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en | N/A | N/A | The concept of ‘community’ and professional dance
Performer, writer and lecturer, Funmi Adewole, talks about sustainability of practice, the concept of ‘community’ and how the way we think about what we do helps us to develop and direct our practice. Does consciously thinking about how we define ‘community’ enable the practitioner to have a more flexible and sustainable attitude to working in dance and therefore a greater impact?
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Image: Freddie Opoku-Addaie. Photo: Erin Brown
Changes in infrastructure and the funding of the arts are moments when we, as dance practitioners, stop and reflect on our values, who we are, what we do and why. In 2011, I wrote an article for Animated called More Conversations Please! in which I reflected on the change of discourse around the African Peoples Dance/Black dance sector over 15 years (1). I stated that conversations in the sector were moving beyond debates questioning the term ‘black dance’ into other areas. An artistic discourse about the work of Black dancers was emerging which I attributed to the projects commonly known as ADAD (which merged into the formation of One Dance UK). One project was the Re:generations conference, the international conference of dance of the Africa and the Diaspora. The inaugural edition of the conference was in 2010. The erstwhile director of ADAD, Jeanette Bain-Burnett had told me she wanted to encourage the sector to think in terms of being a community of practice. I reported that the sector was operating in this way was apparent at the conference. The dance sector as a whole is again at a moment of change, and reflection – there has been a drop in funding and changes in dance infrastructure. Many conversations in professional development are about sustainability and resilience. Thankfully there is some important research happening which will help organisations and independent artists find ways of navigating the changing landscape.
There are at least two on-going projects. Mercy Nabirye, Head of Dance of the African Diaspora at One Dance UK has been leading on a mapping exercise of this sector with the aim of gathering information to pin-point its current practices and needs. Mercy points out, due to changes in the arts sector, support organisations cannot take for granted that they know the dance sector needs. Since 2017 individual artists and organisational heads have been interviewed and focus groups have been organised. Louise Katerega’s project has focused specifically on participatory (community) practice. As part of her partnership work with People Dancing, Voice and Presence, she carried out a survey called Untold Value enquiring about the activities, professional relationships and aspirations of community dance artists identifying as women with an African or Diaspora heritage. Both initiatives (in different ways) are looking into how dance artists are developing their own practices in order to know where they need support or tld. Findings of both will be shared at the Re:generations conference this year. As one of the many dance artists who took part in both surveys, I continued to think about the issues they raised about sustainability.
From my observations, being part of and engaging with communities has been beneficial to the careers of Black dancers at different points on their journeys and to the dance sector as a whole and I share in this article how I see this play out. ‘Community’ is a complex and layered term, meaning different things in different places. A factor that seems to be common to most definitions of community is that a community consists of people are considered to be a collective, but this could be on the basis of shared background, heritage, experience, or circumstances. I would like to add the caveat that my descriptions of community should not be taken as being a sociological proven fact but as a banner under which to discuss good practices. With that in mind I wish to discuss three ways of relating to the idea of ‘community’ by dance artists which I think have been beneficial to them and those around them – ‘community dance’, communities that dance, and communities of practice.
1. Community dance
‘. In the 1990s, due to policies, which aligned the work of Black dance artists with social inclusion agendas, some dance artists resented their work being related to the idea of ‘community’ in any way. Nevertheless, community dance has at times served as a platform that has supported the artistic and cultural appeal of the dance of the African diaspora to be recognised in Britain and participants have recognised its value. When interviewing Louise Katerega about the outcomes of her survey she told me that for several of the respondents there is a synergy between the work they create for touring and artistic events and the work they create with communities. For more than one successful choreographer, their community following provided the financial foundation and audience numbers (live and on-line) to allow the shift from jobbing performers to independent careers creating their own professional work. It also indicated to them the kind of stakeholder relationships they should develop and demonstrated to programmers (all-too-oftensurprised at the size and diversity of the new audiences they brought to their venues) these artists’ deep understanding of and credibility within communities of colour wherever they went.
2. Communities that dance
Many dance artists who work within dance of the Africa and the Diaspora are part of what I describe here as ‘communities that dance’. This is a broad and inadequate description for people invested in particular dance forms as part of their everyday lifestyle. Here dance features as part of religious, familial, recreational or social events and it’s not necessarily practiced as a profession. When dancing is embedded in everyday life it comes with philosophies and cultural practices which are a source of creativity and strength for those involved and when people from these communities go into dance as profession they can bring a unique perspective to the professional dance industry. Hakeem Onibudo of Impact Dance, who also has a background in fitness, seeks to develop a sense of community between people who attend his classes and performances. One of his initiatives is to organise dance holidays, which bring participants from professional dance, recreational dance and the fitness industry together. When it comes to performance, I think of the dance artists of the 1990s who popularised hip-hop as a staged dance form – Benji Ried, Jonzi D, Robert Hylton, Kwesi Johnson, Hakeem Onibudo. Though most of them went on to formally train at dance schools and conservatoires their outlook and understanding of dance came from varied cultural sources (beyond what was offered through their formal dance training), which gave them the wherewithal to forge innovative artistic paths for themselves and others.
The idea of ‘communities of practice’ is a concept that comes from lifelong education. It was in use around the work of the Black Dance Development Trust in the 1980s or the mid-1990s, but in retrospect these are what these organisations facilitated. A community of practice is made up of practitioners who s” (2). This is a point I mentioned in the 2011 article. Presently, we are witnessing a growing number of artists who run initiatives which promote this kind of community sharing. Alesandra Seutin for example has, for two years running, organised a two-week workshop programme for dance professionals and practitioners at Ecole des Sables in Senegal, the centre of the mother of African contemporary dance, artist Germaine Acogny. It brought dancers from several nations around the world who are invested in the dance of Africa and the Diaspora to learn, experiment, discuss and experience the practices of a cohort of internationally recognised teachers. Professor Ramsay Burt supported my trip to the 2018 edition where we jointly facilitated and participated in discussion sessions that were organised by Alesandra as part of the programme. Participants were active in reflecting and articulating their dance practices and addressing political and artistic issues as part of the dancing and cultural experience.
Community and Versatility
Artists who engage with community in these ways can move in and out of different cultural spheres and approach the practice of dance from multiple perspectives. For these artists the relationship between community and dance is varied and does not constitute a single rigid configuration. A sense of what their work can mean to different communities gives artists the ability to produce various kinds of projects – artistic, socially engaged, community-focused, educational or experimental. To illustrate this point I will discuss briefly the work of Vicki Igbokwe and Freddie Opoku-Addaie.
Vicki Igbokwe is the Founder and Creative Director of Uchenna Dance. The Head Wrap Diaries which she directed, choreographed and cowrote, is an innovative production which draws on her skills as a choreographer and empowerment specialist. The Head Wrap Diaries, if you have not seen it, is a funny and uplifting dance theatre show about three women and their ongoing relationship with hair. I. The performance venue is transformed into a Vicki vividly brought to the stage the sociality that is often produced in places where women do their hair in African and Caribbean communities in particular. She invited the general public into the experience by setting up a ‘Head Wrap Bar’, along with the performances. ‘The Head Wrap Bar,’ which was usually in the theatre foyer (post show), was a place where members of the audience could do such things as meet the company, share experiences, , and look at an exhibition of specially commissioned art (pre show). On occasion, Vicki has had to work hard to bring some venues around to seeing the relevance of ‘The Head Wrap Bar’. The appearance of new audiences and the intermingling of different groups of people around this feature have quickly changed their minds.
The choreography of Freddie Opoku-Addaie “jstructured choreography, with rules and parameters of gaming” (3) is a case in question. As a dance-maker he is highly conceptual in his approach as those who have experienced his solo production Show of Hands would agree. It could be briefly described as the performance of minimalist movement on a stage populated by various sized wooden sculptures of hands. However, watching Freddie lead a community movement workshop with his sculptures on the grounds of the Horniman museum (as part of the ADAD Bloom festival) which included little children, parents and elders revealed to me the accessibility of his work when presented from another angle. Says Freddie, he obsessed with how the ‘inanimate animates the animate’,sound/rhythmic structures. This came from his experiences of living in Ghana when he was young.
I hope this article demonstrates how some Black British practitioners are nurturing dance practices, interrogating both social and artistic imperatives and drawing issues of heritage, leisure, cultural leadership, and professional practice together. This seems to be a good recipe for balance, health and growth in these times. As previously mentioned, many dance artists do not think of their dance in relation to community in these terms exactly. I use these ways of looking at community as means of discussing their versatility and to celebrate a perspective on dance, which should be recognised and embraced.
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(1) Animated Spring 2011
(2) Smith, M. K. (2003, 2009) ‘Communities of Practice’tm
(3) Freddieopoku-addaie.com |
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The caliber mark on the forward receiver bridge found on all carbines.
This M1 Carbine hammer’s markings show that it is an IBM hammer.
For collecting, of course GI only!! After all a ‘reproduction’ is not the real thing used in war!
On the other hand, for shooting and self defense, a top flight repro would work. Unfortunately they are asking as much as the real GI nowdays!!!
I own a National Postal Meter I bought years ago for $300… and it’s a shooter and KEEPER!
For those of us who would like an M1 Carbine to shoot but don’t need it to be a collectible GI issue gun, it would be helpful to have a review of the available “commercial” guns such as those made by Auto-Ordnance, Fulton Armory, etc. I’ve read good things about Fulton’s products.
I love this article. I have a Standard Products with an Underwood barrel stamped ” Bavarian Game Warden”. Great shooter, I love this little rifle.
It is a 1945 GI issued Inland that was imported back from S Korea. I was able to pick thru a lot, found the one I liked and paid $200 for it. Should have bought more!
I shot the heck out of it for many years putting hundreds of rounds thru it, until I started to get a lot of failures to fire and eject and felt it wasn’t safe to shoot. So it sat in the safe for a while as I looked for a gunsmith who knew M1’s.
That’s when I was introduced to Ed Silva at Miltech. He checked out my M1 and showed me how far out of spec the barrel crown and head soccer were. He said it was unsafe to shoot and needed a new barrel. At the time, a new barrel was, $500 and a total referb was about $800. I went for the referb. I told Ed that I wanted it to be safe and to hum. I got so much more. The thing is so sweet to shoot and have had no problems with it. The work is impeccable and it’s just beautiful wish I could attach a photo. Just don’t be rushed for delivery.
Here’s some advice that may help keep your carbine running reliably. Most M1 carbines are quite old and may have weakened springs. You can order replacement springs from Wolff Gunsprings. If your carbine has feeding problems, this could be caused by damaged or non-milspec magazines. They were designed to be disposable, so defective mags are not unusual, even with GI surplus. As a general precaution I usually avoid 30 round mags and stick with 15 rounders. I have one aftermarket 20-rounder which is so out-of-spec that it will not even fit in the magazine well of any carbine I own! There are two other often overlooked issues which can cause malfunctions – a stuck gas piston or a loose gas piston (castle) nut. Both are located in the gas piston block underneath the barrel. You will need a carbine piston nut wrench and possibly a new gas piston and/or castle nut (I recommend the Type II gas piston nut because it allows more gas to flow through, increasing reliability). All of these items are available online, as are instructions in how to perform this work. If the gas piston does not move freely back and forth, you will need to remove it for cleaning or replacement. If the piston does move freely, but the castle nut which retains it in place is loose, it will need to be properly secured. Simply tightening it with a carbine piston nut wrench will not work. Over-tightening it will cause the gas block to crack, necessitating a new barrel. The proper fix is to stake the nut in place, but this requires some skill to do properly. A simpler fix which may work is to use a high temperature sealant or apply one layer of Teflon tape to the nut before threading it into place. Before reassembly, be sure to clean the gas hole in the barrel (a #50 drill bit should work, but do this by hand). I suggest you remove any carbon from the gas block threads by chasing them with an M1 ordnance tool or a .500″-32 NS-3 tap.
I submitted a post yesterday that has disappeared into the ether. I wanted to advise WWII carbine owners that it is very common to see parts from different manufacturers and component suppliers on original M1s. The government often shifted parts around to keep production on schedule at each plant. For example, if Inland had a surplus of barrels and Saginaw needed barrels, off they went to Saginaw. Postwar, most carbines were refurbished at either stateside or overseas depots. Upgrades often included new stocks, flip safeties, adjustable rear sights, bayonet lugs, two-prong magazine catches, and heavier M2 bolts. So don’t be disappointed if numbers, manufacturer marks, and specific items don’t match on your war baby. In fact, if they do match, I’d be suspicious that some unscrupulous individual may have doctored the gun before selling it. Caveat emptor!
MrKen, do you mean the gas piston (castle) nut that retains the gas piston in the block? If so, you will need a new castle nut, a nut wrench, and probably a new gas piston. I recommend the Type II gas piston because it allows extra gas into the block for more reliable cycling. All of these items are affordable and available. When installing the new piston, do not over-tighten the castle nut or you will crack the gas block. One wrap of Teflon tape may keep the nut secure, but proper staking is the recommended procedure (check YouTube). However, it appears you are talking about the gas block itself. I’m afraid the only practical fix is to replace the barrel, which will likely run over $300 plus labor. There is an original Inland barrel up for bid online right now (item# 937076900). The owner states the gas piston is stuck, so you might be able to get it at a reasonable price. I once had a piston get stuck on an old Universal carbine. Neither vice grips nor penetrating oil had any effect. I then read a post by another shooter who had experienced the exact same problem. He got the recalcitrant piston out by removing the stock, tying the rifle down, and firing it remotely. I tried it, and what do you know, it worked, and it did not damage the charging handle or carbine. I did have to remove some carbon buildup in the gas block threads, but once I installed a new piston and proper three pronged retaining nut, the Universal ran like a champ.
Great informative article. After reading this article on the M1, I ordered an M1 from Miltech as recommended by the author. I can’t wait to getting it.
To Fred and James check out Miltech to get a Carbine or have one repaired you will not be disappointed.
After reading all the reviews provided here, it appears to me that M1 purchases are best from Fulton Armory. I’m headed there now.
Thank You Colonel K SIR.
Recently it has developed a small crack in the threaded part of the piston housing that is part of the barrel. I don’t know what to do to fix it. I have looked around for a replacement barrel but can’t find one. I hate to let the old barrel go since it appears to original to to the rifle and the bore and muzzle are excellent. Any suggestions?
I bought one marked Inland Mfg. Div., General Motors, 5-44 on the barrel. Inland Div. With a serial number below on the receiver top just back of the rear sight. The stock is refurbished and the metal looks very good. The barrel crown is good and this light carbine us a real shooter.
I rotate it as my home defense rifle with an AR. I have alternating PSP and FMJ rounds in the magazine.
Back in 2000, I acquired a Plainfield Machine Company M1, with a manufacture date of 1961. It shoots beautifully, and has never had a malfunction. Aside from collectability I see no need to disparage aftermarket M1s. I recently put an “experienced” stock on it and now it looks as good as it shoots. I do agree it makes a great home defense weapon. Light handling and punchy enough to get the job done!
I bought mine as a NRA member through the DCM in 1965. $19.50 plus I think about five dollars for shipping. The one I received was a Winchester. This is a great little gun, easy to handle and wield and tons of fun to shoot. And plenty accurate out to about 100 yards. Also, a perfect choice for home defense. I used to handload for mine. You could find once fired brass advertised in the Sunday paper for about $20 per thousand.
In the beginning I had an occasional failure to fire problem. This cartridge head spaces on the case mouth and with a little investigation I found that some of the Once fired brass that I had purchased included some cases that were a few Thousandths of an inch long. These prevented the bolt from fully rotating into battery which in turn caused the failure to fire. The problem was solved by trimming all the cases to an Acceptable maximum length before reloading them.
My father bought 2 of these for $20each when he retired from the USNavy in 1962. They both have the made by general motors stamp. One he gave to his brother and I have no chance of getting it back. The other is at my brothers house locked in his gun safe. We have each killed countless deer with this little light weight riffle. I shot my first deer with this riffle holding it like a pistol because the deer was under the deer stand I was sitting in. Not very powerful, put good for about 100y using just the iron sights. I sure wish I could get my hands on the other one. We have never had it valued, don’t need to, it is staying in the family!
I own a US Postal meter version. Barrel date is 1943 which matches the mfg date of the Serial # It is in excellent cond. and shoots very well. I have no history on the rifle but a gun smith/gun store owner told me he didn’t think my rifle had ever been taken apart. I believe that the sling on it is the original. Thanks for the article.
I had an original inland that my father purchased from jersey city armory on Montgomery st. I had the original receipt for 23 and change. When he passed i came into possession of it and soon found the communists made it illegal in the early 70s because a few of the black panthers would cut off the stock and hide them.under trench coats. So instead of punishing criminals nj made the carbine illegal. Nj GUNOWNERS accepted it because they accept ALL infringements. I never got to shoot it but it was im immaculate condition. Its whereabouts now r either in pa or hidden in someones attic in nj.
My grandfather bought a carbine for me from the DCM in 1963. He had to wait a while for delivery because of the Kennedy assassination. I was 16 and still have it. Receiver is Winchester, high wood stock. I can’t read the manufacturing date because I had a clamp on muzzle brake on the barrel for years which wore the date off. Doesn’t matter. I will will leave it to my son and where it ends up I won’t be privy to. It’s been a fun rifle to own and shoot.
I too have a couple of Carbines. The first I purchased from a collector as it was manufactured by IBM (spent my 36 year career at IBM). It has been most likely reconditioned in the past, but is in good condition. The other Carbine is also an IBM but I had Fulton Armory rebuild it into a “shooter” about 20 years ago. I use it as a home defense weapon, along with my Ruger Mini-14. I’ve found the Fulton Armory work to be reliable as I also had them turn an old M1 Garand, that I purchased from CMP, into a reliable shooter as well. You mention that Fulton is not recommended? Any feedback?
I’d probably place an order, but every ammo dealer I encounter is scared shitless of shipping 5.56 rounds to a New York address.
Back in the day, about any gun dealer would get them in on occasions around where i lived but those days are gone i suppose. they were dirt cheap back in the 70’s compared to now.
I’ve been interested in acquiring a M1 carbine ever since my uncle used one in WWII IN THE PACIFIC theater. Where would you look for one? I’ve got on old Universal model with a loose rear sight! Please advise! Thank you.
My Father sold his M1 carbine to someone I didn’t know at the time but some 40 years later I met the man and was able to buy it back from him! It’s a National postal meter the barrel is stamped 1943 it gun is in great shape and a real fine shooter I love it, even my Dads 11 year old Great Grandson shoots it !
Also, the WWII rounds contained very dense bullets. At 45 degress hitting 1/2″ plate, they made divots, and despite 1000s of other rounds, those were the only divots in that plate.
Just wanted to let you know that I have a 1945 M1 which is essentially a “frankengun” with parts from Inland and Winchester. I replaced the stock which has no armorer or manufacturers markings. I had a certified gunsmith go over everything very carefully when he replaced the stock. It shoots just fine and my kids love it because there is little recoil and it is very lightweight even with the 30 round magazines.
I also purchased an Auto Ordinance M1 when the Moon family owned the company. I had read an article about the need to “work the gun” while unloaded to break it in which I did. This required me to rack the slide well over 300 times to break it in and get rid of the uneven portions of the parts before putting 1 round through it. It was thoroughly broken down and cleaned after completing this task and knock wood I haven’t had any issues with the gun since then except an occasional stove pipe which is either ammunition related and or needs to be cleaned after a long day of shooting with my 3 kids.
Thank you for your informative articles!!
Early Universal (Bullseye) carbines (gen 1) were made with surplus milspec GI parts and newly forged receivers. As these parts dried up, a secondary market arose to fill demand (gen 2), but quality could be suspect and they were not always milspec. Universal eventually developed their own parts in-house (gen 3), to include a redesigned cast trigger housing and redesigned gas block with matching slide being the most obvious changes. As a result, finding an “authentic” GI configured early Universal carbine in good condition is problematic. Most other postwar companies (Plainfield, National Ordnance/Alpine, Auto-Ordnance (Kahr), Inland Manufacturing, etc.) either began by using GI parts or aftermarket parts that mimicked GI parts. As far as I’ve been able to determine, they all used investment cast receivers. The durability and reliability of these carbines varies, so caveat emptor. By contrast, Fulton Armory has a reputation for manufacturing what might be considered a truly authentic M1 carbine in the sense that it remains faithful to the original WWII version in both design and quality, to include a forged receiver. It’s priced like a collectible, but if you are looking for a shooter, this may be the carbine for you.
i purchased an M1 Carbine years ago, it’s manufacturing name on the barrel is IBM.I probably paid no more than $125.00 for it back in the 70’s. it blew my mind that a shabby one now is worth $1000.00 can anyone give me any further information about this rifle’s value as opposed to other manufactured M1’s. i don’t know if some are more rare than others. i was having problems with it chambering and my Uncle who was in the Military during WWII showed me a trick that allowed the cartridge to chamber smoothly, it was as simple as having a quick release of the charging handle. i knew right then he had experienced that before, during his service training no doubt. i suspect it has something to do with the internal spring becoming weakened. i was shooting it one day and something fell from the slide and dissapeared into the cracks in the back porch floor and it was lost for good rendering the rifle unable to function. i have yet to see about getting it repaird. don’t know what the part was that fell from the slide but im sure a good gunsmith who is knowlegable would know.
I’ve owned several M1 Carbines over the years, some really great and some not so much. Great article and very informative. I do however have to take exception with the recommendation against aftermarket Carbines. I currently own an Auto Ordnance M1 that I’m quite happy with. I did have the rear sight replaced and installed a barrel band with the bayonet lug; personal preference as I think it just looks better.
Quite a few decades ago I was able to select/pickup six of them that were reimported from the Israeli police.
The best part was that I paid $150.00 each for them!
and told them of the great condition they were in.
I use only the 15 round USGI mags in them, I have USGI 30’s but keep away from using them.
There are Korean import mags, new from KCI, they work but are not exact copies, but with the Underwood code.
Many have been refinished with zinc phosphate, looks light gray, not the right finish, look for pits hidden in the coarse finish.
I have ARs that I could use but prefer the M1 carbine for inside use.
I have a ~1943 Rockola carbine. It was made into a parade rifle, fully chromed. It shoot OK though.
Gold Dot Soft points were made, but can’t find any, probably discontinued.
Hornady critical defense made some with FTX bullets, but can’t find any.
I think an AR is better in every way, and get 300 black out if you prefer 30 over a 22.
I received a M1Carbine from the CMP BACK IN THE 1990s. It was in a heavy paper storage pack. Date was October 10 1953. It was torn opened at the rear sight to get the serial number. To my surprise the weapon appeared to be unused, never fired. Also to my surprise it was Winchester. Upon inspecting all internal parts and matching numbers and markings on internal parts by using The M1 Carbine by Joe Poyer appears it is all Winchester except the slide and sear. There are no rebuild markings on rifle anywhere that I can find. Could this actually be a true Winchester. The date on barrel I think is 1945.
I have an Inland w/bayonet and several 15 round mags. It’s very cool.
And then purchase the carbine for an additional $12. I told him, you should have bought two. Hah, he’s still kicking at 94.
I just read this article and the previous one referenced with great interest. My father, George Steck, was an expediter at Inkand during WWII. He was rejected for military duty due to back problems. He traveled the country visiting parts manufacturers getting the needed parts to Inland and troubleshooting manufacturing problems. Once he commandeered a passenger train when no freight trains were available and loaded parts in the aisles to get them to Inland in time. When the contracts were completed at the end of the war, the leftover parts were assembled into souvenir rifles for those who had been essential in getting the job done. Dad had one of those, and he had the walnut stock custom carved with an eagle, if I recall correctly. Unfortunately, the receiver in his rifle was from an M2, making it officially fully automatic, although it lacked critical parts to make it function as such, and therefore illegal to possess or use. He kept it for many years, discharging it on one occasion at a range, but keeping it loaded and ready just in case. After his death, my elder brother made inquiries and it was donated to the Carrillon Park Museum in Dayton, Ohio for their exhibition of local manufacturing history. You article matches my Dad’s dories well, which is a little surprising because he had a tendency to embellish his stories a wee bit. Thanks for the memories.
I was a door gunner with the Outlaws in Viet Nam; this was and still is my weapon of choice!
Nice, informative, M1Carbine informational article, keep it up!
Nice article! I live the quote: remember you want a reliable shooter, not a safe queen.
Ed Silva from Miltech built my M1 carbine from brand new parts, installed and sighted in red dot. It took several months, but worth the wait. Great rifle for home defense, lightweight, easy to handle.
Damn good article. I made the mistake of purchasing a sub-par carbine years ago, but I am now looking into Miltech, to do this fine firearm justice. Thanks again to the author. |
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The Jagganath temple is one of the awesome temple in Tripura. The exterior and interior architecture is very fabulous. This temple is very large, dedicated to Lord Jagannath. Also, the Balabhadra and Subhadra are been worshiped here. This place is very holy to many of the devotees coming here. The tourists also visit in large numbers to this great temple.
The Sundari Temple is one of the holy temple in the Tripura state. This temple is dedicated to Goddess Kali and is situated in the Udaipur region. The very fact that it is one of the 51 Shakti peethas has drawn many of the devotees herel liked by many people. The Hindu tourists should surely visit this temple.
The Neemahal Palace is one of the most visited destination in the Tripura. The name Neermahal is given due to the location of this palace in the water. The panoramic view of this palace really stuns many of the tourists. This palace is situated over large area and has very attractive view. The palace contains playing rooms, guest rooms, courtyard, etc. This is really a must watch palace in the Tripura.
The Sipahijala wildlife sanctuary is another nice to place to visit in the Tripura. Here one can find variety of species of animals like elephants, tigers, leopards, monkeys, rhinoceros, etc. Also, different species of birds have attracted many of the tourists. The tourist can also enjoy the elephant ride, boating in the lakes, coffee plantation, etc. One should definitely visit this place here to have some thrilling experience.
The Kalapania Nature Park is very awesome destination in Tripura, which is visited by many of the tourists. The swift ride done in this park will really give you a good relaxation to the mind. The clean lake, hillock lands, the lush green land looks very fabulous. The tourist really should come and visit this awesome place making their tour special in real sense.
The Rabindra Kanan is located near the Raj Bhawan. This happens to be a beautiful place where the tourist can really come with their families and have some fun here. The place is having nice lush green cover with the abundance of flowers here. The people can really feel very relaxed place here. The "puppet house" is really very amusing for the tourists here.
The Chabimra is an attractive place in the Tripura. This is a beautiful archaeological place which is having some beautiful carved images, fantastic rock sculptures. There are total of 37 rock cut images which includes the images of Ganesha, Kartikeya, Mahishasuramardini, Durga and various other images. The tourist are really eager to watch this images. This is really wonderful place for the tourists. |
en | N/A | N/A | Alice Tovey has the pipes, the wit and the cutting tone of the best of comedy cabaret, which she displays as she sings her way through issues from body-image and religion, to feminism and Karl Stefanovic. As the title suggests, there’s a lot of malice in the show, a particularly Gen-Y frustration at the stupidity and prejudice of the modern world. Tovey isn’t afraid to let us know just what she thinks, and armed with a wry smile, a diva ego, and her powerful voice, she’s sure to offend and delight in equal measure.
Tovey’s humour occasionally spills into the caustic. She has a whiplash tongue, and her criticisms of the Catholic Church and anti-vaxers in particular go right for the jugular. It is not a show for the easily offended.
While I certainly agree with her politics, sometimes the funnier jokes are those that subtly slide just under the surface; occasionally, the ends of songs err on the side of obvious moralising. But she tackles a wide range of issues and for the most part, and she handles them with sharp and easy wit. She’s not always full of spitfire venom: her song to a friend with a severe eating-disorder manages to be both heart-felt and humorous, and her commentary about body-image and female objectivity is powerful in its abrasive honesty. Her anecdotes and quips between songs carry the sardonic confidence of someone much older than she is, as she channels a persona somewhere between Tim Minchin and Judith Lucy. |
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en | N/A | N/A | Even if it had been accurate, 107 would amount to an infinitesimal percentage of the original 182,000 who had initially been identified as "potential non-citizens" by Florida officials --- 107 as against Florida's 11.2 million legally registered voters, with an untold number of perfectly legal voters threatened with losing their right to vote as collateral damage of the state's attempted purge.
From the moment he came into office, Florida's new Republican Governor sought to exploit the mere possibility that one could find a few non-citizens on the rolls as an excuse to emulate the voter suppression and purge tactics which former Sec. of State Katherine Harris (R) so successfully applied in order to unlawfully bar thousands of legal voters from exercising their franchise during the 2000 Presidential Election --- a suppression that disproportionately disenfranchised mostly African-American and Democratic-leaning voters. The removal of those voters, coupled with such striking anomalies as the Volusia County optical scan system which somehow managed to tally negative 16,022 votes for Al Gore, helped to deliver the White House to George Bush, and, with it, a change in the course of history.
The first came from Sec. of State Kurt Browning (R), who refused to institute Scott's requested purge of some 182,000 voters said to have been cross-checked against the state driver's license database to establish citizenship status. Browning, a veteran FL election official, believed at the time that it wasn't "going to fly" because "voter rolls --- like any massive database --- has [sic] errors. And comparing the rolls to another database can compound those errors."
Where the corporate-owned mainstream media subsequently reported that the June 27 bench ruling [PDF] by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle was a "victory" for Scott and Detzner, in truth, the only concession these would-be vote suppressors received was Hinkle's statement that election officials can and should remove those whom they know to be non-citizens, even within 90-days of an election.
The "debate", of course, was far from over. To date, out of the 107 supposed "non-citizens" out of 2,625 "potential non-citizens" identified to county officials, many remain unverified as "non-citizens," by the admission of the woman responsible for removing the majority of them from FL's rolls.
That list of 2,625 names, according to FL officials, was said to have consisted of the most "sure-fire", reliably "non-citizen" names on the rolls, out of Scott's initial list of 182,000.
In practice, those erroneously identified by this flawed system included more than just "new" citizens. The purge also ensnared natural-born U.S. citizens like Bill Internicola, the 91-year old, Brooklyn-born, World War II veteran and Bronze Star recipient who fought in the Battle of the Bulge and Archibald Bowyer, another 91-year old WWII vet who has been a citizen since the age of 2. Bowyer received his letter, notifying he'd be purged unless he was able to prove his citizenship within 30 days, just as his wife had recently died.
A list of removed voters [PDF], sent to us on July 11, 2012, by, in response to our Sunshine Act public records request, reveals that, even as former Sec. of State Browning was still refusing to initiate Scott's proposed DHSMV database-linked purge of "potential non-citizens" in the early part of this year, Harrington had taken it upon herself to initiate a separate purge based upon a list of names compiled by local news affiliate NBC2, of registered voters who were said to have denied citizenship on their jury excusal forms.
In a July 4 email to The BRAD BLOG, Timothy C. Durham, the Deputy Supervisor of Elections for Collier County, told us that, initially, his office had failed to determine whether the individuals whose status was questioned via juror excusal forms had become citizens after they filled out the forms. However, he added, this "was something [he] quickly adjusted to."
Judge Hinkle expressly rejected Florida's suggestion that basing a purge on an inadequate database should be of "little import", simply because the state sent letters that afforded the affected individuals the opportunity to request and appear at a hearing to prove their citizenship status. "A state," Hinkle wrote, "cannot properly impose burdensome demands in a discriminatory matter."
As revealed during an interview with Harrington by Brad Friedman, while on July 13, Florida's method of notification compounded the likelihood that U.S. citizens, lawfully registered to vote, would be inappropriately removed from the rolls.
Only eight (8) Lee County voters, out of the 56 in total Harrington says were purged from the rolls --- as part of both the earlier jury excusal form purge, and then the later Scott/Detzner list --- had acknowledged non-citizenship. Every one of the eight came from the NBC2 juror list; zero were from the "sure-fire" Scott/Detzner list.
The Scott/Detzner purge's failure rate was a bit lower in Collier County. A summary [PDF] provided to The BRAD BLOG by the county reveals that seven of the 27 voters on the Detzner list acknowledged non-citizenship. Two had already honestly revealed their non-citizenship on their original voter registration forms. One voter proved citizenship, leaving a total of 17 out of 26 voters (greater than 65%) whose non-citizenship was simply presumed because they did not respond to the mailed notices.
In his initial email, Durham told us that "two voters...have been referred to the State Attorney for fraudulently voting in the 2010 General Election." However, the evidence of alleged non-citizenship in both cases, Durham notes, was "discovered through an examination of Juror Excusal Forms." In a subsequent July 4 email, Durham confirmed to The BRAD BLOG that those two were not identified as potential "non-citizens" by the state DHSMV database list supplied by Detzner's office.
** Again, Collier and Lee Counties accounted for only 92 of the 107. There may be additional confirmed non-citizens amongst the remaining 15 removed voters.
However, after The BRAD BLOG went to such lengths to set the record straight in independently verifiable report after report here, it is disconcerting to find AP's Charles Babington erroneously describing, as "a victory for Republicans", Florida's agreement "that it can challenge voters [using the federal SAVE immigration database] only if the state provides a 'unique identifier,' such as an 'alien number,' for each person in question."
Had Babington bothered to peruse our previous exposé, let alone carefully scrutinize the email trail we published [PDF] between the FL Dept. of State and DHS, dating back to October 2011, he would realize that there has been no change whatsoever in DHS' position --- ever!
What AP described recently as a "victory for Republicans" was, in fact, nothing more than another Detzner concession. Access to the SAVE database has been, and continues to be, available to any governmental agency that is capable of furnishing the requisite unique identifiers. A county in Arizona has been using it in that fashion for some time. No governmental agency, whatever their purpose, can access the SAVE database without those identifiers. It's just that simple.
One point of kudos, however: The Orlando Weekly's Erin Sullivan, at least, responded to our coverage and request for correction, by correcting their previously inaccurate article, citing our reportage here at The BRAD BLOG. So what will it take to get the rest of the corporate-owned media to accurately report the news?
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To further demolish this hoax, it might be worth investigating the handful of ineligible people removed from the roles. My hypothesis is that most or all of them never voted: most probably just registered either through a misunderstanding or in order to hide their non-citizen status.
Maybe you need to get Leonard Pitts or Dave Barry to do a piece on this. They're both carried in the Miami Herald. That way this whole mess would get traction via the biggest paper in Florida. I'm sure Barry could get some laughs from this absurd but not so funny joke on Floridians. And Leonard, well, he seems to be able to handle right wing trolls just fine
You and everyone else who reads The BRAD BLOG should feel free to take the initiative.
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en | N/A | N/A | We are of the fact that to start a business a sound financial backbone is in need. It is not known to us that when the business will take the run. Many times it has been seen that in the middle the business slows down. There are risks that always you have to face in the business. But if you follow the new rules that have been made in the market you will see that you can overcome those risks.
In business sales are the not the new word that you are hearing. But there is a new thing in sale. If you have been in business then you must follow it. According to this method what you have to do is to make your sales person aware of the fact that if they sale the products that are not been picked up by people then they will get an additional bonus. But remember that the thing that you have made to made is that you should make a time that should be followed. Within this time if the sales person make their target fulfilled then they will get the additional bonus with their salary.
Now if you have been in the business for many years then you will have the knowledge of marketing. In the field of marketing also you should follow some of the rules. In marketing the most important thing that you should follow is that you must place a higher level position in front of the marketing persons. The more they bring the customers and make the product in the market a thing for every people to have only then they will get the position. But remember one thing. You must time bound all these things.
In the areas of marketing and sales the foremost thing that you have to follow is that this opportunity you must provide to the retailers also. According to the business analytics of the Kyani you must tell the retailers that if they make the product marketable then they will get the product at the cheap rate. This will help in the healthy competition and also help you raise the heights in business. Follow this at the earliest to make new heights in the business.
The best way to reduce the failures of the business is to make people aware of the fact that you are going to provide another bonus if any person in the sales and marketing creates a new team. You will get the profit and also a team that will open new doors for doing great business. |
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Bekmambetov, the filmmaker behind the Russian fantasies "Night Watch" and "Day Watch," has already secured a following among the art-house crowd. "Wanted" should propel him into the mainstream. It's a movie with a whole lot of attitude, excitement and adrenaline, as well as a little bit of just about everything else: One minute Bekmambetov is offering up gravity-defying stunts and splattering blood, and the next he's letting Angelina Jolie groove to Rupert Holmes' "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)."
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en | N/A | N/A | In the Code section, you've seen how to change the hotkeys, and learned the importance of real-world testing. There are a lot of potential improvements to this project that are worth exploring.
Do you need to control a different application? Find the hotkeys, change the code, and try it out!
The LEDs on the PyRuler currently light up when pressing the button. As we're toggling something, perhaps it would be better if the lights instead turned on/off with each button press?
The buttons are capacitive sensors, and the symbols don't match the functions. Could you put some kind of covering over the buttons that still allow the touch sensors to work?
Could you use the Trinket M0 with a single big panic button and a rotary switch to change between applications?
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Though once Bohemia was a country, the term Bohemian comes instead from the roving French Romani gypsies that were thought to have entered France through Bohemia in the 15th century. Not only was Bohemia known for its religious freedoms, but the people who came from it encompassed a lifestyle beyond the normal social conventions. They were thought of as spiritual and artistic, liberal with thoughts and love and utterly undisturbed by other people’s opinions.
In a stuffy early 19th century society, this life of freedom was attractive to the young and constrained, the politically and artistically minded and those who would otherwise be known as social deviants. Many associate this sort of Bohemian with the film ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and though it is a tragic tale, there is more that appeals than unrequited love. The life beyond the social bounds and frankly faded opulence of the Monmarte’s theatrical epicentre have continued to enthral people since the film’s release, with Moulin Rouge Tickets being an intrinsic part of any trip to Paris.
Cocktail bars have been especially adept at creating a bohemian fantasy, serving up classic prohibition cocktails in an air of 20’s deviancy, or imitating more earthy aspects of the early bohemians. Across the globe, there are scattered pockets of paradise that enfold you into a judgment free embrace of indulgence and excess. We have found a few of these fantastical bars that ease you back into a nostalgic past.
Named after the infamous Madame of New Orleans who ran the most notorious brothel in Storyville, Lulu White brings a sultry slice of the Deep South into spitting distance of the Moulin Rouge. Though Lulu White may seem more brash than bohemian, its absolute adoration to absinthe makes it a perfect bohemian snug and a wonderful end to any night time Paris tour. The green fairy that causes such devotion in the film ‘The Moulin Rouge’ was well-loved among Parisian artists and writers, making it a staple of the Bohemian lifestyle and therefore many of Lulu White’s cocktails.
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Nightjar- London
Though knee-deep in cocktail and bar awards, The Nightjar refuses to sit on its laurels as it creates an ever more daring cocktail menu that is at odds with its old school atmosphere of class and refined extravagance. The opulence necessary to any speak easy, masks the cutting edge flavours being produced in the cluttered nest of bottles that hold so much promise after an evening at a London show. Including plankton and insects combined with the UK’s largest collection of French and Swiss Absinthes, The Nightjar is a wonderful escape from any busy day in the city.
A beautiful fusion of luxury and antique clutter, A Parodia (The Parody) is one of Lisbon’s best kept secret bars. The old antique shop feel has never left the bar, and with old magazines and vintage matchboxes on the walls, the bar delights with spectacular classic cocktails as well as an expansive menu of (unsurprisingly) port. This bar has been around for 40 odd years and still maintains an old fashioned way of doing things, though with friendly and helpful hosts it continues to delight those who stumble upon it.
Lillie’s – New York
Named after the lustrous Lillie Langtry, this Victorian-style bar in New York honours her memory of bucking Victorian trends. At home with every strata of society, from presidents to poets, Lillie Langtry was an iconic of bohemian ideals within an accepted society structure. Lillie’s bar in New York not only combines an enormous marble bar with antique wooden carvings but an atmosphere that encourages an uninhibited attitude especially after an exhausting day shopping in New York. With a seasonal and classic cocktail menu, Lillie’s is satiate any nostalgic desire for old world elegance.
NOLA – London
Another New Orleans inspired bar, NOLA is all about light, colour and elegance and the perfect finale to a London River Thames dinner cruise. The cocktail menu is made up of New Orleans classics and original NOLA creations inspired by the city. Seasonally inspired, the setting and the drinks almost scream the high drama of Mardi Gras that the city is so famous for. Though currently closed for renovation, NOLA will reopen imminently and continue to delight.
Puff - Vienna
This brothel turned bar is ruthless with its past, choosing to fuse it with the future in a way not seen in any of the other bars on this list. Puff is dominated by a theatre style light, the bar is set centre stage and this is truly where the magic happens. The rooms of the brothel have been left |
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After that, one would wonder, "What is the narrative behind Les Miserables?"
Is the musical Les Miserables based on a genuine story?
What is Les Miserables' moral lesson?
What does the term "Les Miserables" imply?
What was Jean Valjean's motivation for stealing the bishop's silver?
What is Les Miserables' overarching theme?
What caused Jean Valjean's deathbread?
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Transition economies are involved in a process of moving from a centrally planned economy to a mixed or free market economy. Read chapter 18 Possible Future Directions for Economies in Transition: This ground-breaking new volume focuses on the interaction between political, soci. A transition economy or transitional economy is an economy which is changing from a centrally planned economy to a market economy. Transition economies undergo a set of structural transformations intended to develop market-based institutions.Transition indicators · Transition in practice · Process · Countries in transition.
Economic output declined much more than expected. The decline in output lasted until for all transition economies. Byeconomic output had economies in transition across all transition economies by 41 percent compared to its level.
The Central and Eastern European economies began growing again aroundwith Poland, which had begun its transition programme earliest emerging from recession in The Baltic States came out of recession in and the rest of the former Soviet Union around Inflation remained above 20 percent a year except in the Czech Republic and Hungary until the mids.
Across all transition economies the peak annual inflation rate was percent percent in the CIS. Labour force surveys undertaken by the International Labour Organization showed significantly higher rates of joblessness and there was considerable internal migration. Local-manufactured higher quality consumer goods became available and won market share back from imports.
Stabilization of the exchange rate was made more difficult by large-scale economies in transition flight, with domestic agents sending part of their earning abroad to destinations where they believed their capital economies in transition more secure. The promise of European Union membership and the adoption of the EU's legislation and regulations the Community acquis or acquis communautaire helped secure trust in property rights and economic and governmental institutions in much of Central and Eastern Europe.
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Some economists have argued that the growth performance of the transition economies stemmed from the low level of development, decades of trade isolation and distortions in the socialist planned economies.
They have emphasized that the transition strategies adopted economies in transition the need to resolve the economic crisis besetting the socialist planned economies and the overriding objective was the transformation to capitalist market economies rather than the fostering of economic growth and welfare.
Although the foundations had been laid for a functioning market economy through sustained liberalization, comprehensive privatization, openness to international trade and investment, and the establishment of democratic political systems there remained institutional challenges.
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Incredibly, we can conclude that gross rents amounted to about 80 percent of GDP in Russia in It is little wonder that people had a perception of lawlessness.
Yet these are gross rents as compared with gross revenues of an enterprise, which can add up to several times the GDP. Net economies in transition, corresponding to net value added, would be a far smaller share of GDP.
A relatively small group has benefited enormously from the rent seeking that arose at the end of communism and the birth of capitalism in Russia. The sectors offering the greatest opportunities for rent seeking have been energy, agriculture, trade, and banking.
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He was half a block away before he saw anybody in the parking lot. By then, he had reloaded his left-hand gun. Out on the road, he had a chance, even if they came after him. They'd have to come from right behind him and he was good enough that he could pick them off if they got too close.
He shook his head. Well, this was royally messed up. Now Joan knew he was after her, and after he had gotten this close, she'd really go to ground. This was bad. This was a disaster.
The mirror stayed clear after a mile, and Junior decided that maybe the Gray Ghostriders weren't that interested in running him down. Of course, Buck, Dawg, and Spawn were going to have some explaining to do, and even if the bar crowd bought it, and probably they would, that wouldn't do Junior any good. Junior was in deep trouble now, no matter what.
Toni said, "Here is his diaper bag, in case you want to go for a walk or something. The stroller is on the front porch, and he can walk for a couple of blocks okay, but then he'll get tired and want to ride or be carried."
"Yes, ma' am," Tyrone said. He was a polite young man. His mother had dropped him off and would be coming back to pick him up later. Toni liked Nadine Howard; she seemed a down-to-earth person, and a great mom, too, if Tyrone was any indication.
"He likes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but he'll eat tater tots, ham and cheese, or fish sticks. In the fridge and freezer." She waved in the direction of the kitchen.
"Yes, ma' am."
"He can have two peppermint candies if he eats his lunch. He'll try to get you to give him more." _And he usually manages to finagle his mama out of three, sometimes four._
"He might want a bottle of milk if he gets sleepy. Sometimes he takes a nap after an outing. That's okay, to give him a bottle."
Tyrone smiled.
"Here is my office number, and here is the number for my virgil. If you have any problems, anything at all, call me."
"Yes, ma'am," Tyrone said. "I'm sure we'll be fine."
Toni was a little amused at herself for being worried, but worried she was. _C'mon, girl, John Howard's son can certainly keep a two-year-old in check for a few hours._
When it came time to leave, Toni was afraid that Little Alex might get teary-eyed and clingy, but he was busy stacking Lego blocks with Tyrone. "Bye, sweet boy. Mama has to go to work for a little while."
"Bye, bye, Mama," he said. He glanced up, then back down at his toy construction. "Ook, I-rone, ook!" He waved at the toys excitedly. He still had trouble with his "l"s, "g"s, and "t"s sometimes. He called her mother "Ammaw," which everybody thought was incredibly cute.
It bugged her, just a little, that he seemed so blasé about her leaving. Not that she really wanted him to cry and be upset . . . Well, okay, maybe she did a little.
_So much for being indispensable._
She fretted in the car, but she knew in the long run it was for the best. The boy needed to get used to being with other people. He was shy around strangers, although it had taken all of forty seconds for him to warm up to Tyrone, a factor much in Tyrone's favor. She didn't want him to turn into a little recluse who never went out into the daylight.
Halfway to the office, she shifted into work mode. She'd been disappointed that the man who had hired the virusspewing hacker hadn't shown up for the arranged meeting. Could be it was just a coincidence, but he hadn't called back, and Toni's thought was that the man had somehow spotted the trap. Which, when she thought about it, probably wasn't that hard to do. When they wanted to, the regular FBI could become invisible—they knew sub rosa surveillance techniques as well as anybody. But they probably wouldn't have been in full-stealth mode for this kind of arrest. A businessman, in a mall office, in Long Island? How worried about him seeing them would they be? Not to mention what the local cops might have done.
The background check on the office renter had come up negative. The references had been fake, the rent paid via no-trace electronic transfers. The guy had been hiding something, all right, and smart enough not to leave an obvious trail.
Well. She would get Jay to poke around it some more. Maybe he could find a lead. Not that it was a major attack on the Republic or anything, but it was her case now, and she wanted to clear it successfully.
She had gotten a call from Guru earlier in the morning. Her great-grandson, who had apparently taken a turn for the worse just before she had arrived, was apparently doing better. Another few days and he would be out of the hospital. Guru would come home, then, which was good because Toni missed the old woman. Both Alex and the baby did, too, though Big Alex would never admit it.
The sun was broiling the city, and it was going to be another hot day, but all in all, Toni couldn't complain. She had a wonderful husband, a gorgeous and bright little boy, and a job that allowed her to stretch now and then. Her _silat_ teacher, who had been a part of Toni's life since she was thirteen, would be coming back to occupy the spare bedroom in a few days, to be nanny and live-in great-granny to her child. Everybody was healthy. Life could be a lot worse.
She had a lot to be thankful for. A whole lot.
_**Ames Medical Clinic**_
Ames sat in his inner office at the clinic, brooding.
Something was wrong. Junior had not called, and Ames's attempts to contact him had failed. Junior had never kept Ames out of the loop before.
And then there was that little incident at the clean office, with the cops staking it out. Could there be a connection?
Probably not, he decided. Most likely it was just what he'd thought: The hacker had gotten busted and tried to bargain his way out of trouble. It might not have even been him on the phone the day before the meeting. With that vox-changer Thumper used, it could have been anybody. It could have been some cop. The only thing Thumper had to give to them was the location of that office, nothing else, so that's what he would have given them.
He couldn't see how Junior could be connected to that. He certainly didn't think Junior had been arrested. Junior was smarter than the hacker, at least when it came to street work. If he had been picked up, he'd sit tight, get word to Ames he'd been arrested, and wait for Ames to send a lawyer and money to bail him out.
There were all kinds of ways Ames could do that without leaving a trail, and Junior would know that he would do whatever he could to get Junior freed. Having Junior in police custody was not advantageous to Ames. Dead, yes. In jail, no. Once he was out, he could always jump bail, take off, and not look back, if he thought it was going to go badly for him later. And no doubt he'd expect a nice piece of change from Ames to run with, if he needed it.
So, Junior wasn't in jail. Where was he, then, and why hadn't he checked in?
He sighed. It could be a lot of other things, some innocent, some not so innocent. Junior could have gotten into an auto accident, been hit by a drunk driver out in Small Town, Mississippi |
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Congrats to the guys and the staff!
You want to say I'm being harsh, maybe it's true. All I know was after the game West Va players and huggins were gushing about Nana and Kimball. No one even mentioned Zach. Going into this season I think we all thought that Zach would be our best player. It hasn't worked out that way...
I'm not trying to put it all on Zach...
In regards to the bench I thought that we should have played Moore more. His size and athleticism would have helped on the defensive side and rebounding alone...
Overall, this was a great effort. Foulland, Brown & Mackenzie had great games. If he was calling the game, Raftery would have complimented them as having "onions"!
Again, great effort & certainly a great sign for next year. Here, also, I must caution about over exuberance. Let's win one game before we start thinking about the sweet 16...........
We lost, just barely, because they owned the offensive boards and killed us with second chance points. To say that that shortcoming was in someway Zach's fault does not compute here. Size matters!Bigger is better!
Also, why not work the bench more?
#5 I am not sure that you look at stats. Zach had a great year dishing the ball off to teammates. 137 can help me a bit here but I think he lead the team in assists. I think most posters on this board are glad he is a bison!Let's also not forget he gave up shots the last 2 years to Hass. In finishing my little rant. I would like to say. I have personally talked to not only Zach but to every player on this team and he and his teammates are all very humble kids. We should be glad we have him as a bison. I feel it's time people to put this trash talking to rest and be proud of these fine young men. Looking forward to November!
That works for me.!
Going into the game, we knew that WV has the best press in the country. We knew that the Bison would turn the ball over. The only question was how many turn overs will the Bison have?
As for the game, I think we handled the press fairly well. Seems we had more trouble with the pressure trapping once they got past half court and into their offense. And I do think that picking up the dribble and not having a clear plan as to what to do with the ball in those situations hurt the offense and caused turnovers. But it seems allowing a ton of offensive rebounds and second chance points was the biggest killer. Stephen, Nana and Kimbal obviously had fantastic games. I'd say Zach had an okay game overall. Avi struggled a little but was fine overall. Our bench was not what it typically is but also, they were not in there very often. At the end of the day the guys should be proud of the effort and the result...maybe not happy with the result because just a few things here and there could have the Bison playing ND today. Cannot wait for next season! |
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'The market is very quiet as everyone is waiting for the European solution tomorrow,'a disappointing outcome could trigger a sell-off in gold and other assets.
He cautioned that even if Wednesday's meeting produced a comprehensive plan, Europe will not be out of the woods any time soon due to the size of the crisis.
Physical demand resilient
Physical buying has subsided from a rush at the end of September when prices sank well below $1,600, but seasonal demand remained resilient in Asia.
India is to celebrate Diwali, an important Hindu festival on Wednesday. Gold buying in the top consumer of the precious metal rises in the last three months of the year, a traditional time for festivals and weddings.
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en | N/A | N/A | The Department of Justice (DOJ) this past week announced it would appeal a federal judge’s order vacating a nationwide freeze on evictions. The DOJose COVID prevented from working yet they had to pay rent. This problem illustrates the real crisis in economics. On the one hand, it certainly is reasonable to say that rents should be suspended if people are prevented from working by the government.
Ceviction pause took effect last September, with almost half of those filed this year, according to a study by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project of seven states. T. Nevertheless, NEVER in 6,000 years of recorded history has any country ever locked down its citizens and denied them the right to earn a living, which then ripples through everything. These absurd orders are unfair and highly disruptive to the economy as a whole. |
en | N/A | N/A | Those who had been arrested were presented in front of a local court and sent to judicial remand.
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en | N/A | N/A | As I've mentioned at least twice, I'm not blogging on Sundays and wanted to reserve it for a special long form essay covering something in depth. I've just been using the time to think about things, and I've even started a few but have really been hesitant to produce something.
I don't think anyone would notice because I pretty much always sound like me, so trying to sound extra me might not even be noticeable. It would be a little something like someone pouring a bucket of water on you while your standing in front of fire hydrant that's going full blast.
So, back to this call to action: I'd like to dare to be a bit ambitious.
I want to start a series of guest bloggers. Of course the usuals will make an appearance in the set but I want to have TEN essays from men who are fathers, will be fathers soon, or have designs on being fathers someday. If you'd prefer to talk about husbanding I think that would be great too. If you're a bachelor tell us about navigating a career and being self motivated. I just want to open this up as a platform to hear from people we think about.
I know there are so many different perspectives on being a husband, dad, or otherwise well functioning human adult. I think people have great stories to tell, and I want to give them a platform to share with our little corner of the world.
Ladies, if you think your husband or boyfriend or brother or anyone has something worth hearing, please put us in contact.
Also, I know it's difficult to share directly to Facebook, but if you wouldn't mind sharing this with others I want to hear their stories. Let's make this thing interactive.
I'll still be blogging daily because there was enough of a positive response that I think people enjoy it, I know I do. |
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en | N/A | N/A | . Dolores “Dee” Billingsley, of East Liverpool, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at Otterbein Pemberville SeniorLife Community. She was 86.
Born in East Liverpool, March 30, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Denzel and Kathleen McCoy. A resident of this area all her life, Dee0 and attended Emmanuel Presbyterian Church for many years.
Dee spent many hours beside her husband at their grocery store, Billingsley's Foodland and always had a smile and kind word for their customerser artistic talents with children at the Carnegie Public Library and many area elementary school classrooms. She was an avid reader and had.
Her husband of 69 years, William Gaylord “Gay” Billingsley, survives. The couple married December 11, 1949. There are three children: a daughter, Amy Wildman and her husband, Jim, of Port Clinton, and two sons, Curt Billingsley and Jeff Billingsley, both of Dee BillingsleyIt has been years since I've seen any of you, but lately I had been thinking of your mom. It came in my mind if people who make a difference in someone's life. Years ago when my dad(Louis Dudek) was the greenskeeper at ELCC, Dee took me under her wing to teach me to sew. It started out with simple items made of felt and graduated to making an entire shirt. I often visited her when you lived in the little house on the hill on Cal Smiths Ferry Rd. Through her teaching and mentoring,I continued sewing making curtains,Halloween costumes,my daughters clothes that included western wear needed to show her horses and barrelb race. I even made my niece's wedding gown.she is a prime example how these little gestures can mean so much,she definitely touched my life. </s> Michael Kennedy Insurance Group works closely with Clients, Architects, Builders and Engineers to evaluate Risks, Material Damage and Business Interruption exposure.
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en | N/A | N/A | Q: How do I change the html video src with different a links? I would like a website with two HTML files the first has a list of links where each link leads to the other HTML file showing different video sources per link;
Say I clicked on video1, then the page would lead me to the other, automatically filling the src to the correct video
<li><a href="stream.html#video1">video1</a></li>
<li><a href="stream.html#video2">video2</a></li>
<video src="../video/video1">
Do I need JavaScript or jQuery? If so, can you explain or show the way I could make it work?
A: To answer your initial question: it depends. If you have an application server, then you can use server-side code to generate your HTML and you can subsequently fill the src accordingly.
However, if doing this with server-side code is not an option, then you can achieve this using client-side code.
Passing the src
It's advisable to pass the video info using a URL parameter rather than a hash parameter:
<li><a href="stream.html?src=video1">video1</a></li>
<li><a href="stream.html?src=video2">video2</a></li>
Getting a URL parameter
This is how you can get the value of a parameter, assuming that it exists:
window.location.search.substring(1).split("&").map(item => item.split("=")).filter(item => (item[0] === "src"))[0][1]
Make sure that you have an id for the video in the second HTML
Let's implement a function that fills the src
function fillSrc() {
let param = ;
if (param.length) { //the param exists
document.getElementById("my-video").src = param[0][1];
Last but not least, run the function on load
Modify your body tag and make sure that this function runs:
<body onload="fillSrc">
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December 16, 2014 Total Views: 5505 Today: 1 ★★★★ Welcome to Cardiff Hotel and Spa Caribbean Islands, at this tropical property in Runaway Bay, Saint Ann. Brightly coloured rooms include a flat-screen TV and private balconyThe Cardiff Hotel and Spa. Each room is air conditioned. Guests can dine at the on-site Cardiff Hill Restaurant. It serves local cuisine. Drinks are available at the Piano Bar. Baby sitting services are offered. The hotel includes a launderette and currency exchange services. Dunn’s River Falls is 30 minutes’ drive away. Donald Sangsters International Airport is 1 hours’ drive from The Cardiff Hotel and Spa. (Cardiff Hotel and Spa Caribbean Islands hotels booking).
Sheena from Canada, December 23, 2016 at 7:53 pm
Our stay was only for one night, but it was very enjoyable. The dining was excellent and the room updatedJamaica.
Anonymous User from Jamaica, November 30, 2016 at 10:46 am
The location was good, the staff at the front desk were very attentive and helpful, the room was comfortable with good wifi and air conditioning. The pool,was also pleasant.
William from U.S.A., November 11, 2016 at 12:58 pm
Quiet setting with a great view. Very courteous staff and great meals. Nice grounds for relaxing; reading. Nice outdoor pool.
Garfield from U.S.A., August 10, 2016 at 8:18 pm
I liked the hospitality of the staff. The fact that it is a teaching facility, made the staff so kind, it was as though they were constantly under scrutiny. I realized that the guests were both local and foreigners, but everyone seemed to receive the same level of respect. I liked that we were able to enjoy the fruits on the property, without being reprimanded.
Jason from U.S.A., April 18, 2016 at 4:37 pm
Great place with wonderful staff even though they were students in training. They we're very welcoming and fun people. Definitely going back. Ps the food wad awesome as well
Johnny from Jamaica, April 8, 2016 at 11:44 am
Cardiffit was a quiet location, nice pool, and the staff was friendly. We will return here in the future.
Olive from United Kingdom, April 6, 2016 at 10:49 pm
I took my mom for her birthday. We had a wonderfuljust right. Our room was nice and clean, the air conditioning was booming. The room was also quite spacious. Everything was ad they mentioned in there add. Loved it, will be telling friends about it and I'll be back.
Reginald from U.S.A., February 21, 2016 at 9:57 pm
The junior suite, the view from the dining area, The hotel grounds, The cleanses of the rooms, The staff was very polite, and the hotel is beautiful.
Jennifer from U.S.A., February 13, 2016 at 11:53 pm
The grounds are lovely. Restaurant menu great. Service slow at busy times but it's a training center, so understandable. Pool area also delightful with great views.
Anonymous User from U.S.A., February 12, 2016 at 2:24 pm
Location, Staff professional and courteous, very friendly, made us feel at home. Will be telling friends and family about our vacation stay. Our 4 night stay was excellent. Definitely a 4 star hotel. Excellent price. Will definitely stay at Cardiff Hotel again when we schedule our family vacation in Jamaica.
Carl from Canada, January 30, 2016 at 9:15 pm
View from the hill, the scenery, the garden. Ease of access to the community in either direction; beech, shops, although not beachside, ability to be transported to their private beach. Friendliness of the staff.
Anna from Netherlands, January 21, 2016 at 3:40 pm
Staff was very friendly. When we needed to shorten our stay due to medical problems they were very cooperative and helpful. Kitchen is very good.
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en | N/A | N/A | PENSACOLA, Florida - The UAH Chargers dropped their second consecutive Gulf South Conference game, falling to West Florida 72-69 on Saturday. It was the first time West Florida has beaten UAH since Feb. 22, 2008.
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en | N/A | N/A | Earlier last week Reddit suffered a major outage, which motivated me to write this post. Reddit, like a lot of the internet, has followed a trajectory of decline over the past decade or so. It’s tempting to want to blame the admins or political bias, and although those play a role, the main problem are… Continue reading The Reddit Mods/Moderation is Out of Control
This is funny (or sad, I guess, if you actually take his advice). Balaji has lost the plot. He has gone into full-blown shill/grifter mode: The BitSignal How do you ring the fire alarm on the internet?How do you show it’s not a false alarm?I am putting up the BitSignal.$1M in BTC to alert us… Continue reading Balaji goes into full-blown shill/grifter mode
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I saw this viral article by Arnold Kling, Moral Hazard is widely misunderstood. He argues that bailouts allow bankers to be reckless with impunity (heads they win, tails you lose, so to speak): At this point, if I obtain some more funds from depositors , I can go to Las Vegas and hope I get… Continue reading SVB failure: the limitations of moral hazard, and the difficulty of assessing risk
Crypto getting ready to dump, again
Tyler Cowen on crypto: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Crypto is a “luxury,” long-term financial intermediation project which may or may not succeed. It comoves with the market, stability, low interest rates, and long time horizons. It is not a potential substitute for fiat currency. He’s right: It’s not a substitute… Continue reading Crypto getting ready to dump, again
Depression and other societal problems are hardly exclusive to ‘the left’
I saw this article going viral Why are young liberals so depressed? The CDC survey doesn’t ask teens about their political beliefs, but Gimbrone et. al. find not only divergence by gender, but divergence by political ideology. Breaking things down by gender and ideology, they find that liberal girls have the highest increase in depressive… Continue reading Depression and other societal problems are hardly exclusive to ‘the left’
Silicon Valley Bank Failure , Contagion, and Aftermath: More Thoughts
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the ensuing contagion is the biggest story now. A few days ago I said this is worse than 2008. It seems I was right: 1. The suddenness of the 2023 crisis exceeds the 2008 global financial crisis. It hasn’t been a week, and already two major banks, Signature… Continue reading Silicon Valley Bank Failure , Contagion, and Aftermath: More Thoughts
Why the failure of SVB is possibly worse than 2008
The ‘iron law’ of bad advice keeps being true (more social media followers = worse advice): pic.twitter.com/tTMWOHcUom — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 11, 2023 So how has Bitcoin fared following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)? Down 10%. Not just Bitcoin that is tanking, so are many ‘stable coins’ like USDC, which have exposure… Continue reading Why the failure of SVB is possibly worse than 2008
The crypto collapse, continued: is there anything that isn’t a fraud or insolvent?
Silvergate is the latest domino to fall, down 30% today after announcing a liquidation plan, on top of the 50% decline last week. And “Silicon Valley Bank” fell 70%. (Apparently Silicon Valley has its own bank…who knew.) The whole crypto economy is collapsing. There is nothing that isn’t either a fraud and or insolvent. I… Continue reading The crypto collapse, continued: is there anything that isn’t a fraud or insolvent? |
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en | N/A | N/A | We believe that frozen fruit is the future. Long transport does not affect the fruits, as they can be picked at their best moment,” Coggimages that sum up Spurs’ FA Cup triumph over Aston Villa
Securing a 2-0 victoryMay, Spurs put their name in the hat for this evening’s fourth round draw and Mauricio Pochettino’s side will certainly be seen as cont first-half was far from impressive from the North London side but Spurs responded in the second-half with two goals to secure a win, continuing their decent run of form after ending Chelsea’s remarkable winning run last week.
Following the match, we’ve picked out five images that sum up the game after a match that was a difficult watch at times for Tottenham fans but ended on a positive note in the end. </s> Capriole – O'Banon
Capriole – O'Banon
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Niantic has been teasing this in spectacular style for a little while now, starting with simple photobombs at Pokémon GO Fest Chicago but quickly escalating to a full-blown physical balloon at Pokémon GO Fest Dortmund. Now, updates are rolling out to prepare the game for what appears to be likely the biggest update the game has seen since trainer battles. Team Rocket is coming to Pokémon GO, and we're going to have to go out and fight them.
This isn't live in the game yet, but the update text gives us some information on what we'll see when it show sup:
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Thce is still badly wanting something like the trainer battles that dot the maps in the mainline games. It's a great way to vary up the walking experience a little bit, and in the future I assume Shadow Pokémon will be a good way to add to the ways Niantic can release new creatures.
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en | N/A | N/A | Q: Fastest way to find out if two sets overlap? Obviously doing std::set_intersection() is a waste of time.
Isn't there a function in the algorithm header for doing exactly this?
std::find_first_of() is doing a linear search as far as I understand.
A: This is a solution only for std::set (or multi). A solution for map would require only a bit more work.
I try it 3 ways.
First, if one is far larger than the other, I simply look for all of the elements of one in the other. Then vice versa.
The constant 100 is wrong theoretically. It should be k n lg m > m for some k, not 100 n > m for optimal big-O performance: but the constant factor is large, and 100>lg m, so really one should experiment.
If that isn't the case, we walk through each collection looking for collisions much like set_intersection. Instead of just ++, we use .lower_bound to try to skip through each list faster.
Note that if your list consists of interleaved elements (like {1,3,7} and {0,2,4,6,8}) this will be slower than just ++ by a logarithmic factor.
If the two sets "cross" each other less often, this can skip over large amounts of each set's contents.
Replace the lower_bound portion with a mere ++ if you want to compare the two behaviors.
bool sorted_has_overlap( Lhs const& lhs, Rhs const& rhs ) {
if (lhs.empty() || rhs.empty()) return false;
if (lhs.size() * 100 < rhs.size()) {
for (auto&& x:lhs)
if (rhs.find(x)!=rhs.end())
if (rhs.size() * 100 < lhs.size()) {
for(auto&& x:rhs)
if (lhs.find(x)!=lhs.end())
auto lit = begin(lhs);
auto lend = end(lhs);
auto rit = begin(rhs);
auto rend = end(rhs);
while( lit != lend && rit != rend ) {
if (*lit < *rit) {
lit = lhs.lower_bound(*rit);
if (*rit < *lit) {
rit = rhs.lower_bound(*lit);
a sorted array could do the 3rd choice of algorithm and use std::lower_bound to do fast advance of the "other" container. This has the advantage of using partial searches (which you cannot do fast in a set). It will also behave poorly on "interleaved" elements (by a log n factor) compared to naive ++.
The first two can also be done fast with sorted arrays, replacing method calls with calls to algorithms in std. Such a transformation is basically mechanical.
An asymptotically optimal version on a sorted array would use a binary search biased towards finding lower bounds at the start of the list -- search at 1, 2, 4, 8, etc instead of at half, quarters, etc. Note that this has the same lg(n) worst case, but is O(1) if the searched for element is first instead of O(lg(n)). As that case (where the search advances less) means less global progress is made, optimizing the sub-algorithm for that case gives you a better global worst-case speed.
To get why, on "fast alternation" it wouldn't perform any worse than ++ -- the case where the next element is a sign swap takes O(1) operations, and it replaces O(k) with O(lg k) if the gap is larger.
However, by this point we are far, far down an optimization hole: profile, and determine if it is worth it before proceeding this way.
Another approach on sorted arrays is to presume that std::lower_bound is written optimally (on random access iterators). Use an output iterator that throws an exception if written to. Return true iff you catch that exception, false otherwise.
(the optimizations above -- pick one and bin search the other, and exponential advance searching -- may be legal for a std::set_intersection.)
I think the use of 3 algorithms is important. Set intersection testing where one side is much smaller that the other is probably common: the extreme case of one element on one side, and many on the other is very well known (as a search).
A naive 'double linear' search gives you up to linear performance in that common case. By detecting the assymmetry between sides, you can switch over to 'linear in small, log in large' at an opportune point, and have the much better performance in those cases. O(n+m) vs O(m lg n) -- if m < O(n/lg n) the second beats the first. If m is a constant, then we get O(n) vs O(lg n) -- which includes the edge case of 'use function to find if a single element is in some large collection'.
A: You can use the following template function if the inputs are sorted:
template<class InputIt1, class InputIt2>
bool intersect if (*first1 < *first2) {
if (*first2 < *first1) {
int b[] = {3, 4};
int c[] = {4};
std::cout << intersect(a, a + 3, b, b + 2) << std::endl;
std::cout << intersect(b, b + 2, c, c + 1) << std::endl;
std::cout << intersect(a, a + 3, c, c + 1) << std::endl;
This function has complexity O(n + m) where n, m are input sizes. But if one input is very small to the other (n << m for example), it's better to check each of the n elements with binary search if it belongs to the other input. This gives O(n * log(m)) time.
* When input1 is much smaller that input2 {
while (first1 != last1)
A: Sometimes you can encode sets of numbers in a single memory word. Fo. The rule is: the bit at position i (reading from right to left) is up, if and only if the number i is in the set.
Now if you have two sets, encoded in the memory words a and b, you can perform the intersection using the bitwise operator &.
int union = a | b; // bonus
The good thing of this style, is that the intersection ( union, complementation ) is performed in one cpu instruction (I don't know if this is the correct term).
The bad thing of this method, is that it works only with integers.
if(std::binary_search(s2.begin(), s2.end(), i))
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en | N/A | N/A | The Manor Youth Association (MYA) was formed in 1983youth of the Manor community. Since that time, unpaid volunteers have collectively worked tens of thousands of hours planning activities, building and maintaining facilities, and working directly with the children of our community. We use sports as a backdrop for a much larger mission than to teach baseball and softball. We strive to teach kids skills with which they cansportsmanship,t. Through our program, we hope to impact the lives of childrenWe work to provide positive role models to youth, many of whom need extra encouragement in their lives. |
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en | N/A | N/A | at times were clearly dumbfounded that many bishops and leaders of religious institutes appeared to have an underdeveloped moral sense and lack of understanding that they had actually presided over a culture of secrecy and deception that enabled the clerical sexual abuse of children to continue over decades and on a scale that challenges the imagination. On the appearance of the five Metropolian bishops, Eric Hodgens picks up on the irony, “They were reduced to being supplicants before the RC being questioned by a female, secular counsel-assisting.” 6
As the Royal Commission entered into its final ‘Catholic’ stage, some remarkably frank admissions were made by Bishops. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe of Perth branded the role of Catholic Church leaders in the clerical CSA scandal a “catastrophic failure” while Sydney’s Archbishop Anthony Fisher declared it ‘criminal negligence.’ Later he went on to say,
“ I think that part of why members of the Church and others looking in from the outside are so disenchanted, disillusioned, by our performance in this area is we should have been a model in this area. We have such high ideals with respect to children, with respect to family life, with respect to the powerless and innocent, and look what happened.
5) Cultural and religious tolerance. These I would say.” 9
On another note, an inhouse one, it was noticeable that during the lead up to and during the Commission hearings some bishops repeatedly used of the collective “We” or “the Catholic Church” indiscriminately. This was not helpful nor was it fair because the terms actually referred rather narrowly to the bishops and religious superiors themselves and not to the entire Catholic population. The same lack of nuance was evident when apologies were made ‘on behalf of the Catholic Church.’ There seemed to be little understanding among Catholic leaders of the difference between their acknowledged culpability and apologies and the totally unjust implication of ‘collective guilt’ of all Australian Catholics.
Other examples of muddled thinking were the gross understatements about the seriousness of clerical CSA when several bishops and leaders of religious institutes could not identify the difference between a moral foible, moral lapse or failure and a criminal act. The widespread outrage among Catholic and others is understandable when some of these senior Church officials described clerical child sexual criminal abuse as mere ‘mischief or misbehaviour.’
‘scandalously insufficient,’ ‘hopelessly inadequate,’ as ‘a kind of criminal negligence’, ‘just totally wrong’. Some ‘wer’” 11
' and he found the behaviour of Catholic Church leadership at the very top badly wanting when assessed against the standards of decency and transparent accountability which prevail in secular society, .' 12
After the devastation wrought on the victims of child sexual abuse, their families and on the entire Catholic Community in this country, it is a matter of paramount importance for the bishops and other religious leaders to demonstrate clearly that they are committed to the systemic reform of their professional governance and Church culture. A top priority will be for them to address the widespread perception that Catholic leaders place a higher value on the Code of Canon and civil law and the protection of its sectional interests than on the moral virtues which flow from the Gospel. The tension between the Church’s internal Law and and its Moral theology must be resolved clearly and speedily in favour of Virtue. 13
Thmaking recommendations to the Australian Bishops about what they and the Vatican will be asked to do to honour their legal responsibilities towards the people of Australia. Furthermore, it would not have been lost on many that the Royal Commission has indicated that Cardinal Pell’s evidence of central importance to the serial priest paedophile Gerald Ridsdale case could be found to be ‘implausible’. 14 Whatever the present state of the relationship between Cardinal Pell and the Australian Bishops, in the eyes of the public, including most Catholics, they are all tarred with the same brush.
The DRIFT
Who would want to join us and why?
The drift is happening practically everywhere in the developed world. It is not just secularism which is to blame; it is a failure of the Church leaders to hold people, to attract the disaffiliated back and outsiders to join. The testimony of Paul’s letters and |
en | N/A | N/A | RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) – North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory touted a record year for state park visits.
. Some of the parks include Fort Macon, Hammocks Beach State Park and Jockey’s Ridge.
Both Jockey’s Ridge and Fort Macon had over a million visits each.
Only 30 parks reported increases in attendance.
More on state parks can be found here. |
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For over 15 years, Brazilian painter Marcelo Daldoce has worked in watercolor, capturing the diversity and beauty of the human form. His unique skill, raw style and variety of human subjects infuse his works with a contemporary vitality. Daldoce’s work is currently featured in an online-only exhibition py. We chatted with the New York-based artist about his process, influences and choice of subject matter.
What inspires you to work in watercolor over other mediums?
Any other medium is predictable. When you paint with oil or acrylic, whatever you use on your palette and put on the canvas is always the same. Watercolor is unpredictable—it all depends on the amount of water, the angle of the paper, the humidity, the temperature. You deal with gravity, with nature and with an element of surprise.
Do you find your childhood in Brazil has affected your artistic voice?
It’s been affecting my voice more as I question my path and identity. There’s this saying among Brazilians that we are three races: we are European, we are African and we are Native Indians. We are a country without an identity, because we are everybody.
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I came here thirty years ago to study English, and then Yes, the diversity in your work is apparent. How do you cast your models?
I don’t have a specific way, I just never repeat. The goal is to always paint someone different.
Watercolor is a medium that you must work with quickly. You are interpreting, you are suggesting—you are allowing the pigments to travel on the paper. That gives the medium a life. When you work from photos, you can spend hours and hours on the picture. That takes away that freshness, because you tend to overwork and you lose the spontaneity. Working from a live model as the clock is ticking, you must be fast. You must make your decisions less self-consciously.
Your work was featured in The Untitled Space exhibit SHE INSPIRES, a show on inspirational women. Do you think it’s important for male artists to respond to feminism?e. |
en | N/A | N/A | . This permits you to investigate when actual payments received from the payer differ from anticipated payments. You may find that an appeal is appropriate or that the payer has unilaterally altered its payment schedule.
4. Document your payer contracts on a spreadsheet. For each contract, note the execution and termination dates; the date when notice of intent to terminate or renew must be given to the payer; the basis and/or methodology of calculating payments, and other important information.
5. Include key phone numbers and Web sites relating to issues such as eligibility, claims status and appeals on the spreadsheet. Keep the information up-to-date and available to staff persons who use it.
6. Develop a 12-month rolling calendar for your payer agreements. Every three months, delete the quarter that has just passed and add one for the same period in the next year. Indicate important deadlines and dates (such as date of termination and date of notice of intent to continue or terminate). At least three months before a decision must be made to renew or terminate an agreement, make a note to start reviewing the agreement.
7. Develop a list of negotiable issues for each agreement. Typically, these will relate to contract clauses. Ideally, you should maintain the list by contract so that the numbers on the list correspond to the contract clause numbers. For a list of contract clauses that are frequently the topic of contract negotiations, visit the AAOS online Practice Management Center.
8. For every existing agreement, and for any new agreement you are offered, understand your goals and objectives. These may be: maintaining or improving your payer mix; gaining access to a new group of patients; or experimenting with capitation to see if it works for you. These goals and objectives will determine the result that you seek (or are willing to tolerate) for each negotiating issue that you’ve identified.
9. Try to understand the payer’s goals and objectives, too. Although all payers want to pay out the least amount for the most care by the best doctors, different payers have their own approaches to doing this. In rare cases, some payers are even willing to accept a lower return because they wish to adhere to higher standards.
10. Know how important you are to the payer. Payer agreements can vary greatly depending on how badly the organization wants the doctor or the practice. How important you are depends on your subspecialty, how many other orthopaedists are in your region and how your utilization rate stacks up against theirs. Don’t expect to exert clout if you’re a solo practitioner in an area teeming with orthopaedic mega-groups, if you have a high complication rate, or if your utilization rate is high relative to your colleagues.
11. Know how important the payer agreement is to you. (It typically doesn’t pay to turn up your nose at the area’s largest payer, for instance.) Your practice management system should supply you with a wealth of information about each of your payer agreements, including: total money received relating to the contract over the past 12 months; average reimbursement for your top 50 procedures—including your evaluations and management codes; days outstanding in accounts receivable; payer mix, and so forth.
12. Consider whether you can increase your clout by either formally merging with other physicians or entering into an independent practice association. Beware, however, of legal constraints if the action creates an effective monopoly. Also, because larger groups need to implement and enforce rules and regulations to be effective, you must decide whether you can live with decreased autonomy.
13. Federal law prohibits you from discussing payers’ reimbursements with other practices. You can, however, ask general questions about other medical groups’ experiences with a payer’s reimbursement practices, such as payment promptness and dispute resolution. You can also encourage your state orthopaedic society to conduct a survey to solicit this information. You’re sure to find the answers very useful in contract negotiations.
14. Make a point of meeting with decision makers (as opposed to the functionaries) in the payer organization whenever you can. This will help you to avoid situations in which you come to an agreement with the functionary, only to discover that his or her supervisor won’t “validate” the agreement. Periodic meetings with your payers will also make you more comfortable in negotiating with them when the time comes.
15. Negotiable issues fall into two general categories: those where, when one party benefits, the other party automatically loses (reimbursement); and those where both parties can win if they think about the situation creatively. These latter issues may be more important than they may seem, because if the payer feels it is winning on something (not realizing that you’re also winning), it may be willing to concede on something else. Note: specific payer negotiating strategies will be covered in a future article; one key strategy, however, is to insist that the payer follow common procedural terminology rules as interprets.
16. Monitor what’s happening with each of your payers on a quarterly basis; monitor problem payers monthly. Note the changes in your payer mix, and the percent of accounts receivable that is more than 90 days old. Look at claims-payment patterns in the current quarter versus previous quarters. Call the payer and follow up in writing if you see a trend emerging that you don’t like or that is counter to the terms of the agreement.
17. Keep files of all your letters to payers and all correspondence you receive from them. Maintain a log of all calls you make to problem payers that aren’t returned, including when and whom you called, and what happened (left voice-mail, person took message). Take notes of every conversation you have with each payer. Even brief notes will help if you need to sue a payer in the future.
18. Don’t hesitate to “play the heavy” if you conclude that you’re being jerked around. If you believe the payer isn’t living up to the terms of the agreement, say so clearly and frequently.
19. Finally, don’t give. Keep pushing for information, money, whatever it is that you want, and document that you’re pushing for it. Many payers listen to the squeakiest wheel and ignore the rest. In a worst-case scenario, don’t. Several recent class action lawsuits have resulted in substantial settlements for providers.
These tips won’t guarantee that you’ll get what you want from every payer every time. They will, however, permit you to manage an important part of your practice and ensure that you’re paid for the care you provide to your patients.
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It looks like an open league. And Bailey wants to see his team finish higher than its fourth place standing of the 2018/19 season.
"The Bundesliga level is high right now and the points are very close, and even the teams that are behind are doing their best to beat teams ahead of them which makes it more complicated but it's a very intense league and I'm happy to be a part of it."
Leverkusen strike first at Bayern! 👀
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) November 30, 2019
He's also managed just two 45-minute appearances in Bayer's UEFA Champions League run, which is still alive against the odds.
And Cristiano Ronaldo and Co. aren't scaring Bailey's teammates, who need to beat already-qualified Juve and see Atleti drop points at home to Lokomotiv.
He's continued to deliver following a move to Germany, posting 21 and 12 in 92 appearances. That's seen him linked with a lotAnd at long last he's debuted for Jamaica, earning six caps since the start of the Gold Cup in June.
Bailey assisted against the USMNT in the Reggae Boyz's 3-1 semifinal loss, and got his first goal in a September ns League.
"It made me learn a lot and I'm grateful that I can actually help my country, be there for them right now, and hopefully we can make it to a World Cup," he said.
Jamaica's the fourth ranked team in CONCACAF and will be contesting the Hex in a bid to land its first World Cup bid since 1998, its only appearance in the tournament.
Bailey says he sees some comparisons between what Bayer did against Bayern and what the Reggae Boyz will need to do to the Yanks. |
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Are the lamb on the left and I alone in seeing the creature emerging from the tree? Could it be a young dragon?
A last minute decision to visit Chorley in Lancashire led to a chance encounter with Morris dancers in the main shopping area. I shot about a dozen brief videos of the dancing but most were ruined by shoppers walking in front of the camera - it must be a local pastime!
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Today, I visited Darwen in Lancashire and decided to complete a ten year goal - walk up to the distinctive Darwen Tower. It celebrates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897. From its circular viewing platform, the Isle of Man and the hills of north Wales can be seen when the weather is clear. Sadly, it wasn't but it was still spectacular. I just managed to make out the town I become a resident of on the outer edge of the Trough of Bowland when we get the keys to our new home on Friday! The tower overlooks Darwen from its perch some 1,200 feet high and is more than 80 feet tall.
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The aircraft was one of two taking part in a test flight from the then RAF airbase at Warton. A ferocious thunderstorm started and the two aircraft were recalled. One pilot decided to the fly away from the storm, while the other - Lieutenant John Bloemendal attempted to land. A witness saw lighting strike the aircraft and it ended up partially destroying some house and a local cafe. Part of the bomber collided with a classroom packed with infants, its fuel tanks catching alight. All three members of the plane's crew also died.
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en | N/A | N/A | This will be my last column for the Litchfield Independent Review.
It’s not for the reason you may be thinking: hordes of disenchanted readers and sports fans did not descend upon the Independent Review’s office with their red felt-tipped pens and usage dictionaries to demand my ouster.
No, after two years as the sports editor in Litchfield, I’ve decided to move on and try something new. Friday will be my last day as sports editor of this newspaper.
I have valued my time at the newspaper and in Litchfield: so many of the coaches, players, parents and community members were welcoming, generous, patient and kind, and for that I’m very grateful.
Since I put in my notice at the paper, I haven’t told too many people. I’ve always loathed goodbyes and explanations; if I had my druthers, every goodbye would be an Irish one.
So this column will function as that goodbye.
(Note: It will likely be self-indulgent and rambling, but them’s the breaks. Take succor in the fact that, if you find my writing ponderous or solipsistic or just dead wrong, this is the last rant you’ll have to endure.)
My life has.
In my first memories I already loved baseball, football, basketball — any sport with a ball I could throw, hit, shoot or catch.
I was also a rapacious reader, eagerly devouring as many books as possible. These twin loves of sports and language intersected frequently: I read every issue of Sports Illustrated cover-to-cover, sped through Matt Christopher’s oeuvre and was gifted several baseball books from my school library after a kindly librarian noticed that the names filling up each book’s library card all belonged to me.
Instead of listening to music as a child, I fell asleep to cassette tapes of Gopher basketball games I’d recorded, comforted by the preordained outcome and comfortable to fall asleep knowing that I wouldn’t miss anything I couldn’t simply listen for again the next night.
I also wrote reams of sports “stories,” which consisted of incredibly rote play-by-play descriptions — First and 10 on the 25 for the Lions. Barry Sanders runs for four yards. Second and six from the 29 for the Lions — that I then foisted on my poor parents, looking for feedback on some very painful pages.
So in many ways, becoming a sports editor was the culmination of a lifetime of watching and reading and writing about sports. During my two years at the Independent Review, I often thought about how 10-year-old Louie would have reacted to the news that as a grown-up he got paid to watch sports and write about them.
I believe he would have been pretty pumped.
Why sports? Why anything?
As a child, one does not spend much time or mental effort interrogating one’s avocations; you like what you like, and that’s pretty much the end of that.
But as one grows up and grows if not wiser then at least more globally, socially and morally aware, hobbies can start to feel trivial. In the face of poverty, famine, genocide, environmental degradation, political upheaval and the myriad other massive forces that afflict and affect us daily, why sports? Why video games? Why “Game of Thrones”?
With sports, especially youth sports, advocates will ascribe moral and ethical value to these extracurricular activities: boys and girls will become young men and women through teamwork, unselfishness, commitment and sacrifice to a common cause — to a team, the logic goes.
I agree that youth sports are a vital and valuable tool in keeping kids active, healthy, focused and out of trouble.
For me personally, I know that the specter of detention or ineligibility was often the only thing keeping my grades at a respectable level, and sports did provide most of the finest memories of my childhood.
But for many coaches, parents and fans, imputing great moral and ethical value to sports feels like a post hoc obfuscation — because during the season, in the waning seconds of a close game, all that truly matters to most is winning.
This focus on winning can distract us from the true reason any of us ever bothered with sports.
A delightful distraction
Ultimately, sports don’t matter. They exist only because they are fun.
Sure, professional sports leagues are billion-dollar operations and millions of people make a living through sports across the world.
But in youth sports, the playing is the thing; the game is the game, and that’s all that matters.
Baseball Prospectus’ Sam Miller, one of my favorite baseball writers and podcasters, often waxes existential about baseball, and in a podcast last year spoke of the illusion that winning matters.,” he said. ,” he continued. .”
That may sound bleak, even nihilistic. But I find it freeing.
Sports are valuable only in the joy that they bring us. They are remarkably, profoundly simple. They are here to entertain us, to keep us happy and as full of joy as possible in the face of all the pain, death and loss that surround us.
Winning doesn’t matter; it’s simply a thing we made up.
So let’s just have fun. |
en | N/A | N/A | Before we close the book on the against-all-odds seasogs, it's certainly worth giving one more salute to Tiera Mayweather, the team's lone senior on the 2015-2016 roster. M...
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The Apalachee High School boys tennis team remained undefeated in Region 8-AAAAA with a victory against Gainesville High School Tuesday. The match featured the last two undefeated teams in the region with the Wildcats winning 4-1. Chandler Hagan earned a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles while Eli Hagan won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles. AHS clinched ...
March Madness is here!Brackets are being filled out, groups are being set up, and bragging rights are on the line. Some fill out more than ten brackets, all with different strategies, others stay true to one and hope for the best. But once again, everyone is hoping for the magical, perfect bracket. Personally, I am realistic and don't care ... |
en | N/A | N/A | At the U.N. Security Council meeting today– called to vote on yet another anti-Syria resolution by the UK, France and the USA–the truth rang out that, the aim of Britain’s foreign policy is to destroy any cher. This was said forcefully by Russian Deputy envoy to the Security Council, Vladimir Safronkov, directly to British Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, who had just denounced Russia for backing Bashar al Assad in Syria. Safronkov told Rycroft he was acting to thwart the peace efforts of U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Steffan De Mistura, and sow confrontation in the Security Council, because, “you are afraid that we might work with the U.S. This is what you lose sleep over.” |
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en | N/A | N/A | Nothing much had been heard from Alexis von Hoensbroech since he became LH Cargo’s Board Member Product and Sales in December 2014, following predecessor Andreas Otto’s departure to Austrian Airlines. Now however, the manager landed his first major scoop by surprising the industry with an ambitious new pricing mechanism, publicly announced last Wednesday (we reported).
The scheme consists of 2 elements: a fixed net rate complemented by a unified Airfreight Surcharge which combines both fuel and security demands. Air transportation won’t become any cheaper because the basic rate will be increased substantially while the air freight surcharge is lowered remarkably. Therefore, at the end of the day it’s a more or less financial zero-sum game for the market.
The tariff system developed jointly by Lufthansa Cargo and its affiliate Swiss World Cargo contrasts the all-in regime favoured by 10 carriers, offering the market very transparent transport prices, holds manager von Hoensbroech.
So model succeeds in the long run – the all-in scheme favored by the Gulf carriers, SAS, IAG Cargo and some others or Lufthansa Cargo’s and partner Swiss WorldCargo’s blend of basic transport rates and unified (fuel / security) Airfreight Surcharge.
According to first market reactions the odds are not bad that the latter could prevail. “We’ve asked about 100 major customers what they think of the new system we intend to introduce,” explained Alexis. The outcome: Their reactions were mostly encouraging or at least neutral. Only some of them told the Lufthansa questioners they would have preferred all-in rates, the manager notes.
The basics of the new approach that both Lufthansa Cargo and its sister Swiss WorldCargo will first introduce on 25 October when the winter schedule starts are quite simple. The carriers will demand an individual net rate for transporting goods on given trade lanes – for instance €1.00 per kilogram, by adding to this sum an Airfreight Surcharge of – say – €0.60. Thus, charging a total price of €1.60 per kg. The prices vary depending on routes served by LH and Swiss. Alexis emphasizes that the surcharge’s final level will be announced only about 2 weeks before the system will be put in practice.
Who bears the financial risks?
Von Hoensbroech points out that the surcharge calculations are not carved in stone but are subject to changes, depending on external factors such as rising or decreasing fuel costs, modified airport charges, inter alia. “Components which are beyond our influence,” he stresses.
But how can forwarding agents, particularly those that have committed themselves by signing long-term capacity agreements, be sure that the price set-up remains stable for the term of their contracts? Alexis pulls a new option from his sleeve: “We offer our clients certain flat rates for the full duration of the contract which puts the risk of additional costs caused by sudden fuel price increases or other unavoidable expenditures entirely on our shoulders,” he states. Forwarders will have to pay a small risk add-on to the airline for getting this price stability.
Finally, it’s up to the forwarders to decide if they would like to pay this risk add-on or take the risk themselves.
Hoensbroech points out that LH Cargo might decide on hedging fuel if many customers make use of this fixed price model.
So far only the Lufthansa passenger aircraft are included in the company’s hedging policy, not the fleet of currently 19 operating all-cargo aircraft. Should they go for the hedging solution it would reduce the volatility of external costs and hence lead to more price stability over longer periods, ultimately reducing the risk of financial fluctuations for both – carrier and customers.
In addition to Swiss and LH Cargo the new pricing system also applies to Austrian Airlines whose air freight capacity is entirely managed by Lufthansa Cargo.
Next candidate might be Brussels Airlines Cargo, von Hoensbroech indicates. “Of course, we are mutually discussing this issue but they haven’t taken a final decision on this topic yet,” he explains. From a legal point of view Brussels Airlines’ joining of the mechanism is no problem because all carriers that are part of the Lufthansa Group enjoy anti-trust immunity.
This does not apply to other combinations such as the route joint venture signed between Japanese carrier ANA Cargo and German airline LH Cargo. “In fact, we talk about pricing policies within the framework of our JV but pacts like the one between ANA and LH Cargo are generally exempt from adapting a unified global pricing model,” Alexis points out. |
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en | N/A | N/A | My son was 2 when I cried my way through the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. He was blissfully unaware of the protests that would follow as Americans rallied against Trump’s travel ban. My son never heard the conversations I had with one of my best friends, a trans woman, about the trans military ban. He played with rogue pens in a number of Senate offices as I shared my abortion story with elected officials. He watched me introduce then-Sen. Kamala Harris near the steps of the Supreme Court during a rally to protect Planned Parenthood. |
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There may have been many real-life inspirations for the budding actress. But she also has an idol th"" |
en | N/A | N/A | Even if you're not a total foodie, you absolutely MUST go on a food tour in Reykjavik if you travel to Iceland. It's far more than experiencing delicious Icelandic food and drinks. You get to explore the city, experience the culture, meet new friends, and get the inside scoop about Iceland's best kept secrets. You truly get a taste for the Icelandic culture (pun intended) and you hit all the very best spots in town, even though some of them may not be the most popular. That's the beauty of having a local tour guide. My travel pals and I (@luke_jclark , @keenanlam , @samnewtonmedia ) took the tour through Wake Up Reykjavik, where we had the best mate, Egill, as our tour guidetour company, I highly recommend booking with Wake Up Reykjavik I'll let the video and photos speak for themselves below.
Video by the talented @keenanlam and photos taken by the wonderful @luke_jclark .
This homey hole-in-the-wallfamily recipes daily, specializing in their lamb soup, a classic Icelandic comfort food dish. As a vegetarian, I opted for their popular veggie alternative, homemade mushroom soup, as the guys chose the classic option. WOW. This was by far the most delicious vegetable soup I have ever tasted. It was light, full of flavor, and went down incredibly smooth. Even though I scarfed it down quite quickly, it was very satisfying (I ate it so fast I forgot to take a picture, so instead here's a photo of a tasty beer sampler we sipped on). Also, don't forget to munch on their delicious home made bread.
Next on our tour, was an Icelandic cheese shop for a local & seasoned We tasted the Svartur Goudi, Gullostur (brie), and Þorri (blue). The entire selection was delicious, however the Þorri was my favorite. The extra bit of salt in that particular cheese really enhanced the richness of the flavor. For the meat eating members of the group, they also tasted horse fillet with rosemary and arctic thyme, sheep fillet with rosemary, thyme and fennel, and finally hot smoked arctic goose breast with homemade raspberry & champagne vinegar. But wait! There's more... The best part about this place was their incredible fudge cake. I would have never known to try this on my own, as the cake is sold in a quite unpleasant looking packaging, but fear not. It is SO delicious.
Next stop, was another family owned and operated restaurant, with a very chic, modern vibe. It's right next door to the tallest building in Iceland, the infamous Hallgrímskirkja church. The homemade Rye bread ice cream is an absolute treat. We also tasted rye break with smoked arctic trout and plokkfiskur (mashed fish, potatoes, onions etc.). Each of these was a fantastic dive into the Icelandic culture, and the presentation was exceptional. I mean, look at it.
The "most important" spot on this tour, the place that has a special place in Iceland's heart, the Bæjarins beztu pylsur, aka the oldest fast food restaurant in Iceland, a hot dog stand. It sits just around the corner from the heart of Reykjavik, and fair warning, the line is usually a 15-20 minute wait. But the wait is worth it. The proper way to order it is with everything on it. It has everything from creamy mustard to fried onions. If you don't have one of these hot dogs, did you even go to Iceland? Locals will tell you no. (PS, Lukedogs, as we were too busy enjoying the moment. So let your imagination run wild picturing the most delicious hot dog you've seen).
Next we walked towards the pier where we stopped at Kopar, an elegant, upscale seafood restaurant with a rustic atmosphere directly next to the harbor. Here we tasted rock crab soup with fresh shrimps, bean sprouts and spinach. I have never tasted anything like this before. So much culture in one dish. You must trt a traditional seafood soup if you have the chance. What I also loved about this spot was the ability to experience this side of town.
Last, but DEFINITELY not least, we stopped at Apotek for dessert. These desserts are more like pieces of art rather than pastries. I chose their beautifully crafted chocolate mousse rose. It was light, airy and melted in my mouth. When I got closer to the center I was delightfully surprised to taste a homemade raspberry filling. It completely satisfied my sweet tooth craving. I'll be dreaming of this later, I'm sure. Side note, my guide Egill told me they have some of the best cocktails in town. Order one of those if you go. |
en | N/A | N/A | Why did Johny taliban walker only 20 years,...
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I also don't change the meaning - if you take several (x) dictionaries you see even more (x+y) definitions of that.
Its a noble dream. I do not think I will see it in my life, barring the Second Coming.
sounds to me like he is the poster child for the war on terror propaganda machine. and at this point, no one with the power to change the ruling is willing to stand up and defend him.
Hmmmmm.....Would I t Cuba? Put them up for tribunals?
He refused to have any associated with al Quaeda because they're bad muslims and he's fighting the Northern Alliance because they're attacking innocents!? Hahaha...
"Definitely," was the answer.
Afterall he's given "the label" a bad name!!!
Okay, so Taliban John viewed Al Qaeda as "bad muslims" and viewed the Taliban as "good muslims" who went around fighting against "horrible crimes against innocent people"? I do not deny that the Northern Alliance DID commit "horrible crimes against innocent people," but it was part of the Taliban's governing law to commit "horrible crimes against innocent people." Just ask any female who saw a doctor without her husband's permission, or anyone who practiced homosexuality, or converted from Islam to another religion under the Taliban's rule. Oh, forget that; don't ask those people; they are all dead.
ok, my original post was not intended as an endorsement of the taliban, al quaeda, walker's choices. it was merely to point out that both sides (the taliban and the northern alliance) are BAD GUYS. so, walker chose to side with the wrong bad guys? who'd have known since the US supported the "wrong bad guys" until several years ago.
Wow, what a weak arguement! It's hilarious how far you libs will go to protect the enemy rather than protect the US. First, he joined the enemy KNOWING that they were out to kill Americans.
"There he was then sent for seven weeks to an al-Qaeda training camp, where he is said to have met Osama Bin Laden who thanked him for taking part in the jihad. "
So, you're arguing that he DIDN'T know these guys were trying to kill Americans? Do you think the "death to Americans" talk started on 9-11? Do you think they never mentioned it to him that they weren't exactly fond of Americans? Hahaha...
There is right and wrong in this word, believe it or not. It's not just all a matter of perspective and we, as US citizens, have a right to defend ourselves against crimes commited domestically AND internationally.
He admitted to being in a terrorist training camp. Why is this point so hard to get? It's not guilt by simply association or proximity, it's guilt by active involvement. BTW, the fact that he accepted 20 years should make this a closed issue. Why would an innocent person facing supposedly "trumped up" charges take such a sentence? He was considered a very smart student when he was younger.
It is not sufficient evidence to convict anyone; I am merely talking about what you and I know, here, in our little internet discussion. The military, the prosecution attorneys, the defense attorneys, Taliban John and the judge know a lot more than you or I know, and their information is what counts. My opinion is that he got off easy, your opinion is; I believe there is something to the case, you do not seem to. I am comfortable with my opinion. But I am satisfied at least that he will spend 20 years in prison.
uhhh...I can't find these photos....are you reffering to the photos of saddam and rumsfeld by any chance???
If you do know these exist..please post them...cos I think most ppl would really like to see them.
The point of the article was about the creation of Saddam. Newsweek attemteds to pin it all on The Great Communicator. |
en | N/A | N/A | "The dollar is very strong," he told a press conference on Friday. "And dollars -- strong dollars are overall very good."
The comment marked a U-turn from the president's rhetoric for much of the past few years, in which he repeatedly called for a weaker dollar to aid U.S. manufacturing companies and boost American exports. It also comes at a time when many economists say that the resurgent U.S. currency is the last thing a global economy -- knocked low by the coronavirus shock -- needs. ... |
en | N/A | N/A | JOHN RICH's Nashville house is legendary, so "Pickler & Ben" asked for a tour . . . and he gave them one. How do you pick a favorite between the massive wall-of-fame elevator, full music room [slash] bar, guitar-shaped toilet lid, disco saddle, Gibson guitar-shaped swimming pool . . . and kickass view of Music City. |
en | N/A | N/A | Would you like to give a great first impression as your guests arrive at your party?Take care of their coats first!
A chef in charge of running the grill to satisfy your visitors with delicious, freshly cooked meals, straight from the Grill. Outside party?Let's do it! |
en | N/A | N/A | Galectin-7 serum levels are altered prior to the onset of pre-eclampsia
Ellen Menkhorst, Kaori Koga, Michelle L Van Sinderen, Evdokia Dimitriadis
Galectins regulate many cell functions important for placental development, however, the localization and role of galectin-7 is unknown. We hypothesized galectin-7 would be expressed by the placenta and detected in serum. Galectin-7 immunolocalized to syncytiotrophoblast, extravillous trophoblast and glandular epithelium in 1st trimester placenta/decidua and to syncytiotrophoblast and endothelial cells in term placenta, but in pre-eclamptic placentas endothelial staining was absent. Galectin-7 women (weeks 10-12 and 17-20) to women with healthy pregnancies. Galectin-7 is a promising prospective serum biomarker for pre-eclampsia and likely has important functions in placentation.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2014.01.009
10.1016/j.placenta.2014.01.009
Menkhorst, E., Koga, K., Van Sinderen, M. L., & Dimitriadis, E. (2014). . Placenta, 35(4), 281 - 285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2014.01.009
Menkhorst, Ellen ; Koga, Kaori ; Van Sinderen, Michelle L ; Dimitriadis, Evdokia. /In: Placenta. 2014 ; Vol. 35, No. 4. pp. 281 - 285.
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en | N/A | N/A | oach to understanding the threats posed by ISIS, Islamic militant groups, and followers inspired by their actions. Students will take a hands-on approach to learning, exposing them to various forms of ISIS-inspired devices and methods of construction. Interaction with examples of realistic IEDs is key to understanding the fundamental approach to device construction and methodology. This workshop provides insight into the birth, global reach, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) they have adopted.
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en | N/A | N/A | Jim and I left the kids with Jim's parents and road tripped it north to Niagara Falls. A nice bonus?
amber green waves of grain corn...
God shedding grace on thee...
Then I enjoyed the most wonderful day at the spa. Falls-schmalls!There's only a tiny window of time where I am childless enough to get a massage. Actually, we'd planned on going to the Friday night fireworks, but then things weren't looking so good... |
en | N/A | N/A | It's time again for Sherwood Day, and the organizers have a fun filled day planned. Their announcement appear below.
This Sherwood Day makes the first anniversary of the new Sherwood playground, so we hope everyone who enjoys it and lives in our community can join us to celebrate it and our community.
On Behalf of the Sherwood Neighborhood Volunteers |
en | N/A | N/A | This lens barrier protects the lens from dirt and scratches. It can be opened and closed by turning the edge. It is easily operable even while wearing gloves so you can instantly begin shooting when you want to.
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Here are the things that I have been hooked on during the month of January.
I’m addicted and have been drinking two cups a day. Starbucks Refreshmint Tea is really good as well. There are tons of articles on the health benefits of peppermint tea, but here’s a good one.
1/2 c. old fashioned oats, 1/2 c. water, 1/4 c. soy milk — microwave for 3 minutes. Mix in a tablespoon of peanut butter and 1 chopped banana. Add a splash more soy milk and mix it up. It may look gross but it’s finna delish.
I’m loyal when it comes to perfumes. The Ed Hardy brand kinda scares me with it’s strange designs but I’ve been using this since my senior year of high school. I just recently finished my first bottle (lasted almost 4 years… is that bad?) and bought a new one. The link I added is from Ulta but I found mine in a set at Target for $20 (nice).
This definitely doesn’t last 16 hours like it says, but it’s fast & cheap and looks good for at least a few hours. I hate lipstick and lip gloss so this is a low maintenance alternative.
Free trial of Amazon Prime is a lifesaver. These two shows kept me alive while I was on my death bed due to all the complications with my wisdom teeth extraction. If you’re a fan of Ina Garten (and Jeffery), follow @DrunkInaGarten on Twitter for some laughs. Cupcake Wars is also a guilty pleasure.
Gotta love Nicholas Sparks. I’ve read every single one of his books so naturally I had to read the latest one. It was a bit predictable which isn’t typical for his books but still an entertaining read.
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Though seniors can have their identities stolen in many of the same ways younger adults can, there are a few special cases you and your loved one should watch for. Many seniors prefer keeping paper records instead of using the Internet for banking or making purchases, and they may not remember to shred their confidential information before throwing it away, which leaves a paper trail accessible to identity thieves. Additionally, seniors are more likely to have their identities stolen if they do shop, bank, or pay bills online because many do not know how to protect themselves. Thieves sometimes make direct contact with seniors, pretending to be a legitimate business or charity to get “donations” or personal information.
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en | N/A | N/A | And so it begins. I'm spending Halloween night this year back in the sweltering heat of Barra, preparing the boat for another season in Mexico -- a blissful, relaxing season of fair winds, new friends, and cold drinks with a lot less drama than the initial one. It could happen. The dreamer in me thinks so, anyway. My practical side is, understandably, more sceptical and cautiously waits for evidence.
We'll see how it plays out soon enough. Tomorrow I'll put the newly-rebuilt engine to it's first test when I motor out of the marina. As part of the break-in process I need to run the engine under load for 25-50 hours before re-torquing head bolts and changing fluids. If nothing bad occurs during that time then, theoretically, we should be good to go and I won't have to lose any more sleep worrying about mechanical failures. That's the hope, anyway.
So, that's what I'll be doing over the next week or so -- motoring around a few miles offshore during the day and anchoring somewhere at night. I'll probably put a sail up and throw a lure out and try my best to ignore the noisy diesel down below. Maybe I'll catch dinner.
In any event it will be lonely work as I'm single-handed at the moment and missing my crew. Millie and Colin are currently in the Philippines visiting with family. They flew out of SFO a few days before me to attend her brother's wedding. Congratulations, Benny! Sorry I couldn't make it. Judging by the video, Colin's having a great time. Apparently, he really likes the music. |
en | N/A | N/A | - Tools and a large dough press! The large press includes 2 nozzles for 10 different shapes into which to press the dough. This kit includes sculpting tools, scissors and a knife (plastic – not sharp).
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en | N/A | N/A | “Latin America is growing in global strategic importance while remaining a region of diverse economic opportunities and challenges. Most countries in the region made significant progress in achieving sustained economic growth, placing Latin America ahead of other regions with an average 4.6% estimated growth for 2011.”
World Economic Forum on Latin America 2011 |
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Because you just did it or you’re doing it right now!
Sure, when thinking about New Year’s resolutions during the middle of December (and right between planning for Christmas/Chanukah dinner which happens around the same time this year) you’ll think: “I would like to control my money better.” But when will you really find or make thr receipts to determine exactly how much you spent on back to school shopping?
If you have kids or you’re going to school, you just made purchases for the new school year.
How much did you spend on school supplies?
How about new clothes or new uniforms?
Did you have to buy a parking pass?
Now you can go back through your receipts or bank statements and list out the basic categories in which you spent money. List these out somewhere that you’ll remember. I suggest starting a folder on your desktop named something like: Budgeting is Awesome! (but you can choose something that makes you smile if that doesn’t do it for you). Then create a document for your “new school year expenses.” Also, I really like using excel for these lists because you can manipulate the data in different ways and add new years by using the tabs along the bottom.
Then, whenever you encounter an expense like this you can start a new tab in excel to keep track of how much you spend on these periodic expenses.
Happy new school year everybody! Do me a favor and bring your teacher an apple- it always made mine smile and a good teacher is something to be super grateful for. </s> rose by 50,000 over the year to the end of March 2018.
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en | N/A | N/A | This guide will explain how to deposit funds to 50X.com Exchange (former STeX). You can use these funds for trading or for purchasing A2A or STE tokens. Right now the exchange accepts only cryptocurrencies. FIAT deposits are not allowed. Developers are planning to add FIAT (USD, Euro) later on because this will require a lot of legal work.
Accepted currencies: 50X accepts a limited number of currencies. You can deposit any currency you can see in 50X listing. If you are looking for the full list, go to WALLETS tab. You can see all the available coins there.
Commission: there is no commission or any hidden fees.
Step 1: Click the link to visit 50X.com website. If you don't have an account use our Detailed Registration Guide to create a new one.
Step 2: Enter your account using Login and password. Go to the WALLETS tab. This is the list of all the available cryptocurrencies and your current balances.
Step 3: Find a currency that you wish to transfer to the exchange and click [Deposit] in front of its name. Pay attention: you must click the proper button. You have a unique address for every currency! If you wish to deposit ETH, click the button located in the ETH row. The system will show YOUR UNIQUE ETH address. The address for BTC will be different.
Step 4: After you click the deposit link, a popup window will appear. You will see your personal unique address for the selected currency. This is the address you need to send the funds to. Go to your wallet and send your coins to that address.
After you have sent the funds, it may take some time for the money to arrive on your balance. Sometimes, it may take hours. Everything depends on which coin you are using and on current network loading. If the network is overloaded it will require more time.
If you don’t see your funds, go to the blockchain explorer of the selected currency and check the transaction there.
F.A.Q - Popular Questions
Q: Is it safe to make a deposit to 50X.com from another exchange directly?
A: Yes, it's absolutely safe. Doesn't matter where your cryptocurrency comes from. If you follow the guide everything will be fine.
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A: First of all you should check your transaction in the blockchain explorer. There may be delays. If the transaction is still uncompleted, you need to wait. But if you see that the transaction was confirmed and finished a long time ago, contact official support. Here is a guide on How to get in touch with 50X Support.
Q: There is no commission for making a deposit, but I was charged anyway! Why?
A: Don't forget that every crypto exchange or wallet takes the commission for withdrawal. You were charged by the wallet where your coins were held before, and this was a commission for the withdrawal.
STE and A2A tokens ICOs are finished. The exchange is now open for trading.
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en | N/A | N/A | A. 13, 2017, Jim McCutcheon, CEO of HighGrove was presented with NALP’s Lifetime Leadership Award. McCutcheon is a former President of NALP, he was the chairperson of the National Collegiate Landscape … |
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