella McCartney go for "golden slumbers" in metallic sheet masks the night before the Gala.
Lily Aldridge took extreme measures and had cryotherapy treatments before the party. That's actual freezing, people!
Jennifer Lopez posted a series of mirror selfies, leaving no question as to who she is wearing: Valentino and Harry Winston, obvs.
On the way to the Gala, she couldn't help posting one more: "Me and my macho bello…" otherwise known as Alex Rodriguez.
Creative director of Coach, Stuart Vevers, helps Selena Gomez get red carpet-ready.
Candice Swanepoel showcases her footwear for the evening on Snapchat, on route to the Met Gala.
Chrissy Teigen wouldn't be Chrissy Teigen if she didn't show us her "real" side in the lead-up to the Met Gala.
Hailey Baldwin: "U do what u have to on Met day lol".
Another model, another face mask. Jourdan Dunn shows us how she gets party-ready on her Snapchat.
Kristin Cavallari shows off her intricate Met Gala 'do.
Hinting at the dramatic sheer scarf she is wearing around her face, Lily Aldridge gave her followers an outfit teaser on Snapchat.
The one and only Madonna previews her beauty look for the Met Gala.
Meanwhile, model Natasha Poly almost gives the game away, posting her full look pre-Gala on Snapchat.
Sofia Richie is shrobing and ready to roll!
It's sheet mask central on Met Gala day. Stella Maxwell posts a selfie on Snapchat as she gets ready.
Stella also gave us a sneak peek on Snapchat at the final look… we are loving the pearl embellishment!
There was no mystery around who was dressing Ashley Graham for the Met Gala red carpet, judging by her H&M robe!
Allison Williams snaps herself makeup-free and getting her hair set.
Model Doutzen Kroes takes a quiet moment to herself.
Gwyn reckoned she was going for a "bit of spackle and paint with my Dream Team".
Celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin posted a sneaky pic on Snapchat of Chrissy Teigen getting ready.
And another one… this time, with a personalised Snapchat filter!
"Hair salon or Comme des Garçons???", Kate Bosworth joked.
A behind-the-scenes glimpse at Kate getting her makeup done by maestro Pati Dubroff.
A different Kate – Kate Hudson – getting ready in more unconventional ways.
"a nod to rei" said Solange on Instagram.
Looking fresh-faced was Taylor Hill, who wished her followers a happy May 1st.
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The Secret Life of Soil
Soil, one of nature's most complex ecosystems, is often taken for granted, but vibrant soil ecology, which is under assault all over the globe, is ultimately essential to planetary and human health. With: David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, co-authors of The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health (which explores how the soil microbiome influences the human biome and the analogies between soil and gut ecologies); Dale Strickler, leading agronomist, author of the Drought Resilient Farm.
Anne Biklé
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Anne Biklé, a biologist, science communicator, and public speaker, investigates and writes about connections between people, plants, food, health, and the environment. Her work has appeared in magazines, newspapers and radio, and her soil-building practices have been featured in independent and documentary films. She is the co-author of The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health.
Dale Strickler
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Dale Strickler, a leader in the soil health movement, author of The Drought Resilient Farm and Managing Pasture, is an agronomist working for Green Cover Seed, the nation's leading cover crop specific seed company. He previously taught agronomy at Cloud County Community College and worked for several companies, including Land O'Lakes, Star Seed, and Valent USA. He also runs his own ranching operation near Jamestown Kansas.
David R. Montgomery, a Seattle-based MacArthur Fellow and professor of Geomorphology at the University of Washington and the author of award-winning popular-science books that have been translated into nine languages, is an internationally recognized geologist who studies landscape evolution and the effects of geological processes on ecological systems and human societies. | {
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By Alan Macleod @AlanRMacLeod
Activists from environmental and indigenous groups are braving the snow to form a barrier to the construction of a pipeline that will traverse the Mississippi and pass through a number of delicate ecosystems, threatening many of the state's famous rivers and lakes.
Other segments of the new pipeline have already been completed in Canada, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, leaving only the 337-mile Minnesotan section to be constructed. The final go-ahead for the nearly $3 billion project was given late last month. Around 2,000 people are currently employed on the Minnesotan portion, with 2,000 more expected to join soon. Yet a whole range of environmental groups, including Greenpeace USA and the Sierra Club have come out strongly against its construction. They have been joined by a number of local legislators. Reporter and photographer Emma Fiala recorded their visit to the protest encampment for MintPress, which included two individuals staying high up in the trees.
22-year-old Liam DelMain of Minneapolis looks down on a group of water protectors from the platform that they have been occupying for more than a week along the pathway of the Line 3 pipeline just north of Palisade, MN. Emma Fiala | MintPress News
An officer uses a cherry picker to remove DelMain from the tree they had been occupying along the Line 3 pipeline pathway near the Mississippi River crossing north of Palisade, MN, December 14. Emma Fiala | MintPress News
St. Louis County Sheriff's officers escort DelMain in handcuffs after they were removed from a tree they had been occupying along the Line 3 pipeline pathway on December 14. Emma Fiala | MintPress News
"We have a moral imperative to do our part of mitigating the damage of the climate crisis," said Jen McEwen, Senator-elect from District 7 in Duluth, "If this happens right now while we are at the helm of these decisions, history will not look kindly on us."
Protest encampments have existed since 2017. However, there is a feeling that, with construction beginning, something big might be about to happen, turning Aitkin County into the next Standing Rock. That is certainly the worry of local police, who have been engaged in constant monitoring of the protesters, with documents showing they have repeatedly turned to North Dakota officials responsible for the militarized crackdown at Standing Rock for guidance.
The state of Minnesota is clearly expecting trouble and does not want to be left with a huge bill and cleanup operation like North Dakota was following the massive protests at Standing Rock. As a condition of its approval of the pipeline, the state required Enbridge to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in expected future policing costs up front. While this might have been financially prudent, it has led to a situation where Enbridge is effectively calling the shots, working closely with law enforcement to suppress dissent. One county sheriff even admitted that the oil company had donated the tools that he used to cut loose pipeline opponents who had chained themselves to Enbridge's equipment.
The molding of state and corporation goes further, as considerable resources have been spent on monitoring and spying on the water protectors. "When you walk in the grocery store of a town of 200 people, and there's some guy taking a picture of you with a cellphone, that's really obvious," said one leader. However, others have alleged a near-constant network of surveillance, including drones and the use of informants and undercover agents posing as protesters, in what effectively amounts to a counterinsurgency operation.
Members of the Aitkin County Sheriff's Department look on at a group of water protectors blocking a Line 3 pipeline pathway. Emma Fiala | MintPress News
Members of Aitkin County Sheriff's Department, Conservation Officers, and others respond to a group of Line 3 pipeline protesters near the Mississippi River north of Palisade, MN. Emma Fiala | MintPress News
MintPress spoke to a number of environmental groups opposing the pipeline. "Tar sands are some of the world's worst, most carbon-intensive oil on the planet…Studies confirm that the climate impact would be that of 50 coal plants, causing upwards of $280 billion in climate damages globally. Line 3, Keystone XL, and all tar sands extraction and pipelines must be stopped immediately," Osprey Orielle Lake, Executive Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) told us, adding that,
Business as usual must not and cannot continue. It is far past time for governments and financial institutions to immediately implement a managed decline off of all fossil fuels and support the already flourishing regenerative, renewable energy sector, just transition plans, and community-led climate solutions. These are the solutions we need."
Enbridge, a Canadian energy giant employing over 11,000 people, is infamous for the 2010 spilling of close to one million barrels of oil into the Kalamazoo Creek, a mistake for which it paid the state of Michigan $75 million in damages. The new pipeline would cross the Mississippi three times, as well as 200 additional bodies of water.
"Minnesota should be worried," Malik Russell from Stop the Money Pipeline, a coalition of 130 organizations attempting to halt Wall Street funding of environmental destruction, told MintPress. "The Tar Sands process of oil extraction is the most horrible ways of oil extraction methods on the planet. Tar Sands is a toxic and brutal method that poisons and destroys our natural environment, clean water, and the communities near it."
Much of the resistance to the project is led by local Indigenous organizations, who argue that the pipeline violates many treaties the U.S. signed with them. The pipeline cuts through Ojibwe and Chippewa Reservations, including sacred land that the Ojibwe use to harvest wild rice.
Water protector and RISE co-founder Dawn Goodwin pauses during an emotional discussion with Minnesota legislators at the site of Line 3 construction north of Palisade, MN on December 13. Emma Fiala | MintPress News
Water protectors follow Winona LaDuke, co-founder of Honor the Earth, to the Mississippi River near the site of Line 3 construction. Emma Fiala | MintPress News
A wooden stake with a blue flag is seen inside of a prayer lodge on the shore of the Mississippi River. The stake indicates that the path of the Line 3 pipeline will go directly through the prayer lodge just before crossing the Mississippi River. Emma Fiala | MintPress News
Water protector and RISE co-founder Dawn Goodwin addresses Minnesota legislators, water protectors, and media at t the site of Line 3 construction on Great River Road north of Palisade, MN on December 13. Emma Fiala | MintPress News
"Line 3 is yet another example, similar to the Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines, where governments and corporations refuse to uphold and respect the rights and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples, refuse to listen to the public who do not support these pipelines and refuse to act in good faith to protect water and the global climate," said Osprey Orielle Lake. "We need to put people and the planet before profit."
Minnesota is currently enduring an intense epidemic of COVID-19, losing 92 people on Wednesday to the virus. Bringing in thousands of out-of-state workers in risks overwhelming the already strained rural state hospitals. Over 20,000 people have already been hospitalized since the pandemic began.
Activist groups have promised to continue fighting and brave the winter's temperatures until the pipeline is shelved. But protesting the fossil fuel industry will soon become a criminal offense, turning civil disobedience into serious felonies. That is if new legislation pushed by industry groups such as the American Legislative Action Council (ALEC) is passed. Minnesota is among their test states, where some legislators, their pockets greased with oil money, are attempting to essentially criminalize protest.
"This pipeline isn't about the so-called 'safe' transportation of a necessary product, it's the final gasp of a dying industry desperately trying to perpetuate fossil fuel use in a society that knows its past time to make better choices for energy use," said Amy Gray of the Stop the Money Pipeline Coalition.
At the protests against the Keystone XL pipeline at Standing Rock, protesters — and even journalists — were essentially treated as such. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was charged with rioting and faced one year in prison for covering the events. Heavily armed police officers in full riot gear arrested nearly 500 people, even using water cannons on them amid freezing conditions in the winter of 2016-2017. The process was begun under President Obama, who refused to halt the pipeline's construction, even symbolically, during his lame duck session. Almost as soon as Donald Trump assumed office, he canceled the environmental impact assessment and the project was swiftly completed, the first oil being pumped by May 2017. Later that year, the pipeline leaked 210,000 gallons of oil in Marshall County, South Dakota.
It is clear that, for many of the activist groups opposing the project, the question of the Enbridge pipeline construction is virtually a life and death one. "This is a fight we must win if we as a nation are going to beat back an existential crisis heading our way at full speed – the climate emergency," Russell told MintPress. Senator-elect McEwen seemed to agree; "We have a moral imperative to do our part of mitigating the damage of the climate crisis… If this happens right now while we are at the helm of these decisions, history will not look kindly on us," she said. Protesters in Aitkin County predicted that, if construction is not halted, their numbers would swell, threatening to spark a nationwide story that could dominate the festive period.
Feature photo | Around 100 water protectors braved the frigid temperatures as they marched down Great River Road north of Palisade, MN toward the site of the Line 3 pipeline, December 14, 2020. Emma Fiala | MintPress News
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